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THE WEEK IN CourRT.—Thus far this
week there has been comparatively little
work done at court. There isa large at-
tendance, however, and a long list to be
gone over. Judges Love and associate
Faulkner were on the bench when it con-
vened, Monday morning, and after the
regular routine of organization had been
gone through with the cases were disposed
of as follows :_
John D. Gardner. vs. H. §, Young, plea
assumpsit. Continued. :
Thomas A. Shoemaker vs. T. B. Bud-
inger, plea, assumpsit. Settled.
" Commonwealth vs. Steward Decker,
charge betrayal, prosecutrix Ella M. Breon.
Defendant plead guilty and the court im-
posed the usual sentence in like cases.
John Johnson. discharged from the
custody of the sheriff, under the insolvent
law. : :
Commonwealth vs. E. G. Matts, charge
false pretense, prosecutor Levi Reese. This
prosecution was brought against the de-
fendant for securing the signature of Mr.
Reese to a judgment exemption note, alleg-
ing that he had destroyed a bankable note,
upon which Mr. Reese’s name appeared.
Verdict of not guilty and the defendant to
pay all of the costs.
J. W. Van Valzah and Ralph M. Straw-
bridge, members of the Lewisburg bar,
were admitted to practice in the several
courts of Centre county.
Commonwealth vs. John E. Mullen ;
first count, carrying concealed deadly
trips. weapons ; second count, threats. Prosecutor
OF he 5,000,000, recently LppIO- John B. Lingle. The commonwealth failed
I ki t d th rt direct-
priated by the Legislature to the public Ih making una sak a he ool Teo
schools S te, Ce tr = ed the jury to find the defendant t
¢ s of the Sta y ntre county will get il ho
$48 410.62 ’ gul ty and submitted the question of
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costs.
——Mrs. Elizabeth Gares died at the
Commonwealth vs. Lewis Plowman,
home of her daughter, Mrs. Jacob Platt, in charge betrayal, prosecutrix Emma Davis.
Coburn, last Saturday afternoon. Deceas-
The defendant failed to appear when called,
ed was 70 years old. | and his recognizance was forfeited and or-
—Mis. C. L. Knox has moved from the | dered to be sent out.
old Thomas property, on Thomas street, Commonwealth vs. Adam Ginger, charge
to the house lately vacated by Dr. T. To- betrayal, prosecutrix May Dukeman. De-
bin, on Spring street. fendant plead guilty and the court im-
A team of dashing bay horses were | posed the usual sentence in such cases.
brought to town, Wednesday morning, from Commonwealth vs. Lewis Plowman,
Lancaster. Isaac Lose had purchased them | charge betrayal, prosecutrix Emma Davis.
for Col. W. Fred Reynolds. | This is the same case that the recognizance
——Harry Cook, second son of John w. | was forfeited, the defendant samo into
Cook, formerly of this place, will soon quit | court Tuesday Imormng and plead guilty to
the coal business at Blue Ball, near Phil- | the charge and received the usual sentence.
On motion of Hon. A. 0. Furst, James
| W. Scarlet, of Danville, and E. M. Beale,
> =] vo 1 3 yi {
The Pennsylvania State College base | of Lewisburg, were admitted to practice in
ball club played the team from Westmin- |
| Centre county.
ster college, on Beaver field, Tuesday after- The next oaselwns a civil’ case. Thoin
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noon, and won the game. Score 10 to 3. | Meyer vs. Walter E. Meek. Nellie Meck,
—The Bellefonte Academy base ball | committee of Ete., of, Walter E. Meek,
team went to State College, Saturday after- | plea scire facias sur mortgage. Verdict in
noon, to play the sub-Freshmen. They favor of the plaintiff for $6,280.
were defeated by the young collegians by | Commonwealth vs. Richard Fink, charge
the score of 15 to 4. | larceny, prosecutor G. G. Ammerman.
Work has been begun on the Mill- The defenant 1s charged with Folping wr.
heim’s new school house. It will be locat- | Anmmernyn's Inmber oatp, in, Taylor
ed near the Reformed church and will be | township, en the 23M day of February,
G0 x 40 feet, so constructed that a wing can 1806, talding cups, blankets, axes, Ete.
be added to it in the future. | Verdict guilty on the first count.
