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Beliefonte, Pa., Oct. 5, 1900.
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lished unless accompanied by the real name of
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
— Hi Henry and his big minstrels will
be here tonight.
——Potatoss are now 46 cents a bushel
in the vicinity of Aaronsburg.
— Lewis Rossman, of Farmer’s Mills,
has rented the John Wolf farm near Re-
bersburg.
——On Wednesday night, Oct. 10th,
“The Bowery after Dark’? will be seen ab
Garman’s.
—The students of the Bellefonte Acad-
emy have added $15.06 to the Galveston
relief fund.
—— Wilmer Stover, the Aaronsburg cid-
er maker, squeezed out 2,400 gallons one
day last week.
~— Charles Larimer is driving the
Adams Express wagon since the departure
of John Laurie.
—— Don’t forget to tell your neighbors
that the price of the WATCHMAN is only
$1.00 a year.
——Cholera is prevalent among the pigs
in town. Swine belonging to Orrin Miller
and Morgan Reynolds are affected with the
disease.
——Wm. Howley was the one applicant
examined at the recent civil service exami-
nation. He is standing for the position of
postal clerk.
——Several Beech Creek boys chased a
bear cub into the streets of that village a
few nights ago, but it escaped to the
mountains.
——The Republican county committee
has opened head quarters in Crider’s Ex-
change. Buttons and literature are being
disseminated:
——Mrs. Walter B. McCaskey, of
Beech Creek, who who was so seriously ill
with typhoid fever, is able to sit up a few
hours a day now.
—— George Leathers, of Howard, has ac-
cepted a position as a passenger brakeman
for the P. R. R. at Pittsburg and left for
that city on Monday afternoon.
——Typhoid fever is still raging at
Chester Hill, near Philipsburg. The re-
cent rain was not sufficient to improve the
sanitary condition of the place.
— Saturdays rain was the first one
this section has had in six weeks. It
wasn’t near as much as we need, but all
were thavkful for ever so small a blessing.
——At the meeting of the Bryan and
Stevenson club in this place Wednesday
night, C. M. Bower Esq., Col. W. C.
Heinle and Frank Adams were the orators.
— John C. Miller has moved his office
from north Diamond square to the second
floor of the Bush Arcade. He is still do-
ing a large insurance, loan and investment
business.
The Dickinson Seminary—Academy
foot ball game on the fair grounds tomor-
row should attract a great crowd, because
it will be a very evenly matched and ex-
citing contest.
—— Remember that the Centre county
fair ground management does not intend
to have you fleeced if it can be helped. No
gambling schemes, of any kind, are to be
allowed on the grounds.
Bellefonter’s have learned to expect
the best in minstrelsy from Hi Henry and
that is why everyone is looking forward to
tonight’s entertainment as one that will be
.clean,. bright and a pot zag musical
jems.
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— Wayne Smith, a young son of George
Smith, of Allegheny street, broke his nose
while playing on the South ward school
grounds, on Tuesday afternoon. He ran
against Ralph Cole with such force as to
cause the accident.
—-— Miss M. Snyder has just returned
from New York and wishes to announce to
her customers that her opening will be
Thursday, October 11th. She ‘has suc-
ceeded in securing Miss S. A. Hollowell,
of New York, to assist.
——John T. Laurie, who had been driver
for the Adams Express Co. here for some
time, has received a greatly deserved pro-
~ motion and is now the company’s agent at
Brownsville, Pa. = He left on Sunday
_ afternoon and his family will follow just as
soon as he can find a suitable house for
them.
——A notice has been posted at the Lo-
. gan iron and steel works at Burnham,
. Mifflin county, announcing a reduction for
* puddling of from $4 to $3 per ton. As a
result of it the three hundred employees of
. the plant have quit work. Low prices and
‘dallness in the iron trade is given as the
i cause of the reduction.
