Bema Maan. Bellefonte, Pa., Oct. 21, 1898. CorrESPON DENTS.—NoO communications pub ished unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY Democratic Meetings to be Held in the County. County chairman Taylor has announced the following schedule of meetings to be held in Centre county during the campaign. A corps of able speakers has been schedul- ed for each meeting and there will be no postponements. They will all be evening meetings. Pine Hall Tues. evening Oct. 25th. Hublersburg “ Tues. Oct. 25th. Sandy Ridge Wed. ot Oct. 26th. Colyer Wed. 4, Oct. 26th. Jacksonville Thurs,: Oct. 27th. Moshannon Thurs, Oct. 27th. Grove School Fri. $e Oct. 28th. Murrays School Fri. . Oct. 28th. Bellefonte Sat. te Oct. 29th. Coburn Mon. $5 Oct. 31st. Madisonburg Mon. $4, Oct. 31st. Philipsburg Tues. “* Nov. 1st. Farmers Mills Tues. ss Nov. 1st. Aaronsburg Tues. os Nov. 1st. Woodward Wed. bot Nov. 2nd. Ripka School Wed. ce Nov. 2nd. Millheim Thurs. « Nov. 3rd. Pine Grove Mills Fri. « $e Nov. 4th, Snow Shoe Sat. oe Nov. 5th. —— ein A cm— —Don’t fail to hear the real Beck play his clarinet at the Vaudeville to-night. ——Dr. M. Salm of Columbus, Ohio, will be in Bellefonte, at the Brockerhoff House, Thursday, Oct. 27th, 1898. Rev. Charles Garner, formerly of this place, has been transferred from Jersey Shore to Montrose, Susquehanna county. —Cap’t. Taylor, with his entire com- pany, will appear in one of the scenes at the Vaudeville tonight. ——The Andrews opera company will sing Balf’s tuneful opera ‘the Bohemian Girl,” at Garman’s, next Thursday night. ——Col. W. Fred Reynolds is improving his home, at the corner of Linn and Alle- gheny streets, by the addition of a new porch. ——A new Methodist church will be dedicated at Asheroft next Sunday. Presid- ing elder D. S. Monroe will preach the dedicatory sermon. — Walter Crosthwait, has given up his position an au electrician in Brooklyn, N. Y., and has gone to Camal, Pa., where he has secured a similar one. ——Frank Knecht, a son of William Knecht, of Parvin, Nittany valley, was wrestling with a playmate on Friday and had his arm broken at the elbow. Billy Swoope, who is proud of the nom de plume ‘Boy Orator of the Susquehanna,’ is in Chester county on a two week’s stumping tour for the Republican ticket. —L. B. McEntire, of Fillmore, has purchased the property of old Mrs. Desch- ner, on Willowbank street, this place, and intends building a small store-room on it. ——The Coleville Methodists are going to have a 10ct. supper in their chapel to- morrow night. They will serve ice cream, cake and other delicacies. It will certain- ly be cheap enough and good enough. —The bagging of a few wild turkeys by gunners along the Buffalo-run side of Muncy mountain has increased the pas- senger traffic on the Buffalo-run road. Hunters are going up there every day. ——W. W. Thomas, proprietor of the Ea- gle hotel in Philipsburg, gave a banquet to the veterans of ’61 and those of the Hispano- American war on Saturday evening. There were about one hundred guests present. —The ladies’ aid society of the Ken- nedy Methodist church, mear Mt. Eagle, are going to hold a clothes pin social at the Kennedy school house on Saturday even- ing, October 22nd, to which everyone is cordially invited. ——-The Bellefonte Academy foot ball team went to Williamsport on Saturday and played a game with the High school team in that city. The score resulted in a tie at 6 to 6. The game is reported to have been an extremely rough one. —— William R. Bartley, of Bellefonte, has been placed upon the pension rolls and will hereafter receive $8 per month and Mrs. Mary Flowers, of Osceola Mills, has had the same luck and will monthly draw the same amount from Uncle Sam’s treas- ury. ——Thomas Quick, of Milesburg, won first prize in Montgomery & Co's. prize pumpkin contest that closed last Saturday morning. The pumpkin that he presented weighed 70 1bs. and he was awarded the choice of a ten dollar suit or an overcoat. He took the suit of clothes. Jas. T. Diet- rick, of Zion, took second prize of five dol- lars worth of merchandise with his 32 1b. pumpkin. ——Col. W. Fred Reynolds intends re- modeling the house now occupied by Mrs. Geo. W. Jackson, on east Linn street. The east end of the house is to be detached and moved further east on the lot and made into a cottage. The original house will then he improved, both inside and out, and will be occupied by Mr. Joseph L. Mont- gomery and his family. It is expected that the work will be completed by the first of the year. ——Farmer George Stevenson, of Wad- dle’s, has moved his home at that place a distance of several hundred feet. Contrac- tor Henry Wilcox, of Philipsburg, began the work last week and moved the house without an accident and with the family living in it all the time. It is the home once occupied by the late Dr. Bush. Mr. Stevenson has had it moved from the site in back of the willows, that everyone familiar with the locality will recall, to one nearer his farm barn and just west of the Methodist church. THE CORONER'S JURY VERDICT ON MRS. GARBRICK’S DeATH.