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Bellefonte, Pa., January 23 1902.
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TOWN AND COUNTY
THINGS ABOUT
North Ward Democratic Caucus.
The primaries for the North ward of the
Borough of Bellefonte will be held in the
office of Fortney and Walker at 8 o’clock
Saturday evening, Jan. 24th.
JoHN TRAFFORD, Chairman.
WEST WARD.—The caucus for the West
ward will be held in the WATCHMAN office
at 8-0’clock Saturday evening.
SouTe WARD.—The caucus for the South
ward will be held in the Arbitration room
in the court house at 8 o’clock Saturday
evening. ;
——
——Philipsburg thermometers registered
5° below (0 on Monday merning.
——Soft coal is Bots per bushel and scarce
at that on the streets of Philipsburg.
——The Famons Troubadours will be
heard at Garman’s tomorrow, Saturday
night.
——Taesday night’s snow was a fine
thing for the sleighing, but it didn’t last
long enough.
——Two new patients were admitted to
the hospital on Saturday. Harry Gehret
and Mrs. Blair, of Fillmore.
——Rev. Brown, of the Evangelical
church, is conducting a very spirited revival
in his church on Willowbank street.
——M. R. Johnson, the marble man, has
just completed a twelve ton Barre granite
monument on the Milliken lot in the
Union cemetery.
——Frank Neubaker, of Danville, a
brother of Mrs. J. Malcolm Laurie, has ac-
cepted a position in the wholesale depart-
ment of the Potter-Hoy Hardware Co.
——According to chemist F. E. Weddi-
gen the Bellefone water is exceptionally
pure. He made anfanalysis of it at the
request of Dr. J. L. Seibert and found the
water very pure. Te
——Wedunesday evening, Feb. 4th, has
been selected as the time for the organ
recital in St. John's Catholic church in this
place. It will be under the direction of
Dr. D. D. Wood, organist.
——=S. H. Williams has just completed
the interior decorations to Petriken hall
and, as an agreeable surprise to the ladies
of the Temperance Union, his bill covered
only the actual cost of the work,
——Carrie Switzer, one of the Salvation
Army recruits from ‘this place, who was
sent to the Army training school at Buffa-
lo, has been commissioned a lieutenant and
sent out to work at Reynoldsville, Pa.
——One . of the specialty features of the
“Famous Tronbadours,’’ that comes to Gar-
man’s tomorrow night is the rendition of
‘Tell Me Dusky Maiden,’’ the charming
soug from the ‘‘Sleeping Beauty and the
Beast,”’ by a double sextette.
——Rev. J. D. Thomas, of Bloomsburg,
will preach in the Reformed church at Co-
burn on Saturday evening, at St. Paul on
Sunday morning, at Salem Sunday after-
noon, at Aaronsburg Sunday evening and
at Millheimm Monday evening.
——A sleighing party of little folks un-
der the chaperonage of Mis. A. M. Mott,
Misses May Judge and Sarah Flack drove
up to Unionville on Friday afternoon and
on the way back stopped at Kohlbecker’s
hotel in Milesburg and had supper.
——1It was cheerful news we received
from an old friend up in one of the north-
ern counties of the State the other day in
which he said that he ‘‘is always glad to
get the WATCHMAN and his beloved moth-
er, who will soon be 89, enjoys hearing
from Old Centre.”
——A car loaded with forty ton of iron
and an empty hopper got off the P. R.
R. tracks near the round house, on Mon"
day, and it took all day to get the tracks
cleared tip. The passenger trains had to
transfer at the wreck and the Bellefonte
Central passengers had to walk to and from
the lime kiln junction.
——Two interesting services will be held
in Bellefonte on Sunday, under the direc-
tion of the Y. M. C. A. First will be the
men's meeting in Petgiken hall dutiog the
afternoon and then the anniversary meet-
ing in the Methodist church at night. Mr.
G. N. Bierce, of Dayton, Ohio., will ad-
dress both and there will be special music.
——Bright and early Monday morning
we received a number of those green lined
envelopes. * It is encouraging to get them
on Menday, because yon know there ix an
«old superstition that to begin the week well
is to end it well. Who will furnish the
green linings for the letters next Monday
morning. Look at your label and see if it
wouldn't pay you to do it.
