Demorrait ada Bellefonte, Pa., July 22, 1898. CorrEespoN DENTS.—No communications pub ished unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY ——The Beech Creek railroad station at Philipsburg is being remodeled. ——The drought in this section was brok- en by welcome showers on Tuesday. ——With wheat at 65cts. a bushel and binder twine at 12cts. a pound the farmer finds himself caught at both ends. ——They say that A. Riest Rutt, of the Bellefonte High school, will be an aspirant for county superintendent next year. ——Tuesday’s rains brought the corn and potato crops both out of retirement, in this section, and neither one is ashamed of its looks since. ——The Centre county teachers institute this year will open on Dec. 19th. Those of Clinton, Clearfield and Lycoming coun- ties will open on the same date. —The I. 0. 0. F. of Nittany valley lodge, will hold atestival at Hublersburg, the evening of August 6th. The orches will furnish the music for the occasion. After two years of total blindness of his left eye John H. Gray, an aged Tyrone resident, underwent an operation on Sun- day that completely restored his sight. ——The ladies of the M. E. church of Lemont have changed the date of their fes- tival from the 29th and 30th to the 22nd and 23rd of July. All are cordially invited to attend. — Bellefonte has become so patriotic that the girls all begin to sing “Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue,” whenever they see the red-headed end of this establishment out with his white duck trousers and blue shirt on. ——To-morrow a party of Tyrone wheel- men will arrive in this place on their way to Penn’s cave. They will spend to-morrow night at Centre Hall then run to the cave Sunday morning and return to Tyrone via Penna. Furnace and Warrior’s-mark. ——The Centre county farmer has ample reason to thank the good Lord this season. It seems that the Divine hand held the summer storm clouds back until all the hay and grain was in and then copious showers were sent just in time to save the corn and vegetables. Although Bellefonte makes no pre- tense of heing a summer resort we doubt if any town of the size in this State has more summer visitors. Just at present the town is full of them; nearly every home having one or more, and all seemingly en- joying themselves. —Mrs. F. C. Williams, of North Spring street, returned home, Wednesday morning, with the two children and Frank is no longer keeping bachelor’s hall. Mis. Williams was in Altoona visiting her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Kauffman, formerly of this place. —W. E. Gray Esq., who has been confined to his Linn street home so long with a serious attack of inflammatory rheumatism, was so much worse on Wed- nesday that it was feared he would not survive. He was much better yesterday, however. He had been on a fair way to recovery, but ventured up the country one day last week and suffered a relapse. There is such a plentifulness of straw in this county, the present season, that some farmers, rather than be bothered stacking and handling it have burnt it in the fields. Last Friday evening the burning of one of these piles, out on the farm of Mr. W. P. Humes, started the fire alarm and all the fire companies in the town were out and up Bishop street before they learned the cause of the alarm. —Ed. Gillen, the green grocer, might have been supposed to be running aSpanish store for awhile on Monday after Joe Me- Suley finished up the job of repainting his front. Red and yellow were the predomi- nating colors and they might not have been so much of a shock to the other merchants along that thoroughfare had there been no war on hand, but with conditions such as they are the colors were too unpatriotic for Ed. as well as his neighbors, and he had the job done over at once. —Bass fishing parties are more plenti- ful hereabouts, than bass. The Anderson fishing club that camped down below How- ard all last week, got home safely with a few little fellows, some what larger than fully grown sardines. The other club from about the court house, that watched along the banks of Spring creek between this and Rock Forge, for two or three days, came back as hollow as when they went away, with a few suckers, and an unend- ing supply of imagination of what a good time they had. —It is not Mr. McKinley’s prosperity, but the ravages of time that has caused im- provements to be made up at the Brant house. The western gable end having bulged dangerously it was taken out and rebuilt from the foundation to the square of the third floor. The building was erected in 1828 and the wall was a massive limestone affair, making it quite a difficult job to remove and rebuild it. When the rebuilding was done new windows were put into the bar, the office and the parlor, giving all better ventilation and more light. With thewalls straightened up and so many more chances to see, out and in, proprietor Yeager feels prouder than ever of the house he has made so much of a success of. A VERY SUDDEN DEATH.