neues BELLEFONTE HOSPITAL COMPLETED { The Equipment for the Operating | Rooms Placed THE FINEST IN THE MARKET The New Annex Now 1s Fully Equipped «-Col. Coburn Furnishes an Apart. ment--First Operation This Week- A Splendid Gift That was Needed All the wards in the new add of the Bellefonte hospital are now being used and still there 1s insufficient accom modation for all those who have made application to receive treatment. Miss Lois 1 competent and Calderwood, aggressive matron, h very care ition 3 the as been \ ful in devising ways and means where- by the greatest number of patients can | receive the proper attention at the hands of the good and caxgful nurses. It cad | easily be seen that the larger oposed | addition could be utilized to good ad tage, and it is to be hoped that the legislature will be generous er appropriate the money for tion, The opera largest, 1 ! hospital int in bea next necessary The inst and the col floor of the building will be formed into a publie ward, Co P, Coburn, president of the Fi rans ames g Nation. . : bo ent w that is necessary The rst operation t 4 New Oil and Gas Company A OU of yea : 80 promising : Bellefonte burg; Christ Sh nd Ja LH ana ames Stodd; : of Osceola Mills Are movement to known Company, he dozen the country, which it is assumed wi constitute a thorough test as to whethe oil and natural gas are to be found field to be covered will extend fron Beaver Mills to Tipton, in the Allegheny ranges; and from about Milesburg to Tyrone in the Bald Eagle Valley The value of a share is $10, which will enable most man to make an investment that some day might bring him in a nice income Ihe prospect seems to appeal to business men, as a large amount of stock has already been raised organ ea Allegheny OI with w capital of $2 : i company will sink from eig! wells throughout as the this sect any Stockholders Meeting The annual meeting of the stockhold ers of the Bellefonte Id company toe k place on Tuesday at their business office, and was well attended. The financial condition of the institution was never | better, and all were so well satisfied with the annual report that the former Hoard of Directors were re-elected unanimous. | id accompanied by a vote of thanks for the efficiency shown in the past. The company's officers were also re-elected Alter the business session, all adjourn od the the Brockerhoff House where an elegant dinner was served which proved | a delightful termination of the session The Trust Company was organised over three years ago, and io that time has enjoyed the confidence and liberal tronage of the community, At the of this institution will be found John P, Harris, who is one of the promi. nent and best known financiers in Cen. tral Pennsylvania, whose wide exper letice has contributed largely to the suc. cess of the ‘Bellefonte Trust Company.” It isn't necessary to go to the rink to Turns MIS and evervthing majority opinion i by Chief Just oe Lit. hell on the | Subject" Anect see a lot of cheap skates, ves (aiaouiation Over B,200-—Largest in Centre County. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1908. THE FR Was A ntense strats the ) and in a minute wonster was drawn Lt whdew yn Aistafioe, and there waspended ufitil heavy supports could be placed under it i va 3 ower to 4 hen a new tackle ADE « : at Penn Cave. improvement bye ol pl hes: the dry Ave will be pa the electric lau red A from any A cleaned and wil be cut through dam outside and ments will be ma that will a to the omfort and convenience of Ae Way ts the Cave other improve : visitors 2-Ceont Fare Gone Tue two.cent rallroad fare rate clared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court The traveling public will now be relegated back to the cents per mile rate The s de lelivered pent rate case, affirming the decision of the common pleas court No. 4, of Philadel phia, which was in favor of the Penn sylvania Railroad company Justices Mestresat and senting absolutely from opinion and Justice Potter to the computation made largely republican VAs Stewart dis the majority dissented as The court Is Hospital Benefnt Pr. Thos, C. VanTries recital in the court house, Friday evening, jan sist, at will give a Belletonte 745 p.m of Eminent Men and Women whom have seen and heard Admission will be free, but there will be a sliver collec tion taken up for the benefit of the Belle. fonte Hospital, dLverybody invited, no reserved seats Ephraim L. Smale, contractor of brick work, of Lock Haven, and wife, who are pativés of Boyertown, have learned that pine of their relatives met death in the awful catastrophe at Rhodes’ theatre in that place last week, otes and reminiscences | 1. A. Finkbinder 1 Anuar I ( NE | N 5 Wi THE NATION'S ARISTOCRATS As ' » The banks of the rest of the FUNLry Ryninst, ty. and exha te the "gg Gy 1 the seriminated sanks of New York « after (28 aie trea Lo Politics the : { Lions : ser, of Harris sliefonte, Wm, Evy le 1 psbh ITE lHefonte Pt Lad With Nightmare Ellsworth Edward of Altoona aged 111 YOArs mped throug win low of his bedroom Monday night while suffering with an attack of himare In leaping through the window he alight ed on a porch and slid off to the ground a distance of about ten feet The boy iffering with the grip for the past several days and retired rather early iast evening He was apparently sleep ing soundly when one of the members of the family looked in on him about § o'clock, but half an hour later he leap ed from his bed and through the window to the porch roof from which he slid off to the ground. Members of the family heard the noise and hurriedly made an investigation and discovered the lad He was found to be badly stunned by the fall, but otherwise