A nn a Bellefonte, Pa., Oct. 2, 1896. To CorRESPONDENTS.—NO communications pub- ished unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY Several Bellefonters took in Bar- num'’s circus, at Lock Haven, last Satur- day. ——Sunday will be special rallying day at the Methodist Sunday school in this place. No. 1501 drew G. L. Wiliams’ bi- cycle. The holder of the coupon has not been discovered as yet. — ‘Sowing the Wind’’ is one of Froh- man’s productions. That is enough to guarantee its excellence. ——The Rev. Samuel Creighton, of Sa- lona, preached two very excellent sermons in the Methodist church here on Sunday. ——While Levi Brown, of Flemington, was sitting at the supper table, on Tuesday evening, he suddenly, expired. Deceased was 66 years old. ——VWilliam Brown, with his wife, nee Mary Noonen, and daughter, left for Cali- fornia on Saturday morning. They will locate at Los Angeles. ——Washouts along the main line af- fected the time of arrival of .trains all day Wednesday. The morning train from Lewisburg was four hours late. ——The thirteenth annual session of the women’s home missionary society of the Huntingdon Presbytery met, in Philips- burg, on Wednesday and Thursday. ——You may lose your vote if you don’t at once attend to the payment of your taxes. Saturday, Oct. 3rd, is the last day and you don’t have many hours to spare. ——One of the most teriffic rain storms’ that has passed over Bellefonte for a long time was that of Tuesday night. Spring Creek had a three foot flood Wednesday morning. ——The fine wood carving that is being done for the remodeled Humes house, cor- ner of Allegheny and Howard streets, is being done at the Philipsburg furniture company’s plant. ——DBenj. Williams expects to go to Philadelphia soon. Once there he will en- ter the medico-chirurgical hospital to undergo an operation which he thinks will make him a well man. ——The Philipsburg Journal reports the silver meeting in that place, last Monday night, the most enthusiastic one ever held. Col. J. L. Spangler and Hon. D. IL. Krebs, of Clearfield, addressed it. Bellefonte’s town couneil having purchased a stone crusher little dreams that it has a labor crusher, as well. How many poor people will that machine keep from earning a pittance by doing work they were accustomed to do on the streets ? ——The Bellefonte Central railroad ex- tension has been pushed along so well that, on Monday, the road will be open through to Pine Grove crossing. The point is with- in a mile of Pine Grove Mills and on and after next Monday trains will run regular- Iy to that point. ——Centre county has never been able to get Mr. Wanamaker here at any time when he has heen advertised. He has been at the Sunday school convention, at Holli- daysburg, this week. But holy John has an opportunity to put in a few politi- cal spokes in Blair county, while he is a Sun- day schoolin’. Bellefonte thought she did well in the way of crowds for evangelists Weaver and Weeden, hut if the Lock Haven pa- pers tell the truth that town is far more anxious to learn the gospel than Bellefonte was, when the tabernacle was here. That is possibly accounted for by the fact that Lock Haven knows the least about it. State College is going to have ice building and loan association. At a meet- ing held recently the following officers were elected to carry out the project: President, W. C. Patterson; 1st vice presi- dent, A. I". Markle; 2nd vice president, L. E. Reber; directors, W. S. Glenn, Thomas F. Kennedy, J. O. Glover, John Harter, William Frear, C. H. Foster; secretary, W. S. Harter. ——At the annual convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Centre county, which closed its session here last week, the old board of officers were re- elected for the ensuing year, as follows : President, Mrs. John P. Harris ; vice presi- dent, Mrs. James Harris ; secretary, Miss Eliza N. Thomas; treasurer, Mrs Isaac Mitchell, all of Bellefonte. Every theatre goer here remembers, “Jane,” ‘‘Charley’s Aunt’ and *‘‘the Witch.”” What charming plays they were and what high class artists presented them. They were all Frohman attractions. Next week another one of his shows, “Sowing the Wind,”” will be here. It is a splendid thing and should be given a full house. Let Bellefonte encourage this class of at- tractions and we will not be long in hav- ing nothing hut the bust. ——On Tuesday we had the honor of being a guest at dinner at the popular Haag hotel, on Bishop street, where ex- county treasurer D. C. Keller reigns with such lavish hospitality. There were a great many guests about the hotel, all of whom seemed highly delighted with the treat- ment they received. Mr. Keller's hotel is a particularly desirable place for country people to stop. They all like his open handed way of doing things and the excel- lent food his cooks prepare. ° THE CANTON PILGRIMS. —It seems like a case of hauling coals to Newcastle for the Republican managers to gather up crowds in Pennsylvania and pilot them to Canton. If they like to do it,and think there is any- thing to be gained hy making such a pa- rade, it is their business. A pilgrim excursion left this place about 119’clock, Wednesday night, and arrived at Canton the next morning about 11. There were ten coaches on the train when it left here and 246 tickets had been sold, so you see the train was not crowded at all and there was plenty of room for the enthusi- asts from here to swell up just as much as they felt like doing. A few were picked up at stations along the Bald Eagle valley and thirty-four Philipsburgers and two Tyroners joined the party at Tyrone. Thus there were in the neighborhood of 300 Cen- tre countians at Canton to dazzle the Ma- jor with their yellow hats and the big ban- ner bearing the inscription : . “Centre, the first county in Pennsylvania to instruct for McKinley.’ It was significant that there wasn’t a banner referring to the way some of the leaders had worked to carry Quay instruc- tions in this county. And it was an over- sight on the part of the promoter, Mr. Ed- ward Blanchard, that there wasn’t a ban- ner telling the Major how Quay had carried off the district delegation and had instruc- tions voted for himself. The party returned yesterday morning and according to all acconnts had had a pleasant time, barring two nights riding in “straight backs’’ and stormy, ugly weath- er every moment they were there. In jus- tice to most of the pilgrims we must say that it wasn’t a desire to see McKinley that prompted them to go. There were many men on the train who had never been as far west as Pittsburg, and the op- portunity to ride clear to Canton and hack for $4 was too cheap an one to miss. It rained all the day they were in Can- ton and had rained the day before, so you may imagine the condition the streets were in and how disagreeable it must have been. The party arrived here at 8:40 yesterday morning looking a little broken up by the trip, but in fairly good condition, as a whole. ees JAMES H. MITCHELL.—Although Mr James H. Mitchell had been an invalid for years his death, on Tuesday morning, was sudden and unexpected. For some weeks he had been suffering with catarrh of the stomach and bowels, but was able to be up on Monday for his meals, and seemed no worse than usual. On Tuesday morning carly Mrs. Mitchell, shortly after-convers- ing with him, noticed a change and sent for a physician, but quietly and peacefully he had entered into rest. James Hutchinson Mitchell was born at Pine Grove Mills, in this county, on Sept. 15, 1824. His father, David Mitchell, was one of the early and influential settlers of Ferguson township, and his mother, Sarah Barron, a woman of rare intelligence and much ability, was a grand-daughter of Thomas Ferguson, after whom Ferguson township was named. After the death of his father and mother he made his home on the old place, just north of Pine Grove, until 1873, when he came to this place and purchased the house on Spring street which has since been his home. An honest, upright man, of a kind and generous disposition, the last years of his life were retired and narrowed by years of suffering. To his wife, who was Miss Jane Baldridge, of Latrobe, and his daugh- ter, Olive, a capable and much to be ad- mired young woman, he leaves a comfort- able income, and, what is of much greater importance, the memory of a pure and Christian life. His only brother, ex-Treasurer John B. Mitchell, of Pine Grove Mills, and two sisters, Mis. Eliza Campbell, of Linden Hally and Mrs. Sarah Struble, of Raymore, Mo., survive him. Of Scotch-Irish parent- age, his Presbyterianism was inherited from a long line of ancestors. The funeral services were held, Thursday afternoon, at three o’clock, at his home on Spring street, with Dr. Laurie, of the Presbyterian church, officiating. Interment was made in the Union cemetery. ee THE LUTHERAN MINISTERS IN SESSION. —The Central Pennsylvania Synod of the Lutheran church is now in session at Lock Haven. It’s convention met on Wednes- day evening and will continue in session during the week. It embraces Centre, Clinton, Union, Mifflin, Perry and Juniata counties. » The total number of congregations in the district is 92: number of members about 9,000 ; estimated value of church property about $425,000. There are 70 Lutheran Sunday schools in the synod and 18 mis- sion schools : total number of persons at- tending these schools is 12,000, and the con- tributions for last year were over $7,000. The total contributions by the congrega- tions were $54,247, of which $40,211 were for local expenses. Among the men of prominence who are present are Rev. H. Louis Boucher, D. D., late professor of Greek in Pennsylvania College ; Rev. J. R. Dimm, D. D., piesi- dent of Susquehanna university ; Rev. Charles Albert, D. D. editor of Augsburg Teacher and Sunday School Helps; Rev. A. H. Hartman, D. D., secretary of the board of home missions ; Rev. George P. Gall, Rev. Aug. Pohlman, M. D., missionaries to Africa, and H. H. Weber, secretary of church extension, York, Pa. ete FORMERLY OF BUFFALO RUN.