Bellefonte, Pa., October 16, 1903. A CorresPoNDENTS.—No communications pub lished unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY ——Talk about fair weather. We are certainly having it now. ——Mrs. Sara Harman, of south Potter street, is ill with typhoid fever. ——Rheumatic fever has confined Michael Kelly, of west Beaver street, to his home. ——Roger T. Bayard has been seriously ill with rheumatism at his home on Spring street for the past week. ——Rev. Dillen, the U. B. minister at Port Matilda, departed for his new field of usefulness at Bigler last week. ——Lieut. Harvey McCormick Egan, of the U. 8. 8. Kearsarge, has been visiting his parents at Eagleville for a few days. ——John Guisewhite hurt himself badly at the Lingle foundry, on Tuesday after- noon, in an attempt to lift some heavy castings. —— Miss M. Snyder would be pleased to show her patrons latest models in milli- ‘nery Thursday and Friday, Oct. 22nd and 23rd. ’ ——Herbert Bartley, pressman in the Gazette office, has accepted a position in Lock Haven, to which place he will move his family. ——Chestnut parties are very popular with the young folks now and chestnuts are reported as being very plenty, though WOrmy as ever. —-Robert Moyer, baggage master on the Lewisburg passenger, is off duty ow- ing to a crushed thumb, which be received while coupling cars. ——Col. Austin Curtin, of Roland, was on Tuesday appointed by Governor Pen- nypacker to be a member of the Vicksburg battle field memorial commission. ——Miass Grace Barber, of the Philadel- phia school of oratory, will give a recital in the Presbyterian church at Boalsburg, Oct. 22nd, at 7:30 p. m.. Proceeds for missions. ——The ladies of the Lutheran church are preparing for an oyster supper and fancy bazaar, which they intend holding in Petiiken hall on Oct. 29th and 30th. ——President Geo. W. Atherton, of The Pennsylvania State College, was on Tuesday reappointed a member of the College and University council of Penn- sylvania. —— Herman Robb, of Logan street, is suffering with an ulcer on his right eye that puts him clear out of the shoe repair- ing bu siness during the time it elects to hold sway. ——Dan Nolan, a son of Jerre Nolan, of Willo wbank street, is at home nursing an injured foot; the result of an accident he suffered while firing on the Tyrone and Clearfield branch. ——Mus. Claude Cooke, of east Curtin street, gave a progressive ‘‘Flinch’ party on Saturday evening, for ber sister Mrs. F. P. Carlin, of Buffalo, N. Y., who is visit- ing her for a few days. -——The marriage of Miss Anna Belle Lucas, daughter of Mrs. Rebecca Miles Lucas. of Howard, to Mr. William I. Har- vey, of Flemington, will take place on Wednesday, October 15th. ——Craig Huater, whose big sale next month is going to be full of bargains for you, made a rival fair ground ous of the WATCHMAN office on Wednesday by dump- ing a whole lot of the finest big red apples on our desk. ——Mrs. Edward Cowdrick, who had been in the hospital for several weeks: re- covering from an operation for appendicitis, was removed to the home of her sister-in- law, Mrs. Hamilton Otto, on Penn street, last Thursday. — 8. H. Williams has purchased the stock and fixtures of R. H. Montgomery, in Crider’s stone building and will move from the old stand he has occupied 80 many years to the one formerly occupied by Mr. Montgomery. ——Earl Smith, a son of Emanuel Smith, of Potters Mills, had a hearing before Jus- tice Keichline, in this place a few days ago; charged with catching trout under six inches long. He was discharged for want of evidence to hold him for cours. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Kunes, of IEagheville, have issued invitations to the ‘marriage of their only daughter, Miss -Josephine, to Edward Corson Dyer, M. D., -of Quebec. Canada, Wednesday morning October twenty-first, at half after eleven o'clock, in the Christian church, Eagleville. ——The Bellefonte Academy foot ball team went down to Lock Haven last Sat- wrday to play the Normal school eleven of ‘that place. The home team was entirely too heavy for our boys, though they held them down to one touch down, from which mo goal resulted; the score ending 5 to 0. ‘Those who saw the game are of the opin- ion that had the grounds been less soggy the Academy eleven would have won. ——While driving Robert Morris’ high spirited mare in Allegheny street, Wednes- day morning, Joe Thompson met with quite a thrilling accident. Theanimal got a line under her tail and was soon beyond control, Joe was thrown out and the buggy broken to pieces. The mare ran down Lamb street to Thomas, up Thomas to High, thence to the Bush house where she turned in onto the pavement and was caught—evidently looking for her owner, who lives there. A DEATH FROM SMALL-POX AT STATE CoLLEGE.