The Centre Bemocrat, er ———— an ——— ————— THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1801, CHAS. R. KURTZ EDITOR SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. “Money Savers’ for these times. A limited quantity yard-wide, extra quality, unbleached Sheeting at Gets.per yard. ‘ . A special lot of good qual- ity and good styles dress Gingham at 7 1-2 cts. per line of fine, yard. Beautiful Scotch and Zephyr Ging- hams from 12 1-2 to 25 cts. per yard. Only one or two dress pat- terns in each piece. LYON & CO. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. -— Bellefonte the only town where business is dull. The same state of affairs exist in other places. —Fred Dunham lost a fine cow last week. She got at the bran box and over estimated her capacity. —A number of Knights Templars, of Bellefonte, will attend the State Con- clave at Erie this week. —Mr. Will Brew, now located at Pittsburg, is taking a week’s vacation by a visit to his parents home at this place. ~Mr. Frank Whiteman, of Glen Richey, Pa., spent Sunday in Bellefonte. He reports the mercantile business quite brisk in their country. —Cunningham’s Composite Pavement will occupy one-third of a page of next Sunday's New York World to tell the public of its special merits. is not —As the coke strike is gradually drawing to a close we are anxious to see whether our furnaces will resume when coke can be obtained. —Walter Crosthwait returned last Saturday from Harrisburg where he held a position the past two months as foreman of the Harrisburg News. —One of Cunningham's Patent Com- posite pavements was laid in front of the Bush House this week and is a de- cided improvement on the former walk. —Major Harry Foster, of Harrisburg, attended the funeral of Col. Roberti McFarlane on last Thursday. Mr. Foster was at one time editor of the DEMOCRAT. —Chas, P. Hewes, Esq., is rusticating at Erie, Pa., this week at the home of Mrs. Kilpatrie, his mother-in-law. He will remain to attend the Knights Templar Conclave, —** Keller & Keller” is the name of a new law firm in town. The firm is rep- resented by Col D. 8S. Keller and son Harry Keller, who was recently admit. ted tc practice. —“Lawrance IL. Brown, Special Agent Eleventh Census, No. 261 South Fourth St., Philad. Iron and Steel.” That is Lis present address and nature of appointment. ~Operations on that new railroad through Nittany Valley stopped plter about 100 feet of road bed were thrown up. It evidently was only a scheme to retain the right of way. ~The way the grass has been grow. ing the past few days there will be no danger of a small bay crop. With con. tinued wet weather and cool spells there will be an abundance. ~The funeral of John Hazel who died on Wednesday, 20th, occurred in the Catholic cemetery on Saturday. He lived along Spring Creek; his age was about eighteen years, ~Messers. W. W. Kelchner, Fred. R. Miller, W. W, Champion and F. C, Ruffhead, all of Williamsport, were in Bellefonte on Saturday attending to matters of a legal nature. ~The new Lutheran church willbe finished this summer. The bricklayers expect to begin work on the walls about the first of July and then work will be pushed right along on it. ~Mr. Isaac Stover, one of Spring township's most prosperous farmers, is erecting a large barn on his premises, When completed it will be a great im- provement in that community, «The Zion Grange purchased the old Presbyterian church at Zion and are re- modeling the same for a Grange hall, They expect to have it finished for the meeting of Pomona Grange, next Tues day, June 2nd. «Clyde, a little son of Mr. Ed. Huff. man, Logan street, was badly scalded one day last week by plunging its arm into a kettle of boiling water. The little one was badly burned and suffered mach pain from its injuries, ~Robert Lyon, son of Wm, Iyon, has a curiosity in the form of a small alligator, sent him by a friend from Jersey City. The critter is by no maans & pretty annimal and they say it is liable to disappear in balogna most any day. . of A GYPSY THIEF. STOLE A BUGGY AND HAR- NESS AT HOWARD On Sunday Night and 1s Caught Near Cob. urn the Next day—Lodged in Jall— Prop erty Recovered, On Tuesday morning Constable Neff and Hayes Shenck landed a whelp in the county jail for stealing a buggy and harness from Jonathan Shenk of How- ard, last Sunday night. For several days previous a band of