Thursday Morning, March 26, 1885. : ~ - SH {Local Editor and GEO. P. BIBLE, 1 Business Manager, wy ortant news, solicit No communications o real name of the UORREAPONDENCR, containing od from any part of ‘he county anerted uuless sccompanted by writer Local Dapartment. Norice.—Our office isnow in Har ris’ new building opposite the Bush Acad NoTICE —Qur patrons can assist us materilly by paying up their subscription. o back since 1879. In the late fire wo suffered a consideable loss in destruction’of our water moter and machin. ery which will have to be replaced. As the mac hinery Some are the we had no insurance on n our late off es; is is a total loss which i fal Those in ar- | quite heavy on us ill pless remit. The Centre Democrat, Say doyou want a juicy stake, a sweet roast ; If so just try the new meat market on Allegheny street, David forgot his religion, during the fire and gave vont to some practical idess with srgumental adjective attachments, Mattie Vickers, was to have been here on the 80th, call again Mattie when Mr. Reynolds has the new Opera house built The Pennsylvavia State Agricul- tural Society will hold their fair begin- ning September 23 and closing out 7th, —R. B. Spangler, & Co., are for jthe present located in the Brockerhoff building on Bishop street, where their customers can find (hem ready to wait on them, —Two Altoona girls got drunk in Tyrone and were fired out of several hotels, The Tyrone [Herald advises Altoona to keep such kind of cattle at home, Fishel Bros, served thelady skaters with lovely boquets onSaturday evening at the rink. They have our thanks for one, althoagh we are no lady, nor are RRS + Diagram of Burned District. Alleghany Street--South 89 - Cherry Alley. 0 Fire started, A, Joseph Bros; B, Looks CC EB, cutrance L EXPLANATION, - n Bpangler's furniture store Burned District. the two Opera House; ¥ Teens douse ISO AN store rooms occupied Ly F,Baloen and He 4 } lemit slaurant; GO, ent er, #sainfied Lo escape with his life, One individual realizing that spring and muddy weather is approaching stole | alot of gum shoes He undoubtly had a family as the sho When the roof of were of different size, an ice house was burning some lunatic wanted the ice carried out, Some of the kind woman furnished coffee to firemen, which was a God rend a8 some were almost frozen, the Bee Hive slore remained at his post until the back One of the clerks in wall fell in, and then loosing presence of mind !sereamed for help instead of breaking out the window or unlocking the front door, Assistance was promptly | | rendered, and the young man saved, The young man who was loaded | down with suspenders will please report | | at the police station where satisfactory arrangements for his rec wery together with the stolen goods will be made, ! Every conceivable mode of getting He dropped the plunder and was | | Justers | fice | mer |J. M. Biggart, Pittsburg, Western alate ~The following special agents and ad- representing the different com. | panies were here this week attending to business relating to the recent fire: A. D. Lundy Williameport, Bun & Fire Of. London: Geo. B Armetge Hunting- don, Continental ; John D. Henry, York, Connecticut; Wm, B Kelley, Muncy, Bmencar; A. C. Beers, New York, Com. inl & WwW. B Shoemaker, Willkestarre, Pennsylvania Fire, Frank. lin, Phila.,; 8. 8, Childs. Harrisburg, Orient; Wm. Muir, Philadeiphin, Fire Assceiation ; H C. Kline Bedford, Queen; F. B. Kreamer, Cur ele, L Union ; L Globe, od. J. Babeock, Binghampton, Bpringfield ; John Willinms, York, Farmers of York . "The Laird and contest between Mr Mr. Wm. Fishel on Tuesday Gecided in favor of Stewart the form. 1 10 the dissatisfact f present ‘The contest trick and fancy skating many was Lo} Wi graceful ave been o ie Mr, Laird v ’ M "Cy i it perhaps the most tkater. He ot perform as many cks, nor - we the fellow who was going to dress their address will please I, Chiatlen Brown; J, N. Bauer's gr ne or r het above, H, James O'Brien's pool room vy store whiare formerly was; L, MoClure's harness shojy M. Undine hose bs erhoff stables. P,P. P P,P, stables and warehouses. All sting titely consumed, inclu , excepting A.B