Bellefonte Pa.. Aug. 4, 1905. EE A RATE ATE Corrrsron pENTS.—NO communications pub tished unless accompanied by the real name of he writer. THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY ——This is the last week of the Masonic camp down Bald Eagle. ——Mrs.Frank McCoy is quite ill at her home on West Linu street. ——The new iron bridge over the Buffa- lo Run, at Coleville, is about completed. ——About one thousand people attended the Reformed church reunion at Hecla park, last Thursday. ——Bellefonte fishermen have tired of trout and now wend their way to the bass beds down Bald Eagle. ——Deputy Sheriff Harry J. Jackson and a party of friends have been enjoying an outing this week up at the Willows. —---The trout fishing season having closed the story teller will have to devote his time to snakes until the hunting sea- son opens. ——Judging from the number of report- ed prospective purchasers of machines the auto fad is just at its ‘‘catching’’ stage in this place. ——Joseph L. Montgomery and family went down to the Nittany Country club, on Tuesday, where they will spend a couple weeks. ——John Billett, who recently purchas- ed the Cuitis Garbrick house in Coleville, is baving some extensive improvements made to the property. ——J. B. Mayes, of the Lemont granite works, will bave a special low sale price on all monumental work in the ensuing ninety days, beginning August 10sh. ——Rev. George Bishop, of Reuovo, preached in the Episcopal chuich,last Sun- day, Rev. George Israel Brown going to Renovo and officiating in the church there. ——Charles Yearick is baving built for his own occupancy a handsome brick resi- dence in Jacksonville. The brick work is being done by William Wolf, of this place. ——Two weddings that are booked to take place during the month of September .are those of Charles Larimer and Miss Elizabeth Schofield and Oscar Gray and Miss May Judge. ——=So far neither the Centre Hall, Aaronsburg nor the Pine Grove Mills High sohools have secured principals for the en- suing term. The two former pay $60 per month salary and the latter $50. ——While in the act of throwing a switch, one day last week, Ross A. Parker, conduotor on the Bellefonte Central rail- road, sprained his ankle, in consequence of which he was incapacitated for duty, until Wednesday of this week. —— Six head of young cattle belonging to W. K. Corl, tenant farmer for Charles Spyder, near State College, died recently from a disease diagnosed by veterinarian W. H. Fry as “‘drymurane.” The surviv- ing cattle were changed into another pas- ture with good results. —— The WATCHMAN apologizes to: Mr. Frank P. Blair's patrons for its facetious item that he contemplated retiring from the jewelry business and takinga position ‘‘stationary’’ engineer. The engine is now ‘‘ going’’ and Mr. Blair will keep on going in the jewelry business at the same old stand. —— During Sunday’s storm the barn on the farm of Linn Pletcher, near Howard, was strack by lightning and burned to the ground. The livestock was all safely got- ten out but all of this year’s crops as well | as some baled hay from last year with farm implements, eto., were destroyed. The loss | is total as there was no insurance on the : va | ferings with patience and trust in God and property. —— Hon. Robert M. Foster who, in ad- dition to his labors as a traveling, salesman. intends to branch out as a coal dealer, has | purchased a plot of ground just opposite the present coal yard at State College, and will at once proceed to the erection of the necessary trestles, bins and office. bnilding | 80 a8 to be stocked up and ready for the] fall and winter trade. ——Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hunter and Miss Mame Batts, after almost four days on the road from Philadelphia, arrived in Mifflinburg Friday nigbs, in the former’s | four-vylinder ranklin automobile. ladies left there and came home Saturday | morning while Bob etuok to the machine | and arrived here about 4 o'clock] Monday morning. But don’t ‘ask him about his. trip. —— Herbert Sheffer has decided to return to Bellefonte to live in the future. of last week and on Tuesday his household goods arrived. Not yet having secured a house he was compelled to store his goods and until be can