_ Demorraly Wada Bellefonte, Pa., Jan. 26, 1900. Correspox DENTS.—NoO communications pub lished unless accompanied by the real name of t he writer. THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY ——Monday, Feb. 12th, will be Lincoln’s day, a legal holiday. ——The 10ct. hacks are in vogue again in Bellefonte. The rate of 25cts. didn’t last long. ——There were nineteen converts dur- ing the recent revival in the A. M. E. church here. ——Miss Emma Graham has been re- tained permanently as stenographer by the hardware firm of Potter & Hoy. ——Miss Anna Valentine, of ‘‘Burn- ham,”’ who has been quite ill with pleuro- pneumonia, is reported to be some better. ——A strike in the Mill Hall brick- works, on last Thursday, was of short dura- tion for the strikers returned to work next morning. ——The rains Friday night caused a two- foot flood on Spring creek on Saturday. Buffalo-run was bank-full, but no wash- outs were reported anywhere. ——The fine Marlin rifle was won last week at the indoor rifle range by Robt. F. Hunter. His score was 28 out of a possible 30. Two premiums are offered this week. ——Guy’s minstrels gave satisfaction the last time they were here and are said to be better this year than ever. They will come to Garman’s on the night of Feb. 1st. ——The Thespians, the dramatic organi- zation of The Pennsylvania State College, will play ‘‘She Stoops to Conquer,”’ at Gar- man’s on Saturday evening, Feb. 10th. Their last appearance here was in “The Rivals.” ——Philipsburg borough council defeated an ordinance to tax telephone, telegraph and electric light poles within the borough $1 each per annum. Afterwards the mem- bers compromised by making the tax 55 cents. ——The Hope tire company of Philips- burg is preparing for a great masquerade on the evening of February 21st. A costumer from Williamsport is to be employed and the most gorgeous affair of the sort that town has ever seen is heralded. ———~While Frank Huey, a member of Co. B during the Spanish war, was undergoing an examination for a pension, on Tuesday, it was discovered that his shoulder was out of joint. He had been doctoring for rheu- matism for a week or more and didn’t know it. ——A very pleasant letter from our friend George W. Gates, of Nittany, says ‘McKinley prosperity has knocked every- thing wrong for me, so that I cannot tell exactly where I am at, but send the old WATCHMAN another year.” We are going to send it too. ——-‘The Real Widow Brown’’ comes to Garman’s tonight well spoken of by the press of neighboring towns. It is one of those later day comedies that is only an excuse for gathering up a lot of clever fun makers who are making their own popu- larity as well as that of ‘“The Real Widow Brown.” : ——Matthews Volk’s new beer, brewed at the Roopsburg brewery, is on the market in this place now and is proving quite popular at all of the resorts. Mr. Volk has had years of experience in Philadel- phia, at Washington, and at the Tyrone brewery and he thinks he will be able to make a success of it here. ——The Ithaca Conservatory of Music quartet appeared in the court house here, Tuesday evening, for the W.C. T. U. library fund and bad a phenomenally large house. The singing of Miss Lucy Marsh and Miss Susan Tompkins’ violin perform- ances were especially fine, but all of the numbers received enthusiastic recalls. ——Frank Knarr, a Millheim resident, recently set a trap for some unknown nocturnal visitor to his hennery, and on Wednesday morning he found a young opossum caught fast. The little animal had been taken to Millheim by Michael Ulrich, of Farmer’s Mills, but it escaped from Lim and had struck out for itself by feasting in Mr. Knarr’s hen’s eggs. ——The marriage of John Sourbeck Jr. to Miss Emma Curtin, of Runville, which was celebrated at Clearfield on the evening of December 30th, has just been announced and the many friends of the young people in this place will join in our wish that theirs may be a happy and useful union. They were married by Rev. Father Macki- naw of’ the Catholic church of Clearfield. ——Voluey B. Cushing, the silver tongued orator from Maine. will deliver -one of his noted lectures in the Evangelical «church, Clintondale, on Friday evening, Feb. 2nd. The Pifer orchestra will fur- mish the music. Everybody is invited to hear one of the finest orators on the Ameri- can platform. Admission free. Silver collection taken. ——A Moody memorial meeting was held in the Presbyterian church in this place on Sunday evening. Dr. Laurie was absent filling the pulpit in the Presbyterian church at Milesburg and Gen. James A. Beaver took charge. The intimate asso- ciation of the late Hugh McAllister Beaver with the great evangelist gave a personal gorrow to the latter's death to many Belle- fonters and they found expression of it in being able to attend that meeting Sunday evening. Gen. Beaver, J. W. Gephart and Ellis I.. Orvis were the speakers. COURT PROCEEDINGS FOR THE FIRSy W EEK.