-of that concern to Lock Haven.
Dewan
Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. 19, 1900.
CorrEespoN DENTS.—No communications pub
ished unless accompanied by the real name of
the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
Mrs. Margaret Alexander is very ill
at her home on South Thomas street.
Revival services are in progress in
the Howard Evangelical church.
Lumberman W. R. Shope is reported
to be quite ill at his home on Half-moon
hill. :
——The Coleville and Zion bands, joint-
ly, will give a big dance in the armory on
Thursday evening, Feb. 22nd.
Christ Swartz, of this place, has
been granted an increase of pension. He
will get $12 per month hereafter.
——C. C. Bierly and Ed. Winters have
left Rebersburg to fill places they have se-
cured on Philadelphia trolley lines.
——Democratic county chairman J.
Kennedy Johnston has been confined to his
home on east Bishop street for the past ten
days.
Will Smith has purchased his brother
Clyde's interest in the Smith grocery in the
Arcade and henceforth will continue the
business alone.
Benjamin Bodle, of Buffalo-run,
has been granted an increase of pension of
$2 per month. He will now draw $8, in-
stead of $6 as formerly.
——Tell your friends that the WATCH-
MAN costs only $1 a year when paid in ad-
vance. There are lots of them who would
be benefited by just such information.
—— Adj. Gen. Stewart has denied that
there is any intention of mustering the
Fifth regiment out of service. A rumor to
such effect has been abroad for several
days.
——The C. M. Parker Concert Co. that
appeared at State College last Thursday
night, is reported to have been an ex-
ceptionally pleasing entertainment com-
bination.
Last Thursday evening a plesant af-
fair occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs,
John C. Miller. Their daughter, Agnes,
and Mr. Bernard A. Greene were united in
holy wedlock.
——DMrs. Joseph Holter has returned to
her home in this place, after a course of
treatment in the Lock Haven hospital.
She is very much improved in health and
speaks in the highest terms of the efficiency
of the Lock Haven institution.
— — The contest at the indoor rifle range
is growing quite interesting. This week’s
shoot ends Saturday night, Jan. 20th, at
11 o’clock. Up to this time Robert F.
Hunter has the highest score for the prize ;
his record being 28 out of a possible 30.
The men who made the closest
guesses on D. Y. Wagner’s monster 649 1b
hog, of which the WATCHMAN published
an account last week, were P. B. Wertz
and David Tressler. At least they are the
ones Mr. Wagner gives credit for the closest
figures.
—— “The Real Widow Brown’ will be
produced for the first time in this place on
Friday night, January 26th,. when one of
Scammon’s companies will present the suc-
cessful comedy at Garman’s. It is said to
be a wonderfully clever work and has made
a hit wherever produced.
—— On page 2 of this issue will be found
some very interesting notes of the Philip-
pines and the trials of the American soldier
there. They were taken from the diary of
Capt. E. W. McCaskey, formerly comman-
dant of the cadets at The Pennsylvania
State College, who is now serving with his
regiment in the Orient.
Rev. Runkle, of Hublersburg,
was one of the Centre county Reformed
ministers who, with Rev. T. Levan
Bickel, of this place, officiated during
the 25th anniversary services held in the
Lock Haven Reformed church. . Rev.
Runkle’s sermon, last Friday night, is
reported to have been a particularly able
one.
—— Mrs. John A. Woodward was very
seriously ill at her home at Howard last
week, in fact so much so that Col. Wood-
ward was called home from his institute
work for the State Board of Agriculture
..and remained at her bedside until Monday,
svhen she was so much better as to permit
~of Rig Jeaving for his work again.
On Friday Ellis L. Orvis Esq.,
president of the Commercial Telephone Co.,
was the first person to talk over the lines
A few
‘moments after the connections were effected
“with the new exchange in that place he
“rey talking to the operator there and mark-
ing the first step in the progress of the lo-
cal corporation in reaching the outside
world with its lines.
