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Bellefonte, Pa., March 27, 1903.
ConaesPoN DENTS. —No communications pub
lished unless accompanied by the real name of
the writer.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——There is a young little Mr. Jacob
Gross at the Gross home on Bishop street
and his father it pardonably proud.
——Mr. and Mrs. Ellis L. Orvis and
family, who spent the winter at the
Bush house, are back in their Linn street
residence for the summer.
——Archey Allison, who bas been forced
to remain in bed for the past six weeks in
consequence of a broken knee cap, is able
to get about his house on crutches.
——Dr. M. 1. Kirk has added to his list
of town real estate the old Methodist
church property on east High street, which
will be over-haunled and arranged for two
dwelling houses.
——The excellent prospects the wheat
erop in this section bas given is still hold-
ing out and the chances now are that farm-
ers will have more reason to complain of
low prices than a shortage in the crop.
——1It is not often that the cold or any-
thing else gets the better of our veteran
friend Mr. Simeon Haupt, who has been
court messenger since Judge Love ascend-
ed the bench, but this time it has had him
in bed for almost a week.
-——A hospital in Bellefonte will prove
of great benefit to every section of Centre
county, and yet we have not heard of any
movement anywhere to give any assistance
te the completion or maintenance of the one
our people are trying to establish.
——Arrangements are under way by
Constans Commandery for the annual in-
stallation of the officers of the lodge, to
which Sir Knights have been accorded the
privilege of inviting their wives, and such
other ladies as they desire to witness this
interesting ceremony.
——A meeting of the Village Improve-
ment Society will be held on Friday after-
noon at 4 o'clock at the Bellefonte Hos-
pital. It is earnestly desired that all of
the members of the original society be
present as there is business of importance
to transact. By order of the president,
Mrs. L. A. Schaeffer.
——We are sorry to learn that W. J.
Singer Esq., who a couple of months ago,
closed up his office here and went to Cam-
bridge Springs in the hope of recovering
his health, has found no benefii in the
change. His friends report him to be in a
dangerous condition, with but vague pros-
pects of his recovery.
——A Salona hen, of the Plymouth rock
species, has accomplished the remarkable
feat of laying 100 eggs in one hundred
days. the last one having the figures 100 in
relief so plainly on the shell that a blind
boy deciphered the number without troun-
ble. The WATCHMAN only vouches for this
as a story coming from Salona.
——The quarantine for scarlet fever,
that bas kept the Rev. Geo. I. Brown, of
the Episcopal church, from his home for
the past two weeks has been removed,
and Mr. Brown is happy with his fam-
ily again. [Little Davenport, who was
stricken with it, has entirely recovered and
the physician say there is no further danger
of the disease spreading.
——Bellefonte has lost a most excellent
eitizen in the removal of Mr. Nelson Robb,
and bis family. He will make Williams-
port hie future home so long, at least,
as the headquarters of the Telephone Com-
pany. of which he is superintendent, con.
tinue at that place. Mr. Robb leaves
Bellefonte with the respect and best wishes
of every citizen who knew him.
——0ur young friend J. A. B.
Miller Es¢q., seems to be having more than
his share of the ills that follow humanity.
A little over a month ago it was necessary
for him to undergo an operation for ap-
peadiocitis. He had scarcely recovered from
that when he was taken with the grip,
and is now experiencing the aches and dis-
tresses that come with this disorder.
——A social, which gives promise of he-
ing more than usually entertaining and
pleasant, will be held at the Presbyterian
paseunage this, Friday, evening. A pro-
gram of entertainment bas been prepared,
and a light lunch will be served, to which
all wewhers of the congregation are cordial-
ly invited. Each one pays what pleases
them and gets all the emjoyment possible.
=—'fhe ladies who, out of the pure
gooduess of their hearts, are teaching a class
of children to sew in the rooms of the
W. €. T. U. deserve all the encouragement
and thanks that the parents of these little
ones can give them. It is practical instruc-
tion that must benefit every child in at-
tendance, and the vast amount of good that
is being accomplished will be realized only
when these little ones grow into woman-
hood and the training they are now receiv-
ing comes into every day use.
