Bellefonte, Pa., Sept. 16, 1898.
CorresroN DENTS.—No communications pub
ished unless accompanied by the real name of
the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——Almost 900 scholars are enrolled in
the public schools of this place.
——The harvest moon will be seen this
year, if the moon is seeable at all on the
29th of the present month.
——In their new advertisement Lyon &
Co. call attention to the new winter goods
they are unpacking this week.
——Bellefonte postoffice is to have a
registering clock that will keep tab on the
time each carrier takes to go over his route.
It took Forest Magee but two hours
and fifteen minutes to come from Tyrone
to Bellefonte, on his wheel, on Sunday, a
distance of 33 miles.
——A number of Bellefonte Odd Fellows
are in attendance at the annual session of
the Grand United Order, which is being
held in Altoona this week.
The State ‘College begins its Fall
term with an enrollment of about 300
students, the number more likely to be
above than below these figures.
——Tyrone has a cabbage raiser that
boasts of having sixteen pound heads. We
don’t doubt it. Tyrone always was a
great place for cabbage heads.
Harvey Miller, of Miles township,
while plowing a few days ago, was kicked
on the hip by one of his horses fracturing
the bone to such an extent as to confine
him to the house.
It wont do to say there is never any-
thing new up about the Democrat office,
hereafter. This week they can announce
a bran new baby, in the family of foreman
Young, and its a boy.
———During the intense heat we had,
prior to the recent cool wave, three horses
belonging respectively to Chas. Yearick,
Christ Holter and Christ Heverly, all in
the vicinity of Howard, were overcome and
died from its effects.
The employees;of the Morrison, Cass
Paper company at Tyrone will picnic at
Hunter’s park on the Bellefonte Central
railroad, to-morrow, Saturday. An extra
train of fifteen coaches will be used and
a pleasant time is anticipated if the weather
is good.
——The Undine Fire Company and band
of this place which were booked for a trip
to the firemen’s festival at Mill Hall, on
Saturday night last, did not go down,
owing to some misunderstanding as to the
rates that were to be charged by the rail-
road company. They missed a big time
without doubt, but they saved their mon-
ey and felt better in the morning.
——Mis. Lizzie Jacobs, of East Lamb
street, met with a serious accident the
other day when making a miss-step she
fell into the cellar sustaining injuries that
necessitated the calling of a physician, and
required a number of stitches to close the
wounds in ber face. Although badly
shocked, and considerably bruised, she is
getting along as well as could be expected
and no serious results are apprehended.
——An important real estate transfer
has been made during the past week in the
purchase, by F. P Crider Esq., of the entire
Hale estate in this place, except the old
homestead on Allegheny street. The pur-
chase includes the flour mill and all prop-
erty adjacent, the race and water rights as
far as they extend, the large building
occupied by MeCalmont & Co. as an im-
plement store, and all other buildings upon
the property. The price paid was $40,-
000. :
——On Saturday last, Chas. Kase and
Jesse Underwood, members of Co. B. 5th
Pennsylvania, were brought home to this
place seriously sick with malarial fever.
Clyde Long and Fred Tebbs, of Howard,
and John Hazel, of Axe Mann, of the same
company, who were hooked for home on
the same train were considered too danger-
ously ill to bring all the way, and Hazel
and Tebhs were left at the hospital in
Johnstown and Long in the hospital at
Altoona. At this writing they are all
doing as well as could be expected.
—This week will generally finish up
the wheat seeding, for the season, in this
county. Considerable was sown as early
as the latter part of August and much of
that is up and looking well. Some few
fields are to be sown but the bulk of the
work is done in that line. The average
seeded is fully as great as that of last year,
and if the crop turns out as well our farm-
ers will have reason to be truly thankful.
Cutting and topping corn is now in progress
and if the weather continues good that job
will be off hands, in most cases, by the
21st. Many farmers are already through
with it. The corn crop is reported good
from every section of the county.
——The fires in the window glass works
at this place were lighted on Monday, the
daughter of secretary and treasurer, Conroy,
applying the match. The same number of
furnaces will be run and the same number
of men employed as last year, about fifty-
two in all. The works in place of being
co-operative will be managed and run by
Mr. John L. Knisely and Mr. James Con-
roy, both practical glass men and thorough-
ly booked in every branch of the business.
The works, we are told, were more than
ordinarily successful last year, and they
start in this season for a nine months run
with better prospects than ever.
QUAY PROMISES A CHANGE IN THE
Post OFFICE S00N.—A Sunday telegram
from Atlantic City, where Senator Quay is
now making his headquarters, to the Pitts-
burg Dispatch, says : ‘One of the Senator’s
most important callers was John M. Dale,
of Bellefonte, who briefly but philosophi-
cally related for the edification of the dis-
tinguished leader the story of the success
of the Quay element at the recent Republi-
can primaries in Centre county where Gov-
ernor Hastings and his friends, who led
the opposing forces, were routed horse,
foot and dragoons. Incidentally Mr. Dale,
who was the law partner of ex-Governor
Beaver when that gentleman practiced his
profession prior to his elevation to the
Superior court, requested Senator Quay to
do what he could toward hurrying up the
appointment of W. W. Montgomery as
postmaster of Bellefonte. Mr. Montgom-
ery is endorsed by W. C. Arnold, of the
Twenty-eighth district, and the other fol-
lowers of Quay in that section, and is op-
posed by Governor Hastings. Senator
Quay assured Mr. Dale that he had every
reason to believe that Mr. Montgomery
would soon be named by the President.’
A Succkess.—The Veteran picnic, or the
24th annual reunion of the Centre county
Veteran club up at Hunter’s park, on Sat-
urday, was a success in every way. Not-
withstanding the fact that the weather was
cold and raw, fully three thousand people
were in attendance and kept each other
warm with friendly greetings and their ef-
forts to make themselves have a pleasant
time. Addresses were made by Gen.
Beaver, Rev. A. J. Hartsock, of Kansas,
and others. The committee appointed in
1895 to secure subscriptions, and suggest
plans, for a monument to ex-Governor Cur-
tin, reported that $5,000 had been prom-
ised and was available, and recommended
that in place of a monument, a suitable
building, designed for a public library and
to be known as the Governor Curtain Me-
morial Hall, be erected in its stead. Gen.
Beaver spoke earnestly in favor of the
recommendation, and after considering it
carefully, the suggestion was adopted by
the almost unanimous vote of the club.
Officers for the ensuing year were elected
as follows :
President, Gen. James A. Beaver; vice
presidents, W. H. Fry and S. H. Bennison ;
secretary, Wm. H. Musser; treasurer,
Geo. M. Boal.
WEATHER AND RAIN AVERAGES.—The
local weather bureau at Harrisburg has
issued the following circulation giving the
averages of weather conditions in Central
Pennsylvania during the past ten years :
Mean or normal temperature, 72 degrees.
The warmest month was in 1895, with an
average of 76 degrees, and the coldest in
1889, with an average of 70 degrees. The
highest temperature was 95 degrees, on
August 10th, 1895, and the lowest 50 de-
grees oh August 20th, 1896. Average
dates on which first ‘‘killing’’ frost oc-
cured in autumn, October 17th ; average
date on which last ‘‘killing’’ frost occured
in spring, April 11th. Average precipita-
tion for the month 3.79 inches ; average
number of days with .01 of an inch or
more, 10. The greatest monthly precipi-
tation was 6.28 in 1888, and the least
1.45 inches in 1896. The greatest amount
of precipitation recorded in any twenty-
four consecutive hours was 4.70 inches on
August 21st and 22nd, 1888. The average
number of clear days was 12, partly cloudy
11 ; cloudy days 8. The prevailing winds
have been from the West. The highest
velocity was from the West on August
29th, 1893.
