Bemarraic Wc
Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. 20. 1899,
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——Col. Amos Mullen has been granted
a pension of $6 per month.
—Peter Kelly, of Port Matilda, re-
cently had his leg badly crushed while
hauling mine prop timber.
—-The warm winds on Saturday made
short work of the ice that had covered
Bellefonte hills for several days.
——The wind storm that proved so
destructive in many parts of the State, last
Saturday afternoon, did no damage in
Bellefonte.
——The Milesburg postoffice has been
moved from the old quarters into a room
especially fitted up for it in the Crider
building on Mill street.
——Former Governor Hastings’ five
horses and carriages have arrived here, and
are ready for the use of the family when
they return from New York.
—A progressive euchre proved delight-
ful entertainment for a party of young
people at the home of Michael Shields, on
Logan street, Tuesday evening.
—Emon H. Swarts, of Altoona, was
married to Miss Elizabeth May Walters,
of Unionville, last Thursday evening. The
ceremony was performed in Altoona.
——D. A. Grove is going to give up the
coal and grain business at Lemont in the
spring and move onto the homestead of
his late father, Michael Grove Esq.
White pine timber will soon be a
curiosity in Taylor township. Chaney &
Thompson have purchased the last tract in
that region and it will soon be cut.
——On Monday our townsman A. Baum,
entertained his brother Samuel, who is ex-
tensively engaged in the mercantile busi-
ness in Philadeiphia and was here spend-
ing the day.
T. F. Musser, of Snow Shoe; S. K.
Spangler, of Blanchard; and Nathan Mec-
Closkey, of Romola, are all fortunates who
have recently been granted new pensions
or bad increases awarded.
While coasting on Willowbank street,
Thursday night, Sadie Martin had three of
her fingers smashed by getting them be-
tween the top board and the rear sled of
the cutter on which she was riding.
~—On Saturday night Gregg post No.
95, G. A. R. had public installation cere-
monies and entertained a large party of
visitors at a camp fire. The officers have
already been published several times.
——O0. D. Eberts, deputy treasurer under
John Q. Miles, was in town on Saturday
closing up a deal whereby he becomes
owner of the mercantile business at Martha,
formerly conducted by the late Mr. Shaffer.
—— At the annual election of trustees for
the Methodist church, Bellefonte, held on
Wednesday evening, Jas. K. Barnhart, S.
D. Ray and Henry Lowery were chosen to
succeed John G. Love, S. H. Williams and
Wm. Straub.
——George Weaver has been prostrated
for two weeks with an attack of appendicitis.
The true nature of his trouble was not dis-
covered until he was too weak to undergo
an operation, but it is thought he will pall
through without it now.
——Fred McCully has abandoned his in-
tention of becoming a barber and has entered
the foundry at the Standard scale and sun-
ply company Lim., works, to learn the
moulding trade. William Rider has taken
his place in Storm’s barber shop.
—1It is rumored in Philipsburg that
W. H. Sandford, cashier of the First na-
tional hank of Patton will be called to Phil-
ipshurg to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of the late O. P. Jones and Frank
Lukenbach will be given the cashiership of
the Patton bank.
——Oliver Scott’s negro minstrels, one of
the largest entertainments of the kind,
composed exclusively of colored people,
and among them some of the best perform-
ers in their special lines before the public,
will be the next attraction at Garman’s.
They come Thursday evening, January
26th, 1899.
—Dr.” Albert Roberts’ diphtheria
remedy isapparently what the people want.
Testimonials are pouring in from all direc-
tions and it keeps him busy mixing remedy
enough to fill orders. On Saturday he re-
ceived an order from M. G. Orwig, agent
of the P. R. R. Co. at Houtzdale, who
speaks of it as ‘‘a great remedy.”
—Shouting like a wild man and puff-
ing worse than Corbett did when Sharkey
worked him out of wind insurance agent
Bob Hunter rushed down street yesterday
at noon. As he had a grip in his hand we
suppose most people thought he intended
leaving town on a train that was fast dis-
appearing when he first made himself
prominent on the street. He had no notion
of going away on that train or he would
have started to get ready sooner.
