EE PA., RISHEL HUME AT OAK HALL BURNED, Lamp Exploded ln Parlor—Hidden spark Destroys Home Six Hours Laer, The home of Oscar Rishel, at Oak Hall Station, was totally destroyed by fire early Saturday morning. Just a little after eight o'clock the evening previous a lamp exploded in the parlor of the home, and set fire to the carpet and other inflimmable fix- tures, Mrs. Rishel was alone, but she mapaged to extinguish the flames be- fore any great damage was done. Her husband and his brother, William Rislel, were at the Bellefonte hospital to visit the lat'er’s little daughter, who is a patient in that institution, and on their return a close inspection of the house was made about ten o'clock. Satisfied that all was secure, and feeling grateful that their loss was not greater, Mr. and Mrs. Rishel re- tired for the night, It was at 2:30 o'clock in the morn. ing that the couple were awakened by the crackling of the flumes, and when fully aroused they were almost en. veloped by fire, the flimes having spread to various portions of the house, They made their escape from the turning bome, but little or nothing was taken with them. The neighbor- hood was soon aroused, but nothing could be dope but watch the flames consume the well-kept houee, The rear portion of the Rishel home was a log structure, and the front frame, and it appears that a spark from the first fire had found its way to this partition, and fioally broke into s flume as the occupants slept in peace, There was $1000 insurance in the Centre Hall fire insurance company, D F. Luse, secretary, but the loss is considerable more than that sum, ———— A ——— LOCALS, Millbeim-—Friday, “ Horse sale at April 3-d. A regular meetingof the Y. P. B will be held this ( Thursday ) evening. carpet with Avy ope desiring rugs or woven will leave their orders Mrs. Thomas Grove. Farmer George B. Slack is moving from weet of Centre Hall to the Al Grove farm, near Bellefonte, todsy ( Thursday. ) Hiram Lee, who has made a sucess of fa. ming in Chester county in the vicinity of Chester Bpriogs, quit the farm and now lives in Phoenixville, Mrs Willism B. Bressler of Bpring Mills, sccompanied by three of her cnildren, was a guest of Mrs. Milford Luse and Mre, Harry Miller in Centre Hall Jesse Bnyder will move from High Valley, below Coburn, to near Wolfs Store, where he has rented a farm and will begin farming operations on a larger scale. - I: is a sure sign of Bpring when Patrick Garrity, the lord of the Beven Mcunatsins, ventures out, He made a trip to Milroy last week in company with J. M. Moyer, the Potters Mills landlord. C. H. Meyer, a rural mail carrier of Reedsyille, is in Columbis, Bouth Caroline, at the home of his sister, Mra. J W. MoCormick, Mr. and Mrs, D. J. Meyer of Centre Hall, are also at that southern point, Among those who will take up farmiog vy April 14, is H, E. Bhreck- ergost, who will lay aside the carpen- ter tools for the farm. He has leased the Andrew Corman farm, at Farmers Mills, and will eondaet it, Mr and Mra William Kern at Oak Hall Station met with 8 mishap that resulted in a broken arm fur the latter, They were out driving a few days ago when their horse [rightened, rap sway and threw both occupants out of the vehigle. Mr. Kern escaped with a few bruises. William Bradford shipped his house hell goods to Phoenixville, on Mon. day, sud today ( Thursday ) he and the family will leave Old Fort for that place. Mr. Bradford has rented a farm one and ooe-half miles south of Phoen'xville, and thioks he ls mak. ing a good move by going into that tion. ¥ Clayton Wagner purchased the property occupled by Mrs, Maris, widow of the late John Maris, located on Hecfler street, Centre Hall, subj ct to a condition to be filled by the own- er. Mr. Wagner owned the place five years ago, and vacated it when he moved to the farm, at which time he sold it to Mr. Walker of Willlameport, from whom it was & aio pgrobased, Merpantile