Je A SWAVELY, = Local Editor, riant news, social 0 communications i uame of the CHERRAPOND ENE, ontatningim salou an sol the eaanty. fred a J accompanied by taeres writer . Local Department. ~The dog duys end on Saturday. Go 10 W. R. Camps for furniture of all kinds and prices, — Crider’s building is rapidly nearing completion, It will be a fine structure, —The rain which eet in Sunday after: neon put a damper on the bush meet- ing. —Taesdsy morning market was fair ly represented by farmers, but the buy- ers were not overly numerous, Ihe death of Mrs, Margaret Burns occurred ot the residence of her brother Dr. Stewari, of Pine Glen, on Wednes- day It ie estimated that between eight hundred and a thousand people were at thescone of tue Colby murder on tuaday. — A letter addressed to Maggie J. Spangler, Lemont, Centre county, is be- ing held for postage in the Altoona post office. — Repre<entative John A. Woodward of Howard has been summoned ss a grand juror to the United States Court, as Scranton. —The E siscopal Sunday school pic- pieced at Snow Shoe Intersection yester- day. Sixty-seven tickets were sold at the ticket office here, —Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wallace are mourning the death of an infant, which ogeurred on Sunday morning, the cause being cholera infantum, —The Republican State Convention was held in Harrisburg yesterday. There is no doubt that the “slated” ticket went through swimmingly. —The Penn Hall Lutheran Sunday- school has invited all the schools be- tween Coburn and Bellefonte to join in an excursion to Snow Shoe on next Sat- urday. ~The Presbyterians, of Bellefonte, and those of Baffdlo Ran will unite in holding a picoic in Hunter's Grove to- day (Thursday) providing the weather is favorable. ~The new telephone line between Bellefonte and Philipsburg is almost completed. The wires are being strung and it is expected everything will be in readiness for use by Friday or Saturday. —The K. of L. picnic in Roush’s Gap, on Saturday evening was largely attended, and quite a success. The people were conv eyed to the ground in backs, which were running to and fro all evening. ~The following pensions were grant- ed to residents of Centre county during the past week : Frances Poorman (mother) Philipsburg, Mary E. Flick Julian, Frederick Ker- chof, Howard, —Prof. W. 8, Hayden, who several years ago taught music at Stats College, has located in Bellefonte and has decid. ed to organize a class here. The Prof i= a splendid musician and teaches mu- sie to perfection. ~The new school building is to be dedicated on Thursday, September Sth, when interesting services w.ll be held. It is expected Gov. Beaver will take part. The schools will open on the 14th and 15th of that month, ——A platform has been erected in the spriog al the water works, and steps lead to it. (lasses with chains attach- ed have also been placed there, and now the thirsty can procure a fresh drink of water with convenience, ~The bush meeticg held in the woods near Unionville on Sanday was attended by a great many people from this place. Hacks were run all day, which gave our town the appearance mare of a holliday than any thing else, ~The 5ton brown stone ornament was placed in position on Reynolds bankiog building on Wednesday morn: ing. It 100k one hour to raise it, and the feat was watched by many people. There is now a weight of nearly 15 tons on that particular corner, ~Judge Krebs rendered a decision in the collateral inheritance tax ose of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania aginst John E. DuBois in favor of the plaintiff for 2136,700. Interest at 12 per cont. dates from May 5, 1887. The ease will be taken to the Supreme Court, Rev, Jo 0, Welsh requests us to state that & quarterly meeting wiil be held in the Evangeliosl church at Cur- tins on Sunday, August 21st, at which Rev. I. M. Pines, P. E, will preside. Preparatory services will be held the Suurdey evening previous, All are cordially invited to attend, John Noll, who lived at Nye Bank died on Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock, after w lingering illness. Deceased wa un respected gentleman, and many friends mourn his death, He was a brother to Mr. David Noll, and Mm, William Askey and —Don't fail to attend the Logan festi- val Friday and Saturday nights, Mrs, Frank Gibert is visiting friends in Bellefonte, Mrs, Gilbert was formerly Muss Dime Shrom, and was & compositor in the Watchman office, She is now living in Trenton, N. J., where her husband is engaged. —An informal reception to Judge Williams, the Republican nominee for Supreme Judge, was held at the resi dence of Judge Furst, on Lion street, last evening, The members of the Bar and other citizens polities, called on hands and congratulated him. ~We sre sorry to hear that Rev, Charles Steck has tendered his resig- nation as psstor of the English Luther- an church, During his stay here Rev, Steck has snd has proven a preacher of ability, He will preach his farewell sermon on the 28th inst, but will remain in Bellefonte until spring. 