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Bellefonte, Pa., November 21 1902,
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CORRESPONDENTS.—NoO communications pub
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the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
The foot ball team of the Bellefonte
High school will play the Lock Haven
team on Thanksgiving day.
——J. Linn Harris is seriously ill with
pneumonia at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John P. Harris, on Linn street.
——James N. Leitzell, of Spring Mills,
Al. Roberts and Henry Gordon, of this
place, bave all had their pensions increased
from $8 to $12.
——Harry Thomas who was hurt inter-
nally at the Tyrone Rolling mill, was
brought to Bellefonte Tuesday and taken
to the hospital.
——As there was no Union party [con-
vention to be raided and broken up in
Philadelphia, people here are in anxiety
as to the business editor Miller could
have had in that city on Saturday last.
——The usual union Thanksgiving serv-
ices will be held this year, at 10:30 a. m.
Thanksgiving day, in the Lutheran church.
The Rev. Ambrose Schmidt, of the Re-
formed church, will preach the sermon.
. ——The Lutherans cleared one hundred
and six dollars at their oyster suppers in
Petriken building last week and, in addi-
tion to that amount, they firmly establish-
ed their reputation as good cooks and
generous providers.
——Dr. Francis J. Pond, who has’ been
connected with the chemical laboratory at
the Penusylvania State Collsge for some
years has resigned his positicr as assistant
professor of assaying at that institution to
accept a like one at Cornell University.
A. J. Casanova and his wife, who
have been making an extended stay with
her relatives in Philipsburg, left for
Havana, Cuba on Friday. Mr. Casanova
has recently received an appointment on
the board of claims in the State depart-
ment at Havana.
——Communion services will be held in
the Methodist Episcopal church on San-
day, the 23rd. The usual quarterly col-
lection will be taken at both the morning
and evening services, and anyone desiring
the join the church will be given an oppor-
tunity for doing so.
——While working at a furnace at the
Jenkin Iron and Tool works, at Howard,
one day last week George McGinley, was
struck on the eye by a piece of red-hot
iron. He has not been able too see with
that eye since and it is feared that the
sight has been entirely destroyed.
——Some fellow who evidently knows
what he is talking about says that it takes
a rich man to draw a check, a pretty girl
to draw attention, a horse to draw a cart,
a porous plaster to draw the skin, a toper
to draw a cork, a free lunch to draw a
crowd. and an advertisement in the’home
paper te draw custom.
——Simon King, proprietor of the hotel
at Coburn has rented the Musser honse at
Millheim and will take possession on April
1st. The present proprietor W.S. Mus-
ser succeeded his father, former sheriff
Musser, in the management of the hotel
and bas been continuously in the business
for twenty-six years.
——The Evangelical church at Clinton-
dale will be dedicated on Sunday, Nov.
23rd. The church is a one-story brick
structure which has cost in the neighbor-
hood of $2,500. It is to replace the one
that was destroyed there by fire on the
23rd of April, when the whole town was
almost wiped out.
——On Thursday evening Nov. 27th, a
measuring party will he given under the
auspices of the Y. P. C. U. of the church
of the United Brethren in Christ. This is
something new in the line of church en-
tertainments and promises to be a novel as
well as useful one. Songs, recitations and
dialogues will be rendered after which
choice refreshments will he served.
——The country home of William T.
Senser, a short distance west of Philips-
burg, was destroyed by an incendiary fire
on Saturday evening, together with all its
contents. It is the custom of Mr. and Mrs.
Seuser to spend Saturday and Sunday in
Philipsburg, and they left their home about
6 o'clock in the evening. The fire occurred
about 8:30. Neighbors discovered it and
saved the live stock and the barn.
—A recital and musical will be given
in the Mileshurg Baptist church on Friday
evening, November the 28th. Miss Eliza-
beth Faxon,of this place, who is not only an
elocutiouist of ability but a delightful en-
tertainer as well, is on the programffor sev--
eral recitations. Another special feature of
the entertainment will bea solo or two by a
vocalist of distinction from Salt Lake City.