——Jue, the thirteen year old son of
Harry Gehret, of east High street, was
hauging on behind the C. T. Gerbrich &
Son mill wagon, which was moving rapidly
down High street about noon on Tuesday.
The icy condition of the street caused the
rear of the wagon to slide from side to side
and just as it was running onto the bridge
the back end slid around so as to he caught
on the middle truss, throwing it high into
the air and breaking the spindle off with a
loud report. The hoy was thrown to the
ground with such force as to render him
unconscious for awhile and at first it was
thought he was ‘badly hurt, but after be-
dng taken to his home it was found he bad
suflesed only a slight scalp wound.
FATAL WRECK ON THE NITTANY VAL-
LEY.—Just east of the long siding on the
Nittany Valley rail-road, and near the
junction with the C. R. R. of Pa. a wreck
occurred, on Friday evening, that snuffed
out the life of engineer W. G. Dyke and
seriously injured his fireman, Charles M.
McKinley.
The wreck occurred akout 6 o'clock, only
a few moments after the night crews had
gone to work along the two roads. The
No. 1 engine of the Nittany Iron Co. and
No. 1 of the Nittany Valley R. R. were
both at the C. R. R. of Pa. shops undergo-
ing repairs. Having been finished that
evening they were ordered out and engi-
neer Dyke was taking them around over
the Central tracks to deliver them to the
Nittany furnace. At the junction he
hooked onto five cars of coke to take them
along over to the furnace and as he started
in over the Nittany Valley he took a good
run in order to get up the hill to the long
siding easily. Dyke and his fireman were
in the Nittany Iron Co’s engine, which
.was ahead and running with the tender
ahead. They were going at a pretty good
clip when, without the slighest knowledge
of their danger, they plowed into a string
of empty coke cars thay were standing on
the main track at the long siding.
The tender of Dyke’s engine was lifted
up and pushed back through the cab.
Fireman McKinley was thrown sixty feet
away into a wire fence, but escaped with a
few bruises and cuts. It was not so well
with the engineer. He could not be found
for some time, but was finally located un-
der the air pump and there was only a
gasp or so to tell of the fleeting life of the
mangled and bleeding body. His leg was
broken, one arm broken in three places, a
gaping wound run from the eye down
through the cheek and around to the ear
and there was another almost like it on
the other side of the face. Then a great
bruise just over the throat appeared to
have been from a blow powerful enough in
itself to have caused death.
The dead and injured were gathered up
and brought to the office of the Iron ‘Co.
where it was found that McKinley was
not hurt so badly as to necessitate his go-
ing to the hospital, so he was sent home to
Milesburg. The dead engineer was taken
in charge by undertaker Harris and pre-
pared for burial, which was made.at the
Advent cemetery, near Milesburg, on Tues-
day afternoon.
WILLIAM DYKE,
William Dyke was the son of Henry G.,
and Annie M. Dyke and was born at Miles-
burg about thirty years ago. His early
life was speut in various pursuits about
that place and it was about six vears ago
that he moved to Bellefonte; having been
connected with the C. R. R. of Pa.as a
hostler-at the engine house. Later he be-
came a locomotive fireman and only lately
had been promoted to the engineer's side
of the cab. - He was a man of most excel-
lent habits, pleasant in disposition and de-
votedly attached to his home. He was a
member of the Brotherhood of Firemen,
from which his widow will receive $1,500.
Surviving him are his wife, who was
Miss Carrie Atwood, and their two chil-
dren. One three years old, the other a
babe.
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WALTER WHIPPO BURNED OuT.—A#$
just a quarter after twelve o'clock Satur-
day morning the fire alarm for the West
ward sounded and sent a great crowd of
night hawks to scurry on the streets, while
others tumbled out of warm beds to dis-
cover the heavens in the southwestern
section of the town aglow with the reflect-
ion of a great fire. It was located in Wal-
ter Whippo's coach making and blacksmith
shop, on Water street, and had gained such
headway before it was discovered that by
the time an alarm was sent in it looked as
if the entire block would be burned. The
firemen were on the scene, however, in ex-
ceptionally good time and had several
plug streams on the flames within five
minutes after the alarm was given.