—The verdict of the coroner’s jury as to the causes leading up to and involved in the tragic death of Mrs. Mitchell I. Garbrick, in this place, last week, promises to be the beginning of an investigation that will be of unusual in- terest to the people of this community. For several years Miss Rebecca Parry has been located in this place advocating what is known as christian science. Just what her principles and modes of work are are not definitely known, but the testi- mony that was developed before the cor- oner’s jury has led to the belief that Mrs. Garbrick’s death was the outcome of mental aberration, due to excessive study of the faith. The jury was composed of coroner Locke, E. R. Chambers Esq., Hard P. Harris, William Waddle, John Walsh, H. H. Montgomery and George Waite. The fol- lowing testimony was heard : M. J. Garbrick, sworn—Wife had been ill from last June a year ago, Had been well for 2 years previous. Met Miss Parry in fall of 1896-97 ; Mr. Stine invited her to see my wife Miss Parry became intimately ac- quainted and my wife got worse and said she was tormented with the devil because Miss Parry had caused her to leave her church, taught her that there was no devil and that she had no right to sleep with her husband. I believe my wifes condition was owing to the teachings and treatment of Faith cure and Christian Science. She charged her $5 per week for treatment. His wife went to race to drown herself but couldn’t do it, she became turned against Miss Parry and often said she would murder Miss Parry and then she could get well. Every time Miss Parry treated her she got worse, she never was in- sane before she saw Miss Parry. Monday night after we went to bed she went out of the house, and a short time after she was killed. She was under instructions of Miss Parry and would take no medicine as it made her worse. Check of five dollars was drawn in favor of Miss Parry, my wife told me she would never die a natural death—Prior to meeting Miss Parry she never was out of her mind and always slept with me until Miss Parry treated her. Mrs. Lew Gettig, sworn—She lived in the same building which is a double house. Had known Mrs. Garbrick 3 years, had conversa- tion with her the last year. She blamed Miss Parry and her work for her ailment. She called treatment communion with God and gave no medicine. She never said any- thing against Miss Parry until the last year when I considered her insane. Mrs. D. C. Stine, sworn—Kunew Mrs. J. M. Garbrick. She tried to live on a high spiritual plan before she knew Miss Parry. Mrs. Garbick said she was lost and had com. mitted the unpardonable sin. The last 6 months she destroyed the Christian Science books and turned against Miss Parry. Mrs. Garbrick said God told her to select a coat for her girl which she did, many years be- fore she saw Miss Parry. Mrs. John Shadle, sworn—MTrs. Garbrick told me it was through Miss Parry that she got worse within the last year, that she was afraid of Miss Parry and blamed all her trouble on her. She told me she had com- mitted an unpardonable sin; she said she would like to do different but Miss Parry provenind. She charged $1 and $4.00 per week. Mrs. Curns, sworn—Mrs. Garbrick told me she was possessed with the devil and had committed an unpardonable sin; she said there was no death but a change; did not think she was of sound mind for the last year; she said she tried to get away from it. Thought perhaps that Miss Parry was responsible for Mrs Garbriek’s death. : The jury, after several deliberations, rendered the following verdict : We find that Mrs. Emma Garbrick met her death on the evening of Oct. 10th, 1898, by having thrown herself under the cars on the P. R. R. near Gerberich, Hale & Co’s mill in the borough of Bellefonte with suicidal in- tent, she being of unsound mind partly produced by the influence of one, Miss Rebecca Parry. : SU THE OPENING OF THE GUNNING SEA- SON.