Bellefonte Pa.. August 19, 1904.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
Mr. Thad Hamilton is having his double
house on Allegheny street freshened up
with a new coat of paint.
-—The eighth annual golden rod dance
will be held in the armory Friday evening
September 9th.
——Now that the great business men’s
picnic is over the next big time will be the
monster Centre county fair.
——A monument of Barre granite, five
feet, six inches high, is being erected on
the Swiler lot in the Union cemetery.
——The bartenders of Williamsport with
their friends, a crowd of about four hun-
dred, pionicked at Hecla park on Tuesday.
— Mr. Linon Blackford has taken the
place of George Miller as solicitor for the
Pennsylvania telephone company, in this
place.
——Snow Shoe went base ball crazy last
Saturday. In a fifteen inning game the
Snow Shoe boys defeated the Peale nine
by the score of 3 to 2.
——Owing to difficulty in securing Lake
ore in time the Nittany furnace will not
resume to-day, as was expected. It will
probably be put in blast on Monday.
——The Ladies Aid society of the
Methodist church will hold a sociable in
the lecture room of the church on next
Thursday evening. Everybody is invited.
Refreshments will be served.
——Mrs. Alice Robb and her daughter
Clara who have been up near Chautauqua,
N. Y., visiting Mrs. Robb’s daughter Mrs.
John A. Miller, for the past ten days, ar-
rived home Wednesday morning.
—Major Harry A. Miller, of the Fifth
regiment, has offered a handsome bronze
statue as a trophy to the company of the
Fifth that makes the best total score in
rifle practice at the end of the season, No-
vember 1st.
——The Roosevelt club is preparing to
hold a big festival and mass meeting in the
court house yard on Saturday evening,
September 3rd. A number of prominent
speakers are already booked for the occa-
sion.
——The Star Coarse for 1904-05 arrange-
ments have been completed to present to
our people the finest talent in the Redpath
Bureau, of Boston. The Course will be
$1.50 for the season ticket of five enter-
tainments. Each one the best of its kind.
——Special services will be held in the
Reformed ‘church at Zion, Thursday and
Friday evenings of this week. The Holy
Communion will be celebrated next Sun-
day morning. Evening service in St.
John's Reformed church, Bellefonte.
——1If this issue of the WATCHMAN
reaches you a little earlier than usual it is
because the paper was put to press Thurs-
day morning, instead of the usual time
Thursday evening, in order that all hands
might have a few hours off to enjoy the
business men’s picnic at Hecla park.
——Hazzard A. Murray, Esq., an attor-
ney at Clearfield and a son of Hon. Thos.
H. Murray, and Miss Maria Bigler, dangh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bigler, were
married Tuesday evening at the bride's
home by Rev. Dr. M. K. Foster. The
bride belongs to one of Clearfield’s oldest
and most prominent families.
——Geo. T. Bush has gotten out a very
pretty souvenir card illustrating the Cuar-
tin Statne and Soldier’s Memorial, to be
ereoted in front of the court house. They
can be bad for two cents and would be
highly appreciated by any friend you may
have residing outside the county, or who is
interested in the monument or memorial.
——The Lock Haven Express states that
at the United States recruiting station in
that place Cameron McGarvey, William
B. Wilson aud Harvey W. Swoope, all of
Bellefonte, enlisted for service in the regu-
lar army infantry and were sent to Colum-
bus, O., and Wallace B. Underwood, also
of this place, enlisted in the cavalry service
and was sent to Jefferson barracks.
—— While ex-sheriff W. M. Cronister
was cutting oats with a self-binder oun _his
farm near Martba, on Monday, his team
of horses frightened and ran away. Mr.
Cronister was thrown from his seat and be-
came entangled in the machine and it was
a miracle that he was not killed. As i$
was his one leg was so badly, injured that
the ex-sheriff will be laid up for some
time to come.
——1I+t is probable that among the early
fall attractions at Garman’s will be ‘‘The
Strollers,” which will open at the Park
theatre in Philadelphia on September 5th.
