% | The Crate Beuocrrt. : “Fhureday Morning, January 13. 87, J. A. SWAYELY, Loeal Baitor, Gowan) CPU OR, suntatning mportant prws social @ trom say part of the county. No communications sored sateen accompanied by Lae real name 01 tue weiter 10 Loca! Department. ¢ —Two Topsy's and two Marks at Uncle Tom's Cabin tonight. Secure secs at Sourbeck’s, -1. B. Pletcher, of near Howard, died ut 5 o'clock on Sunday morning. Tue funeral occurred on Tuesday. We notice Mr, Henry Beck of Mad- .sonburg, pays our town frequent vis- its, Better come back to your old love, Henry. ~In the red school house near Yoecum's furm, a protracted meéting is in progress at which many of our town people are in attendance. ~— Forty-five Odd Fellows, represent- ing Reliefonte, Snow Shoe, and Milee- burg, enjoyed an excellent supper at Anderson's restaurant last Thursday evening, ~=A. G, Archey bas been appointed mercantile appraiser for the year 1887. Mr. Archy is a resident of Pine Grove Mill's and will fill bis appointment ac- ceplably. ~The ieysione Gazette issued a special on Tuesday, giving an excallent occount of the fire. The paper, of course, is in reduced size, but nevertheless answers the purpose, o ~The father of Hon. John A, Wood- wird, die i ar Williamsport last week, He was a highly respected gentleman and his death is sincerely regretted by all his acqu \intances, ~—A special meeting of Gregg Post was held last'night. The object of the meeting was the making of foal ar- rangements for attending the inaugur- ation of Gov-elect Beaver, ~Oa Saturday afternoon construe- tion train on the Tyrone division left the track sear Lynn & McCoys, and as & consequence express west was delayed A number of the passengers walked to the station, —Fires are becoming quite numer- ous. On Ssturday about noon George Hughes’ house at Mann's axe factory, eaught fire, and but for timely assistance would have been destroyed. Forlunate- ly but little damage was done, —Bond Valentine's insurance agency is locatsd in Humes’ Block in the rooms for- merly oceupied by John I. Rankin, Mr. Valentine requests us to state that most of bis records were burned, consequently policy holders had better look to their policies as ho bas no way of telling when they expire. «Mr. Jobn Rankin baving severed bis connection with the First National Bank, an oyster supper was given in his honor last Saturday night, at which all the attaches of the bank were pres- ent. W. B. Rankin and Chas. Cook were honorary members. An enjoyable evening was spent, A barn belonging to Harry Gates st Julian, was destroyed by firo on Tuesday night. The contents including bay, grain harness, etc., were destroyed. No live. stock was in the building. This is the second time within the past year Mr, Gates’ barn was destroyed by fire, and both fires are supposed to be of incendiary origin. ~The Bush estate has been singular. ly unfortunate in the past few months, through losses by fire. In the last fire their loss is very large. We hope that the arcade may be re-built by the es. tate as it would have been were Col. Bash living. It was a monument to his enterprise and public spirit and should be re-built and re-christened Bush's Arcade, ~~A, M. Hoover has purchased the interest of Harry Bush in the Logan machine shops and foundry, The firm is Buck & Hoover, and the probabilities are that there will be a large increase in the manufacturing capacity of the works. Under the careful management of Mr. Buck this establishment has pros- pered wonderfully and their business is already too large for their plant, ~The bright smiles that Willism Jones, the retiring tax oollecter, Las bees wearing for the last few days, is Bot so much use hie is going to Har- risburg 10 set a0 a guard of Lonor to Qov.-elect Beaver, but tha’ on Lot Sun | day another little boy arrived 10 make ‘home merry. He is now soliciting an appropriate name, whereby he can be distinguished from the many little ones of the same family. If itis our put, we would say name bim Newton after all the bright lights, ~ Wallace Reeder whose aga is about four years, son of W. F. Reeder living on Allegheny street, met with a pain- fal mecident while coasting on last Thursday evening, which might have proven fatal, He was coming down the bill from Linn street to Lamb, on a double sled, with his sled in his arms, ~~ when at the foot of the hill the sled yan into the sewer, one of the runners : the little boy in the neck, out- ting & deop gash. AL first it was thought would not recover, but at th's time ing along nicely, —Abbey's Uncle Tom's Cabin at Huwe's Hall to night. ~Rev, Charles TI. Steck is an exocal- lent lecturer, and his hearers are always delighted, Espeois:ly was this the case when