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RECEPTION FOR COMPANY B.—A special
meeting of council was held on Wednes-
day night, to make arrangements to give
the returning soldiers of Co. B. a hearty
reception and a warm welcome home.
Most of the members of the council were
present, as it was not certain when the
boys would arrive, Burgess Naginey, who
had called the meeting, was, requested to
telegraph and ascertain the day and train
on which they might be expected, and to
appoint the necessary committees to ar-
range for and manage a reception such as
the company should have.
It is to be hoped that the gentlemen
who may be named will take hold of the
matter with a will, that will make the re-
ception a marked success. The people
will all join hands and help it along.
The boys are entitled to it and ought
to be given the heartest welcome that
it is in the power of the public to
extend. At the time of going to press,
Thursday evening, no word as to when
the company would arrive had been re-
ceived.
KILLED BY A TRAIN.—J. Paul Jones a
former resident of Philipsburg met a hor-
rible death, on Saturday night, in a cut on
the Beech Creek railroad about one mile
west of Munson Station. His lifeless body
was found on Sunday morning, with his
head, both feet and one ari, severed from
it, and supposed to have been run down by
one of the many coal trains passing over
that road. He was a carpenter by profess-
ion and a most skillful mechanic, and had
been working at Munson during the day.
He left the latter place about eight o’clock
and was not seen again until his body was
discovered in the condition described.
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Prum Brossoms.—On Saturday evening,
Mr. John Miller of this place brought to
the office three small sprigs taken from a
plum tree in the West ward, upon which
were ten perfect blossoms and a number of
buds almost ready to burst into bloom. In
some sections this would scarcely attract
notice but in this latitude, at this season
of the year, plum blossoms are a curiosity
not often seen.
——It will be but a short time until
chestnut parties will be in order. A
bountiful crop of these nuts are reported
| from almost every section in which chest-
nut trees grow.
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-——Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Hall are mourning
the sudden death of their little babe. It
was well at Wednesday noon, and on
Thursday morning was a corps, the cause
cholera infantum. Funeral this, Friday
afternoon at 2 p. m.
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——The forty-fifth annual fair of the
Union county Agricultural society will be
held at Brook park, Lewisburg, on Sep-
27th, 28th 29th and 30th. During the
past year the grounds and track have been
greatly improved, the premium list revised
and increased, a new grand stand erected
and other changes made that will add to
the attractions and comforts of those who
attend. This has always been one of the
most successful county fairs in the State,
and the coming one is expected to eclipse
all former ones, both in exhibits and at-
tendance.
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——A beautifully fitted out and most
enjoyable looking coaching party, composed
of Mr. William P. Hood, Mrs. C. A. Zerbe,
Mrs. L. B. Gamble, Miss Mann, Miss
Hoover and Miss Selheimer, of Lewistown;
Miss Rickabaugh, of Mexico ; Miss Lip-
pincot, of Philadelphia; Mr. R. A.
Stevenson,of Burnham; Mr. W. H. Thomp-
son, of Thompsontown ; Mr. H. Thomas,
of Borwil, Md., and Mr. A. G. Todd, of
New York, rested at and partook of the hos-
pitalities of the Bush house on Tuesday
night. The party started from Lewistown
and expect to make the drive back home
via Hecla park, Loganton, Lock Haven,
Williamsport, Sunbury and Selinsgrove,
intending to put in the entire week on the
road.
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——The man who deliberately hitches a
horse to a shade tree, upon which has been
bestowed much time and care by the prop-
erty owner, should be taught a lesson. A
shade tree in front of a residence is a much
appreciated blessing and a person with
ordinary common sense will not injure it.