—Mrs. Martha Knopf, whose ill- ness with small pox wasannounced in these columns last week, died at State College early Tuesday morning. She was the wo- ‘man who had gone over to Oak Hall three weeks ago to visit her sister whose child was suffering with the loathesome disease, though at that time it was pronounced chicken pox. Upon her return home she became ill and Dr. Glenn was called in. He diagnosed the case as small pox and had her removed to the pest house, a deserted farm house on the Holmes farm about two miles north of the College. As soon as pos- sible Miss Maud Douglas, an immune nurse from Jersey Shore, was secured and put in charge, while Samuel Knopf, the woman's husband, slept in the barn nearby to at- tend to the wants of the patient and the nurse. Miss Douglass is an experienced small pox nurse, having had charge of thirty- seven cases in Jersey Shore and three in Lock Haven, since her own illness with the disease two years ago. Despite the most careful treatment Mrs. Knopf grew so bad causing death by suffocation. She was a woman of about 40 years of age and is survived by her husband and one son, Charles, who is working at Kipple. The saddest part of the whole affair, but a course that is altogether necessary in such cases, was her burial on Tuesday afternoon. The people of that vicinity were so fright- ened that none of them would go near the place. The undertakers at Lemont and Pine Grove were both Zoo busy to conduct the funeral and Dr. Gienn was put to to find some one who would do it. Dr. Geo. F. Harris, who is the state quarantine officer for this district, bad been in consultation with Dr. Glenn ahout the case and finally they prevailed on undertaker Harris, of Bellefonte, to help them out. Accordingly he went up to the College with a specially prepared casket which his men from here took to the pest house. There the nurse had the woman wrapped in several formaldehyde sheets and placed her in the casket; immediately securing the lid ; which dropped into a groove filled with a raw solution of carbolic acid. She was then placed in the burial wagon in which a formaldebyde lamp had been lighted and the sad little cortege proceeded over the back road fo the Pine Hall cemetery. The only persons were Mr. Harris’ men and Mr. Kuopf, on the burial wagon, and Mr. Strouse, who had the disease while in the army. Herode with Mr. Harris in a buggy ahead. There was no minister, no service at the grave. ‘When the cemetery was reach the grave diggers, who had not finished their work, fled and it was some time before they could be prevailed upon to return and make the grave long enough for the box. THE HISTORY OF THE CASE. Since the outbreak of small pox at Oak Hall there have been numerous stories afloat as to where it came from. After sifting them all down the WATCHMAN is prepared to make the following statement of it, which may be regarded as nearly the facts. Some time ago the husband and child of Mrs. Mollie Knopf Mayor died in Pittsburg and were buried in the same coffin. Noth- ing definite was ever made known as to the cause of theirdeath. Alfred Knopf, of Oak Hall; John Carrigan and Samuel Knopf, of State College, went out to Pittsburg to at- tend the funeral. Several weeks after their retarn the widow, Mrs. Mollie Mayor, with her four remaining children, came to Oak Hall on a visit. Shortly after their arrival one of these children became ill and Dr. Kidder, of Boalsburg, was called. He pro- nounced it chicken pox. The members of the Knopf household intermingled with others in the community and no precau- tions, whatever, were taken until the case of Mrs. Samuel Knopf at State College was discovered. Then the College township school board, which is the board of health in the townships, took the matter up and as Dr. Kidder had himself become ill they asked Dr. Glenn to go over and diagnose the Oak Hall cases. He did so and pro- nounced them small pox; urging the striot- est quarantine at once. It appears that the family did not properly regard the serious- ness of the situation and resented outside interference in what they considered their own affairs. The condition grew so bad that the schools in the neighborhood were closed and on Monday Dr. Harris, the state officer, went up to inquire into it. He was practic- ally told to go about his own business, but after his threat to put a guard on the house there was some attention paid to the quarantine rules. OAK HALL HAS A SECOND CASE. On Monday Mrs. Samuel