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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
Miss Anna Curtin is now one of the
milliners in the Joseph store.
Howard’s cornet band has heen re-
organized with eighteen members.
——The Fillmore Sunday school will
picnic at Hunter’s park to-morrow.
——The thermometer registered 100° in
the shade in Bellefonte on Monday.
——The business men’s picnic will be
the next great event at Hecla park.
Conrad Miller, of this place, has just
completed the abutments for the new iron
bridge at Sober.
——A new concrete pavement is being
laid around the High school building. Col.
Geo. A. Bayard has the contract.
There were heavy rains in sections
of Nittany and Sugar valleys and over
about Potters Milis Monday evening.
——The potato crop is reported to he
good in the vicinity of Fiedler, while com-
plaints of a shortage come from Coburn.
——The town of Howard boasts of more
building having been done there this sum-
mer than for a number of years previous.
——All the stores in Bellefonte will be
closed next Thursday on account of the
business men’s picnic at Hecla park that
day.
—— Leo Stevens will make a balloon
ascension and parachute drop at the busi-
ness men’s picnic at Hecla park next
Thursday.
--—Col. James F. Weaver, of Milesburg,
was one of the orators at the annual reunion
and harvest home basket picnic at War-
riorsmark recently.
——C. M. Bower Esq., of this place, de-
livered the address at the picnic of the Re-
formed Sunday scheol of Romola on Satur-
day. The school realized $85 during the
day.
—Dr. T. C. Van, Tries, having decided
to resume the practice of medicine, has
opened an office at his residence on South
Spring street. He will attend to office busi-
ness only.
-Harvest home will be celebrated in
the Lutheran church next Sunday morn-
ing with appropriate services. The church
will be decorated with the fruits of the
earth and a sermon preached by the
pastor.
The Big Spring creamery company
in this place has elected new officers as
follows: President, C. T. Gerberich, to suc-
ceed F. W. Crider; treasurer, J. D.
Shugert, re-elected; secretary, Francis
Rhoads, to succeed H. H. Harshbeiger.
——The mountains near Romola were
burning furiously up to last Sunday, when
all the people in that yicinity turned out to
fight fire. They worked all day Sunday and
part of Monday, finally succeeding in stop-
ping its further spread in that direction.
-—-The Bellefonte school board bas
been having troubles of its own lately.
The matter of a secretary some time ago
precipitated the first trouble and the con-
test over teachers, school books, etc. follow-
ing so closely has gotten that ordinarily
peaceful body into a regular kilkenny cat
condition.
——The constables of Spring and Benner
townships have been having plenty of work
lately with the forest fires. Both officials
have bad gangs of men on Muncy moun-
tains for some days fighting the flames that
frequently run down the slopes and threat-
en nearby farm buildings.
——The Valley Sabbath school, situated
near Morris Station on the Bellefonte Cen-
tral railroad, will hold a lawn festival on
Saturday evening, Aug. 26th, on the school
ground. The proceeds are for the benefit
of the school. The public is cordially in-
vited.
——Former prothonotary Bill Smith,
not satisfied with the little patch on the
out skirts of Millheim that he thought
would be large enough to hold him the
rest of his days, has become owner of the
George Krape farm, in Gregg township.
He paid at the rate of $46 an acre for 196
acres.
—— Mr. aud Mrs. James R. Hughes will
be at home to their friends after Tuesday,
September 5th, at the Academy. Since
their marriage on July 12th they have been
at Cape May, N. J., enjoying a number of
social festivities given in their honor and
having a gay, good time.
On page 1 of this issue we publish a
few verses from the pen of one who isso
well known to WATCHMAN readers that it
will be a genuine pleasure for them to hear
from him thus indirectly. For years the
condition of Joe W. Furey, our old associate
of the days gone hy, has been such as to in-
capacitate hin for active newspaper work.
The poetry is enough to show that Joe has
not forgotten all yet.
