2 % [<) |! © The Centre Democy L. Circulation Over SHORT SE SSION OF COURT All Jurors Were Discharged on Tuesday Afternoon. ONLY A FEW CASES TRIED 00 v Litigation In Centre County Seems to | be on the Decline—Proceedings as Reported by S. D. Gettig Esq., for | Qur Readers. FIRST WEEK CONTINUED. Court called on Thursday morning and | after hearing some motions and petitions, John W. Harshberger convicted for desertion, the court he pay for the support of his and minor children the sam of twelve dollars per month and give ty in the sum of two hundred dollars to carry out the decree, otherwise sentence wife securi- will be imposed in accordance with the | Act of 1903 The following civil cases George W. Pecan ys. 5. W, Wright, S. H. Williams vs. Frank Warfield John Luther vs. George Kachick. Jesse Goss vs. D. D. Woods. SECOND WEEK Court called on Monday morning after hearing some motions and petitions the case of Jobn T. Bayletts vs. J. J Kelley and William Neyman, Jr, sum: mon in trespass, plea not guilty, was con- tinued. BE. C. Smith vs. Josiah Long, adminis trator d. b. n. c. t. a. of John Long, late of Penn township, deceased. This action was brought to recover for nursing, etc., and of Catharine Long, deceased widow of | John Loong and om note against John Long's estate for one hundred doliars. | The court ruled out the lease and smb. mitted the note to the jury. Verdict for the plaintiff for $123.35. questions of law reserved by the court. James A. McCafferty vs. The Town. ship of Spring. building a stone arch bridge at Pleasant Gap during, last summer, of plaintiff's case he was non suited on the ground that the suit was prematarely brought. M. Smith, administrator of Adam Smith, deceased and Robert M. Smith. A scire facias to revive a judgment. Settled. Mary M. Reifsnyder vs. |. H. Reif: snyder an assumpsit. Settled after jury sworn; after which all jurors were dis- charged, court adjourned until Wednes- day morning. Court coaveaed ona Wednesday morn ing and after having some motions and petitions the sheriff acknowledged his deeds. Auditors were appointed in the follow- ing decedents estates: Adam Kelley's estate, of Benner township, J. C. Harper was appointed. Jacob Tibbens estate, of College town - ship, Clement Dale was appointed, After which court adjourned. AT COUNCIL MEETING. Very little special work was consider ed at council meeting on Monday even. ing. Col. Reynolds turned over the new pumping station at the Phoenix Mill for the three month's test, and it is making an excellent showing at present, supply- ing all the water necessary for the town, Council has also decided to place many additional water meters on all large con. sumers of water, so that the enormous waste may be accounted for, if possible, A great many families in Bellefonte, in order to save ice bills, have artificial rooling basins im their houses. They allow the water to run continuously through boxes or troughs where they keep butter, milk, fruit, etc. In this way families who pay a comparatively small tax waste immense quantities of water and it should positively be prohibit. ed, under a heavy penalty, The idea of having artificial spring houses to get abead of the ice man is too expensive on the boro, This comment is respectfully submitted for the consideration of the Water committee. n————— Next Shaffer- Hazel Reation. On Saturday the Shaffer-Hazel execu. tive committee met at the home of ex- sheriff B. F. Schaffer, at Nittany, to fix data for the next reunion, which will be held on June 15 next, at Hecla Park. The following speakers were fixed upon fur the occasion, Prof. C. L. Giamley, Hon, W. C. Heinle, and Frederick Kurtz, o'clock a. m. mental, will be provided. pleasant occasion and largely attended. Four of the five members of the execu tive committee were present, viz: J. H. Hazel, Mich. Shaffer, Esq., J. B. Hazel and Jno. H. Hazel. Music, vocal and instru. Too much fizz water is apt to nfake a physical wreck of a man, | responded. made a decree that | were settled : | who is driver of rural | from | Subject to the | This action is brought | to recover contract price and extras for | At the close | The meeting will be called at 10 | It will be al DO IT NOW ! All persons who paid us on subscrip- | tion during the month of January will | find proper credit given on their label this issue. Look at it now, and if you should find any error, please notify us at once, We to every subscriber who was OVER A recently mailed a statement | | YEAR in arrears, and we hereby would | express our kindly appreciation to the | great number who kindly and promptly statements, and overlooked it, laid it aside, probably forgot all about it, please | remember we are waiting to hear from you. Please do not delay your remittance : | send it to us as soon as possible. il Now ; we need it in our business, Do as explained in our last statement, Dangerous Coat. Dr. Harry M. Ulsh, a ciyil