JANUARY (6, 1902, \., THURSDAY NO. 3. a ——— —— ——————— HD COUNTY NEWS. | HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST | FROM ALLIPARTS, VOl.. LXXYV,. CENTRE HALL, P. NOTE THE ENEMY, | : | ¥ ! \ i ———— me | | v | he South. oe 0 | A Putter Towaship Democrat Cnatbons | ; : 1 i MRS CATHARINE WAGNER S SEEN BY MR. JOHN D. MEYER | Aguiuat Fariy, AS SEE! P : 1 : mi | Ebrror Reprorrer:—Thre ugh the art I, i {eolumuns of your paper I wish to ecap-| the great number of them and on se- Ling, count of the re«pect they bun, TOWN A ALEXANDER HALPATER Mrs, Catharine W tgner died at her uf ard Alexander Hurpster, Cight years, died | Benner aged home Blxty- home near Tusvey ville, ’ yey in| Jui 13:h, nged sixty two ¥ vodny morn- : ) his Iuterment Mrs. Maria Goss, | of Pine Grove Mille, is un sister of Lhe | in ary nt 615 o'clock, Believing that some of the Reporter took | readers would like to hear something of the South as seen just as it is, with- [tion the Demoerats of Potter town- | township. PAY, 88 & ship against folly. I have to Richmond | favor directly or indirectly, for town- tobacco cen- fghip ofhee, but I want to eall the see blocks of | tention of all good Democi rehivuses, and the majority | fuct that the enemy ia watching which she suflered usiness in the city is that of Potter towuship is Democratic, of | t . a va A, ig the tobaceo industry, While there I source. but we dare not rush into n lo-| , > 0» onfitied to visited many pluces of interest. The yenrs, onthe, and the of Jacob Wagner, a prominent no one i . place in Cintesburg, : { twenty. leur daye, She was wife class, to the white people, : . citizen : § wT 4 mt if } Wp 4 out any glass, by one of their fellow- being one of the rent est deceased. Two duughiters ul readers, I am led to write some of the ni hie Lis, id one son | of that community. The cause of 1 . ! tres in the country you ats to . Hy. 11 : | survive, . chronic from for her dently was catarrh, tobacco wa of observations I made while traveliog in that struggling and historically interesting part of our country, the nart that I believe is des- several years bed short time, and had teen up and about to : f JOIN SRY 81 John Earl three and one-t her | : 1" EARL ATR} “undiscovered, the t EARL ATK Alkene, wall years aged y died at the! twenty- | .3 nT adle ul . . cal campaign madly, Letall persons thn house: {he day previous Cold weather this wes Kk. “ tined to becowe, years after this, the centre of activity of this great uation of ours. ost interesting object probably being the old confederate capitol; this is an unpretentious building to the casual observer but one frought with the ten- derest memories to the people of the South, Not far the street sands the house of the chief justice of all chief Justices, John Marshall. The house stauds just as it did when that great man occupied it. The Virginians can I started on my trip on a cold, clear day the first week in December, when the mercury of the thermometer was hovering dangerously near the zero at up mark, but on arriving Columbian, South Carolina, few I found the roses blooming in the gar. The ride to Harrisburg was, as a days later dens, let the ecandi- recanvass, if matters be laid aside: dates canvass and they | wish; the field is open to wll and re! served to none, but let all candidates firmly resolve that whoover wins 1 shall be the candidate of ull, TrUE DEMOCRAT vi iv — nn Union Church Services The services of the Week of Hull Praye; were begun in Ceutre usual, one as the scenery along the railroad ful aud at this time of year es- a very pleasant certainly be pardoned for the pride is always they take in their state, for probably ion Las sent forth so The house oc- cupled by Robert E. Lee from 186] to 1565 is now owned and occupied by the Virginia Historical Society. No sight is to be obtained auy more of] that place of horrors, Libby Prison. Fue Virginia capitol is an interesting old building and shows that