Circulation, Over 3700. IN ARGUMENT | COURT Some Interesting Cases Were Dis- posed of. MAD DOGS IN NITTANY ALSO Make Some Trouble and Create a Scare—Bite Hogs and Other Ani- | mals-—Petriken Hall's Fine En- gagements, Argument court convened on Tuesday Oct. 6, and after hearing some cases was continued to Oct. 19 when the following cases were disposed of : Margaret Gilson vs. Thos. Gilson, di- vorce, opinion filed declining to make any decree at present, Claude Cooke vs. Mary Hoover, rule on plaintiff to show cause why judgment should not be stricken off. Continued. | Amos Kauffman vs. R. P. Long and | Rosie J. Long, rule to open judgment and let defendant into a defence. Mary Rapp vs. Ed. Brown, |r, rule to open judgment and let defendant into a defence. Continued. Edward Rider ys. Emma C. Rider, di- | voice, continued, In repetition for Public Road in Marion | twp, exceptions to reports of viewers. Argued. Heary C. Quigley vs. Wilbur F. Réed- er, rule on receiver to give additional se- curity and also to file his account. Con. tinued. Tillie Schmidt vs. Teutonic Insurance Co., rule ov Adam Moyer to show cause why money paid into court should not be Paid to plaintiff. Continued to Nov. 4 Brockerhoff Estate vs. The Borough of Bellefonte. Bill in Equity. Continued. In repetition to vacate Laurel Run road in Curtin and Boggs twps. Excep- tions to report of viewers set aside and the costs to be paid by the county. Cyrus Brungart, sheriff, vs. Mary | Thomas and Bardine Batler, rule on plaintiff to show cause why judgment should not be opened and defendants let into their defence. Continued. A. G. Walker, use of vs. Milligan Walker G. B. Lucas and Reuben Lucas, | admrs. of etc of M. M. Lucas, deceased. Continued. A.C. Young vs. Adam Decker, ruleon defendant to quash appeal. Settled. Geyer & Gardner vs. Davidson & | Forcey, rule on plaintiff to show cause | why new trial should not be granted. | Argued, Bridget Coder vs. J. A. B Miller, administrator of etc., of Terrence Ready deceased, and Ella Spangler, as heirs of said decedent, rule to strike off appeal. Com. vs. Frank McCartney and Earl Midlam, rule on Commonwealth to show why new trial should not be had. Sus- | pended and rule discharged. Emeline Hugg vs. Jane Grubb and Jno. Grubb, rule on plaintiff why judgment | should not be stricken off, J. H. Weber vs. Geo. Gentzel, tinued, J. N. and 8. Krumrine vs. M. D. Soy- | der, administrator of etc of Sarah Say- ; der, dec’d defendant and H. D. Meek | and Holmes & Co., garnishees. Set aside at costs of plaintiffs, Jannet Barndt vs. Wm. Barndt. tinued. Con- Con. Mad Dogs in Nittany Valley. The evidence of rabies among dogs in Nittany valley which were first noticed several weeks ago, still continue, says the Lock Haven Democrat. The farmers and other residents are constantly on the lookout for canines which act suspicious. | ly, and up to the present time have killed i quite a number. One small dog, which | showed signs of rables, attacked Mrs. L. Krebs and her little son, but its teeth did | O8€, 100. It would be an interesting | not penetrate through the skin, and no | alarm is felt, The dog bit a number of hogs and calves, some of which died of | hydrophobia and others were killed, as it was thought they had the disease. A dog belonging to Charles Culvey was killed, a hog which the canine had bitten having died. —————————————— In Petrikin Hall. The Star Eatertaioment course, in Petrikin Hall, the coming winter, will be first class, opening Oct. joth, with the Metropolitan Grand Concert Co. The second atttraction will be Dr. W. I. Clark, Nov. 13, with his illustrated lecture on Wireless Telegraphy, The third entertainment will be given by the Lyceum Co., this company will give half its program in concert and ha!f ix opera, This company will be followed by one of the strongest companies in the Lyceum field, namely the “Roney Boys.” The fifth attraction will be the Mendelssohn male quartette and Marguerite Smith, No lovers of music should miss this, The closing attraction will be the May Parker Concert Co, and Little Pickanin. nies. | Orange Chief, Miller, Lock Haven 1 | Teddy, gr g. Chas. Woodin, Tyrone.. 