Demarrai Watcan,
Bellefonte, Pa., May 12. 1899.
CorrespoN DENTS.—No communications pub
ished unless accompanied by the real name of
the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——Did you ever live on a more perfect
day than Sunday was?
——The Wallace shows are said to have
the finest horses of any show on earth.
—— Street commissioner Joel Johnston
has a large force of men repairing south
Water street.
—W. W. Bierly post 298, G. A. R. of
Rebersburg, is handsomely quartered in a
new hall.
——Dr. R. G. H. Hayes has had the
fence removed from in front of his home on
Spring street.
——The brick layers are at work on the
new house being erected by James Harris,
on north Spring street.
——To-morrow the Pennsylvania State
College and Franklin and Marshall base
ball teams will play on Beaver field. The
game will be called at 3 o’clock.
——The Franklin and Marshall college
glee club quartette will sing in the court
house here Friday evening, May 26th. The
quartette will be assisted by Prof. Davis,
reader.
—-The tracks of the P. R. R. Co. along
the race, north of High street, having been
threatened by the caving in of the race em-
bankment, the railroad company is prepar-
ing to build a masonry retaining wall along
there.
——The brown mare, ‘‘Josephine,’’ which
M. Fauble, of this place, recently dealt to
Irv. Gray, of Stormstown for, his pacing
stallion, ‘‘Fleming,”’ is listed for the Fasig
sale of fast horses at Cleveland next week.
She has a mark of 2:28].
While bicycling on ‘the pike, near
Axe Mann, Monday evening, with a party
of ladies, Mrs. Mollie Valentine fell from
her machine and strained her left ankle
80 badly that a conveyance had to be sent
out to bring her to her home. She has not
been able to use her left foot since the
accident.
——Rev. Benner Armor was an arrival
at his home in this place, Saturday, having
come from Harrisburg to assist in the hold-
ing of the forty hour’s devotion that was
celebrated in St. John’s Catholic church,
beginning Sunday morning at 8 o'clock.
He left here, Tuesday, for a sojourn in
Canada, where he hopes the climate will
benefit his health.
—— Business is still booming out at the
Jenkins and Lingle shops and just now
they are getting an 801h. hammer ready for
shipment to Gustave Deichinian & Son, Ber-
lin, Germany. This is only one of a num-
ber of foreign shipments that Jenkins and
Lingle have made of their splendid ham-
mer. They are working forty-five men,
both night and day, out there now.
— Blanche Twohey, who escaped the
clutches ot the law here at the last court,
because she had made lewd and indecent
exposure of her person in Clearfield county
and was not amenable to the Centre
county court, . turned up in Lock Haven
last week and stole a watch, tie, stick pin
and cap’ from one of the employes of the
paper mill. She is a notoriously bad girl
and was ordered out of Bellefonte.
——Bellefonte’s policemen appeared in
their new uniforms on Saturday and were
the admiration of all whosaw them. The
officers certainly do look well. Their uni-
forms are like policemen should wear and
their presence now is a veritable manifesta-
tion of the dignity of the law. Whoever
is responsible for having adopted such an
admirable ‘uniform is deserving the con-
gratulations of the public and the police.
—Col. A. K. McClure, the distinguish-
ed editor of the Philadelphia Times, will be
here to deliver the commencement address
to the class of 99 of the Bellefonte High
school. Mrs. McClure will accompany him
and after the exercises they, with Mrs. A.
G. Curtin, will be the guests of honor at
the house-warming which former Governor
and Mrs. Hastings will have that evening.
——The reason why we have abandoned
the idea of having a big, old time, red-fire,
ginger water Fourth of July celebration in
Bellefonte is because the Undines are go-
ing to have a bigger one at Hecla park that
day and we had to abandon ours for fear of
not being able to hold the crowd against
such a combination as the Undines. We'll
have the time, all the same. The only dif-
ference will be that we will have to go
seven miles further to get it.
