Bellefonte, Pa., December 5 1902. CorresPONDENTS.—NoO communications pub lished unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. . THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY ——Burgess Pruner has decided to break up corner loafing in Tyrone. — -Mrs. ‘Geo. A. Bayard is laid up at her home on Spring street, with an attack of grip. ——The rabbit hanter has ten more days jn which to enjoy his sport with gun and dog. ——Pay for your paper now and save the" 50cte additional that is charged when it is not paid for in advance. ——Benj. F. Stover, of Aaronsburg, kill- ed the champion porker thus far heard from. It weighed 558!bs. ——The Evangelicals will serve supper in Petrikep hall on Thursday and Friday evenings, Dec. 18th and 19th. ——If you want to send a friend or rela- tive a Christmas present that will be ap- preciated order the WATCHMAN for a year for them. . —— All the slot machines in Bellefonte -were closed on Saturday night and bave been out of business since. John C. did it, with his little knocker. ——Tonight and tomorrow night the ladies sewing circle of the Milesburg Pres- byterian church will hold their fair and fes- tival in the hose house in that place. ——Irvin C. Stover, impersonator and entertainer, will give a recital for the ben- efit of class A, Millheim High school in the town hall in that place on Saturday even- ing, Dec. 13th. and will bring Mrs. Spangler back home with him. She bas been in a hospital in that city for some time, but is well enough now to come home. ——W. H. Walker Esq. will deliver the annual memorial address to the Elks of Du Bois next Sunday. Senator W. C. Heinle will deliver the address for the Sunbury Elks on the same day. ——Mzrs. John J. Bower and her little daughter have both been quite ill for a few days, but yesterday morning inquiry at their home on east Linn street revealed the fact that both were some better. ! ——Bellefonte horsemen will be interest- ed to know that H. L. Faux, thedriver, re- ceived a draft for $10,000 on Monday, that being due him from his father’s estate. Now maybe ‘Foxy’ won't talk a little. —— With three inches of snow on the ground and a heavy white frost bedecking trees and buildings in a mantie of white Monday morning presented a wintry speo- tacle which for beauty is seldom surpass. Joho Mignot, the well-known stone mason who makes his home in this place part of the time, had an eye knocked out while at work in Lock Haven recently. He was taken to the Williamsport hospital for treatment. ——Frank Curtin made bis debut as a so- loist at the Episcopal church last Sunday evening. He has a barytone voice of good quality, which he seems to have in splendid control, for he sang the long number with the greatest ease and pleasing expression. ——Marvin J. Woodring and Miss Murley B. Crain, both of Port Matilda, were marfied at the parsonage of the first Methodist church in Tyrone on the after- noon of Thanksgiving day. The young couple bave gone to housekeeping in Phil- ipsburg. ——Mrs. Wm. 8. Glenn, wife of Dr. Glenn, of State College, who has heen seriously ill with pluerisy for almost two weeks, is still in a precarious condition. Drs. M. A. Kirk and M. J. Locke were at State College to consult with Dr. Glenn and they all agree that itis a very critical case. The ladies of the Women’s Home and Foreign missionary society of St. John’s Lutheran church will hold a missionary service and social Wednesday evening, Dec. 10th. The service will begin at 7:30 p. m. The proceeds will be for the benefit of the church at home. All are invited to attend. ——M. 8. Betz. the Jacksonville mer- <bant, retarned fiom a hunting trip to Spring Lick run, in the Scootac region, last "Thursday. Their party captured two deer «and twenty-six rabbits and Mr. Betz was very much elated over the hunt for they ‘were able to hang up the first deer that has been seen in Jacksonville for many a moon. ——A fine 12Ib boy came to the home of Mr. and Mis. Harry Yeager, on Spring street, on Monday, and it is needless to comment on the effect this important de- nouement has had on the young shoe dealer. Of course they are not giving away the con- tents of the hig store in the Arcade, but prices are so low that it is practically the same thing. —— The selection of John E. Fryberger to be cashier of the First National bank of Philipsburg, vice F. K. Lukenbach resign- ed, is an honor bestowed upon a very worthy young man. Mr. Fryberger has been connected with the bauk in the capac- ty of teller for some years and is not only acquainted with the business, but with the patrons of the institution as well. His sonservative, steady character will carry to the important post he has been chosen to fill an atmosphere of security that will he most wholesome for the institution and re- assuring for the investor. N. B. Spangler Esq. is in Baltimore: WAS IT AN EARTH-QUAKE SHOCK ?