She Crutve a THURSDAY, January 24, 1880, Published avery Thursday by. the CENTRELDEMOORAT PUB. Co." Bremoont, Jr yan I CHAS. R. KURTZ EDITOR LOCAL DEPARTMENT. ~The ice men are looking happy. ~=* White caps” are around—snow on the mountain tops. —Millheim people are preparing to hold a German entertainment this winter ~To-morrow evening the Till Fam- ily will appens at Bellefonte and will give an entertainment which will be worth hearing. —George Wi Rumbarger has resigned N " oN 3 the principalship of the public schoolsat Howard and accepted a better paying position at Retort. —Rev, Leidy, the presiding elder, of Tyrone, delivered an able sermon in the Methodist church, at this place, last Sabbath evening. —Mr. F. L. Shope, of Cherry Grove, Warren county, Pa., who has charge of one of Crider & Son’s lumber camps al that place was in Belletonte this weeek, ~Mr. Frank M. Carroll, of New | York has accepted a position in the glass works, at this place. He isa decor ative glass cutter and executes some fine designs i —Millheim is on speaking terms again with the outside world. The telephone CARELESS COUNTY OFFICIALS | of their ¢ line to Coburn was put in operation last week after the necessary amount of rent was raised, —A little daughter of Rev. G. Pennypacker, of Tyrone was thrown into | convulsions the other day by eating too many walnuts and her life was saved | with difficulty. —Frank E. Bible, formerly editor of the DEMOCRAT has gone to Philadelphia where he expects to remain some time | studying shorthand writing. His family is still in Bellefonte, ~Jobn Bumbarger, the founder of Bumbarger, now known as DuBois, | died there on Sunday, aged 78 years. He | settled there in 1865 and produced the town out of a wilderness. —]It is not definitely known as yet | when theshooting contest between C.K, Sober and Dr. Carver will take place. They have not had a meeting to de. cide upon time and place, ~The musical convention at Couborn | last week was a success and largely at. tended throughout all the sessions, Prof. | J. G. Mever, of Aaronsburg assisted by Prof, W. T. Meyer, of Shamokin conducted the class, which rendered some fine selections at the closing ses. sion, —The proposition to punish by law thedealer who sells cigarettes to boys under sixteen yearsof age meets with | the approbation of every parent in the State. The law should be evoked to prevent young boys making fools of | themselves in this respect as much as in the matter of intoxicating liquors. | for the championship of { ly furnished us by Mr. Sober, and a | given below as appeared in that paper | desire to be champions, and giving the best exhibition of shooting | world. HOW SOME OF THE OFFICES ARE CONDUCTED. Treasurer Goss Hunting Weeks ats Thine Incompetent Commisdoners and General Digsatis action. : During the hunting season the present Treasurer, (oss, was absent from his office two and three weeks at a time, and it isnot an uncommon thing to find him out of town two and three days of some weeks, The two commissioners from Pennsvalley leave at 2 p. m. Saturdays and never get in town before 10 a. m. Monday, while the third, who starves himself at dinner time, to save a dim (the price of a plate of soup) mannges #@ get home for supper and takes breakfast in the morning, is consequently eavly to leave and late in axvviving at hig office. Recorder Harter often goes of Fri. day and seldom appears at his Pflice be. fore Monday evening. / Iss f Is there anyyeason for complaint here? | Certainly thereis, What is the use In having county officials they don’t at. tend to their business ? The idea of the i CAPS, Evil-Doers in Pennsylvania Summarily Panishod by Masked Men, Thomas Hag mining villagd mokin was w thrown into hree miles east of Sha ipped by White Caps and creek with a ropes around t dead. Three miners on home approached the bre the ontrage was being per- ad and were compelled to stay on rene until the White Caps had ex- xl their vengeance, the leader in. rming the miners that one of the band g attempting to commit an assault on a girl coming to Shamokin, township. A number of town people received warnings to stop indulging in drunken. ness, gambling, ete, or they would re- | ceive a visit from the White Caps, On the outskirts of Milton, two waite men and a negro were taken from the cabin tied to a tre and received a terri i ble lashing from a number of masked men calling themselves White Caps, Treasurer being absént several weeks at | a