FEBRUARY COURT Gambling Debts Can Not be Collected | By Legal Process. GASE CAME FROM PHILIPSBURG Gives Checks in a Poker Game and Payment Refused--Usual Grist of Commonwealth Cases--Report of Grand Jury. [Reported by 8S. D. Gettig, Esq. | The first February sessions of convened on Monday morning o'clock, with the Hon. Ellis Orvis the bench. The usual number tions and petitions were which the grand jury sworn, C. T. Gerberich being chosen foreman, The of the districts also made their quarterly reports to the Court The civil list « cases for this week were then call over and i Court at ten of | mo- heard, after called and Bellefonte, Was of constables he following cases GIspose case of which 1 out of ’ plaintiff's allegation plaintiff, manages a | of State College which { Mr. Smith as farmer. That the was looking for a youag horse, and, learning that the defendant had a horse, went there to gorchase a horse, and that he was tok! that ve horse was all right and if n would m ght The defendant a : to the plaintiff antee the h h Ta) TOW! 15s © pia Free 1s ri Lt 1t " : Rae IN Ve in as Lo trials court ad directing appear the ( the grand Comm bre re the irt Room te Mmweaitn prosecutrix Mary three ounts: Hirst battery tery with third count negotiations wealth and counsel fendant plead guilty Hasting into, indicted on assault and and ommit a felonious rape between the ount second count, assault bat attempt to rape Alter some for defendants, de to the second indictment, which was accepted by the | Commonwealth, and the defendant was sentenced to pay the costs of prosecu tion, $1 00 fine, and two years in Western Penitentiary Commonwealth vs. James Burns, pros soutrix Bertha Lucas, indicted on two counts. first count, assauit and battery; second count, assault and battery with attempt to commit a rape. Verdict on Wednesday morning of guity on the first count, The first case taken up on Wednes Keen and 1da Keen vs. Alfred Keen, be ing an appeal from the decision of a Justice of the Peace, and the case grows out of the settlement between the intiffs and the defendant as to the lord's share of the irops from a farm in Penn Township, jointly owned upon 3 ] Common. | the | defendant, béing for plain ¢ the amount of money i REPORT OF GR Found 11 true bills A fe and W minor repairs were recomn P iblic buildings I'he f{ lo cations for One in Harris t Creek; ollowing were re at the head of Spr bridges ommended and one in twp Fowlers station, over Vanglin's Run RIDER MURDER CASE Was Called for Trial Wednesday After noon--Seven Jurors Secured, About 3 loe Wednesday attern Cl shooting hi ff m oi i ceiver's Career Da was at Falls of Ja uning pianos, and while formed the acquaintance of Mrs. E Stahiman, the pretty widow Swabian, Blender had name to Browh, according i Mrs : there na of Rew, | chang his to the Dae B Stahiiman LXPTess, an an) Furnace Out of Commissior Good News For Philipsburg Re of Sebring Going to State, . } on Monday Hiege Vit accepled the ring the seas'm the nine for the o 1908 he turned winning teams, and his experience since that time makes him even a bettsr man for the place in 1997. He will be at the up state institution for four weeks, for offer first nes Sein g left Oach Lhe coll th of the i conoled : previous mot ming When ebring two years ont New Telephone Line, A branch of The Patrons Rural Telephone Company was organ ized Thursday evening, at the home of Henry Homan, east of Centre Hall The company will be known as Branch Company No. 15, and extends from Cen tre Hall to Mills, following company Farmers . | what is known as the Keller road day morning was the case of Elisabeth | : Thus far there are no new develop. ments in the Dale murder case at Cen tre Hall. Some of the unfounded sur | mises and suspicions as to the guilty | certainly did injustice to innocent ones; | hope the guilty one will yet meet his doom. | Miraculous Escape as BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDA YOUNG MAN KILLED BY FALLING LIMB A° Former Bellefonte Cuts Some High PENNA. FLYER WAS ,WRECKED ». “Lagy’’ Capers a train Plunges Down a Steep Bank Near Johns- town--Steel Ties May Have Yielded «Used as an Experiment seriou mn mail Friday m« carrier How: ward, | and sige} MIRACULOUS ESCAPE Pennsy Flyer Plur Emi ged Dowr d Rolled Sixty-Foot inkment ar nto Creek to hospitals The train was ronning about 30 min ites ate and was Hug over so mics Gr wher 4 3 (rave it reached . wl At where 1) “t erie Ov he . Ing the yn o send Hel she WW and | authorities to do with her back to end in view led efonte hat IAwWare with a with a She Was taken the alternd 1 e Lackawanna 1 Western train, for Bellefor togret her generous Jum wy of sand on an ticket te he viches was in a deplorable condition, showing the effects of her debauct Alter