Che Centre Democr
CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop.
PROCEEDINGS
IN COURT.
A Number of Interesting Cases
Tried and Verdicts Rendered.
FINDINGS OF THE GRAND JURY
List of True Bills Returned—Usual Amount
of Trifling Litigation Belore the Court
The Disposition of the Curtin Monument
Fund Reported by S. D, Gettig, Esq.
November sess
sion was consumed in hearing
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of the bar.
titions prese nted Dy
Pa..
Bower &
admitted
Thomas . exton who
urts of Cen
tre county on m Blanchard,
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his work and passed
Sexton applied himself close
paper
Pag
e and Lou
Hoy, d
merican Insurance (
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Adam oor
mpany New
York summoned in assum psit, p A non
Assam psit Continued the being
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Case
special to Judge Love
Sandy
Mattie 8
Brick
summoned in ejectment,
Ridge Fire Company va
Twigg
plea not guilty. Continued
When court convened in the afi moon
considerable time was again taken up in
petitions and motions
Com
ve cted for be
This
The
and the usual sen
Thomas Haves, ind
trayal, prosecutrix Gussie Oswald
case 1s from Snow Shoe township
defendant plead guilty
tence in such cases was imposed by the
Court
Com. va. Thomas Hayes, indicted for be-
trayal, prosecutrix Mary F Rolley. This
case is also from Snow Shoe township and
the same defendant
Cane,
ceived the same sentence as before
a8 in the preceding
The defendant plead guilty
and re
Com. va. Thomas Barr, indicted for be
trayal, prosecutrix Lillie Fike. This case
is from Milesburg. Verdict guilty, and
the usual sentence in such cases was im
posed,
Com. va, Daniel Robb, indicted for ery.
three young men, who by threats, ete, in-
elty to animals, prosecutor Herman Bowes,
This case grows out of a difeulty between
the prosecutor and the defendant on the
17th day of August last, in Liberty town-
ship. The prosecutor attempted to drive
into the creck to fill & water tank for
| ipshurg
threshing purposes and was stopped by the
| defendant striking one of his horses on the |
| head with a shovel and knocking it down,
as the prosecutor alleges. The defendant
admits the stopping of the prosecutor from
driving into the creek at that point and
alleged that the prosecutor
attempted
ind that he did hit one
drive over him
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and the usual
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t sen
in posed by the
wint the
ADCe Cases
and be
nr nla
appea pea
was originally tried wtice of the
peace and judgme rendered against the
defendants, where Mme. Eisenhuth
upon
took this appeal. Suit is brought to re
cover balance on book account for £173.89
in favor of the plaintiff, who is a merchant
at Coburn Verdict on Tuesday afternoon
in favor of the plaintiff as against William
C. Sheesley and Daniel Eisenhuth, and in
of the de
favor of Susan Eisenhuth. one
fendanta, the jury finding that she was not
a member of the firm
Com. va. Dennis Motter, indicted on
three conunta—first count, assault and bat
tery ; second count, indecent assault, and
third count, assanlt with intent to commit
Elizabeth Williams
Miss Williams is a young lady sixteen
in
A rape, prosecutrix
yeas of age, living at Lock Lomond
Rush township, about twe miles from Phil- |
She attended a social dance in
the G. A. R. hall in Philipsburg along
{ with some of her young friends, on the
night of the 17th day of October last. She
started for home at about half past one in
the morning with her escort, a Mr. Ger-
hart, of Chester Hill, and when at or near
the Cold Stream bridge they were met by
duced Mr. Gerhart to turn back. The
prosecutrix attempted to eatch up with
ber friends who were but a short distance
ahead of her, when this defendant followed
Continued on page 4,
BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1890.
OLD THANKSGIVIN'
By Joe Lincoln
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Through the branches of the tree
And the
And Nov
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THANKSGIVING OFFERING.
ie Chapel Organ Will Be Given Away
Centre Democrat.
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"New Orchestra
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This action |
operated hy 18 neces
» are seldo:
evs 1 .
a i 0
drawn from
alleged
IHTOTS Was
now , although it
two of the former names
the wheel when
was made uj The
latter were in
sale in both instance
Jury Commissic who is
der bail, charged with periury
lic official, conspiracy and common law
misdemeanor in connection with this
stuffing of the December list
Monday
and says he had no knowledge whatever
« was there
He talks freely on the subject,
that a fraud was being committed when
He alleges that
he had charge of the jury book and en.
the
arawn and read by Jury Commissioner
Johnston,
the array was drawn,
tered names thereon as they were
Phillips’ story is that Johuston sat at
one side of the table, with the whee! at
his side, from which he (Phillips) thought
the names were taken. Johuoston would
read out the name from the slip and pass
it to Sheriff Gingery, who read it and
laid it on the table, Deputy Sheriff H.
