Deore lata,
Bellefonte, Pa., January 29, 1904.
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the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
Trains were all late on Wednesday;
delayed by the drifts.
——*A Royal Slave” comes to Gar- |
man’s Monday night, February 1st.
——Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wise, of south
Spring street, are the parents of a dear lit-
tle girl that arrived at their home on Thurs-
day.
———The local teacher’s institute held at
Stormstown on Friday aud Saturday was
largely attended and proved quite a suec-
cess.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel O'Leary are
receiving the congratulations of their
friends upon the arrival of a little girl baby
at their home, Friday morning.
——A party of young folks from Pleasant
Gap were entertained at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John S. Knisely, on Thomas
street, Friday evening. They were sleigh-
ing.
——Former judge Cyrus Gordon has
purchased a complete law library and has
formed a partnership with attorney Boul-
ton, of Houtzdale, for practice in Clear-
field.
-— Postmaster John W. Stuart, of State
College, received a check for $36.65 from
the government on Wednesday in settle-
ment of a bill Uncle Sam has owed him
since the war.
——Miss Martha McEntyre, of north
Thomas street, has accepted the position of
stenographer to Dr. G. G. Pound. head of
the department of chemistry at The Peni-
sylvania State College.
Charley Brachbill bas decided to t1y
land-work now that there is nothing doing
on his pet ship the ‘‘Saratoga’’ and has
joined those mysterious railroad engineers
who are making a survey through Peuus-
valley.
——The attraction billed for appearance
here Monday night, Feb. 1st, is one en-
tirely new to Bellefonte though it has heen
running successfully for several seasons.
It is a romance of old Mexico, clean, pure
and moral in its tone.
——On Tuesday we had the largest snow
fall of the season. Fully six inches fell in
this section and, as has been the case with
every snow this winter, it started in to
blow right away; the drifts piling high in
the roads and lanes.
: ——Little Madaline Wise, the fifteen
months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs,
Joseph Wise was visiting her grandmother
a few days ago and got her hands on some
poison. Child-like she drank it. As soon
as the mistake was discovered emetics were
administered and her life was saved.
——Rev. J. Ellis Bell, presiding elder of
the Altoona district, will preach in the
Methodist Episcopal church on Sunday
morning. The revival that the pastor,
Rev. John A. Wood, is conducting in the
ocharch is wonderfully well attended and
more than seventy-five persons have pro-
fessed conversion.
——What the Academny basket ball
players didn’t do to Susquebanna Univer-
sity Saturday night will not fill many
blank leaves in the history of athletics at
the Selins Grove institution. There was a
large crowd at the Armory to cheer the
home boys on to victory that they hardly
expected to win when the game was called.
They went at the visitors with such a dash
that they were whirled clear off their feet
and the Academans piled up goals until
their score was 20 to the visitors 6
——The Rev. Frank D. Gamewell Ph.D.,
late of Peking, China, will deliver his lec-
ture on the ‘‘Siege of Peking’’ in the State
College auditorium on next Saturday even-
ing. A special train will be run over the
Bellefonte Central if a sufficient number of
people can be secured who care to take ad-
vantage of this exceptional opportunity to
hear an exceptional man. The car fare
for the round trip and a reserved seat for
the lecture will, together, cost only 75cts.
The chart will be at the Y. M. C. A. in
this place until Friday evening.
——The announcement in last week’s
WATCHMAN that Mr. William Derstine in-
tends disposing of his tailoring business in
this place and moving to Altoona in the
spring has turned out to have been some-
what premature. It is true that Mr.
Derstine had seriously considered making
the change, but he has not definitely de-
cided to doso. While no one here would
be narrow enough to wish bim to stay if he
deems it to his best interests to move away,
yet there are hosts of friends who would
regret to see him make such a move and
who would hail an ultimate decision to re-
main with genuine pleasure.
