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Bellefonte, Pa., August 2, 1901.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——Col. George Thomas has about re-
covered from a serious attack of heart
trouble.
— The costume ball in the armory last
Thursday night netted about $30 for the
library fund.
——The Rebersburg United Evangelical
church will hold a picnic at Kreamersville
on August 10th.
—St. John’s Reformed church and
Sunday school of this place picknicked at
Hecla park yesterday.
——From Deo. 1s, 1900, to June 1st,
1901, their were 439 births, 236 deaths and
12,408 school children in Centre county.
——Miss Jennie Harris, who has been
dangerously ill for four or five days at her
home on Curtin street, is convalescent now
and is able to sit up.
——H. W. Morris, principal of the Re-
bersburg schools, has resigned and will go
to Selinsgrove as an instructor in a prepar-
atory school there.
——G. B. M. Welliver, of Lock Haven,
has sold Marion Chimes, the pacer that
took third money in the 2:40 class here at
the races on July 4th, to Dr. William
Blesh.
——Sunday morning, the weather per-
mitting, there will be eight members of the
A. M. E. church immersed in Logan’s
branch, near the pump house.
——Edward Irvin, was the young man
who raised the largest amount of money
for the Senior Order United American Me-
chanics at Milesburg, and in return he re-
ceived a handsome gold watch.
— Monroe Kreamer who works in the
wood working department at the Standard
scale works lost the end of his index finger
on the right hand on Wednesday morning.
He got his finger in the planer and it was
cut off hetween the first and second joints.
——On Saturday last while John Mokle,
of Lemont, and another man were riding on
aload of hay,on the Irvin from below Jack-
sonville,the wagon was overset and both men
caught under it. On being extricated Mokle
was found to have his leg broken in two
places, while his companion escaped with
out injury.
——The congregation and Sunday school
of the Bellefonte Evangelical church will
hold a picnic at Hecla park on Tuesday,
August 6th. The pastor, Rev. W. H.
Brown. extends a cordial invitation not on-
Jy to his church people but to anyone who
desires to attend the picnic. Train will
leave Bellefonte at 8:30 a. m.
——On Monday last a most violent wind
and rain storm crossed Nittany valley
about one mile east of Hublersburg. The
farm of Mr. Adam Swartz seemed to be in
direct line of the storm, aud after it had
passed it was found that eight trees had
been destroyed in his orchard, and the out-
buildings and fences considerably wrecked.
There was but little damage done to any
of the adjoining farms.
— The wheat crop on the farm of J. A.
Gummo,near Mackeyville, Clinton county,
bas been threshed and shows an average
yield of 26 bushels to the acre. We doubt
if any Centre county farm will exceed this,
unless it is a farm just below the Zion sta-
tion on the Central railroad, in one of the
fields of which the shocks stood so thick
that it took an expert driver to get a wagon
through when hauling in.
——Our Philipsburg friends are huoying
up their hopes of having their big tannery,
which has been idle almost all the time
since McKinley’s prosperity struck this
part of the country started up again. Prior
to that time it was the town’s principal in-
dustry, giving employment to many work-
men at good wages which were paid in
cash. Now it is stated that the owners
contemplate remodeling the plant at an
expense of $25,000 and expect to put it in
operation again, possibly before the end of
the year.
——The executive committee of the
Centre County Veterans’ Association met at
this place on Saturday and decided to hold
the annual reunion and picnic at Pine
Grove Mills on September 7th. Prepara-
tions will be. made for a hig crowd and
Pine Grove people will give royal welcome
to all who attend. Committees were ap-
pointed to make all arrangements for the
occasion : Arrangements—Capt. William
il. Fry, chairman ; Jacob Sunday, John
W. Stewart. Transportation—Col. Austin
Curtin, chairman ; W, A. Ishler, W.C.
Patterson. Speakers—Gen. James A,
Reaver, chairman ; Capt. Geo. Boal, Capt.
». H. Bennison.
