Bellefonte, Pa., August 28, 1903. EEE ——————) CorrespONDENTS.—NoO communications pub lished unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. —— unr ROE THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY ——The Coburn band will hold a festival on Saturday night, Sept. 12th. ‘ ~—There will be a festival in the union chapel, at Pleasant View, this evening. - ——Harry Otto bas accepted a position on the Watsontown, Pa., base ball team. ——The interior of the Garman opera house is being touched up by the McSuley Bros. ——~Coming : The great American Kinetograph Co. Nothing old. Every- thing new. Rev. 8. 8. Berger was installed as pastor of the Bald Eagle Presbyterian church on Monday afternoon. ——The new steel bridge that is to span Fishing creek at the Creighton farm, near Mackeyville, is on the ground. ——Today the Episcopal Sunday schools of Bellefonte and Lock Haven are to picnic at Hecla, weather permitting. ——On and after September 1st the station as Lambourn bank, on the Belle- fonte Central, will be discontinued, -— On one outline set below the dam in Lock Haven last Friday night some fisher- men hooked one hundred and fifty large eels. ——Rev. J. Ellis Bell, presiding elder of the Altoona district, will preach in the Methodist church in this place on Sunday evening. ——Out of seven applicants John F. Harrison, of this place, was elected prin- cipal of the Jersey Shore grammar school last week. ——This evening quarterly conference will be held in the lecture room of the Methodist church. The Holy Sacrament will be administered on Sunday. ——The thorough-bred riding horse owned by the late Governor Hastings died Monday morning. He was an exceptional animal under the saddle; having had many gaits and some fancy steps. ——C. T. Gerberich has purchased a property on Laurel St. in Philipsburg and will build a new house on it, which is to be occupied by his son-in-law, Mr. C. U. Hoffer and family, when completed. ——About eighty of the friends and relatives of the venerable John Wagner and his estimable wife gathered at their home near Martha, on the 18th, to cele- brate the golden anniversary of their wed- ding. ——Mrs. W. A. Ishler, of east High street, has a night blooming ceres that came in flower on Monday night. Quite a number of her friends called that evening to enjoy the beautious sight. ——Plate glass windows are being placed in Jesse Cox’s pool-room and cafe. They make a very decided improvement and are altogether in keeping with the fine style in which he has the interior fixed up. ——Miss Goldie Gates, a daughter of George Gates, of Stormstown, was admit- ted to the hospital yesterday and under- went an operation for appendicitis. She was brought down by Dr. Thompson. Last night she was reported as resting easy. ——The State College band played a few selections that were very much appreciated on our streets yesterday morning. The band had come down for the Odd Fellows picnic at Hunter’s park to escort the Belle- fonte lodge to the train. ——~Chickens scratched up the dead body of an infant in the back yard of Rev. M. 8. Jones home in Lock Haven. The minister sent for the county coroner just as soon as the grewsome discovery was made but nothing farther was found out. ——The new tenement which Dr. M. A. Kirk has made out of the old Methodist church property, on east High street, is about completed and is quite an improve- ment in that quarter. He put a large brick addition to it, making apartments for four families. ——Miss Lydia I. Moore, who bad been visiting friends in Philadelphia for several weeks, has accepted a splendid position as a stenographer in the business office of Gimbel’s stores. She had held a similar position in Grant Hoover’s office in this place prior to going to Philadelphia. ——The marriage of Franklin Miller and Miss Mary Martin? two well known young people of this place, was celebrated at the parish house of St. John’s Catholic church on Tuesday evening. Rev. Father Mo- Ardle performed the ceremony in the pres- ence of several of their friends; after which they gave a large reception in their newly furnished apartments in the Allison build- ing, on north Allegheny street. ——Henry Sampsel and his son Boyd, of Pleasant Gap, had a narrow escape from a bad accident on the streets of Bellefonte on Tuesday