~The Cen ———— do tre Beviocrat, Thursday J. A. SWA ———— CoanssroNpexck, containing important news, social 4 from any part of the county. No communications sorted 1nless accompanied by tie real name of the Morning, March 10. 1897. VELY, « Local Editor, Ed A —— —————— ——— ————— AR cal Department. — Fruit of all kinds at Jacob's. —Blank ore options at the Cextee Drxocrar office, — A special Court wae held on Mon- day to qualify the Constables of the county, ~Oandidates were thick in town on Saturday and a rather handsome lot they were. —Messrs, Potter and Harris have the con¢ract for the new houses at the iron works. ~The insurance adjusters were here last week and fixed the losses surtained in the recent fire, —The glass works have started up and everything is full of business and life in that section of town. —The disagreeable weather of Sun- day had a tendency to lessen the at- tendance at the various churches. — Ex-Sheriff Woodring placed on our table a fine specimen of iron ore picked up on his Benrer township farm, — Frank P. Blair has a new advertise- ment in this issue, It will pay you to read it, as it is worth four dollars to you. : ~—Rev. Fischer has so far recovered from the effects of his broken arm as to enable him to resume his pastoral duties at Centre Hall. —Friday last, 4th inst., cempleted the first haif of the first term of Presi- dent Clevelana’'s administration. And still the country is safe. ~The Reporter says rumor hath it that Commissioner Henderson will be- come landiord of the hotel at Coburn, now run by Prof. Kleckner, —One by one the toboggan slides are being closed, and the toboggans packed away. It is a question whether this sport will be popular next year, —Mrs, Bartram Galbraith who has been in very feeble health for some time, is we are happy to say on the mend, and is now able to sit up in bed. —Jesse Fravel of Snow Shoe will sell his stock, implemenis ete, on the 24th. Mr. Fravel is going to move to Ohio, where he has rented a truck farm. We hope this change may befor his finan- cial benefit. ~The contract for the new houses for the Valentine Furnace company has been let and a new town will spring up south of the borough which will start with forty or fifty houses, —The Lewis Opera Company render- “Chimes of Normandy" to a large and appreciative audience night, | The company is a good the | singing of Miss Dells Shobert is unex- | ceptionably fine. Tuesday one, and ~The Messrs. Garman have began | the work of tearing down what remains of their hotel preparatory to having a | new building erected. hotel | will be a handsome four story structure | and will have all the modern improve ments, —Justices of the Peace who have not The new filed their acceptance with the Prothon- otary, should do so at once, as the law requires that they shall file an accep- tance in theProthonotary’s office within 30 days. They should also state bow the | vacancy occurred, —~QOur waste basket is daily the recep- tacle of propositions like this: “We will accept from you $14.63 worth!of ad- vertising at your lowest rates, and $5 eash for one of our patent-double-back action-self-adjusting organs, fence ma. chines or ash pans.” ~The Millheim five knitting machines are being set up at | Lose's planing mill for the purpose of | giving applicants for places in the knit. tirg factory a chance to learn operating them. The factory building will be completed in a short time, ~The re-appointment of Mr. Samuel | D. Ryan, as superintendent of the | Water works, by council on Monday evening is only ancihier endorsement of the ability end eflicievcy of that gentleman in that capacity. Our water works were never in a better condition shan now, and the fect is due mainly to the walchful eye of Mr, Ryan. ~The ministers and others who ex- pect to attend the M. E. Conference, have most all arrived. A preliminary meeting was held last night, and ell ar magements made for opening Confer. ence this (Thursday) morning, A tem- perance meeting was also held last wight at which seversl excellent ad dresses were made. We will publish » full report next week. ~The Willismsport Breakfast Table has seoolomn devoted exclusively to mar vied ladies for the purpose of “writing wp” their husbands. The Breakfast Buble propunds the question: “What Kind of a husband have you!” The Bellefonte lady would simply smile and say, “Ob, he's a daisy,” There's a world of meaning in that litle sen- | i | i | Journal says | fellows to drag a truck up one of our | hills, | sireet committee of the borough coun. ~Quite a number of licenses were re- fused at the recent term of Court in