The production will be under direction
of Nixon & Zimmerman and those who
remember the ‘‘Miss Bob White Co.,”
that was here last fall under the same
management, will realize that the engage-
ment of ‘The Strollers’’ is an important
one.
——The Elmores, who have lived in one
of the Zimmerman houses on east Lamb
street the past few years, are breaking up
housekeeping. Mrs. Elmore has been en-
gaged to keep house for Mr. James Curtin
and Miss Fanoie has rented two rooms in
Crider’s Exchange and is very busy these
days fitting up her future abode. She will
lodge in the Exchange and take her meals
at the Curtin’s, Mr. Newton Bailey will
also take rooms, but at this writing we
have not learned where.
QUIGLEY APPOINTED T0 DEFEND MUR-
DERERS OF TURN-EEY CoNDO.—Last Sat-
urday Judge Love appointed H. C. Quig-
ley, Esq., attorney to defend Green, Dillon,
Henderson and Constance, the four men
who murdered turn-key Jerry Condo and
then escaped jail, only to be re-captured.
The trial undoubtedly will take place nexs
week, beginning about Wednesday. As
stated last week District Attorney Spangler.
will be assisted for the Commonwealth by
Ed. R. Chambers, who was employed by
the county commissioners, and Ellis L.
Orvis, who will assist at the request of
Sheriff H. 8. Taylor, who, we are inform-
ed, will be the prosecutor in the case. The
trial will not be a long and tedious one—
in fact, may not last over two days. Af
this time it would hardly be just and
proper to comment on the probable cut-
come of the case. The horrible facts, in
all their details, have been given to the
WATCHMAN 1eaders the past two weeks
and from them everybody can draw their
own conclusion. It is safe to say, how-
ever, that the case against the men will be
well and thoroughly tried in every par-
ticular.
Of the four men re-captured Green and
Dillon are very much dejected. They have
nothing of the spirit of bravado they mani-
fested the night they were re-captured.
On the other hund, Henderson and Con-
stance, the Italian, while apparently realiz-
ing that they have gotten themselves into
a pretty bad scrape, exhibit neither a spirit
of bravado nor any signs of breaking down.
Just how the four, or anyone of them, will
go through the ordeal of their trial next
week is hard to predict.
As to Livingston, up to tkis time there
has not been any definite information as to
where he may have gotten to. Last week
there were various rumors of him having
been seen at different places, but they were
all evidently without foundation. Sheriff
Taylor has virtually given up the hunt for
the man, thongh he would very much like
to have him, as he, it is believed, would
make the star witness for the Common-
wealth.
On Tuesday, of this week, John Switzer
and James Rowan appeared before the
county commissioners to settle about the
reward offered for the capture of Constance.
Rowan filed a paper withdrawing all claim
to any part of the reward and the $100
were paid Switzer on his filing a sworn
statement that he was the man who cap-
tured the Italian. It is understood that
Switzer gave Rowan part of the money.
Up to this writing not one of the deputies
who were out on the hunt for the escaped
prisoners have been paid by the county
commissioners, and many of the men are
raising considerable of a kick about it,
even threatening to bring suit to compel
payment. The commissioners say they
have not refused payment of any just claim,
the only thing they want is for the sheriff
to file a list of the deputies he had sworn
in with the time they served, and every
man would be paid promptly.
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ALLEGED CRIMINAL ASSAULT.—Mon-
day evening residents of Bellefonte were
startled by the report of a dastardly crim-
inal assault having been committed by a
foreigner on the person of a woman living
along the road to Coleville. Investigation
disclosed the fact that the woman in ques-
tion was Mrs. Rishel, wife of Thos. Rishel,
an employee of the Bellefonte Central
railroad company, and the man charged
with having committed the crime was
Mike Bartger, an Austrian, who was ar-
rested Monday evening about 9 o’clock, in
the shanty of Ambrose Kissnick, by offi-
cers George Jodon and H. H. Montgomery.
