* Cumberland county.
Bellefonte, Pa., April 25, 1902.
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EE ES A ES
——The Democratic State Committee met
in Harrisburg on Wednesday. Hon. W.
T. CREASY was re-elected chairman for the
ensuing year by acclamation,and the 25th of
June at Erie, was selected as the time and
place for the meeting of the state convention
The attendance was the fullest of any of the
kind that has been held for years, every
eounty in the State having its representa-
tive present. The good feeling manifested
and the lack of contests, and factional
fights, shows the party to be in better con-’
dition and; more harmonious than it has
been since its success in 1890, and gives
hope, if the organization can be perfected,
and systematic effort is put forch, that
another Democratic victory is due at the
eoming election.
Democratic State Committee.
Annual Meeting Held Yesterday Afternoon in
Harrisburg.
* HARRISBURG, April 23.—The annual
meeting of the Democratic state committee
was held this afternoon in the board of
trade rooms to arrange for thestate conven-
tion for the nomination of candidates for
Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Sec-
retary of Internal Affairs. Representative
William T. Creasy, of Columbia county.
was re-elected state chairman by acclama-
tion and was tendered a vote of thanks for
his party service during the past year.
Owing to the action of the Dauphin
county committee in electing state dele-
gates and a county chairman in defiance
of the mandate of the state executive com-
mittee the county was denied representa-
tion in the committee. Colonel William
S. Thomas, of Harrisburg, chairman of the
local county committee, says that proceed-
ings would possibly be instituted to com-
pel the state committee to recognize him.
The Blair county contest was adjusted by
the seating of Mayor Hoyer, of Altoona.
The following division chairman, who con-
stitute the state executive committee, were
elected : First T. Z. Minhart, Franklin ;
Second, R. E. Cresswell, Cambria ; Third,
John B. Keenan, Westmoreland; Fourth,
no election; Fifth, Daniel J. Driscoll, Elk;
Sixth, H. E. Spyker, Union; Seventh,
John G. McHenry, Columbia, Eighth, A.
M. Palmer, Monroe; Ninth, Charles P.
Donnelly, Philadelphia. It was decided
to hold the state convention at Erie on
June 25th.
A. G. Crosby representing the Erie
chamber of commerce, asked that the con-
vention be held in that city. He promised
that if the convention was held at Erie the
people of that eity would [urnish trans-
portation to the delegates and pay the ex-
penses of the gathering. Ex-Mayor Salts-
man, of Erie, also spoke favoring the hold-
ing of the convention in that city. Har-
risburg was named by Mr. Dougherty, of |
The vote on this
question was : Harrisburg, 32; Erie, 42.
Amendments were offered to the rales so
as to provide for a uniform system of nomi-
nating candidates for judge, Senator and
Congress. The amendments were adopt:
ed and the matter now goes to the state
convention before it becomes a party rule.
The rules were also amended so as to fix
the basis of representation in the state con-
vention on the presidential vote, instead of
the vote for the state nominees at each pre-
ceding general election. The convention
then adjourned.
Vagaries of Our Climate.
Summer Heat
States.
LLANCASTER, April 22.—To-day was a
record breaker for high temperature at this
time of year, thermometers at a number of
places in the city being reported at 92
this afternoon. The heat is oppressive this
evening, but a breeze has caused the mer-
cury to drop considerably.
PHILADELPHIA, April 22.—This city
and vicinity had the first touch of midsum-
mer weather to-day, when the United
States weather bureau thermometer regis-
tered 86 degrees at 4 o’clock this afternoon.
At 8 a. m. 59 degrees were recorded, and
a 8 o'clock to-night the mercury stood at
NEw YORK, April 22.—The thermome-
ter showed a temperature of 72 degrees in
this city at 3 o’cleek this afternoon. There
was a little breeze and the air wae oppres-
sive enough to cause at least one case of
heat prostration. The stricken man was at-
tended by an ambulance surgeon and then
was sent to his home.