get a house he with his family will board at Hoover's, though Mrs. Sheffer and the children are AWAY now on a ‘tWo weeks visit. © | | ——Though the announcementScomes a little late, inasmuch as he has heen away [aq a month or more now, yet it jis always gratifying to note the start in life and ug progress of the young men of Bellefonte and for this reason we wish to state that |; John Munson, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Muuson, C., where he is assistant to the chief og -'neer in ‘charge of the construction of ‘the |} - Pennsylvania iailroad’s De; tation, bly pif od ¥ aint A 1 railroad at Plainfield, N. J., on Monday. The}. With | ¢ his family be arrived here the latter part |; who graduated from}Yale in : June, is now located in Washington, D. | Kaupr.—Thedeath’ of Mrs.George Kaup, ‘of Spring township, last Friday afternoon, was a source of the deepest regret to her many friends. Alwaysa robust woman and virtoally in the prime of life her de- mise at this time seemed, indeed, prema- tare. In good health up to a couple weeks ago she picked a pimple on her hand. The result was blood poison in a most malig- nant form, death resulting as above stated. Deceased, whose maiden name was Miss Sarah Dorman, was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Dorman, of Nittany Hall. She was aged 53 years. Fifteen years ago she was united in marriage to George Kaup, of Spring township. They had no children but the husband and the following brothers and sisters survive: Rebecca and Mis. Wesley Mayer, of Clintondale; Mis. Andrew Geiser, of Madi- son burg; Mrs. Adam Yocum and Harry, of Hublersburg; William P. and Newton, of Avis. The funeral was held on Monday. The services at the house were at 12:30 o'clock and were in charge of Rev. Am" brose M. Schmidt, of the Reformed church, of which deceased was a member. The re- m ains were taken to Snydertown for inter- ment. I I I LouGHRY.—Joseph Loughry, son of Mur. a nd Mrs. Edward Loughry, of Tyrone,but w ho lived for more than a half century in the Bald Eagle valley, was killed on the He was employed as a fireman on the Phila- delphia and Reading railroad and the acci- dent occurred at a time when his train bad stopped to take water. Loughry was back of the tender to make the coupling avd in some way was caught between the tender and fires car and crushed to death. His tragic end was a severe blow to his. aged parents; especially as his father, after: almost fifty years continuous service as a track foreman on the Bald Eagle Valley railroad, had recently been retired and’ mo ved with his family to Tyrone to enjoy in ease the remainder of their lives. In ad- dition to his parents he is survived by three br others and one sister, namely: John, Ed- ward W., Francis and Grace C. " The remains were brought to Tyrone Wednesday morning and taken to the home of his parents and yesterday morning fun- eral services were held in St. Matthew's Catholic church by Rev. Father G. M. Kel- 1 y, after which the remains were brought t o this place on the 9:28 train and convey- ed to the Catholic cemetery for interment. I ll I OARLEY.—Mis. Harriet Newell Oakley, widow of the late Rev. Charles M. Oakley, d ied at the home of her son Charles, in Brooklyn, N. Y., Monday, July 17th, in the eightieth year of her age. Deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Raimey Hughes, one of the oldest as well as most prominent families of Cape May, N. J. © Up until the time of her death she had been in comparatively good health con- sidering her age, and was making arrange- ments to go to Cape May tor the summer when she was taken suddenly sick and died within a few days. Her husband and daugh- ter preceded her to the grave,but two sons survive, Charles Oakley, of Brooklyn, and R obert Oakley, of New York. She was a member of a family of twelve children,only three of whom survive, namely, Rev.James Potter Hughes, of this place; Mrs. Mary Fletcher, of Long Beach, Cal., and Mrs. Amelia F. Harshaw, of New York. 1 4 I 4 CLARK. —The following belated death notice is published by request: George Clark was born in Kent, England,and died | at his home near Paradise,Centre Co., June i4th, 1905, aged 73 years. He was convert- ed and joined the U. B. church