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WHERE THE BEST AND CHEAPEST
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——Madisonburg is having an epidemic
of the mumps.
——>Sunday was more like a May day
than the 21st of February.
——Wholesale dog poisonings are being
reported from Milesburg.
——A great many apples are being ship-
ped from Coburn this county.
——~Col. W. Fred Reynolds received a
new team of horses from New York, on
Saturday.
——D. W. Eberhart, of East High street,
is able to be about again after several days’
confinement with grip.
——John IH. Woomer, of Millheim, ex-
pects to enter the employ of McCalmont &
Co., in this place, about March 1st.
——Ex-county commissioner T. Frank
Adams is about starting to travel Pennsyl-
vania territory for the Havana, N. Y.,
Bridge Co.
—Snyder Tate is not keeping half as |
cool just now as his ice keeps the public in
summer weather and all because a new girl
came to his house, on Sunday morning.
—— District No. 4 of the public school
teachers of Centre county will hold their
institute, in Mileshurg, beginning this
evening and continuing during the morrow.
——About four hundred people from
Pine Grove Mills, State ‘College and inter-
mediate points came to town on the Belle-
fonte Central’s Washington’s birthday low
rate excursion.
——Mr. William PP. Humes and his
sister, Miss Myra, have finally gotten
located in their magnificently remodeled
home, corner of Allegheny and Howard
streets, this place.
——Druggist F. I>. Green having been
confined to his Linn street home hy illness
for several weeks Dr.” John Sebring, of
Philadelphia, is running things at the
Bush house pharmacy.
——Co. B. 5th Rex, N. CG. P., of this
place, willbe inspected, on Monday evening,
March 8th, at 8 o'clock. The inspection
will be public and will be made in the ar-
mory, corner Spring and Lamb streets.
——Mrs. R. L. Dartt has moved from the
MecQuistion house, on High street, to Miles-
burg, where she has many dear friends. She
will make her home there for a few years at
least and has rented a comfortable house
opposite the Baptist church.
—— While crossing the B. N. & L. rail-
road trestle over Spring Creek, one day last
week, Christ Miller thought he heard some
one calling to him. He turned around
suddenly and the glare of the setting sun
made him sneeze. In doing so,he lost his
equilibrium and a good bit of his religion,
for he fell off into the creek and ruined his
Sunday clothes.
——During the quarterly meeting of the
Friends, held at Unionville, on the 13th,
14th and 15th, there were delegations pres-
ent from Huntingdon and Bedford counties,
as well as from Half-Moon valley, this
county. John J. Cornell, a prominent
minister of the society from Baltimore,
Md., was the principal talker at all of the
meetings.
——Dr. Thomas C. Van Tries, who prac-
ticed medicine for twenty years at .Penn-
sylvania Furnace, in this county, and for
awhile in Bellefonte and who has been lo-
cated at Blairsville, Pa., during the past
five years, has discontinued the practice of
medicine and has accepted the position of
teacher of © mathematics and natural
sciences in the Rowe College, at Johns-
town, Pa.
——The literary features at the Belle-
fonte Academy, last Friday afternoon, were
exceptionally entertaining because another
number of The Mirror, the Academy paper,
was issued. While it appears only occa-
sionally, and then in manuscript form, it is
so bright and taking that it always creates
a sensation among the students. There
are articles of real merit and some first
class illustrations in the paper.
-—Mr. George Noll,
dairyman, who comes to this place bright
and early every morning with wholesome
milk and cream, is going to sell his dairy
to a Mr. Barrons, of Centre Hall. Mrs.
Noll’s health has made it impossible for
them to properly conduct the business
longer and they will move in to Milesburg
town just as soon as they have made sale.
Mr. Noll purchased the dairy of Mr. I.
