EDITOR The Grand Jury beg leave lo re- mind the Commissioners that the yard "the Ceowrt Hous i ino very shabby condition, and is being used as a ti from of play ground disfigured by pitch ing quoits and we are also informed that the Court Howse has been granted for holding eachi- band which We discovuntenance, MIST ‘SE OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS.” bitiims, meetings, ole,, as this & «a LOCAL DEPARTMENT. An Epitaph. Little Johny Day lies here, He neither eries nor frets; He just had reached his 13th year— Cligaretts —Boots— Mingle 's—Shoes. —The Democrat 156 cents for the campaign, Zellers, the druggist, is moving into his new room this week. —Robt. Hunter is attending the Un- ion county fair this week. —Band festival at Milesburg, on Sat- urday evening, of this week. —Clothing men and coal merchants welcome the cold weather, ~The curb stone market is slowly dwindling down as the cold weather ap- proaches. ~The first frost of the season was felt one morning this week, We failed to feel it, only heard of it. —Dunkle & keeps up with the trade as it al the best and freshest goods in Fortney Ss grocery way ned SUC A. ~A game of base bali will be played on mn between the ' of the Saturday afterno ; and “ Feeders’ nail ers’ Mr. John Smith Monday being Miils town on was in way to Pine {srO0VE {io parents, ¢ large | list this week. We are si ut sure. ly getting there, —~(ze0, Condo, ason of Mich ( had 1 crank of the “‘merry-go- pic-nic last wes th 3 n 1 } $4 . ’ his arm broken while turnis of Rebersbu 7%: Jessie Moore. of Boalsburg, 7 Own, 70, are — Daniel Dubbs, George W. Stiver of Stormst 1 Centre county. Mr. recent deaths 11 —An infant daughter of Mrs, Corney Garman aged months died on Monday evening and was buried on Tuesday afternoon —Captain Austin Curtin of the ingdon Reformatory (1 a superintendent) was in Saturday shaking bands with [a and acquaintances. in inmate but —~Weddings will be plenty section during the next two months, must be sort of contageous and si folks are liable to be affected. At Lhis writing %o less than six weddings are on the tapis. $ —A. Sternberg can now be found at Simon Lobes clothing store where he is | salesmen. | I wish this to be published “Sterny’' is a first class man in that busi- | us permanently engaged ness and can give customers what they need in the line of clothing. ~Editor T. H. Harter, of the Mid- | last | He | paper and writes some | | the prisoner himself, dleburg Post, was in Bellefonte Friday and paid our office a visit. edits a lively spicy letters in Pennsylvania Dutch which has given him quit: a reputation. —On next Sabbath morning the new Evangelical church at Spring Mills will be dedicated. The sermon in the morn. ing will be delivered by Rev, West, of Harrisburg, Pa. Prof. Goble, of the Central Pennsylvania College, of New Berlin will preach in the evening. ~Captain Henry Grow, of Kylertown, Clearfield county, Friday morning stepped on the track of the Beech Creek railroad, near Beaver run bridge, and was struck by the engine of the Philipsburg train and killed. Deceased had recently hsnown symptoms of insanity, ~The Methodist Church which has been undergoing repairs the past sum. mer will be finished this week and will be opened for worship next Sunday morning. Rev. Geo. E, Reed. D.D. 1. L.D., President of Dickinson College. will occupy the pulpit morning and evening. A most cordial invitation is extended to the friends of the ehureh to join the congregation in holy worship on sabbath next. ~Dr. Wengert and father, of Philips. burg. left for Philad. for Polylinie Hospital, where Dr. Mills will per. form the operation of terpanning Dr. Wengert's skull to discover the abe cess on Bis brain, which is supposed to be the conse of Dr, Wengert's brain tronble, Tt is a dangerous operation but it Is the last return and we hope may be successful and resort the patient to perfect he Jdth, He is almost blind, but i8 sensible of his condition and says the operation will be a great risk: but he is prepared to aceept the result whatever ®omay be near instantly . | and putting and end to his own life, SLre 8 has | ipsburg Daily ‘Nail- | works. | of Punxsutawney, | th t of a similar cl l on our | dog hie has | W. Seole and when in | lv ensued, i sault and battery and | bout twelve | Hun- | Jellefonte