it was Lullt long before the modern system of About twen- ty-two miles outside Richmond etersburg. It was my tne to meet an old confederate sol- I was passing through the The breast works aud some of the mines put there by the Federal ar- | my are still plainly visible. My com- panion told me some very interesting stories about the siege ever anxious to point out the bravery and daring of | his comrades, bent no stats pecially so, with the old Susqguehan- many evlebrated aici, o = high and piling along it All conscious na gracefully windir its way along and tossing s banks huge masses of ice. this is fascinativg to one and he ut ly takes a seat on the riverside of the car. Then too, the traveler is impress. ed with the progressiveness of the peo- ple who live by the way when at inter- building came into use, of vals of five or six miles hustling towns are passed through, is I speak of the scencry and progress. | the Listorie fourd when farther scuth where you ride for probably hundreds of miles and sce nothing but pine for- contrast ' town, esis on the one hand and sand bills or The ive littie towus along the railroads are very scarce indeed, swamps on the other, progress. All the way to Washipgton one is with the wealth of the couniry as represented by the rich lands and the substantial Our national capital needs I now started for my de stination, Columbia, South Carolina. Nothing of interest is to be related of the ride save that after I left Virginia I saw no fences nor farm buildings, such as we farmn buildings, but only houses or rather huts about twelve or fourteen feet square, Impressed farming buildings, no description from me, and to fully realize the grandeur of the buildings | consider aud the ¢i'y in general one must visit it for himself, or on The next stop I made was at Rick- i All along the way I looked for the ¥ of much aetivi- | old plantation homes but I found only moud, Virginia, a cily Sunday evening, January the Reformed church by Rev. W. HH. Schuyler, of the Presbyterian chureh. All the churches of the town were we i of to altendance HLh, by nn sermon in represented, and the lielure the church bad to be thrown of The preacher's theme wus room open receive the over flow “love Badge of Discipleship.” For the rest of the weck the program was carried out as printed last week, except that Rev. G. W. Kershuer took : the pince, Thursday evening, Rey, | J. F. Bhultz, who was detained by of R relieved Saturday and Rev. J. M. Rearick then Rev. G. W. Kershner evening. ou All the meetings were well attended. usually the Sanday school well as the room fin main suditorium Ix ing needed. The speakers had evide utly prepared themselves well on their va. | rious topics, and the pecple listened at- tentively to the earnest presentation of their themes, Many expressed themm- i selves to the eftect that they found the both erjoyable und profita- ble, and on Saturday evening the an dience expressed an emphatic wi that the meetings continue. The plan this week is to hold two successive meetings in each meetings sh church, | aud to give them a more evangelistic noticed the dif- North The negro naturally ty. Here | first really ferevee between Hoath. tracted ny attention, one during my visit, hey are not to | and the be found any fuore, as a very great! first areount the at- of | many of them were destroyed during | on the war, Sam Local and Personal. “Dont' lle to your ehildren.” Schuyler. Union services this -Dr. | week, Mrs. Burkholder, was a Caller last week, every night Miss Maude Moore, of Illinois, is the | gues. of Miss Royxanna Brisbin. » AN, of Milroy, A nunuber of are James Stahl, of near this plaer, t Lis issue of the Iie porter. Monday will £0 to prepare [or sale the . 