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Bellefonte, Pa., Oct. 13, 1899.
CorrespoNDENTS.—No communications pub
ished unless accompanied by the real name of
the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——Houses are at a premium in Belle-
fonte.
-—-—Apples are reported scarce in the vi-
cinity of Rebershurg.
——TF. H. Bartges’ new home in Coburn
has been raised and is ready for the roof.
——The Millheim lodge I.O. O. F. in-
stalled new officers on Saturday evening.
——DMrs. Hugh S. Taylor entertained
thirty ladies at a card party, at her home
on east Howard street, Friday evening.
——McCalmont & Co. are lighting their
quarries with electricity, so as to enable
them to work at night as well as by day.
A pear tree in the yard of Isaac
Dawson on Half-moon hill is in full bloom,
notwithstanding it bore a prolific crop of
pears this season.
Work on the match factory is. pro-
gressing rapidly. The foundations are be-
ing pushed forward as fast as contractor
Noll and his gang of masons can make
them go.
——The young ladies’ card club sprung
into existence again Tuesday evening and
the weekly sittings will doubtless continue
during the winter. Diss Adaline Harris
was the hostess.
There will be a special train to the
foot-ball game at the College this after-
noon. It will leave here at 1:30 p. m.
The round trip fare, including admission to
the game, will be 75 ets.
——-James Stott, formerly of this place,
but for recent years a trusted employe of
the Platt-Barber & Co., wholesale grocery
in Philipsburg, is to be put en the road as
a salesman for that firm.
———C. Y. Wagner and his brother Harry
dissolved partnership at their Roopsburg
flouring miil on Monday and hereafter the
business will be conducted by Curt himself.
Harry will remain at the mill until spring,
at least.
—Samumy Faust, of Sprig Bank, is
still raising turnips from seed furnished
him by the late Andrew G. Curtin, when
he was in Congress. This year the turnips
are unusually large and Sammy thinks they
are about the best in the land.
——Will Marshall, ason of the late Geo.
Marshall, of this place, is lying ina critical
condition with typhoid fever at his home
in Pittsburg. Reports yesterday were to
the effect that he had been delirious for
three days, but his physician thought the
danger point was passed.
John Brachbill is now employed as a
wlerk in the Powers Shoe Co. store. He
has taken the place of Edward Greninger
who will move to Philadelphia with his
parents in afew days. John isa courteous,
obliging boy and it will be a pleasure for
the customers of that store to have him
serve them.
While wheeling mortar on a scaffold-
ing for the new livery barn being erected
at the rear of this office John Kline made a
misstep, yesterday morning, and tumbled
through to the ground, a distance of 11ft.
He was pretty badly shaken up, but suffer-
ed no more serious injury than the fracture
of one of the hones of his left wrist.
--— The students at The Pennsylvania
State College were so elated when they
heard the news of their foot ball team’s vic-
tory over West Point, Saturday night, that
they got the band out and had a “shirt-
tail’”’ parade. When the team came home
Monday morning the students met them at
Lemont and pulled the hack, themselves,
over the three miles to the College.
——The rumor that George Brown, for-
merly in the employ of Wm. P. Humes in
this place, bad been burned up in a hotel
fire in Bradford last week, is untrue. Mrs.
Brown had a telegram from Rev. Honesty,
who is now the pastor of the A. M. E.
church, in that place, on Friday, to the ef-
fect that the unfortunate colored man was
not her husband, but a man named Wil-
liam Brown, from Williamsport.
Corp. Jesse Underwood, of the 47th,
U. 8. Vols., was home from Camp Meade,
yesterday on a short furlough. He looked
well and spoke in satisfactory terms of the
Centre county boys in it. Dick Taylor has
already been made sergeant and Jesse Un-
derwood, George Sunday and Clyde Long
have all been honored with the corporal’s
stripes. It is expected that the regiment
will move from Camp Meade next Tues-
day.
