VOL. LXXIII.
THE COURT.
THE GRAND IURY'S REPORT.
Full Report of Qourt Up
Wednesday
Proceedings
The regular August term of cou
President
Love presiding. The
the niorning session was occupied by
Judge John
part
o'clock,
greater ol
routine work of the court
Potter township, were discharged from
solvent laws,
After the presenting of petitions and
motions the grand jury was called and
sworn, L. C. Wetzel, a well-known
was nppointed foreman. The court de-
tions to the grand jury, after whi
they retired for deliberations on tl
several indictments to be presented 1
N. B. Spangler, Esq., Distiiet Attor-
ney.
The constables of the several
ougks and townships made their
terly returns. The roll of the
54
bor
when the following were excused: Har
ry I nery, Ed. Jones, nd
son, and L. H. Wian.
The trial list
eases for trial noted. Among the
settled were Hogarth & Hoffman
F. P. Bottor!, appeal, and A.
quist & Co. vs. F. E [
Court adjourned 1
The first ease for trial during
ernoon session was that the
and
Elias Edm
was called over
paid
Of
va. Charles Wayple while Lowe
Jones (colored;) charge, highway
bery; prosecutor, Louis Elliott.
Apri! 3 the prosecutor
Philipsburg, a nd meeting
took a few drinks too maay, and
result could not handle
afendants, two y
him to a hots
‘tel, they turne
iol
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came
some §
as
himself
men, oll
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Wing red
*l. Instead of goin
-
Brow
an hou,
fest thas }
1OL0 Lh
! left Abou
thar
wiere,
it was found that his pocket book wit
twen! y-one dollars was i
While in t}
lock-up both b ys confessed and
turned the money. At the
boys claimed to have f
FOU ne
and Jones were arrested.
trial t
whom it belonged. There being no ev-
idence of an assault the j
verdict of gm
Com. vs. Eph, Learish and Johp
Leisher and John Walker: charge, ag
gravated assault and
trouble in this case arose ou
over indulgence in liquor. A
arose and the claim
the Prosecutor alter
volver when Walker, one of
fendaiits, threw a stone, which struck
the prosecutor in the eye. Nolle prose
qui as to the last count and Eph. Lea-
rish. Walker plead guilty to assault.
Bentenced to pay the cost of prosecu-
tion, twenty-five dollars fine and
undergo imprisonment in the county
jail for a term of six months.
tree Lis srl "
ir ound =a
iiity of larceny,
vatltery.
1 ;
dispu
defendants that
the
to
Co. of Pa.; appeal. J. C. Mever, Es.
for plaintiff, Orvis, Bower & Orvis for
the defendant company. This action
arose out of a claim of damages by Mr
Fmerick for a cow killed by a freight
train; appealed by the defendant com-
pany. The question of fact involved
in this case was, whether or not the
Cow was struck while on the crossing,
According to a special act of Assembly
for Centre county the railroads are re-
Yuired to fence their right of way, aud
are not rasponsible for any loss to stock
on crossings. After an hour and a half
of deliberation the jury returned a ver-
diet for the defendant.
The case of Com. vs. D. E. Arm-
strong was settled by agreement of pare
ties,
Centre county vs. M. F. Riddle, de-
ceased, Daniel Heckman, and Thomas
W. Fisher. Tie above cases were ap-
peals from the report of the auditor of
Centre county surcharging the Com.
missioners. After the plaintiff had
presented its testimony, Col. Reeder,
counsel for the defendants, moved for
8 couipulsory non-suit which was
granted,
On motion of John M. Dale, Esq.,
John Blanchard, Ke. was appointed
au auditor to pass upon the exceptions
filed to the first and partial account of
Geo. 1. Brew, administrator of Geo.
W. Jackson's estate and distribute the
funds in the hands of the accountant.
Cons. vs. Albert Dixon, alias Bert
Delige (colored;) charge, aggravated
assault and battery with iotent to kill,
Prosecutor, John Hough; an attack
wus made on Mr. Hough and his son
while going from their store in Scotia
The evidence in
case was elrcumstancial
thie place
mii before the
nutes
There was no
identification, yet
viant was
l
and corresponded to the
1 }
1
testimon
witnesses tended to prove ai
Com. vs. Reuben Freeman: charge,
to
Hoense, and
minors and on Sunday
H. Gunther, const
Com. vs. Christ
able of
ian Reese, el
naryge
14 as
tor, Ir
a B
sault and battery: pr
Defeudant guilly
Cirand jury
Bag
$ait . 3
(EIR RE. I
{om YON ey
charge larceny, prosecutor, Wm. Haz
zard; county to pay costs,
Bullo
) i i hild; prosecutrix,
Com. charge, cru
Ida
KL
pay CORE,
om
Ziegelnt
ory. to pay COSLE,
Isaac Shaw
d te
The Grand Ju. .
