= ln Bellefonte, Pa., Feb. 8, 1500. CorrESPONDENTS.—No communications pub lished unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY Seats for ‘‘She Stoops to Conquer” are on sale at Parrish’s. ——Thomas Gramley has moved from Oak Hall to the old Kimport farm near Linden Hall. Mrs. A. O. Furst, of west Linn street, entertained a number of ladies at dinner Tuesday evening. After an idleness of several months the Gowland machine shops in Philipsburg have been put in operation again. -——The State mandolin club is said to be very fine this season. It will play be- tween the acts at the opera house tomorrow night. ——Elect no man to council who will not do his best for the town and put no man on the school board who will not give disinterested attention to the schools. ——There will be happy (?) days in store for Col. Ed. Pruner when he gets to be burgess of Tyrone and those murderous Tuanneltown coons come to live within the realms of his jurisdiction. Mrs. Mary Zindle, of Snow Shoe, was brought to this place Saturday even- ing for safe keeping. She had lost her mind from the effects of typhoid fever and was taken to the Danville asylum Monday evening. ——A great many of the matrons of Bellefonte will act as patronesses for the production of ‘‘She Stoops to Conquer,” which will be given at Garman’s by the State College boys on Saturday night, Feb. 10th. Detective Joseph Rightnour arrest- ed Roland Ickhoff yesterday about noon for fishing with a dip net in Buffalo-Run. He was after some one who was fishing out in the old car shops dam, but that of- fender escaped. Mrs. M. W. Cowdrick, of Niagara Falls, whose alarming condition a week or 80 ago was learned of with so much regret by her friends in this place, has recovered so far as to remove the probability of any immediate danger. ——While skating on the mill dam a Linden Hall last Saturday Wm. McClintic and Arthur Colyer broke through the ice. Fortunately they escaped drowning, but they got the usual ducking that goes with such catastrophes. Peter Mendis has become a citizen of the United States. He was naturalized; having received his last papers on Sat- urday. Peter is a native of sunny Italy, but has lived in Bellefonte quite awhile and has considerable property here. ——An epidemic of sore eyes is reported from many sections of the county. The trouble strikes the victim very suddenly, giving the impression that there is dust or dirt in the eye, but upon examination it is found to be a slight granulation of the lids. ——Andy Lytle, of College, was the first colicctor to settle in full his ’99 duplicate. He was in on Monday and got treasurer Speer’s receipt for every penny of it. Those who know him best are not much surpris- ed at this, for Andy always was a great hustler. —— Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Irvin have decided not to leave the Bush house. They had been thinking of taking the apartments in the Exchange that have been vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Claire B. Williams, but have changed their minds and will remain where they are. Hon. J. H. Wetzel, member of the Legislature from Centre county, announces to his friends, through this issue of the WATCHMAN, that he will stand again. Mr. Wetzel’s record during the last session was without a blemish and he should have no fear of standing on it. -——— Mr. John Reilly, of the Bellefonte glass works, received a telegram from his home in Muncie, Ind., yesterday morning, announcing that his eldest daughter is not expected to live. She has been stricken with quick consumption. He left for her bed-side at noon yesterday. ——Jacob Yarrison, the Sugar valley man who was knocked down and kicked by his relatives, Eckle and Womelsdorf, several weeks ago, will likely carry the ef- fects of the assault with him as long as he lives. The upper part of his body is power- less. He was in a critical condition, but is now somewhat improved. Among the telegraphic mews in zanotker part of this paper is an aeeount of ‘the tremble into which the 47th U. 8. Vol. nf. hes gotten in the Philippines. It is not known here what battalion Maj. Ship- “ton commands. It was the one that had ‘to telegraph fer reinforcements. If it is {the (irst'Slren mest of the Bellefonte boys wie in it, for many of them are members of D company, which would he in the first battalion, Benj. Gentzel has sold his fine farm below town to John Rishel, of Benner township, for $8,400. It is is one of the most highly improved farm properties in the county and will make a delightful home for Mr. Rishel’s son Al; who has now given up the idea of going into the livery business in Philipshuarg. The sale conveys 118 acres of farm land and ‘20 acres of mountain land. Mr. Gentzel will probably devote all of his time in the future to deal- ing in horses. A REMARKABLE LIFE ENDED.