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Bellefonte, Pa., April 17, 1896.
To Corrrsroxpexts.—No communications pub-
lished anless accompanied by the real name of
the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——The Musser house, at Millheim,
is to be completely remodeled during the
summer. .
Fine ore has lately been found by
prospectors on the A. N. Heckman farm
near Clintondale.
——The Hornet is our authority for the
statement that Francis Speer, of the Gazette,
“has ordered his wedding suit.”
—A clever lot of people are with the
company that will present ‘2 Thorough-
bred” at Garman’s, next Wednesday night,
Feb. 22nd. :
——D. A. Boozer, one of Centre Hall's
leading business men, and Miss Martha
Boal, daughter of Mr. George Boal, were
married last evening.
—Rev. Grant, of the A. M. E. church,
will deliver the memorial sermon to Peters
Bros. post 163, G. A. R., of Unionville, the
Sunday before Decoration day.
—The marriage of George Beezer and
Miss Mary Tate, the beautiful daughter of
the late Col. D. K. Tate, will be consum-
mated Saturday, the 25th inst.
——The young ladies of State College,
Lemont and Bellefonte will give a joint
leap year dance at the Inn, State College,
on Tuesday evening, April 28th.
|
——DMus. Bryan, wife of John Bryan the
Bellefonte Central mail carrier, has been
sent to a Pittsburg hospital to undergo an
operation. She left Wednesday morning.
——The engagement of Miss Tillie Lyon
and Louis Grauer is soon to be announced.
Miss Lyon is a member of the firm of Lyon
& Co., and for several years has ably. man-
aged their big store.
—Scoop-nets and seines have lately
been used in Spring creek and Logan’s
branch. Such fishing in these trout streams
is unlawful and the offenders should he
severely punished for it.
——Robert Downing and a strong com-
pany presented ‘‘the Gladiator’ at .Gar-
man’s, Tuesday night. It easily took rank
with the best things that have been seen
here and a fair sized audience was highly
delighted.
—Bill Doak is in town again and wish-
REPUBLICANISM HAs TROUBLE ON ITs
HAXNDS.—The Republican county conven-
tion, 7. e. what some were pleased to call
“‘chairman Gray’s snap-gathering,”” met in
the court house here, on Tuesday. It con-
vened in response to a call to elect delegates
to the state convention and also conferees
to represent this county in the 28th district
congressional conference. 2
Of the 124 delegates in the county all
were present but two when chairman Gray
called for order. They would have been there
had not- the Reeder men tricked them into
missing it because they had been instruct-
ed for Arnold. The routine of organiza-
tion was gone through without noteworthy
incident, other than the selection of Hon.
Jas. P. Coburn, of Aaronsburg, he of the
little speech, to be chairman. Heauade it
in his usual style and when he had. finish-
ed there might have been. those who had
become convinced that there will be no
room for Democrats, even in Heaven.
Other officers of the convention were seq
lected as follows : Fred Dale, Lemont ;
John T. Hoover, Philipsburg, secretaries ;
Geo. W. Fisher, Half Moon, Twp., reading
clerk ; J. P. Harris, Andrew Gregg, A. P.
Rishel, H. H. Osman and G. E. Chandler,
committee on resolutions. Cap’t. S. H.
Bennison, of Marion, Twp., then proposed
an order of business which was adopted
and the convention got to work.
At the start off everything appeared as
harmonious as could be, yet beneath the
surface there was trouble. Congressman
Wm. C. Arnold, of DuBoise, had contested
Wilbur F. Reeder’s right to the congres-
sional conferees from this county at the
primaries on the previous Saturday, the |
result being that there was a large delega-
tion of men in the convention who sported
gay badges with his picture and were
pledged to his support. The Arnold wing
was centered about the Philipsburg and
Rush township delegations and that it in-
tended making itself heard was noticeable
to everyone from the moment the morning
trains arrived. :
THE FIRST SIGN OF A SPLIT.
