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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
—-Rain is needed badly for the corn
and potatoes.
——The Beliefonte match factories are
closed on account of the excessive heat.
——A festival will be held at the Union
chapel at Pleasant View on Saturday even-
ing.
——The gentle rain on Monday morn-
ing helped the corn in this section very
much indeed.
——A baby son came to the home of Dr.
and Mrs. R. G. H. Hayes, on Spring street,
on Monday morning.
——Grass hoppers are reported to be do-
ing much damage to the young'grass in the
vicinity of Woodward.
——The teachers institute for Centre
county will convene in the court house
‘here on Monday, December 9th.
——Frank T. MoNarney, of Lock Haven,
‘who is with the army in the Philippines,
has been made a first lieutenant.
——The Pleasant Gap band will chance
off two pigs after the big parade and festival
at that place tomorrow evening.
——To-day and next Friday Sheffer &
Son, will give ten per cent of their cash
sales to the Petriken Memorial hall fund.
——Mrs. Rebecca M. Schleiffer, of Mill
heim, has been granted a pension of $8 per
month for herself and $2 for her daughter.
——John Bauer, formerly employed by
J. N. Bauer & Co. grocers in this place,
has gone to Spangler to work in a company
store there.
——The Ladies Aid Society of the Metho-
dist church held a sociable at the home of
Mrs. John Harrison, on east Bishop street,
last evening.
——Centre county will receive $2,133,02
a year for two years to make up for the cut
Gov. Stone made in the school appropri-
ations bill two years ago.
——The lime workers of the Morris, Me-
Calmont and Stevens operations about this
place, with their families, will have a bas-
ket picnic at Hecla on Wednesday.
——E. H. Zimmerman, of Millheim,
has taken a contract to saw ten million
feet of lumber in Westmoreland county
and is at work now with two mills.
——A. J. Gardner, of Howard, who is
80 years old, recently walked two miles to
“‘huckleberry hill,”’ picked twelve quarts
of berries and was home in time for dinner.
——The Hecla park base ball team de-
feated the Howard team at the park, on
Saturday afternoon, by the score of 11 to
12 and now Howard thinks it was’nt fair.
——The church and Sunday school of
the Bellefonte Evangelical church will
picnic at Hecla park on Friday, Aug. 9th,
and cordially invite all who would enjoy a
day at that resort to join them.
——A horse owned by the Harter Bros.,
lumber operators at Woodward, dropped as
if shot while hitched in front of Wolf's
store in that place recently. It was pros-
trated by the heat, but recovered.
——The band concert down town Wed-
~nesday evening was the best of the season,
thus far. Several new overtures were
among tue number and the general play:
ing of the band seemed much better than
it had been at preceding concerts.
——Prof. Knappenherger, president of
. the Woman’s college at Allentown, will
preach in the Reformed church in this
place on Sunday, July 28th, both morning
and evening. Prof. Knappenberger is can-
vassing for students in the interest of the
college he represents.
——Mary M. Dolan, widow of the late
James Dolan, of Pleasant Gap, has been
granted a pension of $8 per month and re-
ceived back pay to the amount of $507.60.
It was largely through the efforts of W. H.
Noll that this deserving woman got on the
list.
——After Joseph Peters had plowed up
a lot on the Speer farm, near Pleasant Gap,
a few days ago, his little daughter Cora,
who was following him in a furrow pick-
ed up a Spanish coin bearing date of 1775.
It was bright and remarkably well pre-
served, the date being almost as distinct as
it was the day the coin was minted.
——James Derr, who lives in Spring
township below this place, was awakened
by the cackling of his chickens about 11
o'clock last Thursday night. Upon in-
vestigation to discover the cause he found
that a six foot black snake had coiled it-
self about five of them, crushing them to
death. Jim soon killed his snakeship and
then retired in peace for the night.
——The army blanket which James
Vallance brought home from the Philip:
pines with him is attracting considerable
attention in the Montgomery & Co. show
window. It was decorated by Serg. C. F.
