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ThE CENTRE "REPORTER.
CENTRE HALL, PA., THURS, Dec, 1
THE RACKET.
No. 8-11 Crider's Exchange, Bellefonte.
alléfonte’s
ig Department Store.
8200 SQUARE FEET FLOOR SPACE
If U Kom to Bellefonte to make
your Holiday purchases, don’t for-
get that “The Racket” always
the centre of the holiday
is
cyclone, |
and there is a reason, for this.
Don’t stop at the
when U can see the
side shows
whole circus
for less money.
China Annex.
square feet.
L amps, Glassware, Bric-
Pp rices will please U too.
1800
in Dishes,
a-brac.
Toy Department — load of
Dolls, Books.
Toys,
san think of and many things U
a Car
TH
never thought of thinking about.
G. R. Spigelmyer.
Star Store.
Fstablished 18389
G. 0. BENNER,
Our line of Holiday
nearly all in and wai
inspection. You know you can get
more for your dollar at The Star
than you get at the big
Why! Because have
pense. This is
A Few to Study About.
Ajax Syrup, per gal
Columbia Floor, 50 1b. Js
Double Bitted AX. aa
Arbuckles Coffee, per ib A SA
Headlight Oil, per gal... anasata
Fapey Turkey Red and “Blea hed
Linen, LE et
Any Calico in st tock. Ca SA SS
The are
4 1
od you will see
you ‘would 2a 0 Xpe C
hen cool
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corner at the
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Bove
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stores.
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why.
Table
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station. Please re-
bring youa pocketbook with
This is another reason why
you cheaper.
THE STAR.
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°F Holiday
Goods...
Saturday, Dec. 3d,
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Saturday, Dec. 24th.
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be agreeably
You wil sur-
prised at both assortment
and prices.
Teachers specially invited.
Garman’s Store,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
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Recent Mifflin County Deaths
in Lewistown, Richard D. Bollinger
aged 41 years.
Io Decatur twp., Mrs. Sarah Goss,
aged 03 years,
At Honey Creek, Peter Geistwhite.
At Belleville, Minnie, daughter of
H. A. Lantz, aged 23 years,
In Newton Hamilton, the wife of
Adam Stahl, aged 68 years,
Near McAlevys Fort, the widow of
Finley Strunk, aged 78 years,
In Lewistown, the widow of John
Bhimp, aged 78 years.
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New Legislation,
At the request of a number of sol
diers who served with Pennsylvania
commands in the war with Spain, leg-
islation will be introduced this winter
to permit the admission of children of
soldiers serving in that war, into the
_Boldiers’ Orphans schools, At this
Civil war are eligible to these schools.
#3 REWARD. —Lost, on last Saturday |
evening, between Wolf's store and the
lower end of town, a pocket
taining $20." The finder will Receive | 0
the above reward by retu z ame to
Charles Nearhood, entre,
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WORKING ON THE LINE,
The New Telephone Company Pushing Ine
to Town.
That Centre Hall will be connected
with the lines of the Commercial Tele
phone Company is now an assured |
fact, and unless something unforseen
occurs, the town will be wired and the
new system in working order in a few
weeks,
The Company started men to map
out'the line from Linden Hall to Co:
burn, thence to Woodward, where
communication will be made with the
Union county line. Contracts have
been made for poles and this week the
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For Centre Hall and the district an
texchabge will be established. About
| thirty subscribers have been secured
| already and much of the territory
| mains to be canvassed. The exchange
will be placed in the bank building in
the room oceupied by the boro coun-
cil.
Work will be started on the
lines as
{ until the system is completed in
valley. In the town
have been contracted for,
| more in prospect.
ithe Centre Hall
about fifty phones.
Connected with
exchange will be
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Death of the Aged Andrew 8 Kreamer,
Andrew 8S. Kreamer, one of the old-
| residence of his daughter, Mrs. Grove,
ion Baturday evening, aged S52 years,
{ 11 months and 28 days.
The immediate cause of his
| he was stricken
| after which he
| short time and calmly passed away.
Mr. Kreamer belonged to a family
somewhat noted for longevity. His
| father died when in his 88th year and
his mother
{ Toner
on Friday morning,
was conscious but a
at the age of 04 years,
oldest
and
| him at the age of 87 years.
