The Crutve Bemocrat, - THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1891, CHAS. R. KURTZ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. “Money Savers” for these times. A limited quantity of yard-wide, extra quality, | unbleached Sheeting al Gets. per yard. A special lot of good qual- ity and good styles dress Gingham at 7 1-2 cts. per yard. Ln Beautiful line of fine, Scotch and Zephyr Ging- hams from 12 1-2to 2. cts. per yard. Only one or two dress pal- terns in each piece. LYON & CO. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. 1} I'he “Noss to-night. F " at the house Cabinet ph ShaefTer, the photograj ~The this evening at Ot ~ her. Orvis-Keller wedding occ the Orvis residence Linn street. ~1f you inter d to buy a new suit clothes don’t fail Branch. Ti & LY be the last play in the opera the Noss Family” to-n wil ington, Bellefonte thi + SUOCK o> than ever. Solid goods prices are the inducements. —Mr. Jonathan Harper's condition has not improved during the past week and he is still confined to his bed. — Large red posters for a 4th ef July celebration at Lock Haven this year are posted about town. Will Bellefonte celebrate? — The season for bass fishing opens on the 1st of June. A number of our an- glers are prepairing along the Bald Eagle creek. —It is a caution how the Philad. Branch is putting out clothing this sea- son. Ready made suits for spring and summer are going like hot cakes. —Jacob Hinkleman and family ex. pect to leave Bellefonte next Saturday for Syracuse, New York, where he has obtained a position in a nail factory. ~Mr. Frank Keller, of Washington D. C., brother of Col. D. 8, Keller, Esq.. arrived in town this week and is shak. naint uains- ing hands with his former acq ances, t is an actual fact that « mm Wednes flakes were seen fly. ing through the air, and a warm fire was exceedingly com- fortable. day morning snow It was quite cold —A. B. Cowher has purchased Isaac Dawson's restaurant High street. Itisa, a warm cup of on red ¥i place to get Loffee wad a bite to eat when leaving on ] the ea: lv train, Uti laiined letters: Huldu Deitzel, Frank Llall, Edith Meyer, George Rude, Antona Rosie, Mrs. John M. Shadle, Marion K. Vastine, Henrletia Weaver, ~ ~Miss Bella Gentzel, the accomplish ed daughter of J. B. Gentzel, of near Bellefonte, who has for some time been at Vicksburg taking a course in music, spefit last Sunday at Lome, ~Naginey, the furniture dealer, on | Bishop street, has some exceedingly fine samples of furniture on exhibition at his store. It is a free exhibition and all are invited to take it m. «Dr. Henry Lamb is the name of a new physician and surgeon who came to town recently and has associated himself with Dr. R. L. Dartt. The new firm will be known as Dartt & Lamb, ~=W. J. Karlin, of Rebersburg, paid us a short call on Monday. Mr. line was once a candidate for register and may enter the contest again. EDITOR | opera to call at the Philad. | r a day's sport | ] He A SHARPER FOILED, ABE. BAUM TRAPS UP A SWINDLER. Tried to Fleece Ellas Miller, of Madisonburg, Out of 81L,000-The Game Did Not Work «A SHok Game, A slick gentleman arrived in this com- munity last week and might have fleeced Mr. Elias Miller. of Madisonburg, out of a handsome sum of money had not Mr. Baum traced the fellow down and exposed him. He was a tall, fine looking man, ele- { gantly dressed and a polished talker and | registered at the Brockerhoff house as iH. Wallace, New York City.” On { Friday he hired a horse from A. Baum'’s { livery, saying that he had to do some {driving about this section to put up | patent medicine advertisements along { the road. He came back on Saturday {and hired another rig and on Sunday { morning he hired a third rig to finish up his work, saving that he would drive | around by Howard and Beech Creek. [stead of going that way he drove { to Pleasant Gap and then to Hublers- where he remained that night. he was buving mineral { lands; at Robb’s hotel, Nittany, said { he was a jewelery agent, and had been fbnrg here he said { through there two years ago. Monday he started early | across the mountain and arrived at Elias morning {| Miller's hotel, Madisonburg at 10a. m, { Here he ordered dinner and prevailed upon Mr. Miller accompany- mg him to Aan early Woodward as he wanted to buy a farm and offered Miller for his time. Before leaving he gave Miller & tin box in which he said he had | & for safe keeping. He said he might need some of the money and took tan envelope out that had #500 in it. to pay 3 AN) | There were still three envelopes left in | {| the box. 81.000 each, and he wanted the box put in the safe until they returned | saying that be When near Woodward he came to the { farm and man in field he had to have money that day, as he had a note to 8500 