Demorrafig atc,
Bellefonte, Pa., Oct. 7, 1898.
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ished unless accompanied by the real name of
the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——The Centre Hall evaporating estab-
lishment has used up 1,400 bushels of fruit
within a few days.
Presiding elder Dr. D. S. Monroe
delivered a masterful sermon in the Meth-
odist church in this place last Sunday even-
ing.
—If any man in Bellefonte imagines
that there isn’t anything to live for all he
needs to do is to watch the army of pretty
girls that troops up and down our streets.
Rev. W. P. Shriner, of the Walnut
Ave. church, Altoona, will preach in the
Methodist church in this place at both
morning and evening services on Sunday.
——DBanker Wm. B. Mingle, of Centre
Hall, is going to try peach growing as an
investment. He has purchased the Greiter
property, near Penns Cave, and intends
setting out a peach orchard in the spring.
——I. Rush McClintick, employed as a
lineman at this place by the Central Penn-
sylvania telephone company, has been
transferred to Williamsport and Benton
Tate will take the place he has vacated
here.
——Frank Wallace Jr., of Milesburg,
who is lying in a Columbus, Ohio, hospital
seriously hurt by his fall from the 5th Reg.
train, is improving. The latest word was
received from him on Saturday and it was
very encouraging.
——To-morrow the Nittany Rod and
Gun club will entertain the property
owners on whose lands the club has game
protective rights. There will be a big
dinner at the club house and amusements
for both men and women during the day.
Roger Bayard, who was in Ponce,
Porto Rico, as an orderly on Gen’l Brooke's
staff, has written to his father, in this place,
under date of Sept. 26th, that he is well
and in good spirits. He expected to sail for
Santiago, Cuba, on the 27th, thence to the
United States.
—1It is reported that Wm. Fisher, the
Unionville nurseryman. will pack 10,000
bushels of apples this fall. He has grown
7,000 bushels in his own orchards and will
buy 3,000 bushels to fill his cold storage
house. Each apple is wrapped in paper
and packed away until sold.
—In next week’s issue we will pub-
lish a full digest of the game laws of Penn-
sylvania. Though it frequently appears
in print there is a continual request for it
and it is particularly with the desire of
keeping our sportsmen straight that we re-
publish it just on the eve of the fall gun-
ning season.
——Robert F. Hunter is at work filling
up the mustering out blanks for the mem-
bers of Co. B, 5th Reg. U.S. V. It is the
intention to insert the name of each soldier
on his discharge certificate in old English
lettering, so that the papers will have an
artistic appearance commensurate with
their value as souvenirs for the boys who
were in Uncle Sam’s service until honor-
ably discharged.
——Owing to continued ill health Rev.
W. J. Stewart, pastor of the Methodist
church at Pleasant Gap, has relinquished
his charge. His people showed very little
consideration or justice in their treatment
of him and it strikes us.that if some of the
churches don’t get a little of the spirit of
Christ into their action soon they will be
beyond reviving.
——Ten year old Alvin Fetters, of Pot-
ter street, found a loaded dynamite cart-
ridge on Sunday and immediately pro-
ceeded to find out whether it was any
good. He placed it on a stone and struck
it with a hatchet. The cartridge proved
good enough to make everything in that
locality fly. It exploded with terrific
force wounding the boy seriously in the
face and neck.
——On Monday of last week L. H. Mec-
Cauley and Miss Emma Bergstresser, both
of Hublershurg, were married. The cere-
mony was performed at the home of Rev.
George 8. Bright, in Philipsburg, whither
they had gone to be united because the
bride is a sister of Mrs. Bright. The groom
is a thrifty young farmer in Nittany val-
ley and is a son of John McCauley, one of
the well-known men down there.
—Bellefoute’s new military organiza-
tion, Co. M, 21st Reg. N. G. P. has received
a portion of its equipment. The boys will
bave new ’98 model 45cal. Springfield
rifles. They are different from the old
guns in having the bayonet fastened on the
ram-rod, consequently there will be no
side arms to rattle on the hip of the modern
soldier. The new rubber blankets have
flies for arm holes and a neck-yoke, so that
they will serve the dual purpose of blanket
and rubber coat. They have single web
cartridge belts of the regular army pattern
and haversacks with web straps. :
——F'red Blair, eldest son of Frank P.
