SALE BILLS aoe on from with at O-—When I'r THE CENTRE UemIYyoIe AL CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop. ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE A Few Items of Interest From the Various Offices CO. AUDITORS IN SESSION The Birth and Death Rate During the Past Year—Large Amount Paid for Scalps- Indigent Soldiers Burried—The Amount of the Triennial Assessment Just Made Interesting Statistics. According to the several returns ol the assessors of Centre county at the triennial assessments for 1868, there are 12,504 tax- ables, 1,046,604 acres of cleared land, and +} 138,313 acres of timber lands, the gate value of which is $10,852,397. property exempt (rom tax The the county subject at $1,597,625 horses and mules i to taxation are 7,357, The value valued at $104,957 of occupa- tions is put down at £468,191. There have 5 female been returned 3,501 male and g mortgages, el i uCQ dogs. Judgments, assessed a $2,854,003. There but 123 carriages subject valued at £3,435. The 1 acres, valued at $628, 392 for State purposes, a t t been returned have to taxation, unseated lands number 327,85 The County Commissioners will hold ap- peals at their office in Bellefonte on Jan. 7th and Sth. having been able to meet all Gnancia demands, and at the end of the year has he county is out of debt, a nice surplus to carry into the year 15g8. BIRTHS AND DEATHS. During the year ending Dec. 1, there were born in Centre county 1,168 child. ren, as returned, being an increase of 83 over the year 18¢6. In the meantime 479 persons died, an increase of 20 over the death rate of 18¢6. The North ward increased its birth rate by 17, the other ward decreased its birth rate by 11 from last year. College borough, Harris, Marin, Miles and Union towuship de- | creased their birth rate from 15¢6, while Snow Shoe increased it birth rate more than any other locality in the county for 1897. COUNTY AUDITORS IN SESSION. The county auditors, Messrs G. G- Fink, Frank Hess and J. D. Wagner, met on Monday and organized for their work of examining and passing upon the work done and the accounts rendered by Mr. H.B. Pontius was elected clerk for their session the various county officials. We are informed that the affairs of the county are in a very creditable shape. SCALPS RETURNED. The past six months the following number of scalps were returned to the county for the payment of the bounty 125 foxes, 53 minks and 37 wild cats. That takes considerable money from the county treasury to pay for these scalp bounties INDIGENT SOLDIERS. Centre county, during the year 1597, has buried 24 indigent soldiers of the re- bellion at a cost of $875. During that year some S50 odd soldiers have died in the county. - -— - soTH ANNIVERSARY. On the 28th of December and Mrs. William fiftieth surrounded by over one hundred relatives 18q97, Mr. Foster passed the # milestone of their married life, and friends. The anniversary was held at the Foster homestead, near State Col. lege, Pa. The day was bright and pleasant, The Pd 3 atives present were Mr sister Mrs. Hetty McCoy, of Fredericks burg, Ohio, who celebrated her golden wedding about niue years ago; Mrs, Katherine Whitmer another sister, of Philadelphia; Mr. Nathan Corl, of Neb an bride was 7 The re Foster's ideal wedding day years of age and the groom 78 twin raska, a brother of Mrs, Foster | two sons | James and John, of Alabama; Major Foster and family, of Harrisburg | Mrs, Sue Warner and daughter, Mr. Jean and Mrs. Foster Barber, Mr. Robert Fos- ter and Miss Hannah Foster, of Mifflin. burg; James Halfpenny and wife, Miss Kate Halfpenny, of Lewisburg ; J. Dor. sey Hunter, of Gettysburg; Dr. Uriah Reed, sister and daughter, of Jersey Shore. Short exescises were introduced with a talk by Rev. Denniston. A his. tory of the family was read by Major Foster, and a short poem, written for the occasion was read by J. Dorsey Hunter, after which refreshments were served. Many substantial, useful and beautiful presents were received among which were a number in gold, silver, cut glass and china, The history of the Foster family pre. pared by Major Foster, reached this office too late for publication. Pell From a Hay Mow, William Spangler recently fell from fis hay mow at Blanchard and sustained a fracture of the collar bone and two ribs RECENT DEATHS, MRS HENDRICKSON: On Wednesday | the 20th, Mrs. Jane 8., wife of John 8. | BELLEFONTE, VALUE OF THE CORN CRO i i | i ) Hendrickson, died