——In a recent isene of this paper the
credit was given to Mrs. Henry Gingerich,
of Linden Hall, of having presented to the
Lutheran charch of Boalsbnrg an individ-
ual communion service. Mrs, Gingerich
is not willing to take credit for something
which she believes others should share
with her and we make correction accord-
ingly. The silver service, base, three
trays, covers for same, bread tray and one
hundred and fifty gold-band glasses were
given through the aid of she congregation.
The silver cover was presented by Mrs.
Stonecypher, the wife of the pastor, and
the silver wine tankard was Mrs. Gin-
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SWEPT TO His DEATH FROM A BRIDGE.
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—The tragic fate of Edward Garret, a son !
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——A fine new three story brick block |
is to take the place of the burned frame
Diep SupDENLY WHILE DRIVING
HOMEWARD. — David Harter, the well-
of Mrs. Susan Garret, of east High street. | huildings thatstood on the Hoffer-Tyson | known farmer who lives about mid-way
shocked Bellefonte last Saturday morning,
when it became known that he had lost
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his life in the raging waters of Beech Creek |
the night before. The young man was
formerly a resident of this place and for a
while worked in the Harper grocery. Later
he moved to Mill Hall where he worked
at carpentering.
With a crew he was engaged in re-build-
ing No. 9 bridge crossing Beech Creek a
short distance above the mouth of Hayes
run. The men were at work on the bridge.
The ice had broken up in the creek and
had jammed to a height of twelve feet and
for a distance of half a mile against the
false work above the bridge. As it ap-
peared to be solid, with no signs of giving
way, foreman Charles Hunter put a crew
of the men at work removing the valuable
timbers, in order to prevent them being
torn out and carried down stream. The
men bad taken out two car loads of the
false work, when without warning, the
jam suddenly started. Edward Garret,
who was standing on the timber work, was
swept away in the high mass of rushing ice
and was carried down stream. Foreman
Charles Hunter and Charles Peters also bad
narrow escapes from being carried to death,
but by great. efforts both managed to save
themselves. They were, however, caught
in the falling timbers, which severely
bruised Mr. Hunter on the body, while
one of Mr. Peter’s hands was badly bruised
and sprained. He was taken to the Lock
Haven hospital.
Nothing was seen of Garret after he was
swept away on the ice by the torrent. All
night long searchers were on the look-ou$
for his body, but up to this time no trace
of him has been found except his cap, which
was picked up along the shore on Tuesday.
Edward Garret, the unfortunate young
man, was born in Bellefoate and was the
son of Samuel Garnet, A few years ago he
was marned to Miss Deborah Rhoads, a
daughter of the late Geo. Rhoads, of Half-
moon hill, and she survives him with one
son, Samuel.
He also leaves three bhrotheis and one
sister, pamely Collins, of Niagara Falls;
Will and Harry, of Bellefonce, and Mis.
Harper Hoffman, of Williamsport.
He was a member of Bellefoute Castle,
Kuigbts of the Golden Eagle, and was a
most exemplary young man.
A SMALL FrLoop.—This is the time of
year when the ‘high and dry’’ people have
no concern about nature’s doings, while
those who are located on the lowlands live
in constant dread of floods.
For the past month or more conditions in
this community have been most favorable
to a record-breaking flood. With the ground
frozen from fourteen to eighteen inches
deep, every natural outlet or cranny chok-
ed up with ice, it remained oniy for one
warm rain to convert the blanket of snow
that covered the earth into a raging devas-
tating flood. Others thought little of it,no
doubt, but after our experience of two years
ago when the water reached the unprece-
dented height of six feet in our press rooms
vou will not wonder that we viewed with
alarm the heavy leaden clouds that kept
rolling in from the southeast all Thursday
morning. When the} rain began to fall it
seemed inevitable and it was not long until
old Spring creek was showing the effects of
it.
Persons arriving from the country Fri-
day morning told of the great hodies of wa-
ter that were being dammed back by drifts
which would eventually rot away. One
party of gentlemen in a sleigh actnally
sank so deep in the water under adrift they
were driving over that their sleigh filled
and all of them were wet above their
knees.