MILWAUKEE, April 22.—Record-break-
ing high temperature for April is reported
from all parts of Wisconsin to-day. Unless
there is a change soon accompanied by
showers, it is feared that the effect on the
crops will be serious. There has been lit-
tle rain this spring and the ground is dry
for a considerable depth.
SALK LAKE, Utah, April 22.—Freezing
ternperature and unusually heavy precipi-
tations are reported to have occurred last
night in many sections of the interior
mountain country. It is not thought,
however, that any damage to fruit will
result, as the lowest temperatures are re-
ported from the desert stretches of south-
ern Utah, and Nevada, where there is
practically nothing to damage. In the
fruit districts of Idaho, Colorado and Utah,
the temperature did not sink low enough to
do much harm and the rain and snow com-
ing at this time of year will, it is expected
prove of great benefit. Further light
frosts are predicted for to-night in some
sections. y
LiNcoLN, Neb., April 22.—There was a
drop in the temperature to-day from 40 to
50 degrees throughout the State. Follow-
ing a slight fall of rain, the wind changed
from the south to the northwest and to-
night a snow storm is prevailing in Central
Nebraska with indications of a blizzard.
Railroad reports from the extreme north-
western part of Nebraska and the Blazk
Hills tell of a heavy fall of snow at Custer,
and nearly two feet at Spearfish. Trains
are slightly delayed, more, however, from
the furious wind than the snow.
Strikes Many Places in Eastern
—— It; will cost Lewistown only $3,000
for lighting het streets during the coming
year and ‘a tax of $1 each is derived from
all telegraph, telephone and electric poles
standing on the streets.
‘owned, by th n
- win io hasd and carried the fire across
| Clintondale Almost Wied Out by Flames.
The Village of Clintondale the Scene of a Sadly Destructive Fire.
Eight Houses and Fifteen Barns Licked Up by the
Hungry Flames—Many Old People Lost all
they Had and Little Agnes Fielding Be-
wildered by the Fire Fell into the
Mill Race and was Drowned,
Fires in Other Sections.
Forty-eight hours ago Clintondale, Clin-
ton county, located along the line of the
Central Railroad of Penna. in the eastern
end of Nittany valley, was as pretty a
country village as could be seen anywhere.
It was the home of many old people whose
days of hard work being past had secured
little properties there and were making
their declining years comfortable by rais-
ing garden products and doing such other
light work as was possible for them. In
addition, there were some handsome places
that would have ornamented the good resi-
dence portion of most any town. There
| was an air of thrift and good order about
the village that was pleasing to the stran-
ger bat to-day most of it is in smouldering
rains. © Where comfortable little homes
stood a few hours ago now the blackened
foundation walls gape open as if hungry
for more to devour. Many people are
homeless, penniless, with scarcely enough
clothing to cover them and too faradvanced
in years to look upon such a disaster with
that hopefulness that sometimes makes
youth all the better for having experienced
it.
The great fire started about 6:30 Wednes-
day evening and in less than two hours had
eaten the very heart out of the place. It
was all so sudden and so awful that the
panic stricken residents seemed dazed and
helpless. At the first alarm many of them
tan to help their neighbors and before they
realized the awfulness of the situation their
own homes were in ashes.
The fire started in the stable of W. F.
Brown’s property on the west end of the
north side of the main and only street of
the village. Just what started it will nev-
er be known, bus it is believed that some
boys were burning rubbish: near it and it
may have caught from that. Fanned by a
strong gale from the northwest Brown’s
large general merchandise store and dwell-
ing were soon enveloped, then the flames
leapt westward and J. S. Harter’s house,
barn and outbuildings were doomed.
East of the Brown property was a large va-
cant space but the wind carried great show-
ers of sparks along the street and the home
of Samuel Shilling was soon in flames. It
licked up his house, barn and outbuildings
and swept on east along that side of the
strest completely ‘destroying the following
properties in order: The Evangelical church,
a large frame structure, the ‘public school
e. widow Vonada. Then ‘the
the street to Isaac Kling’s house. It was
burned, with the barn and outbuildings
and the fire started back westward. The
homes of John Rishel, another Kling fami-
ly, James Hayes, and Edward Snyder were
wiped ous in order.
