Demoreatic Wad Bellefonte, Pa., June 30, 1899. ; CorresPoNDENTS.—NoO communications pub ished unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. v THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY No PAPER NEXT. WEEK.—As has been the custom with this office since the estab- lishment of the WATCHMAN, no paper will be issued next week, all hands expecting to take a needed rest, and enjoy the Fourth to the fullest extent. job department will be open as usual. ——m—— ——Are you going to the Undine picnic? The business and ——Emanuel Noll, P. R. R. haggage master at this place, has been granted a pension of $6 per month. ——The Coleville band will accompany the Logan engine company to Lock Haven on the Fourth. They will all be quartered at the Irvin house. ——Miss Mame McGarvey bas resigned her position in Krumrine’s drug store to accept the place in Kurtz's. book store re- cently vacated hy Charley Lukenbach. —4 wandering ‘dago with a dancing cinnamon hear had a great crowd of chil- dren on the streets Friday afternoon until the fire alarm put his show clear out of business. ——All the energy and hustle in Belle- fonte these daysseems to be “down town.’ Runaways, fights and gangs of lahorers marching to and from their work go to make up an exciting and busy scene all the day long. —The ladies’ Aid society of the United Brethren church will hold a lawn festival Saturday evening, July 1st, on the lot on north Thomas street opposite the C. T. Gerberich & Son’s mill. The public is cordially invited. ——This evening the choir of St. John’s Reformed church will hold a sociable at the home of A. Lukenbach, on Wiliow- bank street. A fine musical ‘program has been arranged for the entertainment of those who go and ail are invited. —Six Y. M. C. A. boys will hold a union gospel meeting in the Methodist church, at Sprucetown, on Sunday evening at 7.30. Cal Pownell, the converted rail- road engineer, has consented to go along and no doubt a very interesting meeting will be held. ——Mrs. Wm. Lyon, her family and a number of friends picnicked at Hecla park on Wednesday. The affair, as well asa musical given on Monday evening, was in honor of Mrs. James Scarlett and Mrs. Elias Lyon, of Danville, who are visiting at the Lyon home on Allegheny street. ——~Charles McClain who was a train dis- patcher for the Beech Creek, at Jersey Shore, has arrived in town with his family and taken up his residence here. Mr. Me- Clain has heen made assistant station agent for the C. R. R. of Pa. at Bellefonte and his past experience as a train dispatcher will qualify him to take charge. of the Cen- tral trains in the absence of Mr. Walsh at any time. —If you have any notion of asking Jacob Gross, the popular tailor, for a favor now is the time, as he isin a particularly good humor over the arrival of a young daughter at his home. It will he some years before she will want to occupy the entire porch of the pretty new house her parents are having built on Bishop street, but now she is monopolizing everything in sight as she is their first child. ——While working on the Central rail- road trestle Lelow town, on Saturday, Christ Parker, one of the Pheenix bridge company’s constructing gang, tripped and fell into Spring creek. His drop was thirty feet and as the water was quite low at the point he landed the man was quite painfully “hurt. He was cut about the head and his right wrist was dislocated. His escape from more serious injury was almost miraculous. — Last Friday a barn raising was made at the home of Christian Sharer, three miles west of Hannah furnace. The frame for the structure was 75x75 and there were one hundred: and seventy-five people pres- ent to help at the raising and stow away part of the big dinner. The barn is to re- Place the building destroyed early in the spring and for the burning of which the Frantz boys are under indictment. —The marriage of Prof. James R. Hughes, associate principal of the Belle- fonte Academy to Miss Mary Green, daugh- ter of F. Potts Green, will take place in the Presbyterian ciiureh, Wednesday, July 12th, at 11:30 o’clock in the forenoon. Ow- ing to recent bereavements in the Green family the wedding will he a very quiet affair and no invitations will be issued. The ceremony in the church, however, will be open to any friends of the bride and groom who wish to witness it. ——1It might be a proper question for the town council to consider at its next meeting, whether the railroad company or the citizens of the borough are most en- titled to the use of the streets and street erossings. Of late, a greater portion of the time itis impossible for any one to get across the tracks on west High street for ‘the