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Bellefonte, Pa., Oct. 4, 1895.
To BORRESPONDENTS. — NO communications
ublished unless accompanied by the real
name of thewriter.
OWN & COUNTY
THINGS ABOUT
— Friday, the 18th inst., will be Ar-
bor day for the fall season.
— The Academy foot-ball eleven is
being organized for the season.
— There are corn stalks on the ex-
perimental farm at State College that
are fully 12 feet high.
——The trimming of the trees in
front of it gives a better opportunity of
seeing the new Eagle building, on
Allegheny street:
— Mrs. James Mann, for more than
fifty-three years a resident of Howard
township, made her first visit to Belle-
fonte, on Wednesday of last week.
——Burglars were frightened away
before they had procured any plunder
at the home of Col. J. L. Spangler, on
Allegheny street, last Friday night.
— The proprietor of the Columbus
hotel at Lock Haven denies the report
that John Brown, of this place, and his
uncle Samuel Shaffer, of Madisonburg,
had purchased it.
——Rev. R. H. Gilbert, of Tyrone,
will preach in the Methodist church, in
this place, next Sunday morning. In
the evening he will deliver the Y. M.
C. A. anniversary address.
——Fred Montgomery, youngest son
of Mr. W. W. Montgomery, of east Linn
street, has been seriously ill. He was
first reported to have had appendicitis,
but is now much better. -
———The 26th anniversary of the
Bellefonte Y. M. C. A. will be held in
the Methodist church, on Sunday even-
ing. Rav. R. H. Gilbert, of Tyrone, will
be one of the speakers. -
——Rev. Dr. Laurie, of this place,
will be the candidate of the Hunting-
don Presbytery for moderator of the
Pennsylvania Presbyterian synod to
convene at Butler on October 17.
——1It rained, hailed and snowed a
little in the Shingletown gap, on Mon-
day morning. It wasso cold and dis-
agreeable that the men who are laying
water pipe from that place to State Col-
lege had to quit work for a while.
A practical joker slipped a tin
box into the residence of Mr. Gainfort,
on Spring street, one day recently, and
though that gentleman opened it with
many quakes and qualms he found that
it was empty and not an infernal ma-
chine as he supposed on first sight.
While Supt. J. W. Gephart, of
the C. R. R. of Pa. was at church, with
his family, oa Sunday morning, some
one entered the kitchen of their home,
on Curtin street, and walked off with
what was to have been their Sunday
dinner. The thief evidently had a key,
as the doors were all locked when the
family returned.
——On Monday morning Charles E.
Dorworth took sole charge of the repor-
torial and editorial departments of the
Daily News, Mr. Gates baving retired.
The paper has not changed in typograph-
icol appearance, though there is evi-
dence of more get up than has been
noticeable in the paper for some time.
We wish the young wan success.
-—A pyramid of stones from Penn-
sylvania and surrounding States is being
made under the supervision of Prof. M.
C. Iblseng, head of the department of
mines and mining at The Pennsylvania
State College. They will all be set in
order of their geological formation and
when in place will form a pyramid,
nicely defined, about 30 feet high.
——--A man giving his name as Rich-
ard Nightengale was sirrested at Miles-
burg Monday night for drunkenness and
petty thefts. He entered a number of
houses in that place, taking bats and
other things in sight, until constable
McMuilen and Mr. Stonerode arrested
him and brought him to jail. No time
has been set for his hearing. The fel-
low is an old soldier and is said to have
been on his way to the old soldier’s home
at Erie. ~
——Three years ago “The Burglar,”
when produced at the Madison Square
theatre, was the most potent drawing
attraction at any of the theatres in New
York, and it is produced w with
all the attention to detail that character-
ized the production at the home theatre,
As pretty and interesting a play as ever
graced the boards of any theatre is “The
Burglar.” This strong company comes
to Garman’s next Wednesday night.
——A letter from our old friend
‘Squire W. A. Murray, of Boalshurg,
informs us that he is well and is anx-
ious to read a paper for which he does'nt
owe a cent. When he gets the next
issue of the WarcaMAN he will have
his wish gratified, for his letter had one
of the kind of enclosures we are always
glad to find. The ’Squire thinks that
there will be a big vote for our ticket
in the county this fall, there being plen-
ty of our fellows who jumped the traces
last lime who are only too anxious to
get back into the harness.