The first business before the body was
the election of delegates to the state con-
vention.
Deininger, of Cen, »e Hail, were nominated.
The presentation of Crissman’s name was a
surprise to the slate makers who had count-
ed on putting the last named nominees
through without opposition. There had
been no opportunity to measure the rela-
tive strength of the two sides and as the
balance of power wis with the 10 unin-
structed delegates the machine was’on the
anxious bench until Crissman asked to
es us to inform the people that he is ready
to do carpet cleaning and gardening. Bill
those who have employed him speak very
highly of him.
——The commissioners of Centre and
Clearfield counties met in Tyrone, on
Wednesday, to talk over the building of a
joint bridge, over the Moshannon, at Peale.
The contract was awarded to the Havana,
N. Y., bridge company.
——The inter-class relay races will be
held on Beaver field, at The Pennsylvania
State College, to-morrow afternoon at 2::
cide who will represent State at the Uni-
versity relay race in Philadelphia.
~—-Fire broke out in the home of Ed-
waid Overton, colored, on Water street,
carly Wednesday morning, but the prompt
work of the inmates of the house saved it
from destruction. The fire caught from
the stove. A line of clothes had heen sus-
pended over it.
E. K. Rhoads, the reliable coal
dealer, who is much more liberal and pub-
lic spirited than many of our older and
wealthier men, has been having a serious
siege of the grip. He has been confined to
the house for three weeks and is only now
able to be out. :
——On Tuesday cvening Rev. J. W.
Rue, of the Methodist church, celebrated
the anniversary of his birth and the mem-
bers of his Sunday school class made the
occasion memorable by giving him a de-
lightful surprise party. During the even-
ing they presented him with a gold pen and
an ink-well.
——Last Friday evening, Mims. F. W.
Crider very pleasantly entertained a num-
ber of the young people at her-hoine, on
Linn street, for her daughter May, who
was home for the Easter vacation. The
guests from out of town were Miss Annie
Shaffner, of Philadelphia, and J. P.
Metzger, of Bedford.
——F. Peebles Green has opened a res-
taurant or lunch room, on High street, in
the room under Dr. Dobbins’ “office next
door to Williams’ paper store. Itis just
the place to goif you want a good palatable
meal, a refreshing cup of coffee, a nice
sandwich ora bowl of soup served in a
clean, quiet room at reasonable prices.
——By fainting from too much carbuncle
on his hand Col Wilkinson, the genial pro-
prietor of ‘China Hall,”’ caused nearly as |
much commotion in his beautiful store, |
Saturday evening, as the proverbial bull.
A doctor was hastily summoned and he
was taken home in a carriage. He is able
to be out, but has not yet recovered his
usual health.
——Dr: R. Leighton Gearhart's lecture,
in the opera house to-night, will be very
entertaining. ‘Fairy tales and who first
told them’ is his theme. Parents can
pick up some very pretty stories for the en-
tertainment of their children, as well as
learn of the true origin of the myths so
popular in the nursery. Don’t think from
this that the lecture is a trifling thing, for
itis not. Dr. Gearhart deals with his sub-
ject philosophically and makes it both en-
have his name with-drawn. He did this
| with the hope that it would help Arnold in
some way, but when he asked the conven-
tion later for a favor it had every right to
concede, yet refused, he must have found out
how vindictive were the people he had de-
clined to contest with.
OPEN REVOLT.
When the election of congressional
nominees, or rather the voting of instruc-
tions to them, was called for Dr. Geo. F.
Harris, Bellefonte, place the name of Col.
W. F. Reeder before the convention.
Townsend, of Philipsburg, then addressed
the convention in the presentation of the
name of the present Congressman, W. C.
Amold. During his speech he advanced
good argument as to why ARNOLD should
['be renominated, but over-shot his mark
when he stated that that man was the only
representative congressman the district has
the housepHut were no-where to be seen.
