The Centee Demorvat, THURSDAY,OCT.s, 1801, CHAS. R Kumyz RACKET STORE NEWS | | EDITOR pecial Opening Orme () Poet LADIES COATS AND WRAPS at the Racket, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1891. Ea — The Ladies of Bellefonte and Centre county are respectfully in- vited. An immense assortment will be open for inspection, ranging in price from $2.50 to £150.00. Come and see them, U will not be asked to buy. This will not be an ordi- nary opening—but extraordinary. Remember the date, Friday, Oc- tober 16, 1891. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. ~*‘Little Nugget’ is said to be a first class attraction. —John Sourbeck is enlarging and im- proving his store on High street. ~The Knights of Labor of this place, intend holding their annual ball oa hollo ‘een night. —The American Mechanics will give a supper in their hall on the evening of October 14th. ~The proclamation by Sheriff Ishler for holding the November election ap- pears in this issue, —A new smoke stack was erected at the steam heat works this week by W. B. Maitland. The raising of the stack proved quite a job, ~Burglars made an attempt to enter the residence of Mrs. Ruth Armor on Tuesday night but were discovered in time, and they fled, ~The bun play of the season was at the opera house on Monday evening— “The Electric Spark.” It was rank, and disgusted a large audience. =On Monday the town council gave the commissioners’ permission to lay a a sewer pipe from the court house to Spring creek upon certain conditions. ~Next Wednesday, the 14th, it is ex. pected that several thousand Odd Fel lows, from neighboring towns, will at- tend the dedication exercises. It will be a grand demonstration. ~Mr. Frank Johnson, of this place, who several weeks ago secured a posi. tion as brakeman on the railroad be. tween here and Sunbury, had his arm badly mashed Tuesday while coupling cars, ~Mr. W. I. Fleming has accepted the position of district manager of the Equitable Assurance Society of New York city. He has severed his con. nection with the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. ~The fire alarm has been changed and hereafter one, two and three toots of the steam fire whistle will be blown for the North, South and West wards respectively. There is a bit of common sense about this change, ~While the pumps are in motion at the water works the pressure Is consid, erably increased, which is due to the erection of the standpipe. We can tell this by the speed of our water motor, The stand pipe Is of some use after all, ~Prof. W. T. Meyer, the organist and musical director of the choir, has organized a singing class in connection with theat congregation, The intention is to conduct it on the old style singing class plan, to teach the pupils to read music readily. The first meeting was held on Tuesday and was well attended. Oyeniag died, bowl used to prevent the dead childs face from discoloring was placed near the SUSPENDS PAYMENT, PHILIPSBURG BANK CLOSES ITS DOORS. The Heavy Run Resulting from the Failure of the Clearfield First Houtzdale Banks Forces itto Close, National and From Philipsburg Journal, Oct. 5th. A crushing blow to the business inter. ests of our city and neighborhood was received Monday morning when the Philipsburg bank failed to open its doors as usual, but instead had posted on the large front window the following notice: “The continued demand by our de- positors is greater than we can meet at once. We deem it best for all their in. torests to suspend payment and liquidate our affairs, We frmly believe we can pay every depositor in full, O. Perry JoNgs, Cashier,” While the closing of the bank was a big surprise to very many of our people, and a source of the very deepest regret, vet no particular excitement followed the announcement. The cashier of the bank, Mr, O. Perry Jones, assured all that the bank had sufficient cash and assets to pay its liabilities in full without it being neces. sary for the stockholders to sacrifice their interests, if sufficient time is given to allow the paper now held by the bank to mature and fully realize its value, The reason for the closing of the bank was due to the excessive demands made upon it by the depositors immediately after the failure of the Houtzdale and Clearfield banks, particularly by time depositors and people who did not really need their money, but became distrust. ful, partly because its president, Jona than Boynton, was connected with the defunct Clearfield bank, Our business men stood by the bank, however, but as the institution had large sums of money loaned out to in- dividuals on good security when not immedeately available, and knowing of the drain that would likely continue, in the interest of all it was thought best to cease payment and go into liquida- tion. Fire at Snow Shoe On Tuesday atabout 6a. m. the Penna. railroad depot was discovered to be afire inside. The alarm was giv. en at once, but as the interior was all afire and no fire apparatus being in the town, it was impossible to extinguish it. Somn few