Bellefonte, Pa., September 4, 1903.
CorrESPONDENTS.—NO communications pub
lished unless accompanied by the real name of
the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——The great American Kinetograph
Co. is coming soon.
—Only a few more weeks until the
great Centre county fair.
——William Neiman, of Logan street,
was discharged from the hospital on Sun-
day.
——All union stores in Bellefonte will
close next Monday, Labor day. Remem-
ber this.
——The weather brightened up a little
for the children to start back to school on
Tuesday.
——Everybody thought it was a mis-
take when the sun began to shine on Tues-
day morning. :
——Talk about big times and big doings
around Bellefonte. Just wait until fair
week to see real big ones.
——The county W. C. T. U. convention
will be held in Petriken hall next week.
You are invited to attend the sessions.
——Wallace’s advertising car No. 3 was
in town on Monday and the few blank walls
left were covered with flaming circus pos-
ters.
——Mrs. W. F. Reeder entertained on
Tuesday evening in honor of Mrs. James
R. Pierpoint and Mr. and Mrs. James Lane,
of Philadelphia.
——Miss Jean McKee, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. McKee, of Wilkinsburg,
and Harry Edmund Beck were married at
noon on Wednesday.
——Next week the Knights of the Gold-
en Eagle and the circus will cause about
as much excitement in town as Bellefonte
will need for a few days.
——Foster Caldwell and ‘‘Squire’’ Earon
escaped from heing crushed under a great
fall of rock at the Salona quarries on Satur-
day by the merest margin.
——Rev. Robert E. Wright, at one time
rector of St. John’s Episcopal church in
this place, was married to Miss Keehourne,
of Keokuk, Iowa, on the 27th ult.
——The Philipsburg Jonrnal says that
New York and New Jersey capitalists are
going to erect an immense brick and tile
works along the railroad between Philips-
burg and Osceolo.
——Arrangements have been about com-
pleted for the production of the **Drummer
Boy of Shiloh’ here in October or Novem-
ber. It will be given for the benefit of Co.
B and the hospital.
——The Bellefonte barbers got together
without Mr. Beok and on Tuesday pushed
their prices for certain grades of work up
a notch and began closing their shops at
8 o’clock in the evening.
——The Rev. W. H. Brown, of the
Evanogelical church, united Miss Blanche
Hampton and Simon Shilling in marriage
on Sunday evening. The ceremony was
performed at the parsonage on Willowbank
St.
——Carrier Edward C. Woods is taking
a week’s rest from his duties with the ex-
pectation of luring a few fish from the
streams, but up to the present time they
have been eating beef just as usual up at
his home.
—**The Mayflowers’’ is the name of a
musical extravaganza company that will
open the season at Garman’s next Monday
night. They played at Altoona on Satur-
day night and the papers of that city spoke
quite flatteringly of their work.
-——The Coburn band elected the follow-
ing officers on Tuesday evening : President,
T. A. Meyer; vice president, T. A. Hoster-
man; secretary, A.J. Evert; treasurer, C.
C. Meyer; leaders, A. B. and C. N. Meyer.
The band will hold its festival on Saturday
evening, Sept. 5th.
——Wm. T. Lingle has taken the con-
tract to haul the children from the Moun-
tain school district in George's valley to
the Beaver dam school. The former school
will not be open this winter and Mr. Lin-
gle will get $140 for carrying the children
to the other school house.
——The W. C. T. U. county convention
will open Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock
and continue until Friday, September 10th.
On Thursday a free public meeting will be
addressed by Miss Belle Kearney, of
Mississippi, of whom the St. Louis Globe
Democrat says ‘‘Miss Belle Kearney, of
Miss., followed with an address full of
eloquence. She is a powerful speaker.’
——H. M. Gearbart, who has been the
Adams express agent in this place for
several years, has been transferred to a
messenger ran on the P. and N. W. and
Harry Taylor, of Bellwood, has been put
in charge of the office here. While we are
very sorry to lose Mr. Gearhart fwe are
very pleased that his successor is such an
agreeable and obliging young man as
Harry Taylor.
