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Bellefonte, Pa., April 10, 1903.
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the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——Col. E. R. Chambers has purchased
the law library of the late W. E. Gray.
——The station employees of the P. R.
R. Co. here are resplendent in new uni-
forms. ;
——Arochitect Robert Cole is able to be
about again after a few days conflict with
grip.
——The epidemic of typhoid fever in the
vicinity of Hublersburg is reported to be
abating.
——Miss Marie L. White has grip and
is confined to her apartments at the Brock-
erhoff.
——Isaac Underwood’s home on Spring
street is being brightened up with a coat
of paint.
——~County Treasurer Phil D. Foster
has his throat tied up on account of badly
swollen tonsils.
——Milton Kerns has given up barber-
ing aud gone back to his home in Millheim,
where he expects to try poultry raising.
——The Pennsylvania State College
Sophomores banqueted at the Broadway
house, in Milton, on the evening of March
31st.
——The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
is to erect a new $5,000 chapter house at
the corner of Beaver and Allen streets,
State College. -
——The organ motor in the Presbyter-
ian church refosed to work on Sunday and
it was necessary to carry in a little cabinet
organ out of the Sunday school room.
——The Young American Republican
club of the West ward had a banquet in
their room on the fourth floor of the
WATCHMAN building on Monday night.
——A¢% the county camp of the Modern
Woodmen of America, held in this place
last week, Dr. W. S. Harter, of State Col-
lege, was selected as representative to the
state camp at Beaver Falls, on May 6th.
——Thomas Moore, who has been ill
with typhoid fever in a Philadelphia hos-
pital for the past six weeks, has been dis-
charged and is almost recovered now ex-
cept for a little sore on his head.
——The interior of Green’s drug store
has been handsomely renovated. New
paper on the walls and fresh paint on the
counters and cases makes it as bright and
attractive looking as a good store need be.
——On Friday it was so warm in Belle-
fonte that the average person was complain-
ing about his flannels sticking to him,
next morning ice an inch and a half thick
was frozen here. How is that for a change
of temperature.
——There will be a special self-denial
service in the court house on Sunday even-
ing April 12th. It will be conducted by
the Salvation Army and one of the special
features will be a commissioning of local
officers. All are welcome.
——The Coleville band, the prize music-
al organization which contributes so much
to the pleasure of Bellefonters during the
summer months, made its first concert ap-
pearance on Tuesday evening and, as usual,
delighted everyone who heard it.
——A fine new bar and fictures has been
put in place in the Brockerhoff house by
the Burnswick-Balke-Collender Co. It isa
massive looking piece of work in golden
oak and is almost a duplicate of the bar in
nse in the hotel Walton in Philadelphia.
——The Howe moving picture show at
Garman’s Tuesday evening fulfilled all ex-
‘pectations and netted about $85.00 for the
Logan Engine Co. This show seems to he
«quite as good at drawing houses in Belle-
‘fonte as Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which always
‘plays to an S. R. O. sign.
——Miss “‘Cassie’”’ Derstine. who for
‘years has done plain sewing for a number
-of families in town, was stricken with
paralysis while walking down town Thurs-
day evening. The stroke effected her arm
and hand. She was taken to the Belle-
ifonte hospital for treatment.
—— Edward McGarvey, the young elec-
‘trical inventor of this place, has gone to
Youngstown, Ohio, to superintend the set-
ting up of the plant for manufacturing the
patent electric-vibiator scale of which he is
the inventor. Last week the WATCHMAN
published the full account of the sale of
Mr. McGarvey’s patents to the Ohio con-
cera.
——Miss Rose Fox has tendered her
resiguation as a teacher in the Bellefonte
public schools. It will be accepted, of
course, because Miss Fox will be married
.800n, but she has been such a faithful, capa-
ble teacher and done such good work in the
~8chool room that not only the board of
~directors but the public, in general, will
yregret the losgpt her service.
