MOST NEWS........ LEAST MONEY 2000000000000 CHAS. R. KURTZ Ed. and Prop. JNSEATED LANDS OF CENTRE C0. How and Why they are bought BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1896. METHODIST | APPOINTMENTS. , : | interest of truth, The officers of Cen- | tre county, are well known to be men { of the highest honor and integrity, and | | to charge them with putting up lands, | | which do not exist, for sale, is an out- | SHOULD HIDE THEMSELVES, daily papers contained dispatches (rom Bellefonte, to the effect that there was discord among Centre county democrats he | During the past week many of the city | oe and Sold. NOT A SOURCE OF A Complete Statement of What the Commis- sioners Have to do With They Fault—Bogus being Cleared out—A Refutation. These Sales— are Titles not at The Philadelphia and Pittshurg news- papers, for some days past, have contain. | ed many communications in reference to the proposed sale of unseated lands, by | the Centre county commissioners, on the 24th inst It is clear to our minds that these dis. patches are manufactured in the inte of some person rest or persons, who desire to obtain these lands for nothing, understood in Philadelphia, and Lot it bho lett Pittsburg everywhere else, that neither the Commissioners nor the Treas urer of Centre county, deal in unseated land county I'nde tl or . er 1 nder the laws of the Commonwealth. the tre the tre asurer of the county must make a sale of all unseated lands, on which the | taxes have not been paid every two There is no choice with him, he wust make the sale. At the sale vears made r, all tracts of land offered taxes and cost, are knocked down to the ounty for taxes and costs. This is also required by the law Jy this means the unty becomes the owner of some of these lands. Under the laws, 1g to unseated ands, the cor isioners must hold all 1s knocked down to the al county for a v 1 Rue 0 3 $4 period of ive years, subject to the right of redemption by the owners. Afler the expiration of five years, the commission ers are authorized to make sale of the nds held by the county. It thus hap pens that the commissioners have a sale about o infrom two to five vears Every tract of land sold by the t treasurer, as well as that sold by th commissioner, has at one time or yt he been surveyed, and a draft of t sam returned to what was, at one time, the land office at Harrisburg, now the De- partment of Internal A fairs er the county commissioners not years wheu offered for sale by the commioners, the owners, or their agents, buy them again for whatever price they can obtain them title without By this means, they keep the to these tracts in themselves, pay- ing any taxes, or anything, except about The county makes When the treas- once in seven years nothing on these sales tracts knocked 1 i urer makes a sale, on all out of county funds down to the county, the commissioners must pay the cost of advertising and the making of a deed Instead of these sales being a source of revenue they are an actual out lay, and are only made because the law requires it. The story the Pittsburg Times about the Samuel Fox tract issilly. Any. body with sense will understand that the in man (if there was one) with the portable saw mill was stealing timber, and he simply used the name Samuel Fox tract at every point he set his mill to hide his theft. The chances are that he no Samuel Fox tract, and that there was no such tract in the neighborhood The lands belonging to the city of Phil. adelphia in this connty, and situate in Burnside township, were long in dispute between the city and Smith, Rhoads & Smith. and the title was settled and if Phil. owned vdelphia did not obtain the value of the > ber, if it has been taken, it isthe fault wo} ose to whom the city has entrusted the aba rement of its affairs, ; * sur opinion that there is more It is mountain county toa and scated Some of this um valuable because , derlaid with coal productive and the moved, the owners pen and buy, or have it bom, it is cheaper to do so than assessed thereou from year | that the county tax is mwe school, road abd poor tax which to the townships, ay than there is cleared land The ry mountainous and un. rms. ’ fa simply immense, terri 1s it is believed to be un- But because it is un. imber has been re. . nit it to goto