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Bellefonte, Pa., August 12, 1898.
CorrespoN DENTS. —NoO communications pub
ished unless accompanied by the real name of
the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——
——The cider press at Axe Mann will
be started next week. ?
Thomas Toot, of this place, has been
granted a pension of $6.00 per month.
——The Epworth League of the Metho-
dist church held an enjoyable sociable in
the lecture room of the church last even-
ing.
——The Reformed Sunday school at Sa-
Iona will hold an ice cream festival on Sat-
urday evening, August 20th. The Wonder
band will be there.
Ira D. Garman, only son of A, S.
Garman, formerly of this place, who had
been seriously ill at his home in Tyrone
for two weeks is convalescing.
County auditor Frank Hess finds his
comfortable Philipsburg home more at-
tractive than ever, now that a bright hoy
baby has come to share it with him.
——The woman’s relief association of
Bellefonte met in the rooms on the second
floor of the Centre county bank building,
on Wednesday morning, to sew for the
soldiers.
The weather bureau reports show
that July was the hottest month we have
had for the last ten years. The hot periods
were so extended in their duration as to
make it a record breaking month.
——The drunken scalaway who wakened
nearly the entire population of the West
ward, about 2 o'clock, yesterday morning,
ought to have had a plug down the throat
from which there emitted such alarming
sounds.
Saw. Heard, of Salona, fell off his
bicyele while riding home from the boat
carnival at Lock Haven, on the 15th of
July, and injured the thumb of his left
hand. It grew so sore that on Tuesday it
was amputated.
~——3Vjjliam Johnsonbaugh, a Marion
township farmer, thinks he has struck a
Klondike ou his farm and is prospecting for |
gold there. He has located an eight foot
strata of black quartz-like rock all through
which there are small gold flakes deposited.
——DMrs. William Kreamer, of Millheim
who fell and fractured one of the bones of
her ankle in alighting from a central rail-
road train at Lamar, on Saturday, of last
week, was unable to 20 home on Monday.
She was being cared for at the home of Mr.
John Smith to which place she was carried
after the accident,
——Monday morning “old Bill”? and
“Dandy Hastings Humes," two faithful
old horses were relieved from the suffering
of old age hy a goed dose of chloroform.
Dr. Bilger did the work and the two old
horses, the former nearly forty years old,
are in horse-heaven by this time, for with
wings they could travel faster than they
ever did afoot.
Not heing able to secure President
McKinley's presence on their great flag
raising day the people of Tyrone have asked
Gov. Daniel H. Hastings, Adjutant General
Thomas .J. Stewart, Deputy Secretary of
Internal Affairs Isaac B, Brown, and Thos.
H. Murray Esq. to he present on that day.
The flag will be 60 x 100 ft. and will he
suspended from a wire cable Jin. thick and
3,200 ft. long.
——John G. McCamant was, on Monday,
appointed postmaster of Tyrone to succeed
W. Fiske Conrad. Though Mr. MeCamant
was an after thought among the eight ap-
plicants for the office his appointment has
secured for that town a man thoroughly
capable of giving it faithful and efficient
service. Mr. Conrad retires with the honor
of being recognized as one of the best of-
ficials ever in the postal service at Tyrone.
——About the pleasantest duty an edi-
tor has to perform is to open lette.s with
money in them. It comes so seldom that
when it does arrive the joy in the printer's
heart is almost beyond expression. But
when in addition to money there comes such
a pleasant little note as we received from
our old friend, David H. Young, of James
Creek, Huntingdon county, afew days ago,
the cup is filled to overflowing and we feel
like extending the glad hand to everyone,
except the fellow who doesn’t pay at all.
In a few words complimentary of the
WATCHMAN Mr. Young paid for his paper
for three years in advance and, coincidental
as it may seem, his remittance just came at
the time we heard of Bishop McGovern’s
death and the Bishop always paid from
three to five years in advance, so now that
the one star subscriber has gone we have
another to fill his place.
