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Democratic County Committee for 1905.
Precinct. Name. P. 0. Address.
Bellefonte NW J. C. Harper, Bellefonte
4 SW P. H. Gerrity, **
* WW Geo. R. Meek, 4
Centre Hall Boro D. J. Meyer, Centre Hall
Howard * Howard Moore, Howard
Milesburg James Noll, Milesburg
Millheim be Pierce Musser, Millheim
Philipsburg 1st W J. W. Lukens, Philipsburg
2nd W Ira Howe,
“ 8rd W Ed. G. Jones,
8. Philipsbur; Joseph Gates. te
State College Boro D. G. Meek. State College
Unionville P. J. McDonell, Fleming
Benner Twp. N P John F. Grove, Bellefonte
te S P John Grove, “R.F.D
Boggs Twp. N P Ira P. Confer, Yarnell
4 E P J.C. Barnhart, Roland
* W P Lewis Wallace Milesburg
Burnside Twp. William Hipple, Pine Glenn
College Nathan Grove, Lemont
Curtin £8 R. A. Poorman, Romola
Ferguson ‘“ EP Wm. H. Fry, Pine Grove Mills
¢ ‘““ W P Sumner Miller, Penna Furnace
Gregg Twp. N PJ. C. Rossman, Spring Mills
"o. F P H. P. Herring, Penn Hall
a WP John Smith, Spring Mills
Haines Twp. W P Ralph E, Stover, Aaronsbur
' EP L b. Orndorf, Woodwar:
Half Moon Twp. Eiory MoAfes, Stormstown
Harris is John Weiland, Boalsbur;
Howard * Geo. D. Johnson, Roland R.F,
Huston e Henry Hale, Julian
Liberty Twp. E P W. F. Harter, Blanchard
Liberty Twp. W P Albert Bergner, Monument
Marion ve J. W. Orr, Walker
Miles Twp E P H.F. McManaway, Wolfs Store
M P Geo. B. Winters, Smulton
i W PG. Ed. Miller, Rebersburg
Patton Twp. Thos. M. Huey, Waddle
Penn W. F. Smith, Millheim
Potter “ 8 P Geo. Goodhart, Centre Hall
id “ N P Geo. H. Emerick, Centre Hall
sd ‘“ W P J, P. Spangler, Tusseyville
Rusn “ N P Wm. E. Frank, Philipsburg
ie ‘“ EP Fred Wilkinson, Munson Sta.
ad “ 8 P Jno.T. Lorigan, Retort
SnowShoe E P Lawrence Redding, Snow Shoe
4 WP James Culver Moshannon
Spring Twp. N PC. M. Heisler, Bellefonte
“ S P John Mulfinger, Pleasant Gap
* WP Jno. L. Dunlap, Bellefonte
Taylor Twp. P. A. Hoover, Port Matilda
Union * John O. Peters, Fleming
Walker Twp EP Solomon Peck, Nittany
£ M P John McAuley, Hublersburg
' W P John Cole, Zi
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J. A. Williams, Port Matilda
H. 8, TAYLOR,
County Chairman.
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Democratic State Ticket.
Worth
FOR STATE TREASURER,
WILLIAM H. BERRY,
of Delaware county.
FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT,
JOHN B. HEAD,
of Westmoreland county.
The County Ticket. ,
For Sheriff :
ELLIS S. SHAFFER, of Miles Twp.
For Treasurer :
DR. FRANK K. WHITE, of Philipsburg.
For Register :
HARRY J. JACKSON, of Bellefonte.
For Recorder :
JOHN C. ROWE, of Philipsburg.
For Commissioner :
JOHN L. DUNLAP, of Spring Twp.
C. A. WEAVER, of Penn Twp.
For Auditor :
JAMES W. SWABB, of Harris Twp.
S. H. HOY, of Benner Twp.
For Coroner :
DR. P. S. FISHER, cf Walker Twp.
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AVERTED SLOCUM HORROR
Crowded Excursion Steamer Beached
to Save Passengers.
