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CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop.
CONCLUSION OF
NOV. COURT
Several Important Cases “Were
Disposed of Last Week.
ETTLINGER DAMAGE [RIAL
ate the Value of the Building
Court Reserves Opinion On
A Non-Suit in
Other Cases Disposed
Points of Law the Fox
Damage Case
’ 10t
HY Dol
mn
ed State
Unite
any reference to any such case, and the
Court will be obliged to rule without any
grows out
gr
famous and much talked of Ettling.
March sth
at which time Constable
precedent to go by. The case
of the
at Woodward on
er tragedy
and 6th,
John Barner was kilie Fevera
4 vA
other citizens at Woodward
Ettlinger. The
ircumstances which lead up to this «
11 as well fixed in
wounded by
facts ad
asc
the minds of the
who came
tice had also |
osse that
mn the Jouse
arrest
and the
and Mr
1 ffs
Us 3
cri
Barvper's
plaint
property of Mrs. En
has since «
1S «
husband
benefit of
bought the pr
prope
opty
get
with
man ie
of both sides, the C
‘
a question of law whi would de
3
later and the only question he woul
mit to the » amount
ages. Verdict
favor of the plaintiff for
Friday foreno
£
+
i
:
on 0 ia
8635, subject to
a question of law reserved by the Court.
The Court also subm
to the jury to answer
1
itted four questions
by their finding,
which were as follows, with the answers
of the jury :
QUFSTION 1 —"" Whether John P Condo,
sheriff, was at Woodward on the 6th day
of March, 1896, in the discharge of his
official duty, for the
a man charged with, and
having committed a grave crim
the killing of Constable Barner,
he had called the man
to serrender himself, and that he had re.
fused, that he had endeavored to make
the arrest with a posse of his de
Answer—'"In the affirmative."
QuesTioN 2—"'"Whether the sheriff and
his deputies had used legitimate
means to make the arrest, and had been
ex posed to the fire from a gi wr deadly
weapon of the supposed criminal con
cealed in the house ; that the sheriff hac
exhausted all means that be re.
sorted without unnecess
hfe, and
arrested
purpose of atresting
suspected of,
e, such as
and that
upon aceused
aut tes
util
Pp
very
could
ATHY
that the
was holding the
Answer We
to.
r human
to be
e party at bay
Kering person
Hn
ent
fing
$0
QUESTION 3 "Whether the burning of
the premises in question were, under the
evidence, necessary inorder to make the
arrest of the accused person, William R
Ettinger?’ Amswer--"We do.”
QUESTION 4 "Whether under the evi.
dence no other means could have suc.
cessfully been resorted to than the burn.
ing of the buildings to secure the arrest.”
Answer—''No other means could have
been resorted to
This suit is against the sheriff and some
of the deputies, as not all of the deputies
are included in the suit
Salt Lick Oil and Gas Company of
Karthaus vs 8. A. Butler, summons in
replevin, plea non .cepit and property,
This suit is brought to recover for trace
tion engine, boiler, bits, ropes, lumber
tools and machinery. The plaintiffs with-
drew a juror and continued the case,
Mary T. Fox vs, Pennsylvania Rail.
road Company, summons in trespass ;
plea not guilty. TI\s suit is brought by
the widow to recover from the defendant |
i
company for the killing of her husband |
Joseph Fox on November 13, 1897, on |
i
| was granted
The plaintiff at once ob-
tained a rule on the defendant to show
cause why the
taken off, which will be argued later
the
court, were disposed of as follows
D. H. Bean vs. D. T.
WwW. Cowher, judgment opened.
ued.
pon-suit should not be
Other suits for second week of
Cowher and G
Contin.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex-re
H,. M
Emma C
latione Goodman,
of etc Goodm
D. M. Ia
W. H. Mus
1 nor chi
John Cartin ¢
James B. Curtin
de eased,
suit
lett
Mi \
i +200
lea ni
iam H
1
wusiand now
ament of John J
ruben H. Mu
a crowd of boys and men, and with a
sore head and shoulders and a
.—
Cylinder Burst
Saturday iwrd, while perating a
WwW. A.
cylinder
the farm of
Hill,
in
fodder shredder on
Kerr, Cena.
burst, the pieces fl
near he
flying every direc.
in
in
tio:
on.
