Bewci Mitin
Bellefonte, Pa., May 13. 1898.
CorrEsPoNDENTS.—No communications pub
ished unless accompanied by the real name of
the writer. :
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——Francis Labadie in ‘‘Faust,’’ at Gar-
mans, next Monday night.
William A. Stone and his corps of
speakers are to be in Philipsburg to-night.
—Jonathan Krape has bought Emma
Jordan’s brick house in Aaronsburg.. He
paid $1200 for it.
——Mr. Jacob Gross and Miss Margaret
Curry, who will be married soon, will oe-
cupy the Storm house on Reynolds Ave.
It is not likely that the candidates
will allow you to forget it, but the Demo-
cratic primaries will be held on Saturday,
June 11th.
~—— Sheriff Cronister took James Bechtel,
of Howard, to ‘the Danville asylum this
morning. They left on the 6:30 train, via
Lewisburg.
——Miss Phoebe Hoover, of Philipshurg,
a young woman who was once a public
school teacher in that place, will leave for
the Klondyke on the 25th.
——-J. W. Hafer, a brother of Dr. A. W.
Hafer of this place and for a long time in
the hotel business at Osceola, has moved
to Lewistown, where he has taken charge
of the Farmer’s hotel.
——Dr. R. Leighton Gerhart has rented
the Reynolds’ house, on Spring street, form-
erly occupied by Wm. T. Meyer, and his
family will reside here while he preaches
at his different stations.
—Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Shoemaker are
receiving the congratulations of their
friends on account of the arrival of a little
daughter in their family. She was born
on Wednesday night.
——On Thursday, May 5th, Ira Gross-
man and Miss Kate Sweeney, of Potter
township, came to this place and presented
themselves at the home of Rev. C. H.
Goodling, on Willowbank street, and were
married. ;
——On Tuesday evening Harry J. Swahb
and Miss Georgiana Krebs were married
at the home of the groom’s mother, on Val-
entine street. Rev. Goodling performed
the ceremony, after which a bountiful wed-
ding supper was served.
Roswell McClain, who is a member
of battery A, 2nd Artillery, U. S. A., isa
grand-son of David Garland, of Olivia,
“Blair county. The young man writes that
“he is in camp at Tampa, Fla., expecting to
be ordered to Cuba at any moment. °
~——The Bellefonte friends of Miss Flor-
ence Houck, daughter of W. A. Houck
formerly pastor of the Methodist congrega-
tion in this place, will he interested in
knowing that she is to marry Mr. W. T.
-Hildrupp Jr., of Harrisburg. Their en-
gagement has been announced.
An8x 15 ft. flag was flung to the
breeze from the top of a 71 ft. pole in Phil-
ipsburg, on Saturday night. Hon. J. N.
Cassanova presided at the ceremony and
Hon. P. E. Womelsdorf, Eli Townsend
and Matt Savage made the speeches. Law-
rence Morgan raised the money to purchase
the flag.
——Great preparations are being made
for “The Deestrick Skule,”’ which is to be
given in the Armory on Friday evening,
the 20th. Mrs. W. W. Achenbach, of
Williamsport, has taken charge of the class-
es and some of the cleverest people in the
town are enrolled as scholars. The enter-
tainment is a burlesque on the country
schools of fifty years ago and every place
the play, if such it might be called, has
ever been given it attracts great crowds.
——The season at Garman’s is drawing
to a close but before the end comes Francis
Labadie will be here with his superb pro-
duction of ‘Faust,’ Labadie is recog-
nized as being one of the strongest charac-
ters on the American stage and has made
such a favorable impression at former ap-
pearances here that it should warrant good
business for him when he comes to Gar-
man’s next Monday night.
On Sunday evening, May 15th, the
new officers of the Bellefonte young peo-
ple’s society of Epworth League will be
publicly installed. Interesting services
will be held in the Methodist church at
7:30 to which everyone is cordially invited.
The young people will have entire charge
of the services. They have been at work
on their program for some time, so that
something out of the ordinary may be ex-
pected. :
——The charter for the Central Commer-
cial telephone company was granted at the
state department on Monday. It was the
intention of the company to install the first
plant at State College, but as the permit
for a franchise at that place must pass three
readings of council before it is granted it is
likely that the erection of poles between
this place and State College will be the
first work done. The kind of phones to be
used has not been selected yet.
