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Bellefonte, Pa., June 26, 1896.
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To CorrEsPONDENTS.—No communications pub-
ished unless accompanied by the real name of
the writer.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
No PAPER NEXT WEEK.—According to
our #sual custom no paper will be issued
from this office next week, it being the
time set apart for the editor and his print-
ers to celebrate the glorious 4th and re-
cover from the effects of such celebration.
The office will be open for the execution of
job work and the receipt of cash, how-
et
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—— Walter Gerrity, of this place, is now
bar'keeper at the Fallon house in Lock
Haven. :
——1J. Albert Walton has been appointed
post master at Philipsburg to succeed H. C.
‘Warfel. 3
——There is much local matter to be
found on the inside pages of this issue. If
You would be well informed look it up.
—Prof. Leo. Stevens, mronaut, will
make a balloon ascension and parachute
leap during the Undine picnic, at Hecla
park, on July 4th. :
——The sports, parade, base ball, fantas-
tics, fire works and great greased pig con-
test will all combine to make a high old
time at State College on the 4th.
——Miss Jennie Ritner Beale, danghter
of the well known Presbyterian minister,
Rev. David J. Beale, was one of the grad-
uates at Wellesley college this week.
——The festival in the Methodist chapel,
at Coleville, tomorrow night, is deserving
The congregation
out there is small and needs every encour-
agement. :
—s The fires in the Valentine iron com-
pany’s furnace were relighted, on Satur-
day, after a short stop for repairs. Miss
Elizabeth Logan, of Williamsport, applied
the torch.
——Children’s day services in the Evan-
gelical church next Sunday evening. The
sermon in the morning will be to children.
A good program is being prepared for the
evening. Te
——Miss Helen Simpson, well known in
this place, was married to William McCray
Dravo Jr., in Lock Haven, on. Wednesday.
The bride has often visited the Brocker-
hoffs here.
——Mis. John C. Miller is going to give
a dinner this evening at her beautiful
col ntry home, near Shiloh, for the Belle-
fonte chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
——Rash Williams is not exactly a
George Washington though he did cut a
large cherry tree on Sunday. The wind
blew it down and he had to chop it up so
as to let people get bye to church.
——Frank Decillo, the Italian orchestra
leader who skipped out from Altoona, last
fall, leaving a number of unpaid bills be-
hind returned and squared up with every-
-one the other day. Here is honesty for
. you.
——P. P. Leitzell’s house, at Millheim,
was struck by lightning during the storm,
on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Leitzell was
_ getting dinner at the time and was so bad-
ly stunned that she could not walk for
several minutes. ;
——The grand concert in the Presbyter-
ian chapel, this evening, will attract a
large crowd. Many Bellefonte celebrities
will be heard and “Jimmy” Hawley, a
gifted elocutionist from Williamsport, will
recite a number of Whitcomb Riley’s funny
tales. Ts
——A number of young ladies of this
place gave a leap year dance in the armory.
last night. The girls all assumed the
usual rights of man and lots of poor fellows
sat about the walls biting their hand-
kerchiefs and swearing they had been born
to blush unseen.
——The Methodists will hold a festival
in their chapel, at Coleville, tomorrow
evening. All the delicacies of the season
will he served and everyone is invited.
The cause is a good one, the proceeds being |
designed to be used in payment of the
pastor. :
—Hecla park or State College are the
places for you togo on the 4th. At the
former resort the Undines will hold a great
picnic and entertainment, while the people
of the latter place have arranged to have a
regular old fashioned blow-out, with base-
ball game, athletic sports, lots of music
and fireworks, and great civic and fantas-
tic parades.
——The Academy closed for the summer
vacation on last Thursday ; when the ex-
aminations were concluded in the primary
and classical departments. This has been
the most successful year in every respect
the Academy has experienced for a long
time. - There “will be no change in the
corps of instructors for another year and we
are glad to know that there is already
promise of a larger attendance than ever in
September. :
-—Workmen began tearing the ‘old
roof off the main building at The Pennsyl-
vania State College, last Monday morning,
for the purpose of remodeling and modern-
izing it. The last Legislature appropriated
$12,500 for the work, which was first
awarded to contractor Gault of this place.
He would not undertake it, however, and
8. McCamant & Co., of Tyrone, are now
doing it. The work is to he completed by
September 1st.