——While Andy Breeze, of this place,
who is one of the managers of the Cohansey
Glass Co., was at a Bridgeton, N. J., hotel,
on Saturday, Arthur Alan, a member of a
New York theatrical aggregation that was
stopping at the same hotel, stole three suits
of clothes and an overcoat from his room.
As soon as the clothes were missed a detec-
tive was put on the case with the result
that it was discovered that Alan had ex-
pressed a parcel to his own address in New
York. The parcel was overtaken by a
telegram ordering its recall and it was
found to contain the stolen clothes. The
actor, whose real name is Earnest Bost-
wick, gave as his motive that he was in
financial straits.
A SMALL-POX SCARE IN TowN.—
Bellefonte was all agog on Monday and
Tuesday over a small-pox scare that was
caused by the presence in town of Paul
Faire, of Blairsville, who was a student at
The Pennsylvania "State College, and was
believed to have the disease.
Fair had been at College since the open-
ing of the term. On Wednesday of last
week he came to this place to have some
dental work done and while here was a
guest at the home of Dr. T. C. Van Tries.
His face became very red, his eyes blood-
shot and small purple blotches were every-
where apparent on his face. Naturally his
condition alarmed the Van Tries household,
but on Friday evening Fair returned to
State College, where he visited Dr. Christ,
who told him that he ‘“‘either had some-
thing like small-pox or a very aggravated
attack of chicken-pox’’ and advised him to
go home or get to a hospital at once.
Fair was boarding at Miller's and what
transpired after he had visited Dr. Christ
we do not know, but on Saturday morning
Dr. Glenn was called to see him. The lat-
ter was away from home at the time the
call was received and did not return until
12:30 p. m. Then he went up to see Faire
and immediately gave it as his opinion
that the victim was ‘‘suffering with vario-
loid.”” Faire assured him that he had made
all arrangements to enter the Altoona hos-
pital, so Dr. Glenn left the house and at
1:30 the young man took a train and
came to this place. He ran about here as
as if there was nothing the matter with
him, mingled with the people everywhere
and even went so far as to call upon a
young lady. At 4:44 he left for Altoona ;
occupying a seat in a crowded passenger
coach and what happened after he reached
that city is probably best told in the fol-
lowing clipping from the Altoona Times of
Monday :
Saturday evening a telephone message
was received from Blairsville saying a
young man was coming to Altoona from
State College to be admitted to the Altoona
hospital. The message itself was innocent
enough, and the young man arrived as per
schedule on fast line west at 7:35.
Right here was where the trouble began.
The young man was found to be Paul Fair,
of Blairsville, a studentat the College. He
was taken at once to the office of one of the
staff surgeons of the hospital to procure
the proper permission to be admitted to
the hospital.
The physician needed only one look at
the well marked face of the applicant
to diagnose the case as one of genuine
small-pox.
He asked Faire what train he had ar-
rived on and was promptly told, fast line.
The doctor at once started Faire for the
station and succeeded in catching the train
before it left the depot, put him on board
and sent him on home.
A telegram was received last night from
Blairsville, saying Faire had arrived home
safely and was being cared for.
The Blairsville Gazette states that after
leaving Altoona Faire went straight
through to Pittsburg, where he was met by
his brother and a specialist. They took
him to the city physician who said there
was nothing contagious about his trouble
and that he should go home without
alarm.
Since reaching his Lome at Blairsville
Faire has been heard from by Will Van
Tries, of this place. He writes that the
physicians out there say his case is
nothing more than one of chicken-pox. It
is certainly not considered very serious, for
Faire is at his own home and it is evident-
ly not quarantined, for his sister was per-
mitted to go to the telephone exchange to
talk to Mr. Van Tries in this place and his
father and brother are both daily on their
contracts as builders.
Blairsville has had a scourge of small-
pox and it seems they would be able to tell
whether Faire’s case is genuine or not.
From another source we have secured the
information that there is.a conflict of opin-
ion among the Blairsville physicians as to
what the case really is, and there the whole
matter rests.
