ts
CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop.
* JANUARY TERM
OF COURT
Vicious Men Sen-
\ Number of
tenced.
CASES TRIED AND VERDICTS
Snow Shoe and Philipsburg Furnish Several
Sensational Cases—Sent to the Peniten-
tiary—Reported by S. D. Gettig, Esq
January session of court convened on
Monday morning, at half past nine
o'clock, with Honorable John G. of
this district on the bench.
a large number of peti-
the several
Love
After hearing
motions by
and partition proceed.
ings. Col. J. P. Coburn, chairman of the
committee of resolutions on the death of
Honorable John Blair Linn, the
member of the Centre County Bar
tions and meme.
hers of the bar,
senior
Asso.
ciation, presented the resolutions drafted
and moved their adoption, and that they
be spread in full upon the minutes of the
court,
Hon, /
ey, and Hon,
ol. Coburn,
to the 1
to th
ribute
, @S a citizen, at
nd last but not le:
and
relative
jurors the jury
several bill
List of traverse ju
seutees noted.
The constables of the seve
and townships of the county
several reports to the qu
court in the forenoon
After hearing another
and the
and motions calli
several decedents’ estates,
list was gone over and ca
trial lows
iea no assumps
Dr. S.
Stewart
f the
1 William
of
an
poor
hs
general
Harris use of
Harris vs
Amento annexo
John P
1 Dr. G. |
ministrator
an
i um test;
I. Curtin, deceased, and A. G. (
r judgment No
stay of execu
Charlotte
laintiff for oa 2
commission of £120
The
week's list
following cases on the second
were disposed of as follows
Emeline Houg M.G Jno
Weaver, A. R. 1, Alfred Graham
and Cyrus Gordon, summons in trespass,
Plea not guilty,
of the plaintiff and not to be continued
for the same cause again
rh vs Brown,
Powel
Continued at the costs
Ford, executor of George W
Wil
David
Joseph S.
Ford, Tackson,
Woods
plea not
deceased, vs liam |
H.
and John Shook,
guilty. Continued and not to be put on
the trial
Court,
Eleanor Jackson, D
ejectment,
list again without leave of the
Salt Lick Oil and Gas Company vs. S
| A. Butler, replevin, plea non cepit and
property,
The Bucher & Gibbs Plow (
v8. Cyrus Brumgart, guarantor of W, L.
Goodhart,
sit.
tiff.
Commonwealth ex .relati
Continued before court,
mpany
assumpsit ; plea non assump.
Continued at the costs of the plain
me in part for
the use of Rachael Dale and
Walker vs. J. Henry Meyer,
Murray, who survive C. C. Meyer and
William McFarlane, deceased ; assump-
sit, plea non assumpsit., Settled,
Austiz Swisher vs. John Bruss,
Bruss, Hugh Adams and Elizabeth Ben.
nett; ejectment, plea not quilty, Con.
tinued at the costs of the plaintiff
The first criminal case taken up was
Com, vs. Dr. R. J. Young, charge
chalenging to fight a duel;
John D. Brown, This case is from Snow
Shoe and grows oul of a note, sent by
the defendant to the prosecutor, on the
4th day of July 1898, to settle this differ.
ences by the arbitrament of war to the
death. Verdict not guilty and dividing
the costs equally,
Com, vs, John ¥. Fink, charge betray.
Amanda
and 1. D.
George
Newman,
the
al; prosecutrix, Belle
defendant plead guilty and usual
sentence was mj osed by the court
vs. John Smith, charge
Com. betrayal;
prosecutrix, Phoebe Styers. Defendant
plead guilty to the charge of fornication
and was sentenced to pay costs of prose
cution and a fine of £20.
David Chambers; first
ated
Com, vs, charge
and battery,
This
the St;
count, assault
aggrav
Prosecutor James Stark case
grows out of the difficulty atk boys
John G. Uzzle Snow Shoe,
ago, of which
ras made at the time
had with at
some ment)
Mr.
