Brora Yi Bellefonte, Pa., July 11, 1902. A Slick Swindler Fleeces a Few Belle- fonters. A well dressed man about 5ft 10 inches tall, dark bair and eyes, slouch hat and pe- culiarly marked with red blotches is want- ed in Bellefonte for passing thiee worthless checks. On Saturday evening, June 28th, a man answering the above description visited the stores of John I. Olewine, James Schofield and William McClure and made purchases to the amount of $3 in each place. In pay- ment therefor he tendered checks for $15 made payable to George Heller and signed by ‘“Abrabam Miller.”’ In each instance " the merchants gave the man $12 in cash change, but later discovered how neatly they had been swindled, as the checks were all forgeries. The endorsements and sig- natures were both so plainly in the same band writing that it seems remarkable that the forgery was not discovered at once. It was not, however, and *‘George Heller” disappeared with $36 of our merchants’ money. : It was about half past eight when the man walked into the harness shop of Wm. Me- Clure and expressed a desire to purchase a breast collar and traces. The goods amounted to three dollars: Mr. McClure asked the mao if it was County Commis- sioner Miller’s check that he was offering in payment and the latter responded that it was, whereupon Mr. McClure gave him $12 in money on the check. The man then left, saying he would call for the goods la- ter. 1 He went into John Olewine’s hardware store, bought a keg “of nails and casually asked that they cash a small check of **Ab- raham Miller’s'’ for fifteen. dollars which Mr. Olewine very cheerfully did. The price of the nails was $3.00 which left $12 in cash for Mr. Heller. The last place the forger visited was James Schofield’s shop, where he ‘worked the same little bluff, buying three dollars worth of goods and proffering a fifteen dol- lar check. At each place he left the goods, saying he would call later but he has so far failed to materialize. eee ——While shunting cars on the siding at the Nistany furnace last Thursday morn- ing a string was run down ‘over the track that runs most parallel with the B. N. and L. track as far as Reynold’s mill. Most of the forward cars were light empties and passed over the old trestle over Lo- gam’s branch without trouble, but when the last one, a great box-car carrying its capacity of pig-iron, came along it was too much for the trestle and it gave way, let- ting the car drop through into the stream. The trestle had been weakened by the spring floods, else it would not have collapsed. ——— fp rrr ——The heavy rain of Sunday afternoon washed the country out about Pleasant Gap very badly. George Horner, who lives np in Green valley, must have lost about all of his corn field, for early Monday morn- ing he was down at Mulfinger’s hotel try- ing to organize a party to gather up the remnants along the stream. He even went so far as to telephone to this office to know if any of it was sticking in the cogs of our machinery, but while we noticed many corn fields passing down Spring creek on the muddy tide we bave reason to be thankful that none of it stopped at this port. SHERI ——Ensign J. D. McIntyre, whose con- nection with the Salvation Army post sta- tioned here several months ago, has digni- fied their work and given ita prestige in Bellefoute seldom attained by such itiner- ant evaogelists, departed for Du Bois last Thursday and will not return. After a short visit at her home in that place she will go to New York to study the work for a short time and then will probably enter some other field: Miss McIntyre is a wom- aw of excepbional attainments and her mission in Bellefonte proved so froitful thas ber departure is a matter of general a nd ~——James Miller, a porter at the Bush house took unto himself a bride, last Thursday evening, in the person of Miss Edith Brown. The ceremony was per- formed at the residence of Rev. T. J. Affev. of the A. M. E. church and while there was no grand display, it was a hap- PY wedding day, for Jim looks is. °*de The ficst trip of the cars over the trolley line that connects Tyrone and Bellwood was made on Wednesday of last @ek. The road was found to be in first 88 condition and on Wednesday it was mally opened to traffic. On the Fourth Jusauds of peeple made the trip over. the ifie, as a matter of curiosity, wl ——Teachers for the Mileshurg schools h ve been elected as follows : Principal, James Gregy; intermediate, Nina Me- Closkey ; primary, Elizabeth J, Stroop. > ve ——Suuday’s 1ain was the most terrific down pour experienced in this place for many years, yet a mile and a-half distant nok a drop of water fell. a > ——The interior of the Presbyterian ohapel in this place is undergoing a thor- ough cleaning and seme necessary repairs. r— a. —— Bellefonte was very quiet on. the Fourth and, in the language of the street urchin, “then was nothin’ doin’.”’ ————— ——The Logans have decided to hold their next picnic at Hunter's park on July 30th. : The Coteville Band Made a Hit at Ty=- rome. It was a matter of great gratification to Bellefouters who attended the Fourth of Ju ly celebration in Tyrone to witness the gen- tlemanly bearing and the splendid impres- sion as a musical organization made by the Coleville band. The band had been engaged by the committee in charge of the demon- stration to head the big parade and its con- tribution to the success of the day's pro- gram was so pleasing as to fully justify the wisdom of its engagement. ’ While the first prize was awarded to the Yeagertown band the Coleville boys have nothing to regret and are perfectly satis- fied with their award of second place, which secured an extra $15 for them. They were there to please the people of Tyrone and had little concern about prize win- ning, though they were actually far ahead of the Yeagertown organization in: hoth martial and concert work. That they succeeded in accomplishing their end is evidenced by the following complimen- tary notice, which appeared inthe Herald, of that place, on Saturday evening. The Coleville band of Bellefonte rendered a fine open-air concert in front of the Garman house Thursday evening. The Coleville musicians comprise a fine organization and their music was greatly enjoyed by the large audience which heard them, y bios erst Miss Holu’s Horse Recovered. The horse, buggy and harness that was stolen from the stable of Miss Carrie Holt, near Curtinus Works, on the night of June 15th, has heen recovered and the thief is in jail here awaiting trial. ; He was arrested at Mill Hall on Monday morning, Jane 30th, by the constable of that place and former sheriff Robert Cook. Later he was given a hearing before justice Galer Morrison, of Curtin’s Works, and was held over for court. The fellow stout- ly asserted his innocence until the next day, when he made a fall confession and told that the horse was in Brookville. The thief’s name is Edward Walker and be has served time in the penitentiary. Miss Hols .and .deiective..Joe .Rightnour went out to Brookville, where she identi- fied her stolen property and is was brought home. be ——James H. Morgan, an old and high- ly respected resident of Philipshurg, died at his home in that place on Wednesday evening, July 2nd. Deceased was horn in Herefordshire, England, Oct. 20th, 1420, and settled in Clearfield county when he was only 12 years old. Deceased was prominent in the Preshyteiian church and was one of the organizers of the Republican party. One daughter, “Mrs.- John-Mason, of Clearfield. survives him. Interment was made in Philipshuig on Saturday after- noon. —--Mr. Bason, who was in town last week advertising Grain-o and Jell-o, call- ed at this office hefore he ‘left and presented the editor with a package each of Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry Jell-o. We found that Jell o is a delicious gelatine dessert preparation, already sweetened and flavored, and prepared for the table by simply pouring boiling water over it. As the price is but 10 cents a package, it seems that all might enjoy this luxury, as every first class grocer sells it. -eoe —M. 8. Adams, who has heen postmas- ter at Chester Hill,a suburb of Philip. ——While in town on Monday of la week the venerable Henry Tobin, of Snow Shoe, fell on the pavement in front of the Bush house and broke his nose. ——— tre ——John Mitchell has heen appointe post-master at Lemont, vice Elmer Ross, term expired. ¥ —— 2 ——Alderman E. K. Parsons performed an unusual marriage ceremony on Satur day morning. The parties were an age man named Aaron Springer, and the wom- an was Ida