DEATHS, nt MRS. CATHERINE WAGNER, Mrs, Catherine Wagner, Widow of Jacob D. Wagner, died suddenly at her home in Altoona, Saturday night, of paralysis. Bhe had been in her usual health and during the day had visited the city market and engaged in some house cleaning work. While standing at a roll of carpet she was suddenly stricken, sank to the floor and passed away. Deceased was born in Boalsburg, August 30, 1860. She was married at that place to Jacob D. Wagner and resided there until after the death of her husband four years ago, when she and her family moved to Altoona and had since lived \here. Bhe was 8 mem- ber of the Christ Reformed church and is survived by the following children : Charles W.,, Merdie I, George J., Ruth I, Nevin J., Cur ,, Frank E. and Busan (,, rr Bhe is aigo survived by four brothers and one sister, namely : John Fortney, Boals- burg; James Fortney, Amboy, Ji; William Fortney, Ellwood City ; Philip Fortney, Indianapolis; Mra, William Patterson, Boalsburg, Funeral services were conducted at ‘hs house Monday morning and on Tuesday morning the remains arrived in Bellefonte where services were con- ducted in the Reformed church. In- terment was made ig the Union cemetery, v . JAMES DUCK, After an illness extending over a period of three years due to dropsy, James Duck died at bis home In Brush Valley, esst of Penns Cave, Thursday morning of last week, aged seventy- nine years and twenty-four days. In- terment was made at the Union cemetery, vear Farmers Mills; Rev. E. E. Haney officiating. A widow, nee Mary KE. Weaver, sur- vives, ad do also two clildren, namely, Mrs. Ellen Burrell, Spring Mills, and Mrs. Harvey Wert, who lives on the Duck homestead. Henry E. Duck, of Millheim, and Michael B, Duck, of Bpring Mills, are fall brothers, and Frank P. Duck, of near Madisonburg. is a half brother of the deceased, MRS, MARY H. LIGHTNER, Mis. Mary H. Lightner, wife of John B. Lightner, died at their home in Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday morn- ing, afler a two years’ illness from tuberculosis, She was the daughter of Isaac M. and Mary England, deceased, and was born at Stormsltown, this county, six!y-lwo years ago. She is survived by her husband and three ehildren, and a number of brothers aud sisters, i ff ———— LOCA..S George (. Tate, the Yeagertown con- tractor, was awarded the contract to erect a rew high school building in Giranville township, near Lewistown. After an absence from Centre Hall during the, winter months, Mrs. Lillie Alexander has sgain opened her home, and will remain during the summer, Miss Kile Bpicher, of Pleasant Gap, who had been ill for some weeks, is now able to be about again. Daring her illness her niece, Miss Carrie Bpiclier, of Centre Hall, assisted in caring for her, The Harper farm, east of Centre Hall, tepanted by George Heckman, is belong improved by the present trustee, George H. Emerick. Consider- able fenciog and other improvements have been made, making the farm look more prosperous, George W. Smith, of Morgauzs, was home to see his mother at Centre Hill, sod Tuesday returned to the Reformatory at Morgabzs, at which institution he holds a responsible position, He likes his place very much, and thinks business has im- proved in all avenues of trade in the Pittsburg distriet. \ Villism G. Fisher, of Sanbury, who puts in several days each week as a sales “i aud devotes the remainder of his time (0 his business io the railroad town in w bich be lives, was a caller at this office Ja %t week. He came here to meet Mrs, Fis her and his son, and ac- companied the, 0 to Boalsburg, where they were the gests of Mr, Fisher's mother for a short Lime, Richard Feroge!, the welldriller, who has been doing work in that line in this locality for the pa ilnix months, shipped his machine to Muncy, where be is engsged at present. At the end of six weeks Mr. Ecroyd will return and will be prepared to continue in his ioe of business when required to do so, Far information address Mr, Ecroyd ait Pennsdale, Lycoming county, “Jae of the busy young men at Avis fg €dilbert H. Deitzsl, formerly of Pot. ter sownship. Bince 1902 he has been employed by the New York Central Railr md Company, and now he is forems 0 ear [uspector at Avis, It was diligent attention to business that brought kim this advaoced position with his’ employers, as these phrases in a recent pote received from him in. dicate : * I axpect to visit Centre Hall some tie In September. 