———— i 5 - The Centre | Druwcrat, * THURSDAY, FEB, 19, 1891. CHAS. R. KURTZ EDITOR LOCAL DEPARTMENT. “There was an election on Tuesday. Mr. Charles W. Strine, of the Phil’a Inquirer was in Bellefonte last Thurs. day. There was a sort of a flood in the South Ward, among the democrats, on Tuesday. —Mr, 8S. H. Williams, the paper hanger, has something to say in an ad in another column. —There was an election in Bellefonte on Tuesday and the “Demys’ were in it—vyes, in the soup. Bush, the stationer, has a nice line of musical instruments on exhibition in his front store window. M. home several days this effects of ld. -Col. hes made upon his handsome ing touch Allegheny St. propert Y on at the ~(], Esq., was kept week Bower, from a bad co Spangler is having the finish. ~The report started that Gen. Hast Phil They ings and family would move to adelphia is without foundation, will remain in Bellefonte. ~The Broommaker,” one of the best plays of the season will be at Gar- | man’s opera house Friday evening of this week. — Nick Bauer was man in the South Ward, Bellefonte, a majority of 1. 1t ] but he got there. elected coun was close nick —*The Broommaker' played i and 1 opera house last Fall ered of the house Friday evening. was consid one best. At the — Bellefonte is “founded on and never in danger when the 1 and the streams But poor Haven catches it every time. ~The weddingof Mr. Wm. 8. Elliott win rise, of Chicago and Miss Anna McLeyhen, | at of Beech Creek, occurred at the pyterian church at Beech Creek, Wed nesday evening. ~The new residence of Mr. F. C, Montgomery, on Linn street, makes a very handsome the scaffolding been removed, Mr. Montgomery expects to occupy it by spring. —The “Pennsylvania School” name of a montnly magazine published at Williamsport. The publication is a good one and it is edited by Mr. W. R, Leathers, Howard. appearance since has is the a young man formerly of —Mr. Israel Sternberg arrived home last week from Lowell, Massachusetts, where he has been engaged in journal. ism. He is recuperating from an tack of fever which several weeks, ale M. E church Rev. Sarvis, of the chur closed his revival at the at th Centre Iron C there resulted in He ings at Pleasant Gay “The Blair ( pany expect to erect building Juniat: the build Cole, I'ellefonte’s architect. ~Mr. E the company der Mr. Harrity, at left on Monday to assume his duties, St } y g iS Now Ho I SIONS. similar meet Banking handsome of Main and The plans for unty a new on the corner i reels Tyrone pg will by 1stace of Grimes, formerly in Be Hefonte gt Of the ~The Pennsylvania State Union of Christian Endeavor will hold a District Convention in the First Presbyterian Pres. L kept him down for | com- furnished by Robt. | Furnace | has accepted a clerkship un. | Harrisburg, and | RAILROAD TALK. DONE. Business Men of Bellefonte want Another The Lehigh Extend its Rutlresd RY Lines to this Section, If any one were to take ajvote of the And that with scarcely an exception the accommoda- over the they complained of tions and rates of freight Pennsylvania railroad. It a well known fact that merchants at Philips. burg, Snow Shoe, Lock Haven and at other adjacent towns obtain their goods at a mach lower rate than Bellefonte, We must pay at least half a dollar more per ton for Anthracite coal than of These are is i i is necessary-—all on account eXCes- some Beile sion freight charges of the disadvantages in which fonte is placed. ome of t the manasgers wot, with the town a A move I8 now on the leading men ol head of it of the Beech having the road extended to What the will be soon tell. . to eoufer with the road in regard to jellefonte, ounteons time will I'he people that to come Lo Bellef mite and if it does our Creek road merchants, shippers and manufacturers ye will gi FHE LEHIGH I'he opinion of most | posted on railroad affa hat there road ng future, f Wil supposition hat the Lehigh Valley mpany, which W. & N rial 3 pas on is in reality the backer of the B. R will towards The W Williamsport R. Company, Pittsburg. ») LAYS apera | immense advant. COot- Pittsburg, consider ne ng de. They own some 14,000 acres of land in the region and about 7.000 acres Ahigh ale 4] nterests h Ave HL » which they are anxious to valuable coal Snow Shoe in the vi. cinity of Punxsutawney. They are now operating the Snow Shoe mines, and are compelled to pay the Pennsylvania com. pany for hauling the coal to the eastern market at the latter's own figures These lands can be by the Lehigh. If