fifty years ago. He lived a consistent christian life, and was highly respected by all who knew him. He was sick for three years, and for ‘the last nine months was unable to help himself in any way, but loving hands at- tended to his every want. He bore his suf- He seven died in the triumph of a living faith. has left an aged wife, three sons, their loss, but their loss is his gain. A large ‘congregation of relatives and friends attend- ed the funeral, which was conducted by the’ Rev. A. Davidson assisted by the Rev.D. J. Pagie. Interment at Houserville. an 300 fl fi ll * ALLEN. —Ellen, wife of Thomas Allen, | died at her home in Boalsburg at 2 o’clock Monday morning, after a lingering illness with stomach trouble. Deceased, whose maiden name was Miss Ellen Koch, was ed 62 years. Ever since girlhood she was amember of the Lutheran church and at all ‘times lived the life of a conscientious,chris- tian, woman; one loved by her neighbors for her any kindly acts and respected by all i knew her. : , 5 hint her are her husband and three fldren, Joho, Frank and Albert, all of oalshurg, and one brother, Amos Koch, of ore. The funeral was held on Wed- y morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. Stone- er had charge of the services "and was ed by Rev. A. A. Black. Interment be Boalsburg cemetery. goo0 {81D ER. —Jacob Crider, one of the bess jwn men in Boggs township, died very a ile on a business trip to Elmira, N.§JY. sensed was a native of this county and 68 yeais of age. Most all his life was joked to the lumbering business. Helis grvived by his wife and one daughter, Miss The remains were brought to purges on the one o "clock SrainiMenda’s daughters and a host of friends to mourn | WoLFE.—Mrs. Alice Wolfe, wife of Dr. L. E. Wolfe, of Marklesburg, Huntingdon county, died last Friday night after a lin- gering illness. Deceased was aged 42 years and was a daughter of Mr. und Mrs. John C. Smull, of Rebersburg, this county. Surviving her are her husband, three sons and two daughters; and one brother and a sister. The funeral was held on Tuesday morning, interment being made in the Stone church cemetery at Marklesburg. I 1 I ADAMS.—Mrs. Eliza Adams died, last Friday, at the home of her daughter in Danville, of diseases incident to old age. She formerly resided in Millbeim and the remains were brought there for burial. She ie survived by two sons and four daughters. li I I ——Mrs. Jane Lee (colored) died as the poor house, this place, last Friday, after an illness of several months. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon. ——The Prohibition State convention will be held in Williamsport August 22nd and 23rd. : ——A new cornet band is being organized for Blanchard, and application for a charter for same will be made at the August term of court. rer Qe fp Qn, ——Irvin A. Bartges and Miss Cora E. Steffer, both of Haines township, were mar- tied in Aaronsburg, Tuesday evening, by Rev. F. E. Lauffer. re Gn ——Charles M. Atherton has tendered bis resignation as manager-captain of the Johnstown base ball team to take effect as soon as his successor is named. Ill health is given as his reason for wanting to quit | the diamond. ——Councilman James F. Kane,of How- ar d, was given a big surprise party, Wed- nesday evening of last week, by about sixty of his friends, the occasion being the cele- bration of his forty-second birthday anni- versary. ——M. G. Gray, of Philipsburg, while on a visit to his brother, Samuel Gray, of Warriorsmark, last Friday, was unfortu- nate enough to have a horse fall upon him sustaining a dislocation of the left knee and a fracture of the tibia. ee ——Mr. and Mrs. John Guisewhite are now lying awake nights rejeicing over the arrival of a fine baby boy. Of course here- tofore that dear little Katharine was the angel but now master. Gunisewhite ‘will be the idol of all. ——Mr. J. A. Strunk, an old Centre countian, writes from Iola, Kansas, that h e is starting into the bay baling business for the fall and expects the work to last about three months. They get $1.40 per ton for baling and can run out about eleven tons a day. In this county from $1.00 to $1.05 is the price per ton for baling hay. —— lege ——Daring the storm on Sunday the barn on the farm