~ The building occupied by Mr. Whippo
is the annex to the property formerly used
by J. S. Waite & Co., as an implement
store aud carriage works and was so close
to the main stracture that it was in con-
stant danger. Great sheets of flame
swirled out of the burning building, reach-
ing clear across the alley to the main one,
but the firemen were most strenuons in
their efforts to save the latter, for if it
stood the fire could be stopped, otherwise
15 would undoubtedly have eaten its way
clear along that row of frame houses to the
water works building. The main building
had a tin roof and a heavy blanket of snow
on it, which aided materially the work of
the fighters and in exactly half an hour
after the alarm was sounded there was no
more danger from what had been one of
the most dangerous looking fires—in one
of the most dangerous localities—that
Bellefonte has seen for years.
The building was owned by Jacob Bot-
torf, of T.emont, whose loss is estimated at
$800." He had allowed the insurance on it
to lapse only a few days before the fire.
Mr. Whippo lost 4 complete set of black-
smith and coach making tools, a dairy
wagon that had just been completed and
was Standing on the floor, several other
jobs in various degrees of completion, a lot
of hay and grain to the amount of $600.
He bad $400 insurance.
tetris Ao eee —
—Near Munson station Tuesday a work
train on the Beech Creek road collided
with a hand car on which were seven tele-
graph linemen. Six of the men jumped
and escaped injury. The seventh, John
Fenstermacher, was knocked with the
hand car over the embankment. He sus-
tained a frightful scalp wound. He was
taken to the Williamsport hospital. Fens-
termacher resides in Nippenose valley.
——The Clinton County Agricultural
society will meet at the home of Dr. J. M.
Dumm, at Mackeyville, today.
——Lock Haven Amateurs cleared $100
by giving a minstrel show for the benefit
of the newly organized band in that city.
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——Mzrs. H. E. Duck, of Millheim, is in
a precarions condition as a result of a fall
she had on an icy pavement in that place
on Tuesday.
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——A birthday party at which there
were twenty eight guests was given at the
home of Harvey Crouse, at Aaronsbuig, in
honor of his daughter Mahel.
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——1I. Newton Gordon, who had been
connected with the Standard Oil Co. at
Scranton for several years, has gone to Balti-
more with the West India Oil Co.
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Lyon & Co’s. annual clearance sale
is now geing on and some new bargains are
offered in their advertisement in this issue,
It would pay you to look them up.
——Rev. Decker, of Lewistown, who
conducted evangelistic meetings in the
Presbyterian church in this place, all last
week, returned to his home on Friday.
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——The Famous Troubadours come to
Garman’s tomorrow night to produce some-
thing new in Bellefonte. It will be the
amusing comedy ‘‘The ex-President of Li-
beria.”’
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WELL KNowN HERE.—Rev. A. M.
Barnitz, one of the best known and older
members of the Central Pennsylvania
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church, died at his home in York on Sun-
day morning at 8 o’clock after an illness of
several weeke of conjestion of the liver.
Rev. Barnitz, or ‘“‘Mac’’ as he was affect-
ionately called by his many old acquaint-
ances here, was born on June 13th, 1824.
He entered the old Baltimore conference
in 1849 and held many important appoint-
ments in that body until the organization
of the Central Penna. conference, in 1869.
He was then transferred and until two
years ago, when he retired from active
work, was one of the most enthusiastic and
beloved ministers of
He was a most genial and companionable
man and was gifted with a powerful voice,
as well as a decided talent for drawing and
painting.
When stationed on the Half Moon cir-
cuit, when a young man, he was married to
Sarah Gray, daughter of Jacob Gray, and
whose four sisters married Methodist min-
isters. The grooms-man at the wedding
was Mr. Heury P. Harris, of this place,and
during the session of conference last March
the groom, Rev. Barnitz, ard bis attendant
on that oocasion, related a lot of happy
reminiscences conjointly. His wife and
their family of seven survive him.
Funeral services were held in Beaver
street M. E. church at York on Wednesday
at 2 o’clock, with ail the ministersjof the
town attending in abody. Rev. E. H. Yo-
cum, Dr. E. J. Gray, Dr. P. Anstadt and
Rev. M. L. Ganoe officiated. The pall
bearers were selected from the three
churches in York, of which at various times
he had been pastor.
