Bemorvaic atc Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. 27. 1899. - CorrespoNDENTS.—NoO communications pub ished unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY ——Alfred Keen has bought the Wert farm, south of Millheim, for $4,368. ——The new seats for the auditorium of the court house have arrived, but will not be placed in position until after this term of court. ——C. J. Stover, of Eagleville, and Miss Mame Nolan, of Johnsonburg, were mar- ried at the Irvin house, in Lock Haven, on Tuesday evening. ——W. A. Ishler and J. C. Royer, both Bellefonte students at State College, have been promoted to the office of corporals in the College battalion. ——Vincent Redding, a son of Adam Redding, of Gettysburg, formerly of this place, was married to Miss Mary L. Althoff, of that place, on January 17th. ——The passenger station of the Belle- fonte Central rail-road at State College has been improved by the addition of two toilet rooms and the addition of steam heat and. electric light. ——At the sale of the property of the late Michael Fishburn, of Benner township, last Saturday, Mrs. Fishburn, his widow, bought the one tract, while the remaining forty acres were purchased by Henry Hoy. —On Tuesday, February 14th, Dr. John Sebring, of this place, will be mar- ried to Miss Frederika L. Woltjen at the home of her father, Charles H. Woltjen Esq., at Greenword Hill, a suburh of Potts- ville. ——The State College band will furnish music during the basket hall game between Bucknell and State to-morrow evening. It is to be played in the armory at the Coi- lege and will be called at 7:45 o’clock. Admission 25cts. Geo. B. Snyder, who gave up his position at the head of the Centre Hall public schools to go to the front with Co. B, has secured a position on the faculty of the Cumberland valley state Normal school at Shippeusburg. —-Miss Effie Bucher, a daughter of Adam Bucher, one of Altoona’s leading con- tractors and builders and at one time a resident of this place, has returned to her home in that city after a week pleasantly spent with Miss Grace McClintock, ' at Lamar. Two of the Scranton capitalists in- terested in Philipsburg’s new water com- pany were in that place during the fore part of the week looking over the ground, presumably preparatory to the’ beginning of work. It is estimated that the new sys- tem will cost $200,000. : ——DBoth Dr. Laurie and Dr. Stephens had the *‘grup”’ last Sunday and there was no preaching service in either the Presby- terian or Methodist church. It did not seize Dr. Stephens real hard until after he had concluded his morning service, but it kept him home after that. -——DMizs Florence Gray, of Philipsburg, who went to Chicago last October to take a course in the Lucy Meyers Deaconess train- ing school, has returned to her home in this county, owing to the failure of her health. She does not know whether she will be able to return. —— Easter is always the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon or next after the 21st day of March, and if the full moon happens on a Sunday Easter is the Sunday after. It may occur as early as the 23rd of March or as late as the 25th of April. This year Easter falls on April 2nd. Grandfather and grandma Noll are entertaining a wee stranger at their home on Bishop street. Bhe arrived Saturday moming and it is quite likely that Miss Georgia Van Dyke, of Pittsburg, will break up the monopoly of the good things that Mr. Frederick Noll, of Clearfield, has en- joyed for the past two or more years. ——Now since Col. Pruner has decided to build that hospital in Bellefonte instead of Tyrone the people of the latter place are making love to him for all they are worth. They are going after him in bodies to persuade him to be a candidate for their council, but the Colonel readily sees through such gush and declines with thanks. They made their mistake up there when they didn’t elect him last spring. ——The “‘Thespians,” the dramatic or- ganization composed of students of the Pennsylvania State College, who produced “The Rivals’ so successfully at Garman’s last February, will be back next month in a vew play. On Tuesday, February 14th, | they are going to present the ‘‘School for Scandal.” The caste is much stronger than last year and the boys expect to emphasize the hit they made here before. It is probable that they will play in Lock Haven, also. ——At a recent meeting of the Citizens hook and ladder company of Milesburg the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, John M. Fulton; vice president, William Dyke; recording secretary, Harry P. Hassinger: financial