Bellefonte Pa.. August 26, 1904. ConzzspoxpeNts.—No communications pub lished unless accompanied by the real name of he writer. : EE —————————————————— THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY — James Caldwell is very sick at his home on Beaver street. He is troubled with jaundice. — Mrs. Evelyn Rogers has been guite ill at her home on north Allegheny street for the past two weeks. — The Geo. L. Potter Post, G. A. R. of Milesburg, cleared $167 at a festival they held Saturday afternoon and even- ing. ——The Mackeyville Methodists held a festival Saturday night to raise funds with which to repaint their church and cleared $40. ——Mose Montgomery went down to Atlantic City on Friday to spend ten days resting at the Shore, if yom can call Atlantic City a resting place. ——Dr. Austin Thomas has located in Centre Hall, for the practice of medicine in that place and the country around. He is highly spoken of as ‘a reliable and experienced physician. ——During a severe wind storm that passed over that place Monday afternoon three monster trees in Mill Hall were blown to the ground, breaking awnings and glass in nearby buildings. ; —Col. Wilbur F. Reeder was taken seri- ously ill shortly after leaving the court room yesterday at noon and his condition was quite critical up to last evening. He is threatened with an attack of pleurisy. —There was a decided falling off in the attendance at the Booneville camp "meeting on Sunday, over previous years. The falling off was probably due to the fire a few weeks ago which destroyed the tabernacle, preache:’s stand and a number of the tents. ——We are pleased to note that the illness of Dr. Kilpatrick, the dentiss, did not develop into typhoid fever, as was at first feared, and that the Doctor has now sufficiently recovered to be arousd again, though he still looks a little thin in the face. ——The knitting mill is to be moved from Millheim to Newport. Ever since it was built in Millheim the mill bad a some- what checkered career until about a year ago when Mr. Hoke took charge of it, since which time it has been ran with more or less success. ——A letter from Miss Julia L. Reed, who is located in Habana, Cuba, bears the pleasant news that she is in’ good health and meeting with success in her education- al work there. Miss Reed was formerly at t he head of the girls department of the Academy. ——Work on the new wall along south Water street progressed very rapidly dur- ing the past week and it will not be many more weeks until nos only the wall will be completed but that thoroughfare will be again open for general traffic and in a much better condition than it ever before was. ——The Ladies Aid society of the M. E. church held a very successful ice cream festival in the lecture room last evening. One of the features of the occasion was an exhibition. of the relics and son- venire brought from the Philippines by Mr. Charles McClure, on bis return home a couple weeks ago. ——Mr. James G. Gratmyer and Miss Lillian A. Brown, both of Bellefonte, were married on Saturday last at 8:30 o’clock in the evening, at the parsonage of the First United Brethren church, Altoona, the officiating minister being the Rev. W. W, Williamson. Mr. and Mrs. Grafmyer will make their home in this place. : ——Mr. Homer Barnes, of the Racket store news stand, is away this week asa delegate to the central district firemen's convention which is being held at Wind- ber, Somerset county. Before returning home Homer will take a pleasure trip to Pittshurg and other towns in the western part of the State. ——Rev. A. Z. Myers, who daring the past six years has been pastorof the. First Baptist church in Philipsburg, and who is well known throughout the country from his connection with the county Sun- day-school association, has accepted a - call to the pastorate of the Hazleton First Baptist church and will preach his farewell sermon in Philipshurg next Sunday. ——On Sanday Miss Fanny Knisely, while out at the camp of her brother, George H. Knisely and family, along Spring creek, elipped on a rock and fell, wish her entire weight on her left elbow, receiving a very painfol injury. At this writing it is not known just how bad the injury is, as the swelling has not been re- duced sufficiently to permit of a thorough examination, but it is feared that one or more bones are broken, in. which case the arm will be a practically useless member for six weeks or more. : ——Miss Mame Sourbeck, who for the past few years has lived in New York, gave a euchre last evening at the home of her parents on East Bishop street. That this was a more than usually interesting card party goes withuout saying since i was to announce her engagement and ap- proaching marriage on Sept. 6th, to Mr. Bellringer, a wholesale tobacco man of New York. Itisa tribute so the charm of our Bellefonte young women that ont of all the attractive ones in New York— and no other city produces so great a num- ber— one of ours should be chosen. Business MEN’s PioNic.