———Millheim residents have petitioned
their council to again submit to a vote the
question of bonding the borough for the
purpose of installing a water plant. Council
has granted the petition and it will be voted
on it November. It seems strange that
such a large and otherwise well regulated
town should not have a public water sup-
ply and it is likely that the proposition
will carry at the next election, as the peo-
ple surely can stand in the way of their
own progress no longer down there.
CoUNCIL STILL PLAYS THE SELFISH
Parr. — Mr. Keller, member frcm the
North ward, was the cnly ahsentee at coun-
cil meeting on Monday night when that
body convened.
After the ordinary routine of opening the
business was taken up as follows: Ham-
mon Sechler presented a petition on the
part of the residents of Bush Addition pray-
ing that the borough water pipes be ex-
tended out to them. Geo. Bush was present
and urged council to favorable action on
the matter. It was referred to the solicit-
or to investigate and determine if such an
extension of the pipes would be legal. Col.
Reynolds was present and thanked council
for the crossing recently laid between his
home and that of Mrs. Blanchard on Linn
street. New crossings were directed to be
laid between the Aiken and McBride cor-
ners on Bishop street and between the Me-
Cafferty and Wm. Burnside properties on
North Spring street. The viewers on the
bridge over Logan’s branch at Willowhank
street presented a report condemning the
structure and it will be appealed to court
at once to build a new one.
This concluded the minor business then
the water question was taken up again.
Col. W. Fred Reynolds, Joseph L.
Montgomery and Geo. R. Meek appeared
before council with a view to having the
charge of 15cts per barrel for water from
the Bellefonte pipes lifted. At the last
meeting of council it was decided to charge
15cts per barrel to farmers who are forced
to haul water from this place owing to the
fact that cisterns, wells, springs and small
streams have all gone dry in some lo-
calities, owing to the drought. This action
on the part of council seemed to be so great-
ly prejudicial to the welfare of the town
and out of all keeping with the charity
that we ought to extend to those in dis-
tress that the WATCHMAN took the matter
up and urged the citizens of the town to
demand a revocation of the order. Col.
Reynolds and Mr. Montgomery responded
to the call and exerted their best efforts to
remove the blot that must ever rest upon
Bellefonte’s fair name through this sordid
action.
After the matter was presented to coun-
cil Mr. Shaffer moved that water be given
free to farmers during the present drought.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Wetzel,
but was lost by a vote of 5 to 3, Mr. Gher-
rity having voted with Shaffer and Wetzel
for it.
After this proposition was lost a motion
to reduce the charge to 5 cts. per barrel
was made and carried; Messrs. Wetzel,
Shaffer and Gherrity having voted
against it.
While this was not what the gentlemen
who were making the appeal expected it
was a step in the right direction, at least,
though it would have been far more to the
credit of the town had all charges been
removed.
The members who voted in favor of a
reduction to Sects per barrel justify their
action by the assertion that that sum just
about covers the pumping and pipe ex-
pense; but such a statement shows that
they are not as conversant with municipal
affairs as they should be to take intelligent
action on a question of such import. Aec-
cording to the statement of Supt. Rine the
daily consumption of water in Bellefonte is
1,300,000 gallons. In one year this would
amount to 929,000 barrels. The total tax
levy for the support of the entire water
department for this year is $4,989.00, from
which any school hoy can figure out that
the actual cost per barrel of water is only
a trifle more than half a cent. When coun-
cil offered to sell water for 15¢ts per barrel
14!cts would have been profit. Now that
body magnanimously (?) reduces the price
to 5cts and wants 43cets profit off a lot of
distressed people.
Gentlemen, your action was without
warrant either of fair business methods or
humanity. Contrast Bellefonte’s selfish-
ness, with a boon that Nature has given
her so unstintingly, with that of Phila-
delphia. On Tuesday the U. S. S. Panther
left that port with a cargo of provisions
worth $50,000. It was Philadelphia’s
spontaneous charity to the storm wrecked
people of Puerto Rico—people not of the
same race or intelligence and living too
remote for any personal friendships to have
actuated it. It was the quick helping hand
that that great warm hearty city has reach-
ed out to all parts of the world in the hope
of relieving the stricken. What has Belle-
fonte done on the first real opportunity she
has ever had to show a kindness to the
very neighbors at her doors ?
