The Centre Boworrat, “THURSDAY, OCT. 1, 1801, CHAS: R. KURTZ - EDITOR je ro Advertise WISH Anything Anywhere ar Any time DO1IT IN The Centre Democrat. IT HAS MANY THOUSAND READERS. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. —Flectric Spark’ at the house, Monday, Oct. 5th. —*0O'Flyn in Mexico’ at the opera house on Friday evening, Oct. 2, —On Friday evening the annual election of officers of the Y.M.C. A of this place will occur. opera —The stand pipe is now erected in the reservoir and they say it increases the pressure considerably. —Rev. Father McArdle, pastor of the St. John’s Catholic church, of this place is now on his way home from Europe. —A Williamsport bank paid a check the other day which said *‘in full for all demands from the birth of Adam to the death of the Devil.” — Vreelands minstrels will not appear in the opera house on Friday evening as was advertised. That date will be oc- cupied by “O'Flynn in Mexico.” —Mr. Heyland, an aged gentlemen and resident of Snow Shoe Intersection was found dead in bed last week. Cause or further particulars not known. —Judge Furst left last week for a journey to the west and will visit the Pacific coast. It is his intention to do a bit of hunting while he is gone. ~—A freak gave a free exhibition on the diamond Tuesday evening. He wrench. ed different joints of his body out of place for the benefit of a collection. ~— Business is rapidly picking up about Bellefonte, On Saturday all our mer- chants were very busy and money seem- ed to be circulating more than usual. —Persons who have heard the play “O'Flynn in Mexico,” to be at the opera house on Friday evening, pro- nounce it a first class production. —Rev. T. B. Cross, pastor of the Bap- tist church at Milesburg, has tendered his resignation and will leave imme. diately for his new home at Centreville, lowa. ~Mrs. Chas. PP. Hewes and daughter are visiting friends at Erie and will be absent for some time. In their absence Charley is playing the role of a gay bachelor. ~The continued dry weather has made traveling by buggy unpleasant on account of the clouds of dust raised by every team you meet. A good rain would Le appreciated. I. Rankin and Lawrence L. Brown, the two republicans who hold lucrative government positions, are spending a short vacation at this place. Both are looking well. ~Mr. Daniel Schlutman, of Linden Hall, was in town on Tuesday; he is quite lame and suffers considerably from injuries received while at the grange picnic, —~Shaeffer, the photographer, will make a flash light this evening of the business men's jubilee at the opera house. Parties desiring copies of the same can obtain them by calling at his gallery. ~John W. Moore and family have rented the stone residence on the corner of Penn and Howard streets which he and his family will soon occupy. The room on the corner will be converted into a grocery store. ~Messrs. L. A. Schaeffer, I’. Gray Meek and J. C. Meyer left on Tuesday morning for Pittsburg to attend the annual convention of democratic societies of this state. They expect to return by Saturday. ~The Bellefonte gas company made A welcome announcement this week. Her after they will furnish gas to their patrons ut $1.50 per 1,000 feet, The former price was $2. Let the electric light company do likewise, ~On Saturday evening a puddler was arrested and yanked in jail for commit ting 8 nuisance near the court house, and on Monday at a hesring he received afine and costs that amounted to over #6. Considering that he was a stranger , that such an arrest, for a trivial offence, was the first of its kind made we think the man was slightly imposed upon by is our opinion, many others wg 1102, SCHOFIELD'S REPLY. HE DID NOT MISSMANAGE THE POOR DEPARTMENT. Avaliable Assets to the Amount of Almost Four Thousand Dollars. Refuted-The “Gazettes” ments, Malicious Lies False State To the Citizens and Taxpayers of Delle JSonte boro: It will be remembered that during my absence, this summer, the (Fazette on the 17th of July made one of its accustomed venomous charges against my manage- ment of the overseer of the poor depart- ment of Bellefonte boro. The substance of that article is contained in the follow- ing paragraph: “As stated before, when Schofield went into office, early in 1886, the borough overseer of the poor department was out of debt, while now, after a little over five years’ se rvice, he has saddled on the taxpayers a known debt of $6,465.71 and the half has not been told.” In addition to the above there was published a long list of unpaid accounts (7) by which they attempt to show that when I resigned I left an indebtedness of 86,465.71; also that I used the funds of the office for the purpose of buying Democratic votes, We will now consider the first charge: “ When Schofield went into office in 1856, the borough overseer of the poor depart. ment was out of debt,” This was an ab- solute falsehood. ‘Lhe auditors’ state. ment of Bellefonte boro, for the year ending March 5, 1888, will show that I paid: E. J. Pruner, Judgment note oom (Paid the year before) Coms. of Centre Co, asylum debt 1,006.68 Total debt paid, ”, ITY I~ The amounts were published in the | different auditors statements and were known to MeClure and Feidler, who were guilty of a deliberate and malic. ious falsehood when charge. The second charge is: over five years’ they made This disposes of lie No. 1. “After a little service he has saddled on the taxpayers a known debt of $6,465.71." McClure was elected overseer of Poor in the spring of 1888, The auditors statement for the year 1887 shows that the cash balance In my hands was 8178.44 | The statement for 1888 shows that the assets, over all liabilities, amounted to $378.72. This clearly shows that the overseer department, while under my exclusive control, was not mismanaged. This also shows that this department was in a good financial standing when McClure began his illustrious (7) official | career, Now what is the change that has taken place since 1558, when Me. Clure and the postmaster attempted to run this department? This postmaster published a list of names showing the amount of outstanding orders and un- paid bills when I resigned that amount. ed to 86,465.71, and how much more they have gathered since July 17th it is | hard to tell, but I wish to impress one fact on the minds of the already over- burdened tax payers of Bellefonte, and that is, neither the Gazette or his over. seer audit my accounts, This function belongs only to a republican board of boro auditors, The entire town was canvassed to gather up these unpaid bills and se- counts, many of which me excessive and others unfair. Iam charged with an Insane Asylum bill of 8848.77, up to date, June 20, 1501, at the coms, office, The correct amount on March 2nd, 91, was $8000.37, I receiving a credit of $205.07 before a board of arbitration, they allowing a credit of an old bill of 295 due the boro; the other credit of $110.30 was the placing of a charge from the boro to the county. The statement of March 2nd shows the boro was in debt to the county $704.30, To have been at least fair, McClure should have cut this bill in two, as it was a general boro debt and he was (trying) to act also as an overseer and was justly en. titled to assume one.half of the boro's obligations. But this would be too much to ask of the' Shadow who trains with a dishonest postmaster. It now becomes my duty to show the boro's assets. The following is a correct statement of our unpublished assets which will wipe out the malicious state. ment of the Gazette: (Boro Statement "51 Shows.) Am't of cash In hata of 8. D. Ray .. . Mrs. L a Jamon, Spring twp... amen Tarr, Mihi oY oe w— BMIKOT EWP cinmnnscvvmesarsesn Iva, Snow Shoe twp. —————— {prick —— [1% ¥ os hg double CAFES. Total credits, + In addition to the above total there are other credits to follow, From this it will readily be seen that the actual indebtedness of the poor department on June 2, 91, was $3,123.02, instead of $5,465.71 as pulished by Wanamaker's employee. This disposes of lie No. 2. the bill of 842.50 at Harris & Co's, store, was contracted for tools and dynamite use’ inthe quarries for breaking stone for our streets, I gave work to about thirty families for almost three months, and asa result [ have turned over 787 loads of broken stone for our streets. This cost about 8650; it will be seen on the boro statement that I received a credit of #200 for the same, leaving a net loss of almost 8400 to my department; but more stone were broken and as a result our streets are now in better con- dition than ever. The stone and tools have been regularly turned over to Thomas Shaughansy, street commission. er. Must I be censured for this? 1am satisfied with what I have done. From all of this it will be seen that McClure was not justified in laying the exhorbitant tax of 8 mills for poor pur- poses, The duplicate ussessed at 8 mills will give him 88,600 this year to meet the actual indebtedness of 83,123.02, leaving a balance in his hands of 85,870,958 for what—to pay the #400 doctor bills you contracted last year, and at the same time for keeping others on your list to secure their support for a re-elec- tion. When I resigned the property pur. and turned over furniture and beds and bed. house and there to-day, to McClure, consists of: carpets $40; stoves 835 ding #20; miscelaneous utensels 820-- total value #115.00, #50 of this amount being turned in during the last year. $1,048.30 | * | had in any two, this | {in the Gazetle, | more money to handle Surely the | resent this extravagance { on the part of McClure, { former. I would like | tax collector was when McClure laid & { mills; for last year the same tax collect. or took great pains in explaining my ex- | travagance in laying 6 mills, He | the taxpayers that McClure could run { the office on 5 mills: no doubt he | very busy now in explaing to some why McClure must raise the | this year—but next year, will be less, [ was astonished upon my return to and extortion the great re. = it