seems to know just how that report was cir-
culated.
«off before they had effected an entrance to
Bellefonte, Pa., Jan 14. 1898.
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CorrEsPONDENTS.—NoO communications pub-
ished unless accompanied by the real name of
the writer.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——The Democratic ward caucuses in
Bellefonte will be held on Saturday even-
ing, January 28th.
——The regular spring election will be
held on the third Tuesday of February
next ; that being the 15th proximo.
+ ——The Senate confirmed the appoint-
ment of H. T. Hall, the newly appointed
postmaster of Lock Haven, on Tuesday.
——A trolley line between Bellefonte
and Milesburg would have been a paying
enterprise on Sunday night during the big
fire down there.
—David Mattern, of Buffalo-run,
bought the Samuel Krider farm, in Dry
hollow, near Warriorsmark, on Tuesday.
He paid $1,570 for it. :
—A party of Bellefonte young folks
drove to State College, on Monday evening,
and were pleasantly entertained at the
home of Mr. George Johnstonbaugh.
——The Andrews opera company will
sing ‘‘Martha,’’ at Garman’s, to-morrow
night. A stronger, better voiced company
has never been heard in this place.
A projectoscope and graphaphone en-
tertainment is advertised for the chapel of
the Pennsylvania State College tomorrow
evening. It will be for the benefit of gen-
eral athletics at State.
——The Methodists of Philipsburg have
had a vocalion placed in their church with
the idea of purchasing if it proves satisfac-
tory. They have tried it several times and
are very much pleased with it.
—Fifteen ladies of the Jacksonville
Reformed church sewing society drove all
the way to Lock Haven, on Tuesday, where
they plied the needle all day at the home
of D. K. Miller for the aid of the destitute
in Lock Haven.
—Philip Garbrick, oi Coleville, who
was reported to have been ill with typhoid
fever was really suffering with the grip.
He did not have the fever at all and no one
———Three colored men were frightened
the residence or store of William Biddle,
in Philipsburg, on Tuesday night. Mr.
and Mrs. Biddle had not retired and saw
the men trying to unlock their front door.
Henry C. Quigley has leased Mrs.
Bryson’s house, on east Linn street, and will
get possession of it April 1st. Rudolph
Schad is going into the Butts house, on the
same street, and Ross Parker will move
across the street into one of Harper's new
houses on Thomas street.
——The infusion of young blood into the
management of the Bellefonte Academy
seems to have had an almost magical ef-
fect upon that institution. Both in its
comforts, equipment and corps of instruc-
tors it is fast taking rank with the best
preparatory schools in the country.
——About as dainty and ornamental a
calendar as has ever come to our desk is
the screen model design that has been sent
out with the compliments of the Equitable
life assurance society of the United States.
It is certainly a beauty and a sure daily
reminder of the fact that the Equitable is
one of the oldest and most substantial com-
panies in the country.
——The Andrews opera company can be
heard at Garman’s tomorrow night in the
opera of ‘‘Martha:”” The beautiful love
story that was the original of the plot and
the bits of comedy that have added to the
brilliancy make it one of the most charm-
ing operas that are sung—besides it has
never been heard on a Bellefonte stage.
Sale of seats at Parrish’s.
——Almost invariably where there is a
sufficient fall of snow to make good sleigh-
ing Samuel Faust, the Penns-valley car-
riage and sleigh builder, becomes a famil-
iar figure on Bellefonte streets. He was
here last week with a string of pretty
sleighs and went home without any of
them. Sammy builds good vehicles and
always finds ready sale for them.
——The Millheim electric telephone
company stock-holders held their annual
meeting, on Tuesday, and elected the fol-
lowing officers : President, J. Spigelmyer ;
vice president, William Pealer ; secretary,
W. L. Goodhart ; treasurer, A. Walters ;
directors, C'. P. Long, C. C. Loose and
John Foster. A 10 per cent. dividend was
declared and it was decided to sell some
additional stock.