Blair, of this place, has been very seriously
ill with typhoid fever during the past week.
On Tuesday his temperature was away up
to 104.8° and it was a question whether he
would survive. He is better now and his
friends are quite hopeful of his recovery.
He came home from Pittsburg on Tuesday
of last week, feeling unwell and took his
bed at once. Dr, Fussel, the fever expert
at the University hospital, Philadelphia,
was here to see him on Wednesday. The
eminent physician is a brother of Mrs.
Blair.
HowARD’S GALA DAY FOR THE SOL-
DIERS.—The citizens of Howard and the
district about that thriving little town did
themselves proud last Friday by the recep-
tion they gave in honor of the boys they
had furnished for the Hispano-American
war. A more perfect day for such an
event could not have been made to order
and the town was resplendent in patriotic
decorations and effervescent with hospi-
tality. A crowd of several thousand peo-
ple were there to enjoy the program which
a hustling committee had planned for the
day’s entertainment of the soldiers and the
expectations of all were more than fulfilled.
The morning ceremonies began with a
parade which formed on Black street, near
the station, and moved promptly at 10:30.
It was led by grand marshall Cap’t. S. H.
Bennison and J. N. Bogle, chief of staff.
The aides were Col. John A. Daley,
Walter Jenkins, J. S. Holter, Cap’t. J. A.
Quigley, D. U. Irvin, Reuben Snyder, M.
S. Betz, Will Weber, R. H. Bennison,
Claude Moore, H. C. Holter, J. W. Mayes,
J. F. Holter, W. T. Leathers, Chas. Wood-
ward, Hunt Thomas, Scott Neff, R. H.
Thompson, R. Gardner, John Buck, Oscar
Lucas, Will Schenck and Eddie Bechtel.
Following them were the members of the
town council, the local ministry, repre-
sentatives of the press and invalid soldiers
in carriages; Undine band, Bellefonte ;
Gregg post, Bellefonte ; Grove Bros. post,
Howard ; Geo. Harleman post, Blanchard ;
Foulk’s drum corps, Bellefonte ; Co. B, 5th
Reg. U. S. V. Bellefonte ; Linn Bros. drum
corps, Blanchard ; Howard camp P. O. S.
of A. and visiting members of the order ;
thirty-three ladies and gentlemen on
bicycles and a large patriotic float carrying
seventeen girls, representing the public
schools of Howard.
The parade moved from Black to Grove,
to Main, countered to Walnut, to south
Walnut, countered to Black, where the
speakers’ stand was erected in front of the
hose house. It was a very creditable
parade and was applauded all along the
line of march by the crowds that thronged
the side walks.
The public meeting was presided over by
Hon. John A. Woodward, who was in-
troduced hy Mr. J. Norris Bogle, chairman
of the committee. Mr. Woodward made a
neat speech, touching on the sad side of the
story of the soldiers’ home coming without
all of the boys who went off to the front in
April. The band played, then Rev. J. R.
Sechrist pronounced the invocation. A
chorus of young ladies and gentlemen sang
‘‘America,’’ as the next number, and Rev.
A. P. Wharton was introduced for the ad-
dress of welcome. He was followed by
Cap’t. H. S. Taylor, of B company, whose
interesting response was given close atten-
tion. After the band had played ‘‘the
Stars and Stripes Forever,”” Hon. John
G. Love was introduced and talked until
it was time for dinner, when the crowd
was invited to the public school grounds,
where the ladies of the community. served
a delicious lunch.
During the afternoon Cap’t. Taylor and
his men gave an exhibition drill that lasted
an hour or more. The men were in fine
fettle and went through the various move-
ments with a dash that was inspiring. The
rest of the day was given over to pleasures
of whatever sort each person craved and a
general good time was had.
