# Ariel. cocs hl. THE CENTRE REPORTER. CENTRE HALL, PA., THURS. Jan. 5 THE RACKET. No. 9-11 Crider’s Exchange, Bellefonte. RACKETSTORE NEWS Having leased the room lately occupied “by Shaffer & Son, the carpenters will soon be at work cut- ting through the partition. This will add at least 2000 square feet | floor space to The Racket. Some | import: ant changes in the business are in contemplation, which for] want of a better word I will call ¢ revolution.” In order to get reac for this, I will start a REVOLUTION SALE! Commencing Saturday, Jan. 7, to continue to Tuesday, Jan. 31, in elusive, and not an hour longer. Please notice dates. This sale will rival the great Dis- solution Sale of last year and will follow the same lines. Almost the entire stock is new, having put in during past year. U kno we as de we advertise. I am lose money to gain a understand. First Come--First Served. iv) been exactly willing point G. R. Spigelmyer. URING the next few weeks you will find unusual re- ductions in many prices. It will be profitable for you to visit us. Wolf & Crawford. - Miglin and Union Connty Deaths. Recent Mifflin county deaths: Near Reedsville, the wife of Simeon Yoder, aged 41 years. At Painterville, the wife of Daniel Goss, aged 51 years. In Milroy, Adam Greer, a soldier in the civil war, in his 64 year. In Union township, Rev, N. Y. Yoder, age 66 y. Recent Union county deaths: Lewisburg, Mrs. Mary Hollopeter, age 53 years. D. Bugh, age 18 years, J. Brown McLaughlin, aged 63 years. In Middlecreek twp., the widow of Henry Pontius, in her 75 year. 7 Stamps on Leases. Itis well for all persons having properties to rént to remember that all leases of property must have a U. government stamp attached, in Lewisburg, years a stamp costing one dollar. ceipt for rent must bear a stamp. This " Ww imperative. Failure to comply with the law invites heavy penalties smite ntti New Year's Yows, No one need be cast down because of broken New Year's vows. On the contrary he has reason for rejoicing. He has no need of registering new vows until adothér New Year comes around, for vow registering at any oth- er time of year is very bad form, and #0 he can disgpiss the matter from his mind and go hig old gait without im- pediment. ——— AI A 3 SAMS Deer Drops on 8 Quarrymm, A strange and probably fatal acci dent occurred on Dale's Hills, near Lewisburg, a few days ago. Reuben Cromley,. an old lime burner, was working in his quarries when a deer leaped from the cliff and struck him, knocking him senseless, He has not regained consciousness, and his death is looked for. [It is supposed the deer, when it jumped over the efiff, was flee ing from dogs. ny is caused Piles, in Diseases. T are ast relieved and quickly cur. i by De itt's Witeh 1 ve Beware of worthless imitations; for sale by Bmith & Crawford. i ne FIRE COMPANY ORGANIZED. Centre Hall to Have sn Well Equipped De. partment, On Tuesday evening of last week there was a public meeting in the | council room for the purpose of organ- izing a fire company. With the new | boro watar works recently constructed, | and the purchase of two hose carts and several hundred feet of fire hose, an or- ganization of a volunteer company was necessary to keep in progress with the town. Ihe council room was crowd- ed and there were not a few disap-| pointed in not being among the ones | selected. The company contains 28 | members, and is divided into two di- | visions, one for each end of the town. | The members composing the company | | are Jefl, Shaffer, W. F. Bradford, Wm. | Gundy, John Martz, John Carter, J no. | Luse, Will Shoop, Ab. Nearhood, Geo. Nearhood, Jno. Pull, Ed. Rider, Olie | Stover, R. D. Foreman, Milfred Luse, (J. S. Rowe, F. S. Arney, Sam’l Soy-| | der, Al. Krape, Geo. Bushman, M. L. Emerick, Wilber Henney, Jas. San- { doe, Milton Boyder, Chas. Wiser, I. | M. Crawford, John Van Pelt, Lyman A. Boozer, The company organized by electing | Jeff. Shaffer, chief; D. A. Boozer, sistant chief; R. D. Foreman, {and Frank Crawford, treasurer. The following Thursday evening the mem- | bers met in Sandoe’s shop to further | the organization, A committee on by- i laws was appointed to report later. The boys all enthusiastic | purpose at some pear future time pur- as-~ secrela ry are and | chasing rubber coats and boots. The hose caris are located, one in | Colyer’s shed near the station