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Dec. 1, 1893.
Bellefonte, Pa.,
To CorrEsPONDENTS. — No communications
published unless accompanied by the real
name of the writer.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN & COUNTY
——Only twenty-six more days unti]
Christmas.
—— Was your Thanksgiving day a
pleasant one ?
——The Bellefonte steam laundry
will be ready for business on Monday.
——The poor of Bellefonte were all
remembered yesterday in some way or
other.
——The Bellefonte Wheelman’s club
banqueted at Ceader’s on last Friday
night.
~—— The Thanksgiving assembly at
the college to-night will attract many
people from here.
——*An Irishman’s Luck” will make
you laugh. At the opera house, Wed-
nesday evening, Dec. 6th.
——Revival services are being con-
ducted in the Methodist churches at
Coleville and Rock Forge.
—— The Undine Steam Fire Engine
Company’s grand Thanksgiving ball in
the Arcade Wednesday evening was a
decided success.
——Mr. Victor Gray, of Philipsburg,
led a very interesting Thanksgiving
service for young men in the Y. M. C.
A. rooms last evening.
——B. C. Achenbach, our popuiar
Bishop street baker, distributed one
hundred loaves of bread among the poor
of the town yesterday.
——Because the loss of an eye is not
eonsidered a disability by the Bureau
‘W. H. Taylor, of Spring township, was
recently refused a pension.
—— The Philipsburg papers ara still
frying to make their readers believe that
Lewis and Connelly’s treasure is hidden
in a cave on Wolf's Run.
——The choristers of St. Johns Epis-
copal church were entertained by the
ladies of that congregation, in the rec-
tory, last Thursday evening.
——Memorial services to the late
James Laurie and John Rankin were
held in the Presbyterian chapel on Sun-
day evening by the Y. P. S. C. E.
——Bare footed youngsters still con-
tinue to fish with loops in the clear
waters of Spring Creek, notwithstand-
ing there is ice all along the shores.
—— Mail carrier John Wagner is
happy because of his thirteenth child.
It is a little daughter and came Monday
night. Heis afraid he has struck his
“hoo-doo’”’ number.
— The widow of the late John
Odenkirk will continue as proprietor
of the famous Old Fort hotel, in Potter
township. Frank Bradford will man-
age the business for her.
— Lee B. Woodcock is teaching
Principal J. P. Hughes’ classes in
the Academy in the absence of the well
known old instructor who still enjoys
and must have his annual deer hunt.
——The union Thanksgiving service
for Bellefonte was held in the new
Lutheran church, at 10:30 yesterday
morning, Rev. Miles O. Noll, of the
Reformed church, preached the sermon.
——The people of Bellefonte should
begin to think of the cantata of “Jeptha
and his daughter” which will soon be
given under the auspices of the Y. M.
C. A. Itwill be & grand entertain-
ment.
~——A new style of money order is
about to be adopted by the post office
department. It will beunder a form
in which the payee’s name is introduced
and it will be made regotiable like a
bank check.
——Rev. J. C. Young performed tha
ceremony, last evening, which made
Miss Rena Johnston the wife of Calvin
Lose. The happy event was celebrated
at the home of the bride's parents at
Pleasant Gap.
——Curtin township has not had a
tax collector for overa year. The regu-
larly elected officer would not file a bond
t) serve and a number of men wer,
appointed, by the Commissioners, all of
whom refused.
-——Tomorrow John D. Sourbeck the
High street grocer, will give away four
hundred loaves of bread to the deserving
poor of Bellefonte. On Christmas day
he proposes increasing the donation to
8ix hundred.
~——Sheriff Ishler and officers Gares
and Foulk went out into the Ridges the
other night with the hope of surprising
‘Watkins and Meese, two escaped prison-
ers, who were said to have been hiding
in a shanty beyond the Divide. It was
a wild goose chase, however.
——Every body should save up their
spare change so as to be ready to pur-
chase one or more tickets to the canta-
ta of ‘“Jeptha and his daughter” which
will be given in Garman’s opera house
soon. Iu will be a fine production and
when it is known that the benefit will
be for the Y. M. C. A. every one should :
turn out and help the thing along.