Bellefonte, Pa., May I, 1896.
To CorrespoxpeNts.—NoO communications pub-
lished unless accompanied by the real name of
the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——The bicycle fad is on the inczease in
Bellefonte. :
—A new tower is being erected on the
Presbyterian church at Milesburg.
——The last night of ‘the Drummer
Boy of Shiloh,’ to-night, don’t miss it.
——Forty hours devotion will begin in
3rd. -
——G. R. Williams, of Port Matilda, has
withdrawn as a candidate for county com-
missioner.
——The law offices of John Blanchard
Esq., on High street, have been handsome-
ly repapered and painted.
——The cycle show and dance at the
Armory, on Friday night, promises to be a
very interesting entertainment.
—Dr. T. Tobin, lately of Bellefonte,
has just purchased another lot in Warriors-
mark and will enlarge his house.
——Harry Fisher, a Millheim black-
smith, has built a bicycle to carry two per-
sons. He intends to use it for hunting
ipsburg, and move to Philadeplhia.
i Commonwealth vs. Bertha Harris, charge
——At the great relay races, held at the ; fornication, prosecutor William Harris.
University of Pennsylvania, last Saturday, Defendant plead guilty and after hearing
the team from State won the mile run, in its | the statement of the prosecutor they held
class, with Bucknell, Franklin and Mar- the case under advisement.
shall and Dickinson, in 3:43. | Richard Fink convicted of larceny was
—— Council should pass an ordinance | Sentenced to pay the cost of prosecution,
prohibiting the littering of our streets with one dollar fine, and undergo imprisonment
hand bills. This practice is being carried in the western penitentiary for a period of
to extremes and the streets are continually | On¢ year.
Commonwealth vs. John Hayes, charge
J : _. larceny, prosecutor John Madill. After
—4A leap year dance was given at Uni- | hearing the evidence on the part of the
versity Inn, State College, on Tuesday commonwealth the defendant changed his
night. Girls from Bellefonte, Lemont and i plea from that of not guilty to that of
State College were the entertainers and did | guilty of taking four chickens. Sentenced
things so royally that the men got a new to pay the costs of prosecution, one dollar
idea of how to manage such affairs. | fine and iindergo imprisonment for a pe-
——When evangelist Weaver returns he | riod of four months in the county" jail.
will bring with him Mr. Wharton, an
assistant evangelist and Mr. Weeden, an
evangelistic singer, said to be one of the
finest in the world: The tabernacle will
not be built until after school closes, though
the canvas and seats for it will be here in a
few days.
Commonwealth vs. George Graham,
charge betrayal and rape, prosecutrix
Agnes Duboise. Verdict not guilty.
Commonwealth vs. J. H. Hill, charge
surety of the peace, prosecutrix Annie
Swabb. After hearing the “statements and
‘allegations of the parties the court dismiss-
ed the case.
Commonwealth vs. Chas. Keener, forni-
cation, prosecutrix Sarah V. Daughen-
baugh, Plead guilty, ‘sentence, fine $20
and costs. .
Next a civil case was tried. Annie A.
Leathers vs. P. R. R. Co., plea assumpsit.
To recover for the killing of a cow near
Mt. Eagle in 1891 ; compulsory non suit.
Joel Barner vs. C. R. R. of Pa., an ac-
tion to recover damages for the killing of
two heifers near Hecla station. Verdict
for plaintiff $41.93.
John Love vs. C. R. R. of Pa., to recov-
| er damages for killing a cow near Nigh
Bank, occupied most of Thursday's session.
Verdict of $43.10 for plaintiff.
. The case of E. R. Holmes vs. the Man-
hattan boarding club of State College was
taken up next. It was to recover on a bill
of groceries sold the club which is a stu-
dent’s boarding place. Case non-suited.
There remains only two cases on the
list to be tried this week. They are :
Hannah Grove, administratrix of Dr. W.
C. Grove, vs. D. P. Shope to recover for
_ ——The owners of the Bellefonte Central
trical department at The Pennsylvania
State College to equip an experimental elec-
tric line for one mile over its tracks. Prof.
J. Price Jackson, who will have charge of
the work, expects to be presented with the
apparatus.