It was certainly an eventful day for
Howard and that it was managed so well
and pleasantly is a credit to all concerned.
The residents of that vicinity seemed the
personification of good-will and received so
graciously and entertained so well that
theirs was surely up to the standard of
lavish fetes that have been given our sol-
dier boys since their return.
The committees in charge were :
Arrangements—J. Norris Bogle, chair-
man ; A. Weber, J. Will Mayes, H. A.
Moore.
Provisions—D. R. Wilson, chairman ; S.
H. Bennison, Hunter Thomas, Max Alli-
son, H. C. Holter, Chas. Woodward and J.
Grant Swires.
Finance—Jokn 8. Holter, chairman ; S.
Frank Holter, John Weber, Hayes Schenck,
Will Weber, W. H. Long and John A.
Daley.
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MicHAEL KELLY’S HOUSE BURNED.—
A two story frame house on Beaver street,
owned and occupied my Michael Kelley,
was destroyed by fire Sunday evening en-
tailing a loss of about $1,000. He has
$700 insurance cn the building and $200 on
furniture.
The fire alarm sounded just ahout the
time the churches were leaving out and
the streets were crowded with excited peo-
ple, all bewildered as to the location of the
fire until the flames were discovered shoot-
ing high into the heavens in the northern
end of town.
There was no one at home but Mary, the
eldest daughter, who was sitting on the
front porch when the reflection of the
flames on an adjacent house attracted her
attention. Upon looking up she discovered
the whole roof of her home in flames. She
ran to give the alarm, but the fire had gain-
ed such headway before its discovery that
it was impossible to save the building.
The people who got there ahead of the fire
department succeeded in saving some of the
furniture, but the building is a total loss.
The fire is supposed to have been caused
by a defective flue.
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-——Editor R. A. Bumiller, of the Mill-
heim Journal, who has been seriously ill
with paralysis, has been in a little more
hopeful condition since Tuesday, when he
took a slight turn for the better.
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Sixty-three year old Jesse Kreamer,
of Millheim, enjoyed a surprise birth-day
party that was given at his home on Tues-
day evening.
——The Falls Creek girl who does’nt
know what an ox is must be in blissful
ignorance of what a glorious event it makes
to roast an ox whole.
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——The Bellefonte club closed its doors
on Oct. 1st. A decline in membership
necessitated the suspension. The club
will probably be reorganized.
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—J. C. Linginger, general secretary
of the lately reorganized Lock Haven Y.
M. C. A., has resigned, the resignation to
take effect on December 1st.
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That Sugar valley rail-road scare is
being revived and the farmers down there
will be dreaming again that the iron horse
is snorting along through their fields.
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——Mill Hall’s new fire brick works
started operations on Monday morning.
The work, thus far, has been highly satis-
factory. A brand of brick called the
‘Munro’ is being made.
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——LEngineers are at work locating a
grade for a lumber rail-road from Kar-
thanse to the operations of Graham and
Porter, near Frenchville. The road will
be twenty miles long when completed.
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——Charles H. McKee, the law partner
of Lieutenant Governor Lyon, of Pittsburg,
who is accused with Senator Quay of con-
spiracy with the cashier of the People’s
bank, Philadelphia, formerly resided in
Lock Haven.
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—— William Smith, of East Logan street,
will know exactly how to handle the babies
that go to Mallory and Taylor’s gallery to
have their pictures taken in the future.
One came to his house Monday morning, so
he can practice on it all his spare moments
now.
—— Jersey Shore citizens are going to
meet to-night to organize a board of trade.
If they would like to save expense by tak-
ing one at second hand Bellefonte might
dispose of hers to advantage. Something
ought to be done with it soon or the corpse
will have to be re-embalmed.
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——The many friends of ‘‘Billy’’ Tay-
lor, the conductor who is so popular on the
Beech Creek road, will sympathize with
him in the sorrow. that the death of his
aged mother has caused. She was 71 years
old and was found dead in bed at her home,
in Williamsport, on Friday morning.
