CIRCULATION SO OVER 1500. CHAS JANUARY COURT IN SESSION Full Report of Proceedings and Verdicts CONSTABLES MUST BE PAYED A Ruling by Judge Love That is of Interest A Test Case—List of Cases Tried and Dis | posed — Other Items of Interest. Court called at 9:30 a. m, on Monday, with Hon. John G. Tove, president judge, on the bench. The greater part of the session was taken tions presented by differen up in hearing petitions and mo- bers of the bar. The sworn, and retired t ary diffe bills of indictmen rent pfierent laid before Hayes Shenc) arterly returns se jurors calle to their names cases down for this week was then gone over ascertained for actual trial Court adjourned at 11 DISPOSITION OF CIVIL CASES Fisher & Co. vs. Richard assumpsit. Judgment taken the plaintiff, for £36.74 Centre County Banking Co. vs. H. M iam Witmer, Meek, defendant, and Will facias, sur judg. terre tenant, plea scire ment, Coutinued. Samuel! Gramley, executor of etc, of Sarah Shaffer, deceased, vs. Jacob B. Hazel, defendant J. Come: & Co plea assumpsit Abe Funk and B. J. Emertine, trading as Funk & Emertine vs. Celia Ratowsky, plea assumpsit. Settled. Harry Ritzinger and Joreph Zeuleuke, trading as Ritzinger & Zeuleuke vs, Celia Ratowsky, Settled plea Continued, at the cost of the Celia Ratowsky, Settled. vs plea assumpsit, : J. Cohen vs. Celia Ratowsky as sumpsit. Settled. APTERNOON SESSION tery; prose ant pie ad gui Com. vs trayal fendant April s charge betray Hampton De- to recognizance utor of el vs. A. Brockerhoff, of Rose A. McCarty; nortgage , of John in favor Fr Meyer James W exander, ad etc , deceased, James W. Alexander, Robert Margaret F. Alexand Alexander, deceased, defend Robert Mc nd Rose terre ten Yarrington and Yarrington, s at law, and 3 ler, widow of C. 1 ants, and ylmont ¢ Shortlidge Ants ; piea \ ment Verdict in favor of the for $1164.13 W. H. Willams Hams, administrators of etc., of Aaron Williams, Jacob Mattern, David Mattern, Miles Mattern, J. Linn Mattern and Mary M_ Mattern, admin. istrators of , of John B. Mattern, de. ceased, plea scire facias sur mortgage Yerdict $5729.99 and an attorney's commission of f210 Henrietta Kline vs Poor of Boggs township, plea assumpsit and Jennie B. Wil deceased vs ele in favor of the plaintiffs, for the Overseer of the This action is brought to recover for eighteen weeks board of Irvin Kline, plaintiffs son, and eight weeks board for his wite at the rate of f1.50 per week, amounting 10 £40.50 from the defendant township : and the Overseers of the Poor these people at a Mrs, Heatons in Boggs township, whereas the plaintiff lives in | Verdict on Tuesday | Spring township. morning in favor of the defendant, William Scott, H. Davis, for Com. vs. larcency, prosecutor, C. taking a small child's watch, valued at | about §2. Defendant plead guilty. TURSDAY MORNING. Com. vs. John Casher, charge betrayal, prosecutrix Margaret Cahill. Defend. ant plead guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine of one dollar, costs of prose. cution and to pay to the prosecutrix the | props for John Stoner. | with charge | R KURTZ, Ed. and Prop, | sum of $40, the child being dead. Samuel Alters, use of Jacob Kitner vs. John Stover and Emanuel plea assumpsit. Action brought to re. cover for timber sold to the defendants and for hauling telephone poles and Verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $67 06. Com. vs, Harry Switzer, indicted on three charges, first assault battery, second count aggravated assault Eisenhut, count and | and battery, third count felonious assault intent etc; levi Frye, The facts in this case are about as given in this paper in the first issue in January. prosecutor Mrs. Josephine Reed, charge resisting officer Garis, who had been deputized by This 3 harg- a constable, to make an arrest was an irregul ed defendant and ar proceeding. Disc prosecutor pay cost Milesburg, prosecutor i cos George Adams, charge « sault and battery; Heaton 11 to adultery; fine in the county Not guilty an Evarts, ately filed an To Quarte The submit the 1ollown They have ac nent, presen for i consideration, ed and the remain true bills, At the instances of amined the public buildings and public offices were found neat clean-~discovered no want of proper tention on the part of the officers Evidence of want of repair in perserve the public property from furt destrucjions was quite noticeab 3 eral instances, and we respectfully sub mit the following recommendations: 1st. We recommend re-papering business office and jail. and. We recommend a change in the plumbing in the cells in water closets and basins, 3rd. We recommend the partition be. tween male and female prisoners be double thickness and tight. sth. We recommend sufficient and comfortable clothing for the present lady prisoner, sth, We recommend enlarging of Jury rooms also & ladies waiting rooms annex 6th. We recommend a new roof, modern style, on the Court House also repair of ceiling in court room 7th. We recommend that ture be put into the Regis er’'s offices, also re-paperng of the ” 1 wer to her sev of of furni and Record new ter urer's ofhice We desire 