A. Springer. The couple were married many years ago in Florida. After living together until 1898, they were di- vorced at St. Augustine. After being apart for four years they concluded to be remarried. i y last year and thie cost of ‘each. Opera Scenery. Its Production Requires Lots of Work and Lots of Cash as Well. The public little realizes that behind the scenes of the Metropolitan Opera House is a large and most important factory running in full blast. There is manufactured all the scenery, cos- tumes, properties and mechanical ef- fects used in the elaborate productions. Everything has to be most skillfully planned. When a revival of “The Magic Flute” was under consideration and the expense of doing it on an appropri. ate scale was figured out, it was found that the curtain would rise on an ex- penditure of something like $30,000. + Have you ever been in a scenic art- ist's studio? He has no easel. Instead, he has a little model, an exact minia- ture of the house in which his scenery is to be set up. Here on a reduced scale he prepares models of the scenes which his painters are to project on an enormously enlarged scale upon the canvas which hangs by the paint bridge. When he has modeled his scene, he calls in the costumer and the stage manager. -Seenie artist and costumer usually have put their heads together before getting to work and decided up- on certain color schemes for the vari- ous scenes, but just that very morning the costumer may have seen a stunning bit of red which he wants to introduce into his scheme, and so he tries to per- suade the scenic artist to change the coloring a little accordingly.—Cosmo- politan. Anticipated the Permission. Ministers have many interesting and amusing experiences. A local clergyman was engaged in conversation with a number of friends the other day, when each started tell- ing stories of weddings he had per- formed. One of the party had this to offer: § "| 3 by § ” 3 : Some time ago a great big fellow, roughly dressed, and a wee mite of a young woman came to him. They had no witnesses, and, in fact, did not care to have any. Nevertheless, a brides- maid and groomsman were selected from the household, and the ceremony began. They had promised to love and obey and all the rest of the service, when the preacher announced, ‘Kiss the bride.” The bridegroom, on bended knee, hes- itated a little, tried to say something and couldn’t. “Kiss the bride,” said the pastor. “Why, parson, I did, afore I come here at all,” replied the bridegroom, whose face had taken the color of a June rose. The witnesses burst forth in laugh- ter, while the minister had all he could do to retain the serious expression which he always wore when wedding people.—Duluth News Tribune. Radio Active Substances. Different solid bodies—copper. plati- num, lead, glass, wax, paper, etc.—be- come radio active when they are placed in a closed vessel along with one of the radio active salts of barium or, still better, immersed in a solution of such a salt. The induced radiation is of the same character as that of the original salt—its rays are deviated in the mag- netic field. If a tube containing a gas under low pressure has a current of electricity passed through it, the gas becomes luminous when the pressure is low enough, as is well known. Air at 33 millimeters pressure becomes lu- minous when so treated, for example. When a radio active substance is held near to such a tube, the luminosity be- gins at a higher pressure, which for air is 44 millimeters. The color of the light varies in the two cases. Natural Fountain Pen. “All woodsmen know,” says Paul Martin in La Vie Scientifique. “that pine needles grow in pairs in the same sheath and that when placed side by side the sharp pointed ends are exact- ly oppcsite. Fasten these two needles together by a thread quite near the pointed end, and you will have a pen with two sharp nibs, ready to write whatever you please. As a penholder insert the pen into a hollow twig, let- ting the points stick out about a centi- meter (half inch). Dip your pen into an inkstand, letting it remain for a short time in the ink. The ink will rise by capillarity in the tube formed by the junction of the two needles and will form a reserve of liquid sufficient for the writing of twenty lines. The pen is fine, simple and antirusting.” 