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Bellefonte, Pa., Aug. 14, 1896.
To CORRESPONDENTS. —No communications pub-
ished unless accompanied by the real name of
the writer.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
—Ten persons are now confined in the
county jail.
—A new girl is the latest at John Mec-
Suley’s home, on east High strect.
——There will not be any services in the
Evangelical church, on Willowbank street,
morning or evening on next Sunday.
— Nittany valley castle Knights of
Golden Bagle will picnic at Dornblaser’s
woods tomorrow, Saturday, August 15th.
Margaret, the six months old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs Edward Brown Jr,
died, on Friday afternoon, and was buried
on Saturday.
— The party of young folks who had
been camping on Spring creek, near the
“‘Eagle’s Nest,”” have returned after a most
enjoyable outing.
— The Bellefonte Bryan and Sewall
club will meet next Tuesday evening in
the club rooms. Speakers will be an-
nounced later. -
— The spire on the Reformed church,
that was recently damaged by lightning, is
being repaired now that the insurance ad-
justers have made up the loss.
——A free fight over a McKinley cam-
paign button took place at the Milesburg
‘depot on Saturday. Such a thing is
enough to make anybody fight.
— About two hundred and fifty peo-
ple attended the picnic of St. John’s Cath-
olic church, at Hunter’s park, on Wednes-
day. They staid all day notwithstanding
the rain.
Jas. I. McClure’s Bishop street me-
nagerie has a new attraction. On Saturday
night a large hoot owl was shipped to Jim
from Julian and it is attracting consider-
able attention.
——Our colored friends must have done
something to offend the clerk of the weath-
er. They had their annual Sunday school
picnic, at Hecla, on Wednesday, and it
rained nearly all afternoon.
—The large trestle work that is used
to transport lime stone from Morris Ar-
mour gap “quarries to the crushers, a quar-
ter of a mile distant, was wrecked by the
avind storm Wednesday afternoon.
—-—-Aeronaut Leo Stevens tried to make
a balloon ascension from Hecla park, on
Wednesday. It was to have been the one
that was prevented by rain last Friday,
but the rain again prevented the ‘ascension.
Mr. W. D. Dukeman wishes to ex-
press his grateful acknowledgment to the
many friends and neighbors for the kind-
nesses rendered his dear wife and family
during the illness that resulted in her
"death.
— Barber John Wallace, who had run
a shop in the Bush house building, this
place, for several years, moved away on
Saturday. He came here from Philips-
burg and is reported to have gone to Glen-
dale, near Pittsburg.
——Harry S. Camp, whose father, W.R.
Camp, had a furniture store, on Bishop
street, in this place, several years ago, was
married to Della Van Scoyoc, in Tyrone, on
Monday morning. The groom is now a
traveling salesman.
— Mrs. E. M. Edwards, the Philadel-
phia foot specialist, who has a room at 13
Crider’s Exchange, is meeting with de-
cided success in her line. So if you want
to consult the best. authority on foot or
hand you still have the opportunity.
——Lige Shope, a son of Wm. Shope, for-
merly of this place, was arrested in Altoona,
on Monday, charged with burglarizing D.
B. Doughterty and son’s hardware store in
that place. He waived a hearing and gave
bail for $500 for his appearance at court
——On Thursday, August 20th, there
will be a Lutheran rally at Hecla Park.
Prominent speakers will be present, among
whom will be missionaries Goll and Pohl-
man. They will address the gathering at
2 o'clock p. m.. Everbody is cordially in-
vited.
— The ladies of the Philipsburg Village
Improvement society rented the soda water
fountain in one of the drug stores in that
place from 2 to 9:30 P.M., last Friday, and
dispensed drinks themselves. ‘When they
had paid for the material used there was a
profit of $25. The scheme will be tried
again.
——1It is very probable that the
stone house at the Valentine’s iron furnace
will be closed up this winter as Mr. and
Mis. John Tonner are going to Philadel
phia, in September, where theirson Will is
employed with the Welsbach light com-
pany. Miss Mary Develing has taken
rooms at the Bush House and the other
boarders have not decided where they will
<0.
