SEIT CER EI Demorratif ian Bellefonte, Pa., March 23, 1900. cm CorrESRON DENTS.—NoO communications pu shed unless accompanied by the real name of he writer. THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY ——Pink-eye is prevalent in Aarons- bug. — George Searles, of Beech Creek, will hereafter get a $12 monthly pension, in- stead of $6 as formerly. ——Harry Harter, 10 years old, is dan- gerously ill at his home in Millkeim with brain fever. ——The Democrat has added a high grade Golding job press to its already well equip- ped printery. ~——=Solicitor E. R. Chambers entertain- ed the members of.council and other bor- ough officials at dinner on Saturday even- ing. ——AL 8. Garman, of Tyrone, has been «chosen one of the Blair county delegates to the Democratic State Convention next month. ——James P. Hale has been given the contract to number the houses in Philips- burg for $124. They expect free delivery soon over there. ———Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woodring, who wow occupy the Petriken house on High street, are proud and glad of a new son that arrived this week. —— Mrs. Brungart, wife of sheriff Cyrus Brungart, isin Millheim and Rebersburg visiting friends and relatives for the first time since they moved to this place. : ——James Wagner, a son of John Wag- mer, of north Spring street, who is <erving with troop E, 3rd U. S. Cav. is doing de- tached duty with Maj. Gen. Young in the Philippines. ——The Bellefonte Lime Co. has already imported thirteen Italians from New York and expects to bring on more to take the Places made vacant by striking Americans in the Salona quarries. ——Mr. and Mrs. F.C. Williams are entertaining Miss Kauffman of Altoona, Mrs. Williams sister, at their home on East High street. They had a little com- pany in her honor on Saturday evening. Liveryman George Beezr lost a valu- :ablehorse by death last Sunday after- noon. It was one of his large team of mated sorrels and died with colic shortly after adrive to the ‘‘Old Fort.” The team was valued at $400. ——When Rev. M. N. George preached his farewell sermon to the Reformed con- gLregation in Rebersburg, last Sunday morning, the mutual sorrow over the part- ing of pastor and congregation brought tears to the eyes of many. —— What has become of Tom Bwitzer, the Mrs. Rorer of the Klondike? None of his letters on cooking, hunting, fish- ing and, incendentally, of looking for gold have appeared in the Philipsburg pa- pers for some time. ——The Harter Bros. are moving their mill from the vicinity of Wolf’s Store to a timber tract they have purchased in Pine Creek hollow, near Woodward. They ex- pect to be two years in cutting the new job, using two mills. The Harter Bros. now have options ou most of the standing tim- ber in Penns and Brush valleys. —The engagement of Miss "Winifred M. Newbaker, of Danville, to J. Malcolm Laurie, of this place, was formally an- nounced at a musical given at Miss New- baker’s home last Thursday evening. Mr. Laurie is the proprietor of the Bellefonte steam laundry and his affianced has had the organ ian the Presbyterian chareh here for years. ——The suow storm last week was the heaviest of the season in thissection. There was no abatement of it from early Thurs- day morning until Friday morning. The Snow was so light that a number of the cuts on the Lewisburg railroad blew full and the 9 o’ciock train from that place did not arrive here until noon. None of the other lines were blocked at all. — Under a recent order from the Post- Office Department the mail carriers in Bellefonte will begin receiving registered letters on collections after April 1st. The service is only to extend over the residential portions of the route and not to include business centers. The carriers will give a personal receipt for registered letters thus doing away with the necessity of people geiug to the post-office to send money by mail. —Dr. Juno. F. Alexander writes from Passadena, Cal., whither he has gone in search of better health, the discouraging mews that his chances of recovery are not in the least flattering. He has suffered a relapse lately and even under the most en- couraging circumstances will not return East until May or June. The doctor’s many friends here will hope that his condi- tion will not prove