last | ENS 3 | We had better D iret. | alw Hopkins, TRAGEDY AT PHILIPSBURG. SEELY HOPKINS KILLS HIS WIFE AND MOTHER-IN-LAW, On last Sunday Morning snd then tries to Commit Salelde by Shooting Himself twice in the Hend. Jealous of his wife, A worthless husband. Had been arrost- od for abusing his wife The deed plann- ed before hand, On last Sunday morning the citizens of Philipsburg were startled by the re. port of pistol shots and soon after were horrified to find that they had been fatal missles causing the death of a young wife and her mother, while the desper- ate fiend and husband was fatally wounded in trying to put an end to his own existence. Seely Hopkins, a carpenter by trade, was the perpetrator of this tripple tra- He came to Philipsburg several years ago and married Miss Maggie Wighaman, a most estimable young lady and highly respected in that com- munity. Their marriage was not a happy one as frequent quarrels arose and their home life was one of constant turmoil. The husband, it is said, was a worthless character and gedy. never sup. ported his wife as a husband should. He frequently got drunk and in that condition came home and beat his wife most shamefully, About a week be. fore the tragedy he was arrested for abusing his wife and was held over for appearance at court. At the solicita- tion of his wife he was allowed to go in | search of bail, they supposing that he would leave the town and never return. He left but returned one week later, on last Saturday evening with the expressed purpose of murdering the two women in which he was not quite as successful. The following taken from the Phil Herald gives full “ Wi. it from the statement made ucedd that jealously 5 his awful end of the intoxicating drink 18 In most cases HAT $ past been lived by the For # Kind of cat and y murderer, Hopkins and his wife Maggie, iquor, fights have frequent. He wi sometime H AS Under arrest and waving to Bellefonte, Ng Was committ ‘4 PF Crond hers | ness, of 1t of ms Wife would have others. here I wish I could and E Keldricks, a vould have Hil«d them - thelr cirsss hurts, I wish my Maggie but she While I have bin have met EH cracker agent | so ful of Led. D- body to be sent. P. 8S, Send Wonl to my Brother Bert Stone St. Rochester, N.Y It is evident that + to Houtz. dale did not his anger for while there he wrote the followiug which we have permiszion to print from ov pA his visi in any way allay Houtzdale, Sep., 21, "50 I have written many statements on What I am a going to do, but most of the People in Philipsburg say that | have Bin Houned to get me out of the way. So BE Hee oa Dear E~ (Ge the cracker agent, can have their way. They have used my Wife Maggie as theirs. 1 love her to idolitry and these men can never have their satisfaction again. I will Die, I want this distinetly understood, | want my body sent to Rochester to Birt Hopkins 27 Stone St. Rochester, N.Y. You can see the rest Good By all. Saturday Sep. 21, 80, I am in Osceola now on my way. Who ever comes in my way when | meet Maggie and interfers will godown with her. WwW. Ss H. Saturday, Sep., 21, "89, Houtzdale To night is ny time if every thing is all right Mind my word, | want my body sent home Just as 1 fall. Hovpe~1 will give vou all Gol By. PLS. 1 wish old Emaline Clarkson and Ether Wighaman Will Dye By inches they ave the cause of My Wife doing whot she does, they are both old sragm, I hate to do un erime like this but they have hounded moe around HI 1 am stir. red to it. Hix statement to us is that he left Houtzdale bet weenten and eleven o'clock on Saturday night reaching Philipsburg as near as he could tell about one a. m. He then made for the house situated on Second street, forcing his way through the cellar window to await Lis opportu. nity. He stated that he procured apint of whiskey at one of the hotels at Hout. dale before leaving and being under the effects of the liquor possibly slept until the morning. His wife had been in the * | kitchen cellar uring the morning, butdid not see him hiding About ten o'clock as the peaceable eit. fzens were on their way to their respec. tive places of worship, he came out ofhis hiding place in the cellar to the kitelion where his wife was busily engaged wash ing the dishes used at the breakin meal. Mrs, Hopkins was at fiest alarin. ed