Everything on the south side of the
street was cleaned up to Ohl’s store, where
a concentrated effort of a large bucket
brigade stopped the further advance.
Meanwhile Brown’s grain house, almost
directly across the street from Brown’s
store had taken fire and was burned, with
its contents of 500 bushels of wheat. Next
$0. it,on the east, stands Dr. J. H. Huston’s
fine home. Heroic efforts were put forth
to save it and though it was afire in many
places the work of the fighters was success-
ful and it was saved, thereby also proba-
bly saving the four other homes between it
aud Ohl’s store on the same side of the
street.
THE LOGANS TO THE RESCUE.
Shortly after 7 o’clock, when the people of
Clintondale realized that there was danger
of the entire village burning they tele-
graphed to Lock Haven and Bellefonte for
assistance. - The former place could not re-
spond because of the danger that was
threatening there from the forest fires.
Burgess Blanchard took the matter up in-
stantly and in 10 minutes the Logan En-
gine Co. was at the Central station with
their engine and 1500 feet of hose. At 7:20
the Central people had a special locomotive
and a flat car at the station and the work
of loading began at once. When the heavy
steamer was being pulled onto the car the
front trucks had just dropped off the plank
into the bottom of the car, when the coup-
ling holding them to the body of the ma-
chine broke, letting it fall. At first it looked
ae if the case was hopeless, but the Logans
strained and pulled and tugged, some of
them all the while in danger of being
crushed to death, until they had it aboard
and were ready to depart. It was but the
matter of a few minutes to load the hose
truck, couple onto a passenger coach and
get away. At 7:55 the train pulled out
in charge of dispatcher L.T. Munson.
Engineer Gilmore was at the throttle and
Billy Dike on the left to keep up the steam.
The run was made in just 32 minutes’ and
the sight that met the firemen’s eyes was
a pitiful one indeed. As soon as possible
after arrival the engine was started. Ow-
ing to the break down it had to be
left on the car, but by being blocked
up it worked well. Fortunately ‘the
railroad tracks are on the banks of the
stream and though the lift was 22ft.
the engine forced two fine streams through
over a thousand feet of hose and every part
of the town could be reached. The fire
was practically under control when the
building, David Wolf’s barn and a barn:
| Logans arrived, but their service was valu-
"able in that they put an effectual stop to it
and prevented the possibility of any of the
| embers being fanned into a second ont-
| break.
There were some rowdies whostole along
with the Logans who tried to plunder the
stricken villagers, but wherever a fireman
caught them in the act they were roughly
treated. Several tried to carry home souv-
enirs of the event with them, but a stal-
wart Logan went through the car, just be-
fore the return was begun, and made every
fellow disgorge.
A LITTLE GIRL MISSING.
To add to she distress of the affair Agnes
Fielding, a six year old daughter of Clem-
ent Fielding, becoming bewildered by the
terrible scene, wandered away and could
not be found. She had been seen near the
mill race and it was thought she bad fallen
into is and been drowned. Others believ-
ed her to have perished in the flames and
some thought she had been lost in the
woods. All night men were ont with lan-
terns in search of her. All the ruins were
ransacked and the race watched, but she
could not be found. :
Between 2 and 3 o'clock yesterday after-
noon Mrs. Noah Snavely discovered her
lifeless form in a shallow, pool in the main
| stream a mile below the town. Her funer-
al will take place to-morrow from the
house. he, :
. ‘INCIDENTS OF THE FIRE.
The scene when the Logan special ar-
rived beggars description. The people
seemed dazed by the awfulness of their
loss. They could scarcely realize it
and were wandering about in a most piti--
ful condition. Some had wagons hauling
away the few household effects they were
able to save, otbers stood around wrapped
up in quilts in lien of their clothing that
had gone up in flames.