——Herbert Bartley, an employe of this
office, met with an accident, on Monday
morning, that will render his right arm
useless for a week or more. While assist-
ing in lifting a heavy newspaper form his
right forearm come in contact with the
point of a pair of scissors that were pro-
truding from his pocket. A gash two-and
one half inches long was ripped in the un-
der side of his arm. It partially severed
one of the muscles and required seven
stiches to close up the wound.
——W hile driving from Coburn to Mill-
heim, on Wednesday afternoon, squire J.
H. Reifsnyder’s horse took fright at a
fisherman at the bridge near the Kreamer
farm and started to run away. The squire
was thrown out, fracturing one of the hones
of his left leg at the ankle. He was taken
to his home by Mr. Kreamer and his in-
juries attended to by Dr. Frank. The ac-
cident is quite a serious one, since squire
Reifsnyder is not a very robust man and is
60 years old.
THE GREATEST INDUSTRIAL MOVE IN
YEARS IN CENTRE CoUNTY.—It has been
several years now since J. Wesley Gephart
Esq., began work on a line of rail-road from
this place to Clearfield, to be known as the
Bellefonte and Clearfield rail-road, the
purpose being to complete a series of links
in what will ultimately be a grand trunk
road from New York to Chicago. The
peculiar business conditions of the country
during this time and the natural disadvan-
tages under which such large undertakings
are consummated, together with Mr. Gep-
hart’s inherent taciturnity about any of
his business operations have made the work
on that project a matter of mere conjecture
among our people. All sorts of theories
have been advanced and exploded and
enough lines have been built in the minds
of the gossips to encircle the globe several
times, but Mr. Gephart has been working
steadily on and to-day no one, except him-
se If and those closest in touch with him, is
any the wiser.
On Monday, however. like a clap of thun-
der from clear sky, came a message from
the silent and indefatigable worker. It
was indeed a surprise, for Bellefonte had
no reason to think that this man owed her
industry a single good turn. But like the
reorganizing of the old Centre iron com-
pany, and the building of the Central R.
R. of Penna. he has made another great in-
dustrial move for Bellefonte, blazed anoth-
er corner on his trail of good work, as it
were, and gone on as modestly as ever.
Always keen in his insight of the most
extensive business operations of the coun-
try and quick and effective in organizing
and carrying his plans to fruition Mr. Gep-
hart grasped the iron situation at once and
saw the folly of a great furnace, like the
Collins plant, standing idle in the midst
of naturally rich ore beds when the de-
mand for iron is so great that metal is ‘‘lit-
erally being loaded red-hot at the fur-
naces.”” Delving deeper into the condi-
tions existent he doubtless saw the incapac-
ity of the out-put of all the furnaces in
the country—which is no greater than it
was ten years ago, for scarcely a new fur-
nace has been built in that time—to sup-
ply the demand far iron that has been aug-
mented by the enormous consumption for
structural purposes, ship building and trol-
ley-lines, as well as the other natural chan-
nels through which it has been used. Real-
izing that there must be a great demand
for the commodity for years to come he
carried through a triple transaction, the
magnitude of which has fairly startled the
public, for it was as sudden as it was com-
plete.
By the deal Mr. Gephart’s company,
represented entirely by eastern capitalists,
has hecome the owners of the Bellefonte
furnace company’s properties, here, of the
mines at Red Bank and Mattern’s and of
all the property and franchises of the Car-
negie company at Scotia. :
When seen at his office, on Monday even-
ing, he stated that it is the intention of
their company to go to work at once. Ac-
cording to their plans the Bellefonte far-
nace will be in blast by the Fourth of July
and the Scotia, Red and Mattern banks will
be working within two weeks. It would
be possible to put the furnace in blast much
earlier, for the plant is in excellent condi-
tion, but a rail-road connection will have
to be built between the C. R. R. of Pa.
tracks and that property first. The survey
has heen made for the connection and the
con tract let for the viaduct over the P. R.