—-Last Saturday was the opening day of the hunting season for squirrel, pheasant and quail and though the weather was unpropitious there was a regular army of gunners in the woods. Some of them stay- ed ail day, while others hecame disgusted at the scarcity of game and the cold driz- zling rain and returned early, empty handed. The reports have heen to the effect that very few squirrels or birds were shot in comparison with last season’s opening day The squirrels seem particularly scarce, which is probably due to the failure in the hickory-nut crop. Very few grey squirrels were brought in and only one or two blacks. The red squirrels are as numerous as ever, but the average sportsman will not show them up, evenif he has resorted to shooting them, in lieu of anything larger. Wild turkeys are plentiful on Muncy mountain, particularly west of the Miles- burg gap, where several fine ones have been bagged. Through Nittany valley the quail shooting is reported good, both on and off the Nittany club preserve. Tom Fleming and James McCafferty brought two turkeys down from Waddle’s on Monday evening and many quail have been shot, just east of Bellefonte, but on the whole the game has been very scarce. Some of this can properly be ascribed to the unfavorable hunting weather and it is quite likely that these fine days will bring forth more pheasant. On Saturday hunters along the Bald Eagle side of the Muncy ranges frightened a large black bear out of its retreat and just as a west bound passenger train was nearing Martha station bruin crossed the tracks ahead of it on its flight toward the Alleghenies. A SONAL i LECTURE AT THE COLLEGE TO-NIGHT.— Mr. Gerald Stanley Lee, minister, lecturer and literator, will lecture on Rudyard Kipling in the chapel, at State College to- night. Aside from the opportunity of hearing such an eminent lecturer the cause is so laudable that everyone who can should hear him. The benefit is for the village library fund and certainly merits the support of the community at large. State College is ahead of Bellefonte in having undertaken a public library and it is to the credit of the town that such a beginning has been made. The Lee lecture should add materially to the fund, if the receipts are at all commensurate with his reputation. He is one of the lecturers for the University of Chicago series this winter. —1It snowed at Wopsononock on Fri- day night. *re—— —Don’t miss the military finale at Garman’s to-night. el tees —Singing, dancing, music and lots of clever specialties at the Vaudeville to- night. . hi ——The Andrews opera company will sing ‘‘the Bohemian Girl’ here next Thurs- day night. ee : —Renovo has the oil fever again. It would seem that Clinton county specula- tors have spent about enough on dry oil holes. ae ——The Rescue hose and ladder com- pany, of Curwensville, took second prize of $50 for fine drilling at the state firemen’s convention at Lebanon. ——eee ——Former county commissioner of Clinton county, Thomas W. Wolfe, aged 73 years, was found dead in hed Wednes- day morning. He had retired in his usual health the night before. ————— ——The Vaudeville, which is to embrace many military features and the great Waro- graph, was postponed until tonight for the sole purpose of making it more perfect than ever. Seats are on sale at Parrish’s. Ll ies iii ——When the Andrews opera company sang here last winter in ‘‘Martha’’ they left a very favorable impression. The company will sing here again on Thursday night. This time they will sing Balf’s tuneful opera ‘‘the Bohemian Girl.’ re —It is estimated that this season’s to- bacco crops in Clinton county will reach a million pounds of cured tobacco, which will sell for $100,000, or more. There were eight hundred acres planted in that county and the yield is the largest ever known. ieee —At the annual meeting of the ‘‘Buck- tail”’ regiment at Kennett Square the fol- lowing officers were elected : President, W. W. Brown, of Washington, D. C.; vice president, Thomas H. Ryan, of McKean county ; secretary, William H. Rauch, cf Philadelphia ; treasurer, Col. E. A. Irvin, of Clearfield county. oe -——DuBois had a peace jubilee on Fri- day. Among the day’s events was a sham battle in which Cos. E. and L. of the Fifth Reg., the Sons of Veterans and the soldiers of 61 participated. During the battle former county commissioner Ross had a finger blown off his hand and Serg. Logan, of Co. E, had his left hand nearly torn off by a giant cracker. BERL ig ——The Pennsylvania State College foot ball team had great sport with the Sus- quehanna University eleven, on Beaver field, on Saturday afternoon, and defeated the visitors by the score of 45 to 6. In the second half Cap’t. Murray put on five subs and it was then that Susquehanna scored the one touch-down they have to their credit. State will play the United States naval cadets at Annapolis to-morrow. — ——Louis Cass Brinton Sr., one of Phil- ipsburg’s foremost citizens and business men, died