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HAILSTORM’S
DESTRUCTION
Visited this Place on Monday at
12:30 O'clock
THE STREETS WERE FLOODED
Pellets of Ice as Large as Chestauts |
Fell in Some Sections —Injured |
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FISH HATCHERY TO BELLEFONTE.
The fish hatchery will be located at |
Bellefonte, on the lands of the Hoy farm, |
(late Chris, Dale’s,) a short distance be-
yond Axeman, of which spring and lo.
cality we made mention in the Centre
Democrat a few weeks ago when state
fish commissioner Meehann was here
looking out a location for one of the state
hatcheries, and was most favorably im.
pressed with (he point aforesaid. The
Fruit and Vegetables—Hail on |conditions are that the required land,
Curtin Street 4 Inches Deep |
15 acres, be donated free to the state.
| The party owning the land and spring
The hail that accompanied the fierce | ask $125 per acre for the land and
thunder gust Monday noon, was damag-
spring, which adjoins the L. & T. rail.
jon i road. Subscriptions are solicited from
ing to vegetation in many localities. It] ptio 1
the ground was white with the icy pel | raise the required amount for the pur.
lets. In town there was heavy hail only | chase of the land and spring, which will
in some parts while in other parts it | be from $is00 to $1800 as we are 1m.
was light. Down towards McCalmonts |
formed.
A meeting of citizens was held
in depth. Corn fields surrounding Belle. | S6cure the hatchery. Judge Love was call.
fonte, were severely shredded on some | ed to the chair ; T. H. Harter appointed
y retary, and John Shugert, treasurer.
farms. On Tuesday morning, a party | Secretary, a dJ EB
: A
i was found 10 inches in
a embankments. and | Pledges reported to swell the sum, With |
” i iti f
gardens and corn badly riddled at many | an additional lift from friends of the
places.
| movement over the county,
the thing
Curtin street received a fall dose of | will be a success and the county gener-
the hail storm throughout its entire | ally be benefitted in having its streams
length,
inches of hail had collected,
gardens suffered greatly.
AtCentre Hall there was much hail
and harm done the plants and shrubbery
On the Brockerhoff farms oue
yond Old Fort, tenanted by Col.
the hail shredded a large corn field
Merchant Wieland, of Linden Hall,
while in our sanctum said a tremendous
thunder gust with hail passed oyer that
section Monday noon. He informs us
there was not enough of the storm there
to interfere with the masons putting up
a foundation.
On Gen. Beaver's farm adjoining
Bellefonte on the east, Monday noomn's |
hail did the business of a shredder in
the corn fields. Down in Marion town.
ship, as Mr. Frain reports, there was no
bail.
and the
mile be.
Yonada,
Business Change and Transfer Made.
An important transfer of Bellefonte |
property was effected the other day, the |
purchasers being capitalists of Jersey |
Shore, well known here ; and the former
owners long established business men of
means. Our town looses nothing by the
change as the new parties are men of
large business experience and enter.
prise. The parties first alluded to are
W. E. Gheen, Shem Spigelmyer, and G,
M. Gamble purchasers of the power,
flour mill, lumber yard and other build.
ings belonging to P. B, Crider & Son.
The consideration is 35,000, which takes
in all the water right of the Hale estate,
The new parties will take possession of
the mill, lumber and planing mill, July
I, 1904. Mr. Crider continuing in the
skewer and novelty department of mill
and the wholesale department in lumber
business after July 1, 1904. Mr. Gerber.
ick will operate the grist mill until same
date, after which Mr. Gamble will be
the manager of the new firm, both in the
flour mill and retail lumber business
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800 Snakes Let Loose in Small Town.
Eight bundred rattlesnakes, measuring
upwards from three feet each, were, by
accident, let loose at the village of High
4 land Fling, on the top of the Alleghenies,
J. C. Albright, of that place, had col-
lected them for an Eastern agency.
While feeding them, the cage door be.
In some places a depth of three | stocked
all—free for all.
right along with fish—fish for
All needed buildings will be erected
and some 25 men have employ at the
hatchery.
Since writing above about $1200 have
been subscribed including $300 from
Philipsburg and Snow Shoe.
A commitice to promote the subject
was appointed at the meeting as follows :
Judge John G. Love, John M. Shugert,
T. H. Harter, John Knisely, John J.
Bower, Joseph Rightoour, Joseph I,
Montgomery, B. D. Tate, Earle C.
Tutan, Hard P. Harris, Robert FP. Hunter,
Robert Montgomery, James C.
Horton 8. Ray, and George Beezer,
These were directed to solicit sabscrip-
tions from citizens of the town and
reported ou Monday, the lists footing up
$1100, in sums of fr00 by Col. Reynolds
to $10 by others,
The State Fish Commission intend to
have men at work ou this ground by
August 1, and they will begin at omce
transferring the spawn from the hatchery
at Allentown if $1500 is raised. The
land consists of three tracts to wit : Mrs
Siney Hoy, 2 acres; Mrs. Marilla Daw
son, 8'5 acres, Mrs. Laura Williams
acres, making a total of 15); acres, on
which are two springs of water.
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WILL SEND THEM TO DEDICATION
At the last session legislation was en.
acted giving the Governor power to ap-
point a day for the dedication of a mona.
ment erected in the National Cemetery
at Andersonville, by the Pennsylvania
Military. Commemorative,lo the memory
of the Pennsylvania soldiers who lie
buried there, which monument is now
nearing completion. The act farther
provides for the appropriation of §2 500
or as much of the sum as will be needed,
10 cover the expense of the dedication,
which will be under the direction »f the
Andersonville Military Commission.
As there are in Centre county a num
ber of veterans who are survivors of
Andersonville prison, they will welcome
the information that a bill was also
passed providing that transportation to
the scene of the dedication shall be fur.
nished to all surviving honorably dis.
charged Penusylvania soldiers who were
at any time confined in the Andersonville
came unfastened In some way and be: | Confederate prison. The transportation
fore being closed the reptiles escaped,
Albright was badly bitten and went to
the hospital for treatment. On the way |
he was stopped twice for fast driving, but
when be showed his snake bites and told
the story of the rattlers swarming about
the town he was allowed to continue his
journey. Albright spent the greater part
of the summer gathering the snakes, and
valued his collection at $1,000.
Fierce Battle With a Rattler.
The champion battle of the year with
a rattler occurred on the farm of W. H.
Walker, in Buffalo Run valley. John
Grove was in the field mowing, when his
horses became unmanageable, Mr,
Grove found the cause to be an immense
rattler lying between the animals and
on the point of coiling. There was noth.
ing at band with which to kill the snake,
80 Grove caught the rattler by the tail,
jerked it from under his team, and then
held it out at arm’s length, while he call
J for his hired man, Grant Dugleberg.
er, who with a shovel cut off the reptiles
| head. When the rattler was killed Mr,
Grove faluted from nervous reaction.
The snake measured 5 feet and had rf
rattles,
The committee of the Juniata County
| Reunion association to arrange for the
annual reunion have decided to hold the
reunion on Saturday, August 8, at Glas.
gow’s grove, near Bellwood,
will cover the distance from the railway
station in Pennsylvania nearest to the
place of residence of any such soldser by
the shortest and most con venient route to
Americus, Georgia, and return, with the
privilege of such survivors remaining at
Americus not less than five days to at
tend the dedication services,
The Trouble at Snow Shoe,
Referring to a despatch appearing in
Tuesday's papers, stating that the em.
ployes of the Lebigh Valley Coal Co, at
Snow Shoe, may go on a strike because
of an attempt of the company to estab.
Msh a differential between thick and
thin vein mining, and also that the com:
pany is trying to induce its employes to
sign an agreement not to join a labor or
ganization, the officials of the company
at Altoona state that their employes at
Snow Shoe, are now on strike and have
been since June 6, on account of the re-
fusal of the company to accede to the
written demand of the United Mine
Workers of America that the company
discharge from its employ all miners
who decline to permit the collection of
the ‘check off,” established by the union
to pay for the checkweighman and other
expenses of the organization,
The differential between thick and
thin vein mining referred to Is not the
subject of controversy at present and has
been established for many years at (his
polat,
bout $200 was raised upon the spot and |
Furst, !
| Woodward.
i prisoners, without having been previous
and Milesburg there were hollows where | in the Gazette sanctum last Saturday |
the hail had gathered in spots two feet | SYEBIBg to take the matter in hand and |
{| off, each picce of brace was about
inches in length, over an inch in width
land 38 inch in thickness.
BELLEFONTE, PA.,, THURSDAY, JULY 23,
THE BURGLARS
HAVE GONE
| unately was drenched by last Saturday's |
Taken to Williamsport Wednesday |
Morning for a Hearing.
BECAME SURLY AND SASSY
Searching Cells of Departed Burglars |
Had Sawed off Rivets at One
End—Were Full of Grumble and
Fault Finding.
On Tuesday deputy U. S. Marshall
Lapp, of Harrisburg, arrived in town for
{ the purpose of taking the four burglars
was only a narrow strip but at places | €itizens of this place and the county to |
to Williamsport for a hearing before the
U. 8. Commissioner, charged with rob-
bing the post offices at Laurelton and
Wednesday morning the
ly notified, were marched to the
train for Williamsport,
The Marshall appointed Philip S. Mey.
er and George Jodon to accompany him
to Willlamsport with the prisoners. Be.
sides these he summoned the following
9:30
witnesses to testify at the hearing : Wal. |
ter Garrity, Phil Foster, postmaster Ross, |
of Linden Hall, and a woman from Lin-
den Hall from whom they had stolen
some eatables. A large crowd bad gath-
ered to see the “procession” following it
the
burglars will be held for trial in the U.
rd
to station. After the hearing the
S. court, 13 week in October, at
This move of the
Scran-
tou. S. authorities
will save Centre county a large bill of
expense which would have been incurs.
ed had they been tried in our court
his
a free
Be.
The wounded prisoner went on
march from jail to station with
step, looking a little pale however
fore stepping the cars, he took a
fainting spell.
After the four
their cells on yesterday morning—under
oa
burglars flitted from
guard—for Williamsport, turnkey Jerry
Condo made an inspection of the cells
they occupied, and was on the look-out
for anything strange as “a find” that
might not have been put out of the way
when the quarto were suddenly sum-
moned for their departure. Jerry says
the fellows kad become surly and sassy
within recent days, and were full of
grumble and fault -fiading although
their treatment from the prison officials
had been kind,
After some search in the cell where
two of the prisoners were kept, Condo
spied a hole in the ceiling, a holdover
from the building of the cell. Eying
this a moment or two, he investigated.
The hole was toosmall for Jerry's sledge
bammer slingers, so he directed a chap
with a thinoer arm to reach in after get
ting him to the ceiling. Immediately
by the hole there was nothing, but on
reaching back a full arm's length, he
grabbed a piece of iron and reaching in
again got hold of another piece. Both
these proved braces which the prisoners
bad taken from their irom bedsteads by
sawing off the rivets at one end when the
braces could with some effort be broken
10
These they evidently intended to use
in an attack
favorable opportunity presented, knock
him down, and with a key made from a
piece of metal to fit the lock to the slat
door of their cell, get out and find it pos
sible to force the out door, make their
escape. The false kev had broken from
the strain, and interfered with thelr plan
Condo further says that several rivets
showed evidence of attempts to saw them
upon the turnkey, when a
off, the instrument used being a hacked |
table knife which they managed to keep
in possession when their meals were
served. When he directed the prisoners
to vacate their cells, they imagined they
were to take their bath, instead of being
marched to Williamsport. Mr. Condo
thinks the prisoners bad a file concealed,
which was an aid in their attempt of an
escape.
A Cold and Wet Month.
The weather bulleting of the Penn’a
climate and crop service recently issued
by Section Director T. F. Townsend at
Philadelphia shows that June gave a
lower average temperature than any cor.
responding period in the history of the
service. The means of the dally maxi:
mum and minimum temperatures, 73 4°
and 53.6% respectively, gave a monthly
mean of 63 5° which is 5.1° below the
normal, and is 25° below the corre.
sponding month of 1902. The average
precipitation for the month, 6.53, Is 2,72
above the normal. Average number of
rainy days, 15 :clear, 7. The total rain
at Bellefonte was 7.54 inches.
M. C. Jobson, near Millhall has planted
over 70,000 cabbage plants and in the
fall will be ready to supply all with the
best kind of cabbage.
Religion is a business that some men
play at,
1903,
FRY VETERAN REUNION,
Capt. Fry's veteran re union, unfort.
{ rain, yet a goodly number of vets were
on band with some invited guests, and
| had the good spread which was abundant
| and equal to all tastes and desires of the |
inper man,
| stands No. 1.
There were about a hundred guests
on band, all of whom had to find quart.
| ers indoors on account of the rain.
| townsman W. H. Musser was
| Master of Ceremonies
After prayer by Rev. Aiken, Capt Fry
| expressed his pleasure of having the
boys with him. He was made the recipi-
| ent of a valuable silk umbrella. Lots of
camp lif was told and a gorgeous din-
ner cheered the eves and gladdened the
inner man, The comrades of Co. E
presented Capt. Fry with a silver head.
ed cane.
The day was also the 6oth birthday of
the host, and he was the recipient of nice
presents from the family circle.
The members of Co. E, present were
Capt. H. Stevens, of Centre Line ; Lieut.
A.W, Harper, Philipsburg ; 1st Sargt.
W, H. Musser, Bellefonte: H. 8 Thomp-
son, of Juniata county, Sargt. Major,
David Love, Bellefonte ; James I. Den.
per, Philipsburg : D. B. Allen, Miles.
burg; J. G. Heberling, Pine Grove Mills.
A. W. Harper invited Co. E,
their pext re-union at his resi-
dence in Philipsburg. The invitation was
accepted
For hospitality the Captain
’
to hold
annual
»
LADIES IN A RUNAWAY.
Tuesday while Eimer BE Johuson,
manager of the Rutherford livery stable
at Laurelton, was aking two commercial
travelers to Mifflinburg be found two
young ladies iying along the road so
badly injured that they were unable to
help themselves They were Miss Jane
Church, daughter of John T. Church, of
Glen Iron, and Miss Louise McClure, of
Danville
Miss McClure is the guest of Miss
Church, and Tuesday afternoon the two
young ladies started to drive to Miflin*
burg. When about a mile from the
town near the bome of Benneville
Mensch, the burr came off a spindle and
A% a result’ the wheel came off. The
borse, becoming frightened, started to
run, throwing both occupants of the bug-
Ky out They were 50 badly hurt that
they were unable to help themselves and
lay there until found hy Mr. Johnson
they were taken to Mifflinburg and Drs.
Kieckuer and Dimm attended them. It
was found that Miss McClure bad her
hip dislocated and that Miss Church was
badly braised, although not so badly in
jured as ber
Journal
companion. — Lewisburg
Bellefonte's Conflagrations.
Few towns of the size of Bellefonte,
have been visited by as destructive con.
flagrations, as our town in years past
There recurs to us the following large
fires
The Brockerboff block ; the Reynold's
bank block, twice; the Garman hotel,
twice ; the Conrad house building; the
First National now Krider's
the block from Aikens’ to
Joseph's stores, including half a square
on Bishop street ; Jenkin & Lingle's ma-
chine shops and foundry, twice; the
block where the present Bush Arcade
pow stands; Buck's foundry and ma.
chine shops ; nearly a square on North
High street, inclading Lutheran church ; |
the Reynold's mill, twice ; the Gerberich
mill, and last, but not least, the glass
works, on Sunday 12 inst, along with
some other buildings.
| Besides these there were many smaller
| fires, of residences and stables of no |
| mean figure for losses. Really, Belle. |
fonte has bad its baptism of fire. In every |
| justance, larger, finer and more costly |
buildings took up the buraed sites. May |
we hope a rebuilding of the glass works?
bank,
block, twice ;
Annual Meeting of the K. G. E.