-—NRev. Dr. RB. Leighton Gerhart,
formerly pastor of St. John’s Reformed
church in this place, has received an unan-
imous call from the church at Newberg,
Cumberland county, which he has formally
accepted and will leave Bellefonte early in
September. While the town of Newberg
has not more than one thousand popula-
tion the Reformed church there is consider-
ed a fine appointment and Mr. Gerhart is
to be congratulated upon receiving the call
to its head. His friends here will regret
that this change will take the Gerhart
family away from town, for it was thought
that Dr. Gerhart expected to reside here
permanently and engage in literary work
along the lines of his calling. We are
Pleased, however, thas he has received so
good a call, for he has heen recognized in
Bellefonte as a deep theologian and student
of the gospel, as well as a pleasing orator.
THE PLANS ALL COMPLETED FOR THE
BiG PrcNic.—The work of preparation for
the annual picnic of the business men of
Centre and Clinton counties goes steadily
on and will not cease until the thousands
begin to crowd the Hecla park grounds
next Thursday for the event that so many
are looking forward to.
The members of the various committees
met at the Bush house, in this place, last
evening and reported the progress of their
work. All the committees have been alive
to their duty and from the reports it was
evident that every branch of the organiza-
tion is determined that it shall have the
best part of the long program of amusement
events.
The first business taken up was a con-
——Joe Scott, the best amateur ball
player Philipsburg ever had, has left that
town and gone to San Francisco, where he
has secured a good position.
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——Mrs. William Pierce, of Lewisburg,
who was living with Mrs. B. C. Achenbach,
in Lock Haven, for a while received a tele-
gram, on Sunday, stating that her husband
had died in the military hospital at camp
Alger. He was a private in Co. G., 13th
Reg. and his remains were brought home
to Lewishurg for burial.
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THREE MORE OF OUR SOLDIERS HoMme—
On Saturday afternoon Lieut. Geo. L.
Jackson, of Co. B, 5th Penna. Vols., reach-
ed his home here almost completely worn
sideration of the unfortunate conflict of out by the hard work he has had to do in
dates between the business men’s picnic | the camp of the 1st arm corps at Chie-
and that of the Clinton county Veteran’s
association, which is scheduled to go to
Pine on the same day. Mr. P. P. Rittman
reported that he had done everything in
his power to persuade the Veterans to either
amauga. When Co. B, left Bellefonte in
April he was probably the most enthusiastic
of that company of noble boys and having
always had a great fancy for things military
he entered into the work with an energy
change their date or make their picnic place | that was too much for a system unused to
Hecla instead of Pine, but had failed. Un-
fortunately, too, they have had the Lock
Haven band engaged for a month and that
splendid organization will not be at the | typhoid fever
park, unless Cap’t. Fredericks and Mr. G.
W. Morelock, of Lock Haven, who were
appointed a committee for that purpose, |
can persuade the Clinton Veterans to join
the big picnic at Heela. In the event that
this can’t be done the Undine band wiil be
sent to Lock Haven on an early morning
train to give the people down their a little
picnic music as they start for the train.
For the tub and swimming races four
entries have been hooked already from Cen-
tre county and three from Clinton.
The bicycle races have heen divided into
three classes ; mile novice, mile open to
Centre and Clinton county riders only and
two mile open. The prizes include dia-
mond pins, guns, fine kodet camera, lamps
and a traveling bag.
The committee on closing business houses
reported that for Bellefonte every house,
Seventy-eight in number, had signed the
paper to close up tight on picnic day and two
of the drug stores will permit their clerks to
£0, keeping the stores open only for the fill-
ing of necessary prescriptions.
The fire works display this year will be
particularly fine. There will be both aerial
and aquatic displays and three 30ft. hal loons
with fire-works attachments.
The committee on music reported that
three bands have already been secured.
There will be the Undine, Mileshurg and
Pleasant Gap, more will be taken if possi-
ble. This year the musical arrangements
will be different from those of either of the
other picnics. A schedule is being made
out and each band will be supposed to play
just as scheduled, both as to place and
length of time.