continuous shifting of freight cars. This work should be stopped within the borough limits. There is plenty of room at other places than across our streets to make up trains and distribute cars and the eouncil should see that there is a stop put to a continuation of this dangerous and un- necessary work. CURTINS WORKS HAVE BEEN LEASED— In the issue of May 12th the WATCHMAN published the exclusive information that a party of gentlemen had in contemplation the operation of the old iron works at Giza tin’s. That the news was not without re- liable source we need but direct attention to the application for a charter that will be made to the Governor of Pennsylvania on the 24th day of Jaly. The gentlemen comprising the company that will operate the works are John M. Warner, of Philadelphia; Walter Kennedy, of Pittsburg; James M. Payne, of Philadel- phia; H. R. Curtin, of Roland; and John M. Dale, of Bellefonte. It will be known as the Eagle iron company, thus continuing the name of that historic old plant. Mr. Warner, who is a member of the well known firm of Rodgers, Brown and War- ner, iron brokers, will be the president; Mr. Dale, the secretary, and H. R. Curtin, the active manager. The first assessment of ten per cent of the $20,000 capita] stock of the company was paid in on Monday, within three days after the lease of the property was signed by the Curtin heirs, so that it will be seen that it is the intention to push the furnace into blast at the earliest possible moment. Though the furnace is of comparatively small capacity its resumption means more than at first might appear. It will be con- tinued as a charcoal furnace making special brands of iron from native ores. This will not only give employment to men about the furnace but will furnish work for min- ers and charcoal burners in this section. It has not been fully determined wheth- er the old Curtin mine known as Red bank will be putin operation or whether the ore will be secured from the Bellefonte furnace company’s mine at Mattern’s, but in either event-the work of mining the ore will be given to Centre county labor. The work of getting the property in shape to be put in blast has already been begun and will be pushed right ahead until iron is once more pouring from the furnace that has been idle there for so many years. It is not what could properly be called a gigantic enterprise, but it means as much and more to the people ahout Curtins Works as the resumption of both the larger furnaces here does to Bellefonte, and the good fortune that is about to befall that community is due almost entirely to thes efforts of John M. Dale Esq., who inter- ested the eastern capitalists in it and ac- complished its lease. ul THE PROGRESS OF THE EXTENSION.— Next Tuesday afternoon at four o’clock it | will be six weeks since the contract was | signed for the manufacture and construc- tion of the 750 ft curved iron trestle that is to carry trains of the C. R. R. of Pa. over Spring creek and the Pennsylvania tracks to the Bellefonte furnace. The Phoenix bridge company, the contractors for the structure, offered to have the trestle ready for ‘trains tomorrow, and would have car- ried out its promise, but the furnace is not quite ready to be lighted yet and the work on the bridge is not to be pushed as hard as would otherwise have heen done. At all events the bridge will be completed within a few days and when it is done the people who have been watching its almost magical growth will wonder more than ever how so great a work was accomplished in so short a time. The first trains over will be used to carry ties and rails for the track to the furnace. It is estimated thatan engine will be able to push eight loaded cars over the trestle, then by returning for eight more the train of sixteen can be easily pushed on up to the furnace. It is quite likely that the Central people will ask council to change North Thomas street at the point of intersection with the railroad so as to give the tracks an over- head crossing, instead of one at grade. This could be done by abandoning the hill near the Mitchell residence and turning the Coleville road down toward the glass works until the trestle is reached then running under it straight toward the old Thomas farm barn. Such a plan would straighten out the road somewhat, do away with that little hill and avoid what would be an ugly grade crossing. In this connection it might be well to state that the rumor to the effect that the Phoenix bridge company is negotiating for the nail works plant with the intention of turning it into a plate mill is only a rumor. No overtures have been made to such an end by that company, though several oth- er parties have been talking about opening the plant for a muck bar mill. coe AN IMPROMPTU BICYCLE RACE.