Democratic Watdpor
Bellefonte, Pa., Dec. I, 1899.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——Conrad Lesh, of Zion, has been
granted a patent on a seat clamp.
——Joseph Miller, of Rebersburg, re
cently killed a hog that dressed 450
pounds.
——William Daley has moved back to
Bellefonte and is now occupying one of the
Hoover houses on east Curtin street.
——There was an exceptionally large
number of people in town during the fore
part of the week in attendance at court.
——1It would be a great source of satis-
faction to us if as many of our sabscribers
as possible would settle up between this
time and Christmas.
——Leroy Scholl, of Williamsport, who
has played guard on State’s team for three
years, has been elected captain of the next
year’s foot-ball team.
—— Four extra express cars were used on
the Lewishurg branch this week to carry
the large shipments of poultry to the east-
ern markets for the Thanksgiving trade.
——Runs of 140 tons of metal have been
the average at the Bellefonte furnace dur-
ing the past ten days. Wonderful! Such
a yield from a furnace with a guaranteed
capacity of only 100 tons.
——The Putnam concert at the College
next Friday right will be one of the most
entertaining events of the year at that in-
stitution. As a harpist Miss Putnam has
few equals and her performances are rarely
artistic.
——ZElmer Heverly, the eldest son of
Mrs. Charles Heverly, of Pine street, is ill
with typhoid fever at Puuxsutawney,
where he has been employed for some
time. Mrs. Heverly and Gus, of the
Powers Shoe Co., went out to see him on
Saturday afternoon.
——The rumor that was current to the
effect that Harry Yeager would leave the
Mingle shoe store and, in partnership with
Jos. Fauble, open a store in the Reynolds
bank building, next to Kurtz’s, bas turned
out to Le nothing more than a rumor. The
young men had such a business notion in
their heads, but have given it up.
——If any of our sister towns are book-
ed by Cox's comedians, playing ‘‘A man of
Affairs,”’ we want to say that seldom has a
peorer show been seen in this place than
they gave here last Friday night. It was
80 poor as to become ridiculous and the few
people who stayed to the finish did so only
because they thought somebody ought to
stay to keep the actors (?) company.
—— Matilda Shearer, an eighteen year old
daughter of Tom Shearer, who lives along
the pike, south of the Empire iron works,
attempted -suicide Tuesday morning by
taking laudanum. She made a mistake in
the dose, however, and, taking too much,is
still alive. It is said that her ma reproach-
ed her for receiving the attentions of a young
gentleman not in her set and the tender
hearted creature preferred death to a life
without her knight.
The impression made by the news-
paper statements of the withdrawal of the
government store keeper from the bonded
ware house at Pleasant Gap, that there was
no more whiskey for sale at that distillery
is wrong. There is plenty of the oldest
and purest liquor to be found anywhere,
still on hand there and for sale at prices
that most people pay for 2 much inferior
grade. Application to either Mr. Mulfinger
at Pleasant Gap, or to Mr. Gotlieb Haag,
at this place, will insure full informaticn
as to both age and prices.
Word has been received here that
Harry Johnson has so far recovered that he
will be able to be home in about two weeks.
He has been in a Pittsburg hospital ever
since the big reception out there to the
Tenth regiment. He fell from a ladder at
that time, injuring his feet and lower legs
so that it was thought he would never be
able to walk again. The worst fears have
not been realized, however, for after hav-
ing had his feet in plaster of paris jackets
for months he is able to stand on pillows
now and may walk again ere long.
While down appraising the Barger
property at Curtin’s Works one day last
sveek sheriff Cronister drove in onto the
barn floor to get his team out of the rain.
“Tying his horses there he proceeded to the
thoeuse to attend to his official duties and
when he returned he was surprised to find
one of them had fallen through the rotten
floor. Nothing but its head was sticking
out and what at first looked like a danger-
ous catastrophe turned out to be nothing
more than an exciting incident, for as soon
as the other horse was unhooked and the
buggy run away the imprisoned mare
struggled out of her predicament with not
as much as a scrateh.
—-0n Wednesday afternoon Al 8. Gar-
man, with the advance man of a repertoire
show that will play here next week, were
in town; having made the trip from Tyrone
in an automobile. The horseless vehicle is
the property of the showand it is used as
an advertising feature. Instead of being
ran by electricity, as the more expensive
ones are, it is propelled by steam generat-
ed by gasoline fuel. They made the run
of 33 miles from Tyrone in four hours, which
was very good, considering the muddy con-
dition of the roads. The gentlemen left
here to return at 4 o’clock and made better
time on the run back.
