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BeMefonte, Pa., September 12 1902.
CorresroNDeENTS.—NO communications pub
lished unless accompanied by the real name of
the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
-——Next week the Granger picnic.
——Millheim’s share of the state school
appropriation is $698.82,
On Tuesday the temperature dropped
20° in less than thirty minutes.
——A heavy white frost was visible in
Philipsburg early last Friday morning.
——The Central Supply Co. of this place
will very probably purchase John Baisor’s
store at Scotia.
——The great Centre county fair will
open on September 30th and continue dur-
ing Oct. 1st, 2nd and 3rd. x,
——Mrs. Sara Teats, of east Bishop
‘#treet, is offering at private sale a number
of desirable household articles.
——Thirteen hundred gallons of cider
‘were made at the Richard & Ertle press in
Madisonburg one day last week.
~——Considerable damage was done to
the property of W. H. Musser, near Mill-
heim, by the storm on Tuesday. ;
——The contract for the erection of the
new Centre street bridge in Philipsburg
has been granted to John Hirst.
© — Some one broke into E. K. Rhoads
grain elev ator on Tuesday night and stole
‘an ax, saw, bammer and other tools.
~The interior of the Reformed church
fn” this place is being remodeled.” A York
firm is doing the frescoing and decorating
and new carpets are to be laid.
——The business of the late L. G.
Kessler in Philipsburg has been incor-
porated under the name of the L. G.
Kes sler Co., with a capital of $20,000.
——““A Hot Scotch Major,” that comes
to Garman’s next Thursday evening will be
first class attraction. Itis a clever, musical
comedy stagetl and acted by people high in
theatrical business. 3 ye
——George Gabel, who had a bar of red
bot iron run through his leg in the Jenkins
iron and tool works at Howard recently,
was discharged from the Lock Haven hos-
pital on Friday. Hisleg was amputated.
——The Centre county fair grounds look
like a picture now. Nearly everything is
in readiness for the third annual exhibition
and if you want to meet your friends you
will find them all there during the week.
—Joe Spadic,an employee of the Amer-
ican Lime and Stone Co’s Buffalo-Run quar-
1y, is in the Bellefonte hospital with his
left leg fractured and punctured below the
knee. . A large stone rolled down on him
causing the injury.
——Prof. John A. Hunter, an instructor
in mechanical engineering at The Pennsyl-
vania State College, has bgen raised to a
full professorship at that institntion. He
is a son of Capt. J. A, Hunter, of Storms-
town, and was graduated from State with
the class of 1890.
——The farm house occupied hy Orvis
Fetzer, on the Rhoads farm in Boggs town-
ship, was destroyed by fire Friday night as
the result of a lamp explosion. The house
was a total loss though the out-buildings
were saved. Mr. Fetzer carried $750 in-
surance on his property.
——The Bellefonte Y. M. C. A. will bea
very popular place during the fall and win-
ter months. Sec. Gamel bas several new
entertainment features in contemplation
and weekly socials, at which lectures and
light shows will be given, are part of the
plan to make the Association rooms more | assumed the responsibility. Dr. Geo. F.
attractive.
——The - WATCHMAN heartily concurs
in the News’ assertion that the reservoir is
in a disgraceful condition. The bottom of
it is littered with brick, mortar, sticks, iron,
moss and fungus of various kinds. Now is
the season for typhoid fever and early at-
tention to the reservoir might prevent a
possible out-break in Bellefonte.
——The entertainment given by children
in Salvation Army hall, on the third floor
of the Centre county bank building, a few
weeks ago, will be repeated on Thursday
night, September 18th. An admission of
10 cents will be charged, the proceeds to be
donated to the anpual harvest festival. An
account of which appears in another col-
umn of this paper.
~—Lloyd Aurand, of Milroy, a nephew
of Ralph Spigelmyer, of this place, was op-
erated on for appendicitis in the Beliefonte
hospital, on Thursday, and is getting along
about as well as could be expected. His
case was an extremely critical one and
while he is by no means out of danger, there
is strong hope of his recovery if no other
com plications develop.
