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Bellefonte, Pa., July |, 1904.
CorrEsPONDENTS.—No communications pub
lished unless accompanied by the real name of
the writer.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——Mr. S. H. Williams is able to be
about again. £
Joseph Gingher.is the new clerk at
Cox’s restaurant.
——There will be no paper issued from
this office next week.
——The moon changed on Monday and
with it came a change of weather.
——Work on the new Y. M. C. A.
gymnasium is being pushed right along.
——Are you going to Hecla on the
Fourth? There is where the doings will
be.
——Platt-Barber & Co’s wholesale house
in this place is being brightened up with
a new coat of paint.
——Miss Emma Montgomery entertained
fifteen of her girl friends at the Country
club on Wednesday evening.
——The Bellefonte Masons expeot to
establ ish their annual summer camp along
the Bald Eagle, in the vicinity of Howard.
— There were thirty-six young people
examined for provisional certificates by
Supt. Gramley, in this place, last Friday.
——A new driving horse that Judge A.
0. Furst had only recently purchased from
W. E. Gheen, of Jersey Shore, died of colic
on Saturday.
——The Cherry home on north Thomas
street has been repainted and is now one
of the very attractive looking residences in
that section.
——Bear in mind that all stores having
signed the agreement with the clerks
union in Bellefonte will be closed all day
on the Fourth.
——Conductor Joe Kelleher, of the yard
switching crew, was called to Tyrone Tues-
day morning on account of the serious ill-
ness of his father.
——The Academy mathematical prize of
$10 has been equally divided between
Clyde Orwig, of Mifflinburg, and Pearl
Thomas, of Howard.
——J. Victor Bruvgart, of Bellefonte,
and Miss Lyda A. Yearick, of Hublersburg,
were married at the residence of Rev. H. I.
Crow, in that place on Wednesday.
—— Hecla park is the popular place on
the Fourth of July. There will be all
kinds of amusements there and nothing
here, therefore spend the day at the park.
——Miss Ruth A. Bottorf, a daughter of
Jacob Bottorf Esq., of Lemont, won the
musical prize at the commencement exer-
cises of Bucknell University at Lewisburg
last week.
——Mr. Jerry Corman and Miss Carrie
Musser, of Zion, were married at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Hosterman, in
Coburn, on Sunday evening, by the Rev.
Sheeder.
——Philipsburg is getting ready for a
band tournament this season. Bands from
DuBois, Bellefonte, Tyrone, Patton, Clear-
field, Barneshoro and other towns in the
vicinity are eligible.
——The holy communion will be cele-
brated in the Lutheran church on Sunday,
July 3rd. Aft the evening service the pas-
“tor, Dr, Holloway. will preach a sermon
on ‘‘The Perpetuation of Patriotism.’
——Rumor has it that Joseph Downing
Mitchell, the second son of Isaac Mitchell,
of this place, is to succeed to the position
of resident superintendens of the Logan
Iron and Steel Co’s. plants at Burnham.
——DMiss Caroline Hoy, a daughter of H.
K. Hoy, of Benner township, who has been
an instructor at the Kutztown Normal
during the spring term, has just accepted
an offer to teach at Atlantic City next
winter.
——Jacob Jury, chef at the Crystal Pal-
ace cafe, has purchased the Charles Hasel
restaurant on Bishop street. Jake bas
been in the business long enough to know
the wants of Bellefonters and ought to be
able to make a success of a place of his
own.
——Misses Anna McLaughlin, Elizabeth
Hazel, Anne Curry and Mesdames S. B.
Finnegan and Jacob Gross made up a very
congenial and very delightful driving party
that had Lock Haven for its destination on
Sunday. They went down to the corner
stone layivg of the new church of the
Immaculate Conception.
——The Platt-Barber wholesale grocery
establishment in this place bas nearly
doubled its business lately. It is said that
the hesitancy on the part of local grocers to
buy in large quantities is the cause. They
can buy daily at the local wholesale honse
and thus keep within the limits of the
present uncertainity in business.
——Mis. Louisa Hoy, who was taken
suddenly ill at her home at Rock-View,
last Saturday, with an attack of something
akin to vertigo, is very much improved.
While her condition at first was quite
alarming happily for her friends her physi-
cian states that no serious consequences are
anticipated.
—— Last Thursday quite a party of peo-
ple from this county departed for the St.
Louis exposition. Among them were
Misses Marion Meyer, of Lemont; Sallie
Meyer, of Booneville; Gertrnde Wieland
and Henry Potter, of Linden Hall; Eva
Moyer, Rebecea Moyer and Bruce Moyer,
of Centre Mills; and Mr. and Mrs. A. N.
Corman of Rebershurg.
NEW MANAGEMENT FOR THE NITTANY
FURNACE.—The rumors that have been in
circulation for several weeks concerning
the affairs of the Nittany Iron Co., were all
stopped last Friday when it was definitely
announced that a change in management
had taken place.
At a meeting held in the office of the
company in Temple court Friday morning
the resignation of Mr. J. Wesley Gephart,
as president and general manager, was ac-
cepted and Noah H. Swayne 2nd, was
elected to succeed him in that office.
The change was effected for several
reasons : principally because Mr. Gep-
bart’s health has been such as to
make it absolutely necessary for him
to’ get away from some of the many re-
‘sponsibilities that he has assumed since re-
habilitating Bellefonte’s iron idustries.
However these may be the change was
altogether amicable and was effected with
the best of feeling on all sides. As to its
results, it remains for the future to reveal.
The new president and general manager,
Mr. Swayne, said to a WATCHMAN repre:
sentative : ‘‘The business of the company
will be carried on with only a few minor
changes and the furnace will run.’’
In that little sentence is summed up
about all that the people of this communi-
ty care to know, except, perhaps, as to the
manner of man who assumes control.
Mr. Swayne was born in Toledo, Ohio,
thirty-two years ago. After graduation
from Yale he went to the New York law
school and later was admitted to practice
in the city of New York. At the end of
five years he gave up his profession and
went South to become vice president of the
Alabama and Georgia Iron Co., with offices
at Cedartown, Ga.
He remained vice presideut of the com-
pany for two years ; succeeding to the
presidency and general management of the
companies, which position he has filled for
the past three years.
Aside from the stamp of ability which
the positions he holds have marked him
with Mr. Swayne is an interesting gentle-
man because of his very illustrious ances-
try. His father, Wager Swayne, was a
Major General in the Union army and
served as military Governor of Alabama.
His grand-father, Noah H. Swayne, was a
Justice of the United States Supreme
court ; having been appointed by Lincoln
and served for twenty years, when he re-
signed. On the maternal side even more
interest centres about the fact that they
are among the nearest living relatives of
George Washington. His mother was
Ellen Harris, of Louisville, Ky., who was
a daughter of Glovinia Eugenia Washing-
ton, a direct descendant of John Washing-
ton, George’s brother. At the time cf the
celebration in '89 the historical society of
New York classed the Swaynes among the
nearest Washington descendants.
Mr. Swayne is married ; his wife having
been a Miss Siebeneck, . of Pittsburg. He
left Bellefonte Monday afternoon for Geor-
gia ; expecting to be gone a month. Upon
his return Le will bring Mrs. Swayne with
him and they will live in the mansion at
the works lately vacated by Mr. F. H.
Clemson.
During his absence the Nittany furnace
has only been banked. It will not be put
out of blast as it is the intention to start
again just as soon as he returns and, keep
going. In fact, contracts for ores and other
materials have been made with the Belle-
fonte Farnace Co., which makes the opera-
tion of the mines of the latter company in
the Scotia district almost a certainty.
