Beware Wate
Bellefonte, Pa., June 28, 1901.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——The races. Are you going ?
—Spend part of your Fourth, at least,
at the big Undine picnic at Heck: park.
——Tomorrow evening the sportsmen of
Potter’s Mills will hold a blue rock shoot
and festival in the woods near that place.
——Christ North, for a year or more
proprietor of the Lloyd house in Philips-
burg, has sold out to a man named Shell,
from Altoona.
—A. C. Heverly, formerly connected
with the Power’s Shoe Co., has accepted a
position with A. C. Mingle, the Allegheny
street shoe dealer.
——The Corinthians, the local colored
base ball team, defeated the High school
team on the fair grounds on Friday after-
noon. The score was 13 to 10.
——Teachers for the Centre Hall schools
have heen elected as follows : High school,
A. T. Ilgen ; grammar, James B. Strohm ;
intermediate, F. A. Foreman ; primary,
Anna Bartholomew.
—Jury commissioner Frederick Robb,
of Romola, lately returned from a visit to
his daughter in Philipsburg and the Jour-
nal, of that place, says he is going to buy a
property and make it his future home.
-—The Howard Creamery Co. shipped
a car containing fourteen thousand pounds
of their famous Howard butter to Phila-
delphia last week. It was manufactured
at their several creameries in this county.
——There will bea live bird shoot at
Hecla park on the evening of July 4th,
under the direction of the Sportsmen’s
League of Centre Co. The shoot will begin
at 6 o’clock in the evening and ten birds
will be shot by each entry.
——William Burnside, chairman of the
Standard Seale and Supply Co. Ltd., has
bought himself a new horse because old
‘‘Colonel”’ grew weary and foot-sore in the
service and was sent up to the farm to rest
with the katydids and whippoorwills.
Chris Murray, formerly a law stu-
dent with Beaver & Dale, in this place, has
been unable to continue his work as an ed-
itorial writer on one of the leading dailies
at Colorado Springs, Col. His health failed
shortly after locating there and he has been
in a serious condition ever since.
——They say that some of the directors
of the fair grounds have brought an out-
fit of sportin’ rags that will talk so loud
at the races, next Thursday afternoon,
that the lemonade and program fakirs will
have to use a megaphone to be heard.
Are you going down to see them ?
— Harry W. Morris, of Rebersburg,
. has been appointed to a position on the
faculty of Susquehanna University at Se-
.linsgrove. He was born at Wolf’s Store
only twenty-four years ago and entered
Susquehanna from Rebershurg High
school.
——For the first time in a great many
years the mosquitoes are bad in Belle-
fonte. Such a thing as a mosquito an-
noying people at night has heen almost
unheard of here until this season and now
they are quite bad. It is believed that
the extraordinary wet season has brought
them on us.
—-In our obituary notices last week
we published an account of the death of
Henry Lytle at bis home in Half Moon
township. We wish to correct our error
in stating that it was Henry, for the gen-
tleman who died so suddenly was James
Lytle. His sisters were Mrs. Joseph Way,
Mrs. Abraham Gates and Mrs. John Mil-
ler.
——It seems that we were a little bit
premature in announcing that John Meyer,
of the High school, had been given an in-
crease of salary, makiug it $100 per month.
Action on the matter has not been taken,
but the very fact that such a story is cur-
rent is an indication that in this case the
thought will be only a forerunner of the
act.
—A story is being told to the effect
that last week a car load of corn from Kan-
sas City was received at Martha station, in
Bald Eagle valley. When the car was un-
sealed and the doors opened, out jumped a
colored man, who started at once down the
railroad track to where a freight train was
standing bound for Lock Haven. He had
subsisted on corn during his long ride.