——The dwelling of John Sliker, in
Boggs township, was totally destroyed by
fire last Thursday morning. Mr. Sliker
had made a fire in the cook stove, then
gone to the barn to do his morning work.
When Mrs. Sliker got down stairs the
house was all ablaze and she merely had
time to rescue her sleeping child, which
was still in bed up stairs.
-—While riding in Water street on a
wagon with his father on Tuesday little
George Pat Garis, the beautiful child who
attracts so much attention in the square in
front of the Bush honse where he plays in
the dirt all day long, fell between the
wheels and was run over. The wagon
passed over the child’s face, bruising and
cutting it badly, but how he escaped being
killed is a marvel.
THE SCALE WORKS WiLL LEAVE
BELLEFONTE.-The announcement has been
made, aud upon authority that is indispu-
table, that the works of the Standard Scale
.| and Sapply Co., located in this place, will
be removed to a point near Pittsburg. The
' exact date of removal has not heen fixed
but, it possible, it will be made within
four months. Aft least notice to that effect
has been given to the men by Supt. Eugene
Mochtman.
There is no doubt of the intention of the
Standard corporation to leave Bellefonte,
consequently there is litile use of urging
our citizens to be up and doing in an ef-
fort to retain the industry. The time for
that was in May, .1900, when the matter
was first agitated and the WATCHMAN
plead in vain to those who profit most from
such enterprises to bestir themselves lest
they lose one of their most prolific sources
of income.
The exact reasons for taking the plant
away from Bellefonte are known only to
the majority of the board of directors of the
corporation, whose votes brought about the
decision. It is needless to say that the
Bellefonte interests represented on the board
were not favorable to the change and ad-
vanced their opposition to 1t even to the re-
tiremenst of Mr. William Burnside as chair-
man of the company. 2
When in 1892 the Standard works were
located in Bellefonte Mr. Burnside was the
ong practical scale man back of it. It was
his child and it has been to his indefatiga-
ble work, more than to that of any other
person, that the plant that was hauled here
in one dray has grown to an enormous in-
dustry with an annual pay-roll of more
than $50,000.
That it should be moved away from
Bellefonte just when it bas become such a
valuable property is to be deplored, but
whether the move will prove a profitable
one remains for the future to develop. The
Standard lived and thrived through the
trying business depression of ’94 to '98
|| and it is not unreasonable to say that it
could not have done more in any other lo-
cation. As to its growth since that time the
works speak for themselves and looking at
them now with a prospective of them ten
years ago in the mind’seye, the wise man
will certainly wonder wherein a location
c ould have been any more propitious than
the one here.
Bellefonte will feel the loss of the scale
works, but there is hope in the knowledge
that we are not to lose the gentlemen who
made the business what it is, for what they
have accomplished in the past they may be
able to do again in the future.
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THE BELLEFONTE HOSPITAL OPENED—
Though it was not the intention to open
the new hospital that now offers comfort
to the injured and diseased of this com-
munity until everything would be perfect-
ly appointed in that institution two
emergensies arose and it was opened to
public service on the 6th. The hospital is
in. an unprepared condition to receive
patients, but the best that can possibly he
done under the circumstances is being
done. Meanwhile the various committees
are bending every effort to get the place
thoroughly equipped as speedily as it can
be accomplished.
Two patients ate now in the institution.
One, an appendicitis victim who was oper-
ated on and will very probably survive,
thus making the first operation in the new
hospital a successful one. His was a very
bad case, too, for the appendix had sloughed
entirely away. The other case is a fractured
leg. Both are doing well and seem more
than satisfied with the treatment they are
receiving.
Miss Eppley, a trained nurse from Wil-
liameport, took charge of the hospital until
Wednesday, when Miss Brooks, who is to
be the regular superintendent, arrived and
Harris is on service as physician and surgeon
and will remain for a period of seventy-
three days when he will be relieved by Dr.
