STA a ET AT IR TR INT TE Demonic alc. Bellefonte, Pa., Feb 18. 1898. CORRESPONDENTS.—NoO communications pub ished unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY ——*“The Rivals,”” at Garman’s, on Mon- day night. ——To-night Dr. L. M. Colfelt will lec- ture in the Presbyterian church. The ice on the river at Lock Haven moved off on a six foot flood, on Sunday. No damage was done. ——Forty-one applications for license have been filed this spring. Thirty-eight are now enjoying the privilege. ——1It is reported that 20,000 bushels of grain were shipped from Coburn, this coun- ty, during the month of January. The Adams Express company has established a branch money order office at Parrish’s drug store, in order to catch up- town business. W. Harrison Walker, Esq., of the law firm of Fortney & Walker, was ap- pointed a notary public by Governor Hast- ings, on last Saturday. ——The venerable James Hamilton, of Willowbank street, is not in good health and his friends are fearful lest he will not recover. He is past 94 years old. ——Lawrence, the seven year old son of A. B. Chower, of Fillmore, broke his right collar bone on Thursday evening. He fell while doing a chore for his mother. Geo. T. Bush returned from St. Louis, on Saturday evening, and said he had a fine time as state delegate to the L. A. W. convention in session there. John Brachbill is clerking in Sour- beck’s confectionery in place of Willie Keichline who has taken charge of the new bicycle department in MecClure’s Bishop street store. ——Delia Wingard lost her pocket book, while on her way home from the United Brethren church, corner High and Thomas streets, on Thursday night. It contained a sum of money. ——Are you going to hear Dr. Colfelt lecture on ‘‘Assyrian Discoveries,’’ for the benefit of the ladies’ mite society of the Presbyterian church? The lecture will be delivered to-nignt. ——A three year old daughter of Jake Simler, of Philipsburg, got its thumb caught in the cogs of a clothes wringer, while Mrs. Simler was washing, and the end was cut off clean. ——At a meeting of Gregg post, held on ‘Saturday night, John P. Harris, A. O. Furst and Chas. Smith were initiated as members. The first two were three month men. Mr. Smith served throughout the war. ——Tom Beaver and Rufus Strohm, both well known in Bellefonte, will ap- pear in “The Rivals,”” on Monday night. Tom will take the character of Mrs. Mala- prop, while Rufus will be imperturbable as Lydia’s maid. ——Johu D. Sourbeck has sold his con- fectionery and green grocery store, on High street, to his son Fred. John will devote his entire time to the cafe he is running in Brooklyn in conjunction with Maurice Yeager. ——At a meeting of the Tyrone shoe company, on Saturday evening. the direc- tors voted to increase the capitol stock by an addition of $5,000. Three fifths of the amount was immediately purchased by the old stock-hoiders. : Owing to the press of other business, A. Lester Sheffer has sold his bicycle agency. L. C. Wetzel has purchased the supplies he had on hand and Runkle and Kennedy will look after the interests of the Colum- bia machines in the future. The College boys will appear at Gar- man’s, on Monday night, in Sheridan’s “Rivals.”” They will be assisted by the College mandolin and glee club and a pleasing entertainment is assurred. It will be quite a society event in the town. Seats are now on sale at Parrish’s. ——They had a hot old time at the elec- tion in the 3rd ward of Tyrone. While the board was burning the old ballots and pa- pers of the preceding election the flue of the polling house took fire and the place was burned. The flames spread to an ad- joining stable and burned it hefore they were gotten under control. ——H. W. Shaffer, for several years a book keeper in Van Dyke’s hard ware store in Lock Haven, has accepted a position as traveling salesman in the wholesale de- partment of Jas. Harris & Co’s. hardware in this place. The Harris hardware is get- ting bigger every day and the business the firm is doing is something remarkable. C. E. Dorworth, stenographer in the department of agriculture at Harrisburg, came up home, on Monday morning, the first visit he has made since accepting the position. . He likes his work but holds the opinion of most everyone else that were it not for the danger of creating a fissure in the earth Harrisburg might just as well be dropped out of it. ——-The double frame dwelling house at Mill Hall, owned by Charles Armstrong and occupied by he and Clarence Fisher, was burned on Sunday morning. The fire caught from the stove pipe in a Jower room. Both occupants saved ‘most of their household goods and both had insurance. Armstrong had $1,000 on the