So far as is now known one of the most
entertaining features will be the public
meeting. It will be the endeavor to make
it a patriotic demonstration and a monster
chorus will open it with the song ‘‘Red,
White and Blue.” The speakers are an-
nounced as follows : Gov. D. H. Hastings,
“the American Army ; H.T. Harvey Esq.,
Lock Haven, ‘‘the American Navy?’ ; Hon.
A. O. Furst, ““the Financial Victories in
the War”; Hon. S. R. Peale, ‘‘the Fu-
ture of our Territorial Acquisitions.” In-
terspersed with these fifteen minute talks
will be such songs as ‘‘The Star Spangled
Banner,” ** America,” ‘‘Maryland, My
Maryland” and “‘Suwanee River.’
The live bird shooting will be between
two teams of six men each selected from
the two counties and the base ball match
will be between teams representing Centre
and Clinton counties. All the players
must be natives of the respective counties
and present residents thereof. The teams
will play for a $75 silk battle flag with the
understanding that the winning team pre-
sents it to the military company represen-
ting its county in the war.
Probably the greatest feature, certainly
the most novel one, will he the dog racing
on the athletic track. Already nine of the
English racing dog fanciers of the State
have entered and there will he at least
eleven dogs in the races. They will be
run in heats of which at the lowest estimate
there will be five.
There is little doubt but that this picnic
will be the most gigantic one of them all.
All that remains to make it such is the
crowd, for the amusements are going to be
better than ever and necessarily a better
time is in store for those who go.
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CAMPING AT HECLA PARR. —Quite a jol-
ly party of young folks were tenting at Hec-,
la park recently and having the good times
that always go with the free and easy
abandonment of out of door life. Their
tents were not pitched on the park grounds,
but so near to them that the campers had
all the advantages of the park without the
annoyance of having the daily stream of
visitors to the park peering into their
quarters. The party was made up of Miss
Cornelia Wilson, of Williamsport ; Miss
Black, of Duncannon ; Misses Annie Sig-
mund, Jean Hyatt, Mable McClintock and
Katherine Stoner, of Salona ; Messrs.
Swyers and Warfle, of Huntingdon ;
Charles Krape, Luther Sigmund, George
Stover and Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Stoner, of
Salona.
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RED Cross RELIEF. —It will he a mat-
ter of interest to the many kind contribn-
tors to the noble relief work of the Red
Cross society that the government has al-
lowed a discount of 25 ber cent. on tariff
rates in car load lots and 15 per cent. on
lots under a car tc be shipped on the relief
ship that is to leave Philadelphia about the
15th.
the rigors of camp life. Lieut. Jackson
has a ten day furlough which will proba-
bly be extended.
and even now, after being at
home a week is unable to take as much
food as is necessary to bring about a speedy
recovery to his accustomed health.
On Tuesday morning corporal Dick
Taylor dropped in from camp to surprise
his mother and friends at home. He had
just been discharged from the hospital,
after his serious attack of typhoid fever,
and will have a month in which to get
himself in condition to resume his military
duties. Dick looks like the soldiers who
came before him——thoroughly worn out
and unfit for service of any sort. Corporal
Clarence Daley came along with Dick. He
is home on a ten day’s furlough and is the
healthiest looking fellow we have seen
hailing from the camp. Corporal Daley is
home on a visit and incidentally to do
what he can for his father, who is an
aspirant for the Republican nomination for
Legislature.
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HULL--KANE.—Herbert J. Hull, of this
place, and Miss Margaret Kane, of Axe
Mann, were married in St. John’s Catholic
church, on Wednesday morning at half-
past seven o'clock.
The ceremony was performed hy Rev. P,
McArdle and Daniel Howard acted as best
man, while Miss Agnes Kane, a cousin of
the bride, was her maid. ;
QUIETLY MARRIED. —On Tuesday even-
ing at 5 o'clock Mr. J. W. Kepler and Miss
Margaret Goss, both of Pine Grove Mills,
were quietly married at the home of Rev.
Dr. Stephens, of the Methodist church in
this place. Immediately after the ceremony
they started for their home at Pine Grove.