——There was a large gypsy camp in the
vicinity of Axe Mann over Sunday and
Math. Riddle declared that there were as
many people out there trading horses and
having their fortunes told as were ever
found at the grangers’ picnic. We fear
Math. was figuring like he did when he ran
for commissioner four years ago.
——The extension of the Bellefonte Cen-
tral rail-road to Pine Grove Mills will be
begun next week. The first work will be
to take the rails off the old Red Bank
branch and haul them over to the new |
work. As no extra men will be engaged it
is estimated that it will take the trackmen
on the line at least three months to com-
plete the work. There is quite a ‘distance
to be graded yet. professional services. Now on trial.
——Miss Ella Haupt, of west High Jere Sharer Adm., vs Samuel Hoover to
street left Wednesday morning for Marl- | recover for a quasi. endorsement on a note.
boro, New Hampshire, where she was | REPORT OF GRAND JURY.
to marry Walter L. Metcalf, of that place, | To the Honorable, the Judges of the Court of
as soon as she arrived. A year ago, while | Quarter Sessions, in and for Centre County.
with her aunt, Mrs. Light, in Illinois, she | The Grand Inquest for the April sessions 1896,
met Mr. Metcalf, who was West visiting. | respecifully submit the following report of their
He is well-to-do and was here for a week | deliberations :
in January ; but owing to the condition of We have acted upon twenty-four bills of
Mr. Haupt, who is very ill with softening { indictment, presented by the district attor-
| fi ideration. In ni f the in-
of the brain, it was thought best not to] [oF forconsiveletion, tn mincioen of te fn
. : i . | dictments we have found true bills, and the
have the wedding here. Miss Ella is the | remaining five’ we have ignored. We have
eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac | also acted upon the petition of the citizens of
Haupt and is well worthy the happiness Potter township for a bridge over Sinking
that seems now in store for her. | creek, between the ¥arms of Daniel Fleisher
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and John Mitterling’s estate ; said bridge was
recommended.
We have visited the public buildings of the
county and beg to say, with reference there-
to, that the court house offices and jail were
found in a neat clean condition. Want of re-
pairs are noticeable in several places, and we
recommend the following : We recommend
that the top of the wall, or coping on the wall
surrounding the jail, be covered with either
galvanized iron or wood, to protect the new-
ly cemented wall; also a change in the
plumbing in the cells of the jail, by supply-
ing a stationary basin for washing so as to
avoid the wetting and consequent rotting of
the floor. We recommend, either the re-
moving of the fence around the jail park, or
the replacing of a new one of a modern style.
We recommend a new roof for the court
house and repairs to treasurer's office by
papering and painting the same.
We would further recommend, if it is
possible, to erect a waiting room for ladies,
with toilet rooms attached.
We compliment the commissioners upon the
improvements made to the district attorney's
office, arbitration room and stairway leading
to the court room, also other minor improve-
ments about the court house, and recommend
that they go farther in the matter of improv-
ing the county property, °
We respectfully tender our thanks to the
court, district attorney and other county
officials for their courtesies and assistance
rendered during our deliberations.
L. 8S. BRICKER,
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——Lock Haven is going to provide a
stone pile on which tramps are to be work-
ed.
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——The semi-centennial celebration of
Blair county on June 11th and 12th
promises a grand affair.
——John Lupeld, a prisoner in the Lock
Haven jail, made his escape from that in-
stitution last Thursday afternoon.
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——The contract for the building of the
new silk mill at Sunbury has been award-
ed. It will be done by a Boston firm. The
price is $100,000.
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——Wheat fields in the vicinity of War-
riors-mark are being plowed and sowed in
oats. Poor prospect of a wheat crop makes
such a change possibly an economical
stroke.
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Mackeyville has a base ball club al-
ready on the diamond for this season.
Manager Smull and Capt. McKibben are
anxious to arrange dates with good teams
anywhere. :
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——Williamsport council refuses to con-
firm mayor Mansell’s appointment of A.
Lord, as chief of police. He has sent his
name before that body twice and both times
it has been hung up.
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——James Chambers, formerly of this |
place, is handling Hal Pointer, the famous
pacing horse, and getting him ready for a
campaigning tour of the country. He is be-
ing worked at Du Bois.