and the {other in Rearick’s room the { foundry building. There is talk {of erecting & small building on Church street for the cart it | nearer the closely built town, store in some bring of which will part - - Bloomin First Auniversary, Dec. Penns On Friday the Sons of Veterans of evening, 30, 1808, Valley Mills The veters Camp, No. 318, located at Spring | celebrated their first anniversary. guests of the occasion were the ans of the Civil war and their The services were opened by an ad- dressed of welcome by Capt. P. W, Leitzell which was responded to by Dunkle and , entertaining ladies. | Comrade George then a most interesting and in- structive Camp Fire ensued. An elaborate banquet had been pre- | pared and all enjoyed it. Music furnished by the Spring Mills orches. tra, C. C. Bartges | with some singing of iby the entire The | had been artistically decorated | the national colors and this with patriotic music made those present | enthusiascic with patriotism. Wis director, together patriotic pieces hall with the feel assemblage, All present enjoyed themselves and pronounced the anniversary a | plete success, CO a - Ball Evniered the Eye Arthur Martin, boy a thirteen-year-oid of Harvey e, On Moun- rid: xe living with the family near State Collegs 19, found During boy took the Bowersox, day, Dec. | the house. the ab- the cartridge to the woodshed and set fire to a piece of pine laying the cartridge on it. He ped back to await the explosion. ball struck him in the left eye, 5 a oc cart in 's family sence, step The a probe of the ght entering the head to a depth three inches The boy will recover, but the si the eye has been destroyed. aver failing to locate of ot gia New Year Parade afternoon the town little excitement | by a parade of fantastids, to the ber of about twenty from the Colyer. Last Saturday | was thrown into no vicinity The boys got up an excellent outfit and the aggregation was com- posed of all sorts of grotesque and ri- | diculous characters on horse back and | all sorts of conveyances. They parad- ed through the streets and were follow- ed by crowds along the line, cima tc Ce Increase the Farnace's Size, Vith the opening of the new year steps will be taken by the present own- | ers of the Valentine Iron Works in | | Bellefonte, toward the organization of i the new company, so that repairs can | | be made and the plant put in opera- | | tion by the beginning of spring. The { furnace will be increased from 100-ton | to a 150-ton capacity. Most of the cap- italists who will compose the new com- pany reside in Baltimore, ER ciate Accommodations for Tramps, Through the efforts of Dr. Rider the | boro lock-up has been furnished with a stove and a bunk, and now the ap- peals of tramps for accommodations will be gracefully acceded to, The fur- nishings before consisted of hemlock planks upholstered with splinters, Since refurnished, however, there has not been a rush to engage rooms. nt A MS AP SS Eclipses in 1800, There will be five eclipses during the year 1809, three of the sun and two of the moon, as follows: A partial eclipse of the sun Jan. 11; a partial eclipse of the sun June 7-8; a total eclipse of the moon June 23; annular eclipse of the sun Dee. 2-3; a partial eclipse of the moon Dee, 16-17. The smallest thi exert the mbes Tesh. De Witt's Little Risers are unequaled for over constipation rd liver troub- SEE Bevis DEATH OF MUS, 4.0, BENNER, A Young Wife Expires on Monday Morn- ing, At about eight o'clock, Monday morning, the death of Mrs, Cordelia Elizabeth, wife of George O. Benner, occurred at her home after an illness of about three days, at the age of twenty- six years, On Tuesday of last week, Mrs, Benner gave birth to a little daughter. From Tuesday until Friday, Mrs. Ben- arming and she was recovering, On Friday she was seized with convulsions, which continued, withou#® interruption, until her death on Monday. The new- mother being tenderly cared for, and is noon, This, Thursday morning, remains and the funeral party left on the 8.18 train for Lock Haven, interment will be made, Mis. Benner was delia E. Chatham, She is survived by father, - lL.ock Haven, her husband, of her three sisters and three i - Agricultural Iustilutes, The attention of our farmers is called to the list of institutes, in this winter, the State Agriculture, assisted institute by the for of by of managers