KILLED BY THE CARS AT THE EMPIRE
IRON WoRKS.—A few minutes before six
o'clock Monday evening one of the most
shocking accidents that has occurred about
Bellefonte for some time happened in the
yard of the Empire iron works.
Simon Ripka, whose home was at Centre
Hall, was walking up along the tracks to
meet Wm. Swarmer, one of the hosses, from
whom he was hopeful of getting a job. No.
1 engine, James Miller Jr., engineer, and
Edward Young, fireman, was doing the
shifting in the yard at the time and was
at that moment getting ready to pole a car
of metal out of the siding leading into the
casting house. The engine was on the
main track and when young Ripka was
noticed advancing towards it several warn-
ing blasts were given by the whistle. He
stepped from the track but the engineer
had no idea that he had made the fatal
mistake of stepping from in front of the
engine right in front of the car that was
being pushed at its side, until his agonizing
cries were heard. The engine and car were
stopped as soon as possible, but it was too
late, as the car had passed clear over the
unfortunate young man and he was lying
between the rails and the casting house
wall.
He was picked up and carried into one
of the Standard scale works buildings,
where he remained until he died about
8:30 that evening. Dr. Hayes was called,
but when he arrived there was no pulse
perceptible and he realized that nothing
could be done to save the life. Both legs
were crushed to a pulp from above the
knees to the hips and the left arm was cut
off at the shoulder. Notwithstanding the
terrible injuries Ripka was conscious to the
last and recognized his father, who had
hurried here from Centre Hall and arrived
just fifteen minutes before his boy died.
The young man had left his home that
afternoon about 2 o’clock and came over
here in search of work, against his father’s
wishes. He realized that he had been dis-
obedient and sought forgiveness before he
died. The body was taken to the Harris
undertaking rooms, where it was prepared
for burial and sent over to Centre Hall on
the 2:15 train Tuesday.
The unfortunate was the only child of
Jacob and Caroline Ripka. The mother
died when Simon was quite young, leaving
him without the tender ministrations that
might have made his life different. He
was sent to the Lloydsville orphan school,
where he remained until he was sixteen
and had been at home three years. Inter-
ment was made at Centre Hall on Wed-
nesday afternoon.
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ANOTHER ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING. —
There has been an exceedingly large num-
ber of accidental shootings in the woods
this fall. Every day some sad fatality or
narrow escape of a hunter with his gun is
reported and that’ they should be on the
increase is strange, when it is considered
that everyone ought to realize the impor-
tance of taking the greatest care with fire-
arms of any sort.
John G. Strayer, of Gatesburg, is the
latest victim and while it was next toa
miracle that he was not killed he will
carry a mark about with him for life as an
ever present reminder that too much care
can not be taken.
He was out with a party of hunters last
week, near Jack Nason’s camp, on Six
Mile run, and on Thursday morning they
had started off on a chase. Shortly after
Strayer had reached what was to be his
station the rest of the party heard a gun
shot and knowing that it could scarcelyf
have been at game they divined that he had
met with an accident and closed in on him.
Their worst fears were realized, for they
found him lying by a log with the blood
oozing from a bullet hole in his chin.
‘When he had recovered enough to explain
it, it was learned that he had been stand-
ing on a log with his gun at his side, the
butt resting near his feet. Suddenly the
weapon slipped down so that the hammers
scraped along the log and discharged the
gun. The ball went under Strayer’s cloth-
ing about the abdomen, burned the skin
along his entire bedy and entered the head
under the chin, coming out again at the
top of his head.
Strange to say the wound was not fatal
and he was taken to his home, where he is
now on a fair road to recovery.
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THE FOWLER BARNS BURNED. —Few
travelers on the Bald Eagle valley have
failed to observe the fine barn and numer-
ous white outbuildings that made the
Fowler farm, at Fowler station, look more
like a village than a single farmer’s home.
Six of them were burned last Thursday
night. The large barn, sheep stable, wagon
and corn shed, hog pen, chicken house,
cow stable and tool house made up the list
of buildings that were destroyed.
The property was owned by Mrs. A. F.
