\@he Centre Democrat, Circulation, Over 3700. MONUMENT WILL BE ERECTED An Important Meeting Held Last Friday. WILL COST ABOUT §$30.000 | There are doctors of law, theology, medicine and of numerous other call- | ABOUT “SNAKE DOCTORS.” BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1903. CONCLUSION OF COURT Inge, yet there seems to be less known | about the “Snake Doctor,” as to his aims | and practices, than any of them, The | ‘Snake Doctor” is a gentleman of re- | nown, follows his profession without having pursued a collegiate course or Only a Few Cases Were Tried Second Week. TUESDAY JURY DISCHARGED | gone through a school of technical train- | Various Funds Will Be Combined—a Committee Appointed With Power | to Act—a Historical Society for Centre Co. Will be Organized The Centre county soldiers monument and Curtin Memorial Association held an important meeting in the court house | Friday. Amorg those present Capt. W. C. Patterson, State College ; Dr. D. M. Wolf, Spring Mills; Capt. W. | H. Fry, Pine Grove mills; |] R. Pheas ant, Howard; Capt. Geo M. Boal, Cen. | tre Hall ; Capt. C. T. Fryberger, Phil. ipsburg; Dr. J. A. Thompson, Storms- | were | town. Gen. Beaver read a statement. Heex- plained that $10,000 had been appropri ated by the Legislature for a monument to Gov. Curtin ; $4,000 had been raised | by personal fiiends of Gov. Curtin for the | same purpose. About $4 oco had been subscribed to the committee for a sol diers’ and sailors’ monument and lastly | two Centre county grand juries bad ap proved an appropriation of £10,000 by the county commissioners for a soldiers’ Now it to beveret Wor » JogTiac and sailors’ monument. is nec essary to bring these interes He then told why the George Gray Bar. nard design had to be abandoned. It would have cost $50,000 and was entire. ~A1y too large for the location om the Diamond, and the effort to purchase the Curtin mansion for a Memorial | Hall had met with a refusal from | Mrs. Curtin. He stated that if the | committees appointed by the Legislature, the County Commissioners and the Centre county veterans could get together things | wou!d move along more satisfactorily. It was moved that an executive com. mittee of nine be appointed consisting of the three members of the Harrisburg | committee, the three County Commission. | ers and three to be selected from the | Centre County Mouvument Association | with full power to locate, secure design | and build a monument to the memory of Goy. Curtin and the soldiers and sailors of Centre county, the cost to be about thirty thousand dollars. This motion | was carried unanimously. The association then elected Capt. C. T. Fryberger, of Philipsburg, John A Daley, of Romola ; and Gen. John I. Cur- tin, of Bellefonte on this commitiee, Later a meeting of the newly appointed committee was held in Gen. Beaver’s of. fice to perfect plans for future action. The committee as follows: Gov. Samuel W. Pennypacker, Gen. James A Beaver, Senator A. E. Patton, Abram V Miller, John G. Bailey, Philip H. Meyer, | Capt. C. T. Fryberger, John A. Daley | and Gen. J. I. Curtin. The Curtin monu- | ment, in memory of the ‘‘great war | governor,’ and the soldiers of this coun. | ty, who have departed, is now assured. | i 1s The amount yet required for the monu- ment will be no less than £3000; to se cure this $3,000, will be needed to be raised by voluntary subscriptions, which | the monument committee feel assured can be obtained HISTOICAL SOCIETY. Immediately after the Curtin monument committee adjourned, at 1:45, Gen. Beay- er requested those present to remain for a meeting to organize a Historical Socie- ty. Oo motion of Rev. Dr. Wolfe, of Spring Mills, Frederick Kurtz was unani. mously elected chairman with Thomas Mitchell, Esq., for secretary. Gen. Beav er, being called upon, in a very forcible speech of ten minutes, set forth the importance of having a coun, ty Historical Society, a matter often talked of in past years. A com. mittee of five was then appointed, on motion of General Beaver seconded by Capt. Fry, to draft a constitution and by laws for the government of the Society, said committee to report at the next meeting. The hour of twelve o'clock baving arrived the meeting adjourned, to meet again at the call of the Chair man, to transact further business and bear the report of the committee on con. stitution and rules, A very appropriate name has been suggested for the new Historical Society; it is to be the “Linn Historical Society of Centre County.”” No one more desery. ing the honor, than John Blair Lisn, who gave the latter years of his life to histori. cal research and became the author of several works of general historic value, especially as to Central Pennsylvania; the tribute is well deserved