VOL. LXXI.
L.
NO. 49
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
TANT SUIT.
Case on the Grounds of Contributory
Negligence,
ing last, at Bellefonte.
damage case reported in another col-
ump, was on trial. The jury
the damages, but the court reserved its
“decision as to whom should be assessed
the amount awarded the
assessed
estate,
day forenoon a verdict
The court submitted
damages to the jury,
was
the amount of
also four ques-
1st. Whether Sheriff’ Condo
Woodward on March 6th, 1896,
ficial capacity to arrest Wm. R .
tlinger, suspected of killing Constable |
Was
hy of-
upon the man to surrender to his
posse. Apswer in the affirmat
2d. Whether the sherif}
legitimate means to make
ive,
used every
the arrest,
In the affirmative,
was
to deadly gun fire.
3d. Whether it
burn the buildings to make the
In the affirmative.
4th. Whether olher means
have been resorted to than bu
the buildings. In the negative.
Salt Lick Oil and Gas Company
Karthaus vs. 8, A. Butler. This suit
is brought to recover for traction
gine, boiler, bit , ropes, lumber
and machinery. The plaintiffs
drew a juror and continued the case.
Mary T. Fox vs. Pa. R. R. Co. This
suit is brought by the widow to recov-
er from the defendant company for the
killing of her husbund Joseph Fox on
November 13,
Bellefonte Boro, on the siding leading
into the Fuel and Supply Company's
yard. After the plaintiff’ had produe-
ed all their testimony the defendant
pioved a compulsory non-suit, which
was granted. The plaintifl at once ob-
tained a rule the dd. to
show cause why the should
not be taken off, be argued
later.
necessary to
roing
tools
with-
1897, on Race sire
on fendant
non-suit
which will
Other suits for the second week
court were disposed of as follows:
D. H. Bean vs. D. T. (
W. Cowher; continued.
Com. of Pa. ex-relatione H. M.
man, administrator of ete, of
C. Goodman, dec'd. vs. John P.
do, J. B. Heckman, Geo. Gentzel, Geo,
W. Jackson, and M. IL.
tinued.
H. M. administrator of
ete, of Emma CC. dman, dee'd, va
Centre eounty; continued.
Com. of Pa., use of D. M. Leib, guar-
dian now to the use of W. H.
guardian of Lydia Gregg, minor child
John
surviving
‘ow her and (i.
Good-
Emma
on-
Rishel; con-
Goodman,
Go
Musser,
of Lida P. Gregg, deceased
Curtin and H. L.
Jas. B. Curtin,
dee’d; non-suit,
Wm. H. McCausland
use of 81 Richmond and
Jeal ve, L. Milton Wilson; co
Laura C. Mull, Julia IL. Hale, Laura
C. Mull, executt ix and tr under
the last will and testament of Jolin A.
Mull, dec’d, Reuben H. Mull, Law-
rence J. Mull, a minor by the said
Reuben H. Mull, his next friend
Nathan H. Mull, a minor by the
Reuben H. Mull, his next friend vs,
Jacob Walker; continued,
A——— Bo
VE.
Bathurst,
late of Centre county
the
hella
for
Ra
tinued
now
aloe
and
said
Man Killed at Snow Shoe
A cave-in at the Lehigh Coal compa-
y's mines at Snow Shoe
ernoon, resulted in the death of a Huo-
garian miner named Andrew
He was buried under several tons of
rock and stone and was killed almost
fostantly, He leaves a wife and sev-
eral small children.
fill mss——
Died at Booneville,
Arthur J. Grieb,
of Grieb Bros, died at Bonneville
Tuesday afternoon of last week, of ty-
phoid fever. He was forty years old,
and is survived by his wife and six
children, four sons and two daughters,
AMY 5 desis i
Death of Agnes Mattern,
Miss Agnes, eldest daughter of Rev,
and Mrs. John A, Mattern, of the Dan-
ville district, died last Tuesday morn.
ing, of nervous prostration, after an
liness of only eight hours. She was
aged seventeen years, Her remains
were brought to this county, and in.
terred in the cemetery at Gray's
church last Thursday,
lions sssimim———
Fair and Postival,
The Christian Endeavor Society of
the Presbyterian church, at Spring
Mills, will hold a fair and festival in
the town hall, Baturday evening, Dec.
17th. Proceeds for the Boards of the
church, All are cordially invited to
attend.