Tae NoveEMBER TERM OF QUARTER
SEss1oNs.—The regular November term
of quarter sessions court convened
Monday morning with judges Furst,
Riley and Faulkner on the bench and
an unusually large attendance. The
most of the morning session was taken
up in hearing constable’s returns and
transacting the business of the court.
This being donea long criminal list
was taken up and hustled through by
Wednesday afternoon when the civil
cases were taken up. Court adjourned
at noon yesterday until this morn-
ing to give all an opportunity of hav-
ing a little Thanksgiving. Below isa
list of the cases in order as taken up,
but sentences are not appended because
they have not yet been pronounced.
Commonwealth vs Gottlieb Haag tor
selling liquor to minors. Prosecutor
John Bowers, of Julian. True bill but
case continued. This suit was brought
by a young man who was a defendant
at the August term for having disturb-
ed a festival near his home. At the
time he was drunk on whiskey said
to have been bought at Haag’s.
Commonwealth vs Al. S. Garman for
selling liquor to minors. Prosecutor
John Bowers, of Julian. Case very
much same as above and continued
after a true bill was found.
Commonwealth vs Ralph Hartsock.
F. and B., Jennie Clark, prosecutrix.
Nolle Pros entered and defendant gave
bond for. $500.
Commonwealth vs R. H. Houser;
false pretense. True bill and case con-
tinued until next term.
Commonwealth vs Harry Gehret ;
F. and B. Prosecutrix, Mary Ashman.
True bill and defendant entered into
recognizance for his appearance at the
next term.
Commonwealth vs George Winslow ;
F. and B. Prosecutrix, Lydia Kirchoff.
Case settled.
Commonwealth vs Samuel Immel ;
assault and threats. Daniel Baney
prosecutor. Not guilty. Prosecutor pays
3 and defendant balance of costs and
entered into his recognizance for $300
to keep the peace for one year.
Commonwealth vs John Burns; F.
and B. Jennie Biddle prosecutrix.
True bill.
Commonwealth vs Geo. Drura ; fel
nious assault. Verdict not guilty and
county to pay costs.
Ccmmonweslth vs R. S. Walk; F.
and B. Prosecutrix Grace Simler. True
bill and defendant entered recognizance
in the sum of $500 for his appearance
at next term.
Commonwealth vs Charles Johnson ;
larceny. There were several counts
against Johnson and he was only found
guilty of stealing a razor. Thuis is the
prisoner who broke jail and was re-
captured at Kane.
Commonwealth vs Harvey Baird;
aggravated assault and battery. Prose-
cutor Samuel Page. Bill ignored and
prosecutor pays costs,
Commonwealth v¢ Wm. Meese, John
Freeman and Robert Watkins; break-
ing jail. True bills were found against
all of them, bat as they are still at large
nothing more could be done.
Commonwealth vs Albert Kuhns; as
sault, battery and threats. D. B. Kuhns
prosecutor. Defendant plead guilty and
gave bail for payment of costs and sure-
ty of the peace for one year.
Commonwealth vs Wm. Walker;
catching trout on outlines. This case
was held over from last term when a
true bill was found. Sentenced to pay
costs and a fine of $25. Defendant
went to jail in default of same.
Commonwealth vs Henry Benner;
F. and B. Catharine Boyer prosecutrix.
True bill. Defendant gave bail for ful-
fillment of usual sentence.
Commonwealth vs Andrew Tims;
assault with intent to commit rape. G.
W. Potter prosecutor. This case was
on the calendar for the April session of
1891 but as Tims broke jail before his
trial be was at liberty until two weeks
ago, when officer Gares recaptured him
on a train at Osceolo. The jury found
him guilty in form and manner as in-
dicted. The rape was attempted near
the home of Mr. Potter, in Patton
township, on his daughter a child of ten
years of age at that time According to
the evidence Tims spent Sunday at the
Potter home and staid there until Mon-
day morning. The parents being away
from home the children all started to
school the next morning, leaving Nancy
at home to do some ironing. She start-
ed about half an hour later and Tims
following tried to accomplish his hellish
designs. ix
Commonwealth vs Christ Miller ;
furnishing liquor to persons of intemper-
ate habits. Verdict of guilty ot furnish-
ing liquor to Briany Morrison.