An incident that soon followed brought
both men onto the floor and gave them an
opportunity to disclose how bitter the con-
test really was.
The convention then proceeded to vote
by hallot, the result being that Reeder won
by a vote of 72 to 50. This made his friends
80 exultant that they. cheered like mad,
forgetting that the Arnold people were fel-
low Republicans and entitled tosome cour-
tesy at their hands. Crissman got the floor,
when order was restored, to present a reso-
lution that Messrs Dale, Simler and Criss-
man—three Arnold—Quay men—be select-
ed as congressional conferees. Quick asa
flash chairman Coburn referred it to the
committee on resolutions, knowing only
too well what would become of it there.
I ever ye and Arnold were both in
The Arnold people submitted to this nipping
of their little plan to have their own men
represent Reeder in the conference, but !
were on their feet, to a man, the next min- |
ute, when the chairman called for a vote on
Foster’s resolution to allow Reeder to se-
lect his own conferees. This move was all
too plain. The machine intended effecting
its plans, whatever the method. There
was pandemonium for a minute. The
choicest kind of pet names were ex-
changed and notwithstanding the apparent
unfairness of the proceeding it was put to a
vote and carried 65 to 53. It will be seen
from this that three of Reeder’s support
ers-on the first ballot had not been able to
stomach such manipulations.
ARNOLD MEN LEAVE THE HALL.
When order had been restored the Ar-
S. 8. Crissman, of Philipsburg ; |
F. H. Clemson, of Patton Twp. ; and C. F. |
El |
the one introduced by Phil. Foster to let
Reeder choose his own conferees. Not-
withstanding all their charges of unfair-
ness, perfidy and incompetency the chair
was stolid in the intent to carry out the
machine plan until Reeder appeared on the
floor and asked that the resolution be re-
called and voted down. Of course the re-
quest was granted, but Col. Coburn an-
nounced that the vote would be by ballot.
‘This was the last straw. The vote on Fos-
ter’s resolution had been a rising one and
the same method was refused when the
Crissman resolution was to be considered.
Every one got hot and there were charges
that. Reeder was afraid to allow a rising
vote for fear he could not keep ‘‘tab’’ on
his men. The vote was finally taken by
ballot. It resulted 58to 64 against, adcp-
tion. Then the wild cheers of the Reéder
people were heard again and Arnold’s
friends, realizing that they had received no
quarter, whatever, left the hall. A few of
‘them stopped near the door to hear the
committee on resolutions report the usual
tirade against everything Democratic.
They endorsed McKinley and his protec-
tion theory, declared for sound money and
adjourned.
It was the most notorious political gath-
ering ever assembled in the county.
It was not a matter of much surprise that
the Arnold people should have acted as
they did and the scheme to ‘“‘work’’ them
was a miserable bungle, if it was intended
as a political trick. The other side could
have afforded to keep its dirty work con-
cealed after it had secured control of the
convention and thus saved the unpleasant
situation that branded it as guilty of taking
{ unfair advantage of the minority.
ode
{ ——The Lock Haven traction company
lis soon to carry mail from that pifee to
{ Mill Hall.
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| ——The Milesburg band will have a cake
walk, in Gruver’s hall, in that place, to-
| morrow night.
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——Millheim’s new planing mill and
| wood-working plant is under roof and will
| .
soon be in operation.
os
The proposed Central Pennsylvania
{ base ball league is about to go under be-
| cause Shamokin has withdrawn.
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|
——The.martins arrived in Lock Haven
| on Sunday evening. They were three days
|
| later than they were last year.
i Re
| ——The home of John Naugle, in Phil-
! adelphia, was burglarized the other evening
| and Will Toner, of this place, who hoards
! with the family, is minus a gold ring.
, ——“A Thoroughbred” is full of clever
| specialties and among the particularly good
| ones, says the New York World, is the song,
| “a son of the desert am I,” sung by Geo.
