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1500.
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oJRTZ, Ed. and Prop.
CHAS
MEN GONE
GOLD MAD
D
:
ropping Good Positions To seek
the Yellow Metal
PACIFIC SLOPE
BENEFIT TO
Busi
From
The Klondike Discoveries Will Boom
Full of
in the Regions
- Letters Enthusiasm
Men Who Are
ness
nearly a quarter of a century this
sn no such m
that‘over the Klondike di
in Alaska. Last week the craze
\
fairly begun This week the
orth, by
few years. On
prospected the pay
extent and very rich
+ yesterday that he wash.
f
an ¥
r Dall OF GIFS
ns on Bonanza Ceeek an
Of course, that may be an ex
ly rich pan, but §5 to §7 per
cepliona pan
"ey
:
is the
ed, with five feet pay dirt and the width
average on that claim, it is report
yet undetermined, but known to be thir.
ty feet; even at that figure the result at
nine to ten pans to the cubic foot, and
soo feet Jong, is $4,000,000 at $5 per pan,
One- fourth of this would be enormous,
Enough prospecting has been done to
show that there are at least fifteen miles
of this extraordinary richness, and the
indications are that we will have three
or four times that extent, if not all equal
to the above, at least very rich.’
EXTRAORDINARY PLACER CLAIMS
Mr. Ogilvie announces the location of
a guartz lode showing free gold in pay.
ing quantities along one of the creeks.
The quartz has tested over $100 a ton,
The lode appears to run from three to
eight feet in thickness, and is about 19
miles from the Yukon River. Good
quartz has been found also at the head
of a branch of the Alsek River, near the
head of the Chilkot Inlet, Inside the sum.
mit of the coast range, in Canadian ter.
ritory; also along Davis Creek, in Ameri.
can territory, The hills around Honan.
za Creck also contain paying quarts,
Copper in abundance is found on the
southerly branch of the White River,
and silver ore has heen picked up in x
MM
ot
Ogilvia says that the placer prospect
creek flowing into Bennett Lake.
continue to be more and more encourag
ing and extraordinary.
“It is beyond a doubt,’ he says, ‘‘that
1)0-
but
three pans of differnt claims on El
rado turned out £204, $212 and $216,
it must be borne in mind that there we
only three such pans, though there
many running from $10 to $s
GETTING RICH QUICK.
The Mining Record has this news
‘It is ‘stated 1 authority
1 45 feet
Liarence
on FOE
one claim yielded $90,00
stream.
and down the
bought out his two partners, |
wm one tl
more Eldorado and B
will have to dem
the kings here are
}
eir money be
» Held
The two men arrested at Jersey
last week on suspecion of being the
bers who burglarized the toligate house,
near Lock Haven were given a hearing
An-
Testimony was presented by one
Saturday morning before Alderman
thony
witness who stated that be talked to one |
of the arrested late
o'clock, near Agar's park on the night of
the robbery
men as As 12 20
The accused men were then
masked and made to appear like the rob.
| bers at the time the burglary was com.
| mitted, when Mr, Smith positively iden.
| tified the one man, and Mrs. Smith par-
| tially identified the other as being the
guilty parties. Both were jailed for
court,
| The names of the accused men are
Timonthy McCullough and Charles Sock-
man
i _.. LP
HI With Diphtheria,
Eight children of the family of ten of
Thomas Bechdo! of near Jacksonville,
Centre gounty, are ill with diphtheria.
The disease has never before been in the
vicinity of Jacksonville and it is not
"known where it was contracted.
a
Lock Haven Hospital,
The citizens of Lock Haven expect to
have their new hospital ready for pa.
tients in the course of a few weeks. The
building is usdergoing repairs at present,
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BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, JULY 20 1807.
DEATH OF A
PROMINENT MAN
[ra C. Mitchell, Esq., Expires very
Suddenly, on Sunday
AN EMINENT PRACTITIONER
d (lliness from Overwor
Last Presi
lential Campaign
early part of this
county, Ohio
Methodists
His gran
was Jame
T Was
The
Mather,
: ‘ nal grand
laughter of Hexe
d from Halfmoon
{0 a point near
’
the same time
Belmont
Packs
Charity,
¢, who emigrate
township, in this county
New Lisbon, Ohio, about
his father's ancestors went t
county. Both the Packers and Byes were
of the Quaker persuasion. His grand.
father Packer owned and occupied the
farm, opposite Howard, which is still
owned by his descendants, and on which
Hon. Jolin A. Woodward now lives. Here
was born tothem, Hezekiah Bye, William |
Fisher, John Pettit, and Sarah Bye
Packer. William F. was the last gover.
nor of this state, before the war of the
|
| rebellion. About the year 1820 begun the |
religious movement known as “Disciples
of Christ” in the southern counties of this
state, among the leading actors in which
were Thomas Campbell and his son
Alexander. Nathan J. Mitchell, the
father of this notice, and his two brothers
James and David, were among the pio.
neer preachers in this movement,
On the 12th of January, 1832, Nathan J.
