Bellefonte, Pa., April 3, 1896.
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To CorresroNpENTS.—NoO communicationePub-
lished unless accompanied by the pefll name of
the writer.
THINGS ABOUT T N AND COUNTY.
'——Th: Undpfe band gave a delightful
serenade on llegheny street, Tuesday
night.
——1It is ‘obable that Rice’s 1492"
will play at Garman’s, some time this
month.
——Most of the students at The Pennsyl-
vania State College went home on Wed-
nesday, for a week’s vacation.
Mrs. James Parks, of this place, fell
down the stair-way in her home, on Mon-
day, and broke her right arm near the wrist.
——The snow is ahout all gone and very
little is to be seen except on the north sides
of the mountains, where it will lay for some
time yet.
—Sourbeck, the candy man, has two
real live white rabbits in his show window
on High street. They are busy laying candy
eggs for Easter.
The Philipsburg Ledger began its
thirteenth year on Wednesday. But possi-
bly Miss Williams does’nt want anything
said about her paper’s age.
—— Editor Thos. Harter of the Gazette,
purchased the Dartt property, on Allegheny
street, at the executor’s sale on Monday.
He paid $4,270 for it.
——During the year 1895 the Clearfield
novelty works shipped 75,419 toy wagons,
and 87,891 children’s sleds, besides thou-
sands of other toys for children.
——The last two days of her life March
tried hard to undo her previous bad record,
but all she succeeded in doing was to make
people tired. That
fever.
is, they got spring
The Magnet is complaining because
its correspondents deluge it with temper-
ance articles. Can it be that Mr. Bailey is |
turning from the narrow path he has here-
tofore heen treading.
——-The families of Mr. Morris Cowdrick
and Dr. Thomas Tobin moved away from
Bellefonte, on Friday : the former, to
Niagara Falls : the latter. to Warriors-
mark. !
—— "The drummer boy of Shiloh'’ will
be produced in Bellefonte, April 29th, for
the benefit of Co. B. It is a war time play,
replete with thrilling situations, and the
cast will compose some of the best local
talent. ;
——The venerable William Jones, who
has been seriously ill all winter, is able to be
on thestreets again. He took advantage of
the fine. weather, oni Tuesday, by walking
out with his daughter. Tt is to be hoped
that William's recovery will be sure.
—— Heart disease caused the death of
Elijah Kellerman, at his home in Miles-
burg, on Tuesday evening. Deceased was
53 years old and leaves a widow with two
children. Burial will be made in the Ad-
vent cemetery near that place this after-
noon.
all the churches Sunday. The Episcopal
and Presbyterian, which have the best
music in the town, are preparing elaborate
programs for the day. The Methedist#4h-
bath school will have its special service in
the afternoon.
——This week the members of the lit-
crary society of the Academy sent Charley
McClure, their secretary, who had his
hand shot off Saturday, a great bunch of
Easter lilies. A graceful tribute to Char-
ley’s popularity and a very pleasing act for
a lot of boys to suggest and carry out,
wasn't it?
The, Hornet spiked one of its own
guns last Week when it said, in an article
on the burning of the Ettlinger house, ‘‘in-
stead of Centre county journals speaking of
this act in glowing terms, we think they
should hide their heads in shame and say
no more about similar crimes committed in
Kentucky and Texas.
The return of Rev. J. W. Rue to the
~ charge of the Methodist church in this place
has given general satisfaction and a large
number of his congregation met at the par-
sonage, last Thursday evening, to welcome
him home. Rev. Rue came to Bellefonte
under rather peculiar circumstances and it
was thought that possibly some complica-
tion in conference would make a convenience
of him again, as it had done before, but for-
tunately for his friends he has been return-
ed to them.
——Miss Ohnmacht is up at Mrs. L. A.
sShaffer’s, on Curtin street, confined to the
house with a badly hurt wrist. She is so
energetic and that she was out in spite of
‘storm and snow and last week and, while
in Lock Haven on business, she slipped and
fell injuring her wrist so that she has had
to carry it in a sling ever since. She was
obliged to give up her music recently on
account of her eyes and is now giving her
entire time to the piano and organ business,
which she is capable of making hum.
