Bera iat
Bellefonte, Pa., Feb. 2, 1900.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
-—-This is ground hog day.
——On Wednesday, Feb. 13th, Centre
county will be one hundred years old.
——Mrs. C. F. Montgomery entertained
the ladies’ card club at her home, on east
Linn street, last evening.
——Rev. Bruce Hughes, whose illness at
his home in Philipsburg was noted in last
week's paper, is able to be out.
———They have eight inch ice at Hecla
park again and shipping will be begun at
once.
——Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bell, of How-
ard street, will entertain a few of their
friends at dinner this evening.
———-Geo. P. Thomas, of Pleasant Gap,
has received an increase of pension. He
will get $17 per month in the future.
W. S. Houser, the patentee of the
Houser springless lock, has been granted
patents on some improvements to his origi-
nal lock.
Stewart Matthews has resigned as
messenger of the Adams Express Co. in
this place and Edward Rine has been
brought here from Punxsutawney to take
his place.
Rev. and Mrs. George I. Brown, of
St. John’s Episcopal rectory, are receiving
the congratulations of their friends over the
advent of a baby girl at their home Satur-
day morning.
-——The ladies aid society of the Evan-
gelical church, of Linden Hall, will hold a
chicken and waffle supper on Saturday
evening, Feb. 10th, at the Wayside Inn.
Everybody is invited.
——Herbert Sheffer has retired from the
grocery firm of Sheffer & Son, the business
of which will be continued hy Samuel
Sheffer and his son Paul. Herbert has
nothing definite in view.
——An alarm of fire was rung in from
McCalmont & Co’s. lime kilng, Friday
night, at 9:30. The blaze was only a slight
one and had been caused by the cribbing
about the top of one of the kilns being over
heated. The fire was out before the arrival
of the department.
——The Franklin and Marshall college
glee and mandolin clubs, numbering eigh-
teen or twenty men, will be here on Feb.
21st. Their last appearance here, several
years ago, was highly successful and their
coming is looked forward to with consider-
able pleasure by lovers of music.
——A letter from Jim Cornelly carries
the information that he is in right good
health and has just enough work for ex-
ercise. He says that Bill Hanna has been
in the prison hospital for three months.
He has wasted away until he is only a
shadow of his former rotund self.
——On Saturday evening, Feb. 10th, the
Thespians from The Pennsylvania State
College, will present Goldsmith's comedy
‘She Stoops to Conquer,’’ at Garman’s. It
isa play in three acts with some of the
lines of which many are familiar and the
work of the College hoysin it is reported
as being very clever.
——Thad Longwell, who has been a
clerk in the P. R. R. freight office here for
some time, has been made assistant to train
dispatcher John Walsh, of the C. R. R. of
Pa. He will have charge of the car ac-
counting; leaving Mr. Clark to do the
stenographic work formerly looked after by
Claire B. Williams.
——Chas. Wetzel, the Bellefonte carpen-
ter who has made such an enviable reputa-
tion as a hard wood worker and especially
in laying ornamental flooring, has just tak-
en the agency for Stauffer’s patent window
bowing and locking device. It is one of
cleverest little patents imaginable and just
the handiest kind to relieve you of the
trouble you nearly always have with your
shutters.
——=8. B. Finnegan, superintendent of
the Morris quarries and kilns along Buffa-
lo Run, said that Wednesday was the
coldest day of the winter on that work.
The actual record of the thermometer was
not so low, but a piercing wind blew all
day, penetrating to the very marrow of
one’s bones. Mr. Finnegan expects to
move from his present home on Howard
street to the Grauer house, on Spring
street.
——Philipsburg is getting ready for free
mail delivery. Post-office inspector Duryea
“has been there and assured the people that
as soon as the houses are properly number-
ed the free delivery system will be inaugu-
rated. That town is about to reap the bene-
fits of former post master Walton’s efforts
to bring the post-office business up to the
point insuring free delivery. He was made
to suffer for it, but Philipsburg has been
the gainer.
