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Bellefonte, Pa., May 8, 1903.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——Regular curb market will open in
Bellefonte tomorrow morning, Saturday,
May 9th.
——=Sen. W. C. Heinle has been invited
to make the Memorial day address in Phil-
ipsburg.
——Clyde Smith bas broken ground for
a new house which he intends to erect on
east Bishop street.
——The morning service on Sabbath,
May 10th, will be the beginning of the
forty hour devotion in St. John’s Catholic
church.
——Bellefonte amateurs have begun re-
hearsing fora minstrel show which they
propose giving sometime during the latter
part of the month.
——Col. W. Fred Reynolds has been ap-
pointed ordinance officer with the rank of
Maj. on the staff of Gen. Wiley, command-
ing the 2nd Brig. N. G. P.
-— Rev. T. W. Perks will deliver the
memorial sermon to Gregg post, No. 95,
G. A. R. in the United Brethren church
Sunday morning, May 24th.
——The Strunk saw mill on Harry Zim-
merman’s timber land, near Lemont, was
destroyed by fire Jast Thursday night. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
——The engagement of Miss Rebecca
Blanchard, daughter of Mrs. Mary Blauch-
ard, of east Linn street, to Dr. George D.
Green, of Lock Haven, was announced last
week. A
-—John 8. Farst, cashier of the Mt.
Carmel Trust Co. and a son of Hon. O. A.
Furst of this place, bas been offered the
cashiership of tho newly organized Sunbury
National bank.
——There will be no services held in St.
John’s Reformed church next Sunday ex-
cept the Sunday school which will meet at
9:15 a. m. The consistory has granted the
pastor a ten days’ vacation.
——James Taylor, a brother of sheriff
Taylor, passed a fine physical examination
at Baltimore on Thursday and will now be
admitted to West Point. His certificate
from the Bellefonte High school will ad-
mit him.
— Rev. George Israel Brown has been
chosen by the class of 1903, Bellefonte High
school, to preach the baccalureate sermon
for them. It will be delivered in St.
John’s Episcopal church Sunday evening,
May 24th.
——While Sunday afternoon’s rain was
not nearly as heavy as we would like to
have seen it was, nevertheless, very ac-
ceptable because it was so badly needed to
put out forest fires and get the ground in
better condition for farming,
——=Sapt. F. H. Thomas has a new com-
bination passenger, smoker and baggage
coach in construction at the Bellefonte Cen.
tral shops at Coleville. Itis larger than
any they have bad on the road and will be
ready for service by June 1st.
—J. K. Johnston Esq. will represent
Bellefonte castle, K. G. E, at the meeting
of the grand castle in Johnstown. He will
take the place of W. P. Kuhn, the regular-
ly elected representative who finds it im-
possible for him to get away.
—Rev. Charles T'. Steck lectured in the
court house Tuesday evening to a nice au-
dience. His subject was ‘‘The Hero Rec-
ognized and Unrecognized.” It wasa bril-
liant discourse, so full of dramatic out-
bursts that it held the audience from start
$o finish.
——Silbert Solt, the Bellefonte boy who
fast week caught an 18 inch trout, landed
one that measured 20 inches on Friday. It
weighed 21bs and 90z. A little later in the
day be caught another one that was 15
inches long. He canght both of them
above the Nittany furnace.
—— Rumor bas it that the first order of
removal of the Standard scale works was
received here last week when the portable
scale department was diiected to get packed
up ready for shipment to Beaver Falls. It
was the intention of the Standard people to
remove that department and get it well
organized in the new place before the heavy
track and wagon ecale ends would go, but
something has turned up to change the
plan and the order has been rescinded.
