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Bellefonte, Pa., April 14. 1899.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
-——Are you going to the sea-shore this
summer ? If so, why not be the WATCH-
MAN'S guest ? It will cost you nothing.
——J. Albert Walton, former postmaster
of Philipsburg, has accepted a position in
the Moshannon national bank in that place.
——The insurance office of J. Edward
Lawrence is now located in the Exchange, in
the room vacated by the late John B.
Linn.
——Chas. Shearer, formerly a black-
smith in this place, has moved from Centre
Hall to Coburn, where he is hammering an
anvil now.
——Ed. Brown Jr., a fireman on the
Central, is lying in a precarious condition
at his home in this place, as a result of a
relapse of an attack of pneumonia.
——To the three persons getting the
highest number of new subscribers to the
WATCHMAN at $1 a year is offered a free
trip to Atlantic City, Cape May, Ocean
Grove or Asbury Park.
— Jerry Stine will lead the young
men’s meeting at 4 o’clock at the Y. M. C.
A., on Sunday. Jerry is a student at the
Bellefonte High school and no doubt a
large audience will be present to hear him.
——DMiss Margaret Munson, of Philips-
burg, a sister of L. T. Munson, of this
place, is to be married to Spencer Rhoades,
a young business man of DuBois, next Wed-
nesday. Their wedding will he a home
affair.
Captain Harry Simler, of Philips-
burg, brought Blanche Twohey, of that
place, to jail here yesterday. She is charged
with being a common nuisance and every
inch of her seemed to plead guilty as he
escorted her from the train up to Ft. Cron-
ister.
Mrs. John Lyon, of Pittshurg, is se-
riously ill at the home of her sister-in-law
on Curtin street. At the time of her hus-
band’s death, several months ago, she was
suffering from a stroke of paralysis and at
that time her condition seemed critical, but
she recovered and came here with her fam-
ily to spend the summer. Sunday she had
a third stroke and is now seriously ill.
——While working in stove No. 2 at
the Valentine works, Friday, Lew Miller
met with a mishap that came about as near
killing him as anything could have done,
without actually doing it. A fire brick
fell from a height of about 40ft. and grazed
his forehead, completely scalping it. In-
asmuch as the brick weighed 131bs you can
imagine how effectually it would have
crushed his skull had it struck fair, instead
of glancing along his head.
If some of the women in town who
are fussing away against the location of a
silk mill here because, as their imaginations
point out, there would be a dearth of girls
for domestic duties, would get to work in
their own kitchens awhile, stop gossiping
about everybody and learn to be economical
housewives, their husbands would be
happier and better off and the servant girl
problem wouldn’t be near as much of a
bugaboo as it is made out to be.
——The Pennsylvania State College base
ball team failed to open the season, as ad-
vertised, last Saturday, because the weather
was too disagreeable, but the good work
kept over until Monday afternoon and then
they trimmed the Susquehanna University
up to the tune of 11 to 3. To-day a return
game is being played with Susquehanna
and to-morrow State will play at the U. of
P. The blue and white is going to make
itself heard on the diamond this spring.
——Do not forget the organ and song re-
cital in the Presbyterian church on Tues-
day evening, the 18th. It will be well
worth hearing. Miss Winifred Newbaker,
the organist, will be assisted by Miss Har-
riet Rockefeller Woods, soprano soloist of
the church of the Messiah, of New York
city. Miss Woods has a highly cultivated
voice and has gained a wide reputation for
musical talent. This recital will be a treat
to all lovers of music who may be fortu-
nate enough to be present. The church
will open promptly at 7:30 p. m.
——Centre lodge, No. 153, I. O. O. F.
subordinate and encampment No. 72 of
Bellefonte have already heard from all the
lodges in the Central Pennsylvania district,
including nineteen counties, and most of
them are coming in full regalia to the great
anniversary here on the 26th inst. Capt.
H. 8. Taylor, who will be grand marshal
of the big parade, has selected patriarch R.
A. Beck, of No. 72, to give the bugle
commands for marching, as it is expected
that the line of marchers will be so long as
to make it absolutely impossible to com-
mand in any other way.