investigation we found that the above was the wife of Jim Brown, who a number of years ago re sided in Bellefonte, in what then was known as Mart Garman's stable, in the alley near the gas works, Her husband was killed by being struck by a train al Houtzdale While in Bellefonte this woman cut a wide swath, and her ranch was a place of revelry and where many a cantico took place When she left Bellefonte she had some money, and therefore was never a charge on the borough making an Hotel Destroyed, A destructive fire broke out at Renova Wednesday morning in the Foley hotel, » Eo - op {on Erie avenue near Third street. ~ The fire orignated in the kitchen from the [gasoline stove and gained such head way that John Foley and wife and Jerry Foley, whe were upstairs were com pelled to crawl along the roof to esca the flames. The Foley hotel and con: tents were completely destroyed. debauch | v Y, FEBRUARY 28, 1907. Co B. Inspected. Ww wy { ANOTHER LETTER ON HUNTING LAWS Hunting M4 i the 3 LO Advocates a Penalty for Birds with a Doq, DESTRUCTIVE T0 OUR GAME Trained “Pointers” are a Luxury Only for the few With Money--Does a Chance--Merit in not Give Game the Argument--Favors a Bounty. 4 £50,000 Spent in Dissipation, A driver of a delivery wagon of « WK fiaven Three Miles Bare Feet National Protective League kK: cot tor. Fi Maurice Kramer Crallagher r bec guard ence hin Hart » March 7th ut roll ing bir af using a dog ' ' Pacina Trustees th. H meet § F Tan at rank Gsaibra t the ICAgue will \ & Aas Undine rooms ! ine and mpn nn nog any kind of game prote aim a that can take his game by alert se of a trained dog In regard to ty on t animals, the legislature passed laws fu the payment of bounties on the fox, wild cat, mink, weasels and skunks, but the County Commissioners have abandoned paying these bounfies. It would be bet ter to pay the bounly than to make hunters pay a license, and have big ap propriations made by our legisiatare to | purchase and maintain fine preserves for {our Game Commission and a few of the supposed best people to have privileges which we, as common people, cannot enjoy, Io live and enjoy life, nature has | placed an instinct in animals as well as | Fire Causes $3,500 Damage open sed Fire was discovered in the general store of Guy Boone, at | Saturday evening at about 11 0 clock ongin of which not known. The building was not much damaged, but before the flames were gotten under con trol the stock was damaged by fire and smoke to the amount of about $1,500, which is covered by insurance Mr Boone will resume business as soon as tne damaged stock is appraised by the insurance adjusters ted by oganton, on true sporisn an 1 the is pot hy the u the boul rd killin Feast of Purim The feast of Purim, one of the most j ous of the Jewish holidays was usher last night in all the houses of Jewish worship all over the world. The festival | | commemorates the deliverance of the | Persian Jew from the plot of Haman to | exterminate them as recorded in the book | man, and it is left for them to train and | of Esther . «The form of celebration of | cultivate these to the best advantage. i this deliverance is manifested in enter. | Animals which prey upon other animals | tainments of various (kinds. The day | do not seek the assistance of man, but | { will be one of special celebration in al | by their cunning secure a living for synagogues, themselves. Man, the most intellectual, ————— or considered so, or supposed to be far It is better to turn pale than to kick | in advance, cannot go out to hunt a bird the bucket. Continued on page 4 col. 3. Vol. 20. No.9 FACT, FUN AND FANCY. Bright, Sparkling Paragraphs--Selected and Original, TY Fane Services During Lent ADJOINING COUNTIES MARRIED rar Valley Communications Omitted. « work four from because name pad. } sign L goes 10 the wasle Ch Mis about the county were omilled the writer failed to sign the th ow fF hing f withag Please do Wr ation if you your name to il Dbasnet James Wert, near Tusseyville, is the champion in the line of the developing snd fattening hogs, and reports ihe heaviest hogs killed in the valley this year. One of these weighed, alive j00 pounds; the other weighed, alive, $40 pounds, and dressed hy pounds. At the ruling market price eight and a hall cents a pound-ihe value of the two hogs would be $91.12. Talk about mon ey in hogs Potatoes possess great cleansing pow. er. Cold potatoes. used instead of soap clean the hands weil and keep the skin soft. The water in which potatoes are boiled ts excellent for washing the table silver in, enabling one to keep it bright with very little trouble, and even remov. ing stains from s. Potato water is excellent, too, for sponging out dirt from silk, 2
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