BR THE CENTRE REPORTER. RA RC ESB SE CENTRE HALL, PA., THURS. March 29 Shoe News For Spring. make The new shoes the shoe news. Case upon case of Spring time footwear has been tumbled into the store within the last few weeks. We've have opening the boxes and arranging the stock just as rapidly as we could. We cannot say we are ent irely ready the new there to have you view Spring for many sorts yet to come. But we can satisfy almost anyone with shoes of new Spring design-—shoes that we lines, are promise to be strictly up to the hour in style, shoes that we guarantee to be faultless in fit and finish, shoes that cannot se EP A A HOTEL BEAT. erymen, A man giving his name as Miller and coming from Harrisburg, has been | through this part of the state under pretense of being an extensive in horses, He has worked our county and has | gone to other parts to try his slick game, Miller came to Bellefonte, He want- ed horses, and put up at Newcomer's hotel. In that town buy about fifteen or twenty floe ani- mals, and bad arranged for a day when they were to be delivered to him at Bellefonte. brought long distances but there awaited no them. parts with no little unpaid hotel bill, aud a big charge up agaiust him several livery stables. He appeared in Centre Hall on Monday ouly for a short time. He to the town, claimant for was at his farmers to team and driver in Lock Haven. description of the man, to several He had a country horses, From the be matched at our prices. If you want a pair of shoes don’t wait for the complete lines. Plenty styles here that you'll like. right now, of Mingle’s Shoe Store. Bellefonte, Pa. | Foster's Weather Forecast. My last bulletin gave forecasts of the storm wave to cross the continent will reach the Pacific coast about 4, cross the west of Rockies country by close of 5, great central valleys 6 to 8, eastern states 9. Warm wave will cross the west valleys 6, eastern states 8, Cool wave will cross the ‘west of Rockies country about 7, great central valleys 9, eastern states 11. above in Pacific in the great central valleys, eastern states and below slope. About the date of this bulletin tem- perature will be marching toward cold- er and rainfall will be increasing east of the Rockies; west the reverse may be expected. First week in April will vere storms with great on 86 of bring extremes extents of country, drouths in other small loealities. Conditions will favorable to tornadoes, but very ferous storms are not expected. tf ——————— Of Interest to Agents, Judge Biddle, of Carlisle, has hand- 1 down an opinion of interest gents who sell by sample throughout ate. plu tea by sample in which violated an ordinance. fused to pay a license. The borough sued him. The defendant claimed the municipal legislation an unlawful at- tempt to regulate trade by creating a vored local class Judge Biddle sus- to erimination of this kind, tion and its manifest effect is not to prohibit an injurious business, but to suppress lawful competition, Will Frame New Tax Bill, At a meeting of the Executive Com- mittee of Grange held in Harrisburg last Tues day, Hon. Leonard Rhone, of Centre Hall, and Hon. William E. vatawissa, last years’ Democratic can- lidate for State Treasurer, were ap- pointed a committee to collect data for a tax bill to be presented to the next Legislature. Resolutions were also adopted by the Executive Committee opposing any legislation which will in- crease the taxation on farms, >» About to Move Away. Rev. Christine and family will move 0 his farm in Northumberland ecoun- ¥, the management of which will af- ford him pleasure, since, like Rev. Dr. Colfelt, bro. Christine is neither afraid nor ashamed of the plow, We are sor- to see him and his esteemed family save this place, having always found hem pleasant, kind and sociable, Our dest wishes go with Mr, Christine dl family. Not Eoconraged, ir. Weaver, of Boalsburg, intimated met with little encouragement in his efforts to establish a manufactory p for some of the three or four use al and inexpensive household articles his invention, as he was led to be- leve there were parties here to aid as | well as welcome such enterprises. Per- haps he failed to strike our public spir- ited capitalits. Borry, indeed. Another Lumber Operation, A new lumber operation is to open n the near future, close to Centre Hall nder the management of the Linden Hall Lumber Company which has d 600 acres of the mountain ot belonging to the Huston farm, e mile east of this place. We un- nd a mill will be put upon the [ECL Bellefonte They fol- was traced to Millheim. He when it in was here, and he at { the Musser house trip. parently to