a The Centre Demorrs Thursday Morning, May 28, 1885. nl Editor and iness Manager. f Loo GEO. P. BIBLE, {gs ortant news, solic No communications o real name of the CORRESPONDENCE, containing Lug od from any part of the county. aserted unless accompanist by t wiiter, f.ocal Department. Nortick.—Mr. George H. Knicely, is the only authorized collector tor the DEM- OURAT, Garman's Saturday Straw hats, Decoration day on next, The curb market started on Satur- day. ‘ata and coi ning to look mising. p! Saturday was a busy day for our merchants, F. X. Lehman, will move away from Bellefonte, in a few days. —A of fights occurred on Saturday evening, in town. ~The burnt district is rapibly assum number ing a very respectable I'he fish in Spring creek are being appearence, scooned out pretty closely. It will soon be fishless, +The wedding presents rece dived by Mre, Maggie numerous, Sprankle rig Kelly were \ new town in Clearfield county by the name of Gazzam has been started. (;azzam must do. —The mountains are on fire in places, and some very valuable timber many is being distroyed. Attend the skating rink on Satur- The only night it will the season, day night, be open during —Mr. Henry Vitilina will pleas accept | for a nice box of cigars thanks which he presented to us. new our Altoona is having a hospital built. there, for ac cidents I'hey need daily —The Altoona Furst trout, of which measured 15 inches each. ~-Mr. Wm. Tibbens Johnstonbaugh of paid us a short visit on Saturday. me up OCCurr« caught a nice stri nee. Ays are of ng of two and College Convention ~The Democratic state will be held on the 12th of August. and | | acquaintances the Republican on the Sth of July. —Col. Chill W. Hazzard, the Monongahila City Rey deliver the Decorati Day oration at Altoona. -A Waynesboro dealer to have sold 42,000 herring. Now this is herr(y)ing to get off the biggest fish | story of the season. —The Altoona Tims, celebrated first birth-day last Friday. The Ti» is a neat and newsy paper, and the in its en dications are that it has come to stay. present a lovely | —The mountains The different shades of green with little wood dressed in white to serve as a re- lief. wn A picture, here and there a dear dog dance was held in the skating rink, in Philipsburg and the proceeds | devoted to building a fence around the grave yard, Skating rinks are not bad after all. ~The report of the State board of agriculture shows that under the most favorable circumstances the wheat crop | will be short, many of the farmers can tell you as well. Messrs, E. J. Brown Jr. repairing their hotel property, on the corner of Allegheny and Bishop streets. A new fence, pavements, and other re pairs are going on, ~The Salvation Army that has caused other are coming to Bellefonte, itis actions in Wilkes-Barre and plices, said, Deliver us from this evil. —A lad named Miller residing near Altoona, shot himself in the Monday while practicing with a revol- ver. too fool with dangerous weapons. In last weeks issue in referring to the death of Mr. Osman, we said in this, he was a blacksmith, and for a number of years worked near the Fur. nace Mill, ~The total loss in the recent big fire at Millheim, is estimated at $15, 000, D. 8 Kauffman, & Co., $10, 800, insured £4, 500. Alexander's real estate, $4, 000, insured, $3, 400, Zeigler's tenant house £200, no insurance. Damage on D. A Musser's house $200, on his hotel and other houses about the same. Henry Miller's houshold goods, clothing, ete. , about £300, How the fire originated is not known. ~The “Busy Bees" is a society that hw existed for some time in the south portion of the has been productive of much good, It was instituted by Mrs, F. P. Blair and Mrs, Valentine and is composed of young ladies who meet at the different houses and sew, They make all kinds of fancy work and learn many other useful things They are under good home influence, and are entertained by these good ladies in a very profitable and pleasant western town, manner, wh | Weakly grocers was { afternoon and evening | Sunday. | children at the time of the fire. | contents were entirely | Moshannon was | $300 | money on last Thursday. Judge | editor of | in Huntingdon county