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Bellefonte, Pa., January 10, 1902.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——Mrs. A. S. Garman is still in the
Woman’s hospital in Philadelphia.
-——John S. Auman, of Centre Hall, suf-
fered a stroke of paralysis on Sunday.
—— “The Flip Mr. Flop,’’ whoever he
may be, comes to Garman’s tonight.
——Measles are so prevalent about
Woodward that some of the schools have
been closed.
——The Milesburg 0. U. A. M. will
have a public installation of officers on Sat-
urday evening.
Reuben Eisenhnth, of Coburn, who
was shot in his leg some time ago, is able
to be about on crutches.
~——If you want a good, square meal cr
a good, quick lunch go to the City restau
rant on Bishop street.—MeClures.
——A driving horse owned by C. L.
Grimm, of Madisonburg, broke his leg in a
runaway accident a few days ago.
——There is an unusual activity among
the churches of the town just now. The
week of prayer is being generally observed.
Mrs. McCloskey, Mis. Mulbarger
and Miss Switzer are the regularly enrolled
recruits in the Salvation Army in this
place.
—Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Gherrity are
receiving the congratnlations of their
friends over the arrival of fine baby boy at
their home.
— W. I. Fleming has been re-appoint-
ed district deputy Grand Master Mason for
the counties of Centre and Ciearfield and
Lodge 534 of Jefferson county.
——The WATCHMAN'S mailing list has
been changed for this issue. Look at the
label on your paper and see whether the
figures correspond with your last payment.
—Toner L. Lucas, of Beech Creek, who
has lived four years with a broken back,
was taken toa Philadelphia hospital for
treatment ou Tuesday. His brother Dorcas
went with him.
——The President on Wednesday sent
the nomivation of John W. Stuart to be
postmaster at State College to the Senate
for confirmation. Mr. Stuart is a decided
Stalwart, hut is a very capable official.
——The revival at the Evangelical church
that has been in progress only two weeks
has resulted already in more than fifty con-
versions. B. R. Brickley, the evangelist
from Pittsburg, ‘s still here and doing good
work.
——Next Sunday morning the Rev.
Ambrose M. Schmidt, pastor of St. John’s
Reformed church, will preach a sermon to
boys. His subject will be ‘‘The Boyhood
of Jesus.” All young men and boys are in-
vited.
——The Misses Smith, of east Bishop
street, entertained a party of twenty at
progressive euchre on Wednesday evening.
The guests of honor were Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Trout, of Tyrone, and Mrs. W. H.
Galway, of Radford. Va.
——John Daunkle and family have re-
turned from Chicago to Salona and will
make the latter place their home in the
future. Mrs. Dunkle bas bought the old
Snyder property there and they will build
a home on it.
——0Cn Monday Dr. Hayes, assisted by
Dis. Sebring, Harris and Klump, operated
on Miss Bella Lowry, eldest daughter of
contractor Henry Lowry, for appendicitis.
She has been sick most of the winter and
the operation is said to bave been most ste-
cessful.
——The "auditors ‘of Centre- county,
Messrs Tibbens, Allison and Beck, met in
the court house on Monday morning and
organized for their work of going over the
accounts of the several officials of the coun-
ty. They elected W. Miles Walker clerk
of the hoard.
—— Contractor Isaac Miller is pushing
the work right ahead on Petriken hall and
it wont be long until that building is ready
for occupancy. The plasterers are well
along with their work and after them will
come a gang of finishers who will do it ap
in short order, but not too fast to be done
well.
——S. M. Bard, state secretary of ihe
Young Men's Christian Association, will be
in town over Sunday. An informal re-
‘ception will be given him on Saturday
evening in the Y. M. C. A. hall to which
all the friends of the Association are in-
vited. Mr. Bard will address the men’s
meeting in the Association building cn
Sunday afternoon as four o'clock.
