Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, January 11, 1895, Image 8

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Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. 11, 1895.
To CORRESPONDENTS. — No communications
published unless accompanied by the real
name of thewriter.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN & COUNTY
——The Hornet says that a brick
works with a capital of $25,000 is to be
started at Howard soon.
——Tuesday night's freeze probably
saved a disastrous flood along Spring
Vreek and the Bald Eagle.
——Ex-county Commissioner M. S.
Feidler has purchased the Walter
homestead in Millheim for $1400.
Mr. Lawrence Cooney, one of
our oldest residents, fell on the ice and
severely injured his hip on Sunday af-
ternoon.
——Twenty conversions rewarded
Rev. G. P. Sarvis in bis revival work
at Bald Eagle. He is now holding
a meeting at Julian.
Postmaster L. B. McEntire, of
Fillmore, was 70 years old on Jan. 1st.
A family reunion proved a delightful
surprise to him that day.
——To-night a local teacher’s insti-
tute will convene at Unionville. There
will be three sessions. One Friday ev-
..ening and two on Saturday.
The county auditors, Messrs, W.
“W. Royer, H. W. Bickel Esq., and J.
D. Wagner are here looking over the
- accounts for the past year.
——A farmer’s institute will be held
at Howard, this county, on Feb. 6th
and 7th. Hon. John A. Woodward is
- authority for this anuouncement.
Miss Mary Haley, of Snow Shoe,
“won the prize piano that Joseph Brus.
& Co., of this place, gave away on pur-
chases at their store, She held ticket
No. 700.
——The County Commissioners have
continued Robt. F. Hunter as their
clerk, Dr. J. L. Seibert as jail physician
and Orrie Atwood as janitor, for the
ensuing year.
The Undine band treated them-
selves to a sleighing party last night.
Their destination was Uzzle’s hotel at
Snow Shoe. The big hearted proprietor
didn’t do a thing but make them have a
fine time.
William Farner, with his family
of five persons, who live near Potter's
Mills, are monstrously heavy. If they
would all get on the scales at once it
would take something more than a
thousand pounds to bear them down.
—— A big sled-load of young men,
the Undine band, among the number,
took a ride down to Benj. Gentzell’s
farm home below town last Thursday
night and bad a fine time. It was a
tstag’’ thoroughly enjoyed by all.
——All the time tables in this paper
are in conformity with the new sched-
ules on all roads and you cannot go
amiss by following them. We know
their importance to our readers and try
to keep them correct and reliable.
——George Thompson, a son of John
I. Thompson, of Lemont, is a student in
dentistry with Dr. J. E. Ward of this
place. Mr. Thompson intends entering
the dental department, U. of P., next
fall. George Miller of this place, is also
studying with Dr. Ward .
Council met on Monday night
and ordered the payment of bills aggre-
gating $1,607.83 for which it had no
money to pay, the balance due the
treasurer having been $6,903.24 already.
A number of nuisances were reported
and the various committees made their
reports as well.
Rev. R. Leighton Gearhart, of
Bedford, Pa, will preach in the Re-
formed church on next Sunday morn-
ing and evening. He will also preach
-at Zion in the afternoon. Rev. Gear-
hart is an able preacher, and any one
wishing to hear fine sermons should go
“to hear him on Sunday.
——Porter Moyer, who left Millheim
a short time ago to locate in the oil re-
gions, was unfortunate enough as to near-
ly lose an eye. He was chopping timber
when a chip flaw and struck him caus-
ing an injury that at first was thought
would result in the loss of the eye, but
we are glad to say that it can be saved.
——Austin A. Martin, a son of Mr.
John Martin, who lives in Bush’s addi-
tion, died Tuesday morning about 2
o'clock, from the effects of a relapse suf-
fered while convalescing a severe attack
of typhoid fover. Deceased was 20 years
old and a young man who enjoyed the
respect of all who knew him. He was
buried yesterday atternoon at 2 o’clock
by the P. O. S. of A. of which he was
an honored member.