secure good boarding and ey. justice dealt Bc fp sem — Fire at Rock Springs. Saturday morning about one o'clock the large stone and frame house on ed by John Hobson and occupied by Claude B. Hess near Rock Springs, this county, was almost completely de- stroyed by fire. Only the outside walls remain standing. Mr. Hess and ed from their slumbers by the smell of smoke and the crackling of the flumes and barely had time escape with their lives. They were taken out of the second story windows with only All burned, to the build- The ing was insured. total loss on will exceed $2,000. pn Mp Had His Arm Broken Roy, the who Last Friday last valley to moved from Nittany by which he was seriously The little fellow was assisting ther in putting the the barn floor, when implements into the large barn (some manner thrown from its sent for who set is get- Dr. Lee was at once boy ting along nicely. ————— ap Furnace llenefit Association The 200 employes of the Bellefonte Furnace Company put into operation a sick and injured benefit association, the movement is to create a fund for the relief of sick and injured employes of the company, and to this end em- ployes agree to pay into the same the sum of fifty cents per month, the com- pany itself to be the depository of the fund, to make all disbursements ete. The stipulated weekly benefit is from $5 to $6 a week. The scheme has the approval and hearty co-operation of the company. —————— A — A Pimple Causes Trouble, Anthony Garver, the efficient engi- neer in Colyer’s stave factory, has been laid off for the last two weeks with an attack of blood poisoning. Anthony had a little pimple on the end of his nose. He opened it with a needle Instead of healing up at once, his pro- boscis began to swell until it assumed an enormous size. The needle caused blood poisoning, and erysipelas sci in, covering his entire face and head. By careful treatment “Tony is able to be about again, and expects to go to work in a few days. / Tramps Mast Work, The Bellefonte town couneil the oth- er night, on recommendation of Bur- gess Blanchard, decided to enforce the ball and chain ordinance and compel all tramps caught in the borough lim- its to work on the streets. The police and street commissioner will enfore the ordinance, The town has been overrun with tramps all winter, A AM SP SSAA Goes to Paris Governor Stone has appointed Colo- nel Fred Reynolds, of Bellefonte, one of the Pennsylvania Commissioners to the Paris Exposition. And the Colo. nel informs us be Intends golog. AAO oo 5 5 ES rms The eight car loads of fine horses | | sold at Centre Hall and Millheim in-+ side a few weeks remind us of the days | | away back when Penns valley farm | horses were noted over the state—large, | | noble, sleek animals, round and fat as I | eels. | In Haines township, farmer John | | Wolt was noted for his fine horses, al- | ways having a team of four. George | Weaver, farther down, always had a | Eby, Hostermans, and others, In Penn township Jacob Keen al- ways had a princely turn out of four Mr. Keen would halt on the road and with brush and cloth bring off every speck, | as if in triumph, a sight of wonder, | as also the Gepharts, On the Lingle farms near Centre Hall | were always fine and noble looking i horses, Near Rebersburg ex-commissioner | John Wolf always had fine and | looking horses, of his own raising and ht and sold ; when after a fine large horse, { such as he boug ers, nev | Wolf's. In the same township, Miles, | the Brungards, Walkers, Gramleys, Kramers, Shafers, Kormans, and other well-to-do farmers, kept pone but the choicest four and six horse teams upon their farms. In Gregg township | Gentzels, the Heckmans, ke Pp wan Mussers, | Neeses, with other farmers, line with large, flue horses, Farms being made smaller within the past twenly years, and the advent of the railroad through the valley, causing far less teaming, have tend- once the pride of the large old farmers, i { on this side the county. a—————— _—— # A Lock Haven Sensation. ~ A few days ago social and business circles were startled by a report of the sensational disappearance of Frank D. Smith, manager of the Jacob Smith & Son's large wholesale and retail gro- | cery. lo a letter received by the senior Smith from his son—who at the time of its writing was in New York city — Frank said he was about to deport for Europe to seek his fortune. Next moroiog on the first train Jacob Smith and his brother, Bartley, start- ed for New York in the hope that Frank may yet be intercepted before settiog sail. Messages were also dis patched to the authorities of the me- tropolis and the ship companies ask- { ing