Bellefonte, Pa., May 3, 190l. I . ,,_._e ee) CORRESPONDENTS.—No communications pub ished unless accompanied by the real name of he writer. THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY ssp ——The first thunder storm of the season passed over this place yesterday morning. ——The Undine fire company is already preparing for the big picnic at Hecla park on July 4th. ——Robert Cole, the architect, has com- pleted a prospective for the proposed new hospital in Lock Haven. ——James R. Hughes, associate prineci- pal of the Bellefonte Academy, has been laid up with rheumatism for a few days. ——Jos. McSuley is touching up the fountains in the Court house yard and put- ting a new dress—of paint—on the angel. ——1It was the Zion band and not the Coleville that accompanied the Odd Fel- lows of Bellefonte to Williamsport last Friday. ——Willis Shuey had a dozen trout on Monday evening that weighed 5lbs and 40zs dressed. He caught them up Spring creek. ——The homes of H. H. Harshberger, on Penn street, and David Harbaugh, Curtin street, are quarantined on account of diphtheria. ——Frank Walk, of Taylor township, was discharged from jail under the insolv- ent law on Monday. He had been in for three months. ——On Saturday the Bellefonte High school base ball team went down to Hecla park and vanquished the players at that resort by the score of 24 to 11. ——1In the reorganization of the Carne- gie Steel Co., Dan Clemson, formerly of this county, is to retain his position as a member of the board of directors. ——The South Philipsburg council has passed an ordinance, to go into effect on May 20th, prohibiting cattle from roaming at large on the streets of that place. ——On Tuesday pensions were granted to George W. Gray, Milesburg, $12 per month; the minor children of George Cohen, of Stormstown, $12 per month. ——Rev. Dr. C. H. Heisler, president of Susquehanna University at Selinsgrove, will preach in the Lutheran church here, morning and evening, on Sunday, May 5th. — Daniel E. Fleming, of Centre Hall, is one of the nine members of the class of 1901 at the Lock Haven Normal who will speak at the commencement exercises on June 26th. ——Rev. Dr. H. C. Holloway, pastor of the Lutheran church in this place, has been “invited to preach the baccalaureate sermon before the gradnating class of Susquehanna University at Selinsgrove. ——The Philipsburg Ledger says, the ‘‘Moshanuon Mfg Co. is doing goed work.’” Why of course it is. Didn’t we send Lew . Wetzel over to run the place and that, in itself, is a guarantee of such results. ——Mrs. A. M. Mott has sold the good will, works and yard of the marble busi- ness operated so successfully hy her late husband to Milton Johnson, who was in Mr. Mott’s employ for a number of years. ——The State College cadet battalion has heen supplied with 200 new cadet * rifles by the government. The increase in the number of men in the battalion made an increased stand of arms necessary. ——~Col. and Mrs. W. Fred Reynolds én- tertained the Euchre club last Thursday evening. Mrs. H. C. Quigley won the first ladies’ prize ; Mr. L. T. Munson, the first gentleman’s and Mr. John M. Dale, the consolation. ——~Culbane, Chase and Weston’s min- strels were here Monday night and did the best they could, but it was about as near the “‘limit”’ as'anything that has been in the opera house for years. They were in hard luck and deserved pity, not roastin.’ ——The American Ax trust has appoint- ed J. Fearon Mann, formerly of this place and at one time owner of the old ax works at Ax Mann, superintendent of their fac- tory at Reedsville, vice Frank E. Mann, who resigned to build a large factory out- side of the trust at Yeagertown. ~——Earl Frazier has won the Philips- Yourg. Daily Journal's scholarship contest ifor a free course of instruction in mechanical «drawing and architectural drawing at the International correspondence schools of Scranton. He had 9,143 votes as against 9,109 for Gus Rumberger, his nearest competitor. ——Bishop Ethelbert Talbert, of this diocese of the Episcopal church, was in * Bellefonte and conducted confirmation serv- ices at St. John’s on Wednesday evening. ~The class comprised Mrs. Mollie Valentine, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Fleming, Mis. Frank Gibbony, Magdalene Callowav, Stanley Valentine, Hassel Montgomory, Elizabeth Mewshaw and Gussie Merriman, ——At the hat trimming contest at the home of Jas. H. Potter, on Linn street, Tuesday evening, the prizes were won by Tom Beaver, Francis Atwood, Harris Heyl- mun and Edw. Hoy, in the order named. ‘While none of the millinery work would have passed inspection at Madam Malo- ney’s yet there were some very clever hats made by the men in the five minutes allot- . ted to the work. The contest netted $38.50 for the Mite Society of the Presbyterian * church. a IRVIN FouND GuUILTY.