New York, July 22.—The deliberate
beaching of the crowded excursion boat
Sirius prevented a threatened repeti-
tion of the disaster to the excursion
steamer General Slocum, which cost
1000 lives 13 months ago. The excur-
sion boat was in the waters about
North Brother Island where the Gen-
eral Slocum burned; a Sunday school
picnic numbering 1000, and composed
mostly of women and children was on
board, and this picnic came from the
same quarter of the city as the Slocum
picnickers.
In a strait near North Brother Island
the iron river excursion boat Sirius was
passing the steamer William G. Payne.
While rolling in the trough of the
Payne’s swells, the Sirius was dropped
violently upon a hidden rock. The
blow stove a hole through a steel plate
into a bulkhead. The excursionists did
not immediately realize what had oc-
curred, but Captain William M. Pearce
knew, and although his crew quietly
reported to him that the steamer was
not in immediate danger, he headed
the boat directly for the mud flats of
Rikers Island, nearly a mile away.
Cardinal Gibbons is 71.
Southampton, L. I, July 25.—
Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, who,
as usual, is summering here, was 71
years old Sunday. The Cardinal re-
ceived those who called on him, but
had no formal celebration. Congratu-
lations have already begun to pour
in. He spent the day preaching in the
morning and again at vespers in the
place of Father O'Hara.
BIGLER JOHNSON CONFESSES
Condemned Man Now Exonerates His
Brother of Murder Charge.
Towanda, Pa., July 25.—Bigler John-
son, who is under sentence to hang
for the murder of his wife and niece
last September, has made a second
confession to his spiritual adviser. He
exonerates his ‘brother Charles, who
is also under sentence of death. The
date of the brother's execution has not
been fixed. In his’ first confession,
which convicted Charles and also re
sulted in himself beging convicted de:
spite his hope of a second degree sen:
tence, Bigler declared that he con:
- ceived the plot to murder his wife sa
that he would not have to pay her $6
a month for support. He asked Charles
and his mother to do the killing, and
according to his first confession they
did as he asked them. In his second
confession he declares that he alone
committed the murders.
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A WEEK'’S NEWS CONDENSER,
Wednesday, July 19.
The depositors of the defunct Amers
ican Bank at Manila will receive 40 per
cent. of their claims.
George W. West, for years a leader
of the Union Republicans of Delaware,
died at Dover, aged 62 years.
Toots Taylor, A. M. Miles and Major
Mills, three negroes, were hanged at
Memphis, Tenn, for murder.
John Dunn and John Coll were both
crushed to death under hundreds of
bales of hair in a Philadelphia ware-
house.
The magazine founded in New York
by Frank Leslie in 1875 and known as
Leslie’s Monthly, has changed its name
to the American Monthly Magazine.
Thursday, July 20.
Mrs. J. B. Cole, sister-in-law of Vice
President Fairbanks, died of heart dis-
ease at Maysville, O.
The Charleston machine plant near
Bethlehem, Pa., was destroyed by an
incendiary fire. Loss, $45,000.
Two prisoners in the Macon, Ga., jail
have warned the sheriff they will com-
mit suicide if they do not get more air.
Four bricklayers employed on the
new court house at Greensburg, Pa.,
were fataMy injured by the scaffold
collapsing.
James Ternent, aged 15 years, of
Lonaconing, Md., died of lockjaw, re-
sulting from the tearing of his hand
by a cannon cracker on July 4.
{ Friday, July 21.
Mrs. W. H. Lantz, of Beverly, W.Va.,
and her baby were killed in a runaway
there.
John F. Stevens, the newly appointed
chief engineer of the Panama canal,
sailed for Panama on the steamship
Mexico.
John H. Dewell, aged 70, a retired
Norfelk, Va., business man, committed
suicide by shooting while suffering
from heat.
Deane Miller, of New York, leaves
one-half his estate to his brother pro-
vided he does not drink liquor for three
years, according to the will.