R. tracks already. It will he effected by a
three quarters of a mile extension that will
cut off from the C.R. R. of Pa. tracks,
about 100 ft. south of Morris’ Pike lime
kilns, cross Spring creek on a 750 ft. curv-
ed iron trestle that will go over the P. R.
R. tracks between the water tank and the
round house, being 20 ft. above their rails,
and cutting in over the rear of the lot of
the old Thomas home now occupied by Mr.
Isaac Mitchell, it will strike the hill near
about where the barn stood on the Thomas
farm down there. The extension will wind
along and over the north side of Half-moon
hill, entering the stock house at the fur-
nace at its northern end and making con-
nection with the Bellefonte Central tracks
there.
As to the furnace. It will be operated
to its fullest capacity under the supervision
of an expert furnace master. The ores
that will be used will be both lake and na-
tive. In securing the latter probably the
most incomprehensible and neatest of the
series of transactions has heen effected.
The ores from Scotia, Red and Mattern
banks are all to be hauled around by
Tyrone and then over the B. E. V. to this
place. This arrangement makes the C. R.
R. of Pa. people a large shipper over the P.
R. R. and will probably terminate the con-
tention between the two lines for the ton-
nage of the Valentine furnace, which will
soon be in blast.
To many it will doubtless seem strange
that the Bellefonte Central line is not to be
used in transporting the native ores from
the mines to the furnace, but if you will
recall the fact that several years ago the
rails were taken up on the Stormstown
branch of that road to build the extension
to Pine Grove Mills you will understand
one of the rearons why this will be impos-
sible. The hauling of the ores from Red
bank, Mattern’s and probably Graysdale—
negotiations for which property are still
pending—to Scotia will necessitate the
building of about one mile of track connect-
ing those points.
The new company has come into out-
right possession of all the Carnegie interests
at Scotia. The bill of sale includes 130 acres
of land, the mineral rights on 430 acres,
all the buildings, machinery and franchises.
In addition to these large mines the Red
bank, Mattern bank and Nittany bank pass
into the absolute control of the company.
Nittany bank, which is located over at
Brumgards, near State College, will not be
operated, however. Graysdale mines will
probably be secured and this will give the
ew concern control of the entire local ore
os with the exception of the mines in
Nittany valley. As practical masters of
this situation they have gone a step furth-
er in contracting to furnish all the native
ore that will be used at the Empire furnace,
being the old Valentine plant. F. H. Clem-
son, the present manager at Scotia, will be
made superintendent of all the mines and
vas in town on Monday to talk their devel-
opment over with Mr. Gephart, who is to
be president and general manager of the
new concern, which is as it should he. The
Bellefonte furnace company will be the
name of the corporation and the officers,
were elected in Philadelphia Wednesday,
when the hand money was paid.
The effect of this great business deal on
Bellefonte need not be elaborated on here.
If no hitch occurs to disrupt it it will speak
for itself in an amazingly short time and
once more the town will see the fruits of an
untiring man’s labors, one whose un-
pretentious nature has never permitted his
being classed with our benefactors, yet
whose works have been greater than most
of them.
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TAYLOR AND GATESBURG MINES WILL
PROBABLY REsSUME.—Last Friday Mr.
Jones Wister, of Philadelphia, president of
the Nittany valley railroad company was
in town to look after the interest of that
road in the promised business revival in
Bellefonte. The road connects the ore
mines in Nittany valley with the Empire
furnace in this place and the officers readi-
ly see that with the furnace in operation
the tonnage might be materially increased
if some of the mines could be started.
With this in view Mr. Wister went over
the ground carefully with Sup’t. M. I.