hotel transferre
Armstrong
t it had
teen bill
wrted that
iron door in the jail vard fence, a
side,
& stable be
porch on the and a
new cellar door, an
repaired and repainted
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REBERSHURG,
or
1 ft y
il TOW]
M1
. and
Why i
town who
ght them
$
Misses May and
¢ been sped
formed
r ihe purp
. Rev. Wetz
Hall preached
He was
ire
i
sermon
Brung
oh
Prof. E. M
Forks,
Cross
where he holds a priveipalship
Mr is 8
gentleman of much ts 37
over five schools. Brungart
and abilit
and unbounded sucoess in his work is
certain.
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COLYER
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AERA
Jacob Lee, wife and le daughter,
{ are spendiog a
of Northumberland,
short time with Mr. Lee's parents,
Jacob Weist, agent for a large dry
goods house in Philadelphia, was the
guest of G. R. Meiss Tuesday night.
John Boal and Wm. Jordan, with a
gentleman friend from Philadelphia,
are spending a few days with their pa-
rents at Colyer.
Among the sick in and around Col
yer are, Mrs. Charley Miller, her son
Edgar, Mrs. Roy Miller, Mrs. B. F.
tickert, John Rickert, and Frank
Wright.
Philip Bradford and family, of Lin-
den Hall, spent Sunday at the home
of Mrs. Bradford's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Lee,
The Philadelphia boys and several
of the handsome young ladies of this
section took a trip to Penns Cave on
Monday. They reported a fine time.
The Colyer band boys received their
suits Baturday. They fit up to date.
Mrs. G. R. Meiss left today, for Phil
adelphia, where she will remain some
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oo awed their Fraternal Spirfe
The Odd Fellows again demonstrat
ed, in a practical manner, the beauty
and benefit of belonging to a fraternal
order in the assistance given Samuel
Shoop and family during the long ill
ness of Mrs. Bhoop,and after her death
the trouble and expense some were at
to decorate the grave and its surround-
ings. Buch wets show a true fraternal
feeling among the members of the
Lodge, such as should exist in all fra.
ternal societies,
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THREE DEATHS
Prominent
in Mourning.
in Centre Hail,
James A, KELLER
LL. Kunrrz,
SAMUEL
Mus
Wa.
Mus NIHHOOGP,
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Mrs. Lottie Keller, wife of Janes
MES. JAMES A. KELLER
A
| Keller died on Friday evening from at
illness extending over a period of sev
While her death
altogether unexpected, it
i great shoek to the entire
eral years, Wis
CARINE as a
| because she was widely known and e.-
teemed for the active interest
in every good work.
Mrs, had
t health for some time but
Keller been in
not i
T y
ney, nf this place; Mr, James Stewart,
{ of Bloomfield ;
New one brother,
{ two children, Annie L.
and William D.
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i PENN HALL
i
1. £
Jl carriage works,
Condo, proprietor of the Penn
made a business
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{ trip to Loganton last Friday.
Misses Rebecca Snyder and Clara
y spent
the
Lireen Girove,
nu
f
0
former's
{
Wiil-
mriel
aia
of
relatives
John Swarm,
mmsport, i= Visiting
friends in and about town.
Daniel J. Koch, sue of Ferguson
township Lis
€rs Is spending a
friends ui t
this place,
# enthusiastic teach-
young
week with his many
Miss Lauutine Faust
Mi
spent Sunday
Bete
Willinusgort
of Potters Mills
{ oud,
ana Ms MNoadie i
Coburn,
with the latter's parents,
Hey and Calvin Musser, of
ate on bicycles to Da-
vid Musser's at noou on Tuesday.
| prehension felt, She attended servie-
on top of Nittany mountain Mouday
ways found when health permitted, on
few days,
{ confined to her bed only a
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{ The Keller home, as presided over by
Messrs, H. N. Meyer and H. ¥. Me.-
cle trip on Wednesday morning,
Pa.
to
Womelsdorf, where Mr. McMan-
pitable io the vicinity, and every one
| cote,
I'he deceased was an active
aud
who
i in the Reformed church,
{ death the church loses one
fever ready to make sacrifices that g
" ‘
aiso ole
of
i "
{man’s department of the Grange
| held se
i might be done. RBhe was
the
veral offices in that order.
