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CHAS. R. KURTZ Ed. and Prop.
INFORMATION FOR
THE GAZETTE
Why County Commissioners Were
Assessed as Farmers
A NEST FULL OF REPUBLICANS
Who Were Assessed Same as Lom. Goodhart
Mud Batteries at Work Again—A Few
More Pointed Questions that Remain Un-
that laterest Tax.
answered—Matters
payers
Last week the Gazette turned its mud
batteries on George I. Goodhart, of Pot-
ter township, one of the former me
atic board of county
to
of the democr
missioners. The object was
besmirch, and belittle that gentleman in
t attention from
order to
of the
the present republican boar
Editor Harter
W
distract public
notorious short
some
1
Qa
Of comm
. To show how far
as a Cs
had his
of office as follows
Andrew Gregg
“farmer.’
H. C. Campbell,
“farmer.”
John C. Hend
—~*‘farmer.
John Decker,
“farmer.”
{All the above were
John Wolf, Miles
“farmer.”
A. J. Greist,
“Merchant
{The above wer
at the
their actu
as COMMISH
al chance.
Mr
ned his re
amy,
a polit
When
maints
Goodhart was
Goodhart
Gazette
Messrs
and Decker~
lican commissioner, as guilty'of the same
Ais0
Campbell, Henderson,
o
HH
cach one a
Greg
former repub-
offence, and include Messrs Greist, Wolf,
Feidler and a whole host of other decent,
citizens, now retired to pri
respectable
vale a set of official
Ia the of Messrs
and Adams, mer
life, scamps
ase
hant
un
upon ass
up their |
to Bellel«
and th
their
not x
only
: 1
Good
he
chang from “commis
sioner.” The next year it was "farmer
of “nothing'’ as the Gazette
As the law
instead
states allows a man 10 be
assessed with only one occupation and
Mr. Goodhart had to pay his county tax
ot: his real and personal farm property
assess him also as a
as a ‘farmer,’ to
“commissioner”
occupation
contrary to law and directly contrary to
If Mr.
on two occupations eve-
compelled him to pay
two laxes This would be
all former Good. |
hart should pay
ry man in Centre
interests,
precedents
county, of diversihied
could be asessed on a score
of or
Editor Harter ne
any i
thought
ition
er gave this question
He
to vilify
h
An €xX-Oemocrali thoial,
uant ton he
the hase mot!
word
The censure of Mo for at
tendicg the appeals is likewise unfound-
ed. The count
lic advertisement, invite all who desire to
attend this meeting. Mr. Goodhart
therefore had a right to appear and pre- |
sent his case. The increase of the coun.
ty tax, by the present Republican Board,
from 3 to 3'4 mills, was laid before the
appeals were field, so that when demo
crats are accused of causing the increase
sideration
gation CO
had an opportunity
The malig.
ol
Aaricie at once displays
e that is inspired in eyery |
Goodhart
commissioners, by pub.
| amount has already
the
Harter must
in taxes, by attending the appeals,
Gazette contradicts itself,
think his in the com.
republican pets
missioners office a set of **Dough-heads”’
that any one can work.
Again, if some assessors did lower val
uations, in certain districts, why don't
this board, like the last democratic board,
display enough back bone and manly
courage to raise the same where it ought
to be and thus equalize the assessment
Instead, they are playing the baby act,
afraid of their shadows, working for a
The Gazette's abuse of dem-
the
mighty weak defence for a set of incom-
In the past month the
re-election.
ocrats for attending
appeals is a
petent officials.
Gazette has vilified auditors Frank Hess,
and G. G. Fink; unnecessarily abused
James Cornelly ; hurled insults at Messrs
Adams and Goodhart ; branded Editors
Meek and Kurtz as a set of thieves ; gave
: made an unrea-
Cr
.———
How She Expressed Herself
cantly visted the
experience thn
perfect beautiful time!
rt was 50 converted, you know
More of
McKinley's Prosperity
Renovo News
sop
ne vesterday
The or
nd the bell was
of 6 o'clock, as formerly
of two hours time was in the nature
surprise to the employes, as there was no
an, in rayrstaenel
pie vious ins Grog ped
Work
in this dep
would be gi has been
for some time artment,
greater reducti
ympany, re.
deral govern.
f bituminous coal
Key West, Fla.
Key West is the
‘t
as
coal
nited
States Navy
arest to Caba. The coal will be ship-
1 at the rate of 10,000 tons a day.
i
Wrong Stery
Mr, Jerry Chapman, of Marsh Creek,
was io town last week and denied the
story that he captured
out of season last fall and sold them, as
was reported at that time. He says al
though wild turkeys are plenty all
around him he would not be guilty of
capturing them out of season.