away with plunder was used on Friday N,Ammerman's resident ! A . ! Mr i he the buildings on this one ero en | Night, The man who got on the inside |. » . and N { . " } ye {ol six shirts and did not m nage to get | z une he ubscribers office, rive name of old, as well as new changing up in order to get a boquet, gentleman Mr Fishel Mr. Laird . ng stable rehouses, etc $v their post —A brave man in Milesburg beat his Hg Svan, Wh nied twer bv 4 iy fi ce . ; . ) office. wife. Bellefonte can boast of one just as | the lower portion properly eissorar| THR FIRE FIEND, [=e |THE MOST DISASTROUS FIRE IN m fifteen in the performance th brave and the only reason I'he business houses on * | will be looked after by . 3 » J ] » . y = “ t { 11 because he lives too near the | west vide of Allegheny street, an 0 in due time, iterville The talk him toa good dose of tar and feathers. . tv o . rested is : Flittings bave begun in earnest, | the north side of Bishop street were The of ; to be continu- | Jail now, boys of trealing | ’ Bech, Ss ring, glorious ———-=_0 I uu | saved, balance town rested | who had mn ove Bauer Lor ! k INO el ‘ednesday Inst, we . in our next. I'he Elk county Democrat was very p wey last week, {lard times. but easy enough for men to get drunk, he Millheim Journal is improving very much ss » local paper. It 1= said the President was 45 years old, on Wednesday the 18th. —Cpicken thieve are making away w.th chickens in Lock Haven ~The Methodist conference will be held in Harrisburg next year. At the nt M. E Hall fifty converted, Dr. this place last week, revival in rec Cotre over persons were Hafer moved from Mil to our town, ~The death of John McClellan a well known citizen of Clearfield occurred on Sanday 20th inst, —The remains of Mrs, Kelly of Mill Hall were brought to this Monday last for burial. ~Mr. Elias Zimmerman of burg will make sale of his house hold place on goods on the 18th of April. —Frank Wasson formely of Houser- vill will open a marble yard at Centre Hall in the near future, —On Tuesday, the 22d inst, Mr. Rob't Stewart, of Ramey, Clearfield county, celebrated his 104th birthday. —The eclipse was visible here, and was witnessed by those who pared with their smoked glasses, —Now we should have our fire com: were pre- panies well equiped in every respect and a good Hook and Ladder company. —Department Commander Austin Curtin visited the Col. Huling Post at Lewistown on Wednesday the 25th, inst, —We are in receipt of the North Clearendon Herald Vol. 1. No. 5. We welcome it among our exchanges and wish it success, MT, Miles burg, caught fire on Monday morning. John Peters’ house in The flames weie extinguished after the roof was burned off, ~—Prof Lowel Meyer, vocalist, meets with the heartiest recep sings, success at Coburn. The new press, the renowned tion wherever he He was a great lenovo News will We are ples the prosperity soon have a note of our n« and wish tl} Ihe are hee i he ire wherev —Mr his new He began about tw -Postn Pa., comm when the pector I Ce nsf shortage of 8 n his accounts, Talk is said to | through the telephone outside the district al times per day and ~—Rev. Chas. F, Steck gave a most enjoyable parlor entertainment at the the residence of H, Y, Stytzer Faq. on 8 ( he ap. to point ut twenty five ee how cheap it is Thursday evening, consisting of recita. tions from Shakespear, -A great many towns and some that try very hard to be a city, are away be- hind Bellefonte. Many do not have the electric light or steam heat, Wo had more than steam heat on Friday night, ~Bome of the kindhearted citizens of Altoona gave an entertainment on last Saturday evening for the benefit of the poor. It is a worthy example that can always be followed to a good advan. tage in any town, ~The Anronsburg neademy is to be opened again onApril 20th, This was at one time a very flourishing*sehool, and no doubt will be brought up to its form or standing under the able scholar Prof, 1 Mu | tream of joy Between two sweet strains of music pealing forth from the organ in the G, A. R. Hall above us, and the ing subjects in Dr, Hafer's dental chair, screams I we expect to be carried from the ex- and bliss, to