An admission of ten and fifteen cents will
be charged which is to be used for the bene-
fit of the church. :
——The engagement has been announced
of Miss Katharine A. Conroy, formerly of
this place, and Mr. John Magee, of Phila-
delphia. The wedding is to take place on
Wednesday afternoon, November the 26th,
at 4 o'clock in Epiphany church at 11th
and Jackson streets in Philadelphia. The
bride-to-be is a daughter of the late James
Conroy, who was president of the Belle-
fonte Glass company at the time of his
death. Mrs. Conroy, who was Miss Mary
Jennings, and her family have been mak-
ing their home in Philadelphia for several
years, but they are very favorably remem-
bered here and Miss Katharine bas many
friends who wish her happiness.
ComMpaANY B’s BANQUET.—One of the
most conspicuous and most beautifully
located public buildings in Bellefonte is
the county jail, a the end of a main street,
on an eminence commanding a splendid
view of the town and surrounding country
—if we were not talking of the jail we
might aptly quote like ‘‘a city set on a
hill that cannot be hidden’’—in fact an at-
tractive place were it not shelter for crime.
No people can feel proud because it has a
jail, but since this world is not intended
for paradise and jails there must be, a com-
munity may justly feel proud of its jail if it
is supported with dignity and justice.
Au officer invests his office with what-
ever dignity he, himself, is clothed and
therefore the office of Sheriff in Centre Co.,
must be looked upon as a position of dig-
nity for it has gathered it from a long line
of officers—from whom more than the pre-
sent Sheriff, Brungart >—and is in no dan-
ger of ite being diminished by our soon-to-
be-sheriff Hugh 8. Taylor. We did not
get EVERYTHING * inthe last election but
we did get enough to be proud of !
Captain Taylor isa young man for his
spurs but be is none the less able and has
won them not through the meney of a
‘‘backer”’ nor hecause he is the favored of
fortune’s smiles but because he deserves
them. The indomitable energy and am-
bition which made him a college man in
the face of discouragements, the rigid en-
forcement of duty which has made him so
successful in military affairs, the ready-to-
do-anyone-a-kindness-trait of his Irish an-
cestry and the all around good spirit of
camaraderie are characteristics which
made Capt. Taylor Sheriff and will make
him whatever he aspires to.
Better than a pen and ink assurance of
popularity and esteem was the tangible
evidence offered by company B, in the
form of a banquet tendered Capt. Taylor
last Friday evening in the Armory, where
flowers, flags, musicand chef Harrison gave
color more appreciable than mere black and
white and at which the committee, Sergeant
Poorman, Sergeant Hazel, Corporal Brach-
bill, Corporal Rodger T. Bayard, Privates
Longacre, Shanghenssy, James Taylor and
Valance, Sergt. Newcomer and Corporal
William Brown, spared no efforts to prove
this banquet not a mere turning of red
lights upon a suoccessful candidate but an
opportunity for manifesting the interest
and good wishes of friends.
Perhaps it was the caterers skill in the
good eating and drinking that made the
dessert of speeches particularly well flavor-
ed and spicy, or, perhaps it was because
our formidable (?) rival, John C. Miller,
presided as toastmaster and for whose suc-
cess, as such, we refer the readers to some-
one’s encominms in his own paper as Mr.
Miller was so enamored of this making
oneself merry that he went to Philadel-
phia on the first train Saturday morning
ostensibly to. finish up, but we think more
likely to read out of his own paper what a
Depew he was.
Col. Austin Curtin, Hon. Fred Kurtz,
Gen’l John S. Curtin, Col. Amos Mullen,
James Haoghes Jr., Lieut. Garbrick, Lieut.
Gettig, Ed Schofield, Dr. R. G. H. Hayes,
J. K. Johnston, John Bower, William
Runkle, Francis Speer were the speakers
who added emphasis to company B's tri-
bute to Captain Taylor. Such an evening
and such speeches might give anyone else
than the man for whom, they were intend-
ed enlargement of the head!
