VOL. LXXIX.
SPRING ARBOR DAYS
Following Custom, April 6 aad 20
Are the Times Appointed
April
ttovernor
following
tion :
the Arbor
Day
“ Sicce the 17th of January, 19503,
of
holds all
and this
26
$20.7
State
have bought acres
iat The
700,741 acres of such
now in
is,
lands,
commission is doing much to preserve
and our
maintain forests
¢
It
cares for the welfare
and our
streams, behooves every citizen
of the
and to
who Com
monwealth to lend assistance
give encouragement to this important
work
“ I'he lives of me
without
I'he
grove means both happiness and bens
nanud Llrees are
interwoven that the other
neither can exist, growth of the
fit to mankind,
“ I'n order that all of our citizens
men, women and cuildren—may pur-
ticipate in the pleasure and profit
W.
Common.
planting trees, 1, Bamuel Peuny-
packer,
wealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby, in
(1overnor the
accordance with the law, issue this
my pre clamation, designating Friday
the sixth day of April, and Friday, the
twentieth day of April, A. D. 1906,
be observed as Arbor Days throughou
the Commonwealth,
“Two days are sel
that whichever n {
the
apart in
climaie of Lie
selected.”
ms ests MY tl
Keith's Theatre.
chief attraction at Keith's
I'he
Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia,
this week is the mental
Anna Eva Fay. She perio
AUBWET
derful feats, and will
pie
i
Blood
written questions olf peo
audience. Ka herine good will
give genuine pleasure with her beauti-
d North
Mr.
Village
Howard will
Days’
“The
Lie
ful singing. an
appear in ** Happy
Mrs, Jimmy Barry, in
Others
and
C
i
omiques |
Cut-up
are
ching
elching
Bab
Sisters, European scrobats ;
1
Brothers, al
Owens, Lhe
Bris
child the Basque
artist ;
ts, and Mosher,
gquartetie, .
i
Houghton
rick cyclists
‘Hil
i Mosher, comedy and
ni
nn —— a —_— fA ——
College to Urt Fine Helios
:
(ol
Franklin snd Ms oll lege, Lan-
caster, will shortly, Le ua ie the re
bi
le collection of Io
Dr. El N
iis
cipient of a valua
iz F
dian relics, of
the gift
Kremer, of Harrisburg.
Phere are more than 1500 specimens
in
are several pieces of pottery from Lhe
in the collection, and included it
clitf dwellers in Arizona sod numerous
gxes found in
ui
stone tomahawks and
Dauphin, Adams and Fraukiin ¢
ties. The collection ix valued at sever
al thousand dollars,
————— ————
AALS,
and Mrs,
arrived
latter part of
Mr.
Cresson,
James 3
in Centre
week,
illness
Bpicher, {
Hall
ast
the of the for-
on account of
met's father, Johu Spicher,
the
{ ‘lay ton
tieman sued]
and fruit far KE
ner, near Tuwsse; ville
who pure poultry
tm fron
He to
expects
occupy bis Dew possession next spring.
While working in his coachmaker
shop, in this place, John T. Lee was
i ’
last week, and was carried to his home
wear by, His condition has since im-
proved,
he members of the Reformed
church will spend this ( Thursday )
evening at their church in a social
manner. Itis a customu with them,
aud 8 good custom it is, to meet at
least once each year in a social way,
Friday Rev. Daniel Gress returned
from Pleasant Unity where he visited
his father, Henry Gress, The gentle-
man is in bis eighty-eighth year, and
is in very delicate henlth, His
began with grip followed by
coughing.
fines
hie
ville, advertises sale of his personal
property on March 26 Mr. Wagner
sold his home recently, and is dicker-
ing for a house and ot in Centre Hall,
will move to Centre Hall. ;1))
Just think of it! The
thought he had made a great strike
when he secured rural mail serviee,
and had his mail brought to his front
door. He was not content with tuat
convenience alone, sud so is having
the telephone installed in his resi.