—The regular term of January quarter sessions convened on Monday morning with Judge John G. Love on the bench and an unusually large attend- ance. The number of people here was not so much on account of plurality of cases as because of the importance of a few of them; the Frantz barn burning case from the up- per end of Bald Eagle having more than seventy-five witnesses. It was on trial most of yesterday and started off to be one of the most interesting proceedings tried in the courts here for years. The regular work of the week began with the usual routine of constables’ reports, listening to appeals from the decisions of justices, impaneling the grand jury, ete. S. W. Smith, of Potter township, was made foreman of the grand inquest. The list of cases was taken up in the fol- lewing order: John Zentmyer, use of P. B. Zentmyer, vs. Frank L. Black. Appeal. Plea, non assumpsit. Case settled by parties, costs paid and record satisfied. Philip Leister vs. E. Huyett, appeal. Plea, non assumpsit. On motion of de- fendant’s attorney the case was continued on account of the illness of Mr. Huyett. In the case of Commomwealth vs. Chas. Stover. Charge, betrayal. Prosecutrix, Sadie Lutz. Grand jury ignored the bill of indictment and imposed the costs upon the county. Commonwealth vs. James Zang. Charge larceny. Prosecutor, James Schofield. Bill ignored and costs to be paid by prosecutor. Commonwealth vs. E. C. Smith. Charge, 1st count, ‘ ‘threatening letters,’’ 2nd count ‘“‘Blackmail.”” Prosecutor, C. H. Morris. Bill ignored and prosecutor, C. H. Morris, ordered to pay the costs of prosecution. Commonwealth vs. Parmer Hetzel and Jacob Wetzel. Charge, larceny. Prose- cutor, John Maize. Defendant, Parmer Hetzel, en tered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine of $5.00, costs of prosecution, restore property, if not already restored and undergo imprisonment in the jail of Centre county for a period of twenty days. Hetzel is the man whose arrest at Millheim last week was thought would break up a gang of smoke-house and chick- en coop robbers who have been operating in that vicinity for some time. Commonwealth vs. Parmer Hetzel and Jacob Wetzel. Charge, larceny. Prose- cutor, Lewis Fansler. Bill ignored and county directed to pay the costs of prose- cation. Commonwealth vs. Emory S. Beals, Charge, betrayal. Prosecutrix, Marcella Straw. Def endant entered his plea of guilty, and received the usual sentence by the court. In the case of H. P. Harris vs. John H. Hines, the court entered judgment in fa- vor of plaintiff and against the defendant for the sum of $64.18, being the amount due in full to plaintiff. Inthe case of the National Computing Scale Co., vs. I. B. Stover, being an ap peal the court granted a continuance by consent of counsel. ‘The Commonwealth ex. rel. Thomas Shawley, one of the supervisors of Boggs township, vs. Nannie Lucas, appral. Plea ¢‘nil debit with leave to file special plea,”’ etc. Case settled by parties. " G. W. Barner vs P. A. Leister, brought to recover back on a note given by the plaintiff to the defendant in a horse deal on the 21st day of April, 1899. The parties live in Potter t ownship, the plaintiff near Potters Mills. Sometime after the deal of a horse and cols for a note the plaintiff re- turned the mare to defendant alleging that she was a ‘“‘Dummy’”’ and demanded his note for thirty-five dollars, which he could not get, it having heen sold to the Penn’s Valley Banking company. The horse was afterwards taken up as a stray and sold and the plaintiff was obliged to pay the note to the bond and brought suit to re- cover his money from Mr. Leister. Ver- dict on Tuesday morning in favor of the plaintiff for $20.90. Sallie