It is not our purpose or intention to do
anyone an injustice. We have gone to the
bottom of the case as carefully as possible,
feeling that it is a matter of entirely too
serious a nature to treat lightly. It does
seem, however, that Mr. Faire, himself,
knowing of the trouble they have had
in Blairsville with small-pox, and being
apprised of the nature of his symptons,
ought to have exercised more care in his
contact with people than he is reported to
have done on Saturday.
Tt is not our intention, either to con-
done or apologize for the actions of the
physicians at State College in permitting
him to leave that place. We are not con-
versant enough with the circumstances to
pass upon that, but the attack of the Altoo-
na Times on Dr. Christ was as illogical as it
was uncalled for. In the same article in
which it was challenging his fitness to prac-
tice medicine it announced that one of the
hospital staff surgeons up there had ‘‘at
once started Faire for the station and sue-
ceeded in catching the train (fast line) be-
fore it left the depot, put him on board and
sent him on home.”” Now if it was so enl-
pable to permit the young man to go from
State College to Altoona, why was it not
just as much so for them to permit him to
go from Altoona to Blairsviile, which is a
far greater distance and a greater number
of travelers to be met with,
Possibly the Times is a little sore because
of the Mrs. Andrew Hirschbell caze. She
is an Altoona woman who had five teeth
extracted several months ago. Shortly af-
ter visiting the dentist she felt a severe
pain in her left lung, a cough developed
and she suffered a slight hemorrhage. The
Altoona physicians—not all of them, prob-
ably—said she had consumption and was a
goner, but the lady fooled them a few days
ago by coughing up one of the teeth she
had had pulled months ago. It had slip-
ped down her windpipe, unobserved, and
lodged in her lung, while she was ander
the influence of the gas.
So our esteemed contemporary, the Zimes,
might employ its time more sensibly in
sweeping before the Mountain City medical
door.
It is probable that no serious results will
follow from the case, but it sufficed to send
scores of Bellefonte people scampering for
vaccine virus. In that it served a good
purpose, for the public is entirely too prone
to forget such precautions on the road to
good health.
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——With a mad dog at large in Penns-
valley and a small-pox patient running
abroad up this way it will be little wonder
if all of Centre county is barking and
scratching ere long.
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——David H. Meyers, who has for several
years farmed the Kreamer farm in Bald
Eagle township, Clinton county, will move
to Centre Hall, where he expects to take
charge of the Howard Creamery company’s
plant.
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——The daily and weekly Danville Record,
with a complete job department and an
18x28 two story frame building, are offered
for sale for $1,500. = The proprietor assigns
poor health as his reason for wanting to
sell.
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——Herman, the eye specialist, will
make his next visit to Bellefonte on Feb.
Gth, instead of the 12th, as announced in
his regular advertisement in another col-
umn of this issue. He will be at Gal-
braith’s as usual.
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——The Lock Haven Normal and State
College basket ball teams played in the
armory, at State College, on Friday even-
ing, and the score resulted 17 to 13 in
favor of State. The first half ended with
the score 13 to 5 in favor of the home team,
but in the second the visitors took quite a
decided brace and made things quite inter-
esting.
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——Local newspaper space writers have
got the old ‘‘eastein syndicate and Penns-
cave improvement’ story going again.
Already thousands of dollars are being
spent on making the great cave in Penns-
valley a famous resort, but fortunately
these fabulous sums of money are only be-
ing spent in the newspapers. The cave re-
mains with the same crude surroundings it
has had for years and these eastern capital-
ists who are written about once every year
are only dreams.
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_——Miss Valeria Gettig, of Linden Hall,
had quite an exciting experience with a
runaway horse near that place recently.
She was driving down the hill along the
Curtin woods, when her horse suddenly
took fright and dashed away. The young
lady clung desperately to the lines and not-
withstanding the fact that the harness
broke and she had her little brother with
Ler to take care of, she finally got the horse
stopped, without injury to either of them.