E. Row!es was also present,
Millard F. Johuston, the other Jury
Commissioner, has not yet been arrested.
No event in the history of that county
ever raised such indignation as this jury.
wheel stuffing. A number of people have
communicated with the editors of the
Republican. and offered all the financial
assistance necessary to prosecute the
case to the end,
No one believes either Gingerich, John.
ston or Phillips is the real culprit, but
that whoever did the work only carried
out the plans prepared by other parties
who were interested in having grand
and traverse juries they could control be.
% sold for Jess than
from $:
pmepia t m or an
SIMON
from
where the two cas
the one
were as
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proach
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Botice the two «¢
wards him on this track and kept his at.
on the engine which was on the
The
CArs struck hb
tention
other track result was
heavy knocked
m,
down and the wheels passed
legs
severely in)
over
crushing both and one arm
otherwise iting him. The
men quickly came to his assistance and
carned him to the machine shops, and a
| physician was immediately summoned
The accident happened at about 6 p
p.m
p.m
| His father arrived but a short time before
| he died and the young man was able to
recognize him, and spoke to him. The
remains were sent to Centre Hall, on
Tuesday afternoon, where interment
:
look place on Wednesday afternoon.
|
| and death came to relieve him at 9
| Simon Ripka was aged 20 years, o
months and 27 days and was the only
surviving son of Jacob Ripka, of Centre
Hall. This leaves the father as the only
surviving member of the family and this
sudden and untimely death is a severe
trial to him,
.—
Another Hunter Shot.
W. Harvey Huss, locomotive engineer
on the Tyrone division, and George B.
Havens, barber, were hunting last week
in the vicinity of Gardner Station when
a pheasant was flushed,
Havens shot at as it flew, Mr. Huss, who
unfortunately happened to be mn line in
the brush a short distance away, received
the bulk of the contents of the cartridge
in his left leg above the knee, making a
painful, but not thought to be dangerous
! wound, Both men resided in Tyrone,
which Mr. |
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MEANING OF
THANKSGIVING
of
Times
The Observance the Day in
Former
LANDING OF THE PURITANS
other
1, the bla
oc
ye
and slaughter
nsured Ww
American
and Orient, of Hart
with the
he German com
, of New York.
ford, Connecticut, for $31,500, and the loss
is ttal
A. T
occupied by
The property is owned by Mrs
Francine, of Philadelphia, and is
D.H
the fire is unknown
Beck. The cause of
Battle With a Deer
the
Parker's Glenn, had a
John Warzneck. irackwalker at
singular experi.
ence with a deer, He was walking along
the railroad near the station when he
beard a commotion overhead and looking
up saw a large doe on the edge of the
precipice which is more than feet
high. The jumped and landed a
few yards abead of him on the ground
Its only apparent injury was a broken
leg. Warzneck Krappled with the ani.
mal as it struck the ground and a fierce
battle’ ensued for half an hour before
Wartzneck succeeded in cutting its throat,
He was severely injured. — DuBlois Ex.
press
10
deer
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High Constable Killed
High Constable, Themas T. Powell, of
Clearfield, was run over by a freight
train on the Beech Creek road Friday
evening. He was dragged for a distance
of over 100 yards and portions of his re.
mains were scattered along the track.
He was an old soldier. He was 60 years
old and is survived by a family,
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VOL. 21, NO. 47.
FACT, FUN AND FANCY.
bright Soar y
Bright parkling Paragrs
Selected and
5 nel
A man
* 10 touch him
1 for evervihis
ac id
unt 1m the wor
ADewspaper must have
about
as many good Its as a paper of
pins
They say actors *
sod
count the ties
ministers when they count ug
dings
Old cider cannot possis
no matter how hard it
do 0
A man may regard a re cipted bill as
A friend, but he likes to meet the friend
again
The onedegged man mavlive just as
long as if be dida’t have one foot in the
Krave
Even lamblike Williard players peed
not go 10 gamble on the
green,
Some people, like phonographs, havea
record for repeating everything you say
to them
Architects and dentists who go on the
stage cannot depend on their drawing
powers,
Why do we speak of "the good old
days of Adam and Eve?’ The world was
young then,
They make filthy lucre at the Mint,
but that isn’t saying that they do dirty
work there.
Accordiog to the optician “there are
none so blind as those who won't put on
spectacles.”
There is no conscientious reason why
a temperance man shoaldn't patronize a
drachm shop.
out-of doors