Francine, of Philadelphia, and was valued
at about $8,000 on which there is only
$3,500 insurance. D. H. Beck, the tenant,
lost most of his stock and implements and
all of the grain and feed in the barn. Ow-
ing to the fact that of late numerous thefts
have been perpetrated at the barns and
that several times the thieves were driven
off at the point of a pistol itis believed
that the fire was the work of one the men
whom Mr. Beck shot at.
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ANOTHER TIMBER TRACT SoLD.—Mrs.
Frances Knoche, of Harrisburg, has just
sold the timber on a 300 acre tract of land
that she owns near Gatesburg, in this coun-
ty, to Albert M. Brown, the Pennsylvania
Furnace lumber operator. The considera-
tion was $4,000 and that the bargain was a
good one for Brown is shown by the fact
that he has been offered $5,000 for it al-
ready. Mr. Brown has operations at Penna.
Furnace, Reedsville and Bayard, W. Va.
——J. Irv. Hagerman, of Lock Haven,
well known here, is ill will scarlet fever.
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——Altoona has a case of small-pox. H.
C. Barr, an electrician in the Juniata shops,
is the victim.
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—— Within the last week S. W. Sig-
mund, of Salona, has lost two fresh Jersey
cows, valued at $50 each. They are sup-
posed to have been poisoned.
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——Remember that if your subscription
expires before Jan. 1st. You must have your
remittance bere before that time if you
want to get the WATCHMAN another year
for a dollar.
——Will Garman is smiling and smiling
all because of a new boy at his home on
Linn street. He is only a week old, but
from present indications his voice is going
to be wonderful.
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——On Friday evening, December 8th,
Miss Effie Douglass Putnam, the celebrated
barpist will give a concert at the College.
She will be assisted by the College glee
and mandolin clubs.
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——The price of all kinds of paper has
gone up from ten to forty per cent, but we
are not going to increase the price of the
WATCHMAN. It will remain $1 a year to
those who pay in advance.
cereal
—— Groceryman Harry Emery, of Phil-
ipsburg, has an apple that is thirteen
years old. He picked it from one of the
treesin the yard of James G. Blaine’s home,
at Augusta, Me., and has preserved it with
cloves.
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——The attempt of the citizens of Phil-
ipshurg to raise enough money by popular
subscription to buy a lot onto which to
move the Reliance fire company’s building
having failed, the town council took it up,
on Monday night, and decided to make the
purchase itself.
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——The United States transport ‘‘Thom-
as,’’ on which are so many Bellefonte boys,
touched at Port Said, Egypt, on Sunday.
Besides carrying the Forty-seventh Inf. the
““Thomas'’ has aboard twenty-five women
nurses and many Christmas boxes for the
soldiers in the field.
——Our highly esteemed old friend Davy
Kochler was in town, on Wednesday, the
first in a long time. He had broken down
with the drudgery of peddling and his frail
body refused to bear the pack any longer.
Happily, Davy is better now and we hope
he may continue in the enjoyment of good
health.
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Joseph D. Harris, the eldest son of
Mrs. Rachel Harris, of Curtin street, has
been promoted by the P. R. R. Co. to the
responsible position of assistant superinten-
dent of locomotives for the lines west of
Pittsburg, with headquarters at Ft. Wayne,
Ind. Quite a plum for.one as young as
Joe, but he merited it, you can rest as-
sured.
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———The Bellefonte Central’s extension
to Scotia having heen completed large ship-
ments of ore are being hauled over that
line every day to the furnaces in this place.
From twenty to thirty cars a day is the
output of the mines and it all comes over
the Bellefonte Central now instead of being
shipped around by Tyrone. The increased
business has put new life into the old road.
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——The most economical feature in the
commercial world to-day is the long dis-
tance telephone. No business or profes-
sional man can afford to be without tele-
phone service when all its advantages are
taken into consideration. The new rates
have made thousands of new subscribers,
and an inquiry of the telephone manager
will get you all information cencerning
telephone service.
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——Adam Stover, aged 56 years, died
rather suddenly last Friday night, at
Coburn, from the effects of paralysis. He
had been suffering with it for several years,
but was better recently so it was thought
he would recover. The day before his death
he had been butchering for Emanuel Rote.
Interment was made at Aaronsburg, Tues-
day morning. Rev. Brown, of the Reform-
ed church, officiated.
