VOL. LXXYV. STATE GUARDS IN CAMPY, Meade, roster of the National Guard of Penn- | sylvania only 27 officers and 339 men are absent from camp George GG. Meade, | Gettysburg, making a rather unusual | and exceedingly creditable average of | 90.7 per cent. present. Thousands of people visited the camp Sunday, though their presence could not be appreciated save by those | they visited because of the vast extent | of the camp. Itwas only the over-| filled trolley cars and the endless chain of vehieles of all sorts and cor-| ditions that entered the camp that] gave one any idea of the great crowd | of visitors. Assoon as the passengers deft the cars they were lost in the com- | pany streets of the regiments. Many | of the excursionists who hoped to] visit the camp are said to have been | gtalled in Harrisburg, the railroads | being unable to bring them on to | Gettysburg Thirty-vine sections are | said to have started from various | places for camp and less than three | fourths of this number reashed their | destination. | Sunday Bellefonte came in for its] share of notoriety, when a citizen of | that place was arrested in Gettysburg | by Prov. Marshall Loree for masquer- | ading as ap cflicer of the militia. The | provost guard had been endeavoring | to catch the man since Friday. He | was placed in the town jail to await trial. Chaplain Henry A. F. Hoyt, of the | Sixth Regiment, was the only chap-| lain who held services on Sunday. cons A | CRUEL TEETH OF ASAW, i Ends the Earthly Life of a Clintondale Child Who Was Visiting His Uncle Near Tylersviile, i i i i A heartrending fatality occurred at] Daniel Rahl’'s saw mill ville Baturday morning. was an eight year old son of Frank Rossman, of (‘lintondale. The day previous the little fellow went to Bug- | ar valley to visit Mr. Rubl, who is bis | unele, and the next day went to the] gaw mill and while there caught hold of a slab which was being fed to the | saw. The slab was jerked violently by its contact with the saw, which | movement threw the ehild against the | saw. A gash five inches long was in- | flicted in his breast, one hand was] eut off, and bis leg was badly cut. | The little fellow expired instantly. | The funeral took place Monday after- | near Tyler: | The victim | i | i i noon. Bervices weére conducted by | Rev. Mr. Price, and interment was | made in 8t. Paul's cemetery. a Boalsburg. Rufus Lee, of Walnut Grove, spent Bunday at the Hillside farm. Armstrong Jacobs, one of State Col- lege’a venerable citizens, visited his son in this place last week. Cal, Wieland, the wide-awake black- smith, made a business trip to Centre Hall Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Kuhn spent a few days recently at the home of Alex Kuhn. Elmer Houtz, one of Millheim's en- terpriging butebers, was through this part of the county buying up cattle on Monday. Mrs. Bophia Hall, of Wilmington, Delaware, is visiting her sisters, the] Misses Keller. Mrs. P. H. Meyer, accompanied by her children, left on Friday for a three weeks’ visit with her brother, who fives at Mercersburg. George Stuart, who is employed in Pittsburg, is at home spending the va- cation with his mother, Miss Nellie Lytle, a popular young lady from State College, is visiting her cousin, Miss Maggie Miller. Mrs. Henvey and son Spencer, are visiting at the home of Janet McFar- lane. Rev, Knappenberger, president of Allentown College, preached for Rev, A. A. Black, pastor of the Reformed «church, Sunday morning and evening. Prof. Charles E. Hower and family, of Mahanoy City, eépent a few days re- cently among friends in this place. Robert Mcurae, wife and daughter Elizabeth, of Pitisburg, left for home Monday, aller a visit of a few weeks in this place. Reuben Stuart, one of the popular soung men of this place, was in Bells foute Tuesday. R. B. Harrison and Wm. Mothers. baugh, were in Bellefonte Tuesday, at- tending the special examiaation. Mr. aod Mrs. Jared Mayes, of [Le mount, were in town Saturday. Remember the pieuic at Bhiogle town Gap on Baturday, the 19h. The Chicago corn market is back to a cash basis, and the serial is quoted at sixty-five cents. A half dozen million- aires cleared about $1,500,000 by driv. ing the price of corn to ninety cents, LM A Dorothy Dodd. THE STATE BRIDGES, Department Says Spring Mills Bridge Will Ile Built as Soon as