M. Harvey.
the Mileshurg |
Mgs. CATHARINE BROWN. — The re-
mains of Mrs. Catharine Brown were
brought here, on Saturday morning, from
Thomasville, N. C., where she had died
the previous Thursday morning after an
illness of nearly two years with catarrh of
the stomach. The body was taken from
the train to St. John’s Catholic church, on
Bishop street, where mass was celebrated
by Rev. Father Aloysius Gorman, of
Newark, N. J., a brother of the deceased.
The funeral was not held until 2 o’clock in
the afternoon, however, the body having
been taken to the home of Ed. Brown Jr.,
on south Allegheny street, until that hour.
Mrs. Brown will be remembered by
many Bellefonte residents as Kate Gorman.
She was a daughter of Patrick Gorman,
Dec’d., of Snow Shoe, but made her home
with Edward Brown Sr., in this place. It
was there that her husband met and mar-
ried her. As a girl she was universally
admired in the town and none were more
exemplary and upright. Rt. Rev. Thomas
McGovern, now Bishop of the Harrisburg
diocese of the Catholic church, married
them March 11th, 1867. Twenty years ago
they went South. Locating in Danville,
Va., they remained there until 1880, when
they removed to Greensboro, N. C., where
they resided ever since, Mr. Brown having
been engaged in business as an optician
and real estate broker there and at Thomas-
ville, a near-by health resort.
Deceased was born June 30th, 1853, and
leaves a husband to mourn her death. She
was a devout christian woman and knew
nothing but love for her husband and
friends and charity for those in distress.
The esteem in which she was held in her
southern home is sincerely attested in the
letters of warmest sympathy that have
come to console Mr. Brown since arriving
in Bellefonte.
* He is a son of William Brown, deceased,
who was proprietor of the old ‘‘Our
House,’ a famous hostlery that stood on
the corner of Allegheny and Bishop streets,
years ago.
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Two SuppEN DEATHS.—Col. John In-
vin, of Curwensville, well known in Belle-
fonte, suddenly dropped dead in his resi-
dence, on Monday evening, after having
walked home from his office. Apoplexy
was the cause of his death. He had been
prominent in Republican politics in this
district for a number of years. Deceased
was born March 8th, 1836. In 1854 he en-
tered the mercantile business and amassed
considerable money.
Colonel Irvin organized Co. B. 149th
Pennsylvania volunteer infantry and was
elected captain. He became major of his
regiment in 1863. He was wounded at the
battle of Gettysburg and for a short time
was a prisoner. He afterward joined his
regiment and was promoted to lieutenant
colonel, and on April 22nd, 1865, was
again advanced to colonel, commanding the
regiment, in which capacity he served till
mustered out of service. Hisregiment was
known as the “New Bucktails.”” He was
never married, but left to survive him a
sister, Mrs. Martha J. Thompson, mother
of Mrs. Orlady, wife of judge George B.
Orlady, of the superior court, and of Mrs.
Wilson, wife of ex-district attorney Wil-
son, of Curwensville, and one brother,
James A. Irvin. Col. Irvin was a member
of Constans commandery, K. T. of this
place.
J. Merrill Linn, a well known lawyer in
Central Pennsylvania, died suddenly at
his home, in Lewisburg, Tuesday night, of
paralysis of the heart.© Mr. Linn had been
in ill health for some time, having had an
attack similar to this about a year ago.
However he was about all day Tuesday.
Toward evening he complained of feeling
unwell, and about 10 o’clock, while sitting
in a chair reading a newspaper, he sudden-
ly. fell forward and was picked up dead.
Mr. Linn leaves a widow and one son,
Philip Linn, who was associated with his
father in the practice of law. He was a
brother of Hon. John -B. Linn, of this
place.
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——Miss Nannie White, the sixteen
year old daughter of J. Parker White Esq.,
of New York, died at the home of Mrs.
Martha Keller, on East Linn street, in this
place, at 5 o’clock yesterday‘ morning.
