The Centre Democrat, 2 EE 2. : % Circulation, O\ 2 3700 . gl APPROPRIATIG S FOR 1 ADS Some Advice How Same Can be Procured. SUPERVISORS MUST APPLY A Complete Description of Road Neces- sary—Present Same to the County Commissioners Before State Au- thorities Will Consider Same. Senator Roberts, of Montgomery coun. ty, has issued the following letter to the taxpayers of his district concerning the new road law. Itapplies equally as well to this county : “As I was much interested in the pas- sage of the law, and am, therefore, anxious to see our county obtain its bene. fits, and as the governor has appointed a highway commissioner, Mr. Hunter, of our own county, who is in every way thoroughly qualified to fill the important | position, I take the liberty of stating to you in concise form the simplest method of procedure under the new law, so that without being contused the supervisor and citizens will understand how to act in the matter for by Mr. Hunter's ap- pointment the law is now in active opera. tion, and there is no reason why town. ship authorities who so desire it should not begin operation at once. ‘““First. The supervisors of each town: ship should meet and decide upon the improvement of a portion of some im- portant road in their township. “Second. Having ascertained the road and distance of road to be improv ed they should have a rough map or profile made of the road designating any change of grade they may desire. “Third. They should pass a resolu: tion agreeing to pay ome sixth of the cost of such improvement and sign a petition requesting the county commis. stoners to act in accordance with the act of the assembly and improve said road. Fourth. *‘They should forward their resolutions, petition and map to the county commissioners of their county with a request that they take prompt action in the matter, Fifth. “In order to obtain the main. tenance fund for stone roads as set for- ward to the state highway commissioner the number of miles of improved stone roads contained in their townships, to gether with the cost thereof and the cost of maintaining the same duly sworn to, with the request that he forward them their portion of the maintenance fund. “If these idstructions are followed there should be no difficulty in obtaining the benefits of the law. Of course, it is necessary for the supervisors to urge the commissioners to take action in the matter, for the state highway commis. sioners can do absolutely nothing until both the supervisors and county com- missioners act. It would be also wise to suggest to the county commissioners the best kind of material for road building which may be had in their locality. In my opinion with stone costing, delivered upon the road to be improved, not over $1.25 per ton crushed, the cost of con. struction per mile, exclusive of grading should never exceed £5000. You will therefore, see that the cost to a township per mile of road should in no case ex- ceed $333, and if the road 1s a main road between two townships the cost could be shared between them. “I would mever suggest without a township is very wealthy, the construc. tion of more than one mile of road a year, but, of course, this is a jnatter en. tirely within the discretion of the town. ship authorities.” HATCHERY WILL STAY. A report was in circulation close of last and beginning of this week, that the Bellefonte fish hatchery project had been condemned, by the commission that there was not sufficient water avail. able nor fall for the various pools, There seems to have been no foundation for such a report, and the Centre Demo. crat, upon reliable authority, contradicts the story. The hatchery will be estab. lished upon the plans, as previously not. ed by us. An additional supply of water for the Bellefonte hatchery will pe taken from the spring that flows from the cellar of the house on the farm of John Shugert, which has quite a large volume; Mr. Shugert has consented to have it added to the needs of the hatchery free of charge. The flow from this spring with & quantity taken from the stream that flows from McBride's gap, we are in. formed, will be ntilized to fill the lake in which the large trout are to be kept. Gathering in these supplies will afford the hatchery all the water needed even in seasons of drought, and pure and fresh. At present there is a force of men at work clearing up the springs and dig. ging new channels for the water courses, The Centre county veteran clubs will picnic at Pine Grove Mills on Sept, 12, and | would not be established, for the reason | RACES FOR THE CUP.. | First of Series for Famous Trophy Will Occur Thursday. | The first of the series of races for the | | America’s cup, between the American | yacht Reliance and Sir Thomas Lipton’s | Shamrock III, will be sailed off Sandy { Hook this Thursday. Both challenger and defenders are now in dry dock being | tuned up for the races. The boats are | Some Physicians Had More Faith in it | prenticeship in the art, which | without doubt the fastest that ever rep- | resented America and