Up on the corner of the diamond, at the end
of the Brockerhoff house, and down High
street in front of the Powers shoe store, are
examples of what carelessness in protecting
trees, or the offense of hitching to them,
will do. Here are three pretty, promising
trees, of fifteen years growth as dead as
hitching posts. When we think of the
time it will take to grow others to the
dimensions of those destroyed, or of the ap-
pearances these places will present if others
are not grown, it is enough to raise the in-
dignation of every citizen of the town at
the carelessness that permitted their des-
truction.
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—-The revised schedule of foot hall
games in which the State College team«will
participate the present season is as follows:
September 24th, Gettysburg, at State Col-
lege ; October 1st, University of Pennsyl-
vania, at Philadelphia ; October 8th, Lafay-
ette, at Easton; October 15th, Susque-
hanna University, at State College ; Octo-
ber 22nd, Naval Academy, at Annapolis ;
October 26th, Princeton, at Princeton :
October 29th, D.C. and A. C. Club; at
Pittsburg ; November 5th, Bucknell, at
Williamsport ; November 12th, Blooms-
burg, at State College ; November 19th,
Washington and Jefferson, at State College;
November 21st, Western University of
Pennsylvania, at Pittsburg; November
24th, Dickinson College, place undecided.
It is said that the candidates for vacant
places on the College team are all heavy
men, and give promise of development
into active and good players, under proper
training. The fool-ball managers, as well
as the college faculty, are negotiating for
the return of George W. Hoskins as coach
to the team and general athletic trainer.
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——To-morrow, Saturday the 17th, ac-
cording to the Jewish calender will be their
New Year's day 5659 A. M. It will gen-
erally he observed by those of that faith in
Bellefonte, and most if not all places of
business conducted by them will be closed
until six o’clock in the evening, when ac-
cording to their calculations the day ends.
September also has another day which is
invariably observed by Hebrews in all parts
of the world and which is the occasion of
solemn and impressive rites in the temples,
the Day of Atonement. The day falls on
September 26. All day services will be
held in the temples in the cities, and al-
though the ancient ritual has been some-
what modified by the reformed congrega-
tions, the ceremonies still retain much of
their old-time impressiveness and solem-
nity. The very old custom of ushering in
the year with a blast from the ram’s horn
will be observed. This is a practice which
all over the world, wherever Jews are resi-
dents, has never been abated since the days
of ancient Israel. Between Saturday and
the Day of Atonement comes the great
Jewish holiday season and in all Hebrew
households there is then great rejoicing and
feasting. Much of the time is given up to
social pleasures and many fetes are held
during the holiday season.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES. —Following is the
list of marriage licenses granted hy or-
phan’s court clerk, G. W. Rumberger, dur-
ing the past week :
Wm. Kahoe and Elizabeth A. Keller,
both of Sandy Ridge.
John C. Davidson and Minnie J. Spotts,
both of Union Twp.
Harry C. Fravel and Carrie Smith, hoth
of Snow Shoe.
James W. Raymon, of Linden Hall, and
Mary E. Houser, Pleasant Gap.
James Edward Dugan, of Bellefonte,
and Maggie Jane Royer, Penns Cave.
As OTHERS SEE Us.—The following
which we clip from the San Luis Transcript
is given without comment or criticism. It
may serve as an object lesson—a kind of a
kindergarden illustration-—of how we ap-
pear to others, and why that appearance :
“To-day a package of papers, mailed by
some kind but unknown friend in the far
east, brings to the writer recollections of days
long gone, of scenes that will never return
and opens to him new views of how swift
and great are the changes that time brings;
not only in the death of the old and the
birth of the new, but in the shifting, chang-
ing, uncertainties of business as well,
The package referred to contained late is-
sues of four newpapers, published at Belle-
fonte, Penn’a.—a little town nestling at the
foot of the great Alleghenies, and situated in
as rich and fertile a valley as the State in
which it is located has to boast of. Over
thirty years ago, the writer, a ragged, bare-
footed boy, played hookey, as it isnow called,
from Mrs. Ward’s School, teased Warren
Burnside, and stubbed his toes and barked
his shins, catching suckers in the clear, cold,
water of \Spring creek that flows through
that one time busy and always beautiful
town.