Pessible, County Solicitor J. C. Meyer and the Centre County Commissioners have been notified by the State De- partment that the Spring Mills bridge will be erected as soon as practicable, Architects were appointed last Thursday by the Board of Public Build ings and Grounds, of which Gov- ernor Stone is president, to prepare plans and specifications for the erec” tion by the State of a large number of bridges under the act of 1805, which provides for the rebuilding of county bridges burned or carried away by flood. This law is being put into force for the first time, which naturally causes progress to be slow, The architects are Andrew J. Whit- ney, Rome, Bradford county ; Mark D. Bowman, Mahanoy City; Herman Laub, Pittsburg ; Oscar E. Thomson, Phoenixville; Emil Swensson, Pitts- burg. The bridges to be replaced will be erected in Juniata, Berks, Carbon, Centre, ¥ Bradford, Clearfield, Jeffersou, sz, Lackawanna, Wyoming, Sullivan, Wayne and Lu- zerne counties. Their total cost is esti- mated at $500,000, remit STRUCK BY LIGHTENING, Jacob Rider, of Gatesburg, ln Last Wednes- day's Storm, Jacob Rider, of Gatesburg, an old and highly respected man, was struck by lightning Wednesday afternoon of last week, says the Slate College He had made his way to the hay mow to shut the mow doors, when he accidently stepped under the hanging hay fork and received from it the elec- trical discharge. After the storm ceased his family found him dead on the hay. His age was seventy-three. He be. longed to the Lutheran church. The funeral took place Friday afternoon. His children are Mrs. Wm, Ellen- berger, of Tyrone, and Matthiss Rider, of Gatesburg. He had three sisters- Mrs. Musser, of Centre Line; Mrs Bamuel Musser, of Tyrone; and Mra William Hastings, of Gatesburg. A— pr — LOCALS, REMODELING REFORMED CHURCH, $2000.00 to be Spent to Make the Church Modern in Every Respeot, Salem Reformed church, east of Penn Hall, better known perhaps as the White church, is being rebuilt, Robert Bmith, of Bpring Mills, is the contractor who has charge of the re- pairs, which will cost about $2000.00. The old church was built and dedi- cated during the pastorate of Rev. Lewis C. Edmonds, now of Ford City, Pa., in 1859, During the pastorate of Rev. Z. A. Yearick, the church was re- painted inside and out. The old church was a two story structure, 35x48 feet, the lower story being used for a Bunday school room, aud the upper for congregational pur- poses. As rebuilt the church will be 35x60 feet, and will have but a single story. An addition of twelve feet the rear of the old building, enables the congregation to have a Buuday school room 20x38 feet and an audito- rium for church services of 38x40 feet, Sliding doors will allow bolh rooms to be used as one when mands it, A metal ceiling will be placed in the new building sod stained glass memo- rial windows will be put in. lostead of a tower on the roof as in the old chureh, the new building will have a tower built from the ground at the south west corner, through which the main entrance is to on the east side will be for the Buuday school. It is the wish of the congregation to make the church modern in all Old to occasion de A side door the entrance be, its DEATHS, / WN WILLIAM HECKMAN, Centre Hall, Friday of last week, at the age of sixty-nine years and twenty months, Mr. Heckman su flered from such for several weeks prior to his death, that his passing away might have occurred at any moment, Mr. Heckman was a farmer by oceu- pation—an industrious, hardworking man, whonever knew what meant as long as he had durance, He was a kind husband and highest sense of the term. The funeral Tuesday afternoon being held at the services tonk place Rev. J. M house, same, assisted by Rev. Dr. W, H. Schuyler, of the Presbyterian church old home of the deceased, The following children father : Frederick A., California: Emma, wife of Dr. D. G. Bmith, Elizabeth, Il. ; Sara, wife of James 8 Relish, Potters Mills; Mary, of David K. Keller, John and near Centre Hall: Zora, Frank, Illinols ; Deceased survive the wife is also survived by his wife, whose maiden name was Rupp. Mr. Heckman also leaves the follow. ing brothers and sisters : John, Bpring parts. When finished it will be of the finest churches of the Asrons- | burg charge, of which Rev. L. W.