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Bellefonte, Pa., Dec. 18, 1896.,
To CoreesroNDENTS.—No communications pub-
ished unless accompanied by the real name of
the writer.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——Carters ‘‘Fast Mail’ comes to Gar-
man’s, Monday night, Dec. 21st.
——1It has cost Clearfield county $1,800
to pay for the destruction caused by sheep
dogs out there thus far this year.
——All friends and patrons of the public
schools of Bellefonte are cordially inyited
to attend the exercises at the High school
this afternoon.
——The Christmas business has not been
as bright as might be expected. Advertis-
ers in the WATCHMAN have reaped where
others have done nothing.
——MTr. Jared Harper, of Thomas street,
is about the happiest man in town just
now, all because a fine boy baby came to
his house yesterday morning.
——Mrs. George Mock, of Philipsburg, is
so seriously ill that her friends say that she
cannot recover. ‘She was Miss Grace Moore,
of State College, before her marriage.
Burglars entered six houses, in Ty-
rone, on Saturday and Sunday nights.
They carried off two gold watches, a silver
watch, four rings and about forty dollars
in cash. :
——James Harris, of the hardware firm
of James Harris & Co., is able to be out
again. He is pretty badly crippled as a re-
sult of his recent accident on the elevator
in their ware house.
—Frank Stoner gave a wild turkey
dinner, at Garman’s hotel, on Friday night.
He had been out hunting the day before
and shot a wild turkey, which he was not
selfish enough to want all to himself.
—On and after Monday, December 21st,
trains on the Bellefonte Central rail-road
will run clear through to Pine Grove Mills.
The extension is completed now, but the
running of regular trains will not begin
until Monday.
—Mrs. IH. Estby and her daughter,
pedestrians, stopped over Thursday night:
in Tyrone. They are walking on a wager
from"Spokane, Washington, to New York
city and had nine days in which to reach
their destination from Tyrone.
Rev. J. P. Hughes, principal of the
Bellefonte Academy, celebrated the 70th
anniversary of his birth, on Tuesday. To
see him skate, ride a bicycle, hunt over the
mountains and struct in mathematics
you would hardly guess him to be near
that old.
——Chas. Nau, formerly of Bellefonte,
is back in Tyrone, where he will furnish the
music for the opera house during the
season. Charley left that place, several
years azo when he had a good hotel
business. He is back now and is a wid-
ower, his wife having died after leaving
Tyrone. :
—=—I" our next edition we will publish
another interesting letter of travel from W.
H. Hastings. who is now abroad. In it’
he tells how, without a pass port, he has
made his certificate of membership of
‘Constans Commandery, K. T., do duty in
that capacity and says that it is accepted
everywhere. :
——The young ladies of the Bellefonte
Y. W. C. T. U., with a few of their friends,
will receive from 7 until 11, on Tuesday
evening, Deccinber 29th. Every one is
cordially invited to their entertainment, the
leading feature of which will be a cake
walk. Chocolate and wafers will be served
during the evening. An admission of ten
cents will he charged. !
Rev. G. P. Sarvis, of Hestontown,
Fulton county, well known among Metho-
dists of this county, is in such an exhausted
condition, as a result of a long siege of ty-
phoid fever that he will be unable to preach
anymore this winter. Rev. J. B. Soule,
of Pottstown, formerly Baptist minister at
Mileshurg, has been stricken with a par-
tial loss of eye-sight.
——Mus. George Marshall and Mrs. W.
H. Derstine, of this place, attended the
birthday surprise party that was ‘given to
Jacob Klinger, at Oak Hall, on last Fri-
day. There were sixty-nine of his friends
and neighbors there to wish the gentleman
well at the rounding up of his fifty-ninth
year and they left many a pleasing souvenir
of their visit.
