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DEMOCRAT and We
Pittsburg Post, both
year. This is A BARG
CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop.
ATTEMPTED TO
KILL HIS WIFE.
A Sensational Shooting Affray at
Philipsburg.
IS INA CRITICAL CONDITION,
Samuel Gillham Dangerously Wounds His Wife
at Philipsburg, -He
is in Jail and She is in the Hospital, But
May
On Saturday Evening
Recover
}
On Saturday night, about 7 o'clock,
the sharp crack of a revolver startled
the persons who had collected at the
Pennsylvania passenger station in
Philipsburg, awaiting
for
¢ woman,
the *]
erkwater”’
musband, a
proached her and wan
th him to Hawk
hadn'
Run,
used, saying that he t treated her
Je
led
He, thereupon, threatened to
right, and a that she couldn't live
with him.
kill her if she did not accompany him,
She replied that he would’t dare dothat,
as the law would’t He then
asked her to walk around the station
building, but she refused and he started.
Finding that she did not follow, he went
to her again, caught her by the
allow it.
up
shoulder, and saying, "you won't, won't
you?’ drew his revolver, and placing it
» "
fired The
fH
p ball
below the left
heek, en-
her
against her ¢
socket,
the right
tered a little eye
and came out a trifle lower on
cheek, infli ran ugly but not a fatal
wound. With the assistance of a couple
men, she walked to Parker's book store,
aod from there was conveyed in a car.
riage to the Cottage hospital, where the
wound was properly cared for.
In
from Mr.
the railroad track and succeeded in get.
the meantime, having got
Burchfield, Gilham
aw ay
ran down
ting on the train at the switch adjoining
the freight station. Ie did not hesitate
to tell what he had done, and inferring
from the actions of baggage master O-
Connor and others that he might be ar.
rested, he became demonstrative and
threatened to shoot any one who would |
He left the train and went
to his father-in-law’s house to tell
attempt it.
what
back to
he had been doing. He walked
Philipsburg, his wife
and finding that
had been taken to the hospital, went
thither to ascertain bow badly he had
hurt her, While there he was captured
by Constable Ira Howe and her father,
Mr. Morarity, and brought
10.45 p. m. On Sunday morning he was
brought before J. C. Williams, Justice of
the he admitted the
shooting ot his wife, and said he did it
He said to a Journal re.
porter that he did not intend to kill her,
to town at
Peace, to whom
for revenge.
but blow her nose off so as to disfigure
her face, but just as he fired she turned
her head and the bullet did not strike
the place he had intended.
Officer Harry Simler, Constable Howe
and George Hurly took Gilham to Belle.
foutz Sunday and lodged him safely in
jail, where he will remain until he can
be tried,
The affair was at first greatly exag-
erated, and created a great deal of ex-
citement our citizens, many of
whom rushed to the depot to ascertain
the facts and render any
that might be required.
among
to assistance
The above account of the shooting af. |
fray at Philipsburg, is taken from the
Jonrnal, of that place and gives a correct |
version of the case.
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Broke Her Arm.
On Monday Mrs. John Uzzle, of Snow
Shoe, had a painful accident in a pecu.
liar way. She was attending to wash.
ing elothes and while rubbing same on
the board in a tub her arm was broken
above the wrist,
It will be a mistake to tell this around
as all the women are liable to goon a
strike on Mondays, and the men take
hold of the wash tubs,
BARN DESTROYED.
Mudlick Farm Between
Martha,
On the julian and
The large farm barn located on the
Mudlick Martha
Julian, was totally destroyed by fire on
H. K. Mattern
farm, between and
Thursday morning 14th.
farmed on the pace and he lost the en- |
tire of this year's crop consisting of graius,
hay, some corn and potatoes. ,All the
farming implements, harness,
and buggies went up in smoke. A num
ber of chickens were burned but as luck
would have it the cattle and horses were
field. The
said to be covered with insurance.
in the loss is heavy but it is
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although not
and is not «
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ither are we troubled with mouth
+ a8 he is.
‘ CLINE ZIMMERMAN
Met Sudden Death
Mill
a brakeman the local
on
n, No. 13, coming west, while
in the act of switching a car on the sid.
{ ing at the Bald Eagle junction forgetting
the overhead bridge near the siding, was
stry the back of the head
down on the
he did not roll
might have been badly mangled
ick on and
knocked roof of the car
Fortunately off or he
Two
accident occur
were unable to aid him
of the crew saw the
or give him warn-
as he had his back turned towards
The tr
Mill Hall, and
to the Beech
soon died
ain was backed down to
the man taken in.
young
Creek station, where he
without regaining conscious
ness
unfortu
nate man was aged
about 25 years. Up until quite recently
he had worked at Patton, but since then
had been running on local freight, His
parents live at English Centre,
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Spriokled With Shot
Prothonotary John B. Lesher, of Lock
{ Haven, met with an accident Tuesday
afternoon
Mr.