he lectured before a select and appreciative sudience at Centre Hall. The people of that town would turn out en masse should he favor them with sncther. ~On last Thursday the new locomo- tive and passenger car that is to be used on the Buffalo Run railroad, srriv. ed, and in the afternoon some of the of- ficials with a vpumber of gentlemen from town, took a trip over the road which was enjoyed by all. It is the purpose of the managers to run a train from this place to the terminus of the road daily. This will be of great con- venience to all. ~(ieo, P, Dible having retired from the position of local editor of the Dexo- oRrAT, Mr. Javob A. Swavely has become his successor. Mr. Swavely has been doing the locals for the past month snd we this week put his name at the head of our local page. He has entire charge of the business of the office and wll wait on all callers. Send in your local oews from the country districts, ~That excellent paper the Centre Hall Reporter entered upon its 60th vol, last Wednesday. The Reporter is one of the solid papers of our county, and under the able management of its pro- prietor, Mr. Fred Kurta, bids fair to gain in popularity yearly. The Reporter has done much for Centre Hall and we are glad to say the people of that bor- ough appreciate its efforts, ~The Williamsport Breakfast Table had its representative here on Monday taking account of our big fire. Mr. Geo. S. Lenhart, the editor arrived on the morning train, and during the day had the ruins photographed. Mr, Lenhart has but lately assumed the editorial harness of that journal. but his presence bas already been felt, That he will raise the standard of ihe paper he rep- resents, we have no doubt, He is plese. ant, affable und courteous, just such a gentleman who cannot but succeed, He gave us a friendly call while here. —~Gen, Beaver delivered his popular lecture entitled “From Ocean to Ocean sud back to the Mountains,” in Phil- ipsburg one evening last week, to a Iarge and intelligent audience. The people were very highly pleased with the information they received of ou: vast continent, and its many places of interest that the General visited while on this tour. The financial part of the lecture was a complete success and net- ted the ladies of the Presbyterian church of that place, the neat sum of $75. ~A grand masical convention will be held at Spring Mills, commencing Mon- day, January 24th, snd closing Saturday evening, 20th. Two concerts will be given one on Friday evening 28th and one on Seturday evening. The corven. tion and concerts will ba under the diree- tion of Prof. Bierly of New York, ssh. od by Miss Sailie Hoffer of Bellef mie, Miss Hoffer will preside at the organ. The public is cordially jovited to atiend. Boarding will be furnished to all desiring to be present by addressing C. A. Krape Spring Mills, Pa. ~Kenneth Normsn Minsker, only child of Gerard Minsker of east Curtin street died on Tuesday morning at half past 1 o'clock. Te funeral took place yesterday at 2p. v2. He was a bright little child of less than two years of age and had been ill for some time, but his death was entirely unexpected by eith- er parents or physicigh, Death silently steals into the home of rich and poor, into the house where only ons baby face gladdens the hearts of parent's as well as into the house where many childish voices are heard. He always leaves sorrowing hearts, yet Provicence has some wise purpose in view, which is beyond humen ken, Io their bereavement the parents have the sym- pathy of the community and the knowledge that He who has said “suf- fer little children to come unto me" has gathered another pure soul to His breast. ~W. V. Emery Esq," bas resigned his position as Secretary and Treasurer, of the Bellefonte Iron and Nail Com- pany but will we sre informed rotain hist interest in the business, Mr, Emery hase besutiful home in Williamepori snd his family prefer living there to here, nad bis position ae 5 ervtary and Treasurer, requires his presence here most of the time. This of course makes it yery unpleasant for both himself and family. Mr. Emery js a very pleasant gentleman and has made hosts of iriends during his stay in wan, We would like to have had him stay with us as there is nothing we so much need as new blood in our dilapidated veins, and Mr. Every was new blood. He in- vested his money with us and took a lively interest in the Nail Works. None cherish bat the kindliest feelings for him, and the Dewocrar sincerely regrots his departure. Of course we said some succeeds | ing at 74 o'clock ~There is something mysterious about these Sunday morning fires that is worthy the attention of our police authorities, There can be no doubt but that they are