wa THE CENTRE REPORTER. CENTRE HALL, PA., THURS. March 22 How Are Those Shoes Wearing? Perhaps yon are one of the very large number who bought shoes at this store in the last few months. If you are, the question applies to you. We are interested in every pair of our shoes that are in service. Our interest never ceases while the shoes “live.” We want to know just how the shoes we sell wear. If any make that we handle isn’t up to the mark, we are just as eager to know it as anyone could be-—and if you don’t tell us how the shoes wear, we can never know whether our shoemak- ers are living up to their contracts or not. Mingle’s Shoe Store. Belle'on’e, Pa. TT _EGAL NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the first and final sccountof H E Daek. assignee of Israel Coute will be presented to the court for confirmation on Wednesday, April 25th, 1900, and unless exocep- tious be filed thereto on or before the second day of the term, the same will be confirmed. M.I GARDNER, Bellefonte, Pa. March 22, 190, Prothonatary. How the Devil Broke Up an Ancient Po ker Club at Centre HIilL BIG LUMBER DRAL, Trandfer of Thousands of Acres.—A Hall. road from the Southside Mountains to Centre Hall, Well authenticated report has it that a large deal has been consumma- ted in a lumber tract of many thous- and acres, lying south of Tusseyville, in the mountains, covering what is known as the Kettle.” The parties owning the immense tract are Messrs. Beecher & Sober, an old and well-known firm of lumber men, who have sold the tract to Wit- mer & Uo., also well-known in these parts, The consideration is sald to be $90,000, The new firm, we are informed, will build a lumber gailroad from the Ket- tle to Centre Hall station, the latter to be their shipping point. The railroad will strike the valley at Boal's Gap, thence direct to Stone mill, where the first and only hill will be encountered on the road leading past the farm once owned by John Rishel, dec'd, thence to the station at this place, The road may ultimately become 20 miles in length by the time the most distant parts of the tract are reached in the progress of lumbering. It is said the new firm will offer fa- cilities to the people of the south side of the valley for travel and traffic to and from Centre Hall, in connection with their lumber trains which will be a convenience. The lumber operation will bave timber enough to last fifteen years or more, and lumber hands in these parts will find a good opening for many years of employment. \ cn fn Ap ily Unce Centre Hall Boy Catches a Bargiar in New York, George H. Rishell, son of Jolin Ri- shell, dec’d, formerly of this place, and his family were at dioner in the base ment of their house, 67 West 128 street, Away back, Centre Hill had a poker party of hillers and loopers, some of whom are in pastures on the other side and some still feeding on this side. The boys did their shuffling on the sly, and quietly, as they enjoyed the chips as they sat around the poker table, anxious not to be found out, enhoft farm buildings and Centre Hill, stood an unoccupied business office, and this the knights of the deck fre quented for their night's games. The door was always securely fastened on the inside and certain taps admitted a member of the gang. One of the fel- | lows was then a clerk in the Centre | Hill store, and he was noted for bis | unmatchable profanity. One night] there was cheating in the game, and | , this opened the floodgates of profanity with which the clerk was gifted, and | amidst it, every member being inside, there came the regular tap-sign, and without any unlocking from the in- side, the door opened, and the devil stood partly under it in all the habili- ments of his satanic msjesty., The , door was at once shut against old nick but it opened again, and cloty was there, but disappeared in a few seconds and the party simply adjourned with- and no more meetings were held there. Afjoining the Centre Hill cemetery on the rise on the west side, stood an abandoned study of the Presbyterian minister, This the poker set next fix. ed upon as a safe place to meet, as neither the devil or anybody would be likely to lurk around a grave yard at night. Here they met to shuffle the cards. But alas! who came around again but the devil! the inside fasten- ings flew open along with the door, and there stood the ruler of darkness, in all his hideousness and most fright- ful business garb—and vanished, The poker party seattered ; the dev- il's second appearance was equivalent to a motion to adjourn sine die. And we may be excused for crediting the devil for having done one good thing. Man and Wife Gored to Death by a Ball Near Nescopec, on Monday after- noon, the bodies of E. C. Stout and bis wife, who lived on a farm, were found buried under the snow in their barn- yard, and it is the supposition that while at work in his yard, where a vicious bull was kept, Mr. Stout was attacked by the animal. His wife, it is presumed, came to his assistance and met a similar fate. Mrs. Btout’'s neck was broken and her body stripped of her clothing, which was torn to shreds. Bo terribly was