» fut = were attended
Jers
}
Is
iby a ve arge number of
from the imme.
i y
{ diate vicinity but from all paris of the
jeounty. Interment was made in
ceinetery at this place and services
were held in the Reformed church by
Rev, Kershner, the de eased ’s pastor,
i
i who was with her at the time of her
Mrs, Keller was born in November
1544, and was the daughter of David
Lieckner, of Union eounty he
af
was
| the youngest of amily of nine girls,
and was married to Mr, Keller January
Ever since their
ne marriage
itl few
wy i
Hey
have lived on the farm =a
| miles below tow She is survived by
i !
| ber busband and five children,
| rank Fisher, of Penn Hall, David K..
an H., Christian D., and William F
Ww. i. RURTI “mr
Wm. L. Kurtz died at t
parents, Mr
in this place Friday night at ©
F
Ji
he home o
and Mrs, Frederick
‘clock, after an illness of two weeks
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dent of Lewis
{ burg, where he edited and
published
: Lewisburg Jou baving pur
| chased that plant in 1565
in 18
Aunie
somerset county, who,
children aged between years
and eighteen months, survive him.
Krissinger, of
with
twelve
thirty-eight years ago. He graduated
from
engaged in the hardware
Berlin until 1865,
The funeral services were held at his
father's home Monday afternoon, and
assisted by Rev. Rhoads, Dr. Wolf, Dr.
Holloway and Dr. Schuyler. The in-
terment was made at Berlin, Tuesday
afternoon,
Mrs. Kurtz will dispose of her Lew-
isburg property including the Journal
and later move to Berlin.
Ay MIE SAMUEL BHOOP, ee
Mrs. Mary Ann, wife of Samuel
Shoop, died on Bunday morning after
a lingering iliness, She had been
suffering from a complication of dis
eases but the direct causa of her death
was consumption. Mrs. Bhoop was
well known throughout this commu
nity, al hough owing to ill health for
the past twenly years she was prevent.
ed from going away from home very
much. Her quiet, inoffensive man-
ner won for her the esteem of all she
met,
Mrs. Bhoop was the second daugh-
ter of J. O. Deininger. Bhe was born
in Centre Hall, where she has ever
since resided, with the exception of a
few years, when she and her husband
lived in Williamsport. She was aged
44 years and 18 days, She was mare
ried to Samuel Bhoop in 1873,
Bhe was a consistent member of the
United Evangelical chureh, having
bonged to that church since child.
hood. The funeral services were held
on Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock in
the United Evangelical church, Rev,
W. W. Rhoads, officiating. Inter
ment was made in the Centre Hall
cemetery.
The deceased Is survived by her
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expect Lo spend some Lime at the Will-
Henic, aller
they
with
which
will vieit Gettysburg, and stop
relatives in Harrisburg, Sunbury
Freeburg On
and
t his
thelr
way home.
The Challe mud will hold
13 ire
Mt
tival Saturday evening at this plac
The Coburn band
furnish the music
will be present
100 is extended to all to ©
Mune and en
you
JOY 6a rare musical feast while eat
Ceader's | © Creat.
Lur schools open next Monday and
directors have been cieaning the
room so that evervthing will be in good
8 veryining i De 0 good
condition
Henry Rou
Was
thes ery best work
who for many
a resident of our town, now living
in Miey, is again able to be
out. Mr. Roush was stricken with pa-
March, and
confined to
to do
ith of last
sinoe then has been his
room, not being able any
whatever The left side of his body
with the
cane he now manages to
i Althe
rf
from paralysis and various
i f11
ant iens, Dat
aid «
nove
igh he has suffered
ole
3
:
¥;
er diseases, he is still the
same jol
A wumber of our young people were
gatt
invited to spend Friday evening
had a very pleasant
party had all
arrived, cards were introduced and an
Lt very
ly playing whist or euchre,
ri
the
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hour or two were pen j-leasant-
res had been
the
invited the
won,
Mra, Neose,
ble host ees
Wl i
WOLFI ssTORE AND VICINITY
The Reporter has no correspondent
will endeovor to send communications
Orwig and
will this week be moved to the Morris
timber tract. They will bring the out-
fit from Union county.
Allen Gilbert returned from a few
weeka' visit to the lower counties last
Saturday.
W.A. Corman, the watermelon man,
took a load of melons to Rebersburg on
Saturday evening. He sold 70 out of
a load of 72 Good, Billy; come
around agaiu.
