Bellefonte, Pa., May li, 1900.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
-——"*0le Olson”
night.
——On Monday Col. W. Fred Reynolds
made a $500 subscription to the soldiers’
monument fund.
at Garman's Monday
George Secrist, Noah Stover and
John Breon killed a9} ft. blacksnake near
Miliheim, on Sunday afternoon.
——Reports from the vicinity of Aarons-
burg are to the effect that the frosts did
little damage in that section last week.
——Mrs. Daniel H. Hastings entertained
Bellefonte chapter, D. A. R. at her home
on north Allegheny street Wednesday even-
ing.
——The rain on Tuesday is said to have
been all that saved the camp houses at
Newton Hamilton from destruction by
forest fires.
——The hard frosts of last Thursday and
Friday nights did little, if any, damage to
fruit in this county. The extremely dry
weather probably saved it.
——On Sunday an immersion took place
at Milesburg at which Rev. Houck, of the
Baptist church, immersed nine persons.
Next Sunday the last immersion will be
made.
——Work is progressing nicely at the
shirt factory under the new management.
The girls are all satisfied and making good
wages. There are only a few machines
that are not in operation now.
—— Snyder Miller, Rebersburg’s post
master, was prostrated with a very severe
attack of croup on Sunday afternoon. For
a time his condition was quite critical, hut
he soon recovered.
—— While working about the machines
in the shirt factory, on Saturday morning,
S. D. Ray struck his head against the sharp
edge of a table in such a way as to cut a
very ugly gash above his eye.
——The Old Folks’ concert at the home
of F. W. Crider, on Linn street, last Fri-
day evening was a complete success, from
an artistic standpoint, and the ladies of the
Methodist church realized $25.30 from it.
—— County superintendent C. L. Gram-
ley was in town on Tuesday and turned
over $373.84 tc the treasurer of the soldiers’
monument fund; that being the sum raised
by the public school children of the county.
—Mr. and Mis. George Meiss, the par-
ents of Andrew Meiss, will receive $500.00
from the Pennsylvania Railroad relief fund.
Andrew was killed while working as a
brakeman several weeks ago and as he was
a member of the Association they will re-
ceive that benefit from it.
——A great many rabbits and pheasants
are reported to have been burned in the
forest fires that swept the Woodward *‘Nar-
rows’ last Wednesday evening. Constable
Wyle, who was in charge of the posse of
men fighting the flames, says that at one
point he saw nine rabbits running out of
the burning brush, only to get into a worse
fire at another place.
——A slight fire was discovered in the
barn on the rear of the Andrews home, at
the corner of Allegheny and Howard streets,
between four and five o'clock Friday after-
noon. An alarm was sent into the Logan
engine house and the fire was put out be-
fore a general alarm could be sounded.
The fire was caused by some persons hav-
ing dumped hot ashes too close to the
building.
—-On Friday agent J. H. Olliger suc-
ceeded in securing the pension for young
Frank Wallace, of Milesburg, which vari-
ious agencies have been after for so long.
It will be remembered that Wallace fell
from a troop train while passing through
Ohio on the way home from camp at Lex-
ington, Ky., and was so badly hurt that
he will never fully recover. He has been
awarded $17 per month, with pay to date
from the day of his injury.
——The Altoona High school and Belle-
fonte Academy base ball teams gave a very
uninteresting exhibition on the glass works
meadow here on Saturday afternoon.
Though the weather was rainy and chilly a
fair sized crowd went out and saw the Acad-
emy boys beaten by a score of 12 to 10.
The entirz nine innings could not he play-
ed, because the visitors had to quit in time
to catch an afternoon train heme.
Next Wednesday evening, May 16th,
Dr. C. H. Mead, the famous orator and lec-
turer, will appear at the court house here
for the W. C. T. U. The lecture will be
free and as Dr. Mead has already demon-
strated his ability to interest and please
Bellefonte audiences he will probably be
wreeted by a crowded house. It will be
remembered that he spoke here two nights
in succession, several years ago. when he
bad the ‘‘Silver Lake’ quartet with him.