J. L. Seibert, who will serve for a similar
period, aud after him Drs. Hayes, Sebring
and Klump, in order. Dr. Edith Schad
has been invited to assist in the medical
work and Dr. J. Y. Dale, of Lemont; Dr.
C. 8. Musser, of Aaronsburg; and Drs. Jas.
Dobbins and George Fairlamb, of Belle-
fonte, have been appointed consultants to
the medical and surgical staffs.
There are many things that the hospital
needs, most of all it needs money and
furniture. It will cost several thousand
dollars a year to maintain it and this sum
must be contributed by the charitable peo-
ple of Centre county. The hospital is for
the public. Those who can afford to pay
for its use are expected to do so, but in
cases where patients are unable to pay they
will be treated just as carefully as any
others. A number of the Bellefonte mer-
| chants are already making contributions of
supplies, others are furnishing rooms and
some voluntary cash subscriptions have
been made so that if you want to join in
the good work you need only let your
desire be known.
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A BUSINESS CHANGE.—Tomorrow morn-
ing Thomas Moore, who has been connected
with the F. P. Blair & Co. jewelry store so
long in this place that his absence will be
most noticeable, will leave for Philadelphia
where he expects to make his future home.
Mr. Moore entered the Blair store in April,
1884 and has been there ever since. He was
made a partner in the business in 1890,
hence the dissolution of the firm on account
of his departure.
He to goes Philadelphia to accept a pos-
ition as watch maker in the John
Wanamaker store and while we regret ex-
ceedingly the loss Bellefoiite sustains in
the departure of hoth Mr. and Mrs. Moore,
we trust his new work may prove most
profitable and their new environments
pleasant.
——Apples are being shipped from Mill-
‘heim to Philadelphia.
wsieThe vats for the new brewery that
is to be built in Philipsburg have arrived
in that place.
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—— William Strunk Sr., of Beech Creek,
‘caught a five pound bass in the Bald Eagle
last Thursday.
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——The Clinton county Sabbath School
Association met in the Methodist church in
Mill Hall during the fore part of the week.
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——Noah Brungart, of Rebersburg, had
a narrow escape from death by being crush-
ed by his traction engine last Monday af-
ternoon.
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——*‘A Hot Scotch Major’’ will be the
attraction at Garman’s next Thursday even-
ing and you will miss a good show if you
are not there.
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——Lee Grumbine, candidate for Lieu-
tenant Governor on the Prohibition ticket,
will be at Grange park, Centre Hall, next
Wednesday, to discuss the issues of the
campaign, as seen from his party platform.
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——Mis. Fr ancis A. Goss has resigned
her position. as matron ,at the Chester
Springs Soldiers Orphans’ school to accept
a more desirable place as boys’ matron in
St. Austin school at. West New Brighton,
Staten Island, New York.
Qf preset.
—— At a recent election the Bellefonte
Odd Fellows ele oted the following officers
for the ensuing term: C. P.,W. P. Kubn;
H. P., Jno. L. Kuisely; 8. W., M. L. Al-
tenderfer; J. W.,H. E. Clevenstine; Treas.
L Miller; Rep to the G. E., H. F. Miller;
trustee, S. Joseph. :
——DBurglars. entered Todd’s store at
Point Lookout, near Philipsburg, on Sat-
urday night and $40 in cash, together with
razors, groceries and other valuables was
cairied off. The same night William
Hess’ store in Philipsburg was entered, bus
nothing of value was taken.
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——Daniel Fahringer, of Colyer, is at
his home nursing his right aw, because
he got it caught in the propeller of a baud
car on the Bellefonte Central and several
ligaments wete torn loose. His hat blew
off and in endeavoring to catch it the ac-
cident befell him.
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—— Tomorrow will be G. A. R. day at
Lakemont, the beautiful resort juss outside
‘of Altoona. It is expected that 40,000 peo-
ple will be present and old soldiers from
all over the State are to be there; among
them being most, of the prominent state
comm anders of the Army. An army din-
ner of pork, beans, coffee and bard-tack
will be seived.