Coal train No 58 on the Bald Eagle
valley railroad wrecked between Mill Hall
and Flemington, early Tuesday morning,
and twenty-two cars were piled up. It
took all day to clear up the wreckage, pas-
sengers having to be transferred. A brake-
man named Zane Bell wasslightly injured.
Had the wreck occurred an hour or so
earlier the Ringling circus train would not
have been able to reach this place without
going clear back to Williamsport and trans-
ferring to the Beech Creek road.
Carr. TAYLOR RETURNS FOR MORE
SoLpIERS. — The resignation of several
members, the physical disqualifications of
a few more and the orders to muster all
companies of the Guard from sixty to the
regular army standing of eighty men to a
company made it necessary to call for re-
cruits for B company from this place. In
order to keep up the record for quick re-
sponse which has always characterized the
local organization Capt. Hugh S. Taylor re-
turned to Bellefonte, last Friday evening,
to select a squad of recruits from the many
who were anxiously awaiting an opportuni-
ty to be enrolled in the service.
Corporal Sam Graham, of Philipsburg,
was sent to that place where a number of
men were reported to be waiting a call and
he secured seventeen who were brought
over here Friday night. Before leaving
Philipsburg they were given a rousing
farewell. Bands were playing, crowds
cheering and cannon booming. In fact the
demonstration was much like the inspirit-
ing scene witnessed here when B company
started to the front. The citizens of Phil-
ipsburg raised funds to pay the fare of their
contingent to this place and it was made
up of the following men.
John P, Johnson, Frank Goshorn,
John E. Erb, Francis Reed,
Jacob Spotts, Jacob McCall,
Chas. F. Waring, R. P. Lloyd,
George Cadwalader, E. C. Sheriff,
Ed T. Eboch, Thos. Weston,
L. Rittenhouse, Harry Paul,
William Callahan,
Harry Hysong.
In addition to this contingent there were
more than one hundred men at this place
who were ambitious to soldier for awhile.
With such an abundance of material to se-
lect from the recruiting officers were neces-
sarily very critical in the physical examina-
tion that was made at the armory on Satur-
day. Dr. M. J. Locke was there “nearly
the entire day examining men. When he
got through with them and pronounced
them all right it was pretty near certain
that they would stand the official exami-
nation at Mt. Gretna.
There were men from all parts of the
county waiting to be taken. Some had
walked miles to get here and seemed
very much cast down when a slight physic-
al infirmity would throw them out. Of
the forty who were finally selected only
three were Bellefonte men : Charles Saylor,
Andrew Meese and Harry F. Miller. All
of the Philipsburgers but Francis Reed,
‘William Callahan and Harry Hysong pass-
ed and wereaccepted. The others are from
various parts of the county.
After the necessary number of men had
been procured a short time was given to in-
structing them in the rudiments of drilling
and marching, so that by the time for de-
parture on the 8:31 train that night they
marched off for the station in a very credit-
able column of fours. There was a great
crowd on the streets to cheer and it was im-
possible to get near the train after it had
arrived and the squad had boarded it.
The following are the men who were tak-
en away in charge of Capt. Taylor and cor-
poral Graham.
Frederick Frank,
Harry F. McManway, -
Clyde Smith,
Thomas C. Bartges,
George H. Leathers,
Harry E. Fisher,
Samuel P. Bathurst,
Milford Stover,
Benjamin Lucas,
John L. Johnstonbaugh,
John E. Gaynor,
James Noll,
Andrew Meese,
H. E. Redding,
William H. Allen,
James L. Sandoe,
Dale Houser,
Edward Davis,
William G. Ertle.
William 8. Bradley,
Harry F. Miller,
Clyde Cox,
Elmer C. Sheriff,
Edward Rittenhouse,
Robert P. Lloyd,
John P. Johnson,
Charles 'I'. Waring,
Geo, W, Cadwallader,
Thomas Weston,
Edward Davis,
Jacob Spotts,
Grant Goshorn,
John E. Erb,
John A. McCall,
Edward T. Eboch,
Henry Parsons, Harry M. Paul,
Arthur Riddle, George B. Snyder,
Charles C. Saylor, H. M. Hoy.