that His father is | of the opinion that a woman would ac- him, for it is known that { though Frank has a most | wife and four handsome chil | Lock Haven, eas! he be detained. | ompauy estimable dren in he has been much | New Jersey town, | in Lock Haven several times, —————— Bellefonte Attorneys’ Fee 11. A Bellefonte dispatch says the attor- | neys of the county have gotten out a | less consternation among some of the { members of the bar. The bill provides {a minimum rate for all professional { bly increased | charged. over ra‘es drawing up legal papers are doubled. The bill is considered a good one for practitioners of long experi- hard It will also on a beginner. the Peace, who will undoubtedly now be given legal papers to get out be. cause their fees are lower. In the bill is a disbarment clause attached for vio- lation, which is meant to catch those lawyers who have made ita practice of underbidding. st soe Attacked by a Ball, Lewistown Free Press: Sunday of Inst week, James K. Muthersbough, residing on the ridge west of town, was out in his barnyard about noou when a bull approached him, sudden- ly it rushed at him catehing and toss- ing him over its head when it turned and stamped upon his breast. Mr. M. caught the enraged animal by the nose when it dragged him along the barn yard until it came to an open door. Mr. M. loosed his hold on the animal and regainiog his feet, ran inside the barn shutting the door. The bull tried to jump after him but was not fast enough. It was a close call for Mr. Muthersbough, who was considerably bruised and cut on the head, SM UY ABT Republican Primaries, Republican chairman Wilbur F. Ree- der’ has issued his call for the holding of the Republican primaries April 7, and the county convention Tuesday, April 10, for the election of two dele gates to the State Convention and the selection of three conferrees to chose delegates to the Republican National Convention, Won't Have Hummels Body. It having become known that a lot had been purchased in the Mootours- ville cemetery for Hummel’s body, the citizens of that place held an indigoa- tion meeting. They protest against the murderer's body being buried in the graveyard, and state that they will > / no A se A RU AI SHS i G02 CENTRE HALL THE TERMINUS, | The Lumber Railroad from the Large Tract | in the Beven Mountulos, We made mention in last week's Re- | porter of a new lumber firm opening a | | large lumber operation in the ‘Kettle’ | Mr. Bo- ber, jr., who tarried in our sanctum a | few hours, confirmed the Reporter's | statement, only that as to the price paid Beecher & Sober being $45,000 in- of Bt. Claire, stead of Witmer & Co, The tract embraces 4100 acres. i We learn from one of the parties in- | terested that the number Pa., in- lumber of acres acres belonged to Mr, Beecher, which | the balance, which sold for £35,000, Operations on the tract very soon, will begin To get the lumber to the market it will be necessary to build railroad from the mountains to side of the valley, and the road its terminus at Centre Hall. | route. Mr. Huyett, lumberman of this place, who is posted on lumber inter- tests in this county, tells us that the above tract is the last of the large tim- ber tracts in our county, from which it may be inferred that lumbering on the verge ol winding up in this couun- ty, once so rich in that respect. 7 as the Ev. is sure to grow to an attend. ance of 300 to 500 students and 12 to 18 professors with families, within a few What local market all kinds of produce, work for mechanics, on perl half with other advantages is A Pash for the College. An institution such Un. college Fears, a for ps a dozen buildings, and benefits, is a matter worth considering by the peo- ple of our town as well as of the valley. A push is needed, The Reporter made a strong and ceaseless battle, contributing to get a railroad to Centre Hall and through the valley, and ceeded with the aid of the public ited citizens, besides liberally, Bi wpir- Now see what great ben- efits Centre Hall has reaped from this and the hundreds of thousands of dol- lars it has brought into this side of our thanks or the satlsfac- county. There may be no it, but that lasting good was It was a success in spite of bitter opposi- gratitude for us in tion of knowing accomplished, is the best receipt tion in our town and a little here and i there, Get the College here and in ten years Centre Hall will have increased 100 per Cent a good thingsure. Profession of | public spirit never accomplishes any thing but solid action does, - WA. Will It Work this Way. The new mercantile tax law is going | to add to the revenues of the