secretary, Alvin Smith; treasurer, C. W. Fulton; trustees, James B. Noll, Joseph Charles, John Watson; chief, James B. Noll; 1st Asst., Samuel Swarm; 2nd Asst, George Sheckler; delegate to state conven- tion, Johu M. Fulton; alternate, Samuel Swarm. yi | appeal. THE DoiNGs AT COURT THIS WEEK— The regular January term of quarter ses- sions court convened on Monday morning | with an unusually large attendance. While there were not many important cases on the calendar the court was kept busy until Wednesday evening, when the jurors were all discharged and yesterday’s session was given up to argument cases. The session opened with the regular routine of business such as reports, con- stables returns, ete. After that had been completed. the rest of the morning was de- voted to a memorial meeting out of respect to the late John Blair Linn, who had long been an honored and able practitioner. The committee of the bar association, composed of Col. J. P. Coburn, Hon. A. O. Furst and J. C. Meyer Esq., read a minute in which the deceased barrister was highly eulogized, and it was adopted. At the Monday afternoon session the trial of cases was begun. They were dis- posed of as follows: John P. Harris, use of Marion Petriken and George I. Harris, vs John M. Dale, administrator of Eliza I. Curtin, deceased, and A. G. Curtin Jr. Verdict for plain- tiffs in the sum of $691.65. Charlotte C. Burd vs Elijah Burd, ad- ministrator of Wm. R. Burd. To revive a judgment; verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $972.50 and costs—total, $1,092.50. Commonwealth vs John Smith, betrayal. Plead guilty. $20 fine and costs of prose- cation. Prosecutrix, Phoebe Stayers. Commonwealth vs A. A. Klinefelter, be- trayal. Plead guilty. $1.00 fine, $25 lying in. expenses, and $1.25 per week for 7 years. Prosecutrix Mary B. Nevill. Commonwealth vs R. J Young; charge of dueling. Plea, not guilty. Commonwealth vs constable David Chambers, of Snow Shoe, charged with assault and battery. The prosecutor was James Stark and the offense happened on the 9th of December. The prosecutor alleged that Chambers struck him with a black-jack - while the latter was standing peaceably by molesting no one. On the other haud the defense alleged that Cham- bers was quelling a riot then in progress and that he struck Stark in pursuance of his duty. Only a second before Emanuel Stark, a brother of James Stark, had struck John Uzzle with a pick-handle and knock- ed him down. The constable and Mr. Uzzle had just left the office of esquire Brown, where a case had been tried be- tween Uzzle and Davis (the latter a friend of the Starks) over a deer which it was charged Davis had killed. The theory of the defense is that Stark and some more of his friends deliberately waited for Uzzle with the intention of doing him up, and that had it not been for the timely inter- ference of Chambers, Uzzle would have been killed. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty and placed the costs on the prosecu- tor, James Stark. Commonyeglth ys Rosy Bumbaiger. Charge assault and battery. Prosecutrix Mrs. = L. Aikey. Verdict of not guilty, prosecutor to pay 4-5 and defendant 1-5 of the costs: Commonwealth vs Emanuel and James Stark, charged with assaulting John Uzzle, at Snow Shoe, Dec. 9th. Defendants plead guilty to main indictment and nolle prose entered in balance. Judge Love sentenced Emanuel Stark to the Huntingdon reforma- tory. James Stark and Messrs. Menchon, Casher and Davis, who were also indicted jointly with Emanuel Stark had sentence suspended, in their case pending their good behavior, James Stark, was compelled to go to jail until he could arrange the costs in his case against constable David Chambers. Later in the day he succeeded in raising the amount and was discharged. Commonwealth. vs Ed. Gill. Assault and battery with intent to kill. J. H. Derr, Philipsburg, prosecutor. Defendant ‘plead. guilty to three counts and a nolle prose entered as to the fourth count. The defendant while drunk in Philipshurg some time ago assanlted Derr and cut him about the face and chest with a knife. Gill was sentenced to pay a fine of one dollar, the costs of prosecution, and undergo im- prisonment in the western penitentiary at Pittsburg for two years and six months The young man’s misfortune should be a lesson to other drinkers. Ordinarily he is a sober, law abiding citizen of good char- acter, but he gotdrunk one night and com- mitted the murderous assault, horribly cutting the prosecutor, and the result has been. that he must go to the penitentiary; breaking the heart of his young wife and a lasting