Mr. Kreamer was born in Millheim,
being a son of Andrew Kreamer
i one of ten children, and
| daughters, of whom ohe brother
is the
sislers
, his sister,
i his brothers and survives
and
five sons
| three sisters survive him.
ried to Miss
county,
Riokard,
and four children
born to them,~-Dally News.
of Un-
were
Amelia
ion
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When Fools Go to Law
A Mercer county farmer sold another
two Each
porkers on
a
dressed hogs.
the
scales and there
his
difference in
weighed
was
| 27 The
and the matter cou
Suit was brought,
men became stubborn
id not
and the
cents.
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case
before court and still the parties
i not satisfied, and it will
i trial again at the next court. Thus
| far the costs, aside from that for the
| attorneys, amounts to $450.
| fools some mortals are.
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still Unelnimed
The two hose carts, with several huu-
dred feet of fire hose and other appara- |
tus, are still lying unclaimed in
freight at the station.
council will not lift the goods, claim-
{ing that the goods were never ordered
house
of council without authority.
the supplies are lifted by the council
{ there are very good grounds for anoth-
i er legal suit by the boro.
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The Governor Having a Bossy Season.
Governor Daniel Hastings bas ad-
| vertised his horses for sale and is hav-
ing his private papers packed to be
shipped to Bellefonte. He will be
| kept busy until the eve of the inaugu-
ration clearing up the unfinished busi-
ness in his office in order that Colonel
| Stone may start in with a clean calen-
| dar.
A fo sid
And He Blew Out the Gas,
A. F. Koch, of Lewisburg, registered
| at the City hotel on Friday evening
i and was assigned to room No. 32. The
next morning he was found almost as-
phyxiated and had it not been for the
timely arrival of Dr. Reinhold he prob-
ably would not bave recovered. He
had blown out the gas upon retiring.
~ Williamsport Sun,
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A Three Legged Call,
A Jersey cow owned by FP. H. Mey-
er, at Boalsburg, gave birth toa three
legged calf. The two hind legs were
perfectly natural but only one leg sup-
ported the frout end of the calls boy.
After living several days, Mr. Meyer
killed the freak.
Cm MA A oS
Will Meet to Settle.
The council and contractor Malone
will meet tomorrow, Friday evening,
to settle up the account for building
the boro water plant. The contractors
have asked several times for a settle
ment, but were unable to secure it,
Pheasants, Rabbits and Bear.
W. R. Haynes and George B. Uzzle,
the well known Centre county sports.
men, with other hunters returned
from one of their trips a few days ago.
They captured twenty-three phens-
ants, five rabbits and a 242 pound bear,
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A ayies oO or tickling in the
cop-| throat Yields to ne Minute te Cong
Amassed a Fortune in Honest Dealing.
| The appraisers of the estate of the
late Balzer Weber, the Howard merch-
| ant who died recently, have filed their
| statement which shows the deceased
| to have left personal property to the
value of $109,077. In addition there is
real estate which will bring the estate
of deceased up to almost $250,000, Bal-
zer Weber was an illustration of what
a young man with determination can
do in this country. He landed from
Germany in 1840 with but $2.50 to his
| name, but at once went to work at
anything he could get to do. First
tanning, then peddling and finally
the mercantile business in
tinuing there until his death, In that
time he amassed a fortune of $250,000,
he appraisement shows in holdings
| an aggregate of 2,750 shares of railroad
and bank stock, worth at par $150,000,
The entire estate is bequeathed to the
| five surviving children,
1858, con-
Br pcs sim 2s
Farmer Hamiiton Makes Hay.
It Is said that Professor John Ham-
| ilton, at present Deputy Secretary
Agriculture, will succeed Thomas J.
| Edge as head of the Agricultural De-
| partment, under Stone.
has not made up his mind whether to
| try for it again, and has gone ofl to
Texas, Meantime, Hamilton
| ing hey in the good, old farmer way,
and hopes to shake a plum tree
the fruit. He
among the farmers for Stone, and
| him considerable good.
of
(ov.
is mak-
| will drop
did
| who is connected with and
Food Department,
Hamilton as deputy,
the Dairy
fo
and he
wants
Lins
| ture in leash, who are for him,
means something in connection with
a Henatorial fight.
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A Suyder County Ghost Story,
The Port Treverton correspondent
of the Middleburg Pox The
Klondike Mining Company composed
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Port
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largely of farmers in and about
Treverton, are in a dilemma,
suspended operations indefinitely.
and have
The
supposition is that a large amount of
money was buried there by
and therefore the miners were allowed
to dig only at night. After a
deep hole had been dug the miners
struck what seemed to be a large flat
| stone, presumably of
money chest. The miners as well
the president were elated, but
time they struck the rock a deep hol-
low groan was heard. This
| ed them and to add to their horror,
ball floating
| through the woods over them. The
very
the cover
large fiery Was seen
{ and lanterns.
