Beaver & Gephartvl nx 15 SELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1893. CHAS Aeon vat, Phe Gente ¢ R. KURTZ EDITOR | TERMS OF St BSCRIPTION Hditorial. AMONG Be Hefont gold « a greeay famous field the late war was fou (yet tysb spot and no mercinary vandals be allowed to descecrate or alter its 1 pearance by any such enterprise as tii one. Gov. Curtin dent this move, and he voices the of every soldier who engage 1 in memorable struggle. Let the field of Gettysburg remain in its original form, - strongly senti mas- Post. odd. One man sent a bulky petition embrac- Some of the applications for post terships which reached the new master-General by mail are very ing several thousand signatures, bound | ndsomely in leather and lettered on the outside, Every alter. most hs in guilt nate page of the volume is a photograph | of scenery in the West, are really beautiful, the most striking features of that part of the world, from the canons of Colorado and the geysers of Yellowstone Park to the salmon fisheries of Alaska. render the document attractive degree, and go so far as to relieve the These pictures in a monotony of the list of names that the appointing authority is expected to re- gard the appeal with more favor. An other petitioner bases his claim to office on the ground that he has eight child ren six of whom have typhoid fever and the remaining two some other contag- | ious disease. -— oard of agriculture, is preparing a comprehen. sive report of fence legislation in Penn. sylvania. The first general fence law was passed in 1700 and the next in 1729 Every session of the legislature since, with few exceptions, has passed some general or local law of this character, Secretary Edge, of the state t The session of 18587 repealed the law of | 1700 and two years later the law of 1729 was repealed leaving the state without any general fence law. In 1885 ther giving counties the fence question. The question of the | constitutionality of the act was raised | in Venango county and referred to the | supreme court, where it was decided it was unconstitutional because the legis. lature had delegated law making pow. ers to the people whieh it had no right to do. representing all of | These | the right to vole on | G. A. R. POST EXPELLED. THE Y OPPOSE D PE “COFFEE COOLERS.” Yants the FPension t | “Farnham List | Honor—An Independent | of Yet Made Organization now rans~Trouble Brewing By e he against the Army of honor x } Arrayed the ers and Grand will be the 4 custodians of the roll or veterans will } A veteran the we deserted | numbers whose pensic as been earned by blood he | shed on the field of battle can more y with the has Ho | suffer comradeshij man whose | nerves were shatered by the the ex lo. | sion of a bottle of wine at a Fourth of July pienie tl | self t wan a lion can bring him y associate on equal terms with a ’ Patriot. — | jackal.~ . Shot by His Brother John D McDonald, ¢ ‘hief of Police of Mapleton, Huntingdon county, was shot mortally by his elder Henry at a late hour Saturday and wounded brother night. | companions, noisy street fight over the possession of a keg of beer. Chief McDonald arrested his brother Henry and took him to the | lock-up, where he released him on his promise to go home. The Chief then returned to the scene of the disturbance | and arrested two of the other offenders, | meantime, ir to a neighbor's revolver borrowed his the pretense of wanting to shool rats, He then fol lowed Chief McDonald and fired three took effect, penetrating his right side and coursing through and calibre on shots at him, one of which the bowels ——— They are Thoroughly Read The advertiser gets more for money now than formerly, because Lhe greater | attraction the newspapers increase | the number of newspaper readers, and of | thoroughly now than before The ad. | vertising columns are an interesting feature of well conducted newspapers, | and are read about as generally as the | news columns, We have a great assortment of | children’s suits, as low as you want | them and as int as any, prices 81.25 £1.50, 82,00, 82.50, 83,00, 84.00, $5.00 nd up. Lyon & Co, ENSIONING |‘ The latter with several other had become involved in a | Henry McDonald, his brother, in the | stead of going home went : | besides the newspapers are read more | was passed a local option fence law | PENSION DECISION living from to earn a suffers able ind who disability ir entitled s fo man who is panual labor urred while to 4 pension Hoke ervice Kindly Remembered ‘ the | t In great | ni, there until the « } WAS | May Service inday St. Catholic en evening irch at this p We Wis | by a large attendance as it was the J K casion for their annual May services The front of ly decorated with the church was handsome. flowers and plants, with the and whose { the central figure, in large number of young people partic their first communion. The | girls were dressed in white and wore wreathes upon their and looked very pretty as they marched through the isles. The recitations by the young ladies were well rendered and appropri. | pated in heads, | ate, --——— Excursion Tickets ng J | sylvania railroad company w