——The Methodist people of Bellefonte
are talking improvements to their church
property. The building is in need of a
new roof and it is thought that a number
of radical changés should be made in the
interior. They are hinting at an outlay of
$10,000 to $15,000. Of course it is all talk
up to this time, but if the Methodists decide
to carry it further the church will be made
about as pretty as any in the town. The
plans are for a new trussed roof ceiling, in-
clined floor, a choir box across the front of
the church above the pulpit, a fine pipe
organ and elaborate decorations.
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CouxciIL’s SEMI MONTHLY MEETING. —
For. the first time since the organization of
the-present body there was a full represen-
tatibn at the council meeting Monday even-
ing and the following business was done.
yshna Foulk reported a nuisance near |
the Old Methodist church on jail hill and
asked to have it abated. S. B. Miller re-
quested that crushed lime stone be placed
on east Linn street from Harry Keller's resi-
dence to C. M. Bower’s. G. W. Rees pre-
sented a petition signed by business men for
a bridge over Spring Creek from north Rey-
nolds Ave to south Potter street; referred
to Street committee. Philip F. Garbrick,
W.T. Noll and other citizens of Coleville ap-
peared and asked council to lay water pipes
to that village in order to supply it with
water, thereby securing eighty consumers
and an increased revenue of $250 per year;
the clerk was instructed to notify petition-
ers that council cannot lay pipes outside the
borough limits.
The Street committee reported the com-
pletion of the foot bridge at the P. R. R.
round house and announced that the new
iron bridge at the Phoenix mills will prob-
ably be completed by the time of the Cen-
tennial. The committee was directed to
make repairs on east Linn, Logan and
Allegheny streets, to lay new brick cross-
ings over the intersection of Dunlop
and High streets and to notify various
property owners to make needed repairs to
their side walks. Upon motion of Mr.
Houser the clerk was ordered to notify all
telephone and electric light companies hav-
ing poles erected on our streets to paint
same by June 1st and to remove all poles
not in use.
The Water committee reported sundry
repairs. Along this line council decided to
replace the 6 inch main running north on
Allegheny street from High with a12 inch
one to Linn street. This is made necessary
by the scarcity of water on east Linn street.
The Fire and Police committee reported
the addition of another officer for duty Sat-
urday night in the appointment of Joshua
Foulk.
After ordering the following bills paid
council adjurned.
Street pay roll
E. E. IIL Co., lighting street
... $118.20
366.91
J. H. Wetzel, making draft... 8.00
Potter & Hoy, hardware 22.93
Jenkins & Lingle, 2 loads sand 1.20
A. Allison,terra cotta pipe 96
P. B. Crider & Son, lumber 112.72
Water pay roll...........coovvvens 153.50
E. E. Iil. Co. light for water works 1.70
Frank R. Miller, assessment hook 4.50
McCalmont & Co.,.. 2.60
Jenkins & Lingle, supplies 41.55
A. Allison, supplies............ 6.18
P. B. Crider, lumber, 1.20
R. J. Schad & Bros. supplie 10.66
Police pay roll... 35.00
E. E. 11L. Co. public building 18.25
A, Allison, supplies............ .......... 5.00
£8 £6 ball and chain 5.00
P. B. Crider & Son lumbe 16.47
Bellefonte Gas Co.... 74.C0
R. J. Shad & Bro., supplies 5.50
S. Kline Woodring, surveying.... 5.50
Bellefonte Fuel & Supply Co. coal for W. W. 66.99
W. T. Twitmire, tin work on lock-up. ........ 12.03
&1 095.37
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THE AMERICAN PATRIOT OF 1814.—8.
B. Row Esq., a Philipshurg gentleman
whose delightful writings in the papers of
that town on matters of local history
prompts us to believe him to be an anti-
quarian, has sent us a half sheet of the
American Patriot, the first paper published
in Bellefonte. The copy bears the date of
Saturday, Feb. 12th, 1814, and proves to
be one of the second edition of the Patriot.
