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THE CENTRE REPORTER.
CENTRE HALL, PA., THURS, Jan. 19
THE RACKET.
No. 9-11 (rider's Exchange, Bellefonte.
RACKET STORE NEWS
Having leased the room lately
occupied “by Shaffer & Son, the
carpenters ‘will soon be at work eut-
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, whic h for
want of a better word I will call
revo! ation In order to ge ; eady
for this, I will start a
REVOLUTION SALE!
Commencing Saturday, Jan.
continue to Tuesday, Jan. 31,
clusive, 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
gout in during past year.
[I kno we always do
money to gain
understand.
entire stock is new, having
we advertise. I am
First Come--First Served.
7.to
in
exactly
lose a point U
G. R. ‘Spigelmyer.
URING the next
few weeks you
will find unusual re-
ductions in many
prices. It will be
profitable for you to
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Local Institute,
A Teachers’ Local Institute will be
held in the Methodist church at Boals-
burg, February 10 and 11, The
18694,
day. Morning session:
Educational Value of Obedience
M. Hosterman.
The Teaching
Heberling, J. R.
iams,
The
-H.
of Grammar—M. E.
Bible, E. H. Will
Teaching of Primary
er, D. K. Keller,
Bodily Health of the Child—Chas.
E. Hower.
AFTERNOON SESSION,
The Phonic Element in
Rev. G. W. Leisher.
Observation Work as a Branch
Study-—L. W. Musser, D. W.
W. M. Kerlin.
The Teaching of Language and Its
, Use Within School and Without
“ M. Wagenseller.
The Use of the Dictionary
School—G. W. R. Williams,
Tate, D. R. Foreman.
Supt. C. L. Gramley will be present
and give an address. The program
will be interspersed with excellent mu-
sic under the direction of Prof. P. H.
Meyer.
Let every teacher in the district be
present and be prepared to say some-
thing on every subject, Thus we may
have sessions that will be interesting
and profitable to all.
Preparation has veen made for the
entertainment of the teachers in hos-
pitable Boalsburg during the Insti
tute.
Teaching
(elas,
in the
A. J.
fas a Kind Word for Us,
Clearfield Spirit.
The Centre Hall Reporter has start.
ed towards its 72nd milestone and the
remarkable fact connected with its his-
tory is that Hon, Fred Kurtz, its edi
tar has owned and edited it for forty-
five years or nearly half a century. Al-
ways intensely Democratic yet fair to
the opposition it has all these years
sustained itself as one of the best
“Country newspapers” in the State.
“ Bro. Kurtz there isn't ait to
good for you, The “Spirit”’ offers con-
gratulations,
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DIED AT DANVILLE,
Sudden Death of the Mother of Jeff, Shafl-
or, on Sunday.
The sudden and unexpected death of
Mrs. Jennie Shaffer occured last Sun-
day evening at the state hospital at
Danville, Pa., from heart trouble, at
the age of 62 years, 5 months and 9
days.
About eighteen months ago Mrs,
Shaffer entered the hospital at Dan-
ville for treatment for a nervous com-
plaint. She made her home with her
only son Jefferson, in this place, for
several years. She was improving in
health under treatment of specialists,
until Sunday afternoon about three
o'clock, when she was taken suddenly
ill, and died about nine in the even-
ing. Her husband, Daniel IE. Shafler,
died about thirty-six years ago.
Mrs. Shaffer's remains arrived
ing.
interred in the cemetery
town. Rev, T. F. Faus, of
church, of which Mrs.
| member, offie inated in the services.
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Although there were
| dwellings erected in
| year, there will be the
| and scramble this spring, and for the
| next year Centre Hall will not
one house empty. The supply
although
there
atl
the M.
Houses Scarce Again
several
the town
Hew
is
| quite equal to the demand,
some families will’ move away
i town. The building boom which has
| | been characteristic of the town for the
| past ten years, will continue at least
| this coming year. Some new dwell
lings are in contemplation, and the
| work will be started assoon as the win-
| ter breaks.
Br te
E conamie al Chicken Halser.