( who is the constable in Snow Shoe
Uzzle
Stark
time full on
* in the papers.
township, and when M:
by E
Mr.
led the
his billy.
as-
his
aud
Was
saulted manuel and
friends, Chambers rushed in
quel riot, and i used
Verdict
prosecutor to
he
so doing
nu
not and the
the
same,
guilty
|
LOsts and
pay senten.
ced to pay t
Com. vs.
assault and
Aikey
cutor
YVerdic
Nich
unt assaunit
aggravated
fendant
and was sentenced ine of one
dollar, costs of the prosecution, and t
the Western Penite
nti
pil
ary for a period of
two years and six months
This ended the
and the foli
WwW. W
peal, plea
criminal cases for trial
wing civil
Laird
non a
Case was taken
up Frantz,
apy This suit
is brought
tract to buil
while
) recover balance on a cone
in Worth township,
the defendant al
dabarm
eged that the con.
tract was not finished according to terms
and that the plaintiff was paid in full for
his work,
tiff for §
All grand,
Cischarged on Wednesday evening
Verdict in favor of the plain.
jurors, traverse and were
GRAND
JURY REPORT
To the Honorable the Judge of the
Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace 1n
and for the County January
Session, 1509
The grand mquest of
weal th of Pennsylvania, inquiring for the
County of Centre in matters relative
to the same do respectfully report
of Centre,
the Common
That we have acted upon twenty (20)
bills of indictment, seventeen of these we
have found true bills and three we have
ignored,
We have visited the public buildings,
and find the jail, jail yard and sheriffs
residence in very good condition,
would respectfully recommend that the
wooden partition which separates
male from the female prisoners be re.
| moved and replaced by a permanent one
prosecutor |
of double wall, with an iron door and an
iron door frame.
We would most respectiully recom.
mend that more ample and convenient
accommodation be made for the witness.
€ mn attendance upon the Honorable
Court and for future Grand Jurors, par.
ticularly the latter, To summon twenty.
four men as Grand Jurors and require
Continued on page 8.
The
but |
the
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BELLEFONTE.
FARMER'S
INSTITUTES
Sessions In Centre County
Next Week
PA.
Two
BOALSBURG, MADISONBURG
Complete Program For Each Session Given
Be
Arrangements
and Other Im
By The Depart
Topics to Discussed
portant
ment of Agriculture of Pa
Next week two Farmers In
unde
of Agricul
The ex pense of
he held in this county
tion of the Deg
Pennsylvania
artment
holding
these gatherings is paid by the state ane
therefore the
Topic
sessions will
farmers
Hon
has
the +
8 of interest to
yminent men,
Howar Ls
cussed by pr
Woodward, of
given
BOALSBURG INSTITUT
y
MADISONBURG INSTITUTE
p
THURS
Prayer.
Address Wel
Madisonburg
M
of
Romig,
Response — Rev
burg
Peach Culture—John F
Pleasant Mills, Pa
How to Make
Alexander, Millheim
Farming Pay—A. R.
Marl
State College
Relation of Lime and to Agricul-
A
TH!
ture~J. Fries,
REDAY RVENING, 7:3
Query Box
Who is to BI
better Scholars
burg
The |
, Mad
Education in Raral
tin G. Benedict,
The Betterment of Rural Schools
Supt. C. L
that Farmers are not
Hazel, Madison.
ame
A. J
pstitute as an Educator
Lee isonburg
Districts Dr, Mar.
State Colleg
14)
Gramly, Rebershurg
FRIDAY MORNING, 9:30
Query Box,
Near Sighted or False Economy
F. Boyer.
Profitable Stock
Keller, Centte Hall.
Loss of Nitrogen in Barn.yard Manure
and how to Prevent it.—J. A. Fries.
Fruit Culture-Gabriel Heister,
tisburg.
FRIDAY AVIRRNOON, 1
John
4
Raising-James A.
Har
10 !
Query Box,
Pennsylvania, Her Advantages and
Resources FE. L. Royer, Rebersburg,
The Farmer as a Reader—G, I. Year.
ick, Madisonburg.
THU
RSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1809
How t
on the Farm
My Expe
Moyer,
0 keep some of the Bright Boy
Gabriel Hei
with
ter
rience
Mill
Lime]
Centre
Family Fi
Madisonburg
.