Harvey Musser
ng him
i
Une piece struck
on the breast, knocki insensibie
and several other had exceedingly nar-
When Har
up it was first thought he had been
vey Was pi ked
row escapes.
kill.
bruised and
The
rate
ed, but he was
will recover all machine
Was running of speed,
being an old one, t inder went
It was for that the a
re serious
Another Murder at DuBois
unis Camp and a lar
knife were too much for James M
Un Bois last
Mors
is a Iagitive
Saturday night
is with the angels while Cas
from
Justi
¢
All the parties are Italians and lived
This the
sixteenth murder in DuBois during the
bl
vengeance
in a shanty near DuBois is
past four years and barrels of blood
crying to Heaven for
to seek it anywhere else
.—
Plaiatfl Prayed in Court
During the trial of a case, at Allen.
town, in which the value of a horse was
in dispute, Robert F, Thomas, the plain-
tiff, asked the Court's permission to pray
he took the wilness stand. He
stated that whatever he sald or did was
done under the guidance of the Lord.
Judge Albrigiat granted his request, and
Thomas prayed aloud for about ten
minutes. The trial was then continued.
.o-——
Serious Charge,
when
each been held in $1000 bail to answer
the charge of conspiring to burn the
Flynn block in Tyrone. They had a ci-
gar and pool room in the building and it
BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER,
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
IN ENGLAND
Faith Curists are Attracting At
tention Over There.
AN ANCIENT BELIEF REVIVED
Years Ago—God and
for Ancie
cient Practice
nt Gods ar
Was "No (
An Interesting Article
the leaders of the movement
against
"Meantime an English investigator has
dis '
that Christian
first
overed so-called
Science does not possess the
y <r BB 1 i . : “
: 3 | in, :
merit Claimed for Bane an
the
Christian Science of
rigin
in the teachings of in New
Testament, to-day
in fact, merely a revival of
is,
lonian medical belie
The only change
naturally God and «
stituted for the an
The Babylonian of
the very common and wide
that Nature was a realm under the sway
one benevolent,
Ad
of two camps of spirits,
cording as one
the other malevolent
the
well or | A
» other Babylonian
ef
prevaile
was re
ing to his
noxious spirit of the jung
ye," or whatever mem
be ted
might afflic
that
ran
like f the Christiar
st of to day, was to appeal to a more
powerful spi the noxious
Away In this way the Akkadian tried
the *
of
consumption;
to cure wasting disease,” or "nox
the
LO re pel fevers
ious sputa lips,” which we call
, which he
calied the "burning disease,’ or “tramp-
ler,” who respected neither high nor low,
but “rested upon the body of slave and
chieftain,” by this is meant the plague
with which we now are familiar in India
“In their prayers the Akkadians would
describe the symploms of their disease
Here, for
example, is the orayver of Assur-pazir.-pal
and then asked to be relieved
the first, son of Samsi-Rimman (1800 B. | Loy jn 1848, continuing there until his
| death.
C.); it was offered up to “the lady of
Nigeveh.” Put into modern phraseology
the King described his disease as the
eruption of boils, accompanied by diar-
| rhea, causing a feeling of anxiety, with
| loss of sleep and appetite, consequently
| Hall
1
|
|
| he sufiered from general depression and |
{lation of the prayer would run: “In
what have I sinned against thea? Why
| hast thou allotted me diseases, boils and
| pestilence ? Xs this thy just decree? As
J. T. Plummer and G. W. Curtin have | 20 inability to enjoy life. A literal trans. |
throne of
niy kingdom asied
. soa
what feasts I had before pot near
The wine libation turn From
I am
ABOUT 54
Paid to Mill Hail Employees
Weeks
the
At amount of
.
paid
Mill Hall
wages
mon
for in the several estab
ments will aggregate a handsome sum
The American Axe and Tool (
Oovyes | 5 OC»
ny
mp
their
banded
3
OLE In : ries ran
fe
LJ
ems
Brick works,
Brick works $500;
f .
