The Centre Bemoorat, “THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 1891. CHAS. R. KURTZ EDITOR 1 YOU WISH ro Advertise Anything Anywhere ar Any time DO 1T IN The Centre Democrat. IT HAS MANY THOUSAND READERS. | LOCAL DEPARTMENT. -A “Cold Day’ next Tuesday even- ing. ~The county adjourned until Monday, Sept. ~The “DBrandit commissioners have =. King” Thursday evening Sept. 17. Four trained horses —Naginey, the furniture dealer, keeps up with the times. He keeps every- thing in his line and sells at low prices. of it from 4 Of —James Schofield has a tuft pianted in his yard that ke broug! Ireland. Several fine gTass specimens I SHOOTING AFFRAY, ALF. LUCAS SHOT THROUGH THE LEG, He Was Trying to make an Bullits Flew Lively Whole AfMalr—-James Awaiting Court, When 4 Rum Caused the in Jail Arrest Muyes I — On last Sunday morning James and John Mayes, two young men, of Clar- ence, were lodged in jail by constable James Haines, of Snow Shoe. James Mayes is charged with shooting Alfred Lucas through the leg. There wus quite a commotion about that town, which is located near Snow Shoe, Saturday night and it seems that rum had a great deal to do with the whole affair, The difficulty began on Friday evening when a party of young folks gathered at the James Mayes. During the evening while refreshments were being served a party of uninvited vound men called and wanted to come in and have a dance home of | A SURE CURE, Healing Soll und Shamrock (rom the Emer wld Isle, During the past week scores and scores of people from all divections have made visits to the residence of Mr, James Schofield, on Thomas street, this place. As our readers will remember the above gentleman returned recently from an extended trip to his former home-—old Ireland —**The gem that sparkles in the sea.” That is the land where the grass is always green. Throughout all the seasons of the year this isle sports a ver- dant hue; and that may the proud descendants of St, wear the green on rare occasions, 1 5 Vaal 4a Patrick 1 ' #11 was made famous in and also grows luxurantly verse SON, upon the green swad, and no true son of Ireland ever this trefoil plant { having the most noble and patriotic sen. gazes upon without | timents aroused. One day while Mr. through the Belfast, he Schofield was waulk- count ome mile ing from ry, La) came an « after considerable difliculty could they be induced to leave, On Saturday James Mayes indulged | altercation Mayes in barly-corn and got in an with John Rankin who asked why he carried a revolver, began fighting. Mayes was knocked down and when he got up he began shooting at Rankin but did not hit one. Mayes finally went home. Alfred Lucas, of Snow Shoe. was sent when on Saturday evening with the necessary | documents to arrest James Mayes. A | crowd followed him. When they ap proached Maye's home heard them | and, fearing that trouble was on hand, locked the door. Lucas ordered him to open up, but they refused. The door he shamrock are growing on it. Bush left Mond \y tot 84} ~{zeorge NS. on morning for a trip to New York, Bos and other points, He i 1 busi. ness—Dbicycles and pleasure —The eight-day clock chanced off the Zion band Saturday was drawn by Harvey Royer, 135 being the lucky number, ~The Centre Hall Rep Brockerhoff House has *‘the Bra: of being one of the best hotels in this part of the state. Great pun, that q AWAY 1 i aven of ° last » " —The steam pipes under the hall way in the court house are being torn up this week and repaired so there will be no more leaks when the steam is turned on. ~Mrs. Theodore Hosterman died at her home, near Feidler, Haines twp. on last Tuesday, Sept. 1st. She was a young woman of about twenty years of age. — Persons holding books that belong to the Y. M. C. A. library are urged to return them, as many valuable books are out and should be returned. Return books at once, ~A great many families of this town | will spend next week encamped at the | Granger exhibition. The two fire com. panies will to Lock Haven and a large number will accompany them. a0 —M. Fauble now occupies his