RS RR VOL. LXXIIIL. PASSED THE CENTURY MARK. CENTRE COUNTY TURNS THE HUN- DREDTH MILE STONE. Tuesday, the County was 100 Years Old. —~A Big Celebration Planned, ~Some Ear iy History. On Tuesday Centre county was 100 years old, and though formal celebration of the event, an | elaborate celebration will be held dur- ing the summer, at the time of the lay- ing of the corner stone of the Curtin monument, in commemoration event. It was on February 13, that the Legislature passed the erecting the county of Centre parts of Mifflin, Northumberland, act Ly-| though since then parts have been cut off to belp erect yet today Centre county is the largest | in area in the state, embracing about | 670,000 acres, contiguous counties, mental in the organization of the coun- | ty were James Harris and James Dun- lop, the two men who at that time owned all the land grant on which Bellefonte is now located. Not only | did these men work hard to secure the | erection of the county at that time, bat in order to establish a fund with! which to build county buildings gave one-half of their possessions at that | place in trust to Andrew Gregg, Wm. Swavpzy and Robert Boggs, the trus- tees appointed by the state, to dispose | of to the best advantage, Messrs, Har- | ris and Dunlop also gave the ground | on which now stands the county court house and jail. The first court was held in the coun- ty in November, 1800, though it was several years later before Centre constituted a part of a regular district. The county were principally Duteh, in 182 population numbered but a littl than 1500) that time to the present it grown until | it now numbers over 50,000, was | judicial of the Pennsylvania early settlers from the eastern and } the e more counties, From has while in every way the county has grown portionately richer, and in some ways more celebrated than any of the sixty- pro- seven counties of the state, Centre Farming is The Cen flelds are well known everywhere. In addition, beds of bituminous coal, limestone clays, Tw enty-five there were twenty-six In scenery, county is most varied. extensively ried on. CAr- tre county iron ore exhaustiess , fire ago furnaces operat- ing in the county, but now there are | ouly four and yet the output in iron is ten times what it was then. Io wealth the county is one of the richest in the state, and nsien 1 of being bur- dened by a heavy de there are almost ete. Years t, always has a surplus in its treasury. The only means of outside communi- cation the county enjoyed from the or- ganization of the county until in 1859, was either by road or by the i Bald Eagle canal. In 1559 the Belle- fonte & Suow Shoe, the famous | “ywitchbaek,’’ was built, and in 1563 the Bald Eagle Valley was opened up, | from Tyrone to Lock Haven. that time a hundred miles or more of | road have been constructed within the | county, and now all parts of it are ac- cessible by rail. Io addition to these | general features of the county “Old | Centre” is further distinguished for | the great men she has sent out to serve both state and nation, No less than six Governors were na- | tives of this county, five of whom | were the chief executive of Pennsylva- | nin, They were: Governors Packer, Bilger, Curtin, Beaver and Hastings, Ir while a brother of Packer was gover- | nor of California. Ia addition, Cen- | tre countians have served in the Presi | dent’s eabinet, on the chief justice's | bench, in the supreme court of state | and pation, in Congress and the Sen- | ate, and as ambassadors to foreign countries. A number have held im- portant chairs in some of the foremost educational institutions in the land, while today Centre county people are numbered among leading statesmen, jurists, and in various other callings. Centre county has a bright page in history, while in crime it is small, Al- though there have been a number of homicide cases in the 100 years since its organization, only four have expi- nated their crimes on the gallows. These were “Negro Dan,’ hanged in 1802 for the murder of James Barrows; James Monks, executed in 1519 for the murder of Reuben Guild; Seely Hop- kins, for the murder of his wife and mother-in-law, and Alfred Andrews, for the murder of Clara Price, both in 1590. The only other black feature in the county's history was the existence here in the early days, of the famous rob- bers, Lewis and Conuelley, who, dur- ing a long period, created a reign of terror among the inhabitants of this section of the state, until both were fi- nally shot in an attempt to capture stage Since | | tennial during the year will be an | event of more than ordinary import ance, e, and is already being looked for- ward to with anticipation of a big { time geverslly. A Mtl iiss | LATE NEWS CONDENSED, | The lawyers’ fees in the prospective | | Frick vs. Carnegie unpleasantness will | be fat enough to make those lawyers | comfortable the rest of their days. Eogland is appealing for