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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——Ga rden seeds are taking their place
n shop windows.
——The Gregg post dinner on Washing-
ton’s birthday vetted about $125 for the
soldiers monument fund.
——The Bellefonte friends of Joe New-
man will be sorry to know that he is very
dangerously ill with typhoid fever in Mil-
ton.
—The Spring Mills castle K. G. E.
ld their annual banquet on Tuesday
ming. The Millheim castle were their
ests.
——The Millheim schools realized $4.30
or the monument fund on ‘‘Memorial’’
day. The amount collected at Mileshurg
was $4.00.
James Nolan Esq., a former grocer-
man and lawyer of Bellefonte, has given up
at Patton and moved back to the place he
once occupied in Philipsburg.
~—The last sitting of the Bellefonte
euchre club before Lent was at the home of
Mrs. R. G. Hayes Friday night. Mrs. L.
T. Munson and Mrs. Hayes were hostesses.
——Postmaster and Mrs. W. W. Mont-
gomery celebrated the thirty-ninth anni-
versary of their ‘marriage with a family
dinner at their home on North Allegheny
street, Monday evening.
——Sunday was by far the coldest day
of the winter here. Early in the morning
thermometers in some parts of town regis-
tered 10° below zero and there was a bit-
ing, penetrating wind blowingall day.
——George T. Bush won the 30-30 mar-
lin repeating rifle at the open to all contest
at the indoor rifle range: last week. He
ed the Shuey and Rightnourscares of 28
and then won by making’ 25 in the shoot-
off.
——Clarence Gale, of Wayne county, is
new mail agent on the C. R.R. of Pa.
He takes the place made vacant by Fred
«Casey’s promotion. A dance was given in
Casey’s honor by his young friends in Mill
Hall, on Friday night.
——Col. Edward Pruner, the new mayor
of Tyrone, celebrated his election by giv-
ing his young friends of that place a dance
on Tuesday evening. It was held in the
Pruner Arcade and Decillo’s orchestra fur-
nished the music for it.
——D. O. Etters, superintendent of the
llefonte schools, was an applicant for the
sition of superintendent of the Chester
blic schools, to which A. Duncan Yocum
pas just been appointed. Mr. Yocum is a
son of the Rev. Yocum who was pastor of
the Methodist church here a number of
years ago.
——Alex G. Morris, who has been an
employe at his father’s lime operations
about Bellefonte for some time, will sail
for a three month’s trip abroad on April
28th. He is going with Rev. F. L. Berg-
stresser, of Tyrone, and they expect to cov-
er Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France,
England and Scotland.
Unlike most farce comedies ‘‘A
Woman in the Case’ is said to have a plot
sufficiently intricate to admit of many sur-
prises. It is a genuine comedy, and not
merely an excuse for a string of variety
specialties. The company is a strong one
and comes to Garman’s Thursday night,
March 8th.
——DMiss Helen Hastings entertained a
party at dinner, Tuesday evening, in hon
or of Miss Mary Hendrickson, of Middle-
town, N. J. Her guests were Misses Hen-
drickson, Bertha Laurie, Betty Breeze and
Adaline Harris and Messrs. Robt. Morris,
Fred Blanchard, James Cook, Thomas
Beaver, Edward Hoy and Edmund Blanch-
ard.
——While out on his: mission work on
Sunday Rev. Crittenden came very near
suffering frozen ears becatise - of unconcern
as to the condition those members were in.
Some of his good friends up about Bush's
Hollow or Plum Grove bundled him up
and thus probably saved them from a severe
freezing, as it was they were only nipped
by the frost.
———A white apron sale for the benefit of
the Lutheran church will be held in the
rooms of the Y. M. C. A. during the after-
noon and evening of Thursday, March 8th,
by Mrs. H. C. Holloway and her Sunday
school class. The aprons have heen so-
licited from friends all over the Union and
present quite a novel display. Cut flowers
and ice cream and cake also. The public
.are cordially invited.
