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Bellefonte, Pa., Dec. 9,1898.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——Uriah Stover, of Houserville, had
his pension increased from $6 to $8. per
month.
——The store building occupied by Mec-
Calmont & Co., on High street, is being re-
painted.
——Wahile in this place last Saturday L.
B. McEntire, of Fillmore, was taken sud-
denly ill and is not able to be out yet.
——Gus. Schnell, at one time a clerk in
Green’s drug store in this place, is living
in King Fisher, Oklahoma.
——L. C. Wetzel came home from a
little hunting expedition over back of Col-
yen, Friday evening, with six rabbits.
——The WATCHMAN is $1 a year now,
but remember, that the low rate is posi-
tively given to only those who pay in ad-
vance.
—-The Presbyterian fair, last Thursday
and Friday evenings, was so successful that
the women of the congregation have nearly
$230 to show for their trouble.
——There is to be an assembly in the
armory in this place Wednesday evening,
Dec. 28th. It will he given under the di-
tection of Miss Minnie Brew.
——There are just six more days for the
rabbit hunter to get in his killing licks.
The season closes on the 15th. After that
date it will be unlawful to shoot any game
animal or birds in this State.
——Thomas Donachy, custodian of Cen-
tre county’s public buildings and grounds,
met with an accident, on Wednesday morn-
ing, the like of which, we'll bet, hasn’t oc-
curred since his boyhood days.
——The statement of the First national
bank of Philipsburg, just published, shows
that that institution has resources to the
value of $887,246.64. It has a surplus of
$50,000 and undivided profits of $11,833.61.
——Col. Selden, accompanied by Major
Penny, will be in Bellefonte on Tuesday
evening Dec. 20th, for the purpose of in-
specting company M. The inspection will
he held at regular drill time in the even-
ing.
——There is sleighing in the upper end
of Buffalo-run valley and in the mountains
about Snow Shoe. At Patton about two
feet of snow fell and at Clearfield about a
foot. The Cambria branch of the railroad
was completely blockaded. re
—— Wilbur Gunther, of Philipsburg, re-
gently took a head-ache tablet to relieve an
attack of headache he. was suffering with.
It affected his heart in such a way as to
render him unconscious and it was only af-
ter considerable work by a physician that
hie was revived.
——Claude Ammerman left the Cottage
hospital, in Philipsburg, where he was be-
ing treated for a gun-shot wound in his foot,
to witness a game of foot-ball on Thanks-
giving day. The result of his rash act is
that he caught cold in the injured member
aud has lock-jaw now,
=—Sheriff Cronister took Billi Hanna to
the western penitentiary on Monday after-
noon. At Tyrone county auditor Frank
Hess, of Philipsburg, met the sheriff and
his prisoner and shared in the watch until
Hanna was safely landed in his long stop-
ping place in Allegheny.
——The Ariel ladies’ sextette, one of
the attractions in the People’s popular
eonrse, made a decided hit at Garman’s
last Friday night. The singing of Misses
Gertrude and Grace Smith was exceptional
while Marguerite’s impersonations of ju-
venile orators were simply wonderful.
Jas. Schofield’s old reliable harness
store on Spring street is filled with the
finest live of blankets and robes that you
have ever seen displayed in Bellefonte.
Prospects are good for an old fashioned
winter and every horse owner should have
a nice warm blanket, as well as a good
robe. Schofield has them and at such
prices as will astonish you.
——The following class were confirmed
by bishop Ethelbert Talbot at St. John’s
Episcopal church, in this place, on Sunday
evening : George W. Sunday, Clarence F.
Longacre, Thomas B. McClellan, John N.
Lane. Harold B. Lingle, Harry L. Larimer,
Edgar M. McCloskey, Upton H. Reamer,
Misses Marie L. White, Louise B. Callo-
way, Viola J. Bathurst, Effie C. Snyder,
Sarah E. Bolich, Mr. Jesse A. Ryan.