— People in many sections of Centre county are convinced that they felt a great seismic disburbance on Sunday evening. The fact that reports from various sections agree as to the time and character of the disturh- ance seems. to give them: credence among some people, while others say it was imagi- pation. So far as the WATCHMAN has been able to discover there was no.unusual com- motion, either in the earth beneath or in the heavens above Bellefonte, on Sunday evening; the district in which the shock was felt being the western end of the county, stretching from the upper Bald Eagle across Half-moon and sontheast across College and Harris townships. About Martha Furnace and Julian every- body seems to have noticed it. Some peo- ple thought their barns had fallen down and went out to investigate. Others thought members of their family had fallen out of hed and those who were in the church say it sounded exactly as if some mighty hand had struck the side of the building with a great pole. Through Half-moon the people describe the sensation they experienced as one that might have been occasioned by an immense -body flying through the air at lightning speed. They say there was a sudden hiss- ing, cracking sound and then a rocking and swaying of buildings as if they had been affected by the suction of the passing body. At Stormstown stove-pipes were rat- tled loose and the effect was generally noticed. The people there say it occurred at 8:45. : Inquiry in other parts of the county fail to reveal anything leading to the conclu- sion that the shock, or whatever it was, was general. Itseems to have been con- fined to the western end of the county and just.what it was is hard to tell. There are no reports of seismic disturbances in other parts of the country that evening, yet so many people experienced this sen- sation and agree so nearly as to the time of its occurrence that some credence must be given the story. It might have been cansed by the flight of some meteoric body through the air. A WONDERFUL INVENTION.—T. Carlin Kennelly, son of James Kennelly, of Spring Mills, has about completed an invention, which is certainly of a startling character, and if it performs all that is claimed for it, it will make a complete revolution in the expense attending the use of steam power, Mr. Kennelly claims that bis invention will also do away with smoke, dust and the of- fensive odors arising from the use of coal and coke. to.any locomotive and stationary engine, and the same amount of steam can he pro- duced with only a quarter of the amount of fuel thas is required at the present time. Of ‘couyse the saving of fuel expense would be 80 enormous that it could hardly be calou- lated. A week or ten days since Mr. Kennelly visited Pittsburg for the purpose of adjust- ing some minor parts and thoroughly test- ing his invention in one of the large ma- chine shops in the Smoky city, but. on his arrival, unfortunately, he was suddenly tak- en ill, and before anything could be accom- plished was obliged to return home, and ‘has been confined to his room ever since, and. of course the trial and testing of his in- veation is postponed to a later day. Mr. Kennelly does not give any details of his invention, but after thoroughly test- ing it will apply for patents here and in Entope. As previously remarked if ‘this 1 invention will save the expense in fuel that is claimed and generate the same amount of steam as at present, the invention issim- ply invaluable. - 00 — AN OLD IRON INDUSTRY TO BE REOR- GANIZED.—On Monday, December 29th,an application will be made to the Governor of Pennsylvania for the incorporation of what is to be known as ‘‘The McCoy-Linn Iron Co.” It is a new corporation com- prising Frank McCoy, John M. Shugert, Jobn Blanchard and Edmund Blanchard that has been formed to take over and ope- rate the old McCoy and Linn properties at Milesburg, as well as their ore rights in other sections. While the present condition of the char- coal market makes it impossible to operate the furnace the forge and wire mill will be ran as regularly as possible and with the infusion of young blood into the manage- ment ib is probable that a way will soon be found to put the furnace in blast again. Just what interest the several parties in the corporation will have in the business we were unable to ascertain, but Mr. Ed- mund Blanchard has gone down to the works to start in as an ordinary workman in order to learn the business with a view of assuming its active management some day. : oe BLOWN 10 PIECES IN A MINE. —James McGroarity, a miner who had located at Snow Shoe at the beginning of the anthra- cite strike, was blown to pieces in Kelly Bros. No. 5 mine at Snow Shoe last Fri- day. He had been in the mine and put in a squib, after which he went out to the blacksmith shop to wait until the smoke cleared away and tarried there half an hour. It is supposed that the fuse held fire all that time, for it was evident that the blast went off just when McG roarity went up to it, for his lamp was blown flat against his head. . He had come to Snow Shoe only a short time ago. On August 21st he married Mis. McGowan, the widow of James McGowan, and she survives him with three children of ber first husband. Deceased was 32 years old. His body was taken back to his former home at Mahonoy city, where in- terment was made on Monday. The invention can be attached’ Ee. ————————————————————— NATHANIEL BIERLY.