Qf RS 12 PAGES \ Wo J ———————— Circulation Over 4,600.—Largest in OLD TURNPIKE ABANDONED Famous Highway In Pennsyvalley Condemned WILL COST COUNTY OVER $5000 While Several Expensive Bridges Will Have to be Built at Once, and Main- tained--Railroad Absorbs the Traf- fic--Some Historical Points turnpike Centre ndemned and ti n idemned and thrown ) oy settien ‘The r and Youngmans- the ssue Detween d Company vs Cen I the case was concluded. The terms are The county to pay $3.500 instead of $5 .0c0 for the road within 60 dave, with ihterest, and costs; the turnpike come | ne t *% witli one pany safe for alone heavy hauling For Woodware aband years to the Ut county 1 1 3 1 and were ch one In Haines township the pike is bad } nol fe all mor : coreatlv shape, and, 1 fact all along, it 1s greatly in need of repairs oh At ne 1m 3 At one Lim ng vay : Carly all to the Eastern markets | railroads were 1 days when was then other Mountain farm until 1876 when the railroad was extend. Mor er to Bellefonte itandon to Sprin pring Mills and It was not alone de » Tl 1 » . » voted to local traffic but was an Philadel. northwestern import. ant ¥ 0 onnecting link between P Reading part of the state ia, and the Before the railway locomotive pene trated Pennsvalley that turnpike was a valuable property, and the stockholders considered it a gilt edged security he price accepted for the 23 miles, $3,500, would scarcely build a single mile, Grand Bazaar, Tickets are out for a Grand Bazaar for | the benefit of the new Catholic Convent of this place. valuable articles 1A silver tea and coffee set; 2a ladie gold watch and chain; 3—buffet; 4 | Morris chair; s—washing machine and | wringer; 6-—-writing desk; 7-hat-rack;| f~hall seat; g—enamelled brass bed stead; 10—twosburner ofl stove; 11--ex- | tension table; 12--swing; 13-chiffoner ; 1§--gentieman's gold watch. When all the tickets are sold, the time for drawing will be announced, Price of tickets so cents, | which ber he Centre Democrat, Centre County. COURT NOTES. mn Monday with the Hon bench, sitting with 1 J. Telford, President Judge rts of After at two on $s On the county imber motions , who was » specially preside upon spe irst case on the list, ¢ ntinuance in the case of W, nbaugh vs. E. M, Huyett, A, — KILLED BY A FALL me DY It appears Hter Miss FEE two neck was broken, EE 4 thal, Mi: SUTTAY Aguie, were nin the pia onsistent h Interment ir and 1 the leaves to 4 ter Miss of Prof ——— g Cholera. of Harris Ho towns! Al 1 the Ferg 1 wing farmers ntre Democrat Amos Koch 18 hogs Thomas Earnest Hess ¢ and has only two left, Adam Smith ¢, (yeise Samuel Bailey 5. There of ease, are quite a number di others who have lost hogs by the whose names we do not have All remedies check the disease use 0 and consider. up have proved unavailiug, able alarm exists among farmers there ps —— Struck by Lightning. When J. P. Bressler and party were on their way to the "Scootac region on their deer hunting expedition, they were | attracted to a large gum tree near the | The holder of a ticket will | have a chance on each of the following | road. Upon investigation they found the carcasses of nine head of cattle that | had been struck by lightning during the | summer, cattle had evidently sought shelter under the old gum tree, left standing by the | lumberman, and perished in one of the | electrical storms of last season, i I ————. | RR Rambo, who was formerly a : ns managing editor of the Lewistown Free Press, Trees in this region are scarce and the | | resident of Tyrone, has assumed charge BELLEFO TRAMP'S HEROISM SAVES A LIFE But the Poor Fellow Lost His Leg as a Result MRS. W. T. LAIRD RESCUED | day moring, Came Near Being Run Over by an En- gine at Williamsport--Was Picked up and Pushed Aside--Accident Wit- nessed by a Crowd the wife of W rt to attend Dawson's He is ated i 53 years old. and as far po relations A dozen or more ne pers win - FOUND DEAD IN A YARD, Tak- ame t hree or Early men he resort d M ere rh fallen, passed ISATIY 8 OCHEK a lantern and ‘allance pros ng n Lt was al rities Aan : nS { | {about 2 Mr. and nd t) . Mi LOI The re Monday Mains armv afternoon Catholic cemetery Tue slay i metery wsday Ss — Farmers’ Institute. ill Be in he farmers of this county ill be held ted to learn that there w s year a series of Farmer's Institutes Philipsburg, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 28, 29; 10, Friday and Saturday, Dec A number of "leasant Gap, on Thursday, Nov Rebersburg, on tand 2 instructors from with the farmers of each locality in the discussion of topics relative to agriculture, These meetings are free and open to all, and we have no doubt the farmers of | this county will avail themselves of the | | advantages to be gained by attending these meetings, ga —— A Murder Near Lewistown, | Shot through the heart, George Bush, | 17 