Jewlected
Rebershurg
When Grand
Sara Bie Madisonbu
Harri
Mi
Myra Lloyd Du
Home Influen
Madisonburg
Local
above subjects are open to
comment after the speak
s whose
presente
’
now in the shape
of 3 uple of Mormon
They
Ie County
missionancs aim to have been
at work tl
This sh
old maid
in for six months
the
demand by
mld be encouraging news to
8, as they create
As Be
Know,
a
numerous wives lefonte has
old
not
no
maids, you they likely wil
come this way
.-———
Kilas Refired
The old lime kiln at Matters, near
Scotia, that has been dormant for years,
H.
armegic operations
has been remodeled by | Clemson,
superintendent of the ¢
at Scotia, and is now again in operation,
Miss Nora Gray apply
started the fires anew
ping the torch that
The kilu is now
of the
o
named ‘‘Nora,'”" in honor lady
handling the torch
*—
Heavy Trafic
the freight movement over the
Middle division
heavier than during the previous year
During the
In 18g
WAS over 100 Cars
spring the movement fell off
somewhat, but it wound up very strong
24-hour record was on De
10% trains of 6
The heaviest
cember 30, when 171 Cars
passed over the division,
.-—
After a Silx Min
The Board of Trade, of Philipsburg, is
| in correspondence with parties relative
| to the location of a silk mill in that place,
A proposition has been submitted, and
| will be given every consideration:
- -— -
Bears Plenty,
The Karthaus Times is authority for
the story that Daniel Moore, Jr., and two
sons, of Karthaus, killed four bears near
that place one day last week,
.——
A cup of Red Ribbon coffee for break.
fast invigorates both body and mind.
CARNEGIE ON
EXPANSION
Master
Pet Policy
The Great Iron Opposes
McKinley's
UNFIT
FOR THE WHITE RACE
Fev
¢ Disastroun
Malar
sto An
Endure the Climate L
Acqu
er
Yellow ind
}
ong
isttion
tolerated
resisted
ARNI
od foreth
EW (
22
ANDR
k, Jas.
Wednesday's Vole
’
for S
We
pract
sdays vote Senator is
cally the same, Juay can't gain
AY 104,
anything It stood as fol
Jenks +
Huff 5,
2, Smith
OWS L)
» Dalzell 16, Stone 7, Stewart 8,
Irvin 2, Rice 2, ! Re
1, Widener
18. As 115 votes were
Markle
Pa
to a
fourteen votes
Rider 2 ired
NECeSSAry
choice Quay still lacked
of sufficient to nominate him
Dr
and Miss Frederika Lower Waltien, will
bh { the
Pottsville, on
John Seibring, Jr., of Bellefonte,
be married at the ne
Pa
0 bride's
parents February
899
14h, 1
n
in Lock Haven Feb
Pp
town this week
General John G
Chas Hewes
Miss Sara Bayard, one of the y
lady clerks at the Racket store,
nog
who has
been confined to the house for the past
several days with the grip, is able to be
al her post of duty again
A -— AS
Married at Lock Haven
On rs
Thursday of last week George |
Mr Mrs, Hoy, of
Hublersburg, was married 10 Miss Min.
nie E. Swope, at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Swop=, in
lock Haven About 100 guests were
present. Rev. T. Derr officiated. A re.
| ception was given the newly wedded
| couple at Hublersturg Saturday evening.
(Mr. and Mrs. Hoy will reside in that
place until spring when they will remove
| to Mt. Bethel,
son of
aud Samuel
VOL. NO.
FACT, FUN AND FANCY
The Sim
I think rn
ieton
Pwince is go
Unique Hotel Rules
A
lowing rules
If
wring the towel,
New Hampshire hotel issued the fo
which are worth reprinting
the bell in your is broken
Guests having nightmare will ind the
harness in the closet
The motto of this
other
hote!
as they wiil do you
To prevent guests from carrying fruit
from the table we will have so fruit
at the d !
Thirteen
* Kn
supper
nner table is a ba
It is a sign that we | have no
No alarm clock furnished by the mas
agement. Before retiring wind
tr the ticks
Any one wishing to take a drive after
| 4
up Yo
bed and hea
lunch can repair to the wood shed and
drive nails
There are three departments up stairs,
down stairs and outdoors. Outdoors is
the cheapest
No spoons allowed on the table occu
pied by newly married couples. This is
to prevent spooning in public.
Hach room supplied with a haudsome
chromo card with the following inscrip-
von, “Honesty is the best policeman.”
Guests are not expected to pay their
| bills unless they prefer to doso. We have
| seen a tree “leave its trunk for board.”
| Ifthe hotel is not on the right side of
the street, letit be known at the office
| and it will promptly be woved to the
other side.