Bellefonte, Pa., July 31, 1896.
To CorrESPONDENTS.——NO communications pub-
ished unless accompanied hy the real name of
the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——“The Midway”
armory. .
——Woodcock are reported to be scarce
in this vicinity.
Thirty six wagons attended curb
market on Tuesday morning.
——The P. O. 8. of A., at Coburn, will
hold a festival to-morrow evening.
to-night at the
——Free silver meetings are reported to
be capturing many people
county.
——Centre county Pomona grange will
meet at Mileshurg at 10 o’clock, a. m. Fri-
day, August i4th.
Every Democrat in Centre county
should read the WATCHMAN at least dur-
ing the campaign.
Millheim’s new school building is
ready for the slate and work will probably
be begun this week.
——Those. who have: been to - the
“Midway” at the armory pronounce it the
greatest show they have ever seen gotten
up by home talent.
——The Bellefonte Methodists will pic-
nick at Hecla Park, on Wednesday, Au-
gust 5th. A brass band will be taken
along to furnish the music.
Lightning killed two horses owned
by Ricker Bros. dairymen of the lower end
of Nittany valley. The accident occurred
on Sunday night in the field.
Mr. C. S. W. Jones, proprietor of
the Tyrone Herald, has our deepest sym-
pathy in the sadness in which the recent
death of his heloved mother has plunged
him.
Philipsburg miners who have heen
fruitless in their search for work in other
regions are walking back to their former
homes. They are reported to he too poor
to pay car fare.
——The home of Samuel Fisher, on
Half Moon hill, was burglarized last Thurs-
day evening, while the inmates were out.
A revolver and household articles to the
value $30 were taken.
—— Judging from the muddy condition
of Spring creek Wednesday night’s rain
must have been, by far, the hardest one we
have had this season. With all the other
storms the water had scarcely been riled.
Capt. Pearson, 6th. Cav. U. 8. A,
stationed at Ft. Myers, Washington, D. C.,
has been detailed to succeed Lieut. E. S.
McCaskey, 1st Lt., 21st Inf., U. S. A., as
commandant of The Pennsylvania State
College cadet corps and professor of mili-
tary science and tactics.
Mrs. E. M. Edwards, one of Phil-
adelphia’s leading chiropodists and mani-
cures, will be in Bellefonte for 10 days from
Thursday, August 6th. Elsewhere in this
issue she advertises her business and if you
are in need of such service you would do
well to take advantage of this chance.
——Consummated facts seem to indicate
that the Bellefonte Reformed congregation
must have done something wrong at their
picnic, on Wednesday. They were caught
in a hig storm just as they were about to
leave the pienic ground, then their church
steeple was shattered by lightning the same
evening.
——Edward Gillen the enterprising
young green groceryman who has had a
store in the Crider building, on High street,
for some tinie has purchased Geo. Fasig’s
store, on Allegheny street, and will soon
consolidate the stock of hoth places in the
latter location. We are glad to see this ev-
idence of deserved prosperity, on the part
of a hard working young man.
——Co. B. came home from camp Gib-
bon, at Lewistown, on Saturday evening,
a tired, muddy, bronzed lot. With all the
hardships of camp life the boys reported
having had & good time and besides having
gained the reputation of heing the best
entertainers in camp they conducted them-
selves with a dignity that was a delight to
the many friends who visited them.
——The army worm has appeared in the
lower end of Nittany valley, where the
farm of Mr Austin Confer; of Cedar Springs,
has heen over-run by the pest. The army
began in a ten acre field of timothy and ate
up every stalk, leaving the field with the
appearance of having been burned. Head
the army off ! We don’t want it here. The
Idaho devil, another had crop destroying
worn, is in the same locality.
——The WATCHMAN’S prediction that
Cap’t Quigley would resign immediately
. after camp has been borne out hy the fact.
He has tendered his resignation to Co. B,
and an election will be held, soon, to fill
the vacancy. Lieut. Hugh S. Taylor is the
only man spoken of for the position.
While with the company Capt. Quigley
did much to pull its standing up, but the
work was more than his growing law prac-
tice would allow so he resigned.