dence. He simply turns the crank,
and is given connection ( without toll)
anywhere in Centre county, except
Philipsburg, or by paying toll can
talk direct to any of the two and oles
half million Bell telephone patrons, in
all parts of the United States. Hee n
talk direct to Californian, if be wishes,
farmer
Is in it,
INCIDENTS OF 1876
a aaa ™
| Loos] Items Taken from the Centre
porter of Interest to 190050 Readers,
The spelling
He
I Note of proper names 1a the sane
5
found in the files op the Reporter, |
| NOVEMBER 30—A son of
{ Brungart, of Miles township, ou his
| way howe from Mifflinburg, driving a
(ieorge
{six horse team, was stopped by three
{men in the narrows, Ope man took
hold of the lend, the second the saddle
horse, and the third of young Brun.
gart and demanded his money. Bran
grt asked for a little time to consider
the matter, and drawing a revolver
villians to understand that
wotild the first who
I'he trio fled.
T—Hamuel
guve the
he shoot one
tw uched him
DECEMBER Farner left
Centre Hall for the oil regions to con-
tract for work
C. C, Alexander, of Centre Hall, has
returned from Virginia. He purchased
one hundred and fifty acres of land, a
purt of the William Zeigler tract, near
Farmville,
Mir
ch goin] Lite
R dgers, of Nittany, has pur-
old Spyker
and
property, al
\aronsbury, intends moving
into it.
{
0!
Neff,
[ As previously announced, Wirite-
Ups’ of men and women, natives of
Penns, Georges or Brush Valleys, who
are making Life a success in other secs
will The (% ntre Ile -
porter from week to week, These cons
made by a number of
tions, appear in
tributions cre
writers who have kindly consented lo
aid in conducting this
EpiTor.]
department —
5s 32 2 13522 or
bedi dedi diode did ddd
X3 dodo
FY reeryTY
FY 4%
To
pn lpm apa ipsa ome
. GOBBLE, NYERSTOWN, PA.
Joseph while unloading
Mill,
thrown bead foremost over the end- |
grain st Kuble's Stone Wa |
He was picked up |
slate,
gale of his wagon.
at uneonscious having frac-|
ured his skull
A little son of Michael Musser, of]
Aasronsburg, broke through the ice on |
mill dam,
wear drowniog.
came |
His comrades |
SAW and
1
i
very
rescued him by means of a pole
of
wns uwarded $750 damages by a court |
David Keller, Harris township, |
jury for the right of way over his farm |
in Potter township by the railroad. |
{he awarded |
vir. Keller
viewers had previously
$300, but he appealed.
left Rebersburg
He expects lo make
for |
the |
[anc Gramley
incinnati
buckeye state his home,
Work on the Lutheran church, at]
suspended for the |
prepar- |
Hebersbury, was
he
build next spring.
-N 15,
Armagh towopship,
g |
| present, Reformeds are
ing to
Married ovember James H.|
Mifllin
vy, and Miss Blanche Alexander,
wld oA)
Dn and Miss Mary J. Shutt, |
Wnty .
Close, of
Count
of Cenlte November
Jared Bre
| both of Centre ¢ ‘ December |
28, Harrison Sepe, of York county, and |
Miss Auna Zettle, of Centre county.
Decemuber 7, Henry J. Bartholo-
J. Moist, both
December 26,
of
puew aud Miss E
fublersburg J ates
E. Evans, of Egg Hill December
25, Philip Frank, of Rebersburg, Miss
F Kate i
0
Madisonburg
0,
Haught,
December 285, Thomas of
Pe
Keen,
nu township, Mi#s Lucinda Seholl, |
of Mi December 28,
Robert F. Vounda aud Miss E.
Motz, both of Woodward . Decem-
[ber 28, James 8. Btahil aod Miss Mary
| A
{| Decerin ber
iva lownship
Hue
i
Stover, both of Earlystown .