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——Dorsey Williams, an attache of the
Ward house in Tyrone was discharged last
week and, despondent over his predicament,
undertook to commit suicide by diinking
two ounces of laudanum. He was found
before death had resulted and by most
strenuous work was revived. He is an
industrious young negro.
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——ZEarly last Friday morning the barn
attached to the Wilt house in Mill Hall
was found to be ou fire and had gained
such headway that it was totally destroy -
ed. George Harvey occupied 1tas a livery.
His loss was three horses, a three seated
spring wagon and a lot of hay and harness.
Another horse, owned by a Mr. Kleckner,
of Sugar valley, that was pus up there for
the night was burned also.
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—— The attention of the public is called
to the sale of the property of the late A.
C. Kelly, of Fillmore, which will be made
on Saturday afternoon, September 20th,
beginning at 1 o’clock. All of the personal
effects of the deceased will be gold includ-
ing an organ, sewing machine, steel range
and other household goods, together with
the entire stock of goods in the general
merchandise store he conducted at that
place.
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——On another page of this issue is
published the list of premiums offered for
exhibits at the coming great Centre connty
fair. Look it over and if yon have any-
thing to put in competition yon might as
well try as anybody else. Besides, you
thus ‘encourage an enterprise that con-
tributes annually to the pleasure of thou-
sands of people, as well as promotes the
best interests of art, science, agriculture
and clean sport in the county.
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——There will be no crooked gambling
devices at the great Centre county fair.
The men back of it are gentlemen of high-
est character and their reputation for hon-
es ty is far too] valuable to be sacrificed for
the paltry pittance they might receive in
concessions from crooks. In addition,they
have given their promise to protect their
patrons and will do it and for that reason
the people of Centre county should rally to.
the support of the fair. It is a clean,pure,
wholesome amusement enterprise, with an
add itional value because of its instructive
features.
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——Platt-Barber & Co., the wholesale
grocers of Philipsbuig,are building a brick
grain ware house, 45x60, at their DuBois
store. They have lately opened a branch
house in this place, with Fred Musser in
charge. It is their ultimate intention to
secure all the large room formerly ozcupied
by McCalmont & Co on High street, the
rear of which they are using now while the
Central Supply Co. occupies the front.
The latter concern will move up town
whenever a more desirable room can be se-
cured, leaving their place for the Platt-
Barber branch. That the new firm sees
some business in and about Bellefonte 1s
evidenced by the arrival here on Monday
of a delivery wagon and horse for Fred to
handle his goods with.
ANOTHER VENERABLE MAN GONE.—
Benjamin Franklin Brown, one of the most
respected and aged citizens of Harris town-
ship, passed peacefully away at his home
near Boalsburg on Monday morning at 6
'o’clock, after a lingering illness of paralysis
and heart trouble. It was generally known
that he was failing rapidly but no one
realized that dissolution was so near until
heart disease developed last Friday.
He was a son of William Brown, one of
the pioneer settlers of Harris township.
His father cleared the farm on which he
was born eighty years ago and on which
most of his life was spent. In his earlier
life he worked at the Centre Furnace mill
but be had been engaged in farming for
more than thirty years. He was pre-emi-
nently an honest man, affable, agreeable
and kind. He was a steward in the Meth-
odist church for many years and in politics
he was an uncompromising Democrat. In
1872 he was a candidate for sheriff and on-
ly lacked afew delegates of being nomi-
nated.
His death is mourned by his wife, five
children, Mrs. Elmer Houtz, of Millheim;
Mrs. Lloyd Worle, of Reedsville; Mrs. Rob-
ert Condo, of Boalshurg; Franklin,of Rich-
mond, Ind., and Mable at home, two broth-
ers in Illinois and a wide circle of friends.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday
morning at 10 o’clock with Rev. D. E.
Hepler officiating. Interment was made
in the Boalsburg cemetery.