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——Chas. W. Scott has at last succeeded
in landing the Williamsport post-office
plum. His appointment was announced
on Monday and ought to give general sat-
isfaction, for besides being a very popular
Williamsporter he is a man thoroughly
competent to direct postal service in that
city.
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Rev. M. K. Foster, of Lock Haven,
whose departure for Savannah, Ga., was
mentioned .in last week’s issue of the
WATCHMAN, has returned, bringing his son
with him. Hugh was suffering with
malarial fever, which it is hoped will be
speedily cured by home treatment. He
stood the trip north very well.
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—Superintendent Jag. F. Marstellar, of
the Lehigh Valley Co’s. coal operations at
Snow Shoe, met with an accident, on Sun-
day morning, that will lay him up for
some time. He was riding out of one of
the mines on a car, when his foot slipped
and became fastened in some cogs. His
leg was broken above the knee and other-
wise seriously crushed.
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——County superintendent George W.
Weaver has introduced a uniform course of
study into the Clearfield county public
schools. The system is divided into eight
grades and teachers are all supplied with
record books which they keep and band to
their successors, so that any teacher can see
just what grades a scholar has made dur-
ing fifteen years, if attendance at school
should continue that long.
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——Thomas Mahaffey, of McGhee’s
Mills, Clearfield county, died at Lexing-
ton, Ky., recently. He had enlisted in
one of the Clearfield companies and having
taken the fever, was left in camp where he
died. He was a brother of Harry Ma-
haffey, who was a studentat the Bellefonte
Academy for several years, and had he
lived to come home it was his intention to
enter the Academy here this fall.
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—— While workmen were cutting through
a rocky hill on the branch rail-road that is
being built from Clearfield Bridge to
Belsena they unearthed what has every in-
dication of being the petrified body of an
Indian. It was found seven feet below the
surface. The body is a perfect specimen
in every respect, the features being clean
cut and lifelike, except for color, and the
entire specimen resembling a statue chis-
eled by a master hand. The arms of the
Indian are folded. Ten men were required
to remove the petrified body from its rest-
ing place.
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——Joseph Gilliland and his brother E.
I. Gilliland who for years have done a gen-
eral merchandise business at Three Runs,
Clearfield county, have sold their business
and Joseph has already moved from the
locality in which he had heen a leading
spirit for years. He was in Bellefonte sev-
eral weeks ago, looking for a business
opening and caine prepared to buy a home
here, but he could see nothing of promise
and went on to Centre Hall, where he tried
to buy a property near the park. Failing
in that he has located in Lock Haven and
Centre county has lost the opportunity to
gain a most desirable citizen. Edward
is remaining in Clearfield county to man-
age the farm the boys own there.
CoUNCIL IN SESSION.—At the council
meeting, Monday evening, all of the mem-
bers were present and the following busi-
ness was transacted :
A petition for a boardwalk along the
south side of west High street, from Thom-
as to St. Paul, was referred to the Street
committee for investigation and action, if
necessary.
The Street committee reported work done
on Reynoldsavenue, west High and Bishop
streets, also the repairing of the Lamb street
bridge and the one at Reynolds’ mill.
The Fire and Police committee reported
the burning of Michael Kelley’s house and
the bursting of one section of hose.
The Market committee reported the col-
lection of $8 fees during the the past two
weeks.
The Water committee reported the plac-
ing of new fire plugs at various points and
to this committee were referred the requests
for plugs in Cherry alley near Spring street,
between Garman’s hotel and the Court
house and near W. Fred Reynolds’ stables
at rear of his home on Linn street. They
will investigate the needs and report at the
next meeting.
The Finance committee made a report
showing a balance of $7,273.45 to be due
the treasurer that day. The following
bills were ordered paid and council ad-
journed.