A. Meek vs the School District of Half-moon township, appeal, plea non assumpsit. This suit was brought to re- cover on a school order given to the plain- tiff, who taught the Elder school in the defendant district during the winter of ’81 and ’82, and the case was Fully reported in this paper during November term of court, when it was before the court and con- tinued; verdict for the defendant district. W. E. Irvin vs Mrs. Blanche Meyers, and D. P. Meyers, her husband; appeal, plea non assumpsit. Settled. Commonwealth vs Cyrus R. Gearheart, indicted for assault and battery, prosecu- trix Maud Gearheart. Defendant was pros- ecuted for choking, cuffing about the head and hitting on the head with a wash basin Ross | E. Benner, about four years of age and a son of his wife, on the 3rd day of Dec. 1899, in Benner township where they live. The information was originally made hefore squire Keichline on the 4th day of December and sometime afterwards the case was settled and later on another in- formation was made for the same offense before squire Musser. Verdict on Wed- nesday morning cf not guilty, but the de- fendant to pay the costs of prosecution. Commonwealth vs. H. W. Bickel. In- dictment, first count, libel ; second count, threatening letters ; prosecutor George W. St. Clair. Counsel for defendant moved to quash the indictment and upon full con- sideration by the court, the court quashed the second count in the indictment and the trial proceeded on the first count, for libel. The prosecutor in this case is the conductor on one of the local freight trains from Sun- bury to Bellefonte, and when at Bellefonte boarded at Mrs. Bickel’s boarding house on North Thomas street, and on the 20th day of November, 1899, Mr. Bickle wrote a let- ter to the prosecutor’s wife and addressed and mailed it to Sunbury, wherein he stat- ed that the prosecutor was too intimate with his wife, sitting up late in the dining room and kitchen talking to his wife, taking her to shows, operas and taking walks, ete., and after the receipt of a letter from Mrs. St. Clair stating that what he had said in the letter was true and requesting her to come up and make them settle, whereupon this prosecution was instituted. Verdict on Thursday of defendant not guilty of libel, but to pay all the costs. The Frantz barn burning case was the next one taken up. It has already been detailed several times in this paper. Christ- ian Sharer, of Taylor township, was the prosecutor and it attracted over one hun- dred witnesses and others in interest be- cause of the many dramatic phases in it. The bill against John R. and his son Wil- son Frantz having been ignored by the grand jury it left no one on trial but Reu- ben, the young man who made an unsuc- cessful attempt at suicide shortly after his arrest for the crime last April. He was in court, but had to recline on a lounge all the time. After the case had proceeded for half a day attorney Bower moved for a nolle pros in the case of John Frantz, who was being held under other indictments. It was granted, then Mr. Bower addressed the jury in behalf 'of the crippled man, the only defendant left, and the court instruct- ed it to acquit him, without further trial of the case. It was done. The case cf Burdine Butler vs. D. H. Thomas, charged with perjury, was tak- en up next and was on trial when court ad- journed last evening. It grew out of an endorsement the prosecutor gave defendant some time ago. The grand jury’s report was as follows : REPORT OF GRAND JURY. To aE Court : The Grand Jury for the county of Centre passed upon thirteen bills; returned seven true bills; ignored six bills. Approved an appropriation of five thousand dol- lars for soldier’s monument. Approved joint petition of Centre and Clearfield counties for bridge across Moshannon creek Rush township. Public buildings are in sufficient condition. S. W. SMITH, Foreman. eee ——Guy Bros. minstrels are booked for Garman’s for Thursday night, Feb. 1st. ———— rt —— “The Real Widow Brown’ will be the attraction at Garman’s tonight. It is a clever comedy founded on the mistaken identities of two lovers. The action is fast and full of life enough to make it catchy from the rise to the fall of the curtain. ee ——The Thespians, the College dramatic organization, are contemplating quite a trip with their play of *‘She Stoops to Con- quer.” They will appear at Garman’s Saturday night, Feb. 10th, at Tyrcne, Brookville and DuBois. ee Qs ; —— The wire cable which spanned Lo- gan’s Narrows, east of, Tyrone, and sup- ported the big flag that was swung to the breeze on glorification day, August. 