Bellefonte, Pa., September 19 1902.
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A A HE RC ATTA SRR,
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——The fair comes next.
——After an absence of twenty years
Oscar Long, of Texas, is now visiting his
old home at Coburn.
——Lyon & Co. have a new advertise-
ment in this issue that should prove espec-
ially interesting to the ladies.
——The Milesburg W. C. T. U. will
hold an ice cream festival in the public hall
in that place on Saturday evening.
——'Squire and Mrs. O. H. Nason, of
Martha Furnace, are accepting congratula-
tions on the advent of a little son at their
. home.
——John, the little son of W. H. Gar-
man of the Bellefonte post-office force,
fell and fractured his right arm on Sunday
, evening. :
——Gertrude Haag and Will McMullen
were married Wednesday evening at the
Evangelical parsonage by the Rev. W. H.
Brown.
——Jesse Derstine, son of councilman
William Derstine, fell off a bicycle recent-
ly and broke one of the wrist bones of his
right arm.
——Charley Cox is home from his work
in the Altoona shops carrying his right
hand in a sling. He had it broken in an
accident a few days ago.
——Reports from those in a position to
make observation are to the effect that wild
turkeys and rabbits will be plenty this fall,
but squirrels very scarce.
—— ‘Billy Howe’’ was heaten in a race
at Lock Haven, Saturday afternoon, by a
horse called ‘Nicola’ in three straight
heats of 2:33, 2:34 and 2:37}.
——The Howard and State College base
ball teams settled their contentiou as to
which one is champion of the county on
Saturday. The score was 9 to 7 in favor of
Howard.
——The engagement of Miss Jennie
Harris, daughter of Mrs. Rachel W. Har-
ris, of worth Spring street; and John S.
Van Pelt, of Centre Hall, has been an-
nounced.
A consignment of 1800 brook trout,
ranging from 2} to 5 inches long, from the
United States hatcheries, was received in
Bellefonte Monday morning aud distribut-
ed among the various streams near this
place.
——Don’t stay at home fair week and
after your neighbor bas told you how fine
the great fair was say how sorry you are at
having missed it. Come and see it for
yourself and then there can be no disap-
pointment for you.
——You ought tosee the fair grounds
now. Why Jim Shorter has them so cozy
looking, with nice listle walks and seats,
that we fear when the crowd gets in there
on Tuesday the management will never get
it out until the close of the fair.
——MTrs. Mollie Valentine entertained a
party of eighteen at six handed euchre last
evening. The tally cards were small yel-
low pumpkins hung with tiny red peppers
and both the refreshments and prizes were
well worth taking.
——The full moon which occurred Wed-
nesday is called the harvest moon. Most
generally there is an hour’s difference from
one night to another in the rising of the
moon but for a few days after the full of
the September moon it sheds its light on
the earth just as soon as it is dark.
—— Adam Hazel, of Ax Mann, has so
far recovered from the stroke of paralysis
he suffered a week or more ago as to be able
to be about and yesterday he hied himself
off to Niagara Falls to visit his sons there in
the hope that the rest and change will in-
sure his permauent recovery.
— A class of thirty-five probationers,
mostly young people, wus taken into full
membership in the Me.bodist Episcopal
church on last Sunday morning. Quarter-
ly meeting services will be held there this
coming Sabbath and before the communion
is administred any one desiring to join the
church by letter or on probation will ‘hz
given an opportunity, as usual, of doing so.
