———— PE —— rg AEE ” ep tg I — Bellefonte, Pa., December 13, 1901. CoRRESPONDENTS.—NO communications pub lished unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY ——Edward Gross, of Water street, is re- covering from an attack of appendicitis. ——~8Samuel Jordan, of Moshannon, has been granted a pension of $17.00 per month and John H, Fish, of Philipsburg, $6. Wednesday was somewhat of a sur- prise in the weather line, especially after Monday and Tuesday’s bad breaks. ——Rev. Geo. I. Brown, rector of St. John’s Episcopal church, spoke in the Sal- vation Army barracks last evening. ——Tomorrow will be the last day on which you can lawfully hunt for rabbits, turkeys or pheasants. The season ‘closes on Sunday. ——Tillie Gummo, of Flemington, swal- lowed a lot of eye lotion in mistake for medicine on Tuesday and came near dying in comsequence of it. ——John M. Parker, merchant and post- master at Curtin’s Works, has been lying in a critical condition all week. He has pleurisy very badly. ——The ice went out of the river at Lock Haven on Tuesday night, without having done any more damage than carry Miss Helen Lesher’s boat house away. ——The Millheim Journal is in search of the Millheim band, which it thinks is lost. Too bad for such a fine organization as it once was to be allowed to disintegrate. ——Mayor Edmund Blanchard was con- fined to his home on west Linn street dur- ing the fore part of the week on account of a serious cold he contracted while skating Friday night. ——Enos W. Erhard and Miss Eva M. Henderson were married at the United Brethren parsonage in this place at 11 o'clock last Thursday, by the Rev. T. W. Perks. ——Two young sons of E. D. Graham, an employee of the Standard scale works, whose home is at the corner of Allegheny and Logan streets, are sick with scarlet fever. ——Edward Nearhood has severed his connection with the Potter-Hoy Hardware Co., and is now helping take care of the daily rush at the Yeager & Davis shoe store. ——See our own make of fine Christmas candies for churches and schools at 10 cts. Ib. Beautiful embossed Christmas boxes furnished free when you buy your candy at SOURBECK’s. ——DMiss Lulu Rine, daughter of James Rive, of west High street, and a member of the class of 1901 at the Bellefonte High school, has been chosen teacher for the Hecla park school in Walker Twp. ——Miss Frances S. Bitner and Alfred E. Bituer, both of Blanchard, were marri- ed at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage in Tyrone Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. John A. Wood, Jr. ——Samuel Guisewhite, of Bellefonte, has been granted a pension of $8.00 per month; Simon Bathurst, of Roland, $6.00 a month and George W. Baisor, of Wad- dle’s $8.00 per month. ——Gregg post presents something real- ly worth seeing, something instructive as well as amusing when it asks you to go to Garman’s Monday night, Dec. 30th, to see Howe's moving pictures. Seats can be re- served at any time. The prices are 50, 35 and 25cts. —The ladies of the Presbyterian church, at Port Matilda intend holding a chicken and waffle supper on the evening of Decem ber 24th. It will be beld in the K. G. E. hall and everybody is cordially invited to attend and partake of the good things that will be served that night. ——The thermometer registered 10° be- low 0 at Loganton last Friday morning. It was colder than any other place report- ed in this section. . Such a low temperature three weeks before Christmas is indeed un- usual. The ponds were covered with ice ranging from five to seven inches in thick- ness until the thaw came on Sunday. ——A special session of the Susquehanna Classis of the Reformed church will be held in this place Monday morning. The serv- ices will be held in St. John’s Reformed church and all are invited. Rev. Schmidt, the new pastor of the St. John’s, will be formally installed in the evening at 7:30. Rev. G. W. Kerschner, of Centre Hall, president of the Classis, will preside. — William Wilkins, formerly superin- tendent of the Bellefonte furnace, is now general superintendent of the Cranberry farnaces at Jobnson City, Tenn. The po- sition is an excellent one and in addition to a handsome salary carries with it a large house, with grounds; the house being heat- ed by steam and lighted by electricity Mr. Wilkins’ friends in this place will be pleased to learn that he has secured this desirable advancement. ——Tbe next attraction in the Star course will be John R. Clarke, orator, vo- calist, mimic, actor, traveler, who will lec- ture in the court honse on Wednesday evening, December 18th. Mr. Clarke has been hefore the public for twenty five years and is reputed as heing one of the most en- tertaining talkers on the American plat- form. His famous lecture ‘‘Hits and Misses’’ has a world wide reputation as an unique combination of drollery and serious philosophy. WHAT OF MeCALMONT & Co ?