--—On Tuesday, May 2nd, the public
school directors of Centre county will meet
in convention here to elect a successor to
county superintendent C. L. Gramley. The
convention will be called at 12:30 and a
majority of those present will elect. For
the performance of this duty each director
will be paid $1 and 3 cents additional for
each mile traveled in coming to and re-
turning from Bellefonte. The law provides
that the treasurers of the various school
districts shall pay their directors these
amounts upon presentation of proper vouch-
ers. Only those directors who attend the
convention are entitled to pay.
EASTER WEDDINGS.—The marriage of
Katharine Curtin, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
George Fairlamb Harris, and John McCoy
Shugert, which was celebrated in St.
John’s Episcopal church on Wednesday,
was the social event of the spring. An
event not only on account of the promi-
nence of both families represented and the
wide acquaintanceship of the bride; but be-
cause of its pleasing appointments and
beautiful completion.
The bright sunshine of a perfect April
day seemed just a little brighter as it
shown on the fair participants and the four
hundred guests fully appreciated the beau-
ty of the scene. No attempt was made to
decorate the church elaborately, but there
were palms and ferns as a background in
the chancel and massed about the organ.
W. B. Reeve, the organist, played some fine
selections, before and after the ceremony,
which Rev. G. I. Brown solemnized at half
after eleven o'clock. The bridal party in-
cluded Katharine Dale, of Lemont; Rebecca
Blanchard, Louise Valentine, Blanche
Hayes, Caroline Orvis, Betty Breeze, Mary
Blanchard and Jean Shugert, bridesmaids.
Vance McCormick, of Harrisburg; J. Norris
Bogle, of Howard ; Malcolm Laurie, Edgar
Burnside, Edmund Blanchard and Frank
Shugert, ushers. Adaline Harris, the
bride’s sister, as maid of honor, and John
Blanchard, best man. The bridesmaids en-
tered the church through the vestry room,
marched down the middle aisle to the door,
where they met the bride and her father,
the maid of honor and the ushers. In re-
turning to the chancel the bridesmaids
were preceded by the ushers and followed
by the maid of honor and the bride accom-
panied by her father. Inside the chancel
rail they separated and made way for the
groom and his best man, who came out of
the vestry room to meet the bride at the
altar.
The bridal gown was of white moire
velour and with it the bride, a tall, slender
brunette, wore a tulle veil and carried
white roses. The maid of honor and the
brides maids wore simple frocks of white
swiss over white lawn trimmed about with
insertion and neck and waist bands of
white ribbon. Their hats were white chip,
sailor shape, covered with pink roses, with
the exception of the maid of honor, whose
hat was trimmed with white and who car-
ried pink roses. The groom and his party
had on frock coats, light trousers and car-
ried silk hats.
Following the ceremony a reception and
breakfast were given at the Curtin home,
on High street, where the bride’s parents
have always resided. To it only the rela-
tives and the intimate friends had been
invited, but the kinship on both sides is
large and their circle of friends wide.
Among the guests from a distance were Mr.
and Mrs. William Sage, of Ithaca, N. Y.;
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Curtin and their
daughter, Marion, of Philadelphia; Harriet
Lawton, of Washington; Jean Parsons, of
Williamsport; John Roberts, of West Ches-
ter, and T. K. Morris, of Tyrone.
The bride’s going away gown was a grey
tailor made suit and after their journey to
Washington, on which they started on the
1:45 train, they will make their home on east
Linn street, in the Woodcock house. The
young people are popular and have every
prospect of a happy and pleasant life. The
bride is a grand daughter of former Gover-
nor A. G. Curtin, and the groom is the
eldest son of J. Dunlop Shugert and a.
teller in the Centre county bank. They
were the recipients of many exquisite and
valuable presents.
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. WALZ--McM AHON—The wedding of Mr.
Frank Walz to Miss Celia McMahon, a
daughter of the late Peter McMahon, of this
place, which was celebrated with high mass
in St. John’s Catholic church Tuesday
morning, at 7:30, attracted quite a number
of their friends to that place.
