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Bemornalic Hata
Bellefonte, Pa., May 7, 1897.
CorRESPONDENTS.—NO communications pub-
lished unless accompanied by the real name of
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
F. H Clemson was appointed post-
master at Benore on Monday.
The story of a big stabbing affray,
at Howard, on Wednesday, is a canard.
——Indications point to a large crop of
peaches and cherries in the lower end of
Nittany valley.
——The Daughters of the Revolution
were entertained at dinner, last evening,
by Miss Mary Thomas.
L. A. Schaeffer; the new justice for
the North ward, has opened an office in
the Exchange, second floor.
——Ex-county commissioners clerk
Robert F. Hunter is writing insurance for
the Mutual life company of Indiana.
——The wages of certain classes of the
laborers at the Valentine iron works, in
this place, were reduced last Saturday.
——The regular monthly sociable of the
Lutheran church was held at the home of
George L. Smith, on east High street, last
evening.
——Miss Grace E. Forshey, of Phil-
ipsburg, and Miss Lillian Glossner, of
- Blanchard, are two Centre county young
women who are attending the West Chester
Normal school.
Potter post, 261, G. A. RR., of Miles-
burg, will hold a memorial service in the
Methodist church, in that place, on Sun-
day morning, May 23rd, at 10:30. Sermon
by Rev. George King.
——Four itinerant Italian musicians
were a little more than some of the
Bellefonte young people could stand. Mon-
day evening, and an informal dance was
arranged for the Arcade.
Mrs. Margaret Bell, relict of the late
Rev. William Bell, who died in Philips-
burg about nine years ago, died at the
home of her son-in-law, S. E. Troy, in that
place, last Thursday morning.
—Col. James P. Coburn, president of
the First national bank of this place, was
elected a director of the Lewisburg and
Tyrone rail-road, at a meeting of the stock-
holders, in Philadelphia, on Tuesday.
'— Saturday night’s heavy rain caused
the Moshannon creek at Philipsburg to
overflow its banks and the fires were pus
out in the fire brick works and at Murray,
Jones & Co’s., planing mill, in that place.
——Schad’s plumbing supply delivery
horse ran away. on Lamb street, on Sat-
urday afternoon, and Albert Schad was
thrown out of the wagon. When picked
up he was unconscious, but soon recovered
and was not seriously hurt.
——The Bellefonte Academy base ball
team defeated the Milesburg team, on_Sat-
urday, by the score of 17 to 2. The
Academy boys played exceptionally good
ball when it is considered that they do not
have a field, anywhere about town, suf-
ficiently large to practice on.
——The Bellefonte lodge, grand united
order of Odd Fellows, colored, turned out
in full regalia, last Sunday night, to at-
tend church and made quite an imposing
spectacle as they moved along the streets.
There were eighteen of them and every one
seemed to have a special uniform.
——Next Sunday evening. presiding
elder, Rev. J. S. Pershing, wil! preach in
the United Brethren church in this place,
and after the sermon the sacrament of the
Lord’s supper will be administered. Rev.
C. C. Miller, the pastor, will preach in the
morning. Rev. Pershing will also preach
on Monday morning.
——Ceorge Johnson and a young man
named Swires came up from Milesburg, on
Monday, and with some other fellows from
that place made themselves generally ob-
noxious to the officers here. The result of
their day’s outing was a few hours sojourn
in the lockup. Burgess Naginey gave
them a hearing, Monday evening, and
they went home sadder, but with a more
wholesome respect for Bellefonte coppers.
—H. B. Shaffer, the Bellefonte pho-
tographer, has moved his branch gallery
from Altoona fo Johnstown. In comment-
ing on his work in the Mountain city the
Tribune says this : “During their stay in
this city their work has given excellent sat-
isfaction and personally the gentlemen in
charge have been most courteous and oblig-:
ing. We bespeak for Mr. Shaffer a cordial
reception in our neighboring city.”
——The close of the forty hour’s devo-
tion in St. John’s Catholic church, in this
place, was made the occasion of very im-
pressive services, on Tuesday evening.
The following named priests assisted father
McArdle : Father Fleming, of Snow Shoe 3
father McCarthy, of Lock Haven ; father
Galligan, of Renovo ; father Codori, of
Lewistown and father Saas, of Lock
Haven.