Fannie Barnhart, the young lady
who was so seriously injured by her fall on
a Curtin street pavement, about four weeks
ago. is unable to leave her home. We un-
derstand that council has taken up the
matter of the pavement grades on the
portly side of east Curtin street, with a
view to enforcing an uniformity among
the property holders, but uuless it is done
very soon there will be some large damage
suits to fight in the courts.
The Powers Shoe Co., composed of
Geo. T. Bush, son of the late D. G. Bush,
and A. C. Heverly, are certainly hustlers.
They have made many changes and bright-
ened up the store, which is still in the
same old Powers place in the Bush Arcade,
and have added several thousand dollars
worth of new gocds that they are selling at
low: prices. Our many readers will do
well wo give them a call and see some of the
fine prizes given to cash purchasers. They
have the old reliable Thos.. Fleming in:
their repair shop, who is accounted one of
the finest repairmen in Centre county.
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THE SECOND WEEK IN COURT.—When
the WATCHMAN went to press ldst week
all of the business of the first week’s session
of court had been finished up and a fall ac-
count of the doings was published, includ-
ing the report of the grand jury.
This week the civil cases are being tried
and some of them, having consumed more
time than was expected, not many have
been before the jury. The list of cases
Gettig, is as follows:
Austin Curtin, treasurer of V. C. C. C.,
use of John Hamilton, treasurer of V. C.
C. C., use of George M. Boal, treasurer of
Centre County Veteran Club vs Harry R.
Curtin, administrator of, ete., of Constance
Curtin deceased, whom J. M. Parker sur-
vived. This suit was brought to recover
on a note. Verdict in favor of the plaintiff
for $307.25.
Keystone drilling company vs John Q.
Miles and Mrs. S. A. Batler, summons in
replevin, plea non assumpsit. - This suit
was brought to recover one Keystone drill.
Verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the
property.
The First national bank of Bellefonte vs
G. H. Leyman and H. H. Harshberger.
Suit brought to recover on a note. The
defendants confessed judgment in open
court for $376.20, with stay of execution
for six months.
R. R. Long vs Cyrus Gordon, summons
in assumpsit. After the jury had been im-
paneled the parties got together and settled
the case.
John F. Potter, administrator of, ete.,
of Geo. Mc. Potter, deceased, vs the Union
central life insurance company of Cincin-
nati, Ohio. On or about July 12th, ’94,
John Potter, while in Penns valley, re-
ceived word that his son was missing from
Cross Forks, in Potter county, where he
had been working for the Lackawanna
lumber company, and that he had proba-
bly been murdered near Olean, N. Y. This
word came by letter from a Mr. Barron, at
Cross Forks, to H. H. Montgomery, chief
of police of Bellefonte, and by him convey-
ed to Mr. Potter’s home at Milesburg. Up-
on receipt of this information Mr. Potter
at once started for Cross Forks to investigate
and found that his son, Geo. McCandlish
Potter, disappeared sometime between the
17th and the 28th of May, 1894, and had
not been heard of, since by anyone. No
one could give him any information as to
where he had gone, but he was told that a
man had been found about a mile south of
Olean, N. Y., ina clump of woods, with
his throat cut from ear to ear, and proba-
bly murdered. He found all of George's
effects at his boarding place, his clothes
being in hisichest, and hanging abont the
room, and his letters from his correspond-
ents, together with a life insurance policy
for $1500.00, issued by the defendant com-
fany through its agent at Williamsport,
a. Mr. Potter then returned home, and
again returned to Cross Forks in the latter
‘part of July of the same year and went on
to Olean, and sometime in July, 1897, went
to Olean and had the body of the man,
found there and buried in the Mount View
cemetery, exhumed and identified it in the
presence of Mr. Kemerer, the sexton of the
cemetery, as his son, George Mc. Potter—
he and the sexton each taking a lock of
hair off the corpse, which were produced in
court. The next day the body was again
exhumed in the presence of Mr. J. F. Davis,
the defendants’ agent; and again exhumed
on; Nov. 1st, 1898, in the presence of Mr.
Potter and his wife, and both identified it
as the body of their son. The coroner, Dr.