Appraiser Lo I. Weaver il Woodward was in Centre Hall the beginniog of this week perform'ng the duties of his appointment. The bad conditions of the public roads during the past six weeks very much hindered Mr, Weaver in making rapid progress fo completing his werk, Mr. Weaver is a lumberm n, making bill timber a gpeolalty, He is a plessant man meet, aud one that one wants to meet on. DRY TERRITORY aD DED IN UNIUN, West Milton, Winfl sid and ‘Ulen Iron Bars Will be Closed. At the close of Union county license court at one o'clock Baturday morn. ing Judge Aibert W, Johnson and the associate judges, Gottlow Rowe and A. K. Dieffenderfer, in Union county, after granting licenses to four of the seven applicants and refusing the other three, laid down the following rules, which they will enforce : First, there shall be no treating. Second, there shall be no side rooms, and booze may be sold only over the bar. Third, landlords are cautioned to be careful to whom they sell bottled wines and whisky. Licenses were granted to the Baker House, Lewisburg, J. F. Krouse, pro- prietor; to the Cameron House, Lewisburg, Frank 8. Dunkle, pro- prietor ; the Laurelton Hotel, Laurel. ton, Adam W. Rokeubrod, proprietor, and to the Union Hotel, New Berlin, W G Hartwick, proprietor. Licenses were refused Mrs. Clara Fenstermacher for her hotel at West- Milton ; Mrs. Annie M. Church for her hotel at Glen Iron, and Charles W. Hyman for his hotel at Winfield. The hotels whose licenses were re- fused have been licensed for more than half a century, and the buildings are owned by the spplicants. Mrs. Church and Mrs, Fenstermacher are widows, who succeeded their husbands in the business, The licenses were refused on the ground that the hotels are not neces- sary for the accommodation of the pub- lie, and large remonetrances were filed against each one, EE ———— A — Jadge Seibert's View, In refusing six applicants for liquor licenses and granting otters, Judge W. W. Beibert opened his decree in this way : This court accepts as fact that it has no power to attach any conditions or impose any restrictions upon licenses beyond the scope of those fixed by the #latutes ; nevertheless it is within the provives of the court to make rcquesta a8 to matters that to it appear to be reasonable and proper. —— A fA ————— Qaliting Party, Mrs. Milford Luse entertsined a number of her nelghbors and friends at a quilting Friday of last week, Beveral handsome quilts were finished daring the day’s work, and all e1 joy. ed the sumputous dinner which Mrs. Lusé prepared for her guests. Thoas in the party were: Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Auman and son Carl, Mr. and Mrs, Clement Luase and son William, Mrs Willlsm Mitterling and grand- dsughter Elizabeth Homan, Mr John Delaney and daughter Margaret, Mre.. Samuel Krape and daughter Alice, Mra. Bamuel Darst, Mrs. Thos Delaney, Mrs ‘Harry Shirk, Mrs, Alice Bariges, M's. James Relsh, Mra John Conley, Mrs. Andrew Zattle, Mise Emma McCoy, Helen and Mar. garet Luse. - oe mn LOCALS Read Keeslet’s new Bpring Opening ad. It will be a benefit to you. adv. A special meeting of Progress Grange will be held Baturday after noon for the purpose of conferring degrees Miss Gertrude HRartholomew «f Patton was the guest of her cousin, Chas D. Bartholomew, from Satur. day until Monday. Mrs, T. W. Bimkins, Mrs. Frank W. Bradford, and Misses Bavilla Rearick and Margaret Goodhart, are in Altoona attending the Foreign Missionary Preshyterial Convention which opened yesterday (Wedneadsy.) 