3s . " . live stock of Morris Furey, near Blle- Julian Fleming made a business trip font Oui, deaths noted in to Canton, Bradiord county. : . : Hon, Wm. Jennings Bryan, former Democratic candidate for Presiden*, i will lecture iu Altoona tonight , | Thursday. Ra Shannon Boal, has recovared from his fall down stairs and is able to be about the house, His eyesight, how- Jolin MeClenahan offers for sale a ever, has deserted him almost entirely splendid set of blacksmith tools and bob sled. Bee adv, in another column, John Seibert, of Buflalo Run, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Shannon joal last week. John Stoner, president of the Mill- heim bank, with Bheriff Spangler the other night. stopped J. W. Bair, of Tusseyville, the right | hand man of Huckster W. F. Rockey, | Hall iveh of snow Friday night was a caller one day last week. Mr. | patched up sleighing. There has been | Bair took a fancy to the Reporter of! a great deal of sliding on a little bit of late and became one of its patrons. BUOW, A Reedsville correspondent to the The Green Durr musical convention Lewistown Free Press says: Mr. and | hss been postponed until Jan, 18. The Mrs. Detweiler have been entertaining | convention will be conducted by Prof. | the former's brother and sister the T. M. Kahl, past wiek from Tusseyville, Centre D. E. Harshbarger, a skilled €ounty. mechanic, Monday went to Jeannette, Wm. A. Odenkirk has charge of the Westmoreland county, where Le will Paddy Mountain station during the be employed for the present, absence of the regular agent, J. B. Miss Reteeca Derstine has been hous Wagner, on account of the death of : 3 3 his mother, Mrs. Jacob Wagner, of ed up for the past several weeks owing Pusseyville to a sprain of the ankle, She suffered a : considerable paiv, but is recovering a | Messrs. Frank Bogdan, William present, Bower and Jacob Stiffler, of Potters Wu. Bitner, wife and daughter Mills, were callers at the Reporter of- i, (a1 H8P, . & fice last Thursday. Mr, Bogdan is a candidate for supervisor in Potte nt callers at this office Friday of Inst township. Last wm he came Skier week. They stopped for the day with | oar votes of being nominated at the | caucus, John Fiezicr, of vear Centre Hall, | Everybody's Magazine is properly who lives on the farm belonging to! named, becuuse everybody who wish. Prof. Bitner, which is one of the | ag to add store to his kvowledge ean largest in Potter township, wat one of | do so by reading it. The November the sturdy farmers who ca'led rccent'y, | number is especia’ly full of interesting Mr. Frazer is one of the hustling | grejcles, among which are, “Lord Ral farmers in this neighborhinod, and 8% | jsbury” by T. P. O'Connor; “Li Hung a rule when harvest time comes has 8 | Chang, on China's Future!” “The People of the Farthest North" “An good crop to take under cover, Frank Fisher snl wif, of Penn American Woman Captured by Bri. gands.' Hall, were in town last week, and #pent some lime with the latter's | After twelve years of service a8 reg. ister and recorder, 8. D. Coldren ad- bh : the Geiss family, father and brothers, near this place Mr. Fisher is the junior partuer in the firm of J. B. Fisle’'s Bons, gen- eral merchants and manufacturers of flour and feed, which firm is progres. sive and up to date in business methods. These young men have inbibed largely of the business spirit of their father, whose judgment and advice was always safe and sound, ministered the oath to his successor, Harvey C, Burkett. Mr, Coldren has made an eflicient and courteous offl- Press. The ex-county official 1s not a “pleasant day Democrat;” he is a Democrat at all times and under all circumstances, He Is & brother of turn. The take toros in preaching sermons designed to stir up pastors Chirisiians and awaken the unconvert- ed. Aun afternoon Bible readit g and conference is held at o'clock ir the church where the « veuing service is to be. The interest is growing ap- parently, and it is hoped aud believed that much good will be done. All are invited to stiend the various servi two COs, a 148th Reunion, Arrangements have been completed by which excursion tickets, st the rate