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THE CENTRE REPORTER.
CENTRE HALL, PA., THURS, Oct. 26
NEW !
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New Shoes for Men,
New Shoes for Ladies.
New Shoes for Children,
New Shoes for Babies.
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Just Received
A Full Stock of Notions.
Latest Styles of Neckwear,
Great Piles of New Dress Goods.
Underwear from 5c. to soc.
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CALL AND
EXAMINE..
While Bright
and New =
F. A. CARSON
POTTERS MILLS.
Robbed Farmer and Took Him
Frank Diehl, a farmer of Turbot
township, Northumberland county,
was bound and gagged by robbers on
evening of 19. He was accosted at the
barn by a stranger, who asked for a
job at husking corn. Four other men
then approached and Diehl was over-
powered. After tying his hands and
feet the men, who in the meantime
had tied handkerchiefs about their fa-
ces, carried Diehl into the house, the
only other occupant of which was his
aged mother,
One of the robbers stood guard over
the feeble old woman while the others
ransacked the house and took from a
chest about $400, most of which be-
longed to Mrs. Diehl. The robbers
left Diehl tied when they departed,
and it was nearly midnight when a
neighbor passing was attracted to the
house by the old lady's cries. She had
been unable to unfasten either gag or
ropes. Mr. Diehl is cerlain that he
recognized two of the robbers by their
voices,
Prisoner.
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Foster's Weather Forecast.
My last bulletin gave forecasts of the
storm wave to cross the coatinent
from the 24th to 28th, and the next
will reach the Pacific coast about 29i bh,
cross the west of Rockies couniry by
close of 30th, great central valleys 31st
and November 2, eastern states No-
vember 3,
Warm wave will cross the west of
Rockies country about October 29,
great central valleys 3lst, eastern
states November 2. Cool wave will
cross the west of Rockies country
about November 1, great central wval-
leys 3, eastern states 5.
Temperature of the week eondiog
November 6 will average below nor-
mal in the great ceatral valleys, about
in the eastern states and on the Pacific
slope.
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A Bunken Fortune,
Every year many thousands of feet
timber and logs are lost by sinking to
the bottom of the river in the pool of
the dam. The timber becomes water
soaked and goes to the bottom where
it remains and is eventually, partly or
wholly covered by thesand that drifis
in with the summer floods. Men are
now at work recovering some of this
lost timber, An open frame work of
light timber is constructed on which
they float about looking for a sunken
stick. When one is located it is bro’t
to the surface of the water with pike
poles and fastened to the timber float
and taken ashore, At the present
prices of timber there is a fortune ly-
ing at the bottom ofthe pool of the
Lock Haven dam.— Lock Haven Exp.
Recent Union County Deaths.
Cowan, Wm. Reedy, age 73 years.
Lewis twp., Christian Mench, in his
80 year.
Bnyder county, Benj. Loos, aged 72
New Berlin, widow of Samuel Geise,
age 80 years.
Suayder county, wife of Chas. Hum-
mel, age 53 years,
Lewisburg, Wm. Bmith, age 80y.
Died at Roopsburg.
Anna Belle, wife of John Meese,
died last Friday morning at her home
at Roopsburg, near Bellefonte, of con-
sumption. She was aged about 66
years and leaves a husband and eight
children to survive her. The remains
were interred in the Lutheran ceme-
tery ai Pleasant Gap on Monday.
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Recent Mifflin County Deaths.
Pittsburg, H. 8. Floyd, age 55.
Lewistown, Robert, son of Robert
Mann, jr., aged 6 years.
Menno, Wm, Patton, aged 76,
Lock Haven, Joseph Potts, age 88,
UOVERED WITH BLAZING OIL.
Mrs. Adam Wolf, East of Rebersburg,
Moots n Horrible Death,
Mrs. Busan Wolf, wife of Adam
Wolf, about three miles east of Rebers-
burg, residing on the latter's father's
farm, met with a terrible accident last
Friday evening from a lamp explod-
ing, which covered her with flaming
oil, and burning her so badly that her
death resulted some hours later.