war veteran, mail route No. 2, held { Strode’s Mills by a black bear. Uish, who wears a coat made from the fur of the bear family rwisiown, was up near , was driving leisurely along when a black bear crossed his trail ahead and stopped by the roadside to take a good look at the coat doctor and his as if he recognized lost But desiring any further acquaintance with his bear. ship, in it a long | brother, the doctor, not put the whip to his borse and, de- viating somewhat from his usual route, he made a record | house, run to the pext farm where he reported the matter, The farmers took their shotguns to hunt { tor bruin, but as yet they have pot re- | ported his capture. Ulsh declares he | will never wear that coat along the moun tains again until that particular bear has { been slaughtered as bruln acted just as | though he identified the skin as that of a brother bear. ——————— What the Home Paper Does. An exchange says, “Every local paper { gives from 500 tO 5 000 free lines for the | benefit of the community, in which it is | located. joseph Kelley vs. |. W, Smith, Robert | No other agency can or will do this. The editor in proportion to his means does more for his town than any other man, and all in fairness, man with man, he ought to be supported —not be- cause you happen to like him or admire | his writing, but because a loca! paper is the best investment a community can make. It may not be crowded with great thought, but financially it is of more bene. than both preacher and teacher. Today editors do more for less pay than any mau on earth. Patronize your paper, not as a charity, but as an invest. ment.” This is good reading for busi. ness men in Bellefonte who give all or some," job printing” concern that never bothers itself about the public. All true, too true, A — Finds Wife's Mangled B Body. Mrs. Catherine Kinley, residing a short distance below Antes Fort, along the P. and E. railroad, was struck and instantly killed Saturday night by train. Mrs. Kinley, who was 44 years old, left her home at 5 o'clock and went to Jersey Shore on a visit to friends. On her way home she stopped at Gheen & Speigeimyer’s grocery store at Antes Fort to make a number of purchases, after which she started to walk home, going down the railroad tracks, It is up lost time, Mr. Kinley, becoming alarmed at his search of her, and was. horrified to find | ber mangld body lying between the tracks, First Annual Banquet. The first annual banquet of Local | Union No. 1190, United Brotherhood of | Carpenters and Joiners of America was | held Tuesday eveming Feb, 2nd at the Brockerboff House and was largely at. tended. The toast master for the even. bill very acceptably, following tspeakers : Chief Burgess W, Harrison Walker, Hon. John G. Love, D. F. Fortney, Col. E. R. Chambers, Dr. M. J. Locke, Ellis L. Orvis J. Calvin Meyer, Sheriff H. 8. Taylor, Hon, James Schofie'd, Samuel Donachy, Dr. M. A. | Kirk, W. 1. Steel, Wm. P, Kuhn, J. Kennedy Johnston, W. C. Cassidy. | Landiord Ray served a royal feast and | the responses to the toasts were greatly | enjoyed. A sermon in memoriam of Edward Garrett will be preached in the M. HM. church, Mill Hall, Sunday, by Rev. D, N. Miller, In case you got one of these | home | their job printing to traveling solicitors | supposed Mrs. Kinley stepped out of the | way of a freight train and was struck by | the belated passenger train, which was | running at a high rate of speed to make wife's long absence from home, started | up the railroad tracks at 11:30 o'clock in | ing was Patrick J. Garrity who filled the | He introduced the | BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1904. ‘NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH | Two Young People of Howard in| a Wreck. SLED STRUCK BY | Auotter Frightful Experience— Train Plunges Down a Grade-—A Bad Wreck and Narrow Escape. Two young persons Howard-—Miss Leech and John Corman -—came very near losing their lives on the New York Central railroad at Mc- Calmont's crossing near Beech Creek, Monday afternoon. The young lady is badly injured. to Lock Haven in a sleigh, been secured from Liveryman J The young couple drove which bad N Robb, at Howard, On the homeward trip, as they were about to drive on the railroad tracks at the crossing, the afternoon west: Mr. man pulled on the reins and got the ani off the the sides of the passenger coaches, bound passenger train shot by, Cor. struck by The the wing mal track, but it was when sleigh struck thr both oc Miss Leech was se verely cut on the head and bruised on the Mr. slight bruises animal reared and plunged, against a post, ‘upants out body. Corman escaped with a few He states that his view of the railroad tracks was obstructed bya bigh bank and that as he beard no whis ring of the danger. tle or bell he drove on, unconscious The sled was damaged -I. H almost beyond repair. Democrat, - Train Plunges Down Mountain. The clay train ou the