Bellefonte, Pa., Aug. i7, 1200.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——The Logan engine company will go
to the Philipsburg tournament with forty
uniformed men and the Pleasant Gap band.
— The Coleville band has been engaged
by the Reliance fire company of Philips-
burg to play for it during the two days of
the tournament there.
— Prof. Jno. D. Meyer, of the High
school, spent last week with friends ab
Alexandria, where he was principal of the
schools before coming here.
—— Luther Spicher slid off a load of oats
at Linden Hall one day last week and
caught in a round of one of the wagon
ladders, injuring himself badly.
— The track on the new fair grounds is
open for the free use of the public
until September 1st. ~Afterthat time driv-
ing privilege can be had for $5 a season.
—— After 14 years of peaceful location
on West High street, near the railroad,
Charley Glenn’s photograph car was, on
Monday, moved, away to Water street,
near the laundry.
——Miss Merriman, Miss Marguerite
Potter, and Messrs. W. H. H. Walker and
Wilson Gephart were. Bellefonters in at-
tendance at a shirt waist dance in Lock
Haven Tuesday evening.
——John Gillen, of State College, was
brought home from Pitcairn recently suf-
fering with something like typhoid fever.
He has a good position out there and was
getting along nicely when sickness over-
took him. ’
——Rev. M. L. Smyser, presiding elder
of the Altoona district of the Methodist
Conference, is confined to his home on
Curtin street. He left on Saturday on a
regular round of ministerial visits when
he was overcome by the heat and had to
return home.
- ——1If you are at all interested in village
improvement work you are earnestly re-
quested to attend a meeting of the Society
this evening in the W. C. T. U. rooms.
The meeting is at seven o'clock and for the
purpose of electing a treasurer and the
transaction of other important business.
——Edw. Gates, a Daily News carrier,
was attacked by a cross dog while deliver-
ing his east Linn street route, on Saturday
evening, and was painfully bitten in the
fleshy part of his left leg. Dr. Klump was
called and canterized the wounds, which
were severe enough to lay the lad ap for
several days.
——The Sportsmen’s League of Centre
County has a fine fishing camp along the
Bald Eagle below Howard. All members
of the League are welcome and many of
them are enjoying the hospitality of the
camp. Mr. Harrison Walker spent Sun-
day down there and took both the water
and mud baths that are proving so attrac-
tive to visitors at camp.
——About half a hundred youngsters
chased a large eel into close quarters just
outside a WATCHMAN office window Mon-
day morning and then slammed stones on
it until they had it smashed out as flat as
a flounder. Finally one, a little braver
than his fellows, picked it up and started
home with it; while all the rest of the
gang followed after, questioning his pro-
prietory right.
——Mis. Claude Thompson, who has
been go ill with appendicitis for some time,
as to alarm her friends, is now ina very
encouraging condition. On Monday Dr.
Carl Vischer, of Philadelphia, was here in
consultation with Dr. Locke and it was
decided that complications were such that
an operation would not be performed, un-
less the trouble developed a more danger-
ous phase.
——There are many people in Centre
county who will be interested in knowing
that Mr. aud Mrs. Frederick Osborne, of
Osborne, Ill., bave left their home for a
trip east that will include Niagara Falls,
Chautauqua, Corry and Centre county;
where Mrs. Oshorne is pleasantly remem-
bered as Miss Ella Wilson. She was mar-
ried after leaving here several years ago
and this will be her first visit among her
old friends since that time.
——A good rain passed over this section
of the county early Wednesday morning,
but it covered only a small area about
Bellefonte. About 11 o’clock that night a
thunder storm broke, however, that re-
sulted in a pretty general down pour.
They had good, soaking rains at Centre
Hall, Millheim, Pine Grove Mills, Union-
ville, Howard and along the Nittany val-
ley. It was the first rainfall to amount to
anything since the first day of the Cen-
tennial and certainly was a Godsend.
——Riding down ‘‘Bunker Hill’? on his
bicycle Thursday evening Rev. W. P.
Shriner, of the Methodist church, lost his
pedal and then Tost control of the wheel.
A tumble on the hard road was the result
and he was quite painfully cut and bruised.