The
An exchange says: latest and
| day, when a gentleman stepped into
| this office and purchased 100 or more
| to feed his hans, He tears the paper
into shreds and soal in sour milk
{ until the whole mass becomes a pulp,
when he feeds it to the hens, and he
| claims that it adds greatly to their egg
| producing qualities. The newspaper
| has gradually extended its field of use-
fulness, From food for thought, it has
| expanded until within its sphere is al-
8 it
ready included food for gosta and hens.
opens
Religions Meetings
Extra religious meetings are now in
progress in the Presbyterian church in
| next week. Rev. M. L. Ross, D. D.,
| pastor of the Presbyterian church at
| Mifflinburg, Pa., will preach the 23d,
| 24th, and 25th,
WwW. W,
Evangelical
| dence. dev. Rhoads, of
{ United church,
preach some evening next week.
next Sabbath evening at 7 o'clock.
will
Ser
vice
and
to
Members of other congregations
alls friends
these meetings
are cordially iovited
i
How a Town is Populated.
-
Aleck; some pretty girls;
i than it needs: a woman or two
tattles; an old y that the
{ would be better off without; men
stand on the street corners and
remarks about
more
who
fog
women; a man who
{ laughs an idiotic laugh every
says anything; scores of men
caboose of their trousers worn
as glass;
war question
should be settled
i who have made a dismal failure
Bo i
Wanted aC correction.
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i
rushed
to have the “error”
The editor explained that he
could not do it until the seven
had been paid.
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Odd Fellows Banquet.
Last Saturday evening the members
third floor of the bank building. The
members invited their best girls to
share the spread, and there was a gen-
eral turn out. It was a turkey supper
with all accessories, and it required six
or seven large generous tables to ac-
commodate the banqueters,
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A Large Tree,
Ellis Vonado, of Zion, recently felled
an oak tree that stood on the corner of
bis farm. It measured five and -one-
half feet across the stump. According
to Mr. Vonado's statement the tree has
stood for two hundred and fifty-eight
years, IU was the largest tree known
of in that community.
A MA AI
Note of Thanks,
Mr. George O. Benner desires in
the colums of the Reporter, to express
his heartfelt thanks to friends and
neighbors for assistance rendered dur.
ing the recent iliness and death of his
wife. May the hour of need always
find them similarly surrounded with
assistance,
Farm Sold,
The farm of the late U, D. Osuofhn,
about one mile west of town, has been
sold by the administrators to Daniel
Houser, for $1300. Wm, Curry Is the
Preset venus 0% the plas,
Death of 8, Stuart Lyon
8. Stuart Lyon, one of the last sur-
viving members of the well known
iron manufacturing firm of Lyon,
Shorb & Co., died last week at his
home in Bellefonte, aged over 76 years.
He was born on the old Lyon home-
stead in Penns valley, this county,
was the son of John and Margaret Ly-
on, coming from one of the oldest and
most influential families in the coun-
ty. The deceased, though always =a
busy man, was a great student of liter-
ature, and as a Latin scholar had few
| equals. The family are doubly bereav-
ed, as only a week ago the only son,
Bright's disease, The surviving child-
ren are Anna V., of Bellefonte; Clara
V., wife of Wm. J. Nicolls,
{ delphia; Mary T., wife of Ellis L.
vis, Esq., of Bellefonte,
| at home,
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The Nittany Peach Crop
The Lock Haven Democrat says :
| The recent cold snaps, it is stated by |
| o¢ with the peach buds. The
| drop of the temperature New
| night is the cold snap that did the
most mischief, Bince that time J. 8.
Brownlee, of Mackeyville,
| a peach orchard, has examined
twenty-five trees, on all
buds completely Dr.
were frozen,
, has examined
200 trees,
~the
in Nittany valley
branches of
with the same finding
dead. In not
trees examined could be found
that showed any signs of life. Several
trees in this city
over and
a single
have also been sub-
ers, with the same result. These
| tlemen state that the
their section next season will be
failure.
Sti
An Old Friend.
The gentleman named below was a
former Rebersburg merchant and well
known and esteemed this side of
our county and a friend of the editor of
| the left Rebers-
burg to spend the rest of his life in his
Serlin,
on
teporter Mr. Gross,
native town of New | The Lew-
isburg Journal says :
YMr. George Gross now enters upon
his 41st vear as a director of the Lew-
National
continuously
1858,
jJank, having served
in that capacity
We doubt whether there
the
connected
isburg
since
i= ane
other director in who
continuously
state
been with a
banking institution long
these years
Rs
During all he
| hag been faithful in attending to his
as
| Gross has.
| duties, and missed but very few meet-
| ings."
