The Centre Democrat, 00 ay THURSDAY, JAN. 1801, CHAS. R. KURTZ - EDITOR LOCAL DEPARTMENT. —Sleighing could not be any better than at present. —~FEx.Gov. Beaver will soon become a plain citizen of Bellefonte. —The “Indian Mail Carrier” will be played in the opera house Friday even- ing, Jan 23. ~The Union Clothing House closed up last week and shipped the remainder of their stock. —Don’'t forget the convention to be held at Zion next week. All lovers of music should attend. —The farmers institutes held at Pine Grove Mills and Howard during the past week were largely attended and the discussions were listened to with great interest, —There are plenty of people in Belle- fonte who neglect to shovel snow from their pavements. missioner attend to such parties as the boro ordinance directs, — About ten inches of light snow fell on Saturday night. It drifted consid- erably but did not delay traffic on the railroads. Engines were at work Sun. day clearing the roadbeds. —Ex-Commissioner Decker, ters Mills, in town shaking hands with on Tuesday Every Was friends. body looks upon him as a little hero | who won in the last engagement. the Wednesday, sent a —Judge Simonton, of court, on man to jail for laug while a witness Dauphin county hing loud in oc o 4 soon be one of J tin vated and « street ple. is place, who enlisted in the frontier and was the U. wounded in an engagement Indians, died {ir juries. with the fTects of his in. m he ¢ —ol. Jas. P. Coburn, of Aaronsburg is in town this week shaking hands and | He is nN 4 talking politics with his friends as hard a republica: to get in the swim some appointment. 18 ever and exper for a nice Ay As John Wilson has not turned up, the be The and will be disposed of since his unceremonious departure, first week of January court will not as interesting as was expected trial list is small in short order —We hear being advanced for lords who do th complaint that rents are Land. present next year at, under the nancial depression, de at Rents and 11 A IN its greatest injunr rye 2 n taxes ellefonte are -During the present week relig been Pr meetings havi Methodist and mn Mm gress sbyterian churches A religious wave appears to have come | tv and doubt will result in much good, If that much talked the ersus place and Dan Over our commun! no of libel Milike Doughert nse! f suit o n takes of New Mr. Mili. will t be | the rare treat to he ’ : Valentines York, appears as « ken. the co enough to | will be a tor at another urt hot large it ora Ww ¢ are old al “ tutors t : great fellows expense anxious to hear Dougherty. ~Yes, I have plenty of cold uals,” said the lady, “but I will you a nice hot breakfast if you will fill this coal-box and off the side walks.” “I accept it on those terms mum,” replied the tourist as he turned a hot flush of pride mounting to his dirty cheek i have Indian blood in my veins.” viet Rive Sweep can't AWAY insulted =A large sleighing party from How ard, consisting of Mr. Philip Lode: Miss Sallie Wister, Mr. Wm. Wood. ward, Miss Elsie Long, Mr. Charles MeClintie, Miss Corrilla Thomas, Wm. Weber, Miss Estella Hensyl, Messrs, | Jac. DeHass, John Weber, W. L. Cook, W. N. Neff and others, were in town on Tuosday evening and sttended the | opera house to hear Gorman's minstrels, ~The meanest man on earth lives at Buffalo, if we may believe a local news. paper of that city, bought for a Christmas present for his two.year-old daughter a little chair, painted red. The, next year he had it painted blue and gave it to her again as her Christmas gift. This year he had it gilted and presented it again, The | poor little deluded child is indeed a le. gitimate object of sympathy. ~The store of Mr. W., E. Hendrixson, near the Centre Lron Company's works, has been closed by the sheriff and will be sold on the 28rd. This fallure is caused by the suspension of the fron works, us many of the employees dealt there and were unable to settle their bills, Mr, Hendrixson had a good trade established but lost toc mueh in that way. As the works are likely to re. sume ln a short time, we hope he will be able to start anew again, Ti 00. TREASURY BUSTED NO MONEY ON HAND TO PAY ORDERS. | State, Road, Sohool and Poor Funds Misap | i plied—Must Borrow Money for Janunry in Dobt-Milinge Garmley Oheys Court-The County Must be Halsed.