=~—The Centre county [iiends of Henry
Whiteleather, of whom there are many, will
be sorry to learn that he suffered a stroke
of paralysis while sitting on the porch at
his home in Lock Haven, on Monday even-
ing. Mr. Whiteleather was until recently
a resident of this county ; having. been a
farmer in Marion township. His right side
was affected by the stroke and he has been
unconscious since. h
—— The Academy is ranking not only
first in efficiency and thoroughness, as it
has for years, but now the time has come
when it could boast,if it was eo disposed, of
the number of scholars it is sending ous, as
well as their fitness. This fall it is send-
ing out John Munson to Yale, Harold Lin-
gle to Trinity college in Hartford, Edward
Free to Cornell, Alex. Cromer, John and
George McGee, Don Mahaffey, Morris Car-
son, John Mahaffey, Robert Mothe rsbaugh
and Edward Keichline to State, Helen and
Roxy Mingle to the Womans college at
Frederick, Md., Mary Crider to Miss Ship-
leys, Kate Brisbin and Margaret Thomas
to Wilson, Sarah Potter to Washington,
Elizabeth Gephart to Waterbury, Conn.,
Eleanor Harris to the Woman’s college at
Baltimore, Thomazine Potter to a school
near that city, Edmund P. Hayes to Staun-
ton Va., and Walter Reynolds to a busi-
ness college in Philadelphia.
THE DESIGN FOR THE MONUMENT AP-
PROVED.—A meeting of the committee on
design for the soldiers and sailors monu-
ment and Curtin memorial was held at the
home of Mrs. Catharine Curtin, on Monday
evening. There were present Dr. Geo. W.
Atherton, president of The Pennsylvania
State College, Gen. James A. Beaver, Maj.
James Harris, Secretary of Agriculture,
John Hamilton, Capt.C. T. .Fryherger,Dr.
R.G. H. Hayes, Capt. Samuel Bennison,
Capt. S. H. Williams, Jobn C. Miller and
Geo. R. Meek.
The meeting was calied to order by the
chairman, Dr. Atherton, who made a brief
statement in explanation of the delay that
has been experienced in securing a design
for the monument. The work having been
given to the eminent young sculptor, Mr.
George Grey Barnard, of New York, who was
most enthusiastic in his desire to make it
a master piece of art, especially because it
was to be an enduring memorial in the
town that gave its designer birth. Some
months ago the sculptor completed his mod-
el and it was exhibited to Dr. Atherton and
Gen. Beaver, both of whom were disappoint-
ed in Barnard’s conception of Curtin. The
monument was entirely pleasing, but the
heroic figure of our great War Governor
represented him in a meditative mood, as
if planning out campaigns. As you all
know Governor Curtin had nothing to do
with the planning of campaigns, but he did
furnish the soldiers for them and inspire
the men going to the front with an enthu-
siasm that made the Pennsylvania soldier
the greatest in all the armies. For this
reason the committee suggested another
conception of Curtin to Barnard and it had
to be worked out at the sculptor’s conven—
| ience, because he has become a very busy
| man of late years; having earned the repu-
tation of being one of the world’s greatest
artists. |
This in explanation of the delay in get-
ting a design for the inspection of the gen-
eral committee.
Then a photograph of the model was ex-
“hibited. As proposed it will be 60ft wide,
25ft high in the centre entableture and 18
ft high on the sides. It is to be of dark
Italian marble and will be without other
ornamentation than two immense groups,
one on either end and each 16x18ft in size.
One group represents ‘‘War’’ and the other
‘the Call to Arms.”” Looking at the mon-
ument from the front it will have the ap-
pearance of a crescent, with the concave
side towards you. Immediately in front of
the entableture and on a pedestal remor-
ed from the base of the monument, 5 or 6ft,
will be an heroic photograph statue of Cur-
tin,in bronze. It will be 86 high and rep-
resents the Governor in the act of address-
ing and presenting a flag to a group of
soldiers ahout to start to the front.
The monument would be stupendously
impressive if completed according to the
m odel submitted, It was very acceptable
to the committee on design and was ap-
proved, subject to such modifications in
size as might be made necessary by the mat-
ter of location.
