2 U - he Centre Lie oct [Circulation Over 3800 YOUNG MAN | KILLED Fell in Front of an Engine and-- Crushed to Death WILLIAM T. CHERRY'S FATE Accident Happened on Monday at Zerby Station—A Resident of Bellefonte —Funeral Held This Thursday Morning A most unfortumate accident befell William T. Cherry, on Monday after. noon, & brakeman on the local freight of the Lewisburg & Tyrone railroad. The train was at Zerby station, a few miles east of Spring Mills, engaged in | moving cas at a switch. Yoong Cherry was on the front of the engine as they were making a flying shift, He at. tempted to jump from the moving en. gine to adjust a switch, but his foot slip- | ped and he fell foreward on his head | and the cowcatcher caught his body, | rolling him along the side of the track for over twenty feet, bruising and crush- ing him frightfully. Fireman Joseph | Twitmyre saw him fall and quickly gave the alarm but it was too late. He was | unconscious when picked up as his skull was crushed and his left arm cut off and chest crushed in. The accident happened shortly after 2 pm., and the body was brought to | Bellefonte on the west bound passenger, | The interment takes place in the Union | cemetery this Thursday morning. The | Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen and the Young American Republican Club, to both of which organizations the young man belonged, will attend the funeral in a body. The deceased was a son of |. | Theodore Cherry, Valentine street, this | place, who is engineer on the evening passenger on the same road, and resided with bis parents; age 21 years. He is survived by his parents and the follow ing brothers and sisters: Samuel, of | East Stroudesburg; Mrs, Laura Dawson, of Philadelphia; John, Melvin, Mionie and Annie, all of Bellefonte. University Extension Lectures. The peaple of our community are in. deed fortunate in having an opportunity | of having a series of lectures on the Elizabethean Age of English History, to be delivered by E. L. 8. Horsburgh, B. | A., of the English and American Univer- sity Extension Association. Dr. Hors barg came to this country last week and will remain in America only during January and February. every night except Scnday while io this | He will lecture | country. His list of places includes Phila: | delphia (three courses), Germantown, Ardmore, Branford, Conn., Brooklyn, N Y., Burlington, N. J, Cantonsvilie. Md., Harrisburg, Ogootz, Philipsburg, West Chester and Bellefonte. Of the twelve lectures for the University Extension. Dr. Horsburg commands the highest price and comes bere recommended as one of the most thoughtful and most in. teresting lecturers on the platform today. The subscription price for the whole course of six lectures is two dollars. The subjects of the different lectures should appeal to all those interested in lifting ourselves out of the ordinary run of life into that environment which will make us all read and think more. While this course has not been arranged for the benefit of any organization but purely for intellectual improvement, it has been decided by the committee to give any | mill, {the water power from Logans Branch, | fied of its capacity. out to the bars, but | the wife surplus over and above the expenses to | the W. C. T. U. buildirg fund. An Editor Dead. | James W. Sweely, proprietor and pub. lisher of the Williamsport Sun, died at his residence, in Williamsport, Friday night. An attack of pleurisy, rapidly developed into the dread pleuro-puen- monia, and almost from the start there were poor hopes of his recovery, On July 7, 1884, Mr. Sweely purchased the controlling interest of the Sun and Banner, the name of which he some time later changed to the Williamsport Sun, He continued since that date to pub- lish that paper. On March 25, 1894, he was appointed postmaster at Williamsport by President Cleveland succeeding John B, Emery, He served as postmaster until October 1, 1898, when he was succeeded by Charles W. Scott. Attention! G. A. R. A public installation of officess elect of Gregg Post No. gs, G. A. R. will be held in Post room om Friday, Jaouary 220d at 8 pm, conducted by Department Commander Col. Edwin Walton and his staff to be followed by a campfire with speeches by prominent eitizens. All Grand Army men, all old soldiers and the general public are cordially invited, Refreshments will be served at 6 pm, for visiting comrades. By order of EmaAnvust, Not, com, 8. B. Mirren, adjt. nk THE NEW PUMP, The citizens of Bellefonte have been | much interested in the erection of a new pumping station for the boro water sap- ply. As stated heretofore, the new plant is located in the basement of the Phenix where they have the benefit of and the engine in the mill, The pump is a triplex self-acting 14 inch plunger 12 inch stroke, made by the Deane Steam Pumps