—The death of Edward L. Powers, which occurred very suddenly at his home, on north Spring street, in this place, on Monday evening, was certainly one of the greatest shocks this community has had in a long time. The circumstances surrounding the sad af- fair were particularly distressing, inasmuch as he suffered so, just before death relieved him from the smothering action of an im- paired heart. He had been at his place of business on High street all day, but complained fre- quently of heart affection with which he was known to have suffered. His condi- tion alarmed him and he visited his physi- cian who gave him medicine for his relief and at supper time he went to his home, where fhe were so much worse that the family became alarmed and sent at once for the physician. In the meantime Mr. Powers seemed unable to breathe and went out into the yard with the hope of being revived. There he fell and when Dr. Locke arrived life was fast ebbing away. He was carried into the house, but was found to be beyond restoration and died shortly before 10 o’clock. Deceased was the eldest son of the late John Powers, one of the town’s best known and most inflzential business men. He was born here on June 18th, 1858. And was educated in the public schools and after completing his course of studies he entered his father’s shoe store in the Arcade to learn the business. When John Powers retired. several years previous to his death, Ed took charge of the business and con- ducted it up to the day of his death. He married Miss Elizabeth Kaiser in 1884 and she survives him with two little daughters, Pearl and Ada. Mrs. W. Miles Walker, of this place, is a sister and John Powers, of Lebanon, is his only brother. Funeral services were held at the house yesterday morning at 10 o’clock, conduct- ed by Rev. Geo. I. Brown, of the Episco- pal church. Interment was made in the Union cemetery. The pall bearers were L. H. Wain, W. H. Walker, Wm. Gordon, Alvin Stover, Wm. Hogarth and Milton Johnson, representing the Knights of the Golden Eagle, of which organization he was a member. I li I THE DEATH OF JOHN T. ROUNDTREE. — On Wednesday afternoon one of Belle- fonte’s most affable citizens died and all those who knew him will genuinely regret the loss of John T. Roundtree. He had been suffering for several months with Bright's disease and with the hope of recup- eration went to Baltimore, his old home, during the latter part of March. While there he suffered a slight stroke of paraly- sis. After coming home he had two more strokes and previous to his death was in a perfectly helpless condition, so that it was a relief when the end came. Deceased was born in Baltimore, Mad., May 4th, 1840, and spent his early life in that city. When the old Mann axe factory was in operation near this place he was em- ployed there as a polisher, having been considered exceptionally skilled in that branch of the trade. At that time he lived at Axe Mann, but later moved to Lewistown, where he resided until he re- turned to Bellefonte, about ten years ago, to purchase the grocery store on Willow- bank street, near Reynolds’ mill, where he was in business up to the time of his death. As a business man Mr. Roundtree was a success, for he embodied all the shrewdness necessary with about as happy a disposi- tion as we have ever known any man to possess. He wasno man’s enemy and only failed in being a warm friend where the op- portunity was not extended. He is survived by his widow and broth- ers and sisters as follows : William, his twin brother of Lewistown ; Harry, Mrs. Georgia Wise, Mrs. Mary King and Mrs. Adelade Rickets, all of Baltimore. Fu- neral services will be conducted at his late home on Willowbank street this afternoon at 2 o’clock, Revs. Goodling and Stephens officiating. The remains will be taken to Cedar Springs, on the 3:45 Central train, for burial. li ll I Mgzs. MARIA BIGLER.—On Monday last, at 1 o'clock, all that was mortal of Mrs. Maria Bigler, widow of the late Governor William Bigler, was laid to rest hy the side of the remains of her distinguished hus- band, in the cemetery at Clearfield. Mrs. Bigler’s death occurred on the evening of the 14th inst., at the age of 83. She was born in Clearfield county being a daughter of Alexander Reed, one of the early settlers of that county, and married William Big- ler in 1836. During his long public career, as State Senator, Governor, and United States Senator, she was a valuable assist- ance to him. She is survived by three sons, Ed. A. Bigler, late collector of internal revenue for the western dis- trict of Pennsylvania. Wm. D. Bigler, assistant treasurer of the United States at Philadelphia and Harry F. Bigler, superintendent of the Clearfield fire