It is not the amount that is charged for
the water, but the principle underlying
the charge.
Of course farmers can come here and dip
i4 from the over flow at the spring, free of
charge, but to do that they must employ
two men to haul—one to dip and one to
pour. We can save them the expense of
employing a second man, we can save them
time by permitting them to draw from the
pipes and we can show the public that we
are not the sordid people that this action
would proclaim us. Let us do it. Let
the citizens of the town demand that coun-
cil rescind every farthing of charge and
then let us invite all those in need to come
here and take all they can use.
Bills were approved and ordered paid as
follows:
Jno. H. Meese, 2 loads sand.........cooeeeiiinnnnn ® 2 50
Mill Hall brick works, bricks.........cooeueeenn 39 54
Ardell Lumber Co., lumber... . 20 09
Bellefonte Fuel & Supply Co. 325
McCalmont & Co., wagon tongue 75
Street pay roll,... 53 80
Police pay roll. 35 00
Joel Johnson, janitor service Jao
Water pay roll.....cnnniinniinin., 73 50
Josh Folk, killing deg 100
Bellefonte Fuel & Supply Co., coal 33 76
Ardell lumber Co 2 89
——-There are several cases of diphtheria
in Millhein:.
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——The Eby distillery at Wood ward is
to be remodeled before the winter sets in.
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——The water in the mill dam at Wolfe's
Store is so low that grinding can be done
only a few hours each day.
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——Blair county commissioners have de-
cided to enforce the law compelling prison-
ers to labor on public works.
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——There were great crowds at the
Sugar valley camp meeting on Sunday.
Bishop Esher, of Chicago, was the princi-
pal drawing card.
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——Last Friday Mrs. Lowery Rodgers,
of Nittany, fell from the loft of her barn
to the floor beneath; breaking an arm and
dislocating her shoulder.
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——Cholera morbus caused the death of
Mrs. Henry W. Schwenk, of Mill Hall, on
Saturday evening. She was 76 years old
and is survived by five sons.
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——Hon. W. K. Alexander, A. C. Mus-
ser, D. L. Zerby, J. R. Schleiffer and G. S.
Frank constitute the new board of health
elected at the last meeting of the Millheim
council. »
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——While making a ditch on the Mary
Ann Kreamer farm, near Wolf's Store, a
few days ago, E. R. Wolf, uncovered an
old silver coin bearing the date of 1872. It
was eighteen inches in the ground.
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——There were heavy enough showers
in the vicinity of Millheim on Monday after-
noon to put out the mountain fires that
had been raging thereabouts for a week,
but the rain was too late to do any good
to the corn.
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——Nearly all the stores in Centre coun-
ty will be closed next Thursday, so that
employers and employees can take the day
off for enjoyment at Hecla park. Excur-
sion tickets will be sold on all railroads
that day.
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——George Roop, of Pottersdale, Clear-
field county, was brought to Bellefonte
and put in jail Friday morning; charged
with having stolen Wm. Warner’s bicycle
while the latter was inside Adam Mayer's
store, in Philipsburg, transacting business.
Roop later sold the wheel to John G. Hoff-
man at Karthause. He was caught at
Lilly Station, Cambria county.
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——DRev. A. S. Baldwin, pastor of the
Clearfield Methodist church, will occupy
Dr. Steplien’s pulpit on Sunday morning
and evening. The latter returned from the
Newton Hamilton camp-meeting, on Tues-
day morning, to officiate at the funeral of
Miss Anna Green and then went on over to
Clearfield to visit his son and former con-
gregation in that place, to which he will
preach during Mr. Baldwin’s stay with us.