—The most inter- esting and sensational criminal case that has been in Centre county courts for years came to an end at 4:20 last Friday after- noon, when the jury rendered a verdict of guilty on the fifth count of the indictment. Or in other words ‘‘of using unknown in- struments to produce an abortion, death of woman ensuing,’’ in the case of Common- wealth vs. E. L. Irvin. Immediately the defendant’s attorneys, Messrs. Reeder & Quigley, moved for a new trial, reasons to filed within ten days and the motion to be argued at the June argument court. The judge then raised the bail bond from $1,000 to $4,000 and the following people became his surety : S. T. Irvin, Isaac Woomer, W. S. Ward and W. H. Irvin. The history of the case was published in full in the last issue of the WATCHMAN, as well as the result of the trial up to the time of the adjournment of court on Thursday evening. On Friday morning Dr. Geo. F. Harris was the first witness called. His was ex- pert testimony, stating upon hypothetical questions that the wounds found on the various organs could not have been made with the instruments found in the posses- sion of the defendant. He explained the different kinds of convulsions and the causes of each. He was also of the opinion that the young woman came to her death from puerperal convulsions. The defense then closed its case without putting the defendant on the stand. Dr. M. J. Locke was called by the Com- monwealth as an expert in rebuttal to the testimony of Dr. Houser, given on Thurs- day, to the effect that death had been caused by ‘‘puerbia eclemtia’’ and that convulsions could have been possible without irritation. Witness said they could not. Col. W. F. Reeder, senior counsel for de- fendant then made his argument before the jury, a simple, forceful, logical deduction of facts as best they could be shown from the evidence adduced, but that was not strong enough to bring an acquittal. He spoke for an hour and fifteen minutes. E. R. Chambers followed on the part of the prosecution, with an extremely dramat- ic effort. He had a good case and made the most of it in a speech that appealed to the hearts and consciences of the jury ; de- pending more upon sentiment than points purely technical. He talked for more than an hour. The Judge’s charge was short and im- partial. He merely reviewed the main points of the case reciting that Ella Bailey McWilliams, died at the home of her father, Wm. McWilliams, at Rock Springs on Thursday morning January 11th. The circumstances surrounding her death were of a very mysterious nature. About the middle of March Dr. Lowry, of Tyrone, in talking about the case, dropped a remark that led relatives of the dead girl in Tyrone to believe that all was not right. District Attorney Spangler was notified and Iryin was arrested, being released at once under $1,000 bail. Then an order for an autopsy was issued and it was held in a room near the Graysville cemetery on Thursday after- noon, March 14th, by Drs. Seibert, Kidder, Woods and Houser. The kidney, stomach, liver, spleen and uterus were removed, placed in two jars and taken to G. G. Pond, chemist at State College, for examination. On tbe night of January 9th Irvin ac- companied Miss McWilliams home from church. They remained in the parlor after her parents had gone to bed and between the hours of 12 and 1 Irvin aroused the sleepers above by calling that Ella wae very sick. When they reached the room the girl was found to be lying on the couch in a partially unude condition. She was breathing heavily and her waist, corset, dress skirt, drawers and shoes had been re- moved. There was a flood of fluid spotted with red from her and her condition was regarded so seripusly that Irvin at once started for a physician in the person of Dr. Houser. When he arrived he found her in convulsions and she suffered them repeated- ly until her death. The jury retired at 11:40 and at once the crowds that hungaround the court house during the entire trial began to speculate as to the verdict. There was a great pre- ponderance of belief that the verdict would be guilty. Men loafed about the court house for hours. Some did not go home for dinner, so eager were they to be there when the jury came in.. When 4 o’clock struck and a verdict had not been reached there was a noticeable thinning out of spectators. Some thought the jury was locked and would be good for all night, but twenty minutes later, when the great bell called the people to hear the fate of the young Baileyville merchant there was a skurrying on the streets as if a fire alarm had been sounded. By the time the court house was reached the jury had filed solemnly in and foreman W. 8S. Wolf, of Haines Twp., had presented the verdict of guilty, as given above. Young Irvin, the defendant flushed a little but showed no signs of being moved by the result. His attorneys at once moved for a new trial and the court asked for a bond of $4,000. 