brick company. She was a distinguished woman, one whom it was a pleasure to know and to meet ; one whose kind motherly heart was ever ready to ‘‘comfort the afflicted, feed the hungry and clothe the naked,” and whose example was a guiding star to all who knew her. She was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church since 1835 and as her whole life had been spent in and about Clearfield, her many acts of kindness are known and she lived so that a benediction has fallen on her and her family. She lived to see her husband hold high posi- tions in the affairs of State and Nation, her sons to become useful men and to be en- trusted with important national trusts, and her grand children to start well on the way towards an honorable distinction in affairs of importance. "THE OLD SURVEYOR IS NO MORE.—Not having issued a paper during the week of the Fourth of July we failed to note the death of one of the county’s best known men, which occurred at his home, at Unionville, on the morning of the 1 inst. We refer to Jesse Cleaver Esq., the survey- or, who died of Bright’s disease after sev- eral months illness. Deceased was a modest, honest man, thoroughly devoted to his profession and a naturalist of considerable reputation. His work has covered all sorts of enterprises requiring engineering and his death is to be lamented, for he was a veritable store house of the unwritten history of the early development of the coal fields in this re- gion and of railroad building. He left a widow with four children, viz: Eva, Florence, Bertha and Edgar, the youngest of whom is 17 years old. Mr. Cleaver was about 52 years old when he died. I I Il —-James Stephenson, a wealthy lumber- man, died suddenly from heart failure on Tuesday, at his home near Mahaffey, Pa. He was 68 years of age and well known in this vicinity. ll li Il ——Mrs. James Moore, mother of Mrs. D. W. Shivery of State College, died at Grampian, Clearfield county, on last Fri- day at the age of 92 years. I I Il ——DMrs. Thompson, an aged Jackson- ville woman, died Wednesday morning and will buried at Meyer's cemetery, Buffalo-run, to-day. RT aia ——ZErnest Welton, of Westport, a woodsman, was struck by a falling tree on Tuesday and died in twenty minutes. William Roan, of Cook’s Run, was work- ing with him and was seriously, though not fatally hurt. a ——Charles D. Geiss, a 13 year old Selinsgrove hoy, was running through the narrow court between his own and the home of his grandfather when he got caught in an ordinary rope swing and had hanged himself to death before anyone passed that way. ee Tyrone is raising money to raise a flag in which there will be one thousand square yards of material. It will be floated between the mountain tops at the eastern entrance to the town and the raising will be made a gala day there. It will be the largest flag in America. ——While running the steam drill at Morris’ quarries at Salona, on Tuesday afternoon, Clair Kessinger was struck on the neck by a piece of steel that flew off the drill. An artery was severed and the man came very near bleeding to death be- fore a physician got the flow of blood stopped. ——An exchange puts it this way : We live in a land of high mountains and high taxes, low valleys and low wages, big crooked rivers and big crooked statesmen, big lakes, big pumpkins, big men with pumpkin heads, silver streams that gambol in the mountains, and pious politicians that gamble in the night, roaring cataracts and roaring orators, fast trains, fast horses, fast young men, sharp toed shoes, noisy children, fertile plains that lie like a sheet of water, and a thousand newspapers that lie like thunder. bebo —At a meeting held in Altoona during the fore part of the week the miners of dis- trict No. 2, embracing central Peunsylva- nia, decided to ask for an increase of 10 per cent. on their wages. If it is not granted by July 28th a general strike of all the miners in the district will be ordered. There were 30 delegates at the meeting representing 55,000 workers. The repre- sentatives of 32,000 of the miners were in favor of demanding the increase. Satur- day, July 30th, has been decided on as a genera! holiday for miners during which they are to hold mass meetings. si pat ToL State forestry commissioner Dr. Rothrock recently purchased over 14,000 acres of wild land at the unseated land sale in this county and word comes that he has just added 11,903 acres more to the pur- chase by getting contiguous tracts that lie in Clearfield county. It is understood that this is the beginning of a great forestry preserve that the State intends making in the Alleghenies; a monster tract of land where the forests are to be protected from the invading woodsman and fires, whileall sorts of wild game are to find an undis- turbed lair in the tract. —_— eee ——Joseph Bros. & Co., are making ex- tensive improvements to their