Of the. properties burned only those of
Brown, Harter, Snyder, Hayes, Evangelical
church and the school ' house carried insur-
ance, though in no case enough to cover the
loss. - .
W. T. Brown, lost a horse, three hogs
and nearly all his household goods, in ad-
dition to his store and its contents.
All things considered, the breakdown of
the engine while loading and the making
up of a train, the Logans got to the scene
in surprisingly short time. In just 86 min-
utes after the word reached here they were
there. g 4
The Clintondale hand lost their instru-
ments and music. ’
AT SNOW SHOE.
The town of Snow Shoe was threatened
on Wednesday when the high winds car-
ried the mountain fires, in a seething, rag-
ing sea of flame down to the very outskirts
of the place. During theafternoon the sitn-
ation becameso critical that a general alarm
was sounded and an army of men, women
and children hurried to the hill, where John
Keller’s buildings were in danger. They
fought like fiends, finally succeeding in put-
ting out all the fire and spreadinga great
sense of relief over the entire community.
NEAR LOCK HAVEN.
The report reached Bellefonte Wednes-
day evening that the Lock Haven Normal
school buildings were being menaced by
the mountain fires near at band. The for-
ests were afire all about that city, though
the Normal property was not in any imme-
diate danger. One engine company from
the city was sent out to the grounds, mere-
ly as a precautionary measure.
All the wires between Renovo and West-
port are down and railroad business is at a
standstill. When that line was double-
tracked it was necessary to plant many of
the telegraph poles on the mountains, where
they were readily burned by the fires.
At Medix Run two men were chased out
of the woods by the flames that traveled
with such rapidity that they could scarce-
keep ahead of them. They took refuge on
a bridge, but in got afire and the men were
prisoners. They clung to it until it collap-
sed, precipitating them into the stream bhe-
low, from which they were rescued but not
before they had been probably fatally in-
jared. :
Several houses at Hyner were burned and
at Woolrich, eight miles below Lock Hav-
en, the men were all called out to fight the
flames that had already licked up several
small buildings.
FENCES BURNED NEAR WOODWARD.
Though the mountains everywhere about
Woodward are afire that village was not
threatened on Wednesday. Out in Pine
Creek hollow much lumber is being des-
troyed and fences about improved land
burned up. It was thonght yesterday that
with the winds fallen the fires could be
stopped in many sections.
About Spring Mills there was no damage
‘done except by the fire on Egg hill; which
did not burn near enough to the town to
cause any alarm.
At Potter’s Bank there was considerable
fire in the gap, but it was put out yesterday
morning before it had done any more dam-
age than to standing timber.
Fires at this season in the mountains are
very disastrous to young timber, bus it is
most too early to have any effect on the
game.
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Harter | ‘ang Vacant ei church | house| barn | barn
| house
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Railroad.
Rela tii]
The above chart shows the principal section of Clintondale, looking over from the railroad where
the Logan steamer worked. It is practically all of the village and it will be seen that everything
was burned but the 5 buildings between Brown’s grain house and Snyder's house on the south side of
the street. 'The one family of Kling occupied a house owned by old Mrs. Rishel.
The Méthodists are. Grateful.
The Methodist church of Bellefonte did
‘officially, on Monday evening, what most
of its members have been doing individual-
1y ever since Conference, i e thank the peo-
‘ple of Bellefonte for the generous hospital-
ity that was so much in evidence here last
month. It would have been next to im-
possible for the Methodist church to have
entertained so great a body, unassisted,and
the cordial co-operation offered by people of
every denomination was not only a mani-
festation of the town’s proverbial hospital-
ity but a well directed work in Christian
fellowship.
The officials of the church embodied their
sentiments in the following :
The official board of the Bellefonte Methc-
dist Episcopal church desires hereby to ex-
press its deep appreciation of the courtesy of
the members of sister churches of our town
and others, in their very generous and ele-
gant aid in the entertainment of the mem-
bers of our Conference at their recent session
held in our town.