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A SPRING THAT FLOWS ON SCHEDULE
TiME.—Out along Marsh Creek, on the old
Robert Gunsallus farm, are two springs.
The one flows on and on, as any well or-
dered spring ought to flow, but its com-
panion, which is only sixty feet distant,
has for years acted so strangely as to olass
it among nature’s greatest freaks.
The flow from the one spring has never
been known to dry up, while that from the
other ceases every morning at 9 o’clock and
it remains stagnant until 4 o’clock in the
evening, when the stream of crystal water
gushes forth again and ripples away until
9 the next morning.
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GETTING READY TO BEGIN AT THE
SHIRT FACTORY.—Had the superintendent
of the machinery to be erected arrived on
Wednesday, as was expected, the new
shirt factory would probably have been in
operation on Monday. Mr. E. G. Witters,
the owner of the plant, has come with his
family and is now located in the old Fos-
ter property, on Water street.
The work of setting up the machinery
has been begun and in a few days the first
list of girls will be ordered to report for
work. They expect to begin with twenty-
five and then increase the number of opera-
tives until a full working force is secured
for the factory. John C. Miller, who has
been one of the principal promoters, has
one hundred and ninety girls on the wait-
ing list, but only such of them will be se-
lected as have had some experience in sew-
ing.
Miss MARION PETRIKEN.—One of the
best known and honored women of the
town died at her home, on High street,
last Thursday night of acute Bright's dis-
ease. She had not been well for several
weeks but with her usual energy did not
give up her work in the school room ’til
ten days before her death. Then her
friends at once realized the seriousness of
ber condition and while they did not antici-
pate so sudden a termination of her life
they were not wholly unprepared.
The only daughter of Hon. James M.
and Elizabeth Wallace Petriken she was
the last representative of that once promi-
nent and well known family. Her father,
who was elected to the Legislature from
this county when only twenty-two years of
age, was recognized at the time of his
death, which occurred April 6th, 1838,
when he was only thirty-seven years of
age, as one of the ablest and most brilliant
lawyers of the Centre county bar. Shortly
after that time his widow, Mrs. Petriken,
and their two children moved from their
home on Allegheny street, now the resi-
dence of L. T. Munson, to the little house
on High street which will ever be affection-
ately associated with the name Petriken
and which all these years was a haven of
comfort and peace to them until, one by one,
they were carried from it to their last rest-
ing place. The son Hardman Philip dis-
tinguished himself in the civil war. He
was a lieutenant of Co. E, 5th Penn. Res.,
and was killed near Sharpsburg, Md., Sep-
tember 16th, 1862. The finding of his
sword and the restoration of it, several
years ago, to his sister, Miss Marion, by
Major Robbins of the Confederate army
was one of the most enjoyable events the
G. A. R. has ever celebrated here. Mrs.
Petriken died about fourteen years ago and
since then Miss Petriken has occupied the
house alone with her one maidi: She had
almost lived the allotted life of man, but
did it so unselfishly and usefully that she
had no time toget old. Intelligent, bright
and earnestly conscientious she was a wom-
an of unusual ability and sincere motives.
Devoted and loving to her mother, consid-
erate and affectionate to her friends and al-
ways thoughtful and ambiticus for her
scholars her life was full and noble. She
possessed, as few women do, or men either
for that matter, the power to theorize and
to accomplish with equal sagacity. Her
little private school has been in existence
for almost half a century—she was scarcely
fifteen when she began to teach—and to-
day her benign influence and careful train-
ing is evident throughout the length and
breadth of the land. Many of her scholars
have won honor and recognition and the
solid foundation she helped them to build
for their intellect and morals will ever be
a constant blessing to them and an endur-
ing monument to her memory. Sympa-
thetic and gentle in disposition she was al-
ways interested in the poor and oppressed
dnd while qiiet and unassuming in manner
she was an active member of all the im-
provement and educational societies of the
town, as well as an earnest worker for the
Episcopal church.
* Then in addition to the memory of her
own gracious personality, her lovable
character and useful life she has left a sub-
stantial memorial to her name, by be-
queathing her property on High street to
the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
of which she was an ardent member. It is
to be a permanent home for the organiza-
tion cr benevolent purposes such as a li-
brary, music hall or ward home and never
to be sold. She was buried on Sunday
afternoon from St. John’s Episcopal church
with her rector, Rev. George T. Brown, of-
ficiating and a great number of her friends
attending. Beautiful flowers covered her
casket and she was carried to her final rest-
ing place in the old family plot in Union
cemetery by the younger generation of her
nearest kin, Frank Warfield, Wilbur F.
