DEATHS, PETER COLLINS, Peter Collins, a well-known con- tractor, died at the home of his sister, Miss Sarah Collins, in Bellefonte, Fri- day afternoon, ag.d seventy-nine years. The deceased was born in Bomggset county and had gained an internation al reputation as a continctor. He was associated with Thomas and Philip Collinge, who buiit sections of the Pennsylv inia main line snd parts of many other roads, also the Collins furnace, now known as the Bellefonte furunoe. The Collins brothers with another contracting firm of the United States undertook the building of the line of raiiroad in Brazil to connect Bolivia by railroad with the great Amazon river togive it an outlet for its miner- al and other products. The uondertak- ing was a hazardous one and failed through the destruction of supply ships that were dispatched to them and the failure of capitalists behind the movement to float bonds to finance the venture. At the time the contract was abandoned, Peter Collins snd George Gay with their force of engin- eers and men In making their way from the wilds in which they were working, were attacked by Iodiavps, and Mr, Collins was shot through one of his lungs by an arrow. The wound proved serious and since then he has been unable to do any arduous work and practically lived a life of retire ment in Philadelphia. The old wound is said to have been the cause of his last illness. Io the death of Mrs. Orpha Pletcher, widow of the late David B. Pletcher, Howard township lost one of its old est and best known women. Although past four score years of age, she had been in good health until two weeks prior to her death when she contracted a bad cold which rapidly developed into pneumonias, ciusing her death. She was a native of Howard township, and was eighty-four years and three months old. Practically all her life was spent in that locality where she was much respected sod loved. Two sons survived, A. A. Pletcher. of How ard, justice of the peace, of Howard, who himself bas heen quite ill for some time, and Sergius 5. Plete er, a clerk in the auditing depsrimen’ at Wash. ington, D C. J. Irvin Kunes, of the best known citizens of Liberty township, died at his home in Blanchard, Two years ago he was stricken with paraly- sis and since that time has been som: - what of an iovslid, and bis death wes the resuit of another stroke. His sge was abr ut seventy years. For many years be was identified with business interests in Liberty township, beings member of the firm of 5. H. and J. I. Kunes, merchants, farmers aod lon- bermen. Both of the founders of the firma are now dead. Mr. Kunpes ia sur- vived by one brother, Dance B. Kunes, of Blanchard, and a niece, Miss Ella Grabam, who made her home with him. one LOCALS D. A. Boozer began cutting his first crop of ice Wedoesday morning. Wednesday was a pleasant day, The sun shone, and conditions favorable for out-of-door work permissible at this season, Mrs. G. W. Bushman is expected bom the latter part of this week from the Bellefonte hospital where she un derwent a eccond operation three weeks ago Monday. Hr condition is row considered very favorable, The Lykens Valley Mutual Iosur- ance Company is becoming very popu- lar among those having Iiosurable property on the Bouth side of the county. Among those who had losses and is highly gra'ified over his treat ment by the company Is Station Agent W. L. Campbell, of Bpring Mills. John W. Confer, tenant on the Fore. man farm near Red Mill makes sale of his stock ‘and implements, February 27th. Mr. Confer will move to the Lewis Fous’ property which he pur chased some time ago. The Foreman farm will be tilled hereafter by Harry Vonada, the new owner of the farm, The following persons were elected directors of the Lewistown Citizens National Baok at the annual meeting of the stockholders : Samuel Watt , H. J. Culbertson, A. Reed Hayes, J, G. Yeager, Walter Mano avd D. Ster. rett MeNitt. The latter Is the senior MeNitt in the firm of MeNitt-Huyett Lumber Company, who have thelr main mill at present near Snydertown A movement ig on foot to indyee the Pennsylvania State Grange to hid itg next meeting at State Oollege, [tls barely probable that oou'd the neges. gary arrangements be made by the College managers to hoves and enter. tain the fifteen or more huadred who sttend the annual meeting of the Bta'e Grange that it would scoept the ln- vitation if formerly made. Both Har. risburg and Willt are anglous ihat'the Gangs hall its get meeting there. The Fd of the Htate ought | ¥ to riot acquainted with thelr edu cational institution, snd by holding Sin Goose A within ite walls, Will Rebuild in Millhelm, From the best information obtainable it is learned that A. A. Frank will re build his store room in Millhelm and conduct a general store as heretofore, John Stoner will also rebuild, and it is said Nevin Auman will occupy the building when completed. Whether or not