sale ‘oO year, not very is frequently heavy, We make this statement > REVENUE. | S @s a source of revenne for the Ld the treasure ored by any witness. ¥ hith 3 r : ide. 3 § : y him and for which no person bids | rage . y : 4 re | Tage upon men whose every official act | Where the Ministers W ill is measured by the higest sense of hon. {or and jastice. To judge from the concluding para- | graph of the dispatch in the Times of the 1g inst, these articles are written by | | Some one, who wants a job at the ex- | pense of the waxpayers of the county, { and we are sure they will not obtain it at | the hands of the present board of com- missioners, » .— Not so Bad. During the license court, while the ap- plication for the hotel at Rebersburg was { under consideration, ene of the witnesses upon the stand, it is alleged by the peo plg down there, overdrew the facts and | did the locality injustice in speaking of {jugs aud bottles kept fn private in that vicinity, and that they are not quite as the They claim for that section as bad as represented from witness stand good and sober a community as else where to be found in the central part of the state, with intelligence to match. A | synopsis of this evidence went into the { printed reports, and the “other side” claims it as only just that both sides have a fair hearing, in order that the good name of Rebersburg and vicinity may not suffer from anything toostrongly col- We are willing that those aggrieved shall have the ben. efit of this explanation—Rebersburg al maintained creditable The matter further controversy ways having a record. should be spared .—— Compulsory Education, Shaeffer, superintendent of public instruction, is making a careful study of the question of compulsory edu ation with a view of devising the best means for the enforcement of the law en wcted by the last th hat the He whether we egisiature SAYS day for arguing should have a com puisory act or whether a question ict passed by the last legislature shall be enforced. I have no apology to make for endeavoring to carry out the IW is my sworn duty to enforce If the law i bad one, the best way to secure its repeal isto enforce it. If the AW IS rood « 31€ 0 ou ’ shou we for i i we enforce us find out the vhi If auy of its pr 1 A 1 w | | 1 he 1 at te to for - » light t i S wh 10% re WOO —— A Great ( ion Pennsylvania a the world i 0 mes © 0 tal of $ 7G, OO A $95,000,000, and carrie 00 em loyees on its pa On the 13th of Ap ) ad company w f century of its active existence. Dur. ing this period it has made itself the n the world greatest railroad corporation provements literally It has been foremost all im It pace for the railroad world in railroading has set the It has never been behind but always first. Arrange. ments are in progres we understand, to celebrate this semi-centennial ina fitting manner - -— » Go Slow Young Man The young man who has been monopo lizing the time and attention of his ac- knowledged sweethart for several months and yet cannot make up his mind what to do, will perhaps have his indecision accelerated to a proposing point by the announcement that a Maryland judge has decided taat after a young man has called on a young lady twenty-five times the presumption that he means business has been established Hey, there; some of you young chaps, about Bellefonte, had better go slow. This thing of court. ing becomes a serious matter, in time . -— Costly Delay Dr. Salus, the specialist who has been visiting this section regularly for several years, has instituted a suit for damages against the Pennsylvania railroad com- | pany. On two recent tripsthe Dr's, bag- gage containing his medical outfit failed ous and unseated land iu the | to reach here on tie and he consequent. | ly could uot treat his regular patients. He estimated his damages at $235 The hearing was before Justice Keichiline wated land is held to be | who bound the case over for trial at court, .