Mitchell was marred to Sarah Bye
Packer, and shortly after settled in the
Bald Rape valley, where he continued to
reside till the close of his life in the year
1886. He was a devoted and earnest
minister of the Gospel and his wife was
“an help mate for him.” In about
seventy-five years, the reli body
with which he was connected grown
from a small con tion in Washington
county, Pa., tobe the fifth in number of
its communicants, of the Protestant de-
pominations in the United States,
Ira C., after finishing a course of read.
ing with his uncle life-long friend,
N. L. Atwood, at Lock Haven, commenc-
ed the practice of the law at Bellefonte,
about year 1853. His eminent abili
ties and pleasing manners and address
brought into favor
Prospects
lucrative pt
preferred
alter
him rap: §
were bright for a large and
e. +, however, greatly
father,
:
andoned
Clic
nrofession of
! 10 }
ial
! i. A
practice tne inv na Gd
{
Years
to the n ry of the Gos
{ the
by
i
brought
3
labored
|
when most « throughout the
State have business at home
will be almost impossible for a member
of the judiciary from another county to
Is
take the bench, It is thought, however,
that Judge Ermentrout will consent {
come if matters can be arranged for him
in Berks county
with
One of the most serious questions
which the attorneys will be obliged to
wrestle will present itself when it comes
tothe selection of a jury. The entire
| panel with the exception of thiee tales
stubborn fight will doubtless be made
when it comes to what will unquestion
now famous case.
both sides will exhaust their peremptory
challenge early in the day.
There are at present seven indictments
over Wintersteen, all of them based up-
on the explosion. It is believed, how.
ever, that should the defendant be ac.
quitted of one of them at the coming trial
the others will be dropped.
nb——— ————
Post Mortem at Pleasant Gap,
An S.year old son of Oscar Wasson, of
Pleasant Gap, died suddenly on Friday
16th, The cause of death being a mys.
tery, a post mortem was held on Friday
evening, Drs. Emerick and Jacobs,
which ted in finding a knot in the
intestines of the lad,
| prise so much
men, was exhausted in May, and a more |
{ Davison,
BUSINESS MEN
WILL PICNIC
To Be a Large Gathering at Hecla
Park Aug. 12
AN INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION
{ Bellefonte
As We as the
desirable ids for exhibiting
ultural iments, farm products, as
Ct mi
+)
the § th
well as roducts of other industries,
that is now in existence in Central Penn
Bellefonte cannot
syivania. Therefore
afford to Jet the opportunity go by when
our ueighbors of adjoining counties ar
willing to join us 1m promoting an enter
need in Central Penna
.——
Death Of A Former Centre Countain
Geor ge Traister, an aged and respect
| ed resident of Tyrone, died Friday after.
ably prove the final settlement of this |
It is expected that |
nooti of Bright's disease from which he
had been a sufferer since last December,
The deceased was born at Hollidays-
burg Nov. 30, 1827, and was aged 6g
years, 7 months and 23 days. He was
a forgeman by occupation and followed
that calling throughout most of the years
of his life.
On Feb. 22, 1854, Mr. Traister was
united in marriage to Miss Martha
Six children survive this un.
jon. They are: Mrs. Henry Harmuth,
of St Louis; Mrs. Rose Loss, of Rect
Grove, 111.; Charles Trhister. of Seward,
Neb. Mrs. Ida Bechtel, of Blanchard;
Robert Traister, of Howard, and Miss
Daisy Traister, who resided with ber
father. Mrs. Traister died Nov. 5, 1804,
Interment in Tyrone cemetery.
WANTED
Correspondents to
io the
publish it
send
news-—we will
H.
: Vice
H
James
Past Chief, J
Geo. R
High Priest, W
able Hermit,
Ohl Chief, Irs Segner
Dormblaser; Veer.
Kling of
Harris; Clerk of Exchequ
8. Nihart, Keeper of Exche
L. BE. Blakeslee; Sir Herald, H
Treaster. Worthy Bard, W. 1. Strunk
| Worthy Chamberlain, W. F. Rossman;
| Busign, Ira C, Ohl, Esquire H. IL. Mc
{ Closkey; First Guardsman, P. Krape
Trustees L F. Ohl, P. Krape, J. H. Os.
man; Representative to the Grand Castle,
J. H. Osman
Master
Records, 1. B
er, H
jue
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Of Interest to Glassworkers
A couple of practical glass workers
are in Lock Haven with the view of in.
teresting capitalists in the erection of a
plant there for the manufacture of bot.
ties. The capital required to erect a
plant is not large. They should come to
Bellefonte where we have a first class
glass factory in operation.
ances unmn
Don't Forget.
Culveyhouse repairs trunk's locks, nm.
brelias, keys fitted, ete. Corner of Alle
gheny and Bishop street. Aug. 15.