- Bellefonte Pa., September 16, 1904.
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AS ES Gas.
" THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——After the Granger picnic, then the
great Centre county fair.
——The Centre county Bible society has
supplied Bibles for the use of all the prison-
ers in the jail.
~— Mrs. Thos. A. Shoemaker gave a
dinner on Tuesday evening at the Country
club.
———Miss Katharine Brisbin gave a lunch-
eon to twelve young ladies on Wednesday
at one o’clook.
——Mr. and Mrs. Walker, Miss Shoré-
lidge and their guest Miss Sterrett spent
part of the week in their cabin at Lime
Centre.
— Irvin Gray’s Sallie Derby won the
2:18 race at Huntingdon in straight heats.
Will Larimer’s Vernes Hal came third in
the 2:25 class.
——Miss Blanche Smith, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Smith, has accepted
the position of book-keeper in the office of
Gamble, Gheen & Co’s mill.
——The U. B. church will hold a chick-
en and corn soup supper in the Ladies’ Aid
-gociety room next Saturday, Sept. 17th.
They will begin to serve at five o’clock.
Mrs. Munson entertained a party
at bridge on. Tuesday night and Mrs.
Montgomery on Wednesday night, both
parties were given in honor of Mrs.Shaffner.
——Conrad Miller, of this place, has se-
cured the contract for the building of the
abutments for the new county iron bridge
at Mill Hall and bas gone there to begin
work on same.
——Ellis L. Orvis and J. C. Meyer, of
Bellefonte, and Charles Foster, of State Col-
lege, have organized a company and con-
template the erection of new dwelling
houses at State College.
——Just as soon as the family of J. Mal-
colm Laurie moves to Winburne, Clearfield
county, where Mr. Laurie is now cashier
of the Winburne National bank, S. D. Ray
will move his family into the house on
Howard streets now occupied by the
Lauries.
—— Hiram Lee who went to Iola, Kan-
sas, last spring expecting to reside there
permanently, will soon return to this
county, as the Kansas climate did not
agree with his family. We are glad to
welcome back among us so good a citizen
and farmer and hope the return home
will restore good health to the family.
——On Labor day the Knights of the
Golden Eagle took the Coleville band
along to Lewisburg and the Journal, of
th at place, said in its last issue that ‘‘the
Coleville band, of Bellefonte, won for
themselves the admiration of the people of
Lewisburg and the visitors for their high
class concerts and liberal music rendered
during t he day.”’
——ZEnough has already been definitely
arranged to secure the greatest fair in the
history of Centre county next month. Forty
or more horses are already entered for the
races, a number of high class free shows
have heen secured, almost enough exhibits
to fill the available space and many other
feature attractions. Make your plans to
be at the fair every day. ‘
Mrs. Daggett and the children are this
week occupying the Masonic camp at
Curtin. This has become one of the at-
tractive spots for recreation parties and if
ts popularity continues will surely become
a se ries of bungalows instead of one. With
the
found in every part of this county, itis
strange that the bungalow settlements
have not before become popular here as
they are so fashionable elswhere.
——During the past week the Can-
ningbam brothers, J. Mitchell and Edward,
purchased the lot and buildings of the de-
funct Houser Springless Lock company,
near the foundry of J. H. Lingle, and pur-
pose starting a foundry and machine shops
of their own, under the firm name of
‘‘Cunningham Bros.” New machinery for
all kinds of foundry and repair work will |
be installed and the WATCHMAN wishes
the new firm all kinds of success.
——Among the Bellefonters who attend-
ed the faneral of Senator A. E. Patton, at
Curwensville last Satnrday, were Judge
John G. Love, ex-Judge A. O. Furst,
Ellis L. Orvis, Hard P. Harris, Philip D.
Foster, Col. J. L. Spangler, Thomas A.
Shoemaker, Harry Keller, Jno. M. Shug-
erts, Dr. M. J. Locke, William P. Humes,
James P. Coburn, William C. Heinle, G.