——The gospel meetings that had been
advertised to be held in the court house in
this place daring the week had to be given
up because evangelist Charles Inglais failed
to put in hisappearance. He was expected
here Monday night and quite a large crowd
of people gathered in the court house to
hear him, but he did not come. On Tues-
day night many of the people returned to be
disappointed again. Then it was learned
that the evangelist had left Trenton, the
last place in which he had been working,
and sailed for London on Tuesday.
GENERAL JACKSON WOODRING.—For
about two years General Jackson Wood-
ring, of Port Matilda, this county, has
suffered from tuberculosis of the stomach
and intestines and several months ago the
disease assumed a more violent form, caus-
ing him great pain. Several physicians
were in attendance at different times dur-
ing his illness and everything that medical
skill aud the careful nursing of a devoted
wife could do was done for him but on Sat-
urday, at 10:25 p. m., January 14th, 1899,
he found rest from his earthly suffering.
A large number of sorrowing relatives and
friends paid the last tribute of respect to
him on Tuesday morning, last, when after
an impressive service held in the Presby-
terian church, conducted by Rev. Edwin
White, of the M. E. church of Port Matilda,
and Rev. C. W. Rishell, of the M. E.
church of Snow Shoe, assisted hy a large
choir which rendered several appropriate
selections, his mortal remains were laid to
rest in the Presbyterian cemetery of that
village.
General Jackson Woodring, son of Mich-
ael and Nancy Woodring, was born in Hunt-
ingdon county this State, Sept. 30th, 1853,
and at the time of his death was aged 46
years, 3 months and 14 days. He was sec-
retary of the school board up to his illness
and served in various local offices and dis-
charged every trust with care and fidelity.
Personally a staunch Democrat he was elect-
ed in a Republican district on account of his
worth and sterling integrity. For several
years he has owned and resided in the form-
er Hasson house property the only public
stopping place for quite a distance around
and he made his customers feel as if they
were stopping for a rest at home, rather
than at a public house.
He leaves to survive him his aged father
and mother, several brothers and his
immediate family consisting of his
wife, Bella B., son, George C., and two
daughters, Viola and Edith. A little
daughter preceded him to the grave some
years since and he is buried by her side.
For his loving and tenderly devoted wife
we hear nothing hut praise for the ceaseless
care and watchfulness over her husband
during all his illness. The ministers
dwelt particularly upon this and her
neighbors are unstinting in their commen-
dation. She did all that was possible for
her to do to alleviate his suffering and may
the God of the widow and orphan care
tenderly for her and hers.
A few years since a friendship was
formed between the writer of this sketch
and the deceased which proved true and
lasting till death. Words cannot convey
the respect and esteem in which I held
him. He had a host of friends and few
enemies and his genial ways, encouraging
words and helpful suggestions warmed and
gladdened the hearts of those with whom
he came in contact.
He died in the hope of a blessed immor-
tality through faith in Christ as his Saviour
and his sorrowing friends should remember
that:
“Death’s but a path that must be trod,
If man would ever pass to God.”
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MRS. MARGARET GRAY DoORSEY.—The
Braymer, Missouri, Bee of January 13th,
published the following notice of the death
of a woman who was well-known in the
upper end of this county. Her numerous
friends and relatives here will be sincerely
grieved to learn of her sudden demise. She
was a cousin of the editor of this paper.
Mrs. Margaret Gray Dorsey, wife of Dr.
D. B. Dorsey, died at the family home in
Braymer, Mo., of the grippe, Thursday
noon, January 12th, 1899, aged 65 years
and about 3 months. She was born in
Halfmoon valley, Centre county, Pa., on
the farm of her father, Mr. Jacob Gray.
Her husband, three of her sons, Dr. F. B.