— The announcement made in our last
“week's issue, having reference to the
#‘Luther Entertainment,’”’ will he given in
* the opera house on the 13th and 14th of
December. It will bea great attraction,
and prove itself worthy of general patron-
_ age. Some of our Bellefonte people have
witnessed it elsewhere and pronounce if
superb: 1 (ji oA UOT AW
——Col. Amos Mullen returned from
Columbia yesterday morning, where he was
attending the funeral of bis aged mother.
Mrs. Mullen died in Philadelphia, at the
residence of her son Harry, with whom
- she had made her home for the last year
bat her burial took place in Columbia, the
' family home. She was eighty-eight years
old and had been sick about a month.
A LIvELY RUNAWAY ON TUESDAY.—
There were highly exciting times near
Morris Pike lime kilns shortly after eleven
o'clock Wednesday morning and all be-
cause a big black horse, owned by George
Green, of Milesburg, took it into his head
to comport himself slightly different from
what well regulated road horses are sup-
posed to do.
Mr. Green, his little boy, and Mrs. Sam-
uel Jarrett were driving along the pike in
a spring wagon. When right in front of
the kilns the horse took a notion to run
and away he went. ‘We have heard of the
way greased lightning goes through a
huckleberry bush, but ‘such speed must
have been a snail’s pace when compared
with the way Dave Kelly says Green's
black horse went. At the dirt dump the
little Green boy tried to climb out over
the end gate and was successful, so far as
getting out was concerned, but when he
picked himself up his mouth and eyes were
full of dirt and his face and hands pain-
fully scratched. The black horse didn’t
wait to extend any sympathy to the little
Green boy, but headed straight for a three
seated carriage, in “which was seated
a party of men who were on their way to
aid and abet that terribly sinful (2?) race
track. In the carriage were John Blanch-
ard, John Olewine, Col. Jno. A. Wood-
ward, Capt. WwW. C. Patterson, Dr, H. P.
Armsby and Ellis L. Orvis Esq. They
were driving down to the fair grounds to
select a place to exhibit some big pump-
kins, fat cows, etc., but this flying black
satan overtook them, ripped a wheel off
their carriage and there was anything but
a Quaker meeting with that sextet fora
few moments.
The wagon went up over the top of the
carriage and Mrs. Jarrett promptly made
several revolutions in mid-air, alighting on
the pike without so much as a scratch.
The black horse continued his flight
and Mr. Green went with him. Near the
C. R. R. of Pa. engine house they overtook
A. B. Gannon, a salesman from Chicago,
who was driving along in one of George
Beezer’s buggies. Without as much as by
your leave they struck Mr. Gannon and he
flew over the bank ; landing within one
sixty-fourth of an inch of the cold waters
of the canal. The buggy was badly demol-
ished, but the black horse and the spring
wagon and Mr. Green were still in the
ring. The latter went up in the air, how-
ever, somewhere in the vicinity of Shoe-
maker’s honse and the black horse very
promptly pulled the wagon out from under
him.
Then it had things all to itself until the
toll gate was reached and there a man pulled
a load of match wood across the road. The
black horse plowed into it worse than
Cummings went into the W. U. P. line
last Saturday, but he couldn’t get throngh
and bad to give up the flight.
The horse was not at all injured and the
shafts were the only things broken on the
spring wagon.
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JouN CuMMINGS HANGS HIMSELF.—
Weary of life and tormented into a condi-
tion of irresponsibility by the fear that he
wouldn’t be able to pay off the $1,800
remaining indebtedness on his farm,
John Cummings, a well to do farmer, liv-
ing two miles east of Linden Hall,commit-
ted suicide by hanging on Sunday.
His domestic relations were of the pleas-
antest and he lived happily with his wife
and nine children. Lastspring those with
whom he was most intimate heard: him
complaining, more or less, about his poor
success and the probability of his being
unable to pay off obligations he had con-
tracted in buying the old Ruble place.
He had the debt nearly lifted, however,
and was really getting along better than
many farmers, but he brooded over his
troubles until reason was dethroned and
the rash act committed.