8S. T. Irvin and Isaac Woomner appeared as surety, but the court said they were insuflicient and di- rected that an additional bond be filed by Tuesday morning. At that time W.S. Ward aud W. H. Irvin appeared as ad- ditional surety. OI course the true story of what was done in the jury room will never be known but it is generally believed that only three ballots were taken. The first one before dinner resulting 10 to 2 for conviction. The second one, after dinner, was 11to 1 and the final ballot 12 to 0. In the-event of a new trial being refused Irvin will be sentenced. The maximum punishment for the crime of which he stands convicted is seven years in the pen- itentiary, $500 fine and costs of proseca- tion. ——Townsend Moran, of Philipshurg, will locate in Buffalo, where he has accept- ed a good position with the American Ex- press Co. ete ee ——Ringling Bros. circus is in the west- ern part of the State, but it will not visit Bellefonte this season. It is the greatest show traveling now. — eben ——A wail is coming up from the vicini- ty of Sunbury that the same gang of cream- ery frauds who operated through Nittany valley, this county, last fall has been at it down there and caught many farmers in that vicinity. ii epee ——Jackson 8. Farwell, who was ap- pointed chief of police in Lock Haven on April 1st, resigned on Tuesday. The duties of the office conflicted with his oth- er business. Joseph Powers has been ap- pointed in his place. ses —-We began selling Royal paint twen- ty-five years ago. Come and see us now, we still sell it.—Potter & Hoy. Sr ee ——The Huntingdon Preshytery is to meet at Tyrone on the 8th to sever the pas- toral relations of Rev. H. H. Henry to the churches at Birmingham and Warriors- mark and dismiss him so that he can accept a call to M¢. Clair, N. J. —— eee ——The last $2,500 worth of the bonds of the Citizens water company of Philips. burg have been taken and it is believed that the company will begin work soon. The mortgage upon which the bonds were issued was for $150,000. — ets ——Miss Estella Guggenheimer, a daughter of Isaac Guggenheimer the for- mer well known merchant of this place, was married to Barnet L. Solomon, of Philadel- phia, at noon on Monday. The ceremony was performed at the Mercantile club. —— ——The annual convention of the Cen- tral Pennsylvania Odd Fellows will be held at Jersey Shore next year. The offi- cers elected at the last meeting in Wil- liamsport were: President, Wm. H. Kiess ; Secretary, Joseph H. Mackey and Treasurer H. T. Kreamer, all residents of Williams- port. ——Miss Clara C. Walker, a former resi- dent of Centre county and one of Ferguson township’s most efficient school teachers, had the degree of doctor of dental surgery conferred upon her April 30th, at the Balti- more College of Dental Surgery. In a con- test for the hest non-cohesive gold filling, in which four entered, she won the prize, which was a twenty dollar gold piece. She is the first and only lady, so far, to win any honor at that college. Arran ‘ ——Milton R. Johnson, who for many years has been connected with the Mott marble yards in this place, has purchased that establishment and will hereafter con- duct the business in his own name. He has had long experience in erecting tomb stones, laying stone pavements, ete., and the public can rest assured that whatever kind of work he undertakes will he well done. We wish him the most unbounded success. ; rrr QA eee ¥ ——Rev. Geo. W. Miller D. D. L. L.D. will deliver a lecture in the Methodist church on the evening of May 17th, under the direction of the Epworth League. Dr. Miller was a former pastor of the Methodist church of Bellefonte and is a man of great ability. His remarks will be worth hear- ing. Don’t fail to secure tickets for this interesting lecture. - The subject of which is ‘““Pluck.’”’ Price 25 cents. > ——Editor R. A. Kinsloe has sold his in- "terest in the Bituminous Record at Philips- burg to John G. Platt, the wholesale groc- er of that place. Mr. Platt has placed William Powell Jr. in editorial control of the paper and the latter, with John B. Rumberger, will endeavor to make the Rec- ord go in the future. In disposing of his own paper Mr. Kinsloe has not decided to give up journalism, for he will still con- tinue his work as the editor of the coal field news in the Pennsylvania Grit. ere THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATION OF THE BELLEFONTE GAS Co.