Samuel and Jesse Long vs Daniel
Long. This case was an appeal from
the decision of the justice of the peace
1egarding the amount of hay the defend-
ant should have taken away from a
farm of the prosecutor’s upon which he
had lived.
Daniel Butler vs Henry Vanderpool.
An appeal. Verdict for plantiff in the
amount of $70.
Susan Ertle vs. Howard Twp., Super-
visors. Case concerning tax on a
watering trough is now being tried.
TO THE HONORABLE THE JUDGES OF QUARTER BES-
i SION OF THE PEACE IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
CENTRE.
The Grand Inquest of the Common wealth of
! Pennsylvania inquiring for the County of
i Ce:tre in all matters relating to the source,
. do respectfully report. :
| That they have acted upon twenty-eight
| Bills of Indictment of which twenty-one are
i found True Bills.and one ignored and prose -
cutor to pay the costs excepting the four
dollars for the county. Siz were withdrawn,
because the prosecutors did not appear. In
addition a petition from, and the report of
views appointed in a matter for the erection of
a bridge to span Spring Creek in the borough
of Miiesburg, Centre county, was before the
Grand Inquest represented by Wm. F. Reeder
Esq. for the petitioners and the County Com-
missioners with D. C. Fortney Esq. their at-
torney. The report was approved. We beg
leave further to report that we have visited
and inspected the County Buildings and find
the Jail building in our judgment should
have the following repairs and additions.
The sash in residence portion need replacing,
walls painted fresh and cornice andj wood
work painted. The inside portion of the jai
yard wall proper should be faced up a smooth
surface of a hard material so as to preserve
the wall and make it more difficult to scale
over, That a sufficient number of the cells be
lined with steel plate in such manner as to
protect sides, tops and ends against the es-
cape of any of the imprisoned.
We further report that we find the office
and vault of the Resister and Re-
corder Offices in a crowded condition and
it should have additional facilities.
We respectfully tender our thanks to the
Honorable Judges and District Attorney for
their courtesy and assistance rendered us dur
ing our deliberations.§
C.T. FRYBERGER.
Dated Nov. 29, 1893. Foreman.
——Altoona’s smail pox cases have
turned out to have been nothing more
than chicken pox.
A regular'meeting of Gregg Post
No. 95. G. A. R., for the election of offi-
cers to serve during the year 1894 will be
held in the Post rooms, tomorrow, Sat-
urday, night, Dec. 2nd, at 7:80 o’clock.
——1It is reported that Joe W. Furey,
of Lock Haven, has had a relapse and
is again very near death’s door. We
had hoped that our old friend’s road to
recovery was to be smooth but fate
seems to have willed it otherwise.
——The Board of Trade met on
Tuesday evening in regular session and
aside from transacting business of a rou-
tine nature decided to banquet the offi-
cials ofthe new Central Railroad of
Pennsylvania, on Thursday evening,
December 21st at the Bush House.
——The introductory number of the
Patton Courier, the first newspaper to be
published in Clearfield county’s new
coal town, ba: reached our desk. It
has an air of being a well established
journal instead of being one week old
and would be a credit to a much larger
town than Patton.
~——Rev. Hugh Strain, a young min-
ister on the Morrisdale circuit, surprised
his congregation and distinguished him-
self the other evening by throwing a ruf-
fian out of church with as much as ease as
fhe had been a baby. The braggart was
disturbing the meeting, and the minis-
iter, growing tired of asking the man to
be quiet, took the only alternative and
threw him out the door. All sit up
straight “at meetin’’ out there now.
