VOL. LXXI. COURT PROCEEDINGS. Sor——— CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASES DIS POSED OF. CENTRE HALL, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1898, N v st, 1898, in the res | humed on Nov, 1st, 1898, the J WISHINGTON LETTER. ence of Mr. Potter and his wife, and 1] home and vot doing enough to im LOCAL ITEMS, prove things at home, | Cullings of More than Ordinary Interest i There have been numerous eonfer- | from Everywhere. | ences between Democrats since Con- | | gress opened, on the policy that the! | party should pursue at this session, | | There are differences of opinion, some { contending that aside from thz Chica- | | go platform, there is no occasion for a | | purty policy at this time. A Demo-| | cratic House caucus heli pear the! There is lit- | close of the last session of Congress ad- | & Son; settled, Com. vs, 8, Cook Jones, charge lar- ceny, prosecatrix Mrs. Geo, Parker; bill ignored and the prosecutrix to pay costs, Com. vs. James Murphy, charge as- sault and battery, prosecutrix Bridget Murphy; continued. tlinger Property Responsibility, i oun. vs, Emory S Heals, charge be- | trayal and assault, prosecutrix Marcel- —— | n la Straw; continued. Ibhursday morning the first case tried - : ) e Com, vs, Ira Green, charge larceny, both identified it as the body of their son. But at all these exhumatiors the | flesh had considerably fallen off the | MOKINLEY IS FOXY ON THE PHIL neck and face, exposing the facial] IPPINE QUESTION bones, but the scalp and the balance of | - the body was intact, and that the] body was lying in considerable water, | The coroner, Dr. E. B. Burdick. who | held the inquest on the body of the murdered man at Olean, in Cataraugus | A Loving Cup, An empty cup? Well, fill it up. And fill it to the brim ; It may not hold Broad lands nor gold, Nor mansions cold and grim-— An honored name, Important Civil Cases Tried.-Verdict in He Does not make Public His Policy in his the Potter-Insuryuce Case. ~The Et. Message to Congress. The War Scan dal Will be Hushed Up WASHINGTON, Dee, 5. was that of James H. Potter vs. Lizzie Lose, This suit was brought to recov fendant, but the defendant band and that she is not liable for. Verdict in favor of the defend- ant on Thursday afternoon, after which this jury was discharged; all the other jurors, together with the grand jury, having been discharged in the forenoon. were disposed of on Thursday after- noon without a jury: Com. vs. John Gilfant, charge, sure- ty of the peace, prosecutrix Rosa Pierce. This prosecution grew out of some trouble the prosecutrix and the defendant had on Front street, Phil- ipsburg, on the 2nd day of June, 1508, on account of some sand on the pave- moved. After hearing the case court dismissed it and imposed the costs on the prosecutrix and the de- fendant equally. Com. vs. John H. Taylor, charge de- These people have been living near man and wife, and the prosecutrix al- leges that at the time they went to- gether to live the defendant handed her a certificate of marriage purport- ing to have been signed by John Shan- non, at that time a justice of the peure ecutrix produced in court gally married until within the year, always believing herself the law- ful wife of the defendant; that ou the 25th day of September of this year the defendant deserted her without any support for herself and children. The defendant admits that he left the pros- ecutrix, but before leaving he obtained a release from her, and that he made her a deed for all his property, house in which they lived. He nied giving to the prosecutrix the pa- per produced in court and further stated that his reason for leaving her was that she was untrue to him. Aft- er hearing all the evidence in the case the court held the case rent and will file an opinion later, past de- to the November sessions were as ful- lows. Com. vs. George 8, Clements, charge assault and battery, prosecutor Isaac Strunk. Settled. Com. vs. R. J. Young, charge chal- lenging to duel, prosecutor