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Bellefonte, Pa., May 9 1902.
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THINGS ABOUT TOW). AND COUNTY
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$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.
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—— 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.
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——Summer corsets from 25¢. up at Lyon
& Co. ;
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——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.
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——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.
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——Ladies new model bastist, corsets
$1.00, Lyon & Co.
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——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.
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——Ladies' new straight front model
corsets 50¢, Lyon & Co.
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——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.
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——Save money and buy your
Lyon & Co.
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——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.
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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.
Published every Friday morning, in Bellefonte
Pa., at $1.60 per annum (if paid strictly in advance
$2.00, when not paid in advance, and $2.50 if not
paid before the expiration of the year; and no
paper will be discontinued until all arrearage is
d, 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-
ing by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows :
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