—Belle- fonte has lost its oldest citizen, a man who was remarkable for his length of years, business acnmen and the active possession of all of his faculties up to almost the time of his death. When John Wagner Sr., passed away at his home on south Spring street, Sunday morning at 3 o’clock, he had passed his ninety-third mile stone. His was a life of unusual length, characterized by that suc- cess which invariably attends thrift, econo- my and integrity in all affairs. He had not been really sick; it was only a breaking down of his rugged constitution and he died as peacefully as he lived, safe in the com- fort of christian experience. ‘We know of no man whose life can be said to have been more fruitful, for he fill- ed a place of high esteem in this communi- ty. His advice was sought in business af- fairs even to within a few days of his death, for .withrare mental alertness he man- aged his own business matters until the very last. All heaccomplished was through his own resources, but it was the practical energy of a never give up spirit that made him one of the town’s wealthiest residents. Deceased is a son of the Keystone State, having first seen the light of day in Northumberland county, November 9th, 1806. His grandfathers on both sides were soldiers of the Revolutionary war, and grandfather Wagner was taken prisoner by the British and placed with others on an island where he died of starvation. An uncle who was with him survived the hardships, and returned home to tell the sorrowful story. The personal history of John Wagner is most interesting, as his reminiscences cover incidents which seem far removed from this generation. He remembers seeing soldiers during the war of 1812, and his experience in helping upon the farm with the primitive methods of that day would reconcile the modern farmer boy to his lot, as Mr. Wagner had to “tramp out’’ the wheat on the barn floor, and to thresh the clover and rye with the old fashioned flail. His education was obtained at the schools in Haines town- ship, Centre county, to which place his parents had moved from Backs county when Mr. Wagner was quite young. In early manhood he hought a farm for him- self and was united in marriage, in 1827,to his first wife, Miss Helen Collier. His first wife having died, he afterward wedded Miss Weiscer, . In 1837 he left his farm in Haines town- ship and moved into the vicinity of Boals- burg, where he remained until 1859, when he located in Benner township to remain until 1868, when he retired and has since been a resident of this place. He was a staunch member of the Reformed church and a Democrat of the Jacksonian stamp; having been one of the most ardent 16 to 1 advocates in the county in the last presi- dential campaign. Deceased is survived by his aged wife and the following children: Katherine, wife of Daniel Gathagan, of Assumption, Ill.; Emeline, wife of Michael Hess, of Shingletown; Susan, wife of Adam Wag- ner, of Bellefonte, and Henry, who when last heard from was in St. Paul, Minn. Funeral services were held at his late home on Wednesday morningat 10 o'clock; Rev. T. Levan Bickel, of the Réformed church officiating. Six of his grandsons, C. Y. and Harry Wagner, Clark Herman, and Ira, Newton and John Hess were the pall-bearers. Interment was made in the Union cemetery. I fl ll Diep IN BRADDOCK.