It will be a matter of news to many
of his old friends in this county to learn
that Rob’t I'. Sample of Pine Grove Mills,
is now making money as proprietor of a
first class hotel in Uniontown, Pa. Bob
was in the rail- vad mail service during the
first Cleveland administration, but this
latest venture was news to us. Any Centre
county people who should happen to find
themselves in Uniontown could not do het-
ter than to look him up, for they would be
sure of the best treatment possible to re-
ceive.
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in Clinton
-jump, beautifully, while the crowd cheered
A TERRIFIC STORM.—What the electri-
cians at the Edison electric illuminating
company’s plant say was the severest elec-
trical storm that has passed over Bellefonte
since the building of that place, frightened
many people in the community between
the hours of 7 and 9 o'clock Wednesday
evening. It was not unnatural that such
a humid, oppressive day should have ended
with a violent storm, hut no one was ready
for such a severe one. !
The lightning was frightful, the rain fell
in torrents and the thunder roared like the
booming of many cannons. The steeple of
the Reformed church, on Linn street, was
struck, and the slate and sheeting was
ripped off for a distance of 15 feet as clean
as if carpenters had done the work. The
electric bolt entered the steeple on the
north side but flashed across to the south
side of it, where the damage was done.
At the electric light station seventy-five
flashes ran in in about as many seconds.
The display there was beautiful, though
decidedly fearful.
The water fell in blinding sheets, wash-
ing out roads, sidewalks and gardens. It
was only a few moments until Spring
creek was a hoiling, seething torrent of
muddy water, the first time it has been at
all riled since the spring floods.
The wind beat down young fruit, leaves
and the corn and oats on farms on the out-
skirts of the town. The storm was not
general throughout the county.
MORRIS FUREY’S HOUSE STRUCK.
During a storm that crossed Nittany val-
ley during the afternoon lightning struck
the farm house occupied hy Morris Furey,
on the Burnside farm; a few miles below
town. The chimney was demolished and
things pretty badly torn up, though no one
was hurt. Mrs. W. T. Speer, of this place,
had been sitting right beside the fireplace
just a moment before the flash. She had
11ttle Joe Woodward on her lap and both
might have been seriously injured had she
not moved just when she did.
A singular feature about the storms is
their frequency and the suddenness with
which they blow up and go scurrying in
in one direction or another. They all
seem to be local, for while it has been
known to be raining hard in one part of
Bellefonte, the other end of the town has
been perfectly dry.
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A HEeLLisH TRICK.—One of the most
despicable tricks and one that should be
punished as severely as the crime of arson,
was perpetrated on William Grove Jr., at
his home, about three miles west of this
place, on the Buffalo run road, on Tuesday
night.
As near as can be judged from the sounds
it was about 1i o’clock when neighbors
heard a strange noise being made in Mr.
Grove’s barn. He did not know that any-
thing unusual had happened until Wednes-
day morging when he went to his barn and
discovered his harness all cut up. In ad-
dition to the complete destruction of his
harness his buggy top was cut and torn in
such a way as to ruin it and his self bind-
ing harvester was wrecked. The serious-
ness of Mr. Grove’s loss can he better
realized when we state that five sets of tug
harness were so badly cut that he was told
that it would be cheaper to buy new ones
than to attempt to have them fixed up.
Mr. Grove is at a loss to know who did
the contemptible work or why it was done.
Suffice it to say, that if the party is appre-
hended he will he very severely handled.
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KILLED MANY ANIMALS.—On Monday
state veterinarian, Leonard Pearson, went
to Millheim to look into the hydrophobia
scare that was raised in that vicinity last
week, when a mad dog was supposed to
have inoculated many cattle with the rab-
ies. Some thirty or forty hogs and cattle
that were supposed to have heen affected
were killed, as well as a number of dogs
above Madisonburg ; where Calvin Rishell
had to kill fifteen hogs.
As some people objected to the killing of
the animals that had been bitten Dr. Pier-
son was sent for. When he arrived short
work was made of every one that was
known to have heen bitten. .
One of the bitten dogs escaped, however,
and went through the valley without being
shot, though there was a veritable army
following it up. At Rebersburg, Reuben
Smull had to climb a tree to get out of the
way of an animal that was apparently af-
fected. All the well dogs in that vicinity
are kept penned up now.
