VOL. LXXIII. COURT PROCEEDINGS. CASES HEARD AND DISPOSED OF OF BY THE TRIBUNAL. The Regular April Term Convened Monday Morning —The Usual Petty Cases Up for Trial and the Results, April session of court convened on Monday morning with His Honor Judge John G. Love on the bench. The morning session was largely tak- en up in receiving returns by the sher- iff in partition proceedings in several decenent’s estates, and in hearing mo- tions and petitions as presented by the several members of the bar. The grand jury was then called and sworn, and W. Galer Morrison, of Bellefonte, was chosen foreman. After being charged by the court relative to their duties, they retired to the room to pass on the several bills of indict- ment that will be laid before them by the district attorney. At this junction the constables of the several townships and boroughs made their quarterly returns. Thos. Barr and Thos. Hayes receiv- ed their final discharges from jail un- der the insolvent law of the Com. List of traverse jurors called, absen- tees noted and several were excused by the court. The civil trial list for the first and second week was then called over and the following cases disposed of: Philp A. Leister vs. E. M. Huyett; settled. Frick & Lindsay Co. Kate A. Miller, trading us the Gowland Manu- facturing Co., ete., Geo. B. Simler, Jr., v8. for betrayal, prosecutrix Mary E. Treaster. This case is from Potter township and the defendant for a num- ber of years lived with the prosecutrix as man and wife, when a few years ago, tiring of her, left her and a prose- cution for desertion was tried iu this court, when it developed that they had never been married. Verdict of guilty in manner aad form as indicted. Ben- tenced to pay costs of prosecution and, the child being dead, to pay a fine of $25 and $75 lying-in expenses, This exhausted the criminal list for trial by jury aod the civil list was tak- en up as follows: The National Computing Beale Co. vs. F. B. Stover; settled. All jurors not empaneled in the fol- lowing case were discharged on day afternoon, Mike Katch, Mike Holley, Herman Artka, Joseph Backals, F. X. Vohuoer, Mike Simmons, Baltzer Kline, SBhevack, Henry Anna, Adam Batots- key, Jacob Mateskey, Auton Zadiz- zins, Vincent Roska, Katie Campbell, | Andrew Groff, Wm. Beonett, Joseph | Tues- | MURDER IN LEWISBURG, Union County's First Murder,—~The Victim of Centre County Family, The first murder ever committed in Union county occurred late on Satur. day night in Lewisburg, when, aftera quarrel, James Lenhart cut the throat of his friend, Newton Motz The tragedy occurred in the princi- pal street of Lewisburg under the glare of an electric light and was witnessed by perhaps ten people. Motz and Lenhart worked side by side in a plan- ing mill and spent much of the time | outside the mill in each other's compa- ny. {| Saturday night they were togeth-| jer and while drinking in fellowship at | { the Cameron house bar, Lenhart jocu- | larly refe srred to Motz as ‘Nigger.’ | This he now says had no special sigoif- | | icance, but Motz resented it and they | | quarrele Ti The quarrel was soon over, | re newed. | the barroom at the Baker house, where | | the quarrel was renewed, and they sep- WASHINGTON LETTER. ARMY OFFICERS ACCUSED OF ROBBING CUBANS. A Great Scandal In the War Department, — Two Salaries Belng Pald and the KHe- publicans Endorse It, WasHiNaTON, April 23.- rule of the War Department, which cannot fail to add to the wave of pub- i lie sentiment, dally becoming higher i and stronger that will sweep the Re- i dals, out of This power, { | by Becretary Root, for its continuance, although {originated by Alger. It | plainly, the robbery of Cubans, for the | benefit of officers of the U. B. army. | Hints of extravagant living by Ameri- who is responsible it was ee an officers in Cuba, and of large sums NO. 17 the Philippines, and to the 15 per cent. duty on Porto Riean imports to the U. 8. This being my position, 1 do not intend to support a platform that Is against my convictions in such I do not in- Re- | “From hill to hill be harried me ; publican National Committee, nor to| He stalked me day and night ; attend the National Convention.” | He neither knew nor hated me ; vn Nor his nor mine the fight, There are numerous prominent Re- publicans in both branches of Con-| | “He killed the man who stood by me, gress who believe just as Senator Well- For such they made his law, ington does, but whether any of them | Then foot by foot I fought to him, LOCAL ITEMS, Cullings of More than Ordinary Interest from Everywhere. War. Who neither knew por saw, following his | remains to be seen. | “I trained my rifle on his heart ; He leapt up in the air, | Mv screaming ball tore thro’ his breast, | And lay embedded there, A ———— New Dermoeratic Rules, The Democratic County Convention | will be held June 5 and the “It lay embedded there, and yet with