——The Philipsburg Ledger thinks a re-
markable record was made, the other day,
when it sent an order to New York by mail,
and received the goods by express all in
less than forty-eight hours. ’Tis true that
it proves the efficiency of our postal and
express service, but there is nothing re-
markable “in it. Bellefonte merchants
have accomplished this same thing and
count oa its heing a certainty every day, in
getting an order to Philadelphia or New
York and the goods back here, all in 37}
hours and Bellefonte is further away, by
the route taken by express, than is Philips-
burg.
—J. H. Eskridge, manager of the
Central Pennsylvania telephone company’s
operations at Philipsburg, left for Galena,
South Dakota, on Saturday morning. He
goes there as an expert on mining pros-
pects, that having been his business before
coming to Philipsburg. Mr. Eskridge is
well known among Centre county Demo-
crats. He has been a delegate to the State
convention and has been quite prominent
in that end of the county. He does not ex-
pect to remain in the “Black Hills,”’ but,
after finishing the work, will return to
Philipsburg.
THE LATE DANIEL MCGINLEY.—At 8
o'clock Monday evening the long illness of
Daniel McGinley, Esq., of east Lamb street,
terminated in his peaceful death. He had
suffered for ahoutsix months with dropsy
and his demise had been expected for sev-
eral weeks prior to its occurrence. He was
born in Carlisle, Pa., Oct 1st, 1815, and lo-
cated in this place when only seventeen
years old, having come here with John Ar-
mor and Jesse McQuade, all three being
carpenters. He was one of Bellefonte’s
pioneer builders and contractors and when
grown too old for work of that sort he con-
tinued at his trade, as an attachee of the
Crider mill in this place.
Mr. McGinley was first married to Miss
Askey and his second marriage was to the
widow of Andrew Mitchell, whose maiden
name was Harriet Taylor. She survives,
with ten children: Mrs. J. W. Cool-
idge, of Scranton ; Mrs. David Buckley, of
Philadelphia ; Mrs. Frank Bickford, of
Lock Haven ; Mrs. Stewart Pierce, of Con-
neaut, Ohio ; Edward McGinley, of Phila-
delphia ; Mrs. L. A. Schaeffer, Mrs. S. D.
Ray, John, Linn and Philip McGinley, all
of Bellefonte.
Deceased was one of Bellefont’s oldest, as
well as best known residents. He had been
identified with the town for fifty years and
during that time enjoyed the entire confi-
dence and esteem of all who knew him.
Having been a Methodist in faith Rev. J.
W. Rue, of thatchurch, conducted the
funeral services, on Wednesday afternoon, at
2 o'clock, at the house. His sons and sons-
in-law carried the body from the house.
The pall bearers were W. T. Twitmire, S.
A. Bell, J. Fearon Mann, D. F. Fortney,
S. B. Miller, John T. Noll, George A.
Bayard, and Charles C. Shuey.
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WILLIAM SCOTT'S DEATH.—An illness
that had extended over several years cul-
minated in the death of William Scott, at
his home, on Water street, last Friday
morning. Stomach trouble was the cause
of his demise. o
Deceased was born in Brookville, Jeffer-
son county, and came to Bellefonte a num-
ber of years ago to enter the employ of S.
H. Williams. At that time he was con-
sidered the best paper hanger in Bellefonte,
but the work did not agree with him and
he followed other lines until his condition
became so precarious as to make further
work impossible. He was 43 years, 7
months and 27 days old. During his resi-
dence here he was a leading spirit in the
Logan S. F. E. company and for many
years had been one of the “big four’ in Co.
B. 5th Reg., N. G. P. Both organizations
turned out for his funeral, on Sunday af-
ternoon. The Undine engine company was
also present and their band furnished the
dirges.
The funeral cortege escorted the remains
from the house to the U. B. church where
Revs. Miller and Rue conducted services,
then the solemn march was taken up to
the cemetery. There the escort formed in
hollow square and after a brief service the
remains were lowered into the grave and a
military salute for the dead was fired.
Deceased leaves a widow and four children.
He was a brother of Mrs. Samuel Rine, of
this place.
MEMORIAL.
The death angel has come into our midst
again and claimed all that was mortal of Wm.
