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Demormaic
Bellefonte, Pa., July 23, 1897.
CoRRESPONDENTS.—No communications pub-
lished unless accompanied by the real name of
the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
Lock Haven wheelmen gave an il-
luminated parade last evening.
——Sunday afternoon’s rain was a great
good thing to push the corn along.
——The Queen’s run fire brick works, at
Lock Haven, has resumed work with both
the night and day forces.
—Dr. Charles Wood, of Philadelphia,
preached in the Presbyterian church here
last Sunday evening.
——Two night blooming cereus attracted
attention at the home of Mrs. W. A. Ishler,
on east High street, last evening.
——The brick work on the new public
building, on Howard street, is fast moving
heaven-ward under the deft workmanship of
the Bells.
——The bridge over the Moshannon
creek, at Pine street, Philipsburg, that has
caused so much talk out there lately, is to
be rebuilt at once.
—Never before in its history has the
Beech Creek railroad handled such a large
coal traffic. One day last week it had six-
teen trains out.
The regular Brush valley campmeet-
ing will begin on July 27th and last for
ten days. It will be held in Harter’s
grove, two miles west of Rebershurg.
——Ira C. Mitchell, Esq., is so seriously
ill with stomach trouble, at his home, on
Spring{street, that Dr. Smith, of Lock Ha-
ven, was up to consult with Dr. Locke.
——Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gilliland, of
Oak Hall, are being congratulated over the
arrival of a young son, who is to be chris-
tened David Campbell, after his uncle.
——Burgess Naginey has determined to
keep bicyclists from riding on the pave-
ments and has ordered policemen to arrest
any one riding on any of the pavements in
town.
——The chairman of the Republican
county committee, W. E. Gray Esq., has
sent out a call for a convention to be held
in this place on Tuesday, August 10th, at
11 o'clock, a. m.
——Carpenters havn’t been consulted as
yet, but John Kline Esq., undoubtedly
feels as if his Curtin street home ought to
be enlarged at once since the arrival of
‘that new boy on Friday.
—The Haag children, on east Bishop
street, who have been ill with scarlet fever,
are reported to be out of danger. One of
the children of D. D. Holderman is suffer-
ing with the fever also.
——Communion services will be held in
the Methodist church on Sunday, and the
quarterly meeting collection lifted morn-
ing and evening. On account of love feast
Sunday school will be held at 2:30, instead
of 9:30, the regular hour.
——Don’t forget that tomorrow evening
the Epworth League festival at Pleasant
Gap will be held. The cause is a good one
and, if possible, you should help the young
folks. They are endeavoring to pay for the
re-rooofing of the Methodist church build-
ing out there.
—W. R. Jenkins, of this place,
who has been confined to the house
for several days with a serious at-
tack of heart trouble and indications
of a general break down, is somewhat
better, so his physician, Dr. Dorworth,
says.
——Rev. J. A. Peters, D. D., president
of Tiffin college, will preach in St. John’s
Reformed church, this place, both morning
and evening, on Sunday, July 25th. The
holy sacrament will be administered.
Preparatory services will be held on Sat-
urday afternoon at 2:30.
——Poor overseer John Trafford took
George Flack, who lived on Reynold’s Ave..
to the Danville asylum, on Monday after-
noon. Flack had been acting strange for
some time and on several mornings went
about the house like a mad man. Ever
since the death of his wife, a number of
years ago, he has been acting as if not al-
together sound, mentally. He wasat Dan-
ville several years ago, but was discharged
as cured.
—The Bellefonte order of colored Odd
Fellows, augmented by the Moshannon
lodge of Philipsburg, made quite a stun-
ning parade, yesterday morning, on their
way to the Central station to take the train
for Hecla park, where they held a great
picnic. The Peter Stept lodge of Lock
Haven joined them at the park and if they
didn’t have a good time then there never
was one down there. The Coleville band
furnished the music.
The law firm of Orvis, Bower & Or-
vis have instituted three suits to recover
for the destruction of the house of William
Ettlinger, the Woodward murderer and su-
icide, which was burned to drive him from
the scene of his foul erime on March 6th,
1896. The property was owned by Mrs.
Emma Goodman and now she wants some
compensation for her loss. The first is
against John P. Condo. sheriff ; H. H.