21, Heury A. Hawk, of
| Brush Valley and Miss Mary A. Vo
. Decera-
| ber 31, Samuel Fravk and Miss Sarah |
| Zeigler, both of Schracktown.,
nada, of Georges Valley .
A Ar sn
Oak Hall,
From inst week,
A. J. Lytle, of Siate College, was in
town on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Corl, of Boals-
{ burg, were callers in town Tuesday,
Mrs. Peters and daughter Elsie drove
to Mtate College Thursday to visit
i friends
| some of! the progressive citizens
| made a sidewalk from the diamond to
i the station.
| Mrs. John Dernar and little
| Boalsburg, spent Thursday
Burns honie.
| Bherift Kline and Clement Dale,
| Ewq., of Bellefonte, spent a short time
Lin town Tuesday.
| Al Knopf made a trip to Washing-
| ton last week to secure a patent on a
| recent invention.
Frances Musser, of Altoona, accom-
panied by his brother-in-law, Mr,
| Meek, of Bate College, was here Fri.
| day, fishing and calling on friends,
Miss Sue Stone and Al. O'Neil, of
Altooas, were married recently, They
will make their future home in Al-
toona, The bride has always lived in
{Oak Hall, aud has the best wishes of
her many friends for a happy mare
ried life,
The Primary school celebrated
Washington's birthday with appro.
priate exercises. The little people did
very well, and their efloris were much
appreciated, as were also the recita-
tions and music on the graphaphone,
Among the many visitors present was
Rev. Black, of Boalsburg, who gave
an interesting talk. The schoolroom
was ‘ecorated with fl
of
the
son,
nt
Nehool Hosrd Will Sell.
annther column is the advertipe-
ment of the Centre Hall school board
offering for sale two lots lying east of
the Reformed church, the same being
a part of Public Bchool Park. Bide
on said lot will be received until March
All religious denominations have a
few men in their institutions who are
think
[nthe Evaogelical
Ezra (iobble
ples such an exalted position,
leaders and
looked up to as the
ers for the masses,
oCCu-
He was
14,
Hamuel
born in Penu township, February
1856, and the of Mr.
Gobble, who is the youngest of seven
Mr. Jacob Gobble, who
southern of
Schuylkill county and settled in Cen-
the year Mr,
samuel Gobble was married Marah,
is son
came from the portion
1825.
{to
tre county about
the youngest of the seven children of
from
county and settled
Willamuan, who
Northampton
CaRiue
in
(tregg townsbip over s&s hundred
t
i
When the subjec
a child less than two
of this sketch was
'}
mot id his
8 1
He
often called to fill pulpit temporarily
even to bluntness al times,
tors, aud these calls come ns
from: other denominations a= from
own,
cations and sat laying of corner
At church r«llies he
often the autumn
every Bunday for weeks in succession,
glOones,
can be found,
during
When the Evangelical
was divided in 1887.1504
fleculties chureh
identified himself
Association
through dif
it goverment
wilh so-called
the United KE
thie
“minority,” now
gelieal church
But Di
educator, sud in
aye
An nlrendy
Gobble is precinipently an
that Is
most of his time sod talents,
taus hit
terwus in the public schools of
tive In
after graduating from college,
Lo 3H
languages
at New Berlin
pliers Le
1
3
eg
sinted, he for four
bis na
immediately
WRE
mathematics
in Union
In Decem-
ber of the same year Principal
county. 15879,
he
chosen the chair
and the ancient
seminary,
lentz
resigned and Prof, Gobble was urged
his posi
This he finally did with relue-
! then counting
he
graduate course
by the authorities 10 accept
tion.
tance, as was
upon
taking a BOO.
post
where, €ither 1a Europe or Americas,
sand this he (elt he must sacrifice in se-
ceptiog the priocipaiship of the semi-
I'he se
sec toned
NeRgic Cle,
hool had been somewhat
the WKH
, only thirty-seven students
He hold
BOO
LHary.