1. Thompson & Co., have sold without regard to his honor, shook made many fIrends, —ri, their furnishing store and tailoring establishment Mr. F.C. Mont gomery of the firm of Montgomery & Co. The purchased establishment will be under the management of Mr, Joho Bullock, a young man of more than ordinary abilities, and with whom it is a The old stand will be carried on as usual. —Co. B. returned on Saturday night about 10 worse for the jaunt at Mt, Gretna. boys distinguished themssives on to pleasure to deal, feeling none the The the field, and report having had & grand time. Barring Thursday, when a beavy gale, accompanied by copious rains, vis- ited the canip, the weather was pleasant throughout, very little suffering from the heat being reported. —Stephen Tuesday near Milroy, this place on Thursday for burial: High Mass was held in the Catholic church by Father MeArdle, after which the remains were interred in the ceme- tery. The funeral was large. Patrick Gerrity and Mrs. McCafferty, of this place, are children of the deceased. ~Mrs, Thomas Newel died of sumption st Williamsport on Saturday morning. Her remains were brought to Bellefonte on Monday morning and taken to the residence of Mr, Newel's sunt, Mrs. Miles, on Bishop street, from whence the funeral took place at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Mrs, Newel was yet a young lady, and was well and favorably known here. Her sad is sincerely regretted by all who knew her, ~— Monday morning a distressing scci- dent oceurred to Mrs, Kyle McFarlane, The lady was sitting on the porch sur- rounding her residence, when H. XH Harshbarger, Esq., out in his yard to shoot a chicken, using an old shot gun. He banged away at the fowl and brought down his game. manner one of the shots found o'clock, Garrity, who died on last was brought to con death went In some ita way McFarlane was The although annoying, is not serious — A case involving over half a million to where Mrs, sitting, penetrating her shoulder. dollars was brought up for argument A Are ocon- before the Court on Wednesday. number of eminent nected with the case, including Judge Orvis, of this place, Senator Woolverton lawvers of Sunbury Judge Mayer and H. T. Har- | vey, Esq, of lock Haven, Henry Drinker, of Philadelphia, and others names have not Judge Williams, of Tioga county, pre- whose we learned, Ld : i | sided. It is an action in ejectment | ! the surroundings brought by the Midiand Mining Com pany against the Lehigh Valley Mining Company, and the land involved lies in Snow Shoe township, this county. ~The School Board purpose baving the dedication of the new public school building on Thursday, September Sth 1887, st 2 o'clock p. m. It is proposed to make a town affair out of it and rather have a jollification upon the completion of better school facilites than we have heretofore enjoyed. The lawyers and ministers of the town will ba invited to do the speech making, while the securing and arrangement of music for the occasion has been left to Mr. 8. A. Stover, a member of the Board. It is to be hoped that the peo- ple of the town will heartily and sin- cerely join with the Board and make this an event long to be remembered by our people. An edueational jollifi- cation would be new as well as delight. ful, ~On Friday sand Saturday evenings, August 10th and 20th the Logan Hose Company will hold a festival for the benefit of the orgavization, in the Court House yard. On Ssturday even- ing there will be a fireman's parade, participated in by the Logaos, Undines and Coronet Hook and Ladder Company headed by a band of music. No aid will be solicited by the ccmpany, but those who desire may contribute cakes, cream, fruits, or anything else which would tend to make the affair a success, This makes it possible for the people of the borough to show their appreciation of a really good and loyal fire company, Contribute what you oan, whether it be little or much, and then the festival, What you do for the boys now, may be repaid tenfold within the month, Fhe B30 5 injury | : a : | hands and crossed marking Lhe sp ~Tue Corny murder of the Colbys near Washington Furnace, Clinton county, is still the all absorbing theme within a radius of 25 miles of that place. Jobn W. Johnson, of near Hublersburg, this county, bas been arroated, charged with the foul James Kline has been arrested in connec, tion with the robberies near Washintgon Furnace, and also the murder of the Colbys, as has ‘‘Eesec'' and