morning. They undertook to drive a spirited team of draft horses past the 9:53 train as it was standing at the station. The engine was occupying about half the roadway leaving very little room for them to pass. The horses frightened and started off on a mad gallop up High street. They barely missed halt a dozen vehicles and it was more good luck than good management that they did not plunge into the right side of the bridge from which many planks were removed at the time to be replaced with new ones. The run up the hill was too much for the team drag- ging the heavy wagon and they stopped near the Centre county bank. OscAR HUNTER EXPIRES SUDDENLY. —Oscar, the youngest son of the late Hon. Benjamin and Nancy Hunter, died very suddenly at the home of his wife's parents in Snow Shoe early Tuesday morning. He had been in bad health ever since last fall when ‘a period of illness terminated in a seriously impaired heart. In face, his physicians had apprised him that the slen- der cord of life might snap at any moment and while his death is inexpressibly sad it was not altogether unexpected. With Mrs. Hunter and their three chil- dren he was spending a few weeks on her father’s farm with the hope that he would be benefitted by the change. He did ap- pear to be improving until Monday after- noon, when he had a bad siege and was in a critical condition until 3 a. m. Tuesday morning. At that hour be fell to sleep so restfully that the anxious ones at his side were all reassured and wishing him to bave all the rest possible they did not go to call him until eight o’clock, when the sad dis- covery that he was gone was made. Deceased was born at the family home at Hunter’s park 34 years ago. His life until a few years since was spent on the farm. Af that time he came to Bellefonte to become a book-keeper at the glass factory, and when the new company was organized to operate the factory he became its president, which office he held at the time of his death. He is survived by his widow, who was Miss Minnie Reeser, before her marriage, and their three children, John Gilbert, Wallace and Dorothy. His brothers Robt. H. Hunter, J. Dorsey Hunter, Craig Hun- ter and two sisters, Mrs. Rachel Henderson, of Hunter’s park, and Mrs. Nannie Reeser, of Snow Shoe, also survive. His body was brought to his late home here on Wednesday evening. Services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Laurie, of the Presbyterian church, of which Oscar was a member,at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon; after which he was taken to the Meyers cemetery, within site of his boyhood’s home, to be laid to rest in the family plot. I ll ll THE VENERABLE WILLIAM P. FISHER. —After having been in failing health for a long time the venerable William P. Fisher passed away at his home in Union town- ship, near Unionville, at half past ten o'clock on Wednesday morning. In his death the county loses a man of exception- al eminence, for he was so prominently identified with the agricultural and horti- cultural interests as to be considered an authority in husbandry everywhere. He was of Quaker ancestry and lived a life ab- solutely consistent with the principles he espoused ; being a model of gentleness and integrity in his daily life. The branch of the Fisher family to which he belonged came to Centre county in the antumn of 1800. His great-grand father, Thomas Fisher, bad purchased some of the Penn lands in Chester county and it had passed down to his grand father, William Fisher. The latter left it to come to Centre county with his family of eight children. In the early days he bought a tract of land about the line now dividing Boggs and Union townships and there started to clear off a home, living in a rude cabin until 1812, when he moved into the fine old stone house that still stands on the banks of Wallace run at Snow Shoe Inter- seotion. His son William, the father of the deceased, was horn in 1789 and after he had married settled on a portion of the homestead lying in Union township. There William P. Fisher was born in 1818. In 1846 he married a daughter of Thomas Wilson, who was at one time president of the Hollidaysburg bank. Two years later he settled in the home in which he passed away, and there lived a life that anyone might emulate. His wife died many years ago and he is survived by the following children : Mrs, Mary Holmes, of Baltimore; Mrs. Lucretia Way, of Stormstown; Jennie and Elwood, at home; former county commissioner Thos. W. Fisher, of Unionville; Wm. Jr., an attorney in New York city, and Mrs. Cora McMinn, of DuBois. Interment will be made in the Friend’s burying ground, near Unionville, this af- ternoon at 1:30. I I I MgRs. JoHN WAITe.