By six o’clock Friday evening the back
water began to break through and the
creek rose as rapidly as eighteen inches an
hour, until at midnight it was a foot and a
half above the floors of our press rooms.
Fortunately we had had plenty of warning
and suffered little damage other than the
inconvenience caused by cleaning up and
the loss of a day and a half on our ma-
chines.
Of course we are very thankful that it
was not worse and we have the greatest
sympathy for the unfortunate victims of
she greater floods that swept so much deso-
lation through other parts of the country.
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——The friends of Harry Ulmer Tibbens
in this place will be interested in knowing
that he is to sever his connection with the
Johnstown Tribune to accept the position
of advertising manager of . the Stone and
Thomas department store in Wheeling,
W. Va., Since his graduation from the
High school in this place Harry has been
doing newspaper work in Altoona, Pitts-
burg, Connellsville and Johnstown. He
has heen on the Tribune staff for the past
four years and it has been his work there
that attracted the attention of his new
employers. As a resident of Johnstown
he was progressive, ambitious and useful;
for he was actively interested in many of
the public enterprises of that city. These
facts will all prove gratifying news to the
friends of his boyhood here who have al-
ways been confident that his ability would
find the highest measure of appreciation.
ree mre.
. ——What is to be known as the Central
Pennsylvania Basket Ball league was or-
ganized at Altoona recently. It is to be
made up of teams from Hollidaysburg,
Altoona and Tyrone. When all is com-
pleted and they are ready to be shown a
few things they don’t known about the
game we will sic our Academy champions
gerioh’s individual consribution.
on them.
lots on Front street, Philipsburg.
At the time of the ac-!
cident he was engaged as a bridge builder |
{ on the Beech Creek railroad.
-—Roy Gillam, formerly a resident of |
this place and since then of Tyrone, made |
his debut as a professional banjoist at |
Loraine, Ohio, on the evening of January |
10th.
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——The annual sacrifice sale of shoes is
on now at Yeager and Davis’. Those who
have found many profitable investments
there during pass sales say this one is the |
best of all.
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-—Theodore Boal has purchased the old |
Methodist church property at Boalsburg
and will convert it into a semi-public read-
ing room for the use of the residents of
that community.
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——Wahile in attendance at court here
on Wednesday Charles C. Hess. of Philips-
burg, received word that his iarge barn
near that place had been totally destroyed
by fire. He conducted a very profitable
truck farm and his farm was arranged for
keeping fruit vegetables and strawberry
accessories, as he grew the latter very ex-
tensively. The family was at dinner
when the fire was discovered, but it bad
already made such headway as to be be-
yond control. All of the contents were
destroyed, together with two horses, two
cows and a lot of hogs. Mr. Hess carried
about $1,000 insurance.
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AUTHUR B. KIMPORT, of Linden
Hall, spent last Friday and Saturday in
town talking over matters political with
his friends. The result of his visit is his
announcement as a candidate for Prothono-
tary. Mr. KiMPORT served as clerk under
both Prothonotaries SMITH and GARDNER
and was ever trustworthy, carefal and
His succession to the office, if
such should be his good fortune, would in-
sure a thoroughly competent official.
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At the meeting of the public school
direciors of Centre county held in the court
house in this place on Friday and Saturday
of last week, a partial account of
which was published in these columns last
Friday, the following officers were elected:
President, W. C. Heinle, Esq; vice presi-
dents, Col. Austin Cartin and P. H. Me:
Donald; secretary, H. C. Quigley, Esq.;
treasurer, John P. Harris; delegates to state
convention, D. F. Fortney, Esq.. Belle.
fonte; S. W. Smith, Centre Hall; Col.
Austin Curtin, Boggs; Eli F. Townsend,
Philipsburg; L. E. Stover, Millheim.