Montgomery, Wm. Garis, Jno. IL. Dunlap,
James Cornelly and Jos. Rightnour, sher-
iff’s deputies. The second is against Jno.
P. Condo, sheriff ; J. B. Heckman, George
Gentzel, Geo. W. Jackson and M.'L. Rish-
el, the latter being the sheriff’s bondsmen.
The third action is against Centre county.
The statement has not been filed, but the
amount of damages asked for will be about
$2,400.
THE BOROUGH SOLONS IN SESSION
AGAIN.—Every ward had its full repre-
sentation at the meeting of council, last
tendance considerable minor business was
attended to.
E. K., and Frank Rhoads appeared and
complained that the Lamb street sewer,
that empties into Spring creek at the Lamb
street bridge, is in a filthy condition and
very offensive to residents of West Linn
street when the miasmatic fumes, that con-
stantly arise from it, float that way. The
street commissioner was instructed to keep
it cleaned out.
Secretary Quigley of the board of health
was present and reported that the dam on
Spring creek, between Ray's Water street
store and the falls, is filling up with sedi-
ment and becoming a menace to health and
very unsightly.
would do well to have the water moss and
mud cleaned out of the dam on the south
side of the island and make the whole place
more sightly. Spring creek, from the High
street bridge, is a beautiful body of water
and attracts the attention of every visitor
to the town.
much as the hoard-walk to the ‘hig spring”?
and the dam should always be kept as
clean and pretty as possible. Naturally it
is a pretty place, but the floods have been
depositing mud and filth there until it has
become a regular malaria breeder.
The borough engineer reported that the
estimated expense of completing the grade
of east Linn street to Wilson would be $60.
The work was ordered to be done.
The Street committee reported on the
condition of walks on west High street and
was ordered to direct owners to repair
within fifteen days. That committee re-
ported that the location of a new arc light
for Howard street had been decided upon
as immediately in front of the Union ceme-
tery, but few of our tax-payers will be able
to comprehend the intimation that in addi-
tion to paying the regular price of $105 a
year for the light the Edison company has
asked the borough to pay $20 additional
for necessary poles and wiring. Bellefonte
has been paying far more than many near-
by towns for her light and such an outrage
as asking the borough to pay for poles and
wiring, in addition, is something that our
citizens should get awake on. No matter
what ward you live in let your councilman
understand that you do not approve of such
business and probably your opinion will
give him enough back-bone to stand up for
your rights.
The Fire and Police committee reported
the satisfactory painting and papering of
the Undine engine house.
The bicycle ordinance that has laid on
the table for some time was taken up and
a motion to lay it back was defeated by a
vote of 5 to 4, then the ordinance was
passed by the same vote.
The water difficulty with MeCalmont
& Co., was settled by that firm agreeing
to pay $20 for house, and $10 for engine
privileges.
Complaint was made that P. R. R. en-
gines are becoming a nuisance by their
needless blowing of whistles, steam exhausts
and apparently bad handling within the
borough limits. v
It has long heen a wonder that some com-
plaint has not heen made about this nui-
sance. If the superintendents of the Pennsy
were to drop in here some day and see the
noisome manner in which their freight
engines are handled there would be a gener-
al shaking up. As a rule the engine throt-
tle is thrown wide open every time a car
is to be moved and the great monster fair-
ly leaps from the track, only to be stopped
with a jerk that almost telescopes the cars,
even if u distance of only two rail lengths
is to be covered. No possible complaint
could be made about the passenger trains.
They slip in and out as quietly as could
be desired.
After approving bills to the amount of
$511.58 council adjourned.
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THE DEMOREST BAND IN TowN.—The
Demorest works in Williamsport have giv-
en to that city a number of things of which
she can certainly be proud. In the com-
mercial world the Demorest sewing ma-
chine and bicycle are known, wherever ma-
chines are used ; on the athletic field the
Demorest base ball club has always brought
a certain honor to the city and now a Dem-
orest band makes its debut in the musical
arena and a promising debutante it is.
The industrial establishments of the
Tenth ward, Williamsport, held a picnic
at Hecla park, on Tuesday, and nearly all
of the five hundred people who came to the
picnic were in Bellefonte that day. The
band came too and played nicely on our
streets. Though not yet a year old the
band played with a smoothness and expres-
ion that would have done credit to many a
professional organization.