While it was not within the province of
the committee on design to select a loca-
tion, yet the intimate relation of the loca-
tion to the design made it quite in order
to discuss that point to a certain extent
and it. was taken up informally. The
original site selected, in the western apex
of the Diamond, was apparently unsuitable
owing to the size of the proposed structure
and the fact that it has but one distinctive-
ly ornamental face. Then a location across
the front of the court house yard was
suggested, but that seemed unsuitable be-
cause such a large monument there would
completely over-tower the facade of the
court house, the principal building of the
county. Other locations suggested were
in the Union cemetery and in the public
square, between the court house and jail.
The latter would prove very acceptable to
Mis. Curtin and from many other points
appears to be most desirable. Standing
directly on a line with Ridge street the
monument would be high enough to be
seen over the court house and yet not too
high to eclipse the jail, it would be in no
danger of ever being hedged in with build-
ings and with an investment of $40,000 in
a mounment that would aksract the artistie
eye of the entire world there the county
would eventually ornament the publie
grounds in a way as to give it a setting i$
could not bave in any other location.
In general effect the monument is very
like the one to the memory of Richard
Haut on Riverside Drive, New York, and
the famous Drake memorial as Titusville.
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SEPTEMBER WEDDINGS. — With the
splendor of a perfect September day smiling
approval, the marriage of Miss Lulu Shirk,
‘and Howard Wells was celebrated at the
home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William Shirk, at Runville yesterday.
Just at noon the ceremony was pronounced
by the Rev. Sparks of the U. B. ehurch, in
the presence of a goodly number of guests,
The bride was attended by Miss Myrtle
Lucas as maid of honor and Harry Bilger,
of Pleasant Gap, officiated as best man.
The house was beautiful with asters,
dahlias and ferns and after the congratula-
tions a fine wedding breakfast was served.
After visiting among their friends for a
short time Mr. and Mrs. Wells will make
their home in this place. The groom is a
diligent young carpenter and his bride is an
agreeable young woman.
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Nittany valley farmers have found a
splendid market for their apple crop in
Pittsburg but they have trouble in getting
to it for want of cars. They were to have
shipped three cars from Mackeyville one
day last week and the farmers had the ap-
ples all at the station, where there was but
one car to be had and they were compelled
to baul their fruit back home,
——The fair! Don't forget the great
Centre county fair.
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——Twenty thousand people attended
the Grand Army reunion at Lakemont park,
Altoona, Saturday.
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——There was a decided freeze in Belle-
fonte on both Sunday and Monday nights.
Ice formed at a number of places.
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——Widman Bros., of Lock Haven, who
bought ‘‘Billy Howe’ from John M.
Shugert, of this place, have sold the sorrel
pacer to a Williamsport horseman.
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——Thieves entered the post-office ab
Keating early Tuesday morning and stole
$120 in stamps and $5 in cash. They also
got $10 in cash and a gallon of whisky by
burglarizing the hotel at the same place.
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-——Work on the rebuilding of the tres-
tle from the P. R. R. tracks over Spring
creek to the pike quarries of the American
Lime and Stone Co.. was begun on Mon-
day. The trestle was washed out hy the
big flood in March: -
——If you were pleased with ‘‘A Hot
Scotch Major,”” as presented by one of
Shipman’s companies at Garman’s last
evening, remember that ‘‘The Prisoner of
Zenda,’ that comes on Tuesday evening,
Sept. 30th, is under the same management,
—— At a meeting of the Milesburg
school board Thursday evening Miss Madge
Orris was elected teacher of the interme-
diate school, in place of Miss Nina Me-
Closkey, of Dunnstown, who resigned to
accept a position as teacher of the grammar
school in Patton.
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——The Huntingdon county fair will be
held on September 23rd, 24th, 25th and
26th and will’ be'a great event along the
Juniata, but the fair proposition of the sea-
son will be held along the banks of Spring
Creek on September 30th and October 1st,
2nd and 3rd. :
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——The home of Eugene {|Krone, the
watchmaker at Clarence, has been the scene
of several attempts at burglary recently.
Neither one was successful because Mrs.
Krone heard the person and awakened her
son. It seems that the identity of the
would be burglar is known.