——The many Bellefonte friends of
Harry U. Tibbens will be pleased to
hear that he is now editor in chief and
manager of the Altoona Graphic News
which paper made] its debut under his
control last week. We must say that
its appearance was decidedly improved,
though the young editor promises great-
er attractions still as a bid for favor.
The WATCHMAN wishes him success.
SWORN IN As JUDGE.—On Monday
day morning, in the presence of most of
the practitioners at the bar of Centre
county, and a number of others. Hon
John G. Love took his oath of office as
president judge of the 49th District, in-
cluding Centre and Huntingdon coun-
ties. The oath was administered by Re-
corder W. Galer Morrison and to-day
finds Hon. A. O. Furst an ex-judge
and back at the practice of his profes-
sion, while it is no longer “Jack,” but
Judge Love. ‘
Associate judge Benj. Rich was ther,
to be sworn in too and it did not take
Recorder Morrison long either to bind
his claim for a five years seat in ex-
Judge Riley’s chair.
Immediately upon the oath taking
court was convened and a few petitions
were presented after which adjournment
was made and congratulations were ten-
dered the new judge and his Republi-
can associate.’ Ex-Judge Furst had not
been there during the formality of
swearing in his successor, but appeared
later. Judge Love remained for a
meeting of the bar association, over
which he presided, being its ex-officio
president, but left the same afternoon
for Huntingdon where he is holding
court.
The meeting of the Centre county
bar association was called to appoint &
committee that will represent this coun-
ty at a convention to be held in Harris-
burg, Wednesday, Jan. 16th, for the
purpose of organizing a State bar asso-
ciation. The committee will be made
up of Gen. Jas. A. Beaver, Hon. A. O.
Furst, C. P. Hewes Esq. C. M. Bower
Esq. and D. F. Fortney Esq. With
such a distinguished party representing
it Centre county ought to get in on the
ground floor of the new organization.
Messrs Hewes, Reeder, Chambers,
Meyer and Orvis were appointed a com-
mittee to look into the home associa-
tion’s library and report on its condition,
after which the meeting adjourned.
The speculation as to what the new
judges would do regarding the force of
attachees about the court house has been
settled, so far as some of them, at least,
are concerned. Jobn Dunlop, the
court crier, and Martin Morrison, tip-
staff, were both ousted and the good Re-
publicans, Steele Hunter and Tom Me-
Cafferty were given their respective jobs.
The Democrats who were thinking that
possibly these officers would not be re-
moved know better now and should
have known long ago that Republicans
are not fools enough to let Democrats in
in office if Democrats are such gillies
themselves.
FrIGHTFULLY BURNED.—Very early
Monday morning an explosion on the
plant of the Bellefonte Gas Co., on
Lamb street, resulted in the frightful
burning of Sup’t. E. E. Kitson and
Albert Schad the junior partner in the
plumbing firm of R. J. Schad & Bro.
of north Allegheny street.
A new 200 horse power boiler,
that had just been mounted to augment
the battery of boilers that supply the
town with steam heat, was being con-
nected with the steam main at one end
and the big smoke stack at the other.
Boiler maker Wm. B. Maitland and a
gang of his workmen were doing the
latter work, while Schad’s men were
finishing up the steam connections.
A new valve had been put on the
steam pipe that tapped the new boiler
and connected with the others as well.
As the other boilers were all in use at
the time the valve was closed, but evi-
dently it leaked a trifle, for when the
connections had all been made Sup’t.
Kitson and Mr. Schad climbed up on
the scaffolding to close the man hole in
the boiler. They had scarcely started
their work when the explosion occurred
and a solid sheet of flame shot out on
them. The former was painfully burn-
ed about the face and hands, but not so
badly as his fellow workman, whose
face, arms and half of his head was
burned in blisters. The men were tak-
en to their homes and medical aid sum-
moned. Both are doing well now.
The explosion is supposed to have
beer caused by the generation of a
highly explosive gas by the action of
the steam that entered the boiler,
through the leaking valve, upon the
crude oil that had been put in the boiler
to protect it from the lime in the water
used.