F. E. Naginey, expense of Co. B reception 8261 81
Logan Hose Co., annual appropriation...... 250 00
Edison Electric Light Co............. vo JL 00
Police pay roll................... 35 00
Thos, Shaughensey, market clerk.. 1 50
Street pay roll whe 113 19
J. H. Wetzel, grades.. .. 10 00
Edison Electric Light Co , street lights..... 315 00
ig 8 te “waterw, Tet 2 00
Isaac Mitchell, 1 mo. as clerk 12 50
T. Shaughensey, 6 mo. janitor 6 00
C. C. Shuey, supplies soldiers’ families 22 87
Water pay rol Ll a wa 80094
L. C. Wetzel, fopaits to Pipes Ll “
Bellefonte F. & S. Co., coal for Sept......... . 43 11
J W. Houser, painting Lamb St., bridge... 70 00
Bellefonte F. & S. Co., sand................ 43
J. K. Johnston, dep. Col., prt'g 10 50
Geo. Beezer, hauling fire engine.. 17 00
A. Baum 4 6 bk 18 00
F. W. Crider, rent on new building. 368 35
Wm. Garis, 1 day special police.......... 135
$1,664 32
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A UTOPIAN RECEPTION.—One of the
most delightful social events in which the
young people of Halfmoon and Buffalo
Run valleys have ever participated was a
reception given by the ‘‘Utopian society of
the Moon” in the Grand Army hall, at
Stormstown, Friday evening, September
30th. About seventy-five guests were
gathered in the large upper room of the
hall, which had been made attractive with
handsome potted plants. Several pleasant
hours sped by with conversation and music
and then an exodus was made to the din-
ing hall below, where it was hoped some
of the secrets of this mysterious society of
young men would be revealed. But they
proved themselves to be'as able to keep a
secret as the proverbial ‘‘man in the moon.’
The room was a veritable bower of beauty,
with its festoons of spruce, while the
tables, brilliant with snowy linen and a
profusion of flowers, held also the usual
amount of things pleasant to the taste, Af-
ter enjoying the delicious fruits, ice cream,
cake and coffee the minds of all were turn-
ed to thoughts grave and gay by the toast
master, the Rev. R. W. Runyan. The
walls, artistically decorated with quota-
tions from the wit and wisdom of all ages,
were rich in suggestions to those whose lot
it was to respond to toasts. Mr. Harry
Ebbs then gave a half hour’s entertainment
with his gramaphone.
So pleasantly did the time pass that the
‘‘man in the moon’’ had made more than
half his nightly journey before the guests
reluctantly bade good night to his repre-
sentatives on this planet, their gallant hosts.
Much of the success of the evening was
due to the ingenuity and active efforts of
the committee composed of Messrs. Har-
lacher, Gray, Burkett, Way, R. R. and J.
T. Runyan.
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REV. FOSTER SAys.—The temperature
of the week ending 8th a. m. October 10th,
will average below east of the Rockies,
above on the Pacific slope and about normal
in the Rocky mountain countries. The
changes of temperature during this week
will be sudden and will include a cold
wave.
Rainfall of the week mentioned ahove
will be above normal east of the Rockies
and will include a considerable snowfall
in the northern States east of the Rockies.
The month of October will be colder than
usual east of the Rockies and above normal
on the Pacific slope. Two general cold
waves will occur during the month, one
crossing the continent during the first of
the month and one during the last week.
A general warm wave will prevail from
13th to 22nd of October. Not all the time
warm, but the average temperature will be
above normal.
Rainfall of October will be below east of
the Rockies about normal in the Rocky
mountain countries and above on the Pacific
slope.
The most severe storms will occur about
first of the month and about 21st.
Killing frosts will occur in the northern
States about October 3rd and further south
about October 26th.
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A HEAVY CHARGE TO CRACK A SAFE. —
Burglars blew open the safe in the office of
Wm. H. Long’s mill, at Howard, at an
early hour Sunday merning, and the force
of the explosion awoke a number of the
residents in that portion of the town. The
whole front of the safe was blown out,
most of it having been sent flying through
the front window into the street. Mr.
Long beard the report and looked at his
watch. It was then about two o’clock
Sunday morning, but he did not go over to
his office. Mr. and Mrs. Balser Weber
heard it also.