——The lawyers practicing at the Centre
county bar got together on Thursday and
established a rate of charges for legal serv-
ice. They decided that the minimum fee
for any work be $5.00 and there is likely
to be ‘rough house’’ in the bar if any of
them are caught cutting prices down to
$1.50 and $2.00, as had heen the case be-
fore the meeting. The cheapest way to
keep out of the claws of this legal trust is
to keep from going to law.
—— While riding home to Milesburg
from his work in this place Monday even-
ing carpenter Geo. W. Aiken ran into a car-
riage team belonging to Abe Baum, the
liveryman, and only escaped serious injary
by a miracle. He was ona bicycle and
rode square into the team, in fact with
such force as to cause the breaking of the
carriage pole. The bicycle was smashed to
pieces, but Aiken escaped with only slight
bruises. The accident occurred just on the
south side of Mileshurg.
W. S. TRIPPLE GONE.—William Smith
Tripple died at his home on north Spring
street Friday night at 11:40 o’clock. His
demise was entirely unexpected, for while
he had passed the seventy-ninth mile-stone
he was still in fair vigor and on the last
day of his life he sat on his tailor bench
and worked until five o’clock in the even-
ing at the trade that he refused to give up
with his advancing years. Aside from a
slight cold he had not been unwell, but
there must have been a premonition of the
end in his mind for Friday evening he sent
for his son Charles to call and see him. The
latter assisted him to bed and shortly after
he began to sink; finally passing away when
the heart failed in the performance of its
regular functions.
Deceased was born at Safe Harbor, Lan-
caster county, December 5th, 1819. Hav-
ing learned the tailoring trade when a
young man he came here in 1838, with the
elder Montgomerys, and has worked at
his trade with that family almost continu-
ously since. He built the house on High
street, now owned by C. C. Shuey, which
at the time of its erection was about the
most pretentious residence in Bellefonte.
Mr. Tripple was identified with the older
life of the town and was a type of the gen-
tleman of the early school. He was quiet
and unassuming in his manner, but re-
markable in his memories when drawn into
conversation. He had not been ill for forty
years and when he came to die he slipped
away as quietly as he had lived among us.
The first Mrs. Tripple was a Miss White-
man, a sister-in-law of the late John Mont-
gomery. Her death left him with one
daughter, Mis. James C. Curtin, of Curtin
street, this place. His second marriage was
to Maceda D. Wilson. It occurred here
Feb. 23rd, 1858; the ceremony having been
performed by Dr. James Linn. Surviving
this union are Mrs. Trippleand the fellow-
ing children: Charles W., Bellefonte; Mrs.
Mary Amelia Geisinger, of Chicago; Mrs.
Susan Olive Kerstetter, Lewisburg; and
Ruth Ella, at home.
Funeral services were conducted at the
house on Monday afternoon by Rev. Dr.
Laurie, of the Preshyterian church.
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LESLIE GORDON.—Leslie Gordon, who
died at his home at Topeka, Kansas, on the
4th inst. was the eldest son of James and
Mary S. Gordon, late of Bellefonte. He
was born on the Gordon homestead farm,
near Hecla park, in 1840. His widow, who
was Miss Julia Muffly, an aunt of Mrs.
Jos. L. Montgomery of this place, with
two sonsand a daughter, survives him, with
his brothers Judge Cyrus Gordon, of Clear-
field, and Newton, of Alaska.
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——DPuella, the 13-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Nancy Jane Leathers died at her
mother’s home, at Mt. Eagle, at 4 o’clock
Sunday morning. Interment was made
at Curtin’s Works on Wednesday morning
at 10 o’clock.
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Ralph, the two year cld son of Ed-
ward and Gertrude Zimmerman, died at
parental home in Millheim on Mouday.
Owing to the fact that he died of diphtheria
he was buried privately that same evening.
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——John Zettle, who died at Jersey
Shore last Wednesday afternoon, was a
native of this county. He was 80 years
old and was buried Friday afternoon.