Wp
Bill Met
Wil
| ter known all along the Susquehanna
| river from Cherry Tree to Marietta,
“Bill McCartney,” died
ton 12. During the
bounty jumper, and boasted
of $5,000 at
Sartney, of Unsavory Record, Dead
As
i rious
$ that busi-
After the war he settled in the
lower Karthaus Hills, where his home
| was the resort of all the counterfeiters
made upward
Hess,
and other noted criminals who desired
to hide from the world.
Several “Bil
for counterfeiting, but he always man-
aged to escape, except He was
acts of outlaw-
the
was 60 years of age.
times was arrested
Onoe,
also mixed up in other
ry. He served
Clearfield jail.
many in
He
oy.
Death of Gen. Jesse Merrill
(ieneral Jesse Merrill died on
| Saturday evening. He was
| known throughout the country.
| was an old resident
terms
last
well
| He enlisted in 1861
| ty in the Signal Corps. In 1862
of the Ohio. He was appointed by
Governor Geary in 1871 a major gene |
| ral of the National Guard of Peonnsyl-
| vania.
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snisenissabsd f M—
| Will be More Candidates Now
| Since the decision of the Supreme
| Court, last week, that constables are
{ entitled to fifty cents for each name on
a subpoena they serve, and ten cents
{ per mile, but not circular, there is like-
| ly to be a large nuniber of candidates
at the February election for that office,
Under this ruling it will make the of-
fice a very lucrative one, and, inas-
much as the term is for a period of
three years, it is probably the most de-
sirable township office except that of
district treasurer.
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Mashed Some Toes,
Thomas Wilson, manager of the
Howard Creamery Co., at the station,
was unfortunate last Thursday in hav-
ing several toes mashed by having a
large cake of ce fall on his foot. He
was assisting in packing ice in the
creamery cold storage and the cake fell
on him. He has been laid up since
for repairs.
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Will go to Jamalon.
After the inauguration ceremonies of
Giovernor-elect Blona, Governor and
Mrs. Hastings will sail for Jamaica,
where they will remain several weeks
for rest and recreation.
Coughing injures and inflames
One
ent the cig
THE SI0K, |
Many Of Our People Housed Up With the |
Grip.
With the country at large generally
aflected with the ravages of la grippe,
our healthful community has not by |
any means escaped from its clutches,
and the past week many of our people
have been down with attack of more!
or less severity. ‘The physicians in
the valley have been kept on the jump |
almost night and day of late. The dis-
list The frequent changes in
{uted the reason for the disease spread-
ing, and until we get down to common
every day sort of weather again, there
will not be an abatement.
In the town among those who are
| affec ted are: D, F. Luse, D.
| Mrs, Geiss and Miss Elsie Geiss, Mrs
|W m. Wolf, Mrs, J. W. Wolf, William |
Wolf, M. B. Richard, J. D. Murray,
Dr. Riter, John Showers, wife,
| and daughter.
K. Geiss,
801
i Wo py
Caucus Meetings,
| The Democrats of Centre county will
| hold their caucuses for the nomination
| of candidates for borough, ward, town-
25th
The committee
| men of the several precinets and wards
{ will take notice hereofand fix the hour
{ship and precinet officers on the
{ day of January, 1509,
| or time for the holding of these
Instructions and
Cat
will
due
| cuses, blanks
in
K. JOHNSTON,
Chairman.
| be received by committeemen,
J.
time.
bit
Masical Jubilee,
, under the
Ald society of
teformed church, to be held on
Monday, Feb, 6,
gives promise of belng quite a success-
{ ful affair. The will be under
the personal direction of Prof. P. H.
Meyer, who has had experience
in Bicvesstally affairs.
He Anna
Brooks, of Pleasant organist,
The grand musical jubilee
{ auspices of the Ladies’
the
the week beginning
jubilee
wide
such
Miss
as
Yair
for singers from a distance.
handling
will be assisted by
Gap,
Free entertainment will provided
a
Deferred for Several Months,
The Commercial Telephone Co's ex-
tension to Centre Hall has been defer-
May Ist. When
our town was canvassed the lines were
| promised by March Ist, but the exten.
sive work of installing the system al
lellefonte a later day
The peopble of Mifflin county are clam-
the
pany and want a line acrbes the Seven
Mountains. It will likely be
them.
red now until about
necessitates
toring for a connection with Corm-
given
a
Fut in New Engine.
for
Having sold all his machinery
manufacturing carriage wheels, W. W.