building, which is said to have been worth half again as much. ANOTHER OF OUR PROMINENT CITIZENS GoNE,—The death of Col. William Short- lidge occurred at his home, on Thomas street, on Tuesday evening, at half-past nine o’clock. For two years he had suf- fered with kidney trouble, but his condi- tion was never considered serious until the day before his death. Apparently a robust man his friends were little concerned when he was confined to the house on Saturday, but on Sunday he had recovered sufficient- ly to take a short drive. Monday morning he suffered a congestive chill and then his true condition presented itself, but imme- diate danger was not feared. Tuesday morning he had another chill and sank from that time until the time of his death, though just before his death he had in- quired as to the result of the local elee- tions. The physicians say that heart fail- ure superinduced by the kidney affection precipitated the end. Funeral services will be held in the Presbyterian church this afternoon at 2:30. Rev. Dr. Laurie will officiate. The pall bearers will be his nephews. The honor- ary pall bearers will be H. C. Valentine and Henry Lowery, from the council ; F. H. Thomas and D. F. Fortney, from the church trustees; H. Sechler and John Meese from the Masons ; and John P. Har- ris and John Ardell from the citizens. William Shortlidge was born in Chester county, February 20th, 1831, making his age at the time of death, 66 years, 11 months and 26 days. He was the son of George and Martha Shortlidge, who gave him a good education at Greenwood Dell, Chester county. Forty-two years ago he came to Centre county, accepting the po- sition of book-keeper at John Irvin’s iron works, at Howard. Soon after he accepted a similar position at the Valentine iron works in this place, where he remained for a number of years. Upon retiring from the Valentine service he began the manu- facture of lime at what is now koown as the Morris Pike kilns. The late Bond Valentine was associated with him and after a successful start they began handling coal and grain, which they continued until the lime industry was sold to A. G. Morris. Shortly after that Mr. Shortlidge got con- trol of the famous * ‘Sunny Side’’ lime kilns of the Alexander brothers and the firm of McCalmont & Co., was organized with him as manager. The extensive lime, coal and implement business that has been built up by that firm being due almost solely to his business acumen. To-day it is one of the largest enterprises in the county and has a branch at State College, with agencies in all parts of the county. On May 25th, 1856, he married Rose McCalmont, who survives him, and to them were born six children, four of whom are dead. His two remaining children are Elizabeth Shortlidge Walker, wife of John Walker, and Anna Shortlidge, at home. He leaves three brothers, namely, Prof, Joseph Shortlidge, of Concordville, Del; Prof. Swithin Shortlidge, Leeds, England; Dr. E. G. Shortlidge, of Wilmington, Del. Two sisters also survive him. They are Lydia Norris, Woodstown, N. J.; and An- na Walker, Hockesian, Del. Politically Col. Shortlidge was a Republi- can and numbered among his personal friends many of the prominent politicians of the State. Though he never sought pre- ferment he was many times a delegate on state convention floors and only two weeks ago was a representative from Centre coun- ty to the Bourse meeting in Philadelphia. He was a member of Constans commande- ry K. T., a trustee of the Presbyterian church, president of the board of health and president of the board of trade of Bellefonte. He was a public spirited, progressive man, thoroughly considerate of those about him and devoted to his family. In his death Bellefonte has lost one of her truly prominent men. His every association was with the town and whatever of success he had was accomplished here, so that the prominence that was his at home was the testimonial of good citizenship bestowed by admiring neighbors. In every move- ment in which the welfare of the town was in question he was earnestly interested and his work in the councils was given, not for personal aggrandizement nor from selfish motives, but for the public weal. With his family, employes and neigh- bors Col. Shortlidge was a type of man sel- dom found. Kind to a fault, considerate of all and a christian gentleman he goes to his grave, not having lived in vain, and leaving a profound soriow in the hearts of those who knew and esteemed him. I I I A FINLANDER KILLED IN McCAL- MONT’S QUARRIES.