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CLEAN Up.—The borough council of
Carlisle has passed an ordinance imposing
a fine of fifty cents upon any one spitting
on the pavement. Our Bellefonte law-
makers might profit by the example set
them by Carlisle authorities, and show that
they have at least a desire to see the town
as clean as neighboring boroughs. While
nature has given us the prettiest town in
the country, and provided us] with an
abundance of water as well as with natural
drainage, we doubt if a more slovenly
looking place can he found anywhere out-
side of the coal and iron towns of the State.
With all kinds of truck crowding the side-
walks in places; with the pavements litter-
ed with peanut shucks, smeared with to-
bacco and slippery with the remains
of old ‘‘zogers;’’ with over-flowing ash har-
rels ornamenting the gutters and waste
paper, potato-parings and the like decora-
ting the streets. it is not to be wondered at
that strangers coming to town express
their disappointment at its general appear-
ance, and that-those of our citizens who try
to keep their places in decent order be-
come disgusted with the general careless-
ness that is allowed to prevail. It wouldn’t
cost anyone much trouble to keep a barrel
in their back yard and empty the garbage
into it. It should not be a difficult
task to empty ashes some place or other
out of public sight. There wouldn’t be
much work for those in charge of our
streets to burn the waste paper that is float-
ing round in all quarters. It wouldn’t
cost the council anything to try to enforce
an ordinance against blockading the pave-
ments with wares,and rendering them filthy
with banana pealings, tobacco quids and
the like. :
An effort in this line would not cost
anybody very much, and the WATCHMAN
is certain it would add to the general com-
fort of all our people, as well as to the
cleanliness and good name of the town.
Will council at its next meeting consider
the propriety of making a move towards
keeping the town in better order then it
now is?
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MARRIED.—A¢t the Presbyterian par-
sonage in Milesburg at 6:30 o’clock Wed-
nesday evening by Rev. Walter F. Carson,
Hezekiah Walker and Mary Walter both
of Boggs township.
——While playing on the floor of his
bome in Tyrone on Friday evening Calvin
L. Soyder, the little son of Wm. Snyder,
grasped the edge of a table cloth, upsetting
thie lamp which fell on him. His clothes
were a mass of flames instantly and before
any one could reach him he was so terribly
burned that he died at midnight.
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——Lawyers J. I. Sheppard, John H.
Crain and ex-Judge Biddle, of Fort Scott,
Kan., and C. M. Bower, J. C. Meyer, and
S. R. Gettig of this place, were in Mill-
heim, on Monday taking testimony before
F. P. Musser. The case is to be tried in
the Kansas courts and was brought by the
Citizens National Bank, of Fort Scott,
against Mrs. Susan Ettlinger Haines and
ber husband, H. T. Haines, to recover
$8,000 loaned by that bank.
A Ri¢ WITHOUT AN OWNER.—Horses
and buggies must be very plenty in the
upper Bald Eagle, or people must be very
careless as to the whereabouts of their prop-
erty. Mr. Adam Duck, writes us that
on the morning of October 29th, a bald-faced
sorrel mare, hitched to a buggy, was found
tied to the fence at the Bald Eagle furnace
school house. That up to this time no one
has put in aclaim for the property, and
the mystery in that section is, who drove
the rig there and to whom does it belong ?
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——On Saturday evening the iarge barn
of Mr. Mesh Williams, of Martha Furnace,
was completely destroyed by fire. Mr. Will-
iam’s son had been to Philipsburg for a
load of coal and did not get home until
quite late. He carried a lantern into the
baru with him and while throwing down
some hay the lantern exploded. He quick
ly called for help but before any one could
get there the fire had gotten such a start
that the building and all its contents were
completely destroyed. Mr. Williams bad
an insurance of $600 on the building and
$200 on the contents. About 100 bushels
of grain were barned, several tons of hay.
corn fodder, straw, two chests of tools, two
sets of harness a lot of lumber and 40 bush-
els of potatoes.