ever since, is reported | { had it not » A . sistance of a colored man who jumped so | | the patrons of the { ney, Esq. | Nellia M ¢ Co. el. . & Co., are | ie Short! | matrimony. Joys this is another warning not | he | was a miller by trade. We were mistaken | Straw hats, Garman's, ~Try Harry Tests’ 15ct fresh ronsted coffee. ~—They had a very good quality of beans at the “Bean Bake," Monday. ~The rink on Saturday night will be in good condition Go skute., on and have a good The streets are being dug up in parts of town for the purpose of laying large main water pipes, ~Mr. Wilmer H. visit Bellefonte some time in Finkbinder his to nm Crow, expect June, ns letter received by Mr, slates, James A. McClain has about complete dg. A adds very new stable his property much pearance. Dr medical association which meets the state at Scran- to Hibler is a delegate ton. Centre County is represented by good physician, —Hon, John A thanks for two maps sent us, has our sh Woodward (ne {ing the congressional, senatorial district, firm of Harper by Harper will continue in the On last Friday the disolved consent. Mr. | business at the old stand. ~The Good Templers will hold ice cream and strawberry festival on the of the 30th inst., {in the Court House yard. the Francis thinks Francis reported for Daily News, Speer, on Monday, it takes more cheek than he has to ask | juestions enough to make a local, The house of Mr. Robert Brennan about 6 miles south-west of this place | was entirely destroyed by fire on last The family were all away from | home, but Mr. Brennan and one of his The | I'he | consumed, insurance was only $500. John T. burglarized of about £6.50 Three ~The store of Lucas, at worth of goods and BUS picious characters were loafing I on Thursday,and itis supposed they are the guilty parties and efforts are being | mada to effect their arrest, Mr. C. L. § township | Mr. and Mrs Mark, wedding anniversay May the 19th. Mrs, name was Knoll. Has a this county. War their golden Amos Harper, of rior’s celebrated on last in They were married in 18335 and have resided | We, with your many friends in Centre, wish | | you many happy returns of the day. —One day last week a little child Mrs. Hill uncovered, and , fell into a « have for the immediate would drowned been ns- | into the cistern and rescued the child. A loose piece of board to which the | child elung,saved to keep its head above water. This should be a warning to those who are so careless as to leave such dangerous places exposed, ~This aftornoon and evening the com. | mencement exercises of the High school will be held in Humes Hall. It is expect. ed that Dr. W. Atherton, dent of the State College will be present and deliver an address to the pupils and D. F. Fort. the board of educa- Geo Presi school. t of tion, will present the certificates of scholar ship to the ec ym posed Presiden graduating classes, which is of the following members, Kline, Jennie A. Pontius, Jen idge, Carrie A. Weaver, and Thos. B. Hutchison all of this borough. ~The Episcopal church was wall fill- ed by an audience composed mostly of | women on last Thursday at 4:30, when { Mr. J so much misery by their unbecoming | oseph Undercoffer and Miss Clasa to the holy alter Miss Mary Bradely struck up an appropiate wedding march when Mr, of Williamsport and Miss | Carr marched Dinges, | Anna Gorden, led the way to the alter | leg on | followed by the tev Bunnell of the Lock Haven Epis- contracting parties, copalChurch performed the ceremonies, Mr.and Mrs. Undercoffer took the 5 train for Philadelphia where they wil remain several days and return to their own home already furnished and ready for them to begin housekeeping in the | seuth-west part of town. We congratu. late you and trust life may be full of happiness, On Sunday morning, Post 95 of the Grand Army of the Republic, marched to the Luthern church to listen to the annual memorial sermon, which upon this ocession was delivered by the Rev Charlies Steck, The church around the alter was handsomly decorated with » variety of flowers. Good musie for the occasion was rendered by the choir, The sermon, to say the least, was fine and the manner in which it was deliver ed added