J. D. Biown. Continued. Com. vs. Wm. Johastonbaugh, Harper; continued, Com. v&. Wm. Lukenbach, charge betrayal, prosecutrix Flora Stiffler; continued. Com. vs. Charles Klinger, charge be- true bill. Com. vs. Harry M. Johnston, charge assault and battery, Sarah E. Bryan. Bill ignored and prosecutrix, Sarah E. Bryan, to pay the costs, Com. vs. H. 8B. Alexander, charge practicing medicine without a license, prosecutor, J. Y. Dale; continued. Com. vs. George CC. Peifer, charge false pretense, prosecutor W. H. Cor- man; continued. Com, vs, J. Al Scholl, betrayal, prosecutrix Mary E. Funk; continued. Com. va, Wm. Irvin, Jr., charge be- trayal, prosecutrix Effie R. Powley; settled, Com, va. George W. Gill, charge as- saunlt and battery, prosecutor O. H. Na- son; bill ignored and prosecutor O, H. Nason, to pay the costs, Com. vs. James A. Treaster, charge adultery, prosecutrix Lydia A. Suoy- der; true bill Com. vs. Horace Hunter, charge be- trayal, prosecutrix Nancy Baily; true bill, Com, vs. Wm. Emerick and David Guisewite, charge malicious mischief; prosecutor A. N. Corman; settled, Com. vs. Orlando Nason, charge threats, ete., prosecutor John F. Gill and Sallie Gill; bill ignored and the prosecutors, John F, Gill and Sallie Gill to pay the costs, Com. vs. SBchreckengast, charge as- sault aud battery, prosecutor Geo, Zor. by; settled. Com, vs. Wm. Harpster, charge ns- sault and battery, prosecutor Thomas Whiles; bill ignored and the prosecu- tor, Thomas Whiles, to pay costs, Com, ve. Barah Walson, charge as sault and threats, prosecutrix Martha Holt; setiled. Com. vs. Bridget Cahill, charge lar- ceny by batlee, prosecutors J. Malory # prosecutor Daniel B. Mulholland; bill | ignored and the county to pay costs, {| Com. vs. Forest Bullock, charge IL. | C. Bullock, Jr.; continued. Wm. Hanna, who was convicted for | robbing the tailor shop of Charles Me- { Clellan and taking several suits of | clothes therefrom, was sentenced to { pay a fine of one dollar, costs of prose- | eution, and undergo imprisonment in | the penitentiery for three years; and lon the charge of jail breaking, to which charge he plead guilty, he was sentenced to pay a fine of one dollar, costs of prosecution and undergo im- year and three months, to begin at the | expiration of the sentence for larceny, | making in all four years and three months. { Court adjourngd on Thursday even- { ing to meet on 2oray morning at 9 | o'clock. SECOND WEEK. { Court convened on Monday morn- | ing at 9 o'clock, with Hon. John G. | Love on the bench, and after hearing { motions and petitions the trial list was taken up. i Austin Curtin, treasurer of V. C, C. i C., use of John Hamiliton, treasurer of iV, CC. C., use of George M. Boal, | treasurer of Centre County Veteran { Club vs. Harry R. Curtin, abministra- tor of, ete., of Constance Curtin, decea- ed, whom J. M. Parker snrvived, sum- j mons in assumpsit’ plea non assump- i sit. This suit was brought to recover on tir for $307.25. Keystone Drilling Compa- ny vs. John . Miles and Mrs. X. A. | Baler, summons in reply, plea non assumpsit. This suit was to | recover one Keystone drill. Verdict in i favor of the plantiffs for the property. i The First National Bank of Bellefonte lve. G H. Leyman and H. H. Harsh- | berger, summons in assampsit. i a note, Verdict in favor of the plai brou ty Sait The de- i feudants confessed judgment in | court for $376 with stay of exculion { for six mouths. R. R. Long ve.Cyrus | Gorden, summons in assumpsit, plea | non assumpsit and payment with leave fete. After the jury had been imipanel- i ed the parties got together and settled | the case. { brought to recover on a note, Hen Oy wd y i The following two cases were con. | tinued last week: i Emeline Hough vs. M. G. Brown, iJobn Weaver, A. R. Powell, Alfred {| Graham and Cyrus Gordon; plea not | guilty; continued at the costs of the | plaintiff, The Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co., | Cyrus Brungart, guarantor of W. L. { Goodhart; continued