would enough. meta young a { This young man said pay and that there was sickness in the family. He would sell the farm to the { first man who could pay down #1500, and that be was looking for another | purchaser that afternoon. | er offered 8500 down cash, but it was | ref used then he began to worry over his | failure to make his purchase because he left his money at Madisonburg. He prevailed upon Mr. Miller gettin him #1.000 somewhere, agreeing to give Madi. a good bonus for the They started for | Millheim and the stranger urged Miller to draw that from Miller did not do it but still | fous to make ey | They returned to Madisonburg Monday evening and the stranger made arrange. have Miller the next day in search of anot BAUM ARRIVES At 12o'clock that ni his missing horse and buggy {it back as soon as they | sonburg and also | accommodation, reached amount the bank Was an Some ny Lis Way ments 10 actompany hin fare her farm Bo4 ‘411 K He tra } to place until he landed at Mad and called Landlord Miller out of He then told Miller of the fellow Hu When Baum heard of the tel Mi from the bank they readily saw t | ferent stories at Nittany and burg. trying to Il induce Her to draw $1 ¢ {he was a swindler trying to beat M | Miller, | The stranger made a host of excuse | for not returning the livery rig on Suan | day. He also willingly paid Baum #8 for hire, He soon after disappeared full | knowing that his little game was uj He carried three hats which he wore at | different places to disguise himself. Had Mr. Millerdiawn the 81 000 from | bank the sharper would have disappear | ed very suddenly and left as security the tin box with three envelopes in containing only old brown paper, * It was a pity that Baum did not ar { rest the fellow for keeping the rig as Le certainly would have disappeared with { it had he obtained the #1000, | We give the full particulars of | affair so that our readers can be on | alert of any one who might come along {and try the same swindling game. A good rule is to leave your money in |) bank, if you have any, and above all wel this the | never place much confidence in a strang. | | er of this character, Kar. | i A Woman's Confession While the two large fires were mging The strang- | X= | TYRONKE'S BIG BLAZE, Conrad's Opera House Destroyed, Entalling n loss of 820,000, At 5:80 last Sunday morning smoke was seen issuing in dense volumes from the upper story windows of W. ¥, Con- rad’s opera house on Main street, Ty- rone. The alarm was immediately sounded, when it was ascertained that the main auditorium was a mass of flames and not approachable. The fire companies were soon on the ground. The Neptunes were prevented from getting to work on account of the fail. ure of the air chamber to do its work, and at 8:25 the Citizen steamer stripped a cog on steam cylinder, The Neptunes repaired their mishap and got into good working order the services of the Hunt. ingdon firemen, who had been sent for, {| were not needed. Owing to the tin | roof and heavy brick walls the fire was | confined to the opera house proper. | The building is a large one, four stories {in heighth. The first floor | two large store rooms, one occupied by contained | ment, the other by the Opera House | clothing store, Charles Conrad, mau- | ager, both, being the opening of the | spring trade, carrying heavy stocks. were occupied by Dr. J. O. M. Hamil- | ton, dentist, and one by the Tyrone Mining and Manufacturing {as an office. The rooms on the® third | floor were not occupied. The pear and | the greater portion of the building was | used for the opera house, consisting of | main seating room, orchestra, gallery, 7 he build ing was erected at a cost of some 830,000 in 1882, stage and dressing rooms. i Onthe opera house and contents a light insurance has been carried. The loss on building and contents total and { damage about $20,000, The origin of the fire is generally sup- posed to have come from the of firearms in the play, “One of the Fin. est.” which was on the boards Saturday use evening. TWO FIRES AT Two fires at Altoona early Sunday morning totally destroyed the Behm and Rising Sun Hotels on Tenth avenue the hardware of the Altoona | Hardware Company on Eleventh av. enue, and the large exchange stables attached to the White Hall Hotel on | Sixteenth street. The stack of Wm. | Murray & Son, dry goods, was also par- | tially damaged by smoke and water. { The fires were undoubtedly of incen- diary origin. The Joss will amount to 875.000, ALTOONA, store All the guests escaped from the hotels M H. Mitchell, of the firm of J. Blumenthal, whosesale tobac- fell dead from brought on in safety. but conists, hemrt disease by the excitement | Death of Mrs. Keller Mrs. Margaret Keller died on Satur. | day Boalsburg, at ft We 77 Years. 