disgrace to his three little children. Case of W. W. Laird vs Samuel Frantz Plea, non assumpsit. Verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $31.75. This case concluded the list of cases for trial and the jurors were all discharged. The report of the grand jury was as follows: REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY. To the honorable the judge of the court of quarter sessions of the peace in and for the county of Centre: ~~ The grand inquest of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania inquiring for Centre county in all matters relating to the same do respect- fully report. That we have acted upon twenty bills of indictment; seventeen for which we found true bills and three we have ignored. We have visited the public buildings. We find the jail, jail yard and sherift’s residence in very good condition, but would respect- fully recommniend that the ‘wooden partition ‘which; separates the male from the female prisoners be removed and replaced by a per- manent one of double wall with an iron door and iron door frame. We would most. respectfully recommend .that more ample and convenient accommoda- ‘tions be made for the witnesses in attendance ‘upon. this honorable court and for future grand jurors, particularly the latter. To summon twenty-four men as grand jurors ‘and require them to spend from six to eight hours a day in the room they are required to hold their sessions is an outrage on your ‘jurors and a disgrace to the county and the (health, convenience and comfort would sug- gest that some attention be paid to the fol- lowing recommendations: That the present grand jury room be extended. to the retain- ing wall in the rear on girders, or otherwise, which would provide ample room, not only for the jury but also a suitable waiting room for female witnesses. We notice the improved appearance of the exterior and interior of the court house and commend the same. : We desire to thank the court and the dis- trict attorney for their courtesy and assist | ance during our deliberations. F. P. BLAIR, Foreman. sei ; ——The Philipsburg board of trade is working for a silk mill for that place. ree : ——A great revival is in progress in the Main street Methodist church in Lock Haven. eri A —A. M. Riegle, of Salona, has a con- tract to ship thirty dressed hogs to a Montoursville firm. ee ——Miss Mary McClintock and S. F. Bucher will be married at the home of the brides parents, at Lamar, on Wednesday, Feb. 8th. : ee is ——Six persons have thus far been con- verted at the revival that Rev. W. C. Rob- bins is conducting in the Methodist church at Salona. : Re a —On Wednesday 1280 shares of Buffalo Run, Bellefonte and Bald Eagle R.: R. stock was offered at auction on the Bourse in Philadelphia. iy Lost.—A satchel, on Wednesday, Jan. 18th, between Rockview farm and Belle- fonte. The finder will be suitably reward- ed by leaving same at this office. —On Wednesday, January 25th, Wil- liam T. Young and Miss Emma Nestle- rode, both of Salona, were married by Rev. C. H. Goodling at the Evangelical parsonage in this place. ——At a meeting of the athletic asso- ciation of The Pennsylvania State College held on Friday night, the following foot ball officers were elected: Roland Diller, ’00, manager; Thos. H. Miller, ’01, ‘mar- shal; and D. D. Cure, ’02, A. C. Pollock, ’00, and J. S. Ruble, 01, members of thé boaid of directors, with Cure as chairman of the board. rrr nia ; ——On Friday night, Jan. 20th, the State College Sophomores won the basket: ball game played with the Seniors by the score of 15t0 9. On the following night, the Juniors won from the Freshmen by a score of 17 to 0. A series of six inter-class games will be played, and to the class win- ning the greatest number of games will be awarded a silver cup. rit dll rg A Liha ; STATE V$ BUCKNELL.—On Saturday night, Jan. 28th, State will meet Bucknell in basket ball for che first time this year; and if the future may be judged by the past, State will again be victorious, for Bucknell has never yet succeeded in wii ning from State at State College. Yetch comparison’ of “scores, although this dees not always prove to Be an itifallible cil: terion, indicates that the teams will be WH matched. State defeated Clover Wheel men by a score of 12'to 10; Clover Wheel- men defeated Williamsport Y. M. C. A. by a score of 16 to 14, and Bucknell by a scote of 18 to 16, and Williamsport defeated Bucknell by a score of 12 to 8. The ganie’ will be played in the College armory ‘at 7:45 o’clock. A special train will leave this place at 7. The round trip fare will be 75 cts. There will ‘be a dance at th Inn after the game. : Serbs: A NAIL IN HIS STOMACH SINCE LAsT AUGUST.