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FIRE AT UNIONVILLE.—On Tuesday
night about 11 o’clock fire was discovered
in the store room of E. J. Bathurst & Co.
at Unionville. The fire was so well start-
ed when the alarm was given that both the
building and its contents were completely
destroyed before the flames were extin-
guished. The building was a frame struct-
ure, lined with Georgia pine, and barned so
fiercely that it was only by the heroic work
of a bucket brigade that the adjoining
residence of Mrs. William Peters was saved
from a like fate. The post-office and sever-
al of the near by buildings were well scorch-
ed.
Joe Barton, who managed the store, had
-{ just returned from a} hunting expedition
down in the Scootac region, and it is sup-
pos ed that the fire was of incendiary origin.
There was an insurance of $800 on the
stock. Ligh &
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MARRIED IN ALTOONA.—Miss Lydia
Barnett and William W. Haupt. both of
this place, were married in the parlors of
the Eighth Avenue Methodist Episcopal
church in Altoona on Tuesday. Rev.
Thomas 8. Wilcox, pastor of the church,
pronounced the ceremony and the young
people left that afternoon for their new
home in Clearfield. The groom is one of
the younger sons of Mrs. Catharine Haupt,
of Thomas street, who since the death of
his father, Isaac Haupt, has been manag-
ing their fruit farm on-the mountain above
Coleville. He is now interested in cement
pavements and is working on several large
contracts in Clearfield. He is industrious
and worthy and has always been so good
to his mother and others of his family that
surely success and happiness will be his.
en
. THEY Must BE EXPECTING A COLD
WINTER.—We all know what the familiar
phenomenon called ‘‘goose flesh’ is and
we do know that when we are in that con-
dition our temper is not apt to be most
amicable. Perhaps it is because that feel-
ing was such a constant one while the sup-
ply of coal was uncertain that the epi-
demic of having steam plants put in pri-
vate hcuses has became so general. Dr. R.
G. H. Hayes has just added a steam heating
apparatus to his house and hospital. Con-
stant temperature is indispensable in a
hospital and having the heating plant on
his own premises will enable him to ‘so
control the heat that there will be no ir-
regularity in temperature.
When eggs are selling for thirty cents a
dozen and not even to be had fresh for
that in the city, it is not surprising that
Thomas A. Shoemaker has included his
poultry house in the new steam system
which he has just introduced into his
house. He, no doubt, has had experience
with those blue banded supposed-to-be-
fresh eggs examined by’ transmitted light
and decided that on Sundays at home, at
least, he will have a different experience.
Mr. Frank McCoy is preparing himself
| for a winter of comfort in that house of his
upon the hill; where the winds must have
full sweep as Archie Allison has just fitted
up his house with a steam plant.
——Mr. Underwood has made an addi-
tion to his mechanical profession, for he has
most sucessfully established and is operat-
ing a steam plant in the office and store
rooms of McCalmont & Co. which adds
greatly to the comfort of these very attrac-
tively equipped rooms. Rash Irvin makes
the window display such a feature of this
store that Mr. Und2rwood finding no chance
for himself at that has sought another
ave nue for the vent of his ingenuity.
INEXCUSABLE NEGLECT. — What is
everyhody’s business usually proves to be
nobody’s, and the result is, that matters
that are not under our own special care
usually go without attention. You will
appreciate the truth of this observation if
you walk down Water street from
High street bridge to the Central railroad
station. Here is a street, the property of
the town, two squares of which cost the
borough originally over $2,000 to hew out
of the rocks, and fill above water level,
simply waiting for next spring’s flood to
be swept out of existence. Two thousand
dollars, properly expended the past sum-
mer, when it could bave been done, wouid
have erected a retaining and safety wall
along its entire length and preserved the
street without further expenditure. The
town council, that is supposed to have
over-sight of this and other public interests,
refused or neglected to give it any atten-
tion, and next summer in addition to erect-
ing the wall which should have been built
in July and August it will have the ex-
pense, of making a new street, put upon it.
This may be considered of but little im-
portance, but it is sufficient to show the
utter indifference or incapacity of our
town council, as care takers of the public
interests. Not an individual connected
with that body but would have attended
to this matter promptly, had the adjoining
property belonged to himself. Not one of
them would have waited a day, after con-
ditions were such that woik conld have
been commenced, to re-build the washed
away wall in order to protect the property
that, under present conditions, wiil be
destroyed by the first flood that fills Spring
creek. Bat Water street belongs to the
public, and the public interests seem to
bave fallen into the hands of men who
have either no eare for them or no capacity
to manage in a way that is for the interests
and welfare of the taxpayers.