~——Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Parrish return-
ed from their wedding tour last Wednes-
day evening and went directly to their
apartments in Petriken hall. Thursday
mo rning when Mr. Pariish started for his
place of business he found that he could
nob unlock his door to get out. All the
‘occupants of the other flats in the building
tried to get hisdoor open for him and after
they bad fooled around several hours a
lock-smith was procured and the look re-
moved. Coda
——Last Saturday afternoon C. M. Gar-
man, with his little son George, and a gen-
tleman guest of the Garman house, went
driving down through Milesburg. They
had reached the new R. R. bridge over Bald
Eagle, when their horse suddenly shied,
wheeled around and ran down over an em-
baukment. All of the occupants of the
buggy were thrown out. Little George
was the only one who was hurt to any ex-
tent. He was cut on the left knee, but as
he is accustomed to accidents he bore up
bravely until Dr. Huff arrived and dressed
the wound.
THE COLLEGIANS PLEASE A LARGE
AUDIENCE.--The Thespians, the dramatic
organization of the students of The Penn-
sylvania State College, scored an immense
success in ‘‘A Night Off’’ at Garman’s Fri-
day night. They played under the patron-
age of Bellefonte chapter D. A. R., for the
henefit of the Bellefonte hospital, and had
one of the largest and most fashionable
audiences ever assembled in the local play-
house.
The recent dramatic undertakings of the
Thespians have been of a character not at
all adapted for them and it must be said
that interest in their histrionic talent was
at a rather low ebb in Bellefonte until Fri-
day night's surprise, when the students
demonstrated that they have talent to spare
when they are caste in plays suited to
them. It always did take a magnifying
| glass to find the comedy in ‘A School for
Scandal” or ‘‘She Stoops to Conquer’’ and
when it is discovered it is about as furious
as the church sociable sort, so that it is not
to be wondered at that amateurs should
fail to make it entertaining. ‘‘A Night
Off’’ is different. It is lighter, easier in
dialogue and continuous in the comedy and
it was acted right up to a professional
standard by the Thespians.
Mr. Taholski’s ‘‘Marcus Brutus Snap,’’
an actor after fame, was superb. He in-
terpreted his lines so well that be kept the
house in a gale of amusement at his every
move. Mr. Clendennin as ‘‘Mrs. Zantippa
Babbitt’ looked and acted the part so well
that her stage husband, Mr. Streeter, as Prof.
Babbitt,’ had the sympathy of every hen-
pecked man in the house and finally, when
in a cleverly acted whirl of self assertive-
ness he finally did tower over his astound-
ed spouse we noticed lots of fellows who
led in the applause who probably had to
answer for it when they got to their own
homes. Mr. Saunders’ ‘‘Aungelica’’ was
very good. He gave quite an unexpected
touch of the suspicious feminine to hisact-
ing. “Harry Demask’’ as protrayed by Mr.
Miller was quite clever, as was Mr. Frey’s
‘‘Jack Mulberry.” Mr. Miles took the
part of ‘Lord Mulberry?’ in good style and
Mr. Deike’s ‘‘Nisbe’’ raised a number of
laughs. As ‘‘Susan’’ Mr. Gearhart shared
honore with the star of the cast. He was
good beyond the expectations of everyone
and scored a decided hit.
The college orchestra, under the direction
of Mr. Godard, contributed much to the
entertainment of the audience, for in poins
of excellence it proved as much of a sur-
prise as the amateur actors.
The Daughters will realize quite a nice
sum from the play.
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THREE FIRES CLOSE TOGETHER. —With-
in a period of twenty-four hours Bellefonte
bad three fires. None of them, however,
were very disastrous.
On Thuisday evening just about the time
the smoke from the forest fires was thickest
in Bellefonte the fire alarm sounded and for
awhile it looked as if the entire town was
afire. There was light everywhere and
smoke so dense that breathing was almost
impossible. The fire was located in John
Dubbs’ barn out in Bush’s Addition. His
neighbor Al Beezer had been burning some
brush and she wind blew sparks onto the
barn roof. It caught fire and burned quite
a little before a good will bucket brigade
turned up and put it out.
Friday morning about ten o’clock the
alarm sounded again. This time for South
ward, where a fire had started on_the roof of
oue of the Cooney houses on south Spring
street. The department was on the scene
early, but the flames had been extinguished
before the arrival of the firemen.