, C. Denton, barytone.
| nt
| ——Tuesday was the thirty-first anni-
| versary of the assassination of Lincoln.
| The President was shot in Ford’s theatre,
{ where he had gone to see Laura Keene
play in ‘Our American Cousin.”’
i i eas
——TRev. Dr. Laurfe, of this place, con-
| ducted memorial services in the Tyrone
| Presbyterian church on Sunday. It was
{in memory of two former pastors of the
|
| church and of the wife of the present pas-
{
|
i tor.
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+ ——We call the attention of our readers
| to an advertisement that appears elsewhere
lin this issue relative to the election of a
| superintendent for the public schools of
i Centre county. It is a matter in which
every parent is interested aid should be
| given careful consideration.
{ rr Gp me
| + —The Senior alsembly at The Pennsyl-
vania State College will be held Friday
evening, April 24th. Lettan & Chappell’s
orchestra will furnish the music. The
committee is composed of Walter Wright
Greenland, Chas. Ezra Scott, Robert A.
McCrea, Jacob Marion Vastine and Chas.
I'S. Gingerich.
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| ——While walking along Allegheny
street with his father, last Thursday even-
ing, three year old Jack Lyon ran in front
of ateam driven by W. C. Heinle Esq.,
and was run over. Both horses and buggy
passed over him, but aside from a bruised’
ankle "he was unhurt. His nick-name,
“‘little soldier,”” seems very applicable.
oe
——The Huntingdon Presbytery con-
vened in Tyrone, on Tuesday, and closed
| its sessions yesterday. Rev.
| Raven, from Newton, N. J., was admitted
| to the Presbytery. He has accepted a call
| from Mifflintown. Rev. Leander M. Lewis,
i of the Pittsburg Presbytery, was also ad-
| mitted. He will go to the Sinking valley
{ and lower Spruce creek charges. Lick run,
| Bald Eagle and Buffalo Run presented a
| call for a pastor for Rev. M. Jones, who
{ will probably accept. State College asked
| for Rev. Dennison. The next meeting will
“be held at Upper Tuscarora.
—— pn a
——W. H. Miller, possibly better known
as “Harvey,” has embarked in business
Alfred N..
nold men were plainly very indignant, but | for himself and is now located in the store
still hopeful that they would not be turned room formerly occupied by the Phila.
down entirely. * Crissman then presented a | Branch clothing store, on Allegheny street.
resolution . that the conferces from this | A tinner of long experience he is prepared
county, having used all honorable means to ' to do all sorts of work in that line. He
secure the nomination of Reeder and in the recently purchased the outfit of H. A. Mec-
event of their failure to bring about such ' Kee’s hardware store and now has a thor-
an end, be instructed to vote for Arnold as | oughly equipped establishment. Besides
second choice. This resolution was far on | carrying a full line of tin and granite iron
its way to the committee to meet the fate ; ware he does repair work and can repair
of the other one, when a second storm ' granite iron as readily and satisfactorily as
broke loose. The Arnold people were be- tin. This is not. generally understood by
side themselves with rage. They had rec- users of such goods but it can be done.
tertaining and instructive.
ognized the eaemy by this time and hand-
led them with anything but pillows on
their tongues. .. They demanded a vote on
the resolution, the same as had been given
Slate and tin roofing, stove and range re-
| pairing, spouting, etc., are all branches of
"his business and if you want a prompt,
| satisfactory job give him a call.
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CYRUS STRICKLAND DEAD.—The an-
nouncement, Monday, of the death of
Cyrus Strickland was not surprising, inas-
much as he had been in poor health for
years and lately had suffered greatly from
kidney trouble which was caused by a hurt
he had received during the war.
e was born «in Union county, March
15th, 1828, and came to Bellefonte in 1849,
where he followed the carpenter trade until
the war broke out in ’61. With the first call
for volunteers he enlisted and was enrolled
in Co. H., 2nd regiment of three months
mén under Captain John B. Mitchell’s
command. Of the company he was 1st
corporal and later, when he was mustered
into the three years service as a member of
company H., 56 Reg, P. V., he was made a
sergeant. In August, in’62, when on duty
near Rappanhannock station, he had his
back hurt and was taken to the hospital
from which he was not discharged until the
following summer.