the Hissed home o'er hill and sea, alas Ioeetht | Straight to the aching heart of her R98 meeting Who ne'er did wrong to me.” candidates Arthur Str | the county committee, held in Belle | Arian | fonte on Monday, when the party | | rules were changed providing that the | first | primaries deci- of | leaders, and | inger. Are you going to Paree, To see the Expozee? | arated, Motz going to the office of Wei- | and Lenhart to a res | taurant close by where he picked up ul Artka, Chas. Cosin, Joha Duansmore, P. Toney, Lewis Artrickey, Heary and | densaul’s livery, : | Tuesday instead of the second in June, | quent, but it was not until within the | A resolution was also adopted provid- | The fruit crop in this county is safe | last forty-eight hours that it became ug that all candidates for office must | yet, save the peaches, Pins Ye [ “a Sechodenskey, An- drew Trote, “ws theshan, Andrew Mallady, and Mat Saevack, all to the use of the Blubaker Coal Co. and G. Murray Andrews, a stockholder. These are twenty-seven separate appeals from | the decision of John M. Keichline, for the purpose of one trial. Some- time in July, 1809, 27 of the the defendant company obtained | judgment before Henry Anna, a jus tice of the peace, at Hastings, Pa. against the defendant company for Ia- bor claims and execution was issued | and the personal property of the de- | vs. same. The Ohio Injector Co. vs, game; Pittsburg Gage and Supply C vs, same; Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co, & R. Wister agents, vs, same; peals from the decision of a justice the peace; stricken from the list. Dr. John Sebring vs. overseer of the | poor of Bellefonte boro; settled. Runkle Bros. vs. Central R, of Pa.; continued. L. C. Bullock vs. Homer Carr; tiled, On the second week's list the follow- | ing cases were disposed of, John P. Harris, Wm. E. Gray and | Samuel T. Gray vs. Jacob Thielman, Bamuel Marsh and Geo. Chapman; continued. John P. Harris, Wm. E. Samuel T. Gray vs. Jacob M. Thiel- | man, Samuel Marsh, Geo. M. Chap- man, Morrell Marshall and Labe Kell- | inger; continued. John G. Love and Louisa H. executors of ete., of Adam Hoy, dec'd, vs, the German American lusurance 0., of New York; continued, the case being special to Judge Love. Samuel Wilkinson, James Stoddard and Joseph CC, Foreman, Sr., in behalf | of Rush township vs. Richard O'Neill, | overseer of the poor, and P. R. Gor-| man, supervisor; continued. 8S. 8. Messinger & Son vs. John Wert | and Jas. Wert; settled. Henry Wohlfort vs. Nathan Hough | and Emeline Hough; continued at the | costs of the defendants. o. | L. | ap-| of | five i R. Co. | set- | Gray and Hoy, was taken up as follows: Com. va. Wm. Lyon, indicted; first count, public nuisance on public road; second count, public nuisance on pri- vate road; prosecutor G. A. Confer. This prosecution grows out of the dig- ging of a trench in a certain road lead- ing from the main Bald Eagle road, north of Bald Eagle creek, to the sum- mit in Howard township, by the de- fendant, the road leading through the properties of the defendants, Mrs Swartz and Mrs. Emms Confer. Ver- dict not guilty and divided the costs equally between the prosecutor and the defendant, Reuben Hoover was discharged from custody under the insolvent laws, Com. vs. Howard Schenck, indicted for betrayal, prosecutrix Laura B. Haines. This case is from Howard township. The defendant plead guilty and, thechild being dead, was sentenc- ed to pay the costs of prosecution, and $25 lying expenses, Com. ve. Andrew Kerns, indicted, first count, adultery; second count, bastardy; prosecutrix Lizzie Rhirk This case is from Philipsburg and the defendant is a married man, and a brother-in-law of the prosecutrix, Ver. dict on Tuesday of guilty in a manner and form as indicted. Bentenced on the first count to pay the costs of pros ecution and undergo imprisonment in the county jail for a period of six months, and on the second count the usual sentence in like cases was impos. ed by the court, Com, vs. Edward Fetzer, indicted for esciping a board bill, prosecutrix Harriet Rawley. The defendant had been boarding evith the prosecutrix in Bnow Shoe township and for. some cause or other left her place with a board bill against him for $16.26, De- fendant plead guilty and sentence was suspended. Com. vs. John H. Taylor, indicted { fendant company sold at constable's | sale, and bought by the Blubaker Coal | i Co., and the Blubaker Coal Co., paid | these claims in full and took assign- | | ments of the judgments, and some- | time in the early part of the present | year suits were brought against the de- | Andrews, N the difference. Peonsy Will do Away With this Famous Piece of Road by Straightening the Line President A. J. Cassatt, of the Penn- | | aylvania railroad has planned to build | a straight live of railroad between Gal- | mountain, and | i from twelve miles to seven. These