new | home on High street, His first night's | sleep though was interrupted by a set of | callathumpians, who very kindly called during the night and announced them. selves, ~Monday was Labor day: the banks closed but every body else was busy work. Strange indeed that | banker« are the only laboring wen in the eoinmunity., Hardy sons of toil in | disguise. wl. T. Munson, Hon. J.T. McCor- mick, Sen. I’. Gray Meek, Harry Fenlon, L. A. Schaeffer, J. A. McClain, Aaron Williams, Chas. BR. Kurtz and W. ( Heinle attended the democratic state convention at Harrisburg last week. ~Osceola wants to change her name because there are three other towns in Pennsylvania by the same name, and very frequently mail, express and freight matter go to the wrong Osceola. Phil. ipsburg has long been in about the same boat. lin ig] «Louis Marchessman, some time ago a night watchman at the Brockerhoff House and later became insane and was sent to the Danville insane asylum, died at that institution last week. He was an Englishman by birth and had no relatives in this section. ~Mrs. Mary Morris died at her home in Philadelphia at the advanced age of eighty years on last Friday. The de. ceased was a daughter of Judge Thos, Burnside, deceased, of Bellefonte. A ‘number of relatives of this vicinity at. tended the funeral. ~1f the Pittsburg papers are correctly informed, the Chronic Insane Asylum will be located in the western part of the state. The official statement will be made in October and the above may only be a rumor. Bellefonte people have not given up hope of securing its erection near here, ~There are frequent rumors heard to the effect that a company is being or. ganized for the purpose of building a branch railroad from Bellefonte to Beech Creek, A competing line of rail. road to Bellefonte is all that is needed to make things boom in this section, There 1s plenty capital and enterprise here only we are hampered by high freight rates, | mob the inmates, | which is at the pit of the furnace, { tered over him, | {and arms terribly | ban ly. was broken down and when Lucas at. |e mpted to enter Mayes began shooting. | The crowd fired back and threatened to In the Alfred Lucas was shot through the leg. fight Mayes, a younger brother was in the He use also, and had a gun. Jed to shoot anyone On Sunday the Mayes brothers were rested by constable Haines, of Show we, and brought to the Bellefonte jail to await trial at the next term of court. threat. TERRIBLY BURNED Joseph Wise Splashed with a Mass of Molten Cinder, On Monday evening Mr. Joseph Wise, a machinist employed at the Valentine Iron company’s works, was making some repairs about the furnace when he was so terribly burned that he had to be taken home by special conveyance. A cast had been a short time before and he was engaged in re. pairing what is known as the monkey, He when the plug blew out and a mass of molten cinder splat- made but struck on a pipe, breast Martin Howard, ard and Lewis Fish, stand. assisting, were struck also by the fiery liquid and burned rather Mr. Wise was taken to his boarding house carriage and Dr, Wise Lis injuries, rning his face, Michael W ing near by nm in [1 Harris was summoned. fined to his bed by 8 Cille which are exceedingly painful, HO FORLOUCK MAYEN A Grpad Firemen's Demonstration 15th to 18th, Sey The 12th annual convention of the | Fireman's Association of Pennsylvania will meet at Lock Haven, Sept. 15th and will continue in session until Friday the 18th. It is estimated that the convention will have at least fifty fire companies present, Among the more prominent features will be a grand parade on Tuesday in which there will beat least 5,000 uniformed firemen with engines and other apparatus. On Friday will be Tournament day, which will consist of steamer contests, hose races, hub races, prize company drills ete., for which large money prizes will be given to the winners. Excursion tickets of one fare for round trip will be sold. The “Logan Steamer Co.,"” and Un. dine” company of Bellefonte will be there in full force and will make a fine