—Daniel Schlegel, a Spring Mills’ plasterer, swallowed a lath nail last Au- gust and carried it in his stomach until a few days ago, when he treated the :in- digestible bit of iron much as the whale did Jonah and heaved it up. . At the time the nail slipped down’ his throat he was lathing a room and was hold- ing a dozen or more nails in his moiith. One of them was accidewutally swallowed. He felt no inconvience from the unsavory diet, in fact the mishap had escaped his memory entirely.” For the last month, however, he has experienced considerible pain, and was feeling, as he expressed it, *‘decidedly grippish’’, but no remedy seem- ed to afford him any relief for the pain. On Friday last he was seized with a violent fit of vomiting and was utterly’ astounded on discovering that he had ejected his peculiar lunch of last summer——the lath nail. Since then Mr. Schlegel has felt like him- self again. ee MARRIED AT Lock HAVEN.—George N. Hoy. one of Nittany valley’s representative young men, was married to Miss Minnie E. | Swope, in Lock Haven, last Thursday even- ing. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride’s parents in that place and was a very brilliant affair. * There were about a hundred guests pres- ent in the artistically decorated parlors of | the Swope home on High street when Miss Margaret Steiner began the processional and the wedding party entered. Rev. T. Derr, the officiating clergyman, led the way; then Master Elmer Swope, page; Ida Swope; flower girl; Miss Irene G. Swope, ‘sister of the bride, as bridesmaid, and Henry M. Hoy, a brother of the groom, as groomsman, and the bride leaning on. the arm of the groom. * After arranging them- selves under a neat wedding arch, the ceremony was performed. The bride was attired in white organdie, with white ribbons. carnations. The bridesmaid wore a dress of the same material, with blue ribbon’ trimmings. = The groom is a son of Samuel Hoy, of Hublersburg, at whose home a large recep- tion was given the newly married couple on Saturday evening. They will reside at the Hoy homestead until spring, when they intend moving to Mt. Bethel. She carried white’ ‘| a great spiritual feast. CAUGHT BY A FLIMSY INSURANCE CoM- PANY.—There are about one hundred and twenty-five residents of Centre county, all property holders, who are just now on the anxious seat because of an experience they are having with the defunct Iron City Mu- tual Insurance company of Pittsburg. During the year 1895 a traveling agent of the above company found fertile fields in the rural districts of this county and wrote a large number of policies. Of course those who were applicants thought they were getting a good thing cheap and laughed at the insured in regular, old line companies, who were apparently paying more for the same insurance. How cheap it was remains to be seen. is Those holding policies in the Iron City paid their premiums right along until it became noised abroad that the company was not paying its losses. Some of the men sent their policies in for cancellation, while others stopped paying premiums. In 1897 the company passed into the hands of a receiver, Elmer M. Moore, who was appointed to settle up the business. Im- mediately all the policy holders in this section, being at a loss to know just what to do, ceased payingand thought there was an end of a bad job. Such has not been the case, however, for it has developed that everyone of them is to be sued for all back premiums. Mr. Moore has sent a list of one hundred and twenty-five names to Reeder & Quigley, with orders to prosecute claims against everyone of them for amounts ranging from $1.54 to $320. On Wednesday of last week the first party of victims appeared before justice Keichline in this place in answer to the summons. He gave judgment against them for the amount below. They were mostly Ferguson and College township people as follows: Jesse B. Piper, James A. Decker, Catharine Smith, J. B. Ard, P. F. Bottorf, Sam’l A. Dunlap, Jas. L. Murphy, Chas. H. Martz, Jas. R. Smith, trustee, Jacob Krumrine, Jacob Keller, W. D. and Mrs. Lide Port, Wm. B. Ward, Jacob N. Everts, Adam H. Krumrine, Geo. E. Harper, Jacob D. Wagner, John F. Gray, J. N. and 8S. Krumrine. They were represented by Hon. A. O. Furst and J. C. Meyer Esq. and while their attorneys hope to be able to fight their cases through in the court, to which an ap- peal will be taken, they admit that the predicament the policy holders are in is a rather serious one. The whole trouble lies in the nature