f £20
Beech Cr
: 2,
10 Fox
shops and
$400
AERregate
paid every two weeks
that Mill Hall's
plants,
to $¢
about
Cans
Qoor
-——
Worth Nearly Hall a Million
ppraisers ol the esta
Weber, the
who died recently, have fi
at
ceased to have left personal
ue of $199 In add
estate wich will bring the estate
$25 ) Ox
Weber was an illustration of what
al
Balser Howard ie
ed their stat
ment Bellefonte, which shows the de
yropemny to
the val i ition there
is real
of the deceased up to almost
Balser
with determination can do
He
many in 1849 with but $2.50 to his name,
a young man
in this country, landed from: Ger
but at once went to work at anything he
First
peddling and finally drifting to Howard,
where he engaged in the ron cantile busi.
could get to do tanning, then
In that time he amassed a for.
tune of $250,000. The appraisement
shows in holdings an aggregate of 2,750
shares of railroad and bank stock, worth
at par £150,000. The entire estate is be.
queathed to the five surviving children,
- -— -
In Porte Rica,
A letter from Charley Swigert to a |
| friend in Tyrone states that teamsters
are getting $40 a month, cooks $40, |
blacksmiths from $75 to foo and car. |
GREAT BALLS
OF SNAKES
Hunter
Meadows
Frightful Experience of a
In The Bear
LIARS CLUB NEEDED BADLY
snake balls
bh
» mearest chance,
a half
ross Lhe m
others his org
eMmonra the Row
community whose
ing and harmless
cluded
Ie order to encourage the
use of our sanctum will t
tributed for its sessions, in the
being included in the membership
——
Obliging Jap
The adoption of Colonel William Jen.
father by Count Itsu,
of Japan, is causing the tentative leader
of the Democratic party some trouble
nings Bryan as a
The count wrote the Colonel some time
ago telling him he had been adopted,
and the colonel replied in a nice little
note of appreciation which he supposed
would end the episode
came to this country and took up his
abode with the Bryans, expressing his |
desire to act as a servant, and there he
is vow. Once, when be wus told to sweep
the front porch, he swept the pavement
for several squares, supposiag Mrs.
The
But the count |
VOL. 20, XO. 49
FACT, FUN AND FANCY
A (
Tuck-
ec, 10 see
fron
your
1only
stan
paw,
1 Now
Never ter swi
Smith and Jones were talkie
about their business interests, Smith was
a hotel man and Jones was a manufactue
ers’ agent “1 sav,” said Jones, "how.
r do you use such an enormous quan
“Well,
and
of pears and peaches
replied Smith, “we eat what we can
what we can’t eat we can.” “Indeed
said the other, "we do about the same in
“How is that 7’ "We sell
an order when we can sell it, and when
our business.”’
we can't sell it we cancel it."
Ole Hanson had trouble with a belli.
cose dog belonging to his neighbor, The
{ Swede shot the dog ws soon as be discov.
ered that he was not friendly to him,
| and the sequel found him in a justice
covrt, “What sort of a gun did you have,
| Mr, Hanson?" inquired the attorney for
| the prosecution. **Es var two-hole shot-
gua.” “Don’t you think you could have
| scared him away?” ‘Aye might ef aye
| had not bane scare sc lak deckens mae.
Race street, Bellefonte borough, on the | jy cpa00d that they solicited Edward | ©0¢ Who did honor to thy divinity am I | peoters $65 in Porto Rico. He says the | Bryan waniedto go down town.
siding leadivg into the Fuel and Supply | conc, to burn the lace b
produced all their testimony the defend. :
ant moved a compulsory von-suit, which
: " ¥
| colonel i | sal.” Why didn’t you take the other end
re If I have not considered sin | Soe are warm, bot! the nights aie nies [Seto i yg to ga vid of the of the gun and scare him away?’ "Val,
and evil, why am Ithus smitten ? In my | and cool. He went down there with ot —— | aa lawyer, ef de dog vant to hav’
i
«Good shoes, chetp; Powers Shoe Co.
foundations I am unloosed, i am broken theridan troop and remained on the is | wo largest line of Xmas tree dec. | mae dodet vay vid him vid de gun, vy
to pieces, and rest I find not on the land when the troop came home. orations in tywn-at Sourbecks. dedn’ hae com’ for mae oder end first I’