ANOTHER INSURANCE CHANGE.—Harve
you stopped to realize that within two
years such changes have been made in the
insurance business in Bellefonte as to re-
move all but one of the men who have
built up well known agencies from the
field of business activity.
The Potter agency, the Smith agency,
the Miller agency and now the Hoover
agency ; leaving only the Rankin in the
old hands. Mr. Hoover's business was
bought last week by Mr. John F. Gray
and his son Oscar and they will conduct it
in the future. It seems like the irony of
fate that the very energy and indefatigable
work that built Mr. Hoover’s business up
to the great volume it had should be the
cause of his retirement, but it was. He
hustled too much for his nervous temper-
ment and is a physical wreck now. He
hopes by retirement to be able to recover
and just to have a little something to do,
when he feels like it, has taken a position
with a Philadelphia concern.
Mr. Gray is from State College and his
son was graduated from that institution
with the class of 1903. Neither one of
them needs av introduction to the people
of Centre county and they will continue
representing all the strong companies in
the Hoover agency.
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WRITING ANONYMOUS LETTERS.— With-
in the past week editor Earl Tuten has
been considerably annoyed and worried be-
bas been receiving. They purport to be
from a friend of the Italian Dominic Con-
stance, who is in jail charged with having
attempted to burn the Rothrock home in
Benner township, and demand that the
News and Republican retract statements
published about him.
The statements were to the effect that
Constance is crazy and has been causing no
end of trouble since his incarceration.
As to their truthfulness we know noth-
ing and care less, but if editor Tuten gets
cold feet because of these anonymous let-
ters we know of a certain attorney who
has been dictating them to his fair amanu-
ensister who will be laughing up his sleeve
and using the retraction in defense of the
dago if he can worm himself in as his
counsel.
cause Of a series of anonymous letters he.
——There will be no paper issued from
this office next week.
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——The Good Will hose company of
Lock Haven is ta have a celebration at
Agars park on July 4th.
—— “Black Spot,’ the negro murderer,
is to be hanged in the Clearfield jail on
September 1st.
emer erences.
——The great Undine-Logan base-ball
game at Hecla park next Monday after-
noon will make fun for every body.
——1I¢ is only $15.55 for the round trip
to St. Louis now. That is getting the rate
down a little below the point of cheapness.
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——There were 26 candidates for certifi
cates at the teachers examination held at
Port Matilda last week by Supt. Gramley.
——
——Miss Josie Parker White was gradu-
ated from the West Chester Normal last
week. Her thesis was ‘‘The Genesis of
Things.”
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——Four sheep were killed for Peter A.
Breon, of Penn Twp., on Saturday. Dogs
did it and the auditors of the township
awarded him $15.
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——One of the special attractions at the
Undine picnic at Heola park, next Monday,
will be a shooting match between a num-
ber of local marksmen.
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-—Misses Ella and Kate Switzer, of
Philipsburg, expect to spend the summer
with their brother Tom, whose gold opera-
tions at Atlin, B. C., promise to make all
who have anything to do with is rich.
——According to a bulletin, just issued
by John Hamilton, farmer’s institute
specialist of the office of experiment
stations, 3,106 institutes were held in the
country last’ year at an average cost of
$60.22.
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——The annual reunion of the sur-
vivors of the famous Bucktail regiment
will be held in Lock Haven this year.
The executive committee has not yet de-
cided upon the date of the reunion, but it
will likely be some time in September.
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——The corner stone of the new church
of the Immaculate Conception, which the
Catholics of Lock Haven are erecting, was
laid on Sunday afternoon. Bishop Garvey
officiated. Father McArdle, of Bellefonte,
was among the visiting priests who assisted
during the ceremonial.
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——George W. Pletcher, formerly sta-
tion agent for the C. R. R. of Pa. at La-
mar, and now an artist on Grit, was mar-
ried to Miss Nina P. McCloskey, a daughter
of Abner McCloskey, of Dunnstown, Clin-
ton county, at noon on Wednesday. After
a tour of the Katskills and Canada they
will make their home in Williamsport.
