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Bellefonte, Pa., June 9, 1898.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——The flower beds about the P. R. R.
station in this place have been put in con-
dition for the summer.
——The Howard fire company has decid-
ed to go to Lock Haven to participate in
the Fourth of July celebration there.
——The New York Central R. R. Co, is
going to run weekly excursions from Wil-
liamsport to Hecla park during the sum-
mer.
——Lieut. W. B. McCaskey, 21st Inf.,
U.S. A., sailed from San Francisco on the
¢“‘Sheridan’’ yesterday, en route to the Phil-
ippines.
— The Coleville band has been en-
gaged by the Lock Haven people to play
during their demonstration on the Fourth
of July.
——The marriage of Miss Mary Woodin
Jackson, of north Allegheny street, to Mr.
Joseph Erwin Borches, of Knoxville, Tenn.,
has been set for September.
——The military enrollment for Centre
county, just completed, reports 5,613 men
fit for military duty; a decrease of 604 over
the enrollment of the year previous.
——It will be only a short time until
the entertainment by the scholars of St.
John’s parochial schools takes place. It is
booked for the evening of June 27th and
seats are selling rapidly.
——A full statement of the trouble
among the cattle that were being pastured
for the summer in the Bear Meadows will
be found in the correspondence from Centre
Hall, published in this issue.
——Mrs. Margaret Brockerhoff, whose
long illness had confined her to her room
in the Brockerhoff house, had so far recov-
ered, Monday, that she was able to be re-
moved to her own home at the corner of
Bishop and Spring streets.
Several of the men at the Jenkins
iron and tool company’s mill at Howard
were prostrated by the heat on Wednesday.
But two ‘‘heats’’ were made at the works
that day; six being the usual number.
Mrs. Catharine A. Miller, of Phil-
ipsburg, has sent out invitations for the
marriage of her daughter. Miss Sarah Anne
Miller to Dr. Frank Key White. The cer-
emony will be performed in St. Paul’s
Episcopal church in that place on Wednes-
day, June 21st.
——The Howard creamery company has
secured Charles Haubold, of Freeport, Ill.,
an expert butter maker, to take charge of
its plant at Coburn. Henry Musser, of
Eldred, McKean county. will run the com-
pany’s skimming station at Fiedler.
——During the thunder storm early
Tuesday morning lightning struck one of
the Richard estate houses occupied by Har-
ry Eberhart, on east Lamb street, and
damaged it to a considerable extent. The
chimney was knocked off and a large hole
torn in the roof. None of the family were
shocked.
——Rev. Arthur Howard Noll, of Som-
erville, Tenn., officiated in St. John’s
Episcopal church in this place on Sunday
in the absence of Rev. Geo. I. Brown, who
is in New England on his summer vaca-
tion. Rev. Noll isa relative of Emanuel
Noll, of orth Allegheny street, and is one
of the prominent Episcopalean rectors of
the South.
——Alfred Terry Brisbin, who will
bring as much honor to Bellefonte some
day—if the opportunity presents itself-—as
Dewey has brought to his Vermiont home,
sailed on the ‘‘Monongahela’’ at noon on
Saturday. Their first port of entry will
be Liverpool. He is a full fledged Annap-
olis naval academy student now.
——Wilbur Tibbens, son of candidate
William H. Tibbens, a sturdy youngiDem-'
ocratic yeoman of College township, rode
over two thousand miles on his “bike”
last season ‘‘between showers,” and says
he will break the record this year, as it
will be a Democratic year all around. If
you know of any young farmer boy who
can beat this record trot him out.
——That treacherous, derrick} on the C.
R. R. of Pa. extension work fell again,
last Saturday, but no one was as badly
hurt by it as when Ed. Swiler was crushed
the week before. Charles Heisler only es-
caped being struck by the falling derrick
because of his rare. presence of mind, hut
in escaping it he was hit on the head by a
guy cable and knocked down. Aside from
eutting him about the left eye hegsuffered
no further injury.
——While driving home from Mileshurg
about 9 o’clock Saturday evening, Mrs.