at the cost of the i plaintiff. | John F. VE, Potter, administrator | Union Central Life Ins. Co, of Cin- { einnati, Ohio. On or about July 12, | "94, Jonn Potter, while in Penns val- { ley, received word that his son | missing from Cross Forks in Centre 3 i | that he had probably been murdered | near Olean, N. Y. This word came by {letter from a Mr. Barron at Cross Forks, to H. H. Montgomery, chief of police at Bellefonte, and by him con- veyed to Mr, Potter's home at Miles- burg. Upon receipt of this informa- tion Mr. Potter at once started for Cross Forks to investigate and found that his son, Geo, McCandlish Potter disappeared some time between the 17 and 28th of May, i891, and had not been heard of, and has not been heard of since by any one. No one could give him any information as to where he bad gone, but he was told that a man had been found about a mile south of Olean, N. Y., in a clump of woods, with his throat cut from ear to ear, from right to left, and probably murdered by some one unknown. He found all of George's effects at his boarding place, a Mr. Vaughn's, his clothes being in his chest, wardrobe and banging about the room, and his letters from his correspondents, toget h- er with a life insurance policy for $1500.00, issued by the defendant com- pany through its agent, J. F. Davis, at Williamsport, Pa. Mr. Potter then re- turned home, and again returned to Cross Forks in the latter part of July of the same year and went on to Olean and some time in July, 1807 went to Olean and had the body of the man, found there and buried in the Mount View cemetery exhumed and death fled it in the presence of a Mr. Kewor- er, the sexton of the cemetery, us his son, Geo, Me, Potter, he and the sex. ton each takings lock of hair oft the corpse, which were produced in court, The next day the body was again ex- the defendant's agent, and again ex- county, N. Y., swore that the body was found in a clump of woods one! mile south of Olean on the 10th day of June, 1804, and might have been there from ten to twenty days, and that the side of his face exposed had been eaten | considerably by insects, and that body | was that of an American. And from a picture taken from George Me. Potter years old and a member of 1860 of the when he was about 11 one taken when 20 and the graduating class of Bellefonte High School. He recognized the dead man’s body as that of Potter. Defendants admit | that the assured has disappeared and | { not been heard of since, but that the | death has not been sufficiently proven | and thatthe body of the murdered | man at Olean is not that of the insur- | ed, as beside the body was found lying | a razor blade, and some letters written | in a foreign language, The undertak-| er swore that the body in question had a gold ring in one ear, which he out. The further witnesses who claimed to have seen | Potter at Cross Forks as late as June, | 1594. both sides, and went to the jury at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. At 5 o'clock the jury returned a verdict io | favor of plaintiff for being | full amount of policy with interest. | liram M. Goodman, admr. of Em-| ma C. Goodman, dec’d., vs, John P.| Condo, ex-sheriff, et al. This is now on trial, and grows out of the fa-| mous Ettlinger tragedy in March, | 1896, when the property owned by the Goodmans and occupied by Wm. R. | Ettlinger, at Woodward, was burned | down to dislodge Ettlinger, who fled arrest after murdering Barner, of Haines township. Three | suits have been instuted to recover! defense produced | The case was hotly contested on | i 3 $1765.55, case de- : Constable | { for the property destroyed, one against | the sheriff and his deputies, also one] | against the sheriff and his i and ope against the county. | Bower appear for the plaintiff, and J. | {| M. Dale and J. C. Meyer for the de-| | fendants. The case will be fully re | ported next week. ———————if Union County News bondsmen, Orvis & | A John Delhi, who Berlin, was found dead on Tuesday