Years wel. Peo
Truth wears well, P le have
learned that De Witt's Litt Early
Risers are reliable little pills for
curing Sonatl on
Inting the i on
sale by Smith & Craw i
Foster's Weather Outlook,
My last bulletin gave forecasts of the
{ 10th to 14th, snd the next will reach
west of Rockies country by close of 186,
19, eastern
Warm wave will cross the west of
states 19th.
Cool wave will eross the west of Rock- |
ies country about 18th, great
20th, eastern states 22d.
Temperature of the week ending 8 a.
. December 26 will above
normal east of the Rockies and below |
west,
central |
valleys
average
normal east of the
s and above west,
riod will be below
Rocki
A great fall of
cur in the
temperature wiil
southern states from
last of December aud will be aceoupa-
nied by heavy rains. Ia the northern |
states fall in temperature
be 80 great
asth.
tl
A great warn
the will not
and will oceur from 16th
1 wave is expected to
cross from the Rockies to the All
from 15th to 224
the same
and cool
time on the Pacific
slope,
—— -® —
LATE NEWS.
Spanish troops are dying of
eri
is without |
HR) -
spaia
funds and owes Cuban soldiers 56,
000 pesetas as back pay.
escorting
in
Seventy soldiers who were
Belgian traders, were massacred
Africa,
Bliss, Seer { the Interi
quit M
Eight laborers w
io
killed
Ary {
Kinley’s cabinet,
ahoy
ho were
track
ling |
near Buflalo
train,
: - €
Ciear a
i wy
Snow
were Bl express
Tuesday.
Bed
Accon
1
is have been closed on |
pox, aod the Tes
Institutes have
ford sehoc
nt of smal
ers’ and Farmers u’
postponed.
i
Nine soldiers were killed by
stantinople,
The
the South.
President is making a trip thro’
A Red Cross nurse says our soldi
are starving to death without ears
the camp hospitals at Manila.
in
ton city election.
It is estimated 50.000 men will bi re-
ernment
Quay is getting uneasy ; he
that his plans to delay the trial of
weaking his chances for elec
CARE
are
ion to the senate. Some of his stand-
Marriage L Acenses.
The following licenses
were issued during the past week:
Henry E. Bloom aud Nora E. Os.
man, of Pine Grove Mills,
Chas, E. McClain, of Hablersb:
and Florence Harshbarger, of Walker
twp.
Harry A.’ , of Nittany
and Mary A. Stratten, of
Clayton E. Royer, aud
marriage
rer
Tg,
Hall
te Pa.
Minerva E.
Pressler
Harvey E
Martha E
Ellis Freeman
Philipsburg.
Geo, I.
Bessie B
Francis
Clearfield
Rush twp.
Mark, of
Good hart,
Penn Hall, and
Hall
Clearhart,
Centre
and Carrie
Beehdel, Blanchard, aud
Shay, Howard,
Lather, ou Decatur twp.,
county, and Jane Rapsey,
Geo, Warren sheesley, Coburn, and
Sarah Jane Long, Millheim,
a
A Valnabie Trea
Oo the farm of Peter Menges, near
measuring 23 feet 8
thickness for forty-five feet without
limba, 'Twentytwo years ago Mr.
Menges sold the tree to a railroad offi-
100 cash, the tree to be taken
away within sixteen years, At the ex-
piration of the time the same man
paid $25 for an extension of four years
time, ¢ At the termination of this op.
tion Mr. Menges refused $50 and the
tree still stands, the property of the
origioal owner,
oh A st i
Triplets Horn,
Bnyder couatly Is bound to eater up
in population. Recently triplets were
born at the home of Gabriel Wenrich,
several miles south of Selinsgrove, and
the tots are attracting unusual atten-
tion.
Stack Blown Down,
Last Saturday afternoon's storm
blew down the iron smoke stack of
Bartholmew’s mill, at the station, A
horse close to the mill made a narrow
escape from being struck by the stack
LL AA 8, ison
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and
Diarrhoea Remedy can always be de
pended upon and is pleasant and safe
to take, Sold by J. H. Ross, Linden
Hall; 8. M. Swartz, Tusseyville; I', A.
Carson, Potters Mills; H. F. Rossman,
"Spring Mith,
STATE GRANGE,
Met This Week at Willinmsport,—Large
Attendance.
The annual
Grange, began
port, to adjourn on Friday,
The daily sessions are held seeret,
ing on Tuesday evening.
Mr. Alexander Decker delivered the |
Hill, of Crawford lecturer
State Grange,
county,
Mayor
welcome of the city to
| the visitors, replied to by State Fores-
Mrs.
for the
Commissioner Rothrock.