——On Sunday last Dr. H. C. Holloway,
of the Lutheran church, preached his fifth
anniversary sermon to his congregation in
this place. He has to show for his labors
here an increased membership of over one
huudred per cent. a united congregation,
and a oondision of church finances that is
entirely satisfactory to his people. In ad-
dition to his other successes he has secured
from Mr. Carnegie a contribution of $1,000
towards the purchase of a new organ, con-
ditional upon the congregation raising an
equal amount for the same purpose. This
job wé are informed will be undertaken at
once.
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A Litre Boy DrowxED. ~The saddest
| accident that has occurred in Bellefoute for
many a day was the drowning, on Wednes-
day afternoon, of Harrry Russell, the little
four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Russell of Willow bank street. His par-
ents live almost opposite the breast works
of the old dam and it was just a few yards
below the foot bridge that spans Spring
creek, from the site of the old book
bindery to the Lingle machine shops, that
the child met his death.
The little fellow, with a bent pinand a
string tied on to a stick, was fishing witha
play mate, Henry Miller, from the embank-
ment back of F. P. Blair’s property, when
suddenly he lost his balance and fell head-
long into the creek. No one saw the acei-
dent but the little Miller child, who ghnick-
ly ran to the Russell home and told Mrs.
Russel that ‘‘Harry had fallen into the
creek.” Mrs. Russell screamed for help
and Adam Wagner, who lives near by, was
soon on the scene but not a trace of the
child conld be discovered. The current at
that point is always swift and, with the
water unusually high and muddy because
of the recent rains, it was realized at once
that his body must have heen carried down
the stream. Just as soon as possible boats
and nets were secured and a thorough
search for the body was begun. It was
about 2 o’clock when the child fell into
the water and 16 was almost four when his
cap was raked out from among the brush
that had lodged against one of the old
piers of the railroad trestle. At dark the
crowd dispersed but the search was not
abandoned and about eight o’clock A. B.
Steel, who had gone home and procured a
lantern, was rewarded by finding the little
body held fast by some brush just above
the head gates of the race. :
The sad affair caused much excitement
and every one sympathized with Mr. and
Mrs. Russell. They were terribly distressed
for Harry was their only son and is the
second child they have been called upon to
part with in the past six weeks. He had
a very sweet disposition but was such a
venturesome and active little lad that his
mother tried constantly to keep him in
sight. She knew that he had gone fishing
on Tuesday having on his rubber boots and
overcoat, but he had asked to play in
the gutter and she anticipated no harm.
His parents and two sisters are greatly
grieved by his sad fate and all the people
of his neighborhoood were fond of the little
fellow. He will be buried this afternoon
at 2 o'clock from St. John’s Episcopal
church with the rector, Rev. George Israel
Brown, officiating.
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AARON MEYERS KILLED.—Early Yes-
terday morning, the body of Aaron Meyers
was found bruised and bleeding at the
Underwood crossing on she Bald Eagle
valley railioad, just above Unionville.
The particulars of the accident that caused
his death are only surmised. He had been
working at Retort for some time. On Tues-
day morning word was sent him that his
father, who has been an old resident at
Julian, was not expected to live. He im-
mediately left his work and took the first
train coming over the mountain. Two
companions who were with him at Tyrone,
came down on the evening passenger train,
but Aaron said he would wait and come on
a freight train. That was the last that was
seen of him by friends until his body was
found as stated. It is supposed that he
had succeeded in getting on one of the
freight trains that failed to stop at Julian
and being carried past, either fell from, or |
was killed in attempting to jump off at the |
point where the body was found. He was
an industrious, robust young man, of 18,
and will be greatly missed by his family
and friends.
A CHANGE AT THE PROTHONOTARY’S
OFFICE.—The readers of the WATCHMAN,
who have had business at the Prothono-
tary’s office, will regret to learn that Mr.
Arthur Kimport, who bas for years so ac-
ceptably filled the position of deputy pro-
thonotary, has been compelled to resign
that place on account of failing health.
Daring his convection with that office he
bas made a friend of everyone who had
business to transact with him, by his
courteous treatment and obliging efforts.
He leaves the office to take eharge of his
uncle’s farm in Potter township and will
take with him the best wishes of everyone
with whom his official position brought
him ip contact. Mr. Gardner has
been fortunate enough to secure as Mr.
Kimport’s successor Mr. David Foreman,
who so efficiently filled the position during
the years that Mr. Schaeffer acted as pro-
thonotary.