they decide to follow the line of the Beech Creek road they their CATTY ’ OL. readily reached can enler coal fields am their own will In If they from Lock Haven, folk of | ranch their on ner the ving th the river to ¢ | Shoe and romds, mix verse one of n the state {they will find | At the mild Ix moutt! IW read | of the reg Near ] kK 1 Leoal of the | quantities Of ¥ On Montgomery at found glass sand, coal and brown Istone. The glass sand covers, so far as : 1 ana = ertained forty acres fifty feet in depth. It 0 be equal to the fa nous Mass. has been as over has been shown t chusetts glass sand. The brown stone In the state for building stone, dresses : and firm, ast beautifully and is compa The almost undeveloped and coal | fields of Brady and Union in Clearfield county, would add thousands and hundreds of thousands of tons of freight to the road as would of Chest Ma its also the coal lands and ] honing creeks, chureh in Tyrone on Thursday, April | 9th, beginning at two o'clock, p.m., and continuing afternoon and evening. ~The report that Mr, B. B. Kream- er, of Punxsutawney, Pa.., had been | sentenced to imprisonment, for im. proper conduct to a young lady, is in. correct. The case was tried in court at Brookville, but the jury rendered a verdict of “not guilty.” ~Unclaimed letters: RR. Ahren, L D. Andrews, George Barrett, C. L. Corse, Reid A, Johnson, M. E. Krie, Sanford E. Lent, Frank Lockand, Sam. uel Leitzell, J* Meyers, Mary Simpkins and Nora B. Young. When called for tised. say adver ~Mr. Samuel Sharer, formerly a cit. izep of Centre county, but who for over twenty-five years has lived in Illinois, spént the past three months with his brother, David Sharer, of Zion, and other relatives in this section. He started for his home In the west nn Tuesday morning. «Mrs, Curtin 8, Bear, of Pittsburg, who Is visiting her mother at Hunting. don miraculously escaped death on Wednesday by a stray bullet which en- tered the window where she was sitting. Startled by the crash of glass, Mrs, Bear felt a terrible pull at the back of her head, avd on examination found the ball located in a heavy knot of hair. Severn] strands of Mrs, Bear's hair were cut off, but she experienced no other injury. tuder Lonenstein, Lens | i Nellefonte s Klection The borough election passed off {quietly here Tuesday. A | was polled in spite of the incle mency of the weather. The whole republican | ticket was elected by majorities ranging from 80 to 165, The ticket elected is as { follows: W. F. Reeder, chief burgess: (J. Linn Harris, assistant bargess; Chas, | Cook, treasurer; 8. DD. Ray, tax col | lector; James I. McClure, poor overseer: [John Kline. auditor: Samuel Delige, high constable. very inrge vote Will be Rebuilt The Lewisburg furniture and plain. ing mill, which was destroyed by fire | early Monday the Sth, will be rebuilt shortly. Thisis good news to the poeple of Lewisburg, as the above named works is one of that town's respective industries, Boys Ruled Out, | in their works who were under 18 years of age. ment to men who have families to sup. tending school. Tyrone NHesoned I'he people of Tyrone have become | A CLASS FIGHT. | | The Freshman Class Encounters Consider. tdavs and that « | Fair « townships | | i 1 ! This week the managers of the Nail | Works decided not to employ any boys | They prefer to give employ. | | able Trouble, WHAT 1S BEING SAID AND Class fights among college students are common and frequent occurrences. The upper class men always consider it their duty to restrain and subdue the | Freshman, who are always anxious to Loutdo their predecessors, This gives [rise to a spirited rivalry between the business men of Bellefonte he would | classes and adds life and excitement to college life The Freshman class of Penn'’a State College is composed of a fine lot of ambi. tions voung students who have making things very interesting that institution for the been about Being victorious in several scrimmages they decided to celebrate their victories by holding a banquet at Bellefonte, on last Friday night. arranged secretly Every detail but the Sophomores Wis were aware and decided to prevent the affair. Friday foun were filled and all started for this place, The two any difficulty, bat asthe third hack was the Sophs, stopped it. The traces the afternoon first loads departed without wmssing out of passing ies ground ‘ rush and followed, th Lie made a free fight ent and were tongue of broken. In the fight that followed coals were torn