CHAS. R. KURTZ = 1. and Prop.
* DEATH OF A
PROMINENT CITIZEN
Hon
John B. Linn Died on Sun
day Afternoon
WAS AN EMINENT HISTORIAN
Bio
During
the Commonwealth
Was Secretary of
graphical Sketch—Other Deaths
the Past Week of Centre County Citizens
With Short Sketches
fron counties
office and was
September 16, 155]
f@EN 3
853 he
had just been form
1
district attorr
unty in 1854 where
1 his removal
. On April
wppointed Deputy Secretary
Hon. M. 5. Quay. an
upon the resignation of Mr
monwealth by the :
May 15, 1578,
Quay, he was commissioned Secretary of
the Commonwealth, in which incumbencs
he remained until after Governor Hovt
was inaugurated, when he returned to
Jellefonte. Mi
de editors of the second =
Linn and Dr » were
of Penn
of
(ravernor
yivania Archieves, the publication
which was recommended by
Hartranft in his annual message January
7, 1874, and they were issued in twelve
volumes, under Mr
In 1879 Mr. Lisu published the *
of Buffalo Valley,” being a history of Union
Quay’s supervision.
Annals
copzty prncipally. While Secretary of the
Commonwealth there was published under
his direction “Duke of York's Laws, 1676-
42, and Laws of Province, 16582-1700."
1532 he edited a “History of Centre and
Clinton Counties.”
that is of value of “Men and things in
these counties’
taining shape.
in a readable and enter
Mr. Linn was an exceptionally bright
man and while in Harrisburg was a leader
among men. He was possessed of more
than ordinary wit and intelligence which
made him a peer among the State officials |
and his counsel was often songht after by
those who vocupied high positions of trust
As a lawyer he was learned in his profes
sion and was careful and accurate in cour.
seling his clients, As a genealogist and
historian he had but few equals, and for
the sake of accuracy he spent much time
in research and investigation, of which he
was passionately found. He belonged to
the Bellefonte Presbyterian church and for
vears made the Bible a constant stady,
not theoretically but in a practical manner,
translating verse by verse from Greek, so
that he could be called a fountain of Serip-
tural truths,
served as justice of the peace of the North
ward of Bellefonte and his decisions were
ing:
In |
which has preserved all |
bank street.
For a number of years he |
Yih
A
that |
aed
I'he
vive to mourn
father
Eleanor,
Mrs, J
Mrs Samue
T
William, ]Jr.,
Jacksonville ;
Howard, and
Pittsbarg A son,
about eigt ago Interment
at Jacksonvill
latteville, Kendall
born in
Pa., t. 17,
Thanksgiving morning,
81
died
24, 1898,
county, 181
7, and
R
Nov.
aged years, 2 months
He was married to Caroline Gardner, of
Howard, March 14, 1844. Eight chil
ren were the fruits of this marriage, six
sons and two sons in
South Dakota, one in Kansas, the others
His widow and these child.
two daughters,
in Illinois.
ren survive,
Out of a family of nine children. two
brothers and the only sister are still liv.
Gideon, of Platteville ; Ebenezer,
Methodist minister of Massachusetts;
and Mrs Lizzie Copenhaver, of Tyrone.
He was a carpenter by trade and worked
on the dry docks fourteen years in Penn.
sylvania.
——
Death of Kebert Ray,
The venerable Robert Ray, died Wed.
nesday morning at his home on Willow.
He
end was not unexpected.
Robert
valley, Nov,
16th, 1822. He was mar.
ried to Miss Elizabeth Strohm, of Aarons- |
The
| about So years,
burg, who died June 6 th, 18g4.
following named children survive :
fy
of Mill Hall, John C., of hilton; R. W.,
of Avoca, Towa, Sylvester D., Ambrose
S. and Calvin T., all of Bellefonte,
Interment
Mrs
Funeral Friday morning.
in Union cemetery,
. -———
Death of Mrs, George Benner.