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MRS. MICHAEL SPICHER.—Mrs. Cath-
arine Spicher, wife of Michael Spicher, died
at her home at Pleasant Gap some time
Tuesday night. Though ailing with dropsy
for a long time she had been up until nme
o'clock the evening before and at eleven
Mr. Spicher gave her her medicine. There
was no unusual movement about her to
indicate that the vital spark had fled but
she was calm in death when he wakened
again, at half past three, to give her medi-
cine.
Mrs. Spicher was a daughter of Abram
Stine and was about 57 years old. She
was a member of the Reformed church;
having attended worship at Zion. Sarviv-
ing her are her husband and two children,
Boyd and Edna.
Interment will be made at Zion tomor-
row morning. Services will be held at her
late home at half-past nine o'clock by the
Rev. Ambrose Schmidt.
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CALVIN. T. CHEESMAN.—A respected
citizen of Mill Hall died at his home in
that place on Monday night, after a long’
illness of heart trouble and dropsy. His
wife died very suddenly about five weeks
ago, and he is survived by their five ohil-
dred, Mrs. C. F. Bollinger, of Johnstown;
‘Mis. E. L. Bower, of Snow Shoe; Miss.
Minnie and R. T. at home and A. E. of
Cresson. Two of his brothers, Irvin of
Altoona, and Roland, of Washington, and
one sister, Mrs. Baker, of Howard, are liv-
ing. Hi :
Mi. Cheesman moved to Mill Hall from
Snow Shoe about seven years ago and for
the past four years had been much of an
invalid. © Funeral services were heid at his
home yesterday morning. Interment was
made in Cedar Hill cemetery. >
AMBROSE hah aged and re-
spected resident of Haines township passed
away on Friday night, when Ambrose
Haines died. He was 69 years old and had
been ill only a short time.
He is survived by his widow and eleven
children, one daughter having preceded her
father to the grave. Funeral services were
held at St. Paul’s church yesterday by the
there.
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——Myrtle Stover, aged 5 years and 1
month, died at the home of her grand par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Kleckner, in
Millheim, on Saturday night. Rev. J. D.
Shortess officiated at the interment, which
was made in Fairview cemetery on Tues-
day afternoon.
the conference.
Rev. Sheeder and interment was made
A LoNe LiFe ENDED.—Mrs. Mary
Weaver Davidson, who was for many years
a beloved resident of this place, passed away
at the home of her daughter, Mis. Mary
Nolan, in Chicago,on Tuesday morning ear-
ly. To very few are given the years that
Mrs. Davidson enjoyed and the long after-
noon of her life was so peaceful and quiet
that there was no shadow inthe valley
when she entered.
She was a member of the well known
Weaver family of this community and was
born on October 15th, 1808, at Mill Hall,
where her parents, John and Elizabeth
Poorman Weaver, were living at that time.
Her father and his brother, David, leased
what is now known as the Gerberich mill
in that same year and for many years the
family home was in this place. On March
24th,1825, her marriage to Wm. A. Davidson
took place and afterward they resided
at the old Davidson place above Milesburg,
at Centre Furuace, and Milesburg. Mr.
Davidson died in 1856 and shortly after
the war Mrs. Davidson and her family es-
tablished their home in Bellefonte and
from that until eight or nine years ago,
when ber age necessitated the consiant
companionship of some of her own family,
she usefully and diligently occupied the
years here. The closing scenes of her life
were spent in the home of her daughter
amid every comfort and no one was ever
accorded more constant consideration and
care than she. For several years her hear-
ing and sight had been impaired but with
those exceptions she was keenly alive to all
that was going on about her until the very
lagt and was constantly interested in the
happenings of the day. All her life she was
remarkably industrious and even after en-
croaching years debarred her from an active
part in household affairs she took the great-
est pleasure in needle and fancy work.
She joined the Methodist church about
1823 and was always a most earnest and
zealous member. She never missed a
service if she was able to attend and she
gave generously to its support and work.
Her home kindnesses, too, were innumera-
ble and , to her help several young people
owe their start in life.