hat siashed, fellows were rolled in the mud black eves and blood ynoses wer seen and the ser wed when a Prof The dilapidated k haste for mn and arrived in town ked mimage ed on sloj arr only the scene made qu the ralroam ti 1 sta. {1 Inter Hn some of them loo th ‘ through an ore jubilant At about 10 p. invited guests in gathered about Acherbach’s parlors, After the g TL Members quet table at Menta Was Opposed to Sanday Desecration successful A was he large and very ’ id in the court house Sunday af ternoon at 3.830 o'clock to oppose Lhe bill the hx of Mr. Fow, of TE introduced into represen tatives at Harrisburg by Philadelphia, authorizing the repeal of | the act of 1704, known as the Sunday law, also to enter a protest against the open of the World's Fair on Ex.Governor Beaver pre sided and a v ery fine choir was present ng keepi Sundays, some excellent singing. and rendered other classes, | hacks | Al wagon MARRIAGE LICENSES Isniiod During the Past Week Taken From the Docket terman, both of Coburn Harvey Wise and Miss both of Woodward M. E Jennie Pecht, Seiglerville, John T, Holt and Miss Winona Rum barger, both of Julian, Roland Richards, Julian Gertie Williams, of Martha J. E. Reber, Vicksburg, Annie FE, Feidler, of Madisonburg, Alexander MeDowell, Jr., and Sarah J. Crawford, both of Snow Joseph E. Wallace and Miss Ann Davison, both of Munson. Lama Erl Grove, Lewistown and Miss 8 and Miss and Miss HOMES INTHE WEST A Former Centre County Citizen Writes Letter, in i Mr. A. C. |, formerly of { county, but now locate Territs Late schnel Centre Oklahoma ny, in ' real « SK IND acre and upon that following lette section Eprron of one of HEWN ILL ERE LL Freshmen | ¥ meeting | tag {and gives the {to go on to the lands {& great old soldiers | county, if they desire to take advantage of their homestead rights and will com. municate with me I will give them all the information necessary and will send them the proper blanks to fll out, mak ing me their agent to make the 1 | I would like to see my old friends | Centre county take advantage of opening. Yours Very Resp'y, A. LU. SCHXE! many in Cs Very earnest speeches were made by | ex.Governor Beaver Rev, J. MeCartoey, of Pittsburgh : General D. H. Hast. ings D. F. Fortiey. A resolu. tion was read by R William Laurie WN y the effect that sense of and it was the that the meeting it they against repeal gthelawof 1794 and also against World's Fair on Sun. protest keeping open the Opies of ¢ sent to the senate and house of rep. to the World's he paper Was entalives wm 180 dnmission ously adopted Thrilling Adventure with a Hear, t f jast band of at work felling trees on fra in the miles southwest of Iw while a t rs | NeYen nine Par R.R., on a vy eat down a tree which fell under which a bear had his winter The animal resented the insult by coming out and attacking the choppers w ith such fury as to re dozen af. the hands 3 » ris quarters, quire the united efforts of half a men to kill it, and only succumbed ter havin head and of the men, and an exploration of the lair revealed the presence of two cubs only a few days old and still blind, The cubs were removed to the camp of Adam Krebbs r ol cuts In in the It was a monster she-bear received nine or » i wxly from axes them Middle. and tenderly nursed, but one died the day after its capture burg Post For Charity s “ake Next Saturday night, Feb, 21, there will be a lecture and flag presentation in the court house, under the auspices of Gregg Post. General B. F. Fisher, a former Centre county citizen, will de- liver his famous lecture on * Reminis. cences of Prison Life.” The Woman's Relief Corpse will present a beautiful flag to the Post. The presentation speech will be made by Gen, Hastings and will be received for the organiz. tion by Gen. Beaver. Major MeAuiey will sing a number of army songs The proceeds of this entertainment will be devoted to the relief of the poor in this section who are in need of food and clothing. Hastings tem Mr. Cole, of Bellefonte, is the archi. tect who will furnish the design for the mansion which the Sterling Company is about to be built at Hastings, a, Messrs. Beaver, Hastings and Spang. {jor have large interests here, and their port and are ont of work. Another ren. | oo ies are generally an indication that son, boys under that age should be al. | oo improvement isabout Lo be made, | They will probably remain a couple of days, Hastings Tribune, “The Hroomanaker ’ 50 wicked of late that it was necessary | The next play in the opera house will tw ship a strong detachment of the | he on next Friday evening, when James Salvation Army to that place to restrain | Reilly in the “*Broom-maker of Carls. them. That Tyrone Is an awful town, bad" will appear. sald resolution | Fe | the lewisburg & Tyrove | Married Mr. Ephraim C, Diets, Howard and Miss Linnie E. Hockman, of Hub. | lersburg, were married at the Danville Shiloh J. A | Peters, 1801 Aftertl Were entertained to an excellent supper vided by their Danville friends at the { vesidence of the groom's brother After the if the evening { ol teform church by the R b. 3). 