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A. Walter Bayard, formerly of this
place, having resigned his position as a
salesman for Henry K. Wampole, the
Philadelphia pharmaceuticle manufacturer,
to accept a place in St. Louis, Mo. ; James
Pritchard, of Tyrone, has been put on the
road in place of Mr. Bayard and George
Bayard is made ‘‘boss’’ man in the Pritch-
ard drug store. We hope that they are
pleased with their new positions and that
there will be satisfaction all around.
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——The Central Pennsylvania confer-
ence of the Methodist Episcopal church
will hold its next session at Hazleton, be-
ginning on March 14th and continuing one
week. It is one of the largest ministerial
bodies in the State. The conference is
bounded on the north by New York State
and on the south by Maryland. The east
and west lines may be indicated by lines
drawn from north to south and passing
through Weatherly and Altoona, respective-
ly. This gives an approximate idea of the
territory from which ministers and laymen
to the number of 500 will gather during
conference week. They represent 241
pastoral charges and a membership of 63,-
105° persons. The valuation of church and
parsonage property is $3,142,456.
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—— After spending the most of the sum-
mer directing the building of the largest
stable in Centre county and making plans
for the fine horses and carriages he intend-
ed filling it with, it took liveryman Jesse
Cox just about two minutes to make up his
mind to sell, when the opportunity came.
Last Thursday Henry and Christ Beezer
were talking about going into the livery
business and thought of locating in Lewis-
town until someone suggested that they
“go down and see Cox.” They acted up-
on the suggestion and were soon doing bus-
iness with Jessie, with the result that they
bought his stable for $3,300 and decided to
take charge on February 1st. The deal
fell through soon after, however, and Jesse
is still in possession of the stable.
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——Carl Robinson, a telegraph operator
at Spruce Creek, shot and killed Jobn
O’Neill in that place Wednesday morning.
O’Neill had worked on the tunnel there
last season and boarded with the Robinsons.
At that time the husband became suspicious
of the boarder’s actions toward his wifeand
ordered him to leave. O’Neill did so, but
Wednesday: morning he arrived in Spruce
Creek from Johnstown and went to the
Robinson home, where the betrayed hus-
dand discovered him and put nine bullets
into him. After the shooting Robinson
walked back to his telegraphic work and
remained for some time. Later ne went
home again and dragged the dead body out
onto the porch. He was arrested, but the
sympathy of the community is with him.
A PROMINENT FARMER Suicipes.—The
vicinity of Centre Hill was greatly shocked
yesterday when the announcement was
made that the lifeless body of W. A. Kerr
had been found hanging in one of the out-
buildings at his home shortly before noon.
Mrs. Kerr made the frightful discov-
ery. It was unmistakably a case of sui-
cide, but no one could conjecture what
had been the motive.
Particulars of the distressing affair were
hard to get because there is no telephone at
Centre Hill, but from what could be learn-
ed at Centre Hall, the nearest point, it ap-
pears that Mr. Kerr had been in his usual
good health, his domestic relations were of
the happiest and he was rated as one of the
most substantial and influential farmers in
Potter township. The only cause that
"| those who knew him best can ascribe is
that he must have been temporarily bereft
of reason. It had been noticeable lately
that he was a little despondent and fre-
quently said that he was ‘‘worked out, as
well as the farm.”” He had evidently
hanged himself soon after breakfast, for
when Mrs. Kerr found him his body
was cold and stiff. He used a three-
fourth inch rope which he had climbed up
and tied to the comb of the roof of
his buggy shed. Then he got onto the
cross loft, 8 feet from the ground, and,
with the rope knotted around his neck,
jumped down. It was a drop of about six
feet, for his feet were two feet from the
ground when Mrs. Kerr went out to call
him to dinner and made the awful discov-
ery. He had not tied his arms or legs but
there were no signs that he had struggled
any after the fall. Insensibility probably
was instantaneous.