W. Rees, W. L. Malin, O. C. Campbell, E.
C. Tuten, Mrs. D. H. Hastings and Mrs.
W. F. Reeder. Dr. George W. Atherton,
of State College, and H. R. Curtin, of Ro-
land, were also present.
——Sometime Saturday night the penny-
in-the-slot weighing machine which stood
at the passenger station of the Pennsylva-
nia railroad was stolen. The robbers car-
ried the machine up to the old pump house,
along the road to Lingle’s foundry, where
it was broken open, the money taken out
and then was thrown in an old abandoned
well near there where it wag found Sunday
morning. As the machine had not been
emptied for nearly three months it is esti-
mated that the robbers seoured anywhere
from $20 to $25 in pennies. * The aunthor-
"ities are investigating the matter but so far
no arrests have been made.
- ideally beantifal locations to be |
‘$in Curtin, Col.
TRAVELED 3,000 MiLEs. — Tuesday
morning there arrived in Bellefonte what
at first glance looked like a dilapidated
horse pulling a ram shackle vehicle, but on
closer inspection the horse was found to be
in pretty good condition and the vehicle
a fairly comfortable house on wheels. It
was a long, wide bed wagon with some-
what of a schooner top with a door in the
rear and a pair of steps. On the sides was
the following inscription: ‘‘The Gospel
Wagon of an aged couple on a long journey
from New York to Atlanta, Ga., and back.
Potato peelers, 10cts each. Please buy
one.”” Investigation disclosed the fact
that the ‘‘aged couple’’ were Rev. and
Mrs. J. W. Harrison, of New York. They
left New York on September 19th, 1903,
and traveled south in their house on
wheels as far as Georgia, taking the coast
route. They spent most of the winter in
the South starting on the return trip in the
spring, coming up by an interior route
which brought them through Ohio. They
are mow this far on their way to New York,
where they expect to arrive before any real
cold weather sets in, although they are
making their journey by easy stages, being
three days on the road from Philipsburg to
Bellefonte.
Rev. Harrison was born in Liverpool,
Eog., sixty-seven years ago. He learned
the pottery trade and at one time owned
the largest pottery manufactory in the
world, located at Liverpool, and was a
very wealthy man. About thirty years
ago he attended an Evangelistic meeting
in England, became converted, joined the
Christian church and since that time has
devoted all his time and his entire fortune
in working for the Master.
He came to this country first in 1882
and settled in Charleston, S. C., but the
climate there did not agree with him and
he went back to Liverpool in 1884. Four
years later he again came $o this country
and settled in New York where he has
lived ever since, with the exception of be-
ing away on such trips as the present.
Rev. Harrison is a mechanic as well as a
preacher, and his home on wheels is his
workshop, wherein he manufactures the
potato peelers which he and his wife sell
along the way, thus making enough money
to pay their meagre expenses. Rev. Har-
rison, whenever and wherever the opportun-
ity offers, conducts a gospel meeting
and he was very pronounced in his
declaration that no collection was ever
asked for. Tuesday night he preached in
ghe Diamond dnd proved himself a good
talker.
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ILLEGAL FISHERMEN CAUGHT.—-Phil-
ipsburg anthorities are hot after violators
of the fish laws. Last week constable
Harry Gunter arrested an Italian, Rafiello
Petula, one of a gang working on the new
water plant at Winburne, for fishing with
a scoop net made out of a chop sack, and
known to have caught one trout. He was
given a hearing before squire Sandford
who found him guilty of fishing on Sun-
day, fishing with illegal devices and bav-
ing one fish.in his possession. He was
fined $60 and cost, a total of $88, which he
paid. Two more Italians arrested at the
same time were discharged for lack of
evidence against them. Later in the week
Capt. Harry Simler arrested three more
Italians, Francis Moner, for fishing on
Sunday with a chop sack drag net, and
Steve Constance and Frank Lali, for hunt-
ing as unnaturalized foreigners and with-
out a license. Justice Sandford found
them all guilty and sentenced Moner to a
fine of $50 and costs and the latter two
to $25 each and costs. They refused to
pay the fine and were sent to jail for fifty
and twenty-five days respectively. They
were brought to Bellefonte on Monday
aud such an utterly disreputable-looking
trio of men has rarely, if ever, been
brought to the Centre connty jail.
