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Bellefonte, Pa., August 16, 1901.
CORRESPONDENTS. —NO communications. pub
lished unless accompanied by the real name of
the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——H. T. McManaway is moving into
the house on east Bishop street lately vacat-
ed by Frank Crawford.
——The United Brethren church and
Sunday school of this'place will picnic at
Hecla next Tuesday.
——John Harrison, of the Bellefonte
school teaching corps, has announced his
candidacy for county superintendent.
——The Centre county fair next month
will attract thousands of people to Belle-
fonte. You certainly ought to be among
them.
——There were not many people there
but the Logans had a nice picnic on Wed-
nesday. They had splendid music and
showed every feature they advertised.
——A terrific hail storm passed over the
vicinity of State College and Lemont Fri-
day afternoon. Corn was cut to the
ground and many windows were broken.
——William Hosterman, of Coburn,
having heen appointed a special rail-road
police, with headquarters at Ft. Wayne,
Ind., departed with his family on Friday.
——Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Brungart, of
Rebersburg, were on Tuesday elected by
the board of director” to manage the Odd
Fellows’ Orphans’ home near Sunbury.
——Miss Mary V. Rhone, daughter of
Hon. Leonard Rhone, of Centre Hall, has
been given a place as stenographer and
typewriter in the Democratic headquarters
at Harrisburg.
——The fair will last four days, but
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will be
the big ones and you ought not to miss one
of them. Think of it, an entire day’s
amusement for only 25cts.
——Wm. Noll, the Pleasant Gap
merchant, would like very much to have
the gentleman (?) who carried away 30
chickens for him the other evening send
him his card so that he can return the call.
——Today the Bellefonte Methodists are
going to picnick at Hecla. The Coleville
band will be there and an effort is being
made to have it one of the largest con-
gregational picnics that has ever gone out
of the town.
———While driving down to Hecla park
with her parents, on Sunday morning, Miss
Mabel Otto, a daughter of Hamilton Otto
spied the Yeager & Davis shoe balloon and
secured the tag that entitles her to a pair of
$3.50 shoes for nothing.
The steady down pour yesterday was
not very propitious for the Wilson family
reunion which was to have been held in
the upper end of Half-moon valley ina
grove near Loveville, or the Clinton Coun-
ty Veteran’s association which was booked
for Hecla park.
The friends of Mrs. J. S. MecCargar
in this place will be very pleased to learn
that she is improving very rapidly in the
hospital in Philadelphia. She underwent
an operation on July 28th that proved
highly successful and her condition was
such that she was able to sit up about
twenty minutes before Mr. McCargar left
the city on Sunday evening.
——The engagement of Miss Mary Cruse,
the attractive and clever daughter of Mrs.
Josephine Cruse, and Mr. S. Kline Wood-
ring bas been announced. The date of the
wedding has not been made public but it
will take place some time this fall. Miss
Cruse, who is quite young, isthe only
daughter of the late A. J. Cruse. While
Kline is one of our young lawyers who has
all the essentials and promises of a most
successful career.
——Among the delights of summer that
we can anticipate with the same certainty
that we do the sunshine is a sample of the
delicious peaches that grow in Dr. A. W.
Hafer’s orchard on Reynolds avenue. And
we have not been disappointed for many a
season. This year the crop was not so
large as usual but they made up in quality
what they lacked in quantity. The first
peach that was plucked from the trees
weighed an even half pound.
——The Bellefonte police have another
one to their credit. On August 20d the
‘WATCHMAN published the story of Albert
Jones, of Port Matilda, and his $100 that
had been so handily separated the day be-
fore. The police suspected Howard Reber,
who was a hostler at the Garman house,
and was drinking with Jones that day. He
disappeared soon after Jones’ money was
discovered to be goneand finally the police
located him in Williamsport, his home.
Detective Joe. Rightnour was sent down
after him and brought him up on Monday.
He was committed to jail in default of bail,
but insists that he did not take the lumber-
man’s money.
