Vv VOL. | JX XXIX. TEACHERY PENSION BILL fostructors Favor Measure Which Fro- vides That Money for annuities Jeo Come from State Treasury, | A committee of five has been wp-| pointed to present to the Educatinnal Comittee of the pext Legisiuture bill providing for pensions for She teachers who have taught thirty | years, twenty of which must be iu Pennsylvania, The movement grows out of a con- vention held in Harrisburg in October, | when a committee was appointed to ascertain what form of bill was most desired. Two measures were submit ted for the approval of public school instructors. One bill provided that the annuities be paid by the school districts. This was rejected, the teachers being almost unanimous for the direct bill, which provides that the money be paid from the State Treasury. 8) many suggest jons were made that the committee met in Pittsburg December 8 and se- lected a bill, of which the following are the provisions : That teachers, priocipals, supervis- | { schools, who have served not less Lhan thirty years, twenty in Pennsylvania, may be retired with an apuuity equsl to one-half the average salary received in the five years in Pennsylvania pre- ceding retirement ; that the anouity shall not be less than $300 or more than $600 ; that the board by which the applicant is employed certify the | length of service to the Superintendent of Public Instruciion ; that if a retired teacher be re-employed, the aounuity shall cease, to be restored when the employment ceases ; that all sunuities be paid out of the State Treasury, on warrant drawn by the Superintendent of Publi¢ Instruction ; that tue Buper- intendent of Public Instruction is di- rected to set apart out of the general school appropriation a sum sufficient to carry out the provisions of the act. From Yeagertown. The Centre Reporter comnes regular ly, and is very welcome. It gives al the news from 'hat section. Butter sells at 38 cents over here, and eggs at 34 cents, but eggs cannot be bought at any price, they are so searce. Wilhe Alexander, 8 son of W, Alexander has been sick for week, suffering from a bud cold snd croup. Mrs. Harry BSiover of | typhoid fever. Charles Grenoble re-| ceived a shock from sn electric wire and was unconscious for some time. Lhw Standard works are prepariog to make two hundred wheels a day, A pew 2000-horse-power engive has been iustalled and avpother will be put in. The jumbo hammer is 3} feet thick through the center and 9 feet high ; the piston is 18 feet long and 18 inches thick. Tobe steam cylin. der is 32 inches in diameter. A piston rod of the size mentioned costs $1400, and they break seven ia wight weeks, There are 240 trains pass the tower house at the Lewistown Juuction, in- stead of 140, as stated in the last jetter, The freight traffi¢ over the middle division last Buuday exceeded all pre- vious records. There were 76 freight trains goiug east and tbe same pum. ber west. The east bound consisted of 8964 cars ; those going west comprised 78 cars. This was the traffic by day and it was about the same at night. Among others from Penus Valley who live in Lewistown, Burnbam, Yeagertown, Reedsville and Milroy are the following : John Bowers, John Clark, Clayton Dunlap, Jobn Fensta- maker, Irvin aud Hayes Zettie, Ira, Clayton and M. CU. Barger, James, Elmer sud J. L. Foust, Jacob, Frank and Danpiel Royer, Frank and J, P, Lingle, Jefl, Bhafler, Jobu Krape, C. F. Deiniuvger, George, Andrew and E, P. Tate, Samuel Frank, Wm. aud Ed- Worrel, Maurice Geary, Calvin Rubl, Peter Btiffler, Ivy W. Bartges, John Grauiley, John Curry, Lioyd Bmith, Edward and Walisce Brown, Greeley Jordan, A. J. Rishel, Thomas Lingle, James Hanns, James Grady, Harry Stover, Lloyd Duck, Mrs. John Jor dan, Mrs. Allison Frank, Mrs. Jacob Kreitzer, James Sheesley. Jobn Smith, the Bpring Mills furni ture dealer, wes over here on Thurs day, as jolly and lively ae ever. Wishing a Merry Ohristmas and a Happy New Year to the Reporter and all its renders. hf Pp. Over a is i sO . About Digestion. It 1s not the quantity of food taken but the amount digested snd assimi- lated that gives strength sod vitality to the Chamberlain's Stomach and Jiver Tablets invigorate the stomach and liver and enable them to their functions. The result is a relish for your food, Increased strength and weight, greater endur. b . Price, 25 cents. Fabian fb. For male by rin Centre Hall ; F. A, During the past ten days several de. tectives of the Standard Secret Rervice Bureau, Philadelphia, have been work on the Dale murder case. They have been making ap open investiga. tion, and at po time represented them- ly sre—detectives There is no doubt in the mind of the writer that the mystery of the