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CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION. —Accord-
ing to an announcement made by the U. S.
civil service commission an examination of
applicants for positions as carriers and
clerks in the Bellefonte post office will be
beld in this place on Wednesday, Nov. 1st.
The examination will begin at 10 o'clock
a. m. and will be conducted under the fol-
lowing regulations:
Only citizens of the United States may be
examined.
The examination will consist of spelling,
arithmetic, letter-writing, penmanship,
copying from plain copy, geography of the
United States, and reading addresses. The
arithmetic will consist of testsin the fun-
damental principles, extending as far as
common and decimal fractions and embrac-
ing problems.
The age limitations for this examination
are as follows: Clerk, not less than 18 years;
carrier, between 21 and 40 years. Apbpli-
cants for carriers must weigh at least 125
pounds, must not he less than 5 feet 4
inches in height, and to possess the requir-
ed physical qualifications.
No application will be accepted for this
examination unless filed in complete form
with the board at the post-office in Belle-
fonte before the hour of closing business on
Oct. 20th, 1899.
Applications should be filed promptly; in
order that time may remain for correction,
if necessary.
This examination is open to all citizens
of the United States who may desire to en-
ter the service, and who comply with the
requirements; all such persons are invited
to apply, but attention is invited to the
fact that it is the practice of the Post-Office
Department in making appointments to
the grades of clerk and carrier to give pref-
erence to those eligibles who are legal res-
idents of the vicinity where the examina-
tion is held. Subject to this preference ap-
plicants will be examined, graded, and
certified, with entire impartiality, and
without regard to any cousideration, save
their ability as shown by the grade they at-
tain in the examination.
For application blanks (Forms 101 and
119), full instructions, specimen examina-
tion questions, and information relative to
the duties and salaries of the different posi-
tions, apply to the secretary of the board
of examiners at the post-office in this place.
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-—=Subseribe for the WATCHMAN.
——The rebuilt Lock Haven furniture
factory made its first delivery of furniture
on Tuesday.
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—W. A. Kessinger is building a livery
stable and undertaking establishment on
his lot on Main street, Mill Hall.
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——F. Asbury Holderman, for the past
two years miller of the Tyrone milling
company, has taken charge of Thompson's
roller flouring mills at Centre Furnace.
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——Daniel Bollinger, who was born at
Millheim, in this county, Oct. 18th, 1818,
died at the home of his son, in Altoona, on
Monday. For many years he was foreman
of the railroad tinning department in the
shops up there.
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——The new instruments for the band
recently organized at Coburn arrived on
Monday and have been distributed among
the members. Doubtless they will be hav-
ing plenty of fine music down there before
many days.
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——Rev. William Meinecke has been
elected to take the place of Rev. Hans
Arlt, resigned, as pastor of the Lock Haven
German Lutheran church. Rev. Meinecke
was educated in Germany and has been in
this country only about ten years.
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—Owing to trouble with her throat
Miss Bessie Stiver has resigned as teacher
of the secondary school in Mill Hall. Her
resignation is to take effect on Monday and
applicants for the place wili be heard®hy
the hoard tonight.
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——While B. Seeger and his family were
at breakfast at their home in Tyrone, on
Monday morning, a large pheasant flew
through a 15x40 inch window pane, scatter-
ing the glass all over the floor. The occu-
pants of the room were very much frighten-
ed for a moment, but the pheasant was fi-
nally captured and placed in a cage.
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The announcement has been made
of the marriage cf George Monroe Armor,
voungest son of Monroe Armor, of east
Linn street, to Miss Eleanor Duffield Ball.
The ceremony was celebrated at Pough-
keepsie, N. Y., on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs.
Armor will be at home at 36 Charter Oak
Ave., Hartford, Conn., after Nov. 1st.
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Geo. C. Brungard, the Nittany val-
ley farmer who was adjudged insane after
he bad burned the barn and stolen grain
on the Dornblaser farm, then was dis-
charged by the hospital and brought back
to Clinton county for trial for his crimes,
has been found wanting in mind again and
the court bas ordered sheriff ‘Peck to take
him back to Danville.