Harris, Hardman P. Harris, John P. Har-
ris, Jr., James H. Harris and John T.
Harris.
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DIED VERY SUDDENLY.—The death of
Mrs. L. B. McEntire, which ocenrred at
her home in Bush’s Addition about 6
o’clock Saturday evening, was sad as it was
sudden. She had been in her usual health
and though 68 years old was actively en-
gaged in her household duties; having just
been to the store for a few articles and then
went across the street to spend a few mo-
ments with a neighbor. On her return
home she stooped to rake the fire and in
doing so she must have bursted a blood
vessel for immediately there was a violent
hemorrhage from her mouth, which con-
tinued until she was dead, a very few mo-
ments later.
Mrs. McEntire's maiden name was
Nancy Houser. She was a daughter of the
late Martin Houser, once a prominent Unit-
ed Brethren preacher. She was born in
Houserville, Centre county, April 29th,
1831, making her age at time of ‘death 68
years, 6 months and 27 days. She leaves
to survive her besides her husband, the
following children: Dr. J. C.,"o6f Belle-
fonte; Dr. O. W., of Howard; Edward C.,
and Harry H., of Williamsport; Mrs. A.
B. Cowher, of Elizabeth, Pa., and Ella, at
home.
Mrs. McEntire was a lovely, christian
woman and for years had been 4! hlember
of the Methodist church. To her vefierable
husband with whom she had lived happily
for more than fifty years will go'the sym-
pathy of many friends about here and ‘along
the Buffalo Run, where they were known
so well. wi
Funeral services were conducted at the
home at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning by
Rev. Dr. Stephens, of the Methodist church,
after which the body was taken to Houser-
ville, where Rev. Runyan officiated at the
burial.
DIED AFTER THE OPERATION. — The
body of Mrs. Elizabeth Reeser was buried
in Philipsburg, on Sunday, after services
had been conducted at the home of Mrs.
Caroline Rumberger, where it had been
taken, by Rev. H. F. Means.
Mrs. Reeser died in Columbus, Ohio, on
Wednesday of last week. She had been
ill for a long time and the only hope for
her recovery was based on the operation
she underwent, but it proved more than
her frail constitution could withstand.
She was born in Benner township about
forty years ago. She is survived by three
sisters and one brother, viz: Mrs. Rum-
berger, Mrs. Ephriam Mechtley, of Fill-
more; Mrs. Reuben Eckley, of Woodland,
and Samuel Homan, of Port Matilda.
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News Purely Personal.
—Robert Mann, of Mill Hall, left for Eustis,
Florida, on Tuesday, where he will spend the
winter.
—Mrs. John H. Orvis and her daughter, Miss
Caroline, left for Philadelphia Friday, for a three
weeks visit in that city and Jenkintown.
—Al. 8. Garman, proprietor of the Garman
house at Tyrone, was in town to spend Sunday
with his father, who, we are glad to say, is some-
what improved in health.
—Commissioner-elect Philip Meyer was in town
on Tuesday filing his bond and getting things in
shape to be sworn in next month, He says things
went away up at his sale on Saturday.
—Oliver Alexander, a son of James Alexander,
of Centre Hall, was in town a while on Saturday
and compared notes with the writer on the mis-
fortune (?) of being the only boy in a large family
of girls.
—Mrs. W. H. Galway, nce Miss Lydia Harris, of
Radford, Va., with her two little children, Marie
Louise and Stanley, arrived in town on Friday
evening and will spend the winter at the Harris
home on Howard street.
—Coroner-elect Dr. W. U. Irwin, of Julian, was
in town on Saturday attending to a little business
and talking school and polities. Dr. Irwin is
very much interested in the public schools of the
county and loses no opportunity to improve his
mind along educational lines.
—Auditor-elect John H. Beck, of Nittany, was
in town on Wednesday, the first time since his
election. He came up to get a line on what his
new duties will involve and 1t is not out of place
here to say that the tax-payers of the county can
rest assured that both he and Mr. Tibbens will
be faithful and judicious in the performance of
their important duties.
