The Centee Democrat, J Tharedav Morning, April 29, 18€6, Local Editor and ABO. P. BIBLE, § LO oun Manager FEL Eth LE A wiatning important news, solic od rom any part es oounty. No communications cae god niessrccompanted by tive real name of the ride Loenr! Department. —Norice ~ No papers will be stopped anle ss subscription is paid in full, ex- @ pt at the option of the publishers, —Court is in session and is very large. ly avended —The Decoration Day orator is get. ting 1s little speech ready. —Mr. Randolph Nightingale is again instal'ed ss chict clerk at Stytzer’s book store on Allegheny street. Dr. C. Musser of Aaronsburg, who uas been spending several months S. in E rope, strived home lust week. — Mr. Lyman Eddy, one of Miles- harg's poi ular gentlemen and vocalists, wus in town ou Monday on business. —The Sueritl’s sales took place on Saturday. The sale was well attended sod the list wes pretty well cleared up. ground Farmers are getting their Many have already fact resly for corn, finished sewing oats in in pulees it is up. ~Tue Centre County Medical Society met in the af the H..u<e on Tuesday snd held a very in. prriors teresting session, is Mrs. and the baby from her home week. The fact boy arrived home in Chester county, - A of the School Board were in Elmira, N. Y., on Tharsday They saw one, committee last looking at a school house, old on Sunday. — Lightening struck an school house in Milesburg It has been occupied as a residence of late years, but no one was in] red, Thos. Shaughency informs us that the curb market will open up in full blast on May lst, and he will be on hands to promptly collect the fee, —S8ome heartless wretch stole some clothing last week from the Jine of a poor woman who washed for other fami- Jies and to whom most of the cloths be- longed. — Wilbur appointed reporter for the Curtin Labor Committee and started for St. Louis Wednesday to take testimony in the investigation. mn —Town was quite lively the fore part of the week ~representatives parts of the county were in attendance at court. On Monday the applications for licenses were heard. —F. M. Burkholder of Centre Hill is selling self Binders pretty quite a number of them, But then see bow he does it, Jie takes a column from aly early and ust im the county papers solid reading mat- ter. —The Snow Shoe Cornet dered some very excellent music on our streets last week. ing money for those who are rendered destitute on account of the prolonged strike in that section. The boys were rais. ~Mr. & Mrs. Chas, Gates, the newly | married couple have returned from | their wedding trip and are making | preperations to go to housekeeping on Bamb street in the house formerly oc cupied by Mr. VanOrmer, ~Candidates are beginning to look over the field to see what the prospects | It is for the coming season will be, Bhsrd to tell, a little rain may bring 3 “k hat? | Is : Brockerhoff | very fine dress ball on Monday evening Bellefonte | ] Reber, stenograpner, was band ren- | was appointed to draw up the ~The concert was good but not up to the expectations of many. —Streot commissioner Shaugheucy, and staff, are cleaning the streets this week. ~Spring Mills wants more milk, for a creamery too. That is right Spring Mills is going to be up with the times. —Another fashionable church wed- ding will occur in the near future, The contracting parties Belle- fonters, —The rain so much wished for by the farmers, arrived the early part of the waek, and now the ground is thorough- soaked, —Michael Corman, of Zion, appreci- ates the fact that a newspaper cannot ba run without some money, snd always pays his in advance, —The Sunbury News says that Sunbury nail works use coal are the brought there from Wales and sold seventy five cents cheaper than Pennsylvania coal, ~Supt, Westfall ran a special train to Oak Hall on Tuesday night after the for the those who attended from College town- ship. Almost half concert, accommodation of the audience was {men who frequently give such good { open air serenades, would properly or- | . . | ganize themselves into a glee club and some | practice, There is some good talent i i i | i among them which deserves attention —The Logan Hose Company gave a in Armory Hall, * The dance was well ks ve {attended and the boys realized a nice Ei Chambers has been smiling all | sum, A pumber of ladies and gentle- men were present from a distance, and | the music and dancing good. —{Feorge Doll, son of Mathias Doll of of brain fever. He was a boy about fifteen Roopsburg, died on Friday night years old, and most [afthful and obedi- ent, he has been working very hard iis spring on the farm and took ill the 1 intensely wud above dian leath denly with suffere and AE0 until relieved him. — Memorial Day falls on Sunday May The J Pennsylvania bas issued orders that 0th, this year. Department of in compliance with an act of Assembly passed in May 1874, and the rules | R. be celebrated and properly observed on and regulations of the G. A. the day will Saturday, May 20th. ~The calethumpisns who visited th of E. Mon night were defeated and are cross be- NY residence T. Tuten on lay “(ates were closed They bride and groom but heard the of the telphone bell and the cause the up in the house, lid not get to see the footsteps of the police, ~The balconies in front of the New Brockerhoff House have bad new floc put in and otherwise repaired. C. McMillen is always busily engaged making solid comfort of his guests, and the New necessary repairs for Brockerhofl is not surpassed by any hotel in the central part of the State, Post 261 G. A. nt their meeting on last Saturday evening R. Milesburg, passed resolutions of thanks to all those who sssisted in the entertainment of oN T y fol : : " the 17th inst, The following committee | conscious of her innocence, resolu | "= her WwW. H Bradley, and Jas, Murray, tions Messrs, Musser, James ~The tipstaves in the court room | make more noise trying to keep order, | { than any one else. If they see a man smiling, they will come back and knock their clubs down on the floor with such a force that you think the house is coming down, judgement on the part of some and not forth a good crop, while a continued [#0 much bull dog authority would do dry spell may dry some up. ~The ministers conference of the Centre Baptist Association will meet with the Warriors Mark church on Tuesday May 11th, at 10 o'clock a. m. The Baptist of Centre County are cor- dially invited to be present, «On last Thursday the remains of Pavid Smith, a Hebrew, who had been employed at the Potter House, Philips: burg were brought to this place for burial. His death was very sudden, and is thought to bave beenfrom heart disease. Moyer Brothers have taken charge of their new grocery store in Humes’ block recently operated by Frank Grice. Me. Grice wll settle up the hooks of the old firm snd then depart for New York where he will take charge of some other benneh of business for the same firm, During all of last week Maj. Geo, A. Bilton conducted a series of Gospel] Temperance meetings in the rink and Presbyterian church under the auspices of the W.C. RU, The meetings were Turgply attended. Maj. Hilton iss very forcible talker and deeply icterested in hie work. ~The ladies of the W,C. T. U, bave ponted the skating rink for one year, and also have the necessary funds wherewith to fix itup ms a good] en joyable place to hold their meetings. Irn fact it will be as attractive as the Court room, and Jack Greist will not be allowed to go their to get on the roller skates any more, : better, «Mrs, Lawrence Brown is a fine per- former on the piano as was clearly vhown on Tuesday evening at the con- oort. Many wished they could have heard her perform an instrumental plece.Bhe is & very pleasant lady and her unpretentious sir and graceful actions are qualities always to be admired. The singing of Mrs. Blanchard, was highly complimented. She has a sweet musical voice and under good control. ~Spriog Mills and Penn Hall always have been educational centres, and this summer they have three schools in sno- cessful operation. Profs. Krise and Hosterman are two of the instruetors, The former we are personally acquaint- od with and oan speak in the highest terms of him both as a thorough scholar and a gentleman, lle is a veteran in the profession, and one of the teachers Centre county ean justly be proud of. Those who are preparing to tesch, will do well to attend his school. «The old saying that ‘when you have a good thing keep it,” will apply with equal foree to public entertainments. When you give to the audience some - thing which they apprecioiste, it is customary to spoil the effect by an en core with something inferior, and they will continue to torture the audience until the applause dies entirely