——Yesterday was ladies day at the
Masonic camp along the Bald Eagle and
the crowd was large enough to tax the
cuisine over which Henry Vitalini, the
Italian chef, has been presiding so eatis-
factorily to the masonic gastronomy. It
was an ideal day and though there were
none of the spectacular performances that
gave H. C. Quigley, P. D. Foster and A.
C. Mingle an involuntary bath in the cold,
muddy water on Sunday there was plenty
of less strenuous enjoyment for all who
went down. The camp will be broken
today or tomorrow,
A MovE FOR UNIVERSITY EXTENSION.
—An executive committee has heen formed
in Bellefonte with the hope of arousing
enthusiasm to ensure a course of University
Extension lectures during the winter.
It is somewhat of a commentary on the
much vaunted literary inclinations of our
old town that it should require much of an
effort to accomplish such an end, but as
there has always been an indifference on
the part of our people to anything of a dis-
tinctively literary nature in the way of
divertisement the success of this movement
is more or less of a speculation.
Philipsburg, Huntingdon and other
nearby towns that do not pretend to exist
in the classic atmosphere that we are prone
to believe ourselves living in take up the
University Extension work and carry it to
a successful and profitable conclusion with-
out extraordinary effort. Bus with Belle-
fonte the same tronble ‘bat has been so
discouraging along these same lines in
former years, may be anticipated again.
We hope for the sake of the town and
the good that may be derived from such
a conrse that we are mistaken in our judg-
ment that Bellefonte has become too blind-
ed by self conceit to see any advantage,
whatever, to he bad from it.
The gentlemen who are undertaking the
movement represent every phase of profes-
sional life in the community and while
they are ready to doa large share of the
preliminary work it is not altogether un-
reasonable to suppose that there are a few
others in Bellefonte who will join with
them. - In fact we can state positively that
we know of several homes in which the
University Extension work will be wel-
comed; homes that are really looking for
something higher and broader than the tea
table gossip of servants and clothes, that
seem to be the ruling passion of so many
women.
If the course is assured it will include
six lectures to be delivered in Petriken
hall during the months of Feb. March and
April. The lecturer will probably be the
very eminent English scholar Mr. E. L. 8.
Hasburg, of Queen’s College, Oxford, who
has consented to come to this country for
a three months lecture tour. He has been
a leader in University Extension work in
Europe for the past fifteen years and is re-
garded as one of the ablest men on the staff,
Talk this matter over in your home,give
it the thoughtful consideration it merits
and see if yon won’t decide to join ; rather
than deny yourself this opportunity of
looking out with a broader and higher
knowledge through the benefits of this
great public educator.
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KILLED AT MILESBURG.—Another fright-
ful accident occurred within sight of the
Milesburg station last Thursday evening
and as a result of it Harry Smith, a young
man of that place, was instantly killed.
He had left his home near the old Wag-
ver mill and, in company with a young
man named Hall, walked toward the P. R.
R. tracks with the evident intention of go-
ing over tothe Milesburg station. On the
way they stopped at the blacksmith shop
to talke with Mrs. George Sechler, then cor-
tinued until they reached the railroad cross-
ing. There they separated, Hall contina-
ing on up to his home, while Smith started
along the tracks. The evening passenger
train, due here at 8:16, was about leaving
Milesburg at the time, but Hall knew noth-
ing of his companion’s danger until the
train stopped near where he had parted
this unusual occurrence he saw Smith be-
ing taken from under the engine. His
death had been instantaneous, for his head
was literally crushed off above the lower
jaw and his arm cut off close up to the
shoulder.
Engineer John Leisenring saw the man
lying on the track, but was unable to stop
his train in time to save him. Ae it was
the pony wheels of the engine had passed
over him. The body was picked up and
brought to this place, where it was taken
charge of by undertaker Harris, who held
it for the coroner. Friday morning coro-
ner Dr. Huff, of Milesburg, came up and
viewed the body; after which it was prepar-
ed for burial and sent to the home of his
mother in Mileshurg.
