BENTRE REPORTER. CENTRE HALL, PA., THURS. Aug. 23, M Em Down = OLE | Right and Left! a JL KR owing Wee We are showing the Summer Shoes no quarter. k Prices on all of them are being cut to the cost line, some pared a lit tle below, some really halved. Of the season to get good shoes at a trifling cost. Suppose ———" you don’t need shoes ‘tight away, you may need them in two weeks or a month, or next sum- mer, and it will pay you to Buy Now for next summer. When can you get such big re- turns for your money im the next 8ix months? Mingle’s Shoe Store BELLEFONTE, PA. ’ Luse Reunion, The Luse family is holding a reun- jon today (Thursday) in Grange Park. The family is a prominet one in the county, and the gathering is lage. m——— The Sick Mrs. Samuel Shoop 38 gradually growing weaker from g@onsumption, and her recovery is very unlikely. W. L. Kurtz's conditign has not im- proved since last week. — ett en y Burglars at Philipsges. A Saturday night burglars with dyna- mite blew open the safe of the Atlantic Refining Company, in their office at Philipsburg, and secured money pun- ning into the hundreds. escaped. — Mifflin County Needed Rain. Owing to the scarcity of water sever- al large works depending on this kind of motive power were run on half time at Reedsville and vicinity. Farmers had to haul water several miles for household use, and in some instances stock is driven four miles to procure walter, Centre Hall Horse Market. GG. W. Farree, of Kentucky, shipped a car of horse and mule colts to this place Tuesday and is offering them at private sale. The stock is at present at the hotel stables, where they can be examined. W. H. Runkle, Jr., of the Centre Hall hotel, is making a desper- ate effort to establish a permanent horse market at his stables, and it looks much as though he would sue- ceed, ——— A Ml Lamber Operations, A correspondent from East end writes to the Lewistown Gazette that the Reichtly Bros., the extensive prop dealers in that section for several years past are finishing up their big timber Job on Beatty's knob and have pur- chased an immense tract in Centre county to be operated by about twenty miles of tram road. Their shipping point will be Poe Mills. It is said they have refused a fabulous margin on their purchase. A ————— A Se ————— Fire at Snow Shoe, The Bnow Shoe Coal company suf- fered a heavy loss from fire, at Snow Bhoe, last week. The fire ate up two double houses, three single dwellings and the tipple of the Snow Shoe Min- ing company. All the houses were oc- cupied by Hungarian families, whose farniture was entirely destroyed, as was also the clothing of most of them. It is estimated that the loss to the com- pany will aggregate about $7,000, It was partially covered by insurance, | tS —— New Advertisemts, Among the new advertisements in this issue of the Reporter will be found executor’s sale of real estate of George P. Rearick, in Georges valley, Septem- ber 1, by the executors W. O. and D, H. Rearick. sentative citizens of Coburn to supply Coburn with water. Application of A. L. Armstrong for the tavern license of Isaac Shawver, at Old Fort Hotel, Montgomery & Co's advertisement is always fresh; dito Gable & Co's, ad- vertisement of Altoona, together with a number of home advertiseinents that bring business to the firms they repre- sent, POST OFFICE ss Looters Get $250 in Stamps. $50 Cash. SAFE DOOR BLOWN OFF. Escape with Their Booty Without Being Detected. : The Centre Hall postoflice safe was’ looted Thursday morning and about $300.00 in cash and stamps stolen. En- trance was gained the office by first breaking the glass in the front door and prying off the lock. Once inside the work seemed comparatively easy for the looter. A three-eighths inch hole was bored into the safe door to the left of the knob, some explosive in- serted and fired. The work was com- plete, the door being blown entirely loose from the safe. The papers in the safe were then taken into Postmaster Capt. George M. Boal's private office in the rear of the postoffice proper for examination. Nothing, however, was disturbed beyond being strewn over the floor. Captain Boal had one pack- age of papers containg notes, bonds, mortgages, ete, amounting to over $22,000 for the Sparr estate, but these were all safe, Including the cash ahd stamps tak- en, Miss Flora Love, a compositor in this office, had given Postmaster Boal an envelope containing $20.00 for safe keeping. Although the examination of the safe’s contents seemed to be a hurried one, this envelope was not missed. Theenvelope had Miss Love's name and the amount written on it, which at onee indicated that the pack- age was valuable, Twenty-five dollars belonging to the Presbyterian church had also been placed in the safe for safe keeping and is missing. A large sledge, brace, chisels, and monkey wrench were stolen from the foundry for use in case of emergency. F. M. Crawford, who lives next door to the postoffice, was first