Gypsies camped in that vicinity and annoyed the people by begging every- thing imaginable and stealing anything they could lay their hands upon. The men had alot of old plugs that they used for trading stock and in that way they put in the time. On Sunday night the camp broke up and the party left for a new loafing place, after discovered that he was also minus a good buggy harness. No one knew Ause Shenk informed his brother that he had seen the missing property in the possession of a fellow who had been driving on the pike near Jacksonville, He was coming through Jacksonville a borse and top buggy on Sunday night, who wanted to know whether he could get through the toll gate that night yet Mr. Shenk swore out a warrant at once and placed it in the bands of Constable Neff and Hayes Shenk, who imediately started in pursuit of the man. As the stolen buggy had new tires put on it, they were able to trace the sharp track in the sand until they got near to Madisonburg. Here they learned that and, not being able to trade his buggy, tore the top off and changed his rig to an open buggy. He then went across to Millheim and stopped a short time at Musser’s hotel.” That evening he went on towards Coburn. Neff and Shenk continued in close pursuit of their man and when they came to Wm. Ruddy’s blacksmith shop near Coburn, they found that he had traded his buggy to Mr. Ruddy and 4 little further on they caught their man. He had put up for the night, alongside the road and had gone to sleep in an old wagon. Constable Neff took the fellow on to Coburn where they remained that night and Tuesday morning he was brought to the Bellefonte jail. The bug. gy and harness were recovered and taken back to their owner, Johnathan Shenk, Howard. The person is a shabby look. ing fellow, who is illeterate and can neither read or write, Hels twenty-three years of age and says his home is at York, Pa. As might be expected, he strongly denied having stolen the prop. erty, but claims to have purchased it for a gold watch and fifteen dollars, It is not likely that he will be seen driving through this county for some time to come, as he now has a good posi: tion in view across the mountain. Paralyzed by Lightning The Daily News says that during a thunder storm last Wednesday evening Miss Amelia Root, daughter of Mr. John Root, a farmer residing in Nit. tany Valley, was paralyzed by light. ning, and remained in an unconscious condition until the next morning. The house was not struck by the lightning but Miss Root was affected almost as badly as though it had been. She has since fully recovered from the effects of the shock. None of the other in. mates of the house felt any ill effects from the lightning. High Standing, Mr. Will Keller is home from Frank- lin & Marshall college to spend his sen. for vacation. His record as a student is the highest of any student at that in- stitution in many years. He stands at the head of a class of thirty-two students was chosen to deliver the valedictory and also the Marshal oration. We con. gratulate Will on his excellent standing and welcome him back to Bellefonte where we have use for young men >f his ability. Clemitine Harter Missing. About April 1st Clementin, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Harter, of near Bellefonte, left for Cameron county to work in the woods. As nothing has been heard of him for some time the parents naturally feel very uneasy and particularly since that county was swept by forest fires, He was a young man about 22 years of age and any information concerning his whereabouts will be gladly received. Furnished with Chatrs, The new Reformed church at Zion will soon be completed and ready for oc. cupancy. This week the congregation ordered 350 folding chairs from Grand Rapids, Mich., to be placed in the main audience room. This church, when completed, will be a very handsome structure and one of which the congrega. tion can feel proud. Sad Affliction, We were sorry to hear of the sad af. fliction that befell the home of Mr. GRADUATING EXERCISES, The Opern House Packed Afternoon and Evening. The programme published was fol lowed out at the gradunting exercises of the class of 01 in the opera house on last Thursnay afternoon and evening. An immense audience was present and the majority were always of the fair sex. The graduating class, grouped in a circle upon the