Bemoreadi Walch
Bellefonte Pa.. September 23, 1904.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——*“The Two Johns’’ at Garman’s next
Thursday night should draw a large house.
——Just twelve days from this date the
the great Centre county fair will be in
full swing.
——One day last week Mr. Daniel
Remer, clerk in Krumrine’s drug store,
had the misfortune to lose a valuable dia-
mond which he prized very highly. 3
——James Reed Jr., son of William
Reed, of Coleville, was arrested Monday
afternoon on the charge of having stolen a
lap robe from L. C. Bullock, of Miles-
burg.
——Last Friday evening a surprise party
was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Ogden, on Thomas street, in honor
of their daughter’s, Miss Mildred’s, birth-
day.
——The Penns Valley Oil and Manu-
facturing company are making preparations
to put down a test well for oil and gas on
some of their leased land near Centre Hall
in the near future.
——Rev. J. E. Morris, of the A. M. E.
church, went to Huntingdon last Saturday
and on Sunday held the quarterly meeting
services in the absence of the presiding
elder, Rev. Wheeler.
——Landlord H. 8. Ray gave a Welsh
rare-bit lay-out in the Brookerhoff house
cafe on Monday evening. It proved a
most palatable treat to every one of the
large crowd present.
——Saturday was a record breaking day
at the Nittany furnace. A new high
water mark of one handred and twenty-
one tons was established. Congratula-
tions, to all hands.
——Deputy sheriff Harry J. Jackson
with Burdine Butler, of Howard, Monday
on the 1:05 train, took Dominio Constance,
George Henderson and Mike Bartger to the
western penitentiary.
——The Bellefonte hospital is deeply in-
debted to Col. W. Fred Reynolds for two
tons of coal and to Col. J. L. Spangler for
a donation of a car load of coal from his
mines in Cambria county.
——The Jeremiah Kline farm in Gregg
township has been sold at private sale by
the administrator of the estate to Frank
M. Fisher, of Pena Hall. The farm con-
tains 232 acres and the price paid was $35
per acre.
—Dr. Louis Tyron, of Philadelphia,
has decided to locate in Bellefonte for the
practice of his profession. He has rented
the John Harrison house, on east Bishop
street, where he will reside with his moth-
er. Dr. Tryon comes to Bellefonte highly
recommended as an able practitioner. *
——Monday the Bellefonte High school
athletic association was organized with the
following officers : President, Earle Tay-
lor; vice president, Paul Wetzel; secretary,
Lloyd Markle; treasurer, William Kuhn.
Paul Esters was elected manager and Earle
Taylor captain of the foot ball team.
——Landlord H. 8. Ray has traded his
Oldsmobile ran-about for Mr. John Porter
Lyon’s Cadalacs car, the latter to have all
new machinery installed and otherwise to
be fixed up as good as new. Mr. Lyon has
made a deal with the agent at Huntingdon
whereby he trades the Ray Oldsmobile as
part pay on a new Cadalact of a later model
than his old one,
—It may have heen a desire to elude
a too mad rush of visitors when he needed
quiet that Mr. Will Burnside took his
satchel and walked to the train presumably
starting on a trip to Atlantic City and New
York when he did not go at all. We like
to note the goings and comings of our
friends, but do not want to put them out of
town unless thev want to £0, hence the
correction.
——Mr. J. Kyle MoFarlane’s fortune is
made if the complexion beautifier, for
which he is agent, works the charm it is
claimed to, for what woman would not
barter her soul to be pretty. A number of
people in Bellefonte now have trial bottles
and find that it works marvels in removing
freckles, liver Spots, tan and clears the
complexion of any eruptions, tetter, ecze-
ma, etc. It is found excellent for bruises,
hives and ivy poisoning and gentlemen find
it delighbtfal to nse after shaving. :
—— What do you suppose bappened the
sporting editor of the Daily News while he
did the Granger’s picnic on Tuesday ? We
are too meek to imagine naughty things
but when a man issues a Tuesday’s paper
and dates it Wednesday, the twentieth, and
talks about Miss Grace Smith's illuminated
ware, he muss certainly be razzle-dazzled,
don’t you think? If he were nota mar-
ried man the explanation might be found
in his saying, ‘‘The Theatrical Traffic ar-
rived and from the appearance of the young
ladies (!) their play will be all 0. K.”’