——A horse which Frank Lockard had
hitched to a light buggy at his stable at
Coleville, on Wednesday afternoon, fright-
ened and ran away before he could get into
the vehicle. Running in the direction of
Bellefonte it kept the road until the fur-
nace trestle crossing was reached. There
an approaching engine caused it to shy off
and run onto the trestle. The buggy fell
over the side of the structure, dragging the
horse with it and the fall broke its neck. |
—-Supt. Brower, of the Nittany country
club, was in town on Wednesday, and,
judging from his experience the day pre-
vious, game on that preserve ought to be
quite plentiful in the fall. They are
building three log cabins along the trout
stream and while returning from their
work on Tuesday evening the men dis-
covered a wild turkey hen, with a brood of
fourteen little turkeys. Only a short dis-
tance from the turkeys they found two hen
pheasants, each with a nice brood.
A DESTRUCTIVE STORM PASSES OVER
PARTs OF CENTRE COUNTY. — Though
Bellefonte had merely an ordinary sum-
mer thunder storm last Friday those who
were observant of the peculiar greenish-
yellow of the clouds and the frequent
flashes of lightning that seemed to dance
along the mountain tops in the west realized
that there was a frightful storm somewhere.
And there was. ;
It struck the vicinity of Stormstown with
terrific force between 1and 2 o'clock in
the afternoon. The wind and lightning
were not so bad, but hail stones as large as
a hulled walnut stripped trees of their
foliage, cut down grain and broke windows
as if hurled from some great battery in the
clouds.
The bail was peculiar in that the stones
were 80 irregular in shape. They resembled
huge, jagged chunks of ice. In some houses
every light of glass in the western exposure
was broken. The homes of George S. and
Irvin Gray, near Stormstown, suffered
greatly in this way; especially the latter,
where the window panes were exceptional-
ly large. In Cyrus Hunter’s home forty-
six lights were broken. Capt. J. A. Hun-
ter’s home suffered to a like extent and
every light on the west side of the Metho-
dist church was knocked out.
A fine field of rye on the G. Woods
Miller farm, below Stormstown, was cut
down so effectually that Mr. Miller will
mow most of it at once. The barley oats
and rye seemed to suffer most, though the
amount of glass broken was unprecedented.
Burkets had quite a large stock of glass on
hand at the time but it was all cleaned out
in one day and a telephone order that they
bad filled next day was bought up at once.
A WATER SPOUT IN BALD EAGLE.
Between 9 and 11 o’clock Thursday night
a terrific storm passed down along the Bald
Eagle, doing great damage in the vicinity
of Hunter run, in Liberty township.
A cloud burst occurred along the run
and in a few moments it was transformed
from a placid little streamlet, into a raging
torrent, carrying destruction in its path
and sweeping everything before it. Trees
were uprooted, bridges and fences carried
away and great gullies, in which a house
could be buried, were washed in the farms
in that vicinity.
It is about mid-way between Eagle-
ville and Howard. The Hunter run school
house was picked up by the torrent and
carried clear across the public road, into
W. R. Schenck’s field. Parker Thompson’s
farm was practically ruined and devastated
beyond hope of a crop this season. The
stream rose so suddenly that some families
living along its banks had narrow escapes.
Roland Leech was awakened by the raging
waters breaking in his front door.
Marsh Creek was fully as high as in the
famous flood of ’89. The public road along
its entire length was flooded and washed
terribly. Much damage to fences and corn
fields resulted. ;
While the storm at Beech Creek was very
heavy and the lightning almost incessant,
it did not affect the Beech Creek percepti-
bly. The thunder was deafening. Frank
Berry's residence opposite the Presbyterian
church at Beech Creek was struck by the
lightning, but not damaged to any extent.
Those who were in the house at the time
felt only a slight shock. The storm was
the worst experienced for years.
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HURT IN A RUNAWAY ACCIDENT. —MTr.
and Mrs. Emanuel Garbrick, of near Zion,
were in town last Friday afternoon and
while driving out Allegheny street met
with an accident that might have resulted
far more seriously than it did. When
crossing Howard the hit broke in the
mouth of one of the horses and in an in-
stant it seemed to realize that it was free
and dashed away, dragging the other after
1t. ;
Mr. Garbrick, thinking tiat he could not
control his team any longer, suggested to
his wife that she try to crawl out over the
rear end of the wagon, but in her excite-
ment she undertook to jump over the
wheels. They bad reached the Lutheran
church by that time and she fell on the
hard road-way there injuring herself se-
verely. The team continued on up the
hill, bat was stopped before going much
further.