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——At the district Sunday school con-
venton held at Pleasant Gap on the 21st
ult. the following were elected officers for
the ensuing year: President James
Hughes; vice president, Rev. J. D. Mel
roy ;secretary and treasurer, A. Luken-
bach; Normal superintendent, Wm.
Hoover; deputy home Supt. Jared Harper.
tee
——Margaret, the thirteen-year old
daughter of Dr. P. A. Smith, of Madison-
burg, was attacked by a bull dog on Tues-
day, while she was playing in front of her
home, and the flesh of her right leg below
the knee was so badly lacerated as to re-
quire nine stitches to gather it ap. The
dog was owned by George Z. Kerns.
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—— Quite a notable wedding at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Heard, of
Salona, was that of Miss Harriet Geneva
Krape, and Mr. Samuel L. Kasner,of Mon-
toursville, on Tuesday evening. There
were one hundred and twenty-five guests
present and a most elaborate reception fol-
lowed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Casner
will spend the summer at Eagle’smere.
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—— The Baptist Sabbath school of Miles-
burg rendered their Children’s day service
on Sunday evening, Jane 26th in the pres-
ence of acrowded house. The service was
one of surpassing excellence and held the
closest attention of the entire audience
from beginning to end. The recitations,
exercises and singing were rendered in a
manner that carried impression of truth to
the minds of all.
——Miss Mable and Mr. William Allison
Jr. entertained at their home in Spring
Mills, last Friday evening in honor of
Robert and Jame§ Van Valzah; who are’
living in Indiana now, but recently arrived
to visit friends as their former ‘home at
Spring Mills. They are sons of the
late Dr. Frank Van Valzah. The party
was characteristic of the hospitable and
palatial Allison home.
——The following teachers have been
elected for the Gregg Twp., schools:
Spring Mills High school, W. P. Hoster-
man; intermediate, Orpha Gramley; pri-
mary, Miss Goodhart; grammar, R. U.
Bitner; Beaver Dam, C. E. Royer; Polk
Hill, V. Grove; Pike, Clara Condo: Penn
Hall, A. Duck; Farmer’s Mills, F. Zubler;
Murray, G. Walker; Decker, George
Weaver; X Roads, Mary Guise; Hoy, T.
Rachau; Logan, Anna Grove.
——At a meeting on Monday evening
the Bellefonte school board re-elected all of
the old teachers, with the exception of two.
Mr. C. A. Heiss, who resigned his position
in the High school to accept another in
Washington, D. C. will be succeeded by
Mr. H. F. Yearick, for several years prin-
cipal of the Hublersburg High school.
Miss Sata J. Waite, of Half-Moon, will
succeed Mr. Wasson, resigned, at the
“Midway’’ school. Supt. D. O. Efters
was re-elected for three years.
after.an.illness of
DAvip KELLER.—The useful, long and
honorable life of David Keller came to a
close on Monday, when that venerable
gentleman passed away at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Owen Mothersh augh, near
Boalsburg. His last illness, which was
really nothing more than a decline, had its
beginning a year, to the very day, before
his death.
Mr. Keller was a son of Jacob and Mary
Elizabeth Keller and was born at Cedar
Springs, Jan. 21st, 1819. When only a
boy his parents moved to the vicinity of
the Red Mill, in Potter Twp., where David
grew to manhood. He taught school ; fol-
lowed his trade as a cabinet maker and
dealt in horses ; having been an importer
of western horses for a number of years,
Soon after his marriage to Miss Margaret
Shinnebarger he settled down in the voca-
tion of a farmer and located on the old
Shinnebarger farm. which is now mostly
covered by the village of Boalshurg.