4th we wedding ceremony they oy. on February ~ pro. 3 yrus Diets supper the mainder was spent enjo They wishes or Ny leave Danville ing vocal and instrumental musi he best with t In al ol their friends, who are numen and Mis wish them “God Speed’ in their spl ere of Why do They Hesita'e The Beech Creek railroad, according to the Bellefonte papers, seems to be the | only salvation for that place. There's dead loads of money in Bellefonte. Why | don’t the capitalists shell out and have | the great B. C. trunk line extended into | the The papers | there say that the cessation of their iron | industries the enormous freight rates asked by the Pennsylvania railroad. beautiful borough ? is caused by If this be true, there is only one thing to do, and that isto have competing trunk. What are the Belle. fonte millionaires thinking and hesitat. ing about ¥—Clinton Demorrat Large Conventions Prof. P. H. Mever, of Boalsburg, was in town on Monday. " He has held six musical conventions this year and every one was largely attended. During that time he had over 550 pupils under task. The last burg, last week, was the largest of all and was attended by singers from far and near The Prof. no doubt feels like taking a rest after such siege, He Delivered Letters i would be pleasant amusement to play being a letter carrier. He accordingly bundle of old love A little boy in Lewistown thought secured that his courtship days, and distributed them in neighborhood, What be readily imagined, Gireat Cow, The Bedford Gasette has grown en. thusiastio over the prolific virtues of an Alderney cow owned by Charles Bur. ket, of Wolfsburg, A few days ago the little animal added glory to her record by giving birth to triplets, The cow is not nine years old, and is the mother of seventeen calves. She gave birth to twins four times and to triplets three times, and all her offspring are living except one, J. E, Harter and Miss Jennie V. Hos. | tre! nl { on its hind legs sucking the cow, milk in his direction, which is considerable of a! convention, at Boals. | : | ing a cow, but it a long | letters | mother had kept since her | from house to house throughout the | befell Tommy | when his enterprise was discovered ran | his deputy for the term. | ring will remain until HIGH WATER. THE HEAVY RAINS CAUSE TROUBLE. | | | Small Vieods at Johnstown Clearfield, Mill Hull, Lock Haven and Other Parts of the Mate Caused by Haln and Melting Snow { During the greater portion of Sun. | day, Monday and Tuesday the wi | became ather and there I'he warinel Y/a8 COone- tinual rain fall melting snow and rain soon raised they overflowsd the § he streams until A banks and in some bridge delaved uls large portion of the WW $y Ali Y On the railro L Johnstown a flooded and a number of town wi small Wes Lhe roads covered by by rail. wile i General Beaser and his Latest Hobby 1" Me nN n i feet XA OVO OO0m jor i The las th he Gubernato gentleman who office, James A. Beaver seneat x on th I iy of inauguration «i friends parior nwealth Hotel, one of AY ing some 11 RE ’ i Lor n © them ad. If Beaver. “1 EL dressed as Governor you ple TL (soner wis! that you ¥ wo as General longer a Gover: that 1 wi want to be known do and lel or, it am an exdsov. me a favor to Your will friends when referring Ie The ig (reneral ME BAXTER, OF PHILLIPSBURG, He is Arrested on the Charge of False Pre. tence and Forgery Phil pshurg =a ¥ » ’ MX ie ol arrested on M | s Bon vise pretence and fi I McCormick, Pp AcE { I 1aoul WAS iV al Award McCormick says | indorsexi three $500 and one for 8700 for Baxter, and that the last nots to 81.500 front of the 7 from the Columbus Carriage Company, of Cincinnatti notes, two for he raised by placing the fig ne iy ire on |] tained goods He also oth gth of the Ohio, on stren that riage business in Philipsburg or notes, claiming he was in the car. Habhit Story, of farmer Mill began