. The Centre mr ws re Beworat, “Thunder don. March 3, 1867. Local Editor, Jo A SWAVELY, - ——————“ Ins on GomRasronvanoz containing tmp ortant torial & from any part of ithe esunty, No communications werted yor accompanied by thie real name of the writer ————— Re. Loca) Dopart ment. TE ——————————————————— — Fruit of all kinds at Tues, —Meusles are prevailing to an alarm- ing extent at Philipsburg. —The great and wotorious Waldo Me saros lectured at Osceola last Friday. —Several communications were re. ecived too late for publication this week. ~The cara] of a robin on the island at Ardell's planing mill was heard one day last week. —Landlord Rahle, of Polter's Mills, will take possession of the Spring Mills House. April 1st, —*The flower that blooms in the spring tra la Ia, had better not bloom just yet tra la la." —All the members of Altoona's base ball club have been secured. The sea son opens April 22nd. — Baily, of the News, knocked the wind out of us by his sugust presence in our office on Tuesday. —Madam Janauschek, the great tragedienne, delighted a Huntingdon sudience last Monday night. —George Emerick and Miss Emma Harper, of near Centre Hall, were mar- ried Sunday evening, 20th ult. ~The school Board contemplates putting the electric light in the school houses of the borough. Good idea, —Matt Quay, U.S, Senator elect, says he will not resign the state treasurship until he takes his seat in the Senate. -~Interesting services appropriate to the Lenten season, are being conduct. ed daily in the Episcopal and Catholic churchs. —A young man named Schreckengast had his knee crushed while cutting down a tree, near Centre Hall, one day last week. —Mr. J. W, Winklebleck, and Miss Katie F. Hess, both of Woodward, en- tered into the happy bonds of wedlock, on the 20th ult. —Forty homses are to be erected at the new furnace at Valentines’ works. Work will be begun as soon as the weather will permit. —Francis Speer says be ran to the fire with a two dollar and a half um- brellr, and some fellow thought it was his and froze on to it. —Miss Maggie Alexander, sister of Dr. Alexander, died at that gentleman's residence at Centre Hall last Tuesday morniag, of consumption. —EA Powers still has a portion of the stock of boots and shoes, through the Arcade fire. sold within fifteen days, so call now and get a bargain, — Evan M. pointed trustee vice Edmund Blanchard, deceased, nnd will occupy the position in the pew iron firm made vacant by his brother's death. —Daniel Garman and R. M. Magee, were absent from town at the time of Saturday morning fire, returning at a later bour, only to learn of the destruc- tion of their property ~The business of the banking house of W.F. Reynolds & Co, is being transacted in the law office of Judge A. O. Furst, Jas. L. Hamil E«q., having moved to the second story of the build- ing. —Three prisoners, among them being Brack Powell, attempted to break jail one day last week, They had reached the jail yard when Sheriff Walker ap- peared, and requested them to retarn. They complied ia double-quick order. ~The ever reliable?) Daily News was, as usual, wrong when it located the rooms occupied by Stitzer’s book store and Frank’s novelty store. It should have placed the former next the hall- way, and the latter “the last business place in the block.” —H. Y. Stitzer was confined to his house by sickness av the time of the fire and was consequently unable to at- tend to the removal of his stock of books’ ete. is estimable wife was present, however, aud bravely superin- tended the efforts to save some of the most valuable a. Licles, we Ab last the long looked for, snd much talked of hook and ladder com- pany has been organized. L. T. Mun- son, Faq, bas been chosen president, with ao able corps of assistants, Now genrlemen, turn in and encourage this move and before very long Bellefonte will bid defi nce to fires, «John C. Rumberger of Unionville shipped 45 Capons to New York last week which netted him $66.60, an wvernge of $1.48, each. The fowls were only 8 month old, the heaviest weigh- ing 9 pounds, at 24ets per lib, would make it worth $2.16. Big price fox srooster. The cost of raising them he alosels estimated at 50 ots each, which leaves him a net profit of a'most one dollar on each fowl, The Gourmands of New York City don't seem to care for expenses. which went They must be Blanchard has been ap- —Jos. R. Smith, senior editor of the Indiana Messenger was found dead in his bed on last Wednesday morning. He was aged about seventy-one years, ~The house on Bishop street owned by Mrs. Bartruff, narrowly escaped de- struction Monday evening by the flue taking fire, Timely aid saved the build- ing. —~Wm Masden, of Howard township, lost a valuable horse last week. Its mate kicked it on the leg and broke it so that Mz, Masden had to