Of the original company that left here on
the afternoon of April 27th, the following
have returned :
[Failed to pass the physical examination.]
M. J. Shuey, J. Clyde Jodon,
Samuel Solt, Joseph Thal,
Earnest Stine, William Ammerman,
Samuel Taylor,
[Declined because of
could not be sacrificed
more emergent. ]
William C. Smeltzer,
Andrew D.’Smeltzer, Harry E. Rhoades,
John Hartsock, Howard Wells.
[Rejected because they were beyond the age
limit of 45 years.]
Jacob Cole,
Henry Vitalini,
Of the last contingent that went to Mt.
Gretna, Harry Miller and Chas. Saylor, of
Bellefonte : Harry Fisher and Milford
Stover, of Millheim ; Harry Paul, of Phil-
ipsburg, and several others have returned.
Last night the Bellefonte high school
scholars shipped a surprise box for Co. B in
which were over 300 lbs. of provisions such
as are not issued by the army commissary.
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home engagements that
under circumstances no
John D. Toot,
Anthony G. Noll.
THEY Missep It.— Last week the
WATCHMAN did something it seldom does
and that only when it feels certain of its
truthfulness. It advised the people of this
community to see Ringling Bros. circus,
which exhibited here on Tuesday. The
circus is a western enterprise, not well
known in the East, but having watched its
advertisements and routing in western pa-
pers for several years we knew that it was a
big one and a good one and told you so.
Those of you who took the advise found
for yourselves that it was the finest circus
that ever spread its canvas on a Bellefonte
lot, neither Barnum nor Forepaugh ex-
cepted.
The afternoon crowd numbered about six
thousand people and at night there was
probably one-fourth that many there. The
great features of the show were George
Ganweiler’s band, the Lockard elephants,
The Foys, Mlle Farnour, Rose Dockerill,
Prof. John Philip Soosee’s band and the
Fishers. i
The entire outfit was orderly and came
to town and left it again as quietly as if it
had been a traveling Sunday school.
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——W. V. Hughes, of Hollidaysburg,
formerly of this place, has secured the con-
tract for building the new county home for
the poor in Elk county. Mr. Hughes
built the home in Clearfield county.
-—The homes of Harry Crispen and
William Emert, at Mill Hall, were entered
by burglars, on Friday night. A silver
watch was taken from the former, hut
nothing was secured at the latter.
—.
——The annual commencement exercises
of the Chester Springs soldiers’ orphans
school are in progress and will be conclud-
ed to-morrow. Austin Curtin, of Roland,
is superintendent of this school.
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—PFrancis Labadie’s spectacular pro-
duction of Goethe’s ‘‘Faust’’ has been one
of the successes of the theatrical world.
Labadie, himself, is an ideal Mephistoph-
eles and his supporting company is very
strong. The scenic effects in ““Faust’’ are
magnificent. At Garman’s on Monday
night, May 16th.
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——DMiss Sarah A. Bollinger died at the
home of her brother-in-law, H. M. Sausser,
in Tyrone, on Wednesday night of last
week. Deceased was born at Baileyville,
this county, and was 38 years old. At one
time she was a resident of Philipsburg, but
previous to her death had been making her
home in Tyrone.
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——John Weaver, aged 75 years, died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Adam Jor-
dan, west of Millheim on Monday. De-
ceased was one of Penn township’s best
known old residents and is survived by a
widow and several grown-up children.
Funeral services were held in the Aarons-
burg Reformed church on Wednesday
morning.
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-—R. W. Porter died at the home of
his sister, Mrs. Margaret Eldred, in Mack-
eyville, on Sunday afternoon. Deceased
had spent all of his life in that place and
was actively identified with the growth of
the community. He had been ill about a
month with various ailments and was 70
years old. Interment was made at Salona
on Tuesday afternoon.
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——Last Thursday morning the death of
Mrs. Joseph Bierly occurred at her home
in Madisonburg, after a long illness with
consumption and heart disease. She was
62 years, 8 months, and 9 days old and
leaves a husband and ten children to
mourn the loss of adevoted wife and moth-
er. Deceased had been a member of the
Evangelical church since girlhood and
Revs. Romig and Stover officiated at her
funeral which was held on ‘Sunday morn-
ing. The Madisonburg and Millheim cas-
tles, K. G. E., were both present in a body
at the funeral.