as serious as the tone of his letter announces it to be. ——Col. and Mrs. J. L. Spangler were in town over Sunday and while here made arrangements for the removal of Howard Spangler and his family from Barneshoro to this place. Howard has nearly recover- ed from the effects of his accident and will soon be able to leave the hospital, then the family will move here to make their future home. ITis one foot is entirely healed. The other would have been well, also, had it not been for another slight operation he had to undergo last week. They will oc- cupy one of the I’. H. Thomas houses on east Lamb street. THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE COUNTY CENTENNIAL EFFECTED.—There was an enthusiastic gathering of citizens of town and county in the court house Tuesday evening when the temporary committee on organization for the Centennial was to re- port on the committees needed to carry out such a project and suggest times that might be suitable for such a celebration. The question of the time was the one most discussed. It was argued pro and con until Wednesday and Thursday, July 25th and 26th, were selected as the dates most suitable for all the people of the coun- ty. Early June dates were not favored be- cause the weather is usually unsettled and oftentimes cold, as was the case during Bellefonte’s Centennial in ’95; later June dates could not be selected hecause of the beginning of hay-making and college com- mencements; early in July harvest inter- fered and early September dates conflicted with the Granger’s picnic and other long established fete days. The result was that the 25th and 26th were selected as possibly the best days for all classes. The time is fixed now, the centennary will be celebrated in some way and it re- mains for the citizens of Centre county to see that it is a demonstration creditable to a county of the eminence of Centre. The permanent organization was report- ed and adopted as follows : PRESIDENT. Col. Wilbur F. Reeder, Bellefonte. VICE PRESIDENTS. Bellefonte, Charles Smith, Dr. Geo. F. Fairlamb. Centre Hall, W. B. Mingle, J. Witmer Wolf. Howard, Howard A. Moore, Hayes Schenck. Milesburg, J. Miles Green, W. B, Miles. Millheim, A. Walter, Jacob Eisenhuth. Philipsburg, William P. Duncan, A. J. Graham. So. Philipsburg, Michael Stover, Henry Wilcox. State College, W. C. Patterson, Jos. Hoy, Sr. Unionville, A. J. Griest, Riley Pratt. Benner Twp., Jos. W. Marshall, H. K. Hoy. Boggs Twp., G. YH. Leyman, Rev. J. Zeigler. Burnside Twp., Wm. Hipple, DeLaune Stewart. College Twp., Wm. Foster, Wm. Thompson Jr. Curtin Twp., John A. Daley, William Robb. Ferguson Twp., John B. Mitchell, G. W. Mec- Williams. Gregg Twp., William Allison, M. L. Rishel. Haines Twp., John J. Orndorf, M. M. Musser. Half-Moon Twp., John A. Hunter, Geo. S. Gray. Harris Twp., Daniel Hess, David Keller. Howard Twp., John A. Woodward, Samuel B. Leathers. Huston Twp., Daniel Irvin, Elijah Williams, Liberty Twp., J. A. Quigley, Frederick Robb. Marion Twp., Isaac S. Frain, Daniel C. Grove. Miles Twp., Frank Frain, John Hosterman. Patton Twp., John C. Hartsock, Dempster Meek. Penn Twp., Jacob Kerstetter, W. F, Smith. Potter Twp., Alexander McCoy, Leonard Rhone. Rush Twp., J. B. Long, A. C. Moyer. Snow Shoe Twp., John G. Uzzle, J. H, Holt. Spring Twp., John Wetzel, Wm. J. Dale. Taylor Twp., John Beckwith, J. T. Merriman. Union Twp., Wm. P. Fisher, R. T. Comley. Walker Twp., Samuel Decker, B. F. Schaeffer. Worth Twp., Aaron Reese, Jacob Woodring. GENERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Ex-Gov. James A. Beaver, Ex-Gov. D. H. Has- tings, Hon. Jno. G. Love, Dr. Geo. W. Atherton, president ot The Pennsylvania State College; P. Gray Meek, Secretary of Agriculture John Ham- ilton, Hon. Leonard Rhone, C. M. Bower, Col. J. L. Spangler, Senator Wm. C. Heinle, Robert Val- entine. SECRETARY. L. A. Schaeffer, Bellefonte. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. Hardman P. Harris, J. Thomas Mitchell, Belle- fonte. TREASURER. John M. Shugert, Bellefonte. COMMITTEE ON PROMOTION AND PUBLICITY, P. Gray Meek, Chairman. FINANCE COMMITTEE, John P. Harris, Chairman, Bellefonte. ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE. Edmund Blanchard Jr., Chairman, Bellefonte. DECORATION COMMITTEE, J. Will Conley, Chairman, Bellefonte. MUSIC COMMITTEE. Co. Com. P. H. Meyer, Chairman. TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. Geo. T. Bush, Chairman, Bellefonte. HISTORICAL COMMITTEE. Mrs, Isaac Mitchell, Chairman, Bellefonte. AMUSEMENT COMMITTEE. John I. Sourbeck, Chairman, Bellefonte. PARADE COMMITTEE, Cap’t. H. 8. Taylor, Chairman, Bellefonte. COMMITTEE ON PRIVILEGES. George L. Potter, Chairman, Bellefonte. COMMITTEE ON PRINTING AND SOUVENIRS. Robert F. Hunter, Chairman, Bellefonte. In the matter of committees only the chairmen were announced for the working committees, the other members having been held under further advisement until some of the representative people in every dis- trict in the county can be consulted. If there is enthusiastic co-operation from all quarters the celebration will be one of the grandest events ever seen in the county. It will be the marking stone of the ending of our first one hundred years and a model dem- onstration for those of our posterity to im- prove upon ove hundred years hence. rene Six CARs BADLY WRECKED AT THE EMPIRE.—The shifter at the Empire iron works was shunting cars into the stock house Wednesday evening when in some mysterious way the switch was turned and instead of the cars running into the place they were intended for they ran down the the steep grade over the main yard track. Gaining great velocity they crashed into the stone block at the end of the runaway siding below the casting honse and were badly wrecked. Six cars were so battered up that their repair will involve a considerable loss. The men in charge of the shifter assert that the switch was set right, but that un- der cover of darkness some unknown per- son threw it. All of the switches have been tampered with out there lately ; the miscreants going 30 far as to open those leading out onto the B. N. & L., thus con- stantly menancing the lives of travelers on that line and waking those who are guilty of it liable to the severest punishment, if found out. a i oll ——If John S. Barthurst, who was a sol- dier in the 148th Penna. Inf. and Capt. Samuel B. Bathurst, of the 115th U. S. Col. Inf. during the civil war, or any of their near relatives would address this office they will find out something to their in- terest. —-Lock Haven amateurs played “A Night Off” in that place, Thursday night, for the benefit of the hospital. was well received. oe ———The thermometer registered 7° be- low zero in Tyrone Saturday night. Good- ness, that town nearly shivers itself off the map every time the new mayor leaves. soe — ——After two weeks of constant annoy- ance and exhaustion that almost proved fatal from hiccoughs G. W. Herr, of Salona, has to all appearances been permanently relieved. The play elie da F. E. Tate isa Centre countian who gives indications of prospering in the West. He is located at Orangeville, Illinois, where he has the big livery and feed stables in connection with the Bolender house. il ae Si ——Both horses of the Lock Haven city team became ill with cramp at the same time and the most valuable one of the team has died. It is thought the other one will die. alll Gee Mr. Wilson Varner, of Altoona, and Miss Lida Bathurst, of Curtins Works, were married at the home of Albert Hen- derson, in Antis township, Blair county, on Thursday afternoon, last. Only a few of their most intimate acquaintances were present. After a short honeymoon at the bride’s former home they returned to make their home at Pinecroft. ee lt Francis DeS. Smith, a prominent Lock Haven merchant, having a wife, sev- eral children, and a good business in that city, drew $900 out of bank, collected sev- eral large bills and on Saturday left for Philadelphia. On Tuesday his father re- ceived a letter from him to the effect that he had sailed for Europe and was not com- ing back. He asked his father to settle up his business. It is believed in Lock Haven that a woman has lured him away from his family and friends. ets ———One of Henry Mark’s sons had hitch- ed up two horses in a sleigh last Saturday morning and was about to start on a drive from his home, 3 miles west of Millheim, to his brother’s near Centre Hall. Just as he was taking his seat in the sleigh one of the horses kicked, upsetting it and starting a run off. The team ran