.——Mr. and Mrs. Boyd A. Musser went
-up to State College on Saturday to spend
Sunday with Mr. Musser’s parents. On
Monday they departed for York, which city
is to be their future home. Mr. Musser
has accepted a position with the York
bridge works and we trust his experience
in the new work will be both pleasant and
profitable. Both Mr. and Mrs. Musser will
be missed very much in Bellefonte, for they
were popular socially and Mr. Musser was
quite prominent in the Democratic county
organization.
CoUNCIL'S REGULAR MEETING.—A¢ the
regular meeting of council, Monday even-
ing, there was very little businees of im-
portance transacted, though several matters
of apparently no consequence may yet turn
out to be of great interest to the taxpayers.
Richard Lutz asked for the extension of
the water service to the borough line on
east Howard street. It was referred to the
Water committee. :
Dr. Kirk reported the bill board on
Thomas street as a nuisance and he, as
chairman of the nuisance committee, was
instructed to have it abated, if it is on
borough property.
The Fitz Water Wheel Co. advised coun-
cil that it has another pump on the way
and will be able to make good its claims.
On this same line the water committee was
instructed to advertise for sale the wheel
and pump put in by E. Keeler Co., which
they have failed to remove as directed.
The Street committee recommended a
light on east Linn street near Armor’s.
The question was discussed by council and
referred back to the committe for investiga-
tion. Under this head the bad condition
of Bellefonte streets in general and Water
street in particular was reported and Mr.
Jenkins presented the following resolution :
‘“That the Street committe are hereby instruct-
ed to ascertain the cost of materials and layin
brick paving. Also, the durability and cost o
SE the same, and, also, the advisability
of laying brick paving on the streets in such parts
of the borough as it may be suitable for. Also, to
ascertain what. the objections may be to the use
of such pavement, consideration being given to
local conditions.”
This is a step toward paving certain sec-
tions of the streets of the borough and put-
ting an end to the bills of expense for re-
pairs we have after every heavy rain.
The Fire and Police committee was au-
thorized to purchase a reel for the hose
tower in the Undine engine house.
The general water improvement commit-
tee was instructed to enclose the reservoir
so that children can be kept out of the
danger of falling in.
The Finance committee showed that
there are about $14,000 in unpaid taxes
outstanding on old duplicates, yet it was
necessary to negotiate a note to raise money
enough to pay current bills.
The refusal of Col. Reynolds to approve
the bills for coal presented by R. B. Taylor
precipitated quite a discussion as to the
relative steaming qualities of the coal he
has been selling the borough at $3.25 and
the coal the Bellefonte Fuel & Supply Co.
sells at $2.65. Supt. Rine appeared and
stated that the Taylor coal gives better sat-
isfaction, hut that didn’t satisfy council
and the bill was held over. The other bills
were approved as follows :
Water pay roll......... $177.76
Bellefonte Electric Co 2.05
Henry Lowry.............. 12.34
PoP. R., freight... ccs cits 2.27
Bellefonte Fuel & Supply Co.....ccoceveriiiannns 57.97
Ardell Lumber Co............. 26.33
C. A. Turner..... 8.00
Thomas Beaver. 6.00
T. B. Harteli........cccvns 5.76
Ardell Lumber company... .20
372.15
Bellefonte ‘Electric Co. lighting streets......
Street pay roll... sr
Henry Lowry...
Burgess Walker......... uote
Ardell Lumber company...........
Bellefonte Electric Co................
i “© $e
Bellefonte Gas Co., heat for Pub Bldgs......
Police pay YOU... .enisissirimpisiseisismsisrn
A PRELIMINARY CONTEST AT THE HIGH
ScHoonL.—The Junior class of the Belle-
fonte High school had their preliminary
oratorical contest on Monday afternoon. If
was merely to decide who will represent
the class in the Junior contest at com-
mencement time, but the competition for
the honor was so keen that the exercises
of Monday were extremely interesting.
