——— sms The Centre Democrat, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 15M, CHAS. R. KURTZ ED. & PUB. THE RACKET. NO. 9, CRIDER Ex, BELLEFONTE, PA. Decoration Day, Wednesday Store will be closed May to 4 please notes from 12 m Cut of town customers FLAGS! FLAGS! FLAGS! For Decoratl honor of the non m Day events and to di play in JUST - TIN Of FEATHERBONE S I's new ( the 1 An eld int CORSH form, latest n MMER feather 1 LOCAL DEPARTMENT. -Huyler's candies at Achenbach’s bx the flood there work for the laboring men. ~The cl IS now open at Pan —The Coleville ban dance Friday ev 1 1 RET) —Since art for ‘Paul Jones” 's drug store, vited. ~The attendan~ Sunday eveni: eemed af prices. columu, —The party of sevelers who expect 4 & } gyeed 1 10 pass thr igi oUnaay to visit Penns ( account of the Bellefonte on ave did not arnve on all. —Shaeffer, the Photographer Las an important column. in He is making a special offer wuncement far raven for crayon and largest hose waters, watchman over ter and Recor ing refurni — Nearly are busy 1 an aduncand about the coun weather re as might have been. following letters remain in the Bellefonte post office uncalled for Mrs. Lizzie Geys, R. N. Miller, W. F. Hollis, J. H. MeMillan, G, H. Loor, John McCollough. John E. Rupp. When called for please say advertised, —On Wednesday a large wagon load of flour, potatoes and groceries was made up in Bellefonte for the coal min. ers who are in need, in the Spow Shoe district. Four men, representing the strikers, came after the provisions, ~All members of Bellefonte Castle, K. G. E., are reqested to meet in thei hall next Tuesday eve to make final ar- rangements to turn out Decoration day. Let every member turn out and make a creditable showing of the order. ~Last Friday Elloy Waite, of Rock Mills, was in town and while loading some machinery at McCalmont & Co's. store, Lis team ran away, Going up High street they struck the Eureka grocery wagon and broke the wheel badly. The team fell and was captured before doing any further damage. woeted | | thing covered with a vellow, another | { fate~—-al § | ing torrents by were | heaviest | before dawn. not EN OPENED. rents Sweep Everything in their Path Destruction of Property along the water ways of our county Ominous dark clouds overhung the tinued to pour down upon us their tor rents of rain for three days nights, until every vale and nook was flooded and small streams became rag Sunday noon. tre county we think wale than during the memorable June flood of 1889, more higher than ever known. The For several rain, but it and there was a constant pouring | waters soon four way tot! y streams, which became g surface waters and every stream became a mad, rush. ng destrud 1 I day Saturday Monday there tion Lo prop- and wil caused much i An | | | three fee! LO Presses. wo other printing material, and left ever if hes in de i the WH} several of thehim witit three fo the lumber nail works. The lumber got u raised 1t from the abutments stream if the Lop « f | on a shallow portion of | very much broken. RAILROADS DAMAGED, State Col a waters of The Bellefonte Central, to lege, suffered from the ragin Baffalo Run. No bridges were carried away but for several miles from Belle. fonte the track at was washed out or Sapt. Thomas has had west many points covered a large force of men busy clearing up and re They State College by slides. pairing the road bed, get a train through to Wednesday evening. The road to Lewisburg had a trestle bridge crossing Sinking creek, about 1 mile west of Spring Milla, partly washell out and trains will not be able to pass over it for several days. The trains from Bellefonte and Montandon meet there and transfer passengers, mail and express. On Monday evening the rail. road river bridge at Lewisburg had two spans swept away and railroad commu. nication may not be established for sev. eral weeks, The Bald Eagle road could only be operated from Tyrone to Mill Hall until Wednesday morning. At that point expect to 1 in | away a portion Great Volames of Water fall and Ragiog Tor. | I OXY ek | bridges were injured. A {of men are at work | day they expect to have trains running { through, skies on Thursday and Friday and con.’ | outs and three | | tickets were sold to Pittsburg oi t west, as the I’. RR. In Cen | fell | In many places the streams | tain fell on Sunday morning | Lbours it did | {ing the June fic seems as though the | “ . . | correct there will be “flood gates of heaven’ had been open- | | ed stream h . | Spring Mills the water was higher than | was everknow. I'he iron « | wa { dam broke and i catt #io)y mud | im | had been il | about 9 o'clock. | years with land. the road bed was washed ont high water from Fishing creek, The Central Railroad of Penna. Mill Hall, had its share of damage. The breaking of the Hecla dam took | of the road be lower portion of the road along 148 § nimi r if \ i W Found unday oon ¥ L un i i i i ’ ‘ by the LOST IN THE WOODS. {A SAD DEATH FOR | DelLANEY. 