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CHAS. R. KURTZ, PsA cietor.
A FRIGHTFUL
R. R. WRECK
On the Pa. R. R. Near Howard,
Sunday
THE KILLED AND INJURED
Engine and Twelve Cars Smashed—En-
gine Struck a Cow and Was De-
railed —Traffic Was Delayed-—Lon-
tained Perishable Freight.
A disastrous wreck occurred on the Bald
Eagle Valley roaa, Sunday afternoon
about 2 o'clock,and resulted in the death
of two men and the serious injury of an-
other.
The fast through freight trs
daily run from Tyrone to Lock Haven
in makesa
and return and hauled perishable freight,
and was coming westward, loaded with
cabbage, apples, cider and other truck,
and had just passed through Howard
about a mile and a half when two cows
attempted to cross the track ahead of the
engine.
One animal went under the locomotive,
thrown to one side, and
!
nded
the other was he
over and finally
the
engine toppled
the track with
alongside
wheels in the
back, of course,
of
* Ol two, and the
1 ad
OCKCA.,
ed, but
by
on
jumping
which Suyder |
resided at 2248 J ams avenue with
1 three
45 years old. Mr. Snider's home
wife an He was about
wa
Sixteenth street near Adams avenue, 3
he is survived by his wife and fou
en. He
years oid. The uni
was a young
home is on Ni:
bia avenue,
Suyder were prominent
town, having lived t
of their lives.
death was a mem
board.
The body of Suyd
1e wreck,
He expired in t
hour. Brakeman
and one arn
es receiv
of David Sayder, firen was unde
wreck about 7 h when recover
ours ana
was minus the ri
ght arm. It was reg
port.
ed that two tramps had been killed
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the wreck but nothing was geen of their
WARD FAMILY REUNION
Oa Friday, Oct. 19,
reunion was held at the home of Mr, and
Mrs. John Ward, of Stormstown., It
was the first assemblage of the kind
held by the household. The following
were present: The parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Mobn Ward and children—David Cupp,
of Warriors Mark ; Mrs. Fred Meyers,
of Butler county, Pa. ; Mrs. James Doty,
McKeesport, Pa.; Ira T. Ward, Pitts-
burg ; Mrs. David Behrers, Tyrone; J.
M. Ward, Stormstown ; Mrs. Samuel
Dunmire, McVeytown; Guyer
Pittsburg ; Amos Ward, Bellefonte. In
addition there were present many grand.
children, neighbors and friends, It was
a happy event and the day spent under
the family roof proved interesting, A
royal repast was served for the occasion
and a complete family group was taken
to commemorate the gathering. Mr,
Ward is an old soldier, now close to the
three-score and ten mark and one of the
respected citizens of that community.
It was the parting wish of one and all
that he and his good wife might be
spared for many future happy family
reunions,
1900, & family
Large Hotel Burned.
The Spring Hotel, located at the fa-
mous Sizerville Springs, near Emporium,
was totally destroyed by fire yesterday.
Loss $4,000.
| improved sufficiently to te
Ward,
TWO MEN DRUGGED.
Condition,
Thursday morning Howard Pepper-
man, a farmer living between Jersey
Shore
Boatman, a farmer, in a state of wild de.
and Salladaysburg, saw Thomas
lirfum, and along the road close by was
the almost lifeless body of William Ergott,
a young man residing in Salladaysburg.
The pockets of both men had been emp-
tied. Ergott died within a few hours, but
Boatman, after receiving medical aid,
»11 the following
story: He and Ergott were riding ther
wheels when they were accosted by two
men driving in a buggy, one of whom
was Edward Shaffer, brother-in-law of
Boatman, The men inthe buggy offered
the wheelmen a drink from a jug which
they
carried, and both were shortly over-
come. While the coroner was investigat.
ing the case the men supposed to have
administered the drug appeared and
claimed that they had reli
clists of their
th
able to take
Cle
valuables
yught they were
1 rfin!
ATH
the animals seemed
that the men were workis
At the first comm
yme they
they did it qui
were they
urg, last week , the jury
Wyncoog
Bigler and Verd Wilson, of (
t James and Laura
county, charged with counterfeitin
came into court and announced
a verdict. The jury found all
1 1
agreed on
the defen
Mrs,
ner
but recommend
Laura Wyncoop to the
The
the jury Thursday noon and they wrestled
lants guilty,
extreme
went to
cy of the court case
with it until 9 o'clock that night before a
verdict was rendered. The trouble was
as to the verdict against Mrs. Wyncoop.
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Got Peppered.
lewistown Democrat and Sentinel: On
Monday forenoon Harry Focht, a brother
inlaw of Mr. Eshelman, the baker, in
| Patterson, while out hunting for squirrels
{on Adams’ ridge was shot by another
| hunter, Several shot lodged in his throat
quite a number penetrated the left breast
| and his Jimbs were completely peppered |
| with shot. The man who shot him, when
| he discovered what he had done, took to |
| his heels and threw away his gun, On
recovering from the shock Mr. Focht
continued to hunt awhile and shot sev.
eral squirrels before coming home.
Expensive Shooting.
Messrs Creight, Showalter and Neil
Davis, paid dearly for the first day's
shooting, having killed nine turkeys be.
longing 10 J. A. Way, of Half Moon Val-
ley. Itis sald they settled matters by
paying Mr. Way $35.00 for the turkeys.