Judge John 'W. Price, 81 years of
age, a Confederate soldier, for many
years judge of the chancery court in
New Orleans, died at Newport News,
Va.
Saturday, July 22.
George and James Cubley, 6-year-old
twins, were burned to death in their
home at Muskegon, Mich.
‘William Leazer, colored, was hanged
at Annapolis, Md. for the murder of
Police Officer John McNamara last
March.
Mrs. E. J. Kneware, of Lockport,
N. Y,, left $40,000 for homeless cats
and dogs and $5000 to her daughter,
who will contest the will.
Captain H. Clay Evans, Jr., retired,
only son of H. Clay Evans, former con-
sul general at London, died at his
home near Chattanooga, Tenn.
. Monday, July 24.
W. J. Parker, a mining engineer of
Cleveland, O., was struck by lightning
and killed near Salisbury, N. C.
To celebrate the 59th anniversary of
their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. David
Shank, of Lock Haven, Pa., attended a
Sunday-school picnic.
Jesse Tomlinson, a brakeman on the
Pennsylvania railroad, sat down on
the rail at Mifflin, Pa., fell asleep and
was instantly killed by a train.
Arrested on a charge of opening a
railroad switch, James McGraw, who
claims he did it on a wager, was held
at Akron, O., for the grand jury.
The third convention of the Ameri-
can Institute of Bank Clerks adjourned
at Minneapolis after electing as chair-
man George H. Richards, of Minne-
apolis.
Tuesday, July 25.
Dr. P. D. Pollock, for many years
president of Mercer University, died at
Monroe, Ga.
The National Conference of Charities
and Correction will meet in Philadel
phia next year.
Dr. Juan Pablo Rojas Paul, former
president of Venezuela, died at Cara-
cas, aged 60 years.
A Lake Shore passenger train struck
a party of track walkers near Buffalo,
N. Y., instantly killing two of them.
Joseph J. Eakins, managing editor
of the New York World, died at Colo-
rado Springs, Col, from consumption.
Despondent over the loss of $14(
which had been stolen from him, Peter
Hayden, of Philadelphia, committed
suicide by hanging himself.
FOUR DROWN IN CAPSIZING BOAT
Farmer and Three Farm Hands Perish
Near Havre de Grace, Md.
Havre de Grace, Md., July 24.—John
Hess, a farmer, and three of his col-
ored farm hands were drowned while
on the way to the Hess farm near
Poss creek, and five men left here in
a small naphtha launch, to which an
accident happened, whereupon one of
the colored men took to the water and
swam ashore. Shortly after another ac-
cident overturned the launch, and be-
fore it could be righted two of the
men sank. The others clung to the
launch for a time, when another of the
men swam for the shore and was res-
cued by a fisherman, while the two re-
maining were dragged down by the
launch, which shortly sank. The bodies
of two of the colored men have been
recovered.
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Dared.
‘“I'ell me what you eat and I will teh
vou what you are.”
“Well, I s’pose I eat more wiener-
wurst than anything elze. Now, con-
found you, go on with your theory i¢
you've got the nerve.”—Chicago Reo.
ord-Herald.
At the Cotillon,
Elderly Lady (watching the dancers)
~How well Mr. Heavyweight dances!
He is so light on his feet. Young
Lady (who has had experience)—
Humph! I wish he were the same op
other people’s.—Smart Set.
Philadelphia, July 25. — Toadstools
mixed with mushrooms and eaten at a
birthday party has caused the death of
four of the six members of the family
of Joseph Franzor, a farmer, who re-
sided near Landisville, N. J. The dead
are Joseph Franzor, aged 38 years; his
wife, aged 30, and two daughters, aged
7 and 2 years. The remaining members
of the family—two boys, aged 5 and 4
years—owe their lives to the fact that
they did not partake of the poisonous
mixture.
Franzor was a miner at Leadville,
Col. Last March he purchased a 50-
acre farm near Landisville with money
provided by his wife’s brother, who is
at Leadville. Among the things raised
was a small quantity of mushrooms.