REPUBLICANISM IN CONVENTION. —There
was large crowd in town, on Tuesday,
when the 124 delegates from the various
precinets in the county met for what
is known as a Republican county conven-
tion. Curiosity brought some, reduced
car fare brought others but a forlorn hope
| brought the most, so that there were all sorts
and conditions of men mixed up in the
gathering. The free silverite, the hog com-
biner, the Arnold - atty and Col. Co-
burn all got together to make up the ticket
and the proceeding was as follows :
~ The court house was crowded at 11:12
when chairman W. E. Gray called the con-
vention to order. Secretary Harry Keller
read the call for the convention then clerk
J. Thomas Mitchell called the roll. The en-
tire representation of 124 delegates #h the
county being present or accounted for. S.
8S. Crissman, of Philipsburg, was chosen
permanent chairman of the convention,
thus precluding the possibility of hearing
Col. Jim Coburn wave the bloody-shirt.
This was such a sore disappointment that
a number left the hall, because they could
not stand the sight of the young Philips-
burg leader pounding the gavel right un-
der the very nose of the man who had
squelched him only a few months before.
In the routine of organization J. Thomas
Mitchell was selected reading clerk and
Hamill Boaland J. H. Harpster secretaries.
Just before the appointment of a committee
on resolutions the Deputy Secretary of Ag-
riculture moved that all resolutions be re-
ferred to committee without debate. This
was designed to flag any attempt that
might have made by the Philipsburgers to
bring up those resolutions of theirs that
Coburn had tabled at the former conven-
tion. The committee was then appointed
as follows: 8. H. Bennison, chairman 3
A. L. Bolger, H. D. Lee, Geo. L. Potter
and Isaac Smith.
On motion of Col. Coburn the conven-
tion then adjourned until 1:30.. This
move was made to allow the bosses time to
patch up the slate which there was every
appearance would be broken. The admin-
istration people got in their last licks
against Miller, but they were of no avail.
He was too strong for the crowd.
Chairman Crissman was late in getting
to his seat for the afternoon session and
when told that the convention was wait-
ing on him, remarked : “Well, why don’t
they run it themselves, I don’t want it.”
Immediately upon the call to order the
business of nominations was taken up. H.
R. Curtin and P. E. Womelsdorff were
unanimously shosen for Assembly. ‘Little
Phil.” hadn’t been exactly easy oye pos-
ition ever since he was given to un erstand
that if he didn’t bow, with Curtin, to the
grand sachem of Johnstown fame he would
be left out in the cold, but he got too
strong for the bosses and, like Miller, car-
ried himself through. Irv. Walker was
ashamed. A
thought of by the Hastings crowd asa fit
man to crowd Womelsdorff off but they
didn’t spring him soon enough.
Next.came the nominations for sheriff.
G. L. Smith, R. K. Wilson, Robert Cook,
J. 8. Harman, A. V. Miller and D. C.
Gingerich had been announced for the
office and all were nominated but the latter
who withdrew. When Miller's name was
presented John Hamilton Esq., delivered
a great nominating speech. According to
the idea advanced by him no one has a
right to Republican office but Miller. Mr.
Hamilton almost moved his audience to
tears when he told of Miller's tragic death
on the field along the Weldon railroad,
and to make the scene more signifi-
cant of death a swallow swept over
the heads of the delegates. Here is a case
of neglect of which the Republican party
in - Centre county has reason to be
man who died for it as
yet unrecognized. Poor Abe has never re-
ceived a thing since making a martyr of
himself for his party near Weldon, but a
pension of $24.00 per month ; back pay to
the amount of $3,000, ; a salary of from $4
to $2 per diem as whiskey gauger at Pleas-
ant Gap during most of the years that have
intervened since he came home, and a go
at nearly every office in the county. Abe
has been shabbily treated— we don’
think, and Mr. Hamilton didn’t display
any nerve in standing up there to say so.
His speech did the business, for like David
of old he waded into the convention on the
jaw bone story and captured it, as the fol-
lowing table will show :
Tat: 2nd. 3rd.
Miller 41, 41 43,
Cook , ..
Harman 32..
1 Smith 12. 0 EI
Wilson en ertsivnes x
It took eight bailots to decide who is not
to be the next treasurer of Centre county.
Eight men were named as follows: F. B.
Stover, Harrison line, P. W. Burkeet, R.