The groom is well-known in Bellefonte
and is an especially popular young man in
the upper end of the county. He is a son
of the Hon. Jacob M. Kepler and is asso-
ciated with his father in the management
of a fine farm at “The Glades.” His bride
is a daughter of the late Cyrus Goss and is
a young woman who will makea thorough-
ly charming and helpful wife.
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WEDDED AT MILESBURG.—A very bril-
liant wedding was that of Dr. James W.
Lyon, of Jackson, Michigan, to Miss Estelle
May Stonerode, in the Presbyterian church
at Milesburg, at noon on Wednesday. The
church was strikingly decorated in green
and formed an artistic setting for the beauty
of the young women in the wedding party.
Rev. W. O. Wright officiated. The bride
is a daughter of C. P. Stonerode Esq., and
looked charming in Bohemian net over a
trained gown of white taffeta silk. Her
bridal veil was fastened with a pearl and
diamond sunburst, a gift of the groom, and
she carried a houquet of roses. She was
attended by her sister, Miss Blanche Stone-
rode, who wore white silk and carried pink
carnations. Dainty little Hazel Stonerode,
a niece of the bride, preceded the wedding
party strewing the way to the altar with
flowers. The maids were Miss Jennie
VanSeoyoe, of Jackson, Michigan ; Misses
Gertrude and Jane D. Stonerode, sisters of
the bride, and Miss Florence Orris, of
Milesburg, all in white organdie over blue
and pink and carrying pink carnations.
The groom’s best man was Dr. Chalmers
J. Lyon, his brother, and the ushers were
Gray Hastings and Newlin Irvin, of Belle-
fonte ; and James Wrightand John Lingle,
of Mileshurg.
After the ceremony a breakfast was served
and the couple departed for a tour east on
an afternoon train. They will return to
make their home ag Jackson, Michigan,
where the groom is a successful dentist.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES. —Following is the
list of marriage licenses granted by or-
phans court clerk G. 'W. Rumberger dur-
ing the past week.
Benjamin R. Stere, of Union Twp., and
Rachel A. Houser, of Benner Twp.
Harry J. Boop, of Benner Twp., and
Mary Shawver, of Spring Twp.
Robert K. McMullen, of Boggs Twp.,
and Cordelia Strunk, of Spring Twp.
George Alvin Hetlinger, of Spring Mills,
and Elsie May Reish, of Centre Hall.
Harvey Freeman and Mary E. Hancock
both of Philipshurg.
Harvey Shawley and Mary C. Meyer
both of State College.
Sylvester M. Summers, of Boggs Twp.,
and Mary Lyons, of Spring Twp.
Herbert J. Hull, of Bellefonte, and
Maggie E. Kane, of Axe Mann.
James W, Lyons, of Jackson, Mich., and
Estella M. Stonerode, of Milesburg, Pa.
John W. Kepler and Madge G. Goss,
both of Pine Grove Mills,
Chas. Robinson, of Philipsburg, and
Margaret Dormond, of Rathmel, Jefferson
county, Pa.
Charles L. Clark, of Blanchard, and
Nancy D. Walizer, of Mackeyville, Pa.
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A Doc POISONER AT WORK IN BELLE-
FONTE.—The owners of the canine tribe in
Bellefonte are considerably exorcised over
the havoc that is being played among their
pets by a dog poisoner who has heen plying
his despicable business here for the last
two weeks.
On Saturday night there was a wholesale
spread of poisoned meat about certain quar-
ters of the town and asa result no less than
a dozen dogs were on the dead list by the
day following. While it cannot he disputed
that in some cases the disreputable worl
was in the nature of a blessing, yet quite a
number of valuable animals were killed.
The most of the deaths are reported from
east High street, where dogs owned by
sheriff Cronister, Cap’t. A. C. Mingle, Will
Garman, Louis Lose and others are among
the dead. Sheriff Cronister’s dog was a
valuable Newfoundland, well bred and
trained so that he was not offensive to any-
one. Some of the others were harmless
pugs and many of the children of that quar-
ter wept long and sorrowfully over the
heartless work that had robbed them of
faithful little playfellows.