Interment was made at Curtin’s Works,
Saturday afternoon, the services having
been ‘in charge of Rev. A. C. Lathrop, of
the Baptist church.
Deceased was 29 years of age. He was a
son of the late Edward Smith and is sur-
vived by his mother, who has since married
James McMullen, and several brothers and
sisters. He had been a railroad brakeman,
with a run out of Pittsburg, and at the
time of his death was home only on a visit.
As there were no eye witnesses to the
tragedy nothing definite as to its occurrence
is known. From the position of the body,
however, it would appear that he had eith-
er laid down or fallen with his head and
one arm over the rail and was caught by
the train before he could get away.
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A SPECIAL OVER THE LEWISBURG.—
For the accommodation of persons living
along the line of the L. & T. a special
train will leave Bellefonte at 9 o’clock in
the evening on Labor day and run clear
through to Lewisburg; making all stops.
This train will insure a large attendance of
Knights of the Golden Eagle from Penns
valley at the annual convention here on
Monday and is being run by the rail-road
company purely as an accommodation for
the people along the line.
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—— William Neiman, Mary Thomas and
Cordelia Sager, of Bellefonte ; Philip Lon-
den, of Tyrone, and Milton Walker, of Penn
Hall, were all discharged from the Belle-
fonte hospital during the fore part of the
week. The only new patient admitted is
Mrs. Bertha Thomas, of Warriors-mark.
with him. Going back to see the cause of
——Its all up tothe Golden Eagles and
the circus for excitement now.
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——The Clinton county teacher’s insti-
tute will begin on Dec. 21st.
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——Our semi-annual half-price sale bhe-
gan on Tuesday—Montgomery & Co.
During the past month 3,500 dozens
of axes were shipped from the Mill Hall fac-
tories; beating all previous records in out-
put.
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Philip Loudon, she Tyrone, locomo-
tive fireman who had been in the hospital
suffering from ugly scalp wounds, was dis-
charged on Sunday.
——Marriage licenses were granted in
Clinton county to H. H. Ream and Mar-
garet J. Vonada, both of Millheim, and E.
James and Ellen Nestlerode, both of
| Blanchard.
——Governor Pennypacker has appoint-
ed James G. Stoughton, of Allison Twp.,
register and recorder of Clinton county to
fill the unexpired term of William A.
Calderwood, Decd.
—— Williamsport barbers are going to
charge 25 cots for a hair cut and 5cts for
shaving the back of the neck after Oot. 1st.
Williamsport patrons are making a very
strennous kick.
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——Last Thursday Tobias Wetzel was
driving in the narrows north of Millheim,
when his horse stumbled and fell over the
embankment into Elk creek. The animal
was instantly killed ; having broken its
neck.
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——An east bound freight train on the
Beech Creek ran down J. A. Larson, a
Swede, at Clarence, last Friday morning,
killing him instantly. His head and both
arms were cut off and his body cut in
twain. He was 50 years old and was buried
at Snow Shoe.
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——The Rev. Dr. B. B. Hamlin who
was presiding elder of the Altoona district
at one time and bas many friends in this
place, was 80 years old last Friday. A
great many of his friends gathered in the
lecture room of the church in Huntingdon
that evening and gave him quite a pleasant
surprise reception.
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——There are about twenty cases of
small-pox at Winburne, Clearfield county.
The disease was diagnosed properly by the
local physician, Dr. Thompson, but some
traveling doctor came along and told the
people it was not small-pox as all. There-
upon they broke the quarantine and there
is no telling where the contagion will end
now, as the infected people over there have
been running at liberty for some time.
——During his career as an actor, Sam-
uel Lewis, who directs the tour of Mary
Emerson, has gathered together an inter-
esting collection of theatrical relics.
Among these is a wig that belonging to the
elder Booth. He presented it to his great-
est son, Edwin Booth, who used it for
some years. Continuing its useful career,
it was worn by different actors in various
parts until it reached Mr. Lewis, who says
that nothing could induce him to part
with it.