J. Comley, C. P. Long, G. M. Musser, S.
S. Miller, G. M. Boal.
It was a matter of general disappoint-
ment, the outcome of the balloting, for
everyone expected Frank Stover to fish the
nomination out, that he had carried around
in his vest pocket, for months before, and
present it, along with a dissertation on
how to electioneer such as he had given
Kline one day at Snow Shoe. Stover
carried Snow Shoe, you know, but Kline
| got the delegates. The balloting resulted
as follows :
Kline
Burkef
Long
Stover
Miles re
For ‘register only one ballot was neces-
sary to knock Harry Stuart, a representa-
tive of a large and influential Republican
family, out. J. E. Rickard secured it by a
vote of 71 to 53.
G. W. Fisher snowed S. U. Harshbarger
under to the tune of 98 to 26 in the contest
for recorder.
4 Shope, his assailant, isa son of William
For commissioner five candidates were
presented : J. G. Bailey, G. W. Scholl, M.
F. Riddle, M. M. Musser and F. Ww.
Fisher. It was during this period that
‘Col. Coburn got his chance to talk. But
the Col. and the thousand other Republi-
cans on ‘‘the other side’ were told that
they did’nt amount to anything in the fol-
lowing ballot : . :
Riddle :
Fisher.
Bailey.................
Musser
Scholl
For auditors J. D. Wagner and G. G.
Fink were chosen over Joseph Bumgardner
by a vote of 114 and 103 to 20.
Dr. J. M. Locke, new to Republicanism
in Centre county, was selected as coroner
by acclamation and of course Jesse Cleaver!
was put on for county surveyor. A ticket
without Jesse might not prove a J onah, so
he had to play millstone again. :
After all this was done the committee on
resolutions reported. Of course they con-
tain the usual condemnation of everything
Democratic and eulogium of everything
Republican. - They were as follows :
“We the Republican party of Centre county
through our delegates in convenfon assembled
this day, do hereby reaffirm our adherence to the
principles and tradition of the Republican’ party
and out faith in the Republican party, - to restore
prosperity among all classes of mankind through-
out our land, and we do hereby make the follow-
ing declaration of principles :
First: We reaffirm the American doctrines of
protection as subserving the best interests of both
labor and capital. It is under the admintstratien
of that doctrine that our country has made the
most rapid strides and greatest advances in her
material prosperity. :
SecoNp: We hereby pledge our unalterable
support to the national ticket, nominated at St.
Louis for President and Vice President of the
United States, and we proclaim that Wm. McKin-
ley, at the head of that ticket, the champion of
protection, the friend of labor, and the American,
will be elected to the exalted office of - President
of the United States by a most overwhelming ma.
jgrity,
Tair: We hereby adopt the platform promul-
gated by the national Republican convention of
the United States held at St. Louis, on June 16th,
1896, as enunciating the. only two principles of
statesmanship and doctrines that are destined to
benefit the people of our land.
Fourti: We heartily endorse and commend
the Republican administration as being economi-
cal and for the best interest of the State, consist-
ent with the increasing business, and increasing
demand of the business interests of the State.
We hereby pledge our united and hearty sup-
port to the ticket this day placed in nomination
by the Republicans of Centre county.”
The reader will observe the scant praise
given the Hastings’ administration. In
truth it was with fear and trepidation that
any thing was said about it at all. W. E.
Gray was unanimously chosen for chairman
for the next year. E.R. Chambers present-
ed a resolution for the appointment ofa
committee to formulate rules for the county
organization, which carried, then the con-
vention adjourned. Oh yes, we almost for-
got Congressman Hicks, of Altoona, who
had been imported to make a speech. He
did it. No comment is necessary. You
know what might have been expected.
———— tees :
——A deposit of silica “glass sand has
been found in Montgomery creek, about
four miles from Clearfield. .
——John Fortney’s barn,/near Mackey-
ville, was burned to tie ground early
Monday morning. A Horse, spring wagon,
harness, feed, ete.,. were burned.
ode
—J. C. Rumberger collided with Sher-
man Martin, while playing ball, at Salona,
recently. A broken jaw and three teeth
knecked out was the result.
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KILLED AT COBURN.—James Haviland,
a brakeman on the Lewisburg railroad, fell
through his train, near Coburn, on Tuesday
afternoon, and was crushed to death. His
body was horribly mangled. Sunbury was
his home.
