The Centre Democrat, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1883, CHAS. R. KURTZ EDITOR WE HAVE THEM. An immense line of Ladies and Misses Coats and Wraps. Just received a new stock of the latest designs and patterns. You are invited to come and see them. At the same time we keep a complete line of all kinds of dress goods, Our low prices are the greatest induce. ments, 4-20 tf LYON & CO. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. -The band stand still stands. —On Monday, Howard Moore was appointed post master, at Howard, Pa. | —*Oh, What a Night'' at house, next Wednesday evening, Oct, 20th. The fall session on Monday with the opera Jellefonte Academy began the al y large tendance. —A live alligator at Chas. Rine’s ci store attracts considerable attention. is an ugly looking critter. Furst ieft this we hia where he will hang out shingle as a practicing attorne A six months old child of ir 1g i ClIOJera intaniul tallaf ant wiieionie . Call Garret, Sunday morni — Miss Rebecca Blane! left week last hey will attend Welesley distinguished orators nia Day exercise last Thursday. a 1 vard mail carrier day, 1 it i being his birthday. ~The Fair grounds last Thursday, Pennsyl- vania Day, was 201,044, the largest rsday, the World’ » pad admissions to tendance since the fair opened. —The ladies of the Reformed c will hold a chick the rooms of the Belle on Saturday evening 16th. ~The are shipping four and five cm iron daily. That d couraging as some woul appear. -Lol. W. F. Reynol turned last Thursday evenin wedding trip throug! They will make a Fair later. upg Valentine furnace wa not look - Francis Speer, of the on Saturday for World's Fair, thing before he f(s nt eT 2 ™ intends to see every- We wish him He a pleasant time, —T) Te Spo Ks A few mischievous boys came near be- ing shot recently for try to scare a g a secluded have been seen lately, no ing man who was walkis part of the town IX 8100 - James J, imiey and wife are taking in the sights «¢ the World's Fair this week. C will look after the treasurer's office in Mr. Gramley’s absence ~Major Hilton, the temperance lect urer, will begin a series of public meet. ings in the court | He is said to be a man «of considerable ability and a very successful temperance worker, ATHISSIONneT —If some sensational Sunday news. paper would send a wide awake reporter to Bellefonte he could several columns of spicy society notes, We are having sensations most every day. gather ~A large mounted eagle, obtained | from the collection in the Montanna state building at Chicago, Is a rare cu. riosity in Joseph Bree.’ store window, The bird is nicely mounted and is a fine large fellow. ~Shaefler, the photographer, took a snap shot at Bellefonte’s famous Gov- ernors who have won the penant in the River League base ball They make a fine picture and all the maidens in Bellefonte will order one, =On Tuesday morning Mr. Lary Wian, who for a number of YOALH clerked in Lyon & Co's store. went into business for himself. Ie purchased the grocery establishment of Rush Larimer, on Allegheny street, ~The Penna State College opens this Thursday. Students have been passing through town on every train to be on time for the opening ressions. Messrs, John T. Harris and Geo. A. Miller. of this place will bs among the list of new students. ~The place for holding the election the West ward will not be in the United Brethren church, as was an. nounced, but a table room will be obtained in thar vi nity. The mem. vers would not think of allowing their house of worship belug used for such a Purpose. in sul i's |, J. B. Strohm | use ou the 16th. | association, | * ANOTHER SENSATION. CROSSMIRE'S ROBBERY STO. RY SIFTED. g Fach Make it Im A Fow Sarrounding Facts that probable Watchmen were Noar the Place at the Time-~Gencrally Disbeligved, Bellefonte has been having a number Those silly spook of sensations of late, | stories, published in the daily paper, { had the effect of alarming many women | and children, and some really imagine | Stationoed | ing facts put Crossmire’s story in the | The people in Bellefonte discredit it completely, and | light ~f a fabrication object to baving their streets made the IL was i mistake to locate the affair right in Bellefonte, would have successful in the vicinity of { kilns, or down about the furnaces, | H | scenes of highway robberies, | | i | it been mort the lime If Crossmire tells the truth in this | | matter, we are sorry that the surround. {ing circumstances place him thi | rediculous position before our pecple, | but that is the general verdict, i ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING | that our town is infested with a lot of | Many timid per- to venture desperate characters, afraid steps at S0ns are even | their door dusk, | { curred that deserves more than passing ANOTHER BENSATION. On last Friday evening an event oc. A young man by the name of of Milesburg, drove up to the court house at al t half pas DOUSL ii { i Hen. police, 1otice. 