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——Herman Walter, of 2315 South St.,
Philadelphia, was killed by a trolley car
near Bloomsburg on Friday evening. His
death was purely accidental as he was
walking along the track when he was
struck and literally torn to pieces. Walter
was an itinerant peddler, selling specta-
cles, knives, forks, etc, He was well
known in the lower end of this county and
sometimes made his home with H. H.
Royer, near Rebersburg.
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——At the recent first annual picnic and
reunion of the Odd Fellows of Centre coun-
ty at Hunter's park last Thursday the
weather was anything but propitious but a
permanent organization was formed and
better results are hoped for next year. Of-
ficers were elected as follows ;. President,
Dr. E. C. Kidder, Boalsburg; vice president,
H. B. Pontius, Bellefonte; treasurer, Dr.
W. S. Harter, State College; secretary, S.
W. Smith, Lemont. One member of each
lodge wasappointed to constitute the exec-
utive committee. Next year the Odd Fel-
lows expect to get together for a great day.
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——Mr. William Burnside has purchased
the Smith fire insurance agenoy in Temple
Court and will continue in charge of the
business. The Smith agency has been
established for twenty-two years and
represents a line of good strong companies
that furnish the insured guarantee of the
best possible protection. The transfer was
made on September 1st and since that time
Mr. Burnside has been acquainting himself
with the working of the agency. Itis al-
together probable that he will greatly in-
crease the business written there for, the
reason that he is well known in all parts
of the county and has a wide circle of
friends who will deém it a pleasure to he
of whatever service they can to him.
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-—To-night the annual ‘‘Golden Rod
Dance’’ will be given in the armory. It
is usnally the most notable of the season’s
social funotions and brings to a close the
summer dances in Bellefonte. The heaunty
of the ‘Golden Rod Dance’’ has been so
much heralded abroad that there are usual-
ly many strangers here for it. The pa-
tronesses for to-night will be Mesdames C.
F. Montgomery, H. R. Curtin, M. D. Bur-
nett, Alice Wilson, R.G. H. Hayes, W.
F. Reeder, Ed. H. Richard, Jno. M. Shu-
gert, Jno. M. Dale, H. C. Quigley, W. F.
Reynolds, T. A. Shoemaker, Jos. L. Mont-
gomery. The committee in charge com-
prises Edward L. Hoy, Thomas Beaver,
Wilson W. Gephart and John Munson.
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THE EAGLES SwooPING DowN UPON
Us.—As stated last week the Susquehanna
District of the Knights of the Golden Eagle
will meet in Bellefonte on Labor Day, be-
ing next Monday, September 7th. and a
number of organizations from Clinton, Pot-
ter, Lycoming, Northumberland and Union
counties have notified the association of-
ficers here that they will be here in bodies,
as well as all the Castles of Centre county
and » number of them are coming to com-
pete for prizes. The Labor Unions of
Bellefonte will join in and form one divi-
sion in the parade. ;
Capt. Hugh S. Taylor has been selected
as chief marshall, with Lieutenant S. D.
Gettig as chief of staff, and the parade will
form at the Armory of Company B. corner
of north Spring and Lamb streets and will
form promptly at half past one of said day,
and will move in five divisions, the last
number being the Union division and the
following Sir Knights have been selected as
chiefs of the four divisions, viz : Thomas
S. Hazel, M. R. Johnson and W. H. Noll,
of Bellefonte Castle, and Johu Smith, of
Spring Mills Castle.
The first division consisting of Com-
manderies, Grand Castle officers and as-
sociation officers will form on north Spring
street, right resting on Lamb street.
The second division on west Linn street
west of Spring, right resting on Spring
street.
Third division on Linn street, right rest-
ing on Spring street.
Fourth division on Lamb and Allegheny
streets, right resting on Lamb street.
The Fifth division, consisting of several
Unions and Fire Department on Spring
street, right resting on Lamb street.