The pastor, officiary and members of the
Presbyterian church deserve and hereby re-
ceive our heartiest thanks for the unstinted
use of all their church property which they
so cheerfully accorded the Conference.
We also entertain deepest feelings of grati-
tude to the Logan fire company and the city
council for the use of their halls, and to the
Masonic fraternity and Mr. Frank Naginey
for the use of tables for Conference work; to
the Bell telephone Co. and the United tele-
phone and telegraph Co. for placing instru:
ments in the church for the use of Conference.
Upon the representation of our pastor, we
desire also to thank Mr. Jobn C. Miller and
his stenographer, Miss Blanche Smith, for
gpecial fayors rendered him in his work of
préparation for the Conference session, and
to Jackson, Hastings Co. bank for special fav-
ors to the Conference treasurers.
’ We also thank our own people who so gen-
erously: entertained during Conference and
aided the official board in making their plans
for the Conference session.
The kindly interest of our town and the re-
spectful attention of our town press causes us
special pleasure and we gratefully record it.
Done by the official board of the Bellefonte
Methodist Episcopal church, in their first
regular annual session, April 21st, 1902.
WILFORD P. SHRINER, Pres’t.
G. W. REES, Sec’y.
——John Hicklin, of Philipsburg, bas
been granted a pension of $8 per month.
TS rm'The Logans cleared about $110.00
by the Howe moving picture show on Tues-
day night. :
eA.
——The time has heen set for the golden
anniversary of Dr. D. M. Wolf’s educa-
tional work. It will be on August 7th, at
Spring Mills.
Lone
» ——Joe Mellix, the colored nurse from
Williamsport, who attended the small-pox
cases at Rebersburg, has returned home,
which is an evidence that the disease is on
the decline.
UTA
” — Ephraim From, the blacksmith at
Waddles who was taken sick on Tuesday
with appendicitis, was brought to town
yesterday morning aud taken to Dr.
Haye’s hospital on Spring street. During
the afternoon an operation was performed
on him,but at the writing of this it was not
known what the out come would be.
Er $id 3
: —— About noon on Wednesday the resi-
dence occupied by Burton Robb in Kagle-
ville caught fire and in a very short time
the building was reduced to ashes. The
high winds caused much anxiety in the
village, but every one tarned out and
worked to confine the flames to the one
building. The fire caught from an over-
heated pipe in the kitchen. Most of Kobb’s
household effects were saved.
eee AA ren.
! ——The W. C. T. U. have every reason
to be proud of the fair which was held in
Petriken Hall last week. In size it easily
out-classed any similar affair ever held in
the town and in entertainments, wares,
decorations and bargains it was quite met-
ropolitan in character. Over four hundred
dollars were realized and we are positive
that everyone who spent a cent there got
their money’s full worth and in several in-
stances more than they paid for.
emer A eer
- — Frank Beckwith, who ie in jail here
awaiting trial for the murder of his wife,
got ous of his steel cage on the second cor-
ridor of the jail, three times recently. Up-
on investigation sheriff Brungard discover-
ed that Foster Davis, a prisoner who is
serving a term for f and b, had been tamp-
ering with the lock on Beckwith’s cell, and
both were then locked up in steel cages on
which new locks were placed.
known whether Beckwith and Davis were
planning an escape or nat.
Philipsburg.
‘Mr. John Stine. of Buffalo]Run , is visiting
friends in town.
Mrs. W. B. Lansberry is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Geo. Weefe, in DuBois'this week.
Meat has taken a bound upward, much to
the disgust of the dealer whose trade is
diminishing by the’abstaining public.
Some of the “town sports’ are invited to
Bellefonte by a special request of the Com-
monwealth, which they do not relish.
The ‘Stalwart Republican’’ adherents are
on the fence waiting! for word from the
“‘hoss’’ as to which way they will fall.
Mike Adams, a Hungarian, was run over
by a coal train at Munson on Tuesday after-
noon and badly mangled. He was brought
to the hospital here.