clear to Millheim before being caught. The Marks boy was not hart, but the horses were considerably cut about the legs. The horse that kicked had been purchased at a sale only a week before. rt Qe ——Few people would think of taking the interest and pride ina garden that actuates our old friend Gottleib Haag and few places on Bishop street are any more sightly than his garden up there when he gets it properly made up in the spring. Instead of its being an eye-sore, as you might imagine, it is always so trim and thrifty looking that it is really a daily pleasure to residents of that section. Got- tleibis a ventable early bird with his work too and next Sunday, even while the snow is banked high in many gardens of the town, he will have the first mess of lettuce out of his. Can any one beat this? —ece : ——A clothing store will be started in the Bush arcade by Mr. N. Lieberman, of Gettysburg, Pa., who will move here with his family and make his permanent resi- dence in this town. He will open a complete clothing and gents furnishing goods store two doors above the postoffice and do a cash business, strictly, and sell at lowest prices in accordance with the same. He has heen in the business many years and will move a very large stock of goods with him. He wasat one time a manufactnrer of clothing and has a thorough knowledge of it and knows where to buy low. He comes here highly recommended by the business peo- ple of Gettysburg and is known as a hustler. —— lO —— Quite an interesting exercise was carried out at the Bellefonte Academy by the primary department Friday afternoon. It was arranged by Miss Helen Overton, superintendent of that department, and was so novel in its design and so faithful in its execution as to be very charming indeed. ‘A Day in History,’’ asit was called, prov- ed the vehicle in which tocarry the child actors back to the earliest periods in Ameri- can history, which they portrayed in cos- tume, song, story and pantomine so clever- ly as to almost convince the spectators of its reality. There were Arthur Dale, Isabel Merriman, Francis Thomas, Ellen Hayes, Nellie Conley, Annie Lyon, Ethel Dale, Charles Miller aud other juvenile stars all playing George and Martha Washington, Indians, Goddesses of Liberty, Uncle Sam and other historic prodigies right up to na- ture’s heart. Then there were speeches by the visitors of a praising kind and last of all a collection of $17.03 for the monument fund, which was only surpassed in amount by the combined schools of Bellefonte, and the Klondike school of Rush township. ————e : THE ORATORS HAVE BEEN SELECTED. — The orators of the Senior and Junior classes for commencement exercises at The Penn- sylvania State College have been selected as follows : F. T. Cole, Upsonville; A. W, Oakwood, Tyrone; G. K. Warn, Meyers- dale; D. E. Wentzel, Bellwood, and L. E. Young, Columbia, the latter having been chosen by his class valedictorian. All the different courses in the College are repre- sented in this group of speakers. Com- mencement exercises will be from June 10th to 13th. The orators of the Junior class for the annual oratorical contest June 11th have algo been named. They are A. M. Arney, Centre Hall; Thomas Crumley, Wayne; G. A. Elder, Philipsburg; T. H. Miller, Bruin; C. F. Shoop, Mechanicsburg, and Guy Wise, Allentown. The alternates are B. L.. Moore, Harrisburg; H. C. Heaton, Woodmont; and S. H. Kuhn, Altoona. MRS. WILLTAM DAWSON EXPIRED AT NooN YESTERDAY.—Mrs. William Daw- son died at the home of her father-in-law, Isaac Dawson, on Half Moon hill at noon yesterday with that incurable malady of northern climes, consumption. She had been failing for sometime, but it was not until about two months ago that her condition became real serious. After that she grew so much worse that they clos- ed their own house on Reynolds Ave. and took her to Mr. Dawson’s parental home where she could be the more tenderly nurs- ed, but it was all without avail. Her maiden name was Lydia Thompson, a daughter of James Thompson who lives below this place. She was 23 years, 4 months and 21 days}old and is survived by her husband and their five year old boy Earl, besides her father and mother, five brothers and sister Mary. Funeral services will be held at the Daw- son home Sunday