—When in this of- fice last week Nathaniel Bierly, of Boggs townshjp, mentioned the fact that of late he had experienced several sensations that might have suggested that his heart was not altogether right, but he was so bright aud so full of plans for the future that such a thing as a serious trouble was scarcely to be thought of. His death, Tuesday morn- ing, was such a shock that it seemed impos- sible. He bad been in attendance at court here on Monday; greeting his friends with that same open cordiality and sincerity of feeling that has ever been characteristic of him. And was on his way from home to take the train back for Tuesday's sessions when death overtook him. Mr. Bierly was walking from his home in the township to the Milesburg station about 7:30 Tuesday morning and had got. ten as far as the home of Mrs. Jehn Sheck- ler, when he had a vervous chill. eing granted permission by that lady to get warm in her home he had just entered and was about to take a chair by the stove, when he reeled and fell to the floor—dead. Nathaniel Bierly was born. in Clinton county September 28th, 1843, and is a des- cendaut of the family of that name that emigrated from Bavaria in the early days of the last century. Early in life he came to Centre county where he married Miss El- len Heaton and settled near where his late home is located. At the age of 19 he enlisted for service as a musician in the Civil war under Capt. Jas. F. Weaver, Co. B, 148th P. V. Iaf,, and was mustered out on June 1st, 1865. At the close of the war he took up his trade as a wheelwright and cabinet-maker which he followed until about twelve years ago, when he retired. : ; Mr. Bierly’s one great, soul inspiring passion was music. He was an artist on the flute and had a talent that might have made him a master had he given it culti- vation. His devotion to the compositions of the old masters proclaimed hima man of high 1deals and noble conceptions of life, while his strict integrity and pure mind made him a friend who could not be esteem- ed too high. With his favorite instrament be contributed much to the pleasure of those about him and was invariably to be found lending his talent for some charity or church cause. It was his master hand that coached the Milesburg band before it won the prize at the great tournament at Hecla park on August 30th, 1898, and a more modest, less conscious gentleman we have never seen than he was the evening the citizens of Milesburg tendered him a public reception and presented him with a director's baton as a mark of their esteem and appreciation. Lf Personally, the writer feels the deepest sense of sorrow at Mr. Bierly’s death. "He was a friend in whose company we always found pleasure and about whom there seem- ed to be a continual atmosphere of the higher and better themes of life. % ‘He was a member of the Presbyterian church, the Grange and of Geo. I. Potter post G. A. R. Por twenty-five years he bad ‘been a justice of the peace in Boggs township and his death removes a man whose life was a useful one in that com- munity. oe He is survived by his wife one brother and two sisters, namely, Samuel and Mrs. Agues Teller, of Milesburg, and Mrs. Rebecca Watson, of Galeton, Potter county. Interment will be made at the Advent church this morning at 10 o’clock. Rev. Walter F. Carson will officiate. I ll ll GEORGE W. DOWNING SR.—One who for years had been a resident of Bellefonte and most of whose active life was spent “in business in this place, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. A. Hoover, in Altoona, early Sunday morning. ‘He had been in poor health for a long time, but was able to be about until five months ago when he suffered a stroke of apoplexy that rendered him totally helpless and he had been in bed ever since. r George W. Downing Sr. was born at Me- Connelstown, Huntingdon county, Decem- ber 9th, 1832. When a young man he located in Bellefonte, where he conducted a cigar and pool room in the palmy days of the ‘‘old strychnine zorner.’”” Upon the death of his wife, twelve years ago, his home here was broken up and he went to live with his daughter. Mr. Downing was a quiet, unassuming, gentleman who had many friends who will hold his memory dear. He is survived by the following children: Mrs. Hoover, Mrs. W. A. Forrester and George W. Dow ning, of Altoona; Mrs. R. B. Spangler, of Hastings, and Frank, of Bellefonte. These brothers and sisters also survive: Mrs. Ellen Neely and James Dowuing. of Etna, Blair county: Israel, of Tyrone Forge, Mrs. Rebecca Bennett, of Vintondale; John of Wisconsin, and Joseph, of Kansas. Funeral services were held at his late home on Monday evening and Tuesday afternoon interment was made in the Union cemetery here, Rev. George I. Brown, hav- ing officiated. I ll ll HE was BORN AT PORT MATILDA.