plans, which are extensive, do | the famous Horseshoe | | The opening of the old Port-| connect the new line with the old pear | the local yards. Tremendous engines, of prodigous | power and speed, could be used on the | line without curves, and unlimited {speed would be the rule. Plans and | | preparations are being made for the i new line, and it is given out that no {expense will be spared on this part of It will be one of the most prodiguous improvements ever under. taken by any railroad in the world and w ill cost millions of dollars, The old line has become greatly con- gested—in fact the eastern slope is tra- versed by more wheels in one day than any other piece of road in the world. tition in speed demand the change. Marriage Licenses, The following marriage licenses were issued during the past week: Henry Beezer and Katharine Davi- son, of Bellefonte. Robert Miller and Ida Kooflsinger, of Bellefonte. James H. Runkle and Rogina Roy- er, of Tusseyville, W. C. Griffey, of Bellefonte, aud Ma- ry E. Griffith, of Axe Mann. Robert Cooper and Rosa Hall, of Snow Shoe. Bliss James Aikey and Myra 8, Car- son, of Bellefonte. TH. Eboch and Annie West, Philipsburg. Samuel Casher, of Philipsburg, and Lucy Hall, of Bnow Shoe. both of Small Fire. Monday evening the dwelling occu pied by High Constable Lewis BSun- day, down street, narrowly escaped destruction by fire. A spark from the chimney lodged on the roof, which soon began to blaze. The flames were discovered in time and the application of a couple buckets of water soon end- ed the conflagration. A hole was burned in the roof but the damage w small, sleeve, but this was taken from him | before he left the place, In the Baker | house he is alleged to have ugly looking pocket knife and slipped | {it into into an outside coat pocket, re- | marking, “Well, I guess that will fix | pigger.’”’ Just as Motz and Wel- opene | an | appeared on the sidewalk. By the i light from the restaurant window Wei- bart's hand. Heexclaimed * Look out | | Motz! he has got a knife,” and the] | next moment Lenhart and Motz had | | come together. Then there was aquick | upward movement of Lenhart’'sarm as | | he reached for Motz's head ; the next] | of Weidensaul, blood gushing from a] | horrible wound, aud he died in less | {than five minutes, | After the deed Lenhart walked leis | urely toward home, but was overtaken | wy two officers who arrested him. He | pleaded with the officers to shoot him | as he sald he knew he would be hung. | On Sunday Lenhart denied that he stabbed Motz. The koife with which | | the cutting was done was not found. The murder has caused great excite. | ment in Lewisburg and Union, which has been unused to capital offences | within its pesceful boundaries, Newton Motz, the murdered man, a stepson of Absolem Motz, a native of | Woodward, Centre county, and a | grandson of Jacob Motz who was a | pioneer settler of Haines township. | Newton Motz would have been 35 August 22 next. His| | father, met an accidental death some | | years ago, in Virginia, and was bur- | fed at his home, Woodward. With his | brother Emanuel he spent several years of adventutous life among the Indians | and in prospecting for gold in the | locky mountain territory over forty | years ago. His mother died in his | infancy and bis step-mother, nee Em-| ma Harper, is still living. Mrs. Noah | Weaver, of Woodward, is an aunt of | Newton, and the Hess snd Kramer families of ‘Haines, and the Hess and Bottorf families of Ferguson, are rela- tives of Abs. Motz. Lenhart is 40 years of age Motlz near 35. Lenhart has a wife but no e¢hild- ren. Motz leaves an aged mother and two sisters, The wound in his neck is the severing of muscles arteries and windpipe. The burial of Motz took place after. noon of Wednesday at Lewisburg. It is likely that on account of the poor jail the prisoner will be taken to some other jail until his trial comes off. is! Chaplain Shields Dead David H. Shields a post chaplain in the U. 8, army died suddenly Monday in the Pennsylvania hospital Philadel- phia, aged about 47 years. He was taken ill at & hotel in the morning. Rev. Shields was formerly a minister of the M. E. church and until recently a member of the Central Pennsylvania Conference which, at its last anousl session held ino March, dismissed him because of charges against him as chap- lain of the United States army. Among the important charges he served after being transferred to the Central Penn sylvania Conference in 1850, were those of 8t. Paul's church at Hazleton, and the Beaver Memorial, at Lewisburg, The Best in the World, We believe Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best in the world, A few weeks ago we suffered with a se vere cold and a troublesome cough, and having read their advertisements in our own and other papers we purch- ased a bottle to see if it would effect us, It cured us before the bottle was