X H alice A Mtn, Bellefonte Pa.. Oct. I3, 1905. = COBRESPON DENTS. —NO communications pub lished unless accompanied by the real name of he writer. an THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY — The farmers are now husking corn. . ——Next week we will have the big Odd Fellows with us. : ——A new sewer is being built from the Bush Arcade to Spring creek. —Dr. J. M. Brockerhoff has had the pave ment around the Brockerhoff house re- paired. —Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Workman are hap py ovér the arrival of a big baby boy, last Saturday. —— Mies Mary McQuistion will entertain about twenty-five guests this evening with ‘Five Hundred.” ——Thas far the hunters bave not met with very good success on either the frisky equirrel or woodcock. ——Miss Bessie Sommerville, of Wyn. burne, who has been ill with pneumonia, is now couvalescing. ——A vew walk is being put down in front of the vacant lots of Thomas A. Shoe- maker on Thomas street. —— Mis. Calloway gavea progressive enchre party last evening in honor of her g est, Mys. Steele, of Philadelphia. '— Muouday was Yom Kipper and con- sequently-the stores of all the Hebrew mer- chants of Bellefonte were closed. —= After being closed two weeksSfor the regular ‘yearly vacation she shirt factory started up again on Wednesday. ——Ellis Shaffer, Democratio candidate for Sheriff, was one of the unfortunates who had his pocket picked last week. ——Mr. and Mrs. J. Mac. Heinle, Alliance, Ohio, rival of a young son, born on Wednesday. ——The ladies of 8. John’s Reformed sary expenses, premiums, eto. i and to make the Centre county fair a more thorough and assured success there showld - of | be even a larger attendance ix the future are rejoicing over the ar- | ¢ CLOSE OF THE FAIR.—The Centre coun- ty fair came to a close, last Friday, when about four thousand people were present to witnees the wind-up and see the most ex- oiting races of the week. The only ac- cident to mar the pleasure of the three day’s racing occurred shortly “after noon Friday when the driver of The Judge, while warming ap his horse, ran into two women, Mis. William Cartwright and ber sister, Mrs. Spurgeon McCauley, of Bell- wood. Both women were knocked down and rendered unconscious but the latter recovered in time to return home that even- ing. Mrs. Cartwright was removed to the hospital, as it was believed she was very seriously injured. Though her condition was serious she has improved ‘steadily and will soon be able to return home. She sul- fered a slight concussion of the brain. THE RACES. There were four starters in both of Fri- day’s races and each event was stubbornly contested as it required four heats to decide both; while the free-for-all was fast enough to lower the track record from 15} to 13%. The summaries : 2:27 trot and pace, purse $250. Jen Elgin, T. J. Middagh Miffin..........2 Carlisle Wilkes, H. M. Carlisle, Clearfiald) oodlawn, Samuel Watt, Lock Haven.3 Tony Pagh, Howard Dayvis,Conemaugh.,.4 Time, 2:2217, 2:221f, 2:94, 2:2114, Free-for-all, purse $300. The Judge, R. J. Gaffney, Bedford....... Black Cecil, E. E. Deible, Youngstown..1 Tess, Fred Jamison, Indiana... ........... 2 Will Leyburn, James W. Mahaffey, MANAMOY oir r irri ay 4 Time, 2:19, 2:13%4, 2:17, 2:15. COW BD bt CO DD CO BO bet WA. BO CO 1 2 3 4 Bellefonte Merchant’s association was held on Monday evening. There are now thirsy- three members and the principal question dis cussed was the fixing of the amount of yearly dues. — PP ——“I enclose $1.00 for the welco=2 WATCHMAN, the best paper printed,” is what ‘Mrs. Martha Rountree Sperring, of Mill Hall, wrote in hers of the 5th and that is the reason we feel like telling you of it ; just to let you know what those who read the WATCHMAN regularly think of it. —— yee —— George MoElhattan is not exactly a scenic artist nor yet a landseape painter but when it comes to putting coal tar on $in roofs he’s the whole show himself ; a fact easily known by those who saw him on Tuesday on the roof of Bush's stable wit h that old stub broom dexterously ap- plying the tar to the roof. eee A eres —— Howard at present is the scene’ of consid erable activity now that the new brick plant has been started up giving em- ploy ment to quite a number of men. can ing factory is also running full time en ding up the fruit season in canning ap- ples, pears and pumpkins; the latter in large quantities. ——A# the semi-annwal meeting of the Hontingdon Presbytery, in Huntingdon last week, Rev. Dr. William Laurie D. D, was elected a ministerial delegate and Rev. Retrospectively speaking there could not baye been nicer weather for the fair than that of last week ; and while the crowd on Thursday was a very good one she attend- ance on Wednesday and Friday was not as large as it should have been. Of course the fair association did net lose any money this year ; on the other hand, they are not very much ahead, after paying all meces- Maintain- ng a coanty fair is an expemsive business ban there was this year. ee AP net Look 70 YOUR SHADE TREES.