Won? The Centre Demoerat,| THURSDAY, JANUARY 25. 18M, CHAS. R. KURTZ w— 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 iavited to come and sce them, At the same time line of all ki low prices are the we keep a complete Our nds of dress goods, greatest induce- ments, LYON & CO. 4-20 ti LOCAL DEPARTMENT. -Neveral cases fever are reported at Boalsbu -On Monday D Miller was ap- pointed post master at Pine Grove Mills, Pa. — EE Xx-lreasu Altoona, had this week. now ot Bellefonte D. C. Keller, urbutville, Pa., — EXC John F. Harter. of Millheim, is his week and he Grand Jury. -Dr. attending ci as foreman i$ serving It. considerably, -Passenger traffic on the new C, t. of P., 18 picking Everything is movin ~The band was reorgan- ized last Thursday evening by Prof. W. T. Meyer. We hope at least one year this time. ng nicely now. Bellefonte it will last —~An effort is being made to have a post office established at Hecla, village between Zion and Hublersburg, in Walker township. ~—M. Spring larged. It finished. I. Gardner's property improved and en- home when street, is being will be a nice ~The venerable E. C. Humes, one of the oldest bunk presidents known, ig able to be about again after a brief period of illness. —The Democratic primaries will be held this coming Saturday evening. That is the time to be on hand and see that only good men are placed on the ticket. —This certainly is remarkable winter weather, Thus far we have not had a real taste of cold weather. men are becoming alarmed over the gutlook. Our ice- —==lzen, Hastings spent the past week at his home owing to a tussle with the grip. He doesn’t mind tackling poli- ticians but this afMiction was too much for him. 11 ~{3e0, B. Crawford bas moved his to bacco and billiard room from the ( rad building, where it was damaged by fire, to Mrs, MeCaithy's «tf Bishop str is | turn to the : ioe Sale Is 1m pros Ol~ are room on eet, ntention to re tion when the Clear- merly of fon parts ina play ent produced at Tyr of the above gentlem take leading tied “engaged.” to be t week Both this directic -— Frank Blair, rep: iy Ui ni i viSION Saturday by arrived in Dellef 4 special train. | They remained 1 some time and ca ght car o we Central rail. road was overturned ir Mill Hall sta- tion last Wednesday ireat quantities of sugar, grocerie scattered over the ¢ ind. switch: is believed to have cat Provision were A misplaced caused the to overturn. ~The social Bush House, on last Friday evening, was a affair Many were present from adjoining towns and with the given the al brilliant guests along home, every in every way. attendance at 3 > rge thing was done, made it a success ~The past week has been an unusual ly busy one for us. Tearing down sev eral presses, paper cutters, ling shafts, ete. is quite a job and to put the same together again is a still larger contract, We have had several machinists and helpers at work for reveral days and by the end of this week the machinery of this establishment will be in better working order than ever before. If you are in need of any kind of job work give us a call in our new quarters, ~T'liere is 4 wove being made among the peopie living in the vicinity of Nigh bank, about 4 miles south-east of Belle. fonte, to secure a post office at that place. That would make it more con- venient, as there are people living in that community who often do not get their mail for a whole week. As soon as the Central Railroed beging to carry the malls through Nittany Valley, which line passes by Nigh bank, they would get their nail twice each day, instead of once a week. Pa, a] on North | and the elegant manner in which | BRUTAL PARENTS. TRYING TO KILL A CHILD BY DEGREES. Gashed with Knives Burned with a Poker Beaten until] black and blue-Starving A mass of sores and brumses—The Gros est Inhumanity To-day Milton Harman and his wife and three children are occupying cells in the county jail, and their little son George is at the Bellefonte poor house, hovering between life and death, from the effect of the most aggravated cuts, bruises, sores, a broken limb festering with matter, fingers eaten off from shear starvation. The condition of the boy is beyond description and sickening to behold. For this stale of affairs that has excited the indignation of the entire community to such a point that should the parents be outside of the county jail for an hour's time itisa question