The paper was started by Alexander Hani-
ilton, and first published by Hamilton &
Moore, Feb 5th, 1814, in a building just
one door south of the Curtin home at the
corner of Allegheny and Howard streets
and opposite the bank.
It was evidently a four column, four
page paper aud is really very interesting in
its contents. Among the local news and
advertisements are : A notice to stockhold-
ers of the Centre Bank of Pennsylvania
that an additional payment of $5 on each
and every share would be required at the
bank in Bellefonte on April 6th, 1814. It
is signed by Jno. Norris, cashier. William
E. Welch advertises for two boys to learn
the boot and shoe making trade. And
there is an advertisement of the sale of land
‘for a song’ that now comprises Harris,
Ferguson, Taylor, Worth, Huston and
Rush townships. About the most interest-
ing news item in the paper is the announce-
ment that ‘Mr. John Hall,in widening the
tail-race of his water works, dug up, in the
channel of Spring creek, a tooth (supposed
to be of the Mammoth) about three inches
and a half square on the face, and about
four inches in length or depth. When
found it was entire; but by an unlucky
stroke of a pick it was broken into several
pieces, * # #2
Without asking Mr. Row’s permission
we bave turned the interesting relic into
the keeping of Mrs. Isaac Mitchell for ex-
hibit among the curios during the county
Centennial here July 25th and 26th, when
all will have an opportunity of seeing it.
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——The large barn of Samuel Hoover
at Martha Furnace was destroyed by fire
about 4 o'clock last Friday morning, to-
gether with all its contents, including
eight horses, three cows, wagons, sleds,
farming machinery, implements, grain,
hay, fodder, etc. Mr. Hoover bas a par-
tial insurance only on the property. The
fire is supposed to be the work of an in-
cendiary. This is the fourth barn that
has been burned in the Bald Eagle valley
in the past year, the others being the
Sharar barn, only a mile or two from the
Hoover property ; the Fowler barn, and
the Mrs. Henry Hoover barn, near Bald
Eagle. Mr. Hoover’s house has been on
fire several times, but it was always dis-
covered in time to prevent serious damage.
Benjamin Copperthwaite, at Sandy
Ridge, has been granted a tavern license.
—————
While peeling bark in the moun-
tains north of Aaronsburg one day last week
Harry Wyle seriously crippled himself by
catting his right foot with an axe.
ese
“Ole Olson,” which portrays in a
humorous manner the adventures of a raw
Swede on landing in this country, will be
the attraction at Garman’s next Monday
night.
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———The Lock Haven Traction Co. is no
more. The cld organization has become
defunct and a new one has taken its place.
It is now called the Susquehanna Traction
company.
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——A two year old daughter of Edward
Noll, of Lewisburg, drank the contents of
a bottle of blueing on Monday, but the
timely administering of an emetic prevent-
ed the poison from taking effect.
— Israel Hough, while driving through
his yard at Kreamerville, a few days ago,
was caught by the wash line and hurt quite
painfully. His wife ran to his assistance,
but before she got to him he had fainted.
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——=tate College and Dickinson played
base ball, on Beaver field, last Friday af-
ternoon; the game resulting in a victory for
State by the score of 2to 1. But seven
innings were played on account of the wet
weather.
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——DMajor R. H. Foster, whose illness at
his home in Harrisburg, has for some time
been the source of much concern to his
Bellefonte friends, has so far recovered as
to be able to be back at his desk in the De-
partment of Internal Affairs.
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——XErnest Stover, of Aaronsburg, has
been trying the experiment of hauling logs
with a traction engine lately and has found
the result satisfactory in every way except
one. The passing of horse teams on the
high ways necessitates too many delays.
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——Gillantown was threatened with
destruction by forest fires on Tuesday, but
a timely shower put an end to the flames
and relieved the terror of the people of that
place. The village was surrounded by fire
and the high winds were driving great
sheets of flame and showers of sparks in all
directions.