have the horse shot, Mrs. Jesse Gellispie, living in the stone house near the Friend's church, died on Friday evening, Mrs. Gellispie was quite an aged lady. being 79 years and 9 months old, The funeral occur- red on Sunday afternoon. —During the progress of the fire a blinding snow storm set in which made it extremely unpleasant for the firemen but which covered the roofs of the ad- joining buildings with the beautiful and perhaps saved us from a more terrivle conflagration, ~Tra lala, Newt ; talking about brain reminds us that we noticed you ecarry- ing home quite a large shad, and every- body knows that fish make brain. Con- tinue on fish diet, old boy, snd you'll soon have sufficient brain to enabls you to distinguish east from west, snd it re- quires durned little brain for that, too. —The office of the CextrE DEMOCRAT now has telephone connection. Orders for job work by 'phone will receive prompt attention. We will also be pleased to receive through the same medium, any or all important happen: ings in the different sections of the county, Don't forget this, —The address by Dr, Hale of Belle- fonte, to the Masons of Philipsburg, on Feb, 22d, the occasionjbeing the cele- bration of Washington's birthday, is highly spoken of by those who heard it, The Dr. is an elegant speaker, and is listened to with interest wherever he appears, —Quite a number of city and county papers were gulled last week by the re- port that five men had been killed and two others fatally injured by the falling of a scaffold at Valentines forge, this place. How or where such a report or- iginated we are unable to say, but cer- tain it is that it was the work of some malicious scam? No such accident oe- curred. —A movement is on foot to build » board walk from F. P. Blair's residence down to the residence of Mrs. Deschner in Spring township. In rainy seasons the road is almost impassable making walking very unpleasant, If the gen: tlemen having the project in charge should approach you with a subscription book, give them some substantial aid Every little helps. —Ruamor bath it and is is well found- ed that arrangements have been made for the erection of another large coke This time the Bald Eagle Val- The parties furnace. ley is to be the beneficiary. are responsible men, have plenty of ore lands and are practical iron manufac turers, Let the good work go on until our country shall be a hive of industry and the centre of a wast iron produc- tion, Missionary Society of the 'resbytery of Huntingdon, arrived on the different trains on Wednesday. The first session began on Wednesday evening snd was addressed by Rev. Dr. Goheen. To-day sessions will begin at 9a. m., and 2p. m. Ladies of all churches are cordially invited to attend, The evening session will be held in the Presbyterian church and will be addressed by Rev. Mr. Cor bett, a missionary. The regular busi- ness sessions are sessions are being held in the Presbyterian chapel and gentle- men sre not admitted, ~The many friends of Mrs, John G- Love, were pained to learn of her death which occurred about 4 o'clock on Fri. Mrs. Love several years, day afternoon of last week. had been an invalid for but clung tenaciously to life, much of her time in the past three years was spent at Clifton Springs, in the hope of regaining her health, but like all con- sumptives she was pumaing an igi, fatuus, now apparently in her grasp and again beyond her reach. Her death while not unexpected to her friends, was yet sudden, She was a very esti mabe lady, devoted to her husband and her art, and leaves roany frisnds to raourn her departure. She was a loves of music and a very skillful pianist, She had a lovely disposition and was mild and gentle in Ler manners. Her death throws a dark shadow over the lonely home of her hosband. The fun- eral tock place on Monday and was largely attended, Many beautiful floral tributes were sent by loving friends Dr. Monroe and Reva, Woodcock and Crittenden were in attendance Mrs. Love was a member of the Methodist church and when in good health took a very active part in its affairs, God in his providence has called another soul across the valley of the shadow of death and Heaven rejoices that another spirit is with its maker, Pain and suf- fering are no more, With us she leaves the example of a beautiful, pure and chrirtian life. | had Delegates to the Women's Foreign | | were ANOTHER CONFLAGRATION, Reynold's Block and Garman's Hotel Destroyed by Fire on Satur. day Morning, On last Baturday morning our peo- ple were again startled by the shrill cry of fire, aud those who responded soon discovered u bright light in the vicinity of the diamond, Soarcely having recov- ered from the last big fire, people hur- ried in the direction of the light, fear- ing that the firey fiend was about to re-visit