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——John King, the Altoona street car
conductor, who was hit on the head by a
brick, at Hollidaysburg, just two weeks
ago, died on Saturday night. Sigmund
Shope, formerly of this place. Shope is
now in ‘Hollidaysburg jail awaiting trial.
King had charge of a Logan Valley car.
There was a drunken man on it, and while:
he was attempting to put the latter off,
Shope objected and was also ejected.
Shope then picked up a stone, which he
threw at King, fatally injuring him. If’
will be very apt to go hard with the young.
fellow.
Pe
. ——The concert, this evening in the
Presbyterian chapel for the benefit of the
Y. M. C. A., will neither be long nor tire-.
some ; but simply a pleasant home talent af-
fair in which there is more real entertain-
ment and delight than in half the star
companies traveling. The best musicians,
of the town will take part. Mrs. Burnett’
and Miss Lyon are going to sing, Miss
Hamilton, of Beaver Falls, has promised to
lay, Mr. Johnson, John Blanchard, Hard:
Hanis, Roy McCalmont, Philip Waddle
and Henry Brown, the sweetest singers we
have, have practiced several songs and Jim
Hawley, of Williamsport, will “elocute.’’
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OLD SOLDIERS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK<
OUT FOR HIM. — Officers in this vicinity
should be on the lookout for Chas. Holmes,
who has several aliases, and who is &
swindler. He operates by - impersonati
himself as a government officer. “Holmes
is aman about 60 or 65 years of age, 5 feet
8 inches tall, weighs 165 pounds ; sandy
complexion, sandy gray hair and beard;
blue eyes, slightly bald, wears a mustachg
and chin whiskers, and a few weeks’ growth
of beard on face ; black clothes, tan shoes,
brown soft hat ; may have onaG. A. Ru
pin ; wears a watch charm with figure of a
tree on one side. He generally. works in
the country ; goes to a house, claims to be
a government agent and very wealthy, and
that he is looking up pension claims and
raising them up to where they ought to be:
he engages board at $1 per day, gets what
money he can from a pensioner and skips.’
He is very nervous and anxious when any-
8 | daughters and four sons.
CAUSE FOR SINCERE SoRROW.—Not fo!
a long time has Bellefonte been moved to
the feeling of deep regret that was manifest,
on Friday evening; when it became known
that William H. Wilkinson, of North Al
legheny street, had died. The shock of a
fall from his bicycle while riding on the
Lewistown pike south of the Valentine
iron works, on the previous Wednesday
evening, which was brought about by a
sudden attack of vertigo, to which he had
5 | been subject, culminated in death.
It isa singular sadness that has fallen
over the place. Mr. Wilkinson was not
a promine]
man in any respect. He
neither co) nor enjoyed aggrandizement.
Perfectly Wappy in his domestic and busi-
ness relatiodg he had lived a life in the
town the very gentleness and unostentation
of which made him the friend of every one.
His church was the sole organization with
which he was identified, so that he came
and went among all classes with a freedom
and cheerfulness that inspired the love that
has hardly yet begun to realize its great
loss.
William H. Wilkinson was born at Bor-
dentown, N. J. in 1837. Early in 1872 he
came to this place and with Frank Grice
assumed the management of the Bush
House. That hotel being pretty badly run
down at the time and suffering from local
option laws in the county the firm was
forced to give it up ina few years. Mr.
Wilkinson then went into the commission
business, handling goods for John Wana-
maker. This proved a profitable venture,
for to a modest line of samples, displayed
in the old stone building on Allegheny
street, where Parrish’s drug store is now
located, he had added a line of china and
queensware which soon displaced his other
business and the growing demands of
which necessitated ‘his removal to the fine
store which is now known all over. the
country as Wilkinson’s ‘‘China Hall.”” He
moved there in 1885. It was a bold vent-
ure to make china an exclusive business
ina town the size of Bellefonte, but his
success and the present condition of the
store, which is reputed the finest of its
kind in Pennsylvania, attest the business
acumed of the man.
Mr. Wilkinson is survived by a widow
and one daughter, Minnie, the only other
relative is a sister, 80 years old, who is
living at Yardville, N. J.
- Funeral services were held in the Episco-
pal church, on Monday evening, at 5
o'clock. Rev. Wright officiated. The
profusion of floral tributes that almost hid
the casket from view, as it stood at the
chancel railing during the service, bore
witness of the great love of both young
and old for a departed friend.