——Quarter-master 8. H. Williams, 5th
Reg. N. G. P., who by the way is Belle-
fonte’s busy painter and house decorater,
is in luck. Some time ago he took a chance
-on a rifle that the 8th Reg., at Harrisburg,
was ‘putting off’ for the benefit of its
ambulance wagon. He did it just to help
the soldiers along, never dreaming that he
would get it, but he did. On Monday he
received word that his ticket, No. 9,528,
had drawn the gun and he is now its happy
owner. Itisa 15 round, 44 calibre Colt’s
repeating rifle and judges pronounce it a
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Special Easter service will he held in
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A DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. —Last Satur-
day morning Charles McClure, eldest son of
James I. McClure, the Bishop street sad-
dler, started out with a party of four com-
pani from the Academy, to hunt for
ducks. They went up along Spring creek
to the vicinity of Shuey’s, where they hunt-
ed about for some time. Finally the party
became separated and three of the boys ¥e-
turned home, leaving Charles and Bolton
Eldridge, a student at the Academy from
Cape May, N. J.
Together they continued their search for
ducks until it became necessary for them
to cross the stream. McClure handed his
gun to Eldridge to carry for him while he
crawled along a fence that spans the creek
at that point and when he had reached the
other side he asked his companion for the
gun.
In handing the weapon to him it was
accidentally discharged, the entire load of
shot entering the palm of his left hand near
the base of his first finger and tearing its
way clear through to a point between the
fourth and fifth fingers. Assoon as the
boys realized what had happened they tore
the straps from a hunting bag and bound it
tightly about the arm so as to prevent too
profuse bleeding and after wrapping the
hand in the hunting bag started for the
home of Samuel Thomas, a mile distant.
It was an awful walk for young McClure,
with his hand in such a condition, for, be-
sides that wound, shot had also struck him
in the lower lid of the right eye, on the
lower lip and on the right cheek, while the
gun wad had struck him in the left eye.
Nearly blind and suffering agonizing pain
in his face—reaction had not set in in his
hand so it did not bother him much-—he
finally reached Thomas’ where a buggy was
procured and he was brought home.
Doctors Seibert and Harris were called to
dress the wounds and found it necessary to
amputate his hand at the wrist. It was
thought, at first, that the fifth finger
might be saved, but conditions were not
such as to warrant its being left. The
young man stood the operation heroically
and is now getting along as well as can be
expected.
It is a most unfortunate, occurrence, but
he takes it cheerfully and thinks that
while the value of a hand is almost ines-
timable its loss will not seriously affect his
cherished hope of some day being an attor-
ney-at-law.
While he is somewhat reticent as to the
actual circumstances attending the acei-
dent it is believed he had his gun cocked
when he handed it to Eldridge, then when
reaching for it he took hold right over the
muzzle, the gun having been discharged
while passing from one to the other. From
| the nature of the wounds it is highly prob-
able that had he not grabbed it just where
he did he would have saved his hand only
at the expense of receiving the full charge
of shot in his face, for as it was the force
was spent in the hand and only the few
scattering shot reached his face.
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WHAT oF NAIL WORKS ?—Bellefonte is
naturally alittle bit excited over the rumor
that was circulated last week to the effect
that the nail works plant here would soon
pass into different hands and be put in
operation at once.
Henry Harris, a gentleman from George-
town, Pa., came here to negotiate the lease
of the plant, which at first seemed impossi-
ble, owing to the fact that James B. Bailey,
of Harrisburg, held a lease that does not
expire until next July. If you will remem-
her it was asserted when he secured con-
trol of the property that he intended oper-
ating it, but in truth it was only to head
off possible competition for several larger
plants owned by a syndicate that he repre-
sented. The matter died out and very lit-
tle had heen thought of it since, until the
agitation was revived by the coming of Mr.