——DMiss Blanche Fauble, the eldest
daughter of M. Fauble, of this place, has
been tendered and accepted the position of
matron of the Jewish maternity hospital
in Philadelphia. Her appointment is an
‘honor rarely conferred on a nurse just from
a hospital, but Miss Fauble’s work at the
Medico-Chi was of such a nature as to at-
tract the attention of the board of man-
agers of the Jewish hospital and she was
asked to take charge of it.
Miss Brew’s dancing school closed
onday evening, until after Lent with a
asquerade. There were about twenty
uples masked and during the early part
ot the evening the gayety of the masquer-
ade was evidenced in both costuming and
manners. The cake walk at nine o'clock
was won by Miss Patty Lane and her
brother ‘‘Bood.”” They had a number of
clever steps and were loudly applauded.
FL0oOD WRECKED AGAIN.—Spring Creek
has ron wild again and all along its devas-
tating course. there is a drift line of wreck-
age. Never before in the history of the
placid stream has there been a flood like
yesterday’s and it followed so fast on the
ebb of last Thursday’s deluge that those
living within reach of the rising waters are
almost disheartened by such recurring ca-
lamities.
Two great great floods within seven days
have been enough to try the patience of a
Job, but the WATCHMAN straightens out,
shakes the mud off itself and thanks Heav-
en that it was no worse.
At 11:30 Wednesday night there was
about an inch of sleet and ice covering the
frozen ground and the rain that began fall-
ing after that time ran off as rapidly as it
fell. There was no chance for it to soak in
and it ran in rivulets towards the streams.
They did not rise to any alarming extent
until 4 o’clock yesterday morning, when
there was a four foot flood on. At 6 the wa-
ter had gained another foot and was in the
press rooms of this office again, effectually
destroying the portions of paper and mater-
ials that had been saved from last Thurs-
day’s flood.
It raised steadily until noon, though
about 9 o’clock Logan’s branch began fall-
ing, relieving the great strain on the
Phenix mill dam which was dangerously
near breaking, because the water had
raised so suddenly that the flood gates
could not be opened. In that section of
the town the water ran over the breast of
the dam, flooded the mill basement and
filled the cellars of the houses below it.
The great volume of water from the up-
per part of Spring Creek did not reach here
until between 9 and 1 o’clock at which
time it registered 37 inches in our press
room, which was 8 inches higher than last
week’s, the biggest ever recorded here.
Telephone messages from Linden Hall
reported Spring Creek falling at 10 o’clock
and the big dam at that place was intact.
At Oak Hall the new repair work to the
dam that was broken out by last Thurs-
day’s flood was washed away again, but no
other serious damage was done.
Between Oak Hall, Lemont and Houser-
ville the flood was the highest ever regis.
tered, but no damage of any consequence
is reported.
When the flood reached this place the
water kept rising, notwithstanding the
fact that Logan’s Branch was falling. The
match factory machinery was partially
submerged and that plant closed. . The
machinery at the Beaver Lumber Co’s.
mills was under water and they closed.
The fires under the boilers at the water
works were put out and the back water
stopped the water-wheel pump so that all
the water Bellefonte had was in the reser-
voir and in the event of a great fire the
town would have been helpless. The
filthy, slimy flood ran into the WATCH-
MAN office press 10oms and again deluged
all the fine machinery and destroyed paper
to the extent that we cannot estimate the
loss at this time. We had just completed
the work of cleaning up after last week’s
dose and worked until 10 o'clock Wednes-
day evening cleaning machinery and get-
ting paper back to its place.
Most of the board-walk between the
High street bridge and the ‘‘Big Spring”’
and that between the bridge and the C. R.
R. of Pa., depot was carried away. The
foot bridges at the car works and the round
house rode off on the current and the
trestle to the Morris pike lime kilns only
stoed as if by a miracle.