His right side and arm were hurt and a
gash cut in his face that required eight
stitches to close up. * As a result of the ac-
cident Rev. Shriner was unable to keep an
. engagement to be present at a corner stone
laying at Snow Shoe on Sunday. He is
recovering very satisfactorily from his in-
juries, hut will not be able to preach this
Sunday. His pulpit will be filled by an-
other.
THE BusiNEss MEN'S PICNIC TO BE
HELD AveusT 30th.—On Tuesday after-
noon the Business Men’s Picnic Associa-
tion of Centre and Clinton counties met at
Hecla park to discuss the time and plans
for holding the annual picnic for 1900.
There was a good representation of business
men from both counties present and a del-
egation of Williamsporters were there to
express the wish of the business people of
that city to join in the pleasures of the an-
nual outing. Vice president Thos. A.
Shoemaker presided at the meeting. The
selection of a time for holding the picnic
was left to a committee and Thursday,
Aug 30th, was later decided on as the day.
Officers for the ensuing year were then
elected as follows: President, Thos. A.
Shoemaker; vice president, P. P. Rittman,
Lock Haven; treasurer, G. W. Fredericks,
of Flemington; secretary, J. C. Meyer,
Bellefonte. :
The following were chosen members of
the executive committee:
W. F. Euvnrorr, -" "Lock Haven.
G. L. MoRrenock, - gi 43
Geo. W. Mason, -
TORRENCE SHEARER, -
P. P. RrrTmAN, -
T. A. SHOEMAKER, -
Jno. I. OLEWINE, -
H. SECHLER, -
J. WiLL CoxLey, -
J. D. SOURBECK, - €
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T. L. EMERSON, Philipsburg.
J. W. GLEASON,
W. T. Youne, Farrandsville.
J. W. Murray, Beech Creek.
The new organization having been ef-
fected the following committees for the
picnic were appointed:
Speakers—Hon. 8. R. Peale, Lock Haven,
and Abe Hart, of Williamsport.
Amusements—J. W. Conley, chairman,
J. D. Sourbeck, Frank Montgomery, Dr.
H. E. Herman.
Music—W. F. Elliott, Lock Haven; O.
E. Miles, Milesburg; J. J. Galbraith,
‘Williamsport.
Finance—Geo. Loder, Lock Haven; T.
Gleasonton.
F. K. WHITE,
S. H. BENNISON, Abdera.
W. H. Noir, Pleasant Gap.
CG. E. Muss, Milesburg.
T, J. SmuLL, Mackeyville.
C. 8. WHITMAN, Loganton.
Pui FOSTER, State College.
Bupp THOMPSON, Martha,
H. A. MooRrE, - Howard.
FRANK CRAWFORD, - Centre Hall.
C. P. Lona, - Spring Mills.
Cuas, Smith, - ne Grove Mills.
C. H. BRESSLER, - Mill Hall.
CARSON QUIGGLE, - Pine Station.
R. H. STEWART, - Island.
CHAS. SIGMUND, - Salona.
R. N. RoBERTS, - Renovo.
| A. Shoemaker, Bellefonte; P. M. Malloy,
Williamsport.
Printing—J. I. Olewine, Bellefonte; G.
W. Mason, Lock Haven; T. Smull,
Mackeyville.
Closing Stores—J. D. Sourbeck, G. R.
Spigelmyer, A. C. Mingle, Bellefonte; G.
I. Morelock, Geo. Loder, B. C. Achen-
bach, Lock Haven; I. C. Holmes, J. N.
Krumrine, State College; D. H. Stover,
Mill Hall; Sam Kreamer, Centre Hall; C.
P. Long, Spring Mills; Frank Fisher,
Penn Hall; J. P. Condo, Millheim; C. S.
Whitman, Loganton; D. H. Fredericks,
Fleniigton; H. A. Moore, Howard; N.
H. Yearick, Jacksonville.
Managemeni—Geo. Loder, P. P. Rittman
and J. C. Meyer.
At the conclusion of the business Frank
Warfield, G. F. and P. A. of the C.R.R. of
Pa., entertained the party at a chicken and
waffle supper at the Workman's cafe
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A Bic TIME AT PLEASANT GApr.—The
Pleasant Gap band held a festival on Sat-
urday night that certainly was a wonder.