Harris, who, it appears, has a small nail
mill now in operation at his home. He is
also the inventor of a— patent steel carriage
axle which he would like to get manufac-
tured and put on the market.
Mr. Harris left Bellefonters under the
impression that all he wanted was merely
to get control of the nail works, then he
had backing enough to start them up at
once. This was quite encouraging and an
effort was made to rescind the old lease.
On last Thursday General Beaver went
down to Harrisburg to attend the funeral
of William Hamilton. While there it was
his intention to visit Mr. Bailey, with a
view to securing his release of the place.
‘What transpired there is not known, how-
ever, Mr. Harris was telegraphed for and
went down. The next day he wired here
that he had secured a lease of the plant.
There the matter rested until Wednes-
day evening, when Mr. Harris returned,
with M. J. Matthews, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
and D. Fraser, of Elmira, N. Y., who are
owners of his patent axle. When they got
here it was found that they expected Belle-
fonte capitalists to put up the money for
the manufacture of the axles and pay thenr
a royalty on their patent.
This is the fact ; a plain statement of the
situation up to last night. No lease of the
plant had actually been secured to Mr.
Harris and we find it an unpleasant duty
to state that it is hardly possible a lease
will he consummated.
WHAT IT CosT HIM TO BEAT AN EDITOR.
—The editor of the Independence, Kan.,
Star sued a delinquent subscriber for $11.
The delinquent claimed he never sub-
scribed for the paper, and ‘did not propose
to pay for it. The judge instructed the
jury that if the evidence disclosed the fact
that the delinquent had ' taken the paper
from the office, or caused it to be taken,
they should find for the plaintiff. It cost
the man nearly $100 to settle what $11
would have paid. It pays to be honest,
fine one. .
even with the printer.
Scarlet fever has caused the quaran-
tining of Porter Gates’ home in Tyrone.
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——Lee Berry, Renovo’s chief of police,
died, on Sunday, with quinsy and pneu-
monia. :
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The Centre Democrat is justly proud
of a new Babcock printing machine which
is driven by a Jenkins’ electro-gas engine.
A watch box has been placed at
the Penna. rail-road crossing on Presque-
isle street, Philipsburg. The crossing will
be guarded hereafter.
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R. N. Shaw, of Clearfield, has pur-
chased the Continental hotel at Philips-
burg. He is an old hotel man, having been
connected with the Leonard house for
years.
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The smoke house on the property of
Isaac Buck, at Warriors-mark, caught fire,
on Tuesday, and before the flames could be
extinguished most of his meat had heen
burned up.
——Johnny Miller, a cripple who lives
on Marsh Creek, was recently burned out
of his home. He lost everything he had,
besides his family having had a narrow
escape from the burning building.
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——While John Lucas, a Beech Creek
railroad passenger brakeman, was riding on
the top of a box car, on Saturday, a tele-
graph wire that was out of place caught
him under the chin and flung him clear
onto the next car.
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———Clark Ingram, an employee at the
Scotia ore mines, was covered up by a cave
in, on Tuesday evening. The prompt ap-
pearance of fellow workmen saved him
from smothering. As it was he was
dangerously hurt.
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Mr. C. F. Montgomery is now in the
eastern markets buying a full line of all
the choicest and latest novelties in the
clothing and furnishing goods line ; includ-
ing the newest shapes and colors in hats.
These goods are arriving daily.
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——The Tyrone Herald was ten years
old, on April first, and a sprightly journal it
is after its first decade. Itisabout the neat-
est looking evening inland daily we have
ever seen and has always been faithful in
its efforts to support Tyrone and her peo-
ple.
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——At a meeting of the Epworth League,
on Monday evening, Rev. J. W. Rue was
re-elected president ; James H. Rine, 1st
vice-president ; Bessie Bell, 2nd vice-presi-
dent ; Wilson Scholl, secretary, and Walter
Whippo, treasurer.
ion will convene here in May.
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——Mrs. James E. Robbins, who died at
Westport, above Lock Haven, on Tuesday,
was well-known in this place, having been a
frequent visitor to the home of Col. Wn.