The Susquehanna District Association
of the K. G, E. will award the following
prizes at their sixteenth annual meeting,
which will be held at Bellefonte, Pa., on
Monday, September 7th, (Labor Day)
1903, viz:
$25.00 to the best drilled Commandery,
haying 22 men in line,
$15.00 to the second best drilled Com.
mandery, having 22 men in line,
$10.00 to Castle coming the greatest
distance.
$1000 to Castle having largest per
cent, of members, based on last official
report, in line,
$10.00 to castle making the best ap.
pearance in line,
Ing they are just as young as they act.
Our
chosen |
! Boone
‘OUR HISTORICAL
REVIEW
| Howard and Walker Townships
| Erected in 1801,
| POPULATION OF
| Familiar Names—Forges, Mills and
Furnaces— Negroes in
and County—Taxables and Single
Freemen.
Howard township was erected at Janu. |
ary court 1810, being the
residue of
Centre township after Walker was taken
from its territory at same time, and con- |
esensm——
VOL. 25. XO.
20.
| FACT, FUN AND FANCY,
| Bright Sparkling Paragraphs—Select-
ed and Original.
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| When Tom was
“He
| Bo like h
is & model 3
m, litte ¢
Is industry and truth."
COUNTY |
Bellefonte |
HOW THEY SUMMERED
The 3 New rt
And the Hopkinses went to Maine
The Masons Chon the
Whi
The Thompaons
Bald they didn't care 1
Jonses went
& the Bis) & went
tained the territory now comprising the |
townships of Liberty and Curtin and a |
strip of the eastern sides of Boggs, Snow
Shoe and Buruside townships,
habitants of Howard
The in-
are given
in 1510
as follows :
Antes, Frederick
Antes
Antes, Philip, grist
sod sawmill
Askey, David
Askey, John
Askey, Samue
Baker
peater
Baker, Joseph
penter
Fulton, Pe
er. Jas
ter
John Gardn
Gardner, John,
Gardner
Gunbsaius, Richart
Helford, Mary
Hipsher, Daniel,
Hipsher, Matthis
Ho
Jas
der, Jacol
Ramus
Dougherty, Abe i'ton
Lucas, John Reed
Lucas, W Kel Hugs
MeCann, Barnabas Borabaugh, John
MoClure, James Runner
MeClure, Thor smith
Meteo
Me lames, Jr
Malott, John
Marsden
Marsden, Jonathan
Marsden, Ju
Martin, John
Mease, Mich
Mease Archibald
Miers, John
M John, grist and
SAW
Neisly, J
Nesse rode ’ tillery
Tims, Absalom
Watkins, Sa
White, John
White, Joseph, Sr
White, Joseph, Jr
Yarnell Samuel
David
Mary
am ¥
Jacob
Lan
James, 8 Bele kK, Dante]
nek, Frederd
blacgsmit}
Behenck, John
Schenck, Mickael, Jr.
Behenck, Micha!
Kh Walter
Joseph
3. Re
a Ket
John
atic
we,
th
Bwitlzer
and Sm
ert
ier
ton, David
William,
pher, sawmil
Nessierode, John
Nef! dintilie
Packer, Am
yard
Packer, Eli
Packer, James, mer-
chant
Tue]
John ry.
“=. tan
ole Pywe
Asker. David
Boone, Jo
John
Byers, Thomas Lot
John, Jr MeClure
Washington, Patton
Goodfellow, Isaac Pletcher, Henry
Johnston, Geo carpen
hn ter
Lee Isaa
®
Jacot
Jan
John
Gardner
Gardner
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Gunsalus, James Lacy, seorge
Rudo
Abrahar
Grunsalus, Samuel Schenek
ph
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Smith
Bowgs & Curtin’s forge is first taxed in
1513; James Crawford, E«q, grist and
1915, transferred in 1816 to
Isaac McKinney, who added carding-
machine in 1819; Roland Curtin, furnace,
1519; vail-machive in 1825 be acquired
the grist and sawmill of Philip Antes
by purchase,
sawmill,
Walker township was named in honor
of President Judge, Jonathan Walker.