to discover that a robbery had been committed. A log had been set against the post. office building under a window open- ing into his lot, which led him to in- vestigatior, and after finding the con- ” § 1 ‘ IRMANENT MUSIC SCHOOL. Prt ©. : Zolgler Casting About for n Lo. entlon for Such an Institution, Prof, C. K. Zeigler, of Penn Hall, wliip has been conducting a Musical Nofmal in Centre Hall for the past few Weeks and which is in progress at present, is casting about to secure a suitaBle location to open a permanent musig school. Beveral towns in the counfy have offered Prof, Zeigler in- ducdents of a substantial nature, and if tgs school Is to remain here as a per- magent thing, the citizens should thr@w out all possible encouragement, THe Normal music school which is nowlin progress here under the direc- tion &f Prof, Zeigler is proving to bea grand'guccess, from the fact that our young people are under the best of training every day, which is quite dif- ferent from the accustomed one week convahtion. Hig services in this place prove his abilfly as a musical instriictor. Un- qugstionably he isup to date in his wark and has served the people here gh private teacher for the last seven pars with the best of results, hence ery exertion should be made by the [Lizens of the town to capture the lo- ition of this permanent musie school. of private lessons, and the return in in- credged knowledge of music among the children and young people throughout the gommunity is incalculable. P@blic and private musical enter- taigments are of constant occurrence, Iugthese children, young ladies and gentlemen take part, but are always wre or less a source of annoyance wilien numerous and oft recurring re- héarsals are necessary in order to ac- qd re the necessary knowledge. Now stop and think of the immense amount of tilge saved to the participants, wor- ry sud disgust to the parent, and ex- pense patience and valuable time to lenders, were these young people com- petenf to learn their music them- drawback the fact ‘exercises, No worse puts the vocalist than quired. All this could be avoid- attending an institution of the charfeter that will be conducted Prof. Geigler, and every effort should dition of affairs informed the Captain | while at his home four blocks away. | Several tramps were noticed about | town during Wednesday and it is sup- | posed the safe looters paraded under the garb of this fraternity to make ob- | servations. i W. H. Kreamer's heard the ex-| plosion, but paid no further attention | to it. —————— tf ss ail Church Appointsoewts Presbyterian—Centre Hall, Sunday school, at 1:30 p. m., preaching service at 2:30 p.m., C.E. at 6:30 p. m.; at Spring Mills, preaching service at 10:30 a. m. Po 2 Lutheran—Centre Hall, 7:30 p. m.; | Union, 2:00 p. m.; Georges Valley 7:00 | p. m. Reformed -—Harvest Home Centre Hall, 10:00 a. m.: 230 p. m. United Evangelical —Tusseyville, 10.00 a. m.; Egg Hill, 2:30 p. m.; Cen- tre Hall, 7:30 p. m. A — a services, Tusseyville, Pensions Granted, Joseph Linn, of Beech Creek was granted a pension, Daniel Btive, of Filmore, has had his pension increased to $5.00 per month. —— Advocnting Water, The Millheim Journal is advoeating a better water supply for Millheim, and in its argument produces the good re sults obtained from the borough water plant in this town, py Emanuel Nevel Dead, Emanuel Nevel, of near Colyer, died Friday night after an illness of some length. He was aged forty-nine years. A widow and seven children survive. The funeral took place Monday morn- ing. T—————— Consul Shaw Not Deaa Word has been received that Consul Shaw is not dead as all the papers stat- ed last week. Every body is glad, however, and so will not say, pshaw ! Died from the Effects of an Operation, Mrs. Margery Potter, of Fleming, died in the hospital at Lock Haven on Wednesday of last week, She under. went an operation for the removal of a large fibroid tdmor of many years’ growth. Ureamic poison set in and this caused her death, IA A AAAI Spring Mills Party Visits the Oave, A party of ladies and gentlemen o Spring Mills, organized a picnic Fri- day last, in honor of several guests who were there visiting relatives and friends. The carriage with their oo cupants left for Penns Cave about nine o'clock, everything having been ar- ranged for the comfort and conven- lence of the party. The morning hours were consumed in amusements, and at noon a dinner was served ‘fit for the gods,” to which all did more that ample justice, In the afternoon the cave was entered and its beautiful formations much admired by the vis tors. Drives, games, ete., completed the days’ outing. At a seasonsble hour all returned to their homes re gretting the picnic was at an end, be made to secure it. i —— a ————— Irief News [tems THe Bugar valley campmeeting is in Col. W. 8. Thomas was for state senate, WiGross Mingle nominated offers his driv- nesgfor sale in another column, three cents per hundred, delivered. Mrs. A. D. Morrill, of Clinton, N. Y., js visiting her sister, Mrs. W. H. Schuyler, at the Presbyterian Manse. v ’ - There is no truth in the disband. of which Company B. of Bellefonte is a part Mrs. Jennie Fairchild, of MiMin- burg, was the guest of Philip Durst Milton Boyder and Mrs. F. M. Craw- ford last week. For SALE. —A new tent, size at one-half the original price. the thing for the picnie.