She had been ill about three weeks with
peritonitis. The young lady and three
sisters, with their aunt, Miss Powell, have
been boarding here during the winter
while attending the Academy. She came
here to recuperate her health and seemed to
be improved when seized with the mala-
dy that caused her death. Her father had
been with her until Wednesday morning,
when her condition seemed to warrant his
return to the city. It is not known just
when or where her remains will be buried,
but they will probably be taken to Wil-
liamsport on Saturday morning.
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——DMrs. Katharine Rishel. relict of Col.
John Rishel, died at the home of her son,
M. L. Rishel, at Farmer’s Mills, last Tues-
day morning. She had been ill for some
time with various troubles that finally de-
veloped into phneumonia and caused her
death. She was 82 years old and leaves
( two children : Squire M. L. Rishel, of I"ar-
mers’s Mills and Mis. Ezra Sith, of Da-
! kota, Ill. Funeral services were conducted,
| on Saturday morning, at the Union church,
| by Rev. J. M. Rearick, of the Lutheran
church of which she had been a most exem-
plary member for years.
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Aged Mrs. Bridget Toner died at her
home, on Bunker Hill, this place, on Wed-
{ nesday evening at 8 o'clock. She was 65
years old and death was the result of a
worn-out constitution. Deceased leaves a
husband and several grown up children.
Her remains will be interred from St.
John’s Catholic church to-morrow morning.
——James Tolan died at his home, in
Williamsport, on Friday morning, leaving
a widow and two small children. Deceased
was 27 years old and his death was caused
by Bright's disease. He was a cousin of
James Noonen, of Water street, this place,
and lived in Bellefonte when his father,
Jerre Tolan, kept the ‘‘Our house’ down
at the corner of Allegheny and Bishop
streets. The family moved from Bellefonte
about nineteen years ago.
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——Dison Eskridge, a brother of J. H.
Eskridge superintendent of the Philipsburg
telephone exchange, was killed, .in Alas-
ka, recently. He was deputy United States
Marshall and was trailing some desperadoes,
who had escaped from Douglass island,
when he was fired on from a log hut in
which they had taken refuge.
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——Henry Harkness, an esteeemed resi-
dent of Altoona, died in that place about
noon on Monday. General debility is an-
nounced as having been the cause. Deceas-
ed was born at Carlisle, August 16th, 1812.
He was the father of Mrs. Robert Irwin, of
High street, this plage.
——James E. Solt, of this place, is the
patentee of a suspender buckle.
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——A farmers’ institute will be held at
Warriorsmark, on March 8th and 9th.
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¢ ——Snake stories are beginning early.
The Tyrone Herald has one from Sinking
Valley already.
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——Lock Haven Knights of Pythias
celebrated. their thirty-third anniversary
last Friday evening.
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——A corn on the toe of one of his feet
has caused gangrene and David J. Mattern,
of Tyrone, will hardly recover from it.
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——The Lock Haven Normal school has
a flourishing brass band. The base ball
team has been organized for the coming
season.
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—Have your bicycle enameled. Any
color you want. At Sheffer’s ware rooms
in the Exchange.
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WANTED.—A. Lester Sheffer, agent for
the Columbia and Hartford bicycles, wants
to trade bicycles for two horses. Enquire
or address him at his rooms, in the Ex-
change, Bellefonte, Pa. -
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—— While Mrs. Boyd Hunter, of Axe
Mann, was getting dinner, last Sunday,
her youngest son accidentally overturned a
can of hot lard that - was on the stove. It
burned him seriously about the head and
: face.
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——Charles Kenig, a sixteen year old
son of William Kenig, of Spring township,
was seriously injured while at work at
Washore mine bank, last Saturday morn-
ing. He had his back and leg injured in a
fall.
-———The new glass factory at DuBois
will be 110x90 feet in dimension, with flat-
tening, cutting and packing rooms 35x90,
18x64 and 35x35 respectively. The pot
house will be two stories high, 32x70, and
plastered througheut.
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——AIll kinds of bicycle sundries, re-
pairing and enameling in the finest style
at Sheffer’s ware rooms, in the Exchange.
