Bellefonte, Pa., December 18, 1903. P. GRAY MEEK, - . SOS Terms oF SusscriprioN.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subseribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advance.......... Paid before expiration of ye: res Paid after expiration of year............ an Eprror Marines Landed on Isthmus. Will Search for Colombia Troops Said to be Near Panama. Rumors of Speedy Attack. Colon, Dec. 15.—A company of ma- rines from the United States cruiser Prairie was landed here under the command of Captain Smedley D. But- ler, of West Chester, Pa., and imme- diately started by train for Panama. The destination of the marines is said to be Yaviza, up the San Miguel gulf and Tuira river. It is believed that the decision of the naval authorities to station ma- rines at Yaviza may possibly be owing to the reports that Colombian troops have been seen in that direction, but up to the present time there is no rea- son to believe that any large force is under orderg to march on Panama from Cauca. The opinion seems to prevail that the few Colombian sol- diers seen were probably scouts who were endeavoring to learn what pre- ventive and protective measures were being taken by the Republic of Pana- ma, and that it was their presence which gave rise to the exaggerated rumors of a speedy attack by Columbia on the Isthmus. It is more likely that the movement of marines to Yaviza is in conformity with the policy of the naval authorities to concentrate forces at points which offer the best facilities for getting im- mediate information of any movement by Colombian troops towards Panama and at the same time affording the ma- rines some relief from their confine- ment to the ships. The marines car- ried with them all requisites for camp life and also a number of machine guns. Want Panama to Assume $15,000,000. London, Dec. 15.—The correspondent of the Morning Leader at The Hague says it is reported there that both Hol- land and Great Britain insist that the Republic of Panama shall assume lia- bility for $15,000,000 of the Colombian debt. Army Officers Anxious to Assist. Washington, Dec. 15.—The news of the movement of marines southward from Panama, based as it was on the reported landing of Colombian troops in that part of the isthmus, was re- ceived with keen interest in army cir- cles, where there has been exhibited for some time a desire to participate with the navy in any military move- ments on the Isthmus. The general staff gave the subject immediate at- tention. There was, however, no out- come in the shape of orders to troops, though the arrival here of Brigadier General J. Franklin Bell, superinten- dent of the general staff college at Leavenworth, was regarded as con- firming the previous statements to the effect that the army is making ready to do its share at a moment’s notice. General Bell was in consultation with some of the members of the general staff. There are strong reasons to doubt the truth of the report that Colom- bilan troops have landed on Isthmus territory. All previous reports to gov- ernment officials have indicated that no Colombian troops either have been landed or will be landed until after the result of General Reyes’ mission to Washington is known. General Reyes stated that he had given his pledge to that effect to the state de- partment. His counsel to the Colom- bians to abstain from hostile acts until he has ended his work in Washington is well known. Rear Admiral Coghlan cables that the Mayflower has learned that two Colombian gunboats, with troops aboard, are dodging along the Colom- bian coast near the Panama line, but cannot learn that they landed men. Coghlan’s cruisers are still searching for traces of the party. Captain Butler is a son of Congress- man Butler, of West Chester. He left school during the Spanish war and en- listed in the marine battallion. In 1899 he was made a lieutenant of marines and took part in the expedi- tion to China for the relief of the lega- tions. He was wounded at Tien-Tsin. Shot Himself Before a Mirror. Washington, Dec. 14.