most foul murder will be unraveled by the agents now at work on the case. The gentlemen themselves are very con- tident that within a reasonable time, & week or ten days, they will be able to point to the perpetrator of this crime, arrest the person and have conclusive evidence of guilt—evidence that will result in knotting the noose about the guilty one's neck. The work of this particular secret service agency has in the past very efficient in their undertakings not only in Centre county, but every- where they ure employed. Biandard convicted brothers It was the agents of the Neeret Rervice Bureau that the men who robbed the Eby at Woodward. They began to on the ease in Japuary, 1905, ad the course of a very short time bad all the guilty parties under arrest, and at the following April court, upon evi- dence previously obtaived, they were convieted of guilt, and were sentenced to various terms in the penitentiary, county jail and Reformatory at Hun- tingdon. work in Auman case is another illustra- tion of the efficiency of this agency. I'he story of the confession of Peter Rider, the slayer of the Auma Che boy, Aaronsburg, Miss Mabelle Crouse returned from 8 few months’ stay with friends at Lew- istown. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smuliton, spent Saturday with Jesse Wert Mrs. Harriet Cronmiller conficed to her bed the greater part of smull, of Mra » month snd is not improviog. Thomas Weaver, who had been em- ployed at Viutondale, bome to spend the winter with his mother, Mra. Rebecca Murray, of Centre Hall, spent a few days with her aged mother, Mrs. Harter, of Lewis Mensch. Miss Maury A. Thomas died Friday night and was buried Tuesday fore Rev. Gress, pastor of the Re formed church at Centre Hall, con- ducting she will be greaily the Reformed chureh, a very willing worker and wes slwsays at her place when health permitted, Among those from a distance who attended her funeral were: Mrs, baum and son, of Qak Grove; Mr. Thomas and son, of Renovo; Mrs. Kerstetter and Miss Sayder, of Stale College; Aaron Thomas, of Cenire Hall. Came at the home noon, the services in Was mi iswed ne wlhie Annie Greig- gE... SL Rebersburg. Mra. Clara Meyer is suffering from rheumatism. Miss Nida Grenioger, of Smaullton, is making her home with Mrs Barah Wolf, at this place The butchering season Is over ip this vicinity, and Thomas Ocker killed the heaviest porker in town. Jasper Brungsrt and Howard Miller are engaged in taking an Invoice of the store goods of Kulins & Smull Milfred Garret, who was employed as a carpenter in Pittsburg during the summer, returned home last week with a bride, Ammon Bhroyer, teusot on the Gep- hart farm, which was recently sold to Jagob Winkieblech, has rented Thome as Brungart/s farm Mr. Brungart will retire from farming sod will ae. cordingly make sale of his farm stock and implements in the spring. , Ammon Walker, the young man who several months ago was acc. dentally shot, returned home from the Lock Haven hospital, to which jostis tution he had been taken by Dr. Bright a few weeks ago, Beversl shot ere taken out of biv body, and one rhot, which had penetrated his skull and caused Mr. Walker much pain, was also extracted, He is on a fair way to recovery, AML, Congressional Salaries, The House of Representatives passed the bill increasing the salaries of the Vie: President, the Speaker of the House and the members of the Cabinet to $12,000 per snnvum, but failed to pues the amendment fixing the pay of Ben- ators and Representatives at $7500, in- stead of the present pay of $5000 a year, Suite ——————— The fellow who entertains doubt of cannot be a successful rion The public bad suspicion, of course, but suspicion will not conviet. The gecret service men soon discovered direct evidence—confession was the result. —— W hat has been accomplished in the Eby, the Auman and many other euses worked on by the men of the standard agency ls a guarantee that the Dale mystery will aleo be un- raveled, whom the task of solviog the Dale murder has been delegated are Messrs. A. L. Millard, chief of Btandard Becret Service Bu- reau, and Harry Bauer. They are gen- tlemen of refinement and ability and have had large experience in: running down criminals Chief Millard and his associate are very thankful for the i* formation im- parted to them by various persons with whom they came in contact, and muy call upon others to obtain a few unimportant links. The agents to The county commissioners acted wisely in employing the best detective agency that could be found, and those who criticised them for being slow to act will readily forgive since they dis- covered their error of accusing with- out knowledge. With the local criminal machinery of which District Attorney Ruoukle Is the head in full action, assisted in the work by the Standard Becret Bervice Bureau, there is assurance of the dis covery of the perpetrator of the crime and the speedy conviction of the cow- ardly erimiosl. Ihe World and Reporter- 81.65, Oune dollar and sixty-five cents will pay for the Thrice-a-Week New York World and the Centre Reporter one year, A ————————— ——— .