-Mr, the Law, When James Gramley stepped into office, last week, to assume the duties of County Treasurer he determined to conduct that department in full com. plianze with the laws of the common- wealth and to the best interests of the people. When the accounts were turn- ed over to him he had on deposit in different. banks of the town the follow- amounts: 85,000 of unseated land mon. ev to be devoted to road, school and poor funds of the different townships and boros in the county; a similar de- posit of 82,200, and a third of £2,100 of the same nature. The total being about £0,300 in the treasury, thal was collected for a special purpose— road school and poor funds, and not a cent of money on deposit to the credit of Centre county. The had county no Let the street com- | of Pot- | Two years ago he | surplus, no available funds, and an immense amount of liabilities. From some of the figures from the auditors report, just about completed, | sorted to the meeting by Messrs, | we find there has been collected and paid into the county treasury and still | Seibert and L. T. WELCOME HOME, Gov. Beaver and Gen, Hastings to be ten dered a Public Reception. On Tuesday evening a good number of our leading citizens assembled in the Arbitration room at the court house for the preparation for an ovation to Gov, Beaver and Gen, Hastings on Thursday evening upon their arrival home. The meeting was organ. ized with Col, Jas, P. Coburn as chair. man and J, C, Meyer, Esq., and Chas, LL. Gates as secretaries. On motion Col. J. L. Spangler was appointed chairman of the committee on organi. zation for the reception to be held on Thursday evening. A general commit. tee of arrangements wus appoi nted: Isaac Mitchell, chairman, E. M. Blan chard, Jno. P. Harris, D. F., Fortney, W. C. Malin, Geo. W. Jackson, and J, C. Meyer, This reception it is understood is to be a public affair with no political or partisan bearing about it. When two of our citizens are called upon to serve the people as high offleials of the Key. stone State it not more than proper to tender them a public ovation upon is their return to their homes. The meeting will be held in the court house at 7:30 p. m. | | risburg, and in the evening will be es Ellis L. Orvis, Esq., J. A. Aikens, Dr. J. L. The ad. Munson. due the boros and twps. for road, school | dress of welcome will be delivered by and poot purposes the following: on Road fund LJ on Schoo! fun on Poor fu State tax coil road fund from | cgpses colle h Balance due - LSE 8S 4.47 41 on 4.085 63 This sum was collected for a spen urpose and the county treasurer is only we custodian of it. and it should not be paving county liabilities and is 1k law § {ssemibl never any n may hereafter ity, county or township in se, and paid in treasurer of such city let of. “CW he been or law, in any « It is reported that Mr. Frank Huey, | 307 *P¢ formerly of tl S. Army on fal 3 { hands of the county or township, ful for such treasurer to Apply Su h u i oe 00 | | ing | Every eveni | of people ga i it shall be unlaw. | moneys, or any part thereof, to any oth. | | er than that for which suc! moneys shall have been or may be col | lected: and every such misapplication : 11 be held and deemed a misdemenn. shall { or. for which such treasurer may be in. purpose sessions of the proper city or county upon conviction thereof, such treasurer | shall be by a SO Mi=ap Iv pun | than the amount | imprisonment in the jail | city or county for | months, nor more | vided that uations. fi under ad sh within within X Yeas | when such offence In AnNce | Gramley shed than o Tl this weord | mo ounty pury his predecessor fxXcuss wi In addition to wsit we are told tl about #5, no tenants | } has still (xx) turned over later, | £14.000 to pay 225 060 of a shortage of at ’ for treasurers statement | Total expenditures Amount collected for year Indeed ness Taking this amount 4 shortage on road, s hool, poor an funds and other estimated that the indebtedness o tr and twenty thousand dollars. MUST BORROW MONEY Habilities it county is anywhere betwee As money will be needed to conduct and to the call for these special funds made at the January term of court meet same Lime, the commissioners consider sorrow R10. that it will be necessary to bor: 000.00 for the present. This clearly shows the condition the finances of the county as the new find them. We have had enough of Henderson to last us for the He and the Gazelle made great promises which failed, The badly managed, and in again financial officials next generation, county was | debledness | standing. | We do not glory in such a state of affairs to gain a political advantage, but that the taxpayers of the be acquainted with the mars its give Ii county