—Standing be- fore a mirror to make sure aim, Jo- seph Harnie Thibadeau, 61 years of age, of Falls Church, Va, shot him- self through the forehead in a local hotel. He was formerly a clerk in the paymaster general’s office. A letter found on the bureau, believed to have been written just before the suicide, shows Thibadeau to have been in financial straits and that he imagined himself to be the victim of a con- spiracy. Brakeman Has a Charmed Life. Allentown, Pa., Dec. 16. — Charles Miller, a brakeman on a Port Richmond freight train of the Philadelphia and Reading railway, fell between two cars while trying to uncouple his train at East Penn Junction, and 17 cars passed over him. He was rolled over and over by the brake rods and air cylin- ders, but did not touch the tracks, and was picked up a mass of bruises. At the hospital it is stated that he will recover. ( ——Why don’t you send. the WATCH- MAN to some of your relatives who are liv- ing at a distance, though still interested in Centre county people and happenings. It costs onlv a dollar a year and wonld make as acceptable a Christmas gift as anything you could send.’ - ADDICKS FILES ANSWER Bay State Gas Company Issued $75, 000,000 in Stock to Pay $1,500,000. Wiimington, Del, Dec. 16.—In the federal court here attorneys for J. Ed- ward Addicks and the directors of the Bay State Gas Company of Delaware filed an answer to the suit of George Wharton Pepper, of Philadelphia, re- ceiver of the Bay State Gas Company of Delaware, demanding the return of $75,000,000 of the stock of the com- pany which the receiver alleges was fraudulently issued to Addicks. Ad- dicks admits he was the organizer of the Beacon Construction Company of Pennsylvania, and that he turned over to that company 4993 shares of the Bay State Gas Company of Massachu- setts. Addicks disposed of a large por- tion of the stock of the Beacon Con- struction Company until he owned enly 7500 shares of the 15,000 shares of that company. The stock of the Beacon Construction Company was put up as security when several gas companies in Massachusetts were being acquired by the Bay State Company of Massa- chusetts, and eventually passed inte the control of the Bay State Gas Com- pany of Delaware. No financial con- sideration for the construction com- pany’s stock was given, and the Bay State Gas Company of Delaware de- cided to pay $1,500,000 for the stock in order to get a clear title. To pay this $1,500,060 there was issued $75,000,000 of the stock of the Bay State company of Delaware. . Mr. Addicks denies there was any fraud or that he was the sole owner of the construction company. UNEXPECTED FORTUNE TO EIGHT Litwiler Family, of Bloomsburg, Pa, Heirs to Philadelphia Property. Wilkesbarre, Pa. Dec. 15. — News comes from Bloomsburg to the effect that a large fortune has been left in Philadelphia, in which the estate of Mrs. Henry Litwiler, of Roaring Brook, Columbia county, is directly in- terested, which may result in leaving a comfortable fortune for each of eight children who survive her. It is said that the first information that the fam- ily had of this wealth came with a let- ter from the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad company to Mrs. Henry Lit- wiler, in which the railroad company asked to release some property in Phil- adelphia belonging to the Holicher es- tate, of which Mrs. Litwiler was a lin- eal descendant. The property in ques- tion is located on Broad street, Phjla- delphia, and is valued at $400,000. Mrs. Litwiler died some time ago, and the letter was opened by her son Edward, who at once took steps to establish rights to the property. It is expected that their interests will be leoked af- ter by ex-Governor Robert E. Pat- tison. The probabilities are that when their rights are established they will not agree to releasing the land, | but will insist upon a sale. Together with the son Edward there are the following brothers and sisters: William, W., Frank H., Stephen L., | Mrs. J. E. Blass, Mrs. Amanda Linder- muth, Mrs. Jacob Turnbach, all of Roaring Creek township. Their inter- | ests are one-eighth of all the estate, | which would bring to each the com- fortable fortune of $62,500. IN MEMORY OF BILL NYE Movement Afoot to Erect Monument Over the Humorist’s Grave. Asheville, N. C., Dec. 14.—The grave of Bill Nye, the famous humorist, who died nearly eight years ago and was buried at Arden, near here, is unmark- | ed, and a movement is afoot to have a granite monument erected above his resting place. The North Carolina divi- sion of the Sunshine Society is raising the fund. When Nye passed away his devoted widow placed a memorial window in Calvary Episcopal Church, nearby, but her plans for a more fitting memorial were frustrated by the failure, soon after Mr. Nye’s death, of banks in which practicaly all the fortune left by her husband had been deposited. At present a little tree is growing at the head of the grave, and some one has laid upon the mound a rude piece of stone picked up on the highway. Other marks there are none. Mrs. J. M. Ransier, president of the Sunshine Society, Hendersonville, N. C., is the active head of the memorial enter- prise, and contributions are invited from the friends of Nye throughout the country. They should be address- | ed to Battery Park Bank, Asheville, N. C., custodian of the fund. Wages of 30,000 Reduced. Connellsville, Pa., Dec. 30.