soldiers. | Bhe finds the needs of raising an army | of 600,000 men to be safe at home, Ev- ery inducement is offered to militia | | and colonials to come to the flag's de- fense, CGieneral Buller has been baffled at all points, and says it is useless to try FLORIDA, Two Weeks' Tour vin Pennsylvania Rall. road, The second Pennsylvania Rallroad tour of the season to Jacksonville, al- lowing two weeks in Florida, will leave New York and Phiadelphia Feb, <0. Excursion tickets, including railway transportation, Pullman accommoda- tions (one berth,) and meals en route i following rates; and Washington, $48.00; Pittsburg, other points, secure. It is be! lieved the British have abandoned La- dysmith to its fate and that General | to surrender to the] Boers. | i | The situation at Frankfort is quiet. | Taylor has sent his armed mountain- | Judge Taft of the United States C ir- | The Democrats deny the | jurisdiction of this court and that it is under the Constitution of the state, Mrs. Safleld, who witnessed the| fort, said, on Monday, that she saw | {the man who fired the shot. She de-| clares that she was only 30 feet away Two other alleged | statement, and the affidavits made by the three are now in the hands of Gov- | ernor Taylor. A big legal fight is on belween Car- | nagie and bis former partner and busi- | Frick. Mr. Frick the little sum of 25 million due on the value of his st ness manager, claims dollars as ock according to the estimate put on the iron plant by C This Mr. C ree fuses to pay. The greatest the country are Lies, arnegie, arnagie lawyers io | engaged by the par- Milwaukee has raised $100,000 to get | the Democratic National to meet in that city. Convention Several months ago the Republicans of Philadelphia pledged $100,000 to get their National Convention to meet there, and the of- to this time only about §40,000 has been subscribed for want of willingness, no doubt yet be raised. The fer was accepted, but up The sum will Taylor legislature has gone from London back to Franklort, to hold its meetings, but neither house has a quo-! rum. The Goebel leg both houses having a quorum, holds its ses- sions in Louisville, with Beckham as governor. Both sides bave taken the! trouble to the courts—the Taylor fac- tion to the United States Circuit Court whose jurisdic zisinture, and the! Court of} ion is side to the den ied, Slate ten mt emma A County Falr Assured Yesterday it was asuthoritively an- | nounced that a county fair was assur | | ed. and that Bellefonte was the object. | live point. The matter has been agi- | tated for several years, but the schemes | apparently lacked the proper spirit, | {and was allowed to lie dormant. Re | | cently the project was again taken up | | by the business men and several prom- | inent individuals of Beilefoute, and it | received such encouragement that an | organization was effected. Grounds | | have been leased on the Jacob Valen- | { tine farm about one-half mile south of | Bellefonte, a tract of twenty-five acres | lor more. The grounds are convenient- | ly reached by the Nittany Valley rail- 5 road and the Pennsylvania lines. As | i soon as the weather permits work will | | be started on grading the race course and erecting the buildings. The stock has been subscribed mainly by Belle- i been raised to go ahead and pull through the fair. 4 A Peculiar Accident, Miss Carrie Spicher, the charming daughter of Mr. John Spicher, west of Old Fort, met with a peculiar accident recently from which she sustained in- juries of a serious nature. About three weeks ago, she was sitting ina rocking chair when the rocker broke, and she was thrown. violently to the floor. Bhe was somewhat stunned by the fall, and at the time attributed her minor bruises to the seemingly small accident. In a few days however she become quite ill, and a physician was summoned who found that Miss Car- rie has sustained severe internal inju- ries, from which she may be some time in recovering, The many friends of the young lady hope for her early and speedy recovery, 4 AIM SSB a Gullty of Manslaoghter. A verdict of manslaughter was brought in by the jury on the Harman murder case at Clearfield last Friday night, after being out three hours, The counsel for the defendant have A APS, ION {ist Agent at 1198 Broadway, New York; 4 Court Street, Broolye; Broad Street, Newark, N. J.; { lnender, Jr., Passenger Pins more District, Baltimore, Md.; Studds, Passenger Agent BSonth east- {ern District, Washington, D. C,; Passenger Agent District, Pittsburg, Pa.; or to Geo. Boyd, General at iy Balti- Western Ww. Passenger Philadel- Assistant Stamps ln Book Form, Third Assistant Postmaster General Madden's idea, to have United States postage stamps issued in book form, will probably be inaugurated by the postoftice department. In fact, the the books is the secretary All that is head of the the treasury. necessary is bureau mediately Mr. Madden's scheme is to to fit the have a boom