Samuel Gault and her son James, of east
Curtin street, met with quite an exciting
accident. They were in the vicinity of the
old toll house when they were run into hy
two men who were driving one buggy and
pulling another one behind them. Mrs.
Gault was thrown eut and badly bruised
and their buggy was demolished.
——Rev. Elmer Williams, the young
evangelist, talked splendidly in the Y. M.
C. A. rooms Sunday afternoon. Notwith-
standing the extreme heat there was a
large crowd in attendance. In the even-
ing the young men from the association
here went down to Jacksonville and held
services in the Lick Run Presbyterian
church. Those who were there were
Francis Speer, Geo. W. Sunday, James
Wian, Henry Brown and Walter Bush.
PROTEST AGAINST A SUNDAY TRAIN
FOR BELLEFONTE.—The question as to
whether a Sunday passenger train on the
Bald Eagle valley railroad is a necessity to
the convenience of Bellefonte people has
been a much mooted one during the past two
weeks. It was stirred up by theannounce-
ment that an effort was being made to have
a Sunday train placed on the valley road
and immediately those who are opposed to
such a departure began an organized fight
against the movement.
While the WATCHMAN is not interested,
one way or another, in the contest we pub-
lish the facts concerning it as nearly as we
have been able to glean them.
A petition of the shippers from Belle-
fonte was circulated with the intention of
having them all sign it and then present it
to the Pennsylvania railroad company,
showing that the men who makeits large
freight tonnage from this section deem it a
necessity to have a Sunday train, not only
to facilitate their personal intercourse with
the outside world, but to enable them to
receive mails more promptly. The peti-
tion was signed by all the shippers but
two, a third having been withdrawn later.
It has been sent to the proper source and
is probably receiving due consideration.
Anent this is the effort being put forth by
the ministerial society of tke town, led by
Rev. Dr. Laurie, of the Presbyterian
church, and Rev. Dr. Stephens, of the
Methodist church. Immediately upon
hearing of the Sunday train movement
they set out to oppose it and interested
Rev. Dr. Holloway, of the Lutheran church,
Rev. T. Levan Bickle, of the Reformed
church, and Rev. Womelsdorf, of the Evan-
gelical church. On Sunday morning all of
the above ministers preached sermons on
the subject and that night a union meet-
ing was held in the Presbyterian church.
The night was very warm, which probably
accounts for the empty seats in the church,
which otherwise might have been ascribed
to indifference. Dr. Holloway presided
and addresses were made by Dr. Stephens,
Governor Hastings, Gen’l Beaver, Col.
James P. Coburn and James Harris. After
these a number of the business men present
were called upon to put themselves on
record as being opposed to a Sunday train
and John Meese and Jared Harper were
among those ‘who stated their opposition
to it.
Petitions are now being circulated by
some of the ladies of the town and there's
where the matter ends.
Were we to consult our personal con-
venience and comfort in the question there
would be no Sunday train over the Penn-
sylvania lines into Bellefonte, but that is
not the fair way to look at it, nor do we
consider that the opposition has taken fair
ground in the contest. By none of their
petitions, nor by any of their speeches at
the union meeting, do they leave the im-
pression that they have any other right
than that of ‘‘necessity’’ on which tostand.
They say that a Sunday train for Belle-
fonte is not a ‘‘necessity’’ and there they
end their argument. Now it appears to
us that no person or class of people is in a
position to state just what is a business or
personal ‘‘necessity’’ to another person or
persons. ‘‘Necessity’’ is anexigency that
can be so general or so direct in its effect
that no one can honestly say what anoth-
er’s necessities may or may not be. There-
fore, we contend, that the ministerial
party—we will call it--should have based
its fight on the fair, open ground that
such a departure would he derogatory to
the high moral atmosphere of the place.
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BELLEFONTE’S NEW SCHOOL BOARD OR-
GAN1ZES.—The new Bellefonte school
board held its first meeting on Monday
evening in the director’s room in the North
ward building. All the members, R.S.