on his appearance in that way, but when he went to her, placing his arms around her, she reproached him in any. thing but polite language and told him to “wet out of this.” He immediately drew the revolver, which is known as an “English bulldog,” and fired, The shot, however, missed her and he fired a sec. ond, which penetrated her skull, causing death in a few minutes. On hearing some one upstairs he rushed through the sitting room and on seeing his mother. in-law fired the revolver, the shot strik. ing her under the the chin and went through her head. She rushed back into a room and fell to the floor, Hopkins pursuing her and fired another shot through her head, killing her ai. most instantly. He then ran out of the house and made for Andy Allport's livery stable, in front of which he shot himself twice in the head, falling to the ground, but still remaining conscious, He was arrested by Samuel Rhule, tak. en to the lock-up and his wounds dressed. Coroner Laporte was summoned, and a jury empannelled, consisting of G. E, Parker, foreman, R. MeClintie, H. and Robert Musser, The bodies were then viewed and the jury then adjourn. ed, Statement of Cele Hopkins, mule M. Click, on I left Houtzdale on Saturday night about 11 o'clock p. m., walked down the railroad until came to BR. B brick yard where I left the railroad and took the board walk to Phill Went up Maple St. to Second St down Second St... to went into the ally i back of the house, | dow of the cellar and laid on I eonuld 1 {meaning Sunday. psburg then " , Rose Prines and then into I broke in the the in the cellar all night. { heard them get up | Wighaman and my wife); waited a while and then went up steps that { the cellar to the kitchen, but ing up took off my shoes so tha When 1 got washing up to } my arm around her and sl h ve revolver a could not hear me my wife was dishes, 1 walked 1 get out Of a 11] she BL HH I fired] at creamed © 1 Bred anoth fell, 1 did not I then went up Cele don’t,” she aoe whether wend or $ saw the old woman ; tairs, I fired at hex room, | followed het { on the floor and begged hoot her, 1 | ber in the head turned BEAD dow the stairs and door to Allports’ livery TRIED TO KILL 1 fired the knock me down, but the second Thought I had one more shot, but it, or | would have died with them I gave my revolver to Mr. Eckridge MYSEL} two shots, first ANE pot be did mi Wednesday so that it would found on me if I was arrested. | [ sent Charles Humphery for it from at the stable until be came back. six shots in it. This morning I had two cartridges of my own and Charles Hum. phery gave me four and that made six, I got the revolver froma gun dealer opposite the Reynold's arcade, Roches. ter, N. Y., when I was hone, the price was 83.50, but it did not cost me any- thing. The party told me he would make me a present of the revolver. | am well acquainted with the party from whom I got the revolver. 1 also got nine cartridges with the revolver, I fired two of them and Wm. Ferguson fired { seven which I got with the revolver, that caused me to get the other cartridges from Humphery. The revolver isa Brit ish bull dog. I did not break the lock off the door yesterday after I shot Mrs. Wighaman on the stairs, 1 did that some time ago. Maggie went in there to sleep one night and T wanted her to sleep with me, which she did after I broke the lock ofl the door, ——— The coroner's inquiry was resumed on Monday before District-Attorney Meyers, at the Public Building, when the witnesses were called, testifying as follows ; The testimony of Jackson Gorton explains fully the reason Hopkins was released from the lock-up, the week be. fore. A. Jackson Gorton-said : 1 took Hop- kins to Squire Duncan: admitted that he had choked his wife. I arrested him ; he said he could furnish bail. He went out to look up bail, but did not succeed, Squire made out a com ait. ment and brought it to me. I went to see Ms, Wighaman and his wife and they sald they didn’t want to prosecute and didn't wani to see him go to jail and said that if he would go away and stay, that was all she wanted, said 1 would take him over if they would S| merfield Flegal. Stuart, George Hartsock, M. B. Hysong | day morning, I saw Hopkins during the ! | furnish money, but they would not do | lng without Hopkins as that as they did not want