THURSDAY EDITOR "THE RACKET CHAS. R. KURTZ - - ONE OF THE FINEST Assortment of Holiday Goods in Bellefonte, U will find at The Racket. The store is particularly suited to the great American Holiday Season. Kom and C Santa Claus ‘all dressed up in his Sunday Clothes,” LOCAL DEPARTMENT. —You will seldom see amything bet- ter than ‘Fabio Romani” come here. It will be good. —A new rdilroad bridge is being put across the race, at the rear of Ryan's cigar store, this week. The old one be- came unsafe, ~The revival at the United Brethern church, in Bellefonte, is accomplishing much good. Rev. Blackburn earnest worker and meeting success, 15 an is with ~The boro council has offered a lib- eral reward of 8500 for the detection, arrest and conviction of any person or persons who may commit incendiarism in Bellefonte. —The sale of reserved for ‘Fabio Romani,” Friday evening, is very large. It will draw a house as our people know it to first-class attraction. seats very —James Markle was seriously injured on Tuesday while at work at Jenkins & this place. A fell on hi Lingle's machine shop LN ery 8 heavy piece of machi arm and crushed it badly. —Two new up at Morris’ The lime industry lime kilns are being put | quarries, north of town. | of this vicinity is larger proportions than most and represents imagine a large amount of cap- ital Mr. Wm. Derstine and family re. turned last week from Illinois, and will remain at Bellefonte. They left here about three months ago to make that their { home, but did not like the country. Me — Last week Mr. David Wise, of near Zion, Killed six hogs that weighed, when dressed, 2211 pounds. The largest one weighed 408 pounds. This is the heav- iest lot of porkers we have heard of this season. Who can beat it? — Andy C. Loneberger returned from a three weeks hunt in Cameron county this week. The party he was with cap- tured six deer, one bear, three raccoons and other small game. That was a large haul, and Andy feels good over the trip. -On Monday evening the Bellefonte minstrels had their first complete re- hearsal, in the opera house. It was strietly private you know, yet from what we hear the boys will present some very fine music and will acquit them selves very creditably. ¢ ~Woman lives longer than man, goes insane less numerously, commits suicide one-third as often, makes one- tenth the demand on the public purse for support in jails, prisons and alms houses, and in every regard manifests potentiality for good eitizenship, men- tally and morally, —Ed. Shaeffer, who left Bellefonte about two years ago to accept a position at Everette, Pa., is now located at Hyndman Pa. He is secretary and treasurer of the “Hyndman Clothing Company,” a new firm recently estab. lished at that place, and said to be doing an extensive business, Ed always was an energetic young man and we know he will succeed. ~It is noted in commercial circles, especially in toy and fancy goods mer chandising, that small change, five and ten cent pieces, are increasing in circu. lation, the result of breaking small say- ings banks, tin boxes, miniature barrels, ete, into which deposits were made during the past eleven months. As we approach the holidays, the breaking of such depositories will increase this small coin circulation until it becomes glut in the markets, and an overflow In the coffers of all merchants, | to state that postal rec § Will FREE DELIVERY Will Remain st Bellefonte in the Future. Romors afloat, For some time past items have been going the ronnds of some of our neigh- boring exchanges to the effect that the Beliefoute post office would have the free carrier system abolished on account of the alarming decrease of business through that department during the past few years, After one such story has gone around, another like it springs | up and in that way these reports are on the go all the time. The cause for this may be attributed to the petty jealousy of some of our neighboring towns who can’t keep apace with Bellefonte. This week Postmaster Fiedler puts an end to these stories by an article in his paper. The true situation is explained in the following manner, which is of in. | terest to all: As is well known, the amount requi- site for the establishment of free mail | delivery in any place, under the Postal Laws and Regulations of 1887, is that the town must have either 10,000 popu- | lation or the office do $10,000 worth of | postal business in one year, or both During the year ending April 1, 1890, the Bellefonte post office did a postal business of over 210,000 and in conse. quence of the same free delivery was es. tablished, beginning July 1, 1800. WHAT THE LAW SAYS, The Postal Laws and Regulations of | 1887, passed during the previous demo- cratic National administration, provide as follows: That free mail delivery shall be instituted at | every incorporated city, village containing a population of not less than ten thousand within Its corporate limits, according to the last general census, taken by authority of State or United States law, or at any post office which produced a gross revenue for