escaped with a few bruises. He was carnied into the house put to bed and a physician sum moned, abou hthe nit had been » Odd Fellows’ Anniversary, Odd Fellows in this district are begin ning to look forward to the annual meet. ing which will be held this year at Sha. mokin, Moats April 27. The Penn. sylvania Odd Fellows’ Anniversary as sociation usually meets on the 36th, but As that date falls on Su this it is believed that the will be held on the day following. The Shame. kin brethren are makin, fons to observe the event on Py Le per tn favor of fags dieser EIGHT WRECK AT AXEMANN SAFE FIRE INS % seat DOWer a whe et, AEs] BE a ar a ali ! Mier the ne wn the f the Had Premonition of Death that he was d ¢ about a8 A fireman prred to Harrisburg alo A as Dre He was promoted ned on November was aged 28 years and § and is survived by his parents and by has wife and three small children Norwood, Clifford and Irene. He was a member of the B. of L.. F He stood high in the esteem of employers and was wioved by his the yer 3d retur nonths fellow employes of t Pentsylvagia railroad Rea! Estate Changes During the past week real estate has changed hands at Pleas ant Gap and the vicinity, John Her man, who recently sold the Penn Cave farm to the Mesers. Campbell, has pur chased the James Karstetter pro erty | at the Gap which includes a butcher shop and some land Jodon also purchased from Mr. Karstet ter a tract of farm land located between | the Lutheran church and Joseph Ross's farm, [It contains about forty acres and is one of the best producing land in the valley ‘he Woodring (arm, located near Lauvertown, on the back road leading to Lemont, has been pur. chased by Howard Grove puss hased a farm along the road leadi rom Bellefonte to Jacksonville, wh he will make his future home A Correction, Last week an error was made in re. Posutnn were ohn. T, Company. The old ¢ Qual 8s OL COM Ol i i are stored, have been | himself considerabje H pieces of | The sum | : paid was $1000 Jems Karstetter has new officers of the P. of. H. officers 1 ABANDONED GOAL FIELD OPENED Region Will Soon The Famous Seootace we Overated COAL MINED YEARS AGO An Entire Town has Disappeared--New Railroad to be built--Will be the Scene of Lively Operations--Many will Remember the Famous Mines CITIZENS MEETING terest f temperan n Centre The attendance was large, and much en thusiasm was expressed, the most representative business men in the some of ty we? resent ar XA Live t Charles Emory Smith Dead as, Emory Smith, editor ot the Minis Aster general, au in Phil t ¢ VOArs Death vdelphia Press, former a and postn iy at home adelphia Sand was le For about a month caused bv heart Mr. Smith been in poor healt) but his cond tion had not been regarded as serious Following a dinper in New York on Nov ! he sufferedlan indigestion, which, according to his Phy sician, J. Nicholas Mitchell, gave indica tion of heart trouble. Shortly before Christmas he attended a dinner of the New England society in that city, through advised by Dr. Mitchell not to do so. He was toastmaster at the ban quet, and laughingly referred to his ill. pess and his embarrassment at finding seated almost opposite to hiysician at the affair He was in lellefonte a number of times during his life, and, thus had many warm friends here ine atlack of TAKE NOTICE. week Look at the date on your label; it willtell from what date you are due, | You can easily calculate the amount, As the new Postal Order, No, go1, pro. hibits us from mailing papers at 20d class rate to all persons over one year | due, you will realize that we are compel). od to strike all such names from our list in the future Please attend to this NOW, as it will insure you getting the paper regularly, Still Shaves Himself a1 90. That his years sit lightly u him is evidenced by the fact that Poter Keck, of Berwick, ninety nine years, still shaves bh He is in of all his faculties and is able to get about unaided, his | ¢ Tentre Democrat, Vol.30. No. 4. FACT, FUN AND FANCY Bright, Sparkling Paragraphs —-Selec~ ted and Original. DON'T TROUBLH} TAI T Weill, tell us iow was As ished sid Local Institute. A aghs, H With Train femeT 104 ARN h gat h Lilie 4] LPProad a rve, near Dan. lirectly between the HOCOMO- with the of rats and keeping tive Tor ahead of the about loon yards. ° ¢ train aimost upon engine t View river to an island in thi I'he deer, a spike’ edly the same one that has been seen periodically since fall in that vicinity, and which about a month ago made its way to within 25 feet of the farmbouse of J. C. Carr and calmly peered in at the window Y A DAITOw of the Margit rers piut the and swam 0 Strean passeng filled with floating we le of buck, is undoubt- mG COURT DECLINES THE ISSUE The Blair county court at Hollidays burg, Thursday, was asked to pronounce judgment to determine who owned a 1,000 pound black bear, the hunter who {shot the animal or the hunter who de. { livered the finishing shot To every patron of The Centre Demo. | dwelling, | erat, who is in arrears on subscription Thomas | Robert Hiller was charged by Lewis Gorman with the larceny of the bear. The bear had run i | foul of a party of 20 hunters along Blair's we enclose a Remittance Blank, this! Gap Run. Gorman first shot the mon. arch of the mountain top, Judge Bell dismissed the prosecution and counseled the warring sportsmen to chose H. P, Wilson, of Altoona. a leading Penn sylvania game authority, an arbitrator to settle their differences, Bank Directors. At a recent meeting of stockholders of the First National bank of State Col. the old board of directors was elec n pun- . . _— He had to marry Eve, "was the re .2- lr
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