—A re- duction in wages averaging 17 per cent. and affecting 30,000 men in the Connellsville coke regions has been announced. The H. C. Frick Coke Company takes the initiative in this, the first reduction since the great strike of the early nineties, and posted notices at all their plants announcing the reductions. Just a year ago an in- creast of 10 per cent. was announced by the company. Nothing but ad- vance notices have been posted by the companies of the soft coal region since 1895, and the average advance since February 1, 1904, has been 16 per cent. Chicago Gets Republican Convention. Washington, Dec. 14.—The Republi- can national convention will be held in Chicago, beginning at noon on June 21 next, the Republican committee reaching this conclusion and adjourn- ing subject to call. Pittsburg and St. Louis were rivals of Chicago for the convention. Each city was well rep- resented in oratory before the com- mittee, and each also had cash offers to make. Pittsburg offered $100,000, Chicago $75,000 and a hall and St. Louis $40,000 and a hall. The vote stood 43 for Chicago, seven for Pitts- burg and one for St. Louis. The work of the committee was harmonious throughout, STEEL TRUST TO CUT WAGES 160,000 Men to be Reduced from 5 to 20 Per Cent. was made by a leading official of the United States Steel Corporation that beginning January 1, 1904, about 90 per cent. of the employes of the cor- poration will suffer wage reductions, ranging from 5 to 20 per cent. This reduction will affect about 150,000 work- men in the various grades of the sub- sidiary companies. The remaining 10 per cent. of em- ployes are members of the Amalga- mated Association of Iren, Steel nd Tin Workers, whose wage schedule runs to July 1, 1904. The finance committee of the steel corporation has, it is understood, under consideration the dismissal of many high salaried employes, in addition to those already discharged, but no state- ment on this point was forthcoming. It was asserted that, barring some unforeseen technicalities, employes of the corporation who participated in the profit sharing plan will in the com- ing month receive a $5 dividend on the preferred stock to which they sub- scribed at $82.50. FIVE TRAINMEN KILLED Two Engines and Train On B. & O. Plunged Into Deep Ravine. Piedmont, W. Va., Dec. 14—Five men were killed and several severely in- jured by the overturning of two en- gines attached to a heavy Baltimore and Ohio freight train on the “17 mile grade,” near this city. The dead are: KEngineer Ernest D. Ervin, Cumberland, Md.; Engineer | Emery Ervin, Tunnelton, W. Va.; Fire- i man Walter B. Nine, Terra Alta, W. | Va.; Fireman J. V. Carter, Cumber- land, Md.; Brakeman John Hays, Staunton, Va. The more seriously injured were: Engineer Michael J. Gibbon, Cumber- land, Md., fatally crushed; Fireman E. C. Buckler, Terra Alta, W. Va., arms and head cut and bruised; Brakeman B. F. Bolinger, Grafton, W. Va., seri- ously crushed. ‘While descending the “17 mile grade” the train, to which were at- tached two engines, left the track. The engires and nearly all of the 24 loaded cars tumbled into a deep ravine, car- rying the trainmen with them. The tracks were torn up for nearly 100 yards. SUIT FOR $500,000 DECIDED Court Finds That Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Andrews Died First. | New York, Dec. 16.—It was decided { by Surrogate Thomas that Mr. and Mrs. Wallace C. Andrews died about 15 minutes before Mrs. Andrews’ sister, Mrs. Gamaliel C. St. John, in the fire which destroyed the Andrews home in 67th street on April 7, 1899. In this the surrogate reverses the report of the referee, who found that the three | victims of the fire met death simulta- | neously. | Mrs. St. John was a beneficiary un- der the will of Mr. Andrews for a lazge | sum, being one of several relations | among whom $500,000 was to be dis- | | tributed, and had she lived would have received a portion of the property of Mrs. Andrews. The heirs of Mrs. St. | John will now receive their respective ' portions of the inheritance. Mr. Andrews, who was one of the original standard oil men and at the time of his death was president of the New York Steam Company, left an estate estimated at $2,000,000. LAKE SUPERIOR SOLD Assets of Concern Bought by Speyer & Co. For $4,500,000. New York, Dec. 16.