Dankle, Co. D, 47th Regt. while on the
firing line at Donsol It is just a regnla-
sion blue army blanket, very elaborately
decorated with designs of a patriotic and
sentimental character, in addition to con-
taining a complete roster of the Company,
worked in with red and other colored
yarns. Among the designs are an eagle,
the flag, a stand of arms, the ship, cannon,
Filipino soldier, and a man and woman’s
clasped hands. The blanket is quite a
souvenir of the service and private Val-
lance is fortunate in its possession.
BiG Purses WILL MAKE GREAT RaAc-
ING.—True to their promise to hang out
the most alluring purses in order to make
the races at their 2nd annual fair the finest
ever seen in this section the Centre County
Agricultural Exhibiting Co. have issued
their speed program for the three days of
the fair to be held on September 11th,
12th and 13th.
The classes remain the same as last fall,
but nearly every purse has been increased
by the addition of $200. This will have
the effect of attracting even faster horses
and more of them, than were here last year
and at that time, you remember, there
were fifty or more racers on the ground
and ‘‘Ainsworth’’ the big Baltimore pacer
turned the track in the free-for-all in 2:15.
When that. class was attracted by the
purses of last season there will certainly
be a lot of faster ones here to go for the
larger $2,800 purses so liberally hung out
for the coming fall. The program is as
follows : September 11th—2:40 class trot
and pace, purse $250; 2:17 class, trot and
pace, purse $500; running race, purse $100.
September 12th—2:35 class, trot and pace,
purse $400; 2:27 class, trot and pace, purse
$400; running race, purse $100. September
13th—2:20 class, trot and pace, purse $450;
free-for-all trot and pace (Prince Alert and
Democracy barred), purse $400; special,
consolation race, for horses started in one
or more races at the meeting but not hav-
ing won any money, to be declared at the
post if time permits and there are sufficient
entries and starters, purse $200. The con-
ditions include five to enter and four to
start. Entries close Monday, September
2nd.
With all this great influx of foreign horse-
men it is to be hoped that the agriculturists
in Centre county will do their share to
make that department of the great fair a
success.
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THE NEW UNION CHAPEL DEDICATED.
—The attractive little chapel that has been
built at the ‘“‘Red School House,’’ where
neither creed nor sect, but only the Mas-
ter, will reign, was dedicated on Sunday
afternoon in the presence of a fair assem-
blage of interested persons.
The intense heat and the distance from
town had much to do with keeping some
at home who might otherwise have been
there, but it did not detract in the least
from the earnestness of the services which
were carried out according to the order
published last week.
Gen. James A. Beaver presided and
made one of his characteristically encour-
aging addresses. The invocation was offer-
ed by Rev. Joseph H. Barnard,of Madison,
Ind. Addresses were made by Rev. Wilford
P. Shriner, of the Methodist church; Rev.
W. F. Carson, of the Milesburg Presbyter-
ian church, and Rev. T. W. Perks, of the
United Brethren church. Rev. H. C.
Holloway, D. D., of the Lutheran church,
offered the dedicatory prayer, then Mr.
Frank McCoy read the report of the build-
ing committee.
The collection amounted to $300.00.
This leaves a balance of indebtedness of
$400.00 against the chapel, but Mr. McCoy
announced that a very large proportion of
that amount has been partially promised
by people who could not be present that
day.
There was excellent singing during the
services by the choir, assisted by Lyman
T. Eddy, of Milesburg, Mrs. Ellis Orvis
and Mrs. Nichols.
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KNOCKED FROM A TRIAN AND KILL-
ED.—Bernard Bland, an 18 year old How-
ard boy, jumped on therear end of a Bald
Eagle valley passenger train as it was leav-
ing Howard, on Saturday night, and said
he was going to a dance in Agar’s grove
near Lock Haven. Soon after the train
bad left Howard the conductor went
through to lift the tickets and as Bland
had none he swung around the side of the
car, from the lower step, to avoid being
seen. It was so dark that he did not
notice that the train was speeding toward
a projecting cattle guard that meant cer-
tain death for him in that perilous position.