Mr. John Forshey, formerly of Patton, is
visiting his parents in town, prior to his de-
parture for Jersey Shore, where he has ac-
cepted a position in the shops.
Lot Jones and family now occupy the
Williams residence on Fifth street. Misses
Anna and Edna Williams will occupy rooms
and take their meals with Mr. Jones.
The local fishermen come back with a sur-
prised look on the countenance these days;
not surprise from ‘‘big catches’ but from the
“small catch.” They hope for better results
as the season advances.
Many of the mines in the vicinity of town
have been idle during the past two weeks on:
account of a deluge of water filling up the
veins, the pump equipment not being equal
to the emergency.
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It is not |
Pine Grove Meéntion. -
Miss Katie Roush, of ‘Bellefonte, spent
Sunday at her home here. :
Mrs. Annie Miller is recovering from an
attack of appendicitis.
Samuel Everhart lost a valuable cow last
week from paralysis of the folds.
Dr. Frank W. Bailey, of Milton, is here
partly on business and partly on pleasure..
We are glad to note the recovery of Miss
Alice Hoy from an attack of pneumonia.
Joseph B. Ard is having a stone pavement
laid in front of his residence on Main street.
Mrs. Jerry Dinges, of Boalsburg, who has
been ill for some weeks is able to be about
again.
Reed Brothers have added a planer to
their already extensive saw mill just west of
town.
John P. Wagner, a fireman on the P. R. R.
at Altoona, spent several hours in town last
week.
Ira C. Corman, the hustling implement
dealer, registered at the St. Elmo last Sat-
urday. !
Austin Martz, of Cleveland, O., after a
years absence is visiting his parental home
here.
Charley Fisher and Samuel Koup, two of
Boalsburg’s hustlers,transacted business here
last Saturday.
George Ishler, of Boalsburg, who has been
ill for months, was able to enjoy a drive to
town on Saturday.
Will Gates, assistant trackman on the Ty-
rone branch, tock in the sights in our town
on Saturday evening.
J. G. Heberling has just completed a new
kitchen which is a great convenience to his
comfortable home. - :
Mrs. David Fye is slowly recovering from
an attack of grip at the home of D. L. Dennis
where she is visiting.
J. C. Rowe, Esq., a very pleasant gentle-
man, was in town last week setting up his
pins for the office of recorder.
James Hoover has just completed a new
barn at his down down home, which was not
built before it was needed.
Master J. W. Plant, a bright little lad of
Woodward, has - been fortunate in getting a
good home at W. H. Goss’.
Morris Klinger bid adieu to his Oak Hall
friends last Friday and went to Lock Haven
to engage in brick laying.
Frank B. Krebs, who is Dr. Brown’s boss
farmer at Spruce Creek, was at home with
his parents here on Sunday. :
" Talk about horses being away up in price.
Last week a Boalsburg buyer bought one
from a Branch farmer for $4,50. :
David Fulton, superintendent Patterson’s
right bower on the State College experiment
farm, was in town on Saturday evening.
. Miss Anna Roush, of State College, spent
the first day of the week with her parents
here. Two hearts were happy.
W. L. Steel, of Bellefonte, has been award-
ed the contract for remodeling;the Reformed
church at Boalsburg. His bid was $3,124.
F. W. Weber, of Boalsburg, drove his bay
stepper to (Selingsgrove last week and re-
turned home by rail with $160 in mdi
rpbeket, «1 tet
William O’Dougherty had a Comercial
telephone placed in his residence last week
which will. enable his wife to keep track of
him now. :
John Jacobs is breaking ground for a new
home on Main street in Boalsburg, which he
hopes to have completed before the snow
flakes fall. : :
H. M. Bidwell. of Bellefonte, is trimming
and putting the finishing toucheson a num-
ber of new buggies in H. M. Krebs’ carriage
shops here. ;
Earnest Hess is receiving congratulations
on a recent addition to his family. The
newcomer is a little girl and is the third
child in the family. ;
Rev. A. A. Black's flock at Pine Hall pre-
sented him with a splendid new set of double
harness last week. The gift goes to. show
the high appreciation the congregation has
of its pastor. ;
McCormick and Daugherty had: forty
mowers and binders shipped to them at
Oak Hall last Saturday. The machines were
of the Champion make and had all been sold
with the exception of two.