On Sunday, September 23rd, he took
paris green, powdered glass and laudanum,
but the prompt discovery of it by the mem-
bers of the family, who had come to realize |
that their father must be watched. saved
his life at that time. A second attempt
was also unsuccessful.
About noon last Sunday he said he would
go up stairs to lie down awhile. It was
only a short time later that his fifteen
year old son Harry followed to look after
him. Not finding him in any of the rooms
the boy went on to the garret and there |
made the shocking discovery that his fath-
er had hanged himself.
A hed cord had been stretched in the
garret to hang clothes on and at one end
there were about two feet of it unused.
Mr. Cammings had fastened this portion
about his neck then dropped to his knees,
holding himself in that position until he
strangled to death. When found he was
quite dead and his knees were scarcely off
the floor.
Deceased was about 50 years old. Fu-
neral services were held Wednesday morn-
ing and interment was made in the ceme-
tery at Tusseyville.
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AX INTERESTING CONTEST TO-MORROW.
—There will be greats sport at the new fair |
grounds on Saturday afternoon, when the
Dickinson Seminary and Bellefonte Acad- |
emy foot ball teams line up against each
other. While the Seminary boys are re-
garded as being in a different class from the
Academy team, yet they were never able
to defeat Potts College by decisive scores
and last season the Academy and Potts
College played two tie games.
Whatever the relative strength, the wear-
ers of the gold and white are going to give
the Williamsporters a very hard proposi- |
tion. It will be well worth the 25cts ad-
mission and if you want an afternoon of
good sport go down to the fair grounds Sat-
urday.
——Lyman H. Howe’s moving pictures
will be seen at Garman’s on the night of
Nov. 8th. When here in March the Howe
entertainment proved highly satisfactory.
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——Remember that admission to the
Centre county fair will be only 25 cts and
children under ten, accompanied by their
parents or guardians, will be free.
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— The ladies of the Lutheran congre-
Work Bazar’’ on the 8th and 9th of No-
vember. It will be a very interesting and
attractive exhibition.
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—— During the last synodical year the
Allegheny Synod of the Lutheran church
raised $104,336.80 for pastors’ salaries,
church erections, parsonages and benev-
olences. - It was an average of $6.40 per
member.
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——There will be a festival at the home
of Burns Crider, on east Linn street, Sat-
urday evening, for the benefit of the home
fund for the deaf, aged and infirm. All
should patronize it.
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——The court having declined to grant
a new trial in the case the city of Lock
Haven will have to pay at least $5,000,and
possibly $9,000, to Mrs. Hannah Quigley
for injuries she sustained by a fall on a de-
fective boardwalk in that place.
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Congressman J. KX. P. Hall has just
presented the Ridgway public library with
one hundred and twenty-one specially
bound volumes of a valuable work on the
war of the Rebellion, records of the Union
and Confederate armies and a flag book.
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--—At the seventeenth annual conven-
tion of the 'Woman’s Home Missionary So-
ciety of the Huntingdon Presbytery, in ses-
sion at Altoona last week, Mrs. James
Harris, of this place, and Mrs. Geo. W.
Atherton, of State College, were elected
vice presidents. The treasurer’s report
showed contributions of $11,230.25, an in-
crease of $132.76 over last year. It was
agreed to assume the support of a teacher
at Fairview, Utah, and to raise $400 to-
ward the support of a school.
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——Notwithstanding the rain about
eight hundred people went down to the
driving park, on Saturday afterncon, to
see the foot ball game hetween the West-
ern University of Pennsylvania and The
Pennsylvania State College. The game
was very rough and punctuated with much
slugging and wrangling. State finally won
by the score of 12 to 0, having made one
touchdown in each half. The Pittsburg
boys were unexpectedly strong, and while
much lighter than State’s team they play-
ed so snappy as to give the blue and white
about all it could handle.
gation, of Bellefonte, will hold a “Needle
CoUNCIL AND ITs MEETING.—The regu-
lar semi-monthly meeting of council was
held Monday evening with president Ger-
berich and members Walkey, Wetzel,
Knisely, Houser and Derstine present.