He struck the guard and was knocked off;
lying by the tracks until a couple of men
came along and picked him up.
He was taken to his home where it was
found that no bones were broken and there
were very few brusies on his body. He
did not regain consciousness, however,
dying at 3 o’clock Sunday morning.
Bland was the son of William Bland and
a brother of the boy who was ground to
pieces while riding on a freight train near
Mount Eagle in April, 1899.
Interment was made in the Curtin ceme-
tery on Monday afternoon.
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THE CoLr WAS Vicious. — While Dr.
I. M. Bush and Lew Lose were dressing
the Musser colt’s leg at the racing stables,
at the fair ground, on Saturday afternoon,
they met with a little trouble they had not
anticipated.
It was necessary to put a twitch on the
colt before it would submit to treatment and
after the work was done and the twitch
taken off it flew at the two men in a most
vicious manner. They were in a small
box stable with the enraged animal and
both of them were knocked down at the
first charge. Before they could escape
Lose had heen kicked on the head and
shoulders, sustaining very painful bruises,
while Dr. Bush was also considerably bat-
tered up.
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A SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—Mrs. Sarah
Welch, of Romola, was painfully burned
on the forearm and hand while busy in her
home one day last week. A saucer full of
powder had been placed on the back of the
stove, near the pipe, and when she went
to strike a match on the pipe a spark flew
into it; igniting the powder and causing
an explosion that burned her.
——A reunion of Reformeds is to be held
at Spring Mills on August 15th,
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——~C. W. Slack’s new home at Centre
Hall is ready for the plasterer.
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N. W. Ebey will close his distillery
at Woodward to-day because of a scarcity
of rye.
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——The early peaches are rottening on
the trees in the orchards about Mackey-
ville.
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——The Aaronsburg Methodists will
hold a festival on Saturday evening,
August 3rd.
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——To-morrow evening the Penn Hall
band will hold a festival on the green near
Renben Kline's.
——A marriage license was issued in
Blair county to Clay Budd, of Tyrone, and
Miss Mable Musser, of Lemont.
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——Cyrus Bicksler, of Loganton, hauled
23,000 lath over the mountain to Mill Hall
recently with one team of two horses.
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—— Lock Haven’s new hospital building
being assured a committee has been ap-
pointed to visit other cities and consult
architects with a view to selecting a very
nice and well appointed building.
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——During the thunder storm Monday
night a limb was torn from a willow tree
on the farm of Alfred Stover, in Penn
township, and in falling it struck a cow,
injuring her so that she had to be killed.
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——Robert Potts, of Philipsburg, who
had both of his feet cut off by a freight at
Osceola, last Thursday morning, died in
the Cottage hospital in Philipsburg the
same evening. His body was taken to
Hastings for burial on Saturday.
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~—Charles Hoy, a Brush valley hoy
was bitten on the knee by a copperhead
snake while out for raspberries near Boone-
ville recently. An application of bruised
onions drew the poison out and the hoy
suffered little pain. -
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Governor Stone's veto ax will keep
State College from getting the much need-
ed $60,000 agricultural building and cut
$2,000 off the appropriation to the Cottage
hospital at Philipsburg. The appropriation
of $10,000 for the Curtin monument re-
ceived his signature.
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——Becoming melancholy over the loss
of her eyesight Mrs. Frank Walters, of
Renovo, slashed her throat with a razor
and crept into bed beside her 11 months
old child to wait for death. The crying of
the baby attracted neighbors into the
house and they found the woman in time
to save her life.
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——Will Noll was in from Pleasant Gap
yesterday and made the announcement that
their big fantastic. parade out there to-mor-
row evening is going to be fine. He says
it will far surpass last year’s affair and if
that is the case it will be well worth the
drive out to see. While you are there
don’t forget to contribute a little to the
band festival, for there will be lots of good
things to eat.