—The remains of Miss Margaret Cooney, youngest daughter of Lawrence Cooney; of this place, who died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Wm. Dillon, in Braddock, on Wednesday, after an extended illness with consumption, were brought home Thursday and taken to the home of her sister Mrs. Fox, on cast Bishop street. From thence the funeral will take place this morning. Services will be held in St. John’s Catholic church and inter- ment will be made in the Catholic ceme- tery. Miss Cooney was a native of this place and about thirty years of age. She wasa beautiful girl, bright, winsome and lovable. After the death of her mother she took charge of her father’s home ’til it was broken up and then she went to Braddock to reside with ber sister. She is survived by her father. three sisters and three broth- ers, Mrs. Bridget Dillon, Mrs. Mary Fox, Mrs. Alice Brennan, Lawrence, Michael and Martin. : fl t I ——Francis McMonigle, a son of John and Nancy McMonigle, of Hannah Furnace, this county, died in the Blair county alms- house on Sunday afternoon. He had been in that institution since the 19th of Jan- unary on account of being mentally un- balanced. His misfortune began in De- cember, 1898, when he was walking along the Tyrone and Clearfield rail-road, near the Summit, and was struck by an engine, hurting his head. Ever afterwards he was mentally unbalanced. Burial was made from the McMonigle homestead at Mt. Pleasant church, where he was horn, on Wednesday morning. A widow, his father and mother, two sisters and three brothers survive him. ll I I ——The venerable Benjamin Aikey died at the home of his daughter at the toll-gate near the chain works on last Saturday with troubles incident to advanced age. He was 81 years old and issurvived by several sons and daughters, all of whom are grown up. Funeral services were held at the home of his widowed daughter, Mrs. Barnhart, where he died, on Tuesday afternoon; Rev. J. Zeigler officiating. Interment was made in the Milesburg (e netery. wr a a ME a I SU EE NEA CTI, Mrs. Emma R. Yearick died at her home at Woodward on Sunday morning with kidney and heart trouble. She was the wife of A. M. Yearick and was born June 20th, 1861, her maiden name having been Hess. She was a zealous member of the Evangelical church and hore up under her long suffering with true christian forti- tude. Her husband and one child Flor- ence C., survive. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning. ll I I ——Little Helen Steinkirchner, of New- kon, Kan., an infant daughter of Henry Steinhirchner, formerly of this place, died recently of whooping cough and measles. eet A lodge of Elks was instituted in Clearfield on the night of the 20th ult. ee er ‘‘She Stoops to Conquer’ at Gar- man’s Saturday night, Feb. 10th. ele cetera ——Mrs. Arthur Kimport and their lit- tle daughter Ellen, of east Bishop street. are both ill with something like tonsilitis. ts Pat McAffrey, of Lock Haven, has been confined to his home in that city for some time with illness. He is convalescent now. i Ge Miss M. A. Fisher, who had been superintendent of the Cottage hospital in Philipsburg since its building, has resigned and gone to her home in Reading. Goldsmith’s clever comedy. ‘‘She Stoops to Conquer,”” will be presented at Garman’s tomorrow night by the Thespians, the dramatic organization of The Pennsyl- vania State College. ets ——They had a “Trolley Party’’ over in Philipsburg last night, but it didn’t roll along Front street in a gorgeously illumin- ed car. No, Philipsburg’s electric road never got that far. It is five or six years old now and while the town could supply the party and the tracks, they have no cars or power to make them go. The “Trolley Party’’ they had last night was a show in the opera house with that name. tee J. H. Eskridge, of Philipsburg, dis- trict manager of the Central Pennsylvania Telephone and Supply Co's service be- tween Tyrone and DuBois, has resigned to take effect March 1st. If his resignation is accepted he will sell explosives for Laflin & Rand Co. and that means that he will be- come intimately associated with Commo- dore Jack Grabam, and what a team of good ones they will make. be ——= Seats are now on saleat Parrish’s for the production of ‘‘She Stoops to Conquer,”’ at Garman'’s, tomorrow night, by the Thes- pians, the organization of clever acting col- lege boys from State. Their play, this sea- son, is not as long as either ‘The Rivals” or ‘““The School for Scandal, which they have presented here recently; in fact it is just long enough to furnish a pleasant even- ing’s entertainment. ae ——George Schrack left his home near Booneville early Tuesday morning, with a two horse team, to fetch a load of brick from Mill Hall. When in the vicinity of Loganton the whip dropped out of his hands and when he stepped from the wagon to pick it up the horses dashed off. Schrack