Frank Galbraith was present and asked
council, on behalf of Howard street resi-
dents, to appropriate $25 toward the cost of
digging a cess pool on the property of Hen-
ry J. Tibbens into which the surface water
on that thoroughfare would drain, thus
possibly preventing the flooding of all the
cellars along that street, as is the case now
every time there: is a heavy rain; the res-
idents purpose bearing the balance of the
expense. Council granted the request.
A bad pavement on east Lamb street was
reported and the Street committee instruct-
ed to investigate. The committee also re-
ported the completion of the new bridge
over Logan’s branch.
The treasurer’s report showed a balance
of $8,355.25 due him up to Oct. 1st.
Appropriations of $250 to the Logans and
$200 to the Undines were ordered paid.
New brick crossings were oidered laid from
the Catholic parish house to the residence
of Nicholas Bauer, on Bishop street, and
one over Ridge street on the North side of
Bishop. Water wasgranted to A. G. Mor-
ris, for a stone crusher at his Pike quarries.
After approving bills to’ the amount of
$2,696.23 council adjourned.
OPENED A GENERAL OFFICE IN BELLE-
FONTE.—In order to centralize a rapidly
growing business that has ramified all
parts of the county, the Howard Creamery
Co., has opened a general office on North
Diamond square, with B. B. Wilson, W
Gross Mingle and Chester Moore, of How-
ard, in charge.
All of the company’s business will be
handled from this place and that it is of
no sma!l proportion will he seen when the
number of enterprises under its control is
considered. There are four large cream-
eries : Howard, Coburn, Baileyville, and
Centre Hall, with eight skimming stations,
located at Beech Creek, Hublersburg,
Waddle. Pine Grove Mills, Lemoat,
Spring Mills, Feidler and Rebersburg.
_ The company has dropped the cold
storage ware house that was proposed to be
built in this place. It will more than
likely be taken up and completed in the
spring.
After next Monday private families will
be supplied with excellent table butter, di-
rect from the office here, where orders can
be left in person or by telephone.
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———Philipsburg has recently lost two
very prominent residents by removal.
W. H. Denlinger Esq. and his family are
going to Patton and Hon. J. N. Casanova
to Cuba. The latter expects, however, to
spend his summers in Philipsburg.
CENTRE COUNTY FAIR,
BELLEFONTE, OCTOBER 16th, 17th, 18th AND 19th.
ADMISSION 25 CENTS.
ONE FARE EXCURSION RATES.
——Garman’s will present a star attrac-
‘tion to-night. Hi Henry’s splendid min-
strel organization will be here.
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— Admission to the fair will be only
95 cts and there won’t be a fake or a gamb-
ling scheme on the grounds.
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——Dauring the past year 44,300 persons
visited the Lock Haven Y. M. C. A. rooms,
an average of 137 per day.
— While working in a Summerhill
colliery recently, Reuben Heaton, of Snow
Shoe, had his left leg badly crushed.
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—The papers for making the triennial
assessment have been placed in the hands
of the assessors and those worthies are now
at work completing their task.
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——Last Friday evening the people of
Port Matilda gave ‘Mrs. Newell, wife of the
retiring United Brethren preacher of that
charge, a delightful surprise. It was the
twenty-fourth anniversary of her birth and
a large party gathered at their home. fo
velebrate the occasion.
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Xi immy Reeder, the Altoona colored
boy who rode Walter H, in the Centennial
races here, was knocked out by Eddie
Gardner, of Wheeling, at Youngstown,
Monday night. The men were to have
fought a 20 round go at 1241bs, but Reeder
went down and out in the sixth. .
— Samuel Myers, of Lock Haven, bas
returned from his second trip to the Klon-
dyke. He got home on Sunday and is
none the worse for the several months
spent in the Cape Nome region, though be
says all the gold territory. is staked off and
that there is no use in going there now.