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PoMONA GRANGE MEETING.—Centre
county Pomona Grange met in the hall of
Bald Eagle grange, at Milesburg, on Fri-
day, January 220d. Worthy master Dale
was in the chair and seven of the other
officers were present, though there was
not as large a turnout as there would have
been had the roads not been so badly
drifted.
The morning session was taken up with
the address of welcome hy G. H. Musser,
of Bald Eagle grange, aud the response by
James A. Keller. The report of the
auditors of the fire insurance company
showed risks in force to the amount of
courteous,
$4,619,361. The gain during the year
having been $645,717. Gain in notes
$33,683.
Friday was the regular day to install
new officers but as all of them were not
present the ceremony was postponed for
an adjourned meeting on February 10th,
at 9:30 a. m., when there will also be an
illustration of degree work and the un-
finished business transacted.
At the afternoon session the committee
on credentials reported seven candidates
for the fifth degree. The meeting opened
in fifth degree and conferred Pomona.
It is very important that all officers
should be present at the adjourned meet-
ing as all the degrees from the first to fifth
will be illustrated at that time hy a
specially trained team.
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THE SHIFTER CREW HAD A NARROW
Escape. —Conductor Joe Kelleher, engi-
neer Claude Thompson, fireman Boas
and trainmen Scheckler, Watson and
Spicer, who constitute the crew that
does the shifting in the Pennsylvania
yards at this place, will likely never forget
Saturday, January 23rd, as long as they
have memories. :
That the men were not all pinioned
under their engine in the swollen waters of
Spring creek, seems more of a miracle than
anything else. Eh
Just at noon on the eventful day the
entire crew were on the engine backing
over the trestle that spans Spring creek at
the American Lime and Stone Co's pike
kilns. The trestle had heen swept away
hy the flood of two years ago and after-
wards rebuilt. No one of the rail-roaders
thought for a moment that the structure
might have heen weakened by the bhatter-
ing of she great cakes of.ice that rode the
top of Friday night's flood until the engine
was right on the middle of it. Then there
was a perceptible shivering and swaying
aud the piles on the up stream side began
to sink. The men, for a moment at their
wits end to know what to do, jumped for
the tender. The piles went lower and
lower until the engine careened almost
eighteen inches and would probably have
gone over into the swollen waters with her
human freight bad engineer Thompson not
jumped to the throttle and reversed it
wide. The engine responded to the call
and fairly lifting itself from the track shot
back over the trestle aud banged into some
cars standing on the C. R. R. of Pa.
They were damaged to some extent, but
the lives of five men had probably been
saved.
between Beliefonte and Jacksonville died
very unexpectedly while driving to his
home from this place on Tuesday.
With bis son Calvin he came to town in
the morning with a load of potatoes. They
started home about noon and all went well
until their journey was about half over
when the younger man woticed his father
swaying in his seat. The movement was
very slight, though readily noticeable be-
canse he was holding an umbrella to pro-
tect him from the snow. As Mr. Harter
had had several similar attacks before, his
son suggested that he lie down in the sled.
From that moment he sank rapidly and
was dead in about ten minutes. Calvin
bad called for some of the people living in
that community and four of them accom-
panied bim on the mournful journey home.
Deceased was 69 years old on January
1st. He was a well-known farmer and had
spent all of his life in agricultural pursuits.
He is survived by his widow, son Calvin
and his daughter Ollie, wife of Rev. Samuel
Koontz. A consistent member of the Evan-
gelical church the pastor of that denomina-
tion will officiate at his funeral today at
Jacksonville. Services will be held at his
late home at 10 o’clock.
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ALBERT Hoy.—In the death of Albert
Hoy, which occurred at his home at State
College, Wednesday evening, at nine
o'clock that community lost one of
ite best citizens and a man who was
well known throughout the county for his
integrity and rectitude. He bad been
much of an invalid during the past year on
account of heart trouble and his death
was not unexpected. Funeral services will
be held in the Reformed church at Pine
Hall on Saturday morning at 10 o’clock by
his pastor,Rev.A. A. Black, and interment
will be made in the burying ground at that
place.