Gardner and a proposition was made to
three of the old and experienced miners of
this section to operate both Taylor and
Gatesburg banks. The men are consider-
ing the proposition and if it is accepted the
mines will be in operation within two
weeks. ‘
Mr. Wister left orders with Sup’t. Gard-
ner to order 1,000 new ties for the road and
to have the trestle over Logan’s branch re-
paired. The driving wheels of the engines
have heen sent to the Renovo shops for re-
pairs, so that it looks very much as though
it will be a certain go.
The venture is altogether outside of the
Empire furnace company, as it will not
mine ore under any circumstances. The
Nittany valley railroad company is a sepa-
rate and distinct corporation and it is try-
ing to start the mines to make ore tonnage
for tracks that are useless when the mines
are idle.
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CURTINS WORKS WILL PROBABLY JOIN
THE VAN.—Already the industrial hope of
Centre county has been built almost to the
skies, but yesterday it was sent a notch
higher by the announcement that Curtins
works at Roland will probably be in blas
again, within sixty days.
The WATCHMAN has it from what it
considers very reliable authority that Cur-
tins works will be started soon. We are
not permitted to make public the names of
the gentlemen who have secured an option
on the plant, but it is certain if you knew
them you wonld agree with us that the
prospects for an early resumption there are
very good. :
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——There were frosts in some sections
of Clinton county Tuesday night.
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——Think of it, Joe Diehl, a huxster
who operates in the vicinity of Howard,
shipped 4,098 dozen of eggs last week.
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——A convention is to be held at Wash-
ington, D. C., September 4th to 6th, with
the hope of organizing a Spanish-American
war veteran’s association.
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——The Lock Haven Normal school base
ball team had rather an easy time with the
Academy hoys here, Saturday afternoon,
and'defeated them by the score of 20 to 10.
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——Prof. Geo. W. Twitmyer, a native of
this county, has heen re-elected superin-
tendent of the schools of Bethlehem with
an increase of salary from $1,700 to $1,850.
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—1It is reported that H. N. Hoy, of
Benner township, will be a candidate for
county commissioner. Mr. Hoy is a prac-
tical and model farmer and is for the peo-
ple all the time with his platform of tax-
ation reform. *
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——Messrs. James B. Sipe & Co., Alle-
gheny, Pa., in order to introduce ‘‘Sipe’s
Japan oil’’ and to demonstrate practically
its superiority over linseed oil for all kinds
of painting, will send free of charge enough
of it to paint an ordinary building, to the
two first addresses received from property
owners in reply to this.
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——Twelve citizens of DuBois have
leased the fair grounds in that place for a
period of ten years and have formed a driv-
ing park association. Having put $12,000
into the enterprise they purpose holding a
big, public meeting there on July 4th and
5th.
purses and some of the hest horses from the
grand circuit are expected to enter.
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——After three nights of darkness the
lights were turned on Tyrone streets, Fri-
day night, within a few minutes after
council and the electric light company had
come to terms on a two year contract. They
pay $70 per 2000 candle power arc light
per year, $14 per 16 candle power incan-
descent, tax all poles in the borough and
have required the local company to paint
every pole.
$10,000 will be offered in the various’
How THE SICK ARE.—The friends of H.
C. Valentine, of Curtin street, ‘will be very
pleased to know that he is recovering from
the critical illness that became so alarming
a week ago. Robert McCalmont was re-
ported considerably better yesterday. His
heart and pulse were both stronger and his
friends are very hopeful now. Clarence
Osmer is fast recovering from the bad at-
tack of pneumonia he has had and little
Belle Johnston, a daughter of Milton
Johnston, whose life was dispaired of a
few days ago is recovering rapidly. Mrs.
Margaret Brockerhoff ‘is in a much more
hopeful condition than she was last week.
She is reported to be gaining strength slow-
ly but sufficiently to encourage her chil-
dren, all of whom have been at her bed-
side for a week. W. H. Derstine is able
to be about again. The latest report from
Pack Cowdrick, of Niagara Falls, is to the
effect that very little change is noticeable
in his condition, but his physicians say
they hope to beable to ‘‘pull him through.”