.—— -
Enterprising
The Sunbury board of trade is raising
$10,000 to secure a brush factory for its
Four thousand dollars of the
been subscribed.
Bellefonte business men should cooper.
ate in this kind of public enterprise. Our
town will go to sleep gradually if we
don’t get a hustle on,
———
Married,
At the residence of the bride's mother
at Snow Shoe Intersection, by Rev, J. H.
Zeigler, on March 4th, A, D. 18¢8, Mr.
Harry V. Kellerman, of Milesburg, to
Miss Florence B. Estright of Snow Show
Intersection, Pa.
town
-———
Fire ot Tyrone.
On last Friday evening fire destroyed
three barns at Tyrone, owned by D. G.
Owens, Chas. Wooden and Mr, Stuart.
All the property was insured. Several
horses were burned,
15 wild turkeys |
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1808.
BLUFFED A
BLUFFER
A New Method of Collecting Tax-
es From Beats.
THE TAX COLLECTOR AHEAD
How James M. Lucas Got Taxes From a Young
Man—Other Tax Should do
the Profuse Promises Became
Collectors
Same
Tiresome.
Mr. James M
collector, of Boggs t
Lucas is the present
ywuship, anc
an active and alert san for his age
bad occasion to pay our sanctum
recently aud related the many tryin
cidents of a tax collector's life
one event
that
Young man in t
A man who won't pay 1
to jail,” and up towards
marched the your
the
view of
cluded to of the
slow
customers the same n
he will be able to fill
the
iil in a short time
Death of Mrs. Mary Mallory
iday, March 4th, Mrs. Mary
Mallory died at the home of her son H
B. Mallory Pa
were brought to her former home,
Bellefonte for interment
Her
On Fr
Altoona, The remains
in
age
was 6g years
She leaves
1g children
H
Altoona
Mallory,
r. of Osceola
Mallory
Mrs. Mallory's husband preceede
to the grave a
Very im
1 her
umber of years ago
pressive, and solemn services
d
good woman, at the home of Mrs. Chas.
Heverly
were held over all that remained of this
on Spring street, on Monday
Dr. Wm
laurie of the Presbyterian church and
Rev. Dr. W. A. Stephens of the Metho-
afternoon at 2 o'clock Rev,
dist church had charge of the services. |
| A large concourse of friends attended
| these last sad ceremonies. Interment
| was made in the Union cemetery, .
.—
Church Dedication,
The stew United Evangelical church,
| just completed at
| dedicated on next Sunday, March 20th.
| Among those who are expected fo par
ticipate in the services are Bishop Stam-
| ford, of Harrisburg; Dr. A. E. Gobble,
| of New Berlin; Rev. C. H. Goodling, of
| Bellefonte; J. J. Lohr, of Millheim; and
{ their pastor, W. W. Rhoades, of Cen-
| tre Hall. The structure is a commodious,
| new frame building, conveniently ar
| ranged and a handsome house of wor-
| ship.
.—— .
More Quail for Hecla,
The Nittany Valley Rod and Gun club
last week received 1,000 wild quail from
Iowa. The quail were turned loose in
the woods of the reserve at Hecla park.
Ae.
a
i
Commissioner's Clerk Died,
At Clearfield Sunday, Howard Read,
clerk to the county commissioners, died
from the effects of an operation. He
was 26 years old.
Linden Hall, will be |
ONE YEAR OF MCKINLEY
During the Presidential campaign,
New York World was one.of Major
Kinley’'s
pronounced supporters
]
trong eal
Friday the following rial
peared in its columns
McK
He was
inley
“One year ago March 4, My
was inaugurated as President
elected by Democratic voles in Demo
cratic States as a suppose d choice of the
lesser evil,
“With every desire tot
Mr,
personal qualities
* fair, and recog -
nizing freely McKinley's admirable
with the full ¢
purpose,
furthermore, of sustaining him to the ut
termost in every ng that he may
protect the honor
in the Spanish-Cuban
it must Le ad
obligations
Yesest
mi
tration thus far
There have
pointments
been H epubiican
government
good
Bout ws ed
i! duty, ang it
praseworiy
has
bank ment
twenty feet
tiedly scrambli
his life as the engine
and
is the engineer's name
led on him
Perry Cole
Adam Blaze, the fireman, rex
some slight ivjuries ‘he engin
Jetely wrecked, — Reporter
. o—
A Rip in His Face
week one day Skip
was
Hall,
1
ANG was
Centre
wood shed
1g broke
a sudden droy
Look
and be :
ing wire nail caught his
a big gash in the up;
1
oer lip it required
On the upper lif
to sew up the gash. Besides tearing
face he banged his knee and hobbl
along with quite a limp for several
Reporter
Died at Philipsburg
James McKernan, an ex justice of the
peace, of Philipsburg, and whose first
wife was Miss Annie Keller, of Lock
Haven, died at his home Wednesday
| niglit of briglii's disease. He was 57
| years old. The surviving children of his
first marriage are as follows: Mrs. L.
| A. Stannert, of Leadville, Col; Annie,
| John and Alice at home. His present
| wife and one child also survive.