—‘‘Big Jack,” whose right name was Jacob Yarvie, was instant- ly killed while working in the quarries at MecCalmont & Co’s lime kilns below town, last Saturday afternoon. He was standing on a ledge of rock up along the face of the work barring out stone when his footing suddenly gave way and he fell to the bot- tom of the quarry with a great mass of rock and dirt after him. Stunned by the fall he could not drag himself out of the way of the avalanche of rock that swept over him and when taken from under it he was found to bedead. His leg was crushed and nearly severed from the body, his left foot entirely severed and his head was bad- ly crushed. He leaves a wife and six children in Finland. Burial was made on Sunday morning. “Big Jack’ had been in the employ of MecCalmonts for several syears. He was, like the other Fins wlown there, a hard working, inoffensive fellow and enjoyed the reputation of being strictly honest. I I I -——Mrs. Barbara Long died at her home, at Penns Cave, on Friday night, after a long illness with cancer. She was 92 years old. Interment was made on Monday. CHAREES H. MooRE DEAD.—The death of Charles H. Moore, which occurred at his home, on South Allegheny street, was in- deed a blessing to an afflicted man. Nine years ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis that made him a helpless cripple and most of the time since then he has been confined to his bed. Deceased was born in Buffalo run valley, May 25th, 1850. Shortly after locating in this place he became agent for sewing ma- chines and carried on that business until paralysis rendered him unfit for further work. He is sarvived by a wife and one daugh- ter, Lydia. Burial was made yesterday morning, services having been conducted at the house by Dr. Stephens and Rev. Jas. P. Hughes. ll I ll Miss MARY K. BLAND’S DEATH.—Mary K. Bland died at her home, on south Alle- gheny street, on Sunday evening, after a long period of suffering with asthma and pneumonia. Deceased was horn at Howard, this county, December 23rd, 1840, and when she was a little girl her parents moved to this place, where she has lived ever since. Her sister Tamazine and brothers James and Cornelius survive. She was a good woman, a pleasant neighbor and an earnest christian. Being a member in good standing of the S. B. V., of St. John’s Catholic church, the society turned out in a body to her funeral, on Wednesday morning. High mass was said for her remains and inter- ment was made in the Catholic cemetery. ll li li The venerable Thomas Taylor, of Benner township, died on Thursday, Feb- ruary 3rd, after a prolonged illness with kidney trouble. He was born on the 10th of September, 1810, and is survived by eight children. Interment was made in Myer’s cemetery, on Saturday, the 5th, Rev. Wren, of the United Brethren church, having of- ficiated. I I I ——John Long, of Penn township, died on Wednesday, Feb 9th, after an illness of about six months. Burial was made last Sunday morning. The services were in charge of Millheim lodge 955, I. O. O. F. of which he was a member. Interment was made in the Reformed cemetery at Aaronshurg. LC eee ——Rhoda Shearer, daughter of Mrs. Tom Shearer, out along the pike, was mar- ried recently in Berwick to George H. Croll. EE U.S ——=Samuel N. Harter, a former resi- dent of Mackeyville, died at Brayton, Iowa, on February 1st. He was 82 years old. ato ——Sheriff and Mrs. Cronister are re- ceiving the congratulations of their friends because a new boy has arrived at their house. i aay. ——1It is reported that the Millheim electric telephone comany has sold out to the Bell company. The deal has not been closed yet, but it is almost certain that it will be. lege iain ——Ed. J. Meyer, of Lock Haven, has patented a lawn sprinkler and will receive a royalty on all sold by the Du Bois manu- facturing company, which is now at work on an order for 100,000 of the appliances. -oo— ——The formal transfer of donated land was made by the citizens of Mill Hall to the Clinton county fire brick works, on Tuesday evening. It is part of a consider- ation through which Mill Hall hopes to se- cure an extensive new industry. Rn ——The municipal election in Lock Ha- ven resulted in a great Democratic victory. They won the councils and school directors, giving them a majority in each. The Re- publicans elected their candidate for city treasurer. Three of the four wards went Democratic. eke ——John Filer, employed at the Beech Creek railroad station in Philipsburg, had his right hand pinched between the ends of two oil barrels, last Friday morning, and the middle finger was almost cut off. The surgeon at the cottage hospital ampu- tated the injured member. rr fp ——The K. L. C. E. of the United Evan- gelical church, of Howard, will hold an - oyster supper in the Brickley homestead, on Main street, Feb. 22nd and 23rd. 1898. Sandwiches, ice