The parade will move promptly at two
o'clock, down Lamb street to Thomas,
Thomas to High, High to Spring, Spring
to Bishop, Bishop to a point east of the
Haag hotel, counter-march to Allegheny,
Allegheny to Linn, Linn to Armor, counter
march to Allegheny, Allegheny to Diamond,
where parade will be reviewed by Grand
Castle officers and the chief marshall and
disband, after which the commanderies’
competitive drills will take place on the
Diamond for prizes, which are as follows :
Best drilled Commandery having twenty-
two men in line $25.00 ; second best drill-
ed Commandery having twenty-two men
in line $15.00 ; castle coming the farthest
distance $10.00 ; castle having largest per-
sentage of members based on last official
report in line $10.00 ; castle making best
appearance in line $10.00.
All the judges bave been selected out-
side of the order and Bellefonte Castle can-
not participate.
Headquarters for the Commanderies and
of the chief marshall and staff will be at
the Armory of Company ‘‘B;’’ and head-
quarters for Castles in the rooms of Belle-
fonte Castle, No. 357.
Indications are that Bellefonte will have
a big day and the Eagle will soar high.
Among the high officers of the Knights
who will attend the sixteenth annual
meeting here Monday are grand com-
mander Burton Patterson, of Pittsburg;
past grand commander George C. Stahl, of
Milton; grand sir herald Webster Grimm,
of Doylestown; past grand commander J.
M. Hutchinson, of Reading, and grand
master of records L. L. Gallagher, of Phila-
delphia.
A special train will be run from this
place to Lewisburg on the night of the con-
vention; leaving Bellefonte at 9 o’clock
p. m. and stopping at all points between
here and Lewisburg.
The Bellefonte Central railroad will sell
tickets at the rate of one way fare for the
round trip from all points on its line.
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THE BELLEFONTE GAS’ AND STEAM
HEAT PLANT SoLD.—On August 14th the
WATCHMAN exclusively published the in-
formation of a proposed change in the own-
ership of the Bellefonte gas and steam heat
works. At that time this paper stated that
Ellis L. Orvis and Capt. H. 8. Taylor bad
made overtures for the property.
Their proposition was to give the bond
holders a second morigage on it amounting
to $30,000 and then place a first mortgage
of $12,000 against it; the entire proceeds of
the first mortgage to be used for improve-
ments to the plant. When the proposition
was made the bond holders called a meet-
ing to consider it, but not all of them were
represented ; consequently there was a de-
lay until! Tuesday when all of them con-
sented to the conditions of the sale and it
was consummated.
Capt. Taylor has had charge of the plant
for a number of years and probably knows
more about what is possible to be done
with it than any other man. However that
may be we hope it can be puton a footing
that will make it snocessful, forsteam heat-
ing service is especially useful to this com-
munity.
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"FIRE AT WOODWARD.—F'ire threatened
to destroy the village of Woodward for a
while Tuesday evening, but it was finally
gotten under control after burning two
barns and a wagon shed.
The flames were discovered about half
past nine o’clock in a barn belonging to
Samuel Motz. It burned rapidly and was
soon consumed, together with two cows,
some hay, a buggy, platform spring wagon
and some implements. The adjoining barn
of James Weaver caught fire also and went
up in smoke along with his corn erib,
chicken house and about one hundred
chickens. Mr. Weaver had $200 insurance.
Next the large wagon shed owned by the
J. C. Motz estate took fire and was burned,
with a lot of implements owned by C. M.
Hosterman.
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——The musical comedy ‘‘Lady’s-Day’’
comes to Garman’e on Monday night.
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News Purely Pevsonal.
—C. D. Houtz, of Lemont, was a Bellefonte
visitor on Tuesday.
—Mrs. Harvey Lingle, of Patton, is visiting
relatives in this place.
—Lee Derstine, of Lamb street, is visiting his
brother Edward in McKeesport.
—Miss Gertrude Lane, of Tyrone, spent Sun-
day with Miss Rebie Noll, on north Allegheny
street.
—Miss Elizabeth North, of Washington, D. C.
is visiting at the home of F. W. Crider, on Linn
street.
—Mrs. C. M. Garman is entertaining Mrs. John
Little, of West Hoboken, N. J., at the Garman
house.
—Maj. W. H. Fry and his son George W. McC.