Mr. J. D. Spence, the father of base ball
at the Demorest works, escorted the band
around town and no doubt felt justly proud
of it.
During the afternoon at the picnic the
Demorest and Lock Haven ball teams play-
ed a league championship game, the latter
having won by the score of 4 to 3.
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THE GOVERNMENT REPORT ON THE
Corx Cropr.—It is evident enough from
the government crop report that the enor-
mous corn crops of 1896 and 1895 will not
be duplicated. With the area under culti-
vation 1,000,000 acres less than that of a
year ago and the condition of the crops
nearly 10 per cent. below its condition at
the opening of last July, the crop will
fall with favorable future weather some
346,000,000 bushels under the maximum
in 1896. It will exceed materially, how-
ever, the corn harvest of 1894, of 1893, of
1892, or of 1890, and will run short only
some 123,000,000 bushels from the erop of
1891.
Monday night, and with such a good at- |
The borough authorities |
There is no walk used so |
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——When last heard from there were |
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George Gross has a number of fine
pug pups for sale. They can be seen at his
kennels on Water street.
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—A charter having been granted prep-
arations are being made for the opening of
Lock Haven’s new hospital.
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-———The annual union picnic of the Mill
Hall Sunday schools will be held at Hecla
park, on Saturday, August 14th.
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The annual reunion of the A. 0. U. W,
lodges of Central Pennsylvania will be held
nesday, July 20th. -
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A. J. Whitney Jr., for several years |
supervisor of the Tyrone division of the |
Pennsylvania railroad, has been transferred
to the Pittsburg division, where he has
been made supervisor of the Pittshurg
yards.
—EIk county will vote on the cues-
(tion of a county poor farm. More than
two-thirds of the township overseers hav-
ing petitioned the court to such effect
{ judge Mayer has set the second Tuesday
in November as the date for the voting to
be done.
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The Philadelphia Sunday Inquirer
contains a lengthy account of the gospel
tabernacle meetings being held on the
Philadelphia “lots’’ by evangelists Weav-
er, Weeden and Vandeventer. The paper
contains a picture of the large tabernacle
presented to the evangelists by Bellefonte
co-workers.
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——Remington Brothers, advertising
agents, of 309 Broadway, New York, have
opened a western office in the chamber of
commerce building, Chicago, for the bet-
ter handling of their increasing western
business, their eestern office remaining, as
heretofore, at 309 Broadway. The firm
will continue at both offices with their
specialty of county-seat dailies and
weeklies.
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A BROTHER OF THE LosT CHARLEY
Ross.—Few Bellefonters know that among
the arrivals in this place, on Tuesday, was
Mr. Walter Ross who is none other than a
brother of the Charley Ross whose tragic
disappearance and probable death has been
the talk of this country for twenty years.
The recent death of Christian K. Ross,
in Philadelphia, the father of the lost boy,
has recalled the story of the abduction on
July 1st, 1874, a full account of which will
be found on page 6 of this issue. Mr.
Walter Ross, who was here on Tuesday, is
a director of the Valentine iron company,
representing the Drexel interests in that
corporation.
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BOUND, GAGGED AND ROBBED. — Early
last Saturday morning three masked men
forced an entrance into the toll house on
the pike between Mill Hall and Lock
Haven and breaking down the door of the
sleeping room of gate keeper George W.
Smith, in which he and his wife and daugh-
ter were sleeping, they bound and gagged
them, after which they departed with cash
to the amount of forty-five or fifty dollars.
The burglars wore blue dotted hand-
kerchiefs over their faces and after securing
Mr. Smith with strips of a sheet, they took
from the bed and tore up, they tied Mrs.
Smith and the daughter, then gagged them
all. With a revolver and club they cowed +
them into silence until they had been care-
fully gagged then the men ransacked the
house.
After they had gone Mr. Smith was able
to wriggle loose and quickly relieved his
wife and daughter from there uncomfor-
table positions, but the burglars had gotten
such a start, by that time, that an attempt
to follow them was useless.
Two tramps were arrested at Jersey
Shore, on Tuesday, on suspicion. A third
companion hobo got away. Though the
suspects had no money they each had a
blue dotted handkerchief like the ones used
for masks hy the robbers.