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For TRouT FISHERS. —It might be well
for the fellows who are looking wp their
fish-baskets and spotting the places they
can gather bait the easiest, to remember
that the trout fishing season does not open
until the 15th of April, and that fish war-
dens have been instructed to watch every
trout stream until that date. The fine for
catching trout ent of season is $25 for each
offence, and for taking trout under six
inches in length $10, for every snch fish
caught. Under the late law fish wardens
are authorized to examine the baskets of a
fisherman, and if any trout wnder the
length specified is found therein to place
him under arrest at once. These facts it
would be well to keep in remembrance, as
well as the fact that wardens have been
quietly appointed in every section of the
county to see that these provisions are not
violated.
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——Sngar valley if it is considered late
in some things is bound to be early enough
with its snake crop. Its not the first of
April yet and they were killing black
snakes down there last week five feet long.
At least Chester Schwenk claims to have
captured one that length.
«wsMany of onr farmers got a good
start at their spring plowing during the
surprisingly fine weather of last week.
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——Work has been begun on an exten-
sion to the Lewisburg and Tyrone rail-road
which is to reach from near Wartiors-mark,
out to the Henderson and Patton farms, a
little over a mile, for the purpose of tap-
ping a sand hill and a lime stone formation,
that promises to furnish considerable traffic
for that end of the road.
—=—Among the Centre county people
who are in attendance at the meeting of
the Presbyterian Foreign Missionary so-
ciety meeting now being held in Hunting-
don are Mrs. M. H. Wilson, Mrs. M. L.
Altenderfer, Mrs. F. H. Thomas, Misses
Anna H. Hoy and Mary H. Linn from
Bellefonte; Mrs. Wm. Thompson and Miss
Mable Thompson from Centre Furnace.
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AN OTHER BARN BURNED.—On Thurs-
day night last the barn on Orie Nasson’s
farm at Locust Mills with all its contents
was destroyed by fire. We have not been
able to learn the extent of the loss. The
building was an excellent one and most of
the farm implements with lofts full of hay
and straw were stored in it. The fire, it is
said, was cansed by the explosion of a lamp.
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——7T'he live stock and implements sold
at the McDowell sale in Marion township
last week, are said to have brought better
prices than at any other sale in that sec-
tion this season. There are possibly two
reasons for this. Mr. McDowell kept only
the best breeds of live stock, and the latest
improved implements, and had them al-
ways in the best of condition, and then his
sale was advertised in, and bis bills printed
by the WATCHMAN.
——Joln Lehman, son of F. X. Leh-
man, who formerly kept the Brant house
in this place, was killed in a mine near
Patton last week. The young man was
aged about 16 years. Since leaving Belle-
fonte, Mr. Lehman has had a full share of
sorrow. First his wife, a most excellent
woman, died, shortly afterward two of his
younger children followed their mother,
and now a promising lad, just on the verge
of manhood, is taken without warning.
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——The latest swindlers we have heard
of is a couple of fellows who have
been operating down about Danville and
Sanbury who are pretending to secure sub-
scriptions fora New York magazine. To
each subscriber they agree to furnish a set
o! Kipling’s works as a premium. The
full price of the magazine, $4.00, is collected
and receipted for and that ends the trans-
action. The rascals leaves and neither
magazine nor premium is heard of after-
wards. It might be well for readers of the
WATCHMAN to be on the look-out for
them.
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——The Bel lefonte Central Railroad has
added to its equipment an other new en-
gine which is expected to he on hand to-
day. This is the second new locomotive
purchased this year and would indicate a
degree of prosperity that the Central has
not known for many vears. Iv addition it
is said that as soon as the season will permit
the entire track will be put in good order,
and the coaches are now being renovated,
so that in a few months at the longest the
road and its equipment will compare fav-
orably with that of any ronping into the
town.