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——We congratulate our neighbor, the
News, on the very material improvement
inaugurated on Monday. Under the new
arrangement the News runs a page of tele-
graphic service and with its local budget is
in a position to satisfy ail wants now. Mr.
Harris seems to be determined to bring the
Lepublican and News up to the highest
standard possible and the indications are
that he will not be longin attaining it.
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——The Passmore house in Philipsburg
is just now the object of most of the ad-
miration of the travelers who go to Phil-
ipsburg. Last July the house was serious-
ly scorched by fire and that necessitated
remodeling, which has been done on a
most elaborate scale. It is now about the
finest finished and equipped hotel in that
place and it is the intention of the owner
to keep it right up to that standard.
—— After next Monday, Oct. 16th, the
Bellefonte school board intends enforcing
the compulsory education law. Joshua
Folk has been elected as truant officer and
it will be his duty to see that all children
coming under the provisions of the act are
in school. Parents would do well to see
that their children are attending, as the
law holds them amenable to a fine and im-
prisonment for permitting children to re-
main away from school.
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——The State—W. and J. foot-ball game
at Staté College this afternoon will be the
most interesting contest scheduled for
Beaver field this season. The westerners
are here with the expectation of winning
the game and while it is granted that the
struggle will be a close one State is expect-
ed to be the victor by at least twelve points.
A special train will be ran to the College
from here this afternoon at 1:30. The
round trip fare, including admissicn to the
game, will be 75 cts.
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——Two young men bave been endeavor-
ing to flim-flam Clearfield county mer-
chants recently with the old ‘‘confusing
change'’ racket. They go into a storeand,
after making a five or ten cent purchase,
they tender a bill in payment of same.
After the clerk has counted out their change
to them they recall that they have a
nickle or a dime and prefer not to hreak
their bill, then they pay for the purchase
with the small coin and receive their biil
back, but in returning the change given
them for it they try to retain a part of it.
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——The Tyrone shoe factory, the one
our astute (?) citizens turned down, ship-
ped Wednesday last to the Soldiers’ Home,
near Dayton, Ohio, 1,600 pairs of shoes,
being the first invoice of the 30,000 pairs
contracted for with the United States gov-
ernment to be manufactured and delivered
within six months, commencing October
15th, 1899. Hereafter the factory will turn
out on this contract alone 200 pairs daily,
aside from its other large orders from other
quarters, to enable it to manufacture and
deliver at the average rate of 5,000 pairs
per month. Experts who have scen and
examined the consignment say that they
were of excellent quality and fine make.
POINTS FOR LocAL Foor BALL ENTHU-
s1asts.—Bellefonte had the first foot ball
game of the season last Saturday afternoon
when the Academy eleven met the Altoona
High school team on the “Meadow.”
Last year these two teams played a tie
game acd while a good contest was expect-
ed on Saturday the Academy boys did not
feel sanguine, because they are weakened,
this year, by the absence of Cummings and
Henderson, the stars of last year’s team.
They put up a hard game, however, and
fought every inch of the ground with the
visitors.
In the first half Kelley dropped a pretty
field goal from the 35yd line and that was
the only score made; the half closing with
the ball in the Academy’s possession on the
Altoona 20yd line.
In the second half Farabaugh secured the
ball and ran the entire length of the field
for a touch down, from which they failed
to kick a goal; leaving the score 10 to 0 in
favor of the visitors.
Had the victory heen one of a purely
local team the news that State had defeat-
ed West Point by the score of 6 to 0 could
not have created more elation in this place
than it did on Saturday night. While the
local admirers of the blue and white had
figured it out that State would give a good
account of herself on the gridiron this fall
it was hardly expected that she would be-
gin to show her supremacy so early and in
such unmistakable manner. To have de-
feated West Point means that the Centre
county team has done something that no
other team in the country has done, out-
side of the “Big Four’’ and Annapolis. It
is a victory that augurs well for the balance
of the season; since it shows to the State
team that they are not out of their class in
any of the big games they have scheduled
for this fall.