——Having returned from a drive, on
Monday evening, Joseph Runkle was in
the act of helping Miss Carrie Hertzler, of
Jersey City, out of his buggy in front of
the Brachbill home, on Spring street, when
he accidentally pulled one of the lines.
His horse started off with a bound, before
the young lady could get out, and dashed
east on Bishop. She had only one line to
guide it with, but managed to keep in the
road until the Aiken corner. was reached.
There she pulled the horse in onto the
pavement, where he was stopped without
doing any damage. Though Joe was
knocked down and run over by the buggy
he was not hurt either.
SHAEFFER'S STORE AT NITTANY BURN-
ED.—The village of Nittany, twelve miles
east of this place, had a disastrous fire early
Sunday morning and within a very short
time after its discovery the large general
store owned by William Shaeffer was total-
ly destroyed.
‘About twenty minutes of 2 o'clock
Sunday morning William Ammerman, who
lives near the store, was awakened by a
terrific explosion. Springing from his hed
to discover the cause he saw flames shoot-
ing out through the roof at the rear of the
store building. His cries of alarm soon
brought a crowd to the scene, but the
flames had gained such headway that the
entire inside of the building was ablaze
and it was beyond saving. There being
considerable powder and cartridges in stock
it was unsafe to enter the building, so that
absolutely nothing was saved but three
barrels of salt that were standing on the
porch outside.
The explosion that wakened Mr. Ammer-
man is supposed to have heen caused by
the blowing up of the oil tank in the rear
of the room.
Tbe building was owned by Clay and
Ellis Rodgers and it is not known whether
they will rebuild.
Mr. Shaeffer carried between $3,000 and
$4,000 insurance on his stock. He is not
likely to resume business at Nittany again.
The cause of the fire is a mystery; one of
the theories being that robbers set it afire
to cover up their tracks.
DRAWN A HOMESTEAD IN OKLAHOMA.
—Chas. D. Runkle, of Pittsburg, a son of
the late associate judge J. D. Runkle who
lived and farmed south of Centre Hall for
many years, is the lucky holder of No.
1144, which drew one of the choicest
quarter-sections of land recently allotted
by the government to- homesteaders in Ok-
lahoma.
On July 1st Mr. Runkle left his home in
Pittsburg to make a long visit to his sister
in Lillyvale, Kan., whom he had not seen
for twenty years. While there he decided
to join a party that was going to make a
trip overland, a distance of 175 miles, to
El Reno, Oklahoma, where the great reser-
vation was to be thrown open. They
made the trip and Mr. Runkle was repaid
by having held a winning number in the
drawing.
There were so many applications in ex-
cess of the amount of land that the govern-
ment intended to throw open that it was
decided that a drawing would be fairest,
consequently all applicants registered and
were given a number.’ Some numbers be-
ing blank and others calling for quarter
sections of land.
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THE DEPUTY TREASURER AND DALE'S
SHEEP. — Talk about being stamped-
ed. Deputy treasurer Jim Corl was
right in one on Wednesday evening and
when he was through his trousers looked
as if he had been stampeded and cycloned
both.
He was riding to his home at Pleasant
Gap, on the eventful evening, and had
reached the vicinity of Dale’s, when a large
flock of sheep, that were being chased, hel-
ter-skelter, by a dog, bore down upon
him. Jim turned his bicycle to all of the
four points of the compass, but there
were sheep everywhere. They ran
into him, onto hima and over him,
so that for awhile he was completely
submerged in sheep. When he finally did
get himself extricated from that tangle of
mutton and lamb it was only to see the
big bell wether sailing down the pike
astride his wheel and the dog chewing at
the remnants of his trousers.
This last spectacular feature was supplied
by Commissioner Miller, who had a hear-
say view of the episode.
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MR. BEERLY WAS APPRECIATED.—The
Reformeds of Boalsburg held their barvest
home services on Sunday and ’Squire
Nathaniel Beerly, of Milesburg, was one of
the number of visitors who were there.
His presence meant more than that of an
ordinary spectator, for he contributed de-
liglitfully to the program, by playing sev-
eral flute solos at the morning service and
accompanying the choir both morning and
evening. The ’Squire is an artist when it
comes to playing a flute, consequently it is
little wonder that the people of Boalsburg
speak in such unstinted praise of his con-
tributions to their harvest home service.
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A FINE PIECE OF WORK.—Ott Hie,
the Pleasant Gap stone worker, has ample
reason for feeling proud over a job he has
just completed on the old Boal homestead
near Boalshurg. The place is being reha-
bilitated by the heirs and part of the im-
provement is a massive gateway. The
gate is supported by two columns, ten feet
high, built of native limestone and sur-
mounted by immense urns or bowls. When
the fence is completed the effect will be
very pretty and it will then be found that
the hammer of the Pleasant Gap mason
has contributed no small part to it because
of the fine work on the gate pillars.
——While riding home from work at
MecCalmont’s quarries on Saturday evening
Ed. Nibart and a fellow workman, of
Milesburg, met with quite an exciting ac-
cident. They were on bicycles and when
near the old toll gate they ran too close to
one of Fisher’s horses. The animal kicked
the fellow who was ahead, knocking him
off the machine, then Ed. rode right over
him, because be couldn't stop. Both men
and wheels were pretty badly battered up,
but neither was seriously injured.
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——The lawyers defeated the business
men of Bellefonte in the ball game at!
Heola park on Wednesday by the score of
20 to 17. ’
——The next great event in the county
will be the fair. Are you coming?
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~—To-morrow evening the ladies of the
United Brethren church will hold - a. festi-
val on the lot near the Gerberich mills, on
Thomas street.
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——The stockholders of the Rebersburg
water system defeated the motion to im-
prove, by providing fire equipment, by a
vote of 50 to 40.
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——Russell L. Mohler, of Howard, was
elected secretary-treasurer of the Chain-
maker’s Union, at the second annual meet-
ing held in Pittsburg last week.
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——James Passmore and other Philips-
burg gentlemen have bought several lots
on the lower end of Front street, in that
place, and will erect a brewery there.
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——The Philipsburg council has decided
to reduce the tax levy of that borough for
the current year so that the total millage
will be 28% instead of 30 as levied last year.
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——Miss Bertha Hockenberry and An-
drew A. Thal, of Benner township, who is
employed out at the furnace,are to be mar-
ried Tuesday morning in the Catholic
church.
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——The United telephone company have
fitteen men at work on the pole line be-
tween Woodward and Hartleton. When
it is completed that corporation will bave
service between here and Sunbury.
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——George and Elizabeth Garman, of
Verona, are mourning the death of their
sixteen months old son, which occurred
from cholera infantum on Friday morning.
Interment was made in the Union cémetery
on Sunday.
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——No gambling or faking will be toler-
ated at the Centre county fair. The pro-
moters started off last year to take; good
care of all the people who visit the grounds
and the result was so pleasant that the rule
will be strictly enforced this year.
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——The Misses Snyder, daughters of
Elias Snyder of the east end of Nittany
valley, had a runaway near Salona,on Tues-
day, that resulted in both ladies being
pretty badly bruised, but not seriously
hart. Both of them were thrown out.
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—Owing to its distance from the
church the Presbyterians of Philipsburg
have sold their parsonage on 9th street, in
that place, to Mrs. H. 8. Cooke, of Malling-
ton, Md., for $1,600. The trustees are now
looking around for a more centrally located
home for their preacher.
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——Howard Leaber, a patient in the
Lock Haven hospital, was dismissed on
Saturday and departed, taking with him a
pair of tronsers belonging to an Italian pa-
tient, a pair of slippers and other articles.
The police captured him later, however,
and he will languish in jail for awhile.
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——A person by the name of Hale who
was put in jail for breaking into a railroad
station at Williamsport some time ago es-
caped by climbing over the wall. Wednes-
day morning he was seen and recognized
near the Heckman farm, near Loganton,
and was arrested and taken back to jail.
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——According to Wednesday's Lock
Haven Democrat Mrs. A. A. Hall and son
William, Mrs. H. G. Hanna and son
Horace, Mrs. Annie Woodward and daugh-
ters Florence and Edna, of that city, left
that day for Stormstown, Centre county,
where they-are attending the Wilson re-
union and the unveiling of a monument.
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——Patsy Sabat, an Italian laborer,
was seriously injured at Stevens stone
quarry up Buffalo Run on Saturday morn-
ing. He was putting off what is known
as a pop blast and had loaded the hole with
powder, placed the dynamite cap therein
and was packing it down when the explo-
sion took place. His eyes and face were
badly burned by the powder and his hands
fearfully torn. He was taken to the Lock
Haven hospital on the afternoon train,
where he is improving.
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——DBurke C. Brady, of Brookville, who
was graduated from The Pennsylvania
State College with the class of 1900, died
at Parroli, Mexico, recently with typhoid
fever. He was the only son of A. L.
Brady and had gone to Mexico to follow
his profession as a civil engineer; having
been employed by the Hidalgo Mining Co.
His body was buried there ; owing to the
impossibility of removing it north.
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——Mr. and Mrs. Philip Walker came
to town yesterday from up Buffalo Run
and tied their horse in front of Shuey’s
grocery. Mitch Walker, who happened to
be visiting in town, out of the kindness of
his heart, thought he would tie the ecrit-
ter a little more securely than Philip had
him, so it was only about twenty minutes
later that the horse started homeward at a
2:40 clip and Philip and his wife were left
to wander around in the rain and get home
the best way they could.
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——Ralph L. Reynolds, of Penna Fur-
nace, a son of Geo. W. and Anna Reynolds,
was killed on the rail-road, a short distance
west of Birmingham, on Saturday after-
noon. He had walked down the tracks
from Tyrone and attempted to board a
freight train with the result that he was
thrown under the wheels in such a way
that they passed over his body diagonally
from his shoulder to the waist, killing him
and taken to Grabam'’s uudertaking rooms
in Tyrone, where they were prepared for
burial and later sent to his: home. Rey-
nolds was just a few days past his twentieth
birthday and is survived by his father and
mother and a sister.
instantly. His remains were gathered up |
MR. JACOB LEATHERS.—On Sunday
moriding, Aug. 11th, Mr. Jacob Leathers,
one of the oldest and most highly esteemed
citizens of Mt. Eagle, passed away at his
home at that place after an illness-of sever-
al months duration. He took a. severe
cold last November from which he never
recovered and at times suffered” greatly.
This with dropsy resulted in his death.
He was born at Mt. Eagle Dec. 23rd,
1818, making his age 82 years, 7 months
and 18 days. He was twice married.
First to Harriet G. Malone, who died in
1864. To them were born the following
children all of whom survive their parents:
Mrs. William Askey, Mrs. Francis Gart-
hoff, Keifer Leathers and Ella and Judson,
both at home. His second wife was Han-
nah Antis who is still living. The com-
munity in which Mr. Leathers spent his
long and helpful life has lost a most esti-
mable citizen. He was a most. generous
and obliging man, a staunch, true Demo-
crat, and a consistent, earnest christian.
But it is his family who will miss him
‘most, for he was a most kind and consider-
ate father. In 1867 he joined the Metho-
dist church and from that until the slosing
scene of his life he was always ready to as-
sist in advancing Christ's kingdom on
earth. The funeral took place on Tuesday.
Interment was made at Curtin’s.
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Mgrs. CATHARINE SHEESLEY.—Mrs.
Catharine Sheesley died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Edward Woomer, at Boals-
burg, on Thursday morning, last. She had
been in bed for about twenty months with
illness incident to her advauced age of 80
years.
Deceased was born in Union county,
where she made her home until a few years
ago, when she came to Boalshurg to reside
with her daughter. Her husband, Peter
Sheesley, died seven years ago, but the fol-
lowing children survive : Mrs. Woomer,
Boalshurg ; Mrs. Sesan Robeson, White
Deer ; George, Penn Hall, and Jackson, of
Woodward.
Interment was made on Saturday morn-
ing, Rev. Black having officiated.
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DEATH oF I. C. McCLoSKEY—Isaac C.
McCloskey, a prominent citizen of Kar-
thaus township, Clearfield county, died on
Tuesday, Aug. 13th, aged 75 years.
He was born in Clinton county in 1826,
and settled near Karthaus in 1848. In
early life he was engaged in lumbering,
afterwards followed the mercantile business
and finally gave his attention to farming.
In all of these enterprises he was very suc-
cessful. and accumulated a large amount of
real estate, much of which is valuable coal
land in Karthaus township.
He was a Democrat of the old school,
and took considerable interest in politics.
One of his sons Edgar L. McCloskey, of
Clearfield, was sheriff of Clearfield county
from 1889 to 1891.
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DR. W. W. PorTer.—Word was re-
ceived here the latter part of last week of
the death of Dr. W. W. Potter, a former
Pennsylvanian, but who had resided for
many vears at Holland, Brown county,
Wis. Dr. Potter, who was a genial man,
musical and fond of society, was a full
cousin of Mrs. Catharine Cartin of this
place, and the late captain W. W. Potter
and Dr. George L. Potter.
His death occurred at the Wisconsin
Veterans Home hospital near Waupaca,
Wis., Aug. 3rd, of cancer of the stomach,
and being unmarried with no close family
ties, his remains were laid to rest in the
veteran’s cemetery on the shore of Rain-
how lake.
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OscAR J. MEYER.—Oscar J. Meyer, one
of the best known young men in Milesburg
and a mill-wright of considerable skill,
passed away at his home in that place, on
Wednesday afternoon, after a year’s de-
cline with consumption, though he had
been confined to his bed for only a week.
Deceased was the eldest son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. B. Meyer, who survive him with
his brothers Henry H., of Bellwood, Ivah
M., at home. He was about 37 years old
and was a member of the Milesburg I. O.
O.F.
After services in the Methodist church at
Milesburg this morning his body will be
brought here for interment in the Union
cemetery.
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—A. T. James, who was one of the
factory inspectors during the Hastings’ ad-
ministration, died on the street in Wil-
liamsport on Tuesday morning. Mr. James
had risen early with the intention of tak-
ing one of the morning trains. He went
to the postoffice and was returning when
he fell to the sidewalk. Those who rush-
ed to his assistance heard him gasp his
name and residence, when he expired. He
was taken to his residence. Heart failure
was the cause of death. He was 63 vears
old. Deceased was formerly a resident of
Philipsburg, this county, where he was lo-
cated when appointed a factory inspector.
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——DMyrtle Shay, the fifteen year old
daughter of Solomon Shay and who was
employed in the match factory here, died
at her parents’ home at Tangletown, near
Milesburg, on Wednesday night of diph-
theria. She was buried Thursday after-
noon at Curtin’s. Only one other case of
diphtheria is reported in that same com-
munity,
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——Henry Smith, of Howard, who was
injured on the knee while working on a
lumber job in Potter county several months
ago, has been taken to the Williamsport
hospital, suffering with a bad case of blood
poisoning. His wound was not thought to
be serious at firss.
——William Wise, 16 years old, a son of
Henry Wise, of Loganton, fell from a train
onthe P. & E., near Aughenbach’s on
Sunday morning, and died from his injur-
ies. The boy had been employed in the
Gheen & Spigelmyer store ‘at ‘Antes Fort
and was going to the Pine camp meeting
from that place. While walking | from one
car to another the train’ strick the sharp
curve at Aughenbach’s aod Wm. was
thrown off. His shoulder bone was frac-
tured, arm broken, and he suffered several
scalp wounds.
man and his Bible was found open on the
table in his room at his boarding honse. :
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—J. J. Ragan, ‘of Eagleville, died at
Costello, Potter county, very suddenly. of |
heart disease. He was engaged at directing"
the building of a log slide and was walk-
ing along the job when he fell over and |.
expired. Deceased was quite well known’
in that vicinity and was about 55 years of
age. Surviving him are his widow. and
sons Harvey and James. His remains
were brought to Eagleville for burial.
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——Joseph Kennedy, the 17 year old
youth who was so badly burned while at
work in the Sandy Ridge fire brick works,
died from his injuries on Monday evening.
He suffered terrible agony during the three
weeks that elapsed between the accident
and his death.
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——James Conley, the little six year
old son of Michael M. Conley, died of diph-
theria yesterday morning and was buried
in the Catholic cemetery in the afternoon.
Joseph another little son is quarantined
with the same disease at his parents home
on Beaver street.
News Purely Personal.
—Robt. Morris spent Sunday with friends in
Altoona.
—Dr. and Mrs. Geo, F. Harris returned from
Cape May on Monday evening.
—W. Scott Houser, of Coleville, has gone to
DuBois to work in a machine shop there.
—John Tonner Harris, of Philipsburg, spent
Sunday with his parents in this place.
—Miss Sarah Potter, of Linn street, is visiting
her aunt, Miss Chrissie Sanderson, at Mill Hall.
—John D. Meyer and Paul Fortney returned
from their trip to Atlantic City on Monday even-
ing.
—Mrs. Charles Taylor, of Hoboken, N. J. is vis-
.iting her sister, Mrs. C. M. Garman, at the Gar-
man house.
—Maj. W. J. Singer returned, yesterday morn-
ing. from a two week’s business and pleasure
trip to New York.
—Nelson E. Robb, district manager of the West
Branch Telephone Co. spent Sunday with his
family in this place.
—Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hildebrand, of Philadel-
phia, are guests of Miss Holliday, at the Spangler
home on Allegheny street.
—Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Shugert left, on Wed-
nesday morning, for a visit with the latter’s rela-
tives in Chester county.
—Mr. and Mrs. Jack Furst, of Williamsport, are
visiting the former’s parents, the Hon. and Mrs.
A. O. Furst, on Linn street.
—Fred Willhelm, of Pittsburg, is visting at
the home of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Shields, in this place.
—Former Governor D. H. Hastings and John
P. Harris departed for Cambria county on Mon-
day afternoon; making the trip by buggy.
—Mrs. Archie Allison and her little daughter
Catharine returned home, Tuesday evening, from
a ten days stay with Jersey Shore friends.
—Miss Betty Breeze, of Curtin street, departed
for Downingtown, on Monday evening, where
she will visit her brother Andrew for a few days.
—Mr. and Mrs. John Gobrecht, of Logan street,
returned on Wednesday afternoon from a visit of
several weeks to their parental home in Hanover,
York county.
—Col. and Mrs. Wilbur F. Reederand Hard P.
Harris were Sunday guests of Lock Haven camp-
ing parties who have cottages at Farrandsville,
on the Susquehanna.
—Mrs. Harry Yeager is in Harrisburg visiting
her sister Mrs. George Karstetter. Before re-
turning home she will spend some; time with
friends in Lancaster.
—Miss Helen Ceader went to McKeesport Wed-
nesday to visit her aunt Miss Regina Ceader.
From there she will go to Buffalo on Tuesday for
a week's stay at the exposition.
—Mrs. Charles Schreyer nee Crosthwaite, of Al-
toona, and three of her children Patty and the
two twins, are in town visiting Mrs. Schreyer’s
aunt, Mrs, S. A. Bell and other relatives.
—Miss Mary Darby and her sister Mary, who
had been guests of Mrs. Morris Yeager at the
Brant house for several weeks, left for their
home in Baltimore on Monday afternoon.
—Prof. and Mrs. A. L. Candy, of Lincoin, Neb.,
are guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Schaeffer, on
Curtin street. Prof. Candy occupies one of the
chairs of mathematics at Lincoln University,
—Mrs, A. J. St. Clair and her daughter, Mrs.
Bullock, of Unionville, were in town doing a little
shopping cn Tuesday and greeting friends here
who are interested with them in county Sunday
school work.
—Mrs. Shorkly and her daughter Miss Mary
Shorkly, of Williamsport, who have been visiting
Mrs. Charles E. Gilmore and other relatives here
for the past’ ten days, returned to their home on
Monday. ‘
—Mrs. Ed Cook and her little daughter came
in from Jeanette Monday on account of the con-
tinued illness of Miss Mollie Snyder, Mrs. Cook's
gister. Miss Snyder is better, but is not yet able
to leave her home where she has been housed up
for two weeks. :
—C. J. Stem, our good farmer friend from Logan
township, Blair county, was in Bellefonte Satur-
day afternoon on his way to College and Haines
townships, where his father and many other rela-
tives lives, Mr. Stem is still a Democrat, not-
withstanding the fact that he lives in a precinct
where there are only five others of the true blue
to fight hundreds of bad Republicans.
—Lewis Grauer departed for Philadelphia, Bal-
timore and New York, on Saturday evening, and
will be gone ten days or more. While his mission
is partly one of pleasure his principal object is to
buy goods for Lyon & Co's big store in this place,
and their many customers can rest assured that
the invoice of fall and winter goods that will fol-
low Lewis home will be something really worth a
trip to town to see.
—Father william J. Richmond, of Newark, N.
J., spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fen-
lon, at the Bush house. He was a friend of theirs
before he took the orders and officiated at
their wedding at Oakland, Md., last summer.
Father Richmond has a most attractive personal-
ity and in consequence has been wonderfully
successful in mission work in the city to which
he has been assigned.
-on business yesterday, ,
He was a very good young |:
—Joseph Grossman; of Tussey ville, was a Belles
; fonte visitor on Saturday.
—Harry T. McDowell, of Ahbders, was in town
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‘—Adam Hasel: and’ Jerry. Dénevan, of Axe
Mann, took in the state convention at Harrisburg
yesterday; and we. know that in all that push two
better Democrats were not to be found.
—Mrs. Margaret Meek, who has been enjoying
a visit of two months with ‘her Centre county re-
lations and who has been a guest at the home of
-her brothier, John Keichline Esq., on Bishop
‘street, for several weeks, will return to her home
in Altoona to-day.
—Mrs. Letitia Thothas, ‘with Her daughter Miss
Mary, Dr. and’ Mrs. Chdries: Shafiier and their
daughters, Misses Annesahd Grace, are ‘all here
from. Philadelphia, and'make up a “very pleasant
family house party at the’ Mitchell. home on
‘north Thomas gtreét: 5 + 0 \'%
—Miss Margaret Sechier: who Ins a graduate of
fortunate in her oiotassion: ‘at. Baltimore; Md., is
at home to spend the remainder of the summer
with her pafents, Mr. and Mrs. Sechler, of Linn
street,
ME and Mis. ‘Fred Kurtz Jr., of ‘Lewisburg,
“spent Sunday at the home of the former’ s parents,
the Hon: and Mrs. Fred Kurtz, on north Alle-
gheny street. ‘Since taking hold of t the ‘Lewis-
‘barg Journal Fred has'been making a very inter-
esting paper out of it and present indications bid
fair to his success.
—At the Speer home on West High street a fam -
ily party is now in session which necessitates
Treasurer Speer being on ‘the road fost of the
time,either to the farm or his famous truck patch
on Beaver street. The arrivals of this week were
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Speer, and their four chil-
dren of Normal, IIL, and Mr, and Mrs. Will Speer
of Pittsburg, and their son Hale. :
—Mrs. Mary M. Dolan, of Pleasant chp) was in
town ona little shopping expedition on Friday
and indeed it is'a pleasure to meet one who seems
as happy and contented with h er lot as she is. Of
course a little windfall has just come her way in a
nice pension, with several hundred dollars of ac-
crued payments, and with that and her comforta-
ble little home ont there she is far happier than
many who have their homes in palaces.
—With the Warcamax and the Gospel Banner
folded up together in his pocket J. C. Sauers pass-
ed through our town on Saturday on his semi-
annual pilgrimage from Williamsport to State
College. Had the train wrecked and our friend
Cal. been killed we feel certain that hic future
state would have been one of happiness, for the
devil would never think of going up against such
a combination as the Warceman and the Gospel
Banner.
—When Col. Grosvenor. Tarbell, of 8t. Joseph
and Chicago, and Mr. Frank Gill, of Pittsburg
in particular and Everywhere in general, left
Bellefonte on Monday afternoon two heavy
weights in the affairs of the Standard Scale and
Supply Co. Ltd. departed. The former is the
general selling agent of the Standard in the
West and the latter is vice chairman of the board
of directors. They were here on a ten day’s
visit to chairman William Burnside and
left town with far more respect for the
place and its people than they had when they
came. In fact the whirl of the town kept the
visitors guessing about as fast as they have forced
their opposition to work their thinkers and the
situation was so novel to them that they liked it
and will be back. Anthony and the rest of us
will be glad to see them, too.
Alf. Baum and his brother Harry
left for Somerset with Co. B yesterday
afternoon. They have the contract for
supplying the Fifth Regt. with horses dur-
ing the encampment and took fifteen head
from their fine stables here.
rere fone
VISITORS TO ATLANTIC CITY :(—You can
secure pleasant accommodations at reason-
able rates at the Ocean Queen hotel, con-
ducted by Mrs. Helen A. Jones and Samuel
Jones. Ocean end of Tennessee avenue.
Fine location, comfortable rooms, good
board, favorable terms. 46-32-4¢*
Ql ns
. ——After several month’s idleness C. P.
Long's saw mill at Madisonburg was start-
ed up again.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat Rad rina in iis aia a tiaras nnesnnsinsr onan T1@1734
8 mm NOD irisnisinss sis inion sssssannivess pz 16g
Corn A 621@65
od —Mixed...... svi@iolg
ESL. ssa rs ses
Flour— Winter, Per B 2 0 30
¢“ —Penna. Roller... 2.90@3.15
*¢ —Favorite Brands
Rye Flour PerBril.......i.. iii ian 2,
Baled hay—Choice Timothy 5; 1... 13.50@17. .00
Mixed “ 1... 12.50@14.00
Steal eS 7.00@15.00
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by C. Y. WAGNER,
The following are the quotatidbns up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
Red w
d wheat,.
New wheat.
Rye, per bu
Corn, shelled, pe:
Corn, ears, per bushel..
Qats, per bushel, new ..
Oats, per bushel, old...
Barley, = r bushel...
Ground Plaster, per ‘to
Buckwheat, per bushel.
Cloverseed, per bushel..
Timothy seed per bushel.
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel 75
Daions svar 4 60
, per doze 12
Tots ad und. 10
Country Shoulders... iiss dorsnrmrrsssnases 10
Sides..... 9
12
Tallow, per pound. 3
Butter, pe boii; 18
° The Democratic Watchman.
Published every Friday morning, in Bellefonte,
Pa., at $1.50 per annum (if paid str tly in advance)
$2.00, when not paid in advance, pied | $2.50 if not
paid before the expiration of Ty 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-
aid for in advance.
beral discount is made to persons advertis-
ine by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows :
SPACE OCCUPIED [3m | om | 1y
One inch 2 lines this type............. $ 3 8 3 $ 10
Two inches..........uici viii. -
Three inches.......cviunne 1 1 »
quarte r Column inches 12 | 20 | 80
f Column (10 inches).. 20 (8 | 55
One Column (20 inches)... 35 | 85 | 100
Advertisements in special column 25 per cent.
additional
Transient ‘adv. Jer line, 3 insertions 20 cts
Each additional insertion, yer line... 5 cts
Local notices, per ne. Saessnerubnsasasis 20 cts,
Business rr per li EEO sre otesaasnsineis ..10 cts,
Job Printing o Svery kind done with neatness
and dispatch. The Warcamax office has been re-
fitted with Fast Presses and New Type, and
everything in the printing line can be executed
in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates.
Terms—OCash.
All letters should be addresse
P. GRAY MEER. Bromrioto