the work of an incendiary. It is painfully evident that our facilities for combating fire are entirely inade- quate, and the courcil is certainly cen- surable for the condition in which the Undine Hose Company has been placed for the past two years, No excuse can be offered for the earriage of this com- psay being boused in a barn, When called into active service they respond promptly, and on Sunday merping were on the ground in time to have saved the Arcade had their hose not been frozen up so that it was useless until the f= find gained such headway 88 to be beyond heir control. Anoth- er thing we lack is a hook and ladder truck. A chief of the fire department would be a very desirable thing as there is no one in authority to whom the firemen can look for orders. Some paris of our town sre at the mercy of the flames because of elevation and al- ways will be, unless we have an engine, There are some needed reforms in our borough administration asd not the least among them is a reform in the fire department, ~Mr. Feank McClain of Alona, paid his oes friends of Bellefonte a pop visit oa Monday and took in the ruins of the Arcade fire. Mr. McClain was formerly associated with the Isle lamented D. G. Bush in the erection of some of the fine structors which beautify our town, viz the Bush House and McClain's block, also the original planing mill property which gave place to the car works, In 1871 Mr McClain sold out to Bush and moved to Altoona and engaged in the mercantile business for a few years from which he re tired to erect the beautiful block, corner of 11th avenue and 14th street, which affords him a handsome income. He is also part owner of the Altoona Times, and » stock holder and director in one of Alloona’s substantial banks tractor he is much sought after built some of the most substantial As a builder and con. having | build. ings in the Mountain City. Wesrealways glad to note the success of former Belle. fonters, and would be glad Mr. McClain return to Ballefonte and assist with his progressive spirit to develop our many rasources, This place affords abun. dant opportunities for such men. 0 soe ~On last Friday evening the regular monthly business mesting of the Young Mens Christain Amsocistion was held in their hall, The reception | commitiee on this ocoasion prepared a sort of a feast cova'sting of hot coffe | and delicious cake of several kinds The way some of the young mea put away the cake and coffees was evidence that it was superior in quality, The com- mittee should be commended for their devotion in this work. After this de- sirable feature of the evening Mr. F. P. Green, the president of the Association called the meeting to order for the transaction of business, Reports from all the standing committees were heard and showed that the work of the Associs- tion is on a firmer basis than ever before, This year with the determination mani- fested by the christian young men promises to be a profitable year, both tomporally and spiritually, ~The machine shops of Wm. P. Danesn & Co. now employ forty men and are run at their utmost capacity. Their business has increased so rapidly that they are about to abandon the manufacture of a number of articles of a miscellaneous mnsture and confine themselves to their specialties, The orders for the celebrated power hammer made by this firm have increased so rapidly that they were compelled to employ more men and they have large orders #iill abead. These are facts worthy of note and are pointers as to the future prosperity and growth of our town, This firm is deserving of their great guccess snd is of immenss benefit to our town, They pay their men promptly and in cash, and their trude extends all over the United States and even into Europe. ~The Centre Hall Reporter thus speaks of one of our new county offici- als: The new prothonotary, L. A. Schaeffer, took possession of his office on the 1st fust, Mr, Bohseffor needs po introduction, and all that the Repor- ter hime said in his favor we would repeat He will be found eo pable, obliging and almost fundtless mn serving Das term, preserving the spotless record of a gen. tleman, sustained by him previous to his election, the county can feel proud of securing so good a man, A A SOSA «Beyond any doubt whatever the Apolio Range sold by MeFarlanes is the best range in the market, Toe inter. nal arraegements of this range are such as to concentrate all the heat in the oven so that baking is perfectly done with an ordinary fire, All who use it ars delighted and ennnot praise it too highly. we Memoria! services on the death of the Inte General Joho A. Logao, will be held {in Gregg Post room G, A, Ron Satur cordially in od to be present. By me —-—— BELLEFONTE'S