CoRrEESPONDENTS.—No communications pub-
lished unless accompanied by the real name of
the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——Nittany valley schools have reopened
for the winter term.
——The Millheim grange is growing fast
and now they number 70 members.
— There is quite a lot of interesting
local news on the inside pages of this issue.
——The week of prayer is being observ-
ed in the Presbyterian churches this week.
——On Tuesday evening, January 12th,
Dan Sully comes to Garman’s in ‘‘the Con-
tractor.’’
——Jack Fielding, of Woodbury, N. J.,
has become master teaser at the Bellefonte
glass works.
— John G. Fields, of Gatesburg, has
been granted a pension of $6 per month to
date from September, 1895.
i Gephart, president, enter-
tained the board of directors of the Belle-
fonte Y. M.C. A., at dinner, Tuesday
evening. -
——Miss Nona Spangler, of Salona, has
been acceptod as a student in the trained
nurse's course in one of the large Philadel-
phia hospitals.
——George M. Reed, at one time second
base-man and captain of the Bellefonte
base ball club, is now manager of the Hus-
ton, Texas club.
——Centre county Pomona Grange, No.
13, will meet in the hall of Bald Eagle
grange, at Milesburg, on Friday, January
15th, at 10:30 A. M.
——The Milesburg man who got drunk
on Christmas day and lost his overcoat and
front teeth was certainly not much of a ter-
ror to the turkey.
——Mirs. William Parker, wife of the
gentleman who managed the Parker house,
in Philipsburg, a few years ago, died at
Canton, Ohio, on Saturday.
——The story that a 350 1b bear was
shot in Bierly’s orchard, near Milesburg,
on Monday, isa truly a story. There is
not a word of truth in it.
——Rev. Koontz dedicated the new
Evangelical church at ‘‘the Junction,’
Nittany valley, last Sunday. It is reported
to be a neat and-eomfortable structure.
Dan Sully is an actor of national 1e-
pute. He comes to Garman's, next Tues-
day night, in “the_€ontractor,” the play
that has made for him an enviable reputa-
tion all over-the country.
—— During Rev. J. W. Rue’s absence in
Altoona, last Sunday, Rev. Samuel Creigh-
_~ton, of Salona, preached in the Methodist
church here. Iis sermons, morning and
evening, were highly entertaining.
——Hunt up good men to run for your
municipal and township offices this spring.
The election of good, practical men as
councilmen, justices, supervisors, school
directors and overseers is a great saving
to tax payers. *
——Messrs Dan O'Leary and W. I. Me-
Clure are going te move into Crider’s Ex-
change. room 8, where the former will have
a shoe repair shop and Mr. McClure will
continue the saddlery business he has
carried on, on High street so long.
——-The McCarthy property, on Bishop
street, was sold at orphan’s court sale, on
Monday afternoon, and brought $1,650.
F. W. Crider bought the double house, on
Logan street, for $755 and James Stickler
bought the Bishop street site for $895.
On the last night of the old year |
Miss Blanche Hayes, of High street, want
hostess of a very pleasant ‘‘tally’’ party,
given in honor of her guest, Miss Jean
Parsons, of Williamsport. Miss Kate Har-
ris was awarded the first prize and Hugh
Beaver the second, for recognizing the ad-
vertisements.
The Bellefonte correspondent of the
Pittsburg News, who is none other than our
versatile Charles I. Gates, has taken the
barlow on bear stories. His recent publi-
lication in that paper was a regular hair
raiser and he says that he has personal
knowledge of ten tons of bears that have
been slaughtered in this vicinity lately.
E. C. Rowe, of this place, was called
to Harrisburg last week to attend the fun-
eral of his brother, Jesse D. Rowe, who
died in that city on Tuesday. Deceas-
ed was 52 years old and had been in the
stove and plumbing business in York up to
last summer, when he gave it up to go on
the road as a salesman. Typhoid fever
caused his death.