The bungling and expensive management
of the borough water works, is not the
ouly evidence of incompeteuncy that the pres-
ent town council has given our people.
serie Ap mem,
CouxciL. MEETING.—At the regular
semi-monthly meeting of the town council
Monday night five members were present,
Geo. L. Potter, Wm. Derstine, Dr. Kirk,
M. Cunningham and Geo. C. Mallory. Mr.
Potter presided owing to the absence of the
president, Col. W. F. Reynolds.
After the minutes of the previous meet-
ing were read and approved the Street
committee reported cleaning aud repairing
several streets and alleys. No report was
made by the Finance committee owing to
the absence of the borough treasurer.
The Water committee reported every-
thing in geod order at the water works.
The boilers have been inspected and found
in good condition. Both boilers can be
operated with safety at a pressure of 1000
pounds to the square inch.
“E. R. Chambers Esq., asked and was
given permission to tap the sewer pipe in
frout of his residence on east Linn street.
A suit in equity has been brought against
the borough by Henry Brockerhoff, trustee.
Mr. Cunningham moved that solicitor
Fortney; be allowed to engage additional
council to assist him in the case. The
motion was seconded by Mr. Mallory and
carried. This is one of the water meter
cases.
The following bills were approved and
ordered paid :
W. B Rankin, premium on public Bldg... $2
H. B. Pontius, 1 mo. as clerk.......ccccccvvennee. 12.50
Police pay roll
Bellefonte Gas Co. 7.00
Thos. Beaver, hauling etc 21.00
Garbrick Bros. work for water works 2.25
E. Keeler Co., pipe valves etc........... 135.50
John I. Olewine, waste... 1.¢0
Water pay roll.......... 119.13
Street pay roll.......... 51.88
R. B. Taylor, coal for W, W 217.58
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Tuar OTHERS MIGHT BE HELPED ToO.
—Mis. B. F, Kesty, of Bloomsburg, was
in town on Tuesday visiting her patients.
Mis. Kesty is the woman who has been so
eminently successful in curing cancer—
that insidious disease which is increasing,
so statistics say, with rapid and startling
progress. She is not a practicing physician
nor does she court publicity any more than
her ‘‘opposed to advertising’’ competitors
do. But she has effected a cure or more
here, so wonderful that we resolved to tell
it.
Oue of our most respected and beloved
citizens was pronounced incurable by phy-
sicians in this State and a widely known
specialist at Rome, N. Y. Not at all dis-
couraged by the verdict Mrs. Kesty was
sammoned through the instigation of a
friend and now, eight weeks after her first
visit, the patient is rejoicing and sanguine
of a permanent cure. In that time three
other sufferers were treated too, and they
are all apparently well and positive of
relief.
Mrs. Kesty’s father was a graduate
physician and from him she got her
methods of treatment and knowledge of
remedies. She does not claim intimate
but she has been curing cancer for twenty-
five years and has more than two hundred
testimonials from reputable people.
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TAKE WARNING CHILDREN !—On Sat-
urday morning a sad accident happened in
Mill Hall which ought to serve as a warn-
ing to the youngsters in this place who are
constantly hanging on to moving vehicles.
Charles Packer, the little boy, who was
killed, was not hanging on to the wagon at
the time the accident occurred, but in
scrambling for apples he was pushed under
the wheels and crushed to death. He and
several companions were running after a
wagon loaded with apples, that was being
driven through the town, and in some way
fell under the rear wheels which ran over
him and broke his neck. He was eight
years old and was the son of Charles W.
Packer who is employed at Clearfield Junc-
tion.
knowledge of pathology or Materia medica:
News Purely Pevsonal.
—Mrs. Abram 8. Valentine is visiting her son
Arthur and his tamily at Crafton, Pittsburg.