Accompanying the couple were Joseph
McMahon and Miss Margery McMahon,
brother and sister of the bride. The ladies
wore tailor-made gowns of blue broad cloth,
with hats to match and the gentlemen wore
the conventional dress for morning wed-
dings.
After the ceremony they were driven to
the home of the bride, on south Allegheny
street, where a wedding breakfast was
served and the reception followed.
Though the groom had a cosy home all
prepared for his bride they did not go to it
"until late Tuesday night, preferring to have
done with the friends of the calithumpian
persuasion before going to their future
home. Frank is one of the leading mem-
bers of the Undine engine company and has
always been the king pin in seeing that
every other benedict got the proper kind of
a demonstration. It need not be wondered
at, then, that he got the worst of all. It was
simply terrific. First the Undine band
climbed the hill to the McMahon home and
serenaded in a really pleasing manner, but
then a crowd of several hundred anti-
musicians went up there with horse fiddles,
ratchets, dynamite, bells and red fire.
Such a din has seldom ever been heard in
Discordant as it was the commotion was
made because Frank is a popular fellow
who is leading an energetic, honorable life
and everyone will wish him and his fair
bride a world of genuine happiness.
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TAYLOR--HOWLEY. — The first of the
series of weddings that made Wednesday
an eventful day in Bellefonte was that of
Mr. Harry C. Taylor to Miss Jennie How-
ley, which was celebrated in St. John’s
Catholic church at 7 o'clock in the morn-
ing. Though very unpretentious it is
seldom that a fairer wedding party is seen
than was theirs and the solemnity of the
impressive nuptial mass of the Catholic
church lent additional charm to the affair.
The bride was attended by her sister,
Bellefonte and it lasted for several hours.
Miss Ella Howley, and Mr. Frank Mec-
Cann, of Tyrone, was the groom’s best
man. After the ceremony the party was
driven to the home of the bride’s parents,
where a wedding breakfast was served the
guests. Owing to the condition of Mrs.
Taylor’s health the tour that had been
planned was given up and they went direct-
ly to Tyrone, where they have a cosy home
at 1441 Bald Eagle avenue.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. John
Howley, of this place, and is a very accom-
plished young woman, admirably endowed
with both social and domestic attainments.
The groom is a son of Irvin Taylor, of
Bellefonte, and for several years was em-
ployed by the Adams express company
here, but of late has been the messenger
between Bellefonte and Tyrone on the
Bald Eagle valley. He was very popular
in Bellefonte and is a young man whose
sturdy character will surely meet with the
success it merits.
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DUFFIN-MILLS.—About the swellest
function colored society of this place has
ever witnessed was the marriage of Miss
Helen Mills, eldest daughter of William
Mills, to Albert H. Duffin, of Harrisburg,
which was celebrated in St. Paul’s church
Wednesday evening, in the presence of a
large number of guests.
Smiths orchestra played during the cere-
mony and at the home of the bride during
the reception that followed. The bride
was unattended, except by her little sister
as a flower girl and was escorted to the
altar by her father, where she was met by
the groom with his best man, William
Mills. She looked sweet in a grey broad
cloth traveling dress and deserves a life of
happiness.
After a short tour east they will return
to Harrisburg to live where the groom is
in business.
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——Miss Sarah Tyson, a daughter of
Mrs. Edward Tyson, of Philipsburg, is to
be married in the Lutheran church in that
place to Mr. J. O. Brown, next Wednesday
morning. The groom elect is in the drog
business in Philipsburg; being a partner
with S. C. Crissman in the ‘‘old corner
drug store.”’
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——Samuel Grenninger, formerly a resi-
dent of this place, but now living at How-
ard, where he is employed hy the Jenkins
Iron & Tool Co. was married to Miss Ada
Heverly, of that place, on Monday of last
week. a
——Another large kiln is being built at
the Mill Hall brick works.
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——Tyrone is beginning to fuss already
over the tournament of the northwestern
Pennsylvania and western New York band
association, which is to be held there Wed-
nesday and Thursday, June 28th and 29th.