For some years after his return home he
was superintendent of the water works.
Failing health finally compelled him to
give up active work and he opened a
grocery store on Bishop street, which he
tended and enjoyed almost to the day of
his death. He was married on Jan. Ist,
1862, to Nancy Huey, a daughter of Robert
Huey, of Harris township, and a sister of
Mrs. David Fortney. She and their two
children, Mrs. Clara Gardner and Miss
Jennie, who is one of our younger public
school teachers, survive him.
He was buried, Wednesday afternoon, in
the Union cemetery. Rev. Dr. Laurie con-
ducted the services at his home, on Bishop
street, and the pall bearers were Amos
Mullen, Steel Hunter, Thomas Donachy,
J. A. Aikens, S. H. Williams and Charles
Smith.
Bishop street, which has long retained
its old fashioned good comradeship among
its neighbors, is fast losing its characters.
One by one the older residents are passing
away and soon its pleasant, genial kinship
will only be a memory of the past.
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DEATH OF A FINE YOUNG MAN AT
HowARD.-—John DeMurt McKinney, son
of David B., and M. Katharine McKinney,
was born at Howard, Pa., September 7th,
1876, and died at the home of his parents,
in the same place, April 13th, 1896. The
disease which carried Mr. McKinney away,
before he had reached manhood, was con-
sumption, and his illness, though compara-
tively painless, was of long duration and
during its entire continuance he gave un- |
ceasing evidence of the gentle spirit and
kindly manner which dominated his whole
life.
DeMurt, as he was familiarly called, was
a young man of rare qualities of mind and !
heart, and few of the youth of the com-
munity gave brighter promise of useful and
honorable lives than did he. His short life
was one of strict uprightness and his cen-
tempt for meanness was as marked as was
his desire to avoid wrong-doing. Strictly
taught in the truth of the church of his
parents he faithfully lived by its teachings
and though so young developed a christian
character of the finest mold and died in the
full assurance of a happy hereafter. He
was as popular as he was good, and the
whole neighborhood, young and old, join
his parents and his younger brother in
lamenting their loss.
He was buried with the solemn rites of
his church in the Catholic cemetery, at Belle-
fonte, on Wy ot 0 =
BURIED ON SUNDAY. — The funeral of
Mrs. Hannah Schrock, who died at the
home of her daughter, Bertha, in Monte
Vista, Col., on Monday, April the 6th, took
place on Sunday afternoon at three o’clock
from her old home, on Bishop street, now
presided over by her daughter Mis. Dona-
chy.
of which she had been a member for sixty-
four years, conducted the services.
Last May, while visiting in Akron, O.,
she decided to go to Colorado to see her
daughter, Mrs. D. J. Elliott. Although
75 years old she enjoyed the climate great-
ly and was perfectly well until ten days
before her-death. Then she, her daughter
and her daughter’s husband took the grip.
A professional nurse was employed but
Mrs. Elliott was scarcely ableto be about
when her mother died and Mr. Elliot was
still confined to the house when Mrs. Elliott
started East with her mother’s body. They
arrived here Friday morning.
Her children were all home to the funeral
which was largely attended by the older
residents of the town. The pall-bearers
were W. W. Montgomery, W. S. Tripple,
L. Mullholland, N. Bauer, D. F. Fortney
and Charles Smith. Interment was made
in the Union pater | :
I pf
A sad death was that of little George,
the bright son of Alfred and Mary Beezer,
of Roopshurg, which occurred at his home
last Sunday, after-an illness of about ten
days with pneumonia. He was suddenly
stricken with the fatal malady and before
his loving parents had realized that he was
dangerously ill he was beyond recovery.