very suddenly with neuralgia of the heart last Thursday night. He was fifty years old and is survived by a widow with one son. Deceased was a veteran of the late rebellion and was a man whose charities many a poor soul will recall with grateful remembrance. He began business as a salesman for Meyer & Stern, of Phila- delphia, and located in Philipsburg about fifteen years ago. aor ——Forest. reservation in Pennsylvania has begun to assume material proportions and the State is gradually becoming possessed of many acres of wild Jand, where the timber and game will be protected. Since last June the forestry commission has purchased 39,000 acres at treasurer's sales of unseated lands, at a price not ex- ceeding taxes and costs. These lands are located as follows: Clinton county, 14,- 089 ; Clearfield county, 15,000 ; Lycoming county, 1,526; Monroe county, 1,244; Pike county, 7,406. — eee A FINE OUTFIT.—Joha Anderson and his horse are about the proudest creatures in town just now, not without cause. About the most metropolitan looking wag- on on our streets for some time has heen the Anderson delivery, but when that new set of brass mounted harness that cost $65.00 was carried down from Schofield’s big saddlery, yesterday morning, and placed on ‘‘John,” the fine roan horse, there was a positive brilliancy about the turnout that even made the sun ashamed to peep out until near unto ten o’clock. LE iii NoLL'S STORE SAFE CRACKED.—The large safe in the general merchandise store of B. A. Noll & Co., at Zion, was blown by burglars, on Monday night, but the two dollars in cash that the cracksmen got hardly repaid them for their trouble. Messrs Noll knew nothing of it until Tuesday morning, when they went to open their store. Then they found that it had been entered by cutting away a panel in the front door. After the burglars were once inside they took off the lock and stood the door open in case a speedy exit would be necessary. A large hole was drilled in the top of the safe and the charge blew the one side of it out and cracked the other. It is probable that there was more than one man, as the safe had been moved, and as itis a very heavy one, one man could scarcely have done it unassisted. There is no clue to the perpetrators. Nothing more than the small amount of cash was taken. DIED SUDDENLY WHILE SEATED A His BREAKFAST TABLE.—While seated at the breakfast table in his own home, near Roopsburg, on Tuesday morning, the vener- able David T. Hoover suddenly expired. His death makes the third tragic one that has occurred in his family within the past few years. The old gentleman had suffer- ed with his heart during the night, but arose as usual in the morning and had done the chores about the house ; stating to his wife that he felt hetter. He had just finish- ed his breakfast and was in the act of pushing his chair back from the table when, like a flash, he expired. Deceased was born in Union county, De- cember 18th, 1827, and is survived by his widow and the following children : Frank, Robert and David, of Altoona ; William, of Axe Mann ; Mrs. Cornelius Hazel, of near Bellefonte, and Katie, who resides at home. Mrs. Mollie Minsker, who was found dead in bed in her rooms on High streeta few days ago, was a daughter. Mr. Hoover came to Centre county when he was seventeen years old and had been a resident of Bellefonte for twenty-five years. Mr. Hoover was a good, christian man, if ever there was one. His devotion to the Methodist church was almost sublime and his crown must certainly be of the brightest in the Kingdom of Heaven. Funeral services were held at his late residence yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock. I I I WANDERED AWAY AND DIkp.—The community of Spring Mills was shocked, on Wednesday morning, when the body of George Krape was found dead in the moun- tains near his home. The old gentleman had been demented for years and on Tues- day evening, while the women were milk- ing, he wandered away from the house. As he did not return at night-fall a search- ing party. was organized and seventeen men scoured the country round about until after mid-night, when they gave up in dispair. The night was very stormy and there was little hope that the old man could survive the exposure to the cold rain and wind. In the morning the search was renewed with the result that his dead body was ound lying in a ravine near the top of Brush mountain. Worn out by his wan- dering over the rugged mountain he had evidently fallen dead in his tracks. George Krape was, in his earlier days, one of the leading farmers of Gregg town- ship. Straightforward and honest he en- joyed a position of esteem in the commu- nity. He was about 82 years old and is survived by his widow and the following children: W. B., Chas. A., Samuel A, James and Mrs. Frank Rearick, of Spring Mills; Howard, of Rebersburg; Mrs. Stephen Best, of Millheim; Mrs. John F. Potter, of Milesburg; Miss Chestie Krape, of California. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock. Interment will be made in the Union cemetery at Spring Mills. I ll ll Two BROTHERS DIED OF TYPHOID FE- VER.—The friends of D. M. Kerlin, of Rudd, Iowa, formerly a resident of Belle fonte, will feel the deepest sympathy for him in the sad fatality that has robbed him of twe promising sons. Harry W. Kerlin, born in Bellefonte, August 20th, 1874, died in the military camp at Jacksonville, Florida, on the 9th inst. He was a member of Co., G 49th Iowa Vol. Inf. and just three months from the time he had left his home, a promising, noble boy, he died. : George H. Kerlin, born in Bellefonte, on October 24th, 1881, died at his home in Rudd, Iowa, on the 10th inst. He had been ill with typhoid fever about three weeks. There is a sad coincidence in the death of the boys. They were botk taken sick with typhoid fever within four days of one another and they died with only one day between them. Both were active members of the Methodist church and were buried at Rudd at the same time, their funeral baving been the largest ever seen in that place. I ll I DIED AT HUBLERSBURG.—MTrs. Mary Decker died at her home at Hublersburg at 12 o’clock Thursday night, after a long illness. Deceased was the wife of John Decker and was in her 66th year. She was a most estimable woman and before her illness had been identified with all the charitable and christian movements made in that vicinity. Her husband with five sons and three daughters survive her. The children are Charles and Mrs. Harvey Kessinger, of Pittsburg; William, of Ir- vona ; Christian and Mrs. George Rockey, of Bellefonte ; Herbert and Mrs. Irvin Yar- nell, of Hublersburg, and Edward, of Lock Haven. Funeral services were held at the home on Sunday morning at 10 o’clock, Rev. Runkle, of the Reformed church, having officiated. Interment was made at Hub- lersburg. i I DIED From His INJURIES.—Scott Kars- tetter, the Rebersburg man who was paral- yzed by being struck in the back of the neck by a falling flag pole, died last Thurs- day night as a result of his injuries. Mr. Karstetter was helping to raise a patriotic pole at Rebersburg, May 6th, when the tackle broke and it fell, striking hip on the back of the neck. He was rendered un- conscious and when examined by physi- cians one of his spinal vertebre was found to be dislocated. In a Williams- port hospital he underwent an operation for his injury, but the paralysis could not be relieved. Deceased was born on April 3rd, 1854, and is survived by a widow. Inter- ment was made at Loganton on Sunday, and a large number of people were there to do reverence to his memory. TT TT ———— PATRICK MARTIN DIED AT MILESBURG. —Patrick Martin, aged 73 years, and a brother of John Martin former post-master of Milesburg, died at his home at thas Place about two o’clock Wednesday after- noon. He had been blind for a number of Years and in poor health, his death having been the result of a worn-out constitution. He is survived by two children, Mis. Amelia Shawley and Howard, both of Milesburg. Mrs. Martin preceded him to the grave about two years ago. His re- mains will be interred in St. John’s Cath- olic cemetery, in this place, this morning. ll I I ——Mrs. Andrew Walker died at her home near Pittsburg about four o’clock Tuesday morning, after having been ill for quite a while with cancer of the stomach. Deceased was formerly a resident of Bush’s Addition, this place, and was 61 years old when she died. The remains were brought here Wednesday afternoon and taken to the United Brethren church, where Rev. Wren conducted services. Interment was made in the Union cemetery. Her hus- baud and five children survive. bio such or ok ——Mis. Jerry Snavely died very sud- denly at her home in Spring Mills last Tuesday morning. She had been ill for some time with typhoid fever, but was thought to be recovering when she suffered the relapse that ended in her sudden death. It is thought that her heart had become af- fected. Deceased was 50 years old and a member of the Reformed church. ——Mrs. dt Minglh died at her home in Lock Haven, on last Friday, and was buried at Rebersburg on the following Monday. Deceased was a sister of Henry Meyer Esq., of the latter place. ll ll ii. ——Thomas Culvey died at Rote, on Tuesday morning, after a long illness. He was 23 years old and his remains