of H. W.Swartz,vear Millheim, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. One horse was killed and all this vear’s crops destroyed though with the belp of the neighbors the farm imple- ments were saved. The loss to Mr. Swartz is quite a severe one as he had but $830 in- surance. ——The re-opening services of the Salona M ethodist church will be held on Sunday. Rev. Wilford P. Shriner, of Carlisle, well known in this place, will preach the ser- mous, both morning and evening, and will be assisted in the services by Revs. Uhl, Cre ighton and Grover and the pastor, Rev. I. J. Reeser. About $3,000 bas been spent by the congregation in remodeling the church. rn ——A jolly crowd of girls have been en- |. camped at Hela Park the past ten days | in what they call ‘Kamp Komfort,’" though just why they have that placard, ‘Beware of the dogs’’ so prominently dis- played is a puzzle beyond our solving. In the party are Grace Miller and Laura Knight, of Lock Haven, and Edna Decker Pearl Hoy, Nell Rothérmel and Mary Bamberger, of Hublersbarg. EE Friday evening a Bellefouté | a lady was coming down High street with her child. in a baby cargiage. While. talk- ing to & friend she 3 TE in her arms and laid her pocketbook in the car- riage. # ‘Some migoreant ‘who is go , desery- ing ie pame of man came along, sneaking- ly picked up the pocketbook and disap- peared. Fortunately there was but a small sum of money in the purse at the time. ree QA rn ——On Wednesday Dr. Thomas C. Van- Tries took his first long journey in an automobile when in Brooks’ machine he with Mrs. VanTries and her sister, Mi Sadie Oliver, went up to Ferguson tow ship to visit their many friends in that section, spending most of the day at the home of the venerable Henry McCracken. On the way home the machine met with a litsle mishap at, YX h d their journey but dill Bot ma pleasure of the, days outing. outi A % ——Joseph L. Montgomery BL. Momsgomery bas purchas- | y ed a lot on east Linn street between the residence of Robert Hunter and Armor street and during the next year will ereot thereon a handsome residence for the oo- cupancy of himself and family. J. A. B. Miller Esq., has purchased the house on Curtin street ocoupied by W. Miles Walker and when he gets possession of same next spring will greatly improve the same. Oliver Witmer, who last spring bought the old Yorger popesty on Spring setest, ANENT THE SOLDIERS’ MONUMENT.—A well attended meeting of the Soldiers’ Mon ument committee was held in this place Saturday morning. Gen. Beaver, as chair- man of the committee, reported that he had been in New York and had seen some of the granite work and bronze figures of the monument and that they were excel- lent. That the Van Amringe company were about ready to begin the shipments of the material to this place and expected to have the monument all up and complet- ed for unvailing in October, possibly in the early part of the month. Already about twelve hundred soldier’s names have been sent in to be cast on bronze plates and these will be sent in as fast as correot- ed until the total list of from thirty-five hundred to four thousand is complete. It was further reported that the sun of money so far raised and at the command of the committee was about $7,000 short of the amount required to build the monun- mens and to raise this amount James Har ris, Col. James P. Coburn and Col. Austin Curtin were appointed a committee to see that Centre county was thoroughly canvass- ed and everybody given an opportunity to contribute something, no master how little or how hig asum, toward the monument fund. A soldiers’ monument has been ag- itated for the past eleven years and now when the building is assured all who can possibly do so should not hesitate to con- tribute their share toward the expense of erecting it. THE MATINEE RACES.