—A. G. Purdue, who was born at Port Matilda in 1872, died at the home of his brother, at the Columbus hotel, in Lock Haven, on Monday morning. He has been ill for some time with consumption. Deceased was a son of John Purdue and a number of years ago moved from the place of his birth to Tyrone where the family resided until they removed to Philadelphia; the deceased havipg later gone: to his brother in Look Haven. Surviving him are his mother, Mrs. Susan Pardue and his brothers W. E., of Philadelphia, and Frank T., of Huston, and his sister, Mrs. M. Breese, of Phila- delphia. W. F. CoHICK EsQ. IS DEAD.—Warren F. Cohick Esq. whose case awakened the sympathy aud interest of so many people in this vicinity, where he had been a resi- dent for a short time, died at his parental home at McElbattan on Sunday evening. He was born at Larry’s Creek, Lycoming county, and was 39 years, 2 months and 23 days old. After securing a good education he taught school at his home for a nnmber of years, until he came to this place and entered the office of Col. W. F. Reeder as a law student. Having completed the read- ing he was admitted to the Centre county bar and began the practice of law, but it was not long until he discovered that con- sumption, of which he had been continual- ly fearful, was developing and only a change of climate vould stay the inevitable result. Accordingly he sold his splendid library here and moved with his fanily to Arizona, where he camped out in the open air; roughing it with the hope of wooing back lis shattered health. First reports from him were most hopeful, but later it became apparent that he was too late and then, when it became apparent that he must die be came back to the familiar scenes of his childhood to spend the last days there. Rev. Dr. Shriuer. of the Belle- fonte Methodist church, officiated at his funeral on Wednesday. I I ll —W. McClure Hammond, one of Bolivar’s most prominent .and wealthy citizens, died suddenly at his home in that place on Friday. Mr. Hammond was one of the owners of the Bolivar brick works, vice president of the Bolitar National bank, a trustee of the Bolivar M. E. church and was a survivor of the Sixth Pennsyl- vania artillery. His wife, who was Miss Annie Brett, of Ferguson township, this county, died seventeen years ago, but their four children two sons and two daughters are living. Soni J ob, on lived near Romola, died at the home of J. R. Kunes, at Beech Creek, on Monday morning. She bad been there on a visit when her condi- tion became such that it was impossible for ber to be removed and she rapidly grew worse until death came. Consumption was the cause. Mrs. Robb was about 35 years old and is survived by her husband and one child. I I ll Susan Miller, colored, died at ber home at Pine Top, near Waddles, on Sun- day evening, of consumption; having been ill for several months. Susan was a very useful woman in that locality, for notwith- standing her 65 years of age she wasin con- stant demand for duty in the various homes about ber.” Interment was made in Gray’s burying ground on Wednesday. | I I Mrs, Sara A. Fair, who was the widow of the late Rev. W. W. Fair, died at her home at Salona on Sunday afternoon of paralysis. She was a danghter of Sam- uel and Mary Farss, pioneers: of Nittany valley, and was a highly educated womén, and was a consistent worker in the Luth- eran church. Interment was made Wed- nesday afternoon. I I I —— Samuel Long, well known as one of the owners of the picturesque Penns cave, died at that place on Tuesday, at the age of 62. He bad been ill only since the pre- ceding Friday, when he took a severe cold that settled on bis stomach. Deceased is survived by his widow. : : I ll I -—Helen, daughter of Robert and Eliz- abeth Jackson,aged 14yrs, 2 mo. and 6days, died at their home at Scotia, on Sunday, of a cold contracted while moving from Oak Hall to the former place. Interment was made at the Houserville U. B. cemetery on Tuesday afternoon. I Il Ii ——James Knoffsinger, aged 49 years, died at his home in Pleasant Gap last Fri- day night, leaving a widow and two chil- dren. He underwent an operation for cancer of the bowels some time ago, but the relief was