— Pe
ON TO ANTIETAM.—The battle of Antie-
tam, in which the 45 Reg. P. V., took such
a conspicuous part is likely to be fought
all over again within the next few days.
The campaign that is begun with the de-
parture of the veterans from this place this
morning will not be a repetition of the
sanguinary affair of Sept. 17th, 1862. It
will be all reminiscence. and fun for
forty-two years have healed the wounds
of war and the old boys are going back to
attend the dedication of a monument that
is to perpetuate their memories on the
great battle field of the Civil war.
In the party will be Gen. Jobn I. Car-
tin, who will enjoy the distinction of being
the only living man who commanded a
Regiment of
that great engagement, Colonel Aus-
Amos Mullen, W. H.
Musser, Thos. Donachy, Thos. McCafferty,
of Bellefonte ; Joshua Pheasant, of How-
ard ; Thompson Boggs, of Milesburg ; Dr.
Theo. Christ, of State College ; Maj. W.
H. Fry, of Pine Grove Mills, and Shed
Williams, of Martha Furnace.
WHAT MIGHT BE A SENSATION.—Why
should we not pride ourselves on good
sense—or is it the utter llase so often at-
sributed—when a real prince can come
among us and there be no fanfare or even
slightest excitement over his coming ?
Perhaps it is because he is so democratic
and nice and prefers to travel incognito.
If “‘we’’ were not founded on conservative
principles and avoidance of anything sen-
sational in character and could be a ‘‘yel-
low journal’”’we might publish a big, black-
letter-head-line ‘article on this prince’s
gay entanglements at Newport and why
he finds Centre county so attractive, an
artiole thas we’ll wager would be more
eagerly read and oreate more of a sensa-
tion than the best editorial ever published
in this paper.
the Ninth corps during |
——Millheim’s new water works are be-
ing rapidly pushed to completion and if
will not be long now until residents of that
borough will be drinking the pure, moun-
tain water from Philips creek.
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——Work is being rapidly pushed on
the new brick plant at Bigler, whichis
being erected almost entirely by Philips-
burg capitalists. It is the intention to
make this one of the best plants in the
State.
aE agen Rl
——The Allegheny synod of the Luth-
eran church, embracing the counties of
Clearfield, Huntingdon, Cambria, Blair,
Somerset and Bedford will meet in Phil-
ipsburg Thursday, September 29th, and
continue in session over the following Sun-
day.
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——The engagement of Miss Kate
Davis, of Milton, toMr. John Sommer-
ville, of Winburne is announced. Miss
Davis has for the past two years had
charge of the classes in German and
French at the Academy. Mr. Sommer-
ville lived most of his life in Bellefonte
but is now interested in the coal opera-
tions of his father at Winburne.
tee
——1In addition to the cattle lost by
Messrs. Woodring and Kelly, from that
strange and fatal mountain disease, which
exists among the herd on the Allegheny
mountains back of Port Matilda, twelve
head belonging to Scott Buck, of Warriors
Maik, have also died. It is now believed
that the cattle bave died from eating
poisonous weeds.
eee AA eet.
REPAIRS AT BELLEFONTE FURNACE.
—On Monday the Bellefonte furnace com-
pany put a force of men to work tearing
ous the old lining of the stack preparatory
to relining for what, it is hoped, will be an
early resumption of the plant. Repairs,
both at the furnace and at the Scotia ore
mines, will be pushed as rapidly as possible
with the expectation of putting both plants
in operation just as soon as they can be
gotten into shape.