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THE LoGANs AT HEcLA.—I¢ is estimat-
ed that the Logans had two thousand
people at their big picnic at Hecla yester-
day, where everything went off as advertis-
ed. As entertainers the firemen are not to
be surpassed and they made every one have
a good time. There was plenty of music
a good dancing floor, plenty to eat and
what more was needful but the grand bal-
loon ascension to complete the delight of
the crowd.
“Prince Leo’’, Leo Stevefis, the aero-
naut, was on hand and at 3 o’clock made a
beautiful ascent to an altitude of 2000 ft.
after being carried in an easterly direction
for a short distance he made his parachute
itself’ hoarse. He landed in an open field
and was not injured in the slightest.
The picnic was a financial, as well as a
pleasurable, success.
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Prenic.—The congregation of St. John's
Catholic church, will hold their annual
picnic at Hunter’s park, ‘Wednesday, Aug.
12th. Everybody is cordially invited to
participate. Dinner 50cts, supper 235cts.
Proceeds for the church.
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Why don't you subscribe for the
——=Corn and tobacco were injured by
the storm in Clinton County on Monday.
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——George McMullen has been arrested
for robbing refrigerators and cellars in
Lock Haven.
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——Don’t miss ‘‘the Midway’’ at the
armory to-night. It will cost you only
10cts. to see the great show.
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——Do you read the WATCHMAN? It
will cost only 30cts from now until after
the campaign.
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——In Williamsport the sale of cigars
on Sunday is prohibited and the police are
not allowed to talk to any one except on
business.
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——The daintiest dancing, the slickest
fakirs, the cunningest -Dahomeyians and
the bestest refreshments will be on the
“Midway’’ to-night.
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——Three Lock Haven boys, who were
playing on a raft on Sunday, were thrown
into the river at that place and would
have drowned had a man not swam to their
rescue and hauled them out on a log.
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——John Lupold, a prisoner who es-
caped from the Lock Haven jail some time
ago, runs around in Clinton county very
much as he pleases and the officers do not
seem to be able to recapture him.
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——Rev. Dr. Wood, of Philadelphia,
preached an interesting sermon in the
Presbyterian church, on Sunday morning.
In the evening Dr. Laurie preached a
strong sermon on the three views of Christ’s
death. =
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——John Fellenbaum, for many years a
blacksmith down at Jenkins’ and one of
Bishop streets, old land marks, has gone,
with his family, to Braddock where his sons
John and Al. are employed in the Carnegie
works.
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——Harry Faith, an Apollo, Pa., bicy-
clist, was thrown from his wheel last week
and cut himself in the side so badly, on a
flask that he had in his pocket, that he
bled to death. Moral—Don’t carry flasks
in your pockets.
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——The Rote band will furnish the nrus-
ic for a festival that will be held at Haag-
en’s school house, near Beech Creek, on
Saturday evening, August 8th. Ice cream
and cake will be served for the benefit of
the Mission Sunday school and everyone
is urged to go.
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Beezer and Hasel’s stock exchange
meat market, in the Benner building, on
the Diamond, is becoming very popular
with Bellefonte housekeepers, owing to the
choice meats always to be had. there. All
kinds of meats constantly on hand at the
lowest prices and some grades lower in
price than anywhere else in town. Give
them a call and be convinced of the su-
periority of their stock.
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——A reward of $25.00 is offered by
John Selke, of Benore, this county, for in-
formation concerning the whereabouts of
his son, Edward, who wandered away from
home on June 29th. He is aged 24 years ;
5 feet 3 inches high, weighs about 150
pounds, has light hair,” blue eyes, mous-
tache, full face ; and when he left home
was dressed in blue blouse, black pants
and wore a black slouch hat. He speaks
both German and English.
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Colonel Henry C. Demming, of Har-
rishurg, an expert mineralogist and scien-
tist of some note, has discovered a remedy
for the army worm that will kill these des-
tractive little pests in ten seconds. The
Colonel’s remedy is to take two ounces of
the metal cadmium, dissolved in one pound
of nitric acid, which has been previously
diluted in five quarts of water ; then add
five quarts of water and mix thoroughly.
Use ordinary sprinkler or atomizer. This
preparation should be made in a stone-
ware vessel, but when ready for use can he
put in other receptacles.
