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CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. BELLEFONTE,
MEMORIAL
and Prop. PA.,, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1, 1900. VOL. N().
dred dollar to
thie
to pay Mary E
five per
monthly, for her support and maintenance
W
Raymond
paviuhle
The
school exercises,
CONCLUSION a NE HE Di IR Ap Fite
w KENTUCKY'S ju
Taiousabosla b DISGRACE |" Serklieg
wlions and o
om. vs James igner, charge deser
I'his
the defendant mnciua
OF COURT |"
f{ r uel
Of our CEM
nie W Rner 1 WIS,
iefente, and a well as the
A Condensed Report of all Pre
ceedings.
FAMOUS BARNBURNING CAS
Much
Evidence
Attracted Attention There was a Lac
of Report
Doings of the 20d Week
of Grand Jury
v. Gettig, Esq.
In the ease of the Commonwealth
Frantz ol
made last week, and
trial on Wednesday
boys, which 8
ight
which was
considerable
consumed in selecting a y.
was tried 10 the Over and Termin
and the panel was pretty well exh
re a jury of twelve was selected ot
case I'he
ermine the
rs out of the panel were select
H Harsl
r ; Nathan Krape
Stover,
case Kk
teamst
man. Pott
r, gentie :
farmer, Ferg
r the
John Frantz tor want
defendan
wh upon
entered a nolle prosequ
after which
lant oy
counsel for
«l the case to the nr
Frantz
alter
fof Keuben the remair
fer
fer
}
dant, and the opening
se and without hearing any ev
the «
e Commonwealth
# part save what ross examination
witnesses show
counsel that be h
here for
and directed the jury
rmed
the
ent evidences
e Lonrt inl
aged 10 close As want
A verdict of not guilty, which
without leaving the hox
their final report
siny forenoon and were dim
the
he grand jury made
harged
REPORT OF GRAND JURY
for the
of Centre passed upon thirteen bills
} The grand jury
ed seven true bills and ignored six
Approve 1 an ippropria
diers
ol
bridge wm
Rush towns!
: 1 1M
sand dollars for a monument
an
\ pproved Centre and
ross M
J tition
learhis inties
n 1 fee x
niding ent ot
siti, Foreman
David R
and Mary 8. Thon indicted for perjury,
’ itor Bardine RButle The
ry ignored the bill as to Mary 8 Thomas
and directed that "should pay
Mr. Thomas » AN Prose uted for
swearing falsely in the interpleader cose of
Mary 8. Thomas va. Bordine Butler and
Thomas Butler, tried sometime ago, which
case has since gone to the Supreme Court,
and after hearing some withesses on behalf
of the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth
entered a nolle prosequi on Friday morn
ing after realizing that there could be no
conviction
Other criminal cases on the calendar for
January sessions were as follows
Com. va, Bamuel Frantz, charge, aiding
Kyi abetting arson ; prosecutor Christian
harrer. Nollo prosequi entered,
Com. va. John Raymond, charge, deser
tion ; prosecutrix Mary E. Raymond. This
ease is from Spring township, and the de.
fendant was adjodged guilty after a full
hearing at January argument court and
sentenced to pay the costs and to enter in-
Ww
Commonwealth 4
in I'homas
w
IF ee
grand
the vounty
the costa
10 a recognizance in the sum of five hun. |
Reporied by S.