Brouse, H. P. Harris, John P. Harris, H.
C. Quigley, G. W. Rees, David Haines,
D. F. Fortney, A. C. Mingle and W.C.
Heinle were present. The board organized
by electing D. F. Fortney, president, and
John P. Harris, treasurer. An attempt to
elect a secretary resulted in a tie vote be-
tween R. S. Brouse and H.C. Quigley.
Several ballots were taken, but there was
no change in the result. H. P. Harris was
the member not voting.
At a special meeting of the board, held
on Wednesday evening, H. C. Quigley was
elected secretary; H. P. Harris having vot-
ed for him, resulting in a vote of four for
Brouse and five for Quigley.
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A LIGHTNING JoB.—W. R. Shope,
whose portable saw mill has worked up
many lumber tracts in Nittany valley,
made a record to be proud of last Saturday.
When one of the derricks used in placing
the abutments for the extension of the C.
R. R. of Pa. over Spring creek in this place
fell and broke on Saturday a telegraphic
order for a new timber, 40 feet long and
8x8 in thickness, was sent to the Shope op-
erations on the Nixon farm, near Lamar.
In exactly three hours and a half after
the receipt of the order the stick was on
the cars ready for shipment to Bellefonte.
Under ordinary circumstances this would
pot appear to be anything marvelous, hut
when the size of the timber is considered
and it is known that in that time the tree
was felled, hauled to the mill, squared up
and then hauled two and one half miles to
the station it will be seen that Mr. Shope
has made a record to be proud of.
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——Among the latest acquisitions to the
citizenship of Bellefonte has been Mr. J. C.
Rumberger and his family. They moved
here from Salona on Wednesday. Mr.
Rumberger is the new agent of the C. R. R.
of Pa., here and has already entered upon
his duties. We trust that his deserved
promotion, as well as his residence in Belle-
fonte, will prove both pleasant and profita-
ble.
— There are 528 inmates in the Hunt-
ingdon reformatory.
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——N. J. Pletcher having been elected
overseer of the poor of Mill Hall and de-
clining to serve, W. A. Kuepp has been ap-
pointed to act in his stead.
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—The Wallace show had such a large
crowd in Williamsport, the day after they
exhibited here, that the people stood on
the hippodrome to watch the ring perform-
ance and when the races begun they were
sent inside the rings to stand.
——A drama, calisthenic marches, del-
sarte drills, vocal and instrumental music
and recitations will be the principal num-
bers on the program for the entertainment
by the scholars of St. John’s parochial
schools on the evening of June 27th.
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—Ira D. Garman, probably better
known to Bellefonte people as ‘‘Dick,’’
has opened a new jewelry store at 101
south Eleventh street, Philadelphia, just
one door below Chestnut street. The
store was formerly located at 123 south
Eleventh.
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—— Rear admiral Winfield Scott Schley
passed through Tyrone Monday morning
and now half the citizens of that place
have their right hands wrapped up in cot-
ton to preserve the hearty grip the great
naval hero gave them.
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— The Marsh Creek Baptist Mission
chapel will be dedicated on Sunday, June
18th. Among the eminent ministers who
are expected to be there are Dr. Forgeaus,
of Huntingdon. Everybody is invited to
the services during the day.
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——The young people’s Christian Union
of the U. B. church will hold a lawn festi-
val on Saturday evening, June 10th, on
the lawn opposite the mill of C. T. Ger-
berich & Son on West Lamb street. The
Coleville band will be present to furnish
music and the public, generally, is in-
vited.
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The Archdeaconry of Williamsport,
comprising the Episcopal churches in
eleven counties, is in session at Philipsburg
this week. Fourteen out of twenty-two
ministers in the district are present and in
the absence of Bishop Ethelbert Talbot,
Rev. William Heaks, rector of St. Paul’s
church at Wellsboro, is presiding.
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" ——Charley Rote 1s back in town, hav-
ing grown tired of life in Punxsutawney,
and wants to inform everyone that he is
located at Shearer’s blacksmith shop on
Willowbank street, where he will do all
kinds of wood work repairing on carriages
and is handling a full line of porch swings.