Tae DEATH OF CONSTANS CURTIN.
—Constans Curtin, who died on the
morning of Sept. 30th, ’95, at the resi-
dence of Hon. H. R. Curtin, of Roland,
once the home of the deceased’s father
and the scene of his happiest days, was
born in Bellefonte, Mar. 8th, 1817, son
of Roland Curtin and brother of the late
Hon. A. G. Curtin. His mother was the
daughter of the Hon. Andrew Gregg.
Constans was next younger than his
brother Andraw, being 78 years, 6mo.,
and 22 days old at the time of his death.
He was educated at the Bellefonte acad-
emy, chiefly under the instruction of
the well known principal, Alfred Arm-
strong. He was a good student, being
especially bright in mathematics and in
all respects a clever and promising
youth, with a business turn and quiet
retiring ways.
During the later years of the firm of
Roland Curtin & Sons, in the thirties,
Constans was assigned by his father to
work as an accountant in a large com-
mission house in Philadelphia, where he
remained ’till called home to enter the
firm of C. & J. Curtin, about 1835.
Although scarcely of age he kept the
books of the firm and soon manifested
that zeal and care in business which
characterized the Curtin brothers in
that day and led them on to eventual
success. Through their indefatigable
efforts, largely participated in by the
youthful book-keeper of the firm, they
succeeded in liquidating a debt of nine-
ty thousand dollars, devolving upon
them as the liabilities of their predeces-
sors, who had lost through the decline
in iron and increased outlay in building
new furnaces and making other im-
provements. Constans plsee of busi-
ness from the time yew firm was or-
ganized, about 1835, until it dissolved a
period of about ®31 years, remained at
the Eagle rolling mill, residing with
his brother Roland, who sold iron for
the firm and managed the store.
“At that time the rolling mill was a
stirring place, being onthe B. E. V.
canal, the basin of same emptying into
the fore-bay of the rolling mill. The
store was there and the sale of iron at
retail throughout this and adjeining
counties drew numerous customers, daily
bringing their wagons to be loaded.
Cash payments began during the war
and the store was abandoned. Constans,
who had remained a bachelor, fixing the
interior of the building up as an office
and comfortable sleeping quarters for
himself which he occupied ’till the firm
of C. Curtin & Co., was organized
when with his sister Martha, and her
son Reland Irvin, who had resided with
him in the house occupied by his brother
Roland who had removed toBellefonte,
he took up his abode at Eagle forge, now
Curtin station, on B. E. V. railroad,
where he has remained uninterruptedly
ever since, having retired from active
business in the manufacture of iron dur-
ing the winter of 1883 —84, giving place
to the firm (re-organization) of Curtins
& Co., disposing of his interests per-.
sonal and real, in the business to them.
Although anxious for much needed
rest from the anxieties of business, the
subject of this sketch was not, although
long past seventy, allowed to enjoy the
ease and freedom from care he so much
coveted. The shutting down of the
Eagle iron werks, in 1889-90, entailing
upon him, assisted by H. R. Curtin, the
general supervision and management of
that part of the Curtin estate still held
in conimon by the heirs of Roland Cur-
tin, a burden of no light responsibility
for a man nearing his 80th year.
Though for a life-time intimately as-
sociated and known throughout the iron
manufacturing interests of the State,
Mr. Curtin’s chief delight and occupa-
tion for many years has been the open-
ing up and improvement of farm land,
chiefly in Spring Twp., and his trans-
actions and talks with the farmers of his
neighborhood. And until his death he
had hosts of friends going daily by
turns to meet him and have a talk on
business or other topics. Always inter- |
ested in local matters, nothing pertain. |
ing to the welfare and interest of his
township escaped his vigilance, nor did, |
he, until of late years, eschew politics.
And to say the least of him he control-
led voters easily because they believed in
him. He was one of that class of men
who become locally great by never as-
piring to high position.