, Of her family of ten children she
out lived them all but two, Lucy, Mrs.
James Lipton, of Downs, Kan., and Mary,
Mrs. Ed. Nolan, with whom she mada her
home. Of her father’s family three of her
brothers are living, Jobn J., of West
Union, Towa; Michael P., of Pleasant Gap,
and Col. James Weaver, of Boggs township.
Her body, accompanied by her grand
children, Mrs. Levy Johnson and James
Nolan, arrived here yesterday morning and
was taken direct to the church she loved
so well. The funeral services were held at
2 o’clock by the pastor, Dr. W. P. Shriner,
and interment was made in the family
plot in the Union cemetery. The pall bear-
ers were Jared Harper, James Schofield, C.
C. Shuey, J. I. Olewine, W. T. Twitmire
and Joel Johnson.
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RICHARD HAWORTH. —After an illness
that had lasted since the thirtieth of De-
cember Richard Haworth, the well known
faneral director of Philipsburg, passed away
at his home in that place shortly after noon
last Thursday.
He was a son of John Haworth and was
born in England, in 1862; having come to
this country when only a boy. He had
charge of the undertaking business of Ha-
worth Bros. furniture dealers, and by his
deft ministrations in time of bereavement
had won many friends. Deceased was a
member of the Baptist church and is suar-
vived by his wife, with three children, his
aged parents, two brothers and five sisters.
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—— Levi Strayer, an aged veteran of the
Civil war, died at the home of his son, A.
E. Strayer, at Smullton, on Saturday, from
the effects of a stroke of paralysis he suffer-
ed some time ago. Deceased was 80 years
old and in his active life was a very usefu!
citizen of that community. Surviving him
are the following children : Jonathan and |
Samuel, in the West; Jasper, in Venango
Co.; Ammon E., of Rebersburg; Mrs.
Lousia Neese, of Loganton. Interment
was made on Wednesday; with Rev. P. A.
Smith, of the United Evangelical church,
of which deceased was a member, officiat-
ing.
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WILLIAM SCHOFIELD SR.—After an ill-
ness that had lasted almost a year William
Schofield Sr. died at the home of his son,
Dr. John Schofieid, in Baltimore, on Sun-
day morning.
He was a brother of Hon. James Scho-
field, of this place, and since 1851 had been
a prominent resident of Birmingham, where
be was engaged in the shoe business. He
was born in Ireland 67 years ago and came
to this country when quite young. When
the Civil war broke out he enlisted for the
three months’ service, later re-enlisting for
| the full term and was wounded in the leg
while fighting with the 9th Cav. at Tomp-
kinsville.
Interment was made at bis late home at
Birmingham o Vn .
——Mrs. James Meyers died at her home
in Beech Creek; on Tuesday night, after an
illness of two weeks. Her death occurred
under very fad circumstances. She was:
ouly 25 years old and had become the
mother of twins a short time ago, one of
them dying shortly after birth. Funeral
services were held in the Eagleville Dis-
ciple church yesterday afternoon, ts
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——MTrs. Rebecca Fisher, who died at her
home in. Unionville on the 14th, was in her
820d year. She was a member of the So-
ciety of Friends and was buried in their
cemetery in Half-moon valley on Saturday.
Mrs. Fisher was the mother of Geo. W.
Fisher, of Loveville; Samuel W,, of Duan-
garrin; Sallie, Nannie and Mary. at home.
News Purely Pevsonal.
—C. M. Bower Esq., was
business on Wednesday.
in Philipsburg on
—Harry Taylor, of Bellwood, spent ®unday
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Taylor, in
this place.
—Mrs. Joseph Undercoffer, with her daughter
Clara, returned from an extended visit to Phila-
delphia, on Monday.
—Dr. H. W. Tate has returned from a two
week’s stay in Philadelphia and his offices in the
Arcade are again open.
—F. H. Clemson went to Pittsburg on Monday
afternoon, and was gone until Wednesday on
purely private business.
—Harry Gerberich, of the firm of C. T. Gerber-
ich & Son, millers, is visiting their trade along
the P. & E. this week.
