all i uvmIgage gy Circulat Over 3400. SECOND WEEK OF COURT David Miller Sentenced: and 11 Months LIST OF CASES DISPOSED Conclusion of Quarter Sessions Court— Cases Continued-—Civil Cases Tried the Second Week —Reperted y S. D. Gettig § years The Grand Jury got through with their work on Thursday afternoon, and after submitting their report were dis- charged with the thanks of the court. The report after reciting the number of bills found and ignored and stating that they had visited the County buildings found them in good shape, excepting that the flooring in the Court House cori- dor was unsafe. Wednesday afternoon the Register read the accounts filed in a number of decedent estates and they were confirm. edni. si by the court. On Tharsday morning the case of Com. vs. William Culp, Joseph Rice and Isaac George, indicted first count as. sault and battery, second count highway robbery, prosecutor Robert Vaux, was put on trial. ‘Wm. Culp, one of the de. fendents, plead guilty before the swear. ing of the jury, and the jury was sworn as to Rice and George. about as follows : evening of the 27 of September last Rice and the prosecutor had been drinking at several hotels at Philipsburg and were joined in the evening by Culp and drinks were bad at several hotels and a lunch at a restaurant and part of the time young George was present, and sometime after eleven o'clock that evening Culp, Rice and Vaux walked out Pine street and in the vicinity of Fifth street knocked down and relieved of his watch and eight dollars of money, and when Vaux revived he found Rice lying on the other side of the board-walk and roused him and they then reported the matter to the police, with the result that the de- fendants above named were subsequently arrested. Culp plead guilty and made a clean breast of the matter and stated that the robbery was planned by himland Yaux was Rice, and that it was he that struck Vaux. | At the close of the Commonwealth's case | Isaac George was discharged for want of evidence and the case was continued as | against Rice, who admitted drinking | with the prosecutor, but denied the ar- raogement with young Culp and any knowledge whatever as how the robbery was committed and said that he was either knocked down or pushed down at the same time that Vaux was knocked down and that he was relieved of some money. On Thursday afternoon the jury found Rice guilty and he and Culp were each sentenced to pay the cost of prose. cution, twenty-five dollars fine and nine months in jail. Com. vs. Luther Kline, indicted for at- tempting rape, prosecutrix Myrtle Reeder. Defendant plead guilty and was sentenced to pay costs of prosecution | and ten dollars fine. Court adjourned on Thursday after. noon until Monday morning of this week after hearing a number of motions and | petitions. The following civil cases on this week's list were disposed of as follows : Lizzie Bible and Anna Bible, vs. Borough of | Centre Hall, appeal from judgment of | justice of the peace, plea non assump- sit. Continued generally. Tillie Woods, vs. Overseer of the Poor | from | of Snow Shoe township, appeal judgment of justice of the peace, plea | non assumpsit. Continued generally, Francis S. Rhoads, vs. J. C. Nason, appeal from judgment of J. M. Keichline, justice of the peace, plea non assumpsit, Settled. H. M. Dunning, vs. W. IL. Wilson and Benner Wilson, appeal from judgment of Justice of the peace, plea non assumpsit. Settled, Morgan L. Richards, vs. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, appeal from judg- ment of J. M. Keichline, justice of the peace, plea non assumpsit. This case is brought for the killing of a colt by the defendant company belonging to the plaintiff. Continued generally, Other Commonwealth cases entered to November sessions were disposed of as follows: Com. vs. Dennis Motter, charge be. trayal, prosecutrix Rose Mallin, Settled. Com. vs. Martin Hayes, charged with betrayal, prosecutrix Carrie Maize, Continued, Comf. vs. Ferd Baum, charged with rape, prosecutrix Myrtle Johnson. Settled, Com. v8, Gus Pearson, charged with betrayal, prosecutrix Mary Vaughin, Continued. Com. v8. Jacob Weaver, Jr., charged with petrayal, pomesisia Fannie