Hewitt, Cure and Miller were all injured
in the West Point game; the former having
had his ankle so badly wrenched that he
tarried in the University hospital in Phila-
delphia until ay when he re-
turned to the College. Owing to the num-
ber of cripples it was thought that the
Washington and Jefferson game scheduled
for today would have to be canceled, but
it was not done and the finest game of the
season will be witnessed on Beaver field this
afternoon.
The visitors are the strongest College
team in Western Pennsylvania or Ohio and
while they are not expected to win to-day
they might carry a victory home with them;
especially since State will put in a number
of substitutes in order to save the regulars
for the games with Princeton and Annapo-
lis next week.
The W. and J. team, with a large crowd
of rooters, arrived yesterday afternoon and
are quartered at the Brockerhoff house.
They are a husky looking lot of fellows
and will more than likely put up a fierce
game.
The game will be called at 3 o’clock. A
special train will leave here at 1:30, the
round trip fare being 75cts, including ad-
mission to the game.
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A CENTRE COUNTY REUNION IN THE
WEST. —Last Sunday there was a family
reunion at the home of Hiram W. Baker,
1320 East 13th St., DesMoines, Iowa, at
which the entire twelve children were pres-
ent. It was the first reunion in ten years
and inasmuch as all but one of them were
born at Howard, this county, the gather-
ing will be of interest to many of our read-
ers.
The family is considerably scattered and
the reunion was an occasion of great pleas-
ure and enjoyment. Death has never in-
vaded the ranks of this happy family and
the grandchildren approximate 30. The
names of the sons and daughters present on
Sunday and seated at the dinner table with
the father presiding at the head, while the
mother took her place at the foot, are:
S. W. Baker, deputy city auditor of Des
Moines; J. M. Baker, of Capital Park; Mrs.
C. LE. Barnard, of Oskaloosa; J. S. Baker, of
Mason City; Mrs. S. P. Arnold, of Clarke
county; Ed. M. Baker, mail carrier of Des
Moines; Charles W. Baker, of Pender, Ne-
braska;;Mrs. W. T. White,of Capital Park;
Irvin C. Baker, of Capital City laundry;
Harry M. Baker, bookkeeper McCormick
machine company; George G. Baker, with
Duplex type-writer company.
The oldest is 49 and the youngest 28,
Hiram W. Baker is 72 and his wife 70 years
of age. The children, with the exception
of George, the youngest, were all born near
Howard, and removed to Iowa in 1869, lo-
cating in Warren county. They have lived
since that time in the vicinity of Norwalk,
Cummings, and in Des Moines. George
was born in Cummings.
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‘WON THE GOLD MEDAL.—Geo. H. Smull
agent for the New York life insurance
company in this district, naturally feels a
little elated over a trophy that came to
him a few days ago from his home office. It
is a beautiful gold medal awarded to him
for having done the largest volume of busi-
ness for his company, in six specified
months, of any agent in Pennsylvania.
The medal is in the shape of a four leaf
clover in Roman gold on which is a minia-
ture of the dome of the home office
in relief. It is hung from an enamel-
ed bar and makes a very pretty trinket,
aside from its business significance to Mr.
Smull.
We congratulate him cn the success he
has had in the insurance work.
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Very valuable deposits of fire clay
have been found within the past few days
on the Hugh MelIntire tract, along Cold
Stream, back of Philipsburg. The prospect-
ing is being done hy the Philipsburg Coal
and Land Co.
——Daniel Krader has bought the old
Glasgo property in Coburn.
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——The Harter Bros. have bought the
Michael Korman farm and timberland
near Coburn at a cost of $3,500.
——C. A. Weaver has done away with
‘old Frank’ as the motive power for his
grain elevators at Coburn and has substi-
tuted a gas engine.