Give him a trial.
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——Fred Tearsbal, one of the door keep-
ers in the Wallace shows that exhibited
here last week, met death in a very singular
way at Binghamton, N. Y., on Tuesday.
A gentleman who was entering the circus
told him a funny story and he became con-
vulsed with laughter, his paroxysms of joy
became so violent that he finally dropped
over dead.
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——The Tyrone driving association will
hold its summer meeting on June 28th and
29th. Three big races have been arranged
for: 1st, 2:50 class, purse $125; 2nd, 2:27
class, purse $125; 3rd, free for all, purse
$200. In addition there will be dog races,
bicycle races and a band contest in which
seventeen hands will contest. The rules of
the National trotting association will gov-
ern the racing.
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——The Lock Haven W.C. T. U. is ar-
ranging to present that town with a public
fountain. It will be a fountain and lamp
post combined and will be 9 ft. from the
pavement to the base of the light globe.
The thousands of men, horses and dogs
that stop, daily, at the angel in the Dia-
mond in this place would attest, if they
could. to the great boon that the W. C. T.
U. gift to Bellefonte has been.
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——W. E. Wagner, aged 27 and giving
his home at Punxsutawney ; William Mitch-
ell, aged 15, and Richard Murphy, aged
14, giving Clearfield as their homes, were
taken into custody in Philipsburg on Sun-
day on suspicion of having robbed post-
offices in that section. They were paying
livery bills and hoarding expenses with
postage stamps. When arrested they con-
fessed having stolen the stamps from Krebs
& Patterson’s law office in Clearfield.
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——Ellis Cupp was arrested in Tyrone,
on Tuesday, on the charge of being a biga-
mist. A woman who gave her name as
Mrs. Annie Cupp, of Belleville, Mifflin
county, swore out a warrant for him and it
was served on him in Tyrone. Since last
February Cupp has been living with Mrs.
Lizzie Grazier, in Warriors-mark township,
Huntingdon county. He married her at
Altoona in February and straightway went
to live on her farm, but the first Mrs.
Cupp has turned up to put an end to their
happiness. Cupp was taken to Mifflin
county on Wednesday morning.
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——Rev. Thos. Levan Bickel, A. Luken-
bach and T. C. Bell, of this place, went to
Lock Haven Monday morning to consult
with the members of St. Luke’s Reformed
church in that city with reference to a
joint Sunday school picnic at Hecla park.
It was decided to hold one, and Thursday,
July 13th, has been selected as the date.
All the Reformed congregations in Centre
and Clinton counties will be invited. Those
of Nittany valley have already voted to at-
tend. There will be a ball game between
Lock Haven and Bellefonte nines and
Messrs. Lukenbach and Bell, of this place,
and D. K. Miller, of Lock Haven, will have
charge of the music for the day.
RECORD BREAKING RAILROAD WORK.
—Few people who have seen the progress
of the C. R. R. of Pa. extension to the
Bellefonte furnace company’s plant realize
the marvelously short time in which it has
all been done.
The heavy grading from the stock house
at the furnace to the western end of the
great trestle has been completed and the
cribbing is all in place for the approach at
the eastern end of the trestle, while the dif-
ficult work of placing the abutments, piers
and pillars for the trestle is more than half
done. ’
On the 1st day of May the engineers,
Maj. Richter and G. W. Forrey, came here
without an idea of what was to be done.
Since that date the survey has been made,
plans for the trestle completed and the
work so far progressed that already it be-
gins to look as if the first statement—so
dream-like—to the effect that trains would
be running over the road on the Fourth of
July, will prove true.
The Phenix bridge company’s advance
workmen are already on the ground mak-
ing the preliminaries for construction and
by tomorrow their work will be well under
way.
The east abutment to the bridge is com-
pleted, all the pillars in Spring creek are
ready for the iron trestle legs to be dropped
onto them and all that remains to be done
is to complete the large pier near the P.