Mrs. Rishel’s story is in effect that, having
finished her house work Monday afternoon,
about 3 o’clock, she lay down on the sofa
to rest. She was all alone in the house
and a half hour later she heard some per-
son come in the kitchen. Thinking it was
merely some neighbor woman she did not
get up. In a few minutes the door to the
room in which she was lying was opened
and a man entered. Mrs. Rishel jumped
to her feet and screamed when, she alleges,
the man grabbed her and threw her down.
Mrs. Rishel called for their dog, a big
shepherd, and the animal bounded into the
room and attacked the man, diverting him
from Mrs. Rishel until that woman
crawled to a drawer and secured a large
knife with which, and the assistance of the
dog, the man was held at bay until Mrs.
Rishei called for help over the telephone,
when the man fled. The officers were at
once notified but it was not until late in
the evening that Bartger was arrested and
landed in jail.
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ITs CENTENNIAL YEAR.—The Bellefonte
Academy, romantically known as ‘‘The
School in the Mountains,”’ enters in Sep-
tember upon her centennial year of success-
ful service. Hundreds of our best men and
women owe their success in life to the
foundation education received within the
old Academy walls. The memories of
those school days ought to be dear to every
student.
It is a fond and general purpose to make
this centennial year the Red Letter year in
the history of the school, to be concluded
with a most fitting two days’ celebration
on June 15th and 16th, 1905. One very
practical way in which to accomplish this
worthy purpose is for every old student to
persuade at least one new student to cast
in his lot with the restored Academy and
thereby enjoy the privilege of participat-
ing in the Centennial Jubilee jure disci-
puli.
The fall term will open on Tuesday,
Sept. 13th, unless otherwise announced.
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——The Newton Hamilton camp-meet-
ing is now in full swing.
——The Altoona District convention of
the Woman’s Home Missionary society of
the M. E. oharch will meet in Philips-
burg Sept. 14th and 15th. Mrs. Clarke,
of Cambridge, Mass., will be the principal
speaker.
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——The Good Will Hose company, of
Lock Haven, will hold their fifth annual ox
roast and jubilee at Agar’s park on Labor
day, September 5th. © The day will be giv-
en over largely to the labor unions and ad-
dresses will be made by Edward Moore, of
Philadelphia, and Rev. George Muller, of
Clearfield. J. H. Hamilton, George D.
Fox and A. B. Herman constitute the com-
mittee in charge.
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——A fine oil painting of President
Roosevelt now adorns the walls of the
rooms of the Roosevelt club of Bellefonte.
The painting is the work of Miss Elizabeth
Prive, of State College, and shows ex-
ceptional artistic ability on the part of
the painter, who values her production at
fifty dollars. The picture has not been
purchased by the Roosevelt club, but is
merely there on exhibition.
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——Ralph Bowers, a 14-year-old Phil-
ipsburg lad, was in Mill Hall last week
visiting his brother Lawrence. On Friday
he started with the Mill Hall Methodist
Sunday school for their picnic] at Hecla
park. Bowers was standing on the plas-
form and when passing Hublersburg he
fell off the train. He was picked up and
brought to the park where Dr. Fisher ex-
amined him but found no bones broken,
only several bruises on the shoulder.
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——The cornerstone of Clearfield’s new
$60,000 Methodist church was laid last
Saturday. The exercises were inlcharge
of Rev. Dr. M. K. Foster, the pastor of the
church. Presiding Elder J. Ellis Bell and
Rev. B. H. Musser, of Curwensrille, were
among the ministers present. This new
church is to be built of stone and will be
ote of the finest in the Central Pennsyl-
vania conference. It takes the place of a
brick church built in 1868 at a cost of $32-
000.
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—~_John H. Weber, of Centre Hall, and
Samuel E. Weber, of Boalshurg, have
formed a co-partnership, under the firm
name of Weber Brothers, and have pur-
chased from J. S. Auman the large roller
flouring mill near the Centre Hall station.
This acquisition gives the new firm not
only the mill, but the large grain house
and coal sheds, all of which will be ope-
rated by them in connection with business
of a similar character at the Oak Hall
station.
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——The WATCHMAN acknowledges the
receipt of a ‘‘complimentary’’ to the an-
nual fair of the Cambria county Agricnl-
tural Association, which will be held at
Carrolltown, Sept. §th, 7th, 8th and 9th,
and hereby returns thanks for the same.