Fry, of Pine Grove Mills, spent Wednesday night
in town.
—Robert Somerville, of Winburne, who has
spent the summer in England, arrived home on
Tuesday.
—Wilbur F. Harris, of Harrisburg, is calling on
the trade in this county for N. I. Hench & Co.,
this week.
—Miss Sara Freeburg, of Renovo, is a guest at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. W, Kreamer, on
Reynolds Ave.
—Dr. and Mrs. George Rishel and daughter, of
Philadelphia, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.’ John
Rishel, near town.
—Dr. Wm. Laurie returned from his vacation on
Friday and services were continued as usual in
the Presbyterian church.
—George Rider, John Switzer and Abner Rider
left for Indiana, on Monday, to go to work ona
large masonry contract.
—John VanPelt has located at Hastings, Pa.,
where he has accepted a position in the mining
offices of Spangler & Duncan.
—Mrs. Annie Newall, of McKeesport, is a
visitor at the home of deputy revenue collector
G. W. Rees, on Willowbank street.
—Mrs. M. R. Semple, of Philadelphia, who had
been visiting at her former home in this place,
departed on Sunday morning.
—E. P. Lingle, of Lemont, was in town on
Monday taking advantage of the wet day to look
after a little business he had here,
—E. A, Humpton, of Snow Shoe, who is going
to be a commissioner of Centre county some of
these fine days, was in town on Friday.
—Gen. James A. Beaver and John M. Dale Esq.
who had been traveling on the Pacific coast for:
four weeks, arrived home on Saturday.
—Division agent James Foust of the Dairy and
Food department of the State, is in Centre county
this week looking up violators of the law.
—Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Lukenbach, of Tyrone
with their children, spent Sunday with Mr’
Lukenbach’s parents on Willowbank street.
—Mr. and Mrs. James R. Hughes returned on
Monday from their summer outing. While in
New York they saw two of the Reliance-Shamrock
races.
—Mrs. Sara Kelly and Miss Mame Woods re-
turned on Monday evening from quite an ex-
tended visit with relatives in New York and
Brooklyn.
—Miss Bertha Chambers, of DuBois, who is
the guest of her aunt Mrs, Will Larimer, went to
Jersey Shore on Tuesday to visit her cousin, Mrs.
Lee Larimer, and attend the races.
—Route Agent John Dubbs, who looks after the
Adams express offices in this territory was in
town on Monday ; having come over to make the
change of agents at the Bellefonte office.
—Mr. William Gainsfort will leave today on a
weeks trip to Norwich, Canada. There he will
visit his sister, whom he hasn’t seen since he
bade adieu to her in “ould Ireland”, twenty years
ago. doi
—Arthur Valentine, of Crafton, came in on Sat-
urday to s pead Sunday with Mrs. Valentine and
the children who have been visiting here for sev-
eral weeks, and together they all departed for
home on Wednesday.
—DMisses Louise Armor and Mary Hamilton left
for Atlantic City on Sunday afternoon. They
were accompanied as far as Philadelphia by Miss
Belle Snowden, of that city, who had been Miss
Hamilton's guest for a few days.
—Miss Lillian Crittenden has accepted a posi-
tion as an instructor in a Kindergarten in Pitts-
burg. After a short visit with friends in Bradford
and Williamsport she will go to the Smoky city
to take up her work for the winter.
—Misses Mary Ceader and Grace Armor return-
ed from Atlantic City on Saturday looking brown
as the proverbial berry, although they said that
it was so cold down there most of the time that
they felt more like the blue berry looks.
—Mr. and Mrs. George Harbaugh, of Curtin
street, who have been residents of this place for
many years, are among the families who will
leave Bellefonte with the Standard seale works.
They expect to locate at Beaver Falls soon.
—Mr. I. N. Gordon, who represents the Stand-
ard oil interests at Havana, Cuba, has been in
town having a good time with his friends fora
few days. Next winter he expects to be located
at Jamaica. He departed yesterday afternoon.
—Mrs. Jennie Brockerhoff and her two chil-
dren, Margaret and Henry, returned to Phila-
delphia, on Saturday, after an extended visit at
the Brockerhoft home on Bishop street. Dr.