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\ ——Lock Haven has been able, thus far,
to raise only $187 of the $500 necessary for
a proper celebration of the 4th of July.
The project will be dropped if the full
amount cannot be raised.
——Robbers have been having things
their own way in Tyrone lately. On Sun-
day morning they burglarized a number of
houses. Among them was that of John
Parks, where a watch and $6 were secur-
ed.
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—A Houserville woman came to town,
on Saturday, with a bucket full of eggs.
When in front of Cedar’s bakery, on Alle-
gheny street, the bottom dropped out of the |
bucket and such a smash-up as resulted |
can only be imagined by those who have |
seen several hundred broken eggs in a
quivering mass. /
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——George N. Brandon, formerly of this
place, directed a production of the comic
opera ‘Chimes of Normandy,” at Cham-
bersburg, Tuesday night. An amateur
company from Carlisle sang the opera and
were enthusiastically received. Chas. T.
Noll, of Clearfield, took the role of ‘‘Gas-
pard.” Both are former Bellefonte boys
and we feel proud of the hits the Carlisle
Herald credits them with having made.
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e Altoona District convention of
the Epworth League will meet in Belle-
fonte on Thursday and Friday of next week,
May 7th and 8th. From twenty to twenty-
five ministers are expected and one hun-
dred and seventy five delegates represent-
ing eighty-two Senior and thirty-three
Junior chapters. An interesting program
has been arranged for, and several eminent
speakers will be present to make the ses-
sions profitable. -
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——Last Thursday afternoon a bicycle
frightened a spirited horse that Will Fos-
ter was driving on Main street, at State
College. The animal wheeled suddenly,
upturning the buggy. Robt. M. Foster |
was riding in the buggy and suffered a
severe wrench of the knee in getting out.
Both men might have been seriously hurt,
as the top was up and while Bob
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gled in it his cousin was caught’ in the
wheels.
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——The old Humes’ property, at the cor-
ner of Howard and Allegheny streets, is be-
ing remodeled. It is the intention of Mr.
‘Wm. P. Humes to leave only the stone por-
tion of the house intact and have it design-
ed after the colonial style of architecture.
A Philadelphia builder has been employed
to raise the building 3ft and, we suppose,
move it back from the street. The loca-
tion is about the finest in town and with a
building set back 30 or 40ft from the,strect
it would make a beautiful home. We do
not know Mr. Humes’ intention, but when |
he has so much ground there can be no rea-
son why it should not he used to enhance
his home.
THE CASE SETTLED.—The libel case
which promised so interesting during the
fore part of the week has been settled and
the Hon. Benj. Focht has taken his string
of lawyers back to Lewisburg, possibly a
wiser and certainly a poorer man.
The case was brought by editor Fred
Kurtz, of Centre Hall, against Mr. Focht,
who is editor of the Lewisburg Saturday
News, charging him with criminal libel in
having cast certain reflections on his finan-
cial integrity.. It promised very interest-
ing by reason of the eminent attorneys em-
ployed. Ex-judge Bucher, of Union county,
would more than likely have been here.
Ralph Strawbridge, a brilliant young jurist
of Lewisburg, and Hon. James Scarlet, of
Danville, were on the ground to help Mr.
Focht and a number of Bellefonte’s best at-
torneys had been retained in the case. The
Lewisburg contingent had even. gone so far
as to bring along a mascot in the person of
Rev. Elias Riehl, a lanky old Mennonite
preacher, whose faith rendered him useless
as a witness, because believers in it dare
not take an oath, so he returned to his
mother on the afternoon train. It was not
because of the oath business he returned,
for it is doubtful if any of the party
thought of such a condition barring him
from the stand, but the old fellow thought
was too young to stay so far away from
He is an original char-
Patani over night.
acter and one of the last of that sect in the
Buffalo valley where he owns several fine
farms. He enjoyed the ‘“‘car ride’ very
much and is said to have been particularly
pleased with the spiritual visitations that
came to him in the sepulchral gloom of the
tunnels en-route.
The case was settled, Tuesday afternoon,
when Mr. Focht signed a paper in which
he declared that he had had no designs
against Mr. Kurtz and certainly was sorry
to have libeled him, if such were actually
the case. He paid $50 toward the costs,
also. The retraction was made a matter of
record.
