A * day of April last, used by the Weaver | FOR $1.50 _ You can get Ti DEMOCRAT a Pittsburg Post year. This is A habbbbbbbbib INTRE Veekly h one GALN The ently CHAS R. KURTZ Ed. and Prop. AUGUST TERM OF COURT List of Cases Tried and Verdicts Rendered. ABUSE THEIR AGED FATHER But Cannot be Pumished—The Parent Denies Reprimanded bv the Court Evervthing Proceedings to Wednesday Noon as Spec wily Reported by 8. D. Gettig, Esq., tor our Readers juarter sessions of the for Centre county,convened on Monday morning, at nine o'clock, with Hon.'John G. Love, president judge, the Bar sented a number of petitions and moti assed upoh by with exce “} chosen of W. H. Blair | Continued nmitiee on res Mitchell, presented A mem. p the minutes and resolutions Ass Mr elev of the Centre County Bar ciation. Remarks were made by Stitzer and Hon. A. O. Furst, and at en o'clock court adjourned until two y'elock in respect to the deceased Al two Judges Love and Faulkneron the Bench, and the hearing of petitions and o'clock court convened with notions again taken up. ‘he sheriff gave notice of several re- turns to be read on Thursday afternoon at two o'clock The Th Ase nwealth LCS Was then taken Com. vs in Guisewhite, charge : be- trayal, prosecutrix Mary J The plead usual sentence at the hands ane Hartman defendant guilty and the of the court, imilar cases Com. vs. Allan Wagner, trayal, ara Neither the defendent nor his bondsman charge : be- prosecutrix ( Shawley R. 8. Wagner appearing when this case was called, the was for. feited and directed to be sued out by the recognizance mrt Com. vs. Sarah Weaver, charge : as sault and battery, prosecutor W, Patton. This prosecution grows out of M. T. Weaver and his family removing a | temporary fence, the material of which | was worth about fifteen cents, from a lot | in the village of Port Matilda on the 2and family by permission of the owner, but who sold it to J. H. Patton on the 21st day of April last. Verdict not guilty and | Gessner, the taking of a foot rule, pocket book, and a pipe, all of the prosecution is for value of about $2, from the house of the The de- fendant plead guilty to the first count, prosecutor in Penn township. and the commonwealth entered a nolle yrosequi as to the second count i Com. vs. J. Lawrence Bathurst, indict- ed for malicious mischief, prosecutor H. R. Curtin. The defendant was prose cuted for cutting and removing timber | tract in| the Samuel Miles Boggs township belonging to the Curtin The question of title to the land trees from estate arose, which question could not betried in the Quarter Sessions. 8) At the close of { i the evidence the Commonwealt suffered ntary nolle prosequi. Com. vs. Amos Garbrick and Lawrence indicted for cruelty to animals, prosecutor Frank Lockard, On Sunday afternoon the 25th day of July last, Mr. Garbrick was inf some one of them, roperty of Mr from the effects of i mwealth al i Fe t the Comm was abuse Tmanue f the Poor of Fergu » defendants are two bache of the township > case was heard by John Gates testified } ¢ saw Jeremiah Ga choke and ki Wesley and swearing at his Thomas be Jeremiah cursing father in the house him say that he would not and } Mrs Garner house in heard and stop much ow his father’s d braivs out Thomas was at the June or July last and the father wanted to go to church and the boys objected to his going, and Jeremiah “where | 1t neonle that nt peopie oat Jeremiah 2 having the doctor called when Claude B that these sons lived in the property be mistake it he was sick.’ Hess testified longing to Henry Garner, and that Hen ry complained how his sons were abusing him, and that Jeremiah had choked him a number of times and hit him over the head with a board, and that the boys wet his clothes and then make him put them on. Henry C. Campbell testified that Henry Garner was at his place during corn husking last year and that he was afraid to go home, and that would he told him that the half bad neve: been | told of the abuse and neglect that the boys were inflicting upon him, and des. cribed how the boys would choke and kick him, and that Jeremiah would carry a revolver for a half a day at a time for him, and that he was afraid of them. The defendants denied all the charges of the commonwealth, and Henry Garner, the injured party, went upon the stand W. T. Patton, I. H. Patton and R. A. | and denied all the charges in toto, and Patton to pay the costs of prosecution. Com. vs. George Hogancamp, charge : two counts, first county larceny, second count receiving stolen goods knowing the same to have been stolen ; prosecutor W. R. Haynes. This prosecution is for the taking of a case of Bartholomew Beer from the wholesale liquor store of the prosecutor, at Clarence, in Snow Shoe township, on the night of the 15th day of June last. Verdict on Tuesday morning of not guilty, and the prosecutor, W. R. Haynes, to pay the cost of prosecution, Com. vs. Willlam Harkins, indicted first count larceny, second count entering dwelling house in day time to commit a felony ; prosecutor Jonas Auman. This * stated was not being abused was receiving all the attention from his sons that was required and that he was not afraid of them, and further stated that he bad never complained to anyone about his sons, and if he had he couldn't remem. ber. This disposed of the case as the very party whom the citizens of that com. munity desired to protect, swore that he was not abused, which left nothing else for the Court to act upon, whereupon the Court discharged the defendants, af- ter reprimanding them and directed that the county pay the costs of prosecution, The sentiment of those who heard the testimony was that these sons had been abusing their father shamefully. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26. 