of the application they made. Besides in- cluding the usual survey of the ‘premises it contained a promissory note, as follows: FOR VALUE RECEIVED, and in considera- | tion of a policy of insurance to be issued to me by the Iron City Mutual fire insurance company, upon the approval of my application for insurance in said company, of this date, 1 promise to pay said company such sum or sums of money, and at such time or times, as the board of directors of said company may require and assess for losses and expenses, to be paid to the company at its office in Pittsburg, Pa., or to a duly authorized collector, within thirty’ days after, notice : is mailed. .. "The note is ‘the tackle by which the re- ceiver hopes to hold all of the insured to payment in full. The trial of the cases will be very interesting, because it will de- fine just how far such flimsy concerns can operate under the law to fleece the public. While the whole proceeding is unfortu- nate it should be borne in mind that neither Mr. Moore, nor Mr. Quigley, the represent- ative in this place, are at all responsible for it. “The former is merely performing his duty as he sees it under the law and the latter is handling the cases’ here, just the same as any other attorney would have done into whose hands they might have fallen. 7 : Of the whole number of insured, suits have already been instituted against the following for the amounts opposite their names. 3 $45.93 J. B. Ard & P. F. Bottorf,Pine Grove, Trustees of Jr. 0. U. A. M. * st 1.54 Mrs. Mary Bitner, Potter's Mills, 12.32 James A. Decker, Pine Grove, 23.61 Samuel A. Dunlop, $5,058 11.62 ‘Elmira J. Decker, Potter’s Mills, - 16.66 John W. Decker, Lemont, 3.47 T’rs Bethany U. B. Chur.Tusseyville, 19.54 Jacob N. Everts, State College, 28.76 J. B. Gentzel, Spring Mills, 2.31 James W. Glasgo. Coburn, 20.33 ‘Mrs. Selina Goodhart, Millheim, 20.77 John F. Gray, State College, 14.45 ‘Geo. E. Harper, Pine Grove, 1.41 Andrew J. Horner, Colyer, 5,92 ‘James B. Horner, *e 5.92 J. Edward Kline, se 14.26 Jacob Keller, Pine Grove, 11.25 Mary J. Krape, Spring Mills, 7.75 Ira C. Korman, Oak Hall, 21 Jacob Krumrine, Adam H. Krumrine, J. N. & 8. Krumrine, State College, 1 6“ € 6 pRoREE Ema 282328 {@. H. Long. A Spring Mills George H. Long, $6 “ D. C. Martz, Shingletown, 1°rs of M. E. church, Pine Grove, Rebecca Murphy, e 4 .62 Chas: H. Martz, $6 8, .1.41 James H. Moyer, Tusseyville, 15.63 Henry Moyer, ALAN “12.66 Wm. D. and Lide Port, Pine Grove, 13.54 James B. Piper, of ke 2.81 Jonas B. Royer, Penn Hall, 19.28 Mrs. Catharine Smith, Pine Grove. 5.86 M. C. Spigelmyer, Millheim, .78 C..J. Shaffer, Centre Hall, 5.21 Philip M. Smith, Bellefonte, 15.83 Harry C. Shirk, Tusseyville, 25.36 A. 8. Williams, Port Matilda, 9.37 Charles Wright, Pine Grove, 12.75 William B. Ward, LH $6 7.97 Jacob D. Wagner, 86 fe - 3.37 On Wednesday of this week another par- ty of victims appeared before justice Keich- line. They were: Mary A. Bitner, ‘Mary J. Krape, J. B. Royer, J. C. Korman, W. Selina Goodhart, Mrs. P. M. Smith, D. C. ‘Martz, Henry Moyer, H. C. Shirk, A. J. ‘Horner, J. M. Moyer, J. B. Horner, J. E. Kline and J. B. Gentzel. They will all appeal to court. To avoid any farther trouble M. C. Spigelmyer, J: W. Galsgo, G. H. Long and J. W. Decker paid the ‘amounts assessed against them. ove ; ——DBishop R. Dubbs, D. D., L. L. D., of Chicago, will preach in the United Evan- gelical church, on Willowbank street, this, Friday, evening, January 27th, Services will begin at 7:45. Bishop Dubbs is one of the leading pulpit orators of the country and those who go to hear him will be given The pastor, with the congregation, are desirous that the noted divine be greeted with a large audi- ence. To this end they cordially invite the public to be present at the services; PRN GER News Purely Personal. —Miss Hettie McClow, manager of the Bell telephone business here, was called to her home in Shamokin, on Tuesday afternoon, owing to the serious illness of her mother. —Ross 8. Pillsbury, just honorably discharged from Co. K., U. 8. Inf. at Huntsville, Ala., passed through town on Monday on his way to visit his brother at State College. —Miss Helen Hastings is expected home this week and until their new home is finished she will be the guest of Miss Adaline Harris. Her sister Sarah and nurse are with Mrs, Rankin, on Allegheny street. —The venerable Jacob Leathers, of Mt. Eagle, is one of the few men who have reached his age who are still active in life, Notwithstanding his 81 years he cut five thousand hoop poles and shipped them last fall. He was in town on Satur- day, moving about