——The last week’s shot at the indoor
rifle range was the most exciting one yet.
There were three ties for the first and two
for the second place. James Noon, Jos.
Rightnour and William Kline each made a
score of 28, while Maurice Jackson and a
Curtin’s Works marksman had 27. Of
course they had to shoot off and there is
where the county detective’s dead eye car-
ried away the first prize rifle. He made
25, Noon made 23 and Kline made 22. For
the second prize the old turkey shooter from
down Bald Eagle carried the gun home on
his shoulder. This week adouble barreled
shot gun and a target rifle are the prizes.
THE BoroUGH NOMINEES.—The Demo-
cratic and Republican primaries have been
held and pow each party has nominees in
the field for the offices to be filled on Feb-
ruary 20th. In the borough offices the
nominations are exactly as predicted in last
week’s WATCHMAN. :
Both primaries were without much inter-
est, as there was scant prospect of a fight.
The Republican clans, however, let their
feelings work out in the North ward, where
the Hastings people turned out en masse to
defeat W. H. Musser for justice, merely be-
cause he was Governor Stone’s appointee.
As between Mr. Musser and Mr. Harshber-
ger, the successful opponent, probably not
ten Republicans in the North ward have
any persénal preferment. Both are very
good men, but Mr. Musser happened to be
appointed by Governor Stone to fill the un-
expired term of justice Schaeffer, who re-
signed, and that made him a mark for the
Hastings people and they didn’t do a thing
but fall on it.
Just how Stuart Brouse happened to
hypnotize them all over town no one will
be able to explain. He has long been rec-
ognized as an adept at political manipula-
tion, but of late years he has been with the
Quay people so staunchly that he is said to
have declined a thousand from the other
side during the fight last summer, so it
would seem that he has either gotten them
all hypnotized or has accomplished a deal
with the Hastings faction; for by no other
means could he have taken the South ward
away from Jim Houser and the North away
from Sam’l Gault. Those candidates for
overseer were, at least, entitled to instruct-
ions from their own wards, even if Brouse
delegates were to be chosen. The West
warder carried every precinet in town in a
walk and this is certainly another straw in
proof of the WATCHMAN’S assertion that
the Hastings and Quay clans are getting
together in Centre county on some issues
at least.
The nominations of the two parties are as
follows :
DrMocraTIC OFFICE REPUBLICAN
W, H. Walker......... Burgess...Edmund Blanchard
.Tax collector......... G. W. Rees
Over-seer poor......R. S. Brouse
....Treasurer............C. F. Cook.
Auditor......... J. Thos. Mitchell
NortH WARD
Judge of election.....S. B. Miller
Inspector...... Roger T. Bayard
Dr. J. L. Seibe Council......... Geo. L. Potter
Frank Adams.Jt e of Peace. .H. H. Harshberger
School Director...... John P. Harris
Sovran WARD
Jos. McMahon. Judge of election...J. 8. McCarger
Henry Walkey.......... Inspector..........
Patrick Gherrity. ....Council.
John Keichline...Justice of Peace... Edw. T. Tuten
A. C. Mingle......8chool Director.....Jas.I. McClure
WEST WARD
L. C. Wetzel...Judge of election...John M. Strayer
D. C. Stine........... Inspector .David H. Bartley
Wm. H. Parks ...Council.........John L. Knisely
John Keichline...Justice of Peace...Edw. T. Tuten
Wm. Rider..... School Director W. H. Crissman
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THE LAST oF THE IRON CiTY.—The fa-
mous Iron City Mutual Fire Ins. Co., of
Pittshurg, that caused so much trouble
among Centre county policy holders, a list
of whom the WATCHMAN has published
several times since the litigation begun,
has finally been dissolved. It went into
the hands of Elmer W. Moore receiver, over
two years ago and he has collected about
$20,000 to pay off the $80,000 in claims
againet the corporation. On Monday, Jan.
11th, his work was confirmed by the court
and W. H. Sponsler, of Pittsburg, and W.