——A pastel portrait of the late William
Harper has been on exhibition in Blair's
window. It is from the studio of Antrim
and Landay, Philadelphia, where so many
excellent portraits of people well known to
us have been done, and, when considera-
tion is made for the fact that this portrait
of Mr. Harper was made from a very old
and unsatisfactory photograph taken of
him in front of the old store of Harper
Bros., on Spring street, it ought to rank as
one of the bess examples of the work sent
out br that firm of portrait painters.
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WHAT MAY BE EXPECTED AT THE
FAIR.—If is not mere talk when we say
that the fifth annual fair of the Centre
County Agricultural Exhibiting Co., which
will be held in Bellefonte, on Oatober
4th, 5th, 6th and 7th, will be the greatess
of all the annual amusement and educa-
tional enterprises of this corporation.
From the point of attractions last year’s:
{fair.was rated a great success. The weath-
er, however, was so unpropitious as to put
a damper on all the enthusiasm that had
been worked up for it. The standard of
excellence that was set by the fourth fair
will seem like the merest beginning of
things when compared with the finished
filth. We say this advisedly for we know
whereof we speak.
In every department extraordinary ef-
fort is being put forth. That this effort is
meeting with success is known by the in-
terest already aroused. For instance, in
the stock exhibit, usnally an indifferent
show, there will be this year over one hun-
dred head of the best cattle—registered
and grade—to be found in Centre county.
This number is not guess work. It is
based on the entries already made.
In the Women’s Department, always so
interesting, and last year the feature at-
traction, there will be real revelations this
year. The ladies at the head of the work
bave been in communication with ladies
in all parts of the county and when the
women start to do things they are always
done right. :
A new house has been built for the
poultry exhibit in order that it may have
the display its magnitude warrants. We
feel that we are only stating a fact shat
nowhere, outside of a great city pouliry
show, has there been seen an exhibit of
fowls equal to that at the Centre county
fair in past years. And this year it isto
be even better than in the past.
The races, which are scheduled for Wed-
nesday, Thursday and Friday, for purses
aggregating $1500.00, of course have their
interest for the lovers of fast horses. And
there will he plenty of them here this year.
Fifty are alieady on the list of entries and
the sentiment among horsemen this year is
said to be strong for the Bellefonte fair.
The lighter amusements will be supplied
by the eastern show of the Frank P. Spell-
man syndicate. It will be recalled that it
was under this management that last sea-
son’s clever attractions were secured.
These entertainments will all be free and
include ‘‘Chicot” the only living monkey
that actually loops the loop on a bicycle.
Drako’s troupe of performing sheep and
dogs. A trained sheep is a rare thing. You
don’t see them often. In fact we never re-
call a circus, large or small, that has of-
fered a trained sheep attraction so this
must be something positively new. The
Glenn Bros., comedy acrobats, will present
their funny trick house act. Caprice
Lewis, the queen of the high trapeze, is
another “of the artists who will he here
and the“famous Barlow clowns, with their
revolving ladder act, are features not to be
seen outside of the great tent shows.
All ‘of ‘shee attractions, in addition to
the many and varied shows on ‘‘the Pike”
are offered the people of Centre county dur-
ing the fair.
There is no humbuggery or exaggeration
about is. That is not the way of the Centre
county fair management. Itacts in good
faith with the public, always, and though
it has been a losing venture almost from
the start every premium and purse has
heen. promptly paid and the public made
to understand that she fair is honestly and
honorably conducted.
will not be a gambling device of any sort
on the ground. The nearest approach to
anything of that sort will be the paddle
wheels which you see at every picnic you
go to and so many demand as a means of
amusement.
Knowing the honest effort that is being
pat forth to make the fair agreat success
we do not hesitate to urge the people from
all parts of the county. so turn in and
help ; not only by your presence, but hy
the exhibit of any article you have that
has merit in it.