Mfg. Co., Holyoke, Mass., which draws the water by large mains from the Big Spring and forces it into the serv. ice pipes, and the overflow goes to the reservoir. Last Thursday the pump was given its first trial and since that has been run. {ning at frequent intervals for the purpose | of testing belts, shafting avd regular speed. of next week it is expected that Reynolds will turn over the plant lo the water committee for a thorough test dar. | ing the next three months to see wheth. | er it will fulfill all expectations. The flow of the stream, owing to the prolonged frozen spell, is now lower than usual, yet it is main tained that it can | supply sufficient water for the town. The old steam pumping station cost the boro almost $6000 per year to operate, while Col. Reynolds rent this plant for $1500, there would be a great saving to will the boro as little attention is necessary to operate it, As to the quantity of water this new { plant will handle we will drop all statis tics to say that Col. Reynolds feels satis. Some are a little doubtful asto the power, but the three months’ trial is sufficient to correctly as. certain the facts, he Sad Death. In our last issue, at the time of going to press, the account of the sad death of Mrs. Annie M. Spangler, at Freeport, { Ill, Jan, 20d, reached us and only mere | tion could be made. She bad been under the physician's care since last June, and bad just re turned from the hospital; on the sad afternoon ber husband, Joseph E. Sprang ler, bad goue to the city to do some About 3 o'clock she started refused to permit any of the children to go with her saying When she did not they went to ‘ook for her and found her marketing it was 100 cold felam hanging from a joist in the coal house, She had tastened an inch rope about it { and then drawn up ber feet 50 that she would swing clear off the floor. Her husband returned shortly after and cut and mother down. She was {born at Rebersburg, this county, July 15th, 1864, and wasa daughter of County Treasurer James J. Gramley, and mar- ried Mr. Spangler here ; residing in this county until 1900, when they went west. Her husband and seven of their eight children survive, Dog's Barks Saved a Woman. Mrs. J. Monroe Alter, of Lewistown, was heating alcobol over the fire, for ber | husband, who was ill in bed on an nprer floor, Sunday night, when the alcohol ex. | ploded, throwing the burning fluid over | her dress and setting fire to the room. Mr. Alter, who was asleep, failed to | bear the explosiom, but a small dog, | which bad been a family pet for years, | was lying on the bed, and immediately | began to whine and lick his master's face and scratch him with his paw, and finally ran, whining, down the stairs. Alter, awakened by the dog's bark, | leaped from his bed and ran down the stairs, to find the room ablaze and his wife vainly trying to smother the flames that were rapidly eating up her dress. After placing her beyond danger, Alter called for heip and veighbors saved the house from destruction. Directors’ Meeting, The executive committee of the Cen- tre County School Directors’ Association met at the office of Superintendent C. L. Gramley last Thursday evening to ar- range for the first meeting of the asso. ciation under the state laws. The time set was opening session Thursday, Janu ary 21st at 10 am,, and continue to Fri. day noon. Several prominent educators are expected to be on the programme which has not yet been issued, Watch Your Range. Persous who have water connection with their stoves or ranges can’t be too careful at this season of the year on ac- count of freezing. When fire is built an explosion is sure to follow of great vio- lence. During the past week many such explosions have occurred and serious re sults followed, Tressler--Hoy. A. W. Tressler and Miss Hannah Hoy, of Baleyville, slipped off to Willlams- port on Tuesday, the 29th, and were married at the home of the groom's sis. ter, Mrs. Mary Scott. The groom has charge of the Baileyville creamery. ' BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1904. i SCHOOL DIRECTORS | ASSOCIATION Will Meet at Bellefonte, January 218t and 22nd THE PROGRAM AS PREPARED Interesting Topics will be Discussed by Prominent Educators—Under a New Act of Assembly-—Expenses and Mileage to be Paid. The School Directors’ Associaiton o Centre county will meet in annual con | vention in the Court Honse at Bellefonte, | ou Thursday, January 21st, at 10 o'clock (a.m, and will close at noon on Friday, one ou Friday. This will be the first convention held | bly approved April 21st, 1903. The services of Superintendents James M. Conghlin, of Wilkesbarre, and J. M. Berkey, of Johnstown, have been secured for this meeting, On educational questions there are no abler men in the state than those above at each address the Association