R. R. tracks, the one in the Thomas yard
and the abutment at the west end.
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PUBLIC RECEPTION ATTHE ACADEMY—
On Tuesday evening, June 20th, Rev. J.
P. Hughes, principal, and the members of
the faculty of the Bellefonte Academy will
receive on the Academy grounds. The
reception will continue from 5:30 until 7:30
and all the former students and friends of
the school are cordially invited to par-
ticipate.
Chappell’s orchestra of ten pieces from
Williamsport will play during the reception
and for the assembly that will be held in
the armory that night.
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DIED IN THE Lock HAVEN HOSPITAL.
—William Stamm, a resident of Millheim,
died in the hospital in Lock Haven early
Friday morning. He had been operated on
for a ‘fractured skull, but could not be
saved.
He was a woodsman by occupation and
had been very unfortunate of late. About
five weeks ago, while at work peeling bark
in Brushvalley he cut a dangerous gash
in his foot with an ax. It had just healed
up when he secured a job on Blackwell's
lumber operation on Youngwoman’s creek,
Clinton county. Tuesday of last week a
falling hemlock tree knocked a limb off a
near-by maple. The limb struck Stamm
on the head and knocked him senseless.
He never spoke afterwards, except to mur-
mar ‘Don’t, boys,’”” when his woodsmen
friends were carrying him to camp and
stopped at a spring to pour water on his
wrists.
Deceased is survived by a widow with
five children. His body was taken back to
Millheim for burial on Sunday morning.
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——Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes died at her
home in Philipsburg, on Wednesday even-
ing, May 31st, in the 77th year of her life.
Her death was the result of an attack of
grip suffered some time ago that culminated
in Bright's disease. Her husband, John
Hughes, died eighteen years ago. She was
of English ancestry and a life long mem-
ber of the Episcopal church. Among the
seven children surviving her are the Rev.
Bruce Hughes, recently pastor of the Pleas-
ant Gap Methodist charge.
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——-Mis. Susan Duncan died in Washing-
ton, D. C., on Friday morning, June 2nd,
in her 81st year, as a result of the infirmi-
ties of old age. Deceased was the mother
of William P. Duncan, of Philipsburg, and
a sister-in-law of Mrs. W. W. Potter, of
east Linn street, this place. Interment
was made at Lewistown on Noay-
——Charles Leathers, formerly a resident
of Mt. Eagle, this county, died at McKees-
port, on Sunday evening, after a short ill-
ness with muscular rheamatism of the
heart. Deceased was 30 years old and is
survived hy a widow with one child. In-
terment was made at McKeesport Wednes-
day afternoon.
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——Patrick Murphy, at one time an em-
ploye at the Collins furnace in this place,
died at his home in Gaysport, Blair county,
on Sunday afternoon, after an illness of
eighteen days with pneumonia. Deceased
was a native of Ireland and was 47 years
old.
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——While helping to pile stumps on the
Dr. W. 8. Bigelow farm, near Philipsburg,
on Monday morning, Oshorne Tate fell
over with heart disease and expired. De-
ceased was 58 years old and was a brother
of Mrs. John S. Gray, of Stroudsburg.
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——Harold Guy Smith, the infant son of
Lloyd and Minnie Smith died at the paren-
tal home on North Thomas street, on Sat-
urday evening, with something like spinal
meningitis. Interment was made Monday
afternoon.
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——An infant son of Reuben Harrison,
colored, died at the parental home on
Tuesday evening. Interment was made
yesterday afternoon.
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——A three year old son of James
Thompson, colored, died on Monday and
was buried on Wednesday afternoon.
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—Rockey’s house and Swartz’s store at
Tusseyville were both struck by lightning
during a storm that passed over that section
on Monday evening.
——Children’s day exercises will be held
in the Christian church at Eagleville on
Sunday, June 18th.
——DMaterial improvements are to be
made on the Philipsburg Methodist church.
Architect Chas. N. Robinson, of Altoona,
is planning the changes.