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—— Contractor Bilger will bave the iron
bridge over Spring creek at the Nail Works,
read y to swing today or tomorrow. It is
the structure that was carried away by the
flood last spring and left high and dry near
‘‘the turn’’. Bilgers men have taken if
apart, straightened out the twisted irons,
welded some broken ones and replaced ib
on the old abutments.
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——Funeral services over the remains of
Mrs. Margaret Duffy, who died in Philadel=
phia on Thursday, were held at Warriors:
mark on Sunday morning at the home of
her brother David Funk. Mis. Duffy was
raised in Warriors-mark and is survived
by one sister, Miss Annie Funk, of Phila-
delphia, and two brothers, James, of Wash-
ington, an d David, of Warriors-mark. Her
husband preceded her to the other shore
t wo years ago.
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——While driving to his father’s mine
for a load of coal young Peter Shedeck, at
Karthaus afew days ago, saw smoke issuing
from the powder house. Thinking he
might be able to extingunish the fire he ran
to the building arriving at the door just as
it blew up. He was hurled several rods
over a high embankment, where his father
and brother found him, his clothing in
flames. The flesh came off with his clothes
when they were torn off. He died in an
hour.
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——Former sheriff B. F. Schaeffer, of
Nittany, gave a large house party on Tues-
day in honor of Col. Harry F. Best, of Port
Arthur, Texas, who is visiting the friends
and scenes of his child-hood in that com-
munity, Nearly a hundred guests were
present and they were served to dinner on
the lawn, where the bright sunshine of a
perfect fall day spread good cheer and
gladness among many kindly hearts. Col.
Best left Salona when a little boy and has
since grown to occupy a prominent position
among the representative citizens of the
Lone Star State.
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HOWARD WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP. —
The State College base hall team passed
through our city last Saturday morning,
enroute to Howard, folly determined upon
administering a defeat to the representa-
tives of that little bug, and evening up
the account they had against them [or the
defeat they reeeived at Hecla the previous
Saturday. Bwt when the train returned at
4:44 there ‘‘dropped off’’ nine sad but wis-
er men. Howard it seems ‘‘did all sorts of
stunts” with them and landed. the decid-
ing game for the championship of the coun-
ty. The game was hotly contested from
beginning to end and plays were made that
were of the professional order. DeArment,
by his stop of a sizzling hot liner, easily
made the best play of the day, although
other phenomenal chances were accepted by
players of each team. Schenck’s home run
and DeArment’s three hagger were the bat-
ting features that brought forth the ap-
plause of the crowd, which numbered about
400; almost as large as the crowd that back-
ed the four Peunypacker bands at the
Grange Park on Tuesday. Howard wrest-
ed the championship of Clinton county from
the strong Beech Creek team during the
season and expects to puta team on the
diamond next season that will hold these
honors. Saturday’s game closed their sea-
son for this year. The score of innings fol-
Tows :
State College...........icuisinssurississs 20023007
Howard... con minimiaias 112401 x9
Batteries —Glenn and Hewitt ; Shay and
Long. Umpire—Keiohline.
GREAT CROWDS VISIT THE GRANGER'S
Picnic.—The 29th annual picnic and ex-
hibition of the Patron’s of Husbandry at
Grange park, Centre Hall, will stand out
unique among the many gatherings of the
Centre county Grangers. For the first time
during which the mind of man runneth
not to the contrary they have had con-
tinuous fair weather. Though 1t has been
decidedly cool at night for camping out the
warm sunshine of glorious fall days scat-
tered such good cheer among everyone that
the nightly visits of Jack Frost were un-
noticed, except by some unfortunate fakir
who might have had to snatch what sleep
he could beside his ‘‘lay-out.”