—Mrs. Edward J. Beates, of Pine Glenn, was in
town yesterday on account of the funeral of her
aunt Mrs. Mary Davidson. >
—J. Herbert Ward, of Pine Grove Mills, was in
town for a short time on Monday on his way to the
inauguration at Harrisburg.
—Miss Rose Dusling, of Bush Addition, went
to Philadelphia, on Saturday, to make an ex-
tended visit with friends there.
—The Misses Emma and Vera Snook are in Phil-
adelphia and New York for a two week’s shop-
ping trip. They went down on Saturday.
—’Squire W. J. Carlin, of Rebersburg, was in
Bellefonte, on Monday, having come up to at
tend the audit on the estate of Mary P. Faust.
—Miss Elizabeth Karstetter, who makes her
home in this place, visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Emanuel Karstetter, at Coburn, last week.
—Miss Bess Showers, of east Bishop street, is
visiting friends in Harrisburg. She left on Mon-
day and expects to spend a month in the state
capital.
—Miss Maize Foster, of Aaronsburg, who had
been a guest of Mrs. Evelyn Rodgers, on north
Allegheny street, for ten days left for her home
on Tuesday. .
—Robt. H. Reed, of Buffalo Run, was a Belle-
fonte visitor on Saturday and was so very much
in a hurry that he had scarcely time to say how-
de-do to his friends.
—Harry McKee, who had been in town visiting
relatives for four weeks, while convalescent from
typhoid fever, departed for his home in Wilkins-
burg, on Saturday.
—James 0. Brewer, of the corps of accountants
employed by McCalmont & Co. left for Kirks-
ville, N. Y., on Friday and will spend a couple of
weeks visiting his parents there.
—Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Sherry, of St, Mary,
arrived in town on Tuesday evening and are
spending part of their honeymoon at the home
of the former’s brother, George Sherry, on south
Spring street. :
—The serious condition of Mrs. Harry Dawson,
who is in the German hospital, in Philadelphia,
was the cause of her father, Theodore Cherry and
her sister Minnie and brother John going down
to the city on Saturday.
—George Nearhood, of Altoona, spent Sunday
at his parental home at Rebersburg and as they
were having a sort of family reunion down there
Mr. and Mrs. Edw. Nearhood, of this place, went
down to have a share of the good time.
—Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Thompson, of Centre
Furnace, are in Pittsburg with their son Elliott,
who is recovering from an operation for ap-
pendicitis. He had had three attacks of the
trouble before he finally decided to submit to an
operation.
—Wm." W. Cartin, of Philadelphia, who
came up to town on Friday to be here for the
82nd birthday anniversary of his mother, Mrs.
Catharine Curtin, departed on Sunday afternoon,
but before going left the: Bellefonte hospital a
substantial reminder of his visit.
—Charles Miller, who makes his home with
Mrs. Mary Dunkle, at Hublersburg, and has
taken charge of her fine farm there since the
death of her husband, the late Jacob Dunkle, was
in town on Saturday, attending to some business
that escaped his memory when he was here dur-
ing institute week.
—Col. Wilbur F. Reeder, Col. and Mrs. W. Fred
Reynolds, Hon. John G. Love, Mr. and Mrs. G,
W. Rees, John Bilger, William Derstine, Frank
Derstine, Jos. L. Montgomery, Clement Dale
Esq., Charles R. Kurtz, Fred Chambers and Mr.
and Mrs, TI, H. Harter attended the inaugural
ceremonies in Harrisburg on Tuesday.
—Franklin Bowersox, of Rock Spring, was in
town on Saturday on: his way home from the
farmer’s institute at Millheim. He said he had
never seen such a crowd in so small a place as
they had at the institute down there and he
enjoyed it immensely because it gave him an
opportunity of meeting many of his friends in
that locality.
—George M. Rhule, of Philipsburg, treasurer
of the Gold Nugget Mining Co., was in Belle-
fonte on Monday, accompanied by Mr. C. W.
Ghristman, of Missoula, Montana, who is general
manager of their company. They were here on
business concerning their proposition out in
Montana, which they hope will make all the stock:
holders very rich men some day.