THE KARTHAUSE GAs WELL Is A
FaiLure.,—The expectations of the
stock holders in the Karthause oil and
gas company are blasted, so far as the
first prospect for getting rich quick is
concerned. Last week the drillers
reached the 2000 feet mark in the test
well and it will not be drilled any deep-
er, having gone that deep and found no
quantities of oil there is no mse in
going any deeper. While going through
various kinds of red rock and sand dur-
ing the first several hundred feet the in-
dications were all that could have been
desired, but of late as the drill has pass-
ed through the ground favorable for oil
and gas, all hope of striking the desired
materialsjhas been abandoned.
Wells on other sections of the land,
leased by the company, may ke put |
down, but whether the prospecting will
be extended further depends on the
stockholders determination,
———All the outside work is done on
the new brick works at Mill Hall.
——Crawford’s flour mill, near the
junction in Nittany Valley, Clinton
county, burned to the ground Friday
night.
——Fast line on the P. and EK. rail-
road killed a bear that was walking on
the track near Renovo, one night last
week.
—— A convention of the Clinton
county young people’s societies of
Christian Endeavor was held at Mill
Hall yesterday.
——Dr. J. T. Christy, the best
known physician in Blair county, died
in a Philadelphia hospital last Thurs"
day night. He had practiced over forty
years.
——Rev. Dr. B. B. Hamlin, formerly
presiding elder of this district, was elect-
ed chaplain of the House of Represen-
tatives atHarrisburg where he is sta-
tioned at present.
——The Lock Haven opera house
was bought at sherift’s sale, on Saturday
by George W. Mason for $11,985. He
intends remodeling 1t so as to make it a
first class playhouse.
——Mr. and Mrs. Thos. H. Murray,
of Clearfield, gave a large reception at
their home last Thursday night. It
was to introduce their daughter, who
has just finished school.
——There was quite a flood on the
West Branch on Monday and Tuesday.
It resulted in taking all the ice out of
the river. Gorges are formed in Wil-
liamsport, Linden and Jersey Shore.
——1TIt is said that Messrs W. H. and
A. C. Mann intend erecting new build-
ings on their lots in Mill Hall and when
completed the gap caused by the big
fire there last summer will be complete-
ly closed up.
——TU. S. Senator John Patton Jr.
who was appointed by Gov. Rich, of
Michigan, to fill the unexpired term of
Senator Stockbridge when he died, was
defeated for election last Thursday. He
is a native of Clearfield county, this
State. and a son of Hon. John Patton,
of Curwensville.
——The forging department of the
Mill Hall axe works began on half time
last Monday and the other departments
will follow as soon as the stock js
worked into them. The plant will
work only three days a week until
more orders are received. Itis reported
that 6000 dozen of axes are already
piled up in the stock room. :
——We trust that the rumored strike
of the coal miners in the Clearfield re-
gion will turn out to be ill grounded.
Surely they are not in a position to give
up the little means of sustenance they-
now receive for their work. The weath-
er is too severe to undertake a strike at
this season and while we know that the
miners are imposed upon by the opera-
tors, the idea of a strike now is very ill
timed and would involve all in woe and
misery.
——Frederick Monerieff was arrested
last Monday at Johnsonburg, charged
with the murder of his room-mate Hen-
ry Peoples. The murdered man, who
was a clerk in the bank at Johnson-
burg, was found dead in his room one
day last summer, and as there was no
apparent cause for suicide bis friends at
once made up their minds that he had
been murdered. Monerieff claims he
can prove an alibi, as he was away when
his friend’s death occurred.
——Bell, Lewis & Yates, the coal
operators are beginning to decrease their
force of miners. It has been the prac-
tice for years to have about double the
men who could actually be employed in
the mines at one time, in order that
there would always be some one there to
take the place of any employe. This
practice has resuited in dreadful poverty
among the men, because of irregular
employment. And to alleviate the suf-
ferings the force is to be reduced and
steady-employment furnished the men
who are retained.
——Plans have been submitted to the
Bellefonte council for a proposed new
public building to be erected on the
borough lot on east Howard street.