——The cake walk given by the Ys, in
the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium, on Tuesday
THE CONTEST FOR SHERIFF.— When the
first papers in the contest of A. V. Miller,
to get into an office to which the people re-
fused to elect him, were filed, it was the
expectation and purpose of the WATCH-
MAN, to give to its readers a complete
“official’’ report of all the facts alleged by
both sides. The petition of the contestant
with the other papers presented at the
time were given in full, and we had fully
anticipated giving, in just as full a manner,
the answer to that petition, the counter
charges, and all other documents bearing
upon the case. This we now find both
impracticable and impossible, unless the
readers of the WATCHMAN were to be de-
prived cf all other matter in which they
have an interest. - The proceedings of Sat-
urday last, the time fixed for the fil-
ing of the answer to the petition, shows
that in the three hours devoted to this con-
test, enough of affidavits, answers, charges,
counter-charges, petitions, decrees, ete.,
were presented and placed on file to make
over thirty-two columns of solid matter in
this paper, an amount of stuff, assertions,
repetitions, etc., that no one would care to
wade through, and if they did, would be
but little better off than if they had not
seen it. :
Saturday’s session, developed nothing
new. Court called at 2 o’clock, and it re-
quired just one hour for J. C. Meyer Esq.,
representing the attorneys for the respond-
ent, to read the answer to Miller’s petition.
The document begins with a protest that
the complaint is ndt sufficient in law to
justify a contest, and calls attention to the
fact that no evidence, whatever, is furnish-
ed showing that those who sign the peti-
tion are qualified electors of the county.
It denies that the respective election offi-
cers of the various election precincts in the
county, received, counted and returned a
large number of votes, as cast for W. M.
Cronister for sheriff, which were illegal or
improperly received and counted, but
alleges that on the other hand, a large num-
ber of illegal votes were received, counted
and returned for A. V. Miller in allof the
various election districts of the cotinty. It
then takes up, paragraph by paragraph, and
denies absolutely and poiritedly the allega-
tions set forth in the petition, as to each
particular election’ district.
Continuing; 1 the answer avers that in the
following districts, North, South and West
Wards, of Bellefonte, Centre Hall, Howard
borough, Millheim, Milesburg, Unionville,
South Philipsburg, State College, 1st, 2nd
and 3rd wards of Philipsburg, Burnside,
both precinets of College, both precincts of
Benner, the three precincts of Boggs, Cur-
tin, both precincts of Ferguson, the three |
precincts of Gregg, both precincts of
Haines, Halfmoon, Harris, Huston, Liber--
ty, Marion, Patton, the three precincts of
Miles, Penn, both precincts of Potter, both
precincts of Snow Shoe, the three precincts
of Spring, Taylor, Union, Walker and
Worth, votes were received and count-
ed for Miller that should have been thrown
out ; that others were counted for him that |
should have been counted for Cronister ;
that in a number of the above districts,
(naming them) that persons voted for Mil-
ler who had not paid a taxin two years ;
that others voted for Miller who were not
registered, and did not file the required
affidavit ; that in the different precincts of
Philipsburg, Rush, Snow Shoe and Patton,
there were one or more votes cast in each
for Miller by. persons not native born citi- |
zens who had not been voters for five con- |
secutive years in said districts and who ex-
hibited no naturalization papers to the elec-
tion offices ; that in a large number of the |
precincts named votes were accepted and |
counted for Miller from persons who had
received money or other valuable consid-
erations for so voting, and that in Half- |
moon an unauthorized person tampered
with and fixed the tally sheets from which |
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the returns were certified.
As to a recount of the vote, Mr. Meyer's |
answer alleges that it would be impossible |
to make a recount because he is informed |
and expects to prove that several of the
ballot boxes have already heen tampered |
with, opened and the ballots therein de- |
faced or destroyed, -since the same have |
been sealed by the election officers, in vio- |
lation of law ; that others have been left
in polling houses, in which no one lives,
the doors of said houses being unlocked, as |
well asthe boxes themselves and that a |
large number of said boxes are in the cus-
tody of no one and not preserved as requir- |
ed by law. |
In proof of the averment that the alle- |
gations set forth in the petition where false
affidavits were furnished, signed and sworn
to by the election boards of every township
challenged, declaring Miller’s statements to
be false and without any foundation what-
ever. These, it was thought, would furnish
sufficient grounds for Judge Love to quash
the movement, and save the county the
is disturbing the depositors very much now
| years of age to be off the streets after 9
the election can only be obtained by a produc-
tion of the ballots themsclves.”’