BLAZE. About $90,000 Worth of Prop- erly Gone Up in Smoke. The Bush Arcade Destroyed by Fire Sunday Morning-Ninewoen Bus. iness Firms, Tenacts, Ete. Burned Out-Other Fires. A Bid A A SS Sunday morning was cold and bitter and when the shrill ery of “fire!” waa given, very few felt like responding. Soon a general alarm was sounded snd men went along the street crying thems selves hoarse, Many arose and looked out of windows and as no light was visi ble, again retired. At about half-past four Mr. Jobn Dawson, who occupied apartments in the Bush Arcade, wus awakened by a choking sensation, His room was filled with smoke and the floor had sl.eady become heated, fo and his family barely escaped with their lives, Flames and smoke were discoy- ered issuing from the cellar of Valen- tines’ stores, The front door was forced open and a small hose procured, but the hose was frozen and consequently of no ure. The bell on the hose houss was rung, but was not genera'ly heard. Mr. John Wagner procured a heavy gun firemen in that way. However, it was not long before the Undine and Logan boys were upon the scene, but the flames gained rapidly and it was evident the building was doomed. Both com panies worked hard and faithfully, but with their limited apparatus cou'd do nothing to quell the flames. They then endeavored to save the adjoining buildings and by great effort succeeded, In the meantime the fire which origi. nated in the cellar under Valentines stores, communicated to the rooms above, and igniting the oil tanks and barrels, sent up a mass of flames and The office of the Keystone Gazette on the second smoke that was appailing. floor was next attacked, and everything including, books, subscription list, and Mewsrn, Cassidy & Feidler suffer a total loss y sccounts, were desiroye, [mmedistely above this office and in the same end of the building was Armory Hall, occupied by the National Guard, snd it wax the next vietim The firey element reged so fiercely that it was utterly impossible to gain admittance to the buildiog, and those who were in were lucky to escape, The public fe mont |“ The west end being one mass of fames, tlie fire worked its way esst, and oon- timed the eotire building only stop ping when it reached the new addition. It was impossible to get into Valentines’ stores, and the stock had to be atand- oned. Esst of this was Dawson's bakery. But a day or two ago the Dawson Bros, purchased the stock from F. 8, Mayer Their loss was total, having no invar- ance, Next tothe bakery was a hall way leading upstairs. W. T, Twitmire's stove and tin store adjoined the hall way. Mr. T. succeeded is saving a por. tion of his stock and also his safe. Tis loss is heavy, Edward Powers’ shoe store came next, and he too succeeded in saving some goods and his safe, Next to Powers was Dr. Miles Kirk's drug store. A portion of the drugs, etc, were saved but in each instance the los was almost complete. In the pew addi. tion was a wacsn: store room (which will be oecupied vy Mr. Powers) and Isaac Guggenheimer's clothing and far- vishing store, Mr. G's. loss was also heavy, his stock being damaged by wa- ter. The roof and a portion of the up- per ttory was burned, On the second story next to the Gazette office was a room occupied by Mr. Shrom. This gentleman was almost strangled and had to be taken out of one of the windows, Bond Valentine's insurance and real estate office followed and the contents including books and valuable papers burned. John Dawson occupied the tenement apariments ad- joining the insurance office. Mr, Daw. son avd family escaped with only their night clothing, and were unable to rave a single article of furniture. Across the hall Mr. Reasner and family lived. Their experience was similar to that of Mr. Dawson's family, Next to the stairway was W. 8, Tripple's tailoring eatabli;hment, Tatal loss. Dr, Rothe rock's dental rooms were south of (his. Loss also total, The sat end apari- vod family. With great diillsuiiy those people were removed from the building, But no furniture or clothing was saved, The resson for the inability to save property oa this flor lies in the fact that the building was so eomplately fille! with smoke that it was impossible 10 re-snter, i On the second fl vor of the new build- boarding house was also located there. The damage by water to these parties was considerable. The building is badly an Armory. The apartiisots were and fired it off, awakeming a number of ments wars ossuped by Fo 8 Mayer ing lived Geo, Chase. The Robinson | damaged by water. The third floor was used by Ca, B., hth Reg't,, N. 6. Poa 2 not valike the firing off of many gune, Muoy of them were bisnk, and no one wan strack by flying missles, The other