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——Saturday a team of horses standing
on the corner near the Brockerhoff resi-
dence were frightened at the big red Arm-
strong automobile and ran away, upsetting
the wagon and dragging it as far as Scho-
field’s saddler shop where the horses were
caught. A small boy was the sole occupant
of the wagon and he was thrown out, was en-
tangled in the lines and dragged until the
the horses were caught. Strange as it may
appear, the only injury the boy sustained
was one tooth knocked out in being thrown
from the wagon.
ar nis
——DMr. W. D. Zerby, who the past two
years has been a law student in the office
of Orvis, Bower & Orvis, is now entitled
to write ‘‘Esq’’ after his name. Monday
he received notice from the state examin-
ing board that he had successfully. passed
his examinations and yesterday he was ad-
mitted to membership in the Centre coun-
ty bar. Mr. Zerby is a native of Peon
township. He is a graduate of Bucknell
college and a steady, reliable young man.
For the present he will maintain a desk in
the Orvis, Bower & Orvis office.
>
——A very timely aod acceptable letter
from Mr. S. E. Weber, of Boalsburg, on
Tuesday, reminds us that a great many
readers of the WATCHMAN are losing advan.
tage of the advanced rates. Why is it thas
a person will les the paper run on without
attention and thereby agree to pay $1.50
per year for it, when they could just as
easily have it for $1.00 per year, is more
than we can understand. We know of no
other husiness transaction in which a larg-
er saving is to he made than in paying for
your newspaper in advance. $1.00 a year
in advance is a very ineonsequential sum,
bus several years at $1.50 and $2.00 runs
the bill up to a price that is often quite
hard to pay.
*oe
——One day last week Rev. Crittenden
presented Ira Green and William Dillen
each with a Bible, the gift of the Centre
county Bible society. One evening since,
Green asked night watchman Philip Gar-
brick to read a chapter for him. Garbrick
opened the good book at random and began
to read and was soon astonished to notice
how applicable were the words he was
reading to the case of Green and Dillen. In
fact, so remarkable was the coincidence of
the Bible words to the facts in Green’s case
that he remarked the fact and proclaimed
that ‘‘everything seemed to be against
them.” To appreciate the remarkable oc-
currence get your Bible and read the 35th
chapter of Numbers.
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THREE OF THE SIX CO-EDS AT STATE
BELONG TO BELLEFONTE.—Miss Jessie
Esters will enter the Freshman class a
State this fall. If every town in the coun-
ty or even every county in the State would
furnish three young women to the college
as we are now doing, it would no longer
be necessary to deplore the small number
of Co-eds at State. Just why the young
women of Centre and other counties do not
appreciate and take advantage of the very
excellent opportunities offered by their
own State College, seems incomprehensible
to anyone familiar with the reputation of
this college as compared with that of
the schools and colleges apparently so
much more popular with our girls.
matics, unfortunately such a bugaboo to
girls in general, and gives everything pos-
sible in the way of languages and litera-
ture with such a range of electives as ought
to satisfy anyone. Apart from its value
for purely educational purpcses, this
course offers, in the subject of domestic
soience, a much-in-demand branch for
teaching.
i
The
new course in Modern Language and Lit-
erature does away with much of the mathe.
CENTRE COUNTY VETERANS’ REUNION.
—About two thousand people—more than
half of which was transported by the Belle-
fonte Central railroad company—attended
the thirtieth annual reunion and basket
picnic of the Centre County Veteran Club,
at Hanter’s park last Saturday. Though
the weather looked very threatening all
the day no rain fell to mar the pleasures of
the occasion.
The morning exercises in the pavilion
opened with an invocation by Prof. Benja-
min Gill, of State College. The only re-
gret of the day was that Gen. James A.
Beaver, the president of the club, could
not be present, but be has not entirely re-
covered from his recent illness and was
compelled to remain at home. In his ab-
sence first vice president, Capt. W. C, Pat-
terson, of State College, presided and in-
troduced Mr. Laird Holmes, of the College,
who made the address of welcome, which
was responded to by Rev. Dr. H. C. Hol-
loway, of Bellefonte. Other addresses
were made by Rev. Hartsock, of Kansas,
Samuel B. Miller, Clement Dale and D. F.
Fortney, of Bellefonte, and Calvin Sowers,
of State College.