E. B: Burdick, who held the inquest on
the body of the murdered man at Olean,
in Cataraugus connty, N. Y., swore that
the body was found in a clump of woods one
mile south of Olean on the 10th day of
June, 1894, and might have been there
from ten to twenty days; and that the side
of his face exposed had been eaten con-
siderably by insects, and that the body
was that of an American, and from a pict-
ure taken of George Mec. Potter when he
was about 11 years old and one taken
when 20 and a member of the graduating
class of 1890 of the Bellefonte High school,
he recognized the dead man’s body as that
of George Mec. Potter. The defendant ad-
mitted the disappearance, but claimed that
the identification of the body was not suf-
ficient, and attempted to prove that it was
that of sone foreigner. The case was hotly
contested hy both sides and went to the
jury at 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon.
Verdiet in favor of plaintiff for $1,755.55,
being the full amount of the policy with
interest.
Hiram M. Goodman, administrator of
etc., of Emma C. Goodman, deceased, vs.
J. P. Condo, H. H. Montgomery, William
Gares, John L. Dunlap, James Cornelly
and Joseph Rightnour. This case grew
out of the famous Ettlinger tragedy at
Woodward, in March, 1896, when the
Goodman property, then occupied by Wm.
R. Ettlinger, was burned down to dislodge
Ettlinger. It is to recover the value of
buildings destroyed. Three cases have
been institutel—one against the sheriff
and deputies, which is- now on trial. The
others are against the sheriff and his bonds-
men and the county. The speeches were
finished up last evening and the court will
charge the jury this morning. Immedi-
ately thereafter the Fox case will be call-
ed.
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—Only within the past few days a
Young man was released from the county
jail who had served a sentence of seven
months and then was held three months
additional for non-payment of his fine for
having made indecent exposure of his per-
son. According to the testimony that was
developed at his trial all of the offenses
were committed in alleys and back streets
of the town. Last Sunday afternoon, at
about five o'clock, such a scene was enacted
on the High street bridge over Spring
creek, on Bellefonte’s most used thorough-
fare, as would have shocked even the mod-
esty ofa cigar Indian. Fortunately for the
protection of the community against a
similar display of anatomy that is better in
concealment the police have heen set to
work on the case and will probably make
an example of the offender.
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——Invitations have been issued for the
wedding of Miss Margaret Struble, daugh-
ter, of Watson Struble, of{Spring township,
‘and Wm. N. Fishburn, of Benner town-
ship. The ceremony will be performed
Wednesday evening, Dec. 21st.
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——Lewis Furey, of Lock Haven, a son
of Joe W. Furey, formerly associate editor
| of the WATCHMAN, has enlisted in the rega-
lar army. He has been attached to the
| 10th Inf. stationed at Huntsville, Ala.
taken up, thus far, as reported hy S. D.-
CouNnciL IN SEessioN.—It didn’t take
council long to transact the business before
it Monday night, because there wasn’t
much of importance, aside from consider-
ing the purchase of a street lighting plant
for the borough.
Miss Valentine, of Burnham, made com-
plaint that water in the Phenix milling
company’s dam has been thrown out of its
regular course, by the recent improvements
out there, and it is washingaway the road-
bed leading to their home. The matter
was referred to the proper committee.
None of the conimittees had any special
report to make, except the Finance com-
mittee which reported that on Nov. 7th
there was a balance of $177.15 in the treas-
ury and on Dec. 5th there was a balance of
$1,366.51 due the treasurer.
The Logan engine company made a re-
quest that steam heat be placed in the pub-
lic building, as the present system does not
give a uniform heat, the cause of which is
probably due to the fact that it does not
get uniform attention.