——The WATCHMAN acknowledges,
ith thanks, the receipt of a “‘compli-
sentary’’ to the Huntingdon county fair,
hich will be held Sept. 17th to the 20th
aclusive. Great efforts are being made to
ake this the greatest exhibition that the
sizens of our neighboring county have yet
stten up, and as Hantingdon county fairs
we always been good, they are right in
omising something worth attending in
‘ptember. As it is held, however, the
eek of the granger encampment in this
unty, it is a presumable fact. that but
w of our people will be able, or disposed,
help swell the crowd that may be ex-
sted at Huntingdon, much as they other-
‘e might desire.
To REORGANIZE THE Y. M. C. A.—Mr.
Frank H. Gemil, one of the state Y. M. C.
A. workers at large has been here for a
week or more and, in conjunction with the
local hoard of directors, is making a most
praiseworthy effort to reorganize the Asso-
ciation in this place and start it off on a
firmer and more effective footing than it
has had for some years.
Part of the plan is to repair the present
quarters so that they are habitable. This
is to be done by the owner of the building,
who has in the past persistently refused to
make any repairs at all, thus leaving the
Association to pay a high rent and the
taxes, in addition, on a property that no
one else would have occupied under simi-
lar conditions. The rooms are to be re-
painted and papered, some new furniture is
to be bought, bath and toilet rooms are to
be fixed up and a permanent secretary is to
be engaged to carry on the work until
April 1st, 1902, at least. In addition there
is to be an assistant secretary whose duty
it will be to take charge of the rooms dur-
ing the absence of the secretary, thus pre-
cluding the possibility of the rowdyism
complained of in the past during such
times as the secretary found it necessary to
be out of the rooms.
All of this, it is estimated, will cost about
$1,800 and to raise the sum needful is now
the question confronting the board. There
are several gentlemen so greatly pleased
with the plan that they have signified their
willingness to give $100 each to see it tried,
but the membership is considered of most
importance and before any subscriptions
are asked for at all a roll of one hundred
young men who will pay $4 each, annual-
ly, to become members will be canvassed.
This feature is most practical. For years
the Bellefonte Association has really had
no membership, but was made up of who-
ever would go to the rooms. Now they
are to be asked to maintain the advantages
they enjoy there and, in consequence, will
likely take a more earnest interest in them.
Bear in mind that this is only a plan and
it depends entirely upon the people of Belle-
fonte as to whether it shall be put into
practice. Give those who come to talk to
you about it at least a courteous hearing.
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A HArvest FroLiIc AND DEADLY
CrcARs.—One of the notable events in the
country districts of Centre county in recent
years was a harvest frolic at the home of
former county treasurer John Q. Miles, in
Huston township, last week.
Among the crowds who were there to do
John Q’s work for him were John B. Miles,
D. G. Gingery, W. D. Dukemaun, former
sheriff W. M. Cronister, Chester Cronister,
Joseph Shawver, Harry Schreckengast,
William Wells, Jos. Williams, O. D.
Eberts, Ralph Hartsock, and one of the
Gosshorns from Clearfield, besides count-
less women and children.
We can’t imagine what was done with
the latter contingent, but it is very evi-
dent that the men worked like Tarks, for
they cut and hauled in 80 tons of hay, 450
Doz. of wheat and 160 Doz. of rye. John
had them all hood-winked so that they did
all his season’s work up for him in a jiffy
and it was no small job, either, when it is
considered that they were at a tremendous
disadvantage. Notwithstanding the great
physical strain the men were under, John
kept passing around a brand of cigars known
as ‘“‘Undertaker’s Delight,” and his poor
guests had to smoke them for politeness
sake. They stood it as long as they could
and when Joseph Shawver went un-
der and showed alarming signs of ‘‘croak-
ing,’’ as a result of pulling too industrious-
ly on the end of those Dix run cabbage
leaves there was a general fuss and the
“Undertaker’s Delights’’ were cut out.