The Bellefonte wheelmen sent an ex-
‘quisite pillow of roses and cornations, with
the inscription ‘‘our friend.”
A lavish offering of cut flowers bore the
esteem of the young men of the town in
the following : “In loving remembrance
for all.”
Mr. Wilkinson’s friends among the busi-
ness men offered a great floral cross with
this message to the bereaved widow and
child : “In memory of one whom we
revere in death, but not more than we
loved in life we offer our deep sympathy in
this expression of our profound sorrow.”
Possibly the greatest mark of esteem
that could have been paid was the accord
with which every business house in Belle-
fonte closed its doors during the funeral
services.
The pall-bearers were : John P. Harris,
W. 8. Zeller, William P. Humes, John
Ardell, Archibald Allison, Harry Keller,
{ James Potter, H. C. Valentine, L. T. Mun-
son, J. Fearon Mann, J. L. Spangler, A.
A. Dale, J. C. Miller, Geo. W. Jackson,
Ellis L. Orvis, and W. F. Reynolds.
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PHILIP BEHRER DEAD.—On Friday the.
13th, Philip Behrer an estimable young
man, of Benore, died in the Jefferson
hospital, in Philadelphia, where he had
been for more than a month for treatment
for heart and liver trouble. His body was
“brought home and buried ‘in the Pine Hall
cemetery, on Tuesday, the 16th, with a
large concourse of surviving friends in at-
tendance. A son of the late George Behrer,
of Buffalo Run, he was 32 vears, 3 months
and 10 days old and leaves the following
brothers and sisters to mourn his untimely
death.
Mrs. James Foust, Mrs. Amelia Shuey and
Miss, Emma.
jr
—— Samuel Patterson, an esteemed resi-
| dent of the vigjnity of Warriorsmark, died
about 2 o'clock Wednesday morning. De-
ceased was 70 years old and had been ill
about two months. In the days when old
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania and Barree fur-
naces flourished he had been their superin-
* | tendent, but the later years of his life were
spent at farming. Mr. Patterson’s remains
will be interred this morning at 10 o'clock,
in Burkett cemetery, near his late home.
He was a brother of W. C. Patterson Esq.,
of State College, and is survived hy three
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——Fannie M. Rabold, a Warriors-mark
girl who had spent seven years at school, in
Philadelphia, died at the home of her
brother-in-law, Joseph 8. Waite Jr., in
Tyrone, on Monday. Just an hour after
death had claimed her the diploma, in work-
ing for which she had sacrificed her life, was
delivered by a post man. :
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——Christian Mumburg,, aged 53 years,
died at Warrior's mark, on Saturday even-
ing. Deceased died from appoplexy.
: a
—DuBois is thinking to free herself
from the tramp nuisance by establishing
one calls at a house where he is‘stopping
until he finds out who heijs.. . ox
k
a ball and chain working ordinance,
of one whose life was a continual sunshine.
Isaac, George, Charles, Moses, .
tric railroad spasm. i 5
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~——There are 542 inmates in the Hunt-
ingdon reformatory at present,
sed - A. Shreckengost has been ap-
pointed post master at Green Burr, Clinton
county. : 5
—Clearfield had bad weather for the
band tournament. It was very much like
that during the last year's tournamentvat
Philipshurg. Eo
——The Tammany society of New York
has placed us under obligations for an in-
vitation to help it celebrate the one hun-
dred and twentieth anniveisary of the
declaration of independence, on July 4th.
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—Don’t forget that there will be
grand 4th of July celebrations at State
College, Philipsburg, Snow : Shoe, Lock
Haven and at Hecla park. A$ the latter
place the Undines will entertain in their
best style, with a big balloon ascension as
a drawing card.
——A man and wife are both liable for
the payment for a newspaper which is
taken and read in the family. “Recently, in
the district court at Rock Rapids Iowa,
judge Oliver gave a judgment to Germania
Publishing company against Mr. and Mis.
Beving for a subscription bill of $20 on the
ground that a newspaper is ‘a household
necessity.
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MARRIAGE L1ceNses.—Following is the
list of marriage licenses granted by
orphans’ court clerk, G. W. Rumberger,
during the past week.
Green Heaton and Kate Noll, both of
Spring township.
Thos. G. Lomison and Effie Bowers,
both of Snow Shoe township.
Andrew Dunkle and Mary Lutz, both
of Walker township.
John Lohr, of Zion, and Mary Deitz, of
Howard.