The man who did the work was seen on
his rounds, throwing poisoned meat, and
will probably be prosecuted. He threw
some into the back yard of M. B. Garman’s
home, on north Allegheny street, but the
Garman dogs were all locked up that night
and the bait was found uneaten next morn-
ing.
Those who lost dogs that have been re-
ported are: Col. Amos Mullen, W. R.
Jenkins, Dr. J. MM. Locke, sheriff Cron-
ister, Will Garman, Bruce Garbrick, Louis
Lose, Cap’t. Mingle and James Houser.
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DEATH oF A WELL-KNOWN ENGINEER.
—The sudden and very unexpected death
of Jacob Rapp, of this place, shocked his
many friends here so that they have not
come to fully realize that the well-known
engineer and citizen is actually dead.
The picture of health until several months
ago he began to lose flesh and from a robust,
rugged man he graduaally failed until his
condition had become so serious that more
| than the ordinary medical skill was reeded
to properly diagnose his case. According-
ily he was taken to the Medico-Chirurgical
| hospital in Philadelphia, on Monday. He
stood the trip so well that his friends were
| hopeful that probably his condition was
| not as bad as they had imagined it to be.
An examination was made on Tuesday and
it was found advisable to operate at once.
| A cancerous growth was found on the
| kidneys and it was removed, the patient
1allying encouragingly from the operation.
About four hours later, however, he sud-
denly collapsed and was dead just when
the best was being hoped for.
Jacob Rapp was 49 years old and is sur-
| vived by a widow with four children.
| They are Charles, of Philadelphia ; Mrs.
Elmer Yerger, of Altoona ; Regina and
Ruth at home. He was one of the best
known locomotive engineers in this section
{ aud spent his entire life on the Snow Shoe
| and Bellefonte Central roads. It was on
the former road that he began firing under
| the veteran Bill Temple and it was at the
great Miller’s Spring bridge disaster that
he received the injury that probably cul-
| minated in his death.
Deceased was an honored citizen and a
i trusted rail-roader. His remains will be
[ buried from St. John’s Catholic church
| this morning at 10 o’clock.
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——The venerable John Hazel, who
| somes ago was considered one of the hest
| blacksmiths located between this place and
Stormstown, died at his home, just above
Roopsburg, last Friday afternoon. He had
| reached the advanced age of 78 years and
his death was due to causes incident there-
to. Funeral services were held in St.
John’s Catholic church, in this place, on
Monday morning. A large concourse of
friends followed the remains of the old gen-
tleman to the grave, because the memory of
his life is as pleasant as a summer day.
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—Mrs. Susie Marks died at the home
of her brother-in-law, Smith Cook, in Al-
toona, on Wednesday, August 3rd, at the
age of 39 years, 3 months and 21 days.
Deceased was the wife of J. C. Marks, of
Port Matilda, and had suffered with heart
disease for about a year. Several weeks
before her death she was taken to Altoona
at her own request, with the hope that a
change of surroundings and treatment
might give her relief, but it was of no avail,
Her remains were buried beside those of
her mother in Fairview cemetery Altoona.
ho B. ysl lt Warriors-
mark, became suddenly ill with dysentery
on Friday evening and it affected his heart
so that he died on Monday morning.
Burial was made from the Warriorsmark
Methodist church on pasar.
——Mirs. Anna M. Harper died at the
home of her son Thomas Harper, at Cold
Stream, near Philipsburg, on Wednesday
night of last week. Deceased had reached
the extreme age of 93 years.
22) al Land, Lake years, died
at his home in Howard on Sunday after-
noon. Deceased leaves a widow and nine
children. His funeral was held oh Tues-
day.
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——At Axe Mann, on Tuesday. August
9th, of cholera-infantum, Margarette Fleck,
daughter of J. S. and Rosetta Fleck, died
at the age of 21 months.
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THE NEW CREAMERY IN OPERATION. —
The wheels began to go ’round at Belle-
font’s new creamery and cheese factory
yesterday and before work was stopped a
ton of milk had been run through the
separators. The first churning will be
made on Savurday.