4 { John D.Chestout, Time 2 I {| Lock Ridge, © | appeared in the crowd, Football hair is coming out on top, THE FAIR. The fair, in spite of the weather's drawbacks, was a success, both as to ex- hibits, amusements and attendance. Under favorable weather conditions the attendance would have been much larg: er yet, Comments were favorable from | all-sides, and we observed that the peo- ple of our county were anxious to have, and willing to patronize a county fair—a good county fair, conducted with a view to please, under courteous and obliging management, Thus far, the fair being in its infancy, it promises *‘to fill the bill." One change might be made, however, and we suggest it—the cattle sheds are so far removed from the upper end, the centre of the crowd, that many who wonld visit the live stock exhibit, fore. bear on account of the long walk. If these sheds were moved up in the vicini- ty of the lower entrance to the ground, it would be a convenience to all and add | interest to the stock on exhibition, Thursday's races were as follows : SPECIAL RACE, FURSE $20, 1 . W. R Johnson, Lock Haven SEES a a 2 3 Village Boy, b. bh. Geo. Bohrecken- got, 108K HAVER ou irsmmsssrnns 3 4 Yar 200¢, 24, SE PACE, Pt Bail, Code, Harry Carlisle, R&R $2 Lock Haven DuBois ... i Joe Wilkes, Wa t, Lock Haven Domieillo M., Frank Gibbs, Lock Haven whoa p34 Time i, 1; Friday's races were quite spirited, KAE 3. Wie 2.0404, 2.24%, ST PACE AXD TROT PT John Deh h Vernes Ha M.b zg (Chambers finished Tohnson ,¢ s{Larimer Doctor Code, » Tedd Woodin Time: 3.38 230 21% FREE FOR ALY Princeaway, bd g (Oreult Jene Whitcomb, bm (Carlisle) Cardigan Girl. g m ( Miller) ef. bs (Miller Time: 218 2194, 2.2 4,222 g (Carlisle Y. BTR Orange Chi - : Too Alert for a Pickpocket. A bold attempt to Rob Dr. Rook, of Wianfied, was made ou the Pennsylvania railroad which arrived at Northumber The inci- dent occurred while the train was taking land last Saturday evening. | on passengers from the Delaware, Lacka- wanna and Western connection. There | was a large number of passengers from the Bloomsburg fair transferring at that point, Dr. Rook was passing from one coach to janother. When he reached the plat. { form of the coach be was suddenly sur- | rounded by four men, who jostled him violently. He protested. At that in- stant he felt his purse being withdrawn | from bis pocket, and endeavored to pre- veut the robbery. He did succeed in knocking the purse from the hand that bad drawn it from his pocket, and it | dropped on the car platform, where he | quickly placed his foot upon it. Then the men leaped from the coach and dis- The purse con. tained something over one hundred dol- | lars. Horse Traders’ Reunion... A grand horse fair and horse traders’, reunion will be held in Falls Creek Thursday and Friday, October 29 and 30 This unique affair is expected to | bring forth a large attendance of expert : : skate swappers and it will no doubt be | productive of the most scientific horse yarn lying in the catalogue. There are enough horsemen about Bellefonte to make such a gathering a howling suc- cess. It would bring men from all parts of the county and adjoining territory. Think of the sports from Lock Haven, Tyrone, etc, who would be on hand with their old weather beaten nags ready to swap prize packages. let us have sight to see the animals, fun, It would be —————— cc m——— Hanscom-Fahr. On the 11 inst. by Rev. J. P, Tallhelm, Jerry B. Hanscom, of Winburne, and Miss Rosa Fahr, of Jullan, were married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. | and Mrs. Aaron Fahr, The attendants were Frank and Media Fahr, brother and sister of the bride, The bride was the recipient of a num. ber of useful presents. The entire group made a fine appearance. After the marriage ceremony was performed, all were inviled to a table well furnished with good things, of which all partook heartily, . Snurane down of industrial estab. lishments are being reported almost dally from all over the country. The only people who will suffer are the thousands thrown out of employment, the trusts have made their pile, BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 190 'W00DS FULL OF HUNTERS Some Nimrods Have Some Very