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D1ED AT DANVILLE.—Eliphas Bush, a
son of the late Dr. Bush, of Buffalo Run,
died in Danville hospital for the insane, on
Saturday, July 25th. Deceased was 47
years old and during his youth gave evi-
dence of a remarkable mind, but a long ill-
ness left him a victim of epilepsy. This
came affected and made him an imbecile.
One sister, Mrs. T. C. Rumberger, of
Chester Hill ; two half brothers, Dr. C. B.
Bush, and John M. Bush, of Orbisonia; and
two half sisters, Mrs. Minnie Mattern, of
Orbisonia, and Mrs. Frank Gehrett, of
Lewistown, survive him.
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MoNEY TALK AT COBURN.—On Satur-
day evening an overflow silver meeting was
held at Coburn, in the school house, which
was addressed by Hon. W. R. Bierly, who
spoke nearly three hours on the money
question and held the audience to the close.
There were many Republicans present who
announced their fealty to silver as consti-
tutional money. ; Prof. Gartof presided
and introduced the speaker. Mr. Bierly had
covered the blackboard with figures from
the U. S. census and the treasurer’s last re-
port, illustrating the economic and indus-
trial conditions of the country. During
the evening numbers of the audience asked
questions, which were answered and at the
conclusion many went up to get informa-
tion as to where reform literature could be
gotten and what newspapers to substitute
for the Phila. Hessian papers. A vote of
thanks was tendered the speaker.
These meetings, being non-partisan, are
claimed to be a great educational factor in
clearing the old ‘‘hard money’’ road of the
WATCHMAN, for the campaign, at least.
Only 30cts from now until November 15th. |
brush that bas grown therein and prepar-
ing it for other speakers to come.
so exhausted his strength that his brain he-
A GREAT SUCCEss.—The “Midway Plais- |
ance,” which was gotten up to relieve the
financial embarrassment of the Y. M. C.
A., was so much of a success, on Tuesday
and Wednesday nights, that if you care to
live over again the delightful experience of
the original Midway go down to the
armory to-night where it is still showing.
Or if you did not get to Chicago during the
World’s Fair, go down and get a fair idea
of what that wonderful Midway was like.
The Ferris wheel, on account of its size,
was not put up. The society of P. C. A.
objected to the moth eaten camel in the
streets of Cairo. And the ostrich farm was
not imported for this is a flower season ;
but the committee deserves the greatest
credit, for the show is wonderfully good
with its Turks, Indians, cannibals, Japan-
ese, Irish, Spaniards, and Germans, with
their exhibits ard booths.
To the right of the armory, as you enter,
Hagenback’s animals were caged with Mrs.
Calloway as trainer. The Bairs and Lyons
and Bullocks Bucked the first night and re-
fused to perform, and as small boys carried
off the pet snakes, the animal exhibition
was closed after Tuesday night. The Irish
village is next in line ; its Blarney castle
and stone ; its green where « Kitty /Pot-
ter, Tom Beaver and Fred Blanchard, in
the most striking Irish costumes imagina-
ble, dance and hold high carnival ; the in-
.dustries, which consist of spinning wheels
and churns, turned vigorously now and
then by Henrietta Butts, are all good
and well worth a thorough acquaintance.
The little Javanese hut and its enclosure
built of straw is an excellent reproduction
of the ones that were on the Midway back
of tht high bamboo fence. Sadie Malin,
May Taylor, Bess Elliot, Gregg Curtin and
Maurie Jackson vigorously offers, peanuts
tied up in burlap sacks as Java coffee to the
passers by. The Turkish hooth is one of
the most artistic in the Armory it is fitted
up sumptuously with curtains, rugs, cush-
ions and palms. Bess Mufily, Mrs. Bow-
ers, Charlotte Spiglemyer and Mary Sour-
beck veiled and Turkish as possible hid you
enter and make you welcome.
Anna Valentine’s camp of Indians is
splendid. With paint, beads, feathers,
blankets, buckskin and moccasins the lead-
er and Annie Keller, Caroline Orvis, Re-
becca Lyon, Mac Curtin, Frank Shugert
and Ed. Valentine are veritable ‘‘big in-
juns.”” They have two tepees, a camp fire,
do a war dance and are willing to read you
a fortune for the small sum of five cents.
The Dahomeyians are more cannibalistic
and ferocious looking than any of the
South Sea Islanders on the ‘‘Midway.”’