The following bills were approved and
ordered paid :
Thos. Shaughensy, Jr., 900 ft. hose re-
paired & 10 00
A. Allison, pipe supplies.. 85 05
Geo. M. Mallory, blacksmithing...... ..... 5 50
The Cherry chemical Co., boiler com-
pound... 19 50
Water pay AR 83 30
P. R. R. Co., steel pav 18 90
Bellefonte ¥. & 8S. Co., coal... . 78 80
R. J. Schad & Bro., supplies
WOKS... ....cootinee inion dons 8 58
Bellefonte F. & S. Co, coal oil ae 2 80
Edison Electric Light Co., street lights.. 316 75
€ « * = loekauap....... 8 00
¢¢ ke £6 “water works.. 1 50
Police pay roll 35 00
Street pay roll 145 16
Isaac Mitchell, 1 month as clerk 12 50
$831 14
For some time council has held under
advisement a proposition for the installing
of an electric lighting plant ‘at the water
works, for the purpose of lighting the
streets of the borough. A committee has
been investigating the matter for some
time and at the Monday night session it
took tangible shape by the appearance of
Thomas Cooper, a representative of the
Ft. Wayne electric company, who made
an offer to incorporate a complete lighting
plant, with a capacity of one hundred arc
lamps, for the sum of $9,000. It was
stated that such a plant could be installed
in the water works building without mak-
ing additional room thereto and that the
only additional expense that would be
necessary would be an electrician to keep
the lines in order and lamps trimmed ata
salary of $40 per month. Under such an
arrangement it was proposed that the same
firemen and engineers at the water works
who are employed now could keep steam
up and attend to the machines there. Based
on such assumptions the annual cost ‘of
lighting our streets would aggregate about
$2,730, divided as follows: $480 salary’ for
electrician, $450 interest at 5 per ceiit:ion
the principal involved and allowing'20 per
cent.—an outside figure~—$1,800, for Wear
and tear expenses. | ‘As ‘there dve just fifty:
seven street intersections in Bellefonte
east of Thomas street, it will he seen‘that
with such a plant the borough could have
an arc light at every corner in the town,
including the intersections on Wilson
street, and still have others to spare. ‘In
the above estimate there is no: cost for fuel,
as it was suggested that the pumping’ at
the water works be done at a time when
the dynamo would be running, thus gen-
erating steam for the pumping engine and
dynamo engine at the same time and’ ne-
cessitating very little fuel in addition t
what is being used now. ?
Under the present contracts with ‘the
Edison company the borough is’ paying
$105 each for 27 arc lights and $20 each for
53 incandescent lights, making a yearly
outlay of $3,895, without the cost of light-
ing at the water works, the lock-up or the
council chamber. This is $1,165 more
than the probable cost of a borough plant—
fuel not considered. With such an ap-
parent saving in view and so much more
light than is being had under the present
system it would seem that the work ought
to be done at ounce. But there are some
argaments against it that need be heard
before ajsafe conclusion can be arrived at.
In the first place the borough of Belle-
fonte has a bonded indebtedness of $100,-
000. In addition to this there are other
debts, that under the law would be classed
as “bonded,” to the amount of about $10,-
000 or $12,000. Now the assessed valua-
tion of all realty in Bellefonte, liable to
taxation, at the triennial assessment for
1898, amounted to $1,685,575. By state
enactment no borough can bond herself for
more than 7 per cent. of her assessed valu-
ation, thus you will see that Bellefonte’s
bonded debt cannot go ahove $118,060 and
to put in an electric lighting plant costing
$9,000 would run it in excess of that
amount.
Of course a portion of the expense could
be paid in cash, or the entire amount could
be raised by an extra millage that could
be laid next spring for that purpose. It
would require an additional levy of about
3 mills to raise the required sum.
Another question presents itself for de-
liberation. Under the proposed plan it is
hoped to effect an economical consumption
of fuel by running the pumps at the same
time that the dynamo is to be run. Is it
not a fact that the reservoir is too small a
store house for Bellefonte’s daily water
supply aud is it not also a fact that the en-
gines at the water works are started at 4
o’clock in the morning and run well into
the day, in order to get the reservoir full
for the morning’s drain upon it and also to
keep pumping directly into the one large
main that runs down Water street and up
High to the Diamond? This is made
necessary hecause of the consumption of
water being greater during the day time
than at night. How then is the same fire
under the boilers to generate steam for
dynamos that must be put in operation in
the evening, sometimes as early as five
o'clock, and for the pumping engines that
begin their work at four in the morning
and work nearly all day, when light is not
needed. Both could be run together if the
reservoir was adequate, but it is not, and
the fuel question must necessarily be
counted in the new venture.