——Up Spring creek is the popular re-
sort for campers this summer. Last Sun-
day the terrible storm frightened the
Scheryer, Aikens, Shaffer party home and
now a jolly party are encamped there, con-
sisting of the Misses Maggie and Bridge
Curry, Annie McLaughlin, Lizzie Hazel,
- Annie Redding, of Snow Shoe ; Sue Entz-
brener, of Altoona; and Messrs. Harry
Jackson, Jake Gross, Harry Taylor, Mike
Hazel and Andy Beezer.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING. — The
Bellefonte Bryan and Sewall free silver
club held its regular meeting on Tuesday
night. The Hon. Walter E. Ritter, of
Lycoming county, had been advertised to
speak and the crowd was too large for the
club’s assembly room, in the Reynold’s
bank building, so the meeting adjourned
to the court house.
After some stirring music by the Undine
band president Garman called the meeting
to order and introduced W. C. Heinle Esg.,
who spoke for a few minutes in introduc-
ing the speaker of the evening.
When Mr. Ritter took the floor there were
calls from different parts of the house for
him to ascend to the judge’s bench. This
gave him an opportunity to make the hap-
py hit that he preferred being on a level
with all the people, because the issue was
one in which there were common interests
and in a republican form of government no
man should feel himself above another.
Great applause greeted this stroke and the
speaker at once launched out into an ex-
haustive presentation of the issue of the
campaign—silver.
The court house was comfortably filled.
A much larger gathering than was expect-
ed at what was nothing more than a regu-
lar meeting of the local organization, and
the fact that the audience endured the
stifling heat clear through the hour’s talk
is a pretty compliment to the force of the
young man’s argument. He took up the
Chicago platform, showing that anyone
ought to be able to subscribe to the planks
which the gold people are trying to make
capital out of as being un-American. In
referring to the criticism of the Chicago ar-
raignment of the Supreme court for having
declared the income tax unconstitutional
he first explained the justice of such a tax
by showing that a majority of the first con-
tinental Congress had declared for it and
that it had been a legal means of raising
revenue for a majority of the years of the
life of the government. Then he cited the
“Dread Scott decision’’ of the Supreme
court and the awful verdict at the polls by
which the American people had manifest-
ed their disapproval of it.
After a careful explanation of the silver
question and what free coinage means he
alluded to the recent action of the New
York banking syndicate in loaning gold to
the government to keep up the legal re-
serve. This action, on their part, was
done, not from a desire to help the gov-
ernment, but from a fear of results at the
polls should they force another bond issue
before the election. But it must be re-
membered that they only loaned the gold
and took certificates for it with which they
can claim it again at any moment.
In answer to the charge that Bryan is
too young to be made President Mr. Ritter
stated that every reformation with which
history deals was inaugurated by young
men. As illustrations he named John
Jay, Thos. Jefferson, Robert Pitt, George
B. McLelland and many others who were
in their twenties and thirties when they
reached the zenith of usefulness.
The talk was full of points, throughout,
and when he had done every one seemed
delighted with the logical, courteous man-
ner in which he dealt with the issues.
It is significant that the most of the
audience was made up of working people,
who were intent on hearing. They listen-
ed to every point with an eagerness that
has never before been manifested at a
political meeting in this place and it is
evident, therefrom, that the people are de-
termined to study every phase of this great
question before November.
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THE BALLOON COLLAPSED.—Aeronaut
Leo Stevens had a very thrilling experience
at Hecla park last Thursday, when only a
fortunate occurrence saved him from instant
death. The beneficial order of Maccabees,
of Williamsport, was picnicking at the park
and his balloon ascension ‘and parachute’
jump was one of the entertainment features
provided ‘by the railroad company. He
had filled his balloon with hot air and
just started on his trip skyward, when a
great tear was noticed in the side of the
halloon. Of course the hot air escaped and
it collapsed, leaving Stevens withoyg sup-
port. He fell about 125 feet to the ground.
Fortunately forum he fell into the trees
which broke his fall and possibly saved
him from serious injury. As it was he was
only scratched a little and soon recovered.
The story published in the city papers
that he was a thousand feet in the air when
the balloon collapsed is all bosh. Had
such been the case Stevens would have
been killed. The accident is supposed to
have been caused by a spark from the fire
that was making the hot air.