1 Craig Crossmire, nine on Friday evening and culled ry Montgomery, the chief of whom he 1a remarkable in Crossmire said he bad started at Milesbury turned from Allegheny t | he kept along the side of relate drive to to his home, the . | order to avoid the broken When about opp elween the } FOAL, 1 street, a man loss of the watch. The police at on part of the t wor Owl hat. Crossmire give a reward the guilty party. ANOTHE] The above | H | FL 4 a two weeks trip to the | lights are in that | fairly well, ME HA, M3 street 80 ADY It does seem highwayman would | inent place | deed, when there are plenty { points along the pike outs { It does not seem to be the course that sensil take, and they generall For that | cident is remarkable, Another peculiar feats a the business. 2s LAN is that Urossmire | ery for help, or made | Vid | | currence any alarm in th inity where there were people | In some of the residences the windows | were up and doors were open, with peo. {ple on the inside. At the Curtin resi. dence, not more $i g IWIN On i | away, John ( artin was sitting on the | steps in front of the house and the Gen. eral was at the window. They heard no eries of alarm and saw the buggy going by and did notice that it | stopped. Another who witholds his name, not Crossmire, says he saw Crossmire and | buggy drive along Linn street and that [ it passed him after passing the point of The above facts make Crossmire’s story {not only remarkable, but also strange. It having been reported to the police ing themselves as spooks and frequent. ing portions of Linn street, this very house corner and another at the formed church, along Linn street, ex. actly one square apart and it was be. tween them that Crossmire says he was robbed, Each saw Crossmire along the street where Le says he was waylaid and they saw nothing of the drive young man drive by, Crossmire's story in no longer remarkable, it is no longer a strange ceeurvence: it only bears the stamp of an invention of the young tan to accomplish some other purpose, The knowledge of the above surround. from | the approach of | n de houses not more than thirty feet away. | 0 than a hundred feet | was | prominent citizen | was walking along Linn street, and who knows Mr. the alleged robbery, and that he did not | see it stop, nor heard any alarm given. | very | that parties were ia the habit of dress. | Friday evening of the alleged robbery, a watchman wus stationed at the school | He. | kind take place, From;the fact that they | were stationed there as watchman, with full view of the street, and saw the | The Terrible Accident that ¢ the Death of John Cowher, On Monday a sad shooting aused accide nt | occurred near Port Matilda that cast a | gloom over that communi | of about a dozen | ples sat what is ku doned Harpster miles above Por young Lif Win YOUN men wu for the purty VOars pre Howard s Water VS orks distance rd. The ex he operated by about to for" the and which of water works te and water work Monday evening some : walter celebrated ry by bail tl Next Nr viet q j Commons, Ane 7, Wagon, | ated and fixed up like a hose cart, with | plenty of bells on to make a racket, about fifty boys to represent a fire com t1 Lie went pany. havin soene of After parading streets to the and extinguished it Nn Was over. Ig a good time they the fire and the celebrati will give them an elegant pressure Sadden Death On Monday Mr. Philip Hubler, wha { resides on the old Hubler homestead, | near Rebersburg, this county, was in his bed. He had not been ill, and when le retired there was no indication that he was in any manner Mr. Hubler was about 5 years of age and leaves a wife and three children. The who was highly | munity. { found dead affected, decensed was a man respected in his com. Change of Firm The firm of Huyett, Meyer & Boozer, y i : { Day : | will be Huyet! & Boozer, who will oar { ry on the implement shops and foundry upon the same extensive scale as here. i i tofore Vivemens Convention, The fireman of Clearfield, Centre and {a portion of Blair counties, intend or. {ganizing & district firemen 's amooiation, tand 5 meeting of the delegates will be { held in Philipsburg on the 15th inst. ©» make arrangements for a permanent ors ganireation, yYole | g | and | and | entre Hall, Pa., has changed by Mr. | id J. Meyer disposing of his interest {to