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THE BELLEFONTE FURNACE. — Mr.
William Kelly, one of the best furnacemen
in the country, arrived in Bellefonte from
Sparrow’s Point on Monday and with a
large force of men at once began tearing
out the old lining in the stack of the Belle-
fonte furnace. Just as soon as the old is
torn out the furnace will be newly relined
and other repairs necessary will be pushed
as rapidly as possible for an early blowing
in of the plant, which it is now expected
will be sometime between the 15th and
20th of October. The repairs at the Scotia,
Gatesburg and Red bank ore mines have
about been completed and all three plants
will be put in operation next Monday.
The Bellefonte furnace company is now
separate and apart in every way from the
Nittany fornace and will be under the
direct management of Mr. J. W. Gephart.
Such arrangements have been made as
assures for the company a long and, we
hope, most successfal run.
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THE YEARICK REUNION.—The firss
annual reunion of the Yearick family was
held in Rachan’sgrove, three miles west
of Madisonburg, on Thursday, September
15. It was attended by over one hun-
dred and fifty of the Yearick connection.
A very interesting paper on the early
history of the family was read by Rev. Z.
A. Yearick, of Shenandoah. A perma.
nent organization was effected by the
election of she following officers; Presi-
dent, Adam Yeariok; vice president, John
Yeariock; seoretary, J. Henry Wetzel;
treasurer, Henry Philips; historian, Rev.
Z. A. Yeariok. «~~ HET Me
This year there;
——The forty-fifth annual convention of
the state council, Junior O. U. A. M., was
held in Tyrone this week and brought to
thas town hundreds of delegates and visit-
ing strangers.
——Miss Lera Virginia Donachy, daugh-
| ter of Mr.-and Mrs. Samuel Donachy, will{
‘be married: to Mr. Frank Montgomery
Derstine, on Wednesday morning, Septem-
ber 28, 1904; at balf past eight o’clock.
——A paper on‘‘Domestic Science in Our
Schools’ was read by Miss Mary Owens,
of this place, at the annual meeting of
the Woman's Home Missionary society of
the M. E. church, in session at Philips-
burg last Thursday.
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~——1In this issue is the expression of one
woman's protest against the manifest lack
of repose so characteristic of the American
people as a whole. That it is a failing of
our own is apparent since the contribution
is from a prominent Bellefonte woman.
dn
——A nice little note from Glenn Ney-
bart, over in Johnstown, and another
from C. M. Fry up in Altoona, bore anoth-
er nice little note to this office on Tuesday
and puts the former Centre county boy
just three bundred and sixty five days
ahead of uns.
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—— After almost eighteen years as pab-
lisher and proprietor of the Sugar valley
Journal, published at Loganton, D. Scoth
Currin has sold his entire plant to W.
Frank Seibert, of Hummelstown. Writ-
ing in his valedictory of what he will do
next the retiring publisher says, ‘‘God
only knows.”
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——J. Phil Aiken, of Harrishurg,special
agent for the John Hancock Mutual Life
insurance company, came to Bellefonte
last Saturday and gave to Mrs. Lillie G.
Reeder a check for $3,000 in payment of
the policy held by the late Col. Reeder in
that company, and which he had taken out
only about a year ago.
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—— There is nothing slow about either
the Haag hotel or its new proprietor, Mr.
Fred Mosebarger. It was only last spring
that Mr. Haag had his hotel almost entire-
ly done over so far as paint and papering
were concerned and now Landlord Mose-
berger has put in service a brand new bus,
painted areal red, to haul passengers to
and from the trains.
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——Mrs. C. M. Bower, who will have
charge of the exhibits of potted plants and
cut flowers at the fair, is very anxious that
ber department be made as complete as
possible and desires all the ladies of the
coun ty to join with herin the effort to
secure a fine display of home grown plants
and flowers. Anything may be entered;
either for sale or competition.
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——On Sunday there will be a congrega-
tional meeting in the Presbyterian church
to make final decision upon an assistant to
Dr. Laurie. A number of candidates have
been ‘heard in the church this summer but
the choise ‘will probably rest between Mr.