afternoon at 2:30 by Rev. Allen Rhen, of the Brethren church, of which she was a communicant. i. 1 JOHN CAMPBELL DIED AT JOHNSTOWN. —Old age was the cause of the death of John Campbell, who died at Johnstown last Friday afternoon. He was a well- known resident of that place, where he had resided since leaving here in July, 1883. For many years Mr. Campbell was one of Bellefonte’s leading carpenters and builders, having resided on Willowbank street when a resident of this place. He was 76 years old and is survived by his widow and the following children : Frank, of Bellefonte; Harry, of Glen Richey; Mrs. Clint Lindsay, Walter, John and Chestie, of Johnstown. Interment was made in that place. 2 book Aaron Stein died at his home in San Francisco last Friday. He was a native of Chester county, this State, but in the early days the family went West, where Aaron started in the service of the Overland Stage Co. He prospered and died in a position of affluence. In 1856 he visited Philips- burg for his health and there met Mrs. Clara De Russ, an attractive widow. An attachment sprung up between them that was quite romantic in its nature and in 1884 she journeyed to Los Angeles, where they were married. She survives him. I ll I ——Miss Annie M. Sanderson died at the country home of the Sandersons, near Lock Haven, early last Friday morning. She had been declining with pulmonary troubles for several months, but only ten days previous to her death was she com- pelled to give up the struggle and take her bed. Miss Sanderson was very well known in this place. She was a charming girl, beautiful in both manner and person and her gracious nature was a rare attraction at the home which has been so sadly stricken. I ll ll Mrs. Catharine Grove died at her home in Boalsburg on Thursday morning at 4 o'clock. She had been ill about one week with pneumonia. Deceased was the widow of the late Martin Grove and was a woman generally esteemed in that com- munity. Only one of her three children survive her : namely, Samuel Grove, who lives in Danville. She was 74 years old. Funeral services were held in the Reform- ed church in Boalsburg Saturday after- noon and interment was made in that place. ll I I ——Olive S. Zerby, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Zerby, of Sober, died at her home in that place on Saturday morn- ing. She was 26 years old and for nine- teen years had suffered more or less with an injury to her hip that she sustained by be- ing pushed off a school house porch when a little girl. Rev. Brown, of Spring Mills, conducted funeral services in Paradise, church on Tuesday morning. ——John Ramsdale, aged 82 yeats, died at his home in Philipsburg, at noon on Friday, after an illness of three weeks with grip and pneumonia. He built and con- ducted the Ramsdale house in that place and was widely known as a hotel man. He came to this country in 1863 and ever since had been a resident of the vicinity of Philipsburg. His widow and an adopted daughter, Mrs. Thos. Barnes Jr., survive. —— Last Thursday night John H. Berry, of Flemington, was awakened by his wife’s heavy breathing. Upon inquiry as to the cause of it she told him that she was dy- ingand, true enough, ina very few mo- ments, she was dead. Mrs. Berry was 62 years old and while she had complained more or less for some time she had retired in ber usual health the evening before. I li ll ——LEngineer E. B. Thompson, one of the best known men on the Beech Creek, died at his boarding house in Jersey Shore Monday night. He had been ill only five days with a tumor on his brain. Deceased was 35 years old and unmarried. He was a son of James Thompson, of Kylertown, Clearfield county. Interment was made under the direction of B. of L. E. at Gil- lentown yesterday. I ll ll ——PFrank Scantling, whose former home was in Eagleville, died in Philadel- phia, Friday evening, with typhoid fever. He was 35 years old. A widow and two children survive him. ll ll ——Mrs. Amelia Hartman, wife of Rev. L. L. Hartman, formerly of Salona, died at Kansas City, Kansas, of pneumonia on the 9th. She was 59 years old. oe Prof. J. C. Morris intends making material improvement to his home in West Rebersburg in the spring. The plans in- clude a 20ft extension. ——The interior of the Centre county bank