—Ever since the proposals were first made looking toward a combination that would control the lime and lime-stone output of the coun- ty there has been more or less speculation as to what would become of the McCalmont & Co. interests in this place. While the famous old sunny-side lime kilns are not so large as to ever be able to seriously threaten the market their product is of such a quality as to make them a very valuable property and a highly desirable adjunct to any combination that might be formed. It was well known that the Morris and Stevens interests were to be absorhed, but no one could tell what was to become of the McCalmont plant. There were so many stories afloat that little credence was put in any of them, but now that the trust bas actually gone into operation it is only natural that the public should be interest- ed in it, especially since it embraces inter- ests that have played such an important part in eur industrial life. The new American Lime and Lime-stone Co. embraces the properties of A. G. Mor- ris, A. A. Stevens and J. King McLanahan in Blair, Centre and Huntingdon counties. It became operative on Dec. 1st, but not until Saturday did McCalmont & Co. sign the papers that deeded over their property. The rumor on the streets is to the effect that the firm has sold out their entire lime interests, including quarry leases, kilns, crushers, railroads, etc. A WATCHMAN representative called at the office of the firm on Monday, but they failed to affirm or deny the report. It was learned there that in the event of a sale their other inter- ests will not be effected at all. They will continue in the coal and sup- ply business and operate their large imple- ment and seed store on a still larger scale, with the addition of a fewside lines. Of course it is understood that in any event the store is to be moved from its present location on April 1st. Just where it will be located after that date is not settled. It might be in Bush’s Arcade and it might be on South Allegheny street. The McCalmont & Co. lime and stone in- terests were divided as follows : Mrs. Wm. Shortlidge one half, Miss Jane McCalmont one fourth and Robert McCalmont one- fourth. As it was understood that Mr. and Mrs. John Walker would sell their own lime kilns, that they were operating in con- junction with the firm’s, should the price be right, it is only natural to infer that they have gotten their figure too and will turn their property over to the trust Jan. 1st, 1902. . Bur His INVENTION DIDN'T WORK.— It wasn’t just exactly necessity that moth- ered an invention that Howe Stevens, of Tyrone, undertook to work on a Belle- fonte Central train a few days ago. It was inclination to be in a comfortable house, rather than be standing at the 1o0adside to frantically wave his arms when the express should come thunderingalong—an express coming thundering along sounds big for the Central doesn’t it ? The embryo lime magnate was at Hasting’s crossing and wanted to board the train for this place. Being a little ahead of time he did not relish the idea of stand- ing there in the cold, when Mr. George Hastings’ comfortable home was so near by. But how to flag the train without be- ing there was the problem that detained him——only for a minute, however, for a happy idea flashed through his brain—a really ingenious plan to stop the train. He would plant bis traveling bag right be- tween the rails and it would tell the ad- vancing engineer that he should stop for a passenger. With this done hesought shelter, confident that his invention would have the desired effect. Well, you all know Jerry and can imag- ine what happened. He has been on the road for more than a quarter of a century and has been accustomed to looking out for trains ahead, bridges afire, cattle on the track or land slides. He has always been a fearless engineer, but since he has been riding old No 2 over the Central he has grown a trifle more cautious. With it all, however, he wasn’t paying any attention to little brown heaps, that were as low he- tween the rails as that bag and he never knew that it was there until a procession of night shirts, * collars, cuffs and . variegated ties skurrying heavenward in such numberg as to almost obscure the sky, startled him. It looked as if some one’s wash line was riding off on a March gale and the sight was so curious that Jerry stopped to see which was going to land farthest up the side of the mountain— the remnants of the brown satchel or the pink pajamas that were fairly walking up along the tree tops. OF course when the train stopped the young inventor stepped out of the house with more pride than swells in