There were fifteen speakers as follows :
Bessie Brouse, ‘*The Witch’s Daughter;
Mabel Garbrick, ‘A Legend of Bregenz;
Laura Faxon, “Healing of the Daughter of
Jairus;'’ Jesse Derstine, ‘‘The Fight off
Santiago;”’ Helen Ceader, ‘‘The Painter of
Seville; Gussie Smith, ‘A White Lily;”
Harry Wian, “The Tyrant Peator of Ver-
res Denounced ;’’ Lillian Walker, ‘‘Beruar-
do Del Carpio;’’ Florence Lowry, ‘‘Told by
the Hospital Nurse;?’ Alpha Hafer, “A
Legend of Arabia;”’ Edith Grabam, ‘*A De-
nowminational Garden;'’ Berenice Shuey,
‘‘Naubaught the Deacon;’ Walter Rankin,
‘“The Blue and the Gray;’ Florence Tan-
‘ner, **The Execution of Montrose:’’ Charles
Donachy, ‘‘Horace Greeley.”
At the conclusion of the contest editor
John C. Miller, of the News, and Dr. Geo.
B. Klump, whe had been previously select-
ed to act as judges, announced their selec-
tions as follows :
Bessie Brouse, Lanra Faxon, Helen Cea-
der, Gussie Smith, Harry Wian, Lillian
Walker, Florence Lowry, Edith Graham,
Berenice Shuey and Charles Donachy.
A DECIDED CHANGE. —Last Friday the
meroury kept climbing up and up and up
until it reached 83° here in Bellefonte and
everyone was convinced that snmmer had
come forsure. It was actually uncomforta-
bly warm out-of-doors for those who were
wearing winter clothing and the soft breezes
fairly fanned the budding trees into blos-
som. That evening there was alight thun-
der atorm, followed by westerly winds that
kept chasing the mercury down and down
and down until it reached 28° by midnight
Saturday.
The drop of 55° in a little more than
twenty four hours was one of the most re-
markable changes in temperature this com-
munity has ever experienced. What effect
it had on the fruit cannot be told at this
time. Some of the wise ones think the
cherries, peaches and plums are all frozen
beyond recovery; while others think the
damage was not great.
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——William Alters, of Millheim, has
had his pension increased to $8 per month.
——The grain is said to be looking well
in Brush valley.
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——Reed’s horse sale at Millbeim last
Thursday resulted in thesale of twenty-one
horses at an average price of $153.31.
——N. B. Spangler and Thomas Sexton
have occupied the law offices of the late
W. E. Gray, in the Exchange.
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——The Bellefonte Academy Easter va-
cation began yesterday and will continue
until next Tuesday, when the school will
reopen for the spring term.
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——While at the P. R. R. station in this
place recently Mrs. Frank McFarlane, of
Boalsburg, had her pocket picked and the
thief secured quite a large sum of money.
—— There is quite a cut-price war on
among the merchants in Spring Mills and
granulated and soft A sugars are selling at
5c. the pound down there. Light brown
is 4 ots. and coffee at 10 cts.
— A erent.
——The store of George Boak, at Pine
Glenn, was burglarized on Sunday night.
An attempt was made to crack the safe but
in that the burglars failed. They carried
off a lot of watches, jewelry, etc.
—
——Dr. J. Wesley Hill, of Grace Metho-
dist church, Harrishurg, will deliver the
commencement address to the graduating
class of the Bellefonte High school on the
evening of May 28th. His subject will be
“Brains.”
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——A¢t the meeting of the Women’s’
Foreign Missionary society of the Presby-
terian church in Huntingdon during the
fore part of the week it was reported that
$4,821.40 had been raised; a decided gain, |
over last year’s contributions.
-—Edward T. Storm, of Tyrone, a
brother of barber William Storm, of this
place, had his right arm broken while at
work as a brakeman on the Valley. The
accid ent occurred near Snow Shoe Inter-
section, while he was twisting a brake.
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——The Ladies Aid society of the M. E.
church will hold a special business meet-
ing Friday afternoon in their sewing rooms
in the Irvin building on High street. A
full attendance is desired, as there is im-
portant business to bring before the society.
—— The Salona Methodists are in a quan-
dary over the matter of repairing their old
church or building a new one. In the
light of Bellefonte experience we would
‘advise them to build a new one—if they
feel able to do it. An old church, remod-
led, is still an old church.