as if a score of years younger. —Martin Viehdorfer Esq., of Pine Glenn, was an arrival in town on Saturday eévening in order to be here on time for duty as a juror at court this week. Mr. Viehdorfer is one of the men who has done much toward cleaning off the great timber tracts in Snow Shoe, Burnside and Rush townships. He says this winter has been a hard one on the lumbermen because it has been so open. —F. D. Lee, who farms the..Israel Kauffman farm down near Zion, was in town Saturday after- noon talking “shop” and looking after a little business. As Maj. Bill Fry would say “he wears the belt” for corn raising down in Nittany. His crop averaged about 165 bushels to the acre and he isn’t simply acorn farmer, either, for his other harvests are not behind the best of them. —Hezekiah Ewing Esq., of State College, whose occupation, where he to be drawn as a court juror, would be marked down as “gentleman,” was in town on Saturday. He didn’t say whether he liked life at State College better than he did on his picturesque farm up at Fairbrook, but as he looked both well and happy there was no reason for thinking that the change has not been a satis- factory one to him. —Cyrus Brungart, of Millheim, spent Tuesday in Bellefonte, looking up. his old friends and making new ones. He has decided to be a candi- date for sherift again and hopes to make it this time, though he says he is a good enough Demo- crat to respect the wishes of the majority and if they reject him he will turn in for his successful opponent just as heartily as he would expect him to work, were the tables turned. : —E. 8. Shaffer, the Miles township aspirant for shrievalty honors, has been in town all week mak- ing hay in both sunshine and snow storms. Mr. Shaffer is not a stranger to Democratic polities in Centre and says he expects to mark out a good pace for the candidate who wrests the nomination from him. He is making aun active canvass and bases a portion of his claims on the fact that Miles has had no share of the county offices since John Wolf was given a commissionership. —Mr. R. D. Ardery, of Martha Furnace, a broth- er of E. E. Ardery, of this place, was in town un- til yesterday doing duty as a grand juror. While he would not like to be detained for a very long time from his pleasant home up in Huston town- ship, he enjoyed the few days outing in this place. The weather was unsuitable for farm work and he didn’t feel as if he was falling behind his neighbors, as so many of the farmers do who are called to the April and August sessions. —‘“Hast” Leyman, of Boggs township, with a voice that sounded as if it was coming from the soles of his shoes, was in town on Saturday. It was his first day out fora week, owing to an at- tack of grip and while he tried to keep up his proverbial jovial manners anyone could see that it was costing him an effort to do it. With one lung perforated by a rebel bullet and a constitu- tion so nearly worn out as his ; ras by that recent attack of inflammatory rheumatism the grip is not a laughing matter. —Talking about hog cholera, and other dished so fatal to porkers Mr. John Is ler, of the south- ern precinct of Benner township, thinks that as much depends on keeping the animals in a healthful condition at all times as anything else. He has had but one experience with the cholera in all the years he has been farming and not once since he has taken to putting a little poke-berry root in his swill barrel have the animals been troubled at all. Mr. Ishler is a brother of former sheriff Wm. A. Ishler and’ is” one of Centre county’s most practical farmers. —It is not often that the subscribers of any pa- per make a journey of twenty-five miles for the exclusive purpose of paying, yet that is exactly what Mr. Samuel Garner, of State College, did on Saturday. He said he had been intending to do it for some time, but he procrastinated until Sat- urday, then decided he would put it off no longer. Mr. Garner’s farm runs up to the southern limits of State College borough and he has spent so many happy years in the old farm house that it will take him some time to become accustomed to the fine new home he has built on “the hill” and into which he will move in the spring. —Mr. John Thomas Dunkle, of Mingoville, was a visitor in Bellefonte on Monday. He drove up from his home down in the ‘valley: not to attend court, but to look after a little business of his own. He lives about three-quarters of a mile below Hecla park, just far enough away not to be much annoyed with the daily stream of visitors to that resort during the summer, yet near enough to get