Upon investigation Sunday morning it
was found that all of his deeds, insurance
papers and Securities had been carried off
with the eight or nine dollars in cash that
was in a large wallet in the safe.
——The week-day holiday at the Bir-
mingham seminary has been changed from
Saturday to Monday.
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—Patton is to have an electric lighting
plant. George S. Good, of Lock Haven,
has contracted to install a plant capable of
supplying 1,800 16 candle power lights
there within forty-five days.
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—One of Clearfield’s volunteer sol-
diers, ‘“Jip’’ Dougherty, home on a fur-
lough, robbed a chinese laundryman, in
that place, of forty dollars on Monday. He
disgorged all but $3 of it when tracked hy
the officers.
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——Schofield has just received over $500
worth of robes and blankets which were
bought at manufacturers’ rates and will be
sold at prices that will meet any competi-
tion in the town. His stock of harness
out-does anything in this section of the
State, ana is actually the largest ever seen
in an inland town.
News Purely Personal.
—Daniel Irvin Esq., of Julian, was a pleasant
visitor in town last Thursday.
—Hon. Leonard Rhone, of Centre Hall, was in
town on Monday, calling on his friends.
—Miss Sue Jack, of Washington, D.C., was in
town, Saturday, on her way to Boalsburg, her old
home.
—Ned Blanchard returned to Philadelphia on
Monday morning, there to resume his law studies
at the University.
—“Dr.” Ed. Harris went back to Philadelphia,
Friday afternoon, to resume his studies at the
Hahnneman medical college.
—Mrs. Wilkinson, her daughter, Miss Minnie,
and Miss Powell left, yesterday morning, for a two
weeks stay in Philadelphia.
—Miss Anna Smith, the daughter of prothon-
otary W. F. Smith, is visiting the family of former
sheriff John Condo, in Millheim.
—Dr. VanTries, whose continued ill health
causes his friends much concern, has gone to
Spruce Creek to visit some of his old patients.
—Mzrs. James L. Rote and her daughter, Lula,
Mrs. Charles Rine and a number of our people
will attend the grand conclave in Pittshurg next
week.
—Mrs. W. F. Reber, of Philadelphia, who has
been enjoying the week with her mother and sis-
ters in this place, leaves for home in Philadelphia
Saturday.
—dJoseph D. Mitchell, with the Pennsylvania
Steel Co., at Lewistown, spent Sunday at his home
in this place. His Irish dog “Kelly” was cor-
respondingly happy.
—Mr. and Mrs. John Noll have gone to Pitts-
burg to join in the festivities of the Knights
Templar conclave and visit their daughter, Mrs.
George Van Dyke.
—Hon. 8. R. Peale, of Lock Haven, eminent as
a lawyer and business man in Central Pennsyl-
vania, was in Bellefonte on Tuesday, attending to
some legal business here. !
—James Pacini, a son of John Pacini, of south
Allegheny street, started for Greensburg, on Mon-
day afternoon, there to accept a position. He
had been an apprentice to the Schads, plumbers
and steam fitters.
—S. A. McQuiston now and then likes to dive
into ancestral lore and after visiting the exposi-
tion and conclave at Pittsburg next week he will
journey on to Ohio to interview some relatives he
recently discovered. ; o1 et
—Miss Christina Ceader, who for some years
has been one of the main springs ‘in her brother
Joseph Ceader’s flourishing establishment, is off
on a vacation, visiting relatives in the western
part of the State.
—Wm. S. Furst Esq., of Philadelphia, spent
Sunday at the home of his parents in this place.
He went on to Pittsburg, on Monday morning, to
be there for a dinner which a Princeton class-
mate gave to his ushers the night before his wed-
ding.
—J. W. Orr, of Walker, was in town last even-
ing and inasmuch as he was carrying around sev-
eral small bows and arrows we presumed that he
was preparing a way for the children down at his
home to have a good time shooting the cows, win-
dows, and everything else in sight.