——The painters and paper hangers of
Bellefonte have organized a unien and
hereafter will work subject to orders from
the general trades’ union. They held their
first meeting on Friday night, when the fol-
lowing officers were chosen : President,
Join W. Houser; vice-president, Harry
Williams; financial secretary, Miles Osmer;
recording secretary, John McSuley; treas-
arer, Harry Stevenson.
——Ofticers Miller and Knisely arrested
‘Miley Andrix, of Barnesboro, on Thomas
street about 9:30 Monday night. He was
acting in a suspicious manner and zouldn’t
give a straight story about his business.
He was locked up for the night and placed
in jail Tuesday morning. He is being held
pending information from nearby towns.
He is wearing a very high priced overcoat,
one far out of keeping with the rest of his
apparel.
BrowxN Up BY DYNAMITE.—There was
a terrible accident at Scotia, Friday morn-
ing, the result of which George Weaver, a
17 year old worker in the mines there was
blow into eternity, probably without ever
knowing what struck him.
He bad been working under Frank Har-
ris, a mining contractor, and they had a
small shanty near their work in which
they kept their tools and had a stove to
keep their dynamite in condition. About
10 o’clock young Weaver entered the shan-
ty, where there were eleven sticks of the
explosive leaning up against the stove
thawing out. Just what occurred after he
entered the shanty will never be known,
but it is supposed that he was poking the
fire and in some way caused the dynamite
to explode. For there was a frightful
concussion, the other workmen were al-
most knocked over by it, and the shanty was
ripped to pieces. At first the men thought
that the unfortunate boy had been blown
two hundred feet in the air, but later it
‘turned out that only the back of his coat
had been torn off and sent up. Weaver,
himself, was knocked out through the
shanty and was lying, an unconscious,
bleeding mass on some ice that covered a
little pond nearby.
His hody was picked up and carried to
the company office where Dr. Coons was
called at once. Only slight hope of his re-
vival was entertained from the first, but
it soon became apparent that he could not
live and passed out of his misery about
noon. He was badly cut about the face
and bead and his leg was broken.
Weaver was the son of David Weaver, of
Benore, and is survived by his parents, four
brothers and two sisters.
The force of the explosion must have
been something frightful, for old Samuel
Kellerman, who is very deaf, was at the
store half a mile away and heard the re-
port so distinctly that he remarked that
something must be wrong.
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Tie HAck UPSET.—A party of State
College students had a miraculous escape
from serious injury on Saturday afternoon.
They were returning to that institution for
the reopening of the session and were met
at Lemont by the large college hack. It
was crowded full of boys,all in high spirits
and all went well until they were descend-
ing the hill that leads down to Roan’s cab-
inet shop on the other side of Lemont. Ow-
ing to the fact that there were other teams
on the hill ahead of him Tom McMahon,
the driver, could not let his horses go and
in order to hold it back he had to lock very
tight. This made the wheels slide and
when they struck the ice the rear end of
the hack slid around and over the six foot
embankment at the right side of the road.
The hack turned clear over,but fortunate-
ly the team got loose from it and ran away.
The boys were all badly scared and some
of them bruised quite a little,but when out
from the midst of the wriggling mass of
students a deep German voice, that sound-
ed like an echo from the Berks county hills,
said, reassuringly: ‘‘Dake er steady,
poys!” they all quieted down and extricat-
ed themselves without injury to each oth-
er.
Their escape was really miraculous and
had the wagon gone a few feet further,
where the bank was much higher, there
would undoubtedly have heen a very dif-
ferent report to make.
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A GUARDIAN APPOINTED FOR COL.
JAMES MILLIKEN.—Col. James Milliken,
so well known as a former resident of Belle-
fonte and recently for his numerous bene-
factions in this place, has reached such a
condition of ill health that a guardian has
been appointed for him in the person of his
nephew, Edward F. Milliken.
Since leaving Bellefonte the Colonel has
made his home at the Hoffman house in
New York and it was in that city last week
that a sheriff’s jury adjudged him incom-
petent to further care for his property. He
is 77 years old and-it is estimated that his
holdings in good securities are worth $400, -
000, while he has real estate to the value of
$25,000 more.