by the de. ceased historian, long as honored citizen of our town and state, We can print your sale bills, on short notice at reasonable prices, {ing | his bill which | of the country suakes. | tiles of { thousands of snake men who have | years of their | While at | medium-sized, above described | ten feet above Men's Banigan lnced lumber. mine Babies wing yovot land Juuiie He belongs to particular “school,” practices wherever he pleases, needs no diploma, has no fee bills, and every time he makes a visit he presents no 15 of reasonable size, yet he never attempts to collect any money, | {| which is his distinguishing trait the wingless practitioners, from He is simply a child of nature, evoly- ed from a ‘“‘family of insects with long bodies, narrow gauze-like wings, large { heads and eyes, strong mandibils and of swift flight,” often called the “Dragon | Fly.” So much for introduction. This article | was suggested by the following. para- | graph that appeared in the Philadelphia Ledger, November 15th: THE SNAKE DOCTOR. ‘At least one other prominent stition remains super that of the snake do or the daring needle. In many it supposed that this long, thin, fast flying insect hovers and darts over swamps looking for sick This purely an absurdity. Frequently these insects are found in swamps that are entirely destitute of rep any sort, In the experience of spent lives hunting and studying suakes, none ever has recorded that the supposed snake doctor has anvthing at all to do with the lives of the More, the snakes seem to frighten this insect just as they startie most other tor rie paris is is cD es reptiles | creatures, and there is every reason to believe that the supposed ‘doctor’ does not even serve them as food.” The publisher of this paper is no au- | thority on snakeology, does not drink any more booze than the average good fisherman, and, having established a record for truth and veracity, would ven. ture a bit of personal experience that bears on the above clipping, which may arouse the indignation of the learned paturalist who penned the article. The following, in all seriousness, we vouch as being correct: Some years 40, ON 28 Warm summer | day, the writer was fishing with rod and | line in Sinking Creek, over in Potter the dam.” popl, a dark colored water snake distance below Mill sloggish shallow township, a short breast of the old a “Stone was disturbed by our walking close tothe The and around in the pool as if uncertain where go. Next thing t was one of stream reptile swam oul to 0 attract atiention these “'Suake Doctors.” as The insect was about the surface of the water and kept circling about rapidly over the snake, as it moved up or down stream. This remarkable sight aroused interest and nothing was done to disturb either, Finally the snake swam out towards the opposite bank in six Inches of water, The body of the snake then settied on the muddy bottom of the pool with tip of the nose aboye the water, and in that position it remained motionless. Then the “Snake Doctor’ began to circle lower and lower and finally perched on the exposed nose of the snake. As it sat there, about ten feet distant, at mid about | day, there was no mistake as to the oc- currence. While it remained there the reptile was motionless, occasionally the insect’s wings quivered, and the end of the body would move slightly. They re. mained in this position about five minutes when a splash with the rod in the water disturbed them. The soake swam up stream about two rods and the “Ssake Doctor” followed, continually describ. ing circles about ten feet over it. The suake finally took a position as before, | and the “Snake Doctor’ again settled on the nose which was above the water. This act was repeated four times, when both disappeared. This occurrence, coming under per. sonal observation, convinces the writer that, notwithstanding the positive decla- rations of ‘‘experienced snake men,” there is some connection between snakes and the “Dragon Fly." The very fact that they are commonly known as “Snake Doctors’ is due to just such ob- servations being witnessed by others, Moser Heirs’ Important Find. Captain W. G. Stanton, Chief counsel of the Moser heirs, has discovered new and important evidence, which will re. quire the postponement of the trial of the case until the January term of Court, Ancient documents have been found which will, in the opinion of the Mosers, fully establish their claims to the valua: ble coal lands from which they ask that the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company be ejected. The Lingle party of hunters from Ha. gleville who were huttting in the Scootac region returned home Saturday, There were § hunters and they brought 10 deer home with them, Settled For a or