may { truth, The Logan boys had their steamer | out oh last Friday afternoon for pra tice so that they would be able to han. | dle it when called upon. They took it | back to the hose house and cleaned it | before going to their supper. About lan hour later the alarm fire wns | sounded and they were without fuel, This clearly proves that there is no foundation for ol the engine. While the boys were caught napping it clearly shows were not in it, fous to be called ont on a cold January even take great risks, «The town clock stopped again. ed who will keep it ngoing. night and get sonked with water for the | dicted and tried in the Court of Quarter | | Mr. | street By | Col. J. L. Spangler, the cer of the evening. presiding offi Fine Coasting ore the last snow fell better coast. I 1 { WAS never seen ellefonte in t week thered on Howard ne of ng of las 4 street larating That the cemetery to the Meth. 0 enjoy tl exhi f + irom During two persons ’ received slight injuries, Bellefonte can beat any town in the state for « toa toboggan is equal ge A Sight Bisse sane 1 Me Pherso scovered on Mi: | department of | {the employ of T started from the Lt was He 1 drenched with frrnit in ie Was The WAS Ix naing being s The First of the Kind last Thursday alter. narrage ceremony colored parties, which was kind since in the \ Kl of Chicago, 111. 2 | car porter, and Miss Mamie Vaul of Richmond, Va., arriy. od at Centre Hall on the 3:25 train minis. ri ne, uskirk and were immediately driven to the Luther. Fizsher made I'he dusky hued bride and the 4.30 for Centre { Report an parsonage. where Rey them om groom departed on their western train home, Robbed a Blind Man Harry Ramsey, aged 16, who was in J. Hartwell blind proven UE a book grateful to his employer, as he decamped Monday night after robbing the blind man, The party were stopping at the Otto House, Williamsport, and during the night Ramsey stole about #30 from the pockets of Hartwell. He canvasser, has vers is sup. posed to have gone in the direction of | is from | a mil K Harrisburg. The thief Geneva, New York. Conductor Hanp Conductor Haupt is the oldest conduc. tor on the Bald Eagle Valley railroad, and yet he looks almost as young as he did 25 years ago, when be first started The eonductor's and general amiability of in as a milroad man, even temper disposition has kept him even from the appearnee of growingjold. Mr. Haupt is just now in the prime of life and a | gentleman the name of whose friends is that they | the politicians are stirring about. Firemen are not anx- | time for the citizens and especially the legion. «Mr. Gillam, the shoe dealer, expects the rumors that there [to leave Bellefonte soon and will re. wonld#oon be a suspicious fire to test | move his store also, «Spring election is approaching and itis taxpayers of Bellefonte to lay partisan felings aside in these elections and act fun of it, but are always ready to per- | ypon these matters in a business like form their duty when necessary and | yuanner, Our boro debt is growing larger and taxes almost unbearable, There have been too many suckers and There seems to be considerable negli. | leeches ut work, in the past, bleeding gence there, Let some one be appoint. | the boro treasury. Let it be a ecitizens election instead of a politieal contest. CLINTON COUNTY BRIDGES, Report of the Lawyers Employed by Tax. payers of that County, Gen, Jesse Merrill and H. T, Harvey, employed by a number of taxpayers of the county to examine into and make a report upon the subject of the erection of the abutments of the Great Island bridges have made a report to their em. [ployen, In these contracts KE, 'T. Gal. | lagher was the prominent man and got the boodle, The report concludes: “We have had a careful measurement of the stone work on these bridges made by a competent and careful engineer, E. E. Willard, Esq., of Ridgway, Pa., who returns as the true measurement nineteen hundred and twenty-nine (1929) cubic yards less than the estimate fur. nished by Mr. Ronian to the Commis- sloners npon which the contractors were paid. We find, therefore, Ist. That the Commissioners have paid an extravagant price to the con tractors 2nd. That the contract was altered after it was originally prepared so as to Gov, Beaver and Gen. Hastings will | {arrive on the 4:30 p. m. train from Har. allow the payment of » much large: amount than it otherwise would have | been. | 8d. That they have paid for part of the work done twice, or double the price contracted for, and Sth. That