af- | ternoon, about 4 o'clock, lying along- side a wheel-barrow, with which he had started to a neighbor's house to get a large kettle. The deceased was | about 70 years of age. Two grown | children survive, his wife having died | SOME years ago. The sad news of the death of Dr. Mark H. Lincoln, a son of Hon. R. V. i B. Lincoln, of Laurelton, comes as a lived near New | { ceased in this county, and the sympa- [thy of our peoples is with the friends {and relatives. His death was caused by inhaling il- } luminating gas, at the house where he } Recent Union county deaths : Near Lewisburg, Alfred Swineford, in his 36 year, In Lewisburg, Samuel C, Sheller, in his 81 year.— Lewisburg Journal. Aon Hn Ast Died in Atlantic City, Thomas R. Benner, formerly of Bellefonte, died at a hospital at Phila- delphia, from a tumor on the neck. He resided in Atlantic City. The re- mains were interred in the Bellefonte cemetery on Tuesday afternoon. He was a veteran of the late war, being a member of 45th Reg., Pa. Vol. His age was about 57 years, — Religious Services, Rev. A. Stapleton, Presiding Elder, will preach in the United Evangelical church in Centre Hall, Saturday even- ing, Dec. 10th, at 7 o'clock, and Bun- day morning, 11th, at 10 o'clock, and at 7 p.m. At Tusseyville the same day at 2.30 o'clock. All are invited. Zl W. W. Ruoaps, Pastor. SA Heoeived His Commission. Capt. George M. Boal, the newly appointed postmaster is now a citizen of Centre Hall, having yesterday mov- ed from his farm to the dwelling of Mrs. J. C. Boal. His commission was received on Monday, but he will not take charge of the postoffice until Dee, 15th. A is Marriage Licenses, The following marriage licenses were issued during the past week: George M. Gettig and Nellie Griffith both of Spring township. Elmer E. Heverly, Mt. Eagle, and Anos E, Fetzer, Ruaville, Pa. A MSDS SAAN, ~~B8hoes for Christmas presents at journed to meet Dec. 10th, tends to follow towards This indicates that the Philip-| pines, he bas not | has, who think that he intends playing foxy on the Philippine question until after he! gets that Treaty of Peace ratified by the Senate, and the $20,000,000 which we are to pay Spain, appropriated by Congress, and confirms the belief of those An announcement of a pos- | itive policy before then might in making voles result | too many against Mr. McKinley's handling of the war | thereto, in his message, contained no surprises. The | and matters relating was expected to follow-—lines plainly | emens- | administration. The ! very plainly that Mr. McKinley isn’t as anxious to | push some and semi-offiicial the also by official tions from message indicates slong finaocial us | of the legislation members of his party rabid Bas who hi yet unlimbered a rapid fire tongue bat- | tery and open fire on the Peace treaty, | which he says he will fight to the last. | He predicts that if the treaty CAr- ried into effect, it will add many mill- increased Army | Senator Hale is the most ti is yf this government, without bringing the | slightest benefit to our people at large: | become | overrun by inferior races, and numer- ous other minor evils will follow. In addition to his predictions, he charges jritish Foreig: Irish-Americaps J in opposing the ratifica tion of the treaty. that Senator Hale is not talking for political effect. been inspired by the remember Democrat, Helis a Bs Ple we a at after | the last session of Congress, § fiat isi McKinley Senate, although pronounced pro-Spanish views were at | that time well known. There no | the mouth-piece of Mr. on Hid i is Senators will act with Mr. Hale to re- | ject the treaty, put it may not be rati- | fied before the end of this Congress, making an extra session of the Senate | Necessary. i Becretary Alger’s annual report somewhat remarkable for ite sions, It does not contain the “round | robin’ sent from Santiago, nor does it | contain “Teddy” Roosevelt's report, | which “Teddy” told the “Investigat-| ing Commission’ he hoped they