Mr. Stout's body mangled that re- cognition was barely possible. From the deserted appearance of the house, and the fact that the heavy snow which covered the bodies fell Thursday night, it is thought that the farmer and his wife met their fearful fate on Thursday last, A A A ANY Had His Arm Cat Of, Williafii Freed, an employee of the Milton Iron Company, met with a sad and painful sceident while at work last Friday, morning, He was work- ing at the shears and in stoopiog to pick something up, thinking the’ ma- chinery had stopped,. he placed his left arm on the lower knife and it was cut off below the elbow, A A — Themb Lacerated Arthur Bettleyon, employed on KE. ~ M. Huyett’s mill above Colyer, got ~ the thumb on the right hand [nto the bolting saw this week, cutting off part » their home in New York City, a {few evenings ago, when a neighbor | tapped on the window and told them i that a stranger had entered the front | door with a key. | bathroom and rush down to the street, | He gave chase and the man was arrest. led at the corner of Fifth avenue by Detectives Buckridge and Meehan, of the East 1 lalong. | George Saunders, a horse dealer, of | Weehawken. In the Harlem police | Court he pleaded not guilty to the { charge of burglary and was held. Mr. Rishell writes us: I had the man indicted to-day, 19th, by the grand jury ; he is said to be an old tim- er and daogerous character ; but he made a mistake when he run up against an ipstallment inspector. I take a great deal of interest in the old | Reporter, &e. { Abe Miller Catches the | Flaum | Abe Miller has been appointed by { Judge Love to the vacant Commission- {ership. It will amount to a three | year term, less 2} months. The ap- { pointment is a fit one from the Repub- i i i. Commissioner { lican ranks in which Mr. Miller was a | life-long voter. To look after the best | interests of the county, and co-operate with the Democratic commissioners, Messrs. Heckman and Meyer, for good house-keeping, will bring Mr. Miller credit, — Notioe, Patrons of the REPORTER who con- template changing their postoffice ad- dress this spring, should notify this of fice of such change by card at once, that the paper may reach them regu- larly. Do not forget to give last ad- dress as well as the new one. By ob- serving the above, much delay may be avoided, Hm ————— Transfer of Heal Estate, Jacob Weber heirs to Samuel Weber, sr., house and lot in Harris, $200. H. J. Wise to Amos Kaufman, house and lot in Centre Hall, $1800, J. L. Spangler to A. W. Nevel, 4 acres in Potter, $218, J. N. Deitrich to Henry M. Deitrich lot in Walker twp., $225. Recent Mifflin County Deaths, Granville, wife of Isaac Beaver, aged 46 years. Lewistown, Steven Bryant, age 87. Iowa, Thomas Harpster, aged 75. Granville, widow of Reuben Her- rington, aged 68 years. Mattawana, Wm. Sayers, age 65, Lewistown, wife of Oscar Thrush, age 19. Her infant babe died same day. Marriage Licenses. The following marriage licenses were issued during the past week: Wha Deitz and Annie Walker, of Cato, John Howard McPherson and Ger: trude Ellen SBpicher, Linden Hall. John B. Krebs, Northumberland, and Elizabeth J. Rosecrans, Loveville, Chas. E. Swartz, Miogoville, and Lizzie A. Royer, Madisonburg, Harry F. Weaver, Romola, and An- na M. Gentzel. Hublersburg, A Temperance Lecture, J. A. Howard, who poses as a re- formed drunkard, delivered a lecture in the United Evangelical church last evening on “Intemperance or Life in Prison.” There was a large audience present to hear him point out the of the member above the first joint. 2b Qulekly Sold, A new record in horse siles was es. tablished on Tuesday at Benjamin Gentzel's sale of a car load of Illinois horses at Runkle’s hotel. To sell the entire car load required but forty min- utes, The bidding was spirited and the horses were sold at an average of $187.60, a price that no car load has yet attained. A team of blacks were sold at private sale for $400, and they go to Kensington, near Pittsburg. Mr. Gentzel Is a very successful dealer and he expects to return to Centre Hall again with another lot, About the first week in April H. B. Pfaltzgraff expects to bring to Centre Hall about two car loads of fine Kentucky horses, The lot will be made up of trotters, pacers, saddle horses, all with records. The horses will be offered at private sale or exchange at the hotel stables, There has been a great demand for road horses from all parts of the coun- ty, many being in need of fast drivers, and a chance will now be given to secure this kind of an animal. In the lot to be brought will be included a number of mules, M E. Appointments, Williamsport District.