A WATCHMAN writer happened to be out
there early in the evening and was so ef-
fectually swallowed up in the crowds of
people and clouds of dust that he frequent-
ly imagined himself asleep and dreaming
of the second day of the county Centennial.
The Daily News says there were eleven
hundred people there, but we didn’t have
time to count them. Taking its word for
the number and also for the amount they
spent, which it says was $73.00, you can
see that that was pretty near 63 cts. a piece
for the crowd to blow in and it was little
wonder that there was a big time, when
everyone loosened up to the extent of 63
cents. It was a fast and furious pace from
‘the time the fantastics began forming on
Main street in Horntown until they swung
out onto the pike at the old Sweeny place
and headed for the public square at Pleas-
ant Gap. The Gap band led the procession
and was uniformed in costumes varying
from the Mother Hubbard wrapper down
to a semi-bar-baric drapery of sheep skins.
Then followed some on foot and some on
horses and mules, and there wasa whole
hay wagon load of youngsters who if they
keep up that kind of a racket for fifteen
years more ought to be rolling up power-
ful Democratic majorities in south Spring.
Some one had a young bull on a wagon,
there was an orchestra composed of one
horn and a fiddle on a cart and every time
the cart listed they seemed to strike g and
then when she heaved up again they struck
d, as if giving expression to their feelings.
There were Indians, Filipinos, fools and
town dudes, all mixed up in a shouting,
jolly crowd. Indeed you would have
wondered where they all came from. and
from the number of others who were hang-
ing over the fences grinning at the sight we
knew that the population of the town
hadn’t near been exhausted.
The Coleville hand, the Zion band and
the Gap band were all on hand and play-
ing while the rest ate. Altogether the
festival was a grand success, but to be
honest it was worth far more than 63 cts.
a piece.
——The couvention of the firemen of the
Western District of Pennsylvania, to be
held at Philipsburg on the 22nd and 23rd,
is shaping up and bids fair to be the most
largely attended of any ever held in the
district. Companies from Clearfield, Dau-
Bois, Curwensville, Houtzdale, Osceola,
Tyrone, Bellwood, Bellefonte, Milesburg
and Lock Haven will all be there. Both
the Logan and Undine companies are going
and will take bands.
——The P. O. 8. of A. festival at Wood-
ward on Saturday night realized $90 for
the order.
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——Because the highest bid was only
$525 the Shaeffer property at Aaronsburg
was not sold last week.
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——A little son of Rev. Wetzel, of Re-
bersburg, tramped on a rusty nail a few
days ago and only the greatest care pre-
vented a case of lock-jaw.
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——Millheim defeated the Woodward
base ball team in a seven inning gave at
the latter place last Saturday. The score
was 14 to 8.
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——The water in the Weaver mill dam
at Wolf’s Store is lower than it has been
for years and the mill has to be operated
by power from J. C. Aaman’s traction
engine. :
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_——Camp meeting will be held in Long’s
grove, one mile northeast of Rebersburg,
beginning on Friday. Aug. 31st. Rev. B.
F. Brown, of Lock Haven, will assist with
the services.
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——On Wednesday evening, August 8th,
Thomas Lloyd Ryman, of Howard, was
married to Miss Emma Lydia Yerger, of
this place. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Geo. I. Brown of the Episcopal
church and took place at the home of the
bride’s mother on Lamb street.
Sarita:
———The Salona quarries resumed W
nesday, the ten day suspension order
cause of acongestion of freight in th
Y. C. yards at Jersey Shore, having B
countermanded. The scarcity of ter
has laid out many trains and’ the
freight problem is becoming a very
serious one with some roads. The
Salona men will hold a picnic_at Hecla
on the 18th. The Rote band wil play for
them.
athe deaths of the late. John B.
Mitchell Esq., of Pine Grove Mills, and
Henry B. Hartswick, of State College, oc-
curring within the same week recalls the
fact that the two men were school masters
away back in the fifties,both having taught
in Ferguson township. Mr. Hartswick
continued at it for twenty winters and
taught music also, when singing school
and the ‘‘buckwheat notes’’ were the great
amusement of country folks.