Deceased was about 55 years old and is
survived by a widow and the following
children ; Roland S., Catharine M. and
William. . He was prominent in the Dem-
ocratic politics of the county; having fre-
quently been urged to permit the use of
his name for Assembly and was a man of
sterling qualities who was generally re-
spected.
CrUSHED UNDER HEAVY WAGON
WHEELS. — William Zimmerman, of
Mingoville, only escaped death by the
merest chance last Friday afternoon, and
to-day is suffering with a badly crushed
back and chest and as a result of having
been run over by a heavy wagon.
He was engaged at hauling cord wood
and while descending a steep hill lost his
balance and tumbled from the wagon. He
fell directly under the wheels, which passed
over his right arm and back. Remarkable
as it may seem he was able to get up after
the wagon, with its load of 3,500 lbs. had
passed over him, and succeeded in tying
his horses to a tree, hut when he started
to walk he sank by the roadside. Charles
Johnson was passing at the time and as-
sisted Zimmerman home, where Dr. Fisher
called to attend to his injuries. At first it
was thought that the injured man would
certainly die, but he has displayed rare
vitality and will recover now.
glad
A WATCHMAN FOR THE LAMB STREET
CROSSING. — The Pennsylvania Railroad
Co., has finally decided to put a watchman
permanently at the Lamb street crossing
and a box will be built at once and Irvin
Delaney will be brought here from Mill
Hall and placed in charge. He is a super-
annuated division foreman.
For the present division foreman Henry
Runner’s brother is watching at the cross-
ing and will continue in that capacity until
Feb. 1st, when it is expected the watchbox
will be in place and Delaney will be on
hand for duty.
It is really a very commendable act on
the part of the railroad company for even
without the immense amount of shifting
along there that crossing has been made an
extremely dangerous one by the frequent
passing of regular trains.
sents
Miss ANNA GOODHART MARRIED IN THE
WEesT.-—Miss Anna M. Goodhart, who
made many acquaintances in this place
during the six years her father was a com-
missioner of the county, was married at
Freeport. Ill., on Tuesday evening of last
week. The announcement of her wedding
was quite a pleasant surprise to her friends
here, for her husband, J. W. Evans, is one
of the most promising young men of Mon-
roe, Wisconsin.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George L. Goodhart, of Centre Hill, and
has been making her home at Monore for
the past two years. Her husband has rela-
tives in this county and it is their intention
to make an early visit East.
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No MORE BOXES FOR PRISONERS.—
Sheriff Brungart has decided to put an end
to the growing practice of sending boxes of
provisions to prisoners in the county jail.
He says it has been largely on the increase
lately and consumes entirely too much
time in his office, for every box has to be
examined carefully before it can be given to
its owner and the work takes up more time
than he has to give to it.
In addition, the sheriff proposes to give
the prisoners a proper prison diet and
thinks that he is not doing them an injus-
tice by shutting down on the boxes. Of
course friends visiting the jail will be per-
mitted to carry things to prisoners as in the
past. i
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——The evening spent with Polk Miller,
the entertainer and delineator of darkey
character, at Garman’s, was certainly a
most pleasurable one. For nearly two
hours Mr. Miller held a large audience
with his serio-comic side of the old time
darkey and it was of such a refined and
pleasing nature as to make it one of the
very best one man shows we have ever
witnessed.
News Purely Personal.
—Eugene Hall, of Unionville, was a Bellefonte
visitor on Wednesday.
—Alfred Rishel, of this place, is visiting his
sister, Mrs. Robert Moore, in Philipsburg.
—Ross Hickok, of Harrisburg, and Harry Bent,
of Steelton, were guests of Miss Helen Hastings
over Sunday. ,
—Miss Mame Hamilton, of east Howard street,
returned from her visit in Philadelphia on Mon-
day evening.
—Mrs. C. M. Garman was called to New York,
Saturday morning, on account of the serious ill-
ness of her father in that city.
—Former sheriff W. M. Cronister was in town
yesterday looking anything but like the genuine
rustic he has tried to persuade himself to believe
he is already.