ill place on Day Execurs tween all stations on Lewisburg & Ty- to Erie Comment une 1st, 1863, the Penn sale Two ion rone branch and all stations on Philadelphia & between Wilkesbharre, Renovo inclusive, at greatly reduce d rates. These tickets are good for passage on day of issue or the next succeeding | day, and when sold on Saturday they | are good for return until the following Monday inclusive. --— - Lot of Freaks railroad Tomhicken and A mong the many freaks offered for | exhibition at the world’s fair is a hen that walks backwards, a Shetland pony | that is so small that her shoes are made | from #20 gold pieces, a razor that had been used by George Washington, an | Indiana prodigy, aged four years, who ean recite “Thanatopsis’’ and a garment 400 years old. an amendme: image of the Blessed Virgin as honor | the services were conducted, at which a | tickets be. | the | division, | SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS 1 Thursda; ening st en the ee up Represent week, priation bil ‘aggart offered | five 1 1 dollar | n whicl ative’ 4 1" to the niior Fel Weir IH Vetosd 5 ™ Pattison vetoed the basket bil The gover he placing of fish baskets Wan nthe streams of the sate destructive of the works of the stat as these devices o { fish catch and destroy cominission, all kinds of fish ax il partic ularly jeopardize the future shad pro. .—— Closed on Sunday the Executive 1's Fa Among resolutions the Work adopted of by the Lieu. Committee ir Board was one tenant Governor Watres directing the | Executive Commissioner to keep the Pennsylvania Building al Chicago clos. | ed on Sunday the of the Fair during continuance .—— Oak Ties Destroyed Beech Creek Snow Shoe, hundred oak fire Tuaesday {| At Cato crossing on the be. ties were destroyed by of | last week, The fire originated from a | spark from » locomotive | ratlroad, a point near | tween three and four on The finest line of young men’s suits blue serge cheviot, black serge cheviot, double breasted or single, 88, #10, 812 The finest line of boys cheviot suits in brown, blue, black and mixed 84, #5, #6, £7, 85, and #10, Lyon & Co, This week the following Centre county people left for the World's Fair at Chicago: John Olewine and wife, Dr. M. A. Kirk and wife, Gen. Jas, A. Beaver and wife, Robert Valentine, wife and daughter, Miss Mary Linn and yother Henry, all of Deflefonte; Jacob Bottorf and wife of Lemont, and others, PURCHASED BY OUR | A Special Session hv | street 1 i | streets THAT ROAD ROLLER. COUNCIL. d--The undue Haste of Counetl mon 83 050 Mor: Indebtedness ¥inced on the Borough, OSSINgs, sewers, many thousand more, Where is town in Pennsylvania that has sol than should they there a Central better then ider or Why more Bellefonte? be torn up and | debtedness placed on the boro? { out that the action of council by | The whole ih il Friday was that of undue haste, proceeding of « Since is turned not indebt. writing the above it h 1 will stand, because the limit of our This meet. irregular. Therefore the road roller will not be purchased. has been reached also edness Ing Was » -— » A Roadmakers View Mr. Ax at Reading, this place. entirely drew Brockerhoff, now living his home in Brockerhoff at is “i Mi is engaged in building ashpbalt pavements visiting in cities and, on the question of road. making has had considerable experience. In speaking of the recent action of our town council Any set of men no knowledge of practical road making and know noth road roller who will allow an agent to said who have 0 ing about a come into a town in the morning and in the afternoon talk them pure chasing such a machine at a cost of #3.650, without consulting othes manu. facturers of similar machines, without into i investigating and inquiring what satis of the taxpayers in regand faction such machines had given where they have been used in other towns, or even attempting to consult the wishes to such a large expenditure of money, are the | wrong kind of men to be intrusted with once." a responsible public position—the court should appoint guardians for them at He says a similar road roller was con. TOWN | purchased the “hig Lone ¢ of the finely form Alfred 5 W Madi. Clothing narket, for men, MoxXTGOMERY & (4 Bellefor A.C. MINGLE, PROCKERMOFF HOUSE BLOCK. Handsome, Well Made Sh 06 \ Eva rodv. We give you comfort more than you'll id save leovmest ar anywhere tf wat pair of Ox less than $1 | : is off hat $ nm ures a selection from of beautiful really worth 1 OL A ETand as wt) | Ostords andl Eb tment achers © § bays a palr of #1 patent Lip Button Doo “ { the greatest bargain we have ever offerd s Ladies’ fine shoe $3 § gives you a genuine hand welt button bod WD | ohoad at #1. Don't miss secing them $5.90 i ly ather feel ke antesing them the rule : Duy A pair of A sivie as pond elegant patent leather bals- ar our best market affords in We almost ti again best the Bluchers bat unt —— BS There are people wie have a house fall of ehildren and i takes a great deal of money each your to keep so man little ones shod. We fool confident we can redace the expense Mingle's Shoe Store,
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