store proper- ty on south Allegheny street. Since their fire the basement and main store rooms have been completely overhauled, the for- mer having been refitted and improved by the addition of several large windows along the alley. The principal change in the main store is a new front which is now be- ing put in. Large plate glass windows will materially change the appearance of the front and the old front glass will be used for side lights, making the show win- dows much deeper than they were before. — b 'Sssm ——Some weeks since, while riding up the Buffalo Run road, we noticed numbers of trees literally denuded of their foliage by caterpillars. On some of them were as many as eight or ten nests of these pests, and on one particular tree not a leaf was left. We understand the watchfulness and trouble it requires to destroy these worms, by ordinary methods, and would suggest a trial of the following, which we are assur- ed is a most effectual remedy : ‘‘Bore a hole in the tree deep enough to reach the sap, fill it with sulphur and plug it up. The sap takes the sulphur to every limb and twig and the caterpillars disappear at once. I have used it for years.’ HAs BELLEFONTE RESIDENT HOUSE BREAKERS? — Evidently Bellefonte has some resident thicf and house breaker who needs watching and punishment. About a year ago a number of houses about town were entered and robbed. But little mon- ey was taken for the reason that people living in the vicinity of banks carry but little money with them, or keep but a very limited amount about their houses, and the individual, or gang, who committed the depredation had to be content with the jewelry, clothing, and the like that could be got away with. That these robberies were committed by some one who knew the premises and the habits of the residents was evident from the manner in which en- trance was gained and bureaus and rooms ransacked. The same party or parties are at this work again. Last Friday night the resi- dence of A. M. Grenninger, on east Howard street, was entered by some one who evi- dently knew all about the premises, and the rooms in which the different members of the family slept, for without looking for anything else or disturbing any other part of the house, the thief without a light or anything to guide him’ went straight to Mr. Tom Grenninger’s room and was going through his pants, which were on a chair beside the bed, when he awoke. It wasa very short moment until Tom was out of bed and had hold of the intruder, but he was a strong, active, fellow and after a short tussel got away and ran down the stairs and out of a back door as straight as if he had lived in the house for years. Grenninger was considerably bruised and battered in the contest and believes he would have been able to capture the thief, but for a vicious blow he received on the right temple which, for the time, stunned him and gave the opportunity for escape. When an account of stock was taken it was discovered that a pocket book containing $7 was gone. This was found in the back yard in the morning minus the money. abn rnin BeAUTIFYING HIs HoME.—The follo w- ing description of the repairs that are to be made to Governor Hastings home in this place, we get from the telegraphic columns of the Philadelphia Press: ‘““A Williams- port architect has been engaged by Gover- nor D. H. Hastings to supervise the details for rebuilding his private residence at Bellefonte. The plans for the new build- ing are very elaborate and extensive. The present house is to be encased in brick, with trimmings of white stone. The roof is to be of green tile. The porches, which are expected to be one of the main features of the house, are to be two stories in height, extending the full width of the structure and supported by immense Doric pillars, while the floors will be of mosaic tiles. The interior of the house is to be finished in quartered oak. The style of architecture is colonial, and the house, when finished, will be the largest and most elaborate resi- dence in the town. A large stable in the rear of the dwelling will be built on the same style of architecture.’ As it is evidently the Governor’s inten- tion to return to this place, to make his future home, in place of locating in Phila- delphia, as rumor has said he would, we presume that Al. Dale and a few others who, like him, talk of leaving town if the Governor returns, will conclude that our town is large enough for them all and be content by using the opposite side of the street from that on which the Governor's house is erected and over which he will have to pass. >be Fixine Up THE CouRT HoUSE.