Scott. The writer of this sketch had often |
visited him during the past year and con-
versed with him concerning his soul, but
there seemed to be something in the way.
When he first took sick he gave himself en-
tirely to the Lord, believing that he would do
all things well. Ile was patient in all his
suffering and delighted much in prayer and
song service and died a most beautiful death.
How beautiful to fall asleep among the living
of earth and awaken, among the saints in
glory, at the dawning of another day.
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GEORGE E. LEISTER DIED IN PHILIPS-
BURG.—Our sister town of Philipsburg has
suffered the loss of a man whose death she
has reason to mourn from more than a
personal sorrow. George E. Leister, who
died in that place, on Saturday evening,
with inflammation of the bowels, had given
to the town a first class hotel. As proprietor
of the Potter house for nearly seven years
his one ambition seemed to be to make it a
hospitable home for travelers and the meas-
ure of success that crowned his work is
well known to those who knew the house
in 1890 and know it to-day. :
Besides his value to that town as a hotel
man, he was public spirited, genial and
active in every movement made to rescue
Philipsburg from the business lethargy
that the exhaustion of her coal fields is
casting over her.
He was 33 years old and leaves a widow
with onc child. He was a son of Henry
Leister, proprietor of the Leister house, in
Huntingdon, to which place his remains
were taken for burial, on Tuesday.
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her late home, in Howard, Mrs. Mary Over-
ton passed peacefully into eternity, on
Tuesday morning, after a long illness with
dropsy. Deceased was sixty-five years old
and is survived by her daugnter, Miss
Helen, who is an instructor in the primary
department of the Bellefonte Academy.
Miss Overton only arrived at her mother’s
bedside a few moments before she died.
Deceased had been an invalid for two
years and though her daughter had given
up a good position in the West in order to
be near her mother, death came so sud-
denly that she was not able to see her be-
fore unconsciousness came. Miss Overton
went down on the first train, Tuesday
morning, but did not arrive soon enough
to see her mother conscious.
Burial was made from the Marsh Creek
christian church, yesterday morning, at 10
o'clock.
DIED IN ALTOONA.—Between three and
four o'clock last Thursday morning Mrs.
Andrew J. Harter suddenly expired at her
home, 1505 Eleventh street, Altoona, Pa.
She had not been ill at all, and the first
warning of her condition came to her hus-
band in her labored breathing. He tried
to arouse her to find out what caused it,
but before he could realize what was hap-
pening she had died, while he held her in
his arms. Deceased was born in this
county twenty-nine years ago, her maiden
nime being Sarah Shirk, a daughter of Jo-
seph Shirk Jr., of Penns valley. Six years
ago she was married to Professor A. J.
Harter, who, with two children, May and
James, aged respectfully 5 and 2 years, yet
survives. Five sisters are yet living ; Mrs.
Clayton Fetterhoof, of Warriorsmark ; Mrs.
Maud Bible and Miss Lizzie, of Potters
Mills ; Mrs. Ella Gensel and Miss Lamar,
of Linden Hall.
She was a consistent member of the first
Lutheran church, of Altoona, and her re-
mains were taken there for burial on Fri-
day. Before leaving Altoona services were
conducted at her late home by Rev. M. W.
Hamma.
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MRS. ANNIE RUMBERGER DEAD.—Born
at Loveville, this county, where she lived !
all of her thirty-nine years, with the excep-
tion of the last three spent in Sinking val-
ley, Blair county, Mrs. Annic Rumberger
died, on Sunday morning, after a nine
weeks illness with chlorosis. Deceased
was born at Loveville, October 24th, 1857,
and was aged 39 years, 1 month and 19
days. Surviving are her husband and the
following children: Nora Alice, John
Farle, Harriet, Ethel. Bertha Kate. Ruth
Isabel, and a babe nine weeks old. She is
also survived by her father, William Cole,
and the following brother and sisters :
John, near Tyrone; Mrs. Barbara Ellen
Templeton, Mrs. Lizzie McCormick, Sink-
ing valley ; Mrs. Alice M. Irvin, Pennsy!-
vania Furnace ; and Laura B., at home.