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MEETING OF THE WEST BRANCH MEDI-
CAL ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
—The executive committee of the West
Branch medical association held its sum-
mer session at the Bush house, in this
place, vesterday afternoon. The members
in attendance were : Drs. B. H. Detwiler,
of Williamsport ; R. B. Watson, R. Arm-
strong and F. P. Ball, of Lock Haven ; J.
M. Corson, of Chatham’s Run ; S. C. Stew-
art, of Clearfield ; A. Hibler, of Bellefonte ;
E. O. Kane, of Kane ; Mary McKay- Wenck,
of Sunbury and J. Y. Dale, of Lemont.
Arrangements were made for the next
annual meeting of the association, which
will be held in Sunbury, January 18th,
1898. Prof. H. C. Wood, U. of Pa., and
Prof. Rosswell Park, of the University of
Buffalo, were announced to read papers be-
fore the next meeting of the association and
the members of the society who will read
papers are : Drs. E. O. Kane, G. F. Bell,
of Williamsport ; J. W. Sheets, of North-
umberland, and J. L. Seibert. of Bellefonte.
The territory included in the West
Branch society comprises ten counties hor-
dering on the West Branch and its tributa-
ries and all members of these county socie-
ties are eligible for membership. The
membership is steadily increasing and a
large attendance is expected in Sunbury,
but the physicians of that place must needs
bestir themselves if they expect to rival
the entertainment given hy the Centre
county men when the body met here last
January.
Dr. Dale, the president of the association,
gave a luncheon at the Bush house to the
at Lakemont park, near Altoona, on Wed-
and plunged into the spring.
was eight feet deep where the apparently
lifeless body of the little boy was floating,
but Spicher soon reached it and carried it
to the bank, where he was soon resuscita-
ted.
members of the executive committee.
A NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING—
549 inmates in the Huntingdon reforma- | Had it not been for the timely appearance
° of Mitchell Garbrick, driver at Gerberich,
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street, and his calling the lad’s father, the
life of 5-year-old Merrill Hoy would have
been the sad price of a childish prank, on
Tuesday afternoon.
ale & Co's, flour mill, at the foot of Race
The little boy is a son of William Hoy,
one of the employees of the mill, who lives
in the house just below the P. R. R. freight
depot, on Thomas street.
familiar with the locality know that only
the width of two railroad tracks separates
the house from the mill race and as might
be naturally supposed the youngsters in
that quarter play along the water with far
less fear and trepidation than would be
the case with others not so familiar with it.
Those who are
On Tuesday afternoon Merrill was play-
ing with a party of children, just at the
head of the fore-bay, when one of them ac-
cidentally pushed him into the water. He
fell in between the two screens and the
high sides of the fore-bay, made it impos-
sible for him to be seen by anyone else
than the children.
cry, whatever, but stood parleying as to
which one of them had caused the ac-
cident.
taking his team to the stable and, noticing
the peculiar actions of the little fellows, he
ran to the spot and discovered the boy in
therwater. He was just sinking when Gar-
brick shouted for his father, who ran to
the fore-bay and, while held by Garbrick,
reached about a foot under the water and
secured his child.
They made no out-
Meanwhile Mr. Garbrick was
He was unconscious when takengjout, but
soon recovered after being vigorously rolled
and shaken about.
running at the time the child would proba-
bly have been drowned, as the swift cur-
rent would have sucked him down again
the screen before help got to him.
Had the mill been
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Trou KILLED BY LIGHTNING. — A
rather singular disaster from an electrical
storm is reported from Centre Hall, where
an electric current was conducted to an
aquarium in Smith’s drug store and a doz-
en fine speckled trout electrocuted.
Druggist Smith had just had the aqua-
rium fitted up for a short time and had
succeeded in collecting some fine specimens
of trout that attracted the attention of all
visitors to the place.
have been greatly chagrined, last Monday
morning, when he walked into his store
and, on looking toward the aquarium, saw
the white bellies of his prides all turned
heavenward.
He must necessarily
At a loss, at first, to know what had
caused it, a careful investigation disclosed
a singular accident.
the wires of the Central Pennsylvania tele-
phone company, at some point along the
line, and the electricity, running along
the wires to Wolf & Crawford’s telephone,
next door
grounded to the water pipes which feed
the aquarium.
the pipe, discharging itself in the water
with the fish and causing their death.