county. Heister, of Har- J. A. Fries, of State Col- John F. Boyer, of Soy- Gabnel risburg ; Mr. lege, and Mr. der county. The institutes will be held ent are, €8¢., lowing dates and places : Boalsburg, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. Madisonburg, Thursday Feb. and Friday, 2 and 3. - . Broke His Leg At a literary entertainment at Jack one evening a short time ago, Russell, performers, sonville, George one of the leg below the knee, was given in the benefit of the Russell was school house for the gan fund. in a st uggle when he trip ped on Lhe swage carpet I, with the pn and fel above resul The Boslsbarg Water Plast, Nit a water plant at Boalsburg has dropped by the who had stepped forward to the needed plant ; enterprising citizens invest in the much ex pers ly to see it ruined by vandal spirits, is said to have set those good people of loalsburg to hesitating. ”~ A musi Wp Masieal Convention convention will be held Centre Hall on the week beginning Monday, February 6th. Prof. P. H. Meyer will conduct the conveniion, der the auspices of the Ladies’ Aid Bo ciety of the Reformed church. Enter will be provided free for singers from a distance al in the new grange hall, ra —— Fire Near Unionville Tuesday evening about nine o'clock the barn Edward Peters, about one and a hall miles Unionville caught fire and was burned to the ground. Ope valuable was burned, all the ments, hay, grain, ete The origin situated of beyond besides imple- of the ms fin Hangry for Office. Soyder county has plenty of politics the whole year round. There ready in the field for this year's party conventions nine candi- four for county treasurer. They as vel. ‘ Mp One Hanter's Record. Forty- two Miners Dissatisfied There continues to be a condition of | Centre and Clearfield regions, and a | general strike is imminent. In vain they look into their pocket books and larder for signs of the promised Moe- Kinley prosperity. They are hungry and strapped. oy Disense in Cattle. Veterinary surgeons in the valley have been puzzled lately over the fatal disease prevailing among some herds of cattle in Penns valley. During the Inst few weeks Leonard Rhooe lost a valuable cow, two died for John Spich- er and one for Daniel Grove, all west of town. Some are of the opinion that the disease is the dreaded authrax. a . Went the Road Vacated, Viewers will be appointed to report on a proposed vacation of the pike from Centre Hall to the MifMlin coun- ty line in the Beven mountains. To . tow DEATH AT POTTERS MILL 1.8, Mr, Henry MoCloskey, un Aged and Re: spected Citizen Gone, Mr. Henry McCloskey died at his home at Potters Mills last Friday morning after a long illness dating from last June when he had a paralyt- ie stroke, at the age of Sl months and 13 days. years, 3 Mills’ most citizens, esteemed and respected He was reared in the com- munity where he spent all his life and died, Last June he had a stroke of paralysis, which left him helpless | With it later he became to the last, Mr. McCloskey was a member of the M. E. church for nearly forty-five years and led the life of a Christian He leaves an aged widow, and three and W. W. McCormick, both residents and Miss Caroline, at with her parents. On August next it would have been a half centu- THE abee : Star Store. Established 1589. 6. 0, BENNER, Proprietor, Wishing You ‘A Happy and Prosperous New Year, We simply say we are greatly indebted to you for your part in our great year’s business, and now announce in this issue of the Re- | porter, that we propose to make | this new year more interesting and | profitable to you than ever. We offer fo you Ch ildren’s, | Boys’ and Men g Clothing at a very low price for quality. Chitthen's Buits as low 8%......... Boys EUILS BE OW B8...viivniiisesins Men's Baits os low as Call and see the Double Litted Ax at Goods on Hand in Season Silver Prunes, Evaporated Pears and Peaches, Duckwheat Flour, Castle Rock Cheese, Ajax Syrup, Cranberries, Lemons, Oranges, Fresh Oysters. Justin. moruing from his late residence, inter- ment being made in the cemetery Rev. Faus, church officiated at the services, By Sprucetown, ae A or ————— This Valley's First Sewing Machine, come and gee, THE STAR. Telephone connection. Fresh Fish— It near Centre wonderful construction, tailor by name of Young, Hill, and was considered a thing, It was coarse in mounted on a