-He was 4 years, 3 months and 7 days old.
Bright and happy his was a life that made
a cheery home and now that he is gone the
bereaved parents are almost prostrated with
grief. Burial was made in the Catholic
cemetery Tuesday afternoon.
the Valentine iron works, early Wednesday
morning. He was 86 years old and a gen-
eral breaking. down was the cause of his
death. The old man had worked about
that place as long as can be remembered
and was faithful in the performance of
every duty. His wife died seventeen years
ago, leaving him with a son and daughter.
The former is dead and the whereabouts of
the latter is not known. Burial was made
in the company’s burying ground yesterday
afternoon.
Rev. Rue of the Methodist church, |
sdied-at-
Mrs. Mary Ann Conrad, aged 78 years,
died in Tyrone, Wednesday morning, with
stomach trouble. Deceased was the widow
of Daniel Conrad and had been a resident
of Warriors-mark valley since 1839. She
was in Tyrone visiting her daughter at- the
| time of her death.
i L.0.
Mrs. Vonada, relict of Daniel Vonada, of
Woodward, died at her home in that place
last Sunday night. Deceased was 74 years
old and her remains were buried on
Wednesday.
We Ho
George Y. Stover, once a resident of
Haines township, this county, died in the
West a few days ago. He was a son of
Jacob Stover, of Woodward, and was 60
years old.
ef
David Wiley died very suddenly at
his home, at Lamar, on Saturday. De-
ceased was 77 years old and leaves a daugh-
ter and son. His interment was made on
Mondhy.
oh
Mrs. Hannah Smith, wife of William
Smith, of Point Lookout, Philipsburg, died
on Tuesday. She was 65 years old and
had cancer. .
——Luther Waring has declined a call
to the charge of the Philipsburg Lutheran
church.
Sind ppt
——DMilesburg Methodists have about de-
cided to build their proposed new church
of brick.
. ess
——“A Thoroughbred” comes to Gar-
man’s next Wednesday night, April 22nd.
It is a farcical society play full of fun from
start to finish. The comedy is grounded
on the blunders of an unsophisticated
youth who apes the sporting characters he
has heard about, and the situations are ex-
tremely ridiculous.
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——The regular monthly meeting of the
Bellefonte chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution held Thursday eve-
ning, April the 9th, at the home of Mrs.
George L. Potter, on Linn street, was very
interesting and entertaining. The subject
of the evening was the battle of Monmouth.
Carefully prepared papers on the battle and
life of Gen. Wm. Wilson were read. His
‘portrait and the British flag he captured in
that battle were exhibited by Mrs. Potter
who is a direct descendant.
News Purely Personal.
streets yesterday.
—Mrs. Edward Shoemaker went to Philadelphia,
Monday, where she will visit for several weeks,
—Mr. and Mrs Harris Mann, who spent Sunday
| with their parents in this place, returned to their
home, in Reedsville, Monday.
—Robert Larimer, who was in town last week
visiting his mother and brothers, returned to his
home in Clearfield, Saturday.
—B. Weber Esq., a man whose name and word
goes £6 a great deal in Howard, was in town, on
Wednesday, to attend the funeral of DeMurt Me-
Kinney.
—Mrs. Galway and her little daughter Marie
Louise, after a three months’ visit with Mrs, G's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harris, leave for
their home in Radford, Va., to-day.
—Mr. and Mrs. James Harris are in Oakland,
Cal, now. They are perfectly delighted with the
Pacific coast but will be glad enough to get back
| to Centre county when the time comes.
—The Hon. James Milliken, of Milroy and New
York, spent Wednesday in Bellefonte visiting his
sister, Miss Marion. We lost a very ornamental
citizen when he moved from the town. :
|
—Benj. Beaver and his estimable wife spent
yesterday doing some spring shopping in town.
They have a snug home at State College, where
Ben is held responsible for the proper care of the
Collegg buildings.