$300 in prizes have been offered.
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—1It is expected that the student roll
at the Lock Haven normal school will
reach 400 this term. The spring term is
always the busy one at the Normal schools,
for then the country school teachers who
have finished their winter work gather in
for a short course of training.
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——The Lock Haven Y. M. C. A. realized
only $60 out of a juvenile production call-
ed the ‘‘Mystic Midgets,”” that was given
in the opera house there on Friday and
Saturday nights, with a Saturday matinee.
There was a whole army of youngsters and
no end of trouble training them, we infer,
and it leads us to the conclusion that the
candle couldn’t have been worth the flame.
Bellefonte has had similar experiences.
Really meritorious home talent shows here
have barely made expenses, while indiffer-
ent, easily arranged little entertainments
have invariably netted handsome sums.
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——Rt. Rev. John Shanahan will be
consecrated bishop of the Harrisburg diocese
of the Catholic church on Tuesday, April
25th, to fill the vacancy caused by the
recent death of bishop Thomas McGovern.
The consecratory ceremony will be con-
ducted in Philadelphia by arch-bishop
Ryan. The diocese of which Rt. Rev.
Shanahan will be the third bishop, has 65
diocesan priests and 5 regular; 50 churches
with resident pastors; 14 missions with
churches; 15 stations, 25 chapels, 178
members of sisterhoods, 13 ecclesiastical
students; 8 academies for young ladies
with 232 pupils; 32 parochial schools, with
2,959 pupils, 2 orphan asylums, and a
Catholic institute for the blind. The
Catholic population estimated at 42,000.
The diocese comprises the counties of
Dauphin, Lebanon, Lancaster, York,
Adams, Franklin, Fulton, Cumberland,
Perry, Juniata, Mifflin, Centre, Clinton,
Snyder, Northumberland, Union, Montour
and Columbia.
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——The Lutheran congregation of Belle-
fonte had a very successful day on the 9th
inst., in the effort made to liquidate their
church debt. For some months they had
been preparing for this day and the gen-
eral secretary of the board of church exten-
sion, Rev. H. H. Weber, was to have been
with them, but was prevented on account
of sickness. He sent, however, an excel-
lent substitute in Rev. F. P. Manhart, of
Baltimore, who preached to crowded houses,
and did good work besides. The results
of the day were very gratifying. By the
talent system, operated by the Sunday
school, and the share plan, they had $400
to start with in the morning, and during
the day raised $1,200 additional, making a
total of over $1,600. This reduces their
debt over one-half. Some of the sister
churches closed their places of worship in
the evening and went to the Lutheran
church. This showed a beautiful spirit
and was recognized by the pastor, Rev. Dr.
Holloway in appropriate remarks.
DEATH OF MRS. WAGNER.—After a
long illness and many months of failing
health, Mrs. Alvira Johnston, widow of
David Wagner, long since deceased, died at
the home of her son-in-law, J. L. Spangler,
on Friday last.
Some years ago she was taken to a hos-
pital in Philadelphia and had an operation
performed for cancer of the breast. She re-
ceived the most careful attention that skill
or devotion could give and was finally pro-
nounced cured. Shortly after her return
home, however, she was taken ill and since
then has failed so perceptible that her fami-
ly fully realized that her death could not
be long delayed.
As one of the older residents of the town
and one who had lived her entire life here
she was well known throughout the com-
munity. She was born here on the 22nd of
April, 1822, and is the last of a large fami-
ly. Her husband was for many years one
of the leading merchants of the town and in
his life time they built and occupied the
house on High and Spring streets, now the
property of D. S. Garman, and then consid-
ered one of the palatial homes of the town.
Of her family of six children three only
survive their mother, Mrs. Rachel Harris,
Mrs. Eliza Spangler, with whom she has
‘made her home forsome years, and Mrs.
Emma McLellan, of Sharpsburg. Her son,
Winfield, died some years ago, but it
is comparatively few years since her
daughter Mrs. Brisbin, wife of General
James Brisbin, passed away.