A. Stover, Continued. . v8. Blmer Aikens, charged with This case iS | On the afternoon and |! betrayal, Elizabeth Gray. Nol. pros. Com. vs. Huston Cowher, charged with assault and battery, prosecutor Theodore Washendorff. Continued. Com. vs. James Grassmire, charged with blackmail or extortion of money, prosecutor Enoch Hugg. Nol. pros. Com. vs. John Sourbeck, charged with betrayal, prosecutrix Martha M. Gregg. Settied. Com. vs. Henry Burton, charged with aggravated assault and battery with in- tent to kill and aiding prisoner in escap- ing, prosecutor Ira BE. Howe. Nol, pros prosecutrix Com. vs. Danny Small, charged with | aggravated assault and battery, prose. | cutor John E. Brown, Sattled. Com. vs. William Brown, charged with | betrayal, prosecutrix Isabella Houser. | Nol. pros. Com. vs, Thomas Scaife, charged with | betrayal, prosecutrix Annie Hill. Con- tinued. Com. vs. John Longwell and Ez. Con- | fer, charged with neglect of duty, prose. cutrix Maggie Gammo. Nol. pros. Com. vs. Henry Gilbert, charged with desertion, prosecutrix Elmira Gilbert. Continued to January Argument Court. Com. vs. Edward Mayes, charged with betrayal, prosecutrix Minnie Witherite, Continued. Court adjourned on Thursday after. noon "till Mawday morning at g o'clock, at which time several important civil | cases will be tried. COURT PROCEEDINGS SECON D WEEK Court convened on Monday morning with Judge Love on the Bench and after hearing a number of motions and petitions the trial li and the following cases disposed high Valley Coal Company Lucas, Frank Lanniog, Nelson Wolford, Itaac Lanning, Daniel C Shope, Alfred Ammerman, John Ardell, Jr. and Mary I. Ardell, summoned in replevin, plea noma cepit and property. st for this week was gone over Ie. ve, George David Hoover, Two cases, and both cases continued Lehigh Valley Coal Company, vs. A, summoned in replevin, plea pit and property. Contin R. Shope, vs, America Leyman, J. Johu Q Mil sammoned J. Greist, non ce Ww Croft, and ued, IL. in sssumpsit J. L.. Bathurst vs. Harry R. Curtin, Or. lando Bryan and Henry Shultz, sum- moned in ejeciment, plea not guilty. Con- | tinued at the costs of the defendants. Philip B. Iddings and Hasnah M. Id. dings, his wife vs. Spring township, sum- | moved in tresspass, plea not guilty. Con- tinued until the dividing line between Spring and Boggs townships is es tablished George T. Brew, surviving administra. tor of etc., of George W. Jackson, de- ceased vs. Daniel H. Hastings, J. Henry Cochrane and H. C. McCormick, who survive Geo. W. Jackson, deceased trad. ing as Jackson, Hastings & Company, summoned in assampsit, plea non as sumpsit. Continued. Washington Cornet Band vs. D. F. Louck and W. O. Dougherty, summoned | in tresspass, plea not guilty. Settled, Edward Rider vs. Emma C. Rider, subpoena in divorse., Continued. Charles McCafferty vs. John Caldwell and Mary Cook, summoned in ejectment, plea not guilty, Two cases. Continued, the cases being special to Judge Love. Commonwealth of Peunsvivania ex. | relation, Mrs. E. K. Schadman and A. | C. Blowers, legatees of Mary Cortleyon, heirs and legal representatives of Jacob | Kepler, deceased vs. Jacob M. Kepler, | and Howard Matley, who survive BE. W, | Hale, co obligor, sammoned in assump. | sit, plea non assumpsit. Couotinued. On Monday afternoon court convened at two o'clock and after hearing a num- | ber of motions and petitions, the sheriff | es, Settled, | acknowledged deeds and the first case | taken up was J. R. Alexander and Mar- | garet P. Alexander and Roberta A. Yarrington, the last two named being | the heirs and legal representatives of C. T. Alexander, deceased vs, The Belle: foute Iron and Nail company, limited, James A. Beaver and J. W. Gephart, summoned in ejectment, plea not guilty, There was no defence and verdict was | rendered in favor of the plaintiffs for the land described in the writ, subject to re- demption on the payment of fourteen hundred and twenty-two dollars, with stay of execution for three months, Overseers of the Poor of Haines twp. vs. Wm, C. Jordon and W. T. Winkle. bleck, administrators of ete. of Adam Jordan, deceased, summoned in assump. sit, plea non assumpsit. Verdict in fav- or of