at their home on Fast | Linn street. She had been ailing for some time from paralysis, The deceased was born in Bellefonte March 24, 1841, thus making her age 56 years, g months and 5days. Her maiden pame was Jane 8, Harris, | daughter of Joseph Harris deceased. Be- fore her marriage she belonged to the | society of friends, afterwards she joined her the church of Middletown, Pa., in which city husband's church, Reformed she resided for many years previous to coming to Bellefonte, She 15 Survived by her husband, John S. Heudfickson, and two children, Miss Mary Harris Hendrickson and Charles J. Hendrickson. leaves two Si Mrs. Eliza F and Mrs. Wistar She ters, siiciontie; rb Ose, WaS alse Beulah Maud Mille: and Mrs 26th. She leaves to mourn her loss her parents and two sters and « brother Myrtle, She $1 iT namely, Edua and Roland, , Mifflin YCArs was born in Reedsville Her The to kidney troubles u county age was and 6 of 3% “5 days. cause her death was due The funeral took place on Tuesday 27th, from the Methodist church. I » at Meyer's nterment cemetery at Buffalo * » Mr, dow lady resi Elizabeth Rote, 1: ill AN AGED LADY an aged wi 1g in Col died Dec. 23rd while sitting at fast table. The late Peter Rote who died in 1876. widow of the She at Woodward, Centre county, January sth, 1805. Had she lived until the sth of January she deceased was the was born would have been ninety- three years old. Four children survive, they are: Jas. Rote, of Coleville ; Mrs. George Cox, of Half Moon hill ; Miss Sallie Herrington, of Altoona ; and Miss Harriet Rote, who resided with her mother in Coleville. » . PHILADRLPMIA~Dr. W. V, Runkle died in Philadeiyhia on Christ. DIED IN mas, and the body was brought to his former home, Tusseyville, for interment Death was due on Thursday following to paralysis, his age was about 50 years of J yrother The deceased was a son : dec'd, udge John Runkle, and a t of Kev, Calvin Runkle, of Hublersburg him. Dr prospered in his profession and owned A widow survives Runkle considerable property in that city » * » IDIBD AT REBERSBURG Reuben Kreamer, aged 67 years died at Rebers. burg, on Monday the 1gth, after a short iliness with heart He was one of the influential men of Brush-valley and trouble. leaves a widow to mourn his loss, » » * Supp DEATH (On Christmas morn. ing Mr. Uriah Ossman took suddenly ill, at his home on the farm, west of Centre Hall, His ailment was appoplexy, and this was his second attack and died a few hours after. A wife, three sons and one daughter survive him. His age was 67 years » » » DIED AT CATAWISSA Hiram Reeder, father of Wilbur Reeder, place, died at Catawissa on Saturday. Esq., of this The funeral occurred on Monday . No Pensions for Rich Widows { the Interior just made public, Assistant Secretary o Davis, in an opinion has enunciated the policy of the Admin. istration upon the claims for pensions made by widows who already have prop- erty interests and settled incomes. The case was that of Louise Wiemerslage, widow of Bernard Wiemerslage, late of Co. D, 58 Illinois Infantry. miles from Chicago, sources of income and can sot claim to | be a dependent widow, .——— The Log Still Sound. An end of one of the logs that was taken out of the farm house of 8. M. Mc- Cormick, near Salona recently, was sawed off a few days ago, when the pine stick was found to be in a sound state of preservation. The log had been in the house for over 100 years. The dwelling was erected by Samuel! Wilson, A i. am—_—— A “Coming Wedding." Cards are out for the marriage of Miss Mamie BE. Gentzel, formerly of this place, now of York, Pa., and Mr. Wilbert H. Thomas, a prominent business young man, of that place, take Krumrine's Sopipond Tar. Money refunded pound Syrup of & It was shown | y y Mr. | that she is the absolute owner of 51 acres | Mouroe, of Ohio ; Mrs. Jane Young, Mr. | ro o100ble real estate, situated about 12 | and has other | | Greater Than Most People Would Imagine CORN IS THE KING OF CROPS She was the | i | Will Become More Important From Year to What in Year—A Comparison With Wheat Science May do for this Cereal the Future, The New York Journal of Commerce crowns corn as the king of American ce real crops and declares it is now ahead { of ~the The res and wheat in all respects but one volume exported, That is true, too. Corn Crop occupies 52,000,000 4 yield averages about 2,000,000,000 bushels, while . 