Harry Fenlon is still in Philadelphia under
treatment, but happily has so far recovered
that he thinks he will be able to come
home in about ten days.
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LIEUT, WALTER McCASKEY MARRIED—
The marriage of Lieut. Walter B. McCaskey,
U. S. A, to Miss Edna McClelland, of
Wellshoro, which was celebrated at Beech
Creek on the 3rd, was of more than passing
interest to people hereabouts. Both the
bride and groom are well known in Belle-
fonte and were both students at The Penn-
sylvania State College, the latter having
been captain of the famous foot ball team
of '95.
They were married at the home of Miss
Dunkle, the bride’s aunt, the ceremony
having been military in effect. There was
a canopy of flags, and the bride wore a tailor
dress of army blue and the groom wore his
uniform. She was given away by her
mother, Mrs. Julia Bailey, aud‘was attend-
ed by Miss Elsie McCaskey, a sister of the
groom, and Miss Annie Dunkle and Miss
Ella C. Smith, of Lock Haven.
A luncheon wasserved after the wedding,
then the couple started on a short tour east,
before going to their station at Columbus,
Ohio, where Lieut. McCaskey is located.
CHILD DRINKS PETROLEUM. — Early
yesterday morning Russell, the 17 months
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lowery, of
east Bishop street, got hold of a can con-
taining petroleum and drank the contents
of it. The child came very near dying and
two physicians worked with it most of the
day, with the result that it is now thought
it will live.
One of the little girls was making a fire
and had a can with some of the liquid in it
sitting on a table near the stove. When
she was not looking her little brother
reached for the can and drank the stuff be-
fore his act was discovered.
BE WARNED OF SMALL Pox.—The
Board of Health, of Bellefonte borough,
desires to call attention to the citizens of
the borough and vicinity of the preva-
lence of small pox, which has broken ont
in the near by towns, and urge all to take
every precaution to prevent a spread of
this dread scourge, should we be so un-
fortunate as to have an out-break.
“Taccination, as a precautionary measure,
is most important and the Board strongly
urges all persons to lose no time in being
vaccinated. It is to be hoped that everybody
will see the importance of this step and
that everything possible will be done to
get the borough in as cleanly a condition
as can he, in order to preclude the possi-
bility of an out-break.
All citizens are earnestly requested to
report nuisances of any kind, which will
promptly be abated.
By order of the Board,
H. C. QUIGLEY, secretary
MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Following is the
list of marriage licenses granted by or-
phan’s courtclerk, G. W. Rumberger, dur-
ing the past week:
Levi F. Roan, Lemont, and Helen Young,
of Boalsburg.
Wm. T. Pease, of Williamsport, and Em-
ma T. Smith, of Danville.
D. D. Breon, of Spring Mills, and Emma
L. Winkleblech, of Penn Hall, Pa.
E. D. Ripka and Abbie S. Breon, both of
Spring Mills.
Arthur W. Sunday, of Milroy, Mifflin
county, Pa., and Edith Burris, of Axe
Mann.
Edward Erb and Sarah E. Kline, both
of State College.
Joseph -A. Meyers, of Boalsburg, and
Mary R. Wolf, of Wolf’s Store, Centre
county.
Jacob H. DeLong and Susan Elsie
Schenck, both of Liberty township.
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——The annual forty hours devotion
which was observed in St. John’s Catholic
church from Sunday morning at 8 o'clock
until Tuesday evening, was zealously at-
tended by devout Catholics. Rev. Father
McArdle was assisted during the service by
Rev. Saas, of Lock Haven; Rev Fleming,
of Snow Shoe; Rev. Benner Armor and
Rev. McCarthy, of Renovo; Rev. Rosen-
steel, fof Tyrone, and Rev. Codori, of Lewis-
town. "hla
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——The Murray lumber company, of
Philipsburg, has secured the contract for
building the new $50,000 public school
building in DuBois. The building will be
of brick and stone. io
——Jesse Wert, an old resident of
Aaronsburg, had a rib broken last Tuesday
by his horse crushing him in the stall when
he went to feed it.