Clinton county. «It is said thet & portion of the new Crider building on High street will be occupied by J, Kyle MoFarlane & Co, hardware dealers, —-Millheim's capitalists are interest- ing themselves in North Carolina cop- per mines, and quite a number of them have made investments, —dJoe. W, Furey of the Lock Haven Democat is a bright, keen incisive writ er, One of the best “Local” writers in the country, It gives us great pleas ure to see that he is still doing the local work for our neighbor the Watchman, ~~Penns Valley is becoming notorious for the numerous petty thefts occurring there, The latest was the stealing of $15.00 io cash, tweive good razors and several dollars worth of cigars from Jerry Miller's barber shop at Centre Hall. ~~Read the new advertisement of 8, H. Williams on another page. All kinds or painting, paper hanging ete., done on the shortest Mr. Williams has a large and beautiful stock of wall paper, and at prices that will astonish you, ~The barn of Charles Lucas who lives up Wallace Run near the school house crossing, was destroyed bv fire Saturday morning. Many valuable farming implements and a portion of last years crop, was destroyed entirely, A loss of about $1500, partially covered by insurance. ~Little Elsie, baby daughter of W B. Rankin met with a very painful sc. cident on Monday. The little girl was standing on a low stool by her mama's notice, side when the stool upset and Elsie fell to the floor, injuring her arm but fortu. nately not breaking it. —For the benefit of those from a dis- tance, desiring to attend conference the Bellefonte and Buffalo Run railroad company will run a special train from The train will leave the College at 7:30 o'clock a m. arriving here at 5:30. Returning, leave Bellefonte at 6:30 p. m. State College on Sunday. ~(eo, Knisely, the sprightly young assistant in Bairfoot & Wetzels book store, while loading a heavy box at the depot on Friday morning, had two fin- gers on his right hand badly smashed by the box falling on them, The acci- dedt was quite painfull. and of a serious nature, but we hope that the injured fingers will speedily heal up. ~—Harry Tate, one of the young men who for three hours occupied a position ~A large party gathered at the new cosy residence of Mr, L. A, Shaffer on East Curtin street, on Inst Thursday evening, The company was composed wostly of young folks, although many older persons were present and joined in the enjoyment of the evening. A special programme was made out for this evening, and the first feat to be accomplished was to pnt a tail on a donkey. A large canvas was placed on the wall with an outline of a donkey minus a tail drawn upon it, The per- son who felt equal to the task was blindfolded and with the missing part of the snimal went up to canvas to place the tail in its proper place, The donkey didn’t have a very com- mendable appearance and looked as though it lacked proper care and atten- tion resembling in appearance a hat rack. Many sages, philosophers, and classical students were there to solve the problem of how toput a tail en a donkey that never possessed one. Mr. William Hastings found that mastering the lan- guages was an easy task to putting a tail on donkey, Al Dale, and John Kline were sure that the laws of Penn- sylvania forbid such a unhuman crime, John Musser was confident that he could put a tail on kite but his koowl- edge of anatomy was to limited to place it in its exact position, Rev, Charles Steck can preach a solid sermon to a wide-awake congregation but failed 'n making world wide his fame. Samuel Musser located it about the left ear and recieved a prize for being off, Miss Lu- lu Stover, who no doubt made a com- plete study of the dear little animsl be- fore it was placed on exhibition, drew a prize for coming the nearest to placing it within two inches of the proper pace. All of course gave it up like the other donkey. After refreshments were serv- ed which were of the very bast, Rev. Steck favered the company whith a few selections from “Shakesphere,’’ reciting mostly from “Hamlet,” and also sever- al comic selections. We need make no comments on this part of the entertain. ment only to remark that he has yet to meet his superior in this accomplish- ment. The occasion was the regular monthly sociable of the Luthearn oon. gregation and no doubt will be long re- membered by those who were there, —Street Commissioner Bhaughensy or the street committee of the Borough council we don't know which, have for ten days permitied the blockade of the east side of Alleghney street from the corner of High street to the Conrad