M. Hargest, of Harrisburg, were named as
auditors to distribute the funds in the hands
of the receiver.
This is the ending of what has been a
very bad job for some residents of Centre
county. The Iron City induced several
hundred people in this vicinity to sign ap-
plications for policies which turned out to
be judgment exemption notes. The com-
Henry Tibbens
John N. Lane.
county policy holders combined to fight
against the further payment of premiums.
Suit was brought against them and some
were frightened into paying up. The oth-
ers were given a hearing before the justice,
who gave judgment against them in the
amounts named. They appealed to court,
where the judgments of the justice were re-
versed and litigation ended.
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AMONG THE SicK.—The health of the
venerable John Wagner, of south Spring
street, has been so unsatisfactory of late
that his family are constantly concerned
about him. Miss Annie MecAffrey, who
has been seriously ill since before Christ-
mas with typhoid pneumonia, is not im-
proving as fast as her friends would have
her do but yet she is much better than
she was. Poor little David Harshberger
is still hovering between life and death,
but the doctors were able to relieve him
greatly when they made an incision on
Wednesday and drained out the abscess
which had formed on one of his lnngs.
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FosTER’S LATEST WEATHER FORECAST.
My last bulletin gave forecasts of the storm
wave to cross the continent from 25th to
26th and the next will reach the Pacific
coast about 30th, cross the west of Rockies
country by close of 31st, great central val-
leys February 1st to 3rd Eastern States 3rd.
Warm wave will cross the west of Rock-
ies country about 30th, great central val-
leys February 1st, Eastern States 3rd.
Cold wave will cross the west of Rockies
country about February 2nd, great central
valleys 4th, Eastern States 6th.
Temperature of the week ending Febru-
ary 5th will average above normal in the
great central valleys and the Eastern States
and below in rhe Pacific slope. Rainfall
will be below normal in the great central
valleys and about on the Pacific slope.
About the date of this bulletin a high
temperature wave will be crossing the great
central valleys and immediately behind it
will come the most severe wave of the
month, probably the greatest storm of the
winter, but the temperature will remain
low only a few days.
pany was not paying its lesses and Centre,
——George Horner, of Oak Hall, has
bought the Bradford property south of that
place for $800.
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——It was 4° below zero about here
yesterday morning, which was the coldest
record of the season.
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——The Linden Hall Lumber Co. has
leased some additional property from the
Wieland farm on which to locate the new
mill they intend building soon.
rt All.
~——The nomination of Sam Weiser for
the office of burgess of Millheim by the
Democrats is tantamount to an election and
insures to the people of that place an offi-
cial who will be a credit to them.
elf ff eeceeeesme:
——Rev. Wagner preached a trial ser-
mon in the Lutheran church at Rebersburg
on Sunday evening and pleased the con-
gregation very much. Action will be tak-
en to fill the vacancy next Sunday.
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Irvin Burris lost a puise containing
$37 over near Linden Hall last week and it
was afterward picked up by Harry Lone-
barger and returned to its owner. The
latter’s honesty will find its reward some
day.
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——T. G. Hosterman is moving his mill
building near Pine Creek Mills. He sold
it to Edward Smith, of Woodward, and
will buy a larger one upon which he
can handle the timber he has contracted
for.
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——~Carrie, the five year old daughter of
Samuel Hasel, foreman of this office, is ill
with scarlet rash and their home on east
Bishop street is quarantined for thirty
days. Sam is staying with his wife’s par-
ents, the Otts, on east High street.
Se,
——George Good, one of the alleged
burglars who was killed in a fight with of-
ficoers at Quincy, Ill., a few days ago, is
said to be a son of Abram Good, a wealthy
Williamsport Miller. The young man ran
away from home when 16 years of age.
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——*40ld Si Stebbins’’ is the name of a
rural comedy that will come to Garman’s
Monday night, February 5th. It has never
before been presented in Bellefonte and
comes heralding a threshing machine,
trained pig, concert band and orchestra.
