0000000CVO00V000K = eo SALE BILLS B woe on GOOD PAPE] from CLEAR TYPE with SALE NOTES, ut LOW PRICES, [o) When Printed by THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, wi 00000000000000000000 CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop. SECOND WEEK OF COURT A Brief Statement of the Cases Disposed SENTENCES VERDICTS AND ting Cases Called and Heard Continued Sentence Imposed Reported by S. I Brockerboff agains vember 18 d his deed and about the same farm was sold for § liens 10 about $6 nd and m livered by ' after sold to Ome yeas interest was the Be and cont Associa by Mr this suit is the Judge Orvis the one-half of this mort. gage, which the representatives of the ailding & Loan tion, afterwards purchased Brockerholff, where upon to from estate of brought recovet estate allege has long since been paid as the mortgage has been in possession of the mortgaged premises, morning the plaintiffs offered to amend their pleadings in the case, and a juror | was withdrawn and the case continued at the costs of the plaintiffs, and a rule granted on the defendants to show cause why the plaintiffs should not be allowed to amend their pleadings. Joseph 8. Ford, executor of cte., of George W. Ford, deceased, vs. William Eleanor J. Jackson, H. D. Woods and Joha Shook, summons in Jackson, David ejectment, plea not guilty, Continued at the cost of the plaintiff, G. G, Snyder and James Snyder, trad. ing as Suyder Bros, use of VS. Thomas Collins, ete. , summons in assumpsit, Continued at the R. Curtin, truste stammons in ie of the plain matier is improper sts that he is and de It is hoped that the the oul pu atlack r of pat leading a at a stall kicked Meyers on the Since then he has been omiting He was removed to gis home, at Boaisburg, and it is thought that the skull not fractured Mr. Meyers is a middle-aged man and for a pumber of years was engaged in the butcher business at that It is at them and struck Mi temple and spitting blood was place, | thought that be is not in danger On Tuesday | a An Accident, J. H, Lytle, a resident of Pine Grove Mills, Centre county, aged about 50 years, fell on an east side curb about 1 o'clock Tuesday morning and broke his left arm at the shoulder, The fracture was reduced by Dr. A. L. Peltwell, Mr. Lytle returned to his home the same day, ~ Altoona Tribune. married the BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, THE OLD TOWN OF KARTHAUS Something Concerning the History of an Old Place Midst of a Vi ion Which Has Now Lain | Century Many Murders ( Iron for Oy ver bad any roug ht might have there t himself, bel known forehand, as there was not a farm at that time within twenty. of rated his the pla However, furnace some eight ves The pig iron was at fis cked to mar ket transporte on the backs of and later d down the Susquehanna river in boa and arks built specially for the purpose. But in this enterprise Karthaus was also unlucky, as so many of his boats going stream as to render the work of carrying Short ly alter Karthaus had firmly established and arks were wrecked down on the operations a losing venture the town, he returned to Wilmington and of that Miss Marston, and brought hey to his solitary belle city, a mountain home. They had one child, Peter Karthaus, Jr. In addition to its wild surroundings, Karthaus became one of the out. lawed localities in the state, most Upwards of | a dozen murders were committed there | | inside a dozen years, and, strange as it { may seem, not one man urrested for the crime was ever convieted, The younger Karthaus was found one morning with his throat cut, and the last of the notor- fous crimes was the murder of a man named Babb. Just two months prior to this murder, John Agar had been killed in mistake for James White. For the murder of Babb three men were arrested, | thanks are 180A, Daniel Moore, James Curley They seperately iu the quarter se namely, all tried $ of this and John Jeonard. were 88100 county, but there being no direct evidence against them, all three got off, although public opinion condemped the trio Later, James Curley was shot putting street from the lodge in sections, drank and ne need only to have glanced over 1 8, at anytime during the eYening, to understand bow thoroughly represen tative in its character is Odd Fellowship in this community Around the festive board, so richly laden with good things were seated, ministers, lawyers, doctors, college professors and instructors, mer. chant farmers, clerks, and mechanics representatives of all the trades. No one is mentioned, because all cannot be, sufficient is it to say that members and visitors, one and all, had a splendid and enjoyable time, Special Brother Grieb and to Brother Geo. Graham, chairman of the committe of entertainment, Brother C. H Evey, chairman of the committee of ar. rangements, and Brother Jas, Williams, thoroughly due to { chairman of the reception committee, for | the evenings success, Wo —- A Small Fire, On Tuesday a smoke house, ice house and bakeoven shed were destroyed by fire, on the 8, F. Ishler farm, about one mile west of Boalsburg. It was only hy a favorable turn of the wind that the dwelling bouse was saved, CENTRE COS FINANCES Co. joners Statement Comments on the Commiss THE AUDITORS SURCHARGES i" am Joshua Foulk He having served 11g nights at §2 night while at the the sum of £2 ™ $11 J AS work, county ail, makit § We regard the sum of an ple compensation forth 5 surcharge ty commission with the w § fy foM.] hos, WW Daniel Heck Another ites tent unnotcy Sum of ch one a been : 1 has fl which we do no d in entered into a contract Perkin's Detective Agency pose of ferretting vat the persons suppos ed to be engaged in in lary While the commissioners may have au thority to employ detectives and offer re. wards for the apprehension of any pes son charged with or perpetrating any felony, etc, yet it does seem to us that the payment of the sum of $1262.46 was excessive and beyond Teason, An examination of said bill shows a considerable amount that was expended county fires | fact the the law legalizes contracts of | this kind, we would feel like | said bill at least one half, We are also of the opinion that there is undue extravagance in making the assessments of the county. The assess. ments for the year 18¢7, cost the sum 240.66. For instance, one borough with about sixty voters and a population of M8, it required ten days to make the assessment, and another borough with a reducing | | for cigars, liquors, pocketbooks, hand. | | kerchiefs, etc., and were it not for the 1 rgityt ’ | I RERE Fld : _ ipprecia id OO0000000 VOL. 20, NO. 4 had 1 tara. y such also ap- pear qui clerical hire ICCeRsary requirements of thw increased in the past year office have largely We think the finavces of the county are in a creditable shape, Outside of the $400 for the sheriffs contest, the $1200 or more for detective service, the Joshua Polk bill for watching, the clerical hire, [the large pay to many assess. and | probably some other items, the commis. sioners appear to have kept other ex. penses to a reasonable figure, Of course there have been no disastrons floods, murder trials or other unavoidable ex-
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