us in its worst form. Their fears were not groundless, for it was soon discovered that the brick business block occupying the southeast corner of the diamond was ablaze. The building was owned by Maj. Reynolds. The sec: ond story was occupied by Dr, Boardner who bad his dental rooms there, Miss Musser, the Misses Stover, and Miss 8. Ohnmacht, as dwelling apartments, I'he latter lady was unwell duriog the night, and arose, lighted an oil stove for the purpose of heating a cup of tea, and again sought her couch for a few moments rest. Uncoasciously she fell into a dose, and when she again awoke, at half-past three, she discovered her room to be on fire, Quickly arising she called the other occupants of that floor, and an alarm was given. fo n the fire- men were there, but delay was caused by the frozen condition of the hose, and by the time the difficulty was overcome the flames had spread so rapidly that it was apparent the building was doomed. However, an great effort was made to subdue the flames, but in vain. The Reynolds building is joined on the east by Garman’s hotel; on the south by the old Coorad by the Brockerhoff estate. To these buildings the attention of the firemen was next directed. Garman's hotel was soon at- tacked and the flames raged so fiercely that the old portion was completely ruined, being almost burned to the ground, The Conrad House was at- tacked, and about this time a blinding snow storm set in, Despite this fact three young men, Harryi Tate, Harry Cox aod James Bayard, bravely climbed to the top of the building and lowering a rope, hoisted up the hose, and for two hours in the face of the storm heroically remained there and fought the flames, and their efforts saved the building. The positions occupied by these young men were perilous, as the roof was icy, and too much credit cannot be given them, and they should be substantially rewarded. House, owned these three men were the only ones who did effective work, for the brigade worked as they never worked before. but the flames spread so rapidly and their facilities are so limited, that it is almost impossible for them to suc- | cessfully fight a fire. No belter set of firemen exist, and had the hooks, than the blackened walls ing would be remaining to-day. Frank's novelty boys have eto, ladders, ropes, more store occupied the southern room of the Reynold’'s build- ing. erable of which was saved. book store occupied the room north of this, Mr. stock, and some Stitzer also carried a of the valuable articles saved. Next was the entrance leading up-stairs, second floor lost nearly everything. Dr. | We donot mesn to say that | entire fire | 2 { ling whose turn is next of the build- | A large stock was carried. consid- | Stitzer's | large | Those occupying the | possible, When opened the contents were found intact, Mr. Benj. Bradley, living on north Spring street below Curtin, about six o'clock was told that there was a fire in town, He went to the top of the hill and sure enough there was a big fire. He ran down Bpring street to Linn street shouting fire at every jump, When he reached Linn street he met a friend returning from the fire, “fire; “fire” he shouted lustily, *Oh ! shut up Bradley,” said his friend, that fire has been burning since half past three this morning. "Go home and wake your- self.” Mr. B walked up the hill as meek a8 a lamb and to his house where breakfast was awaiting him. The joke got out him and it is said he went out and kicked himself all around the back yard, The Glass Works hose was of great service, Will Perlstine rescued Ira Garman's bantam rooster, put him in his hat box and carried him over to the record. ers office, Hot coffee was freely dispensed, and was apprecisted by our fire boys. It is not often we see ladies attending to this duty, but such was the case at this fire, Miss Kate Jackson carried a large buck- et and the boys say one cup from her ~A Berieroxts Inpusrit. There is in our own midst an industrial estab- lishment, talked about every day, the magnitude of which the best posted citizen has not the faintest conception unless he has examined it in all its de- tails, It was with the erudest idea of the proportions of this establishment that the Dexocrar reporter wended his way to the Bellefonte Glass Works, We knew it was being rebuilt, was near, ing completion, with an iocreased ca- pacity and was expected to begin oper- ation soon, but our imagination never pictured an establishment so large or #0 entirely complete in all ments, its depart- Everything about the works is in its proportions, nothing modest but the quiet, practical master spirit of the establishioent L, W, Mup- son, the general manager, under whose rigid supervision every stroke of work has been done. majestic On reaching the business office we were courteously