URWUN® AY CHAS. R. KURTZ OUR HISTORIC, R lateresting Article by of Philipsburg. roprietor. va this Noted Highwayman—Numer- ous Arrests and Escapes From Jail | -A Daring Character In a recent issue a short sketch was published of Lewis and Connelly, famous highwaymen. That tracted the attention of 8. Philipsburg, who gives us tended sketch of this noted the article at- B. a more ex character, style, The adventures of highwaymen have | | Space will not enable us to give this in always been a source of fascination to both authors and readers. Josephus re fers to them in the account he gives of Abraham sendiog *‘the ancientest of his Servants to betroth Rebecca for a wife to his son Isaac.” He says the messenger on his journey Had ‘‘to pass through Messopotamia tn which it was tedious traveling, both in winter for the depth of the snow, and in summer for want of water, and besides this for the robberies there committed, which are not to be avoided by travelers but forehand.” Writers of mention of Procrustes, by caution be. Grecian history make od bighwayman infe cient Attica, wh iron bed he K *iched them His name, it stretcher,” and was The hist Heath Kk the re plunderers of this latter circumstance aulay speaks of Hounslow Finc most Boles sort plied their vocation during the reign of Charles the Second. and Comm bein 1 spots whe hley on as According to that eminent author, these * road”’ ‘gentlemen of the were bold and skillful riders, and in some instances of quite aristocratic ap- pearance. Claude Duval, one of the most famous highwaymen, was a French page of the Duke of Richmond, dressed ght of fa u, and was con nany ales Dow f the , and of 's in his One of these took A 8S of a considerable piace im Adams county. robbery, causing the sum of On the morning several persons started in money, was mmputed to him cosuing pur suit They overtook a well-dressed man rid rnaiog a horse let and urely along the road he had noticed any descr tof Lewis, whom neither A negative answer was gis 'y were going in the 1 onl, the stranger same the turned al mpanie m in erable listance on what ess § for t A few surprised to ut a fruit arch offender days learn by a letter at their genial companion was the man they had een hunting, and that be was anxious lo know if they were well with his other time he went to an pleased At isolated cabin im Mifflin county, possibly to extort some appearance and conduct an. kind of plunder, but when the door was opened by an elderly lady who showed signs of distress, he asked what was wrong, and being told that a constable Was coming to take her cow for arrear. | Ages of rent, he gave her twenty dollars, | with instructions to take a receipt when she paid it. Lewis then went a short | distance from the cabin, and awaiting the return of the officer, with a pistol in hand, vot only recovered his own money but a larger sum which the constable | bad in his possession. In this way the poor woman had her rent liquidated as | well as a surplus of several dollars, and i the considerate bighwayman relmburs- | ed himself with a percentage of profit | that would doubtless satisfy the most | greedy money lender of the present time. i David Lewis was born in Carlisle, Pa., on the 4th of March, 1790. His parents were poor but respectable, In 1793 the family removed to Northumberland county, where the father of David was appointed a deputy district surveyor, which position be held until the time of his death, several years later, David continued to live with his mother unl 1807, when he enlisted with a military squad at Bellefonte, but being * cobbed’ or some offence he deserted and ran VIEW | 3, B. Row, | | Pennsylvania have taken possession of —— | now in progress in the M. E PAVID LEWIS THE ROBBER — - | withit comes a great many visitors. This | Some of the Thrilling Adventures of | Row, of | | responded. | chosen Written in a pleasing and entertaining | | John Harning, Treasurer, | the Continued on page 2 he METHODIST CONFERENCE. Fhe Swallow Case Developes Several Sensations, Methodists of This week the Central our town, as the session of Conference is ¢. church this place. Itisa large gathering and is the third time within a score of years | that body has assembled at this place Tuesday evening was the first event | { and was devoted lo a Temperance Ar- niversary, Wednesday morning [4 ference was formally organized Johm M. Walden, When the roll was called 200 ministers Rev, T. S. Wilcox Rev, Bishop presiding, was Ww Rev Secretary ; Conway Dickson, Statistical Secretary Next came the reports of the presiding elders, etc, | detail The distinguished Dr fighting parson of Harrishurg, is here with stenographers and counsel! for his trial on the charge of lying, ete ferred against zell. The Silas Swallow, , pre. Hart. before Confer him by Rev. C matler came cuce at 11 a. m, Wednesday, when Con. ference entered into executive session for an hour, then recess and another ses. sion It was a stormy time in dozen ald be try floor and ha w heated the fi Was s referred ’ ey f accusers as V. HArTZELL Of character, iuciting to ri tbel and attempt at bry Dr. E.R. Y Harrisburg, and fraudulent dealing, co rapt partisar and negligent administration of hi fice as presiding elder, and libel Dr. J]. WesLgy Hivw, pastor of the Grace