—The present board of county Commissioners have evidently, for the time, given up the idea of erecting a new court house, or re- modeling the old one in a way that would practically be building a new one, which was so seriously contemplated immediately after their induction into office. It iscom- ing near the time when they will all be asking for re-election, and they have con- cluded that it would not he best to saddle the tax-payers with the expense that a new building would entail, and they have, for the present, determined to get along with some repairs. In the early part of the summer a n:w roof was put on, and now workmen are engaged in putting up a me- tallic ceiling, and painting and frescoing, the court room. The outside is to be re- painted and some other minor repairs made, in time for the August term of court. This, it is thought, will do until after their re- election when, if successful in retaining their present places, the men now manag- ing these matters can go on with their proj- ect of building a new court house. A HARVEST HOME PICNIC AND FARM- ER’S INSTITUTE.—The state Board of Ag- riculture has introduced a novelty into its manner of instructing the farmers of the State. The diversion is in the form of harvest home picnic, to which the public will be invited and in combination with the festivities of such an auspicious gather- ing there will be introduced some of the regular ‘educational institute work of the department. The first one to be held in Centre coun- ty will be on Thursday, August 11th, at Grange park, Centre Hall. Eminent speakers will be there and a one way fare for the round trip on the railroad will be given from Bellefonte and Coburn and in- termediate points. It will be a basket picnic and everyone is invited. EE FLAG RAISING.—They are expecting a fine time up at Haag’s hotel, on Bishop St., on Saturday evening at 7 o’clock. Land- lord Keller intends raising a flag pole seven- ty feet tall anda flag, we don’t know how large, and has engaged nearly all the pa- triots in town to make a speech. A good crowd is expected and a happy time antici- pated for all. ——The Osceola lodge of A. O. U. W., with their wives and families, 975 strong, attended the big fraternal picnic at Lake- mont, near Altoona, on Wednesday. News Purely Personal. —Mrs. Mattie Rhen, of Williamsport, is visiting ner sisters, the Misses Morrison, of Spring street, —Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Oberndorf, of Baltimore, Md., are guests at the Lewin home on east Linn street. —Miss Alice Demler, a charming Harrisburg girl, is visiting Mrs. J. D. Seravendyke at the Bush house. —Randolph Breeze is home for a two weeks’ rest from his work in the Fort Wayne, Indiana, railroad shops. —Mr. George Thomas is reported seriously ill at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Rebecca Burn- side, on west Curtin street. —Miss Maud Campbell, of Water street, is visit- ing friends in Muncy. She left on Saturday and will be gone until Monday. —Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert A. Beaver are in Belle- fonte and expect to remain all summer. They are at the family home on Curtin street. —Mrs. Claud Brennen with her children and sister, Miss Lucas, of Altoona, are a pleasant party of visitors at their uncle David Barlet’s, in this place. —Bishop Thomas McGovern, so well known to and so highly esteemedby the people of Belle- fonte, is very dangerously ill at his residence in Harrisburg. —Mr. and Mrs. Richard Garman and their children are expected here to-day for their sum- mer visit to the Garman home. Dick is in busi- ness in Philadelphia. —Mrs. Elizabeth M. Glenn, of State College, left, Wednesday, for Loraine, O., to visit her son Dempster who is one of the superintendents at Tom Johnson's big steel plant. —Rev. W. H. Blackburn, formerly pastor of the United Brethren church, preached to his old con- gregation in this place on Sunday last. He is now located at Braddock. —Mrs. Lichten, with her son Harold, arrived from Philadelphia, on Tuesday morning, to be present at the wedding of her sister, Miss Lyon, to Dr. Gordon on Wednesday. —Mr. Evan Valentine, formerly of this place, but for years engaged in the iron business in Philadelphia, has been enjoying a few days with his sister, Mrs. Pugh, on Curtin street. —Among the Bellefonters now enjoying the sea breezes and surf bathing at Atlantic City are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Montgomery, the Misses Mary and Henrietta Butts and Miss Millie Smith. —Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Chambers and their little daughter, Helen, left yesterday for Kennett Square, Chester county, to visit Mrs. Chambers’ parents. Fred and Isaac have heen there for some weeks. —Ruth Tripple, of North Spring street, went to Lancaster yesterday morning, where she will visit for a week or more while the patrons of the Bell Co. here will be missing the obliging operator every moment she is off duty. —Judge Love and family, and Mr. F. P. Crider and family, all of whom had been spending sever- al weeks at the sea-shore, are back at home bring- ing