She was a member of the Lutheran church.
Funeral services were conducted by her
pastor, Rev. C. F. Jacobs, at the Centre
Line Lutheran church, Tuesday morning.
Interment at Centre Line cemetery.
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——An infant daughter of William M.
Herschey died at the home of its parents,
on Spring street, Tuesday evening at 6
o'clock. Burial was made on Wednesday
afternoon. The child was three weeks
old. : ?
——Mrs. Paul Heltman, aged 63 years,
died at her home, ini Mackeyville, on Satur-
day, from diseases consequent upon old
age. Deceased is survived by several
children. :
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—— “The Fast Maill”’
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Romola,
George Weaver, of was
kicked by a horse recently.
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Will Prothonotary Smith squat on
the editorial tripod, after his retirement
from office, that is the question ?
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——Don’t forget that the Milesburg
band will hold an oyster supper in the O.
U. A. M. hall, in that place, on the even-
ing of December 26th.
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Mr. L. T. Eddy will direct the
music at the entertainment which the mem-
bers of the Milesburg Methodist Sunday
school will give on Christmas evening.
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SALONA To HAVE A SKUNKERY. — A
novel business is that in which Claire Kes-
singer and Robert Fulton are preparing to
embark at Salona. They are going to raise
skunks for their fur. The young men are
putting up buildings for that purpose and
expect to make it go.
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CANTATA AT BOALSBURG.—On New
Year's evening, Jan 1st, 1897, the juvenile
members of the Union sabbath school in
Boalsburg will render the cantata of ‘‘the
capture of Santa Claus.”” The Presbyter-
ian church will be the scene of the play and
admission has been fixed at 10cts. Every-
one is invited to be present.
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THE Doc KNEW WHAT T0 Do.—Tyrone
has a small terrier dog that has lately de-
veloped more sense than is displayed by
the average human. On Tuesday it was
crossing the rail-road trestle, that carries
B. E. V. and mountain trains over the
Juniata, justat the Tyrone station. when a
freight train bore down upon it.
It was too late for the dog to retreat and
too far to make the other end of the trestle,
so crouching on the ties the poor little ani-
mal waited for the worst. The entire train
of three engines and ninety cars passed over
it and when the scare was over the
dog still crouched there, as if waiting for
! another train, but not in the least hurt.
DEATH OF MRS. MARY OVERTON.—At | :
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WHER IGNORANCE 18 BLIss. —The fol- |
lowing conversation was heard on a west
bound Bald Eagle valley passenger train,
last Saturday evening.
‘Say, Bill, are you going to the inaugu-
ration of McKinle 2
“I don’t know, where at?"
“Why at Washington, of course, you
had better save up and go."
‘Maybe I will, when is it to be 2’
It hardly seemed possible that such ig-
norance could he found in one of Centre
county's grown up young men, but when
the train pulled into a station and the fel-
low, who had been making the “smoker”
blue with his profanity, leaned out the
window and began howling oaths to a gen-
tleman standing near the track we conclud-
ed that he devoted the time that should be
spent in reading or study to improving his
swearing vocabulary.
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A MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF THE
MURDERED CONSTABLE.—The esteem in
which John F. Barner was held by his
friends and neighbors, in the vicinity of
Woodward, has found fitting expression in
the handsome monument that now marks
the spot where the remains of the mur-
dered constable lie in the little cemetery at
Woodward.
Ever since the appalling tragedy that
horrified that community and ended in the
death of constable Barner and that of Wil-
liam Ettlingner, his murderer, the people
down there have been bent on erecting a
monument to the memory of the dead of-
ficer. A. M. Mott, of this place, was giv-
en the contract to erect it at a cost of
$125.00. The job was finished on Mon-
day.