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——One of the highest class circuses in
the world, the great Wallace shows.
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News Purely Personal.
“Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Dreese, of Lemont, were in
town Tuesday evening.
—David W. Holt, of Philipsburg, transacted
business in town last Saturday.
—Mrs. George Lose, of North Spring street, is
visiting friends in Atlantie City.
—Mrs. J. Reese Van Ormer, of Coatesville, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Annie Caswell, on Penn
street. :
—DMrs. Curtin, wife of former Governor Andrew
G. Curtin, is in Philadelphia visiting her son Wil-
liam T. Curtin.
—Mrs. A. Baum, of Bishop street, was in Lock
Haven over Sunday, the guest of Mr. Baum’s sis-
ter, Mrs. Goldstein.
—J. Thomas Mitchell and his sister, Miss
Eleanor, are in Philadelphia on a pleasure trip.
They went, Tuesday, to stay one week.
—James I. McClure went to Lancaster, Mon-
day, to attend the meeting of the grand castle K.
G. E., as a delegate from Bellefonte castle.
—W. T. Hillibish left for St. Louis, Mo., Monday
afternoon, to serve the U. S.government as an ex-
pert witness on a machinery case on trial there.
—J. Rush MeClintick, formerly connected with
the Bell telephone exchange but now in Williams-
port, spent Sunday and Monday with friends
here.
—Burdine Butler, genial, portly and pleasant
as ever, was up from Howard, Saturday, looking
after his neighbors’ interests and, incidentally,
his own.
—A. 8. Garman, proprietor of the Garman house
in Tyrone, was in town for awhile yesterday. Al
looks as if business up that way is in a flourishing
condition.
—Harry Shade, of Beverly, Mass., who saw act-
ive service in Cuba during the late war, is visiting
his aunt, Mrs, Theresa M. Tate, of Bishop street,
this place.
—Mrs. Elsie Hastings Chambers, after spending
the winter at the home of the late Mrs. Mary
Hastings in this place, has returned to her home
in Beech Creek.
—DMrs. R. A. Kinsloe, of Philipsburg, was an ar-
rival in town Thursday evening and spent several
days visiting her mother, Mrs. Barbara Rankin
and Mrs. D. H. Hastings.
—Mrs. W. C. Cassidy, nee Emma Anderson, who
had been here several weeks on account of the
illness and death of her mother, returned to her
home in Canton, Ohio, Tuesday morning.
—Maurice Kelley, who has been John Wilson's
under-study for some time in the Western Union
telegraph office here, went to Altoona, on Wed-
nesday, to pound brass as a steady thing up
there.
—Col. E. J. Pruner had so far recovered from
the recent fracture of one of the bones of his
right ankle to be able to go to Tyrone, Monday
night. He had to nse crutches, but got along
right well.
—Thos. Hamilton Esq., of New York, was a re-
cent visitor in town. He was here to see his
mother, Mrs. Mary Hamilton, of east Howard
street, who has attained her 88th year and is still
in possession of her faculties.
—Former sheriff John P. Condo, of Millheim,
was in town yesterday, looking hale and hearty as
could be. He brought the gratifying news that
his son Harry is fast recovering from his recent
trouble with a bicycle heart.
—Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Brockerhoff, of Read-
ing, and Dr. Joseph Brockerhoff, of Pittsburg,
have been here during the past week, called
home on account of the serious illness of Mrs.
Margaret Brockerhoff.
—Thos. King Morris, of Tyrone, stopped off to
spend Sunday with his old friends in- this place
en route from Buffalo te Tyrone. His presence
here made it possible for Robert to leave for that
day and he went up home. for the Sunday.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Aiken left for Pittsburg,
Tuesday afternoon, to be gone a week. Mr.