climbed on a wagon that was following and started in pursuit of his team, which, after ranning quite a distance turned around and started back towardshome. As it was quite dark the runaways plunged right in- to the pursuing team and there was a smash up that might have resulted far more disastrously than it did. Asit was only a wagon tongue was broken. re Progress grange at Centre Hall is preparing for the formal opening of their new Arcadia hall theatre, which will take place on Thursday evening, February 15th, with a Merchant’s Business Carnival. A complete set of scenery has lately been painted for the hall by W. B. Barton, of Philadelphia, and it is now about as nicely equipped a little play house as there is in any small town in the country. The en- tertainment, Thursday night, will be made up of feats of necromanecy and black art, spectacular marches and evolutions, rapid sketch and coloring specialties, plastic groupings, gorgeous tableaux, and the clev- er farce comedy of ‘‘Dr. O. B. Dead-Easy.”’ — ee ——John Leeper, an expert blacksmith who is giving exhibitions in Altoona, was in Tyrone recently and performed the re- markable feat of making four horse shoes from four straight bars and driving them on- to a Lorse’s feet, all in nine minutes and twenty-five seconds. Of course the bars of iron are heated ready for him to begin turn- ing the shoe when his time starts. The feet of the horse are also leveled up so as to receive the shoe without further prepara- tion. Leeper does not pare the horse’s feet himself; neither does he look at them be- fore commencing work, but simply asks the size of the shoe the horse takes, then pitches in, as it were, never stopping till the shoes are on the feet and the job neatly finished. ober. ——Next Monday Harry Hartsock, of Pleasant Gap, will enter the Pennsylvania railroad freight depot in this place to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thad. Longwell. He has resigned the position of teacher of the grammar school out at the Gap and will abandon scholastic work for that of rail-roading. He is a son of the late Huston Hartsock and has the reputation of being an energetic, straight forward young man. Another of the teach- ers out there will lay down his books and tablets next week and come to Bellefonte. Ambrose Sloteman has been made deputy recorder and on the 12th will be here to step into the official shoes that W. H. Dukeman has filled so long and so faith fully. THE MONTHLY MEETING OF COUNCIL. —A¢ the regular meeting of council Mon- day evening there was not much business of general interest taken up, aside from the discussion of a plan to get more water for people living in the high points in the out- skirts of town. It was precipitated by a complaint from C. M. Bower Esq., that at his home on east Linn street they do not have water on the second floor, except be- tween the hours of 9 and 4 in the day time. The largely increased consumption of water in Bellefonte lately has taxed the ap- pliances for delivery to the fullest extent and there seems to he nothing left but to lay larger mains; ones large enough to make a reservoir in themselves. Sup’t. Rine’s suggestions to council for changing the sizes are very good, so far as they go, but to our mind he has not gone quite far enough. A 10 inch pipe from the Court house out Allegheny to Linn would be a splendid improvement to the service, but it would be better were ita 12 or 14 inch pipe. The town is growing hoth north and east from that section and it will only be a matter of time until more water will be needed for supply. It doesn’t pay to lay small pipes in a growing town. It costs just as much to excavate for an eight inch pipe as it does for a ten, just about as much to lay it and then it is only a matter of a few years until the workjwill have to be done over again. If Bellefonte had water pipes of sufficient size there would be no occasion for building the reservoir 8ft high- er, as has been suggested. The citizens of North Thomas street pe- titioned for side walks in front of the Scott and Shoemaker properties on that thorough- fare. The foot bridge that spanned Spring creek near the car works office was report- ed washed away by the recent freshet. The Finance committee reported, showing a balance due the treasurer on Feb. 5th, to be $5,060.78. In the matter of an appro- piration for the Board of Health, which had been held over from the preceding meeting, it was discussed pro an con, but no action taken on it. ge HOWARD SPANGLER'S MISFORTUNE.