away, This was avoided to a great extent at the recent comoert, It displayed ex- ceedingly good taste upon the part of tLe performers, | and other selections, composed of College township people, | —We would suggest that the young dy, in fact they | with hearty applause, | had been crowded { tumultuous applause very | Concenrt,—Perhaps the largest audi- ence ever assembled in Homes' Hall at one time was that of Tuesday night, the ocomsion of the concert for the benefit of the orgnn fund of the Presbyterian church of this place. The stage surely wos never so handsomely decorated with flowers and tropical plante ss it upon this The pro- gramme was too lengthy for us to make special mention of each feature and wna occasion, those who participated. The concert upon the whole was good, The expect- tations of some were perhaps raised too high, hense they suflered a slight dis’ appointment, The exercises were open- ed by a few remarks from Hon, Judge Furst, afterwhich Mrs. Packhurst, of Birmingham Seminary, followed with The Hunt- ingdon Quartette composed of the fol- an instrumental selection, lowing gentlemen: Messrs. Brown, Shumaker, Dobson and Dorris, render- ed a selection from the opera ‘Little Miss Tracy one of the teachers of the Birm- Tycoon," entitled “On the Sea.” ingham Seminary, rendered a number | of vocal solos and assisted in duets and She has a very strong voice and shows considerable cultivation. The Bellefonte Quartette, | composed of Mrs, Blanchard, Dr. Har- rie, Messrs. Blanchard and Fred Rey nolds, rendered a plantation rendered a Mrs Brown presided at the piano with grace | and skill, The duet by the Guy sisters and a solo by Miss | pils of the Birmiogham Seminary, were | rece The tette then favored wel ved, Huntingdon Quar- selection from “Mascot,” which delight” ed the audience very much and won a number of encors. A quartetie composed of Miss Tracy Mrs. Packhurst teachers, st Birmiog ham Seminary, and the following pupils Misses Kyle, Guy and | 1 i \r Ailkens, was very good. Mr presided at the j for the don quartette, By baggage bel per SONS ient the nging to the lirmingham formers was delayed at Tyrone until the 8:55 p. m. train, and some changes | and delay in the programe otherwise the a!air psssed off very nicely. Tesrvice Prevans.—Not in many years has a case excited such intense in- terest in this community as that of the Miss Alice From the impaneling of the J commonwealth vs, iry down to the motion of Dist. Attorney Heinle, and a for the discharge of the prisoner verdict of pot guilty, the court house and the interest in It was evident the the case kept increasing. f when the evidence o that could not be had. When the defense put wealth had closed witness after witnesss on the stand to testify to the defendants good character by physical and proved her physician wother, the impossibility of pil we Miss Hea her beiag guilty, it way simply up testimony that left no doubt the innocence of the lady. jealous name, it was the christian with she good story brave, honest, and carried During the lost iL had the the crowd convigtion entire trial Not of in the Court room, the great jury of never courage. until | the county pronounced her guiltless, | did she give away, and then the tear® To exercise a lit tle more | refreshing as an April shower moisten- | ed the honest face of a terribly maligned | girl. “Not guilty." | will prevail.” Truth is right and And what of the old fa ther and mother who have watched so anxiously the progress of the whole miserable farce! Joy isin their hearts their old age is free from the shame of a stigma on the fair fame of a loved daughter. The result is what was fore shadowed in the evidence. The Dis trict Attorney, Mr. Heinle, won laurels in the conduct of the commonwealth’s cause and performed his duty manfally, When he realized the lady's innocence he gladly asked for her discharge and a verdict of not guilty. He did his whole duty, and the cheer that greeted his motion was ss much for the faithful of: ficer as for the innocent girl. Of the counsel for the defense the verdict is well done. Col. D, 8, Keller and Judge Orvis fought, not for mercy, but for justice. and they won. Many were the eyes that were wet with tears of joy in that court room. (3ray haired fathers, hardened men and youths, wiped eyes which had long been strangers to tears. Justice has been done to