——The dining room and office of the
Bush house have just heen handsomely
remodeled and now present a very attract-
ive appearance. The dining room is finish-
ed in oak, with rich decorations in pom-
peian red. New'chandeliers and wrought
iron fan brackets ornament the ceiling and
the furniture has been selected with a view
to carrying out a harmonious design. The
effect is very pleasing and what more, with
the excellent cuisine that house is reputed
to have, its guests could want is hard to
imagine. The office and lobby have been
redecorated and now look cheerful and in-
viting.
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REGULAR CoUNCIL MEETING. —Every
member of council was present when the
meeting of that august body was called to
order last Monday night.
Before the reports of committees and ofti-
cers were taken up the following new busi-
ness was transacted.
President D. F. Fortney, of the school
board, appeared and asked that the janitors
at the public school buildings be given
police powers in order that they could make
arrests when depredations were being made
at the public property. Burgess Naginey
was instructed to swear in John Klinger
and John Derstine.
A petition was presented by residents of
east Bishop street for the location of two
additional arc lights on that thoroughfare.
One at the Catholic cemetery and another
at the eastern end of ‘‘the triangle.”’ The
petition was laid on the table until a time
‘when council can talk light with more
prospect. of giving it.
Policeman Amos Mullen asked for leave
of absence from May 14th to 17th. Grant-
ed. Upon the suggestion of burgess Nagi-
ney, that a substitute officer be appointed,
Robert Montgomery was chosen to act
whenever any of the others are sick or
absent.
* A numerously signed petition presented
by William Gares that he be appointed an
extra policeman was referred to the Fire
and Police committee. - :
H. B. Pontius was reappointed water
assessor for the current year.
The residents of east Howard street peti-
tioned for more light. Their petition was
held over. 3
The Street committee reported the grad-
ing of Cherry alley, work on Ridge street,
Pike alley, Spring and Willow-bank streets.
Grades for east Logan and south Thomas
streets were reported given to builders.
The Water committee reported a break-
down at the water works that necessitated
the purchase of two new sets of cogs, the
cleaning, cementing and white-washing of
the reservoir, the purchase of a 4 and a 5
in. plug. To this committee was referred
the request of McCalmont & Co., for a re-
duction of their water tax. The firm
claims to have been unjustly treated by the
borough for eighteen years and would like
w call a halt, if such a thing is possible.
The Water committee was also instructed
to investigate the reasons for F. P. Blair &
Co., and Samuel Lewin and H A. McKee,
agents, not signing water contracts for
their motors.
The Finance committee reported that it
had been unable to settle upon a satisfac-
tory plan for providing for the new public
building and a general discussion of the
question arose. Among the suggestions
that were made was one to sell the borough
lot then get some ‘capitalist to put the
bujlding up, giving council the option of
renting it and allowing the rental to £0 as
payments with a view of purchasing it on
the installment plan. In addition, it was
suggested that a regular sum be set aside,
annually; against the final liquidation of
the debt. To say the least this seems a
particularly objectionable way of doing it.
It might be all right for anyother town
than Bellefonte, but our council could
never carry out such a project. As it is
they are continually drawing on the sink-
ing fund to pay current expenses and
would it not be just as likely that they
would draw on another if it should be cre-
ated ? Just what object there would be in
selling the lot and then buying it back at
the advance that would surely be made is
not exactly clear to those who are not ac-
quainted with the way the borough finances
are manipulated.around on Howard street.
The solicitor read a draft of a proposed
bicycle ordinance which’ was laid on the
table until the wheelmen of the town could
be consulted as to the practicability of its
provisions.
Bills to the amount of $659.19 were ap-
proved and the meeting adjourned.
HAVE YOUR DEEDS RECORDED. —A great
many people fail to realize the importance
of having their deeds and other legal papers
recorded. Many think ivis all right to
lock such papers up in a safe place, where
nothing will disturb them, and when they
are needed they can be produced. It might
be all right, but experience has proven the
fact that it is invariably all wrong.
Not many years ago a well-to-do Taylor
township citizen bought a nice property
and paid cash for it. He received a clear
title, but thought he would save the small
fee that is necessary to pay costs of record-
ing, and locked his deed up at home. The
old gentleman died and his heirs never
knew that the deed for their farm had not
been recorded. They found out, greatly to
their sorrow, not long since, that it had
been neglected, for the house burned down
and all the papers were destroyed.