nnd altendance
very smal
took of
the
being vurolled,
with a will and
and ioterest laoreased.,
suaded the board of trusiees
Lo
several courses of instruction aud Lave
wd O13
Blo}
t §s § §
the institution
incorporated,
Gone, And soon Lhe new
worked so well that in 18835 the
or
¥
was enlarged, the
i,
ie grade of a college and
oulidiy
1 VRLO8
sludy at and ia iss
raised Lo
rp
Dr. (3obbile
the
* ¢ : i !
oo rated as Central Penn'a
at Lhe
it
remasiniog head of
institution until War merged
o the old
township, which |
parents moved Willaman |
tead, in Gregg
they had bought of the other heirs, |
manhood, i
to M mie !
Lancaster, |
Brew to
he
Kranskop,
In
Catharine
married
of
and to them two children
1552 WR
were born, |
a son and a daughter. The son, Paul,
Mien |
the !
and will now |
died in 1857, and the daughter,
graduated
Myerstown High School
enter Albright College
In 1861 Mr
he public school at the Cross Roads, |
Grace, recently from
Gobule began to attend |
fey
ip, snd then
lied regularly every winter until
He Hall
for
1870,
un Gregg towaosh contin.
1871. |
the Penn
Ag
tern in the spriug of A
E. Truxal, A. E. Truxal, D.
D of Myerndale, and also the entire |
two terms of 1571. In the fall of that!
year, before Lie wus quite sixteen years |
the public |
In 1871-721
he taught the Seven Mountain school ; |
attended now |
semy a short}
under
now Rev
old, he began to teach in
schools of Gregg township.
1872-73 the Hoy's school in Brush Val.
ley ; 1873.74 the Cross Roads school, |
near his home, and in 1857475 the!
Spring Mills schiool. This school had |
for teacher. It]
puitbered sixty-six pupils, ranging in|
grades from the lowest primary to al}
gebra and latin, with other grades ace |
cordingly. He always considers that |
winter's work a failure and now often
wonders how he managed to get along
at all.
Between the terms of school he at.
tended Penn Hall Academy, except
the spriog term of 1872, and he has
since often expressed regret that he
did nut also attend that term. [here
was no good reason why he should
not. Flushed with the success of his
first term's teaching, he felt that he
could take one term ofl, not realizing
how much of a loss it was to him in
the preparation for his life's work as
an educator,
By the middle of 1875 he was about
prepared to enter college. At that
time Dr. D. M. Wolf resigned his
chair at Franklin and Marshall College
and took charge of Penn Hall Acade-
my, and Mr. Gobble and two of his
clasamates, Prof. W. P. Héstorman
and Mr. Philip J. Voneida, continued
another year at the academy and enter.
ed the sophomore class of F, & M. Col-
lege in September, 1876,
In 1879 he graduated with the first
honors of his class, and in 1882 he re
ceived the degree of A. M., In course,
from his Alma Mater, In 1802 the
honorary degree of D. D. was con-
ferred upon him by Lebanon Valley
College, Annville.
February, 1879 he received license to
preach the gospel, from th Kast Penn.
sylvania Conference of the Evangelical
Association, st Allentown ; in 1882 he
was ordained deacon, by the Central
Pennsylvania Conference, at Carlisle,
and in 1885 at York, He never served
a charge but has preached a good deal,
averaging about thirty-five sermons a
year since 1881,
In his preaching he does not alm at
elegauce in word or gesture, but is
become too lage ane
16, at 6 p. m,
|
ith Albright College, in |
niways claimed that
icient for his church U
unsylvauis, and
be begun efforts to
«t Peun
itil
a Conference in
feriin,
is he fatled at that lwe, for
conference determined to have a
EN
of its and
founded
Fredericksburg,
own,
at
He,
er, succeeded, in 188 . iO Wilh
Pittst
1594,
{
the cooperation of the
in
urg
Lhe
¥
nference, snd when,
East Penn's Conference of the united
LO fe
had
be
i sre ois
al church giv
SeILUATY regewed
Lier sd ressed LO Lhe gen
mel at
yitiinend
oe, which
sfid 1 a reo ation to
the oard of LTusle
College,
adopted by that board of trustees,
visited the uext session of ail the con.