Eogland in a | race for the coveted prize won by the America over 50 years ago, and among | | yachting experts the new Shamrock is | conceded to have an excellent chance to regain the celebrated trophy. All esti- mates of the comparative speed of Sham- | rock III and Reliance must be derived through the Columbia, Shamrock II, and Shamrock I, in the trial races recently 'beld. It is a very roundabout way of | forming an opinion, but so far as it goes Lit is altogether in favor of the British | boat. BOTH YACHTS IN TRIM. The performances of the Reliance dar- ing the summer have been highly satis- factory to American yachtsmen, how- ever, and members of the New York club do not hesitate to predict a sure vic. tory for the defender. The Reliance { has been seen under sail and in races in all kinds of wind and weather and in smooth water and in bad tumble of sea. Under all conditions likely to be met in the races with Shamrock III she be- haved admirably. Her accidents have been unimportant, and there has been no necessity for many changes in the boat. Sir Thomas Lipton has expressed him- self as confident of winning He claims the recent trial races have proven Sham- rock III to be faster than any of her predecessors, and has no hesitancy in saying that his chances of "lifting" the cap are brighter this year than before cver ——————— ———————————n Shot at Tyrone. Thursday night about 11:30 o'clock, John Attig, a brakeman on the rus be. {tween Lock Haven and Clearfield, was shot. Mr. Attig had just stepped out of Hintzleman's restaurant when the bul. let struck him. The ball entered an inch below the right eye, took a down. | ward conme through the mouth and lodged in his throat. The shot was fired by a mulatto, Robert Cadwick, from the inside. A few minutes later the man was assisted to the doctor's office where the bullet was probed for bat not exactly located. He was taken to the Altoona bospital. It was the intention of the pe. E10 to shoot Ira Aalts, instead of Attig, as he seemed to have a grudge at Aualts, and probably thought it was he who was approaching the door. Cadwick, after the shooting coolly walked up Pennsylvania avenue and turning up Twelfth street disappeared. He is a yellow skinned negro about 25 years old, smooth face, 5 feet 7 inches high, and stoop shouldered. He wore brown trousers, dark coat and a black cap. He isa bad man. He had been in Tyrone a month working on the street paving jobs. Monday the bullet was located in the back of his neck, by means of the X-rays, imbedded in the flesh The physician decided to allow it to remain for the present at least There was a little stir Tuesday even. ing when the Bald Eagle valley train : 1" arrived in Tyrone. Detective Rightnour | W88, she said she was not allowed to Hall station to Hecla. of Bellefonte, arrested a yellow negro at Port Matilda who he thought answered the description of the man Cadwick, who shot John Attig. He brought him to Ty- rone, but the captive proved mot to be the man wanted. C—————— se ———————— Golden Wedding. Wm. Woomer and wife, of Yarnell, | celebrated their golden wedding last Saturday. About one hundred gathered at their home. Persons were there from Mill Hall, Pitcairn, Philipsburg and Snow Shoe. An elaborate dioner was served and all did justice to it. Father and mother Woomer, while on the even. Ing of life, can look back over a well spent life, they are both honored mem. bers of the U, B. church at Pleasant val ley church. They also have Lelped much in building up their community : they have raised a large family; they are also blessed with many grand and great-grand<children. Inthe afternoon there was music and a few words spoken and prayer by their pastor, They re. ceived many valuable presents; it wasa day that will long be remembered. Bellefonte Hospital Notes. The number of patients admitted dur. ing the year have been 88, the number discharged 74, deaths 5, present patients 9. The receipts from all sources have been $2,473.47, the expenditures $2,406. 86. Of the receipts $1,500 81 represents income from patients; the balance being donations, etc. 'POW-WOWERS | DISAPPEARING [Once a Popular Form of Treat- ment for all Ills TWO REMARKABLE CURES | Thao in Their Medicines—Belong- ed to the Pennsylvania Germans — Faith of Pow-wowing The recent death of an aged woman {in Reading, who had gained a lot of | fame as a “pow.wower,” and died re. spected by all who knew her, calls at- | tention anew to the fact that the old race of pow-wowers is dying out, and the | place that once knew them know them no more forever. Pow-wowing, that time honored insti | tution among the Pennsylvania Germans, | bas also fallen from its high estate, and the more modern schoo! of medicine has about thoroughly established itself. Faith the sole basis of pow. wowing, may be a good thing ; but the average native nowadays prefers kis medicine straight. As there are more things under the beavens than were ever dreamed of in the philosophy of Horatio, so there are { | | i | | | | | will more things in this