stage, presented a very pretty picture, while the decorations and stage settings added to the scene, The orations and essays were all de. On Mouday morning Mr, Jonathan | Shenk missed his top buggy and soon | what had become of the property until | narrows when he met thestranger driving | the fellow stopped at a blacksmith shop | livered in faultless style and were mas. | terly productions. IN THE EVENING, The address delivered by Gen. D, I. Hastings was attentively listened to by { all as it abounded with much sober re- | flection, good common sense and prac- { tical illustrations appropriate to the oc- | easion, His closing remarks were very | interesting as they consisted of personal reminiscences of the times when he oc- | cupied the position of Principal of the | Bellefonte schools, over twenty years | ago. D. F. Fortney, Esq., president of the { school board, then presented the follow- | ing prizes to the class. Charles Garner 815 ranking best for general excellence in the whole course {of study. Considering conduct as well as progress. Mr. Garner also received {a handsome prize from his colored { friends. It was a book entitled “The | Lands of the Midnight Sun.” Charles | hereby thanks the people for manifest. [ing 80 great interest in him, he is going to work his way through | college, and will use the $15 as a starter. Geo, N. Brandon 810. Being the A. 0. Furst prize to the member of the { graduating class standing the best ex. | amination in Thorpe’s Government of | | | {the United States, Miss Rosa B. Levy #10, it being the | C. M. Bower prize awarded to the mem. ] | | | ber of the graduating class passing the | | best examination on business rules of | arithmetic, and the Algebra and Geom. | etry required for entrance to College. | Miss Edith Austin faculty prize for best work in the Natural Sciences. Miss Ella Twitmyer #15 prize offered tion and declamation. This prize was won ina contest on May 1st, A friend of Kline Woodring presented him with a fine edition of the History of Ferdinand and Isabella. Mr. Fortney then followed with an able address after which the exercises concluded with a selection by the quar. tette, Interesting Game of Ball, There is considerable rivalry existing between the Bellefonte Social Club and the Centre Social Club as to which can place the best ball team in the diamond. We are told that challenges have been sent and accepted for a game and that the respective clubs are pratticing reg- ularly for the contest. The following are the players in the Bellefonte Club Nine: Valentine; 8rd base, J. H. Whelan; right field, Evan Blanchard, centre field, J. IL. Montgomery. When they came to left field no player could be found that would suit. Finally they decided to ask the Hon. James Milliken to take the position. Butunless he was made captain of the team he wouldn't play and they had to find some one else, and Hon. Daniel Rhoad’'s name was put down to play left field. This is a strong team and if they con- tinue to practice they will also be al. lowed to play an exhibition game on the 4th of July. We almost forgot to mention that Willie 1, Swoope was unanimously chos. en water cagrier for this crew of ball toasers, The Centre Club will furnish a list of their players later, To be Jiscontinaed, The hardware store of Robert Me. Farlane, dec'd., will likely be discontin. ued. Mr. Wm. McFarlane does not wish to engage in the business and if he will be able to dispose of the store in a bulk he will do so at his first opportu. nity. Stock is now being sold at retail at cost in order to dispose of it as soon as possible in that way. Here is an op- portunity for some one to purchase a good business at a bargain, Saceessful Operation, Last week a successful operation was performed at Millhelm by Dr. Bright and Dr. Schreibengumber, a German physician, of Cincinnati, in which a stone weighing 6} ounces was removed fron the bladder of a Mr, Reed, an aged man, formerly a citizen of Miles twp. It was removed through an incision and it is thought that the patient will rapid. ly recover. — Prof. J. T. Allman, lecturer of the Pennsylvania State Grange, will ad. dress a public meeting at Beech Creek on Thursday May 25th, and at Salona on Friday the 20th, and on Saturday evening be will also speak at Salona. He will speak entirely upon Grange topics. Tux policy of keeping the state funds on