—M. J. Kelly, one of the Kelly brothers coal
operators at Snow Shoe, dropped in for a call
Tuesday evening, by way of killing a little time
while in town on business. The coal operators
are the people who are making the money these
days and we hope the Kelleys are getting their
share of it, for they have worked themselves up
from the pick and deserve all the good things
that are coming.
—IL Newton Gordon Esq., of Juneau, Alaska, ar-
rived in Bellefonte, Tuesday morning, and will
spend the winter among friends at his old home
here. He has been in Alaska for about two years
in the capacity of resident manager of the “Last
Chance” gold mining properties and while he has
many stories to tell of the husky fellows and their
rustling life up there he doesn’t look a bit as
though the hardships of it had disagreed with
him.
—Dr. Geo. W. Chalsant, of Pittsburg, spent
Sunday at the home of Gen. and Mis. James A.
Beaver, on Curtin street. He was a‘ classmate of
Gen. Beaver at Washington and Jefferson college
and has risen to eminence in the Presbyterian
church. He was moderator of the late Presbyter-
ian Synod and has spent several years traveling
in China, where two of his sons are missionaries.
Dr. Chalsant spoke in the Presbyterian church
here, both morning and evening, Sunday.
—Former Governor and Mrs. D. H. Hastings
entertained quite a notable party of Harrisburg
folks over Sunday. They were Mr. and Mrs, W.
J. Calder, Mr, and Mrs. A. J. Dull, Mr. and Mrs.
Ehrman B. Mitchell, Mrs. Richard J. Halderman
and Mrs. W. O. Hickok. On Friday evening the
Hastings entertained in honor of their guests and
quite a number of their Bellefonte friends were
present. Saturday evening the entire party
drove down to the Nittany country club for sup-
per.
—That staunch old Democrat, Emanuel Eisen-
huth, of High Valley, down in Penn township,
where the good Democrats grow, was in town the
early part of the week attending court.
Part of his business here was to order the
WarcamaN sent to his daughter Clara who has
married and gone to Millroy to live. She is now
Mrs. Kulp and her father says he don’t think it
would be possible for her to keep house without
the WarcHMAN.
—’'Squire A. G. Archey, of Pine Grove, was in
town bright and early Monday morning ready to
file his bond for the office of register. He is re-
quired to give three separate bonds, aggregating
$18,500. Six of his friends up about home
cheerfully stand at his back and he is corres-
pondingly happy. He was complaining a little
about cold feet, but in our mind he oughtn’t to let
a little thing like that worry him until about the
time he has had about six years of the emolu-
ments of the register’s office.
—Supt. J. W. Gephari, of the Central, with
Mrs. Gephart and their daughter Elizabeth went
to Philadelphia Monday evening to spend Thanks-
giving there. Wallacs and Wilson came up from
Princeton to join them there and while it wasn’t
just the same as a Thanksgiving dinner at home
it was the best they could do under the heavy
business pressures that are on pere Gephart and
the collegiate duties of the boys. Mrs. Margaret
Wilson and Miss Blanche Hayes are in the city
for a ten days’ visit too. They went down on
Monday
—A quartet of Bellefonte business men were in
Brookville during the early part of the week, in at-
tendance at court there. They were prothono-
tary, M. I. Gardner, John P. Harris, Col. James
Coburn and Moses Montgomery. They were in-
terested in the suit of the First national bank of
this place against Rodgers, Brown & Co., of New
York, to recover on a protested note. The bank
got service on the iron brokers at Brookville, be-
cause they are operating a furnace there. The
suit is one of the legacies of the defunct Valen-
tine iron company.
—J. H. Miller, of Rock Springs, was in town on
Saturday. Mr. Miller was looking well, but a
slight limp led us to inquire whether the rheu-
matism was still bothering him and we were soon
informed that it was not rheumatism, but the re-
sult of a very fast ride he had recently. A horse
ran away with him and he was sticking to its
back with a desperation that must have been be-
gotten of a desire to beat John Gilping’ famous
ride When the frightened animal sped through
an open gate. It was a little too close for Mr.
Miller’s knees and while he didn’t say how many
revolutions he made in mid-air he was quite cer-
tain there were several of them and the next thing
he knew he was lying in the mud in the field
about twenty feet away. He laughed when he
told about the furrow he had scooped out and
most of the scoopings had gone down the back of
his neck. He was not seriously hurt, but an ugly
cut below one knee has given him trouble ever
since and it is the cause of his slight limp.
