The Centre reporter. (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, August 20, 1908, Image 5

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    BOILER EXPLODES,
Fireman Mualflager Dies at Hospital From
Scalds Received,
The exploding of a boiler at the
Pleasant Gap grist mill, owned and
operated by J. C. Mulfinger, resulted
in the death of his son, Gotlieb Mul-
finger, Thursday noon of last week.
The young man was firing the boiler
at the noon hour when the explosion
occurred. He was in a stooping pos-
ture when the tubes of the boiler were
shot out over his head, but these
missed him. In an instant the escap-
ing steam struck the young man and
scalded him ina most horrible man-
ner. Almost his entire body except
the abdomen, was parboiled.
The unfortunate man, at the direc-
tion of the family physician, Dr. Lee,
was taken to the Bellefonte hospital
for treatment, where nothing else
could be done than to attempt to re
lieve the almost unendurable pains.
Death came Monday morning, and
Wednesday forenoon interment was
made at Pleasant Gap, Rev. Bowers,
of the Methodist church, officiating.
The funeral services were largely at-
tended. His age was eighteen years,
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J. 5. Rowe Injured,
the
Power and Mining Machine Company,
J. Bamuel Rowe was severly ipjured
Friday afternoon of last week. The
information received by the family is
indefinite, but the injuries consist of
at least a fractured bone in the leg
above the knee, and several broken
ribs.
Mr. Rowe is now in a hospital at
Hamilton, Oatario, Canadas, and it
was fourteen miles from that place
that the accident happened. The
cause of the accident is not known,
but it is presumed it occurred while
erecting a stone crusher,
The report first circulated was thst
the injured limb was smwputated, but
by inference from sabsequent letters
that conclusion was incorrect.
Ord Home Woek at Renovo
For the Old Home Week Celebra-
tion at Renovo, Pa, August 31 to
Beptember 6, the Penusylvania Rail.
road will sell excursion tickets to
Renovo, August 31 to Beptemuer 5,
good to return until Beptember 7 inclu-
give, from Brookville, Kane, Eldred,
Troy, South Danville, Shamokin,
Herndon, Belinsgrove, Huntingdon,
Altoona, Osceola Mills, Bellefonte,
Lewisburg, and stations intermediate
to Renovo, at reduced rates (minimum
rate 25 cents). Consult ticket agents.
LOCALS,
Peter R. Auman, and several assis
tants, for the past few days, have been
paiotirg the roofs on the buildings on
Grange Park.
J. A. Reesman, the tinner and stove
dealer, who yearly takes a vacation, is
contemplating a trip to the scenes of
his boyhood about Salona and Mackey-
ville, and the latter part of this week
may fiod him among associates of his
|
on the reservoir, and consequently
work has been delayed. Messrs, Hor-
ner, Zerby and Armstrong are using
the time laying up a barn bridge wall
for W. Frank Bradford and doing ce
ment work for Merchant George 0.
Benner,
John Bnavely, of Bpring Mills, was
in Centre Hall, Wednesday, in the
interest of the ice cream business in
which he is engaged. He is building
up quite a trade, and has the credit of
making good cream. His factory is
equipped with power machinery, and
cream produced from his own herd is
used, making the product pure and
fresh,
D. M. Wingate, M. D.. and daughter
Jeannette, of Washington, D. C., are
at present visiting Dr. D. M. Wolf, at
the J. Wells Evans home, near Bpriog
Mills, the former being a wvephew of
Dr. Wolf. Dr. Wingate is a practic.
ing physician in the National Capital
City, and uses the Chiro practice
method of treatment. This treatment
originated in Bohemia centuries ago,
and more recently was adopted by
some physicians in America. By this
freatment drugs and the knife are
largely eliminated, yet it has nothing
in common with osteopathy, massage,
Bweedish movement, ete,
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A Novel lutrodaetion,
The Dr. Howacd Company have
entered into an arrangement with J,
D. Murray's drug store, by which a
special introductory bfter will be made
of 25 cents on the 50 cent size of their
celebrated specifio for the cure of con-
stipation and dyspepsia,
Bo remarkably successful has Dr.
Howard's specific been in curing con.
stipation, dyspepsia and all forms of
liver trouble, that Mr, Marray will
return the price paid in every case
where it does not giye reifef,
Mr. Marray has been able to secure
only a limited supply, so everyone
who wishes to be cured of dyspepsia
or constipation should eall upon him
at once or send him 25 cents by mail,
god get 60 doses of the hest medioing
ever on this special half-price
introductory ofter, with his personal
guarantee to refund the money if the
Ss —— A — ————
) STORY OF HERDISM
Showing How Brave Men Can
Calmly Meet Death.
WRECK OF THE BIRKENHEAD.
The Way This British Vessel Went
Down Off the Cape of Good Hope.