Upon this a decree was asked and grant-
ed, commanding H. H. Montgomery and
John Dunlop to ‘‘bring the election boxes,
properly sealed and marked from the fol-
lowing districts, to wit : The election boxes
of the borough of Howard, Millheim, the
three wards of Philipsburg, North and
West Boggs, East College, West Ferguson,
East Gregg, Howard, Huston, Liberty,
Patton, North and South Rush, East and
‘West Snow Shoe, North and West Spring,
Taylor and Worth, to be deposited with
‘W. F. Smith, in the vault of the Prothono-
tary’s office, and remain in his possession,
subject to the further order of the court.
Further decrees requiring both sides to
file ‘‘bills of particulars containing the
grounds of their allegations, with the
names and residences of each voter who
was disqualified and who voted illegally
and any other facts upon which they in-
tend to rely,” within 14 days was ordered,
after which the court adjourned.
Thus endeth the first official evidence in
this county that when the Republicans
want an office, and have the court, that
the tax payers interests are in no wise con-
sidered and thus beginneth a contest to
give a twice defeated candidate an official
position, that will cost the people of the
county, half as much as the erection of a
new court house would.
Great is Republicanism —great are our
courts of justice—but greater than all is
the demands of Republican leaders that
Abe Miller be fixed at the expense of the
public.
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——Lock Haven wheelmenare moving
toward organizing themselves into a club.
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——Out of 117 committments in Clear-
field county, daring the past year, only
four of were‘ women.
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_ —=The next meeting of the Clinton
eounty Christian Endeavor society will be
held in Beech Creek some time during the
summer. —
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——Franklin ‘Moore Ross, one of Lock
Haven’s most prominent residents, died
Sunday evening. He was interested in
many business enterprises in that place.
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——The attraction at Garman’s, next
Tuesday night, will be Dan Sully in ‘‘the
Contractor.”” If you want to see some-
thing really very good you should go.
——VWhile the U. of P. glee club was
performing in Altoona, last Thursday night,
W. H. Richardson fell off the stage into
the auditorium and fractured his collar
bone.
dee
——While blacksmith ‘“Dix’’ Bullock,
of Beech Creek, was shoeing Nathan Bit-
ner’s horse, last Thursday, it got its. foot
caught in a broken plank and in trying to
release itself it kicked Mr. Bullock in the
breast, breaking one of his ribs.
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——The Gardner, Morrow & Co., bank
failure, in Hollidaysburg, Sept. 18th, 1896,
that they have discovered that instead of
being able to pay dollar for dollar the as-
signee will be $159,730.27 short of enough
to go around.
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Revenue collector Grant Herring
has just completed his annual report of the
receipts of this district, which embraces
Centre county, for the year ending Novem-
ber 30, 1896. It shows the total revenues
to have been $802,600.51, for which the
amount of tax on beer furnished more than
one-half, or $498,153.50. The net gains in
the collections over 1895 was $57,458.77.
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—— Williamsport’s strict Mayor Mansell
has recommended the adoption of a curfew
ordinance requiring children under sixteen
o'clock p. m., during the winter months,
and after 10 o’clock p. m., during the sum-
met months. Butler, Pa., adopted such a
measure a few months ago and it became
so odious that it has been rescinded.
cto rms
——Farmer James Clark, of Benner
township, was a very happy man during
the holidays because all of his children
were home. Among them were Thomas
Clark, wife and child, of Harper’s Ferry,
Va., and John Clark, M. D., a former stu-
dent at the Bellefonte Academy and is now
a practicing physician at Glenn Campbell,
Pa. We have learned that Dr. Clark is
meeting with much success in his profes-
sion.
-— During the year 1896 Hollidaysburg,
Blair county, made history as follows :
Frank Wilson and James Farrel, were tried
for murder and found guilty in the first
degree. The celebration of the county’s
centennial and the unveiling of the sol:
diers’ monument was the most gigantic
demonstration ever witnessed in the coun-
WILLIAM KNAPP'S SUDDEN DEATH.—
There has not been a death for a long time
more sad than that of William Knapp,
which occurred at his late home, on east
High street, on Monday afternoon, Dec.
28th. He had been ill but a short time and
his condition was not considered dangerous
until the morning, of his death, when ty-
phoid pneumonia developed and he died al-
most before those who loved him so well
knew that he was gone.
Fifteen years ago ‘‘Billy’’ Knapp drifted
into Bellefonte as a wanderer, without oc-
cupation or home. Unlike others he seemed:
eager for something to do and was given
employment by the Mrs. Mary Gordon, on
Curtin street. He lived there for several
years and while getting some lumber at a
planing mill one day he showed that he
was an expert on the scroll saw and at pat-
tern making. He was given employment
at once and ever since had worked at Cri-
der’s mill, where he was considered one of
the hest men about the place.
