Saini fin Bellefonte, Pa., May 9 1902. mm cos CoreEsPoNDENTS.—No communications pub lished unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. men — sc sm— m—— THINGS ABOUT TOW). AND COUNTY —— $15 Reward. The Sportmen’s League of Centre Coun- ty will pay $15.00 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any violator of the game and fish laws of this Commonwealth. This reward is standing and will be paid in addition to the fees al- Jowed informers under the law. The Lea- gue is determined to break up illegal fish- ing and hunting in Centre County. eg —— Bellefonte is orazy. ——Jas. A. B. Miller Esq., has recover- ed from a slight attack of appendicitis. ——John M. Markley, of Snow Shoe, has been granted a pension of $24 per month. —— Absolutely no change, our regular $4 Photos, Platino finish, for $1.69 the dozen. Mallory & Taylor. ——The curb market in Bellefonte will open on Saturday, May 10th. Clerk Thos. Shaughenessy will be in charge. getting ping-pong ——Bellefonte is to have two circuses dar- ing this month. Walter L. Main’s shows and Welch Bros. will both be here. ——Councilman W. H. Derstine, who thas been laid up with a slight attack of pneumonia, is.somewhat better. ——Mr. and Mrs. John J. Bower, of east Linn street, are the parents of a fine boy baby that arrived Tuesday morning. ——The Bellefonte Academy base ball team defeated the Howard players on Sat- day by the score of 23 to 3. It was easy. ——Phil. D. Waddle, who had been laid up with tonsilitis most of last week, was able to be out on Sunday and resumed his run on the Central next morning. ——The northern synod of the Evan- gelical Lutheran church of Central Penn- sylvania will convene in Rebersburg on Monday, May 19th, and continue in session for three days. ~——The body of the late James C. Noll who died in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on the 29th uls. did pot arrive here until Monday morning. It came clear around by Baf- falo, N. Y. ——W. A. Ishler, of Bellefonte, aud Jacob A. Fisher, of Aaronsburg, have received increases in their pensions. In the fature they will draw $8 and $12 per month, re- spectively. ——The relief committee appointed to solicit aid for the Clintondale fire sufferers reported on Saturday that they had col- lected $410.90 in cash and many groceries, provisions, clothing, ete. ——Rev. Dr. H. C. Holloway will preach the memorial sermon to Gregg post this year. The services will be held in the Lutheran church. A. A. Dale Esq. will de- diver the oration at the Union cemetery. ‘ ——The Hon. Joseph M. Belford, of New York, formerly a pedagogue in Belle- fonte, but now a distinguished lawyer and politician of New York city, will lecture in Petriken hall on Thursday evening, May 22nd. —— It required six stitches to close up a wound that Herbert McCoy received on his right band at the glass works one day last week. A roller he was carrying to the fattening room broke, causing the acoi- dent. ——Oceasionally a good catch of trout is reported, but the majority of the fishermen have such poor luck as to become disgusted with their most favorite streams. There can be but little doubt of a great scarcity of trout, for some reason or other. ——Hecla park is being beaatified for the opening of the picnic season. It is ex- pected that it will be in condition about June 15th. It is proposed to permit bath- dng in the lake there during the summer, But bathers must provide their own suits. ———Alfred Bierly, of Chicago, composer and publisher, who is a native of this coun- ty, bas made a claim on the Rhode Island Society of Cincinnati for a geld medal for his composition entitled ‘Hymn of Our Nation.” It issaid to be a magnificent setting for ‘‘America.”’ ? ——Lee Bottorf, a brakeman on the maine cars at Scotia, had his left arm broken and leg wrenched while at work there last “Thursday afternoon. His escape from death was miraculous. He was riding in- "$0 the crusher on a mine train when one ‘of the cars jumped the track, throwing him off. He was 16 years old and a son of John Bottor!. ——Mise Grace Sellers, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Sellers, of Fillmore, and Thomas Glenn, of Lemont, were mar- vied last Wednesday. The fair bride is barely sixteen and her parents were apposed to her marriage on that account, but finally gave their consent to the union and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn will make their ‘home with this summer. ——Harry Gunsallus, the Snow Shoe Trakeman whose arm was amputated in the Hayes hospital last week, is getting along so nicely as to be able to sit up. William Frantz, who was operated on for appendicitis in the same institution is also recovering nicely. His case was a very critical one. An abscess had formed and was discharging into the abdomen, so that the chances of his recovery were greatly aeduced. SUPERIN TENDENT GRAMLEY RE-ELECT ED.