appearance. Tuesday, Reasonable Ordinace, Some time ago an ordinace was passed by the town council at Centre Hall for the purpose of inflicting a large penalty upon any one who would come to that town and open up a peanut stand or any kind of a stand during Granger pienie. As that ordinance was intended for a special purpose, it discriminated, was incomplete and unreasonable, and it could not have been enforced anyhow, It was accordingly repealed and another was passed, that was prepared by their attorneys and fixed a reasonable license to be paid to the authorities by any one who erects a booth, peanut stand or does any kind of business in the boro limits for a short time. The ministers of the town took an active Interest in the matter to have dancing floors, par. ticularly, excluded as well as all estab. lishments conducting a chance game, ~The Philad. Branch tailoring de partment is always busy. Their tailor made sults always give satisfaction— and then they are so much cheaper than anywhere else . t is said they were intoxicated and only | they | any | John | who came inside, | abbey and after following a | path through the well kept and lawn, which was filled with blooming | plants, { ornamen wind ing STHM 11 gardens and al trees fine ul kinds and rar ice came face to fae abbey . ing on cha | i {er of the who was work cutd . | an i | Space, fence the he | sacred soil. Mr. | those aficted with | ms ule frequent visits by simply tou on which Was wo Sehofield y, and ¥ that | F14 (ALR hi » 1, found stora ted at Very liberal 41] | Brew 50 abundantly or j re lief and | tion. Thin i his home an ] often f king of th nd by sum, he managed to obl cel of the soil growing upon it. paying a Ail a with grass and The s are unis ne an all Par shamrock was guard. ived ame | ed with jealous { ow has f il home and he 1 § 1 ¥ : his front yard is growing beau ti The hi than our ASS, which | but sends out branche ly in N a darker has the grass is green Linge : gr shamrock 80 1 t+ Nike HK looks somewhat e Ot { the strawberry. © very spot As this soll comes from th t is said to where St, Patrick once trod it contain healing properties for those who but touch it. Planted alongside of is a small piece of a “Blarney stone’ which if kissed imparts to the person the gift of fine and expressive language In order to give all an opportunity to see and touch these two wonderful relics the public will be admitted Tuesdays and Saturdays, 114 for which privilege the small sum of 25 cents will be charged. On Fridays the will be admitted free, This is not a money making scheme on the part of Mr. Schofield, as he has given bonds, that after paying for all necessary expenses, the balance will be appropriated to charity. Having learned that Jas. MeClare, or in Schofield’s own words, that can hide behind a broomstick, who is now trying to run the Overseer of Poor department, of Bellefonte, terribly indebt and that he will lay a tax of 8 mills, the highest ever known, which will furnish at least $10,000 and having learned further, that there is still over #1 50 due on the old duplicate and uncollected by 8, D., Ray—having learn. ed all these things—Mr. Schofield says the noblest act of charity that he could pecform would be to turn over the procesds of his relics to help the' Ray of hope" and “the Shadow’ conduct this departinent until other successors are elected next Spring. “Come aed see my Blarney stone.” poor “the shadow is Reformed Church Notes The Classical Missionary Society of | the West Susquehanna Classis, of the | Reformed church, will meet in annual | convention in St. Peters Reformed church, Rebersburg, September 22nd and 23d, Tuesday and Wednesday, An | interesting program has been prepared and topics of importance will be dis cussed. Rev. and Mrs, Noll, Col. Kel. ler, Esq., C. M. Bower, Esq., Abe Lukenbach and others of this place, will attend the convention Rev. F. W. Brown, of North Wash. ington, Pa., has accepted a call from the Nittany Valley charge of the Re. formed church. He will assume his ministerial work about the first of Oct, Mr. Brown is an able