— The Dear Old Kevstone Whe you talk about there being a its head, every beet gets red in the face, the corn pricks up its cars and every | foot of ground kicks | Stationed. IN THE ALTOONA DISTRICT The Conference in Session at Willkamsport Last Week~ Other News Paragraphed Con taining late paragraphs. The following appointments were an. nounced on Tuesday, at the M. E. Con. ference in session at Williamsport, for this district ALTOONA DISTRICT. David S. Monroe, Presiding Elder, Altoona Allegheny George W. Mclinay, (s Altoona; Asbury—W, H. Clossen, (supply) Chestuut Avenue Eighth Avenue]. Ell . Epworth Mission—W. H. Reed, (supply) Avenue—William McK First Church—Martin IL. Ganoe North--Crawford I. Benscoter. upply) G. Tarring Gray 1s Be Reilly Simpson Church—George M. Hoke Job Truax, (supply) John W Ansonville Rue Bellefonte Bellwood Samuel DD. Wilson Birmingham-—David F. Kapp Centre-—To be supplied Clearficld—William A. Stephens Coalport and Irvona-—Richard H. Whar- tou Curwensville-——J. A. Wood, it Duncansville~John H. Pr Glen Hope-—Emanuel W. Wonner Half Moon Hastings Holliday Houtzdale- Howard John Charles sburg shor noer Lut Woodbury — Joshua 1 H non € Cor} : Al Blair N Wasi § WW al J. Shafler Osc 1 Wi A } Picks Patton Charles W. Wasson. Penn's Valles Theodore 8S Far Philipsbur Alexander R. Miller Pleasant Gag soe Hughe Port Matilda—He v. Minuigh j t A. Bidd} a g-Edwin H. Witma A Da i ppiy it WW I p Al & \ 3) ye : i | 1 Ave yaughn 1 ie i ic Pi ed mW. ( 13 Ralph W. ingswort} arfield Lyons M. Brady 1s airy : nx A 14 dy und and Bradford —JamesS Beyer, IMMCraric B. Ague, Lewis Rudisill rach Olewine Superannuates What There is in a Ton of Canal From ome ton of ordinary gas coal may be produced 1,500 pounds coke, 20 gallons of ammonia water and 14¢ pounns of coal tar. Py destructive dis- lation the coal tar will yield 60.6 pounds of pitch, 17 pounds of crecsote, 14 pounds heavy oils, g.5 pounds of nap tha yellow , 6.3 pounds napthaline, 4.75% pounds napthol, 2.25 pousds alazarin, 5 pounds wounds aurise, 1.1 pounds 2.4 pounds solvent naphtha, phenol, 1.2 § 1 pounds 77 of a pound toludine, 0.46 of a pound anthra benzine, 1 anodine, o cine, and 0.9 of a pound tluene. From the latter is obtained the new substance known as saccharine, which is 290 times as sweet as the best cane sugar, one part of it giving a very sweet taste to a thon sand parts of water, . Blacksnake Attempts to Catch a Rat Three Joys of Edward Evans of Cam- bria township, aged 13, g and 7 years, were playing in their father’s barn last | Saturday. They were startled by hear. ing an wnusual noise in a pile of corn fodder, when a second later a big rat of the fodder. followed by a huge black. snake, which evidently intended to make | his dinner of the rat, but the latter | too swift and escaped. The boys, through | fright and excitement, allowed the snake to escape into a pile of straw. The boys { declare that ihe snake is fully seven feet | long. Ebensburg Herald -— We'll Take All We Can Get People who are superstitious as to the | number 13 and who believe that those | figures are unlucky, must have a care | scampered out | closely and rapidly was abt in, becauss | better state than Pennsylvania every po- | when they handle the 25 cent pieces, for pay the taxes | tato winks its eye, every cabbage shakes on the American quarter dollar there are | 13 8tars, 13 letters in the scroll held in h, but the every omior gets stronger, every oat | the eagl.’s beak, 13 marginal feathers in belongs | field is shocked, the rye strokes its beard, | each wing, 13 tail feathers, 13 arrow { beads and 13 letters inthe word “quar. ter dollar.” | over the election of delegates to the com. ing state convention, at Allentown. The of Clearfield, was at the head of a move- ment to select Whitney delegates, in opposition to Pattison, Many democrats, about Centre county and elsewhere, may be misslead by these Here in Bellefonte, which newsmon gers, | is the natural news and political centre | these dispatches created much surprise because no one was aware of such a state of affairs At the last county convention no de! gates were clected to the next state cor | vention, to be held at All Pa., Wednesday, April 29th, 1866 The county chairman, N. B. Spangler Esq., recently called a meeting of demo grats at his office, Wo Eel an expression as to what course wo PEfSsSue under existing circumstance Io select delegates, | election, would make it necessary to hold | democratic primary elections in the fii two districts of Centre county and the sending of almost one bandred democrat to Belicfonte, in convention, to sclect four men to go to the state convention, at { Allentown. This, on