—On Sunday, Au- gust 23rd, all that was mortal of Mrs. John Waite of Miles township passed into immortality, and her hushand and six children are left to mourn the death of a loving mother. She was a daughter of Jacob Gramley and was born in Miles Twp. Aug. 6, 1825, Her marriage to Mr. Waite was blessed with ten children, six of whom survive as follows : Samuel, of Pleasant Gap; Mrs. Wm. Breon, of Lock Haven; Mrs. Chas. Beck, Frank and George, of Rebersburg, and John, of Smethport. Interment was made in the cemetery of the Evangelical association on Wednesday morning. li I I ——Mrs. Annie Zimmerman died in the Lock Haven hospital last Friday night at the age of 22 years. She was a daunghter of Isaac Bartley, of this place, and is sur- vived by her father, a sister, Mrs. Walizer, of Mackeyville, and her brothers R. O. Bartley, of Oak Grove, and W. W. Bartley, of this place. Her body was taken to the home of her sister in Mackeyville, from which place burial was made. ll ll ll ——A. V. Mulson died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Robert McCann, in Philipsburg, on Sunday morning. He had been ill with dropsy for about six weeks and suffered intensely prior to his death. Mr. Mulson was 65 years old and is sur- vived by one son and five daughters; his wife having died about five years ago. In- terment was made in Clearfield on Tues- day. Mrs. EL1zABETH KELLER RHONE.— The death of Mrs Caroline Elizabeth Rhone, widow of the late Dr. John W. Rhone, at her bome in Los Angeles, Cal., on Monday was much of a surprise to her relatives and friends in this place. She had suffered with kidney disease for sever- al years and at the time of her last visit at her old home here remarked several times “that she did not expect to live to make the journey again.’’ It was not known, how- ever, that she was worse than usual and the announcement of her death was alto- gether unexpected. Mrs. Rhone was one of the well known Keller family of Boalsburg. She was a daughter of Henry and Margaret Schneck Keller and was about seventy years of age. She was united in marriage to Dr. John W. Rhone in 1856 and for many years made her home in this place. Dr. Rhone died on May 15th, 1894,and soon after that Mrs. Rhone and her two children, Miss Ella and Dr. Charles Rhone, went to Cali- fornia in quest of a more congenial climate. They located at Los Angeles and there Dr. Charles Rhone practiced dentistry until he was obliged on account of il! health to give up office work and go onto a ranch. A$ present he is in Arizona but Mrs, Rhone and her daughter continued to make their home at Los Angeles. Mrs. Rhone wasa sister of the late Daniel S. Keller of this place and of her father’s family she is sur- vived by her three sisters, Mrs. Sophia Hall, of Wilmington, Del., and Miss Clara and Sallie, of Boalsburg, and one brother, Judge Frank B. Keller, of Branwell, W. Va. Mgrs. B. F. FRANKENBERGER.—Mrs. Minnie R. Frankenberger, wife of B. F. Frankenberger, died at their home, west of Millheim, on Saturday afternoon at the age of 36 years and 13 days. Deceased was a daughter of H. E. Duck, of Millheim, and was a most estimable young woman. At the age of fourteen she became identified as a member of St. John’s Lutheran church and was active in her church duties until ill health made it im- possible for her to do more. Surviving are her husband and her par- ents. Rev. B. R. M. Sheeder conducted funeral services on Tuesday and interment was made in Fairview cemetery. I I I BARNABAS SHOPE.