——Some of the county papers are pub-
lishing a local to the effect that Hammon
Sechler is a candidate for the Legislature.
He is not a candidate for any office and has
authorized us to say that the statement is
incorrect and published without his knowl-
edge or consent. If be were at any time
disposed to ask any political favors his
friends would no doubt hear from him in
due season through recognized Democratic
channels.
——Judge C. A. Mayer, of Clinton coun-
ty, was taken suddenly ill while sitting on
the Koitsch murder trial, last Saturday,
and was compelled to adjourn court. The
examination of witnesses had just been
completed, so that the jury was taken to a
hotel and kept in charge of tip-staves until
Wednesday, when the judge was able to
hear the argument and convened court in
the parlors of his own house, he being too
MILESBURG’S GREAT CONFLAGRATION.
-—The little town of Milesburg, two miles
north of Bellefonte, was visited with an-
other disastrous fire last Sunday evening.
The people of that place were about start-
ing for church when fire was discovered at
the rear of L. C. Bullock’s large carriage
works and livery stable and before it had
stopped its work of destruction the car-
riage works, the livery stable, the old Boil-
eau hotel and barn, Boggs’ store, Me-
chanics hall, Shawly’s store and the ances-
tral home of the Greens had been licked
up by the furious flames.
The fire made a magnificent spectacle.
Its lurid glare, reflected by the snow cov-
ered ground, could be seen for miles and
for awhile it was so brilliant as to light up
the streets of this place. Owing to the
fact that no one could be called by tele-
phone it was quite awhile before the dis-
astrous nature of the fire could be found
out, but when the news came that it
threatened to wipe out the very best por-
tion of Milesburg a great crowd of people
started in whatever way possible, to see it.
THE DISCOVERY OF THE FLAMES.
The story of the beginning of the fire, as
told by L. C. Bullock, is as follows: “I
was sitting in the office in my stable with
several young men who were accustomed
to meeting there and as it was just about
church time I suggested that we should all
go. A few minutes before that, however,
I had been back in the stable with a lan-
tern looking after a horse. Toner Hugg
was with me and held the light while I
gave it some hay and bedding. I was up
in the mow, too, but everything appeared
to be all right up there. We all went out
and started up street when some one either
called ‘Lew, your barn is on fire,” or ‘Bul-
lock’s barn is on fire” The boys who
were with me ran to the truck house for
the hook and ladder truck, while I ran to
the stable. There was a faint blaze at
the back end, but as the two buildings
were joined I could not say whether the
fire was at the rear end of the stable or the
carriage works. The moment I opened
the large doors in front I caught up the
lantern, which was standing inside, and
ran to the rear, where one of the horses was
rearing about and with much difficulty was
able to lead it from the building. Then
some one opened the large doors at the rear
and the draft that was caused thereby shot
the flames through the building in great
sheets.”’
A FUTILE TASK.
When the hook and ladder truck arrived
it was found that the fire was spreading so
rapidly that the stable could not be saved
and the ladders were too short for the four
story carriage works, so the flames jumped
from the one to the other with rapidity.
The fire became intensely hot and the
Boggs store room and the Mechanic’s hall,
on the south, and the old National hotel,
the Daniel Boileau property, on the north,
took fire.
THE LOGANS TO THE RESCUE.
The Logan engine company from this
place was called on for help and were on
the scene, three miles distant, working
like heroes in twenty-five minutes from the
time the call came. Meanwhile the flames
had spread on west to the Shawly store, a
brick building that stood on the site of Mil-
ler Hall’s famous old Franklin house. Then
it looked as if the row of dwellings on
the north side of Market street would be
destroyed, but the wind veered around to the
west and that fortunate change saved those
properties, but in doing so the old Green
home, across the street, was lost, for the
flames shot across to it and totally destroy-
ed it with ‘squire Green’s office, though
the post office building was saved.
THE LOSSES.
The Shawly building is completely gutted.
Its brick walls and iron roof had much to
do with arresting the course of the flames.