House, so that pedestrians had either to take the west side if théy wanted to on the roof of the Conrad House during | the progressjof the recent fire, a blind- | ing snow storm prevailing at the time, | is confined to his bed with a severe at- tack of rheumatism, brought on by ex- posure as above stated. We hope to soon be able to chronicle his entire re- | covery. to Hon. Jon, A Woodward our efficient member for the text of ~—We are indebted several bills pending in the | { House, and for a phamphiet copy of the Inter-State Commerce bill passed by | Congress and the bills introduced in the by tor Waters and Representive Davo. Mr Senate and House of Penoa Woodward is ever on the watch, and carefull to guard the interest of his con. | stituents, ~There reems to be some sort of hitch | of the Hook and | two different in the organization Ladder Company, sots | of men claiming to be the only genuine | Simon pure article, Harmonize your differences, gentlemen, It will take about two hundred and fifty able-bodied : All join one company and then fight about the offices. You can “let ‘er go, Gallagher” after you are organ- ized, «There were complaints last of year about Mr, Brouse as chairman the eil, which we satisfied were well He is again on mittee and not much can be expected from it. Shaughensey is about as good ns a wooden man as street commission ioner except to raise Cain with some poor man sbout an asa pile in an alley. Why don’! council appoint a man who will treat all alike ? are grounded, that com- ~=If in want of good fresh groceries, give W. K. Lduwiga call. His prices are na low as the lowest, and his stock full and compiste. You ean find in his store groceries; provisions, flour, feed, ail kinds of canned goods, glass and queensware, etc. We would all your special attention to a new coffee Wil. lett's loose—which Mr. 1. now handles, One trial will convince you that this brand is superior to any other now in the market, Store on Allegheny street near Bishop. ~"“Cherub, the Pearl of Serpent Mountain,” was produced here on Thursday evening by Miss Mattie Vick- ors and a strong company. Miss Viek- ers, as Cherub, was excellent; she hav ing lost none of her time vim, She undoubtedly one of the best soubrettes on the American Phage. Miss Nollie ' Agues Har 1 for, i A a A lighted the audience by | quickly been removed al | attend to { time ought to be allowed for the re Sena- | of {side walk on a public | days, to the injury of th noti Chas, Rogers het na Washington Gill, as usual brought down al Septimus the house, walk on a pavement, or go through the | mud in the middle of the street. Had {it been a poor man who was blockading bis expense, such matters Mr. wou'd not sllow a poor man’s commissioner does, Shaughensy ash bar rel to litter up a side walk for ten days without umking a racket. Rowsonal moval of such obstructions, the result 4 but an absolute blockade of a street for ten we doing buki- ness and to the inconvenience of pedes- trians When Jush Arcade burned Mr. Shaughensy is without excuse, begsn clearing the pavement on Sun- day morning while the fire still burned Why has he permitted the unsightly | mass to remainan front of the Reyoold’s building ? * — Before taking any active steps in | the organization of a Hook and Ladder i | Company we would suggest that Council | first look after the reorganization of the Undine Hose Company and get them into shape to be of service in time of The boys are willing and anxious to re-organize on a substantial basis, and all they ask is the house for their machine, The Hook and Ladder truck is needed but the first thing to be make available material we have on hand. Fut the Undine in good shape and then look after the Hook and Ladder boys, danger. done is to the «Mr. Whit McCormick, of this place says the Centre Hall Reporter had a tumor about the size of walnut taken from the palm of his hand on Tuesday, Two years ago a splinter from a bedstead penetrated his hand and only a portion of twas removed. A piece about so inoh and a half remained and finally formed a hard tumor and gave the young man considerable annoyance. After the tumcr was cut out it was opened and the wood was foundn to be well preserved. «The Bons of Veterns of K. R. Breeze Camp, No. 143 will give a sup- per for the benefit of the Camp at the skating rink on Saturday,!March 10th, Oysters in every style, chicken, turkey, boiled ham and everything good in the eatable line, loe cream and oake in abundance, Sapper 35cts. Every. body come and help the boys slong, 10-2-t, ~The license of W. 85, Musser, st Millheim has been revoked by