only temporary. lI I. I Mrs. Mary Willow, wife of Mich- ael Willow, died at William sport on the 26th ult. She was buried at Centre Hall, ber former home, on Friday. Deceased was 79 years, 10 months and 26 days old. : I 8 Ih ——A six month’s old infant of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Eckley, of Coleville, died on Friday and was buried Sunday afternoon. LE ei UE ——S8heriff Brangart took murderer David Miller, and stolen brass receiver Charley Roney to the western penitentiary yesterday afternoon. a —— ——The Clinton county Veteran’s As- sociation will hold a mid-winter meeting in the Methodist church in Mill Hall on December 12th. et : ——Jas. H. Harris is now ready for busi- ness in his store on the Diamond and good, well fitting, stylish clothes are the only kind you can expect Jim to make, —— eam. ——James Starford, who had been super- intendent of the Morrisdale Coal Co’s oper- ations for seventeen years, has resigned to take a similiar position with J. H. Weaver & Co., of Philadelphia. When he retired from his old place the employees presented him with a gold watch. ———— at QP ee ——George M, Rhule, the Philipsburg building contractor, well known in this place, took his daughter Claire down to Philadelphia, where he hopes a consulta- tion with the famous Austrian specialist Dr. Lorenz may result in relieving her of hip trouble with which she has suffered since child hood. Dr. Lorenz is the surgeon who came to this country at the call of million- aire Armour News Parely Pevsonal. —Mrs. A. J. Graham, of Philipsburg, is visiting Miss Celia Armor. —Robert D. Garman, of Tyrone, spent Sunday with his father in this place. —Peter Robb, the stalwart Curtin township Democrat, was in town on Monday. —Mrs. Joseph Undercoffer, with her daughter Clara, are visiting friends in Philadelphia. —I. N. Gordon, of Scranton, was an arrival in town Saturday and spent Sunday with old friends here. —County superintendent C. L. Gramley has been in town part of the week arranging for in- stitute. —Ward Fleming was home from Haverford and Wilson Gephart from Cornell to spend Thanksgiving. —Gen. and Mrs. Jas. A. Beaver, with their son Thomas, spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs, Gilbert A. Beaver in New York. —Mrs. Ralph Spigelymer, of Howard street, has just returned from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. John Hoffman, in Williamsport. —Miss Sallie Baum departed for New York on Monday ; having gone over to spend a few weeks with her sister, Mrs. Morris Monash. —Mrs. Frank K. Lukenbach, who had been visiting in town for a few days, departed for her home in Philipsburg on Sunday evening. —Charles E. Dorworth, of the Philadelphia Press staff, spent Sunday with his parents in this place. He departed Wednesday afternoon. —Mrs. James H. Potter and her daughter Janet, with Miss Bertha Laurie, spent Wednesday in Williamsport consuiting an oceulist about their eyes. —F. H. Cota, formerly secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in this place but now of Pitcairn spent Sunday at the home of Robert Irwin, on north Spring street. —Charles Tripple, who travels for the Weikle- Smith Co., dropped into town oa Saturday to spend Sunday with his mother and old friends in town. —Burgess Jesse Lukens and former sheriff W. M. Cronister weve two prominent Philips- burgers in town for the opening sessions of court this week. —After spending a few days of their honeymoon with his parents in this place Mr. and Mrs. Wm, 8. Furst departed for Philadelphia on Mon- day morning. . —Dr. W. P. Shriner, Frank C. Williars, Robert Cole and Frederick Blanchard went down to Me- Elhattan on Wednesday to attend the funeral of W. F. Cohick. —Miss Mary Thompson, of this place,is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Kreamer, in Clearfield. From there she expects to go to Pittsburg to visit her brother. —Jacob Runkle and his family moved to Youngstown, Ohio, last week. The boys have all secured good positions there and the parents went out to make a home for them. - - —Miss Lucy M. Potter has returned from a visit of several months with friends in Philadel- phia and Baltimore. and is again at the home of her brother Jas, H. Potter, on Linn street. —Mr. and Mrs. Ben. Shaffer, ' of Huntingdon, are visiting friends at their former home here. Mr. Shaffer has charge of the tinhing department of the reformatory and likes the work very much, —John Lemon, who is interested in several big lumber and cattle propositions’ in the southern part of the State, was in town ‘during the fore part of the week as a witness-on the Thomas- Butler case. # —Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Roush, ‘of Madisonburg, were in ‘town on Monday and Tuesday; the former having come up to ‘attend to a little busi- ness at court, while Mrs. Roush