sud the con-
solidation interest was revived, The
matter, however, again partially failed
obligatjons beforehand ss.
sumed by the East Peuna. Conference,
at Myerstown, but resulted in the ap-
pointment of an agent who secured
over $40,000 additional to the endow.
ment fund of Central Peuna. College,
No sooner was this done than the East
Penna. Conference reopened negotia-
tions on the plan presented by Dr,
(Gobble, aud this finally culminated in
the consolidation of the colleges at
Myerstown, under the charter of Al-
bright College. Dr. Gouble was re-
tained as a member of the new faculty,
being professor in Latin and Hebrew,
and has ever since served as secretary
of the facuity.
ferences east of Illivois
LOCALS,
Mr. and Mrs, CO. M. Gramley avd
son Floyd, of Rebersburg, were the
guests of Mr Mre. Harry W,
Dinges, over Sunday.
Henry Bloom, of near State College,
will move to a farm near Milroy where
he will till the broad and fertile acres
on the Nagenie farm.
It is assured that Furst Brothers
stone quarries, at Cedar Springs will be
reopened. A railroad will be built,
and the stone hauled to the kilns at
Mill Hall
W. W. McCormick, of Potters Mille,
is full of the west, He returned re-
cently from a most delightful trip,
and is telling wonderful tales of the
great west,
The Huntingdon BSemi-Weekly
News has installed a Mergenthaler
linotype. The News is a very much
alive paper, and devotes its greatest
energies to giving its patrons local
happenings.
Luther M. Royer, tenant on the
Burkholder farm st Centre Hill, pur
chased the engine of the skimming
station at Tusseyville, and has the
same serve him in performing his
a fd
argumentative and forceful, and plain
farm labors,
¥
UNITED EV, CONFERENCE
Opens at Milton by Bishop Hell-Work of
the Body of Local Interest,
W. F. Hell, of Chicago,
opened the annual conference of the
United Evangelical church, at Milton,
Thursday of last week,
Rev. J. F. Dunlap was re-elected
secretary and chose Revs, M, I.
son, J. D. Bhortess and CC. W,
binder as his assistants.
tev. A. D. Gramley, chief of the
portorial stafl, selected Reva, I.
Dice and W, Peftley
sistants,
tev, J. F. Dunlap selected Rev. B.
Hengst as reporter to the Evangelisch
of the
Jishop
Jami-
Fink-
M.
Hse
E as his
Zeitschrift, the German organ
church.
The mission work of the conference
was reported by Rev, Edward Crumb-
ling, presiding elder of Centre District,
to be encouraging. The aociely
organized in 15894. Thirteen
of this conference, originally sustained
as missions for a number of years until
they
Was
glations
self
coutrib-
uted last year of conference missions
became sustaining,
$3,110 and $3,442 for general and for-
eign work, total
$6.5562,
There are now forty-one missions on
These contributed
inst Year for conference Hiss ions $2 SUZ
the conference list.
$5.508.
and for all missionary purposes
ntributed
for
ary and some of these an excess over
for rent, is
1
practically
Seven of these missions c
Al eXOess Over appropriations gil
terest
wel fe
all appropriations ;
fre
and salary and
sustainiog
The names of these illustrious seven
jare Lewistown, Danville, Nescopeck,
West Nanticoke,
Paul, Newberry
Thee
a partial report, On moti
Willismsport, St
Jersey Shore,
nmitiee on boundaries render-
| edd nm Lewis
is was made a station
The Marion
was taken from Howard cir-
it and added to
and How i circuit
AiG C
| Mision
| town missis 3
{their own
{ PH
el
request, ap-
pntment
A 1 Milesburg circuit
was constituted a
Ls
i
OM
superaun
J. L
Dube
lit
$iR%.