20th, 18 98, has been removed from its moprings, coiled up and retired from duty. eee ——Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Palmer, of Mammoth Springs, Arkansas, issued in- vitations for the wedding of their daugh- ter, Olyve May, to Mr. Clarence Eugene Kay. The wedding was celebrated at the bride’s home on Tuesday evening, Mrs. Kay is a grand-daughter of the late Henry Hoy, of this county. a ——The Tyrone Republicans have finally nominated Col. E. J. Pruner for burgess. Now it remains to be seen whether they are playing fair with him and will elect him. Itlooks a little as though the peo- ple up that way are flirting around for that hospital that the Colonel has had in his mind for some time. a ——Harry Ulmer Tibbens has resigned his position on the Connellsville Courier and accepted a place on the Johnstown Tribune. He has been with the Courier since 1896 and has been very successful as an advertising manager. Harry is well known here, where helived in his boyhood days and attended school. rr Qe ——Many people from this vicinity have seen and admired the fine stone mansion that stood along theside of a mountain knob above the athletic park at Williams- port. It was the home of Charles W. Harris, the wire buckle suspender man. The house caught fire from an over-heated furnace and burned; entailing a loss of $50,000. ————t reeset ——A New York shirt manufacturing concern has made a proposition to the Phil- ipsburg Board of Trade. That town can have a shirt factory that will employ 300 women and 50 men providing it puts up a three story building, 150x50 ft. at a cost of about $6.000 for J. D. Jones & Son, Broad- way, N. Y., and give them the option to buy in three years. he ——TFrancis McMonigle, a demented per- son, wandered away from his home in Ty- roue several week ago and went to stay with friends at Hannah Furnace. His condition became such that he had to be taken care of and he was sent to the Blair county almshouse on Friday morning. He lost his reason through a hurt on the head. —.o ——The ice moved out of the river at Lock Haven on a six foot flood Saturday evening. No damage was done, so far as reported anywhere, except up at Stone run, above Clearfield, where a dam broke and Alfred McDonald, a Jog jobber was drowned. Six of his men were also en- gulfed by the water, but were rescued in an unconscious condition. ABOUT FENCES. —A correspondent at Frenchville, Clearfield county, writing un- der date of January 19th, asks ‘‘if a person can be compelled to put up a fence along a public road and if the law requires the building and maintenance of line fences, and also that we publish the law relating to fences passed by the last Legislature.” In order that our correspondent may be his own judge in the matter as to the necessity of fencing we give in connection herewith all general legislation relating to this sub- ject that has been enacted into law since 1889. Prior to that time the general fence law of 1807 was in force. It required that ‘‘all grounds kept for enclosures within the province shall be well fenced with fence at least five feet high of sufficient rail or logs and close at the bottom.”’ Daring Gover- nor Beaver’s term of office he signed an act repealing the 1st section of the act of 1807, which required fences to be erected and designated what should constitute a lawful fence. That repealing act was as follows: That so much of an act, entitled ‘‘An act for the regulating and maintaining of fences,” passed Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred, as reads as follows. namely: ‘For preventing all disputes and differences that may arise through the neglect or insuffi- ciency of fences’in this province, and coun- ties aunexed, be it enacted, That all corn- fields and grounds kept for inclosures, within the said province and counties an- nexed, shall be well fenced, with fence at least five feet high, of sufficient rail or logs, and close at the bottom;and whosoever, not having their grounds inclosed with such sufficient fence