Helen Johnson, of Erle, spoke
About 600 delegates are present.
I connection with the Graopge will
| be eld the first annual meeting of the
he yivania Dairy Union,
| will meet on the 12th and 13th.
the largest manufacturers of dairy
paratus east of
All
ap
the Mississippi have ex-
hibits there.
etn
The Apple ns Mediciae,
fruit
The apple is such a common
to
can
know
do
Everybody ought
very best thing he
going to
food,
before
The apple is excellent brain
acid,
shape, than any
It excites the
sound and
thoroughly
It also agglutinates
iver, promotes
and
indi-
prevent.
Next to
the
{antidote for thirst and craving
obviates
throat,
it is
ives of disease of the
ile snon and orange, also best
of per-
alcohol and opi.
um habit,
— Ws fp ——
Boys, Take Warning
Boys with hats on back of their head
and
are
shoe,
cigarettes
their mouths
out
smutty
nobody
any price. Men will
not employ them and girls will not
them. They not worth
their keeping to any and they
be nubile to keep themselves,
wants them at
are
One,
will never
scription, let him take a look at him.
and then do what
tells him to do.
Wc
1
self
An Order Against Intoxieants.
the railroad men at Harrisburg regard-
ing an order prohibiting employes of
the Pennsylvania railroad from enter-
similar order was |
issued some time ago to the employes |
Erie compa-|
It is said the rules laid down will |
be somewhat modified and that the |
State Grange Meelis,
The 26th annual convention of the |
port on Tuesday, Worthy Master L. |
business of |
the day was devoted to preliminary
work. Worthy Master Rhone's report
showed that three new granges had
been organized during the past year
with 48 charter members ; four granges
with 68 members had been reorgan-
ated, making a total increase in mem-
bership of 15186,
oil al —
Big Porkers
Wm. Colyer, at the station, killed
two hogs last week, which dressed
1018 pounds. The larger one weighing
533. Colyer always raises big hogs,
Big porkers are not as plenty this
winter as three and four years ago,
when farmers had to pull down their
pig pens to get out their hogs for
butchering. These pigs were about 15
months old.
LE AI MA SAS
Typhoid in Drinking Water,
The number of typhoid fever cases
in Lewisburg has become rather alarm-
ing. While the number of fatal cases
has been very small, yet there were
two deaths within the last week. The
physicians think its source is in the
water supply, which is from the SBus-
quehanna river.
An Important Question.
If your friends or neighbors are suf.
fering from coughs, colds, sore throat,
or any throat or lung disease (includ
ing consumption,) ask them if they
ve ever used Otto's Cure. This fa
mous German remedy is having a
large sale here and is performing some
wonderful cures of throat and lung
diseases, No matter what other med-
icines have failed to do, try Otto's
Care, sizes 250. and 60c. Boid
WASHINGTON LETTER.
THE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS
ARE HARMONIOUS.
Republicans In us Sea of Trouble over
the Philippines
WASHINGTON, Dee, 12.
were entirely
busybodies who
too
smart for the
dog fight that would have resulted in
luring the Democratic party.
at all. On the contrary, the meeting
ed in by anybody.
rule governing
no action could be
Democratic
taken upon
resolution, offered
June, providing
vote of two-thirds
caucuses,
thing except the
caucus held last
instructed
the contrary
been
conventions to
There was no talk in the
caucus about the party policy to be pur-
present session.
The bill prepared by General Miles
been introduced in Congress,
far as it will ever
{ Hall bill, prepared largely
get,
under
Re-
publican leaders in the House, and is
House before th
The
mustered out is counted upon to help
authorize
increase of the regular army to 100,000
fered by Representative Hay, of Vir-
inform the House what towns
ba, Porto Rico, and the
will have to be garrisoned
in Ca-
U. 8B
by
town and the number that will be re-
The Philippine problem is giving
the Republicans ne end of trouble.