A man of strong nataral proclivities
and affections, he could ses deeply into
character, and his advice and sugges-
tions were regarded as little ‘else than
prophetic. Consequently it was
sought for by all who knew him within
the range of his social intercourse.
That any more useful man could be
taken from that vicinity could not be
said, nor any that will be more missed
by his nearest relatives and neighbors
around the ‘Forge,’ now known as Ro-
land, where his office has been open for
so many years, and from which, alas!
be is now absent, having crossed to the
brighter shore beyond. He was a just
man and a Christian by baptism and
faith, and a consistgney withal, which
kept him off the broad gauge of human
rationalism and seemed to suggest more
that ‘straight gate’’ by which few seek
to enter. His was a life of much sacri-
Clark, both residing in Boston, Mass., at
present, and the octogenarian brother
Mr. John Curtin, of Bellefonte, alone
survive of a family of eleven brothers
and sisters.
Deceased was buried in this place
Wednesday afternoon. The pall bear-
ers were the following members of the
Blue Lodge: Dr. James Dobbins,
Robert Hepburn, Hammon Sechler, Geo.
‘W. Jackson, William Shortlidge and
David M. Butts. He was a 32nd de-
gree mason and Constans commandery
K. T., of this place, will perpetuate his
name.
——Lilacs are in bloom in Mrs. T. F.
Van Scoyoc’s yard in Tyrone.
——The State firemen’s convention
will meet in Johnstown next year.
——David Houser’s new house at
Houserville is ready for the plasterers,
——Mrs. J. E. Lenker, of Lemont, is
recovering from a recent serious illness,
——Punxsutawney Methodists will
begin work on a new $20,000 church
next spring.
—— Williamsport public schools will
hold only one session a& day for the
next two months. The session will last
from 9 a. m. until 2 p.m
burg and the Houtzdale fire company
havo failed to set a time to have another
hub race. The race will be for $500 8
side, so 'tis said, when it does come off.
—-M. D. Scully, a Lycoming coun-
ty snake charmer, was bitten just below
the eye by a rattler that he was showing
off at the Lewisburg fair last ;week.
Prompt medical attendance is all that
saved his life.
——A burglar entered Attorney Geo.
W. Zeigler’s residence in Philipsburg,
one night last week, but failed to get
anything, because the lawyer happened
to be out of funds that night. It is re-
ported that he had ‘‘stood’’ the newsboy
off for 2 cents early in the evening.
—Elk county justice is almost as
speedy as is Jersey justice. Monday of
last week John Getty was arrested for
stealing $10 at Mill Creek. He was
taken to Ridgway next day, tried, con-
victed and slept in the western peniten-
tiary on Thursday night of the same
week.
——An Altoona man learned that his
wife had another lover to whom she
was writing regularly and set about to
procure one of them. After intercept-
ing one of the letters he confronted her
with her perfidy, but now he is up for
trial by United States court for opening
a letter addressed to another.
——Next week James Schofield will
have a new advertisement for you to
read. The approach of cold weather
has put fly-nets out of the market and a
large line of blankets and robes have
taken the place of the usual summer
ware at a first class saddlery. Prices
are always right at Schofield’s.
A horse that had fallen through
a brige on the Bald Eagle Valley rail.
road, at the Lock Haven nail works,
left enough of himself on the tracks to
cause the passenger train to use a siding
to get into Lock Haven last Friday
night. Had the train not been -flagged
by a thoughtful man = serious accident
might have cccurred.
-—Register Rumberger has been fir-
ed out of Dunham’s liar’s club. He told
a long tale, the other day, about a lot of
old fellows killing eighty-eight squirrels
in one day, in Half-moon valley, and
yesterday one of the supposed lucky
hunters was in town and knocked fifty
off of the Register’s number. Col. Dun-
ham says he won’t have any hob-nob-
bers who can’t lie without being caught
up at it.
——An Idaho editor having been ask-
cd if ke had ever seen a bald headed
woman, replied ; “No, we never did:
Nor did we ever seea woman waltzing
around town in her shirt sleeves with a
cigar between her teeth. We have nev-
er seen a woman go fishing with a bot-
tle in her hip pocket, sit on the damp
ground all day and go home drunk al
night. Nor have we seen a woman
yank off her coat and swear she could
lick any man in town. God bless her,
she ain’t built that way.”
