THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1902.
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SCHOOL FORBACKWARD CHILDREN,
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Special Attention Given Dull Popils Proves The Present Estimate for This Year Is Two
Advantageous to all Concerned, and One-Half Billion Bushels
There are many degrees of natural | Preliminary returns to the statisti-
ability in children of any community. | cian of the department of agriculture
The tendency is to give attention toon the acreage of corn planted indicate
the average pupil and the dull or slow | an increase of about 3,520,000 acres, of
pupil is left behind. Now, this ocenrs | 3 § per cent., on the area harvested
not from desire or purpose on the part | last year. Of the twenty-five states
of teachers or school authorities, but | and territories with 1,000,000 acres or
from necessity, and further, it may be | upward in corn harvested last year
NO. 29.
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ELLEN NEFF,
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Ellen, daughter of James and Annie |
A meeting of the executive commit- | Neff died last Wednesday of measles
tee of the Business Men’s Picnic Asso- | at her parents’ home at Hecls, aged | versions of a regular Republican Pro
ciation was held at the Bush House, The funeral took place | hibition Htate ticket and a bolting
‘Bellefonte, last week, mention | publican High License ticket,
| two years,
i f Friday morning, Rev. Crow, of Hub-| oy v
which was made in with the Vermont
porter,
0 reek’s Re- Ntaes | question
last week's Re {lersburg, officiating. Interment J i an
Changes were made in the executive |
| Zion.
committee as follows : D. H. Btoner, of |
Mill Hall, was chosen a member and | MRS. ROBER1 |
the following substitutions ordered. | Margaret Rodgers, wife of Robert |
C. H. Bressler for W.F. Eliot, of| Roan, died at Ler home in Altoona; Theery for annexation has as few
Lock Haven ; Judge Wm. 8. Harris | Wednesday afternoon of last week, of echoes in the Unijied States
for G L. Morelock, of Lock Haven ;|®0Dsumption. Bhe was a daughter of | China. In the conservative opinion
Jas. A. Bmythe for R. N. Roberts, of | the late Geo. W. of Belle-| of Senator Cokrell, of Missouri, the
Renovo: A.J. Graham for the late T. | foute, and was born in Philadelphia | premature annexation propaganda js
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
CENTRE HALL, PA.
BUSINESS MEN'S PICNIC, DEATHS,
VAST CORN CROP. CURRENT COMMENT
of Politieal asd Other
Matters of Pablle Interest
Varlous Committees Appointed—-Date Aug
ust 21,
Discussion
Vermont is to « njoy the political di-
te- The Williams re-union will be held
0 It is =n
farmers
at Martha, August 16,
at Jetween showers on Sunday, thirty-
eight persons visited Penns Cave,
under high license or prohibi- . i a
—— Progress Grange at its Saturday
elected three new
tion,
ROAN, evening
members,
meeting
irge number salesmen
y of have
been visiting merchants in Penns Val-
ley
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as in
during the past month,
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lodgers, io
said that the dull or backward pupil | Towa, Nebraska and Michigan report
in the schools gets much more of the | an increase of 1 per cent. ; Pennsylva-
teacher's time and attention than does | nia, Indiana, Virginia and Louisiana,
any other pupil. But yet the deficient 12 per cent. ; Georgia, Arkansas, Wis-
pupil receives either not the necessary { consin and Missouri 3 per cent. ; Ohlic, ; ow |
time for his developement or the in- | Illinois, Mississippi and Indian terri- orge H. Emerick Tuesday started
struction is not of the right kind. |tory, 4 per cent. ; Kansas, Kentucky a th
on reshing tour.
kind of treatment. These school]
the very best of teachers are placed in |
charge. The individual pupil is studi- |
ed by the teacher and a diagnosis of |
his physical, moral and mental condi- |
tion is made. With the data thus ob-|
tained each child is given that care |
and iostruction suitable to bis peculiar |
needs, i
The world is thus saved from many
otherwise vagabouds and criminals.
They learn that they have powers
which can be developed, and that lat-
er in life they become self-supporting.
This is hardly practical for small
towns, but when some plan can be
evolved from our present system of |
schools by which all pupils shall re- |
ceive sound pedagogical and rational |
treatment, then will there be less pau.
perism and adult idiocy in the com-
munity.
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LOCALS,
Dr. Dorworth was in town las! week |
and purchased a horse from B. D
Brisbin.