| Brown now pastor. Dr. D. Wolf jas for many years been the su- | perintendent of the Sunday school, By the kind invitation of the coun- | oil the Lutheran church Penns | Creek church—both church services | and Sunday school are held in that] church until the repairs are completed It is hoped that the church will dedicated some time in October, Ole | M.| in of be | —— ELECTRICITY FLAYS HAYOU Man Killed Lightning Encircles Walst of | Lady fara Barned Emanuel M., Metzger, of Williams. port, was shocked to death and literal ly roast:d alive by coming in contac The fifteenth annual choir conven tion will be held in Freeburg, Aug. 16. | Pigeons Wanted ~The undersigned | 8 hundred prs of pigeons | For farther particulars apply to Chas. D. Bartholomew, Centre Hall, Pa. wants A number of board walks are badly in need of repair. When the repair. ing could be done at jittleor no ex- pense, no oue should hesitate to put the walk in proper and safe condition. The Bell telephone company is wskiog wonderful improvements in Union and Noyder counties. The rates are greatly reduced from the schedules in effect in other localities, A.J. Reesman last week received a car load of roofing slate, which will be put on the houses of Dr. Lee, Wm. Colyer, James Runki2 and Samuel Durst. Mr. Reesman thioks by a bit of manoeuvering he can fiud places for another car load. rt Mrs. W. W. Boob and daughter, Miss Grace, Friday started for their home in Cincionati, Ohio, to which place they woved last fall. The Boobs came east several weeks ago iq joter the body of Mrs. Reifsnyder, mother of Mrs. Boob, who died in Cincionpatl. C. 8B. W. Jones, editor of the Ty- rove Herald, and Captain of the Bher- idan Troop, N. (3. P., Tuesday cele- brated its thirty-first avuiversary. The Sheridan Troop is now at Getlys- burg, where it is taking its usual im- portant place as one of the strong a aims of the Btate, The members of the Preshyleriag church have decided to lay a stone walk in frontof the parggoage and church in this place. Ohio sawed stone will be used. The stove are fur- nished by Dr. J. F. Alexander, who visited the quacey of hig regent trip to the Buckeye state. th D. J. Koch, son of Amos Koch, for. merly of this place, has accepied a lucrative position with the Hooven Mercantile Co., of Hew York City. Mr. Koch for several years was clerk in J. P. Condo's store at Millheim, and being possessed of much business ability oo dogbt will succeed in his new work, The Christian Endeavor Boclety of the Reformed church celebrated the birthday of the society by holding ap- propriate snniyerspry services on Bun. day evening. The church was artist: jeally decorated and the society well entertained the many people who at. tended. The report submitted hy the secretary showed the society to be ju p very prosperous condition, financially sud socially, while the spirityal pon dition has been most helpful to the church spd community io gepersl, + with a trolley feed wire Thursday of week. The unfortunate climbed to the top of a forty-foot 0 mab poie to cut 8 telephone wire that led to bis house and was no longer in use. He fell across a network of wires, where he bung head downward, while his | body sizzled and gave off sickening | odors and blue flames duriog the twen- ty minutes required to get the currep : shut off. ! LIGHTNING ENCIRCLED HER WAIST During the severe electrical storm | Thursday of last week, lightning struck near the residence of General John P Taylor, above Reedsville, and followed a wire ioto the kitchen, where Miss | Mitchel, a servant, was at work. The bolt struck a steel buckle on a belt she wore and, following the belt, complete. ! ly encircled ber waist, marks on the | belt ang clothije showing the effects. | The youug woman was severely shock- | ed, but recovered. BARN BURNED During a heavy electrical storm last | week a large bank barn owned by Mo- ses P. Yoder, two miles from Belle willie, Mifflin pouty, was struck by | lightning and destroyed, Including crops and a part of the live stock. cl sass Will be In Town Friday Photographer Smith will be io Cen- tre Hall Friday. Came ba bis siudig | if you want first-class work at a rea- sonable figure. Oats and Barley. {Jats god barley haye mage remark: able growth since the wet weather set in. The late oats and later sown bar- Jey lg 8 very good lepgth-in fact, yp to the average. - Marriage