——0O0Ild Mr. George P. Miller, who
is about 80 years old, lives with his son
Geo. W., near Hoy’s school house, in
Benner township. Wednesday morn-
ing of last week he arose earlier than
usual and went down stairs, but think-
ing he was entering the dining room
door he went into the celiar-way in-
stead. The stairs leading down to the
cellar being very steep the first step the
old man took precipitated him headlong.
He tumbled clear to the bottom and
was picked up shortly afterwards in an
unconscious condition. Dr. P. S. Fish-
er, of Zion, has been in attendance and
reports that, though no bones are brok-
en nor any internal injuries sustained, he
fice and devotion to his friends.
His sister Julia, and Mrs. D. D.
is very seriously bruised. The last re-
port was to the effect that he will re-
cover.
——The Hope company of Philips- ,
A WELL-KNOWN MaN EXPIRES.—
i When a community loses a man like
' Hublersburg has lost through the death
of Henry Brown there is a vacancy that
will never be filled and an opportunity.
| to study the influence that such a char.
acter as he was wields.
His death occurred at his home in
that place, on Saturday evening, Sep-
tember 28th, in the 74th year of his age.
His was a life to be emulated. He wasa
type of that noble manhood of the old
schoo! that is so rarely found in those of
younger generations and his simple,
straightforward manner made him the
i revered ot all with whom he came in
contact. A christian man he was, and
many were the sincere tears that fell on
his bier at the burial. :
Henry Brown was born in Haines
township, Centre Co., on June 26,1822,
and was the son of John Brown, who
immigrated from York county, Pa., and
was one of the early settlers of that re-
gion. With the “exception of three
| years, when he” lived at what is now
| called Loganton, Clinton county, the
entire life of the deceased was spent in
Haines and Walker townships.
" Early in 1857 he came to Hublers-
burg and engaged in the mercantile
business at which he continued until
{ the time of his death, a period of more
* than thirty-eight years.
He was twice married, first to Cath-
arine Stamm, a daughter of David
Stamm, of Haines township, on July
1st, 1852. She died April 16, 1886.
The second wife, who survives him, was
Miss Julia Rockey, a daughter of
Jacob Rockey, of Walker township.
Mr. Brown, also leaves three children
all of the first marriage viz: John
Brown of Loganton, Clinton Co.
David Brown, of Herron, Jackson Co.
Minnesota ; Mary E Womelsdorf, of
Green township, Clinton county. One
child of this union, Sarah J., died in in-
fancy.
Miss MARY JANE HALL.-—A death
that awakened more than usual interest
in this place was that of Miss Mary
Jane Liall, which occurred at the home
of her sister, Mrs. D. Z. Kline, on
Spring street, last Friday morning.
Her illness having been of comparative-
ly short duration was not expected
to have culminated fatally so
soon. In fact it was only a few
weeks ago that a diagnosis revealed that
what she supposed to be a trifling stom-
ach ailment was a well developed can-
cer and that her death would be a mat-
ter of a short time. The trouble was
noticed first during the early part of
July, but it was not until some time
later that its seriousness was known.
Deceased had made her home with
Mrs. Kline, though occasionally she
would visit her other sister, Mrs. How-
ard Barnhart, at Red Oak, Iowa, and
her brothers, D. W. Hall, of West Un-
ion, Iowa, and J. Newlin Hall, of How-
-ard, this county.
She was a conscientious, christian
woman whose friendship was enjoyed.
by a largo circle of friends. Services
were conducted at the house here, on
Monday morning, by Rev. J. W. Rue,
of the Methodist church, after which
her remains were taken to Unionville
for interment.
Spots .
Tue BURGLAR NEXT WEDNESDAY
Niagur.—The childish innocence on the
part of the little Elitha after awaken-
ing from her blissful slumbers to flnd a
burglar in her very presence, and her
conduct toward the unwelcome intruder,
never fails to arouse the keenest kind of
admiration. In the coolest, most self-
collected manner she confronts the burg-
lar, and through her perfect indiffer-
ence as to danger, wins him over to her
completely. All this occurs in ‘The
Burglar,” a play that has now won its
way into popular favor, on account of its
really pretty sentiment. It comes to
Garman’s, Wednesday night, October
Oth.