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-— W. H. Rauch, secretary of the Penna
Reserve’s organization, is sending out card
orders for reduced transportation to the
final ‘‘Round-up’’ of the corps, which is to
be made at Harrisburg on June 24th and
25th. If you want to attend and desire an
order for reduced fare address Mr. Rauch at
1832 North Carmac St., Phila. Coe
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——E. R. Williams Esq., a Justice of
the Peace in Huston township, died at his
home two miles north of Julian on Tues-
day evening. He was in his 70th, year.
He leaves to mourn him three sons and one
daughter as follows : Orrie Williams, Ber-
ton Williams, Sylvester Williams and Mary
Davis. He taught school for many years
and was an honorable, upright citizen.
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——Adj. McEntyie, who as an ensigu,
opened the Salvation’ Army barracks in
this place, was here to spend Sunday with
lier comiades and other friends if Belle-
fonte. She led a meeting in Petriken hall
in the afternoon and in the barracks at
night, both of which were largely attend-
ed, for the adjutant is not only popular
here, but a rousing talker.
—
——The Gowland Manufacturing Co. is
the name of a new concern that has lately
bought out John Gowland’s interest in the
foundry and machine shops at Philipsburg.
John Gowland and Jacob Swires conati-
tute the new corporation and they are to
secure a charter and have $30,000 capital.
They expect to baild up the business very
materially; making a specialty of mine
cars,
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——About four weeks ago the WATCH-
MAN published a telegraphic report from
Walburn Run, Pa, to the ecifect that a
namber of people bad been poisoned by
eating ice cream at a Free Methodist festi-
val. The principal facts of the story are
correct but Mr. J. K. Muma writes
from Mill Hall to deny that it was a Free
Meth odist festival. It was not held by
any denomination; being merely a private
social gathering.
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——The Joseph Bros. & Co. millinery
opening, which will close today, after an
unprecedented record of drawing crowds of
ladies to their store, will give way to a
special sale of fine shirt waists and tailor
made suits for ladies. Those who saw the
elaborateness of the millinery lines shown
can have a slight idea of what the others
will be, but only so slight that we would
advise an early call to satisfy youself fully
of the extensiveness of the new display.
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——The Harter Bros. of Coburn, who
have been carrying on extecsive lamber
operations along Pine creek for years, have
pulled up stakes and gone to West Vir-
ginia, where they have several large tracts
under lease. Monday morning A. M. Har-
ter started for Edray, Pocohontas Co.,
where he will superintend the erection of a
boarding house and a large mill. He took
with him quite a crew of men, among
whom were F. M. Stevenson, Wm. Fultz,
R. E. Hinds, Merl Miller, Fred Sohleiffer,
Charles Bierly, Wm. Bierly, Edw. Gramley,
Noah Brungart and Calvin Stover.
To CONSOLIDATE THEIR WORKS.—When
the Standard scale works move away from
Bellefonte the Nittany Furnace Co. will
not re rent the buildings they now occupy.
It is the intention of the Furnace Co. to oc-
cupy them themselves and to fit them out
as a complete foundry and machine shops
where all of the new and repair work for
the Scotia, Red-bank and Nittany mines,
the C. R. R. of Pa., the Bellefonte and
Nittany furnaces can be done.
These companies already have several
well organized repair departments scatter-
ed about their various workings, but the
intention to consolidate them meauvs a plant
that will employ nearly as many men as
the scale works itself. They will need ex-
tra machinists, painters and an entire force
of foundrymen, so that the hum of indus-
try started in the scale works buildings 12
years ago will not be entirely transported
to Beaver Falls.
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MgesHAc WILLIAMS. —The upper end of
Bald Eagle lost a very useful and generally
respected citizen on Thursday night, when
Meshac Williams passed away. He had
suffered for some time with Bright's dis-
ease and though his death is fraught with
much sorrow, not only for those near and
dear to him but his entire home com-
munity of Martha Furnace, it was not un-
expected.
Deceased was a son of S. Scott and Ellen
Williams and was born 56 years ago.