as aforesaid, shall hurt, kill or do damage to any horse, kine, sheep, hogs or goats, of any other persons, by hunting or driving them out of or from the said grounds, shall be liable to make good all damages sustained thereby to the owner of the said cattle. Provided, That all sort of swine going at large, contrary to the intent of an act made and passed at this present session, entitled ‘An act for re- straining of swine from running at large,’ shall not fall nor be deemed within the construction of this act. But if any horse, kine, sheep, hogs or goats, or any kind of cattle, shall break into any man’s inclosure the fence being of the aforesaid height and sufficiency, and by the view of two persons, for that purpose appointed by the county court, found and approved to be such, then the owner of such cattle shall be liable to make good all damages to the owner of the enclosure, for the first offense single dam- ages only,and ever after double the damages sustained. And all persons having unruly horses, mares or cattle, that are not to be kept off by such fences as aforesaid, are or- dered, and shall be obliged, to take effect- ual care to restrain the same from trespass- ing on their neighbors’ inclosures,”” being the first section of the said act be, and the same is hereby repealed. This virtually did away with all legal fencing within the State, except in counties having local fence laws, by repealing the section fixing what kind of a structure should be erected and maintained as a fence. In 1887, an act was signed by Gov. Hastings; and which reads as follows: That in all cases where any of the public highways within this Commonwealth are so located as to render them liable, on ac- count of high wind during the winter sea- son, to be so filled with snow as to cause them to be impassable, and where, in the judgments of the supervisors of roads of the several townships in which such public highways are situated, such drifts of snow can be avoided by the removal of any board rail or other fence that may be erected along either side of such public highways and replacing the same by a fence con- structed of posts, wire and boards, or rail combined, it may be lawful for such super- visors to agree with the owners of such fences upon a plan for the erection of a fence constructed of posts, wire and board, or rail combined. And it may be lawful for supervisors to pay the owners of such fences a sum not to exceed the first cost of the wire used in the construction of such fences: Provided, That the wire used in the construction of such fences shall be without barbs: Provided, That this act shall not apply to any stone wall, hedge or ornamental fence that is now or may be hereafter constructed. The act which Governor Stone signed in May, 1899, is as follows : That it shall and is hereby declared to be lawful forany land owner within this Com- monwealth to construct, build and main- tain, along any of the highways of this Commonwealth, fences made in whole or in part of wire without barbs, subject at all times to such restrictions and prohibitions as may be imposed by the municipal au- thorities relative thereto. A fence, in whole or in part of wire, without barbs, is hereby declared to be a legal and lawful fence within the meaning and pro- visions of any act of the Legislature of this State relative to the building, constructing and maintaining of line fences, provided that such wire fence shall be of the height required by such act or acts. All statutes inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. >>———— —1It is with a full sense of the real misfortune that has befallen the gentleman in person and the public schools of Clear- field county in general that we announce that Sup’t. Geo. W. Weaver, of the schools of that county, will probably be forced to give up further work ou account of paralysis. He is reported to be so affected as to make his condition very serious and it is indeed a pity, for his work in the schools of Clear- field has been such as to make him a man to be illy spared. Sup’t. Weaver will have the sympathy of hosts of friends about his old home in this county, who will join in the expression of the hope that his affliction will not prove as serious as is now feared. —— Pe ——Hon. William L. Hamilton, associ- ate judge of Clinton