Last Friday a week the family decided
toc have a birthday party in honor of
the 2-year-old daughter. Mushrooms
was one of the dishes to be served, and
the 7-year-old daughter said she knew
where mushrooms could be found in
the woods nearby. She gathered some
of the fungi, and the mother, supposing
they were mushrooms, added them to
the mushrooms taken from their own
soil. Only the members of the family
were present, and only four of the six
ate mushrooms. During the night the
father, mother and two little girls be-
came ill. The next morning a doctor
was sent for and diagnosed the cases
as that of hiccoughs. All four contin-
ued to grow worse, and on Monday the
two children died. A few days later
the parents were brought to the Med-
ico Chirurgical hospital in this city,
where it was discovered that they were
suffering from toadstool poisoning. The
greatest interest was taken in the cases
by the hospital physicians, but despite
their efforts the husband died Sunday
night and the wife yesterday. Mrs.
Franzor was unconscious almost con-
tinuously from the time she became
ill. Neighbors at Landisville have
taken charee of the two orphans and
will communicate with their uncle at
Leadville.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
—-R. R. Osterreichs photo studio, over
Lyon & Co’s store, Bellefonte, will make
‘Penny and Ping Pong photos’’for 60 days.
Go and see him.
——J ust as a teaser, because the season
is so near over, a big two-foot trout swam
up and down Spring creek, alongside the
WATCHMAN office, yesterday maorning, as
much as to say, “I’m still in the swim.”
——The laying of the big sewer pipe up
High street, with a branch across to the
northwest corner of the Diamond and con-
nections at the court house and other places
has been completed, and now that part of
town at least is assured of proper drain-
age.
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——Strohm Lose, a graduate of the
Bellefonte High school, ir now a member
of the crew of the U. S. warship Texas.
He recently passed an examination fora
machinist in the navy with an average of
99.50, and was at once appointed junior
machinist on the Texas. His many friends
here will be pleased to learn of his ad vance-
ment.
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——Wednesday afternoon forty or more
Bellefonte ladies accompanied by thirteen
children enjoyed an unique outing
at Hecla park. They got together and
went down to the park just because they
wanted to go down and after they got there
to more congenially pass the time the ladies
played progressive euchre until it was time
0 take the evening train home; with the
exception, of course, of the time it requir-
ed to get away with the good things taken
along to eat. Without exception the ladies
all aver the afternoon and evening as one
of the most pleasant they ever spent at the
park, and we would not be surprised if
such parties become popular there.
BUSINESS MEN’S PICNIC PRIVILEGES. —
The passenger department of the Central
R.R. of Pa. has announced that bids for
the various stand privilegesat Hecla Park,
Tuesday, August 22nd, account of the Cen-
tre-Clinton county Business Men’s ‘picnic,
will be received up to noon of August 7th.
Those desiring any of the following privi-
leges and such others as may be proper,
should get their bids in before that time.
Sale will be made to the highest responsi-
ble bidders, reserving the right to reject any
and all bids: Ice cream; restaurant; fruit;
soft drinks; peanuts; candy; cigars and
tobacco; photography; canes; shooting
gallery; merry-go-round, ete. 28-26
EXTRA PAY FOR OLD CoMPANY B MEN.
—There is a probability that the men who
served in Company B during the Spanish-
American war may recover from the gov-
ernment an extra month’s pay; recovery to
be made under an act of Congress of Janu-
ary 12th, 1899, which provided for a gra-
tuity of one month's pay to all soldiers who
were mustered out of service without hav-
ing a full thirty days free from all military
duty. And the members of Company B
came under the provisions of this act. Pros-
ecution of their claims has already been
made, suit having been brought in the
Cours of Claims. The men have secured
the services of the law firm of George A.and
William B. King, of Washington, D.C. Mr.