there without much trouble when there is any extra attraction. He is an expert earpeuter and many a Nittany valley house and barn has he had a hand in building, but when work at that trade is slow he finds ample employment on the little farm about his home, —Charley Case, who had been temporarily act- ing as secretary of the Y. M. C. A. since he “as recovered his health, was ordered back to rejoin his command last week. He went out from here with Co. B, which is now mustered out of the service, but Charley got lost in the shuffle at Chicamauga and before he knew it he was at- tached to the 1st Div. hospital corps and could not get his discharge when his Reg. was mustered out. He went into the hospital work with the hope that the experience would fit him the better for his intended study of medicine. . He left for Macon, Ga., Saturday night, not knowing how long it will be before he can get his discharge. —Ed. M. Griest, who, since his boyhood days has catered to Unionville trade. in his father’s large store there, bade good-by to that place yes- terday and started for Nantyglo, Cambria county, the new coal town. He is going to take charge of a store for M. B. Courtright and expects to re- ' main there permanently. If personal worth and fine business schooling have anything to do with equipping a person for such work then Mr. Courtright has secured a manager who will make a success of his business. Charley Griest, Ed’s brother, has charge of one of the Courtright stores at Hastings. The veteran merchant Andrew Jack- son Griest schooled his boys too well to keep them himself, but he'll be able to keep the busi- ness moving at the old stand for awhile yet. —E. C. Fye, of Ferguson township, was in town on Tuesday, the first time for quite awhile. Mr. Fye is one of those men who believes that no business will prosper unless it is attended to and that is the reason he stays at home and looks after his tine farm about two miles west of State College. He has good, sensible views in the mat- ter of education, in which he is a firm believer, He gives his sons every opportunity to attend school, but only after they have had a mutual understanding that there is to be no time fooled away. If other parents were like Mr. Fye, and would impose a condition on their children that the moment they get to looking upon schooling as a joke they are to be taken away and put to work, there would be better results from our schools and less work for teachers, ee —Mr. and Mrs. John P. Harris Jr. were in town on Tuesday to attend the funeral of R. J. Schad. —Mrs. J. C. Harper and her sister, Mrs. Esther Gordon, are in Philadelphia visiting R. M. Ma- Gee’s and going the rounds of the shops. —Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Reeder, who are at home from their stay in Harrisburg, have taken rooms at the Bush house and will not open their home on Allegheny street for several weeks. —Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Chambers spent Sunday in Chester county with Mrs. C.’s parents and of course stopped off at Harrisburg, going and com- ing, for Ned is just in it with this administration. —Harry Gentzel, of Spring township, one of the young men who was prepared for teaching at the Bellefonte High school, has been doing success- ful work down in Nittany valley this year. He is a son of Henry Gentzel and teaches near his home. —Peter Smith Esq., of Centre Hill, who might readily be taken for former U. S. Senator Peffer, was in town during the fore part of the week do- ing duty as a traverse juror. He is one of Potter township's most substantial farmers and mixes up in Democratic politics over that way, becanse he is one of the old fashioned, Jacksonian types. —Mr. and Mrs. Craig Hunter and their dear lit- tle daughter Florence drove down from Hunter's, last Friday, especially to make their annual visit to this office and incidentally do a little shopping. They are now living in the old home on the hill- side near Hunter's park but will move, in the spring, to the back farm of the Ben Hunter estate. —Mr. James B. Spangler, of Tusseyville, spent Wednesday night in town. He had just finished a trip through Bald Eagle and, yesterday, went up Buffalo-run valley buying cows for the eastern dairy market. He is shipping from Centre Hall with S8am’l Slack. Mr. Spangler is one of Potter township's active Democrats and was chairman of his precinet last year. —John H. Breon, one of College township's progressive young farmers, was in town part of the week interested in a case at court. Ten years ago he lived out at Axe Mann and was employed in the ore