Only a few weeks ago they came to "this
place to borrow money on the property
with which to build a new house. When
it came to giving a mortgage they discov-
ered that they had no deed and went to the
Recorder’s office, fully expecting to find a
copy there. Imagine their plight when not
a scratch of a pen was found to show that
they owned the place or ever had owned it.
The result is that they will never have a
title to it and while they can remain in
possession they can’t use it for collateral of
any sort.
For all that it costs this should be a very
forcible reason why-everyone should have
important papers recorded. ~
HAS DECLINED THE CALL. — Last week
we mentioned the fact that Rev. Dr.
Lawrence Colfelt, so well known and so
greatly admired in .ais place, had received
a call from a large Congregational church at
Cambridge, Mass. Notwithstanding the
fact that the Doctor has been very earnest-
ly urged to accept it he has decided to de-
cline the call.
——DuBois has what is advertised as a
‘‘one-horse grocery.’
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——John E. DuBois is planning to build
new iron works at DuBois. -
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——The State fair will be held at Johns-
town this year. Clearfield’s little pull
didn’t pull.
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The new Moshannon national bank
Wh of Philipsburg has just received a
Herring-Hall-Marvin safe
6,000 1bs.
that weighs
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——Lock Haven councils are moving to
secure paved streets for that town. If any
place 1n the world needs such improvements
Lock Haven doos.
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—A bill has been reported by the com-
mittee on public buildings and grounds, at
Washington, recommending the appropria-
tion of $125,000 for a public building in
Altoona.
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——Conductors William Taylor and
Frank Mullen, of the Beech Creek rail-
road, have gone to California to attend the
meeting of the rail-road conductor’s union
to be held at Los Angeles.
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——Annie H. Grove, a daughter of Wil-
liam Grove, of Buffalo Run, died last Fri-
day afternoon at 3 o’clock. Deceased was
a member of the United Brethren church
and was just 21 years old.
—The contract for making the paper
on which the United States postage and rev-
enue stamps for the ensuing year will be
printed has again been awarded to the New
York and Pennsylvania pulp and paper
company and the paper will be made at the
Lock Haven mills.
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—The Citizen’s water company, the
organization that is to compete with the
long established Philipsburg water com-
pany, has disposed of $70,000 worth of
bonds and has contracted for 20 miles of
pipe. Mains will be run to Morrisdale,
Hawk Run, Chester Hill, Gearhartville
and adjacent points.
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A small house in Eagleville. owned by
John Baker and unoccupied at the time, was
destroyed by fire, last Tuesday night. This
little conflagration was sufficient ground
for correspondents to city papers to make
up a story that a number of buildings were
burned and that the entire town was threat-
ened with destruction.
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—The first change in the post-offices of
this county, under the new administration,
occurred up at Benore, on Monday last,
F. H. Clemson beings named to take the
place of D. M. Clemson, who resigned.
The incoming post-master is a brother of
the out-going post-master and hoth are
Republicans of a pronounced type.
——A new advertisement appears in this
issue that calls attention to the fact that
John S. Walker, with MeCalmont & Co..
is handling several lines of bicycles and
that he has them in prices to suit any
pocket book. Mr. Walker has had long
experience as a wheelman and his judg-
ment of a wheel can be taken as thoroughly
‘reliable.
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Bor MEN WERE HURT IN THE Woops.
-—James Gunsallus and Ciyde Bittner, two
woodsmen, arrived at their homes, in
Eagleville, last Saturday afternoon, both
in a badly crippled condition. Gunsallus
had fractured his left leg while working on
a lumber job at Gardeau, McKean county,
and Bittner’s foot had been almost severed
at the instep, by a poorly directed ax that
he had been wielding himself. f
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——The following ladies and gentlemen
underwent the examination for permanent
certificates as school teachers, that was held
here last Friday and Saturday : Miss Nan-
OUR Luck.—We have often longed for
the good old days when the WATCH-
MAN was printed on a hand press and it
took a whole night to run off an edition of
seven hundred. Not because we are tired
running a progressive, up-to-date country
weekly but merely to freshen up the evan-
escent recollection that people were different
then. Why every man who had a big
pumpkin, or a bag of beans with more blue
would rush into the printin’ office with his
natural freaks and we would make a fuss
over him for having out-done all his neigh-
bors. Of course we fussed to encourage (?)
him in the upbuilding of agriculture or
whatever other line that his product might
have represented. = But that was the last
he ever saw of it all the same, and the edi-
tor grew sleek and fat on pumpkin pies and
beans and sich that stick well to the ribs.