How many recollections these papers call
to life? How many old faces and almost for-
gotten memories they bring back? What
changes they show not only in the personali-
ty of the town, but in its business, its pros-
pects and its prosperity ?
One would not believe, unless he knew,
what changes a little over thirty years will
bring. At that time, the town of which we
write, had a population of about 3,000 per-
sons, a bustling, busy, promising place. It
had over forty “stores” of different kinds,
and any place from thirty to fifty profession-
al and other citizens, whose business depend-
ed upon the public at large, and who were
interested in being known to that public.
In all these papers we can find the names of
but four men now doing business there, who
at that time were connected with the busi-
ness or professional life of the town. One of
them is a druggist, one an attorney, one a
clothier and one an editor. There may be
others, but if there are they let no one know
of their business, their whereabouts, their
profession or their purpose. To the world,
outside of the few who may pass along the
quiet streets of the little town, they are as
dead as though their bones were resting out
in the cemetery along with those of one whose
dear, dead, lips kissed ours for the last time,
as we passed out from her humble home on
Howard street, thirty-two years ago, and
struck out into the wide, wide, world to tustle
for a living
But the changes in the personality of the
town are not as startling, as those of its busi-
ness if we are to judge by the columns of its
newspapers—the only and the surest index
of a town’s business, push, promises and en-
terprise.
At that time, we can recall half a dozen
good general dry goods stores—those of D.
M. Wagner, Loeb, May & Loeb, Hoffer &
Keller, Brown & Cooke, John B. Awl, Henry
Brockerhoff and Christian Derr; to-day there
are but four. Three merchant tailors then
found plenty to do—Montgomery, McClel-
land and Tripple ; now the town, according
to what the papers show, has but one. Then
it had two clothing houses—Martin Stone's
and A. Sternberg’s ; now it has but one. Two
drug stores then found plenty to do—F. P.
Green's and J. & J. Harris’ ; now one alone
does the business. Two millinery establish-
ments were then kept busy, those of Mrs.
Ellen Graffins and Mrs. Joseph Sourbeck ;
now there appears to be none. Four hotels
—the Pennsylvania, the Conrad, Garman’s
and Our House, accommodated the traveling
public; now a single one is all that we can
see. Then two hardware stores, three fur-
niture dealers, six grocers, and two jewelers.
prospered and did well ; now one of each ap-
pears to supply the demand. Then there
were two shoe stores—good ones too, one own-
ed by Edward Graham, the other by John
Powers ; now there are none. Then there
were mills, and machine shops. and lumber
yards, and planing mills, livery stables and
cigar shops. restaurants and marble yards,
photographers and barbers; now there are
none—absolutely none, as shown by the pa-
pers of the town.
Have they passed from existence or are
they hidden behind their own doors from the
public which they were established and are
supposed to serve.
Has Bellefonte gone backward to the ex-
tent that the business columns of her papers
indicate ? or has that once bustling, busy,
place fallen into that sleepy condition that
pressages business decay and financial ruin?
In either case, that dear old town, for
which nature has done so much, and man
seems to have done so little, is to be pitied.
May the good Lord and the energy of our
business people preserve San Luis from get-
ting the dry rot and a like fate.”
BE eet
Nor PROMISING. — Squirrel season
which, by the way, does not open until
the 15th of October, is very likely to prove
a disappointment to the sportsmen who
are preparing to enjoy it. Not that squir-
rels will not be as plenty as usual, but for
the reason that the quality will be far
from good. From most sections where
they are to be found, about the usual num-
ber can be seen, but for some unknown
reason they are unusually small and poor.
Shellbarks are the food upon which they
fatten and thrive the best, but the crop of
these nuts is a total failure this fall, as is
also the walnut crop. When shellbarks
are plenty squirrels are plump, fat and de-
licious. When they have to resort to
acorns and chestnuts as food, they never
fatten well and their meat is stringy,
strong and tasteless.