—The expected happened in the court house in Bellefonte on Tuesday when C. L. Gramley, of Rebersburg, was re-elected superintendent of the public schools of the county. It was an interesting contest be- cause of the number of aspirants for the honor and in that condition, itself, proba- bly could be found a large element that contributed toward Mr. Gramley’s re-elec- tion. The opposition to him was so vari- ously cut up that it could not be united. All of the aspirants were good, clean men. Well qualified, both by experience and moral temperment, for the supervision of the schools. Mr. Gramley led by virtue of his many years of experience in the of- fice and there is every reason to believe that his past good conduct of the work will be continued through the new term upon which he has just entered. The convention of directors convened shortly after noon. Of the 204 in the coun- ty there were 178 in attendance when the superintendent called the body to order. After reading the call for the convention and its purpose he asked for nominations for permanent chairman. Capt. S. H. Ben- nison, of Marion, nominated Caps. C. T. Fryberger, of Philipsburg, for the chaii. Col. John A. Daley, of Curtin, seconded the nomination, and the choice was unani- mous. Upon assuming control of the body Capt. Fryberger expressed his pleasure at the honor conferred upon him and urged that no motions not pertinent to the work of the body be introduced to embarrass the presiding officer. Just what he alluded to no one seemed to realize, but those present who were ac- quainted with Philipsburg methods in Re- publican conventions understood just what the Capt. meant. Upon motion of G. W. Rees, Bellefonte, H. C. Quigley Esq., of Bellefonte, was nominated for secretary. G. F. Stevenson, Patton, seconded the nomination and it was made unanimous. P. H. Haupt, of Milesburg, was nomi- nated for reading olerk. Mr. Stevenson also seconded his nomination and it was made unanimous. W. H. Crissman, of Bellefonte, named 8S. W. Smith, of Centre Hall, and I. J. Dreese, of Lemont, as tellers. They were second- ed by W. C. Heinle, Bellefonte, and E. Noll, of Spring. Both were elected. This completed the work of organization and the chair announced that it was ready to receive nominations for the office of county superintendent. Immediately H. C. Quigley arose and in a set speech placed C. L. Gramley, of Miles township, before the body. Mr. Quigley lingered long and loud on his candidate’s fine physique and when he had finished Col. Daley took up the refrain with ‘‘great pleasure’ and concluded it with one of his ‘‘pomes.”’ Of course Dr. E. A. Russell meant noth- ing personal—he was only fearful lest he be detained until too late to catch his train —but it put quite a damper on budding oratory when he got up and moved—im- mediately after the conclusion of these two oratorical effervescences that speeches he cut-out. The next name to be presented was that of J. Dorsey Hunter, of Fillmore. He-was nominated by I. J. Dreese, of Lemont, and seconded by W. H. Crissman, of Bellefonte. Sol Peck, of Nittany, then arose to name Luther W. Musser, of State College. After him John H. Beck, of Walker, named A. A. Pletcher, of that township, and G. W. Rees, of Bellefonte, named John F. Har- rison, of Bellefonte. This concluded the nominating work. James B. Strohm, of Potter, and James Gregg, of Milesburg, not going into the convention. : At this juucture a motion was introduced by W. H. Crissman requesting candidates to leave the ball during the balloting. If was evidently in the nature of a surprise to every one but Col. D. F. Fortney, of Bellefonte, who appeared to be loaded for it and succeeded in persuading a majority of the directors that it was wrong to deny the candidates the pleasure of seeing their friends vote for them. The balloting began then, after Hard P. Harris, of Bellefonte, moved that directors should rise in their places when voting. and resulted as follows : Gramley.....ceesennnen 83. 87 91 Hunter, 32 36 45 Musser. 23 19.., 20 Harrison.....cceeoeeennss D3 eeiieresssarasnes 17 Pletcher. 