Good Luck. ACCIDENTS WERE PLENTY Bear, Pheasants, Squirrels, Turkey, Drop—A Justice Does Justice to Illegal Hunting—Game Reported Plenty. The woods of Centre and adjoining counties were alive with hunters on opening of the season Thursday, 15. Some had good luck, some had poor luck, still others bad no luck—the latter we will passby, Jake Knisely and Joe Rightnour re. turned to town with 1g gray squirrels, 3 pheasants, and one wild turkey, the lat. ter killed by Rightoour, Morris Rine came home with 7 «ray squirrels, Will Garman bagged 8 squirrels and a raccoon, Roland Smith, residing near | woods near his home A black bear that weighed about pounds was shot and killed by Geo. Bowers near Woolrich, Clinton county The dogs of Theodore Chubb treed bruin in the woods, and, not having a gun, he went to the woolen factory after some M.B bis gun to Mr. Bowers soon had the dead one to kill the bear. Rich loaned and the latter bear on the ground at the foot of the tree. On last Satarday evening, while out bunting pheasants, Jasper Brooks came across a black bear on the mountain above Abe Miller's, near Pleasant Gap. The bear was running, and was about 2¢ steps from Mr. Brooks, when he fired, landing a charge or shot, intended for pheasants, right in bruin, the heart of and dropped him The bear weighed 215 pounds, and being brought to town Monday momog, many crowded around the wagon of Mr. ‘to see the show." A big bear was killed by Ed. Homer, of near Linden Hall, one day last week, Brooks Wild | Beech | Creek, shot a 200 pound bear in the | 73 | | FOR PURE ELECTIONS. | We, the undersigned respectively | Chairmen of the Democratic and Repub: | lican Committees of Centre county, with | | & view of securing purer politics in the Boro and County elections, do hereby | agree upon the following : value have become a pronounced evil, blance of such practice. secures the conviction of any person or value to influence a voter, Third : That the citizens of the county tribution for the establishment of fund to be used solely for the purpose of paying | the reward and expense incurred in such & prosecution, or future prosecutions; signed. CYRUS BRUNGART, Ch* Dem. County Com. | WiLser F. REEDER, Ch. Kep. County Com HE WEST, FROM T The question of how the farmers of the i western states stand on the tariff and trust issues has been strongly indicated thr the enterprise of the *‘Farm and Home,” published in Chicago. That newspaper sent out 50,000 postal cards ugh requesting answer to seven questions, amongst which was: “Should tariff be revised 7'' The vote on that proposition Was yes, 27,193; no, io 738. When it is considered that the majority in most of the states from which this vole was gathered is largely republican, it the of that party against excessive protection. But another taken on a kindred marks the revolt in ranks vole was subject that shows how the extortions of the trusts are regarded by the farmers. The question asked was : ‘Should trusts The avs wer was | Regulated, 22 854: Suppressed 14449. Thisstraw vote shows the drift for tariff reform and trusts be regulated or suppressed 7’ regulation of the The standpatters have a job in front of them next year, Bruin weighed a trifle over 300 pounds. | The bear was observed by George Swab moving across a field, and be in formed young Horner of the fact. Ed shouldered his gun and getting track of bruin, he soon came up to him. Horner let drive and put a dose of buckshot into the animals hide, which enraged the beast and it moved towards Ed. for the purpose of doing some huggiog, but be- fore the embrace took place Ed. had his gun reloaded with small shot and land ed the pellets in the neck of the bear, bitting a vital spot, and the bear drop- | ped Hunting Accidents. Following are a few of the hunting ac- cldents this season : Wm. Shriner, aged 12 years, near | Montoursville, received a load of shot in the hip Saturday, while pulling his gun through the brush. Johu lehman, of Hepburnville, rested the muzzle of his gun on his foot. The gun went off, so did a portion of his foot Near Milton Friday, a boy named Leiser fell over a log. His gun was dis charged, the load entering the grom of a