—Not a more delightful day for an out-door gathering could have been bad than that of last Thursday for the big business men’s picnic of Centre and Clinton counties. Not only was the weather perfect hus the railroad facilities for handling the large crowd could not have been better. It is estimated that fully eight thousand people were pres- ent during the day, and there was enough of entertainments and amusement to satisfy all. The number of tickets sold by the Central railroad company was 5,299. The number of people carried, 5,578. At the Bellefonte station 2,166 tickets were sold and 1,723 at Mill Hall. During the day inspiring music was furnished by the Coleville and Loganton bands. In the afternoon and evening Christy Smith’s orchestra, of this place, and the Germania orchestra, of Lock Ha- ven, furnished the music for the dancers in the large pavilion. The chief features of the day however were the inter-county team shoot, the game of ball between the Sunbury and Milton teams and the free minstrel show. The trap shooting contest for a double barrelled shot gun, of the ‘‘Stevens’’ make, was engaged in’ by members of the Lock Haven Gun club and a picked team from Centre county. The Centre county team were H. C. Quigley, Bellefonte ; George Uzzle, James Uzzle, David Chambers, C. H. Watson, Snow Shoe, and William Zimmerman, of near Zion. .The Look Haven club were George Shade, Charles Kidd, Charles Jobson, Thomas McClellan, Harry Shroat and George Monaghan. Philip 8. Kift, of Lock Haven, was referee. The gun was won by Centre county by 14 points. The score foliows : Watson...........i.... sehersinensstme retina ida nitrate asia rerese 20 Uzzle, Geo, 18 uigley 17 hampers, «16 Uzzle, Jas 14 Zimmerman. 13 Total 98 Shade... cr nee rireraviee ae isias 20 Kidda. aR GR 17 Jobson 15 McClellan 13 Shroat... X 11 Monaghan...........ciiiiboes vesnminrirsisen cesaaiaee 8 Total 84 Watson, Quigley and Zimmerman, of the local team, then shot off for the in- dividual ownership of the gan, which was won by Zimmerman, the result being 7, 7 and 9 respectively, out of a possible ten. The Lock Haven team then extended an invitation to. the Centre county team to shoot for another prize, the contest so take place on the grounds of the club near Lock Haven, at some convenient time in the near future. The invitation was acoepted. When it came to the game of ball in the afternoon lovers of the national game could put up no kick over the quality of the con- test between the teams from Sunbury and Milton. Summed up, it was simply clean ball of a gilt-edge variety. won. on a. three- bagger and a wild pitch. Henry C. Quigley umpired the game and the score by innings was as follows: RHE ~’ "Sunbury 010000002001—L101 Milton” 000030000000—3 7 3 ‘The free minstrel show in the afternoon and evening was; perhaps one of the most pleasing divertisements of the day. The entertainment was given at the south side of the old mill, where a temporary stage bad heen erected with the mill for a baok- ground. In front were the lawn and open grove, ascending slightly from the stage, giving the thousands who congregated there a good view to witness the performance and bear the funny sayings of the amateur actors of the two counties. The troupe was made up of H. C. Quigley, of Belle- fonte, as interlocutor ; Geo. R. Meek and James Harris, of Bellefonte, and Ernest Ryan, Frank Baker and Charles Strayer, of Lock Haven, alternated as end men. Hard ‘P. Harris, Will Tyson,Henty Brown, of Bellefoute, and A. B. Salmon, David Law and L. M. Hayes, of Look Haven, did the solo parts. Prof.