——The Philipsburg Journal looks bright
and clean in its new dress and can justly
feel proud of the success that has warrant-
ed such an expenditure. Typographically
the Journal is now as pure as the moral tone
of its news columns.
—W. H. Weaver’s flour mill, in the
gap north of Millheim, was destroyed by
fire last Thursday morning. The origin of
the fire is unknown. Mr. Weaver carried
$1,500 insurance in the Pennsvalley Mu-
tual.
—Mrs. Will Lyon gave a large re-
ception Thursday night in honor of the
home coming of Mr. and Mrs. Clair B.
Williams. The receiving party were Mrs.
Lyon, the bride and groom and Mrs. H.
K. Hoy, of Altoona. Seventy-five guests
were present and the whole affair was
pleasingly informal.
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——Do you ride a bicycle? If you don’t
and want to learn you now have an oppor-
tunity as A. L., and Paul B. Sheffer have
opened their bicycle riding school, for the
season of ’97, on the 3rd floor of the Centre
Co., bank building. Open each Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday afternoons and
evenings. For terms apply to A. L., or
Paul B. Sheffer.
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—The G. A. R. all day restaurant, on
Washington’s birthday, was a success in
every way. There was plenty to eat, good
‘music during the eating and crowds of eat-
ers. The veterans have the reputation of
being very lavish entertainers and they did
not lose a spark of it on Monday. =~ Not-
withstanding the very disagreeable weath-
er they realized about $70 as a result of the
day’s work.
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——The local teachers’ institute, at
Unionville, last Friday and Saturday, was
very well attended by the people of that
community but not as many teachers as
were expected were there. The people of
Unionville had provided nice entertain-
ment and those who were there had an
enjoyable time. Mr. Woomer presided and
Miss Pearl Biddle acted as secretary. A
number of topics were discussed relating to
the school work and the public school laws.
A number of the school children recited
and a few of the teachers also. Essays
were read by Misses Myra Smith and Lucy
Brown. An address of welcome was first
given by Dr. Russell, responded to by Mr.
Williams and Prof. Gramley.
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THE LOGAN ENGINE HOUSE WAS ON
FIRE.—It does seem like a case of hauling
coal to Newcastle to talk of the fire depart-
ments’ having been turned out to fight a
fire in an engine house, yet such was the
case in Bellefonte on Saturday.
Shortly before noon the North ward
alarm sounded and set the streets alive
with anxious people. Many of the down
town business men and manufacturers have
their residences in that ward and they were
all more or less excited until they found
out that the old, rickety, Logan engine
house was on fire, then, strange to relate,
no one seemed to care and the very firemen
seemed to lose the snap that has brought
them so prominently before public nectice
this winter.
The Logans are quartered on west How-
ard street and their house is used as a meet-
‘ing place for the council. A spark from
the flue had evidently ignited the roof and
was burning there when a small boy notified
janitor Fasig in these words: ‘‘Mister,
your house is on fire!” As it happened
George's bereavement of ‘‘Black Squirrel’?
was too recent for him to stand any such
jollying—he thought the youngster was
only fooling him—so, with language that
wouldn’t exactly go at the big building
‘across the street, he chased the boy out.
When the alarm sounded things were dif-
ferent, however, and then the fire was
located and put out very quick. No dam-
age was done.
Had there not been a danger of burning
up the firemen’s handsome paraphernalia
and some of those sleeping ordinances of
council it would have been a good thing if
the building had been burned. Unless
something is done to it soon the shack will
tumble down and then council and the
Logans will be very apt to sue the owner
for damages. The roof is so bad that when
it rains it takes all the company’s gum
coats to keep the carpet dry and the kind-
ling in the engine box from getting wet.
When a big wind storm comes up the
men all have to run to one side of the house
to bear it down so that it won’t blow over
and the gentlest zephyr sighs through the
many cracks with all the plaintiff strains
of an wolian harp.