years old a resident of Bobtown in { Burnham, was instantly killed by a lab- |orer employed at the Logan Iron and | Coal company, The shooting was the | result of a quarrel with a number of foreigners, The foreigner who is suse pected of having done the shooting was arrested, . NTE, PA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 19065. as known, has | tnessed or _ other | parts of the State will be present to join | ———— oi ———— ————— HUNTING NOTES. PROF. GROFF AFTER PROF. SURFACE Does nol Agree In Regard to the San Jose scale IT DEFIES SPRAYING The rone, 1s Allegheny the first big game prong buck, Wednesd; Wm. Bradford and left their home in ters Mills n brother Albert Centre Hall Thursday morning and SAYS hunting ground at Stoney C Vi Albert f hot two beg the Work Spraying a "Sham''--Says the Pest Will Die out if Infected Stock is Rejected Pronounces Professor's in William ing. one Ds re 0 s | Nurser Lawshe Bair ursery la Mills, and evening camp of the Tyrone, at They lost t team, gol o there was at she bear crunchin The ho with the men at t The on 23-Calibre po - L COMS. APPOINTMENTS new Fem of County ( There were a grea fils ith them for the various posit "tor some deliberations and oon. Ww s the following appoin were ad « ¢ i FISH WARDEN IN JAIL. serymen 14 YEAS ago ana D. A turday sentenced to pay a fine a fish warden, was on of $10 Pope he charge of violating the State game that while in the the It was alleged woods at Clinton county, on night of Pope shot and killed three to Cross Fork id of A ON assistants wn in made story Saturd Secrecy Was m had k f found in hat Pope { that they were was sufficient, and h guilty He was impre with a taken to the solution of 22 pounds of him ¢ fine | and was sentence pounds of flour of sulphur and 19] When this iled the col wk Haven to serve out his bout Cross Fork | of salt is the Sportsmen in and a at the occurrence, inas- | solution becomes amber much as Pope, last summer, made whole ¢ rejoicing over (about 45 minutes) sufficient water should sale arrests for alleged violations of the be added ta make go gallons of solution, | fishery laws. There is also talk of prose which, when sprayed on the trees, is ‘a cuting the persons who assisted Pope in | sure remedy,” he says Will Enforce Patent Med. Law, Major Clay W. Evans, During the past two weeks a series of | Deputy Revenue Collector, is now mak- interesting experiments have been made | ing active preparations in the direction at Lock Haven on A. E. Suiters's rotary | of enforcing the new law relative to com- engine and the results obtained prove | pelling all druggists, grocers and other beyond all doubt that the invention is all | dealers, who handle patent medicines, that it is claimed to be. A break test containing alcohol, to take out a retail carrying the deer from the woods. ——— Rotary Engine Tested. United States be a busy man in lifting this character of tax, shows the potential efficiency to range anywhere from 93 to 98 per cent. The potential efficiency of a good horizontal a —— I ——— made with a friction dynamometer | liquor license, Major Evans will soon | engine is Bo}4 per cent. and the highest efficiency of the best steam turbine is 71 per cent. Some very interesting develop. ments can be looked for in the very near future, i ———— C—O «=A Crime of Justice” at the opera house next Wednesday evening. The Bible Depository of the Centre County Bible Society in the Edison Phonograph Parlors next door to Shaffer's grocery, furnishes Bibles and Testaments at cost. No better pres- ents than these best of books, R. Crrrrexoex, Depository, James Hawnis, President, —————————— Vol. 27. No. 46. FACT, FUN AND FANCY, Bright, Sparkling Paragraphs--Selected and Original, FORGET IT! ———— Have to Build New ————— Large Miling Plant Burned. all er) : Fas Lhe resul ng & Dia the Was wagon when i £ OCIOCK the nora his approact tramps beat hasty retreat and be could turn in an alarm the bran shed was in flames. The whole city department was « alled into service, but before they could arrive the of the firemen the big mill was in ashes in two hours’ time, The estimated $45,000 and there is an insurance of §32,~ 000, The owners of the mill are: James Mansel, J. R. T. Ryan, T. 8. Clark aud | W. E. Haines, Esq. the flames had communicated to 1 main building. Despite the efforts loss 18 A Christmas Gift, At this time of the year most of our | readers are concerned about Xmas pres. | ents with which they expect to remems- | bor their friends. As a gentle reminder, any of our patrons, who know themselves to be in arrears, can make us unusually happy by consulting the date on their label and remitting before the end of this year, We will consider it a most appropriate gift. Kindly give this sug- gestion your attention. i
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers