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DEMOCR nd Weekly
Pittsburg both one
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CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop.
TWO RECENT
ROBBERIES
Saloon
Thief Robs a
keeper.
A Cley er
$800 TAKEN FROM A BUREAU
Whereabouts of tne Thiel
Break in a Store and
No Clue to the
Robbers at Salona
Help Themselves.
A man giving his name as John Dunn
and his home Tyrone stole about eight
hundred dollars in clean cash, the half
of it being gold, from Joseph Maxwell,
a retstaurant keeper at Smoke Run,
Clearfield county, on Friday night last.
Dunn represented himself to be a travel
ing agent for wall paper, etc, and secur
for the night at Maxwell's
Maxwell had the money in
ed lodging
restaurant.
a bureau drawer in his room, adjoining
which was the one occupied by Dunn,
Dunn kept a watch over the movements
of his host, who had occasion to gov
stairs to change some money, and atter
ng the location of the cash had
he
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discover
it
no trouble in stealing it Dunn
a
had keys to fit the door to the room and
to the bureau drawer. Dunn made good
an effort is
He is described
his escape, and now
to capture him,
about 22 years,
vighing probably 15
r taili, Dusk
nd vest,
He wore a dark coat an
ha
pounds.
black felt hat and 1 a moustache of
about two weeks’ growth, Of course
he is not a citizen of Tyrone, aad 18 not
likely that his name is Dunn.
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ROBBERY AT SALONA
d Other Goods Stolen Last
Night
Stamps, Cash an
The at Salona sustained a
heavy
Some time during the night burglars ef-
post othice
loss Monday night by burglars
fected an entrance into the store and of-
fice by cutting out the putty and prying
open the large plate glass in the front
door of the store. The burglars evident.
ioney and
They rifled the post office of §15
of stamps and six dollars in cash.
the store they took a jar of chewing gum
ly were after n chewing stuff,
worth
Fron
and a quantity of cigars and tobacco
B.F. the
Krape, th
master,
states
foot up $18
took certain
the
The tools
the
door re was |
5) - a vil
AILETWATUS
shop
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A
Woman to Seek Gold,
Miss Phoebe Hoove
he
ouhlis
fs
of the |
perations
fields
What
and Miss Hoover's
proposing to start early in April
:
woman has done woman can do,
of ex pernence
in teaching the young idea how to shoot
has developed a fund of determination
that will 1
ever difficulties may beset her path in
ye apt to see her through what
be found in
rivers. Miss
untii
searching for the wealth to
Alaska's mountains and
Hoover declares she will not return
she has made a fortune.
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Shot a White Gobbler,
A party of Lock Haven sportsmen who
were out gunning in Nittany Valley re.
cently, bagged a fine white “wild tur-
key and as they wended their way home.
ward chuckled how they had secured
better game than their friends who had
been out a day or two before. C. J.
Wasson was not so happy, for that |
evening when he went out to do his feed- |
ing he missed a fine imported white tur- |
key gobbler, Upon inquiry among his |
neighbors he learned that it had been |
shot by the hunters and carried off. :
Robbery at State College.
The large grocery store of R. C.
Holmes at State College was woken into
by burglars sometime Saturday night.
They broke open the money drawer and
took $3.50. Also stole alot of cigars and |
tobacco, a bunch of bananas and other
articles. There isj noclew to the perpe- |
trators.
Child Crushed to Death,
On Wednesday atternoon 27th a three
year old son and his little sister, children
of W., 8. Slick, living near Farmers Mills,
were at play in the yard, when a barrel
filled with wet ashes and standing ou a
bench, tumbled over and upon the little
boy crushing him to death,
:
{| sere and yellow leaf.
DEMOCRATIC GAINS,
The
Tuesday nt
NEBRASKA,
IOWA,
OHIO,
PENNSYLVANIA,
NEW YORK.
MASSACHUSETTS,
KENTUCKY,
» was a general drift te
Democracy made great
gains on
challenged
avs el
stand
Hanna's
Inok at New York city and state.
1506 McKinley hal
the Greater N
Ww
tate in 1
yek,
a plurality Democrat, Swal
fn
1 B
low has a larger Beacom, Re.
ies which give
Dr. Swallow's vote 1 that of
the Democratic candi
Marylan
vote will be nex
CL8Ars
From Maryland we * good news
that the Democrats have carried
the
Legislature on joint ballot, their
This
sys 0g §
SCnalor
majori
ly being put at fiye
the
Senate for
probably in.
sures return of Gorman to
the anothex term. It is a
brilliant personal victory for the ssuator,
achieved against great odds, and will ré
National the
most sagacious and resourceful political
leaders of the day.
tain in the councils one of
In Nebraska William J. Bryan carried
his state of Nebraska by 11,000 majority,
This year it goes for Bryan, substantial.
ly, by 20000. In 1896 President Mec.
Kinley carried Ohio 49,000 majority over
Bryan. This year his friends are claim.
ing a majority of 5,000 to 8000, while the
democrats do not ¢doncede the state,
These figures demonstrate that Mr,
Bryan is avery lively corpse. Also, that
Brother McKinley has fallen into the
Itis an eight
months’ opinion of his administration.
i
Swallows big vote is the thing that
surprised the politicians.
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BELLEFONTE, PA.
Oficial Vote of Centre County for Election Held To
Philips!
tre H
Howard
Milibed
M
Cen
for Centre
Again
they have carried a democratic strong
overs
Of den
indifference eratic
We have the voters
t he
hold. The
voters ist cause,
1
but if they don't come to the polis ¥
can look for defeat
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Shooting at Millheim
On Wednesday evening Dr. Mohn and
the hack driver, Mr. Huey, of the Mus- |
| ser house, at Millheim, got in an alterca-
tion—and the Doctor shot Huey in the
hip.