Clark McKercher, of the above firm, &
Thomas H. Clark, representing the govern-
ment, were in Bellefonte Tuesday and Wed-
nesday taking testimony before a special
commissioner, and the indications are that
the claims of all those registered will be
paid in the near future. 8. D. Gettig, of
the firm of Gettig, Bower & Zerby, is local
counsel for the Company B men and he is
gnite positive of securing jrdgnart in
their favor. Should he be successful it
will mean a neat little sum for distribution
amoung the boys, as at that time privates
were paid $15.60 per. month while the pay
of non-commissioned officers graduated up
to $30 per month. So that the one hundred
and six men, the complement of a company
at that time, would draw anywhere from
$1,650 to $2,000.
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~-—A new house is being erected on the
old Utz lot, on east Bishop street, hy Miss
Parker, of Roland, a sister of Mrs. W.
Galer Morrison.
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—— Sheriff Taylor now has eleven regn-
lar boarders in the jail on the hill. One
woman who was in last week was turned
out on Monday.
——Col. W. Fred Reynolds is making
preparations to relay the pavement around
the Reynolds blosk, on the southeast cor-
ner of the Diamond.
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——If you want another mess of trout
this year you will have to catch them be-
fore next Tuesday, as Monday is the last
day of the open season.
——=8. Ward Gramley, of Spring Mills,
has been elected principal of the Mt. Union,
Huntingdon county, schools, at a salary
much higher than he received as teacher at
Centre Hall.
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-—Tuesday of last week D. C. Keller,
of Centre Hall, ex-treasurer of Centre coun-
ty, was sixty-four years old and in honor
of the event forty of his friends gathered at
his home and gave him an old-fashioned
surprise.
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——Unionvillers are just now reveling
in the delectable bit of scandal over one
man selling his property and going off with
another man’s wife. So far none of the in-
terested parties have taken any steps to se-
care the return of the French leavers, evi-
dently considering it a ‘‘good riddance of
bad rubbish.”
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——The stalling of the steam road roller
by running into the soft earth of the newly
filled up ditch and against the curb, on
High ‘street, Wednesday afternoon,furnish-
ed diversion sufficient to hold a large crowd
during the several hours De Laun Stewart
| and his engineer were experimenting on
how to get it out.
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A NEW RESTAURANT.—About a month
or so ago James Summers, of Thomas
street, inaugurated an innovation in Belle-
fonte in the way of a lanch basket, which
he carried to all trains and to the various
hotels in the evening, serving sandwiches,
hard and soft shell and deviled crabs,
potato chips, etc. He also supplies
lunches to picnic parties. Evidently there
was a demand for such an innovation as
Mr. Summers’ business has now grown be-
yond the experimental stage as well as be-
yond the confines of the limited space at
his command in the room he has been oc-
capying on Thomas street and it is his in-
tention now to hranch out and open a first
class restaurant in the room in the Reynolds
estate building, next to the apartments of
the Bellefonte club, on Spring street. The
room will be fitted up at once so that Mr.
Summers can be doing business there in a
couple weeks or so.
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MATINEE RACES.—There will be los of
excitement down at the Bellefonte Driving
park, this afternoon, when the first races
of the season will be held. There will be
two events and they will both be well
worth seeing. The first will be between
Fred Mosebarger’s ‘Frank C’ and W. D.
O'Brien’s ‘‘Roebe,’’ a contest for blood to
settle the controversey as to their speed
which began when the former won the
race at the Snow Shoe meeting July 4th.
The second race will be between W. V.
Larimer’s ‘‘Roan View” and M. B.
Garman’s ‘‘Noella.”” This will be the
first opportunity the people of this place
will have to see Mr. Garman’s new dis:
covery go and there should bea large
turnouts. The price of admission will be
bust 25 cents, with no extra charge for the
grand stand. Races will be called at 2:30
o'clock. If you want to see some rare
sport don’s fail to attend.
Sn——r a —eeeeem—— :
+ A BoLD ROBBERY.—Some time Tues:
day night a robber or robbers broke into
Wm. H. Garman’s house, on Linn street,
went to his bedroom, ransacked things in
general, stole his trousers in which were his
watch and some money,took Mrs.Garman’s
pocketbook containing about five dollars off
the bureau and escaped without anyone
being any the wiser until the nex$ morn-
ing. Wednesday forenoon the trousers
were found in the yard in the rear of
Chambers’ house but the gold watch and
money was missing. All the other
contents of the pockets including a big
bunch of keys were found on the ground
near the trousers.