re- ceived by Mr, Harry Green the book keeper to whom we made known our errand, The superintendent was sent for, and soon appeared; from his person- i the fineness of dust. This mill is espa. ble of grinding twelve tons of clay per day. The elay used in the construction of the “pots” is imported from Germany coming from near Heidleburg, the ger- man clay making the best “pots,” each “pot” weighs about 1000 pounds and holds a ton of glass, and is made by hand, Up stairs we found fifty of these articles, ready for use, enough on hand to run out the present fire, An eleva- tor runs from the first to the secon stories and both rooms are heated by steam. Uaderneath the main building runs a brick arch 110 feet long and nine feet wide in which the sir chambers snd blast pipes are conducted to the melting furnaces, unother areh 85 feet long and six feet wide extends to the blow furnaces, There are a hundred other objects about the works esch worthy a full description. The new works will now rank with largest and most complete establishment the kind in the country, They have been built under the personal supervision of Mr. L. T. Munson, he having made his own drafte and specifications, of Many al appearance he might have been mia- of toil, who constitute the back bone, sinews and flesh of the industrial world | found underneath the roof of the great dozen wonld have been in ordinary cases, Miss Jackson ordered breakfast for 100 men, | Messrs Garman will immediately re- | fit the saved portion of the hotel prop- | erty, and continue their business : : | hand was as refreshing as a there uutil the new building is erect- ed, The Reynolds building will be rebuilt | at once, The action of some of our merchants | in refusing gloves to the fireman is to | be condemned, { The morning was cold, | and the snow storm setting in made it | extremely unpleasant for them to work. | [tis well known that the Bellefonte little ment, They risk life and limb, become | waler soaked, and often take colds which are expensive to fireruen of | receive en courage. severe | them, | Three years ago they made every eof- fort to save a certain property, and were successful, it being the only build- ing in the (block not burned, yet on Saturday morning, with hands almost frozen several firemen approached the proprietors of the said building with a | What was | They positively them, and the gloves request for cheap gloves, the resulL? refused | were not given untill the cash was secured Another in the ammediate vicinity acted as no- bly (1) Now gentlemen there is no tel mid cer these s YOu w tainly not have the heart to ask firemen to again endanger their lives for your property after this treatment. If our department were paid, then there | would be some excuse, but it is entire- , and it is not ould end money for iy voluntary on their part expected that they s! lose a days that n Wages, 8; omforts | should be furnished them, and ru for noth custom of { their clothing, The | to firemen is good one, ng furnishing hot coffee but they wy ghting Hy need | something to eat, F is hard | work, and a nice sandwich or the like rould pr uite beneficial to the fire prove men, L. T. Munson, while valiantly fight- Ing the flames in the second story of Boardner saved some of his instruments | and, we believe, soveral valuable pio- Miss Musser and the Misses loss was total, as tures, almost also Miss Ohnmacht's, Stover's the latter losing among other things a piano and | All the books and and valuable furniture F. Reynolds & Co., R. M., Magee's an organ. papers, belonging to W, loss waa slight, small portion of the furniture being | saved, Everything on the third floor The fire the new from the old baiding saved the for- mer, although the furniture and bed- ding was badly damaged by water and smoke, The only damsge to the Con- rad House was the burniag of a portion of the rear porch. age by water. Tha Democrat office had | a narrow escape, but thanks to the fire. men wo are still safe, At five o'clock Burgess Hule tele graphed Tyrone for assistance, was loat, wall dividing There was no dam- Shortly afterwards their assistance was deemed | unnecessary, aod they were notified to that effect, following reply was received : aL onoe whereupon th “Oar firemen were all ready, glad 10 know you have fire under con- wol. Bunoess axp Couxcir.” As near as can be ascertained the losses and insurance are as follows : Garman’s joe. INCIDEXTE, At one time the Court House was considered in danger and men were placed upon the roof, the fesr being that the domes would ignite. Fortu- nately it escaped, Water was thrown upon the vault io was | lady | bankers were saved, | The | Messrs, Garman's loss was heavy, but a | Very | Garman’s hotel, was stuck on the back by falling brick, and almost prostrated. | His left