Gren. Grosvenor, of Ohio, is not a tim-
id man in handling political questions, |
what to do with
said, after
this
discussing several
when he
of
one
get rid of the islands:
“For my part,
| tom of the sea.” Mr. McKinley has |
allowed it to become known to
| party leaders that he has no ambition |
| to lead in a Philippine policy, but will |
| be perfectly satisfied to follow any pol- |
| public sentiment, with preference that |
| it should be one that will enable us to
{ try open to the charge of traflicing in |
the C onal be built direetly by this gov- |
ernment and owned by it, but it is not
regarded as a party question, and each |
in ac-
cordance with his individual
of the administration towards it—
attitude not yet clearly defined,
though Mr. McKinley
al-
Two rerolutions
and the
Bulzer,
that
fered, one by Benator Vest,
other by Representative
there is little probability
will be adopted.
either
- a Wc tf oo oe
A Pies to Delinquents,
The editor of a Mississippi paper
makes the following wail to his delin-
is hungry and paper "bout to
aud did it with a smile, so just
she needs some stockings,
and baby needs a dress: Jimmie needs
Kate
train,
good
hes and 80 does
the hog
ry sick with grief
same brite
Bud is on
2 .
Ph]
AE.
Pi ow
and,
can’t you bring a man re-
HaiZuny, ¢
Shell out the pickles aud dig up
nd whistle
: there'll be
of our
the dimes: tura ‘em loose
hotter thsian:
fower patches on the bosom
Don't
that old story, long gone to seed,
the
help feed the
aot half a chanoo, us
give
"bout
taking more papers than family
* tr road
| help vour lowu Lo grow, and
ju hi o ape ti sulphur in the
TN
at
'
rious down below,
——————
Married
Yesterday, Wedneaday,
Miss Martha, only
Mary
Wednesday
noon
Mrs,
was
daughter of
Goodhart, of this plac
Mr
The
no
H.
and was witnessed
marriage {(o Harvey
Penn Hall
at the
united in
of
of thi
Eisenberg
officiating,
friends and relatives of the
groom. After the
rate dinner was
uy
and
ny an elabo-
The
bride
ceremt
srved.
departed on
train west, on a wedding
will not return for a week «
The bride friends in
place, her
years of happy m
-~
There isa
wedded Cou ple
tour,
has this
many
many
who join in wishing
arried life.
—— -— —
Here ia a Chance Girls.
in Lane,
He
man Kansas,
also
up to date. In order to secure the ar.
inserted in his
home paper the follow ing notice: “A
| good girl wanted fora wife | am 25
yers lite hare blue eyes i am worth In
realstate about 2000 dolars anybodie ex-
cepting this offer will pleas direct to
H. B. Lockwood, Lane, Ks, Upto
the last accounts the above had
brought no response. There is no geo
graphical limit, and competition
1
is
ER ——— — ——— ——. ——
Redfard,
Small Pox in
The town of Bedford with a popula-
tion of 2800, is reported to have 260
cases of small pox, Some people were
gning about the town with seabs on
them and not knowing they had smail
pox. Dr. W. B. Atkinson, of Phila-
out causing war. There is reason for
saying that if it had to be done over!
{ the disease that prevails from one end
mand possession of the Philippines, |
and would save the $20,000,000 which
we must pay Spain for something we
do not know what to do with. But
that sort of hind sight doesn’t help the
situation one bit,
The Naval clique that has been try-
ing to keep Lieut, Hobson from receiv-
ing attention and deserved glory, ever
since his return from a Spanish prison,
has succeeded in getling him ordered
out of the country for an indefinite pe-
riod. It was discovered that Hobson
was just the man needed to superin-
tend the repairs on the Spanish gun
boats, sunk by Dewey in Manila bay,
Hong Kong, under a contract made
by Dewey. Hobsen tried to get a
short leave of absence to attend to
some private matters, before going so
fur away, but it was refused him and
he was given peremplory orders to
leave for Hong Kong on the steamer
that sails from San Francisco, Christ=
mas eve,
The proposition, that England and
the U., 8, jointly build and control the
Nicaragua Canal, has not me! with
any marked favor in Congress. The
Morgan Bill, by which the U. 8. will
own a controlling iaterest in the Com-
pany which will build the Canal,
guaranteeing therefor $100,000,000 of
the Company's bonds, to be issued at
the discretion of the President, Is now
before the Senate, with the right of
way. Beoator Morgan, its author,
say 5 wil pase by a majority.
The Bedford physicians disagree,
some pronouncing it to be chicken
pox and others a harmless skin dis.
ease. Dr. Atkinson, after a thorough
examination, said it is genuine small-
pox.
FUSION,
A large percentage of Democratic
nembers of the legislature met at Har-
Their action in
favor of fusing with reform Republi.
cans to defeat the Quay acuine, was
harmonious. Sach a fusion, if com.
plete, will resuli 10 the good of the
people, The neck of the plundering
machine will be broken, aud Houest
Uloveromenl wil be inangurated.