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——The Salvation Army once more an-
nounces the approach of its week of prayer
and self-denial. To many of us the notion
of a special period for such purposes seems
wholly unnecessary in an organization
whose every hour is made up of prayer and
all too often of fasting, with endless hard
work on top of it all ; but these sturdy
fighters against evil best know their needs,
and no ene acquainted with their work can
doubt that those needs are many and im-
perative. During the week of Apri} 5th to
12th, then, the local body of Army workers
while themselves practicing the most rigid
self-denial, ask their friends to aid them
so far as may be for forther and greater use
ag ainst the powers of evil.
dealer who is well known in this place, is
in town with a larger collection of Turkish
and Persian rugs than ever shown here be- |
fore. Some very rare antique and choice
pieces are in his celleetion which was late-
ly received direct from the Orient. Yow
are invited to cal} and imspeet his display
at the parlors of the Bush House whether
you purchase or net. Mr. Nehme has been
vigiting Bellefonte regularly for many
years, he guarantees every rug and his
prices are assuredly muweh cheaper than
any other rug dealer. It is the best of
evidenee of his sqmareness and fairness that
his many customers are always satisfied.
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——Ex-Sheriff Brungart, who some ten
days ago resigned the office of deputy sher-
iff to accept the position of superintendent
of E. M. Huyett’s lumber operations at
Miungeville, is down to that work in earn-
est. To see him in his lamberman’s
‘‘togs, ”’ taking his breakfast before day-
light and out to work before other people
are thinking about getting up ome would
imagine that lumbering bad been the busi-
pess that he was brought up on. Bus
whatever ex-Sheriff Bruougart undertakes
he does with all the energy and honesty
of his nature, and this accounts for
his falling into the ways and work of the
lumberman so quickly. We hope he will
find bis new occupation not only pleasant
but profitable and that he may quit the
lumber business with a bank account that
will leave him independent for the balance
of his life.
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| pight they had the usoal brawl.
— — Elias J. Nehme, the Oriental rag |
‘ week, that it is looked for as regularly as
AT CoxveEResce — Bellefonte Metho- |
wm Joe Fasig a former Bellefonte
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ONLY GEr WHAT THEY DESERVE. —A
dists should be well represented at the | boy has been getting married down at Lock | couple of suspected sharpers who were pro-
conference now in session in Altoona as | Haven, and was tendered on Tuesday | fessing to raise money for churches in Arme-
they have go many times most generously
and pleasantly been hosts and hostesses for
that body and its friends. To be host is
always delightful, but the presence in a
small town of about two hundred and fifty
ministers, and their friends, means such a
strenuous time for those entertaining that
there is not much leisure for attending and
enjoying the conference sessions whereas,
as guest, there is every opportunity for
this. For this reason we know there must
be a large list of welcome (?) guests from
Bellefonte expected in Altoona but have
thus far heard of only the following : Dr.
Shriner, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Bell, Mr.
Frank Crosthwaite, of State College and
his two little sons all of whom will visit
Mrs. Emma Schroyer, and Miss Fannie
Hutchinson.
We are very glad to know that there are
to be such loyal and old-in-the-service
Methodists, as this Howard street delega-
tion, to watch over our interests there, for
it takes ahout as much wire pulling to get
what you want from a Methodist confer-
ence as from a political convention, even
though it is said that Bishop Cranston will
make the slate to suit himself. A Bishop's
slate is not always acceptable to a congre-
gation, as was shown last year in Williams-
port, but if he ordains to return us Dr.
S hriner; we will certainly pronounce his
sla te “‘all right.”” At periods of this sort
we feel that it would be well had we al-
ways had the custom of other churches—
that of retaining a pastor long enough to
get acquainted and to feel his interest in
us. It will take a long time for Metho-
dists to realize that there need not he a
constant shifting of their ministers and, in
some congregations, the desire for this will
never cease as there are vacillating mem-
bers who do not know what is best for
them, or, what they really do want, and who
will insist on sacrificing a whole congrega-
tion, not to say anything of the pastor, by
their unhappy and unselfish strife to get
‘something they do not have, when all
the time happiness and satisfaction could
be theirs if they would only see further
than the present and consult other, than
their own tastes.
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How You CaN Herp THE HOSPITAL.
—There are a whole lot of workmen
about Bellefonte who could follow the ex-
ample set them by Jimmy Cornelius, and
donate a couple of day’s work to the prop-
erty now being prepared for the hospital.