Shortlidge, on Thomas street. She was
Miss Margaret McMicken, of Mill Hall,
and a graduate of the Lock Haven Normal.
——Pine Grove Mills’ 40 year old goose
died last Thursday. This is not a joke for
they actually did have a grey goose up there
that was two score years old. The climate
in Ferguson must be very salubrious, for
they had a horse that lived to be something
less than a hundred years old not long ago.
It is in horse heaven now, however.
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—— Rafting is reported to be late on the
river this year. The ice has had something
to do with keeping the work back, but it
is expected that by next week the boom at
Lock Haven will be full of rafts. Last
year the first rafts arrived in that place on
the afternoon of March 28th. The first raft
arrived on a 6 ft. flood on Wednesday.
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—— “Jack” Petriken, of Lock Haven,
who has played ball often with Bellefonte
teams in the past, has been elected captain
of the Atlantic City club for the summer
season. He is a Lehigh University student.
Byron Woodcock will coach Lehigh this
season, and Lee Woodcock has been offered
$75 a month and expenses for the summer
season at Asbury Park.
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Put away that little bonnet
And the winter hat you wear ;
They are out of date, completely,
And should climb the attic stair.
Is what you will say on seeing the stylish
new creations at Katz’s. Their store is full
of beautiful silks and ribbons of Persian
and blurred designs, light billowy organ-
dies and dimities, grass linen, and every de-
tail that is needed for a fetching summer
suit.
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——Tyrone sports enjoyed a 5 oz. glove
contest that was pulled off in the Friend-
ship hook and ladder company’s house, in
that place, last Friday night. After a num-
ber of preliminary bouts, a Tyrone col:
ored lad went up against an unknown
from"Johnstown. The Tyroner thought he
was having things all his own way, when
his opponent made a feint that fooled him
then with a swinging right hander landed
on his chin. The youth fell like a log and
it took half an hour to bring him to con-
sciousness. He was in bed several days
after his experience.
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——Our town needs trees more than any
thing else to make it beautiful. If the
Village Improvement society cannot afford
to plant them won’t the council lend a
helping hand. Next Friday, the 10th, is
Arbor day and a row of elms along the
board walk from Lamb street to the spring
would be a more lasting monument than
any man or society is now building for the
town. The bare rocky hill is only un-
sightly and ugly because every tree and
vine has been taken from its side. Plant it
in pines and shrubbery and it will be as
beautiful as any hil side in Fairmount
park. ¥
The district conven- |
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settling up of the Woodward tragedy has |
never been made and, on Friday, Hiram
M. Goodman, whose wife owned the Ett-
linger house, came to this place and pre-
sented a bill for $2,475 for the burned prop-
erty. It was not a surprise, for everyone |
had anticipated the presentation of a claim
for some amount. That it should have
been for $2,475 seems exorbitant, especially |
since Mrs. Goodman bought the place no |
later than April 22nd, 1895, for $752, less |
than one-third what she now asks for it.
The county commissioners at once refus- '
ed to consider such a proposition for settle- |
ment and even declined making Goodman |
an offer, until he establishes the Tiability |
of the county. : i
The officials claim they did not order |
the house burned. It was done with!
the purpose of restoring law and order in a |
community that could know no safety until
Ettlinger was captured. Even if it was,
done without the sanction of the sheriff, or |
any of the county officials, the deputized |
posse made its accomplishment possible and
there was no attempt made to put it out |
when started. The county profited by the |
burning of the building and in the end will |
‘possibly be required to make proper amends.
Of course it is not fair to pay over three
times as much as the place was purchased for, |
but does the fact that Mrs. Goodman happen-
ed to get it at administrator’s sale for $750
prove that the buildings were worth only
that much. Centre county has no right,
whatever, to deprive her “of the legitimate
profit she might have made on her pur-
chase. :
There is one thing the commissioners |
should try todo and that is arrange this |
matter with as little litigation as possible. |
A law suit is an expensive luxury. If it
can be avoided it should be and possibly
the best manner of procedure would be to
have the Goodman’s make demand for their |
insurance on the buildings, then let the |
county adjust the amount with the insur- |
ance company.