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i A Disastrous Fire Averted
Last Saturday Wilson's creamery
al
and but
| covery this new
! tion by fire, fora timely
industry would have
| been a heap of ruins, A pile
| coal was placed near the boiler,
{ heat from the boiler caused the coal to
ignite, and it would been but
short time until the fire would
communicated to the frame
of soft
have
structure.
The burning coal was removed and!
the danger was over,
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A Few Yet to Come.
The first snow of the season fell
Nov, 2ith, and according to the old]
time weather prophets, there will fall}
| twenty-four snows during the winter
| of 1898 This ealculation is based |
on the number of the day of the month |
on which the snow fell, If the first |
snow had fallen November 10th, then,
according to the aforesaid calculation, |
ten snow falls should occur during the |
winter,
ow
util eames
Cannot Fill It,
It was the desire of the
the upper reservoir be filled with wa-
ter in order to give it a test. The
springs are by no means low, but no
headway can be made, the eapacity of
the springs being barely more, or only
equal to the demand. On Sunday
there was about two feet of water in
the basin, which will not be increased
unless we have a freshet,
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” Shipping Machinery Away.
W. W. Boob, having discontinued
the manufacture of ~pokes and wheels,
has sold his wheel machinery in the
shops and is shipping it to other parts,
He will replace his large engine and
boiler with one of smaller size, and the
spoke and wheel industry in our town
is now a thing of the past.
A AIS
”~ A War in Rates Likely.
With the Commercial Telephone Co.
invading the territory in the county
occupied by the Bell Company, there
promises to be a lively cutting of ra
by the two companies. The subseri
ers are the ones who will receive the
benefit, and will be far from opposing
any reduction,
Will Make Toe.
The cold snap of the past ten days
has been greeted with pleasure by the
ice men, who are anxious for a har
vest. A couple days more without a
thaw and the cutting will begin.
When you call for De Witt!
ssa Salve re ie ah
Sosept anythin Don be
THE GOODMAN CASE
The Woodward Ettlinger Damage
Precision Reserved,
Suit,
The Goodman cuse for damages for
the burning of the Ettlinger house,
was tried at Bellefonte, last week.
Thirty months after the famous
Woodward tragedy, a jury on Friday
Inst assessed the damages for the
burned Ettlinger house at $8065,
owner, Kmma C. Goodman, sought
recover over $2,000. The court, how-
ever, has ruled that the liability isa
question of law on which an opinion
will be given later. The owner may
have to stand the loss herself, as the
|county was declared not liable and |
the sheriff burned the property only |
as a last resort to capture the outlaw.
to us that if under the discharge of his
duty the sheriff was warranted in
burning the house, he should not be
held responsible,
required the burning of the house in
order to capture the outlaw, why |
should not the county be liable? If
Ettlinger had been the owner of the!
burned house,
self in it to resist the law, the destruc-
of damage to
ioodman is an innocent
her
and not a cent
| Mrs. ( party ;
sacrificed
It
property ber {to
{serve the common good?
| not seem right.
It is said there is no record of
A com-
When
| case and an award of damages.
| mon sense ruling will settle it.
| the government, in case of war,
{ rection, or riot, finds it
take,
necessary to
sert its authority, the
| by the government, local or general.
Where a riot causes the
by the
the local government
for the damage done. This was
verdict in the case of the Pittsburg
ot in
same is paid for
destruction
act of the
must pay
the
ri-
| of private property
mob,
some years ago, and other in-
It would be
singular that
private
local government
for it ;
{the government,
glances, a
mob should destroy property
Land the be obliged
while if the
found
destroy private property to quell defi-
of the law, the Owner
of such property, would have
to pay igents
it necessary to
ance innocent
to suffer
stich loss. There would be
hat.
no ustice
t
i
in
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{Death of Johan J. Meyers,
Mr. John J. Myers,
ven's best citizens, says the
died Monday
H. Wren,
of Lock Haven
one of Lock Ha
Clinton
{epublican, evening, at
the home of W,
73 years.
Mr. Myers was a man
| est integrity and had the
| respect of all the people of this city.
He came to Lock Haven from Penns
valley about 40 years ago and with M.
| B. Herring engaged in the tannery
| business with which he was connected
aged about
of the
esteem
strict
and
until about three years ago
kind
his manner,
demeanor and attended strictly to his
He of the
leaders in the movement for the erec-
| tion of a Methodist church in the First
ward.