Brockerhoff left, Wednesday, for a two week's
stay in West Virginia.
—Col. W. R. Teller, of Havana, Cuba, who had
been visiting here for two weeks, departed on
Sunday evening. The Colonel tarried in town a
little longer than he usually stays in order that
he might be here when Jno. M. Dale reached
home and have a day or so with him.
—Victor Gray was a Bellefonte visitor on Mon-
day; having been here on a little legal business
pertaining to his father’s estate. From here he
went up to Scotia; where he will break the camp
he has lived in there for several years and return
to Philipsburg again to make his home in that
place.
—Randolph Breese, of Alliance, Ohio, spent
Monday and Tuesday atthe home of his grand-
mother, Mrs. Catharine Curtin, in this place. He
is foreman of the round house at that important
point on the Ft. Wayne and had been down at
Downingtown visiting his mother for a few days:
He returned to Alliance on Wednesday.
—A. H. Hoover, who lives on the mountain
above Fillmore, was in town Monday making
arrangements to have his mail delivered by the
new rural route. Under the old system he had
to go two miles down over the mountain to
Julian, but now he will have a delivery and a
collection every day right at the end of his lane.
—On Friday our old friend Jerry Merritt, of
Julian, favored us with a cali that was not only
pleasant socially but decidedly so financially, for
Jerry pushed the lever away up along the years
in a subscription way.
home from Scotia, where he is employed in the
banks and consequently gets to see his family
only once in several weeks.
—Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bateman, of Martins-
burg, are spending several weeks with Geo. W,
Green, near Milesbuvg. Mr. Bateman is an old
soldier and an old railroader, having worked for
the Pennsy for forty years and is now on the
retired list. Mr. and Mrs. John Kline, of Al-
toona, are also visiting at the Green home, and
other members of what has turned out to be a
regular house party there are Mr. and Mrs, Jas.
Rounie, of McKees Rocks, and Mrs. H, C. Cun-
ningham, of East Pittsburg. Mr. and Mrs. G. H.
Leyman spent Sunday with them.
He was on his road | Co;
—Mrs. John L. Kurtz returned Saturday from
an extended stay at the Highland Sanitarium at
Wernersville and Philadelphia.
—DMiss Price, a daughter of Dr. Price, of Al-
toona, a visitor of the Misses Shields, cf Logan St.
returned home yesterday.
—Miss Louise Potter, of Baltimore, was an ar-
rival in town yesterday morning and is visiting
Miss Daisy Potter, of Lian St.
—Miss Carrie Harper, of Thomas street, has
returned from an all summer's stay in Denver,
Col., Salt Lake City and the Yellowstone Park.
—Miss May Peters, eldest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Peters, of west High street, is going
to Baltimore this morning to accept a position in
the millinery department of a large store there.
—Mrs. James K. Barnhart and her two chil-
dren, Martha and Philip, are visiting at the
former’s old home in Punxsutawney. They went
Saturday with Miss Nellie Monks who had been
a guest at the Barnhart home for two weelks,
—Mrs. Thomas Hill and her family left for
their home in Philadelphia yesterday morning
after their usual summer’s visit at the Richard’s
home on east Linn street. Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Richard, went with them for a weeks stay with
the latter's father at Atlantic City.
—Mrs. M. W. Jackson arrived from Washington
on Monday and will spend several of the fall
months with her daughter, Mrs. W. F. Reeder.
Mrs. Reeder is also entertaining Miss Mollie Ball,
of Lock Haven, who came up yesterday to be
here for the Golden-Rod dance.
—Mrs. Robert Gilmour, who has been visiting
at the home of her sister, Mrs. Joseph Ceader,
for the past ten days, left Wednesday for Wil-
liamsport. There she met her daughter, Miss
Madge, who has a good position in the Post-office
Department at Washington and together they re-
turned to Philadelphia on Thursday.