Judge Furst, and that borough is without a licensed houve, | Mrs, {ed to recognize the long be remembered, Either the street committees ought to | see that the | ! the | Personal. Geo, W, Bmith, Renovo's contractor and builder, was in town Tuesday. Miss Dora Jacobs, of near Lemont, is visiting at the residence of her sister Mrs. Wm. Resides, Mr, Jobo Bartruff after an sbeence of several months, arrived home Tues- day. John wes on au business trip through the western states, and mes with flattering success, Treasurer Charles Smith returned last week from a two weeks visit to Washington, Charlie saw all the big guns and bas voted Washington the most delightful city of the country, The many friends of Mrs, Wm. Lud. wig will be pleased to learn that after being confined to the house for a period of seven months with sn attack of rheumatism the lady is again able to be out, having enjoyed a pleasant carringe ride one day last week, Harry Jackson, who holds a luers. tive position under the Democratic ad- | ministration st Washington, returned to Bellefonte Wedoesday, Harry was greatly missed by many friends here, and his visit if only for a few days will be made a pleasant one for him, Ed. Rankin, operator in the West ern Union Telegraph ofice here, has suf. ficiently his eyesight as to enable bim Mr. Meck, the gentleman who filled Ed.’s during his affliction, departed for Williamsport on | Friday where he will be employed by the same company, Dr. H. 8, Clemens of Allentown, specialist in all chronic diseases and who treats mainly by inhalations, was | i | | | his to resume his duties, a,welcome caller at our office Wednes day. The Dr. has practice in Centre understand his treatments are success- full. secured quite and n county, we —A happy meeting was that on Tues. day evening at the of Mr. Jos, Ceader. Six years sgo Mr. David Crotty, then a tall gentleman of sbout 150 pounds, started for the west. Mr. C of that country as possible, and went from place to place until it became impossi- ble for his friends to keep track of him. residence . was bound to see as much The west proved beneficial to him, and tall, muscular gentleman weighing perhaps the bakery, no one supposed it was the After a few moments, entered, but handsome gentle. when on the evening stated, a 250 pounds presented himself at absent relative, Cenders also fail man as her brother. Unable to stand the strain longer he made himself known, and the expression of ngled } shied the hligh "ms joy and surprise whic indys, | face can better be imagined than told, the pavements, the rubbish would have | The reunion was a happy one, and will Mr. Crosty came here from Salt Lake City, and will re. main a week or so, He is also a broth ar of Mrs Mrs. G trust his visit t Garman, J « Looney Ch and more of this aoe, We I will be a piewsant one le gentleman snow fel House fl he started a a slide of from the roof w he of the Court This frighten ed the animal, and « al » rapid mate, by a small boy, Methodist who when opposite the to th in doubt- church, fell © | ! ground, a roll of old Carpet was | wagon which fell with the lad, | less saving him from serious injury back Jail. No damage was received by horse i | The animal was stopped of the or wagon. whe Clearfield Repulds Krebs rendered a lengthy opinion upon { opening Court Monday morning in re { lation to the parties who were before { him for passing two $2 bills raised to | H. A. Kratzer | two £20's at the store of | & Co., on Saturday evening, Feb. 5th, The parties accused were Mrs. Price, | of near Curwensville, and a Mrs, Straw, | of Kansas, who is east on a visit. The { Court is of the opinion that it was no Jurisdiction over them and so ordered their release, The bills were miserably gotten up and how they could be passed on any one familiar with money isa question we cannot answer, ~Rumor hath it that Mr, Crider will tear down the building in whieh Dr. Harris has his office and erect upon the site thereof a substantial brick stro - ture, Thus gradually the old buildiogs in our borough are being removed and creditable ones put up in their place, We admire the enterprise of some of our citizens, and hope soon 10 see a building erected on the site of the Ardade, although it is said Mrs. Bush has atandoned her purpose to rebuild, EE a «The plans for the new bank struct. ure to be built on the site of W, F. Rey- nolds & Co's building reduced to ashes a week ago to day are such as will be a noble addition to Bellefonte’s public square, Daily News, Yes when the plans “are rearod” let us know, we want to see whether they will a noble addition