—Quite a good crowd assembled at the driving park, last Friday afternoon, to witness the matinee races held for the parpose of trying out the speed of the three local horses and Roebe, W. D. O’'Brien’s pet, of Snow Shoe. The contests were exciting enough though ‘Roebe’s victory over Frank C, Fred Mose- barger’s horse,was as much of a surprise as it was unexpected. The showing made by Mr. M. B. Gar- man’s Noella was gratifying as it proved that Mart really knows a good piece of horseflesh though the contest might have been more interesting if W. V. Larimer’s Roan View had not broken =o frequently. As it was, however, thespectators got their money’s worth and the horsemen know as much now about their horses as they did before. DeLaun Stewart was official start- er and the events were as follows: Crass A. Roebe, bl. m., O’Brien. Frank C, b. g., Mosebarg: Time, 2:17, 2:20, 2:18. Crass D. Noella, b, m., GAFMABN....ccosrirrcersensorsen 111 Roan View, r. g., Larimer Time, 2:27, 2:32, 2:35. BP BAGGAGE RooM RoBBED.—Last Friday night robbers forced an entrance to the baggage room of the Pennsylvania railroad company in this place by prying off the staple which held the lock and carried away one telescope and a suit case. The thieves muss have heen frightened away as not another thing in the room had been disturbed. Saturday the charred remnants of the telescope and its contents were found on the cinder pile at the Nittany furnace, where it had been thrown on the hot cinder and burned. The suit case is still missing. There is no suspicion as to the identity of the robbers. a THE Y. M. C. A.—The peopl e of Beile fonte who are anxious to see the associa- tion business take the place which it de- serves in this community will be glad to learn that arrangements have just been completed by which the building now un- der construction will be finished at the earliest possible ; moment, certainly not later than ninety days from date. The prospects for a big season’s work are ac- cordingly assured. News Purely Personal. -Judge John G. Love is away on a visit to Philadelphia and the seashore. —Miss Seiler, of Harrisburg, is a guest of the Valentines, out at their country home, Burnham. —Miss Beach, of Ashbourne, N. J., is at pres- ent a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Potter. —Mrs. Alfred Engles Blackburn returned from Phila elphiay last evening, to complete her snm- mer" atthe Spangler home. a —Miss Edna Murray, of Centre Hall, who help- ed out, the force of operators inthe Pennsylvania | s exchange here the past week, departed for her home yesterday. ~Judge ] past. month, on business which toolhim to’ New York, Philadelphia, Erie, and various other es, W argive ¥ home: Tiowite spend Sunt ons 5 P ur . a A Tr x —Mrs. Thomas Shaughensey, of east Howard street, departed | last Saturday for Altoona, where shie expected to'spend & week with her sister then go omrout to Youngstown, Ohio, for a visit with her daughter, Mrs. J. Malcolm Heinle. —Once a man lives in Bellefonte he always has a hankerin’ to get back again even if it is but for a day or two to see the old familiar places and ends of by-gone days, so it was not so much of rprise after all when D. Bates Bell, who twen- y years ago was chief book-keeper for John pdell at his planing mill in this place, dropped into town, on Wednesday ; and, were it not for that crown of glory surmounting his head, looking hardly a day older than when he left here and went Lo DuBois to engage in the lumber business, weve as moved to Pitts- ed in the insurance Theodor, “Boal, of Boalsburg, with their son Piere, sailed last week from New York for a three month’s irip to France, Mrs, Boal’s native heath. And that just reminds us that if Mr. Boal keeps.on buying land as he has been in the past few years he will soon own all of Harris township, as his possessions now extend all the way from Oak Hall to the foot of old Tussey mountain, a larger acreage than any other landowner in the county with the possible ex- ception of Col. Reynolds. When Mr. and Mrs. Boal came to this county less than ten years ago they Jichased the Boal farm just to again get ‘the old possessions back into the family. Thereon they had erected a large country residence with a spacious barn and all the out-buildings necessary to make life there one long summer's dream. Later they purchased the old Felix Dale and Gen. Irvin farms, the Stover hotel and store room La ala as several other prop erties in Boa w I. Orvis, who has-been away the | —Chas. F. Richard is home from a short stay at Atlantic City. —E. C. Cooke is away on a business trip to New York and Philadelphia. —Horace