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ROBERT H. CROSTHWAI?—The venerable
Robert H. Crosthwait, who ‘was for many
years a resident of this place, died at the
home of his danghter, Mrs. Charles H.
Schroyer, in Altoona,on Saturday afternoen
of dropsy. His health had been failing for
many months and be had been confined to
bed for thirteen weeks. He was a native
of Potter’s Mills, this county,and his death
occurred on his. seventy-ninth birthday.
His mother too lived to be just seventy-
nine. He followed the occupation of har-
ness maker for many years and during the
Civil war served in one of the emergency
corps. He was a consistent member of the
Methodist church of this place for more
than fifty yeais and even after he went to
Altoona, seven years ago. he retained his
membership in the church here. Hig wife,
who was Mary Hall, a daughter of Jesse
Hall. died about twelve years ago and
three of his children preceded him to the
grave,
He is survived by three children, Mrs.
Emma Scehroyer, with whom he has made
his home for the past ten years, Fravk A.,
lyn, and ane brother Hiram C., of Altoona.
Funeral services were held in Altoona on
Sunday afternoon by the Rev. H. L.
Jacobs. Monday morning the body was
brought to this place and burial services
were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Shriner
in the Union cemetery, where interment
was made in the family plot.
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——John L. Kreider, who died at his
home near Warriors-mark on Saturday,
was a very well known man in that vi-
cinity. He was 64 years and 9 months old
and had been a sufferer from paralysis for
many years, being almost helpless for some
time previous to his death. One daughter,
Mrs. Minnie Ale, of Warriors-mark valley,
survives him. He also leaves two broth-
e1s, Samuel B. Kreider, of Buffalo Run,
and Chilian Kreider, of this place, and one
sister, Mrs. Mary B. Mattern, of Buffalo
Run. The funeral took place from the
German Baptist Brethren church at Spring
Mount at 9 o’clock Tuesday morning.
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——By the death of Mrs. Jane Roberts
Snyder, wife of Henry P. Snyder, publisher
of the Connellsville Courier, in the West
Penn hospital in Pittsburg on Wednesday
morning, there has passed away a young
woman of most attractive personality.
meetings of the National and State Editor
ial Association, she was well-known to
the fraternity and enjoyed an unusual pop-
ularity,for she was always vivacious, most
affable, andjcharming in mind as well as
person. She is survived by her husband
and one daughter and interment will be
made from the home of her parents in New
Castle this morning.
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THE Sons or TEMPERANCE.—Fountain
Springs division, No. 214, Sons of Tem-
perance, was organized in Bellefonte on
Monday night. Prof. Lockwood, the state
organizer, was present and delivered a
stirring address, his subject being ‘‘Betty,
John and thie Baby.” At its conclusion
the prohibition quartet sang several pleas-
ing selections and the business of electing
officers was taken up with the following
result :
Worthy patriarch, C. C. Shuey; worthy
associate, C. M. Bowser; Sup’t. of young
people, Miss Rebecca Leech; recording sec-
retary, J. P. Smith; assistant secretary,
Tillie Heck; financial secretary, Warren
Minnemyer; treasurer, Harry Raymond;
chaplain, Rev. Thomas W. Perks; con-
ductor, Miss Minnie Kuhn; assistant con-
ductor, Mrs. Mollie E. Lindsay; inside
sentinel, Earl Markle; outside sentinel,
D. N. Steele.
The regular meetings of the division will
be Thursday evenings in Petriken hall be-
ginning Thursday, September 18th.
——The Salvation Army officers have
rented the house on Thomas Street, lately
ocoupied by Mr. Joseph Kelleher, and are
moving their household goods this week.
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——Al Grove, the dairyman,had the bad
fortune of having the ends of the three mid-
dle fingers of his right hand cut off in a
planer at Bullock’s carriage works, in Miles-
burg, on Wednesday morning.
of State College, and Walter H., of Brook- |
Through her attendance at many of the |
News Purely Personal.
—Edward Schofield spent Sunday with relatives
in Clearfield.