and energetic man and we congratulate the Reformed peo. ple of this section upon their excellent cholee, ® Last Sabbath the Reformed church, at Zion, was handsomely decorated and crowded to its utmost—the occasion be. ing the annual Harvest Service: Rev, Noll officiated and delivered an able and appropriate sermon. The pulpit and the front of the church was profusely and tastefully decorated with ripe grain from the fields, and other cereals and plants. The offerings on this occasion amoured to over 8%), - * . Services in the Reformed church, Bellefonte, Pa., Sunday morning and evening, conducted by Mr, Bruce Cron. emiller, of Union Theologleat Seminary, —say, young fellow, If you are going to the Grange picnic at Centre Hall, you should get a new suit at the Philad. Branch and make a fine appearance. There | the shamrock, which in centuries past | INTERESTING CASES, Observations on the Doings In Court Last Week, The second week of August court was unusually interesting from the fact that almost the entire list wus made up of important cases, Among those settled was the case of Hipple and Veihderfer against Dr. M. Stuart, involving the settlement of a large lumber contrac t, and that of Geo. Noll against B, Shope and others, being and action of Lrespass, arising out of a disputed line. Both these cases would have taken consider- alrie Line ry | come Loa settlement. B. Mingle, cashier. James A, Mec was | also ¢ arranged by the parties and judg- | mer nt entered a for 1 81.900. The first case tried t of John MeCloskey D.}] which resu) verdict for I fant. , that of Wm. Fig RE EE ulted | diet in All of these Monday. i Lo against M, 1H. intic and others, inst the defendants wis thy ngzainst ted ina The next iW. f | . Kunes, | lef, end. Wolf na ver. Lf My, Td VOI plaintiff for 2836. “8 Were dispo i i of Tuesday y morning ri 4 i A the Was ci RAY GOORL a C4 Urakeinanon a A | anpany i Lewisburg of Ix the on On the ] ab even 4 “jand rr A him, Ad defen ad been The Pro= properly to th This by the « lefense inspectors, dangerous god to} who were WAS I 16 Wy Gh 3 andle it obl ously controverted the Car Wt ser. the fact | had in. but rested that spected the car at Sunbury, | workmen with Mensch, and consequet upon the who their neglect. Judge Furst took this view of the case and directed a verdict for the railroad company. The only other case tried was that of Dr. Dunwiddie the railroad company to recover damages for an in. jury received by being struck by an en. gine while attempting to the company’s tracks at Philipsburg. In this case the facts were so strong that the case had Lo be submitted to the jury, and after being out for about an hour, brought in a verdict for #8.000 in favor of the plaintiff. From the it ) AgRinst Cross it ey Dunwiddie ident that the only hat saved the from a similar fate was the action of the from the jury Ye resu iu Case 5 years thing t railroad company in the court in taking it Mensch's injury is a and being caused by Mensch case [Y serous one, the negligence of it was Lo Keep the those whose business company’s cars in a reasonably safe condition, it seems rath. er severe that the poor man should be kicked out of court upon a mers tech. nicality, We are informed that an appeal has been taken to the Supreme court. Mensch is too poor to pay the | expense of an appeal, come to his aid and | the necessary funds, but friends have are advancing him “A Cold Duy On Tuesday evening next, September 16th, Fisher's great musical comedy company will present their popular play | entitled "A Col Day.” It is a mixture {of fun, music, clever imitations and | many eccentricities. The company isa | Strong one, and bas played in all the larger cities where it received the most { flattering press notices. It is claimed to be one of the funniest plays of the season. Don't miss a good laugh. Tuesday evening, Sept. 16th, Salled for Berlin, On Monday Moses Favian, who spent the past two years at the home of his uncle, Mr. Samuel Lewin, proprietor of the Philad, Branch, left for his home near Berlin, Germany, Owing to poor health