companion named Miner, who is in a critical condition, While hunting turkeys on Saturday, William Cummings, of Bratton towhship | Mifflin county, was shot in the back | with a load of B, B. shot and seriously injured by A J. Jenkins, of McVeytowsn. Cummings sat down to eat his lunch. and Jenkins, seeing bis arm moving, mistook him for a turkey and fired. - Justice Meted Out, | | peace T. D. Weaver, of Moshannon,Pa., | issued a warrant for the arrest of two | with hunting and | Italians, charged | shooting on the Sabbath day. The war- rant was placed in the hands of constable Edward Craft, of Burnside twp. who y served it and brought the two men to the | squire’s office at 7 o'clock in the evening ; being found guilty they were promptly fined $25 each and costs, After being discharged from custody left the office. Another man stepped up at this moment and demanded a warrant for one—the principal one of the informants in the case just ended ; the squire somewhat surptised asked him if he was in earnest; on being assured that he was, proceeded At once to take the information, etc., Is- sued the warrant which was at once banded to the constable, who had not left the office yet, who served it at once as the man charged was also still in the office. After a few moments delibera. tion the squire opened the case; after reading the charge, asked him if he had anything to say in his defense, He plead guilty, and was promptly fined same as the others, Too many eye-openers spoil the vision. On the morning of 1ath, justice of the | IMPORTANT - DECISIONS. The strong decision of Justice Dean. of the Pennsylvania supreme court, declar- ing that no labor union has a right to | call a “sympathetic strike” for the par. pose of forcing von. naion men to enter a union, has been followed by a still stronger ruling in the Ohio courts. Judge Belden, of that graphical union and other allied terest at Ciocinnati ordering them to discontinue a system of boycotting that bad been practiced on the busicess of an employer who would not conduct it in accordance with their directions and mandates. In their case the court takes | the ground that the employer in question | may hire anybody he may see fit to en- gage and that any interference whatever with him for doing so is a violation of the cofistitution and must be stopped. Ten Smallpox Patients in One Family. | The Lewis family, of Centralia, a little town near Shamokin, is surely a sadly afflicted one as the entire household is now suffering from smallpox, the latest victims being their mother, father and grandmother, who have developed the disease. With these last three it makes ten in all, nine of whom contracted the disease from a son and brother, who caught it in Philadelphia. a —————— Cas. R. Kurrz, Editor Centre Democrat Will you kindly inform the readers of your paper of the law regarding persons meddling with mail boxes along F. R. D. routes. A SURSCRIBER. AN: Report to the P. M. General, | Washington, D. C., and some one will | look it up with a big stick. The unusually large chestnnts grown | on the farm of C. K. Sober, in Irish val | ley, near Shamokin, certainly reflect great credit upon the owner of the farm. For some time the farm has been guard. ed by a number of watchmen against the invasion of despollers, and the owner bas partially solved the problem of keeping them out, Recently two fero. cious blood hounds arrived at the place and now (hey are doing duty and woe be it unto the victim who purlolns the fruit or produce of Mr, Sober's farm, The annual state meeting of Baptists will be held in Lewisburg this week. The sessions will be held In the Baptist church, of which the Rev. T. Judd is pastor, A large gathering of Baptists is expected from all over state and the already is quite large. First : That the use of intoxicating | liquors and the purchase of votes with | money or the promise of anything of | and we therefore pledge our conscien- | tious efforts to totally eradicate all sem- | Second : We hereby pledge ourselves | to the payment of the sum of $15 tothe | first person who makes information and persons of bribery or furnishing 1ntoxi- cating drinks or money or anything of | be