do. Plans are not very substantial but then Bailey says they will bo a noble addition” to the square keand Bailey knows, «Ground Hog day should be declar- ed a legal day. | Wm | were the nominees and when a vote | { was taken the result showed 7 for {| Hillibish and 2 for Mr. Munson. { mation, | Borough Treasurer. with- | | ment, | mously elected borough solicitor. The wagon was occupied | the 1 meays Judge | MACHINE POETRY, THE CANDIDATE'S SOLILOQUY, Lets see, I'm fty yours of age to-day, My balr Is slowly turning gray; And now's the time my friends all say To make the nomination, Of course they cannot think me rash, If in polities I out a dash; For they know I have but Hittite onsh, Bat I'll have the nomination. 80 11 go to work with all my might, I'll dof my cont, prepare to fight, For I'm convinced that I'm all right 11 get the nomination. I'll write my Friends, I'm in the field To Bmith or Jones, 1 will not yield, For “choek' 1. think’s the strongest shield, To win the nomination, Let's see, 1 think my friends of course Will all jola In to swell my foros; Aud hire for me s conch snd horse, To hunt the nomination, By Georges, I'll drive from east to west English and Gorman, 1'1] talk my best, The babies 100 most be caressed If I want the nomination. M3 cards I'll hand to one snd all Tickets 1M buy for every ball, Aud on wmyoands and knees I'l] crawl To get the nomivation, And if & score of friends 1 meet, As 1 go up and down the street To soda water I will trent To get the nomination, To Bundsy schools of every tribe And bands and churches 1°11] subworibe Those soures of voters 1 will bribe To get my nomisstion. Gewhillikens | my hopes run high, Bet six months mors must first pass by Before the day and hour draws nigh To make the nomination Then If successful | shall be I'll sing sed dance and shout with glee Turn summersaults about three times three, When I've got the nomins tio But if 1 “get left" Oh my ! "the sad, To think of say thing so bad; Then by gosh I'll help the lad ) That gets the nomination the old borough connecil met for the last time, and the business of the year finished up. The thaaks of the council {| ware tendered the retiring L L the board was adjourned sine die, president, Brown and clerk Mitchell, when The new council was convened at o'clock, the new members being Robt. Cole of the West ward, and F. B, Stover of the North, Ed. ing himself in the South. Nominstions Brown Jr., for president were pronounced in order. T. Hillibish and L. T FN Munson Mr. Isaac Mitchell was re-elected clerk by sccla- C.F Cook was sworn in as ourned until 7:30 in the evening when | Thos, Shaugheney was re-elected street | | commissioner, and Samuel D, Ryan was | re-elected engineer at the water works, | { and superintendent of water depart- J. L Spangler and Wilbur Harris appeared and presented petitions for two differ ent hook and ladder companies, the mer the Rescue, and the latter A company, the name of which was not t was decided to order a hook Undines, and pe committee strucied to ‘advertise for bids for building at once. Chairman Hil | then announced the following | miltees ; Water eo ! { Cole, M ifison., momitle UaIrman Street committee — Prouse, chairman; ] h | Stover, Brockerhofl : { Fire and Police committee | chairman; Brew, Brown : Finance commitiee—Stover, chair | man, Brouse, Brockerhoff. | Market Committee~Hepburn, chair | man; Brew, Munson. | Nuisance committees —Brown, chair- man; Hepburn, Stover. «Tue Exrexiupstar Srariox, The bill appropriating §I15,000 annuslly to each state having an sgricultural lege, for the support of an agricultural experiment station passed both houses of congress snd will receive the signa- ture of the President. Dr, Atherton of the State College is the author of the blll, and it was drawn (0 meet the necessities of the farmers of the coun. try. The modern farmer is much in sdvanos of his predecessors of a hon died years ago, and the farmer of the {| 20.h rentary will be largely in advances | of those of the present day. Agricul ture is a science and ita principles are becoming fixed. Our agricultural institu. tions have always been limited in their usefulness by the prejudices of the farmers themselves. That prejudiee is geadually wearing away ss the college grows into the coofidenos of the farmer. The establishment of an ex- perimental station will be of vast impor tance to the farmers of our state, as the law requires its results 10 be published for the benefiy of that class. Dr, Ather- ton is to be congratulated on the sue- oes of his efforts in this matter, a« he hrs worked tirelessly to secomplish