much to the well-chosen theme, It was somewhat of a depart. ure from the usual memorial sermons we have listened to, in as much, as the causes of the war, as viewed by both parties, the north and the south, were discussed at some length, His tribute to the soldier whose resting place is unmarked, was pleasing and approprite. After the service the Post marched to their rooms where they were dismissed Personal Wesley Gephart spent several days in Philipsburg, this week, Prof. G, W, i burg, was in town | Miss is visiting hey Johnstonbaugh, of Boals on Snturday, Emma Harper, of Centre Hall, brother J. C. this place Mr. J. Philipsburg on Saturday N. VanOrmer came over from over Sunday, new fence around | to the ap- | al | dedicat ere & | mutusl an | in | around | Tuesday, | Harper's maiden | large circle of . | and thorough! : | Bland, who resides on Half Moon sistern which bad been | of | fr of New risit on Friday, Mr. 8. W Mr. A. Press Co Sorge Printing of Campbell York, prid our town a of Wait of Bros. Ag Tyrone, John ut, Impliment firm, Friday. Hafer is maki ricaltural Was in town on Dr. A. W, | tour through the [ the terday Wasson, n Monday | i | | ng a business south and east end of and to.day, of , attending A. R. of Curtin township is le that Bi Hef generally is the first one county ve Pe 3 | Ww LI 08 Houserville ’ 19 in town the wes of the (3, Daley, early drives from wnship onte, to the curb and | here, Mrs. C. has been the at Friday morning of awvely, who visiting relatives in this place for | past month, departed for her home Roanoke, Va last week, Mir | honore i on Jose ph { 'ndercoffer was parhaps m than many Bellefonte officials He took { special Car(r) w th him for his bride on th re railroad his own eir wedding trip. Ex-Sheriff Dunkel, CO leasant { evening of find Philipsburg Jowrnal. of on Bellefonte Thursday The Sheriff wil) | made u eall last week, | always a welcome at the office. Miss John, 0 ner brother at wile and Lizzie B wtorf, f Lemont, and the sanctum with present | students of Penn college favored our able § Miss Finkbin accept a | Miss Am | and is a very valuable hand. H. E. Wirick, of Davis county, Illinois, is vinting friend? their agree. resence on Tuesday. Ammerman, who has been ler's Photograph gallery will in Altoona. similar position merman understands the art Nora Springs, Jo in Centre and Clinton county at present, He moe Mr | is engaged in teaching school and is with suces in h gene H. kn Type foundry of | McLeestor,of Philadelphia, fonte the i profession. Munday, of the well & visited Belle. Mr. "wn ( olline Iatter { Munday is a very pleasant part of last week. y familiar with his line of | Dr. C usiness, NS. Musser on Monday for New | 23d inst sailed for after traveling extensively, of Aaronshurg, York, whereon the and | that Vienna to he Europe, over | country, will settle down at complete his Medical studies before re turning to old Centre again, | Mr. Andrew Gregg of Potter township | paid us a little visit on Monday in com P. Holter, of Howard, both | Grand Army boys—Andrew pany with J as when he was Commissioner, and Hol ter just looks as soldierly as though he was ready for another fight should oc- | easion demand it. Crittenden returned homeon Mon- day after two weeks absence in Crawford, y Elk He says that it is astonishing to sse the number of new towns that are springing up along the rosds out there, and the many Rev | Clearfield and counties new rail new industries, some of the lumber mills are running day sod night. Misses Kate and Maggie Alexander, two handsome, intelligent, and accom: plished young ladies, daughters of Mr, Amos Alexander, deceased, of Millheim, departed on the 5 o'clock train from this place on Tuesday, for the far west, where they will visit friends for several | months before returning. | nation is Kansas, Mr, Henry Beck, who represents that enterprising boot and shoe firm, Wm | Richardson & Co. of Hornellsville, New | |Y ork, ing from arrived home on Saturday even- an extended trip through | Clearfield and Indiana counties, and re. | mained until Mr. Beck is an energetic salesman, and gives en Wednesday. tire satisfactioin to his employers. | o'clock, a fire broke