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Nor QUITE READY.—In the last issue |
of the WATCHMAN we announced that we
would have another problem ready for the
mathematically inclined of our readers this
week, but the press of other” work, conse- |
quent up the enlargement of the paper, has |
made it impossible to get it ready for this |
issue.
In order that the friends of this depart-
ment who have interested themselves in
the past be not held in suspense we take |
this opportunity to assure the following |
that their solutions of the apple problem |
were correct : |
Leon M. Dillon, 79...... Braddock, Pa. !
Peter S. Ludwig, 160 Ebensburg, Pa.
C.C.B.. 7... «ooo. Milesburg, Pa.
Willis 8. Mallory, 160.. Stormstown, Pa.
Rose Hoover, 79............ ...Fillmore, Pa. !
Wm. B. Thomas, 79.... filesburg, Pa, |
W. H. Close, 19........... Oak Hall, Pa.
While this problem seems to have been
easy for some of our readers a great many
were wrong in their solution. Some failed
to understand that after each division
the odd apple was thrown away and!
not counted in with the consequent
working, while others failed to carry
their divisions far enough. In using the
number 79 the first robber got 33 apples ;
the second one, 24 ; and the third one, 18.
There should be four divisions by 3, three
multiplications by 2 and four apples |
thrown away in proving the question. The |
question is easily worked by alligation :
which is undoubtedly the best rule to!
use. ’
By next week we will try and have our
arrangements perfected for the next prob-
lem, which will be doubly interesting be-
cause of the desirable prize we propose to
offer in connection with it.
ALL GUESS WORK.—The interviews with
a ‘Philipsburg capitalist,’’ published in
Monday’s Pittsburg and Philadelphia pa-
pers, relative to the building of the Belle-
fonte and Clearfield railroad, are all bun-
combe. And simply the made up story of
guessing correspondents at this place.
Any one who has any acquaintance with |
the project must have seen the discrepancies |
in the artioles at once. In the first place
the proposed line was called the Philips. |
burg and Bellefonte railroad when such is |
not its name. Then it was announced |
that the line would connect with the
Reading at White Deer and in the game |
sentence it stated that it was to connect
with the Wilkesbarre & North Western,
two competing systems. And lastly, the |
story is branded as a fake, because there is
not a capitalist in Philipsburg who has
any connection with the Bellefonte &
Clearfield railroad project.
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ATTRACTIONS FOR COMMENCEMENT.—
Commencement at The Pennsylvania State |
College, June 14th to 17th, will be made |
very attractive owing .to some of the men !
who will be present. Rev. Russel H. Con-
well, of Philadelphia, will preach the bac- |
calaureate sermon. He is so favorably
known in all parts of the country —especial-
ly so here—that the very opening exercises |
are guaranteed to be a treat. Hon. John |
Wanamaker will deliver the commence- |
ment address and thus those who have |
never heard the ex-postmaster general will
have an opportunity never before afforded |
in Centre county.
Nor KNOWN HERE.—The Bellefonte
police were apprised, on Saturday, of the |
finding of the dead body of an unknown man
on Tussey mountain, near Saxton, in Bed-
ford county. From papers on his person |
it was supposed that he was George A. |
Keeling, an itinerant sewing machine
mender, from Bellefonte. Thorough inves-
tigation has failed to disclose anything that
would lead to the belief that the man has
ever been here.
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AN EXORBITANT DEMAND.—The sina |
i Mingle, Esq., has withdrawn from the contest
"and a man fully capable of caring for the office
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| erally supposed to be at a loss to know just how to |
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» worked hard to attain them and if all would look
{tral Penna. telephone company at Philipsburg,
| had a political mission that brought him to Belle-
| until the delegates meet here.
wanted him to do he is practically sure of a place
| on the ticket.
| of our subscribers down at Mill Hall, who has the
| be here.