time is enough 10 satisfy voters. It does not matter much whether the Ie. | publican commissioners are on hand o not as they are incompetent and unable to transact Jusiness without the advice care ang his Yr ulders, while Henderson Decker draw their salaries fox figureheads. being Voters, open your eyes and take a | | square view of some of the Republican : county officers, dose 7 For Henderson's benefit we would say that soup is still 10 cents per dish with | crackers and water thrown in—{ree, D. | The SoberCarver C allenge In our last issue we made mention the fact that Mr. C. K. Sober had ac. | cepted Dr. Carver's challenge to the The challenge and acceptance as pub lished in the Amevican Field wrs kind. re DR. CARVER'S CHALLENGE It is time the question be forever settled who the best shot in the world really is, and if any shooter or s! in the world think I am not the best ITAL & the man shall win the money and title of cham- { pion shot of the world Signed Dr. W. T. Carver, Champion Shot of the World. OBER ACUEPTS to the Mi: gent he Wing of ME. above Sober | In answer immediatly of exceptance: Editor American | I notice in you 22 an article from champion shot of article he said he $500 in a sweepstakes who desire, and th exhibition money and title of This LA wi ing for and as the see who is the | the double bare to back myself up yrney who in fact has all the | esponsibility of the oflice on | and | Can you stand another | i ly. | at 10.15 a. m. and return at 10.30,a. m. | Under the old gehedule the mail arrived | at 2.20 and returned at | surgery without being registered. —Sleighing his been quite good since the fall of snow last Sunday night. J. W. Yeisly, publisher of | Travlers, Informer Altoona, paid this a short visit Saturday, Isaac Miller, Pleasant while playing foot ball office Jr., son of Isaac seriously at Crap, Was school near Philadelphia, — A new mail schedule hos been issued Centre Hall and Potters Mills route, and will go into effect immediate on the $50 p.m. 4 An alleged physician was jailed” at | Lock Haven for practicing medicine and The law governing the practice of medicine is strict and the physicians of that place do not feel like being compelled to obey it, while strangers are allowed to go free. —Miss H. E. Brooks, of the Lock Haven Normal, visited Pellefonte last Saturday for the purpose of meeting the | teachers of our boro schools and explain: ing the methods of instructiou followed in the Model department of the normal | at that place, | shot in the world, I will put up 8500 | | in a sweepstake and let inall those who — A crowd of Bellefonte's young people who for weeks had been anxiously await. | the for snow to have a sleighing party to the Old Fort gave up all hopes of gett. ing there on sleighs and did the next best thing, went on wheels. Now they them for not want some one to kick | waiting a little longer. | Messrs Harry twoener Bush and R. G. Da. getic young men paid their cis at this office Monday. Chey ex. to go into the and siating roofing ines on an extensive scale and have compicted all arrangements for They will have their sat Tyrone and expect to y over central Penn. thout Purpose i ¢ having dealings with satisfaction and eoeive ous treatment. Commandery, war, NS ot AF ROUGH ON THE GIRLS, The following wholesome advice was recently given by a celebrated divine to ue, of Cole Run, a small | Chuxom, boighteeyed, rosy-cheeked, full. | the young women of bis flock : “The | bregsted, bouncing lass who can darn a ad noticed Hague early in the even | frocks, command a regiment of pots and kettles, feed the pig, chop wood, wrestle with the boys, handle an oar, do a bit of fishing, und be a lady withal in company, 1% just the sort of a girl for me and for any other man to marry ; but you, ye pining, moping, lolling, serewed-up, wasp-witisted, pale-faced, consamptive, music-murdering, novel devouring, { daughter of fushion and idleness, you are Great ex- | citement prevails in this place and Coal | | chickens, { able restraint. | and less reat) | the pure become something lovely and beautiful { into the company could be ascertained | and also the amount returned in the | Miller | injured | menced to feel | and picked up what he supposed would | I } | evidently { earnings. Many policy holders complain The mail will arrive at Centre Hall | | a house along the road to get ' corner near the stove, ' beast, but No. 33, held a reception in | ‘Uall, Reynolds building A large gathering mposed chiefly of mem. | LLIN LL Wh James Wiggins, of Karthaus, Clear | field county, died on the 3d inst., aged | ! : - a. . 