Bible, who lives across the road from the Knopfs, was taken ill and Dr. Dale, of Lemont, was summoned. He pronounced her case small-pox at once and instituted proper quarantine. The development of the Bible case brought more determined action on the part of the local health authorities and on Wednesday the public road leading in front of the Knopf and Bible homes was closed up. Within the enclosure now stands the two infected homes, the village blacksmith shop, the school house that has been closed, and a small house which Jasper Rishel and his family deserted on Wednesday. They moved down to Mrs. E. B. Peters’, who is Mrs. Rishel’s mother. While the physicians in charge of the two cases there now are doing their utmost to prevent further infection there is no tell- ing where the trouble will end as the Mayor children were allowed to play with the other school children even when they were soaling off, as it was said they had only chicken-pox, and the period during that the pox broke in her throat, gradually which other cases might develop from this infection has two weeks to run yet. BELLEFONTE HAS A CASE. As a result of the careless manner in which the case at Oak Hall was handled there is a case in Bellefonte. Two weeks ago last Sunday William Knopf, who lives on Penn street, between High and Howard, went up to Oak Hall to see his brother and sister. He returned home and nothing de- veloped until Tuesday nighs of last week, He bad gone out to Six Mile run to work and that evening took a chill. The nex$ afternoon Dr. Klump was called to attend the case. He was suspicious of it, but as nothing had developed he was not warrant- ed in taking any action until last Saturday, when the rash appeared. Meanwhile he bad cautioned Mrs. Knopf against commu- nicating with outsiders and when the rash was discovered he put up the quarantine cards immediately. Mrs. Knopf is the only member of the family beside her husband so she is nursing him. The case is a mild one and the patient is recovering as rapidly as could be hoped for. Owing to its early discovery and the sus- picion of the doctor that it might turn out $0 be small pox the family here bad no inter- course with any of the townspeople from the first so that the likelihood of further infection is very slight. Gp pfs ——DMiss M. Snyder, No. 5 Bishop St. millinery and hair goods a specialty. —— A new band has been organized at Livonia. The instruments arrived this week. lp ——Jos. K. Moyer, of Centre Mills, ‘bought the John Wolf farm in Miles town- ship, on Friday, for $10,430. ————r A —errerermtmemens ——Philipsburg defeated Morrisdale in the third and deciding game of their inter- town hase ball series, on Tuesday, by the score of 9 to 1. ——— A rem. ——Mailing clerk W. H. Garman, of the Bellefonte post office, is the proud father of a son that arrived at his home on Linn street recently. : — fp fp ——R. Orlando Way bas applied to the Department of Internal Affairs for a patent for 61 acres and 154 perches of land situate in Worth and Taylor townships, this coun- ty. ees ——The city bakery, the oldest stand of its kind in Philipsburg, has been sold by J. H. Hagerty to Archy B. Thomas, a for- mer resident of that place who has lately been living in Oil City. a ——James Meyers and Miss May Walk- er, both of Romola, were married at the parsonage of the Christian church by the Rev. M. C. Frick, on Sunday afternoon. They have gone to house keeping in Beec Creek. 1 aie ey ——Jobn Maize fell off the porch roof of Henry Keen’s home in Millheim, on Mon- day, landing on his heels, then falling over onto his back. The jar was so great that he was unable to move for some time, bus he is reported all right now. ee ——The marriage of Miss Nellie Lari- mer Woodward and L. G. Wetherley was solemnized in Omaha, Neb., yesterday at noon. After the ceremony at the church a wedding breakfast wasserved at the home of the bride’s uncle, Judge A. V. Larimer. —John Furst, a son of Hon. A. O. Farst, of this place, is the vice president of the Citizen’s national, a new hank that began business at Curwensville yesterday. He resigned his position as cashier of the Ms. Carmel Trust Co. to accept the place at Curwensville. ——John McKivison, of Benore; Mrs. Margaret McKinley, of Howard, and Mrs. Lizzie Bradley, of Bellefonte, were all dis- charged from the Bellefonte hospital with- in the week. Ida Royer, of Zion, and Mrs. Sadie Frye, of Shingletown, are new pa- tients admitted. pls ——Mr. and Mrs, Henry Lee Mason, of Pittsburg, have sent out invitations for the marriage of their daughter Helen Bowman and Mr. George Reed, on Wednesday even- ing, October the