Judge Scott, of the New York Supreme
court, appointed Mr. Edward Milliken a
committee to take charge of hi: uncle's
property upon the petition of the latter’s
relatives. Among the evidences of his in-
capacity presented to the court were twc
checks for $5,000 each, which he had drawn
on the Manufacturer’s National bank of
New York, and afterwards disclaimed any
knowledge of them.
Col. Milliken is a brother of Miss Marion
Milliken. aged 74, who is now very ill at
Mrs. Lou Harris’ home on north Allegheny
street. Upon the occasion of his recent vis-
its to Bellefonte his old time friends here
were pained to observe his condition, es-
pecially when he had been known as such
a brilliant and sagacious man in former
years.
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GOODHART-DORN.—Many Centre coun=
tians will be interested in the announce-
ment of the marriage of Mr. George Bruce
Goodhart, of White, South Dakota, to Miss
Bertha Beatrice Dorn, of Stephenson coun-
ty, 11I. The ceremony was performed on
Tuesday evening, Dec. 31st, hy Dr. Ulysses
G. Schell, of White. :
The groom is the youngest son of former
county commissioner George L. Goodbhart,
“of Centre Hill, and has permanently located
at White, after traveling over the greater
pars of Illinois and Wisconsin. The many
friends of his old home county will wish
him not only a long and happy married
life but a full measure of prosperity in his
new home.
———
——Sheriff D. W. Woodring has sold his
brick building on east High street to Geo.
Garbrick, of Spring township. The new
owner will take possession on April 1st.
——Clinton county millers are paying
82 cts. per bushel for wheat.
SESE RRA
——Turkey sandwiches at the City
restaurant on Bishop street Saturday even-
ing.—MecClures.
Balinese
——The Irish farce comedy, ‘‘the Flip
Mr. Flop,” will be presented for the first
time in Bellefonte at Garman’s tonight.
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--—George Aikey killed a large cata-
mount in the Brush Valley narrows one
day last week. It was53 inches long and
25 inches high.
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——An advance of ten per cent in wages
of all employees of the Tyrone paper mills
was announced as a New Years present by
the owners of the plant.
——The Welsh Francis company that
comes to Garman’s to-night in the “Flip
Mr. Flop” advertises plenty of clever spec-
ialties and good music.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Bower, of Co-
burn, are moarning the loss of their nine
year old daughter, Anna, who died on Tues-
day and was baried yesterday morning.
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——Hiram Basil, the six moths old child
of Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Woodring, of Philips-
burg, was buried at Port Matilda. The lit-
tle one died on New Year’s day of spinal
meningitis.
——Dr. Charles Bastian and Zack Clark,
two hunters of Salladasburg, shot a five
pronged buck out of season. State game
warden Berrier had the two men arrested.
They paid $232.60 fines and costs.
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——A timely discovery saved the hotel
run by C. W. Hosterman at {Woodward
from destruction by fire a few days ago.
Some live coals rolled out of a stove and
burned quite a large hole in the floor before
it was discovered.
The committee of the West Susque-
hanna classis of the Reformed church met
at Chatbam’s Run, above Lock Haven, on
Tuesday and voted to permit the disband-
ing of the congregation there which had
dwindled until it was too small to support
a church.
Shin Sigg
——Geo. W. Mapledoram purchased the
Potter house in Philipsburg, from Dr. F.
B. Potter, on Tuesday afternoon. He is
said to have paid $30,000 for the property.
Mr. Mapledoram has been running the ho-
tel ever since the death of the late Geo.
Leister and expects to improve it consider-
ably, now that he is the owner.
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——Of course the WATCHMAN didn’t do
it all, but it does lay claim to having help-
ed those who used its columns for adver-
tising purposes to enjoyment of the large
patronage they all report having had dur-
ing the Holiday season. The WATCHMAN
is ready and anxious to prove its trade
making ability to all.