made vest book, with wax paper between the paper book is to be sold for twenty-five cents, sheets, and a thin cover, Some of the advantages are manifest, | led and they will not stick together in Io addition to postofhice department makes about $8 for each is derived from the one cent al charged for manufacturing Should one-fourth of cent stamps issued be sold 1,000 stamps sold. addition. the books, in book partment $200,000 a source alone, year from this] —— py Readable Clippings, The solidified alcohol which vessel intended to serve as a pocket lamp and stove is reported to consist essentially of 62 per cent. of alcohol, 20 A similar product is readily made by dissolviog scraped tallow soap in warm aleohol. A prominent physician remarks, ish from overeating.’ laration. The important fact is that it was made by an expert, and that no { truth. The Boer horses are remarkably well trained animals, and when the Trans. i vaalers desire to form an ambush or i firing line, their horses are taught to | remain stationary as soon as they feel | the reins dropped over their necks. — Ap Wonderial Soavenirs Free, Announcement is made by the pub- | lishers that every reader of the great ‘Philadelphia Bunday Press’ will re- ceive next Sunday, February 18, abso- {lutely free two souvenirs of a character {and value far beyond anything bhereto- fore offered by a newspaper. One will be a beautiful picture in ten colors, by Paul de Longpre, the famous flower painter, entitled A Yard of Roses." It is twice as large as any picture ever given away by a newspaper, and that it is worth framing is evident from the fact that copies cannot be bought at re- tail for less than a dollar. Bat, iu ad- dition to this, every reader of next “Sunday's Press,” will receive an at. tractively illustrated booklet of con- vetlent size, containing the greatest detective story ever written by Emile Gaborigu. If you want these splendid gifts you had better order next *‘Sun- day's Press'’ at once, as warning Is given that the supply will be limited. If there ia no news agent in your vi- clnity get some bright boy to write for the agency. HP How to Vote, Those who vote at the coming elec- tion should remember that the ballot law plainly and explicitly states that a cross in the circle at the head of any column is a vote for every candidate whose name appears in that column, consequently a scratch vote In anoth- er column opposite a name in that col. umn would be void, and the ballot might be thrown out. The surest way Is to mark an X opposite every name them. The holding of the county cen- made application for a new taial. you vote for, WASHINGTON LETTER. POSING CANAL TREATY. We Balid the Canal and Allow all Nations | to Use Same. Passlug the BUI, ~-Stroug Sentiment against Wasninaron, Feb | negotiated with England and sent to | the Senate, and the Porto Rico tarifl | bill, which has been reported to | House, and will be taken up this week {sequently right. The ing. | every nation in the world, to have have exactly the same even war with, privileges we take for ourselves in using it. That is not the old Democratic idea of Ameri- can control of the canal, and it is real- ly surprising that there is a single { we may happen vote for the ratification of the Without Democratic it would be bound to fail, Oue of the strong- est arguments in favor of tne construc- tion of the canal, treaty. voles, { foreign power. Under | the present treaty we should have advantage, make just the no {as our enemies would | same use of the canal. { Imperialism is the real question in- { volved in the Porto Rican tariff’ bill t makes one of the issues upon which | this year's Presidential will their | report on this bill, which imposes a 25 duty Porto Rican have come out flat-footed campaign be waged. The Republicans in | per cent. i * duets, on pro- in fa- | ion, and asuthor- recently as colonies, | vor of ignoring the constituti | of having Congress assume the ity to deal with the territory j acquired by the U. 8. and The the constito- tion is the supreme law of this repub- | lie, and that it recoguizes neither colo- that every foot ground belonging to the U. 8, is a part U. 8. and every Fesident of terri- tory belonging tothe U. B,, a with their people as subjects, Democrats contend that | nies nor subjects; citizen. The imperialists have es votes to win in Congress, but it remains to be seen peo- The Democratic substitute {and plain. It was introduced by SBen- of Arkansas, and it | vides for the opening of the mints of | ithe U. 8. to the coinage of silver, as provided by the Act of Jan. 18t, 1537, | upon the same terms and subject { the limitations and provisions of law | regulating the coinage and legal tend- {er quality of gold; and that when the | silver coins shall be received into the treasury, certificates shall be lssued for | them as now prescribed by law. Un. | fortunately the Republicans have the | will vote against it—but