“ANorHER Tyruorp FEVER Victim.
—Coleville’s dread scourge has not
abated yet. Wednesday evening Mrs.
Edward Poorman died from typhoid !
fever after about five week’s illness. She |
was the mother of four children, two of |
them being eleven month old twins.
Deceased was about 28 years old and
her death is a most lamentable cone in-
deed, since it leaves a young husband
with a family of small children. She
was a member of the Methodist church
and will be buried this afternoon at 2
o'clock.
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GONE T0 THE PENITENTIARY.— Last
Friday the officers of Clinton county
took Jacob Aikey and George Spangler,
both of the vicinity of Eagleville, to the
western penitentiary where they will
serve sentences of thirteen months each.
They are the men who were arrested
last spring for stealing and Killing a
steer belonging to Saul Haagen. It
will be remembered that they killed the
animal in the woods back of Eagleville,
where they dressed it during the night.
——Tre fire department was out, on
Saturday evening, in response to an
alarm sent in from the Garman house.
Mrs. C. M. Garman had accidentally
overturned a lamp which exploded and
set fire to her room. Slight damage
' was done. .
News Purely Personal.
—Mrs. Samuel Rine left yesterday morning
for a week’s visit to friends in Altoona and
Tyrone.
—James McFadden, who is engaged in bus-
iness in Pittsburg, is home fora few day's
visit to his mother.
—We noticed William Tressler and his son
down from Fillmore yesterday. They brought
two losds of corn to market. °©
—Miss Elizabeth Humes, matron of the
Methodist Deaconesses home in Philadelphia,
is here visiting her relations for a few days.
—Ed Richard, junior partner of the firm of
F. C. Richard’s sons, jewelers of this place, is
in New York buying novelties for the fall
trade. !
—Miss Mary Thompson, daughter of John I.
Thompson, of Lemont, left for Philadelphia,
last week, where she has entered the Woman's
medical college.
—Ex-burgess John Jenkins, of Milton, was
in town attending the funeral of Constans
Curtin with whom he was in partnership in
the iron business.
—Mrs. William Christian, of Washington,
D. C. was in town between trains, on Tuesday,
making the most of her short time here by
calling on her friends.
—Mr. W. W. Curtin, only son of the late ex"
Governor, came up from his home in Philadel.
phia,on Wednesday morning, to attend the
funeral of his uncle Constans.
—Migs Annie Jenkins, of Milton, a daughter
of Mr. John Jenkins the iron and nail master
of that place, is in town visiting at the home
of Dr, E. 8. Dorworth, on east High street,
—Dr.J.M, Thompson, who has taken Dr..
Tobin’s practice at Stormstown, was in Belle-
fonte Tuesday shaking hands with the many
friends he made while in the drug business
here. :
—Rev. B. C. Shaw, late pastor of the U. B.
church in this place, shipped his goods on
Tuesday and departed, with his family, for his
new charge in Westmoreland county on
Wednesday.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Cruse returned
from their wedding tour, on Monday night,
and went direct to their home on east Linn
street, where they-were right royally serenad-
ed by calithumpians.
—Mrs. Annie Dartt is visiting at the Weav-
er house in Millneim. After a few days spent
there she will return here and go directly to
Wells boro, whare she will spend a year with
her late husband's father.
—Miss Grace Pierce, of Lewistown, an ama-
teur elocutionist of more than ordinary abil-
ity, arrived in town Wednesday morning and
will stay with Mr. L.. A. Shaeffer’s family on
Curtin street until this morning.
—Lawrence Butts, eldest son of D. M. Butts
of this place, has charge of the Baldwin loco-
motive exhibit at the Atlanta exposition. The
four compound engines there will be run
every day with compressed air.
—Mrs. Wister Morris, of Overbrook, Phila-
delphia, has taken up her residence in the
Th omas home, corner of Curtin and Allegheny
streets. She arrived here Tuesday with her
two little grand sons in her private car.