twenty eighth at balf after eight o'clock. The wedding is to take place at the home of Miss Mason’s only brother on north Highland Avenue. i Gp fp iri, ——The state convention of the W. C. T. U. is in session in Altoona, with several hundred delegates present. Among the eminent temperance workers in attendance are Rev. Anna H. Shaw, Madam Layyah Barakat, Mrs. May H. Hunt, Dr. Sarah J. Elliot, Mrs. Mary Dye Ellis, Mrs. B. Mont- gomery, Mrs. Robinson ‘‘Alberta,’’ and Mrs. Sara L. Oberholtzer. ——— A) eee. ——W. D. Crosby and W. H. McCaus- land, representing the Philipsburg board of trade, made a canvass of that town for one hundred people who would subscribe $10 each for the purpose of securing the lo- cation of a knitting mill there. They were successful and if the proposition made by the promoter is in good faith the old Wolf mill will be rented, with power, for a term of three years with the $1,000 subscribed. rr ——— pp ——The Pennsylvania State College foot ball team was beaten by the University of Pennsylvania team at Philadelphia, on Saturday by the score of 39 to 0. It was the worst defeat State has ever received ab the hands of the University for years and was not due so much to the former’s weak- ness a8 to the latter's strength, which is greater this season than it has been for some time. State is not as strong as she was last season, however, which is due to the large number of new men in the team and their light weight. FAIR WEATHER FOR THE FAIR.—It is different this week. Instead of cold, dreary rains it is bright, gladsome sunshine and great crowds have been enjoying the re- opened Centre county fair. When it was ‘postponed last week there were many who were skeptical as to its proving much of a success, and while it must be admitted that there bave nos been as many people in at- tendance as would have been here last week, had the weather been propitious, yet the crowds have been large enough to justi- fy the postponement and the opportunity has been afforded the Association of showing to the people of Centre county how really nice the fair is. The many attractions were noted in these columns last week. They are all on the ground yet; some of them have heen augmented with new features. Especially is this the case in the main exposition building, where a number of changes have been made that have added greatly to its attractiveness. WEDNESDAY AT THE FAIR. A large crowd was not expected on Wed- nesday. There were fully two thousand people on whe grounds, however, and the gate receipts showed that twelve hundred of them had paid admission to get in. Two races were pulled off during tbe af- ternoon, a special race fora purse of $200 and the 2:18 class for $300. In the special Jobn D. Chestnut had an easy thing of it after the first heat. In the fourth heat Vernes Hal went too close to the pole fence as he was turning into the stretch on the last half and the hub caught; smashing the wheel. Driver Shreckengost tried to jump ontd the horse’s back, bat bis leg guard caught in the sulky aud he was thrown to the track, rolling over and over before he conld get stopped. Vernes Hal ran off down the track, with the brok- en sulky flopping after him. He was stopped after he bad passed the grand stand. The race hy heats was as follows : Vernes Hal b. s. W, V. Larimer, Bellefonte............. 1.38 John D. Chestnu Lock Haven 2) Doctor M., b. g. James Chambers, Bellefonte cu.oeireassrsmsessrsrasses 22 2 2 Minnie B. b. m. James Mahaffey, ANATRY....c.icoricusizeirsionn ivennivis 4 4 Time 2:26%4, 2.26%, 2.25%, 2.27. THE 2:18 CLASS. The 2:18 class race had only three starters, though it was very interesting be- cause of the way old Toboggan made the others two step to win : Princeaway, b. g. E. E. Orcutt, Clearfield... Toboggan, Irvin Gray, STOrmstOwn..corccerserrseissrsriionsne Time, 2.21, 2.19%, 2.21, 2.23. THURSDAY'S CROWD NUMBERED 3,500. The weather was fine yesterday morning and by noon the streets of Bellefonte indi- cated that there would be a good atten- dance at the fair. 1'he train from Penns- valley brought several hundred people, with the Coburn band, which was to fur- nish music for the day and from along the Bellefonte Central and C. R. R. of Pa. lines there were goodly contingents in evi- dence. At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon the gates showed 2,500 paid admissions, which with the horsemen’s, exhibitors and free list tickets swelled the crowd to nearly four thousand. Though it clouded up in the afternoon there was no rain and after the free shows and racing program were over the crowd lingered on the grounds until nearly dark ; enjoying the sights, riding on the Ferris wheel and trying their chances against the fakirs. The races were as follows : Special Race, purse $200. Orange Chief, Miller, I TIAVON. Ju siesizirecssonssrsrrranisssonss 1.31 Teddy gr. g. Chas. Woodin, PYTORE. evn rssesvisamirtrossisunensssersisns 4 2 2 John D. Chestnut, W. R. Johnson, LOCK Haven.......c...cccccoinnurmaeerseriins 2 3 4 Village Boy, b. h. George Schrecken- gost Lock Haven.......cocseeseeins anne 3 Time, 2.2734, 2.2614, 2.32. 