-- Howard Spangler, formerly of this place, and a brother of Col. J. L. Spangler, met with a most calamitous: misfortune on Wednesday night of last week. He has been employed in one of the Sterling Coal Co. stores at Barnesboro and was in that place of business quite late that night. It was frigidly cold and a snow squall had come up about the time he started for home. He had not gone far until he slipped and fell in the snow. As he did so the lantern he was carrying flew out of his hands and went out. The night was very dark and as all the paths were covered with snow Howard realized that without a light he would stand very little chance of getting home, so he started to hunt about for it. As the thermometer was below zero he was overcome by the cold and sank into that drowsy condition that has overcome so many people who have been exposed in storms. He was found next morning with both feet and hands badly frozen. In fact it was at first thought that his feet and hands would all have to be amputated, but the encouraging information has been received here that only some of the toes on each foot will have to be taken off and his right hand. He will be taken to the Altoona or Phil- ipsburg hospital today or tomorrow, LS meat Emma THREE MEN KILLED ON THE BEECH CREEK. — The most appalling wreck in years occurred on the Beech Creek railroad, half a mile east of Gorton Heights, yester- day morning at 6:19. As a result of it engineers Oliver Bennett and Mike Me- Avinew and fireman Barton McFarlane, all of Jersey Shore, are dead. Bennett was running east with a heavy train when he smashed into McAvinew's engine, which was going west with empties. The former had run past his orders, but the terrible, grinding, smashing, death dealing collision was heyond prevention then. It was dark, the tracks were slippy with the rain, and it was an impossibility to avoid the crash. : Thirty-five cars are piled up along the tracks; nineteen of them being smashed in- to kindling wood and up to noon yesterday engineer Bennett’s was the only body re- covered from the wreckage. His watch was stopped at 6:19, indicating that that had been the fatal moment. McAvinew’s fireman escaped by jumping. It is singular but both of the wrecked engines are No 71. One isa Beeck Creek, the other a Fall Brook. McFarlane’s body was not recovered until last evening at 5 o'clock. > A WRECK ON THE CENTRAL.—Spread- ing rails caused engine No 2. on’ the C. R. R. of Pa. to leave the track a short distance west of Zion yesterday morning and after plowing along on the ties for three or four rods it rolled down over a three foot em- bankment, toppled over on itsside and slid along in the mud until it struck an eight inch tree, which it snapped off like a mateh, and was stopped. Four men were in the cab at the time. Besides the engi- neer and fireman conductor Wm. Daley and the brakeman were there.” They all stuck to her and strange enough only one was seriously hurt. Engineer Jos. Cushing had his right leg broken in three places and firman William Royer was severely in- jured about the hip. They had helped a freight trip over the hill and were running back ‘‘light,’’ when the accident occurred. The injured men were brought to their homes here on the regular train that did not get up until 2:30 in the afternoon. News Parely Personal. —Col. and Mrs. Jas. P. Coburn spent Sunday at their home in Aaronsburg. —Hon. Leonard Rhone, of Centre Hall, was a Bellefonte visitor on Tuesday. —Miss Mary Fox, of east Bishop street, has re- turned, after a pleasant visit among relatives in Braddock. —Col. James A. Weaver, of Milesburg, was in town on Wednesday to attend the funeral of the late John Wagner Sr. —Mrs. Wilbur F. Reeder, of north Allegheny street, is in Knoxville, Tenn., visiting her sister, Mrs. Jos. E. Borches. She left the latter part of last week, —E. R. Chambers Esq., special attorney to the Auditor General's department, left, Tuesday morning, for a two weeks’ tour of inspection of the public institutions along the northern tier of counties, —Dr. M. J. Locke, who has been laid up for eight weeks or more with rheumatism, is able to attend to his practice again. He