Aiken is a delegate to the grand council of the
Royal Arcanum. While away they will visit their
daughter, Mrs, George B. Johnston, at Beaver
Falls. y
—J. E. Homer, one of Philipsburg’s candidates
for county treasurer, canvassed this side of the
county during the first part of the week. Mr.
Homer returned to his home on Thursday, feeling
that he had many friends outside of his own sec-
tion, and we don’t wonder. He is one of the kind
of men who can make friends wherever he goes.
—Charles McLaughlin, of Snow Shoe Intersec-
tion and Winburne, was in town Monday and
Tuesday; the first day to buy a watch and the |
next day to bring it in for repairs. This is not to
say that Charley played so hard with the new
time piece that he wore it out in one day, but he
merely wanted to have it just right before getting
toswear by it, as everyone does by his own watch.
—James A. Dowling, of Renovo, spent Sunday
in town on a visit to J. Mitch Cunningham. Mr.
Dowling is very popular in Bellefonte and his
coming is always looked upon with pleasure by
the musicians of the town, since he has a fine
voice and usually sings in the Catholic church.
He sang there at both morning and evening
services, Sunday, and was heard by large congre-
gations both times. x)
—Hon. J. H. Wetzel left Wednesday morning
for Erie county, where he has gone to accept a
position on the U. 8. geological surveying corps.
A survey is being made of Pennsylvania by the
United States government and that Mr. Wetzel
has been selected to help in the important work
is an attest if his responsibility as a civil engi-
neer. Itisnot known just how long the com-
pletion of the survey will require, but it may be
several years,
—Frank Whiteman, formerly of this place, but
now int the fine grocery business with his father,
Alex Whiteman,in Chicago, was in town over Sun-
day, the guest of Mrs. Minnie Harper, on west
Linn street. Frank has been in poor health for
some time. A shattered nervous system sent
him south to Ashville, N. C. where he spent sev-
eral months and is only now on his way home.
It is possible that he will return to Bellefonte and
spend a month or move.
—Burgess Frank Naginey is in St. Louis where
he is a witness in the case of the 'U. 8. vs Henry
Ringbeck and eight others for using the mails
for fraudulent purposes. Ringbeck is the man
who induced Mr Naginey and Sidney Krumrine,
of this place, to undertake the organization of a
company for the manufacture of corn cob pipes
here. The men professed to be practical corn
cob pipe makers and after inducing capitalists to
put money into their scheme to start a plant they
would disappear,
—Mrs. Mary Furey Schreyer, who has been out
at Pleasant Gap visiting her sister, Mrs. Sarah J.
Walz, since the death of the latter’s husband sev-
eral weeks ago, is in town for a few days on her
way home to Williamsport. It is seventeen years
since the Schreyers went to Williamsport and al-
though Murs. Schreyer's friends can see no change
‘in her she proudly tells of two grand children and
other events of the years. Her son Albert is mar-
ried and head clerk in the P. and E. freight
office.
—A “bunch” of the town’s notables went east
«n Monday morning under the especial espionage
of Wm. Graver Esq. Among them were Gen. Jas.
A. Beaver, Judge John G. Love and J. M. Dale
Esq. President Geo. W. Atherton, of The Penn-
sylvania State College, was also on the train.
Most of the gentlemen were going to Harrisburg
to impress on Gov. Stone the importance of State
College in its relation to the public school sys-
tems and to endeavor to dissuade him from his
feared intention of vetoing its appropriation
measure.
—Miss May Evans, of Philadelphia, is a guest
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Richard, on
east Linn street. Miss Mame Hibbs, of the same
city, is expected to arrive ai the Richard's home
to-day. Both young ladies were bride's maids at
the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Richard.
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—Bishop Ethelbert Talbot, of the Cen-
tral Pennsylvania diocese of the Episcopal
church, held confirmation services at St.
John’s, in this place, last Friday evening.