would | get and read, There are others who | would be glad to read that report, pro-| vided it could be had as it was written, | and as it was received at the War De- | partment. To read Alger’s report, one | would suppose that there had been no scandal connected with the conduct of the war, and that everything had moved along as smooth as silk, where. as, every intelligent man in the U. 8, knows to thecontrary. Some day the truth may be written about the war, but there are no signs that it will be soon. Had a Democratic House been elected, the outlook would have been very different. Boss Hanna has been giviog the West Virginia Republicans some les- gone on BSenator-grabbing, and a scheme has been concocted that is ex pected to result in the wiping outa small Democratic majority in the leg islature of that state and the election of a Republican to succeed Benator Faulkner. The Secretary of State of West Virginia is to be the tool of the grab. His part being to put the Re- publican contestants for seats in the House of Delegates on the regular roll, #0 as to give the Republicans a majori- ty of that body. Senator Caffery, of La. is an anti annexationist from away back. He says of the Treaty of Peace: “I shall vote squarely against the proposition to annex the Philippines. The Peace Commission had no busiuess to pro- vide for their annexation. These is Jands would be the most expensive gift that one nation ever received from another. They can never be a source of strength, while they will always be an element of dotnestic weakness and subject to foreign attack in case of hostilities with another nation.” Mr. Caftery thinks that we are paying too much attention to things away from is omise ' a a Xx Sa JANUARY JURORS, Term of Court. commencing Monday, January 25rd, and continuing for two weeks: Ta i GRAND JUROR ST WEEK, Herman K. Miller, Bellefonte, W. B Bhafler, Miles. Alfred D. LL Frank P. Lewis Yocum IH. E Zimmerman, Benner, KH. D. Ardery, Huston, David Haines, Bellefonte, L. B. Frank, Miles, H. C. Holter, Howard. H. H. Montgomery, Bellefonte, Fred Carson, Burnside, Irwin Spangler, Liberty. ton Brumgart, Miles, lmer St Curtin, i i UCHS, air, Bellefonte, Walker. raub, spring. I-aiah Copeland, Philipsburg. J. L. Pletcher, Howard. Daniel Bhook, Gregg. Jol W » James J. Fisher, Halfmoon. A Philipsburg. Frank Bowersox, Ferguson. ’ * T iddinger CELL, Colle Bt. # Har per, hada BB Rnow Shoe, A } hin Anderson, Snow Shoe, TRAVERSE JUROR N. N. Davis, Philip John Tmigau, Greg M Matt Pati 44.4 r un ary *, Haines = Campbell, Millheim. Elias Hanoo kK, Doges, Martin Velderfe, Burnsi Meriy Canningham, Bel or Charles Bartges, Greg DD. W. Fe . Ag SRiiaer, a EON 160 hg I'l ~ riet id John Hall Patton J. PP. Tarver, Huston. Irwin Wagn James I. Stewart Haris WW i P Irvin G. Alexander, Unionville, James 8 Boggs. John D ad. GG. Dauberman, Centre Hall, Corliss Faulkner, Philipsburg. Bim Baicheler, Rush. Erekial Confer, Boggs. Wim, I. Lucas, Bogus. Michael Bower, Haines John Rover, Walker, Daniel Glossner, Liberty. Henry Rice, Rush, David James, Rush. J. 0. Harlsock, Philipsburg. Park Bullock, Buow Shoe. 8S. M. McMurtrie, Spring. Joseph Hoy, State College. George Bower, Penn. George Martz, College. J. P. Sebring, Halfmoon. R. B. Gentzel, Grego. a Ym. C. Farner, Potter, James K. Barnhart, Bellefonte, D. L. Zerby, Miltheim. Lundy Lucas, Union. Jacob Bouorf, College, John Miller, Walker, Joel Kling, Marion. » I r, Liberty. Hari i=, > Poh wrman, § gs. Me(lellen, Greop yen, Brown, Know Rhoe, Charles Smith, Philipsburg. J. Harris Hoy, Bellefonte, TRAVERSE JURORS —2ND WEEK. Geo, B. Uzzle, Snow Rhoe, J. W. Gobble, Gregg. John H. Beezer, Benner, Joseph Davidson, Ugion, smJohn Couley, Potter, Dixon Hall, Howard. Jesse Lukens, Philipsburg. Wm. McWilliams, Ferguson. J. M. Wieland, Harris, Samuel Ripka, Harris, Samuel Uross, Philipsburg. Reuben Eckley, Philipsburg. John R. Long, Rush. George W. Heaton, Boggs, Martin A. Dreibelbis, Ferguson, Hairy Rine, Bellefonte, Jeremiau