S. B. Miller, George Martz, D. F. Fort-
ney, Geo. W. Keichline and Amos Gar-
brick, the committee on nomination of of-
ficers for the ensuing year, reported as fol-
lows: For president, Gen. James A. Beav-
er; first vice president, Capt. W. C. Patter-
son; second vice president, Capt. W. H.
Fry; secretary, W. H. Musser; treasurer,
George M. Boal. The nominees were eleot-
ed by acclamation. Tt was decided to
hold next year’s reunion at Hecla park, the
time to be fixed by the executive commit-
tee. A very interesting letter from Gen.
Beaver was read by D. F. Fortney, esq.,
who, in response, made a very brief but
touching address.
During the day there was music by the
State College band with a base ball game
and other divertisements to amuse the
crowd. The basket dinner, however, was
one of the main features that was enjoyed
by all.
THE SCHENCK FAMILY REUNION.—
Thursday of last week the annual reunion
of the Sohenck family was held in the
grove near Howard. About five hundred
descendants of the family, as well as many
others, were present. The principal ad-
dresses were made by Judge John G. Love,
of this place, and Rev. Artman, of Howard.
An excellent dinner was served to all pres-
ent. In the afternoon there was a base
ball game between the Howard and Hecla
park teams, the score standing 8 to 6 in
favor of Howard when the game was called
on account of rain.
An important action of the Schenck asso-
ciation at the rennion was the decision fo
remove the remains of the seven bodies of
the original Pletcher family that have rest-
ed for scores of years in the Butler grave-
yard to the Schenck cemetery and erect
over them a suitable monument. The bod-
ies will be exhumed at once. Among the
bodies to be removed are those of Henry
Pletcher and wife. Mr. Pletcher was a
Revolutionary soldier and for valiant serv-
ice rendered during the struggles of onr
forefathers was presented by the govern-
ment at Washington with 400 acres of
ground near the present site of Howard.
‘He took up his claim in 1796 and lived
and died a hero of those strenuous times.
Miss KELLY SURPRISED.—A surprise
or farewell party was given by Mr. and
Mrs. M. D. Kelly at their home at Snow
Shoe, on Friday evening, in honor of their
daughter, Mary, who departed Saturday
morning for Merion, Pa., where she is a
student in the Convent of Mercy {at that
place. About fifty young people were pres-
ent, the residence being elaborately deco-
rated. The laughable feature of the even-
ing was the look of surprise which the
young hostess gave her friends when they
were ushered into her presence. All who
were present report a royal good time;
among the guests being the famous *‘Mel-
lon’ imported from Pittsburg by Miss
Edith Buddinger.
THE BELLEFONTE TRUST C0.—On the
first of October the old banking firm of
Jackson, Hastings & Co. will be merged
into the Bellefonte Trust Co., a business
and banking organization with a capital of
$125,000 for which an application for a
charter is now pending before the Governor.
In addition $o banking the new institution
will include in its business the insurance of
owners of real estate, mortgages, and oth-
ers interested in real estate from loss by
reason of defective titles, liens and en-
cumbrances. The stock of the new com-
pany has all been subscribed and an or-
ganization of officers, Etc., wiil take place
just as soon as the charter is granted.
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NEw KARTHAUS COMPANY.—The Kar-
thans Fire Brick company is now being
organized by a number of Lock Haven
captalists. The company will control 800
acres of fire clay and coal lands in the
Karthaus coal fields. The company ie be-
ing organized with a capital of $150,000,
for the purpose of manufacturing fire brick.
The plant is to be constructed on modern
plans, with a capacity of 30,000 bricks per
day. Most of the stock has already been
sold.
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— Harvest home services were held in
the ILutheran church last Sunday. The
edifice was decorated with all kinds of
grain, fruit and vegetables and a very ap-
propriate sermon was preached by Dr. H.
C. Holloway.
—
——A belated wedding notice is that of
Magnus Duck and Miss Hattie McCool,
both of Spring Mills, who were united in
marriage at Shamokin, August 31st, by
Rev. W. E. Fischer, D. D.
News Purely Personal.
—Mrs. W. Fred Reynolds is spending this
week in Philadelphia.