* J. H. Fish, of “the Normal school, Lock Haven, gave an ex- bibision with the Indian clubs. The Germania orchestra fornished the musio. = All in all the picnic was one of the os successful ever held. "| 0 NE BrRcULOSIS IN ‘GERMANY, —A Ger- on the part of one of two persons engaged to be married thas the other is’ tuberonlons. jnstifies the breaking of the engagement. The above item is of interest as it indicates. the alarming prevalence .of ‘tuberculous and that the necessity for some safeguard as protection against its spread i is being-ree- ognized. Germany is a victim, pre-em- inent of the disease as it is said in Ber- lin, a eity of 2,500,000; every three ous of four people are afflicted. This universal taint fu a country which leads the world in scientific discoveries and the application of these to medicine should make us fully cognizant of the vecessity of emcouraging and inoreasing every measure toward the treatment and cure of what may easily be- come a national menace. THE HAsTINGS’ VAULT—The Williams- port ‘Mausoleum company vesently som- pleted a very substantial « Hastings’ lot, in the Unios place. It is constructed of Barre throughout. The interior of the vault is about nine by eleven feet in size and is fitted mp with four orypts for the reception of the dead. In one of these the body of the late ex-Governor D. H. Hastings has been placed, it having been exhumed from its. original resting place and transferred to the vault. An immense stone, almost a fost in thickness, covers the entire top of the vault. A beautify] monument has ' also been ereoted ab the head of the vault. Though Sun- bury came. off victorious, it took twelve innings to decide the contest which was’ mah court has decided that the discovery ——Mr. C. K. Sober, Lewisburg’s well- known sportsman, has decided to go into the sheep raising business. He has pur- chased over five hundred head of sheep with which to stock his farm in Irish valley. ode Lock Haven M. E. church, on the evening of the 18th, inst., Warren V. Beck and Miss Edna M. Hosterman, both of Wolf's Store, Centre county, were united in mar- riage by the pastor, Rev.J.L. Leilich, D D. pir aa ——Farmers in the lower end of Bald- Eagle valley, who have young cattle pas- turing in the Scootac region, are being warned that the animals are being slaught- ered and sold for beef. Suspicion points to several persons who have been traced up pretty closely but as yet no arrests have been made. : ee ——Mr. and Mrs. Moses Klein, of 2451 North 19th street, Philadelphia, celebrat- ed their golden wedding on the 17th of August with a family reunion. All of their eight children and thirteen grand- children were present. Mr. and Mrs. Klein will be remembered as having been married here and having lived in Belle- font some time prior to their removal to Philadelphia. Mr. Klein -has attained some fame throughou’ the State as a musi- cian. ill Dogeciaig of ——Ben Kettering, whose orchestra will be here to play for the annual golden rod dance on the evening of Sept. 9th, will be remembered by many Bellefonters through his connection with the earlier perform- andes of the Bellefonfe amateur minstrels. As a trap-drummer he has few, if any equals anywhere, and having surrounded himself with a quartet of artists on other instruments it is likely that the young people who bave secured him will have some of the finest music they ever danced to when Ben and his band does the play- ing. il ge tlild ——The Williams reunion at Martha, scheduled for Saturday, promises to be the largest gathering of that clan yet held. every possible provision for the comfort and pleasure of those who attend. In ad- dition to the usual provisions it has heen decided to have meals served on the grounds. So those who wish can parchase dinner and supper for the nominal sum of 25 cents. - Sandwiches, coffee, ete., can be bought at usual prices. This table will be in charge of a committee of the Baptist repairs of their building. meter Mp Gl earn fonte have secured options on. the. jand east of Pleasant Gap, now the property.of the Noll brothers, on which the big limestone ledge is ‘located and have inter- ested a number of Pittshurg capitalists with a view of purchasing the entire ledge of rock and opening up one of the argest lime and limestone plants in the State; A number of . the Pittsburg people were in Bellefonte. ‘several days ago and were appeared very favorable to the project. The stone in the Nittany ledge is. of the best quality and, manufactured, would make a superior quality of lime. *oe— ——Last Friday George H. Knisely, with his wife and children and Miss Pearl Knisely and Miss Blanche Shaughensey, packed up bag and baggage and went up they pitched tents for a week’s camping ut. - Hardly bad they got settled for their outing when the heavy rain of last tinuing through the night and part of Sat- urday, so that the first forty-eight