From that place they moved to what is
now the Campbell farm at Cedar Creek,
thence to Oak Hall, where with his broth-
er Henry he bought and operated the
foundry for three years. Tiring of that
work very quickly aud longing for the
peaceful contentment of the farm again he
bought the farm on which the fish hatchery
is now located at Pleasant Gap. For fif-
teen years the family resided at that place,
then they moved back to Boalsburg, which
was the home until just a year ago when
illness made it necessary for Mr. Keller to
go to the home of his daughter.
His surviving children are Wiiliam D.,
oi Lemont ; Ephriam K., of Pleasant Gap ;
Mis. Elizabeth Mothershangh, of Boals-
burg ; George S., of Houserville, and Dr.
U. 8. G. Keller, of Warren, Ill. One
brother, Daniel, of Warren, is living.
Deceased was a life long member of the
Reformed church, a man whose character
was above reproach and his life a blessing
to those about him.
Interment will be made in the cemetery
at Boalsburg, this morning.
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Mgrs. EDWARD BECKWITH.—Mrs. Ed-
ward Beckwith expired at her home near
Hannah Furnace, on the 22nd, after two
year’s patient suffering from dropsy which
resulted from a cold. She was a most es-
timable woman, kind and loving in her
family, considerate and charitable for
those about her and for sixty vears had
been a stead-fast member of the Methodist
church.
Deceased was Miss Harriet Felesta Cart-
wright, a daughter of Wesley and Betsy
Cartwright, and was born near Warriors-
mark Sept. 15th, 1823. Her children sur-
viving are Vinton and C. F., of near Han-
nah Furnace ; Joseph, of Patton, and E.
L., of Parker's Landing.
Funeral services were conducted at Mt.
Pleasant, on Friday morning, and inter-
ment was made at that place.
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~ JosepH OSCAR SHANK.—Typhoid fever
caused the death of Joseph Oscar Shank at
bis home in Snow Shoe, on Sunday morn-
ing, after an illness of only ten days.
Deceased was born in Milesburg May
16th, 1855, and was 49 years old. He was
a member of Tyrone lodge 408 B. of R. T.
and a member of the Relief. He had been
railroading since 1889.
Surviving him are his widow and the
following] children: Boyd E., Arthur,
Lawrence, Raymond and Oscar.
Interment was made Tuesday afternoon,
with Rev. Shugert of the Methodist church
officiating.
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——Mis. Sarah E. McClellan, wife of
Daniel W. McClellan, died at the home of
George Maygs. in Philipsburg, on Wed-
nesday morning, of a complication of heart
trouble, dropsy and consumption. The
family lately resided at Hawk Ran and
were only visiting in Philipsburg when
she died. She was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George Lorrah, of Snow Shoe, and
.was born in that place August 23rd, 1875.
Her parents, ber husband and four children
survive her. Her body was taken to
Snow Shoeon Wednesday evening. Inter-
‘ment will be made there.
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——Mrs. Mable Stahl passed away at
her home at Potters Mills, last Friday,
ahout six months of
consumption. Deceased was the wife of
Asher Stahl and was 20 years, 9 months
and 21 days old. She was a native of
Illinois, but had been a resident of Potters
Mills ever since she was one year old.
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——Henry L. Strouse, a. member of the
firm of Strouse, Lehman & Co., who car-
ried on an extensive mercantile business in
Philipsburg a number of years ago, died
on Monday at his home in Philadelphia.
The deceased was aged about 65 years, and
leaves a wile and no children.
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ABLE T0 LEAVE THE HOSPITAL.—
’Squire J. H. Reifsnyder, of Millheim, who
was stricken with paralysis at the Colum-
bus hotel in Lock Haven several weeks
ago, and taken to the hospital in that city,
was able to be taken home on Tuesday.
‘While he had not fully recovered his con-
dition was stated to be improved.
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RoBBERS WERE THERE.—While Mrs.
Clara Bottorf, of Runville, was visiting
friends in Milesburg on the night of June
17th some one broke into her house and
after breaking open her. trunk, stole there-
from a handsome, solid gold watch.