Mrs. Garbrick was taken into the office
of Dr. Seibert, where it was found that
she had suffered an ugly scalp wound on
the right side of the head, sprained an
ankle and had been severely shocked by
the fall on the hard road. It was evident
by the torn condition of her clothing
that she had been dragged a short distance.
Three stitches were required to close up
the wound in the head. She was able to
go home that evening.
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A SINGULAR ACCIDENT. — Liveryman
Sam Brooks, was bringing the Steele family
home from a re-union at Rote, on Saturday
evening, and was descending the Weaver
hill on thisside of Zion, when he met with
an accident that has cost him the loss of
one of his hack horses.
He was using Lew Bullock’s hack and in
going down the hill the front spring broke,
leaving the driver’s extension down on the
horse’s hack. It was some time before the
animal could be released and when he was
'| gotten out it was found that his tail was
broken, close up to the rump.
It has bad a most singular effect. After
getting into the barn here the horse got
down and could not get up. Wednesday
morning he was placed in a swing, but if
he does not get bettersoon he will be killed.
Brooks lost a valuable sorrel mare, one
of a mated team he had just purchased, on-
ly a week or so ago.
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——The appropriation to The Penn-
sylvania State College made by this ses-
gion of the Legislature is $146,000 .
——MecCalmont & Co. have a new Ad
on page 5 of this issue. It contains sug-
gestions of interest to farmers just at this
time.
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—Port Matilda is to have a big bask-
et picnic and festival on July 4th. The
receipts are to be given to the poor of the
community.
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——Huling Brown, of Lock Haven, and
Sarah E. Grimes, of Unionville, were mar-
ried by alderman E. K. Parsons, in Lock
Haven, on last Wednesday.
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——The fair and festival held by the Re-
liance fire company in Philipshurg netted
about $800 for that organization. From
one feature alone, the baby show, they
cleared $120.
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James L. Summerville, formerly of
this place, has sold his coal operations at
Winburne, Clearfield county, to the Beech
Creek Coal and Coke Co. It is rumored
that he received $200,000 for his interests.
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——The ladies of the United Evangelic-
al church in Howard, believing that the
men were moving too slow in the matter,
recently met on the site and, with pick
and shovel, broke ground for a new
parsonage.
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——A 90 ft. high truss bridge, with a 16
ft. roadway, is to be erected over Moshan-
non creek at Munson by the commissioners
of Clearfield and Centre county. It is to
cost $1,874 and the York Bridge Co. will
erect it.
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——LE. D. Rabenstein was arrested in
Renovo on Wednesday and lodged in the
Lock Haven jail to answer the charge of
forging R. T. Wilson & Co’s name to a
check for $75, which he had had cashed at
the First National bank in Lock Haven on
June 9th.
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——DMecChesney, the fast McFarlane
horse from Altoona, will not be started in
the Fourth of July races here. He is at
the fair grounds working right along, but
it is announced that he won’t be in condi-
tion to go. All the other good ones will
start, however.
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——At the Lutheran and Evangelical
churches the Children’s day services on
Sunday were ohserved with fitting cere-
monies. Both edifices were artistically
decorated with flowers and greens and the
little ones taking part acquitted them-
selves most creditably.
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—— The trotting mare which G. B
Welliver was said to have sold to Elmer
Patchen, of Burnside, for $500 last week,
wasn’t sold at all. She was traded for a
roan stallion. Neither could she turn the
ring in 2:11, as the Lock Haven Democrat
would have us believe.
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——We called up M. S. Betz, the Jack-
sonville merchant, to get a little informa-
tion from him on Tuesday morning, and,
contrary to his usual manner, he was so
flustered that he couldn’t answer anything.