the Musser hotel will be rebuilt cannot now be ascer- tained. Several parties are dealing for the lot, and in the event of a sale a sub- stantial business block will adorn the diamond, D. J. Nieman, the clothier, is absent from Millheim, and before going away had not announced his intentions, —————— A ———————— Next Week's Corn Show, The man who grew the Grand Champion ear of corn at the late National Corn Show, at Omaha, will send his best ear to the Pennsylvania Corn Show to be held at Harrisburg, January 26-29, 80 our corn growers can compsre notes. Every Pennsylvania corn-grower should send ten ears of his best corn to W, H. Moody, Chest- nut Street Hall, Harrisourg, at once, and try to win one of the nine silver cups or one of the 45 cash prizes offer. ed for good corn by the Penn’a Live Btock Breeder's Association There are no entry fees, LOCALS, Read the Gephart music store adv, Mr. and Mrd. Frank Wion, of pear Bellefonte, drove to Centre Hall Tues- day to speud the day with Mr, Wion'’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Wion. ‘Ma's New Husband” will arrive in Bellefonte Saturday and you are all invited to meet him at tne Garman operas house Balurday afternoon and evening. Oue of the most successfnl poultry. men in Orspgeville, Illinois, is G. Bruce Goodhart, formerly of this place. He also made a record for a coup of ten hens that will be hard to match, Tuese ten puliets during the month of December laid an average of twenty-three eggs each. Mansger Garman of the Bellefonte opera house has a number of first class shows booked for the latter hall of the season io that place. Among the number are “ Ma's New Husband,” which will be there this week: * The Arrival of Kitty,” * Graustark,’”’ “The Mummy and the Humming Bird,” and a number o hers of equally high Class reputstin Mrs, 5. W Decker, of Mitchell, South Dakotas, is east and is secom- panied by her chiliren In company with a sister, Mrs. Frank Herman, of near Spring Mills, she ealled at the Reporter office, and expressed herself as entirely pleased with her western homes Urops she said were very good the past sesson, and the farmers gener. sily were prospering in her part of the alate, There are some new faces at the court house since the first Mondsy of this month, and they are already learn- ing to "look pleasant,” give a resl hearty © handshake, and—* lake a chair.’”” Bioce it is all over now, and there is no use to try to oust them be fore their term expires, the Reporter wishes them their duties pleasant, their fees liberal ana everything else they may wish, except s second term A Democratic caucus will be held in the council room Saturday evening to place in nomination candidates for the borough offices. It is important that every voter is present for no where has a voter a more important duty to perform than at the local caucus. Good men should be placed in nomin- ation for every office. . The local government is of ad much consequence to the individual ss the state or national. Attend the eoaucus, fellow Democrats, and by performing your full duty there capable men can be placed in nomination whose election will cast a good reflection on the local political party, and serve the interests of all. It is not often that a westerner after a continuous abeenpgs from Centre county for fifty-six years returns, but that ls what George Ripley, of Laurel, South Dakota, did a short time ago. He is a native of Georges Valley, being a son of John Ripka, sand he and Will. iam Ripks, are the only two remain. ing children of a family of eleven. In his early life Mr. Ripley followed the carpenter trade, working yoder Joseph Lose, of Millheim, sad later with George Breon, of Sugar Valley. Oa leaviog his old home in Gaorges Val ley he first located in Stephenson eounty, Illinois, aud from there went to Lowa, where he met Miss Fye, formerly of Logauton, and they were married. Minnesota was his home aun. tl twenty-six years ago when he adopted South Dakota se his state These changes of location were, how: ever, not io quick succession, as ig noted in the beginning of this note, it Is now already fifty-six yours since he left here. During his residence in the west Mr Ripley accumulated consider. ab'e wealth snd now owns something like four or five hundred acres of land, which is farmed and man by his Shildren, "_ of the ‘nioe are liging. We th ld W8 not forgotten, and at the age of seventy-seven, Mr. Ripley la here to o joy Lie frieadablp of old Soquala- THE PIGEONS WON. in Spite or Clipped Wings They Got Back on Time. The colonel was something of a pigeon fancier aud had so much con- fidence in a certain strain of homers he was making a hobby of that when his friend the mbjor proposed a wager the colonel removed the Hit. “We'll make it a suppub,” said the major. “Yo' black boy will tote a palah ovah to the cyahs an’ ship them to St. Louny, whaah they ah to be libahrated