Seltzer, clerk at the Bush house, is visiting at his home in Reading. —Mrs. T. E. Davidson and little son, of Phil- ipsburg, are visiting friends in Bellefonte. —Mr. H. C. Warfel, ex-postmaster of Philips- burg, was a Bellefonte visitor on Monday. —Miss Alpha Hafer is now in New Haven, Coan, visiting her sister, Dr. Laura Hafer. —Miss J ennie Thomas,of Millersville,is visiting her brother, Sup’t. F. H. Thomas, in this pldce, —Mrs. Mary B. White, of Milroy, visited at the home of her brother, Gen. James A. Beaver, this week. —Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gilmore and Miss Mary Ann McGill are away for a ten days stay at Asbury Park. —Mr. and Mrs. Warren Wood departed, Wed- nesday morning, on a ten days trip to Reading, Philadelphia and Atlantic City. —Mrs. L. D. Gettig and two children, Donald and Ethel, have returned from an extended visit with friends in Wilkinsburg. —Mrs. Sasserman and Mrs. Bollinger, of Ty- rone, spent yesterday in Bellefonte the guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Munson. —W. Harrison Walker Esq., returned on Tues. day from a three week's trip to Pleasantville and other points in the western part of the State. —Mrs. John M. Shagert, with her little son George, and Mrs. W. Fred Reynolds spent Wed- nesday with Mrs. Geo. D, Green in Lock Haven. —At the present writing Robert H. Sommer- ville, the Wynburne coal operator, heads the WarcumMAN's list of subscribers being paid well up into 1908. —Charles Woodward, son of Col. John A. Woodward aud who was one of State’s champion foot ball players last fall, was a Bellefonte visitor on Tuesday. —Miss Effie Hamilton, of Beaver Falls, and Miss Emma Aiken, of this place, are visiting this week at the home of Rev. and Mrs. C. T. Aiken, in Pine Grove Mills. —Miss Weaver, of Milesburg, was in town on Tuesday looking after a little business pertaining to the estate of her father, the late lamented Col. Jas. F. Weaver. —Mr. and Mrs. Will Foster and their two children, and Mrs. Charles Foster, ‘with two children, of State College, spent the past ten days at Atlantic City. —Cheerful little letters were received this week from Geo. B. Snyder, Pittsburg; H. H. Kline and Elijah McCreary, Middletown; a trio of the kind that counts, -~-Ad Fauble returned from his New York trip on Sunday morning and you can look out for the latest things in clothing and gents furnishings for fall in the Fauble stores ere long. —Joseph Ard Esq., of Pine Grove Mills, with that young man in manners though lad in years of his, spent Wednesday night in Beliefonte on their way home from a day’s visit in Lock Haven. —Miss Myra Humes and Mrs, W. 8S. Zeller with a party of friends, and Misses Sallie Fitzgerald and Helen Harper are among those now sojourn- ing midst the balmy sea breezes at Atlantic City. —Miss Nan Schofield, who for the past three weeks has been a member of a house party in Vicksburg, Union county, will go on to Philadel- phia, where she expects to visit for an indefinite time, —Misses Delia Cross and Lenore Hoop, of Philipsburg, have been guests of Mrs. H. S. Taylor since Tuesday. Yesterday they were joined by Miss Ruth Irwin who will spend the balance of the week here. —Geo. W. Zeigler Esq., whose extensive Jaw practice in Philipsburg has been made more so by his association with former Judge Love, was in town looking after a little court house business the latter part of last week. ——During the past week two more of the Baum girls came home to spend a few weeks under their father’s roof. They are Mrs. Joseph Metz and child, of Trenton, Ky., and Mrs, Nathan Reisman, of Princeton, Ind. —John Noll, whose years of work on the road have had much to do with making the Malena remedies a household panacea all over the coun- try, was in town the latter part of last week for a short visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Noll. —John Workman, the Hecla Park restau- ranteur, was in town on Saturday looking after a little business. You know it was raining so that the pienie at the park for that day had to be post- poued consequently there was nothing doing in John’s line at heme. —Harvey H. Benner, who the past fifteen years has made his home at Atlantic City, has returned at the home of his sisters, the