—Miss Grace Mitchell left Wednesday for
Rosemont, Montgomery county, to visit friends.
—David K. Geiss, of Ce ntre Hall, spent Sunday
at the home of his son D. W. Geiss, on west High
street.
—Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hazel and their little child
spent Sunday in Altoona, with Mrs. Hazel’s rela-
tives.
—Mrs. George Williams, of Spring street, was in
Mill Hall the fore part of the week, visiting Mrs.
Nan Tevling.
—Mrs. Morris Furey returned Monday from
Pittsburg, where she has been visiting her son
and brother for the past month.
—DMirs. Isaac Maitland and her children are up
from Williamsport visiting at the home of her
father, Daniel Garman, on High street.
—George and Mrs. Garis and their little son
George Pat went to Philadelphia, Tuesday, to at-
tend the wedding of Samuel Garis.
~ —Howard Teaman has resigned his position at
the Pennsylvania Match factory and gone to
Youngstown, Ohio, to work in the machine shops.
—Mr. F, E. Weiland, Linden Hall’s popular mer-
chant, accompanied by his little daughter, were
welcome visitors to the Warcumax office on Tues-
day.
—Mrs. John Meese went down to Williamsport
on Weduesday morning on account of the illness
of her brother, William Lucas, in the hospital
there,
—Mrs. J. C. Bright, of Overbrook, arrived in
town, Tuesday evening, for a few days’ visit at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Mary Blanchard, on
Linn street.
—Mrs. Mary I. Blanchard, who has been suffer.
ing with nervous prostration left, Saturday, for
Watkins, N. Y., for an extended stay at the Sani-
tarium there.
—Miss Ella Twitmire is home for the winter
from Philadelphia, where she was studying voice
culture at the Conservatory of Music on Scuth
Broad street.
—Miss Louisa G. Harper has gone to Chicago
for an extended visit at the homes of her uncles,
Messrs, Charles and Harry Sehreyer. She went
Wednesday afte rnoon.
—Miss Elizabeth Gehret and her sister, Mrs.
Orian Kline, returned Wednesday morning from
a few days’ stay in Renova. They were visiting
Frank McCumpsey’s.
—John Tonner Harris, who is now superinten-
dent of the Bell Telephone Co., of Altoona, was in
town over Sunday visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Harris, of Howard street.
—W. H. Shultz, of Centre Hall, went to Altoona
on Mond.y to assume the duties of his new office
there. Ile is now assistant secretary of the Y. M.
C. A. of the Pennsylvania railroad employees at
that place.
—George W. Lingle and wife, of Beech Creek,
are being entertained at the home of their daugh-
ter, Mrs. James Clark, on east High street. Mr.
Clark is down on Iron run in Clinton county
hunting.
—Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Woods, of Scottdale, and
the latter's mother, Mrs. Margaret Brungart, of
Rebersburg, were guests at the home of Sheriff
and Mrs. Cyrus Brungart the fore part of the
week. They returned to Westmoreland county
on Tuesday.
has gone to Cnmberland, Md., where he has ac-
cepted the position of deliveryman for the Adams
Express Co. John Dubbs is agent at that place
and he, wanting a first class assistant, sent for
Frank. :
--Charles Longacre, who is just recovering from
a severe attack of typhoid fever contracled in
Pittsburg, was brought to the home of his parents
in this place on Saturday afternoon. His mother,
who has been in Pittsburg for several weeks, and
his wife came with him.
—W. Hastings Lyman, the boss farmer and
most active Democrat of Boggs township, found
time to come to town and shake hands with
friends on Tuesday. Mr. Lyman is one of the
busiest men in the county, but he is never too
busy to say a kind word to, or do a good act for
those in need.
~—Prof. John D. Meyer was in Alexandria last
Thursday on account of the funeral of Miss Eliza-
beth S. Walker, librarian of the Thompson, Wol
verton library of that place. Other Centre coun-
tians present were A. M. Allison, of Centre Hall, J.
8. Meyer, of Penn Hall, and J. Frank Meyer, of
the University of Pennsylvania.