were in- terred in the Cedar Hill cemetery. Bie type t ; ‘——The soldiers’ farewell to-night, at Garman’s. ——Work has been begun on the build- ings for Lock Haven’s new silk mill. eon The original Beck, no shams, no fake whiskers and mimicry, will play at the Vaudeville at Garmans to-night. ede —Perry Confer, a Millheim farmer, has husked 4} acres of his corn ; yielding 561 bushels, an average of 124% bushels to the acre. >be —Hon. John Patton Jr., formerly of Curwensville, delivered the oration at the unveiling of the statue erected to the mem- ory of Austin Blair, the war Governor of Michigan, on the 12th inst. Mr. Patton was United States Senator from Michigan. News Purely Personal. —W. H. Noll, of Pleasant Gap, was in town Wednesday. —Mrs. D. H. Hastings was an arrival in town yesterday afternoon. —Harry Green was registered at the Potter house, Philipsburg, over Sunday. —Mrs. John Noll and her daughter, Miss Roberta, returned from quite an extended visit in Pitts- burg yesterday afternoon. —Miss Mabel Cowdrick, of Niagara Falls, is here for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Hamilton Otto, and other friends in her former home. —J. Irwin Underwood, better known as “Doe, is at the home of Mr. Isaac Underwood, in this place, on a furlough. He was with the 16th Penna, to Porto Rico. —Passenger conductor John Hall, of the C. R. R. of Pa. with Mrs. Hall, is off on a ten day’s trip visiting relatives and friends at Corning, Waverly and Lyons, N.Y. —Gordon Wyche, of Washington, who was su- perintendent of Ardell’s big mill at Beaver Mill ten years ago, was in town on Monday, as genial and courteous as ever. —Mrs. Daniel McGinley has returned to her home on east Lamb street, after an extended visit tosher son Philip, at Lorain, Ohio, and her daughter, Mrs. Stuart Pearce, who lives in Ohio, also. —Luther Roberts, of Passadena, California, is in town visiting at the Humes home, on Alle- gheny street. He was instructor in the Bellefonte Academy at one time and has numerous friends here. —Alfred Baum, who has lately embarked in the livery business up at Patton, was here to spend Sunday with his parents. He looked happy and said that his business is opening up in a sur- prisingly prosperous manner. —A. A. Miller and J. C. Sauers, two of the staunch Democrats from State College, were in town yesterday afternoon and took part of Sour- beck’s car load of sweet potatoes home with them Only part of it, mark you. —Mr.and Mrs. Jacob G. Baum, of Evansville, Ind, are in town spending part of their honey- moon at the home of the groom's father, A. Baum, on east Bishop street. A notice of their marriage at Clarksville, Tenn., was published in a recent issue of this paper. —Roger T. Bayard, detailed from Co. Bas an orderly on Gen. Brooke's staft, returned from Porto Rico on Saturday evening. He came up from Santiago on the Obdam and is looking quite well. He says he is mighty glad to get home and will be just as happy to be mustered out. —Mr. George Williams, of Lemont, one of the Warcnman's old readers, was in town on Friday and while here came to the conclusion that his home has never heen the same since he discon- tinued the regular visits of this paper. The re- sult of his conclusion has heen that he is once more among our esteemed readers. —Albert Hoy, returned to Ris business at Woonsocket, R. I., on Saturday, after having spent a pleasant week with his friends here. It was his first visit home in over a year. He is in- terested in a fancy brick and tile works down East and just now is going into a new venture that has the manufacture of leather cloth for its object. It is a patent for making leather effects from cotton fabrics. —W. A. Simpson Esq., of Lock Haven, spent Tuesday night in town. He had been down at the Nittany country club for a day’s gunning and came up to Bellefonte to tell his friends here what he had bagged. While he was very well satisfied with the sport he had on the club property it is not likely that he will gun there much this fall, as he came into possession of a preserve of his own about three weeks ago and the large game he can chase there will more than likely take most of his time. LooKoUT FOR THIS SWINDLE.