the plaintiff for two hundred and sixteen dollars and ninety cents. The Borough of Philipsburg vs. Wil liam Way and U. 8. Grant Way, owners ot reputed owners, and Joseph Way, oce cupant, "summoned in scire facias sur municipal lien, plea, non assumpsit, nil debit ete. The allegation of the plaintiff is that sometime iu July, 1900, they had the defendants, who are the owners of a property on the corner of Fourth and Pine streets in the Borough of Philips. burg, which is occupied by their father, | Jerry Condo. | close to the road. | it was a tavern. | | tavern days, “Spring Hill Inn. | oldest readers of the Democrat may have | | were the leading people. BELLEFONTE. PA. THURSDAY. OUR HISTORICAL REVIEW A Number of Incidents of Local |‘ vania), Capt. Israel B. Schaeffer, Seventh | Interest, SOME HISTORICAL POINTS | Romola, | Marsden's pension report papers. Old Landmarks in Gregg and Ferguson | Townships Around Which Cluster | Tradition and Story— Soldier Name Omitted. Another | In this chapter we group a number of | | and worthy of a place in our Historical Review : At Spring Mills, oa the pike, west side, | about 50 rods above the present hotel, now owned the ‘bluff by a Mr. Alexander, It stands on building there is still the sign of its 1827." Some of the a recollection of the Inn, and perhaps joyful’ at its bar, | facts in brief, that wil! be of interest to! | many readers of the Centre Democrat, | | there is an old building, long occupied | by | DECEMBER 4, 1902. the vouchers for Mr, Notes | signed of N 8. Balley. Officers and privates from Centre coun- ty in Company E. (Eighth Pennsyl- Pennsylvania Cavalry, Col. Wynkoop, serving in Tengpesse and | Georgia. | Oapt. Israel B. Schaeffer, Walker township. James P. Hughes, Benner, sergt. W. C. Hughes, Marion, Corp, Thaddeus Longwell, corp; died March ‘02 pear Nashville, Tenn, Lewis Catherman, Walker died Oct, 15, "64. Privates, Catherman, Benjamin, died Jan, 17 "64 Haslet, F., Walker Royer, George, Walker: Jan, 7, "63 Smith, George, Walker Smith Isane, Walker Brunk, James, Marion Harrisburg. Jesse died at Nashville died Nov. 2 List of officers and privates from Cen- tre county in Company E. Ninety third { Pennsylvania, Perhaps the oldest | | house in that place, and in early years On the garret of this | and the lettering reads, | | remember getting some of the “Oh be |p We do not have the | | name of the landlord of that day. i The Pine Grove and Pennsylvania Pur- | nace country is full of settlers. These relics consist of cabins, deserted hamlets, iron works says a writer, relics of earlier | log | and ruins of | Erbtown bad blacksmith shops, wagon | shops, a machine shop, foundry, a gristmill, Quantities of farm implemenis were turned out there and a tannvery, Many men found employment, for those were the days when everything was done is done by hand now pretty nearly all by the Trusts Pennsylvania Furnace turned ont the The iron Grove and continued at best irom made in the state, indust at Pine Furnace, ry, as begun Penn’a is over a huodred years old. The transfer of the works to the Purnace dates from the opeving up the Bailey- ville ore bank. Operations at the Far nace were suspended about fifteen years ago, when competition with Carvegie be- came 00 hard to stand Penvsylvania Furnace is also of inter. est in being at the extreme end of Cen- tre county. The postoffice is not in Cen tre, but in Huntingdon. there, it is said, is half in one county and half in another. The village is now a former image once. The company generation of farm laborers. Meck's settlement, now Fairbrook, is | & place of historical interest. As may be inferred from the name, the Meek's settled there, a hundred years ago, and Ross grave. yard, not far away, was the depository for the bodies of some of these first set- (ters, but the graveyard itself is now abandoned. At the foot of Tussey mountain near | Pine Grove, there is a spring on the | direct line of Indian travel from Kish. | quoquillas valley to the Lakes, and there the Indians would stop and camp. They walled up the spring. They had a zig: zag trail leading down the mountain to it. Both spring and trail may yet be seen, buried in these same parts