Selinsgrove is to have an elecirie
light
will beinvested.
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plant. Mifflin county capital |
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Mrs. Jewett Gorham, of Elbridge, |
New York, has been the guest of her
son, Dr. W. E. Park, in this place, the |
past week,
Mrs W.E
row, Friday, for
ehe will spend a week with her sister, |
Mrs. C. H. Meyer. |
John Hudson, of Philipsburg, has |
pension of $12 per]
Eby, of Pleasant |
Park will leave
Millersburg,
tomor- |
we hy i
where
been granted a
month and Uriah
Gap, has been given $10.
The work of staking out the ground i
for the big steel works at Clearfield |
has glready been begun aud the erec-
tion of the plant is to be pushed as rap- :
idly as possible. When completed it
will give employment to 2500 men.
The Rebersburg water company sold |
jts old pipes at almost their first cost. |
The pipes were bought when iron was
at its lowest price and sold when at its
highest. Hebersburg now bas 8 good
water sysiem.
aft. Carmel, Philadelphia and Pitts |
burg are discussiog how to rid small-
pox from their boundaries. It is fear-
ed that if the disease is not eradicated
dariog the warm weather, the plague
will become unmanageable Dext
winter.
The associates of Hamill Boal, ron of
Rev. James W. Boal, when a boy in
this place, will learn with pleasure
that, after graduating from Lafayette
college in June, he was given a posi-
tion in New York by the Equitable
Life Insurance Company.
A large grindatone weighiog almost
two tone, after having peen put into
one of the piteand in position for use,
at the Mill Hall axe works, was found
to hove a crack in the face. Bu perio.
gendeut A. C. Mann ordered the stone
to be taken out and condemned.
State College borough Is talking
about Pugh Street and Bellefonte is
ventilating its water tax system, Ue -
tre Hall is content to look at the great
overflow pipe of the reservoir whieh
is eliock-full of water, aud chuckle at
the saap of the hydrant when water is
tapped,
Officers of the Pennsylvanig railroad
announce that the enterprize and im-
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cent. ; Alabama, 8 per cent. ; Minneso-
ta, 9 per cent., and South Dakota and
Oklahoma, 11 per cent. The average
condition of the growing crop on July
1st was 87.5, as compared with 81.3 on
July 1, 1600 ; 89.5 at the corresponding
date in 1900, and a ten-year average of
89,2. The condition in Illinois was 91;
in Iowa ~~8%q and Indiana, 90;
soma, 99; in Miss-
ouri 102: in Ohio, 87, and in Texas, 41.
The crop this year will be enormous.
The present estimate is 2 580,951,000
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Staggering Crop Figures,
Potatoes form the world’s greatest
single crop, 4,000,000,000 bushels being
produced annually,
the entire wheat and corn crops.
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Ability -Lauck.
“What is ability ¥'
YH Ability is that to which a man owes
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all others
~-Chicagoe Evening
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passenger
“Luck is at which
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Bc cl sis
Dollar For Each Hoar
J. R. Wo wl,
general
the that
through passengers on the Pennsyiva-
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has authorized statement
between ew York and
ifthe train isan hour late or more. Pas-
harged §28 -
00 from Now York to Chleago, which
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Christian Science Treatmen! Fatal
yoston,
the
died a
Mrs. Mary Baker, of
of
weeks
founder
Christian Science, few
become known.
for
of
hope
erroneous sysiem.
pot sick, I have no pain,” never did
any
or
other
cure and never will cure
sickness
patural |
The use of herbs and
cians is the proper treatment.
Another victim of Christian Sglen.
tists is Mrs. Pine, wife of George Pine,
a well known farmer of West Brad-
ford, who after an illness of over five
weeks, died last week, The coroner
and his physician visited her home,
and stated that the woman died from
an ordinary case of cholera morbus,
which could have been cured by any
physician,
cessation
From Sager Valley Journal
Samuel Goodman, of Loganton,
raised a radish that measured twelve
inches in length and eleven ioehes in
circumference.
Three of the men workiog on Kleck-
per's saw mill snd lumber job met
with accidents last week, as follows:
Samuel Shaffer out off a toe, Lee Nich-
olas cut his left band and John Kepler
bruised one leg.