Mrs. Catharine Confer, of Loganton,
is at present visiting her children at
this place,
Mr. D. B. Weaver's hydraulic cider
press is now io running order and Mr,
Weaver tukes this means of informing
the public that his days for making
cider are Tuesdays and Thursdays of
each week uutil further notice. The
press has been removed to a better and
more convenient place and the public
will find it more handy than hereto-
fore,
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Marriage Liconses,
Joseph A. Twitmire
Margaret BB Underwood
Bamuel W. Z ttle
Lola Evey
Darios (i. Blair
Annie Irene Gates
Lewis J. Casselberry
Hattie J. Bartley
W. L. Wavner
Frances Morrison
Wilbur A. Henney
Floda E. Clemouts
Samuel EB. Campbell
Sarah KE. Whippo Bellefonte
James Banuen Morrisdale Mines
Elizabeth A. Your g Dundar
Samuel Clayton Rider Bellefonte
Anna Marie Foley "
Bellefonte
Lemont
Buffalo Run
Loveville
Howard
Beliefonte
Wingate
Fleming
Cetitro Hall
Lemont
“
Yephania Underwood "
Elizabeth Brown
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The Lase Reunion
The Luse family reunion was held in
tirange Park at this place Thure-
day. made the
John W.
Milla; P.
|
last
The committee who
arrangements were Messrs
shook, secretary, of
H. Luse, C. W. Luse.
Forest Ocker and KE. C, N
spared no effort to make th
At lla mm
in the auditorium by President Dennis
Bpring
I, smith
¢ nfinir
BUCOP RS, Order was
Luse, of Millheim. was offer
ed by Rev. Zones, of The
parity was then entertained with cholee
music by Rev, W. WW, Rh ads, Misses
Ida and €)¢ and
Reuben Colyer. Then fol
the president
Prayer
B
uriingame,
Rhoads Hie ker
dress by
re
marks went back to
days of the
stated ths
He
der of the family, came to Centre
ty
grandfather
faniily
AL Cree
t
ff 3 FT »
from Lebanon county about seventy
Yearsago and settled in or near Aarons
Ws Daniel
Henry, Eli
Dennis, all of whom followed the CAT-
In he
ts
burg, followed by his nephe
Samuel, Joseph, as and
penter trade, conclusion Con
gratulated the family upon |
Rev,
spoke on family reunions,
ely and integrity. Rhoads then
ne hun-
sumptuous dinner
family group picture was {
Mrs. M. (
from a distance were . Bears
two daughters, of
D: PD. 1,
his mother, Elizabet
aud
A wife and
h Luse, of We
Rev. Zones and family, 0
Burlingame : C W. Luss
Tyt ne Mrs Emma E. C«
son and Mrs, W. W. |
oe
18¢, sO
Fairview
it
f
ana wile,
Vim
oo
Four Deaths
three-year-old child
;
3
died of chol
The
i iRseyvilie on
Mr W. A
patch f
t
£3
ieiler
Kiel
inst week, iid
ks
uraay
“ Krise
rece
i rom Johnstown Woe dnesday
the 220d inst. announcing
Mrs. R. J.
due
Bil
7
Of
of her
| Her
sister Zimmerman
death
M iss
Dr.
died
Wns to heart disease
Carrie E
John
at her home Friday night «
Bilger Pleasant Gap
isumption. She was aged 24
The
far:
aller:
months
took
and 25 dayr.
place
Miss Della Fye.
John
nm Saturday eo
s
sunday
OC
f #
i near 1
daughter of Fye, deces
vening,
iterment was made at
vil
I
Tusseyville cemetery on
{ officiating
stroma A Ma
Epworth League Hally
the
held
Appended is a program of
i prog
League
| Spring Mills, Sept.
= thea
| worth milly to be
Hsor
is of Soul’
| will be used,
you
All are cordial
ihe work of the first +
d by Miss Gertrude Spat
Mu
| cussion opene
| eral discussion.
| the second vice preside mt
{ Miss Kathryn Kerr
iM by Sprucetown E
{ discussion by E. LIL. Willams
dong service, conducted
dl Ince
Genera] discussion
sade
Kev M tien
Mrs, W
by
ic by Centre Hall §
visiting pastor. Consecration
HELEN BARTHOLOMEW, Secs
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Deaths in Other Counties
J. J. Steely, of Lowell, Snyder Co.
He was engaged in educational work
for a number of years.
Mrs. A. E. Bpeck, of Oneida Town.