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——Osceola people are agitating the sub-
ject of sinking a test well for oil in that
vicinity. Some body has remembered that
a well sunk somewhere out there years ago
gave strong indications of oil, and now the
project is talked about of trying forit in
earnest. If they go ahead with the search,
they could get some pointers and experi-
ence from the Salt Lick oil hunters at a
greatly reduced price. They have both in
job lots which they would be glad to dis-
pose of far below cost.
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—The trial list for the special session
of court called for the week beginning the
26th inst., is very much like the last term
of court in this place turned out to be, ex-
ceedingly short. It consists of but six
cases as follows :
Wm. B. Mingle vs P. E. Grenoble.
Catharine Resides vs Jno. W. Cooke.
David Rothrock vs Henry Rothrock.
Mrs. A. R. Long vs Cyrus Gordon.
John Curtin et al. vs J. L. Bathurst.
A. B. McNitt vs G. M. Boal, admr.
a cr
——Millheim defeated the water works
proposition at a special election on Mon-
day, by a vote of 51 for to 68 against.
The people of that town will have to rely
for a while longer on wells and cisterns for
the necessary supply of water.
——DMrs. Renben Kreamer, of Rebers-
burg, has a sun flower stock upon which
there are 50 distinct and separate flowers.
It is ten and a-half feet high and measures
eight inches in circumference.
——Clearfield claims that it can produce
more cigarette smoking women than any
other town with twice the population.
“This is not an accomplishment to be
proud of’’ says the Republican.
——Mrs. Susan Garbrick, wife of Joseph
Garbrick Sr., died at the residence of her
son on Valentine street, on the 8th inst.,
of paralysis. She was about 70 years of
age, and had heen a sufferer for some time.
The funeral took place on Saturday and
interment was made at Zion.
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——The residence of H. D. Loveland, of
Lamar, together with a portion of its con-
tents was destroyed by fire on last Thurs-
day afternoon. Mrs. Loveland and her
daughter were at the time in attendance at
the Swallow meeting at Hecla park, and
Mr. Loveland was attending to business at
Lock Haven.
ove —
——Chicken thieves have begun their
annual depredations in the eastern end of
Nittany Valley. A number of farmer’s
coops have been emptied entirely, and
many others have had the choicest pullets
on the roost taken. An organization has
been formed and a constant watch will be
kept at points along the valley in the hope
of capturing the thieves.
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——Reports have it, that notwithstand-
ing the supposed failure of the apple crop
throughout this entire section, Sugar Val-
ley has a larger crop than usual. We do
not know if this is correct or not but we do
know that the apple crop is not a failure,
by any means hereabouts. It is nota large
crop that our people are blessed with, or
such a crop as they had last fall, but tak-
ing all sections of the county into con-
sideration, an average of a good half crop
will be gathered.
mill
——The will of Clevan Dinges, who
died recently at Williamsport, has been
probated. It was dated Aug. 16th, 1898,
and John B. Otto is named executor. He
bequeaths to his wife, Catharine, his per-
sonal property and $5,000 ; to his mother,
Mary A. Dinges, $2,000 ; to his sister An-
na 8. Dinges, $500 ; and to his brothers,
H. W. and S. P. Dinges, $500 each. His
public bequests are $100 to the Y. M. C.
A., at Williamsport ; $100 to the City Mis-
sion ; $100 to the Home of the Friendless ;
$100 to the City hospital ; $100 to C. W.
Huntingdon to be used by him as he sees
fit in advancing the cause of prohibition.
News Purely Personal.
—Mrs, Andrew Alport, of Warrenton, Va., is
back at her old home in Philipsburg, visiting
friends.
—Mrs. Sarah Mattern and Miss Lydia Fryer
were among the many who passed through town
this week to visit the Granger's picnic.