has been so remodeled as to give more room and make that institution look all the more business like. It isa useful as well as ornamental change. ——ete ——Thermometers registered 10° below zero at Mackeyville Saturday night. Peach growers in the lower end of Nittany valley say that the buds were so effected by the intense cold as to materially decrease next season’s yield. —-——— News Purely Personal. —J. P. Confer, of Roland, was in town on Sat- urday attending to some little business matters that needed his looking after. —DMiss Celia Armor has returned to her home in this place, after quite an extended visit with Mrs. A. J. Graham, in Philipsburg. — Harry TI. McDowell, of Abdera, was in town on Tuesday talking a little ante-convention politics and making a few purchases of imple- ments for spring use. —Mrs. Brungart, wife of sheriff Cyrus Brungart, is in Millheim and Rebersburg visiting friends and relatives for the first time since they moved to this place. —Miss Grace Arm or is visiting her sister, Mrs. Claude Jones, in Tyrone. The Jones expect to move into a new house they have built on Wash- ington Ave., in the spring. —Mr. and Mrs. John Porter Lyon returned to their home at Penna Furnace, yesterday after- noon, after a two week’s visit at Mrs. Lyon's parent’s home in this place. — Miss Mary Brockerhoff will go to Atlantic City next week to spend some time there. Her health has not been of the best lately and it is hoped that a quiet sojourn at tiie seashore will im- prove it, —Mrs Cyrus Strickland who had been spending the winter at her daughter's Mrs, M. I. Gardner's on Spring street, left for Millroy Tuesday morn- ing to visit her other daughter Mrs. A. Lester Sheffer, who is quite ill. —Dr J. D. Geissinger, who has been located in Huntingdon for some time, has decided to return to Bellefonte to take up the practice of deatistry again. He will have rooms in the Tripple home on north Spring street until he can secure a more suitable location, ) —Col. and Mrs. J. L. Spangler are in town for the week with Mrs. Spangler’s sister, Mrs. Rachel Harris, at her home corner of Spring and Curtin streets. The Spanglers expect to return to open their house here about April 16th. — A pleasant caller last Saturday atternoon was E. M. Kuhn, of Oak Hall, who dropped in to make | a half-a-dollar for one of his friends up that way. He did it very easily by paying his subscription in advance. Mr. Kuhn was in town with a party of young sports from the vicinity of his home and they enjoyed every minute of their stay. —Mr. J. H. Spotts, of Union township, drove down from his home in a road cart Saturday morning and more than once during the ride did he long for runners. He found out that the sleighing was good and a road cart was a little too airy a vehicle for comfort on a cold day like Saturday. He was in town on some business with his bankers. —Rev. Father Ganz, the distinguished priest of the Catholic church in Carlisle, spent 1'uesday night as the guest of the Brockerhoffs in town. He is very eminent in musical circles in the east- ern part of the State and it has been largely due to his interest that the band at the Carlisle indian school has reached the semi-professional position it holds. —Samuel Harpster Jr., Geo. W. Homan, Aaron Tressler and G. Frank Williams were a guartet of Ferguson township gentlemen in town on Tues- day. Messrs. Harpster and Homan were here taking out letters of administration on the estate of the late Samuel Harpster and the others were making a few necessary spring purchases. —Abe Weber, of Howard, was a Bellefonte visitor on Monday and it was rumored here that he came up to be a mark for the bouquets that the Bellefonte firemen were ready to throw at him for the valiant work he did at the fire down there on Saturday. Abe and Jim Hogan are among the front rope pullers in the fire company down there and they did themselves proud on Sunday. —Mr. W. M. Straub returned from Philadel- phia on Tuesday ot last week after being in the Will’s eye hospital there for six or seven weeks. Of course his friends here were glad to know of his safe return, but it was a matter of regret to them all that his sight isnot much improved, if any at all. He enjoyed the stay atthe hospital and the change did him much good, even if his eyes were not benefited. —The venerable Isaac Tressler was down from Oak Hall on Wednesday; limping slightly from the effects of an accident to his left knee last summer. At that time he was knocked down and tramped upon by a drove of cattle that came on him unawares. He sustained quite a painful in- jury to his knee, but it had nearly mended when the top rail of a fence he was climbing one day last week broke and let him fall, injuring it again. —George Harpster and Paddy Kelly drove up from Hublersburg on Saturday to spend. St. Patrick’s day in town. It was a regular Dutch- Irish mix-up but after they had been in town a while it was hard to tell which was which, for the Dutchman had on a shamrock that looked bigger and greener than a Walker township cabbage head, while the Irish excursionist had no out- ward mark of deference to his patron saint. —Mrs. Nannie Willard, who has been more or less of an invalid for some years, came up from Williamsport Saturday to enjoy a few weeks with her mother and relatives here and be benefited be the change. She was accompanied by her son, Wardner, who is as reliable and worthy a young man as we know, and they are now at the home of her sister, Mrs. Will Larimer, on Valentine street, as Mrs. Chambers, Mrs. Wil- lard’s mother is confined to bed with a serious at tack ofthe grip. —W. T. Hunt, whose good looks and splendid physique have not deterred him from becoming a first class machinist, has resigned his position at Jenkins and Lingle’s to accept a similar one at Burlingame, Lycoming county. Mr. {Hunt is a native of Williamsport and the move, no doubt, is more satisfactory to him than it is to his friends or Mrs. Hunt's for she rightfully belongs here, as the daughter of ex-sheriff Woodring and a popu- lar member of a large class of relatives and friends, —Joseph Ard Esq., of Pine Grove Mills, and his bright little son Wilson were Bellefonte visitors on Monday morning. In a most dignified and gentlemanly way the little man invited the writer to join him in a fish over on Laurel run, when the season opens. An 1nvitationJsofgracefully ex- tended would be hard to decline under any cir cumstances, but when it also comprehended a sojourn in Mr. Ard's famous shanty it was at once irresistible. We'll go and when the fish stories are being passed around you can make up yonr mind that one of them has been hatched over in Stone-valley. —Frank Cunningham and Danny Burns, two former Bellefonters, were here during the fore part of the week visiting relatives. Frank hadn't been home for two years and a-half and Danny hadn’t been here for eleven years. The former has a big livery in New Kensington and while here bought a team at the Gentzel-Beezer sale at Cen- tre Hall, which he had driven to Tyrone and ship- ped it thence to Kensington. Danny has become a prosperous hotel owner in that place, thus demonstrating to his Bellefonte friends that the transit from a ball-playing kid on Bellefonte streets to a successful business man is sometimes short. BURGESS BLANCHARD INTENDS PuT- TING AN END T0 PETTY NUISANCES.—For a long time the residents of Bellefonte have been annoyed by numerous drunks on the streets; the roistering conduct of a crowd of boys who gather along east High street and make flippant remarks about those passing on that thoroughfare; and the mischievous thieving of a lot of still smaller urchins who seem to be starting in a fair way to more serious crime. Burgess Blanchard in- tends to break this up and for that reason is urging council to act at once in the mat- ter of procuring a lock up. One Monday afternoon officer Mullen took acrowd of youthful offenders before the burgess. They had carried off ice cream from the Lutheran apron sale in the Y. M. C. A. and committed numerous other petty depredations that were not so grave in their nature, but the youngsters seem to have been banded together for just such maraud- ing expeditions. The burgess reprimanded them severely and discharged them. Next time, however, it will be different. The lock-up will be ready to receive all of- fenders and the burgess has announced his determination to send such to that punish- ment until these practices are broken up. rr “ROBERT HARDY'S SEVEN DAYS.” —In this issue the WATCHMA N begins in serial form Rev. Charles M. Sheldon's latest story. ‘‘Robert Hardy’s Seven Days.”’ Aside from the interest the author’s recent noted attempt to ran a great daily news- paper ‘‘as Jesus would do it’’ attaches to the work it will be found to be deeply in- teresting. It is the story of a rich man’s last seven days of life. How he spent that brief period in trying to make amends to his Creator for having lived fifty years beneath a veneer of selfishness that knew but one law—that of self. We call your attention to the story be- cause of the prominence of its author, the interest of the story itself and the good it will undoubtedly do all who read it. abe A HOWARD CHURCH SCORCHED BY FIRE.—The new church of the Disciples in Christ at Howard narrowly escaped destruction by fire shortly after noon last Sunday. The congregation had only dis- persed from the morning service when the flames were discovered. The alarm brought the local fire organiza- tion to the scene promptly and its efficient work saved the building, as well as adja- cent property. The church is heated by a large stove, the flue for which proved defective, thus causing the conflagration. Damage to the amount of $200 was sustained; the loss be- ing fully covered by insurance in the Rank- in agency in this place. ——— COAL NEAR PORT MATILDA.—Mr. Laird has discovered coal in Worth township, near the foot of the Allegheny mountain and to the left of the Philipsburg road. Seer sree re———ne 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. We are authorized to announce Robt. M. Foste as a candidate for Legislature subject to the decis- ion of the Democratic County Convention. ————————————— Sale Register. MARCH 23rD.—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. Marcu 30rH.—At the late residence of John Ragan in Snow Shoe, furniture, carpets, beds and bed- ding etc. Sale at 2 p. m. Arr1L Tth—At the residence of George Williams at Lemont, buggy, sleigh, cow, household goods, Esty- organ, cooking utensils, butcher's tools, ete. Sale at 1 o'clock p. m. ————— Philadelphia Markets. The following are the closing prices of the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening, Wheat—Red 75@76Y4 ¢“ —No. 2 ne Corn —Yellow: B@43s ¢ —Mixed 38 @4114 . 31@32 Winter, a 2.25@2.50 ‘“ —Penna. Roller... 3.20@3.30 *“ —Favorite Brands 3.9v@4.00 Rye Flour Per Br'l .. 3.15@3.40 Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1....13.50@17.00 $& $e fe Mixed 14@15.50 aeventetrrearasencens senssnsnsinersinnes . 8.00@15.00 Straw Bellefonte Grain Mari:et. Corrected weekly by the PuaNix Mining Co. The following are the quotations up to six o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes ress : ed wheat, 70 Rye, per bushel 40 Corn, shelled, per bushel. 40 Corn, ears, per bushel... 40 Oats, per bushel, new - 28 Barley, per bushel......... 40 Ground Plaster, per ton 8 50 Buckwheat, per bushel ............c..cecvvvveenennnn. 26 Cloverseed, per bushel.. $4 00 to $6 00 Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co. Potatoes per bushel 40 ODIONS8...uriiriensiriane 50 Eggs, per dozen. 12 Lard, per pound. 7 Country Shoulders 7 Sides........ 6 Hams.... 10 Tallow, per pound. 3 Butter, per POUND. siiiniecerions erin 20 The Democratic Watchman. Published every Friday morning, in Bellefonte, Pa., at §1.50 per annum (paid strictly in advance) $2.00, when not paid in advance a $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 6m | ly One inch (12 lines this type.............. $5168 810 Two inches...... terres J.T 10 16 Three inches... wl10115] 20 Guarter Column (5 inches).. wel 12 (20 | 30 alf Column (10 inches)... {2035 | bb One Column (20 inches)... 35 | 55 | 100 Advertisements in special column 25 per cent. additional, Transient advs, per line, 3 inser.ions........... 20 cts. Each additional insertion, per line Local notices, per line.......... Business notices, per line. «..10 cts. Job Printing of every kind done with neatness and dispatch. The Warcuman office has been re- fitted with Fast Presses and New Type, and everything in the printing line ean be ‘executed in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates. Terms—Cash All letters should be addressed to P. GRAY MEER, Proprieto
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