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——During a thunder storm on Monday
afternoon the barn and dwelling house of
John H. Feidler, near Loganton, were de-
stroyed by fire. The barn caught first, then
the flames spread to the house, burning a
pig and some lumber that was piled up for
anew dwelling. Most of the contents of
both house and barn were saved. The ori-
gin of the fire is a mystery, as the barn is
not thought to have been struck by light-
ning.
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——There was a slight rainfall in this
place Monday night at 10 o’clock. There
must have been thirty or forty drops in the
shower. That doesn’t seem like much,
but it is more than had fallen for a long
time previous. That afternoon heavy black
clouds came rolling in from the west until
it looked as if a rain storm was about to
break over the town. The storm broke,
but it was all wind. Not a drop of water
fell to quench the parched earth here-
abouts.
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—— Adam Shreckengast’s family in
Millheim has been quarantined for some
time on account of diphtheria. Last Fri-
dry, Mable, the bright six year oid daugh-
ter fell a victim to the disease and owing
to the malignant nature of the trouble the
body was buried by the undertaker next
morning. William R. Weiser is the special
officer in charge and his report is to the ef-
fect that the other affected ones are getting
well as rapidly as could be hoped for.
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——At a meeting of the citizens of
Philipsburg on Saturday night it was de-
cided to give a fitting reception to Will
Hirlinger when he arrives in that place
after participating in the reception to
the 10th Reg. in western Pennsylvania.
He was with the regiment to Manila, hav-
ing enlisted at Greensburg, where he was
visiting at the time there was a call for re-
cruits for the company from that place.
F. K. Lukenbach, cashier of the Philips-
burg National bank, was chosen one of the
committee to go to Pittsburg to escort the
soldier home.
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——A. C. Thompson and Miss Bertha
Denning, of Philipsburg, were married on
Tuesday afternoon at the home of Rev. W.
0. Wright, the Presbyterian minister in
Milesburg. The groom is well known in
the educational and political circles of
the county, being principal of the schools
at Snow Shoe and having aspired to legis-
lative honors. His bride is one of Philips-
burg’s cleverest young women, she is very
popular in that place and is splendidly fit-
ted to fill with grace the new duties she
has assumed. While the marriage of Mr.
and Mrs. Thompson was a surprise to their
friends the union is none the less admirable
and all join in the hearty congratulations
we extend.
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able to discover what those threatening
looking clouds that hovered over tlfis sec-
tion all day Wednesday were for. There
certainly would have been no complaint
from any source had they turned on the
water that they seemed freighted with, but
when they disappeared with having done
nothing but frighten a lot of people into
staying away from the Logan picnic at
Hunter's park that day, there was ample
reason for anger, both among the Logans
and those who were deceived.
The picnic was arranged in the most ap-
proved fashion and while there was a fair
crowd there, far more than for a number of
years, yet there wasn’t half as many as the
trouble and worriment of the firemen had
prepared for. They enjoyed it immensely
and those who were with them shared in
the good time.
On Tuesday night the company, headed
by that past master of trumpeting, R. A.
Beck, gave a street parade that was big and
bright enough to make an entire Fourth of
July pageant in towns like Lock Haven or
Tyrone. The Colgville band furnished the
music and the streets over which the line
of march extended were crowded with
cheering people.
At the park the entertaining program
was carried out as advertised, but all of the
other events were glimmed by the great
ball game between the fats and leans. The
people who thought the big 6ft., 2001h.
fellows, who look so fine when on parade,
couldn’t play hall took another guess soon
after the game opened and they kept guess-
ing throughout it all and it is a guess yet
as to which side won, for darkness tell over
the field and put an end to the battle with
the score 2 to 2. The picnickers spent the
evening in dancing and plunging on games
on the Midway, but all returned happy
and in good order on the: mid-night train.