county, died at his residence in Lock Haven, on Saturday morning, from the effects of heart trouble. An attack of the grip eight years ago left his heart in an impaired condition. At the time of hisdeath he was at work compiling a ‘Reference Book of Useful Information Adapted to Clinton County.” Mr. Hamil- ton was the first Republican ever elected to office in Clinton county and was of revo- lutionary ancestry, as well as prominent in political circles. — Oe --—The new officers recently elected by Centre castle 169, K. G. E. located ‘at Spring Mills, are as follows: Chief, Wil- liam Alexander; vice chief, J. A. Grenoble Esq. ; master of records, P. W. Leitzell; sir herald, John Zerby; clerk of exchequer, R. U. Bitner; keeper of exchequer, J. I. Con- do; high priests, Henry H. Emerick; ven- erable hermit, D. Burrell; representative to grand castle, P. W. Leitzell; sitting past chief, W. H. Smith. ——Rev. M. George expects to sever his connection with the Rebersburg Reformed church. ———— A en ——The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Bellefonte has been granted a charter by the court. ee pn ——The Reformed church at Williams- port has called Rev. James M. Runkle, of Hublersburg, to the pastorate there. —— A ees ——One of the ewes in Clyde Wieland’s flock of sheep, at Linden Hall, recently gave birth to a lamb that weighed 16 lbs. Eo ii ——A wild goose was seen on the river at Lock Haven, on Sunday, and now-the wiseacres of that place say we are to have an early spring. ———— PO ems . ——Tonight the big entertainment for the base ball benefit will be held in the armory at the College. After the fine sup- per that will be served there will be a variety of specialties, then a cake walk and general dancing. If you want to have a good time go. EE — News Parely Personal. —Mrs. Adam Bowersox, of Coburn, is in town visiting relatives. —Miss Elizabe th Harris, of Lock Haven, ar- rived in town on Monday and is a guest of Col. and Mrs. Wilbur F. Reeder. —Miss Leah Daggett, of the Bush house, left for Baltimore Saturday morning to resume her studies at the Ladies’ Seminary in that city. —Miss Elizabeth Parsons, of Williamsport, is a guest of Miss Blanche Hays, on High street. Miss Hays gave a dinner to a number of her friends last evening. —Sam MecClure and Joe Runkle, who went to Pittsburg several weeks ago to seek their fortunes, are both employed now and we expect to hear of them both going right up the ladder. —On account of the continued serious illness of Mrs. Nannie Willard, at her home in Williams- sport, her sister, Mrs. William Larimer, went down Satur day morning to be with her for a few days. —Mrs. A. S. Garman, of Tyrone, was a through passenger on a Tuesday morning train to Niagara Falls, to which place she was hurrying on account of the serious iliness of her mother, Mrs. M. W. Cowdrick. —That stalwart old Democrat Andrew Jackson Tate, of Lemont, was in Bellefonte on Tuesday greeting his friends, here and there, in that genial way that is so becoming to him and has won for him the esteem of hosts of men. —C. T. Gerberich, of the milling firm of C. T. Gerberich & Son, returned from a two days’ trip to Harrisburg on Wednesday evening. He was in that city attending a meeting of the Miller's Insurance Co., of which he is vice president. —Wm. 8. Furst Esq., of Philadelphia, arrived in town on Sunday morning and remained at his father’s home until Monday afternoon. He is in- terested in promoting a steamship line to the South and you need not be surprised to hear of him some day reaping a rich profit from Mark Hanna's subsidy bill. —Mrs. Henry C. Quigley and Miss Adelaide Merriman are in Williamsport as representatives of the ladies’ auxiliary of St. John’s Episcopal chureh of this place at the sessions of the Arch- Deaconry of Central Pennsylvania in session in that city. After the sessions they expect to visit for a week with relatives there. —Our friend J. B. Royer, of Spring township, was a caller Wednesday morning, bat he. didn‘t have time to tarry long enough for us to find out any news out his way. Mr. Royer has the reputa- tion of doing everything in season and he wasn’t going to let our inquisitiveness delay the work he evidently had on hand. —Former county treasurer John Q. Miles was in town on Monday and remained a day orso to get around all