As to the merits of the case we are not
sufficiently conversant with the facts to
make a full statement, but had it gone to
trial the defendant would have stood on the
fact that no malice could be shown because
he had not even been acquainted with the
prosecutor and that he did not intend to
libel him by the publication of an article
that was calculated to reply to a charge,
made in the Lewisburg Journal, which is
edited by Mr. Will Kurtz, a son of the
prosecutor.
SS lese-
THE JENKINS IRON AND Toor CoM-
PANY.—A new industrial organization was
effected in this place, on Saturday, when the
Jenkins iron and tool company sprang into
existence. ;
Some time ago we published an account
of an invention made by W. R. Jenkins,
of Jenkins & Lingle, founders and machin-
ists, by which it was possible to make steel
rakes at one revolution of a machine. The
machine was designed to cut a rake com-
plete from a sheet of solid steel, so that all
that would be necessary to finish it for the
market would be the insertion of the wood-
en handle.
was practically successful from the start,
though rakes have not yet been manufact-
ured for the market. It was hoped to or-
ganize a company first then push the work
on a large scale.
With this end in view a number of gen-
tlemen met here, on Saturday, to investi-
gate the machine and look over the plant.
They were so pleased with it that a com-
pany: was organized with the following of-
ficers : Andrew J. Deitrick, Baltimore,
president ; James T. Armstrong, Balti-
more, vice president ; F. Chapin, Mil-
ton, secretary and treasurer ;"W. R. Jenk-
ins, Bellefonte, manager. The directors
of the company-are W. E. Jenkins, Milton;
A. J. Deitrick and James T. Armstrong,
Baltimore, and J. H. Lingle, and W. R.
Jenkins, Bellefonte.
The capital stock will be $15,000 or $20,-
000. Work will begin at once on the
manufacture of rakes. They are a simple,
durable, light garden tool and promise to
be good sellers. In addition the company
will make miner's picks and other imple-
ments. The work will be carried on here
for the present, but it is possible that if
the business grows as anticipated a plant
will be secured at some other point.
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CARRIAGE BUILDERS.—On Wednesday
S. A. McQuistion, L. H. McQuistion and
W. C. Kreamer entered a co-partnership to
be known as McQuistion & Co., carriage
and wagon builders. Their shops are loca-
ted on Thomas street and they propose
hustling for business, ~
The senior member of the new firnris the
oldest and most experienced wheel-wright
in this place and his associates, who will
have charge of the smithing and painting
departments, respectively, are careful prac-
tical workmen.
The new firm will have high class wag-
ons, as well as the real cheap ones, on hand
at all times and especially invite a share
of your repair work.
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GIVEN A CHRISTIAN BURIAL.—The body
of William Ettlinger, the Woodward
murderer suicide, was raised recently and
given decent burial in the little cemetery
in the town. A large erowd of curious
people gathered about the lonely grave in
the mountains and witnessed the removal
of the body, but not by word or action was
there an indignity offered.
Thus has ended the last scene in the
great tragedy and we congratulate the peo-
ple of that community that they did not
allow such a blot to remain long on their
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——Two men from South Philipsburg,
named Cameron and Johnson, have en-
listed in the regular army. The one will
be a bugler the other an artillerist.
The operation of the machine’
- ——To-night will be your last opportu-
nity to see the great war drama ‘‘the
Drummer Boy of Shiloh.” Don’t miss it.
——A very enjoyable birthday party was
held at the home of Michael Segner, near
Shingletown, last Saturday. It commemo-
rated Mrs. Segner’s 49th birthday.
Rey. Smith, the Reformed minister
at Haidérpburg, will preach the farewell
sermon to his congregation next Sunday
afternoon. ~ He will go to“Eranklin county.
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—A man named Cooney, of Sugar val-
ley, had a leg broken while at work at
Bierly’s saw mill, near Clintondale on
Tuesday.
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——Dr. George W. Atherton has return-
ed to The Pennsylvania State College after
an extended trip to Arizona. He sought
health and his friends will be glad to know
that he is greatly recuperated.
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——W. V. Hughes, of the firm of Hoov-
er, Hughes & Co., of Philipsburg, has been
awarded the contract for a new $40,000
church, which” Altoona Lutherans will
erect, and also for an opera house to be
built at Lakemont, near Altoona.