According to Mr. Myers the terrible tales
about the people dying from small pox,
pneumonia and measles are true. He says
that the condition at Nome is awful.
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——Boyd Shoemaker, of Swissdale, met
with quite a serious accident near Mackey-
ville on Monday, night. With Samuel
Shoemaker, of. Salona, and John Probst, of
Lock Haven, he went out coon hunting.
They had chased three ap one tree and
Boyd climbed it to knock them. off. After
| two had fallen and he was just dropping
the third he lost his balance and fell, him-
self, a distance of forty feet to the ground.
Fortunately the limbs of the tree broke his
fall somewhat, but he struck the ‘ground so
hard as to completely paralyze him from
the hips down. He was carried to his
brother’s home, where he ' is slowly recov-
;ering the uge of his legs. £5 is Beg
INTEREST IN THE KEENAN—HOBBINS
SHOOTING CASE.—Last week the WATCH-
MAN published a complete and authentic
story of the shooting of pretty Annie Hob-
bins by John Keenan, ahout three miles
distant from her home at Gillintown.
‘Since that time Keenan has heen in jail
in this place. He has remained very ret-
icent, speaking only when spoken fo and
spending most of his time reading. He
says the shooting was accidental and acts
very much as if he were certain that fact
will soon be established.
He has retained W.E. Gray and W.
Harrison Walker to defend him and acting
for their client they have demanded his re-
lease on a writ of habeas corpus. The writ
is returnable before judge Love to-morrow
and at that: time district ' attorney
Spangler will have to show cause, if there
be any, why Keenan should not be re-
leased.
The district attorney is of the opinion
that the case needs a thorough sifting, as
is evidenced by the verdict of the jury he
impaneled to view the remains of the dead
girl. The verdict was rendered at Gillin-
town Wednesday and is in substance that
Annie Hobbins came to her death from a
wound caused by a pistol in the bands of
John Keenan. It does not say whether
the shot was accidental or intentional.
Sentiment about the girl’s home is divid-
ed. Some think it was accidental, while
others believe Keenan murdered the girl.
“Tt seems from the statement of other
members of the family that Annie Hob-
bins had promised to ‘marry J ohn Keenan,
and the mother has so stated to numerous
parties. A short time ago they became
estranged on account of Annie _encourag-
ing the attentions of some other young
men in that section. To this John objeot-
ed and Annie told her mother that she
never would marry him, because she could
not think of living ‘with. a jealous man.
On account of this misunderstanding it is
said that the two lovers had not spoken to
‘each other for several days prior.
“The opinion of the mother and other
members of the family is that the shooting
was not accidental. They think that it
was due to difficulties that grew up be-
tween them, in fact state So positivel y.
There were some bruises on the body of the
dead girl, hut what these may golly 5 re-
‘mains to be ascertained.
The funeral of the girl onto on
Friday and was very largely attended by
people from far and near, more Shrough
curiosity than anything else.
——James Whittaker, of this place, bas
been granted a pension of $16 per month.
shut down for a few days so that a new
boiler and engine can by pat in.
News Purely Personal.
—Robert F. Garman, of Tyrone, spent Sunday
with his father in this place.
—A. Bowman Weaver, of Clearfield, was in town
on business on Wednesday.
—Register A. G. Archey made a flying business
trip to Philipsburg on Monday.
—Dr. Geo. D. Green, of Lock Haven, was in
town for a few hours on Wednesday.
—Col. W. Fred Reynolds has returned from a
short business trip to Philadelphia.
—Miss Sara Malin, of Howard street, has re-
turned from a visit to Chester county.
—Mrs. L. H, Mull. of Philipsburg, is visiting
Mrs. G. Murray Andrews, of this place,
—Mrs. Thomas Moore, of south Spring street,
is entertaining Miss Anna Weber, of Howard.
—Joe Fauble, of the big Brockerhoff house
clothing firm, spent Yom Kippur with friends in
Lock Haven.