his old friends here. John didn’t come down to remark, like the “brother” who ad- dressed a meeting up there some time ago, “Thank God, I'm a stranger among you.” Be- cause he isn’t. He comes often and stays long. —County Supt. C. L. Gramley was in town a few days this week very greatly interested in the action of the grand jury on the proposition to ap- propriate $5,000 from the county for the Curtin monument fund. He says the schools are going to take up their end of the work and it would be so encouraging to find such a nest egg as $5,000 about which to gather contributions from other sources. —Miss Ella McClain, of north Allegheny street, went to Altoona, Wednesday afternoon to see her uncle Frank McClain, who has been seriously ill at his home there with kidney trouble for some time. He was taken ill while in Pittsburg before the Holidays and since being brought home his condition has grown steadily worse. Mr. Me- Clain is very well known to the older residents of Bellefonte. —J. D. Miller, of Hublersburg, was in town on Monday; not on court business however. It was merely one of his occasional visits to his friends up this way. And he made lots of them during his canvas for the treasure- ship nomination last year. His fairness in elec- tioneering and his gracefulness in defeat gave the young Walker township farmer quite a boost in the judgment of men who know the right thing in polities. —Abe Weber, of Howard, sleek and good na- tured as ever, was in town on Monday, and his re- ports of business conditions down that way don’t put a very rosy halo around the head of this great prosperity phantom that some people are trying to make believe is real. He says some Howard township farmers are actually reduced to the necessity of getting out railroad ties in order to secure money to buy straw and corn for their stock. —Mr. W. W. Neese, one of Gregg township's prominent farmers, was in town on Saturday ac- companied by his son William. They were just taking a little look around the stores and imple- ment places. Mr. Neese reported very little in- terest manifested up to this time in the local elections down there, but we must say that if Gregg is indifferent in the spring she becomes cheerfully Democratic in the fall elections and Mr. Neese and his son Will are among those active in making it so. —Col. A. J. Graham, of Philipsburg, was in town Wednesday with Mr. W. J. Webster, the Pittsburg manager of the dynamite business that Col. Graham looks after so successfully in this sec- tion. It was quite a surprise to be informed by the Chesterfieldian Democrat from over the mountain that he is no longer a Colonel, but that Commodore now is his title. Just when he left the rank of the average Kentuckian and took to water we weren't able to find out, but the change of titles looks very significant. —J. L. DeHaas, the genial proprietor of the Syracuse house at Howard, was a Bellefonte visit- or on Monday. He didn’t seem to be in the best of humor, so we marked down this unusual con- dition for him as having probably been caused by the scarcity of snow this season. You know the Syracuse house is the great Mecca of Bald Eagle for sleighing parties and Jake is never happier than when making someone else have a good time, so it is only natural to suppose that he has been feeling a little disappointed with the weather man’s work this winter. SOME OF THE OLD PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. — The Penns valley side of Nittany mountain seems to be quite conducive to longevity. The placid lives the people live over there, the pure moral atmosphere that pervades the country ‘and villages and whole- some, simple diets all tend to long life, as the following lists of old people in Aarons- burg, Millheim and Spring Mills will attest. In Millheim there is Mrs. Jacob Gephart, 70; John: Stoner, 78; George Peters, 80; Michael Smith, 76; Mrs. Katie Fowler, 80; Mrs. Reuben Hartman, 75; Miss Lydia Musser, 72; Mrs. D. A. Musser, 74; Mrs. Thomas Frank, 74; Mrs. Maria Weaver, 73; Mrs. Rebecca Musser, 71; Mrs. Peter Confer, 71; Ilgen Musser, 70; Jacob Eisenhuth, 73; Mrs. Jacob Eisen- huth, 71; Polly Keen, 76; Mrs. Henney, 70; Fred Catherman, 75; Joseph Cantner, 75. Over at Aaronsburg the list is even longer and more remarkable. There they have many from the seventieth