About five years ago he joined the Evan-
gelical:church and has been one of its most
ardent; hard working members. Having
married a Miss Mowery, of Hublershurg,
she and four children survive: ‘‘Billy’”’
Knapp was indeed a man whose death is to
be lamented. It seem foo bad that just
when he had reachéd a station and had
settled down to-énjoy an honest christian
life that ey be taken away.
Funeral services were held on Wednes-
day-afternoon.
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OLD IsaAc HamproN DEAD.—His days
for ‘“votin her straight,’’ his days for tell-
ing of the weather and his days of weari-
ness on earth are ended and old Isaac
Hampton, so well known, in this place,
has gone to a home that we trust will have
more of comfort for the old soul than any
he had ever known in life.
He died at the home of his daughter,
Emeline Burdell, on Spring street, hetween
seven and eight o’clock Tuesday morning,
Dec. 29th. Deceased was born in Half-
moon valley and was ninety-five years old
on the 20th of last August. His death was
directly due to old age.
He had followed the trade of a collier,
and had been a resident of Bellefonte for
many years. The funeral took place Fri-
day at 3 o’clock from the house. Rev. C.
C. Miller, of the United Brethren church,
conducted the services.
To those who did not know old Isaac it
Is RICHARD MORGAN DEAD? —The
children of ‘Richard Morgan, an -ex-police-
man of Bellefonte and a man who owns
considerable property on Bishop, Ridge and
Logan streets, received word from his old
home in Ireland, a few days ago, that prob-
ably before the information reached them
he would be dead and buried. :
He left Bellefonte several years ago and
has remained in Ireland ever since, though
Charles, John, Maggie, Mary and Kate,
his children, all reside here.
A later letter stated that his condition
was slightly improved.
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A FUNNY STAGE INCIDENT.—An amus-
ing incident occurred during a stage repre-
sentation of a railroad strike, in the second
act of Dan’l Sully’s great play ‘‘O’Brien,
the Contractor'’ (the millionaire) a number
of experienced railroad employes are used
to add realism to the scene. As the story
progresses an attempt is made by an oppo-
sition corporation to prevent O’Brien fin-
ishing the building of his railroad in time
to preserve his charter, and to do this they
induce the Italian workmen employed on
the road to join their side and are offering
tempting inducements to the Irishmen to
do likewise, when O’Brien arrives he makes
an impassioned appeal, begging the men to
stand together like the royal sons of Ire-
land they are. At Garman’s next Tuesday
night.
OSs
Two PEOPLE INJURED IN AN EXPLO-
SION AT SNOW SHOE.—A bit of careless-
ness came very near costing the lives of
George Hogencamp, his wife and child, at
their home, at the Cherry Run mines, near
Snow Shoe, last Saturday morning.
Hogencamp was sitting in his kitchen
filling his powder can from the keg he kept
in the house. His mine lamp was burning
on his hat and a spark dropped from it in-
to the keg. There was a terrific explosion
that tore the whole end out of the house
and burned the man and woman frightfully.
Their child escaped injury.
Neighbors heard the woman’s screams
and on going to see what caused them
found her enveloped in flames. These they
quickly smothered out with carpet and had
only accomplished it when Hogencamp ap-
peared all afire.
He was taken to the Cottage hospital, in
Philipsburg, on Tuesday evening, but
Mrs. Hogencamp ‘was in such a critical
condition that she could not be moved.
Yesterday she was reported slightly improv-
might be a matter of surprise when we | ed.
state that he was one of the most courteous,
genial old men we have ever known. Tt
was a great surprise to us to find in a man |
who had led the rough life of a wood chop- |
per one of the most engaging and truest of
hearts.
During the last years of his life not a
week passed that he did not drop in to
chat a minute or two and vouchsafe a lit-
tle information about the weather, which
naturally enough was his hobby.
Possibly of all his friends none will miss
him more than those at this office. And it
is a sincere sorrow that we feel in the loss
of our old caller, but there is great consola-
tion in the thought that he may have
gained a bourne of happiness and comfort.
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Diep WHILE SEEKING RELIEF HERE.
—The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Heason, of Marsh Creek, died at the home
spent the
Green, Allegheny and Linn streets, this place.
enjoyed a visit from
Worth, and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Tom Worth, of
Kennett Square.