16 17 18 At the opening of the second ballot Dr. W. W. Andrews, of Philipsburg, moved that after that ballot the lowest candidate on each ballot be dropped and so on until a nomination was made. It carried. At the conclusion of the second ballot Mr. Harrison’s name was withdrawn and four of his delegates going to Mr. Gramley the latter was nominated on the third, it re- quiring only 87 to nominate on that ballot. When the result was announced there was general applause and the successful as- pirant was called on for a speech. He re- sponded with a very grateful little acknowl- edgment of the honor and was getting along fine until I. J. Dreese, one of the clerks, in passing him, remarked sofo voce, ‘‘be careful that you make no promises’’ whereupon the new official left no doubt in anyone’s mind this time by declaring in stentorian tones, ‘‘I have no promises to make.”” It fit in very nicely, but few peo- plesaw the point of what was a clever lit- tle thrust and just as clever a parry. So far as we have been able to learn the contest was conducted in a very fair man- ner, though there was strong ground for the suspicion that politics was being in- jected into it during the past few days. Mr. Gramley openly accused a number of people of doing so, but the result, itself, shows all too plainly the error of his con- tention. Asa matter of fact it did look very much on Friday and Saturday as if he were using all the political pulls he could work through former Governor Hastings and Mr. John P. Harris to further his own interests and had the Democrats been in- clined to line up against such methods he would have been defeated easily, for there were enough anti-Hastings Republican di- rectors in the convention to have controlled it. While we bave no quarrel with Mr. Gramley and have always regarded him as a friend it comes with poor grace from him to accuse others of working politics, merely because they were interested in the contest. It is nob unreasonable to believe that Mr. Hunter, Mr. Musser, Mr. Pletcher, Mr. Harrison or Mr. Strohm had friends whom they could call to their assistance, just as Mr. Gramley called on Governor Hastings, Mr. Harris or any others of his friends. Nor is it unreasonable that those friends should respond, just as did Governor Has- tings and Mr. Harris. If is unfair for him to cry ‘‘Politics’’ and an analysis of the vote will show that if there was any poli- tics in it at all he is the very man who profited by it. In the first place it 1s altogether probable that a majority of the directors present were Democrats. While the majority of all of the 204 in the county is Republican it is so by such a small margin that with the absentees from Barnside, West Fergu- son, Philipsburg and South Philipsburg, Rush, Spring, Taylor and Uniouville—all Republicans—reducing the atttendance to 178 the complexion of Tuesday’s conven- tion was certainly Democratic. Had there been a political alignment Mr. Gramley could have been defeated. The fact that every known Hastings Re- publican director in the county voted for Gramley from the first, with but one ex- ception, and he went to him immediately upon the withdrawal of Mr. Harrison from the race, indicates at least that there might have been a word passed from that source in the interest of the gentleman who would now have the public believe that the others tried to work politics. The fact that a majority of the anti- Hastings Republican directors in the con- vention voted against Mr. Gramley all the time shows, conclusively, that even had there been a full attendance the Democrats could have united with them and accom- plished his defeat. Above all it was the Democrats from State College, Centre Hall boroughs and other precincts in Penns-valley who elected Mr. Gramley and, in view of these facts, the WATCHMAN again states it comes with poor grace for him to accuse others of working politics in a contest that should be entirely removed from such influences. meee Qf rnin. ——Summer corsets from 25¢. up at Lyon & Co. ; w—ppe fA ret m— ——Miss Susan A. Harpster and Ru- dolph K. Strayer, of Gatesburg, were mar- ried by the Rev. F. L. Bergstresser in Ty- rone last Thursday evening. The oere- mony took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grazier and the young people will go to housekeeping in Altoona. BE .>e . —Dark Platino finished, up-to-date Photos for $1.69 the dozen. Regular $4 work. Mallory & Taylor. Rl pe, ——Probably the most interesting and closely contested ball game of the season will be played ou Saturday at the glass works meadow between the Academy and Lock Haven Normal school nines. They have met once this season and it required eleven innings to determine the winner. The home boys desire your money and your inspiring presence. Go out and en- courage them. rere rere ——Ladies new model bastist, corsets $1.00, Lyon & Co. rr Ap nnn, ——F. H. Gamel, secretary of the Belle- fonte Y. M. C. A. will deliver his lecture on ‘‘the American boy, his possibilities and his perils,” in the Lock Haven opera house on Friday night, May 