hours of their abode in tents were most anything else but pleasant. However, the weather since has been delightful enough to make up for; the anpleasantuess: in“the Begin, ning. £1 a TC wv a FOL the creamery and other older-established small industries; as well ay the: new. can: ning factory only recently put in opera- tion, they are now agitating the bailding of ‘a $50,000 brick ‘plant so employ one’ hundred persons. The proposition is to mountains less than a mile south of the town, where: investigation - has shown a ‘good ‘deposit, and to be conveved to the works on a narrow guage. road. The entire capital for the building of the plans is to be farnished by the citizens of Howard, and this 4s ‘what makes the project ‘seem likely of ‘realization, as whatever the peos- ple down: there undertake to do they do. ——Mackeyville, Clinton county, now comes to the front with a young woman in the person of Miss Pearl Henry, who is re- ceiving considerable notoriety from baving new power house at Sayre. Speaking of the woman’s daring the Sayre Zimes says: ‘‘Miss Henry is a niece of Dr. La- Plant and has been spending the summer at his honie'on Lehigh avenue, A% noon time Saturday she visited the ‘shop’ plot with the dootor’s son and while there cons: ceived the idea of going to the top of the second stack, all of which is finished ex- cept the coping. She stepped on the ele- vator and a moment later was at the top, 200 feet from the ground. After reaching the top sae unfurled an American flag and this she waved to those who were watch- ing her from various points in the town. The feat requires considerable nerve, and few men not acoustomed to dizzy heighie | would care $oastempt is.” ——At the Main street parsonage of the: Arrangements are being made to have | church, the proceeds to he devoted to the! | the month of August at Cape May, will return ——The WATCHMAN has been informed that several well-to-do gentlemen of Belle-: taken ous so Jook over tke ground. They | Spring oreek to the forked springs where’ Friday evening began to pour down, con-’ —Howard is certainly one of the boom- ing towns in the county. Iu addition to ‘huild the. plant on the site of the old far-] ‘mace. The oldy is to. be taken from she | HowArD CREAMERY BURNED.—Early on Monday morning the Howard creamery plant, owned and operated by David R. Wilson, was totally destroyed by fire, which is believed to be of incendiary ori- gin. The fire started at 2.40 o’clock in the morning, at a time when there had been no fire in the building for more than twenty-four hours, and in less than a half hour the plant was reduced to a heap of smouldering ashes. The loss is placed at $1,500, on which there was no insurance. This is the third time the Howard plant has been destroyed hy fire, the last time previous to this being last April. Mr. Wilson, the owner, aanthorized the state- ment that the creamery will be rebuilt at once and be ready for operation in about a month. This time the building will be brick and all the equipments of the most mod- ern make. —— Sr " ——DMTrs. N. B. Spangler entertained a party of ladies at her home on east High street, Wednesday evening, in hcnor of Mis. Melsheimer, of Hanover, Pa., who is her guest. ree QA eer News Purely Pevsonal. Mr. E. C. Cooke, of Jeanette, was an arrival in town yesterday. —MTrs. Robert Fay, of Altoona, spent Wedues- day with her parents in this place. —Mrs. Kathryn Dinges has just returned from a visit of two months with Williamsport friends --Mr. and Mrs, Harry C. Taylor left yesterday afternoon on a ten day's jaunt to Philadelphia and Atlantic City. —Miss Margaret Sechler arrived home from Baltimore Wednesday afternoon. She expects to make a short visit with her parents in this place. —Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Betz, of Canton, Ohio, spent the fore part of the week with the latter's brother, Mr. and Mrs. W. C: Cassidy on Bishop street. —Miss Jennie Fauble, of Harrisburg, was in town for a few days visiting her parents during the absence of Gov. Pennypacker at the St. Louis Exposition. —Miss Nan Schofield left Tuesday noon for Milton and Lewisburg where she will visit friends and dees not expect to be home until late in Sep- tember. —Mr. and Mrs. Jouss, of Harrisburg, were guests of Mrs. Addie Aikens for a few days dur- ‘ing the fore part of the week. They departed yesterday afternoon. —Mr. Robert F. Hunter returned Saturday from Granby, Mo., where he had been the past five weeks overseeing the