Representative Foster was present,
Our other member, Mr. Weizal, also
favors the movement, likewise senator
Heiule,
A
Paine in the chest when a person has
cold indicate a tendency toward pneu.
monia. A piece of flannel dampened
with Chamberlain's Pain Balm
and bound on to the chest over the
seat of pain will promptly relieve the
pain and prevent the threatened at-
tack of pneumonia. This same treat.
ment will cure a lame back in a few
hours, Sold by J. H. Ross, Linden
Hall; 8. M. Swartz, Tusseyville; F. A.
Carson, Potters Mills; H. ¥. Rossman,
Spring Mills.
LOCAL ITEMS,
| Cullings of More than Ordinary Interest
from Everywhere.
Bleighing Echoes.
Jingle, jingle, go the bells,
10 the bells,
As the sleighs skip over the snow,
Rkip over the snow.
Livelier, swifter, on we go,
On we
And we joke sud laugh and sing,
And laugh and sing,
As the bells keep jingeling,
Keep Jingeling.
Snugand warm we're in our wraps,
Warm in our wraps.
The envy of all other folks,
Of all other folks,
Minus sleigh, bells and jokes,
Bells and jokes.
The fleecy snow and bracing air,
And bracing air,
Lend us pleasure, drown all care,
Drown all care.
On loveliest day or brightest night,
Or brightest night —
For a wooing or sweet lark,
Or sweet lark ;
In cozy sleigh o'er sparkling snow,
O'er sparkling snow ’
Its fun and frolic,'you’ll not know,
You'll not know,
Until you try it, Oh 50 ¢ harming !
Oh, so charming.
Jingle, jingle, sing the belis,
Bing the bells,
As the sleighs speed o'er the snow;
Speed o'er the snow,
"re upset, too swift a run,
Too swift a run.
Yet under all, it's grandest fun,
It’s grandest fun.
'
Ah ! we
En.
Thermometer this morning, 5
Zero,
above
Coldest so far.
Capt. G. M. Boal
Centre Hall mails,
The
the
now handles
cold snap, which set in last
Pork keeps selling at from 40
Beef is 6c by the side.
to dic,
The public sales this spring promise
{ to be plenty from present outlook.
With two rival telephone lines in
there is prospect for
Bam Runkel’s continental bells and
Pensions were granted to Uriah Sto-
ver, Houserville, $5. John A. Yeager,
Moshannon, $6 to §5
Fresh sausages, buckwheat cakes
J. A. Gramley, of Rebersburg, will
Sunday Johnson
; old
evening Josiah
age was the cause of his end.
Rev. Rarick’s appointments, Sunday
Dec. 18 : At Centre Hall, 7 p. m. ; St.
Johus, 2 p. m. ; Georges valley 10 a. m.
Warren Cooper, a son of John Coo-
per, of Bugar valley, died Wednesday
of Inst week, of Brights disease, aged
16 years,
Dr. Humphreys’ “77 knocks
out the Grip. "77" breaks up Colds.
"777 stops a Cough. For sale by all
druggists, 25¢.
Arthur J. Grieb, of Bugar valley,
died at Booneville, on 6, of typhoid fe
ver, aged 40 years; leaves a wife, four
sons and two daughters.
Last week was a good ice maker;
H. A. Decker, on the mountain farm,
above town, showed us a sample from
his pond over six inches in thickness.
We have received the Philadelphia
Record Almanac for 1899. It isa val
uabie work for the icformation and al-
ways useful statistics it contains in
convenient form.
pm *
A lady in an adjoining town who
swallowed a penny recently called on
a doctor, who not only got the penny,
but made her “cough up” two dollars
besides,
Superintendent Schaffer says that
in the first six counties of Pennsylva-
nia, alphabetically considered, fifty
school teachers receive less salary than
the average cost of keeping a pauper.
After resting eleven years in its
grave in the cemetery of this place,
the body of Charles Horner was ex-
bumed last week and buried beside
that of his futher, Wm. Horner.”
Last week Centre Hall and vicinity
enjoyed pretty fair sleighing which
lasted until Monday when there was
more snow to keep it up. Across the
mountain and around Bellefonte, folks
were not so highly favored. In the
east end of the valley sleighing, last
week, was not qaite as good as we had
up this way. Two inches of snow on
Monday afternoon aud evening gave
sleighing a new lease and kept the
merry bells a-jingling.
To marry his stepmother, is what
William White, aged 34, of Lancas
ter, means to do, having left a few
evenings ago with Emma White, or
Knodt, aged 82, for Camden, N.J, to
Le married. A marriage ;