Misses Benner, on High street. He was accompanied to this’ lace by his nephew, H. C. Baney. . % —Mrs. Curt Garbrick, with her little daghter, are here from Mill Hall for a short visit. with friends at their former home at Coleville, “curt is still prospering in that busy little town at _ the terminus of the C. R. R. of Pa. and that is proba- bly the reason they are all so contented. down there. a —The Misses Hattie and Ida Miller, of ! dale, Mrs. James Miller, of Altoona, and Lenn B. Miller, of Johnstown, are all house gn sts of ‘grand-daughters Hattie and Ida will be with her until school opens while Mrs. Miller iY Mr. Lennon Miller are with her for the ree : —Frank W. Neubaker about a week ri “signed his position as traveling oa ’ Potter-Hoy Hardware company and left for hi ‘home in Danville ; contemplating going hg nis “brother, Charles Neubaker, to Lima, Pern, in South America, where they have in view 1 | erection of an artificial ice manufacturing, pl © _Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Freeman, Mr. nd W. E. Tyson and Mrs. Brooks made u ant little party that spent Sunday at oo J try club, principally because some of their s are down there having a good time cam x them. A —Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Krise, of Centre iHg with their two grand-children, Mira of 3) Slick, passed through Bellefonte, Tuesdaymo¥ ing, on their way to Johnstown, where t spend the next month or so. They co mpanied by Miss Flora Shires, of the“l city, who had been visiting friends ini, Penn: valley. nd —Miss Rebecca Pugh Lyon has been ré to teach music in Lock Haven. If she acs will be to us a matter of sincere regn superior ability as a musical instrucéor w her departure a serious loss to those wh stand and fully appreciate the value of here during the past year. She isa pupit e minent teacher, Constantin Von Ste! Phila delphia, and Philip Scharwenka, th te acher and composer, of Berlin, German —Mr. D. W. Holt, of Philipsburg, was &V MAN office visitor yesterday morning alm | fore we had gotten our eyes open wide engtigfh see anything else but the color of the long green he used to push the label on d anot her twelve months ahead ; a fact thafe us to Spectiate a little sud come to the col to Bellefonte to spend the remainder of his’ days |.. . Mrs. Jonathan Miller, on Reynolds avenue. Her 2 | wire ere —Mrs. Ed. Irwin came home, on Monday, from a two week's sojourn at Eagles Mere. —Miss Romie VanPelt is visiting her uncle, Mr, Reuk en Spangler, at Spangler, Pa. —Mr. and Mrs. J. 8, McCargar returned home the latler part of last week from a trip through Canada. —Elmer E. Davis, of the firm of Yeager & Davis, made a business trip to Washington, D C., the past week. —It is stated that John VanPelt coutermpistes spending the coming winter in California for the benefit of his health. —Mrs. W. R. Jenkins, with her daughter Dorothy, departed on Wednesday for a visit at her home in Harrisburg. —Mrs. Margaret Hutchinson is now in Kane for her summer visit with her daughter-in- law, Mrs. Thomas Hutchinson. —Miss Carrie Harper departed, on Tuesday, on an sxcursion trip to Niagara Falls, the Thousand Islands and the Adirondacks. —Mrs. R. G. Larimer came over from Lewis- town, last Saturday, and spent Sunday and Mon- day with friends in Bellefonte. —Mrs. Florence F. Dale and two children, who have been spending the summer in Richmond, Va., returned home on Monday. —Miss Mame Charles, formerly of this place, but now of Pittsburg, is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Charles, on Logan street. —Miss Ethel C. Miller, of Hublersburg, passed through Bellefonte, on Tuesday, on a three weeks trip to Pittsburg, intending to stop at Johnstown en route. —Mr. Jerome Spigelmyer, the man who handles Uncle Sam’s mail at Millheim and doles out general merchandise to the anxious customer, transacted business in Bellefonte, on Monday. —Mr. W. H. Walker, of Philadelphia, was an arrival in Bellefonte, on Monday, looking as well and happy as when he made Bellefonte his head- quarters while he opened up the Keystone lime- stone quarries up the Buffalo Run valley. —Cap’t. W. H. Fry, of Pine Grove Mills, who has his hands full these days looking after the health of the