Dr. Mohn was intoxicated
quarreling with an umbrella mender.
Will Huey interfered and the Dr, shot
him in the hip. The ball has not been
found yet. The Dr. is under arrest,
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Club House Opening.
This evening the Nittany Rod and Gun
Club will open their new club house at
Hecla Park, with an elaborate banquet
that will be in keeping with the occa-
sion, Many prominent members of the
club will be present,
; CER
Chairman Jones, of the democratic
national committee, says:
“I regard the results of the elections
as particularly favorable to the demo-
atic party and very gratifying to
emocrats everywhere, It is all they
could ask, and more than many of us ex-
Sosa Be —
With Ohio hanging in the doubtful
column, Mark Hanna and his politics
can’t be very popular. Even the wool
growers must have gone back on him,
THU
| who cau beat this record,
| to hear from him,
As a result Huey is laid up and the
| wound may be troublesome.
and was |
RSDAY, NOVEMBER
1807.
1697.
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1 0
idan Mow |
ha i! 4
DUS a
NEARER FREE COINAGE
RAVE ¢
BOW +1
ore
ole of the tt
pie Of Lhe
tiwo weeks iy
be has |}
He Made the Corn Fly
=ar Loganton, a
few days ago gave another exhibition of
his skill as a corn husker
: from 6 o'clock in the mornibg until 6
tore the husks off
bushels of cars. Who can beat it
If there is any body in Centre county
would like
the evening, he
we
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Injunction Granted
The Centre Hall Water Company suc-
ceeded on Tuesday in securing an order
from the Supreme Court restraining the
town council from further work on the
| erection of water works by the boro,
The case will be heard in January
when the legal position and rights of the
parties will be finally determined,
Married.
On Oct. 21, 1867, Mr. G. Claude Loder,
formerly of Jacksonville, Walker Twp,
and Miss Dora Menser, of Glen Richie,
Clearfield county, Pa., were married at
Olean, N.Y. Mr. Loder is a son of R. B.
Loder, and is a promising and energetic
young man.
A ——— a —
Death in Central City.
On the morning of the 27th, Mary
Margaret, the little infant daughter of
James H. and Alice M. Weaver, of Cen.
tral City, passed away at the home of her
parents, The little one was only 14
months old and death was due to catarrh-
al fever.
W
SCHOLARSHIP
CONCLUDED
Polled
of Votes
on Saturday.
A Large Number
RESULT OF THE LAST COUNT
first
Miss |
Wolf Sec
or ihe
was and Miss §
Both Will be g
13 Tern
its will Appear Next Wee
la Showers
ond ven Scholar
Their
suler
LO IPL
) presen
: y m
A NICH Cis KiOnGike region
Royer Treasurer
bye Kept uss
thi
legal
Centre county, and will
county ung
several years handling
and an increasing practice
functions of ont
many social
Harrison Walker will absorb his entire
ime, so that we fear they may not profit
They
for efficient
by our generous disposition, will
please accept our thanks
services rendered
At the beginning of the contest The
Centre Democrat announced that it
would give away a free Scholarship to
the Lock Haven State, Normal for the
! Winter term, also tuition free to the
| person next highest. As the contest
{narrowed down between Miss Show.
ers and Miss Wolf, two very deserv.
ling young ladies, the publisher
| this paper has concluded to send both,
| Thus all should be satisfactory,
A i
Death of Adam Nearbood.,
Adam Nearhood, of Centre Hall, died
Sunday 24th, His funeral took place
| Wednesday morning and was conducted
by the Masons, assisted by the I. O. O. F.,
and G, A. R., in all of which orders the
deceased had been an active member
| for many years.
With the death of Adam Nearhood the
old soldier's column is reduced by one.
Within about one year Samuel Shannon
post of Centre Hall has lost six of its
number by death, namely : James Mc.
Clelathan, Col. Andrew G, Gregg, Wm,
W, Horner, Philip Vioray, Maj. Jerry
:
Shreffler and Adam Nearhood,
of |
MOST NEWS _»
THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT
and Weekly Vittaburg Post
both for S180
All the news worth having
for the LEAST MONEY
one yemy
Williamsport last week witl
of
intention practicing
Some time ago while
cal physicians instituted roceed-
ings against hum ung
man and W. W. Hull again had him ar
rested on the charge of practicing medi-
cine contrary tolaw. Immediately after
his arrest Dr, Libbey had Drs. Young-
man and Hull arrested, claiming dam-
| ages to the amount of £50,000. The Bull.
| etin says: This is the fifth time Dr. Lib.
| bey has been arrested by the local phy-
| sicians and in the combined cases he is
| under bail to the amount of $2,100,
Those pushing the prosecution also
{ threaten to arrest the doctor each day,
{as long as he remains in town. This
also makes the fifth damage suit, brought
by the doctor, the aggregate damages
Claimed summing up to $225,000. Dr.
Libbey is determined to continue prac-
ticing in this city, and the fight between
the local physicians and the doctor, as to
whether or not he can legally practice
in this city, grows more and more bitter
cach day.
Drs. ( h
Died at Wadale.
Owen Thomas, aged twenty-five years,
of near Waddle's, died with typhoid
fever and rheumatism, on Tuesday even.
ing 26th, He was a son of David Thomas
and unmarried,