—Dr. James Thompson, of Stormstown, was a
Bellefonte visitor on Monday.
—Sidney Kieffer, of Tyrone, spent Sunday with
friends in this place.
—Mrs. 8. H. Orwig, of Lewisburg, is a guest of
Mrs. R. G. H. Hayes, on Spring street.
—Miss De Velasco, of New York, arrived in
town on Tuesday and is at the Bush house.
—Miss Anna Mann, of Lewistown, is in town for
an extended visit with her many friends here.
—Miss Helen Crissman, of Thomas street, has
gone to Sunbury for an extended visit with rela-
tives.
—Mrs. Martin Fauble returned from a visit to
the family of William Grauer, in Altoona, on Wed-
nesday.
—Afler a pleasant week's visit at his home here
Sam McClure returned to his work in Pittsburg
on Sunday.
—Mrs. Benj. Beaver, of State College, was an
over Sunday visitor at the Gehret home on east
Howard street.
—John M. Bullock returned from New York on
Wednesday. He was attending a school of sator-
ial art in that city.
—XRev. Walter F. Carson, of the Milesburg Pres-
byterian church, is back to his pastoral work after
a five weeks’ vacation.
—Miss Emma Aikens, of south Allegheny street,
is in Beaver Falls for a ten days’ visit with her
sister, Mrs. George B. Johnson.
—Thomas Jennings left for Blandsburg, Pa., on
Wednesday, to bring his mother, who has been
visiting friends there for some time, home.
—Samuel Herd, of Idaho Springs, Colorado, with
his sister, Miss Nancy Herd, of Philipsburg, vis-
ited Miss Celia Armor, in this place, over Sunday.
—Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lounsberry, of south
Spring street, are entertaining the former's ven_
erable father, L. M. Lounsberry, of Elmira, N. Y
—Elliot Vandevender, who has spent the sum-
mer on an engineering corps with his father near
Baltimore, is back to resume his school work at
the Academy. :
—John Loughrey and his sister Abbie are here
from Philadelphia on a visit to Miss Julia Kelly,
of Logan street. They were former residents of
Centre county.
—Mr. and Mrs. John Porter Lyon, with their
little daughter Deborah, came down from Penna.
Furnace on Tuesday to attend Mrs. Reeder’s
masquerade euchre.
-=—=Mrs. Nathan Reisman and her little,daughter,
of Princeton, Ind., and Mrs. Joe Metz, of Clinton,
Kan., are visiting: at the home of their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Baum, on Bishop street. , i
—A. G. Morris and several other of the promi,
nent members of the American Lime and Stone
Co. were in town on Wednesday looking over their
various operations about this place.
—William Underwood, of Woodbury, N. J., has
been visiting relatives in this county fora few
days; having come to attend the family reunion
in Half-moon valley last Saturday.
—John Knisely, president of the Bellefonte
Window Glass Co. left for Columbus, Ohio, on
Monday, to attend a meeting for the purpose of
adopting scales for the coming season.
—James W. Derr, the little son of bill poster J,
C. Derr, who lost his eyesight by the expl osion of
‘a lime bottle, was sent to an institution at Over-
brook for the instruction of the blind on Tuesday.
—Mrs. Thomas Hill, with her three children,
Fred, Sara and Harry, who had been spending
part of the summer atthe Richard home on east
Linn street, returned to Philadelphia on Monday
afternoon.
.-—Sam ‘Taylor, who is still interested in several
things in Bellefonte though he is now traveling
fora large Pittsburg china establishment, was
home for a week previous to Sunday, when he de-
parted.
—W. Harrison Walker Esq. departed, on Wed-
nesday, for a two weeks’ stay with his wife’s par-
ents at Pleasantville, Pa. Mrs. Walker has been
at home for several weeks and will return with
her husband.
— Post master W. W. Montgomery departed on
Wednesday for an extended tour of eastern Cana-
da. Mrs. Montgomery and their daughter, Miss
Emma, left the same afternoon for a visit with
Pittsburg friends.