mines, but to-day he is farming one of the Michael Hess farms and is getting along as nicely as good management and thrift can make anyone do. He left for his home yesterday after- noon. —Quite an interesting trio of Philipsburg Demo- crats were in town this week, attending court, of course, but talking politics and swapping stories with Bellefonte friends, whenever they had a moment off duty. They were Sol. Schmidt, former associate judge Faulkner and H. C. Rice. Judge Faulkner has a notion of being a candidate for treasurer and the other gentlemen were mere- ly bent on finding out a thing or two. —Mike Hazel, whose pork raising establish- ment on Spring creek yields him a neat profit at- ter his year’s business is done, has proven, con- clusively, that any business, well managed, is a good one. He does little besides raising porkers and the fact that he has no idea of abandoning the business is evidence that he is satisfied with his earnings. But then there seems to be a natural ability in stock business among the Haz- els, Beezers, Steinkerchners and other branches of that family. It must be the Spring creek air that has made them all thrifty and successful. —Joseph D. Emerick, of Hublersburg, was in town on Monday sporting clothes that gave him the appearance of a French dancing master. He came up to take a look at Bellefonte and the peo- ple he knew would be here at court, but got frightened at the number of candidates who were buzzing around the place so early in the week. You know Mr. Emerick isa pretty prominent Democrat down in Walker township and the way they got after him was a caution. He has been in the field himself, though, and knows what it means to be a candidate. He was just recovering from an attack of grip and wasn’t in much of a humor for politics, so he quietly left the place and spent the rest of the day eailing on the many friends he has about the town. , {iit —E. C. Poorman, one of the men who has done much for Tyrone’s business advancement within the past few years, was in town on Tuesday. He is so well known in Bellefonte that he seems al- most like a resident, and the pity it is that we haven't a whole regiment of such enterprising fellows. Milesburg is his native heath, but that place was too small for anything else than to sup- ply him with a charming wife. Nearly everything that goes in Tyrone derives some of its motive force from Clayt Poorman and his latest ven- ture is a big cigar factory that he intends starting on the second and third floors of the Mullen building on Tenth street in that place. The ma- chinery is nearly all in place and the factory will soon be turning out high grade tobies by the million. —_— ee — At a congregational meeting held in the Lutheran church, on Sunday, feasible measures were adopted by a unanimous vote, by which the debt now resting on the church is to be promptly liquidated. The very best spirit prevailed and the united effort no doubt will bring success. The Boalsburg Normal. The Boalsburg Normal and Preparatory School opens April 10th, 1899, for a ten weeks’ term. Two experienced and thorough instructors. The Teachers’ Normal includes the common branches, Management, Methods, Psychology and the Pol- lard system. My College preparatory class at present numbers fourteen students. There is room for more. Special class formed in the spring for teachers who wish to prepare for Col- lege. Summer term opens July 10th, 1859. All interested write for circular. CHAS. E. HOWER. I —— Sale Register. Marcu 161. —At the residence of Cap’t. John A. Hunter, at Stormstown, 11 horses, five cows, short-horn bull, young cattle, sheep and im- plements. Sale at 10 o'clock a. m. J. H. Waite, auctioneer. Philadelphia Markets. The following are the closing prices of ‘the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening. Wheat—Red 16%4@77 ‘ —Spring.. 7325@73 Corn —Yellow.. wn 41 @42 ¢ —Mixed .. 405%4@407%% OBES... col cairaisoer 33@36 Flour— Winter, Per Br 2.25@2.50 ‘“ —Penna. Roller... 3.15@3.30 *¢ —Favorite Brands 4.10@4.25 Rye Flour Per Brl...... ves 3.20 Baled hay—Choice No. 1.. 10.50@11.50 “ “ “ ‘“ 2 9.00 Strawn. ddadiinl, 6.50@9.00 Bellefonte Grain Market. Corrected weekly by the Pu@Nix MirLine 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, 0 bushel...... Ground laster, per ton. Buckwheat, per bushel . Cloverseed, per bushel... Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co. Onions. sins etin 50 s, per dozen.. Lon Ie ound.. 6 Country Shoulders. . ides...... . Hams..... . Tallow, per pound.. . 3 Butter, per poun 20
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