Mr. Shawly estimates his loss at $2,000
with $1,000 insurance on the building and
$500 on his stock.
Mr. Boggs loss is probably $1,000, with
$300 insurance. Most of his stock was got-
ten out. The Mechanics occupied the sec-
ond story of the building and owned it.
They saved all their furniture and had
$600 on their part of the building. It was
totally destroyed.
Lew Bullock’s carriage works were total-
ly destroyed, as well as his livery stable.
He had $1,500 insurance on the buildings
and $2,500 on his stock. All of the
machinery in the works and sixty-one wag-
ons, in various stages of construction, were
burned. He was able to save two partially
finished jobs. One for John Longwell, a
meat wagon ; and a buggy that belonged
to Jacob Yarnell.
The old Washington hotel was gutted,
the stable and ice house destroyed. The
hotel was an ancient stone plastered struc-
ture and burned very stubbornly. There
was $2,500 insurance on it and $500 on the
barn.
Miles Green’s house and office were
burned to the foundation. On the house
there was $1000 insurance and $500 on the
furniture which will not nearly cover the
loss. In Mr. Green's office were stored
many valuable papers and receipts in addi-
tion to his private library of rare volumes.
Seven dockets burned up in it.
Of the many disastrous fires that have
occurred in Milesburg this one was the
worst. Everything was licked up on both
sides of Mill street from Market street to
the old National hotel. The insurance was
light in every case and the loss will prove
a very serious one to the town. It wasa
providential change of the wind that saved
the north side of Market street, for had it
——There are 5,967 children in Clinton
county between the ages of six and sixteen
years old.
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——John Metzger is the new station
agent of the Beech Creek rail-road at
Snow Shoe.
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——At the election next month Cur-
wensville citizens will vote on the desira-
bility of negotiating a loan of $8,000 for
more street paving.
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——Frank Saucerman has opened a bar-
ber shop in the basement of the Sand’s
building, on High street. He learned his
trade with William Storm and is a first
class barber.
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——Duncan & Spangler are going to put
fifteen machines in their Sterling No. 8
mines, at Hastings. The machines are
worked by compressed air and each one
does the work of five men.
——
——A delightful party was given at the
home of Mr. Hamilton Otto, on East Lamb
street, on Tuesday evening. It was in the
nature of a surprise for Miss Edith Otto, in
honor of her guest, Miss Carrie Hoover, of
Bedford county.
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——Mr. Charles O. Basset, the leading
tenor with the Andrews opera company, is
considered to the finest singing English
speaking tenor on the stage. He was a
member of the celebrated All American op-
era company. Bellefonters will remember
what a brilliant singer Miss Marie Green-
wood was, when she sang in Boceacio, and
can judge of the standard of qualification
in the Andrews company when we state
that for severalyears Miss Greenwoofl has
been one of their supplies.
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——Fire destroyed the Newton Hamil-
ton camp meeting ground and property on
Tuesday morning.
Mrs. David Griffith, of Valentine's
iron works, slipped on the ice, while
emptying ashes from her stove, Friday
evening, and broke her wrist in falling.
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As the Bellefonte Central passenger
train was backing out of this place on Mon-
day afternoon at 1:45 the engine left the
track at the first switch, just north of the
station, and ic was an hour before it
could be gotten on again. All six driving
wheels were off. No damage was done.
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——Two horses ran away from the Kyl-
er hotel, Mill Hall, on Wednesday, and
ran down the Bald Eagle valley railroad
tracks until they fell through the bridge at
Flemington. The horses were owned by
liveryman Felinlee, of Lock Haven, and
though it took a score of men to get them
off the bridge neither one of them was
hurt.
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———Little Cyrus Garner, the two year
old son of Charley Garner, of Tyrone, came
pretty near putting his light out, on “Sun-
day evening, when he drank a portion of a
cup of concentrated lye. A promptly ad-
ministered dose of milk saved his life.
Charley Garner will be remembered as the
only colored person to graduate from the
Bellefonte High school. He is thrifty and
has accumulated quite a little property
since going to Tyrone.