the face of i useles t was carefully considered by all present, and was deemed absolute ly unpecessary. It was the almost un animous opinion that the County Conmit tee should be calle tog Ln i Ani A date, and they should select the dele gates in questi they d from every sectio Vo § vould voi th mtiments of the party n case there should be any preference n the choice for president. That what has been done by chairman N. B. S gler, and he has acted this ) alle avin a ted with a }A i part ead 1 pon alle HE + sche ne a bout No *'y vention," as wa ited uo ( « yy the Hon. James § 3 Centre co ty polit for we fit him with ‘ Lh an atte y ourown affairs al 1 Jw These dspat w went out ) nie we i pa : er w 30 2 i at nd MRke out of it a great el Or to have the natter The de | : * \ 4 i vd A POR t wo ua tT te NO om t ed at i “ NSpape r wil A { y fo . t jet w Wi ¢ A y ATE that b per: : ame to Ie u AS A Can l a nod regarded AS in Lhe : Ww Bat i Pattison dJ« he t rscment ’ tl tate, Cent yun would be 1 ed support h Al ACY i i his name only is to be 10 furthe the mterests of certain political heeler who have hex A Gea ad ust that soon would t : ‘atlison boom The democrats of Centre connty for Pattison first, ifhe wants it. He need only make koown his wishes. We be lieve Gov, Pottison™s record would bring confidence to the party and the public He would make a strong candidat Next the John G. Carlisle, Secretary of the Tres our choice He is a states. sense of the He and that ou list, we believe Hoa. Se ury, wonld be man, in the full word has been schooled in public life has made him acquainted with all the government He is for honest money, tanfi «hat pertains to pub various departments of the n honest and honesty in all lic good In conclusicn--Centre county democra cy is all right. Harmony prevails. They will be for Pattison first, if he wants it, and for the ticket nominated, notwith. standing what the “space writers” from Bellefonte may say to the contrary A Canine Freak - One of the most wonderful freaks of sature heard of in a Jong time has been brought to notice here the last few days, in the guise of & two-legged dog, owned by Bd. Lindsey. The animal is now about § months old, of perfect form in every other way and as lively, healthy and frisky as avy other dog. Wkere its two fiont legs should be there is nothing but two tufts of hair In appear. atce the animal resembles somewhat the kangaroo, and in its manner of locomo tion it also goes along like that animal, | although at times it does attempt to walk like other dogs, and thus succeeds in shoving the body along at a quite rapid rate. It is a cross between a whiffet and | m rat terrier; its parents are both well | developed and perfectly formed animals, visible | and no one can assign the reason for the | | freak of nature in the pup, which is now | | almost full grown and weighs about ff. | teen pounds, . «Some of our base ball enthusiasts | are agitating the ides of Bellefonte be- | ing represented in the river league this ‘coming season { 'A PROMINENT Death of the Venerable Hamilton. dispatches stated that Hon. James Kerr, CITIZEN. Mr. AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS | For Many He Was Year Law Firm of Beaver, Gephart & Dale—A Noted at Harrisburg. Will burg in 1824 iam Hamilton His | Hugh Hamilton, who was at one father's name state printer. He died a good many years ago, when William was quite you H mothers maiden name was Miss | 10 Boyd, who died sometime ago at the ripe old age of 8. William studied Ww a vas admitie othe bar at Har [4 VReTe lay he wa i Hee wied on Septem rd SG Co. 1 1 Pex 1 Re { WV m Wi a0 ¢ time of the discharge of the Penn’a Re SCTVE m the 11st of May, 156, be transferred to the 1918 Regiment lL teers, in which be served hie ose of the war He wi most co ) Wl Ce i Arm { the His intelligence an ca uch tb soou after he «¢ 5 be w ! §e f to Regn 2] Hea sa Tic nd w ace a re he A miant off r his dischar fr lhe ¥ ( } y 5 (3 ie 3 1€ 1 the . Boe f RicCallnt 5 As a Clerl and continued tooccus } osilion with that: rm a it n a 1 A ICANT Ww y Ha i Governor of Pens ania ¥ H OW ino iy with h 4 Pr ¥ wedcd do ace at 1 tin 4 iH Fy hf w Ix { wife wi WW 3 tou £ After the death of Mr. M ( he, with Gx Beane {ass _ 5 oeYera | € | 3 ae i iis A OO Ke wk A “ol £ 8 3 seve b ow