has been to At- lahtic City several weeks and is so far recovered as to be about again. —John Corrigan Sr. and Dave Fulton, of State College, were in town on Wednesday.s The weather was a little too disagreeable for work in the quarries up there, so they just took a day off to come down to see their many friends in this place. —Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Shoemaker went to Ebensburg Monday morning for a few days. Mrs. Shoemaker will visit Mrs. Philip Collins while Mr. Shoemaker spends a few days on the work at the impounding dam he is building for the town of Spangler. —Jacob Garbrick, another of those staunch friends “who” can’t do without the Warcmmax, was in town on Saturday looking after some mat- ters that needed his attention. He has given up farming because it doesn’t pay and has decided to do odd jobs until something permanent turns up. . —Mrs. J. L. Spangler was up from Philadelphia Saturday; having been on her way to Centre Hall to apprise Mr. and Mrs. John Spangler of How- ard’s misfortune. She spent a few hours in town Tuesday, then went to Spangler to look after the comfort of the patient and will return to spend Sunday in this place. —Mrs. W. C. Cassidy left for her home in Canton, Ohio, on Tuesday morning. She had been here visiting her father’s family, the Ander sons, of east Bishop street, since before the holi- days. Mrs. Clara Anderson Nolan is expected home from her stay of four weeks in New York this week. —John C. Hoover, the pleasant young son lof Wm. E. Hoover, of Union township, was in town on Wednesday making a few purchases. The Hoovers live in the big white house that stands out so prominently on the hill about a mile west of Snow Shoe Intersection and their home is one of the pleasantest in all of Bald Eagle valley. —Mrg, H. C. Quigley, of Linn street, and Miss Adelaide Merriman, of north Allegheny jstreet, returned from Williamsport, Monday evening, after a ten days’ visit with relatives in that city. They went down as delegates from the ladies’ auxiliary of St. John’s Episcopal church to the meeting of the Central Pennsylvania deaconry. —Sim Baum, who has been connected with the Montgomery & Co. clothing store in this place for so long, has resigned his place there and will soon open a store of his own in the Reynold’s bank building on Allegheny street. He is in Philadelphia and New York now buying his line and will have his new store open about March 1st. —IH. M. Krebs, of Pine Grove Mills, was a Bellefonte visitor on Saturday; having come down to attend to a little business as one of the execu- tors of the Anna Krebs estate. He was traveling with J. M. Kepler, the Ferguson township Dem- ocrat who wants to go to the Legislature and if good, hard hustling will do it that’s where he'll land. —Joseph D. Mitchell, of the Standard steel con- cern at Burnham, was over to spend Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Mitchell, of Thomas street. Joe has made remarkable strides in the grade of positions he has held since enter- ing the employ of the Standard and the nice part of it is that his success hasn't “swelled” him a particle. —Henry Norris, the daddy of Buffalo-run blacksmiths, was in town on Friday as cheerful and happy as anyone could be. Mr. Norris is traveling along in years but he don't seem to grow a day older; in fact his appearance is just the same a3 it was a generation ago, when the writer traveled the Buffalo-run road frequently ani usually stopped to chat with the autocrat of horse ghoera in the valley. —That little prince of good, honest, cheerful, men, Martin Hogan, was down from his home above Unionville, on Monday, atid spent part of the day calling on his friends here. Talking about families, Martin’s doesn’t extend any furth- er than his good wife and a little girl they are raising, but small as it is it is one of the most de- lightful little circles to be found anywhere and there is always room and a welcome at their hearthstone for-visitors. —'Squire Solomon Peck was up from Nittany, on Saturday, taking a look round among his friends. He is not as busy now as he was when superintendent of buildings and grounds at the Nittany country club and has more leisure time to devote to sociability, which the 'Squire enjoys to the fullest extent. His regime at the club was fa- mous for its hospitality and he