Finally, in sheer exuberance of spirit, he
yelled, “It’s a ten pound boy,’’ and then
we knew why he had no time or thought
for anything else. :
——The memorial services in Gregg
post rooms, on Sunday afternoon, were
quite impressive. Addresses were made
by Gen. Jas. A. Beaver, S.B. Miller,
Frank Wallace, J. C. Miller and comrade
Alexander, and interspersed were appro-
priate songs by a quartet composed of A.
Lukenbach, C. C. Shuey, J. P. Smith and
Walter Whippo. The comrades mem-
orialized were M. S. Riddle, John A.
Aikens, H.D. Yerger, David Bartley, D.
M. Glenn and Joseph Iddings.
——The Colyer band will celebrate the
Fourth in a rather unique way. While
giving expression to their ever patriotic
impulses they will coutribute much to
the pleasure of others on that day by
making a tour of serenading. They will
drive to the Indian Lane, surround the
graves of the heroes fallen there and play
several national airs ; from there the band
will proceed to the Old Fort and serenade
that historic spot, after which Centre Hall
will be given a musical treat. The In-
dian Lave will be reached about 10 a.
m.
——The festival held by the Citizens’
Hook and Ladder Co. in Bullock’s hall, at
Milesburg, last Saturday night, attracted
quite a crowd to eat the good things that
had been prepared and witness the test of
the new water works. The receipts were
about $92. The Logan steamer was on
hand to make the test, but it was quite
embarrassing to the boys from here to have
their engine clog up so that the Milesburg
firemen could throw a plug stream about
30tt. further than they could with the en-
gine. Every test made demonstrated that
Mileshurg has a very superior water service
and is to be congratulated on the progres-
sive spirit that resulted in its being in-
stalled.
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——The children’s day exercises in the
Presbyterian church on Sunday morning
bad been sufficiently well heralded to at-
tract a large crowd to that church, not-
withstanding the threatening weather, and
those who were there were fully repaid hy
the bright, enthusiastic manner in which
the children carried out the service for the
one day of the year that has come to be
theirs, exclusively, in most of the churches.
While the singing and orchestral music
were pleasant features the numbers con-
tributed by the infant class were most in-
teresting, for both in their songs and recita-
tions the little ones seemed inspired with a
zealous spirit that should have pointed the
way to many an older one among the 10k-
ers on.
AN ENJOYABLE EVENING.—The recital
and musical which was given for the bene-
fit of the Presbyterian church Friday night,
at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas R.
Hayes, was an enjoyable one and a fairly
festive social occasion.
The Hayes home, with its big drawing
room, roomy halls, and attractive wide
porches, is one of the best arranged houses
in the town for entertaining large parties.
And then the host and hostess are so cor-
dial and hospitable that a church or charit-
able affair held there forbodes success al-
ways. And Friday evening was not the
exception. The program was not too long
nor was it invariable. The house and sur-
roundings were fairly fragrant with roses
and June's sweetness and the audience was
gay and appreciative.
In the course of the program Miss Bar-
ber, of Mifflinburg, gave several recita-
tions. Miss Bradley’s choral society ap-
peared twice and sang four numbers. Mis.
J. Malcolm Laurie, Miss Mabel Fauble and
Miss Bradley were the pianists and as usual
Will VanTries brougt unto himself a perfect
ovation, which he amply deserved for his
mandolin playing. Mrs. Hayes sang ‘“The
Holy City,” Mr. Henry Brown, ‘A
Dream,’’ and Miss Louise Calloway, ‘‘Four
Leaf Clover” which was much admired.
Miss Calloway has a pure soprano voice
and she made quite an impression by her
clear enunciation and power of expression.
The receipts of the evening were par ex-
cellent. They amounted to $63.50. $37.50
being admissions and the remaining twenty-
six dollars were contributed by the aids
under whose patronage, with Mrs. A. O.
Furst as chairman, the recital was given.
A FALLING IN TIME.—On Monday
morning Rufus Confer, of Millheim, drove
their cow to the race nearby to water.
Later his mother appeared with a bucket
and then the cow made for Rufus, who had,
meanw.ile, walked up onto the bridge.