Marconi’s breast when he receives a message from a boat four hundred miles at sea. It was a great idea. Strange that no one had ever thought of it before, hut when he had learned why the train really had stopped and what had become of his satchel he re- alized that some inventions are all right, yet not exactly practicable. ri ie ProyprrLy PAID—J. Kyle McFarlane, though hadly crippled with locomotor ataxia, still finds time to write life in- surance and the kind of business he does certainly commends him to public favor. He wrote the late James T. Heverly, of Howard, only a short time before his death and just nine days fiom the date of mail- ing the proof of death H. A. Moore, ad- ministrator of decedent, received a check for the full amount of the policy. It is seldom that such quick work is re- ported, but while Kyle is unfortunately handicapped in the hustle for business such instances ought to demonstrate the advantage of carrying business to him. = ——There are 478 inmates in the Hunt- ingdon reformatory. ee ——Dr. T. B. Stewart, a Lock Haven physician, has an automobile. ———— tre . ——See our fine chocolate mixed candy at 10, 15, 20 and 25cts. the 1b at SoUR- BECKS. i ee ——Earl H. Eddy, formerly of Lamar, who is visiting his parents at Williams- port, has been around the globe twice, as a hospital steward in the U. S. Army. He has been on the transport Buford. a ——1If you are in doubt about a Christ- mas present for any of the younger mem- bers of your family or friends subscribe for St. Nicholas. It is the hest magazine pub- lished for young people and will give pleas- ure and entertainment throughout the entire year. *de ~ —F. C. Richard’s sons call attention, in this week’s issue to the fact that they have a better line of novelties in silver and gold for the holidays than they have ever had before. Trinkets of every description, dainty and low priced, are at Richards for your inspection. Call and see them. ha ——Frank Miller, who resides west of Mill Hall, started out hunting Monday morning. He bad his gun cocked and standing on the ground when his dog play- fully jumped against it and discharged it. The load struck Miller square between the eyes. He was picked up by those who saw the accident and carried to his home, where Dr. Painter removed the shot. It is thought that he will recover. i ——Judge Gordon, of Clearfield county, has entered a judgment of ouster in the cases of the Centre and Clearfield Street Railway Co. vs the Philipsburg and Subur- ban railway, Houtzdale and Suburban rail- way and the Philipsburg and Houtzdale Passenger railway company. This decision clears up the question of franchises in that section and already the imagination pic- tures belated suburbanites standing at the corner of Front and Presqueisle waiting for a green car. ——There is juss a word we want to say to you ahout a little matter in which you are directly interested. It is really quite per- sonal, but as there is no real reason why there should be any secret about it we might as well tell you right here. The Holiday season is coming on and the neigh- bors say that they do hope that you'll learn to be economical and buy your gro- ceries where you can get the very best—al- ways for the same money or less than you are paying for unreliable goods. Christ- mas is a time when you should have good things for the same price that you are pay- ing for indifferent stuff, so why not have them. Now there’s Sechler’s store in the Bush house, the very oldest and best and most reputable in town and you can always depend on getting just what you want there and, perchance, just a shade better than you have ever had it before. Try Sechler’s for some of your holiday groceries and you will probably keep on buying there and be glad of it. te -—There are moving picture shows ga- lore, but Howe's is the king of thew all, as everything about it is right up to the times and it leads all competitors, just like the Barnum show lead all circuses. Fully fif- ty pictures are shown at every performance and each one is true to nature, being accom- panied with realistic sounds. Mr. Howe is constantly adding new pictures on worthy and interesting subjects and for that express purpose made a tour to Europe last summer, consequently is able to keep far in the lead of all competitors. When- ever a new picture is placed upon the mark- eb if it is of any worth, he will purchase it regardless of the enormous expense involv- ed. In this way ke has secured the rar- est pictures and has even gone to the tronb- le of importing from France some bheauti- ful gems of views, that are perfect ideal dreams of the art of animated pictures that have 110 duplicates in America, and is it any wonder that his exhibitions ean not be outdone by his numerous rivals? He leads and ot ers try to follow. That is the rea- son packed houses greet him everywhere and ihe demand for return dates keeps in- creasing. It is the biggest show of the kind on the road to-day. No wait or de- lay, hut a solid picture show lasting over two lms. Howe's pictures will be shown at Gav.an’s Monday night, Dec. 30th. Lote Leseiniiag. ARTHUR DEMING AND HIs SHOW.