Mr. Hoy was 72 years old on the 6th of
last July and most of his life was spent in
Ferguson towuship, where he held at dif-
ferent times nearly every position of dis-
tinction and truss that the citizens could
prevail upon him to accept. He was
master of Washington grange for a number
of years and was an important factor in
the Reformed church at Pine Hall of which
he bad been a member since boyhood.
After retiring from active life he built a
comfortable home at State College and
soon after locating there was elected Jus-
tice of the Peace which office Le held at
the time of his death. His wife, who was
Mary Bloom, survives him aod had he
lived until the 5th. of next September they
would have been married fifty years. Of
their eleven children eight are living, two
daughters and six sons. He is also survived
by two brothers, Josepb, of State College,
John, of Hublersburg, and a half-sister
Mrs. Adam Yearick, of Jacksonville.
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Mgrs. A. A. STEVENS. — Mrs. Sarah
Cochran Stevens, wife of Adie A. Stevens
Esq., died at their home in Tyrone Mon-
day night quite suddenly. She had been
ill for several weeks of inflammatory rheu-
matism which brought on an affection of
the heart.
Mrs. Stevens was a daughter of William
H. Cochran, of Reedsville, and was born at
that place March 1st, 1865. She was mar-
ried to Mr. Stevens June 12th, 1900. Of
her life oniy those most intimate with it
know of the rare and exceptional virtues
she possessed to such a great degree. It
was fragrant with its womanly gentleness,
christian spirit and charity.
Her husband, a step-daughter and two
step-sons survive her. Interment was
made in the Tyrone cemetery yesterday
afternoon, after services had heen con-
ducted at her late home by the pastor of
the Methodist church.
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——Mrs. Daniel W. Harter died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Mack-
ey, in Williamsport, at 11 o’clock last F'ri-
day night, after an illness of two months.
Mrs. Harter was formerly a resident of
Rebershurg, this county. With her hus-
band she only moved to Williamsport last
November. Her remains were taken to her
old home at Rebershurg and funeral serv-
ices were neld in the Reformed church
there on Wednesday.
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THE BOROUGH PRIMARIES.—As both
the Democrats aud Republicans held their
primaries for the spring election on Satur-
day evening it might have been expected
that something exciting would happen.
» Expectations were contrary-wise, however,
for aside irom a lissle contest in the West
ward between the old organization Re-
publicaus and the Young . American Re:
publican club there was absolutely noth-
ing of interest in the contest on either side
except the manner in which the old veter-
an George Smith, who had been in the
field for two months, was dropped at the
last moment for John Love.
The candidates nominated were as fol-
lows:
Democratic. Office. Republican.
Geo. R. Meek.......... Treasurer.........H. B. Pontius
Thomas Howley....... Overseer............. John Love
NORTH WARD.
J. C. Harper....Judge of Election.........8. B. Miller
Jno. N. Lane...... Inspector ..W.'H. Musser
J. P. Smith........School Director...... H. C. Quigley
Daniel Heckman...Councilman........ Harry Keller
ASSEEBOT..cccrurarrirens S. A. Bell
SOUTH WARD.
Hairy Walkey...Judge of Election...Henry Brown
John McSuley......... Inspector......ceuunen 8. E. Goss
Jacob Gross. ..Councilmain............ Jas. Seibert
W. C. Heinle.........School Director
Daniel Eberhart.......Assessor............ W. C. Cassidy
WEST WARD.