William Kline brothers of James, is said to be a simpleson. There seems to be but little doubt that these men are the gulity parties as they were seen in that vicinity on Bun. day, the day of the murder. it threatened Colby st different deed, Hameo! Johnson is said, had times, and is considered a bad character, The Coroner's inquest Jeveloped the fact that after Mrs. Colby had been shot she was cruelly outraged, evidently while in the throes of death, placed in their graves on Monday might, The dead bodies were and on Tuesday were viewed by hundreds of people. Funeral services were conduct- {ed by Rev. Dotterer, of R« bersburg. The Commissioners of that county have | offered a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of the murderer or murderers, A day or two before the murder was dis attempted assault upon little girl. He to the description of the highway robber : covered a tramp an answers somewhat and the police are after him also. On Sat. urday last some of our officers arrested a tramp st Milesburg, who answers the de- scription of the one mentioned above, ex cept that instead he has whiskers sll over his face. is a hard of Burnsides He looking customer, and refuses to talk, Two singular incidents have occurred in this connection, and which will be inter. esting to note, On the Sunday the murder is supposed to have been commitied, a wife and his wife, were on their way to the country Ww gentleman named Myers, his children, and a brother-in-law and spend the day, their destination being the woods in the vicinity of the Colbys, with whom Myers was acquainted. Mr. Myers states that he intended going to Colby's spring for water. Afler the party turned into the rosd leading to Tylers- bad ville, they were met by Essic Kline, who stopped them and warned them nol Lo pro- ceed that way ss robbers and murderers were in that vicinity, and that they might be attacked This frightened the Iadies that they entreatad Mr. Myers Ww return, which be did. Had the party pro- ceeded they would probably have saved the lives of the victims, or discovered the bodies at least twenty hours sooner. The Kline placed AM question arises was Eesic there to watch ” Probably the strangest story comes from murder, bad & dream, the of which, as printed in the is a On Thursday night, August 4th, Grugan was lying on his bed asleep He bad & vision in which he saw a lonely on & vious 0 the substance Demoerat follows: looking clearing lonely mountain, in the centre of which stood sa delapidated house, and dder | wended its way among the rocks. So iy two men apg eared upon Lhe scene, i h he killed | brandishing » knife, with whic T xo | about that time, but seemed not « | his companion other men appeared be 18K {ing » part in the murder, and # in ihe uy what appeared 4 peared listance Th 3 : then picked some bloody clothi sichel, and be 8 « { bar, and going 1 the stream washed t where he did so. He then went to a clump of fire burnt the clothing and hid the bar and {satobol, With this Mr. Grugsn swoke { but his dream loeply impressed hi, Up dream he the mind, and on awaking in the morning flashed scross his again forthwith concluded to The next day he went {to Lock Haven and in course of conversa- tion related his missioners, also producing his drafi all who heard of it poked fun at the dreamer. But here is where the strange part comes in. On the follow- ing Monday the Colby murder was an nounced. Still Mr. Grugan was guyed On Friday Isst Mr. Grugan, in company with several friends, concluded to visit the {scene of the tragedy. {cured and they started, the warfare still being kept up by Grugan’s friends. But as they reached a certain clump of bushes Mr. Grugon eal! 1 a ball, stating that that spot looked familisr, although he had never been in that locality before. They alighted and going into the brush the re- mains of what was once & small fire were discovered. Further search brought to light the gun stolen from Colby and also his powder flaek. The gun bore blood marks. This accounts for the crowbar and satchel. It is needless to say that the faces of the jesters now took on a serious is fellow com- dream to h course murder, everything was found as pletured in the vision, the foot prints where the murderer crossed the stream be ing plainly visible, and there was a small pile of stone indioating that ho marked the spot. Sure. ly this is a wonderful dream, and as it has been verified in many points, it is fair to presume that three men were implicated in the affair. Considerable nxcitement was caused on Tuesduy Inst by the announcement that John Colby, father of the murdered man, bad been arrested and lodged in jail by a constable from Mill Hall, who claims he bas strong evidence against the acoused. On the Saturday