Those press nights were particularly
memorable and we have a mile long thirst
now when we see the shade of ‘Chippy?’
Stone tripping across the High street. bridge
just at dusk, Thursday evening, with a big
bucket of the nice, cool beer he used to
serve over under the old Arcade. Every
Thursday night it was the same thing, but
then it never grew monotonous. Those
kind of things never do. They can be too rare,
but never too frequent. Little did “Chip-
py’’ know that in these days of blue rib-
boners and temperance clubs that they
would have called him a ‘‘growler”’ rusher,
indeed he was then looked upon by the
boys about this office as a kind of modern
version of Rebecca at the well.
Those days have gone, however, and only
a few of us are left, but the ones who sur-
vive haven't forgotten the good old belief
that nothing was too good for the printer.
Now the other day some one of J ohn An-
derson’s Baltimore friends sent him sever-
al of the biggest shad that wagged their
tails in the historic waters of the Potomac
and of course he was tickled, but we felt as
if someone had rammed a thousand peacock
feathers down the back of our neck all at
one time when he marched in here with
one of the very biggest ones in the lot.
nie Delaney, Milesburg ; Miss Millie Smith, |
Bellefonte ; Miss Vara M. Snook, Philips- |
burg ; Miss Helen Forshey, Philipsburg ;
A. C. Williams, Martha ; W. H. Holt, Axe-
mann ; H. N. Hoy, Bellefonte ; H. C. Mus-
ser, Rebersburg ; J. L. Gardner, Howard 3
T. S. DeLong, Romola ;L. W. Musser, State
College ; A. J. Hazel, Madisonburg ; J. 0.
Harpster, Port Matilda; W. H. Limbert,
Madisonburg. The examining committee
was composed of D. O. Etters, Bellefonte ;
A. O. Stauffer, Philipsburg; and F. A. Fore-
man, Centre Hall.
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JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.—Commissions
have thus far been issued to the following
justices elected in this county: Z. S.
Welch, Curtin township; W. I. Harter,
Liberty township ; L. A. Schaeffer, N. W.
Bellefonte ; F. R. Stover, Liberty town-
ship ; Henry Reinhart, Haines ; Cyrus
Wasson, College ; W. J. Carlin, Miles 7.0,
H. Nason, Huston ; Frank Tage, S. Phil-
ipsburg Boro; J. M. Green, Milesburg
Boro ; J. T. Garthoff, Penn township ; J.
S. Housman, Potter ; J. A. Hazel, Spring ;
J. H. Oliger, Spring ; W. A. Murray. Har-
ris ; James Burley, S. Philipsburg Boro ;
John Hamer, Taylor; G. M. Harter,
Marion ; J. M. Parker, Boggs.
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FLOWER THIEVES IN TowN.——A great
many complaints are being made that yards
are being robbed of flowering plants and
potted ornamental plants in various parts
of the town. People who indulge in such
thieving may not realize that they are
committing crimes just as amenable to the
law, as if they stole money or hroke into
buildings, as burglarsdo. It is no Joke,
this thing of reaching over another’s fence
and pulling flowers, but when it comes to
carrying off plants, pots and all it assumes
a phase that demands the closest sur-
veillance of the police: .
Anyone found stealing flowers or plants
should be treated as the criminals they are
and punished severely.
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I'and huckster and was a regular market-man
Had it been a little nearer the 15th of |
April John would doubtless have painted
spots on it and called it a trout, but on
Saturday its name was plain, every-day
shad, though the next day it was Dennis.
It was a (¥ery acceptable remem-
brance and Mr. Anderson was so gracious in
presenting it that the minute he leaves for
that annual fishing expedition down the
Bald Eagle we are going to take to our
knees to invoke good luck for him.
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DEATH OF MRS. BARR.—Mrs. Mary A.
Barr, aged 72 years, 6 months, wife of
Harrison Barr, formerly of” Lock Haven,
died at her home, in Julian, at 2 o’clock
Thursday morning, April 20th, of a com-
plication of diseases incident to old age.
She is survived hy her husband, Harrison
Barr, and the following children :
Mrs. Arvilla Hursh, of Flemington 3
Mrs. Elzina Bricker, of Elmira, N. Y. :
John P. Barr, of Altoona; Mrs. Clara
Elliot, of Beaver, Centre Co. ; Mr. Robert
Barr, of New Kensington ; George W.