Cullough, and Mr, Lesher were hunting
on the
William Haines, Mr. Uzzle,
mountain at what is known as
Beecher's camp. Not knowing that Mr,
Lesher was coming up the ravine, one or
two of the men discharged their guns at
a pheasant, Mr. Lesher happened to be
in the course taken by the loads and re.
ceived six of the stray shot. One of the
shot imbeded itself in the left eyeball,
Drs. Kosure and Watson of Williamsport,
made an and asertained
that the sight of the wounded eye was
examination,
completely destroyed, and that to save
the sight of the other one, it would be
necessary to go to a specialist in Phila.
det phia.
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Tax Collector in Trouble
Jos. Castieberry was elected as tax
collector in Howard township, during the
years ‘92, "93 and ‘94. He became short
in his accounts for about $900 which
amount was collected from his bonds.
men. They in turn had the official
arrested for embezzlement and he finally
was placed in the county jail in conse.
quence. On Monday
upon the bond given by Messrs John
Leathers and John G, Uzzle.
Mr. Castieverry is a man well advance.
ed in years and it seems strange that his
matured years did not teach him that it
was best to make a full return of the |
| monies entrusted to his care.
Ap —
Clearfield County's Poor,
The expenses of the Clearfield county
home last year was $30,057.16. The
products of the farm and the donations
received amounted to $9,003.85, which
makes the total expense to the county,
$21,084.31.
By staying away from the election
your indifference is practically an en.
dorsement of republican corruption at
Harrisburg.
WARoOus |
Beecher, of Snow Shoe, R. L. Mc. |
| ans boarded
| They had not seen the field since the
{ days of the battle in 1863.
| day the one had hidden his musket and
the other his canteen under a ledge of
| rocks on the field, and they were going
down to hunt for them,
search the rocks were found, and under
he was released |
| erans, was found the canteen and the
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1807.
FATALLY INJURED
AT FOOT BALL.
Resulted in the Death of Benja-
min Rich,
WAS A WIDOWS OXLY SON.
Pa., Last Saturday
Was Hurried at Unionville on Tuesday
Resided Bellefonte A Sad
Occurred at Bellwood,
Formerly
Affair,
in
The following account of the death
lepiamin'H. Rich, last Saturday, is taken |
from the Tyrone Herald
Saturday
team
Dall
The only visible 1
the unfortunate young heavy
bruise between the : and a
the face. Allt
Rich was
Miller. this verdict
“That by internal
hemorrhage of the brain, superinduced
SCar
on players agree that
hurt by falling underneath
The jury rendered
death was caused
by an over exertion while tackling G. H.
Miller and striking his head on ground
or stone
The b
sad,
fan
his mother and sister being away on a
It was purely accidental.”
ane coming was made particular
{
because not a member of
was Tyrone at the time, both
visit, the latter in Philadelphia.
ben i un H. Rich was 22 years of age
the trusted
§
superintendent of
and was pharmaceutical
clerk and the Logan
He
for more
Avenue drug store of J. S. Smith,
had been a resident of Tyrone
than a year and his kind disposition and
character had
friends, who very deeply mourn his sad
1
good made him
many
| and sudden death at the time he was en.
tering a life full of hope and happiness.
He was the only support on a widowed
nother. On Monday foremoon funeral
services were conducted at the home of
Mrs. Study by Rev. A. J. Weisley of the
Presbyterian church, and the remains
were removed to Unionville on the Bald
Eagle Valley The
Tuesday
afternoon
in the
funeral occurred at Unionville
afternoon.
Several years ago Mrs. Rich and her
son resided in Bellefonte, on High street,
opposite court house. While here
Mrs. Rich was matron at the Brockerhoff
House and her son clerked
er's drug
the
in Kepling-
number of their
friends attended the interment gt Union.
ville, on Tuesday.
stote. A
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Found Their Gun and Canteen
A strange story has come to light
through the Pennsylvania railroad ex.
cursions to Gettysburg. On the first of |
the recent excursions, two Muncy veter.
the train at that place.
On the last
After a short
them, to the intense surprise of the vet. |
barrel of the musket, the stock having
almost entirely rotted away. The |
prizes were secured, and are now in the |
possession of the two gentlemen
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Daily Discontinued,
The Philipsburg Record recently tried
the experiment of publishing a daily
paper at that place. For one week they
put out an elegant, newsy sheet and
then came to the conclusion that there
was more glory than profit in the ven. |
tare. For that reason, and it was a
good one, the paper was discontinued.
Oy
Grr out the vote, That is what must
be done this year if we would win, We
have the voters, bul they must be at the
polls.
court, and that body affirmed
MORE RAILROAD RUMORS
short tim
fonte
tion of
vision of Engineer
burg. The
Penn
ral
Rll
¢d on Monday Morsing.