Dorsey, of Keokuk, Iowa; Dr. J. G. Dor-
sey, of Wichita, Kansas; and C. Purdue
Dorsey, of Braymer, and her two daugh-
ters, Misses Luella and Eva, also of Bray-
mer, survive her.
Her life was a model of simple devotion
to duty, for the sake of the right, for the
good of her fellow-beings, and from a sense
of deep conviction of acconntability to God.
She was a loving and faithful wife and a
most thoughtful, tender, and self-sacrificing
mother. She was the light and joy of
home. In her circle of friends she was al-
ways welcome because of her gentle and
kindly spirit.
At the time of her death she was presi-
dent of the Woman’s Christian Temperance
Union of Braymer, to which office she had
been twice elected.
For very many years she had been in
feeble health and was a great sufferer. But
she bore her affliction with devout patience
and fortitude, ‘‘enduring as seeing Him
who is invisible.” It is our reverent belief
that now she ‘““is like Him’ because she
‘‘sees Him as he is.”
Private funeral services were conducted
at the home, Friday morning, Jan. 13th,
by Rev. J. W. Anderson, and the body was
taken to Chillicothe for burial in the fam-
ily lot in the city cemetery. I
DANIEL F. LANE.—After having been
ill only since Monday of last week Daniel
F. Lane died at his home, on east Bishop
street, on Wednesday evening. His first
trouble was with kidney disorders, but grip
developed later and precipitated his death.
Deceased became a resident of Belle-
fonte about two years ago, when he came
here to enter Krumrine’s pharmacy on Al-
legheny street. He was 38 years old and
is survived by a widow with three chil-
dren; two boys, aged 12 and 7, and an in-
fant daughter.
Services were held at his late home yes-
terday afternoon and the body was taken
to Altoona, where it was met by relatives
and will be buried at Alvaton, Westmore-
land county, to-day.
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- GRIP CAUSED His DEATH.—Charles E.
Davis, son of Frank P. Davis, died at his
parents’ home on Logan street on Tuesday
evening. He had suffered a slight attack
of grip on Saturday, but was able to be out
on Sunday. That evening he suffered a
relapse, typhoid pneumonia developed and
he died.
Deceased was born in Rochester, N. Y.,
Nov. 19th, 1882. He was 16 years old at
the time of death. He came to Bellefonte
two years ago with his father who is em-
ployed at the Standard scale works. He
entered the Bellefonte High school and was
in the Junior class. He belonged to the
Junior Undine band, the Y. M. C. A., and
the Methodist Sunday school.
He is survived by his father and mother,
one sister, Grace; one half-sister, Mrs.
James Wain, and a half-brother, William
Briggs, all of this place.
The funeral will take place this after-
noon at 2 o’clock from the house. Inter-
ment in the Union cemetery. Rev. W. A.
Stephens will officiate.
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ELwaH FISHER IS DEAD.—For two
years the venerable Elijah Fisher, of Union
township, had been afflicted with a succes-
sion of paralytic strokes and on Wednes-
day death released him from the helpless
condition he had been in forso long. Pneu-
monia precipitated his demise.
Deceased was one of the best known
citizens of Union township and was a broth-
er of William Fisher, the nursery man at
Unionville. Had he lived until March he
would have been 83 years old. He is sur-
vived by his widow and three children:
Mrs. Smith, of Philipsburg; Mrs. Wm. M.
Way, of Union township, and Willard, who
lives in the old stone house at the Intersec-
tion. Miss Ella Levy, of Bellefonte, is a
step-daughter. One son, John, was a sol-
dier in the war of the rebellion, but came
home sick and died.
Interment will be made in the family’s
private burying ground this afternoon at 2
o'clock. The services will be conducted
by the pastor of the Mileshurg Baptist
church of which deceased was a member.
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WESLEY TATE 1S DEAD.— Wesley Tate,
who was a resident of Bellefonte a number
of years ago, died at Grahampton, Clear-
field county, on Saturday. He had suffer-
ed for years with miller’s asthma, but only
recently did if become serious. When in
this place Mr. Tate was employed at both
the Geo. W. Jackson & Co., and the Ger-
berich mills.