There is much to be done out there, and
but little to do it with. So far every stroke
of work that has been done has had to be
paid for, while there is any amount of la-
horers who will eventually be benefited
by it who have been idling time
away that could have been put to
good advantage in cleaning up and
getting that property in shape for
public use. The hospital, it should be
understood, is not so much for those who
are able to contribute money to its main-
tenance as for those who are not. It is
for the deserving laborer whose limited
means prohibit the best attention to him-
self or. family in case of accident or sick-
ness. For this reason every laboring man
in the community should feel an interest in
it, and if he bas a day off from his regular
work be willing to devote that day to
cleaning up and beautifying the hospital
If each mechanic who is working on the
repairs to the building would donate two
days work, and each laboring man about
town who has a day off would give but one
days time, it would be an amazing help to
the people who are struggling so bard to
establish this eharity. It would also give
them a claim against this institution that
otherwise they may not feel they bave.
Who among the workmen about town, |
will volunteer his services for one day ?
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TRY A NEW CURE.—The WATCHMAN
has grown tired, ehronicling, and we know
its readers have become disgusted reading,
the pranks of a gaug of darkies who bave
been making it a weekly occurrenee to
ereate a disturbance up town, and end up
matters in the lock-up. Last Saturday
This bas
become so common, on the last night of the
that evening comes. It seems that fines and
imprisonment bave no terrors for these
coons, and the same disgraceful brawls
have been repeated until the patienee of
decent people is about exhausted. There
ought to be ways to stop these disturbanees.
If imprisonment and costs won’t-de it,
possibly a ducking in Spring creek would.
If this don’t then some other means should
be adopted even il it requires the ériv-
ing of every one of them out of the
town. If they have no respect for the
peace of the town or the rights and com-
forts of others, the town has no reason to
respect any rights that they may claim to
have, and would be perfectly justified in
any measures it might take to foree them
into being at least half-way decent or
in quitting the place. We vould sug-
gest that the next negro, belonging to this
gang, who has to be taken to the lock-up
for disturbing the public peace be given a
good ducking in Spring creek before he is
locked-up. Possibly before he would drain
off and dry out he might come to the con-
olusion that there wasn’t so much fun in
the job as formerly, and would locate in
some town where water is not quite so
plentiful or cold as it is here.
The coat of a boy named Chester Young
the other day was canght by the line shaft
in the Thompson saw mill at Port Matilda,
and every particle of clothing was stripped
from Lim except bands about his waist and
night what the Democral of that place
denominates a delightful serenade by the
irrepressible calithumpians at the home of
the bride's parents, Mr. and Mis. T.
Bernau, of Henderson street. Joe's home
is now in Osceola to which place he and
his bride returned the following morning.
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——The Bellefonte members of the Ma-
sonic fraternity who are attending the ded-
icatory services of the Howard Memorial
Hall at Williamsport are C. M. Bower,
Harry Keller, Robt. Morris, W. F. Reeder,
A.C. Mingle and Boyd A. Musser and
George T. Bush. The services and festivities
connected with this functiou are scheduled
to last until Saturday, and we presume the
Bellefonters will stay as long as the fun
and grub holds out.
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——Mrs. James Delige, and Miss Jennie
Green two ladies (?) of color who have fre-
quently entertained the up-town people,
by their pranks on the streets, know now
what it costs to give their opinion of each
other. On Tuesday they were up before
Mayor Walker, for disturbing the peace,
and using obscene language on the streets,
and that official thought that the show they
had made of themselves was worth $12.87,
or twenty days in jail for Mrs. Delige, and
$14.87, or thirty days in jail for Miss
Green. Somebody paid the fine, and these
two disturbers of the peace of the town
went home, to swear at a Burgess who
won’t permit them to use their dirty
tongues just as they see fit.
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News Purely Pevsonal.
—Miss Maude Koontz is visiting her cousin,
Lula Cox, in Altoona.
—Miss Dorn was a guest at the home of Mrs.
John Harper, on Linn street, over Sunday.
—Miss Mollie Snyder arrived home on Saturday
from her annual spring visit in New York city.
—Mrs. Albert Roberts and her little son Joe are
in Pitcairn visiting Samuel Roberts and his fam-
ily.
—Dr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Hayes are expected
home on April 4th from their usual winter's stay
in Pasadena, California.
—Miss Ida Orris was in Williamsport on Wed-
nesday and Thursday attending the festivities
of the Masonic jubilee there.
—Miss Helen A, Atherton was in town Monday
between trains on her way home to State College
from visiting friends in Johnstown.