—, Triennial Assessment, The assessors are making the tri- ennial sssessinents this month. Al- though these are *‘sirenuous ”’ times, it's not the best plan to make a bosst of the value of your property in the presence of the men who set Lhe basis on which your tax is reckoned. rp ———y In the Attic, Perhaps. An effort is being made by Hon. L. Rhone to secure a complete set of old- fashioned cooking utensils and equip- ments used in the chimneys of our foretatbers. Two articles are wanting ~& skillet, or spider, and a pair of and- irons. The skillet, or spider, is a pan with a long handle and three legs, Any one having these antiques will confer a favor by communicating with Mr. Rhone, who wishes to secure them for exhibition st the Grange Eocamp- ment sod Fair, mI MA LOQALS, Clement Dale, Eeq., accompanied by Mrs, Dale, was in Centre Hall SBatur- day. Mr. Dale was here on account of the Grossman road view, Jacob Meyer and Chas. Kuhn, of pear Linden Hall, were in Centre Hall Monday, and delivered cows sold to buyers shipping to the east. Mrs. Rowe, wife of Recorder John C. Rowe, was taken to Philadelphia, last week, where she will undergo an operation at the German hospital, Next to the largest hog killed in or about Centre Hall was that slaughter. ed by Justice W. B. Mingle. The five hundred pound mark was nearly reached. Julien Gordon ( Mra. Van Rensselaer Cruger ) contributes the leading story to the January Smart Set, aud the year 1907 begine suspiciously for that brillisut periodieal, Lock Haven bas two ex-Mayors— Robert 8. Barber and James Jefferies ~-who are § feet 7} inches and § feet 4} inches in height. They sre aged seventy-three and sixty-eight years, respectively. A horse belonging to Harry Kahler, hitched to a buggy ran all the way from Millhgim to Penn Hall without a driver, yet did no damage. The animal took fright while standing alone in the street. The viewers appointed to lay out a private road from the buildings on the Joseph Grossman farm to the piblie road, performed their work Saturday, The road runs in a southwesterly di- rection, and is taken off the William Grossman farm. The oldest mipister now agtiyely en- gaged in the United Rvangelioal church is sald to be Rev. Benjamin Hengst, known to many of the Re INCIDENTS OF 1879, porter of Interest to 1900 Renders, [| Note : The spelling of proper names 1 the same as found in the fies or the Reporter.) . May 22 —Alice, aged three years, daughter of Josiah Holderman, fell into a spring of water above the home of George Floray st the foot of Nittany Mountain, and was drowned, Pierce, ron of Michael Stover, of Haines township, while in the woods felling trees, was so seriously injured that he died the same day. The butt of a tree struck him, inflicting several injuries, any one of which would have caused death. June 5—A new rosd from Wood- ward to Fowler Btation is in contem- plation, The distance is five miles, Rev. W. E. Fischer and J. Witmer Wolf are delegates to the Biate BSab- bath Behool Convention at Altoona. June 12—Rev, J. K. Miller, Rev. John Tomlinson and William Wolf are io attendance as oelegates to the General Bynod of the Lutheran church, in Wooster, Ohio. June 19—W., K. Foster graduates from Btate College, and J. Witmer Wolf from Penupsylvania College, Gettysburg. At a recent meeting of the railroad company, Robert H., Duncan, cf Spring Mills, was elected a director. Juue 26 —Samuel Shoop had the end of one of his fingers cut off by a reaper knife, last Tuesday. George Long, at the head of Penns Creek, was kicked on the leg by a horse, and later while in a fleld the bone of the ipjured limb was split, caused by 8 strain upon it. Major J. B, Fisher Is erecting 8 new barn on his farm at Penn Hall Michael Nofsker is the master me- chaunlie, Frank Wetzel, of Bellefonte, now a student at the Reformed Theological Seminary, at Lancaster, preached in the Salem and Aaronsburg Reformed churches, in the absence of the pastor, Rev. J. GG. Shoemaker. July 10 ~The youngest son of Rev. W. R. Whitoey, of Peun Hall, fell from a» beuch on which he was stand- jog and broke his aru. He is noder the care of Dr. J. B. Leitzell, While at church the house of Mr, robbed by an spprentice. dollars and a suit of clothes were taken. The you g man was arrested on the