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The school directors of Lock Haven
have stirred up a mare’s nest in that place
because of the selection of an unpopular as-
pirant for the position of janitor of one of
the buildings.
—— The Pittsburg district conference of
the A. M. E. church was in session at Phil-
ipsburg on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday. Rev. W. H. Brown, of New
Brighton, presided over the sessions.
—— Aen.
——The ninth annual commencement
exercises of the Chester Springs soldiers’ or-
phan school will be held on Monday and
Tuesday, June 12th and 13th. Col. Austin
Curtin, formerly of Roland, is superintend-
ent of the school.
News Purely Personal.
—Mrs. John Sourbeck and the Misses Julia and
Margaret McDermott, of Bishop street, are in
Atlantic City sight seeing and enjoying a rest.
—Mr. George Valentine and his daughter
Sarah, of Baltimore, arrived in town last evening
and are visiting Mrs. Mary Valentine at Burnham.
—Mr.and Mrs. C. F. York, of Warriorsmark,
spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. York's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Noll, of north Allegheny
street. :
—Mrs. Elizabeth Powers, of north Spring street,
with her daughters Ada and Pearl, have gone to
Minton’s Falls, N. Y., for an extended visit with
relatives.
—Mrs. J. V. Thomas and her daughter, Miss
Mary Thomas, returned to their home in this
place, on Friday, after the winter spent in Phil-
adelphia.
—Mrs. Mary Chambers and her son Will are in
Williamsport visiting Mrs. Willard, Mrs, Cham-
bers’ daughter, who has never yet recovered from
her recent illness.
—Miss Mary M. Owen, of Howard street, was in
Curwensville this week attending the district con-
vention of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary so-
ciety of the Methodist church.
—Rev. T. Levan Bickel, of the Reformed church,
has been in Lancaster attending the commence-
ment exercises of Franklin & Marshall college.
He went down on Monday morning.
—Mrs. Lide Osmond, who had made her home
with the late Mrs. Mary Hastings in this place for
several years and nursed her through her long
illness, left for her home in Nebraska on Tues-
day morning.
—Daniel Taylor, of Fillmore, was a Monday
visitor in Bellefonte. He doesn’t come to town
often, but when he does come there are usually
lots of friends here who consider it a pleasure to
show him around.
—Mrs. William Jenkins and her daughter
Dorothy are in Reading visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. James Stott. Before returning home
they will spend some time in Harrisburg with
Mrs. Ed. Rankin, Mrs. Jenkins’ sister.
—Mr. and Mrs. John B. Mitchell, of Pine Grove
Mills, and the latter's sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Gib-
son, of State College, were the guests of Mrs.
Jane Mitchell, of Spring street, while in town,
Wednesday, on a shopping expedition.
—Mrs. Robert Woodring returned from her
visit to her home in Sweden, on Saturday even-
ing, and they have taken apartments in the Ex-
change. It will be remembered that Mrs. Wood-
ring sailed on the day after her marriage.
—Mrs. Mary Hale, of this place, with Mrs. Laura
Mull, of Philipsburg, and Miss Mary Blandy, of
Osceola, will sail for Europe within a few days;
going first to London, thence to Aix-la-Chapelle,
where they will spend the summer for the benefit
of their health.
—The venerable William Foster and Watt.
O’Brien, of State College, were in town between
trains yesterday morning. It was quite evident
that they preferred the cool retreats of their fine
country homes to Bellefonte’s hot streets for they
tarried not a minute longer here than was actual-
ly necessary.
—Thomas Madden, Frank T. Davis and Chas.
G. Bath, of Pheenixville, were arrivals in Belle-
fonte on Tuesday. They are constructing fore-
men from the Phenix bridge company and will
have charge of the erection of the 750ft curved
trestle over Spring creek, on the C. R. R. of Pa.
extension to the Bellefonte furnace.
—Dr. Lee B. Woodcock left Bellefonte last even-
ing for Carlisle, where he will spend a day with
George Nevin Brandon, then go to Princeton to
be there for the graduation of his brother Jay.