ear and a portion of hair was | | burned, and one of his wrists ent. How- | ever this did not deter him from pro- | ceeding in his efforts to save property. the | { management of the publie schools of ~There is something wrong in our borough which cannot be scoount. | od for, on the theory of their “over. | crowded condition.” Parents are com- plaining of the lack of progress of \heir children and with good cause, one put it thus; “My | boy has been in long division for three parent pertinentiy | years and he can do a sum ss long as It is about time that boy was out of long division, but the pros- "" this town, | pects are that he will get long division Children who they can get | their hands on, from the county papers | to the Century Magazine, sre in long | division, do not write in a copy | for the next two yes. 8. | are reading everything book M being taught mmar, What ck ol p and are not either goog. is the trouble, wns. Who is at like tw know, We all understand that the schools sre crowded, but that is not the whole trouble. | raphy or g § Yh Lis ki | { fant, Parents would wl Honor or Miss Basbiky. «The residence of W. H. Habgood, on Tenth street was the scene of a social party lest night, in honor of Miss Mary Brad ley of Bellefonte, who is the guest of Mr. and Mrs, Habgood, Dancing sing- ing and the demolition by the guests of refreshments were few of the principal pleasures of the evening. The junior orchestra v/hich is composed of Robert Habgood, J. U, Shaffer, jr. Clarence Robinson, Jas, P. O'Loughlin, and D.M. Marks, (uinished the musio for the ovo oasion.— Renovo News. ——————— > we Dress goods in wll the new siyles. In the bank, and it was kept as cool ms black goods we lead Garmans, | Mr. | cover? | answered “31700 square feet,” | feet with an altitude to the dome of at | least G0 foot, Here we found two ofMun- | in a pit, connected with this and in the | same room are two large “pot arches” | for heating the pots. ! to { through Pipes running the entire length | of the bui | 6 Sturdevant blowers which fill | Iatest and | eight { ting room is the i 150 foot | " oR of the main building is 25 x 60 feet and | loaded from the cars to the room | bateh room and buildings, Under the chaperoneship of Munson we began our tour of in- spection. Our first question wes do “ how much ground After ‘these little buildings | figuring he | Making our way to the blowing room, we found ourselves in an immense room B85x110 son's improved furnaces of 10 pots each, (for be it known that the quiet almost taciturn gentlemen whom we see about | town, bas made great improvements on | the old furnaces; also two blow furnaces, ten rings each, with capacity for twenty blowers, Instead of the blower stand. taken for one of the horny handed sons | knowledge of the | | | | ing on sn elevated platform as in the old works, he now stands on a level | | with the floor and swings his blow pipe Draft is supplied the blow and furnaces | melting ding supplied from two No, a 20 inch blast pipe. In the flattening room which adjoins the blowing room are with the machinery and Tondeur's patent “bar lears” erect- L. two 4 stone flattening ovens most improved ed under the supervision of Harry | if occasion requires it. |ing citizens. | company the best of feeling exists, and | strikes on the part of the men, or lock~ Dixon the General agent for the patent, The advantage gained by the new im provements can readily be seen wher contrasted with the old methods in use In the old works it ht blower in the old plant used to take twenty eig Ww the It ean now be put on the cut ter’s table time it hours get the glass from the to cutter from These fou r in thirty minutes eaves the blower, Hat tening ovens are the largest toae ovens in the te ing room United States and will flat- i glass 54 x 110 inches, The “Hatten. "18 60 x 100 feet and perfect in its equipment, Un the ground f floor and “fatten room"’ x 60 feet in size adjoining the the and ing is ‘cutting room’ 55 be supplied cutters, This room has plastered recently and will will with tables for been be heated by steam; above the flattening and cut- “oylinder room" 85x | where the cylinders are stored | preparatory to being flattened and cut, The “batch room” is on the south side | is 80 located that material can be un- ne, was being done at the time of our visit, siding runs between the two large buildings so that material The company's or stock can be loaded or unloaded at pleasure to or from the ears or building. | the South of the main building and across the rail | The stock or ware room adjoins ie 25 x 90 feet. road track is a second large builc ding | which contains the engine room, pot “blacksmith shop,” and sand | In what we have termed the sand room are the crushing and wash- | ing machines and » steam dryer, machinery