Nittany side of Logaus Gap, and placed in jail, B. F. Gramley, of Kaneville, Illi nois, writes the Reporter : My son Ira, aged five years, fell from the hay mow a distance of nine feet, and br ke his left leg above the knee. Married—May 27, Lutber Wert, of Aaronsburg, and Mis Emma Homan, of Haines township. . , June 3, W. H. Philips and Miss Clara F. Myers, of Asronsburg . June 1, Johu Tay- lor, of Farmers Mills, and Miss Amian- da J. Brain, of Madisonburg . . . June 2, Andrew Loug and Miss Harriet A. Tressler, both of near Rock Hill . May 1, N. W. Bwith, of Adamsburg, and Miss Aunie C. Smith, of Potters Millg, , , June 8, David B, Meyer and Miss Fyetia M. Bierly, of Re- bersburg. Twenty Oak Halli, J. C. Etters had new windows put io his house last week. Mrs. Jas. C. Gilliland spent last Monday iu Bellefonte, A, W. Dale transacted business in Bellefonte on Thursday. The farmers in this vicinity received a oar load of salt this week, Mrs. M. W. Benner and son Harry spent Saturday in Bellefonte, Mrs. E K. Smith, of Dales Summit, spent Tuesday in town. Wm. Ferree purchased a fine horse from Thomas Fishburn, of the Branch, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Clement Dale, of Houserville, were visitors at Bunny Hillside recently. Mrs. B. E Stamn and daughter, Miriam, of Altoona, are visiting at the home of Mrs, EB. Peters, Mrs. Heurlelta Dale, of Boalsburg, wes the guest of A. W. Dale's on Friday. Hiram Thompson, the Coll town- ship assessor, spent several days in this vicinity Inst week, Victor Grange elected officers for the coming year snd initiated two pew members at the regular meeting on Baturday. Al Koopf bas a corps of men at work digging ditch for J. J. Tressler, on his farm on Cedar Creek. Mr. 8 having the water piped from the creek to his farm buildings, AIM BS Saturday plight the members of the Epworth League will give an enter. taloment in Grange Arcadia. This 5 their third effort in the production of plays, and they undoabtedly will be i ————— ——— ¥ | State Grange Officsrs. The officers elected by the vania Btate Grange at ite was as follows]: F. Hill, of Chambersburg. There wa a close but good natured contest fi this office between Mr. Hill and A. M Cornell. Overseer, HB, B. Armstrong ; lecturer, E. B. Tioga ; steward, Theodore M. Wayne ; assistant steward, J. T. Péetingy 3 we wale n T Dorsett Klis ] (ill Wyoming ; treasurer, 8. E. Nivin Chester ; secretary, J. T. Ailman,| Juniata ; gatekeeper, Wallace Tioga ; ceres, Hannah Lyon flora, Carolyn Dale, Centre; pomonas, Mary Fisher, Chester ; L. A. 8., Mary | Howden, McKean ; Executive Com- mittee, William Armstrong, Luzern Finance Committee, J. A. Herd, | Union. | The vaccination question ferred to the legislative co The recommendation of the tee that discretionary Chase, i. Chester: | ? WHE reed mmitlee power in de | vaccination be given to the BCHOO; § to women was recommended ; resolution was adopted urging that express companies be placed under the | control of the Iuterstate ( Commission. The place for the next meeting the body will be determined by executive committee, . New Fire Brick Company. With a capitol of $500,000, fully paid | and non-assessable, the Bickford Firs Brick Company was recently organ-| ized. The officers are : C. Meyer, Bellefonte ; general manager, J. A. Jickford ; | secretary and general salesagent, M. Bickford, both of Lock Haven, i It is the iutention to build their | plant at DuBois, owing to the railroad | snd coal facilities, and t biggest plant in the Btate planned their main building 100x600 feet in size. They will bu six pans sud thirty-two kilos, will make the capacity per day, or the enormous U 000,000 bricks per year. The fire clay land was first C. Meyer, E+q., and Recorder Rowe. and ommerc the} President, . treasurer to make it will 10,000 brick al of & leaned EE —— Mrs, Beegile, Misslonary Worker, to speak, | Mrs. Helen C. Beegle, Field Secre-| tary of the Woman's Home & Foreign | Lutheran church of Spring Mills this] { Thursday ) evening, and on I evening in the Lutheran church of | Centre Hall. Mrs. Beegle occupies a! prominent position in the women’s work and should be greeted by large | sudienges. The members of | gregations are especially expected be present and the general public cordially iovited. Come and hear | what the women are doing fo: and His church. Notice the change of date =! ( Hall from Thursday to Friday eve ping. | J. M. REARICK, Pastor. A tmseismsicsion. mere Again, Tarkey, Tarkey these col elite | conceived the idea that the editor a: his family are willing to est turkey during Christmas time, provided the wherewith 8 on hand, One of these is Dr. Ed. L. Miller, of Johnstown, the other Charles