short, square board, and operated by an ordinary pedal, under the tailor’'s bench. It no more looked like a sewing machine of these days Nevertheless the “wonder- the tailor. The like $165, there must have been $160 profit Mr. Young having died, the machine was put up at public the deceased. ful” thing answered all purposes machine which above country something cost on cost, sale among the other personal eflects; of Thomas Harper, who re tailoring at Aaronsburg, learning that the sewing machine was to be put e, went to Centre Hill, be- knocked ofl like came a bidder, and it was to him $80, for somelhing and still has it When operated, it made a rack- Dy Years, in his posses- el like a young thresher and could be heard quite a distance from the shop. It is worth preserving as a relic Jpn Ed. pp To Sart a Bakery Nerhood has leased the Dinges into business He and in connection with it will himself. will start first-class bakery, open a restaurant, a feeding the hungry from a sandwich and oysters to a good first. and He has secured =a from Lock Haven, jusre meal, class baker in about n week. Ap -— Striken at His Table. William Jrwin, one of Centre coun- ty's most prominent citizens, died sud- Jacksonville last whiie sitting at his supper ia- On Saturday last he kicked by a horse and sustained injuries which are believed,to have hastened the end. Mr. Irwin owned several of Lhe was 76 years of age, A i The Cold Saap Last Monday Coburn 22 below ; Bellefonte 16 to below : at Howard 19; at Snowshoe Below. Sugar valley 26 below. Lock Haven 14 to 22 below, Hollidaysburg 19 below. sil assis Three Venerable Democrats. At the late election three venerable Democrats, citizens of Penn township, met at the polls at the same time, with no prearrangement, and cast their bal lots for Jenks and the entire Democrat. ic ticket, as was the rule of their life- time. These aged fathers were: Will. iam Eisenhuth, aged 8% ; Michael Sto- ver, aged 86, and John Moyer, aged 75. elii——— Still Lots of Ore at Scotia. Several weeks ago the ore mines of the Carnegie company at SBeotia, this county, were closed down with a view to permanent abandonment. Since that time diggers have been prospect- ing, and it is now stated that more ore has been found and that fully 200,000 tons can be taken out before the sup- ply is exhausted. Because of this oper- ations mmy be resumed next spring. Bara and Creamery Barned, A large barn and creamery belonging to H. M. Heard, near Salona, were de- stroyed by incendiary fire last Wed- nesday. Twenty calves and fifty pigs perished. Over 1500 bushels of thresh- ed wheat were consumed, Coughing injures and inflames lun One Minute aus je cold allays coughing ia lie he” cong piece Pro 1 On every old st 00000000000 000000000008 Ceee000000000000000S008000000000008 New Mottled Gran- - in one called ~newest designs — Jrussel, - - an average new goods day. Don’t come here i stock. New and mod. less than ock. -~ Pa. 20 per cent. discou It Is No... nt "Phone 1203. Bellefonte, Pa. Dry Goods Carpets A few cents at Bellefonte’ dollars will elsewhere. bargain store goes as far asso many i cake Soap 1 bolt White Tape 1 dozen Safety Pins 1 card Hooks and Eg» 1 ball Darniog Cotton. 1 Aluminom Thimble 1 yard Valenocenine Lace 1 yard All Silk Baby Ribbon 1 Childs Oiflcioth Bib 2 papers of Hair Pias 1 spool Turkey Red Cotton, 2 spools Basting Thread 1 Belt Pin 1 Beaded Neckisce, 2 good Steel Thimbles 3C. will buy 1 Large Wooden Spoon, 1 Large Tin Cup. 1 Fine Cup. 1 Small Curing Iron i bottle Perfumers 1set Ironing Wax, Half dozen Shoe Lwers 1 Egg Beater, 3 Hat Hooks 1 pair Wire Arm Bands 1 bottle Ink. 1 yard good Calico, 1 yard good Kitchen Toweling. 1 box of 500 Tacks. 1 hottie Vaseline, 1 bottle Buperior Machine Oil. 1 box Stove Blacking. 1 box Shoe Blacking 1 large Pocket Book. 1 Tooth Brosh. 1 Ton Siapd. 1 bottle Mueilage. 1 Child's Round Comb. i doz, Aluminum Hair Pins, 1 doz. Large Safety Pinos. 1 good Reading Comb. 6 doz. Large Agate Buttons, 1 Tack Hammer, buy 5C. buy 1 yard good Shirting. 1 yard good Gingham. 1 yard good OutingCloth. 1 yard Heavy Canton Flannel. 1 yard Plaid for child's dices, 1 Baby Rattle, 1 dozen Kid Curlers, 1 dozen Round Sboz Lacers. 1 yard Black or White Garter Web 1; dozen Lead Pencils. 1 Composition Book 1doszen Gents’ Oollsr Buttons, Bellefonte, Ja
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