—Hon. J. N. Cassanova left Philipsburg last
Saturday morning on his way to Cuba, where it is
his intention to try to get his sugar plantations in_
to productive condition again. They were com-
pletely devastated during the war and it will take
considerable money and much time to get them
back to their former condition.
—Will Armor, of Pleasant Gap, broke away from
that new fruit farm of his up in Green valley long
enough yesterday to drive into town for a load of
material to keep up the work of improvement
that his hard labor has kept going on ever since
it fell into his hands. If it pans out in proportion
to the work he has put on it he will be a rich man
some day.
—Heazekiah Sproul, of Mingoville, spent part of
Tuesday about town, calling on his numerous
friends and attending to the little business that
brought himup. He is a brother of our esteemed
patron, Mr. Samuel Sproul, one of Nittany valley’s
best farmers and while Samuel is married and
has a family of interesting children his brothers
Hezekiah and John have found Samuel’s home so
pleasant that they have made it theirs for years.
The three boys own the fine farm on which they
live together.
—J. N. Brooks, of Pleasant Gap, was in town
Wednesday afternoon, looking the picture of good
health and prosperity. The business he is in now
has much to do with the latter, we suppose, for
the planing mill he is interested in out there is
doinga fine business and turning out work that
pleases everyone. A specialty is made of fine
hand-railings, balcony rails, stair cases and porch
ornaments, all of which are done to a nicety at
the mill, In driving through Pleasant Gap peo-
ple doubtless often wonder where the artistic
work is done that adorns so many of the houses
out there. We can tell you. It is done at Brook's
mill.
—Peter Robb Sr., of Romola, was in town Tues-
day making arrangements for the sale he has ad-
vertised for November 3rd. Mr. Robb has de-
cided to quit farming and move into Howard,
where he will occupy the house of Ira M. Packer,
his deceased son-in-law. Mr. Packer died some
months ago, leaving two orphan children the
care of which Mr. and Mrs. Robb have assumed.
Peter Robb Sr., is one of that sturdy class of Ger-
man farmers that has done so much for the de-
velopment and substantiability of Centre county.
He landed in this country when he was twenty-
seven years old and located with his father in
Lancaster city. Peter soon decided that he was
not cut out for a city boy and told his father so.
They had alittle money that had been realized by
the sale of their property in Germany and Peter
decided he would like to invest ina farm. Ac-
cordingly he started to hunt up some friends who
were living out on Marsh creek and made the
journey up the State alone. Notwithstanding his
father’s fear that he would ‘get lost” he found
the place and has lived in that vicinity ever since,
having grown to be one of the representative men
of that region. He has two farms now and has
raised a family of children of yhom any parent
might be proud.
While driving down the hill on east
Bishop street, on Tuesday afternoon, C.
M. Garman, of the Garman house, met
with an accident that only his coolness
and nerve kept from being a very serious
one. He was driving his brother’s brown
horse and had hi. little son in an open
wagon beside him. When near Keller's
hotel the ring by which the holding-hack
strap was fastened to the breeching pulled
out. Of course this allowed the wagon to
run forward onto the horse’s heels. The
animal became frightened and started to
run and kick, but Corney held itin as
close as he could, so that in kicking its
heels did not fly high enough to place them
in danger. The horse ran down to the cor-
ner of Spring and Bishop, when Mr. Gar-
man turned it up the hill and got it stop-
ped. In making the sharp curve the little
boy tumbled out. He escaped with only a
slight cut on the head. The horse’s legs
were pretty badly skinned up, bat as soon
as he was taken back to the stable new
harness was put on him and he went off as
if nothing had happened.
—— Os.
MARRIAGE LICENSES. —Following is the
list of marriage licenses granted by or-
phan’s court clerk, G. W. Rumberger, dur-
ing the past week :
James O. Fultz, of Mill Hall, Clinton
county, Pa., and Mamie E. Lambert, of
Bellefonte.
C. Clayton Rote, of Bellefonte,, and Ida
May Justice, of Benner township.
Robert A. Miller, of Benner Twp., and
Ada F. Jamison, of Spring Mills, Pa.