AS BER ER
——=Sunday evening about six o’clock ' a
light shower fell in the vicinity of Belle-
fonte, though it was not near enough to
quench the parched earth. The passing
clouds had the effect, however, of lowering
the temperature very much. In a few
hours the mercury dropped from the points
between 94° and 98°, around which it had
been hovering for a week, to between 68°
and 70. Some parts of the county had
quite good showers last week, notably
Pine Grove Mills, Howard and Hecla park.
——Tyrone seems 5 be going os
crazy. After while Danny Woods,and some
of the other youngsters, will start the fad of
“‘roping cows,’’ then some one will puta
match to the place and burn it over so
there will be good pasture for cattle in the
spring and a happy hunting ground for the
Indians. No trace of the dear old town
will be left but the grounds of the old
ladies golf club, which will farnish a few
links of connection with the illustrious
past, when they had base’ ball players,’
crayon portraits, hospitals and tobies to |
burn.
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——A fire that started in a tenement
house in Snow Shoe Tuesday night
could not be stopped until it had
burned two single houses, two double
houses and the old coal tipple.
property was owned by the Snow Shoe
Mining Co., Messrs. T. B. Buddinger, the
Kelly Bros. and Will Holt. The fire is
supposed to have been started by an over-
heated stove and the high wind prevailing
at the time caused its rapid spread. The
houses were all occupied by Hungarian
families, who lost most of their belongings.
It is estimated that the property loss will
reach $5,000.
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—-A horse owned by Mr. Kauffman
broke loose from a post in front of the Ex-
change on Saturday morning and dashed
off up the hill toward the jail. It circled
Ft. Brumgard and started down the other
side of the street toward the Diamond
again. Overtaking C. C. Shuey’s delivery
wagon the horse in the latter decided to
keep the Kauffman animal company, very
“much against its driver’s wishes,so it dash-
ed off too. Its gayety didn’t last long,
however, for it fell on the pavement in
front of the Jackson bank, while the other
horse tumbled on the pavement just in
time to save Blair’s jewelry store windows.
Neither horse nor vehicle was the least bit
damaged.
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——Co. B returned from Camp Hawk-
ins, at Mt. Gretna, early Sunday morning;
arriving here by special train about 3
o'clock. Capt. Taylor reported his men
all in good health and said, also, ‘that
while they had one of the worst locations
in the camp grounds he did not have a sin-
gle serious case of sickness or a heat pros-
tration.
er he had ever experienced in his many
years of military service. The bronzed
color of the men was the best of evidence
that there had been plenty of sunshine in
the camp. Walter Baney’s hunt for the
place where they issued tin spouts for the
horse tents; Bill Walker’s juggling of a
a rail and knap-sack full of stones during
his residence in the guard house and Will
Brachbill’s collapse when a gust of hot air
from Hanover struck him. were all features
of the camp that will afford much amuse-
ment when retold about the Armory on
drill nights in the winter.
‘ condition became serious.
All of the |
‘mer by Bellefonters.
He said it was the hottest weath-*
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JAMES MecCAFFERTY.—James McCaf-
ferty, a well-known resident of Lewistown
died at his home in that place on Thurs-
day evening; after having been ill only
since the previous Tuesday with troubles
incident to the summer season and the
excessive heat. He was a blacksmith and
had worked at his forge up to the day on
which he was taken ill, thus making his
death a very sudden one and quite shock-
ing to the many friends in this place who
had seen him in full vigor during the
Centennial celebration.
Deceased was a son of Jas. A. McCaflerty
and was born at Milroy, Feb. 22nd, 1824.
Most of the early part of his life was spent
in Bellefonte, his residence having been on
Bishop street. He left here about twenty-
six years ago and had made his residence
in Lewistown ever since. Surviving him
are his widow, who was Miss Lavenia
Eckabarger, of Lewistown, and the follow-
ing children : James, of Bellefonte; Allison,
Ella, Bertha, Dorsey, Mrs. Caroline Wine,
and Chas. R., of Lewistown; Wm. Etta,
Percy and John, of Philadelphia. His
brothers William, Richard, Charles and
Thomas and one sister, Mrs. Susan Powers,
all of this place, are also living.
Funeral services were conducted at his
late home, on Sunday afternoon, by the
pastor of the Lutheran church, of which he
was a member.