2:22 Pace, Purse $250. Lock Ridges Chas Ball, Lock Haven.......ceeeeesserersseennense 8:1:13 Code, Harry Carlisle, I 1234 Joe Wilkes, Watt, Lock Haven........essnsciinseninnssine 2423 Domicillo M, Frank Gibbs, RYO. cov iiriannitoris sesnsitses 43 42 Time, 2.2434, 2.2243, 2.26, 2.28. re GILBERT BEAVER'S NARROW ESCAPE. —Gilbert Addams Beaver, eldest son of Gen. James A. Beaver, of this place, met with a serious accident in New York city on Saturday afternoon. While the out- come of it was not nearly as bad as might have been, he was in a precarious condition for several days. Mr. Beaver is located in New York city, where he is doing Y. M. C. A. work. On Saturday afternoon he was out bicycle rid- ing and in passing through a crowded street he undertook to ride between a dray and a trolley car, with the result that he was thrown heavily to the pavement; sustain- ing a concussion of the brain, that at first was feared was a fracture of the skull. Gen. and Mrs. Beaver were in Philadel- phia, where the General is holding court, and they went over to New York at once. Latest reports are to the effect that the pa- tient is recovering rapidly. rr fp pn Two INTERESTING MARRIAGE LICENSES —1It is seldom that two such extraordinary events occur in the marriage license busi- ness as came before clerk A. G. Archey in the court house yesterday. The first unusual incident was the ap- pearance of George Armstrong Jacobs, of State College, who is 77 years old and took out a license to marry Catharine F. McEl- wain, of Howard, who is 67. The other case was one in which a wo- man stopped in the Prothonotary’s office and lifted a deoree in divorce that had just been granted her and then stepped right across the hall and took out a license to get married to another man. RE ( .e_ News Purely Personal. —Dr. W. U. Irwin, of Unionville, was in town on business on Tuesday. —Tom Stuart, of Pine Grove Mills, attended the fair on Wednesday. —W. C. Patterson, of State College, was a Belle- fonte visitor on Saturday. E —Miss Eulalie Williams, of north Spring 8t,, is visiting friends in Warriors-mark. —Mrs. Clement Dale, of north Allegheny street, is visiting friends in Philadelphia. —Mrs. T. K. Boyer and her daughter Ruth, are guests at the home of Henry Fox in this place. —Mrs. D. Eber Rothrock, of DuBois, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Ott, of this place. —Frank Shugert was in Tyrone on Wednesday being examined for a position in the P. R. R. passenger service. —Mrs. Samuel Marshall, of Goodman, Kansas, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Roth- rock, of near town. ’ —Miss Nan Collins, a daughter of Mr. Peter Collins, of 8t. David's, is visiting her aunt, Miss Sallie Collins, in this place. —Col. John A. Woodward, who is just now very busy getting Pennsylvania's worlds fair exhibit ready, was in town on Monday. —Miss Nan McClain, a daughter of James A. McClain Esq., of Spangler, spent Sunday with Miss Mary Hamilton, on Howard street. —John Q. Miles, of Martha, looking lonelier than ever since his daughter Maggie is married, was in town on Saturday. —Miss Sade Glenn, of Slormstown, was in town over Sunday visiting her relatives, Mrs. D. F. Fortney and Mrs. Emma Leibkicker. —John Kaup is home from Monongahela City, where he had been working in a machine¥shop. Lack of work laid a number of the men off. —Mrs. Rush Larimer, who was in town on ac- count of the illness of her nephew, Charley, re- turned to her home in Indiana county on Mon- day. —Mrs. George 8S. Grimm, of south Thomas street, is in Rochester, Pa., visiting her mother, Mrs. C. W. Smith. She departed on Wed- nesday. —Col. and Mrs, J. L. Spangler left yesterday morning for Norfolk, Va., to see Ensign Brisbin, their nephew, off on his three years cruise in the sea of China. —Miss Margaret Sechler, who has been visiting at the home of her parents on Linn street for the J-past two months, will return to her position in Baltimore today. —Mrs. J. H. Meyers, formerly of this place, but whose home has been in Rochester, N. Y., for many years, is being entertained at the Bush home on Spring street. —There was no preaching service in thej