MOST NEWS... © LEAST MONEY ; : CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop. JANUARY COURT IN SESSION A Number of Criminal Cases Dis- posed of. J. S. BENNETT PLEADS GUILTY A Full Report of all the Doings Up to Wed- nesday Evening--The List Not a Long one Good attendance, etc. The January sess on Monday Hon. John G. lx the goth Judge C. A. the bench The session was taken up by hearing motions on of « 1g at nine o' ck with f we, president judge of judiciary district, and Associate Faulkner, of Philipsburg, on greater portion of the mornin and petitions presented by diff bers of the bar, The list of grand jurors was called and twenty-one answered to their names, S E. Troy, a clerk of Rush township, was 1 alter the the the chosen foreman, an jury was sworn retired in grand jury room to pass upon the different bill presente by the district attorney The ships and boroughs of the county then ol indictment that were d 10 them constables of the different town- ade ti ir 1 rteorlve —_ $ made their quarterly report. The called and forty-four answered to their list of traverse jurors was then of es, and Mortimer O’'Donohue, ATOT Ww g township, was excused asa Ju m R. Essington and Samuel Stover were then discharged fre dy unde Court leven o'clock till two o clo iay afternoon MONDAY AFTERNOON The first called Jacob Mayes, charge malicious mischief, H guilty and the pr Levman. Verdict not prosecutor Gr wecutor, G. H. Leyman, to pay the Com. vs and battery, Costs William Quick, charge as- sault prosecutor E. E. Er- hard. After hearing the evidence in the case, the defendant plead guilty and was sentenced to pay the costs of prosecution, undergo im fine of £25.00 and in the connty jail for twenty days Court adjourned at 4.39 to meet Tues. g at nine TUESDAY vs. Walte ry. day mornin MORNING assault r Wrye, charge prosecutur Mary Bean cher Tavlor 118 prosecution was ng Victor Bean, th brought for wl a boy Hp§ thirteen years o e Sth day of January of this year. Verdict not guilty ‘ and the school directors of Taylor the wwn 1 ship to pay two-thirds of costs and the prosecutor to pay ome-third of the Costs S prosecutor, Bennett, tery, Adam defendant, who is a married has a wife living in Bellwood, Pa Com. vs. | charge adul. This man and Mayer s WOTK- ed himself into the good graces of Bar. bara Mayer, daughter of Adam Mayer, a furniture dealer in Philipsburg. In August last Mr. Bennett and Miss May- er went to Pittsburg, Pa., where a mar. riage license was procured from the Clerk of the Orphan's Court of Alleghe- ny county, and were married by Newton Petrie, a Justice of the Peace, under the assumed names of John Williams and Laura Gunter. After the Common. wealth close] her testimony the defend. ant changed his plea from that of “not guilty’’ to that of guilty Com. vs. Charles Meyers, charge be- trayal, prosecutrix, Laura Lose. The defendant plead guilty and received the usual sentence. Com. vs. J. S. Bennett, charge forgery, prosecutor, Adam Mayer. Verdict not guilty and the prosecutor to pay the costs, Com. vs. M. Houser, charge false pre. tences, prosecutor, Robert Confer. This fendant for signing his wife's name to a judgment exemption note, pretending that he had a power of Attorney to do so, which he now denjes and his wife repu. diates the coutract. WEDNESDAY MORNING. guilty and submitted the case on the question of costs. Verdict Wednesday afternoon of not guilty and the county to pay one-fourth of the costs and C. M. Houser the defendant, to pay three. fourths of the cost. Com. vs. John Corrigan, Jr., charge 1st count, larceny; second count, receiv. ing stolen goods, prosecutor, W. L. Fos ter, This prosecution is brought for the taking or receiving one buffalo robe, Verdict not guilty, Com. vs. John Bordeau, charge be. trayal, prosecutrix, Lizzie Smith. De. fendant plead guilty and received the usual sentence in like cases. Com. vs. J. P. Sherlock, charge, forg. ery, prosecutor Joseph Brandman. Case ou tela Weduesday evening. | debt, and never out of danger. prosecution is brought against the de. |! | of trouble, | whiskey, no gospel, no hell, no heaven, After