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HENRY HARTSWICK.—After an illness
of about six months with catarrh of the
stomach the venerable Henry Hartswick,
died at 2 o'clock Sunday morning at his
home just north of the grounds of The
Pennsylvania State College. He was the
Jast member of the family to go and all of
them died with the same trouble.
For many years Mr. Hartswick bad
lived on the farm. on which he died, mak-
ing friends of all | be met, for he was at all
times a gracious, upright gentleman. Con-
sistent in his intercourse with his fellows
and sustained by an abiding faith in his
Creator. He was a life-long member of
the Pine®fall Reformed church and was
buried there on Tuesday afternoon. He
was 68 years old, having been born at the
‘‘Branch,’’ June 10th, 1831.
Surviving him are his widow and three
sons: John, who farms the homestead
farm; Newton, of State College; and Adam,
of Pine Grove Nills.
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——John W. Shuey, aged 70 years, died
at the home of his son-in-law, Jacob Meyer,
at Linden Hall, on Sunday, as a result of
a complication of troubles. He had been
in poor health for more than a year but it
was not until two months ago that his
Mr. Shuey was
a retired farmer and a man generally es-
teemed in the commnnity in which he
lived. Surviving him are his widow and
the following children : Mrs. Jacob Meyer,
Linden Hall; Alvin and Henry, of Lemont;
Daniel, of Centre Furnace; and Mrs.
Kramer, of Freeport, Ill. He was a zealous
member of the United Evangelical church
] and interment was made at Shiloh on Tues-
day morning.
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——DMrs. Leah Rearick, relict of Jesse
.Rearick died at her home near Unionville
on the 8th, at the age of 71 years, 10
months and 15 days. Dropsy caused her
death. She was a devoted member of the
Lutheran church and is survived by three
sons and two daughters, as follows : Mrs.
Wm. Clevenstine, Zion; Mrs. Cal Lucas,
Romola; John C., Bellefonte; Mary C. and
George, at home; also one brother Charles
Hassinplugh, Bellview, Ohio; two sisters,
Mrs. Matilda Kline, Tyrone; Mrs. Jane
Shirk, Lewistown.
——Mirs. May Me a with dysen-
tery, on Friday evening, at her home in
the ‘‘brick row’’ on north Spring street.
Mrs. Moyer was the widow of Frank Moy-
er and was 56 years old. She is survived
by the following children: Jacob and
James, of Punxsutawney; Wm., of Brick
Run; Mrs. Jesse Shafer, of Zion; Mis. Geo.
Baird, Josie and Jane, of Bellefonte. In-
terment was made at Curtin’s Works on
Sunday afternoon.
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——County chairman J. K. Johnston is
on the sick list again. A cold has him laid
up this time.
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News Purely Personal.
—Mrs. Wm. Jamison, of Williamsport, is visit-
| ing her daughter, Mrs. Samuel Mulbarger,on east
Curtin street.
—William Rishel, formerly a préssman in the
Democrat office, gave up his job there on Satur-
day and started for Braddock, where he hoped to
find work of a different kind.
—Mr, and Mrs. James F. Markle, with their
baby, left for their home at Pitcairn, on Friday
evening, after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. James
Seibert of east Bishop street, and other relatives
.in the county.
—Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hunter with their
two children and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Keller and
their boys are camping in the old house at Beech
Creek, which has been occupied the entire sum-
They went yesterday.
—Mrs. Noble, of State College, was in town
Wednesday on her way to Ocean Grove, where
her husband, Rev. Noble, is seriously ill with,
what threatens to be, inflammation of the brain.
He was overcome with the heat while in bathing
on Friday or Saturday and is in a precarious con- |
dition.
—8. Woods Sebring, of Savanah, Ga., was an ar-
rival in town Wednesday evening and will spend
two weeks with his brother, Dr. John Sebring.
and his father, J. P. Sebring Esq., of Loveville.
Woods wus for several years connected with the
Green pharmacy in this place. He went to Wat-
sontown yesterday for a day.
—Col. W. R. Teller, American representative
of the Bloomington Coal Co., at Havana, Cuba, is
in town visiting his daughter, Mrs. Jno. M. Dale.
He is wearing an entire suit of alpaca, which he
says is the dressiest garment, aside from a uni-
form, worn in Havana. It certainly must be cool
and during the hot weather we have had here re-
"| icently there have been,many envious of his rai-
ment.