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——Miss Bertha Atwood. eldest daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Origen Atwood, was
married to Mr. Boyd E. Shank, of Snow
Shoe, at the home of her parents on east
Curtin street on Wednesday afternoon,
July 17th. Rev. Dr. Laurie performed
the ceremony and only a few of their
nearest relatives were present as witnesses.
After supper had heen served Mr. and
Mrs. Shank drove to the groom’s home in
Snow Shoe, where they will spend a few
days before going to Buffalo to reside.
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——Rev. J. H. Barnard, D. D. of Madi-
son, Ind., who was pastor of the Presby-
terian church in this place many years ago,
is in town with his distinguished son, the
sculptor George Barnard. They arrived
on Saturday and are guests of Mr. W. P.
Humes and his sister Miss Myra. While
the younger Barnard came to talk over
designs for the proposed soldiers monu-
ment and Curtin memorial, which he has
been chosen to prepare, his father took the
opportunity to return for a brief visit to
his old charge in this place. On Sunday
he filled the pulpit in the Presbyterian
church, both morning and evening, and
notwithstanding the intense heat here
there were large congregations at the serv-
ices. Dr. Barnard delivered two very
poetical sermons and quite charmed the
few of his old acquaintances who are still
living and could be there, as well as the
many others who hold him friend by reason
of his association with the town and its
clergy.
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WEDDING BELLS AT MILESBURG.—A
very happy event occurred at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. James McKinley, at Miles-
burg, on Wednesday evening. It was the
giving in marriage of their daughter, Miss
Elizabeth, to Mr. Charles Ginter, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ginter, of the same
place.
The home was very prettily arranged for
the occasion and as the young couple en-
tered the parlor it presented a charming
sight. The best man was Nelson McKin-
ley, brother of the bride, and Miss Carrie
Ginter, as bridesmaid, a sister of the
groom. The words that made this happy
young couple man and wife were spoken
by the Rev. Philip A. Smith, of Miles-
burg. After the ceremony a short recep-
tion was held, after which the guests were
invited to the dining room where a mag-
nificent feast was prepared. Mr. and Mrs.
Ginter received quite a number of very
pretty and useful presents. They will
spend [their honey-moon in the State of
New Jersey. The WATCHMAN wishes them
a life full of happiness, and may they live
long and prosper.
THOMAS MEYER.—Thomas Meyer is
dead. After a long illness, caused by a
general breaking down of the system, he
breathed his last at the home of his son-in-
law, William Tressler, near Hunter’s park,
on Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
He was one of the rich men of the
county and amassed the fortune he leaves
by that careful frugality that characterizes
his German ancestry. He was born in
Germany in 1820 ; having been 81 years, 7
months and 10 days old at the time of his
death. When a young man he emigrated
to this country and located in the vicinity
of Karthause, where he followed his trade
of blacksmithing. His savings were wisely
invested in wild land in that locality that
afterward became very valuable because of
the coal and lumber it contained. About
twenty-five years ago he purchased the
Marshall farm adjoining the homestead of
the late Hon. Benj. Hunter and engaged
in farming until he moved to this place.
He resided here for a number of years, final-
ly going back to the farm to make his
home with his son-inlaw.
His wife died some years ago, but sur-
viving kim are the following children :
Mrs. William Tressler, Mrs. H. C. Baney,
Atlantic City ; Henry,of Oklahoma ; Levi,
of Colorado, and John, of Pleasant Gap.
Interment was made in Meyer's cemetery
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Mr. Meyer’s will was entered for pro-
bate on Wednesday, but the value of his
estate will not be made known until the
appraisement is made. It is estimated,
however, to be in the neighborhood of
$100,000.