it wThe Watchman's description of the Bellefonte Glass Works in last weeks issue was very good and reads like some thing we have seen {a print before, We CO like the eaterprive(?) of our neighbor, —Monday morning at nine o'clock 10:30 1 Couwvcil then ad- John G. Love Esq., was unani- | § ne, | FUTH SIDE, Slush, slop, and vendue sales abound on this side of the mountains, James Dueck bas bought a timber tract from Gregg Burrell opposite the Green Grove church at the crows roads, and will plant a steam saw mill on it in the spring, P.8. Dale will move to his farm be tween Lemont snd Pleasant Gap, James Grove and Captain Waugh have leased for a number of Years sev eral hundred scres of land on Egg Hill, opposite Bpring Mills, for the purpose of prospecting for gold, silver, copper, lead and cosl, the iron ore right being reserved. They will commence opera-~ Lions inside of & month, If they strike rich vain of gold or silver we expect the population of Bpring Mills will run up to one million before long, It somewhat under that number st pres ent. Hope they may strike it rich. L. D. Hostermen, baving purchased the old Snyder homestead on Brush mountain, will prospect for iron ore. Last week a 17 year old son of Jamison died, and now his through grief at the loss of become insane and refuses to partake of {any food, It is thought she will not {live many days, in Jacob mother, hier son has The intermediate school at Spring . if Mills is still closed. the teacher, Hiram Grove, being still on the sick list Siney Bitner, teacher of the primary | school intends taking a trip to the far | West as 800n as his school closes. Spring Mills is to bave an Order of Knighthood established in its midst be- fore long. | suppose we then behold the chivalrous K nights, sttepded hy 1 { BTMLY 1 | ] 1 y their caquires, and waited upon by ther | pages, as Lhey vaalt into their saddles ide i {and ride in their grand lournaments, | 4 ‘al Drs. VanValzah and Allison are kept | busy attending their patients, there | being a great desl lo of sickness through- ut Penns and the neighboring valleys. Freddy Krumrine will move 1 | George's Valley next month, where he | will operate with a steam saw mill, Eliss Smith and Eliss Krumrine have | purchased a Norman Percheron Stallion | for the neat little sum of $850.00 sucesed- | Y acon, _— By request we publish the follow- |ing from the Lock Haven Democrat : “Mrs. Conser, wife of Geo, Conser, of the Island in Dunnstable township, died { on Tuesday from the effects of a paraly sis recieved on Saturday last- Mrs Con- | #er’s maiden name was Sarah lowersox, snd she was raised in Penns Valley Centre County, as was also her husban i, George Corser The eounle Was marm od on the Oth of may 1830 There are many reistives and friends of the fami- {ly in Centre county. | i S CHOOT ~The ft wt of the Manor schoo i Rerony : he i } hit for the | t es bo Stos Bcholars that Lone day, John K. Wager | W. Ra J Wagner, in anche V Mabel B EG 4 yor ble . | Blanche Bos " Wagner Snyder and Gertrude E D Swabdb, Susan B ’ S Gry “The “Alto” | by Moses Thompson & Sons are said to ore mines 10 be opened | be unusually rich in ore, and their ex 3 3 { eavator and washers will have a capaci ty of one hundred tons of washed ore : i ver quite er day. The ore will be shippe« 1 hie Bu i i over ! aio Run road and wii! an item of freight each day. It iz to be i hops d that the greater part if not all i i ivtije { this ore will be made into iron The Messrs. Thomg 3 . {sons are the largest owners of ore fonts furnaces, lands lin the county, and their plant may The “Alto” property embraces about twelve hun- | dred acres of land, wonderfully of When in operdion thie plant with others | reach vast proportions, rich in |, iron ore and easy develojaaent, which will follow wi. aurk woaderfal changes in the quiet Baildiv Ron valley H : a ward Ii 1 0 mstier of congrato- and add immensely to we hb population, lation to ase our own people taking part in our progress snd shearers in Jin prosperity becoming weThe vung people of Tusseyville and vicinity, had a party st William Goheen's inst Fridey seening. A few innocent plave were indn'gat in, when refreshments were servel by Mr and Mere. Goheen, alter whioh music, slo, ubtiithe wee small hours of ths morning when the party dispersed rach one go- ing to his or her home feeling happy and wishisg a Joug and hoppy life to Mr. and Mrs, Gobeen, Jrxms tc ak TN IY PA 0S bea SHAFFER KREAMER--AL the residence of 0B Mar bTAEE h. ra Abule e M burg Pa, to Anna M K wamer of | wba Th Care Fri
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