requested to offer a voluntary con. | state, has just | granted an isjunction against a typo. | in- OUR HISTORICAL REVIEW Fare From Northumberland to Bellefonte Was $4.50. | A. E. Kapp was Manager of One Route mick of the Early Days. | quence very little traveling was done— was slow over the rough roads the shak ing up, from the rocking and swinging | | of the coach, wasn’t even a thirty-second | said contributions to be deposited in a | bank to be agreed upon by the under- | cousin in comfort and pleasure to the | steam cars or trolley of today, though a rough shake-up is said tocure dyspepsia. Several stage routes centered at Belle. | fonte to Erie, Bellefonte to Lewistown, | and Bellefonte to Lock Hayen. The { through travel fram Wilkesbarre, Sun- bury and those sections, over the stage line Northumberland to Wate. street, via the Pennsvalley Nar. rows, to Aaronsburg, Old Fort, burg, Pine Grove to Water street was from Boals Fare from Northumberland to Bellefonte $4 50, starting from Northumberland al Sa. m taking two days for the tri , breakfast irewist at Jacob Mayes riving at Aaronsburg at W. T. Bs 6 Pp m atl ner Left Aaronsburg, Saturday morning, to Earlystown ’ got for dinner, and arrived at John Rankin’s ’ Bellefonte, The trip made from at 4 p.m. Two full days. ¥ now by rail, twice a day, is Bellefonte to Northumber. land in four f: The later stage proprietors were Waddy Graham, Michael Buoy and R Commings. 1 in f hours—fare only 20, bert (Bob) The Lewistown line used 4 horse teams; there was occasional opposi tion on the line Bellefonte to Lewistown, the competition became great and ex- citing which brought the fare down for the trip to 25 cents, came and it finally be 80 interesting the one line took passengers free with a free dinger thrown in at Lewistown end of the route. Of course, the line that had the contract for carrying the mail always held out long- est. A. E Kapp was the manager of {one route at Northumberland, and | Thomps M'Cormick, of another at the Lewistown end. Many readers of the Centre Democrat well remember these facts. With the advent of railroads into our county, the stages went out. Simon Cameron was a frequent visitor to Bellefonte, and told the writer many | incidents, among which that he traveled from Harritburg to Bellefonte on horse. | back, and the tavern then at Earlystown [was one of his stopping places. Mr | Cameron was familiar with many of the | citizens of the county. of the past genera | tion, whose acquaintance be made while | on his frequent trips to Centre county. | Among the names he mentioned were | those of the Giililands, Henry Witmer, | Motz, Fisher, Potter, ana residents of Penns valley. His scquaint ance with citizens of Bellefonte of his day was quite extensive, having a son- {in-law in Judge James Bareside, brought Simon Cameron in contact #ith all the leading citizens of Bellefonte and of the county, His memory of persons and places was marvelous, long years after | be ceased to visit here. | Ner Middieswarth, of Savyder county, | was another prominent man whom the | writer remembers seeing on Nis travels { through this county, via the Penns Val. {ley Narrows, in earlier years. “Od | Ner,” as he was familiarly called, was | also well known to many citizens of this county in that day. When "Old Ner”’ others, all missioner the writer remembers seeing him traveling through this county on an electioneering trip, mounted on a Kray horse, Burnside and president judge George W., Woodward, the writer upon several oc. casions saw these emminent men travel through by stages to places where court was beld, Judge Burnside to supreme court at Suubury, Harrisburg and Phila. delphia, and Judge Woodward from Wilkesbarre to hold court at Belle, fonte, Stages then were the only con. veyances for passengers The name of Judge Burnside the elder was coupled with many good jokes that became wide spread and passed as par, but nearly all have fallen into oblivion LEWISTOWN END OF ROUTE | at Northumberland—Thos, McCor- | Another—Traveling in Travel in the early days was slow and | { by various ways: much afoot, on horse- back and by rude vehicle, and in conse- | people remained at home. Stages