Most of the Crew Were Lost and All
the Women and Children Saved.
Visitors to the hospital of the old
pensioners at Chelsea will perhaps have
noticed in the colonnade a simple me-
morial tablet, placed there by order of
the late Queen Victoria to record the
herole constancy and discipline of the
and thelr
in the wreck of the transport Bir
kenhead off tue Cape of Good Hope on
Feb. 26, 1852. On Jan. 7 In that year, aft-
er embarking re-enforcements amount-
ing to fifteen officers and 470 men for
the troops engaged | Kaffir war,
the ieft Ireland for the
Cape, board were also 100 women
and «children, and families
of well till the
transport reached Simon's Town, where
ten officers and men
lat The ship continued her course
of Feb. But the
captain In bls anxiety for a quick pas
sage unfortunately kept so close to the
shore that during the night the ship
got amoug the rocks which line the
const About three miles of Danger
point at ZT oviock In the morning of the
2 while all except on watch
y in their ham
ik with
officers soldiers who lost
lives
n the
Birkenhead
Ou
the wives
went
llama 11
HOTS aii
clghteen were
ded
on
be a0.
on { evening
those
a violent
i 11k of the men on board
ung soidiers
1nsh of water on the Birkenhead
r was so great that most of the
| ower troop deck were
The re
appeared
' v 3 5
: hammocks
:
fhe officers,
1
a
ressed, and
on
Ceres
Seton
MY partis
and an quietly as
‘nailing the offi
t Colonel
highlanders, the
rd, Impressed on
teed at the « nmand
out whatever
of the of
er of the ship to carr:
consider
he u
Sixty men
orders
essential
the
ight
chain
deck and
Sixty more
Kies of the pad
pumps on the lower
told off In thre
remainder were
» to ence the
he was rol
nder next or
» be pitch
The plunging
were got up and
1 managing to
liu ashore cutter was then got
eady for ‘un and children,
who had | ted under the
awning 1 they were
by
thi
poop
i paused in one
» being room In the boat
order ros
trumapeter or bugler
taken. A young drummer
near was told by an officer
to get Hato the boat, but, drawing him-
self up, exclaimed that he drew man's
pay and would stick by his comrades.
The cutter then shoved off In charge
of one of the ship's officers, and the
women and children were safe.
No sooner was she clear than "he
entire bow broke off at
the foremast, the bowsprit going up in
the alr toward the foretopmast. The
funnel also went over the side, CArry-
lug away the starboard paddle box and
boat and crushing the
tackles. The paddle box boat capsized
on being lowered, nnd the large Doat
in the center of the ship could not be
got up
The men were then ordered on to
the poop, where they stood calmly
awaiting their fate. Within a few
minutes the vessel broke In two, cross
wise, just abaft the engine room, and
the stern began rapidly to fill. In this
extremity the commander called out,
“Those who can swim jump overboard
and make for the boats! but the of-
ficers begged the soldiers not to, as the
boat with the women and children
would be swamped. They were young
men In the prime of life, with all be-
fore them, yet no one moved, nor did
any sign of terror or fear escape them,
Lower and lower sank the vessel into
the deadly sea. The old transport
shivered, gave a final plunge and dis
appeared, carrying with her the band
of heroes on deck and those working
below at the pumps.
Men of all ages and ranks they were
~the colonel and the drummer boy, of-
ficers of gentle birth and men from the
workshop, the plow and the mine, but
all animated with the same herole
resolution, fortitude and chivalry -—as
cool ns though they had been on thelr
parade ground, with as much courage
as in action In the field. A few man.
aged to cling to the rigging of the
malnmast, part of which remained out
of water, while others got hold of float
ing pleces of wood and were eventually
rescued, but of fourteen officers and
458 men no fewer than nine ofMcers
and 8340 mep perished, many falling
prey to the attacks of the sharks,
which surrounded the ship In shoals,
walting for thelr victims. Every wo-
man and child was saved.
Perhaps the greatest compliment ever
pald to the memory of the brave was
*he order of the king of Prussia for
the necount of the wreck of the Birken-
head fo be read on three succossive
parades at the head of every regiment
in his army, and it was spoken of in
every school In Prussia and Germany,
~Londza Globe. Lie .
for one the
give for
bogs to Iw
standing
of the vessel
the men on
)
»
WILLIAMS GROVE PICNIC.
Bedneerd Rates via FPenneyivania Rallroad
For the Grangers’ Picnic at Williams
Grove, Pa., August 24 to 29, the Penn-
sylvania Railroad will sell excursion
tickets to Williams Grove from sts-
tions in Pennsylvania and from Balti.
more, Elmira, Frederick and interme.
diate stations on the Northern Central
Railway, August 18 to 25, inclusive,
good to return until September 1, in-
clusive, at reduced rates.