sympathet ic torture, of the causes of the scarcity of fish, The dams -The following are some which obstruct most of the large streams the many illegal and deadly device to year, 8p Awning season, Lill £ at all f kill fish at all season of the not observing the and | lheim to | We welcome him | | us, | him. Try it | { house on Major Reynolds farm at | gether with all many other causes are assigned, . | vate | and before the firemen arrived the d Secretary before the in Pine Gr as previously —“You fellows were lucky,” “boys you just got out in time,” “Bible ain't and other like upon you glad you got out’ expressions are being showered Of course we are glad we got If we haden't got out we would have been burned ont, Mr. | ve ~The Tyrone Ti of which Holmes is editor is now offered for Mr. Holmes’ health is failing and he is retire from the The material is mostly new, obliged to business The cir- culation is large and paying. It is a bar- gain for some one, ~— A man who will steal at a fire is If the names of all those who stole goods at the fire on Friday could be published mean enough to do anything. it would surprise our citizens, not so much on account of the large list, but some of the supposed better element would be greatly exposed. ~The boiler at H. 8, Sair's Phoenix Plaining in this place, that sprung a a leak some time ago is now in the very best condition, having been thoroughly repaired by E. Keeler & Co, of William. sport, dir. Ardell and his foreman Robt, Cole say the job is first class in every respect, which speaks very highly tor Messrs Keeler and Co, ~Mr. Thos, of Thomas street slipped on the icy side of High street Norman, on Saturday, and was hurt so badly that it was necessary to carry him into Dr. Kirk rug store and ¢ for wer, of | Buffalo Run Il on Saturday Mr. other fire, that size On Wednesday the 18th inst., the the Big Hollow ne the toll gate on the Boalsburg pike was destroyed by fire to- its Mr. and the farm were away from home at the time, leay contents, Mrs. Carson who resided on ing three of their children in charge of the house. The house was insured for £300, but the furnature of Mr, Carson, was not. Their loss is heavy and the charity of the public to assist them in this their distress is solicited, ~The Sr editor of this paper was debating the right away with a cow that was coming up the alley in the direction of the fire; but Mrs, cow was not long in deciding the question in the aflirmativeMr editor came very near haviog his arm torn off, A traveling salesman who at this time was traveling very close behind the editor endeavor- ed to get out of the cow's way, but fell, when the cow jumped over and passed on only to come in contact with a few more such obstacles, The cow was boss" of the situation, | lames began | and vehicles were removed from all the oul, | | | was turned loose in the yard. | | ble team | north west | houses and stables, | burning MANY YEARS, Probable Loss, $128,000 rHE THERMOMETER ALLEBGHE wiTH WEST SIDE OF FIGHTING FIRE AT ZERO—THE NY STREET, FROM 8. & A LOER'S STORE 70 BISHOP, AXD THE NORTH FIDE OF BISHOP WEST TO AMMERMAN'S HOUSE IN RUINS —~THE ENTIRE EASTERN PORTION OF THE THE MERCY OF FLAMES — LOCK HAVEN AND TYRONE CALLED ON FOR ASSISTANCE, About 8 o'clock on Friday night, the “Fire!” TOWN AT shrill ery of “Fire!” rang on the frosty air and was taken u the all Flames were seen issuing from the startled citizens over stable Brockerhoff e the of that and the adjoining struction stable were inevitable, Soon the Un- in earnest stables adjoining the burning buildings but nothing could be rescued from the | Brockerhoff stable except a cow, which A valua- of horses, carriage, buggies, sleighs, harness, ete., were destroyed. A high wind was blowing from the and the flames leaped up into the sky like angry deamons, show- ers of sparks dense as a snow storm, dropped into our streets and on the roofs of houses and stables; burning shingles floated in theair like firey mes sengers of destruction. The greedy flames ‘soon wrapped in their firey em- brace the stables on the east side of the alley, that runs north from Bishop street. Soon Joseph's stable in the rear of