Luth- eran church here on Sunday because Dr. H. C. Holloway, the pastor, was in Niles, Ohio, paying his aged mother a visit. —Mrs. Katharine Dinges and Miss Elizabeth B. Meek spent part of the week at the Bloomsburg fair to which place they were called to judge the paintings and needle work. —Misses Emma Montgomery, Louise Harper, Mary and Henrietta Butts spent Sunday with Mrs. F. K. Lukenbach in Tyrone. They return- ed home on Tuesday evening. —Mrs. Julia Walsh, of east High street, enter- tained some of her Jersey Shore friends on Fri- day, in the persons of Mrs. Mary A. Bauer, Miss Ruth Sample and Master Albert Pott. —Mrs. H. 8. Cooper and her daughter Emaline left for their home in Yonkers, N. Y., on Friday morning. They had spent the summer with Mrs. Cooper’s aunts; the Misses Benner, in this place. —James D. Seibert was in T.ock Haven on Monday. Jim has not been well for several months and his condition is worrying his friends considerably. A small boil he had will not yield to treatment. —John Spearly, who drives the heavy wagon for the Wagner mills at Roopsburg, dropped in on Tuesday and fortified himself with} another year's good reading; adding the Tri-Weskly World to his list of literature. —Former Sheritt W. M. Cronister, who looks as if the hardware business in Philipsburg, were more prosperous than the sheriff's office, was in town for the fair last week and seemed sorry— but sorrow wouldn't stop the rain and fpermit the fair to go on. —Mrs. Barbara Rankin, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. McFarlane, at Boalsburg, since the Hastings! home was closed here, left Wednesday afternoon for Harrisburg. She was accompanied by Mrs. Hastings who came up for that purpose. —George Berry, of Mill Hall, was in town on business on Saturday. George is one of the hustling farmers in the lower end of the Bald Eagle valley and when he doesn’t have crops it is not because he hasn’t done the jproper amount of work and done it judiciously. : : 4 34 —W. T. Neff, of Mt. Eagle, was up on Friday and braved the gale that blew over the fair grounds all afternoon. He said he didn’t expect to see much and only came because he had im- portant business in town, but would be back to see the races and the exhibits under the more favorable auspices of this week. —Samuel Sproul, of Hecla Park, was in town on Friday and part of his mission was to put himself in advance of the Warcamax for another year. Mr. Sproul was sorry that the rain had put the fair out of business, but was of the opinion that it is an iil wind that blows nobody good, for he said the country needed rain badly. —Mr. and Mrs. 8. A. Bell wentto Wilkinsburg on Monday to visit Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Holmes, and to be present at the wedding of their young. est son, Wesley Blanchard, who was only a little child when the family left this place. Mr. Bell's brother, T. C. Bell, is also a resident of Wilkins- burg and they will spend some time with him before returning home. —Mr. and Mrs. V. R. Snyder, of State College, were in town on Friday doing some shopping. They came down to see the fair and were won- derfully disappointed that the weather was too bad for it, but Mrs, Snyder found enough in the shops to interest her, while Mr. Snyder enjoyed the day off calling on his friends and looking after some business matters that needed his at- tention. —Mr. and Mrs. Uriah Gates, of Warriors-mark, spent Sunday at the home of sheriff and Mrs. W. A. [shler and the fore part of the week visiting the family of Mr. M. F. Hazel, below town. Though Mr. Gates is from Huntingdon county, where he has béen farming for some years, he is not a stranger hereabouts because for thirteen years he farmed one of the late Maj. Wm. F. Reynolds farms. Aside from the gray with which his hair is streak- ed he has changed very little since leaving old Centre. —Rev. Thomas W. Perks, one of the ablest ministers who has ever been in charge of the United Brethren church in this place, left, with his family, for Madison, Pa.. on Saturday morn- ing ; the last conference of the church having made a change in the Bellefonte appointment. During Rev. Perks pastorate here the church property has been improved to the extent of a new parsonage, a fine stone pavement and other minor additions to its value. He directed this work in addition to his pulpit duties and as a preacher he easily took rank among the best in Bellefonte. In fact Rev. Perks is one of the best students of the Bible who hhs ever been in this | community. —W. E. Tyson,his son Lloyd and E. C. Poorman were among the Tyroners who were at the races