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McQuistion & Co. have two very sty!-
ish new top buggies that can be bought at
very reasonable figures. There is nothing
shoddy about them, as there is no inferior
work ever allowed to go out of that estab-
lishment, and the person who secures
either of the rigs referred to is sure to have
a bargain.
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———The rumor that the American Axe
and Tool company’s recent purchase of
thirty-eight acres of land at Glassport
meant the moving of the axe factory at Mill
Hall t) the former place, where all the trust
plants are to be centralized, is denied at
the Mill Hall offices of the trust. While
the scheme to erect a $500,000 plant at
Glassport will be carried out the Mill Hall
people are of the opinion that their factory
will not be disturbed.
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Next Thursday night a juvenile
operetta will be given at Garman’s by Miss
Bradley’s music scholars and the choir boys
of St. John’s Episcopal church. Both the
libretto and music are delightful and Miss
Bradley has been working so faithfully
with the children that their presentation of
‘A Trip to Europe’ promises something
altcgether out of the ordinary. Itinvolves
an imaginary sea voyage during which all
of the passengers on the boat get seasick and
there is fun and music to please everyone.
Next Thursday night, for the benefit of the
Episcopal church.
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——It might be well for Beliefonters
who contemplate making improvements or
changes to their property to arrange to have
it all done before the date of the Centennial.
This would remove the possibility of any
streets of the town being blockaded with
building materials and wonld also insure
the best appearance of the place. The
Street committee of council might do wel?
to take this matter up now and let it be
understood that no piles of building ma-
terials, of any sort, will be permitted to re-
main on the streets or sidewalks of Belle-
fonte on July 25th or 26h.
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WORK To BEGIN NEXT WEEK ON THE
FAIR GROUNDS.—An advertisement for
teams to work on the construction of ‘the
new fair grounds near Bellefonte,”’ which
appears in another column of this issue,
leaves no room for doubt as to Centre coun-
ty’s having such an amusement enterprise
within a very short time.
Last week the WATCHMAN published the
fact that a charter bad been granted to the
‘Centre’ County Agricultural Exhibiting
Co.’’ and stated that work on a fair ground
would be begun at once. Next week F.
W. McElroy, the civil engineer for F. H.
Clement & Co., the contractors who will do
the work, will be here with the plans and
at once engage teams and men to go on the
work. A member of the firm told a WATCH-
MAN representative that while there is no
time clause in their contract they expect to
have all the grading done and the half-mile
track completed before July 4th.
The ground selected for the fair grounds
is the Linn & McCoy meadow between the
C. R. R. of Pa.and P. R. R. tracks, east
of the nail works. It contains 23 acres and
with other land obtainable will make a
splendid site. A mile track could be
erected on the lot, but it will be made just
3 mile.
In addition to its use as a fair ground for
agricultural exhibits it will be equipped
for all sorts of athletic sports and out-door
theatrical amusements.
Mes. SARAH KEICHLINE.—One of the
oldest and most respected women of Fer-
guson township died at her home in Pine
Grove Mills on Tuesday afternoon after a
short illness. Sunday night she was
stricken with paralysis, but until then she
was unusually well and observing and
bright for one of her years.
Of German parentage Sarah Long was
born in Union county, Dec. 19th, 1818, and
in early girlhood removed to Aaronsburg,
this county, where she was married to
Peter Keichline, when eighteen years of
age. Their union was a most happy one
and their entire married life of almost sixty
years was spent near or in Pine Grove.
From her youth she had been 2 member of
the Reformed church and was cheerfully
confident of being ready to die—indeed she
planned some of the details of her burial
and requested that the old bible she had
used at catechism be buried with her. She
was very kind and generous and affable
and the entire community in which she
lived will miss her.
Her husband died some years ago and cf
their nine children seven are living, all of
whom were with her when she entered in-
to rest. They are John and Peter, of this
place; G. W., and Mrs. Sarah Gardner, of
Rock Springs; Mrs. G. W. McWilliams, of
Fairbrook; Mrs. Wm. H. Goss, of White
Hall; and Mrs. Maggie Meek, who made
her home with her and cared for her. She
is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Hettie
Metzger, of Chicago; a brother, Samuel
Long, of Catawissa, twenty-six grand
children and thirteen great-grand children.