—Mis. Ruth Edmunson, who died at the home of her son, Joseph, in Tyrone, last Thurs- day afternoon, was a native of Centre coun- ty. Her early life was spent on Buffalo Run, where many of the older people will recall her. She was 89 years old and was a mem- ber of the Baptist church. Mrs. Bettie Reese, of Julian, is a sister. ——Huntingdon is having a diphtheria scare. —_—— ote — ——Congressman J. D.Hicks, of Altoona, has secured the renomination, in his dis- trict, after a long drawn contest. ———— te — me ——The big elephant at Coney Island was burned on Sunday night. This is a bad year for elephants and the Republican pachyderm will prove no exception. SL ——Alfred McPherran, convicted at the last term of court in Huntingdon for sell- ing liquor without license, has been fined $750 and sentenced to six months in jail. : —G® A house at Mill Hall, owned bya man named Keener and occupied hy Samuel Stiver, was completely destroyed by fire, on Tuesday morning. Nearly all of the contents burned. ate ——Mrs. John Bigler, aged 34 years, died at Abdera on Tuesday morning. Her funeral will take place on Friday. Inter- ment at Romola. Cholera morbus was the cause of death. eve ——Two hypnotic fakers ghve an exhi- bition of their science at Clearfield last week. They failed to hypnotize their sub- jects, so chloroform was ‘used to put them to sleep. The fellows came very near being drummed out of town. —— ——Remember your taxes are not paid. Remember you cannot vote unless you have paid a state or county tax within two years, and then remember that to-morrow, Sat- urday, Oct. 3rd, is the last day you can pay them, in order to vote. CO Tuesday night’s storm seems to have been very wide spread in its ravages. Down about Lock Haven many outbuild- ings were blown over or collapsed. At Steelton the passenger station was blown over onto the railroad tracks and a train of cars ran into it. ——While undertaker Daniel Morris, of Loganton, was driving his hearse to a fu- neral at Nippenose, the other day, two springs broke, the hearse upset and the un- dertaker was dumped into the creek. Fortunately there was nothing in the hearse. Loe During the recent big storm in Washington, D. C., Nelson A. Lucas, for- merly of this place, narrowly escaped seri- ous injury by being hit by a falling awning pole. It struck him on the arm, severely bruising it. If the blow had fallen on his head it is possible he would have heen killed. oo - ToMORROW’S FooT BALL GAME—State | made such a strong showing against Gettys- | burg, last Saturday, that it is only natural to suppose that she will win tomorrow’s game from the Western University of Penn- sylvania. The contest will be a spirited one, however, as ‘General’ Hoskins, State’s former trainer, will be apt to work everything out of them that can be gotten. The game will be called at 3 o’clock sharp, on Beaver field, at the College. Admission will be 50 ects. Co mn ‘‘SowING THE WIND.”’—The opening of the theatrical season for ’96-97 will be made at Garman’s, on Saturday evening, October 10th, when our people will have an opportunity of witnessing one of Charles Frohman’s excellent plays, ‘Sowing the Wind,” which had a run of 400 nights at the empire theatre in New York city. The play is one of Mr. Frohman’s best and his name at the head of the cast is sufficient guarantee that the performance will be first-class in every respect. rrr THE GLASS WORKS WILL PROBABLY Go. —In our last week’s edition we gavea full aocount of a plan that will possibly result in the early blowing in of the Bellefonte glass works. The WATCHMAN was the first paper to mention it and results since have borne out every statement made. Unless difficulties, unforseen, arise the plant will soon be made ready for work and once more Bellefonte will see the prof- itable business of making glass in full swing. ete AN AMERICAN CITIZEN Now.—Peter Jacobs, the man who has heen brewing such delicious beer out at the old Haas brewery, was a very happy fellow on Tues- day. He went downto Lock Haven and procured his final naturalization papers, so that he is now a fuli-blown citizen of the United ‘States. Peter has been in this country for six years. He staggered the court down there when in answer to the question : ¢‘Can you read and write the English language ?’ he replied that he could speak four languages. The fact that he got his papers is an ad- ditional satisfaction to him, since several Bellefonte politicians were trying to keep them from him. Peter’s wife and three sons will be here from Germany, some day this week. ll ln STATE WoN EASILY.—After the kick off there was never a question as to what team would win the game on Beaver field, last Saturday afternoon, when the Gettys- burg boys lined up against State. About four years ago State gave Gettysburg her first lesson in foot ball and Charley Aull, captain of the champion team of ’92, organ- ized their team for them. According to Saturday’s result it is still apparent that the blue and white can give them lessons: on the game. Though no one expected State to do much, in her present form, she surprised everyone and fulfilled the Watchman’s pre- diction that just when least was expected of her the most was very apt to be done. Twenty-minute halves were played ; State scoring a point for every minute of play. The score was 40 to 0. N it albino ssis dihhinioni. ams ts HS