extensive operations of the Penn’a Zine company. —A pleasant call from B. H. Fike on Saturday resulted in a nice round simolean more in the WATCHMAN treasury and a nice year’s reading for that gentleman. —Rev. William Laurie, who has been spending home next Monday and hold the regular weekly prayer service on Wednesday night and preach the following Sunday, morning and evening. —Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Roller, of Crowley, La.; Mr. and Mrs. William Graham, of Zimmerman, Minn, and Rev. A. D. Wirt form quite a congeni- al house party and family reunion that is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Philip 'B.: Wirts, on the old Felix Dale homestead at Houserville. ~ —Richard Lane is spending his summer vaca- tion with his parents in this place. We announce | them all as summer visitors but they are so loyal to the attractions of their old home and have so many friends here that it is perhaps more home than Philadelphia, where. the family. have resided, for a number of years, —The Misses Georgie and Leah Daggett are visiting their uncle, Mr. Daggett of the Bush House. Miss Leah forthe past six months has been having experiences in the Dakota’s and it must be quite a marked change to be again back in as conventional a place as is Bellefonte in comparison with the life of the northwest. ~Joseph Mitchell, of Burnham, spent Sunday with his parents, but returned home on the even- ing train. Since Joe’s domestic felicity has been completed by Miss Joe Junior’s advent, none o the old time attractions are sufficient to induce him to remain very many hours away from the baby. —John Lemon and ‘Uncle Bill"? Bllenberger,of Marengo, Were stepping around ova on Wed- nesday; jolls ing their figads for r and having about as £00 a time as it is possi for two good fellows to have when they are traveling together. John has a little surprise up his sleeve that he will spring on the public in due time. —Mr. Victor Gray, the young Philipsburger who once upon a time was a very important. fac- | tor in the Republican’ politics of this. county, with Mr. W. Hancock, the master printer of the Ledger office, have been in town this week; the former enjoying himself among: his friends and, ‘the latter doing duty a¢'a grand juror, = = —Thos. Moore isin town visiting old. friends and keeping in touch'with ‘Bellefonte affairs, of ‘course Tom doesn’t look as if he was wearing himself away in Philadelphia, but we Just fancied from the extra beam,.on his usually very.’ {Seon | ing countenance, that the old town i a very warm spot somewhere under his sis rib on the left side. white ner’ sister Miss Emma! Wagobr making a visit with friends in Harrisburg, Mrs. John Keichline spent last week with her Mather, Mrs. Wagner, in Milesburg. Bellefonte has been so devoid of excitement this season that Mrs. Keichline would. likely. not be conscious of any differetiee between this town and the quiet said to usally prevail in our neighboring village. » We areglad. to announce that Miss Carrie ascended one of the high chimneys of the | : And son 8’ recovering. from her regent ¢ of appendicitis. While this disease is nowadays so widespread as not to be considered a_ fea one, yet; sometimes the results © [are most: | pectedly fatal and thus itis that a nCosmIrs. covery, as in Miss Anderson’s case, without the need of an operation isa matter for congratula- tion. —Mrs: Clevan. Dinges returned on Tuesday from a two months visit in Williamsport. Some- times a few years residence of married life does not leave memories of pleasure sufficient to in- duce the frequent and extended visits such as Mrs: Dinges makes, but it would be more sur” prising did she not care for Williamsport since her home there was such a happy, attractive one, | associated with so many delightful friends and ‘was the seene of her husband's snceesses unhap- pily cut short, ‘while but beginning, by his un- timely death. —If Col. Chambers does not win his side in the murder case it willbe poor consolation for hav- ing given up the trip to the St. Louis Exposition and it was more than an ordinary trip too, for it meant the special train and accompaniments of the Governor's staff and party. Ool. Chambers would have been more than an ordinary mortal could he have seen, without an evidence of re- gret, the train with so many insignia of distinc. tion and pleasure, passing through Tyrone on its westward * way. That's a time when one’ has <1 0: be m ighty sure of his'duty to not resist