—S8im Baum left for New York on Monday to
buy his line of fall goods.
—Miss Helen E. Overton has returned from her
sojourn at Bedford Springs.
—Jno. M. Dale Esq. went to Pittsburg on Mon-
day on business; returping Wenesday noon.
—Mrs. J. L. Spangler and her daughter Miss
Myra, returned from Philadelphia en Saturday
evening.
—Postmaster W. W. Montgomery is away on a
two week’s trip to the sea shore. He is at At-
lantic City.
—C. M. Bower Esq., and his son John J. Bower
returned from Bedford Springs on Saturday
morning.
—Among the Bellefonters now in Atlantic City
are Mrs. Cheney Hicklen and Mrs. J. Kennedy
Johnston.
—Miss Cora Emery, of Pittsburg, has been the
guest of Mrs. Thomas Moore, of south Spring
street for a few days.
—John Tonner Harris, manager of the Bell tel-
ephone business in the Philipsburg territory,
spent Sunday with his parents in this place.
—The Misses Grace and Emily Alexander of
Centre Hall, were in town on Monday on their
way home from a visit with friends in Tyrone.
—Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Irvin returned from their
stay at the sea shore on Friday morning and are
again occupying their apartments at the Bush
house.
—Miss Lena Henning, who had been visiting
Miss Clara Anderson, of east Bishop street, for
several weeks returned to her home in Pittsburg
on Saturday afternoon.
—Morris J. Loeb, of Pittsburg, who has been
spending a few days with his wife, left for the east
on Wednesday. He is in the commission busi-
ness in the Smoky city.
—Mrs. F. K. Lukenbach and her children,
Katherine and Richard, returned to their home
in Philipsburg on Friday afternoon. They had
been here for a two weeks visit.
—Mus. G. 8. Pifer, who has been here Visiting
at the home of her father, Hezekiah Hoy, on the
fine farm in Benner township for the past four
weeks, will return to her home in Wilkinsburg
today.
—Edgar 1. Burnside, of the Standard Scale
Co., went to Pittsburg, Tuesday afternoon, to
spenda week or two looking after some large
business opportunities of the concern in and
about that eity.
—Miss Mina Dawson returned to Philadelphia
yesterday, after a pleasant vacation with relatives
and friends here. Her family have been most
fortunate in their new home and Miss Mina isa
chiropodist with rooms of her own.
—Mrs. A. S. Boalick, of Osceola, has been in
town for & week or more visiting the home of her
birth and relatives in and about Bellefonte. She
is a daughter of William Young, Dec’d. and is
spending her time with her sisters, Mrs. John
Klinger and Mrs. Shuman Lyof,
—Mrs. Harvey Musser and family or Akron,
Ohio; Miss Jennie Medlar, of Allentown; and
Chas. M. McCurdy, cashier, of the First National
bank in this place, made up a house party that
had a delightful time as the guests of Col. and
Mrs, Jas. P. Coburn at their Aaronsburg home
over Sunday.
—Ad Fauble, of the firm of M. Fauble & Son,
returned from a stay of two weeks in New York,
on Saturday evening. Of course he said it was
hot in the metropolis, but that didn't deter him
from buying the finest line of fall and winter
clothing that has ever been shown in the well
known Fauble stores.
—Chas. J. McHugh, of East Liverpool, who had
been here, with his cute little son, visiting for
several weeks at his father-in-law’s, post master
W. W. Montgomery's, left op Tuesday afternoon.
He was recovering from a severe attack of ty-
phoid fever and found Bellefonte’s climate and
water just the thing for his mending.
—W. J. Carlin Esq., of Rebersburg, with his
brother-in-law, Mr. Leitzell, of Scottdale, were in
town Tuesday. The latter was on a business trip
to Mifflinburg, on the return from which he will
stop for a visit with ’Squire Carlin. He says that
business is quite flat out about Scottdale just now,
but is too bad a Republican to acknowledge
that the McKinley policy is responsible for the
collapse.