to go to court | the scalp were of a ut all, After that they went away and I then went to the house to see th AFT Id go ‘ wife vit she sid Wis cilied in. i had ag dni Lo #0 to Houtzdale; that perhaps he would run off and stay away and not bother her any more as it was while going to court came up and told him I would have to go to Bellefonte, gald ** if you let me I did not see him afte Jiri sworn said : Maggie Hopkins is my niece, and Esther Wighaman my sister, I wis att on her part, | hought le ago I will get.” and r that. § Myers—on being he Puss. more House when I was told Hopkins had shot himself, went to where they | Went live, saw Maggie on the floor. up stairs to my sister, and found hex breathing, My niece was 21 married to There formation, July, Hopkins about no children, 1 Have frequently threats made by Hopkins within the last and was LWO years Are made the H- heard past six months, that he would kill both | women, meaning his wife and mother in-law, Mra, Lottie Flenal—said : borough, near where the family was shot and where the prisoner shot himself , sm married . my Ilivein this husband's name is Sum- I was at home yester- shooting, 1 heard a shot fired from my | own house and thought it a strange oc- | to J. 1 | en where the sound came from, and | putting my head through the | wife a half dozen | weeks since. if the Telephone Company, of Osceola, | | do it not see the revolver again until Friday. | Wm. Fergusons' livery stable, I staid | The | : revolver is a seven-shooter, but had only | Wigtons’ | Rervous, currence on a Sabbath moming about 10 o'clock, 1 ran through to back kitch- on window, saw Seeley Hopkins who appeared very almost On seeing 371 ”y 1 : ’ him try to shoot himself said dont shoot yourself, not worth | his & i ful. he | in wrious nature and w Ta 7 ES WOTITMAS i would Jikely eam ath, The si 5 ’ " | éviaent on | full and completo | Shooting without snowing the least | of { only regret is that he did not succeed in | she died while 1 was present, | { about #2. 000 SUrance i + 1 ond sh Lure un Monday as the man became feverish and lates day his left & wounded in the ide became parsivzed and He is perfectly rational and givesa statement of the remorse for the terrible deed. His putting and end to Lis own | After the ie also. news of the murder | known throughout town the ms ntiment | of the publi make him suffer by the law. The better 1 ; i i vated and if be should re- be meeted cut to { him, The Wolnen vi the two murdered funeral t EY! VOOR i noon snd was largely attended, a press Hopkin was some better and may recover. Ax we got condition Fire at Centre Hall At about midnight last Friday night two loud explosions were heard that started the people in Centre Hall from thelr beds, was given and the store room & Co., across the street to the North from the hots! found in flames, The explosion Lioke the windows and door which gave Was the fire a good draft and the builking was doomed. Close to this building was the Durst residence which was in great danger, but through the untiring efforts of the citizens was | The loss whis} finally saved, f Dale &£ Co. is WAR covers The store | | about 1.2 thel f ork of an The Jewish Holidays Garman Maitland The invitations for Miss Minnie B. Garma 3. Maitland, at Danijel Garman, T “§ tober 8rd. le 1 was present | ran ip . 1 4 LEH id and He or oO i anne fon tH reals the mother and : times in my hearing, the last threat being made about four “here frequent She wanted to go to housekeeping but he never would were quarrels between them, She was at my house only five minutes before the murder and 1 told her it was reported he was in Philips. burg : that he had come on by freight on Saturday and I urged her to look ouf for him. She appeared frightened at it, but had more fear for her mother. She never believed he would shoot her, but her mother. Frank Nelson said he was coming on freight from Houtzdale., Question by Squire Laporte : Do you remember any difficulty about three weeks ago, and had again made it up ? Yes, Mr, Gorton came up to ask her mother to come to Squire Laporle's office. She dressed to go, but in the mean time he (Hopkins) had come down from the office and said, “For God's sakedon’t go up there to expose me ; I'll behave myself and build the porch and fences. Mother, you make