Friday evening another alarm was rung
in from the South ward. This time it was
the ill fated, though apparently indestruc-
tible McBride corner. A fire started in the
hallway of Catherine Fasig’s home ahove
Gillen’s grocery and as the buildings are
dilapidated old frame structures it was ex.
pected that the corner would be cleaned off
to make way for something more ornamen-
tal. The fire bad a good headway before
the firemen arrived. The flames were leap-
ing higher than the telephone poles and it
looked sure for destruction, but the firemen
poured too much water onto it and the fire
went out in time to save the old shacks. A
little patching up now will make them
good for another hundred years.
The first floor tenants were a Chinese
laundry on the corner, loss from smoke and
water about $600. Andrew Thal’s green
grocery slight loss covered by insurance; E.
I. Gillen’s grocery badly damaged by smoke
and water. Fully insured. The Ceader
building adjoining was scorched again, but
not badly.
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—=—DMrs. Mary Blanchard, who has heen
in a sanitarinm at Watkins, N. Y., for
weeks suffering with heart trouble, isin
such a critical condition that there is small
hope of her recovery. On Monday her
family received a most encouraging letter
from her confirming the previous news of
ber rapid improvement and her satisfactory
prospect for better health. That afternoon
she had a relapse and her daughter Anna
lett for Watkins on the evening train. By
Tuesday she was so much better that the
telephone messages from her daughter were
most assoring, but yesterday (Thursday)
she was altogether unconscious and so low
that her physicians gave no enconragement
to her friends.
——Saturday May 9th is dobation day
at the new hospital. but already several
very acceptable gifts have Leen received.
The first one was from Mrs. Edward
Wasson, of Waddle, consisting of two
quart bottles of concord grape juice and six
glasses of jelly, all packed so neatly and
looking so good that we wonld have liked
to bave sampled it ourselves.
——The new Lock Haven hospital is to
be dedicated on May 30th.
——There were twenty-two prisoners
in the Clinton county jail on Saturday.
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——DMirs. Caroline Maize, of Aaronshurg,
accidently broke her arm while at the
barn of her home a few days ago.
——Henry Breon, of Millheim, will rep-
resent the Eagles of that place at the grand
convention at Johnstown next week.
——The gross receipts of ‘‘A Night Off”
given by the Thespians last Friday night
under the partronage of the D. A. R.
amounted to more than two hundred dol-
lers.
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——A fine new cement pavement has
been laid in front of Mrs. Catharine Haupt’s
residence on Thomas street. It was put
down by Will and Edward Haupt, who
make a specialty of this kind of paving.
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-——Charles Rowland, of Tyrone, has
purchased the Lloyd property on south
Centre street, in Philipsburg, for $10,000
and expects to move to the latter place.
He is a coal operator.
S——eer A
———Frank H. Gamel, whose descriptive
powers are far above the average platform
talker’s will give his profusely illustrated
lecture ‘‘Around the World in 80 Minutes’’
in Petriken hall on Monday evening. Ad-
mission 25cts. Children 10 cts.
ee i risen .
—— Augustus Wian and Miss Matilda
Poorman were married at the home of the
bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Poor-
man , in Coleville,on Thursday afternoon of
last week. Rev. T. W. Perks performed
the ceremony in the presence of a few of
their most intimate friends. An elaborate
wedding dinner was served the guests
at 4 o’clook.
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——At Lock Haven on Saturday two
local horses ‘‘Orange Chief” and ‘‘Joe
Wilkes’ raced for a purse of $175. Wel-
liver drove ‘‘Chief’’ and Faux drove ‘‘Joe
Wilkes.”' ‘‘Chief’’ had won one heat and
‘Joe’ two when there was a misunder-
standing about the start in the fourth and
a general vocabulary scrap ensued that
broke up the race. They are to try it again
tomorrow.
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——On Wednesday of last week three
children of a man named Bigler were play-
ing in the second story of their home at
Cherry Run along the L. and T. railroad.
An eleven year old hoy picked up a double
barreled shot gun that was standing in the
room and pointing it at his litsle baby sis-
ter, that was lying in the lap of an older
sister, pulled the trigger. He was only. a
few feet away and the discharge struck the
baby, blowing its head clear off and scatier-
ing its brains to all parts of the room.