—The Bellefonte Gas Co., which comprehends the plants for the manufacture of illuminating gas and steam heat in Bellefonte has drifted along until something radical must be done if the bond holders are to realize anything on their investments in that property. The business of the company has been in the hands of Chas. J. McCurdy, the receiver, for some time and he has given it serious attention enough to realize that its con- tinuance in its present condition can culmi- nate in but one thing—complete collapse. A plan has been evolved, however, which is now being submitted to the bond holders, whereby $15,000 or $20,000 will be raised. The money to be expended in installing a new and modern gas plant, as well as put- ting the steam appliances in first class con- dition. The property is now mortgaged for $50,000 and it is proposed to lift the present mortgage and issue a new one; ask- ing the bond holders to take a certain pro- portion of preferred stock, in lieu of their present holdings, under a guarantee thata certain amount of capital will be raised to put in a new gas plant and put the steam plant in first class condition. company is, since it affects the town of Bellefonte so directly. The gas and steam services are public conveniences of inestim- able value to the entire community. They have a positive effect on property valuation and are of such a nature as to be almost necessities. Let us hope, therefor, that the proposed reorganization. of the company will be ac- complished and the plant put on a perma- nent and paying basis. While the details of the plan are not a| matter of public concern the welfare of the | BENJAMIN BEAVER.—After an illness of only five days with pneamonia Benjamin Beaver passed away at his home at State College last Friday night. No where could the death of an humble citizen have been more genuinely deplored than was his in the vicinity in which he had lived so long and so faithfully filled every trust reposed in him. - For nearly a quarter of a century he had been chief janitor of The Pennsyl- vania State College buildings, comporting himself with such simple dignity and earn- est fidelity as to inspire the entire confi- dence of the trustees and faculty of that in- stitution, as well as the esteem of the stu- dents and people of all classes. He was an honest, industrious, christian man, faith- ful in all things and his memory will ever remind us that it were better to ‘‘be a door keeper in the honse of My God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.”’ Prior to going to State College he was employed as a deliveryman for Sechler & Co., grocers in this place, and later drove the stage froin Bellefonte to Pine Grove Mills, when it was a Star route. He was born 1n Spring township 58 years ago, but most cf his early life was spent in the lower end of Penns valley. Twenty years ago he married Annie Neidigh, of State College, and to them one child was born, only to die in infancy. Shesurvives, with his three brothers and one sister. He was a member of the State College lodge of Odd Fellows and of the Lutheran church. Funeral exercises were held at the College Tuesday morning. So universal was the regard for Ben and so highly was his service tc the College valued that the body was taken into the chapel and there Rev. C. T. Aikens, of Pine Grove, assisted by Revs. Noble, Dennison, Black and Dr. Gill conducted the services. Business in the village was suspended out of respect to his memory and the story of his life was summed up in a beautiful floral tribute tendered by the members of the faculty, bearing the inscription ‘Faithful unto death.” I I ll MRs. JOHX GINGERICH.—Mrs. John Gingerich, one of the most venerable and highly esteemed residents of the vicinity of Martha Furnace, passed away at her home on last Thursday at the age of 70 years. She was a woman of considerable force and made for the good of the com- munity in which she lived most of her life and raised a family of estimable children. Her death was very sudden, baving been precipitated by a stroke of paralysis which she suffered while about her household duties. Her remains were laid in their last resting place on Saturday, a large cor- tege of sorrow stricken friends having foi- lowed to the cemetery. Surviving are three sons and two daugh- ters. Dorsey and John, of Woodland, Clear- field Co; David, of Martha Furnace, and Mollie and Nora. I ll li ‘——Unliappy in his” domestic relations, unwell in'physical eonditions and weary of life’s turmoils and trouble J. Frank Con- don, aged 58 years, sat down in his office chair in Altoona last Wednesday afternoon and shot himself in the ear. His lifeless body was found rocking in tbe chair next day acd beside it on the table was a tele- gram to his brother announcing his death. Mr. Condon was at one time court reporter for the Centre county courts. He is re- membered here as a capable gentleman, though morose. "A wife and one son reside at Johnstown, but he did not live with them. I I l ——David, the little 8 