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IS IT ANTHRAX AGAIN ?—Farmers who
have cattle pasturing on the wild lands in
the vicinity of Sandy Ridge are very much
alarmed about a disease that has broken
out among their herds that very much re-
sembles anthrax. When they recall that
in 1894 anthrax was the cause of death of
eighty-one out of one hundred and twenty-
four cattle on the same range they do well
to be alarmed and investigate immediately.
The herds most affected are those owned
by Warriors-mark and Half-moon valley
farmers, among them being Isaac Beck,
Isaiah Beck and James Fisher. The range
covers six hundred acres of mountain land
near Flat Rock and already about twenty-
five cattle have died, while lots of others
are reported to be sick.
Saturday veterinary W. S. Shriner, of
Altoona, accompanied by Dr. W. F. Beck,
of Tyrone, and others, visited the reserva-
tion and found the situation fully as se-
rious as it had been reported. On there re-
turn word was immediately sent to the
Board of Agriculture at Harrisburg, and
soon afterwards Dr. Pierson, the State
Veterinary Surgeon, was on the gronnd.
Anthrax is a blood disease. At a cer-
tain stage the blood becomes thin and dis-
colored, and instead of coursing through
the veins collects and ‘passes out of the
animal through the bowels. The disease
effects the entire system of the animal,
eats the life ont of the blood and causes
the inactivity of all the organs. The dis-
ease is caused by decomposition of organic
matter. That is, organic substance under-
going decomposition under the influence of
the humidity of atmosphere, which fur-
nish the miasma sipposed to be thé cause
of the anthrax. A high temperature in
favoring the evaporation of moisture from
undrained land rich in vegetable matter
or from marshes and swamps, and thus ex-
posing a large quantity of organic material
still further accelerates its decomposition,
and the products accumulate in the sur-
face, soil, the air which the animals breathe
and the water they drink as well, and per-
haps the food they eat.
——On Wednesday of next week judge
Mayer of Lock Haven, and his daughter
Helen, sail for an European trip.
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——The Reliance fire company of
Philipsburg has new uniforms. Navy blue
coats, trousers of a lighter shade and mili-
tary caps.
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—The reunion of J. K. Hosterman’s
family at Wolt’s Store, on Saturday,
proved a delightful event fora large num-
ber of relatives.
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—Highwood spider, the Houtzdale horse
that went in the free-for-all at the fair here
last fall, was third twice in the 2:13 class
at Boston, Mass., on Tuesday.
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——Dr. Jas. Eldon,formerly principal of
the State Normal at Lock Haven, will
hereafter fill the chair of mathematics in
the Shippensburg Normal school.
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— The Indian band from the Indian
school at Carlisle passed throngh Lock
Haven Saturday afternoon enroute for Buf-
falo where they have an engagement to
play at the exposition.
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—MecQuistion & Co. have two new top
buggies, one with rubber tires, new open
buggies with and without rabber tires, three
second hand top buggies and a second hand
two-seated spring wagon which they are
offering cheap at their shops in this place.
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——The United Telephone and Tele-
graph company are rushing the completion
of the lines connecting Union and Centre
counties. A new line will be built between
Millheim and Laurelton and it is expected
that the wires between Lewisburg and
Bellefonte will be in working order this
month.
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——Mr. Henry C. Gettig, of McKees-
port, and Miss Nora J. Fleisher, of Tussey-
ville, this county, were married by the
Rev. C. H. Goodling at the Evangelical
parsonage in Lewistown on the 27th ult.
The young couple have the WATCHMAN’S
best wishes for their future happiness and
prosperity.
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-———The Newton Hamilton camp meet-
ing will open on August 13th, this year
and continue ten days. The grounds have
been open and the cottages in condition for
tenters since the 10th of July. Several
families from Bellefonte, and a number
from the county, propose taking their out-
ing for the summer in attendance at the
meeting.
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——An idea of the magnitude of the
shops to be erected at Oak Grove by the
New York Central railroad may be derived
from the statement of the dimensions of
the buildings which will be erected at once
and which does not include shops for the
construction of engines. If the buildings
were to be combined under one roof they
would occupy a space of over 2,500 feet in
length and 662 in width.