finally came in use, but at six cents a mile; it | was the whig candidate for cana! com: i Iu the days of chief justice Thomas | VOL. 25. XO. 42. FACT, FUN AND FANCY. Bright Sparkling Paragraphs—Select ed and Original. AN OLD FASHIONED LOVESONG Tell me what within her eyes Makes the forgotten spring arise, And all the day. if kind she looks, Fiow to a tune like tinkling brook ; Tell me why If but her voice Falls on men's ears, thelr souls rejoices 3 Tell me why, If only she Doth come into the companie All spirits stralght enkindled are As If a moon lit up & star. Tell me this that's writ above, And I will tell you why I love. Tell me why the foolsh wind 18 to her tresses over kind, And only blows them In such wise As lends her beauty some surprise ; Tell me why no changing year Can change from spring if she appear; Tell me why to see her face Begets no all folks else a grace, That makes them fair, as love of her Did toa gentler nature stir. Tell me why, if she but go Alone across the fields of snow All fancies of the springs of old Within a lover's breast grow bold ; Tell me wi y Withie him And all t Most sacredly And most when her he sees slirs an Apri I Bis an breeze, hat | heart Was set Was hidden, then awakes, FE makes love H.C. .BURSER, WALLSTREET I lane] the bride, to ripen dough. A liar needs no A It doesn’t ta IDE candidat nuts, A day without a good deed leaves you in debt. At given away. ride is *d, yet she is ne The best men are always } wking for the best in men picked Hapoiness is never up on the bargain counter, A sensible woman seldom wastes her time on a handsome man. There are too many ifs and buts in the average man’s yocabulary, Society may not be an empty but there are lots of empty things in society. Some men will work harder to get a divorce than they will to support a wife, The average small boy's idea of po- liteness is not to ask for second piece of pie. It’s a terrible shock to a girl when she refuses a fellow and he takes her at ber word. Even Wall street is showing some dif. ficulty in distinguishing between her trust and distrust. Physicians bleed their patients and do it without a lancet. The new system is more popular then the old The girl baby born on a merry -go- round at Indianopolis is eligible to mem. bership in the Daughters of the Revolu- tion swell affair for garments nice and neat; the hay press is a good machine and does its work com- plete; the press is lovely with its juice so red and sweet, but the printing press controls the world and gets there with both feet — Ex "One certainly meets with queer ex. periences while traveling,” remarked the person of roving tendencies. "One time, for example, when on my way to Chicago, I woke in the morning to find a boot and shoe under my berth instead of | the hair I bad left there the night before | Not wishing to appear thus in public, I called the porter and showed him his | error, He appeared somewhat bewild- | ered, and finally remarked in a tone of mingled perplexity and surprise : “Well, dat sattinly am mighty peculiar. Hit's de second time dat’s happened dis mawnin’.'- New York Times. - . Por 1Tics seems to be hot only in Phila. { deiphia and New York City. In Phila. delphia machine rule has beens so cor | rupt that the better element in the re- The clothespress is a cider publican party is ready to join in with | the democrats for good government, Ia | New York the fight is made aguinst | George B. M'Clellan, son of “little | Mack,” on the democratic ticket for Mayor, who has a clean record, but the £0. p. bosses are setting up a hopeless fight against M'Clellan. THERE seems to be trouble in Teddy's cabinet, The rascalities of high officials are being exposed and some prom. finest as cabinet members want the guilty white-washed, while other cabinet officers want the law enforced upon the gulity, Teddy himself would like to see the trouble pass over without any action. Cabinet officers are split over the subject, and resignations are threatened, pursue what course they will, SHCRETARY of the Treasury Shaw may have to leave Teddy's cabinet on account of the row oyer the frauds. O, pebuw |
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