BR .----:
——About thirty neighbors made last
Thursday night a mem orable one for F. A.
McClintick, of Linden Hall. It was the
twenty -eighth anniversary of his birth and
the pleasant evening the visitors made for
him at his home was enough to make him
wish for many recurrences of the event.
— A Aen.
—— ‘Old Si Stebbins,’ is a story of rural
simplicity and city love making, so that it
is said to be quite an interesting play.
Dan Darleigh, who isstarring in it, is pecu-
liarly adapted for the title role and when
he parades with the Grassville Centre band
he makes your ideal Rube look like thirty-
cents. ‘At Garman’s, Monday night, Feb-
ruary 5th.
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——The official board of the Philipsburg
Methodist church has petitioned conference
for the return of Rev. J. L. Tomkinson,
the present pastor out there. What true
christians they must be, to be satisfied with
their preacher. It is a rare congregation,
nowadays, that hasn’t forgotten all about
charity and doesn’t begin to find fault
with the preacher almost before he gets
settled in his field of Iahor.
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Over at Tunneltown, below Spruce
Creek, the negro laborers bad another
fracas Sunday night. Lane Stroud shot
Thomas Bogan three times. The latter
was asleep in his bunk when the murder-
ous assault was made and after the shoot-
ing Stroud made good his escape, but a posse
of black residents of the place went after
him with a rope determined to lynch him as
an example. There have been so many shoot-
ing affrays over there that the better class
of men have become tired waiting for the
law to interpose and are going to try a lit-
tle summary justice.
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——A't the regular meeting of Gregg post
G. A. R. No 95, Saturday evening, it was
decided to try to increase the appropriation
for the soldier’s monument fund from the
amount of $200, for which the Post had
pledged itself some time ago, to $400. With
this end in view the proceeds of the annual
all day restaurant on Washington’s birthday
will be devoted to that purpose. The Post
was inspected, Saturday evening, by Dept.
Com. James F. Morrison, of Philadelphia,
and Past Dept. Com. Thomas G. Sample,
of Allegheny, who is now a member of the
Soldiers’ Orphans’ Schools Commission.
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——George B. Hamer, a Sinking-valley
farmer, met death in a frightful way about
a mile east of Tyrone some time last Sat-
urday night. He had been to Tyrone to
make a payment on a sewing machine and
left that place toward evening, driving his
horse and buggy. Hamer had been drink-
ing some, but when last seen apparently
was in a condition to take care of himself
but the result proved that such was not
the case. When driving along the Juniata
bank he got off,the road and tumbled down
into the river. The horse tore loose from
the buggy which rolled clear into the
water with the luckless driver in it and
there he was pinned. The buggy was on
top of him and he could not ‘move. Next
morning people passing that way to church
saw the broken vehicle in fhe river below
and were horrified to see a man’s arm pro-
truding through the thin ice that had
formed during the night. An investigation
proved that it was George B. Hamer and
the surroundings told the story of his
tragic end.
A TEACHERS LOCAL INSTITUTE.—The
teachers of the public schools of Miles, Penn,
Millheim, Haines and Gregg precincts,
comprising local institute district No. 1,
will have sessionsin the Reformed church
at Aaronsbhurg on Friday and Saturday,
Feb. 9th and 10th.
There will be sessions Friday evening
and Saturday morning and afternoon.
Among those who have places on the pro-
gram are Rev. F. M. Brown, Col. D. F.
Fortney, Bellefonte, Miss Cordelia Acker,
Supt. C. L. Gramley, Rev. E. H. Gerhard,
R. U. Bittner, W. T. Williams, E. W.
Braucht, Edna M. Krumrine, J. Rearick,
Miss Helen Bartholomew, H. W. Morris, F.
A. Auman, B. W. Ripka, H. H. Musser, C.
E. Royer, M. E. Keen, H. A. Detwiler, H.
F. Yearick, W. T. Winkleblecht, M. R.
Wirt, H. C. Rothrock, M. A. Brown, J. F.