The body was brought here Monday af-
ternoon and taken on up to the home of
Benjamin Bodle, at Hunter’s park, who is
Mrs. Tate's brother. Burial was made
from there on Tuesday afternoon.
Deceased was a son of the late William
Tate, of Hunter’s park. His widow and
the following children survive: Ida, Harry,
Bessie, Charley, Boyd, Fred and Marie.
Mrs. Martin Reese, of this place, is a sister.
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—Miss Mary Eveline Riddle died very
suddenly at her home in Tyrone, Tuesday
evening, her death having been caused by
paralysis of the heart brought about by
grip. She was born in the country about
two miles distant from Howard, Centre
county, on the 25th of August, 1831, and
at death was 67 years old. All her early
life was spent in this county. She was a
graduate of Dickinson seminary, of Wil-
liamsport, and was a teacher in the public
schools of that city for a number of years
prior to going to Tyrone, in November, ’85,
when the two sisters and their brother,
James F. Riddle Esq., established a home
there. James F., died in October, 1895.
Another brother, Nelson P., died at How-
ard about two years ago. Their father,
William Riddle, died at Howard in 1861,
and their mother, Isabella (Pemberton)
Riddle, at the same place in 1865. Sur-
viving are but the onesister and one broth-
er, Miss Fannie M., of Tyrone, and Rev.
Finley B. Riddle, now located at Wrights-
ville, Pa.
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——William Norman, who was born on
a farm near Hannah Furnace, Centre coun-
ty, Sept. 12th, 1876, died in the Homoe-
pathic hospital in Pittsburg, on Saturday,
from the effects of a dose of poison he is
supposed to have taken. Mrs. Ollie Gates
and Mrs. Annie Spotts, of Port Matilda,
are sisters. The remains were brought to
Altoona and buried there Tuesday after-
noon.
——Grip caused the death of Mrs.
Emma Stout, wife of Joseph Stout, of near
Hublersburg, on Saturday morning. She
had been a sufferer with rheumatism for sev-
eral years. She was 36 years old and leaves
a husband and fourchildren. Rev. Searles,
of the United Evangelical church, conduct-
ed funeral services on Monday.
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DIED WITH DIPHTHERIA.—A very short
illness with diphtheria resulted in the
death of Wilbur Stine, the 6 year old son
of Harvey and Mrs. Stine, who live at the
rear of this building. The little fellow
died Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock and as
the disease was of a very malignant type
interment was made that night at 90’clock.
——Mrs. James Wills died at her home
in Warriors-mark on Tuesday morning.
She was 27 years old and is survived by a
husband and three children. Grip caused
her death. Interment will be made in the
Warriors-mark cemetery this morning.
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——Clarence Dewey Gramley, aged 12
days, infant son of Clark Gramley, of Re-
bersburg, died on Thursday, January 12th,
and was buried in the Lutheran cemetery
at that place on the 14th; Rev. H. C. Sa-
lem having officiated.
Miss MAGGIE BENNISON.—A short ill-
ness with grip resulted in the death of
Miss Maggie Bennison, at her home, in
Howard, Saturday evening. She became
ill during the early part of last week but
was not thought to have been in a serious
condition until 5 o’clock Saturday morn-
ing, when she took a turn for the worse
and died that night. Deceased was a sis-
ter of Capt. J. H. Bennison, of Jackson-
ville, and had lived at Howard with her
sisters Misses Jennie and Mary. She was
born in 1847.
Funeral services were conducted at the
house by Rev. Pomeroy, of the Mill Hall
Presbyterian church, assisted by Rev.
Wharton, on Tuesday morning, and the
body was taken to Cedar Springs for
burial.
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MRs, SARA LoNG GARDNER. —Mrs. Sara
Long Gardner, wife of Lynch Gardner, died
at her home in Roanoke, Va., Wednesday
afternoon. Deceased was the daughter of
William Long, of Reynolds Ave., this place,
and will be remembered by many friends
here who will lament her sad death.