Mrs. George O, Benner, formerly Miss
Cordie Chatham, daughter of Jobin Chat. i
| ed the words which
| life.
ham, Lock Haven, died at Centre Hall,
| Monday morning. Interment at Lock.
Haven, on Thursday,
Howard, Center |
and 7 days. |
had been suffering
for some time with heart disease and the |
Ray was born in Buffalo Run |
Cheeseman and George T. Ray, |
BELLEFONTE, PA
SAD AFFAIR
AT PHILIPSBURG
One of the Foremost Citizen's Un
timely End
DEATH OF 0. PERRY JONES
While
Cashier of a
Man of
Took His Life by Use of a Revolver
His
Bank and a Prominent Bus
Family was Away
iness
That Community
ember 23,
He was in
+, Mary A.
ve in April,
the
Hursh,
Bricker,
Barr
following
ol
of
, of Altoona ; Mrs
illa
Elizina
tiliott, Beaver, Centre county; G
Buffalo, N. ¥ Robert, of
Kensington, Pa.; Mrs Sarah Holt and W.
H., of Julian, Pa., and F. C., of New
New
Kensington, Pa
Death of an Old Citizen
H.M. Schwenck,
best known citizens of Sugar valley, died
one of the oldest and
at the home of his son, B. N. Schwenck,
aged 78 years, 10 months and 9 days.
Interment in the cemetery at that place.
Deceased is survived by his wife and
five sons, Sharou, Benjamin, Edgar and
J. H, of Sugar valley, and C. M., of
Washington state
- .-———
An Aged Lady.
Mrs. Wian died on Wednesday after.
noon, at the home of her son, Daniel |
| Wian, in Spring township, from gan.
| greene which had afllicted her for some |
| time.
| years.
She was an aged lady past 8
Friday at 1:30 p. mi.
Henry McCloskey,
McCloskey died at
Henry Potter's
Sprucetown on Monday. His age was
a ———
Fishburn —Strable.
On Wednesday evening, December 21,
a very pretty wedding was celebrated at
the hone of Mr. Watson Struble.
parties were Mr. Williams N. Fishburn,
farmer and Miss Margaret 1. Struble,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Watson Stra-
ble.
Lutheran church of Bellefonte, pronounc-
united them for
The guest present were
one bBundred in number.
The
over
THURSDAY, JANUAR)
The iuterment takes place at |
leasant Gap, in the Lutheran cemetery, | .
“’ | the furnace would be put in operation as
Rev, H. C. Holloway, pastor of the |
emocral.
1861)
ANGE MEETINGS
held
county,
The offic
Asks
Rhone
1e election of
officers. — President — Isaac
Howing
1, of Abdera Sam’l
Vice-President
iley, of Boaisburg, Secretary
Treasure
This organiza.
. Keller, of Centre Hall
Wm. Kerr, Centre Hill
been carefully and
tion has economical-
ly conducted and the result is that farm.
ers get their fire protection at the lowest
possible rate, thus saving them much in
this line.
—
Furaace News
The furnaces at this place have been
paper,
commenting on
started often, on that one
hesitates about further
the matter, The recent advance in the
price of iron has had some encourage-
ment for those connected with our local
Rumors have been afloat the past
0
plant,
week that repairs on the Valentine Fur- |
nace would be commenced by January
isth. Inquiry was made regarding this.
On Monday a letter was shown the
writer, from capitalists in
saying that all dnancial difficulties had
| been arranged and the money was se-
cured for making necessary repairs,
which would be done sooner than most |
expected. The entire import was that
soon as possivie,
That is the best information we could
secure, and it was from reliable parties.
; to | It is reason; to expect that the plant
Mills on last Friday and was burried at | Rt is reasonable to expec P
will soon be iu operation again.
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Wedding at Beech Creek.
A very pleasant wedding took place
on Wednesday evening at the
residence of Squire Liggett, Miss Elsie
Viola Bitner, of Blanchard, and George
I. Kunes, of Beech Creek, were the con.
tracting parties,
oo —
Married,
William Beveridge and Annie Huston
were married at the residence of John D.