—Mrs. Edward B. Rankin, of Harrisburg, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. W. R. Jenkins, on west
High street.
—Mrs. L. C. Wetzel, with her little son Calvin,
Mrs. C. U. Hofter,
~ Elizabeth B. Moek has gone to Chicago Til, t
enter Chicago University for special work in 1
biological department.
—Will MeCalmont left for Philadelphia, Mon-
day morning, to resume his studies at the Medico-
Chirurgical college in that city.
—Miss Margaret Scott Graham, of Pittsburg,
who is to be one of Miss Hasting’s wedding party,
isa guest at the Hastings home.
—Samuel Cherry and Clarence Osmer, two
Bellefonte boys, have gone to Buffalo, N. Y.,
where they have secured positions.
—The Malins are entertaining Mrs. Geo. W,
Shoch, wife of the editor of the Mifflinburg Tele-
graph, at their home on Howard street.
—Miss Mary Harris Weaver left, Tuesday
morning, to resume her studies at the National
Park Seminary, near Washington, D, C.
—Harry Walkey left for Johnstown yesterday
morning to help the people of that city celebrate
their centennial. He will be gone until next
week. :
—Hon. J, H. Wetzel is home from quite an ex-
tended surveying tour and will devote his time,
from now until election day, to his campaign for
Legislature.
—Miss Charlotte Meek returned to her home
in Washioglon. D. C., yesterday, after a three
weeks visit with her relatives in this and Blair
county.
—Maiss Jane Harris returned home Wednesday
from visiting the Holmes family in Wilkinsburg.
Miss Cora Holmes came with her for a ten days
stay with friends here and in Lock Haven.
—Mrs. Minnie Harper is in Chicago, Ill, for a
two months’ visit with her brother, Charles
Schreyer, whois superintendent of the shops of
the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, and his
family.
—While in town for a few hours on Tuesday
Capt. W. C. Patterson, Supt. of The Pennsylvania
State College farms, stated that that institution
intends making a fine exhibit at the fair. Many
of the prize dairy herd from the Experimental
farm will be exhibited.
—Miss Mollie Gates, of Bush's Addition, was a
pleasant caller at this office on Tuesday. She is
still in the ladies furnishing goods business and
expects to carry it on with more energy than
ever, now that she has thoroughly regained her
health.
—Sammy Bryan, the corneter who has given
Belletonters so much pleasure during the past
summer by his performance with the Coleville
‘band, left tor Jeanette on Tuesday. ' 'His father,
Joe, went with him and they will both work in
the glass factory there.
—There was a special meeting of the Logan
Engine Co., Monday evening, at which George
Knisely was elected delegate to the state fire-
men’s convention that meetsin New Castle to-
day. He started on Wednesday and looked fine
enough for any Logan to be proud of.
—Miss Clara Shafer, who has made her home
with G. W. Campbell's family at Linden Hall
since childhood and whose health is only slight-
ly improved since her severe illness in the Pres-
byterian hospital, was intown yesterday on her
way to Philipsburg to spend the winter. .
—Miss Hazel Cooke, the bright little daughter
of E. C. Cook, of Jeanette, visited New York for
the first time last week,in company with her aunt
Miss M. Snyder of this place, and her mother.
She was so charmed with the great city that: she
would very willingly have taken up her abode
there.
—On Monday commissioners Philip Meyer and
Daniel Heckman, their attorney, J. C. Meyer,
Esq., and their clerk, Boyd Musser, will leave for
commissioners of Pennsylvania. Though no
board business will be transacted .com-
missioner Miller will be in the office to serve
any who call.
—John Strouse, one of the young farmers of
Benner township, was in town on Monday and in
speaking of Saturday’s rain remarked that while
‘it was greatly appreciated yet the fall was scarce-
ly sufficient to moisten the ground. The drouth
in this section has been almost unprecedented.
Grave diggers in the Union cemetery a few days
ago reported the ground as dusty ata Sept of
four feet.