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WALKING AROUND THE WORLD. —Two
very fine looking Germans spent Monday
night in Bellefonte, leaving the next morn-
ing for Cleveland, Ohio. They gave their
names as - Baron von Sack-mitzlaff and
Baron von Levetzow and claimed to be
walking around the world on a wager,
made in in, with some New York gen-
tlemen. Both are officers in the German
army and arrived in New York, on June
10th. They left that city at once, with-
out a cent of money in their pockets and
are now on their tour which is to last two
years.
——
News Purely Personal. -
—Mr. and Mrs. H. 8. Taylor leave, Monday, for a
short visit to Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
—Miss Jessie Latirie is home from a ten months
stay in South Hadley Mass., where she was attend-
ing Holyoke College.
—Mrs. Margaret Wilson, Miss Blanche Hayes
and Hugh Beaver, left Wednesday morning for a
two weeks stay in Northfield, Mass.
—Hon. W. K. Alexander, of Millheim, and ex-
county register John A. Rupp, of Oak Hall, were
lookers on at the Republican convention, on
Tuesday.
—Edward Nolan and wife and Mrs. John Gar-
brick, of Coleville, left, Tuesday, on the excursion
for Niagara, where they will visit Harry and Mrs.
Cowdrick.
—John Rich, of Unionville, came down for the
Republican convention and with Joe Barton
formed a brace of young Republicans that is
hard to beat.
—Joseph’ Runkle, a son of the late Michael
Runkle, of this place, has gone to Niagara Falls,
N. Y,, where he intends opening a plumbing es-
tablishment.
—Misses Mary Sides and Elenore Mahaffey, two
bright and attractive girls, the former of Jersey
Shore and the latter of Williamsport, are visiting
at Mrs. Louise Bush's.’
—Ed. L. Hughes, third son of J. P., Hughes of
this place, is home from Baltimore for a short
visit. Ed is in the commission business in the
Oriole city, with his brother Charles.
—Democratic candidates Schofield, Cronister,
Weaver, Meyer, Heckman, Rumberger and Irvin
were in town, on Tuesday, nothing daunted by
the out-pouring of Republicanism.
—Mrs. Harry Foster, of Harrisburg, after visit-
ing for a week at Mrs. Thomas Hayes’ left Satur-
day for State College, from-whence she will go on
to Aaronsburg, her Th a
—Murs, F, i. Schnell and daughter, of Columbus,
Ohio, are visiting at the home of Mrs. W. W.
Montgomery, on east Linn street, while Miss M.
E. Schnell and nephew, Joseph, are being enter.
tained at Mrs. Thad Hamilton's on east Howard
street.
—D. J. Meyer Esq., and banker Wm. B. Mingle,
of Centre Hall, went to Pittsburg, Tuesday night,
to buy cattle. When asked if there was any
money in the business both gentlemen laughed
and said they did it only for fun, besides having
the good motive of improving the stock in Centre
county. : :
—One of our old readers, Mr. Wesley Meyers,
of Boalsbuirg, ‘was in town the latter part of last
week and made a pleasant call at this office. He
is a gentleman very much like J, W. Mann, of
Roland, who was here the same day, in point of
being entertaining and congenial.
—Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Dreese, of Lemont, were
in town, on Wednesday morning, apparently little
afraid of the threatening weather. Irv. is of the
opinion that Mr. Harman would have made a
very strong candidate on the Republican ticket,
had he been nominated for sheriff,
—C. M. Bower, who is president of the Centre
county Sunday school association, is in Boston,
Mass, attending the International convention
now in session in that city. Mrs. Bower is with
him and after the convention they. will visit in
Canada, the Thousand Isles, and come home by
the way of Niagara and Buffalo, a most delightful
summer journey.
—Our Democratic friend; Rob't Corl, of Linden
Hall, dropped into town, on Tuesday morning,
gnd when we saw him “mixin’’" with 86 many
Republicans we were alarmed, but he relieved us
instanter by stating that he had heard so mueh of
the high old times that the Republicans have
been having at their conventions lately that he
thought he would be on hand, this time, to see
some of it.
—Prof. J. Price Jackson, of the electrical de-
partment of The "Pennsylvania State College,
passed through Bellefonte, on Tuesday morning,
on his way to Pittsburg, where he held ex-
aminations for candidates for admission for He
fall term at the College. Prof. Wm. H. Buckhou s
head of the department of botany and horticul-
ture, was in Reading for the same purpose. Both
gentlemen returned yesterday.