—Rev. J. P. Hughes left for Cape May, N. J.,
Monday morning, to attend the funeral of his
brother, Judge Joseph Hughes who died there on
Saturday with pneumonia. He was 79 years old,
—Hon. Leonard Rhone, of Centre Hall, was in
Bellefonte between trains yesterday. While he
has about recovered from thativy poisoning he
suffered so much with recently he is now nurs-
ing a bad cold.
—H. A. Moore, of Howard, was in town yester-
day, with Mrs. L. R. Hensyl, widow of the late Dr.
Hensyl, of that place. They were up attending
to some business relative to settling the Hensyl
estate.
—Mr. and Mrs. William Bell, of south Thomas
street, left for East Hampton, Long Island, Sat-
urday evening, there to spend a month or more
with their son Dr. Finley Bell, who has built up
a fine practice in that place.
—Mortimer O'Donoghue, former superintend-
ent of the Valentine iron -works, but now in the
Philadelphia Pearl Novelty Co., came up to town
Friday evening to spend a few days with his
friends here. He remained in town until Monday
evening.
—The Barry children are to be brought home
from the Chester Springs orphans’ schools. W.
H. Musser went down to Philadelphia on Monday
to see his son Dale, who is about to start on a
cruise to the West Indies on the “Saratoga,” and
he will bring the children home with them.
—J. Will Conley, of the Meese grocery, was in
Lock Haven last Friday, under the espionage of
the Hon. Torrence Shearer. The Democrat, of
that place, says Will ‘is a progressive citizen
and a good all-round-fellow,” and the saddest
part of it all is that he is undoubtedly guilty.
—Miss Helen Henkels, of Philadelphia, is a
guest at the home of Gen. and Mrs. Hastings, in
this place. Her sister, Mrs. John I. Redgers, is
here also visiting Col. and Mrs. W. F. Reeder.
Mrs. Reeder will give a progressive euchre in
their honor this evening that will be quite
novel in its arrangement.
—The Misses Bettie Breeze, Ellen Valentine
and Adaline Harris went east last Wednesday
morning, to be gone several weeks. Miss Breeze
and Miss Harris will be guests at the Hendrickson
home at Middletown, N. J., while Miss Valentine
will visit friends at Bryn Mawr, Dowingtown and
West Point, N. Y., before her return.
—Little Miss Crawford, in whose hands ‘“Billy”
Crawford’s finances are so well handled, was a
pleasant caller Saturday afternoon. ¢Billy” stays
pretty close to his home out at Coleville these
days, for he knows that his bright little daughter
is a very capable disbursing agent and quite faith-
ful to her father’s interests.
—John W. Conley Esq., of Centre Hall, with
Mrs. Conley, were Saturday visitors at the home
of their son J. Will Conley, on Logan street. Mr.
Conley has some notion of being a candidate for
Assembly and should he decide to enter the field
he will make all opponents work for every dele-
gate they get on the other side, as well as in this
end of the county.
—Joseph L. Neff, of Roland, the stalwart auec-
tioneer, was in town on Monday making a few
preliminary arrangements for the coming sale
season. While he was suftering. from a very
severe cold when he was in here'on Monday you
can rest assured that his great voice will be in
shape by the time to get ‘on the block and cater
to Central Pennsylvania sale patrons.
—W. J. Kepler, of Pine Grove Mills, was in
town on Saturday launching his boom for Assem-
bly. Will has decided to enter the contest in
earnest and his announcement appears in this
issue. He has been active in Democratic polities
in the county ever since he has been old enough
and enjoys a wide acquaintance. He is such a
staunch Democrat that the success or failure of
his venture will not detract from his party fealty
one bit.
—Harvey T. Dunkle, of Mingoville, was in town
on Monday having come up on wheels though he
said it would have been possible to make the
trip in a sleigh. Mr. Dunkle has not been very
busy for a week past, owing to the soft weather,
but before that he was kept hustling with his
horse and ice plow on the lake at Hecla for he
plowed out the forty-five car loads of ice that
were taken from that place up to the time it be-
gan to thaw and rain.