cream and other refresh- ments will also be served. All are cordially invited to attend and help a good cause. ietet ——Mr. and Mrs. William Easton, of East End, Pittsburg, have sent out invita- tions for the marriage of their daughter Etta and George Wilmer Martin, which is to take place Wednesday, March 2nd, in the Shady Side Presbyterian church. The groom elect, when a student at State Col- lege, was familiarly known as ‘‘Buck” and his popularity still continues. ee ———The employees of the South Wil- liamsport nail works will resame work, next week, after a three weeks’ idleness, but they have been notified that a re- duction of from five to ten per cent. will be made in their wages. The Williamsport suspender factory has been seized by the sheriff on executions aggregating $4,500. More prosperity for you. PP err ——Miss Ida Hall, a daughter of the late Robert Hall, of Dix Run, Union town- ship, died at the home of her sister, Mis. Fred Schiele, in Philipsburg, on Wednes- day afternoon, Feb, 9th. She had been ill with pneumonia since the preceding Sun- day and erysipelas developed causing her death. She had made her home with her sister and the remains were taken to Union- ville for burial on Friday morning. NIGGER HIGHWAYMEN HOLD-UP A MiLESBURG HOTEL KEEPER.—Milesburg is having more than her share of excite- ment. The people down there had hardly recovered from the scare the big fire gave them, a few weeks ago, when six nigger highwaymen walked in on them and gave them such a shock as they won’t soon for- get. About 7 o'clock last Thursday evening five niggers entered the bar of Kohlbecker’s Central City hotel, at the Milesburg sta- tion, and each with a brace of long bar- relled 38 calibre revolvers demanded that the occupants give up their money or their lives. Alois Kohlbecker was behind the bar, and Jerry Everly, Jacob Mayes, Wi:- liam Watson and Henry Kohlbecker were sitting about the place. As none of the men showed any signs of disgorging the highwaymen proceeded to send a few shots about the place to intimidate them. Then two ran behind the bar and a third one jumped over it to get at the safe and cash register. The safe was open and the regis- ter was tapped but ‘‘Koly,’’ with rare pres- ence of mind, kicked the safe shut, knocked the register drawer in, punched the three niggers and grabbed back his watch from one of them all at one time. If the other fellows who were in the place had been half as brave as he was they could have licked a whole regiment of such highwaymen, but instead of that they sat still, all except Watson, who scooted up a flight of stairs and made for the stable. As he fled four balls followed him, but all of them went wide of the mark. For a while there was a perfect fusillade in the bar, but strange enough no one was hit and not a particle of glass broken, ex- cept one of the lights in the door. Mayes gave up a plug of tobacco to the robbers but had $12 in his pockets. Kohlbecker had $140 in the safe and cash register, but the only thing the robbers got was the to- bacco. When they left the place they cov- ered their retreat until they got out into the dark street, when they fled up the rail- road. Kohlbecker's son then hurriedly brought him his Winchester and he sent ten shots after them. The bullets struck the old stone house away up at Wallace’s old brick yards and the man who lives there says he saw one of the highwaymen nearly breaking his neck, tumbling over a fence to get out of range. The five fellows who entered were all light colored, wore long dark coats and looked. young, but the sixth who remained on guard at the door, was an ugly black one. The men who witnessed the attack say that when the robbers entered they had their guns on a perfect alignment and pre- sented a dazzling appearance. It is evi- dent that though so much shooting was done they had no desire to hit anyone. Unless the one shot fired at Mr. Kohl- becker when he had three of them down behind the bar was intended to hit. It passed between his body and arm, but did no damage. It was fired by one of the two who remained covering the other men in the bar. It is believed that the fellows boarded a west bound freight train at Snow Shoe In- tersection and got away to Tyrone. They were located near that place next morning, but officer Curtin undertook to arrest them all himself and they got away from him after a lively exchange of shots. —ote A HoLD-Ur ON NITTANY MOUNTAIN. —The stamping ground of such notorious banditti as the James boys, ‘‘reckless George Gordon’’ and the other desperadoes, whose exploits have filled dime novels for years and made the South and West fa- mous as the land of highwaymen, seems