— Arthur Deming, the premier minstrel, made his debut in comedy at Garman’s Tuesday night and a gushing debutante he proved. In ‘‘Dou’t Tell My Wife’’ the famous black-face artist has picked up a clever little skit that makes an admirable vehicle for the work that a number of really first class specialty people introduce. It is light and jolly throughout and tells the story of the troubles of William Green and his wife, during a short stay at At- lantic City, and all brought about through the blunders of the hotel porter, who, of course, is Mr. Deming. There is an in- extricable mixup of ridiculous situations that keeps things moving from the rise to the fall of the curtain and when the “Em- peror’’ gets in his turn, in the third act, there is an explosive finish that sends everyone away happy. Mr. Deming bas heen wise in not try- ing to make a one man show of it, though be could entertain any audience delightful- ly for an evening, but in Hines and Rem- ington, Lynch, Mack, Dempsey and Misy Burnham he has surrounded himself witha sextette of top liners who make a splendid setting for the man who has won such fame a8 a minstrel. Mes. HARRY STEVENsSON.—There is a double measure of sorrow in the death of Mrs. Anna Swartz Stevenson, which occur- red at her home on east High street, last Saturday morning. Aside from the poig- nant grief that death always brings when it claims one just in the full flower of life there is a sadness in her death that seems irreparable, for three little children are left motherless and one of them, a habe of less than a week old. The child was born on Tuesday and its mother was doing nice- ly until quinsy developed and in her weakened condition she fell a victim to it. Ms. Stevenson was born at Hublersburg May 7th, 1870. She was the daughter of Christian and Susan Swartz and besides her husband and three children, her brother Lincoln E. Swartz, of Hublersburg, sur- vives. Rev. Dr. Shriner held services over her remains in the Methodist church Tuesday afternoon and interment was made in the Union cemetery. ll I I DAVID BANEY DROPPED DEAD.—The venerable David Baney died in a very sen- sational manner early Saturday morning by suddenly falling over on the crossing between Brown’s corner and Aikens’ store. He had just left the barber chair in the shop of his nephew. Edward Baney, and was on his way up town when he reeled and fell to the pavement. He was picked up and carried back to the shop, when Dr. Locke wascalled, but found that life was already extinct. Heart disease had caused his death. ® David Baney was a well known resident of this place. He was born in Lycoming county 80 years ago aud for a long time was employed at the Mann axe factory. Lately he had made his home with his son Frank oun east High street. He was mar- ried twice, both wives having died years ago. Surviving him are his sons Frauk, Harry and William, of Butler, and his brother Eli. ll I fl HE WAS ANNIE HOBBINS' BROTHER. —William Hobbius, aged 17, fell under a log train at Dents Run, where he was working for J. F. Kidd on the Merrill contract and both of his arms were broken and his face was so crushed that it was an unrecognizable mass. His jaw was broken and the teeth knocked oat. Several ribs were broken and one of them punctured the lungs. The air escaping from the lungs forced its way through the tissues of the body which swelled up after the manner in which a balloon inflates. He was taken to the Williamsport hos- pital where he died. Hobbins was a brother of Annie Hob- bins the pretty daughter of Thomas Hob- bins, whose accidental shooting by her lov- er, John Keenan, near Clarence some time ‘ago, was ventilated in the Centre county courts. li I It ——Murs. Sarah Armstrong, whose home was at Pleasant Gap but who had been re- siding with her daughter, Mrs. James Eckenroth, at Zion, since her health began to fail some time ago, was found dead in bed last Friday morning. She was a most estimable old lady of 74 and bore her troubles with christian fortitude. She was the mother of Abe Armstrong, well known in this place. Interment was made at Pleasant Gap Sunday morning. I I I ——James De Armitt, of Blue Ball, for- merly of Philipsburg, who was working at Morgan Run, was found dead at the latter place Tuesday morning. He had been liv- ing in a shanty. but feeling unwell he went to the home of James Wisor, where he laid down