She was 33 years, 3 months and 12 days
old and is survived by her husband and
five children: Jean, Rebecca, Mary, Philip
and the baby, whose birth caused the death
of the young mother.
Interment will be made in Roanoke this
afternoon.
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-—An illness during two years with
catarrh of the stomach terminated in the
death of Mrs. W. C. Johnson, at her home,
in Rote, at 7:30 Monday evening. De-
ceased was 63 years old and is survived by
a husband and eight children. Funeral
services will be held in the Lutheran
church at Salona this morning. Interment
will be made at Cedar Hill.
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——A fall of rock crushed Arthur George,
of Troy’s, near Philipsburg, to death in
No. 1 shaft of the Morrisdale coal com-
pany’s mines on Monday evening. Ralph
Ganoe, his fellow workman, had his leg
broken and was cut about the head.
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——John Kelley, an employe of the Mill
Hall axe works, died at his home there
Wednesday evening, with consumption.
He was 18 years old. The body will be
brought here for burial in the Catholic
cemetery to-morrow morning.
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COUNCIL IN SESSION. — Mr. Houser,
member from the South ward, was the only
absentee at Monday night’s session of coun-
cil. The business that was transacted
wasn’t of great importance, however, and
his absence wasn’t a serious matter to his
constituency.
The Commercial telephone company ap-
peared and asked permission to run a line
of poles along Curtin street instead of
through the alley mid-way between Linn
and Curtin streets. The reason assigned
for wanting to change the line of poles is
because there are already so many in that
alley that another line can scarcely he put
through. The matter was referred to the
Street committee, with power to act.
The cow question was the next question
considered. It was generally discussed,
then refered back to the solicitor again for
alteration and correction.
The electric lighting contract was the
last matter considered. Mr. Shaffer's ulti-
matum to offer the Edison Co. $75 each
per year for fifty arc lights was answered
by that corporation with a proposition to
accept $82.50 per light. This didn’t please
council at all, for under such a contract
$4,125 would be the cost per year for fifty
arc lights, when we are now getting
twenty-seven arcs and fifty-three incandes-
cents for $3,895. The agitation for a change
was only begun in the first place with the
hope of reducing the aggregate cost of the
lighting. Under such a proposition it
would cost the town $230 more per year
for lighting than it is costing now and
there would be thirty lights less. Of
course the aggregate candle power of fifty
arcs would be considerably more that that
of twenty-seven arcs and fifty-three incan-
descents, but it is a question whether there
could be as satisfactory lighting with a
limited number of large lights as there is
with the eighty of both kinds now in use.
It is our opinion that the same satisfaction
could not be secured and with this belief
it seems unwise to consider a proposition
that would have the borough pay more
than it is under the present arrangement
for lighting that does not appear to be as
efficient.
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A NEW MANAGER ELECTED.—At a
meeting of the directors of the Commercial
telephone company, held in this place
Monday morning, the resignation of former
manager W. L. Goodhart, of Millheim,
was accepted and Hon. John T. McCor-
mick, of State College, was chosen to fill
the vacancy.
Mr. McCormick has assumed his new
duties and is now daily directing the con-
struction of the pole lines through Belle-
fonte. The plans have been materially
changed, but the completion of the work
will not be delayed thereby. Mr. Me-
Cormick will only have control of the con-
struction work and manage the finances.
An expert electrician will look after all
wire connections and installing the ex-
change.
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——Deputy recorder Dukeman entered
the deed of transfer of the Valentine iron
company property from Robert Valentine
to the American bonding and trust com-
pany of Baltimore city yesterday afternoon.
There are revenue stamps on the deed to
the amount of $41.25, though the sum nom-
ated in the bond is only $1. The amount
of revenue tax is fixed by the valuation of
the property and runs at the rate of $1 per
$1,000.
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——Work has been begun on the new
electric lighting plant at Mill Hall.
—— Al ees.
——Adam Kelley, having purchased the
McEntire store at Fillmore, has heen made
postmaster of that place.