pow-wowing business than the average sciemtific mortal wots of, stories of alleged cures wrought through the mediam of pow wowing, but that Several columns could be filled with would only be heresay testimony, and | : would be rated accordingly, There are two cases, however, which came under one personal and which no physician has yet been able to explain to bis satisfaction. The man io question was born with two birthmarks of a deep purple hue, one on the cheek, the other on the inside of the first finger of the left hand | months old a friend came on a visit and, seeing the birth marks, said she knew an | old woman who had achieved remarka- ble success in pow wowing for birth marks. Three times the old woman pow wowed, and each time during *‘the full of the moon.” She pow wowed for the birth mark on the cheek only, and it gradually faded until it disappeared al. together. The mark ou the finger re. mains to this day. The other case was equally remarka. ble. This man’s father one night sotic- ed asmall pimple appearing on his cheek, which was very painful. His face began to swell, and next morning he was a sick man. He had an impor. tant business engagement to meet, at a place about ten miles distant. Os his way there the swelling continued to in. crease, and the pain became so intense that be stopped at a small village where a physician, an old friend lived, and called upon him to see whether he could not get some relief. The doctor, after an examination, declared that the case was ervsipeias, and advised the patient's immediate return home. When the physician was informed of the impera. tive business engagement, he said. “There is an old woman living in this village who has had great success in pow wowing for erysipelas, man's observation, Can treat you. She can do more than | can." The suggestion was agreed to, and the woman called in, wowed, and when asked what her charge make any adding : | “If it cures you, you can pay me after. | wards whatever you choose." In ten minutes afterwards the pain ceased, the swelling became less, and in three bours every trace of the disorder | had disappeared. In this way these pow.wowers often gained considerable of a reputation, | and people flocked to them by the hun. dreds and the majority of the “‘healers” succeded in making a more than comfort. able living. Belief in witchcraft has died out long ago, bowever, and the belief in pow.-wowing will, of course ultimately likewise disappear, until only its memory will be enshrined in the history in the archieves of the Pennsylvania German Societies, ! ! Curtin Statue Arrives, A bronze statue of Andrew G. Curtin, the war Governor of Penvsylvania, ar. rived at the Castom House, in bond, from Rome. Efforts are being made to have it admitted free of duty becouse it is the work of an American artist. It is to be placed on the Smith Memorial, in Fair. mount Park, Committed Suicide. Harry L. Pry committed suicide by taking a dose of landasnum at his home in Altoona Monday evening. He had been When he was three | sae 1 If you will { permit me, I will call her in, and she Three times she pow | BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1903. | | i | CLEVER MINISTERS. Considerable creditabie notoriety was | | the lot of Rev. Rhoads Un. Ey. pastor at | OUR HISTORICAL REVIEW | Centre Hall, a few years ago, by the | | writer giving publicity to the fact that | the Reverend was a genius as a maker | | of excellent violins, every part of the | | fiddle being worked out by his own | | bands although he never stood an ap- requires | fine mechanical skill as well as musical [| | taste, {is honored with another Reverend who {18 a natural born mechanic of skill and | Renius, We bave reference to | Rearick, pastor of the Centre Hall Lutk- | eran charge, who, by way of recreation during his spare hours, manufactures for his own use, pretty articles of furniture | that would be mistaken as the output of | some noted manufactory of that line of | Roods. We have seen specimens of the { Reverend’s handiwork sufficient to war- | Tant us in saying this. His sideboards, | bureaus, sinks, and the like, could easily | be put upon the market as the work of [ trained and skilled mechanics with the | aid of the machinery that enables the | modern manufacturer to put taste and | beauty in the parlors of the well-to-do. by rest for | This Reverend Rearick does | diversion when way wanting a his mental faculties after finishing up one of his masterly sermons for a Sabbath. He has wonderful native skill as a me- chanic { talents run in some other direction equ. in the line here named, but his ally as useful and creditable, but we will not mar his modesty by farther refer. ence, thus unsolicited, by mentioning his | aptuess domestic in farming, care of | animals, and even skill in catching | “speckled beauties.” i — LARGE GATHERING. The Business Men's annual picnic, a | reunion of the business men and citizens | of Centre and Clinton counties, was beld | at Hecla Park yesterday, and was large. [ly attended. Men, women