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HER HEAD CuT OFF.—Mirs. Mollie Me-
Gill, widow of the late policeman John
McGill, of Lock Haven, met with a horrible
death while picking coal along the rail-
road tracks in that place on Monday after-
noon. She was about forty-five years old
and leaves one daughter.
The woman was in the act of crawling
under a freight car when a train bumped
it and it started moving. The brake rig-
ging struck her and knocked her forward
onto the opposite rail, her head having
struck it just as the wheels bore down on
her. They cut her head off across on a
line from the mouth to the ears and she
was a shocking sight when picked up by
the trainmen.
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A DEBAUCHE AND A SUICIDE. — A
drunken spree ended tragically for George
W. Heverly, of Tyrone, last Sunday. Since
the Wednesday preceding he had been on a
continuous debauch and had gotten him-
self into such a condition that he no longer
had self control. Having frightened his
wife and three children from his home they
took refuge at the home of Mrs. Catharine
Hull, Heverly’s sister. He followel them
there, on Sunday morning, but was at first
refused admission. Finally his sister
decided to let him in, whereupon he de-
manded of his wife to know why she would
not return to him. She had just started to
reply that she would do so if he would
stop his spreeing when he cut her words
short by opening fire on her with a revolver.
Mrs. Heverly was alone in the kitchen
with her husband, but fled, screaming, to
the dining room where Mrs. Hull was
standing near the stove and her son Bert
was lying on a couch. As soon as the boy
heard the shots he ran to the kitchen and
grappled with the man hut a bullet through
his left hand caused him to retreat.
Heverly then left the house and walked
to his own home, on Fourteenth street,
where he sat down in a rocking chair in
front of the cook stove aud placed the
muzzle of his revolver on the crown of his
head and fired. He was found in a sitting
posture by the police who went to arrest
him, an hour later, but was quite dead.
He was forty-seven years old and had
lived in Tyrone nearly all of his life, hav-
ing been born at Utahville, Clearfield
county. Though he fired two shots at his
continued blowing eastward that whole end | wife neither one hit its mark and his only
of town would undoubtedly have been
wiped out.
—— GPO crise |
weak to go to the court house.
——Subreribe for the WATCHMAN.
injury to anyone other than himself was
the wound in the hand received by Bert
Hull. His body was interred on Tuesday
morning.
REV. M. P. CROSTHWAITE 18 DEAD.—
Rev. M. P. Crosthwaite, a brother of Robert
Crosthwaite, formerly of this place, died at
his home in Cammal, Lycoming county, on
Thursday of last week. Deceased was one
of the oldest men in the Methodist min-
istry, having entered it in 1860. He was
born at Sprucetown, Potters Mills, and has
preached here on a number of occasions,
though most of his long years of service
have been spent on Columbia, Luzerne,
Lycoming and Clinton county charges.
After locating in Bellefonte, in 1851,
when he was elected register and recorder
of the county, he devoted much time to
preparation for the ministry and on July
16th, 1853, he received a local preacher’s
license. He served as register and recorder
until succeeded by Jesse L. Test, in 1857.
He entered the ministry as a member of
the East Baltimore conference, in 1860, and
became a member of the Central Pennsyl-
vania conference by reason of location
when it was created in 1868 ; his first
charge having been the Penns-valley cir-
cuit. He was aged 78 years at the time of
his death, had filled a number of important
appointments and was treasurer of his con-
ference although retired from the active
work of the ministry a few years ago.
He is survived by two sons and two
brothers. The former are the Rev.
A. C. Crosthwaite, presiding elder of
the York district, Nebraska conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church ; J. D.,
of Williamsport. His brothers are R. H.,
and H. C., of Altoona. Mr. Crosthwaite
had many friends among his brethren of
the ministry, as well as among the laity
who will sorrow because of his death.
The remains were buried in Williams-
port, from the Fourth street Methodist
church, on Monday. The services were
conducted by Rev. J. H. Anderson. He
was assisted by Rev. H. C. Hesser, of
Hughesville ; Rev. R. H. Colborn, Rev.