9th. While we have never heard this particular lecture of Mr. Gamel’s we can assure the people of Lock Haven that they will be treated to sowme- thing good. Mr. Gamel is not a brilliant talker, but he is so forceful and intensely earnest as to make him most convincing. a ——Ladies' new straight front model corsets 50¢, Lyon & Co. eve ——Hon. J. M. Fredericks, of Lock Haven, is after an agricultural experiment station in Clinton county. He is especially interested in the culture of tobacco and has offered five acres of ground with the hope that the U. 8S. government will do as much for Clinton as it has done for other coun- ties growing tobacco, that is, establish a station there for the special purpose of fos- tering its growth. ———— rere ——Save money and buy your Lyon & Co. —— pti ——George Maxwell, who disappeared from Houtzdale last November, is supposed to be found in the body of a dead man who was discovered in the woods near Sandy Ridge, on Tuesday evening. Maxwell had insurance amounting to about $10,000. The hody found was so badly decomposed as to make identification very difficult. Benj. Cowperthwaite has a theory that it is the body of a barber by the name of Frank Elitson who came to his place when he was keeping hotel at Sandy Ridge two years ago. He left some of his clothing and started to walk across the mountain. Since that time nothing has been heard of him, nor did he arrive at Christ Sharer’s, near Hannah Furnace, the place of his destination, He had some barber tools with him, and wore a heavy black over- coat. shoes at AcTIVE DOINGS IN POLICE CIRCLES.— The police of Bellefonte had busy times the latter part of last week. Scarcely had they rounded up ‘‘Brack’ Powell for his supposed assault upon Bessie McCafferty, of which the WATCHMAN published full details in the last issue, when the story of another shocking outrage startled the com- munity and scattered the officers to the four points of the compass in search of the culprit. The WATCHMAN also published this last week. It was the assault that had been made on 13-year-old Amelia Neese, a daughter of J. H. Neese, who lives on the Jacob Valentine farm about one mile east of Bellefonte. With her sis- ter Nellie she was playing along the Nit- tany Valley railroad tracks on Thursday afternoon when a boy attacked her with the evident intention of assault. He kick- ed her in the side, scratched her and tore her clothing. but before he accomplished his fiendish designs her father, who was at work drilling grain in a near-by field, heard her cries and ran to the rescue. Several other men were summoned to join in the chase, but they lost track of the fleeing villain and it was left for the Belle- fonte police to apprehend him. Several clues were ran down without resulting in anything until Saturday, when Nellie was brought to town and kept on the streets with the hope that she would he able to recognize her sister’s assailant. Finally she pointed out Joseph Wolf to the officers and he was taken into custody. Later he was taken to the Neese home, where the vietim also identified him. Wolf is 16 years old and is a son of Wm. Wolf, a highly respected resident of east High street. He was released under $1,- 000 hail ; L. A. Schaeffer having gone on his bond. The boy declares his innocence and states that he will be able to prove that he was at work in McCulley’s garden on Bishop street at the time the assault is said to have been made. Fred Waltz and William Vallance Jr. two stable boys at the Palace barns got in- to trouble Saturday night and are in jail as a result of it. Some time before midnight they appeared at the barn and wanted a horse to go driving. George Garis was on duty at the time and seeing that they were in no condition to handle a horse he re- fused to let them have one. Later they reappeared, when he was out of the barn for a while, and took a fine sorrel mare and drove to Milesburg, accompanied by two girls. Sunday morning the horse was found badly crippled and tangled up ina barbed wire fence near the McCoy & Linn iron works. It is not known how long the suffering animal had been there, bus it was in bad shape when found. The buggy also was smashed up. But the trouble that makes Bellefonte appear like the wild and woolly west occur- red in the Diamond about midnight. There was a perfect cannonading with pistols, shouts of ‘‘lynch him’’ and such a general hub-bab as to throw all the timid in that locality into a panic of fright. About 11 o'clock officer Mullen discovered Jane Miller Lee down near the Bush house with trouble in her eye. He ordered her home, but Jane was to the argumentative stage and wanted to talk the matter over. Jim