it: —Capt. Harry Simler was one ot the Philips- burgers who attended court this week. —Miss Annie Peters, of Philadelphia, is visit. ing her sister, Mrs. C. T. Hicklen, on east Logan street. —Mrs. Blackford and her daughter, Miss Grace, with Miss Nellie Rowe are sojourning at the sea shore. —Mr. David J. Gates, one of the democratic leaders in Halfmoon township, attended court this week. —After a very pleasant visit in Bellefonte Miss Hazel B. Dennis departed last Friday for her home in Baltimore. —Mrs. Claude Jones and little son, of Tyrone, came down Monday afternoon for a few day’s so- journ in Bellefonte. —Qur old friend Henry Woomer, of Olivia, was in town during the fore part of the week ; having had business at court. —Miss Bescherer,the able superintendent of the Bellefonte hospital, spent the past week visiting home friends in New Jersey. —Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. Gearhari, of Bell- wood, spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. G's mother, Mrs. Fox, on Bishop street. —J. C. Meyer, Esq., wife and daughter, Miss Edna, and Miss Louise Brachbill returned Satur- day from a ten day’s trip to the St. Louis exposi- tion. —Mrs. Harry Dawson with her bright little daughter are here from Philadelphia on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Cherry, on Thomas street. —DMurs. Alice Robb and daughter, Miss Clara, re- turned last Friday from a ten day’s trip to Chau- tauqua, N.Y., where they visited Mrs. Robb's daughter; Mrs. John A. Miller. .—Harry- C.- Valentine, ‘who still retainsa very good position with the Standard Scale and Sup- ply company, at Beaver Falls, is now in Belle- fonte on his annual summer vacation. —Mr. and Mrs, Frank K. Lukenbach and child- ren, of Tyrone, were guests over Sunday at the home of Mr. Lukenbach’s parents, Mr. and Mrs, A. Lukenbach, of Willowbank street. —Mr. M. R. Beck came up from Lock Haven on Friday fora visit with his family ere he de- parts for Cmmberland, Md., where he has secur- ed a good position with the Mac Arthur brothers. —Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rhoads and children, of Tacony, arrived in Bellefonte Saturday afternoon on their annual summer visit with Mr. Rhoads’ mother, Mrs. Maria D. Rhoads, on west Linn street. —Alfred Beezer who, notwithstanding being busy at most anything he can find to do, has one of the thriftiest looking homes about Roopsburg, was in town on Saturday hustling around in his usual energetic way. —Miss Laura Rumberger, of Unionville, and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Rumberger, of DuBois, with their two children, were in town on Tuesday spending the day at the home of Mr. John Rum- berger, on Spring street. ~—Former county commissioner Geo. L. Good- hart came over on Monday from his home at Cen- tre Hill to confer with the Democrats assembled here to talk over the fall campaign and visit his daughter, Mrs. D. W. Guise. —Mrs. J. ‘A. Melsheimer, of Hanover, Pa., is spending a week in Rellefonte as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Spangler. Mrs. Melsheimer is a sister of Mr. Morris Trone, a one-time stu- dent in the Orvis, Bower & Orvis law office. ' —Last Wednesday letter carrier Ellsworth E. Ardery and daughter, Miss Lela, departed on a ten day’s trip to St. Louis to view the wonders of the Louisiana exposition. During his absence his route is being covered by John F. Garthoff. —Rey. F. 0. Johnson, of Worcester, Ohio, for- " merly of Amdoms;, India, as another of the min- isterial applicants for the associate pastorate of ‘the Bellefonte Presbyterian church, preached two sermons in that church last Stinday which seemed to please the congregation. —Mr. P. E. Womelsdor, of Philipsburg, one ot the'Republican candidates for legislative honors, ‘came over from Philipsburg last week to ‘attend the Business Men's picnic and afterwards’ spent Friday in Bellefonte extending the glad hat d ot political fellowship most indiscriminately —Among the Bellefonters who spent the past week at the sea shore were Mr. and Mrs. ‘Nelson E, Robb, John Bullock, Moses Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. Edward 8wiler, Mrs. Agnes Moore, sel Montgomery, Miss Betty Heinle, Mrs. Oliver Witmer, Mr. and Mrs. W. W, Witmer and dag ter, and Mrs, W. H. Musser and daught Ella. —Last Thursday Mrs. Joseph Smith, of Lamb street, and Mrs. Samuel Smith, of Howard street, left Bellefonte for a fortnight’s visit to the r old i. Bridseton; —_— Tuesday of this, week [ca. i$ Bo! two children departed on n 3 is yw ae turn home. —Among the prominent Democratic workers from over the county who were in town on Mon- day to attend the meeting of the Democratic com- mittee were John B. Long, Jesse Lukens, “Bd. C. Jones and H. D. Rumberger, of Philipsburg.’ It ‘would be hard to find a quartet of more aggres- sive and persistent Democrats than these gent le- men make and they all seemed enthusiastic over the prospects for the fall’s campaign. % =J. H Griffin, the veteran merchant and Democrat from Stormstown, was in Bellefonte | during the fore part of the week attending to come business affairs and getting a little line on county politics. By the way, Mr. Griffin has two sons who struck out for themselves some yea: rs jes | ago and their honesty and strictiveness—if, there is such a word—has brought ils reward, for today they are among the leading clothiers of Tysons le days a Ocean Beach ere n ye i ‘with a fine business. —Mr. and Mrs. Wilson I. Fleming started on Tuesday afternoon, on what will doubtless: Tove | the most delightful trip of their lives. The grand conclave of Knights Templar of the United: States will meet in San Francisco and as Grand ‘Com: mander of the grand commsandery of Pennsyl- ‘v ania, Mr. Fleming will occupy the exalted _posis tion as head of the great body of Knights of Pennsylvania. While away they expect to make io & tour of the coast and visit points en route, The fact that we stated two months a; |. Prof. Jas. P. Hughes would spend the st | with his brother in Oastlewood, South is so often laid to the credit of newspaper m ation. Mr. Hughes had planned the lightful trip already outlined in the WATCHMAN, but before it could be carried into execution fire destroyed the Academy, which entailed so 1 ‘much unlooked for work and responsibility that’ ‘only this week could he start on his western trip. We hope the delay will have but added zest to his en joyment of the many pleasures awaiting him in the northwest country. Seldom can a fire be con sidered a fortunate circumstance but it isapt to provesoin this oase of the Academy, as plans have been made to greatly improve and beautify the old building. The coming year will be cele- brated as the Academy centennial, and it ‘seems very fitting that the hundredth anniversary should see such a marked improvement as will be when the plans for the remodeling are’ “com: pleted. There will be no interruption tothe usual school routine as arrangements have been made to accommodate all the students and teach. ers and the school work will begin and continue uninterruptedly. The new catalogue shows & ‘strong corps of teachers anda course of study that can scarcely be excelled, if equalled, in any Term. ‘preparatory school. rh } same place, expecting to | —Mrs. John M. Dale, with Jack and Virginia, went up to Lemont on Tuesday to spend severa weeks with Mrs. Mary Dale. —Mr. and Mrs. Charles Riley, of Philadelphia, who had been visiting Mrs. Riley's brother, Mr. R. 8. Brouse, on Thomas street, departed on Wednesday. —John Q. Miles, former treasurer of the county and one of the boss Democrats of Huston, was in town on Monday lending his advice to the can- didates and other workers assembled here. —Of course it would seem a little unnatural for court to open without “Bill” Smith, of Millheim, being on hand and William was here on Monday to see that everything got started off right and to carry back what news he could pick up to his friends in Millheim, —A. W. Reese, of Port Matilda, spent several days in town during the fore part of the week; talking politics, of course, and helping along with the work of the grand jury, of which he was a member. When he struck for home, Wednes- day atternoon, he looked so happy that we could not help thinking that possibly he was glad to get away from the crowds around the court house. —Mrs, Mary Dolan, of Pleasant Gap, gave evidence yesterday of her interest in the Warcn- MAN by paying us notonly a visitbut a year’s subscription in advance. She has not heen in Bellefonte for some time as she has been busily engaged in repairing and repainting her house. It must be in the air of Pleasant Gap to i improve, for everything in that little village isin such good order and improvements are coustantly go- ing on. Mrs. Dolan looks the ideal nurse for a nervcus prostration patient and it was probably her cheerful presence that brought Mrs.’ Holtz through her récent serious illness. Mr. George Keichline, of Pine Grove Mills, has evidently had a prosperous summer or found the decoys here not financial ones for, after two days spent in town, heyet had a dollar for the con- tinu ance of our good will during the coming year He came down to attend the murder trial but the court house was ‘too crowded and the seats too hard toinduce his attendance and he hurried bck to the coolness and comforts of home, Wise man! A visitor to Pine Grove recently remark- ed that no where else did people seem (o be so comfortable and have so much leisure to enjoy the comforts. —When looking at Mrs, Edgar Swartz, of Punx- 8 utawney one might be tempted to believe that time could stand still were it not for “those t wins” now almost as large as their mother and who, with her, are visiting Mrs. Anna Caswell of Penn St. It may sound contradictory to add that their presence makes one realize how time flies for, anticipating much pleasure thereby, we chronicle the coming of our summer visitors and before there is time to realize anything, another c oming and such is life. Instead of “Ships that pass in the night” we are “Ships that pass in the summer. =-It is usually considered a misfortune to have to go to a hospital but evidently not so to the B urnside family. Some weeks ago Mr. William Burnside entered our hospital for a much needed rest, which unfortunately developed into a se- vere case of pleurisy from which he sufficiently recovered to be discharged this week. Last Sat- urday Mr. Edgar, who has been fashionably em- ploying his vacation in farming on their moun- tain home, apparently longing for the attentions and attractive surroundings of his brother, took his horse, dog and himself to the hospital where he ha s been ill eversince. This implicit confi- dence of the Burnside family in the alleviating power, both for man and beast, of the Bellefonte hospital ought to go far towards persuading the Governor of our worthiness for an increased and onti nued appropriation. —The habitue of the South Jersey coast does not know- the attractions of the north coast else there would be no Atlantic City, for once visit Elberon, Allenhurst, Asbury Park, Spring Lake and the other beautiful spots of North Jersey and one will always care to return there rather than go farther South. Cognizant of the pleasures;to be found at Asbury Park, the following very con- genial crowd started on Tuesday, August 23rd, for their anuual excursion to the ocean: Misses Anna and Nora Gray, Benore; Miss Anna M. Hunter, Mrs. John Thompson, Mrs. George S. Gray, Stormstown ; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Patter- son, Mrs. Irving Foster, and Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Meek, of State College. It might be added that while this pilgrimage was given out as directed towards Ocean Grove, we have substituted Asbury Park, for since there is a new pier with orchestra and very Atlantie-City-like doings, lately opened at the latter place, it is sure to prove the attrac- tion for those of our Centre county friends who would have us believe them seeking the mild a nd spiritual attractions of Ocean Grove, Philadelphia Markets. The following are the closing prices of the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening. Wheat—Red.... IR eeiasn veers easats eid usterheny 96@97 —No. 2... Corn —Yellow..... —Mixed new..... Oats. Flour— Winter, Per Br'l.. « _Penna. Roller ¢¢ —Favorite Brands. Rye Flour Per Brl....... reisinenns 4.10@4.25 Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 10, G11. 00 Mixed 2 we 9.50@18.50 Strew....ees essuesnue susinshenare es ensnnsauee we 8.50@15.50 Bellefonte Grain Market. Corrected weekly by by C. Y. WAGNER, ‘The following are the quotations up to six o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes Red w d wheat, ...... teakesss wrasse assasarasensaesssemsereninns © 1.00 New wheat 1.00 Rye, per bushel........... $eteranstisseaaetrant har eaes 60 Corn, sh , per b hel 50 Corn, ears, per bushel.......cccovcirvicinsnscnannsss 50 Oats old and new, per bushel.. 0 Barley, per bushel.....c.ccveeueee Ground Plaster, per ton.. 8 B0to0 80 Buckwheat, per bushel Cloverseed, per bushel. Timothy seed per bush Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by by Sechler & Co. Potatoes p perbushel...........ccoceeismmessins on Onions 75 Pees, per dozeM......ivesrvesasion sone 15 rd, per pound. 8 ni 10 : 10 Tall d.. a ow. T poun Barer pes pound 15 . The Democratic Watchman. 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