—Murs. A. O. Furst went to Milton on Tuesday
to superintend the dismantling of her father’s,
Moses Chamberlain's, old home there,
—Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cook and their daughter
Grace arrived home Tuesday evening from a five
weeks’ trip through Florida and the South.
—Mr. G. M. Harter, one of Marion township's
solid Democrats and successful farmers, found
time to pay the Warcuman a short visit yesterday.
—M.ss Jennie Stover, whose continued ill health
has caused her friends much concern, was taken
to Altoona on Tuesday to receive treatment of a
lung specialist.
— Mrs. Charles Foster, her little son and Miss
May Foster drove down from State College last
Friday to do a little anti Easter buying and get
some new ideas from the shops.
—Misses Josie and Helen White returned to
their studies at the West Chester normal on Mon-
day morning after a week’s visit with their aunt
and sister at the Brockerhoff house.
— Frank Shaughnessy, who is employed in the
freight department of the Pennsylvania R. R. at
Pittsburg, is enjoying a short vacation at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs Thomas
Shaughnessy on Howard street.
—President Frazer, of the Bellefonte Central
railroad, has been in town several days during the
week looking over the property of the company
and ccnsulting with Superintendent Thomas
about contemplated improvements that are to be
made to the road this spring.
—Mr. M. L. Emerick, Centre Hall's busy black-
smith, fonnd time to drive across the mountain
and take a peep at Bellefonte on Wednesday, His
stay here was short for he is always a busy mans
but if luel keeps with him he ought to be able to
retire long before old age strikes him.
—Mrs. Jobn Ghener and her son, of Benore,
were in town on Wednesday transacting busi-
ness. Mrs. Ghener does not owe a centin the
world and possesses a very comfortable home,but
if ever a woman worked hard and deserved to
spend the afternoon of her life in ease she is that
woman.
—Mr. and Mrs. 3. D. English, of Pittsburg and
Mrs. George English, of New York, who were here
last week participating in a pleasant little cele-
bration al the home of their sister, Mrs. M. W.
Furey, in Spring township and visiting another
sister at Centre Hall, left for their homes on Sat-
urday afternoon.
—Joha R. Jenkins, one of Milton's prominent
iron manufacturers and brother of our townsman
W. R. Jenkins, paid his friends in this place a
short visit on Saturday last. Mr. J. has just re-
turned from Europe where he has been spending
the last few months, seeing the sights of the Old
World but comes back with the fixed impression
that, after all, there is “no place like home.”
—Miss Jennie Morrison, of Philipsburg, and
Mrs. O. D. Wren, of Williamsport, spent Sunday
in town with their sister,Miss Morrison, of Spring
street. Miss Jennie has not been well for several
weeks and came home to consult a physician,
while Mrs. Wren enjoyed a few days visit at her
old home as there is a possibility that Miss Lizzie
will close her house this spring, ’
—Mr. and Mrs. John Porter Lyon with their
daughter Deborah and her nurse, who have been
spending the winter with Mrs. L's parents Mr.
and Mrs. Isaac Mitchell, returned on Tuesday to
their country place at Pennsylvania Furnace.
They are continually adding to the attractiveness
of their fine old home and this spring are going
to have several rooms remodeled and decorated.
—Ex-Sheriff Conde was in town last Friday
setting up his affairs preparatory to taking up
his residence in Sundury, where he has been
ordered to make his headquarters by the large
shoe firm in whose interests he is now traveling.
He has lived in Millheim since the expiration of
his term of office here and leaves his old home
with much regret, but any heimweh nowadays
must be smothered when it is a case of financial
improvement, unless ones purse carry the gold
of a Croesus.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dawson are coming back
to Bellefonte to make their home. Mrs. Dawson,
who is just recuperating from a severe attack of
typhoid fever, and her ilttle daughter have been’
visiting for some weeks at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Cherry, the former's parents, and when
Harry came up from Philadelphia last week it
was definitely decided that they wouid return to
town. Mrs. Dawson is now in Philadelphia pack-
ing their goods and upon her return she will be ac-
compained by Mrs. Annie Dawson who will make
neck and his shoes.
her home with them on Valentine street.
aia were arrested last week, over in the
Juniata valley, and will be asked to show
| that they are not swindlers before they are
turned loose again. We suspect it is
the same Sam Slick’s who did the
gullibles of this town, for what they could
get out of them, abont four months ago.