Johnston and Mr. Fisher. Last Sunday
Mr. Wilcox, of Cleveland, occupied the
pulpit bus not as a candidate, as he has had
a very flattering call elsewhere.
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——Hunters should bear in mind that
the fall hunting season does no$ open until
October 15th, and that before that time it
is illegal to kill any wild turkeys, pheas-
ants, quail, woodoock, squirrel, ete. The
season was made late and short in order to
give the game, which was so scarce, a
chance to increase, and all persons found
killing game before the opening of the sea-
son will be deals with according to the
severest measures of she law.
——e AGM neem
——My. and Mrs. Jobn Porter Lyon
quietly celebrated their fifth wedding
anniversary at ‘‘Hearts Ease,” Tuesday
evening with a dinner given to the two fam-
ilies and a few friends. That it was a
wooden wedding was judged only from
the presents of clothes pins and wringer,
for there was nothing stiff or spiritless
about it. If every five years bring as many
smiles of fortune as have the first five of
Mr. and Mrs. Lyon’s married life, theiis
will indeed be good measure heaped up
and running over, for bot many young
married couples are possessors of a beauti-
fal old home, two lovely children and an
automobile.
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——A menace to life are some of the
sidewalks about town and before suit for
damages is institnted, it would be well for
the council to do away with the causes for
complaint. The pavement in front of Dr.
Seibert’s residence has been raised to the
required grade but the adjoining ones are a
full step lower, leaving a most excellent
stumbling place for the unwary and sev-
eral people have had severe falls there.
The sufferers thus far have carried their
bruises and jars without making public
out-ory but one of these days some one will
fall who will awaken the town officials to
their ov er-sight in this matter.
—~—A marriage which came somewhat
as a surprise to the general public was that
‘of Miss Maude Spigelmyer, to Mr. Charles
Kase, formerly of Bellefonte but now of
Trout Run, for although an engagement
has existed for sometime that it would so
soon teiminatein marriage was not gen-
erally known. They wery married in
Williamsport lass Wednesday evening by
Mr. Asa and will reside at Trout Ran.
This means the loss of one of our best young
business women and goes fo show that
there need be no great concern about busi-
ness careers defrauding America of wives,
for no amount of professional life will
ever make woman other than, at heart, to
love home life. Ba
BorougH CoUNCIL’S DOINGS.—Belle-
fonte borough council held its regular ses-
sion Monday evening. President Jenkins
and membere Kirk, Fenlon, Seibert, Wise
Keichline and Derstine were present.
The Street committee reported a new cross-
ing laid on Spring street. Chairman Kirk,
of the Sanitary committee, reported quite
a number of hog pepsin town as a nui:
sance and menace to the health of the
community. Council decided that noth-
ing could be done until some complaint
was made by citizens living in close prox-
imity to the pens. The report of the
Finance committee was as follows.
i BORO ACCOUNT.
Receipts:
Aug. 15. Balance as per statement........ $4,834.69
*“ 17. P. D. Foster, liquor license... 570.00
Sept. 8. T. Shaughensey,imarket fees. 11.00
18. A.L. McGinley, ro rate sewer 25.00
3 19. W. Harrison Walker, fines,etc 10.00
9 P.R. R., pro rate on sewer.....
$5,650.69
#19. .Boro.orders paid.........osisireerss $2,055.70
Balance in fund.................. $3,504,099
WATER ACCOUNT. :
Receipts :
Aug. 15, Bal. in fund as per statem’t..... $468.95
Sept. 6, J. K. Johnson, July meters 151.68
* " +s * 1904 dup. 511.30
7,8. Rine State College a 8.50
010, " Delige water....... 1.00
$1,201.39
Sept. 9, Water orders paid..........ccceeereae 606.84
$501.55
A request from the residents of east
Bishop street for permission to lay a sewer
from Penn to Allegheny street was re-
ferred to the Street committee. An arc
light was granted the residents of east
Howard street, to be placed at the inter-
s ection of Ridge and Howard streets, and
it was voted to exonerate fifty per cent
of the taxes on Petriken ball. It was re-
ported that satisfactory arrangements had
been made with Mrs. Louisa Bush where-
by she asked no damages for cutting away
the point of rock in the rear of the Arcade
for the purpose of widening Water street.