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—— Yesterday James Reed, of this place,
was put in jail for having stolen two gold
watches from tents occupied by A. C. Mann
and family at Hecla park. Reed was down
at the park attending the lime kiln picnic
and entered the tents. Mrs. Mann discov-
ered him and in response to her inquiry as
to what he wanted there he said, ‘‘I am
looking for my mother.”’ Later the watches
were missed and Mr. Maun found them on
Reed’s person. The boy has already serv-
led a term at Huntingdon and is regarded
as a bad one.
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——Invitations are out for the marriage
of Miss Margaret O’Conner, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. O’Conner, of
Lock Haven, and George M. McKee, of
Hinkley, N. Y. The wedding will take
place Wednesday evening, August 14th in
the Lock Haven Presbyterian church and
will be followed by a reception at the
O'Conner home. Mr. McKee or ‘‘Babe,”’
as the fraternity boys distinguished him,
is favorably known here, having graduated
in '96 from State College where he was es-
pecially liked by both faculty and students.
——Dr. M. E. Wadsworth, formerly di-
rector and the president of the Michigan
College of Mines, bas just been appointed
to the head of the Department of Mining
in the Pennsylvania State College, and will
enter upon his duties at the opening of the
fall session, in September. Before going
to Michigan, Dr. Wadsworth was, for
twelve years, an instructor and assistant
in Harvard University, was state geologist
of Michigan from 1888 to 1893, is well
known as a writer, being the author of
about one hundred and fifty published
articles and works, and is a Fellow of the
Geological Society of London, the Geo-
logical Society of America, the American
Institute of Mining Engineers, and many
other scientitic organizations.
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—— The complete strength of the Fifth
regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania,
as shown by the quarterly return just com-
pleted at regimental headquarters is 506
officers and enhsted men. Each organiza-
tion composing the regiment has this
strength : Field and staff, 13 officers and 8
men ; Company A, 3 officers and 57 men ;
Company B, 3 officers and 50 men ; Com-
pany C, 3 officers and 57 men ; Company
D, 3 officers and 58 men ; Company E, 3
officers and 66 men ; Company F, 3 officers
and 58 men ; Company G, 3 officers and 60
men, and Company H, 3 officers and 55
men: Company B, of Bellefonte, it will be
notived, has only the minimum number of
men required by law ; G company of Lew-
istown has the maximum number, and E
company, of Clearfield, has six men more
than the law allows, for whom neither
rations nor pay can be drawn for service in
camp.
Mags. FRANK CUNNINGHAM.—Mrs.
Jennie Mowery Cunningham, wife of Frank
Cunningham, died at her home in New
Kensington, near Pittsburg, on Sunday
evening of typhoid fever. She had only
been ill two weeks; hut a life of trials and
toil had sadly underminded her naturally
strong constitution and she was an easy
victim to the disease. Mrs. Cunningham
was born at Aaronsburg, this county, Nov.
21st, 1867, and lived here: most of her life
since childhood, until the last year when
she joined her husband at New Kensington
where they were conducting a hotel. She
was a woman of excellent characteristics
and personality and her death is an irre-
parable loss to her little children. She is
survived by her husband and five chil-
dren, Elizabeth, Helen, Vincent, Frank
and Mary. Her mother, Mrs. Catharine
Mowery, of Hublersburg, and the following
sisters: Mrs. George Swartz and Mrs.
George Weaver, of Hublersburg, and Mrs.
Mary Kuapp, of this place.
She was a consistent member of the
Evangelical church and was buried Tues-
day afternoon at 3 o'clock at New Ken-
sington. The relatives from this place
who attended the funeral were her hus-
hand’s father, Mertie Cunningham, Eis
brothers Mitchell and George, Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Taylor, Mrs. Vincent Bower and
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MRs. THOMAS NASON.-—Mrs. Margaret
Nason, widow of the late Thomas Nason
and one of the oldest and most respected
women of the northern end of the county,
died at the home of her daughter at Point
Lookout in Philipsburg, on Saturday
morning, after an illness of three years.