M. C. Piper and Rev. Dr. Gray.
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DEATH or A NONAGENARIAN.—Mary
Magdalene Wolfe, the oldest woman in
Brush-valley, this county, died last Thurs-
day, January 6th, of old age. She was
the widow of Jacob Wolfe who died forty
years ago and her age was 95 years, 7
months and 8 days.
Mrs. Wolfe was the last surviving one of
the ten children of Nicholas and Catharine
Gast, early settlers of Brush-valley. All
but seven years of her life were spent in
the old home where her son, former county
commissioner John Wolfe, now lives near
Rebersburg. Her other children are Wil-
liam Wolfe, of Centre Hall ; Henry, of
Mifflinburg ; Rev. E. J., of the Gettysburg
theological seminary ; and Mis. Sarah Zeig-
ler, of Millheim.
She was a life long member of the Luth-
eran church and Revs. Mumma, Rearick
and George officiated at her funeral on
Monday.
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——Jacob C. Smith, of Howard, died
last Friday night after having suffered
with a paralytic stroke since the latter
part of December. He was 80 years old,
but had been a remarkably active man up
to the time of his affliction. Deceased was
the father of Mr. Valentine Smith, of this
place. His remains were interred on Mon-
day. A widow, two sonsand three daugh-
ters survive.
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——Paralysis caused the death of Mrs.
H. C. Allison, at Abdera, Pa., about 11
o'clock on Saturday night. A husband
and several children survive. Her burial
was made at Cedar Hill cemetery on Wed-
nesday morning.
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——A complication of diseases caused
the death of Albert Bowers, at Mackey-
ville, on Wednesday. He is survived by a
widow and two small children. Funeral
services will be conducted by Rev. C. S.
Long to-day.
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——Mrs. Pollie Musser, widow of the
late Philip Musser, of Penn township, this
county, died at the home of her step-
daughter, Mrs. Chestie Holloway, at
Orangeville, Ill., on January 5th.
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A. S. GARMAN WILL MOVE TO Ty-
RONE.—It was decidedly in the nature of a
surprise when it was announced, last Fri-
day, that A. S. Garman, of this place, had
purchased the Empire hotel, in Tyrone, at
sheriff’s sale. When seen at the Garman
house that evening he confirmed the report
and stated that if his plans did not misear-
ry he would leave Bellefonte to take per-
sonal charge of his purchase.
The Empire is a large, three story frame
hotel, 65ft on Pennsylvania avenue and
running back 185 ft on Eleventh street. It
is fitted throughout with its own steam
plant, has electric light, a fine barn and
an ice house. The entire property was
knocked down at $9,000 and it is the
general impression of men acquainted
with it that Mr. Garman has made a
paying investment.
The ruling of the license court in Blair
county is that an applicant must reside on
his premises at least three weeks before
such application is made and therein lies the
only hitch, for Mr. Garman is not sure that
he can get possession hefore April 1st which
is after the time of sitting of the gore.
Mr. Garman was born and raised in his
father’s hotel in this place and for the last
five years has been associated with his
brother, C. M. Garman, in the management
of that house. Having been prominently
identified with the Democracy in county
politics and a pusher in every public dem-
onstration or enterprise that has promised
well for Bellefonte he is a man we can ill
afford to lose.
——Rev. T. P. Smith, of the Sacred
Heart Catholic church, of Altcona, and Rev.
Thos. W. Rosensteel, of St. Matthew's, in
Tyrone, entered a contest, six months ago,
to see which one could raise the most mon-
ey for his own church. Their contest
closed on January 1st and the Tyrone priest
had raised $3,886.60 while his Altoona
consort had only $2,200.
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A MINISTER CALLED.—On Sunday even-
ing the Lutheran congregation of this place
voted to call Rev. Dr. H. C. Halloway, of
St. Peter’s Lutheran church at Middletown,
to fill the vacancy made by the departure
of Rev. Ed. Hoshour. Dr. Holloway has
filled charges at Pittsburg and Mifflintown
and is a very able minister.