Had they been wild turkeys the law
would have permitted these gentlemen
to have killed two each. Herald,
A farmer cannot expect to make much
if he hasn't a grain of common sense,
| One Dead, and the Other in a Serious |
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BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1900.
‘SOME TIMELY
OBSERVATIONS
Footprints in the March of Impe-
rialism,
QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION
Fhat are Involved in the Present Cam
Pointers
Duty
paign-—Just a few as a
Reminder of when vou
Vote this Year.
your
r wu wu A
}) FOR BRYAN,
of Mark Hann:
and John Sherman,
! DECLAR]
the home
ident McKinley
author of the anti-trust lav
An
ASSL 1 a
Qt «te
LACS,
Ohio
The following
tate John
answer to the «
Phil
to do with the PI
15G
“I express my well. cor
the United
sovereignty
that tates
over the Phill
inheren
slands to
maintain a republican governm
lar to our Own
accept
but should secure the
the people of those
JOHH SHERMAN
Washington, Aug. 31, 15¢8
» * >
The last transport that arrived at San
Francisco, Cal, this week contained the
following: 51 corpses, 467 sick soldiers,
8 convalescents and 12 insane and with
2,000 physical wrecks left behind,
» * »
It is shown by official statistics that the
cost of the war with Spain and in the
| Philippines from 1868 0 1901, inclusive,
| will amount to $642,000000. This is
equal to #8 50 per head of the population
| of the United States, or £42.50 per family |
of five persons during}the four years. | from the Damm farm near Mackeyville
{to the Lewis Shuler farm,
| the oak and hickory timber on the latter
Militarism and imperialism have sup: |
How do you like it, voter?
» » »
plied the 5,321 soldiers sacrificed in the
war of criminal aggression have all been
who volunteered. Imperialism every.
where and always plays with the lives of
the common people as pawns.
Most of life's shadows result from
standing in our own light,
Philippines. The victims of this wretched
| Jacob Runkle, of this place, states that
brave regular soldiers or thrifty citizens | in their regiment there bave been 39 | Miss Winifred, of Irvona,
| Interment tok place at Unionville on |
CHAMP CLARK COMING,
Gramley
that the
County Superintendent C. I.
authorizes the announcement
Hon. Champ Clark, of Missouri, will be |
one of the evening lecturers during insti
tute week. It is hardly necessary to tell
the readers of the Centre Democrat who
Clark is, as
Champ we have been pub
lishing ¢ rolumst by him
months,
5 the
Some
best var 1
1 }
|
1 no doub
hamp Clark
t forcible
atform orator,
ress he is th cognised
emocral Use,
think
New Operation
Authony Noll has bought the Jacob
Sprow timber, known as the Keller
tract in Harris twp., and has moved his
sawmill and will begin operation in a
short time
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An Old Fort.
Children playing about the site of oid
Fort Augusta, now Sunbury, where many
Indian battles occurred previous to the
Revolution, unearthed recently an open
ing to an old powder magazine the exist.
ence of which was not known,
Removing His Saw Mill,
T. M. Harter is removing his saw mill
He will cut
place.
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A letter from Wm, Runkle, to his father
deaths from wounds and disease, which in
cludes Lieut, Geo. W. Jackson, deceased.
Trylog to keep from worrying is what
worries some people.
Widowers, like tumbled down hoases,
should be repaired,
CHANGES IN
STAR ROUTES
Old System of Awarding Contracts
Has Been Abolished
CHANCE [FOR EVERYBODY
Direct Dealing with the Man Who Car-
the Mail Inapgurated by the
Post Office Department—Info
Interest
rics
tion ol Spec al
re went to th
an a thor wagh in
ind Foo the
WK
ts they
ngs concealed in the close
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several hundred dollars Oa
going to the attic they made even greater
discoveries. Under
found $1000
concealed
The
of money found in this way is said 10 be
the floor in tin boxes
they in gold. They also
Away old
found money in
cushioned chairs entire amount
fa500
Crushed Under His Train
William D. McEwen, a Pittsburg divi.
sion freight brakeman, was fatally in-
jured at Spangler early Friday morning.
At Spangler he was thrown under the
wheels and four cars passed over him.
Both legs were crushed, He was taken
to the Altoona hospital, where he linger.
ed until 4 45 o'clock, when death ended
his sufferings.
The unfortunate young man was a son
of Alorzo and Mary (deceased) McEwen,
of Irvona. He was born in Unionville,
| Centre county, February 17, 1880. He
| is survived by his father and two sisters:
| Mrs, W. BE. Hollman, of Tyrone, and
Monday.
When the up lo date woman is after a
pew wrinkle she doesn’t want to find it
in her mirror,
{
when
The
sequently the
ground
weeds are very tall yi
snow will be correspondiugly deep.
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Surveying for Double Track.
The tremendous increase in business
during the last three years is compelling
the N.Y. C. railroad to aya
track and in a short time the whole dis.
tance between Clearfield and Jersey
Shore will be covered by a double track.
Surveyors were at work at this place yes.
terday and took measuremtents of the
bridges.
double
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Buys 500 Acres of Timber Land.
leonard Kyler, of Kylertown, has
| purchased from the Ford heirs, of Phila.
[delphia, five hundred acres of timber
| lands at Birch Island tn Clinton county.
| This tract of land has been owned by the
| Ford's since 1776. Itis a very valuable
| tract, and inasmuch as many others
have been trying to secure it for years.
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U. S. Weather Burcau,
Weekly Report—Bellefonte Station.
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