year old son of H. H. Harshberger, of Penn street, died on Sunday evening, after a short illness with diphtheria. He was a dear little boy, but one whose life was a daily struggle against disease. Under these circumstances his going away, though sad, can hardly be re- garded as other than a blessing. His body was taken to the Curtin cemetery for burial on Monday afternoon. Two other children Mary and James, are ill with the malady though they were reported as being much better yesterday. I I I ——Bertha, daughter of Harry and Maud Markle, died at their home back of State College, on last Thursday, from the effects of dropsy and heart disease. She was 7 years, 8 months and 10 days old. Burial was made at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon ; Rev. Smith of the Evangelical church having officiated. The remains were taken to Myers cemetery on Buffalo run and laid beside those of her little brother, who died last August. I I I —Howard L. Calder, who was a mem- ber of the Legislature for Dauphin county, died at_the Lochiel hotel, in Harrisburg, about noon on Monday. He was a mem- ber of the House committee that visited State College last Friday; his death having been due to pneumonia brought on by ex- posure. He was 37 years old and a son of Dr. James Calder, a former president of The Pennsylvania State College. I ll I ——Isaac Buck, at the ripe old age of 83 years, 7 months and 9 days, died suddenly at his home at Warriors-mark on Friday ‘morning. He arose as usual in the morn- ing, dressed himself and walked out into the yard. Upon his return he sat down and expired. "Deceased had spent all his long life farming in that vicinity and was a very well known man. He was a broth- er of Christian Buck, of Unionville, I I I —— Mrs. William MecCummons, who died at her home in Altoona on Friday morning, with pneumonia, was the mother of John McCummons, of Howard, and a sister of Sanford White, of Bald Eagle. She was 69 years old and is survived by her husband and seven children. i ——Herbert E. Bilger died at the home of his father, Dr. John Bilger, near Pleas- ant. Gap, on Tuesday afternoon, after a lingering illness with consumption. De- ceased was 30 years old and unmarried. He was a member of the Advent church and was popular because of his genial, pleasant disposition and conscientious life. His father and mother, two sisters and one brother survive. Interment will be made at Zion this afternoon at 2 o’clock. I ll I ——Mrs. Margaret Templeton died at her home at Oval, Lycoming county, on Wednesday of last week, in her 82nd year. She was a sister of the late Col. D. K. Tate and George W. Tate, of this place, and at one time made her home in Bellefonte. ——— ——At the meeting of the Centre County Sabbath School Association, beld in Miles- burg last week, the following officers were elected : President, Rev. J. M. Rearick, Centre Hall ; vice president, Rev. H. I. Crow, Hublershurg ; corresponding secre- tary, Rev. A. A. Black, Boalsburg ; record- ing secretary, Mr. W. 8. Smith, Centre Hall ; treasurer, Mr. A. ILukenbach, Bellefonte ; secretary home department, Rev. D. E. Hepler, Lemont ; secretary normal work, Rev. A. Z. Myers, Philips- burg ; secretary primary work, Miss Helen Overton, Bellefonte ; executive committee, Rev. C. T. Aikens, Pine Grove Mills, and C. M. Bower Esq., Bellefonte. et ie ——C Certainly Royal paint is the best paint made.—Potter & Hoy. +0 News Purely Pevsonal. —J. H. Sands returned from a trip to New York on Saturday afternoon. —John Beck Esq., of Nittany, was a Bellefonte visitor on Saturday. —Mrs. H. R. Curtin, of Roland, is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. M. Walker, in Philipsburg. —8. Cameron Burnside Esq., of Philadelphia, was a business visitor to Bellefonte on Saturday. —Mrs. A. A. Newbaker, of Danville, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. Malcolm Laurie, on Howard street. —Mr. and Mrs. Philip Beezer have returned from their visit with relatives near Newton, Kansas. * —President Geo. W. Atherton, of The Penn- sylvania State College, was in town between trains on Tuesday on his way to Washington. —Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Richard returned from Philadelphia on Friday evening, where they had been spending several weeks at Mrs. Richard's home. —T. R. Hamilton, of east Howard street, went down to Williamsport last week to spend a few days with his brother Thomas. He returned on Saturday. —Miss Louise G. Harper, of Linn street, has returned from quite an extended visit with friends at Lock Haven, and Williamsport. She got home Saturday afternoon. —Ed. Wasson, the Buffalo-run farmer who is doing duty as a juror this week, says the new rabbit law is just the thing, since its provisions will make it lawful for him to keep in practice all season