—Miss Margaret Graham, of Pittsburg, Miss
L. C. Hench and Mrs. Edward B. Rankin, of
Harrisburg, and Mrs. R. A, Kinsloe, of Philips-
burg, are among the guests who have arrived in
town for the Hickok—Hastings wedding on Wed-
nesday. Miss Graham is at the Hastings home.
Miss Hench is being’ entertained by Mrs. H. P.
Harris, Mrs. Rankin is staying with her sister
Mrs, W. R. Jenkins and Mrs. Kinsloe is visiting
her mother Mrs. Barbara Rankin.
—Former Sheriff John Condo, of Millheim, was
in town on Tuesday and stated that the people in
the lower end of the county, from Gregg town-
ship down, have harvested very good crops this
year. Especially has this been the case. in the
vicinity of Woodward, which seems to have been
in an exceptionally timely rain belt, and he said’
‘the corn and wheat in’ that section is giving the
‘largest yield in years. Sheriff Condo's corn on
his own farm ran as high as 125 bushels to the
‘acre and some of his wheat reached thirty.
—Col. Jas. P. and Mrs. Coburn spent Sunday at
their home in Aaronsburg. The Col. has just re-
turned to his desk in the First National bank
after a two week's trip in the Bast. Of course he
had to take in the great Allentown fair, for he
has been going there for years and it would be
about as much of a success without him as a Re-
publican county convention would have been a
few years ago. Colonel was one of ‘the 95,000 at-
| tendants, but we'll bet there were few of them |
more distinguished looking. a
—ZOur old friend Samuel Sproul from Mingoville
was in town yesterday and-had his arms so fall
of bundles that had the train not left as early as it
did we fear he would have bought the whole
town out. He hasn’t been engaged at anything
in particular this summer, but lives happily with
‘his brother on the fine Sproul farm there. He
s it is very dry in Nittany valley, which proba-
A acco Lg 14 the fact that during t fhe hot
Bly cont e quail seemed to
ly, though they are coming back now ‘in’ gr eat
coveys.
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——Hirt’s saw mill near Wolf’s Store is
is in Philipsburg visiting Mrs. Wetzel's sister;
Allentown to attend the conventioniof the county |
isappear effectual | Term
HELP THE LocK HAVEN HOSPITAL. —
The Ladies Aid Society of the Lock Haven
hospital have undertaken a very elaborate
entertainment which, it is hoped, will net
a handsome sum for that steadily growing
and useful institution.
It is a fair to help the hospital building
fund and opened in the armory in Lock
Haven last evening, to continue until Sat-
urday evening, Oct. 13th. Among the
many booths will be those for dolls, aprons,
house furnishings, flowers and fruit, gro-
ceries, baby wear, bags, cigars, cushions,
neckties, refreshments, candies, D. A. R.
novelties, gypsy, gingerbread, Japanese,
and Dahomey, each presided over by a bevy
of pretty girls, especially suited for the
work. “In addition to these interesting de-
partments on Friday, Oct. 5th, there will
be calisthenic drills by the school children,
a cake walk and stereopticon views and on
Saturday, Oct. 6th, at 2 p. m., the great
baby show contest will be held.
Single admission iz only 5 cts and a sea-
son ticket can be had for 50 cts.
The Central R. R. of Penna. will issue
a special excursion rate of 25 cts for the
‘| round trip, from Bellefonte to Lock Haven
and return, for the benefit of those who
want to go down to the fair. It is espec-
ially incumbent upon our people to do
something to help the Lock Haven hospital.
Frequently of late the doors of that insti-
tution have swung wide to receive emer-
gency cases from this place and in every
instance the patient has received the best
possible treatment. In fact there are sev-
eral Centre county cases in the Lock Haven
hospital now and as that institution has to
depend entirely upon :the peonle of the
town for its support—it receives no state
aid—it seems that we should feel ourselves
duty bound to do something. If you can-
not go to the fair to help along in that way
mail a contribution to Mrs. Wm. Keiner,
chairman of the executive committee. It
will be thankfully received, no matter how
small.