The picnic opened Saturday, as usual,
and the regular exercises on Sunday at-
tracted a crowd of from twelve to fifteen
hundred. Monday there wasn’t much
‘done other than the usual routine of the
camp, but on Tuesday-Republican day—
there were strenuous times.§ Candidate
Pennypacker, United States Senator Boise
Penrose, Postmaster General Charles Emory
Smith and all the Republican district and
county candidates were on hand with four
bande of music. The crowd, however, did
not come up to expectations as at no time
were there more than seven hundred peo-
ple on the grounds.
PROHIBITION DAY.
Naturally Wednesday is a bigger day at
the picnic than Tuesday, so we will be
charitable and assign that as the reason
why Dr. Swallow and other Prohibition
advocates should have drawn nearly three
times as many people to Centre Hall as did
Pennypacker and his retinue. |
THE GREAT CROWD.
But the great crowd waited for Thurs-
day when Pattison, the People’s candidate,
was there. Fully eight thousand pec-
ple surged over the grounds yesterday
in enjoyment of every moment. Bands
blared, the root beer and cane ring fakirs
vied with one another in oratory and the
merry-go-round organ fairly wheezed iteelf
out of breath inthe effort to seduce peo-
ple to ride the spotted horses, green camels
and fiery eyed-dragons. Tt was a great
day. It would bave been a big one with-
out Pattison and Gathrie, but they made
it montrous.
The picnic, this year, is little different
from those of preceding years. If any-
thing the exhibits have decreased. The
poultry department, usually so fine, is
not near up to its former standard and the
exhibit of swine and cattle, though good
so far as it goes, scarcely worth the dig-
nity of an exhibit. The uew herticultur-
al building, however, has opened up an
interesting line of exhibits that will proba-
bly prove more extensive in the future than
those in the stock line. Being so much less
trouble the display of the products of the
garden, orchard and farm, when set off in
an especial building, should become very
large.
Especially noticeable is the paucity of
machinery exhibits, which is probably ac-
counted for by the growing impression
among dealers that very little business is
actually made by such displays.
There are not nearly so many fakirs on
the ground as in former years and what
cheap amusements there are are of a clean,
wholesome variety. To-day will conclude
the encampment and the Grangers will fli
back to their homes refreshed in mind and
body by their week’s life out o’ doors and
keen for the great Centre county fair.
BR a rdszoé”yso).
PHILIPSBURG’S MYSTERY.— Philipshurg
uncovered a mystery last Friday that set
the town agog for some time. It was the
death of an old citizen, who led a hermits
life in that place and bad evidently been
dead for weeks when he was found. The
Ledger has the following story of the affair.
Great excitement reigned on Ninth street
about noon Friday when it was learned
that the badly decomposed body of George
S. Turner who led a reluse life in ahouse at
the north end of Ninth street,had been dis-
covered by Captain Harry Simler. A young
man from out of town went to Turner’s on
business but failed to gain admittance. He
gought Captain Simler’s aid to investigate
the matter. The bad odor coming from the
key-hole led them to believe something was
seriously wrong and they broke the door
down, to find the ebject of their search sit-
ting upon a chair in the middle of the
kitchen stiff and stark in death. He had
not been seen by the neighbors for a couple
of weeks but his step son,John Frantz, says
he had been to the house last week and the
old man was in his usual condition. From
the terrible state of the body death mus$
have occurred a week or ten days ago.
On his person was found a gold hunting-
case watch and an open-face silver watch,
$331.13 in cash, $400 in Clearfield Fire
Brick beads. $100 in Clearfield Borough
bonds, $500 in Clearfield Water Company
bonds; $500 in Wallaceton Fire Brick
bonds; certificate of deposit County Nation-
al bank $700, certificate of deposit Clear-
field County bank $1400. .
That the old man with ‘all this money
about him lived and died alone and un-
molested is rather remarkable. He was
childless but his wife survives, confined,
hopelessly mad, in an insane asylam. Sev-
eral brothers are also living, the natural
heirs to their brother’s wealth which is
said to reach $10,000.
Oscar Mitchell, of Cleaifield, Turner’s
attorney, arrived at 4:40. and took charge
of the dead man and his effects.