it was thought best for him to return tohis native and. He isa broth. er of Louls Favian, the mechanical genius and hustler, who has been with Mr. Lewin for some years and Is as hearty as a mountaineer, News Stand, Fred 5. Dunhan has purchased the news stand of Eckenroth & Co., which gives him the privelege of handling a large list of daily and Sunday papers. The business will hereafter be located at the Gazette office, where he will be prepared to meet any one desiring any- thing inhis line. Fred is slowly branch. ing out and ere long will be a minature financier, We wish him success in his new venture, i ——_—— tL] ~Naginey’s furniture store on Bishop street is an interesting place to visit; the room is filled with all kinds of handsome furniture among which are some very fine pieces of COMPLETE PROGRAM. FOR THE GRANGER EXHIBI- | TION NEXT WEEK, At Centre Hall, 12, snd Closing Friday, 1 of ginning Saturday, Se, 18th List Sponkers, eto, Each day’s programme forthe forth- coming 18th and Exhibi. tion of the Patrons of Husbandry in | Grange Park, Centre Hall, Pa., annual Pienie had the parties not | The cuse of W, | Cruise, | on | the | led, | verdic ti fendant. | were fellow | Iv | the company was not responsible for | completed and is as follows: Saturday Sept. 12, aL 3 p. informal opening of camp, UNDAY. 8 AL 10 a, Pren rium by W.E. Al mm. Baskerville, AL T:3 £. Ei winber Ke Hi. 153 ching in the Fischer. Preaching FEMBER 1.- audito ev. wit) . 0p. m~Preacl attend thes 50. | wii 14 t CARIDD Ana i Mon ls iY. =~ pL, 1 g i i £ ompl elin LEH in their ne TUESDAY ¥ exhibits Formal th Lil At10 a. m. d AR rium | committee. Address by Mr. | e | P43 {FF rain, Master of the County | | | | exhibition in an ve and Col. James FF. Weaver, lecturer of { the ( ounty grange. | At2p. Address by gham, of Ohio, master of by Mr. Wm. Northampton counts mn lal Grange deputy of { Downing, deputy ecin puty Grange, At | trobe, d i musical ents lasnagemen of Miss Emma n wi eg 1 I ent “ { ich a nun . wits | young peoj i part, | WE At {Bl Over Dy ¥ , EX-G - Wome Mrs | Montgomery o | At10a m.—Address} | of Jef fers DNESDAY § ALAN tnt ns y: | Secretary of the State Gr | At2p. m.—Addre ess by. ares State Gm tsp. Aiton by on the 7:30 Lo. exdrov. St ance question, ~Address by of York by the v Oregon i. At {Girard temper p. Brown, Hon. county: DeMoss ! i | musical entertainment Family Lyric Band, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER At 10 a. ~Address by Mr | McSparren, deputy of Lancaster count Dr. G. W. Atherton, President of the Pennsylvania State College. At 2 p. m.~Address by His Excelien. cy, Governor Robert E. Pattison: Hon Mortimer Whitehead, National Grange. 19, James Calder, of Harrisburg, Deputy Lecturer of the State Grange; literary and cal exercises, conducted by Miss Brewer; entertainment by the DeMoss Family Lyric Band. FRIDAY=VETERANS DAY. At 10 a. m.~ Reception in auditorium, at which Gen. Beaver, President of the Centre County Veterans’ Association, will preside. During the day the meet. ing will be addressed by ex-Gov. A. G. Curtin, Hon. Thomas Stuart, Col. Chill W. Hazzard, Col. W. A. Stone, Gen. McM. Gregg, Geo. G. Boyer, Depart ment Commander Pennsylvania G. A. R., and other prominent veterans, James C. Noll, Faq Friday morning James C. Noll appeared before court and took the oath required, allowing those who have passed satisfactory examina. tions, to be admitted to practice law before that tribunal of justice. Mr. Noll is a self-made young man. At an early age he displayed a found. ness for study and later on he became a student at Franklin & Marshall col. lege, Lancaster, Pa., and was graduated On last as a member of class "57. He became a deciple of Blackstone soon after and en. tered the law office of Orvis, Bower & Orvis where he faithfully pursued his studies and gained that experience nec. essary for him to become a full fledged barrister. Mr. Noll devoted consider. able time to teaching school and in that way helped himself, all of which was an experience that will be a great benefit, James is also an enthusiastic