made friends while there who will remember him as long as he lives. —James Lingle Esq., of Milesburg, was a Sat- urday caller at this office; having dropped in to send his label ahead for another year. He thought he was a day late to get the dollar rate, but if our subscribers were all as punctual as he has been we would certainly have no cause for complaint. Mr. Lingle's years of service in dairy work have made him very prompt and we infer that in his mind being a day late is almost an unpardonable sin. —Abe Hamilton, of Bush’s Addition, dropped in for a call on Saturday afternoon and somehow or other italways does our heart good to have him come, for he has such a wholesome respect for the fraternity in general that he always dresses up as if he were goin’ to meetin’ when he con- templates a call on the printer man. Abe be- lieves in putting the best foot forward all the time. He had a bag full of grapes that he has kept out at his house ever since last fall and they tasted just as luscious as if direct from the vines which he sells to the satisfaction of his buyers. —The rendezvous that is growing in popularity among the ex-county officials is the Ishler and Woodring store on Spring street. Both are form- er sheriffs of the county and their daily visitors are former register G. W. Rumberger and former commissioner 1. F. Adams, while Hon. James Schofield drops in from his shop next door to pour oil on the troubled waters or add fuel to the fire, as his desire for peace or trouble prompts. They have checkers going from morning ’till night and they say that Frank Adams had played a victory out in the North ward justice fightlong ago. He almost wore the color off the black checkers, but he has the moves all down and will be in Harshberger's king row before that worthy aspi- rant is out of bed on the morning of the 20th. Don’t think for a minute, however, that custom- ers are not carefully looked after at the Ishler and Woodring establishment, for theyare. Sher- iff Ishler's years of experience on a farm fits him for the implement and fertilizer business and his strict integrity inspires the confidence of all who have dealings with him. —James I. DeLong, who has been connected with the hotel of Eagleville so long that nearly every traveler through that section has a personal acquaintance with the genial gentleman, was in town for a few hours on Monday. He has given up the hotel business and now keeps merely a boarding house, but the good meals and comfort- able beds of yore are still to be had there, though he has divided his time between the house and the Herring farm, which he bought at sheriff's sale some time ago. For forty-four of his sixty- five years he has been a reader of the Warcamax and we want St. Peter to know that his tab is marked up to 1501. —Miss Joanna Ragan, of Snow Shoe, was in town yesterday to take out letters of administra- tion on the estate of the late John Ragan, her father. It was a very sad mission for the young woman, as by his death she has been left entirely alone. He died last Tuesday a week ago, after having been ir bed since Thanksgiving with Bright's disease. He was well known as a mine boss in the palmy days of the Snow Shoe region, but had spent the later years of his life in retire- ment. He was a very popular man in the com- munity and his death is sincerely lamented by all who knew him. He was about 66 years old. —Stepping around the streets with that decid- edly Chesterfieldian manner of his J. S. McCar- gar can be seen any day except Sunday. Proba- bly most people would imagine from his suave manner, genteel dress and any-time-will-do movements that he belonged to the purely orna- mental class of citizens, but he doesn’t. “Mae.” has dropped his famous fence patents for the time being and is a general agent for the Equitable Life Assurance Society. He ought to make a great success of it, for we know of no man better fitted for just such work. —Mrs. Katharine Dinges has gone to Williama- sport for a six weeks’ visit and to perfect herself in the art of miniature painting on ivory. Her work in that line has been favorably commented on and greatly admired, but her instructor, a well known artist of New York, is now in Wil- liamsport for a few months and she will continue her work in his studio. —Among the Bellefonters, who are now in Philadelphia, are