with only a | stone pile to mark his grave. It is Gen- Gi. B. Shearer, Walker, en capt.; killea May & Ed. H. Rogers, Walker, capt "64. W. W. Rogers, Walker, 1st lieut Henry Fishel, Marion, corp Robert Tate, Spring, corp. Charles H. Robb, Walker, corp ; died July 10 "a, Buckbelmor, John, Walker: elersburg, March 25, ‘65, Banks, Phillp, Walker: died Aug. 31, "a2, Campbell, Robert R,, Walker Contaer, Joseph, Walker Felmalee, David, Marion, Gault, Francis, Spring Irvin, Heary, Walker Osburn, William, Robb, George Buyder, D B. Walker Snyder, Abe, Walker Sngder, Theodore Shelbe : killed May 5 wounded a wounded May Marion « Walker : wounded May ¢ Walker Juaseph, Walker: died Kept Heit Tate ess. May Fresh Paint. A lady and ber daughter from ove of “Paint the mountain distri is came to town on Thursday 10 make some purchases, not thinking of Belle! K ! ule stores being closed Among the art was a small can paint. Passing along Creider's exchavge, where considerable re-paintiog was done about the exterior, they observed several oo Thanksgiving cles ' wanted it seem of i tabs with bold lettters on each side of one | of the store doors, with the precautionary | daughter,’ Oue house | word, “paint.” “‘Here ma, "said the 'we can get the paiot they have the sign on the door.” Stepping up to | the door it would not open ; thinking the | storekeeper bad gone out, the two went sad looking place, the shadow of its | on and a few doors ahead came to where {two tabs were stuck, reading, * Fresh houses are now occupied by a younger marked, eral Patton who died on what is known | as the old Aw! farm on the upper | Branch. When these stones were heap- | ed over his devoted head, those who did | it probably never realized that the spot | would become the resort of ground-hogs, and that these animals, burrowing in the ground beneath, would some day even carry up and scatter the bones of | the good old general himself. Yet such has been the case, The Daughters of the Revolution are reminded by the Centre Democrat, to extend their noble work of “markers” to this spot. Sooner or later their patri- | otic feeling will lead them on in this di rection we trust, Another revolutionary soldier has been discovered, whose name was not in the list previously printed, viz : John Mars den, who was a private in the Revolu- tionary war and drew a pension of $30 per year upto the time of his death. This pension certificate is still in the pos. session of his granddaughter, Mrs, Sam’! H. Kuhns, of Bagleville, He was 88 years old when he died in September of 1843, and was buried in the Hayes ceme- tery neat Beech Creek. He was prob. ably about 34 years old when he came to Centre county from Juniata county in 178g ahd the house he lived in was lo cated so that it can be said that he lived in three different counties without mov. A brave old Indian fighter lies | Paint’ The old lady thereupon re. “guess we'll go in here, they bave fresh paint and it may be better than at the other store.” The door latch was tackled but the door would not re- spond. Slightly ruffled, the parent re. marked, “What's the use use of foolen’ people by sticking up signs they have | paint and keep the doors locked —let's | of a party of hunters who shot three | go.” Farmer's lostitute at Rock Springs. Col. J. A. Woodward, one of the state institute managers, und W. C. Patter. son, of State College, organized a local board of managers for the Farmer's In- stitate to be held at Rock Springs, Jan, oth and 31st, 1903. Capt. W. H. Fry, was elected chairman and C. B. Hess, secretary. Col. Woodward outlined the | work for the committees. It was unani. mously decided to hold an afternoon and evening session on Priday the joth, and a morning, afternoon and evening ses. sion on the jist, The followihg chairmen of the differ. | ent committees were then appointed by | | finally bagged by men who simply in. spect the bloodmarks and sit down and | music, Bzra Tressler; decoration, C. B, | Wait than by men who take up the blood Hess; advertising, Harry McCracken; en- | tral. The | for a half mile, on a chance that the deer | President Fry : Committee for hall, J. H. Miller; transportation, Wm. Van Tries; tertainment, Prank