the preceding fiscal year of not less than ten thous and dollars Provided, That in offices where the free delivery shall be ¢ shed under the provisions of this act, such free delivery shall not be abolished by reason of decrease below ten thousand in population or ten thousand dollars in gross postal CLO discretion of the Postm neral Bell but it did have the amount over 810.000 dollars, ending April 1, And to show how neight or borough stabl revenue, rater (ie i efonte did not have the population of business, for the fiscal year 186%), ring towns, and even some of our own faint-hearted citizens misjudge the financial status of Bellefonte, it may be interesting to them ipts of the Belle. ember 1, were exactly 80.703... the place to fonte office fi December 1, 82, 1881, Ww 1802, which is only 829.38 short o $10,000 necessary in the first have it established. These are the facts the nor do figures tell false. in case, and they don’t vary, hoods. Consequently there is not the least cause for alarm. Janitor death the . Who held Court Hoa t} wae m Galbraitl crier and janitor, Posi. of court the n to look after the buildings for the to keep all the oflices, hallways, They make it the duty next janitor court room, yard, park, fences, trees, waiks, ete. except the jail in order. and will Heretofore very [his will keep one man busy require his close attention. mn had to be hired for « such work that had to the public property. done The idea is There are about fourteen in Bellefonte for the position, be app i and Seid hard for the commissioners to man from the many, nearly all of whom are competent, for this piace. Of course, there will be'many disappointed. Ti next erier will Judge Furst, Ie court be selected ny Bill Nye's Cow Bill Nye in advertising his cow for (Ow to ill health, I will sell at my residence in town 19, range 18. west, according government sur. raspberry ine IK sale, says to vey, one plush colored cow, good milkster, anything She is of undaunted cournge and gives milk frequently. Toa man who does not fear death in any formor man. ner, she would be agreat boon, She is very much attached to her house at present, by means of a stay chain, but she will be sold to anyone who will agree Yo use her right. She is one- fourth short and three-fourths hyena, [I will also throw in one double. barrel shot gun with her. In May she generally goes away for a week or two, and returns with a tall, red calf with legs. Her name is Rose, and I woulda prefer to sell her to a non-resident. aged eight years, she js a and not afraid of the cars or else. } orn | which goes wobbly Med af Willlmmaport Mrs. Mary A. Bierly, a resident of Rebersburg, Centre county, diad Wed. nesday morning, Dee, 7th, at Williams. port, after an illness of several weeks, aged 74 years, The deceased was born in Lycoming county and was the moth. er of Hon. Willis R. Blerly, now of Dakota. Mereantile Appraiser, Last week Frank Hess, of Philips. burg, was appointed mercantile apprais. er of Centre county for 1508, Mr, Hess is one of Philipsburg's active young democrats and will fill the position ad. mirably. Then it was a good idea for the commissioners to recognize that portion of the county in making ap- pointmentas, A Punxsutawney man who answered a fake advertisement, enclosing twenty. five cents for a recipe to cure redness of the nose, received the following reply: “Drink whiskey till your nosegets blue.’ venerable | CONVENTION OF AUDITORS, The county commissioners have jssued a cirenlar letter to the auditors in every one of the 51 voting precincts in the county, calling upon them to send at least one from each district to Belle fonte on Wednesday, Dee, 25, 1802, A convention of these officials will be held in the arbitration room at 10:80 a. m. The purpose of this meeting will be to give the township and boro auditors full i and positive instructions in regard the holding of the spring elections on February 21st. The printing of the ballots for the districts will be quite: task and will keep the presses moving to get out all the work. The meeting will be addressed by D. F. Fortney, commissioners attorney. | incurred in coming to Bellefonte, ac- missioners, the auditors are to charge to their respective districts, It is important that every district in | the county be represented. Robbers at the Post Office John Miller opened the post office he found it filled with smoke, and things somewhat A ladder above and that | been ut work during the night. An was effected this sky-light in the rear of and from the top of a low roof, at the back of the building. Nearly all the drawers in the office were rapsacked and the locked were forced open, About #20 worth of stamps were taken from a box and roll ed up in tissue paper but was left lay by them. 85.00 in On Wednesday morning when { disturbed, the sky-light glass convinced him leaning against the broken robbers through the entrance room Ones They managed to capture about small change from the window department. The money order drawer was forced, but nothing of value to them was found. An attempt made