The accident occurred about nine
o'clock on Friday evening. Mrs,
Wolf's father, “Abram Brindle, had
been assisting her husband husking
corn that day, In the evening Mr,
Wolf went to Rebersburg on business,
leaving his wife at home with the
children and her father. Mrs. Wolf
had put the children to bed, and about
nine o'clock her father wished to re-
tire for his night's rest. The two
were alone in the kitchen, and Mrs,
Wolf picked up a lamp standing on
the kitchen table to show her father to
his room.
The lamp was a bracket lamp with
a glass fount, and when she raised it
from the table, there was a terrific ex-
plosion. The oil in the lamp had gen-
it up, the gas ignited and exploded.
The lamp was shattered into thous-
ands of pieces which were scattered all
over the kitchen.
thrown all over Mrs, Wolf from head
to foot, and in an instant almost all of
her clothing was a flaming mass. Her
father ran to her assistance and at-
but not succeeding found a bucket of
water which he dashed upon
daughter. This partly checked
He succeeded in
flames, but not until excruciating in-
juries had been inflicted upon the
young woman. From the top of her
head to the soles of her feet she
blackened and blistered mass of hu-
man flesh, What little clothing re-
mained on her body when the fire was
put out, was cut off, and the flesh came
with it.
Unassisted the suffering woman
walked to a bed where she lay
Her husband arrived home
half hour after the accident and
Bright at Rebersburg, was summoned
at once,
Was a
down.
The physician arrived about
an hour later and did all possible with-
in human means to alleviate the
ferings of the tortured woman. Bhe
never lost consciousness until about
three o'clock on Saturday afternoon,
when death relieved her of her pains,
In his efforts to quench the flames
Mr. Brindle received many severe
burns. His bands were badly burned
and his shirt on the front hod a large
bole burned in it. The blazing oil set
fire to the carpet in the kiichen
communicated to the floor,
the excitement attending Mra
the burning carpet was forgotten and
the house narrowly escaped destruc-
suf-
During
assistance arriving. The floor and fur
nitare is charred.
Mrs. Wolf was aged only 28 years, 7
months and 27 days. She leaves
husband and three little girls and a
little son to survive her. She
most estimable young woman,
kindly and christian nature, sod
very popular in her neighborhood.
The funeral took place on
morning. Interment was made in the
cemetery at Rebersburg. Rev. Balem,
pastor of the Lutheran church,
which Mrs. Wolf was a consistent
member, officiated in the services. The
funeral was one of the largest held in
Brush valley for years. The sad and
heart-rending accident and the popu-
lar young woman, the victim, caused
a large and general attendance,
A —— A —— A Sot 3s
Assisting Their Neighbors,
The members of Progress Grange of
Centra Hall have been doing a kindly
work in assisting some of their neigh-
bors with farm work who have been
kept back on account of illness in the
families. Thursday last about fifteen
went to the home of George Ginger-
ich, east of Centre Hall, who is down
with typhoid fever, sod husked a big
crop of corn. Yesterday the little
band invaded the precinctof N. B.
Shaffer, below the Old Fort, and turn-
ed in with a hearty will to get out of
the way a big corn crop. Mrs. Shaffer
has been down with typhoid fever for
some time and the assistance given by
his neighbors was greatly ap preciated
by Mr. Shaffer.
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Cat Her Throat,
The wife of John Hannah, an iron
worker in the employ of the Jenkins
Iron & Tool Co., at Howard, attempt-
ed to commit suicide Monday evening
by cutting her throat with a razor,
She inflicted an ugly and deep gash on
the throat and pearly accomplished
her intended purpose. She may recov.
er. A long illness is the only cause as-
signed for the deed.