Yio- Warn- Cases Were Either Continued Sentenced lating the Liquor Laws ing tor all Others. Many Court convened on Monday morning and after hearing a nomber of pe motions and the calli the list for Of Cares over and the followin ed of The Lehigh The Cl tion. the H M Boyer 1 Valley earfield Bituminon Moshaunon Boyer, and moned ejectment ed continn James Mary Dodge v in ejectiment ned The People’s Savings asd De posit Com pany of Lancaster, substituted A H I This suit is brought trustee lor Frederick Beaten, va Beaten, de ceased to recover judgment on some notes. Verdict in favor of the plaintifi for fourteen hundred and sixty-one dollars and fifty cents A Dale, who survive Henry Dale, deceased, George Dale, A Dale and Clement executors af the last will and testament of Christian Dale, Br , deceased, va. Clement Dale and Blaoch Hoy, executors of the last will and testament of Christian Dale. J A Jr.. deceased, with Inst Blanch r the Botice § oO Hoy, legates and devises unde | J Christian Dale deceased ion to revive and continne adred and sixty-five dolls ve centa with stay of exe | plaintiff estate is settled Wil ip am Witmer va. Dora Witmer Witmer This i= an personal property consisting « ttle, farming, implements, &: which were in the possession of the de fendants Some time prior 4" | tober they had bailed someone and some time in October of the same year judgment Witmer in favor of was entered up against James ( and execution issued thereon the plaintiff and the personal property wid and bought by the plaintiff, and some time in January, 1902, the plaintift had a this preperty in the possession! of the defend writ of replevin issued for ants whereupon the defendants gave a property. The de- fendants’ claim is that part of the judg bond and retained the ment in favor of the plaintiff, upon which the sheriffs male was had, loaned by Mm. Witmer to her husband WAR money i i 1901, and if any was removed after that | i time it was dove by the contractors with- | After the | close of the evidence on both sides the de- out his knowledge and consent, fendent renewed his motion for a compul- | sory non suit, which was granted. This { being the last case open, Court adjourned | [| and incloded in plaintiffs jodgment to | {save costa, and that after the sale the { plaintiff gave the property just bought by | him to ants, and farther allege that the defend- ants had paid the plaintiff in money and stock. Verdict Tuesday forenoon in faver be the defendants TT MK | ness as Harley Bros ; settled. leo J. Teirmy va. The Snow Shoe Min- ing Company ; continued, Henry C. Woomer va. Robert Thompson ; | continued, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania wa, William I. Harvey and John Bowden, This action is brBught to recover damages for entting timber on lands of the State For estry Commission after expiration of the agreement. The lands had been sold to the State by Nr. Harvey, who reserved the right to cut and remove timber of cer. tain sizes from the demised premises, which reservation was subsequently as. signed to Mr. Bowden, who contracted with a contractor, who it appears did not get the timber, removed within the time limit. At the close”of plaintiffs case the Commonwealth suffered a voluntary non suit as to Mr. Harvey and after this coun sel tor defendant moyed the Court for a compulsory non suit as to Mr, Bowden, the other defendent, and court adjourned ll Wednesday morning. Wednesday morning the Court over-ruled the motion for compulsory non suit and the defendant went on with his case, to the effect that be had no knowledge that any timber was removed from the tract after Augosl 1, Mm. Witmer, one of the defend. | after discharging all jurors On Monday George Spangler, who plead guilty last week to an indictment for sell- ing liguor without a license in Liberty township, was sentenced to pay costs of prosecution, a fine of five hundred dollars and seven months in jail Orvis M. Fel tion by his wife; zer, cha ged with deser. the court directed a nol 108 10 be entered. A nol against was entered in the Woods, eny by Fred Giles. Case with Y Os Claire charged iar A nol against Mary Ward charged with an as Mary Ryan DEATH IN SWEET BEER. pros was entered in the case sault and battey by ar Victim of Scheme of As- tute Trappers, W Bruin Easy Jonathan pagle, i 1O0DA, aw € Car wrglars. He peered out the window 1 + opening the door aud saw a big bh tryfug to scratch and found the soned in an empty of which bad been The bear had evidently p the bit of beer which re- mained, effort got its head : fastened 1 t The farmer shot the animal, which, when dressed, weigh ed 234 pounds, During the day a party of hunters came along and claimed the beast, say- ing this was the bear trapping. The beer left in