to be changing and the East is becoming sharer in whatever fame such high handed proceedings bring. In all of the eastern States and in all parts of Pennsylvania the last year or so has developed a class of desperate men, who are a menace to liberty and terrors to the people. The frequency and boldness of hold-ups has undoubtedly an explanation in the armies of men who are driven to it for want of honest employment, but while this thing has been going on around us for some time we of Centre county never dreamed that our soil, that has known nothing of the sort since the days of Lewis and Connelly, would ever bred or harbor such characters. It has, however, and two bold hold-ups have occurred within a few days of each other. The first occurred at Milesburg, when Kohlbecker’s hotel was stormed, the other on Nittany mountain, on Saturday night. Samuel Runkle and Mrs. William H. Runkle, of Centre Hall, were returning to’ their home in a buggy. They had spent part of the day in this place and ;had just reached ‘‘the watering trough,’’ on the way up the mountain, when a man ran up and attempted to climb into the back part of their buggy. Mr. Runkle whipped his horses and started up the mountain as fast as he could go, but had advanced but a few rods when he discovered two men standing in the road apparently ready to halt him, and Suspicioning their motive he quickly wheeled the team about and dash- ed back down the mountain as fast as the horses could go. It was about half-past eight o’clock, though not so dark that he could not dis- cern the figures in the road. None of the men had uttered a sound and while he might have been mistaken it was quite evi- dent to him that the fellows intended to hold him up. When they reached the toll house on the out skirts of Pleasant Gap, they told their experience and were invited to spend the night, which they did and went on their journey, in the morning, in safety. ——Thos. Fox, of Cedar Springs, suffered a slight attack of paralysis, on Sunday. New spring gooods at lowest prices at Lyon & Co's. abe Washington's birthday comes each and every year on the twenty-second day of February, and is celebrated in various ways. But it is not the privilege of every generation to enjoy such a supper as will be served by the ladies of the Port Matilda Presbyterian church, in Hoover’s hall, in that hamlet, on the evening of that day. Among the many articles employed to tickle the palate will be found such delica- cies as ice cream, pork and beans, pump- kin pie made out of squash, etc. To all good citizens who have spent years in quest of a square meal for twenty cents, this presents an opportunity never pre- sented twice to one generation. ——Ransom’s entertainers were here on Monday night and thoroughly restored the People’s popular course to public favor. Several of the later entertainments had not been worth listening to, but the Ran- soms effaced the unsatisfactory memory and scored a hit for themselves. Elmer P. Ransom, the prestidigitator, entertained the large audience at Garman’s with a de- cidedly clever bit of work. His tricks were clean, some of them new and quite up to the work in legerdemain done by Kellar and Powell. F. E. Hansell proved a very attractive feature with his whistling specialties, some of his performances being really marvelous. His duet rendition of ‘Almost Persuaded,’’ in which he whis- tled air and alto as clearly and with as per- fectly blended tones as if two artists were doing it, captivated the audience and won an enthusiastic encore for him. Miss Dasa Harman is a good mandolinist and pleas- ing as a reader. Her numbers met with favor on all sides. Miss Cornell, soprano, sang ‘‘Ben Bolt’’ and ‘‘In May’’ to very good effect, both winning a recall for her. The next and last attraction in the course will be John Clark Lewis on the passion play at Oberammergau. —— ote Rock MiLLs BURNED.—Early last Satur- day morning the fine roller flour mill at Rock Forge caught fire and burned to the ground. The fire was undoubtedly of in- cendiary origin and started in the basement of the mill from which it spread to all parts of the structure and soon destroyed it. The mill was the property of Col. W. Fred Reynolds, of this place, and was one of the hest equipped in the county. The original structure was built by Gen’l Philip Benner, in 1792, and had been in continuous operation up to the time it was burned. It had been in the hands of the Reynolds for over half a century. The total loss is esti- mated at $20,000. Col. Reynolds had $5,- 500 insurance and the Wagner boys carried $4,000. They had been operating the mill and had abotit 4,500 bushels of grain in storage. The mill had not