their store, the stable occupied by Cal. Lose and the shop used by R. B. Spangler & Co., as a cabinet and paint the whole the present burnt shop, were on fire, Now block embraced in disir.ct seemed doomed and the destrue- tion of the entire south-eastern part of the town appeared to be only a question of time, The stone stable of the Joseph brothers stood an impassible barrier to the spread of the fire towards the north- east and east, and to this fact, and the the ia due the safely of watchfulness of people on roofs of that portion of town, street, The firemen battled bravely vied man | afllerwar B® ’ . Ty Ine tel i hened that they During all this time the were flying in every * buckets of roof, putting out shingles if on, and men wit walter were on every fire as fast as it caught. Early in the evening property owners fact that the only salvation for the town was to Joonfine the fire in as small a space as possible, and each man guard his own roof and watch his own proper- ty. The firemen could successfully con. tend with the flames in reach of their hose, but beyond that they could not be of any service; nor could they leave the fire that was raging east of Alleghe- gheny street, to extinguish a flame that a bucket of water would put out, as in the case of the Catholic church roof. If ever Bellefonte was proud of her fire man it was on Friday night, Every drop of water that struck froze and as the heat from the flames burnt their faces and brought the steam from their wet clothes in front, a thick coat of ice on their backs, gave them a grotesque appearance, Tired, hungry, wet and frozen they sought refreshments. The fire was now harmless and required watching and a constant sireams of wa. THE . | smoke from the fi out | | began to ] lay on china | did not appear to be any fire In a | EF » + | dine and Logan boys boys were on the | ames seemed to { ground and the work of fighting the | The hories | | on the west side of the alley. The south of High | | apparent to every body, realized the | destruction, easy and hundreds of people went hame and retired to rest, THER SEC( ] About ten o'cl issu VY. ing from the store on Bishop street, and again the cry of | | “Fire!” was taken up; but people wer: told that there was ‘no fire, it was only re back in the = ley For twenty minutes smoke poured in dense volumns, filling Bishop stred ) the almost to suffocation, finally store 1oor was broken in and the firemes WAre nd erog | ery in the store, but in the rooms there | Tr ow - | moments the flames burst forth from dozen places, and from the ro | building and that of J. I burst sim Now began the second and structive fire, and its origin i of a mystery as the fire in the re- fusal of certain parties to allow the fire men access to the burning building wis a serious mistake. Who these partic were, or what their reasons for d ing «0, war we do confli or what their authority know, as there are ting stori concerning it, but one thing the fireman did not get in with their hose, or locate the position of the fire until it was too late to save the tinder boxes that extended to the opera house block, or to save that building. The scenes on Allegheny and Bishop streets were unique, but characteristie fire scenes and while nobody threw the | { tor looking glass out the window and car- ried the feather bed down stairs, many ridiculous things occurred. The ex: ite ment was intense, everybody was mov ing out goods and furniture, all worked with a heartiness which does eredit to | those engaged, a red hot cook stove was removed from the third story of the corner building and safely deposited on the street The fire was now its way along Bishop street and north along the West side of Allegheny until it had enveloped every building on the square bounded by Bishop street on the south and the alley on the north except Joseph's store, The ¢ imbed and the Iron front Opera House block rner building soon suce ieaping u A Inann I. The flames were 1d neross the sireet put out a fire that was afterwards | tinguished with a bucket of water wa The fire wall Loeb's store saved that building from the on a special f Towards morning Tyrone flremen