Funeral services were held Monday after-
noon at the Spangler home, on Allegheny
street, with Rev. Dr. Laurie officiating.
Mrs. Wagner was a member of the Metho-
dist church but her pastor, Dr. Stephens,
was out of town, owing to sickness in
his own family. Interment was made in
the Union cemetery with the following pall
bearers : Messrs. John Meese, John P. Har-
ris, L. A. Schaeffer, D. F. Fortney, H. S.
Taylor and L. T. Munson.
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ANOTHER SOLDIER IS DEAD.——The fifth
one of the old Co. Bsoldiers has fallen from
the ranks since the boys marched away
from Bellefonte, just a yearago. On Mon-
day evening James Abraham Stine, a son
of Mrs. Rachel Stine, of Pleasant Gap,
answered his last roll call and passed into
the bivouc of the dead. He had been ill
for several weeks with a severe cold,
which did not seem at all alarming until
pneumonia developed and with it came
congestion of the brain.
Deceased would Irave been 21 vears old
on the 21st of this month. At the outbreak
of the war with Spain he offered his services
to his country and was accepted, but a
severely sprained ankle rendered him unfit
for service, so he remained at home until
June, when a second lot of recruits left
here for Chicamauga. He was among them
and proved a good soldier all through the
trying time in camp Thomas.
One of the saddest features of his death
was that he was to have been married to
Miss Ida Young last Thursday afternoon.
His mother, his sister Mary and brothers
Earnest and Harry survive him.
Funeral services were held at his late
home yesterday morning; interment baving
been made in the Lutheran cemetery at
the Gap. A detachment of his comrades
in Co. B buried him with the honors of
war.
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DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN HUNTING-
DON COUNTY RESIDENT.—The Hon. John
La Porte died at his home in Franklinville,
Huntingdon county, early Monday morn-
ing, in the 78th year of his age. He had
suffered a stroke of paralysis on the pre-
vious Thursday.
The deceased was born at Jersey Shore,
Nov. 22nd, 1811. In early manhood he
went to Warriors-mark, where he plied his
trade as wagon-maker for a short time,
thence, after a brief season at Spruce Creek,
going to Stone Valley, where he remained
two years. About 1834 he engaged in
farming, buying the McWilliams farm in
Spruce Creek valley, remaining there al-
most a half century, or until 1882, when
he removed to Franklinville, where he had
since resided.
He issurvived by six of his ten children:
B. Jones La Porte and J. Hunter La Porte,
of Philipsburg; Anson, Adolphus M., and
John La Porte, of Tyrone; and Mrs. C. B.
McWilliams, of Altoona.
In 1880, he was elected associate judge of
Huntingdon county, and it was shortly
after assuming the duties of this place that
he gave up farming to which, on account
of his advanced age, he did not return.
The funeral took place at 10 o’clock
Wednesday morning.
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W. E. BURCHFIELD’S DEATH.—After a
lingering illness with diabetes, W. E.
Burchfield died at his home in Philipsburg,
Wednesday evening.
He was a son of the late judge Burch-
field, of Ferguson township, one of the
most influential and wealthy men of that
section in his day, and was horn on a farm
near Pine Grove Mills. His early life was
spent in the country about Pine Grove in
the various pursuits of farming, school
teaching and carrying on a general mer-
chandise business, until, in 1875, he was
elected to the office of register of Centre
county. He was re-elected in 1878 and
served his two terms with fidelity to the
public and honor to his party.
Deceased was first married toa Miss Lytle,
to which union three children were born.
They are Mrs. Annie Walton, Mrs. Mary
Hatch and William, all of Philipsburg.
His second marriage was to Mrs. Mary
Moran, only daughter of the late Hon. S.
T. Shugert, who survives him, with her son
Townsend Moran. Mr. Burchfield was
about 63 years old. %
The body will be brought to this place at
1:42 p. m. to-day and taken directly from
the train to the Union cemetery for inter-
ment.
News Purely Personal.
—Miss Celia Armour is in Philipsburg visiting
Mrs. A. J. Graham.
—DMrs. A. 8. Garman, of Tyrone, spent Sunday
with friends at her former home here.
—Among the out of town guests at the Walz-
McMahon wedding were Mr. and Mrs. J. L. De-
Haas, of Howard.
—Mr. Jacob Shaffer, of Zion, was in town yes-
terday to attend to a little business he had at the
Pheenix mill here.
—The serious illness of his son at that place
called John E. Reilly, a cutter at the new Belle-
fonte glass works, to Muney, Ind., on Wednesday.
—E. I. Geary Esq., one of the most promising
of the young attorneys at the Clinton county bar,
was here for the Easter assembly, Wednesday
night.
—James Dolan, with his daughters Ellen and
Gertrude have gone to Buffalo, N. Y., to make
their future home. They left Tuesday evening.
—Miss Mary Blanchard went to Philadelphia
yesterday to stay until June. She was accom-
panied by her brother Edmund, whe washome to
attend the Shugert-Harris wedding.
—DMiss Lillian Muffley, a sister of Mrs. Joseph
L. Montgomery, returned to Baltimore and her
studies at Notre Dame convent, Saturday morn-
ing. She had been here for her Easter vacation.
—F. H. Cota, former secretary of the Y. M. C.
A. in this place, spent Sunday night at the home
of Robert Irwin, on north Spring street. He was
on his way from New Haven, Conn., to Pittsburg,
where he has accepted a position in a machine
shop.
—Dr. W. A. Stephens returned from Philadel-
phia, Wednesday morning, very happy in the
thought that the physicians in the Methodist
hospital in that city had assured him that Mrs.
Stephens condition is not nearly as serious as he
thought when she went down last week.
—Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Irvin were arrivals in town
from Tyrone, yesterday, and they will proba-
bly make their permanent home here. Ed. has
closed out his hardware store in that place and is
back to go into the store here again, at least until
he finds a better opening somewhere else.
—The political pot was kept boiling yesterday
because George E. Parker, Philip Meyer, Cyrus
Brangart and Judge Riley were all in town.
If there is anything in making hay while the
sun shines they ought to have harvested a big
crop of friends yesterday, for the sun was cer-
tainly doing its duty.
—J. W. Orr, one of the leading Democrats of
Marion township, and a man whose methodical
manner of looking after his business affairs has
made him quite comfortably fixed, was in town on
Monday on a business trip, of course, but he
wasn’t holding his ears shut when the usual polit-
ical gossip was being passed his way.
—One of our Saturday callers was our old friend
Michael Sennet, of Runville, and while we have
always known him to be well up on farming and
woods matters we were quite astonished to hear
him strike off on philosophy. His deductions
are decidedly original, but they are interesting
all the same and very entertaining.
—H. F. Spotts, of Union township, thought he
couldn’t find a pleasanter day than yesterday on
which to travel, so he just came down and spent
the day attending to some business in town. He
says that the ground is a little too wet for plowing
up in Bald Eagle, but a few more days like these
will bring everything along in nice shape.
—A. A. Pletcher, of Nittany, is spending this
week at his mother’s home at Howard, doing a
little spring work for her, we suppose, but yester-
day was too much for him, so he hunted up
another victim of the spring fever, in David
Tanyer, the well known cooper down there, and
they drove up here to spend the day talking to
their friends.
—Judge Adam Larimer left for Mt. Clements,
Michigan, yesterday afternoon, to spend a few
weeks at the baths there. While greatly im-
proved in health by his iwo weeks stay in Belle-
fonte he thinks that Mt. Clements will remove the
last trace of rheumatism with which he has been
suffering. He will go direct to Sioux City, after
visiting the resort.
—Charles T. Noll, of Clearfield, spent Sunday
with his parents in this place and inasmuch as he
arrived on a late train Saturday night and John
Noll, pere, having moved since he was last here,
he actually was at a loss to know where his home
was. Charley has retired from the Witmer Inn;
having leased the cold storage franchises of
Bradley, the Clearfield cooler.