Mr. Meyers was
He was a hearted
reserved in
gentleman,
quiet in his
town business, was one
a brother of Will
Liam Meyers, of Centre Hall, long a res-
| ident of this place and who died here
a few years ago. |
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To Increase the Size of Fish
ft will interest the various game and
{fish protective to
| that the Pennsylvania Fish Protective |
| Association, among its various bills to}
| be presented to the legislature, will
{ ask that trout protection be increased
associations
| from six to nine inches, an improved
| warden service and the legalizing of
i the dip pet under prescribed condi
: fo
One Week Vacation
During
schools will be given but one week va-
tomary for several years past. The
Teachers’ Institute convenes next
week at Bellefonte, and the scholars |
will be given only this one week while
their instructors are attending the ses-
sions, The week following between |
sidered the vacation
taught.
AAU MY AY
season Knded,
The legal season for all game, ani-
mals and birds ends today, Dee. 15th,
for the year. The season has been a
favorable one for the hunters, with the
exception of deer. Rabbits were plen-
tiful and although a great number
were killed, they are still plenty, even
to playing about the streets of town at
night.
Takes Charge Today,
Postmaster G. M. Boal took charge
of the Centre Hall office this morning.
For the past week he has been under-
going instructions under postmaster
Brisbin, Miss Blanche Boal is assist~
ant, and the patrons can be assured of
ns excellent service as before,
«A pair of finedress shoes, or slip
pers, makes a holiday present always
to be appreciated. They are servicea-
ble and always a part of the apparel
needed, There is no better place to
Store, Bellefonte. ie Jia the reputa-
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People Know What They Want
When They See It.
This is the place to see it.
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This is the place to be sure of what you are getting,
This is the place where each transaction is based upon per-
fect satisfaction,
Women’s Handkerchiefs
for Ladies,
Children,
Men.
Linens for
Holiday
Giving.
Pocket Knives
Shoes and
and Slippers. Scissors,
Fine Hosiery A Useful Gift
is Our Fine
Finest Candies
ever shown
in the City.
Prices Right.
Toys
for and
Women. (lames, Chinaware.
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Our collection of Gift Giving goods is and our
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prices ara lower than ever,
No trouble to show goods.
Remember the place is,
Wolf & Crawford's Great [dse.
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=-Mas Presents
Commencing Dec.
we will sellthis
Fine High-Arm
Polished Rocker,
Oak or Mahogany,
Saddle or Cobbler Seat,
$2.00
Regular Price, $4.00. Also
300
ist.
a! Large Rodded Arm Rocker, $1.50
3: 4 ¢ . “
Co ge dispiay of Morris (
iar Desks, ee
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X-mas Pres nis
W. R. BRACHBILL,
Bellefonte, Pa.
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"Phone 1203. - - - -
| Dry Goods Millinery Carpets
Santa Claus Headquarters.
Evervbody wiil
visit Bellefonte within the con
ing n ext ten days
We want
Holiday
trimmed
as Santa Claus has made this store his headquarters. you to
meet him here. Never was there such a display of (Goods
:
shown before in Bellefonte. Two weeks ago we our store,
From time to time he
to
| packed with Christmas Gifts suitable for both young and old.
and made ready for His Royal Highness. has
| sent us different articles until now from floor ceiling store is
our
Silks, Laces, Embroideries, new Neckwear, Silk and Linen Hand-
| kerchiefs, Mufliers, ete., all take up a share of your time while looking
tover this vast assortment.
While for the little folks he brought us Dolls, Guns, Drums,
Ships, Tin and Iron Trains, Sleds, Wagons, Building and Alphabetical
Blocks, Kitchen Sets, and a thousand other articles too numerous to
mention. The little ones have to see these to appreciate them.
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The Largest Assortment of Celluloid Cases
Ever shown, we show this year.
Cases, Sewing Cases, ete.
Comb and Brush Cases, Manicure
Any one of these makes a handsome present.
Albums, Large, Medium and Small.
We can suit you all. Any price, any size and whatever you may want.
Special Prices from Now Until Xmas
On all other goods. We are making exceptionally low prices in our
Dress Goods Department. What is handsomer than a nice dress for
mother or sister! Ladies’ Capes and Coats are being cut regardless of
cost. While in our Men's and Bays’ Clothing Department we guaran.
tee to please you both in quality and price.
See Our Show Windows.
Remember we want to see you all this year at Santa Claus’ Headqua ters.
A AR SIR 3
KATZ & CO.
Bellefonte,