they have paid for nearly two thousand cubic.yards more work | than was actually done by the contract | OFS. We therefore, that county has been defrauded out large amountlof money; that there | | { conclade, the of a Was a conspiracy between these parties to ac- | he County Com. | fi f 4 LAL DB complish this, or mers were grossly and criminally f in the performance of the miss negligent duty. We ample beliey ¢ that the The Way to Handle Tramps Marion Twp, Items wa oly ng folks: hours away. Weaver, Miss Sarah Grove, Mi Miss Leatch Miss Bartley, Ishler and thetwo M Harry and Albert Mover Bridge. Nadie t Will Ishler, They all time and many thanks Harry lartley John Spade report a good are extended to skillful management in party getting uj ths X Grange Meetings, According to notice published in the different county papers, a f members of Progress Grangs Hall paid a visit to Spring Mills grange last Saturday. Speeches were made by | James A. Keller, on grange insurance: by J. J. Arey on the work of the Come mittee appointed by Pomona Grange to | collect funds from the different granges to make the first payment on the picnic grounds, and by Hon on the work of the order | Miss May Rhone and in general. Robert Foreman each declaimed a piece. A Nand Association On Thursday evening last at Renovo committees from the several cornet bands of that place met for the purpose of making preliminary arrangements for the organization of an association known as the Central Pennsylvania Band As. sociation, the object of which “Conjoin all the musical organizations in this part of the State and have an an. nual festival for the advancement and welfare of the band boys.” The pro posed district is 0 be composed of Ly- coming, Clinton, Centre, Cameron, Elk and Clearfield counties. School Book Legislation It is said that there will be a flood of school legislation in the early days of this session, Some of it will deal with text books, and the school book men in anticipation of it have already been In Harrisburg to feel the legislative pulse. There will be a bill to secure uniformity of text books, and one to make it com. pulsory on school districts to furnish text books free, ~The fellow who predicted a mild open winter for this year is keeping shady. He must have consulted the wrong almanac, SAVE CRACKERS Break open the Safe of Bechler & Co's. Bore, On Saturday morning when the em. ployees of Bechler & Co's. store, this town, opened their place of business they were surprised to find a lot of bur- glar tools lying by the safe, The knob of the door was broken off and a hole drilled into it, where it could be seen thal powder had been placed, set off but failed to open it. The back door of the room had a hole cut in it about four. teen inches square by which an entrance Attempt to was gained. At about a. mw. during the night the watchman of the Bush House heard a noise and tried the front door of the store, but finding it closed walked away. This it is supposed frightened the robbers and they left without making any further attempt to open The tools in the store were identified Mr. ou by PS i Me Quistion, and were taken 3 ight. shop that Mr. Sechler hn found ing else the store dis. notl 8 4] about ti bed, SAD DEATH Of Mrs. C. M Garman, on Last Saturday Eveuing. This cord th it becomes our dut f Mrs. C. M WOeeK HEH Harter and Will Ishler for their | number of | , at Centre | Leonard Rhone | s to] man, at her 8 place, on tid Salun On Thurs. WY evening sti le was made | day, the and No fears or were entertan ipproving HERIFY BALE~By virtue of a certain writ of Levarl Faclas issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Centre county, Pennsylva nia, and to we directed, will be exposed to pub He sale at the court house, in Bellefoute, ot FRIDAY JANUARY 25, A. D, 1901 at 1:80 o'clock p. m., the following deseribed real estate: Nu. 1, All that eertaln messvage, tenement and tract of lund situate lu Spring township, Cen tre county, Pa. bounded oy the east by lands of Robert Valentine, ot al; on the south by lands of Charles MeCafterty and John Mussey etal: onthe west by lands of John Musser, the heirs of Reuben Valentine #t al, and on the north by land« of William F. Eeynolds and sundry town lots in the Borough of Bellefonte containing 172 acres and 81 perches, more or leas. Having thereon erected a large, modern Improved, hot blast coke furnace, together with all the engines and machinery necessary tooperate the same, with brick eugine and casting houses, boller