and children | were present to the number of thousands, taxiog the Central R. KR. of Pa. to its ut. | most to deliver its buman freight at the | park, all of which was successfully ac | complished and to the entire satisfaction | of the crowds that reached the park by | that means. Nothing was left undone by | the committee to make it a day of pleas. | ure for all, amusements of every decent | description had been provided for, in- | cluding the popular games of the day. It was a bedlam of pleasantry, and or. | derly confusion, if we may be allowed | the expression, as amid all the various | crowds, groups and clubs there was not | & jar to mar the occasion. Baskets with | good things for the inner man were | opened and presented food 6t for princes {to partake of, prepared by the good | wives and lovely daughters of Centre and Clinton counties. Everybody seemed { happy. All had the opportunity, each | one to his taste and liking, to enjoy them. | selves, This mingling commingling and | intermingling of the peuple of old Cen. | tre and her daughter, Clinton (a rib of | mother Centre,) deserves, and will have, | perpetuation. Crowds at Hecla large—breaking all previous records. The estimate may well be put at 8000. The first train from | Mill Hall to Hecla Park carried 1.200 | passengers, 500 of them being from Jer- | shere and Williamsport. Up to 10 o'clock | 1,100 tickets had been sold at the Mill Panther Attacks Team. While George Cunningham, a Bedford county truckman, was returning from Altoona early Sunday morning, a full grown panther leaped from a tree along the mountain road and landed om the was dozing at the time and the sudden scream of his horse scared him so badly that he almost fell out of the wagon The panther was evidently frenzied with hunger, for it immediately began gnawing at the neck of the horse. Cunningham seized his revolver and fired at the beast on his horse's back, In his excitement he missed the panther and shot his horse in the head. The horse fell in its tracks, and the panther escaped to the forest. Fortunately, the horse was but stunned and the trucker was able to get it on its feet and pro. ceed home. This is the fourth panther which bas been seen on the mountain roads during the present summer, Centre Blair Reunion. We make reference to this pre- | | liminary to mentioning that Centre Hall | Rev. | back of one of his horses, Cunningham | | Miscellaneous Happenings of 1814 in Centre County, RUSH AND HALFMOON TWPS | Facts About their Names, How Adopted and Location of their Boundary Lines—Early Inhabitants of Rush Township. We group some miscellaneous hap- penings in 1814, as follows ; In May 1814 the county commissioners avertised for workmen to erect the new jail lot Ishler residence now is, and which was supplanted by the jail, the oid one having been torn down to the cellar. the building on the where the present On Tuesday, October Sth, occurred the sad accident which caused the death of John Dunlop, Esa manufacturer, pr He was caught and se. verely crushed by a body of falling earth in a mine bank. James Whiteh!l]l had a tilt bammer at the end of Nittany Moun- the minent iron tain, where he manufactured spades and shovels. He is said to have manufactur. John Ander ing-mill ed the first double bit axes his during erected ful Beech Creek Packer son also on year, Tob this also established his frait-tree nursery oo Bald Eagle. W.H lector of Nineteenth Distr Patterson, States {f Aurons s of board- 0 burg, gives notice that kee ing-bouses who also charge for used in their houses, ph liquor , apothe. caries, surgeons, and chemists are re quired to take out license At Apis} Rush townsibg was erected, or rather Half Moon divid ed by the Bald The for townships were Roland Car SCESIONs, 1 i Eagle Creek as a line commissioners dividing the Treziyuiny, and The petitioners had recommended the name of Perry for the new township they were asking for, with which recommendation the commissioners agreed, asd recom- mended to the court; “and as the name of Half-Moon would pot be properly applicable to the remaining portion porth of Bald Eagle Creek,’ the com- missioners suggested to the court the propriety of calling it Rush townshis “as a small tribute of respect to the memory of the truly yeserable and super-eminent Dr. Benjamin Rush The court (Walker, president) comincid ed with the views on the name of “ Rush’ John Donlop for the vorthwestern division: but said WE are sorry we cannot agree with the views as (0 the name of the southeastern protion and named the old Half Moon portion ““Jeaner,’ the Jenner, who God has means of “after under immonrt ta been the SAVIOR 50 many millions of The people, however, weit luctant to part with the o in January, 18 was altered to lives re. and 15, the name of “Jenne: “"Halt-Moon.” The boundary of Rush commenced at the red-oak on the Huntingdon county live at the head of Bald Eagle Creek thence ran along Bald Eagle Creek to where Martha Furnace is pow by the of Moshannon name thence line Patton township to the It