Lightning had struck
to the drug store, was
It evidently ran along
ose.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND BURNED
DowN.—During a violent storm, last Mon-
day afternoon, lightning struck the large
bank barn, on the Mrs. John
farm along the mountain, about one mile
northwest of Hunter’s park, and it was
burned to the ground.
o'clock in the afternoon when the bolt
struck the barn and no one was about but
Mrs. Garman, the wife of the farmer, and
her little daughter.
Garman
It was about three
Realizing that everything would be
burned unless she and the little girl got it
out she ran to the barn and succeeded in
releasing all of the stock and dragged some
of the implements out before the flames
licked them up.
The large structure was nearly filled with
hay and grain, all of this season’s crop,
and as there was no insurance on anything
the loss will be a very serious one to Mr.
Garman.
All of his season’s hay and wheat was in the
barn. He did not have his rye or oats cut
at the time of the fire.
He estimates his loss at $1000.
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NARROWLY ESCAPED DROWNING IN
THE BIG SPRING.—Bellefonte’s notorious
‘‘big spring’’ came near becoming more no-
torious, last Friday afternoon, when the
life of a little boy was nearly swallowed up
in its clear, cool depths.
That afternoon, about half past two
o'clock, little Willie Ward, a son of Mi-
chael Ward, an employee at the Valentine
iron works, was playing about the spring
with a number of other children, when he
tumbled into the water.
boy struggled to get out and almost in
vain his playmates screamed for help.
The child Lad gone down the third time
when Harry Spicher and Tod Rine, fire-
men at the water works, ran from the en-
gine recom to see what was the matter.
In vain the little
Spicher took in the situation at a glance
The water
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——M. C. Griffith, the balloonist who
made an ascension and parachute jump
here a few weeks ago, when Sparks’ circus
exhibited here, met with a serious accident,
at Redwood, N. Y., the other day. He
was making an ascension from the circus
grounds and when he had reached a height
of 300 ft. the balloon caught fire and col-
lapsed. The parachute refused to work
and Griffith fell.
an ankle and injured his spine.
He broke a leg, sprained
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——The test well of the Lock Haven oil
and gas company, in Gallagher township,
Clinton county, was not ‘‘shot,”” on Tues-
day, owing to the fact that the drill stuck
at a depth of about 1,200 feet below the
surface and could not be removed, It will
he several days before they get it out.
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— Read the new ad on page 8—headed
—Don’t allow yourself to be Humbugged.
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Bear in mind the Logan picnic at
Hunter’s park, on Labor day, September
Ist. It will be a great event.
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STILL IMPROVING—The condition of
Clay Rider, the Coleville man who was op-
erated on for appendicitis on the 12th inst,
has become so much improved that his per-
manent recovery is now almost certain.
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CHARGED WITH FORGERY. — David
Beightol, of Cedar Springs, Clinton county,
was put in jail here, last Friday evening,
by captain Montgomery who had arrested
him at his home at the instance of Jacoh
Marks and E. C. Humes Jr., employees of
Lyon and Co., of this place, who charged
him with passing a forged check on that
firm.
On the 10th inst. Beightol visited Lyon’s
store and after purchasing $12 worth of
children’s clothing offered a $23 check
payable to the order of George R. Long and
signed by William Irvin, a well-to-do Mar-
ion township farmer. The check was ac-
cepted and $11 change handed the man,
but the Centre county bank refused to pass
the check, insisting that it was a forgery,
and an investigation was made with the
above result.
J. W. Beck, of Jacksonville, bailed
Beightol, who claims that the fault was
Young’s. Beightol is a poor man and
could not refund any of the money, as he
had spent it ali on supplies for his family.
News Purely Personal.
—Will Toner, of Philadelphia, is in town for a |
ten day’s visit.
—Postmaster D. F, Fortney is oft on a ten day’s
business trip to Erie.
—Miss Mame Hamilton, of east Howard street,
is in Philipsburg for a shert visit.
—Miss Mabel Woodring, daughter of ex-sherift
D. W. Woodring, of east High street, is visiting
in Tyrone.
—Mrs. James Barnhart, of north Thomas street,
is home from a delightful visit with her parents
in Punxsutawney.
—Miss Maggie Miles, of west High street, is
home again, after having had a pleasant visit with
friends in Tyrone and Altoona.