A request from the residents of east Linn
street for more water provoked quite an
argument between members Fenlon, Kirk
and Seibert. Though both the steam pump
and the new pump at the Phoenix mill
station are in operation every day,
there has been considerable complaint
lately about the scarcity of water and the
committee has come to the conclusionfthat
there must be a great many big leaks in
the pipes throughout the town. Market
fees collected the past two weeks amount-
ed to $17. Bills were approved and or-
ders drawn as follows:
P.B..Crider & Son..........iiiciiiiviiviiiinne
Thos. Gallagher......
Ben Williams...... 25
Police pay roll........ 50 00
Bfte. Central R. R...... .... 24 21
Pay roll for masons on wall.. 106 86
$09 IDOTR 0 FF eesnissseisneniarione 262 02
T. Shaughensey............... 1 00
MoCalmont 1& -00...ccccsvivsessisscivuesnsiisiiassones 2 25
Street pay roll.... 129 95
JH Wetzel.....c.il. i iui £0 00
Be Tu BrOORB. uv sisic inion ciusnteravananisonsnminians 3 00
Christ Beezer... ws 10 59
Total......ors. satsnsnsanreensvasesy vissserernnr SORT 1
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AN INTERESTING MISSIONARY MEETr-
ING.—On Tuesday evening Mrs. Anna O.
Clark, one of the national organizers of the
Woman’s Home Missionary society of the
Methodist church, gave a very excellent
address in the lecture room of the church
aud that the andience was small is the loss
of the people of Bellefonte. Until made
cognizant through such information as
Mrs. Clark gave, one does not realize what
a noble work the women of all churches are
‘doing, through the home missionary socie-
ties,and now that the Hawaiian and Philip-
pine islands are our possessions, the field for
work is ‘necessarily very broad. This so-
ciety does good in so many ways—supports
several homes'in each of which aie hun-
dreds of small children, is waging war
against Mormonism, teaching Mexicans,
Chinese, poor mountain whites, has mis-
sions in the foreign districts of many of the
larger cities—tbhat it does not seem as if
appeals for money should have to be made
but that we all ought to think it a privilege
to be able to further a work that will do
more than anything else to make ours a
pation, npright and strong.
The increasing peril from unfit immigra-
tion makes the work of missions doubly
necessary and beneficial and better to be
supported than any other cause.
Mis. Clees, of Philipsburg, district presi-
dent of the Woman’s Home Missionary so-
ciety and Mrs. Clark, while in town, were
entertained by Miss Mary Owen
A LITTLE S0CIAL Grow THAT YET
LINGERS.—Two weeks ago we announced’
a week of dinners, card parties and dances,
as the closing summer gayeties. To make
the closing pleasantly drawn ous, more
were given last week but just how to
characterize the continued gayeties of this
week we are in doubt unless it be to dub
them the afiermath—usually the best of
the season. Just why summer sbould be
gayest is nnaccountable for it seems as if
the gorgeous autumn season with its vivid
colorings of orange and red would suffuse
euch rosiness as to’ give even the social
world greater brilliancy than at any other
time. ;
Tuesday evening Miss Brockerhoff gave
a dinner and later Mrs. Munson gave a
progressive euchre, both functions being
in honor of Mrs. McMillen.
Mrs. James Lane also had a card party
the same evening.
Wednesday noon, Mrs. Frank Mont.
gomery gave a luncheon followed by a
bridge party.
Thureday night Mrs. Lingle was hostess
at a dinner followed by a bridge party.
— A err eemmany
——Filo, the 9-years-old son of Jerry
Gunsallus, of Snow Shoe, was badly bit-
ten on the leg by a rattlesnake Tuesday of
last week, while out in the field after the
cows. The lag swell ed rapidly and blood
poison developed so that thelad isin a
‘serious condition. a 4
News Parely Personal.