M. E. church, Harrish jury (that while at Ogden, -lying HH OCH M di strict presidin lving, dishonest Ql 1S | tah, be that charch by * and used it to pay} "ge that f ut ER ie f rf can be KO as (hey re ia portant TROLLED FOR A WILDCAT And Landed the Fierce Animal on Plat form of ( aboose, he made De a Habbard of ware has For the traiomen have noticed a big wildcat 1 Hudson 1asatro Al road nove! reco er A week or two fn the vicinity of Fairview, Pa., and sev eral times the crew disc harged revolvers at it from the caboose, but the alert cat just “winked the other eye’ and skurried into the laurel Then a bright idea struck Hubbard He had a Carbondale blacksmith make a big iron hook. This he baited with a chick. en and attached a piece of bell cord to it. When the train going down the heavy grade, on Monday night, Conduc- tor Hubbard hung the Ime from the rear end of the caboose, keeping the chicken a few inches above the track. When the train was rounding a sharp curve the wildcat suddenly sprang from behind a pile of railroad ties and seized the chicken. Hubbard gave a hard, bushes Conductor Was quick pull, and in a moment the scream. i ing, struggling cat was upon the plat. form. After a severe struggle the train. men killed the beast with a hatchet and a crowbar. Il weighed 50 pounds. Hub. bard will collect the scalp bounty from the county and have the hide made into | A coat to wear when hunting io the | mountaios next winter, Tua republicans are making a great deal of fuss over the selection of a candi. date for Governor. Thus far Blkins has been sweeping everything in sight, for the reason the Quay machine wants him. He will make ernor like dis. not That with | BELLEFONTE SMALLPOX IN | THE COUNTY | New Cases at Rebersburg and | Millheim at 'NO FATALITIES REPORTED | Strict Quarantine Being Observed — no Smallpox at Zion, Illness Due to Vaccination—Excitement at Ea- gleville Also. Con. | Centre county has had a genuine smallpox scare the past two weeks and there is some occasion for Ing The bad as the variot the public be alarmed. siluation is not as reports would make it, which is naturs such a condition, | a8 no one wants to take any chances of be exposed to the disease. From care ful uguiry we believe we can give our readers pretty pear the correct state affairs in regard to the various the fected, county that are supposed TWO NEW CASHES AT REBERSHURL Miles 1 home near Rebersbur Down in ownship the K is still the of much concern as the seven vic the disease, which were there reported iu our last issue, are all The condition different onsidered Hon patients the who was the satisfac with Willis Bierly exception of who resides a short rank bome, and in the earlies stages the The ch ue and a little disease had been at home 1 where the disease broke out id fen are a boy about ni of seven years who were taken ill on Monday and Tuesday of this week and were taken at ounce to the Frank home where they can be cared for by the nu and kept i associating with other y fr junity un Ye Df # A resait int lest the The Mi authorities quarantined of Winters and of Mr the undertaker to prevent a the di Winters factors cage health homes have the Campbell spread of ease, condition is said be sat and there every of his res ITETY A ARE A much excitement in t} rt of the appearance smallpox at Zion The fact we give as told us who this office declares that it was in yesterday, and a hen intely ita false report On the 7th of this month Charles Rockes A Pa came home owing to the prevalence of | who had been employed at Meairn, that disease m that section He is a son of Geo. Rockey, who lives near Zion and occupies one side of a double house and Christ Decker the other on the Decker farm. After he was home for a few days the family called on Dr. Fisher to vac: cinate the young man and other mem- bers of the family, as well wo avoid any | darger. Asa result of the vaccination, | As is customary, be grew slightly (11, and | in addition there were some slight erup. | tions on the boy's face. At thejtime the boy was vaccinated the report was | spread in the community that the young | man was ill with the disease, ashe had | come from an infected district. When {the slight eruptions, ordinary pimples, | appeared the Dr, was positive that they | were not smallpox symptoms or eves | varioloid. But in order to take due pre. caution he notified the occupants of the | house to remain separated and that they stay at home, and a notice of “supposed | { variolold"’ was posted on the door, as a | necessary precaution for the safety of the community. In a few days these | symploms all disappeared, and now Dr, Fisher states that the young man is ab. solutely well. All that alled him was ill ness due 0 the vaccination. The Dr. | feels somewhat concerned about the various reports afloat that be was trifling, or trying to conceal the true nature of the disease. He is positive in what be states, and called to have us publish these facts so that ths unfounded rumors , PA., THURSDAY, MARCH | afloat will | workmen now occupied as a | Haven sewer pipe works, met with pain. | ful injuries last Thursday while at work 27, 1002. be seriously, not taken any longer, SCARE AT EACLEVILLE Eagleville was considerably excited the past week by the appearance of per