Michael Hess...Judge of Election...Isaac Thomas
Jonth Miller........ .Inspector............. John Strayer
Jas. K. Barnhart...School Director....L. McGinley
P. F. Keichline....Councilman.... R. 8. Brouse
L. H. McQuistion......Assessor............Jas, H. Rine
—Robert Moyer, baggage master on
the Lewisbarg train running between this
place and Montandon, was badly hurt lass
Wednesday morning while in pursuit of
his dusy. He was filling the water tank
before the train left Montandon for its
first trip. In order to fill the tank he had
put a ladder on the platform. It had sleet-
ed during the night and the platform was
very icy. Just ashe was in the aet of
pouring the water into the tank the ladder
elipped and he fell to the platform, strik-
ing on the back of his head. Dr. Thornton
was summoned and found that he cut
several deep gashes in his head and was
otherwise badly bruised and cut,
FuN ror EVERYBODY.—What is hoped
will prove one of the most amusing and at
the same time entertaining diversions that
Bellefonte has bad in a long time will be
the mock trial which will be made for the
benefit of the Y. M. C. A. on Friday even-
ing, February 1st, in Petriken hall.
While every feature of the trial will be
carried out with the view of getting as
much fun as possible ont of it, there will
be an element of dignity prevailing because
of the fact that no less a person than presi-
dent judge John G. Love will preside.
The case at bar is a breach of promise
proceeding brought by Miss M. Snyder, the
well-known Bishop street milliner, against
Geo. R. Meek. In support of her case she
has subpoenaed Miss Mary White, Claude
Smith,Hard P. Harris and Dr. M. J. Locke
while the defendant has called William P.
Runkle Esq., William Doll, P. D. Waddle,
Lawrence Hoover and others.
Sheriff Taylor will exercise his usual
functions; James A. B. Miller E:q. will be
the clerk of the court and Francis Speer
will be the crier.
The plaintiff will be represented by Col.
A.V. Newton, of Worcester, Mass., who
comes especially to conduct this important
case and the defendants attorneys will be
John M. Dale E:q and W. Harrison Walk-
er Esq.
The panel for the jury has already heen
drawn and those who will sit in judgment
are J. C. Meyer, Frank Montgomery, J. D.
Myer, Clement Dale, W. I. Rankin,Clande
Cook, Darius Waite, Chas. M. McCurdy,
Rev. George I. Brown, Chas. R. Kurtz and
Earl C. Tuten.
What the outcome of the case will be is,
of course, a matter of conjecture and we re-
frain from discussing its merits for fear of
being hauled up for contempt of court.
But certain it is that those who can get to
hear it tried will bave more real good, in-
nocent fan than they have enjoyed in many
a day.
News Purely Pevsonal.
—Maurice Otto spent Sunday with his parents
in this place.
—Frederick K. Foster spent Sunday at his
former home in Philadelphia.
—C. T. Gerberich spent a few days last week
with his daughter at Philipsburg.
--Mrs. William Russell left for her new home
in Beaver Falls, Pa., on Saturday afternoon.
—The Misses Claire Shields and Edith Atwood
spent Sunday with friends in Lock Haven.
—Will Keichline came down from Tyrone to
spend Sunday with his parents in this place.
—Mrs. Hattie Wigton, of Philipsburg, is visit-
ing her sister, Mrs. Foster, and other relatives in
this place.
—John Gowland, the Philipsburg foundryman
and politician, was in town attending court on
Monday and Tuesday.
—Charles E. Dorworth, of the Philadelphia
Press, got to town Sunday morning to spend a few
days with his parents.
—Miss Mary Hibbs, of Philadelphia, is a guest
at the home of her cousin, Mrs. E. H. Richard,
on east Linn street.
—Martin Leisinring, weighboss of the Lehigh
mines at Snow Shoe, was the guest of Harry Otto,
of Penn street, over Sunday.
—Miss Mary Ceader will spend the month of
February in Philadelphia visiting relatives and
friends. She went on Wednesday.
—Miss Mable Fauble went to Philadelphia
Wednesday noon for a month’s visit at the home
of her sister, Mrs. W. W, Schloss.
—Mr. E. P. Irvin, of the Racket stores, went
east on Monday to buy spring and summer goods.
He expects to be in Philadelphia and New
York.