——An exchange says. For some
tirne past an expert on forestry employ-
ed by a big land company, has been
examining the barren hills of Cameron,
Clinton, Elk and Clearfield counties as
to the feasibility of reforesting them
with pine from the seed. According to
the expert it will take 100 years from
the time the seed were planted before
the timber would be of marketable size.
Figuring on this basis the expert de-
clares that the scheme would be profit-
able but for one thing—forest fires.
There is no way to prevent the latter,
and so the project is declared impracti-
cable.
—— A benevolent society that gives
promise of doing great good both to the
giver and the receiver is the “Needle-
work Guild,” which was organized some
weeks ago by the women of the town
for the purpose of thoroughly investi-
gating and systematically helping the
deserving poor. In bebalf of the Guild
Miss Mary Thomas will be at the W.
C. T. U. rooms, Crider’s Exchange,
every Saturday afternoon, from four to
six, to receive cbatributions of clothing
or unsewed materials for the poor of
Bellefonte. The women who are inter-
ested in the good work will meet at the
same place Monday afternoon at 1:30
o'clock to sew. All are cordially invited.
~—What poor deluded wretches
those burglars must have been who went
hunting for valuables in the sanctum of
the Philipsburg Journal office,last Mon-
day night. They did, however, find
some treasures of editor Bair which
while of little value to any one else
were of exceptional value to him. They
were a goodly number of copper and
silver coins of rare denominations, saved
from his early boyhood ycars. The
silver coins were all taken and the cop-
pers left in the safe. Some of the mis-
sing coins were over one hundred years !
old, and were chiefly foreign. The only
thing that seems to grieve him was the
loss of a silver dollar dated 1720, mak-
ing it 178 years old, brought to this
country by ancestors and handed down
from generation to generation.
DEATH OF AN AGED LADY. —On Sat-
urday morning, the 25th inst, at 4
o'clock, Mrs. John Morgan,of east How-
ard street, passed peacefully into the
great beyond. Mrs. Morgan has been
in feebie health for a number of years.
but notwithstanding her bodily ailments
was always cheerful and pleasant, cast
ing a ray of sunshine wherever she went,
and the bereaved family, while they
will miss the presence of her whose gen -
tle voice is stilled forever, have that
blessed assurance of one day joining
hands in that better iand. She was a
member St. John’s Episcopal church
and faithful in the discharge of chris-
tian duties, always attending services
when health permitted. But her life
work is ended, and she has left behind
her sweet, sad memories, A few even-
ings before her death she summoned the
family to her bedside, bidding each
member goodbye, and clasping her two
daughters to her heart in an effecticnate
embrace which brought tears to all
eyes within the room, she informed
them that the end wus near, and said
she would enjoy remaining with them
longer but God had called and she was
ready to obey. The bereaved family
have the sympathy of the community
in this their great grief.
Mrs, Morgan was 65 years old, she
leaves a husband and two daughters,
Mrs. R. L. Erhard, of St. Marys, and
Mrs. Ben. Shaffer, of this place. One
daughter, Mrs. Lutz, having preceded
her to the grave some years ago.
The funeral services were held in the
Episcopal church, on Monday afternoon,
at two o'clock. Interment in the Un-
ion cemetery.
‘“Tis thus our departed remember us still,
And wait on the beautiful shore,
To welcome us home with a rapturous thrill,
When Jesus shall carry us o'er!
Ah! why should we speak of them only as
dead ?
Why miss them dispairingly so?
Unseen may they often not silently tread
Much closer to us than we know ?
We know not the mystery lying between
This life and the life of a soul ;
We see not its visions, nor know what they
mean;
We hear not its anthems that roll ;
Yet one thing we know that our loved one
we shall meet,
When done with our sorrows and cares—
Blest thought!—on that shore where no
tempesis can beat,
They joyfully wait for us there. ’
*
Dogsy’t THINK IT WILL BE COLD.~—
“I notice that some wise men in various
parts of the country are predicting an
uncommonly severe winter,” said an
old Westmoreland county weather
prophet, ‘but they are all wrong.”