All the low country below the residence
of Isaac Mitchell clear to Milesburg was
submerged and Bald Eagle valley trains
did not ges np to Bellefonte until 4:44 in
the afternoon. The McCalmont lime kilns
and coal yards were under water and Rich-
ard Gunsallus’ home at the point near there
drew two feet and one half. The early
train on the Buffalo run road only got as
far as the Brockerhoff farm, where it ran
into submerged tracks and had to come
back and remain here all day.
It was beyond question the biggest and
most disastrous flood ever witnessed in
Bellefonte. At 1 o'clock it began falling
and receded slowly until 8 last night when
there was still 6 inches in the press rooms
and we took advantage of the kind offer of
editor Harris, of the Republican, to use his
press, which was only partially submerged.
Abont Pine Grove Mills and State Col-
lege there are no streams to cause damage,
but the deluge of rain left the land flooded
worse than it has ever been before.
Ertle’s dam above Coburn broke and
washed out but no other serious damage is
reported from that section. At Millheim
there was a flood equal to last week’s.
No particular damage was done at Spring
Mills, though Penn’s and Sinking creek
were both at flood tide and a pier was
washed out of the railroad bridge over the
latter stream above Spring Mills.
There was a slight flood on the upper
Bald Eagle and a big one on that *stream
below Milesburg, though no great damage
was done. The Eagle furnace property at
Curtins was badly washed and some slight
destruction is reported from Howard.
Mill Hall and Lock Haven, neither one suf-
fered any.
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——Every primary Sunday school Supt.
and teacher will find it specially helpful to
attend the county convention at Centre
Hall, Tuesday, March 20th. Mrs. J. W,
Barnes Supt. of primary work of the Penna.
State Association, will give three addresses,
one each session, on the following subjects:
Right beginnings; Home co-operation and
how to secure it; and teach the little ones
to pray. In addition, plans are under way
for a special conference with primary teach-
ers in a separate room.
“A Woman in the Case’ at Garman’s,
Thursday night, March Sth.
——The public schools of Spring Mills
realized about $7 for the monument fund
on Memorial day.
——At a Methodist revival in progress at
Woodland there have been seventy-eight
conversions with interest still at a high
pitch.
——The Gem school in the extrem
northern limit of Rush township contribut-
ed $1 to the monument fund. The Point
Lookout schools gave $4.50.
——John Hand, a 10 year old Galla-
gher township Clinton county boy, was at-
tacked by a deer near his home one day
last week. It knocked him down and
pawed him viciously until, with a desper-
ate effort, the lad got to his feet and climb-
ed a tree.
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——The home occupied by W. B. Lucas
in Greensburg was destroyed by fire early
Monday morning; the occupants having
had no time to dress, so narrow was their
escape from the burning building. Mr.
Lucas’ friends in Unionville, Bellefonte
and Philipsburg, in all of which places he
has lived, will sympathize with him in his
loss.
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—1In Springfield, Mass. shade trees are
planted along the fence lines of streets in-
stead of on the curhs. Thus they are se-
cure from the gnawing of horses, their roots
are not disturbed by street repairs and they
liave a chance to get water and air through
a sod covering far better than through im-
pervious paving materials that cover them
on the curb line.
——A frozen water pipe bursted on the
second floor of the Exchange late Sunday
night and came very near causing serious
damage in the dress goods department of
the Racket store below. Fortunately the
noise of the falling water was heard and
the owners were apprised of it in time to
get most of the goods removed before a
great loss had been suffered. The water
poured through the ceiling in perfect
torrents for awhile.
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——The Philadelphia Sunday Press’
Princeton news contained the statement
that among the candidates who have gone
into training for the baseball team is
‘‘Gephardt, from the Bellefonte Military
Academy.’”” The reference is to Wilson
Gephart, second son of J. W. Gephart,
Supt. of the C. R. R. of Pa., but if our
Academy is to be known as a ‘‘military”’
establishment we suppose it will be in
order to begin calling the good old Presby-
terian elder who is at its head by the title
of Colonel.