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——James Rossman, aged 23 years, was
arraigned before Justice Harshherger on
Monday afternoon to answer a charge of
abusing his parents. They would not ap-
pear against him, however, after making
the information and he was discharged.
Detective Rightnour went up to Roops-
burg Monday morning to arrest Rossman,
who was working at Garhrick’s ice house.
When the officer went inside to catch him
he slid out over the ice chute and ran
through the icy water of Spring creek and
escaped. Later in the day he returned and
gave himself up, with the above result.
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-———Among the many changes, menticn-
ed in the last issue of the WATCHMAN, that
will be made on April 1st we failed to note
that the Yeager & Davis shoe store will be
moved into the larger room, two doors west
of their present location. Edward Ecken-
roth, lately retired from the firm of Ecken-
roth & Montgomery, will open a wall paper
store in the room vacated by Yeager & Dav-
is. William Storm will probably move
his barber shop into the room under the
First National bank vacated by R. A.
Beck and Jacob Rankle will probably
move his green grocery into the Sands
build: ‘g vacated by W. H. Miller.
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-—— At the executive committee meeting
of the Centre county Christian Endeavor
Uniou, in the Y. M. C. A. parlor, Saturday
afternoon. William Kuhn, of Bellefonte,
was appointed superintendent of evangel-
istic work and Elizabeth J. Stroop, of
Mileshnry, was selected as chairman of the
correspondence committee to fill the vacancy
caused hy the resignation of Mr. E. J.
Liekert, of State College. A committee,
composed of James A. Pratt, William
Kuhn and Rev. Walter F. Carson, was ap-
pointed to ariange for union meetings at
different places over the county. The
treasurer reported the Union in better
financial condition than at any other time
in ils history.
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——One day last week a gentleman came
in te the WATCHMAN office to pay up his
subscription. He was just one year in
arrears and when informed that he would
have to pay $1.50 for that year he became
provoked and threatened to stop taking it.
The threat didn’t have any effect, however,
for we told him that the rule is the same to
all : $1 when paid in advance and $1.50
when not, and he could do as he pleased
about continuing it, but he would have to
pay $1.50 for the year he was back. He
did pay it, too, and stopped the paper. We
were sorry to lose him, of course, hut he
had no right to expect the paper for less
than the regnlar rates and he surely ought
to have known them, for we are constantly
reminding our readers of them. Kindly
bear this in mind. If you are in arrears
don’t ask or expect us to break the rule.
[+ is unfair to the man who pays an entire
year or more in advance to give the fellow
who gets back a year or more the same
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A NEW ScHEME oN Foor IN COUNCIL—
The regular meeting of council Monday
evening was more interesting than usual
because of the introduction of a proposition
to build a new water works building, in-
stall new machinery and an electric light
plant in it and make a railroad siding into
it from the B. N. and IL. railroad.
Messrs. - Gerberich, Reynolds, Walkey,
Gherrity, Cunningham and Knisely were
present at the meeting. The first business
taken up was the giving audience to W.
E. Gray Esq., who appeared for Col. Geo.
A. Bayard, to ascertain whether council
intended to settle amicably his clients’
claim for paving in the Diamond. He was
informed that council had done all it would
do in the matter.
Upon recommendation of fire marshall
William Doll council voted to purchase
1000 ft. of additional hose, 500 ft. for each
company.
A request for an arc light on east High
street, near the residence of Peter Mendis,
was referred to the Street committee for re-
port and investigation.
Burgess Blanchard reported the collec-
tion of fines to the amount of $9.00, paid
expenses of $3.30 and returned $5.70 to the
borough treasurer.
The 1eport of the Finance committee
showed the affairs of the borough to be in
the following condition.
Bal due Trea. Dee. 16, 1901 $130.87
Boro Orders Paid 133,48
Water ** ad 382,27
Interest § 200,00 715.75
1146.62
Rec'd of Taylor Col. 1901 1165.00
“ * Finance Com. 481.66
“ * Water rents 139.28 £221.04
Bal in hands of Trea. $1074,42
The following bills were approved and
ordered paid by council.