Bobert Cole & Co. architects fathered
the designs which 1f carried out would
make a very handsome building. The
Howard street frontage is 70ft with a
depth of 50 feat. The idea encourag-
ing the erection of such a building is to
provide a suitable town hall in which
all kinds of borough business will be
transacted. In the plans the first floor
is taken up with rooms for the Logan
engine, hose trucks and engine horses
AN OFFER oF $200 For THE CURTIN
Mo~NUMENT.--The letter which we
pablish below, and which is signed by a
man who left his birth place in this
county years ago, eontains a direct offer
of a subscription of $200 to help along
the Curtin monument fund. It direct8
its use, however, in such a way that
there is a possibility of trebling the
amount. The letter is as follows :
Cuicaco, Inn. Jan. 7, 1895.
Editor DEMocrATIC WATCHMAN—Deéar Sir :—
Iam advised that action is now being taken
by the citizens of Bellefonte, Pa., and vicinity
toward raising a sufficient amount of money
to erect, in Bellefonte, a suitable monument to
the memory of the late Ex-Gov. Andrew G.
Curtin.
As 8 native of Centre Co. Pa., and a staunch
admirer of the unselfish and patriotic deeds of
Gov. Curtin, whom I consider to have been
one of the grandest men ofthe nineteenth
century, second only to the great “emancipa-
tor,” Lincoln,~the most practical way I
can express my admiration will be to offer
substantial aid in theraising of such a fund.
This 1 do by offering to donate the sum of two
hundred dollars ($200.00), the same to be ex-
pended in the purchase of Three Grand Prizes
in the form of Band Instruments, the best
make, which shall be awarded for meritorious
playing at a band contest, the object of which
shall be to enlarge upon amount donated, net
proceeds of said contest to be added to the
Curtin Monument Fund ; said band contest to
be held at Hecla, on the Central R. R. of Pa.
the day preceding the Centre Co. Pa. cen-
tennial celebration to be held in Bellefonte,
in June next.
Feeling certain that said amount of two
hundred dollars ($200.00) can be very material-
ly enlarged upon by the methods previously
indicated, I suggest that this proposal be
published in your valuable journal as well as
duly referred to a proper committee for con-
sideration. I am respectfully,
113 Adams St. ALFRED BEIRLY.
Professor Beirly needs no introduc-
tion to the people of Centre county,
most of whom are already conversant
with his prominence as a composer and
arranger of choral music of every va-
riety. That his offer is inspired by the
love he bears his old home and the mem_
ory of those who have brought honor to
her, there is no doubt and the plan he
suggests is an excellent one for various
reasons.
If carried out it would tend to give a
great stimulus to the newly organized
band tournament association. That or-
ganization could accept the offer and
save the expense of purchasing prizes
for its next tournament the net receipts
showing a corresponding increase, be-
cause of this doing away with the prin-
cipal item of expense attaching to the
tournament. The first meeting of the
association, held last summer, was a
very profitable one. Notwithstanding
the expenses of inception and $100.00
devoted to the purchase ofthe; prizes.
The Bellefonte band realized nearly
$500 out of the tournament, but in the
future the net receipts are to belong to
the association so that it can take hold
of this proposition of Prof. Beirly's and
have ver; little troubie in adding a
nice sum to the monument fund.
PuBrLic INSTALLATION AT THE
GRAND ARMY Post.—The rooms of
Gregg Post, G. A. R. No. 95 ot this
place were crowded Saturday night
when comrade S. H. Williams called
the meeting to order, preparatory to be-
ginning his work as installing officer to
swear into office the veterans who had
been chosen to look after the business of
the post for the ensuing year. The fol-
lowing are the new officials :
Commander, W. T. Fitzgerald ; S.
V.C., George A. Bayard; J. V. C.,
Monroe Armour ; O. of D., J. I. Cur-
tin ; Q M., William Jones ; chaplain,
David Bartley ; surgeon, James Whit-
taker; O. of G., J. H. Bryan; ord-
inance officer, Charles Eckenroth ;
trustee, Charles Eckenroth ; delegate to
grand encampment, Jas. A. Beaver,
alternate, Thomas Donachy.