both sides had finished the ev. | idence in the above case, the court di. | rected the jury to find a verdict of not | { a little late yet all her friends will be TURKO-RUSSIAN RUMORS. The reported treaty between Russia and Turkey making the latter power vir- will ol ithsolute British other diplomats, and is inherently impro- tually a dependency of the former the Christendom ull it is confirmed he discredited by greater part ly. Itis pooh poohed hy and able, Yet itis not impossible, for Russia little more than 20vears Ago, under con- ditions precisely like those existing with regard to the Armenians today, unex. pectedly got the better of ali the other diplomats of Europe in the Turkish court, and though deprived of the fruits of her shrewdness hy concerted interfer to war the cuce of the other pow ers, went with Turkey shortly afterward ior s'' she had defended upon Moreover, also Russia obtained complete ‘right through compact, Cy in the Turkish court while powers were standing unsuspectingly In that year Sultan Hahmoud Mechemet Ibraham, was att mercy of the victorious viceroy of Egypt, and his son, in the spring, but simultane agreement of Hunkiar Iskelesai was fected between Russia and latter was helpless. Only Europe terference prevented Ibraham from en- of rand Tur- The essential features the agreement were that Russ tering suitan key should defend each other against all attacks, and that when Russia was at war Turkey should close the Dardanelles to the warships of all nations. Western Europe refused to recognize the agree ment, which it i$ now asserted hg with littlechange, renewed little question that the mation of the report woul «d by war, and this is one reason iste as to the agrevinent, for sent M-prepared ritiau oF xny other power of 1e sileee kish and Russian officials themselves with ref. first class. i of th Aus the matter is the or ¢ that Oulnnous Mechanics’ Elen Claimants Judge Gordon, « handed down an 1 on th — { & Broce eds Brot the proceed : op He ippoitited " the sale any of the wrcehanics’ claims, wheth- erty wechanics’ he aimauts ou holds that before the audito to distribute ved from der Igment attached €T iD Ju HIMauts (il 10 fore the w that ih gh the LiL the date when they were en id not be attached excep | or collusion, chanics’ vel! the mie yel Lae m were issued alid, the claimants were not entitled share in the fund until all the valid This ever to have been produced by the sale mechanic liens had been paid. point does not seem expressly ruled ou by the supreme court in a case between mechanics’ lien claim- ants alone - —— ee Are the Trout Destroyes? Expert Piscatorialists give it as their candid opinion that there will be fewer trout taken from Centre and adjoining county streams the coming trouting sea- son, than has landed for years. They say that owing to the continued drought of last fall and the freezing dry of many of the streams this winter, the trout has been dostroyed, and that many of the streams which, in the past, furnished good fishing, will be found to be almost entirely depopulated of the speckled beauties, EE The Letter “B." An exchange says '‘¢' is the most un- fortunate letter in the English alphabet, because it is never in cash, never out of The | aforesaid exchange forgets that the let. | ter “‘¢' is never in war, but always in peace. It is the begining of existence, the commencement of ease and the end | Without it there would be no bread, no meat, no meal, no water, no | been trout no newspapers and no advertisirg. .