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CHARLES GARES, ED. PARSONS AND
GEORGE CONWAY SENTENCED TO THE
REFORMATORY.—Charley Gares, a son of
William Garis, Ed. Parsons, a son of the
late Joseph Parsons, and George Grum-
baugh, alias Conway, formerly bell boy at
the Brant house, all of this place, were
sentenced to the Huntingdon reformatory
by the associate judges of Clinton county,
on Wednesday afternoon.
Gares and Parsons had been arrested for
stealing overcoats from a Renovo hotel and
Conway for brandishing a knife, while in-
toxicated, in Smith’s hotel in Lock Haven.
All three of the boys plead guilty and
were sentenced to the reformatory where
they will go for an indefinite term.
News Purely Personal.
—Miss Laura Hafer, of Reynolds avenue, de-
parted for New York city on Monday.
—Miss Gertrude Irvin, of Reynolds avenue,
went to Philadelphia on Wednesday morning,
for an extended visit.
—Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Taylor left for Philadel-
phia, on Tuesday afternoon, where they took
their baby daughter to have a cancerous growth
cut from the inside of her lower lip.
—William Strunk Esq., of Centre Hill, was in
town yesterday and dropped in for a moment, on
his way to the train, tosend the figures on his
paper label away ahead.
—Henry Norris, the boss blacksmith of Fill-
more, spent Saturday in town. Though his hair
has been whitened by years he can still drive a
shoe as swift and sure as the best of them.
—Mr. John Workman, of Mingoville, one of the
successful farmers ot that locality was in town on
Saturday. His property is just east of Hecla
park, so that he doesn’t have to go far from home
when he wants to enjoy the big summer picnies
down there.
—Miss Eleanore Mitchell left, Monday, for an ex-
tended visit to Philadelphia friends. On Satur-
day evening her brother Tom and Joseph had a
sleighing party to the Old Fort in honor of their
home visitors Miss Good, of Lock Haven, and
John Lyon, of Philadelphia.
—Hopeless of trying to get along without a local
newspaper Morgan Reynolds, of east Bishop
street, dropped in yesterday morning to have the
WarcnmaN sent to him. He is night engineer at
the glass works and besides being a very reliable
man is one of the fellows who believes in hustling
all the time.
—Samuel Sproul, of Mingoville, was an arrival
over the Central yesterday morning and spent
the greater part of the day attending to business
in Bellefonte. Mr. Sproul makes things go on a
fine . farm, near Hecla park and stands a good
chance of getting to heaven because he keeps his
subseription paid up.
—Mr. Jacob Leathers, of Roland, spent yester-
day in town and seemed fairly well recovered
from the paralytic stroke he suffered early in
November, ’96. Mr. Leathers is one of the old
residenters down there, but carries his 80 years as
gracefully as if they were but half so many. He
was a little chilled riding up in his wagon and
dropped in here to thaw out.
—Col. and Mrs. J. L. Spangler entertained Mr.
and Mrs. William McCormick and Mr. and Mrs.
R. A. Woodall, of Philadelphia, during the latter
part of last week. Mr. McCormick is in the lum-
ber business in the Quaker city and is about as
good a Democrat as his brother, the Attorney
General, is a Republican. While here they spent
an evening at the Nittany rod and gun club and
were delighted with the place.
—Mrs. Wm. T. Speer arrived home, Saturday,
from a ten week's stay in Pittsburg, where she
was visiting her sister, Mrs. Ellen Furey, and her
two sons, Will and Irvin. The one is cashier in
Horn’s big store ; the other is assistant superin-
tendent of the longest electric road in the city
and they are both prospering, although Mrs.
Speer thinks it is a mighty poor place to live,
with its grime, poor water and extreme tempera-
ture.
—Our old friend D. L. Dennis, of Pine Grove
Mills, came down to Bellefonte, on Saturday, and
notwithstanding his apparently happy mood he
said he is sick and tired of being a gentleman of
leisure. You know he sold his farm last year and
moved into Pine Grove to spend the balance of
his days with the rest of the nabobs, but he
can’t stand it and we have our suspicions
that he would sooner be the boss of a nice
little farm again than be able to make the
biggest whittlings on any store box in Pine Grove.
—On Monday Palser Agnew Sellers, drove all
the way down from his home, thirteen miles up
Buffalo Run, and notwithstanding the fact that
Bellefonte streets were muddy he said he had
right fair sledding all the way. It must have been
different when he started home, for it thawed fast
all day long, and we'll bet his sled soles were pol-
ished to the Queen’s taste by the time he got
back over those roads that have been so recently
covered with the product of the much talked
about stone crushers up the Run.
—Mr. Geo. W. Homan, of Pine Grove Mills, was
in town on Friday and made a pleasant little call
at this office. He lives on the old homestead, on
the **White-hall road” in Ferguson township, and
like the other sons of the late Henry Homan in-
herited lots of energy and thriftiness from his
practical old father. Besides that rare heritage
the Homan boys have always been staunch be-
lievers that their father was right in the espous-
ing of Jacksonian principles and the question
need never be asked “where they are at” in a
political campaign. Mr. Homan was in town
preparing for the big family banquet at his house,
next day, when sixty of the family met there, all
but one of them being Democrats.
—One of the remarkable figures to he seen on our
streets to-day is the venerable John Wagner, Sr.,
of South Spring street, who, notwithstanding his
ninety-two years and decidedly inclement weath-
1 er, gets around with far more agility than many
er, Be
men who are a score of years younger than he.
He is on the streets nearly every day, his giant
figure slightly stooped, but with an alert mind
and a ‘knowledge of finances that enables - him
to make his own investments and look
after the large fortune he has amassed. He is
still the radical silverite he was last fall and in-
sists that the gold standard is too oppressive for
the poor man. He says he made his money when
it was plenty and we had silver and gold inter-
changeable on the same basis and he would like
to see those times again =o that the poor man of
to-day could have a chance.
WILL CooKE HAS BEEN MARRIED. —
When William R. Cooke, a son of Jno. W.
Cooke, formerly of this place, came to town
last week and announced to his many
friends that he had been married no one be-
lieved him, because it seemed so much of
a joke. When he produced the proof of it
in the shape of a wedding notice in the
Harrisburg papers, however, the truth of
his story became evident and he was. the
subject of the hearty felicitations of every-
one.
The wedding took place in Harrisburg,
on Monday evening, December 27th, at 5
o'clock, at the home of the bride, Miss Cora
L. Shaffner. Rev. Dr. 8. C. Swallow per-
formed the ceremony in the presence of the
immediate relatives of the young folks and
after the luncheon that followed Mr. and
Mrs. Cooke left for an extended trip east.
They are now at home in Philadelphia.
The groom is so well known in Bellefonte,
where he was born and lived until a few
years ago, that no words are needed to ac-
quaint our readers with him. His bride is
said to be a charming young girl in every
way qualified to make him an excellent
wife.
> ———
——The engagement of Mr. Edward
Richards, of the firm of F.C. Richard’s
sons jewelers, of this place, to Miss Mil-
dred Aull, of Philadelphia, has been an-
nounced. :
is
MARRIAGE LIcENsES.—Following is the
list of marriage licenses granted by or-
phan’s court clerk, G. W. Rumberger, dur-
ing the past week.
Frank Bartley, of Hublersburg, and Ly-
dia I. Minnick, of Nittany, Pa.
John F. Raymond and Mary E. Gill,
both of Spring township.
W. O. Strunk, of Centre Hill, Pa. and
F. O. Schnars, of Kewadin, Clearfield Co.,
Pa.
Edward T. Lewis and Maggie Harris,
both of Patton Twp., Centre Co., Pa.