for the wild turkeys that pay him flying visits in the fall. i 7 —A Scott Harris, who has been the resident manager of the Bellefonte Lime Co’s Salona operations for some time, left yesterday after- noon for the copper districts of New Mexico. He went to accept a good position in one of the mines there. —Miss Stella McGhee, of McGhee's Mills, spent Sunday with her brothers John and George, who are students at the Academy here. While in town Miss McGhee sang in the Presbyterian and Methodist church and fairly charmed both con- gregations with her mellow, well trained contralto voice. —The Hon. W. K. Alexander, of Miliheim,jand his brother Christ, of Coburn, were in town on Wednesday and the latter got through with his business in time to get back home that day, but the former had to remain over night. Mr. Christ Alexander is still troubled with a carbuncle that he had on his chin some time ago. It broke both on the outside and inside and the inside wound has not healed up properly. —Rev. Zarek, who is priest of the great new parish at Clarence, was in town on Monday, full of enthusiasm over his work and well he might be, for he has fourteen] hundred souls in the church out there. Rev. Zarek speaks eight or nine languages, so that he is admirably equipped to meetand instruct the heterogeneousjsmass of human beings who are to be found in the coal fields about Clarence. ——'Squire Samuel Decker, of Zion, was in town on Saturday looking first rate, notwithstanding the recent terrible attack of grip that he thought was certainly going to end his mortal career. The ’Squire was probably like many of the rest of us who have suftered that nerve wracking epidemic —about ready to give up any moment, but we were very glad to see that he did hold out against it and is preserved to his many friends here and elsewhere. —Michael Dempsey, of Osceola Mills, was in town during the fore part of the week; having been called here asa witness in the Reese case at court. Mr. Dempsey is considered one of the best mine bosses in that region. There was a time when he figured prominently in Rush town- ship politics, but he has moved into Clearfield county and. though removed in that direction still has many friends who were glad to sec him at the county seat again. : —Among the jurors who had a loafing time of it in town this week was David Hennick, of Gregg township, whose blood fairly boiled at the dilatory tactics that kept him here two whole days, ready to do his duty as a juror, but without a thing to do because the court business had been so poor- ly managed. Mr. Hennick isa farmer and he realized that he ought to be at home getting his oats out, instead of wasting time in town that might have been otherwise more profitably spent. —Harry Griest, son of A. J. Griest, of Union- ville, but who is manager of the large company store for the Mitchell Coal Co., at: Gallitzin, was in town on Saturday on his way home from Wils liamsport, where he had been attending the Odd Fellows convention. Harry has changed little since leaving ‘Unionville, except in a business way and the opportunities he has had at Gallitzin have afforded excellent opportunity for the development of the sound mercantile ideas in- culcated by his estimable father, —Lew Bullock, the Milesburg carriage builder, was in town on Monday—in fact Lew is in town most every day—but on Monday he said that his big sale had certainly been “a dandy.” Of course every generous person should be pleased at another's successso we were very much tickled to hear it. But the thing that tickléd Lew most was the way all his surplus wagons were cleaned: up ; leaving him room for a better and finer line than ever on the floor of his factory. He is a hustler and in a few weeks expects to show a lot of vehicles that will be wonders. " SEVERAL STABLES BURNED.—About 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon fire broke out in a stable on Cherry alley at the rear of the property of Benj. Smith. As the whole in- terior must have been ablaze, hefore a little boy who saw it ran with the alarm to Mrs. Smith, it was only a few minutes after the call was sounded that the building was in ruins. Fanned by a high west wind the flames swept east along the alley licking up the pig pen and chicken coop on the William Wolf lot, the fine big chicken house of George Smith and badly damaging several small buildings on ths rear of Jas. Me- Clure’s lot on Bishop street, as well as the stable on Samuel Walkey’s east Bishop street property. Benj. Smith lost a spring wagon, some feed and implements in his stable. insured. Wm. Wolf lost a ton of coal, a lot of pig feed and all of his garden utensils. Geo. Smith, having sold most of his fancy chickens to Sam’l Miller some time ago, had no other loss than his building, which was