Was a
of a
Mountain Fires,
Since Monday the atmosphere has
been hazy and heavy with smoke from
a fierce fire which is raging in the
mountains in the western end of the
county,
Died of Diphtheria.
Margaret, the bright seven-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hart.
man, of Millheim, died on Saturday
noon, of diphtheria, and was buried
on Bunday noon,
Want a Race Course,
A public meeting was held in the
court house at Bellefonte, last Friday
evening to organize a fair association
and put down a first-class race course
near the town. The meeting was
poorly attended and the projectors de-
cided to allow the matter to lie latent
until next spring. While the project
is under consideration, would it not
be well for those at the head to consid-
er the site of Grange Park, at Centre
Hall, where an excellent race track
could be constructed at a small ex-
pense. The Park is adapted for that
purpose and a course could be laid out
circling the entire ground, Here a
third or a half mile track could easily
be buiit, and a decidedly interesting
feature added to the grounds.
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$100,000 Coal Deal,
The 600-acre tract of coal land, to-
gether with the mines and improve-
ments, and property of George W. Me-
Gaffey and the Nuttall estate were sold
to the Bleomington Coal Mining Com-
pany for about $100,000. This Is the
largest transaction of the kind that
has taken place in the Philipsburg sec-
i tion since 1887, when General George
McGee paid about $200,000 for the coal
rights of certain lands belonging
| the Pardee estate. The Bloomfield
| company will soon put down a shaft
o the lower vein. The transaction
| section.
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| Monument to Centre County Soldiers.
| It has been finally decided that a
{ monument to the memory of the sol-
| djers from Centre county in the Civil
This conclusion
| has been reached after a long drawn
controversy between those who desired
| a public building and those who were
| anxious to have a monument. A com-
| tee has been appointed to solicit sub-
| scriptions throughout the county, and
| have entire charge of the erection of
| War shall be erected.
| the monument, which is expected to
| be starled in a very short time,
| Chairman of this committee is General
| J. A. Beaver. The shaft will be sur-
mounted by a statue of Governor Cur-
i tin,
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Library for Tyrone,
A citizen of Tyrone is in receipt of a
letter from Andrew Carnegie, dated
| Skibo Castle, Seotland, in which he
offers to contribute $50,000 to provide
| a free library for Tyrone on condition
| that the town furoish a suitable site
| for the buildiag, which must be de-
tached from other buildings, and have
| sufficient ground around it, and that
$5,000 per year be provided to main-
tain the library. Mr. Carpegie seems
| to be much interested in this town,
aod it is thought and hoped that the
| town will accept his magnificent offer.
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Tonight,
Madame Fry's entertainment in the
Opera House last night was attended
| by a very large snd select audience,
and it proved to be one of the most en-
| joyable treats that it has ever been the
| good fortune of our people to listen to.
Gettysburg Truth, Madame Fry
| will give one of her entertainments in
| Grange Arcadia, tonight, beaefit Pub-
| lie School Library Fund. Admission
i 25 cents.
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A Warniog toe Grooers.
| The wise grocer will be on the look-
| out for the food inspector. He is lia-
| ble to walk into the store at any time,
and be doesn’t make his business
| known either, and you won't know
| who the pleasant gentleman was, who
| bought a few ounces of this, that and
| the other, until called upon to explain
why the pepper and ginger were so
| wesry or the butter so highly colored.
| Those people are working under the
food adulieration law.
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A Wild Oat Hunter,
John Swope has killed 103 wild cats
in Huntingdon county, four of this
number having been killed since July.
On Monday morning of Inst week Mr,
Swope brought in three gray foxes, six
minks, three skunks, five opossums,
and one coon, In 1898 the county
paid this old trapper $1,300 for scalps
of trapped animals. In addition to
this he realized a handsome sum for
the hides which he tans himself,
Game Law Violaters Held,
George B. Uzzle and Wm. Haynes,
of Snowshoe, and Lou Grove, of Clar-
ence, were arrested Friday for viola
tion of the game laws, The informa-
tion was made by Daniel Smay, who
swore he saw them shooting pheasants
out of season, The men were given a
hearing and held in $200 bail each for
appearance at court.