more than half used. Itis the best med} cine out for colds and coughs —The Herald, Andersonville, Ind. For sale by J. H. Ross, Linden Hall; 8. M, Swartz, Tusseyville; F, A. Carson, Pot. ters Mills; H. F. Rossman, Spring lisare of patronage solicited. oC Mills; J. F. Smith, Centre Hall. positively known that officers in the i U.S. Army were in direct violation of | {law, drawing two i the U. 8. and one from the Cuban rev- {enues. The ground upon which Bec- retary Root justifies this robbery i worthy of a shyster lawyer but not | 8 me anber of the U, 8. Cabinet, { the mone y drawn from the { enues by these officers, salaries, one is | That | Cuban rev- is nota salary violation {law prohibiting two salaries. | Root goes even further than that, Mr. He | | ered and endorsed by Mr. McKinley {and his entire Cabinet before it was { started, and that he inteads to in-| allowed to participate therein. But he i won't, unless prominent Republican and regret at the scandal, change their | minds. The Senate has adopted a res- | olution, ealling for all the facts. Experience doesn’t always Notwithstanding, the awful experi- ence of our soldiers in the war with Spain, thousands of whom were made | sick and unfit for duty, by eating the] the Wa Department has ordered a big lot of | the Philippines for | the use of our soldiers over there. Gen. as he was during the war with Spain, | and the War Department acted with- | of in Representative Livingston, one level-headed Democrats the House, says the Republican lead- ers have determined to jam the ship-| subsidy job through at this session of | Congress. Speaking of this deal, Mr. “I know that a con- iat which it was determined to push the ship bounty scheme at all hazards. | I also know that the next day, Pacific | the barometer of the scheme, shot up | nearly four points on the New York stock exchange. The man who can't plainly discern a chain of cause and ef- fect in this, is indeed blind. Obvious- ly, somebody who attended the Con- ference communicated to the men who control the market for Pacific Mail se- curities, the news that the Ship Subsi- dy bill would be brought forward and rushed through at this session, under the party lash. It would not surprise we if a special rule for its considera- tion and passage should be prescribed by the Speaker's Commitiee, Such a rule, it may be confidently expected, will limit debate almost to the vanish- ing point. Indeed, it may be that all debate will be cut off on the bill in the House. 1 believe they are waiting for a time when an unusual number of Democrats are absent from the House, to foroe the bill forward for a needed consideration. The Republicans are bound to get this bill through. I am informed that a large part oftheir campaign fund depends upon its pass- age. Therefore, it behooves us Demo- crats to keep our eyes peeled for the shipsubsidy scheme, Every mother’s son of us ought to stay right here in Washington until the session closes and keep a sharp lookout for the Han- na-Payne bill.” 1t was an Obio man-—John Sherman —w ho originated the phrase which has since become so wide used: “I'm going home to look after my fences.’ McKinley, who is in Ohio this week, said before leaving Washington, that he was going to “look after repairs to my house,” which is a slight devia. tion from Bherman’s words, but means the same thing to the initisted. It was not a mere coincidence that the repairs upon Mr. McKinley's house, at Canton, should require his personal at- tention during the same week in| which the Republican State Conven- tion will be held in Columbus, Senator Wellington has formally left the Hanona-McKinley pany, and made this announcement: I was » Pwd Ve Ve pursasueat wepiition, 5% gister with the county chairman and | pay a stipulated registration fee at least | three weeks before the date of the pri-| | maries, in order to become eligible to voted for, Reports from county | |committeemen were very encourag-| ing. Brief speeches were made by | | State Senator W. CC, Heinle, D. F. | Captain Hugh 8. Taylor and | Chairman J. Kennedy Johnston. | be —— a — REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION, This body met at Harrisburg Tues. { day and Wednesday, and was run by | | Quay and his subbosses. Tuesday eve- telegram was received from | | Washington saying that Quay had won his seat 41 to 40. This set the ma- | chine crazy with cheers, and a grand | night parade was ordered fringed with | a carload of the finest fireworks, jut, oh my! 15 minutes later the | true resuit came that Quay had lost 32 | This took the starch right out it | a | Beeworks on hand for sale cheap. The | | gloom was thick and dark as apple- | butter and instead of cheers there we sre | {swears at McKinley and Hanna for | | not standing by Quay. The convention being controlled by | the machine the nominations were { made without trouble as Quay ordered | For