d, ri os and hie { wd which YS ag tended to his throat prevenlng bh ie } A Okt nt He bad bees x Of clon : 1 §- ast i passed away at hall pa x clock Mouday mn E Hon. A ovd Ham g Ae only roth efl He es at Has % is in his 58th year Joh the other brother, died a few months ago in Texas which state be had been making his in home The remains will be taken to Harris. burg at 0g Thursday morn mg and iy terment will be made at that ci ADDITIONAL LOCALS We had another ssow storm on Mon day Poverty Sociable in Cryder’s Exchange body is invited this evening. Every Read Lewins new advertisement in this issue, on page 7 Read the date on your address. It shows the expiration of your subscrip- Lion Messrs Orvis, Bower & Orvis are now comfortably fixed in their new rooms, in Pruner’s block The robbins It was a bit carly for samme of them as the were singing last week cold snap killed many. Don't this evening, in Crider’s Exchange, forget the Poverty Sociable by the men of the Reformed church of Bellefonte Hon. Robert Frazier and Theodore M. Etting, president and vice-president of the Central Railroad, were in town on Wednesday Princess Bonnie drew a large house on Wednesday one of the best attractions ever very It was in Belle. evening fonte A complete statement of the condi tion of Centre county's unseated lands appears in another column. It is a come plete refutation of the articles that ap- peared last week in the city papers Prof. W. D. | the schools of Millheim, | sctioot in that Borosgh for ten weeks, | comencing April 15th. The common Maynard, principal of will conduct a Englich brasches, as well as advanced Historian and Student—Isterment Employed by the subjects, will be taught. Hspecial atten. | | tion will be paid to teachers a | Harris, Ellis { VOL. 18. RESOLUTIONS ay yt WHEREAS Ihe great and supreme {1 [] » ’ # Ru €r of the universe has, in His imfinite wisd oved from among us, one of our worthy and esteemed brothers ' Howa nudorf; and WHEREAS, the ong and i i114 itions held Lh him nthe faith! dis harge ol his « Li€s in this ord: Mes it eminently befitting 1 1 - Vial we record our appreciation of Bim ; therefore, Rs es lved, that the wisdom d ability which be has exe d in the aid of our | order by “tyr oer by servi and coun- » will | t . remem DTance Kesolved, that the from and removal among ir nn LICAVES 4 vacancy a shadow ths realiz hadow th; realiz t as iriends of ORS Ling. The We “8 Nucl nterest 1s les over iron a arranging » 14808 ting upon this the ‘Iron and ‘ . 3 England is merican most sen of Great the LIACY nation rade and Wilson ree t under, men Will, Move 3 here 1 Strev will be comsiderable m Ving on The t, Bellefonte, this spring family of the late lacob V. Thomas will move into the house of John C. Miller; J, Wesley Gephary, will move into the hous of Kyle McFarland, on East Linn street Morris W. Cowdrick, with his family w move to Niagara Falls, and his house will be occupied by a Mr | Williams, of Beech Creck Robert F, Hunter, will move into the house on West Howard street, now occupied by James Alexander, who will build a resi. | dence on Hast Linn St - Pretty, But Bad Tuesday Constable Jers ) Funk of Philipsbarg, brought Bertha Harris, a thyearold Philipsburg girl, who was arrested at the instigation of her father, Williams Harris, to the county jail, where she will stay until the courts determine what shall be done with her, She is a good looking young girl. Her esca- pades dates back about nine months Rana ORATION NOTCH Notiee is hereby given, that an application will be made, on Friday the 1Tth day of April, Is by W. BR. Jenkins, J. HoH. Lingle, John P ] Orvis and J. Montg mery, un Ase bly of the Common won lth der he Ae of entitled “An Act to provide of Peansyivainia | tor the Inesrporation and Be guistion of cortamm iy porpo ations” approved April 230, 1574, and the supple nis therein for the charter of an In tended Corporation, fo be ealind the “Reise roxte Power axd Hauer Coumraxy™ articies In wood and melal, and tor these Jie is, Aw sembly and Hs supplements, the eharnetor and objet whereof is the mann. facture and sale of tosis, machinery and other woes, lo have, possess and enjoy all the ri wpedits ane privileges of the said Aet ol Onvin, Bowes & Onvis, Solicitors
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