Bft. Fuel & Supply Co., coal..................... $ 11.54
A. C. Mingle, rubber boots.... ath 3.00
Jacob Gross, police clothing....... 24 00
E. E. Ill Co. light for Boro buildings 12.50
E. E. Ill. Co. light for streets for Dec...... 370.40
E. E. lL Co. light for W.. W.................... 1.70
Bellefonte Gas Co. heating Boro buildings. 37.00
W. Fred Reynolds, chairman loan author-
ized by council ... 1000.00
Water pay roll. 124.25
Street pay roll.. 31.74
John Anderson 5.40
Police pay roll.... 50.00
A. Allison, terra c 5 4.00
Ardell Lumber Co. lumber 27.00
Joseph L. Runkle, plumbing for Bor 20,¢2
Ardell Lumber Co., ground rent 5.80
A. Allison, fittings for W. W 1.80
R. B. Taylor, coal for W. W 140.89
T. H. Harter, printing.. 8.50
Jenkins & Lingle..... 61.04
$1942.38
At this juneture Mr. Gherrity, member
from the South and chairman of the Water
committee, took up the matter of repairs
at the water works, stating that within the
year it would be necessary to expend at
least $1,000 in repairs and equipment to
the property. His remarks were supple-
mented by Sup’t. Samuel Rine who pre-
sented plans for a proposed new water
works building, as designed by architect
Robert Cole. There was a general discus-
sion of the proposition; some favoring a
plan of that sort, others expressing the be-
lief that it is not feasible at this time. Ac-
cording to the plan proposed they would
tear the present building away and erect in
ite stead a two-story structure of Mill Hall
red brick, containing apartments for coun-
cil chambers, an office for the burgess, a
lock-up, engine rooms, coal bunkers and a
room for an electric dynamo, in event that
the borough ever wants to install a mu-
nicipal plant for street lighting. The cost
of such a change is estimated at $8,000, al-
lowing $4,000 for changes in equipment.
The WATCHMAN knows so little of the
real inwarduess of the case that it will re-
frain from discussing it until better in-
formed. However the proposition seems
to be a good one if the borough, already
bonded to its borrowing limit, can arrange
to get the $8,000 some way and then if
council sees to it that some of the heauty
saved, when the Logan engine house was
being designed, is worked into the new
water works building.
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THE STAR COURSE.—The concert given
by the Boston Ladies Symphony Orchestra
in the court house on Friday evening was
as enjoyable an entertainment as anyone
need want to attend. The orchestra isof the
same class as the Boston Symphony and
while it has neither so wide a reputation
nor so large a membership its work is fully
as fine and its concerts quite as pleasing,
Indeed every one of the entertainments of
the Star course this winter has been first
class and’ the W. C. T. U. deserves some-
thing more substantial than eredit for in-
ducting them. ’'Tis more than possible,
though, that it will be a losing venture un-
less the ticket holders come to the res-
cue and generously patronize the reserv-
ed seats at the coming entertainments.
Or they might pay a little additional
for their course tickets, which were sold
far too cheap for the class of shows given.
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——A¢t the annual ineeting of the Grange
Mutual Fire Ins. Company, at the Gar-
man house, on Tuesday, all the former of-
ficers were re-elected, vis : President, I. S.
Frain; vice president, W. H. Miller; secre-
tary, James A. Keller; treasurer, S. H.
Bailey. The following directors from ad-
joining counties were present: M. J.
Owens, Clearfield; J. W. Black, Blair; J.
H. Moses, Bedford; W. H. Dornblazer,
Clinton. About three and one-half mil-
lions insurance are now in force.
——Officer Harry Simler arrested a well
dressed, nice looking young stranger in
Philipsburg for stealing a pair of ladies’
shoes from the display stand in front of
Yeager & Davis store in that place, on Sat-
urday. The thief said that he wanted to
sell the shoes to get money to buy whisky
with. Mr. Davis declined to prosecute and
he was discharged next morning with a
reprimand. 3
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——The Bellefonte shirt factory is at
work on an order for five thousand dozen
elastic seam drawers.