—Miss Margaret Thomas returned to Wilson
college on Tuesday.
—J. Benner Graham returned home Tuesday
from a business trip in Clearfield county.
—Mr. and Mrs, Samuel Reynolds, of Lancaster,
came up on Wednesday. fo visit Col. W. F. Rey-
nolds. ; . ©
—Col. James P. Coburn is in Allentown this.
week visiting his sister and attending the big
fair.
—Rev. and Mrs. Schmidt are in Atlantic City,
where Mrs. Schmidt is convalescing after being
in Hahnemann hospital.
—Prince de Croix, whose presence in Centre
county was noted last week, was the guest of Mrs
Louisa Bush last Sunday.
—Miss Marian Foster returned to Philadelphia
on Wednesday, after a short visit with her broth-
er, Mr, Frederick Foster, at the Bush house.
—Boyd Magee is one of the September visitors
00 from Philadelphia now in town to do the sights
of the Granger's picnic and visit his many
friends.
—Mrs. Joseph Borches, who came three weeks
ago to attend the funeral of the late Colonel W.
F. Reeder, and remained for a short visit with
Mrs, Jackson and Mrs. Reeder, returned last
Saturday to her home in Knoxville, Tennssee.
—Mrs. J. Malcolm Laurie, with their darling
little baby, departed yesterday for Winburne to
join her husband and where they will make their
future home. We trust their life there, both in
a business and social way, will be all that can be
desired.
—Mrs. D. K. Geis and daughter, Miss Elsie,
came over from their Centre Hall home the past
week and spent two days visiting her son, Mr.
Wagner Geis, in this place, Mrs. Geis has been
in delicate health for some time past, but is now
much improved.
—The veteran Democrat, William Hess, of
Philipsburg, was in town on Tuesday night. He
came over to spend the night with his brother
‘the Judge” and from here joined the crowd
that went to the granger’s picnic for the Demo-
cratic rally on Wednesday.
—Mrs. Mary White and Miss White of Milroy
are visiting General and Mrs. Beaver. They
have just returned from London where they have
resided for a year with John White, class of ’94,
State College, who by marriage and business in-
terests has become a part of the American colony
in London.
—Miss Mary McQuistion started to the St.
Louis Exposition, Wednesday noon, and after
spending ten days there will visit relatives in
Iowa, her plans including people and places so
many that she will be away many weeks. Mr.
M cQuistion is visiting in Pittsburg and Butler
and it is not surprising that Lew and the little
br own dog look somewhat disconsolate.
—Woods Sebring came up from Philadelphia
this week for a short visit. These chilly days
have probably given him respite from work, as he
isa druggist, corner Tenth and Spruce streets,
and nowadays the arduous and rushing duties of
druggists are mostly in mixing sodas and con”
cocting other mysteries to please the epicure in
fancy drinks.
—Score one for a Pennsylvania September
when it can delight a Californian—people with
whom it is not usual to find glories anywhere
outside of their one paradise of a State. Mrs.
Austin, of Fresno, has been making her first visit
East and while here was the guest of Mrs. Geo.
Williams, of Spring street. So pleasantly have
all eastern things seemed to her that she left
them this week with regret.
—It there are unpleasant things connected
with being a dentist, there are other things
pleasant enough to overbalance, for who that has
read of the brilliant opening hours of the beauti-
ful Bellevue-Stratford, would not deem himself
fortunate to have a share in them, Dr. and Mrs.
Tate are now in Philadelphia and were guests at
the first wedding breakfast served in the garden
of the Bellevue-Stratford yesterday from 1 to 3
o'clock to Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Fegley, and their
party. . :
—Mr. H. M. Jamison, formerly of Gregg town-
ship, but of late years a full-fledged Buck-eye,
who thinks there is no place like Weston, Ohio,
with his interesting little daughter, Esther, ac-
companied by his brother Edward, of Spring
Mills, were welcome visitors to the WaArcHMAN
office on Monday. He has been visiting friends
and relatives over in God’s country, and will re-
turn to his adopted home all the better for asso-
ciation with the honest Democracy of Penns-
valley during the short stay he had with his
home folks, and boyhood friends.