—The bicycle sports about the place had a little fun for themselves Tuesday evening in an impromptu road race that was arranged to be run from the Diamond to Axemann and return to the crossing at High and Water streets. Four riders entered the race, viz: John Teats, Frank Woomer, Wilbur Twit- mire and Charley Larimer. The distance was slightly over four miles and was made by Teats in 12:10, while Woomer came in second 3 seconds later. There was no third, as Charley Larimer had a spill and Twitmire waited for him. The prizes were $3, $2 and $1. eee ——On Friday Samuel Burrell, of Penn Hall, was stricken with paralysis and died the next morning. He had been in ex- cellent health up to that time. He was a son of John and Rachel Burrell and was born in George's valley March 22nd, 1827. He was the father of seven children and died a devout member of the Lutheran church. Interment was made in Heck- man’s cemetery. ——The Millheim band has agreed to go to Lock Haven on the Fourth. ee ode The bicycle races at Hecla next Tuesday will be well worth seeing. LEE ee Geen Rev. Geo. Adams will deliver a talk to the young men on Sunday afternoon at four o'clock at the Y. M. C. A. All the men and boys of the town are invited. > ——The corner stone for a new United Evangelical church in Lock Haven was laid on Sunday. Bishop Stanford of Harris- burg, officiated. roils .——The ladies of the M. E. church cf Lemont will hold a lawn social on the church lawn on Saturday evening, July Sth. All are cordially invited. *oe ——Dorsey J. Gingerich, former prothono- tary of Clearfield county, is critically ill with spinal meningitis, brought on by a fall in which he injured his spine a short time ago. ee Wp ——DMorton Brown, of Cedar Springs, be- gan cutting his wheat on Monday. This is the earliest we have heard of. Centre county farmers are not through with their hay making yet. +e —Train 58 on the Bald Eagle valley wrecked two miles west of Julian Monday morning. Eight loaded coal cars were piled up on the tracks and the wreckage could not be cleared away until late in the afternoon. No one was hurt. —_—te ——The citizens of Philipsburg held a public meeting on Wednesday evening and decided to paint themselves red on the Fourth. They are going to have an im- promptu celebration, but it won’t be any the less glorious because of its speedy ar- rangement. es ——The storm on Saturday afternoon was particularly violent about Lock Haven. Lightning struck a half dozen buildings, burning several of them, and the hail was so heavy that it broke glass, cut the corn and tobacco "and stripped berry vines and cherry trees of their fruit. — ——George W. Bridenbaugh, one of Sinking valley’s prosperous farmers, with country seat near Union Furnace, the other day took to Tyrone the largest load of hay that ever entered the town. Mr. Briden- baugh is an expansionist and he was deter- mined to out-do the previous record held by the Sinking valley McClains who had brought in a load of 4400 pounds. ee ——Abram Bittner, of Bald Eagle town- ship, Clinton county, is making an experi- ment with spring wheat that bids fair, to be highly successful. He lives on the Fredericks farm and merely as an experi- ment he sowed a field of wheat this, spring to replace one that had been winterkilled; The wheat is weil set, has good heads and looks as if it would produce prolifically about August. > ——During a recent stop in Pittsburg Walter Kennedy, superintendent of the Empire iron company’s plant in this place said that the iron and steel trade were never more flattering and that his company have orders ahead that will require several months to fill. He left there for a tour of the Southern States, where the Empire company has a number of large plants. SERRA ——An informal musical was given at the home of Mrs. W. A. Lyon, on north Allegheny street, Monday evening. Quite a number of ladies were there to meet Mrs. James Scarlet and Mrs. Elias Lyon, of Danville, in whose honor Mrs. Lyon en- tertained. Those who contributed to the musical numbers were Mrs. Scarlet, Miss Winifred Neubaker, Miss Ohnmacht, Mrs. Thos. R. Hayes and Mrs. R. G. H. Hayes. —_———————— ——On Tuesday afternoon Nicodemus Lose, who lives two miles west of Wood- ward, was hauling in hay. On the road out to the field with a four horse team, he jumped onto the saddle horse which became frightened and reared up, as it was doing so the leaders wheeled about, throwing it and the rider down. The front wheel of the wagon ran over his abdomen. He was carried to the house in an unconscious con- dition aud it is feared he