narrow gauge railroad of the Queens Run Fire Brick dompany was wrecked Wednesday after noon, of last week, while coming down the mountain from the clay mines back of Queens Run and plunged down a ravioe 50 feet below, almost completely demolishing the engive and small cars | The tracks were covered with ice which caused the wheels to slip, and the train getting beyond control of the men in charge, shot down the steep grade ata curve in the road, the engine and train left the track and landed in a shapeless mass down the embankment or ravice, | | Bogineer Harry McLaughlin and Pire. | man Joe BEaglert finding they could not control the train, and realizing that to remain at their posts meant certain death, jumping from the cab before the train had attained great mowentum, and thas fortunately escaped. The loss is placed at $3 000 cs ———— Valuable Consignment. A valuable consignment of metal and paper money, embracing parts of several of the most valuable coin collections in the country, reached St. Louis from Ty- rone and is now in the safe deposit vault of a local trust company. The shipment was consigned to Parran Zerbe, formerly ' of Tyrone, chief of the Souvenir Coin de. | partment of the World's Pair. In the | shipment there are nearly 50 ooo differ. | ent pieces, including 10,000 specimens representing coin issues from 700 B. C. to the present day. Among are a set of six California “slugs” to be the only set in possession of a pri | vate collector. There are about 40,000 pieces of paper money, representing various denomina* | tions up to $1,000, most of the specimens | ow obsolete as carrency, though repre. | senting a face value of several million dollars. The collection will be exhibited at the Exposition. All True. “Ellis Orvis, Esq., is being urged by | his scores of friends and admirers who | know his ability and sterling worth, to | {be a candidate for Judge of Centre One thing Is sure the Demo- | cratic party could not do a wiser act or make a better choice for this re. | sponsible position, and if nominated, and there is no doubt of this, and elect. | ed, he will make a judge that the county | will ever be proud of. Socially and | county otherwise you can’t find a more pleasant | and popular gentleman anywhere,” — | From the Philipsburg Journal. The Sick in Nittany Valley. George Gramley, who has been suffer: ing for some time with a bronchial affec. tion, is somewhat improved, illiam Barner, who bas been {ll for seven weeks with typhoid fever, is slow: ly convalescing. Helen, the young daughter of Frank Ohl, is critically fil with valvalar heart disease, Will be We come, Ira D. Garman, jeweler, writes us Feb, have accepted the invitation for the com. fog basquet of the Centre County Asso. ciation at Dooners Hotel, Philadelphia, Tuesday evening next, the oth. Any Centre county people being in Philadel. phia at that time, will be welcome.” Potter, | | twps,, bare, February sth and 6th A Clay | Steep | residing near ($50 gold pieces), said | 2, 1904, as follows: "About sixty (60) | BOALSBURG INSTITUTE. Teachers comprising District No. 2 | Ferguson and College | and Centre Hall and State College | Harrls, | boro —will hold a local institute at Boals- The fol. lowing is from the program : i A TRAIN! FRIDAY EVENING. Address of Welcome... ~Hev. J. Btonecypher Response Miss Flo K. Duck Discussion: “School Libraries.” Opened by E. K. Smith, KR. B. Harrison, Edward Willlams Recitation Discussion: “Centralization of Schools A. A. Black, M. E. Gramiey Op ened by Hey Heberling Prot. C. L BATURDAY MONNING Discussion: Reading eaking In Pri mary Schools’ Opened by Misses Ger trude Welland, Caroll Hoy, Acker, Recitation Discussion: “Advanta and Bp ne Cordelia « Miss Edna Krumrine ges and Disadvantages of a Uniform Course Opened by John A. Young, MN, Hartswick, Henry Hosterman, of Study BATURDAY AFTERNOON Question Box, Miss Berth the Patron Assist 1a Duek 1 ® Surveyors in Pennsvalley The cor been ps of railroad surveyors have located at Boalsburg the past two weeks and are running lines eastward far as Sp Another crew have been at work | from that point as rucetown in Potter township portion of the wiween Boals. Their locating sary je of the burg and Pine Grove Mills work indicates that they are cys aloog the southern sic alley and close to the mountain What little information gleaned from them is that will bail that be the rai can road be t as there capital back are aiming for as straight bie and cuts and certainly is an They a line as possi. fi's do not It is said the road will ween abundance of of it. annoy them be. and a four-track The reader will please bear in mind that we are giving the above isall. Who when t will be fnished, Rumor sajeth not. - be an air line New York, ultimately Pittsburg and track, line. double trunk ouly as common rumor, that is doing it and Poor Man Falls Heir to $85,000. Jobn Gailbot, a helper employed {in the erecting department