—Miss Ellen McArdle, of New York city, and her
niece Miss McNalley are here to spend the winter
with the former’s brother, Rev. Father McArdle,
at the parochial residence on Bishop street. Miss
Mary Kelley, who has been keeping house for
Rev. McArdle for some years left Tuesday for
Lima, Ohio, for an extended visit with friends.
—Mr. and Mrs. Will Beck, of Fort Wayne, Ind.,
are at the home of Mrs. Beek’s parents in Bush
Addition for an extended visit. They came here
with the intention of making only a short stay,
but soon after arriving here Mr. Beck, whois a
first class machinist, was offered a position at the
Lingle shops and now they will remain until after
Christmas at least. o
~James F. Marsteller, wlio is no longer super-
intendent of the Snow Shoe division of the Le-
high Valley Coal company, but who is obliged to
come back every now and then to look after the
aftairs of that corporation in this county, was in
town on Wednesday. Mr. Marsteller is now loca-
ted near Bethlehem, where he has purchased a
fine country place.
—Mr. and Mrs. A, C. Otis, of Philadelphia, were
in town on Friday and Saturday. Mrs. Otis was
Miss Aurora Moore before her marriage, and they
were here superintending the removal of her fur-
nitare to Philadelphia, where they have apart.
ments at the “Tracy.” They left Saturday after-
noon to spend Sunday at Millmont where Mrs,
Moore is spending the winter.
—Mrs, Witmer H. Smith, of west High street
and her mother-in-law Mrs. Isaac Smith, of Cen’
tre Hall, have returned from their stay in Ardmore
and Williamsport. They were in Philadelphia on
account of the serious illness of Mrs. Isaac Smith's
sister, Mrs. William Wolf, who was at one time a
resident of this place. She is suffering with a
stroke of paralysis but was convalescing when
they left her.
—Ensign McEntire, who organized the Salva-
tion Army in this place and who was a general
favorite while here, spent Sunday at the home of
Col. George A. Bayard, on Spring street. . She
conducted the services both morning and even-
ing at the Army headquarters and was encourag-
ed by good sized audiences. She is now engaged
in doing slum work in Buffalo and returned to
her mission on Tuesday noon.
—Rev, Thomas Levan Bickle and his cousin,
George Webster Brown, returned to Philadelphia,
last Saturday, fully convinced that there is no
game—either big or little—in Centre county.
Their hunt began up at Gatesburg, where they
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Sheets, and
ended down at Zion in Dr. Fisher's preserve, but
outside of of the Daily News we did not hear of
them shooting a squirrel,
—Mr. and Mrs. Cheston, of Lock Haven, were
guests at the Hastings home over Sunday. Mrs,
Cheston was Miss Jessie Saltsman before her mar.
riage and that event was celebrated so recently
that their visit here was only an extension of
their honeymoon. Monday they were accompa.
nied home by Mrs. Cheston’s mother, Mrs. Ella
Saltsman, who is a sister of former Governor
Hastings and who has been here for several
weeks,
—Frank Miller, son of the late Joseph Miller,
—Whether it is as a promotion or not, but we
hope it is, that Dan Nolan, who has been firing
for the P. R. R. between Tyrone and Philipsburg,
has transferred his field of operations to the Snow
Shoe yard.
—Mrs. John Keichline and her daughter Miss
Daisy left yesterday noon for Battle Creek, Michi-
gan. Mrs. Keichline is going to the sanitarium
there to have an operation performed, and Miss
Daisy accompanied her in the capacity of nurse.
—People are constantly coming and going, i
tent on every known business but the one that
will probably count best in the end and it seems
worth while to two most admired and th inking
men—Rev. George I. Brown and Dr. G. G. Pond,
of State College, who went to Scranton on Tues-
day to attend a fanction of the Episcopal church
of that diocese.
