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.
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—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. :
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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.
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—Don’t miss the military finale at
Garman’s to-night.
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—Singing, dancing, music and lots of
clever specialties at the Vaudeville to-
night. .
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——The Andrews opera company will
sing ‘‘the Bohemian Girl’ here next Thurs-
day night.
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—Renovo has the oil fever again. It
would seem that Clinton county specula-
tors have spent about enough on dry oil
holes.
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——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.
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——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.
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——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.
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——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.’
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—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.
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—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.
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-——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.
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——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.
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——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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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——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.
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——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.
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‘——The soldiers’ farewell to-night, at
Garman’s.
——Work has been begun on the build-
ings for Lock Haven’s new silk mill.
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The original Beck, no shams, no
fake whiskers and mimicry, will play at
the Vaudeville at Garmans to-night.
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—Perry Confer, a Millheim farmer,
has husked 4} acres of his corn ; yielding
561 bushels, an average of 124% bushels to
the acre.
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—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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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