8B. E. Bharer moved from the Geles farm near Linden Hall to the D. K, Keller farm east of Contre Hall, He purchased a half joterest in Mr. Keller's stock, and the farm will be operated in partnership, a proposition that proves successful when Isadlord 81d tenant agree on valoes, ete. ——————————— A LARGE CONTRAUT, What Murray sad itary Wants Person in Uentre Hall tg do, When Murray & Bitner the enter. prising druggists, first offered a 50 cent package of Dr. Howard's specific for the cure of constipstion and dyspepsia at half price, and guaranteed to return the money If it did not cure, they thought it probable from their experi genes with other medicines for thege disenses that they would bave a good many packages returned. But ale though they have sold hundreds of bottles, not one has been brought back. - To those suffering with dizziness, headache, poor digestion, constipation snd straining, Dr. Howard's specific offers quick relief. It is an invaluable boon to all who feel uncomfortable Every diner pill in all the large cities, The Improvement ( jub, = We, the pastors of Centre Hall and vicinity, believing that under the leadership of a Civie or Improvement Club our community could be made still better and more inviting as a place of residence, called a meeting for the organization of such a club, if the way should be clear. Much to cur surprise, and for reasons not clearly comprehended by us, this movement has met with unfavorable ecriticlam and opposition. While we are ready to give such an organization hearty co-operation, it has never. been our intention to assume the chief part in the management. We have our own organization through which we can best diecharge the duties to the com- mupity incumbent upon us ss mio. isters of Christ, and we have no desire to force an improvement ¢lub upon an uawliiling community. The organiza- LIQUOR LIUVENSES GRANTED, Bat Three Applicants ure Refased #1 oe aor Livsose In Centre Conaty., On Wednesday evening, just se this paper had gone to press, Judge Ellis L. Orvis filed his decree in the sgveral liquor license cases in Centre county. All applicants were granted a licens except three, namely, Kohlbecker, at Milesburg ; @uschak, proprietor of the Ramadale hotel, Philipsburg : and the Sandy Ridge hotel, subject to a pledge to be given by them, The decree is two columns long, and covers many points touched on io s decree printed in these columns a few years ago. The successful spplicants are to a p- pear at the Prothonotary’s office enter into and Al agreement not to gall rum Thanksgiving, Decoration Day, and on Christmas, tion has proceeded only so far ss to] adopt a constitution and by.laws, the! meeting was adjourned to March to complete the organization by en-| rollment of members, officers and such other action as may | be thought desirable at that time, If at this meeting a sufficient number of | cit'zsne do not enroll give protuise of success, we shall advise the | dropping of the whole matter, at least | for the present, | election of io W.H LER F. W. Banny, R R Joxgs, ¥. H. nif sam — FCHUY . | Foss, | Sarprised Their Cham, i Oa Baturday evening a number of | the friends of Miss Laura Mitterling | gathered at the home of her parents, | Mr. snd Mrs. J. W. in honor of a birthday anniversary of their chum. It was a very pleasant | evening very pleasautly spent in play- | ing games, and at a iste hour the | choicest refreshments were served. Those who participated in the svent were these: Missos Laura Mitterling, |! Ruth Bmith, Helen Me | Cool, Hsz'l Emery, Verna i Stahl, Nina Slick, Mitterling, Messrs William Bradford Ray Durst, James Lis Auman, Henry Mitteriing, Stahl, Mr and Mrs. J. W. and gravd.dsughter, Homan, snd Rev, Barry. Mitierling, § Louse, Katie Carte i gia, Mra, ard soffit Listing Unoccupled Farmer the Department «f Agricaliure, at tin listing the sbandoned or cupied farms io Pepusylivania that are | for sale. Anyone having a farm of | this class who wishes to sell it, might! do well to write to the Becietary of | Agriculture'st once for a descriptive application blank. The Department does pot desire in- | formation regarding farms that sare occupied or that are being operated, A —— A Aoi The Man for the Place, tooo i i $ 3 From State College Times The candidacy of MeCormick for the governorship