——Cards are out announcing the ap-
proaching marriage of Miss Irene Edwilda,
daughter of Mr. Henry J. Heinz, of Pitts-
burg, to Mr. John L. Given, formerly of
Bellefonte, but now of New York. The
ceremony will be performed at the resi-
dence of the bride’s father, Tuesday even-
ing, October 24th, at 7 o’clock. Mr. Given
is very well known here, the place of his
birth, and his friends will be glad to learn
that his bride-elect is one of Pittsburg’s
most charming and wealthiest girls.
News Purely Personal.
—John M. Dale Esq., was in Baltimore a few
days this week on legal business.
—Joseph D. Mitchell was home from Lewistown
to spend Sunday with his parents in this place.
—Mr. and Mrs. Thos. A. Shoemaker were pas-
sengers for Philadelphia on one of the Monday
morning trains.
—Henry Sands, of north Allegheny street, spent
Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Fredericka Winner,
in Lock Haven.
— Mrs. Sue Woodin, of east Bishop street, went
to Philadelphia on Tuesday, to spend the winter
with her niece, Mrs. Myrtle Sikes.
—William Pealer Esq., one of the retired citi-
zens and most prominent Democrats of Gregg
township, was in town yesterday.
—Dr. John F. Alexander, of Centre Hall, was
in town Tuesday afternoon. The fine weather
doubtless tempted him to drive over.
—Hon. J. W. Simonton, president judge of the
Dauphin courts, spent Sunday in town with his
daughter, Mrs. Gilbert A. Beaver.
—DMiss Marion Milliken departed for Philadel-
phia, on Tuesday afternoon. She intends mak-
ing quite a long visit in the Quaker city.
—Mrs. H. 8. Cooper, with her daughter Emaline
went to Johnstown, Tuesday afternoon, to [visit
Mrs. Cooper’s father, Mr. John Morris.
—Miss Marie Roder returned to her home in
Baltimore on Monday. She had been the guest
of Mrs. Thomas A. Shoemaker for the summer.
—James L. Hamill Esq., of Welsh, W. Va,
who had spent Sunday at “Burnham” as the
guest of Miss Caroline Valentine, left on Tuesday
morning.
—Miss Vinette Burrows, of Baltimore, who was
the guest of the Misses Armor, of east Linn street,
left for her home in the Oriole city on Monday
afternoon.
—Col. W. IV. Reeder, of the firm of Reeder and
Quigley, is in Pittsburg attending to some cases
he has before the Supreme court in session there
this week.
—Wilbur F. Harris, editor and publisher of the
News, is off on a trip to Philadelphia, where he
was a guest at the Kunkle-Emerick wedding
yesterday afternoon.
—Mrs. James K. Barnhart, of north Thomas
street, with her children Martha and Philip,
started for Punxsutawney, on Saturday, for a two
weeks visit with her parents there.
—Ira D. Garman, of Philadelphia, was a Sunday
visitorin town, He came up to spend the day
with his father, whose condition is such as to
give every little hope for a full recovery.
—DMiss Ella Twitmire has gone to Philadelphia
to enjoy two weeks with Miss Theresa Peters. On
her way home she will stop at Millersville, for an
extended stay with her sister Mrs. Pickle.
—Miss Emma Montgomery, daughter of post-
master W. W. Montgomery, went to Philipsburg,
on Saturday, to spend a week with her relatives,
the Lingles and Lukenbachs in that place,
—Charles Wilson, the veteran train dispatcher
of the Pennsylvania railroad at Altoona, was in
town on Monday, to attend the funeral of Mr. W.
S. Tripple. Mr. Wilson is Mrs. Tripple’s brother.
—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Keller, of Virginia, spent
Sunday at the home of Harry Keller Esq., on east
Linn street. They had been up in Centre county
visiting relatives about the old Keller home at
Boalsburg.
—James I. Keller, of Centre Hall, was in town
on Wednesday on his way home from a business
trip to Clearfield county. He reports business as
flourishing over about Clearfield and says he
would not be surprised to see it become one of
the most active towns in Pennsylvania ere long.