Funeral services will be held this morning
at 9 o’clock at her home with her pastor
Rev. A. A. Black, officiating, after which
interment will be made in the Pine Hall
cemetery by the side of her husband. The
pall-bearers will be her grandsons, Henry
and John McWilliams, Samuel and Wm.
Goss, and Charles and Wm. Keichline.
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HE WAS GEORGE SHERRY’S FATHER. —
Anthony Sherry, aged 84 years, 4 months
and 27 days, died at his home on the Phil-
ipsburg pike, about a mile from Bald Eagle,
on Tuesday afternoon. He had suffered
with rheumatism for three years and it
finally went to his heart and caused his
death.
Deceased was a native of Germany and
came to America when quite young, first
located in Cambria county, and was mar-
ried to Miss Anna Mary Heims at Loretto
on the 8th of Oct. 1844, by the Rev. Father
Gallaher. The family settled in the Bald
Eagle valley in 1866, and since that time
have occupied what is now come to be
known as the Sherry homestead.
Deceased is survived by his wife and the
following named sons and daughters : Mrs.
Caroline McAvoy and Anthony Sherry,
Kane, Pa.; George Sherry, Bellefonte; Mrs.
George Schell, DuBois; Mrs. Jennie Wil-
liams, near East Tyrone; William and
Agnes Sherry at the family home. One
daughter and two sons preceded their fath-
er to the grave.
Deceased wasa member of St. Matthew’s
Catholic church, Tyrone. Funeral services
at that church this morning.
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DIED OF APOPLEXY. — Mrs. Anna Shaf-
fer Royer, the beloved wife of Jonathan
Royer, was unexpectedly stricken with
apoplexy at her home at Zion about.three
o’clock Monday morning and almost before
the seriousness of her trouble was realized
she had passed away. On Sunday she
seemed to be in unusually good health and
attended church services twice during the
day, so that there wasn’t the slightest pre-
monition of her approaching dissolution.’
She was the daughter of the late Capt.
George Shaffer and was born at Zion 58
years ago and surviving to mourn her sad
death are her husband, one son Joel, one
daughter, Mrs. Epley Gentzel, and a sister,
Mrs. Samuel Decker, all of Zion. Mrs.
Royer was a woman whose passing from
that community is a serious loss. She was
active in her domestic life, charitable and
loving in her ministrations to the poor and
afflicted and zealous in her attention to
church duties.
The funeral took place yesterday morn-
1g at 10 o’clock, from her late home. The
servi: 28 were conducted by Rev. Diehl, the
Lutheran pastor at Zion, of whose church
deceased was a conscientious member.
MRs. Gobi Eta Thee Catha-
rine Bryan died at her home in Altoona on
Sunday night, from the effects of heart
trouble. She was 51 years old and was a
native of Centre county; her maiden name
having heen Ebbs.
Deceased was first married to Wesley
Ayres,to whom she bore seven children, all
of whom are living. After his death she
married R. C. Bryan,to whom she bore two
children. She was a member of the Metho-
dist church and her body was brou. ht to
Marengo, this county, for interment on
Wednesday morning.
Among her many relatives in Centre
county are her sisters : Mrs. Sara Ward, of
Stormstown; Mrs. Nancy Cornelius, of Port
Matilda, and Mrs. Hetty Wrye, of Love-
ville.
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——Quick consumption caused the death
of Mrs. Catharine Holt Dumbleton, at her
home at Cold Stream, near Philipsburg,
last Thursday morning. She was only 22
years old and was a bride of but three
months, making her demise an unusually
sad one. Her maiden name was Callahan
and she was a member of the United Breth-
ren church.
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~——Mrs. Sallie DeHass, relict of Curtis
DeHaas, died near Beech Creek last Thurs-
day evening with paralysis. She had been
stricken only a few hours before death re-
lieved her suffering. She was 75 years old.