milestone up. Mrs. Sarah Hafeley, 89; Mrs. Sarah Walter, 88; Mrs. Susan Rote, 86; Mrs. Rebecca Harter, 85; John Bower, 82; Mrs. Sarah Bright, 81; David Stover, 81; John Krga. mer, 81; Daniel Wolf, 80. Mrs. Anna Stambach, 75; Jesse Wert, 70; Mrs. Grace Weaver, 73; Wm. Condo, 75; Mrs. Wm. Condo, 72; Miss Julia Bower, 74; Mrs. Eva Mingle, 77; Thos. Harper, 71; William H. Stover, 75; Sam- uel Green (colored man, ) 75; Mrs. Eveline Musser, 72; Jeremiah Kline, 78; Miss Mollie Miller, 72; Henry H. Weaver, 76; Henry K. Sommers (J. P.,) 75; Jacob Fisher, 72; John Yarger, 74; Mrs. Christena Bower, 71; Mrs. M. J. Deshler, 71; War- ren Wilkins, 74; William Bower, 71; Mrs. Catherine Burd, 75; Jacob Wyle, 70; Mrs. Mary Winkleblech, 71; Mrs. Sarah Leitzle, 75; George Wolf, 78; Cap’t. A. J. Sylvis, 73; Mrs. Lydia Myer, 72. There are quite a number of persons residing at Spring Mills, who have reached their three score years and ten and beyond. The octogenarians are Mrs. Sarah Van- Valzah, 86; Charles Snyder, 86; Mrs. Jane Nossker, 83; Mrs. Joanna Hummel, 82; Mrs. Rebecca Evans, 81; Wm. Auman, 81. The septuagenarians are Charles Miller, 78; Abram Alters, 77; Mrs. M. B. Hering, 74, Mrs. Wm. Auman, 74; Mrs. Rebecca Alters, 73; David Barree, 73; Mrs. Isabella Barree, 73; Mrs. Rebecca McCool, 73; Mrs. Charles Miller, 73; Mrs. Mary Fredericks, 72; Henry Hoffmeiser, 70. ——A traveling house was here on Mon- day with G. W. Godfrey, of Boston, in ° charge of it. It was called the ‘Gospel Carette’’ and so far as we could see is used for no other purpose than to provide Mr. Godfrey a home in which to roll over the country selling tracts at 10c a copy. His literature was guaranteed to inform all in- nocents as to ‘‘who the devil is’’ and ‘“‘what the angels are,’’ but as it didn’t include cures for coughs, colds, consumption, soft corns, vertigo, neuralgia and that tired feeling in its range of possibilities the agent’s stereotyped indacements to buy fell on largely barren soil about here. 1 —————— rere ——The fishing stream at the Nittany Country club’s preserve have lately been stocked with 3000 trout; sizes of which range from 3 to 6 inches. Those in charge at the club are determined to have as much sport as possible for the members at all times. 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. We are authorized to announce J. W. Kepler, of Ferguson township, as a candidate for the nomination for Assembly; subject to the decision of the Democratic county convention.* Philadelphia Markets. The following are the closing prices of the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening. Wheat==Req .oiiviiiicensniniiineises 693,@703 ¢“ —No. 2. on as Corn —Yellow. 395@40 ¢“ —Mixed.. 34%4@38 ORES creiersensssisieiseerens 31,@32 Flour— Winter, Per Br'l. we 2.25@2.40 ¢“ —Penna. Roller..... . 3.10@3.20 *¢ —Favorite Brands 3.95@4.10 Rye Flour Per Br’l we | 3.15@3.30 Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1....13.00@16.50 id oe te Mixed ¢ 13@14.75 BUIaW. cic cciiiindirins cisssissmenaisns . 7.00@15.00 Bellefonte Grain Marikiet. Corrected weekly by the Pu@Nxix MiuLing Co. The following are the quotations up to six o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes press: Red wheat, Rye, per bushel..... Corn, shelled, per b Corn, ears, per bushel Oats, per bushel, new Barley, per bushel.... Ground laster, Buckwheat, per bushel Cloverseed, per bushel. Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co. Potatoes per bushel ONIONS.....coonnsrrsrinse 5 50 Eggs, per dozen. Lard, per pound. 7 Country Shoulders. 6 ides...... 6 Hams 10 Tallow, per pound.. 3 Butter, Per POUDN.c...cccerrrmsnnintsrssisaressenss 22 The Democratic Watchman. 8 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 : SPACE OCCUPIED One inch (12 lines this type.. Two inches.........oc.u.. Three inches.... . uarter Column (5 inc alf Column (10 inches) One Column (20 inches).. Advertisements. in special column 25 per cent: additional. . : : Transient advs. per line, 3 insertions........... 20 cts. Each additional insertion, per line. 5 cts Local notices, per line.......... ..20 cts Business notices, per line 10 cts. Job Printing of every kind done with neatness and dispatch. The WarcumaN 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 'y
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