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——On Thursday night Co. B. under-
went its annval inspection. The officers
conducting it were Maj. Jeffries, of Pitts-
burg, who is on the staff of Brigadier Gen-
eral Wiley, assisted by Captain Stewart of
the 8th U. S. Infantry. Col. Elder and
Major West of the 5th Regt. N. G. P.
Maj. W. Fred Reynolds, Col. E. R. Cham-
bers of the Governor’s staff and Lt. and
Surgeon R. G. H. Hayes were also present.
The armory was crowded with spectators.
The drilling and manual execution was
splendid, though the ‘‘sesting up’ drill,
which has come to be a regular calisthenic
exercise was not ap to the usual standard
of perfection attained by B company.
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——Mis. Arthur Black, of Altoona, who
had been seriously ill with peritonitis, was
brought to the home of her parents at Cole-
ville last Saturday. Her mother, Mrs.
James Rote, went up to bring her down
and after they had started it was discovered
that the young woman was in no condition
for traveling. After leaving Tyrone she
collapsed entirely and people who were on
the train thought she would die before
reaching this place. The train bad to be
held here quite a little while before she
could be gotten off and then her condition
was 80 alarming that she was carried into
the home of P. Gray Meek. By afternoon,
however, she had recovered sufficiently to
be taken to her parents’ home. »
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—Quite an exciting melee took place
on reservoir hill early Tuesday evening in
which menand women were mixed up for
an hour or more before the police arrived.
It appears that Bill Fredericks assault-
ed Scott Lose and the latter’s wife came
to his rescue. Then Mrs. Fredericks and
Mrs. Rebecca Gehret turned in for Bill and
there were doings up there until the police
arrived and scooped in the Fredericks and
Mrs. Gehret. They were taken before bur-
gess Walker who fined them. After pay-
ing the fine they were arrested again on a
warrant sworn out by Mr. Lose and were
taken before justice Keichline who held
them under bail until yesterday morning
when they were discharged on the ground
that they conld not be penalized twice for
the same offense.
——G. Ross Parker, conductor oun the
Bellefonte Central R. R., met with an ac-
cident last Thursday morning that might
have made his days of railroading end very
tragically. While making one of the regu-
lar runs he thought he felt an unusual
bumping under one of the passenger coaches
and walked out onto the platform to see
what it was. Swinging out from the steps
ae far as possible he was endeavoring to
look under the car when a cattle guard
struck him on theshounlder. The train was
running fast and the blow was a hard one,
but Parker held fast to the car and was
able to pull himself back onto the platform.
The after effect was sufficient to lay him up
until Monday, when he took his run again.
Had he been knocked off entirely he would,
in all probability, have been killed.
THE BOROUGH SoLONS.— President Cun-
ningham and members Jenkine, Fenlon,
Derstine, Reynolds, Wise, Kirk and Whitta-
ker were present at council meeting Mon-
day evening and that night should be
‘marked down as an event ex traordinary in
the history of Bellefonte, for a beginning
was made for a permanent and creditable
improvement along Water street. Other
matters of importance were taken up and
discussed, but so far as their results are
concerned they pale into insignificance in
comparison with what council now propos-
es to do.
F. W. Crider appeared and notified the
borough that he owns the lot on east
Howard street on which the sink for sur-
face drainage was made and he wants coun-
cil either to buy the lot or cover it up so
that his cows, pasturing in the lot, can’t
drink the stagnant water. It was referred
to the Street committee.
Burgess Wal ker reported the collection
of $35.75 in fines and recommended that a
stable be rented for the high constable to
impound cows in.
The borough solicitor reported that the
buildings on the MoBride corner of Alle-
gheny and Bishop streets are a menace to
health and property in that locality and
the owners should be made build a good
building there or tear the old ones down.
It was referred to the Nuisance committee.
Under the Water committee reports it
was decided to have Prof. L. E. Reber, of
State College, make a test of the power to
be developed at the big spring, also to
measure the amount of water being pump-
ed into the reservoir and elsewhere daily
and to measure the horse power at Col.