—— ~~Although the announcement comes glad to hear of the happy marriage of Miss Emma Haghes, daughter of Rev, James P., H , of the Bellefonte Academy, to Mp, Hubert Alexander, a prominent merchant in New York. The wedding was congummated last August. George Gates, the old ‘stand back" of Halfmoon township, is considerably exercised over an attempt of several parties to get a patent deed for part of his farm. He made a call at this office recently and, in his emphatic conderna- tion of the aggressors, he preached chris. tianity, Heaven and Hades with such pomposity that one was almost inclined to the opinion that he had missed his calling when he entered the field of agri. culture, BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 896. GOV. HASTINGS EATS 2,001 OYSTERS At a Roast Given in His Honor in Galveston. AWARDED A LEATHER MEDAL And Characteristic Addresses in Return the Governor Made one of his Amazed at what He Saw in Texas, On the occasion of the visit of govern. or Hastings and party to Galveston, Tex- as, last week, the Galveston News says that although their visit was not herald- of citizens ed in advance a committee soon discovered them t harge of and took « rs sed of the H.C. M¢- Mrs. Colonel | I. vanvler of Pennsylivan the party, which was Compo governor and Mrs, Hastings, Cormick, General and McCormi the National Guard of Allorney , and Mrs. Spangler, aud br LOven honor at an oy clusion, Mr. | “We have euter the number The last was the A d by having devoured wt cliaracter and We reputation A greater has arisen present you with the medal (turning “You don't mean me, do ¥ Nr had | th the Pp operly badged w Hawley soon the Governor leather Governor Hastings said in part: “1 ea spee ny life, and I am have received some few honors in my liferine, but | have never had bestowed upon me an houor ji 1 this. 1 ion between | consider this a great bond 1 ‘ennsylvania and and amoug the trophies that | down to my children and children, I I esteem it the mare be of hospitality [re I atm very much surprised my shall esteem this th ause iti 1c people of Galves ton ne ‘After having eaten m oysters and drinking more beer than any other man who ever visited Galveston, | feel like putting my arms around the people and are all citizens of Why, the finest oyster 1 thanking Godthat we * greatest n earth, points of ours pare with these oys » that you serve them s 1 3 ™ i. \ - I notice ye roduce the oysters and Pennsylvania furnishes the iron and coal oil with which you may cook them, We have spen and ou onetrip we traveled far t a week in your splendid enough to cover the distance across Penne. sylvania three times, and we were not then on the border of your state. 1 said to General Bliss the other day, ‘what a great big state you have.’ “Your hospitality bas been uuparal- leled. 1 astonished and gratified beyond measure at the splendid, hospit. am able and cordial feeling manifested bere It is more than we expected. We pected to come in here and quietly look ex over your city and get out, as we had done at other places, but our car had hardly stopped rolling until the President of your Cotton Exchange and the Presie dent of your wharf company found us out and took charge of us, and it has byen one continuous round of entertainment ever since. "We have beautiful homes, your thrift, culture and been astonished at your the many evidences of progress. You have a city that would do honor to any of the old Atlantic States in poiat of cul- ture alone. “It is a pleasure to me to know that our government has appropriated so lib- erally for your harbor improvements, and I am gratified to say that every member of congress and the senators of Pennsyl. | vania voted for that appropriation. 1 | believe that Galveston will become one of the greatest among all of our seaport cities. of your harbor improvements should not t H ] 1do not sce why the completion | Lo "0 oo ied tree with eachset of bills. | INTHE COURT HOUSE. Gathered from Various Offices, Legal Intelligence MARRIAGE LICENSES. aton, he Henderson, yD A. Ertle, . {Carrie M. Ulrich, { Thos. A. Shoemaker, { Augusta F. Cryder, Joggs twp Howard Penn Hall Millheim E | da Hi Bellefonte f Wiliam Lythgoe, t Emin J. Jour Philipsburg Clearfield Co § James C. Horner, 1 { Laura ) I. aylor twp Wis di { Della C. Rishe Frank Thomas, Amanda McCleilan, § McCleila t Mary J { John H ldap Barr, 1] Holt ) Ira & t La Ww LAREN Lrlil Wm. H. Fultz, 1 Carrie Kettner, REAL E Humes, Ww 1 WOOUWAT( TATE TRANSFERS Edward ( Lowey » Con wraton Michael Re for lot of ground in £37¢ : H. Aik C5 tion McCausland et ¢ her right title and terest ruses in Walker twp, con. No. 3 - tit Local Institute includes Local institute, No. 1, which in its district