—Will Walker, of Chadd’s Ford, Chester coun-
ty, who had been here for a few days with his
brother, John S. Walker, left for his home on
Tuesday. He is in the grain and implement busi.
ness now at Chadd’s Ford, having given up his
position on the Philadelphia Times, because of his
health.
—Our old friend William Lyons was up from
Howard on Tuesday on a mission that had busi-
ness and politics both mixed up in it. While he
is very much crippled with rheumatism just now
he is still able to get about. and is actively in-
terested in the success of the Democratic county
ticket this fall.
—B. F. Fisher, of Philadelphia, constructing
engineer for the General Electric Co., was in
town between trains on Tuesday. Frank was a
member of the class of '96 at The Pennsylvania
State College and in his day was one of the most
famous guards who ever donned the blue and
white.
—Miss Mary Butts arrived at her home in this
place Saturday night, after having been away for
several months at Winber, where she is assisting
her brother Walter in the management of the
new hotel in that hustling new coal town. She
tarried here only until Monday morning, when
whe went on to Philadelphia to visit her sister,
Mrs. W. F. Reber.
—John D. Long, of Philipsburg, was in town on
Wednesday on a purely business mission. Of
course he found time to talk polities a little, but
his real business was to secure a number of
leases of properties on the Alleghenies near the
Black Moshannon where he is going to put down
a number of test wells for oil and gas. Mr. Long
is quite sanguine of makinga success with the
prospecting.
—John F. Garner, of State College, was in town
on Wednesday closing up a deal whereby he be-
comes owner of the implements and stock former-
ly belonging to Newell McCalmont, who was
farming the Hoy farm near that place. John was
quite pleased with his purchase and intends set-
ting up a home tor himself at once. He is a prac
tical fellow and knows all about farming, so that
he can be looked to, to make a success of it.
—Mrs. Edward R. Chambers arrived home,
Thursday, from Pittsburg, where she had been
visiting for a week while her husband attended
to his official work of looking over the accounts
of the institutions aided by the State in Western
Pennsylvania. Ie has sixty-seven institutions
on his list and he is expected to report their
financial condition twice a year but he hustles
and is not absent from his law practice here
more than two weeks at a time. . !
Wi. I. SwooPE EsQ., MARRIED.—The
Bellefonte friends of W. I. Swoope Esq.,
will be interested in the following clipping
from a Clearfield paper of last week:
William I. Swoope Esq., and Miss Elizabeth
Hartswick, two of Clearficld’s most promi-
nent young people, were united in the holy
bonds of matrimony by Rev. J. M. Waddell,
of the Presbyterian church, at the home of
the bride’s mother, on Second street, Wednes-
day afternoon, Sept. 4th, 1899, in the presence
of the immediate relatives of the contracting
parties. Mr. Swoope is one of Clearfield’s
leading young attorneys and a young man of
promise, while his bride is one of the most
attractive and charming young ladies of the
town. The young couple start out in life
with very bright prospectsand their legion
of friends unite in wishing them health,
wealth and happiness.
They left on the 7:13 P. BR. R. train for an
extended wedding tour and will be at home
to their friends after Oct. 16th.
Mr. Swoope will be remembered as a
practitioner at the Centre county bar sever-
al years ago. And was also quite promi-
nent in local Republican polities. His bride
is a relative of the Centre county family of
Hartswicks.
—— Os.
JUST As PREDICTED.—Last Friday the
WATCHMAN stated that in all probability
Lt. Chas. Taylorand Serg. Philip Garbrick,
of Co. B, 5th Reg. N. G. P. would that
night receive deserved promotions at the
hands of their comrades. The resignation
of Lt. Geo. L. Jackson left 2 1st lieutenancy
vacant and 2nd Lieut. Taylor was elected
to fill it and then 1st Serg. Garbrick was
elected to fill the vacancy caused hy Lt.
Taylor’s promotion.