Reynolds dam at the match factory. It is
desired to know this latter because the
Colonel has offered to rent both the water
and steam power to the borough for $1,500
a year. Some think that there is enough
water power there to do all the pumping
and if such is the case the proposition
might prove to be a very valuable one to
the town. The Fitz water wheel company
was directed to 1emove their pump and
wheel from the water works within ten
days. The water committee was given
power to go ahead and make permanent
improvements about the reservoir as in
their judgment seems best. Owing to
failure to secure as many bids as. were de-
sired the letting of the contract for coal for
the water works was held over until the
next meeting.
Under old business the Street committee
report on Water street improvements was
called for. Chairman Derstine read an
offer from Mr. Bilger to crib it for a certain
figure also an estimate for making a dry
stone wall of sufficient height and thick-
ness. Inasmuch as there was but little
difference hetween the cost of the cribbing
and the wall council instructed the chair-
man to secure bids for a stone retaining
wall along north Water street and it is
hoped that work on it will be begun soon.
Here is a place where council can spend the
tax payers money without fear of conse-
quences. Any one could see results from
such an expenditure. It would be ip pleas-
ing evidence every day for years to come
and there is no one who will not endorse
this plan to improve the town.
After authorizing the burgess to offer a re-
ward of $500 for information that will lead
to the arrest and con viction of any one at-
tempting to fire a building in Bellefonte
council approved the following bills and
adjourned. : .
F. W. Crider, payment on public building $298 35
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PoHCE PAY FOlliescsiccensesivssrsinsasivensens
Bellefonte Electric Co. sundry bills...........
Bellefonte Electric Co. lighting streets......
Street pay 1oll..........ccivicinennisasssnioe
Boro. Auditors, auditing accounts...
372 15
26 36
95 00
P. R. R. Co., freight...............ce0nrs 7 83
Bellefonte Electric Co.....ccv.u... i 17
R. B. Taylor coal for water works. . 18315
Water Pay roll............cc..ccosrnmmainiresssssesens 87 50
Board of health, to Dr. Sebring for vacci-
nating children... ..cininnisninin. 38 00
$1197 53
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° MARRIED IN THE FAR WEsST—The Cen-
tre county friends of Will Truckenmiller
will be interested in the following notice,
which we clip from the Devil’s Lake, N.
D., Inter-Ocean, of April 24th.
April 20th, at the office of Judge Metcalf,
Lakota, N. D., Judge Fruiet officiating, Miss
Annie E. Sanders, of Claressa, Minn., to
Will Truckenmiller, of Devils Lake. The
groom is a well-known farmer in Ramsey
county, and the bride is the oldest daughter
of Nels Sanders, a prosperous farmer of
Claressa, Minn. The Inter-Ocean extends
very hearty congratulations.
Those who do not know Mr. Trucken-
miller personally will remember him by
the beautiful contributions of prose and
poetry that he makes from time to time to
the WATCHMAN.
ett remem,
——The proposition made to council
Monday evening hy Col. Reynolds looks as
if it were the intention of the Penna. Match
Co. to close the upper factory, which seems
to be the case, so far as we can learn. The
closing of the upper factory, however, will
in no way decrease the output of matches or
lessen the number of employees. The new
machinery that is being installed will take
up so much less floor space than the old
that the main factory buildings will ac-
commodate all of it now and thus make a
better organization of the work possible.
flip tr,
——Geo. W. Boulton and George Cow-
her were arrested at West Moshannon on
Monday by constable Harry Simler, of Phil-
ipsburg. They were charged with fishing
on Sanday, April 19th, and when taken be-
fore justice Sandford they plead guilty and
were fined $25 each and costs amounting
to $6.50. A pretty expensive fishing trip,
wasn’t it; especially since they are report-
ed to have had very poor luck.
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——The Tyrone Presbyterians are look-
ing for a new minister. Rev. Weisley bas
severed his pastoral relations with them.
wo ISAS
News Purely Pevsonal.