—The long and use- ful life of the venerable Barnabas Shope came to a close at his home in Roland on Tuesday, his end being as peaceful and oalm as the evening hours of a perfect day. He had lived past the time allotted to man, but his eighty-two years were fraught with many kindly and charitable acts that will be cherished in the memories of those who knew and revered him. The following children survive him: Mrs. Henry Shultz, Mrs. Sara Reeder and Thomas, of Roland; Reynolds, the Belle- fonte lnmber operator; James, of Somerset county; Mrs. Myra Neff, of Mount Eagle, and Mrs. Elizabeth Bubb, of Homer, Neb. Interment will be made this morning in the cemetery at Roland, after services have been held at the home of Mrs. Shultz by the pastor of his beloved Evangelical church. ll I I Mgrs. MARTHA EMERICK.—The wife of Dr. Charles Emerick passed away at their home in Centre Hall, early last Friday morning after an illness of several weeks that followed a long period of impaired health. She was a daughter of the late Jonas Condo, of Penn Hall, and was a gen- erally beloved woman in that community. She was horn December 30th, 1859. Saur- viving are her husband, three brothers and four sisters. Interment was made in the cemetery at Centre Hall on Sunday morning and the large concourse of people that followed her body to its last resting place was a fitting evidence of the place of esteem she held among them. ——Harry S ions Fultz, aged 7 years and 13 days, died at the home of his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. William Fultz, at Woodward, on Sunday. His death was the result of injuries received from aceci- dental burning on the 17th of last month. Interment was made in the Woodward cemetery on Tuesday. — ee ——Our semi-annual half-price sale bhe- gan on Tuesday—Montgomery & Co. ——Yesterday Miss Beulah Stere, a daughter of I. B. Stere, of Unionville, was married to Mr. Jasper Hols. —— The Centre county convention of the W. C. T. U. will be held in Petriken hall, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 10th and 11th. Thursday evening a public meeting will be held to be addressed by Miss Belle Kear- ney, of Mississippi. The Houston (Texas) Post says of her : ‘‘Miss Kearney has a fine, full voice with a rich southern mellowness, and her flow of language is marvelous. Her choice of words, her similes and construc- tive ability, both in thought and delivery, are exceedingly fine. Miss Kearney comes from an old, southern family and she isa beautiful woman.”’ — ti ——Yeager & Davis are advertising a sacrifice sale of army materials this week. At first glance it may seem strange that a shoe firm should be dealing in army ma- terials, but asecond will convince you that even in these they maintain their unequal- ed reputation for bargains. They havea large consignment of regular army saddles, overcoats and guns, that were bought at auction at the Hartford arsenal, that they offer to the public ata song. All of the articles are new, never been used, and the fact that they are regular army goods is guarantee that they are of the best. They are put on the market because new pat- terns have displaced them in the govern. mené equipment. ONE MAN KILLED.—A. bad freight wreck occurred on the Bald Eagle Valley near Fowler station, last Thursday even- ing. A heavy coal train was running east when a wheel broke on one of the cars’ causing seventeen of them to pile up almost mountain high on the tracks. It was one of the worst wrecks the Val- ley bas experienced in years, hut as all the train crew were accounted for after the pile-up it looked as if the property loss would be the only one suffered. As the work of clearing away the wreckage pro- gressed, however, there was a different story to tell, for there under the broken timbers of a coal car were the mangled re- mains of a man. The wreck completely blocked traffic that night and passengers had to be trans- ferred. It was therefor very late when “the 4:44 got back to this place hearing the body of the one man killed. It was met by undertaker Harris and taken to his rooms to be prepared for burial. Mean- time a search for someone who knew him was started. An Iron Moulder’s Union card that was found on him opened the way and it was not long before it was learned that the man was Thomas Coates, aged 68 years, a nomadic moulder who was a member in good standing of the Franklin, Pa., local. Williamsport, 183, being the nearest local H. M. Geistwhite, treasurer, came up on Friday afternoon to take charge of the body and look after the burial. Funeral services were held in the lec- ture room of the Methodist church Sat- urday evening at 5 o’clock and interment was