previous to the murder, John Colby and his nephew, Charles Col. by, wers fishing in the neighborhood of the Colby farm, and towards evening the man under arrest sont the boy home, stat. Munpen,—The brutal Commissioner Grugan, who four days pre. | mittee, while the report of the finance | & sream | ] ¢l bushes some distance AWAY and boilding s | iraw a sketch of | Of A back was pro- | aspect, Proceeding to the scene of the | ing that he wanted to go to a neighbor's house to get his hair cut Colby denies he was, The constable who mude the arrest claims to have strong evi boy says dence against him, A tramp was arrested a short distance fromm Milton on Monday afternoon and it is believed he is the man, so badly wanted, Heo neked for something to eat at a farm sat down on tie porch. The housewife off, He refused, when she threatened to call her husband, ordered bim His repry was he would cut the farmers heart out if on Ihe husband and he would come Bhim. the man came in and eaptured the rascal nesr Indy screamed and another He answers the complete description of the and officers have gone after him, John W, Johnson, and Esee Kline were taken before Alderman Harris on Tuesday, for a preliminary hearing but as all was not in readiness, a continu ance until the 30th inst, was bad, and the prisoners were taken back to jail, ~The tramp arrested and lodged jail here charged with assaulting a Reece girl near Nittany, was held until Mon- day when the girl was brought up to failed to How ever from his actions he is supposed to identify him, which she stating that he was not the man be guilty of some other crime and is therefore he'd for future developments, When aod searched he willingly parted with his were very suspicious. arrested knife and other possessions, but his force. When asked what he had done with bis revolver be said, “I got it now.” Shortly afterwards he was agaio ssked the question by T. hava’! SRYED § kie, when he answered “That's none of your business.” ~A meeting of the borough council was held on Monday evening, at which The citi zens req ested a hydrant for Howard street, which was safused. The committee reported that property owers on Bishop and streets, and also the there was a good attendance, several on north and to lay new pavements. The and as there is some citizens, & commitiee was appointed investigate the matter, amount reported from the market com- T 3 | committee showed a balance of 84,311.01 | due the borough. President Fortney, | of the School Board appeared | the council and stated the needs of the | ! schools in reference to the borough | The children living in the vicinity the their os to { school house and will find } Heynold's mill must go nm | ponvenient way to travel up the Burnt Mi | Logan street to the is road to Logan street, thence along He slong school boure. reauested that sidewalks be laid one side of Logan sireet extension and | a crossing there if the walk is built o T8 n i AirO " of the orossing « the { the south side n Bishop street in front school | hou the walks the s¢, In reference to laying o Street commities was | directed to proceed according | ordinance, The request for a on Bishop screet will be investigated | 1" — intelligence reached this place on isst Friday morning from Mr. | formerly a resident Edward here that place relative to a terriffic evelone | that struck their a'most Kan., through Speer, but now town. and earth, in which one child was killed | and a large number injured, and some | fatally thereby rendering many helpless and homeless, so much #0 that an ap | peal for help to the generosity of the | public was neccessary in order to give some comforts to the afflicted and dis | tressed who are found in this once pros. perous but now desolate wast, Chief | Burgess H, 3. Hale received a ciroulsy | inclosed in the letter from Mr. Speer | giving an account of the complete | wreck of property and the destitute | condition of the people which is beyond | disoription. This appesl is made {to all who feel themseive able to | contribute to this noble object, if but a | small amont: The appeal is signed by | the council and by D. M. Smith, Mayor lof Millbrook, Graham county, Kan, | Contributions given to Chief Barges Hale for this purpose will be immedi ately sent to E. M, Speer, who will ju- diciously distribute it among the suf forers. FA. fortunately was not a suf. ferer, but had a close eall, he being in the cellar to avoid the terror of that part of the west, when the building ealiapsed and he was buried beneth 10 feet of debris; be was compelled to dig his way out, He was not burt. eM annign, ~At \4e bride's home in Centre Hall, August 11th, 1857, by the Rev. G. P. Sarvis, Vance W. Mo Cormick, to Miss Minnie J. Reoseman, all of Centre county, Pa. weDign, At