—Mr. Thomas Shoemaker, who was called home
on account of the illness of his uncle Thomas
Collins, returned to Armstrong county on Mon-
day. ? !
—Governor and Mrs. Hastings, who have been
enjoying the comforts of their Bellefonte home
for several weeks, returned to Harrisburg on
Tuesday.
—J. N. Cassanova Esq. of Philipsburg is the
proud possessor of a very recent complimentary
letter from Gen. Garcia, second in command of
the Cuban Army,
—John H. Yocum, of New York, is in town this
week. He has decided that State is a very good
place to send young men, and so his brother
Frank will enter there.
—Mrs. Louisa Bush gave a dinner party on
Wednesday night, and all the tourteen women
entertained were unanimous in deciding that,
they had had a charming time.
—L. 8. Woodbury, mining expert and president
of the Great Falls Iton Works, of Great Falls,
Montana, has been spending a few days in and
about Philipsburg visiting friends "
—Mr. George B. Brandon formerly of the
Brockerhoff house, but who is now growing rich
by his management of the most popular hotel in
Carlisle, was a visitor to town the early part of
the week.
—W. K. Marshall, son of Mr. George Marshall
of this place, has been made yard master of the
Rochester « Pittsburg railroad at Falls Creck. It
is said to be one of the largest rail-road yards in
the State.
—H. Walton Mitchell, one of Pittsburg’s sue-
cessful young lawyers, stopped between trains
Tuesday. He was on his way to State College
where his younger brother hopes to make one of
the Freshman class.
—Mr. Geo. E. Parker, one of Philipsburg’s best
Democrats and hustling business men, spent
Tuesday night in Bellefonte. Mr. Parker says
that McKinley prosperity has literally dried up
business at Philipsburg.
—Dr. Harry L. Carlisle, who went to the Klon-
dike last year expecting to return with a fortune,
is back again at Philipsburg, willing to content
himself with the profits the practice of his pro-
fession will bring in that place.
—Peter Collins Esq., of Philadelphia, and who
has been engaged on the Collins rail-road contract
in Armstrong county, has been spending a few
days with his brother Thomas, who has been se-
riously ill for the past two weeks.
—Mr. and Mrs. Henry Quigley are entertaining
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Geller of New York,
where Mr, Geller has an extensive law practice.
Mrs. Geller was formerly Miss Elizabeth Merri-
man of Williamsport and has many friends here
in Bellefonte.
—Emil Joseph, who has just gotten through with
the job of putting new and enlarged windows in the
big store room of Joseph Bros. & Co., up on Alle-
gheny street, is off to New York to lay in a stock
of goods that he says will astonish the natives.
He expects to tell the readers of the Warcuman
when they will be ready for exhibition and sale.
—Mr. George Thompson, son of John I. Thomp-
son, of State College, a member of the Sheridan
Troop, is home from Porto Rico, looking as
though camp life and soldiering agreed with him,
His statement, as to the accommodations furnish-
ed on board the government transports, are not
calculated to make others envious of the same
experiences that he has had.
—D. W, Keller an old Bellefonte boy, and who
has lots of relatives and friends over in Penns
valley, is back home after an absence of twenty
years, to see his aged mother who resides at Cen-
tre Hall. Twenty years ago he left this place for
Kansas, from which State he moved on to Califor-
nia where he has resided for the last fifteen years.
He is prospering in the cigar business at Los An-
geles and thinks that city is about as near heaven
as ordinary municipalities get.