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——The twenty-fifth annual meeting of
the Women’s Foreign Missionary society of
Huntingdon Presbytery will be held in
Bellefonte March 7th and 8th, opening at
2:15 Wednesday afternoon, March 7th:
Rev. Arthur H. Ewing, of India, and Mrs.
J. L. Potter, of Persia, will address the
meetings. Wednesday afternoon from 3
p. m. will be devoted to the work of the
C. E. and Junior C. E. societies and bands.
Thursday afternoon will be given to the
twenty-fifth anniversary exercises. Dele-
gates and visitors should send their names
at once to Miss Myra Humes, Bellefonte,
who will furnish railroad excursion orders
and arrange for places of entertainment.
>So
——Thechildren of Mr. Jesse Woodring,
of near Port Matilda, planned an event
that ‘took their father completely by sur-
prise last Friday and it proved as delight-
ful as it was unexpected. It was the 62nd
anniversary of his birth and a great many
of his relatives and friends gathered at the
home to wish him many happy recurrences
of the day. After the usual big dinner was
served Mr. Woodring’s family of nine boys
and two girls entertained the guests with
some rare vocal and instrumental music.
Not only the party but a handsome Morris
chair will tend to keep that 62nd anniver-
sary a bright day in Jesse Woodring’s
memory.
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—-We were desperately hard pressed
for enough news to keep our typesetters
going Wednesday evening when along
came two nice fat letters that looked like
correspondence from somewhere, sure
enough. Our hopes flew to the clouds at
once, but when we opened them and dis-
covered that the longed for correspondence
was all printed out on green bank note
paper then we forgot all about our other
troubles and at once forgave J. €. Neff, of
Blanchard, and G. L. Emerick, of Nittany,
for fooling us into believing we were get-
ting copy when it was really something
far more acceptable.
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AFTER NINE YEARS.—On Wednesday
William Dukeman left the Recorder’s office
in the court house, after a continuous serv-
ice of nine years as deputy in that office.
The inexorable fate of those dependent on
the uncertain cast of the political die for
place has been his and he severs his con-
nection because the spoils rightfully be-
long to a Republican, now that that office
is under domination of that party.
In leaving, Mr. Dukeman leaves behind
him a record of which any man might be
proud. His treatment of all having busi-
ness there has been uniformly considerate,
his work has been accurate and artistic and
his service as faithful as a sober, con-
scientious man could make it.
He has nothing in view and must now
seek employment in other fields. To what-
ever position he may aspire the WATCH-
MAN takes pleasure in endorsing his ap-
plication; for we know no man in whom
an employer could place more reliance,
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especially in clerical work.
REMINISCENCES OF EARLY CHURCH
BUILDIRG IN PENNS-VALLEY.—The an-
nouncement that the old Presbyterian
church property as Centre Hill is to be sold
because there is no further use for it; the
new church at Centre Hall having taken its
place ; prompted Geo. L. Goodhart to com-
pile the following data of the. establishment
of the Presbyterian church in Penns-valley.
The first settlers of Penns-valiey were
Scotch Irish Presbyterians, hence the first
christian organizations in the valley were
of that persuasion. The first church
erected in Penns-valley was built a short
distance below Penn Hall and was called
the East Penns-valley church. It was a
log building on the Musser farm north-east
of Penn Hall and was erected in 1785.
The Huntingdon Presbytery was organized
in that church on April 14th, 1795. Rev.
James Martin was the pastor of this church,
dying the same year and was buried in the
graveyard adjoining it.
This church was followed by a building
of the same style erected at Centre Hill by
the Sinking Creek congregation in 1793, on
the lot now occupied by the cemetery.