3 8 at her late home in age of advanced ag She was we wife of Henry Keller who preceeded ber to the grave some seven Years ago. There six children stil living of this family and are Mrs. J. W. Rhone, ft D Keller. our townsman; Misses Clara and Sallie and are is piace; Col. ~ EB. Frank Keller, of Washington. The fu from their late resi. al Boalsburg on Tuesday morn néral occurred At the College On Friday a delegation of some fifty Senators and Representatives visited As nstitution they were State College they much about this , a8 well as the a visit anxious to pay it regularly appointed commitiees, {| were shown about the various buildings land over the | they witnessed 1 dress parade. They with the show. almest promising to send L nice approg : : . | were more than pleased ] {ing and left back riation. Now Heservoilr at with ing built Centre town A reservoir Is be Hall to supply that | that will have an elevation that will give a pressure of 100 pounds to the square inch and willl as effective ns a fire engine for throwing a stream with hose, The reservoir will be located on | top of Nittany mountain where there is an excellent stream of spring water. t is calewlated this abo in Was tirntefal Thirty years ago a citizen of London, | England, offered a young lady his hand and heart. both of which she declined with thanks. He remained a bachelor, A few and she married another man, is a good democrat and is worthy of the | at Altoona on Sunday, officers captured | y.c0 aon the rejected suitor died, leav- office. ~The slight rain fall on Sunday morning had a good effect in checking the large mountain fires in this section, The destruction was much larger than usual and included much valuable tim. ber, bark, and several saw mills. ~Judge Dean, of the Holidaysburg courts, was in Bellefonte this week and assisted Judge Furst in holding court, Judge Dean tried several cases in which Judge Furst had been previously Inter ested lu the capacity as an attorney. ~=Jno, Gi. Love, Fsq., received a tele. gram on Tuesday that Mrs. Love, who has been spending a few weeks at Clif. ton Springs, N. Y., for the benefit of her health, was quite ill, Mr. Tove took the next train for that place. We hope that Mrs. Love will speedily re. cover. # Bertha Young, a white girl, and John Russell, a colored man, in the stable near the last blaze. Monday the woman confessed that Russell had started both fires being angry because he could not enter the stables. Both were held for their appearance at court, Alena Johnston Ins tations were sent out on Wed. nesday for the wedding of Miss Lillie M. Alkens and Mr. George B, Johnston, Wednesday evening, May 20th, at 5 p. m., at the residence, 31 south Alleghe. ny street, Bellefoute, Pa. Sodding. Persons desiring to have lawns sod. ded, flower beds fixed up or yards cleaned, can have the same promptly attended to by calling on Janes CoRNELLY, at Cedar's bakery or Garman House, of ing her 83.000 and his thauks for giving | him the mitten. “Asa consequence,’ | he sald in his codicil, “my days have been passed in peace, and I now requite your goodness,” In order to fully man- {fest his gratitude he should haye made the other man his Jegalec, Moses Thompson Injared Last Thursday Mr. Moses Thompesn was working about his saw mill at Cen- ter Furnaces, and by accident his left hand was caught by the saw and two fingers were cut off. Mr. Thompson is well advanced in yearsand this accident will aMict him considerably, His many friends in this section hope for his speedy recovery from the injuries. Mr. Thompson, we are told, has been suffering very much of late from the injured member yet hopes are enter. tained for a speedy recovery. NEW RAILROAD TRUNKLINE, Engineers Surveying the New York, Blooms burg and Western, Engineers in the last two or three weeks were on trunk line from New and struck the eastern end of Centre county. The new line leaves the Lehigh Val. Jey road at Mauch Chunk, and strikes Bloomsburg, thence down the river to Lewisburg. The corps of engineers started at Lew- isburg and entered the mountains north of the Brushvalley narrows, and came out ata point near Stover’s in the east end of Miles township. From thence they struck across to Sugar Valley, close to Tylersville, and will alm for Wash. ington Furnace, thenee for Mill Hall and on to the mouth of Beech Creek, Clearfield and Punxsutawney; thence west, going north of Pittsburg to reach Chicago—making an alr line between company | had heard so | grounds where | New York and Chicago, regardless of { towns between these two great cities, { Mrs. Jennie McCann & Co., as a milli- | nery and ladies’ dress goods establish. | This new trunk line will be 240 miles shorter than any other { the Lehigh Valley road from New York | to | 81 | west already