Miller appeared on the scene about that time and offered to gallant Jane howe and she started with him. A little later the same officer found her in the Diamond with her brother Sun, who was displaying more force than gallantry in his efforts to get her home, whereupon her nephews, Bil- ly and Bob Green, resented such treatment of their auntie and threatened to lick the stuffin out of their uncle Sun. Officer Mul- len removed their bone of contention by marching Jane off to the lock-up. After he had gone Billy and Bob set abous to ful- fill their promise to their uncle when officer Miller unexpectedly arrived and took Bob into custody. Then Billy got up on his ‘hind feet’’ and started across the Diamond pulling off his coat and swearing loud enough to drown the roar of a Niagara. Mullen had returned by this time and started to arrest Billy, but the latter re- sorted to his old trick of sprinting. He got away a short distance when the officer called for him to halt. Of course he didn’t do it and, whipping out his gun, Mullen sent two shots into the air. Instead of stopping the fleeing black-Green it speeded him up to about a twenty-knot mark and then, somehow or other the crowd that bad gathered got it into their heads that he had shot at the officer. With a whoop they took up the ehase and such a commotion coming down High street hasn’t been heard in a long time. Officer Miller, who had started with Bob, also thinking his brother officer had been fired upon, sent a shot after Billy as he sped down the street. The chase became too hot for him, however, and he dodged north on Spring until Dr. Locke’s yard was reached. There he vaulted the fence and croached close along the inside of it. When he discover- ed that he had not eluded the crowd of pursuers he feigned being dead, but that didn’t work, for several boys jumped on him at once and held him until the officer arrived. It was then only a matter of a short time until Billy and Bob were reunited with their aunt Jane and the little family party were undisturbed in the lock-up un- til Monday morning, when Mayor Blanch- ard fined them each $10. Failing to pay that they all went to jail for a twenty day term. Their friends succeeded in raising the fines by Wednesday afternoon, how- ever, when they were released. Young Wolf was given a hearing before justice Keichline, on Wednesday afternoon, and after a great deal of conflicting testi- mony he was held for court; the bail be- ing reduced to $300. News Purely Pevsonal. —Mrs. J. K. McFarlane visited in Lock Haven over Sunday. —Mrs. Sara Satterfield spent Tuesday in Mill Hall, visiting friends. —Rev. Dr. Laurie, of this place, spent Tuesday with friends in Philipsburg. —Hon. Leonard Rhone, of Centre Hall, was in Bellefonte on Monday. —Mrs. A. 8. Garman, of Tyrone, spent Saturday with relatives in this place. —Walter G. Butts, of Winber, spent Sunday with his mother on north Allegheny street. —Former sheriff W. M. Cronister, of Martha Furnace, was in Bellefonte on Monday. —John T. Laurie, express messenger on the B. E. V. spent Sunday with his parents in this place. —Joseph Fox, formerly connected with the Model shoe store, has gone to accept a position in Philipsburg. —L. R. Lingle, of Potter Twp., who farms near the Old Fort, was in town on Saturday looking af- ter a little business. —Will Snyder, of Eagleville, has gone to Phila- delphia to accept a position with the Bll tele- phone company. —Miss Kate Dale, of Lemont, arrived in town Wednesday to spend a few days with Mrs. John M. Shugert, of Linn street. —Mr. and Mrs. Claude Jones, of Tyrone, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. Jones’ father and sisters on east Linn street. —Capt. C. T. Fryberger, John Gowland, Dr, W. W. Andrews and John Rowe were prominent among the Philipsburgers in town on Tuesday. —Miss Elizabeth Stuart, of State College, went to Pittsburg Sunday afternoon to accompany home her brother, Will,who has been sick with typhoid fever. —J. B. Piper, of Alexandria, was in Bellefonte yesterday in attendance at court. He was inter- ested in the Iron City insurance company litiga- tion. —Former Governor D. H. Hastings and asst. cashier Isaac Mitchell of the J. H. & Co bank, de- parted for the Cambria county coal fields on Tuesday. —W. F. Ross, of Williamsburg, spent Sunday at State College at which institution he was a stu- dent before entering Jefferson medical college in Philadelphia. —W. Galer Morrison, of Roland; John Q. Miles, of Huston, and Cal Weaver, of Coburn, were a trio of ex-county officials who happened to be in town on Tuesday. —Logan McKinney, of Howard, quite a stran- ger to be sure, but still the same affable, pleasant