made in the Union cemetery. The old moulder was without family or relatives but the last sad rites were very respectable indeed. Fully fifty of his craftsmen gath- ered to follow his remains to the cemetery and Rev. Wood made very appropriate remarks. The members of the I. M. U. feel es- pecially grateful to the quartet that sang and the ladies who presented flowers for the service. free THE EAGLES ARE CoMING—The Susque- hanna district of the Knights of the Golden Eagle of Pennsylvania, composed of the counties of Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Northumberland, Columbia and Union meets in Bellefonte on Monday, September 7th (Labor Day) and the Eagles are on the fly and will surely be in Belle- fonte on the day named, and Bellefonte will see the largest parade of Eagles ever seen in Central Pennsylvania, as thirteen Castles and two Commanderies have notified the local authorities that they will be here in bodies and a number of bands will be in line from Centre and other counties. A number of these organizations are coming to compete for some of the numerous prizes offered by the local mavagement. If the weather is favorable this will be the largest gathering of this fraternal order that has ever been held in Centre county. The trades unions will also turn out and take part in this parade and form one division. A public meeting will be held in the court house at eleven o'clock on said day which will be addressed by sir knight W. Harrison Walker, chief burgess of Belle- fonte, and addresses by Grand Castle of ficers, and after the parade in the after- noon competitive drills by the visiting Commanderies for the prizes for the best drilled Commanderies will take place, which alone is worth coming to see, and special trains will be ran. In the evening there will be a session of the Grand Castle in Bellefonte castle rooms at which time the past chief’s degree will be conferred on sir knights entitled to re- ceive the same. meee AA ren A LiTTLE Boy DROWNED—A sad drown- ing accident was reported from Roopsburg Tuesday morning, when between 9 and 10 o’clock little Paul, the 2 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew White, fell into the race and was drowned. He was a very active, boyish child, full of life and would slip out of the yard at every opportunity. On the fatal morning his mother went up stairs for a few mo- ments and upon returning missed her boy. Not finding him in the yard she ran down to the mill and there, standing on a plank that crosses the race at a spring where many of the people out there draw their water, was a little bucket that she recog- nized. It was a mute signal pointing the way to what might have happened. The frightened mother guessed the awful truth at once and gave an alarm that call- ed the men in Wagner’s mill to her aid. The mill was shut down, but no where along the race could the little boy be found. Finally, after quite a long search his body was discovered - floating in the dam at Beezer’s slaughter house. Charley Kustaborder saw it and with the assistance of Al Beezer and Bert Bathurst, who had been attracted to the spot, brought it to shore. Hastily physicians were summoned and every effort put forth to revive the child, but all to no purpose. Interment was made in the Union ceme- tery Wednesday afternoon. — ae ——On Sunday eight members of No. 467, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, came down to Bellefonte from Tyrone to meet with and instruct the four members of the Brotherhood who are residents of this place. They are Jerry Nolan, L. P. Lonsberry, Claude Thompson and Edward Whittaker and, of course, they constituted themselves a committee of entertainment for the visitors. A business and social meeting was held in the hall of the Undine engine house, where all the beneficiary and fraternal features of the Brotherhood were disoussed at length for the benefit of the members here who do vot have the ad- vantage of regular meetings. News Purely Personal. —Miss Lera Donachy is visiting Mrs. T. C. Bell, in Pittsburg. —Col. and Mrs, Jas, P. Coburn spent Sunday in Aaronsbhurg. —W. E. Tyson, of Tyrone, spent Sunday with friends in this place. —William Grauer, of Altoona, was in town on business on Monday and Tuesday. —Miss Mary Daley, of this place, spent Sun