AIST em
hy the
rt Wis ad
)- (ter tH hearing Court
nment oo ad ge
It to pay the costs
¥ Wilson
charge APROT
Frantz
E tor Chi
Com. va. \
prosecuatrix
Ralph R
imrix
stian
Suvder
Norn Eudle
Hart ck
Ham
trava
k Com
ve
Val
i
prose R
Com. vs
Ward, «
ecutnx
vern and
harge lar horse and bu
pr Jennie wlorfer
er LConrt
i
ry
mil Company
Mary I. Ardell, John
George Lucas, David Hoover
i Lanning, Frank la:
fred Ammerman and Wilson Wel
pe I Rand
Three cas the first
imher
Ardell
Db. ( ~h
ning \
Company
Ir a
being a »
plea not gu
HI MOon ses
piea non cept property {
lehig Yaliey Con (on
int
nt and property
Ansti
Bruss
pany
repley
Continned
Tohn
and }
nn ei
summoned in
Nn Swisher va
Hugh Adams
stm moned
Bross, George
Hen
tment, plea not
{ Lhe
rabeth
the costs ©
W. Barber
(. P
ling wl A ng husiness under the
of Piatt, Hart & Ihe
Fraction ( A corporation
Will
co-part
"mm
intt
ners. trae
firm name wr Co. wv
Cleartie pany
Organize ' cory
of the (
wirated under the laws
nonwenlith of Pennsylvania
UTE PERO ev ! “ t
plea non assump
ft, set of payment with leave
hn
mn
: Brown and
Annie
pleas ¥ n
wn, summoned Assumpsit,
AnstIm pst payment, payment
off The plain
Ulf suffered a nonsuit alter the jury had
been sworn in the case
Carrie M. Batts, administratrix of, ete,
of D. M. Butts, vv. A. MM. M:
Clain and Isaac Thomas, trading as A. M
McClain & Co. Continued pending terms
of settlement and not to go on the list
again withont leave of Court
John D. Thompson va. J. PP. Gebhart,
with notice to Mm. Lovina Gebhart, J. G
Hoyer and Annie E. Royer, terra tenants ;
summoned in sire facies sur judgment,
plea nil debit, Defendant confessed judg
ment in open court in favor of the plain
HIT for $202.00 and an attorney's commis.
sion of five dollars, sod the plaintiff suffer.
od a nonsuit as to all the terra tenants,
Hagerstown Agricultural Implement
with leave aad set
lecensed
hart and J. P, Gebhart, defendants, with
Continued on page 8
t Jant
it Janu
in tilen, Con
{ward
"vision of Supt. Etters
To Be Held in the Public School
of the County on Feb 22
MONUMENT FUND COLLECTION
Appropriate Literary Exercises to the Memor
of and Those Wh
Nau
Ex-Gov, Curtin
Defenders of the
War of the Rebellion
the n
AY
the attention of
n I every schoo
tin the county to the
services of
revi the name, service
of the men who from ev
entered the army dari
Rebellion
the |
Centre |
A contr asked from
patrons and pupltis lo aid in the erection
of the monument Evéry
voluntarily as be or the sha
I'he school directors assembled acted
for the entire body of the directors in the
county, and the directors were the
first organized body to such a
worthy, comméndable and patriotic mat
ter, your EXECUTIVE COMMITTER
urge all directors to do whatever they can
1as a board to make this
memorial service a su
of and
district
B ron
itfe and pub
Cartin, and
and memories
ery
IK the
As all
viessings of the
Governor to
ve
Community,
War of the
now living
Government
did so much to pre
Second,
enjoy
ounty perve,
bution would be
one giving
i Soe
as
move In
as individuals an
cess. both by
way
exercise every
attendance
their
in
s¢ hool
ships and
TION
let all
memoria
in respective Town
ighs, and in CONTRIB!
the
heroes,
help
10 out
the the County
shall inquire what this means they may
learn from it how we have honored,
loved and commemorated the memory
of the men who served in the war for the
preservation of our beloved UNION
Wm. C. Heinle, Solomon Peck, Henry
Meyer, R. M. Kaup, Geo. R. Williams.
n erection this
and when in the
chiidren of
of
ages to come
EXicurive CoMMITTER,
In addition to the above, Superintend.
aut Gramley has issued a circular to all
the teachers in the county calling their
| Attention to the observance of this day |
| and advising them as to the method of
| conducting the same. Here in Bellefonte |
the public schoals are active ta this direc.
tion and each school will have an inter
esting programme, In addition to the
| above there should be a public meeting
{ in the Court House in the evening and
Manufacturing Company va. Edwin Geb |
the exercises conducted by the pupils
of the different schools under the super.
and members
S | big bovs that t
the mmunity
they ex;
}
) Were
During the
rther Appre al of the
War. it
won
youu! ap
« Sugeest Yea urg
be taken, and may it
acknowledge
the
ig :
same through the county press, or through
any channel designated by the Veteran
{ bh Monument Comm ities
County Superintendent
mn Jan LL 1900
» - »
Dismissed From The Army
As the result of court-mastial proceed
ings, Post Chaplain David H. Shields has
been the the
United to take effect Feb. 1, and
Edmund T. EB
York has been selected for Appointment
dismissed from army of
Mates,
the Res asterbrook of New
to the vacancy
M1
for conduct unbecoming an ofl
Shields was tried at San Francisco
rand a
gentleman in consequence of the alleged
use of intoxicating liquor, was convicted
and sentenced to be dismissed. The Pres.
ident has just ratified the sentence, direct
ing it to take effect Feb. 1. Chaplain
Shields, a native of Pennsylvania, was at
one time in charge of a church at Lewis.
burg He had been in the military ser.
vice since Aug. 16, 1897.