William Meyer & Son are making
needed improvements to the Logan-
ton woller mill, among which is a new
pen stock 30 feet geep Ly 4 feet square,
They have also placed a new shopping
machine in the mill, Miles E. Breop
ing the carpenter work. [Mr. Meyer
provements to which that giant cor-
poration is now committed will cost at
feast $10,000,000. Sach figures wold
have staggered belief in any genera-
tion before this ove. No task, how-
ever vast, appears to be impossible io
these days of eolossal plans,
Christ Alexander, of Coburn, passed
through Bellefonte on Wednesday
morning on his way to Monessen, Pa,
where be expected to join a large pae-
ty of agents for the Page Fence Co,
who are all belog entertained for a
week or more at a aonvention at the
company's one plant, Adcian, Michi-
gan, says the Watchman, Mr. Alex-
ander expects to be gone a month,
While awsy he will visit some relatives
un that section and he might nceept
& position that Is oflered bum for the
was formerly a mille: at this place,
and has a good reputation as a mitler.j
A singular coincidence, worthy of
special mention right here, took place
in Lock Haven the other day. When
the City School Board balloled for
teachers they elected Sugar Valley in-
struetors to the priveipalships for the
four wards of the eity, viz; D. M.
Brungard, Teaac Rumberges, W. H.
Kepler and T. M. Bruogard. This
speaks well for Bugar Valley and we
refer to it with pardonable pride.
George Tibbings is in hard luck.
Monday evening after he came in fro
Lock Haven one of his stage mules
‘hind legs, dlsgbling the animal, so
that Mr. Tibbings bad to kj} it.
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Page Co. establishing agencies.
L. Emerson, of Philipsburg; 8. W,
Smith for Frank Crawford, of Centre
Hall.
Committees for
chosen as follows :
Speakers :—Hon.
{ Bellefonte ; Hon. C.
Haven,
Amusements :
Bellefonte
Haven,
the picnic were
WwW. (.
A. Mayer, Lock
John D. Bourbeck,
; Torrence C. Bhearer, Lock
P. Rittman, Lock Haven.
Finance :—T. J. Bull, Mackeyville;
H. Bechler, Bellefonte ; G. W. Mason,
Lock Haven.
Printing :—John I. Olewine,
fonte ; G. W. Fredricks, Flemington,
Management : —J. C. Meyer, Belle-
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| W. Mason, Lock Haven.
i Closing ;—Geo.
| man, Lock Haven
{ novo ; Jerome Harper, H. €
{ Bellefonte ; A. J. Graham, Dr.
| White, Philipsburg; I. C.
| Abe Weber
i Whitman, Loganton :
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Loder, P. P.
F. K.
Holmes,
Howard ;
N.
Frank,
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| Yearick, Walker; A. A,
{ heim ; W. H. Noll,
H. Stone, Mill Hall ;
| Nittany; C. P. Long, Spring Mills ;
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| Frank Smith, Centre Hall.
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i COMPARISON OF PRICES
Peopleof the United States Paving 40 Ver
Cent. and Upward More Than Forelguors
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Chairman Griggs, of the Democratic
congressional commitlee,
publica | American
European prices on American
made ist of and
made
goods, which an agent of the commit-
| tee secured from certain New York ex-
porting houses, {
This list is as {
Amen
nal
2 For
Wire nails { keg $
Wire rope (©
Lead (100 pounds
wels { dozen
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tie grease d
fais
pou
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AOR
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Barbed wire
Clack talarm
Lawn Mowers
jams { dozon
Typewriters...
Sewiag machines
aes piso...
190 pound
| Fruit
that |
poun 41
** This, said Judge Griggs,
whole story in a nutshell. The people
of the United States are paying 40 per
if is }
eigoer for the same American manu-
factured article.
they longer submit to it?
believe they will. ”'
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I do not
Losses by Lightning
The Grange fire insurance company
bias had a number of light losses by
lightning this summer. The first loss
was as early as February, and up to
this time twelve or more losses have
been reported. Io each case the dam-
sage was light, summing up not over
$250.00
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Belle of Antiguity.