in of { The two front rooms of the second floor | Mauch Chunk, several links all line, in addition to the new sections to be built Mauch Chunk to the Ohio line North of Miflinburg Nittany tain will be ta A trunk | er to Cd with wration, to from mn mneled, ne like this, 240 miles short. route, othe ro than any other be a lively competitor to the r tru | 3 anes have this air the Columbia 1808, — Rep Gen. Hastings Lecturer, Monday « opera house was packed with an audi. 1 expo On vening the 4 ence eager to hear Gen, Hasting on the Johnstown flood train brought a delegat At large Penna. ate Lol lege 1 the Hastings, Gen, Furst, Col others. curtain rose and on ed Gren, Beaver, Judge Spangler, W. F. Reeder and Beaver and made an introductory addres, Gen, Hastings then stepped forward and was warmly greeted, His address began with a description Gen Aros of Johnstown and the large canal dam above South Fork. He ood description of the great deluge of water that swept down through the nar valley when the dam broke and the awful destruction of pert H life that f riy and gr t accounts were giver gave A g w nr at proj eat Joss of ng lowed. Inte resting of restoring order, providing shelter and food for the people and ti ” Ww disposal ol the dead. The Gen. spoke for over an hour and a half and he beld the of all. The Y. M.C. A. no handsome sum and everyone went away pleased, attention coubt A Terrible Aescident Sometime forenoon, workmen were engaged a room about two thousand feet in the last Thursday while two fire clay mine, at Queen's Run, Clinton co., a fall sand occurred. This was discovered shortly afterward by workmen in another part of the mine and immediately set to work to extricate of slate and the two workmen from beneath the mass that had fallen. After working some time the body of one of the men, named Henry Bissman, was recovered. It was evident that he had been killed instantly by a heavy piece of slate which had fallen directly { upon him and under which he lay when They | found. The other man, who is an Italian, was taken out badly injured, and is not expected that he will survive The man who was killed was a native | of Switzerland, and had vicinity four or five years, lived in that Spring Mills E. C. Nerhood, clerk in D. E. Bible's | water | Store, and his wife paid a visit to Mrs. of 500 feet. Nerhood's parents last Saturday and Sunday. David Sowers, Jr., of Penn Hall, was seriously injured by being kicked in the stomach by a horse his father was leading to water, while he was follow- ing with another horse, Our enterprising merchant C, P. Long, has purchased a fine carriage from a firm in MiMinburg. give the babies an weather is fine, The Lutheran people of Spring Mills are taking steps to form a congregation at this place, and expect to be organ. ized by next September. The German Reformed people have commenced work at their new church. Naval Cadets Appointed, Among the nominations for admis. sion to the Naval Academy, at An. napolis, Md., who will report for the Jue examinations are the following Pennsylvanians: F. C. Cress, Johns. town; BR. W, Reynolds, Kittanning; E. C. Blandy, Huntingdon; A.J. Cruse, Bellefonte, Heavy Frost, On Monday morning those who rose early saw a heavy frost over the ground, In some parts of the county it was said to be heavy enough to injure the fruit trees. The weather has been quite cool the past fow weeks and should it con. tinue much longer there will be another season of scarcity, Charlie can now airing when the the search for a new | York to Chicago, line between | | New York and Chicago, and will use up the | nit realized a |. “A SAD DEATH. | MRS. WM. JENKINS MEETS DEATH AT HOWARD, | While Visiting Frizsnds nt Howard, on last Suturday, She Acclde ntly Falls ins Well Was missed Lot a short time On last SatQrday evening, the vicinity of Howard, Pa., was startied, first, by | the announcement of the strange disap- | pearance of Mrs. Wm. R. Jenkins, of | Bellefonte, who had taken tea that at the hi Mrs. David | McKinney, But all were horrifide upon | hearing soon after thai { missing lady hind been f | on the McKinney | the embrace of death, | The were | to the husband { this place, | Howar | Ww | | evening me of the body of the ound in a well 14 1 4 "w { L) Vas COMI i News Soon sent by phone Harr, of mmediantely for and who left d and found that as onl ¢ Loo true | For some months Mi ill health and that she co | been in yuk not | of her home and sireet | Jen) ir Was temporas i1 taker and Mrs. Dorwor Dr's. | under the (f Garman WAS €X- Another | rought to of the great work |? 