14 Only 354.0 devoted to wheat raising an of that crop is about 450,000 | Of course wheat bring more per bushel, but the average sellis Fox corm Crop } f wheat is but § incl During the six years from and 1560 to 15895 the ayerage exports of wheat and flour were valued at §157,000,000 per year while those of corn were only $60,- however, the 000,000 per year This year, a change is taking place. For and flour were valued $95,000,000, while of corn reached the total of $47.- 0, and the exports of wheat and flour for a part of this year have been ex- ceptionally large Corn 1s likely to become more impot- Not United tant as a crop from year to year. the a human food only is its consumption States enormous, both as and a promise that parts of the corn plant which have heretofore been discarded as | i Blairs, Admr | of no utility can be made to yield a reve- | nue equal to, if not in excess of what the farmer receives for the grain, has been estimated that the corn may, with the aid of scievce, be made to yield the farmer $40 an acre, where it! i 8. Mayes. yields but £14 now. . A Financial Problem. A banker 4 b 3 Now who lost? - n hill Of course he picked home for his dinner, saw a ‘ying 5 wm the curbstone. it vr int ap find the owner and took the number in order to While at home his wife remarked that the butcher had sent in a | amounting to The only money be had with him was the bill he bad found, which he gave to her and she paid the butcher. The butcher paid it to the farmer for a calf and the farmer paid it to the washerwoman, and she owing the banker a note of $10 went to the banker and paid the note. The banker recog- the bill as the one he had found, and which up to this time had settled $50 BIZ ed of debts On a careful examination he the Now will some of our finavcial friends tell us found bill was counterfeit. in this transaction, and by whom, if any ? - what has been lost aa Not a Good Citizen. The Clinton Democrat says: When you hear a blatant, big mouthed young man talking down the town just ask your- self what he has ever done to make the town better, If his faults were written on his forehead he would pull his cap down over his face. You will find that half the time he is a loafer, who has lived mostly off his mother, his sisters or his brothers. Don't attempt to deprecate the place of your birth ; better go out and hang your- self. If you don’t like the town, very likely it don’t like you, so skip. You will not be missed .—— Officers Undine Fire Co Following officers of the Undine Fire Company were elected for the ensuing year: President —P., H. Garrety; Vice -Presi- dent—Scott Lose; Rec. Secretary | ry Parks; Financial Sec.-~Ed Gehret; Treas. Joseph Beezer; Chief—F. C. | Walz; First Asst.—Joseph Mack; Chief | BEng. Joseph Wise; Band Master Christ | Smith. After the election the company | adjovrned to Knisleys restaarant where a | banquet ensued, - - Officers Elected, On Tuesday the Centre county Patrons Ips., Company held their annual meet. ing at the Brant House and it was largely attended. The following officers were re-elected: President—I. 8, Frain; Vice President—Samue!l Bailey; Secretary J. A. Kellar; Treasurer—Wm. Kerr, Over sixty thousand new insurance was ap. proved, This form of insurance has been a great saving to the farmers, i ¥. MC A Closes The directors of the ¥. M. C. A. at flock Haven recently voted to discon tinue the organization at that place ow. ing toa lack of su . This will go into pr February bp the ar sec retary will be dispensed with for the present, first : nine months of 1897 the exports of wheat | for hogs and cattle but there is now | { Exr., et al, Indeed it | crop i Co., of Penna. sauntering | Har. | PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1808. JANUARY TRIAL LIST. | Commencing Monday january 24th--Conting- ! ing two Weeks, FIRST WERK | { David Rothrock, admr,, vs. Henry | Rothrock, Jr., et al. Fannie G. Brown vs, John Curtin, etal, {i Iida Gregg vs. John Curtin, et al, Sophia Rocky vs. 5. Peck, Exr. Sophia Rockey vs. 8. Peck, Exr. Julia A. Brown vs. 8. Peck, Exr. Julia A. Brown vs, 8S, Peck, Exr, Dutweiler Grove & Jac. VS Dauberman & Krumbine vs. Orwig. 