Council did not take any definite action
on the matter, having laid it over until the
next meeting.
THOMAS R. BENNER DIES FROM THE
EFFECT OF AN OPERATION.—In last Fri-
day’s issue of this paper was published an
account of an operation that had been per-
formed on Thomas R. Benner, a former
resident of Bellefonte, in the Jefferson hos-
pital in Philadelphia, for the removal of a
tumor on his neck. The operation was
made on Wednesday, November 30th, and
it was believed would result satisfactorily,
but the patient lost so much blood that he
did not rally and died Saturday morning.
The body was brought to this place Mon-
day morning and taken to the home of the
Misses Benner, on High street, where fu-
neral services were conducted by Rev. Geo.
I. Brown, rector of St. John’s Episcopal
church, on Tuesday afternoon, The burial
was in charge of Gregg post G. A. R., of
which deceased had been a past command-
er and adjutant.
Thomas R. Benner was born in Belle-
fonte, April 17th, 1842. He was a direct
descendant of Gen. Philip Benner, of revo-
lutionary fame and the pioneer of this sec-
tion. During the civil war decedent serv-
ed for three years with the 45th P. V., and
after being mustered out of the active sery-
‘| ice he joined Co. B in the state Guard to
which organization he was attached for two
years, being moved up to the position of
quarter master of the 5th Reg., where he
served for seven years. When free mail
delivery was established in Bellefonte he
was made a carrier and served until the
time of his removal to Atlantic City, where
he has resided ever since.
A widow with a son and a daughter,
Herbert and Lydia, survive him. His
brother Harvey H., of Atlantic City, and
sisters Mrs. Carscadden, of Franklin, and
Misses Sallie and Linnie, of this place, are
living.
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SANFORD DILLON, ONCE A RESIDENT OF
THIS COUNTY.—Apoplexy caused the death
of Sanford Dillon, at his home in Altoona,
at noon on Sunday. He had been in poor
health for several years.
Deceased was born on what is now
known as the Samuel T. Gray farm, at
Graysdale, in this county, March 31st,
1826. His early life was spent at that
place and along in the fifties they moved to
Williamsport. There he joined the Meth-
odist church of which he remained a zeal-
ous member until the time of his death.
In 1877 the family moved to Altoona,
where he connected himself with the
Chestnut avenue church and was a class
leader for twenty years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Susan
Dillon, and the following children: Stew-
art, of Jersey City; Frank, of New Castle;
Harry and Charles, of Altoona; Homer, of
Trenton, N. J., and Margaret, at home.
His brother Wilson, of Julian, and sister
Mrs. John McMullen, of near Scotia, also
suryjve,,, He wps a member of Mystic
Castle No. 16, Ancient Order Knights of
the Mystic Chain, and the Pennsylvania
railroad relief. Funeral services were held
in the church Tuesday afternoon in charge
of Revs. Schenck and Meyers. Interment
in Oak Ridge cemetery.
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HE WAs WELL KNOWN HERE. —James
Hastings, the son of James Hastings, of
Philadelphia, and a nephew of Governor
and Mrs. Hastings, died at Silver City,
Mexico, on Saturday night. He had suf-
fered for quite a while with tuberculosis of
the lungs, but it was thought that the dry
climate of Mexico would effect” a cure or,
at least, stay the progress of the disease.
Prior to going there he spent four weeks in
this place with Mrs. Rankin, having left
here September 21st for Altoona, where his
mother met him and went South with him.
She was at his bed-side when he died.
Deceased was born in Pittsburg and was
21 years old on the 15th of last July. He
was an exceptionally nice hoy, who during
his frequent visits to this place made nu-
merous friends who will regret to learn of
his early death. For a time he was stu-
dent at The Pennsylvania State College,
having left that institution to accept a posi-
tion as a draughtsman in Philadelphia.
The body will probably arrive in Phila-
delphia this evening. Interment will be
made in that city.