«hip, Huntingdon Co., on Saturday
last, aged 69 years,
Henry Cryder, cashier of First Na-
tional Bank of Altoona. Aged 64
years,
Samuel Hartman, of Salona, Clinton
county. He was one of the pioneer
school teachers of that county.
Theodore Myers, aged 70 years, at
Dunnstown, Clinton Co. Was canal
foreman for thirty years and lately
placed on the pension roll of the Penn-
sylvaunia railroad.
Mrs. Elizabeth Furst, of Beech
Creek, aged 83 years. Spout nearly
her whole life in Beech Creek.
A tp
SPRING MILLS,
Miss Bertha Cadwalder, of New
York, is visiting friends and relatives
in the valley.
John Smith and daughter, Miss May
started on Tuesday for an extended
visit in the west.
Many of our people are attending
the business men’s picnic at Hecla to.
day. The stores being closed gives
every one a chance of attending.
A. Corman & Son's cider press at
Spring Mills is doing a good business,
School begine on Monday. The lit.
tle people are glad, but of course some
will wend their way to the school
house with the rapidity of a snail,
Eline Auman and wife, of Fort
Wayne, Tud,, are visiting their aged
parents and many friends,
James Hanva is delighted over the
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arrival of a little daughter at Lis house.
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NO. 36.
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
tetort Courteous
ET it :
8. Hettinger, Bpring M
ud ealied to
iis,
in town Yorlerday a
A new walk was built in fron
4 § ¥ Yar
Mirefiies i perLy
Behiool Park,
adjoining
A COJOred Campmecting will
in Long's grove near
Hebersts
inGny
Look on another page for Kresmer
& BONE new ad Bowe good bargains
flered,
are of
I'he Chester
i Jer
playing
Theatrical
Vv Olde
Company is this week st
I'he Bellefonts public schools will
g
The High school
i open on Wednesday.
on Tuesday.
Three Hungarians were
inst
crushed
nt deat: 1c #0 ’
ant death last }§ riday buy
ing in, at Bnow Shoe
“UTeER paper states that
Ling been
i. BORRIONn
of
ciash among the pow-
% 11 4 .
want tos
a ussessed «
Req.
Don’t
0is is important,
rend § YOY
» Lhe house vacated by Frank Craw-
Henry Stoner, J weph Grossman
avid Fortney.
'4 er % -
; BERMYYiiia .
y Pusseyville, were unfortunats ili
the effects of
Mrs. Ella Bumiller. Mr. D. L
Mrs. Christian Miller and C
pher Alexander, all «
Jer.
hiristo-
ff Millheim, came
up on Tuesday to attend the funeral
VOR
:
Abe Armstrong, the new proprietror
into that
hostelry on Tuesday. M
»
fs
Armstrong
anand knows
The Potter township school board
mel on Saturday afternoon and adopt.
ed new readers. For half of the schools
they adopted Baldwin and the
other half Cyr readers.
for
WwW. H. Moyer wishes to
that his new hydraulic
announce
cider press will
be in operation Tuesday and Thursday
of each week, and that the 1}
isfaction is guaranteed.
Mrs, William Matterson, of Couders-
port, swallowed a teaspoonful of bella-
donna in mistake for ocastoria, and im-
mediately fell into a stupor from which
it has deen impossible to rouse her.
wit of sat.
Prof. B.M. Wagenseller aud brother,
of Selinsgrove, spent a week at the
home of John T. Lee. This is Prof.
Wagenseller's first visit to town since
completing his term of school here.
Jolin Rickard, an employeat E. M.
Huyett's stave mill in the Seven moun.
tains is seriously ill. He lay uncon-
scious for more than twenty-four hours,
and is a peculiar case as reported hy
Dr. Emerick.
W. H. Denlinger, of Patton, washed
his gloves with gasoline and shortly
afterwards put them on to take a drive,
In striking a match to light a cigar the
gloves took fire and burned his hands
badly.
Because he did not believe in banks,
eccentric George MeCalmont, of neas
Franklin, is out $840. The old man
kept his money sewed up in the bed
tick. While he was away from home
the house was broken into and the
money stolen.
John C, Delette, son of W. W. Delet.
te, who for several years was a resident
of town, died of typhoid pueumon in,
at the home of his wife's parents, in
Johnstown, ou last Sabbath morning.
Mr. Delette was a member of the Pres.
byterian Church, the Masonic Lodge,
and the Junior Order of American
Mechanics. He was buried by th
Masonic Order.
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