On Friday he was to have made an as-
cension for the amusement of the Good
Templar band, of Lock Haven, and friends,
and had started to fill his balloon when the
big rain came up and saturated it. The
weight of water on the inflated balloon
caused it to careen and finally roll over on
the ground. The rain continued so hard
that it was impossible to get the balloon
righted so that ascension had to be given
up. It was a matter of disappointment to
the crowd but could not be helped.
Leo’s engagement closed at the park on
that day. It was one of biggest weeks the
place has ever had and proved, conclusive-
ly, that it is growing in popularity with
every season.
The Central company purpose putting in
some permanent amusement enterprises
before long and it would not be surpsising
to find ‘‘Shoot the Chutes” among them.
The old mill building would make a good
elevation for the hoats to start on their
downward plunge into the lake.
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——Wm. P. Duncan, of Philipsburg,
and other capitalists are conteriplating
starting a National bank at Spangler, Pa.
— House breakers are still terrorizing
Philipsburg residents.
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—Farran Zerbe a Tyrone stationer
won a $150 bicycle in a drawing contest
the other day. It was a Columbia tandem
and was chanced off at a penny a chance.
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— The knights of the Mystic Chain of
Centre and Clearfield counties held their
second annual meeting at Philipsburg last
Saturday. The next meeting will be held
at Osceola.
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—— Mill Hall has a new paper in the
Times. That thriving little town has been
without a paper ever since the big fire, sev-
eral years ago, when D. Scott Currin’s
Valley Chief was burned out of its home.
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— Michael Fitzharris has purchased
the furniture and fixtures of the Warde
House, Tyrone, from John T. Rowley, for
$8,000, and will take charge of the hotel
as soon as the necessary papers transferring
the lease can he made out.
——A valuable team of horses owned by
the Grazier brothers, Tyrone dairymen,
ran into a barbed wire fence, on Tuesday
night, and were injured so badly that it
was necessary to shoot thems They were
at pasture and were running in play.
——While in an unbalanced state of
mind Bernard John Ward, of Cold Spring
Forge, near Tyrone, fell into the Juniata
river and was drowned. He was a stone
mason employed by the Pennsylvania rail-
road company and was made temporarily
insane by drink.
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—Philipsburg’s town council has
ordered the ladies of the Village Improve-
ment society of that place to remove the
cans which the society had placed at street
corners as receptacles for paper and other
rubbish that had been thrown on the
streets. The people out there got to throw-
ing dead cats into the cans and making
them more of a nuisance than the waste
paper was.
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THEY THANK THEIR*NEIGHBORS.—Dr.
and Mrs. James A. Thompson take this
opportunity to thank their friends and
neighbors of Stormstown and vicinity for
the prompt and efficient aid so kindly
rendered during the fire, on the night of
Aug. 5th, by which their house was saved
from burning. They feel doubly grateful
as the Doctor was absent from home at the
time.
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BURGLARS AGAIN.—On Saturday night
burglars entered the home of Samuel Lewin,
on east Linn street, and made their way
to a second floor room where they secured
$15. Entrance was made through a back
window. .
The same night burglars tried to enter
the home of C. P. Hewes Esq., on West
Linn street, but failed to get either
front or side windows, open after they had
forced the shutters. The Hewes family
being away there was no one to molest
them, but they did not get in.
HUNTINGDON WILL BE A CENTURY
OLD.—The town of Huntingdon will cele-
brate her hundredth anniversary on Sep-
tember 8th, 9th, and 10th.
On Tuesday the veterans and military or-
ganizations will make their display the
Standing Stone will be dedicated. On
Wednesday the civic societies, firemen and
public schools will celebrate and on Thurs-
day there will be a grand industrial parade.
Huntingdon is making preparations fora
grand time, which will be entirely in keep-
ing with such a momentous occasion.
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WRECKED AT McCoy’s WoORKS.—Four
coal cars were piled up on the siding at
McCoy and Linn’s iron works, below this
place, on Monday afternoon, and it took the
construction train of the division until late
at night clearing up the wreckage.