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DIED IN MILLHEIM.—Isaac Confer, an
old and respected citizen of Millheim, died
at his home in that place on Sunday morn-
ing, after several years failing health. He
was a carpenter by trade and at one time
was engaged in the planing mill business,
but was obliged to retire on account of his
health.
Deceased was 69 years old aud is sur-
vived by the following children: H. F.
Confer, Spring Mills; Mrs. John Hall,
Mill Hall; Mrs. H. W. Bollinger, Altoona.
Funeral services were held in the Metho-
dist church Wednesday morning.
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——Samuel J. Weiser, who died at his
home in Mifflinburg on Wednesday of last
week, was born in Millheim, Nov. 17th,
1837. He was a tinner by trade and at
one time carried on a flourishing business
in Miflinburg.
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——Arthur J. Grieb, a member of the
firm of Grieb Bros., died at his home in
Sugar valley, on Tuesday afternoon, with
typhoid fever. He was 40 years old and is
survived by a widow and six children.
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——Offenbach’s delightful opera, “The
Grand Duchess,” will be sung at Garman’s
next Monday night, by the Kane opera
company. The company advertises forty
people with Miss Carlotta Gillman and Mr.
Martin Pache at their head.
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——The best cow in the herd owned by
J. H. Dunkle, at Mingoville, was gored by
one of the other animals list week and died
from the effects of it.
——Tell everybody that the WATCHMAN
an be had for $1 a year.
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—Protracted meetings are being held
in the Disciple church at Eagleville.
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—Dorsey Patterson, of Warriorsmark,
killed a fine deer in the Barrens one day
last week.
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—— “The Grand Duchess” will be sung
at Garman’s next Monday night by the
Kane opera company.
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——The WATCHMAN has been made
cheaper in price only. The standard of
excellence it has always maintained will
not he lowered. :
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—Fourteen Lock Haven boys left for
Huntsville, Ala., on Saturday afternoon,
they had all enlisted in the regular army
and will serve with the 10th Inf.
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——The Sandy Ridge fire brick works
shipped over half a million brick during
the month of Novemberand the capacity of
the plant has to be increased to meet or-
ders.
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——Former judge Thos. Riley, of Boals-
burg, butchered a pig last Saturday that
dressed 4951bs. It wasn’t a pig, either.
It must have been a hog or it wouldn’t
have gotten so fat.
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——Tyrone council wrestled with the
cow question at its Monday night session
and the cow came out on top. An ordi-
hance was up to prohibit cows from running
on the streets. It was defeated.
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George S. Gramley, of Rote, recent-
ly butchered eleven hogs, which were all
born in one litter of twelve pigs last March,
and the lightest one of which weighed 258
pounds and the heaviest 282 pounds.
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——Drayman Roland Hickoff’s horse
frightened at the cars, on Thomas street,
Monday afternoon, and ran away. He was
thrown out and suffered a painful lacera-
tion of the scalp. In fact it required a
number of stitches to close up his wounds.
News Purely Personal.
—Miss Sara Heberling, of Eagleville, is visiting
friends at Warriorsmark.
—Merchant John P. Condon, of Miltheim, was
in town during the fore part of the week.
—Mr. and Mrs. John P, Hauiris Jr., of Tyrone,
spent Sunday at the home of John’s parents in
this place. Ww
—Miss Mary Cruse, of Linn street, returned,
from Philipsburg, where she has been visiting
Miss Louise Lingle.
—Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Hoy have issued invita-
tions for the marriage of their, daughter Minerva
E. to Clayton Royer on Dec. 15th at.11:30 o'clock.
—Miss May Crider, of Linn street, returned
from Mifflin, in Tuesday afternoon.’ She spent
several weeks visiting her uncle; the Hon. Hugh
North, in that place.
—Mrs. J. E. Horne and her little son’ Tom re-
turned to their home in Philipsburg, on Monday
evening, after a few days spent dt the honde of Dr.
William Laurie in this place.