——Rev. Hicks and some of the other
prophets say that February is to be the real
winter month and they advise all not to be
deluded into thinking that the ‘‘back-bone
of the winter’’ has been broken because we
have had several thaws.
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——John W. Hooten, of Munson’s Sta-
tion, has purchased the Lloyd house in
Philipsburg and will take charge about
January 23rd. Joseph Pickering, the
former owner, bad run the hotel success-
fully for several years. The new owner
had been a boss in the Forest mines at Mun-
son’s. : .
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—It is predicted that the Nittany val-
ley peach crop will be a total failure next
season. The great drop in temperature on
New Year's night is what played havoc
with the buds. J. S. Brownlee, of Mackey-
ville, and Dr. Dumm, two of the largest
growers in the valley, have made examina-
tions in their orchards and find that the
buds are dead as can be.
News Purely Personal.
—Robert T. Morris spent Sunday with his par-
ents in Tyrone.
—Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Montgomery are
moving from their apartments in the Bush house,
to their new home on Linn street..
—Murs. Wm. C. Cassidy started for her home in
Canton, Ohio, at noon on Wednesday, after quite
an extended visit to her parents in this place.
—William T. Humes and his protege, James Par-
sons, left for Philadelphia, on Monday morning;
the former on business and the latter to resume
his studies at the Williams’ trade school.
—Miss Helen Fuller, of Pittsburg, who had
been the guest of Winifred B. Meek, in this place,
for several weeks, left for her home on Tuesday
morning.
—Mrs. J. K. McFarlane, of Fillmore, was in
town doing some shopping on Wednesday. Mr.
McFarlane, we are sorry to say, has not recover-
ed any from the attack of locomoter-attaxia.
—Mus. Joseph Holter, of High street, left for
Philadelphia, on Monday morning, where she
will enter the Medico-chirurgical hospital for
treatment. She was accompanied by her daugh-
ter Sue.
—Edwin G. Hutchinson, W. E. Gray’s debonair
law partner, is down in Harrisburg this week
seeing the fun and watching his big brother's
chances of promotion in the department of agri-
culture.
—Jas. A. Strunk, of Spring Mills, was in town
yesterday; having driven;up from his home to
complete arrangements for moving in the spring.
He expects to move onto the Rearick farm, about
a mile below Potters Mills.
—W. D. Strunk Esq., of Centre Hill, spent Tues-
day in town calling on his friends and attending
to the business that brought him over. Mr.
Strunk is one of the leading Democrats and in-
fluential residents of that section.
—J. B. Rockey, of Fillmore, our friend] John
who has farmed one of the Brockerhoft farms up
there for years and is a very familiar figure on our
streets, dropped in on Saturday to square up and
push his label along a whole year for 4 dollar.
—J. Blair Alexander, who farms up near Union-
ville and farms good, was in town on Tuesday
looking after a little business and part of it was to
tale advantage of our low rate offer. He says he
believes in reading his own paper and for that
reason he keeps it paid in advance.
—Simon Harper, of Centre Hall, was in town
yesterday looking anything but like a man who
has a notion of dying. Mr. Harper's condition
last fall was considered hopeless, but he pulled
through and we trust has another long lease on
life.
—Stalwart, fine looking Jacob Karstetter, of Co-
burn, was a Bellefonte visitor on Saturday. He
came up to look after the legal part of the trans-
fer of some property he purchased near that place
recently. Mr. Karstetter is one of the most
prominent Democrats in that end of Penn town-
ship.
—Dr. T. C. VanTries returned to his home in
this place, Monday morning, after several days
visiting with friends in Tyrone and Pennsylvania
Furnace. The doctor has nearly recovered from
the illness that came so near carrying him off
and which nothing but Bellefonte air and treat-
ment could have baffled.
—Daniel Peters, a member af the Union town-
ship family, but now division boss on the Central
R. R. of Pa., and postmaster at Mingoville, was
in town yesterday, taking a day off. He is con-
sidered to be one of the best men on the line and
it is licele Wonder, for his schooling as a track-
maker was under Pat McDonald, at Unionville,
‘and there are none better.