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AN OLD RESIDENT GONE.—The vener-
able John U. Wasson, one of the best
known citizens of Buffalo Run and a man
whose long residence in that community
has made much for its respectability died
at his home near Waddle’s, on Friday
night at 10:35. He had been in poor
health for a few weeks, but as no particu-
lar disease developed it was thought that
his was merely a case of heat depression
until the day of his death, when he be-
came much worse and finally his constitu-
tion collapsed completely.
Mr. Wasson was born at Puaddingtown,
Feb. 29th, 1820. He married Emaline
Gill, a daughter of William Gill, who
fought under Perry in the war of 1812.
To them no children were born, though
they adopted two who grew to love and
honor them as parents. They are Edward
Wasson, of Briarly, and Nannie Murphy,
at home.
Funeral services were held by Rev.
Runyan at 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon and
interment was made at Gray’s cemetery.
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Miss RAE GREEN'S DEATH.—Ray Dor-
sey Green, youngest daughter of G. Dorsey
and Mary M. Green, died at their country
home, ‘Briarly,” at 5 o’clock Tuesday
afternoon. She bad been an invalid most
of her life from a complication of troubles.
Deceased was born at Barre, Huntingdon
county, and was 33 years of age. She was
a consistent member of St. John’s Episco-
pal church of this place.
Surviving her are the following brothers
and sisters: S. M,, of Los Angeles, Cal. ;
Allen, of Arizona; Dr. George, of Lock
Haven ; Mrs. William E. Gray, of Belle-
fonte, and Elizabeth D., at home.
The funeral will take place this afternoon.
There will be services at the house at 1 p-
m., after which the remains will be brought
to Bellefonte on the 2:30 train, and, owing
to the repairs now in progress at the Epis-
copal church, will be taken to the Presby-
terian church where Episcopal services will
be held. All the friends are invited to at-
tend these services. Interment in the
Union cemetery.
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MRS. ALBERT MYERLY.—After an ill-
ness that had lasted for almost a year Mrs.
Albert Myerly passed away at her home
in Half-moon, at half-past eight o’clock,
on Friday evening. She had been a con-
stant sufferer with catarrh of the stomach,
but so patiently did she bear her troubles
that it was not until two weeks before her
death that these near and dear to her were
brought to realize how serions her condi-
tion was. From that time she seemed to
fail rapidly until her spirit took its flight
to realms of immortality where there shall
be infinite rest. :
She was born at Mapleton, Hunting-
don county, August 7th, 1850 and
lived on the Shoemaker farm with her
husband. The only other member of their
family, an adopted daughter, died some
time ago.
Interment was made in Gray’s cemetery
on Sunday morning at 9 o'clock; Rev.
Runyan, of the Methodist church, having
officiated.
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——Mrs. Anna Eliza Poorman, who
lived with her husband about two miles
below Lock Haven, was walking on the N.
Y.C. R. R. tracks on Saturday evening
looking at a train on the P. & E. She did
not notice the approach of a special on the
N. Y. C. until it was too late. It struck
her; knocking her again a bank. The train
stopped at once and picked the woman up
to take her to the Lock Haven hospital,
but she died before reaching that city.
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——Joseph Laird Brown, aged 9, died
at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Willard F. Brown, at Clintondale, on Tues-
day morning. He had been an invalid for
a year.
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——Emma Margaret the infant daughter
of Mrs. Nannie Heaton died on Saturday
morning and was buried in the Union
cemetery at 10 o’clock Monday morning.
CEPHAS B. WETZLER. — Cephas B.
Wetzler, son of L. F. and Leah Wetzler,
of Milesburg, died in the West Penn hos-
pital in Pittsburg, on Sunday, July 14th,
after a short illness with typhoid fever.
He was 33 years and 3 months old and was
born at Milesburg, where all of the sur-
viving family still reside.
His brothers Frank and John went to
Pittsburg and brought the body to Miles-
burg on Tuesday evening of last week and
it laid in state at the home of his aged
parents until Thursday morning, when
services were held and it was laid to rest in
the cemetery at Curtin. Revs. Houck and
Carson officiated at the funeral.