the lady, and she comes forth trom the fire, pure and innocent, The miscreants who hatobed the vile con- spirancyd are still at large. Justice will surely overtake them yet. We congratulate the Court, the Jury, the District Attorney, and the Counsel for the defendant on the glorious termina- tion of this owse, May it be many years before such another disgraces our community. Subsoriba for Tur Dewocrar, Lawrence | e | erat and a good partly we e Alkens, all pu- | the audience «ith a | | son townshij Craemer | Huntingz- | i was caused, | {| Pennsylvania {leaf and fRion, | 3 Heaton, { beautiful r { water in the a conviction | and | to | | be desired. ton's evidence was that of a young lady | of | of | woman | { with large handsome trees, the branches Personal. Ira N. McCloskey, of Eagleville, is a juror this week, Mr, Peter Robh, 8r., of Howard, was in town on Monday, Jumes Coburn, of Aaronshurg, is nt- tending Court this week, Hon. Fred Kurtz, of the Centre Re- porter, wag in town on Monday, J. W. Newson town the early part of the week, Miss Mary Waddle, of Lock Haven is now visiting friends in this county, of Howard was in Mr. Jacob Emerick, of near Coburn, was in attendance at Court this week, James Ray, of Lemont, was visible on our streets the early part of the week, Dr. Glenn and wife of Fnow Shoe ar- rived in town on the morning train on Tuesday, Messrs. W. G. of Millheim, were in town the early look and Squire Tobias part of the week. H. B. Wilcox, Jno. West and C, A. Faulkner, of Philipsburg, were in at- tendence at Court the early part of the week, Miss Meek, daughter of P. Gray Meek is a home on a vacation, attending school in the state of New Jersey Mrs and Emma Noris daughter lo} Saxton, Bedford eounty, #pent Monday meio- | p ’ | and part of Tuesday number | . Cen ie | Bellefonte during the evening which always met | with friends Mr. Jacob Bottorf of C ship was a Grand Juror this week. liege town Mr Bottorf has always been an active demo rker, J. WW. our office with a short eal Mr. | Bitner, of Bl favored | on Monday is & very pleasant gentleman anchard, itner and we are always pleased to have him 1" Chil, Ex-Commimioner Campbell of | ire man} i A . i ar, ampbell is A was made nd jury. PoOpuisr m n 1 5.1 is in Dell many frien Mr y Archey Moore. constable of Col- lege township was in town on Monday making his report for that office . i . Archey is also one of College townships successful school teachers having taught the Lemont school for two terms. ~Hellefonte is 8 beautiful piace, ur fact we think it is the prettiest place in and eapecially it 80 at { this season of the year, when the trees along the well shaded #treetls are In the hills surrounding the mouniain ecily are arrayed in their ’ he of green, the mountains shedding their coat of dead loaves and bud img forth in the various shades of green dotted here and there with the of pure sweet fragrant dogwood tree fulls white blossoms, the mountain air and the never failing spring of the best State, are a few of the ad vantages bestowed by nature to make Bellefonte a lovely place. Then in the town proper we have a never failing supply of stores of all description, many of which will compete with the city stores, First class hotels, elegant churches and some of the finest and most comfortable residences that could Some people complain of our hilly streets, well while we have several little grades, they only add to the beauty and picturesqueness of the town. It isa picture of beauty to stand {on the Court House steps and look down High street, lined on either side almost meeting,'or look out Allegheny | another well shaded have it—a thing of beauty there is no mistake, street. Oh, we —A very valuable horse belonging to Mr. Andrew Tibbits, of near Union- ville became very sick and after a few | hours of intense suffering, died. Mr, Tibbits opened the animal to learn the cause and found in a sack on the liver a round stone as large ss a large sized cannon ball, the weight of which was two pounds and nine ounces, The stone is the formation of the various properties of the blood and to all ap- pearance is a stone, Dr, E, L. Miller of Unionville, who attended the Medical Association here on Tuesday had the phenomena in his possession. ~Misses Clark, Carrie Quigley and Cora Snyder, three of Eagleville's hand. some young ladies, sojourned in our town this week. Mr. N. Baily