A ————— A Ss
Marriagh Licenses
Charles R. Bhreffler, Axe Mann
May G. Lyle, Btate College
8. Cleveland Brungart, Rebersburg
Lettie B. McCool, Tusseyville
Charles E. Ementizer, Curtin
Edith Trince, Curtin
John M. Kachik, Clarence
Mary A. Brown, Clarence
Clarence G. Evans, Harrisburg
Carolyn B. Bowes, Howard
Thomas Mendrio, Bnow Bhoe
Mabie Viehdorfer, Bnow Bhoe
LOCALS
The man who will not work when
he has the oppgrtunity will either live
on the community.
rains may aiso be looked for,
ed by people from this side of the
county. The younger people espécial-
ly were in attendance, and tte reports
brought back ud favorable,
Mrs, William Feétterolf and daughter
of near Centre Hall, made & call at the
Reporter office Tuesday evening. Bhe
wae here in the interest of her sunt,
Mrs. Avnie Emerick, of Farmers Mills,
who she said, had a remarkably good
sale inst Saturday,
Mr. and Mre. EE. W, Stine, of Tyrone,
Mrs. Annle Emerick, of Reading, and
Mrs. 8. W. Barr and Master Samuel
Barr, of Tyrone, were in Centre Hall,
Mr. Stine Is the brother of Mrs. Harry
W. Dioges, aod is assistant train
master on the Tyrone dividon of the
Pennaylyania railroad.
Qn wecount of the Hines of Mrs
Lincinda Weaver, her brother, Thomas
Scholl, of near Asronsburg ; Mr. and
Mrs. Al Garbrick, Mrs. Lavios Schaef
fer and Mrs. John Cole, ml of Zion ;
3 Beholl and daughter, Dale
BELLEFONTE,
OF PENN
Nittany Mountain,
Hobipson’s stave mill will soon bea
thing of the past as a week or ten days
will finish the stave timber on the
tract they are now working on.
A. M. Garver is again working at
the stave mill. Mr, Garver is an old |
stave man and it seerns he must work |
al a mill of some kind. |
Billy Parker, after serviog his
country at Gettysburg and after sur
viving the battle with thunder and
Lightning, went to Milesburg Friday |
to qualify, and made a #core of 115 cut |
of a possible 150. Billy says if any |
one beats that he can do better yet, |
Jerry Bmith and John Garver are
building fence for Merchant William |
Meyer, on his farm east of Centre Hall, |
A horse died from ssitura, for A. G.
Noll a few days ago.
Huckleberries have been very plenty
over. 1
8B. M. Campbell, of Millheim, the
furniture dealer and undertaker, adver.
tisea for a black horse in this issue,
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths,
There is a disease prevailing in this
most dangerous because so
: tive. Many sudden |
deaths are caused by |
it—heart disease,
eumonia, heart
allure or poplesy
ars often the result |
of kidney disease, If
ki trouble Is al
lo to advance the
kidney-poisoned
blood will attack he
Sw »° vital organs or
kidneys themselves break down and waste
away csll by cell,
B r troubles moat always result from
a derangement of the kidneys and a cure Is
Sbtal Quiolkgt by a Feoper Husicont of
the kidneys, u are n you
make no mists by taking Mi hrs
Swamp-Root, great kidney, liver
bladder remedy,
It corracis inability to hold urine and scalds
ing pain In passing it, and overcomes that
unpleasant necessity of being cempelled to
go often during the day, and up many
times during th Right. The mild ro the
extraordinary Swamp-Root is soon
realized. It stands the hi for its won
derful cures of the most cases,
PENN’A
Company
SYLVANIA
J. R. WOOD
Passenger Traffic Manager
Oak Hall,
Oscar Rishel, wife and son, Harold,
visited friends at Bpring Mills and
vicinity last week.
Lather Peters and wife spent Sun-
day with J. C. Meyer and wife, at
the Branch.
W. H. Close and wife went to Rock
on Friday to visit Mrs. Closes brother,
Harold Benner, who is ill of typhoid
Mrs. P. 8. Dale visited friends in
Union county over Bunday.
Miss Nelle Marshall, of
sod Mr. sod Mrs. Willis Houts, of
Centre were guests at the
home of Mre. Benner last week,
Miss Anos Mayer, of Millbeim, re-
cently visited her sister, M
Bouse of the young people enjoyed
John
orn roast in B. F, Homan's woods
Trip
GEO, W, BOYD
General Passenger
The undersign ed 5 quipped
with power machinery is
able on short notice to
facture all the . .
Popular Flavors of
Ice Cream
MADE FROM PURE CREAM
produced from his own herd of
manu-
.
sta.
Ror prices, ig $8, apply by mally ar
JOHN SNAVELY, |
Spring Mills, Pa.