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Pat. Toner landed in jail, on Satur-
day evening, after having vainly tried to
break into his wife’s house, with whom he
had not been living for some time. Pat.
had a stone and a revolver, but did little
harm besides scaring the community.
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——In our last week’s issue we advertis-
ed for a pocket book that had been lost on
the pike, between this place and State Col-
lege, the evening before. It belonged to
Andrew Etters, a Clearfield county lumber-
man who was over here buying horses, and
contained $200. Early Friday morning he
drove back over the road and was lucky
enough to find his purse. It was lying at
the side of the road on Rishell’s hill.
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——VWilliam A. Reeser, formerly of Fill-
more, this county, was granted a divorce
from his wife, Lizzie Reeser, at Bucyrus,
Ohio, last Wednesday. On the following
Saturday evening he paid the costs and had
the degree made effective ; straightway.he
took out another marriage license and
wedded Mrs. Anna Baylor, a widow, the
very next day. The divorced Mrs. Reeser
is a daughter of the late Samuel Homan,
of this county. :
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A PRETTY HOME WEDDING. — Vefy
quietly and without the least display Miss
Matilda Lyon and Lewis Grauer were mar-
ried, Wednesday noon, at the home of the
bride’s mother, Mrs. Estella Lyon, on Linn
street. or
beautified with palms, ferns and many pink
and white flowers, the colors chosen fer the
wedding. W. W. Goodwin played the
wedding march and just at twelve o'clock
the bride and groom appeared and took
their places amidst the flowers where Rev.
Dr. Filoh, of Altoona; performed the cere-
‘mony. The bride, who is one of our most
capable business women and’ who is a mem-
ber of the firm of Lyon & Co., wore her
traveling dress and carried a bouquet of
lilies of the valley and orange blossoms.
| Her little niece, Alma Lichten, as flower
girl, carried a basket of daisies. Ceader
served the wedding breakfast and Mr. and
Mrs. Grauer left on the 4,59 train for Balti-
more and Washington.
Only near relatives of the family were
present among them were the bride’s sisters,
Mrs. Lichten and Miss Lyon, and her
brother Gus, of Philadelphia, her uncle
Nathan Hanaur, of Reynoldsville, James
Scarlett, of Danville, and Edward Green-
slade, Eng.
News Purely Personal.
—Mrs. Edward Swartz, of Punxsutawney, is
visiting Miss Ida Gerberich.
—Mr. M. C. Kephart, Millhgim’s hustling mus-
ical instrument dealer, was in town, on Tuesday,
on business. Though a comparatively young man
Mr. Kephart has built up a fine business in the
lower end of the county where he is reputed one
of the staunch men. He handles the best makes
of pianos, organs.and sewing machines and above
all, enjoys the esteem“of everyone who knows
him.
—Mrs. J. A. Aikens and Mri. John T. Johnson,
of Bellefonte, on their way to Beaver Falls, are
bivouacking at the home of A. A. Witter and fam-
ily on Lincoln avenue, The son of one of the
ladies is married to the daughter of the other,
and they are going to Beaver Falls to visit their
children ; thus the urchins will have with them
two mothers and two mothers-in-law, yet there will
be but the two ladies.— Tyrone Herald.
—Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Graham, of Philipsburg,
spent Sunday at the Bush house. Their son Sam
joined them here, on Sunday, having wheeled it
over from his home. He reported the roads in
bad shape and was very prompt to declare his in-
tention of going home on the cars. The Grahams
have many friends in Bellefonte and are very
charming people. Mr. Graham combined a little
business with what was designed to be a trip for
pleasure only.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murray came down from
their home at Julian, on Saturday evening, to
spend Sunday with their danghter, who is one of
Bellefonte's most fashionable and sought after
dress-makers. Mr. Murray is track master of
that section of the B. E. V. railroad near his home
and is one of the trusted employees of that cor-
poration. He figures in Huston township politics
too and might possibly have fled to this place to
escape the pest of candidates who are becoming
almost as thick as grass hoppers in Kansas.