—The assets of the Consolidated Lake Superior Com- pany, held by Speyer & Co. for a loan of $5,050,000, were bought in at public auction by Speyer & Co. for $4,500,000. Theirs was the only bid. The sale was held in spite of several protests by rep- resentatives of other creditors. Just before the auctioneer asked ior bids he was served with a notice that suit had been begun in the State Su preme Court to set aside the same. James Speyer declined to say what dis- position the syndicate contemplated making of the collateral now owned outright. Replying to further ques- tions Mr. Speyer and Charles Tweed said that to the best of their knowledge the United States Steel Corporation would have no interest whatever in the property. Girls Confess to Robbing Schools. Washington, Dec. 16.— Two girls, | giving the names of Celia Gilson, 16 years old, who said her address was 14 East 114th street, New York, and Fannie Lewis, 18 years old, who said she lived at 180 East 101st street, New York, were arrested by Detective O'Day and were lodged in the house of deten- tion pending a hearing in the police court. They confessed to an extensive series of robberies, and acknowledge having committed thefts in over 100 school houses, most of them in New York. A number of local schools also have been entered and ransacked. Dowager Queen’s Marriage Denied. Rome, Dec. 15.— The report tele- graphed from Bologna that the Dowa- ger Queen Margherita, during a recent journey to Norway, had contracted a morganatic marriage with an engineer | 30 years old is authoritatively denied. The engineer to whom the queen moth- er is alleged to have been married is named Tenerand. He is over 50 years of age, and is employed as caretaker of the numerous charitable institutions which are supported by the queen. Bank Defaulter Pleads Guilty. Trenton, N. J., Dec. 15.—James M. Edge, the defaulting Paterson bank tel- ler, pleaded guilty in the United States District Court, and will be sentenced next Monday. Edge was recently ar- rested after an absence from Paterson of nearly a year. His peculations ! amounted oH yearly $100,000. New York, Dec. 15.—The statement | A WEEK’S NEWS CONDENSED. Thursday, December 10. The eighth annual convention of the American Anti-Saloon League was held at Washington, D. C. Fifteen buildings in the town of ‘Ab- bott, Tex., were destroyed by fire, en- tailing a loss of $100,06h. Four men were drowned at Redding, Cal.’ while attempting to cross the Sacramento river in a wagon at an unfordable point. The Fortress Monroe Y. M. C. A. building, donated to the soldiers by Miss Helen Gould, of New York, was dedicated in the presence of a large assemblage. Senator William A. Clark, of Mon- tana, was operated on for an effection of the ear, and wili be confined to the house for several weeks. The oper- ation was entirely successful. Friday, December 11. Austria-Hungary has formally rec- ognized the independence of Panama. In a colliery accident in the mine at Kushu, near Victoria, B. C., 35 men were killed. Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi, re- tired, died at his home in Stratford, Conn., of diabetes. A second explosion occurred in the Euclid mines, near Greensburg, Pa. killing Superintendent A. W. Sweeney and fatally injuring two others. The Comptroller of the currency has authorized the Federal National Bank, of Pittsburg, Pa., which closed its doors October 21, to resume business. Saturday, December 12. Miss Rose Leo, of Petroskey, Mich., was found frozen to death in a snow drift near her home. Disturbances from outlaws in the Philippines are dying out and less la- | droneism ig reported than ever before. One man was killed and seven oth- ers seriously burned in a fire which destroyed the Armstrong cork factory | at Pittsburg, Pa. Mrs. Z. T. Hazen, wife of Judge Hazen, of the United States district court of Kansas, was fatally burned in a gasoline explosion at her home in Topeka. Congressman J. S. Williams, leader of the Democrats in congress, ad- dressed the Democrats of Baltimore, Md., and assailed the protective policy of the Republican party. Monday, December 14. To escape arrest for stealing a horse and buggy, John Harkett, of Elwood, Ind., cut his throat. Lewis Morse and wife, of West Scranton, Pa., celebrated the 60th an- niversary of their marriage. Emperor William, of Germany, ac- companied by the empress, attended the military review at Potsdam. Thomas Murray was killed and four injured in a collision