—Géorge Shrock, for many years a conposi-
toron the Republican, but now of Akron, Ohio,
where he is employed in a great big printing es-
tablishmenf, was in to see us Wednesday. He
has far out grown the country printing office and
ook as though the business paid in ‘Akron.
—Dr. Deshler, who has been in from Lisbon,
Towa, visiting old friends and neighbors for the
last two weeks, left for his western home Tuesday.
He is a son of Dr. Deshler, of Aaronsburg, and it is
fifteen years since he left that place for the West.
In that time he has advanced and prospered as
only keen, industrious men do and of course
claims that Boies would make a great run for the
Presidency.
—George M. Rhule, one of the Philips-
burg Arnold men, was in town, Monday, a
day ahead of his convention. Like some of the
other Philipsburgers he found that Republican
machine workers in Bellefonte are not the most
attractive fellows on earth so he went home with
the party from over the mountain with the well
them unfairly. ~
—Mr. and Mrs. Calvin H. Struble, of Graysville,
Huntingdon Co., tarried in town, 1 esday, for a
few hours. They were on their way home from
Zion, where they nad been visiting, for a few days,
Mr. Struble's grand<mother, who is Jninety-four
years old. Though once residents of Centre coun-
| ty. they are'very well satisfied with their adopted
home and from the time that elapses between
visits they have somewhat lost interest in their old
{ surroundings.
! Our friend William Bickel, of Mill Hall, was in
| town between trains Wednesday evening. Two
weeks ago we mentioned the fact that it was the
first time in years he had failed to appear at this
office on April 1st, but he did the next best thing
! by sending his son-in-law, Mr. George Yearick,qotT™
| Aaronsburg. It appears, however, that k-
| el couldn't getout of sucha good habit so he
dropped in for a short time Wednesday. We were
| delighted, as we always are to see such gentlemen
i as Mr. Bickel,
—As this is the 41st volume of this paper of
course you will understand that it is forty-one
years old, but some of you don’t know that it was
started by the late 8S. T. Shugert and edited by
| Henry Hays and Wien Forney, in 1855. We
have a few readers yet who began with the first
[iszue of the paper and have stuck to it, through all
| of its trials, during the long years that have elap.
sed. Among them is Mr. Shuman Lyon, of Spring
township. Happy at having attained his majority
at that time he subscribed for the WarcHMAN, as a
kind of birthday present to himself, and the paper
that was the choice of his young man-hood has
been his favorite ever since. Mr. Lyon is 62 years
old now and is quite grey, yet he is as healthy as
can be and is still able to do a. good day’s work
with the best of them. He is of that typo of man-
hood that goes to strengthen and beautify a com-
munity and few men enjoy more universal esteem
than he does. Censervative and unassuming he
knows no one not to be his friend.
| John-Nighthart
o : |
—Aaron Lutz, of Linden Hall, was =cen on our
grounded suspicion that. some one had treated]
ANGLERS THERE WERE WITHOUT NUM-
BER.—
*De Tank went a fishing,
With a bottle full of bait;
And all he caught the live. long day,
Was just a little skate.”
If ideal trout streams were all that were
necessary to complete the happiness of
sportsmen then those of Bellefonte and
vicinity should find their cups full to over
flowing.
With Spring creek, Logan’s branch, Buf-
falo run, Fishing creek, besides numerous
mountain brooks, within easy reach; an
ideal day and water in the best of condi-
tion the opening of the trout season, on
Wednesday, found every follower of Isaac
Walton somewhere along the banks of a
stream. Equipped with a rod, line, hook
and pow-wowed bait they were there to
allure the speckled beauties from the homes
of their minnow-hood. Some of them did
it too, but the greater number of them
turned wearily homeward, at night-fall,
with the proverbial fisherman’s luck.