——Donald Clarence, the precious infant
of Mr. and Mrs. Snyder Tate, died at their
home near Coleville, on Sunday night. He
had not been a very robust babe, but was
as sweet an one as ever proud parent fond-
led and his sudden taking off with convul-
sions was a sorrowful bereavement to them.
He would have heen seven months old on
the 28th of this month. Rev. Shriner,
of the Methodist church, conducted
services at the home on Tuesday afternoon
and interment was made in the Union
cemetery.
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Mrs. Andrew Smith died at her
home near Salona on Saturday morning
with a complication of diseases. For many
years she had been a resident of Salona, but
a short time ago the family moved onto the
Martin Herr farm. Interment was made
at Farmers Mills on Tusday morning.
News Purely Personal.
—Former sheriff Jno. P. Condo, of Millheim,
was in town on Monday.
—John Houser, of this place, has gone to Mt
Pleasant to work at his trade of paper hanging.
—Fred Sourbeck and Charley Gillen left for
New York on Tuesday afternoon, to see the Cor-
bett—Jeffries fight on Friday night.
—Rt. Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, bishop of this
diocese of the Episcopal church, was here last
evening and confirmed a class at St. John’s.
—Mrs. Jennie M. Boulton is a guest at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Musser, on Bishop
street. She is just returning from having spent
the winter in Florida.
—Mrs. Joseph Beck, of Wilkinsburg, was an
arrival in town Tuesday afternoon. She came for
a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Houser, of Bishop street.
—Miss Kate Hoover, of Philadelphia, has been
in town for a week or more; having been called
here by the serious illness of her grandmother,
Mrs. Mary E. Hoover, of north Spring street.
—Mvr, and Mrs. J. Harris Mann, of Lewistown,
drove to this place on Saturday and remained un-
til Monday visiting Mrs. Mann's parents, Treas-
urer and Mrs. W. T. Speer, of West High street.
—Mrs. John Porter Lyon, of Pennsylvania Fur- |
nace, arrived in town Tuesday evening and is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Mitchell,
of north Thomas street. Mr. Lyon came down
yesterday.
—On Tuesday afternoon Joseph and Andrew
Thal and Alfred Beezer left for New York,whence
they will sail for Europe. The boys are going to
see the Paris Exposition and while abroad will
visit the homes of their ancestors in Germany.
—Presiding elder M. IL. Smyser and family ar-
rived in Bellefonte on Wednesday morning and
are now located in one ot Mrs. Orbison’s new
houses on Curtin street. A reception will be ten-
dered them in the lecture room of the Methodist
chureh this evening.
—Mrs. Anna C. Woodcock, who has been board-
ing at Mrs. Irv Curtin’s on Linn street, for the
last three months and who has not nearly recov-
ered from her recent illness, left yesterday morn-
ing for Chambersburg, where she will spend the
summer with her sister at their old home.
—Mayor Edmund Blanchard went to Philips-
burg, Tuesday afternoon, to prevail on the fire-
men of that place to bring the Central Pennsyl-
vania District Firemen’s Convention to this place
during the Centennial. They will decide the
matterat a joint meeting of the Reliance and
Hope companies (his evening.
—Jacob Bottorf Esq., of Lemont, was in Belle-
fonte on Saturday and while talking with him
concerning the burning of his farm house we
learned that it was not caused by a defective
flue, as stated. The fire started on the roof and
is supposed to have been ignited by a spark.
—The Hon. and Mrs. James Schofield left for
Allentown on Sunday morning. They spent four
days in the Lehigh metropolis. Mr. Schofield
was a representative to the meeting of the Grand
Castle of the K. G. E. in session there. Mrs.
Schofield accompanied him to visit friends in
that city.
—Miss Mary Devling, of Glen Richey, was in
town over Sunday, the guest of Mrs. Frank War-
field. The Bloomington Coal company by whick
Miss Devling is employed now evidentiy recog-
nized and appreciate her efficiency and ability as
the Valentine Iron company di 1 while she was its
treasurer and bookkeeper, for she has been made
head of its Clearfield offices with an increased
salary.