day in Altoona, with her many friends. —Al and Robert Garman, of Tyrone, spent part of Sunday with their father in this place. —Miss Madge Gilmore, of Philadelphia, is vis- iting friends at her former home in this place. —Bond Valentine, of Philadelphia, is visiting his aunt, Mrs. R. V. Pugh, on west Curtin street. —Harry Hall, with his sister Miss May, and Lillian Taylor are off visiting relatives in Sun- bury. —Miss Annie McAffrey, of this place, is the guest of her brother Pat, in Lock Haven, this week. —Dr. H. K. Hoy, of Altoona, was in town on Monday looking after the sale of his large farm in College Twp. - —Miss Ida Holderman, who has been in the Christian Alliance work in Pittsburg, is home to remain until October 1st. —Mrs. John 8. Walker, with her son Robert, departed for a short visit with friends in Wil- liamsport on Wednesday. —Mrs. Claude Jones, of Tyrone, was here with her two children to spend Sunday with her fath- er, Mr. Monroe Armor. —Prof. Roy B. Mattern, of the McKenzie school for boys at Dobb’s Ferry, N. Y., is at his home in Milesburg for a short vacation. —Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hofman, of Ridley park, who had been visiting the €onleys on Logan St., returned to their home on Sunday. —Col. W. Fred Reynolds is at Mt. Gretna this week attending to his duties as a member of the ordnance board of the National Guard. —Frank Derstine came down from Altoona to attend the funeral of his aunt Cassie on Saturday and remained over Sunday with his parents, —Charley Larimer, who came home from Clear, field on Thursday night, threatened with an at- tack of typhoid fever, is about recovered. —DMrs. Arthur Valentine, with her two children, is here from Crafton, for a short visit with Mr. Valentine's aunt, Miss Natt, of Curtin street. —After spending a week with relatives and friends in this place, Miss Linnie Beck returned to her home in Lock Haven, last Friday morning, —DMrs. Sarah Sterrett and her daughter, Miss Mary, of Washington, D. C., are visiting at the home of Mrs. Rose Shortlidge, on Thomas street. —The Hamilton boys, Clarence and Tom, left for New York, on Sunday evening, after a pleas- ant visit of two weeks with their parents in this place. —Pat Kelley, who had been employed as one of the grooms in Col. Reynolds’ stables, started for Chicago on Monday to accept a similar place in that city. —Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Stover, who had been visiting Mrs. Stover’s parents in this place for several weeks, returned to their home in Hagers- town, Md., on Wednesday. —Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Gerberich, with their grand-daughter Anna Hoffer, are in Lebanon for a two weeks’ visit with Mr. Gerberich’s relatives. They went down on Monday. —Charles Stover, who has been working ina glass factory in Sisterville, West Virginia, for the past six months, returned home last Saturday to spend a few weeks at his home in this place. —Misses Mary and Margaret Scott, of Brook. ville, are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Barnhart, on Thomas street. They are on their way home from a visit to Bordentown, N. J. —J. W. Swab, of Linden Hall, whom most peo- ple familiarly know as ‘“Jimmy’’, was in town on Friday shaking hands with his friends and get- ting ready for the state convention next month, to which he is a delegate. —Michael Karstetter, the well known Pleasant Gap builder, was in town on Tuesday on his way to Wynburne, where he is going to help his sons who have been working on some big contracts out there for nearly a year. —Capt. Chas. J. Hendler, of Philadelphia, edi- tor of the Army and Navy, a publication in the in- terest of the N. G. P. and marine corps of Penn- sylvania, spent Sunday with Col. Edward Cham- bers, at his home on Linn street. —Mr. and Mrs. Cyprian Murray, of Homestead, with their three children are visiting at the home of James Toner, of Spring street. Mr. Murray is a brother-in-law of J. H. Griffin, of Stormstown, and a brother of Charles Murray, of Julian, —William Rodgers, who is an inspector of arc lamps in Pittsburg, is visiting friends in town for a few days. He is a son of the late George Rodgers, of this place, and brings back the grati- fying news that he is getting along very nicely. —Thos. Moore, of