All the signs point to a mild and open
winter.” The old man continued:
“When you see caterpillars crawling on
the ground all through October, as they
did last month, you may set it down as
a fact that the temperature will hejunsea-
sonable throughout the winter. Cater-
pillars don’t crawl up to election time
when a cold winter is ahead. Robins
were thick in the sumacs and laurels on
the hillsides on All Saints’ Day, and
that is a sure sign that there will be no
real cold weather nntil the second or
third month next year. On November
20d I picked a basketful of dandelion
crows foot blossoms on the highest hill
in Westmoreland county. I never saw
the like of 1t before, although I have
searched for such indications of a mild
winter at about that time in the year
every fall since 1837. TI also ran across
some boneset and found it hadn’t been
touched by frost, and that is another
good sign of a mild winter. All in all,
I have never seen in 60 years so many
favorable indications.” — Brookville
Democrat.
A NEW AND CLEVER SWINDLE.—
The story is going the rounds of a new
and clever swindle that has recently
been introduced. A well-dressed man
walks up to a fruit stand and examines
the stock with a great deal of attention.
Suddenly he utters an exclamation of as-
tonishment, and informs the man who
runs the stand that he has just missed
his diamond ring, and that he probably
lost it among the fruit. After searching
vainly for a few minutes he gives it up,
and tells the mar that he must have
been mistaken and lost it somewhere
else. He informs him, however, that it
was a ring of value, and if the dealer
should happen to find it he would pay
$60 reward for it, and walks away. He
has hardly disappeared before another
comes along to buy fruit. In looking
over the stock he suddenly makes a
quick motion, as if to put something in
his pocket. Mr. Dealer asks about it,
and is shown what appears to be a dia-
mond ring. With the vision of the $50
reward before his eyes, the dealer makes
an offer for the ring, and finally secures
it for about $30, and is out of pocket
just $29.76 on the transaction. This
game is a new one, snd it is certainly
original.
The above slick game has been suc-
cessfully worked in various paris of the
country and just to warn our readers we
clip it from an exchange.
N dl
———The district teachers institute
hold at Beech Creek last Friday and
Saturday was so successful that another
will be held at Blanchard on the first
Saturday in January 1894.
—— Theres still an Uncle Tom’s Cab-
in show on the road: DuBvise had one
the other night.
—-— Storm serges in all the new col-
ors. Lyon & Co.
——Rev. A. S. Woodle, of Altoona,
offictated in the pulpit of St. John’s
Episcopal church in this place last Sun-
day evening.
—— Have you seen the great holiday
display of everything in men’s and
boy’s wear except shoes, as shown by
Montgomery & Co.
-—-The best mackintoshes in navy
blue for ladies at $4. The best we bave
ever seen for the money. Lyon & Co.
——The Salem Evangelical Luther-
an church, at Aaronsburg, will be re-
dedicated to the worship of God on
Sunday, December 8rd.
——Coms2 and see the largest line of
ladies coats and jackets in this part of
the State. Just got them in—the latest
styles. Lyon & Co.
—If you want to enjoy an all-
around funny Irish comedy go to the
opera house next Wednesday night,
Dacember 6th, to see “An Irishman’s
Luck.”
——A cross cow tossed little Charley
McGhee, a four old Lock Haven boy,
on Monday afternoon. He narrowly
escaped death. A reason why Lock
Haven should pen the cows up.
—— While Joseph Bitner was driving
across the railroad tracks, at Beech
Creek, a few days ago an engine struck
his wagon and smashed it all to pieces.
Neither the driver nor horses were hurt.
—Two little children of Emil and
Maggie Mignot, of Covington, Clearfield
county, have died from diptheria with-
in the past month. Hyacinth Agus-
tus, aged 10, and his little brother Fran-
cis Lucien, aged 9, died with that,dread
disease on the 12th and 25th insts.
——Cap’t Reber, Co. B., 5th Reg.,
N. G. P., has been directed by the
Adjutant General of the State to sell all
the light blue overcoats worn by the
militiamen at this place at whatever
price can be had for them. The gar-
ments are all in good condition and
would make a serviceable skuff coat for
any one.