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——Ashes caused the destruction of a
shed and corn crib on the property of Mil-
ton Kern, in Millheim, last Thursday. They
were hot and started a fire.
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——Jay Winegarduer, aged 6, of Fiedler,
was kicked on the head by a horse on Sat-
urday afternoon and bad his skull fractured
and his nose broken.
——The Coburn band will furnish the
music for the Lewisburg fair on Thursday,
September 25th.
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——The Philipsburg Rod and Gun club
will hold a shoot at the driving park in
that place on October 9th and 10th.
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——The foot ball season at State will
open next Friday with a game on Beaver
field between the home eleven and Dickin-
son.
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——J essie Etters,eldest daughter of Prof
and Mis. D. O. Etters, who has been in a
precarious condition for two weeks with
appendicitis, was encouragingly better yes-
terday.
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——The statement of the First National
bank of Philipsburg shows that institution
to be in an exceptionally flourishing condi-
tion. In fact it is one of the strongest
country banks in the State. .
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News Purely Pevsonal,
—Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lingle are in Philadelphia
for a few days.
—Charley Stover, of this place, spent Wednes-
day in Lock Haven on business.
—Hon. Cyrus Gordon, ot Clearfield, was a Belle-
fonte visitor on Wednesday.
—Miss Bessie Oliver, of Irwin, is the guest of
Dr. and Mrs. T. B. Van Tries, on Curtin street.
—Dr. Laura Hafer, of New Haven, Conn., is
visiting at the home of her father on Reynolds
avenue.
—Torrence Bell, of New York city, is spending
his vacation at the home of his parents on south
Thomas street. i
—After spending most of the summer in this
place Mrs. Jas. B. Lane returned to her home in
Philadelphia on Monday.
—Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Schaeffer entertained
their nephews William and George Buckley, of
Philadelphia, over Sunday.
—Rev Anna Shaw, of Philadelphia, was enter-
tained by Miss Myra Humes at her delightful old
colonial home on Wednesday.
—Mrs. John P, Harris Jr. was in town Monday
afternoon on her way from her home in Salona to
visit her parents at Parkersburg, Va.
—Miss Lucetta Brew, formerly of this place,but
now of Pittsburg, is in town visiting friends. She
is being entertained by Mrs. Dave Kelley.
~Mr. and Mrs. James Harris left for Lyons,
Iowa, on Wednesday noon. They are visiting
relatives and expect to be gone four weeks.
—Mrs. Marcus Overly returaed to her home in
Pittsburg on Monday, after a visit of a few days
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor, in
this place.
—Charles E. Dorworth, of the Pittsburg Times
staff, spent Monday night at his home in this
place. He was here to report the Pennvpacker
meeting at Centre Hall. !
—Ambrose Sherry left Wednesday afternoon
for Latrobe, where he will enter St. Vincent’s col-
lege to study for the priesthood. ' His father,Geo.
Sherry, accompanied him. BY :
—After a visit to Supt. B. G. Vaughn, of No. 2
factory of the Penna Match Co. Mr. and Mrs.
Sylvester Vaughn, of Barbertown, O hio, departed
for their home on Monday.
—Mrs. Edward Cook and her little daughter,
Jeannette, who were guests at the Snyder home,
on Bishop street over Sanday, returned to their
home in Jeannette on Tuesday noon.
—Mesdames M, A. Clees, Jackson Gorton, M. B,
Cross, Will Dunsmore, Silas Reed and Miss Elia
Switzer ,all of Philipsburg] were in town yester-
day attending the county convention of the
W.C.T.U. Peay
—Drs. J. L. Siebert and E. 8. Dorworth, of this
place, S. M. Huff, of Milesburg, and Kuhn, of
Scotia, were the delegates from this county to the
annual meeting of the State Medical Society in
Allentown this week. !