While coming in towards Bellefonte a
coke car on a local freight train ‘‘picked”’
the siding switch and ran off onto it. The
result was that the box was pulled off the
trucks and three cars behind were wrecked
before the train could be stopped.
No one was hurt and traffic was not
delayed at all.
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His EE TorN Our.—James Scollins,
of Osceola Mills, was driving in to Philips-
burg, last Sunday evening about 9 o'clock,
and had just reached the Maple street
bridge over the Moshannon when another
buggy collided with his. It was very dark
and he did not realize his danger until it
was too late to get out of the way. Unfort-
unately the shafts of the stranger’s buggy
struck him in the ‘eye and tore one clear
ont besides injuring the other. A lady who
was with him was nearly thrown into the
creek.
The stranger, who had caused the acci-
dent, cooly drove off without waiting to see
the effect of his brutal work. >
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THE KING OF THE PIcNIcs.—There is
now on foot a scheme to have a grand
busine s men’s picnic at Hecla park some
time during the latter part of this month
or possibly on Sept. 31d, the day the K. G.
E. will picnic there. It is planned to have
every business place and manufactory in
Bellefonte closed on that day, while all
hands enjoy the picnic. Two greatforators
will be there. One to talk gold, the other
to talk silver.
The railroad company will possibly have
the new track done by that time and if
such is the case there will be bicycle and
horse racing.
If carried out on its proposed gigantic
scale this will be, by long odds, the largest
picnic ever held in this county.
THE STORY OF A GREAT STORM.—It
was not at all unnatural that an oppres-
sively hot day like last Sunday should have
been ended by a terrific storm, but no one
was prepared for the violence of the one
that swept over this community just about
sun-set.
All day the sun’s rays had scorched and
wilted everything they fell upon. It was
intensely hot and from nine o’clock in the
morning until six o'clock in the evening
there was scarcely a breath of air that did
not seem to scald the very lungs. All day
long the thermometer registered from 92°-
to 98° and several erratic ones in town
even got so high as 102°.
It being Sunday very few people were
on the streets and this fact possibly ac-
counts for there not being any fatalities
reported. There was nothing to do and
everyone found as comfortable a place as
possible and staid there until, the great
storm scared them out. 3
It was scarcely more than six o'clock
when a few scurrying wind clouds passed
over this place. Following them was heard
the ominous rumbling of a storm that
seemed to be gathering in the northwest.
The edges of angry storm clouds would now
and then seem to peep over the top of Muncy
mountains, as if watching for a chance
to sweep down, unawares, on this side.
As the day grew darker the lurid flashes of
lightning began to illuminate the heavens.
Heavy dark clouds came swirling in from
all directions and seemed to meet right
over Bellefonte. Then little greenish white
SS dropped nearer the earth and the
first gust of wind broke. It was only a
matter of a few moments until the most a-
larming wind storm that the oldest resi-
dents have memory of was sweeping Belle-
fonte with a violence that was appalling.
Limbs were torn from trees, trees uprooted,
fences leveled and even buildings blown
over.
There was comparatively little rain and
the peculiar effect of the setting sun on
the storm clouds sent a thrill of fear
through all who witnessed it.
The watch box at the P. R. R. depot was
blown over. A large tree in front of S. A.
McQuistion’s High street property was
broken clean off, about five feet from the
ground. Another tree in front of John
Shadle’s home, on Thomas street, was blown
out at the roots. Trees along the race, at
C. T. Gerberich’s, along the upper end of
Linn street and in nearly every part of town
were torn and twisted in such a way as
to mar their beauty.
In front of Mrs. Blanchard’s home, on
West Linn street, one large shade tree
was torn up by the roots, while the other
was split right in twain.
At the home of Mrs. Brockerhoff, corner
of Bishop and Spring streets, a tree was
blown over on the conservatory, almost de-
molishing it.
Lumber piles were upset and sheds un-
roofed at Crider’s yard.
Lunger Wian was driving along by Mal-
lory’s black smith shop, on Pine street,
when his horse was knocked over by the
shock from some live electric light wires
that were down and it was some time be-
fore it could be released.
The hot period is by no means local.
Reports are being heard from all parts of
the country as to the awfulness of the heat.