on the Pan Han- dle railroad near Wheeling, W. Va. Judge James Cheney, the wealthiest man in Indiana, died at his home at Fort Wayne, aged 86 years. His for- tune was estimated at $25,000,000. In a railroad wreck near Madrid, Spain, 14 persons were killed and many injured. The train was derailed by the collapse of an embankment. Tuesday, December 15. Viola Sands Hazard, aged 105 years, the oldest woman in Rhode Island, died at her home in Wakefield. W. H. Ennis, a former Brooklyn po- liceman, was electrocuted at Sing Sing prison, N. Y., for wife murder. Miss Helen Gould declined to ac- cept the presidency of the lady man- agers of the St. Louis World’s Fair. John H. Fisher dropped dead when his name was called in a Chicago court. He was a witness in a bogus check case. Rev. Edward Everett Hale, aged 83 years, of Boston, has been elected chaplain of the United States senate. He is a Congregationalist. Wednesday, December 16. Two men were found dead and .a third dying, in New York, from drink- ing wood alcohol. The Pennsylvania rolling mills, at Lancaster, Pa., employing 4060 hands, have shut down indefinitely. The Virginia legislature has passed a bill appropriating $10,000 for a state building at the St. Louis fair. William J. Buchanan, the first Unit- ed States minister to the Republic of Panama, sailed from New York for Panama to take up his new duties. General Benjamin Viljoen, a Boer commander, who comes to arrange for an exhibition of Boer life at the St. Louis fair, has arrived in New York. Wife Murderer Hanged at Media, ra. Media, Pa., Dec. 16.—Henry, alias “Kid” Jones, colored, was hanged in the county jail yard here for the mur- der of his wife in Chester on March 8 last. His neck was broken and he was pronounced dead in six minutes. The condemned man, who had been surly since his conviction, became pacified some time ago, and he went calmly to his doom. Newspaper of 160 Pages. St. Louis, Dec. 15.—The twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of the . Post Dispatch was celebrated by the issuing of an edition a single copy of: which weighed two pounds and con- tained 160 pages. Ten street cars and more than 60 wagons were required to distribute the paper in St. Louis. Al- though 260,000 copies were issued, the supply was soon exhausted. . late Cardinal Herrero y Espinosa con- tains, according to a special despatch from Madrid, the extraordinary be- quest of $10,000 to the “first Spanish general landing in United States terri- tory with an army sufficiently strong to avenge the defeats of Cuba and the Philippines.” Pending the happening of this event the legacy is to remain deposited in the bank of Spain. I. Real Estate Transfers. The following 1eal estate transfers have been recorded daring the past week by Recorder John C. Rowe: W. Harrison Walker [rustee to Thos. E. Griflith, dated Dec. 8 1903, laud in Bouys twp; consideration $3200 William Cclyer ot ux to W. F. Brad- ford et al, dated July 21903, land in Cenwre Hall Boro consideration $150 A.M. Hoover Trostee to William E. Fisher, dated Dec. 8 1903, land no Bogg t #p; consideration $300 H. T. Thompson etux «¢t al to John A. Way, dated Nov. 27 1903 land in Half Moon; consideration $650 Mary A. Mattern to David Bryant, dat- ed Avg. 11 1903 47 A in Scath Philips- burg; consideration $259 N. 3eerly et ux to hus. E. Griffith, dated March 28 1895 tract in Boggs twp; consideration $700 Michael Evert et ux to Thos. A. Hos- terman, dated Mareh 27 1901, land in Penn twp; consideration $220 Logan Iron and Steel Co, to William Whitmer and Sons Co., dated Nov. 5 1903 12nd in Centre and Huntingdon Co. consideration $3066.25 J. B, Irish et al to John Lorsar, dated Nov. 51902 lot in Rush twp; considera- tion $95.80 M. L. Becket ux to Wm. B. Irwin, dated Dec. 1 1903 tiouse and lot in Wal- ker twp; consideraticn $600 John W. Dale et nxto Bepnjemin F. Hoy, dated Dec 12 1903 land in College twp; consideration 355.95 John W, Dale et ux to Chas. H. Wil- liane, dated Dec. 12 1903 land 1n College twp; consideration $234 32 W. M. Cronisier Sheriff toC. M, Bower, dated Aug. 31, 1899, land |, Huston twp; consideration $25 H. 8. Taylor Sherif to Brinton H. | Miver, dated Nouv. 30 1908. land in Tay- | lor twp; consideration $45 00 —— Mince meat—our own make—fine as it can be made at Sechlers. MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Following is the list of marriage licenses granted by or- phan’s court clerk, A. G. Archey, during the week: Francis Joseph Motler and Estella John- ston, both of Philipsburg. Augustus Emel, of