Its territory at its erection included that
of Marion township, The inhabitants
of Walker and Marion, in 1810 were :
Askey, James, Beck, Robert,
Barr. William Beck, Samuel.
Beagl¥y, Michael, Bell, James, weaver
Beck, James, Blakeney, John.
Beek. John. Bowman, Peter.
Beck, Nathaniel, Carson, John,
Clark, James, McCrea, James,
Oooper, Ann, MecElhenny, John
Dunkie, Jacob. McEwen, Franels, saw
Dunkle, John, mill.
Dunk'e, Henry. McEwen, Wm. Esq.
Dunkle, Melohior, MeKee, Thomas,
Elder, William, McKee, William,
Emerick, Jacob, MoKinney, Isanc, dis.
Emerick. Nicholas, tillery and store,
Evans, David, Means, Sam'l, weaver,
Evans, Thomas, Miller, John, weaver.
Fulton, Alexander, Milliken, Thomas,
Fulton, John, Mitchell, David.
Farey, William. Nell, Hugh,
Graham, Francis, Nell, John,
Hare, Joseph, Rodgers, William,
Harrison, Jane, Ross, Mary.
widow, Smyth, Willtam,
Hoy, Henry, grist and Snyder, Henry,
sawmill, Snyder, John,
Hubler, Jacob saw. Spencer, Thomas,
mill,
Hutehinson, James,
blacksmith,
Jamison, John,
lo go
really
It is vecessary to begin at the top in
digging a well
All the
loves to laugh at him.
world loves a lover—and also
Speaking of race suicide, what's the
matter with the toy pistol ?
There are fellows who laugh and grow
fat over their own jokes.
A fat man must become very sick be-
fore he can secure any sympathy.
The average servant girl never feels
out of place unless she is in one.
When a mag is under a cloud you can’t
always convince him that it has a silver
| lining
When a man makes a fool of himself
be generally does it to please some
woman
When a gi
ting married
reaches 30
she hates
rl without get.
to admit that
time flies,
It is possible to read a woman like a
book, but you can’t alway shut her up
like one
The man with a gold brick to sell re.
joices in the fact that the fools are not
all dead
A woman doesn't necessarily keep
boarders just because she sometimes
boards a train.
The church that takes a summer va-
cation seldom gives Satam much of a
run during the winter,
When a mule kicks he generally ac.
complishes something, which is more
than can be said of a lot of men.
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Twenty-Eight Fish Cost $4%
Special Fish Warden Chas. A. Burrell,
of Wilkesbarre, last week, on the Spruce
Run Game and Fishing Preserve, found
John Koiske and F, I. Millard, of Pine
Glen, fishing, accompanied by the keep-
er of the preserve. Barrell asked to see
the contents of the fish basket carried by
the men and they refused permission.
He attempted to look into the basket and
they resisted him. Finally Burrell
knocked Millard down with his gun and
then put handcuffs on both of them and
carried them off in their own vehicle to a
| Justice of the Peace in Snow Shoe, where,
(on examining the fish basket, Burrell
found that 28 out of 35 trout contained
therein were less than six inches Jong,
The Justice promptly fined the men fio
for each trout, making $280, and then
fined each 100 for resisting a fish ward.
en, or f450 in all, which they promptly
paid, besides signing a statement that
they were guilty.
Words With the Bark On.
A leading St. Marys dentist has dis.
covered that his work compares favor
ably with that done by the leading city
dentists and publishes a schedule of
higher rates. In this announcement be
says: ‘Noone who has been dunsed
by me for one year without paying me,
and no one who has been requested by
my atiorney to pay for work done, is
welcome in my office. This move Is
adopted by me to defend me from an uu.
desirable element of deadbeats living on
their debts, and to protect my patrons
from overcharging to make up for bad
debts. The statements made in this an.
souncement may appear like egotism,
but they are honest. If you think I am
the kind of dentist you want, I shall be
glad to do your work. If you belong to
the undesirable element mentioned, I
will not be glad to see you, and I will
not work for you."