the keg was mixed with boney, something no bear can resist. Spikes were driven where the keg was broken in, so that when the animal got his bead in the keg he was unable to extricate it and became that latest method of &0 casy capture, - - Jacob Crider [IL The following is taken from the Lock Haven Express, of last Friday 27th: Jacob Crider, a resident of Milesburg, the Slocum at boarding at Beech shortly before is lying seriously iil house of Mrs. Mary Creek. He there dark Wednesday evening came from Lock Haven, where he purchased a horse, which he attempted to ride over the m to the north fork of Scoota maniain creek where he is interested in a paper wood job. He appeared to have lost con. trol of his physical powers and was slow. ly making his way along the road lead ing the borse cold and was paralyzed on one side, be. He was almost stiff with left arm and his Several ing unable to use his mouth was drawn persons ooked after him and he was taken to Mrs. Slocam and a phy. His wife and daughter are at the camp in Scootac region where tbe home of sician called he has a lumbering operation. Mr. Crider is somewhat improved. He is at the home of Mrs. Slocam, but his relatives are making arrangements to take him to the hospital in a day or two. May Defeat Moser Heirs, The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com- pany is prepared 0 make strenuous re. sistance to the claims of the Moser heirs, | whose suit against the company for coal lands to the amount of $1,200,000 | came up in the Schuylkill County Court last week. Among old papers in the | Prothonotary’s office a document lost for | rights in the disputed lands to other par. Bertha Dodd va. Christ Sharrer ; settled. | i | ’ | ed, Meyer va. George Hurley and je | William Hurley, trading and doing busi- | Burkhart Moser, from whom the plaintiffs | 100 years is said to have been discover. which will have an important | beariog om the case. In this paper claim to inbelrit the property, conveys | ties. Attorneys for the Moser heirs deny the validity of the alleged papers dis. covered, as they were found by a lawyer for the Lehigh Company, after the Pro thonotary and his assistants had made vain search for them. ——— ————————— Smallpox in Georgesvalley. There are two new cases of smallpox in Georgesvalley, Gregg township. F. B., Herman was taken {ll about two weeks ago with the disease, and now his wife and a four-year old boy have con: tracted the same ailment, They were in the same house, And Mrs, Herman had been nursing her husband, She took ill on Sunday, Dr. Braught, of Spring Mills, is attending them and reports their con. dition favorable for recovery. H. M. Sauser has been appointed chief clerk of Tyrone division, Pennsyl- vania railroad, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John H. Reiley, Superin. tendent J. K. Johuson issued notice of appointment under date of November 26, When Mant good tubers Bani. gant from Yeager & Davia. ay {alarm reached the home of Terrence | Quinn, OUR HISTORICAL REVIEW Story of the “Great Runaway’ During 1778. CAUSED BY HOSTILE INDIANS They Invaded the Central Part of Penn- sylvania Sett Fled From Their Ex- perience of the Quinn | Early ers Hom Strange Amy. hanna, is county, Suna removed fi } . the beginnis Although had a Gers land. As Los It COoulie in the pew world Being poor, he was compelled 50 to speak, to mortgage the labor of his daughters for their passage money. In other words, they became redemptioners, their service being sold arrival for the upon their re the cost of their thousands demption of Iu this brought to America from various European coun- tries The oldest of Dame, was taken to passage. way of people were the sisters, Mary by Lancaster county to serve out ber redemption. What became of the younger sister is not known, until she appears as an actress in the stage drama about to be described bere. After serving some years in payment of her passage, Mary Michael! became acquaint ed with a young man named Terrence Quinn, who sought her hand in marriage Having still a considerable term to serve, her lover very gallastly purchased her time, and the couple were very happily married Soon after their to the Went marnage they removed Branch Va ey, a short distance above Sunbury GREAT R THE NAWAY. the history of of the "Great Runa "in the West Branch Valley which extended into Aasyone who has read Pennsylvania knows was in 177 . Penns valley from the settlers fled and nove re- This “Massacre of which occurred on July resulting in the devastation of the which all turned for a period of three years was caused by the famous Wyoming." 