of one fare fur the round trip, will be sold on all lives of the Pennsylvania, | ary 17th and good until February 220d luclusive. The arrangement for these : tickets will be bulletined by the Trunk | Line Association and orders will Le | sent to all the survivors of the Re gi- | ment and the friends of those who! were former members who desire attend the reunion. The Central Rail. i road of Pennsylvania will honor the | cards of the Pennsylvania system well as those of the P. & R. and New York Central. It may be well to announce in this | connection that Gen. Mulbolland, of | Philadelphia, who commended tle! to! as | Brigade of which the 145th was a part | during the latter part of the war, and Major Gen. Brooke, of New York, who commanded the Brigade ut au earlier period, will both be present, unless im- perutive orders or official duties pre vent. The survivors of the Regiment are responding in a most enthusiastic manper and it seems to be settled that this will be the most numerously at. tended reunion which the Iu giment has ever held, aa mtn Awarded Damages for Dog's Hite, The circuit court at Toledo, Ohio, re cently handed down a decision affirm. lug a decision of the lower courts give Ing Mrs. Adelaide Sith, of Fremont, a judgment of $5,400 against the estate of the late President I. I, Hayes, This Is the second time this case bas been in the circuit court, Upon the first bearing in the common pleas court, Mrs. Binith sceured a Judgment of $7,600. The circuit court reduced it $5,000, and the suprete court then re manded the care back to the common pleas court for rehearing on error, The common pleas court at the second hearing gave Mra. Smith a verdiet of $5,400, and the cireult court his now aflirmed this, Mrs, Smith was bitten by a dog belonging to the late presi dent, aud this is the cause for setion. I MA SRA Think over Dr. Bchuyler's Friday evening sermon before you say, “don't James Coldren, formerly of this place, do that” to children, death, The | Miss married 10 Jueob Wagne r, August 41 « maiden Spangler, ceonsed« lige Mle was Catharine Wns bh 1570, Rev. Cuarothers performing the ceremony. They resided on Mr. W u- ’ nel’s far, about one wile norih-west of their present home, She was mother of five children, Iwo of survive, Jumes I Paddy Mount ! John K and Susan nid Clay ue, I August Hy , 1901. She was the step-mother of Davi O \Vasuer and Mrs, Mary Flink, « R Win. and Mrs, Hall. al RIE § i of Manhattan, 11] : ow, Pa of Coutre Two ister W. James Ww B Wis Survive, Halil: Tussey vy He wv : ’ Spangler, of Centre Spangler, of and Aaron Rishel, of Kansas. Two ainters died in 1860, I'he five ; H. and wv XAr MEV, VY ep Iles futerment was made ig the huss nersnner, at Vile, y vill MES. MARGARET x Mrs, } Yeager, died Margaret fuddey iV visit to Nathaniel V/ ‘dgler, Hall, Thursday forenoon of at the age of sixty-six yesrs, . § 1 it of the hous Mra, Z igler had BO0e on turn found the lifeless body of Mrs, Yeager Ie ath w lying on the kitchen floor fis due to heart failure. The mie is in Lock Haven, but yw io and abe Hsll by the older residents. decen-ed’s b ul Centre i she is well kn Tr was the Felmiee w hie re the itheran church is now ie or : .p } Jd, of was a brother, of writerisunable tol cated, M:m Daniel Shaler un oven § au LUALE Nat. ile CORE Mrs, * “" i M adisonl ure, el nile nburg ' is sisier, the remainder of thie family, Deccascd leaves a family of two M. Yeager, Hughesville, a mail clerk on the and E. R. R; and Mary E., wife John Luse, of Bellsfoute. The funeral took place Sunday chislbiren: Charles of P. al Ua mn MES. ELIZABETH Kat, Mra, Kahl, of Mouoday Elizabeth widow iries she sustained by falling down She was born in She resided which time she has made her biome with ber daughter in Saloons, She was one of the oldest residents of Sugar Valley, She survived by brother, Dauiel Moyer, of Clintondale, and one sister, Mrs. Adam Kahl, of Greenburr: also by the following named