house, oll, ware and stock houses, a large frame foundry and machine shop, 4 large frame rolling and pudding mill with 6 pudding furnaces fully equipped, a large two Story stone mansion house, stables, stone office bullding, 12 frame tenement houses and Bsmall stone tenement houses, one stone ware house and a umber of stables No. 2 All that certaln messnage, te semont or tract of land situate in Spring township aforesaid beginning at a marked corner in the souther) line of the James Harris survey : thenee north forty four and one-half degrees ast Lo & corner { Jands formerly of George Valentine ; themes bY sane north seventy-seven and one-half de Ad vest, one hundred and twenty perches ar less, to the line of the Samuel Miles ence by the Nathaniel Johnston Harris surveys to the place of te containing thirty one aoeres, more or ! g thereon erected a frame en ine house washers and ashing iron are and two double snd two single tenement | This tract Known as ’ and James ¥ Tess. = nning nd machinery for MINEN ¢ w fr t the y Lo re- | (sar- | last Bank of Centre Tron Company tenement anda ownship ind ands of George Loe 1 east hy lands Reube res IROre of containing as the Company frame y and wi y» community, | \ ] an H] ¢ had Vi GUIDE Her es was admired. by everybody Lf nd always recall i ture of thmt lif with { any In he genero goodnesses, WRVESs A ov] and t an infant, Liree im, nnie ang Yet ir he m he 1 1 their bright faces the the so fon 8 Care. i husband can | noble one wl ily cherished { and loved Mrs, age Garman was about Hes 1 There survive her three sisters | Mrs. Joseph Ceaders, Mrs. Martin [ ooncy and Mrs. Robert Gilmore, and | Mrs Joseph Steinkirchner, Newton, Ks, | Crotty. two brothers—Michael Crotty, of Axe Mann, and James Crotty, now in New York. David, another brother, died in the Altoona hospital last October The funeral moming. SeTVICeS occurred on Tuesday in the C. BR. kK. Go-WonGio Mohawk The next attraction in the opera house will be “The Indian Mail Car. rier.” on Friday evening, Jan. 23, a great sensational drama of the western type. The star of the company is Go- wop-go Mohawk, an Indian girl and to-day the attractive features of the show, This entertainment will not be an In. dian show, but .ndians will take char. acters mn It. The Philadelphia Press says of it: “The play is the best of its kind seen at the Third Avenne Thea. tre.” Public Sales. All sale bills printed at this office will peoeive a free notice of the same under this beading. Parties having bills print. od at other offices can have a notice in. sorted in this registry for fifty cents. THUREDAY, Manop 13-Wm A Ishler, Kher. image of that | 11 years of | aiden name was Maggie | { the Centre Iron ( | th the : Sheriffs Offea, Beliefonte | Catholic | church, of which she was a member. the only actress of her race on Lhe stage Two trained horses are among | | the | the respect] never know the value of a tender moth. | | Blanchard { grant CROT OTA e ing rinee of the resp «ame wners of $8000 | permanently oo upled right All shafts or hols searching for ore to be red hedre and assigns ACTH said sold, by Edmun art, the Valent Mmpany or prior thereto by the grants a. and Stewart Kelzed. taken Into exacntion and tn be the property of Willman M. Stewart F. Blanchard, Adm’x. of Edmund ¥ decd. with notice to Evan M. Blanc! tuted in the place and stead of sald Edmu and also with notice to the Centre MpPAnY as terre-tenants No dead will be acknowl purchase money be paid or wt Irom ( Torus ged, un arranged It fs ) ISHLER Sheri WM. A Pa. Jan. €, 189 i Bellefonte Grain Market. Corrected weekly by Goo, W White wheat, per bushel Red wheat, per bushel Rye, por bushel Carn, ears per bushel Corn, shelled per bushel Oats new per bushe! Barley, por bushel Buckwheat, per bushel Cloversead, per bushel Ground Plasier per ton Jackson 00: 0 E383Taues &¢ Provisions, GROCERIES | weekly by Bower & Co Apples, dried, per pound { Barrios dried per pound, seeded Dried Currants, per pound New Raisins, per pou Beans per gas a we Onions, per bushel - Butter, porpound ........ Cheese, perpound, .... Tallow, por poand...... Country Shoulders Nides Hama Mame sugar eared Jradanil Bacon, o— ard, r pound .. .. Ke Pr Aen me —— Potatoes per bushel won Dried Beef ehipped .... Canned Canned Canned AON per dol... — Dried Sweet Corn per pound — — re ee SE we vena SUS SA =*Crazy Lot,” played in the opem house on Saturday evening. The com. pany was good and delighted the audi. .
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