—Emporium, Oliver Metzler; Fairview, Robert Btine; Flemiogton, John Bouser; Gar- deau, Thomas McKenty; Great Island, Bamuel Ham; Hoytville, Franklin E. Hartman; Hughesville, John Morti- mer; Hyner, Henry Flanegan. Altoona District,—Presiding Elder, Martin Bmyser; Bellefonte, Wilford Shriner; Half Moon; Robert Runyan; Houtzdale, Frank Leidy; Howard, An- drew Wharton; Milesburg and Union- ville, Richard Wharton; Penns Valley, lus Thompkios; Pleasant Gap, Ed. i fi ne RE 0 a en EE a MARRIED AT JORNSTOWN, Miss Gertrude Miller, sn Former Centre Hall Lady nnd M. U, Gephart United, The marriage of Mr. M. C. Gephart, Millheim’s prominent citizen and Miss Anna Gertrude Miller took place last Thursday morning, in the First Luth- eran church, at Johnsiown, Pa. Rev, Wm. A. Shipman, pastor of the church, performed the ceremony, as- sisted by Rev, Calvin Gephait, of La- vansville, Somerset county, a brother of the groom. The bride is a daughter of the late Rev. J, K. Miller, for a number of years pastor of the Centre Hall Luth- eran church, and she is well known to all in this community, Bome years ago the family removed to Johnstown, | where they have since resided, Mr. Gephart is one of Millheim's leading and representative business men, and at present is proprietor of the large music store at that place. With his bride be left shortly after the wedding | ceremony on a tour of various cities, and about April 15th, will return to Millbeim taking up their residence in that place. | WS P————— i i Royally Esntertained, \ | i lh eveulng a party of young people from Milroy along with | a number of young folks from this | community, were royally entertained | at the Old Fort hotel by Landlord snd | Mrs. Issac Shawver. It was a conge- nial party and they were served a | | bountiful supper, after which the floors | were cleared and to lively music, a good old fashioned time was had trip- | ping the light fantastic toe uutil the | hours began to wane, Those present | were: Misses Etta Danisin, Tressie | ole Raymer, Mabel Thompson, Ruth | mund White; Port Matilda, Elliot Latshaw; Ramey, Wm. W. Reese; Shawmut, Lemuel IL. Logan; Suoow Shoe, Theodore Faus; State College, Wm. Noble, Tyrone.—Columbia Avenue, Joseph D. W. Deavor; First Church, John A. Wood, Jr.; Utahville, Wm. Chileote, Central Pa. College. At the Central Penna. Conference of the United Evangelical church, held Pennsylvania College has vot been consummated, and the Conference con- tinued Rev. W. E. Detwiler as the fi- nancial agent. As the college at New | Berlin is not properly equipped snd | has not adequate building facilities, it wus recommended that the trustees of Central Pennsylvania College formu- | late plans and conditions, to be refer | red to the citizens of New Berlin and other places, looking to the removal of the college to another place where more ground and better facilities can be had if the people of New Berlin do not take proper action.— Lewisburg Journal, tp Centre's Centennial, celebrate the Centre County Centenni- al at Bellefonte, July 23 and 28. The first move belog the appointment of committes from every township in the county to take charge of the various departments, a big time, for our big county. A flow of other matter makes it impossible to publish the long list of committee vames, which reached us too late, Bellefonte, where the Centennial forts in that line and én doing her part to make it a success, To ———— so No Horses Died, There have been rumors circulated through the county to the effect that five horses out of one car load sold re cently at Centre Hall, have dled for the purchasers. The rumors have been without the least foundation and = careful inquiry, failed to find one ani- mal that bas died. The horses brought to the Centre Hall market are purely western stock, hardy and sound, and every purchaser of the four car loads sold, has been fully satisfied with the animals, Nittany Pench Buds Frozen. The peach buds in Nittany orchards and other parts of Clinton county, are reported killed by Saturday night's freeze, 17th. A large peach grower of Nittany valley states that the plum and peach buds were frozen badly that night, when the mercury registered from six to ten degrees below zero, and that the result will be a greatly de creased yield. A SA SA RANA Week of Fasting and Prayer. The bishops of the Methodist church have issued an address to the ministry calling upon the people for the observ- ance of a week of fasting and prayer to begin March 25, for the purpose of in- creasing the spirituality of the church, The address closes with an appeal that the week of abstinence may be the means of bringing two million peni- tents to the altars of the church, Graln Unpromising, The wheat flelds in this county do not have a promising look. The wet freezing spells In the last six weeks | Thompson, Messrs. Willis Reed, Har- | {ry Brown, L. 8. Alexander, W. R. | {| Reed, W. A. Reed, Harry Danisin, D. | A. Brown, Mr, and Mrs. J. W. Brown, | all of Milroy; Mr. and Mrs. Bradford, | | Misses Annie Bradford, Rosella Hor- ner, Pearl Riter, Mary Relish, Margie Taylor, Elsie Krise, Messrs. Thomas | Kerstetter, J. Bitner, A, H. Zong, | | John Reish, John Miller, J. H. Au- man, W. W. Gonder, Frank Homan, | all of Centre Hall, nf rmhu— Distilleries oo the Decrease. Beventy years ago there were 20 dis- | tilleries in Penns valley, only one of | them is left, it is atthe extreme east end, the jumpiog off place between Centre and Union counties. Every farm house had its barrel of old rye and every harvest field its half gallon bottle at that day. We have muchly | retrograded, it