on a lounge Monday night. On arising next morning the family found him dead. He was 60 years old and leaves a widow with two sons and four daughters. I ll I ——Mis. Eliza Boalick, relict of the late Thomas F. Boalick, died at the home of her daughter Mrs. H. F. Maffat, in Osceola, whom she had been visiting for about three months. She had made her home with her son Thomas, in Philipsburg, for the past nine years. Surviving are two sons and five daughters. ll ll I ——=Sara Frances, the 10 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hartsock, of Buffalo Run, died Tuesday morning at 5 o’clock of catarrhal fever. Funeral serv- ices were conducted Wednesday afternoon by Rev. R. W. Runyan and interment was made in Gray’s burying ground. I I I —— Mrs. Margaret Myers, who died at the home of her son William R., at North- wood, rear Tyrone, on Friday morning, was a native of Half-moon valley. She was nearly 77 years old and died of consump- tion. ll I I ——Hannah A. Boob, daughter of Samuel Boob, of Roland, died Monday morning of typhoid fever. She was twelve years old and was buried Wednesday morn- ing. I I l ——Au infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Sharpe died at their home on Lamb street on Monday night and was buried Tuesday afternoon. . ~ oP --—Thecase of Laura H. Mull vs the Ccaldale Mining Co., which was unfinish- ed when the WATCHMAN’S report of the court proceedings of last week was publish- ed, was concluded on Friday afternoon by a verdict for $1551.35 for plaintiffs. While the amount was much smaller than that asked for it was an important matter that they got a verdict at all, since it covers coal royalties extending for quite a time after the date upon which this suit was based. News Purely Personal. —John M. Dale Esq., left for Philadelphia on a business trip Sunday evening. —Miss Bonbright, organist of the Presbyterian church, is in Philadelphia this week. —The Hon A. O. Furst is at Warren this week helping in the trial of an important ejectment suit. —Mrs. W. L. Malin and Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Shugert departed for Philadelphia Tuesday morn- ing for a week’s shopping. —Leonard Rhone, of Centre Hall, was in town Monday morning on his way to a meeting of the state grange at Johnstown. —John Tonner Harris, the Bell telephone man- ager in the Clearfield region, spent Sunday with his parents in this place. —Mus. Abram 8. Valentine has returned from Baltimore, where she spent several weeks visit- ing the family of Mr. George Valentine and the Bonds. —Edward Williams, who teaches the grammar school at Oak Hall is one of the tallest of the two hundred and ninety teachers in the county. His home is in Boalsburg. —Mrs. L. A. Scheffer, of Curtin street, was in Williamsport on Wednesday to attend the wed- ding of Miss Josie Kendig, a very dear friend of her girlhood. —D. L. Zerby Esq., of Millheim, was a Belle- fonte visitor on Tuesday. Mr. Zerby has noth- ing to do with institute and it was purely busi- ness that brought him up. —Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lane, of Tyrone, passed through Bellefonte Monday on their way to Aaronsburg, where Mrs. Lane's father, Noah Leitzel, is seriously ill. —Peter Smith was up from Spring Mills Mon- day attending to some business in town. As it had been almost a year since his last visit here he was kept quite busy. —John Noll and Boyd A. Musser spent last week in Philadelphia as representatives of Con- stans commandery at the sessions of the grand lodge of Masons in that city. —Major W. H. Fry with Mrs. Fry and their young son drove down from Pine Grove yesterday to visit the shops and enjoy Gov. Bob Taylor's lec- ture on The Old Plantation. —Miss Julia Powers, who had been visiting her mother in this place, returned to New York Monday morning, where she is employed in a large printing office in that city. —Mr. and Mrs. GG. Murray Andrews arrived at their home in this place Saturday evening after spending the summer abroad. They do not ex- pect to open their residence in Philadelphia until after the holidays. —Dr. John F. Alexander, of Centre Hall, was in town on Tuesday to the meeting of the county medical society. Dr. W. U. Irwin, of Julian, was another out of town physician who was in attend- ance. y —Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Chambers returned from Pittsburg on Saturday evening, to which city Mr. Chambers had been called by his duties as inspector of public institutions for Western Penn- sylvania. —Mrs. E. B. Hogue expects to move to Jersey Shore in the spring, where her husband is now running a hardware and tin store. The home she occupies now at Bishop and Spring streets will be taken by Dr. J. D. Sebring. —Miss Elizabeth Stuart, of State College, was