Cambria county fairs have always been
worth attending, and the effortsjbeing pus
forth to make that of 1904 excel, in every
way, all former efforts in this line leaves
no question about how good the coming
one is to be. The special program is par-
ticularly attractive, the purses all being
$300, and three of each of these every day.
——Rev. Dr. H. C. Holloway and wife
had a regular family reunion over Sunday,
the first time in a number of years that
all were gathered under the parental roof.
There was Luther Holloway and his
danghter, Salome, and Harry and his son
William, all of Philadelphia; Then Paul
got away from the Altoona offices of the
Pennsylvania railroad company long
enough to come home fora few days, and
their daughter, Miss Daisy Holloway,
journeyed in from Pittsburg, so that all
might have the pleasure of being together
at one time, and it is hardly necessary to
say that the occasion was a most enjoyable
one for hoth parents and children.
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CENTRE COUNTY VETERAN CLUB Pic-
Nic.—The executive committee of the
Centre County Veteran Club met in the
office of the secretary, W. H. Musser, in
the Crider building, at 10 o’clock Satur-
day morning, to make arrangements for
the annual club picnic. Gen. Beaver
presided and it was unanimously decided
to hold the picuic at Hunter’s park Satur-
day, September 10. W. H. Musser, Amos
Garbrick and Charles Eckenroth were ap-
pointed a committee of arrangements, while
Gen. Joo. I. Curtin, Samuel B. Miller and
Thomas McCafferty were appointed a
committee on transportation. Gen. Bea-
ver was elected as a committee of one to
secure speakers. Several bands will be en-
gaged to discourse music during the entire
day and a general good time is promised
all who may attend.
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WATER STREET IMPROVEMENTS.—Con-
siderable work has been done the past
week on the improvements along south
Water street. All the old wall has been
torn away, the course for the new wall dug
and some of the wall put down. Tuesday
and Wednesday four men with a team of
horses attached to a float were working in
the creek, alongside the WATCHMAN office,
taking out all the big stones which, for
years, have rendered the stream at this
place so unsightly.
When the wall is finally completed,a new
pavement put down and the strees filled up
and leveled, the improvement will be one
which will reflect credit on the borough
officials for having it made, as there is
more traveling on south Water street than
any other street of its length in the town.
In the meantime, while the work is being
pushed along, the street is completely
blocked from passage with stones and
dirs.
BENNER, HAMILTON AND WADDLE
FAMILY REUNION.—The annual reunion of
the Benner, Hamilton and Waddle families,
held last Thursday at the home of Mis.
Sarah Williams, on the banks of T.ogan
branch, near Axe Mann, proved one of the
most delightful gatherings ever held.
About fifty people were present, among
the number being both grand-children
and great-grand-children of the three
families. A sumptuous dinner, the kind
that can be gotten up only under the su-
pervision of such an expert in the culinary
line as the estimable hostess, was served
on the spacious lawn and then, everybody
being too full for much exertion, the after-
noon was spent in recounting pleasing
reminiscences, music and social inter-
course.
Toward evening Mr. Thomas Moore, of
Philadelphia, entertained the crowd with
a number of graphophone selections, Mrs.
Sarah Williams sang a hymn as a solo and
was followed with another hymn sung by
her brother, the aged Thomas Waddle, of
Jersey Shore. The day closed with prayer
by Rev. John A. Wood, of the Methodist
church.
Among the notable persons present were
the three oldess surviving members of the
Waddlefamily, Mrs. Hannah Hamilton,
widow of the late James Hamilton, 87
years old ; Thomas Waddle, of Jersey
Shore, aged 85, and Mrs. Sarah Williams,
widow of the late Mark Williams, 80
years of age. These were grand-children
of General Philip Benner on the mother’s
side; also the Misses Sallie and Belinda,
Banner, of Bellefonte, grand-daughters of
Gineral Benner on the father’s side. Gen-
eral Benner was one of Centre County’s
most prominent citizens one hundred years
ago, he having built and operated Rock
Forge, on Spring creek, the first iron in-
dustry in this section of the state.