—A. Walter, Samuel Weiser, P. P. Leitzel and
Hal. Crouse, are a quartette -6f representative
Millheim men who have been in town during the
week, witnesses on the case to recover from the
county for the burning of the Ettlinger house at
Woodward. IP
—Dr. Stevens went to Clearfield Monday morn-
ing, ostensibly to take William home, his dear
little name-sake who has been here for some
weeks, but we know the real reason was to see
that new granddaughter the mention of whom
fairly makes him beam. '
—Mr. J. B. Royer was a caller at this office Sat-
urday afternoon, not to tell about the big crops he
harvested last season, or to blow about the large
porkers he butchered, but merely to order the
Wazcnuan, which his estimable wife had just made
up her mind she could do without no longer.
—Mrs. Ada Fairlamb nee Weaver, of Philadel-
phia, is the guest of her «cousin, Miss Mary
Weaver, of Howard street. Mrs. Fairlamb has
rented her own home in West Philadelphia and
after visiting her friends in this county will
spend the vest of the winter with her sister Mrs.
Given. =
—J. Wesley Biddle, of Waddle’s, was in town
yesterday afternoon, having driven down
with Frank Harris in a cutter. They were a little
more fortunate than Jatoh Mattern and his party
who were compelled to abandon their sled out
near Roopsburg for want of snow. Mr. Biddle
got clear into town, but out of compassion for his
horse he was walking. They have good sleighing
up the Run.
—J. N. Brooks, of Pleasant Gap, was in town
Wednesday afternoon. He dropped into the
Warchyan office for a moment, but would stay
only long enough to take advantage of our dollar
rate to advance subscribers. It was not unusual
for Mr. Brooks to do such a thing, for he is noted
as one of the good business men of the Gap and
it was right in his line to take advantage of the
proposition we are offering.
—Geo. H. Musser, the young farmer who de-
serted the traditional stamping ground of the
family up Buffalo-run and moved into the Ridges
hack of Mileshurg some time ago, was in town on
Tuesday. He is making farming go down there
and is progressive enough to pull whatever he
can out of side issues, such as stone quarrying.
He has a fine paving stone quarry opened up on
his place and delivers it in any sizes to order.
—John J. Orndorf Esq., one of the big men
financially, politically and physically, over on the
other side of the mountains, was in town during
the week as a witness in the case of Goodman
against former sheriff Condo and his deputies for
burning the Ettlinger house at Woodward in
order to dislodge the desperado. With
former Representative Tewksbury, of Colum-
bia county, who was at one time the leading
grange member in the Legislature, he called at
the Warcamax office Tuesday evening.
—John J. Bayard was at home to spend Sunday
with his parents on Spring street. It was his
first visit to Bellefonte in fifteen months, but he
hadn't changed a jot and we are sure he didn’t
find Bellefonte any different. He has left the
employ of the Wrought iron bridge company, at
Canton, Ohio, and is now located in Pittsburg,
where he is one of the eastern contracting freight
agents for the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
BR. W systems.
—Dr. H. T. Fernald, of State College, was in
town last Friday on his way to Milesburg to ad-
dress a meeting of the grange and from there he
went to Holidaysburg on the same mission. In
addition to his duties at State College the Doctor
is Economie Zoologist of the State and he is so
heart and soul in the work that in the short time
he has been in charge the dry bones of that de-
partment have wakened up until it is becoming
of great practical use and benefit to the tree
growers and farmers of the State,
EE
FOSTER ON DECEMBER WEATHER.—The
weather for the latter part of this month is
to be warm, if we place any reliance on
what prophet Foster has to say about it.
He starts off his December forecast by say-
ing that a cool wave will cross the west of
Rockies country about the 6th, great cen-
tral valleys 8th, eastern States 10th. This
cool wave will go into the southern States
with considerable force, and will be a
“norther’” for that country. Very cold
weather will follow this storm in the
northern States.
Previous bulletins have announced that
December would average above normal
temperature, but you may look for great
extremes. The first half of the month will
average very cold, particularly in the
northern States.
Cold waves have no regard for man-made
calendars, and therefore do not respect the
lines between months. This cold wave
will begin about November 28th and end
about December 12th.