Licenses, John G. Conway, Alport. Mary Hollinshead, Alport. James Clark, Philipsburg. Elizabeth Ferguson, Philipsburg. Fountain C. Lewis, Pine Glenn. Migoie Hooyer, Pine (jlenn, C. H. Busch, Fleming. Edna Shiply, Fleming. Blanchard H. Joues, Philipsburg. L/izgie Davis, Johnstown, sii TA Aceldeats Reported by the Times. W. C. Kline, of State College, start- ed fishing early on the 4th, and, slip- ng on & wet log, fell with syoh forpe upon his left hand as to break gil the f Jeaders ! in it, Eight year old Joseph Ewing, in College township, had the tendon of his hepl put off on the 4th by s mowing machine, He was moving along in front of the machine when he fo!l and Mille: Danlel, fellefonte: Elias, Or- Henry Royer, Centre Hill; Mrs. Henry Mark, Penn Bamuel, of Iilinois: Andrew, of John Zeigler, preceded him to the Benjamin Wieland, at the age daughter, Mrs. A. H. Hall, near The deceased Was 8 sul Wieland, an« county. While yet a small boy, the parents moved on a he time he farm bear Boslsburg, where re mained until 1542, at which was married to Ava Maria Walker, , Who died in 1834 pri time he emigrated to | hi leaving raf » ’ ¥ Of Dear Lion wr to 15855, at whieh he lived Pine Centre SH.Yen Years .. an a farm owned by tH near Grove Mills, Bince he resided 2utisuously st He leaves a family of f children—Mrs. Mary Idaho: Frank, Mrs. Ellen L. ur surviving Hugus, Gordot Denver, Hale and Mr. Wieland Daniel Hess, Linden Winsor, of sud aleo of the late Dagiel T. Wieland, was a brother of Mrs Hall; sol Mrs. Chattanoogs, Mrs, Hess and Mrs. Winsor are the JOUN F, bir. John Harter, of Miliheim, died Wednesday in Philadelphia in A surgical operation which re- tinal cavecer, and thal his recovery was ir. Hepler suntered for some months but a few weeks ago was offorded tem- porary relief and was sabie to maken tour and perform bie duties as revenue collector. Later he grew worse, and it was decided ¢ age him to a botpital as a last resort. The conse- quence has been related above, Dr. Harter was a son of Wm. 8 Harter, deceased, of Millbeim, and woe borp Javpary 5, 1857. He studied dentistry with Dr. A. J. Orodorf, of Pine Grove Mills, During 1578 he married Miss Cbhaglotte Meek, who with two daughters, Badie B. and Jes sie M | survive him, The decensed was elected county re corder in I887, an the Republican tick et. In 1502 he was a candidate for sherifl, but was defeated. ¢ i Ammon Braught, son of John Braught, of near Cobyrn, and brother of Pr. Brepght, of Spring Mills, who was taken to the Lock Haven hospital last week to have an operation for ap- pe ndicitis performed, snd who was re- potted to be ip a serious condition as a result of the operation, died on Wed- pesday afternoon. Mr. Braught was a telegraph operator. WM. RODE, William Robb, of Romola, died Wednegday of last week, aged sixty: one years. Deceased was elected jury commissioner of Centre county on the Republican ticket in the fall of 1900, He was one of the progressive men in Cuttin township, and for years con- ducted a general store, was caugby by It. ® CURRENY COMMENT | Bricf Discossion of Politieal sed Other | Maiters of Public Interest, | Benator Penrose may be obliged to | pay the debt incurred by the bad { usage of Elkin by Benator Quay. | i { the kind of harmony which | between the Quay and Eikin i's eccompan ied by a club, i i { factions i The new postal materially | ent fron Id one. In | band upper corver is 1 the « profile Presi the likeness bu ing { on of the martyred | und bust, Ia the upper left hand { medalion shape, | arms of the United States The fact that Benstor Q | admirers have placed $10,000 burg bank to bet on a msjority G00 for Pennyupacker, is no | whatever that the senator's eh W hat followers? win in November. is £10,000 £6 | Quay and his A shake of the plum tree will yiel {than that, Quay can well bet. In the conference of Quay, < urg not before ti Leen of Pennsylvania for six or eight with fulfl numerous unfulfilled and repu- diated pledges by y The « up Lhe “Hoe % to heal Wa ions in the machine, but Lo attend, and he bid jolt Chairman Quay “ $03 1 lo patch up bh i The Marquis of Salisburs ed the Premiersh Right Hon First Lord of ip : A J the Treasur) ender in the House has been appoinied LO su Lord Halisbury tenderes al an tion audience he had wdward last Friday Cross identif the functions