half of the third foor was used by the Frese Maoos, Their spartmeiss wore most handsomely fur- nished, One charter and 8 few valu- able papers were saved but everything else was destroyed. The loss on muson-~ ic property is fully $6,000; insurance $2,000 The Bush Arcade was owned by the D. G. Bush estate, The adlhition is owned by Mrs. Bush. The estate loss is $33 000 on which there is insurance amounting to $8,000, Mrs. Bush's Joss is £4.00), insurance $3,000, The arcade wus un exoellent paying block, and its destriction is a severe blow to our tows. The loss sustained by the nine- tren bisiness men, tenants ete.s amounts to nearly $00,000. Our people sre charitably inclined and we have no whom are sorely in weed of ¢lothing, forniture and other necessaries of life will be well cared for. A fund should be raised for their relief at once, LOS AND INSURANCE. As near as can be ascertained the losses and insurance will foot up as fol- lows ; Low soar 83000 Tusuranes, $00 b O63 12000 S000 LING 1.006 2.00 None None $00 on 1.3 ®000 Note Bash Metste on building Me. DG Bush, Valentine Store Company Isaac Guggouhoimer...... - Keystone Gaastte...... .. W. T. Twitimeyer BE. BIR avisssssscnascsnsornns Dawson Brothers, John Dawson, VF. 8. Mayer... Gov Chase Company B RI F-and A. Mone Arthur Plersets...ounes oo. woo Hohn POWERS rrvvrnsins i nnione E L. Powers, Bond Valentine Total 85% 500 $00,100 Ne one doubts that the fire was of in- sendiary origin, caught severe for him. A liberal reward is of- the desired result of bringing them to justice, and we hope it will have For our fellow printers we have noth- ing but sincere sympathy, Their to them. This we realize, and cheerfully tender them the use of our office for the completion of any order on band, or other work, We hope, as they have lost al! their books and accounts those knowing themselves indebted to the firm will speedily re- spond to them for a settlement of the same, Do a good set, gentlemen, and pay up every cent you owe Messrs, Camidy & Feidler. This of course would apply to others burned out but we believe the other fires secured all their valuable books snd papers, and have a means of collecting amounts due them. lows isa severe blow NOTES, A man named flull had his head badly cut by coming in contact with the tongue of one of the hose carriages. Henry Haupt received injur es about the bead and face by falling timbers and bricks, Jas. Byard was also injur- ed in the same manner, Maurice Yeager mscended a ladder to secure some of the Masons’ property, and in smashing in 8 wibdow pase cut his wrist severely, Several arieries were sov- ered. On Sunday it was deemed advisable to pull down one of the walls that remained standing. Lynn Murphy sssended's Indder to fasten a grapples. He bad accomplished his mission and was decending when a brick struck him on the head. Glancing upward he discovered the wall toppling, and only by a fearful jump did he escape being crushed 10 death. One leap landed bim on the ground, and another took him oat of harm's way, with not an instant to spare, Mr. Teller of the Bash House, and Messrs. Jas, Harris, D, Garman, James Scmerviile, Jam=s Potter and Judge Hoy furnished hot coffee and sandwiches to the firemen. A much appreciated offer- ing. The sufferers sre many, and any aid will be thankfully received, The roof of the Bush House was on fire at one time bul was quickly ex. tinguished. The Bremen worked bard and faithful iy, putting forth thelr atmost efforts to save the burning bailding and the ad- joining ones. We have excellent firemen, nod il they had the proper apparatus would seve much valuable property in toa fniure, At one time 1G was thoaght LopossiBe {Br oontrol (he fire witd | ties bere, and Tyrone was telegraphed for sid. Always ready to lend a helping hand the steam enging of that place was londed on a car and promptly despatched bere. Fortunstely it was fol necassary 10 un- load the engine. Filly men scoompaniod it, and they were piven a hearty break. fast ut the Bash House. They have the hoarticii sannke of Bellofouww's citizens, The explosion of oariridges in the ly thoy were nearly all bank, and no one was injured. : : OTHER Fils ; On last Thursday night about half-past eleven o'olock fie was discurerod in the could bo dons to pfonted te Mr doubt the unfortunate tenants same of Several previous fires | no punishment would be too fered for the arrest of the perpetrators | the Wmivd tactic | Armory croated quite a bustle, Fortunate. | E wagon manitactory of Me: J. 8. Disher | of nowr Reborsburg. An alarm was given ing house, and slso the paint and bisck. tmith shops, snd in less than oso hour the buildings were burned to the ground, The family barely wseaped