arrived train, and got to work, All danger of farther spreading of the fire had passed The iron front Opera House had fallen in, and the flames epent their force against the fire wall, of Loebs building It is years since Bellefonte has been visited by such a terrible conflagration and never have our fire boys been com- pelled to work against such odds wind weather and fire combined, After a hard work days many of them were call ed to fight the flames through the night, Covered with ice from head to foot, fing- ers and toes frozen, they looked ns though they were fresh from an arctic expedition, INCIDENTS OF THE FIRE, While the Bee Hive store was burn, ing a thief who was endeavoring to get away with several satohels, was mildly headed off by the fire of a seven shoot. clear, | |B. & A. Loe forcing | {and 8 | Josent use $11 x Amount in Companies, as iollows fun Fire Company Hamburg Bremer TransAtlantic Western Orient $5 540 Lb VK Commercial The following emit ros Misnow Ammermas A. Amrvnerman's Estate lenae May \t via Brock erbofs estate f10 400 Inrge | { question as that, and one on which I { amou {am fhe authority and always have been. 's iIamaged Bros 1Ain farmers ¥. K 1iave ‘Tonner Leathers of wn bere as yell Ki sistant of Governor Curtin in tionery Department, return Well we are mpletely or We was representing the 20th district a latin phrase, thought yOV in Congress, but instead of that he is in “the Stationery Depa:tment and Ton- ner Leathers first assistant,” We hope floor of the house. Wonder if Eepres don’t mean that the Gov. is Congress- man and Tonner Assistant Congress- man ? Berigroxre, March 24th, 1885, This may certify that the Sun Fire Office, Bond Valentine, Agent, Delle: fonte, Pa, has this day paid me in full fore my loss by fire on March 20th, to my full satisfaction, and 1 can consei. ensciously recommend said company to the patronage of the public, J. W, Newsox, The above speaks well for the Compa nyand Mr, Bond Valentine their agent | Grago Pitrelli Si; rguel a the | | Rtrangey Sig We published several speeches of Gov, Curtin's made on the | | Eagle Valley Railroad Company is call- | o'clock A. M,, siways has JO Ld re know ri thei Ni open Laer st n High street. from the ugh 4 more con- lines ng the 2m of Spring little binds begin to sing gE to the Poet, r nest, and hatch thelr brood Jer solitude wd provide food in this case ji did, and that why he concluded to put itin prose, | or perhaps the News thought the meter broken. At the expiration of six weeks, when | the groundhog's lease upon the weather had expired, o'd Mr. hog sttempied to | come out, when master groundbog, his {#on, said “Father, don't venture out.’ “Why!” replied the father; “Because I | bave prophesied two or three weeks more cold weather.” “Pshaw,my son, you {must not assume to know as much as your father.” “Bat, see here, dad. I am | right.” “Shame, shame, my son, to argue with your father on such an important “Well I only want to try my luck on two weeks,” “Alright, my son, try your band ~—the boy is right, List of unclaimed letters remaining t office at Bellhf county Pa. Mar William Bart tl . n the ite, Cenlre Sig Vinar nard Sig I Leonardi M ango Morane R Hepo Tomashe Pall Voek, Persons asking for letters named in the above list will please say they are ia TT: | our renders will pardon our ignorance | advertised {of this matter, we NOTICE 10 $TOK HOLDERS. ~The annu al meeting of stockholders of the Bald ed for Tuesday, April 14th, 1885, at 11, at 233 South Fourth street Philadelphia. Election for Presi- | dent and Directors same day and place Atnerr Huwsox, Secretary PAILY «HOOVER, «At Unionville, Matbh 15,» U. M Pridosax Mr. JL Daily of Dobols Dlearfie) Co. and Mim Lanrs QO Hoover of Unionville Oentre Oo, On March & at Tylorwrilo by Rew NJ, Miller, OC, i Weber, of nebersburg, and Mise D. Rogina Johnson of Tylerweille On March 12 at the residence of Wa. Wolf Oentre Hall, by Rev, W, EB. Fisher J Whitmer Wolf, of ubitre Hall, and Mise Blissbeth McCoy, of Potters ile, On same day, by the same Lewis ¥. Hosvinger, of Contre Hall, and Mise Mary A, Dalim, of Spring Mills Ps,
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