crushes up the sand washes it free of any impurities turns it out beantiful and white. room, room. rock, | and | It is | houses, the | those {old sge of 74 years. | mother of the late Edward Nolan, who | was a railroad conductor for many years { lady. improvements are due to bis practical business in all its va If the present plant will be due the eredit, if it shall be a failure he alone is responsible, | ious departments, be a success, to him Bellefonte glass has a reputation second to none manufsctur- ed in the United sod finds at the highest prices in every state of the union. The sand for comes from Mt, States, ready sale its manufacture | Eagle, in this county, and is of a very superior quality for glass making. The works when running will give employ- ment to about 140 men and will have a capacity of 350 boxes of glass per day. | It will perhaps be a week before they | will be in operation, ss they have been delayed by not getting some of the fix- tures, acres of land and have ample room for increasing their business as it Necessary. becomes It nas a complete little fire department with an abundance of hose, which ean promptly be brought into use Under the oid | order of things about $45,000 dollars | was paid out each year for labor and this will nearly be doubled. - The firm pays promptly aod in cash and when the works are rumning our merchants it financially. The men employed are sober, industrious and intelligent, snd are among our best and most law abid- Between them snd the outs on the part of the company are unknown. With such as industry as this, with the large and constantly grow- ing Nail Works the three large furnaces now in course of erection with our flour- ing mills our planing mills, foundries and machine shops our solid business banks ote, Bellefonte has cer- tainly got beyond the period of the stage of stalwart and progressive youth, infancy sod has reached rugged There is room im our neighborhood for hun- dreds of industrial establishments like already here. The besutiful valley of Nittany, road and with {ts un- | told mineral wealth invites the capi- talist, and our sober, industrious, moral | and law abiding people, give assurance { that those who locate with | fairly treated and their | tected, us will be interests pro- ~-Mrs, Ellen Nolan, wife of Patrick Nolan of Snow Shoe, departed this life on Wednesday of last week, at the ripe Deceased was the and latterly proprietor of the Mountain | House, and of Jerry Nolan, engineer on the Bellefonte and Buffalo Run railroad and was a highly respected christian She was a devout member of the Catholic church, and her remains were brought here for burial Friday morning. The funeral was largely sttended, and many wet eyes were noticed, as the good old lady was dearly beloved by all her soquainiances, Her husband sur- | vives her, he being now S6] years of age. The company owns about five ‘ | and people generally feel the effects of * \ | What a weary, lonely life this must be ww This | | for him, after having spent so many years with the partner of his joys and sorrows | we Notice v0 Constants, ~The consta- then thrown on the steam dryer through | hles elected ar the late “pring election, which it filters 2s it d vies, gone through urified wad ready for the melting fur- paces, This room is very large being | 40 x 120 feet. Adjoining this is the en- gine room with its two 35 horse power steel boilers its 35 horses power engine, and two large blowers or fans which furnish the blast for tha furnaces, This room is the heart and lungs of the es- tablishment, and the company have the finest boilers and engines that could be purchased, On the perfect running and goed condition of this depart ment depends the sucoess of the works to a very great extent. Wa next made our way into the pot room which is 40 x 75 feet with a second story of the sate size whore the flaished pots are stored, On the first floor of the pot de. partment the clay for the pots was be ing prepared a large chaser will with iwo immense stones weighlog 6800 pounds wes rapidly gainding clay to When it has | for the several boroughs and townships hewe three processes it is | of Contre county will take notice that court will be held next Monday March Tih, at 10 o'clock a. m. for the pur- | pose of approving bonds snd swearing lin Constables, L. A. Scuanrren, lt. Prothonotary, we Musica , CoLLuGE, ~The Slat session of six weeks, opens Monday evening, April 25nh 1887, for the Teaching and Training of Young Ladies in Vocal sad Instramental Music. Address F.C. Move, Musical Direntor, 51 Freeburg Pa. A domestic at the residence of Hon. Jobn H. Orvis, named Susan Win ter, aco.deotiy fell down the rear breaking her leg. The sesidtn) oot rod on ® uoday morniag. a h Pg
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