—Mrs. J. W. Rhone and her daughter, Miss
Ella, have gone to San Diego, Cal., where they
will possibly reside permanently with Dr,
Chas. Rhone, a son and brother, who located
there some time ago, for the benefit of his
health.
—DMsses Mary and Sallie Graham left for
New York, on Tuesday morning, where they
will spend a few weeks studying chic effects
in fall and winter millinery. While there
they will purchase their stock for the coming
season.
—Mr. John Trafford left Monday morning to
attend the State firemen’s convention at Read-
ing. He will represent the Logans in the
convention. It was originally intended that
the whole company should go, but satis factory
rates could not be secured. The Undines did
not send a representative.
—D. Bates Bell looking not a day older, were
it not for his gray hair, than when he left this
place 7 years ago, was in town with his wife
and daughter visiting at the home of J.
Fearon Mann Esq., on Allegheny street. Mr,
Bell is district agent of the American insur-
ance company at Du, Boise.
—After a pleasant visit to their parents here
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Maitland have departed
for their home in Williamsport. “Mrs. Mait-
land was Minnie Garman before her marriage
and her little daugnter, Louisa, is about the
prettiest youngster that ever a proud Belle:
fonte gir} has brought back to her home.
—Mr. Edward J. Rupp, who left this place
about a year ago to follow his trade as a miller
at Princeton Junction, N. J., has returned to
Oak Hall to assist his brother John in the
operation of the latter’s lately purchased mill
at that place. Ed will be remembered as an
employe of Geo. W. Jackson & Co's mill at this
place.
—Twonew women took dinner at the Breck.
erhoff house in this plac: Wednesday. They
were Miss McCormick, of ‘'yrone, and Miss
Harriet L. Maurer, of Altoona. Both arrived
on bicycles and seemed a= unconcerned with
their short skirts and leggings, as they wheel-
ed away, as it promenading in swell street
gowns.
—Col. W. R. Teller, gracious and polished as
ever, came up from Blue Field, W. Va., last
week to spend a few days with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. John M. Dale. Col. Teller is the
proprietor of a large raii-road hotel in that
new coal field and is esteemed as highly by
by the “natives” as he was when in the same
busines: here.
—Ed. C. Cooke left Monday morning for
Philadelphia wiiere he will make his home in
the future. Ife expects to join his father in
business and for awhile will have charge of
the erection of two large factory buildings
which he is putting up in that city. Mrs.
Cooke and Hazel will remain in Bellefonte
about a month longer before they depart.
—Three pretty little maids left here for
school on an early train Tuesday morning,
Eh were Misses Grace Mitchell, youngest
daughter of Isaac Mitchell, and May Crider, of
Linu street, who will attend Miss Shipley’s
school at Bryn Mawr and Miss Patty Lane,
daughter of John N. Lane, who goes to
Glenco, Md., for her second year at that fash-
ionable school.
—Dr. John T. Alexander, at one time a wel]
known Penns-valley physician, but now pros.
pering at Los Angeles, Cal, left for his home
on ‘‘the slope” last Saturday, after several
weaks pleasant stay with his many friends in
Centre county. Doctor Alexander is one of
those genial, sunny fellows whom everybody
likes and his determination to move to Cali-
fornia was heard with regret by the people of
Centre Hall and vicinity. He left here Satur-
day morning to spend Sunday in Clearfield
and on the return was joined in Tyrone by
Mr. Henry Boozer, of Centre Hall, who is
going to southern California with the hope of
relieving lung troubles.
SHE Is’'NT Maki Her 3100 a
MONTH,—A young woman, who lives
about mid-way between this place and
Coleville, made up her mind, the other
day, that she was going to get rich. An
agent called at the house selling ter-
ritory and working samples for & house
that “guaranteed $100 a month to all
salesmen.” The plan was just this. Tha
man had only a short time to place
invest $9 in two cases of samples; one
of which was to be resold, a few days
later, when another representative of
the house would be on to find a co-work-
er for her, but out of consideration for
her having purchased both outfits she
was to get $4 from her partner and re-
serve the largest and best territory for
herself.
With visions of wonderful prosperity
dancing before her eyes she gathered the
$9 together and gave it to the man,
whereupon he left her two lots of trash,
valued at about twenty-five cents, ard
has not been heard of since.