Foils
DANIEL O'LEARY BURNED. — Daniel
O’Leary, employed at the Bellefonte fur-
nace, narrowly escaped fatal injury by a gas
explosion out there on Tuesday. As it
was he was badly burned about the face
and arms.
This is the story of the accident in the
injured man’s own words :
“After casting the blast is always shut
off the furnace to stop up the iron outlet
and then we put in a belly-pipe, through
which the blast enters the furnace.
As the foreman and ‘I' were putting the
pipe in place there was an explosion of gas
in the farnace, which shot through the
tuyere and caught me penned in between a
column and what is called a pin-stalk. The
force of the explosion caught me on the
face, but by throwing up my arms I saved
my eyes, though my arm got burned bad.’
“The mystery to everyone is how I got
off so well. In a week I will be able to
work.”’
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A $5 PRIZE FOR PRIDE OF THE NORTH
Corrs.—With the sanction of the Agricul-
tural Exhibiting Co. Col. W. Fred Reynolds
has decided to offer a prize of $5, for the
best colt out of his famous stallion, ‘‘Pride
of the North,”’ exhibited at the fair. The
entries must be made in regular form,
through the fair association.
*on—
Notice to Farmers.
You should bring your wheat to the Phoenix
Milling Co. because we pay the market price
for it.
You should exchange your wheat at the Phoenix
Mills because you get the best grade of flour in
return for it.
A 51b. sample of our flour will be given free to
every farmer who comes to the mill and asks
for it. THE PHOENIX MILLING CO.
45-28-tf 3 Bellefonte, Pa.
Philadelphie Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia, markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red —
T6L4@T6
: Wier
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$e Th a er...
*¢ —Favorite' nds:
Rye Flour Per Br’'l
Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 13. 50@17. 00
fe Mixed ¢ 1... 14.00@15:00
Straw Nertesstresintiintins/srteneiuny sea drrnirersanatisay 7.00@14.50
Bellefonte Grain Market,
Corrected weekly by the Puaxix Minune Co.
The following are the quotations up to siz
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
Tess :
ed wheat, old... we 18
Wheat, new.. 75
Rye, per bushel.. 50
Corn, shelled, per bushel. 46
Corn, ears, per pusiiel. 40
Oats, per bushel, new . 28
Barley, per bushel........ 40
Ground Plaster, per ton 09 50
Buckwheat, per bushel. 25
Cloverseed, per bushel.. to 87 €0
Timothy seed per bushel. $2.00 to ' 25
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
" Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel ............covivnniinenns cores 50
Onions vanins oma ‘ GO
gS, Per dOZeN.......ciiiiiiiisiiniiniieisrsnssansrenes 18
Ton per pound... 9
Country S| oulders.
Sides
Hao,
Tallow, per pou ~3
Butter, per poun 23
The Democratic Watchman.
Published every Friday morning, in Bellefonte,
Pa., at $1.50 per annum (if paid str) etl in advance
82. 00, when not paid in advance oy $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 aid for in advance.
beral discount is made to persons advertis-
hy the quarter, half year, or year, as follows :
SPACE OCCUPIED |3m om | iy
one nah 12 lines t. 5 yu equsiens «8588810
Two inch AY asses 3 hy or fT 50 15
Three inches.. 10 13 | 20
uarter Column (5 inches)... .. 12 | 20 13
One Column (20 INChES).oeoeererrreernc| 35 | 55 | 100
Advertisements in special” column 25 per cent.
additional.
Transient advs, per line, 3 insertions... seneyens 20 ots.
Fach additional nssrtion, per line... is
per line X
Bins og A r line
ob Printi Hoty per ine kind done with Toms
wid ‘dispatch, The Warcumax office has been re-
with Fast Presses and New Type, and
ev ing in the printing line can be executed
in the most artistié manner and at the lowest rates:
s—Cash,
All letters should be addressed MEEK, Proprieto
oprie