—Mrs. John A. Wood was in Tyrone yesterday
afternoon in attendance at the funeral of Mrs. A.
A. Stevens who died very unexpectedly on ,Mon-
day night.
—Miss Mary Thomas, of Philadelphia, is in
town for a three weeks visit with friends. This
week she is being entertained by Mrs. John M.
Dale.
—Mrs. George Hastings, of Buffalo Run, has
just returned from a visit of a few days’ duration
with her sister, Mrs. James Pollock, at Beech
Creek. :
—Will Cunningham and Joe McCulley are both
home from Beaver Falls, the former being
threatened with an attack of typhoid fever and
the latter suffering with a general break-down.
—Mr, and Mrs. H. A. Brungard, of Zion, were
in town doing some shopping yesterday. They
drove up in the sleigh and were surprised to
find that some of the hills were almost bare.
—W. D. Strunk, of Pleasant Gap, was a pleasant
caller Wednesday afternoon and left a little of
the stuff that our friend Brit Steele takes so
much pleasure in gobbling up right away for his
steam heat bills.
—Assessor S. A. Bell. of the North ward, who it
appears couldn't get out of being re-elected, if he
wanted to, because there is no one against him,
dropped in on Wednesday afternoon to send his
label sailing on several pegs.
—Dr. F. K. White, of Philipsburg, was in town
yesterday and fooled everybody, for while his
friends here thought he had certainiy come over
to talk a little politics it wasn't that at all. He
has coal as a side line now and was placing some
that is ‘guaranteed to be all right.”
—Capt. and Mrs. Urban and Lieut. Dorsh, who
had been in charge of the Salvation Army bar.
racks here, have gone to Olean, N. Y., to visit
relatives awhile and later will locate at Corning.
Capt. and Mrs. Dentner arrived here from Corn-
ing on Saturday and will succeed in the command
of the Army here.
~—Mrs. Jonathan E. Miller went to Scottdale
on Tuesday to see her son Ollie, who has been in
a serious condition since last Saturday with
symptoms of appendicitis. Two physicians have
been with him much of the time, but are not ful-
ly determined as to the advisability of an opera-
tion.
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THE GRAND ARMY INSTALLATION.
—F'riday evening was a memorable one in
the history of Gregg post, No. 95, G. A. R.
It was the occasion of the installation of
the officers who will preside over the or-
ganization for the next year and it was
given an additional importance because of
the presence of no less distinguished per-
sons than Commander Edwin L. Walton
and Adj. Gen. Charles Sedam of the depart-
ment of Pennsylvania. Many of the old
soldiers throughout the county had gather-
ed here for the ceremony and at 6 o’clock
in the evening a supper was served for
the visitors in the post rooms.
At 8 o'clock the installation began with
Commander Walton and Adj. Sedam of-
ficiating. As a matter of fact, with such
eminent officers in the army officiating,
the ceremony could not be anything else
than impressive and to those who wit-
nessed the ceremonial for the first time i
was especially go.
After the formal work was done the
usual camp-fire, so dear to-the old soldier,
followed in its wake bringing good cheer
and sociability to visitor and veteran alike.
The speakers were Commander Walton,
Adj. Sedam, Hon. Fred Kurtz, Capt. H.
S. Taylor, Col. James P. Coburn, Rev.
Ambrose Schmidt, Dr. H. C. Holloway,
Senator W. C. Heinle, James Harris, John
A. Daley, W. Harrison Walker, Clement
Dale Esq. and others. Frank Wallace,
with fifteen members of the Geo. L. Potter
post, of Milesburg, were present and repre-
sentatives of the Rebershurg and Howard
posts.
The officers installed were Commander,
Emanuel Noll; S. V. C., Amos Garbrick;
J. V. C., Charles Eckenroth; chaplain,
James Harris; quartermaster, H. B.
Pontius; officer of the guard, Charles
Glenn; officer of the day, Gen. John I.