farmers’ stock in this and adjoining counties, was in Bellefonte, last Saturday, at- tending a meeting of the Soldiers’ Monument committee as well as one of the executive com- mittee of the Centre County Veteran club. —W. N. Kurtz dropped into Bellefonte, on Saturday, and spent a couple days with old chums in this place, thesame old Billy he used to be when he was proprietor of the stationery store where the Index now is. At present he is located in Berwick, where he has charge of a job printing office in connection with a large depart- ment store. —Gen. James A. Beaver and son, Thomas, drove over to Philipsburg last Thursday after- noon where they spent the night at the Potter house, going on to Osceola, Friday morning, where the General had a sale of lots in the terri- tory adjacent to the proposed improvements of the Pennsylvania railroad company. They re- turned to Bellefonte Friday evening. —C. P. Hewes Esq., an old Bellefonter who has attained such prominence since he moved to Erie that he was given a.iwo inch personal in the Philadelphia Record, one day recently, with his daughter, Miss Rebecca, were Bellefonte visitors this week. The former here on one of his usual business trips while the latter was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Spigelmyer. —Mr. J. W. Mayes, proprietor of the Lemont granite works, was in Bellefonte, on Saiurday, and of course his trip here was principally one of business as he has little time to devote to worldly pleasures. While in town he dropped into this office and had his name enrolled on the Warcn- MAN list because he, like hundreds of others, be- lieve it the best newspaper published in the county. —Mrs. William Laurie and daughter, Miss Bertha, departed yesterday for Cape May for a visit with their danghter and sister Mrs. Samuel Eldredge. Miss Bertha will return in two weeks but Mrs. Laurie will spend the month there, part of the time with her mother, Mrs. Pendleton, who is now past ninety years of age. Rev. Dr. Laurie will depart on his month’s vacation to- morrow,the first two weeks of which will be spent visiting old friends and the last two with his daughter at Cape May. a. CENTRE COUNTY GRANGE MEETING.— Centre County Pomona Grange No. 13, will meet in the hall of Bald Eagle grange, Thursday, August 24th, at 10 o’clock a.m. All Fourth degree members are cordially invited to attend. The Fifth degree will be conferred in the afternoon. D. M. CAMPBELL, Secretary. : Philadelpn ia Markets. The following are the olosing prices of the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday syeniug, 84@8414 5 iki Roller .. ¢ _Favorite Brands. Flour PerBr'li......o.iumnes CFimotNo, Mixed ‘Rye . Baled' hay—Choice » or BL ‘ “ “ 1 A AS AES " Rellefonte Grain. Market. Corrected weekly by. C. Y. WAGNER, The follow: are the. quotati o'clock, Thursday SYSRiag, when Brose: J WHEL, oopsieessmsen otvessrsssmpiasntisssssmsssassss 85 Ly Wiest Ey 80 ©, Per bushel...cussusesssrssssvssssscsmsnssna 60 Coon Io— il ; 55 Corn, ears, per bushel.. “65 Oats old and new, per bushel 3 Barley id bushel... BS HEH es ieerissiiinans Ground Plaster, per to TS $0i09 x Buckwheat, per bushel Breversassiersinee = 40 d, per 00 to 88 a0 Timothy seed per bushel ..$2.00 to $2.26 ‘Bellefonte Produce Markets. Flair “Corrected weekly by Sechler & Go. Potatoes POT DUSDOLsé asrdesnishitnsers sussrsne 40 re r dOZeN...ceinnes ; 18 Beer. vo pe u 8 Sides h 8 ou. 8 TL a {12 ow, per Nueeeecssesssressesseses eves 3 i tter, per i | deevsiasinsininarsimnannin sensanssens : 18 { ————— The Dombeiuite Watchman. Published every 1 Friday m i in Bellefo) te, $1.00 per annum in adv ce) Bo, he hoe Eid in ett f not e ear ; ok no 2 rambe a] ato ye ° arre is d, except at the option of the publisher. Papers will not be sent out of Centre county un- I is d for in advance. ral discount is made to persons ady le ing i by th es T, half year, ‘or year, as foll seam occupa : a line, 3" insbrtions. easasessns-20 CLS. Bach additional Insertion, per line hiatal active A lines. ..is seid PoE lime an 10 kind done with neatness ATcHMAN office has been xe: ‘fitted ‘ast Presses and New: Xeoutsd everything £ inthe printing line, ean, be e ware PRR gti ox
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