Boob disposed of his large engine and
boiler and has placed in a new engine
power. The
stack and boiler was taken
iron
Inst
indus
six-horse large
of
down
week ard shipped away. Two
Poulson’'s handle fac-
tory and the wheel works, which
hoped would employ many hands, are
tries of the town,
was
dead, and the manufacturing boom has
had a slight relapse.
a
Fawns in Johns Urzle's Park
of Lock Haven,
has placed a Rocky mountain deer in
the park of John Uzzle, of Snow Shoe.
| Mr. Uzzle recently shipped asa pre--
Lent to William Butler, superintendent
| of the western state fishery, at Corry,
| the largest and finest doe ever raised
| in captivity in Pennsylvania. The an-
| imal would have dressed 140 pounds,
{and was most handsome in every fea-
i George W., Good,
lure.
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Ship ping Stone,
HS. Mills, who leased the Bruss
| stone quarries on Nittany mountain,
| is taking out a lot of the fine building |
| blue stone these days. He is shipping |
a car load a day to different points east
to be used in constructing
nearly four hundred car loads
than any in the state,
pci cos
8 5000 Damages Awarded the Bald Eagle, |
Nittany and Brosh Valley Pike Co
pike company $8000 for vacating and
freeing the pike of tolls from February
next, the company to retain the three
toll houses. The pike company had
asked $16,000,
a
Shippers Must Pay.
nold in the common pleas court in a
suit brought to determine whether a
shipper or the Adams express compa-
ny should pay for the war revenue
stamp to be attached to bills of lading
for express packages, decided in favor
of the express company and that the
shipper must pay for the stamp.
1 Af, AO
In Good Standing.
The County Commissioners’ report
will show a cash balance of over $12,
000, after paying out for repairs to the
court house and furnishing steel cells
for the fhil costing $5,000. This year
they will reduce the county tax to
three mills.
ajjouy is elused b
Burue and L Taenge ER
media by Do Wits Wit Wich Hazel
Smith & Ruionn; for
iby
THE {goesesesesese seosssssenes
= Star Store.
Dstablished 1589.
G. 0. BENNER,
See the New Mottled Gran-
Proprietor, § ite Ware.
GRAND CLEARANCE
SALE.
-
Carpets woven in one
piece—newest designs—called
Pro Bruseel.
-
Until February 15th, we will :
Druggetts and Art Squares.
following
Not on 8.
Tin-
sell you anything in the
-_
lines at cost: Dry Goods,
Shoes, Clothing, Hardware, On an average new goods
(zlassware Don’t come 1}
Ne
every day. ere
. . 3
for old stock. w and mod-
ern goods at much less than
1
old stock.
WE MUST MAKE ROOM FOR
SPRING STOCK.
Come and See.
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Garman's Store.
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Bellefonte,
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THE STAR.
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214 phone
re
I'¢ connection
$ SAVED
It Is No...
Humbug
10 PER CENT. DISCOUNT
from prices on Fur=
niture during Janu-
ary and February.
W. R. BRACHBILL,
Bellefonte, Pa.
= GLOBE.
Millinery
‘Phone 1203.
Dry Goods Carpets
Price Reduction
Sale !
PREVIOUS TO TAKING ACCOUNT OF STOCK.
and
We take our Annual Invoice early in February,
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in order to have as little etock on hand, and more money
in bank, we make a material reduction in prices for three
weeks previous.
Those who purchased from, us the past seasons, at
this time will no doubt seize this opportunity to get good
dependable goods at prices less than cost of manufacture.
Everything Marked in Plain
Figures !
One-half off on Overcoats, and all Clothing.
One-half off on all Ladies’ and Misses’ Coats and Wraps.
That is you pay us just one-half the original price.
One-quarter or twenty-five per cent. off on all Dress Goods.
One-quarter or twenty-five per cent. off on Carpetf.
One-third or thirty-three per cent. oft on Millinery.
One-quarter or twenty-five per cent. off on all Table Lin-
eng, and Men's, Ladies’ and Children’s Underwear.
One-quarter.or twenty-five per cent. off on Blankets and
Flannels.
Take Advantage of this Great Price Reduction Sale,
As we want to get our stock as low as possible previous to
Inventory, and purchases for Spring business.
RAIN i ON 5 IANS.
KATZ & CO.
Bellefonte,
“Makers of Low