—Mrs. Bob Fay, of Altoona, spent Wednesday
in town.
—Robt. A. Cox, of Altcona, spent Sunday with
friends in this place.
—Sam McClure, of Pittsburg, spent Sunday at
his home in this place.
—John 8. Walker spent the Sabbath visiting his
father at West Chester. .
—Mrs. Robert Irwin, of Spring street, 18 visiting
relatives in Altoona.
—Mrs. C F. Montgom ery has gone to Philadel-
phia for a two weeks visit.
—Detective Joe Rightnour has returned from
an official trip to Berwick.
—Joseph Rhoads, of Tacony, was an arrival in
town on Monday morning.
—Miss Martha McEntire, of Thomas street, is
visiting relatives in Williamsport.
—Mrs. Annie Dartt, of Chambersourg, is visit-
ing Mrs, J. Will Conley, on Logan street.
—Miss Grace Brosius, of the Joseph Bros. &-Co.
stores, spent Sunday at her home in Jersey Shore.
—Miss Jane McCalmont leaves Wednesday for
an extended trip through the West and Califor-
nia.
—John T. Fowler, of Hanna Furnace, was one
of the attendants at court daring the fore part of
the week.
—Michael Hazel, of the Potter-Hoy Hardware
Co. force, with Mrs, Hazel,spent Sunday with rela,
tives in Altoona.
—Mvys. James Hall, of Driftwood, formerly of
Renovo, is visiting Mrs. J. C. Rumberger, on
Spring street. ¥
—Mr. and Mrs. James Harris, with Miss Slay-
maker, are at the Colonial in Atlantic City fora
stay of several weeks.
—F. H. Gamel, formerly secretary of the Belle:
fonte Y. M. C. A. spent a few days with friends in
this place last week.
—Morris L. Monash, of New York, spent Sun.
day with his wife who is visiting at her former
home in this place.
—Gen. and Mrs. Beaver are in Pittsburg this
week for the sitting of the Superior court. They
are at the Kenmawr.
—Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Richard went to Philadel-
phia yesterday to visit Mrs. R's father and spend
a few days at Atlantic City.
—The Hon. and Mrs. J. W. Kepler, with their
two children Mary and Catharine, are at the
Brockerhoff for a few days.
—Mrs. Rush Larimer left Wednesday at noon
for her new home in Indiana, where Mr. Larimer
has been employed all winter.
—H. C. Quigley Esq., left for West Virginia
yesterday afternoon. He went on legal business
and expects to be gone about a week.
—The Misses Dora and Trixie Askey, who make
their homes in this place, are visiting their
parents in Snow Shoe this week.
—Samuel Taylor came in from Pittsburg on
Friday to spend a few days with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H, W. Taylor, on Bishop street.
—Mrs. James Noonan, with her two sweet little
daughters, Margaret and Geraldine, are off to
Tioga county for a visit at her parental home.
—Miss Craighead, one of the teachers in the
High school, was called to her home in Carlisle
recently because of the death ot her grandfather,
—Harper Hoffman, who is now working in
Harrisburg, spent Sunday and the fore part of
the week at the home of his mother on Logan
street,
—Capt. Henry Urban, a brother of ensign Urban
of the local Salvation Army,‘is here from Geneva
this week assisting his sister conduet some
special services.
—Rev. and Mrs. Ambrose Schmidt, with their
little son, departed on Tuesday for a ten days
vacation, which they expect to spend with friends
in the vicinity of Pittsburg.
—W. W. Montgomery and his daughter, Mrs:
John C. Bair, are in Pittsburg visiting Mr. Mont-
gomery’s eldest daughter, Mrs. Charles McHugh.
They went out on Saturday.
—Henry Sampsel, of Pleasant Gap, was in town
Saturday morning; having come in to do his
Saturday shopping early because his son Will
was home for a little visit.
—Mrs. Rose Sternberg Lyon, who has been a
guest at the Bower home on east Linn street
since the death of Hon. C. M. Bower, returned to
Philadelphia yesterday at noon.