of the New York Central railroad shops at Oak Grove, was notified that be had fallen heir to over $55,000 Upon the receipt of the welcome tiding, Guilhot immedi. ately quit bis job, The windfall that comes to Guilbot is one-cighth of a $700,000 estate of an uncle, who recently died in New Orleans The other seven relatives live in Paris, Guilhot is a Frenchman and has only been in this coustry about six weeks, He is a barber by occupation. About a mouth ago be reached Williamsport and being unable to secure a position at his trade, be went to Oak Grove and started to work as a laborer in the big railroad shop. Guailbot will start in a few days for New Orleans, where he expects to meet the other heirs and heiresses of the estate. - How a Man's Courtship Ended. When Hough Williams, a railroad man, called upon Miss Una Callahan, a young woman, of DuBois, on Saturday evening, he seemed in perfect health, but when Miss Callahan picked up a book he jok. | ingly remarked that if she was going to {read he would sleep. Whereupon he dropped down on a couch and was soon |sporing. Miss Callahan attempted to | wake him, but, failing to do so, became |alarmed and physicians were called, | | The doctors have been unable so far to aronse Williams, except at brief inter. | vals, from his comatose state. They are all equally puazl led. Garrett's Body A Not Found. for the body of Edward Garrett, who was caught in the ice jam in Beech Creek near Hayes, ten days ago,and was swept thus far proved futile. Small hopes are | now entertained of recovering the body | before spring as it is supposed the body is held in the jam at Beech Creek town, During the past week a long search was made but the high water and ice have made it hopeless. np Pastor Gives Salary for 21 Years. The congregation of 8t, Patrick's Cath olic church at Scranton, Pa., was sur prised last Sunday to learn that the church was free from debt, It was sup. posed that there was still an fscumbrance of $a5000. It at last became known the venerable pastor, the Rey. Father James B. Whelan, during his pastorate of over 21 years had never used a cent of his salary but had turned it all over for the discharge of the debt, George Kahl, of Greenbur, died Wed. nesday in the 79'h year of his age. Inter. ment Friday morning. Miss Beulah Fortney A number of men are still searching | down the stream, but their efforts have | OUR HISTORIC AL REVIEW | A List of Numerous Pioneer Iron | Industries. IRON FURNACES WERE PLENTY Charcoal Iron the Product—Cost of Manufacturing a Ton of Iron Care- fully Calculated—Many Famous Plants Now Extinct, In 1826, there were the foll works in Centre county: owing iron Pennsylvania Furnace, about 20 miles from Bellefonte, it of mak- ing 15 was the property of 8 ewart was capable ig metal annually—it Lyon & Co. miles from 0 tons of Pt Furnace, about 14 at the Tussey Bell tain efonte, foot of Tussey moun- was capable of making 1000 tons Pig metal anual Centre mil from Be tain Furnace al 9 es llefonte, opposite f Nittany moan- by Miles INE 1500 tons x Green, capable of mak- of pig metal annually Spring Furnace, about 4 miles from sek, owned by making 1000 HOgan Furn rliefonte on Br made logan anch, owne« pes & Thomas, i Annus abhomnt 1 ao0ul | about § mi 1200 tons of pig t Hec Bel a Furn about miles from lefonte, in lLogans Gap, owned by Judge M'Kinney, and expected to new make 1200 tons of pig metal Washington F Bellefonte, oo Fishing Creek, annually. urnace, 15 miles from capable of eof wt nw PK Henderson. making 1200 tons metal annually owned by Mr, Philipst foute, wrg Forge, Big Moshanoon, property 20 miles from Belle made of on the about 2 tons anoually, Hardman Philips & Co Rock Forge, about 5 miles from Belle. fonte, capable of making 600 tons of bar 1 for roll. and from annually, with ro ing boiler, nall split, and sheet irom, a nail manufactory connected with the works ~owned by Gen. Benner. Bellefonte Forge, half mile from Belle- foute on Logan's Branch-property of Valentine & Thomas; also erected rolling mill for bar iron from the bloom. ling mi Milesburg Porge, half mile from Belle foute on Spring Creek, capable of mak- ing 400 tons annually, connected with it uses a rolling mill for rolling boiler, sheet, nail and split iron; also a nail fac: tory, owned by Gen. Miles & Co. Eagle Forge, 5 miles from Bellefonte, on Bald Ragle Creek, capable of making 400 tons of bar iron annually; property of Roland Curtin. Washington Forge, 15 miles from Belle. fonte, on Fishing Creek, capable of hak. ing 300 tous of bar iron annually, owned by Mr. Henderson. Harvey's Forge, about 20 miles from Bellefonte, on Fishing Creek, capable of making about 400 tons of bar iron an- pually. From the above it appears works in Centre county in capable of making annually 11000 tons the iron 1526, were of pig metal and 3100 tons of bar iron, These works were mosiiv near Belle. ! fonte, but are all, save the Valentine fur. pace, among the *‘has-beens.” This town was then the business centre for the above works, and if half or one-third of them were yet in successful operation, Bellefonte would be enjoying a business boom right along, of no mean dimensions. | We have now facilities for transporta. | tion at this day, which in the best days | of these works were unknown and want | of same an important drawback. For each ton of bar-iron and castings | made the following agricultural produce | is found to be consumed : 20 bushels of wheat and rye, GYerge at 75 cen's. - AT pounds of ‘pork ata 43 pounds beef at 4...... 