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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,
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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.