Auditor General, E. B. Harden- | Leigh, of Wayne county. Congressmen-at-large, Galusha Grow of Susquehanna and Robert H., Foer-| | Gere sr of Philadelphia. ! Quay announces he will go into the | | abt again for Senator, Long and Mellick were knocked out | Gray and Womelsdorf admitted. ns fattest Should Compare Reporis i Constables throughout the country | | should compare the report of the mer- | i cantile appraiser with the business | people of their jurisdiction, and see if! he has overlooked any. Section 10 of | the new law confers upon constables the right to make comparisons, and provides that for any omissions sent to the appraiser, or county treasurer, said constable shall be entitled to fifty cents fee for each and every one so re- ported. Improves His Time, Morris C. Esterly, a single man, of Upper Saucon, Montgomery county, who delights in spending his evenings at home sewing, has just finished the last of three fancy patchwork quilts for his work of last winter. One of them is after the “Fox and Geese” patterns, and contains 9250 different patches, iiss A» Died of Pasumonia, James Dolan, a citizen of Pleasant Gap, died a few days ago of poeumo- nia at Johnsonburg, Pa., where he was working at his trade of carpenter ing. He was aged 72 years, and leaves a wife. His remaines were interred in the Catholic cemelery at Bellefonte. Saw Mill Baroed. The saw mill of John IL. Heckman, near Mackeyville, Clinton county, was totally destroyed by fire on morning of 19, about 8 o'clock. Oaly a small por- tion of the sawed lumber was burned. The origin of the fire is unknown ; loss $3000 and no insurance. A—————— AT AY TAY AAA Died at Rebersburg. Mrs. Adam Fell died last Thursday at her home at Rebersburg after a ling: ering illness. Bhe leaves a family of fivesons and a daughter to survive her. Her remains were interred on Sunday morniog in the Union ceme- tery st Rebersburg. House Destroyed. The house owned by Sol. Peck, near Nittany, and occupied by John Shield, and | was destroyed by fire, at noon of 14th. Most of contents saved. Lows iom ; no insurance. Dandelion is the reigning grass now, Line the Easter lily has Jeft. Rev, George Currin is ill of pneumo- i nia at his home in Will J. C. Kuhn is serving as nightwateh- man at Colyer’s mills at the station, Mrs. Emmanuel Harter, near Ree bersburg, is recovering from her recent iamsport. of Wm. MeNitt, sold a 0. Hosterman, of of near Milroy, Johu M. Wieland, tax collector of his duplicate for 1860. On Friday night the smithshop and at Ea- gleville, were destroyed by fire. The borough has spent over $1000 in Housecleaning, plowing, ings’ whitewashing, gar- fishing, and other spring “ are engaging folks now. Rev. Rarick’s appointments, Sunday April, 20: Centre Hall, communion, 10 a. m. ; Spring Mills 7 p. m. ; Tussey- John Albright, Spring Mills, pen- Frank Shuey, Bellefonte, John H. Reed, $5 to $10. llefoute, $6 to $8, We are informed that the Millheim abandoned years ago George Reiber, an old and much es- is seriously his speech and other senses, Rev, Isaac Heckman, years ago, pas- . church of this place, was tendered a his arrival there, Rev. Doerstler, of Brush valley uses | crutches, having cut a severe gash in { his left foot with a sharp axe, while assisting several other men hew time ber. The new firm, Meyer & Musser, have finished “housecleaning” with their store and warerooms and cellar, dnd with papering and paintiog, and now have things neat as a pin. and line, Rev. ford, merchant Rhoads, Smith, and editor Seven Mountain streams with 10,000 young trout. The last named on same day jerked 70 speckled beauties in six Cyrus Woods, formerly of Boalsburg, was nominated for Senator by the Re- publicans of Westmoreland county, and Lawrence Thomas, a Pinegrove boy, only missed the nomination for assembly on the same ticket by a few voles. Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, the first thunder gust greeted us, and let down .08 inch of rain. There was no improvement in the thunder, the same old thing ; but it was a mighty good thing to bring out the green. The cutworms thet did so much in- jury to corn fields in Miles, Penn and Haines, last year, are to be treated to a salting this year, on the several farms of J. H. Reifsnyder, the 'squire having purchased a carload of fertiliz- er salt for that purpose. An exchange announces: *‘Next week will begin running this paper as Captain Kidd would have run it. De linquent subscribers may expect a call from us with their account stuck in the muzzle of a sixshooter. Otherwise this paper will be running as the sher- ift wants to run it.” Rev. Rhodes is able to be about again after a two weeks’ lie-in-bed from a strain in a heavy lift. Our esteemed townsman, A, 8. Kerlin, under the io- near | fluence of the fine spring days, has of John Rishel, of this place, was tak >
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