Barr, of New York ; Mis. Sallie Holt, of
Julian ; William H. Barr, of Tyrone ; H.
M. Barr, of Julian ; F. C. Barr, of Altoona.
She was the daughter of Wm. Crider, a
resident of Gallaher township, and is sur-
vived by five brothers and two sisters :
Wm. Crider, P. B. Crider, Washington
Crider, Joseph Crider and Enoch Crider,
Mrs. Catherine Bryan and Mrs. Susan
Easton. : :
The deceased had been a consistent mem-
ber of the Methodist church since she was
16 years of age and was well known and
highly esteemed in Lock Haven, where she
lived for over 20 years.
Altoona and Lock Haven papers please
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Fouxp DEAD IN AN Our HoOUSE.—
Willianx Horner, a man very well known
n Bellefonte, was found dead in an out-
house at his home, in ‘‘Black Hawk,” on
the Penns-valley side of Nittany mountain,
on Wednesday evening about five o'clock.
Though a story is current that during the
day he had intimated an intention of taking
his own life the circumstances do not point
to such being the case and it is probable
that he died of heart disease.
William Horner was a produce grower
in Bellefonte. He was a brave soldier dur-
ing the war, and was about fifty-five : years
old. ‘
He is survived by a widow with several
children. Burial will be made at Centre
Hall, Saturday morning, at 10 o’clock.
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——-Alexander P:'lock, foreman of ‘At-
lantic Mine, No. 2, died, on Sunday even-
ing, from the effects of injuries received the
previous Thursday. He was engaged in oil-
ing the fan machinery, when the crank on
the fan struck the bottom of the oil can,
turning the can around and running the
spout into his face, immediately below
the left eye, and penetrating the brain.
He never regained consciousness. This
mine is located near Houtzdale.
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——Last Sunday Phoebe Amanda, eld-
est daughter of Thomas Hosterman, of Co-
burn, died after a long illness with con-
sumption. She was 33 years old and had
been a member of the Evangelical church
for eighteen years. Funeral services were
conducted by Rev. J. J. Lohr, on Wednes-
day. ¢
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——LEthel, the 8 year-old daughter of
George Hyatt, of Salona, was buried last
Monday and a touching feature of the fun-
eral services was the singing of a song she
loved by four little tots, classmates in the
spots on them, than he thought was normal, |.
Sunday school to which she belonged.
——Theodore G. Leathers, a member of
Co. A. 45th Reg. Penna. Vol. died at his
home, at Mt. Eagle, on Wednesday. De-
ceased was 60 years old and for years had
been the hotel-keeper at that place. . He is
survived by a widow, five daughters and
two sons. Interment of his remains will
be made in Eagle cemetery on Saturday
morning at 11 o’clock.
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—Mrs. Margaretta Rothrock, an aged
widow who resided on Pine street, this
place, died yesterday morning, at 5 o’clock,
from heart failure. The funeral will take
place on ‘Saturday afternoon, at 3 o’clock,
from the Presbyterian chdich.
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——MTr. Joseph Daup died at his home,
near Potter’s Mills, on Tuesday of last week.
Deceased was one of the oldest residents
of Potter township, having been 81 years, 1
month, and 18 days old.
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——The Pennnsylvania State College
base ball team was defeated by Dickinson
college, on Beaver field, last Saturday, by
the score of 9 to 4. The game with the
Cuban Giants, scheduled for Wednesday
afternoon, was called off on account of wet
grounds.
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——The Imperial mandolin and guitar
club, of this place, composed of Paul C.
Gerhart, Henry D. Brown, Frank H. Tay-
lor and Vesta D. Culveyhouse, who are all
well known artists, will give a concert in
the Bush Arcade, on Thursday evening,
May 20th, 1897, commencing at eight
o’clock. The club on this occasion will be
assisted by two of Bellefonte’s noted musi-
cians, Mr. William B. Reeve, vocalist,
and W. P. Young, violinist. Admission
35, 25 and 15 cents.
New spring clothing just opened at
Faubles’. Prices much lower than ever.
It will pay you to investigate.
News Purely Personal.
—Mrs. J. A. Woodcock is home from a month's
stay at Curtin’s. She has taken rooms at Miss
Magill’s for the summer.