An impromptu family reunion was held at
the Annie Musser home on Main street Mon-
day. Among the guests present were Curt
Musser and wife, of Altoona; Samuel E.
Goss and wife, of Bellefonte, and J. Hale
Ross and wife, of Linden Hall. =
Martin Smith, of Marengo, was aroused
one night last week by someone trying to
gain an entrance in to his store through the
window. He immediately fortified himself
with a shot gun and behind the counter
awaited developments. His dog was in the
room at the same time and its barking is
supposed to have frightened the burglars
away. They, possibly, are the same who got
into the post office the next night. Mr.
Smith is confident that it was only the dog
that saved the undertaker a job.
Lemont.
Benj. Brisbin is not improving very fast.
Bruce Mitchell is able to be around again.
Am pleased to see John H. Shuey at work
again. :
‘William Lytle has been on the sick list of
late.
Mrs. Etta Martz, of Altoona, is visiting
her parents.
Oscar Williams has gone to Altoona to work
in a restaurant.
Miss Frances Woodring has returned to her
home at Stormstown, after visiting Mrs. Geo.
Martz.
Jacob Shuey and wife have been quite ill.
He is now better but his wife is worse. She
has pneumonia.
Miss Calloway, of Bellefonte, has been
visiting at the pleasant home of John I.
Thompson.
We notice our friend Jas. H. Schreck is
taking a course in book-keeping, by mail,
from the Keller Business College of Lewis-
burg.
Last Sabbath at 10:30 a. m. Rev. Edgar
Heckman, of the M. E. church, preached his
first sermon to the congregation of this place
and was well received. Trust he will have a
pleasant and successful séjourn among us.
building a wall for H. A. Pifer.
2 ‘Wilbur Rumbarger;: who: was employed at
' Conover, Ohio, returned home Monday even-
Wm. Haines caught 13 pounds of trout the
first day of the season.
Miss Rebecca Harvey, of Roland, is spend-
ing the summer at Snow Shoe.
Mr. Crape, the enterprising music dealer
of Bellefonte, made a trip to our city this
week.
James Yarnell, our postmaster, is digging
out a ‘cellar preparatory to building a new
residence. 8
Visitors in Snow Shoe need not walk in
the mud any more as our streets are being
repaired and a new boardwalk built.
Prof. Robb and Miss Annie Haley opened
a summer term of school here on last Mon-
day and report an enrollment of 45 the first
day.
A. A. Pletcher, of Nittany, was in town
last week looking up his interest for the
county superintendency. Mr. Pletcher is
one of the self- made men of the county. He
has been engaged in the work of teaching
for twenty-eight years and has been unusual-
ly successful in the work. His father, David
Pletcher, who was also a teacher, was one of
the promoters of the first county institute
held in Centre county, which was held in the
school house in which he was then teacher,
at Mt. Eagle.
Our townsmen were very much alarmed on
Wednesday of this week for the safety of the
town ; fire having started from the B. C.
R. R. swept over an unusually large area
and in a short time was heading direct for
the town, driven by the wind which blew a
gale. The alarm was given and men, women
and children responded, and through hard
work succeeded in controlling the element
when it was within about 50 rods of the town.
Had it not been controlled at this point noth-
ing could have saved,the town from destruc-
tion. Harry Harns, one of T. B. Budinger’s
clerks, deserves special mention for his
heroic efforts in carrying water to the front
of danger.
Hublersburg.
John Brown, of Loganton, is paying a visit
at his old home.
Regina Hubler spent Sunday with friends
in Lock Haven.
Rev. Crow was assisted by Prof. Black in
conducting the Sunday evening service.
Edith Weaver visited her sister Mrs. John
Dunkle at Howard during last week.