In trying to avoid the bovine attack the
boy stepped on a loose board and fell into
the race. The water was only three feet
deep and he scrambled out without injury,
but his hat was still in the water. Mrs.
Confer tried to grab it from the lower side
of the bridge and she fell in. Her son
fished her out promptly and while the two
were getting their bearings, after the ex-
citement they had had, she fell in again,
the second time going in head-first and nar-
rowly escaping drowning.
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GOTTLEIB IS ABOUT RIGHT.—On Friday
morning Gottleib Haag walked into this of-
fice toting a single head of lettuce that he
thought was entitled to being called the
“Wonder of the World.” It was some-
thing less than a barrel in circumference
and weighed a pound and nine ounces.
As we have never seen a single head of
lettuce balf so large as Gottleibh’s we agree
with him as to its right to be called the
“Wonder of the World’’ and demand that
Abe Baum and Ed: Woods produce or let
Gottleib carry the banner when the big
gardeners have their parade.
——Farmers are replanting potatoes in
the vicinity of Spring Mills. Many of those
planted early were rotted by the wet
weather.
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MRS. SusaAN HOFFER,—After long
and patient suffering with cancer of the
breast, Mrs. Susan Hoffer died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. A. C. Mingle, on east
High street, on Saturday evening.
She was the daughter of the late John
Durst, and was born near Earlystown, in
Potter township, April 12th, 1824. Her
marriage to John Hoffer proved a very
happy one and they were the parents of
thirteen children, eight of whom are living.
The lamented father died in 1891. Mrs.
Hoffer was zealous in her devotion to the
Reformed church and during her active
life was foremost in services to her Mas-
ter, as well as to the loved ones about her.
The children are John, of Washington;
Christ, of near Bellefonte ; Mrs. A. C.
Mingle and Fannie, of Bellefonte ; Philip,
of Buford, Ga. ;I. O., and Emma, of Phila-
delphia, and William, of Sylvan Grove,
Kan. Three brothers and one sister also
survive. They are Ananias and Kate, of
Greenville, Pa., and John and Dr. Daniel
Durst, of Wheatland, Cal.
Funeral services were conducted at the
Mingle home on Monday morning, by
Rev. Kerschuer, of Centre Hall, and the
body was taken to Huntingdon for burial
by the side of her late husband.
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DIED SUDDENLY. —The venerable John
Miller, a well known and representative
citizen of Walker township, died very sud-
denly at his home near Hublersburg on
Wednesday morning.
The work of roofing a shed on the farm
was going on and Mr. Miller was aronnd
the building apparently in his usual
health. A little later, however, while un-
der the overshot of the barn, he suddenly
sank to the ground in an unconscious state.
His sons J. D. and Frank, who were near-
by, hurriedly carried him into the house
where he died almost before they could
realize what had happened.
Deceased was 72 years old and a man of
considerable force. He was generally re-
spected in that vicinity, for he was the
friend of all, especially the needy. Sur-
viving him are his widow and these chil-
dren : Charles, J. D., Minnie and Frank.
Rev. Crow of the Reformed church will
conduct funeral services this morning and
interment will be made at Hublersburg.
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--—J. Thomas Loder, a son of Squire R.
B. Loder, formerly of Jacksonville,
died at Cross Forks, Potter county, on
Friday with typhoid fever. He was aged
about 18 years and had been engaged about
the lumber camps at that place. Surviv-
ing him are his father, two sisters and
two brothers.
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News Purely Pevsonal. :
—DMiss Mollie Beezer, of Philadelphia, is visit-
ing friends in town.
—Mrs. Thomas K. Morris, of Tyrone, spent |
Sunday with her parents in this place
—Miss Adaline Harris returned from a visit with !
Harrisburg friends, on Friday evening.
—Prof. H. B. Snyder, of State College, has been
elected to a chair on the faculty of Albright college
at Meyerstown.
—Hon. James Miliken and Miss De Velasco, of
New York, spent the fore part of the week at the
Bush house.
—Miss Carrie Weaver, of east Howard street,
departed for Harrisburg on Monday afternoon, to
visit her brother H. C. Weaver.