1 have not been home for two years. My compa. ny expects me to atlend [og business every day, which scgouuts for my nop being able to visit the scenes of my tinicmaiins POWER OF ONE VOTE. A Single Ballot Has Often Decided an important Contest. In the Continental congress of 1776 Benjamiuv Harrison defeated John Hancock by one vote for the presiding office, But the Virginian insisted on a new ballot und by his own vote chose Hancock. In 1784 the {llness of one delegate from New Jersey kept slavery out of states admitted to the Unlon after 1500 and thus confined: the civil war contestants to the south Atlantic stutes, 8 July 1788, one vote ratified the constitution after the famous debate between Madison and (Henry at Rich- mond. The next day the debate be- tween Hamilton and Clinton ended with New York following suit. In 1700 Rhode Island came in: with ansequally small margin. Alexander Hamiltongswung ome vote to Thomas Jefferson. in the electoral college of 1800, thus breakimg a dead- lock after thirty-six ballots and de- feating Aaron Burr. This really be- gan the feud which cost Hagniltons his life on the Palisades at Weehawken. In 1808 Jesse Thomas by his own vote went to congress from. the In- diana district. He succeeded®in mov- ing the northern boundary of Illinois fifty miles north, thus giving ®t a lake outlet. Had Illinois been umitd com mercially with the south and her in- terests tinged with southern id:as the election of Lincoln could never have taken place, and the whole history of the country would have been slifferent. May 26, 1868, the senate of “the Unit. ed States declared against the im- peachment of Andrew Johnson by one vote, 35 to 19, when two-thirds were necessary to decide, ChiecaggiJournal, oy -i)y A MISNAMED EXHIBIT. Brings Joy to the Museum Visitors and Worries the Curator. A curator at the Metropolitan Mu- seum of Art is threatened with insan- ity, the cause Ix Ing na small misnamed exhibit in the gallery outside his otfice door. “Twenty times a day.” declared the harassed man, discover that that china statuette out in the Frank- lin collection is named General Wash. ington instead of Benjamin Franklin. Then they burst in here and announce their difovery and wonder that no one ever noticed It before. Half my time Is speat In explail: that we know it well, that it was simply a mis- take of the potter who it in France over a century ago and that we cannot change it nor wouldn't if we could. “Of course I tell this cour. teously and patiently, and you know what a straln that is you are going the same g for the thousandth time! I'd lateh the door, there mployees seeking me » here 1] » the names of Benjamin times till ¢ glorious ots had ever live And it's driv. mane, 1 tell you; it's driving ane™ Just then the door opened and a Indy popped In with: yp 1 sn le peoni¢ inbeled them when over thi only are too many e i long, s¢ must sit ar George Was Franklin repeats 8 nillion vish that neithe “There's a here named General Washington, I'm sure” And the weary curator, being a south. eruer, rose smilingly to his task. — New York Times, gtntue out but A Telegram That Talked. At when Georgie Drew Barrymore was playing in San Fran cisco a fabulous sum was offered her by a local theater for her services for a few weeks. The offer was exceed- Ingly tempting, but her contract with Charles Frohman stood in the way. However, on the nothing venture-noth- ing-won theory, she telegraphed a de- talled statement of the offer she had received to Frohman in New York, ex- plained how anxious she was to ac- cept it and wound up with the plea, “Will you release me?’ In due course of time she received the following tele gram lo answer: Mrs. Georgle Drew Barrymore, Hotel, San Francisco: No! CHARLES FROHMAN. Albeit disappointed, Mrs. Barrymore at once sent this characteristic reply: Charles Frohman, New York City: On! GEORGIE DREW BARRYMORE 1 one time Palace Doing Double Duty. “It was one of those sleepy, one horse, back water towns, like Squash.” sald a congressman, describing at a Hot Springs dinner a town that he dis liked. “Squash is the limit. A gentleman arrived there the other day and want. ed a halr cut. He found the barber shop and, after shaking the barber vigorously, managed to awaken him. “ ‘How long will It take you to ent my hair, barber? he asked. * *Not long, boss,’ sald the barber, “And he rose, yawned and stretched himself. Then he called upstairs to his wife: “ ‘Hey, send the kid down to the newspaper office to tell the editor I want my scissors just as soon as he's done editin’ the paper. There's a gent here waitin’ for a halr cut.’ "Wash. ington Star. . A Slight, "Isn't McCorkle awfully thin since his return ¥’ “Yes. Do you know what they call his valet at the club?” “No.” : “They call him the valet of the shadow." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Receive no satisfaction for premed)- tated Impertinence, Forget it and for give it, but keep inexorably at a dis tance from him who offered itLava ter, ; boyhood days of iener.,"’ i I IMRAN. Optimlem js » whitewash for the The Heportior's Reglalei George H. 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Does not change the color of the hair. - — Forme via writ} each: bolle it to your Tim abous it ] £5 Go an Be says Indeed, the one great leading feature of our new Hair Vigor may well be this — it stops falling ha goes one step furthe restor’.ng the hair and sc: condition. Ask for *‘the new wails do by the J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell X 29 9 OVO NY NDB DD Rowe College ¢ BOOKKEEPING PENMANSHIP SHORTHAND TYPEWRITING Graduates assisted to positions Students enrolled at any time. BiG S. H. ISENBERG, Ph D. / CiVAL i P10 WDD VW For information. rates eic., dress 0. ui loaiing ever the HENRY BOSCH COM. PANY WALL PAPER samples st your own heme sitting comfortably in your onay chair! You can make a better selection that way than by ransseking the stores. You soe the whale line the very latest @enigne—the loveliest tints and richest eolor effects, including imperted patterns, Everytking good in wall papers In the Bosch line It's dcomemy, tee—you get the lowest Now York Chicago ill endl with Bosch Samplos— tent—not the least ie . our sliver lag Sepa Wel Pe HANDLED BY JOHN T., NOLL, PLEASANT GAP, PA Also Painting and Decorating of all kinds, Paints, Window Shades, ete.,, kept in stock. Estimates furnished. ALL: WORK DONE IN FIRST-CLASS WORK- MANSHIP MANNER, i SPRING IS HERE Spring Shoes Golden Brown Russet | Calf Gibson Tie, One-strap Gold Brown, pump leather, bow, Onestrap Russian Calf bow, and , and all the nice Shoes for Ladies and Gentlemen, All fonds lead to Spring Milla, Glad to have you call, C. A. Krape Spring Mills - = - Pa, Are the most correct models stylishly and fab- tractive. great profusion , so that lines. LOCALS Mere. Jacob Walker, v est of Centre granddaughter, in Bellefonte, ! 'Nalker, intended who Laurel spring. in aoother Mog the advertisement column. The Westingbouse Eleot: ie and rigrived orders for twenty-four D. H. Bhlerssl, the Bpring Mills plasterer and paper hanger, has been doing work in Centre Hall during the past week. Among the places he did repaitiog was at E. M. Huyett's and | George H. Emerick’s. | Jucolr Wagner is on a visit to his rons, James Wagner, at Herndon, and Rev. W. J. Wagner, at New Bloom- | field. He found the former son i. | the poison from the plant has spread over his entire body, ' Calvin H. Horner arrived in Centres | Hall from Altoons, and remained for a few days. He is engaged in the restaurant business on his own hook at No. 1401, Eleventh Avenue, and js enjoying a good trade, all of which | the Reporter is glad to mention. ! Miss Gretohen Bechrist, while nurs. ing a patient in Brush Valley, had the misfirtune to sprain one of her ankles, and was obliged to come to Centre Hall until she recovers, Bhe is al the home of Mr. and Mre. John Rossman, where her sister, Mis Maude Bechriet, also boards, Prior to the latter part of Inst week, Centre Hall. Some few fields that had been sown early were beaten down so thoroughly that the young plants bad A struggle to get through the crust. The rains the beginning of this week again interfered with the sowing of this crop, ARM FOR SALR,— E for sale the ror w TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ACRES 1% ACRES ARE CLEAR. . nN & ¥ » Copyright 1909 i 22 Chicago Bellefonte] woh. ————— A ETH Fy 2% ye ® a WBN 1 ’ Tee Tease sasasasaa a, htt — RUSSET a Cs = oH EE ———————————— Centre 4 NWN JHCUTORS' BALE OF The » Homestead Tema 8 S— ston, Underwear | “ An NWN ww | second growth timber, Wm. M. GROY HIRAM GROVE, ™. of estate of John Grove, d GRAIN MARKET, WHORE «niacin wemmsssiinre 00 ORM na] oi . ——————— PRODUCE AT STORES, Lard...... Were veers ”m | Rutter... IN Potatons............ 15 ew ' ' H. E. SHRECKENGOS1 (Farmers Mills)
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