This served the congregation until 1842,
when it was superceded by the large brick
building that remains there at the present
time. In 1860 it was remodeled at a cost
of two thousand dollars. The building is
well preserved for having stood for 57
years. With the exception of the roof itis
in good condition. Yearsago the member-
ship was scattered all over the valley and
they went many miles to attend services,
and often the room was not large enough
to accommodate the people. The late Rev.
Robt. Hammil, D. D., was pastor of the
congregation about the time they began to
occupy the new building and served their
congregation for a period of twenty-nine
years. In the year 1888 the congregation
erec.ed a fine little brick church in Centre
Hall, which is a branch of the old church,
being built within the bounds of that
charge and by the members of the same
congregation and in the higher courts of
the church it bears the name of the parent
church.
It will help to keep in memory the old
Sinking Creek church which is so dear to
many of the older residents of that valley,
therefore, the removing of the old church
means only a change of location and not
the wiping out of Presbyterianism in the
valley, brought about by the many
changes in the community, as shown in
business affairs as well as by the churches.
SMOTHERED TO DEATH IN A WHEAT
P11.—The people of Spring Mills were
greatly shocked last Saturday by an occur-
rence so sad that it has cast a gloom over
the entire place. At the grain elevator near
the station, merchant G. H. Long was
loading a car of wheat from one of the
bins. Clarence, a son of Mr. Long, a lad of
nine years of age,and ason of I. P. Osman,
track foreman on that section of the rail-
road, aged about ten years, were playing
and amusing themselves by jumping into
the bin which contained over six hundred
bushels of wheat. Clarence evidently
jumped into the current of grain and was
rapidly being swallowed, when his com-
panion endeavored to rescue him, but hav-
ing no foothold was likewise being drawn
down with the grain when he gave an
alarm, which was heard by Ellery Krape,
who was in the car on the track attending
to the loading and immediately closed the
oatlet of wheat, and then called to Mr.
Osmer who, fortunately, was close by,
that two boys were in the bin. Mr. Osman
realizing the danger of such an occurrence,
immediately ran to the grain house, follow-
ed by three or four of his trackmen, and
discovered his son nearly covered with
wheat. After considerable labor he was
finally extricated from his perilous posi-
tion, but so tightly was he wedged in by
the wheat that it required the efforts of
two men to accomplish it.
Strenuous efforts were then made to
reach Clarence but it failed, as he had been
drawn to the bottom of the bin and was
covered with wheat to the depth of nearly
four feet. Removing the grain to another
bin was begun at once. In the meantime
a messenger had been dispatched to Mr.
Long, apprising him of the occurrence and
he immediately repaired to the grain
house, and assisted in the removal of the
wheat. The lad was finally reached and
carefully lifted out of the bin. Dr.
Braucht, who had been hastily summoned
and was present, used every effort to re-
suscitate him, but the vital spark had fled,
the lad was dead.
The entire village mourn and deeply
sympathize with Mr. and Mrs. Long in
their sad bereavement. Funeral was held
on Tuesday last, in Spring Mills cemetery,
Rev. Kerchner of the Reformed church,
and Dr. D. M. Wolf, officiating.
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HE WOULDN'T PRAY FOR BREAD.-—An
amusing story is going the rounds just now
as to the innocent extremes to which a
North Thomas street child recently carried
his dislike for bread.
It has been a remarkable instance but the
hopeful four year old can’t be persuaded to
eat bread at all, though he is passionately
fond of rolls or rusks. As soon as he was
able to talk he learned the ‘‘Child’s Pray-
er’’ and said it every night at his mother’s
knee. Recently his visits to Sunday school
have resulted in his picking up the ‘‘Lord’s
Prayer,’”’ which he started to say in addi-
tion to his usual prayer a few evenings ago.
His mother was greatly surprised to hear
the child start off : ‘‘Our Father who art in
Heaven * * * 2 and she had scarcely re-
covered from it when she was astonished
and amused beyond measure, after he had
gotten as far as ‘‘give us this day our daily
’? at the child when he looked up,
with an air of innocent injury, and said :
‘Mamma, can’t Isay rolls, I don’t like
bread.” Folie ’
News Parely Personal. ’
—Jack Furst, of Williamsport, was a Saturday
visitor to his old home here.’