miliage to of course, { hear that some of my supposed demo- | | cratic friends were so ready to believe | { the statements as published in the Ga. {zette, These friends believe they | saved the boro from ruin, but it is well | | known that while they were saving the boro, they took good care to keep an | open eye on No. 1. | My accounts are in the hands of my enemies—the postmaster and the “Shad. | {ow that can hide behind a broom han. | | dle" —and if this crew can find one { dollar spent for any other purpose than | to help those that were in need, at the | time the order was given, I will pay all | { of it back to the cent in addition. Now come on with your charges and back them up with facts. While you are getting ready I will ask the taxpay. ers to let me know when the was ever able to prove anything in re. gard to my official management? show, in a short time, owners what it has cost them to elect McClure overseer of the poor, “Shadow” and 100 per make a few statements in answer to the Gazette of Sept. 20th. In the first place I wish to state that [ am not responsible to any charges or figures that may be published in the Gazette, In order to insure a speedy and correct answer to all these questions and charg- es, if the combination from whom the information on which the article was based, will please sign the name so that I may know if I have a responsible party to deal with, I will answer the questions and meet the charges most cheerfully, if the following is complied with: First, will the Gazette state where it got the #500 item in favor of James Schofield. Second, willJohn M. Keichline state who the 837 of taxes are for? Third, what Rowe & Bros., book ae. count is for? Fourth, what the Danville account of $500 is for? Fifth, give an itemized statement of the $175 poor house rent account—the Asylum 0 | date It begins and ends? Sixth, Why you lifted orders at some stores and refused to do the same at 0 | other places with your note, at from 0 | four months to one year? Seventh, explain, with the facts, why it is necessary to lay 8 mills this year. In conclusion I wish to state that all my accounts with the boro will shortly be turned over to the boro auditors, a® it is not my purpose to stand in the way of the light being turned on. 1 feel mtisfled that the present storm Was raised for the purpose of arousing indig- pation against me, to fiive McClure an excuse to lay an 8 mill tax to cover up his short comings. For the satisfaction of the public, I am in favor of having all the accounts of the department, McClure's as well asmy own, investigated now, so that the people may know the facts, which never were given by the libertine pub. lisher of the Gasette, Tarn on the light, so that the other room suits at Naginey's furniture rooms Bishop street, SUR chased by me and placed in the poor | A GREAT GAME. The Bellefonte Club Badly Beaten by the Centre Club Vonles, base ball occurred the Athletic grounds, The contest was between the two social clubs of this place, between whom there has been considerable rival. ry of Inte as to which could turn out the best ball team, At 3p. m.. while the sun was pouring down its scorching rays and the theremormeter stood 92 degrees in the shade, the two clubs be- gan playing, with Robt, McKnight as umpire, Harry Green pitched for the Bellefonte club until the boys knocked him out of the box, Hunter then stepped in and began hurling the sphere but hia efforts gave the fielders too much exercise and Quigley was given a trial with the same result, Chas, Cruse pitched for the Centre Club and was toll wed by Jim Harris who fairly paralyzed the Bellefonte Club glants, At the end of the ning the ood 51 Bellefonte Club realized er they played the would be the defeat on job, seventh in. to 12. The that the long- more humilating score st stop. The principal features of the game were Joe, Montgomery's fanltless field. ing, hkewise that of Richard; Hard Harris played a noble game as short stop and 3rd base and re- ceived rounds of from the large bouquets from applause grand stand and The picture is not so black as reported | but McClure will have | this year than I | people will | to ask where the told | is | once i | (fazelte | I will | to the property | In addition to the above I wish to | his many admiring lady | Keller covered 2nd base in fine Jim. Laurie played faultless base while Mr, Morris, imported from { Tyrone for this game, tried | about the field, but several hard to get hot | with whiskers on them, proved to much { for him; Hunter would be a fine pit ther | but he always ol layed with a soft ball { and the regulatian sphere annoyed him | on thataccount. The girls all admired Quigley’s heroic efforts behind the bat, | To tell the whole truth the Bellefonte Club base ball nine is made up of some | very fine material, bat the they can't play ball, that's awful said to have mly trouble 31 to 12 of the game is prostrated their | is, The result terribly ohn Lane, put in an appearance since, | manager, J