yesterday trying to shout Chas. Woodin’s horse “Teddy” to victory. : ua —Gray Meek Shroyer,as industrious and sturdy a little man of fourteen years as we have ever known, was in town this week on a short vacation’ | from his work in the Altoona shops. —Harry Bell, second son of C. C. Bell, was in town yesterday morning between trains on a business trip. Almost a year ago he was obliged to give up his work in Pittsburg on account of sickness and since then has been recuperating at his’ home in Huntingdon. —Thomas J. Frazer, with Mrs. Frazer and their son John, of Bellwood, came down to visit the Breons, near Lemont, last week and before their return spent a day or 50 at the home of Samuel Hazel, on Lamb St. Mr. Frazer formerly farmed one of the Valentine farms near this place. —Miss Kate Gummo arrived home Sunday morning from an extended stay with friends in Yonkers, N. Y. She was from eight o'clock on Friday morning until Sunday getting here from New York city on account of the floods through New Jersey. Near Trenton the train on which she rode ran for miles and miles through water almost as high as the floor of the coaches. She sails on November 1st, for Strasburg, Germany, where she will visit for several years at the home of her aunt, PHILIPSBURG HAS A STABBING AFFAIR. —John Erb, at one time proprietor of the Eagle hotel in Philipsburg, and later the proprietor of a restaurant, made a murder- ous assault on Thomas Cole, commonly known as ‘“‘Bummy,” in that place last Tuesday night. The exact circumstances attending the affray are bard to get at, but from stories on the street it appears that Erb and Cole had heen bad friends for some time. Early in the evening they met and bad some words, then Erb followed his victim to the vicinity of the American hotel, where he attacked him with a knife ; inflicting a number of wounds and seriously injuring Cole, who was taken to the hospital and is in a precarious condition. Erb gave himself up to the police next morning and secured a bondsman in the person of Capt. D. F. Copelin, for hisap- pearance any time he is wanted. The Philipsburg authorities telephoned for district attorney Spangler to make an investigation of the case as no information has been made against Erb. The district attorney went over to Philipsburg at noon on Wednesday and had not returned up to the time of our going to press. reer Qe rere. ——The Philipsburg Village Improve- ment Society had a special day in that town on Tuesday, when they were visited by the Society from Clearfield. The ob- ject was to talk over the methods of beau- tifying their respective towns. ——e GP mene ——A new post-office in Pocohontas county, W. Va., has been named Harter after the Harter Bros., of Coburn, who are lumbering at that place. — em ——Morris Rine is the only hunter we heard from yesterday. He was back by noon and says he bagged seven grey squirrels. ———Subseribe for the WATCHMAN. Sale Register. Noy. 17rH—AL the residence of J. C. Hunter, on the Hunter estate farm south of Hunter's Park, horses, cows, young cattle, hogs, implements and household goods. Sale at 10 o'clock a. m. Ocr. 241H,—At the residence of Freemont Hart- sock, 3 miles from Martha Furnace, wagon, Champion mower, mule, bay horses, household goods and 80 acre farm with good buildings and ne young orchard. Sale at 1:30 p. m. Nov. 411.—On the Frank Gates farm, the Warren Ingram farm. Huntingdon county, horses, cows, cattle, pigs, binder, implements, household furniture, etc. At the same time the 300 acre farm, together with its fine buildings and standing timber will be sold. Sale at 10:00, a. m. ————— Philadelphia Markets. adjoining near Graysville, The following are the closing prices of the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening, Wheat—Red ... 84@84ly ¢“ —No. 2. 83@84ls Corn ~Jallow, 51@54Y, —Mixed new. 48 501, ORLB,...cisrepsesn sktear AR ses 1 4 Flour— Winter, Per Br'l....... ..coeuunenn.nn 8.00@3.20 ¢“ —Penna. Roller....... 3.50@3.70 *¢ —Favorite Brands, 4.85@5.00 Rye Flour Per Br'l.................. . 3.26@3.30 Baled hay—Choice Timothy 10.00@16.00 se 4 " Mixed 12. 50@14.00 BUPAW...... cit lansinis sissansitssinirmsase 8.50@19.00 Rellefonte Grain Market. Corrected weekly by C. Y. WAGNER, The following are the quotations up to siz o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes Press: d wheat, old. New wheat... Rye, per bus Corn, shelled, per bushel.. Corn, ears, per bushel......... Oats, old and new, per bushel.. Barley. per bushel feesdeneareinssss Groun aster, per ton. Buckwheat, per bushel. Cloverseed, per bushel... 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