is gaining ground every day. Uulike Brombaugh or any of the other candidates in the field, be hss come out openly against the ram element and his friends be- lie®e that he will make as clean a record as governor ss he did ewhile mayor of Harrisburg. Aside from bis clean public record be {8 a stanch friend of Penn Hiate, betng a member of the board of trustees. Brumbaogh's interest is centered in Philadelphia and consequently is a strong supporter of the University of Pennsylvania, In the interest of the iostitution which has made this town preaible and in which sp much wealth and capital is at stake it behooves every man, no matter what his polities] faith may Le, to oast his vote for Palmer and MoUCormick at the coming primaries. I AAAI Deaths of Centre Countians, William Sanders Losch, in Spring township, aged almost fifty-nine years. George E Jones, son of Mrs. Marion E Swartz of Beech Creek, aged twen- ty-one yeqrs, Charles Boyder, a veteran of the Civil War, a number of years a resi. dant of pear Blanchard, in Allenwood, aged sevenly.two years, Mre, Mary E. Cook, a native of Hannah, in the Pittet urgh district, I MS —— Meoting of the Improvement Olub, After adopting a constitution and by-laws the Improvement Club of Centre Hall god Vieloity adjourned to meet Monday evening, March 80.b, to complete the organization, All interested citizens are invited to be present and enroll. They will then bave the right to take part in the selection of officers and in the (rans action of any business that may come up. The place of meeting Is the Council room and the hour 7:80 p'elook. ft A————— Yo ———— About one Inch of snow fell on Bary day night, yg That all bars in the at 10 a eounty be closed p.m, at that of rooms, and playir either £ the to th E Rames ehance public or private tha enle by bottles shall be limited lowest possible minimum, The hotel i . § i are alro cautioned | inien Pennsylvania State College, Bellefonte Academy or suy other school in the 2 i gh he be of sod Fulthermore, we are not sRe, ihe court col his decree in this at alll mdaet of the land | policy of his ment in the Hotel at Sandy Ridge, | will refuse his The other spplicants we | I i ¢t} { lord and the manage | for that reason application. will hold under consideration until wel chance to examine apd if ORTIACier they may with the a ti of the written hereafter file | in sccordance f { requirements | ih, However, a mere perfunctory pledge | above set $ i that it ! i neces 11 $ ! will i ] riquire of the rn BOM furnished ib the conv nd travel BEE ITRI at menls will be to guests | ure and | oe ofl travelers at lows limite bie to nies i { ete than has } eres | (sarman Bi f iered by jit fo ——————— Horse Sale at M likhelim, F. O Ho terman will sell an express | s : I N ations! 4 { h ieee Hotel, A pril gale at the sharp a ALLIS Mi y Oh By, m be an extn ixing of will Faes, Oro h horses and Wd mares, general purpose { drivers Meveral tasted | tenins, weighing up to 3100, as good se Some good family. and se good big Don’t fail to ses this load if in peed of 8 horses or team broke horeea veral drivers ————— A ——— Transfors of Heal Estate Jacob F. Steiner's heirs to John Hix, two tracts of land in Rush twp, $750 T V.Yothers et ux to B, E Reese ot ai, tract of land in Huston twp, $3,100 Francis Miles Penna. RR. RB (lo Huston twp. $1,000, Solomon Lingle to Harry J. Win. gard, tinct of Ia d in Peun twp 25. Lewis Dorman et ux to Agnes T Eberhart, tract of Ianod ia Bellefonte, $1.5850 C. B. Banford’s heirs ty George F. Troutman, tract of land in Philips. burg. 2000, Berjumnin Ida M Philipsburg. W. T, Speer et al Exra. to Howard Stover ot al, tract of land io Bellefonte, $2 500, B W. Wingard et ux to Salomon Lingle, traot of land lu Penn twp $1 000, Daniel E Williams, twp $431, John 8, Harter ex to H. P. Zr by, tract of land in Walker twp, $345 Mary E. Bets et bar to Mervin 8. Beta, store room in Mariontwp, $700, George 8. Frank et ux to Harry G. Glllmore, tract of land ia Peon twp. $7000 Lock Haven Trust and Mafe Denos. it Co, el sl to Franklin IL. Courter, tract of land in Liberty twp, $500, Barab Rhine's heir to Samuel Tressler, tract of land in Miles twp. $350 Cornelius Musser to Cstharine usar, tract of land in State College. 