—Mr. and Mrs. Newton Hess, with their bright
little son Jobn Mi:hael, drove down from Fer.
guson township yesterday to spend the day
at Grandpa Hess’, on Willowbank street. The
senior Michael wanted to buy his youthful name-
sake a suit of clothes, but Mrs. Hess wouldn't
allow it, saying that he was too small to lay away
the kilts.
—Lemuel Osmau, of State College, was in town
on Saturday looking after some business. While
here he said that the rural delivery up his way is
giving good service even though he did decide
not to become a mall carrier himself. After he
was appointed he got to fizuring on the wear-and-
tear, to his horse, wagon and himself in all kinds
of weather, without a single let-up, so that he
just decided that he didn’t want that kind of a
job and resigned instanter.
—Joseph L. Neff, the veteran auctioneer of
Curtin’s Works, was in town on Saturday looking
anything but the invalid some unfounded reports
‘make him out to be. When asked if he intends
crying any sales this spring he remarked that he
did and would surprise the fellow who is cir-
culating the story to the effect that ‘the old man
has lost his voice.” Joe says he isn’t hunting
sales. He never did, but he will cry for all who
want him to and we can vouch for the condition
“of his voice.
—Mrs. John M. Dale and Mrs. Harry Keller
went down to Philadelphia the latter part of last
week to join the house party which Miss Mary
Thomas is entertaining in that city this week.
When the party breaks up tomorrow they will go
to New York to board the Ward line steamer
Morro Castle for a cruise to Cuba, where they will
spend a month or more sight-seeing on the
Island, under the especial guidance of Col. W.
R. Teller. Dr.and Mrs. H. M. Hiller will sail on
the Morro Castle also. They left here Wednesday
afternoen, :
—S8am Hart, who has been employed at Rich-
ards jewelry store in this place, for a number of i
years, has resigned his position there and gone to,
Harrisburg to accept a position with Johnston'&
Co., wholesale paper dealers of that city. His
departure is only another evidence that Belle-
fonte should waken up to some means of retain-
ing her young men and not make it necessary for
so many of the best of them fo locate in other
fields. We regret to lose Sam not alone be-
cause of his pleasing barytone voice which he so,
cheerfully contributed to the programs of publi
entertainments whenever called upon. :
—Mrs. Marcy Breese, of Downingtown, "spent
Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Catharine Curtin
in this place. . . :
—Charley Donachy was in Harrisburg for the
inauguration, after which he went on down to
Mechaniesburg to visit his sister Tone, who is at-
tending Irving college.
—D. R. Thomas, of Snow Shoe, was in Belle-
fonte on business on Wednesday and seemed so
transformed by that luxuriant beard that few of
his friends knew him at first glance.
—J. I. DeLong, of Eagleville, was in town on
Tuesday looking after some business matters.
Mr. DeLong is quite a stranger in Bellefonte, as
he doesn’t come here nearly as much as he did
in years past.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shank and their daugh-
ter Edna returned to their home in Pittsburg on
Wednesday, after a pleasant visit at the home of
Washington Irvin, on Reynolds avenue. Mrs.
John Albert, of Philipsburg, who was also a guest
of the Irvin family left yesterday for Emporium.
—Dr. Geo. W. Atherton, of the Pennsylvania
State College, returned from his two month's
tour abroad on Tuesday. Among the places of
interest he visited were Genoa, Cannes, Nice,
Rome and other parts of Italy, Southern France,
Germany and Switzerland. His trip was purely
for rest and he returned very much invigorated.
— + —
——Liveryman Sam Brooks must not be
censured if he is a little late responding to
calls these days or if he gets your trunks
mixed up with those of some other person,
for he has a new boy in the business now
and inasmuch as he only arrived Wednes-
day evening he is not very conversant with
it yet.
; re Qo ren
——Semi annual clearance sale of over-
coats and suits, } off; overcoats and suits,
} off; overcoats and suits, 3 off. Mont-
gomery & Co., Clothiers.
EE a ——
——Jos. Keen, of Penn township, is the
champion hog raiser of Centre county up to
date. On Wednesday he killed one that
dressed 774 lbs. It was 92 inches long,
stood 35 inches high, was 24 inches across
the shoulders and 19 inches across the
hams.