Reve
K. J.
sUpErnumary
OWL Tequd wt
Kessler and
on the
¥ . © : “a the
Sanper was placed on the
uated jist by request
NO. 10.
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
Daniel Callahan, of Pleasant Gap,
has moved to the Gregg farm, west of
Centre Hall.
Mrs. Travesick brought suit
against Philipsburg for $5000 damages,
Bhe fell on a defective walk,
hiss
The post office at Rote Le
continued. The patrons of that office
will be served | 3
Nittany.
i] ike
will
rural delivery from
Horses, cows, young cattle and hogs
are bringing very good prices at the
public sales,
Implements, when in
good condition, are algo selling fairly.
of
Harrisburg,
wi entertainment in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Pine Grove Mills, Fri-
day f venifg.
Local talent, under the direction
Prof
}
George E. King, of
give an
Mrs. 1. B, Bayard)( nee Miss Laura
strohm ), of New York, Hong
Kong, China, a card having been re-
ce.ved from that point by Mrs.
£),
is in
Flora
Bairfoot, Bhe is touring the Orient,
Miss Annie Shoop, who had been in
Beaverdale for some months conduct.
ing a millinery
mat
store, is home since
urday. The strike in that
practically put almost ever
out of |
section
y merchant
usiness for the present.
Nine of the
Huntingdon county, which were quali-
f
£3
thirleen townships
fied Lo vote at the recen! election on
the question as to whether they would
ad the
the old
t
opt
new state road law, or retain
law, voted in the sffirmative,
Bamuel Staufler, year old
iy, of Pequea, was taken to Lancaster
with both legs broken, the of
fs from an ordinary chair at the
hi parents, This the
twentieth time the had fractured
result
Hing
i V2
home of # is
lad
is Hmbs,
Wil
I wells
lism Treseler, a highly respected
to-do citizen of Buffalo Run,
was thrown from a conveyance
Be
while
driving Hefoute and was
. ;
pal g received
He
Bani
iii
H
Vere lon of the hip. waE
taken to the Hayes Dale
ida
f
J
iding elder
F D.,
hh, Williamsport,
fev Dunlap, D pani
edd pres aud was
Rev.
Rev. 1
| Mwengel, oa flewisburg district ;
{on Williamsport district ; MP
Remer, on Centre district
('. Reeser, on Carlisle
WwW on York distriet,
I'he following young ministers were
{ elders’ orders: Rev. W,
| E. Peflley, A. B.,, York; A. C.
Price, Williamsport ;
J Messinger,
a {vanced 0
Hey
~~,
Rev A
3
Velbmrsingt or
rg; Rev. R
sville, N. XY
|
following
der, i
Hornell
The
preach the Gospel :
were licensed
Melvin C, Jacobs,
B. Mo-
E. Albright, Ray 8B
i Daubert, Cly de B. sSuyder, H. D. Hill.
a trial
court for another year : Revs, J. King,
J. D. Bhortess, L. KE. Crumbling, A.
Stapleton, J. D. Stover, J. A. Hollen-
baugh and A. H. Irvine,
Tue delegates elected to the General
Couference, which meets at Cedar
Rapids, lowa, October 4, are : The Rev,
Messrs. J. F. Danlap, D. D.; U. F,
Swengel, D. D.; J. W. Messinger, J.
C. Reeser, A. M. ; Ed. Crumbling, 8.
P. Remer, A. Stapleton, A. M.; W,
E. Detwiler and Noah Young. Lay
delegates : H. W. Bhafler, Lock Ha-
ven ; Dr. W. E. Glosser, Williamsport;
(. A. Bhatler, Berwick; J. W. Blot.
hower, Lemoyne ; D. F. Bmith, Car
lisle district ; 8. 8, Sechrist, (ved Lion.