THE ACADEMY AND POTTS COLLEGE. —
The Bellefonte Academy and Potts college,
of Williamsport, foot ball elevens played
an exciting game here, on Saturday after-
noon. The home team demonstrated the
fact that they are good ones and might even
equal the D.C. & A. C. score against State,
should a game be arranged.
The first half resulted in noscore by eith-
er side and thus encouraged the Academy
boys started in the second half to win, if
possible. The dash they put into their game
fairly swept the Williamsporters off their
feet and before they realized it the Academy
bad rushed and battered its way from its
15yd line clear up to the Potts 5; where a
final rush was made and Joe Twitmire was
sent over the line forthe first touchdown.
Curtin failed at goal. Score, Academy, 5;
Potts college, 0.
Only four minutes remained in which to
play and the Academy was reasonably cer-
tain of keeping the visitors: from scoring in
that time, but a blocked kick gave them
the ball on the Academy 25yd line, from
which they carried it over; failing at goal
and leaving the score tie.
It was one of the best games seen in this
place for a long time and the pleasant part
of it was the superb system which the
Academy had developed in its play.
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STATE’S LAST GAME.— While The Penn-
sylvania State College foot-ball team didn’t
end its season mid a blaze of glory it did
mark its last appearance with an achieve-
ment not accomplished by any other team
in two years. Last Saturday the State
players made a touch-down on the famous
Duquesne athletic club team of Pittsburg
and made it by strategic foot-ball playing,
but most of the lustre was rubbed off the
solitary score by the ponderosity of figures
rolled up by the Pittsburgers. They made
64 points against State’s 5.
A very nice question arises from the re-
sult of this game. If State could score on
Duquesne from her 50yd. line, and do it
clean, why did she not score on Bucknell,
which team was 35 points weaker than
Duquesne when they played;in Pittsburg.
The combination of all star players who
are representing the Pittsburg club are
reputed to be the strongest in the country
and that State should score against them is
only the more convincing evidence to those
who saw the Williamsport game that the
result would have been different had their
been better judgment displayed in making
some of the plays.
ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED. — A
union gospel temperance meeting will be
held in the parlors of the Young Men's
Christian Association on Sunday afternoon,
at four o'clock. The meeting will be led
by Mr. Ed. Lucas, a converted coal miner
and a reformed drunkard. His life’s ex-
periences are certainly worth hearing. Last
Sunday he spoke to crowded houses in Ty-
rone. Every man, woman and child in
Bellefonte and vicinity is cordially invited
to attend.
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FOR THE THANKSGIVING ASSEMBLY AT
THE COLLEGE.—For the accommodation of
those desiring to attend the Thanksgiving
assembly in the armory at the College,
Friday evening, the Bellefonte Central will
ran a special train, leaving the High street
station at 7 o’clock and, returning, will
leave State College about 1 a. m. The fare
will be 75cts. for the round trip.
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BRIGHT Boy WANTED.—An ambitious,
bright boy is wanted at this office to learn
job printing and press work.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—DRed vw. iii in 60@70
¢“ —No. 2. ate 66@67
Corn —Yellow.. vs @41%4
«Mixed... = 8T3@3154
aieesersesseassaresreiries 31 32
Winter, Per B. raga
‘ —Penna. Roller. . 3.10@3.20
¢ —Favorite Brand 3.95@4.15
Rye Flour Per Br'l..... 3.30@3.45
Baled hay—Choice I’ 13.00@16.50
a 4 3d 13@14.50
EE a NR 7.00@15.00
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by the Pu@six MiLuing Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
press:
Red wheat, new 67
Rye, per bushel aor 40
Corn, shelled, per bushel... 35
Corn, ears, per bushel.... 30
Oats, per bushel, new. 25
Barley, per bushel....... 40
Ground Plaster, per ton. .. 850
Buckwheat, per bushel ....ccceeeceerivnreernnnnnnne.. 25
Cloverseed, per bushel... $4 00 to $6 90
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel 35.
Onions ss verve 50
s, per doze 22
iy per pound. %
Country Shoulde 6
Sides.. 6
Hams.... 10
Tallow, per pound. 3
Butter, per pound....
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Published every Friday morning, in Bellefonte,
Pa., at $1.50 per annum (if paid strictly in advance)
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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.
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