on ahrival, 1 wagah they ah not back in two days, sah” The colonel accepted, crated his fin- est pair and included a note to the ex- press agent with the charges. Mean- while the major communed with Joe, the colored boy, and after the tender- ing of a certain half dollar and prom- ises of immunity from the conse. quences of the colonel's wrath later Joe agreed to clip the pigeons’ wings sub rosa, Two days passed, and the major pre- sented himself duly at the colonels. The colonel eyed him with suspicious HATTOWHEeSS, “Have they ahrived 7 Jor gayly. “They hev, asked the ma- sah,” sald the colonel, with dignity: “they hey, but those two pldgins, sah, hev the so'est feet 1 evah saw on a bird, sah" Browning's Mag- azine, BE SURE YOU'RE RIGHT. Then Take a Long Think and Mind Your Own Business. The other day a man traveling on a shore line train noticed, protruding from an overhead rack, a dress sult case which he recognized as belo to a friend. [He knew that bi always got off at the station they bad just passed, and not in the sent th evitable that be bad jumped train and forgotten it The man called the cot explained the « » im. After some discussion and a mild protest on the part of the conductor that It w asn’t & part of his duty, the sult case was put mg ring 8s friend which as he was sion was in- off the 3 © Conciu ductor and ane 1 off at the next station, with tions to setdd it back on the fir the other way The man, feeling that be hae an able and friendly act, for the rest of his journes But not for long The fuce friend. who had and who hap afternoon to be going doa to atierrd a PSL #1 train I done settled down of Lis been In the smoker parti iar on to New wid on that inner parts before hi She una f this Is, of cotirse, quite “1 ident and then mind Life We sure youre right Four own Lu Overboard, “Overboard” is engraved on a metal label fastencd to many articles of para pherpaila <oen about the de nk ders war vessel, Ii ns that the article ried should be thrown with an omes imminent Al solid chi paints, spare spor unncessary hatches and ther y destroyed or splin thus labeled rire, Cal word ka of » overboard whenever action enemy's ship hex ntine tanks. articles easll by shell fire are “if of Ovcident colle Hornla, | tied to have given the a sew meaning Iu civil life when he used it 1 » those who are unfit, wee los ¢ struggle of Hix It fs mn stro; word and as such can be appropriat Pali a {0 en and things whi bh when a ship must go to battle are nd! gecessary or material to the end desir d. ~Army and Navy Life tered The pre # of i ith Her Own Doctor. A Washlogtou wolan recently hired a pegress ciug to the kitchen one day, amared to find the ne- gross sitting ou the floor, with her alr stancCi ig out from ber head like i black ui Luss. The girl was pull leg oue cur.y lock and then another in ob a way as to suggest that she bad suddeily lust ber reason “What «uy earth are you doing. Mary 7" gasped the lady of the house. ‘Nawthis', wa'aw; only I has got a sore throat an’ was jest tryin’ to find kK dat would pull mah palate up au’ relieve de tickie”— New York Her ald, she was we Joc The Fickle Shopper. woman always keeps me guessing,” sald the grocery clerk as she went out, “1 mever ean tell til the Iast minute what she Is going to buy Just now she priced the coffee. I gave her the prices—25 cents, 28, 30, 39, 40 “That we good? she nsked me, "Yes said |; ‘bang up’ “ “Fligh,” said she, ‘give me a pound of your forty cent, ground fine "”- New York ['ress, Probably Not. “I hate to be poor, Now, a million. alre can walk right In and order what be wants without bothering about the price.” “He can’ stated the wi salon. | BEERS man, “but he seldom Gon Ra City dougnal Every Morning. Paul, at the age of four, was asked one morning by his papa, “What is the name of the first mel of the day?” “Oatmeal,” responded little Paul A Curious Spanish Custom. Ellen Maury Slayden in the Century in an account of hier own and her hus- band's lavish entertainment in a Span. ish household says: “No custom of the house was so un- accountable as that of having people come ‘to see you eat’ Enjoying a square meal while our guests inhaled cigarette smoke seemed so inhosplta- ble that I sometimes playfully insisted upon their having something with us. It was always laughingly declined, ex- cept once when a particularly lively youth took a plece of ham and ate it with all sorts of self conscious little antics, as if he were acting a panto- mime." Shortening of the Day. It has long been known theoretically that the tides act as a brake on the rotating earth and tend to lengthen the day. The effect, however, i8 so slight that it cannot be measured in any length of time at man’s disposal. It may be estimated with the ald of certain assumptions, and, using the data available, W. D, MacMillan made the necessary computation by the for- mulas used by engineers. He finds for the increase of the length of the day one second in 460,000 years. Waking. “Where are you lunching now?” “Over here at one of these places where you walt on yourself. Where are you eating ™ “Oh, I'm still over there where you walt on the walter."