has suffered in- ternal injuries. *e ——Sergeant Chas. E. Rich has left here on his way to rejoin his regiment, the Eighth infantry, now stationed at Havana, Cuba. He was the U. 8. recruiting officer here and has been relieved by private Holdridge, who was recently detached from his regi- ment at Puerto Rico and ordered to report to.Cap’t. S. W, Miller for recruiting serv- ice. Since the establishment of the recruit- ing station at Bellefonte three weeks ago ten men have been enlisted. Holdridge now occupies a position known in military parlance as lance sergeant; that is, a private on detached duty with sergeant’s pay. i ——While driving along Allegheny street shortly after noon, on Monday, Miss Jean Shugert, of Linn street, met with an accident that might have proven very se- rious had it not been for the timely appear- ance of David Kelley. She was alone in her buggy when one of the traces broke and the horse made several frightened spangs. It looked much as if the young lady would lose control of it, but she held on desper- ately until Mr. Kelley, who was standing in front of the Brockerhoff house, saw her danger and gallantly ran to her rescue. It is quite probable that had it not heen for his timely appearence and heroic action the young lady might have been the victim of a serious runaway accident. ee r—— TH TT A SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINMENT.—The | entertainment in the Opera house on Tues- day evening by the pupils of St. John’s school was surprisingly good and a great success. Entertainments of the kind are usually made up of one or two show pieces with lots of indifference and ‘“‘thinkers” lengthening out the program, but on Tues- day night such was not the case, and every- one of the twenty-two members was well executed and pleasingly presented. It was given for the benefit of the Mother Superior and her assistant teachers, who must have felt gratified if not fully paid for their trouble, by the enthusiasm and size of the audience. Every seat on the lower floor of the house was taken and everyone present realized that the Sisters had spent weeks of hard work and anxious thought in attaining the results they had. The motion songs and marching of the chil- dren were well nigh perfect and some of the music was very good. The opening hymn ‘Sacred Heart’ was sung by the entire class of scholars, with Miss May Judge at the piano, and the little tots in the front row were fairly actors in their disregard of the admiration they called forth. One of the pleasing features of the second number, ‘‘A Motion Song’ by the primary boys, was little Joseph Ceader who lost his place immediately and after vainly trying to find it marched down to his mother in the audience. His com- panion Donald Storm, however, display- ed the assurance and precision of a West Point soldier and sung like a salvation army officer. The boys, of the third class, in the march and song ‘‘Finest on Parade,” were heartily applauded for their excel- lences and vim, but no exception was made in their favor and they did not repeat their number as the program was so long. Little May Brown and Agnes Gerrity in their duet and dance, ‘‘WhenPapa Comes Home, *’ were in theatrical langnage the charming little soubrettes of the evening. They really did sing much better than the ordi- nary professional infant prodigy, and their hopping, skipping and jumping about the stage was not more affected than such things are apt to be. The Delsarte pantomine by the young ladies of the school was very pretty, and several other performances were enthu- siastically received but the boys in the “Indian club drill,” and the little girls in the ‘““Daisy’’ motion song deserved the laurels of the evening agd were accorded their full measure of praise. In the Daisy song, little Ruth«Howley quite enamored the audience with her shy glances which only now and then were di- rected elsewhere than on her white slippers, while Mary Graham, just as small, was as unconcerned and undisturbed by her sur- roundingsas a famed actor. A little variety was given to the program by the 3 act dra- ma ‘‘St. Elizabeth of Hungary.”” The participants all did well, but the bright particular stars of the play were Agnes Shields as Wilborad, the maid, and Henri- etta Pacini, the scheming mother-in-law. Their acting was just as natural as it could be and they both gave evidence of talent in that line as well as cleverness and intel- ligence. Christina Curry, as Elizabeth, was very becomingly dressed and looked both fetching and pretty, but she needs to culti- vate chest tones and firmness if she would undertake tragedy. The concluding choruses were so kindly received that the Sisters were encouraged to believe that the entertainment could be repeated on Thursday night with profit, but on consulting with their friends, decided to wait until later in the season before having a repetition of it. -e BELLEFONTE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACH - ERS ELECTED.