—The eighty-seventh birthday of Mrs. Nancy
Hartsock, of Matternville, was celebrated by a
party at her home on Saturday. .
—Miss Jessie Laurie has gone to Linwood, N. J.
to visit relations, and from there she will £0 to
Atlantic City for a two weelk’s stay.
—Sherift Cronister went to Clearfield Wednes-
day afternoon and went back to Philipsburg yes-
terday to hold a sale. He will be home again
to-day.
—Miss Gertie Bloomingdale, of Philadelphia,
ward of Mrs. Simon Loeb, formerly of this place,
is visiting the Misses Fauble, on east High
street.
—J. C. Meyer Esq, Mrs. Méyer and their
daughter Edna have gone to Strawberry Ridge,
Montour county, where they will spend several
weeks visiting relatives.
—Will Kurtz, a son of stationer J.C. J. Kurtz,
of this place, who had been located in Clearfield
for some time, is here with his family and will re-
main with his father permanently.
—Mrs. George L. Marshall, of west High street,
has returned from a two week's visit to her son
Willi. He is located at Punxsutawney and is re-
ported to be getting along nicely.
—P. H. Meyer, of Boalshurg, was in town yester-
day with that luxuriant growth of sun-set whis-
kers gone. We didn’t get a chance to ask him
whether it was a Deering or Wood that took them
off.
—Murs. J. Harris Mann, of Reedsville, is here for
a visit of indefinite length, as she came to help
take care of her sister-in-law, Miss Anna Mann,
who is not improving in health as fast as her
friends would wish.
—Assistant Adj. Gen’l. W. F. Reeder, Lieut.
Col. W. F. Reynolds, of the Governor's staff, and
Rob’t. F. Hunter, division commissary sergeant,
went to Conneaut, on Monday evening, to visit
camp Jos. H. Gray with their respective superiors. |
—Mrs. A. S Garman and son Ira returned home,
Tuesday evening, from an extended visit to Mrs.
Garman’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. W, Cowdrick,
of Niagara Falls. Miss Mabel Cowdrick came with
them and will spend a month or more with rela-
tives and friends about her old home here.
—Col. Austin Curtin, commissary general of the
N. G. P.,, wasin town, on Friday night, on his
way to visit the second brigade encampment at
Conneaut lake. The colonel is looking well and
is still pleased with his position as superintend-
ent of the Chester Springs soldiers’ orphans’
school. !
—*Bob” Bradley is home for a short visit and
period of recreation from his duties in the Brad-
ford national bank of Bradford. He likes his new
position and it is needless to say that the people
up there like Bob, for he is one of Bellefonte’s
best fellows, a clever athlete and good natured as
the day is long.
—Charley Noll, one of the proprietors of
Witmer Inn, Clearfield, spent Sunday in town
with Mrs. Noll, who had been here visiting
Charley’s parents for some time, while they al-
most overwhelmed their little grandson, John
Frederick, with attention. They went home to
Clearfield on Monday.
—IIt health has forced Miss Myra Holliday to
resign her position in the nurse's training course
at the. Presbyterian hospital, in Philadelphia.
She liked the work very much and was a valued
acquisition to the hospital force, but her health
broke down and her resignation was made neces-
sary. After a visit with friends in the city she
will return home.
—dJohn Klepper, Mrs. Klepper and their dangh-
ter returned to their home, in Philadelphia, on
Monday. They had made a ten day's visit to
John’s father, Mr. David Klepper, of Coleville,
and a right pleasant time it was for them. John
is connected with the electrical department of
Girard College and it had been cleven years since
he had seen his old home here.
—Miss Mabel Fauble, daughter of M. Fauble, of
this place, returned from Germany last Friday
morning. She was a passenger on the Trave and
had a most delightful trip over, not having been
ill a moment. She was in Berlin studying musie
under some of the most eminent German masters
and is said to be a very accomplished pianist.
During the nine months she was abroad she learn-
ed to speak German very tuently.
—Rev. GoW. Mellnay and Miss Ida Bell, of
Pleasant Gap, were in town between trains, on
Wednesday, on their way home from Toronto,
Canada. They had been up among the Canadians
attending the inter-national convention of the
societies of Epworth League and had a most de-
lightfully profitable trip. The route took them
over the picturesque Bells Gap railroad, thence
to Buffalo, Niagara Falls and included a trip
across lake Ontario. Besides the interest of the
convention they had plenty of time for sight
seeing.