——Mifilin county is all wrought up
over the appearance of a mysterious
man and woman who are busy digging
for a pot of gold which they claim is
hidden near the foundation of an old log
tenement house, on the farm of Jdseph
Kyle, ten miles distant from Lewistown.
The stranger says he dreamed, three con-
secutive nights, that a crime had been
committed in that house and that the
pot of gold which caused it is still there.
Mr. Kyle has concluded to let him dig
until he is tired, though he is altogether
unknown in that community.
News Purely Personal.
—Thos. Orbison, of New York, is visiting
his mother in this place.
—H. U. Tibbens, a writer on the statf of the
Johnstown Democrat Sundayed with friends
here.
—Hon. 8. R. Peale, of Lock Haven, had busi-
ness in court here during the fore part of
week.
—Miss Lillian Barrett entertained her
friend Miss Ada Dohn, of Philipsburg, on
Sunday. I
—Mrs. Frank Montgomery and son Hassell
spent Thanksgiving with relatives in the
Quaker city.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. Fred Reynolds, of Linn
street, went east on the express Wednesday
morning.
—After a pleasant sojourn of several weeks
in Piusburg J. Miles Kephart is again ire.
quenting his old haunts here.
—Two of our valued subscribers from Centre
Hall dropped in on us Monday morning. ;They
were A. 8. Kerlin and W. D. Strunk.
—Mrs. R. A. Kinsloe, of Philipsburg, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. James H. Rankin,
on the corner of High and Thomas street.
—Fred Emery, of Pittsburg, who had spent
a few days at the home of Thos. Moore, on
Spring street, departed on Monday morning.
—Tom Glenn of Fillmore, who is a second
year student at the Cincinnati Medical School
is at home, sick with walking typhoid fever.
—Mrs. Jonn Toner and Mrs. Amos Mullen
of this place, spent last Fridey and Saturday aig
the home of the former’s mother, in Millheim
—Among the distinguished visitors in town,
on Monday, was Hon. Andrew J. Kauffman,
president of the Central National bank of Co-
lumbia.
—Miss Rachel Weaver, of Clearfield and
Miss Mary Petrikin, of Huntingdon, who are
visiting Miss Emily Harris, will attend the
College assembiy to night.
—Misses Henrietta Butts and Katharine
Bullock spent Friday and Saturday in Houtz-
dale visiting Miss Mary Butts who is Jhelping
her brother Walter cater to the wants of the
guests of the hotel Arlington in that place.
—Mr. James Yarnell of Baltimore, Md., was
in town last Friday seeing friends. Mr. Yar-
nell, who is employed on the new Library
that is now being built in Washington, was
home on a visit to his parents and relatives at
Pine Grove.
—Mr. William Robinson of Snow ;Shoe In
ter-section is truly a remarkable man for his,
age, 86 years, This fall he husked 125 ;bushels
of corn and only stopped then on account of a
sprained wrist. Otherwise ghe has not suffer-
ed an ache or a pain for months.
—Robert Miller and wife, of Carlisle, arrived
in town yesterday morning and ate their
Thanksgiving dinner at the home of Robert's
parents, Mr' and Mrs. Jonathan Miller, of
Reynold's Ave.
Tae ForMAL OPENING NEXT MoON-
pAY.—According to a géneral notice
which was sent out by the Central
Railroad Co., of Pennsylvania, on
Tuesday, that road will be opened for
the handling of all kinds of freight traf-
ficon Monday, Dec. 4th. It was
thought that the passenger trains would
begin running on Monday also, but un-
forseen difficuities have delayed the in-
auguration of a passenger service 1tintil
two weeks later, whea trains will begin
running regularly on the schedule of
which we gave an idea several weeks
ago.