The shaft is of red Swede granite and
stands 6 ft. 4 in. high. It has a Gothic
top and is dressed on four sides. The base
block bears the words ‘Barner,’ in raised
letters, while the simple inscription is as
follows :
i JOHN F. BARNER, |
| Died, March 5th, 1896.
|
Aged 87 years, 2 mos. 20 days.
“Was shot while in the per-
formance of his official duty.”
The details of the tragedy are too vivid
in the minds of our readers to need retell-
ing here, suffice it to commend this grace-
ful tribute on the part of the people of
Woodward and vicinity.
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BURIED UP 10 ITS EARS.—George Gar-
brick, a farmer who lives on part of the
Rothrock farm, a mile south of Nigh bank,
had a very thrilling experience while plow-
ing, on Tuesday. He was getting along
nicely with his work, until he came to
cross a section of the field which is suppos-
ed to be undermined by cavernous open-
ings. There the ground suddenly gave
way under the hind feet of one of his horses
and it fell right back into an opening that
seemed to be adjusting itself to the size of
a mouth. .
Mr. Garbrick was too much amazed, at
first, to realize what was happening, and
the horse might have been swallowed up
entirely had the harness fixtures not stop-
ped its descent into the earth when noth-
ing but its ears and nose were left pro-
truding. Realizing the awful predicament
of the beast Mr. Garbrick ran for assistance
to rescue it and it required the united ef-
fort of about a dozen men to raise it out.
The horse got quite sick after heing taken
out and is in a bad way yet, but it is
thought that it can be pulled through.
That section of Nittany Valley is fall of
small caves and itis very near where the
disappearing lake excites curiosity in the
spring. It is supposed that the covering
of onc of these caverns, having been worn
away, was not strong enough to bear the
weight of the horse.
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GARDNER—DBENNISON.—A very unos-
tentatious wedding was consummated at
Howard, on Wednesday afternoon, at three
o’clock, when Mr. W. R. Gardner and Miss
Gertrude Bennison were married. The
ceremony was performed at the bride's
home by Rev. Pomeroy, pastor of the Pres-
byterian church at Mill Hall, and only a
few of the most intimate friends witness-
ed it.
After the marriage an informal reception
was held by the bride and groom until an
evening train carried them off on a tour
that will take in Pittsburg, ‘Washington
and other towns in the western part of the
State.
The groom is one of Howard’s represen-
tative young business men. Ile is proprie-
tor of the Howard handle factory and isa
brother of M. I. Gardner, of Spring street,
this place. His bride is a charming
woman, a sister of Capt. S. II. Bennison,
of Jacksonville, and will make a compati-
ble help-neet through life.
spring. Meanwhile they will make their
home with Mr. Gardner’s parents.
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THE LG CouLd NOT BE SAVED. —
Young Joe Thompson, who had his left leg
crushed by a freight train, at McCalmont’s
lime kilns, on Wednesday morning, Nov.
18th, will use crutches the rest of his life,
if he survives the operation that was per-
formed on him on Sunday. It wasa vain
attempt to save the limb and the operation
was made necessary because gangrene had
set in. It was taken off close to the hip.
Dr. Geo. F. Harris performed the opera-
tion, assisted by doctors Seibert, Hayes,
Fisher and Mullen.
vised amputation, but the ojections were so
strong that others were summoned who
thought they could _.save the limb. The
injury proved too serious, however, and the
{ boy grew worse so steadily that it was
feared he would die before he could be got-
ten in a condition to be operated upon.
: On Sunday it was decided that the only
| way to save his life was to take the leg off
!{ and it was done.
As 70 PENNSYLVANIA MILEAGE.—Sev-
eral weeks ago we published an announce-
ment of contemplated changes in the con-
ditions of sale of the Pennsylvania rail-
road company’s mileage books. Itappears
that there were a number of persons who
construed the article to relate to the books
now in use on the Pennsylvania lines, east
of Pittsburg. The change actually effects
the conditions of sale for books west of
Pittsburg. Formerly they were so strict
as to require almost a detective’s descrip-
tion of the owner to be placed in the book
and made the duty of train conductors of a
very inquisitorial nature. These strictures
{are now done away. with, but the condi-
| tions of sale for lines east of Pittsburg re-
. main-the same.
the horse that it was drawing in, as if with
They will not go to housekeeping until |
It will be remembered that at the time !
of the operation some of the physicians ad- |
——An anti-cigarette league has been
organized in the Hantingdon public
schools.
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——Ceader’s ices, cakes and candies are
the best for the holidays. Try some of
them.
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——Monday night, Dec. 21st, Carter’s
‘Fast Mail,” one of the greatest scenic
shows on the road, comes to Garman’s.
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——Don’t fail tosee our 5lb. boxes of
fine chocolates, at $1.25 per box.—Sour-
beck’s.
——— re Ql tn,
—-—A full line of Christmas tree orna-
ments at Sourbeck’s.
HAPPILY WEDDED.—At half-past seven
o'clock, on Wednesday evening, Margaret
Cunningham, second daughter of Merty
Cunningham, of Bishop street, was married
to. B. Taylor, third son of the late Hugh
Taylor, of this place. The ceremony was
performed at the residence of Rev. McArdle
and only a few friends were present. Is-
abel Taylor, a sister of the groom, and
William Cunningham, the bride’s brother,
stood with the young couple during the
ceremony.
After the Nuptials they were driven to
their furnished apartments in the Curtin
building, on Allegheny street, where a
wedding supper awaited them.
i" The bride is a popular young woman,
who is very well known in Bellefonte and
her husband is one of our hustling young
coal dealers. He controls the Reading
yard in this place and has a determination
to make a success of it.
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~——A full line of choice fruit and nuts
at Sourbeck’s. k
News Purely Personal.
—Mr. Jucob Moyer, of Axe Mann, was a pleas-
ant caller at this office the other day.
—Hon. J. T. Mann, Esq., of Howard, Pa., spent
last Monday visiting friends in Bellefonte.
—Furran Zerbe, one of Tyrone’s hustling young
business men, was in Bellefonte on Monday.
—Miss Mamie Fox, of this place, is home from
an extended visit to relatives at Newton Kansas.
—Mrs. Bert Canfield, of Jenkintown, near Phila-
delphia, is a guest, atthe home of her mother,
Mrs. John H. Orvis, on east Linn street.
—William 8. Gray Esq., of Stormstown, spent
Monday in town closing up his business as ad-
ministrator of the estate of the late Maria Meek
of that place.
—A. J. Graham, Esq., of Philipsburg, was in
Bellefonte yesterday, as easy and genial as a
Chesterfield. “Jack” lives a happy life and no
small part of it is spent in making others so, but,
withal, he keeps his weather eve on business.
—8. G. Rider, of Manor Hill, Huntingdon
county, was in Bellefonte, ou Monday, attending
to some business for an estate of which he was
administrator. Mr, Rider is a very pleasant gen-
tleman and has a welcome always waiting for him
| at this office. :
—Hon. John Guttey, and J. K. Connor, Esq., of
Greensburg, were guests at the Brockerhoft house
on Monday. The gentlemen were here consult-
ing with Mr. Albert Owen in reference to some
West Virginia coal lands in which they are
interested.
—Fergus Pott er, Esq, of Linden Hall, spent
yesterday in town feeling as bright and happy as
the December sunshine. He is one of Harris
township's representative men and is interested in
all public moves that lend to the improvement of
the condition of the farming classes.
—dJumes C. Noll Esq., of Houtzdale, dropped in
on his Bellefonte friends, on Monday, and spent a
pleasant day about his old haunts here. He was
called to Bellefonte as a witness on an audit. Jim
is getting along nicely in his new location and ex-
peets to do still better in a short time,
—Mrs. J. Fearon Mann, of Allegheny street, is
home from Philadelphia, where she was called by
the condition of her daughter, Miss Anna, who
underwent an operation in the Hannkeman hos-
pital, recently. The operation was successful and
it is now believed Miss Mann will recover.
—A man who makes very little parade of what
he does, yet one who dus few superiors in the
business, in engineer L. P. Lonsbery, who rans
| over the Central rail-road of Pennsylvania. He is
| held in high esteem by his employers and his
careful conscientious handling of his train is what
has elicited it.
—Jerome Harper caine home from Philadel-
phia, on Saturday evening. He had been in a pri-
vate hospital there undergoing an operation for
nasal trouble. He thinks he found the relief he
sought and we trust that future developments
will prove it true, It was a very serious opera-
tion, consequently he is not looking as robust as
i ‘he did when he left.
—Jacoh Kerstetter Esg,, cate u p from Coburn
on Saturday, to look after a little business he had
in Bellefonte and having finished that, he spent
the rest of his time, between trains, calling on his
many friends. Mr. Kerstetter isn’t a man who
makes much ado about himself or his own things,
but he butchered four mighty porkers a few days
ago and their combined weight was 1822 pounds.
This is a record that is hard to beat. As Mr. John
Braucht, of the same place, was present when he
told this story we knew it must be true.
—Hon. W. K. Alexander, of Millheim, was in
Bellefonte, part of last Friday on his way home
from the state grange meeting at Altoona. Mr.
Alexander was feeling very badly over the sad
death of Mrs. Andrew J. Harter, of that city, the
day before. He had been invited to take dinner
i with the Harter family on Thursday, there being
| no idea that Mrs, Harter was to die so soon, and
was on his way to the house to keep his engage-
ment when informed of her sad death.
—Misg Leathers, a daughter of Mr. Jacob Leath-
| ers, of Roland, together with her two sisters, were
in town getting reudy to play Santa Claus yester-
day. They came prepared to carry most anything
home with them and seemed to be taking consid-
erable enjoyment out of the trip. We were pleas-
cd to learn that her esteemed father is recovering
from the shock he sustained when he fell from
the cross loft of his barn last October. It affected
him so seriously that when he was able to get out
of bed he had to learn to walk again. Though he
is 78 years old he is nearly recovered and we trust
it will not be long until he is wholly so.
—Very few people who know him realize, when
they sce or talk to Mr. W. H. Noll, of Pleasant
Gap, that he is one of a very f ew young business
men in this county who have been remarkably
successful. Because he runs a general merchan-
dise store at a little country town he is seldom
thought of when the successful business enter-
prises are being talked of, but let us tell yon that
W. H. Noll has the capacity for and is doing a
business that would quite tickle many of Belle-
fonte's supposed to be largest dealers. The fine
buildings, the well kept grounds, the general air
of prosperity that pervades his property at Pleas-
ant Gap, all speak of the cnergy and pluck of a
man not yet 36 years old. Of course his brothers
have been helperd'in bringing about this success
and share in the fruits of it, but to William is due
that sagacious guidance that has given Pleasant
Gap such a fine store and a man, who would be a
{ eredit to any community,
A NEW SKIN GAME WORKED ON BELLE-
FONTE MERCHANTS.—Burt Dymond and
George Summers, Scranton, Pa., is the way
their names appear on the register at Kel-
ler’s Bishop street hotel. It is cold com-
fort for those whom they fleeced to survey
the register, but that is all that is left of
Messrs. Dymond and Summers, except a
few foot prints on the sands of gullibility.
They came here last week with a scheme
to advertise the wares of local merchants
on a menu holder that was to have been
placed in two restaurants in the town,
Achenbach’s and Anderson’s. They secured
the following advertisers: The laundry,
Miss M. Snyder, R. A. Beck, Archibald
Allison, the Racket, F. P. Blair, & Co.,
E. K. Rhoads, F. E. Naginey, George
Beezer, A. J. Cruse, W. S. Zeller, and
Sechler & Co.
On Friday afternoon the swindlers went
to the Republican office, where they were
having the advertisements printed, and
secured proofs of all but Sechler & Co's.
With these in the celluloid menu holders
they had promised to put in the restaurants
they went around to collect the money.
All of the advertisers paid them $1.50 each
except Naginey, Zeller, Sechler, Beezer
and Beck. The latter paid only 50cts on
his, while Sechler declined payment be-
cause proof of his $4 page was not shown.
Naginey and Zeller would not pay until
they had assurance from the restauranters
that the holders had been placed.
Rhoades and the Laundry each paid $1,
and George Beezer only escaped being
fleeced because he was not about when the
collector called on him.
With the money they had collected,
leaving the bill of $5 at the Republican
office unpaid and with landlord Keller
whistling for his $6 board bill the two
swindlers departed on a night train.
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GREGG PosT’s NEW OFFICERS.—The
regular election of officers for Gregg post,
No. 95, G. A. R.,, was held in the post
rooms, in this place, on Saturday night, and
resulted as follows: Commander, David
Bartley ; senior vice commander, Thos.
Donachy ; junior vice commander, John
H. Bryan; chaplain, James Harris ;
surgeon, James Whittaker ; officer of the
day, John I. Curtin ; officer of the guard,
F. McMullen ; Yi master, Wm. Jones ;
ordinance ~ officer; Chas. Eckenroth ;
trustees, S. B. Miller and H. Milller;
delegates to department encampment,
Chas. Eckenroth and David Glenn.
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CARTER'S Fast MAIL.—The attraction
at Garman's next Monday night, will be
Lincoln J. Carter’s great scenic melodrama,
“The Fast Mail.” It has a story of thril-
ling interest, and the scenic and other me-
chanical effects are marvelous. There isa
representation of an engine room on a Miss-
issippi steamboat, with the furnaces under
the boilers in active operation. A very
realistic train of cars shoots across the stage,
and the Niagara Falls scene is one of the
most elaborate and daring things ever
undertaken in the drama. The production
has been seen twice before in Bellefonte,
when it gave general satisfaction.
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Hick’s WINTER WEATHER. — Prophet
Hicks says that the winter of 1896-97
will be very long and cold, with much
snow in all localities where snow is a factor.
Blizzards will be numerous, railroads will
be blockaded, all to be followed by much
rain and high water most of the year. Do
not be in haste to get in spring crops ;
plant large aud late varieties of corn,
provide good shelter for self and stock, and
do not forget the suffering hungry and
poor of our land.
A HOLLIDAYSBURG BANK CLOSED.—
The first National bank, of Hollidayshurg,
suspended on Monday morning and the ef-
fect closed the doors of the Martinsburg
and Williamsburg banks. The directors of
the three institutions assert that their assets
are largely in excess of their liabilities, but
the pressure from the Gardner, Morrow &
Co., bank failure was too great for them be-
fore they could realize on securities.
The banks all expect to be open for busi-
ness in a short time and very little excite-
ment prevails, as a result of the failures.
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by Geo. W. Jacksox & Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
ress :
Red wheat. 90
Rye, per bushel.............. 35
Corn, shelled, per bushel 30
Corn, ears, per bushel.
Oats, per bushel, old...
Oats, per bushel, new . 18
Barley, per bushel....... 30
Ground Plaster, per ton. 8 00
Buckwheat, per bushel...
Cloverseed, per bushel.
: Bellefonte Produce Markets.
4 Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel
Onions
Eggs, per dozen.
Lard, per pound.
Country Shoulde
Tallow, per pou
Butter, per pound.
The Democratic Watchman.
Published every Friday morning, in Bellefonte,
Pa., at 82 per annum (if paid strictly in advance);
$2.50, when not paid in advance, and $3.00 if not
paid before the expiration of the year; and no
paper will be discontinued until all arrearage is
paid, except at the option of the publisher.
Papers will not be sent out of Centre county un-
less paid for in advance.
A liberal discount is made to persons advertis-
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Job Printing of every kind done with neatness
and dispatch. The Warcnwax office has been re-
fitted with Fast Presses and New Type, and
everything in the printing line can be “executed
in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates.
Terms—Cash.
All letters should be addressed to
P. GRAY MEEK, Proprietor
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