! Mr. J. J. McKibben, of Abdera. Now they are the
i three men whose subscriptions Mr. Bickel has al-
News Purely Personal.
—Miss May Crider is home from Mrs. Shipley's
school, at Bryn Mawr, for her Easter vacation. i
She came Wednesday evening. !
—Miss Pattie J. Lane, eldest daughter of John
N. Lane, of east Linn street, is home from school |
in Baltimore to spend her Easter vacation.
—Clarence Rodgers, a son of the late George
Rodgers, of this place, has gone to Shelby, Ohio,
where he has secured a lucrative position.
—Ed. Campbell, night operator in the telephone i
exchange here, left for Wilkesbarre, on Tuesday |
morning. He will clerk in a hotel in that city.
—Hon. and Mrs. J. H. Holt left this place, yes- |
terday morning, for their home at Moshannon.
They had spent most of the winter boarding here.
—Fergus Potter, of Linden Hall, was attracted
to town to do some Spring shopping, on Tuesday.
The day was fine enough to lure mostany one
away from home.
—W. A. Tobias spent Tuesday night, in Belle-
fonte. Billy thinks there is no place like Millheim, |
yet he is like everyone else and enjoys a trip away
from home occasionally.
—H. D. Rumberger, a son of register veo. W.
Rumberger, who holds a responsible position
with W. H. Denlinger & Co., oil brokers, in Phil-
ipshurg, was in town on business, on Monday.
—William Walker, one of the cleverest of the
younger writers on the Philadelphia Times, is in
town for a month’s rest and vacation. He is the
guest of his brother, John Walker, of MeCalmont
& Co.
—Henry Barr came down from Julian, on Wed-
nesday morning, not for the sole purpose of telling
about the fire up there, but to transact some busi-
ness also. - This he found rather difficult for every
one wanted to know the particulars of the confla-
gration.
—Isaac F. Behrer, of Stormstown, was in town,
on Monday, along with the other heirs of the
estate of his father, the late George J. Behrer, of
Buffalo Run. There was quite a party of them
and they all came in to finally settle up their
father’s business.
—Miss Anna Mingle, whose father, Wm. B.
for treasurership honors in the county for the
sake of party harmony, spent part of Tuesday in
town. No doubt drinking in the wonderful crea-
tions exhibited by the milliners for woman's
head dress.
—Among the recent entries in political race is
Daniel C. Grove, of Walker Twp., who came up
to Bellefonte, on Monday, to tell his friends that
he is ready to let the commissionership lightning |
strike him. Mr. Grove is a staunch Democrat |
he would like to have. |
—Mr. and Mrs. Morris Cowdrick and their |
daughter Mabel, left, Tuesday, for their new home |
in Niagara, N. Y. Mr. Cowdrick and his family !
have been identified with the town so long and are |
so well liked that we cannot afford to give him
up. Good luck to him ; but may he find out soon
that Bellefonte suits him just a little better than
Niagara, Mrs. Ed. Cowdrick will join her husband |
there as soon as she is able to travel. i
—A great many of the Watcuman's out of the, |
county readers are people who have once ged in |
Centre. They appreciated the paper when here |
and have found it too precious to give up when
leaving. Among the number is John H. Gates, of
Warriors-mark, who was born and raised in the |
upper end of this county, but is now a prosperous |
young farmer in Huntingdon. He was in town |
last Friday looking up some business that needed
his attention.
—Since retiring from the mercantile business
William Harper, of Thomas street, has been gen- |
putin his time. He is not, however, for he keeps
time from dragging on his hands while managing
the rosy sum he amassed during the hard years
of work that finally made it possible for him to
retire. While Mr. Harper is not an old man he
is deserving of the years of ease he will have. He
to the future as he did there would be far more
of comfort in the world.