—Mrs. Louise Bush went to Jersey Shore Wed-
nesday to spend a few days with relatives.
—Deputy postmaster Austin Brew is at Atlantic
City spending some time for the benefit of his
health.
—Mr. and Mrs. John I. Thompson and their
danghter, Miss Elizabeth, of State College, were
in town shopping on Wednesday.
—John Tonner Harris, of this place, has been
made manager of the Philipsburg telephone ex-
change, vice J. H. Eskridge, resigned.
—Malcolm Reber came up from Philadelphia,
Monday evening, for an indefinite stay with his
grand-mother, Mrs. Mary Batts, on north Alle-
gheny street.
—Capt. W. A. Simpson, of Lock Haven, was in
town over night Monday; having stopped off here
on his way home from Pittsburg. He was a guest
at the Brockerhoff house.
—Edward Hughes arrived at his home in this
place, Saturday, having come on from Chicago,
where he is employed by the Western Electrical
Company, to take a month’s rest.
—Mrs. F. W. Crider has been in Mifflin this
week visiting for the last time at her old home
there, as her sister, Mrs. Mary Jacobs, has dis-
posed of the North place and will live elsewhere.
—Our delightful little girl visitor, Helen Craw-
ford, of Coleville, was a caller on Thursday even-
ing, but we were too deep in the mud in our press
room.to’be présentable, even to such a sensible
little Miss.
—W. A. Jacobs, one of the old boys in blue, was
in from Snow Shoe last Thursday to spend the day
with his comrades in this place. WHile here he
took in the flood and the Hi Henry show and,
like everybody else, he considered them both
great. -
—Judge James A. Beaver, J. Wesley Gephart
Esq., James R. Hughes and Francis Speer were
interested Bellefonters at the state Y. M. C. A.
convention in Williamsport over Sunday. Gen.
Beaver was chosen first vice president of the As-
sociation,
—Among the many sight seers who ‘dropped in
to see the flood-wrecked press rooms of the
Warcnman office yesterday was Jacob Bettorf, of
Lemont. He knows what floods mean but had no
idea how hard they struck us unti! he saw the
wreckage.
—Charley Hughes was in town between trains
yesterday, having stopped off for a few hours
visit at his home on the way from Allegheny to
Philadelphia, where he is employed in the aud-
iting department of the passenger agents office
of the P. R. R.
—Mrs Scott, wife of Rev. Scott pastor of the
Buffalo-run, Unionville and Jacksonville Pres-
byterian churches, has gone to Steubenville, O.,
to attend the golden wedding of her father and
mother. ‘She will not return until the middle of
April and then will move into one of Mrs. Orbi-
son’s new houses on east Curtin street.
—A very pleasant visitor on Friday afternoon
was John H. Breon, of Lemnont, who was in town
on the way home from visiting his father who
lives below this place and has been in poor
health for some time. Mr. Breon farms the
Humes farm near Lemont and is just as good a
husbandman as he is genial and entertaining.
—Jerre Donovan, of Axé Mann, dropped in on
Wednesday afternoon to see whether we had suc-
ceeded in getting all of the mud washed out of
the establishment and dropped a little lubricating
substance in the shape of silver to help make the
rusty wheels move again. Jerre says they had
quite a flood out his way too and he could fully
appreciate the predicament we were in.
—~Colonel Edward Pruner, Mayor-elect of Ty-
rone, was in town over Sunday, receiving thefcon-
gratulations of his friends here over the great
victory he had last week. The Colonel had more
votes than the combined Democratic and Prohi-
bition opposition and notwithstanding he was at-
tacked from one of the pulpits of the town he
made the other fellows feel as if they had taken a
drop into Dry run.