There seems to have heen more than the
usual excitement over the opening this
year and for days previous fishermen, young
and old, were getting ready. Alarm clocks
and ‘‘early risers’ were in demand all day
Tuesday and the fellow who got on’ the
stream at 3 o’clock in the morning had his
hopes of being the first out knocked into
a cocked hat when he heard a voice off in
the dark, somewhere, say : “Have you got
any 2”? To his reply that he had just begun
the unknown exclaimed ‘‘Oh! I’ve been
here since 12 o'clock and have'nt had a
bite.” Nothing was said about drinks.
There were lots of other fellows who staid
up all night to get an early start and while
some of them were fairly successful others
did’nt catch a thing.
Robert Dowing, the tragedian, tried his
luck with a fly, but while Robert is all
right as a ‘‘Gladiator’” and can trample on
the neck of any of them in a stage arena
he won’t do as a fisherman. His company
left for Williamspert that morning and he
went with it, though he had announced his
intention of spending the day here if the
fishing was good. Don’t think because he
didn’t stay that the fishing really was'nt
good, as the following list of the catches
that were reported here will be very apt to
| explode any such an idea.
John Valance
et) Austin Brew
Emanuel Noll.
Jas Woomer...
Harry Rine.
Wm. Cassid
1 (Geo Whittaker
1 Clayt Brown
1 Saml Sprankle
1 Will Sprankle..
Albert Brisbin
Ben Bradley.
Wm. Walker.
Thos Harter....
Saml Hartman,
Robt Hunter....
Bill Saylor.
Linn Saylor.
Wm. Runkle.
Jos Righteno
Rev. Grant...
Kline Woodrin,
Jas Valance.....
Geo. R. Meek.........
WL
.... Modesty forbids a report of
our catch.
Jack Gentzel eanght eight one of which measur-
ed 1914 inches.
The above list is only a partial one and
includes those that our representative was
able to get positive knowledge of.
i Tay Sia
SHROM AND INGRAM.—A merry party
met, last Thursday evening, at the home
of Mrs. Mary Shrom, on east Lamb street,
| to witness the marriage of her daughter,
Elizabeth, and George Ingram, which was
solemnized, at 6 o’clock, by the Rev. J. W.-
Rue of the Methodist church. An excel-
lent supper was served and after the con-
gratulations the newly wedded couple left
for their new home in Benner township,
where Mr. Ingram farms one of the Rey-
nold’s farms. The bride, a neice of Col.
Ed. Pruner, has many friends in the town,
who remembered “her wedding day with
beautiful and substantial presents and wish
her well in her new sphere.
adie in
S. A. McQuistioN & Co.—Have now on
hand and for sale a lot of nice new and sec-
ond hand buggies at reduced rates. They
have the best low priced buggy on the
market. One that they defy competition
on, both in price and workmanship. See it
before you buy, it will surprise you.
Repairs reduced in price. Shops ad-
joining P. R. R. freight depot.
EO
CArEs, CArEs, CAPES.—Having closed
out the entire line of spring and summer
capes for '96—for spot cash, of one of the
best manufacturers, we give you the benefit :
rr
of this purchase. These capes are all fine,
tailor made goods, cost of man $6
to $9. The poorest in the lot would be
cheap at $5. We give you the choice of the
entire line for $3.75. Lyon & Co.
Bellefonte Grain Mariet.
Corrected weekly by Gro. W. Jacksox & Co.
The. following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
ress :
OQ WHORL. cides is discloses TTT ae (
Byesperhushela.. co. on, LLL 40)
Corn, shelled, per bushel...................civeo is 35
Corny, ears, per bushel......cc.coiiiiv sins 15
Oats, per bushel..... 20
Barley, per bushel 35
Ground 8 00
laster, =
Buckwheat, per bushel.
. 40
Cloverseed, per bushel. ..86 00 to $7 00
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel
ONONR,......cnnrnirrns
Eggs, per dozen.. 1214
Lard, per pound..... ¥
Country Shoulder: 8
. Sides 8
Tallow, per pou
Butter, per pound...
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