named. They will be present session and will on Thursday evening in the Court House, If it be true that “what the schools are the community will be," this should be sufficient to enlist the hearty co opera tion of every school director in the county. FROGRAM TH! REDAY FORENOON Devotional Exercises Rev. A.M. Schmidt Music, Perfecting Organization of the Association. “School Houses. Grounds and Sanitation, Dr. T. 8. Christ, Dr. H Braucht and others, Election of officers forthe ensuing year and also five delegates to State Association a) THURSDAY AFTERNOON Devotional Exercises—Rev. Dr, H.C. Holloway Music, “Laws that Should Receive Special Attention” Supt. Jas. M of W iducation and Labo it. J. M a Conghlin Kesbharre Berkey of Joh Township High William ©. Heinle Krebs and others Sebo THT ESDAY EXT Devotional Exercises Hey. Dr. Wm. Laurie i. J. MM. Berkey FRIDAY MORNIN pal Exercises... Kev, Geo. Israel Brown Enforce Keller, Col. Austin Cur td “Business Management of Schools” —<by J. M Berkey, Clty Supt, of Johnson n Schools “Responsibility of School Directors, $C. T Fryberger, George W. Fusher, J. R. Brun gart and others, “What Aid Bhould Directors give towards Sehoel Libraries” —D. F. Fortney, Dr. W 8. Glenn, P. J. McDonnell, and others “Do the Publie Bchools give to the People a Proper Return for the Money Expended:" ~Kil F. Townsend, John T. Fowler, Dr. D F. Bowersox and others, A specially prepared chorus of 3 voloes under the direction of Prof. PF. H. Meyer, as | sisted by Miss Bessie Dorsworth as jlanoist, will furnish the music. nand others Wu C HeisLe, 5. W. Swith, C.H. FLEET NER, JR. BrUNGARD O.A. WEAVER, Committee, This 1s the first meeting of the Asso. ciation under the provisions of an Act of Assembly approved April 21st, 1903, by | which Directors are allowed expenses { for two days and 3 cents per mile for at. tending such gathering. To defray the necessary expenses the County Treas urer is directed also to pay one dollar for each director who has been in attend. ance Grange Meeting. : | ! ! Bagle Grange, at Milesburg, Jan 220d, | 10a. m. Installation of officers will take | place in morning session, After dinver a part of the time will be taken up with degree work and an {llusti ation of same | will be given by a special team express. ordinate Granges are urged to be present at this meeting. This work will be both instructive and entertaining. All mem. bers of orders are cordially invited to at | tend this meeting, Groror DALE, Master, D. M. CAMPRRLL, Secretary. Swallowed a Salmon. Harry Coryell and A. J. Frymire, of Soyder county, shot a “fish duck’ at “Nigger Island” below the Shamokin Dam last week that had swallowed a salmon, that measured thirteen inches | having three sessions on Thursday, and | Some repairs are also necessary | to the water wheel and by the latter part Col. | under the provisions of the Act of Assem- | The first quarterly meeting of Centre | county Pomono Grange No. 13, for the | | year 1904, will be held in hall of Bald | | ly for that purpose. All officers of sub. | | ANNUAL MEETING, Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co Officers Elected. The Co. of Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Centre county held its anpual Reynold’s bank building, Bellefonte, on Monday last, attended by and a full board of directors. the officers The treasurer's report shows money in the treasury to amount of about $3 448 and outst inding $817 981, with no liabilie ties. The total amount of insurance carried by the company is $1,886 354. The company’s losses by fire were | quite small last year. Within the past | six years only two light The expenses for running | the company are, and always haye been, | upon the lowest assessments were laid. possible basis of econ- omy. The company has been in success: ful existance 45 years, and always upon the soundest footing. The annual state- ment will be found in the papers next | week, The election for twelve directors for the ensuing year B. resulted as follows: J. rank McFarlane, J. B Strohm, PF. M. Fisher, H. C. Campbell Col. W. Fred Reynolds, H. E B. Haines, Jacob Bottorf, 1 Z. D. Thomas, ] The new board Goheen, | K red Kurz Brungart organized by electing the following officers unan mously: Presi. dent, Yi H.C. : Secretary, Treasurer, B. F. Arunev, Frederick Kurz: ¢ President : Campbel D. PF. Luse; The agents for taking applications for insurance, were continued as in the past year, viz: Haines: Z. Thomas, Miles: G. B. Haines, Peon: H. E. Duck, Gregg : John Shook, Harris: Frank M'Farlane, Ferguson: |. B. Goheen, Potter: D F. Lose, College: Jacob Bottorf, State Col. lege: H. C. Campbell, Walker: J. H Beck. — ss s— SMALLPOX AT HOWARD. There occasion of Howard of smallpox in Friday Dr. McEutire attend Hubert Harma, a soung boy who ih a is for alarm in the flown owing t K to the