Though it is not certain it is quite probable that
Dr. Woodcock will sail for Germany within a few
weeks, there to take a year's work in Vienna.
—N. L. Atwood, of Girard, Erie county, was an
arrival in town Wednesday morning, looking not
one whit the older for the serious honors that have
been thrust upon him lately. The People’s party
of Pennsylvania, in convention in Philadelphia
last Tuesday, made him the nominee of that
organization for Superior court judge. Mr. At-
wood is the father of O. Atwood, of this place.
—Miss Mary Butts, who has resigned her position
in Reeder and Quigley’s law office, will spend the
summer with her brother Walter in his new hotel
at Winber, Somerset county. Miss Louise Harp-
er, of Linn street, is going for an extended stay
with her friend, Mrs. Will Galway, of Radford,
Va., nee Harris of this place, and Miss Rosie Fox
will start soon for Newton, Kan., to enjoy her
vacation with her relatives, the Steinkerchners.
—John C. Kuhn, of Centre Hall, was in town
bright and early yesterday morning; having
driven over almost before sun-up to get some nec-
essary machine repairs made out at the Jenkins
& Lingle shops. While the work was being done
Mr. Kuhn called on a few of his friends and then
strolled down to see some of the heavy railroad
work that is being done below town. His walk-
ing was not without considerable effort for one of
his limbs is quite sore yet from a recent kick Ly
a horse.
—Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Keller, of Warren, Ill,
were guests at the home of Harry Keller Esq.,
on Linn street, on Monday. They have been east
for about a month visiting Centre county rela-
tives. Mr. Keller left Centre county in 1850 for
California and was among the argonauts of that
early day and after a vain effort to find gold he
went on to the mining districts of Australia. Later
he returned to Illinois and has resided there
ever since; having amassed a considerable for-
tune. He is a brother of David Keller, of Boals-
burg, and a great uncle of Harry Keller Esq., of
this place.
—Dr. John F. Alexander and banker William B.
Mingle, of Centre Hall, were in town yesterday.
The Doctor is still suffering with nervous trouble
and has just returned from a four week's rest cure
in a Phila. hospital. His affliction is the result of
overwork coupled with the shock of the runaway
accident he was in over there early in the spring.
He was not too bad, however, to attend the horse
sale at Haag’s. He has always been a lover of fine
horses and usually has a team of as good ones as
are to be found. Mr. Mingle was here to attend
the meeting of the directors of the Commercial
telephone company .
Two AMUSING INCIDENTS.—No com-
munity is without its amusing incidents
and Bellefonte certainly bas more than
her share of them. On Monday morning
we were passing Temple Court when “‘old
Tom’’ Pennington’s peculiar actions ar-
rested our attention. Tom is the old col-
ored character in the town who is known
as ““Gather-them-up’’ and for years he has
been held up as the bugaboo to little chil-
dren who have been inclined to stray away
from the shelter of their home yards.
Tom was standing in front of Lewin’s
clothing store talking away as fast as he
could. The conversation was one sided
enough to attract our attention and upon
looking closer we discovered that the in-
noceut old darky was talking away to a
dummy that was standing in the doorway.
When he discovered his mistake he sat
right down on the pavement and nearly
‘‘busted’’ with laughter.
We don’t know which one of the clerks
Tom mistook the dummy for.
The court house lawn was put to a rather
original use on Monday. Sitting on the
grass, right near the fountain in the right
plot was a whole family eating their dinner
as well contented and as little disconcerted
by the notice they were attracting as if
they had been to a basket picnic. They
were country folk who had come to town
and when dinner time came they had no
where else to go, so just squatted on the
grass—father, mother and three children—
and opened up their cracker bags and
cheese poke well satisfied with their sur-
roundings and entirely oblivious of the
gaping loafers about the court house rail-
ings.
CATTLE DYING IN “BEAR MEADOWS.” —
Great consternation was caused among the
farmers of the upper end of Penns-valley
on Saturday when Henry Reitz, a herder in
the ‘‘Bear Meadows,’’ came out and an-
nounced that some strange disease had brok-
en out among the cattle in his charge.