The principal of ‘‘the more the merrier’’ did
not obtain on Wednesday. The ILogans
were ready to give thousands a good time,
but when the thousands failed to material-
*ize the boys were not one bit downcast;
they simply had as good a time as was
possible and that satisfied them. The net
proceeds of the company will be about
$155.00, which is more than they have made
for eight years.
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A REGULAR PRAIRIE FIRE THREATENS
BELLEFONTE.—For the first time in its
history Bellefonte has had a taste of what
it means to have to fight prairie fires and
the citizens of the town have realized ithe
awful terror that is pictured in the madly
rushing, stampeded cattle that artists in-
variably send before the flames that they
paint as sweeping the great plains of the
West.
The drought that bas continued almost
without a drop of rainfall since July 3rd
has caused vegetation to wither and die
until the hills about the town are brown
and dusty. Grass and small weeds are
practically burned up until the ground is
nothing more than a tinder bed. On Tues-
day, shortly after noon, a shifting engine
was shunting cars along the new extension
of the C. R. R. of Pa. to the Bellefonte
furnace when a spark from the engine set
fire to the wheat stubble field on that por-
tion of Half-moon hill. A strong north
west wind was blowing at the time and the
flames ran before it like lightning. Actual-
ly you can have no idea of the rapidity
with which the fire swept along. With a
line of flame almost as wide as the field, it
leaped before the wind far faster than any
horse could have run and came sweeping
down over the hill into the back yards of
the homes along north Thomas street.
Great clouds of smoke were rolling up and
people began to get frightened so that an
alarm of fire was sent in and the com-
panies turned out to stop the further
progress of the flames at places where the
garden hose of the residents would not
reach.
It was Bellefonte’s first experience of the
sort and while it was not extremely dan-
gerous, yet it was enough to arouse some
fear and a full appreciation of the terror of
a rea! prairie fire.
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RusH TowNsHIP WILL NOT BE DIVID-
ED.—Ever since the November term of
court, 1898, the matter of dividing Rush
township has beén fitfully agitated hy some
of the residents of that section. It started
with a petition for the creation of a com-
mission to pass upon the advisability of
a partition. The commission was appoint-
ed and made a favorable report. The court
acted upon it and ordered the county com-
missioners to afford an opportunity to the
citizens of Rush township to record their
wishes by vote by putting ‘‘for or against
division’’ on the election tickets at the fol-
lowing election. It was done and the
“‘Division’’ people carried their project by
a small majority. An irregularity in the
form of the ballots was discovered by the
‘‘antis,’’ however, and they carried an ap-
peal to the August argument court to have
the election declared null and void. The
court has handed down a ruling in favor of
the ‘‘antis’”’ and now the township can
not be divided unless the whole procedure
is gone over again in a more legal manner.
BusiNEss MEN'S PIeNIC PRIVILEGES. —
Bids for the various stand privileges at
Hecla park, August 3lst, account of the
business men’s picnic will be received by
the passenger department of the Central
R. R. of Pa., Bellefonte, on or hefore Aug.
25th. Sale will be to the highest responsible
bidders, residents of and doing business in
Clinton or Centre counties, the manage-
ment, however, reserving the right to re-
ject any and all bids. Restaurant, ice
cream, fruit and confections, soft drinks,
cigars and tobacco, photography, dancing
pavilion and boats.
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THE LOGAN PicN1c.—No one has been |
News Parely Personal.
—Dr. and Mrs. George F. Harris returned, Sat-
urday evening, from a two week's rest at Cape
May.
—Mrs. Frank Walz, of east Bishop street, was
in Lock Haven on Tuesday to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Nora Ryan.
—Frank Woomer and Jasper Stover, two of the
younger gallants of the town, spent Sunday with
friends in Altoona.
—Paul Sheffer, of the firm of Sheffer & Sons gro-
cers, left for a pleasure trip to Scranton and vicin-
ity on Wednesday. ’
—Mr, and Mrs. Clayton Lucas, with their chil-
dren, are down from Altoona for a few days’ visit
with David Barlett on north Thomas street.