8 Jens 6 months 17 days. He set, balls ganization and members of | tled in that to a century ago. | Enclosed please find ¢ k {vi od’ immediate’ friends. He at an early a quarrel with | forfeit to back up ay stat : n yy full archistea of Peter A. Karthaus, the founder of aes. 2 ” . 3 2 | onsisting of twelve pieces Karthaus, which was quite a fistic en- | counter and ended in one of the largest | Jaw suits that county ever had. i curred in town which ~Theroom in Crider’s new block | more fancy shoo feats with said gun t inthe world, on B wing. Fisk's Jaw Broken in a Fight i i | : ’ : | diseoursed music during Their renditions were | ] ve | cla ul and operatic selections executed | On last Saturday evening a fr i th vening ; : | quite seriously for the partis inter vith an effect that brought forth many next to Montgomery's store, is being quite serious ow There apa finished as rapidly as possible, hs Mont- | Te disturbance took place on Alleghen; gomery & Co. expect to occupy that also, They will keep a full line of ready made clothing in the new room and have : the tailoring department in connection | with it. Their business has grown so extensive of late that they find it neces. | | man got away. sary to have two stores. -— . .. . ' i Rev. W. E. Fischer, of Centre Hall | toa dentist for examination where it Lath. church who was badly injured by falling into a cistern some time ago, performed this labor last Sunday : He preached and held communion in the morning ; preached sermons to two other congregations subsequently, administer. ed the sacramenteat two private resi dences, baptized three children, and married two couples—one of the brides at her home and the other in the Luth. ern church, both being sisters, —Wanted=Sheriff Walker wants to find the fellow who took a quarter of beef from his place on Monday even. ing. He had the beef cut up nicely Teady to cook and laid it out on the shelf eloset to freeze and the next morn - " the ne ewan aauesn aud the tost wor. for Miles, until be got a new supply. =Mm Mary A. Liveniore, the last lecture of the Star course will be at street in front of this office and was In tween two young men named Al Leight. er and a Mr. Kanp. They words which finally terminated fight. Policeman Garis arrived in tims toyget hold of Kaup: but other Kaup complained of a : severe pain in his mouth and was t had some in a the aken was found thata wisdom tooth was split and the jaw broken below, His injury Is a very painful one and will put him in for repairs some time. Lighter, we are told was mi rested since and is under bail for his appearance at court, Encourn sment for School Boys “1 have never overcome a dread of rising to address an audience, however small,” said Mr. Dougherty a few days ago. ‘‘Even when 1 rise before a jury 1 would feel grateful if the floor would open and swallow me. 1 want to get away. My lipsare dry, my hands tremble and 1 feel myself turn pale, The soumd of my volee is unfamiliar. After I get started 1 lose myself in my subject, this feeling gradually wears away, and I soon forget these disagreeable symptoms in my absorption in the work before me,” A Huntingdon local news: Jolin McClain abrother of Curtin McClain, while tam | expressions of appreciation, | elons rooms were sufficient to accommo- { date the many guests and entertained them in royal style. The banquet was an | elaborate affair consisting of all the del. | jeate viands and tosthsome dishes to be had and were served in abundance. The no more fit for matrimony than a pullet is to look over a family of fourteen The truth is my dear girls, you want more Hberty and less fashion. and less sofa, more more kitchen parlor, more leg exercise and less more pudding and frankness plano, more breakfast and less bustle, yourselves a little, enjoy more liberty | of fashion, tmosphere of unt freedom, a8 the God of Nature designed.” A Chestnut, On Tuesday last a man by 7 Yet Johns | ower Pid the mi. aSwede, who lives in of this county, HLM i ¥ y 1 alk from Philipsburg to Tyrone over the summit of the mountain, himself getting tired, make him a good cane to help him on his journey. Mr. Johnson used his new cane until he got within a few miles on this side of Tyrone when he stopped in Warm and placed his walking stick in a After remaining until he got warmed, he a on’ made