to fail in her Potters last fall to every sign of good healvn and man in good pasture. Going to the field one day what was the astonishment of the good farmer to find a large rabbit, standing We of black snakes stealing their this manner, but nowhere in the history of the U. 8, or Gen. Jack son did we ever read of a rabbit suck. is just so, Reporter, The COW a near milk without the fare being able showed ac. count for it as the cow heard Fiore Horses On Tuesday Mr. J. B., Gentzel ar. rived from the west with a car load of | horses that beats anything ever shipped to this section. There are soventeen in the lot and most of them are mated, This time Mr. Gentzel purchased heavy draught horses and are what our farm. ers want. They will be sold at private sale at his farm, three miles east of Bellefonte. Deputy Appointed Last week Shoriff Ishler appointed Mr. J. B. Crawford, of Gregg twp., as Mr. Crawford becomes acquainted with the work of the office A Hundred and Forty Religions The census announcement that there are 140 religious bodies in the United States, exclusive of many independent congregations, will be received with some surprise by most people, whose knowledge of different sects does not embrace more than a dozen, or twenty at the most. Mr. Wood. | A DANCING HOKE A Street Car Animal Vies With the Band st Williminwgsort, set Saturday the band the Daniel Boone of Mpny Fourth ’ i“ met a OFC #1 connected Wis will. i} car at vi like the god natured rellow that he is, #1 oped the horse Lo permit the band to pass snd 80 elated was the horse that he sta in a few moments over this con- und became apparent fo h sideration ried to dance thie band wo siie to Keep up with on, L nd passed it the hors ancing and The whip but he seemed Ww k to To we horse would refused to do anything but dance. driver struck him with the not pull, ang ne sii would Dane ng ¥ \ FE] : ¥ ry short t nan i} LO come il le was WATERY « A Phillipsburg Woemen § Water in Hes vy $1 x i we closet oset and on CHa inwiddie LA : v y : AVIENGALICK MOUnCcea LE FFT Lt. Laal Tour to Washington, I». C. of wurs Pent rom Pitts git 18 & 4 _ 3 ell Jelnarka arranged this 5y Railroad Washing- successful, rate maintain. to leave curry its full ISYivania shi rer 1 ai F 0 bly the liberal 1¢ in great weasure and high standard of service ed. The March J con one vinaining tour ] wh, Will unGoubliy plement of i 1 no days admitting of a stop- direction sold corres. stallions tickets rirsin mited the parlor ve Pittss either in imi will be JAK, and at iu olher ay be train the princi TH a Ne exXoept LAAT ] ennsyival Beliefonte Grain Market, W. Jackson &Co wet bushel 1 per bushel PTL TTT TF | 2 i i : ERiEs KC, as corrected Apples, dried ( per pw Dried Currants, per po New Raisins, per pound Beans per quart Onions, per bushel Butter, perpound Cheese, perpound , Tallow, per pound Country Shoulders Nides Hams Hams sugar eured Breakiast Bacon Lard, per pound Eggs per dozen Polatoes per bushel] Dried Beef chipped Canned Beef per ean Canned Tomatoes per can Canned Corn per oan Lemons per dog Dried Sweet Corn per pound werries dried Public ¥4des, All sale bills printed at this office will receive a {ree notice of the same under thisheading. Parties having bills print. led at other offices car have a notice in. sorted in this registry for fifty cents, WEDNESDAY, Manon 15-W. HH, Taylor, on farm one mile east of Bellefonte, In Spring te will dispose of his entire farm stock, con i eine of a pair of mules, orses, oaltie, ste. and a valuable assortment of all Kinds of farm | implements | Toespay, Manon SA the residence of | dames J Gramiey. Miles township, near Ree | borsburg. sale of horses, cattle, farm imple | ments, ele THURsDAY, MARCH 12-Wm, A, Ishier, Khar. iff, at his former residences in Benner twp, on | the Robert Valentine farm, a Jatpe lot of implements of every description, team boavy weight, team of draft horses, two bay mares and two colts, head of young eattle, 7 mileh cows, 3 " {xo Bahoats, Alsen lot household goods, I Warnwespar, Manon 11 At the residence of | Daniel Lesh, near Zion, the following: § 4 cows, 10 head of young eattie, 10 bond of | and large lot of farm implemants, ’ 1a AL ate residence Ay Rely areh Creek, 1 tolstein : dapple grays | dnkh Conrad Singer deed, on lowing: 2 work horses, 1 colt, cow and heifer, {| cows other farm ments, CEEDAY, MARCH 0th AL residence of Qe hr Vian Halse m mpfemenit ho } mw cows, | Horn ole,
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