It has been the longest continuous hot spell
we have had since ’92, when there were
twenty four days of unusually hot weather.
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THE MCKINLEY MEETING. —Notwith-
standing the extreme heat of last Friday
night a fair crowd went to the Arcade hall
"to hear Congressman J. D. Hicks, of Altoo-
na, who had been advertised to speak at
the regular meeting of the McKinley club
that night. As he did not arrive in Belle-
fonte until the 8:41 train reached here Col.
James P. Coburn was called to hold the
audience until that hour. It would be need-
less to tell anyone what the Colonel said.
There is a beauty about his speech mak-
ing that very few orators possess. When
one of his talks have been heard there is no |
need of hearing any more. The Colonel
has the happy facglty of forgetting the sto-
ries he has told before, so every chance he
gets he tells the same old tale he has been
recounting since the war.
. When Congressman Hicks arrived he was |-
received with considerable warmth. It
was natural too, for there wasn’t a fellow
in the hall who hadn’t shipped a shoe full
of water and was about ready to float away.
The visitor was given attention, however,
for while the great majority of those pres-
ent were staunch Republicans many of them
have made up their minds to be guided,
this fall, only by the most convincing argu-
ment. Things have come to such a pass
with them that they don’t intend to vote
for Mr. McKinley simply because he rep-
resents the party with which they have
been affiliated for years. As several gen-
tlemen said after the meeting was out:
“It a Democratic speaker can show me
that. free silver would be better for the
country at large I don’t intend to let party
prejudice standin the way of my helping
to bring that about.” Many feel just that
way. Political meetings will be attended’
this fall, not to hear one man abuse every-
one who does not think as he does, nor to
see a bloody shirt waved, nor to hear pro-
tection vaunted, but for the sole purpose
of hearing argument on the money ques- |
tion.
Mr. Hicks unfortunately did not seem
to appreciate the existence of such a feeling
among the people and his principal stock
in trade was abuse of Democrats and things
Democratic. If he intends remaining on
the stump during the campaign he will
learn his mistake before its close. He
would make a forcible speaker for
any cause if he would confine himself to
it, but he will surely make no converts to
it if he continues the tactics he employed
here on Friday night.
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——Clearfield county commissioners esti-
mate that it will cost $24,000 to maintain
their county poor house this year. :
——DBryan would undoubtly withdraw
(?) from the presidential race if some one
would show him the way the Tyrone Her-
ald deals with his recent stg in that place.
——Rev. Dr. Colfelt, of Bedford, will
preach in the Presbyterian church, in this
place, on Sunday, August 23rd. On next
Sunday, August 16th, the church will be
closed, because of Dr. Laurie’s absence.
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——A dispatch from De Haven, a town
near Punxsutawney, states that a cloud-
burst occurred there yesterday afternoon
and that thirty people were drowned.
Further than this no particulars of the ac-
cident could be obtained.
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——The Central district firemen’s con-
vention is to be held in Clearfield next
week. The Logans and Undines both in-
tend going with their bands. There will
be great firemen’s athletic contests, parades
and other amusements.
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——W. Harry Walker Esq., a native of
Salona, Clinton county, and a graduate of
the Dickinson college law school, at Carlisle,
has entered the law office of D. F. Fortney,
in this place, as a partner. He is an ener-
getic young man and this infusion of young
blood into Mr. Fortney’s practice will
make it larger than ever.
——The luxuries of a trip to the Sea-
shore, during the heated month of August
can be fully realized at a minimum cost by
taking the Pennsylvania railroad excursion
August 20th. Atlantic City is the most
accessible point as it can be reached with-
out transfer through Philadelphia by pur-
chasing tickets via the new Deleware river
route, the only all rail line from points in
Pennsylvania. :
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UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST.—Regu-
lar services on Sunday at 10:30 a. m. by
the pastor. Sacramental services at 7:30
p. m. conducted by Rev. R. S. Woodward,
presiding elder. Sabbath school at 9:30
a.m. Y.P.S.C. E. meeting at 6:30 p. m.
Jr. Y.P. S.C. E. meeting on Saturday
evel at 6:30.