state, as the Department. Un- der the old law there about 61, 000 dealers who paid the tax, but der recent law 150,000 shown by the return received at Auditor General's Were about the Treasury Formerly the income from this source | was about $00 000 dealers help to swell recei pis, a year. The new law will bring iu about £1,200.000. One dealer who last year paid $70 mercan- tile tax will this year pay $750. Anoth- er paid $1,000 last year; this year he | will pay $20,000, — antl mopman Chanee for Most Desirable Properties, that the Daniel the Executor, J. B. Fleisher, town, in all respects, dition, choice fruit, water, No safer investment. I ———_ A ——] —-> Bought a New Eagine, ! George Emerick received a brand new traction engine last Thursday by freight. George is the owner of a com- plete threshing outfit and the old en- gine has almost ended its days of use fulness, George purchased a larger and later improved machine. It was a proud moment for his engineer John Taylor, when the new machine was taken through the town. ay - Another Stingy Man Heard From, Corry has the stingiest man on earth beyond doubt. Atany rate we offer twenty-three cents reward for his su. perior in close fistedness. He got mar- ried to a home girl to save expenses; they walked around the block for a bridal tour; he bought her a nickel's worth of stick candy for a wedding present, and then suggested that they save their eandy for the children, ——— AM is Congregational Meeting, A congregational meeting will be held in the Presbyterian chureh, Cen- tre Hall, on Saturday, April 7th, 2 p. m., to take action in regard to calling a Pastor, and to elect Trustees for the coming year. ~~ By order of Session. Recent Denths. Bamuel Harpster, of Gatesburg, died Thursday morning, 15th, on his 7ist birthday, He was a most estimabie situation, buildings, resort to the force of arms, if necessary, sbi, For flow jos work, try tow Reporter. Vopr wt # og dope, tizen aod 8 member of the Lutheran | 0000000000000000000000000000030000000000000000000000000000080000000000000000000000000000002000000000000000000000 CH) i Pa - os . . . eH SHA SOE 0505 Per A 5 HE 2 tA 4 APE ASSET GOB080000R000000R00000000000000000000000000086000065 There is a Reason Why I fully explained benefit of those who I am entitled to some of your trade. that in the last issue of this paper. For the 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, a trial will prove financially beneficial to you. but I am sure To all persons, I would be very much pleased to have you I call and see me in my new location, and I will to you that I DO WHAT I ADVERTISE. try prove to The There is no Reason Why and will not save I Cannot in Clothing and Furn Come 2 " . good may result from it. wants and see me, t will do no harm, DOSS Y i » wont trading places unless inducements are offered, and (Goods Y ou must see, I intend to eonduet my business. mean nothin 10 g a feel 000000000C0000000000000000000080 00000000000000000000000000020000000000000002000002000000000000 buver, You will then be al vourself. Give me a call when around my way. [I will endeavor to interes “SIM THE CLOTHIER.” Reynolds’ Bank Building, make it Bellefonte, Pa. 000000000000000000000000000000006000000600000080008 PO0B3002000002300120 om VBL PRR NAR Eee eT i EF. # oF » AL # hi give you § week we can aw "the » & OC) wa Just Received a oc oe un WE an Cx ge » A Full Stock of Dry Goods, Queensware, Trunks, etc. & 8 - The Good Buy in an Original Crate Benefit of a ge sv Pala BE a we Notions, — - Lae JR a ae Se . » @ S08 a of Queensware. », LA sw ey ow » » - w . -. WE Our stock was never - Sn HJ © and Sa at 25¢. a set. @ 28 - #0 complete and was Cups ucers PATE ws ane Ewer and Basin, Nappies Bowls, Pitch bought early in take 1 the O- EN ow # » der to advan t Dishes, : Lhambers, x Am ale of se tage constant. ly ct e agavancing prices. ” XX - At Very Low Prices. - - - 2% aa § a — wd . oH Come and sce, and Look into this at once he LE 8 LEAS 8, you will find that we ll kinds of Coal on sale. Wheat, G7e. dlings, £1.00 per cwt. *, * sell at same prices as EraeTeea SH - w Mid- Cheaper by before, Bran and Se a E000 satis He {the ton. - - WED Sa x Te H. F. Roseman.) SPRING MILLS. Lx a ————— G. H. LONG, Spring Mills, WA - Sse ven ’ TNO YSRl 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 carly in the season, before prices advanced. We offer every year during the months of January and Febroary great inducements to buyers in Fumi. ture. Don’t wait for lower prices, but come and see what we can do for you. W. R. Brachbill, y BELLEFONTE, DOP 0VDVVVVUVVVUBERD = - - -
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