their lives would be safe, Mil. ton Harman wife are entirely responsible. i In Mr. Harman | Northumberland to Paddy where he worked at his trade as a black- | He In 15850 he and | and his | i moved from Mountain, 1888 { smith, inal moved to Linden Hall. imbering camp. | his family moyed to near Pleasant Gap | ) wd a blacksmith shop, | wel he opened a bla di | { considerable difficulty the children were { where { along the pike, near Joseph Ross’ farm From there he moved to Axeman and until er’s property, along the township road, last week lived in Michael Weav- about one mile east of Axemann, | four children. The oldest was George, | a ten year old child of Mrs. Harman, to { which Mr. riarman was a step-father, | { For a number of years little George did | | not live at his mother’s home but was | being raised by Cyrus Spangler, a farmer living at Lykens, Dauphin co., { Pa. Upon the death of his wife in 1502 | he sent the little boy to Mrs. Harman | and agreed to pay all expenses including clothes and boarding until little George | became of age. When the boy came | to Axemanp he was neatly dressed and { when he attended school was recogniz. | ed 28 an exceedingly bright and inter. | esting child and appeared to be of a merry disposition. In a short time his | clothes became neglected aud torn and {the boy's disposition changed. The | color left his cheeks and often he came | | to school without any dinner and the teacher would share with him. He often complained of his | beating him terribly and. on | sion, his back was found all cut and | bleeding. The brutal treatment of the | child became known to neighbors, and, | as the child was not seen for some time’ {it was feared that Mr. Harman had | worked his stepson out of the way. | Last Friday Watson Struble came to Bellefonte and made information before District Attorney. Mr. Singer and Policeman Montgomery drove out to Harman's house that night and inquired Harman he 's, Pa. his form- that place On Saturday father one OCca~ for the missing boy. said had been sent to | telegram NRen denied the story. Folk Singer went out to Har. man Montgomery, Garis, Joshua and Dist. Atty. man’s to make a search. Harman very In- ke a enter woking | reluctantly allowed them to ay found the house | The fl JOT y There was scarcely any old boxes, a broken tab) ym upstairs were two | hey is hands tied to them t found the missin ith 1 h thy. rotten horse blanket back. ile the tick was stood a , wh dirty The re the step His the his | father siruck him with a one leg hud been fractured knee by A large breast was from a burn with a hot poker. Quite a club gear on y number of large gashes are legs and Mr. Harmon cut him with knives, | body is covered black and Not having been | given any food for a number of days he on where His his arms, hips breast with marks from beating. | was gradually starving, and suffering Part of an ear blow with a ily a few rags covered his body. | That is the condition which they | found the poor little boy-—a spectacle i { the ends of his fingers. { was cut off also frem a i stick, ( in almost too horrible for eves Lo look upon and a wonder that life could cxist in such a mangled form of bruises and decaying flech, OTPS, The entire family were brought at once to Bellefonte and, and at a hear. ing before Justice Linn, all were taken to the county jail except little George whe was sent to Loe poor house where everything is being done to alleviate his sufferings. The entire family were clothed in rags and fith, and at the jail Sheriff Condo compelled them to take a scrubbing in the bath tab, which the little ones en. joyed immensely, but the parents com. plied with only after considerable re- monstiance, Their clothes weve burned as they were filled with lice and ver. min, and new garments have since been provided, The above facts have not been, in the slightest, exaggerated. It is worse than next | | fire was falling down on the bed { terrible death. "e . . i The fire I'he family consisted of parents and Police | | son | compelled to feed people at | Most of | ore, | cents i» | y small. #1 or 1 ents was | fect the upper | an blue | from the pangs of hunger hie chewed off | words can picture, and develish was the treatment of this innocent child that one can scarcely comprehend that such inhuman flends existed in a civilized community. This case surpasses anything ever known in tL:is