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——The Rebersburg base-ball team
white-washed the Millheim players in a
match game played at Aaronsburg last
Saturday. The score was 12 to 0.
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——There was nothing startling in the
Hustler on Saturday.
News Parely Pevsonal.
—Mrs. A. 8. Garman, of Tyrone, spent friday
in town.
—Miss Kathryn Irwin is spending a few days
with relatives in Altoona.
—Mrs. J. L. Spangler went to Philadelphia
Monday morning for a brief stay.
Miss Eloise Schuyler, of Centre Hall, started
for the St. Louis exposition on Menday.
—Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Crider arrived nome from
their California trip on Saturday morning.
—Col., and Mrs. Wilbur F. Reeder arrived
home from Chicago on Monday morning.
—Mrs. Hamilton Otto, of Lamb street, is home
from a visit with friends in Williamsport.
—Mrs. Mary Burchfield, ot Clearfield, is visit-
ing friends at her former home in this place.
—Mr. and Mrs. D. Oliver Hazel, of Philadel.
phia, are visiting relatives and friends in this
place.
—Mrs. Morris Tucker, of Akron, Ohio, is a
guest at the home of her uncle Thomas Donachy,
on Bishop street.
—Edward Cunningham is home from his work
at Beaver Falls to help his old friends here cele-
brate the Fourth.
—Mrs, Geo. N. Van Dyke and her little dangh-
ter are here from Altoona, for a few days visit at
grand-pa Noll’s.
—Miss Louise Burns, of Snow Shoe, is the
guest of her aunts, the Misses McDermott on
east Bishop street,
—Mr. and Mrs. John Larimer were visiting
the former’s parents at Indiana until Monday
when they returned home.
—Mr. Chas. S. Hughes, who had been at his
fathers home here for a short visit, left for Spar-
rows Point, on Monday.
—The Misses Roxy and Helen Mingle are
home, from school at Frederick, Maryland, for
their summer vacation.
—William Rice, a compositor in this ofiice, left
Saturday afternoon for Beaver Falls, to visit his
sister, Mrs. David Keller.
—Mrs. Henry Lowry and her daughter Florence
are in Philadelphia, where Mrs. Lowry is being
treated at Will's eye hospital.
—Mr. George F. Hoy, the Hublersburg mer-
chant and broker in hay and grain, was in town
on Friday attending to a little business.
—The Misses Agnes and Teressa Shields, of
Logan street, have gone to Altoona for an ex-
tended visit with friends in that city.
—Mrs. Joseph Rightnour, and her children, are
visiting friends at her old home in Port Matilda,
while Joseph is in Philadelphia on business.
—Mrs. Louis Freedman, of New York, arrived
in town on Tuesday morning, for a visit of sever-
al weeks with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Holz.
—Miss Elizabeth Faxon,with her sisters Bertha
and Laura,who had been spending the past month
with relatives in Aspinwall, arrived (home last
evening.
—Orrie Ishler, a son of former sheriff Wm. A.
Ishler, who has been taking care of a nice posi-
tion in Pittsburg for some time, is home on a
visit to his parents. He is accompanied by his
friend Mr. Gettig.
—Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hoffman, of Ridley Park,
were in town on Friday on their way te visit Mrs.
Hoffman’s parents in Nittany valley. While
here they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Will
Conley, of Logan street.
—Col. J. L. Spangler, P. Gray Meek, Editor
S. W. Smith, of the Centre Hall Reporter, Hon.
John T. McCormick and Cap’t. Hugh 8, Taylor
are about the only Centre countians who wiil
attend the Dernocratic national convention.
—Mrs. Isaac Maitland, of Williamsport, with
her four children, have been here for a week
visiting her father, Mr. Daniel Garman. Mr.
Maitland will be here to spend Sunday with them
and they will all return home after the Fourth.