—Charles McLaughlin, of Snow Shoe Intersec.
tion, was in town between trains on Wednesday
on his way to Winburne ; where he is general
factotum in the Sommerville collieries. We were
sorry to learn that Mr. McLaughlin had been
suffering for some time with an acute attack of
rheumatism. While by no means well he felt
that it was necessary for him to get back to work
—George Runkle, purser on the training shop
“Saratoga,” is here visiting his ceusin W. R.
Brachbill and other relatives in town. Though
he has been to sea ever since he was a little boy
and has had many varied experiences he is ready
to give up the life of a sailor the moment some-
thing better presents itself. George was on the
St. Paul during her auxiliary service in the
United States navy.
—J. N. Brooks, of Pleasant Gap, was an early
visitor to Bellefonte yesterday morning and
brought with him the discouraging announce-
ment that there had been a heavy frost out there
Wednesday night and, in all probability, the
cherry crop will be seriously affected. Mr, Brooks
is not rushed with work at his saw mill just now,
but he had to hurry back home to look after some
other spring work he has on hand.
—Geo. H. Yearick, of Mill Hall, was in town on
Tuesday, having made a bicycle trip of it up to
attend to some business for his father-in-law, our
friend William Bickle. Mr. Yearick is home
from the Medico-Chi., in Philadelphia, where he
hopes to be able to earn the title of “Dr” in three
more ye ars. He started off as a farmer over
about Madisonburg, but he soon changed to med-
icine and now his wife and child accompany him
to Philadelphia, where they have a flat and all
get all the enjoyment there is out of it.
—Few people who know Michael Hays by sight
would think that the genteel looking, quiet gen-
tleman who can be seen somewhere along south
Allegheny street most any Saturday evening, is
one of the noisiest fellows in the whole country
when he is at work. In fact he can’t keep him-
self or his men at work unless he stops them to
“shoot off’ every ‘nce in awhile and then they
“shoot” so loud that it can be heard for forty
miles around. Mr. Hays is boss at the Humes
farm quarries, but one can scarcely reconcile the
noigy life he leads while at work to the modest
manner that is so becoming when he is at leisure.
—Former Register Geo. W. Rumberger, of
Unionville, spent Friday night in town, having
come down to take part in “Ye Old Folks Con-
cert,” at the Crider home on Linn street that
evening. He acquired fame as a singer early in
his career in the court house, by his pathetic
rendition of the sentimental ballad “The Cat
Came Back,” so that ever since he has been a
drawing card at musicales. His latest success has
been the singing of the role of ‘Reuben’ in the
operatic-comedetta of ‘Reuben and Rachel’ and
in supporting the prima donna on Friday even-
ing he was more than up to his mark of “heart
rendering acting” and fine voice.
—Former sheriff D. W. Woodring entertained
his cousin, Geo. W. Woodring, one of the leading
business men of Blue Field, the bustling new
coal centre of West Virginia, on Tuesday.
—G. W. Feerrar, of Williamsport, was a Belle-
fonte visitor on Tuesday. He was here on busi-
ness for the News the co-operative paper that has
been jumping into a field of prominence so fast
down there. Mr. Feerrar ought to be known to
many of the older residents of the county, if not
personally, certainly through his father, the late
Jacob Feerrar, who in the early days, when self
binding harvesters were unheard of, might
have been called the famous cradle maker
of Boalsburg. The grain eradles that old Mr.
Feerrar used to make were lasting as their mak-
er's loyalty to Democratic principles. The young
man left Centre county twenty-years ago, the last
ten of which he has resided in Williamsport.
—Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Foreman, of Centre Hall,
took advantage of the delightful spring weather
on Tuesday for a drive over the mountain to this
place. It was but natural that Mr. Foreman
should soon lose his better half in the—be-
wildering to men—round of dress goods and
millinery shop displays, so he just put in the
afternoon calling on his friends and rubbing the
dust out of his eyes. You know, he said, we
people of Centre Hall are not accustomed to
having the dust blowing in such elouds that you
can’t see across the street. We have a good
water works now, and our streets are sprinkled
so that visitors to the place are not compelled to
breathe themselves fall of pulverized limestone
and every other kind of disagreeable particles of
dust. Well, Mr. Foreman was right. Bellefonte
was extremely dusty on Tuesday, and it was
very unpleasant on the streets until after the
shower settled the matter.