of the News, thinks he would like to live in Eagleville for a short time. Hold on Newton, two weddings in the News of fice would deprive three individuals of single blessedness, and that is too much of a sacrafice at one time, «The Italian who was convicted for stealing a watch was arrested and lodged in jail without a warrant or legal author ity, was tried and convicted, sentenced to one year in the penitentisry. Being entirely overcome with remorse, he at- tempted to kill himself rather than to go to penitentiray. The Judge then taking into consideration that it was his first offense changed the sentence to six months in the county jail, went to bed and dreamed over it and ther con. cluded to again change it to one year Xhe has been | of | : n { compliment to our fellow towosman Mr | | in | | { own country { pr iphets, but | by office to which he aspires | of i | and put the hand cuffs on. be taken to the Penitentiary, with two | ~The Campaign is drawing nigh and as a natural consequencs aspiring candi: dutes are heard from, Among the few county offices to be filled this fall is the office of Distriet We have for 6 tim © been aware of the inten- tion of our Attorney. esteemed friend, Calvin Meyer, to become a candidate for that office, but were not authorized to make a public announcement of the fact until of late. Mr. Meyer is well and favorably known to nearly all our readers, being a of Hon, J. @, Meyer, of Asronsburg, which town he is proud to eall his home, fore but natural for Bon It seems there to make the first mention of his candidacy and we do it cheerfully. Beveral years ago he entered Adam Hoy's law-office in Bella- us fonte, and by close application and hard study has arrived at a point where fig- rising he can see success ahead, and now ures as one of Centre county's He 11] of acter, natural ability and genial disposi. tion and is in every way fitted the young lawyers, for It also be said that he is a genuine demo office and worthy of support, | crat and was an active worker in | party ever since he cast his first ballot » * * ’ The above from | the Millheim Jowrnalis 8 well deserved | J. C. Meyer. The adage that ‘a pro- phet is not without honor save may be true Mr. Meyer high esieem in all parts of his with the i the He is A young county those who know him. man of good, moral, and legal tions and io every way and we oufident that his announcement rably hailed by all his friends. There is no reason why the oper H ula not pay the advance asked h 0} erators miners he con the mers Ave to 06 miners shouid day passes but we caving in, being flooded, a fall of ¢ or some other horror, and hundreds of the poor unfortunate men sent into eternity without a moment's warning These are the men who are offered no protection, aye nol so wages, for the risk they continually lergo. The operators fu it back in rich and costly demand that the poor man shall eith- er work and keep his family on a mere pittance or their places will be filled with car loads of pauper laborers from foreign countries, ~The Italian who stole Mr. said made a mistake and put the wrong Richard some time ago, or as he watch io his pocket, was tried on Tues- day and convicted and senienced to one year and six months tenti As soon as the Judge passed the sentance he immediately drew from in ry his pocket a fork and plunged it into his breast five or six times before any- | one fally realized what he was doing He was taken to his cell, and as soon as put in he said he could find enough of things to kill himself with, and rushed to the window knocked out the glass | and tried to cut his throat with a piece it, Sheriff Walker seized bim negro boys and an other white boy. ~The Pennsylvania State Teacher's Association will in Allentown, July 6, 7, and 8. The following topics meet De- facts in our School Laws. Some phases of the Normal School The Relation of Colleges and Public Schools. The Study of Birds, Primary Work. What oan Sapplant the County Insti- tute, have been selected for discussion : Question, —Rev, W. R. Whitney, who was un til recently located at Stormstown and who is now located at Altoona, was ealled to the bedside of his aged father at Cassville, Huntingdon county. The old gentleman wasstricken with paraly, sis a few days ago, and is in a precarious condition, He isover 71 years of age. ~Erysipelas and Sait Rheum was driven entirely away from Mm. J. C Anderson, Peshtigo, Wis,, by Bardock Blood Bitters. No equal as a blood purifier, —We are in receipt of the annual re- report of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Institution for the deal and domb, Among those attending that very popular institution from Cen. tre county are the following: Gertie H. Swabb, of Linden Hall; Mary A. Gorman, of Snow Shoe ; Kate Bartholo- mew, of Millheim ; Joel , of Linden Hall; John Price, of Garrett; Gurney Hosterman, of Aaronsburg. in the penitentiary.’ Mr. J. | sterling char. | his | held in | rnished pala es. and | a watch from | He will | —— ~The first session of the April term | of court began on Monday, Judge Furst. { presiding with associates Judge Smith | nnd The forenoon | was devoted to hearing Munson, BORKION petitions and i other matters usually presented at the {opening of the session, The constables { from various townships made their re- | turns and many were able to get back home the same day. The afternnon | session attended, The yjurors and witnesses were exceedingly | numerous; out of 24 Grand Jurors drswn | 22 answered to their names, Henry C, was largely | Campbell ex-Commissioner was chosen { foreman. Of the traverse Jury there were | forty-five reported out of forty-eight. | The first important business before the { court and which caused as much anxiety {as anything, was the applications | licenses, The for entire afternoon session | was devoted to the hear ng of the dence, evi The decision of the court will {bs made known’ this morning. The 1 ry | Grand Jury brought in the following | | bills 4 mav | Commonwealth ve, Harry Nevil, horse i stealing, gui Commonwealth vo. Dr. Flmer Mong True bill, Dejendant plead ity. f. and b, Prosecutrix, Elizabeth Woom- er, True bill, Commonwealth v Ie ‘elds, well ing liquor without | cense, Defendant 164 ty \ 1 pleads guilty, Sentenced to pay a fine of $200 and costs of prosecution. WW. | 1it and battery, Defendant Commonwealth vs ARRAY sentenced Lo pay # wis of pre ! secutlion Commonw ity to childr Mrs me 10m wealth ment in the Western Commonwenlt ve, Tro Johnson, fendants plead gp 1 to Day sentence pay prosecution and imprisonment orn Penitentiary for 1 year and 3 mon fine of oe Williams was sentenced to pav $ prosecutio and ment in Western Penitentiary , costs of imprison- for one Year. Commonwealth ve. Harry Nevil, horse sentenceq t the We tiiree vears im- priso oment in siren Peniten- tiary, one dollar fine and costs, TUSEEY VILLE. Chum hss returned home, le t0 be around again, after spell of sickness. of 1 Hall, friends here last week. James Runkle, ab Ny . Jerry Corl, ne visited Miss Maggie Yearick, one of Nittany's voung ladies, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Gettig last week, The carpenters have commenced work on Mr. Runkle's new barn, Mrs Glasgow, died at John this a Reformed Sarah A. Glasgow, wife of her home 16th the Dear place on the Deceased Was {member of German church. | ~For Saie.—The property now oc- cupied by the undersigned, and known | as the Davis place, contains two acres of ground. This valuable property will be sold very reasonable snd on very easy terms, Possession April lst, eall or address, A. M. Hoover. List of unclaimed letters remaining in the post-office at Bellefonte, Centre county, April 19th, 1886 : William Akeley, Miss Lizzie Brian, Miss Nettie M. Bell, IL. Berg, Richard Gunsallus, Miss Laura E Halderman, Mrs. Laura Harris, Miss Cora Karns, Miss Phoebe Miller-2, Miss Libbie J. Noll, Miss Kate O'Neil, Mollie J. Potter Lydia E. Smith, Mrs, Sallie Stover, Effa L. Whippo. Persons inquiring for letters named in the above list will please say adver. tised, Jas. H, Donmixs, P, M. wh. L.O. BR: MM. P. stands Aop Pure Linseed Oil Ready Mixed Paint the best in the market. It is jmade of pure materiale in all shades and is ch eap. er than any other, Write McFarlane & Co , Bellefonte, for sample cards and prices. we] have opened an undertaking es- tablishment on Bishop sireet a few doors west of Allegheny street, where all orders for undertaking will be promptly attended to. 1 have a full line of easkets, shrouds, robes, ote, on hand. Funerals attended with an ele- gant new hearse. Soliciting a liberal share of your patronage. 1 am fally, ' « R Caner, DEATHS. oT ibn Miler, aged 8 years, month and 35 ft
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