democrat and in recent campaigns won distinction as an able and eloquent speaker, and his many friends throughout the county will be pleased to hear of the successful completion of his studies and admission to the bar, where he is sure to win fame and fortune. Acsording to a recent act of Assembly the county commissioners are required to furnish the County Superintendents with a suitable room for an office. This week the commissioners selected a room in the stone building of the Crider block, on the second floor and on the diamond. This will be Supt. Etter's official location for receiving teachers and attending to such other business as may pertain to that office, «The Philad. Branch is now prepar. ed for the fall trade and they have un. packed an immense line of clothing new styles, new goods, new designs and | l Insnod Daring the Past Week Taken From | On has been the | Lhe (range, | 41 Lecturer of the | At 7:80 p. m.~Address by Dr. James | musi. | SA RY SU AOA MARRIAGE LICENKES the Docket, John A. Diem and Barbara Potter. { both of Philipsburg. LL. H. Gettig, Philipsburg and Alice R. Ulrich, Miliheim, Dr, Harvey K. Hoy and | Wobbe, both of Bellefonte, T. Clayton Brown and Maggie Daw. both of Bellefonte, William W., Jamison and M, | Deviney, both of Philipsburg Hen Mary 8 J i dhl Ww ¥ Grave FE. brrace vy Brown and huster, botl Lo iq i Dawson wn and Miss Mag. their many friends of last Thurs. way Ww Brown Mi gie a this phi day, by quietly the parsonage of Rey, avton Dr i gave bit of wend oll e a surprise k ng thelr EE. W. Koontz, at about eight OC K weg FRET E evening narrage oung wedding of Bellefonts and will rt Mr. Brown i We extend cone Rid A New Corn Viantes WwW. ( of ¥,. Das made an prove of great Ler low. adle, NOW a +s 4 IVENLION 1} value to farmers, "oy ad jaan ade corn the cor bine ing nl . } | ' placed around the whe] i IB tu n n tubes veved to ound bs 3 Wilk nches al r d from : | one to thres out he tire of : al each revolution of the botl nierce pat r of cap- it on the market, The "Randit King * 44 th slay eveni there will be ail who will The carries four appear on the stage in the performance. These worth the price of admis. The company is a and will be sure to give sat- This famous a8 been pl AVing ir Philadelph a dur ing the dai tore for (rarman opera house, K ing | attend the * Jandit 2" company trained horses that and assist | | stron animals ar . 8101 10 n alone “we Ig one 3 . VIOT taf + 18% i. combination past few wes ks and Th i wding to the is Next Mit APers remarkably fine en. b | | AL ¥p tad t A : ‘ nment. fi ri Thursday evening. Sept. 17th- trained horses on the stage, Our Markets Every week, an hour before going tw and prodoce markets ted and we can as. | press Kran | Are Car ‘ fully corre readers that they are reliable Opera hous Tues. Jandit day t. 1 ty “ ' even evening. | King" Thursdas ng 17. | —See the four trained horses at the opera house on next Thursday evening Sept. 17 ‘Bandit King.” —1f you want to buy a fine parior ornament, visit Naginey's furniture rooms on Bishop street, a 1 ~{reorge Gross has a fine lot of young hounds, well bred, which be will sell at a reasonable price. Good hunting dogs. Beliefonte Grain Market. Corrected weekly by Geo. W. Jackson &Co0 White wheat, per bushel... Red wheat, per bushel. —— Rye, per bushel —-— Corn, ears per bushel Corn, shelled per bushel... Oats—new per bushel wa Barley, per bushel. con Buckwheat, per bushel Cloverseed, per bushel... Ground plaster, per ton an 8 sin— 50 ww 00 to $5.00 PROVIsIoxs, GROCERIES &C. (as corrected weekly by Bower & Oo.) aes, dried, per pound... - rries dried per pound, SU enrmssemmtorms Dried © urrants, per pound... sh New Raisins, per pound. Beans per quart Onions, per bushel, — Butter, PETPOUND wes verorree Cheese, perpound. ..... Tallow, per Ly Tr. Country Shoulders Rides Hams sugar cured Jraaxtat Bacon... . afined Tomatoes per ¢ Canned Corn per oan... Lemons per doz. Dried Sweet Corn per pound... — The Soap for Hard alter 1s Lenox. . the very lowest prices.
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