Philadelphia, looking entire- ly recovered from the attack of typhoid fever that so nearly made an end of him, is here on a visit with friends and relatives. Mrs. Moore and their daughter Helen have been here most of the sum- mer. —Miss Catharine G. Wieland, of Linden Hall, spent Tuesday in town doing a little shopping and calling on a few of her friends. Miss Wieland has just about completed an historical sketch of the Wieland family which she expects to publish soon in pamphlet form. —Mrs. L. A. Sunday, of Penna Furnace, was in town doing some shopping on Tuesday. She was accompanied by her son Orrie, who is a Senior at Susquehanna University and will return to his studies next week. Her other son is a Freshman at the same institution, —Alfred Beezer, who lives along the Buffalo-run road above Roopsburg, was in town doing his weekly marketing on Saturday and we were sur- prised to see that he carried a basket nearly full of bundles. To lgok at the thrifty little truck farm surrounding his home one would imagine that Alfred raised everything he needs. —B. F. Poorman, of Runville, was a pleasant caller on Friday and it is a pleasure to meet men who can look on the bright side of things as Mr. Poorman does. For instance, he had no wheat crop at all this year and instead of feeling badly about it he just smiled and said: “Well, there wouldn’t have been much use in having any, for the price is too low to make it pay.” —Among the attendants at court this week were “Capt.” Zachariah Woodle, J. W. Collins, Lloyd Stonebra ker and Frank Clewell, of Sandy Ridge, all of whom are brick makers and are on a strike with the rest of the fifteen thousand men employ- ed by the Harbison-Walker Refactories Cos, in Pennsylvania. They say they are fighting for a principle and intend to hold out to the very last. Meanwhile the brick works are being operated in a sort of way with whatever kind of labor can be secured. —The Beezer Bros., the Pittsburg architects who presented the pipe organ to St. John’s Catho- lic church in this place, were in town for a few days this week visiting their mother Mrs. Katha- rine Beezer. They left yesterday morning; Lewis to go back to their work in Pittsburg and Michael on a trip to Germany. He took his mother with him and while she visits her aged mother who is still living near Antwerp, he will travel south {hrough Greece, Italy, Spain and France to study styles of architecture and hospital details that he needs in the growing demands that are made on their Pittsburg office. CMLL mais I IH —Squire J. H. Reifsnyder, of Millheim, and Dr. Leitzel were in town on business yesterday. —Lewis H. McQuistion, the West ward asses- sor, is away on a visit to friends in Butler and Pittsburg. —James Lane, of Philadelphia, is here for a few days visit with Mrs. Lane, who has been spend- ing the summer in Bellefonte. — Miss Hayes, of Philadelphia, who has been the guest of Miss Louise Calloway for several weeks, departed yesterday. —Mr. and Mrs. Charles Workman, of Hecla park, were in town yesterday on their way to the Odd Fellows’ reunion at Hunter's park. —Mrs. E. 8. Dorworth, of east High street, went to Milton yesterday morning to visit her brother John Jenkins, the well known iron master of that place. —Mrs. W. B. Leathers, of Mt. Eagle, and her daughter Mrs. Howard Butler, of Philadelphia, and the latter's little daughter Eleanor, were in town on Wednesday visiting Mrs. M. A. Kirk. —Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hunt, of Renovo, arrived in town on Tuesday afternoon for a visit of a ten days with Mrs. Hunt’s father and other relatives here. They are on their way home from a trip to Williamsport. —Mrs. Jacob Reifsnyder and her little son, of Lemont, tarried in town last Friday morning for afew hours on their way to Alioona to spend Sun- day with relatives and attend the Centre county reunion near Bellwood. Mrs. R's sisters, Mrs. Resides and Mrs. McCullum, were with them. They were on their way to Beech Creek to visit the latter’s son. ree QQ eres. A COAL MINE IN McBRIDE’S GAP.