Garthoff, J. G. Eby, Miss Mabel 8S. Sankey,
M. H. Limbert and F. H. Slaterbeck.
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THE MAD DoG SCARE IN SUGAR AND
BRUSH VALLEYS.—For some time the res-
idents of Sugar and Brush valleys have
been terrorized by a mad dog scare. At
first it was thought to be only a scare, but
later numerous dogs in that locality show-
ed unmistakable signs of the rabies and
even live stock became affected and acted
in a mysterious way.
The trouble did not abate, as promptly
as the few scoffers predicted it would, but
seemed to he spreading and this led to a
prompt investigation. It was learned that
a mad dog had gotten into Sugar-valley
fcom the vicinty of Watsontown. The
dog ran amuck among other canines, cattle.
sheep and hogs and was finally killed by Jos.
Meyers at Spring Bank. It had sown the
rabies broad-cast, however, and it was not
long until hydrophobic symptoms were
cropping out everywhere. Many farmers
killed their dogs, but when horned cattle
hegan to froth at the mouth and tear madly
about, until they had battered their horns
off and were bruised and bleeding there
was a demand for the State Live Stock San-
itary Board to act.
Dr.John Riter, the veterinarian of Centre
Hall, went into the affected valleys and
reported that it was genuine hydrophobia.
He was then directed to kill all the dan-
gerous animals and quarantine others.
Accordingly he went down there last Sat-
day again and found that 23 dogs had been
killed in all. Then he quarantined a
number of barns; among them being those
of John Royer, Peter Breon and Elias
Breon, near Rebersburg. The cards were
put up on Monday. Peter Breon has had
to kill two heifers, a sheep and adog; New-
ton Brungart has killed two hogs and a
dog and Elias Breon has killed a cow.
Dr. Riter says there need be no farther
fear of a spread of the malady if people are
only careful. The principal restriction
imposed by quarantining is that cattle dare
not be taken from an affected stable with-
out being led.
Ou Wednesday a mad dog was discover-
ed at Loganton. The dog bit and killed a
number of chickens on Squire Beck’s farm
and bit the dog on the Heard farm. It
then escaped without being killed.
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PROBABLY THE OLDEST TWINS IN THE
STATE.—The celebration of the eighty-
ninth anniversary of the birth of Mrs.
Sarah Rhone and Mrs. Lydia Young at the
old Rhone homestead, in Penns-valley, on
Sunday, was an event of more that passing
interest. The old ladies are twin sisters
and spring from one of the oldest and most
influential families in the lower end of the
county and their remarkable longevity is
emphasized by their unusual activity.
Mors. Sarah Rhone is the widow of Jacob
Rhone, and mother of Leonard Rhone, the
prominent Granger of this county, and Mrs.
Lydia Young is the widow of John Young.
They are probably the oldest living twin
sisters in the State, and the celebration of
their birth on Sunday brought together
many of the members of this large family.
Mrs. Rhone and Mrs. Young were born
at Coburn, this county, January 28th, 1811.
They are daughters of Leonard Kerstetter,
aGerman, who was one of the pioneers of
that section. Sarah and Lydia were mem-
bers of a family of eleven children, all of
whom are dead with the exception of the
twins, and Daniel and Samuel, two young-
er brothers.
The twin sisters were married within a
year of each other, when they were about
20 years of age, Sarah to Jacob Rhone and
Lydia to John Young, both sturdy young
Centre county farmers. In 1846 Jacob
Rhone purchased the Rhone homestead,
near Centre Hall, from his father’s heirs, a
tract which had been in possession of the
Rhone family continuously since 1794, but
in 1853 he died suddenly, leaving a family
of eight small children to the care of his
wife. Mrs. Rhone took up the manage-
ment of the estate and managed it with re-
markable sagacity and executive ability,
erecting new buildings, at a cost of several
thousand dollars, until in 1860, when the
homestead was purchased by Leonard
Rhone, who has occupied it ever since.