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——The death of Miss Lilly Kephart, in
Roanoke, Va., a brief mention of which
appeared in last week’s paper, was caused
by spinal meningitis, now almost ankepi-
demic in southern Virginia. The mortfing
she died five other deaths occurred in the
city from the same cause and it is not edn -
fined to any age, for old and young are dy-
ing of it. She was ill just one week, but
unconscious almost from the first and her
death was prostrating to her two sisters
who havegburied their father, their oldest
sister, and one of them two children within
six years. The funeral services were held at
her uncle Caleb Kephart’s, at Fillmore, on
Saturday morning at 11 o’clock and she af-
terwards was buried by the side of her
mother and father in Gray’s burying
ground.
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KILLED NEAR HONTER’S PARK YEs-
TERDAY MORNING.—A fatal accident oc-
curred at Bodle’s crossing, on the Bellefonte
Central railroad, near Hunter’s park, yes-
terday morning, in which Crawford Sweitz-
er, of State College, lost his life.
Sweitzer was a man of about 65 years of
age and had come down to this place to see
the circus on Tuesday. It is probable that
he had started to walk home on Wednes-
day night and had slept in a barn near the
place he met his tragic death. Getting
awake early in the morning he started off
up the track toward the College and had
just reached the sharp curve at the old saw
mill site about one-half mile on this side of
Hunter’s park. As the old man was very
hard of hearing he evidently did not hear
the approach of train 1, bound for State
College, with conductor G. Ross Parker in
charge and engineer Jerre Nolan and fire-
man Sidney Walker in the engine.
Sweitzer was on the middle of the track
when the train sped around the curve and
was only 150 ft. away when the fireman
saw him and grabbed the bell rope ; at the
same time shouting to the engineer who
reversed his engine and put on the air. It
was too late. The train could not be stop-
ped and the man was struck and knocked
about 15 ft. off to the right, where he land-
ed on his head against the end of a pile of
ties.
He was dead when picked up, so that it
is probable that he was instantly killed
and never knew what struck him. The
body was lifted aboard the baggage car and
taken to Pine Grove Miils, where under-
taker Heberling prepared it for burial.
The skull was crushed to a jelly, the breast
bones caved in, the right leg broken above
and below the knee and the ankle ground
to a pulp, while the left leg was broken
above the knee.
The body will be brought here at 9
o’clock this morning and buried by Gregg
post in the G. A. R. lot in the Union
cemetery.
Crawford Sweitzer was unmarried. So
far as is known he has no relatives and had
made his home at Grieb’s hotel for about a
year. Having been a survivor of the 1st
Pa. Cav. he drew a pension of $12 per
month and with this and his earnings as a
laborer about the College he was able to
keep himself.
LuTHER KLINE AND His BROKEN ARM.
—There was no little excitement about the
court house shortly after dinner on Mon-
day when extra officer Foulk arrested
Luther Kline, who lives in Spring town
ship just on the outskirts of what is
known as ‘““Bush’s Addition’ to Bellefonte.
Luther has been an object of considera-
ble interest in police circles for some time
and is quite a familiar figure to the quarter
sessions. His latest dilemma occurred
some time ago when he got into trouble
with John Farley and his family by kid-
napping their baby-in-arms. Just what
Luther wanted with such a white elephant
is hard to tell, but when officer Mont-
gomery arrested him in the Bush house bar
room, on April 15th, he said the Farleys
had been getting milk from him for which
they had failed to pay so he just thought
he would hold the baby as a ransom.
He went along with officer Montgomery
as peaceably as a lamb to the shambles un-
til they reached the Jackson, Hastings and
Co. bank building. There he was sud-
denly seized with the notion that his legs
were given him for some other purpose
than to walk to jail, so away he flew.