—James Reilly, head cutter at the Bellefonte
glass works, has returned from Muncie, Ind.,
where he spent part of his vacation.
—Will Dorworth, of Steelton, where he is in the
employ of the Penna. Steel Co., is home for a few
days on account of the illness of his mother.
—MTr. and Mrs. James Harris, of north Spring
street, left for Allenhurst, a resort on the Jersey
coast, on Tuesday afternoon. They expect to be
gone two weeks.
—Mrs. N. K. Dare returned to her home in
Philadelphia Wednesday morning after a two
week’s visit with her daughter, Mrs. Andrew
Brockerhoff, in this place.
—John N. Lane, of east Linn street, went East
on Wednesday afternoon. We don’t know where
John calls “East,” but “East” is where he said
he was going and he took an east bound train to
get there.
—Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hasel, of Spring Creek,
were passengers on the 1:05 train west Tuesday
afternoon. They were on their way to Altoona to
spend a few days at Mrs. Hasel’s former home in
that place. .
—Clarence and Tom Hamilton, both Bellefonte
boys who are getting along fine in the great bor-
ough of Bronx, are home for a summer vacation
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Hamilton,
of east Howard street.
—Mrs. George Hoffer, with her daughter Miss
Emma Hoffer, were arrivals in town Saturday
afternoon to visit at the home of Capt. A. C.
Mingle, on east High street. Mrs. Hoffer is Mrs.
Mingle’s mother.
—After a visit of several days with his aunts in
this place Bond Valentine left for Atlantic City,
on Saturday evening. He is with the U.G. L in
Philadelphia, but intended takinga few days at
the Shore be fore going back to his work.
—William 8. Furst Esq., of Philadelphia, spent
Sunday with his parents in this place. He was
on his way back to his legal duties in the city
after ten days’ delightful outing at Juniata
Crossings, a rustic resort near Bedford on the
Raystown branch of the Juniata.
—W. E. Tyson, of Vail, spent Tuesday night
and Wednesday in town and of course that meant
that a lot of the old minstrel boys would get to-
gether to sing for him and be sung to. *‘Billy’s”
advent always marks a rivival of our flagging mid-
night concerts and the pity is that he is not with
us always.
—Hon. Wm. A. Murray, of Boalshurg, was in
town Monday night, a rather unusual occurrence
for a man who stays as close to home as he does,
but Mr. Murray is a member of the board of
survey on the Centre and Kishocoquillas turnpike
abandonment and was here to attend a meeting
on Monday.
—Tom and Charles Morris, of Tyrone, enter-
tained a party of friends at the Nittany country
club over Saturday and Sunday. They were Mrs.
Charles Morris, Tyrone; Miss - Annie Stewart,
Pittsburg; Miss Margery Knowles, Richmond,
Va., and Miss Winifred Meek, Bellefonte, with
the hosts and ““Paddy’’ Stevenson, of Tyrone, and
Robert Morris, of this place.
—Mr. Edward A. Uffington Valentine, poet,
literature and critique, is here on a visit to his
aunt, Mrs. R. V. Pugh, on Curtin street. He is
the youngest son of A. 8S. Valentine, formerly of
this place, but who has heen living in Atlantic
City for a number of years. Having sold their
Atlantic City home quite recently it is possible
that they will return to Bellefonte.
—G. H. Leyman and J. B Sliker, two of the act-
ive Democrats of Boggs township, were in town
on Friday, and while here reported the political
situation very quiet out in their territory, though
they by no means intended to imply that there
won't be a hustle when the proper time comes.
Both of them are enthusiastic Democrats and
know what it means to work in a precinct where
they have long odds to overcome.
—Chas. W. Burkett, who was graduated from
The Pennsylvania State College with the class of
95 and is now general inspector of the Southern
Bell telephone and telegraph company, with
headquarters at Atlanta, Ga., was in town for
awhile on Tuesday, the guest of his college chum
J. Tonner Harris. He is one of the men who is
an every day disclaimer of the contention that
college men are not fitted for anything when they
are graduated.