with them as souvenirs of their trip the usual sea-side tan and reminders of the Jersey mos- quito. —Editor Speer, who does most of the story-tell- ing for the Gazette, was down to enjoy the Lock Haven carnival last week. He came home just as sober as he went down, which is saying a great deal for the moral stamina of the fellow who tackles Lock Haven hospitality. —Mr. and Mrs. Will Rankin and their little daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cook and their child, Miss Lucy Potter, Dr. Braucht, the Misses Orris, Miss Kate Lose and Joseph Gessner ‘were among the 20 excursionists who left here yester- morning, by the way ot Montandon, for Atlantic City. —Maurice Jackson left, on Monday morning, for Oakland, Maryland, where he will spend two weeks with his sister, Mrs. George Brew. He is still unable to use his right hand, owing to the injury that carried away the end of his index finger, but expects to get back to his desk in the bank as soon as he returns. —The Misses Musser, of Scranton, who had been guests of Mrs. Samuel Shefer, of Curtin street, for a week, left for their home on Monday afternoon. Both are charming girls and Belle- fonte will be glad to welcome them again, particu- larly Miss Marion Musser, whose engagement to Mr. Paul Shefer has been announced. —Chas. P. Hughes Esq., is in Bellefonte again and his family will soon move back from Erie, whither they went several months ago expect- ing to make it their future home. After locating there, however, they found that they liked Belle- fonte better than they thought they did—and their friends here will be glad to know that they will return. —George T. Brew Esq., was an arrival from Oakland, Md., on Saturday evening and besides shaking left hands with his friends here is looking after some business relative to his duties as one of the administrators of the estate of the late Geo. W. Jackson. Mr. Brew was unfortunate enough to have had one of the fingers of his right hand mashed just before leaving his mill at Oakland. —Mr. A. A. Pletcher, of Walker, who up to the time of the Democratic county convention was a candidate for Prothonotary, was in town on Mon- day. It’s the first time we have seen him since his defeat. He has no sores to heal or complaints to make over the result ; his Democracy is too good for that, and he is just as enthusiastic for the ticket as if his name were upon it. Itis these kind of Democrats that people admire,—manly, open fellows, who take their chance and accept results without whining. Mr. Pletcher is the only one of a large family connection who votes the Democratic ticket, but thinks there are more of his relatives who would if they would read the Warcuman., He has been a patron of this paper for the past fifteen years and knows its worth and usefulness. —Robert J. McKnight, Mrs. McKnight and Robert the Third, arrived from Philadelphia, Monday afternoon, and went up to Hunter's park, where they will spend two weeks at the home of his father, Robt. McKnight Esq., at the farm to which he retired after serving so faithfully and long as superintendent of the Bellefonte Gas Co. ‘‘Bob,” as he is more familiarly known to Belle- fonters, looks much better since the attack of typhoid fever that came so near to carrying him off, and if faithfulness and efficiency have any- thing to do with it he will likely be a fixture in the government's custom service at the port ot Philadelphia, where he is a custom's weigher. Mrs. McKnight and the baby are well and all are glad enough to get away from the heat of Phila: delphia for a short recreation. —Col. W. R. Teller, the Chestertieldian hotel man of Washington, D. C., is in town visiting his daughter, Mrs. John M. Dale. Col. Teller is man- ager of the Metropolitan, the popular resort for southerners at Washington, and the ‘act that he is there takes a great many Pennsylvanians to the place, for during his years at the Brockerhotf and Bush Houses in this place he made hosts of friends who will be glad to share his hospitality wherever they find him. He says that they have had several nights down there when the ther- mometer stood at 98° at mid-night and 91° at 5 o’clock in the morning. Another bit of interest- ing information that he dropped while here is that there are sitting around Washington in full uniform and on the pay roll, enough officers to supply another army as large as that already in the field. ANOTHER CENTRE CoUNTY Boy HEARD FroM.