articles of freight were taken out, but in a very short time it was a mass of flames and soon was re- duced to the ground. During the pro- gress of the fire heoric efforts were made to save the Mountain House near by which was afire several times. The loss of freight and building will amount to about 82,000, cause of the fire is unknown. The old depot but a mere pen and it isto be hoped that Supt. Blair will building erested at once. Was have a decent A Guarantees Bellefonte people don’t like to patro- nize & poor show and for that reason any people left the opera house last Monday evening after the first and sec. ond acts of “electri xt spark.” The “Lit. tle Nugget" company will be here next Monday evening and we have ey ery reason to believe that it is a fine atirac. tion. The advance agent, in order to convince the public of its merits, auth. orizes us to announce that anyone who is not satisfied with the play, after the first act, can have his money refunded by calling at the ticket office. That is a very fair proposition and we are sure no one will go away feeling disappointed. Reception to Father Med rdle, Father McArdle failed to return to Bellefonte on Friday from his trip abroad and the reception was post poned He arrived on Monday and was teuder. ed a hearty welcome by members of the congregation who church on that occasion. delivered the address of welcome which assembled in the Father Maher was responded to by the pastor. A large congregation was present and several fine selections were rendered by the choir. A Sad Affair Last Saturday an infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Nelson, of Philipsburg, Some embalming fluid in a small corpse. On Monday morning their littl, 2.year-old boy crept into the room and drank some of the fluld. A physician was summoned at once but the little one died soon after from the effects of the deadly poison it had taken into its sys tem. Stee] Vaults, The commissioners are thinking of having the various offices and vaults in the court house fitted up with steel cases and shelves manufactured especially for that purpose by the Office Specialty Mfg. Co., of Rochester, N. Y. The same system has been adopted in Clear. field and Clinton counties, A —— A Money in Horses. The Methodists Conference of Iowa has dropped a horse-dealing parson from its list of membership, at Lis own re. quest. He said he had too much money invested in horses to quit the business, The Master quit the stable to enter the church, The man in Iowa has left the church to enter the stable. VALUABLE FIRE CLAY, A Big Find of the Material Made Near Altooun There has been a big find of fire clay not more thar a hundred miles from Altoona, and the finder is the fortunite ex-Sheriff Miles Walker, of Bellefonte, Mr, Walker has been here nearly two weeks for the purpose of having sclay tested at the Allegheny fire clay works, under the supervision of Curtis Moyer, who is an expert in that line of business, Under his supervision the clay has been fully tested and proves to be superior to any mateiial of that kind ever presented for a full and fair fire test. The bricks have been subject to a high heat test and turn out well. The writer, who has some vears of experience in fire clay, carefully examined the material, and found the full section to consist of a large bed more than twenty-two fect in thickness—something unusual in the line of fire clay. The section by measurement shows twelve feat of good brown clay, two feet of fine soft white clay, two feet solid clay not quite so fine and six feet of homogeneous material showing a clay of extraordinary character, and making | in all, twenty-two feet of good clay, and the shaft not yet down to the bottom. The lower stratum of clay a peculiar kind of brick. a vitreous composition of dark color and conchoidal fracture, resembling anthra- cite coal but hard as 1 bricks were subject to high heat for a period of 132 hours and came out right. produ ol It resulted in Mr. Walker owns 1,800 acres all under | kind | laid with this clay, and with any 1 and 4 HBO On and put of encouragement he wi up works for its manufacture. Tribune. Odd Fellows Day Next Wednesday will be a gala day for Bellefonte, as on that oceasion the Odd Fellows of this place will dedicate their handsome hall in the Crider Over one hundred sister present ing. lodges have been invited to be large number have signified their acceptance. The grand parade the afternoon will be an imposing pro cession of the different uniformed lodge with bands. The address in the eve ning by Past Grand Sire J. B. Nichol. son, of Philadelphia, will be worth hear. ing. The Bellefonte lodge is composed of representative men of the town and they will see that nothing is lef: undone to contribute to the success of the dedi- cation. and a already 4 aid The following route has been selected | for the parade: Column will form with right resting on the Diamond and High streets and move over the following route North on Allegheny to Linu street, east on Linn to the residenceof