—J. H. Eskridge, resident manager of the Cen-
fonte, on Friday. While here his brother worker,
J. H. Woomer, had him in tow and together they |
| called on many of the prominent Democrats of the
town. Mr. Eskridge wants to be a delegate to the
State convention the latter part of this month and
will go before the reconvened county convention
here, on the 18th, to ask that honor. W. H. Den-
linger, of Philipsburg, is also a candidate, but
whether both or either gentlemen will be among
the five chosen is a matter that can’t he decided
—Among the hard working men in Bellefonte
few confine themselves more strictly to business:
than Mr. C. T. Gerberich, head of the large mill-
ing firm of Gerberich, Hale & Co. It has been
largely through his efforts that that mill enjoys
the paying custom that it does and his long years
of study in flour making are what has led up to
the excellence that is remarked of the firm's lead-
ing brand, ‘‘Snow-Flake.” Mr. Gerberich dab-
bles a little in local polities, too, and has remained
in council for years, even when the hottest-fights
have been made in his ward. He is now chairman
of the Water committee and tinds it a thankless
job to serve the people ; for no matter how equi-
table the adjustments there would still he abuse
for the men doing it.
—The Hon. P. E. Womelsdorrf, of Philipsburg,
was in town, on Wednesday, adjusting some legal
business for several coal corporations for which
he is agent. While here he tried to get a line on
how he stands with the leaders in his party. It is
an open secret that the administration snubbed
him while at Harrisburg, then he @as blamed for
the Quay fecling that sprung up in Philipsburg in
the State chairmanship fight last year. At that time
it was hinted that he would be turned down for re-
nomination and whether such an attempt is going
to be made is what he was trying to find out. It is
a fact that John A. Daley, of Curtin township, is
out for Assembly, but whether he is against Wom-
elsdorrf or Curtin is not exactly known. His loca~
tion would indicate that he is against Curtin, but |
us the latter did everything the administration
—Strange as it may appewr; indeed it seems to
bear out the old adage that to *“‘tglk about a man
and he is bound to appear,” on Tuesday ‘morning
We were thinking about Mi. William Bickel, one
habit of coming up to town about once a year to
pay his respects to this office, as well as to attend
to any business he happens to have in town. It
has been Mr. Bickel's custom for years to come
either on the first or a day before the first of April.
In fact his visits have become so regular that
when we looked at our ealendar and saw how near
March was at an end we wondered when he would
That same afternoon a very pleasant
young man dropped into the office and said he
would like to have the bills for Mr. William Bickel
and Mr. Geo. Berry, of Mill Hall, as well as that of
ways looked after, and the coincidence seemed so
funny that we cannot help remark it here. The
agent of this trio of our friends was Mr. George
Yearick, of Madisonburg, who isa son-in-law of
Mr. Bickel. He happened to be over at Mill Hall
to help Mr. Berry, who is another son-in-law,
move, on Wednesday, to Rote, so they just ap-
pointed him to make the annual pilgrimage for
them while they got ready for the flittin'. Mr.
Yearick aided the good work by ordering the
paper sent to his address, also to that of Chas. M.
Bickel, a brother-in-law at Rote, and thus com-
pleted a quintet of Warcumay readers that any
paper might be proud of.
| town last night.
i and Runkle, all for sheriff, were on the rounds and
—W. C, Meyer, of State College, had business in
town yesterday. .
—Mary and Winifred Meek are
five months stay in Philadelphia.
home from a
—Mrs. Shortlidge and Miss McCalmont went to
Westport, yesterday, to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Robbins.
—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Knoche, of Harrisburg,
are visiting the latter's mother, Mrs. 0. M. Sheets,
| of east Bishop street.
—What a terrible time there must have been in
Candidates Chronister, Gilliland
Curt Thompson was down to chase his legislative
bee a little. :
—Prof. I. Thornton Osmond, who is head of the
department of physics and electro-technics at The
Pennsylvania State College, was in town yester-
day. Prof. Osmand has lately conducted some
very interesting experiments with the X rays.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION FOR CEN-
{ TRE COUNTY.—Last Thursday evening the
committee of arrangements for a Centre
county Sunday school convention met in
the Y. M. C. A. rooms in this place to make
arrangements for the convention. C. M.