children ; W. 8, Adam N, John M., snd Mrs, John W, Buyder, all of Greenburr, and Mis. John R Bager, of Salona Fhe remains will Le taken to Green burr Wednesday morning, where ser. vices will be conducted in the Reform. ed church and where interment will be mude, Bi. l1Ce in ane JAMES 6G. watan, James G. Waugh departed this life Tuesday of last week at the home of his grand-on, Oscar Homan, east of Centre Hall. The cause of his death was incident to old age, the subject haviog attained the age of feven!ysix years and eight months, The fuversl took place Saturday, interment at the Union. He was a mcmber of (he Lutheran church, snd Rev. J. M. Rearick, hi pwtor, ofMeiated, Tue decenved leaves a widow and four children famely: W, H, Waugh, Blue Land, 11; Andrew Waugh, Kal amiozoo, Michigar; Mrs. Annie MN, Shoemaker, Kulumiagno, M iehigan; Agnes RB Turner, Muford, Indisna Mary Matilda nnd Juttes are dead. Up to about n month ago the decens- +d lived at Penus t ave, where he ne sided for many years, : Se AM AT ——— ishes in sets aud other ways at | home of his mother, Mr . Addie Aj : | Wateh the label on vo in Bellefonte, Bunduy mo rojug Aa On yo your Kens, Paper, ical convention? in Centre I music, How about that ing &* Why not have J fed . Hall. nq oi | The cause of his death was t Yer, i ¥phoid fe a good i Ol from which he had practicall covered, but afterward took a relapre, Everybody likes go peritonitis finally setting in. He was #8 Grace Lee, w) in months, re- finite ii 1 ad been » B) Pittsburg for the past { fo her employed in Pittsburg as a shippivg clerk prior to his illness. desides life | turned lis place sisters Lae mother he lesves two Emma, at home and Mrs. ve | Toner L. Lucas, leech Ory Creek, : 1 broken Joh ston, of Beaver Falls, The funeral took place Wednesday xv. Dr. Ix i hiladelphia r urie oiliciating. upany and the ive declar- hot SAMUEL Samuel Bressler, one of the early set of It's a tiers Ferguson townehip Centre atl Ciateshure Death incident wir £% § on ui. ‘he tLe choicest one better : any 2 o'el wk. nfirmities 0 £15 § iiness ol om id age, and alter an month's duration. Wis r in Deceased past eighty-seven f y Fs : "ra Hon. George B Orlady, « hd . s { Hunting. perior Court, Thursday after. He is a nephew of : Boals in this place, whom be time, age and all his life had follow. | He was itheran bars Saas CB . Gon, Judge of the Si ed farmiog as an occupation, arrived in Centre Hall noon of Cotmslant member of the I. last week, % it ha survived by his wife and opi Henry, re. James Barto, Brooks, Luther it the :. 4% ut i ig children : : . A + nds Wall 1 1 ia, M Amanda Walker, of Doalsburg, Oak Hall, They are wh in Centre Hall ti Henry ane La 8 LIEON- Aus Mary of in Dale, of Sunday and M : Mra. Hetty 1 fy Sadi, oN « in town last week And well kno Kate Bprankile, of Guyer , daughters of ke, Va. ichael at home. i Mes er of near Boa Fu: Were dy. of ae ale M Roan ott isbur A FR Motris and ND CALIFORNIA, N ey of pear Wn Friday of while here Wion. The #8, and vot even the MEXICO A | Bellefonte, in 1 s— {last week, and quartered here buzzing {of the commissioner's bee, could be Forty-five Dass’ Tour Eallroad. via Pennsylvania {| willy Danijel Vv were | On busine The Pennsylvania Railroad Person. T to which leaves ally-Conducted Mexico and York | Philadelphia on February 11 by al Pall 1 ir A New vadd the Monday. largely in mioostrated Ce Imposed r at covers a large and ou the re urn rota, the of uniry. Cirand | mir uasier al State fhe { . ie X F i Co witer as Wedpesday, at whi in Mexico and nine | 3 California, The Mexico, snd o One gieal - 5 wee, iit i last Presi. Senate for which when done : smilie the o irteen i 3 fi tine (he lave will be spent ! t . sent his pame to tls teen in wlif y 4 : : . Lion, California ®pecinl, to be used over the! : : t 1 33 the Bate Coileg: ! the {for four years more. highest grade Pullmag Parlor Smok- | < ’ wx» W. WwW, ilefonte, {drove to Centre Hill Naturday t