Surviving him are his mother and father,
brothers Frank and John and his sisters
Anna and Mrs. E. C. Myer, all of Miles-
burg. J
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——Byers Price, an old soldier aud resi-
dent of Milesburg died Wednesday evening
at nine o’clock. He was 70 years old and
a consistent christian old man and a mem-
ber of the Methodist church at that place.
The funeral will be held on Friday morn-
ing at ten o’clock from his home. Rev. W.
P. Wharton will officiate.
News Purely Personal.
—Sheriff Brungard was in Philipsburg on busi-
ness on Saturday.
—Hon. A. O. Furst departed on Monday for a
trip to the Pan-American.
—Miss Strong, of New York, is visiting Miss
Brockerhoff, in this place.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Keller departed for At-
lantic City on Friday evening.
—J. H. Eskridge, of Philipsburg, was in Belle-
fonte on business on Tuesday. :
—Mrs. A. O. Furst and her daughter Jane re-
turned from Atlantic City Wednesday afternoon.
—Misses Sara Potter and Elizabeth Gephart re-
turned from a visit to Milton friends on Wednes-
day.
—Chas M. MeCurdy, cashier of the First Nation-
al, went to New York on business Wednesday af-
ternoon.
—iss Maud Spigelmyer is spending her vaca-
tion with her sister, Mrs. John Hoffman, at Wil-
liamsport.
—The Misses Darby, of Baltimore, are guests of
their cousin, Mrs. Morris Yeager at the Brant
house.
—Misses Anna and Rebecca Lyon are here from
Philadelphia visiting Mrs. R. V. Pugh, of West
Curtin street.
—Misses Kate Shugert and Anna McCoy are at
Newport, R. I., visiting school friends. They
left on Friday.
—Mrs. Sara Brouse, of Philadelphia, is in town,
the guest of her son, R. 8. Brouse, of south
Thomas street.
—Mrs. Mary Fox, Misses Grace and Alice, and
brother James, are spending a few days with
friends at Reedsville.
—Mrs, Gray Hastings and her little son from
Beech Creek are visiting at the home of Mr. Geo.
Hastings up Buffalo-run.
—Mrs. William Allen and her daughter, Miss
Allen, of Roland, were in town on a little shop-
ping expedition yesterday.
—Miss Patty Lane, Robert Morris and Edmund
Blanchard were Bellefonters who attended a park
dance at Altoona on Friday evening.
—Mrs. Andrew Kaul Jr.,, and Mrs. John Wey
mouth, of St. Mary's, are visiting at the home of
Leonard Rhone, Rhoneymead, near Centre Hall.
—Clyde Smith took his little family and on
Tuesday they hied themselves off to the peaceful
village cf Rebersbhurg, where they will visit for a
week
—Ross A. Hickok, of Harrisburg, was here to
spend Sunday with Mrs. Hickok. who is visiting
her parents, former Governor and Mrs. D. H.
Hastings.
—Miss Mary Rhone, of Centrg Hall, and Miss
Edith Sankey, of Potters Mills, are sight seers at
the Pan-American this week. They went up on
Monday.
—Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Cruse, of east Howard
street, entertained Mrs. W. 8. Musser and her
two daughters, of Millheim, during the fore part
of the week.
—H. C. Baney, head of the Baney Mercantile
Trust of Atlantic City, was an arrival in town
Tuesday morning; called hither by the death of
his father-in-law.
—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clemson, of Scotia, were
in attendance at the 33rd anniversary ceremonies
of Constans Commandery K. T. in this place
Wednesday evening. :
—Mrs. Chas. Morris and Mrs. T. K. Morris, 0
Tyrone, and Miss Sara Petit, of Hollidaysburg,
were out of town guests at the costume ball in the
armory last evening.
—William T. Hillibish, master machinist for F.