prepara- tions to resume his journey and reaching for his f N! it was gone. An investigation was made ane was much surprised to find when he found his cane turned out to be black snake which had frozen stiff and it thawed commenced to erawl around a large been when out as lively ag ever. ~ Osceola Courier. The Boss Bear Story. The Renovo News comes to the front with the most thrilling bear story of the Two Philadelphians who are sojourning at Renovo started out Saturday morning to hunt bear. After traveling or eight miles they SERSOnN. REYEN struck bruin’s trail, which they followed | up until the game was overtaken, when both men discharged their guns at the unfortunately mark. Then the fun began and bruin hunted the men. They ran as fast as ti carry them with the bear in close pursuit, The hunters final- ly concluded to seek safety in climbing a tree, but the bear decided to climb the wir legs cond same tree, men each had a flask of whisky in their pockets which they poured into the bear's the drunk and while he was in this condition they de. throat, making brute scended and made their es Ape. A Sacoessful Merch f, ver differences of opinion there Whats may be as to the political practices or of Mr. John maker it cannot be disputed that he has business methods | been a successful merchant, of his success he answered : “1 tried each day to do that day's work and | to make each following day an improve. | ment upon its predecessor, That whole secret.” The same inquirer put to him the question, “And you believe in liberal advertising ?”° to which Mr. Wanama- | i ‘ ig ¢ ap + 4 SE i . ker made this answer : “I spend 85000 a |, i, and in fact every branch of | public service may be seen in actua | work of conducting the government. | good one $1000 a month to do it for me, | | I make money by it, week in advertising and pay a skillful mana former ne sspaper editor and a Advertising isthe | leverage with which this store has been reception was a social event of the season | and reflects much credit upon the order | lof Knights Templar, of | which is a representative body through- out. ~The new First National Bank build. [ ing is about completed and will be ready | for occupancy next week. The new { structure is built on the same founda. | tion as the one destroyed by fire last | May. The general plan of the new | building is much the same as in the | former structure only it is more com: | pleteand much handsomer. The build. | ing Is two stories high, mansard roof, with a tower rising from the corner; the walls are of light sandstone with brown stone trimmings and presents a stately appearmnee among the surrounding structures, The approach to the interior is guarded by twe massive doors, The interior of the building is divided into two rooms, the banking department and the presidents private room. The bank- ing department Is elegantly fitted up and conveniently arranged. The weol work Is finished in antique oak with paneled and finished in bronze, and in full harmony with the other colors in Bellefonte, | crushed ane of nised up.” Design for the New Normal, The Lock Haven Democrat says: We were shown at the Irvin House avery fine draft of a new Normal schoo edi. fice to take the place of the one recently destroyed by fire, on the hill. The design is by Robert Cole, of Bellefonte, an el. egant architect and draughtsman, and not only this, but a carpenter and build. er us well. We consider Mr. Cole's plana very fine conception and cannot imagine how it could be surpassed, He comes of a family noted as architects and builders, Killed at Lock Haven, At Lock Haven, Saturday morning Robert Barret, the 23 year old son of a Lockport widow, was killed while work ing at the ruins of the recently burned State Normal school building. While on a ladder 25 feet from the ground something from above fell on his head causing him to lose his balance. He fell to the ground and sustained such severe injuries that hedied a few minutes after, Hungarian Killed at Morrisdale Mines, Two Hungarians, who had been work- ing near Morrisdale, went into the mine very early Saturday, in order todo a big day's work. About 5 o'clock sev. eral tons of coal fell upon them, and i Are Stock Insurance Companies 8 Benefit ? { stocking, wend trousers, mike her own | d kept surmerged until he | Jess { and less mocking modesty, | Loose | breathe | and | name | an | would venture the assertion that not 30 | the burner feil to the floor | chaff tu | per