—Samuel Derstine Esq., of Frankford, Ill, a
brother of John and William Derstine, of this
place, arrived here Wednesday afternoon, with
his daughter, Mrs. Barrett, and her son. He was
born in Centre county, but left here many years
ago to seek his fortune in the West and he must
have succeeded for he returns to visit his boy-
hood’s home reputed to be a very rich man.
—Dr. Todd Ward, of Chicago, with his bride,
have been in Centre county for the past two
weeks visiting relatives in Bellefonte and about
his former home at Pine Grove Mills. It will be
remembered that he went to the Klondyke when
the gold craze broke out, but like thousands of
others gave it up in disgust and came back to
Chicago and got married. In going to the Alaska
fields he took the overland route by way of Ed-
monton that Harry Bush and his party intended
taking. :
—Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Baxter, with their two
children, who had been guests of Dr. and Mrs.
Hayes, on Spring street, departed for their home
in Detroit, Mich., at noon on Tuesday. Mr. Bax-
ter is state manager for the Metropolitan Ins. Co.
and is quite prominent in politics out there. At
the time John Patton, formerly of Curwensville, |
made his fight for the United States Senate he
directed his campaign for him. Mrs. Baxter
spent a month in Bellefonte, her husband having
come on to go to Mt. Gretna with Dr. Hayes and
from there the entire party went to Atlantic City
for a few days, returning here on Monday.
—Sheriff R. C. Kennelley, of Guthrie Center,
Iowa, was a Bellefonte visitor for a few hours on
Friday. He stopped off on his way home from
New York to see J. Will Conley and a few other
acquaintances. The sheriff is a native of Clinton
county, but left this section eighteen years ago.
In that time he has been mayor of Guthrie Cen-
ter and sheriff of the county four times. He
seems like a man who would be popular with
everybody, even in the capacity of sheriff, in fact
he snited us all but his politics. Sheriff Kennel-
ley says everything will be Republican in Iowa
this year because the corn is good. If there is
anything in such logic then everything in Penn.
sylvania ought to be Democratic “pecanse the
wheat, corn and grass are all poo! i
—Andrew Jackson Griest, of Unionville, was in
town on Wednesday afternoon and nearly hung
himself on the High street bridge, in his effort to
see and remember the name. of the liquid that
was flowing so merrily on beneath him. Some
little boy rescued him by telling him that it was
“water” and then his countenance beamed all
over, as the amps of memory began to burn out
bright again and he was able to recall having seen
such stuff as running water before. Up at Union.
ville, you know, even the cows have gone dry.
Lots of the people haven't seen any water since
the Centennial and then some of them carried all
they conld home in their clothes, they were so
anxious for it. Why, with upper Bald Eagle creek
stretching over a course of twenty five miles, with
numerous tributaries and a dam covering four-
teen acres all to draw trom Mr. Griest’s miller
actually woke him out of a nice little siesta he
was having after shining up several barbecued
spring chickens at the noon hour a day or so ago,
to tell him that there wasn’t enough water to be
found to supply the boilers. Is it any wonder that
he seemed to be struck with the dumb fever when
he saw the volume of water running down Spring
creek and had to be told what'it was.
—County Sup’t. C. L. Gramley, of Rebersburg,
was in town between trains on Tuesday.
—Former sheriff W. M. Cronister was a Belle-
fonte visitor on Tuesday.
—Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Skuey returned from their
trip to Canada on Tuesday evening.
—Dr. Thos. J. Orbison, of Philadelphia, is visit-
ing his mother, Mrs.;Nancy Orbison, in this place.
—Mrs. M. D. Mitchell, of Washington, D. C., is
visiting at the home of Mrs. Catharine Curtin, on
High street.
—Mrs. Edward Moore and her daughter Edna,
of New York, are visiting at the home of John
Anderson Sr., on Bishop street.
—Mrs. H. 8. Cooper, with her daughter Ema-
line, are in Johnstown for a few days visiting John
W. Morris in that city. They went on Tuesday.
—Samuel Reynolds, of Lancaster, who has been
a guest of his brother, Col. W. F. Reynolds, in this
place for afew days, left Wednesday afternoon.
—W. T. Meyer, of Philadelphia, formerly of
Bellefonte, is visiting his brother, J. C. Meyer
Esq., in this place. He is engaged in the piano
uning business in Philadelphia.