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PLEASURE IN STORE.—On the evening
of Tuesday, the 18th, Miss Minnie A. Men-
ges, of Montgomery, an elocutionist of
more than ordinary ability, will give an
entertainment in the Methodist chureh for
the benefit of the Sunday school library
fund. Miss Menges is a graduate of Dick-
inson seminary and of the Emerson school
of oratory in Boston and comes very high-
ly recommended as a reciter. As she re-
cites in a very pleasing, natural manner,
without the affectation and exaggeration
so common with elocutionists we can prom-
ise you a very pleasant evening. You are
| cordially invited to be present. - Admission
| 10 cents.
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News Purely Personal.
—Mrs. Taft and daughter Miss Mary are
spending part of the summer at the Bush House.
They are from Brooklyn.
—Hugh 8. Taylor Esq., and N. B. Spangler Esq.,
were Centre county Democrats who went to New
York to hear Bryan's speech.
—Lieut. Geo. L. Jackson went down to the
shore, on Tuesday morning, to get another coat
of tan on the layer he received at Lewistown.
— Miss Edna Williams, a daughter of the lament-
ed Harry C. Williams, Dec’d of Philipsburg, is in
town the guest of Miss Lucetta Brew, on Alle-
gheny street.
—Rév.J. W. Rue is going to Ocean Grove,
Tuesday, for a ten day's stay. Rev. Samuel
Creighton, of Salona, is expected to fill the pulpit
while he is away.
—Mr. and Mrs. John M. Herr, of Indianapolis,
Ind., are guests at the home of Mr. Shem. Spigel-
myer, on east High street. Mr. Herr was in the
shoe business in this place several years ago.
—Rob’t Garman, the youngest son of Daniel
(sarman of this place, is home on a short visit.
Bob is located in Coatesville, where he has a nice
position in a jewelry and music store.
—Temple Cruse and his bright young sister,
Mary, returned trom Baltimore, on Monday even-
| ing, after having spent two weeks very plemaly
with relatives in the Oriole city. ¢
—J. C. Weaver and family are attending Newton
Hamilton camp meeting.” The woods and Evan-
gelist Weaver, who is conducting the revival
meetings, were the incentive of their going.
—Mrs. Joe Woodward and her little son are go-
ing to-daw to Williamsport for a ‘twp week's stay,
with Mr. Woodward's mother and sisters. Martha
Dewing Woodward, the artist, is home from New
York spending the summer in Williamsport.
—J. 8. Dauberman Exq., of Centre Hall, a good
old fashioned Democrat, that is one of the kind
that you always know where he will be onany
party issue, wasin town, on Tuesday, attending
to some business and talking a little polities too.
—Jim Barnhart has grown desperate keeping
bachelor’s hall and, to-day, is going to Punxsu-
tawney to see what inducements he can offer
Mrs. Barnhart and Martha to come home. On
Tuesday he will attend the reunion of the Camp-
bell family, which yearly grows in interest.
—Misses Katie and Emma Fusser, daughters
of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fusser, of Kane, who
have been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Rine, on east Bishop street, departed for
their home on last Wednesday. They are two
very attractive young ladies ‘and had a splendid
time while sojourning in this place.
—Mis. Calvin Waltz, of Pleasant Gap, was in
town visiting her friends on Wednesday and
though the day was a very warm one she found
time to make a pleasant call on most of them.
She does not come in often and it is little wonder,
for if every one at the Gap looks as well as she
does we would imagine they would never leave
the place.
—Dr. Samuel Noll is now at his home, at Pleas-
ant Gap, rusticating for a few weeks previous to
settling in some permanent location where he
will hang out his shingle as a physician and sur-
geon. He hasjust finished a beneficial season of
| practice in the Medico-chirurgical hospital in
Philadelphia, where he had "opportunities for
studying disease and its treatment in many
| phases never known by the individual practition-
er. By reason of this varied experience he
ought to meet with marked success in the profes-
sion and any community would be well eared for
with Dr. Noll in it.