—Mr. John M. Strayer spent Wednesday visit
ing friends at his old home in Lock Haven.
—Mr. and Mrs. Edward Richard went to
Philadelphia on Monday to spend a week or ten-
days.
—Miss Helen Ceader will go to Baltimore next
Monday where she will begin her college life at
Notre Dame.
—MTr. and Mrs. Dieffenbach, of Tyrone, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Donachy.
Mr. Dieffenbach is a nephew of Mr. Donachy and
has charge of the water works at Tyrone.
—Murs. D. 8. Rank, of Lebanon, and Mr. L. A.
Gerberich have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. T.
Gerberich on Thomas street.
—Mr. Jim Mitchell, who is conducting lumber
operations in West Virginia, and Mr. Geo. Mitch-
ell, of Oak Hall, spent Wednesday in Bellefonte,
—Mr, Coburn Rogers went to Philadelphia yes-
terday toenter upon his last year of medical
work at the University of Pennsylvania.
—Wm, Keichline went to Easton, on Monday,
where he has secured a good position in the ma-
chine shops.
—Miss Alice Stewart, of Bloomsburg, and Miss
Young, of Berks county, are guests at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Patsie Stewart on Linn St.
—Miss Jennie Showers, of South Allegheny St.,
came home on Monday from Atlantic City, where
she hasbeen spending her vacation.
—Mr. John George formerly of Bellefonte, but
now of Pittsburg, has been enjoying a week’s
visit at the Anderson home on Bishop street.
—Mrs. W. F. Reber, of Philadelphia, who was
here for a visit of a few days with her mother,
Mrs. Mary Butts, departed on Monday after-
noon.
—Mrs: M. W. Furey left for Pittsburg yester®
day; expecting to join her daughter, Mrs. S. W.
Karstetter for a ten day’s trip to the St. Louis
fair.
—Many delightful and interesting experiences
will be Miss Jennie Harper’s this winter, as it will
be her first time in New England and as a college
girl. She left yesterday to enter Smith College,
—Miss Mary Weaver Harris want to Philadel-
phia, Monday, to re-enter the nurse training
school of the Presbyterian hospital where she
spent a few months in training last spring.
—Miss Adaline Harris and Miss Bertha Laurie
returned last Saturday from a many wezk’s stay
in Cape May. To find a wider range of pleasure
Miss Harris spent pari of her time in the Adiron-
dacks.
—Mrs. Thomas Jennings went to Altoona, on
Wednesday afternoon, to make a few days visit
before starting on her annual trip South next
week.
—Mr. F. Peebles Green and his daughter, Miss
Ida, left on Friday for a visit with friends in
Mill Hall. Thence they will journey to Erie,
where Mr, Green’s son, Elmer, is located.
—Albert Allen, of Boalsburg, was in town on
Wednesday on his way to take in the great show
at St. Louis. It is Al's first big trip and he was
necessarily very happy in anticipation of “the
doings” he will see there.
—Miss McCalmont, Mrs. Hewitt who has been
the guest of Miss McCalmont, and Robert Walker
went to Washington, D. C., this week to visit
Miss Sterrett. From Washingion they will go to
Point Comfort and Norfolk.
—Mr. Chas. P. Hewes, of Erie, made a business
trip here this week. If'a complaisant counte-
nance indicates freedom from worry, Mr. Hewes
must have struck something even richer than a
Guffey gusher.
~—Mrs. C. R. Good and her two children return-
ed to Lock Haven, on Monday, after a week’s
visit with the family of Mr. John Keichline. Mrs.
Maggie Meek, of Altoona, is also a 8 Sues and will
remain several weeks.y
~—Mrs. Hannan Ayers and her Proieges Master
William Thomas, who have been spending the
summer with Mrs. Mary Laurie Gray, returned
Monday to Chestnut Hill, The first of November
they will go to Tarpon Springs, Flo rida,’ Tor the
winter.
—After spending the summer at the Broskar-
hoff house in this place with his mother and
brothers Tom Pierpoint left for Philadelphia yes-
terday, where he will continue his studies at the
Manual Training for the winter.