Bowersox. chairmen of the committies to select their assistants. The program commit. tee is J. B. Gobeen, W. 8. Ward and Miss Gertrade Miller, Bitten by a Vicious Hog. William Carstetter, of Nittany valley, while assisting Harvey Moore in butcher. ing in the east end Wednesday morning, was bitten by a vicious bog on the leg above the knee. The laceration is a painful one, It required several shots to kill the hog. Bornon Birthdays of Presidents, George Washing Ocker, Thomas Jel. ferson Ocker and Andrew Jackson Ocker are three brothers who live at Lewisburg Each was born on the birthday of the president for whom he was named, Hunters Had a Good Season. All the hunting parties that were at different points In Sugar valley have re. turned to their bomes. Upwards of thirty deef were shot in Sugar valley The 2, | | deer as a trophy of the hunt. REPORTS FROM | THE HUNTERS The Deer Season Closed last Sat- urday ‘A LARGE NUMBER KILLED | | Best Returns Come from Little Sugar Valley and the Scootac Re- gion—Some Peculiar tracts on Deer. | " VOL. 24. NO. ge FACT, FUN AND FANCY. Bright Sparkling Paragraphs— Select ed and Original. On the watch-—bands Heat expands even a bot temper. The bill collector's work is always dun, Curiosity uncovereth a multitude of | sins, The Christmas tree dealer is sprucing up. The fellow who sows wild oats raises | Cain. Deer hunting season closed last Satur- | day. It was one of good luck for our hunters, both as t¢ deer and smaller | game. Now keep an eye on the fellows | who kill game out of season, The Boalsburg Modoc hunters in their late raid came home last week from | Laurel run with three deer. Samuel Bailey shot one, Judge Riley and Calvin Riley each shot one. D. W. Meyer shot one later on, Mer S. Betz, Mr. Kling and Ed. Aley, of Jacksonville, returned on Thursday of | last week from the hunting camp near { the headwaters of the Scootac with two | nice does, In the Scootac region, this season, illed. county, W. L. Foster, of State College, started out Tuesday of last join the | “"Modocs.”” While Mr. Foster was going up the mountain He shot the first 8 doe, time a large four pronged This region lies in Clinton | week to deer, that | he started two one, about buck started ] out before him, missed and but his gun fire before he conld replace a cartridge the buck was out of ran 4 The Sylvanus Hunting from Tyrone and thelr camp on Renner Centre county, Moshant Stiver from Black on, arday West Newton, weighing A850 Ki evenin Ppouna ted y i give £0 2 Eo Fa Roy Stewart residieg near Bald ie, while hun Thursday with se men, a enta discharge od his gun, and he wound burt 3 ly a e received in the neck, but fortunately th if not serious IN SUGAR VALLEY, A party of Sugar valley hunters had an exciting bear chase last week. They finally came up to the fleeing bear and a shot from the gun of Frasklin Barner laid bruin low. The same party killed one deer, Jacob Mover and Samue! Sholl treated their families and friends with roasted | venison on Thanksgiving. They were | out in Greene hollow bunting on Mon. day and each one brought home a fine Harvey Lupold scored an excellent record slaylog deer. He shot two last week, one on Monday, the other on | Tuesday. L. M. Karstetter, of Greenburr, is one deer in the White Deer forest, Jacob Zimmerman's crew of hunters | shot three deer last week. Four more deer were shot by busting | parties near Loganton last Priday. IL. J. Smith saw three in a bunch below Rockey’s. He brought down two, and John Caflisch shot the third. The Bar- ner party also shot one. TRAITS OF DEE R Itis a fact not commonly within the | knowledge of sportsmen that a wounded deer shot while speeding by a stand, will always come back to that stand if | it has strength enough. More deer are | Of course it is wise to follow the blood has gone down, but if it goes beyond that distance it is pretty much of a certainty that it will continue for some time longer, and in that case the best place for an. other shot is at the old stand. Why the deer does this is not positively known, but it is probably because it is best ac. quainted with that renway, and in its burt condition likes to be near its haunts, Some men in the