been running for two months, except to grind grists for the Reynolds’ farms in that section. It is not likely that it will be rebuilt, unless merely as a grist mill. While the Rock Mills flour was always of a superior grade the distance from the rail-road made it almost impossible for the mill to market its product at a profit in competition with the low prices that flour is now command- ing. News Purely Personal. —Miss Mollie Goldstein, of Lock Haven, was the guest of Miss Sara Baum, of Bishop street, over Sunday. —Misses Emma and Myra Holliday will leave for Pittsburg to-day for a visit of several weeks with their aunt Mrs. Jack McClelland. —Mrs. Frank Crosthwaite, of State College, is down in Philadelphia with her little son Tom, having him treated at clinies for curvature of the spine. —Mrs. F. W. Crider has gone to Washington . with her sister, Mrs. Jacobs, to attend the annual meeting of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution. —Miss Daisy Brisbin has been appointed on the teaching staff of the Chester Springs state orphan’s school and will leave for that place about the 28th. —H. D. Rumberger, of Philipsburg, spent Wed- nesday night with his parents in this place. He is still representing W. H. Denlinger & Co., oil brokers, and says his business is running along as smooth as ever. —Mrs. Charley McCue and her children, who have been spending the winter with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Montgomery, on Allegheny street, left, Tuesday, for Pittsburg, where Mr. McCue is now located. —Aaron Lutz, of Linden Hall, was in town on Monday. He lives on the farm which his uncle, Christ Houser, owns at that place, and when Aaron doesn’t make it produce big crops none of his neighbors have any either. —Mrs. Anna C. Woodcock is the guest of Mrs. Stevens at the Methodist parsonage. She has been in Philadelphia and Williamsport for three months and intends going back to Williamsport to stay until her sons get home from college. —John Larimer left for his home in Omaha, Nebraska, on Tuesday afternoon. He had been in Bellefonte for a year, stopping at the home of Gen. J. I. Curtin, on Linn street, and expected to remain longer but the illness of his father, Dr. Larimer, called him West. —Governor and Mrs. Hastings, and Helen, Attorney General McCormick, Mrs. McCormick and their danghter and Senator and Mrs. J. Henry Cochran, of Williamsport, are contemplating a trip to California as soon as the Governor can get the state capitol commission to understand that he represents the people and must be respected. —R. H. Kreamer, of Nittany, and his brother W. C. Kreamer, of Milesburg, were in town Tues- day night, but not hunting election returns. They were here settling up some of the business of their deceased father's estate. Both of the boys are Jacksonian Democrats, the former the boss track maker of the Central and the latter about as expert at carriage painting as anyone need be. : —Jos. D. Mitchell left for Lewistown, on Tues- day morning, where he has accepted a position with the Standard steel works company. Very few of his friends knew that he had such a change in view and were quite surprised when it became known that he was gone. Joe's success in his new position will not be a matter of much concern to Bellefonters, as they all know him so well that it goes without saying that he will prove satisfac- tory in whatever trust he is given. That laugh is a guarantee of his popularity. ProPLE’S POPULAR COURSE.—Number eight, last but not least. One hundred dis- solving view illustrations with a wonderful descriptive lecture on the *‘Passion Play of Oberamergan’’ by Rev. J. J. Lewis, is alone worth the price of the full course ticket. General admission 50c to all parts of the house. Course ticket holders can secure their seats by paying 10 and 20 cts. extra and in no case will any one be ad- mitted to lower part of house without pay- ment for reserve seat until every seat on the balcony is occupied, this move being necessary to protect the bank, as at the last entertaimment there were two hundred and forty-seven twelve and a half cent admis- sions when most of them should have paid the extra rate for reserved seats. Sale for seats opens Monday at 9 a. m. at Parrish’s drug store. *oe WITH THE GRAND ArRMY.—Twenty-five stall fed turkeys, as comrade Sammy Wil- liams says, will be the principal part of the big dinner that Gregg post, G. A. R., is preparing for the people of this community on Washington’s birthday anniversary. The turkeys were bought several months ago and have been specially fattened for this dinner. With all the seasonable ac- companiments the dinner will cost only 35cts. In addition to the dinner the all day res- taurant will be run. Oysters, turkey, sal- ads, vegetables and desserts will be served ala carte. An interesting literary and mus- ical program has been prepared so that those who spend the day with the Vets can expect to have a good time. aos. WHY Nor HAVE A PUBLIC RECEPTION FOR THE; PHOTOGRAPHERS.