——Pool Hasson’s horse was eating grass
on the Philipsburg lots last Sunday morn-
ing and little John Hasson, Pools son,
was sitting behind the horse watching it.
In kicking at the flies the horse struck the
boy in the face and smashed his nose in.
He was taken to the hospital, where he
was treated for the wonnd.
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— — "“Do to Others as You'd Have Them
Do to You’’ is a beautiful song and chorus
by Wili L. Thompson, East Liverpool. 9.,
author of “Come Where the Lilies Bloom,’
ete. It has caught the popular fancy, and
is now the great “‘hit of the season.’ Pub-
lished either with mixed or male chorus.
Send 20 cents to the author.
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Peter Boal, of Tusseyville, who had
been on the sick list for along time, died at
kis home in that place on Tuesday morning
and was buried yesterday niorning. He
was a member of the Millheim lodge of
Odd Fellows.
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News Purely Personal.
—Miss Jesse La Port, of Philipsburg, is visiting
Miss Mary Hamilton, of Howard street.
—Will Magee, of Philadelphia, is spending his
summer vacation with the family here,
—Dr. John Sebring, of this place, spent Sunday
with his uncle, J. W. Ferguson, at Clintondale.
—Andrew Curtin Breeze, of Philadelphia, is
visiting his mother, Mrs. Marcie Breeze, of Curtin
street,
—Miss Gertrude Hiltner, of Tyrone, is visiting
at the home of the Misses Armor, on east Linn
street,
—Miss Marie Roder, of Baltimore, Md., arrived
in town yesterday morning and is visiting at the
Shoemaker home,
—S. Cameron Daroside, of Philadelphia, is here
for a two weeks’ stay with his family, who are
summering at the Bush house.
—Mrs. James R. Pierpoint, of Pittsburg, who is
here for the summer, spent Sunday with the
family of Dr. Groves, at Jersey Shore,
—S. Woods Sebring is hereabouts visiting rela-
tives and friends. He is located at Savannah,
Ga., now and likes the South so well that he
wants to go right back,
—Miss Tessie Peters is here from Philadelphi
visiting at her sister's Mrs. Cheney Hicklen’s, on
Logan street. She arrived on Monday morning
and will stay several weeks,
—Mary Wright and Elizabeth Stroop, two Miles
burg girls who had been visiting the Misses
Bouse, in Tyrone, for several weeks returned to
their homes Monday morning,
—Mrs. Harry Parker, of Williamsport, who will
be remembered as Miss Elsie Herkeimer, of this
place, is in town visiting at the home of Hon.
James Schofield, on Thomas street.
—Ferd Newman, formerly a resident of Belle-
fonte, arrived in town on Monday night for a few
days’ visit to his mother He is at present con-
nected with a clothing store in Braddock.
—J. Edward Quigley, of Philadelphia, dropped
into town yesterday morning to spend two
days at the home of his brother, H. C. Quigley
Esq. He will return to the city to-morrow.
—Charles A. B, Houck, of Hazleton, was an ar-
rival here yesterday morning, and will tarry with
friends in town until to-day. He is still connect-
ed with the Hazleton Traction Co. with which cor-
poration he has heen engaged ever since the
family moved from Bellefonte,
—W. T. Meyer, of Philadelphia, who had been
spending the summer with his family in Aarons-
burg, was in town the fore part of the week
shaking hands with his friends in this place.
Mr. Meyer is at present engaged in piano tuning
and work as an organist in Philadelphia.
—Mrs. Thomas Keithley is visiting her mother.
Mrs. Martin Dolan, in this place. It is her first
visit at home since her marriage in March, She
resides in Philadelphia now, where Mr, Keithley
is considered one of the most valuable draughts-
men in the employ of the Pennsylvania R. R. Co
—Bobby Waite, a son of the late Adam Waite, of
this place, who was here for a portion of the sum-
mer with his wife, returned to his home at Ander-
son, Indiana, on Tuesday afternoon. He is a
glassworker and has been a resident of Anderson
ever since the old factory closed here some years
ago.