Pleasant Gap, August 9th 1857, Deforest B. infant son of Potter and Elizabeth Tate, aged 0 months and 3 that he was fishing st all that day, but the | house, and after receiving whet he wanted | tramp seen in the vicinity of the murder, | in| do, | Ibe man’s actions prior to his srrest | i | lent musician, being a graduate of the | | pocket-book had to be taken by main | J. Dun- | street | Linn | south side of the jail, had been notified | Undine | hose house was reported completed, | dissatisfaction | existing between the members and the | to | $22 10 was the | before | fi new | ¢ 1 to | crossing | Milibrook, | of | | entirely swept it from the face of the | Personal. Giov. Beaver spent Sunday with his { wife and family bere, Robert exhilarating of Atlantic City this week, Ex-Judge Adam Hoy was again re- seriously ill yesterday, We | trust he will speedily recover again. W. I. Flemming, the merchant tsi- lor is off to the city, where he will pur- Ellis Snyder and are enjoying the | ported | chase a complete stock of fall and win- [ter suitings, Shaughensy, John ton of Thomas | Shaughensy, who has spent the past few | | months at Philadelphia, Atlantie City, | {and other interesting points, returned to Bellefont Tuesday. J. B. nl Mayes, of Houserville, was a { caller our office Saturday. Mr Mayes deals in all kinds of marble aad | granite grave stones and monuments {and bis work is of the most satisfactory | kind, That battle-searred and brave warrior, | | General D, H, Hastings, arrived in town | Saturday night, ment very much, { himself on the | which he conducted Gov. | head quarters, Miss Sallie Meyer spent a few days of this week in Belle fonte, the gust of Mr, and Mrs. C. wer, of Rebersburg, Miss Meyer is an necompished | and pleasant young lady, and an excel- Boston Conservatory of Music Miss Mary | daughter of Snyder the Rev. Snyder of | Harrisburg, Miss Snyder is well qual- |itied to make it pleasant for her and no doubt the young lady will be favorably impressed with our beautiful suroundings, Mr. George Chsse, who last winter moved to New York City, where he is engaged in the steam heating business with his father, spent Sunday with his {many friends here. George attended the National Guard encampment with | Co. B. of which be is a member, and re | turned here with them, Mr. Henry Swartz, who is now em- | ployed in a large farniture factory at | Muncy, Pa, spent Sanday wits his { family here. He likes his position very {much and will likely remove to that He had the honor of completing | the first piece of furniture made in the factory, which only recently commenced operations, i place. Rev. Father Fisher of Philadelphia, celebrated a high mass in the Catholic | i church here Sunday. Father Fisher of Zion, and {many of his friends from that place at- He is an | able and eloquent priest, and a gentle | is a brother to Dr | tended the morning services, | man of plessing manners and Miss Rachel Humes, well a large circle of friends ss a bright and | intelligent young lady of this place, re- turned home on Monday from a longed visit to Atlantic City, and many | Khe Isshing other places of interest seemed of the the to have enjoyed the roaring waves snd the fanning of the much improved in her general health. Miss Nellie Kline, daughter of Mr. {and Mrs, DD. 7. Kline of this place, de- one evening last week to spend a week among her friends and relatives 1 in the pleasant little borough of How- sen breeze to extent | parted ard, Mis Nellie is an sccomplished and refined young lady being one of Belle- daughters, those who will have the pleasure of making | fonte’s fairest and | her acquaintance will be of the same | opinion, Mr. Shelhart & very prominent busi- | ness man of Danville, has for the past {week beena welcome guest in the { home of Mr, and Mrs, William’ Lyons on Bishop street. The gentleman came { with the intention of spending a day or | 80, but as Will and his estimable wife know how to entertain their many friends and make it agreeable for them and the many attractive features of our town and vicinity has a charm for him as he is stil! in our midst enjoying the pure mountain air. Mr. Shelhart is identified with Sunday-school work, and a great advoesator of temperance, «As the engine on the Bellefonte & Buffalo Run railroad, with Jerry Nolan at the throttle, bounded around a curve one day Ist week, the engineer was horrified to see a man lying across the irsek. Quickly he whistled “down brakes” and reversed his engine, stop- ping within a short distance of the pros- trate figure, and which he immediately proceeded to rescue. Judge of his sur prise when he found a stuffed figure ly- ing there, whick some miscresnt bad placed on the track as a joke, Of course Jerry was mad, and