August 220d, 1872, he married Adaline S.
Ingram, of Dix Run, who preceded him to
the grave leaving the following children :
George S. and Frank L., of Altoona; Jud-
son A., and Alice R., at home and D. M.
Clemson, at Scotia. September 28th, 1893,
he married Miss Susanna Saxton, of Scotia,
who survives him. His brothers and sis-
ters are W. Shadrach, Abednego and Ellis
D., ail of Martha; Mus. Sarah Holter,
Howard; Mrs. Allie Robinson, Martha;
Mrs. Mary E.}Fahron, Marne, Iowa; Mrs.
Harriet Eckley, Pitcairn, Pa., and Mrs.
Rachel Bradford. Upper Cross Roads, Md.
When sixteen years of age he entered
Company O, Battalion of Emergency Vol-
unteers on Juve 17th, 1863, from which
company he was honorably discharged on
August 8th of the same year. He enlisted
in Company A, of the 45th Regiment of
Penna. Veteran Infantry, February 27th,
1864, and was honorably; discharged July
17th,1865. In this regiment he was one of
eight Williamses (all of whom were relat-
ed.) He was the seventh of this number
to answer the last roll call, the only sur-
viving Williams of this regiment being his
brother W. 8. Wiliiams. Daring his serv-
ice in tbe war he was captured and held a
prisoner in the prisons at Salisbury and
Andersonville. While at Homestead dur-
ing the strike a few years ago he was one
of those whose food was poisoned, and who
fortunately sur vived that severe ordeal.
_ On Sunday afternoon services were held
in the Baptist church at Martha, of which
he was a member. The bearers were mem-
bers of the Odd Fellows organization, of
Scotia, where the deceased was a member.
Rev. A. C. Lathrop, of Mileshurg, officiated,
assisted by Rev. Berger of the Port Matilda
Presbyterian church. Interment was made
in the cemetery at Martha.
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MRs. SAMUEL A. HoLt.— Mrs. Mary
Bing Holt, wife of Samuel A. Holt, died at
the old Harbison Holt home beyond Snow
Shoe on Friday morning, after a long ill-
ness of consumption. She was born in
1866 and her entire life was spent in the
vicinity of Snow Shoe. Previous to her
marriage she taught school for several
years and was a very capable and excellent
woman. Surviving her are her husband
and three small children, the oldest of whom
is seven years old and the youngest two
years of age. Her father, Ezekial Bing,
and one brother are living. Her mother
and a sister having died in recent years.
Funeral services were held on Monday by
the Rev. Carson of the Presbyterian church
of which she was an earnest member and
interment was made at Gilliland town.
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——Mirs. Mitchell Bituer, aged about 56,
died at}her home near Eagleville last Thurs-
day morning from the effects of a second
stroke of paralysis, which she bad suffered
the day previous. Deceased was a con-
scientious christian woman and her death
will cause a vacancy not only in the
honie circle, but in the many public move-
ments in which she was interested in her
community. Sarviving her are her hus-
band and three sons, De Larma and Doran,
of Bitumen; and Corwin at home. Inter-
ment was made in the Brown grave yard
on Saturday morning.
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——Last week the WATCHMAN made
mention of the finding of a man along the
public road in Haines township by Nico-
demus Lose. He was in a very exhausted
condition and when taken in charge by the
overseer of the poor was found to have
pneumonia. He died oa Thursday morning
and was buried next day in the Woodward
cemetery. The man’s name was James
Thompson and he was reported as being an
Englishman without friends or relations in
this county.
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——Robert F. Smith, one of the early
day prominent citizens of Clinton county
died at his home in Lock Haven, on Mon-
day morning, in his seventieth year. He
bad cancer of the stomach and had been ill
since last fall.
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——On Tuesday Wm. W. R. Gardner,
a brother of prothonotary M. I. Gardner,
started with his family for Pistsburg. They
will make their future home in that oity,
where Mr. Gardner has secured a very good
position with a steel company. He and
hie family will be very much missed at
their home in Howard.
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News Purely Pevsonal.