3a 1778 Wyoming Valley and naturally precipi. tating a stampede in the adjacent regions. After the battie of Wyoming the Indians and Tories appeared in the West Branch Valley, in consequence of which the en. tire populace, numbering thousands, precipitatingly fled for safety to the stronger settiements down the river, This was the "Great Runaway’ of Pean. syivania history, and with which this narrative is connected. THR MIDNIGHT FLIGHT, At the time of the “Runaway” the Quinus had four children, and the young- | er sister of Mrs. Quinn, having served { her time was also living with them, The citizens had arranged a system of | | signals to warn the inhabitants of the | frontier invasion. These signals consist. | ed in part in the firing of guns at pre. | arranged intervals, which were repeated all along the line of the settlement, It | was late at night when the ominous | The indians and Totles had in. | vaded the valley, and only by immediate flight could a repetition of the bloody | scenes of Wyoming be prevented, The | | Quinns decided on a quick move under | cover of the darkvess to escape. The | foe was even then already io their vici. nity, and some neighbors bad already fallen victims to their cruel vengeance, When the Quinus fled from the house Miss Michael, the sister of Mrs. Quinn, ran in an opposite direction from the the rest. This plan was often resorted to by the people when surprised, for the reason that when the peril was immin: ent there was a better chance for saving one's life by scattering than to fly with groups unarmed. The Quinn) family reached Fort Augusta, at Sanbary, In safety, and doubtless from thence made the journey to their friends in Lancaster county to await the time when it would be safe to return to their frontier home. Of thelr subsequent history little need | bors, Continued on page § VOL. 25. NO. 48. FACT, FUN AND FANCY. Bright Sparkling Paragraphs—Select ed and Originaj: BTOPPED HIS PAPER From an Exchange ['yes pie who are in the swim. a! man is seld ot that Jil generous in his coal a gyi Pi weigh, e ol he gives the fa Necessity is a wheelbarrow that you have 10 push ; pleasure is an that runs itself. A man gets his clothes made to fit his shape, but a woman, who re- sourcefal, gets her shape made to fit her clothes. automobile is more lauden physicians now declare that alcohol y Ny ants are a sure cure for brain fag Y80 it's a matter of choice be- tween fa "and jag. The meanest man in the world lived in New Jersey In helping him out of a ¢, a man tore the collar of his The next day tery river on coat be sued him for assault and bat A man ing into his poultry yard the day |! ¢ Thanksgiving said to the "Well, n to wefor turkey fellow, what's going to you tomorrow "' The turkey Don’t ax me This is about the time of the year when y anxious 10 tie their This generally forward for a nice coat, gift, which women arc unusua husbands’ peckties means, looking dress, or hat for Christmas they so well A North Missouri editor asked: “Who is the happier, the man who pos: sesses $100,000 or the man has seven Auvother Missouri editor promptly solved the problem in this way: “The man with the surplus girls, of course The man with the money is nol satished and wants more, the man with the seven daughters is satisfied —he has enoagh.” The other day a squad of modest maid- ens from town wandered out towards Axeman for their health. The fresh air kids bad the pleasures of the day marred by coming into the region of a pole cat and the atmosphere was too odoriferous deserve, who daughters?" | for their delicate olfactery nerves, and they bad to beat a retreat. They thought the cat was alright, but could not ap- prove the odor from its pharmaceutical apparatus, There is no limit 10 the use that the telephone can be put to. It is said a certain Richmond lady, wishing to visit a neighbor the other day, pulled the | baby's crib up a front of the 'phone, opened the receiver and camly told “Central” that she was going out to a | neighbor's and if the baby waked up and began to cry to ring her up at the neigh. She ought to get a patent on that baby tender. Bellefonte has a few very critical women, always locking for something to be suppressed. One of these passed by the Howard Creamery office and was horrified to see a sign put up that read “Batter Retalled here” as her culinary experience is limited, she did not take the intended meaning from it, and at once began criticising the same. To several passers by she remarked, “Just look at that card, they must be cruel people in there.” The sign to her meant “Batter (Rams) Retalled Here.” From her standpoint it was awful, Nothing New, There are no new developments in the Clendenen murder case at Centre Oak, Detectives and county officials all report there is nothing new. A great many wild rumors have been run down and
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