—When we see Mr. S. A. Bell pass this office en
route to the station and looking unusually gloomy
while Mrs. Bell walks beside with a smiling coun-
tenance we know that she is going off to have a
good time with one of her congenial friends. This
is no unusual procedure for Mrs. Bell, as she is ex"
tremely hospitable herself, and has many friends
to whom she gives pleasure,not only as hostess but
guest. While the Western man or woman is a most
delightful friend, the term seems a temporary one
to them for they forget easily; not so an Eastern-
er—example Mrs. Bell, for her friends are of
such long standing that we can safely prognosti-
cate her Meccas. This time it is the home of
Mrs. Shearer in Lock Haven.
—I wonder whether being a naval officer would
make us as good to look upon as is George Run-
kle, third officer in the school ship Saratoga. Pity
our father didn’t think of making us one. It
would be a novel sensation to feel that the world
was looking with admiration upon us and we
could wear our chevrons prcudly rather than
that we were stooped with the displeasure—oc-
casioned by a to—us—innocent personal or edi-
torial! Salt must be truly a good seasoner judg-
ng from George's appearance. He, in company
with a friend from Philadelphia, is having a short
vacation here. We wish he might often bring his
invigorating atmosphere among us.
——— ee ee
——On Monday Al. Herr, of Beech
Creek, took a load of provisions to a hunters
camp at a place called ‘Oak Flat,” ahout
fifteen miles distant. Shortly after his
arrival, there about 5 o’clock, he became sick
with a heart affection and died about 7
o'clock. He was about 35 years old and
was unmarried. He was a son of John
Herr, of Beech Creek, and his hody was
brought back to that place for interment.
re Qf rere.
GRANGE MEETING AT MILESBURG.—
Today, the Centre county Pomona Grange is
holding its fourth quarterly meeting in the
hall of Bald Eagle grange at Milesburg. The
morning session is to open at 10 a. m. On
the program is an address of welcome hy a
member of the Bald Eagle grange. To it a
member of Progress grange will respond.
The question then to be discussed is
‘Should the Pomona grange hold a service
of special private grange meetings daring
the winter to assist the local granges.'’
Col. James F. Weaver of Milesburg is
scheduled to open the discussion. The
closing feature of the morning meeting is a
recitation by Murs. John Dale, of Logan
gravge.
The afternoon session will convene at
1.30 o’clock. The most important features
of the program are the conferring of de-
grees, reports of the Fire Insurance com-
pany and the various committees. During
the afternoon Miss Florence Marshall, of
Benner grange, will give a recitation and
the questions to be discussed during the
afternoon are, ‘‘Should the National and
State Agricultural Departments be con-
trolled hy farmers?’ “Would it pay the
farmer better to raise grass and sell hay
instead of growing and selling wheat ?”’
James Gilliland, of Victor grange, will
make the initiatory address of the discus-
sion.
Sale Register.
Dc. 28¥p.—At the residence of Col. Jas. F. Weav-
er, 2 miles north of Milesburg, horses, cattle,
shoats, implements, Ete. Sale at1 o'clock p.
m. Jos. L. Nett, Aue.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red . T534@76
“ —No. 2.. ar
Corn —Yellow. 68@68Y,
¢ —Mixed 45@46
31@37%
2, Hen
3.10@3.25
4.05@4.20
Rye Flour Per Br'l........ccoeeerunnene wee 3.15@8.20
Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 12.00@18.50
" 4 Mixed ¢ 1...... 13 50@15.50
Straw................ Srastisssessnases iesenvaeriuinsss 10.50@17.00
Rellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weeklv by C. Y. WAGNER,
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
ress :
ed wheat, old
New wheat.... 70
Rye, per bushel... 56
Corn, shelled, per . 65
Corn, new ears, per bushel 45
Oats, old and new, per bush: 30
Barley, Per bushel............ 50
Ground Plaster, per ton. 8 50 to 9 50
Buckwheat, per bushel. sasorrene see dg
Cloverseed, per bushel..... $6 00 to $6 60
Timothy seed per bushel. eee $3.20 to $3.60
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel ........c.ooiivnisnenenne ua tress 50
PuIOnS. suite thei i 75
8, per dozen.. 25
a per pound.. 12
Country Shoulder: 10
Sid 10
14
Tallow, per pou 4
Butter, per pound ‘ 23
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