visited friends at her old home here. Tori . —Mrs. W. J. Singer, who has beén ‘seriously ill with typhoid fever fof sotie timé, was not much better yesterday and to add to the ‘misfortune in their household Maj. Singer, himself, was strick- en with the same desease on Tuesday: —Willis Ishler, who had been home from Lynn, Mass., for a visit of several weeks, returned to his work down east on Saturday. Willis is one of the graduates of State who holds a fine position with the General Electric Co. —Prof. D. O. Etters is in Philadelphia with his daughter, Jessie, who was operated on for ap- pendicitis last week and, incidentally, attending the grand lodge of Masons. Jessie is recovering nicely from the effects of the operation. —Dr, J. W. Clark, of ‘'Windber, Somerset coun- ty, was in town on Saturday on'his way to spend a few days with his parents up in Benner town- ship. He is meeting with great success in his practice, not only professionally but financially. —Harry McDowell, of Abdera, was in town on Friday and confirmed all the stories of the joyousness ot the Bennison-Yearick wedding down there the week previous. He expects to have the young groom for a tenant in the spring. —John Dubbs Jr., of Huntingdon, was here to spend Sunday with his parents and receive the congratulations of his friends after having been made a route agent on the middle division for the Adams express company. John has been going up fast, but he is the kind that earns pro- motions. —Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Emerick, of Centre Hall, were in town on Friday doing some siiopping. That is Mrs. Emerick was doing the buying, while George—man like—was talking politics with his friends and kept at it until his good wife became very much alarmed lest they would mot get home that night. —A. A. Pletcher, of Howard, has been in town during the week as a witness on the Thomas- Butler case and as there wasn’t much to do he spent the time much as he 1s wont to do when in town for institute. Al likes his new home al Howard, though his long residence at Nittany makes a very warm spot in his heart for that place. —B. H. Arney, of Centre Hall, was in town, attending court during the fore part of the week. He was a juror, but it was anything but pleasant for him as he came over here ill and was in bad health during the entire stay. In fact, many another man would have quit snd gone home, but he stuck it out, notwithstanding he fainted from weakness on Monday morning. —Former associate Judge Corliss A. Faulkner and Sol. Schmidt were two well known Philips-’ burgers in town during the fore part of the week; having come over as witnesses on a case that their Boro, had in court. Neither of the gentlemen have been very frequent visitors in the town of late years and found many friends glad to see them, Of course two such staunch old Democrats could not let the opportunity to talk a little poli- tics slip and the result of it all may take very material form ere long. —W. W. Orndorf, of Walker, was a Bellefon te visitor on Saturday, having come up on busin ess that detained him in town for a few hours. Of course the success of the Betz hunting party was one of the topics of conversation and that led on to thd migratory nature of quail. It has been a well known fact that the failure to keep birds on the property of the Nittany country elub has led to indifference on the part of many of its sport- | loving members. Last season there were practie- ally no birds to be found on the club side of “the ridge” while over about Jacksonville they were plenty. Without any apparent cause they have flown from the latter territory and are now to be found in large numbers along the Bald Eagle. How long they will tarry there is hard to tell, but the chances are about even that there will be none in the Bald Eagle next season. —George T. Bush went lo Philadelphia, Tuesday noon, to attend a meeting of the Grand Lodge. —Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Hiller arrived in town - Monday. Mrs. Hiller will remain here until after, the holidays, while the doctor departed for Cuba the day following, —Mrs. M. A. Kirk and her daughter Lois re- turned, Monday, from an enjdyable ten days visit at the home of Mrs, Rees Van Ormer, in Coates- ville, —Joe Peters, the genial Philipsburg hotel man, was in town attending court until Wednesday evening, when the case he was on was continued and he was able to get away for home. Joe has an idea about litigation that wonld save a great deal of money for some people, if they would only follow it. —usacob Moyer, of Kylertown, and his brother Peter, were in town ‘during the fore part of the week attending court. They are Democrats of the kind that we'd like to know more of and Jacob is convinced that no one but a Republican would have been mean enough {o steal