—The meeting of the public school directors of Bellefonte on Tuesday evening for the purpose of electing teachers for the ensuing year was not without its turmoil, for the members of that body were badly divided on the question of who should be given the schools. As the work of selecting teachers progressed things be- gan to get warm and considerable excite- ment prevailed,then when the superintend- ent’s report was read there was more warmth injected into the meeting and for awhile it looked as if only a word would be necessary to cause an open eruption. For principal, two names were presented: John D. Meyer, of Centre Hall, and B. M. Wagonseller, of Selinsgrove. The former was selected by a vote of 8 to 1. For the senior grammar school of the North ward building taught last year by Frank McCormick there were four appli- cants. Mr McCormick, Thos. DeLong, of Romola, John F. Harrison, of Bellefonte, and later- Rufus Strohm, of Centre Hill, was presented as a compromise candidate. The balloting was postponed several times, but finally resulted in the following vote: Harrison 5, Strohm 3, DeLong 1, McCor- mick 0, which elected Mr. Harrison. To fill the vacancy caused by the resigna- tion of Miss Underwood, Miss May Taylo , who has been a very satisfactory supply for some time, was unanimously chosen. All the other old teachers were re-elected, though the salaries will not be fixed until two weeks hence. The school directors. of Halt Moon town- ship have elected the folowing teachers: Elder’s school, Willis Eves; Town, Lucy Rowen; Centennial, Edith Haslaoher; Cen- tre Line, Walter Wrye; Ebbs, Clayton Stine. ? [EES —— ——The members of the east Main street Methodist church in Lock Haven will serve lunch in the implement building opposite the opera house in that place on July Fourth, where all who care for it can get a nice meal cheap. They will also check | bicycles and other articles. News Purely Personal. —Frank T. Beers, assistant chemist of the Bellefonte Furnace Co., has gone home to spend Sunday and the Fourth. —Mrs. Sarah E. Harman, of this place, has re- turned home from Elmira, N. Y., where she has been filling a position as governess. —Dr. A. W. Hafer, the successful dentist, start- ed this morning for a ten days’ stay at Mountain Park, Md., his ideal summer resort. —Former sheriff John P. Condo, with Mrs. Con- do, were up from Millheim on Tuesday, greeting their many friends at their former home here. —Mrs. M. D. Burnet with her children, Catha- arine and Margaret, arrived in town on Tuesday to spend the summer. They had been at Syra- cuse, N. Y., or fthe winter. —Joseph Erwin Borches, of Knoxville, Tenn., isthe guest of Miss Mary Woodin Jackson, on North Allegheny street. Mr. Borches is the gen- tleman to whom Miss Jackson is affianced. —Dr. Eloise Meek left last night for Tewks- bury, Mass., where she will study and practice for a year as an intern in the statejhospital in that place. Her appointment goes into effect on July 1st. —Ed. Harris came up from Philadelphia Satur- day morning and will spend the summer with his parents in this place. He has one more year at Hahnneman before he receives the degree of M.D. 3 —William 8. Farst Esq., of Philadelphia, was in town during the latter part of last week, having come up to spend Sunday with his parents in this place after the trial of an accident case in Balti- more. —Former Governor D. H. Hastings is off ona trip to East Stroudsburg, where he will deliver the commencement address before the graduat- ing class of the Normal school there, of which Prof. Geo. P. Bible is principal. —Miss Josephine Joseph has returned home from Philadelphia only partially improved in health but her friends have hopes of her speedy recovery. She was there under treatment for stricture of the oesophagus. —Misses May and Florence Rhone, daughters of Hon. Leonard Rhone, of Centre Hall, and their guests Miss Helen Taylor, of Wichita, Kan., and Robert S. Conklin, of Columbia, Pa., were in town Monday visiting friends. —Harry and Helen Otto, of Penn street, axe Bellefonte visitors in Tyrone for the races and band tournament on Wednesday and Thursday. They are guests of their uncle Al S. Garman, of the Garman house in that place. —DMrs. James Scarlett, a sister of W. A. Lyon, and Mrs. Elias Lyon, both of Danville, spent Sun- day with the Lyon family on North Allegheny