—1It is rumored that a party of Pleas-
aut Gap speculators will erect a four-story
building on Wm. Noll’s lot at that place
to install a great battery of incubators for
hatching chickens. The story goes that
they will carry on the poultry business on
a mammoth scale.
—John Larimer and Arthur Black took
two young ladies sleighing Wednesday
night and when in the vicinity of Jackson-
ville they upset. The sleigh ‘was broken
to pieces and the team ran away. One
horse turned up at Beezer’s livery in this
place but the other one had not been found
up to last evening. None of the young
people were hurt.
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——At the aunual meeting of the Aid
society of the Methodist Episcopal church
on Tuesday afternoon the following officers
were elected for the coming year : Mrs. D.
H. Hastings, president; Mrs. F. W. Crider.
vice president ; Miss Ella Musser, secre-
tary and Mrs. J. K. Barnhart, treasurer.
The retiring officers were Mrs. S. A. Bell,
Mrs. Thomas Donachy, Mrs. E. R Chambers
and Mrs. J. E. Ward.
News Purely Pevsonal.
—Charles Larimer spent Sunday with his broth-
er Lee in Jersey Shore.
—Mrs. Edward Rankin, of Harrisburg, is in
town visiting relatives.
—Col. and Mrs. James P. Coburn were visitors to
Aaronsburg over Sunday.
—Paul Fortney attented the funeral of his aunt
at Pine Grove Mills last Friday.
—Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Clemson, of Benore, were
visitors in Bellefonte on Tuesday.
—John H. Beck Esq., of Nittany,is in town this
week attending to his duties as auditor.
—Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kurtz Jr., of Lewisburg,
spent Sunday with his parents in this place.
—Photographer Ralph Mallory returned from
a business trip to Philadelphia yesterday morn-
ing.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Cruse, of Axe Mann,
with their little daughter, spent Tuesday in Ty-
rone.
—Miss 8. Ohmacht has returned from Williams-
port, where she had spent three weeks on a busi-
ness and pleasure trip.
—Mus. C. C. Shuey and her daughters, Anna and
Sarah, are in Curwensville visiting friends. They
went Tuesday.
—Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Richard have returned
from Philadelphia, where they spent New Years
at Mrs. Richard’s home.
—Mrs. Shortlidge and Mr. and Mrs. John Walk-
er went to Philadelphia on Wednesday on a busi-
ness and pleasure trip.
—Miss Ida Holderman went to Pittsburg Tues-
day to engage in missionary work under the aus-
pices of the Christian Alliance.
—Mr. J. T. Dunkle. of Mingoville, was in town
on Saturday and reported the sleighing in their
neighborhood as being quite fair.
—Mrs. A. M. Bair, who had been the guest of
her son John C. Bair, in this place, for several
weeks returned to her home in Allentown on
Monday.
—The Hon. Geo. B. Orlady, cf Huntingdon,
judge of the Superior court, was in Bellefonte yes-
terday morning on his way to Centre Hall to visit
his mother. .
—Samuel Slack, the well known stock man of
Potters Mills, spent Tuesday night in town. As
this is a dull month among cattle men he is tak-
ing things a little easy.
—8. B. Moore, one of the right hand men about
the College was in town on Saturday and was so
brimful of news that he was one of the best visit-
ors we have had in a long time.
—T. C. Bell expects to go to Pittsburg in a few
days to work at his trade of brick-laying. If the
work proves as he expects it to be he will proba-
bly move to the Smoky city later.
—Miss Grace Markle, the WarcumaN's corres-
pondent at Hublersburg, has just returned from a
visit of several weeks at the home of Hon. J. P.
Correll, editor of the Easton Sentinel and Sunday
Call.
—Benjamin Kauffman, of Zion, was in town on
Monday and his business must have been very
pressing, because he had to forego his annnal vis-
it to this office and delegate his brother Israel to
contribute his regular sum to our fund.