Capt. Montgomery was nowhere in the
chase and Luther breathed the happy air
of liberty until Wednesday. Meanwhile
overtures had been made to settle his
trouble with the Farleys and they had
progressed so satisfactorily that he ven-
tured into the court house. There he fell
into the clutches of the sleuth of the force,
Joshua Foulk, who started to escort him
in triumph to justice Keichline, but Luther
wasn’t lending his presence to any such pa-
rade, with Josh as chief-marshall, and he
showed him a clean pair of heels. The of-
ficer shouted in vain for him to stop and
most people thought a fire alarm had been
rung in, so great did the commotion be-
come, but Luther sped right on and took
to the hilly streets where he easily dis-
tanced them all but officer Dunlop who
had taken up the chase. Out Penn street
to Beaver they flew, thence down an alley
to the pike and across the round house
bridge. Headed straight for Coleville they
struck a 2 flat gate, neither one gaining an
inch on the other and the swift patter of
Luther’s feet on the hard road sounding like
the tick of a Waterbury watch in compari-
son to the measured thumps of the long
jumps made by his pursuer.
The Collin’s row was reached and then
pursued and pursuer parted. The former
ran into the yard of the middle house
while the latter, designing his purpose, ran
to the back gate to intercept him. Sure
enough, he did just as Dunlop expected he
would and popped right out the back gate
into the very arms of the constable.
The two started for Bellefonte, both
more or less out of wind, and had reached
the home of Harry Crissman where Kline
decided to give the law another run for its
money and away he went for the third
time. Officer Dunlop gained on him, how-
ever, and Luther undertook to jump a
fence but he landed on top of it just as the
tall officer’s hand landed on his collar.
Dunlop gave a jerk to haul him back, but
Kline’s collar button pulled off and the offi-
cer flew one way and Luther tumbled on over
the fence. He landed on his forearm and
sprained it slightly, but he thought it was
broken, so set up a lusty howl. Them the
officer tumbled over on top of his prisoner.
They returned to town this time, a very
uneventful trip, except that the officer
helped carry the broken arm and finally
landed him in the district attorney’s office
to which place a physician was called who
failed to find anything the matter at all.
Finally, to relieve the prisoner’s suffering
an officer was sent with him to another
physician who likewise failed to find any-
thing wrong, so Luther was taken back and
reieased on general principles.
He then hunted up a physician, himself,
and was consoled with the information that
the ligaments of his elbow are ruptured.
His arm is in splints and he is not doing
any more foot races with the police.
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HISTORY OF THE 49TH PA. VOLS.--One
of the latest additions to the historical and
statistical works on the rebellion is the
‘History of the 49th Pa. Vols.” just off
the press and edited by Robert S. West-
brook, late sergeant of Co. B, 49th. It is
a large volume, containing 272 pages and
illustrated with fine half-tones of the offi-
cers and trophies of the regiment. In ad-
dition to being printed on good paper, the
type is large, easily read and the work is
so nicely executed that it is really a credit
to the press of the Altoona Times.
It contains a correet roll of the members
of the regiment and all of its marches from
1861 to 1865 and is a very valuable book
for any library, especially to the survivors
of the 49th.
As the edition is limited those who wish
to procure a copy had better address Mr.
Westbrook, at Altoona, early.
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*‘YZEIL”’—An interesting lecture will be
delivered in the parlors of the Brockerhoff
house, Thursday evening, May 19th, at 8
o’clock, by Madam de Kermen.
The subject will be a play from the
repertoire of Mm. Sarah Bernhart, the
great French tragedienne. This play, which
deserves to be considered a poem, is enti-
tled : *‘Yzeil, or the conquest of a soul.”
It has been the admiration of Paris, New
York and all the great cities where it has
been played. for the pathos of the subject,
the grandeur of the ideas, the poetry of the
words.
It will be, accompanied by some recita-
tions in French—extracts from the play—
and the exhibiticn of some pictures from
the play, all of which have been given to
the lecturer by the great tragedienne herself.
Tickets 25 cents. They can be obtained at
the WATCHMAN office or at F. P. Blair &
Co’s. Thursday morning.
—Paul Koitsch, the young fellow
whose sensational trial for the murder of
little Edna Crider, attracted so much at-
tention to the Lock Haven courts some
time ago, has enlisted in the navy and has
been assigned to the St. Paul.
——It is not often that we do such
things but on Tuesday we fell a victim to
a man who bossed us as if we were in the
99th degree of bondage to him. Attired
in a black frock coat and eating peanuts so
fast that his words were scarcely intelligi-
ble he appeared in this office and said : “I
have a notice I want published. To this
we replied, asking the nature of the notice,
whereupon the visitor informed us that he
did not have it written out and said : “Get
a paper and pencil.”” Well, we got a pa-
per and pencil and he began to dictate.