—An ex- change warns its readers against being en- trapped by the wiles of a slick swindler who is working farmers and boarding house keepers in the western part of the State. The swindler calls himself Thompson and he says he isa millionaire. Accord- ing to the Greensburg Zribune he is a fraud of the first water and neglects to pay for his boarding and lodging. When Mr. Thom pson arrived at Greensburg he went to the county clerk’s office and deposited in the vault there an Adams express com- pany receipt which showed on the face that he bad sent $50,000 to the treasury at Washington, D. C. Then he went into the country roundabout and began offering fab- ulous prices for farms, several of which were sold to him—on paper. He boarded with a Mrs. Kroft, of Ligonier, and after- ward with a Mrs. Collinswood, of Greens- burg, to whom he is said to have exhibited $44,000 in currency. His actions were quite peculiar and he invariably slept with a revolver under his pillow and when sit- ting in his boarding house kept one on a chair beside him. Sudden] y he left Greens- burg without paying any of his board bills and without taking along his alleged val- uable receipt. — 0» WON THE INQUIRER’S FIRST PRIZE. — There are many Bellefonters who will be interested in knowing that the first prize of $150 in the Philadelphia Inquirer's prize picture contest has been won by Miss M. M. Hahn. The fortunate young woman is a daughter of “Uncle Jake’ Hahn, the traveling man so well known in this section, and is at present a music teacher in Phila- delphia. Miss Hahn was born in Miles- burg, this county, and is a sister of Mrs. John W. Cook. The contest was the guessing of authors’ names from picture suggestions of them. There were forty pictures and eight thous- and guessers. Miss Hahn had every one correct. ee THE OPERATION Was SUCCESSFUL. — On Saturday Mrs. Wm. C. Heinle, of this place, underwent an operation for the removal of a tumorous growth that had ap- peared just below the right knee. The operation was performed in the German hospital in Philadelphia and she withstood the ordeal as well as could have been ex- pected. It is a matter of gratification to her friends that the first belief that it would be necessary to amputate her limb proved not to be a fact. ee — MR. Nor WoN THE CANE.—The cane contest for the benefit of the Milesburg Presbyterian church was decided last Satur- day night and now Emanuel Noll, the Pennsylvania rail-road baggage master at this place, sports the handsome walking stick that was contested for by Mr. J. S. Longwell and himself." Mr: Noll® raised $102.25 while his: competitor had $15.45. With the contest and oyster supper com- bined the church realized quite a neat sum. ae ONE WAY FARE TO PHILADELPHIA AND RETURN.—On account of the Peace Jubilee to be held in Philadelphia, Octo- ber 25th, 26th and 27th, the Central R. R. of Pa., will sell excursion tickets from all stations to Philadelphia and return at sin- gle fare for the round trip. These tickets will be good going Oct. 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th and for return passage on or be- fore Oct. 31st. - oe WANTED.—A good home, in a christian family, for a bright boy about 10 years of age. Apply to the Children’s Aid society, through Miss Emily Natt or Mrs. John L, Kurtz, Bellefonte, Pa. Marriage. ALEXANDER—BRrowEr.— Oct. 13th, 1898, at the M. E. parsonage in Milesburg, by Rev. Geo. E. King, Mr. Joseph A. Alexander, of Union town- ship and Miss Sarah Brower, of Runville, Pa. Warizer—THompsoN.—Oct. 17th, 1898, at the M. E arsonage in Milesburg, by Rev. Geo. E. King, r. Charles A. Walizer and Miss Cora M. Thomp- son, both of Howard, Pa. S— 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 ranning on the streets and solicits the public patronage. All calls, night or day, will receive prompt and cour- teous attention at reasonable rates. 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. Philadelphia Markets. The following are the closing prices of the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening. WHhHeat==Hefl.......orvm srs ssiessssmncssmansnnsan T4@T4%4 ¢“ —Spring... : 6634@6624 Corn —Yellow... x Stans, “ .36@3614 ORS. eors sienenranisrionrassorss .20@30 Flour— Winter, Per Br’ 2.15@2.40 ¢ —Penna. Roller... 3.00@3.25 *¢ —Favorite Brands 3.70@3.90 Rye Flour Per Br'l....... 2.85 Baled hay—Choice No. 1.. 10.50@11.00 44 te ie $2. 7.50@8.00 ““ ." “ “ 3... 6 50 Bellefonte Grain Market. Corrected weekly by the Puaxix Misting Co. The following are the quotations up to six o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes press: Red Wheat, old................ . 65 Red wheat, new.. ot 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 8 00 Buckwheat, per bushel .........cccec coerveerernnn... 25 Cloverseed, per bushel 00 to $7 00 Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co. Potatoes per bushel 45 Onions...... a: » 0 Eggs, per dozen 5 Tony bey ound 6 Country Shoulders Sides.... Hams... Tallow, per pound. . 3 Butter, per PoUlU....curscivricss sinrcsrmscesssvecnns 18
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