—Miss Mary L. Graham, the well-known
milliner, went to Lewistown yesterday morning
to open the new store which she is establishing
there. Miss Graham has been in the business
most of her life and is thoroughly acquainted
with the needs of the trade. She is practical,
energetic and pleasant and with the assistance of
the best trimmer that could be secured in New
York city, there is no reason why she should not
succeed at once.
—Mrs. Jacob Hassel and her two little chil-
dren, Henrietta and Dorothy, of Washington
Court House, O., and Mrs, Nathan Reisman and
her daughter, of Princeton, Ind., have arrived in
town for their annual visit at the home of their
father on Bishop street. The wedding of their
sister, Miss Sallie Baum, and Mr. Will Katz is to
be celebrated on Wednesday, the 16th, and they
will prolong their stay until after that event. The
wedding, however, isto be a quiet home affair
with only a few guests owing to the recent death
of the brides mother.
—
AN OPERA SINGER TALKS OF POULTRY
RAISING.—Poultry keeping is an industry
that of late years has been taken up with
a great deal of enthusiasm by many girls of
fashion. The fad has also found its adher-
ents on the stage and conspicuous among
these is Miss Alice Dovey, who this year is
playing the part of ‘‘Golden Rod”’ in the
Nixon & Zimmerman production of Wil-
lard Spencer’s ‘Miss Bob White.’
Miss Dovey’s people for a long time have
been interested in agriculture, and the
young lady spent a great many years of her
childbood on a farm. In an interview the
other day, about poultry keeping, Miss
Dovey said :
‘‘Some people imagine that poultry
keeping is one of the easiest things in
the world. It is anything but that. End-
Tess care and patience, scrupulous regard
for detail as to the points of prize birds
and the eatable qualities of those destined
for the table, constant watching as to the
cleanliness of the houses, the proper selec-
tion of food and the ever present anxiety
about the incubators, are among some of
the responsibilities of the the poultry keep-
er, who aims at success. At the same
time it is by no means necesstry to make
one’s self a slave to the poultry and itis a
great mistake to make the farm too large.
Ahout eighty fowls are enough at a time,
and when it is remembered that all hens,
should be sold at the end of two years and
that the cockerels are killed for table use,
it will be understood that the number of
birds kept must be constantly fluctuating.
I started with a leghorn cock and six hens,
a guinea fowl house. Leghorns are among
the best layers and they were soon able to
supply the house with eggs. Gradually
other houses and feathered inmates were
added, an incubator holding sixty eggs,
costing $65 and a guinea foster mother.
Now I have a thriving poultry farm with
a number of birds and a large amount of
eggs to dispose of.”” The ‘‘Miss Bob White
Co.” will be seen at Garman’s soon.
ree QA eran.
——The new pipe organ for the Reform-
ed church has been shipped from the
f actory and will be put in as soon as it
arrives.
——ee GD
——Thereon Powers, the horse James
Chambers had here last fair time, went
second in the 2:13 pace at Providence,
R. I., on Wednesday; capturing a share of
the $1,000 purse.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red
0:
Flour— Winter, Per Br'l.
¢ —Penna. Roller......
¢¢ —Favorite Brands... .. b5.10@5.35
Bye Flour Per Br'l....ococcvccniisinnrasenns 3.15
Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 8.00@15.00
" i Mixed * 1..... 1200@13.50
Straw. 7.00@16.50
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
press :
ed wheat, old...
New wheat...... 73
Rye, per bushel. 56
Corn, shelled, per bushel. 50
rn, ears, per bushel........ 50
Oats, old and new, per bushel. 35
Barley, Der Bashkir et 50
Ground Plaster, per ton 8 50 to 9 50
Buckwheat, per bushel. arte se 10
Cloverseed, per bushel. 20 to §38 10
Timothy seed per bush $2.70 to §2.90
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
tat eT bushel NeW.......cveesesrisns sesssnren 40
Onions 3
Eggs, per dozen. 0
Lay per pound. 18
Country Shoulders. 10
Sides...... 10
Hams...... 12
Tallow, Per PON... cc: ricimmmssrssnisssinsesssssinss 4
Butter, per pouRl.....cciusreieserssesons easnsaree 15