Jim Harris has a ring in his nose that
would circle his head. Hard Harris beats
the tom-tom fiendishly and George Meek
grinds John Uzzle’s organ until the poor
little dancers, two of the cutest little
negroes in town who are dressed in turkey
feather skirts, call to the audience ‘to git.”
Their cabin is built and thatched with corn-
stalks and their dances are the fun of the
evening.
Mrs. John Lane has charge of the Ger-
man village on the stage, and, neither in old
Vienna or in the German village were there
half so many pretty girls in evidence.
Their costumes are almost as pleasing as the
delicious refreshments they graciously
serve. On around the circle is the Spanish
booth, bright and beautiful, with hangings
and lamps, Mrs. Burnet, Emily and
Sarah Valentine, in high combs, lace man-
tillas and bright petticoats preside over
the ambrosia, which they sell as lemonade.
Tom Morris, in a fetching troubadour cos-
tum, isthe general entertainer of the booth
and Joe Katz and Harry Walkey add to
the poetry of it with their mandolin and
guitar playing.
The centre of the Armory is taken up
with Mary Blanchard’s tea house and gar-
den. The house is built of bamboo and
fitted up with screens, bead portiers, gongs
teak wood furniture and lanterns. The
garden is most attractive, with its shrub-
bery, bamboo furniture and flowers. Rebec-
ca Blanchard, Betty Breeze, Mary Hendrick,
son, Jean Shugert, Ed. Harris and Henry
Linn, dressed in true Japanese robes, assist
at the tea table or hand about the sherbet
which can he enjoyed in the garden. The
flower booth, which faces the entrance of
the armory, is managed by Jessie Laurie,
Winifred Meek and May Crider, the
former is so taking in her Dresden shep-
erdess attire that she is besieged with or-
ders for candy while the others ladle out
lemonade for the thirsty.
Tuesday evening the Bellefonte band
furnished the music for the march and
Wednesday evening the Undine band was
present to give inspiration for the march-
ing and dancing. To-night one or both
wilL-be present and both Miss Crane
and-Miss Merriman have generously prom-
ised to repeat their dances, which were al-
most professional in their excellence.
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SHEFFER—STRICKLAND.—The marriage
of A. Lester Sheffer, eldest son of Samuel
Sheffer, of east Curtin street, to Miss Jen-
nie Strickland, of Bishop street, was rather
a surprise to the many friends of the young
people, when it was announced on Tuesday
evening. =n
The ceremony was performed at 7:30
o’clock, at the bride’s home, Rev. Dr. Lau-
rie, of the Presbyterian church, officiating.
Only the immediate families of the con-
tracting parties were present and an infor-
mal reception was held after the ceremony.
They departed on an evening train for a
tour of eastern watering places.
The groom is shipping agent for the ex-
tensive lime enterprises of A. G. Morris
about Bellefonte and is also interested in
bicycles, being the Columbia agent here.
His wife is a very well known girl. She
had been a teacher in the public schools
for-several years and a very excellent one
too. Her re-election, recently, leaves a
vacancy on the hoard that will have to be
filled.
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——The WATCHMAN from now until
after the campaign for 30cts. Take it.
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+ ——The Bellefonte United Brethren con-
gregation and Sunday school are picnicking
at Hecla park to-day.
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——DBeezer and Hasel, the meat men on
the Diamond, will please you if you only
give them the opportunity.
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——Thirty-three probationers were ad-
mitted to full membership in the Lock
Haven Methodist church on Sunday.
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—— “The finest thing of its kind ever
seen in Bellefonte’’ is the universal verdict
about ‘‘the Midway”, atthe armory to-
night.
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- . Punxsutawney chicken hen swal-
lowed a lighted fire cracker that exploded
after she had it down. It is needless to
state that she is dead.
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——A new plate glass window has re-
placed the one in Kurtz's hook store, that
was broken by that unlooked for 4th of
July celebration up there.
——Musical organizations seemed to he
hard to keep in order the world over. The
Tyrone band has just reorganized ; no body
knows for what length of time.
——James Donnelly, of Beech Creek, was
taken to the Danville asylum, on Wednes-
day morning. His is a sad case. Though
only a young man he has become violently
insane.