C. M. Bower, Esq., and counter march to Spring street, thence by Spring to Bish. op, east along Bishop to Ridge and countermarch to Allegheny, then north along Allegheny to the place of starting and the parade will be dismissed, The column will halt on Allegheny street with the right resting south of High, to an open order and inwand face, to allow the grand officers and column to move in reversed position to point of dismissa). Visiting their old Homes, Last Thursday evening Mrs, Noah J. Stover and little daughter Josie, Mrs, James Frazier and two small children, and Mr. and Mrs, Israel Fisher, all of Kansas, arrived in Bellefonte and will spend several months visiting parents and friends in this vicinity. Fight years ago Mr. Stover, with his family, left Centre county for Kansas where he took up land and is getting along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Frazier left here four years ago and are also prospering in the west. The climate evidently agrees with them as they are all enjoy, ing good health. New Streets, Brief ordances were read at the last council making Linn, Lamb and Curtin streets open from their present termini to the eastern line of the boro. Armor street was declared open from the north side of Linn street to the South side of Beaver. A new street was declared open 137 feet west from the eastern line of the boro and extending parallel to it, to be 50 feet wide. Olewine- Bottort, It is announced that the marriage of Mr. John Olewineand Miss M, Elizabeth Bottorf, will be solemnized on this Thursday noon at the residence of the bride's parents, near Lemont. Both parties are well known in this vicinity and this announcement carries with it many hearty congratulations, Committed to jail for Load Talking. During criminal court last week in the Dauphin county courts, Judge Si. minton had occasion to call a young woman before him, from the court room audience, administer a rebuke, and then sentence her to jail for being too demon. strative in her enjoyment of a witness, —— Pall Weather, Tuesday was the first real cool day of GEORGE N, BRANDON The above is a true portrait of one of Bellefonte's promising voung men N. Brandon. It is connect the (00, hardly necessary to name with the portrait, as int All the | all | Altoona | build- | in th {ed with, or know of, the or For several vears { most people vicinity are acquaint. ginal, congregations, pub. lic gatherings, select social parties, and especially during the past year, the many {large audiences assembled at the | Garman Opera House, have sat silent | while this red upon | the piano with ease and skill the classi. that young man rends { cal productions of the old masters with and inspiring expression, which always elie. | He and getic devo such accurate interpretation soul or Hd { ited rounds of approvin rare oupled with that is an ener yearns for | applause, HHOR86CN musical talents, Wr ) i H o 4 5 ! ion which gher atiame- nents in his favorite study. is . Ye f thi Lhe only The subject « 5 sketch is B. Brandon, the popular { proprietor of the Brockerhoff House, He was born May 15, 1878 N. J., and spent : son of Geo. | this place. { his days there, where attended At the vage to Rio ity public if fourteen her enn ‘Advance,’ @ steamer line, visting at | St. Thomas, Martinique, and Bs also the prominent cities on ; | Brazi | Age was repeated, { the const of I. At the age of sixteen the voy- In 1888 he became a resident of Bellefonte, and in the mean. time he visited the principal cities of | the west, in company with his father. | His extensive travels, for a boy of his { age, afforded him many opportunities | for observation, which be improved, {and 1s well informed in regard to the | countries and cities he sited, He became a student inthe Bellefonte | High school in 1888 and was a member ' of the class of 91 graduated last June, of which he its foremost students. On Monday the young gen- tleman left for Nsw York City to seek | his fortune; and where he will have bet. ter facilities to continue studies was one of his musical Buasiness Men's Jubilee The opera house was never filled with a larger gathering or had a better audience than on last Thursday evening. Every seat was occupied and standing room was greatly in demand. The jubilee was an entertainment gotten up for the purpose of giving the various { business interests of this place an op- | portunity to advertise the same by some {form of representation on the stage. | The liverymen had horses and full turn. | outs and the harness dealers decorated | the animals with their finest and best { productions. Others lines were mostly | represented by young girls who wore | some handsome costumes that was sug- { gestive, and made an address or recited | & poem appropriate to the business rep. resented. It was prepared in aunique and pleasing style, so that in presenting over one hundred different establish. ments there was always something new and striking, instead of it becoming monotinous, it proved interesting and highly intertaining to the end, To go into