street. Mrs. Scarlett sang during the evening service in the Presbyterian church on Sunday. —DMiss Helen Ward and her manly little brother, Algernon, of Brooklyn, who are spending the sum- mer with their grandmother and other relatives in Lock Haven, were in town over Sunday visit- ing their aunt, Mrs. S. A. Bell, of Howard street. —Wm. P. Van Tries, a son of Dr. T.C. Van Tries, of this place, left on Wednesday evening to attend the students conference which meets at Northfield, Mass., from June 30th to July 9th. He goes as a delegate from the State College ¥Y.M.C. A. —Michael M. Connelly and family who left this place about a year ago for Cowansville, Armstrong county, where Mr. Connelly was employed on the Collins railroad contracts, have moved back to their old home and have been welcomed by their many Bellefonte friends. —Hon. James Milliken, of New York, who spent Sunday with his sister, Miss Marion, in this place, left for Bedford Springs on Monday morn- ing with the hope that the medicinal waters of that resort will have the effect of driving a slight touch of rheumatic gout from his system. —A. J. Griest and Joseph Barton, broadly diver- gent in political views but still good friends and good citizens—likke most Unionville people—were in town on Monday; the former on a business mission and the latter to see what is to be done in Republican politics in this county. He saw it, too. —D. R. Wilson, one of the firm of the Howard creamery company, was in town on Wednesday with an ugly scalp wound on the right side of his head. While helping to put a boiler into the plant at Spring Mills a piece ot timber fell, strik- ing him on the head and inflicting quite a painful wound. —Miss Lillian Chrittenden, of Linn street, who has been. interested for some time in kindergar- ten work and who has had some little practice in that line, leaves Monday for Chautauqua, N. Y., to spend six ‘weeks studying Froebels methods and system and enjoy a stay at that famous rendezvous of gayety and learning. —John MeSuley, who has been in the employ of Custer and Norris, the Philipsburg painters and paper hangers, for some time is home to spend the Fourth with his family in this place. While he likes Philipsburg and has been having considerable success with his work over there he hasn't been weaned from old Bellefonte by any means. —H. M. Krebs, Pine Grove's carriage builder, rode down to Bellefonte on his bicycle Monday afternoon and after attending to the little busi- ness he came down specially to look after he took a run on down to see the new central extension then started back home. Mr. Krebs talked of the ride as though it was just a trifling matter when, in fact, it was a 36 mile run. —Mr. and Mrs. Robert Laird, formerly of this place but latterly of Tyrone, were visiting] their friends here during the early part of the week. They have broken up house keeping and are boarding now. It is quite probable that they will move to Minneapolis where Stewart, Orrie, Charles and Toner are all located now and doing exceedingly well in electrical lines. —Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Harter, Charley Kurtz and George R. Meek left yesterday afternoon for Portland, Ore., to attend the fourteenth annual convention of the National Editorial Association. During the stay in Portland a number of excur- sions through the state of Oregon have been ar- ranged for the association and the journey home is to be by the way of Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver, the Canadian Pacific railroad, Minneapolis and Chicago, Which point they expect to reach by July 22nd. . —J.B.Noll, of Mileshurg, who is a representative of one of the four branches of the Noll family in Centre county, was a pleasant caller at the Warcu- max office Tuesday morning and while here put his account in shape to take advantage of our $1 rates. Mr. Noll has been a fireman at Morris’ Pike kilns for years and becanse of his steady, reliable habits has become one of the most val- ued employees at the Morris operations in this section. His thrift has resulted in the purchase of a nice home in Milesburg, where he expects to be comfortable when grown too old for further work. —Miss Julia C. Reed left Tuesday morning for Brooklyn, where she will spend several weeks with her friend Mrs. Welch, the author, before going on to her home ia Connecticut. Not only the patrons of the Bellefonte Academy but the people of our village generally regret to know that Miss Reed will not return in the fall. For 16 years she has been closely identified with the many movements towards progress and the suc- cess of that school and has in addition, been a gracious and prominent