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—1It is now Squire Cyrus Wasson, of
College township. A commission was is-
sued to that gentleman last week to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Jacob
Bottorf Esq. :
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—In another volume of this issue ap-
pears an advertisement for a lot of ‘saw mill
machinery, portable engines, etc., which
any reader would do well to look up.
There are bargains in it.
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——George W. Mackey, of Axe Mann,
and Allie Johnson, of Benezette, Elk coun-
ty, were married in Lock Haven, on Wed-
nesday. Alderman J. W. Harris perform-
ed the ceremony in the court house.
——Geo. Sechrist and Ed Musser were
driving from Millheim to Logantown, last
Saturday, when their horse frightened on
the mountain and ran away. Both men
were thrown out of theit buggy and consid-
erably hurt.
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——Photographer H. B. Shaffer has sold
his Peekskille, N. Y., studio and will open
a new one in Williamsport. The latter
location will he operated in conjunction
with his Bellefonte place. Mr. Shaffer is
one of the coming artists of the country.
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——The tannery of J. W. Smith, at Pot-
ters Mills, recently destroyed by fire will
be rebuilt, but at Spring Mills. Messrs
Wm. Allison, Charles Long and J. W.
Smith constituted a new firm that will
continue the business, with the latter gen-
tleman as manager.
News Purely Personal.
—John Blanchard has gone to Hot Springs, Va.,
for a month's stay.
—Blanche and Jennie Fauble went to Atlantic
City, on Wednesday. They will be gone for a
week.
—Dr. Sam. Noll, of Philadelphia, is visiting his
friends and relatives at Pleasant Gap for a few
days.
—Mr. Frank E. Allen, representing the Phil-
adelphia Inquirer circulation department, is in
town in the interest of his paper.
—Mrs. Henry Pickle, of Millersville, with her
little daughter are making their first visit home
to grand-father W. I. Twitmire's.
Mrs. Simon Loeb, Mrs. Strouse and Miss Ger-
trude Bloomingdale, who have been visiting Mrs,
Fauble for some weeks, returned to their home
in Philadelphia, Monday:
—Charles and Clayton Rote, Clay Rider, James
Stover and “Doe” Bryant, the Coleville boys who
were playing in a circus band, have returned to
their homes because the circus closed an un-
profitable season.
—The family of Mr. W. L. Daggett, proprietor
of the Bush House, are spending part of the sum-
mer at State College, where they have taken the
Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity house. The Daggett
children are improving in health.
—Sheriff John P. Condo, ‘register G. W. Rum-
berger and prothonotary W. F. Smith returned
froma week at Atlantie City, on Monday morn-
ing. They reported having had a fine time and
all feel better in health from having had the little
rest.
—Charles Steinman Foltz, one of the editors of
the Lancaster Intelligencer, isin town with Mrs.
Foltz visiting Mr. and Mrs. Geo. L. Potter. The
Intelligencer is one of the oldest and most in-
fluential papers in the State. It was founded in
1794, andthe soundness of its Democracy need
never be questioned.
—J. Blair Alexander who lives on one of those
much talked of Bald Eagle farms, just a short dis-
tance west of Snow Shoe Intersection, was in town
yesterday. He is one of the few fortunate farm-
ers in the county who has a good crop of hay and
it is going to net him a neat profit now that the
crop is so short in other parts of the county.
—The Misses Iola and Carrie Lucas, daughters
of Nelson A. Lucas, of Washington, D. C., are
visiting friends in Centre county. They are
charming young ladies who have grown up since
leaving Coleville a number of years ago. Like
the others of the Lucas family they have many
friends in this vicinity who are delighted at see-
ing them,
—DMur. Philip Barnhart, who lives out on east
Howard street, was a caller yesterday morning
and like everyone else seemed very much op-
pressed with the heat. He is one of those staunch
old Democrats, however, who can find something
of comfort in everything, and the bright out look
for the party’s success over balanced the depress-
ing effect of the heat and he went away with the
WarcamaN paid up in advance.
—On Wednesday we had the pleasure of a call
from Mr. D. A. Deitrick, of Hublersburg, who is
the very obliging station master at that place. He
is a brother of Bellefonte's popular painter and
house decorator and is very like himin respect
of a genial, pleasant manner. Several years ago
he wrote some interesting stories of lumber camp
life for the Warcmyax, hut has not done anything
in that line for some time.