—Mrs. M. L. Hendricks and Mrs. E. M. Shin-
dle, both of Sunbury, are visiting at theJCrissman
home on north Thomas street.
—DMiss Bessie McCafferty, of east Lamb street,
left on Wednesday morning, to visit friends in
Altoona, and also Johnstown.
—Prof. John C. Meyer left for Philadelphia on
Wednesday afternoon to attend the annual meet-
ing of the State Teachers’ Association.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Larimer, with their son
Charley, were guests at the Larimer-McCullough
wedding at Jersey Shore on Wednesday.
—James C. Derr, on Wednesday morning,
brought his son James W. home from the Penn-
sylvania institute for the blind at Overbrook.
—Mrs. W. L. Metcalf, nee Ella Haupt, is here
from Marlborough, N. H. visiting her mother,
Mrs. Catharine Haupt, of north Thomas street.
—Mrs. Louisa Bush, who had been visiting
friends in Atlantic City and Philadelphia, for the
past ten weeks arrived home on Monday after-
noon.
—Mrs. Ambrose Sloteman, with her little
daughter Ethel, left for Linden Hall, on Wednes-
day afternoon, to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Perry Cole.
—Miss Elizabeth Faxon, a daughter of Thomas
Faxon, of east High street, has just returned from
Philadelphia, where she had been taking a course
in elocution.
—DMiss Magil, Mrs. Charles Gilmour and Mrs.
W. V. Hughes, of Hollidaysburg, and Miss Sara
Bayard went to Buffalo, on Monday afternoon, to
visit the Pan-American.
—dJoseph Barton had to come down from Union-
ville on Tuesday to get his hair cut, Of course
the fact that there was a circus in town had
nothing to do with it.
~Mr. and Mrs. Paul Reish, of Miffiinburg, left
for their home in that place, on Saturday after-
noon, after a short visit with Mrs. Reish’s brother,
Dr. R. G. H. Hayes, in this place.
—Our venerable friend Shuman Lyon, of Spring
township, was a pleasant caller on Saturday and
his familiar face reminds us of the fact that he
was a subscriber to the first issue of the WarcH-
MAN.
—Clarence Harper, a son of J. C. Harper, of this
place, left for Summerville, N. J. on Wednesday,
where he will join a party of students from The
Pennsylvania State College who are putting up
signal towers.
—Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Butts, of Springfield,
Mass., who had been here attending Commence-
ment at the College and visiting friends at Belle-
fonte and State College, left for their home “down
East” on Saturday.
—Joseph Markle, of State College, was in town
on Tuesday with his quartet of boys and made no
bones about having come down to see the circus.
That was what he was here for and they saw it
from start to finish.
—Robert H. Fay, of Altoona, entertained a par-
ty of young ladies and gentlemen at the Nittany
club over Sunday. It was made up of Altoona
and Hollidaysburg people. Miss Patty Lane and
Robert Morris, of this place, were of the party.
—Al Pletcher was up from Nittany on Tuesday
and took in all there was to be seen at the circus.
He enjoyed it all very much, but thought that a
bath would have done some of the animals a heap
of good and made it pleasanter for the spectators.
—S. Cameron Burnside Esq., of Philadelphia,
was in town for a few hours on Monday on his
way to Spruce Run, where he is spending a week
with a party of Harrisburg and Philadelphia
friends on the well stocked trout streams of that
preserve.
—Mrs. A. M. Mott, with her two cute children,
Mary and Basil, left for Ishpeming, Michigan, on
Wednesday. She expects to spend the entire
summer with her sister, Mrs. Emile Loirete at
that place; returning in time to start the children
to school in the fall.
—Mrs. James Barnhart is in Punxsutawney
with her two children Martha and Philip. She
went to attend the wedding of her brother, Dr.
W. 8. Campbell to Miss Ella Brockler and in a
few weeks James will join her for a trip to the
Pan-American.
—. GG. Fink, who has served long and faithfully
on the Huston township school board, bronght
his two boys down to see the show on Tuesday.