Following the installation ceremonies
a camp fire was held during which
brief talks were made by S. H. Wil-
liams, John C. Miller and others. Then
Geo, B. Brandon formally presented to
the post the beautiful design of the
American coat of arms worked in satin,
the gift of Harry Jackson, the third son
of banker Geo. W. Jackson, who is
now a sailor and procured the emblem
in Japan. William Jones presented
the Post with a book, “photographs of
officers of the army and navy,” which
was the gift of editor Tuten ofthe Re-
publican.
Port MATILDA EAGLES ELECT OFFI-
cers FOr '95.—The following are the
officers of Port Matilda castle, No. 219,
of Port Matilda, for the ensuing six
months’ term : Past chief, J. H. Crain ;
noble chief, John Miles; vice chief,
George E. Tyler ; high priest, (A. J.
Johnson ; venerable hermit, George
Ammerman ; master of records, W. G.
i funeral services were held Wednesday
| tle daughter Beatrice, of Tyrone, were in
L. Crain ; clerk of exchequer, R. D.
Ardrey ; keeper ot exchequer, Tom
Bennett ; sir herald, A, E. Price;
worthy bard, Moses Weaver; worthy |
chamberlain, C. W. Crain; ensign, |
Samuel Scott ; esquire, George Price ;
first guardsman, Adam Cowher ; second |
guardsman, A. L. Sharer ; trustees, A.
the hook and ladder truck, a feed room, | J. Johnson and Martin Cowher ; repre- |
and an office for the mayor.
rooms and a large assembly hall, where
council could meet, the firemen also,
i while the borough lock-up would find
{ better quarters in the basement of the
building. Those in favor of the plan
say it can be built and paid for with the
present rentals the borough is paying ;
for other properties.
On the sentative to the grand castle,
second floor are to be two small waiting Price.
A. BE!
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Two Fixagrs Cur Orr.—Ira Rishel, '
of Boalsburg, had two fingers cut off his
left hand last Thursday afternoon. He :
was employed in the carriage shops of
Wheelen Bros. at Boalsburg, but was |
shaping out some lumber in Ed. Rish-
el’s shop at Oak Hall when the circular
saw cut him,
i the Brockerhoff house.
——Gaysport boasts eighty widows
and only one widower.
——542 inmates are now on the roster
of the Huntingdon reformatory.
——J. P. Linn, of Cook’s Run. Clin-
ton county, recently took 178 lbs. of
honey from a bee tree he cut.
Mrs. Daniel Batler, who lived in
Rush township, near Bilger’s Artic
Springs, died on Monday morning. from
a cancerous affection of the liver.
—— Mrs. Elizabeth Hascinger, relict
of O. Perry Hassinger, of Philipsburg,
died suddenly Monday morning, a
severe attack of asthma baving induced
heart failure. Deceased was a member
of the Methodist church in which ber
afternoon. She was born at Spring
Mille, June 3rd, 1843, her maiden name
having been Elizabeth Clark. Her first
husband, John Campbell, died ten years
after her marriage to him and in 1872
she married O. Perry Hassinger, who
died three years ago. For a long time
the Hassinger’s were residents of Belle-
fonte. They lived, while here, out in
the Brown row.
News Pureiy Personal.
—Banker Wm. B. Mingle, of Centre Hall,
was an arrival in town on Wednesday morn-
ing.
—Migs Kate Dornblaser, of Lamar, is at-
tending the musical convention at Pleasant
Gap this week.
—Mrvs. G. C. Payne of Roanoke, Va. is home
visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. William
Long, of Reynolds Ave,
—Post-master Frank Kennedy, of State Col-
lege, braved the stormy weather of yesterday
and transacted business in town.
—Hon. Amos H. Mylin, of Lancaster, Audi-
tor General elect of Pennsylvania, was in town
on Saturday calling on General Hastings.
—Secretary Frank Cota of the Y. M. C. A.
here is off on a trip to Hartford, Conn. He left
last week and expeets to be gone about ten
days.