—The Hon. and Mrs. Robert M. Foster, of State
College, went to Harrisburg, Tuesday, the former
to attend to his duties in the Legislature, while
Mrs. Foster accompanied him to be a guest at the
marriage of Miss Nellie Parker Skinner, which
was celebrated at the Commonwealth hotel
Wednesday. She is a daughter of Hon. George
W. Skinner, of Fulton county, and the wedding
was quite an event in Harrisburg.
—John Montgomery Ward spent Friday and
Saturday at hisold home in this place, visiting
the Wards, the Bells and the Johnsons and his
many other friends who are not so near of kin.
Saturday evening he was entertained by Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph L. Montgomery, at a very informal
little card party. It being necessary for him to
be back in his law office in New York, on Monday
morning, he was driven tv Lock Haven, Sunday,
to catch a night train.
—Thomas Dorris and his daughter, Miss Elvira,
were arrivals in town on Saturday evening.
They came up from their home at Cumberland,
Md., to attend the funeral of the late Mrs. David
Wagner. When but a child of four or five years
the Wagner family took Mr. Dorris and gave him
a pleasant home until he had attained his ma-
jority. He naturally felt very deep affection for
Mrs. Wagner, who had been especially kind to
him. He is now in the jewelry business at Cum-
berland.
—Donald Sommerville, of Jersey Shore, was
one of the guests at the Harris--Shugert wedding,
on Wednesday. Don"is sticking pretty tight to
his stool these days, as the recent consolidation
of the Beech Creek and Fall Brook systems has
made two pegs for a great many holes down there
and he is determined to do all he can to be the
one best fitted for the position he has filled sev-
eral years so satisfactorily on the Beech Creek.
He is one of the civil engineers and from what
we have heard railroad men say he need have no
concern about his fate.
—Prof. and Mrs. E. E. Sparks, of Chicago, are
at State College spending the week with
Prof. and Mrs. L. E. Reber. Four years ago Prof.
Sparks was head of the preparatory department
at State, but was tendered the chair of American
history at the Chicago University, which he ac-
cepted and has been there ever since. Just now
he is entertaining a proposal to become president
of the Towa State University, an institution with
fourteen hundred students and lavishly supported
by the State. Prof. Sparks is so nicely located at
Chicago, however, that he is loath to give up his
position there for the more distinguished but
more onerous duties as a college president.
—Frank Lingle is back in town for a few more
days in the place he loves so much. The miners
at Patton, Barnesboro, Spangler and all through
that region are out on a strike and as Frank is in
the coal business at the former place there is
nothing for him to do but to wait. To look at
him no one would think that he is old enough to
have been born in the old Centre county jail, yet
that is exactly where he first put in his appear-
ance. Not to say that he is a jail bird. Furthest
from it, but his lamented father was sheriff of
Centre county at that time and as was customary
the family of the sheriff resided in the jail.
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—Cyrus Brungart, of Millheim, was in town
during the fore part of the week looking up his
political interests on this side of the mountain.
He would like very much to be made sheriff of
Centre county, so he says.
—Will Stewart and his brother Finley, who
were called home from Seattle, Wash., two weeks
ago, by the death of their father, the lamented
Dr. Stewart, of Burnside township, were in town
the fore part of the week transacting business.
Finley expects to stay in the East till June but
Will will leave Harrisburg to-night on the limited
for his home in the far West. He spent yester-
day in Wilkesbarre, seeing his brother, Dr. Walter
Stewart, and from there goes to Harrisburg this
morning,
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THE EVANGELISTS HERE FOR A DAY. —
Last Thursday evangelist Leonard Weaver
and his singing co-worker, Weeden, who
are so well known for their wonderfal re-
vivals in this place last year and the year
before, were in Bellefonte spending the day
with their old friends. Mr. Weaver is
working in London now and finding a
week’s trip to Ameriea a business necessity
he came over last week and thought his
home coming would net be eomplete unless
he included a day, at least, in Bellefonte.
Consequently he gathered up Mr. Weeden
in New York and the two came on for the
day and a glorious one it proved to be.