. —Geo. W. Homan, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Neidigh
and Austin Brungard, of Ferguson Twp., made
up a little party of Centre countians who started
for the St. Louis Expo, yesterday. Before return
ing home they will visit friends at Lena and Free-
port, Ill
—We are pleased to see the pleasant face of our
old friend, Ensign McIntyre, who is,now visiting
Miss Belle Hoover, of Spring street. The Ensign
is with us for a few weeks to rest after her
arduous and unceasing labors among the fallen
of St. Louis. ;
—John Snyder, of State College, made us a
pleasant call this week to renew his wife's sub-
scription tothe paper. We wish all our subserip-
tions might go to the wives as they are always
sure to be good pay. From John’s report every-
thing is bright with him but his father is in poor
health.
—Miss Bess Brouse will attend Irving college,
at Mechanicsburg, for which place she will leave
on Monday. Will returned to Pittsburg on
Tuesday where he is in the employ of the
Westinghouse Company and as Richard, the
youngest son, is on the schoolship Saratoga, the
Brouse home will be a quiet one this winter.
—Mrs. Miles Mattern was in town on uesday
attending to the numerous business affairs that
necessarily devolve on her since Mr. Mattern’s
illness. Rheumatism has had its clutches on
him for fifteen weeks and while not confined. to
bed he is incapacitated from doing any wor K 3
—Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hassell, of Washington
Court House, Ohio, are here visiting at Mrs. H's
girlhood home... They have closed out their
business at Washington Court House and Mr.
‘Hassell has gone on to New York to investigate
un opening that he has been offered to locate, in
Cincinnati.
Friday to finish the convalescence period. in
Atlantic City and New York. This surely is an
antidote to the quiet they have been having in
the hospital and at their mountain home and it is
to be hoped will not be too much of a shock for
shattered nerves.
—Mr. James R. Hughes returned, Wednesday,
from a scouting expedition, in Western Pennsyl-
vania and West Virginia, and that it was a suc-
cessful one may be judged from the fact that ten
students from Pittsburg will enter the Academy
this fall. A greater number of boarders than
have ever before attended are already enrolled at
the “School in the Mountains.”
—Mr. Frederick Foster has survived’ a two
week’s sojourn in Beach Haven where he sought
relief irom hay fever. If he appears pre-occu-
pied, attribute it not to ennui—for an insurance
man dare never feel that—but to concentration of
mind upon a valuable contribution that he will
shortly make to science on “How a man feels just
betore and after sneezing.”
—It must be the milk of wisdom that so long
flowed from the dairy of James Lingle as it made
his a family of loyal Democrats, all subscribers to
the Warcuman. L. R., of Centre Hall, on his way
to spend Wednesday with his father below Miles-
burg, dropped a dollar by the wayside, knowing it
would bring him some good demoeratic reading
for another year.
‘Business notices, per line...
—Mr. Chas. K. McCafferty, one of the assistant
cashiers in the Bradford natioual bank, recently
visited his old home here for, although it is many
years since Mr. Charles McCafferty resided here
we always hope to have his family claim this as
home,
—Noah H. Swayne, II, went to Cleveland last
night on business for the Nittany furnace, so
that there need be no more concern about his
disappearance. After the hit he made with his
speech at the opening of the Centre County Re-
publican club, Tuesday evening, we feared he
might have been sent for by chairman Cortelyou
to join the force of spellbinders for the national
committee.
—The propitious fates must be smiling, [not
only on State College but on the surrounding
country, for if a man is not prospering he is not
apt to squander any money on the printers. M.
J. D. Hubler was one of the College township
farmers who this week made us quile sure that
he had had a prosperous season of good crops
and could treat himself and us to a renewed sub-
scription.
—To the newspaper reporter is accredited the
faculty of finding out everybody’s business. This
one is either too much the novice or had to deal
with a rival of the “Silent Man of Esopus” for
Mr. T. M. Gates, of Altoona, personally renewed
his subscription on Wednesday, gave us a pleas-
ant ten minutes of conversation and yet “we”
cannot tell you why he was in Bellefonte. Maybe
we are too ‘‘easy’’ for an Altoona man.