The notice turned out to be a regular ad-
vertisement and after it was all written
out, signed and marked up this man said :
‘Put it in once’”” and turned on his heel
and started for the door. The fact that he
had not even as much as thanked us rank-
led a little and we decided, under the pre-
tense of making a charge for the advertise-
ment, to find out more about him. The
conversation that followed discovered the
man to us and we marked him down as
another of the unfortunates who are occa-
sionally met with who have gotten into a
position where they imagine everyone to be
their servants and find fools enough who
are to make them forget, if they ever had
them, or fail to learn the manners of a gen-
tleman. For the sake of the people in the
community in which this man is located
we publish the notice which he ordered us
to write and expected to be published with-
out even a thank you in payment.
News Purely Personal.
—Mrs, Margaret Wilson, her neice, Miss Mary
H. Linn, and Miss Blanche Hayes will leave soon
for Boston for a pleasure trip of two weels.
—DMiss Mame Ceader is at Spangler spending a
week with Miss Mary McClain, a daughter of
James A. McClain, formerly of this place. She
left here Monday morning.
—D. A. Deitrich, of Hublersburg, was in town
yesterday and after reading himself full of war
news from the Warcuman bulletins struck for the
3.45,train on the Central,
—Mrs, George W. Jackson departed Tuesday
for Oakland, Md., for a short visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. George T. Brew. Having sold her car-
riage horses some time ago her coachman started,
on Monday, to drive them to their new owner in
western Maryland.
—DMus. C. U. Hoffer, of Philipsburg, with her
two interesting children, Richard and Fred, are
at the Gerberich home, on Thomas street, for a
visit. Mr. Hoffer’s being in politics gave him a
sufficient excuse to drop in on Tuesday—you
know there was a circus in town that day.
—Mrs. W. W. Achenbach, who came up from
Williamsport to take charge of the ‘“‘Deestrick
Skule,” a burlesque that is to be given in the
armory next week, is visiting Mrs. J. E. Ward,
In her role of the Yankee school marm Mrs. Ach-
enbach is as funny as the end man of a minstrel
troop but off the stage she is very much like her
brother Hammon Sechler, intelligent and con-
servative.
—Frank Lingle, of Patton, had an infusion of
juvenile blood on Monday and Tuesday morning,
bright and early, saw him at the rail-road siding
in Bellefonte watching Ringling’s circus unload.
Frank was apparently enjoying it about as much as
he did years ago when, with a barefooted horde
of Bellefonte youngsters, he would tramp several
miles out on some country road to meet and ex-
tend the usual greeting to the old time wagon
show.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Beck, of Jacksonville,
were in Bellefonte on Tuesday, intending to go
on West for a visit with friends near Nelson, Neb.
While here Mr. Beck was taken seriously ill and
the journey had to be postponed. He was taken
to the home of Mr. Shilling, where he remained
until Wednesday afternoon, when James F.
Heverly came up and he was taken home on the
1:42 train. We trust that his illness will prove of
short duration.
—Richard Lutz, who gave up a good building
contracting business in this place several years
ago to go back to the more independent life of a
farmer which he had never forgotten from his
boyhood’s days, was in tewn, on Friday, talking
war and feeling just a little bit sad, like some of
the other farmers we know of, because he had
sold his grain too early to reap the benefit of the
phenomenal rise. Mr. Lutz lives on the old
homestead place near Zion. It is a small farm
but one of the best among the many fine ones in
Nittany valley.
—George H. Smull, general agent of the New
York Life insurance company, dropped in for a
moment on Monday to add his name to the
Warcuyax list. Though he did not say so we in-
ferred he had been leaving the dessert till the
last, when he told us that with the Warcmman
going regularly to his snug Rebersburg home he
“would have every paper in the county.” Mr.
Smull is one of the young men in the insurance
business, but he has been making a mark that
has not only attracted the notice of insurance
people, but the publie, as well.