Bellefonte, and Alice E. Ebert, of Spring Mills. hoth of Bellefonte. ——Cranberries—never go fine. Olives, olive oil, ketchups, flavoring extracts. Sechlers. The Meanest Criminal. From the Altoona Tribune. The special report of Assistant Postmas- ter Genera) Bristow in connection with the postal frauds which have hamiliated the country was made public yesterday. It isa very interesting document, but as it covers twenty-seven printed pages, and as the demands upon our space this morning are urgent, we bavesimply been able to give the concluding words, together with a few suggestive phrases from’ the accompanying paper by President Roosevelt. We ob- serve that Perry S. Heath has become wildly excited, indulging in language thas will go a long ways toward convincing many sober citizens that the public service might have profited if he had never bhe- longed to it. A careful reading of the Bristow report fails to show anything but a somewhat monotonous recital of dreadful facts, all going to show that the govern- ment of the United States was the victim of an understanding between some of its employes and certain contractors. Every honest man in the country will indulge the hope that the guilty men will be con- victed and properly punished. The mean- i est criminal the world contains is the man wbo betrays a free country which has trusted him. ——Florida oranges, malaga grapes, bananas, grape fruit and pomegranates. Sechlers. They Can Always Fight. From the Pitisburg Post. Is is harrowing to note that a National Suffrage convention in Washington of negroes required the attention of the police before proceeding far in their profound de- liberations. One faction, headed by a fanctionary of the Pennsylvania league, sought to indorse Mr. Roosevelt for ap- pointing a few negroes in the South, whom the Senate would not confirm, while another faction upheld Booker Washing- ton’s view that depriving the negro of the elective franchise conduces to his intel- ligence, thrift and character. It disengorges him of that uncomprehended piece of stuffing which makes the southern negro rely upon his voting privilege for a living, and instills false ideas of his importance as a presiding elder in the congregation of the people. ——California beats the world on fine walnuts and almonds. We have them and‘all other nuts. Sechlers. Displays His $5,000 Ear. A reporter was permitted to view at New York on Wednesday Dr. L. Nelden’s celebrated patient, upon whom he has grafted a ‘living?’ ear from the head of a man who sold hie ear for $5,000. Dr. Nel- | den was in his residence on East Twenty- ninth street, and the man was lying in the operating chair with the grafted ear ex- # Except for a single swelling and inflam- mation the ear had a. perfectly normal ap- pearance. It adheres to the head. Forceps Left in Side Killed a Physician. Dr. I. B. Washburn, of Rensselaer, Ind., is dead at a private hospital at Valparasio, Ind., asthe result of a ourious blunder made during an operation performed two years ago. He had complained of his side ever since the operation, but did not know the cause of the trouble, and recently decided on a second operation. Dr. Loring operated on Dr. Washburn, and was amazed to discover in the pa- tient’s side, near the liver, a steel forceps about five and three-fourths inches in length. The forceps had become rusty. Dr. Washburn died a few hours after the operation. His son, who also isa a doctor, says the forceps caused death. John C. Cherry and Rena E. Black: Pine Grove Mention. Ice ten inches thick is being housed. The mercury registered 5° below 0 Mon- day. Davy George Reed, of Bellefonte, was here on business last week. Mrs. Thomas Allen is ill with pneumonia at her home in Boalsburg. Prof. A. W. Hunter, of State College, was shaking hands here last Saturday. Station agent J. H. Ward spent the Sabbath among relatives at Greenwood Furnace. A Christmas entertainment will be held in the Lutheran church here on Christmas eve. The Leitzel-Weiland wedding is set for the 22nd inst., at the bride’s home near Linden Hall. Miss Catharine Reed, of Benore, is visiting her friend, Mrs. Clyde Shuey, at State Col- lege. D. G. Meek and wife came up from State College to the old farm home on Friday to stir pon-haus. Penns valley lodge 276, will hold their fifty-fifth annual banquet in their new hall on the evening of the 22nd inst. Rev. Walter Harnish the newly installed pastor will preach in the Presbyterian church here Sunday evening at 7 o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Scott Bailey are putting