ONE_WAY OF DOING BUSINESS.—A
Centre county piano dealer came to town
the other day and engaged a drayman to
take a piano out into the country. They
drove past a saw mill where the man for
whom it was intended was working and
said nothing to him about it. When they
reached the house they found it locked up
and no one around. They succeeded in
gaining admission to the house*and left
the piano. They then notified the man on
the mill they had invaded his home and
left a piano. He demanded to know what
right they had to enter his home in the ab-
sence of his family and informed the agent
what it would cost to get the piano out
again and advised him not to remove it un-
til some member of the family opened the
door. Presently the mill man’s wife came
along and the piano man was glad to pay
the bill and remove the musical machine.
—Du Bois Express.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Following is the
list of marriage licenses granted by
orphans’ court clerk, G. W. Rumberger,
during the past week.
Harper S. Springle, of Millheim, and
Mable T. Stiffler, of Colyer.
Thomas T. Lucas, of Boggs Twp., and
Susan R. Allen, of Marion Twp.
Amos W. Swarmer, of Spring, and Ida
M. Rider, of Bellefonte.
Joseph G. McKinley, of Milesburg, and
Mrs. Kate Meyers, of Spring.
Franklin L. Courtur and Anna E.
Smith, both of Blanchard.
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THE BELLEFONTE CENTRAL EXTEND-
1ING—Ferguson township’s people will be
delighted to hear that the Bellefonte Cen-
tral railroad line will be completed through
to Bloom’s, where the railroad crosses the
‘White Hall’’ road, by September 1st.
Trains will begin running at that time
and the new point will be known as
Bloomsdorf, which means Bloomtown,
" Spring Mills.
The Supervisor and a force of workmen are
busy on the new road, a direct and perfectly
level thoroughfare from the southeastern
part of the town to the R. R. station. Itisa
continuation of the roads from George's val-
ley and Penn Hall a convenience long need-
ed.
On Sunday last, a terrible wind storm passed
over our village twisting off trees, playing
havoc with fences and doing considerable
damage down the valley. The storm was ac-
companied with vivid flashes of lightning
and terrific peals of thunder, but very little
rain.
D. H. Ruhle, our jovial landlord, has had
all the rooms in his house handsomely pa-
pered and painted. Mr. Ruhle purchased the
property a short since and contemplates mak-
ing several decided improvements. This
hotel is general head-quarters for commer-
cial travelers and the accommodation are all
that could be desired.
The Republicans in the neighborhood are
completely dumbfounded at the rapid and
healthy headway the ‘‘silver craze”, as they
call it, is making among the people and are
concocting all kinds of clap trap to stem the
tide. The anarchy and protection scheme
failing, they are now harping in the 53 cent
dollar twaddle. Of course the people of to-
day are far to intelligent to be led astray by
such nonsense. They know, well, that if
silver is again used as a monetary metal, it
will naturally appreciate in value and occupy
the same position it did previous to ’73,
when silver was demonetized and diverted
from its legitimate use and, of course, declin-
ed in value. But pray what material or
commodity would not depreciate if diverted
from its natural and customary usage ? Here
in these valleys the Republicans are endeav.
oring to scare the field hands and laborers,
by stating that if Bryan is elected President.
they would be paid only in 53 cent dollars,
and if they had any money saved, it would
be worth about half as much as it is now.
But the working men of these valleys are not
fools and these untruths have no weight with
them. To the farmers they are more cau-
tious, and have precious little to say
on the silver question. Our farmers knew
only too well, that their lands are depreciat-
ing every year and melting away from them,
and the products becoming almost valueless,
they have also discovered that if the single
gold standard is continued much longer, they
will have no farms or anything else. The
farming community of these valleys are de-
cidedly in favor of bimetallism.
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 :
A WHeAL...ccernsvveerntzressssessrearsssnnsseessersssensaens 65
Rye, per bushel.. 5
Corn, shelled, per bushel.
Corn, ears, per bushel.
Oats, per bushel........
Barley, a bushel...
Ground Plaster, per
Buckwheat, per bushel
Cloverseed, per bushel.
- Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co..
Potatoes per. bushel...........cceveeenrsviccrrnssssrns 25
galons reid Sop “ 50
gs, per dozen 12%;
Tt 34] ound %
Country Shoulde! 7
Sides. 7
Hams 10
Tallow, per po 3
Butter, per pound...........eceireniiinenssnnnninsnn 15
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