0. L. Say- lor, et al. A. P. Luse& Son vs Sy 0. L. Saylor,et al. Tierney, et al va. O. P., Boggs SECOND WEEK. 5. Thomas vs. Thos Est., Garbrick Mary Brockerhofl Alice Milesburg Miller, et al WwW. Ford's, Ext’ a, et al. A.R Spyder Bros WwW. E PAID (00 Long vs. Cyrus Gordon "hos. Collins, M. use of vs. ” 1 " * F A Delmage, use of A Mc- M. I I.Co. Water » of John Hoff Ard, ( Grove Co. Lillie Essington Juno et Bathurst vi. Mary M Curtin, al Trustee M. Ex. Harry Com. of Bumer Use Linnie Delores R. deCassasova, Gnd. E. C. deVillaverde. Mary V. Hale, et al vs ve, Central R. R. Lehigh Valley Coal Co., vs. Anthony Mary C. Treaster va |]. W. Mitterling, Adm'r. -— INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS of Miles. very enjoyable camp fire George L. Potter Post, No 561, burg held a and 1astallation of officers on Saturday | evening, Jan. 1st the Methodist church Curtin, of Bellefonte, made a very excellent installing officer, A. R. officers installed K. Watson: (this is Mr. Watsons 3rd term), Senior A. S. Smith; Chaplain—Thomas Wilson, (for his 6th term); Quartermaster—W. H. (sth term); Officer of the day Shulty; Officer of the Guarda Watson. A camp fire and literary enter. The Bierly brothers’ and rendered Gen. John I He is a member of Post No. g5, G The Commander—S, of this place. following wore Vice Commander Musser, Ww. HH. tainment followed, orchestra was some beautiful music which was highly appreciated. present The main address of the evening was made by comrade Charles Else, of Post 261 Clement Dale, Esq., Miller, Commander elect, No 95 Other fine addresses were made by and by Samuel B of Gregg Post, . -—— Married on Xmas Mr. Louis Raymond Morgan, of State College, and Miss Emma Nora Kuhn, Hall, home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Sylvester W. Smith, on sion the happy couple Mr post master at State College. They have | announced to their friends that they will be at home after January ist, at State | College. were married at Centre at the Christmas At its conclu started on a wed. ding tour, Morgan is now assistant .o— : i Child Lawyer, : Kansas comes to the frout with a law: yer only seven years old, Bryant Gilbert, ason of I. G. W. Gilbert, a lawyer of Atchison. The Liliputian lawyer was subjected to a severe examination by the Kansas Supreme court Tuesday after noon, He successfully passed the exam. ination and a certifingte was awarded to him. a Local Institute, A local institute of teachers in Walker, Benner, Bellefonte, and Spring townships will be held in the M. KE. church at Pleasant Gap, on Saturday January 15th, Two sessions will be held, commencing ga. m, and 2p. m, Everybody is cordi- ally invited to attend. The vin House, Hon. 8. Woods Caldwell has again taken charge of the Irvin House, at Lock Haven, and is receiving the guests as proprietor of that popular hotel. It seems that Mr, Caldwell cannot stay out of the business, Thomas | | ens to develop into a '‘skyscraper.” STARTLING FACTS ABOUT PENSIONS |. The Records Indicate Wholesale Impositions MANY PENSIONERS ALARMED Great Scandals About the Pension Department = What the Official Reports Show—Facts and Figures That Demand Serious Aten. tion Applications Increasing. 3 ¢ +3 ; recoras f the War ingtered IAsieTy s who are drawing pension plications pending fr Oflice fron 7,500 persons be surviving veterans who rend vice d uring the war, Thus we have 6,405 more pens to-day than there actual the the war, ex on the roll arc soldiers who rendered lusive of wid. ows, parents and orphans, and in addi- tion there are pending applications for oo who claim to have rendered act ilitary services and demand pen. sions taken from the ofh These figures are cial report of the Pension Commissioners, and may be accepted as reliable, The there are 213 official that .352 widows of soldiers who same report shows are drawing pensions, and 104,938 whose applications as widows of soldiers are pending in the department In addition to the foregoing there are 255.849 of the present pensioners who have claims pending for an increase of the peasions they now receive, With only 7 diers of the civil | 27.122 actual surviving sol- war, the pensions now granted to all classes of rebellion pen. sioners, and those demanding pensions, aggregate the appalling number of 1,139, 317, beng masy more than ever were in the 1 War 14 is irmy at any time during the non it surprising that the pension scan- ¥ » ’ dal has become a stench in the nostrils of every honest citizen? Does not every honest pensioner appreciate the fact that unless there shall be a thorough revision of our whole pension system, there must be serious danger of a sweeping revolu. tion agaiast pensions that may strike far beyond the lines of justice? —Times. .