—Jas. B. Noll and his son Harry Llewellyn were
in town at noon on Wednesday; father Noll hav-
ing brought his youngest up from the Morris
pike kilns to visit the confectioners during the
noon hour. Mr. Noll is a fireman down there,
and has been for years, and Harry just came to
spend the day with his father while at work.
What, with a big time playing about the kilns, a
dinner over at his unele Emanuel’s and two fists
full of candy, more could the child have wished
for to make him supremely happy.
—Former couuty treasurer John Q. Miles was
in town for a few hours on Monday afternoon to
get a line on politics and attend to a little busi-
ness. He said it was so dry up the Bald Eagle:
that the spring in his cellar, which he has never
known to have failed before, has gone punk dry.
According to his version of their condition about
the only way they have of finding relief from the
terrible drought is by going gigging for eels in
Bald Eagle creek. The last night of such sport
they had yielded them forty-seven of the anguilla
tenuirostris.
—Pat McDonald, of Unionville, was in town on
Tuesday showing Bellefonte off to his brother-in-
law Hon. James Dugan, of Northampton county,
who has been up at Unionville with Mrs. Dugan
since Monday evening. The visitors are from New
Bethlehem, where Mr. Dugan is in the mercan-
tile business and finds time besides to mix up in
politics. He has no apologies to make for being
one of the Quay faction over there and was a
member of the last Legisiature, so you will see
he cuts quite a figure in Northampton. Pat is
such an uncompromising Democrat that they
lock horns quite often, but it is always for fun
and helps to make the visit of the Dugans de-
lightful.
—Mr. and Mrs. Hezekiah Hoy left for the West
on Friday afternoon for quite an extended visit
among their children, Mr. Hoy has just finished
harvesting fine crops at his farm just out of town
and expects to have a pleasant time among his
daughters who are married and living in different
parts of the country. Their first stop will be made
at Rev. Wagner's at Glasgo; then they will journey
on to Grant Pifer's home at Wilkinsburg and after
visiting there for a while they will go out to Pros-
pect, Ohio, where they will spend some time with
Dr. A. Shuey, who is married to another of the
Hoy girls. It is quite probable that Mr. Hoy wil
go on out to Freeport, Ill, to see some of his
friends and take a look around. They are travel-
ing just the way people ought to travel. They
have nothing to hurry them, asthe farm is in
good hands while they are gone, and they intend
taking their time and enjoying every moment of
the trip. i
—Dr. J. XY. Dale, of Lemont, spent 2a few hours
in town yesterday.
—John M. Blanchard Esq., was an arrival home
from abroad yesterday morning. He had taken
a sea voyage for his health.
—Miss De Velasco, New York city, and Mrs.
Mary J. Davis and daughter, of Milford, Del., are
among the many visitors who are here for a short
stay. They are registered at the Bush house.
—William Toner, of Philadelphia, formerly of
this place, had been visiting his uncle William
Musser and other relatives in Millheim, until
yesterday when he came up here to spend a few
days.
—Mrs. Harvey Yarrington and her little son
Greyson, who have been the guests of her moth-
er, Mrs. Margaret Alexander, of Thomas street,
for the past six weeks, left for their home in
Richmond, Va., on Wednesday evening.
—Mrs. William B. Dix, of Dayton, O., is in town
visiting her sister, Mrs. L. T. Munson, and her
brother J. W. Gephart Esq. She had not expected
to come home this summer but the serious ill-
ness of her father changed her plans and she is
here now for one week.
—Mrs. Ellen Shoemaker and Mrs. Scravendyke
returned, Wednesday, from a six weeks stay at
Clifton Springs sanitarium. Mrs. Seravendyke’s
home is now in Baltimore, Md., her native place,
but she will remain here for a month or two with
Mrs. Shoemaker and the Misses Collins.