—Mr. David Tanyer, of Howard, was in town on
Saturday, it having been his first visit for some
time. He was unable to get up during the Cen-
tennial; owing to sickness, but is quite well again
now.
—Editor R. H. Brainerd, of the Curwensville
Review and the newly appointed postmaster of
that town, was in Bellefonte on Wednesday with
his two sons. They were guests at the home of
Geo. Hastings, above town.
—John Thompson, of Philipsburg, politician
and salesman, was in town on Wednesday. He
had been down to Howard to spend the night
with Mrs. Thompson and their daughter who have
been visiting her parents, Rev. and Mrs. A. P,
Wharton, for some time.
—Miss Margaret Campbell, of Punxsutawney,
arrived in town on Tuesday and will spend sever-
al weeks with her sister, Mrs. James Barnhart, of
Thomas street. She is on her way home from
quite an extended trip to Pough Keepsie, West
Point, New York City, Atlantic City and other
places.
—Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Rote, who had been trav-
eling with the Wallace shows, arrived in town
Wednesday evening and will spend the remain-
der of the season at their homes here. They left
the show at Ottumwa, Towa,on Sunday, the condi-
tion of Mrs. Rote’s health being such that it made
their immediate return a necessity. They had
been doing a musical specialty in the side show.
—William J. Gill Esq., of Pittsburg, was a guess
of William Burnside over Sunday. Mr. Gill is the
father of Frank Gill, vice chairman of the Stand-
ard Seale and Supply Co. Lt'd. and came up here
to escape the heat, but it proved a case of out of
the jaws ot Charybdis into those of Seylla, for we
had it about as hot as any place up until Sunday
afternoon, when some good angel turned off the
hot air pipes. Mr. Gill is a delightful gentleman
and has made hosts of friends in Bellefonte who
are more than glad to welcome him. Of course
he is a Republican, but not such a narrow one
that he can’t see some little hope for us. In fact
he even went so far as to intimate that he thought
the Nebraskan could be elected if he could get a
fair show. Aud that reminds us of a predicament
we were in in Houtzdale gne day after the Belle-
fonte and Houtzdale Mountain League base ball
teams had concluded a game disastrous to
our boys. A husky miner had bet {en on Belle-
fonte and lost. After the game he made another
bet of ten with the winner that ‘‘if the umpire
had given usa fair deal we would have won.”
Then the two participants, each coyly twirling a
pick handle,came to the writer to decide the bet.
Well, the umpire had given us a rough rub, but
being between those two miners and their ten
wasn’t exactly the place to say =o and just about
the time it began to look as if this squib might
never have been written the train came along and
it was saved to literature. :
Lost Pocket Book.
Lost on Tuesday, a pocket book containing
money and mileage book belonging to Mrs. C.
'E. Cooke, of Jeanette. Anyone returning the
same to Miss M. Snyder's millinery will be liberal-
ly rewarded.
Notice to Farmers.
You should bring your wheat to the Phoenix
Milling Co. becanse we pay the market price
for it.
You should exchange your wheat at the Phoenix
Mills because you get the best grade of flour in
return for it.
A 51b. sample of our flour will be given free to
every farmer who comes to the mill and asks
for it. THE PHOENIX MILLING CO.
45-28-tf Bellefonte, Pa.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia mirkels on Wednesday
evening.
10i5@74
dd
4 3084 7
2,40@2.60
Tossa
Flour— Winter, Per Br'l.,
¢“ —Penna. Roller...
3.20@3.35
*¢ —Favorite Brands 25@4.40
Rye Flour Per Br’l %
Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 6.00
ee Mixed ¢ 1... 14.50
0 50@12. 50
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by the Puaanix Misrine Co.
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
ress :
ed wheat, old 70
Wheat, new, Li
Rye. per bush 40
Corn, helled 46
Corn, ears, per bushel. 46
Oats, per bushel, new 25
Barley, r bushel... 40
Ground Plaster, to 9 50
Buckwheat, per ro Cas
Cloverseed, per bushel... $4 00 to 86 00
Timothy seed per bushel heads $1.40 to $2.00
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by by Sechler & Co,
Potatoes per bushel
Onions......
Eggs fo dozen...
und.......
Country sho Daldere:
Tallow, per
Butter, = a ve
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