. —Harry Weaver, a senior at Princeton, has re,
turned from Philadelphia where he spent the
summer working in the Baldwin locomotive
works. He will spend a few days at his home here
before the University reopens,
—C. Y. Wagner, proprietor of the Roopsburg
mills, and C. T. Gerberich, senior partner of the
firm of C.T. Gerberich & Son, of this place, are
attending the meeting of the Millers Association
of the State at Gettysburg this week.
. —Mr. and Mrs. James A. McClain, with their
daughter Mrs, Harvey Lingle and Mr. Lingle, of
Patton, spent Sunday in town. They all have so
many relatives and acquaintances in Bellefonte
as to make them very much at home while here.
_—W. M. Furey, a very prosperous insurance
underwriter and banker, of Pittsburg, with his
sister Miss Margaret and his little son, William
Rankin Furey, visited at the parental home, Mr-
and Mrs. Morris Furey’s place, below town until
Wednesday.
—Among the friends from a distance who were
in town Monday attending the faneral of Robert
H. Crosthwaite were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schroy-
er, their three children Mary, Robert and Gray,
and Hiram Crosthwaite, of Altoona, and Walter
Crosthwaite, of Brooklyn.
—Mrs. J. C. Mickle, of Wycote, Pa., a sister of
Hon. J. D. Campbell, general solicitor of the
Philadelphia and Reading R. R. is a guest of Mrs.
John L. Kurtz, on Curtin street. Mrs. Kurtz has
given several delightful entertainments for her
vigitor,notable among them being an unique house
party. :
Centre Hall, was in town for a few hours on Sat
urday on his way back to work after a short visiy
at his old home. Clem is working up the organi-
zation of all the Centre county residents in and
about Pittsburg into an association for mutual aid
and pleasure.
—Mrs George B. Jack, her two children and
her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Armstrong, of Rush-
ville, Neb., were guests the forepart of the week
at the home of Mrs. Mary Ann Johnston on Linn
street. They were on their way to Boalsbu rg and
Lemont to attend the Thompson-Shaffer wedding
which is to take place Oct. 1st.
—Prof. Geo. P. Bible, formerly in the news-
paper business in this place, but for the past nine
years principal of the Stroudsburg Normal school,
bas been visiting friends in this place for the
past ten days; resting up before assuming his
new duties as president of the National school of
oratory in Odd Fellows tempie, Philadelphia
Prof. Bible is a gifted elocutionist, himself, and
will make a success of his new work.
~ —W. T. Twitmire returned from Philadelphia
on Saturday morning. While in that city he un-
dertook to attend the Union party convention
and the result.of his efforts is best told by him-
self. Mr. Twitmire got an insight into Quay
methods such as to make him a very wise man.
He saw things, himself, that he would scarcely
have credited had he been told of them and is
thoroughly convinced that if the crowd of thugs
and ex-convicts who terrorized the Unionists in
Philadelphia last Wednesday is the kind P enny~
packer has at his back he will have none of such
associates,
—C. F. Deininger, of Pittsburg, formerly of |.
—Mr. and Mrs. Sam Baisor returned to their
home in Johnsonburg on. last Saturday after a
two weeks visit with their relatives up Buffalo
Run.
—George T. Bush returned home yesterday
from an extended and eventful trip through
Idaho, Wyoming, British Columbia, the Pacific
coast, Arizona and New Mexico.
—Mrs. Henry C. Quigley and her three children
who have been spending the summer with her
mother, Mrs. Merriman, in New York State,
rived home yesterday afternoon.
ar-
—Mrs. H. 8. Cooper and her winsome little
daughter, Emeline, who have been visiting at the
Benner home on High street, for several weeks
will leave for Yonkers this morning.
—Col. and Mrs. James P. Coburn and Mrs. Eve-
lyn Rodgers were in Allentown the fore part of the
week attending the faneral of Morgan Medler,
Col. Coburn’s brother-in-law. Mr. Medler was
seventy years of age and is survived by his wife,
who was Margaret Coburn.