embraced of the § townships of Taylor and Worth, e xcept the strip between Bald Eagle Creek and Muncy Mountain, aud portion of Rush west of the costinuation of the line of Patton, as it then was, through present country of Rush, At April sessions, 1818, commissioners baving reported in favor of making the top of the Allegheny mountain the boundary between Rush saa tialf-Moun townships, the court confirmed their | report and the whole of the territory of | the present townships of Taylor and | Worth was placed within that of Half. | Moon township. | The inhabitants in Rush township in | 1814 were as follows : Allen, David. Craddock, Thomas, tavern, | Crowel, Basil. | Dewees, William P. England, Job, black England, Nun, miller Kephart, Anarew, Lorain, John, store, MeCoy, Dennis, Turner, Samuel, resent Philips & Dewees, grist and sawmill. Philips, Hardman. Rees, John Christian Simier, Charles. tav arn Simler, maker, Shultz, John Spangler, George, Weld, John, carpenter, In 1817, Jacob Test is assessed with a (tavern, and James McGirk established his store. In 1819, Henry Lorain is as seesed as postmaster, and Philip & Dewees with a forge; William Bagshaw, clerk and manager. James McGirk is assessed with a tanyard in 1822, and Thomas Hancock, tavern, John Flegal, tavern, in 1824, and John Matthias, schoolmaster, the same year; and Philips, Plumbe & Co., with screw-mill and ma- chinery, tilt. hammer, ana wire drawing machivery. Screw.factory Is assessed in 1822, As being worthy in connection with last week's Review, relating to the Cen. tre Bank of Pennsylvania, we are in. Henry, shoe. Continuad on page 4. | a ————— VOL. 25. XO. 33. FACT, FUN AND FANCY. Bright Sparkling Paragraphs—Selects | ed and Original, How Doth Yet how mueh bette ften are we told that de ath ove a shining mark t would be Tolove the mining shark A promoter is generally a financier without any finances Lots of things are done well that are not worth doing at all, The people who pray for things often forget to work for them. It is perhaps better to be the than to be merely in hot water, The hardest work some people peo; have to do is looking for a good time, It isn’t necessary for a dry goods n siore to deliver stockings in a hose cart. Many a man has been boosted to the top, only to fall off with a d—1 & gt—d. ali right to make hay while the sun saines, but don’t Even reach loaf when it rains. st realizes tha the Dugul pu gu t you can & man’s heart stomach There 15 somet tween going home straight M. Sch robably knows Chas wab is ou ADJOINING COUNTIES of The Hebrew Haven will bu Lock having Harris congregation G & Synagogue been presented with a lot by Claster In ten years United States has the per cent. the population of increased 2:1 beer consumed has in. creased 44 per cent In ten years the Cupid plays strange pranks cecasion- The other day a widower with five ped ally children ei with a married woman children. And they took both broods with them with 14 The barn of George Anstadt, at Clear. field Center, burned to the ground. The the stock It is thought that children play- ing with matches caused the fire crops were destroved but saved The masonry work for the new irom bridge at Creighton’s in Nittany valley is for the ron is expected daily. completed, and ready superstructure, which The approaches are now being filled. A colored woman, Maggie Walker, of ] Richmond, Va., has the distinction of be. irst woman, white or colored, ever elected president of a bank in that She region was formerly a teacher in the public schools of Bellefonte The prospects are that there will be a ge ) ths vear are being brought lat potato crop in Union county The early ones and are They turning out market in ing are of a f arge lies “e for § ents 3 wel Who William Mons Kylertown, is not a rogressive farmer, This year me.halfl acre of ground fi00 worth of potatoes, This shows that Mr. Mons is a farmer by practice as well as by vame. Besides this he is a jolly good fellow John Laubscher, who died is Wood- ward township, August 12, at the age of 91 years 6 months and 5 days, was bora in Canton Berne, Switzerland, emigrated to America in 1843 settling in Woodward township, Clinton county, and lived there up to the time of his death. | Mrs. Maria Nestierode, of Beech Creek, died very suddenly Thursday | night of heart disease. She felt as well as usual when she retired. About 11 {o'clock the family heard her coughing | and on going to her room found her suf- fering for breath. She was only sick a | half hour, She was 65 years of age. The twin ox roast, which will be given | at Agars’s park on Labor day, Septem. ber 7, by the members of the Good Will hose company, of Lock Haven, is intend. ed to eclipse any former efforts. Here. tofore but one ox was roasted, but this year in order to give all an opportunity te get a slice of the palatable critter, a double quantity will be supplied. A record of niveteen murders in Schuylkill county within a short time SAYS of pear he raised from
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