In order that our readers may have
knowledge of all the stations for freight
and passenger traffic along tbe line we
append the official list of the same. *Ce-
dar Springs, Mackeyville, *Krider’s
Siding, Clintondale, Lamar, Huston,
Nittany, *Snydertown, Hublersburg,
*Hecla Furnace, Zion, *Nigh, {*Cen-
tral Junction, {*Nittany Valley Jet,
t*Valentine’s, 1*Milesburg, Bellefonte,
t¥*Gatesburg, 1*Taylor.
*No Agent. Freight charges must
be prepaid. {Freight stations only,
No passenger train service at this point.
All of above named stations have
freight sidings.
——Mens new fall and winter suits
double breasted, square cut cheviot and
serge cheviots, black, navy blue, brown
and mixed at all pricez. Lyon & Co.
——Council met,on Monday evening,
to decide who should lay a board walk
along Water street. After about twe
hours quibbling it adjourned with out
coming to any definite conclusion on
the matter. The councilmen all
seemed satisfied that a walk should be
laid and in as much as the borough en-
gineer and Street committee recommend.
ed it on the petition of many citizens it
was hardly thought that the fact that
one member would be forced to bear his
share of the expense would cause coun-
cil to hesitate in the matter, but it did.
If Water street is a street, then why
should there be special action on the
part of council to discuss the question of
laying a board walk. Enforce the bor-
ough statute acd that is all that is nec-
essary.
—-- Clothing, hats, trunks, umbrellas,
suit cases, silk handkerchiefs with ini_
tials, underwear, traveling bags-—tele-
scopes, neckwear—gloves—prices right
—styles correct. Montgomery & Co.
Promptness and Equity.
The following letter will explain itself.
J. A. Woodcock, Esq., District Agent Mutual
Life Insurance conpany. Bellefonte Pa.
Dear Sir:—Both as executor of my father’s
will and on behalf of my mother I desire fo
acknowledge through you the surprisingly
prompt payment to us of $35,000, the full
amount of the insurance carried by my dear
father.
This is the first payment made by any com-
pany and if I am not mistaken was made
within six days after receipt of proofs of his
death.
On account of an absence of the late Judge
Orvis fo'lowed on his return home by sickness
and unexpected death. An overdue premium
on one of his policies had been neglected and
actually unpaid to the company. The Mutual
Life Insurance Co., generously refused to taise
any advantage of a technical defense such as
this but paid us the full amount of that policy
as well as the others.
This action justifies the admiration and
high trust that my dead father alyays express-
ed for and im your company,and proves it to
be what it always claimed to be a company
managed exclusively in the interest of the
policy holu ers
I therefore take pleasure in recom mending
your company to all who wish insurance in a
cH mpany whose management, while conserva-
tive and wise is the master of such vast re«
sources and maintains a policy so just, prompg
and friendly to the estate of the policy holders:
Ir~main very Respectfully.
38.46 1t, ELL{S L. ORVIS.
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by Go. W. Jackson & Co:
The following are the quotations up tosix
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper
goss to press :
White wheat............ secssnsrsssessrassanne weeesseses | 158
Red wheat .... 60
Rye, per bushel........
Corn, ears, per bushel..
Corn, shelled, per bushel.
. 66
. 221
60
Oats—new, per bushel. 82
Barley, per bushel....... 48
Ground Plaster, per ton....... . 950
Buckwheat per bushel. veesenss 65
Cloverseed, per bushez.. 00 to §7 00
Bellefonte Produce Markets,
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co
Potatoes per bushel 60
Eggs, per dozen..... 25
Lard, per pound. 10
CountryShoulders.. 10
Sides..... 12
Hams.... 14
I'allow, per pound... 4
Butter, per pound... seseseoess 26
The Democratic Watchman.
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advance); $2.50, when not paid in advance, and
$3.00 if not paid before the expiration of the
year; and no paper will be discontinued until
all arrearage is paid, except at the option of the
publisher.
Papers will not be sent out of Centre county
unless paid for in advance.
A liberal discount is made to persons adver-
Hsing by the quarter, half year, or year, as fol.
OWS :
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One Column (19 inches)............... 35 | 66 | 100
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Transient advs. per line, 3 insertions......20 cte.
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