woods will not shoot a doe at any time of year, no matter how tempting the shot, an? ‘Sey earn credit as selfrestrained sportsmen, Others are not so conscienceful, and take deer of either sex as they come, A few of these men are wise enough to know that in case a buck and doe are together, and it is wished to bag both, the one to shoot first is the doe, If the buck be shot the doe will flash away, never to return; if the doe is shot, the buck will probably make half a dozen Jumps going out of sight, but, if no noise be made, will always return to sniff at thle body of his companion. This may be because the male has moire affection than the female, or mere. ly because his courage is higher ud he | has less caution. ’ {| a man for j | spade, | golden, | Shere was a total of 68 deer and 12 bears | | Seven | mercury 7 deg. above zero, with | American Economy begins at bome more often than does charity, The lazy man never really enjoys loaf- ing unless be has work to do, One-of the bitterest opponents of the | Meat Trust is the prodigal son. The girl who marries for money takes ust what he is worth, The oftener a girl has her heart brok- { en the more she enjoys her sorrow. When tears do not avail a woman she | wishes she were a man and could swear. It’s all well enough to call a spade a but diamonds are not always what they seem. Speech may be silver, and silence but the fellow with the most | brass gets the tin, After a man bas been disappointed in love several times he begins to think of | marrying for money. In Christmas shopping you are priv. ileged to change your mind, but it’s bet. ter to mind your change, CABLES LAID IN RIVER. The interesting the Western Uni alomg the Sas i work being done by bh Com? m Telegraph Company g uchanna between Sun. bary ecial about inemen are o located and are isbu ™® i Newport and f of esp mag forty rritude pitad where engaged in running wires to Harr by way of § of them contain. to Harris. three run and the other wires lo be run to Wi The wires g to cross the river at Wisfield burg, burg, containing lamsport, Williamsport and Lewis. and thed across to Milton, and then to Williamsport on the other side. New York wires from the D., L. & W. are also being continued from Northumberland to Sunbury. All these runnin | wires are being placed to give two dif. ferent routes ta all instead of one. | the territory covered A force of twelve telegraph linemen {arrived in Bellefonte, Wednesday, and are engaged in stringing & new line for | the Western Union Telegraph Company between Tyrone and Lock Haven. They | are putting their wires on the poles of the United Telephone Co. and have them completed between Tyrone and lle- foute, and expect to reach Lock Haven in ten days. The Penna. R. R. made this necessary as the ji'estern Union can no longer use the R R Company 's route, ——— Snow-Snow. November closed, last Sunday, with no less than § to 6 inches of snow. It began to snow in the afternoon, and by ¢ at night there was a depth of § inches. The snow during the afternoon melted some. what soon after falling, otherwise a { depth of 6 to 7 inches could have been morning showed icy measured. Monday walks, On a Strike. A hundred or more employees of the Lime and Stone Company | struck Monday moruing for higher wages. The men ask a raise of 25 cents aday. Only the Buffalo Run quarries are affected by the strike. Hope the trouble will be adjusted to satisfaction of both patties, Atos New Position. John P. Dwyer, formerly editor of the Renovo News, but for a few years past connected with the Philadelphia Press, editorial department, bas resigned his positicn with that paper and this week he assamed the duties of financial editor of the Record, , No Coal for Sunbury Schools. The Sunbury school board have been compelled, owing to the scarcity of coal, to extend their Christmas vacation until January 5. The coal dealers have in. formed the school directors that goo orders were in abead of those sent by them, What's Unlucky. Friday. Anything that's thirteen, Thanksgiving for turkeys. The gun that's believed sot to be loaded, lads Conde rubbers, 3 cont. Veugee wad Davis, 7
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