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ALF 18 WHISTLING FOR His FIVE.—As
a general thing horsemen are a pretty
smooth class of fellows, but there is one in
Bellefonte just now who needs to rub up
against an emery wheel, somewhere. before
he starts out on the turf again.
On Tuesday night a Jersey Shore hotel man
named Watt, witha Mr. Strayer. drove up
to Baum’s livery, on Pike alley, to put up
two speedy looking horses for the night.
They were well known about the place
and it was not long until Alf Baum had
them on the run about the speed of their
horses. With an air of pardonable pride he
offered to bet a hundred that he could beat
either one of them with a little sorrel that
he owns. Now the sorrel can go along at a
pretty fair clip, but the Jersey Shore men
were not so sure that it could beat their
horses, so they proposed that a $5 forfeit be
put up until Wednesday morning. Alf had
only made the proposition as a banter, but
put up his five like a man, never expecting
that they would offer to race.
Wednesday morning things were differ-
ent. The strangers hooked up their speed-
iest nag and told Alf toget ready. He still
thought they were fooling, so didn’t do it.
Then they jollied one another for a few mo-
ments, until the gentlemen remembered
that they had business in Jersey Shore and
drove off. Of course Alf’s good long green
went with them and it is reasonable to sup-
i pose that in the future he will confine his
betting propositions to Jim McCulley or Ed
Baney where there would be some chance
of working a writ of replevin when they
score on him.
OLD MRS. CUNNINGHAM’S FRIGHTFUL
FALL. — Mrs. Ellen Cunningham, who
resides with her daughter, Miss Mary, at
206 east Bishop street, had a frightful fall
at her home, on Wednesday afternoon. She
was about to go down into the cellar when
she made a mis-step and plunged head long
to the cellar floor below, striking her head
against a projecting rock in the foundation
wall. The laceration of the scalp was so
great that it required twenty stitches to
close up the wound.
Mrs. Cunningham is 91 years old and
has always been an unusually active woman
for her age. She is resting easy and will
get over the effects soon if her remarkable
vitality holds out. A singular feature of
her injury is that she insists that she is not
hurt much and can’t be persuaded to keep
-her bed.
Miss Sarah Collins, a sister of Mu.
Thomas Collins of Bellefonte, fell on the
ice in front of St. John’s Catholic church,
on Bishop street, last Saturday afternoon,
and suffered serious injury. She was car-
ried into the Sisters home, but was taken
to her own residence, later in the day. She
was not in a condition to permit of an ex-
amination of her injury being made until
Sunday morning and even then it was im-
possible to tell whether her hip was broken
or just dislocated. It has since been found
that her hip is broken.
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BELLEFONTE MEN WERE LEADERS.—
At the state convention of the Y. M. C. A.,
held at Reading, last week, three Bellefonte
men led three meetings on Sunday. The
meeting in the academy of music was in
charge of Gen. James A. Beaver. The col-
lege men’s meeting was in charge of Hugh
McAllister Beaver. The woman’s meeting,
held in the Lutheran church, was in charge
of James RR. Hughes.
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——The old Addleman farm, a mile east
of Warriorsmark, has been sold to Perry
Gates for $5,325. It was the property of
the late Samuel Patterson.
——The management of the Bellefonte
Central rail-road company is planning an-
other popular excursion over the line for
the near future. This time the opportuni-
ty will be given to Bellefonters to visit
Pine Grove Mills at a very low rate. The
plan is a good one and should be heartily
entered into by our people. Besides see-
ing the new extension of the line there
ought to be more intercourse between
Bellefonte and Ferguson township. Go up
and get acquainted and see if the large
trade that is going to Tyrone, from that
end, can’t be brought down here. ~
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——DBicycles repaired and all work
guaranteed at Sheffer’s ware rooms in the
Exchange.
News Purely Personal.
—Dave Kelley, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday
with his brother Will in this place.
—Albert Logue and A. J. Maurer, two young
gentlemen of Lock Haven, spent Monday in
Bellefonte.