Bishell, Penn, D. H. Ruhl, Gregg. W. B. Rankin, Dellefonte. Thomas Norrie, Philipsburg. D. W. Halt, Philipsburg. John N., Reeser, Snow Shoe. George B. Roan, College. Jacob Moyer, Harrie, George Quick, Snow Shoe, Philip N. Barnhart, Spring. A. Walter, Mililieim. Conrad [imme], Penn, OC. J. MeCallion, Howard, Andrew Geiser, Miles, W. A. Kerr, Potter, Daniel Robb, Liberty. T. M. Quick, i. Wm. Usody, State Col wi amuel ~hoop, Centre Hall, George Harpsier, Bnow Shoe, Wii Li. Steele Builefoute. George Mitler, Benner, Genres W, Bellefonte, Jacob B. Moore, Huston, AAA A BSS «A pair of shippers will make a most acceptable Christmas present, Mingle, Bellefonte, ean supply your wants. He has a fine line in stock. A soldier's fame, A child’s glad loving eyes, A little while A mother’s smile, How fast the blessings rise ! Kindred and friends Make rich amends For Fortune's fickle ways ; Increasing store, Yet room for more— Add health and length of days. 0) generous cup From which to sup Life's evening-fire before ! Still from above Pours in God's love— now it runneth o'er! Belected Naa ! Head the Christmas ads, D. H. Rote, esq., of Aaronsburg, is reported seriously ill. Ten inches of snowfall is equivalent to an likch of rain. Bleighing was still fair on Wednes- day, making the third day. Nathan Catherman, died at Mifflin- Ina few weeks the good old ery, “my Christmas gift,”’ will be ripe. To make your vertise in the business known, ad- Reporter, everybody The combined ages of the Reporter exceeded by few journals, A 300 pound bear was killed in Gott- schall’s hollow by Elmer Embick, of Attorney Will Runkle, of Bellefonte, Rev. Rearick’s appointments, Dee. Centre Hall, at m. ; Spring y = p. m. ; Tusseyville, 7 p. m. Oo 10 a. D Keller has supplied himself ww quarry opened in the gap. Lie little ones are beginning to talk Old SBanty Frank McMullen died suddenly at ute an i He ra® 58 years old and was a veteran of f allernpoon, inst, The new Commercialftelephoune com- their line reaches our town early next spring, will establish A fine and valuable mare, belonging what caused the trou- It was Bill Nye who said, never start a mischievous ball arolling agin some of your own rotten eggs. George Kiester, of Aaronsburg, is in the field as a candidate for sheriff. Millheim’s conspicuous figure, Cyrus Brungart. Monday and Tuesday the sleighbells did their first jingling this season, with bright sunshine, on Tuesday, threatening to turn the snow into slush before night, Recent Mifflin county deaths: In Lewistown, Mrs, Catherine Ohls, age 79; Near McAlevys Fort, the widow of Finley Strunk, age 78; in Lewistown, the widow of John Shimp, age 78. Harry Dahill, at a Hartford hotel, climbed out on the roof to catch a 32 pound turkey that had escaped and was roosting there. He took the bird by the legs. It started to fly and pulled him into the air and off the edge of the roof. Then he let go, and now he has a broken arm. Professor Adolphe Cohn, of Colum- bia University, has made a special study of the history of the Dreyfus case from its very beginning. In the current Outlook he reviews this histo. ry from beginning to date very thor- oughly and impartially. His article is accompanied by many portraits specially obtained for the purpose from Paria. ($8 a year. The Outlook Com- pany, New York.) Last Bunday was as disagreeable as any crank could wish it. Snowflakes kept a twirling, dancing, and waltzing all the blessed day, to the musi of the storm. A sprinkling of rain thrown in Kept a wet bottom under the snow. Mouday was only two sindes better. The snowfall, had it not been watered by rain, might have measured eight to 12 inches. From Monday afternoon to midnight the storm howled with no drifts to impede travel, so far, I MIS MS RNA, Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy can always be de pends upon and is pleasant and safe to take. Soid by J. H. Ross, Linden Hall; 8. M. Swartz, Tusse Carson, Potters Mills; H. F. Re
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