The keg contained twenty-five pounds of
the explosive.
News Purely Personal.
—Miss Eleanor Mitchell, of Thomas street, isin
Philadelphia for a month.
—Newton Forney, of Hagerstown, Md., is a
guest at the home of W. L. Malin Esq., on How-
ard street.
—Miss Lillian Maitland, of Sunbury, formerly
of this place, is visiting Miss Emma Crider, on
Bishop street.
—Mr. and Mrs. Clevan Dinges, of Williamsport,
holidays at the home of F. Potts
—Two of Taylor townships business directors,
Fowler and Hoover, were in town the last day of
old *96, transacting public business for that town-
ship.
—During the holidays Mrs. E. R. Chambers
her mother, Mrs. Isaac
—Mr. and Mrs. George T. Brew left here, on
of Mrs. Daley, on Lamb street, last Thurs-
The parents had brought the child
here, the previous Tuesday, to consult a
physician regarding its health, when it was
found to be in too serious condition to per-
mit of its being taken home.
The body was taken to Marsh Creek, on
Friday afternoon, for burial.
——On the Saturday following Christ-
mas a four year old daughter of Daniel
Cowher, an employee of the steam heat
works, died with diphtheria.
observance of the health law required that
it be buried that night and it was done.
——VWilliam David, the little two year
old son of Sidney and Rebecca Barlett, died
at the residence of his grandfather, Mr.
David Barlett, on Thomas street, on Mon-
day the 28th, of diphtheria. He was buried
Tuesday morning.
SoME CHANGES—Recent real estate dick-
ers in Bellefonte will result in the follow-
ing changes in the spring.
Reynolds traded his double house, corner of
Lamb and Allegheny streets, to Joseph L.
Montgomery for his Linn street property.
Montgomerys will move
gheny street house just as soon as they can
Mrs. Adam Hoy will
move into the Montgomery house and the
Col. W. Fred
into the Alle-
get it remodeled.
street, the present home of the club is for
Bellefonte club will change quarters to the
Hoy house. The Irvin property, on High
se'e and F. W. Crider has been trying to
Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Brew to return to his
home at Brew Mawr, Md., and Mrs. Brew to visit
friends in Philipsburg.
—Miss Anna Mann returned home, Saturday,
from Philadelphia, so much benefited by her
stay that her friends are confident of her sure
recovery.
—Miss Sadie Bullock, who was home to spend
the Christmas season with her sister, Mrs. J. L.
Seibert, has returned to her work at the Woman's
hospital in Philadelphia.
—Miss Fannie Baum, who has been connected
with Katz's store since its opening, has resigned
her position to spend the winter with relatives in
Princeton, Ind. She leaves for the West on Tues-
day, her sister, Miss Rosa, is still in Syracuse,
where she has been for some weeks.
—Murs. H. A. Alexander, nee Miss Emma
Hughes, of this place, returned to her home, in
New York, on Tuesday morning. It had been the
expectation of her friends here that she would
spend the rest of the winter at her old home, but
she found it necessary to return to New York.
—Mrs. Anna Woodcock leaves this morning for
an extended stay at Chester Springs and Phil-
adelphia. She will visit Mrs. Austin Curtin, at
Chester Springs, and her son Lee, who is studying
medicine at the Medico-Chi, in Philadelphia.
Lee has promised to take the part of Paul Jones
in the opera the young people of Carlisle will give
in February.
—Since the sheriff's rheumatic trouble has con-
fined him to thethouse Mrs. D. Z. Kline finds the
duty of making the annual visit to the local news-
paper offices devolving on her. The sheriff was
always a great stickler for keeping his subserip-
tion paid in advance and now that he can’t do it
himself Mrs. Kline has very graciously taken up
the good work.
visit, yesterday, as pleasurable as we did.
—The Bellefonte contingent of eastern school
girls are all off to resume their studies again.
Blanche Cook, May Crider and Jane Furst to Miss
We trust that she found her |:
get for some time.
Baldwin's, at Bryn Mawr ; Bertha Laurie, to Wil-
son College, at Chambersburg; Blanche Crider to
Philadelphia; Marguerite Potter,to Miss Mar-
A CENTRE COUNTY MAN TWICE AT-
TEMPTED SUICIDE IN ALTOONA.— William
Wantz, who is in the employ of store keeper
Parker, at Curtins’s works, created a sensa-
tion in Altoona, on Tuesday evening of
last week, by attempting to cut his throat
with an old knife. He later tried to choke
himself to death.