— There hasbeen considerable excitement amongthe owners of property along the north side of Nittany mountain between Pleasant Gap and Lemont bezause of the finding of a small vein of coal on the Henry Reitz place, in MoBride’s gap. The out cropping of the coal was dis- covered some time ago, hut it was never given enough attention to be regarded as worthy of investigation until lately when music dealer M. C. Gephart, of this place, and a man by the name of Miller secured a lease on the property and started in to mine. They have been at it ahout two months with the result that they have a 25 ft. slope cut into the hill after a vein that up to this time has showed no great- er thickness than eight inches. From appearances the coal seems to be semi-bituminous. It looks all right and burns nicely. All that is needed is more of it. etme fA eee, ——On Wednesday, Sept. 9th, the Belle- fonte Academy will open for the fall term. It is a matter of more than passing interest to the people of this community, not alone because of the educational advantages of- fered, but because the era of prosperity and usefulness the institution has entered. There will be a largely increased teaching force at the Academy and the class rooms and dormitories have been made more cheerful by a thorough remodeling. New paint and paper, with a large collection of pictures add much to the attractiveness of the Academy interior. fp ——One of the principal free amusement features at the coming great Centre county fair will be a high dive that for daring will far out-do the one seen on the streets of Bellefonte during carnival week. Not only will the diver drop from a higher perch at the fair but he will do it backwards and turn a complete somersault in his descent. mn] ——Out of forty-one head of cattle put in a mountain pasture tract owned by Jas. Fisher and Isaac and Isaiah Beck, on the summit of the Alleghenies, nineteen have died. Last summer none of the cattle in pasture died but the year before they lost twenty-eight out of forty-two, through some strange disease. Philadelphia Markets. The following are the closing prices of the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening. Wheat—Red ...... cooconissisrinnssemsannsc ns 84@84 ¢“ No. 2.. 71@82%; Corn —Yellow. 611@62 ¢ —Mixed 4 - aan a 4@41 2.95@3.13 3.40@3.60 —Favorite Brands. 5.10@5.35 Rye Flour Per Br'l 3. Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 8.00@18.00 4s Ld se Mixed 1... 12.00@16.00 BLFAW eres riiarstraseiriscrrrirasananesssntarsnnsaes sos 8.00@17.00 Rellefonte Grain Market. Corrected weekly by C. Y. WAGNER, The following are the quotations up to six o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes ress : a ed wheat, old. : 73 New wheat... 73 Rye, per bushel... 56 Corn, shelled, per 50 Corn, ears, per bushel... 50 Oats, old and new, per bushel.. 35 Barley, per DHEDE rer cerns rian 50 Ground Plaster, per ton. 8'50 to 9 50 Buckwheat, per bushel....ccieeeeeviesssressnens oo 4 Cloverseed, per bushel... ..87 20 to $8 10 Timothy seed per bushe +... $2.70 to $2.90 Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co. Potatoes per bushel new.........ccceeereeers cerennne Qaions. a riecnsnese : 3 2gs, per dozen 5 Lard, per pound.. 12 Country Shoulder: 10 Sides... 10 Tall Hams. ts 12 ow, per pound... 4 Butter, PEE POUNG..cetsrrssnrsssrssnsmennsssnsnsssnnssss 15 The Democratic Watchman. Published every Friday morning, in Bellefonte, Pa., at $1.50 per annum ( if paid Stricuy in advance) $2.00, when not paid in advance, and $2.50 if not paid before the expiration of the year; and no paper will be discontinued until all 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 ém| 1y One inch (12 lines this type.............. $568 (810 TWO inches......coceerrersunasnans ol iT 110.1718 Three inches... ccc 10 | 15 | 20 uarter Column (5 inche 12120 | 30 alf Column (10 inches) 20 | 85 | 55 One Column (20 inches). 35 | 55 | 100 Advertisements in special column 25 per cent. additional. Transient advs. per line, 3 insertions ee20 Cts. Each additional insertion, per line. . Local noti per line Business notices, per line........cceissenrnssesscnss 10 cts. Job Printing of every kind done with neatness and dispatch. The Warcuman office has been re- fitted with Fast Presses and New Type, and everything in the printing line can be executed in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates. Terms—Cash. All letters should be addressed to P. GRAY MEEK. Propriete “i a —— SA ack £3
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