Curtin; surgeon, James Whittaker.
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PorT MATILDA K. G. E. OFFICRRS.—
Port Matilda castle, No. 219, K. G. E., has
elected the following officers for the ensa-
ing six months :
Past chief, Walter Williams ; noble
chief, Martin Cowher ; vice chief, Gorden
A. Williams ; high pritst, A. J. Johnston :
venerable hermit, G. E. Ardery ; master of
records, H. A. Osman ; clerk of exchequer,
R. D. Ardery ; e-quite, E. E. Ardery ;
first guardsman, J. M. Robinson ; second
guardsman, Wm. Mahue ; trustee, A. S.
Williams ; representative to the grand cas-
tle, A. S. Williams.
Announcement.
We are authorized to announce Arthur B. Kim-
port, of Harris township, as a candidate for the
office of Prothonotary; subject to the decision of
the Democratic County Convention.
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Sale Register.
JANUARY 30TH. —At the residence of Mrs. John L.
Kurtz, on east Curtin street, piano, parlor, li-
brary and dining room furniture, bed room
sets, bedding, dishes, carpets, rugs, curtains
and kitchen utensils. Sale at 1 o'clock. Jas
Derr, Aue. :
March 8TH.—At the residence of Hiram Lee about
3 miles east of Bellefonte on the Miliken farm
on the Zion road and 4 miles northeast of Pleas-
ant Gap 5 work horses, a fine team of dun
drivers, colts, 11 mileh cows, 2 good stock bulls
young cattle, Sheep, 19 hogs, implements*
gears, new crown drill, new spring wagon. As ?
an ong to Tove west all wy household goodI
offered a e tale. Saleat9a.m. A.C.
McClintock, Auc. 9a M.4.0
Marcu 17TH. —A¢t the residence of John Wetzel, in
Spring township, 24 mile south of Bellefonte, 5
Cows, 2 Horses, a lot of good farming imple-
melt and Sundries of Svery sort that are to be
und about a farm. Sale at 10 o . m.
W. A. Ishler, Aue. lockrariy
Marcu 187H.—At the residence of Solomon Poor-
man, on the John Eby farm, 14 mile west of
Zion, horses, cattle, farm implements, swine
household goods. Sale at 10 o’clock, a. m. ;
J. McClintock, auctioneer.
March 24TH. —At {he residence of Henry Samp-
sel on the Shugert Farm at the Fish Hatchery
at Pleasant Gap, Horses, Cows, Young Cattle
Implements, Household Goods, Sale at 10
o'clock a. m. Jos. L. Neff, Aue.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red .......cceeevrniviinninnns 93@93
« _No. 2 .. 87923
Corn —Yellow..... 51@53
¢ —Mixed new. 46 2@b04
OAt81ueserssarsssessssssasssssons 1 @47
Flour— Winter, Per Br’'l 3.25@3.50
¢“ —Penna. Roller.... 3.90@4.10
*¢ —Favorite Brands. . 5.10@5.20
Rye Flour Per Br'l................. - 3.35
Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 10.00@16.50
ss “ “ Mixed ‘ 1... 1100@14.25
BIPRW...ociniciiviininns sserksetineken santas 9.50@23.50
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 :
d wheat,
-
80
Rye, per bushel.......... 56
Corn, shelled, per bushel.. 50
Corn, ears, per bushel......... 50
Oats, old and new, per bushel. 35
Barley, per BUBDCH srke seers carrer sete nescsoinns 50
Ground laster, per ton. 8 50 to 9 50
Buckwheat, per bushel ......ccceoueceernsnseninns on
Cloverseed, per bushel..,... $7 20 to $8 10
Timothy seed per bushel.. $2.00 to $2.25
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel.... 85
Onions esas oro 90
r dozen... 25
Lard, per pound. 10
Country Shoulders.. 10
Sides....... 10
Tall F pound 1
ow. nd...
Butter, De pound... © 22
sesessssesssenssnecnas
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