—W, Boon, Centre Hall. The cider press of Wm. Moyer, lo- cated at Colyer, will be in operation next Wednesday and Thursday, after that Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week. Brood MARE AND Cort FOR BALE. --A fine black Percheron brood mare, weight 1400 1bs., with three months old colt at her side, is offered for sale by E. M. Huyerr, Centre Hall, Pa, Isanc Shawver wiil become a resi- dent of Centre Hall, and will occupy the house vacated by F. M. Crawford. Mr. Bhawver conducted the Old Fort hotel for several years in a very satis factory manner, Two fine Berkshire sows, bred to registered stock for five generations, for sale. Bows are not quite a year old, ove has a litter of seven the other nine perfectly marked pigs. Enquire at this office, Rev. Samuel Barber, pastor of the Presbyterian church of Princeton, Pa., came up from Miflinburg today and spent the time between trains with Rev. Dr. W. H. Schuyler and family. He was accompanied by his sister, Miss Jennie Barber, The school directors of Rush town- ship have raiced the salaries of their teachers to $40. per month and have increased the term to eight months, A school library of over 500 books has been bought aud these will be distrib. uted among the different schools, Daniei K. Geiss, of Joliet, Ill, and daughters, Beulah and Edith, are due in Centre Hall. Mr, Geiss isa brother of D. K. Geiss, of this place, where they will visit. The Misses Blanche ill pay the Geiss family a visit, F. M. Crawford, who holds a posi. tion with the Potter & Hoy hardware firm of Bellefoute, will move to that place Friday of this week. Mr, Craw- ford came to this town about ten ago, and engaged with J. W, Wolf in the mercantile busivess until last spring, when the firm sold out to Messrs, Meyer & Musser, Bellefonte will gain a valuable acquisition in Mr, Crawford, and the people of this town FIRE COMPANY'S FESTIVAL, That Organization Will Hold a Festival Suturday Evening, Sept, 1st, Thirty-five young men of Centre Hall who are members of the Centre Hall fire company will hold a festival Baturday evening, September 1, in the Publie School Park. This aflair will be a deviation from the ordinary festival, and should be patronized by every citizen of Centre Hall and surrounding country. The entables will be the choicest and served in the best of style, and every body will get the worth of their money, be- sides helping to secure for Centre Hall better fire appliances. The people of this town are always equal to all emergencies, and will support this movement in the most hearty way. Those who come from a distance will find plenty amusement, and will be repaid for their presence, The committee of arrangements con- pists of Messrs, J. 8B. Rowe, Hoffer Dale, T. G. Wilson, Clyde Bradford, W. A. Odenkirk, W. A. Bandoe, War- ner Gonder. ( GUN DE IR) ’ an Thomas Harper. Thomas Harper, an aged and highly respected citizen of Aaronsburg, died | | this (Thursday) morning at 5 a. m. | The funeral will take place Baturday, | 10a. m. The deceased was stricken | with paralysis Imst Saturday while in| Logauton, to which place he had gone | in company with Frederick Limbert | to transact some business for the Re- formed congregation of Aaronsburg. | His right side was entirely paralyzed | and he became speechless except to say | yes and no. His age was about sevgn- | ty years, i i { ibis mf omemessa— Hund Festival i Colyer's Mills Cornet Band will hold | a festival in Zion Hill Grove, at Col- | yer, Saturday evening, Sept. 8. Ice | cream, cakes, candies, watermelons, | oysters, ete., will be served. Every- | | body should attend and help the boys along. a————————— a —— Mrs, Susan Auman Dead. Mrs, Susan Auman, of Coburn, an | aged lady, who was one of the pioneers of that section, died Tuesday morning, | aged about seventy years, More than | | a week ago she was stricken with pa- | ralysis while on her way to visit Mrs. | Elizabeth Auman, a sister, where she | died. Interment at the Mountain | | cemetery, this (Thursday) morning. i Dr. Smith's Salve IS UNRIVALED A ARIE For Old Sores. 2% 9% 9% 9% NN / After everything else fails Try Dr. Smith's Salve. / | ry it will heal every time. / | On ce used, alway sused. ’ “WN d : Bent by mail, post paid, in two ounce | tin boxes, for 25 cents. Address, DR. SMITH CO., Centre Hall, Pa. Chambersburg Business College... _.....Civil Service SCHOOL. Memorial Square, National Hank Ballding Under new management, June 1, 1900, Cox plete Comirses in . . 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