—Governor D. H. Hastings spent Monday and
Wednesday nights at his home in this place. He
met a number of his lieutenants while here and
gave instructions to them tht the county must
endorse Clement Dale for Congress, Funny,
isn't it? He went away last night but will he
back to-day.
—Geo. H. Hile, of DuBois, and Howard M. Mur-
phy, of Philadelphia, are in this section “killing”
a few days, hy. visiting at George's old home out
at Pleasant Gap. Wednesday evening they spent
in Bellefonte and Mr. Murphy contributed several
delightful vocal numbers to the program of the
stag musical at the Bush that night,
—Chaplain D. L. Jones, of the 8th Penna. Vols,
encamped at Falls Church, Va., arrived in town
Wednesday afternoon on a short furlough. Rev.
Jones is in good health and spirits but is very
glad that the soldier boys have changed camping
grounds and that unhealthy Camp Alger is no
more. He may be home for ten days.
—William Armor, of Pleasant Gap, was in town
on Monday purchasing some fertilizer for the
farm he is clearing off over in Green valley. He
is making a specialty of fruit growing and has a
number of acres on the sun exposed slopes of the
pretty little valley that nestles so snugly between
the ranges of the Nittany mountains, just ahove
Pleasant Gap.
—Rev. A. J. Hartsock, of McPherson, Kansas,
is visiting his aged mother on Buffalo Run. On
a 200 acre farm, about two miles distant from the
town in which he resides, Mr. Hartsock harvested
over 3,000 bushels of wheat the present season,
and speaks of the crops all through the State as
being equally good. With abundant crops and a
Populist majority, he thinks Kansas is bound to
prosper and be happy.
—Charley Laird, of Tyrone, was in town during
the fore part of the weel visiting the scenes and
friends of his childhood here. Tt takes a man
grown youngster like he is to remind one of the
flight of time. It seems but yesterday that he
was the chubby, dimpled faced baby of ‘the
pleasant family across the street” and now that he
has grown to manhood it seems to become him
just as much as did the kilts in which we saw him
first. :
—The departure of the family of M. M. Conley
from Bellefonte has been a matter of regret to
their friends here, but business necessitios came
first with our stalwart friend and he has gone to
boss one of the construction gangs that Collins
& Co. have at work on their railroad contract up
at Cowansville, Pa. Mr. Conley is a man who has
had life long experience in railroad construction
and that is why he has been singled out hy the
contractors and taken away,
—W. H. Denlinger Esq., head of the firm of
Denlinger Bros., oil brokers of Philipsburg, was
in town for awhile on Monday. Mr, Denlinger is
what ean be truly called a progressive man. It is
largely to his persistent energy that Philipshurg
owes the paved streets that have so beautified
that town and added to the comfort of her citi-
zens. He has always evinced a wholesome inter-
“est in matters of local concern, in fact his exten-
sive business has often been made secondary to
his work for his home town, and such a man
merits the high esteem in which he is held over
the mountains.
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A Cow SWALLOWED AN ALARM CLOCK.
—Some Clinton county children were play-
ing ““housekeeping’’ in the hay loft of their
father’s stable a few days ago and had a
small alarm clock as part of their play
possessions. The clock got lost in the hay
and could not be found, although a very
careful search was made for it. A day or
so afterwards, when the mother was milk-
ing the cow, she heard the chiming rattle
of the alarm clock and almost fell dead
when she located the sound as coming from
the inside of the family milk manufactory.
It all appeared clear enough to her when
she had recovered from the first shock.
She saw how the clock bad been lost in the
hay, found its way into the cow’s manger
and been swallowed, but how in the world
was she to recover her time piece. It was
not only because it was a valuable bit of
household furnishing that she wanted it
out of the cow, but she saw at once that if
that alarm continued going off inside the
cow whenever it felt like it the rapid mo-
tion of the gong would churn all the milk
into butter and instead of getting sweet
milk every day she would he milking a
butter milk cow.