the perpe- trator would have recieved rough usage had he been there. Such tricks are too serious to practice, and should not be repeated, RT «The case of G. W, Rinehard was to have been considered by the Board of Pardons this week, but up to the hour of going to press no action had been taken. «We will sell for the balance of this season South Bend Chilled Plows af cost, 3-2 H. K, Hicks & Bro, McKnight | breezes | Ie enjoyed encamp- | and distinguished | field in the manner in | Beaver to | M. | amiable | Spring | street is entertaining a lady friend from | guest, | i | John Mahinsky, a laborer living on | Fisher | address, | known to | pro- | that she is | f Mr. and Mrs, died on Monday night, of cholera infantum, Mr. and | Mrs, Edward Fos'er are mourning the ~Ao infrnt child o James LL. Seibert | death of a child, which occurred on the same night aod from the same cause. ~~ Atler a thorough trial of the quali- ties of the Link Barb Fence Wire dur ing the past two years in this vicinity, it has become an established fact that it is by far the best in the market, | Write McFarlanes, | prices, of Bellefonte, for —HRev. W, W. Anstdt, of York. the young man who preached s trial ser- mon in the Lutheran church on Bun. day last, made a favorable impression upon the congregation. He is a scholar {ly gentlemen, and is quite likely to re | ceive a enll, We have before us three bean pode which measurs 27} inches, the next 25, and the third 24} inches, by Mrs, {| Murpby in ber gwarden in he longest of { They were raised Caroline this place, | and are only a sample of the many that { may be be found on the stalks. Can ny one beat them ? ~Calyin Green, our popular down- { town colored barber was married in | Huntington on Tuesday last 10 a young { lady of that place, but whese name we have not learned. The happy couple {came to Bellefonte yesterdsy. The Desocrar wishes then much joy, ~The Democrats of Blair county on | Monday held their county convention iard nominsted the following ticket : Commissioners, James Mc- Intosh and C. B. Jones; Poor Director. |G. B. Smith, Auditor, A. J. Fitler, Delegates to Siate Convention, Harry H. A. McFadden, Dumphy, and Augustus Lardis, | County | Bonsall, | | John 3 = The body of a two-year-old child of | Spring alley, Pittsburgh, was devoured by flames in its coffia on Sunday while | awaiting burial, In scoordance with the rites of the Roman Catholic Church candles were { about the coffin, a number of barning Several children were in the room, and one of them ascident iy upset one of the candles, The lace in took fire, the flames could be extinguished the coffin | the coffin and before | was in sashes and the remains of the lit- | tie one burnt to a crisp. «The great event of the season among farmers, manufacturers, stock raisers and fruit growers is the Interstate Pic nic Exhibition at Williams’ Grove, Pennsylvania, which opens August 20th and continues during the entire week, | The number of applications for exhibi- | tion space, the number of tents rented { and the mass of mail matter daily | ceived at the General Manager's offic | give abundant proof of the popularity | of this meeting and its unequalled suc Improvements sre being bg oo ess, made, new buildings are being erected and the grounds beautified and made still more | | attractive, | ~The Altoona Tribune says : Mcnday | evening, as the Philadelphia express | east was running past Penn Station, on {the Pittsburgh division, it struck an | unknown man pear the water plug. | Two engines were attached to a train of | ten cars, and being on down grade the speed was rapid. The man was instant- ly killed, every bone, it is said by the trainmen, in his body was broken and his clothing, save his shirt, even to his shoes, was stripped from the body. He was thrown forward and lit on a cross- ing, and it is supposed that the ends of the planks esught his clothing and rip- ped them off. Strange to say, the re mains were not in the least mangled. SE ~The Lock Haven Democrat save Harry Bush met with an acoident while traveling along the Sasquebanna river oh his bicycle the other day. He went from here to Lock Haven and thence to Willismsport. At a place where the river bank was about eighteen font high his bicyels went over the bank. in the descent he struck a rook, reader - ing him unconscious. Had he not been seen by two men on horseback who rescued him from the water, be might have drowned, As it was, he quickly recovered consciousness and now is perfectly weil. His bicycle was broken. «Book Bixpixa We are now pared 10 do all kinds of book bi at reasonable rates and will guarantee od Tee te magazines, eto, and have them bo —Elegant bedroom suits, sofas in the line may he
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