—John Holmes, of Philadelphia, but who was
Jack Holmes when he lived in Bellefonte, was
in town Friday night after an absence of seven-
teen years. John has broadened out am azingly
in the years he has been away and he is well
fixed with the United States Pipe com pany.
—Our old friend Jacob Gross, of Ax Maun, was
in town yesterday morning andreported that the
sleighing isn’t what it is ‘cracked up” to he out
that way. He says the cinder on the pike and the
proximity to the spring waters of Logans branch
has cut about all the ice or snow away.
—Guy Lucas, employed as a draftsman by a
Philadelphia firm, after spending his Christmas
vacation at his home in Snow Shoe, departed on
Tuesday to take up his work again. His brother
Clarence went with him to accept a very nice
place he has secured in the Quaker city
—Conrad Miller, the contractor, dropped in for
a few moments on Friday. This is the season
when the stone workers rest, but Mr. Miller has
his eye on several nice contracts that he expects
to land when the spring opens up. And if he is
fortunate enough to get them someone will be
sure of some fine masonry.
—Miss Mary Harris Weaver returned to her
studies at National Park Seminary, Washington,
on Wednesday,Adaline Olewine went back to Wil-
son on Monday, Ann Orvis returned to Lititz on
Wednesday,and Lillian Crittenden left for Buffalo,
where she has resumed her studies in the Kinder-
garten training school in that city. !
—Uncle Jimmy Waddle, of Lock Haven, drop-
ped in for a few moments on Friday while his
train was shunting some cars off here. He was
complaining about being crippled up with the
rheumatism, but we haven't heard of their having
to slow up any yet for him to get on, notwith-
standing the sixty odd years he carries.
—Mrs. Edward Rowe, who has been sick at the
home of her sister, Mrs. C. D. Krider, on east
Bishop street, for the past two months, left for
her home in Sharon on Wednesda y. She came
here with the, intention of visiting her parents
and sisters for a few days only but was taken so
sick almost immediately that she was not able to
be out of the house until last Sunday .
—John B. Rockey, of Fillmore, was in town on
Saturday attending to a little business and we
want to say right here that if you want a secret
kept John isa regular Sphinx in that business.
He is guarding one of ours and if any one comes
down from the Run welling stories about the red-
ness of the legs of some wild turkeys that were
shot up there last fall we're not going to believe
that he ‘“‘peached.””
Mrs. J. N. Brooks, of Pleasant Gap, was in town
shopping on Monday and the diversion wasn't
sufficient to relieve her mind of the unpleasant
reality that her daughter,who has been home ever
since her marriage last fall, is soon to depart to a
home of her own. It will leave Mrs. Brooks quite
lonely, especially since Mr. Brooks is engaged
most of his time at Benton, in Columbia county.
HEPTASOPHS TO BANQUET DISTIN-
GUISHED VISITORS.—The Bellefonte lodge
of Heptasophs will be honored on Thursday,
Jan. 16th, by a visit from supreme archon
M. G. Cohen and supreme secretary Sam-
uel Tattersall of their order. The visit
will be purely a fraternal one and the local
Heptasophs purpose making it memorable.
Part of the entertainment contemplated
for their distinguished visitors will be a
banquet in the evening at which 150 covers
will be laid.
——te ————
——The following are the officers of
Bellefonte castle, No. 357 K. G. E. for the
ensuing six months’ term : Past chief, J.
Kennedy Johnston; noble chief, J. M.
Keichline; vice chief, Dr. I. M. Bush;
high priest, Geo. Taylor; venerable her-
mit, S. D. Gettig; master of records, E. E.
Ardery; clerk of exchequer, W. H. Tay-
lor; keeper of exchequer, L. H. Wian; sir
herald, Thos. B. Hasel; worthy bard, A.
Lukenbach; worthy chamberlain, R. E.
Kline; ensign, Wm. Hassinger; esquire,
D. W. Keller; first guardsman, Jacob Gor-
don; second guardsman, Harry Raymond;
trustees, W. P. Kuhn; representative to
the grand castle, W. P. Kuhn.