Other guests who were present were Mr.
and Mrs. S. H. Williams and daughter,
Mrs. Sarah Satterfield, Mrs. William Daw-
son, children and grand-children; Mrs. A.
V. Hamilton and daughter, Mrs. John
Noll, Mrs. John McGinley and daughter,
James and Philip, sons of Benner Waddle,
deceased ; James Waddle, of Lock Haven;
Miss Mary Williams, Mordecai Williams,
James Williams and family, Clyde Smith
and wife, James Harris and wife, Mis.
Holtzworth, Rev. J. A. Wood and family,
Rev. James P. Hughes, Mrs. John Rote,
Mrs. Isaac Miller and Mrs. Scanlon.
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ACADEMY REPAIR CONTRACT AWARD-
ED.—On Monday evening the trustees of
the Bellefonte Academy held a meeting
and opened the bids for the repair woik on
the Academy, which, according to the
plans, virtually means a new middle sec-
tion of the building. There were six bids
banded in and after a thorough delibera-
tion of each one the trustees decided to
award the contract to Henry Lowery, on
the completion of a few changes in hie bid,
These changes were made and the contract
was finally awarded Tuesday evening. The
improvemeuts planned provide for some
elaborate additions to the old building, and
when the work is finally completed, the
Academy will then be one of the finest
educational plants in the State. The build-
ing committee is composed of Messrs. F.
W. Crider, Frank McCoy, James Harris,
J. L. Montgomery and John Blanchard,
all energetic men who have the welfare of
the institution at heart, and who will not
hesitate in seeing that the work is done
well and as fast as possible. It is expeot-
ed that the new addition, which is to have
a capacity for housing forty additional stu-
dents, will be completed in time for occu-
pancy by Sept. 15th.
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REPAIRS AT THE ACADEMY.—There
need be no cause for alarm among the
Academy patrons as to the opening of
school at the appointed time. It has re-
quired sometime to adjust the insurance
and agree upon plans for rebuilding. The
insurance has been adjusted most satis
factorily and plans have been decided upon
which will give to Bellefonte one of the
prettiest school buildings in the State. It
will be of the Ionic style of Architecture
with seven immense Ionic Columns rising
three stories high in front of the middle
section. The interior will be very much
improved. Larger hallways, better stair-
ways, more recitation rooms, a science lab-
oratory and more sleeping rooms will all
be provided for in the new plan which Mr.
Cole has submitted with entire satisfaction
to the trustees. Work with a rush gang
will now commence in earnest. The
school rooms being the least damaged of all
can he made ready for opening in a week’s
time if necessary. The sleeping rooms for
the boarding department can be provided
in a short time when once the work has
begun. As far as is known now the Belle-
fonte Academy will open school on Toes-
day, September 13th.
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K. G. E. CoNVENTION.—The Susque-
hanna District Association, Knights of the
Golden Eagle, will hold their seventeenth
annual convention in Lewisburg ou Labor
day, Monday, September 5th. It will be
a gala day for Lewisburg, as five thousand
visitors are expected. Lodges will be
present from Lock Haven, Williameport,
Jersey Shore, Milton, Watsontown,
Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Danville, Mifflin-
burg, Millheim, Bellefonte, Spring Mills,
Shamokin, Sunbury and other places.
Eight or ten bands will be in line, and in
fact it will be the largest demonstration
Lewisburg has had since the centennial in
1885. The officers of the district, Jos. P.
Miller, president ; W. W. Musser, seore-
tary, of Lewisburg, and I. D. Gresh, Mil-
ton, treasurer, together with the local com-
mittees, have been working hard to make
the celebration a grand success. Several
News Parely Personal.
—Miss Ada Powers, of this place, is visiting
friends in Bloomsburg.
—Willis Gephart is now in Milford, N. J.,
visiting friends.
—Cashier Wm. B. Mingle, of Centre Hall,
transacted business in town on Monday.