will be observed, in the | manufacture of red-nose and corre | | ~to every distillery then, we now | | have two flourishing churches in the | valley. Ounce it was 26 distilleries and | less than half a dozen churches: now | | the Reporter can count 1 distill ry and | | 52 churches in this valley. ! ————A— Ao — Br 1 District Sabbath School Convention The Distriot Babbath School Con- | | vention of Centre District, United Ev. | angelical church, will be held some | time in May, st Lemont, Pa. The! | committee of arrangements will meet | | in Centre Hall, March 30, to prepare | programme. Bigned : 8B. P. Reemer, P. E. W. Buck, W. W. Rhoads, melsdorf, committee, iil a— Centre County to Crirbrate i The Centre County Centennial bas | been fixed upon for July 25 and 26, one | day for civics and one day for a milita- | ry display, with sports and a histori- | cal exhibition. Colonel Wilbur F. Ree- | der was elected president of the organ | ization, and vice presidents in all parts | of the county were named. brat Term Nearly Closed. There remaios but about two weeks | for our public schools to complete the | seven months’ term, finish on Friday, April 6th, when the students will have a couple months vacation, excepting those attending the subscription schools which will open soon after the regular term closes, A ————— Many to Fit, There will be a great deal of chang. ing around In the town before April first, and many of our citizens will get a8 “move on.” There is no searcity of houces in the town, and every one can be supplied with a roof over their head. : H. i J. W. Wo- | R.A, Horse Died, A livery horse, one of a team driven from Bellefonte to the Old Fort, on Sunday, took sick while on the way, and died shortly after reaching the no- tel. The team belonged to liveryman George Beezer, of Bellefonte, and was valued at over $200. The Odd Fellows' Meeting, The first meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Odd Fellows’ Associa~ tion was held in Lock Haven, April 26, 1885, Every year since the associa. tion has met some place in Central Pennsylvania, and this year they will convene at Renovo, A Big Sale, The sale of W. H. and A. E. Meyer on Monday a short distance east of Centre Hill, was oneof the largest held | in the valley The stock and lmple ments brought good round prices, | 00000000000000000000000000000%0000 EE — CORVONIEO0P0000000BR000000000006000008000000000000000000000600000000000¢0000000¢ SORORDORLILCLOLR00N0BG00000006006000000000000000808 There is a Reason Why I am entitled to some of your trade. 1 fully explained that in the last issue of this paper. For the benefit of those who did not read it, I again say-— Goods Sold on Their Own Merits, No Misrepresentation of Goods Allowed, Your Money Back for the Asking. I fully realize that I cannot expect all your trade, but I am sure a trial will prove financially beneficial to you. To all persons, I would be very much pleased to have you call and see me in my new location, and I will try to prove to you that I DO WHAT I ADVERTISE. | There is no Reason Why 1 I cannot and will not save yon money on your Spring wants in Clothing and Furnishing Goods. T I leave It will do harm, I realize yon Come and see me. good may result from it. no YORSIDIV BOIme won't vour old : . .. s : 3 od hi. 13 trading places unless inducements are offered, and along this line I intend to conduet my business. 1 in the papers 1 You Yon will then be able to judge for yoursel . - Goods 118d mean nothing to a buyer. must see, feel and get ¢ i. prices. (Give me a call when around mv way. 1 will endeavor to for At “SIM THE CLOTHIER.” Reynolds’ Bank Building, make it interesting vou. Bellefonte, Pa. C0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000N20000008000000000000000CHRRBPR0CPOB0G0000RL0P000,0000000000808 SESE - LOR nis ’ This week we can Just Received a A Full Stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Q T give you The Benefit of a Good Buy in an Original Crate of Queensware. ueensware, runks, etc. Our stock was never LE ESIIANTeTA NTE IRIN RRR TRIN TI ETN 0 #0 complete and was Cups and Saucers at 25¢. a set. Ewer and Basin, Nappies, Bowls, || Meat Dishes, Pitchers, Cliambers, ete., bought early in or der to take advan- tage of the constant. ly advancing prices. 8 At Very Low Prices. - Come and see, and Look into this at once. you will find that we All kinds of Coal on sale. Wheat, 67c and Mid- Cheaper by sell at same prices as before. Iran dlings, 1.00 per cwt. | the ton. H. F. Rossman, SPRING MILLS, Sm ———— G. H. LONG, Pa. Brachbill’s Annual Reduction Sale - Furniture Now Going On. Which includes some of the choicest goods in the market that came too late for the Holiday trade. Although prices have advanced, does not say that you must pay higher prices for your furniture, as we are now selling what goods we bought early in the season, before prices advanced. We offer every year during the months of January and February great inducements to buyers in Furni. ture. Don’t wait for lower prices, but come and see what we can do for you. WR Brachblll,
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