prevalence the community Last was summoned to " h Larents short di ? west of the passe unger station tance his face broken out and the case a genu ine one of sma At once the board the b a Pox of health got busy and Me Was iarantined, as we 88 sever neigh i bors fa 114s amu s who had been in the Hanna bome and were exposed to the contagion All gatherings for the present have public schoo's, churches and public been closed and every possible precaution is being taken Up to this time no new cases have developed The family of Harvey Walker, from Marsh Creek, who had been Handa's on last Friday have been placed under quarantine. to - Licenses Slaughtered in Clearfield. Last week the new Jadge Allison O. Smith succeeded Judee Cyrus Gordon, and bis first duties were consideration of liquor licenses. The court spread con- ste nition amor g the liquor men by prun niog out the rum shacks and question. able hotels who heretofore had an ex. | cuse for a hope to secuie the privilege of | was on a visit to the L2Rovys handling liquor. Other parties who had | house was burning grossly violated the law were refused. | bor attracted by As a result of last week's hearing 58 Ii | censes were gran‘ed, 36 refused, 15 vol. untarily withdrew, and 64 applicaots were continued for want of time. It was meeting and election in their rooms in | The fi. | pavcial statement shows a very flattering | condition of the affairs of the company, He found | HISTORICAL R The Capture of Annie LeRoy znd | Barbara Leininger VIEW i 'EXDURED MANY HARDSHIPS | They Were Natives of Union County Carried to the Northwest pelled to do Hard Work Destruction of Kittanning The territory in which the subjects of | Union | the following barrative lived, county, was at one time linked with Cen. tre, hence a place in our Historical Re view is appropriate : The capture of Annie LeRoy and Bar- bara Ieininger by hostile indians, and ter their remarkable escape af four years of captivity, constitutes a most interest. ing chapter of colonial history, not only because of their thrilling experiences, but also because of the far-reaching con- sequences of their capture, and the in. et} formation they gave the authorities upon their escape The terrible masss ) ana cag tiers whom were Annie ILein inger Inger, was the di st agreed on by the in a at F treaty with the Six Nations signed rt Stanwix, July / Among the intruders on these Indian lands was Jean Jacques LeRoy, a French Huguenot, who had arrived from Switz zerland in 1752, and whose daughter be came the wife of Rev. William Otterbein. the founder the United Brethren church. The place where Jean Jacques LeRoy settled 1s about t50 miies south of Miflinburg, near him also located Se- bastian Leininger, who in 1748 bad ar- rived from Wartemburg of Soon after they located on this land the French and Indian war broke ont, and the In dians, encouraged by the French, com- the borrib) the Pennsvivania fr mitted nost e atr ties on atrocity n onliers, taking as a pretext the vi ons the case int} as was slance THE MASSAGE AND CAFTY RE Eatly on the morning or Ouober 16, 1755. while Jacob, one of [Ros pasture, 3 ye He qu returned to the bouse to give the alarm 's sons, was fetching the cows from he beard rapid firing pear by ckly 18 cape, boweyver, was imposcihle 2% the Indians soon made their ap: ppearance and surrounded the house. The father was quickly tomahawked and sca ped; but young Jacob, after a brave resistance : was spared, as also the rest, The bouse then hurned by the Indians, and body of ReRoy was consumed with it. As a matter of interest it may be noted and taken prisoners | that the foundations of this pioneer home | were still visible considerably over a bundred years later, when the place was owned by the late Hon. Isaac Slenk- | er, ex-Attorney General of Pennsylvania, i | the common complaint that Clearfield | county under Judge Gordon, was littered | with liquor licenses for political advan tage was needed on the Bench of Clearfield, | and they made a good selection Ready for Another Term. Somebody started a story that Judge | Charles A. Mayer, of the Clinton-Camer. | on-Elk district, is about to retire from | the bench. Judge Mayer has already | served 35 years, but when the story of his retirement reached him he promptly | announced that he would certainly serve ‘out the remaining five years of his pres. ent term, and would then be a candidate for renomination. Anyone who knows Judge Mayer will understand that this decision will not be reversed. Philadel. phia Press. The Fair Grounds For Sale. The property of the Milton Driving Park and Fair Association is adver: tised to be sold by the sheriff on the 1gth inst. The association bas had a good deal of bad luck during the nineteen years of ils existence, but last season's losses capped the climax, It is wot