—Sol. Poorman dropped in on Tuesday for a
few minutes, the rain having caused him to
knock off work. It seems strange, too, for when
he quit farming and moved to town it was with
the understanding that he was to retire and let
work alone, but Sol. isn’t that kind.
—Miss Margaret Cook, recently graduated from
the University of Pennsylvania, arrived home
Tuesday evening, after having spent a week at
Atlantic City with her sister Miss Blanche and
Mrs. T. A. Shoemaker, who have been there for
several weeks but are expected home tomorrow.
—Mrs. John G. Love, and her two children,
John and Catharine, are at Hall's cottage in
Atlantic City, where 1t is hoped Mrs. Love's
health will be improved by the change. She has
not been well since early in the spring. The
Judge is going down on Monday to join them for
a week.
—Adam Wagner and Dr. T. R. Hayes are evi-
dently not superstitious about paying bills on the
first day of the week, for we had scarcely gotten
through with turning the wringer and getting the
clothes out on the line and settled down at our
desk when in they popped to send their labels
along.
—Mr. Michael Grenoble, of Lamar, Clinton
county, was a Bellefonte visitor on Friday. He
doesn’t get up to Bellefonte often, but when he
does come he finds quite a number of friends
here who are glad to see him. He was on his
way to Spring Mills to spend Sunday with his
sons and accompany his wife home.
—Lloyd M. Rerick, of Niagara Falls, N. Y,, is
here with his family for a visit of several weeks.
He is a son of L. C. Rerick, of Willowbank street,
but has been gone from Centre county since
1897, when he moved to Punxsutawney and later
to the Falls. They expect to return home on the
Fourth. ?
—Mrs. James R. Pierpoint, with her sons
William and Reynolds, arrived in town Wed-
nesday and will spend the summer at the Broek-
erhoff house. Tom is not expected until next
2 week, as he remained in the city to play in a
championship cricket game with the Belmont
club team, of which he is a member, tomorrow.
—Emily Basset, the bright and versatile little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bassel, of Spar-
rows Point, Md., sailed last week with her uncle
Chas. Gleim for a three year’s stay in Germany
where the foundation is to be laid for a very com-
plete musical education. The little girl has pecu-
liar talent, as all who have heard her while visit
ing her grand-father Rev. J. P. Hughes, in this
place will, appreciate and a brilliant fature may.
be expected for her.
—Mrs. A. B. Conner, of Chicago, Ill, visited
her father, the Rev. J. P. Hughes, at the Acad-
emy during the past week. Mrs. Conner is just
recovering from an operation she underwent in
John's Hopkins hospital in Baltimore. She was
in that institution sixteen weeks and stopped
here until Wednesday morning to rest a little on
her journey homeward but found it necessary to
go back to the hospital on Wednesday.
—Mr. H. K. Hoy, the well-known Benner
township farmer, dropped in on Tuesday in the
rain. He had left his umbrella in his buggy, but
when he came to depart he didn’c remember that
part of it and there was a moment or so when he
really thought we had purloined it. The editor
does so many wicked things that the matter of
appropriating an umbrella seemed a very trifling
offense in Mr. Hoy's eyes, so it was not hard for |
his mind to conceive the suspicion that we were
guilty. By the way he is one of the best farmers
in the county. Last season he sold nearly a
thousand dollars worth of hay and had twenty-
eight bushels of wheat to the acre. You know | Term:
farmers don’t get crops like that unless they
known how to manage.
—Mrs. Harriet Thomas Kurtz is visiting friends
in Altoona and Lewistown.
—Miss Mary Hamilton left, yesterday afternoon,
to spend several weeks with friends in Patton.
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A PLEASANT BIRTH-DAY PARTY.—On
Friday, June, 25th, the home of Charles
M. Wilson, three miles north-west of
Julian, was the scene of a happy event.
It was the 80th birthday of his mother,
Mrs. Oliver P. Wilson.