Hatt
—— Philipsburg is getting another elec- |"
THE LAST OF THE SERIES. —The deci-
sive game of the High school—Academy
series was played at Hunter's Park on
Tuesday afternoon, when the Academy
won the championship for 1896. The
game was hotly contested, well played by
both sides, but the Academy won by reason
of its timely batting and steady infield.
work by the score of 9° to 4. Barger’s ef-
fective | pitching figured largely in the
defeat of the High school boys. Time and
again they) would get men on hase with
none out hut they failed to hit when hits
were needed and the runs were lost. The
Academy took the lead at the start, and
inning by inning increased it, shutting out
their opponents all the while until in the
sixth inning victory seemed assured when,
with the basses full, Hastings knocked a
two bagger to deep centre bringing in three
rans. The High school boys tried hard
to overcome their opponents’ lead, but
their efforts were in vain. Russell, of
Unionville, who has been attending school
near Phila., pitched a fine game against
the Academy and was largely responsible
for the creditable score. One of the most
satisfactory features of the ghampionship
series just finished is the fact that in not a
‘single instance during the three games was
there the slightest trouble or unpleasant-
ness. The boys are to be congratulated
upon this fact, as well as upon their ability
to furnish first class base ball amusement,
Let us have more of such sport.
— oto
WHAT HE 1s THOUGHT OF AWAY FROM
HOME. — The following notice, compli-
mentary to our candidate for sheriff, was
taken from the Clearfield notes in the Du-
Bois Express. :
W. M. Cronister, of Centre county, was re-
ceiving the congratulation of his friends here
over the nomination for sheriff by the Demo-
crats. He is well known here and his many
friends wish him success if ‘his party is to
receive any favors from the people this year.
SR
ATLANTIC CITY EXCURSIONS.—The
Central R. R. of Pa. in connection with
the Reading’s ‘Royal Route to the Sea,’
will have two cheap rate excursions during
the summer to Atlantic City and other sea-
side resorts on the New J. ersey coast. The
dates have not been definitely fixed, hut
they will probably be July 23rd and Aug-
ust 13th. :
Nittany Valley Items.
Herbert _Rotherick; of Lock Haven, spent
Sunday in this valley,
The recent showers have encouraged our
farmers very much, as all crops are improving
rapidly. .
Daniel Dorman, who had been working in
the lumber jobs, is ngw home nursing a weak
back.
. the ticket agent for C. R. R.,
orth every effort to further the
interests of the company.
Rev. W. K. Diehl and wife are visiting
relatives and friends in York county. They
will be gone several weeks.
Prof. R. C. Holmes closed his school last
week, his pupils pawpose holding a picnic,
June 27th, at Clintondale park.
Sheriff (?) Emrick is busily engaged in re-
pairing our public roads, he makes good use
of the stone crusher and is giving excellent
satisfaction as a supervisor.
* Horace Winkleman has been painting the
residence of Dr. McCormick, of Hublersburg,
Wm. Zimmerman is employed at the same
business, at Clintondale.
-The Evangelical Association of Clintondale
held their children’s service, last Sabbath eve,
the house was filled to its utmost capacity,
and the large audience was highly Pleased
with the exercises. Clintondale has some
talent that it should hold in high esteem and
should encourage her youthful minds to
greater achievements, ° 5 pn
Quite a number of our people attended the
Republican convention, last Tuesday. Ter-
ror upon terror! What angry looks were pict-
ured on the faces of those Republicans who
returned here in the evening. “Cooked,
Cooked!’ was their cry. We'll show Hamil-
ton that it will take a longer speech to carry
Miller through the coming election. The
Republican ringsters forced sheriff Cook’s
defeat, Howard and Liberty townships are
the greatest Republican strongholds of the
county. What did they get ? Nothing, is it
any wonder they wanted to be represented ?
——
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 :
d wheat hte 65
Rye, per bushel 40
Corn, shelled, per bu. 35
Corn, ears, per bushel. 15
Oats, per bushel....... 20
Barley, ger bushel........... aa DY
Ground laster, . 800
Buckwheat, per bushel Sotrciss 40
Cloverseed, per bushel. 00 to §7 00
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes perbushel..... noi,
12
7
7
7
Tallow, per pound.
Butter, = pound.....
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