deposit in banks owned by promin. ent republican politicians is proving to DECORATION DAY, How it Will be Observed Here and Else- where, Memorial Day will be properly obsery- at Bellefonte on Saturday next. The preparations are under the directions of Gregg post. A parade of the fire companies, Co. B., Gregg Post and other organizations will form in the afternoon and pass along High, Spring, Bishop, Allegheny and Howard streets to the Cemetery, where the graves will be decorated. The oration will be delivered by Col. J. L. Spangler, who is an able and eloquent speaker and will have some thing of interest and profit to say to all on that occasion. If the weather is favorable the address will be made in the Cemetery, if not it will be delivered in the the court house, All persons are requested to send flowers to the Post rooms Saturday morning to be used in decorating. AT HOWARD AND JACKSONVILLE. Post meets at Post Room at 8 a. m., leaves for Jacksonville, After decoration leave for Howard: meet at Post room, 1:30 p. m.; decoration at 2 p. m. The Post will have Hon. John A. Woodward, of Howard, and Clement Dale, Esq., and Col, D. 8, Dunham, of Bellefonte, as speakers for the day. The Odd Fellows and P. O. 8. of A. will as- sist in the decorations at Jacksonville and Howard cemeteries. The Howard 0:80, He says | by Wm. F. Reynolds for the best recita. | Catcher, Dr. Dobbins; pitcher, Dr. | Fairlamb; short stop, John Lane; Ist | base, Jacob Valentine; 2nd base Robt. | cornet band will furnish the | Vocal music by Prof. D. W, Pletcher, with his A committee of { ladies, with Miss Cora Kline as manag- er, will furnish the wreaths and flowers for the occasion. music. assistants, Maud DeHass, of Howard. tion will be taken at Jacksonville and Howard for the benefit of the band. | A memorial sermon will be preached in the M. E. church at 10:30 a. m. Sun- | day, May 24th, by Rev. N. B. Smith. AT MILESBURG. Post 261, of Milesburg, A collec | follows: Fairview at 8 o'clock a. m. | Advent ch miles north of Milesburg, at 9:30 a. m., address by Rev. | Mr. Koontz, of Bellefonte, who is an | old veteran and a member of Post 095. {Curtin at 1 p. m., address by Rev. | Fitzwilliams, of Tyrone. Milesburg old cemetery at 4:30 p. m., address by Fitzwilliams. Special services at Miles. burg new cemetery at 10 a. m. D. F. Fortney, Esq., will deliver the j oration of the day at Pine Grove Mills and Pine Hall. urch, three Spoon Fad | Omneof the latest fads, and by the way, | 8 very interesting one, is that of collect {ing spoons. A girl brings home as a | souvenir a spoon from each city she vis. | ts, and so after awhile has quitea col. jlection. One who is fortunate to go {abroad ean add rare and beastifal va. rieties to her assortment. When a girl | announces her engagement it is now { considered quite the thing for each of | her girl friends to send her a spoon. i An Umiortanate Injury, | For some time Dr. Glenn, of Altoona, has been stopping at the Mountain { House, Snow Shoe, for the benefit of { his health. Last Fridar be was walk- | ing towards the hotel when some one called him. He turned about but slip. ped and in falling his limb was broken. As the Dr. has been a cripple all his life and his sound limb received the in- jury the accident is all the more nn. fortunate. He has our sympathy in his affliction. Barn and Saw MIP Burned. The barn and saw mill on the prop. erty of J. C. Motz, about two miles north of Woodward, was destroyed by fire on Monday. The fire also destroyed several hundred thousand feet of lum. ber near the mill. Loss about $5,000, A spark from the engine used for haul. ing logs is supposed to have set the barn on fire, and it rapidly communicat- ed to the mill.~=Reporter. Mill Improvements, The firm of Geo. W. Jackson & Co., operators of the Phenix Mill Co., are having their mill at this place repaired and remodeled. New machinery is being added and it is their intention to leave nothing undone to make it the best equipped plant for the manufacture of flour in this part of the state. The repairs will be completed about the first of July. Death of Prank Gerbriek. Last Thursday morning Mr. Frank Gerbrick died at his home one mile east of Zion. He was sick for several months and died from blood poisoning. He loaves a wife and seven children. The funeral occurred on Monday; in. terment at Zion. His age was about 40 