to crack safe was drilled irom the t “ Was hole reached the A clean 1 Q the inner departments, but the explosion t open, The explosion set the contents alire and that was not strong enough to break yet the inner door was shattered prevented then from putting in another charge. Water was then run in and the interior from being destroyed. The expenses | cording to the circular from the com- | had | stamp |’ MASQUERADE BALL | | | The Logan ¥ire Company will Dance Friday Evening Dec. 30 For mins years past it has been the nstom of 1.0 this aes to hold a errand masquerade ball on New Year's Eve, They will hold their ball this vear, but as New | Year's eve would | Friday evening, has | for their unnnal hop. | i Fire Company of come on Saturday, been seleeted The Logan bovs ts { their annual dance, and never spare {any pains to make itu grand social event. | Good for | promenade will be furnished by the fa mous Orpheus Orchestra, of Bellefonte, mnsie the dancing and [ which guarantees an enjoyable time for all those who delight in tripping the light fantastic toe, The grand takes place at 9 p. m. and it of will magnificent combination [ costumes, rare make ups, all of which will be As the proceed | the steamer fund everybody fa ticket, The Ta for itself time and aga owner in Bellefonte sho nteresting are for the benefit of iid refuse on will be 50 cents. but wl ained and improper ¢l The admiss are invited, £1 order will maint will not be admitted Pablie Sehools Waller, public Jr, state instruction, Pr. D. J. tendent of in coming report says the increase state appropriation has produced he education rents He sugg crease of two months in great advance in i il states ¢ ne in i: 1 the school te y Closer of the ti day but OPPOSES Lilicats the payment directors vention and for one He favor expenses 8 | triennial con { the county the t of | institute, paymer salaries to directors and it would do it kept | for When the safe was opened in the morn. | © ing it was well soaked with water, kind, only post office documents, The thieves got no more than 85.00 | and had found. for their night's desperats forgot #20 ir . ' work, 1 stamps Lhey Another Fire On Friday evening a blaze was dis. covered in the old foundry building near the passenger station and at the rear of the Republican office. Its timely dis covery prevented it from gaiping much { headway and was easily extinguished, The origin of the fire is considered to be It | contained no valuables or money of any | Rupert Bogert On Thursday evening, | the social circles of Zio were all astir, ns ling of some and popular y¢ the wed | the wors of an incendiary, as the build. | { ings had not been o copied for over a | year. The chief burgess, A, C, Mingle, has offered a reward of 2300 for the con- guilty of of viction of work in this bor Any person su Killed the Entire Flock, The Renovo Record says C. K. Sober, the champion wing shot of the world, entire flock of pheas- ast week in the wilds of exterminated? ar ants one day Baker's Ran. This may seem incredible, but it is The number killed was which placed together on a string and taken to his home at Lewisburg, Saturday last, Mr. Sober has Killed hundreds of pheas. ants in this county, but his last day's hunt surpassed all his former records, strictly true, twenty-four, were Will Pay a Second Dividend William P. Duncan, assignee of the late Philipsburg banking company, O. P. Jones, cashier, which closed its doors some months ago, owing to the failures of Wm. H. Dill’'s banks in Clearfield county, will, on Monday next, pay a dividend of fifty cents on the dollar, making a total of seventy.five cents paid up to this time. In a short time the creditors will be paid in full and the bank, in all probability, resume business, This is good news for the many people who deposited their money in this bank. List of Instructors On the list of instructors who will address the teachers on institute week are Superintendent James M, Coughlin, Wilkesbarre, Major James M. Lee, Superintendent of the schools of Hunt. ington, W. Va., Prof. A. D. Melloy, of the Lock Haven Normal school and Prof. J. G. Anderson, of Philipsburg. Institute will begin on Monday morn. ing, Dec. 26th, and continue five days, Information Wanted, Mrs, Ellen Campbell, of 102 West Market St., Allegheny, Pa., is anxious to learn of her brother, Francis Me. Bride, who it is supposed lived in this part of the stateabout 1860, If any one of our readers is acquainted with him or knows his present location they will confer a favor by corresponding with Mrs. Campbell, in Allegheny at once, Skirt Danes, The Spanish skirt dance by Szerina, in Fablo Romani, on Friday evening, at the opera house, will be something fine. Get your seats in time as there will be a large house and the chart is being filled out rapidly. h | { cost throu | - | Francis Speer was | said he fell over a rail rolled into a mud puddle, and li at the Boalsburg convention, he Must have been full | for help. | Francey. | Boyd Noll rode with Harvey Royer to Rupert's that night in a cart, and when | passing through a mud