Church Dediented Last Sabbath moming the dedicatory services of the the | Freeman, county were present. D. D., of Huntingdon, deliv. ere] the moming discourse after which a collection was taken up which was sufficient to pay off all indebtedness, The building cost 84,791.27 and it is re. amount was expended. Rev, lof Lewistown, and Rev. {the pastor, assisted in the dedicatory | services which followed. Rev. preached in the afternoon and in the evening Rev, Elsenburg, of the Centre Hall Reformed church, occupied the pulpit. Died at Onk Hall Mrs. James C, Gilliland died Sunday | morning atl two o'clock at her home in { Oak Hall, of heart failure, aged about forty-nine years. Deceased is survived | by her husband and two children, and { by five sisters and two brothers, The | latter are Mrs. D. M. Clemson and Miss Kate Gardner, of Pittsburg: Mrs. A. J. Mattern, of Tyrone; Mrs. Goheen, East Tyrone; Mrs. Kincaid, of Athens, 111.; Springs. The funeral Wednesday morning at ten o'clock from the late home of the deceased. Found Dead in Bed On Friday morning Mrs. Lewis Aikey, of Snow Shoe Intersection, went up stairs to waken a man by the name of Hughland, who had been boarding there for some time. She knocked at the door several times, but receiving no answer she opened the door and went in and found his lifeless body lying on the bed. It wasevident that he died with. out a struggle during the night. Heart disease is said to have been the cause of his death. He was sixty-five years of age, a widower and has children living on Buffalo Run, Yor n Free Tarnpiks, A petition is being signed and will be presented to the Clinton county courts to have that portion of a turnpike, in Clinton county made free of tolls which is known as the Bald Eagle, Nittany and Brush Valley Turnpike which ex. tends from “the county bridge at Flem. ington, Clinton county to the Old Fort Last Friday an interesting game of | Johnston and | . | The train was stopped and concluded to | Pi {mourn his sudden SLEPT ON THE TRACK. WAS KILLED E BY A PASSEN- GER TRAIN, The Chronle Tasene Asylum to be Loested | Near Reading Dr Nelection, Curwin Opposes the John Henry, a resident of South Phil. ipsburg, met hisdeath Friday in a very sad and distressing manner. He had been attending a party held out in the Third wird that night, helping furnish the music, and about 4:50 Friday morn. ing he started for home, Wending his | way up the railroad, laid down on the track, having at the time been some. | what under the influence of liquor. The | passenger train due there shortly after 5 o'clock, had pulled out from the sta. tion and attained such a speed as not to | him in time to stop the train, which passed over him | 5 body at the and when found the parts were separated by a distance of ten feet. | and conductor | Allison Haupt returned to the and informed ticket what had happened. enable the engineer to see and completely severed | abdomen, station agent Pierce of thout ! and six children to death, He miner by occupation, a good, The deceased was aged 2 and a wife i year leaves Wis Aa honest handsome new Presby. | . not state, |terian church at Centre Hall occurred. |= a Nabe et | s . : | 1 od iate action, { Many distinguished visitors from over | any Bi] 13 '® acu The Rev, | | but we feel confident that Dr. | has the most | site near Bellefonte, took place on | | musician of friends; Harry | style; | on first | liners, | port, who has failed to | { detail the reasons for his objections, {also the reason for his markable to see how judiciously that | Garner, | Baskerville, {says the asylum | near Bellwood. Garner | | tion of a chronic insane asylum in this | state out of the many offered has dwin. {dled to two-—Wemersville chances in favor of the former. | governor and the board of charities are | chance, being more centrally located to t | {ing its location near here. Some say Wilson and Franklin Gardner, of Rock | prominent citizens of our town worked fellow, whom everybody liked, and a marked ability. | | THECHRONIC INSANE ASYLUM. A Majority Report in Favor of the South | Mountain Site On Monday the comm to select a site and build | ittee appointed | an asylum for the chronic insane, made a majority re- | stating that it had selected a site | of 545 acres, known as the South Moun. | te, in Berks county from Reading. The si The governor's approval to is asked. by tain s eight miles cost 877 .