Both of them are so earnestly engrossed in
evangelistic work that the best time possi-
ble in their estimation is when they are
trying to save souls.
Bellefonte afforded the opportunity, for
Mr. John Meese had spread the news of
their coming, broadeast, and three great
meetings were held in the court house,
morning, afternoen and night. At the
latter the crowd was simply immense, but
men, women and children were patient un-
der any inconvenience to hear Mr. Weeden
sing again those old sweet songs and to lis-
ten to the convicting exhortations of Mr.
Weaver. If possible he has gained force
since leaving Bellefonte and when the day
of meetings was over there were hundreds
of hungry souls hoping that Bellefonte will
have another season of spiritual feasting as
it did in the tabernacle two years ago.
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——Our ‘‘Fancy Patent’ is equal to the
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WILL LocATE IN TYRONE.—Robert T.
Garman went to Tyrone, on Monday, where
he has taken charge of the watch and
jewelry business of George H. Andrews on
Pennsylvania avenue in that place, which
he lately came into the possession of by
purchase. Robert has had years of ex-
perience in the business, both here and in
Coatesville, and is a young man whose ad-
dress and personality is so pleasant that he
is certain to make friends and patrons of
the Tyrone people.
He is the youngest son of Daniel Gar-
man, of Bellefonte.
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THIEVING PROFANERS.—Thieves, prob-
ably tramps, broke into St. John’s Catholic
church in this place, Sunday night, and
stole the gold chalice off the altar and the
money that was in the poor box. Just how
much there was in the latter is not known,
for it had not been opened for nearly three
months.
Entrance to the church was effected
through a rear window. There are several
circumstances connected with the robbery
that seem to indicate that it was a Catholic,
though not one necessarily acquainted
with St. John’s church, that thus profaned
the sacred place.
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A SINGING EVANGELIST.—R. J. Scot-
land, a colored singing evangelist from the
island of Antigua, one of the British pos-
sessions in the West Indies, is in town and
will lecture here this evening. The lecture
will be delivered in the A. M. E. church,
on St. Paul street, the theme being the life
and customs of the people of the West In-
dies and the agricultural resources of the
islands.
The lecture will begin at 7:30 p. m.
Admission for adults, 15 cents; for chil-
dren, 10 cents. -
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—-It might require only one or two
new names at $1 a year to win one of the
WATCHMAN'S free trips to the sea shore
this summer. It will cost you nothing.
Why don’t you try it?
Sale Register.
ApriL 2nd, at the residence of Robert Valentine
in Bellefonte, household furniture, carpets, mat-
“tings, pictures, stoves, Smith Premier type-
writer ete. Sale at 1 o'clock p. m.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red 7534@'76
¢ —No. 2 Tosa
Corn —Yello 40 ,@41
¢“ —Mixed Sarat
ORB. crversnseersssss 4
Flour— Winter, Per Bril.......cccoceinennnnns 2.15@2.40
¢ —Penna. Roller..... . 3.10@3.30
¢ Favorite Brands.........ccceeenneenns 4,15@4.25
Rye Flour Per Br'l........ 3.20@3.25
Baled hay—Choice Timot 11.50@12.50
““ “ ““ Mixe 9.50@10. 50
BirawW....coceceirssrersses sessnsecrnannen 7.00@8.50
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by the Paenix Minune Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
press:
Red Wheat, old............e.e..... Prerieieerii neers 70
Red wheat, new.... we 0
Rye, per bushel........ 40
Corn, shelled, per bu 35
Corn, ears, per bushel 30
Oats, per bushel, new 25
Barley, per bushel....... 40
$roun 1 laster, or lop. 8 0
uckwheat, per bushel ......cc.coocieiinninniianians
Cloverseed, per bushel... $4 00 to §5 00
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel..........couiiuininenniieisisniin 50
Onions.........coeessnens v 50
Eggs, per dozeN.......ccvrintinniniinimncssssinincssnns 10
Lo per Loupd. ‘ 6
Country Should: 6
Sides.. 6
Hams.
Tallow, per pou 3
Butter, per pound. 15