E. M. Huyett. The firm henceforth THE NEW RAILROAD. THE WORK BEING RAPIDLY FINISHED. Ralls Lautd o ee far as Hublersburg Nearly all Lhe Grading Completed Large Pay Rol) on Friday It will not be long until the Central Railroad of Pennsylvania { fonte to Mill Hall, ry A AAA AK ITW from Belle. ) will be completed. a Teil nie this Oo bia ooh been will progr made, and continue until everything is ¢ 1 {and in operation, ; At this writing very little grading re- | mains to be done and that will be ab finished before the we i MCov Commits Suicide n his temple ) ribut par } 8 i hea ng He the des m early ied afew wa on by bereavemento th of his family § for the bank were in the beat of He left a letter ending with sentence 3 { recent dea 8 the theory advanced the crime {affairs at | condition ! the “1 want to be with Em. ma and Wallace,” meaning his deceased {wife and son lefore the war hb practiced tl | served years ir {arising from private to brevet brigade parti Gellysbhug Libby pris months and in a Washington hospital h. In 1884 he was assist. inspector general of Pensylvania. general general. g ipated the leading battles of Juli Run, was in on ! i for over a mont ant He Lin, land department a Was private secret and t Harrisburg They calculate that the reservoir will | give them a fall of about 150 feet which | Inereased Capnelty During the past week number of { important improvements have been { made in the mechanical department of | this office by which the capacity of our | presses have doubled. We are now bet. | ter prepared than ever for turning out {all kinds of fine job printing in short jorder. This is no blow=-you are invited to come in and soe our presses work. oh A Monster Rattlesnalk © | The biggest rattlesnake killed in this | state this snmmer was slaughtered on the mountain near Tyrone, a few days ago. It was 7 feet © inches long and | was armed with 28 rattles, Such « large | snake conld only be found in the vielni. i ty of Tyrone. AO What » Nig The next entertainment in the Gar. | man's opera house will take place next | Wednesday evening Septe uber 90th. | The production will be "Ch. What a I Night.” This play gave . of | satisfaction here last a WO fl Dam Improvements The above heading may sound some. what profane but that js what is going on nt Jackson & Co's, mill. The breast of the dam bring repairetl and the channel changed, A large foree of men fare at work. SHOT IN THE LEG An Unfortunmte Aceldent Gente] fienizel, of Spring township, drove to Jolin Brown's home near Pleasant Gap. They had arranged for a squirrel to get to the hunting break. chester shot it should, ground by gun which did not He oiled the lock and letting the hammer down unt of hi was discharged. WOK as Slipped, ace olled fingers and the shell The load struck stone steps and a Jot of the and hit Mr, Gentzle in both legs. Quite 4 lan 5 shot glanced a number of them were imbedded gi i { ii deep in the fles) Mr. Gentz taken home and a physiciar aorit t a number are not His business | | MARRIAGE LICE? | Issued During the { From isn Millheim Progressing The Armor Case our bar, wer add 1 at Centre Hall, in Monday, the Another Death Mrs. place, leaving in- Fr iday Deveral weeks ago { Fulton died at this i {fant twin dadghters. Early on | morning the band of death t | the family circle one « | The if the little interment occurred on Saturda Public Sale and H two | Howard, Pa GARMANS. Hop Sacking, Garm . Hop Sacking, Garmans H¢ p Sackiug, Grarmans, Hop Sacking, Garmans, Serge, CGarmans serge, Garmans Serge, Garmans Serge, Garmans Blue Cheviot, Garmans. Blue Cheviot, Garmans. Blue Cheviot, Garmans, Blue Cheviot, Garmans, (s Habit Cloth, t i (Gvarmans ! Habit Cloth, Habit Cloth, Garmans Habit Cloth, Garmans Garman Crarmans Crarmans Garmans Diress Dress Dress Dress Trimmings, Trimmings, Trimmings, Trimmings, Satines, Garmans datines, Garmans Satines, Garmans, Satines, Garmans, School Supplies, Garmans, School Supplies, Garmans, School Supplies, Garmans, School Supplies, Garman, .GARMANS. armans, | Bofalls Beujnmin | Karly on Monday worning Benjamin - : 4 hunt | - wd in Pennsvalley that day and intended | ie $F a | 4 we day | Mr. Brown was fixing his Win- | | ni BROCKERHOFI the ! Please You ew Fall Goods. Our buyer is al present in New York purchasing supplies for the Fall and Winter trade, and his sel eq {eons will le large rr than any before made by The ing and wearing apparel us. line of Cloth- to be placed on our count- ers will be unpve dented We ash for an inspection from the in these parts. public. wok from | Fit, Style, Quality AND Value. FAUBLE'S STORES BELLEFONTE,
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