Since his residence at the homestead
Grandmother Rhone has made her home
with her son, Leonard, and his family.
Mrs. Young, since the death of her hus-
band, a dozen or so years ago, has made
her home with her only child, Mrs. Adam
Weaver, of Woodward.
Six years ago there was a family reunion
of the Rhone family at the old homestead
and at that time Grandmother Rhone, de-
spite her 84 years, sang in a ‘voice strong
and sweet, German and English songs.
In form and feature Mrs. Rhone and Mrs.
Young are very much alike, so that at
times the one has been taken for the other.
They are both hale and hearty, and give
promise of health and life for a number of
years to come. They are both members of
the Lutheran Church.
News Purely Personal.
—Prothonotary M. I. Gardner was in Howard
on business yesterday.
—Miss Helen Malin, of Howard street, is visit-
ing Mifflinburg friends.
—Hard P. Harris is oft on a business excursion
to Harrisburg and Philadelphia.
—George Bayard, of Tyrone, was in town to
spend Sunday with his parents.
—Miss Bess Hayes, of Spring street, is in Ty-
rone visiting Mrs. Guido Boecking.
—Editor Wilbur F. Harris of the Republican and
Daily News, spent Sunday in Harrisburg.
—Miss Berenice Moore, of Howard street, has
returned from a month’s visit in Winber, Somer-
set county.
—Gross Mingle, of Centre Hall, spent Tuesday
evening in Bellefonte on a joint business and
pleasure mission.
—C. P. Hewes Esq., of Erie, was in town on
Tuesday and Wednesday, interested in the trial
of a case in court here.
—John I. Potter, Pennsylvania freight agent in
this place, made a business trip to Lancaster dur-
ing the early part of the week.
—Miss Margaret Sholl, of Williamsport, a sister
of Leroy Sholl, captain of the State College foot
ball team, spent Sunday in Bellefonte, as a guest
of Miss Margaret Teats.
—Harry Kline, of Middletown, was in Bellefonte
for a few hours yesterday; shaking hands with
his old friends here. He had been up to Altoona
on business and couldn’t resist the temptation to
run down to his old home here; even though he
was only able to tarry between trains.
—Mr. and Mrs. George T. Brew, of Oakland,
Maryland, were arrivals in town on Monday and
are guests at the Bush house. Mr. Brew was
here on matters of business relative to the Jackson
estate and Mrs. Brew came along to spend a few
days calling on friends at her old home here,
—John J. Bower, secretary of the Democratic
county committee, represented chairman John-
ston at the meeting of the State Central commit-
tee, at Harrisburg, last week. Of course he heard
Bryan and after the meeting went on down to
Lancaster to spend a few days with college friends.
—H. E. Homan and his bright young son John
were in town on Saturday. They are making a
farm up at Oak Hall pay about as well as the best
of them, but, as Mr. Homan said, ‘It isn’t wheat
that is doing it.” The successful farmer nowadays
is the one who has something more than wheat
to sell and Mr. Homan is one of that kind.
—Chas. Watson, of Snow Shoe, was a Bellefonte
visitor Friday night; having come in to attend
to a little business here, as well as to see the
“Real Widow Brown.” He said that it was so
cold and windy coming over the mountain that
evening that at times it seemed as though the
railroad car would be blown clear off the tracks.
—Mr. E. S. Spotts was in town on Monday mak-
ing arrangements for the sale he intends having
on March 7th at his home, three miles north ot
Unionville. While he doesn’t advertise the big-
gest sale in Centre county you will find that
everything put up there will be in the pink of
condition and well worth your looking after.
—Chas. T. Noll,s from the booming town of
Clearfield, was here over Sunday visiting his par-
ents on Pine street. He arrived Saturday night
with his son Frederick and it is needless to say
that that youthful prodigy was not permitted to
depart with his father. Frederick is still at
grand-pa Noll's, where they would keep him all
the time, if they could.