Escaped from Prison
Allison Woodring, the young man
recently arrested on the charge of steal.
ing hides from the Philipsburg Beef
Co., and who has been in Clearfield
Jail awaiting trial, escaped from prison
in connection with Harry McEwen,
another prisoner. Woodring knocked
the matron of the jail down and the
two men escaped through an open
doorway.
A Golden Wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Confer celebrat-
ed their golden wedding anniversary
at their home In Liberty township,
this county, on Wednesday, Oct. 11th,
One hundred and fifty friends and rel
atives gathered to make merry on this
A Long Time in Getting Returns,
During the civil war many soldiers
who went to the front invested part of
their army pay in buying up part sec-
tions of government land situated in
western states then thinly populated
and unsettled. Io taking up a tract to
secure a good title, a five years resi.
dence was required and the tract im-
proved, otherwise the tract could be
pre-empted. Tho soldiers however,
were exempt from this clause, and
they were allowed the time in service
to be deducted from the five years.
Quite a number of soldiers from this
county took advantage of the opportu-
nity to make investment, and took up
tracts, paying about $40 for a section
of 80 acres. Many of them never saw
their tracts and some even forgot of
their trapsactions, and lost their rec-
ords. The matter has been revived of
late by parties who are investigating
the records, and are buying up the
dlaims. John Martz, of Centre Hall, a
member of the 148th P. V. I, was
among those who bought a tract of 80
acres in Minnesota. He had forgotten
all about the transaction, and lost his
records in the fire which destroyed the
Kurtz & Bon mills and the dwelliog
A few days ago
John received a letter from a firm of-
fering him about $100 for his claim on
the tract. It is say he
There
county
to
the offer.
are other old soldiers io the
who will receive similar benefits,
among them being Col. James F. Wea-
ver, of Milesburg.
needless
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They Were Quick to Act
Lewistown has for some months
been without a Board of Health, and
no disposition was shown by the bor-
ough council to appoint one, Becrela-
ry Lee, of the State Health Board,
then served notice on the Lewistown
authorities that if they did not organ-
ize a Board of Health and provide for
other sanitary precautions if smallpox
would be taken charge of by the State
Board, and strict quarantine regula-
tions established. The mails would
then be suspended, all traios forbidden
to stop at the stations, the churches
private gatherings prohibited. A
eal board of health was named
Lewistown without further delay.
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for
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Bears, Not Boers
The Bellefonte news scribe for the
city dailies has a terrible bug-aboo of
Centre county being full of bears, and
in the Snowshoe mountsing flocks of
sheep are being devoured by bruin. In
the Seven mountains, on this side, he
writes bears are so plenty they patrol
the highways to eateh the school chil-
dren for a meal, chase the hunters,
| and at one place were discovered tear-
ing down a shanty and on the ap-
proach of the hunters the beasts drove
them off ! Och now, Biddy, bring the
i schmelling bottle,
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Dr. G. W. Hosterman will soon have
his fine mansion ready for occupancy.
He has just finished a fine new stable
on the lot.
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Improvements.
Shoemaker John Martz is putting
the finishing touches on his new dwell-
ing sud will move in in a short time.
W. W. Boob is remodeling the low-
er floor of his front shop, with the
view of making a modern store room.
Mrs. Wm. Wolf is haviog some im-
provements made in the interior of her
residence by the addition of a modern
bath room and other conveniences.
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—— Who'll Calculate Tt ? ”
Statistics which have been collated
in Wisconsin show the average cost of
raising wheat to be 24 cents a bushel
and the cost of corn 27 cents. In both
cases there are included interest on the
value of the land, with the cost of im-
plements and horses added in. Can't
some farmer readers of the Report-
er figure the cost of raising wheat and
corn in Centre county on a similar ba-
sis and send it to us for publication ?