the substitute | will give the Democrats an opportuni- ty to record their votes in favor of | “the dollar of our daddies.” The vote will be taken on Thursday of this week. Adjutant Gen. Corbin, some notoriety during the war with Spain, through being Alger's tool in carrying out the several schemes devis- {ed for the humiliation of Gen. Miles, as well as by lobbying during the last Congress, for legislation to give him- self the rank of Maj. Gen., is again playing the role of lobbyist for the same purpose. He gave an elaborate Sunday dinner, at a suburban club house, to twenty odd members of the House, including the Military Committee, As Secretary Root also attended the dinner, it is assumed that he is helping the effort of Corbin for promotion. Notwithstanding the indignant de- nials on the floor of the House, by (en Grosvenor, and other administra. tion men, of the charge made by Rob- erts, that Utah polygamists had been appointed to Federal offices by Mr. McKinley, the House Committee on Postoffices, which has been investigat- ing, have to report to the House that Postmaster Graham, of Provo, had an indictment for polygamy hanging over him, whea he was appointed. In or der to soften this proof of the charge of Roberts, the Committee accompa- nies it with a statement from the pros- ecuting attorney of Salt Lake City, saying that for various reasons it is not likely that Graham will be brought to trial under that iodictment, It Is probable that the wishes of the Me- Kinley administration, are among those “reasons’’ for not trying to con- viet the polygamist Senator Allen, that Soda¥'s Oouges tonal Record does not plus. tha ale on record ernment should offer mediation. ator Allen offered a resolution to that | | Benators and inditlerence of olhers, it | | was put before the Senate and dec Jared | | sO0D a8 they realized what had been | |done, the administration | flocked upon the floor, nays were demanded, The yeas and but Mr. Allen Later, Beopator Allen good be reconsidered and the resolution sent to the calendar. Col. Bryan stopped in Washington {again to talk to Democratic Benators his trip east, ti A Strange Woodyard in Alaska, If our big lumbermen, Huyett, yer, Lindenhall Lumber Co., et {are thirsting forjnew fields to feed their circulars, with logs prepared, provided | and piled by nature free, and ready for i manufacturing into lumber, ish information of such a paradise in the following : One of the greatest curiosities noted by travelers in Alaska is the wonder- | ful haven of driftwood on the coast be- tween Yakatag and Kyak islands, ol we Heattle, The constant deposit of logs and driftwood in this particular which has been going on for hundreds, nay perhaps thousands of years, is due to the phenomena of the tides, the Pa- spot, cific Gulf stream, the mys’ erious ocean currents and the peculiar formation of the shore lines at that point, Logs and timbers are readily identi- fied there as having come from Japan, | China, India and other parts of Asis, ‘alifornia, Washing the fine logs as from ( ton and other parts of as well American continent, There are of the camphor tree, the mohogany, the red- wood and the pine io this driltage. Some of those from the State of Wash- ington contain the names of felled the mills for which they were destined but | never reached. Logs eight feet in this novel woodyard, trees 150 feet the men who trees and of the saw- diameter are in and long are there, entire uplifted by the roots, cast into the sea by some terrible tempest and sent floating round the world. descry | with fantastic like some sea monster. beach alter another has | formed by the floating timbers, and a little distance back from the shore the deposits are so old that the wood in some places is petrified, while a little { deeper in the earth it has turned into The newer logs are without! bark and as bard as stone, due, it is | thought, to their long immersion in salt water. They have all taken on a whitish appearence. In places the | timbers are piled 20 feet high ; at | er points they rise toa height of only | | four or five feet. | Under this wonderfal beach is found ruby sand, | {rich in fine particles of gold, for the | separation of which no successful pro- | cess has yet been discovered. some Often persons on the beach big trees floating shoreward, 8 Bg roots above the waves, One been coal. {large quantities of dark, | Ms —— LATEST WAR NEWS. General Baller is falling back. burg, hard won posts, They had forced the Boers from Hobkirk’'s Windmill and Bastard’s Nek, but were assailed and badly beat- en. All the British posts on the western flank, including the force and guns at Coles Kop, were withdrawn and re tired under fire to Maeder's Farm, Kruger will demand a ransom of 10 million dollars for Cecil Rhodes when the Boers catch him, but he will not hang him, the ransom to pay for the indemnity of the Jameson raid, which is charged to Rhodes, —————— May Sell