gentleman as of old was in town on Tuesday on business. —Mrs. Katharine W. Curtin, Dr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Harris and Miss Lyde Thomas made up a little party of Bellefonters who left for Philadelphia for a week’s visit on Monday. —Rev. Dr. D. 8. Monroe, of Shamokin, spent Monday night at the home of P. Gray Meek. He had been in Philipsburg attending the funeral of the late L. G. Kessler, of that place, —Edgar T. Burnside and W. E. Gray Esq., were Bellefonters who spent‘Monday night in Tyrone. The former was selling scales as usual, while the latter was on his way to Atlantic City in quest of health. . —Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Krumrine, with their children, came home from Williamsport Monday evening. Mrs. Krumrine andthe little ones had been visiting at her home there for several weeks and 8id went down to bring them home. —Yesterday Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Clemson came down from Scotia to take possession of their new home—the old stone house at the furnace—bu they found the repairs so far from finished that they will stay at the Bush house and not go to housekeeping until next week. —J. H. Reifsnyder Esq., of Millheim, has been in town this week attending court and it is really not exaggeration to say that the 'Squire is im- proving in appearance every day. He has grown to look so well lately, especially since his mar- riage, that his friends are delighted. —Geo. T. Brew, of Oakland, Md., was in town over Sunday; having come up to be present at the trial of the case of the Jackson estate vs Jackson, Hastings & Co. bankers. It was continued to the August term, however, because of the illness of attorney H. C. McCormick for the bank. —Ad Fauble and Harry Walkey, of this place, joined the Lock Haven lodge B. P. O. E. on Tues- day night and Joseph Katz and Sim Baum, old Elks, went down to stand with them during the ordeal. It was made a great event in the Lock Haven lodge and a delegation of Williamsport Elks were on hand to help keep things moving. —John J. Noll, who went west from this county twenty-two years ago and who is now making his first visit here in eighteen years, arrived in town Monday looking prosperous and independent as a Kansas Democrat alone can do. He is stopping at the home of his sister, Mrs. Henry Walkey, on Logan street, and expects to spend the summer with hig Centre county friends. —Jas. B. Spangler, the well known Potter town- ship farmer who lives near Tusseyville, was a Bellefonte visitor yesterday; having driven over to attend to some business here. Mr. Spangler did not seem to take much interest in the direct- or's convention on Tuesday but that is readily ex- plained in the fact that he is such an ardent Dem- ocrat that when it comes to attending conventions he perfers those of his own party. —Captain John A. Hunter, of Stormstown, wa in town on Monday getting inside information on some of the current events in the county and, in- cidentally, meeting his new pastor Rev. Hart, a young Scotchman. Captain Hunter would be » public philanthropist if he would divulge the se- crets of perpetual vigor, which he has evidently fathomed, for he retains to a remarkable degrees his hale and youthful appearance despite his four score years : —A. A. Pletcher, of Nittany, tarried in town for a few hours after the convention on Tuesday and took his defeat very cheerfully. He was particu- larly anxious to express his gratification to the people, in all parts of the county that he visited, for the very courteous ireatment he received. He said he enjoyed his canvass very much and found out that there are hosts of nice people in the county, even though it wasn’t possible for: them all to be for him, —Dr. John F. Alexander, of Centre Hall, was in town Monday, on his way home from a three weeks’ stay in southeastern Ohio. The stay was not an altogether pleasant one, though, for he was in bed sick most of the time. He was in Pittsburg attending a banquet given to the employees of the Equitable Insurance Co. and from there went on west to look after some property in which he was interested. He was dined and feted too much for the condition of his health and in consequence went to bed for self preservation. —Mr. O. T. Switzer, of Philipsburg, whose let- ters from the Klondike during the recent rather strenuous opening of that great gold territory, were so greatly enjoyed by the readers of the papers publishing them, was in town yesterday. While he was here more to call on his many friends in the county seat than to talk mines or mining he was accompanied by Mr. W, J. Robin- son, of Philadelphia, who was interesting some of our people in Mr. Switzer’s proposition. He rep- resents Benj. C. Warnick & Co. brokers of Phila delphia, who are underwriting the entire bond issue of the British-American Dredging Co., which is the name of the corporation that proposes developing Mr. Switzer’s claims at the mouth of Pine creek on Atlin lake. He owns three miles of that famous creek and there seems little doubt | of the “pan out” being prelific. AN OLD PLANT BEING REMODELED.