sons exposed to smallpox, Orrin Stover and wife returned from a lumber camp of the | case near in which one bad otover had charge of the Reynoldsville developed a Mr. and Mrs camp and were exposed to the case, Before the camp was quarantined they left and went to Bagleville stopping at the Stover house, ' their : former home, boarding house by The , on authority Mrs. Linn, a widow, school direc- tors of Liberty townsh p trom the health officers in Bellefonte house to chi the hogse were Those 3 who were exposed here were uneasy and quarantined all in the Stover awail deve The dren of the hastily sent home fi opments we who had called at school, om much indignation is expressed because 4 ¥ wil the fact made public immedi. Ie no case deve - SMALLPOX AT PEMBERTON Une Case Came to Tyrone Hustled Home io a Hurry Saturday a man pamed John , who | from smallp 3 : » ak oo ittie dang ile win his orders, three telling blows from the This had the Jesire gent Or er , And the obstreperous eman himself own on the 1 of the house to take a rest and nurse himself bac Kk 0 comf ve ree ved were 3 Pet Deer under the 4] * which enclosed a herd of 10 hand iver in Lakemont Park, a summer and throttled the which Altoona, Flora, a fine doe regarded as almost a phenome nee, was those among animals were tame, hav ol ing been in the enclosure since 1504 Flora would shake bands, beg for food with nods of her head, and do many other thibhgs which endeared ber thousands of children from all parts of the State who had visited the park to Killed in His Own Sawmill. Jacob T. Glasgow, 49 years old, of Bellwood, a contractor, was found dead in his own sawmill, one mile west of Bellwood, oo the 19th. He was engaged in adjusting the machinery preparatory | | 10 putting in a Iathe mill, when he was [caught in the belting around the neck, | jcarried to the ceiling and strangled to | death. Noone was with him. He had | been dead several hours whea found. | He is survived by his parents, four brothers and five sisters, Whirled Around a Shaft. George Butler, a pressman at the Lock in the factory, His clothing caught on a shaft and he was whirled around until most of his clothing was torn off, Two of his ribs were broken; his left arm be. tween the elbow and shoulder was also 1 Cow, | which she lighted entre demoer VARIETY OF COUNTY NEWS Items of Interest Gathered From All Sections SHORT AND TO THE POINT What Transpired Worthy of Brief Men the Past Week— News Over the County ers tion From A New Department Ape wa Howard Der sory Moore BD along the 1 wh Karthaus aged ur vears, Mr. Moore his young davs when gam 2 CAYS 1 the deer th Was and bear His aiways sought and rig ro 1 ve HOR ve ¥ trips he made to the lower timber mark cts and walked back home before the tallroads were built The four year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Rees, of Karthaus, was fatal. The little girl and her twin sister had been left alone in the house by their mother. while she went to the barn to look after the The twing were in bed and the ly burned a few days ago | mother supposed they were asleep, but one of them got up and found a match The flames caught her night dress and the greater portion of ber body was burned, She died a fow hours later Mr. Harry Meyer who was raised by the Kepharts in Benner (wp. and who has been attending the Lebanon College, was married a few weeks ago to Miss | Sue Brown another student at the same school. Miss Browns home is in Gense. see, N. V. and it is said ber parents are | Mr, and Mrs. a do Meyers |. Aasos. quite wealthy. have been visiting at the Kephart home, at Fillmore and Friday they left for New Vork state, where they have a home a.ready furnished and where a splendid position awaits Mr, Meyer, IN ADJOINING COUNTIRS, F. Moyer, of Loganton, was granted a pension of fio, John H. Boone died Monday night at miduight at his home in Sugar Valley. The story that conductor Cook's train For Hasty Read- VOL. 24. NO. 13. FACT, FUN AND FANCY Sparkling Paragraphs—Selected and Original frost-bit. more wives ponge she ttled called ™ fainted At demure 1 the clerk nts a whole lot a chareh entertainment recently a ittle old maid of very retiring disposi Lon was When pounced 1G sing a duet with the minister. their part “Miss sing ‘Put Me in My Little Bed accom. the minister.” No wonder everyone laughed and the little old maid came, the deacon an. Surreyville will now panied by fainted Senator Mason and William J wet recently in the marble room in Washington, says the New World. They shook hands, and Mason said "So you are in the newspaper business now ' "Ves," replied Mr "Doing weil “Very well indeed.” “Good circulation and your paper go- Bryam lobby York Mr. Bryan | ing everywhere I’ “Yes, splendid prospects.” “That reminds me of a story,” said “A friend of mine started a newspaper which seemed to be flour. ishing and prosperous. | met him one day and asked him how he was coming on with the paper. ‘Fine,’ be said; ‘good advertising, good circulation and everything in nice shape.’ ‘Vour paper is golag everywhere ' I inquired. ‘Ves, indeed,’ he said; ‘I just put a mortgage on my bouse this morning to keep it from going to the devil.’ ~Colonial Ties with Gus Metal Buckles at Veager & Davis.
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