In this general bulletin I cannot give
dates for all localities, and therefore the
dates for these storm waves, when not oth-
erwise definitely stated, are for the 90th
meridian, which is about the general course
of the Mississippi river. These disturb-
ances will arrive at points west of the line
from one to three days earlier and at points
east of it from one to three days later.
From December 13th up to and includ-
ing the first week in January the tempera-
ture will average high, as much above nor-
mal as the first part of the month will be
helow.
W. E. Gray, of Bellefonte, J. K.
Clark, of Tionesta, Geo. Ed. Weis, of Ridg-
way, J. T. Reinsel, of Clarion, and B. F.
28th congressional district, met at the
court house in Clearfield, on Friday, and
computed the returns and gave a certificate
of election to Hon. James K. P. Hall to
serve this district for two years. The vote
was, Hall 17,660, Arnold 14,209, Rheem
1,898.
—The Pender, Neb., Republican, an-
nounces the marriage on the 23rd, ult., of
Miss Flora May Meadville, of that place, to
Mr. William C. Boone, of Omaha. Miss
Meadville is the daughter of Mrs. Graham
Meadville, nee Miss Annie McClellan,
whose girlhood days were spent in this
place, and who will be remembered as the
only daughter of the late William Me-
Clellan, of Linn street.
Sem————r
——John 8. Chamberlain and Harry W.
Dixon, of Warriorsmark, enlisted in the
regular army at Altoona, on Tuesday, and
were sent with twenty-four other recruits
to Huntsville, Ala., to be attached to the
8th Inf. Both men had been with Sheri-
dan troop of Tyrone to Porto Rico.
——Jos. L. Montgomery was able to get
out of his apartments at the Bush house,
on Monday morning, after a week’s con-
finement with a bilious attack. - It was the
first time he had ever been confined so long
in his life.
hy .
——One of the features of special import
at the ‘‘The Grand Duchess,’”’ next Mon-
day night, will be the appearance of the
youthful prodigy violinist master Maurice
Poare, who will play between the acts.
ree A mmr
——You old subscribers who are in ar-
rears! Why don’t you pay up and get ad-
vantage of our low $1 a year rate?
—1If you want fine work done of every
description the WATCHMAN office is the
place to come.
Business Notice.
——Powers Shoe Co. have handsome leggings,
slippers and footwear suitable for Xmas. presents.
——Banks of culm in the Schuylkill coal region,
which years ago were abandoned as waste, are be-
ing reclaimed, and the refuse is crushed into the
smaller sizes of coal, at a rate of 4,000 tons a day.
——Buy a graphephone for a Xmas. present for
the family. They are but $10 and upwards at
Bush's.
—*“New occasions bring new duties,” says the
poet. Our little spat with Spain must have been
one of the occasions referred to.
——Cut prices on Holiday Goods at Bush's.
——The best thing to do with your troubles it to
introduce them to your blessings.
——~Cameras and Photo supplies at Bush’s.
——The almighty dollar has no hypocritical
worshippers at its shrine.
——Good shoes cheap at Powers Shoe Co's.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—=Red.........c..ccciisisvivnniicier vise mien
¢“ —Spring. we GT@6704
Corn —Yellow. 3T@41
“Mixed. 385@39
OtErircrsssrsssrississsens 33@33Y4
Flour— Winter, Per Br 2.25@2.50
¢“ —Penna. Roller. 3.15@3.35
* —Favorite Brand $3504.10
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by the PnaNix Miuuing Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
press:
65
Red wheat, new 65
Rye, per bushel................ 40
Corn, shelled, per bushel... 40
Corn, ears, per bushel. 30
Oats, per bushel, new 25
Barley per bushel... 40
Ground laster, per 8 00
Buckwheat, per bushel
25
Cloverseed, per bushel. ...§6 00 to $7 00
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
. Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel
Onions........ccrssssinr
Eggs, per dozen
Lard, per pound....
Country Shoulders
Sides
Tallow, per pound.
Butter, per pound
Chase, of Clearfield, return judges for the
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