1807. Posies: Romans To To Fv tones Fumie Heder Th our 1 BEING TRIED FOR AR fires caused promine soction ‘with our MMIBIss ONC ' Perkins James CorxgLLy, the De fendant the wilnesses from a distance Attorney Wm. J ed by W. F. Reeder, the county solicitor, conducting the Ex Judge A. O. Furst and H. 8S. Taylor are retained by Mr. Cornelly to defend him The court room was crowded to over. flowing at the beginning of the trial Among them are many ladies of the town who are apparently much concerned in the case, and quite a number are wit. nesses. The following brief notes of the trial are furnished by 58. D. Gettig, Esq At 10.30 the case of Com. vs. James Cornelly, indicted for arson, prosecutor W. Fred Reynolds, was taken up. There is but one information, covering the fir. ing of the court house, Electric Light plant and the armory of Co “B,” and the District Attorney presented three dif ferent indictments to the grand jury, which were passed upon by them, w . upon counsel for the defendant moved to compel the commonwealth to try all three of the indictments together, w question was deferred by the court until afternoon, and directed counsel to chal lenge the jury, which was accordingly done, but were not sworn until after din- ner. The following is the jury to decide the case . B. D. Brisbin, huckster, Cenlic Hall ; . A. Confer, farmer, twp. ; Dan. 1 Dreibelbis, farmer, Ng twp. ; Alfred Jones, merchant, ipsburyg ; Thomas Moore, ler, Bellefonte; A. C. Musser, e cutter, Millheim ; William Robb, merchant, Curtin twp. | G. F, Small, Miles twp. ; P. D. Womelsdorf, civil engineer, paburg ; William C. Wantz, farmer, Haines twp. ; ames Weiser, farmer, Worth twp. ; A, . Zerby, farmer, Penn twp. trial probably no less than seventy bave been sammoned many District assist Singer are prose ution : ran ! 1 then back to the Steam heard the ladies talking Cornelly had Steam Heat works not over nine m 1 0% | been wi before the whistle in his shirt sleeves an shoes and a cap. When going the fis he sleeves, and had on a cap and gun That Mr. Cornelly and Paddy Toner ox cupied the McKnight house, William Clark testified to practically the same as Mr. Cowher, and that he belped put out the armory on the 21st and that he did not see M1 the armory Are nt he second bucket of was fire at day of May, Cornelly at came with the when Mr. Cornelly was there with a great many others. He found the g en in the r and waste had been ignited. William Barnes tified as to the fire at the Electric pliant, Court adjourned at six o'clock The above is an account of the tria up to Thursday morning, the hour going to press Next issue will tain trial water, ASE ITOK ox some which remainder of the ADDITIONAL COURT NOTES Wednesday afternoon the first business | of the Court was hearing motions and | petitious. Seven foreigners were naturalized The Register offered the several ac counts filed in his office in estates of wards and decedents for confirmation | nis, The Prothonortary offered several ac. counts of trustees and committees in nacy for confirmation. Wednesday morning taken up in hear ing petitions and motions. lu. J. M. Davis and John Parks, trading | as Davis & Parks vs, G. W. Emigh, plea assumpsit, Suit brought to recover for boarding for two horses from August to November 18¢gs. Verdict in favor of plaintiff for $79. 56. Apr — Clinton County Democrats, The Clinton county Democratic con - vention, on Tuesday, nominated H. T. Jarrett, of Lock Haven for register and recorder; W. H. Bridgens, of Allison township, for jury commissioner; J. W. Smith, of Renovo, for county chairman; W. L. Allen, of Lock Haven; P. Kane, of Renovo, and H. G. Hanna, of Wood. ward township, delegates to the state convention. Resolutions endorsing the Chicago platform and eulogizing Bryan were adopted, IN A DEN OF RATTLESNAKES Thrilling Experience Among Ven omous Reptiles FORTY SNAKES WERE KILLED ng expenence the down on The re the air { the party then threw a stone the loose shelving rocks below sponse came-—there was music in It was a din of hugh and low notes, that sounded as if hundreds of reptiles were in the ledge below. Having started out for a rattiesnake hunt they were not to be frightened Cautiously they went down towards the den Mr. Haynes went first and soon found work for his | gun The shiny skins of the reptiles were visible at different points in the | Joose shelving rock. Here and there he | would pick them off with his unerring : | aim, while with every report of the gun | the reptiles would keep up the serenade with increasing fary. Among the loose flat stones many more were found. The men would turn them up with their iron bars and often two and three would dart out, and sometimes es. cape. After an hour's hard work and in. tense excitement the men concluded that they had had enough fun for a day. All about them lay the writhing bodies of the venomous reptiles, from which an odor arose that was indescribable, and truly was sickening. As a tropy of the hunt, Mr. Harnish proceeded to pull a fine string of ratties from one of the largest snakes, that he supposed was dead. As he touched the tail the head of the serpent flew around and it almost succeeded in sinking ita deadly fangs in his wrist. That was the only narrow escape any of the party had from being bitten. This serpent was about five feet long and had thirteen rat. MOST NEWS _s THE CERTRE DEMOCRAT snd Weekly Pittsburg Post both one year for fi.40 All the sews worth bhaviog for the LEAST MONEY CMS VOL. 19. XO. 33. his isn been found at this place gentieme fl now engaged | find it learned will be 1 hall Times One of the Best The Philipsburg Journal has the fol. lowing to say of the Undine band: The band is one of the very best in Central Pennsylvania, being composed of very clever young men, and their music was very greatly appreciated. The band is composed exclusively of members of the Undine Fire Co, and with the additional members of the latter organization, num. bered about fifty Philip Flory Philip Flory, a resident on the mous. tain west of Centre Hall, died on last Friday night 13th at his home rather un. expectedly, and "ad been in that place the day previous to his death, but had not been in the best of health for some time. His age was about 65 years, Wh boi 4 Death of a Child Mr, and Mrs. William Mitterling, of Tusseyville, are mourning the death of their little daughter, the baby. The funeral will be at tem o'clock Friday morming. Boy's suits for school or dress wear, New goods just opened at Faubles. It will pay you to see them.
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