REFORMED REUNION.—The grand pic-
{ nic and reunion of Reformed pastors and
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| Island Park, near Sunbury, on Thursday,
| August 5th—not on Friday the 6th, as had
been announced.
The forenoon of the day will he given to
social enjoyments. At 2 o’clock p. m. an
interesting program of music and addresses
will be carried into effect. The speakers
engaged for the occasion ar: Prof. J. Ww.
Knappenberger, A. M., president of the
Allentown College for Women 3 Rev. 1.8.
Stahr, D. D., president of Franklin & Mar-
shall college, Lancaster, Pa.; R. J. Spang-
ler Kieffer, D. D., of Hagerstown, Md. ;
and Rev. F. F. Balmer, D. D., of Waynes-
i boro, Pa.
Special railroad rates and a return train,
in the evening, over the Lewisburg and
Tyrone branch will be secured. All are
invited to attend and have a pleasant “‘out-
ing-day.”” Z. A. YEARICK, See. Ex. Com
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——DMrs. Eleanor Casanova, wife of Hon.
J. N. Casanova, of Philipsburg, died at her
home, in that place, last Friday morning,
after only one day’s serious illness. Though
she had not been in good health for some
| time no alarm was felt as to her condition
| until Thursday morning, when she was
seized by an attack of vertigo and began to
sink rapidly. Mrs. Casanova was a Hard-
ing from Virginia, a brilliant, refined, pure
woman whose death was doubly sad to
her husband since he had gone to New
York, only the evening before she was taken
sick, and could not get back in time to see
her before she died. Funeral services were
held, on Friday evening, and the remains
taken to Baltimore for burial.
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—Oscar Wasson, aged 8 years, died at
the home of his father, William Wasson,
at Pleasant Gap, last Friday morning at 8
o'clock. The cause of the lad’s death not
being exactly clear to his physicians a post
mortem examination was held by doctors
Emerick and Jacobs. The result of their
investigation was to find that his intes-
tines were knotted or inter-looped for a
space of five or six inches. The remains
were buried on Saturday.
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Mrs. Emma Stahl, wife of G. M.
Stahl, died at her home, in Beech Creek,
on Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock. She
had been a sufferer with paralysis for some
time, having had four strokes within the
past few years. Deceased was about 6%
years old and is survived by a husband
and six children. Burial was made at Ce-
dar Hill yesterday afternoon.
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——Mrs. James Foreman, whose hus-
band, one of our most industrious and
worthy colored men, has a cabinet shop on
Howard street, died at her home, on St.
Paul street, on Wednesday morning, of
quick consumption. She was comparative-
ly a young woman and leaves five littie
children.
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Margaret Florence, the eleven
week’s old daughter of H. H. Harshberger
Esq., died, on Saturday evening, at her par-
ents’ home, on Penn street, this place, and
was buried Monday morning. Whooping
cough was the cause of her death.
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—After a few day’s illness with scarla-
tina the 13 months old son of James B..
and Lilly Noll, of Milesburg, died at noon
on Monday. The remains of the infant
were interred in Emerick’s cemetery, near
Unionville, on Tuesday afternoon.
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CHEAP EXCURSIONS to ATLANTIC
SEA-SIDE RESORTS.—The Pennsylvania
rail-road company has announced August
5th and 19th as the dates on which low
rate excursion tickets will be sold from
Bellefonte to Atlantic city, Cape May,
Ocean City, Avalon, Anglesea, Wildwood
or Holly Beach, N. J.
Tickets for any of the above points can
be bought for $5.75, via the Market street
svharf, or $5.85. via the Delaware river
bridge, and will be good for ten days.
GPO eens
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by Gro. W. Jackson & Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
ress :
ed wheat
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...
75
Bellefonte Produce Markets,
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel.
ORIODS....coacceereree
Eggs, per dozen.
Lard, per pond,
Country Snot
Sides... 6
Hams. 10
Tallow, per pound.. 3
Butter, per pound. 10
The Democratic Watchman.
Published every Friday morning, in Bellefonte,
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paid before the expiration of the year; and no
paper will be discontinued until all arrearage is
paid, except at the option of the publisher.
Papers will not be sent out of Centre county un-
less paid for in advance.
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