—Mrs. Mary P. Jackson, of State College, was
in town yesterday seeing friends and shopping.
Mrs. Jackson,accompanied by her daughter, Mrs.
L. E. Reber, and the latter's two sons are going
to Florida for the winter on account of the boys
The boys are going to attend a preparatory
school and Mrs. Reber and her mother are going
to enter as special students at the same institu.
tion. 7
Just For Bovs.—A thoroughly enjoy-
able series of entertainments for boys are
being arranged by the Young Men’s
Christian Association. The first will be
given Saturday evening Sept. 13th, and
will consist of a magic lantern trip to the
Rocky Mountains, and some other places,
illustrated songs, eto.
Admission will be by tickets, which may
be obtained free by boys between 12 and
16 years of age, either at the Association
office or from junior members,
These entertainments will begin at 7:30
Pp. m. and in no case will ‘the program con-
tinue later than 9 o'clock.
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THE SCHENCK REUNTON—At the Schenck
family reunion on the old homestead below
Howard last Thursday, an account of which
appeared in the last week’s issue of this
paper, the following officers were chosen to
serve a term of four years :
D. B. Schenck, president; Shuman
Pletcher, vice president; Theophilus
Pletcher, 2nd vice president; John F.
Schenck, treasurer: Hayes Schenck, cor-
responding secretary; W. F. Hall, F. M.
Pletcher, W. R. Schenck, John Schenck,
Ed. Bechdel, executive committee.
ee THD
The contract for the erection of the
new auditorium at the Pennsylvania State
College, for which the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars ($100,000.00) has been
donated hy Mr. and Mrs. Chas. M. Schwab,
has been awarded to Messrs. Geo. F. Payne
& Co. of Philadelphia, and it is understood
that work will begin immediately. The
con tractors whose bid has been accepted
are among those of the very highest stand-
ing in Philadelphia, and are at present en-
gaged, among other things, in the con-
struction of the Widener home.
soe —
——Dr. H. P. Armshy, director of the
Agricultural Experiment station of The
Pennsylvania State College, has been re-
lieved from duty as dean of the School of
Agricalture in order to enable him to give
more exclusive attention to the work of
research and investigation, especially that
very important branch which the College
is now carrying on in co-operation with
the Department of Agriculture through the
operations of the unique respiration cal-
orimeter. Professor Wm. A. Beckhous
has been provisionally appointed acting
dean.
PO ee
——Don’t forget ‘‘A Hos Scotch Major”
at Garman’s next Thursday night. It will
be good.
—
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red ....................... 4 @74)
“ —No. 2.. Toisarets
Corn —Yellow... 68 @6
o § —Mixed... a
ALBuuiucrraeressserecsssenenennee 24@3
Flour— Winter, Per Br'l.. oti
‘“ —Penna. Roller... 3.30@3.40
*¢ —Favorite Brands 4.05@4.20
Rye Flour Per Br'l.... 3.10@3.20
Baled hay—Choice 1 .. 13.00@17.50
As $s os Mixed * 1... 12.00@14.50
SIPAW crtisariine ns os ripiisiinss srssrss tinier nas 7.00@14.50
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by C. Y. WAGNER,
The following are the quotations up to ix
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our ly flo
ep 8 at, old.
wheat, ol
New wheat.. 70
Rye, per bushel.. 60
Corn, shelled, pe 65
Corn, ears, per bushel.. 65
Oats, old and new, per bush . 32
Barley, Der bushel............... . 50
Ground Plaster, per ton. 8 50 to 9 50
Buckwheat, per bushel... stresaasves sen
Cloverseed, per bushel..... $6 90 to $6 60
Timothy seed per bushel.. vee $3.20 to $3.60
; S——
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel .................c......... arerenias 40
Onions 60
Eggs, per dozen.. 16
Lard, per d.. 1214
Country Snoulers., 10
rato, HMDS 1
‘allow, per pound...
Butter, I= pound.. sesbaeasennsen 18
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