—Ed. J. Rupp, who was very well known and
quite popular when he was milling in this place,
was in town on Saturday, attending to some busi-
ness relative to the settling up of the assigned
estate of his brother John Rupp, former register
of Centre county. Ed. is at present in charge of
the Lucas mill at Moshannon and looks as if life
out in the heart of the Snow Shoe coal and lum-
ber regions agrees with him. He is the same
jovial fellow as of old.
—On Tuesday Wm. B. Mingle Esq., and D. J.
Meyer, were over from Centre Hall again on busi-
ness. The two men seem to be almost inseparable
and their Bellefonte friends have come to look
for the other as soon as one of them is seen on
the streets. Both are energetic, progressive men,
however, and that probably accounts for their
traveling together so much, They were here
Tuesday, looking toward the perfection of plans
to give Centre Hall a big sewing factory of some
sort.
—W. R. Weiser Esq., of Millheim, with his
bright little grandson, W. W. King, were in Belle-
fonte for a few hours Tuesday morning, on their
way to Altoona, where the latter will visit his fath-
er, who is employed in that city. Mr. Weiser is
a very pleasant gentleman and he seems to have
listened so long to the merry ring of the anvil in
his blacksmith shop that his whole personality
has taken up parts of its cheerfulness. He is the
father of Sam Weiser, one of Millheim’s most
active Democrats.
—George W. Bridge, of Jersey Shore, was in
town a few days last week visiting relatives in
this place. He is an engineer on the Beech Creek
rail-road and just now is suffering a little idle-
ness because one of his tellow employees didn’t
have the good nature to take a joke that he had
no hesitancy in giving. Railroaders all have
their little pranks, but it is unfortunate when one
of their number fails to accept in the same meas-
ure that he gives. Mr. Bridge was the victim of
such an one and we imagine his little lay-off was
quite welcome, for he seemed to be enjoying his
visit among Centre county relatives.
—Michael Sennet, from out at Runviile, is one
of the men who has met about the same obstacles
that confront most business people and workers
in Bellefonte. He spent part of Saturday in town
and during the course of a little conversa-
tion with him we learned that he has had steady
employment for some time, but the matter of
having the money flow in as steadily is quite a
different matter. His experience in this matter
is about the same as most other people’s. Itis a
comparatively easy trick to be working all the
time, but the rub comes in being able to make
collections.
—William Tressler, of Fillmore, was in town
yesterday afternoon, and part of his business was
to put Thos. Meyer's Warcamax label ahead anoth-
er year.
—Dr. R. G. H. Hayes will leave for Philadel-
phia on Monday to take up his regular annual
lecture and clinic work in the hospitals in that
city. He expects to be gone for several weeks.
—Donald Potter, eldest son of James H. Potter,
has returned from Deland, Florida, where he was
taking a course of business instruction in the
Stetson University, and will enter the Potter and
Hoy hardware store in this place,
—After seeing Col. Polk Miller safely landed in
Bellefonte Col. W. R. Teller departed for Cuba on
Tuesday. He expects to visit the principal cities
on the island in the interest of the Peacock-Kerr
Coal Co.
—Editor Harter, of the Gazette, was down at
Harrisburg Tuesday attending a meeting of the
State Editorial Association and had the honor of
being named as one of the twenty-three delegates
from Pennsylvania to the National convention,
which meets in New Orleans in March.
—Geo. M. Harter, jolly and agreeable us ever,
was in town yesterday with a friend from down at
Jacksonville, and together they tried to tell us
that all Democrats are angels. Well, we might
have believed the persuasive argument the gen-
tleman put up had it not been for the names
some other fellows called us a few days ago.
There is one thing certain, however, there is no
question about the Democracy, if some do dispute
the other part of it. 3
PUBLIC INSTALLATION. — Gregg post,
No. 95, G. A. R. held public installation
services in their rooms, in the Harris block,
Saturday evening, and there was a great
crowd of old veteransand civilians there to
witness the ceremony. Retiring officer of
the day Sammy Williams, had things in
charge and when he was through giving
commands the following officers had been
installed for the year.