out in Walter Bay |ard's drug store on Allegheny street. | flames were until a By timely assistance the but greater portion of his goods were ocon- damaged, The walls and shelvings were badly scorched smoked. Walter had his stock od, but did not get more than one-third of the amount of insurance, as the exact amount of damage was difffeult to | ascertain, We are indeed, sorry Walter has had this misfortune so shortly after starting in business ; but he will soon have things fixed up as neat and cosy as ever, and then you want to go in and see him, The origin of the fire is not known, as it originated in the part of the building where the whisky, turpen- tine and other combustible article were stored. It is thought, however, that it may have originated from spontaneous combustion, soon extinguished ; not sumed or insur Siaw hats~Garman’s, | o'clock, the time the dedicatory | monies were to take place, | tle-scarred Harper, of | and rem ined | Journal | ! at | gentleman | left | Ig en g |; | is just as fat | Their desti- | On last Wednesday night, about 11 | and | evening beginning at 8 o'clock, ’ Dedication Siregg Powt Hall From early in the morning until two cere the old bat velorans representing the | different Posts kept gathering into town. Ata few minutes past (wo, the The rendered choir, n Commander | exercises formally began, | composed of male voices, National air, after which Keller made a few very appropriate re Jas A | half of the committee, ed the Post, which was received by ( The were marks.jThen Gen, . Beaver, on be formally deliver Hall to the Commander, ol, in a short speech. symbol and Navy brought Irvin was detailed to guard the sy bol of the (i the ket and kuap-sack, Army C. w hile Vi ! ¥ Navy-—an anchor ; Arr) syml ol of the army, the mu The Commander Senio nmuand then asked the Mr. John Noll, what sc wd tothe } reading the H. H, was asked to read that passage applying the the day, Harris, then repeated the portion relat props | The Junior Vice Benner, (acting to army. Officer of Dr nal Mrs delivered to ing to both to WAR army and n the C then Commander Keller in a nice speech by Rankin, he complimented the ladies for their spec avy. J I's donated ymmander by Jones, which James I. Fsq., in the present Hall bat for their many ning vw of the of kindness in everything pertai the interests, well: 1d comfort Grand Armyof the Repul General behalf of Mrs Gibbs, of to Post { red white, Te Ar lie | 2 | eaver on Milesburg, a han presen ted the some altar cover o and blue satin, artistically worked in colors to correspor fixtures of the the furniture and Fortney received by the member sented her with a handsomely | ed lady received the pre gold badge of the out and properly sr and replied as follo he re ipient gold badge, words | me to ex you this token of your sincere press to my heartfelt thanks for La pre inl of my feeble efforts in trying to con tribute towards you happiness, and this respect to me, med The plu knee his crowned king to receive the he mark of | warrior, as he bends the nors | of knighthood after a hard gained vi vid never felt prouder than [ do to- to receive from y« n, is combined badge. The W.R ( den, five pointed star, felt beyond this grand and glorious re of « siar i worn by many a war-weary ross emblem of the the gol- whose power | publi urs, In other climes this laran, if not as an outward sign, | deep in his heart are | pleasant ones, too, of the Grand Army { of the Republic, as they marched and | carried the bayonets under the scorch- ing rays of the southern sun, The colors, the red, white and blue are the in all the horrors of a civil war, connecting links between the two, The heart's blood. Ah! of your fallen comrades have best their fast glazing eyes to catch one more | look “of the tri-colors winged its flight to the bugal call of the Great Commander, Lord of all signet of your noble order? When it tells of how much, with God's help, you have achieved. As hands of fraternal friendship over yonder sat- you clasp in the bond be a silent, that all though true, loyal women are ready | { cheer those and the | ial efforts in helping not only to provide | acts | on | before | comrades of | maltese | is | ] | full of originality, vel: | down | iJ), sad memories and | ed as an encore, engaged | { by Mr. Canoon, and remarks by Rev. | Hicks of Howard, closed American flag gusrded well with your " a how many | | strained | 'ere their spirit | Who would not be proud to wear this | 1 mander Keller called the large audience | | to order, and stated what a and that did camp fire Vas, while they not have the ‘gr |] 3 : , Nags and other reg fire camp told Camps 1lin, they m. He I" sthered had the said around ’ fire in na and Elories, Ang DER, danced a jig, cracked a joke and other amusements to dispell the gloom and to who were homesick: thant every one who wa called pond, and he h ned would done Leidy, of upon { had to re that the kame here to-night, Prof, Harrisburg, I \ M BOLO BROCK panied on y Manon, of Tyrone. we named Rha fe hafler, and | then Memorinl Day } Heavquanrens Grroo rr Po 1 GEN'LORDERS, 0 Ere. ob comrades who can do so, will sesemble st the Post room at 9 o'clock, to assist the NE Ae Eravos generally, and of decor Bellefonte ntfthe detail charged ing the graves Hub! agri begin graves at Zion own, will their labors early as possibie, As comrades not otherwise y WCIRILY en gag semble at the gloved r ' Pi at 2 wi room in fu niforn d white hen ang |“ ground, ' growth Command THY) ‘osts in the state, and a mem- 300.000, in the Unite qd Sistes, | f soldiers yet ie present thinks that |} year wwmber he s of the afore the order rity iment State csente now, tweniy their velerans lessen arred ne ng aen Al Don't ve the places a bad name WN Was Lien Ca lied upon wadience in his He said while it had War Ls side, He sidents H story NINAND Was uld General, ex cellent we he lience permit would tell i but as got the ya very la tell you rge au stor ry, The Dr. anyone oan the oke of course the General. dent of 1s On Atherton, Pre lege then responded in a very dg r rea ly #] eaker., wit nguage Senator Thom pac r leasant manner He is a the best of command, of Dauphi ty, was excused from making at his n eour any re marks on account of a severe cold. Thos Stewart, Assistant AdjutantGenl, wit and humor, 1 u al + ail. Mr. then ritchie which was followed ch to the pleasure of the Geo. boal, elocutionist, recit ed Barbara by General Stewart with a parody on | the same. “Schneider's ride” was recit- Mr. Long of Gettysburg invitation for all that place in July, extended an Another Dutch sONg It perhaps would not be out of place to speak of the decorations. { adorned the stand. To the right of Col. Keller sat Commander Austin Curtin | and on his left Senator Thompson. At the extreme south end of the stand stood a little boy in busily engaged { chewing gum; at the north end a little | colored boy about the same size happy | over the vast audience and content with his lot stood gazing Around Com- mander Cartin’s chair clustered six lit- in embroidered altar cloth, it will ever | powerful witness | | and willing to assist you comrades in all | common country, ¢'en to the giving of Fathers, husbands, and lovers, too, As | their heart's idol. | sons, brother—yes, | Ameriean women our motto should be, How oan wo best aid our boys ‘n tlue ? | Comrades, you are growing old. As the | years, one by one, come snd go, ‘uay you be spared to enjoy many such pleas’ ant meetings as the present ope in this | vour elegant new hall, and as a Nation may we ever keep green the memory of your valiant deeds and noble sseri fices, All we enjoy as a united people we owe to you, brave veterans, Your | battle-scars are a badge of bravery | and are reminders of the dear old flag, | and tell to the world who saved our al- | tars, homes and honor, This about closed the services in the hall, At bo'elock the bugal sounded forth from the opposite side of the street nt the (Armory, calling soldiers and all to the bean bake, Here hun. dreds of men women and children sur rounded the table in good old army style eating pork and beans hard tack and drinking hot coffee, THE CAMP FIRE the Com- was held in the Court House in | good works for the best interests of our |. . Ihompson's tle urchins both Jew andGentile;around Col. Keller's chair gathered five more little lads representing the several