— Herbert Houck. fastidious as ever, came
up from Steelton Monday evening for a day’s
pleasure, He stopped at Mr. Kitson’s on Cur.
tin street.
—Five Stoyer brothers, Israel, John, Jaeob,
Jefferson and James, all of Michigan, are visit-
ing friends in this county. They are now in
the vicinity of Aaronsburg.
—MTr. and Mrs, Charley Trout and their lit-
town the fore-part of this week visiting the
Misses Smith of East Bishop St.
—Simon Harper, of Centre Hall, who is head
of the general merchandise firm of Harper &
Kreamer of that place, was in town Wednes-
day locking atter business interests here.
—Thursday, Mrs. Owens, who has been here
for the past two months visiting her daughter
Mrs. John Bullock, has returned to her home
in Mechanicsburg, accompanied by her little
grand-daughter Julia.
— Miss Mary H. Linn is in Harrisburg visit.
ing Miss Elise Haldeman. Goveruor-elect
and Mr. Hastings will also be entertained at
Mrs. Haldeman’s from Saturday until they
go to the executive mansion Monday.
—Mr. Collins is just home from Kentucky,
princely and cordial as ever—but alas! no
longer plain Thos. Collins. Colonel is
entirely too common for a man of his calibre
so we and others, who like him well, will con-
tinue to address him in the old way.
—The Rev. Dr. D. 8. Monroe, presiding eld-
er of this district, spent Monday in town and
held regular quarterly conference in the
Mtehodist church in the evening. Dr. Monroe
has lately been appointed grand chaplain of
the Masonic fraternity in Peunsylvania.
—Mr. and Mrs. Albert Canfield their two
children and nurse, after spending part of the
holiday season with Mrs. Canfield’s mother,
Mrs. Orvis, left on last Saturday for Williams-
port, where they will visit for a short time be-
fore returning to their home in Jenkintown.
—Miss Elizabeth Humes, who was here to
spend Christmas with her mother, Mrs. Wil.
liam B. Humes, returned to Philadelphia last
Friday. She has charge of the home of the
Methodist Deaconess’ in that city and is un-
stinted in her praise of the order and the
great good it is doing.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Slack drove over from
their home at Potter’s Mills the day after Christ-
mas to spend a day or so with friends in this
place. Well, you know how it snowed, and as
they were in a buggy they had to prolong
their visit until the roads were sufficiently
broken for them to get home.
—John Sourbeck Ji., has been entered asa
student on the Philadelphia school ship “Sara-
toga.” His father took him down one day last
week when he passed satisfactory examina-
tions and started on his first cruise on Tues-
day. Unless we are greatly mistaken it won’t
be long until John will be discounting the
feats of that wonderful sailor, *Tom Twist,”
whose biography every fourth reader schoiar
knows,
—The young people who are attending
school at a distance, and who were very loath
to leave the good sleighing and skating, have
nearly all returned to their studies.
Rebekah Blanchard and Miss Elsie Weaver
started Tuesday, the former for Wellesly,
Mass., and the latter for Hagerstown, Md.
John Bower, on Monday, for Frauklin & Mar-
shall and Miss Mary Sourbeck, Wednesday, to
the Villa Marie in West Chester.
—Andrew C. Howley, who was one of the
clerks at the Brockerhoff house at this place
when C.G. McMillen and George B. Brandon
were the proprietors there, has gone to Day-
ton, Ohio, to accept a clerkship under his
formér employer Mayor McMillen, who now
condnets the Dickey house in that city. Andy
was very much liked while he was attached to
His genteel, quiet
manner ingratiated him nto everyone’s good
wishes.
—Thos. E. Watt Esq., Passenger Agent
Western District Pennsylvania railroad com-
pany, was a Bellefonte visitor between trains
Wednesday morning. His home is in Pitts-
burg, where he is kept busy most of the time
directing the enormous business that devolves
on him* Yet anoccasional trip over his dis-
trict is necessary to afford a personal insight
into the work. He is a most agreeable gentle-
man and a short conversation soon reveals
Miss |,
the secret of his success.
WHERE THE Boys Do THE FARMING.
‘—The Huntingdon raformatory, with
its bundreds of convict boys, is a hive of
industry as well as a place of confine-
ment. Besides the great quantities of
brushes, working shirts and other man-
ufictured products that are turned out
of the mechanical department of the in-
stitution, some of the boys whoare in-
clined to Agriculture are put to work
on the big farm that surrounds the
place and supplies most of the food.
Last year they raised 146 bushels of
string beans, 122 bushels of beets, 30,-
956 heads of cabbage, 2,600 dozen of
corn, 2,690 stocks of celery, 40 bushels
of carrots, 8,000 dozen cucumbers, 5,237
cantaloupes, 1,677 watermelons, 728
heads of lettuce, 97 bushels of onions;
1,150 stocks of horse-rudish, 1,820 dozen
of radishes, 4,143 squashes, 855 bush-
els of turnips, 1,189 bushels of tomatoes
and 678 bushels of potatoes.
Boys and girls grain shoes, solar
tip 60 cts., 85 cts., 70 cts., 75 cts. 90 cts.
and $1.00. Lyon & Co.
Rexouncep THE WORLD.—At the
convent of the Immaculate Hart, Villa
Maria, at West Chester, last Thursday,
thirteen young ladies took the black
veil of the order and six took the white
veil. Among the former was Miss Mat-
tie Gurber, a daughter of Mr. Frank
Garber, of near this place. She has
been at the convent two years and here-
after will be known as sister Antoni-
nus. Miss Mary Clark,s daughter of
Mr. James Clark of Benner township,
and Miss Ella Pearl of this place took
the white veil and will be known soon
by the names of sister Mary Wilfred and
sister Mary Linus respectively.
——Two thousand heavy flannel
shirts worth $1.50 are selling at 50
cts. Lyon & Co.
To CURWENSVILLE AND Dusors.—
There have been placed onsale by the
Beech Creek railroad two day round
trip tickets from all points on its line,
to DuBoise and Curwensville, via.
Clearfield and Buffalo, Rochester &
Pittsburg railway.
This is another step in the line of im-
proved traveling facilities which the
Beech Creek railroad is furnishing this
section of the State. 3t.
WiLL HoLp A BALL ArT EASTER
TipE.—After the penitential days of
the Lenten season, which begins on
Ash Wednesday, Feb. 27th, and ends
Easter Sunday, April 14th, there al-
ways comes a whirl of entertainments
of one sort or another. This year wil}
prove no exception to the rule as we
have already heard of several social
events that will take place soon after
Lent. One of them will hea grand
ball which the Uadine Fire Co. will
give. The others will be noted later.
ADMITTED TO THE BAR.—Mr. H.
W. Bickle, who has been a student in
the law office of Harry Keller Bq. hav-
ing passed a very satisfactory exami-
nation was admitted last week to prac-
tice law in the several courts of this
county. He kas been a very close stu-
dent and gives promise of honoring the
profession.
——A charter was granted the Spang-
ler Improvement company the oth-
er day. The capital of the organi-
zation is $25,000 and General
Beaver and Col. Spangler, of this place
are stock holders. It is formed to
boom the town of Spangler.
——A big lot of men’s heavy grey
underwear actual value 50c at 37c, An-
other lotactual 45¢, our price 23¢c. Lyon
& Co.
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by Geo. W. JAcksoN & Co:
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper
Joes to press :
ed wheat... 50
Rye, per bush 50
Corn, ears, per bu 22%
Corn, shelled, per bushel. 50
Oats—new, per bushel.. 30
Barley, per bushel........ 48
Ground laster, per ton . 950
Buckwheat per bushel............cceivseiiscsnne . 40
Cloverseed, per bushei.. $6 00 to $7 00
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co
Potatoes per bushel ........... ti Nh near
Eggs, per dozen.. averse sresass
Lard, per pound..
CountryShoulder:
Sides..
I'allow, per pou
Butter, per pound,
The Democratic Watchman.
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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-
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