TYPHOID FEVER.—The following simple
directions for the cure and relief of typhoid
and other fever cures were furnished to the
Philadelphia Press, by Dr. Alfred Gordon,
who a few months ago married Miss Vie-
torine Lyon, of this place. The suggestions
are simple and may be found useful to those
who are nursing fever patients at home :
Last year I had under my treatment quite a
number of cases of typhoid fever, and obtained
the best results from those few practical appli-
ances which will follow on these pages. My ex-
perience in my private practice and during the
few years spent as resident physician in various
hospitals abroad authorizes me to advocate the
use of alcohol bathing. This is an extremely
useful remedy in fevers of any origin, typhoid or
others. A towel or sponge is soaked in pure
alcohol or mixed with camphor or vinegar and
the patient is slightly rubbed all over the body
every hour or every two hours. Itis curious to
notice the almost immediate change of the tem-
perature and the satisfaction of the patient, who
will tell you he feels relieved. If you wish to he
sure put the thermometer in the patient's mouth,
and you will see the decrease of the temperature.
These alcohol baths must be applied at different
intervals, according to the intensity of the fever.
Some will object to the use of alcohol on account
of its comparatively high price. If so, the follow-
ing can be substituted: A sheet soaked in cold
water is thrown over the patient every two hours
and a slight rubbing is exercised for atew min-
utes, then the patient is dried with a rough towel
and put back to bed. This is also an excellent
way of reducing the temperature.
1n addition to this external means a daily’ in-
jection into the bowels of luke warm water mixed
with plain table salt puts the patient in good con-
dition, and he is able to resist to a certain extent
the severe action of the fever.
A proper diet, consisting of milk and tea, in
conjunction with the use of alcohol baths, gave
me the most excellent results in a number of
cases. As far as medicines are concerned, I used
them in exceptional cases.
The foregoing remarks are of the most practical
interest, and apart from complications the above
treatment could be applied in fevers of any nature
before the physician is consulted.
ALFRED GORDON, M. D.
Philadelphia, Sept. 11th, 1898.
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——From the way matters are going
hereabout, under this booming Republican
prosperity, we don’t know that very many
people will need to try the receipt which
follows. Most of them seem to have noth-
ing to do but sleep, and we don't hear
many complain that they can’t. But there
may be some, and if there are they will
find they can get to sleep very shortly after
retiring, if they will go through some active
exercises, or take a warm bath and rub
themselves vigorously after it, the last thing
before going to bed, to encourage the blood
to circulate freely. Wakefulness usually
troubles those who are of an excitable and
nervous temperament, and it results from
undue pressure of blood on the brain,
which keeps it stimulated and prevents
sleep. When this is the case, the feet and
legs are uncomfortably cold. During the
winter, in addition to other means of
equalizing the circulation, the bed should
be warmed with a hot water bottle.
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——The sixth annual convention of the
Centre County C. E. Union was held at
Lemont, on the 7th and 8th inst. Its
session extended through two days, and was
largely attended by christian people of all
denominations and from different parts of
the county. A number of ministers from
a distance was present and participated in
the proceedings, and the convention can
truly be called the best ever held in the
county. It is to be regretted so many
societies were not represented, as the ab-
sent ones missed a rare treat. The follow-
officers were elected for the ensuing year :
President, James Pratt, Unionville ; vice
president, Louise Hensyl, Howard ; Re-
cording secretary, Cornelia Dale, Lemont ;
Corresponding secretary, Elizabeth J.
Stroop, Milesburg; Treasurer, Rose B.
Levy, Milesburg.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red ... 63(@ 61
¢ —Spring 60.@62
—Yellow 1
Corn
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Mixed
Oats.
Flour 3
‘¢ —Penna. Roller.
¢* —Favorite Brand
Rye Flour Per Br'l..
Baled hay—Choice No. 1
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Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by the Puesix MinLize Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
press:
Red Wheat, old
Red wheat, ne
Rye, per bushel.
60
60
Corn, shelled, pe S 40
Corn, ears, per bushel 40
Oats, per bushel, ne 30
Barley, 5 bushel... 40
Ground Plaster, 8 00
Buckwheat, per bushel . 25
Cloverseed, per bushel... to §7 00
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel Ps 40
Onions. i
gs, per .
foo per pound. 7
Country Shoulde 7
Sides... 6
Hams.. 10
Tallow, per poun 3
Butter, per pound. 18
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