—Sixteen years ago Edward Searson, then
farming one of the Reynolds farms in Benner
township, decided to go West and grow with the
country. Now he owns three big farms near
Grand Island, Neb., and looks as though he had
developed and broadened with his acres, although
he always was a mighty nice man. He was in
town, Monday, en route to visit relatives at Lin-
den Hall.
—H. D Rumberger, of Philipsburg, representa-
tive of the Denlinger Bros. Oil company, was in
town on Monday and was so busy that he didn’t
have time to get home for dinner. He is positive-
ly one of the busiest men you ever heard of.
Why at night he gets so wrapped up in business
with Morpheus that he can't excuse himselt long
enough to keep people's stables from burning
down or their flower houses from freezing up.
—J. B. Piper, of Pine Grove Mills, came down
to town, on Wednesday, with quite a party of men
from up that way. They are all more or less in-
terested in the outcome of a suit which will be
tried here next court. It is brought by the de-
funet Iron City Mutual fire insurance company of
Pittsburg to recover premiums which the insured
in this county stopped paying after the company
went into the hands of the receivers.
—Next month A. Scott Harris intends starting
for Black Hawk, Gilpin county, Colorado. He is
going to work in a gold mine and does not intend
to return until he has made his stake—maybe.
Black Hawk is a mining camp of over 1000 people,
thirty-six miles out from Denver and is located
in Clear Creek canon, about twenty miles above
Golden. It is right at the base of the continental
divide and while the mountains are so high on
either side of it thut one has to look straight up
to see out it is not as forlorn a place as you might
imagine.
—Col. E. A. Pruner, one of the few men in the
land who boasts two homes, spends his Sundays
in Bellefonte and his week days in Tyrone. The
Colonel is just now very much interested in get-
ting desirable tenants for the fine new houses he,
has recently completed up on Pine street. They
are the ones that were at first supposed to be the
hospital the Colonel intends to build for Belle-
fonte, but after he got the building well under
way he decided that it wasn't going to be as
handsome as he wanted the Pruner Hospital to be
80 he turned it into dwellings and will think a
little more about the other.
A LARGE RECEPTION FOR MR. AND
MRs. ARMOR.—Mr. and Mrs. Augustus
Armor, of Axe Mann, returned from their
bridal tour, on Saturday evening, and that
night they were tendered a magnificent
reception at the home of Mr. J. Donovan at
that place.
They were met here by the groom’s broth-
er William who drove them directly to the
Donovan home, where over an hundred
guests had been invited to meet them. An
elaborate supper was served the party and
then the young folks repaired to the new
home, just next door, which Mr. Armor
has purchased for himself and there they
danced the night away.
It was a very elaborate affair and those
who were fortunate enough to have been in
attendance will remember it as one of the
most delightful social events of their lives.
——The sick list still keeps growing and
if our doctors are not reaping a harvest it
is surely not the weather’s fault; with one
day balmy and warm like June and the
next hailing, sleeting and freezing. Mrs.
Margaret Alexander, Mrs. Jared Harper
and her son John, J. Harry Green, ‘Wm.
W. Bell, Mrs. J. S. McCargar, Francis
Speer, Ruth Tripple, Rev. Dr. Laurie, his
brother, Thomas Laurie, John L. Laurie,
Claude Moore, J. W. Conley, Mrs. Steele
Hunter, Mrs. Arthur Kimport, Clyde
Smith, Julia McCafferty, William Barn-
hart, Henry Brockerhoff, Mrs. Henry
Walkey, Lois Kirk and Ross Parker’s chil-
dren have all been seriously ill this week.
Rudolph Schad, of whose ultimate recovery
there is not the slightest hope, is barely
living, after a brave fight for years with
tuberculosis of the stomach and bowels.
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—Ask your grocer for our flour.