—Capt. William Fry, of Pine Grove, the much-
in-demand veterinarian and without whom no
soldiers’ reunion would be a success, left this
morning for Antietam to be present at the
unveiling of the 45th P. V. monument. He
will also attend the semi-annual meeting of the
Veterinary Association of Pennsylvania, to be
held in Harrisburg next Monday and Tuesday.
—Prince Henri de Croix, of Belgium, is one of
the guests of the interesting house party now be-
ing entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Terry Boal at
their country home. Popular interest might at-
tach to his being a prince but real interest is in
him as a man, who, appointed by King Leopold,
presided for five years over the Congo State and
isa fund of entertaining and most interesting
experiences about that country known to us only
through reading,
—We are glad that quiet is only a comparative
term for while Bellefonte may be markedly de-
void of excitement as compared with New York,
sufficient flavor of a metropolis there is to at-
tract frequent visitors from our neighboring quiet-
er vill ages. Almost every week brings one from
Pleasant Gap to find pleasure among us. This
week it is Mrs. Maggie Sweeney Rodenbush who
has been the guest of Mrs. Speer, Mrs. Lari-
mer and several others ot her friends.
——Mr. Harry Koons and Miss Emma
Frick, daughter of the Rev. Friok, of the
Disciple church, Eagleville, were married
at Eagleville Tuesday evening, the bride’s
father performing the ceremony.
——One would not have to go to the Ad-
irondacks to find picturesque scenery if we
were to judge by the beautiful photographs
George Bush has made of the Masonic
camp, for certainly no prettier location
could be found or desired than he has pho-
tographed along Bald Eagle.
—— en
——The announcement that James Scho-
field is“going to dispose of his entire stock
of harness and saddlery supplies at public
sale on Saturday, Oot. 1st, will likely re-
sult in an unusual number of farmers and
other horse owners coming to town that
day. Mr. Schofield is going to refit his store
and in order to do so intends clearing out
all of his stock.
—_——
THE GOLDEN RoD DANCE.—The eight
annual Golden Rod dance, which was giv-
en in the armory here last Friday night,
was undoubtedly the most successful of the
society events that have each year closed
the summer social season in Bellefonte.
There were so many visitors present as to
make the hosts really in the minority and
the first appearance of Kettering’s orchestra
from Greensburg lent much to the success
of the dance. The musicians. played su-
perbly, a program of the latest music; their
perfect time leaving nothing to be desired.
© Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday
evening.
Wheat—Red.........ccc cue caieciiiidiiinivis 1.10@1.11
¢“ —No.2..... vee L03@1.06
Corn —Yellow....... 64
¢ —Mixed new. 60@60%4
ORIBL....cioum in srverssirinnan 36
Flour— Winter, Per B: 3.75@3.90
“ Penna. Roller... 4.85@5.05
« _Favorite Brands,
Rye Flour Per Br'l . 420@4.30
Baled hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 11.00@15.50
Mixed ** 1... 9 Sp13s 50
Bellefonte 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 :
Hl WHERE, vicccsinisinarrersrsssssrmsairsssssssinmmsninine « 100
New wheat. 1.00
Rye, per bushel............. ou 60
Corn, shelled, per bushel.. is 50
Corn, ears, per bushel............ oe 00
Oats old and new, per bushel. dane 30
Barley, per bushel......... vers 50
Ground Plaster, per ton. 50 to 9 50
Buckwheat, per bushel. avubises 40
Cloverseed, per bushel.. ...87 00 to $8 CO
Timothy seed per bushel........c.cceennens, $2.00 to $2.25
‘Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel easse roigeoss Spa sariessivar neue verso 40
Onions, i rs % 75
Eggs, per dozeN.........ciiveniinisinmssnnssesassennne 15
per po! 8
Country Shoulde: 10
Sides.. 10
Hams. 12
Tallow, per pou: 1 4
5
Butter, per pound.
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