—Grown se nearly to manhood that he was
scarcely recognizable to his former playmates
Boyd McGee, of Philadelphia, found lots of fun in
keeping people guessing as to his identity during
a recent visit to his old home here.
—8. A. McQuistion, who by the way is one of
the best carriage makers in the business, and his
daughter, Miss Mary, are going to start today on
an extended trip to his old home in Butler coun-
ty,Dayton,in Armstrong county, and eastern Ohio.
—Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hickok, their little daugh-
ter Janie and her nurse, who have been staying
at the Hastings home on Allegheny street for the
past three months, went to Bedford Monday noon
for a two week’s visit before returning to their
home in Harrisburg.
~—Mrs. John F. Harter and her daughter Miss
Jessie, were in town Monday for a few hours on
their way home to Millheim. They had been
visiting in Altoona and were accompanied by
Rose Meek who will be with them for some
weeks. h
—Dr. Humes Roberts and his wife, of Passa-
dena, Cal., are expected in town next week tor a
short visit with relatives here. They will spend
the fore part of the winter in Philadelphia in or
der that the doctor can attend clinics and study
his specialty. :
~—Will Burnsides, who has been in a bad way
for several weeks with paralysis of the vocal
cords is going to Atlantic City to-day to get a
rest from his tablet and pencil communication
and get his voice in training. His sister Mrs.
Harry Valentine is going with him.
—Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Lipton,of Downs, Kan.,so well
known at their old home in Centre county, have
been visiting friends here for a few days. Time
deals so kindly with him that one would scarcely
believe that he has already celebrated 'the golden
anniversary of his marriage or that he is well
along in the seventies.
—Wiliiam Gordon left for Columbus, Ohio, on
Monday morning to accept a position in a ma-
chine shop there. John Kaupt left for Spring-
field, Ill., the same day and will probably make
his future home in that city.—Ed Love and Lyon
Shay, two employees of the scale works added to
the party by geing to Pittsburg to work.
—Hon, T. P. Rynder, of Erie, state chairman of
the People’s party, was in town on Wednesday.
He is well-known in Centre county, not only be-
cause of his prominence in state affairs, but be-
cause of his former residence here. Mr. Rynder
has been attending the Granger’s picnic and en-
joying himself, generally, among old friends and
the many new ones he readily makes.
—Roy. B. Mattern, who has heen spending the
summer with his parents at Milesburg, will re-
turn to his work in New York on Saturday. He
is now one of the head masters of the McKenzie
school at Dobb’s Ferry; a position he accepted
in preference to the one he has been filling at the
Adelphi academy in Brooklyn and ever since he
left Bellefonte for the simple reason that it was
in the line of promotion and had more money in
it. ;
—Among our many young people who have
gone or are going away to various schools and
colleges throughout the couutry are Margaret
Cook, to the University in Philadelphia, Adaline
Olewine to Wilson, Richard Lane and Wilson
Gephart to Cornell, Will Van Tries, Harry Weav-
er, Clarence Garbrick and James Furst to Prince-
ton, Ward Fleming to Haverford, Katharine Mus-
ser to Poughkeepsie, Ione Donachy to Irving at
Mechanicsburg, Will H. Brouse, Arthur Harper,
Will Dorworth, Lee Adams to State and Josephine
and Helen White to West Chester Normal.
COUNCIL IN SESSION.—President Rey-
nolds, members Potter, Gherrity, Kirk,
Whittaker, Mallory, Derstine, Cunning-
ham and Knisely were present at council
meeting Monday evening and the follow-
ing business was transacted.
In answer to the advertisement for bids
for a retaining wall along the east shore of
Spring creek propositions were tendered by
John Noll, Conrad Miller and James Mec-
Cafferty. The lowest one of them being
$2,600 chairman Potter of the Finance com-
mittee stated that the borough was not
able to undertake the work, all of which
seems very strange when it is considered
that the borough was able to spend three
times such an amount on improvements on
Curtin street and is now placing absolutely
no limit on the amount of expenditures its
Water committee may make. Upon mo-
tion of Mr. Gherrity the matter was laid on
the table.