—Contractor Michael Karstetter was in bright
and early from Pleasant Gap, Monday morning,
and we thought perhaps he was looking out for
some big contract until we discovered that he
was in town to serve his country asa juror. If
all cases were tried before a body of men of such
good judgment as this juror is known to have
there would be less fussing about the injustice of
our courts.
—Jas. C. Gilliland, station master at Oak Hall,
left for Philadelphia, Wednesday morning, tak-
ing Miss Clara Shaffer with him. The latter has
been a member of the late Washington Camp-
bell’s family since girlhood and is in the city to
undergo treatment in the Presbyterian hospital.
She has been suffering for sometime with troub-
les that appeared to be growing more serious and
it was with the hope of a permanent cure that she
was taken to the city.
—Will and Edgar T. Burnside were in Pittsburg
during the fore-part of the week attending the
funeral of Mrs. Gill who is the mother ot Mr.
Edw. Gill, the treasurer of their company. The
latter was here visiting his partners over Sun-
day; his mother having been in perfect health
when he left home, but late Saturday night a
long distance telephone message brought the sad
news of her sudden illness and death. He left
for his home Sunday afternoon.
—Hon. Leonard Rhone, of Centre Hall, was in
town on Monday looking anything but displeased
because Governor Stone's desire to run every-
thing for politicians, had cost him his place on
the State Board of Agriculture. Mr. Rhone is
possibly the most prominent Granger in Pennsyl-
vania. He is not a tin-Granger either, for he
farms every day of his life over in Penns-valley
and when the Governor of this State relieves
such a man to make place for a purely newspaper
farmer it is a pretty commentary on the useful-
ness of a Department of Agriculture.
—P. F. Bottorf Esq., of Pine Grove Mills, was in
town on Tuesday on what specific mission we
were unable to find out. ‘He has so many irons
in the fire up in Ferguson that he has all kinds
of business to look after. In fact when he gave
up farming and moved in to town it was with the
intention of taking things a little easier, but, you
know how it is, one thing led on to another and
the first Fred knew he was deeper in it than he
had ever been before. One of his enterprises is
the Pine Grove flouring mill and the way he has
improved and built up that old plant is really
remarkable. The people of that vicinity have a
place to get as good modern process flour as can
be made.
—B. F, another of the Homan brothers, was
down from Oak Hall on Saturday. Of course he
had business in town else he wouldn’t have heen
here, but there was not too much of it to prevent
his making a very pleasant little call at the
WarciimaN office. He is a great friend of the Warcn-
MAN. In fact he never discovered how much he
thinks of the paper until a few years ago, when
he made up his mind he would try to get along
without it. Well, he tried, and so far as we know
him that must have been the only undertaking
he ever failed in, for he soon made the discovery
that the friend that had keep him reliably in-
formed on all the local and general news, ever
since his boyhood days, was too valuable to part
company with, and he was right.
—It was quite a surprise to his friends in this
place when it became known, Tuesday morning,
that Claire B. Williams had severed his connee-
tion with the Central Railroad Co. of Pennsyl-
vania. He had been stenographer in Sup’t. Gep-
hart’s office ever since the organization of the
road and was thought to be a fixture in town, but
a nicer thing loomed up and he was fortunate in
being able to profit by it. He left for New York,
Wednesday evening, there to accept the position
of chief clerk to the Supt. of Motive Power of the
Central Railroad of New Jersey and will have an
office in Jersey City. While his good fortune is
a matter of gratification to his many friends in
this place they are, nevertheless, sorry to know
that he and Mrs Williams will leave Bellefonte
permanently. They will probably not move their
furniture until the first of March. Mr. and Mrs.
Edward P. Irvin will take their apartments in
the Exchange.
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—Dr. R. G. H. Hayes returned from Philadel-
phia Monday morning after a week attending
lectures and clinics in the hospitals in that eity.
He came up as a witness at court but returned to
his work in the city next day.
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——A brass band and orchestra are feat-
ures of the ‘Old Si Stebbins’’ show that
comes to Garman’s next Monday night.