—Edward Shafer, of Hanover, Pa., returned to
his home Tuesday afternoon after a week’s visit
with his friends here and relatives at his boy-
hood’s home in Aaronsburg. Ed. was for years
in the Joseph and Racket stores in this place, but
like many other ambitious ones drifted away and
has met with success in other sections. In April
he will saii on quite an extended foreign trip and
will be abroad for the Paris exposition.
—Dr. David S. Monroe was in town Monday on
his way home from State College, where he
preached in the chapel on Sunday morning and
in the Methodist church in the evening. Al-
though this is his last visit in this community as
presiding elder of the Altoona district, for he has
served the allotted term of six years, his people
here appreciate him far too highly. and admire
him too much ever to allow him to stay away
entirely.
—Former postmaster J. A. Reesman, of Centre
Hall, was a Bellefonte visitor on Wednesday,
having come over partly on business and partly
for the pleasure of calling on his numerous
friends about the town. Mr. Reesman was the
postmaster under the Harrison administration
and is, necessarily, a Republican, but being an
intelligent man he sees the need of reading both
sides of the political questions and for that reason
takes the Warcuman and finds pleasure in it.
—Oliver Strunk, of Centre Hall, spent part of
Monday in town looking after some business mat-
ters that needed his attention here. He fs the
son of W. D. Strunk and, with his father, had
beenjoperating a shingle mill near Centre Hall
until recently. The mill has lately been moved
to Penn Hall to which place the elder Strunk has
moved, but Oliver is a little uncertain as to
whether he will go too or like Dicken’s Micawber
just *‘wait for something to turn up.”
—Squire M. L. Rishell, the gentleman whose
six feet and more of stature makes him a com-
manding looking personage in any gathering,
was in town on Monday and was of the opinion
that the weather was quite cold enough for all
purposes. The Squire is no larger in stature,
however, than he is great in the political, social
and business circles in Gregg township, where he
has taken the place so long and honorably filled
in the esteem of his neighbors by his lamented
father, Col. John Rishell.
—Martin McLaughlin, the right hand man in
the P. R. R. depot at Snow Shoe, and active
enough among the Democrats out there to be the
chairman of the East precinct, was in town last
Thursday night; having just come in fora little
change. Of course he went tothe minstrels that
night and enjoyed them and later, with his friends
Joe Kelleher and Mr. Watson, he found opportu-
nity to talk a little politics, Boer war, ete. around
with bunches of congenial spirits that are never
hard to find in Bellefonte.
—Col. John A. Woodward, of Howard, was in
town for a little while on Tuesday. He has just
completed his work asmanagerof the farmer's
institute sessions in fifteen counties in the State
and is now settling down to the clerical part of it.
It was a matter of considerable pride to him that
the two sessions held in Centre county were about
the finest of any he had charge of; notably the one
at his home in Howard, where the young people
had decorated the . finely remodeled. Methodist
church into a veritable dream spot and the peo-
ple were so enthusiastic in their attendance and
interest. !
THE SHIRT FACTORY WILL STAY.—
Notwithstanding the rumor to the contrary
the shirt factory will stay in Bellefonte
and it is altogether probable that within a
few days the little troubles that shreaten-
ed its stability will be removed and all put
in order for permanency.
‘What is needed now more than anything
else is girl operatives. Instead of having
filty they have been able to secure only
fifteen. The trouble seems to be that the
girls don’t stick at it long enough to work
up to their full earning capacity. Mr.
Witters has shown the pay rolls of his
Lititz factory for several years back and
every girl in the plant earned over $5 per
week, after she had been working three
months, and most of them made $1 for
every day they worked.
The factory is clean, healthful, cheery
and pleasant. The work is not hard, hut
must be dexterously handled and that is
the reason it takes time to learn the tricks
of handling the goods in the smallest
time.
Forty girls can get employment there at
once and they can earn good wages if they
have the perseverence and sense ‘o stick to
it until they become proficient.