puddle the | traces parted, the cart tilted back, and he landed, with his best Sunday clothes | and those brand new #7 gaiters, in the mud. He is still sighing for his gaiters. Fred Smith, of Bellefonte, is the young man who so gallantly jumped out and | tore the fences down to let the wedding party reach home. He charged one | dollar for his valuable services, though. | Some even say that Fred built the fences | in the first place, | Ttwas a great time in Zion. May | happiness go with the young couple is { the wish of all our people. | Zion, Pa., Dee. 10, again, i X. | Sale Bille Are you going to have sale this year? | If you are you must have bills printed. This office carries a large supply of type | Land material for printing large, well displayed sale bills, Our prices are reasonable, and cheap- | | er than most offices. We give each a ! free advertisement of his sale in the | CxTRE DEMOCRAT, who gets his bills {at this office. Broanrervrn: When an auctioneer approaches you and solicits you to have | your bills printed at certain other of. flee, without a doubt, he gels a “bonus” or “divy” for it from the print. er and you generally pay for it in the end, We don’t have middle men out drum. ming up work. By coming straight to this office, or sending direct by mall, for your sale bills you will get the best work at reasonable prices, Ready made clothing and children, Suits, overcoats and stormers, for the little people, in abundance. Talloring a specialty. Moxraomeny & Co,, Bellefonte, Pa. for men, boys nride in holding | Ww march | No property | All | be | tors | superine- his | the i |) rn, | be al handsome | odd masques, | should buy | pan steamer has paid | . Clothing as cheap supervision and higher grade cer- | at | Of co you can buy your FAUBLE'S V + STORE Kk Urse as your neighbor, but you must buy them of FPFAUBLES Brockerhoff House Block. MARRBRIAGELIC ENSES Issued Daring the Past Week Taken From the Docket a | Nittany Ha Kate Yo Matthew Gr 4 W fiaven Bellefonte Centre Hall 3 wn i A xeman Bellefonte Philipsburg { Alfred 1 Ida M. Koch Howard Favorite, Ella Northamer, Philipsburg Joseph Dunsmore, i Ansonville Mardie Dillen, A Handsome Display As the time for making holiday pur- ' {ohases is at hand our merchants are | preparing accordingly. On Taesday a | visit to Ed. Garman’s store was a pleas- | ant treat. Everything you see is a sug- | gestion for an Xmas or 4 New Year's present. Long counters are filled with | rare articles, artistically designed and | finished —cases of all kinds, vases, beau {tiful calenders, goods that will please | the most critical taste. Then there are large dolls and small dolls, games and puzzles for the children. Presents of very costly make, also handsome pres. ents of medium cost; you can find some- [thing pretty no matter how little or much you have to spend. While standing in the midst of all these beautiful things Mr. Garmaa ap | proached and insisted that his free lunch counter must be sampled before leaving. At a side counter a handsome young Miss supplies you with a cup of delic- jous coffee, buttered biscuit, salt wafers, ete., and it makes an elegant lunch. sure to pay ‘Garman’s store a visit. It | is @ treat alone, to see the handsome | display. Lock Haven Market's ; Prices paid there for country produce, | last Saturday : Eggs sokl at 28 cents per dozen, butter 28 cents per pound, | chickens, 60 to 75 cents per pair; dressed | chickens, 856 and 40 cents a plece. Tur i keys sold at 12 cents per pound live and apples 50 to 60 cents per bushel, Of Interest to Assessors. The spring election will be held on Tuesday, February 21, and as the law requires the registers to be at ths vari cus polling places 60 and 61 days before election, the assessors will sit for that purpose Wednesday and Thursday, December 21 and 22. The latter date is the day for final registration. Sh —————————— Today, the 15th inst., will close the deer season. Quail hunting also closes on this date, COUGHING LEADS 10 CONSUMPTION weight; potatoes 70 cents per bushel, | Bel cfonte Grain Market V i Bye. pe Corn, ears jp Corn, » Hed 3 [| new perl I ¥ 1 { { Oats ariey. s aekwheat, pert loverseed, pet r 3 J PROVISIONS. Gr weekly by | nies dried, per; rrriesdried per Beans per quart Onions, per bushe Butter, per p i Tallow, per pe Country Shou Sid wi Hams Hams sugar cured Break {ast Bas Lard, per pound Eggs per dozen ) Potatoes per bushel ww ce Dried Sweet Corn per pound... 'GARMANS. CHRISTMAS OPENING! v | SATURDAY, MoxDAY December 10, Everybody purchasing or not 12 an \ nvited whethert In purchasiog your holiday gifts be | gid, JL, by Worcester Corent Oo. Ladies Coat Misses’ Coats, $, Childrens Coats, Babies Coats, At all prices and in all styles. Dress Goods for everybody, in all colors. An elegant Cloth Dress in blue for $2.75-worth far more, An all wool blue flannel fordresses at 25¢ a yard, Underwear —try our celebrated Fleeced goods. Better goods and at far less than you aver bought them. Kemp's Balsam stops the cough at once. GARMANS. | Ia
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