—Secretary F. H. Cotaand James R. Hughes
represented Bellefonte at the state Y. M. C. A.
convention, at Reading, last week.
—Fred Kurtz Jr., of Centre Hall and Miss Swartz,
of Mahanoy City, were among the guests at the
fancy dress party in this place, on Monday night.
—Mrs. W. F. Reeder has gone to Washington to
enjoy the festivities of the inauguration and see
her sister, who is a pupil at Mrs. Summer's
school.
— Miss Ida Lanier, head trimmer in the milli-
nery department at the Globe, left, Monday, for
New York city to get the spring styles in hats
and bonnets.
—Mr. Katz, of the Globe, left. Monday, for the
eastern markets. He says he intends laying in a
larger stock and better selection than ever for the
coming season. :
— Mrs. J. H. Orvis, Miss Lide Thomas and Miss
Caroline Orvis went east, Saturday morning, for a
visit among friends in Philadelphia, Jenkintown
and Atlantic city.
—Col. Shortlidge, on whom the Village Improve-
ment society is depending as their right bower
in the next council, is just home from a business
trip to Chicago.
—Mrs. Joe Woodward and Joseph Larimer
Woodward have gone to Williamsport to attend a
gathering of the Woodward clan in honor of the
eighty-second birthday of Mrs. Woodward, senior.
—J. H. Lingle, the veteran dairy-man of Miies-
burg, dropped in to see us for a few minutes, on
Wednesday mornjng. He is owner of some of
the finest stock in Centre county and has a pretty
country place below Milesburg.
—Mrs. Frank P. Bassett and her two children
went to Baltimore, Md., on Saturday, to join Mr.
Bassett who preceded them to that city several
weeks in order to get a home fixed up for his
family, They have left Bellefonte permanently.
—C. I. Denninger, one of Penns valleys’ prom-
inent young Republicans and cashier Mingle's
right hand man in the Centre Hall bank, was in
town, Monday night, to attend the fancy dress
party given by Miss Brew’s dancing class.
— Will Furst, of Philadelphia, spent a few hours
with his father, in this place, on Monday evening.
Will is meeting with wonderful success as a law-
yer in the Quaker city and if hard work and in-
telligence will bring more he will have it too.
—Miss Mame Butts, of Allegheny street, and
Miss Lulu Harper, of Linn street, were in Houtz-
dale over Sunday visiting Mr. Walter Butts, Miss
Butts has returned, but Miss Harper remained a
few days with Mrs. Frank Lukenbach in Philips-
burg.
—D. L. Dennis Esq., who is soon to move from
his Ferguson township farm into Pine Grove Mills
where he will rest for the remaining days of his
life, came down with the excursion, on Monday,
and seemed to be enjoying it just about as much
as anybody.
—Among the excursionists from Pine Grove
Mills, on Monday, were J. H. Lytle, L. H. Smith,
I. L.. Meek, W. H. Fry, H. M. Krebs, Mrs.
Heberling, Mr. Erb, Charles Smith, A. G. Archey,
D. L. Dennis and many more of the representa-
tive people cf that community.
—Mr. Benjamin Kauffman, of Zion, one of the
men who turns the fertile soil of Nittany valley to |
personal profit, was in town, on Saturday, wishing |
for his sleigh. He had come up on wheels, but
when that big snow storm set in he began to
think he would have more than a little trouble
getting home again.
—Mr. D. M. Shearer, a former resident of Belle-
fonte, but who has been staying with his aged
uncle, Nathan Simcox, near Eagleville, for the
past few months spent Sunday in town. Mr. Sim- |
cox raised Mr. Shearer and now that the old gen-
tleman is no longer able to take care of himself
the latter is going to take him to his home in
Reynoldsyille. :
—Hon. Matt Savage, of Clearfield, editor of the
Public Spirit and secretary of the Democratic
State Central Committee, was a Bellefonte visitor
on Saturday. Mr. Savage is quite well known in
this place and has hosts of friends here. He has
figured very prominently in the polities of this
district, having been an aspirant for the State Sen-
ate in 1804. 3
—H. D. Rumberger, of Philipsburg, the hust-
ling representative of W. H. Denlinger & Co., oil
dealers of that place, was in town, on Wednesday,
looking after his trade here. Harry isa son of
Register Geo. W. Rumberger, but to look at his
“full-moon” face and general rotundity of ap-
pearance he could hardly be called “a chip off the
old block.”