About the first of May 270 head of young
cattle were driven into the Meadows for
summer pasturage. Henry Reitz bad
charge of them as herder. He did not no-
tice anything wrong with the cattle until
they began to die and he had counted up
30 dead ones in his herd; then he started
for the valley to tell the owners and there
was a general round up of the cattle on
Sunday. Farmers went in from every-
where to see how their stock had fared and
wherever possible the cattle were driven
out. Some are of the opinion that anthrax
was the cause of it, but most of the owners
think that the cattle were poisoned by eat-
ing the low laurel that had grown up with
the grass in the Meadows.
Veterinarian W. H. Fry, of Pine Grove
Mills, gave it as his opinion that the cattle
bad been killed by eating bhella-donna, a
small, rank poison weed that grows in
there. Inasmuch as the grass had not
grown enough to support so large a herd of
cattle they were driven by hunger to eat
whatever tender twigs they could find.
poor.
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——Ask your grocer for our flour.
“‘Finest’’ and ‘‘Fancy Patent’’ brands lead
all others.—Phoenix Milling Co.
To the Democrats of Centre County.
The rumor now over the county to the effect
that I have withdrawn from the contest for Record-
er, [ hereby pronounce untrue. Instead, I never
tertained such an idea, have no occasion for so
doing, and will be in the contest to the end and
trust that this and similar late political rumors
concerning my canvass will be discountenanced.
BOYD A. MUSSER.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red T5L5@75%4
“ _No. 2 : iiaTies
Corn —Yellow... 39
¢ —Mixed
. 38Y4@38%
30%@35
. 215@2.35
3.20@3.40
ORES ares serestsraiesnesassees
Flour— Winter, Per Br’.
¢ —Penna. Roller.....
¢¢ —Favorite Brands.. 4.30@4.50
Rye Flour Per Bril......... ve 3.15
Baled hay—Choice T'imot . 12.50@13.50
£6 4 se Mixed “ 1 10.50@11.00
7.50@8.75
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by the Pu@xix Mrirring Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
press:
Red Wheat, old........ccccuniininicssensissnnsrnnssesnns
Red wheat, new. .
Rye, per bushel....
Corn, shelled, per bushel...
Corn, ears, per bushel....
Oats, per bushel, new.
Barley, par bushel......
Ground Plaster, per ton.
Buckwheat, per bushel
Cloverseed, per bushel
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel
Onions.....o.oeveieanenn
Eggs, per dozen... 10
Lon per pound... 7
Country Shoulders... 6
Sides.... 6
Hams... 10
Tallow, per pound. 3
Butter, per pound......icessceiinsessscsssanssines 10
The Democratic Watchman.
Published every Friday morning, in Bellefonte,
Pa., at $1.50 per annum (if paid Swiclly in advance)
$2.00, when not paid in advance, and $2.50 if not
paid before the expiration of the year; and no
paper will be discontinued until all arrearage is
paid, except at the option of the publisher.
Papers will not be sent out of Centre county un-
less paid for in advance.
A liberal discount is made to persons advertis-
ing by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows :
SPACE OCCUPIED | 3m 6m | 1y
One inch (12 lines this type.......c.cccns 8588810
( yp | 2 85 10
Two inches......cceeevirinnnnnnn
Three inches.... ... 10 | 15 | 20
uarter Column (8 inches 12 [20] 30
alf Column (10 inches) 20 [35 | 55
One Column (20 inches)... 35 | 55 | 100
Advertisements in special column 25 per cent.
additional.
Transient advs. per line, 3 insertions...........20 cts.
Each additional insertion, per line... .. bets.
Local notices, per line..........
Business notices, per line....
Job Printing of every kind with neatness
and dispatch, The WarcHuAN office has been re-
fitted with Fast Presses and New Type, and
everything in the printing line can be executed
in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates.
Terms—Cash.
All letters should be addressed to
P. GRAY MEEK, Proprieto
The cattle that were not affected were very |
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