HarpiLYy MARRIED. — Mr. Ferdinand
Beezer and Miss Grace Beaderman, two of
the popular young people of Bellefonte, were
married in St. John’s Catholic church at
half past seven o’clcck Wednesday morn-
ing. Rev. P. McArdle performed the cere-
mony and their sponsors were Mr. Edward
Beezer, a cousin, and Miss Agues Beezer, a
sister of the groom.
The bride was daintily gowned in vene-
tian brown, trimmed with white satin and
brown velvet, with bat to match, and her
maid was dressed so as to carry out the ef-
fective color scheme. The groom and his
best man wore the conventional dress for
morning weddings and the party presented
a handsome appearance at the altar.
A large reception was given them at the
groom’s home south of town Wednesday
evening, where hosts of their friends gather-
ed to wish them joy and prosperity on life’s
matrimonial sea.
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—— Invitations have been issued for the
wedding of Dr. George Berry Klump, of
this place, and Eva May, daughter of Mis.
Etta Swartz, of Williamsport. The cere-
mony will occur in the First Presbyterian
church at Williamsport, Wednesday, May
16th, at high noon, and the bride and
groom will be at home after July 5th, at
west High street, Bellefonte.
Semmes Arse
MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Following is the
list of marriage licenses granted by or-
phan’s court clerk, A. G. Archey, dur-
ing the past week :
Joseph Sobek Glod and Mary Donaycon,
both of Clarence.
Claude W. Fulton, of Milesburg, and
Cora A. Neff, of Roland.
John A. Crock, of Runville, and Auna J.
Irwin, of Fleming.
H. A. Yearick and Anna M. Sholl, both
of Madisonburg.
Charles Wesley Kaler, of Coburn, Centre
county, and Mary Etta Byerly, of Hern-
don, Northumberland county, Pa.
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WANTED. — Photographs or interesting
short sketches of historic buildings and lo-
calities, or both, in Centre county. Kind-
ly sénd same to this office with the name
and address of sender. They will be pre-
served and returned in good condition.
We are especially desirous of securing
scraps of historical information that have,
as yet, been unpublished.
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——About twenty-five grinders in the
Mill Hall axe factory walked out on a
strike for higher wages on Monday morn-
ing.
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—~ parks from the engine set fire to
the Linden Hall saw mill one night last
week, but the flames were extinguished be-
fore serious damage was done.
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.
We are authorized to announce John W, Con-
ley, of Potter township. as a candidate for Assem-
bly, subject to the decision of the Democratic
county convention.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red ............ H@1TY
“ No, ¢ 0@72
Corn —Yellow 46
¢« Mixed. 401 @43%;
Ob... sien sire sae rind 50@311;
Flour— Winter, Per Br'i. 2.25@2.40
¢ —Penna. Roller... 3.10@3.25
*¢ —Favoritei Brands 3.80@3.90
Rye Flour Per Bril... 2.15@3.40
Baled hay—Choice ! 2 15@18
15.50@16.50
Straw....nun treseseee sreerens divin ee 9.00@15.50
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by the Puasix Miuuing 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. wii al
Corn, ears, per bushel.. ns 46
Oats, per bushel, new .. 28
ane 40
8 50 to 9 50
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reverses 25
$4 00 to §6 00
Barley, per bushel........
Ground Plaster, per ton
Buckwheat, per bushel
Cloverseed, per bushel..
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel ..........ccovevenninninn wa 40
Onions rads opie n
s, per dozen.
Loar = ound... 7
Country Shoulders o 7
Sides........... 6 to 7
| Hams.... A
Tallow, per poun y 3
Butter, per pound. 20
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