pay Care, | AS Ww. Bible and wife, of 3 and Observation oy steam and lighted a Visit {0 the lat : WwW. been the Bible is a present is em ip school Ly elec | fers father i - 1 : s | Rove hiose | Round trip rate, covering all | Royer, wtios tet 1ealth he me, M school teacher and at , | best for some ti entire " a y on the| { ployed Ly the Spring towunsh board, Doi trip, from all points of Pittsburg, and $570 from Pittsburg, For the tour of Mexico only the rate] Miss Puella Dornblaser, of Salons, $35, and for California only, | lectured in the Penns Creek Lutheran §375. church at Penn Hail Saturday night on “Hindrances 1o Christianity,” and Sunday morsiog on “Lute ranism in the West”! The talks were highly in- teresting and were with great interest, 3 “dy For itinerary and full information, | Apply to ticket agents, or address Boyd, Assistant General listened 0 Philadelphia. 0-29, —y LOCAL ITEMS, nn You will find complete market re. ports in the Reporter—both city and country, local and foreign. It pays to keep an eye on the markets. There was atime when farmers, and producers, had no opportuity to learn the value of their products when they resched the city. It is different now. M. B. Duck, Esq, of Millheim and J. Wells Evans, of Spring Mills, were business callers at the Reporter office Monday — Mer. Duck in the interest of the Union Sunday School eonvention to be held in his town and Mr. Evans to get a supply of Reporters to send out to friends interested fn the Dr. D. M. Wolf Golden Jubilee. Gregg township was well represents ed in Centre Hall Monday at the cleo tion of ollicers of the Centre County Mutual Fire Insuravos Company, abd among others were Messrs. Luther Musser, Wm. Frederick, Chas. Ww, Fisher, F. M. Fisher, Harry W. Wesver, W. IB. Fiedler, Henty Meyer, C. E, Zeigler, H. B. Herring, all of Peon Hall ;and J. W, Shook, Robert Smith, Wm. Pealer, Simuel Condy and W, 8B. Musser, of Spring Mills, Charles Yeager, of Hughesville, Pa, was in Centre Hall Saturday. Mr. Yenger spend the beginning of hiv boy. hood days in Centre Hall, hmving lived with his uncle, Samael Youte, on the diamond where the Lutheran church now stands. Mr. Yeager will be remembered as having veer stoned sing Bewspaper comment at the last election, at which time he was denied a vote in Lycoming county, Me. Yea wer cluimed thugas a mail agent he could not lose his residence. but the election board thought difteres Hy, awak® Swith The question was tested ut jaw. by Mra, A. H. Bmith, of Philipsburg, 1s visiting in Tusseyville this week, with her daughter, Mrs. D. LR Foreman. Wm. Smith is seriously ill at his home at Potters Mills. He has been ailing since last fall, and at present Is confined to bed with consumption, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Spangler, of Hastings, arrived in Centre Hall Bat. urday and returned Monday. Mr, Spangler is a son of ex-Sheriff and Mra. Jolin Spangler, of this place. The coal business is booming sbout Hast ings which keeps Mr. Spangler close to his post of duty, Candidates are beginning to canvass tte township for the various township offices, and quite an interest ia being manifested by the citizens. This is right and should be encouraged. Cer. tre Hill will present a scene of action on esucus day and it will do the Dem. oeratic heart good to got out and aid in nominating u ticket, M. L. Bmith, whois conducting an instaliment store in Johustown, in ree mitting dues for the Reporter stated that he is doing a splendid business, Part of the letter Is of a private nature, yet of such a character that will n° “pire young men to put their wits to gether when they see what he has done Mr. Bwmith Jefi Centre Hull in 1802, with but six dollars is his pocket, snd that borrowed, Today he has ong of the best stores in Johnstown, nod ow ns tleven tenement houses from which he receives fancy rents, and of con ree, wre modern in construction, He is & brother of the wide x of Spring M