in town yesterday shopping and visiting the dress- makers preparatory to going to Washington tor the holiday season. She goes Thursday and will be one of a small house party over Christmas. —Harry Lyon, our young Spring township friend who started to housekeeping several years ago and thought it wouldn't seem like the home of his good old father unless he had the Watch, MAN in it, was in town on- Monday doing a little marketing and looking for Christmas things. —Among the younger teachers in attendance at institute is Miss Nancy Heberling, a daughter of J. H. Heberling, of Penna Furnace. She is starting rather young in the work but promises to make the success of it attained by her elder sister, Miss Annie, who is now just recovering from a severe attack of typhoid fever. —DMrs. R. V. Pugh and Mrs. Mary Linn, of this place, have joined Mrs. R. J. Haldeman and Mrs. A. Wilson Norris, of Harrisburg, for a trip to Charleston, where the West Indian exposition is now going on. While there they will be guests of Senator J. I). Cameron, whose winter home is in that city. —They had scarcely stepped off the train yes- terday morning e’er J. M. Weiland, of Boalsburg, and A. F. Heckman, of Tusseyville, found their way to the Warcuyan office to pay the subscrip- tions of Miss Rebecca Spahr and W. O. Breon, two of our methodical readers who have the very good habit of keeping ahead. Both Mr. Wieland and Mr. Heckman are directors. —David R. Foreman, who has become a peda- gogue and a benedict since leaving the prothono- tary’s office is in town this week enjoying himself at institute and, incidentally, talking on a little political conversation. Mr. Foreman says he is not a candidate for anything, but he is interested in the party and keeps himself as well versed as possible in its doings. —Prof. John D. Meyer, whose serious illness with inflammation of the bowels caused his friends so much alarm last week, recovered -suf- ficiently to get out on Friday. Yesterday after- noon he departed for a trip south. He will spend to-day in Washington, then continue to Colum- bia, South Carolina, for Christmas, as is to be spent with his sister, who lives there. —John B. Long Esq., of Philipsburg, was in town Monday morning for a few hours and when he dropped in to pay his own subscription we were reminded that his very estimable daughter, Miss Florence B. Long, is no longer in the corps of Centre county teachers, to which she was such a valuable member until her marriage last spring. Jt was always Miss Long's practice, when at institute, to look after this little bit of busi- ness for her father. —Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fortney and their daugh- ter were down from Boalsburg on Monday ;} hav- ing driven to town to do some Christmas shop- ping. According to a story we have heard Mr. Fortney must have abandoned the plastering bus- iness for the butcher's knife, since he has been engaged at that work every day for the last three weeks and there was no telling when it would have ended had not rheumatism stepped in to cripple his working arm and cause him to lay off long enough to bring the ladies to town. —AIl. Pletcher, of Nittany, C. D. Moore, of Boalsburg, and Harry Yearick, of Nittany, are three teachers who are in town this week attend- ing institute. The (wo first are among the oldest and best known instructors in the county, while the latter is teaching his first term. He couldn’t have fallen into better hands to learn the ins and outs of his first institute, for Pletcher and Moore are regular old “Rounders” and what they don’t get in fun and profit out of the annual gathering of the pedagogues everyone else misses aiso. —T. A. Auman, of Rebersburg, a young man grown old in the teacher’s harness, and L. A. Mil- ler, of Millheim, who hasn't been at it quite so long, but who bids fair to become a veteran also are two interested instructors at institute this week. Both of them have some very sensible ideas as to what a teacher should be and from reports in their respective communities they must live up to them very close. Mr. Auman teaches in Rebers- burg and has about forty-nine pupils, while Mr. Miller teaches the pike school, west of Millheim, and has forty-four. —AlS. Garman, of Tyrone, was in town yes- terday. —George Washington Rumberger, of Union- ville, was in town on Wednesday and he wasn’t looking for teachers either. —J. W. Kepler, of Pine Grove Mills, spent Tuesday night in town talking a little politics and shaking hands with his hosts of friends here. —Jacob Meyer, of Linden Hall, was one ot the many visitors in town yesterday attracted by the celebrities of institute and the holiday goods. —Mrs. John Mull was a guest at the Andrews home on Allegheny street the fore part of the