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In the average picture gallery, of you
| seek for examples of high art look at
| the low pictures.
The Franklin & Marshall College
| Glee and Mandolin Clubs, of Lancaster,
| Pa., will appear in Garmans Opera
| House on February 21st,
:
will be something choice; the organiza.
tions contains about 22 students,
Senator Wm. Goebel Shot Down in
the Streets of Frankfort. Ky.
COWARDLY ASSASSIN'S WORK.
It is Feared That He Will
the S¢
Not Sur
cat to \
which He
ol Th
iement Prevails
lared Elected, oy
at Ex
He wy
a man ho h lespied ar ostent
He
|
neq
’ al
whate
never HiaAr
nad
man and has
the most not
Stand ford
fraders’
of
a
ong
i4 Years
AgT an«
CrOr in 1s fearless
had var unters,
Able one being with John L
president of the Farmers and
bank that ¢ April 11,
55, in which Standford
roe ix
as
of iy.
was killed by
GOEBEL IS GOVERNOR
: Tod
ator Goebel, although in a critica! cond
bed
‘he oath of office was administered
Frankfort, Ky jan av
tion, was propped up in his
republican Governor adjourned the legis.
lature to a mountain town, but were met
everywhere by soldiers with fixed bavo
nets Farther trouble is feaed
SHOT WHILE SLEEPING
Sixth Tragedy at Spruce Creek in
Months
What may possibly be the s sth n
inside three months at Spruce
curred at that place Monday
when Thomas B wan, colored. stole
into the sleeping room of Lane Stroud
and shot him five times as he lay in bed
Bogan, thinking his victim dead, calmly
robbed him of his clothes and fled
Residents of the little town, aroused
by the shooting, ran to Stroud’s home
and found him alive. Learning the story,
they sent an armed posse in pursuit of
the would be murderer, who has not yet
been caught, Stroud was taken 10 the
hospital in Altoona, where he still lies at
the point of death
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Wound Up
The iron City Mutual Fire Insurance
Company of Pittsburg, which have been i
LCieck ox
morming
{in a receiver's hands for over two years, |
are about to be wound up. RKimer W, |
Moore the receiver, bas $20,000 on hand
| for distribution among claimants, or
| about 25 per cent of the total claims. i
Theig concert |
i
This will be good news to the 300 policy |
bo'ders in this county who were continu.
ally annoyed by assessments nd legal |
proceedings.
an 1s oul of spirits when there
p left 1a the he
Toe cashier be known
company that keeps hip
use
should by the
Ignorance of the law excuse a
: > fey Ne ts v > 3
awyer from practicing it
The bark of a sailor is somewhat Jif
ferent from that of a dog
the
ARatust an estate to file
A vivid
gerous as a lt
When
Lickel sca pers are
It never reduces
size of a claim
it
imagination
ing.
roads get to cutting
is often as dan.
ra Tales,
happy
The band wrecker may be bailed out,
but the bank usually sinks
the
ice goes up in the summer
Many
juaintance
Snow comes down in winter and
a poor man has an off hand
with a buzz
AC
aw
Where there's a will there's
way lor lawyers to break it
The old toper frequently
always a
gels away
with more than he can carry
Newspapers and bootblacks polish the
understanding of their patrons
The ink is entitled to much of the
mightiness attributed to the pen,
The mother in-law often proves too
much for newly wedded lawyers,
A literary back sometimes carties the
publisher over the road to wealth,
The bunco man never puts off until
to-morrow those he can do to-day.
Equal parts of Jove and sense makes
the world go round on the square,
Brevity may be the soul of wit or
merely an indication of its absence.
The nodertaker may be slow, but he
manages to overtake the rest of us,
About the only place where people
seem 10 have lime enough is in jail,
The wire workers’ union embraces
| politicians and telegraph operators.