—Mr. J. W. Kepler and Miss Lytle, of Pine
Grove Mills, were Bellefonte visitors, on Monday.
Both are very pleasant young people and kept a
merry corner in one of the coaches on the excur-
sion train. Mr. Kepler is a son‘of former editor
Kepler of the Tionesta Democrat and is living
with his father on their fine Ferguson township
farm. Miss Lytle, a charming girl, is a daughter
of J. H. Lytle Esq., of Pine Grove Mills.
—W. L. Goodhart, of Millheim, spent the anni-
versary of George's birth in Bellefonte. He is
one of the young business men of the Penn town-
ship metropolis and is just now very much en-
grossed in getting a patent bag holder, his own
invention, before the public. Having secured a
partner to help him in pushing it he expects to
go to work at once. The holder is said to be a
very good thing and we hope that he will meet
with success with it.
—Squire Alex Archey, of Pine Grove Mills, en-
joyed Washington's birthday in Bellefonte. He
came down on the noon train over the Central
and having only a few hours in town had to keep
nioving in order to get all of his business trans-
acted. He did not seem so eager to get into the
cars as some of the others were, but possibly he
know that no matter how full they would get he
could still squeeze in. It is a convenience to be
thin some times and the ‘Squire, like the writer,
enjoys it when the fat fellows get all “squoze’ up.
—Mr. and Mrs, W. RR. Gainfort, of north Spring
street, cntertained their nephew, Mr. Edward
Gainfort, over Sunday. The young gentleman is
a westerner by birth thongh he is now holding a
responsible position in the department of trans-
portation for Pennsylvania railroad lines west of
Pittsburg and is located in that city. He arrived
in Bellefonte Saturday night and returned Mon-
day evening. It was his first visit here and his
relatives made the stay so enjoyable that he will
doubtless return whenever opportunity presents
itself.
THE CoMING METHODIST CONFERENCE
AT CLEARFIELD.—The arrangements for
the entertainment of the M. E. Confer-
ence, to convene at Clearfield, March 17th,
are about completed. The opera house has
been leased for the sessions of the Confér-
ence and anniversaries, so that all desiring
to attend may be accommodated.
The homes of Methodists and of many
members of the sister churches of that town
will be filled with ministers of the Confer-
ence. This hint is dropped so that those
intending to visit the Conference may be
fore warned and arrange for entertainment
before going.
The following hotel rates are announced :
Witmer Inn, $2 00 Per day.
Hotel Windsor, 2 00 +
Leonard House. 100 £*
Hotel @loom, 100 o
Mansion House, 100 4
St. Charles, 100 o
These are the rates for boarding houses :
Mrs. J. G. Stewart, Reed St. $ 75 per day
Mrs. R. B. Larimer 2nd “100 ¢¢
Mrs. J. T. Bloom Market ** 75 £8
Mrs. Lizzie Thorn, 5 * 100 ce
Mrs. J. C. Hollopeter, Locust * 1 00 ee
J. W. Ruth, 3rd “100 £
Mrs. McNeal, 4th o 75 3
J. W. Lawhead, 5th *° 35 te
Bishop W. X. Ninde will preside at the
sessions of the Conference.
. The various benevolent enterprises of the
church and the educational institutions
will be represented on the floor of the
Conference and at the anniversaries by
representative men of the church. To all.
of which the public is cordially invited.