— Old Red bank, an ore operation on the Sheldon farm in Nittany valley, that for sixty years. had been worked by the Eagle iron works at Roland, is being remantled and will supply ore again to that historic old forge. As it is well known that Messrs. John M. Dale and H. R. Curtin are now operating the plant very successfully under the firm name of the Curtin Forge Co. When a new corporation took over the Valentine iron ore-fields it was necessary for them to find another bank at which to get the ore théy needed, hence the remantling of Red bank. A new boiler,engine and pump have already been installed and workmen are now busily engaged in putting in a com- plete washer. They expect to have the mine going again in a few weeks and will work it to its utmost capacity. ——Ladies taped girdles 90¢, Lyon & Co. : ————— erent ——The work of remantling the old Valentine furnace is going on rapidly, though it has been unavoidably delayed by the failure of some of the brick to be used in relining the stack to arrive on time. A new trestle is being put in the stock house, the new roof isalready on the casting house and the only material change to be made is the removal of the vent for drawing off the cinder to the other side of the furnace, in order to facilitate that part of the work. It is not known just what day the furnace will be put in blast, but it will be soon. rr fp Qs. -—— Ladies’ new bastist corset, short, 50c, Lyon & Co. rb GETTING READY FOR FREE DELIVERY. —The people along the new free rural mail delivery route that is expected soon to be established in College township are getting ready for Uncle Sam’s mail carriers. The route extends from State College, past Cen- tre Farnace, through Houserville to Rock Forge, thence back by the way of the. big hollow to the College. Irwin Wirt, who expects to be the carrier between Lemont and Houserville, has been over the route selli ng hoxes and many of the patrons to be served are all ready for the delivering to begin. Itis expected about June 1st. ener AGA ees ——See our patent leather special fine, $1.50, Lyon & Co. ——— Oxfords, ——The eleventh annual convention, of the Altoona District Epworth League, will be held at Philipsburg, May 15th and 16th, beginning at 2 p. m., May 15th, and clos- ing after the evening session May 16th. Bishop Cyrus D. Foss, D. D., L. L. D., of Philadelphia, will deliver a sermon. Ad- dress on Friday evening, May 16th. ——Men’s good working shoes, lowest prices, Lyon & Co. eT —Prof. I. N. McCloskey, of Lock Haven, was elected superintendent of the schools of Clinton county on Tuesday, over Prof. J. W. Elliott, of Renovo, by a vote of 104 to 48. Pen —-Men’s shoes, lowest prices, Lyon & Co. er ——Three Hungarians were badly burn- ed at the Armor farm quarries of the Amer- ican Co., on Wednesday afternoon by the premature discharge of a load they were using to blow out a hole with. Manager Bob Morris took two of them to the Lock Haven hospital yesterday afternoon. They were very badly burned about the face, head and arms. Philadelphia Markets. The following are the closing prices of the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening. Wheat—Red .... &7@87} «No, 2. 83@85%4 Corn —Yellow. 64@69 “Mixed. 62@6414 Oats. ...... coeeses 51 Flour— Winter, Per Br’l . 2.85@3.10 ‘¢ —Penna. Roller.... . 3.40@3.65 ¢¢ —Favorite Brands. . 4.15@4.25 Rye Flour Per Br'l.........cccociuee 3.25@3 Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 10.00@16.00 $ $ " Mixed * 1..... 10.00@13.00 vessens vee 1.50@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 : d wheat,....... 80 Rye, per bushel 60 Corn, shelled, per 60 Corn, ears, per bushel... 60 Oats, per bushel,...... ~ 48 Barley, Per BUSHEL... ice srecsceisisisracssninioisarnic 50 Ground Plaster, per ton. 8 50 to 9 50 Buckwheat, per bushel ....c...ccivanensnennes ven Cloverseed, per bushel.. $6 00 to §6 60 Timothy seed per bushel.. $3.20 to $3.60 Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co. Potatoes per bushel ...........ccosereererernns oe ssasres 85 Onions Eggs, per dozen.. 15 ae 2% pound. 11 Country Shoulde 10 Sides... 10 Tal Hats 4-4 . 3 ow, per pound.. Butter, 4) br assssnseesse 22 The Democratic Watchman. 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