of the Boer forces, istler qur.ng the i § {sed 4 Killed or dived of § » ¢ made prisoners ol died. The Boer tLe } - . TE umn bered about i hie war! total losses of Lh AVe Lien given ss iO enlisted men. hel were $ i gf American posts One of the m astonishis >» C4 I has been free deliv. oh that of The first roufe was estal lished | go, but on July 1, 1% . operat August 1 ~ there were 0.4461 routes There are to be 500 more on and 10,198 petitions for routs Accord population, Iowa leads the Union WwW =» are cousideration, nz in | rural free-delivery routes. Ther } 1 July ks iad routes will be placed in opera. August 1. Arkansas of larger states is at the bottom of line with only 20 routes, {1 a great couvenience La the farmers, for it gives the couvenienoces | and sdvantages io their mail service that the larger cities and towas pos BORE, were | end 23 ad- | dite tion the t bie : on been Lahm $i Vest bal sane LR ¥ The barmony which Senator Quay has proclaimed sees to be of n kind that requires constant attention snd frequent readjustment. He went to Pittsburg to harmonize the machine there and came awsy satisfied. A few days later he was obliged to return and this time the supposedly harmonious Recorder Brown kept out of his way and bas not yet been brought to terms. Even the Harrisburg barmony lasted only while Quay and Stone were to- gether, in one of these midnight coun. cile that recalled old and tender asso ciations, Stove himself is authority for the present statement that nothing came of it and that he has not been harmo niged. It is particularly interesting to learn from Btone that he has declived the gold briek tendered him in the form of a foreign mission and intends to rewain at bome., He i= possessed of the very strong and very just idea that if Quay is to have a vote of confi dence for his conduct of the State gov- erntuent, bis Governor ought not to be left out. He is ready to join the procession, but he wauts his proper place near the bead and his due recog. nition as a true representative of the machine. Ie is not going to take a back seat for auybody. TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, | HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS, Don't feed the ‘coon. It's a long lane without a turn. The Republican held August 2 Mrs, with friends in Rebersburg Centre Hall primaries will te H. W. Kreamer spent Saturday, has over one hundred Visit) Mrs, at John ng wet weather developed hat cause potato rot, and favorable season for pota- ater, the crop ms may easily iin, and misburg, ienvor. 00 naving with roif, D. D. thie best of t i= gratify- travel time *» 10 M. Bower, wile and granddaugh- wre Bower, of Bellefonte, were Mrz, D. J. Meyer, Bi: wer is a meme £ law firm« of s 5 targe nume- Puri the Bower called at and n 4 "1 Werier Ore zabeth of ills, and her dsughter, Miss Barth yom ww, t Pp ace, Curwensville to Rpenoer Fhe 'atter is a dau Mra. Bartholomew, a’ future will move to Pittsburg where her husband will be engaged in carpentering. Bellef having an with water pumps and Bartholomew, 3 ae Moring A pring A “ of iis siiay went to re, Ulivile hitter of « In Lhe near mie is experience fixtures, and an expense, as well. If anyone with. in that borough has any special reve. lation on the subject or superior know- ledge by experience, it wonld be a good time to give it to the authorities, It's a pity to keep such valuable infor mation pent up until it becomes use. less, Favorable mention was made in the Reporter some time ago of the orator. ical powers of Fred Chambers, son of E R. Chambers, Eaq., of Bellefonte, Fred spoke before the Kennett Legion. ers, at their convention at Reading, and the West Chester papers speak very flstteringly of the young man. He has rate ability and makes good use of it Jacob 8. Black, of Bloomington, Lilinois, who has been in the service of the Chioage & Alton railroad for the past eight years, made his first trip Wednesday of las" week from Bloomington to Springfield as engi- neef of a passeng r engine. Mr. Slack was a telegraph operator for the same company until stricken with paralysis peculiar to the knights of the key, trols an engine himself. He is a broth. er of Assistant Postmaster ©. W, Black, of this place, and son of John A Slack, of Putters Mille,
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