known whether it will be reorganized or not. ? Falls Creek Herald Suspends. The Falls Creek Pa., Herald has sus pended publication, the editor retiring to become a partner in the publication of the Brookville Republican. The Herald plant is offered for sale. . It looks as though a change truly | two daughters, as no one seemed disposed to disturb the spot. Among the captives at LeRoy's was a girl named Mary Ann Villers, whose parents resided at Lancaster, and who While the Sebastian, a neigh. the smoke, without knowing its cause, came to render as. sistance, but paid. the penalty of his | neighborly kinduess with his life. as he | was immediately killed by ths Indians. Some of the Indians then west to the home of the Leiningers. Here they | found Mr. Leininger and his son and Barbara and Regina, | the mother having gone to the mill on horseback. The Indians first demanded rum of the Leiningers, which they were unable to give them, whereupon they asked for tobacco, which was promptly furnished. Com- | Saw the | FACT, FU! 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A farmer 8 worth ove i ike the gun aded. is terribly risky to ast tramp sounds, good field of corm is one thing a 1 by » doesn’t care to have crowed over ‘Human its fundamenta nature is about th day up.’ A walk ’ 3 an i BRC let him know it Pal You sh ATguilt KE Ie lakes If it 0 washing wash't his money a moters won The Mill Hall Axe Factory “The of unloading the stock of AXCS ON cars was commenced in carnest at the Mill Hail axe factory. All departments except the tempering and polishing bave finished and they will finish today. The painters and packers will finish as soon as possible, Joseph Hollis, superintendent of factory No 2, work {ofthe A. A. & T. C, which is located at Reedsville is bere looking after the in. terest of the company. The contract or agreement specifies that the A, A. & T. Co. shall within ten days after January 1st have removed all axes and stock which they intend to remove from the premises. Everything in the shape of an axe is being loaded and quite a large force of men are engaged in the work. The new company, i. € ; The Mann Edge Tool company especially desire this as they mean to return to, or rather adopt the good old fashioned way of tempering by hand or in other words over a fire. They will car fally elimi. nate the process of tempering in lead. The factories, lands and houses with all appliances will be deeded by the Ameri- can Axe & Tool Co to the Manon Edge Tool Company on Friday, January 1st. Immediately after the expiration of the (ten days allewed their predecessors in | which to remove their belongings, work After smoking for a while, they in: | on some strictly necessary repairs and formed the family that they were Al | Changes will be commenced and pushed legbeny Indians, and bad come to de. | forward as rapidly as possible in order stroy the settlement. They then killed | 0 begin the manufacture of axes. While Leininger and his son, and, after ran. | this new firm do pot intend to make dou- sacking the house, took the girl with them and rejoined the main party. Trav elling westward, they camped that night on a bill overlooking the scemes of their bloody deeds. Here they were joined by others, who terrified the prisoners by exhibiting the scalps they had taken. The following day they penetrated farther into the forest, and that night a party which had been sent out to pillage returned with nine scalps and five pri sovers. Oa the third day, October 18, the various marauding bands came to. gether at a prearranged place to divide the spoils, which consisted of four male and six female prisoners, besides the plunder, In the division of the captives Barbara Leininger and Annie LeRoy fortunately fell to a well-disposed Indian named Lalaske, who treated them kindly, puts ting them on his horses to ride, while he himeel! walked, Continued on page 4. ble bitted axes exclusively, we have been informed that they intend to make all that kind of work at this factory asd in order lo keep their men steadily employ. ed will make some single bitted axes (f necessary to do so. The busy ham of the industry will soon be again beard in our midst.” — Lock Haven Democrat. Almost Asphyxiated. The entire family of Harry W. Packer, of Beech Creek, were almost asphyxiat. ed by coal gas Monday morning. At an early hour Mrs. Packer awoke to find herself unable to move. She succeeded in awaking ber husband, who finally made his way, after much effort, to the window, where the fresh air revived him sufficiently to make his way toa neigh. bor's and summon help. The children, of whom there are four, two boys and two girls, all small, were awakened only with great difficulty, the baby being limp and well nigh lifeless. — Bxpress.
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