detail would require too much space, but in substance it was a great success and was more than most people expected. The jubilee was for the bene. fit of the Y. M. C. A. and netted them about #400. Everyone who took part in it or in any way assited is deserving of praise, The result of the entertainment will place the Y. M, C, A., of this place on a clear footing again and itis to be hoped, that from past experience, they will know that an indebtedness of any kind isa bad thing to carry. Pay as you go, everytime. Change of Firm, From an advertisement found in an- other column it will be learned that the firm of Jackson & Reynolds, millers, has dissolved, W. Fred Reynolds retir. ing, and the business will be continued by Mr. Geo. W. Jackson. Mr, Jackson has a complete and improved mill and is able to turn out the very best quality of flour and feed. The public have long been acquainted with Mr, Jackson and all know they will be properly cared for when dealing at his mill, ~Lock Haven capitalists feel positive that oil and natural gas can be found in Gallagher township if they drill down 2800 feet. A professional smeller has been over the field and gives out this startling information. All that remaing to be done is for them to dig. s=If you want to buy a One parlor ornament, visit Naginey's furniture ooms on Bishop street, s LON depw wit. CLEARFIELD'S CRISS. CLEARFIELD AND HOUTZ- DALEBANKS FAIL. Great Excitement Vollows- Hey. Wm, HH Dill, the President of hoth iastitations Arrested and taken to Juil-May not he As baud ss first reported The First National bank of Clearfield, of which Wm. H. Dill is president, closed its doors Wednesday morning of last week, much to the surprise of many. This institution is one of the oldest, and for years considered among the strong- est national banks of the state, Jona. than Boynton, father-in-law of Mr. Dill, was president of the bank until last Spring, when be withdrew, and Dill was elected, During the financial troub- les last December a rumor was circulat. ed that the First and a heavy run was made, but met, About this time Vice President A. F. Boynton withdrew and sold his stock. This again created excitement, and the depositors felt shaky and continued to pull out from time to time until Satur. National was weak, day, when a heavy run was made, which kept up Monday and Tuesday, aggre- gating about 840.000. Th bank in a bad condition. President Dill submitted the follow. ing for publieation “An unprecedented run on Saturday. Monday and Tuesday on the First Na. tional bank of Clearfield, amounting to nearly 840,000, made it impossible to continue business, and, therefore. the bank suspends payment.’ On Thursday, October 1, Wm. Miller, Wash. ington and took charge of thebank. A cursory by him showed that there wasonly about £1,500 in cash in the There was 8123 A considerable amount of the shaoe of nance: 84 HADPe OF paper is run left the a bank examiner, arrived from examination institution, 00 the assets were in darbados, | but a ut a [ties not known t ks in the bank large amount of this wast ¥ par. y the exam | Whether it is goo | or not is not known and most of it {dorsed by W. H. Dil. good the probal | with an assessment on the stock? 5 4] er or the { cler 8 en. If the paper | proves ilities iders {all will be paid, Bank Examiner Miller false entries in the books on Friday and President Dill was under arrest and un. der 820,000 bail, which was soon fur. nished. A second warrant was sworn out later upon the charge of false en- tries. The amount of bail asked for was $70,000 which conld not be obtained and he remained in the custody of ( apt. Clark and another officer at his resi. discovered dence. HOUTZDALE BANK CLOSES. The Houtzdale bank was purchased by Dill recently and it is a private con. cern. When the news of the Clearfield failure reached Hautzdale, Cashier Me. Grath closed up that bank. A few days previous Dill took a large portion of the deposits from the Houtzdale bank to Clearfield as he claimed it would be more secure there, The Clearfield fail. ure at once closed up the other bank, as there was not more than $63.00 availa. ble assets to pay $200,000 deposits, On Friday night a party arrived from Houtzdale with a warrant charging Dill with the embezzlement of $85,000 and insisted upon his being locked up. Ac. cordingly about 10 o'clock that night Dill was taken to jail. He was accom. panied by his wife and was not placed in a cell. Late Friday night United States Commtssioner Ambrose arrived in Clearfield. On Saturday a regular in. formation under section 5.200, Revised Statutes of the United States, charging Dill with making false entries. was made. A warrant was issued and served by Captain Clark, and in default of $50,000 Dill was committed for a hear. ing at Clearfield at 10 o'clock Friday morning, October 9. The United States law has no juris. diction in the case of the Houtzdale bank. That case comes under the prov. ince of the state law. The failure of these two banks caused great excitement throughout Clearfield