Maggie stay al home. She then said, “Maggie, don’t you go out and Seely says he will reform and behave himself.” He al. ways sald he would shoot both of them, and when told he would hang, said he didn’t care, Samuel Rhule—said ; 1 heard a shot fired, arriving at the second shot and saw Mr. Hopkins, I ran over to him and picked him up and took him to Mr. Allport'sstables. He was bleeding very much in the bead when Dr, Plerce came along. I got him some water and wash- od off the blood, and then brought Hop- hing to the lockup. Iam a special offi- cer. He said he had shot his wife and another one. A gentleman handed me a revolver which has six empty shell, 1 have examined it and find it a British bulldog, 38 long, found in it six empty cartridges and one empty chamber, 1 saw the revolver laying by the side of Mr. Hopkins when I picked him up. He sald Ed. Hughes couldn't have his wife and that was the reason he shot her He gave no reason for shooting his mother-in-daw, A ———— District J. C. Meyer and Sheriff Cook | stairs | dead. | deserving of a pan Minnie is su worthy young noble and ¥ h.} Ya raed # Mr. Maitland, seedy 2 Wi, SUCH 8 us i | Was as Lo string him up and | the penalty prescribed | Judgement of | place on Tuesday after | | in Soon after the alarm of fire | of Dale SALESMEN to sell Nurser | Stack. All Goods Warranted FIRST CLASS. Permanent | paid week ly Rlate Babibath School Convention, The twenty-fifth annual convention cf s Pennsyivania State Sabbath sehool iH be 1 church of Williamsport on Wednesday and Thursday, and 10. An excellent has been prepared and the f i Will Held in the Second ivi WH convention is expected to be one of the best ever Lield in the state. Each county $s enlitied to elect six delegates. and of 10.000 inhabitants and over All christian work. ers delegates or not will be welcome, euch city to six additional. Willimmeport Wins the Vrae, Positive information was received by the Gazette and Bulletin last night that Williamsport had secured the Distcn Band Factory after a bitter contest be. tween different cities. The factory will be located on Walnut street, the Main building 20x15 feet two stories high, and will employ between 60 and 75 skilled workmen. As many of the em. ployees are not only high class workmen | but skilled musicians our esteemed com - temporary suggests the organization of a mammoth band that will excell any the State, Don" be Alnrmed | Subscribers who owe us large am. | ounts on subseription will receive no. teice from an authorized collector to We this whom the accounts were given, are in of money and took cou. se to get what is due us, need pleasant profitable prorsitions hit men. Good salaries and expenses " Liberal ind tents Wo begin No previ us experien POPSNATY mt fit free Write for terms, g g age ivi CHARLES H. CHASE, Nurseryman, Roches h for ther riers ter. 5 dee. Mention this Paper A UDITOR'S NOTICE "of Centre. co. In Tether deed oF HT d the Orphans Court ft estate ¢ Appnins 0 A IN -- THE ROCHESTER CLOTHING HOUSE -:- Asks your Attentionfor a few Moments. § RRGRROCIOY § "RONAN You know what we have done in the past; come and see what we can do now. The coming season bids fair to be the “> largest that we have ever experienced, and we have made prep- arations accordingly. 0) You should see the goodspiled on ourcounters and shelves— Nr at ' A nota vacantspace to be found. The goods that fill our store from oneend (o the other are the first selections from the finest mana~ facturers in the United States. The style, fit make and quality of our Men's, Boy's, aod Children’s clothing is only surpassed by the immense assortment we can show you and the very low prices we haves marked them. Our line of Gent's Furnishing Goods, Hats. Caps," Trunks & - Satchels, is by far the largest and most complete ever shown in Bellefonte. In fact ther is nothing that Men, Boys or Children poe want for fall and winter wear that we do not have in largest « = variety and at the very lowest prices. X X REMEMBER that our goods are all marked in plain fig- | | ures, and anything bought of us, not perfectly satisfactory ' ? when taken home, if returned, mosey will be cheerfully re i funded. Yours Sincerely, M- FAUBLE, PROPRIETOR, REYNOLDS NEW BANK BUILDING, BELLEFONTE, PA,
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