from the house lenving it in their night clothes, snd were not ble 1 suve a single article of cloth. ing or fursiture. All the contents of the wagon, paint und blocksmith shops were burned. Among the household goods burned were three sewing machines sod an organ. The loss is estimated at $4,000 on which there is an insurance of $2,600 It is vot definitely known how the fire origionted but an employe bad worked until about nine o'clock on that night, and it Is supposed that after be left the build- ing a spark from the stove fell out sming the shavings and started the blsze, Mr. Fisher is thankful to the people of his vicinity for the sid rendered, even though they could not control the Bames. Kreamer's Commercial Building st Lock Haven was destroyed by fire on Thurdsy morning, January 6h, The fire originated in J. F. Everett's dry goods store snd in a short time bad communicated 10 the upper stories. The whole strueture is ruined. The building was occupied ou the first floor by the Post Office, J. F. Everett's dry goods store, L. M. Patterson's grocery, J. M. Evans & Son's tailoring establishment and B. Strauss clothing store, Christies’ schoo of busines, Dr. Radie's dental rooms, and J. W. Floyd's photograph gallery occupi. od the second Boor. The third floor used in connection with business WAS of The entire loss is $75.000 All the mail matter was saved. the school Some of the merchants have secured rooms snd Prof. Christie temporary quarters for his school of business and the fire will not $n. will resume business at ones bes secured terfere with the courses of study, Even since the burning of the building, new s .udents have entered the rehool have occurred at about the same hour | and should the feind in human form be : | =~ By request we publish the f lowing i Th the Patrons of the * Key tone Gazette.’ | The dissstrous conflagration which eon. sumed the Bush Arcade, one of Bellefonte's | most imposing business blocks, on Sunday ! morning, FWepl away every vestage of the i Keystone Gazette printing estab iwhment, | Bot & scrap of paper that could sid us in our pairons being mved, The it iat this writing unadjusted, was $2000, | which represents but a small portion of { the financial Joss we have sustained, but i relying upon our friendly co-operation which bas hitherto been extended. we con. Sdentially appeal 10 our friends io come to our assistance in this bour of disaster. The los of our subscription books leaves us without any means excepl our memory and the sid that the post-master may be sble to render, to restore our circulation, and we request that all persons who have | been receiving the paper immediately re- port thet fact, with the date their sulecription began. We bave never aekod (ur patrons fir money, the vol- unitary sdvances received with our regular commercial business enabling us to moet current demands without embarrassment, but this unlocked for emergency compels us to ask thst financial sympathy without which resume. tion of buriness will prove exceedingly dif- feutt if not impossible. If what we have earned and is now past due is promptly paid wo shall within a very brief time renew our visits Lo our patrons in better form than that which vanished in smoke in the disaster which involved us with many of our immediate neighbors in most dishesrt. ening misfortune We bave opened an office in the room { next door to Hastings & Roeoder's law of. fices, opposite the post-office, where we shall be pleared Ww receive our friends Cassipy & Frivirs. whoo, ~~ List of uncinimed letters remaining in the Post Office at Bellefonte Centre county Penn., Jan, 10th, 1887. Peter Baghdal, Levi Cain, W. C. Dun- Isp, G. KE. Geeth, Mr. Krape, Mrs. Jas. Lippencott, Miss Mary Poorman, Mrs Abbie Rine, L. G. Smith, 8. G. Shafer, Ed. Towns. Persons inquiring for letters named in the above list will please say advertised. Jas. H Dosniws, PF. A. ~Gennine blood bounds at Uncle Tom's Cabin to night, ~Secretary of the Interior Lamar was married on Wednesday morning, Jan. 5th, at Macon, Ga., at ten o'clock, at the residence of the bride, by Rev. Wm. Park of Sandersville to Mrs, Wm. 8. Holt of Macon. «Don’t miss Abbey's Uncle Tom's Cabin tonight. ~The highest onsh price paid for | hides at the reliable meat marke of A. Beeaer & Son, Allegheny street, Belle fone, 48.8% ~ Guggenbeiwer wil pay the highest price io cash for hides and furs of all kinds: —~For Rexr.~A, M. Hoover bas several de-irable houses for rent at at- tractive rates, = mo (BRISTIES SCHOOL OF BUSI. On and afier Jun. 34, 1887, : we hall ember pupils for our raging cones ot the Flowing spoil mites ip Theve Months, $99, Four months. $85. Taltion h
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