—Dr. Edith Schad returned home Sunday
morning from a professional trip to New York
city.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Tyson, of Tyrone, are
entertaining a party at the Country club this
week.
—Misses Virginia and Bessie Parrish, of Pitts-
burg, are here visiting their uncle, Mr. C. M.
Parrish.
—H. C. Woodring, one of Port Matilda's leading
citizens, transacted business in Bellefonte one
day last week.
—Mr. Harry Gerberich departed yesterday on
a two week’s trip to Atlantic City and other
places at the sea shore.
—The Hon. J. W. Kepler, of Pine Grove Mills,
was in town on Monday morning on his way to
Tionesia on business for his father.
—Miss Florence Dennis is this week entertain-
ing her friend, Miss Hazel Dennis, of Baltimore:
at the Williams’ home on Spring street.
—Judge John G. Love spent Tuesday of this
week on a political trip to Philipsburg, and while
there was the guest of “Little Phil” Womelsdorf.
—Lieut. Philip F. Gaibrick and wife the past
week entertained the Misses Ida and May
Everett, of Lock Haven, at their home in Cole-
ville.
—Misses Theresa and Agnes Shields and
Christine and Susie Curry departed last Friday
for an extended visit with friends in Buffalo,
N.Y.
—Mr. and Mrs. E. Frank Frain, of Thomas
street, left for Philadelphia and Atlantic City on
Wednesday , expecting to spend ten days at the
latter resort.
—Col. John A, Woodward, of Howard, who §has
charge of the Pennsylvania agricultural exhibit
at the St. Louis exposition, was a Bellefonte
visitor on Monday.
—Mr. J. C. Weaver attended the first annual
picnic of the Centre county club, of DuBois, held
last Thursday. James A. Feidler was master of
ceremonies. !
—Mrs. Martin Cooney and Miss Anna Fox re-
turned Saturday evening from a month’s “trip to
Kansas, where they visited friends in the thriv-
ing town of Newton.
~—Mrs. Hamilton Otto and daughter, Miss
Mabel, of this place, accompanied by Mrs. Al
8S. Garman, departed last Friday afternoon for
Niagara Falls to visit the Cowdricks.
—Mr. Edward B. Rankin and wife, of Harris-
burg, arrived in town last week on their annual
summer visit and during the past week have
been guests at the Hastings’ home.
—During the past week Col. Coburn and Mrs.
Evelyn Rogers have been entertaining at the
Rogers home on Allegheny street, their sister,
Mrs. Medlar, wife of Morgan F. Medlar, of Allen-
town.
—Miss Jessie Etters departed Monday for York
where she will visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Boyd A. Musser. The balance of her vacation
will be spent as one of a party on a trip to Vir-
ginia.
—Mrs. George Kerstetter and her two very
bright children, Ruth and Walter, of Harris-
burg, are here for their mid-summer visit at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yeager, on north
Spring street.
‘—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heisler departed Mon-
day for an extended visit with friends in New
Jersey. It is safe to say that not the least of Mr.
Heisler’s time will be spent in fishing off the
coast at Barnegatt Bay.
—After a very pleasant month's visit with
friends in Sunbury Miss Helen Crissman return-
ed home on Saturday. On Monday her brother
Luther left for the same place where he will
spend a fortnight ere school begins.
—Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Wetzel and children came
over from Philipsburg on Saturday to spend a
few days at the home of Mrs. Wetzel's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Gerberich, ere departing for
their future home in Toledo, O.
—Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Shoemaker, with all of
their children but the baby, departed on Monday
to spend the week at Indiana and Ebensburg.
Mrs. Shoemaker and the children will remain
over Sunday at the latter place.
—Misses Bessie and Alice Dorworth departed
Monday morning for a ten day's outing at At-
lantic City. They were accompanied as far as
Philadelphia by their brother, Charles E. Dor-
worth, who was home over Sunday.
—W. H. Walker, of Philadelphia, formerly
manager of the W. H. Walker & Co. lime in-
dustries about this place, surprised his friends
on Tuesday by dropping in on them for a day,
after an absence of several months. .