The election was conducted hy Adj. W.
Fred Reynolds, of the 5th, assisted by Lt.
and Surg. R. G. H. Hayes. After it was
over Adj. Reynolds made a speech of con-
gratulation to the men for the wisdom in
having selected men who had been tried
from the ranks up. Lieuts. Taylor and
Garbrick spoke in return and then Cap’t.
Hugh 8. Taylor put the men through their
regular drill.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Following is the
list of marriage licenses granted by or-
phan’s court clerk, G. W. Rumberger, dur-
ing the past week:
David Philips and Elizabeth Richards,
both of Chester Hill, Clearfield county.
Daniel C. Murphy, of Philipsburg, and
Maggie Nolan, of Bellefonte.
John M. Motter, of Philipsburg, and
Minerva Stine, of South Philipsburg.
Ira Condo and Bertha M. Kerlin, both of
Walker.
John H. Cole and Mary I. Robbins, both
of Philipsburg.
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FELL DowN STAIRS AND Brokr HIs
NECK.—The venerable Elijah Sharp, aged
65 years, fell down the stairs of his home
at Curtins Works on Friday night and
broke his neck. He lingered only a few
hours after the accident.
Deceased was a veteran of the civil war
and the later years of his life were spent as
a huckster. A widow with several children
survive him. Interment was made at Cur-
tin’s on Monday.
—— lO en.
DEDICATION.—Nothing preventing the
United Evangelical church at Snow Shoe In-
tersection will be dedicated to the service
of God on the coming Sunday, Oct. 15th.
There will be a service the Saturday even-
ing previous, Sunday at 10:30, a. m., and
7:00 p. m. Rev. S.P. Remer, presiding
elder, Lewisburg; Rev. J. A. Hollenbaugh,
Altoona; and Rev. J. Womelsdorf, Belle-
fonte, will be present.
A cordial invitation is extended to the
friends to attend all these services.
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BRIGHT Boy WANTED.--An ambitious,
bright boy is wanted at this office to learn
job printing and press work.
Philecdelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red coir inchs siineserens seiens enn 721 ,@73Y4
¢“ —No. 2 wo. 6815@6917
Corn —Yellow . eal]
¢ —Mixed 36@3714
ORES rims sraesrisnsritnsiss 20L,@32
Flour— Winter,
¢ —Penna. Roller..
*¢ —Favorite Brand.
Rye Flour Per Br'l
. 2.25@2.40
. 3.10@3.20
3.85@4.50
3.30@3.35
Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 13.00@16.00
6 “h 6 Mixed “
. 12.50@13.50
. 7.00@14.00
Bellefonte Grain Marked.
Corrected weekly by the Puexsix Minring Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
press:
Red Wheat, old 69
Red wheat, new. 67
Rye, per bushel..... 40
Corn, shelled, per bushel 35
Corn, ears, per bushel... 30
Oats, per bushel, new .. 25
Barley, per bushel....... 40
Ground Plaster, per ton.. 8 50
Buckwheat, per bushel .ceoviineeiineeeennreennnnns 25
Cloverseed, per bushel.... $4 00 to $6 90
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
vesres 40
° 7 os 50
gs, per dozen. 18
Lor per pound. 7
Country Shoulders. ‘ 6
Sides...... ‘ 6
Hams.. . 10
Tallow, per pound.. . 3
Butter, Per PoUNd.....c...versvivireiisissrvsdusenssens o 20
The Democratic Watchman.
Published every Friday morning, in Bellefonte,
Pa., at §1.50 per annum (if paid strictly in advance)
$2.00, when not paid in advance, and 82.50 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 :
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Quarter Column (5 inche 12 20 | 30
alf Column (10 inches +20 135, 53
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Advertisements in special column
additional.
Transient advs. per line, 3 insertions........... 20 cts.
Each additional insertion ."
Local notices, per line..
Business notices, per line..
Job Printing of every kin neatness
and dispatch, The WaArcumAN 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
25 per cent.