IN MgemoriaM.—Died, Oct. 1st., at
her residence in Germantown, Pa., Mrs.
Mary H. Valentine, wife of Evan JM.
Valentine Esq.—Mr. Valentine isa na-
tive of Bellefonte, a brother of our es-
teemed townsman, Harry C. Valentine,
and was for many years one of our most
useful and respected citizens. Deceased
was long a resident of this place and
was universally esteemed. A large cir-
cle of friends will feel her loss deeply,
and sincerely sympathize with the be-
reaved husband and family. Mrs. Val-
entine leaves two sons, Harry and
Abram, aged respectively twenty three
and twenty years. The funeral will
take place to-day at three o clock in
Germantown. *
NEARLY A CENTENARIAN.—Prob-
ably the oldest resident of the county
passed away, late Thursday night, at
her home near McCalmont & Co's. lime
kilns, when the death of Mrs. Mary
Murray occurred. She was the mother
of Terrence Murray with whom she
made her home and is reputed to have
been 99 years cld. For three years pre-
vious to her death she had been a great
sufferer and in her case final dissolution
was looked forward to as a happy re.
lief. :
Interment was made from St. John's
Catholic church, on Monday morning.
A NEw BANK FOR PHILIPSBURG.
—The merging of the business of the
First National and Moshannon banks
of Philipsburg bas doubtless encouraged
other capitalists to start a competing
institution out there, for the comptroller
of the currency, on Tuesday, authorized
the organization of the Moshannon Na-
tional bank of. Philipsburg, Centre
county, Pa. The organizers are J.
Edward Horne, S. S. Crissman, J. Bing
Childs, Robert Carson and George L,
Horne.
——Come and see the good things we
have bought for you in the way of
clothing and hats—for the fall and
winter season—bought before the rise
in price. Styles more beautiful, prices
more reasonable, goods more durable
than ever before. Agency for Dunlap
and Knox hats. Montgomery & Co.
Wuere You CaN Buy THE €HEAP-
EST.—-It is a question of dollars and
cents afterall. No matter what people
say it is as natural to save a penny in
buying as it is to eat dinner at the din-
ner hour. Opportunities to make great
savings are not often to be had, but
Lyon & Co’s., big advertisement in
this issue affords just such a chance,
Read it and profit by the bargains it
holds out. A dollar saved is a dollar
earned.
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by Geo. W. Jacesos & Co:
The following are the quotations up te six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper
goes to press :
New wheat...............
“Red wheat..
Rye, per bushel..... 15
Corn, ears, per bushel.. 20
Corn, shelled, per bushel $0
Oats—new, per bushel.... 20
Barley, per bushel....... BS)
Ground Plaster, per ton 850
Buckwheat per bushel
Cloverseed, per bushel.
eases .
» 40
.86 00 to §7 00
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co
Potatoes per bushel
ODI0NS creer aeesriererers
Eggs, per dozen..
Lard, per pound.
CountryShoulders.
[Te
SUM RO OD 0 On CF
—
Tallow, per pound..
Butter, per pound
1°
The Democratic Watchman,
Published every Friday vonilg, in Belle-
fonte, Pa., at $2 per annum (if paid strictly in
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 atthe option of the
publisher.
Papers will not be sent out of Centre ccunty
unless paid for in advance.
A liberal discount is made to persons adver-
sizing by the quarter, half year, or year, as fol-
ows : :
Jam [om | 1y
SPACE OCCUPIED.
Oneinch (1211nes this type... 185 (88 |§10
Two inches..... iro ys
Three inches.. 101151 20
12 | 20 30
Sale Column (44 inches).
alf Column ( 9 inches)...
One Column (19inches)...
Advertisements in speci
cent. additional.
Transient advs. per line, = i
Each additional insertio
Local notices, per line..
Business notices, per Ii
Job Printing of every
al column .25 per
ki
been refitted with Power Presses and New
Type, and everything in the printing line can
be executed in the most artistic manner and at
the lowest rates. Terms—CASH.
All letters snould be addressed to
P. GRAY MEEK, Proprietor.
Pennsylvania agencies so she was to
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