—John Workman, the Hecla Park restauranteur,
was in town on Monday for the first time in six
weeks, and if it had not been for getting ready
for the crowds at the business men’s picnic yes-
terday it is probable his absence would have
been of longer duration.
—Mr. Joseph Keenan, a one-time resident of
Bellefonte but now holding a good position in
Errick’s department store in New York, is here
with his two nieces, Misses Sadie and Loretta
Brown, for their annual visit with Mr. Keenan's
cousin, Mrs. John Powers, on Spring street.
—Rev. George Curtis Fisher, of Mt. Pleasant,
was a guest over Sunday of Gen. James A.
Beaver. Rev. Fisher is one of the young min-
isters who are applicants for the assistant
pastorate of the Presbyterian church here and on
Sunday preached two trial sermons which
pleased the congregation very much.
—Mr. Walter Mattern, of New York City, is
visiting his old home at Milesburg, as well as
friends hereabouts, and on Sunday morning sang
a solo in the Bellefonte Presbyterian church.
Mr. Mattern is a member of the Trinity Metho-
dist Episcopal church choir in New York, and as
a tenor so'oist has gained quite a reputation.
—Mrs. W. S. Slick and her three interesting
children passed through Bellefonte last Friday
on her way home to Johnstown after a very
pleasant visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Ww.
A. Krise, of Centre Hall. She was accompanied
this far on her way by her father, who came to
see that the change ot trains was safely made.
—Mr. J. W. Kramer, a resident of Longford,
Clay county, Kan., but whoa number of years
ago lived near Pleasant Gap, this county, sur
prised his many friends hereabouts by his un’
expected arrival in Bellefonte last Friday even-
ing. This is Mr. Kramer's first visit east in
fifteen years and the past week was spent with
his brother, Mr. William Kramer, in this place.
—Hon. Leonard Rhone came over irom his
Centre Hall home on Tuesday to attend the fu-
neral of the late Ool. James F. Weaver whose
death, he said, would be sadly felt in the grange
work of Centre county, as ever since the county
grange was organized in 1872, Col. {Weaver was
connected with it continually in some official
capacity, either as master, secretary or lecturer,
—Among the out-ef-town people who were here
to attend the funeral of the late Col. James F.
Weaver on Tuesday were Mr. Samuel D. Musser,
of Scranton, and Mr. Johu J. Fleming, of Con-
nellsville. Both were members of the old 148th
and the latter was such a characteristic Jeure
during the war that his comrades dubbed him
“Col. Mosby.” During his stay in Bellefonte Mr.
of the grand officers will be in attendance.
Musser was entertained at the Sheffer home on
Curtin street.
HU eee ————————
—Miss Myra B. Humes has returned from a
week’s visit with friends at Lewisburg.
—Miss May Judge, of this place, is visiting
her grandmother, Mrs. Smith, in Philipsburg.
—On her way home from a ten days’ sojourn at
Allantic City, Miss Martha McEntire stopped in
Lock Haven to spend a week or so with friends
there.
—Dr. George W. Atherton paid us a call be-
tween trains Tuesday morning on his way from
State College to Philadelphia where, Wednesday
morning, he took a boat for Boston on a trip of
business and pleasure combined.
—Wednesday morning this office was favored
with a call by Mr. M. H. Lewis and Mr. Alex-
ander Wilson, of Clearfield county. Both gen-
tlemen were in Centre county on a business trip
and the former dropped in to recall old memories
of boyhood days when he and the editor of the
WarcamaN went to school together.
—Mr. John A. Hunter, who since his gradua-
tion in 1890 has been assistant professor in ex-
perimental engineering at the Pennsylvania
State College, has resigned his professorship at
that institution and will go to Boulder, Col.,
where he has accepted a much better position in
an institution of learning there.
—Mr. John A. Daley, of Curtin township, who
still has a little blood in his eye for some few
Bellefonte Republican politicians, accompanied
by Mr. James A. Feidler, who is now in Centre
county preparatory to taking charge of the
Milesburg grammar school at the opening of the
term a few weeks hence, favored the WaArcHMAN
with a brief call on Wednesday.