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THE BEST GRADES OF CLOVER SEED.—
Col. William Shortlidge, manager for Me-
Calmont & Co., of this place, writes, under
date of the 22nd inst., that he is in Chi-
cago purchasing choice, cleaned clover,
timothy and other grass seed. Owing to
so much of the seed being spoiled by rain
last fall McCalmont & Co., deemed it best
tosend their manager to Chicago to per-
sonally inspect the seed before buying.
By so doing they will have nothing but
the best to put on the market. Col. Short-
lidge’s judgment in these matters is of the
best and his personally selected seed will
be on sale here after to-day. If you want
the best, and the best is always most profit-
able, you know where to get it now.
A project is on foot to establish a
new bank in Philipsburg. Scranton capi-
talists have offered to raise $30,000 if the
Philipsburg projectors will raise $20,000
more to fund it. W. D. Crosby Esq., is
interested and secured $16,000 subscriptions
in that town. in less than two days. It is
probable that the required amount has
been raised by this time.
CT
Lost.—A lady’s gold watch, somewhere
between East Logan and East High streets,
on Saturday, January 23rd. The finder
will be liberally rewarded by returning
same to Miss Maggie Eberhart, of East
High street, this place.
Sale Register.
Maren 5th—At the residence of Nathan Simcox,
three miles northwest of Eagleville, near the
Marsh creek road, cows, cart, utensils, house-
hold goods, canned fruit and vegetables. Sale at
1o'clock, p. m. Jos. L. Neff, Aue.
Fepruary 26th.—On the late H. M. Meck farm,
2 miles west of Pine Grove Mills, S. €. Kelley
will sell horses, cattle, implements and house-
hold goods. Sale at 1 o'clock p. m. William
(zoheen, auctioneer.
Maren 18tn—At George Noll's, one mile north-
east of Milesburg, horses, cattle, farm imple-
ments and household goods. Sale at 10 a. m.
Jos. LL. Neff, auctioneer.
Maren 20mn—At the residence of John Corrigan
Sr., at State College, fine driving horses, top
wagons, carriages, buggies, harness, Portland
sleigh, robes, Ete. A complete livery out-fit.
Sale at 1 o’cloek, p. m.
Maren 22nd.—At the residence of W. F. Powell, 6
miles north of Milesburg, near the road lead-
ing from Marsh Creek to Snow Shoe, draft
horses, logging wagons, sled, Custon log trucks,
cattle, sheep and pigs. Sale at1 o'clock p. m.
Jos. L. Neff, Aue.
Maren 22nd.—At the residence of the late John
G. Hall, one mile west of Unionville, horses,
cows, implements, pigs, vehicles, grain, ete.
Sale at 1 o'clock p. m. Jos. L. Nett, Auc.
Maren 23ep.—J. H. Miller wil! sell at the resi-
dence of W. A. and J. D. Tanyer 1; miles north-
east of Rock Spring on .the Col. Ayre's
farm, in Ferguson township, horses, ecat-
tle, vehicles, implements, harness—and hogs.
Sale at 10 o'clock, a. m. Wm. Goheen auction-
eer.
Maren 241H.—At the residence of D. L. Dennis, 2
miles north of Pine Grove Mills, horses, cattle,
implements ete. Sale at 1 o'clock p. m. Wm.
Goheen, auctioneer.
Maren 25th.—On the J. I. Ross farm, 134 miles
west of Pine Grove Mills, Chas. Wright will sell
horses, cattle, implements ete. Sale at 1 o'clock
p- m. William 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
ress :
Rye, per bushel....
Corn, shelled, per bushe
Corn, ears, per bushel..
Oats, per bushel, old..
Oats, per bushel, new
Barley, per bushel.....
Ground Plaster, per ton
Buckwheat, per bushel.
Cloverseed, per bushe
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel. sions: 15
OnioNs..........oeeeeses 60
Eggs, per dozen. 15
Lard, per pound. 6
Country Shoulde 6
Sides..... 6
Hams.... 10
Tallow, per pound. 3
Butter, per pound... 20
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