— re ———
——Yeager & Davis are advertizing an-
other great shoe sale. They are going to
move and they say that no old stock is to
go into their new room, hence there will
be great bargains at their store again for
you. Perhaps you bad some of the bar-
gains at their clearance sale in the fall. If
you did you know exactly what they are
and will be ready to jump at the ones now
being offered.
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W. E. Brandt, a graduate of the
Penusylvania State College, who later mar-
ried Miss Mary Beck, daughter of auditor
John H. Beck, of Nittany, is seriously ill
with typhoid fever at his home in Youngs-
town, Ohio. His condition was so alarm-
ing that Mrs. Brandt’s sister, Miss Grace
Beck, who is a nurse in the Williamsport
hospital, went out to assist in caring for
him.
——DMrs. James Isenburg, formerly a
resident of Philipsburg, committed suicide
by shooting herself at her home in Mahaffey
on Sunday. She was about 36 years old
and left a husband and four children.
Melancholia is supposed to have been the
cause of her sad death.
— eee
——Deputy prothonotary Arthur Kim-
port, who bad been laid up for a week
with grip, was able to get down to the of-
fice on Wednesday, but he wasn’t looking
very gay.
*9e
—Burglars entered several Lock Hav-
en husiness places on Monday night, but
secured little for their pains.
—— a
——A spirited revival is in progress at
the Evangelical church on Willowbank
street.
—— a en
——Opystersandwiches at the City restau-
rant on Bishop street this evening.—Me-
Clures.
a_i
Sale Register.
JAN. 18tn.—At the residence of E, C. Shope, in
Milesburg, draft horses, log sleds, wagons and
harness, shoats, sleigh, ete. Sale at 1 o'clock
p. m. Jos. L. Neff, Auc.
Marcu 12ru.—At the residence of J, Morris Furey,
ou 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, Aue.
March 14ti.—At the residence of William Decker,
at Hublersburg, farm stock, implements and
i goods, Sale at 10a. m. Jos, L, Neff,
ue.
Marcu 181H,—At the residence of Henry White-
leather, east of Jacksonville, in Marion town-
ship. Horses, cattle, shee ,thogs and farm im-
plements of all kinds. Brook is of the best
reeds and implements in the finest order, It
will be one of the largests sales of the season
ahd begin promptiy at 9 a. m: A. C. McClintock,
ue,
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red 88@8814
“ No. 4. 81@8hi,
Corn —Yellow. 67@614
® —Mixed. 64@ 66
OALS,......covinniieis 5625@56
Flour— Winter, Per Br'i.. 2.75@3.00
‘ —Penna. Roller... 3.30@3.55
‘¢ —Favorite Brands 4.30@4.45
Rye Flour Per Br'l...... w 3.30@3.40
Baled hay—Choice 1'imothy No. 1... 11.00@ 16.00
uh £8 se Mixed ¢ . 11.00@13.50
. 1.00@15.50
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 :
od wheat, ............cconees 28000 75
Rye, per bushel............ 60
Corn, shelled, per bushel G0
Corn, ears, per bushel.. 60
Oats, per bushel,.... 50
Barley, per bushel..........0c.coccriei ci revs 50
Ground Plaster, per ton 8 50 to 9 50
Buckwheat, per bushel .......c.iciiueviivorensnnns one
Cloverseed, per bushel... $6 60 to $7 80
Timothy seed per bushel $2.00 to $2.95
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel serren 75
Onions aes 75
£ggs, per 25
Lard, per pound.. 11
Country Shoulder: 10
Sides. 10
rol amg. 12
allow, per pou 4
Butter, per pound... la, 25
The Democratic Watchman.
Published every Friday morning, in Bellefonte,
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$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 Centre county un-
less paid for in advance.
A liberal discount is made to persons advertis-
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and dispatch. The Warcuman office has been re-
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everything in the printing line can be ‘executed
in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates.
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