He said they worked well at home and deserved
the outing and we must commend the spirit in
which he gave it to them.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kepler, of Pine Grove,
with their dear little daughter, and Will's little
brother ‘“Chappie’ were in town on Tuesday, but
it was too hot for Mrs. Kepler to care for circuses,
80 she did a little shopping while the rest of the
party tried to keep from melting under that can-
vas.
~Mrs. and Mrs. Edward Speer, with their four
children, were arrivals in town, on Wednesday af-
ternoon, from Normal, Ill, and will visit Ed's
father, W.T. Speer, of west High street, for a
month. It is his first return to Bellefonte in
sixteen years and he naturally finds the place, as
well as the people, changed somewhat.
—Sam Weiser was up from Millheim with his
wife and boy on Tuesday and said that he didn’t
need any excuse at all, for he came to see the
show him self and brought the others along and
that's all there was of it. John Condo was here
also and we noticed "Squire Pealer from Spring
Mills mixed up in the circus crowds.
—Rev. Geo. I. Brown, Mr. Espenshade and
Prof. Patte, the two latter from State College, re-
turned from their wheeling trip to Buffalo on Sat-
urday evening and express themselves as being
very much pleased with their trip, even if Rev.
Brown and Prof. Patte each did get a punctured
tire and Mr. Espenshade work the pedal off his
machine. They went by train as far as Olean.
—Edward Hill, a son of Mrs. Margaret Hill, of
Beaver street, is home and grown to be a man in
manner and statue. Eddie left here about three
years ago and enlisted in the navy,having served
as a gunner on the U. 8. 8. ‘““Monongahela” which
is attached to the Pacific squadron. His enlist-
ment has terminated,but he is not certain wheth-
er he will go back or not.
—Mr. J. M. Howard, head of the large force of
men who have been here representing the Ameri-
can Harrow Co. for the past three months, depart-
ed for Miflin Wednesday evening. Contrary to
the usual impression left by these traveling deal-
ers Mr. Howard and his men leave with the good
wishes of a large cirele of friends they made here,
as well as with the confidence of those with
whom they have had dealings.
—D. Eugene Wentzel,who has been chemist for
the Bellefonte Furnace Co. for several years, will
give up his position to-morrow and leave for
Scranton, where he has accepted a position in the
National School of Correspondence. Edward S.
Erb, a graduate of State, is trying for Mr. Went-
zel’s position here and if there is anything in the
merit of a good, straightforward young man being
a winner he will be in line for the placa.
Te
—Harry McDowell, of Abdera, was in town yes-
terday.
ter Springs yesterday afternoon.
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—Miss Daisy Brishin arrived home from Ches-
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—J. P. Sebring Esq., of Half-moon township |
| Was a Bellefonte visitor vesterday.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Rote left yesterday to
join the Robinson circus
at Johnstown.
—Mrs. Susan Powers went to
Philadelphia
Wednesday
for a month’s visit with her daughters.
—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clemson and
of Scotia, lefton Thursday
week at Buffalo.
daughter,
afternoon to spend a
—Thomas J. Devine, of Allegheny, was in town
on Tuesday on his way to visit his old home at
Pine Grove Mills.
—Misk Elizabeth Stuart, of State College, is go-
ing to Wilmington, Del., Saturday, for an extend-
ed visit at Mrs. Sophia Hall's, nee Keller.
—Willig Ishler left for Lynn, Mass. yesterday
afternoon, where he has accepted a position with
the General Eleetrie Co. Two other of State’s
this year men go with him.
—Geo. M, Harter, the Young Marion township
farmer was in town again on Tuesday. That trip
makes about the tenth one he has made since he
told us he wasn't coming hack again until July
4th.