10 re ourt and the form courtesy AN IMPORTANT DECISION re hast e Of oping * lower court » 1 . MISTADICS WETe for attending ele $. A number have ruled t of May for turn the a made i Judge Cyrus Gor and others. They ourts t case was made and to Hon Un other ¢ submitted Jno. GG. love for an opinion Monday the same was de $ 10 the effect that the act of compensation and direct. livered and it of 18g3 does not deprive constables their customary be paid sensible f ed that same This looking at matters seem mm our way of There is no reason why any public officer be required to render any such service without proper and sufficient pay. full never We believe in giving value for all public service—and any more . o-—— THE SHERIFF CONTEST. During the past week there has been very little surface work in the contest On last Saturday the attorneys on each side filed their “objections” to the others “bill of particulars.” What that amounts to we can not say. The next step likely will be the application for an examiner, by Millers attorney, to recount the bal. lots and take testimony. This will be the occasion for some argument before the court upom the merits of the case, as : to whether there is sufficient evidenee to allege that they had provided a place for merit a contest. No date has yet been fixed for this proceeding. The attorneys on both sides are quite active gathering information and matter relative to the vote on sheriff, On Thursday forenoon a petition was | offered by Miller's attorneys’ for the opening of the ballot boxes impounded and recounting the vote on sheriff. The Court promptly granted same, Charles P. Hewes, Eaq., was appointed examiner and Robt. ¥. Hunter and Harry C. Brew as clerks, to begin on February Sth After the count is made further testimony will be taken, head. BELLEFONTE, PA, A DANDY GHOST Col. Dunham's Yarns in the Grit STORY One of Recent GHOSTS ABOUT BELLEFONTE Yard Lived Seen in the Vicinity of Ardell’s Lumber Two Noted Once in that vicinity—Not all Ghost Stories are Characters in Supposed to be true. Ghost stories are read by some people with much relish. There are many who Rhos 5, hob-goblins, and such uch monstrosi eature IA iy 1 at the midnight hoar ort of the credulous bh localities, and those passing through it at that time of night. ir some weeks past Bellefonte has been Fe of a ghost scare, or of it located enjoying the luxury rather that portion at the west end of Logan lumber yard of the John Ardel street including the | planing mill. Investigation has been made to discover why his or her ghostship should sclect rambles, and the conclusion of the inves. tigators are as follows Way back iu the early 40's two brothers named Flanigan resided in that locality. bore an aneuvigble reputation as thieves and robbers. Their crimes be. had to seek The aie sO notorious that they other community as HA mona town of Muncy, lar a human skelet yullet hole in its skn vestigators came 10 the con the ghost so frequently seen in d man cality is the spirit of that murders There 0 ct, that form or in the imagination of the human mind, is demoralizing the neighborhood, : s are people in locality who do not go out of their homes aflerg p.m whether in spirit ghost : 1 and many eflorts have been made to lay that ghost,"’ but without avail, The last effort in that made by two men noted for their bravery, direction was and who do not believe in disembodied spirits, ghosts, hobgoblmngs, or long neck- ed things. Each put a rabbit foot in his pocket, and one arming himself with a revolver, the other with a baseball bat At midnight, when graves are suppos- ed to yawn and spirits of the dead come forth for a little earthly exercise, they started to interview the ghost. When near Cook's old coal yard, opposite the lumber yard, the two men saw something like a misty, indistinct, human being, | and with only a gliding toward them | without noise, neurer it approached them the more dis. tinct the object became, until it devvlop- ed into a man holding one hand to his The man with the revolver called on the spirit to halt, but the ghost or spirit continued to glide towards him. One man then fired five shots into the | object, which had no visible effect in stopping its advance. The other then struck at it, his baseball bat going through the body without meeting any resistence, not even checking the advance of the object. The two gentlemen jump. ed to one side and left the ghost pass, After it had passed them it stopped, and turning towards them gave such a that locality to enjoy its midnight | forward motion. The | THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 18¢, that their hair end, lifting demoniac, horrid grin stood straight on their hats off their heads ‘he ay then pparition ed into air this the believers disols All full 1 And are now ghosts, Some of the residents have sent to Renno valley for a pow-wow doctor Whether as ghosts cxcept in the imagivation 18 a to come and “Jay the ghost there are such things ' wn . debateable question, but this ghost is hie making a big rampu .-—— THE STATE'S FINANCES Will Suffer for of priations Something Lack Appro g of the low is taken by the legislature increase Lhe state venues there can be no relief for the overcrowded asylums, penitentiaries and hospital Even if legislation state taxation the money we available come before next year. The report of State Treasurer Hay- | wood at the close of December showed a balance in the general fund of $1,724,829 JErinst this the moneys owing the schoo! districts, hospitals, peniteatiarics and the Salanies when There 1s oriwo ren H th conait faq rahle DIS uniavorabit coal mines, also 10 increase thet the actual value f the HSUurance cong . -—— domestic Tree Owners Have Rights Pennsylvania court de The cides that tree owners have some rights supenor The employes of a telegraph company, which had a line crossing the land of Dr John Marshal, in Bitks county, entered upon that land to add new crossbars and wires To ilitate additions they cut dowa a number of fine shade trees growing on Dr. Marshall's place; The men were arrested, and for this wanton destruction $50 cach, and m default of payment, to im. prisonment for ifty days. The superior court has affirmed the sentence. The Long and Short of It, A tall western girl named Short long to the poles. fa such were fined i [loved a certain big Mr Little, while Lit. | tle, little thinking of Short, loved a lass | To make a long story | named Long. | short, Little proposed to Long and Short [longed to be even with Little's short. | comings. So short meeting Long threat. | ened to marry littie before Long, which caused Little im a short time to marry long. Did tall short love big Little less | because Little loved Long? ———— will Extend Its Line. The Millheim telephone company will soon extend its line from Spring Mills to Centre Hall, and ultimately to Belle fonte. ' | lation WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE What Has Transpired National Capitol at the THAT ARBITRATION TREATY Some Objections to the Measure — President Cleveland's Obstinancy~-OQuarrel Over a Senatorship, >enalor Gray, o week present the cre speech thereon that while be was just : or of the ndependence of Cuba as ever, he was even more strongly in favor of ac- tion whi uld declare the Senate to ¢ be independent of Executive autho Senator been over has pot at any time towards arbitration Morgan friendly Nicaragua Canal ich he was an ardent support en its death blow by the notice ister of the Greater Republi ral America that Nicaragua, which re thst pana of that re would not al I he to English of Tech- A women examination Juire d transalation ir nical Military Works in French, German, of Spanish and [talian; typewriting in all roof the library these languages and ability to do § reading and prepare manuscript for 1 oe INT press a knowles ol modern 1 methods ; cataloguing, indexing and of the English language and literary com- position. The salary of the position de. manding all these requirments is $1500 a year Some very interesting, although rather tardy talk about the methods by which President Cleveland shut out members of Congress out of presence, thus depriv- ing himself of information he should have bad and would have had about legisia- the House, preceded the passage by the House, over the President's veto, of the | bill providing tor the establishment of a | new division of the casters judical dis. trict of Texas. Representative Cooper told the House of several trips he made [to the White House for the purpose of explaining to Mr, Cleveland why his con. stituents wanted this legislation, and of his finally being told by private secretary | Thuber that it was useless for him to con. tinue his efforts to see the President, be. cause be had already made up his mind to veto the bill. It is believed that the Senate will endorse this action of the House. asked for by the people who are | {directly represented by the members of WANTED Correspondents to in the news publish it wend we will VOL. I). SPECIAL MEETINGS Yomona meeting at Mile } Ty 1 of the county Millheim carned for him hundred thousand day in the Poor | upon lus own oath for the relief nennile ’ invited in the McClain M. E. and oyster A supper will be held Block by the ladies of the Coleville . chapel. Chicken and waffle will be served A Mother's meeting ynthe W.C. T. 1 .——— pm room The Holy Communion The holy communion will be adminis. tered in St. John's Reformed church, Bellefonte, on Sunday morning, Jan. at 10:30. Um o'clock preparatory service will be held. Parents who have children to be baptised will please bring them to the church on Saturday afternoon. R. Leicurox GERNART, Pastor 11, Saturday aftersoon, at 2 .--—— Elocutionary Entertainment, | Om Saturday evening February sth.an | oratorical entertainment will be given in | the Presbyterian church at Centre Hall, by Miss Annie R. Dunkle, of the nation al school of oratory. Admission 10 and 20 cents. —— a Glass Factory for DuBois, The contract for the glass factory buildings at DuBois have been awarded and the erection of the plant is tobegin at once. Application has been made for a charter for the company.
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