The anthracite coal miners’ strike is
sald to have cost $50,000,000 and the
expense account is far from being com-
plete as yet. The most remarkable
feature of the situation is the fact that
the loss falls most heavily on the
strikers themeelves, aud that they are
willing to bear an intolerable burden
without any probability of gaining
their point by such methods. Btrikes
are a relic of antiquity which have no
fitting place in modern industrial con-
ditions,
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Beystope Bigte ip the Lead,
At the twentieth century conven
tion of the Christian Endeavor socle.
ties in Pittsbyrg last week State Secre-
tary W. H. Keller reported that 480
new societies were added during the
past year, making a total of 3034
young people's societies, with a mem.
bership of 150,968; 100 intermediates
with 2,783 members, and 1,435 junior
societies with a membership of 61,119,
Besides there are nine senior societies,
with 180 members, and eight mothers’
societies, with 160 members, a total of
4,606 societies with 205,837 members,
This gives Penusylvanis the lead
gmong pll the states, and Philadelphia
has the banper union of the state with
620 societies, Allegheny county is
second, with 872, and York third with
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$20,931.99, and to other objects, $55,
807.14.
| thirty-three years ago.
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BAMURL PHILSON,
Samuel Philson, one of the oldest
| Bomerset county, died at his home
Friday morning. Mr. Philson was the
| E. Fischer, D.D., of Shamokin and
{formerly pastor of the Lutheran
| church in place. Mr. Philson
| was very prominent in business circles
{and had
| wealth.
this
accumulated considerable
ANNA ELIZA GREGG
ithe death of Miss Anna Eliza Gregg
took in
{ Interment was
place Milesburg, Baturday.
made in Bellefoute
Tuesday of this week,
Deceased
Was ill
auties,
taken suddenly
performing household
and before professional
had
her home with
i while
gid could
i secured, life left Bhe made
n
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her two sisters
Bhe
ia
and Busan, was a sister «
late Andrew Gregg, of this place,
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William Berry died
he
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iMinburg,
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fav A
iDGAY eve
age of
He
y, but
anid
cighty
YEArs, Was 8 native of
{| count in 1847 moved to
burg ¢ engaged blac)
James Ray, an well kaown eiti
College township, died quite sudden]
i Thu of
his home at Houser
reday afternoon last
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Week,
He bad § i
finished his dinoer and was sitting on
front
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ville, #t
porch when he suddenly
dropped to the porch floor and when
dead,
of
{ his family reached him he was
Heart failure is given as the cause
death, ;
i Deceased was a native of Centre |
county and was seventy-seven years of |
of 1
in Co. C,
Peunsylvania Volunteers. For
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civil
148th
many |
bk
He was a veleran
| war having served
| Age, e
Methodist church and was a highly re-
spected citizen. Burviviog him are
his wife aud three children,
RICHARD YOUNG.
Richard Young died at his home, |
near Irving, Ill, after an illness ex-
tending over a year, on Friday, July
11th, atthe age of seventy-six years,
six months and six days.
Mr. Young was bora at Centre Hill,
Pa., Jan. §, 1826, was married to Miss
Nancy, eldest daughter of Wm. and
Jane Reed Milligan at Centre Hill, in
1852, the late Dr. Hamill officiating.
To this union were born one son and
four daughters, all of whom with
their mother survive him. In March
of 1866, Mr. Young with the Milligans
moved to [llinols, and settled ona
farm in Montgomery county, near Ir-
ving, where he gontioued to reside un-
til his death, He was among the old-
est settlers in that locality, industri-
ous and domestic in babits, aod re
apected by all who knew him.
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LOCALS,
Hogs are very scarce, snd are com-
mandiog high prices.
A number of pleasure riders were
caught in the rain Sunday.
The General Conference of the
United Evangelical church will be
held in Williamsport in October,
Mrs, J. BH. Ward, of Bellefonte, spent
several days this week with her sister,
Miss Maggie Stiver, in this place.
Mrs. Lucy Henney returned home
Saturday after spending three weeks
with friends at Pittsburg, Latrobe and
Altoona,
Mrs. Mary Miller, Mra. Porter Odens
kirk, and Miss Alda Sankey attended
the funeral of Miss Annie Gregg, at
Milesburg, Tuesday.
| calculated ouly to njuriously aflect
{ the relations of Cuba with the United
| Btates,
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A late study of ceneus figures shows
{ that of the native I
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were
American poj
tion of Penneylvania 61,922 bort
n Maryland, 54,250 Virgin
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ian
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{ born in Delaware, 19.320 born in
| Virginia, 6,741 born in North Caroling
i the District Colui
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604 born {
in af
There are 36,664 native Pennsylvani-
York city,
cago and 18,027 in Camden.
ans in New <3 562 in Chi
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Having by th
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experience
American
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hardiest for veld
authorities will eontinu
ments from Port Chala
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Ca, In orqger
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congressman NN
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Mr.