Mrs.
died last Monday 11th at
her son, Jacob
From, widow of Jacob
of about ’
e Lycoming
ago and was given g
for damages to his d, which damage
allege
was caused by 8 improper con-
structions of the Fall Brook railway
The case was appealed to the supreme
the
ment of the lower court
—
Married ot Howard
of Roland, C
Ida R
Mr
county, leathers
Howard, were married Thursday after.
1e’s home, by Rev
noon 14th, at the bri y
A. P. Wharton, a Methodist preacher, in
the presence of a large company of ad
miring relatives and friends. A wedding
feast and reception followed the ticing of
the nuptial knot
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Saw Mill Burned
near Eagleville, was
o'clock Wed.
nesday night of last week, With the mill
The
origin of the fire is unknown, but it is be-
Runes
Kunes' saw mill,
destroyed by fire about 12
considerable lumber was burned,
lieved to be mcendiary, as there was no
fire at the mill at that hour of the night.
The mill and lumber is partially insured.
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A New Hall Por Centre Hall
Work has been begun on the new
town hall that the Grangers are to build
| at Centre Hall and by next spring that
town will have one of the best appoint.
| ed public meeting places in the county.
The new hall is to be built in the south
ern end of the town and will be of brick.
| It is to cost about $5,000.
A Large Press.
The Williamsport Pennsylvania Grit
has put into it's office a Mammoth Perfect.
ing Web printing press at an expense of
thirty thousand doMars, and this week,
and hereafter, will enlarge that family
journal from an eight page to a sixteen
page paper with additional news and
other new features added.
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Art Scholarship,
By provisions of an Act of Assembly
of June 13, 1897, the governor is auth.
orized to nominate a pupil from each
county of the state, who shall receive
free instruction at the School of Indus.
trial Art, Philadelphia.
SOME TIMELY
OBSERVATIONS
Practical Pointers Present
Lamy
IS AN IMPORTANT ELECTION.
Why the Ele
GISBLIsseQ
was
-y ECD
wre es aT
provices Lhe
The law
1d state treasurer with all
10 expose treasary steals
3
ana
punisl
ves stitute needed reforms,
though all the rest of the state govern.
ment should combine to prevent it
if
107
own
legislature of 157 saw
went nearly a quarter of amillion
Vote for Brown and Ritte
: : :
in its steals
The people of Pennsylvania will never
|!
know just how shamelessly the Republi
an treasury ring has robbed them until
Democratic auditor
they have elected a
general and state treasurer to ‘open the
books
. " .
Every decent Republican paper in the
state has denounced that $20,000 indem-
nity bond business as an inexcusable in.
famy. Yet they are following the lead
of a state chairman who was on the bond,
and supporting candidates who are part
and parcel of the same treasury ring,
with and
whose proteges the boodle was divided.
¥ » *
which it originated, among
The only way to relieve the new cap-
of the of
is already
tol commission mess dirty
scandals in which it involv.
ed is to elect Messrs
who. as anditor general and state treas.
urer, would have places upon the com. |
nmussion
The pack of hungry looters who have
been looking to the new capitol construc.
tion for a chance to further line their
pockets at the expense of the state's tax-
payers, are among the most active oppo-
nents of Messrs Brown and Ritter, in
whose election they clearly see an ending
of their dishonest expectations.
How Repubichus ny condemn the
treasury looting and support the looters
is not easy for an honest Democrat to
understand, but that is just the position
in which the Republican press of this
state has placed itself,
i Jo]
The Dingley tariff is making rapid
Brown and Ritter, |
THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT
and Weekly Pittsburg Post
both soe year for 4 4
All the news worth having
for the LEAST MONEY
dnesday even
where he is emyj
mills
——
Death of a Young Lady
Miss Mabel M
home of ber parents, Mr
Ginter, died at the
and Mrs. James
Ginter, at this place, on Wednesday
morning, at 3 o'clock been
alling for
and heart trouhle
some time with consumption
The
place Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock
{the M. B Her age
IN years
interment takes
from
church about
was
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Wild Turkeys Plenty and Destructive
Wood:
{ ship, in the Upper
General ing, of Worth tow:
bg ports
vido
TGECS
Bald
| wild turkeys very plenty in the
back of Port Matilda,
| the com.
| nearly destroyed by turkeys
| and eating his corn faster than he could
husk it.
and destructive to
He reports one farmer's crop
husking
SL ———
Purchasing Quail and Treat
The club house of the Nittany Rod and
Gun club is about completed. Recently
5,000 quail and 3000 troul were pul.
chased for the purpose of stocking the
preserve,
Big Timber Land Purchase
A Pittsburg syndicate has purchased
6,800 acres of timber land from the es.
tate of the late Colonel John Irvin of
Curwensville. The tract is in Somerset
county.