Just what time the robbery occurred is
not known. Mr. and Mrs. Garman and
children bad been down to the band con-
cert, going home about 10 o'clock. They
atea lunch then retired. The next morn-
ing when Garman went to get up be found
his clothes, which he had placed on a chair
beside the bed, scattered all around the
roora with the exception of his trousers,
which were missing. A search of the
house downstairs revealed a window open
in the library and the ontside kitchen door
open. A farther search upstairs disclosed
the fact that in addition to Mr. Garman’s
trousers Mrs. Garman’s pocketbook was
missing though the robbers failed to dis-
turb her' wateh, which was hanging
against the bureau top. The trousers
were found about 10 o’clock Wednesday
forenoon by Isaac Chambers.
Of course there is not the least clue as to
who the perpetrators of the hold robbery
were; and the one thing that annoys Billy
most is that they got into his bedroom,
faseed around the way they must have
done and escaped without disturbing his
slumbers.
be heid August 23rd to 29th.
——New home grown potatoes are selle
ing for 50 cents per bushel.
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. ——Have yon seen Wesley Jarrett’s spic
and span turnout? It’s a dandy.
~——There will be a meeting of the
Soldiers’ Monument committee, in the
arbitration room, court house, tomorrow
morning.
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—— Rev. Dr. Seiber will preach in the
Lutheran church Sunday morning and
Rey. Diehl, of the Gettysburg Theological
Seminary, in the evening.
—A very interesting meeting of the
Linn Historical sociesy was held last Fri-
day morning. The next meeting will be
held on Monday, September 4th.
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—— Rain last Saturday night prevented
the initial concert of Christy Smith’s or-
chestra on the Diamoud but tomorrow
nighs, if the weather permits, a concert
will be given.
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——A severe hail storm passed over the
eastern part of this county and over Logan-
ton, Clinton county, on Monday, knocking
the oats and corn flat to the ground and
greatly damaging the fruit crop.
———e GAP.
——In a litsle walk up Bishop street,
Wednesday morning, the writer observed
that although the foundation was dug for
the new Catholic convent so far very little
work has been dowe on the building of the
foundation walls.
——The Mosser brothers, of Westover,
Clearfield county, in their twenty-four horse
power Pope-Toledo, passed through Belle-
fonte, on Wednesday, on their way to Wil-
liamsport. They stopped here long enough
to take dinner at the Brockerhioff house.
——The chart of the new addition to the
Union cemetery is now open and can be
seen at the office of Gen. Beaver, in the
Masonic building. Persons who desire lots
should call at as early a date as possible it
they wish to secure the most desirable ones.
——In the advertising columns of today’s
WATCHMAN Mr. Irvin Calhoun, of Union
towuship, has an estray notice advertising
a year old red and white steer, which came
to his home about May first ‘and bas heen
there ever since; all Mr. Calbonn’s efforts
to find the real owner being unsuccessfal.
fr EA tr Sms
——Rev. A. S. Baldwin, one of the bess
known winisters in the Central Pennsyl-
vania M. E, conference, who several weeks
ago went to Indianapolis for special treat-
ment for a serious ailment, has returned
to his home in Sunbury very much im-
proved; a fact his friends hereabouts will
be very glad to hear.
GROVE MEETING.—A grove meeting will
be held in Henry Stover’s woods at Tussey-
ville, August 10th to 13th. The services
will be in charge of Rev. E. E. Haney, of
Spring Mills,and those who will be present
to assist will be Rev. J, H. Williams, of
Shamokin; Rev. S. G. Haas, of Rebersburg;
Rev. F. W. Salner, of Reading, and Rev.