- | the te (XN, A minority report was | Dr. John ( choice submitted Warren, stat hospital phy site was not a suitable one, urwen., of opinion as a Jerks county asking approval to write in and | an- and the governor to withhold his of it until he had time out approving location of which he did The governor will not take other site, the We may be presuming a great deal, Carwin inion of the ch answers all the requirements and would not cost one-tenth of #77.000, favorable of whi The Asylum Location An article the Altoona Tribune will likely be located They say “The selection of a site for the loca. in . Berks county this county—with the All sites examined west of the Alleghenies have relinquished their claims in favor of Bellwood and it how has become a contest between the eastern and west. ern portions of the state, The commis. sion is favorable to Wemersville. The and Bellwood, still to act and Bellwood has a fighting the aslums from whence the inmates are selected.” If this is correct Bellefonte is “not in it” as so many were confident of secur- against and secretly used all their in- fluence to oppose it, “¥lectric Spark” Atkinson's Jollities produced their new opera, “The Electric Spark” at the Alcazar last evening. The perfor. mance was of surpassing excellence and we do not hesitate to pronounce it by far the best thing of the kind that has ever appeared in New York. As an extravaganza it can stand on its merits, which are of the first order. Not only is the opera itself remarkable for its ex. cellence and originality but the char- acters are well filled by talent that be. speaks a successful season for “The Electric Spark." — Dramatic News. At the opera house Monday evening, Oct, 5th, Fas a Hotel, The Milheim Journal says: Squire Reifsnyder, of Main street, is absent his week on a trip to Coudersport and Buffalo, N. Y.,and on his return will stop at Bradford, Pa., to look after “The Henderson,” a large hotel which he owns in that place. He expécts to get home the last of this week. ———— . On next Saturday evening, Oct. 3d, { flouring mill | premises next { roller process, | fonte, | Catharine McElwain will | the price of | bandeu HAT AOA MARRIAGE LICENSES Issued Doriong the Past Week Taken From the Docket, Harry E. Johnston, Altoona and Sadie J. Walkey, of Bellefonte, Archibald Shau and Annie Weir, both | of Snow Shoe. Tine Wagner and Mary Emma Jane Beals, both of Burnside twp. (G. H. Decker, Potter twp., Zeigler, Benner twp. Wm. Brown and Mary Emma Lee, both of Philipsburg. and Emma R. A Valuable Property We wish to again eall the attention | of our readers to the sale of the Weaver , which will occur on the Friday morning at Oak Hall, Pa. This mill was recently equipped throughout with the latest { and most improved machinery for man. | fa turing high grades of flour by the It is run by a never fail. ing water power; has an immense cus. tom trade; in a rich farming district and is a valuable plant. In addition to the mill there iN is 4 coal yard with sheds, connected by switch with IL. & T. The property also embraces 19 acres of land on which are erected three dwelling houses ings. The entire For further information Gilliland, adm'r., Oak Spangler & Hewes, raile road. stables and outbuild.- property will be sold. address Jas, C Pa., or Belle. Hall, attorneys, Pa. Pablic Sale at Howard 20th, Mrs. offer at public Howard boro, 2 heifers, truck- ivators, harness, cider mill; also a lot of house. hold furniture, consisting of 1 organ, 2 of cook stoves, parlor stove, On Thursday, October sale, at her residence, the following | wagon, open buggy. | COW, plows, ¢1 i tables, lounges, chairs, carpets and many other articles. Sale commences at 1 o'clock. At the Opera House The following ppearat the opera house this week Business Men's Jubilee this Thursday ng: O'Fynn in Mexico on Friday Electric Spark next Monday All of them will be worth admission. attractsons are billed oa even evening evening. ’ Oi While county, the sheriff Lycoming by six deputies, was conveying eighteen convicts to the Eastern Peni ary last Wednesday, Lincoln Person, one of the prisoners, with a toothpick picked the lock of the ff which bound him to a fellow escaped. He jumped WAS running les an hoor and made good’ his Seemingly uninjured by his for liberty. The sheriff the munificent sum of twenty for Person’s return. —Mrs. John Diehl, of Mr. Samuel Diehl, of this place, died on at her Laurelton, Union She had reached the advance. od age of Eight children sur. vive, four of whom are in the Western states, —e Misses Sadie a AssIstad tent criminal, from forty mi escape. dariz ig offers dollars ana the train while it leap mother Saturday home in 00. 70 years, and Dora Taylor, two very bright and agreeable young ladies, of Miflinburg, Union county, are at present visiting their aged grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Gephart, of Zion. While in town on Saturday they were pleasant callers at this 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 the very lowest prices. Beliefonte Grain Market, Corrected weekly by Geo. W. Jackson &Co: White wheat, per bushel Red wheat, per bushel. Rye, per bushel. — Corn, ears per bushel... Corn, shelled per bushel... Oats—~new per bushel — Barley, per bushel. Buck wheat, per bushel. —— Cloverseed, per — —— Ground Pash or, sper ton. PROVISIONS, GROCERIES &C. weekly by Bower & Co.) Alpes. dried, per pound... jes dried per putnd. 3 seeded Dried O grant perp ow Ras ne per pound. — Beans per quart. —— " Onions por bushel... Butter, i The Soap - for Hard Water is Lenox.
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