cent. ever comes back to the policy tarted to he com- | last | missed their | According to the News the | Wana. | | iting | The public buildings embracing the them to death, and injur. | PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS. ADVICE FOR OUR FARMERS AND OTHERS. Who Paysthe Money? Who Gets it Finally 7 A Poor Investisent, : It would be advisable for our farmers and stock owners to be cautious in deal ing with all stock insurance companies and their agents as well, Of lute, if re. ports are true, this section has been over. run by these agents who work mostly among farmers, urging them to insure their horses, cattle and all manner of live stock. | Our first suggestion in regard to the | above scheme is that if you leave your hands off of these concerns, by the end of the year, you will have more money | in your pocket and will save a great deal The farmers | pay in the money to keep these concerns in which thereare a lot of fat drawing large salaries, and ho draw immense fees for every policy they issue, and all of this money comes from the hard earnings of our | farmers, If the amount of money paid of annoyance and trouble. agong officers, w Ages w the | form of benefits to policy holders, we holders. If it would not be thus, this 14 0 scheme of insurance would not be work- he old turn pike, and before he reached ed as hard as it is. tun your own risk | : . | in these matters and don’t support a whole hord of agents and officials who | are prospering off of you: that in different cases where their stock died, they were unable to secure their | money and when they did it was only about one-half of the amount insured and the cost of collection oftea exceeded | that. Another in | this business, is that you are often deal- grave objection we see who are rascals and will It | ing with agent catch you in some way or another, is said that in some sections agents rep- | resented that no assessments would be | made by the company, but in the course of a month or more had their eyes open- ed and were compelled 0 pay vp before a Justice of the Peace. Agents have also i gone around and collected assessments from the farmers then stuck the morey in their pockets and skipped we | In this case the assessments | had to be repaid to the company. Centre county farmers have been duped time and again by all sorts of swindlers amd slick tongued agents and they can Farming is by no | means bringing the returns it should to | our people, and economy is the only means of keeping a clear title, and for this reason they should avoid all schemes | which always take three fold more than they return and in many cases are a pure | country. not be 100 careful. ORS, f we are mistaken in our view of this matter it is because we have been mis. informed, which is not likely the case. | In short we say be careful in your deal- ings with stock insurance companies, | his lungs was the cause of | Special Excursion to Washington via Pena sylvania Railroad. ] In order that the residents of this sec- | tion may enjoy the opportunity of vis | Washington, | Railroad Company will run a special ex- the When asked a few days ago the secret | evursion to that city on Thursday Janu. : bs have ary 24th. The National Capital is one | of the most interesting cities in the Un. jon. It is esteemed by many the most | beautiful city in America, and the fact is the that it is the seat of the government ! and the location of the handsomest pub. lic building in the land, makes it inter- | esting to every citizen. Both branches of Congress are in dai- Capital, White House, Treasury, Stale, War, and Navy Department, the great Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum, are open to the public every day, and offer a field for interest and study that cannot be excelled anywhere. The great Washington Monument, the highest memorial shaft in the world, is in itself worth a trip to see. The rates are, unusually low, and the limitation of the tickets ample for a most pleasurable visit, Excursion tickets goodefor ten days, admitting of a stopover in Baltimore within in the limit, either going or re. turning, will be sold from Pittsburg at £0.00, and at correspondingly low rates from other stations in Western Pennsy!