Daniel Ertel,
—If during the past week you have
seen two or three men trying to lead a
single horse with harness on,or a couple of
men in a buggy driving a span to one of
of which a long rope is attached, or see a
crowd of men and’boys with a coaple horse®
start for the middle of a twenty acre field,
don’t think there was anything serious
wrong. It was only the purchasers of the
western colts at the Gentzel-Beezer horse.
sale last week, starting in to give them their
first lesson in domestication.
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HARPSTER—COWHER. — Arthur Harp:
ster and Miss Bertha Cowher, both estima-
able young people of Port Matilda, were
married last Saturday evening, the cere-
mony being performed by Rev. J. B. Dur-
kee. The young couple immediately went
to honsekeeping in a home the groom had
alieady furnished. . Si ota
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GRAY—-HEVERLY.—-Russell A. Gray
and Miss Laura Heverly were married,
Wednesday evening, at the home of the
groom’s mother on east Lamb street, the
ceremony being performed by Rev W. B.
Cox. Following the ceremony the oali-
thumpians struck terror to the hearts of
the newly-married pair until the police
appeared upon the scene and the youngsters
fled in dismay.
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DINGER-HARKINS.—A pretty home wed-
ding took place at the residence of Mrs. J.
R. Harkins, of Philipsburg, last Thursday
morning, the occasion being the marriage
of her daughter, Miss Edna, to Dr. Carl
Dinger, a popular young dentist of that
place. The wedding ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. George D. Pennepacker, of
the Methodist church. Followinga sump-
tuous {wedding breakfast Mr. and Mrs.
Dinger departed on a honeymoon trip to
eastern oities. ;
MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Following is
the list of marriage licenses granted by
orphan’s conrt clerk, A. G. Archey :
William J. Wolfe, of Avis, aud Verna S.
Klinefelter, of Tusseyville.
Thomas 8S. Smoke, of Moshannon, and
Mary Gaines, of Pottersdale.
Charles E. Mnrphy and Sarah Cuonning-
ham, both of South Philipsburg.
Nevin J. Fiedler and Jennie B. Bar-
tholomew, both of Madisonburg. :
Arthur Harpster and Bertha Cowher,
both of Port Matilda.
Samuel A. Solt and Ellen E. Franks,
both of Bellefonte.
Riley Kreamer Hunter, of Altoona, and
Anna Katharine Loesch, of State College,
Joseph Kormeniz and Anna Riptag,
both of Snow Shoe.
Unionville, accompanied by his daughter,
Miss Kate, left Monday afternoon for a trip
through the west. They go by way of Chi-
cago and Denver to Grand Junction, Col. 3
where they will visit their son and brother,
Darbin Buck. On the return trip they
bave arranged to visit the Dowieites at
Zion City. They will be gone about five
weeks.
——1It is always pleasurable to learn of
the success that acquaintances have met
with and much more so is it when the good
fortune has befallen a young man who is
just starting his professional life. The an-
nouuncement that Dr. J. Coburn Rogers has
been made first assistant surgeon in the
state hospital at Hazelton will be a matter
of gratification to many friends in this
county.
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——OId Jupiter Pluvius sadly interfered
with the success of the big annual festival
of the Miiesbnrg Hose and Ladder compa-
ny, last Saturday evening. Though the at-
tendance from the town residents was fair
it rained too hard for many patrons from
the country roundabout and from this
place. Considering th: weathar the boys
did fairly well, clearing abou seventy dol-
lars.
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——Just now the tree doctor is abroad
in Bellefonte and many of the shade trees
on the principal streets of the town show
evidence of his work. The fact may not be
generally known bat itis true, nevertheless,
that many trees in Bellefonte, both fruit
and ornamental, are affected with the San
Jose scale as well as the scab, and only the
most strenuous methods will resuls in their
eradication. Property owners who have trees
should see that they are given proper at-
tention if they wish to preserve them.