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dent, Further, says
“The President did
bued with this trust-hunting ides
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the Democrats had adopted it as
After seven mon
silence on the subject he b
discovered that it
sudden!
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A sturdy Bradford
having been asked his opinion of the
selection of Judge Pennypacker as the
machine candidate for Governor of the
“The game is too apparent. There
runniog.”’
ded :
“It reminds me of the case of the
Pet Lamb and Simple Simon. A
farmer who had two sons, the younger
one being under-witted, died, leaving
his estate to be divided between them.
The elder son was rather unscrupulous
and disposed to take undue advantage
of his brother's simplicity. So when
he came to divide the flock of sheep he
selected all the old and unsalable ewes
and withers, but was careful to put
among them a pet lamb belonging to
his brother of which he was extremely
fond. Having thus evenly apportion.
ed in two lots the best sheep and the
poorest he asked Lis brother to take
his choice, The simple brother looked
over the flock and going up to his pet
lamb patted its head and fondled it.
He then said: ‘My pet, I have fed
you and played with you, and you
koow 1 love you, but you have got in
such damned bad company 1 shall
have to give you up !’
“This is the case of Penoypscker,
He is the sort of man the voters like,
They have nothing against him pers
gonally; but he is in such damned Lad
company that they will have to sup.
port the opposiug ticket.”
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Three Aged Ladies 111
Three aged ladies, living at Potters
Mills, are ill. They are Kliga MoCloss
key, sged eighty years ; Nancy Pleree,
aged near ninety years, and Mra. Mary
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From reports re-
ceived wheat is yielding well,
Rev, W. Boal, of
Port Carbon, are guests at the home of
J. Bhannon }
and Mrs. James
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al, in this place.
The thing farmers now like to speak
of best, is bow that miserable oats did
{ grow, and what a nice it is.
Cron
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i daughter of Jacob
week was the
: family of Mrs, Mary Me-
nothing to indicate that
Centre Hall com munis
ty has changed his or her religious
anyone in or
| faith within the past two weeks,
| Bix prisor
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ETH nt
he
and
escaped frog ‘lear-
five of
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BiXLih, an
field county jail week
Ih
rope
>
igs
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them are still e
used in
+ ground and broke a leg.
n, of Lamar, father-
of Mrs. H. 8. Heckman, was in
tirerias
inst week returning
ile here
Ww.
¢ near Paint-
of
Thursday
Mills,
iis way
Nite
that
Wells
was
ue
held on
by
Hall
which
seek
Hitre
iE
bed a brisk shower set in
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i a brief Lime obliged them to
er.
or
The dwelling house of Mrs,
Emma
doing light dam-
The chimoey was knocked off,
split, ete., doin
7
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raile
o>
fs
ix
damage
which
the
Was
3
gix dollars,
{ A. Keller of
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Grange Fire Insurance
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Sid»
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fit
fis
At a rece
meeting of the Reform-
{ed and Lutheran cemetery association,
| the trustees organized by electing D.
| A. Booger, president; John T. Lee,
| vice president; Samuel 8. Kreamer,
{ secretary; H. G. Strohmeler, treasurer,
The organization has a cash fand of
{over $200 00, one hundred of which is
available, besides the sums due for
burial lots.
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The rains during the past three or
four weeks have been exceedingly hard
on the roads. Great damage has been
done on all roads, If there are any
taxpayers in Potter township who
would favor vacating the turnpike
from Centre Hall to Bellefonte, let
them observe the present condition of
that important road and calculate the
expense to again put it into its former
condition, The pike company, as soon
us practicable, will restore the road to
its splendid former condition, but it it
depends on the township to be repair-
ed it would never be brought back to a
road that could be pointed to with
pride,
Mrs. Sadie (Mitchell) Smith and
daughter Julia, of Indianapolis, In-
| dinna, are east and at present are the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Smith,
at Centre Hill. They are the wife and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bmith's son,
Dr. Calvin 8, Bmith, who has been lo-
cated in Todianapolis for six or eight
yegrs. Part of the time he was con
necied with a large hospital as operat
ing surgeon, but of late years he has
been relying on his own practice for a
livelihood. He has been
successful in his profession and has
built up for himself a practice which
would be & credit toany young man.
Some time during August he will take
his first vacation since west
from Howard, and will come east for
two weeks. 3
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