G. F. Hoy is adding several hundred more
peach trees to the orchard he started last’
year.
Three new scholars were added to the
school Monday, making the number enrolled
twenty-eight.
Mrs. Porter, of Flemington, spent Sunday
at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Sharp.
Charles Shaffer, formerly of Nittany now
of Mifflinburg, spent Sunday at the home of
Jacob Weaver. -
Mrs. Elizabeth Willower returned home
after spending the winter with her daughter
at Baltimore, Md. :
E. L. Markle and L. H. Yocum, masons,
are employed at Mill Hall, where they are
ATH ae
ing. His return was due to home-sickness.
Miss Mand Kessinger, of this place, and
Albert Williams, of Beech Creek, were mar-
ried at the residence of Rev. Brown, Metho-
dist minister at Lock Haven, Tuesday even-
ing, April 15th at 5 p. m. The writer and
many friends join in wishing them many
pleasant years together.
' MARRIAGE LiIcENSES.—Following is
the list of marriage licenses granted by or-
phan’s court clerk, A. G. Archey, during
the past week :
Henry T. Zerby, of Aaronsburg, and
Catherine Confer, of Loganton.
George Konalsak and Mary Roman, of
Clarence.
“Gilbert H. Deitzel; of Colyer, and Sarah
E. Woll, of Bellefonte.
Boyd W. Carner, of Hublersburg, and
Hattie Shamp, of Walker.
Real Estate ‘Transfers.
renee
The following real estate transfers have
been recorded during the past week by
Recorder N. E. Robb.
Elmer R. McClellan et ux to Harry A.
McClellan, April 14th, 1902, several tracts
in Potter Twp. ; consideration $1,150.
David C. Young’s executors to Elmer
R. McClellan, March 28th, 1902, 3 tracts
in Potter Twp ; consideration $690.
‘Wm. H. Bechdel et al to Edgar T. Bech-
del, April 5th, 1902, 3 tracts in Liberty
Twp ; consideration $1,000.
David S. Bechdel et al to William H.
Bechdel, April, 1902, 184 acres, 37 perches
in Liberty Twp ; consideration $2,500.
Charles F. Cook et ux to Mary Cook,
- May 31st, 1901, 1 lot in Bellefonte ; con-
sideration $718.90.
John W. Beckwith et ux to John T.
Beckwith, March 21st, 1902, several tracts
in Taylor Twp. ; consideration $1,500.
Chestie A. Bartges et baron to Ida L.
Vonada, March 31st, 1902, 97 acres 74
perches in Gregg Twp. ; consideration $1,-
940. :
D. K. Hoover's execntors to Alfred
Beezer, April 11th, 1902, 3 acres, 40 perch-
es in Spring Twp. ; consideration $825.
Mis. Elizabeth Fleck to Geo. W. McGaf-
fey, April 6th, 1895, house and lot, consid-
eration $825.
Richard J. Tibbs et ux to Milton A.
Bickel, April 12ph, 1902, 31 acres, 61
perches ; consideration $225. y
J. H. Reifsnyder to Sarah Frank, Jan.
18th, 1902, 13 acres in Penn Twp ; consid-
eration $55.
Jennie L. Bright et baron to F. W.
Crider, April 4th, 1902, property in Belle-
fonte ; consideration $6,500.
J.C. F. Metz to G. W. Secrist, April
3rd, 1902, 1 lotin Millheim ; consideration
$800.
John T. Beckwith et ux to John W.
Beckwith, March 21st, 1902, 10 acres 135
perches in Taylor Twp. ; consideration
$200.
Michael Walk et ux to Edward Beck-
with, March 23, 1901, 121 acres in Taylor
Twp ; consideration $100.
James Auman et ux to Harriet E. Best,
March 15th, 1901, house and lot in Walker
Twp. ; consideration $850.
Mary P. Faust’s administrators to John
Thomas Sholl, April 1st, 1902, 3 tracts in
Miles Twp. ; consideration $820.