—Mr. Charles McClure, who returned in July
from three years spent in the Philippines as one
of the first teachers sent out by our government,
went to Philadelphia, T'nesday evening, to enter
the law department of the University of Penn-
sylvania. It is unfortunate that he is not now
ready to enter the legal profession for with the
bers of the bar in this town he doubtless would
soon be one of our prominent lawyers, as he is
more than ordinarily equipped with talents to
make him one of the best. :
—Mrs. C. G.. McMillen, of Dayton, Ohio, is
making her first visit in many years to Bellefonte
and is the guest of Mrs. J. L. Spangler. It is
about fifteen years since Mr. McMillen was the
very successful and popular proprietor of the
Brockerhoff house and even though: the attractive
city of Dayton has ever since been the McMillen
home, there are fortunately, for us, enough in-
ducements to bring the family back for occasional
visits. Althongh late in the season for any
gayeties, there has been much entertaining done
this week in honor of Mrs. McMillen.
—Although Lawrence L. Brown has been con
ducting his successful business operations else-
where for the last few years, he had his residence
hereso long that the fortunes of his family seem.
ours. The gir! ng us grow to womanhood and
begin college life without our being especially con”
scious of the flight of time, but when it is sud.
denly brought to our notice we are appalled to |
think how fast we are growing old and we cer-
tainly must be when Mr. Brown's daughter , Miss’
Dana Hall, Wellesley, Massachusetts, Sot!
—If there is anything in the maxim of the
‘‘early bird catching the worm,” Louis * Daggett
o ught to get all the honors in college for he
started on the earliest train, Monday morning,
at Tomb Institute. This institution is now re-
ceiving a good share of public attention owing to
the radical changes in management insisted ‘on |
by the board of trustees and which have so wide-
ly differed from the line ot development mapped
out by the founder, Jacob Tomb, that his widow,
Mrs. Tomb Franz, has resigned as president of
the board of trustees and "severed all connec-
tion with the college.
—Though Tuesday's re-convened convention
was. of comparative unimportance, since there
was nothing to do but select three senatorial con,
ferees and there was no contest for them, it was
erats in town that day. It augured well for Dem-
ocracy. Among the unterrified we noticed Jess
Lukens, H. D, Rumberger, Sol Schmidt and John,
Homer, from Philipsburg, and you all know they
are unterrified. Then Mike Kelley, from Snow
Shoe, looked very Democratic, and Geo. Good:
hart, of Centre Hill, W, W. Hackman and L. B.
Frank, of Miles, who are getting to be ‘‘steady
regulars,” and J. W. Orr, from down in Marion,
and Ira Confer, from Boggs, and J.D. Miller, from
‘Walker, and a bunch of others, all looking as
happy as Methodists at a camp meetiag. !
many vacancies made by recent deaths of mem- |
Elizabeth, is ready to go to college. She is at |
for Port Deposit, Md., where he will be a student |
a surprise and a pleasure to see 50 many Demo- |.
—Fred Larimer went to Philadelphia yesterday
afternoon on business for the Nittany furnace.
—Miss Julia McDermott, of this place, departed
Wednesday evening for Philadelphia and ' New
York, to be absent ten days.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. Will Conley are now taking
in the sights at Philadelphia, New York city and
Ridley Park. Bt
—H. F. McManaway, of Wolfe's Store, was one
of the staunch young Democrats in attendance at
the convention here on Tuesday,
—Miss Sue Justice, who has been employed at
the hotel Haag for the past fifteen months, left
for Tyrone last evening to accept a position in a
hotel there.
—The Misses Snook, who have been residents
of Bellefonte for several years, have decided to
locate in Philadelphia and will move to that city
about October 1st,
—Mr. John L, Nighthart, accompanied by Wil-
liam Barnes, of Pleasant Gap, departed Monday
on a trip to the World's fair; expecting to stop
oft a day in both Philadelphia and Chicago.
ee AP nes.