—The Hon. P. W. McDowell, of Mackeyville,
and his son Harry, from Jacksonville, were in
town yesterday preparing for a trip which the
elder McDowell will start on next week. He in-
tends going to visit his daughter, Mrs, Blair, at
Belle Centre, Ohio, and while he didn’t say ex-
actly how long he will be gone his visit might ex-
tend over a period of six months. Now that he
has retired from farming he feels that he can
spend the rest of his days without much concern
where he is located, so long as it is agreeable and
it is certain that the visit to his daughter will be
such. Mr, McDowell is one of the stalwart Demo-
crats of Clinton county.
—Samuel Harpster Esq., one of the substantial
old gentlemen of the upper end of the county, was
in town on Saturday with his little grand son,
Sammy Homan, a son of George Homan, who re-
sides on the old Homan homestead on the “White
Hall road.” Mr. Harpster has been identified
with the politics and local business interests about
Gatesburg for a great many years. He is contem:
plating a trip to the West and will probably wind
up about Clinton, Iowa, where he has relatives
living. His grandson took quite an interest in
finding out how a newspaper is made and proved
himself every inch a little gentleman.
—A number of Bellefonte military men were
home the later part of last week. Capt. Hugh S.
Taylor returned Friday evening to muster his
company up to the regular army standing of 80
men. Co. clerk N. B. Spangler came up on a
short furlough to arrange his business for a long
absence from home. Robt. IF. Hunter, an aid on
Gen. Snowden'’s staff, and A. Boyd Musser, Serg.
Major of the 5th, both returned because when the
Guard was mustered into the federal service the
offices they filled were dispensed with, It is
probable, however, that with the reorganization
that is now going on places will be made for both
men.
THE PoLE FELL AND PARALYZED Hi.
— While the patriotic people of Rebershurg
were hoisting a 70 foot flag pole, last Fri-
day evening, the tackles broke when the
pole was at an angle of 45° with ground
and it fell. Scott Kerstetter, one of the
well known men of the town, was at the
ropes and directly beneath the pole. He
did not have time to jump to a place of
safety and the pole struck him on the back
of the neck felling him to the ground.
He was unconscious when picked upand
for awhile it was thought that he was
dead, but several hours later consciousness
was regained, though he was apparently
paralyzed. On Sunday Drs. Musser,
Bright and Houtz held a consultation and
decided that he should be removed to the
Williamsport hospital as soon as he is re-
covered sufficiently. It is feared that he
has suffered a permanent injury to his
spine.
Eggs for Hatching.
The prices below are for a setting of thir-
teen eggs. I guarantee all to be fresh and
true to name and from first class stock.
Light Brahma - - - 53cts
Buff Cochin - - - 60°
Barred Plymouth Rock = 40°
Silver Spangled Hamburg - 690 **
43-11 M. B. GARMAN, Bellefonte, Pa.
The Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
WaeaTr—Receipts, 7,491 bushels ;
127,238 bushels. The market
bearish pressure in speculative circles, and prices
here declined 5c. per bushel. No. 2 red for May
delivery was nominally quoted at the close at
$1.45a1.48, but there were few if any offerings
and little disposition to trade. Export demand
was light.
CorN—Receipts, 198,710 bushels; shipments,
169,619 bushels. There was a good export inquiry
and the option market ruled firm, notwithstand-
ing the decline in wheat, closing Lic. higher, un-
der stronger reports from the West. Local car
lots were scarce and firm. Sales of 1 car No. 2
ellow, on track, at44c. No.2 mixed closed :
ay and June, 4034ad1c. Car lots in export ele-
vator closed : No. 2 mixed, 40lgatlc.; steamer,
3915a40c,; No. 3, 3815a39¢c.
Oars—Receipts, 32,390 bushels; shi ments,
9,421 bushels. Offerings of car lots were light and
the market ruled steady, but very quiet. Ex-
porters had few orders. Bales of 6 cars No. 2
white, clipped, part on track, at 38%5¢.
Frouvr—Receipts, 2,166 barrels and 3,459 sacks.
The market was wholly nominal. Buyers held
off for radical concessions, in view of the decline
in wheat, while the mills were generally indiffer-
ent about selling and were unwilling to come
down to buyers’ ideas of value. We quote : Win-
ter super, $1.75a5; do., extras, $525.25 ; Pennsyl-
vania roller, clear, $6a6.25; do. do., straight, $6.25
26.75; Western winter, clear, $6.2526.50 ; do. do,,
straight, $6.50a7 ; do. do., patent, $7a7.50 ; spring,
clear, $5.75a6.25; do. straight, $6.75a 7.25; do.,
patent $7.25a7.75; do. favorite brands, higher;
city mills, extra, $5a5.25; do. clear, $6.50a7 ; do.,
straight, $7a7.50; do. patent, $7.50a7.75.