—Mrs. John C. Miller, who has been in a se-
rious condition for some weeks has gone to Phil-
adelphia to go into a hospital.
—Prof. M. C. Ihlseng, head of the department
of mines, at The Pennsylvania State College,
spent Tuesday morning in this place.
—Hon. John T. McCormick, of Ferguson town
ship, was in this place, last Saturday, arranging
for the settlement of his father’s estate.
—Mr. A. T. Hall, of Fleming, one of the family
that is so. numerous and so reputable up there,
was in town, on Wednesday, looking after a little
business.
—Misses Jennie Zimmerman and Anna Koontz
left, Wednesday morning, for Hollidaysburg to at-
tend the sixth annual convention of the Altoon
district Epworth League. :
—Auditor Frank Hess, of Philipsburg, Henry
Wilcox one of the oldest contractors of that town,
and “Ted” Ardell, of Beaver Mills, have been in
town all week waiting to be used as jurors.
—J. Malcolm Laurie returned from New York,
on Wednesday evening. He went down to the
unveiling of the Grant monument and had such
a good time that he just stayed awhile.
—Surveyor and geologist Samuel Brugger, the
man who knows nearly every tree and inch of
ground in Central Pennsylvania, came down from
Unionville, on 'I'uesday, to transact some business
in town.
—The venerable Harrison Barr, of Julian, sad
over the bereavement that he has suffered so re-
cently in the deuth of his loved wife, spent
Wednesday in this place.
—Misses Caroline Orvis, Blanche Hayes, and
Mary Hendrickson are going to Europe with Mrs.
Isaac Mitchell and Miss Mary Thomas the latter
part of June. They expect to sail by the North
German line and to be gene three months.
—Mrs. Pauline Lichten and Mr. Agustus Lyon
came up from Philadelphia, on Monday, to be
present at this week's session of court, but owing
to the illness of one of the witnesses the case they
were interested in was continued. Mrs. Lichten
returned to the city on Wednesday morning.
—Martin Veihdorfer, of Pine Glenn, was in
town bright and early, on Wednesday morning,
having driven the entire distance. He says that
McKinley times are harder than the pine knots
on the burnt mountains that surround his home.
—Mr. C. Alexander, of Millheim, sat around
the court house nearly all week before he could
get called as a juror. The McDonald-Hoover case
took up so much time that the off-jurgrs had lots
of loafing and Mr. Alexander was among the ones
who had nothing to do.
—G. W. Homan and his Brother, of Pine Grove
Mills, were in town, on Wednesday, taking coun-
sel with an attorney on a little lumber operation
that they have an interest in. Both are pleasant
and courteous gentlemen who have the good
judgment torealize that the law is a good thing
to be left alone, unless you have a very strong
case.
—Howard Spangler and his family are home
from Parsons, W. Va., where they havebeen living
for the last eighteen months, perfectly satisfied
that they escaped with their lives to say nothing
of their morals from that land of moonshiners and
mountaineers. They will stay with Mrs. Spang-
ler’s mother for some time and then visit his par-
ents at Centre Hall,
—Charles ‘McCafferty, of this place, Philadel-
phia, and Harrisburg, for that is where his better
half has been for the last two months, is in town
looking after his property, on Railroad street,
which recently tried ‘tc burn down. Had it suc-
ceeded we would have been satisfied for it is one of
the most disreputable looking corners in the town
and would pay better as a potato patch.
—'Squire O. H. Nason, one of the youngest if
not the very youngest justice in the county, was
in town. on Monday, with his friend, auditor G. G.
Fink. The Squire is the son of Jack Nason and
will dispense justice,in the most approved fashion
to Huston township litigants. He is a popular
young fellow up in the Bald Eagle as the fact of
his being elected as a Demograt in a precinct that
is two to one the other way indicates. :
—Hon. James Scarlet, of Danville, one of the
most eminent lawyers in the State and one of the
counsel for Dr. Swallow in his recent libel suits,
was in town the fore part of the week. He was
here to defend the Lyons in the suit for damages
which Mrs. Rose Lyon has brought against them.
Mr. Scarlet is a brother-in-law of Mr. Will Lyon.
—Hon. John P. Elkins, of Indiana, state chair-
man of the Republican committee and a lawyer of
highgeputation, has been in town all week. He
is one of the defendants in the suit of G. W. Me-
Donald against the Cush Creek coal and coke
company. George W. Hoover, head of the firm
of Hoover, Hughes & Co., of Philipsburg, and W.