She was a native of New Brunswick but
had resided most of her life in Rush town-
ship. She bad reached the age of 82 years,
10 months and 7 days and was devoted to
church work and acts of kindness and
merey.
She is survived by five sons and two
daughters, Bedford and Larry, of New
Brunswick ; Allen, of Minnesota ; J. C.
and Osburn, of Julian ; Rhoda, Mrs. J. R.
McCord, of Black Moshannon, and Eva,
Mrs. William Griffith, of Point Lookout,
with whom she made her home and at
whose residence the funeral services were
beld Monday morningat 9 o’clock. ' Rev.
H. Z. Meyers, of the Baptist church, had
charge of the services and the body was
taken to Beaver Mills for interment.
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A YouNG MAN DiED.—James Norman
McClain, a son of Amos McClain who re-
sides near Hublersburg, died July 23rd,
after being sick for several weeks with ty-
phoid fever. He was a young man of good
habits and endured his affliction-patiently.
His parents, two brothers and three sisters,
survive him. Deceased was 21 years, 5
months and 17 days old. The funeral
services were held on Thursday afternoon
by Rev. H. I. Crow, of the Reformed
church, assisted by Rev. Mr. Foss, of the
United Evaugelical church; the services
being largely attended. The family have
the sympathy of the community in their
bereavement.
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——George Justice, an employee of the
Morris stone qnarries up Buffalo Run,
died at his home at Morris on Friday even-
ing at 6 o'clock of typhoid fever. He had
been ill for six weeks and was only 24
years of age. Surviving him is a wife and
one child. His body was buried Sunday
afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Myers bury-
ing ground, after services at his home con-
ducted by the Rev. Thomas Perks, pastor
of the U. B. church. y
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——James Parker, aged 40, dropped
dead Friday morning in the yard of his
home at Philipsburg. The deceased was a
blacksmith « by trade, but having heart
trouble, had not been able to work for some
years. A widow and two daughters sur-
vive. The body was taken to Osceola on
Monday morning for burial.
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——The infant child of George and Mrs.
Shuey, died at their home near Roopsburg
on Friday evening of cholera infantum.
Burial was made Saturday afternoon in the
cemetery at Curtin’s.
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A MAD DoG: SCARE.—It is altogether
probable that the lower end of Nittany val-
ley will have fewer dogs or more trouble
within a week or two, than it has known
for some time. On Saturday afternoon a dog
belonging to a Mr. Driver, of Mill Hall,
developed what was supposed to be a clear
case of rabies, and succeeded in biting thir-
teen other dogs in that town. Leaving
there he ran snapping and snarling past the
axe factory up to Salona, where he succeed -
ed in biting some ten or twelve more. The
last seen of him was up the road towards
Bellefonte where he bit a dog belonging to
Albert Gummo, after which he disappeared
and up to this time has not been seen.
Whether the dog was really mad or not, or
was in a condition to inoculate other dogs
with the rabies, is not known to a certainty.
If he was there is no measuring the trouble
he has planted in that section. If he was
not he has at least left a legacy of suspicion
and doubt that will worry the community,
that witnessed his tantrams, for many
weeks.
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——*‘‘Svengali’’, the Lock Haven horse
that was trained at the track here and is
supposed to be owned by G. M. B. Weli-
ver, of that place, was recognized at Erie
on Wednesday as the horse ‘‘Dentine’’
with a mark of 2:13. He had taken two sec-
onds and a third in the 2:34 class race
there when he was identified. Weliver, a
man named Gouse, of Jersey Shore, named
as the owner, and the horse were all ruled
off the track. gl
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—Rev. Hicks predicts very stormy
weather for this month.
News Purely Personal.
—William Dorworth, is visiting friends at
Harrisburg.
—F. W. Crider, and wife are spending a few
weeks at Atlantic City.
—Miss Grace Brosious is spending her vaca-
tion at Atlantic City.
—Miss Grace Jenkins, of Milton, is a guest of
the Misses Dorworth.
—Miss Catharine Hutzel, of ®hiladelphia, is vis-
iting Miss Bessie Sharpe.
—John Tonner Harris, of Philipsburg, spent
Sunday at his home in this place.
—Miss May Rhone, of Centre Hall, was a Belle-
fonte visitor on Monday.
—Miss May Judge is in Philipsburg visiting
friends. She went Monday evening.
—Miss Carrie B. Harper went to Atlantic City
Tuesday morning for a two week's stay.
—Sim Baum and sister Miss Sallie left on
Wednesday to spend a week at Buffalo.
—Miss Annie Wilson, of Altoona, is being en-
tertained at the Tripple home on Spring street.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Keller, with their boys,
returned from Atlantic City on: Tuesday evening.
—John M. Dale, with Mrs. Dale and Virginia
and Jack, left for Atlantic City yesterday morn-
ing.
—Miss Julia McCafferty left, Monday, for Joliet,
111., where she will visit relatives until Septem-
ber.
—Henry Rine, of Lock Haven, is visiting at the
home of hissister, Mrs. William Beezer, on Spring
street.
—Miss Roxanna Brisbin, of Centre Hall, was
the guest of her friend Miss Grace Brosius over
Sunday.
—Mrs. D. H. Hastings is at Bedford, a guest at
the summer home of Mrs. W. O. Hickok, of
Harrisburg.
—William L. Wilson, the oldest resident of
Half Moon valley, is up in Altoona visiting his
son, H. L. Wilson.
— Edgar T. Burnside left Wednesday afternoon
for a trip of several days in the interest of the
Standard scales.
—Miss Katharine Strong, who has been a guest
of Miss Mary Brockerhoff, left for her home on
Wednesday afternoon.
—Mrs. S. H. Bennison, Misses Catharine Martin
and Gertrude Irvin, of Walker, are visiting
friends in Pittsburg.
—Mr. and Mrs. Lee Larimer, of Jersey Shore,
were in town for a day cr so this week visiting
the former's parents.
—Miss Mary Rodgers and Dr. Nell Meek, of
Johnstown, are in town for a short visit at the
home of the latter's parents.
—J. Miles Kephart, of Philadelphia, is in town
to spend the remainder of the summer with his
friends here and up Buffalo-run.
—Miss Helen Fredericks, of Mill Hall, fiancee of
Donald Potter, is visiting at the home of Mr.
Potter's parents on Linn street.
—Miss Bettie Heinle, daughter of Col. Wm.
Heinle, left on Wednesday afternoon to spend a
week with friends at Buffalo.
—Mrs. Barbara Rankin and Miss Bella, her
daughter, returned from a trip to Philadelphia
and Harrisburg on Tuesday evening.
—Prof. James R. Hughes and wife are
visiting friends at Chautauqua and will also visit
Buffalo before returning home.
—Miss Della Goodfellow returned to Williams™
port Monday after enjoying a two weeks vaca-
tion at her home here on Lamb street.
—Mrs. Katharine Tripple returned home, on
Wednesday evening, after a pleasant visit with
her daughter, Mrs. Kerstetter, at Harrisburg.
—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Greth, of Philadelphia,
are spending their vacation at the home of Mrs.
Greth’s sister, Mrs. C. K. Hicklen, on Logan
street.
—Miss Louise Garman returned home on
Wednesday evening after a pleasant visit with
her auntand uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Maitland,
at Williamsport. ;
—Misses Nannie and Mary Bailey, of State
College, and Grace Dale, of Pleasant Gap, are in
Tyrone visiting their cousin, Ruth Goheen, on
Adams avenue.
—Miss Elizabeth Laughinghouse, of North Car-
olina, is the guest of her school friend Miss Edith
Holz. Miss Laughinghouse is asister of the Sec-
retary of State of North Caroling.
—Mrs. Sue McMicken, who has been in Wash-
ington, D. C., for the past ten months with her
relations, the Sterretts, is now a guest at the
Shortlidge home on Thomas street.
—Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Seixas, of Philadel-
phia, arrived in town at noon on Wednesday and
are visiting at the home of Mrs, Seixas’ parents,
Squire and Mrs. Chas. Smith, on east Bishop
street.
—Jno. M. Bullock and Harris Heylmun left, Mon-
day, for a weeks stay in Buffalo and Niagara and
before returning home they are going to make a
tour of the lakes of Central New York on their
wheels.
—Mr. and Mrs. Lester Shaffer, their two chil-
dren and Mrs. Strickland, who drove over the
mountains from Milroy on Friday for a short
visit at the Gardner home on Spring street, re-
turned home Monday.
—Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Chambers left Wednesday
morning for Ashland, Wilkesbarre, Hazelton,
Scranton, Mauch Chunk, Sayre, Erie and Buffalo.
They are on business and pleasure bent and ex-
pect to be gone two weeks or more. :
—Mrs. William Dix, who has been here since
the Gth of July visiting her kin, the Gepharts,
and renewing her health and liveliness in our
wholesome surroundings and climate, left for her
home in Dayton, O., Monday evening.
—Harry Crissman, formerly of this place but
now of Pittsburg, where he is on the straight
way to Easy street and where several of his sons
have good positions, was in town over Sunday
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Harry Garbrick, and
other relatives.
—Miss Bernice Knoche, of Harrisburg, who
has been visiting her grand-motber, Mrs, 0. M.
Sheetz for several weeks returned to her home
last week. She was accompanied by piss
Bessie Showers, of east Bishop street, who
will be her guest for some time.
—Mrs. Dr. Riber, of Benien Springs, Michigan,
accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Wilkinson,
of Lansing, are visiting relatives and friends in
Penns-valley. Mrs. Riber was formerly a Miss
Runkle, and left Pine Grove, for the West, when
her husband, now deceased, went to practice his
profession some thirty years ago. This is her
first visit home in all those long, long, years.
—At the Baum home on east Bishop street the
usual summer reunion is on and a gay time they
are all having entertaining the two little grand-
daughters with driving, picnics and lots of good
things toeat. The arrivals this week were Hilda,
Mrs. Nathan Reisman, and her little daughter
Miriam, of Princeton, Ind., and Rosa, Mrs. Jake
Hassell, of Washington Court House, O., and
her little daughter, Henrietta.
—Charles M. Atherton, so well known in this
community for his rare musical and ‘athletic
talents, was in town on Wednesday ‘morning on:
his way to Los Angeles. He has quit playing
ball at Buffalo and will play on the coast until
Christmas, then prepare to go to the gold fields
of Cape Nome when spring opens up. Charley
thinks there are millions in a claim he has up
there and we hope his dream will be realized.
—J. Thomas Mitchell Esq., arrived home last
evening from his tour abroad.
—Walter Sternberg, of Philadelphia, is here
after an absence of several years enjoying a visit
with the friends of his childhood.
—William Derstine and his son Jesse, went up
to Buffalo Wednesday to enjoy the exposition
and spend some time with Frank, who is now
located at Niagara.
—DMr. and Mrs. Hunter Knisely, Mr. and Mrs.
John Knisely, Lewis Bordon, and Bruce Garman
were with the party of Bellefonters who went to
Atlantic City yesterday morning.
—Mrs. Annie Caswell, who has returned from
Coatesville and Punxsutawney for the summer
and opened her house on Penn street, is enter-
taining her brother Rev. Morris Swartz and his
son, of Shippensburg.
—Mrs. Edgar Hazel arrived last evening from
Niagara Falls and will visit her parents, James
Mackey, below town for some time. She has just
gotten out of the hospital up there and is home
to recuperate a little.
—John Morgan Esq., now of Charleston, West
Va., and who is up at State College visiting his
brother Frank, was in town, Monday, looking up
old acquaintances after an absence of thirty-one
years. His brother Jesse was here from Kansas
last summer renewing old memories and now
Mr. Morgan has come to enjoy the first vacation
in fifteen years. He apparently has earned his
holiday and can afford it and though many
changes have taken place since he was counted
one of the young Lochinvars of Half-moon valley
—for he left the State in ’69, he still retains his
benignity and good looks.
RIGHTS OF SCHOOL BOARDS.—Judge
Ferris, of Luzerne county, has rendered an
interesting opinion in which he decides
that a court of equity has no jurisdiction to
supervise and direct the official discretion
of a board of school directors when such
discretion has been “exercised without
fraud. The case was not an unusual one.
It was an application for a peremptory
mandamus to compel the school hoard of
Nescopeck to admit a young man named
Strong as a pupil to the schools of Nesco-
peck without charging tuition fees. Strong
was raised in Nebraska, and upon the death
of his father went to Nescopeck to live with
a brother-in-law and alleged that he intend-
ed to make Nescopeck his permanent home.
The school board refused to admit him as a
free pupil to the public schools on the
ground that he was a non-resident of the
district, and the court refused to interfere.
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——The net proceeds of the fancy dress
party held in the armory last Thursday
evening, under the direction of Miss Eliza-
beth Blanchard and Mrs. Burnet for the
public library fund will be very near sev-
enty-nine dollars. And Petriken Hall is
assuming tangible proportion since the
women, who are working so assiduously
for the memorial, are able to report three
five hundred dollar subscriptions one of
four hundred dollars from A. B. Weaver,
of Clearfield, and one of two hundred and
fitty. It isa fund that every man, woman
and child in town should be interested in,
as it is intended for their henefitand pleas-
ure.
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——Albert Jones, of Port Matilda, came
to town yesterday with $100 in his pocket.
He got drunk and met Howard Reber, of
Williamsport, who was the hostler at Gar-
man’s. Later Jones missed his money and
when he went to inquire about it of
Reber the latter had gowe. He left town
on the 2:40 train and now there is a war-
rant out for him for stealing the money.
—— lit
THE DECKER REUNION.—The fourth
annual reunion of the Decker family will
be held at the old Decker homestead Au-
gust 14th. All friends and neighbors and
any one having any desire to attend are
cordially invited. It will be held as a bas-
ket picnic.
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—Mrs. Greninger, widow of A. M.
Greninger, formerly of this place, and her
four children are all in a Philadelphia
hospital and dangerously ill with typhoid
fever. Mr. Greninger died of the same
disease on July 2nd.
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——R. M. Magee, of Philadelphia,
whose serious illness with brain fever has
already heen noted in the WATCHMAN,
was reported yesterday to be improving
aud able to be about. :
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——The oats crop about Rebershurg is
said to be poor.
——A large amount of hemlock and
rock oak bark wanted. Write the North
American tannery, Lewistown, Pa. 28-3b
——Subscribe for the WATCHMAN.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red T1@72%
¢« No. 2 6814@69
Corn —Yellow 60@61
$e Mixed. 5414@58
AT . 4d@e
Flour— Winter, Per Bril......ccoeiniinanians 2.15@2.30
¢# Penna. Roller..... . 2.90@3.15
+ Favorite Brands.. « 3.90@4.10
Rye Flour Per Bril......i.uiie. . 2.65@2.80
Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 13.50@17.00
$e £4 J Mixed. “1 12.50@14.00
Straw......ovivs. roe. . 7.00@17.00
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 :
ed wheat, cui au 65
Rye, per bushel.......... 50
Corn, shelled, per bus 50
Corn, ears, per bushel... 50
Oats, per bushel, new 30
Barley, per bushel... 45
Ground laster, per ton. 8 50 to 9 50
Buckwheat, per bushel . resins 40
Cloverseed, per bushel...... ...§6 60 to 87 80
Timothy seed per bushel.....ueriind $2.00 to $2.70,
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel [.........ccormeinnie on yearns 75
Onions xaesy FA I 2
s, per dozen..
Foi per pound..... 10
Country Shoulders. 10
Sides...... 9
Hams.. 12
Tallow, per pou 8
Butter, per poun ' 15