Bower 1sq., was chairman of the meeting,
and Rev. Miller acted as secretary. It was
decided that the convention be held on Wed-
‘nesday, May 20th, and hold three meetings
during the day at 10 o'clock, a. m., at 2
and 7:30 p. m. The following committees
were appointed :
Invitation.—George L. Potter, chairman ;
H. H. Harshberger, Darius Waite, W. D.
Kuhn, A. Lukenbach, J. P. Condo, Rev.
H. A. Grant, N. S. Bailey and Mrs. R. V.
Pugh. z
Programme.—J. C. Weaver, chairman ;
Rev. J. W. Rue and Clement Dale Esq.
Entertainment. —W. H. Musser, chair-
man ; J. W. Conley, Mrs. W. R. Gains-
ford, Mrs. M. H. Wilson, and Mrs. W. T.
Twitmire.
Executive.—F. H. Cota, chairman ;
Strohm and J. W. Gephart.
Among the features of interest will be ad-
dresses by Rev. i. a Kephart, D. D., gen-
eral secretary of State sabbath school as-
sociation, also by Mrs. Barnes, primary
superintendent. :
At this convention it will be decided
whether the county will organize and unite
with the State association.
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—— New spring and summer dress goods,
in the beautiful dresden colorings, from 75
cts. per yd. to the fine all wool rough ma-
terials at 50 cts. per yd.—LYoON & Cos.
J. B
BLAIR COUNTY’S SEMI-CENTENNIAL.—
| The fiftieth anniversary of our neighbor,
Blair county, will be celebrated in a mag-
nificent way, if the plans proposed now are
brought to maturity. The different towns
and townships in the county have been
assessed their proportionate share of $15,000,
| the amount that is to be raised for the fund.
Among the items of the expense account
of the anniversary are those attending the
unveiling of the soldiers’ monument, sub-
sistence etc., of the Fifth regiment, Sheri-
dan troop and Battery B. of the N. G. P.,
entertainment of the Goverhwy’s staff and
other distinguished guests, py¥otechnical
display, bicycle tournament and illuing
lantern parade, decorations, displays>
antiquities and industries, music and the
various expenses attending pageants of like
character.
>
Men’s good strong working pants
from 74 cts. up to $2 per pair.
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FIRE AT JULIAN.—About four o'clock
Wednesday morning the store and dwell-
ing owned by Jack Nason, at Julian,
caught fire and was totally destroyed. It
was the property occupied by ex-county
' commissioner, John C. Henderson, but he
had moved his house-hold effects and store
goods nearly all out just the day before.
Mr. Henderson moved back to his farm
above the town and had purchased the
Holt property for his son Elmer, where
the latter is continuing the store business.
They had taken the last load of goods out
of the building shortly before the fire broke
out and it is supposed to have been caused
by the burning of a lot of waste paper in
the store, the flames from which set the
roof on fire.
The building was an old one, though it
had a good location for a store, and is
fully insured.
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by Geo. W. JacgsoN & Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
ress :
Red Wheat... ...........ooooi breech: 70
Rye, per bushel. 4
Corn, shelled, pe s 35
Corn, ears, per bushel 15
Oats, per bushel....... 20
Barley, per bushel... 36
Ground Plaster, per ton 9 50
Buckwheat, per bushel. 40
Cloverseed, per bushel 00 to 87 00
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel.
Onions.......... ress ak
Eggs, per dozen. 12)5
Lard, per pound. 8
Country Shoulders 8
\ Sides... 8
Hams.. 12
Tallow, per pound. 3
Butter, per pound....
The Demeoeratic Watchman.
Published every Friday morning, in Bellefonte,
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
puid, except at the option of the publisher.
Papers will not be sent out of Centre county un-
less paid for in advance. :
A liberal discount is made to persons advertis-
ing by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows :
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Transient advs. per line, 3 insertions
Each additional insertion, per line..
Local notices, per line
Business notices, per line.
Job Printing of every kind done with neatness
and dispatch. The Warcnman office has been re-
fitted with Fast 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 should be addressed to
P. GRAY MFEK. Proprietor
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. Sets.