figure in literary circles. An indefatigable worker herself, she has been an inspiration to her pupils, all of whom will remem- ber with great pleasure their years of study un- der such an able and painstaking woman. { ‘1 Tallow, per pound... | full i\dged and fashionable modiste si; ETT —John M. Dale went to Pittsburg, Is on a business trip.” —Mrs. James B. Lane and her son, Ri by from Philadelphia to spend the summer with mother and sister at the Thomas residence on street, Miss Nan Schofield, who has developed into a —DMess1s. J. W. and Manuel Casanova are tome, hs from Cuba to spend the summer in Philipsburg, where they are depended upon to help every good ard enterprising project. along —Mrs. J. Th \mpson and daughters, of Salt Lake City, Utah, aréf\isiting at the home of Rev. E.C Houck, in Milestyre. Mrs. Thomson is a sister of Mrs. Houck, my formerly was a resident of Clearfield county. . —S. Cooper Miller," who has just been elected principal ofthe schoolsat Watsontown, and Mrs. Miller were in town Tueéyday on their way home from Lock Haven, to Pine Grove where they will spend part of the summer with his parents. —The employes of this offce are all going to celebrate the Fourth away ‘Wom home. Julia Bidwell is going to Williamsport, Herbert Bartley and wife are going to Lock Haven; Jennie Koontz to Altoona and Samuel Hazel and wife to Coburn. ———————— THOMAS RHOADS’ HOME DEMROYED BY FIRE.—About one o'clock last Friday afternoon the frame dwelling owmd and occupied by Thomas Rhoads and sityate = just east of the extreme North end of A gheny street, eaught fire froma defe flue and was totally degfroyed. Rhoads was in’ the act off getting din. when the fire broke out apll as the propert was located outside of the borough limit: and beyond the reach of the water servic: it was not long until it was completely en- veloped in flames. An alarm was sent in and the fire depart- ment got to the plug at the corner of Alle- gheny and Curtin streets where an engine was stationed with the hope of sending the water through the quarter of a mile of hose that had been laid to the burning building. It was beyond saving but one of Benjamin Shaffer's houses cccupied by the family of Benjamin Williams, just next door, wa threatened and it was to save it and the ail- joining row that the firemen worked. They were not long in getting a good head of water but the pressure was too great for| the hose and section after section bursted | \ f Y 1 A until all efforts in that direction had to be abandoned. Fortunately a strong wind kept the flames blowing away from the nearest houses and they did not take fire. Mr. Rhoads’ loss is extremely unfortu- nate as he didn’t have any insurance and is quite an old man.* ost of his household goods were saved, oh were consid- erably broken up. v Ri —— fp Cur THE CANADA THISTLES. —The ti is at hand when Canada thistles should cut. The weed is now in flower, but should not be allowed to mature seed. course it is well known that cutting w not destroy the roots of this troublesc weed, but it will at least prevent -t broadcast sowing of its seed by the winds. : There are some sections of the cor that are literally overrun with the this and many acres of otherwise good I. made valueless by it. If everyone wo be watchful of it and cut the stalks bef: they go to seed a great good would be de — Pe. To CELEBRATE THEIR 25TH ANNIV . SARY.—The Patrons of Logan grange w. celebrate the 25th anniversary of their o der at their hall near Pleasant Gap dur the afternoon of Saturday, August 5th. the evening there will be a festival in ti grange hall to which everyone is invited. ——Ask your grocer for our flour ‘‘Finest’’ and ‘‘Fancy Patent’’ brands lee all others.—Phosnix Milling Co. Philadelphia Markets. The following are the closing price the Philadelphia markets on Wedn- evening. Wheat—Red.. 75 ¢“ —No. mT Flour— Winter, Per Br’ ¢ —Penna. Roller... ¢¢ —Favorite Brands Rye Flour Per Br'l.......... . Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1 te © $a Mixed *¢ 1, Straw Bellefonte Grain Mari Corrected weekly by the Puesix Mir. The following are the quotations uj o'clock, Thursday evening, when our pap press: Red Wheat, old.......... Red wheat, new Rye, per bushel... Corn, shelled, per bushel. Corn, ears, per bushel.. Oats, per bushel, new Barley, per bushel........ a Ground Plaster, per ton is Buckwheat, per bushel Cloverseed, per bushel. -.§3 00 to §. Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co. Potatoes per bushel Qhions A Co ggs, per dozen Lard, per pound. Country Shoulders. Sides.... Hams... Butter, per pound... The Democratic Watchman. 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