—Mrs. Nathan Reesman and her sister, Miss
Fannie Baum, left for their home in Princeton,
Ind., last Friday. Their visit here this year
savored of a family reunion, as the Baum home on
Bishop street fairly overflowed with guests dur-
ing their stay and Miss Henrietta Hasel, of
Washington Court House, O., the first grand
child of the family, was here to be petted and ad-
mired.
—R. M. Magee, of Philadelphia, who keeps the
Brooklyn Mutual Life Insurance company,in this
State,constantly before the public and who is con-
tinually on the alert about its affairs arrived in
town Monday and has spent the week shaking
hands with friends and talking shop. Mrs. Magee
with Forest and Boyd are at Atlantic City, where
they have been the entire summer at the Cedar-
croft on Michigan avenue.
—William Deitz, of Jacksonville, spent Saturday
in this place attending to a little business that
needed looking after before the fall school term
opens. He is one of the old stand by teachers
down that way, in fact he is rated as one of the
best in the county, and this fall will have charge
of the Junction school in Walker township. Mr.
Deitz has his home in Jacksonville, where he
spends his vacations with his family or tries his
hand at pitching hay and grain on his father’s
farm near by, just as he is inclined.
Lock HAVEN’S BAND Wins.—There
were about seven hundred people at the
K. G. E. picnic and band contest at Hecla
park yesterday, four hundred and ninety
of the number having gone down from
here.
Three bands entered the contest as fol-
lows: Good Templar, of Lock Haven;
State College band, and the Coleville band.
Editor Anstaadt, of the Metronome, of
New York, was the judge and gave
the following grades after the bands
had each played: Lock Haven, 83; State
College, 79; Coleville, 69. The first prize
was $55, the second was $20. No prize
was given to the third place. All the
bands played the overture Opera Bouffe.
The day was very enjoyably spent by
those who were there and castle 222, K.
G. E. deserves great credit for the manner
in which the picnic was conducted.
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For W. C. T. U. WorRKERS.—The 16th
annual county convention of the Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union will be held
Monday afternoon and Tuesday, Sept. 11th
and 12th, in the W. C. T. U. rooms, Belle-
fonte. Miss Jessie Ackerman, who has
spoken in every land and organized socie-
ties in many of them, will speak on Mon-
day evening and be present at Tuesday
morning’s session.
White ribboners and all friends of the
cause of temperance in the county are cor-
dially invited. Entertainment will be
provided if notified in time. Address Mrs.
J. P. HARRIS, Pres.
Philadelphia Mavkets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening. :
Wheat—Redu uci ioniininn ats nsins 2Y@72%
“No "634 @68%,
Corn —Yellow. 3835@30H
* —Mixed.. 3634@37
Oats......... 2223225msssasnevuees 235@27
Flour— Winter, Per Br’i 2.15@x
‘“ —Penna. Roller.....
‘“ —Favorite Brand
Rye Flour Per Bril......
Baled hay—Choice Timothy N
“ ‘ ch Mixed 0
Straw
3.60@3.80
: 3.00
3.50@ 14.60
.12.50@13.00
. 6.00@10.00
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by the Pua~ix Miunineg Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
press:
Red Wheat, old...
Red wheat, new.. 63
Rye, per bushel.. 40
Corn, shelled, per bushe 35
Corn, ears, per bushel.... 30
Oats, per bushel, new .. 25
Barley, per bushel....... 40
Ground ay er ton. 8 50
Buckwheat, per bushel ..
reer 25
Cloverseed, per bushel... 23 00 to 85 00
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel new....
ONIONS::./ eo ceevetnrrenes
50
50
Eggs, per dozen.. 15
ra per pound.. 7
Country Shoulder: 6
Sides...... 6
Hams..... 10
Tallow, per pound.. . 3
Butter, per poli. .ivcciusnninicsnnisnssinnsssssene 20
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