The day on which it was celebrated was
a perfect June day. The number present
was thirty-six. All of Mrs. Wilson's
children and several grand children and
great grand-childsen were there; among
them these children: Mrs. Joseph A.
Rubly, Philipsburg; Mrs. Jason Under-
wood, Unionville; Mrs. B. R. Atherton,
Jersey Shore: Mrs. J. Frank Kidd, Lock
Haven; Charles M., of Julian, and John
8; of Pitcairn. Mr. Myres, of Julian, is
the youngest and only living brother of
Mrs. Wilson.
At the noon hour the table groaned
with a most excellent dinner which had
been prepared by Mrs. C. M. Wilson and
her good neighbors, all of whom are most
excellent cooks. The floral decorations
of roses and laurel were very pretty.
The day was spent very pleasantly.
The grand-children sang for grandma
some of her favorite hymns and she seem-
ed to be supremely happy to be with her
children once again.
In the evening some of the children
departed for their homes while others
remained over Sunday.
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A RACE TRACK FOR SNOW SHOE—Some
of the gentlemen interested in horse racing
at Snow Shoe have a project on foot which,
if carried to completion, will give them a
fine driving course, as well asa base-ball
and picnic ground.
They propose buying twenty-four acres
of land, eight of which are nicely wooded,
and equipping it as well as modern devices
will do for the purposes of a park. The
work complete is to cost in the neighbor-
hood of $7,000 and stock is being sold at
$50 the share.
Messrs. M. D. Kelley and W. D. O'Brien
seem to be the moving spirits in the under-
taking and if they make as much success
of it as they have of the coal business it
will certainly be all right.
While not a large place Snow Shoe is
peculiarly adapted for just such an enter-
prise. It always has been a sort of summer
resort and the whole country round-abous
is populated with a class of people who are
only waiting an excuse to turn out on any
occasion and cheer and bet and boil over
with enthusiasm.
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EARLY CLoSING.—Under the agreement
all union stores and others signatory to it
will begin closing at 6 o'clock p. m. to-day
to continue the practice during the months
of July and August. The stores will all
close promptly at 6 on each evening except
Saturdays and the 1st, 3rd, 16th and 18th.
On these latter named evenings the stores
will be open until the usual hour.
Patrons would do well to bear these facts
in mind.
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FESTIVAL AT FILLMORE.—The M. E.
Sunday school of Fillmore, will hold a
festival in the church yard Saturday even-
ing, July 20d. All are cordially invited.
There will be iee cream, cake, lemonade
and everything else that belongs to a festi-
val.
SOO
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Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheal—RO0. ci ciiasivirnsm siises ssrvsins 1.02@1.02
“% No.2 . 82@l. ois
Corn “et: 56@57
—Mixe 49 52
Osta nmnnmns 5
Flour— Winter, Per Br’l 3.15@3.25
¢ —Penna. Roller ...... 4.30@4.80
*¢ —Favorite Brands. 5.20@5.25
Rye Flour Per Br'l......cccssuesensnnns 4.00@4.40
Baled hay—Chotee Timothy No. 9.00@16.00
, Mixed *¢ 1... 9.00@13.00
SUIBW. oo ceeecesrsearsoesesntoier rn res a TT 9.00@26.00
Rellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by C. Y. WaaNER,
The following are the quotations up to six
oojock, Thursosy pth our pover goes
8 1
R d whedl Th :
ye, per bushe 60
Corn, shelled, per. 50
Corn, ears, per bushel.. - 50
| Oats, old and new, per bushel... Ae 45
Barley. 15s EDRSHO russes recession aniis 50
Ground laster, per ton.. 8 50to9 50
Buckwheat, per bushel 40
Cloverseed, per bushel... "00 to 88 &
Timothy seed per bushel $2.00 to $2.25
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
18
Lard, per po 8
Country 8 Shoulders... 10
Sides. .eiennne 10
Hams... 12
Tallow, per pound... : 4
Butter, per pound... 124
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