0 Alexander of to in ux, tract of lapd F. Hoff nan Shontz, tract TOG, to in Guard of land Aikinae Exrs. to Aaron tract of land in Walker » Minnie M, Study etal to John W. FY tract of land in Taylor twp James A. Decker oft ux to £E. M Watt, tract of Iand in 1.700. James K. Hosterman et ux to Thos. A. Hosterman, tract of land in Potter twp. $6,000 J. Clyde Thomas t5 Charles B ahomas, tract of Inud in Taylor twp. “ Ferguson twp, Conditions in Centre ovanty will tinue to mit the old-fashioned urth of July celebration, and there is no allusion here to the “enfe and eatie”’ Fourth, bY > MILLHEIM BOYS PLEASE Men From Lower Penns % alley vest pocket ; were at their best in the Minstrel Bhow in Grange lbureday pight of last week, For weeks the young men been preparing for this performance, and Thursday's was the first number of appearances they take, the proceeds from which goto a local Y. M. C, A. fund. in act sand song. the end men, #, but slways In ap inoffensive Npecial led f Mr. Gephart, the mention is entit | way. i thin | th w Eilale Bsuareck- His Deep wn iessra, Mu ii iit Aer, Won sleep in wis excellent, and gave I { his voice, which showed richness to the lowest nc Eprioger, in the pisyed a fall ile role of amount of the BhXiely where the *' alm Was most concerned, in peech—" Prof. Whang's ors- aused pain in the side igbty dolls: Frank, stump # tion { Mra. Gephart and Miss Mu 5 piano, and with the viol geer. who nabe, in, constant § ¥ ent selections. ¢ personnel of the company ! futor, Mr Blover Mr. Gephart, Mr. ; lambos, Mr, Hebrew, “et » a5 1 end men- nes, Mr. Frank, {. we sar, E | Musser : M-. Bmith, | Mr. R.| Mr. Risl Swat the Fiy ; Have the swatter in hand and go after every fly you see from pow until the first of May. Someone, good at figures, has found that the total num- ber of offspring from one female fly that lays one hundred and twenty eggs on May lat, will, by August 28, be 4.353 564,672,000,000,000 000, Just how many disease germ carriers that is staggers the imagination, but it is enough to make the average house keeper keep a sharp lookout for Miss Fly and swat her one on the back when she lights on the table with her ditty feet, ladened with the filth from some nearby stable, or with enough disesse germs to infect the whole family. Bwat the fly ! HM YP AT——— Perry Ocanty Has Six Less Licenses, Bix liquor licenses, one-third of all in Perry county, were refused by Judge Seibert. One new application was refused, making a total of seven re jectionas, Two of the most important Perry county towns will be dry, Newport, from which three licenses were taken, and Millerstown, which loses two, New Bloomfield and Marysville will continue to have bars. Loysville and Landisburg each loses its only liquor place, AI A AIAN Spring Ushered ju at Zero, During Friday night mercury dropped within five degrees of mero, At 8:80 o'clock Fridgy morning it was ten degrees above mero, At some points in the valley zero was indicated ~& real wintry temperature for the first day of spring. SR————— — —— John Ruble was among the first to move in Centre Hall. He is now lv. ing in the house vacated by Mrs, Henry Swab, opposite the school house, Mr. Ruble is employed at tate College by Contractor Miller, NO. 12 TY NEWS, | | HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS | Jemes I. Thompson had a total of [$8,000 insurance on the home and | furniture recently destroyed by fire, Frank Gfrerer, west of Centre Hall, {18 very much pleased with the horse horse | purchased at the Millheim | ale, ig | Mrs. Henry Bwab has Pleseant Gap and will gone to her fu- Hamuel | nage | ture home with a niece, Mrs. i g 1 {| Relish, : { On April 14th Philips { on the quest urg will vote fon whether or not $35,000 ghiall be ralsed by bonds with which tg erect a new school building. Hoo, C. L Giramley ison a 1 t41 8 ¥ ¥iorids, having $i rip to Fruitland Park, Jif. 1 T y 3 +4 ' |€G a partly made up at Tyrone to in- vestigate fhe prospecis for good in- | vestments in the south. ACob Meish wae els I 2508 Bil Rev. J of ti | He is | DEIDIDAry, cted pastor ie Lutheran charge ling Grove to § atria 8 Biuded Bit preach in the nes rr v ERline a Pestle Ceasly teaching He is havin blie school. for the profession, f arse for sche * " b F / A pumber of c { hildren of D Rrammar g Ros Bush rrade In measles, of the = an, teaches of the pubiie contract that disense, » Mre. Rufus Reari y at ¢ sy ohild » igene, tue only child of X 4 P| { al. sua x y ’ - 3% of Milroy, die i at de at Mrs, Mary, from Lombard, Rentucky, the fu rls “hn Interment was Ty ii ma other, ai ar Eisler, Miss Mr. } ink? Rearick’s i 31s K, and neral LATE a. rick of isking care es entre Ging : Fr gigter er gislel Leuk Musser, who has been serion 7 ill with pneumonia . d y I Emerick will remain her condition ail wigter. Ww ith her until Shows a ge for the bet Lilli chant C. uflerer from ler, second dsughter of Ewery, who ed #8 an, ¥ had been eumatlism for several abide to 1 f eke MEVEral other mene soul. Emery smily have also been ill during month, but all w is again @ Is © the the have no re- Roy and Ed Eberts, Woif and John Hoover, clpily of Bober are in the law for Ambrose of the vi- of Shook, all the meshes g James who was pulled from his buggy sand badly beaten, one night The former two were lodged Hoover was able t Messrs. C. H. Horner and Jesse W. fempleton of Alte caliers at this cflice on Monday morning. They came hers their mother and grandmolber, respectively, who is ill, Mr. Horner conducts a restaurant in Al- toous, and sithcugh business general- ly ia a bit flat in that city he finde the restaurant trade about as good as ever. Mr. and Mrs, Perry W. Breon and daughter, Miss Besse, moved from their home in Centre Hall to the Van Valzah farm, west of Centre Hall, purchased last fall by Mr. Breon. It i# the owner's intention to make wvari- ous improvements to the buildings, snd be will also build up the soil by thorough tillage and resorting to the best farmiog methods, sasERUitir € last summer, in jail, y furnish bail, ODA were to see On Saturday, April 4th, the farmers of Penns and Brush Valleys mre re. quested (0 meet in Grange Hall, Spring Mills, to discuss the best method of handling the product of the dairy, and especially as to the ad- wisability of forming a co-operative company to build sand operate a milk condensing plant with a cream- ery connected therewith, The city dailies and many country weeklies misled the public in s state ment relative to a new ruling of the postoffice department. The depart. ment is quoted ss having ruled that firet clase mail matter may Le for warded without prepaying postage. Tries ruling was made, but it applies only to mail to foreign countries. If you want to send a letter anywhere in the United States, you must prepay it Just as you always did, Domer Ishler received an appoint. ment as a mail carrier in the Wash- ington, D. O, postoffice. The appoint. ment is under the civil service rales, and Is in line for advancement to become a railway mail clerk and post. office inspector. The salary attached to the position he will enter upon is $600 per year, He isa son of George E. Ishler, and was engaged as a pub. lio school teacher. His term of school in the Eariystown district will be completed by L. W, Musser. He and Mra. Ishler will begin housekeeping in Washington in a short time, and in the meantime Mr. Ishler will stay with his broiherin-iaw, Frank 8, Long, who is in the patent office.
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