—Tuesday evening our old friend Mr. Charles
McLaughlin, of Snow Shoe Intersection, dropped
into town after an absence of almost a year. He is
employed at Winburne, Clearfield county, but his
family are so well satisfied with their cosy place
at the Intersection that he has never thought of
leaving it, though his work keeps him away from
home nearly all the time. Mr. McLaughlin was
accompanied by his third daughter, Miss Sarah,
who is a very charming girl and decidedly pretty.
They spent the evening in town, returning home
on a night train. Mr. McLaughlin says the coal
business has been dull ever since wages were in-
creased. It seems to have been the design of the
operators to stop work just as soon as they had
made the advance.
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The reception” and dining-rooms were
HARD LINES FOR BROTHER BAILEY.—
Ever since the Ettlinger affair, at Coburn,
some of the good people of that community
have been incensed at certain reflections on
their intelligence that were cast by the .
Daily News of this place. A great injustice
has been done an inoffensive newspaper
man as a result of this situation. Mr. N.
S. Bailey, editor of the Magnet, has heen
charged with the articles in the News.
Just how the people of Coburn should
have confounded the two papers we are at
a loss to understand, but it might have
been because of Mr. Bailey’s former asso-
ciation with the News. A number of years
ago he was its editor, but severed his con-
nection with it to accept the. position of
city editor of the Williamsport Zimes. For
the last three years he has been editing the
Magnet, an honest, conscientious, temper-
ance paper, issued from an office of its own
and in no wise connected with any other
publication.
It is unjust that he should be accused of
an offence he did not give and we trust
that their sense of fairness will lead those
who have censured him to a prompt retrac-
tion.
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A QUIET WEDDING.—At 7:30 last
Thursday evening, at the residence of J.
W. Crispen, in Mill Hall, their daughter
Martha E., was married to Grant Arm-
strong, a former resident of Axe Mann.
The officiating clergymen were Rev. J. C.
Willhelm and I. J. Reeser. The house was
very prettily decorated with potted plants
and when the wedding party entered the
parlor a very charming scene was perfected.
Misses Nannie Crispen and Sara Bressler
were the maids, while William Bressler
and Grant Crispen comprised the groom’s
party.
After the ceremony and congratulations
a sumptuous feast was spread, to which the
fifty or more guests were invited.
During the evening the young couple
were serenaded by the band and also by
calithumpians. The groom is employed in
the axe works at Mill Hall.
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McSULEY—HOWARD. — John McSuley
and Miss Elizabeth Howard, were married
at the residence of Rev. McArdle, in this
place, last Thursday evening. Miss Mary
McSuley, a sister-of the groom, was bride’s
maid while Harry Walkey did the honors
for the groom.
The bride is a pretty young Lock Haven
girl who met her husband while visiting at
the home of Rob’t. Miller in this place.
The groom is the second son of James Mec-
Suley, of Logan street, and is a decorator
by profession.
We wish the young couple all the happi-
ness possible for them to enjoy.
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A SAW MILL BURNED.—The saw mill
property, a short distance east of Bald Eagle
Furnace, on the B. E. V. railroad, owned
by Henry Hoover, caught fire about 9
o'clock last Saturday night and was totally
destroyed. The fire was either accidental
or incendiary as there was little or no fire
in the furnace at 6 o’clock when the hands
quit work. A man was seen loafing about
the place during the evening and he is sup-
posed to have caused the fire. The loss is
2,000. There was no insurance.
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——Lewistown had secured the next
division encampment of the N. G. P., but
because the popular subscription fell $1,700
short of the amount necessary to procure
the land the encampment will more than
likely go to Mt. Gretna again.
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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.
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CAPES, CAPES, 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
of this purchase. These capes are all fine,
tailor made goods, cost of manufacture $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 Market.
Corrected weekly by Geo. W. Jackson & Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
ress :
Red wheat......... 70
Rye, per bushel.. 40
Corn, shelled, per bushe 35
Corn, ears, per bushel... ; 15
Oats, per bushel......... vw 2
Barley, or bushel..... 3 35
Ground Plaster, per ton . 800
Buckwheat, per bushel..............co cmos 40
Cloverseed, per bushe! 00 to $7 00
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel...........cacccinnneiame
Dn sates ats x 18
Sggs, per dozen..
[or per pound.. T
Country Shoulde 7
Sides... 7
it Hams.. i 19
Tallow, per pound... 3
Butter, De pound.. 18
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