—Mr. Thomas Moore, who is now foreman in
the watch repair department at Wanamaker's
big Philadelphia store, arrived in Bellefonte last
Thursday evening on his annual vacation and,
with Mrs. Moore and their daughter Helen, who
came up several weeks ago, are guests at the
William Dawson home, on Willowbank street.
Before returning home they will visit friends in
Howard.
—The R. 8S. Brouse home, on Thomas street,
was filled with visitors over Sunday. In addition
to Mrs. Flower and her two grand-children, who
arrived early last week, there arrived Saturday
evening Mr. and Mrs. Charles Riley, of Phila-
delphia. Mrs. Riley is also a sister of Mr. Brouse.
Mrs. Flower and grand-children departed for
home on Monday while the Riley’s will spend a
week or more here.
—William H. Fry, son of Cap’t. W. H. Fry, of
Pine Grove Mills, has started on a trip to Wichita,
Kan., and may perhaps extend his journeys to
California. During the past several years Mr.
Fry had been working in the shops at Wil-
merding, near Pittsburg, but owing to the pres-
ent business depression he, with others, was
laid off. Like his father, the young man is too
much of a hustler to remain idle any length of
time so he packed his grip and started toward
the great west in quest of work, at the same time
having a good opportunity to see what a big
country this is.
—Next Tuesday morning Mr. W. I. Fleming
and wife will start on a three week’s trip to the
Pacific coast. Mr. Fleming, who is grand com-
mander of the Knight's Templar, of Pennsyl-
vania, goes as one of the twelve delegates from
this state to the twenty-ninth triennial conclave
of the Knights Templar of America, which wil
be held in San Francisco, September 6th to 10th.
Mr. and Mrs. Fleming will travel with one of the
Pittsburg Commanderies and the route taken
will be over the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railroad. Ten days or more will be spent on the
trip so as to permit of as much sight-seeing as
possible.
tf lly
WEAVER-MARKLE.—Prof. A. P. Weav-
er, former principal of she Hublersbarg
High school, and Miss Grace Markle, also
of that place, were quietly married at the
home of Rev. Kryder at Penbrooke, Aug.
11th. After a week’s stay in Lancaster,
Philadelphia and Atlantic City they will
be at home at Cornwall, Lebanon county,
after Aug. 20th, where the groom has ac-
cepted the principalship of the High school.
are A A renee
——Centre county Pomona Grange will
meet in hall of Washington Grange, one
mile west of State College, on Friday,
Aug. 26tb, at 10 a. m. All 4th degree
membeis are cordially invited ; 5th degree
will be conferred in afternoon. Prof. Saur-
face, State Economic Zoologist, will be at
the meeting to take part.
D. M. CAMPBELL, Sec’y.
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Read...... coi eernseaiinic insiin sonsinses 96@97
¢ —No.2... ues 92@ 954
Corn —Yellow.. 62@6%44
“Mixed n 58@58%;
Oatl8.....cccsnsssastrrssraanas 46
Flour— Winter, Per Bi 3.25@3.50
« _Penna. Roller. 4.30@4.50
¢¢ —Favorite Brands.. 6.00@6.10
Rye Flour Per Br'l......ccceeievieeceinannanns 4.10@4.25
Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 10.00@17.00
ilT ae “ Mixed “ 1... 9.50@18.50
Bro W. on sic iniaesuiasres Seevrensssnni 8.50@15.50
Rellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weeklv by C. Y. WAGNER,
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
Tess :
d wheat,
New wheat
Rye, per bushel...........
Corn, shelled, per bushel
Corn, ears, per bushel..........
Qats, old
Oats new, per bushel.........
Barley, per bushel.......
Ground laster, per ton
Buckwheat, per bushel
Cloverseed, per bushel.
Timothy seed per bushel...
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel.........c.aveesaneesenns steenecee 40
Onions 5
Eggs, per dozen.............. a iiseerrestiise casa vrenis 15
on per pound. “ 8
Country Shoulders... 10
Sides....... “10
Hams... 12
Tallow, per poun 4
Butter, per pound. 15
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