their house in order to held their wedding anniversary on the 23rd. Edward Mateer, one of Mifflin county’s prosperous farmers, is visiting his father, Joe Mateer, in the Glades this week. For careful attention to her mother while sick with fever Miss Bessie Marts was re- warded with a $30 gold watch and chain. Walter Woods, a student at the Penna. University Medical Department at Philadel- phia, is home laid up with bronchial trouble. Miss Ella Ripka enjoyed her first car ride last Thursday when she went to spend a week or two among relatives at Spring Mills. We were wrongly informed last week when we noted the illness of Mrs. Sarah Gardner, when it was really her daughter Mary who was ill. Chas. H. Marts came home from Lewis- town, where he has a good job in the iron works, to see that his little family have the necessaries for cold, cold winter. Mrs. J. A. Goheen, of Tyrone, was in town Saturday as the guest of Mrs. J. G. Bailey, on Main street. Little Ruth, who has been visiting here for some time, went home along. Hess and Musser threshers pulled home last week after a season’s run of 85 days ; having hulled out 51,540 bushels of the golden grain. This is the best tally they ever made. In this section Charley Kuhn holds the belt having killed the heavy weight porker that dressed 5301hs. J, H. Weber fol- lowed close with one that weighed 523 lbs. His two hogs tipped the beams at 1028 lbs. The venerable Chas. Snyder and his daughter Marie have taken rooms with Geo. W. Potter, who is a tenant on one of his farms at White Hall ; better known to most of the WATCHMAN readers as the David Krebs farm. f George R. Meek, of Bellefonte, came up Monday evening to destroy what little game was left at the heels of the hunt. Hon. J. Will Kepler showed him the lay of the land and where the cotton tails abound but are not so easily found. : For the next two weeks the Pine Grove High school will be closed and the young Americans will have a full holiday romp. Next week Prof. Deibl inteuds visiting his old home at New Castle and the week follow ing he will be at institute. : On Monday evening the parsonage was all aglow. It was a pleasant social event and none but the church crowd were bidden to the feast that had bees prepared on the sly by his ‘shane frau, to remind Rev. Aikens of his 42nd birthday anniversary. : G. W. Homan attended the sale of the Tressler farm near Linden Hall last Friday. He stood to the back of his brother Henry who was a bidder for the farm, but it was knocked down to J. J. Tressler at $47.60 per acre. It isthe old home farm, and Jonathan is to be congratulated on his purchase. John E. McWilliams son of W. E. Mec- Williams, of Rock Spring surprised his fam- ily and friends by taking unto himself a wife in the person of an Ohio lady. The cere- mony was said last Thursday. John is a sturdy, industrious young man and is bound to succeed. For some years he has been associated with a civil engineer corps mak- ing big money ; sufficient to keep the wolf from the door this zero weather. His many friends here join in extending congratula- tions. ' Lemont. Jared Maye’s child is getting better slowly, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were the coldest of the season thus far. John H. Williams and wife spent Friday at the home of B. F. Homan, of Oak Hall. The new Presbyterian minister was in- stalled Tuesday, and the reception will be to-day. The Methodist protracted meeting is still being held and thus far there have been four at the altar. The first sleds and sleighs were seen Thursday, of last week, but the roads were quite rough. Harrison K.. Whitehill is home for a few days rest and he enjoyed the last few days of the hunting season. + The surprise .party. held for Mrs. William Hoy was well attended and everyone hada pleasant time and lots of oysters. Noll Bros. shipped a car of fine lumber from this place Friday; it being the first shipment from the Schreck tract. A young son of 8. C. Bathgate is quite ill from vaccination as he took cold in the sore aud it is feared that it may prove fatal. Jesse Klinger is getting his ice dam re- paired, for when he thought everything was, in readiness the dam sprung a leak. But he will soon have it in readiness again so that he can fill his many orders for ice. Jacob Ray and wife went to Selinsgrove; Thursday of lust week to wisit her brother, the Rev Thomas C. Houtz, whe has been, quite ill of Jate with stomach trouble. Lytest reports wero to the effect that he is improv- ing. som
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