the schoo! teachers in Bell and the Benmer and he stone school townships of held this place, foute borough, Spring, Walker, was inet ina house, in Saturday foremoon, January 25th. Dar. ing the session the following very inter esting and instructive papers were read ‘The Preposition,” by Prof. J. H. Rutt; “The Story in Primary Schools,’ Miss | Bella “The Kindergarten,” Miss Bessie Dorworth ; “Reading,” Miss | Rosa Fox ; Morals,” Misses Smith and Weaver; “System,” Miss Jennie Strick. land; “Object iessons,” Miss Jennie Prof. D. O. Etters made a | “The and was Rankin ; Longacre. brief talk on Importance of good followed Ly Prof. Ammerman, who spoke on ‘Mechanical | With the transaction of some minor routine business the institute Reading," Powers.”’ SCS. sion adjourned . o-—— | National guardsmen of | justly condemns some of the rules un { for the inspection of property in | quarters, leaving the inspection of per- RURAL NOTES A SPECIALTY. THE BOROUGH NOMINATIONS There Was Little Excitement at the Primaries. WHO THE NOMINEES ARE The Full Democratic and Republican Tickets Voted for 17th, 1896 to be on Tuesday, February The night wer the primaries on Saturday Il attended aad usual contesting for a few of This § more prominent among the republi nation feature, however 10 . 15 as follows RAT TICKET H. Montgomery West Ward : Judge Ryan. Inspector ui of election Juo. Strayer Gerbrich. School director David Haines. Coustable—George Har- nian .— Gen. Snowden's Report In his annual report Major General Svowden, commanding the division of Pennsylvania der which rifie practice is conducted. He says their fruits are more likely to | be injurious to the guard than beneficial, and he is right. He likes some changes | that have been made in the inspection system by Colonel Morrell. The change | is a specially good one which provides the sonnel, etc., to be performed on the field in light marching order. His soldiers are all with him on that score. Gen. Snowden strougly recommends the adoption of the three battallions to a | regiment system, and urges the organi. PUBLIC SALE REGISTER. Persons having their sale bills printed | at this office will receive a free notice of | same under thus heading, until time of | sale. This office has an entirely new | outfit for printing bills, consisting of | | type, all kinds of cuts, etc, and our pri- | bring us into closer business relations | with you. Ido notsee why we should | not be closer in the bonds of commercial relations, No man can travel through this great country without appreciating this great common country. | cattle, full blooded Bhort Horn bull, 5 | ing binder, mower, | Heneh cultivator an You will | pardon me if I say we are the noblest, | the grandest, the best people on earth, and our flag represents more than the flag of any other nation. We have more territory spread out under the sunlight (and it’s mostly in Texas); we have more schools and colleges; we have more cat- tle and oysters and better wives and sweeter children, and we have more to eat and it ic better cooked, and we have better clothes to wear and they fit bet. ter, and we have more politicians than any country under the sun, “Come to Pennsylvania, to our great K Ste, and we wil ge Tin % opportunity to eat more ers than have eaten here." | large lot of farm stock, consisting of 8 good i : ces are reasonable. best, neatest and most attractive sale bill, have it printed at this office. Sale | If you want the | WEDNESDAY, Marcu 11John W, Eby will | sell 4 work horses—one match team of greys; 5 vows, some will be fresh time of sale: Youn ! rox sows, Poland China boar, 18 shoats, new Deer rain drill, hay tedder, corn planter, ete, also some household goods, on his premises, 4 mile west of Zion, along main road. Saleatéa m J. L. Neff, anet. FRIDAY, Manci 20-At the residence of Michael Shaffer, one mile north of Zion, at 1 k m. a large lot of househeld goods and some arm utensils. J. QO. Derr, auctioneer. THURSDAY, Marci 5-One mile south west of Zion, at 11 a. m., Isaac Stover will sell a work horses, driving horse, colts, 3 fresh cows, Shorthorn bull, young eattle, hogs, new