Robert A. Miller, of Benner township,
and Ada F. Jamison, of Spring Mills.
Andrew Onder and Annie Lyeso, both
of Snow Shoe.
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——An exploding lantern caused the
total destruction of all the buildings at the
home of J. H. Messmer, north of Penn
Hall, last Saturday morning. Mr. Mess-
mer took a lantern to the stable with him
in the morning and was getting down hay
when it exploded. The stable burned first,
then the flames spread to the wood-house,
the wash-house and the dwelling. The oc-
cupant is left in destitute circumstances as
he lost everything he had. The property
was owned by J. H. Reifsnyder, of Mill-
heim, and there was no insurance on it.
————— A ee.
——On Saturday evening a harvest home
social was held at the home of Mrs. Samuel
Sheffer, on Curtin street. The house was
decorated with grain and fruit and jack-o-
lanterns were used in lighting. Mrs. J. L.
Kurtz, Mrs. Herbert Sheffer, Mrs. J. C.
Meyer and Mrs. C. B. Hogue contributed
delightfully amusing literary and musical
numbers during the evening and it was
voted one of the most successful of the parlor
socials ever given by the W. C. T. U.
a
—The Methodists are preparing for a
grand rally in their Sabbath schoo! on Sun-
day, October the 23rd.
An Accommodation Hack.
George Beezer has moved his livery and board-
ing stable from Pike alley to Water St., just below
Jas. Harris & Co's. hardware store, where as fine
turnouts are to be had as come from the private
stables of the town. He has employed Edward
Foster as driver for a hack he has running on the
streets and solicits the public patronage. All
calls, night or day, will receive prompt and cour-
teous attention at reasonable rawes. Telephone
No. 32.
Sale Register.
Nov. 3rp.—At the residence of Peter Robb Sr. 1
mile northwest of Robb’s store, in Curtin town-
ship, cows, young cattle, sheep, hogs and house-
hold turnishings. Sale at 1 o’clock p. m.
Ocr. 8tH.—On the Diamond, in Bellefonte, Rich-
ard McCafferty will offer parlor furniture and
other useful articles. Sale at 2 o'clock p. m.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red................iiccodiian isin 68(@ 6814
“ —Spring 63.@645
Corn —Yellow .36@3615
¢ —Mixed. 3d@34l4
OALS,,...er0nesssaniness .28@ 2814
Flour— Winter, Per Br 2.15@2.40
¢ —Penna. Roller.. 3.00@3.25
** —Favorite Brands 3.80@4.00
Rye Flour Per Brl...... a 2.85
Baled hay—Choice No. 1. 10.50@11.00
££ fe tt 2 7.50@ 8.00
« . ah 6.50
Bellefonte Grain Maricet.
Corrected weekly by the Pua~ix Mining Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goess ,
press:
Red Wheat, old
Red wheat, new..
Rye, per bushel..... 40
Corn, shelled, per bushel 40
Corn, ears, per bushel.. 40
Oats, per bushel, new .. 30
Barley, per bushel........ 40
Ground Plaster, per ton.. .. 800
Buckwheat, per bushel ..........cocvceriesrnreranns 25
Cloverseed, per bushel. 00 to $7 00
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel... rH
Onions, nd ENE x 3
8 DEE AOZEI ssisinsvicidriss sensi iininissorsaitass 3
Ene ound.. i
Country Shoulder:
Tallow, per pound
Butter, per pound..
The Democratic Watchman.
Published every Friday morning, in Bellefonte,
Pa., at $1.50 per annum (if paid strictly in advance)
$2.00, when not paid in advance, and $2.50 if not
paid before the expiration of the year; and no
paper will be discontinued until al arrearage is
paid, except at the option of the publisher.
Papers will not be sent out of Centre county un-
less paid for in advance. .
A liberal discount is made to persons advertis-
ing by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows :
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and dispatch. The Warcamax office has been re-
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everything in the printing line can be executed
in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates.
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P. GRAY MEER, Proprietor