It wasn’t much that the pair took away
from Bellefonte, but it was amply sufficient,
if it was not to be placed to the purposes
represented, a matter about which we have
very serious doubt. The fact is, however,
that people who are robbed by this class of
public beggars deserve to be taken in—if
that ‘‘taken in’’ didn’t stop their giving to
legitimate and deserving charities. Bat
the tromble is that when an individual is
beaten by cne of this class of sharpers, he
generally gets so exceedingly suspicious
that he refuses to give to any of the com-
mendable charities, no matter who ap-
proaches him. If it were not for this re-
sult it would be well to let everyone who
is willing to be taken in by every smooth-
tongued rascal that comes along, suffer to
the extent that he can he bled; for it is only
by actual experience that some people will
learn. In these days of newspapers, and
telephones, and opportunities to keep post-
ed on every subject, there is no excuse for
any one being taken in by the ordinary
fleecer. There isnot a citizen of any coun-
ty in the State, who, if he reads a local
paper, is not fully posted as to the many
schemes resorted to to rob the unsuspect-
ing and charitabiy disposed. And the
ones who don’t read a newspaper deserve
just what they catch in this line.
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WHAT Is IT ?—The anthracite coal fever
has broken out again down in the lower
end of Brush and Peuns valleys, and over
about Greenburr, in Clinton county, and
about every third man you meet from that
section is fully impressed with the idea
that there is a big coal field down there,
out of which anybody can get rich who
will go to digging. Options are being
taken and companies promise to go
prospecting at once. Whether there are
any real grounds for the excitement that is
now running so high, or the expectations
that are indulged in, we do not know.
Stories are told of the discovery of a
black substance that has every appearance
or anthracite coal and which, when fired
properly, burns freely for quite a while
making an intense heat. There has been
no development of this mineral as yet,
further than to find the out-cropping, which
give promise of there being more coal
fields in Pennsylvania than those dotted
on the surveys of geologists.
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GREAT SALE OF JERSEY STOCK. — Jas.
I. Thompson, of Lemont, will expect all
persons interested in fine Jersey cattle at
his sale on Tuesday, March 31st, at 10 a.
m. He will sell cows, heifers and young
bulls, all of the purest blood, and assures
the public that it will be the finest sale of
catele ever held in Central Pennsylvania.
Hacks will meet the 8:40 a. m. train from
Lewisburg at Lemont, and the 11:30 Belle-
fonte Central train, at State College.
Sale Register.
March 27th.—At the residence of David Kaufman,
at Lamar, farm implements and stock.
Arrin 3rd.—At the residence of Isaac Tressler,
near Oak Hall, Farm Stock, Machinery, Gears.
Corn, Potatoes and Clover Seed by the bushel.
Sale at 12 o’cloek noon. Wm. Goheen, Auc.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red 7915@80
¢“ —No. 2 . T5348;
Corn —Yellow.. 514@52Y;
ony, —Mixed a Soest
08. euioensesrqrnussenne 43@43
Flour— Winter, Pec By'l. poem
¢ —Penna. Roller... 3.10@3.25
*¢ —Favorite Brands.. . 4.25@4.40
Rye Flour PerBril..ciiu. iia; we 3.15@8.20
Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 10.00@20.00
“ se 4 Mixed” 1... 14.00@15.50
Straw... s eSteieeetaie eis 11.50@18.00
Rellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weeklv by C. Y. WaeneR,
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
press :
d wheat, old..
72
New wheat........ 72
Rye, per bushel. 56
Corn, shelled, pe 50
Corn, ears, per bushel... 50
Oats, old and new, per bushel... 35
Barley, per bushel.............. Hoe wis 50
Ground Plaster, per ton.. 8 50 to 9 50
Buckwheat, per bushel....cc..cccceccuevrevennnns oon 40
Cloverseed, per bushel... ..§6 00 to $6 €0
Timothy seed per bushe ....§3.20 to §3.6¢
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel ............eieen betunsuosiessasies 50
Onions... cococietrneeins
Eggs, per Hosen h 12
I T nd... 12
nid? 14 Shoulder 10
Sides. 10
Teh Hams... < 12
allow, per pound... 4
Butter, per DE . 22
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paid, except at the option of the publisher.
Papers will not be sent out of Centre county un-
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