H. Clement & Co. railroad contractors, is home
from their work near Baltimore for his first vaca-
tion in six months.
—Miss Olive Otto, of Johnstown, visited at
her uncle’s, Mr. Hamilton Otto, of Lamb street,
this place until Wednesday, when she returned
home accompanied by Miss Otto.
—Mrs. Susanna Hendershot is home from Phila-
delphia where she left her little son in Girard col-
lege. She likes that institution very well and will
probably move to Philadelphia in the fall.
—Mr, and Mrs. W. R. Gainfort are entertaining
their nephew, Mr. Edward Gainfort, -of Pitts-
burg, who is here to spend a portion of his vaca-
tion at their pleasant home on Spring street.
—Miss Jennie Fauble, stenographer to Gov.
Stone, arrived home Saturday evening and will
have a rest of several weeks before returning to
her work in the executive chamber,
—Mr. A. H. Chesley, the eastern agent of the
Standard Scale and Supply Co. Ltd. was a guest of
chairman William Burnside at his home on Cur-
tin street, on Tuesday night and Wednesday.
—Sol Poorman, of Zion, was in town bright and
early yesterday morning, but couldn't be per-
suaded to tarry long, as he wanted to get home
before the sun got so high as to melt him and his
team on the road back, He said‘ that the corn
and potatoes down that way need rain badly.
—Mr. and Mrs, Samuel Baisor, of Johnsonburg,
were in town for a little while on Tuesday even-
ing on their way to visit friends at State College
and Benore. Both are former residents of Cen-
tre county and have many friends who will be
glad to see them during their stay of several
weeks.
— Mr. J. M. Howard, manager of the large force
of salesman who are working in Pennsylvania
now for the American Harrow Co., was in town on
Tuesday with Mr, L. H. Gowdy, their advertising
man. Since leaving this section several weeks
ago they have been working in the vicinity of
Mifflin, where they have been meeting with mark-
ed success inthe sale of their splendid seeders
—Geo. W. McGaffey Esq., one of Philipsburg’s
leading financiers, George Zeigler Esq., of the
same place, and Hon. D. L. Krebs, of Clearfield,
were distinguished visitors in town last Friday.
It was in the nature of an unpleasant surprise to
his friends here when Judge Krebs told of the
serious condition of his son Wallace, who has
worked so hard since leaving State as to be com-
pletely prostrated with nervous troubles,
—Misses Alice M. Ishler and Verna Smith, 0
this place, have been visiting Williamsport
friends for a week.
—Mrs. Minnie Harper and her daughter Miss
Maud, and Miss Mary Ceader are in the Belle.
fonte colony at Atlantic City.
—Mrs. C. B. Williams and her sister Miss
Adaline Lyon, of Plainfield, N, J., are here to
spend the rest of the summer with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lyon. ’ : 4
—H. C. Crissman, with two of his children, are
here on a short visit to friends at their home.
Harry is looking exceedingly well and says
Pittsburg is just the place for him.
—Mr. Harold Foster, of Philadelphia, is visit-
ing his uncle, Hon. Robert M. Foster, at State
College. His father, Thomas Foster Esq., is ex-
pected at the College for Sunday.
—Misses Ida and Mabel Fauble, Messrs Orrie
Kline, Fred Montgomery, Joe Fauble, Hugh
Crider and Harold Lingle returned home Wed-
nesday from a visit to the Pan American Exposi-
tion at Buffalo.
—W. W. Thomas, of Friend, Nebraska, a former
resident of Bellefonte, is visiting Emanuel Noll
and other friends in Bellefonte. This is Mr.
Thomas’ first visit to Bellefonte in 35 years, and
no doubt sees many changesand many new faces,
—Mr. George Poorman, of Osceola, so well
known about Bellefonte ‘where he once made his
home, spent the latter part of last week and the
fore part of this with his friends about here. He
was looking exceedingly well and was all cheer-
ed up over the bright prospects they have for an
electric railway out there.
—— Pn.