years. Case of Paralysis, A young man by the name of Spiker, a stadent of the Normal, at Lock Haven, received a stroke of paralysis recently while walking the street at that place. Both arms were made helpless, Ie was taken to his home in Pennsvalley, Centre county, Is estimated that the value of improve. ments, lumber and standing timber de. be a very expensive course for the state. stroyed will amount to $150,000, ! pearance Poem read by Miss | AFTER LAW BREAKERS. SEVERAL ARRESTS OF ILLE- GAL TROUT FISHERMEN. Catching Trout on Outlines and with nets to Be Stopped-The fing is $25 snd several Mast pay it, It has been known for some time that there are plenty of fellows in this sec. tion who continually violated the fish laws by catching trout in Logan branch by setting outlines at night, and that often parties would make a trip ug the branch with scoop nets and would make big hauls of this kind of fish, Com. plaint was frequently made to the an- thorities but at last District Attorney and on Monday and Tuesday a number of arrests were msds, The first Wm. Walker, who was brought in and plead guilty to fishing for trout with outlines. He will have to pay a fine of 825. He then gave information that lead to the arrest of Wm. Thomas, Chas. Ryan, Jas. Miller, Harry Houser and A. Hull. Young victim was Isaac Thomas, who has been anxious to have the fish the law and his father, upon to help the boy out of the scrape by paying the necessary $25. Jus. Miller and Harry Houser were given al for Logan Tuesday fishing evening for ap- fellows who ound The have been caught swear nets, They were | at over court. inform « half of the clear, n others as they {ine and in that way will get one can get citement and there are others shaking will attend | Memorial day services on May 30, as | { they be taught a severe lesson. in their boots for fear that they will be arrested next. Thess parties can offer no excuse for their actions and of course there is little sympathy extended. Let and all obey law. They well knew, at the tims, that it was a bold violation, only they did not expect to 3] \gh 4 one the be caught. We hope Mr. Meyer will hunt down every illegal fisherman as it is time that So keep this one fact in mind that you dare fish in a trout stream with rod and line only. Setting rods to catch trout is about the same as an outline and you are in danger of arrest for that kind of fishing. Observe the law yourself and see that everybody else does likewise. Don't Get Left After Monday Mav 25th the passenger train, leaving Bellefonte at 2:45 p. m., will be changed to leave Bellefonte at 2 p. m., making connections at Mon. tandon with & new train which will leave Williamsport at 4p. m. arriving at Sunbury at 520 p. m., Harrisburg 7:05 p. m., arriving at Philadelphia 10:55 p. m , Baltimore 10:40 p. m. apd Cham. bersburg 9:25 p. m. fof Col. damage by forest fires as this spring. It » Funeral of Col. McFarlane On last Thursday morning the funeral Robert McFarlane occurred from the residence of Wm. McFarlane, Boalsburg. Rev. Laurie and Rev, Jas, P. Hughes officiated. The interment occurred at the branch cemelery near Lemont. It was the largest funeral seen in that section for a long time. Members of the Grand Army largely attended it. Where Latheranism is Strong Onefifth of the Lutheran population of North America is resident in Penn. sylvarnia. Their number is given as 211,973 confirmed members. They have 723 pastors and 1271 churches. Their united contributions in Pennsylvania last year were $12,127,200; for general benevolence, 782.507, Beautiful Fountain F. Potts Green, the Bush House block druggist, has made an addition to his store by the purchase of a handsome marble soda fountain which was erected recently and put in opera. tion this week. Tne quality of soda drawn correspondes with the outside appearance of the apparatus, “Battie of Life.” On Friday evening, May 29th, Rev. C. H. Fitzwilliam, of Tyrone, will deliver an able and interesting lecture on the subject, “Battle of Life.” in the Baptist church at Milesburg. Music will be furnished by the Milesburg band. Admission 25 cents, The speaker isa well known platform lecturer and his subject no doubt will be ably handled, Having a Boom. The village of Milroy, just on the oth_ er side of the Seven mountains, is at present experiencing a boom. A com. pany of eastern capitalists