Far: guar threshing hine, and all ¥ nds of farm tmplements In good repair. Jos. L. Nef, auet, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 48 miles east of Belle: fonte Sjoug the Jacksonville road, David Harter will sell 4 head of horses, 8 milk cows, will fresh about ti sale; Bing cattle, Durham bull, Chester White sow, ead 8h ire awes—fine ; 4 2double sleds, wagons new mower, and ower combined, lot of new harness, efe. Jos. . Neft, auet, ~8uits from £5 upward, atthe Branch, Remember this is no sham sale, bul the goods must be sold at once. zation of an additional cavalry troop | and another battery, which would pro- vide for the organization of a squadron | of cavalry and a battallion of artillery. He says: | “The division, with its infantry organ- | ized on modern methods, with a full | | squadron of cavalry, a fall battery of | artillery, a battallion of engineers, and | a signal corps, either separate or part | of the engineers, would form a body | complete in all respects and would pre- | sent a model for others to imitate.” -—— Stocked the Streams, Turing the year 1895 the Pennsylva- nia Fish Protective association put in the streams throughout the state 3,250,000 trout, besides 15,000,000 white fish, 750,000 brown California rainbow and hybrid trout, 35,000 black bass, 20,000 white and calico bass and 30,000 Lake Erie sun fish were transported into the waters of the state. Not a bad showing. Nextspring they expect to have 40,000,000 brook trout alone, ——— — IN trying for the nomination for poor overseer at the republican cadcuses Sat. urday night James McClure: was made aware of the fact that if he could prop. erly name and cage it, be would have a valuable addition to his menagerie. VOL. 18. NO. s. WOODWARD CLIPPINGS, Yearick is still on the sick Philip Bowersox is very Prank Also Mr at this writing. Mr ill ay in this children Chickenpox holding sw arc part of the country, and many are being kept from school Mr. lately end of Hiram Goodman, who sawmill to the United is a + protracted meetis " ica] } Ty 3] fh igelical chiarchh of tin place, mill. were the Auman and at bet. AARONSBURG BRIEFS who had been Spring returned r latest songs u thatcan, to We ar r. (0 near the the buggy into fine bits, but fortunately Jal pot hurt Mr. Potter A. F. Markle butchered two hogs the past week which weighed 990 pounds. ne to have a runaway misiortu: experiment station, which broke b Resolutions of Respect Resolutions of respect from hem Grange, No. 757, on the death of Theo dore Rupert WaEnreas, It has pleased Almighty God in his infinite and all-wise prow dence remove from our midst ear much esteemed brother, Theodore B Rupert, past lecturer of Zion Grange Therefore be it Resolved, That, while we feel we haye lost one whose cheerful voice and willing hands we will miss, yet we recoguize in this dispensation the hand of Him that “doeth all things well.” Resolved, That the Grange has losta faithful member who was beloved Wy all, and that we extend to the family our sincere sympathy in their bereawe. ment and commend them to the consola- tion of Almighty God who docth all things well, trusting what is their loss is his eternal gaia. Resolved, That these Resolutions The spread upon the minutes of our Gramge, and a copy be presented to the family of our deceased Brother, 8 J. to H. Suarres J. Stine, Committee. Twe Things Apparently Forgotten. In the rush of business, politics, she. two important things are being overlouk- ed by the people of Belicfoute. One is Eine pushing of the orgar-ization of a county fake association, and the other the pushing ef the Curtin monument movement, Ifthe committee who has this latter in change would only take some decisive action the people of the state would he only Sen glad to contribute for such a cause sl in a short time a sufficient fund wouldise created to rear an appropriate and last. ing memorial, ~Miss Mizerva Dorr, in “Nioke* at the opera house next Weonesdmy evening. «February sth, the new play of “Niobe” will be rendered at tic opesa house. Dont fall to see it.
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