—James A. Keller, of Centre Hall, waz seen on
our streets on Saturday.
—Miss Adaline Olewine is home from Wilson
college for her Easter vacation.
—Mrs. D. H. Hastings went to Harrisburg on
Monday to spend a few days with her daughter.
—Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cook, of Curtin street,
are in Philadelphia for a stay of a week or more.
—Miss Jane McCalmont and her cousin Miss
Agnes McCalmont are visiting frierds in Wil-
liamsport
—Miss Annie Lowrie, of Washingtonville, is a
guest at the home of J. C. Meyer, on Curtin
street.
—Miss Eleanor Harris, who is attending the
Woman's college in Baltimore, is home for her
Easter vacation.
—Mrs. Frank E. Zeigler, who had been a guest
at the home of William Wolf, on east High street,
left for her home in Duquesne.
—Supervisor D, E. Flannagan, of Snow Shoe
Twp. was in town yesterday getting some of the
money due his precinct from the liquor licenses.
—Postmaster H. 8. Stuart, of Sandy Ridge. was
in Bellefonte on business on Monday. He isa
brother of postmaster John W. Stuart, of State
College.
—Miss Margaret Laughlin, of Pittsburg, is in
town making arrangements for moving herself
and her sister Jennie back to their old home in
this place.
~Dr. and Mrs. T. R. Hayes returned from their
regular winter pilgrimage on Saturday and have
re-opened their home on north Allegheny street
for the summer.
—Frank Shaughensy, an employee of the P.
R. R. freight office in Pittsburg, returned to his
work on Friday after a visit of two weeks with
his parents on Howard street.
—Dr. D. K. Musser spent Sunday at his parental
home in Aaronsburg. Col. and Mrs. James P.
Coburn were other Bellefonters who Sundayed at
the ancient village in Haines Twp.
—Geo. W. Keichline, having sold his farm
stock and gotten comfortably located in his new
home at Pine Grove Mills, was in town Monday
making a few purchases of furnishings.
—Richard Lane, of Philadelphia, is here for a
few day’s visit at the Mitchell home on north
Thomas street; and he is so well liked in Belle-
fonte that his stay is a very pleasant one,
—Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Lingle, of Beech Creek,
who had spent most of the winter with their
daughter, Mrs. Geo. Clark, in this place, have
gone back to their own home for the summer,
—Harry Showers came down from Altoona to
spend Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Showers, of east Bishop street. His sister,
Miss Bess, is entertaining Miss Lola Strohm, of
Centre Hill.
—Graham Ferguson got scared out of Green's
drug store when the painters and paper hangers
took possession of it last week and went down to
visit at his home at Salona for a few days. He
returned Saturday.
—Lee Larimer, of Jersey Shore, spent Sunday
with his parents here while on his way to meet
Mrs. Larimer who has been traveling on the Pa-
cific coast for some time, with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. M. McCullough.
—Bert Robb, who was deputy Recorder under
his brother Nelson here and has lately been in
the employ of the Potter Abstract Co., of Pitts-
burg, was here for a few days last week prior to
going up into Potter Co. to look up some titles.
—Elwood Fisher and his wife returned Satur’
day evening to their home at Unionville from
Wernersville where they have been most of the
winter on account of Mr Fisher's health, He is
suffering with stomach trouble and is iu a very
serious condition.
—Secretary L. B. Hindman of the Y. M. C. A.
spent Sunday with Mrs. Hindman at her parental
home at Salem, W. Va. She is not in as good
health as her friends would like her to be and it
is very probable she will enter a Baltimore hos-
pital for treatment. ‘
—Samuel Decker, of Zion, was in town looking
after a few business matters last Thursday and
though always a welcome visitor at the WATCHMAN
| office called just at an hour when those who
would have been very glad of the opportunity
for a little chat with him, were not in. -
—Dr. Thomas J. Orbison, who has become quite
noted as a nerve specialist about Philadelphia,
came up to his old home here on Saturday to
accompany his wife and child back to the city on
Monday. They had been visiting the Doctor's
mother and sister here for a week or more.