are engaged in erecting large cement works near the town at a cost of about $100,000, and will give employment to about two hun. dred hands, «Wo are in receipt of an invitation to attend the twelfth annual convention of Firemen's Association of the state which will meet at Lock Haven, Sept. 17,1801, The invitation is well gotten great town to get up a crowd and enter. tain visitors. Meyer received the proper information | Thomas acknowledged that he violated laws observed and enforced, was called | hearing before "Squire Foster on | branch on the night of May 9th with | that they will | These arrests caused considerable ex- | 18 IT WILsOoN? [A Prisoner in Madison, Vi isconsin, whe Answers the Description Perfectly, {Another man turns up who it is (thought answers the description of John Wilson, the escaped prisoner from {Centre county jail, charged with the murder of Harry Walterhouse, last lyear, As 50 many parties have been suspected and arrested and the right man never obtained, the people are loosing all hopes of ever seeing the real | John Wilson recaptured, | The turnkey in the prison at Madison, ' Wisconsin, had seen’ the reward offer. | ed by Centre county authorities for the capture of Wilson in a copy of tie | Police News, The description given | he found suited very closely a man who | was then serving a three months term | in that jail. The color of the hair, eyes | heighth, weight and build correspond | but the tattoo marks on the arms and | missing tooth convinced him all the { more that he had the right man. at wrote to District Attorney | Meyer these particulars apd teleg | for a | was immediately sent, 1 once raphed more minute description and jt If it further corresponds a picture will be taken of | the man | tion. No one in this e« and sent here for identifica. 1 be ginal John Wilson mmunity wi satisfied until the or | is brought to § istice for his deed, | { MARRIAGE LICENSES 1ssned Daring the Past Week Taken From the Docket | Geo. B. Johnston and Miss Lilly M. { Alkens, both of Bellefonte. | Thos. B. Apple, Mountaindale, Cam. | bria county, and Miss Eva J. Ardery, Worth township. Miss Minnie A. Stover, both of Boalsburg. Geo. H. Musser, Filmore, and Miss Maria C. Marshell, of Bellefonte. | James Toner snd Miss Clara Tuft. | both of Bellefonte. John Sopula and Mary Lesho, both of | Snow Shoe. Geo, H, Gilmer and | John Knapp and Savena Thomas, both of Harris township. Arber Hassenplug, Laurelton, and Miss Emma Auman, Coburn. Grange Meeting The regular meeting of Pomona Grange will be held in the hew hall of the Zion grange on Tuesday, June 2nd. The address of welcome will be delivered by L. C. Rerick, response by Jas. F. Weaver. It is requested that all bring their baskets with them as there is no hotel at Zion, and the members of that grange living some distance from the hall, it would be too far to go and re. tum for meals, between the sessions. A large turnout is expected. Narrow Escape. Last Thursday while Will Hunter was passing by a planer in the Phoenix planing mills his clothing were caught in a pully and his limb was dwn into the machinery. Mr. J. C, Showers saw the accident in time to draw him out and avert a frightful ageident. As it was he received a number of bruises. -~-Nobby Spring ~uits made Lo order in the tailoring departivent of the Philad. Branch. ~Mr. A. J. Cruse, the cigar manu_ facturer, made a trip to Annapolis, Md. this week to accompany his son Andrew back to the Nuval Academy. The young man passed all his preliminary examinations very sucessfully and is now a full fledged student again going over a course of study he once com- pleted. A Good House, If you are in need of anything in the dry goods or grocery line just give usa call and you will see that we handle everything in our line at greatly reduced prices. It is not necessary Lo enumerate prices other than that those customers who commenced to deal with us at first are still with us, and each of our cus. tomers are vieing with one another to get their friends to deal with us also, We are now prepared to deliver all goods bought of us from a pound of sugar up to a ton weight if desiried. M. NoLax & Bro, No. 2 Bishop street, Bellefor:te, Pa. ~The cheapest tailoring establish. ment in Bellefonte can be found at the Philad. Branch. Beliefonte Grain Market. 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