V. Hughes, of Hollidaysburg, a member of the
same firm, were both interested in the same case.
THEY ATE “WEDDING *CAKE THAT Is
TWENTY YEARS OLD.—If you chance to
be talking ahout the young married people
of Bellefonte you would doubtless include
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brew among them,
and you would scarcely believe it when we
announce that, on Monday evening, they
celebrated the twentieth anniversary of
their marriage.
They made it just a pleasant little occa-
sion for themselves, around at their home
on Spring street, and one of the nicest feat-
ures was that they each ate a mor-
sel of their original wedding cake and at
each anniversary they take a little bit of
it, having preserved quite a piece of it
through all these years. ’
The fact that they were able to keep it
during the childhood of Austin and Miss
Lucetta speaks well for their deportment
as youngsters.
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BROWN-Lucas.—At the residence of the
bride’s father, Cyrus Lucas, in Boggs town-
ship, on Thursday. April 29th, Mr. Harry
C. Brown was wedded to Miss Nettie
Lucas, Rev. J. Zeigler officiating, and Miss
Sallie Hancock presiding at the organ. Mr.
Ed. Heaton, with Miss Eva M. Poorman,
and Mr. J. H. Roan, with Miss Verna A.
Brown, were the attendants, and all made
a very fine appearance, especially the bride
and groom. Invitations having been pre-
viously sent out, more than fifty guests
were present, many of whom did not for-
get to show their appreciation, but brought
in a handsome assortment of useful pres-
ents, especially the parents of the happy
couple. Mr. and Mrs. Lucas spared no
pains in furnishing all present with a most
luxurious and dainty repast, of which all
partook with a high relish. Long may the
bright and hopeful couple enjoy the bless-
ings of a wedded life. *
POORMAN—ECKLEY. — The wedding of
Mr. Oran E. Poorman and Miss Melissa
M. Eckley took place at the residence of
the bride’s mother, in Boggs township, on
Thursday morning, April 29th. Rev. J.
Zeigler conducted the ceremony and Mr.
Homer Walker and Miss Eliza Quick were
the attendants. After congratulations were
tendered the newly married couple, a
splendid dinner was partaken of and great-
ly enjoyed by -the guests. The widowed
mother showed her maternal affection for
her daughter in the rich repast furnished.
May happiness be the crowning character-
ee
istic of the life of the new ro *
—Barber Frank Sausserman, Billy
Storm’s right hand man, would not be re-
sponsible if he were to cut some one’s ear
off just now. A baby boy came to his
home Tuesday morning.
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——A little baby
girl came to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cowdrick, on Spring
street, early Sunday morning, and she is
such a dear little creature that they have
decided to keep her.
Gl» {
—Bicycles enameled any color. Tires
vulcanized good as new. Columbia Agency,
Bellefonte, Pa.
er fey
New spring clothing just opened at
Faubles’. Prices much lower than ever.
It will pay you to investigate.
—Ceader’s have improved and beauti-
fied their ice cream parlors and are now
ready for the warm weather, which is evi-
dently here to stay. Their ices and ice
cream have always been so good that
they could not be improved upon, but their
service is more perfect and pleasing, if pos-
sible, than ever.
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THE CURB MARKET, WILL OPEN.—
Commissioner Thomas O’Sha ughenessy has
announced that to-morrow, Saturday, May
8th, the curb stone market will be reopened
for the season in this place.
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——Have your bicycle enameled. Any
color you want. /At Sheffer’s ware room
in the Exchange.
oo
——New spring clothing just opened at
Faubles’. Prices much lower than ever.
It wil! pay you to investigate.
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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 :
adiwhent.,........0ni0
Rye, per bushel............
Corn, shelled, per bushel.
Corn, ears, per bushel.....
Oats, per bushel, old.....
Oats, per bushel, new
Barley, per bushel........
Ground Plaster, per ton...
Buckwheat, per bushel....
Cloverseed, per bushel..... .
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Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per Bushel.......cceo.oociovvn iii nienecs,
Dion aces a . 50
iggs, per dozén.. 10
Lard, per pound..... 6
Country Shoulders. 6
ides....... 6
Hams, 10
Tallow, per poun 3
Butter, Per PONG ...erecior srr cone « 2
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