insured. x The firemen handled it remarkably well in the face of such unfavorable conditions. for with the high wind blowing and light frame buildings everywhere exposed it was a difficult task to keep the flames from spreading further, especially when only one good stream of water could be obtained to fight it with. The origin of the fire is a mystery, though Mr. Smith is of the opinion that the building was set afire by boys. ee Qe res It was ——A burning flue in the double house ou Thomas street occupied by the families of engineer Nolan and Mrs. Annie Waite caught on fire on Saturday morning and caused quite a commotion among residents of that section. The fire had the effect of scaring a lot of people almost to death, but was put out before any damage was done. It is said that both Jerre Noian and Ross Parker covered the distance on foot from Coleville to the scene at such a speed as would put the best engine on the Belle- fonte Central to shame. FEAR ~——The large barn on the farm of David Robb, three miles north of Eagleville, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night of last week. Five horses, several cows, all his implements, and what feed was left was destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown. Gl tei, THE CoNDO BILL RECALLED.—The bill directing the commissioners of Centre county to reimburse former sheriff Condo for losses sustained by the burning of the Goodman property at Woodward, while trying to effect the capture of the murder- er Bill Etlinger, which passed the Legisla- ture finally last week, has been recalled. on joint resolution, for amendment. The nature of the proposed amendment is not known at this time. EE en MARRIAGE LICENSES. —Following is the list of marriage licenses granted by or- phan’s court clerk, A. G. Archey, during the past week : Harry E. Bradley, of Burnham, aud Flora May Justice, of Benner Twp. Charles A. Klinger, of Middleburg, and Emma E. Wood, of Boalsburg. Brace J. Miller and Ellie E. Jordon, both of Shingletown. ——F. K. Hill has been appointed post - master at Sunbury. — ——.——. —Good, Better, Best. Who, Which, What ? Royal paint.—Potter & Hoy. Philadelphia Markets. The following are the closing prices of the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening. Wheat—Red ..............c.iioiniiieniininn er 80@82 ¢ —No. 2. 78@80 Corn —Yellow. 4934@5134 “Mixed... aT @508; OatS...innes srsessessinsinnann 3315@34 Flour— Winter, Per Br 2.10@2.25 ¢¢ —Penna. Roller eee 3.00@38.30 ¢¢ Favorite Bran . 4.20@4.40 Rye Flour Per Br'l... 2.90 Baled hay—Choice 1 \ 14.50@17.50 2s £6 fr Mixed “ 1. 14.50@15.50 BEPAW..... olin si a . 7.50@17.00 Bellefonte Grain Market. Corrected weekly by the Puaxix Mituine Co. The following are the quotations up to six o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes press: Red wheat, old 70 Wheat, new.... 0 Rye, per bushe 50 Corn, shelled, per bushel. 40 Corn, ears, per bushel..... 40 Oats, per bushel, new .. 31 Barley, per bushel... ......iiciivcninirininsrine. 40 Ground Plaster, per ton 8 50 to 9 50 Buckwheat, per bushel .......cccoiiiinernnnicranns 5 Cloverseed, per bushel.. Timothy seed per bushel. Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co. Potatoes per bushel ..........couvnnniin eaeies 50 Jaions sieves fetes s, per dozen. 10 ly per pound.... 9 Country Shoulders. 8 Sides... 8 Hams.. 10 Tallow, per poun 3 Butter, per pound. 18 The Democratic Watchman. Published every Friday morning, in Bellefonte Pa., at $1.50 per annum (if paid strictly in advance) $2.00, when not paid in advance, and $2.50 if not paid before the expiration of the year; and no paper will be discontinued until all’ arrearage is paid, except at the option of the publisher. Papers will not be sent out of Centre county un- less paid for in advance. : A liberal discount is made to persons advertis- ing by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows : SPACE OCCUPIED 3m | om | ly One inch (12 lines this type.. «$588 810 Two Inches.............cesivirnnes J T1101 15 Three inches...... TR 10 {15 | 20 uarter Column i inches) . 12 | 20 | 30 alf Column (10 inches).... | 20 | 385 | B65 One Column (20 inches)........... eataesis 35 | 55 | 100 Advertisements in special column 25 per cent. additional. Transient advs, per line, 3 insertions...........20 ets. Each additional insertion, per line « B cts. Local notices, per line.....cceuues Nasties Business notices, per line.........ccciviirinanen Job Printing of every kind done with neatness and dispatch. The Warcnman office has been re- fitted with Fast Presses and New Type, and everything in the printing line can be executed in the most arfistic manner and at the lowest rates. Terms—Cash. All letters should be addressed to P. GRAY MEEK, Proprieto
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers