ES A EE Bellefonte, Pa., August 30, 190l. —— CoRRESPONDENTS.—NO communications pub lished unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. EE BE EE HE SST ET THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY ——Are you coming to the fair? Every- body else is. ——The curb market on Tuesday was very largely attended. ——The Bellefonte public schools will open on Monday, September 2nd. ——W. H. Reese, of Milesburg, has ac- cepted a position with the Adams Exp. Co. at Windber. ——Miss Carrie Daley, of Lock Haven, has been elected as a teacher of one of the Unionville schools. — Farmers about Wood ward are rais- ing their potatoes because they are rotten- ing in the ground. — A fine boy baby was born to Dr. and Mrs. Albert Engles Blackburn, at their home in Philadelphia, last Thursday night. ——Co. B returned from camp at Somer- set, on Saturday evening. The men were all in good condition and reported having had a very enjoyable time. ——Monday night the stork flew to the Hastings home on north Ailegheny street _ with the dearest little mite of a girl that it left for Ross and Mis. Hickok. ——Garman’s will open for the season on Wednesday night September 11th, when Mark Twain's great comedy °‘‘Pund’nhead Wilson” will be seen for the first time in Bellefonte. ——Conrad Miller, of this place, has been awarded the contract for the abut- ments for the new bridge that Clinton county will erect over Fishing creek at Tylersville. ——The Zion band festival in Gentzel’s woods, on Saturday evening, was starting off in fine shape and would have been arouser had the rain not set in and puta damper on the enthusiasm. ——We had a very cheerful, encourag- ing letter from F. K. Smith, of Clearfield, on Wednesday. One of the kind that helps along wonderfully in our hours of trials and tribulations. Then Joseph Wilkenson, of Kermoor, added a little fuel to the fire by a nice little enclosure. ——The Evangelical camp meeting at Booneville attracted a great crowd on Sun- day. Rev. Fenstermacher, of Spring Mills, preached in the morning; presiding elder Leopold, of Philadelphia, preached in the afternoon and Rev. J. W. Bower, of Wil- liamsport, in the evening. The crowd is said to have been very orderly. ——A lady from Philadelphia “writes to the WATCHMAN as follows concerning a former Bellefonte girl: ‘‘While in Philips- burg recently I had the pleasure of hearing Miss Bessie Swartz, the fine soprano soloist, sing at the M. E. church, where she delighted a large audience by her ex- cellent singing. Miss Swartz was former- ly of Bellefonte but now resides in Philips- burg.” ——Mrs. Herman Miller, of east High street, was leading her cow from the barn a few days ago, when she met with an ac- cident in which her leg was broken. She had the cow fastened to a rope and as soon as it got out of the stable door it made a dash for liberty. The unexpected jerk threw Mrs. Miller off her feet and the rope became fastened around her leg so that she was dragged quite a distance. ——Mrs. Emile Joseph gave a delightful musicale at her home on High street Tues- day evening. It wasin honor of her niece’s, Miriam Heller's, thirteenth birthday and a large circle of the Josephs friends were there to enjoy it. The lawn was screened from the street by canvas and all about were scattered little parties who were serv- ed at small tables, while the musical part of the program was being carried out. ——Jerry Roan, the well-known farmer up Buffalo run, was in town on crutches on Tuesday. He was kicked by a horse about four weeks ago. Both of the animal's hind feet having struck him on the right leg above the knee. Jerry says it is the first rest he has had in sixty-two years and he doesn’t look on the accident asa mis- fortune at all. It is pretty ‘‘bard lines,” however, when a fellow has to get his leg kicked nearly off in order to get a little rest. ——The Bellefonte gas works were sold on Wednesday morning, at sheriff sale, for $51,000. The property includes all the rights and franchises of both gas and steam plants, with their properties, excepting two lots on Curtin street. Henry Brock- erhoff, trustee, was the purchaser. J. W. Gephart, representing a Mr. Stevenson, head of a Philadelphia syndicate, was the only other bidder. The company has about $54,300 in bonds and accumulated interest out, together with about $18,000 of a float- ing indebtedness. —— Among the many new students who will attend the Academy this year from a distance are two young sons of E. G. Ache- son, of Niagara Falls. This gentleman spent the last two years of his educational life at the Bellefonte Academy and since that time has invented carborundum and startled the world by the numerous useful articles of machinery, ete., which can be produced from that material. In his let- ter to Mr. Hughes, announcing his inten- tion to place his sons in the Academy, he says : “‘I know of no school where I would rather place my sons than in your hands.” Two FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENTS. — Every day. some terrible. accident throws the pall of sorrow over some community, but it is not often that two such tragedies as occur- red on Monday evening and Tuesday morn- ing have for their victims residents of so small a village as Lemont. Two young men, Elmer Williams and David Tate, both promising and ornamental in their re- spective spheres, were ushered into eternity with scarcely a moment’s warning and to- day hosts of friends mourn the accidents that caused their untimely end. MANGLED BY THE CARS. Elmer M. Williams, an employe of ths Pennsylvania Railroad company’s freight shops at Altoona, was instantly killed Monday evening shortly before 6 o'clock, his body being terribly mangled. The ac- cident occurred at the eastern side of the freight shop. Williams, who was employ- ed asa car builder, had been to andther part of the building to get some material, and returned with three pieces of flooring, which he was carrying on his right shoulder to where he was working. On his way he was obliged to cross the gang way, known among the shop men as the dog hole, through which the scale track rans. Just as he came out of the door to the rear of Cunningham’s office and stepped on to the track, the small yard shifter No. 767, J. W. Burley, engineer, and George Boring, fireman, entered the gang way. Though the fireman was ringing the bell and the engine was running slowly, Mr. Williams failed to notice it. The timber he was carrying probably partly obscured the view, and his mind was doubtless ab- sorbed in his work, and, when he reached the middle of the track, he was struck by the shifter. The engine is built with only a foot board in front so that he was thrown fairly under it, the ‘wheels passing over his body and legs, terribly mangling them. He was dragged ten feet before the engine could be stopped and was dead when those who witnessed the terrible accident reach- ed him. Elmer M. Williams was born at Lemont, Centre county, and was aged 32 years. He had been a resident of Altoona since 1898. He was married on June 20th, 1898, to Miss Blanche Hess, of Kylertown, Clear- field county, who with one son, Merrill, survives. He is also survived by his fath- er, John I. Williams, of Lemont; two sis- ters, Mrs. Sadie Rishel, and Miss Myrtle Williams, and one brother, Harry, all of Oak Hall. He was a member of the Wal- put avenue Methodist Episcopal church, being one of the stewards of the congrega- tion and active in the work of the church and Sunday school. He was also a mem- ber of the Juniata council, No. 372, Junior Order United American Mechanics ; the Modern Woodmen and the railroad relief. He was an exemplary young man and was highly esteemed by those with whom he came in contact. ~~ . Funeral services were held at his late residence Tuesday evening at eight o’clock, conducted by Rev. M. C. Piper, and the remains were taken to Kylertown Wednes- day morning, where interment was made. MET A HORRIRLE DEATH WHILE THRESH- : ING. One of the most shocking accidents that has ever occurred in this section was re- ported from Houserville early Tuesday morning. David M. Tate, a son of A. J. Tate, of Lemont, had gone down to Houser- ville to help with the threshing on the Wertz farm. Work was started early and everything was progressing nicely. In the crew of men with the thresher were John and Philip Wertz, Emanuel and Daniel Houser, owners of the machine, and sever- al others. About eight o'clock the unfor- tunate young man started to climb over the thresher to put some water on a hot bearing. In doing so his right leg slipped into the feed hole, where the rapidly revolv- ing cylinders carried it in hefore he could make an ountery. As soon as possible the engine was stop- ped and he was taken out. His fellow workmen were horrified to find that bis leg had been ground to pieces almost to the thigh. There was nothing left of it up to the knee and all the flesh was stripped off from there to the thigh, leaving only about six inches of the main bone. A hole had been torn into his abdomen through which the intestines protruded. Notwithstanding such horrible mutila- tion he remained conscious long after he had been carried into the Wertz home, where he expired from the shock about balf past twelve o'clock. Though a physician was summoned at once and arrived at the scene early it was impossible to do any- thing that would save bis life. ‘That evening the body was taken to his home in Lemont, where funeral services were condncted, on Wednesday afternoon, and interment was made in the Shiloh cemetery; Rev. Shultz, of Centre Hall, of- ficiating. David M. Tate was a son of Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Tate. He was born near Pine Grove twenty eight years ago. Upon arriving at mature age he became a school teacher and tanght at vacious places iu the country un- til he enlisted in the regular army and was attached to the 7th heavy artillery, station- ed at Ft. Slocum, New York. After alittle over a year’s service he was honorably dis- charged and returned to his home in this county. About two years ago be married Miss Etta Hamer, of Philipsburg, who survives him with their infant son. His father and mother and the following sisters and broth- ers are also living : William and Andrew, of Pine Grove; George, of Duquesne ; Thomas, of Orangeville, 111. ; Wesley, and Mrs. Edwin Smith, of Oak Hall, and Mrs. F. D. Lee, of near Bellefonte. ° He was a fine young fellow, a member of the United Evangelical church and presi- dent of the Keystone chapter of Christian Endeavorers of his church. — Growers in all parts of the county complain that peaches are rottening very fast. —— Edward Winner caught a carp weighing 24 1bs in the river at Lock Haven on Monday morning. eee AA — ——An entire train of fifteen loaded cars was wrecked at Cato, on the Beeck Creek, on Sunday. A broken wheel caused the the accident. ——A horse owned by liveryman G. C. Harvey died while mail clerk Weber, of the C. R. R. of Pa., was driving from his home in Rebersbuig to Mill Hall on San- day. ——Jack Haverly, the old time minstrel and theatrical manager, who spent his boyhood days about Axe Mann, is reported to be very ill in a hospital at Salt Lake City. ll i ——The Luce planing mill at Centre Hall was slightly damaged by fire on Tuesday afternoon. A spark from the smoke stack ignited the roof, bus the fire | company responded promptly and soon had the flames out. ee GA —— " ——On Saturday, August 17th, Roland Smith aged 26 years, height 5ft. 8in. weight 160 1bs, left his father’s home, three miles above Beech Creek, to go to a picnic at Hubbard’s and has not been heard of since. He had $49 on his person. te — Franciscus, the Lock Haven magi- cian, will open his season on September 11th and will work continuously until March 1st. He will tour Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. His show this season will have a roster of eight people, all New Yorkers. i 2 ap i ——Mrs. Miller Waite, of Northwood, near Tyrone, committed suicide by taking rat poison on Sunday. She was 33 years old and leaves a husband and six children. She did the rash act because she was under the impression that nobody cared for her and she could not live without being liked. et A Stress —— Mr. Philip Barrow and Miss Martha Packer were married at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Packer, at Beech Creek, on Friday evening. After the ceremony the couple left for a visit to Ringtown and other points. Upon their return they will live at Beech Creek, where the groom is employed as a telegraph operator. ——Bellefonte Castle K. G. E. bad a banquet on Tuesday evening, at which the Knights and their ladies, to the number of one hundred and fifty, were entertained. J. Kennedy Johnston Esq. was master of cere- monies and toasts were responded to by J. M. Keichline Esq., S. D. Gettig Esq. and J. H. Woomer. Miss Elizabeth Faxon, elocutionist, was the principal entertainer and was enthusiastically received. ’ ——Burglars made quite a tour of houses in Beech Creek on Sunday night. First they tried to get into the home of John Wynn, but Mrs. Wynn frightened them off. Then they succeeded in getting into Dr. Mothersbaugh’s house by the window route, and carried off a pair of the doctor’s trousers. Another pair was taken from the home of Mr. Wesner and they al- so entered Peter Gould’s house, but got nothing there. ——At a picnic held at Fernwood park, on Thursday, by the Houtzdale Odd Fel- lows, there were two thousand guests and from among them a quartet of Odd Fellows whose combined years aggregate 309 was made up. They were: Philip Dotts, former treasurer of Clearfield county, aged 86, 58 yearsamember ; George McQuillen, Houtzdale, aged 72, 49 years a member ; J. A. J. Pearson, of Chester Hill, aged 72, 47 years a member, and Perry Troxell, of Glasgow, aged 79, 42 years a member. Mr. Dotts, is distinguished as the oldest: Odd Fellow in the State. : e———— AAA ree. ——At Carbondale, Pa., on Labor day, Monday, September 2nd, the tour of Ship- man brothers’ ‘‘Pudd’nhead Wilson,” will open, and this in spite of the fact that there are labor troubles in this State. Some managers who are cancelling dates for early September engagements, or else rearrang- ing their routes, say that this firm of mana- gers is tempting fate by playing their en- gagements as originally scheduled. They have had dire resnlts prophesied for them, but Shipman brothers will take the chance and the tour as originally booked, stands, without a solitary deviation. It may mean a loss on the first weeks of the season, but the theatre goers have been expecting ‘Puddn’head Wilson,” and Shipman Bros. will give them the comedy on the dates originally promised. ‘‘Pudd’nhead Wil- son” will be presented at Garman’s on Wednesday night, September 11th. — ge LL, —An effort is being made to have the next division encampment of the National Guard in Centre county. Col. W. Fred Reynolds bas offered his fine farms at Rock View for the use of the soldiers and is of the opinion that the site would furnish ample accommodations for the entire di- vision. The proximity of the L. & T, railroad and ease with which pure Spring creek water could be pumped over the grounds in abundance combine to make the place almost ideal, if the plateau for parade purposes is large enough. Adj. ‘Gen. Stewart was coming up to look over the site within a short time, bad he not met with the misfortune of a broken leg. In fact Col. Reynolds’ proposition was so near being accepted that the decision was to be made soon, so that he could arrange his crops this fall in order to suffer the least damage from the camp of eight thousand Bic FIRE AT PARVIN.—The big flouring mill of the Knecht Bros. at Parvin, in the lower end of Nittany valley, was totally de- stroyed by fire on Tuesday evening, en- tailing a loss of about $15,000 upon which they have only a partial insurance. Just what started the fire is not known. Shortly before dark one of the millers was on the fourth floor, but noticed no signs of it, though flames were discovered in that portion of the building soon after. It is believed, however, to have started from friction of the machinery or, perhaps, from spontaneous combustion. The flames spread rapidly and as there was no fire apparatus in the vicinity they had everything their own way and soon completely destroyed the structure. There were large quantities of wheat and other cereals stored in the building. The owners had recently removed all the prod- ucts of the two farms to the mill. While the flames were in progress, willing hands quickly carried the flour to the barn. While some of the flour and grain were carried out, yet about 3,000 bushels of wheat and about 2,000 bushels of oats,corn, ete. were burned with the mill. The building was three stories, with an attic, in height. The walls of the two low- er stories were stone, while the third and the attic were frame. Last fall the mill was equipped through- out with a new system of machinery, which was put in at great expense, and which so improved the mill as to make it one of the most up-to-date in the country. The mill being destroyed at this time of the year will be a great hardship to the owners, as well as an inconvenience to the farmers. The mill was established thirty years ago by W. S. Knecht, the father of the present owners. —eee GO THE HORSE, Cow AND PIGS BURNED.— Between two and three o’clock on Saturday morning the stable at the rear of H. R. Curtin’s double tenement on east Curtin street was discovered to be on fire. The place is occupied by Origen Atwood, who had a horse, cow, pigs, two buggies, a cart, harness, cooper tools and feed in the stable, Everything was burned up. The fire had gained such headway before its discovery as to make it impossible to save the animals. They were evidently loose from their fastenings inside the stable when the first people got to the scene, but the outside doors were locked and the flames from above were swirling down in such a manner as to make it impossible to get them open. Mr. Atwood had $200 insurance on his property. The fire is supposed to have been of incendiary origin. — i ree House BURNED.—The two story frame dwelling, located just opposite the en- trance to the Hebrew cemetery on the road to Roopsbug, and owned and occupied by Frank Garret, was totally destroyed by fire on Monday morning. It is supposed to have caught from sparks from a neighboring chimney and as it is located considerably beyond the borough limits it was some time before the fire de- partment could locate it or get a stream on. As it was it required seventeen hundred feet of hose to reach. The fire had gained such headway that there was no hope of saving the Garret property, so that the entire attention was given to keeping adjoining properties from becoming ignited. Mr. Garret had $1,000 insurance on his house and $500 on the furniture, which amounts fully cover his losses. FOR POSTMASTERS AND PATRONS OF THE WATCHMAN.—From time to time we have received complaint of papers reaching the readers in a mutilated condition and as it has always heen the aim to have the WATCHMAN a model of excellence in all its features we have tried to discover the cause in each case. Occasionally a torn or badly printed pa- per will escape the eye of the mailers in this office and reach the reader. Of course it could have beeu prevented, but in the hurry and worry of a newspaper office it seems wonderful that more imperfect papers do not find their way to the public than do. : : So far as we have been able to discover the greatest trouble comes from the paste that: is used to stick the little yellow label on the top of your paper. If it should happen to be just a trifle too thick, or too thin, the mailing machine will put too much paste on and the superfluous amount will be pressed out around the edges of the label. This would dono damage if the paper could be permitted to dry before be. ing piled up, but hundreds of them must be gotten ready for certain mails and all those going to the same postoffice must be piled and bundled together at once. The little bit of paste that oozes out around the label on the upper fold of your paper then sticks fast to the lower side of the paper lying on top of it and when the postmaster comes to separate them for dis- tribution, upless he happens to have time to do it very carefully, often causes a little torn or peeled off place at the top of the 6th column of the 1st page of the paper. Of course a careless postmaster will make it a great deal worse than it need be by jerking or ripping the papers apart, but the probabilities are that the fault is not his in such cases and you do him an in- justice by accusing him of maltreating your WATCHMAN. — ——James Somers, driver for R. B. Tay- lor, was quite badly bruised while hauling pipes for the new water mains on Wilson street, on Wednesday. His team frightened and he became tangled up in the lines and was dragged until the horses fell down and the heavy pipes rolled off of soldiers on his farms for ten days. the wagon onto him. News Purely Pevsonal. —Emil Joseph and Harry Holz are in New York on a business trip. —J. L. DeHaas and his twin tourist Abe Weber were up from Howard on Monday. —Fergus Potier Esq., of Linden Hall, was in town for the opening of court on Monday. —C. H. McClain, agent of the C. R. R. of Pa., at this place, left for the Pan-Am on Saturday even- ing. —Mrs. Sarah E. Hoffer and Miss Annie Rich went down to Atlantic City yesterday for a two week's stay. —Misses Mary H. Linn and Blanche Hayes are at Allegheny Furnace spending the week at the country place of Miss Annie Baker. —After a short visit with friends in Tyrone Mr. and Mrs. John P. Harris Jr., with their little son, returned home on Saturday evening. —Rash Irwin and Billy Brouse left for the Pan- Am. on Tuesday and what those two boys won’t see and hear won't take place at Buffalo. —Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey Hunter returned from their wedding tour on Saturday morning and are at Mrs. Hunter's parents’ home west of town. —Charles W. Wilson, the venerable station master at Altoona, with his son Robert, was in town to spend Sunday with friends and relatives here. —Mr. and Mrs. C. H. McClain, who have been up in Buffalo for the past week enjoying the beauties of the Exposition, will be at home to- Morrow. : —Rev. P. MecArdle was in Lock Haven on Tuesday participating in the forty hours devotion exercises in the church of the Immaculate Con- ception in that place. —Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Malin and their son Ogden and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shugert returned from a visit to relatives in Chester county on Friday afternoon. —Edward Harper, of the firm of Harper Bros. grocers, returned from the University hospital on Tuesday, having undergone a very successful operation. —Miss Emily Alexander, of Centre Hall, and Miss Grace Armor, of this place, are with a party of Tyrone campers at “Idlewild,” along the Rays- town branch of the Juniata. —Mrs. Harry Taylor, ot Bellwood, who had been here on a brief visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Howley, of east Bishop street, left for her home on Monday evening. —Austin Brew has just returned from quite an extended stay at Oakland, Md., the salubrious climate of that resort having brought his health up to the proverbial pine knot condition of heartiness. —Former sheriff W. M. Cronister was in Bellefonte on Monday, taking a peep in at court and shaking hands with his many friends here. The sheriff expects to run up to the Pan-Am. for a few days. —Arthur Valentine, with his little son Abram, were here from Crafton to spend Sunday at Mrs. R.V. Pugh’s on Curtin street, where Arthur's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Valentine, have been spending the summer. —Mrs. Hammon Sechler and her daughter, Miss Margaret, who went down to Ocean Grove two weeks ago are so pleased with the varied at- tractions of that favored resort that they will not return home for some time. —John Brachbill, of Curwensville, was in town to spend Sunday with his mother and brothers and sisters. John expects to enter the railway mail service ere long and we trust he may be successful in his application. —Mr. and Mrs. George Boal, of Washington, D. C., who have been down at the sea shore for the past three weeks on account of the former's health, arrived in town yesterday fortheir annua visit at the Longwell home on Spring street. —Mrs. Joanna Foster and her daughter, Miss Margaret, who have been guests of Mrs. Thomas R. Hayes at her beautiful home on Allegheny street for the past week, went to State College yes- terday for a short visit at William Foster's before returning to their Harrisburg home. —Sam McClure, of Pittsburg, is home for his first vacation since locating in the Smoky city. While he looks a shade thinner than when he left Bellefonte that is not to be wondered at, for he has a splendid place and Sam does not mean to default in any of the many duties imposed upon him. —James Passmore, the wealthy Philipsburg hotel man and coal operator was in town on Monday on a business mission. = Mr. Passmore is interested in the big brewery that is proposed for Philipsburg and when it is built it will likely oc- cupy a site on Front street that is admirably adapted for such an industry. —Orrie J. Stover, who is making money and becoming popular at Falls Creek, was in town on a little business on Saturday. He had been called to Eagleville, his old home, on account of the death of his nephew, Frank Linn, and took the opportunity to run up here to attend to a lit- business and greet his many friends. —Harry Teats, of Curwensville, looking better than we have seen him for years, was in town on Wednesday and spent the night here. Yesterday morning he went down to Zion to look after hav- ing the family lot in the cemetery there fixed up. It scarcely seems possible, but it has been fourteen years since Mr. Teats left Bellefonte. —J. H. Roush, of Madisonburg, wasin town on Monday. He and Mrs. Roush will start, in a few days, on a trip to the Pan-American and from there they will journey on out to Dakota, Ill, for quite an extended visit with relatives there. Miss Rose Morris, of Dakota, who has been East visiting them for some time, will ac- company them. —To-morrow Miss Margery Cass and her broth- er Charles, with the big house party of school mates they have been entertaining at their charming home in Tyrone, are coming down to spend Sunday at the Country club at Heela. The party includes a dozen or more popular young people and two or three clever chaperons, so more than a lively time is anticipated. —James R. Alexander dropped in yesterday morning to tell us that our collector had not been worrying him at all but that the absence of one caused him to forget all about his paper for some time and he wanted to get ahead of us for awhile. The WarcrmaN rarely sends out a collector sim- ply because most of its readers are good men like Mr. Alexander, who come in and pay up when they think about it. —Mr. and Mrs. Edward Speer and their four children who have been visiting his father, coun- ty treasurer W. T. Speer, and other relatives in Central Pennsylvania for the past two months, left for their home in Normal, Ill, Saturday noon. Will Speer and his wife, who were also guests at the Speer home on west High street, cut their visit short and returned to their Pitts- burg home on account of the illness of the for- mer, who is confined to bed with typhoid malaria. —The Country club down at Hecla seems to be the attraction par excellence just now with pleasure Jovers and those who have the privilege of enjoy- ing its delights. On Saturday a gay party of Tyrone celebrities and their friends went down and the fun they didn’t have until their return on Monday evening is not as much as insinuated in Billy Baxter's letters. The end men of the party were Billie Scullen, Dick Farrel, John Anderson and Jack McCamant, with such old stars as Horie Blair, Clate Poorman, Lloyd Ow- ens, Dick Beaston, Adie Mingle, the Rowlands and Josephus Atlee hanging on to the wings and borders waiting for their cue to get into the game as soon as the rag was rolled. —Ethelbert E. Wood and his family, of Scott- dale, are in town visiting sheriff and Mrs. Brungard for a few days. —Mr. and Mrs. Dave Foreman were in town on Wednesday on their way to Tusseyville, where they will go to housekeeping. —Mr. and Mrs. John Ardell and their two daughters, of east Linn street, are among the crowds at the Pan-American this week. —Joseph Pizzarelto, one of New York’s widely known musical instructors and artists, is a guest at the home of Mrs. Louise Bush, on Spring St. —The guests at the Furst home on Linn street this week were Mrs. Martha Keller, Will 8. Furst and Mr. Johnson, one of his law partners, all of Philadelphia. —John Given, of New York, has been in town for a few days looking after some of his property interests here. John is still on the Evening Sun but has been taking things very easy for the past six months. —H. W. Todd, the young Philipsburg coal op- erator, was in town on Tuesday, having come over to consult with Gen. Beaver in some busi- ness matters in which they are mutually inter- ested. — Miss Lillian Antes, who has been employed in the Western Union Telegraph office in Tyrone for a number of years, is at present spending her vacation with Mrs. Sadie C. Hile, at Pleasant Gap. 3 —W. L. Daggett, of the Bush house, surprised his friends here by dropping in from Atlantic City on Wednesday morning. Though a trifle thinner than usual he says he is feeling fine and we trust he will continue so to do. meme QA ee, A Croup BURST IN THE RIDGES.—‘‘The Ridges,’’ between Mileshurg and Howard, were devasted by a cloud burst on Satur- day night and many residents of that sec- tion are heavy losers by the flood. John Hazzard’s corn and potatoes were destroyed. George Noll’s farm was nearly ruined and his chicken coop aud chickens carried off. All the buildings on John Woomer’s place on Marsh Creek were wash- ed away. David Poorman’s pig pen was swept away with the pigs in it, but they escaped and returned. George Rickard’s pig pen and pigs were washed away. Jos- eph Fetzer’s buildings were greatly damag- ed. Hardisell’s barn was carried away with the entire crops in it. Col. James Weaver, Irvin darvey, Jos. Krebs, George Musser, Peter Ammerman and many others suffered all or partial loss of their fall crops. tim ——A literary treat is in store for you on next Thursday evening, in the lecture room of the Methodist church in this place. It will be under the direction of the Epworth League and will include numbers by Miss Elizabeth Faxon, Bellefonte’s talented elocutionist, as well as some clever musical contributions by popular local artists. Admission 25 and 15cts. LE OL PLEASANT GAP BAND FESTIVAL.—The Pleasant Gap band will hold a festival at that place to-morrow, Saturday evening, to which everyone is invited. The band boys are going to try to make up to-mor- row evening what they lost through the threatening weather on the evening of their big fantastic parade. The Zion band will be present. EE i] A WATCH LosT.—A small open faced watch, with the monogram M. V. V. F. on back, was lost on the street between the Bush house and Miss Ellen Woods’ apart- ments on Bishop street. The finder will b e suitably awarded by returning same to this office. —— As VISITORS TO ATLANTIC CITY :(—You can secure pleasant accommodations at reason- able rates at the Ocean Queen hotel, con- ducted hy Mrs. Helen A. Jones and Samuel Jones. Ocean end of Tennessee avenue. Fine location, comfortable rooms, good board, favorable terms. 46-32-4t* Philadelphia Markets. The following are the closing prices of the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening. 134 @TY Whest—Red S3iikessaananesesssnseRspanives eit vee 4 «No.2. 633@73) Corn —Yellow. % % “ —Mixed. 56@5914 os . 40%@43%; Vi . 215@2.30 —Penna. Roller. . 2.90@3.15 + Favorite Brands. . 3.90@4.10 Rye Flour Per Br’l 2.65@2.80 Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 12.50@16.00 od 4s fe Mixed ** 1...x. 12.50@13.50 7.00@15.00 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, .. New wheat.. Rye, per bus Corn, shelled, pe Corn, ears, per bushel.. Oats, per bushel, new .. Oats, per bushel, old... Barley. per bushel........ Ground Plaster, per ton Buckwheat, per bushel Cloverseed, per bushel.. Timothy seed per bush ..$2.00 to $2.95 Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co. Potatoes per bushel . 75 Onions........eeevees 60 Eggs, per dozen. 12 Lard, per pound. 10 Country Shoulders, 10 Sides..... 9 Hams.... 12 Tallow, per pound. 38 v 18 Butter, per pound.... The Democratic Watchman. Published every Friday morning, in Bellefonte, Pa., at $1.50 per annum (if paid strictly in advance) $2.00, when not paid in advance, and $2.50 if not paid before the expiration of the year; and no paper will be discontinued until all arrearage is paid, except at the option of the publisher. Papers will not be sent out of less paid for in advance. A liberal discount is made to persons advertis- ing by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows : |3m|6m | 1y ntre county un- SPACE OCCUPIED One inch (12 lines this type.............. $5 (88 (810 Two inches.......ceeissnsssnnens Jd 1110 515 Three inches......oconsnrasies 10 | 15 | 20 uarter Column $8 inches) 1220 30 alf Column (10 inches)... .| 20 | 8 | 55 One Column (20 inches)....cccuuesesnniee 35 | 55 | 100 Advertisements in special column 25 per cent. additional. Transient advs. per line, 3 insertions Each additional insertion, per line.. Local notices, per line Business notices Job Printing of eve! and dispatch. The Warcnmax office has been re- fitted with Fast Presses and New Type, and everything in the printing line can be executed in the mostartistic manner and at the lowest rates. Terms—Cash. All letters should be addressed to . GRAY MEEK, Proprieto N
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