P. Swint, of Louis, Mo., who is employed by the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad Company. The former, jokingly, yet il edila an | § ie no doubt would enjoy tu: ke; had the price, and the ouly way for | them to get the cash is for subscribers to pay up promptly.” With hands up, that’s true, —————— A SS Sr Milroy Maa Robbed, John Kearns was waylaid Thursday night of last week, beaten iulo insen. sibility, robbed of his two weeks’ pay, then bound and placed on the tracks of the Milroy branoh of the enusyl- vania Railroad. Fortunately vo tiuioe are run on this line at night, A party of men on their way to catch the workmen's train before day- light the next morning found and re leased Kearps from his perilous posi tion. He is in a precarious condition, He did not recognize any of his ae. sailants, AIM UP i Sb State Secures Land, A deed was filled at Williamsport transferring 12,789 acres of land from Monroe H. Kulp & Company to (he State of Pennsylvania. The land is located in Union, Lycoming, Clinton and Centre counties, and will be added to the State forest reservations, The purohase price was $30,971.51. No Paper Next Week. Next week being Christmas week, the Reporter will not be Issued. The office will be open during the entire | week to receive job work of all kinds. ~ NO. 20. MNINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS, H. HES in Meyer is conducting a Millbeim, vas born to Mr. and Mrs. “unkey at Potters Mills. packer’s reign will soon come He should retire to ville forever, f fowr er is prevalent in Bugar There have been peversl i that disease sh Frank property in Mill. ted on Penn street, was re- id to Ezra Keen for $700, ¢y Benner and son, John ive located in Lock Haven, y will remain for the winter. Olmstead, of Harrisburg, appointed a member of the Trustees of the Pennsylvania # demand for dwelling entre Hall. Rents in this gh enough to make money iwelling houses bring very lia » Wi ieland, of Boalsburg, ing Monday, g ill for a week of tonsilitis. hing the Plum Grove school, ling with success, school f wages of the trackmen along I. R. R. were raised recently, their time was cut down. tly pay envelope will not than heretofore, ried that Thomss Taylor ed the Emerick property nas Trutt and will occupy property is located tre Hall, near Keller's, a publica- Methodist ich Rev. G. W. Mclinay print. It is the De- and contains many reading. i fie nos Valley Echo, terest of the ill Hier, D. Bartholomew and ghter Margaret, last week re- om Curwensville where they among them Mrs, Lieberger, nee Annas of this piace, Le intlives, J Kit HLEW, ag, of ine Washington, t her parents, Mrs, D. Geiss Wagner, south Hall, on her first visit since last August. Mr. Long wition in the Patent Office LEVON, i aa of wiiiage been about have several cises of Farmers Mills, ies afflicted with the disease are Harry Houck, James Wert mas Doughty. From last re- the culidren suffering were 1oved, [ever lp r. and Mrs. Roy Shafler, of Grays y Were at the home of the former's 8 Mr. and Mrs. Bigler Shafter, of Centre Hall, from Thursday They like their Hunt- 'L home very much, as they do eiuployer, John Everhart, Killisn, Wm. Bennsge and H. Meyer are in Baltimore ey are preparing several cars wit wood for shipment to Gere Mr. Killian is doing an ex- sive business in walnut logs, and irom ull paris of the country, chestnut tree in the relieved to be standing on the { John K. Stauffer, near the ville Methodist Episcopal camp is, in Lancaster county. At the and it measures forty feet in cir- cumference and four feet up the cire camlerence is twenty-seven feet, Aun Allegheny sassemblyman has coneeived the idea that the railroads ought to be measured by the state, be- Heving the distances given in time ables to be much larger than they actually are, He will introduce a bill in the legislature asking that all roads be measured under State supervision, If uothiog else, such a bill would make good business for a bunch of civil cugineers, Harry Sheets, the horse thief who stole 5. 8. Htanley’s team from Tyrone a few weeks ago, and also identified as the culprit who had stolen horses in Franklin and Lancaster cou was taken before the court st Cham. bersburg and sentenced to five years in the Eastern penitentiary, Offiosrs were present from Blair and Lancaster counties to serve warrants on him for similar offenses in osse he was aoe quitted, Messrs. T. R. Harter, of Loganton, and A. CU, Pepperman, of Look bave just concluded a desl they have come in Petsson ofa fl mberland ionaay. Blips fhe state is | iargest farm y \ f.80010 RIGWAL county, a one of Lhe last pleces a and in that county, from
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