county and even through the state. Rev. Wm H. Dill formerly was a min. ister of the Methodist church and every body hal the utmost confidence in his integrity. The failure of these two banks has turned many of his warm friends against him. Although under arrest and in jail Mr. Dill protests his innocense and declares that every de. positor will be ‘paid in due time, dollar for dollar. Mrs. Wm. Dill declares that she will give up every bit of property, if necessary, to secure every claim. Her womanly devotion to her husband in this crisis, and her determination to make uw personal sacrifice to secure every depositor is worthy of emulation. The latest news from Clearfield are more hopeful, and it is now believed the failure of the First National bank will be traced to the carrying of too great an amount of business paper, and that no evidence of fraud will be shown President Dill. The United States au. thorities have fixed Friday next for a hearing of the case, and if the ball asked is not excessive, should the evidence warrant the holding of Dill at all, the bail will be promptly A ~The Philad. Bianch is now prepar. od for the fall trade and they have un. packed an immense line of clothing— the very lowest prices. MARRIAGE LICENSES Issued During the Past Week Taken ¥rom the Docket, Wm. Brown and Mary Emma Lee, both of Philipsburg. J.C, Vinnes, Mt, Eagle and Lillian C. Gates, of Nittany, Tames Fer-neek and Annie Herman both of Philipsburg. Isaac W., Baney, Bellefonte and Mary Grenoble, Zion, I. N. Haapt and Sadie Keeler, both of Bellefonte, John Gibson and Mary Carson. both of Poweiton. J. T. Shenefelt, Birmingham Agnes M, Webner, Nittany, John I. Snavely and Jennie V. Royer, both of Potter twp, and 75 per Light a Year Tyrone is to have electrie light, for its streets, There is nothing remark. able in this, but they are getting them at a reasonable figure. They will have the light turned on during the entire night for the reasonable price of #75 per light a year. Bellefonte still pays £06 per that gives light only untj We #21 wore and get only one half as much light. Mp a 44 i year 14 1 a.m. pay “Little Nugget. Watch, wait and see the only funny show coming—*'Little Nugget:’’ a farce comedy with a plot; produced by a per. fect artists; overflowing with new and catchy music: sparkling with new topical songs: ornamental with new dances; embellished with fascinat- ing d company of resses and pretty irl Y Kiris. Alfred Richard, of off Philipsburg, had on Monday by a circular saw, ie atl work in Hoover, Hughes & Co's. mill, that place. — Last Thursday a child of Mr. T. B. two fingers cut whi i | room is fil are that | new styles, new goods, new designs and | Juddinger, Snow Shoe, died of malig- | nant diphtheria. The body was taken by hearse to Williamsport for interment. | —Naginey’s furniture store on Bishop | street is an interesting place to visit: the ed witha furniture among | kinds of handsome which are fine pieces of workmanship, SOme very Mrs, Tamson Sellers, widow of the late John Sellers, died at her home in Milesburg on Tuesday morning. Her age was 70 years; two sons and two daughters survive her. ~Last Friday W, E. Gheen. of Jersey Shore, sold his grocery store at this place, to James McCulley, Jr., who will continue the business at the former stand. Mr. McCulley has had the ex. perience in that business to make SUCOENS of it. a Un last Thursday Miss Ida Desch- ner, formerly of Bellefonte, but for the last year a resident of Seattle, Washing- on, and Mr, George Rothrock, son of Henry Rothrock, who lives near Belle. fouie, were married at Altoona, where Mr. Rothrock is employed. Beliefonte Grain Market. Corrected weekly by (ye0 W. Jackson &Co: White wheat, per t Bed wheat, per bushel Eye, per bushel Corn, ears per busbe Corn, shelled per bush Oats—new per bushe Barley, per bushel Buckwheat, per bushe) Cloverseed, per bushel Ground plaster, per ton she ———— . 50 . 50 ~Hadt0 86.00 $0 Provisions, GRooERies &c. weekly by Bower & Co.) Apples, dried, per pound........ Cherries dried per pound, seeded Dried Currants, per pound... New Raisins, per pound... we Beans per quart... Onions, per bushel. 8 Butter, perpoting cc. ve vomee - ChOOne, PETPOTIME. we ceuicvsemsncssmmmsrsemmssisn Tallow, per pound... Country Shoulders Sides Hams .. Bams sugar cured Breakfast Bacon. Lard, per pound Eggs per dozen Potatoes per bushel]. . Dried Bee! eBIppad co. cenrveemsmssmss Canned Beef per can... A Canned ToOmALOOS POF OAD «o.oo ns commons Canned Corn per can... Lemons per dog. co... i ——— Dried Sweet Corn per pound. ce... (as corrected —————— ALESMEN WANTED Local or Traveling. to sell our Nursery Stock Kalary, Expenses and Steady Employment guar anteed, CHasE BROTHERS Cowra ng Dee. 91. hester, ®Yy NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. BRLLEFONTE, Pa. October 1st, 189 The Arm of Geo W and Grain Dealers, mutual consent, ed payment, ebted to them will please make . Geo. W, Jackson, W. Fen, REYsOLDS. Brrieroxte, Pa. October 1... 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