LS a
——The Philipsburg Ledger office is to
be moved from its former quarters into the
room formerly occupied by Recorder John
Rowe, as a tailoring establishment. The
moving is to take place on Feb. 1st.
SR as
——The sheriff of Huntingdon county
baving died Dr. G. G. Harman, who was
elected coroner, will serve until the Gov-
ernor appoints a sheriff to serve until the
next general election.
——Notwithstanding he had submitted
his resignation Dr. S. C. Swallow was, on
Monday, elected superintendent and man-
ager of the Methodist books rooms at Har-
rigburg for the eleventh time.
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FIRE SALE.—Mrs. E. J. Yeager will
have a special sale of millinery goods slight-
ly damaged by the recent fire on Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday of next week.
Bargains are to be had. Wait for it.
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——Semi annual clearance sale of over-
coats and suits, off; overcoats and suits,
% off; overcoats and suits, J off; Mont-
gomery & Co., Clothiers.
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Sale Register.
Marcu 3rd.—A¢t the residence of J. A. Strunk, at
Pleasant Gap, horses, cows, a lot of especially
fine shoats, implements, etc. Sale at 10 o'clock
a.m. Wm. Goheen, Auc.
MaRrcH 57H.- -On the Loughery farm 2 miles north
of Unionville. Horses, cows and farm stock
and farm implements ot all kinds. Sale at 1
p. m.
MarcH 18.—At the residence of H. T. McDowell, 4
m les east of Jacksonville, Marion township.
Horses, cattle, sheep and hogs and farm imple-
ments of all kinds. Large sale and will eom-
mence at 10 a. m. sharp,
MarcH 24rH. At the residence of James G
Fortney about three miles east of Pine Grove
Mills, horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, mowers,
binders, grain separator, wagons, and all kinds
of farm implements. Sale begins at 9 o'clock
a.m.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red' 82@82Y,
* —No. ¢ 8@811;
Corn —Yellow. 55@55%,
B > —Mixed new 4
atS......e. ssssussassresnes ses 42@42Y;
Flour— Winter, Per Br'l.. rats
¢ —Penna. Roller...... 3.10@3.25
*¢ —Favorite Brands... 4.30@4.45
Rye Flour Per Br'l............. wee 3.15@3.20
Baled hay—Choice ‘Timothy No. 1... 17.00@20.50
ge “ ot Mixed * 1...... 16 00@18.00
BIPAW.....occin ie xsessussarsises 10.50@16.50
Bellefonte 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... 72
Rye, per bush 56
Corn, shelled, per 50
Corn, ears, per bushel. 50
Oats, old and new 33
Barley, per bushel............... ~ 50
Ground Plaster, per ton 8 50 to 9 50
Buckwheat, per bushel..............cocereernnnnen oo.
Cloverseed, per bushel..... .86 00 to $6 60
Timothy seed per bushel. $3.20 to $3.6¢
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Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
. . 50
75
28
10
12
10
10
Tallow, per pound.. 4
Butter, per pound..
The Democratic Watchman.
Published every Friday morning, in Bellefonte,
Pa., at $1.50 per annum (if paid strictly in advance)
$2.00, when not paid in advance, and $2.50 if not
paid before the expiration of the year; and no
paper will be discontinued until all e is
paid, except at the option of the publisher.
Papers will not be sent out of Centre county un-
less paid for in advance.
A liberal discount is made to persons advertis-
ing by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows :
SPACE OCCUPIED [3m | om | 1y
One inch (12 lines this type $5|881810
Two inches... 7{10| 15
Three inches. 015 | 20
Juarer Colu { 12 | 20 | 30
alf Column (10 inches).. et 2 (3 | B5
One Column (20 inches).........cv.ceueeel 35 | 66 | 100
~ Advertisements in special column 25 per cent.
additional. :
Transient advs. per line, 3 irsertions...........20 cts.
Each additional insertion, line. 5 cts.
Local notices, per line.. 20 ots.
Business notice per line... ...10 cts.
Job Printing of every kind neatness
and dispatch, The Warcuman office has been re-
fitted with Fast Presses and New Type, and
everything in the printing line can be ‘executed
in the mostartistic manner and at the lowest rates.
Terms—Cash.
All letters should be addressed
to
P. GRAY MEEK, Propriete