- vania. The tickets will be good for use on any regular train of the date above named, except limited express trains and in addition to the regular service a special train of parlor cars and day coaches well leave Pittsburg at 8.00 a. m. and run through to Washington, stops ping at principal stations. The return cupons will be valid for passage on any regular train, except the New York and Chicago Limited Express. ~The Holy Commun fon will be cele S511 AR AE 0 8 A | iel iron and steel works at Logan, | lumber was owned by T. | he met with the accident. Pennsylvania | pa EX ADJOINING COUNTINA, DA ———— The house of Jacob 1iimelsbaugh, an aged man who is living alone, near Pine Glenn, Miflin county, was entire ly consumed by fire on the 11th instant, The dwelling house of John Stover in Mill Hall, Clinton county, wns totals ly destroyed by fire last Friday night, caused by a defective flue. Loss #2000 partially insured, Two double furnaces are being added to the paddling departiant of the Loch. Mifr. lin county, which will give cinployment | to sixteen more men. Blue birds are warbling, jupondcasare out in leaves and buds, and trailing ar- | butus is getting ready to shed its frag. rance in Mifflin county, and the snow | birds have taken their departure. A 10-year old daughter of Isaac Edmis. i ton. in Reads townshiv, Cambria county, | was accidentally shot by ber lit : | er, who was handling a revolver tie broth. The ball took effect in the shoulder, lodging under the breast.bone, The barn of Miles Hood, | field, Juniata county, was tn a few nights ago. The fire was by a son of Mr. Hood's. While he was ascending a ladder to the mow lantern the chimney fell off, and with among the below, which ignited medi. ately. At Lock Haver . a lumber fire on | Thursday night in Linzing, Shafer & Co's. yard of incendiary origin, destroy- | ed lumber valued at $0.000, partly cov. Part of the B. Loviand, and the remainder by Kinzing, Shafer ered by insurance. burned | & company. Charles Louder, son J. Calvin Louder. | blacksmith, yf Huntingdon, was struck by a shifting engine last Friday and had his skull fractueed about two inches above the left His recovery is doubtful. He was in the act of eve, furn- | ishing a tramp with a pair of shos when he tramp carried him home, Thomas Stafford, of Lawrence town. ship, Clearfield county, while watching an empty coal train pass, the trainmen of which were making a flying switch stepped oul of the way of the locomotive bot on to the track the train COn- ing, and was knocked down. Seventeen ears passed over him, breaking his neck and severing both the lower limbs, ona being cut off at two different He was 25 years old. Was places Death of Ed BO. Deininger of Milihelm. The sad intelligence of the death of | B. O. Deininger, editor of the Millheim Journal. on Tuesday - TEACHES 1 go to press, 5 a8 we Mr Deiningss for a number of years was suff from a malignant form of serofula wh 0 i finally to penetrate his entire syste Iy kept undermining tion. Some time ago he seemed (0 rally and was confident of re slowly faded away, monia overy but all hopes An attack of pneu. and scrofula which settled on life Was a is death, Mr. Deininger, was a man whos was felt in the community. He public spirited man and always at the head of enterprises started in the com munity. Unable to give date of funeral His age was about fifty-eight vears, and leaves a wife, and two children who are of his first marriage. Death of D, D. Sh pe. On last Saturday Mr. D. D. Shope, of near Milesburg. passed away at the age 59 years, 7 mo,and 4 days. Mr. Shope had lived in that section all his life and was borne but a short distance of the scene of his death. He " of the Baptist church and an cainest an zealous wo 1kor in tle cave, of ieligien He was a highly respected citizen and all spoke well of him, He leaves a fam- ily of eleven children, six of whome are married. Two brothers Jacob and Daniel and a sister Mrs. DD. F. Shope still survive him. The interment took place at the Advent church Monay 21. ' as DIED. On the th, at Axemann, Mrs. W. GG. Van woy oe, 1Tys, 10awo, and 16 days. Tater. ment place at Lutheran Cemetry Mleasant Gap, Friday. Her maden name was Andersons wi ———— i CHOICE BUILDING LOTS! Messrs. Shoemaker and Scott offer for sale seven building lots located on West side of Thomas Street HOX160 feel. Also thirtydfive lots located on South side oi Public Road leading from Belle. fonte to Bellefonte Furnace 80 x175. ls sixty lots on Half Moon Hill 50x150 eet. For further information call on or address R. H. Boal, jul 2 Bellefonte Pa. SAGENTS¢ SOCIAL MIRROR Or Social and Moval Culture membe
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