-8t. Louis Post: Dispatch. A Good Guesser. Aubrey~I say, old chap, 1 suppose you can't lend me a fiver? Plantagenet ~No, my dear boy, but a man with your capaci*y for guessing the right thing ought to be able to win a fortune on the turf.—London Telegraph. Expert Criticlem. “I don't like that judge,” said the smooth crook; “his speech is so jerky.” “I would say,” remarked the Boston burglar, “that, though they are unrhe- torical, | rather like his short sen tences." Baltimore American When the Hair Falls Stop it! And why not? Fall- ing hair is a disease, a regular disease; and Ayer’s Hair Vigor, as made from our new im- proved formula, quickly and completely destroys that dis- ease. The hair stops falling out, grows more rapidly, and all dandruff disappears. Does not change the color of the hair. Formule with sech bottle 9 Show it to your ers w=: Ask Bim abobt is, then do ss be says The little book in each package gives the formula of our new Hair Vigor, tells why each ingredient is used, and ex- plains many other Interesting things. After reading you willknow why this new hair preparation does its work so well, wee Wendie by the J. C. Ager Oo., Lowell, Megs ~~ GRAIN MARKET. BPS comrrisssrscannns Whoat ones Barley... sessssssins 0 1 ORME corsnnsns ccsonesniss Cor core PRODUCE AT STORES, IaMd..nniiinnn. B88 BUMS nse csrrrnin. 38 Potatoes. ........ ... 55 Reon... 30 FAR i, HAND WANTS WORK—The under. : igned Ruts work on the farm by the references, WILLIAM H. BTOVER. Centre Hall, Pa year A UDITOR'S NOTICE. ~In the matter of the estate of Lydia Ann Faust, late of Pot- ter township, Centre couuty, deceased. The Puderigned having been appointed an auditor in the estate of Lydia ALD to 2 Indo distribution of the balanee of the fu hands of the Adminktrator 0 and am ae entitled to teceive the same, will meet al ait interested in said estate at the office of ie Bower & Zerby, in the Darough of Bellefonte, on Monday, the dist day of January, A. D. 1909, at ten o'clock A. M., when and where all ne interested or having claims against sald estate will and prove their accounts or be fer ever red making any claim aga‘nst the estate, 8. D. GETTIO, Auditor, ll HKCUTOR'S NOTICE ~LETTERS TESTA Inte of Potter twp. decease, taving een du) ul mdersigned hb ged ip 10 the « vest any hs a in. mmedine pay- the to make ment, eh those having claims nat the same to present them wr ++ authentioated for set. tisment, JOHN H. ISHLER. Executor Tusseyville, Pa. FP. O#pring Mills, R. f. 4, No. 8, Jan. 7, 1900, CORPHANS Hs COURT SALE-~B rive Bm of the Orphan's Big County, Ne andetsigued will eX pome ‘ut ple sale or outery, on the premises one half of Colyer, Pa, on BATURDAY, JANUARY 80, pi iPM, the e follow att bah s PRN; of fanal svat —— i dceuma” » apart Ro. 1. Reginning i corner of lands FET Ee ara hd a pe WE ARE GETTING ABOARD FOR — THE SPRING HOUSEKEEPERS — W E are getting in a nice, clean, and well selected stock and will make it our aim to give Value for Value. These are Some of our lowest prices, but not all of them : 600D KITCHEN CHAIRS, (12Doz) - - § 40 ROCKERS ~~ - £50 IRON BEDS 2.96 W00D BEDS 3.95 PIECE CHAMBER SOIT - 20.0 SPRINGS AND MATTRESSES 3.00 EXTENSION TABLES- Ft. 6.00 Do you want something better? — We have it. We do not wish to sell the cheapest, but want to sell a good article at a reasonable price. Rearick’s..... Furniture Store Centre Hall, Penn’a m old Chicks & BggS muting . BARTHOLONEW, CENTRE HALL PA. ——— BREEDER OF «.. Thoroughbred Poultry... Orders now booked for E, for hatching and day-old Chicks from the following varieties of chickens : Barred White Single-comb Plymouth Rocks Wyandottes White Leghorns _Rosecomb Brown Leghoms ems. THESE ARE THE FACTS: JUST PONDER PLEASE INVESTIGATE 5 OUR ONCE- A ~ “YEAR CONTINUES During JANUARY PROGRESS OUR MOTTO In order to make ropm for a new and larger Sonsigimen: of Pianos ever brought to Bellefonte, we shall devote the month of January in which to complete our well begun work. Seventeen Pianos unsold ; will be sold during the next 10 days. consist mostly of Sane, new am standard makes, in the latest nt, Wa & turned ot, condi Pianos, Pianoa ster- ding Unsold = a: od We tive many inquiries and have no dficulty in HOME PATRONAGE-~These and many more are evidences of the on fine Pianos sold a Squares and Grands, all in at the price we ask Many five Pianos and Organs sold d Stucoesstul Sale, Siac Sone’ Fuso puiest an unequaled collection of : Mrs, Jacob Gifich, Dav 5. Bache, Fi, Fiyer ; Mrs. Acs Miler, An beour Frget somo 17 These dre now on the floor, this month. This saving they have and the real values
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