1t 1s a Farce comedy much on the order of
‘‘Si Perkins,”
rem Aree
——Wm. G. Runkle, the Democratic
nominee for treasurer of Bellefonte, an-
nounces positively thas he will not permit
the use of his name for the office, so treas-
urer Cook will have no opposition.
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——There was an old fashioned sewing
party at the home of C. O. Mallory in Re-
bersburg, a few days ago, and the twenty
ladies who attendad enjoyed it immensely.
Quilting bees and carpet rag parties, so
popular and enjoyable years ago, are sel-
dom heard of any more.
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——While loading ties at the C. R. R.
of Pa., station Wednesday morning Jacob
Fultz, of Immeltown had his left foot bad-
ly smashed. A tie fell from the top of a
six-foot pile striking him on the top of his
foot. It required four stitches to close up
the wound it made and he will be laid up
for several weeks.
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——Thos. Shaughenesy assumed his new
duties as janitor at the court house on
Wednesday, evening. Former janitor
Thos. Donachy retired with the good
wishes of all about the building, for he cer-
tainly did take excellent care of the coun-
ty property and was faithful in the per-
formance of every duty. The court has ap-
pointed Mr. Donachy as a tip staff for the
balance of the year. >
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——A new Methodist church was dedi-
cated at Sandy Ridge on Sunday under
most auspicious circumstances. Dr. E. J.
Gray, of Williamsport, preached at the
morning and evening servicesand Dr. D. S.
Monroe preached in the afternoon. Though
there was $700 to raise on the church the
collectors found little difficulty in raising
$800. The ground on which the church
stands was donated by the Sandy Ridge
Fire Brick Co.
——Last Thursday Benj. Gentzel took
three teams of very fine horses away from
Bellefonte. They were shipped to the
West Virginia Lumber Co., at Davis, W.
Va., and included R. B. Taylor's magnifi-
cent team of greys, a team of blacks pur-
chased from John Yearick and a team of
bays that he mated up by purchases from
John Benner, of Rock, and Jared Harper,
of this place. If is reported that Mr. Tay-
lor received $510.00 for his team.
Ge ye Th
——OIld Mrs. Vanatta, who had been
making her home with a son-in-law in this
place, was put on a Bald Eagle valley train,
Tuesday afternoon, to he sent to another
daughter’s at Flemington. The poor old
woman wae very feeble and a little weak-
minded so she forgot where she was going
until she reached Lock Haven, where she
wandered about the station in a pitiable
condition. Finally Miss Ethel Yufer no-
ticed her and took her in charge until it
could be learned where she belonged.
Announcement.
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.*
Sale Register.
MagcH 7rn.—On the premises of David Spotts, 3
miles north of Unionville, horses, cattle, shoats
and all kinds of farm implements, blacksmith
tools etc. Sale at 1 p. m. sharp.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat=Red .....cciceusicciscinsnirrinnne 6934@708
“« No, 2. ate Shanes
Corn —Yellow. . 39%4@40
¢ —Mixed.. 343,38
OALS...cccericreneseeeannnns 314,@32
Flour— Winter, Per Br’l. 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
4 it hn Mixed * 1... 13@14.75
we 1.00@15.00
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by the Pu@Nix MiLuineg Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
ress :
ed wheat, .... 67
Rye, per bus 40
Corn, shelled, pe 35
Corn, ears, per bushel. 30
Oats, per bushel, new .. 25
Barley, per bushel....... 40
Ground Plaster, per ton.. 8 50
Buckwheat, per bushel .. 26
Cloverseed, per bushel... $4 00 to $6 00
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel .......iieiviicccicns sine we 40
Onions. 3 sikissees 50
s, per dozen. 22
Hy i ound. "
Country Shoulders. 6
Sides...... 6
Hams 10
Tallow, per pound.. ve 3
Butter, per pound. saseeessense 22
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-
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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.
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P. GRAY MEEK, Proprieto