2, George Saw Too. Mabel (anxiously)—Have you seen George this evening? He promised to call. yy Fither—He did call. 1 entertained him‘ for an hour before you came down stairs. CAVES ! Mabel—You entertained him, papa? Fither—Yes. 1 ‘gave him a list of all the new dresses and gewgaws you had I never saw a youug man more interested, yet he ‘ left very hurriedly. — Pearson’s Weekly. | ik effio) apg t Alvays at the Front. “Young Cummagin seems absurdly proud of that fiery scar he got on his face at Heidelberg.” ; “Well, that's all right. It's his red badge of courage.”—Chicago Tribune. 5 ol 4 'o Diplomacy. Jack—What is the secret of your pop- ularity with the ladies? . Tom—I always mistake the society queens for debutantes and the debu- tantes for society queens.—Life. A man never buys a carpet sweeper as a Christmas present for his wife un- til after they have had their tin wed- ding, anyway.—Chicago Herald. Some of the wooden churches of Nor- way are fully 700 years old and are still in an excellent state of preserva- tion. ’ A ‘| MANY A BELLEFONTE CITIZEN FINDS THE Montgomery Woman Killed. And Two Others Seriously Injured in a R Mrs. Henry Decker was killed and two other persons were badly injured in a run- away accident on Houston avenue hill, Montgomery, Saturday morning. John High's team frightened and ran. The wagon overturned and threw its occupants into a stone gutter. All alighted upon their heads. Mrs. Decker’s head was crushed, and she died Saturday evening without regaining consciousness. John High’s head was cut in a number of places, several ribs were broken, and he was badly bruised about the the hody, Carrie High's face was cut and she was otherwise injur- ed. This is the second serious accident to oc- cur at this point within a month. On May 13th a family named Platt were bad- ly used up in a similar accident. DoN’t FAIL To TRY THIS.—Whenever an honest trial is given to Electric Bitters for any trouble it is recommended for a per- manent cure will surely be effected. It never fails to tone the stomach, regulate the kidneys and bowels, stimulate the liver invigorate the nerves and purify the blood. It’s a wonderful tonic for run-down sys- tems. - Eleotric Bitters positively cures kidney and liver troubles stomach disor- ders, nervousness, sleeplessness, rhenma- tism, neuralgia and expels malaria. Satis- faction guaranteed hy Green’s Pharmacy. Tourists. Yellowstone Park and Alaska Tours. Under escort of the American tourist association. Special sleeping cars leave Chicago Tuesday, July 1st, at 10 p, m., via THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY. Extended time in Yellowstone Park, and extra day at each hotel. Special stages and rooms al- ready reserved. Alaska on the new and elegant 8. 8. “Spokane.” Choice rooms reserved. The itinerary includes the Columbia river, Glacier, Banff, and Canadian National Park. TICKETS INCLUDE ALL EXPENSES EVERY- WHERE : Hotels, carriages, railway and sleeping car fares, meals in dining cars, berths on boats, etc. For circulars, maps, itineraries, etc, address J. R. Pott, district passenger agent, C., M. & St. Paul R’y., 810 Park Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 45-26-2t $50.00 Round Trip te California. Chicago & North-western railway from Chicago, August 2nd to 10th. The new Overland Limited, the luxurious every day train, leaves Chicago 8:00 p.m. Only three days enroute. Unrivaled scenery. Variable routes. New Drawing Room, Sleeping Cars and Compartment cars, Observation cars (with telephone.) All meals in dining cars. Buf- fet Library Cars (with barber.) Electric lighted throughout. . Two other fast trains.10:00 a. m. and 11:30 p. m. daily. The best of everything. Daily and personally conducted tourist car exctirsions to California, Oregon and Washington. Apply to your nearest ticket agent or address A. Q. 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Sundays. | 4 45/ 11 08/7 03]. 818 1526 07 $10.55 A. M. Sunday. wil Ee sR 13715 52 PanapeLrria Surepine Car attached to East- ri gp 3 TRE bound train from Williamsport at 11.30 P. M, and TT 28 7 21 ov SErUDIOR cere | 528 West-bound from Philadelphia at 11.36, 5 » i 31 | ...Bloomsdorf...| 7 40 5 20 J. W. GEPHART. 515 7 35/Pine Grove Cro.| 7 35 | F. H. THOMAS, Supt.