—Little Miss Mary Monish, of New York City,
is now the centre of attraction at the Baum home
on Bishop street. She arrived Saturday evening
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Monish, and
as this is her first visit at her grandfather’s here
and she is an unusually healthy, big baby for her
age,the possibilities are she will reign supreme as
long as she stays.
—Burdine Butler was in town on Monday talk-
ing over some legal matters with his lawyers,
He has had about as much law in recent years as
any man in the county and has abont come to the
conclusion that while law is very easy to get
justice is a very different thing. Burdine thinks
it is about as hard for him to get justice in Centre
county as it is to get the nomination for sheriff.
—Col. and Mrs. W. F. Reeder departed on a
morning train Tuesday. Mrs. Reeder went to
Washington, D. C., and the Colonel went over to
Clearfield to act as one of the examiners in the
competitive examination open to the young men
of this district for the appointment of cadet to
the naval academy at Annapolis. E. E. Miller,
of Bradford, and B. C. Youngman, of Clearfield,
were the other members of the examining board.
-John Carver, who farms up along Spring
Creek, dropped in on Saturday to put us in his
debt another year and wnen he began to apolo
gize for being a day behind time we just thought:
If John only knew how many of our subscribers
there are whe imagine we don’t need money at
all and can pay hands and bills of supplies: for
years without their helping any. If all’ were as
prompt as John we wouldn't need to owe a cent
to any one.
—Former deputy prothonotary Arthur B.
Kimport came down from his new country home
up at Linden Hall on Monday looking like “the
breaking up of a hard winter.” When we got
to inquiring into the cause of it we found that he
had bad his first experience of being half a mile
away from the station when the train he wanted
to catch whistled. Of course he caught the train
else he wouldn’t have been here, but he didn’t
catch up with his breath till pretty near noon:
Arthur says he thinks he'll like farming and
knows that his trouble about being unable to
sleep at night is over, for on Saturday he was so
tired that he had scarcely gotten away from the
supper table ere he went right off to sleep.
—The condition of Mrs. Simeon Haupt was so
serious during the fore part of the week that her
children were all called to her bedside. Her
trouble at first appeared to be rheumatic, but
later pneumonia developed and on Monday it
was not thought that she would live over the day.
Tuesday morning, however, there was a decided
change for the better and hope again inspired
the anxious watchers at her side. Mrs, Emanuel
Klepper, Mrs. Moulton Semple and Al Haupt are
all here from Philadelphia. The latter has been
in Philadelphia ever since he disposed of his
printing establishment in York and he looks just
as natural and youthful as he did in the days
when he blew the bass horn in the Bellefonte
band and the nights when he sat on the railing
along the walk to the spring and yodeled ’till he
could be heard all over town.
—Edw. M. Griest had business in Mill Hall on
Monday.
—Harold Lingle is home from Trinity for his
Easter vacation.
—Capt. Wm. Simpson, of Lock Haven, spent
Wednesday night with friends in town.
—John Noll is down in Harrisburg this week
hob-nobbing with the law-makers and politicians
in town on Wednesday and will spend a day or
two with his parents in this place.
—Mrs. Chas. Koontz, and little daughter Irene,
spent Sunday at the home of her aunt, Mrs.
Margaret Harper, at Centre Hall.
—Mr. and Mrs.,Tom Morris, of Aspinwall, and
their son arrived in town Wednesday to spend
Easter at the Meek home on High street.
—Al Pletcher, of Howard, was in town Monday
night consulting with some other agents of the
Milwaukee Harvester Co., for which he travels.
—The Misses Roxy and Helen Mingle arrived
home from school at Luthersville yesterday to
spend the Easter vacation with their parents.
—J. Blair Alexander, of Union township, was in
town on Wednesday driving one of the nicest
looking colts we have seen on Bellefonte streets
for some time,
—Mrs. Luther Roberts, of Passadena, Cal., is
expected in town on Saturday for an extended
visit at the home of her sisters, Mrs. Charles E,
Gilmour and Mrs. Archie Allison.