DisTRICT FIREMEN’S CONVENTION. —
The town of Clearfield is to have the honor
of entertaining the firemen who will at-
tend the fourth annual convention of the
central district association of volunteer
firemen. It will convene on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, August 1Rth,
19th and 20th. rr!
The three days will he used about as fol-
lows : On Tuesday afternoon the delegates
will meet in the arbitration room in the
court house to transact the regular busi-
ness of the organization.
The parade will be made on Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Immediately after
the parade the steamer contest will take
place. The first prize will be $50 and sec-
ond, $25. The second will be paid only if
three or more enter.
The races will he held on Thursday af-
ternoon and will consist of the following :
1 Hose Contest—Run 200 yards, attach to
plug, lay 150 feet of hose, bri connection
and puton play pipe, (each reel to carry 200
feet of hose.) ;
First Prize $30.00
Second Prize : 15.00
2 Hub Contest—Teams to start with
wheel hubs over starting point running a sin-
gle dash of 200 yds. hubs first over line
to win ; $15.00
3 Parade of all firemen. _
4 Prize drill. $15.00
5 Largest company £10.60
6 Best uniformed company $15.00
7 Potato Race—Contestants to run 50 yds.
and gather six potatoes, one at a time.
Prize 2 : Umbrella.
8 Tallest fireman Prize.
9 Best band ; : $10.00
10 One hundred yds. foot race new hat.
11 Grand free-for-all hose race—three com-
panies to start. Prize. . ; $50.00
Pennsylvania State rules to govern all con-
tests. Entries for contests open until noon
on August 20th.
Companies outside of district cannot take
part in contests.
Both of Bellefonte’s engine companies will
attend. The Logans will probably take their
steamer with them and the Bellefonte band
will lead them. The Undines have not
fully decided whether they will take their
engine or not, hut their band will accom-
pany them.
Ss a bn
TUBERCULOSIS AMONG ~~ WARRIORS-
MARK CATTLE.—The farmers in the vicini-
ty of Warriors-mark are getting uneasy on
account of the health conditions of their
dairy herds. A number of examinations
have disclosed the presence of tuberculosis
among some of them and owners are begin-
ning to guard against a wider spread of the
disease.
A Warriorsmark correspondent in the Ty-
rone Herald tells of a test made by Dr.
Leonard Pearson, state veterinarian, last
Thursday, on the herd of Levi Nearhoof.
‘“There were seventeen head of milk cows
and stock cattle. They found three milk
cows that responded to the test. The test
is tuberline. The three that responded
were killed on Saturday and a post mor-
tem was held. No. 1, a registered Jersey
cow, showed to be diseased throughout
with tuberculosis, and would not have
lived over a month. A very bad case. No.
2, not so far advanced, but one lung very
much inoculated. No. 3, a well advanced
case in which lungs and other organs were
diseased. A number of farmers and eciti-
zens were present at the examinations.
There were three applications made to have
their herds examined which will be attend-
ed to soon. The Jersey cow, when one and
a half years old, was brought from Chester
county. She showed no signs of disease
until three months ago. The doctors
opinion is that Nos. 2 and 3 contracted the
disease from No. 1. Nos. 2 and 3 were not
Jerseys, but common stock.’
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Following is the
list of marriage licenses granted hy
orphans’ court clerk, G. W. Rumberger,
during the past week. :
A. L. Sheffer and
both of Bellefonte.
William W. Gates and Dora Williams,
both of Walker township.
Calvin W. Wieland and Jennie A. Condo,
both of Harris township.
rs
———The Delaware peach crop, in fact the
crop in all parts of the country, is enor-
mous.
Jennie Strickland,
me
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 :
ed wheat............ 65
Rye, per bushel.... 35
Corn, shelled, per bushel... 33
Corn, ears, per bushel. 15
Oats, per bushel... 20
Barley, per bushel... 35
Ground Plaster, Jer 8 00)
Buckwheat, per bushe ave 40
Cloverseed, per bushel to §7 00
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoesiper bnshel. inna, 25
Pnions facie Sos 50
ggs, per. dozen 124
Lard, per pound %
Country Shoulde Y
Sides. v
Tal} Hams 3 10
allow, per pound. 3
Butter, per pound. 15
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