— Harris Cook, who had been a convalescent at
his home in this place since his recent attack of
typhoid pneumonia, returned to his work in
Altoona, cn Wednesday morning.
—Mrs. John Armagast, of near Fillmore, left.
on Monday for a month’s visit to her uncle, Alex
Shannon, at Smith Centre, Kas. She was accom-
panied by Miss Mason, of Lock Haven.
~—Mr. and Mrs. John Porter Lyon returned to
their country place ‘‘Hearts-ease” at Penna
Farnace, on Monday. They had been in town for
the Daughter’s entertainment last Friday night.
—Mrs. James K. Barnhart, of Thomas street,
with her two children, Philip and Martha, return-
ed Saturday evening from quite an extended
visit at Mrs. B’s parental home in Punxsutawney.
—Joe Fox left Bellefonte on Wednesday, ex-
pecting to be gone for some time. His destina-
tion was Newton, Kansas, where he has relatives
and has accepted a position with the Santa Fe
road.
—Edward J. Hill, the young gunner on the
‘‘Indiana’’ who recently made a record for rapid
firing of a 13 in. gun during the manouevres off
Pensacola,arrived home Wednesday morning and
is visiting his mother on Beaver street.
~—Harry Taylor, who is an all-around handy
man at State College, was in town on Saturday
attending to a little business and dropped in here
to see thas his father, Mr. D. E. Taylor, up at
Fleming got the advantage of our $1 rate. !
—Calvin Staum, of Boalsburg, was in town yes-
verday taking a day off after cleaning up all of
his spring work. He finished his corn planting
on Monday and while one of the youngest farm-
ers in that vicinity he was ahead of all of his
neighbors.
—Dr. and Mrs. R. G. H. Hayes left for New
Orleans on Saturday morning. They will attend
the meeting of the national medical society in
that city. Or the return Dr. Hayes wili stop off
in Baltimore to spend two weeks attending clinics
in that city.
—Burdine Butler was up from Howard on Mon-
day making arrangements for carrying several
appeals to the Supreme court. Burdine does not
have a very exalted opinion of the kind of law
that is handed down from the Centre county
bench and whether it is well grounded or not he
is going to have a higher tribunal decide.
—Miss Mazie Foster, of Aaronsburg, and Miss
Mardie Foster, of Harrisburg, spent Friday night
as the guests of Mrs. Evelyn Rodgers of north
Allegheny street. They attended the Thespians.
Miss Foster is a member of the D. A. R. in Har-
risburg. Her sister, Miss Elizabeth, who has
many friends here is to be married in June.
—Among the out of town relatives and friends,
who attended the funeral of the lamented Mabel
McFarlane on Tuesday morning, were Mr. and
Mrs. George A. Brown and Miss Mary Brown, of
Lock Haven; James W. H. Brown and his sister
Miss Anna, of Williamsport; Mr. and Mrs. Frank
McFarlane and Miss Janet, of Boalsburg; Mrs.
Will Taylor, James Taylor and Miss Kvle, of
Reedsville; Samuel B. Leathers and wife, of Mt.
Eagle; Dr. and Mrs, James Thompson, of Storms-
town;Budd Thompson and his sister, Mrs. Henry,
of Martha, and Miss Maud Mitchell, of Lemont.
—Mr. Peter Collins, of St. Davids, Philadelphia,
1s visiting his sister, Miss Sallie, at her beautiful
country place north of town.
—Dr. R. H. Meek, of Waddle, left Monday for a
short visit with friends in Williamsport, Jersey
Shore and Rixford, McKean county.
—'Squire J. H. Reifsnyder, who had been in
town for a day or so attending conrt, left for his
home in Mill heim on Tuesday afternoon.
—Mrs. Robert Corl, of Linden Hall, was in town
doing some shopping on Tuesday. She said
that the people of that place were quite badly
frightened when the storm of wind, smoke and
dust swept down on them last Thursday night.
It was bad enough here to suggest the end of
the world.
—J. H. Eskridge, for so many years in the tele-
phone business over about Philipsburg, but now
one of the business getting representatives of
the Equitable Insurance Co., was in town on
Wednesday. Just what his business was we don’t
know, nor did we ask but we have known Mr.