the Ch arch. The Sinking Creek Presbyterian charge, will hold a congregational meeting on Saturday next, to consider the disposal of the Presbyterian church property at Centre Hill. The congre- gation at Centre Hill has dwindled un- til few members were left, and the building became delapidated, and ser- vices were seldom held of late in the church. The members will consider disposing of the building, lot and fix- tures st public sale. Election Tuesday, The election next Tuesday promises to pass off quietly although there is some dissatisfaction regarding the tickets put up by both parties) In the | A8e municigal elections the voter i§ given the one chance of the year to square up with his neighbor with whom fie has harbored a petty spite. LOCAL ITEMS, Cullings of More than Ordinary Interest from Everywhsre. Finding Fault With Providence, i The signs is bad when folks commence A finding fault with Providence, { And balkin’ 'cause the earth shake At every prancin’ step they take. don’t No man is great till he can see {ow less than little he can be f stripped to self, and stark and bare He bung his sign out anywhere. | My doctern is to lay aside Contentions, and be satisfied. Jest do your best, and praise er blame That follows that counts jest the same, I've allus noticed great success Is mixed with troubles more or less, And its the man who does the best That gets more kicks than all the rest, ~Thomas Whi womb Riley Sunday very fine. Btorm on Tuesday. Roads are becoming mud ways. Lemons keep fresh in dry sand. cold on Wednesday. Monday and Tuesday disagreeable, | Bright but A heated knife will cut fresh bread. Bruised cloves keep moth from fars, A 2-year old oil cloth is wise to buy. Use old newspapers to thten tinware, “The mills but sure.” brig up of the gods grind slow, frames should be cleans- ed with half an o reid (2111 picture non. Powdered rice applied on lint will stop a bleeding wound. It's about time somebody in the val- ley finds coal again. fier eating onions munch a sprig of parsley dipped in vinegar. rk that is over Soak a of large in boil- ing water, aud then it will fit. Jac 6th, ob Lose died at SBoydertown, on alter a day's illness, aged 82 years. Mrs, is quite ill. Finkle, of Also Mrs, The aged Georges valley, Zettie, valley. Harrison Walk ing good time in the race for chief geass of Bellefonte. of the same (er seems to mak- bur- be Cen- 10 a. Rev. Rearick’s appointm tre Hall, 2p. m m. ; Tussey ville, ils Spring Mills, 7 p.m. ange Ar- A big pro- ht in Gr cadia will be a great treat, gram has been prepared. The Carnival tonig A knowing one says an onion taken at night is one of the best sleep induc- ers, calming the nerves, and putting the brain to rest, The veteran, Mr. Geo. Thomas, we were pleased to find sufficiently recov- ered from his recent illness, to be able to come to town the other day. Wm. Colyer purchased 100 acres of the Curtin farm, mile east of the railroad station ; about 20 acres are woodland, which is likely to be turned into lumber soon, one The county financial statement, as a | supplement, will go out in this issue lof the Reporter. It should receive the {scrutiny of every taxpayer, that he | may know where his taxes go. The Monitor says J. P. Swoope, a | Huntingdon county trapper, one day | Inst week made a visit to his traps on | the mountain and was rewarded with | the capture of one wildeat, five foxes, lone mink, three polecats and two 'eoons, | Easter comes this year on April 15, land Lent begins February 14. The date for Easter is unusually late this year, in fact is within one week of the latest possible date for the feast, the earliest being March 21 and the latest April 25 Alluding, in another column, to the long continuation of a store without a change of name for about 50 years, the next and ouly ones to approach this period would be Fisher's store at Penn Hall, and Hess’ store, now Ross’, at Linden Hall James L. Mauck, of Flemington, has been committed to the State Insane Asylum at Danville, suffering from a peculiar hallucination. He imagines that he has a platform which one of the political parties is anxious to se- cure, and he wants $1,500,000 for it. The weather the past week has been mild and pleasant, being far from that expected in the middle of winter, and in marked contrast to that we had just one year ago when the mercury took a drop and was frozen down at twenty to forty below zero. The back bone of winter is broken. Grange Arcadia has been finely fres- coed. It's the largest grange hall in the state and the Patrons should honor it by holding one of their anvual state assemblies in it, This has long been the grange centre of inspiration. With the buildings in the park ample capa- city is at command for overflow meet. ings and committee rooms, while the delegates could find excellent accom- modations in private families at ee Taten thas In lagu towns.
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