A
Sentenced to the Penitentiary.
Elmer BE. letterman was brocght be.
| fore Judge Mayer at Emporium last week
{on the charge of bigamy. It will be re.
membered that Letterman married Miss
Bertha Fulton, an estimable young
woman, of Sinnemahoning, on Thanks.
giving, and had a wife living at Lemont,
| this county.
Letterman pleaded guilty |
| and was sentenced to two years in be |
| western pegitentiary.
.———
Enlarging an Orphan's Home,
0dd Fellows orphans” home, at Sunbury
Sunbury at their bid of $2,715. There
will be two additions--one 16x42 and
the other 35x40 feet, both two stories
high. They must be completed by July
1. The capacity of the home will be fif-
ty orphans, after these additions are
erected.
The contract for the addition to the |
has been awarded to Simpsons Bro's., of
i
i
:
|
1
During the yen 1807, there
te
were printed 102.617 complet
2 copies of Tue Cexrre Dexo
gin, CHAT, or 200 each week, al
lowing for misprints, our 3
al averag TT freula
Li Was aver
4 2 000 COPIES PER WEEK
VOL
POST OFFICE KOTES
OUR BORO
COUNCIL {req t0 he Beftetonte
and confirmed Apr
following May be took
Organization of the New Council
on Monday.
partmeut,
publican offi
THE COMMITTEES APPOINTED | #s
A. Bayard, Captai
Editor T. H, Harter
W. W. Montgomery
follows
New Officers Sworn In foro Officials Whe
Were Retained
A Report
Paid
and Expenditures
No New Appointments —
on our Financial Swuanding
fonds During the Year Keports
) : p
¢ last session of Lhe oid coun
on Monday mor:
Net Students
issue mention
the arrest of several bos
lege is the name «
a thousand population a
» College is an
and our exchanges do not
Not one of t
were students at the college
]
Qs
know the
he boys arrested
Jon
Be
——
Lucky Find
ley
H. Goodling
W. Hemey
Sechrist
Bellefente
Milesburg
Howard]
Nittany —H. T. Searle
Rebershburg WW, H. Stover
Centre Hall -W. W. Rhoads
Spring Mills—-W. M
Millheim-J. J. Lohr
Sugar Valley, |
Milimout-D, P
Buffalo J. Shambaugh
New Berlin—J. 1
Penns Creck
Middlebury
McClurej
Port Trevor
lewistonn
Patter
On Wednesday C. P. loveland, of
lock Haven, drove to Beliefonte, and in
the evening he missed his purse contain.
ing about $40. Early this Thursday
momming be arose and drove back over
his route. Down near Curting Works he
| found his purse lying in the road and
several buggy wheels had passed over it
Nothing was missing, and it evidently
lay there unnoticed for a day.
— A ——
Brown
rarret
sChia tier
shuilz
‘Are You Gotng to Move?
Many of our subscribers will
this spring and will
move
want their papers
changed in many cases to a new office.
eph { In that case, notify us at once and be
Koonte | sure to state former address as well as
where you want your paper sent in the
| future. Remember this and you will
: § §
{| avoid confusion and delay.
i ——
Lyon
SON
Kails
The Bald B R. R. Co. are
putting down new ral whole length |
of the road, Passengers on the cars can | Deputies Acquitted.
notice traveling over the road just where | The trial of Sheriff James Martin and
the new track is finished as it rides mach | his deputies, at Wilkesbarre was conclud-
smoother than the old track. [ed on Wednesday moreing by the jury
i returning a verdict of not guilty. An ex.
tended account of the closing scenes of
this trial will be found on page 2 of this
issue,
vie Valles
gs the
Recovering.
Ex Commissioner John Wolf, of Re.
bersburg, has almost recovered from the sisi i ———
recent paralytic stroke he had about two | The CreTRE DEMOCRAT and the Cin
months ago, but not fully. cinnatt Jegwirer for $1.50 a year.