The next annual session of Confer.
ence will be held at Carlisle on March
7, 1907, at 8:30 a. m.
{ Continued on inside page |
\ :
Y ’ Selaol. 3) \.
The undersigned announces that she
will open a school in Centre Hall, be-
ginning April 9, to continue for six
weeks, HELEN 8B. HOSTERMAN,
Centre Hall, Pa,
to
The following were elected
i
)
WW, a
Accident at MeNitt-Hayett Mil
Al Dean, an employee of the Me-
Nitt-Huyett Lumber company, at Nit
tany, met with a painful accident
Thursday of last week at the saw mill
of the above company. He was en-
gaged in working at the bolter when
his hand came in contact with the
saw, severing about one-half of the
first two fingers and the ends of the re
maining two of his right hand. Dr
Houston was sumumoned and gave the
young man surgical attention.
Round Table Conference,
March 28rd and 24th the Round
Table Conference of superintendents
and principals of Central Penvaylva-
pia will meet in Petrikin Hall, Belle
fonte,
The president of the conference is
Charles Luse, superintendent of the
Williamsport publie schools, and John
D. Meyer palo of the Belle
fonte public is chairman,
About a half hund adushigr will
take in the edu
cational subjects.
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for treatinent.
Mi
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The license court in Mi sounty
Fourteen
applications for
ad to by
dge Woods and grauted by Associate
iges Sawyers and Breham. Licenses
refused CC. B.
{ seventeen
juor licenses were dissente
Briner, Junction
J. D. Deitrick, of Glenlock, was an
arrival in Millheim Wednesday morn.
Millheim Journal
Mr. Deitrick
10 that place and is well
remembered by those; sof Mili
Mr
farm-
the United States
agricuitural department.
John YX Colyer, for
three weeks was in Philadelphia with
ng, BAYS the
Thirty-six
years 8go
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taught acho
ani
2HIGENL
heima who were his pupils,
Deitrick is engaged 1 scientific
f
in the empioy of
Glasgow, of
his son, John H. Glasgow, and daugh-
ter, Mrs. H. C. Hambly. Oa
morning of his return, his
mother-in-law, Mrs, Henrietta Plusch-
kee, prepared his breakfast and jocu-
lary remarked that it would be the lust
time they would meet. Mr. Glasgow
came home, and to his surprise the
first mail brought the sad news of the
Indy’s death.
Frank P. Floray, south of Centre
Hall, was a caller the latter part of
last week. Mr. Floray lives on the
Samuel Floray farm, which tract of
land has been made very productive
by skillful farming and management,
Lime was the secret of success in
bringing up the Floray farm to its
present state of tilth. Mr. Floray has
joined the telephone movement, and
will be connected with the two and
one-half million Bell telephones,
H. G. Strohmeier, the Centre Hall
marble dealer, has been turning out
some splendid work recently, His
terms are so reasonable that he is set
ting monuments, tombstones, ete, at
points distant from Centre Hall, Mr,
sStrohmeier is a first-class mechanic,
having learned stone cutting in the
“auld country,” where a youth without
a trade is regarded as a vagabond. His
superior mechanical skill has had
much to do with his well established
business,
Commissioners Dunlap, Weaver and
Balley, sccompanied by W. Boyd
Musser, representing the York Bridge
Company, of York, inspected the Col
yer bridge across Penns Creek, Wed
nesday of last week. The bridge was
repaired by substituting iron for wood-
en girders and was also planked. Fri.
day of this week the gentlemen will
take a look at the site of the pro-
posed new bridge, in Gregg township,
over Penns Creek. This bridge is the
one through which a steam thresher
fell some months ago. The wooden
structure has been in bad repute for a
number of years, and recently a peti.
tion to the court the cou
commissioners to bulld a brid ge under
Lhe
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