week. She returned to her home in Philipshurg yesterday. —Miss Margaret Sechler, a John Hopkins nurse and you know they have the reputation of being the best in the profession, is at home from Balti- more for a visit of a few days to her parents in this place. —D. Hall Bottorf, who is farming one of his fath- er’s farms at Lemont was in town yesterday, but it was not the directors meeting or the institute that brought him down. It was purely business with Hall, for he is one of the kind who hasn’t much time for anything else. —Harry E. Leathers, who is helping Prof. Robb to teach the young idea of Snow Shoe how to shoot, is in attendance at institute. In conver- sation on that question he remarked that the chil- dren ot the foreign miners out there are really very obedient and quite apt scholars. —Former sheriff B. F. Shaffer, of Nittany, with his grand-son Robert Allison, was in town yester- day and it was quite gratifying to his friends to note that he is apparently still improving in health. He has been a long and patient sufferer with rheumatism but is mending nicely now. —John Q. Miles was in town yesterday, slicked up so fine that no one would have taken him for the hard working farmer he pretends to be. He says he is now ‘a man of short stays and few words’ but we imagine that depends very largely upon where he happens to be and with whom he is talking. —A. N. Brungart, who had taught all his life in Gregg township has moved over into Miles this year and we suppose the change is perfectly sat- isfactory for he gives no expression of discon- tent and is getting all the enjoyment possi- ble out of institute. He isa son of H. C. Brun- gart Esq., of Wolfs’ Store. —Mrs. William Harper was one of the many visit- ors, yesterday, in this office who substantially re- minded us that a new year would soon be here. She is a near neighbor but we are willing to wager that she was a greater stranger than any of the out of town subscribers who were in during the day, as she is seldom out and her accounts are al- ways way in advance. —J. D. Neese was up from Spring Mills Mon- day and at first we thought it was the institute that brought him, then we recalled that itis a farm and not a school that he has on his hands down in Gregg township. He is farming his father’s farm and is making quite a success of it. Mr. W. W. Neese has been ia poor health for some time, but his son bore the gratifying in- formation that he is getting better. rr Ql rer JOHN EVIDENTLY DIDN'T IMPRESS ANNIE.—Chairman John C. Miller, of the Union party, made a call on editress Annie Williams -of the very stalwart Philipsburg Ledger on Tuesday and this is the way she gave his business away. John C. Miller, of Bellefonte, was in town last evening and was a pleasant call- er at the LEDGER office. Mr. Miller will be remembered by some of our readers as having once presided over a so-called Re- publican county convention. He assures us that he is out of politics now, his errand beinga business one, and then inquired, incidentally, as to where he might find John Gowland in the evening, and if we knew where a man named H. H. Hewitt lived. This was business. and of impor- tance, possibly. ——The Presbyterian fair last Thursday and Friday evenings was a great success. $330 were realized and the purchasers all got their money’s worth. ae ——Our own make of hand-made clear toys and satin finished ribbon candy only 10cts. the 1b at SOURBECK’S. Sale Register. Maxci 1211. —At the residence of J. Morris Furey, on the Burnside farm 2 miles east of Bellefonte, on the Jacksonville road, horses, cattle, imple- ments, harness and some household goods. Sale at 10 a. m. Wm. Goheen, Auc. Philadelphia Markets. The following are the closing prices of the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening. Whenat—Red ............oevsiiierrcrsnsvisreses 821,@83 ¢ —No. 2.. T2@81 Corn —Yellow.. 63@68%; ¢“ —Mixed... 67L5@68 Onty........ dahivesiessn sensor 55 Flour— Winter, Per Br'i 2.60@2.80 ¢ —Penna. Roller..... 3.36@3.50 ¢¢ —Favorite Brands: 4.40@4.60 Rye Flour Per Br'l............... 3.35@3.40 Baled hay—Choice Timothy 1... 12.00@16.00 $e 4 £4 Mixed . 11.50@13.50 Straw . 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,............... Rye, per bushel.... Corn, shelled, per bu Corn, ears, per bushel Oats, per bushel,.. Barley, per bushel... Ground Plaster, per . Buckwheat, per bushel . Cloverseed, per bushel Timothy seed per bushe Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co. Potatoes per bushel ..........ccocenienninn seeeesses 60 Onjons eins Yen 75 gs, per dozen... 23 iy per pound... 11 Country Shoulder: 10 Sides. 10 Hams 12 Tallow, per poun 4 Butter, per pound 23 The Democratic Watchman. 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