10 PATSY Wandered froin Home on Friday Morning hausted nnd Dying—-Severnl Hundred Men in =» strong force and by this Thurs- " searching Party A little four year wandering old boy lost is for ed to chilling 1 the The Snow Shoe road had a few wash. | mountains about two All railroad Belle- fonte goes by Tyrone, Tuesday no the days and two nights, expo food or nd lving traflic from On hment and the rains without url | scantly clad, found on ! ) ‘ : ground exhauste nat { of life faintly flicke the sad along the Conemaugh valley. out 1s Patsy his} ABOUT TH At this writing an be learned from the eastern portion of the county. At Coburn it 18 said the water was several feet higher than dur- wd of If that corresp md COUNTY. who nine i 111 » , 3 nothing delinite arent’s home in the Marion township, on Ia 1880 4 on of Daniel De farmer of truction to ty and land. At proper unty bi dye | crossing Sinking creek at swept away. At Oal twelve hie le, belonging to A arowned, { boulders was 4, or it eral feet, 5 | | It In eYery su i t railroad, Suinmer reso A100 Lhe new fa wi of Lt. Paul od acres | ? | He was p hie ha gre The lake covers over one hunds ind. Ww Ri in good health mola T | dinner when he Was a corpse ME. REUBEN BUTLER, f Howard, some time his home at that place Friday even He wa ment, Mr. Reuben Butler. « iM for i103 bet ween w hie st, died i results, hen s aged about work will be re d is an unknown almost K is not promising, are MARRIAGE LICENSES especially as the “Amalgamated Asso. ciation of Iron of 1 ud taal ’ thes Past and Steel Workers, From the Docliet Issued Daving Wook Taken Pittsburg. desire 1o precipitate a gener strike in cooperation with the { John C. Crader, Gregg twp coal ¢ Emma E. Snavely, ‘ { John BR. Williams, . ¢ Annie PP. Stewart, . miners, Huston twp nul Jones 4 Reserved seat tickets can now be en. { Edgar V. Hoover, ! Amanda M. Walker, { John A. Swabb, ¢ Harriett Thompson, Philipsburg Orbisonia Mt. Eagle Tipton co., Ind. gaged for the forthcoming production of “Paul Jones,” { by local talent, an elaborate opera, The company is hold. { ing regular rehersals and it promises to { be unusually fine, It will be rendered Kriday evening, June 1st The people of Clearfield county by a | vote have decided in favor of the erec- Gane to Clenrfiold tion of the poor house, The Spirit says | Mr. N. J. Krebs, one of Ferguson 120 farms have béen offered the county | township's promising young men has commissioners for poor farms. Some | gone to Clearfield and will begin the of them are poor farms in every way | study of law in the oflice of his uncle and others are still poorer. lex-judge Krebs of that place. Clearfield’'s Poor Farm cold | at | operators and t iners having failed | al | ALONE AND CONTENTED { A Mountain Home But the Occ upant is not Out of the Warld - - a | “- {On the top of the Seven mountains is 1 {the bome of a genial, whole.souled | - Ad Irishman, Pat. “9 4 wt Garrity, intelligent and of wit for which sof E Since the death of Pat's father and mother—and they were the embodi. { ment of kindness—he has 1 nr i | old home solitary and alone. excep | when a weary traveler comes along who g have of | bas heard that Pat Garrity \ turn any one § 1 Him at { ing and entertaining tl Ww a smile | ! that makes one feel at home de | or again | possessed of a goodly share that na Live the sor in are | | noted, away hungry or caller a night’s shelter when t or in the fall fleet footed {trout season around he after t | home for his camp | of these i85 alope, 1 aut { {| GOK i | cattle We mean the Createst Clothing Salesman on Earth. comp “PRICE” is his hame. Drop in and see How easy I § | Se, or Him | Goods. Beliefonie Grain Market, d weel vy &3 &Co: 1 every day 1 1 Lm. X Tailors. GARMANS. Din % Dress Goods! Oar wall ling was { out of line and the foundation was only of resting on rock. In for a f« for the the Reynolds foundation was left unprotected, on clay instead i going down new bu. lding lation Saturday's heavy {rains completely saturated the ground | land the accompanying thunder | heavy About © o'clock Friday even. | ing the corner of the Reynolds building began tosink and the side wall bulged | about an inch Several crevices | opened in the brick work close to the | roof. Some of the panes of glass in the | front cracked from the pressure. Car. penters were set to work at and | Outing Shirts! heavy timbers were securely braced | againgt the corner and thus the danger of falling out was averted. The entire | night masons and helpers continued at | work putting up the adjoining side wall as a protection. Had the Reynolds building been started originally on a rock foundation this would not have | occurred. It is a warning to other | builders. was ! Lace Curtains! A Curtain Mal | out once Mens' Outing Shirts worth from Free Samples! We will send samples of what A Postal Card will do the business. ever is possible in our line, ~Huyler's specialties, the finest con. | fectioneries, at Achenbach ’s bakery. GARMAN'S STORE.
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