—Rev. John Wood, the new minister of the
Methodist Episcopal church and his family ar-
rived in town yesterday from Tyrone and are
now at home in the parsonage on Linn street.
—Rev. J. Victor Royer, of Port Matilda, who re-
ceived a deservedly nice appointment at the recent
Methodist conference at Altoona, was in town on
Thursday on his way from his home at Spring
Mills to his new work at Allegheny near Altoona,
—Jacob Shaffer Esq., of Zion, was in town on
Wednesday looking after a few business matters
and calling on some of his friends. It was such
a wretched day that he couldn’t get around much,
but the ones he did see enjoyed the call very
much.
—Henry C. Bloom, of Gatesburg, was in town
on business on Wednesday, having started to
drive from home before he discovered that it was
going to be such a disagreeable day. Mr. Bloom
just lately moved over from Boalsburg and his
moving day was almost a counterpart of Wed-
nesday.
. —Miss Mary Meek, of Waddle, and her brother
enner, of State College, are going to Cincinnati,
Ohio, today to attend the commencement exer-
cises of the Medical Institute from which their
brother, Ruben H., graduates on Tuesday next.
On their way home they will stop with friends in
Hicksville, Ohio, and Pittsburg.
—Miss Josie Willard came up from Williams-
port yesterday to join her mother who has taken
possession of her house on Reynolds avenue, and
came back here to make her home. Wardner
was here last week helping to move their furni-
ture but he does not expect to leave Williamsport
until he has finished his course at Dickinson
Seminary.
—Rev. Jay Woodcock, who was in town over
Sunday visiting at the home of Mrs. Mary Linn,
Loyal Sock, On Sunday evening he preached a
very good sermon to an unusually big audience
in the Methodist church, As it was his first at-
tempt in the church of his boyhood and nearly
everyone in the congregation knew him personal-
ly the situation must have been trying. He
showed no signs of it, however, and his hearers
were much pleased with his lack of self conscious
ness as well as the thought of his sermon.
— -Maaurie Jackson was the hero of a
booguler scare on Monday night. The
governess at the Hastings home thought
there was some one in the house and tele-
phoned to police head- quarters for protec-
tion. And while Maurie isn’t on the foorce
he is usuaily awake to such emergencies
and was sent out. Tuesday morning a
window was found hoisted in the billiard
room on the third floor and the police be-
lieve that when the booguler saw Maurie
approaching he was frightened into jump-
ing from that dizzy height.
OO em
——John Dougherty, of Scotia, under-
went an operation for appendicitis in the
Bellefonte hospital on Wednesday and last
night he was reported to be well as could
be expected. The operation was entirely
successful.
Philadelphic Markets.
*The following are the glosing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
80@8014
76@79
.
—Favorite Brand;
Rye Flour Per Br'l..
Baled hay—Choice Timothy
(13 " ce Mixed “
1.
esiesnas .
BEPRW.. aia
Bellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by C. Y. Wiener,
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, ears, per bushel.............
Oats, old and new, per bushel
Barley, per bushel...
Ground Plaster, per
Buckwheat, per bushel
Cloverseed, per bushel.
Timothy seed per bush
sestaneustatsesenetnarisnsnnnnne 70
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel ............ seremthasasvans csssarnes 50
Onions.
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 ear; and no
paper will be discontinued until all arrearage 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 [6m ly
One inch (12 lines this type.. $5 (88810
Two inches.. " T ®0 15
Three inches...... 10 | 15 20
uarter Column 8 inches). 20 | 30
alf Column (10 inches). 201] 8 | 85
One Column (20 inches)....c..ceieeenes| 85 | 85 | 100
Advertisements in special column 25 per cent.
additional.
Transient advs. per line, 3 insertions...........20 ots.
Each additional insertion, per line, . b cts.
Local notices, per line.. .20 ots.
Business notices, per li seseennnnsd0 OES.
Job Printing o eatness
eve!
and dispatch, The Vara 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.
'erms—Cash.
All letters should be addressed to
. P. GRAY MEEK, Propriete
—Dr. Edward Harris, of Butler, was an arrival
returned Monday to his ministerial work at -
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