Under the report of the Water committee
head council got into a discussion as to the
excessive meter rates proposed and chair-
man Gherrity stated that his committee
was ready to revise same, if it was thought
advisable by the balance of council, though
the present rates are as low as those in any
town in the State except Lancaster. Now
whoever made this latter statement in
council misstated the facts, because it
is not true. Mr. Knisely spoke in favor of
giving the larger consumers a lower rate,
but ncthing was done in the matter.
Two inch meters were directed to be put
on at the steam heat works in the event
that they purpose using horough water and
bills were approved as follows, after which
council adjourned.
J.-H. Wetzel.....
Police pay roll.. . P20.
-W. C. Cassidy, printing... 1.50.
R. B. Taylor, coal for W W... 167.73.
McCalmont & Co., fire brick.. 35.50.
John Noll, setting boiler.... 82.75.
H. B. Pontius....... 13.42;
Thos. Shaughness; 1.00,
Street, pay roll.. 111.41,
Water pay roll... 148.26.
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—— ‘The Prisoner of Zenda,” Anthony
Hope’s beautiful story, is to be presented
in play at Garmaus on Tuesday night, Sep-
tember 30th. Were it not for the fact that
the production is under Shipman manage-
ment we would say that a creditable pre-
sentation of it would hardly be made but
Shipman’s have established such a good
reputation for sending ont strong people
in their road companies, costuming and stag-
ing their plays so well that we feel assured
that they will not disappoint Garman’s pa-
trons, even thongh they may undertake a
play that is peculiarly dependent upon its
settings and requires a Suthern to por-
tray in all its chivalric beauty.
ooo —————
——The great Centre county fair will be
the place to see the horses go.
——Post-master John W. Stuart of State
College is likely to bezome a coal baron if
the strike continues much longer. He is
about the only dealer in this section who
has any anthracite coal on band, but he
has hundreds of tons. He hought heavily
last spring, little thinking of the value his
investment would grow into in a few
months. Mr. Stuart has been keeping the
the Bellefonte dealers supplied for some
time. Elmer Ross, of Linden Hall, also
bad a big stock of anthracite that he
might bave made hundreds of dollars out of
but sold it out at ante-strick prices.
CPO
——One four horse load of oats cut on
the farm of Jerry Brungart, in Miles Twp.,
last week, yielded 105 bashels.
—
—There will be exhibits worth seeing
at the fair.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening. '
Wheat—Red ...........ocviveiensiunecniinns os 42, @74Y4
“ —No. 2... Taos
Corn —Yellow... 69@69%;
¢¢ —Mixed... 63L5@ta
0ats.......rveeensrresssssress 31@3614
Flour— Winter, Per Br 2.60@2.80
¢ —Penns. Roller.. 3.10@3.25
*¢ —Favorite Brand 4.05@4.20
Rye Flour Per Br'l.., 3.10@3.20
Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 13.00@18.00
wid " $e Mixed + 1... 13.00@15.00
BEPAW lis Genrer rinividbes 7.00@15.50
Rellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by C. Y. WAGNER,
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
Rods :
d wheat, old.
70
New wheat.. 70
‘Rye, per bush © 60
Corn, shelled, per bushel 65
Corn, ears, per bushel........ 65
Oats, old and new, 32
Barley, 3 DUSHEL Jirs erseririiiarsioncsininssorsns 50
Ground laster, per ton... 8 50 to 9 50
Buckwheat, per bushel PERE 0
Cloverseed, per bushel. .$6 00 to $6 60
Timothy seed per bush -..$3.20 to $3.60
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler. & Co.
Pi tat rb hel 40
Onions:.......coivs 60
Eggs, per dozen - 18
Lard, per pound 12%
Country Shoulders 10
Sides...... 10
uli Hams... 14
ow, per pound. 4
Butter, Sor pound. 18
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