na- tiooalities; collected around Senator three more amusing themselves by applauding vig- orously chair were of Senator Thompson, every laughable feature of the evening. All in all the decorations | were exquisit and “KA around the ears Kid-differovs.” ~The following from an exchange is as interesting as it is true: The young men from the rural towns and districts, rugged and full of energy are pushing into the city for emyloy- ment, and they find many a position | obtainable, while the city bred boys are | walking the streets, smoking cigaretts, | and acting the part of dudes, far as they oan learn their parts from observation and the newspapers, Glance over the “galaxy” of business men and you will | notice, if you know anything about their history, that among them are very | many successful ones who eame from the country and rural towns, «In order to secure as complete an ob. sorvance of Decoration day ss may be pos sible, Grogg Post respectfully requests the merchants of Bellef eral places of business orte to close their sev. on Saturday May 30, from 2 H. latant, V until § p. Jas, LANKIN, DS Ad KeLLen, Post Comdr. who ; | each recit- | ed a few of his Dutch and Irish pieces, | to visit | the exercises. | Three | handsome boquets of wild honeysuckles | ning thre ugh | gener. those in the encour- | the | There egheny n Cet usu | Ml | which | Jans H Rawxrw the | On Saturday even rees standing near the depot, became ned at the Snow Shoe tr 13 Hi i ‘pon read hing t f igh te ain, an started up at fall bridge, slreet speed, one ran on pier the eoursa the side of the centre the wagon taking its pier and telescoping the wagon the to a stand The horses extricated themselves tongue of Lup the {and bringing team still, from the harness snd ran a short dis ance when they were canght. The only | damage was the upaiting of a barrel of z the driver who for- tunately was not on the wagon at the time. Scarcely had the the runaway died out, until a fight on the corner of Spring and High streets | attracted a small The officers of the law, especially Sheriff Walk- ae | fish, and frightning excitement of crowd, er was immediately upon the scene, and took the parties in custody, Mr. Wil liams made the first effort to part them, | and succeeded before they had mutilat | ed each other very much. | ~White, pink, ecru and blue em- broidered dress patterns—Garman'’ e. ~The new time table of the P. R. R. and branches went into effect on Monday | May 256th. On the Bellefonte & Snow | Shoe branch the trains will run as follows: { The mail will leave Bellefonte at 9:06 a. { m. arriving in Snow Shoe at 10:20 a. m, | Another train will leave bere at 8:26 p- | mw, and arrive in Snow Shoe at 9:40 p. m. | The expross leaves Snow Shoe at § a { m. and arrives here at 6:06 a. m. the mail, | loaves Snow Shoe at 5:51 pr m’ and ar. rives here at 4-40, this again gives us two trains each way, enabling the traveling public to come from Snow Shoe and get and from Bellefonte to A ble | | back the same day, | Snow Shoe and return sensi and convenient change Small, medium, large, and exir® large fans —Garman’s. -What Daniel Webster calls the | greatest novelty of the age is on exhibi tion and for sale by Schofield, the cele- | brated harness manufacturer on Spring [street, It is a patent, double action, | self-cleaning curry-comb, and we feel like going right off and buying a horse #0 we can use this great equine cleaner, Every farmer and horseman should have one, Jim says it the best thing out Call and see the little giant, The price of the comb is a mere trifle. Don't for et to call aed bay one when you are in town, Spent they are only EY sale by itr. Se Schofield -Balbriggan underwear—Garman's, MARRIED. | ROUP —KRUMRINE-On the i" inet, by Rev, W, | H. Gyoh, Mr. Benjamin Roup and Miss Listie Kram { rine, both from the vicinity of Sate College, | KNEPP- PATTERSON «On the 10h ins. by WH. Groh Mr. Samuel Knopp of Osk Hall and Martha £. Patterson, fram We vicinity of Boalsbagry TRESALERS KLINE «On the Sth just. by Rev, W Gireh, My | Bilur both fom the vhelaing of Bate Cotiige, orming % Awmdrow Tremler and Mis WA W . ~ -. a k ~
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