——The dog poisoner is again abroad in
Bellefonte and if he would confine himself
to the eradication of some of the worthless
curs that ran the streets of the town he
would not come in for as much condemna--
tion as well as that other‘nation’shat is now
being bestowed upon him. On Wednesday
one of the victims of the poisoner’s devilish
work was C. M. Heisler’s bird dog Tops, a
perfectly barmless animal, valued at fifty
dollars. On Tuesday another valuable dog
in the same locality was poisoned and died.
It is bardly necessary to say that it will
not be very wholesome for the poiscner if
his identity is disclosed.
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A GREAT RECORD.—Rev. John A.
Wood Jr., pastor of the Bellefonte M. E.
church, attended the faneral of Rev. Leil-
lich in Lock Haven, last Wednesday, and
Thursday’s Express gave him the following
very complimentary notice.
‘‘Rev. J. A. Wood, of Bellefonte, was a
visitor at the prayer service in Trinity M.
E. church, Wednesday evening, and at the
close of the meeting was tendered an in-
formal reception. Rev. Wood was pastor
of this church thirteen years ago and Wed-
nesday evening was the first opportunity
he had of meeting the congregation in a
prayer meeting. In his remarks during
the service Rev. Wood stated that he had
bad several congregations since he left
Lock Haven and that God had blessed him
and his work. During these thirteen years
there have been thiiteen hundred conver-
sions among the people of the churches he
has served.
HERE'S A HAIR-RAISER. — The follow-
ing snake story, with titles, frills, et cetera,
appeared in last Friday’s issue of the Barnes
boro Star, and as it concerns two men well
known to readers of the WATCHMAN we
publish itin full. Inasmuch as our John
C. Miller is the editor of the Star you can
make the necessary allowances:
‘A short time ago Major James H. All-
port, the well known coal baron and 4 ol-
ley magnate, was traveling over his domain
in Cambria county in company with Cap-
tain W. L. Malin, the celebrated telephone
expert. In going through a tract of timber
the major discovered a large blackenake'
stretched full length upon the ground.
Having a great aversion to any manner of
the serpent species he picked up aclub with
the intention of killing is. The snake,
however, started off at a rapid pace follow-
ed by the Major, who had almost overtaken
is when the snake with lightuing like ra-
pidity threw its tail around a sapling and
twined itself around the body of our friend,
and in less time than it takes to tell, bad
him firmly bound. After vainly trying to
extricate himself, he called for Captain
Malin, who found it necessary to kill the
reptile in order to release his companion.
After recovering from the excitement and
fright they measured the snake and found
it;to be ten feet, seven and three quarter
inches long. It is said to be the largest
snake ever killed in this section.”
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Law Por CATCHING EELS, CATFISH,
SUCKERS, Erc.—Now that the ‘trout sea-
sob is drawing to a close fishermen will no
doubt be interested in knowing just what
the law permits in the catching of other
than game fish. That part of the fish law
relative to the same is as follows:
That from and after the passage of this
act, it shall be lawful, fiom sunset to sun-
rise only, to catch eels, catfish, and suck-
ers,in the waters of this Commonwealth not
inhabited by brook trout by means of what
are known as lay oatlines: Provided,
That each such outline shall have attach-
ed thereto a tag, with the address of the
owner clearly marked thereon; and in wa-
ters inhabited by trout, it shall be lawful
to vse eingle lines, having one hook to each
line, for the capture of eels, catfish, carp
and suckers : Provided, That all such lines
shall be weighted sufficiently to cause the
hook to rest upon the bottom : And pro-
vided further, That cut or dead bait and
no other, shall he used on the hooks. Any
fish, other than these named in this sec-
tion, when caught upon such lines, shall
immediately be removed therefrom and
set free in the waters from which it was
taken. The possession of any fish, other
than eels, catfish, crabs and suckers, by
Person or persons operating such layout
lines or such single lines, shall he prima
facie evidence that said fish was taken
illegally. Any person violating any of the
provisions of this seotion shall, on convic-
tion thereof as provided in sections thirty-
eight of this act, be subject toa fine of
twenty-five dollars, and shall forfeit to the
Fish Commissioners the appliances used.