—Perry O. Stiver Esq., a former Centre county hoy, has heen nominated by the Democrats of Illinois as their candidate for superintendent of public schools, Mr. Stiver was born and raised near Potter's Mills, and resided there until ahout twen- ty years ago. He has many relatives and friends living in this county, all of whom will be glad to learn of the honor that has been accorded him and will congratulate the Democracy of Illinois on thé good judgment that induced the selection of such a worthy and excellent candidate. Mr. Stiver’s life work has been in the in- terest of education. He began teaching over in Penns valley when a boy of 19, and there has not been a year, or a month, or a week, of the twenty-four years that have passed since that time, that he has not been engaged in advancing, or in some way or other interested in educational pursuits. We doubt if, in the whole big State of Illi- nois, another man can be found who is so completely wrapped up in the idea of bet- tering educational facilities for the benefit of the common.people, or so devoted to the common schools in lines that will add most to the general advantage of the masses, as is Mr. Stiver. In nominating him the Democrats of that State have done them- selves great credit, and if the people are wise they will elec t him by an overwhelm- ing vote. A WARNING TO FAST DRIVERS. —On Saturday evening a collision, that might have proven a fearful accident, occurred just in front of the residence of Mr. W. P. Humes. Ex-Sheriff Ishler and his wife, who bad been visiting Mrs. Ishler’s brother, Mr. John Kline, were driving up Allegheny street and Mr. Mart Garman, who was out exercising his trotting mare “Dollie Spen- cer,’’ was going in the other direction. Mr. Garman was driving at a reckless pace and seemingly did not notice Mr. Ishler’s hug- gy until the shaft of his sulky crashed through the top of it and the wheels of the two vehicles collided. The shock threw Mrs. Ishler from the buggy and directly under Garman’s horse. Fortunately the animals in both rigs remained perfectly quiet. When Mrs. Ishler was rescued from the dangerous position into which she had been thrown, she was found to be uncon- scious and badly bruised. She was imme- diately taken to her home and a physician summoned who announced that no serious injury, except the shock, had been sus- tained, and that in a few days she would be able to be about again. That the accident was not more serious can be credited to the good sense and gen- tleness of the horses, other wise it could only have resulted in Mrs. Ishler being dangerously injured, or possibly trampled to death. RE A POTTER TOWNSHIP CONGRESSMAN FOR KANsAs.—There must be more than ordi- nary meritin Centre county boys, at least in some of them, or they would not be forging to the front as they are in almost every part of the country. We had just finished writing a short notice of the nomi- nation of P. O. Stiver, a native of Potter township, by the Democrats of Illinois, as superintendent of public schools, when we opened the Lincoln, (Kansas) Sentinel and noticed that Will G. Hoffer, another Potter township boy, had been named for Congress by the Democrats of the 6th dis- trict of that State. This news will be a pleasant surprise to the friends of Mr. Hoffer in this county, of whom there are scores. Hundreds of our readers through- out Pennsylvania knew him from child- hood; they will be glad to learn of the respect he has earned and the distinction that has been accorded him in his new home. They understand full well the dif- ficulties there are for an out-spoken, earnest, Democrat like Mr. Hoffer to get to Congress from a Kansas district, but feel assured that if any one can, he will, and that if elected, his constituents will find no reason to regret that fact. Si —The fourth Sub-Dist. Epwcrth League convention for Altoona district convenes at Stormstown Thursday and Friday, July 28th and 29th. Eight of the adjoining charges of the M. E. church com- pose this district. An excellent program, with timely and pertinent topics, is already out. Prof. Black, of Williamsport, will have direction of the music. Mrs. V. T. Rue will be present and sing choice selec- tions. Christian workers and the public are cordially invited. Philadelphia Markets. The following are the closing prices of the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening. JT4@75 66@68 40 33 28Y4 3.00@3.25 3.85@+.00 4.95@5.00 3.00@ ... 1L.00@11.5 ww 8.@8.50 6.00@ 6.50 ¢ —Favorite Brands. Rye Flour Per Brl...... Baled hay—Choice No. 1 “ “ ‘“ e 2. 3 13 . “ Bellefonte Grain Market. Corrected weekly by the PuaNix Mituing Co. The following are the quotations up to six o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes press: Red Wheat, old.. . 70 Red wheat, new 65 Rye, per bushel. 45 Corn, shelled, pe 40 Corn, ears, per bushel. 40 Oats, per bushel, new . 30 Barley, per bushel....... 40 Ground Plaster, per ton. 8 00 Buckwheat, per bushel . Cloverseed, per bushel... 25 86 00 to 87 00 Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co. Potatoes per bushel.. Qnions. sitaseerares s, per dozen. Ton od ound... Country Shoulde Sides.. Hams.... Tallow, per pound.. ‘ Butter, per poundu...ccinisomnisinmnmons 12
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