THE STATE FIREMEN. —Nearly every or-
ganization of volunteer firemen in the State
of Pennsylvania,as well from Western New
York and Eastern Olio, will be represented
at the silver anniversary convention of the
Pennsylvania State Firemen’s Association,
to be held at Erie, October 4th-7th. One-
fare rates from all points in Pennsylvania
and New Jersey and within a radius of
150 miles in New York and Ohio. Ar-
rangements have been made for housing
and entertaining 20,000 visitors. Among
features of entertainments to be provided
will be excursions to Niagara Falls, a few
hours’ ride, by Lake Shore R. R., leaving
Erie at 8 a. m,, Tuesday and Saturday,
October 4th and 8th, good returning for
five days. The exhibit of fire apparatus
and appliances will be the largest ever dis-
played. If Bellefonte or any Centre coun-
ty firemen expect to attend the convention
they should write R. E. Ford, Erie, Pa.,
for circular of detailed information.
— tai
A PATHETIC FAREWELL.—Justice Ro-
land, who has been secretly engaged for
some time to Auna Brutwarst, of the Black
Eagle Tavern, through a little error allow
ed two rascally rogues to escape from
prison, necessitating the calling out of the
village guard and his taking the lead in
the search for the missing culprits. The
entire population was in sympathy with
him as he was compelled to leave his
sweetheart and march gallantly at the call
of duty over the hills and peaceful valleys
of the neighboring country. He was given
a rousing farewell with ‘Good Bye Little
Girl Good Bye’’a dandy march song which
was especially written for Nixon & Zim-
merman’s magnificent production of that
charming comedy opera ‘“The Strollers’”’
which will receive its first local presenta-
tion at Garman’s in a few weeks.
En,
THE Two JoHNs.—It is a pleasure to
announce that J. C. Stewart's funny
musical farce, “The Two Johns’’, will be
the attraction at the Garman opera house
next Thursday, September 29th. Musical
comedies come and go but this farce bas a
wonderfal hold ou the theatre goes every-
where, which it will probably never lose.
Ed.Begiey and Albert Rice who play Philip
and Peter Johns, weigh nearly 400 pounds
each, and must certainly cause laughter
the moment they appear before the audi-
ence. This attraction will undoubtedly
test the capacity of the theatre, and judg-
ing from the business: they have done in
other places we advise those coming to
get their seats early.
49th P. V. REUNION.—The reunion of
the 49th Penna. Vol. Reg. will be held at
Ms. Union, Pa., on October 27th and 28th.
All survivors of the regiment are cordially
invited to attend.
——— ppp renee
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices ©
the Philadelphia markets on Wednesda
evening. 3
\
Wheat—Red... 1.08@1.08%4
¢ —No. 2. 1.03@1.08%
Corn —Yellow... 63
Ot —Mixed new 58@35814
ALB.,..ocosorinensivscsiniiiesnmes Be ars
Flour— Winter, Per Br’l.. 3.56@3.75
| _penna. Roller... 4.70@4.85
*¢ Favorite Brands. . 6.40@6.55
| Rye Flour Per Br'l... . 4 30
Baled hay—Choice T' 11.00@15.C0
ae $e. Mixed v1... 11.00@13.00
BLIP Woo... ccciiasirsninr niarassaiine sisssnsviions 8.60@18.50
Rellefonte Grain Market.
Corrected weekly by C. Y. Waeneg,
The following are the quotations up to six
o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes
ress :
WHORE: wccocu corsriveereicicrinnsiscserssaresossnssrces 1.00
New wheat. 1.00
Rye, per bushel.......... £0
rn, shelled, per bus 50
Corn, ears, per bushel... 50
Oats old and new, per bushel. 30
Barley, per bushel....cuiiinereniinunnssanssaransnns 50
Ground Plaster, per ton. 8 50 to 9 50
Buckwheat, per bushel................cciisensens oo. 40
Cloverseed, per bushel... 00 to §8 CO
Timothy seed per bushe! $2.00 to $2.25
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co.
Potatoes per bushel 40
Phions asses fos I 8
8, per doze
Lad, per ound. i
Sides... 10
Fal Hams.. n
low, per pou! .
Butter, po pounc 5 18
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