11a Bb lim MARRIAGE L Iasnred During the Past the Dock B. Frank Detrick] Zio) Emma Dugan, of Farmer Married April 30th. J Jeremiah Funk and Kate | both of Philipsburgd Irvin Way and Estella M. Hoov both of Unionville. Leander Green and Annie both of Bellefonte, Harcy Keller and Miss Annie O both of Bellefo nis, J. A. Weaver and Fannie K. Mow both of Hublersburg. Gen Hollibaugh, Moshanon and E! Daughenbach, Port Matilda, tothe Mug Death of J. F. Boose On Monday moraing Mr. J. F. Re {died at his home, Glenn Hope, after | Hiness of about a week trom pneamot | The deceased was born at Fillm county and was about 48 years The interment occurred at Ty, | on Wednesday, | age. "w § W het Ww aen 5 Wali ou a good sheen ~d “1 . for Mi ies, Deliefonte Grain Market. orrected weekly ). W, Jackson & vs M0 to 1 A ax oOrrec pound r pound, seeded | Har LRAL CUB rors nnn Breakfast Bacon... . Lard, per pogn ra { Exp per dagen OY. | Pola 28 pet bushel ...... Dried Beef chipped ........ Canned Beef per can... Canned Tomatoes per can........... Canned Corn per cam | Lemons per doy Dried Sweet Cory per pound TO THE INVESTOR : | READ! , The Safest and Best In vestment in the World i | stock in the National Cay tal Savings, Building ar | Loan Society of Nort y America. . 1) ’ iy | better 1 han 2 of the le, foundryme y head Dion Items The Grippe hasb Zi HAYe Iv wn raging for several Quite number en almost disabled. weeks at mn a families Prof. Ditzel an ful of Arbor day, which can be seen by the trees planted to the number of twenty-five or thirty, which, if cared for, will produce a very {nice grove in a few years. We will {here give a pointer to the band boys | { and others who drive by there at night, | to be careful and not destroy them as has happened heretofore, | Last Saturday evening the Zion band { had quite a feast at the homeof J. B | Gentzel, in honor of B. Frank Deitrick | and wife, who were newly married. We | wish Mr. D. a happy and prosperous life | { with his companion. | Mr. Ed. Cole had the misfortune to {loose a valuable hora g few days ago: of | i nmsschool were mind. | on the school grounds . Rar ™ L avings Bank s about fo ir times Lhe interd RES Are bellier even on y Mort Limes a» much Intere gage. nn establish n Insurance Policy! 1 do pot have to die bo win 1 get the profits of your Inve nt atl any the you wish towithdraw Because you protect yoursel! as wel] your family Better Than Government Bonds! Because | AtISe YO { pays three Limes the interest Because you cin realize guicker and it Just as safe, | Better Than Railroad Stock! Because there is more profits and no risk. Because Sharoholders are not liable anything beyond thelr shares Ihe above reasdns are why 0 many peoj | take stock in th is Society formation apply te W. P. KUHN, Acgext \ Bellefonte, P For any further | \ | FINE CABINET PHOTO | congestion of the lungs was the trouble, i We noticed Al. Graham driving a new | horse lately, | ing Mr. Robinson and wife a few weeks | ago, but when they got to the house | Mr. and Mrs. R. were not to be found | anyw | was the boys had to return home with. | out serenading. Don't try to get ahead of a western gentleman, boys, x Take Warniog. The second conviction of Charles Cleary, at Lock Haven, last week is a warning to young mes of bad habits and rowdy inclinations. Young Cleary was a fair sample of the young tough who apparently had no higher idea of manhood than to loaf about the Streets, drink bad whiskey and bea sort of a slugger, with an arsenal in his hip pocket. There are young men of that very style, and aping the same ways of Cleary, lounging about the streets of this town and unless they reform, will sooner or later be in a like situation. It don't pay to be a tough. Morse Drowned N On Monday a valuable sorrel horse owned by Ira 1H. Smith, Lock Hayen, became unmanageable while being driv. on by the Mann axe factory dam at Mill Hall, and plunging into the water taking John Reeder, the driver, in with him. Reeder reached the shore after a struggle but the animal plunged about and finally drowned, ~Cabinet photos §1.50 por dor. ~this is no advertising fake but a genuine cut “at Shaeffer's gallery. here that evening, and the result | The boys of Hecla intended serenad. | | BELLEFONTE. pt This is a big cut mer price=baut it is ge some of those first class} photographers of thi been putting the pr catch trade Now | propose 0p for a short time to gi ment to the people esting for my profe This week 1 eng workmen to assist me rush that will follow at low prices. “While the band is pla). miss the opportunity (to stop at ff gallery. While the prives are dowt will continue to do the best of worl promptly and satisfactorily. This is no Fake, like others adwe ised. No deception, no fraud, a above all no poor work will be turn out, Call at oh SHAEFFER'S STUDIO, Allegheny st. Briieronts, 1 shall the fo Of la (€4) Jeading section hi ’ way doy down ti a little wi PY
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