— A TOUGH YARN - J. W. Fesler, who lives north of Mor. gantown, Ind, bas a barn which threat. In 1891, having need of a new barn, he built a small structure, its con ana in | struction he used green willow posts at the corners and along the sides. These he sunk in the ground in the usual man. usual was that whereas be laid the floor near the ground, ner. For some time nothing un noticed, but after a year be saw it was now three feet above the soil. On examination he discovered that the wil. low posts, instead of being dead, as he supposed they were on putting them in, were in realty alive and had taken root and In Meir upward were growing movement they carried the barn along, Ho» by relates the Chicago Chronicle.” this month and year watched with interest month by year. Of course he had to build another barn, for it was in convenient to use the constantly rising | structure, Last year the first barn was on stilts {jonny . Her ol Department | her right ar 1 : | nine feet high, and in August he put in | (a pew floor and surrounded the posts { with siding, thereby making it a two. story affair. There is pow a space of | seven inches between the new floor and the ground, and Mr, Fesler expects to have a three-story bar in course of time, He has built ont-side stairs to the second story. The neighbors come for miles around to see “Pesler's elevator,” as they call it. - Cars Wilt Soon Ran, The Lewisburg, Milton and Watson. town passesmger railway company are making arrangements to run cars about January 15. The cars are twenty-eight feet long and are very handsomely fur nished. Steady Work, The limestone quarries of A, G. Mor ris, at Salons, Lave again been started up on full time, with orders sufficient ahead to keep them running ro hours a day for several motiths. | During the yf 1.07, t re y were printed W267 complete capies of Tay Ceneie DEMO: CRAY, OF WL exch week, ale lowing tor misprints, our aot unl average sworn cirenia- tion was over 2 GOO COMES PER WEEK. Intelligent advertisers will appreciaie this statement, VOL. 20. XO, 1. A SERIES OF ACCIDENTS, Mr. G. W. Watson, of Milesburg, who akes on the Snow Shoe train, met with He his arm a painful abcident, recently wis standing near the air brake with 3 wheel, when al i and twisted resting on the at once, the wheel whirled around his arm all up, b below the elbow, » Thursday evening tl gic Miles, daughters urer John OO. Miles, while High s 8 | ty oget golf WTOC Bail aoa and fell on the icy mn m | sou ‘of 2 COa home, down the 26th, she fell cles in herd en, although she of pain and is Mrs. Thomas the time of the accident » onhing was alone » » On Tuesday of last week Jar mers was thrown from the wag lump of soft coal fell on Sum- and a o in causing in- ternal injuries which conf The accident Heat works severe pains in his bac = iim to his the suffering bed. at : » x go od aappenea Steam He » » Mrs Spacgler, fell on the pavement Wagner, mother of Jack raining one of her ankles, and is confined to her bed. Morris Kelley fell on the icy pavement last week and was confined to his bed in Conse jucnce Mrs well Brown recently had a fall. advanced in years Edward Klinger while working at the had his right eye badly burned by a spark of hot metal, No ser- ious results are apprehended. scale works AMONG THE SICK. Mr. and Mrs. D. Z. Kline, daring the past two weeks, have been seriously ill Mr. Kline for years was a sufferer from rheumatism and recently with paralysis. Mrs. Kline is very low with an attack of pneumonia and her condition isalarm- ing. Rev, Robt. E. Wright, of the Episco- pal church, is ill with pneumonia, in Philadelphia, at his bome¥ Sam. Buck, formerly of Bellefonte, is | with pneamonia at St, John's hospital in Philadelphia. lying i Mr. James Henderson, living near Bellefonte, is quite ill with consumption. Fred Scott, of this place, is ill mn Pitts. burg with pucumonia. Ham Otto was sick the past two weeks bat is mach better Mrs. M.) F. Reeder, of a is ill with the grippe, ————— A NICE COMPLIMENT Jackson, mother Ww The Baltimore American pays the fol lowing compliment to Penna's Executive : "Governor Hastings, of Pennsylvania, is one of the best state executives in the country. He looks well after the inter tats of the grat ¢ Sommoneatiy of Penne syivania, and the people have every fidence in him. They have shown t time and agam, and saad ready 10 OO fer new honors upon him, portunity offer. Yesterday the Ge
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