*‘Finest”” and ‘‘Fancy Patent” brands lead
all others.—Pheenix Milling Co.
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—1It is said that Oliver Scott has been
getting material for an exhibition for the
past two years. All his plans have matur-
ed, and his big colored minstrel company
will soon be here. Forty genuine south-
ern negroes will depict the oddities of ne-
gro life on the old plantation. A negro
brass band and orchestra, military company
in drills are a few of the many features.
The company will appear in Paris during
the Exposition in 1900, returning to Ameri-
ca in 1901. They travel in their own pri-
vate car. It is the largest and most ex-
pensive negro show ever organized to trav-
el. Coming to Garman’s, Thursday night,
January 26th.
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—Chester D. Lowry, of Brookville,
committed suicide last Thursday night by
shooting himself through the heart with a
double barrelled shot gun. He did it in
his own home by leaning over the muzzle
of the gun and pulling the triggers with
his toes, which he had bared by the re-
moval of his shoes and stockings.
Ee ee
Losr.—On Sunday Adam Hazel lost a
black leather spectacle case containing a
pair of spectacles, on the road between his
home at Axe Mann and the home of L. C.
Rearick, above Roopsburg. The finder
will confer a great favor on Mr. Hasel by
leaving same at this office.
An renin
——ZEat native wheat and ask your gro-
cer for Pheenix Milling Co’s ‘Finest’
flour.
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Select School at Centre Hall.
A select school will be opened at Centre Hall,
Pa., on April 12th, 1899. Courses will be arranged
for those who are or who expect to be teachers
and for all who are willing and anxious to receive
instruction. Prices very moderate. For particu-
lars address B. M. WAGENSELLER, A. B.
Centre Hall, Pa.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red TH@T5Y
¢ —Spring. T034@71
Corn —Yellow ww Nl @42
¢¢ —Mixe . 40 @40Y5
Oats... ‘ 35@35%;
Flour 4 5 2.25@2.50
‘ —Penna. Roller. 3.15@3.30
*¢ —Favorite Bran 4.10@4.25
Rye Flour Per Br'l.... 3.10
Baled hay—Choice No. 10.50@11.00
ian PA “ 9.00
Straw. iii 6.50@9.00
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by the Penix MiLLing Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
press:
Red Wheat, old....
Red wheat, new
Rye, per bushel...
Corn, shelled, per bushel.
Corn, ears, per bushel..
Oats, per bushel, new
Barley, per bushel.....
Ground Plaster, per t
Buckwheat, per bushel
Cloverseed, per bushel..
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel.......
Quins. srssesrene
gs, per dozen
Tor he ound...
Country Shoulders
Hams....
Tallow, per pound.
Butter, per pound...
The Democratic Watchman.
Published every Friday morning, in Bellefonte,
Pa., at §1.50 per annum (if paid strictly in advance)
$2.00, when not paid in advance, oe $2.50 if not
paid before the expiration of the year; and no
paper will be discontinued until all arrearage is
paid, except at the option of the publisher.
Papers will not be sent out of Centre county un-
less paid for in advance.
A liberal discount is made to persons advertis-
ing by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows :
SPACE OCCUPIED [3m | om | 1y
One inch (12 lines this type............. $56 (88810
Two inches.................... (.7T]110( 15
Three inches................. 10{15| 20
uarter Column (5 inches 12 | 20 | 30
alf Column (10 inches)... 20 | 35 | bb
One Column (20 inches)... 35 | 65 | 100
Advertisements in special column 25 per cent.
additional. ;
Transient advs. per line, 3 insertions.
Each additional insertion, per line
.20 cts.
5 cts.
Local notices, per line.......... 20 cts.
Business notices, per line............. . 10 ets.
Job Printing of every kind done with neatness
and dispatch. The Warcnman office has been re-
fitted with Fast Presses and New Type, and
everything in the printing line can be ‘executed
in the mostartistic manner and at the lowest rates.
Terms—Cash.
All letters should be addressed to
P. GRAY MEEK, Proprieto
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