Eskridge long enough to know that if he was at-
ter anything he got it.
—William Foster, who does'nt seem to know
whether he lives in Philadelphia, Sunbury or
State College, was in town on Saturday on his
way to the latter place to see the ball game. Of
course he had another reason that he gave to the
public but Mr. Foster always was an enthusiast
in athletics and would walk farther to see a foot
ball or base ball game than a Methodist parson
would go after a big dinner.
—— a
STATE'S FOOT BALL SCHEDULE.— The
football schedule for 1903, as far as com-
pieted for The Pennsylvania State College
eleven is as follows : Sept. 19th, Dickinson
Seminary, at State College; Sept. 26th,
Geneva College, at State College; Oct. 1st,
Allegheny College, at State College; Oct.
10th, University of Pennsylvania, at Phila, 3
Oct. 17th, Yale University, at New Haven;
Oct. 24th, open; Oct 31st, Annapolis, at
Annapolis; Nov. 7th, University of Vir-
ginia; Nov. 14th, Dickinson, at Williams-
port; Nov. 21st, open; Nov. 26th, Steelton.
at Steelton. J. J. Hoblitzell, of Meyers-
dale, is manager for the season.
——The annual report of the Children’s
Aid society of western Pennsylvania, which
is just off the press, shows that since
the organization of the society in 1901,
forty-six children have been received into
its care from this county. There are none
there at present. Thirteen of them are in
free homes and twenty-seven have passed
from the society’s care. June 1st, 1901,
there were twenty-four children in homes
in this county costing the society a toial of
$107.29 for sundry small expense accounts.
Mrs. John L. Kurtz, of Bellefonte, is one
of the vice presidents and to her interest in
the poor little ones much of the good done
in this community is due.
OPO ee
—Miss Anna Corman, of Spring Mills,
met with rather a serious accident on last
Thursday evening, which might result in
the loss of the sight of one of her eyes. In
reaching to one of the upper shelves in their
store her arm knocked loose a hanging tin
sign, which fell down, the corner penetra-
ting ber eye. She has suffered great pain
since the accident but her physician hopes
that the sight ‘bas not been destroyed.
RE
——When the Shipman company comes
to Garman’s to play ‘As You Like It” you
should go. In the first place, because it
will be a production that will please you
and in the second because Mr. Erneat Ship-
man has given Bellefonte some splendid
attractions in the past and we should en-
deavor to keep on the favored list with the
Shipman management.
——The contract bas been let for a
P.R. R. Y. M. C. A. building in Tyrone.
It is to cost $8,400, will be 40x70 ft. and
brick cased. It is to have baths, a gym-
nasinm, reading room, library, meeting
ball and sleeping rooms for railroaders uu-
avoidably detained in town over night.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red ............ccovnmiiiinnsiiossive vas 8l@s1Y,
“No. & 71@80%;
Corn —Yellow.. 50@5014
‘“ —Mixed n 472,@50
Oats.........onn See sises 36@39
Flour— Winter, Per Br 2.70@2.90
¢ —Penna. Roller.. 3.15@3.35
¢¢ —Favorite Brands.. 4.35@4.50
3. .20
Baled hay—Choice Timothy 1.00
4 4 si Mixed * 1... 14 00@17.00
BIYaW.......au iii itn sii 10.50@17.50
Rellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weeklv by C. Y. Waaxea,
‘The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
TOSS :
ed wheat, old..............cinnicininns Foesescsreies 70
New wheat........ 70
Rye, per bushel............... 56
Corn, shelled, per bushel 50
Corn, ears, per bushel.......... 50
Oats, old and new, per bushel... 35
Barley, per bushel... 50
Ground laster, per
Buckwheat, per bushel
Cloverseed, per bushel...
Timothy seed per bushel...
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel .... 50
Onions.
Eggs, per dozen... 12
Lard, = und... 12
Country Shoulders... 10
Sides........ 10
ali Hams.... 12
ow, per pound. 4
Butter, = pound. evenese 22
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