Wesley O’Day and Mary Young, both of
Bellefonte.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION. — The
exact date for the civil service examina-
tion for 1898 cannot be fixed at this time,
but it is safe to say that all post-office, cus-
tom house and internal revenue examina-
tions for the spring will be held between
March 15th and April 25th.
Any one desiring to make application
for the postoffice examination can now pro-
cure instructions and application blanks
of the socretary of the local board.
The applications for the examinations
must be filed with the board on or before
March 1st, 1898.
THOMAS HOWLEY, Sec’y,
Bellefonte, Pa.
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A NEw SHopr. — I have removed my
shoe making shop from the Model shoe
store, in Temple court, to the saddlery of
James I. McClure, on Bishop street, where
I am prepared to do all kinds of new and
repair work at short notice and low prices,
Ernis FLICK.
*oe
A full line of all kinds of talking
machines just received by Geo. Bush. Mu-
sic and mirth at your homes. Prices, $10.-
00 and upwards.
Sale Register.
The experience of those who have used the
Warcnmay Sale Bills and “Register” in the past
has been so gratifying that we have no hesitancy
in proclaiming them the best advertising medi-
ums in Centre county for Public Sales. Within
the last few years a record has been kept of the
cash receipts and gross amounts of the sales for
which the advertisements have heen left with
this office and in every case better results have
been reported than from corresponding sales ad-
vertised by other places. This spring the Warcu-
max bills will be better and cheaper than ever.
Don’t think you can get them cheaper elsewhere,
for you can’t. You can get your bills done here
just as cheap as anywhere, you can get better sat-
isfaction, have your sale advertised better and be
fitted out with the necessary sale supplies When
your billsare printed at this office, you get every-
thing else for nothing: notes, sale supplies and a
notice in this column.
MarcH 191H.—At the residence of J. F. Garner, 14
mile north of State College, horses, cows, young
cattle, implements, household goods. Sale at
10 o’clock a. m., Wm. Goheen, auctioneer.
March 3rn.—At Daniel Heckman’s, two miles west
of Bellefonte, on the Brockerhoft farm, horses,
cattle, farm implements and household goods,
sale at 12, noon, sharp.
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by the PuaNix Minune Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
press :
Red wheat, new
Rye, per bushel 35
Corn, shelled, per bushel. 35
Corn, ears, per bushel... 30
Oats, per bushel, old..... 20
Oats, per bushel, new 20
Barley, per bushel......... 30
Ground Plaster, per ton...
Buckwheat, per bushel
Cloverseed, per bushel.
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Eggs, per dozen...
Toor Pe ound...
Country Shoulders..
Sides....
Tallow, per pound
Butter, per pound
The Democratic Watchman.
Published every Friday morning, in Bellefonte,
Pa., at $1.50 per annum (if paid strictly in advance)
$2.00, when not paid in advance, and $2.50 if not
paid before the expiration of the year; and no
paper will be discontinued until all’ arrearage is
paid, except at the option of the publisher.
Papers will not be sent out of Centre county un-
less paid for in advance.
A liberal discount is made to persons advertis-
ing by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows :
SPACE OCCUPIED 9m | om | ly
One inch (12 lines this type.............. $5 5 8810
‘Two inches.............cvo. “f T110] 15
Three inches..........ccoesivenns «10115 | 20
ae Column (5 inches)... «| 12120] "30
alf Column (10 inches)... «| 20 | 35| 55
One Column (20 inches).... 35 | 55 | 100
Advertisements in special ‘column 25 per cent.
add tional.
Transient advs. per line, 3 insertions........... 20 cts.
Each additional insertion, per line..... . bets.
Local notices, per line...........c.... .20 ets.
Business notices, per line.......uiieieennenennns 10 ets.
Job Printing of every kind done with neatness
and dispatch. The Watchman office has been re-
fitted with Fast Presses and New Type, and
everything in the printing line can be ‘executed
in the mostartistic manner and at the lowest rates.
Terms—Cash.
All letters should be addressed to
P. GRAY MEEK, Proprietor