MINISTER HAD A NARROW ESCAPE LAMP EXPLODED AND HOME WAS | BURNED. WIFE WAS RESCUED BY LADDER A Desperate Effort to Extinguish Burning Room--Building and Con- | tents Quickly Matilda. Consumed at Port pondent Matilda ¢ following at Port the serious nre Our sends count oon many was raging McKelvey, Brethren light to ore thrilling that place whil us of a Sunday morning vet in bed in town the pastor of the church, arose before got medicine f wife who was suffering witl ache He went down stairs the medicine, and up stoirs he stopped to He held his hand gave a pull but being extinguish down into the saw what Just succeed door when the ing oil and fire The fire took attemps to ing, et came down ket, but c¢« of the si fire ar burned Of Us were our some be smot to ha $500 on 1 will partly Load Bat cnn Nl h it = A LIVELY HEARING Burdine Butler and P. B. Swarts Be fore Justice Brown but Col. Butle 4d that Swarts be bound ov M 11]; re eloquent In his nds Hw discharged, and the county to pay the costs, Swartz had an at- torney's fee to pay while Butler was able to do the work for himself. Ww den Artz will WAS have Found Dead Baby. Beveral small Lewistown boys made a ghastly discovery Saturday after- noon while strolling along the banks of the Juniata river on South Main street. The discovery was that of a tiny little babe placed In a box which had been placed Into the river and floated to the water's edge by the rise fn the river after the heavy rains, Group Bix, of the Pennsylvania Bankers association, will meet "In vrgne on Wednesday, February 22nd, Cover he | i ra replace 1, Circulation Over 5,600-—Largest in Centre County. DEMOSTRATIONS IN GENTRE C0. ORCHARDS WiLL COVER A WIDE SCOPE OF TERRITORY. PENNSYLVANIA APPLES BEST No More Going to the Everglades or Western Prairies—Golden Opportun- ities at Good Home-—Large in Orchards. Money mand Model for place Orchard 1 eral ound nec throug throus A Special Plea. Der r arket apples Bani ‘ pp ver I he ore who WAR oqun people In in the apple cult the market for County apples that could be famous Then our Centre farmers and fruit ralsers gether, like they do In the West, form an association to secure better ship ping facilities and to market the pro. duct to the best advantage of all. The same hing is done In other states In the culture of fruit and it can be done here If our people Just get together and awaken an Interest. The more good orchards there are in Centre County the better it will be for all, as 1" ne n centre q NE" Ke will be re better centre made County could go to {in that way the county can develope a : reputation for fine fruit and of ex- ceptional flavor, that will command a high market price and the commis Continued on 4th page, 4th col.) i BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1911, ROBBERS WHO LVANIA TWO FAMOUS CENTRAL VENNSY I ewis and Connelly HPREAD ALMOST A Lewis’ Complete Confession and Autobiography TERROR THROUGHOUT FULL CENTURY AGO fifth Lew the confession of nterfeiter, LEWIS" CONFESSION 1g Esc From ape had while follow which he the one he conducting ner was accompanied by. a who 1 think bered : ing . mut better the to Uh remen | pation fitted engaged In hershure Young was called Hendricks, unlike another of the deputies, who assisted in bringing me from Mechan- fesburg to Carlisle, his name I cannot remember, though I shall not forget him, if 1 was to live a thousand years, as | was very forcibily struck with the contrast of character between the two men, for while the former was modest and reserved, and never plagued me with impertinent questions, the other was continually teasing me with var- fous Inquiries, which it did not become him to use to a person in my situation 1 soon discovered that his silly con- duct preceeded from vanity, and that he had a great desire to make a dis- wns was me | play of his learning to me, for he was constantly pulling out of his pocket a little book, dictionary, t« ad out the high fic I took for 1} thar nt) y Denounces Public Officials mised me nek one of him remain with ms ir, and « OAY nye me« ction g¢ of the hand did not remain long In ment before 1 tricked Mr. Leader was confident 1 iid not leave him My escape owing to the negli gence of the who in his hurry to see a fight that was going on in the street forgot to lock the door of the Another Escape From Jail last room of the convicts, contenting himself wih bolting it, and fastening the wicket door, or rather window with the key that unlocked the other rooms, he omitted to return and secure the door In the usual way. During the day | the prisoners had fixed a soaped string an ead confine who wi WAR fallor, NO APPOINTMENT FOR POSTMASTER EXPIRES END MONTH. OBJECTS TO AN ELECTION Would Not Suit Harter—Williams Ap- proves the TERM OF THIS ldea~~Rumors Gathered Among Whe Will Get the Politicians- “Velvet Lad FLIMIFLAMED BY STRANGER Filmore Craig, of Julian the Victim of a Bogus Health Officer We v a strat i : by onsented the pat (dit 18 paid him § Ly the check the doc tor left saying he did not know wheth er he would return or not Mr. Craig, after thinking the matter over, came to the conclusion that everything about the transaction was not right He de. cided to communicate with the State Department of Health at Harrisburg consequently wrote a letter to Bamuel 3G. Dixon for Information in regard to the stranger. Mr. Dixon's reply was to the effect that they had no such man as H. B. Hunt in their employ, and they were in doubt as to whether there was any place as 808 Slate street In Harrisburg. to ont medicine m leaving to " pl ed ! i Mr r which check After securing {over the top of the door, and conceal | {ed It In a crack on the outside, and by | { means of a loop or slit knot, they suc ceeded In pulling out the key, the plan | succeeding, they unlocked the door {through the window; having thus got {to the entry, and having the necessary | key to open the door of the room In (Continued on Page 2) Unanimous for Mis Return, Rev, Dr. W, P. Shriner has been un- animously requested by the official board of Trinity Methodist church of Lock Haven to another year. The Central, Pennsyl- vania Methodist conference meets In | Bloomsburg next month, { the benefit return as pustor for Vol. NO MORE POISON IN MAKING MATCHES THE BELLEFONTE MATCH COM. PANY ADOPTS NEW METHOD. VALUABLE PATENT GIVEN UP A Substitute for No More Negrosis of Teeth—Poison- ous Method Be Stopped—Caused White Phosphorus to Many Deaths POW « 100 GVAR- over mixed sture iiphur fusion, sul re- util- ton in the ible rend. Cogs i BOS pro. FUCOOSS n and substi- tional, Laon of shall thus use of signed vimond ques. about ) that the [Mamond 1 he inventors ment the 1 ompany will har t While the patent has . 1s BB run in MCL belween Match Company and has been fulfilled, or will continue to be fulfilled Since the inventors are not recited in the instrument lately recorded in the Patent Office as be- ing parties at Interest. it can be reas ponably deduced that thelr claims une der the patent have already been sate isfied There is apparently no “string” tied to this free will offering to the Amel fean public, and the Diamond Match Company by this act places itself in the position of a public benefactor In these days of monopolies and trusts it I= an unusual spectacie to find a large corporation relinquishing for of the public Interests which if taken advantage of can be made to yield hundreds of thousands of dollars, The above is from the Scientific (Corn‘nued on 4th page, 3rd col) ie assumed t hae onty
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