—Next week, from the 22nd to the 25th, the Pennsylvania photographers association will meet in this place and what are our people going to do to make their stay among us a pleasant one or to send them away impressed with Bellefonte ? It is to be hoped that it will not be with the photographers as it was with the den- tists, who, unfortunately were induced to come here last year and came with most exalted ideas of Bellefonte, but left thor- oughly disenchanted. Our citizens .per- mitted them to come into and go out of the town without giving them the slightest recognition and in that case a golden op- portunity to exploit Bellefonte was lost. Looking at it from a purely business standpoint we have everything to gain by paying some attention to such visiting del- egations. There will be between two and three hundred photographers here next week. They will represent all portions of Pennsylvania and many of them will visit Bellefonte for the first time. It is to the interest of the town that they depart, car- rying with them the memory of having had a nice stay here. Advertising through such mediums is the very best and no one can say that good might not come out of it. Aside from the selfish purpose to be served local pride demands that we do something in recognition of the presence of our guests next week. We were grossly inhospitable when the dentists were here and it behooves us not to let it occur again. The WATCHMAN suggests that a public reception and dance be given in the armory next Wednesday night by either the bur- gess and town council or by the board of trade and in addition to this on a day suit- able to the photographers the citizens should send their carriages to the armory to take them driving about the town. Let the burgess or the board of trade take the initiative and the citizens will re- spond in a hearty fashion. ae GIRL WANTED.—A girl who can do all kinds of housework on a small farm. Ad- dress, Mrs. Richard Lutz, Zion, Pa. Sale Register. Marcu 3rp.—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. Marcu 5th.—At the residence of James L. Rote at Coleville, 70 hives of bees, horse, buggy, spring wagon, household goods and other articles. Sale at 12 o'clock noon. Jos. Neff, Aue. Marcu 8tH.—At the residence of C. J. Stam, on the Dr. Hale farm, at Oak Hall, horses, cows, young cattle, hogs and sheep and a great variety of farming implements as good as new. Sale at 10 o'clock, a. m. Wm. Goheen, auctioneer. Marcu 15rH—At the residence of P. W. McDowell, at Mackeyville, horses, cows, young cattle, sheep, hogs and implements. All of the finest. C. W. Rote, auctioneer. Sale at 10 o’clock a. m. MarcH 16tH.—At the residence of H. Ewing, at Fairbrook, in Ferguson township, horses, cows, cattle, implements and household goods. Sale at 10 o'clock, a. m. Wm. Goheen, auctioneer. MarcH 197m. —At Unionville, Centre county, Pa., a saw mill, portable 30 H. P. engine, chestnut and pine shingles, lumber, etc. Sale at 1 o'clock. MArcH 191u.—At the residence of J. F. Garner, 4 mile north of State College, horses, cows, young cattle, implements, household goods. Sale at 10 o’clock a. m., Wm. Goheen, auctioneer. Marcu 2lst—At the residence of John H. Strouse, on the Jobn 'I'. Fowler farm, in Taylor township, 13 horses, cows, young cattle, sheep, hogs and farming implements. Sale at 10 o'clock, a. m, Wm. Goheen auctioneer. TuurspAY, MarcH 24rH—James Waddle will sell 4 horses, 5 cows, 11 head of young cattle, 21 head of fine sheep, 50 head of Poland China hogs and brood sows, farm implements, ete.,, on the premises one mile north of Fillmore. Sale be- gins at 9 a. m. Wm. Goheen, Auct. Bellefonte Grain Market. Corrected weekly by the Penix Mining Co. The following are the quotations up to six o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes press: Red Wheat, old... Red wheat, new Rye, per bushel... Corn, shelled, per Corn, ears, per bushel... Oats, per bushel, old..... Oats, per bushel, new ... Barley, per bushel......... Ground laster, per ton Buckwheat, per bushel Cloverseed, per bushel.. Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co. Potatoes per bushel............csreisirriionnicscs nnn OnNIoNS...oiesessarsssiane Eggs, per dozen.. Lard, per pound.. Country Shoulde Sides... Hams.. Tallow, per pound.. Butter, per pound............
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