Wantz is usually anything but a desper-
ate man. He is single and deplores his
rashness now very much. He did it while
under the influence of liquor and regrets
that he ever got into such a condition.
He was arrested about 4:15 at Eight ave-
nue and Twelfth street by officers Young
and Pierpoint on charge of drankenness
and trying to raise a disturbance. He
made several attempts to board street cars,
but, in his drunken condition, was not al-
lowed to ride, then some boys began snow
balling him and he imagined his assailants
to have been a well-to-do physician, with
whom he wanted to fight.
Shortly after being placed in a cell he
found an old knife and made a determined
attempt to cut his throat. Lieutenant
Hetrick heard the disturbance and ran
down stairs, being justin time to prevent
the consummation of thedeed. Wantz was
disarmed, but as soon as the officer
disappeared he again attempted his life by
choking himself with his own hands. His
struggles again summoned the officers, who
found the prisoner black in the face from
his desperate attempt on his own life. To
prevent a repetition of the attempt Wantz
was ironed, and in a short time he became
quiet. He is back at his work again.
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THEY BANQUETED THEMSELVES.—The
county officials, and a jolly good lot of
men they were too, met for their last time
in public life together at Achenbach’s, last
Friday night, and celebrated the eve of
their separation in office by a royal feast.
Sheriff Condo, treasurer John Q. Miles,
prothonotary W. F. Smith and deputy Ar-
thur D. Kimport, register Geo. W. Rum-
Rumberger, recorder W. Galer Morrison
and deputy W. D. Dukeman, and deputy
O. D. Eberts, commissioners George L.
Goodhart, T. Frank Adams and James B.
Strohm, and clerk. Robt. F. Hunter, dis-
trict attorney William J. Singer, sheriff's
attorney J. C. Meyer, commissioners attor-
ney D. F. Fortney, treasnrer’s attorney N.
B. Spangler, county physician Dr. J. L.
Seibert, and associate judge Corliss A.
Faulkner made up the party.
They spent a very pleasant evening to-
gether and the occasion will be remember-
ed by those who have retired from public
service as one of much enjoyment.
Deputy C. A. Weaver, deputy register
Harry Jackson and coroner Dr. M. S.
Frank were about the only absentees.
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THE GLOBE’S PRIZE WINNING LETTER.
—The letter which we published in our
Christmas edition, from May Sechler to
Santa Claus, was the prize winner.
It was quite a difficult task to select the
best letter from the several hundred that
were received, but its disinterested tone,
and the utter unselfishness which pervaded
the short letter struck the right chord in
the minds of the ladies ;to whom was as-
signed the task of making the award.
Mr. Katz sent the doll up on Christmas
morning to little Mary, and she was nec-
essarily the happiest little girl in her’ part
of town.
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BLACK VEIL.—On Wednesday of last
week two Bellefonte young women took
the black veil in the Catholic convent at
West Chester, where they are known as*‘Sis-
ter Mary Sinus.”” She is Miss Ella Pearl,
a sister of the Misses Pearl, modistes, of Al-
legheny street, and the Misses Annie, Kate
and Biddy Pearl and Miss Rose Doll went
down to be present at the ceremonies.
The other young *‘sister’’ is ‘‘Mary Wil-
fred,’ formerly Miss Mary E. Clark.
Sale Register.
Marcu 24rim.—At the residence of D. L. Dennis,
miles north of Pine Grove Mills, horses, cattle,
implements ete. Sale at 1 o'clock p. m. Wm.
Goheen, auctioneer.
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
Tess :
ed WHeal..,. tc ccoceecetruiananstonsareessnseecseecsvaneres 95
Rye, per bushel....
Corn, shelled, per bushel... 30
Corn, ears, per bushel. 12%
Oats, per bushel, old... 18
Oats, per bushel, new . ks 18
Barley, per bushel.......... = 30
Ground Plaster, per ton. a
Buckwheat, per bushel..