section one can imag- and no { ine how a mother, with any filial in. stinets at al! could see her own offspring mained, tortured and starved before her own Such conduct is even beyond thut of a brute. The mother, above all, is the greatest at fault, while the villainous stepfather deserves the severest punishment that in. flicted, eyes, can be Fire Satarday Night Mr. and Mrs. William Dearment lived in a tenant house on the farm of M. D, Weaver, near Axe Mann, on the back road leading to Pleasant Gap. Saturday evening they put their children to bed at an early hour. Mr. and Mrs, «Dear- ment then sat down to the table and be. About 8 they heard a cracking noise upstairs and Mr, Dearment went up to what the strange noise meant. When he reached the top of the stairs he found that the second st ny was filled with smoke. He rushed to the apartment were the chil found that the where WE gan reading. o'clock ROO dren were laying and the children were sleeping. The fire had With already caught the bed clothes | earried down stairs and rescued from a but the smoke, p 1 goods, up caught from a defective flue in some of their household majority of them went in the garret. The family is poor and the | misfortune is a great one. Walker Shortiedge On Monday evening Miss Martha Elizabeth Shortledge,and Mr. John 5, Walker were united in marriage at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Shortledge, this place. The ceremony was performed by Dr. Laurie, pastor of the Presbyterian church, of this place, of which hoth are members; only members of the immedi. ate family were present. The wedding was quite a surprise to the many friends of the young people as it seems that none were aware of the event before it occurred. The bride and groom are well known in Belle. fonte and this vicinity and congratula. tions have been pouring upon them ever since the nuptial event was announced, Mr. Walker came to Bellefonte about six years ago and has been employed during that time as book keeper with MeCalmont & Co., of which Mr. Shortledge is manager. We join with the many in extending our most hearty congratulations. Large Boarding House Sheriff Condo is running quite an e tensive boarding house During the past week almost every part of the jail building was occupied, and on Sun. day his register showed al twenty It takes co supply such a lot of c« How, wut lodgers, nsiderable grub to have the xorse for the sheriff. That is scarcely enough pay. There is no rea- | 4 : Miniy « FY “ uld ’ why a « be such rates, the state 1 three meals for 25 wanties in the « To farn pay io) wot nearer the Cold Wave Coming I wave s headed this way, i" h will whic p the mercury to the zero mark : Te ’ Lia from the 1 st and will af- whole country Last evening he Dakota low Lthiwe 2OrO y mark had Leen 1 1 | 0 e Lime U storm accompanies the cold wave Accident to a Yaluable Horse Last Thursday a valuable horse, be. | longing to Mr. Harrison Kline, of Spring | { township, while being used to haul cars the Valentine and in of stumbled one a foot fast the rails, which threw the animal on its side, breaking its leg square off. The shot This got horse was immediately. is quite a loss to Mr. Kline, as it was one of his best horses. sale Bilis By this time our presses have been moved to their new location and we have every facility for turning out job work on very short notice. As thisis the time of the year for public sales we would invite our patrons to call upon us in due time to have their dates placed in the sale register. Remember we fur. nish each pation with a book of sale notes free, Philadelphia for Hastings The sixty-three delegates from Phila. delphia to the Republican State Con. vention at Harrisburg on May 258d next, bad a cancas Saturday afternoon and endorsed the Gubernatorial candidacy of Gen. D. H. Hastings. This will in. sure his nomination. Publie Sale, There will be sold at public sale, two miles east of Pleasant Gap, by Mrs, Samue! Gettig, on Tuesday, March 14, a large lot of good farm stock and all kinds of implements, . So revolting, brutal They managed to save | i unty Loarders but | when they must be kept at 25 cents per i day it seems that the more boarders you reach this | « | Tuesday of February, 1 ore banks, | between | RECENT DEATHS MRS, MARY BAISOR. Mrs. Mary Baisor died at her home in last week at the age of 80 years, the Of whose death occurred Nhe Fas widow