the deer he shot on Thanksgiving day. —Mr. and Mrs. John Noll, who have been locat- ed at State College of late, spent Sunday at. their home on Pine street. Mr. Noll has the founda- tion and stone backing for the new Schwab chapel at the College and his work has been so pleasing to the contractors that they are urging him to go to Harrisburg with them to work on the capital building, —William H. Walker, with his standard bred horse, rubber tired runabout, and ‘all the par- aphernalia of a well fixed lime magnate, rived in town and is now superintending the erection ot his new kilns on the Hastings farms up Buffalo run. Will seems to have known what he was about when he abandoned journalism for commerce even though the “profession” is oug avery clever worker and a good fellow. ——Mr. and Mrs. C. G. McMillen, of Day ton, Ohio, have sent out invitations for the marriage of their daughter, Roxy, i| to Mr. Richard Trenchard More on Wed- nesday, the seventeenth of December. The wedding will take place at the home of the bride’s parents at half after six o'clock. Mr. More is building a house on west Superior avenue, one of the fashionable suburbs of Dayton, and inclosed with the invitations are at home cards after March the first. The bride-to-be has visited here several times since her childhood when the family home was in this place and is very favorably known. She is an attractive and very pretty girl and: has always been popular with the older people, as well as the younger set. — ep ——For weeks the Aid society of the Presbyterian church has been preparing for a great big bazar which is to be held in Petriken hall on Dec. the 11th and 12th. In connection with the bazar a turkey din- ner will he served in the dining rooms of the Petriken building on Thursday evening at 5 o’ clock and on Friday evening at the same hour a supper will be served, the menu of which has not positively heen de- cided upon, but which will be a delicious and wholesome meal. ee AAPA eee ——John Todd Jr.. of Philipsburg, who is now at Montmorency, W. Va., superin- tending the opening of some new coal fields for the Morris Creek Coal Co., came very near burning up in a hotel fire there early Sunday morning. The fire started in a room next to his on the third floor and the flames were eating their way under his door before he was aroused. Then it was too late to do anything else than jump out of the window, which he did; injuring his lip somewhat. ie ase ——Rev. Dr. W. P. Shriner met with quite a serio us mishap, on Thursday. In fact he suffered an injury that made it im- possible for him to fill his pulpit engage- ments on Sunday and even yet he is con- scious of pain from it. While out for a walk he took a short cut over the B. N. and L. rail-road trestle. Slipping in some way he fell between the ties, wienching his leg in a very painful manner. ——The American Lime and Stone Co. has been having tiouble with its men during the past week. They were granted a voluntary increase of 5 cts. per day in wages, but the men thought it was not enough and struck. The Buffalo run and Armor gap quarries were affected, but the trouble has been settled and the men are back at work. A ——According to the statement made by Dr. N. C. Schaffer, state suparintendens of public instruction, parents cannot be compelled by the school hoards to have their children vaccinated. —— es. ——John A. McGinley left for Werners- ville, yesterday afternoon, hoping that a stay in the sanatorium at that place wily cure his shattered nervous system. S—————— Philadelphia Markets. The following are the closing prices of the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening. Wheat—Red .. 75 a5 “ _No. 8 1435 @7485 Corn —Yellow... 52@b6 ¢ —Mixed new... 45@A47 ORLS.....ci0oiii rrssrsstssns torn 31@37%4 Flour— Winter, Per Br'l. 2.60@2.80 ¢“ —Penna. Roller...... wen 3.10@3.25 *¢ —Favorite Brands... we 4.15@4.30 Rye Flour Per Br'l............. sresvassre 3.16@3.256 Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 12. 18.00 " “ he Mixed: 5: 1... 13.00@15.00 BUXAW. coves ivi nsinsnsissoine sssssbsasnssernsnsasnane 10.50@16.60 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 ress : ed wheat, old.................. New wheat......... Rye, per bushel............ Corn, shelled, per bushel, Corn, new ears, per bushel.. Oats, old and new, per bush: Barley, Ground Plaster, per ton...... itr Buckwheat, per bushel....... Cloverseed, per bushel..... Timothy seed per bushel.... 10 $6 00 to §6 60 wen $3.20 to $3.60 Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co. Potatoes per bushel 50 Quions. os deiees 5 gS, per doze 28 Lane per pound.. 10 Country Shoulders. 10 ides. ...ccesen 10 Tah Hams ser 12 allow, per pound.. ssssivarnase 4 Butter, = POUND. srrrrnriaieeris | 23 has ar..
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