He was assisted by Rev. Geo. I. Brown,
rector of St. John’s. Before the confirma-
tion the bishop preached a masterly ser-
mon that was heard by a large congrega-
tion. The class was composed of Messrs.
John Gephart Munson, Thomas Linn Flem-
ing, Walter Clark Armstrong, Hugh Laird
Curtin, Maurice Andrew Jackson, Robert
Valentine Lyon, Arthur Cleveland Harper,
Reno Russell Blair, Misses Gertrude Anna
Taylor, Julia Bidwell, Louise Garman,
Pearl Tamazine Stickler, Pearl Mewshaw,
Ada Pansy Stoey, Mattie Martha Gregg,
Isabella Clark, Sarah Dunlop, Mrs. Susan
Mewshaw, Mrs. Rose Anna Rhoades, Mrs.
Clara May Rhoades, Mrs. Edward Me-
Murtrie, Prof. George Gilbert Pond, P. H.
D. State College. On Saturday morning
the bishop administered private confirma-
tion to Miss Rae Green, at Briarly.
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——The Franklin and Marshall college
glee club quartette composed of Mr. C. M.
Guthrie, barytone, Mr. A. B. Kauffman,
basso, Mr. R. L. Bair, first tenor, and Mr.
W. 8. Cramer, second tenor, will be here
on the evening of May 26th, when they
will sing in the court house for the benefit
of St. John’s Reformed church. Prof. C.
B. Davis, elocutionist and reader will assist
them. Admission to all parts of the house
will be thirty-five cents.
PO ens.
—State College broke Dickinson’s long
string of victories in base ball by defeating
them on Beaver field Saturday afternoon.
It was a splendidly played game, clean and
sharp on both sides, but Burns had the
visitors at his mercy and when he did ease
up a little the men behind him ‘‘killed’”
everything that was hit to them. If State
should play in the same form during her
eastern trip she will return with a much
better record than she did the last time.
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A lot of Sauerstown women had a
novel undertaking on hands a few days
ago. Sauerstown is a suburb of State Col-
lege and one day last week a resident of
that place invited a number of her women
neighbors to see her. When a dozen or
more had gathered at her home on Pickle
hill she set them all to moving a little out
building from one portion of her lot to
another. It was speedily and satisfactorily
done as if mechanics had been at it.
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——On Friday, May 19th, the first an-
nual dual meet of the Bucknell and State
track teams will take place on Beaver field
at State College and a brilliant contest is
looked for between the field athletes of the
two institutions. Bueckholtz, U. of P. is
at State College training the track men for
the event. The next day, Saturday, the
Bucknell and State base ball teams ‘will
play ball at the College.
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——Lock Haven fire companies ‘are con-
sidering the advisability of having a big
Fourth of July demonstration in honor of
our victories in the late war. Change your
minds, down there, and come up to the
great patriotic picnic the Undines are go-
ing to have at Hecla on the Fourth.
——Ask your grocer for our flour.
“Finest’’ and “Fancy Patent’’ brands lead
all others.—Pheenix Milling Co.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red
25@
32@
3.00@3.25
—Favorite Brands. 4.15@4.25
Rye Flour Per Br'l........... 3.15
Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1. 12@13
sec lise “ Mixed “ 1. :
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by the PuaNix MirLixe Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
press:
Bed Wheat, old... .......coecerisisiienvicverivnssssenss
Red wheat, new
Rye, per bushel.................
Corn, shelled, per bushel...
Corn, ears, per bushel...
Oats, per bushel, new.
Barley, per bushel.......
Ground Plaster, per ton.
Buckwheat, per bushel
Cloverseed, per bushel.
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel.......ccccounererriinenininienne ete 60
Onions. versisnsin .
ggs, per dozen.
on per found... 7
Country Shoulders 6
Sides..... 6
Hams,
Tallow, per pound.. 3
Buitter, per POUNA....ccuiiismrssssssrinisrsivsenss 15
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