—Mrs. F. W, Crider, her sister, Mrs. Mary Ja-
cobs, and the latter's two children, George and
Rebecea, left for Chicago Wednesday. After vis-
iting there for saveral days they will g0 on to
Duluth, Minn., where Mrs. Jacobs is thinking of
locating on account of the health of her son, who
was obliged to gire up his studies at the State
College because of prolonged illness. He is much
better, but his physicians have advised a change
of climate and for that reason Mrs. Jacobs has
given up her hom: at Mifflin and gone west in
quest of a new ane.
rt a
—In mentioning the accident which
befell William Switzer at the Bellefonte
Central round house last week we made it
appear that the boy lost the fingers on his
right hand as a result of being where he
should not have heen. We have since
learned that he is employed by the Central
company and make the correction accord-
ingly. |
—Burglas entered a number of
houses in Philipsburg on Monday night.
From that of H. H. Bair they carried off a
gold watch an | $2 in cash. 37 in cash re-
warded them for breaking into Jas. P.
Hall’s and fron Mrs. Thompson’s home
they carried offia pair of pantaloons he-
longing to Will Irish, a lodger.
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—It is no} likely that the Second
brigade, N. G. P. will encamp at Buffalo
this summer, as| was at first stated. The
Pan-American promotors are afraid the
soldiers will indglge in too much rowdy-
ism for them and it is probable that the
encampment will be near Somerset.
oT»
——The farm qf Jacob Reed, about three
miles west of Wobd ward, was ascene of a
big cave in reently. William Homan
lives on the farm pnd has tried to explore
the pit, but with pnly partial success. He
says it looks to bd about eighty feet deep
and the walls are imost perpendicular.
——Former shyriff W. M. Cronister,
E. R. Chambers Psq., and S.'R. Pringle,
of Port Matilda, vere at Grass Flat on
Tuesday making |a bridge view that
they were appointed to look after by the
court. They decidid that the bridge is not
needed.
— Michael Ulrich, the venerable fath-
er-in-law of Lew Gettig, fell from a cherry
tree in their yard on \Thomas street, yes-
terday morning, and \was unconscious for
an hour and a half. Yong he fell 20 ft
no hones were hroken.
*>oe
——Mr. and Mus.
just now the prominent Seis in their sec-
tion of town. A fourteey pound hoy baby
came to their home on Thursday and, talk
about mixed drinks, why Jim has heen
handing out some of the mpst original con-
coctions ever heard of at (rarman’s since
that wonderful event. \
Smtr Stl een
——Mr. and Mrs. John M. Decker are
happy over the arrival of a big boy haby
on Monday morning and itis said that
grandfather Anderson was so greatly
elated over the event that he would have
carried the infant right off tp the circus,
next day, had he received any encourage-
ment, whatever.
mes Fleming are
——Mr. and Mrs. Davy Steel are delight-
ed over the arrival of a little daughter at
their home.
RS
LosT.-—On the pike between State Col-
lege and Shiloh church—a red cashmere
shawl. Will the finder please return to
this office.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red .... Ti@2ls
¢“ —No. 2 69@71
Corn —Yellow.. 47@
#¢ —Mixed. 4315@4t34
OBE.....oosr se einiasiarsionos 335@3¢
Flour— Winter, Per Br’ 2.10@2.25
‘“ —Penna. Roller.... . 2.85@3.10
*¢ —Favorite Brands . 3.80@3.90
Rye Flour Per Br'l.............. wo 2.65@2.80
Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 12@15.50
5 by ss Mixed “ 1... 11.50@18.00
Straw................. FE . 7.00@18.50
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by C. Y. WAGNER,
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
ress :
Bd WHORL, vi ici tition soo ris assais 66
Rye, per bushel........... ne B80
Corn, shelled, per bushel.. 50
Corn, ears, per bushel... 50
Oats, per bushel, new . 30
Barley, per bushel.........................o0 0 45
Ground Plaster, per ton.. 8 50 to 9 50
Buckwheat, per bushel ..............ooesssvnenen.. 10
Cloverseed, per bushel...... 86 60 to 87 80
Timothy seed per bushel.................... $2.00 to 32.70
———
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes perbushel ...........cccovuivisveis varios 60
Pnions id risshshans 1
s, per dozen.
IS per Lond 8
Country Shoulders 9
Sides..... 9
Tail Hams, 12
allow, per pound.
Butter, per pound.... 3