Cloverseed, per bushel
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel
Onions......coveeeiesse 40
Eggs, per dozen. 15
Lard, per pound.... 6
Country Shoulders 6
Sides........ 6
Hams....... 10
Tallow, per pound. 3
BUtIer, PY PON e.c.cicerriiniiincssrisisiining 20
Mrs. Evelyn Rodgers having purchased
the Moran property, on Allegheny street,
will move into it and John Noll, the pres-
thousands upon thousands of dollars that
the contest will cost, but he decided other-
shall’s, in Philadelphia ; Grace Mitchell to Miss
shipley’s, at Bryn Mawr, where Miss Elizabeth
Blanchard, of Linn street, is instructor ; and Pat-
night of last week, was a great success. —
The Democratic Watchman.
ty. And finally both the Hollidaysl
Frank Rhoads walked right away from the y y Yn
banks closed their doors and almost threw
rest and took the bun with the same
grace that hesits astride that beautiful new
horse he purchased at Bedford recently.
The Ys netted about $20, which wasn’t
near enough for the good time they “ave
everyone.
If the tax payers of Taylor township
would consult their own and that of their
children’s interests, they would to a man, |
petition against any additional public |
roads. The taxes they are now obliged to
pay is insufficient to keep the already open-
ed high ways in proper repair. With five
paralfel across it, all of them reaching from
the plank road to the Flatrock road, and at
no point is any of her citizens at want for
roads carrying them to churches, schools
and general outlets—every additional road
will be that much additional taxation on
every household.
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wise, to the great disappointment of the
people, irrespective of party.
Judge Furst then presented an addition
to his former petition, in which all of the
old charges were repeated, and giving as
an excuse for his failure to furnish evidence
sufficient to justify the expense of gather-
ing up and opening the ballot boxes, that
the election officers would not give him the
affidavits he wanted and that the news-
papers had created the impression that the
costs of a contest would be very great and
consequently he could not get people to
take the responsibility of swearing as he
desired them to, for fear they would be
held primarily responsible by the tax pay-
ers for the costs following the contest ; ad-
mitting that he had no proof of any fraud,
|
somewhat alarmed, and the blood flowed
and that the ‘‘only accessible evidence to
the community into a complete financial
chaos.
— te
——Dr. B. H. Warren, state ornitholo-
gist, recently came very near losing his
eyes while gunning for pheasant in this
county. The dogs had located a pheasant,
and the instant the bird had popped up
from the underbrush Dr. Warren’s, com-
panion fired. The charge struck a tree
only afew feet from the spot where the
doctor stood, and several grains glanced off
and struck him in the forehead within
close proximity to the eyes. The victim
dropped to the ground, he having been
quite freely from the wound. He, how-
ever, subsequently dressed the laceration,
and has since suffered but little from his |
ye . . . . . 1
| petitioners of the illegality in the returns of | experience.
ent occupant, will probably take the old
Foster home, on Water street. John Ole-
wine will take Mrs. Rodger’s present loca-
tion and S. D. Ray will move down from
Curtin street to go into the house now oc-
cupied by John Olewine.
John Kline Esq., has purchased the
Maitland property, on Curtin street.
rece ee fl me eet sen
A Success iN EVERY WAY.—The Lo-
gan ball, on New Year’s eve, proved to be
one of the most successful ever given by
that company. There was a large party of
people there, all of whom enjoyed them-
selves to the utmost.
The committee left nothing undone that
might have added to the pleasure of the
guests and the result was that everyone
carried away the memory of a good time
and the Logaus realized a neat profit.
tie Lane to a school near Baltimore, Md.
—D. L. Dennis, one of Ferguson township's old
residents, was in town yesterday attending toa
little business preparatory to quitting farming,
He has sold his farm and will make sale of his
stock in March then he will move in to Pine
Grove to rusticate forthe rest of his life. Well,
no one deserves a rest better than Mr. Dennis
and we are sincerely glad that he has come to
such a position when he can enjoy the hard
earned fruits of his earlier days.
—Among our many holiday visitors were Henry
Whiteleather Esq., of Abdera; J. H. Roush, of
Madisonburg ; Miss Knox, of Bufialo Run;
Frank Wetzler, of Milesburg ; Albert Hoy, of
State College ; Miss Mignot, a daughter of Emil
Mignot, of Frenchville, Clearfield county ; post-
master Frank Kennedy, of State College ; J. K.
Barnhart and the venerable John Wagner, of
Bellefonte ; I. G. Walker, of Stormstown ; Geo.
L. Goodhart, of Centre Hill and Balser Weber, of
Howard. They were all very welcome indeed
and every one of them helped make life a little
easier about this office r
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