Balsor, Godfrey in 1801, down owing to advanced age. Deceased leaves ono son, George Balsor, of Buffalo Run and one daughter Leah Baisor The funeral occurred Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev, F. of Tyrone, officiated and interment was made at the Centre church cemetery. MRS ANNA M. BECHDEL. Near Nittany Hall on January 1804, Mrs, Anna M, years, 11 months and 25 days. Anna M. Decker, the daughter of Mr. Adam Decker, was born to parents, raisad in a christian town, grew up a christian, she was tlie Lord in baptism in infancy. proper age she her baptismal vow a member of Reformed church, at Hublersburg, and remained faithful till the end came. On the 7th of December, 1893, she was married to Mr. Edgar T. Bechdel, of Blanchard. The took place from her father’s home Jan. 18, 1894, conducted by Rev, F. Brown, assisted by Revs, Howard and Diehl of Nittany Hall. MES, Line Lutheran 16, Bechdel: aged christian given When assumed full she became a became a nel ha the funeral Smith ANDREW ULEGG Mrs. Mary Grrege, wife of ex Andrew go ght, 17th, family residence commissioner Wednesday n o'clock, at the | two miles west of Centre Hall, after a | brief illness of Mrs. Gregg | was the victim of a cold about one week y reg Jan about pueuinonia., | ago, which soon developed into other settled lungs, causing congestion of the lungs. Mrs. Gregg years, and was Col. Wm. Smith, Pa. One Smith, now living in New Mexico, sur. vives her, wother of five children, three sons and two daughters James, teaching at Lemont; Andrew, John, Miss Annie and Miss Mame, at home, who with their father survive the mother. The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon at Centre Hall, ailments, and finally upon her was aged about fifty.six the only daughter of deceased, of Clinton. brother ly, James dale, only, She was the Comung Grange Meetings Special Centre county Pomona Grange meetings will be held as follows Providence Grange Hall, Millheim, Tuesday, January 30th, at 10 a. m. and 1.80 p. m. Leonard Grange hall, Rock Springs, Yhursday, Febroary 1st, at 10 a. m, and L130 p. m., Walker Grange hall, Hublersburg, Riel, February 6th, at 10 a. m. and 1.20 p. m., at the same time the new Grange hall of Walker Graoge will be dedicated. All fourth degree members are invited to The subordinate attend sald meetings, Grange degree work v4 51 ’ : will be exemplified, also the fifth degree I will be conferred in regular f I. Fram, ro Master Not the Time Relative t he subiect of A Superintendent of hae fer SOY MN hool } { lic Instruct { that he did not | ready for such al | that there is not ni | in many districts for all would attend. recently also the sc chi dren in the education ry ir Mian wlieves j ciple of a law, | but until the educatic compulsory nal facilities catch : popuiatio this que “1 {up with the rapid growth in | further legislatio nn | would be unwise For Three years dAnles ywnship shall on 1504, and trien | nially thereafter vote for and elect one | properly qualifind person for tax collect. or, who shall serve for a term of three hall give a bond wed by the court and annual. Iv to be appre i¥ 10 De ap} years ned in Snow Shoe Mrs F | Hubbard, Shoe, Centre Pa.. on the nst., after an illness of ten days. was born near Jersey Shore January 6, H. Snow 13in She Hubbard, wife of (5. at her county, vine died home i in 1867, and was therefore 27 years of age | She was buried in the cemetery at Jer. Shore on the 16th inst. The ser. | vices were cotiducted by the Rev. J. M, the home of her father, Gi, ! sey Johnson, at J. Denniston, Haid a Mass Moeting A petition was signed by several hun. dred citizens of Johnstown, for a great mass meeting, to be held in the opera looking to a movement to induce an ex. tension of the Beech Creek railroad from the Blacklick region to that city. The citizens are greatly aroused and the mass meeting was an immense one, Cheap Tolephonss After the 30th of this month you can purchase a telephone for a few dollars, and for about #35 you can purchase a cotoplete system with all the necessary implements for both ends of the line, ns the Bell patent of January 80, 1877, ex’ pives on the above date, and the re. ceiver and transmitter will be free to the public. Half Moon township on Wednesday of | The | cause of death was a genera! breaking | | The | lust week after we had gone to press y L. Bergstresser, | | fitting 19 | | Humes, Jury. | gave bail in | peace, | sion was sentenced to one year | peared house on Monday evening, to take steps | | defendent refused. QUARTER SESSIONS, | DOINGS IN COURT THIS | WEEK. A Number of Very Tteresting Cases Tried The ¥Vindings of the Grand Jury-Ver dicts Rendered, LAST WEEK. following cases were disposed of | Jones & Landon vs. Penna, State Col. contract of sis lege, to recover on a am | Verdict for the plaintiff, $334. Wilson vs. Harry McCauley breach of promise; verdict for plain 225.00, Carrie & Iron Co, » Verdict for defendant. W. F. Peters vs. Willis dict for plaintiff, 85 \ Weaver ght before wre an addition . to the taxpayers of the county a180 referred to the sn | cases in ot with oth pared er « mof | tributes to the reductic es and saloons. When the application wa the discharge of Wm. Walker the insolvent act, having been Prise y 1 1] mace med for violating the fish | constable of Benner township against him, H will be considered next Monday. On Monday afternoon the was Com. vs. Samuel Shady, f. pleaded guilty and the was imposed. J i simil t Ar return usual sentence Com. vs. Harry Gehlret, f. pleaded gt guilty and usug! sentence im. Mrs. Catheart, charge “being i ~bill ignored, but alicious miscluef and yd, The 2 i ryt 134 lefonte, ine as- lady jives | The Sor a near the Glass Works, found a verdict against her tence $1.00 fine, costs of prosecution and the sum of 8300 to keep the Robert Watkins who at a recent ses. | in the county jail and broke out and was : Hed Pleaded fr He vor vit capt ad a ve COSLS Were . The Hungarion 1. 1848. wl Hungarian yicted sis Ar ve, John Iddin Loli, 4} mischief. Pros. John Johnson and | Jullock. of Milesburg. gL0Ve over In Kicked a Bullock's livery Guilty, sentence not Com. vs. Boyd G officer, H. H. Montg Pleaded guilty. yet imposed, n ' LTT ¢ nq ares resisiing KE Ah nery pr seculor Sentence: fine ¢5, cost of prosecution Com, vs, John Riven, David Beightol Morris and hattie Fitzgerald Lynn. Larceny of turkeys, Ridge. Jury out. Com, vs. John and Chas at Sandy R. Walker, an officer. Prosecutor Verdict not guiity, Com. v8 Al 8S. Garman selling liquor John Bowers, of Julian, Verdict not guilty and de fendant pay costs. Bowers disappeared and bench warrant issued, There ap- | to persecution than | prosecution in this case, with the ob. ject of getting money by settling which | resisting Folk. Joshua to prosecutor, minors, be more Com. vs. Horace Steele, false pre. | tence. Prosecutor, OO. W. Stover, of Boalsburg, Steele is the man who so. licited money in Harris township and defrauded a number of parsons by mia. representations. Being tried Wennes. day evening. THE GKAND JURY, The following indictments were con. sidered by the grand jury in which “true bills” were returned and have not been called for trial. Com, va, James Barnes, {, and b., re. turned by constable of Liberty town. ship. | date the | the prison, the large number of callers | have compelled him for the Com. ve. Wm, Marks, f. and b., re. turned by constable of Boggs township Bench warrant issued, Com, ve. Mel ivina Fink. f. and b., re. | turned by constable of Taylor twp. MeClintie, f. and b., table of Harris tv Wm, Gummo, f, ; Martha J, sovd Garret, assa IH. H Ha r V. Par} . Harm H Merrit uit and Montgomery. SEASON ARNRIAGE LICE Issued Daring the Past From the Docket MARRIED: —/ age, Walker, by Rev, F. W Jartley and Miss Clara Snaver! own, 2 of Walker township, Pa. Jui} Visitors During ihe past few days, and espe- cially since the Harman family has been placed in jail there isa continual stream of visitors to that place, merely to sat. isfy idle curiosity, thai is all. While Sheriff Condo is anxious to accommo ublic by admission to inspect few Was past days to close it to visitors, He | compelled to take this step and no one should feel offended Basiness College of & LT his week a bus n Bellefonts It in bookkeeping and other We Beliefonte Grain Market W. Jackso n &Co » & Hard Times Purse Persuaders. LITTLE MONEY COUNTS BIG AT GARMAN'S STORE. H IS A PARTIAL LIST from which to choose; just enough to disclose what is being done all through the endless world of merchandise on sale here. Lancaster Gingham AMORK CAR «co ovorwn sovvsn son Table Oll¢loth 3 Cakes of Butter Tablet a Pig RIate one Initial ilandkere Good ay 0 Milk Er Soap. en =e Ete, Ete. ~ GARMANS. a « Ble.
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