the Misses Sallie and Lena Baum who went down Wednesday night. They are in the city ordering Miss Lena's trousseau. Her marriage to Mr. Monish, of New York city, is to take place in April, the same month in which her sister Fannie’s wedding is to be cele- brated. —Miss Valeria Shissler, of Detroit, Mich., is in town visiting at the home of Mrs. Louisa Bush on Spring street. Miss Shissler will be remem- bered as having visited at the Bush home several years ago. Mrs. Elizabeth Calloway is home from an extended stay in Philadelphia. —Harvey Wetzel came in from Uniontown the fore part of the week with the intention of taking his family to that place, where he is engaged with the H, C. Frick Co., but just about the time they were ready to start his little boy and their departure has been delayed. took sick —Mr. and Mrs John Porter Lyon, of Tyrone, were in town, Thursday, for a short visit en route to Lock Haven, Washington and Philadelphia to stay until time to take possession of their lovely summer home at Pennsylvania Furnace. —Mrs. Pauline Lichten and her little son Nor- man, who have been guests at the Lyon home on east Linn street for the past two months, re- turned to their home in Philadelphia Thursday. —Mrs. John M. Dale and her two children, Vir- ginia and Jack, have gone to Richmond, Va. for a month’s visit with Mrs. Dale’s relatives. She went Wednesday. —Wm. R. Weiser, of Millheim, was in town on Wednesday ; having come up to attend the fu- neral of the late John Wagner Sr. His son Sam was up with him. —Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCoy accompanied their daughter Anna to Bryn Mawr, Thursday, where she will enter the Shipley school as a stu- dent. —Ad Fauble is expected home the fore part of next week. He has been gone for two weeks and has been busy all the time buying spring goods. —Hon. Harry L. Curtin, of Roland, H. C. Brew and George Cunningham, of Bellefonte, have all been recent visitors in Tyrone. —Murs. Kate Dinges left for Williamsport, Tues- day, to make a visit of several weeks with friends at her former home in that place, —E. 8. Spotts, of Unionville, was a Bellefonte visitor on Wednesday. He said they had sleigh- ing up there until that morning. —Misses Mary Blanchard and Blanche. Hayes left, Thursday morning, for an extended visit at Bryn Mawr and Philadelphia. —Jacob Bottorf Esq. was down from Lemont on Wednesday to attend the funeral of the late John Wagner Sr. —Former sheriff John P. Condo, of Millheim, was in town attending the Wagner funeral Wed- nesday. —Miss Annie Curtin spent Sunday in Philips- burg with Mrs. Frank Lukenbach, ‘‘She Stoops to Conquer’ at Gar- man’s tomorrow night. ———————————— 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, * We are authorized to announce J. H. Wetzel, of Bellefonte, as a candidate of the Legislature subject to the decision of the Democratic county convention. Sale Register. Magrcn 7tH.—On the premises of David Spotts, 3 miles north of Unionville, horses, cattle, shoats and all kinds of farm implements, blacksmith tools ete. Sale at 1 p. m. sharp. Marcu 31st.—J. P. Seibert, 4 miles west of Belle- fonte, in Benner Twp., on the Wm. P. Humes farm—9 horses, 12 head of cattle, lot of shoats, full line of farm implements and household goods. Sale at 10 a. m, Philadelphia Markets. The following are the closing prices of the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening. Wheat—Red . 1%4@72Y; ¢« —No. 2 ‘ 6915@70 Corn —Yellow.. . 38@40%4 ¢¢ —Mixed . 3534 @38 Oats........ site rasan 32@3214 Flour— Winter, Per Br’l. 2.30@2.50 ¢¢ —Penna. Roller.. 3.10@3.20 ¢¢ Favorite Brand 3.95@4.10 Rye Flour Per Brl...... . 3.15@3.30 Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1....13.00@16.50 $* 137 13@14.75 4. Mixed “ 1 Straw............ kerio ne T.00@15.00 Bellefonte Grain Market. Corrected weekly by the PueNix Mining 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 bushel Corn, ears, per bushel.. Oats, per bushel, new .. Barley, per bushel....... Ground Plaster, per ton.. Buckwheat, per bushel .. Cloverseed, per bushel... Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co. Potatoes per bushel .. 40 DBIOnS ir fons J 2ggs, per dozen 5H Lard, per pound 7 Country Should 6 ides. 6 Hams...... 10 Tallow, per pound 3 Butter, per pound..... 22
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