Rye Frovr—Was quiet but firm on a basis of $4
per barrel for choice Pennsylvania.
Feep—Was in oor request and firm, under
small supplies. We quote: Winter bran, in bulk,
spot, $17.50a18; spring bran, in sacks, spot, $17.
50a 18.
BarLep Hay ano Straw—Receipts, 270 tons of
of hay and 1 car of straw. Offerings of hay were
light and the market ruled firm with a fair de-
mand for desirable grades. Rye straw was in
moderate soph and steady but quiet. We
quote : Hay—Timothy, choice, large bales, 312.50
ald; do., No. 1, large bales, $12a12.50; do., choice
small bales. $12a12.50 ; do., No. 1, $12; do., No. 2,
$9.50a10; do., No. 3, $8a8.50; clover, $727.50 ;
mixed, No, 1,899.50 ; do., No. 2, $8.50a9. Straw—
No. 1 straight rye, $8.50; No. 2 do. do., $7.50a8 ;
tangled rye, $6.50a7 ; wheat, $5.50a6; oat, $5.50a6.
Provisions—Jobbers operated to a fair extent
and values were well maintained on a basis of
these quotations: Smoked beef, city, 17alSc.;
beef hams, $23.50a24; pork, family, $13a13.50 ;
hams, S. P. cured, in tierces, 7%5a84¢c.; hams,
smoked, as to brand and average,” 8al0c. ; sides,
ribbed, in salt, 614a614c.; do. do., smoked, Tarkge,
shipments,
was weak, under
shoulders, pickle "cured, 5%a6le.; do. 0.,
smoked, 634aTl%c.; picnic hams, S. P. cured,
5)4a6c.; do. do., smoked, 64aTc; bellies, in
ickle, according to average, loose, 634a73e.;
ly Mh bacon, as to brand and average, ng
lard, pure, city refined, in tierces, 634a7c.; do.
do. do., in tubs, 7a7l4c.; do., butchers’, loose,
6a6lic.
Dn aoeaipls and offerings were moderate
and desirable table grades of both solid packed
and prints were in fair request at generally steady
prices. We quote : solid-packed creamery, extra
17c.; do. firsts, 16¢.; Jrinss, fancy, jobbing sales,
19a22¢.; do., fancy, wholesale, 18¢.; 'do., firsts, 17c.
Cueese—Fine old full ereams continued in good
shape and firm under small available supplies
and a fairly active inquiry. We quote: i
York, tall creams, fancy, 9%4c.; do., fair to choice
8l4adl4c.
Eces—Were in light request and barély steady,
with offerings large. We quote: Pennsylvania,
fresh, choice, 10%4c.; western, fresh, in free
cases, 10%c.
Porarors—Were in ample supply and little wan-
ted, but showed no change. We quote: White
potatoes, choice, per bushel, 85c. a§l; new pota-
toes, as to quality, per bushel, $1a4.25.
Live Pouvrtry—Fowls were in good request and
firm under small supplies. Spring chickens were
in moderate supply and demand at former rates-
We quote : Fowls, hens, 10a10 4¢.; old roosters,
615a7c.; spring chickens, weighing 1 to 2 pounds
to the pair, 16al9c.; do. weighing 2 to 4 pounds to
the pair, 20a23c.
Dressep Povrrry—There was a continued good
demand for choice stock, and prices ruled firm,
with supplies well cleaned up. We quote : Fowls,
western, choice, 10c. ; do., old roosters, 6al4e.
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by the Pu@~ix Minning 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 bushel
Corn, ears, per bushel...
Oats, per bushel, new.
Barley, per bushel.......
Ground Plaster, per ton.
Buckwheat, per bushel ..
Cloverseed, per bushel....
130
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel 85
Onions i svent fi in on
iggs, per dozen.. )
Ton per pound.. 6
Country Shoulders. 5
ides......... 5
Hams..... 10
Tallow, per pound.. 3
Butter, per pound 15
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