With woman's ingenuity and rather
ridiculous resources she flew for her snuff
box and ‘‘pinched’’ the old cow’s nose clear
full of the stuff. The effect was instantane-
ous, old Flossie tried to tickle her nose
with her hind foot and failing in that she
gave her tail a ranktankerous swish, rolled
her eyes in dreamy happiness and gave way
to the exhilerating thrills of a genuine
sneeze. When the mist had settled the
alarm clock was found lying over in the
entry, ticking away as if nothing had hap-
pened.
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WORK FOR THE ACADEMY. — Every
citizen in Bellefonte knows that the Acad-
emy here has a record for thoroughness of
preparation in every branch of study.
Every citizen knows that Bellefonte needs
a little enthusiasm along lines that tend to
bring more money into the town. There
is a line of action that means no expense to
anyone that ought to enlist the interest of
everyone—a line which will draw students
here from a distance to spend their money.
It 1s this. Every Bellefonter who has rela-
tives in distant points with boys old enough
to send away to schoo! and with the means
to send them, could sit down to-day and
drop a line to such relatives, or friends
even, and urge upon them the claims of the
Bellefonte Academy as a preparatory school
of high character. Suppose fifty letters
were sent out to-day in pursuance of this
suggestion, and they brought only four
boys here, it would mean an expenditure
of perhaps $1500.00 in our town during the
ensuing year. Let everyone who considers
this a suggesticn worthy of the slighest
consideration act upon it at once and watch
for the results. It might be just the step
needed to bring to our town twenty to
fifty of the money spending class.
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THE AvGust MEETING OF Porxoxa
GRANGE.-—As announced in our issue of
last week Centre county Pomona grange
will meet in the hall of Logan grange, at
Pleasant Gap, on Friday, August 19th, at
10:30 a. m. and 1:30 p. m. The program
for the August session will be carried out
as follows :
Music.
Welcome—Address hy Logan grange.
Response—Mr. I. S. Frain, of Marion.
Music.
Essay—By Mrs. Miller, of Centre grange.
Report of secretary of I rsurance Co.
Recess for dinner.
1:30 p, Mm.
“What are the true Objects of the Grange '’
—To he opened by D, K. Keller, master of
Progress grange: to be followed by brief
talks.
Essay by Walker grange.
Report of committee on picnic; to be fol- |
lowed by questions, suggestions, ete., in rela-
tion to the approaching picnic.
Music. ;
Recitations by Logan grange.
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WHAT HAS BECOME OF OuR BANDS. —
We have heard it remarked on all sides
this summer that never in the history of
the town has there been such a dearth of
music on the streets. In contrast with
last summer it is all the more noticeable.
With thiree such bands as the Undine, Con-
solidated and Coleville it seems that we
ought to have at least two evening concerts
a week and we believe that the bands
would all find such an arrangement to
their material advantage.
The Undine band has been seriously
handicapped by the loss of corneter Frank
Taylor but what has become of the Con-
solidated, the big organization that gave
us all so much pleasure last season.
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Philadelphia Mailets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red . T@ 13
** —Sprin
Corn
Oats
Flou
—Penna. ‘Roller... : z
4.40@4.65
‘* —Favorite Brands
Rye Flonr Per Brl....... 3.00@
Baled hay—Choice No. 1.. «11,009 {
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Bellefonte Grain Market,
Corrected weekly by the PuaNix Minrineg Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
press :
5.00@5.50
Red Wheat, old........ 70
Red wheat, new. 65
Rye, per bushel..... 40
Corn, shelled, per bushel. 40
Corn, ears, per bushel, 40
Oats, per bushel, new . 35
Barley, per bushel....... 40
Ground Plaster, per ton. . 800
Buckwheat, per bushel ...........oocossmens: 25
Cloverseed, per bushel... $6 00 to $7 00
Bellefonte Produce Markets,
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per Dushel.......owsrsssncessrissorennss 40
Onions. ey eirges 0
s, per dozen..
Loy ar ound.. 7
Country Shoulder: 7
Sides.... 6
Hams... 10
Tallow, per pound ve 3
Butter, Per Pott. ....ccivuiveers one iris . 15
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