28th,
| Brown, |. P., on Saturday evening, Dec.
11, 18¢8, at Suow Shoe, Pa
Baltimore, |
INTERESTING
STATISTICS
The Births
In Centre County
Showing
THE MALES AKE INCREASING
yy Register ( Ww
r Headers Son
morigages aggregatin
million dol
sum of $12
sale of unseated
Rensselaer Sims,
Theodore Vail,
t and for the nominal sus
ith tracts with an ag-
regate of 11
eds for the same were at once secured
f acres, Lommissione: 's
cost to
$500.
It is on this land that they have just suc-
and placed on record, the entire
the investors being not more than
ceeded in placing the mortgages as given
Centre county unseated lands of-
field
above
fer a wide for speculators. our
years ago, however, a Philipsburg gen.
tleman paid $25
Rush township, and
months thereafter sold the tract for $25,.
It proved to be underlaid with a
for a piece of land in
in less than six
O00.
very good vein of coal.
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Company B Mastered
On Friday evening Company “'B"’
{the Fifth regiment, National Guard of
Pennsylvania, was mustered into ser-
vice, with fifty-six enlisted men and
three officers.
in.
of
the organization with George IL. Jackson
as second lientenant.
Of the above number fifty men served
with companv B, in the recent war with
| Spain,
Captain Taylor will take the usual
interest in the organization which always
ranked among the best in the regiment
Company M, at this place, has about
fity five members and they are well
equipped and in good shape
Mea<ur veris sere taken last week
for tbeir new viercoats, «hich they ex-
pect to wear at the inavguration of Gov,
january 17th
. —————
Stone,
Fire Year Unionville,
Tuesday evening of last week the barn
of Hdward Peters, situated about ose
‘and a half miles beyond Unionville
| caught fire and was burned to the
| ground. One valuable horse was burn.
| ed besides all the implements hay, grain
‘ete, The loss is estimated at ip 00
Origin of the fire is a mystery,
Captain Hugh S. Taylor |
takes his place as commanding officer of |
as first lieutenant and Charles J. Taylor |
iiscase has broken
oul amos the altle in Penn's Valley
far
Hon
Farmer's wl loss so
and whose herds are are
Rhone. lohn Soi
Ant ~s Jalili Dp
Leonard
Grove, Howard Darst and Andrew Rote
0 a dozen head bave died
thus far, at a Joss as to
what the ailments. death
has followed
CASCS
very shortly after the sick-
ness of the animal was observed
Various opini
might
disease.
us have been expressed
be what is known as “‘corn-
stalk
ugh
and in
However, a more thor
investigation will be made at once,
the meantime every precaution
possible is being taken to prevnet con-
tagion and spread of the disease should
it prove to be anything of an infections
or contagious characler.
Rush to Be Cut In Two.
There is a movement on foot among
some oi the residents of Rush township,
those of the southern end particularly,
to have the township divided. Rush,
from which the borough of Philipsburg
is a chunk, is by far the largest town-
ship in Centre county, being 30 miles
long by 10 wide, perhzps as large as
some whole counties in the State.
The Court has so far listened to them
as to establish a division line, and the
question now awaits the action of the
voters of the township. The guestion
may be voted upon at the general spring
election, but not necessarily at that time,
as itis a point privileged to receive a
decision by special election,
——
New Diy Goods Stere at Mill Hall
A. W. Reese, of Port Matilda, bas pur-
| chased a lot from George Barrett at Mill
Hall. The Jot is 220x 30 feet and is situ-
ated on Main street, alongside the K. G.
E. building. Mr. Reese intends erecting
a store room and dwelling and will open
a dry goods store as soon as the build.
ing is completed.
a ———————— A ML SNM
After Coal.
On the farm of Samuel Burrel, two
| miles east of Peon Hall, Centre county,
| there arz encouraging signs for {nding
| coal, and to an extent to warrant sink.
{ing a skaii to reach the possible black
“1 dinmonds,