10 pounds butter at 12%... 2 bushels of potatoes a | R— hg of hay, #7... or every ton of Darron one horse is employed one year's work, § 00; and experienee shows that the mortality among horses so employed Is per an. num one In seven, and constitutes a charge of per ton, wow For fruit and vegetables, of which no return is made, we Tab Justified in putting down. wwe -— - . Making a total of Rn "mo | Every five tons requires one able bodied man | throughout the year: average of wages, one dollar per day: expenses of taking to market ten dollars per ton, PRLLEFONTR BOROUGH. Receipts and Expenditures of the Borough of Bellefonte, commencing 18h, crecember, 1885 and ending 85th September, 1830, Receipts... Baianoe And treasurer. SIT LAL RL $0 Kg a hs Bapenditures. co. By balance ue LrORSUTET wmv Pots dus by 4 doe by the borough... VOL. 26. XO. s. FACT, FUN AND FANCY, Bright Sparkling Paragraphs —Selected and Original GOOD CHEER. Have you had a kindness shown Pass it on, "Twas not given for you alone Fass it on Let it travel Let it wipe another's tears Ii in down Lhe years heaven the deed appears Fass it on This world bad As son But whether is Bot so e would go Depends on bh Ke 16 mi wd or whether bat Ww you tak BECAREFUL WHAT YOU In speaking of a per Pray don't forget y Remer Bh ber. those If we had noth Than t ife we are in debt, i pugiiist makes money Some men are busiest when they are trying to dodge work. In a poker game even the bhotheaded man may get cold feet It is easier to win a gir foot the bills afterward When a girl is pretty she realizes that she doesn’t bave to be anything else, 58, what a lot of people would be supremely happy. I's hand than to 1f ignorance were really bili t is what saves rather than what one earns that insures a competence for the future, A woman can get as moch enjoyment | out of a bargatu sale as a man cap oul of poker game, ————— ADJOINING COUNTIES Caren Gunsalius was killed at Dents Run, where he lived and was employed. He was a son of Mrs. Margaret Gunsal. las, widow of the late John Gansalius, and was aged about 40 years, A cut in wages of 10 per cent. to the men working piecework in the various departments of the Standard Steel Works near Lewistown, into effect om Monday. Oh, prosperity, what lies were told in thy name! The ice on the Beech creek was beavier than for many years, not except. ing that of two years ago, when it was two feet thick and went out with a flood, doing great damage. The ice 1s now re. ported to be 30 inches thick. went Reports from the alms hoase, Holli- daysburg, indicate that the smallpox scourge continues there with unabated vigor. Oa Monday and Tuesday four cases were reported and six additional county charges were isolated to await development, Rev. J. M. Steck, D. D, pastor of the Lutheran churches at Poltsgrove and Follmer, bas announced his intention of retiring from active service in the minis. try. Dr. Steck bas been one of the strong men in that devomination and was an earnest and devoted pastor and scholarly gentleman. Frederick P. Resides, of Beeck Creek, met with a peculiar accident, He was bauling wood on a sled with a horse be. jonging to Harry W. Packer. The | animal fell dows and in attempting to | make it get up Mr. Resides was struck on the leg by its hoof ; one bone of the left Jeg broken just below the knee and the knee bruised. The success which has attended the | use of electricity in the thawing out of | frozen service pipes from water mains in | Altoona has caused more or less com. acd | ment to be made concerning the same. Its general use would obviate the digging | up of streets and thus remove one of the DOTOMED co svnmmrvvmmans worsrmemns v Continued on page ¢ | evils which attend the freezing of maivs | and service pipes. George H. Bitner, a farmer of Beech Creek twp, found it necessary to kill two valuable cows which were bitten by a mad dog a few weeks ago and developed hydrophobia. He had to kill two fine bogs rome time before, the development of the disease having been more rapid in the swine. The watch dog, which also was bitten, was shot. It was reported last week that Nelson Miller had to kill a splendid cow and two hogs which went mad from the bite of the same dog which was shot by one of the Streck boys.
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