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FOSTER AND HIS WEATHER.—My last
bulletin gave forcasts of the storm wave to
cross the continent from the 23rd to the
27th and the next will reach the Pacific
coast about the 28th, cross the west of
Rockies country by close of March 1st, great
central valleys 2nd to 4th, Eastern States
5th. :
Warm wave will cross west of Rockies
country about 28th, great central valleys
March 2nd, Eastern States 4th. Cool wave
will cross the west of Rockies country about
March 3rd, great central valleys 5th, East-
ern States 7th.
Temperature of the week ending 8 a. m.
February 26th, will average below normal
in the great central valleys, below in the
Eastern States, above on the Pacific coast.
Rainfall will be above normal in the great
central valleys, above in the Eastern States
below on Pacific slope.
Next bulletin will give general Yorcasts
of March weather, and it will be particu-
larly interesting to agricultural districts.
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REDUCTION IN TELEPHONE TOLLS.—A
new toll line tariff schedule on a ‘‘3 minute
basis’ has been adopted by the Central
Pennsylvania Telephone and Supply com-
pany for business, both terminals of which
are within its telephone territory. Both
day and night rates are provided : The
night rates applying between 6 p. m. and
6 a. m. Great reductions between its dis-
tant stations will be found. Apply to
local manager or chief operator for details.
The new schedule will take effect after
March 1st.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Following is the
list of marriage licenses granted by or-
phav’s court clerk A. G. Archey dur-
ing the past week :
George S. Williams and Martha D. Par-
sons, both of Benore.
Lewis Whitman, of Grampian, Pa., and
Annie Iddings, of Clearfield.
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.
Marcu 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 1p. m. sharp.
Maren 23rp. —At the residence of Wm, Showers,
at Hecla Park, horse, 2 cows, wagon, spring
wagon, buggy, some implements and supplies.
Sale at 1 o'clock p. m. W. A. Ishler, Aue.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red .......... 4@77
¢ —No. 2 60@72
Corn —Yellow 4114
¢“ —Mixed 3614@393
OME........oreee0ise ; 31@3134
Flour— Winter, Per Br'i. 2.30@2.50
‘“ —Penna. Roller.. 3.15@3.20
*¢ —Favorite Brands 3.95411
Rye Flour Per Bril............ we 3.15@3.40
Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1....13.50@17.00
$2 te £8 Mixed * 1... . 13@11.50
7.00@11.50
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by the Puayix Minune Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
press:
Red wheat, 67
Rye, per bushel............ 40
Corn, shelled, per bushel. 35
Corn, ears, per bushel.. 30
Oats, per bushel, new 25
Barley, per bushel........ 40
Ground Plaster, per ton.. 8 50
Buckwheat, per bushel ..........cccuievennninnnnens 25
Cloverseed, per bushel 00 to $6 00
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel .. 40
ONions......osesserveaesse 50
Eggs, per dozen.. 15
Lard, per pound..... 7
Country Shoulders.. 6
Sides... 6
Hams.. 10
Tallow, per pound 3
Butter, por poll... vmsssenisiiniie 20
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 id win 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 [3m | om | 1y
One inch (12 lines this type......ccceeen $5|88|810
Two inches.......... - 5% 10| 15
Three inches... .. 10115 | 20
Quarter Column (5 inches).
alf Column (10 inches).. .“
One Column (20 inches)....cvueeeeennes 35 |.565
Advertisements in special column 25 per cent.
additional. .
Transient advs, per line, 3 insertions........... 20 ets.
Each additional insertion, per line.... .
Local notices, per line.........
Business notices, per line... MN
Job Printing of every kind done with neatness
and dispatch. The Warcumax office has been re-
fitted with Fast Presses and New Type, and
everything in the printing line can be executed
in the mostartistic manner and at the lowest rates.
Terms—Cash. .
All letters should be addressed to. .
P. GRAY MEEK, Proprieto