RusH TOWNSHIP SCHOOL TEACHERS. —
The teachers who have been chosen to take
charge of the Rush township schools for
the coming year are : Sandy Ridge, gram-
mar, J. B. Cowher; Sandy Ridge primary,
Miss Fannie Sharrar; Powelton, Miss Ag-
nes Subrie; Edendale, Miss Eunice Hutton;
Tower, Miss Alice Custred; Klondike, Miss
Lily Heath; Reese, Miss Jessie Blowers;
Park, Charles Waring; Cold Stream, T. L.
Crust; Point Lookout, grammar, Miss Ella
Ward; Point Lookout, primary, Miss
Letitia Flegal; North Philipsburg, gram-
mar; Miss Lyle McCloskey; Norta Philips-
burg, primary, Miss Annie Ward; Mun-
son, Miss Gwen Waring; Black Moshan-
non, Miss Isabella Hutchings.
Most of the teachers have been changed
about in the hope that better results will
be obtained. The schools will open on
September 9th and the millage has been
raised to 12 instead of 10 mills, as levied
last year.
re a sien
DR. POND AND DR. TALTAFERRO ARE
HoNoRED.—The Springfield, Mass., Union,
of July 19th, publishes the following items,
among its Amherst correspondence, that
will be of interest to people in this section,
especially about State College, where Dr.
Pond is head of the department of chemis-
try and Dr. Taliaferro has been connected
with the work in mathematical lines.
. Prof. G. C. Pond, Amherst college, ’81 of
State College, Pennsylvania, has just been
appointed a member of the jury of awards in
the department of manufactures at the Pan-
American exposition. Prof. Pond will leave
for Buffalo in a few days.
President T. H. Taliaferro of the Florida
Agricultural college, Lake City, Florida, is
visiting in town. President Taliaferro a
graduate of the Virginia Military Institute,
received the degree of doctor of philosophy
from John Hopkins university, and for sev-
eral years has been instructor in mathematics
in the Pennsylvania State College. He has
recently been elected to his new position and
has been inspecting the Massachusetts Agri-
cultural college with President Goodell and
Dr. Goessmann.
— armies rams
—The story published hy some papers
that John Tonner, of Philadelphia, is to
take charge of the Musser house at Mill-
heim, owing to financial straits of Mr.
Musser, the present proprietor, is with-
out warrant.
———ee APA.
——A large amount of hemlock and
rock oak bark wanted. Write the North
American tannery, Lewistown, Pa. 28-3f
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red .... 5@T5%4
¢“ —No. 2.. 67T@T4Y4
Corn —Yellow. 5735@5904
#¢ —Mixed.... 53L5@57%
Oat Ln a. ve 46
Flour— Winter, Per Bri... . 2.20@2.35
‘ —Penna. Roller.... - 295@3.25
*¢ —Favorite Brands. . 4.10@4.25
Rye Flour Per Br'l.................. . 2.65@2.80
Baled hay—Choice Timothy . 13.50@17.70
€* 4 ke Mixed « 12.50@14.00
SUPAW.......0 iii i nine i . 7.00@17.00
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by C. Y. Wiener,
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
ress :
ed wheat,.... 65
Rye, per bush 50
Corn, shelled, per 50
Corn, ears, per bushel... 50
Oats, per bushel, new... 32
BATiey, DOr BUSHEL creas sini insiissensrvormasersnsss 45
Ground Plaster, per ton. 8 50 to 9 50
Buckwheat, per bushel.
Cloverseed, per bushel...
Timothy seed per bushe
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel ........cvvecveneersinss voriennss 75
ag iieveseduains Fs it
gS, per dozen... 12
Lard, per pound... 10
Country Should 10
9
12
Tallow, per pou 3
Butter, per pound... 15
The Democratic Watchman.
Published every Friday morning, in Bellefonte,
Pa., at $1.50 per annum (if paid strictly in advance)
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paid before the ex iration 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-
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