Commander, James Harris; senior vice
commander, Amos Garbrick; junior vice
commander, Henry Gordon; surgeon, Jas.
Whittaker; quartermaster, H. B. Pontius;
officer of the day, John I. Curtin; officer of
the guard, Charles Eckenroth; chaplain,
Samuel Sheffer; adjutant, John Noll; ser-
geant major, F. Peebles Greene; quarter-
master sergeant, John C. Miller; ordnance
officer, John Bryan.
A camp fire followed the regular installa-
tion ceremonies at which Gen. Austin Cur-
tin, S. H. Williams, D. F. Fortney, W. H.
Musser, John C. Miller and J. A. Aikens
spoke.
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CHANGE OF TIME ON THE CENTRAL.—
On and after Monday, January 22nd, an
important change of time will be made in
the running of trains 5 and 6, the evening
passenger trains, to and from Mill Hall.
Instead of leaving here at 7:50, as it does
to-day, it will leave at 6:30 and arrive at
Mill Hall at 7:37. Returning it will leave
Mill Hall at 7:52 and arrive at Bellefonte
at 9:02, instead of 10:17, as formerly.
This change will not affect the connec-
tions either way with the Beech Creek;
merely giving a little longer lay-over at
Williamsport for east bound passengers. It
will enable them to reach that city in time
to attend a theatre after which they can
take a sleeper on the Reading and reach
Philadelphia or New York at the usual
hour.
de
——In mentioning the removal of John
Tonner Harris from Bellefonte to Williams-
port, in last week’s issue, we stated that
Mr. Harris had been manager of the Bell
Telephone Co's. business here. Instead of
being manager he was secretary and treas-
arer. Mr. O. C. Campbell has been mana-
ger of the local exchange since the depart-
ure of Mr. James Woomer, several years
ago.
Announcement.
We are authorized to announce that D. W. Eber-
hart will be a candidate for Poor Overseer, sub-
ject to the action of the Democratic borough con-
ference.
Philadelphia JHarkets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red ... 6812@69%4
“ —No. 2. re
Corn —Yellow 38@38Y4
¢“ —Mixed.. 3434@38
OMS, tien nina @32
3.95@4.10
- 3.15@3. 30
Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1....13.00@16.50
‘ ‘ ‘ “
‘¢ —Favorite Brand
Rye Flour Per Br'l.....
Mixed 13@14.50
\. 7.00@14.50
Straw
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by the Pu@nix MiLLing Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
press:
Red wheat, 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
Buckwheant, per bushel .............. Linnie 25
Cloverseed, per bushel... $4 00 to $6 9
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel ... eeiiesis 40
ONIONS... eieseneeeiartens 50
Eggs, per dozen.... 22
Lard, per Found, 7
Country Shoulde 6
Sides 6
Hams.. 10
Tallow, per pound. 3
Butter, per pound.
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 $2.50 if not
paid before the expiration of the year; and no
paper will be discontinued until all’ arrearage is
paid, except at the option of the publisher.
Papers will not be sent out of Centre county un-
less paid for in advance.
A liberal discount is made to persons advertis-
ing by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows :
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Half Column (10 inches) -| 20 | 35 | 55
One Column (20 inches) 356 | 65 | 100
Advertisements in special column 25 per cent.
additional. . 4
Transient advs. per line, 3 insertions...........20 cts.
Each additional insertion, per line. « 5cts.
Local notices, per line......... srereees 20 CLS,
Business notices, per line......... 11eeeennnn 10 CES.
Job Printing of every kind done with neatness
and dispatch. . The Warcamax office has been re-
fitted with Fast Presses and New Type, and
everything in the printing line can be executed
in the mostartistic manner and at the lowest rates.
Terms—Cash.
All letters should be addressed to
P. GRAY MEEK, Proprieto
Soman