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Senator Martin's Expensive Shot at Hecla,
While trailing for quail on the pre-
serve of the Nittany Gun Club, on
morning of 19. Senator David Mar-
tin, of Philadelphia, took a shot at a
covey that arose from a clump of low
brush, and in doing so accidentally
shot his best pointer, valued at $1,000,
David can do better shooting at a
covey of Quay-l in November, than at
quail over at Hecla.
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Will not be Paid,
According to action taken at the
Htate Convention of county commis-
sloners at Erie, Pa., last week, consta-
bles will not hereafter receive compen-
sation for meting as fire wardens be
paid the reward of ten dollars for giv-
ing information of any one violating
these laws.
A —— ATTA LATAN,
Game to be Killed,
Hunters will remember that it is un-
lawful for any one person to kill in
one day more than ten ruffed grouse
or pheasant; more than fifteen quail or
Virginia : more than ten
woodeock or more than two wild tur
keys, or to kill in one season more
than two deer.
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Death of an Aged Man,
Jonathan Ike died at Gardner sta-
tion this county, on Wednesday of last
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We have just
Received
a New Lot of
Oil Cloth
and
Carpets.
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Will sell you one of the best made
and choice designs 5-4 Table Oil.
cloth at $1.70; 6-4 at $2 65—per
roll of 12 yards.
Stair Oilcloth, Te. per yd.
Heavy Oileloth, 1
wide at lowest prices.
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2 yards
and
Rag Carpets, 28 and 38c.
Jute Filled Wool
48¢c,
Hemp Carpet, 12c.
Stripe Carpets,
Matting, 12, 15, 18, 19, 22 and 27c.
Rugs, 25¢ to $2.25.
or
Why Pay
...30, 40 or 50 dollars for a
Sewing Machine when $19.50
buys as good a machine as can
be put together--two guaran-
tees, the manufacturer's and
ours.
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Another new lot of Dress
Goods—very newest styles.
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Have you seen the style in
Skirts, Electric Blues, Old
Rose, Cherry and Blacks, at
one third less than
prices.
regular
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Fall and Winter weight
Underwear. in
Ferris
All the gizes
Misses and Children’s
Waists,
Garman’s Store.
Bellefonte, . - Pa.
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Window Shades on Spring Rollers, |
10 to 48c.
Lace Curtains, 48¢. to
pair.
The latest Curtain Poles,
£1 a9 per |
10, 14,
and 16¢. each.
750 Carpet Tacks, be.
S. M.
SWARTZ,
TUSSEY VILLE,
of that big lot of
Chamber
Suits.......
Left in stock.
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They go at the old prices to
make room for new goods.
A Fine Line of Couches marked
Jargains these.
JOHN SMITH & BRO,
Spring Millis.
way down .
9-30
Bhook’s cider mill at the station will
be run two days yet, on Tuesday Oet.
31st, and Tuesday after the election,
Nov. 14th. The cider season will close
with the latter date.
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Old fashions in dress may be revive
ed, but no old fashioned medicine can
replace Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by
J. H. Ross, Linden Hall; 8B, M, Swartz
Tusseyville; F. A. Carson, Potters
Millis; H. F. Rossman, Spring Mills,
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at the age of over eighty-five years.
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and
Complete
Line of
Fall and
Winter
Goods.
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Has Opened and we are now
prepared to show our Patrons
the most superb stock of
Fall Dress Goods, Suits,
Overcoats and Furnishings
That were ever produced in
Our
want
any store in the valley.
We
you to call and see our stock,
which has been selected to fill
the wants of our trade.
prices are right,
All Kinds of Coal
All kinds of Screened Coal al-
ways on hand at lowest prices.
G. H. LONG,
Spring Mills, Pa.
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