— While church are making arrangements to hold a | ©¥eryone is alert and striving for election “Country store’ sale during the last week |" ca in October. esults, there is another matter, insignifi- nt upon first thought bus far resching in | Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John its importance, that should not be negleot- 4 1 Atdel of Linn street, who has been indis- posed for several weeks, has now a well de- "fined case of typhoid fever. ——All the big pumpkins were not at | | e importance, that our shade trees be pro- ti tive indeed without them wanld be this d. It is not of ephemeral, but of lasting ected and preserved. Plain and meattrac- ittle mountain town that we like to have " the fair for George Cathcart has one that people consider beautiful. Many of #he old- weighs eighty-six pounds and measures | est and finest shade trees are thieasened five feet and seven inches around. . —=—Mis. John McGinley, who has been with an nontimely end from scale insects. War must be waged against . the rapid in- seriously ill at the home of S. H. Wiliam, | road being made by these pests, and ours “au the result of an operation the early part | Will be a treeless town unless. we soon be- of the week, is now much better. —The Bellefonte Academy scored f twenty-two points against the Snow Shoe |® foot ball team on Saturday in a very | With white masses. gathered np and carefully bunned. Do not b m b one-sided game on the fair grounds. ——A combination cf freaks thai was bard {o beat was seen at the fair lass week. A tail-less calf, and a five footed pig were come alarmed and take strenuous measures or eradicating the disease. Just new the idewalks are strewn with dei ives eovered These should all he e economical and use them for bedding or anure as this does net destra y the insect ut insures their wider distrit.ution. The td i carelessness of one property hol” ex in as. exhibited by 3 man with only one arm. t ending to his trees will be sr fficient to in- ——1It may be a piece of interesting and | go the town, and we should. all look to.i6 welcome news to the guzzlers around Belle- | (hat every measure possible be usedito pre- fonte to know tbat Eby’s distillery, at Wood ward, has staited np again after being closed ali summer. ven t such a disaster. ———— i —— Me No STAR Coursk THIS SEAsO%.—The ——A jolly party of her young friends | W. C. T. U. announces that they have de- gave Miss Louise, danghter of Mr. and | cided not to have a series of Star Course Mrs. Charles McClellan, of east Lamb street; | 1ectures and entertainments this winter. a- surprise party, Thursday night of last | This decision was rendesed imperasive from week, in honor of ber eighteenth birthday. | the fact that not sufficient encowsagement 3 Ww wee Ada D" the fast [,ock Haven rac- ing mare that was in the free-for-all at the fair bese last year, was one of the horses rthat were badly hurt. in a freight wreck + while en roufe to Bloomsburg, last Sunday. ——The open season for pheasants and * wild turkeys comes in on the 15th, Sun- [A age than was accorded them. I as given the ladies im charge te justify bem in going ahead and arranging fora course; a fact much to be deplozed, as the high ol ass character of the lectures and ean- ter tainments thas bave been given herein he past, in the Star Course series, bave been such as to deserve far better patron- The W. C. or A. S. Carver an alternate tothe Synod of Pennsylvania which will meet in Greens- burg Oet. 19th. Mr. William P. Humes was chozen a lay delegate. : place, last Friday night, on suspicien of be- ing members: of the gang of pick-pookets | who plied such a good trade ameng the | large crowd at the eounnty fair last week, | but en Saturday, no direct evidence being obtained againet them, they were discharg- ed on condition that they leave town ab once, which they did. EE ——Dr. 8. C. Rankle, of Philadelphia, ‘and Rev. J. M. Runkle, of Williamspors, bave pwiohased the D: €. KeMer farm along the pike from:Centre Hall to-Spring Mills, as well as a tract of about fifty ad- joining aeres from Witmer Grove. Their bretlier, Jobn Runlde, new employed in | Weber brothers mil) at Centre Hallj. will | it will be she annual gathering of both move on the property mext spring: and farm. it, . ——A brief wedding: nebiee in the Al- toena papers last week. reesrded the fact of the wedding, at noon: on Wednesday, of James C. Maginnis, of Ridgway, Elk county, and Miss Adaline M. Lyen, of Bellefonte ;:the ceremony: being performed Rev. Father P. Vereber-at the rectory of Ss. Mary’s church, Hollidaysbarg. William F.. Wise, the seenio artist'ed Tyrone; was: witness at the eeremony. ——The second free rural delivery route from Howard was established last week. Beginning at the Howard post office ibruns dewn the valley. to the Marsh Creel.road | near Blanchard, thence out to Romela and thence over the ‘‘Divide?” to Howasd. The p-atrons along the route se fully appreciate the advantages of the daily free delivery that almost everyone has-already wrovided a letter box at the most conveinent point | sear his home: TNA To i ——A new adventuress-bas breken loose: jo Philadelphia in the person of a young woman whe gives her name as Annie Rma- sel, and whe.oatches her dupes by means of an advertisement im the newspapess in . wh ich she solicits ‘correspondence with a view to matrimony,’” and only these ‘‘de- siring a nice, lovable: wife meed apply.”’ According to reports one Bellefonte man rep lied under the name of Harlem 8. Tin- sel whe is now short just seventy-five dol- lars because of his brief correspondence day, but Monday will be the first day on | pv 1; 13 a)ieady seleoted the list of en. | With the fair enohantress. which hunters can legally shoot these birds. | 4 iments for this seasop but after a per- “Both turkeys and pheasants are reported £0 | sistent canvass of the own failed to receive de quite plentiful this season. assurances of sufficient support to justily .——Now that the soldiers’ monument | ¢ hem in going ahead, so decided to aban- committee has progressed so far that work | aon the idea of the Star Course. has been begun on the monument taey should start io making preparations for the unveiling and dedication of same when it is competed. Thatocoasion should be made a big .ue and the time is now none too Jong in which to make the pecessary ar- rangenients. : ——Avuybody throughout Centre conuty who may yet have a skeptio feeling anent the erection of the soldiers’ monument and Curtin memorial in this place need only | come to Bellefonte and they will see work on the :ame being pushed along as fast as porsit,{c under the direction of J. E. Roche, of Westerly, R. I., who has quite a force of men at work assembling the huge blocks of chiseled granite. ——While there is no doubt but that the expense has been great enough the present Street committee have undoubtedly done their best to put the streets of Bellefonte in the best possible shape for the winter, and it really is a deplorable fact that it js nec- essary to dig big boles in them every here and there in order to do repair work on pipes that might have been fixed before the streets were pus in the good condition they are now. ~=—=Lnet Saturday afternoon while an eas’ bonad freight {rain over the Bald Eagle was passing through Martha a draw- head of one of the cars pulled ont aud drop- ped on the track with the result thas five cars w ere derailed and a quarter of a mile of track torn up. The wreck crew from Tyrone was called ont but it was midnight before they had the road repaired to admis of the passage of trains. Passengers on the evening trains west and east were trans- ferred and szut to their destination. errr QA ye se— BLANCHARD Y. M. C. A. DEFUNCT.— The Blanchard branch of the Young Men's Christian Association has become defunct and the comfortable building erected four v ¢ars of 80 ago is now being torn down and removed to Howard where it will be re- built and used by William Mayes, the tombstone maker. Several years ago the Blanchard Y. M. C. A. wae a flourishing organization. They erected a commodious building and furnished the same very com- fortably. But trouble arose in the man- agement, interest lagged and the meetings were discontinued. Then the building was sold to Irvin Wagner tosatisly a mortgage. Recently Wagner sold if to William Mayes for. $375, and now his removal of the same to Howard marks what will perhaps be a permanent end of the association in Blanch- ard. : OVER THREE THOUSAND TROUT.—Sat- urday night members of the Centre county Sportsman's league received from the ‘United States fish hatchery at Wytheville, Va., seventeen cans of trout which were pus in the waters of Spring creek. The front were what are known as fingerlings and as there are about two hundred toa can the total namber received and planted was about thirty-four hundred. x Ww ¥ BE ey gqyryriwtr”rrosrpopc ! ‘SENT TO THE PENITENTIARY.— AS a ses- sion of argument court held on Monday ‘Harry Grant and James Wilson, the two young men arrested in Philipsburg during the district firemen’s convention for steal- ing two watches from George M. Baney, of Blue Ball, Clearfield county, waived a hear- ing before the grand jury, plead guilty to the charge and were sentenced b; Orvis to one year each in the penitentiary. Judge See A et sen ——PFrederick Dale, a graduate of State College in the course of general science, olass of ’93, who has held the position of assistant surgeon in the U. 8. army with the rank of first lientenant, has been or- dered from Washington, D. C., to the Philippine service. Early in the summer Lieutenant Dale was ordered to Fort Walla Walla, and had his household goods moved $0 the new post, but in September he was transferred to the Philippine service. Be- fore leaving Washington he will take the examinations for the rank of captain and will probably go to his new poss early in December. As Lieutenant Dale is a Centre: county boy his friends here feel the usual amount of interest in his welfare and gue- cess. — ri —— Pickpockets did a thriving business hearabouts last week; not so much on she fair grounds as on the trains toand from ‘Bellefonte. On Thursday evening Jona- t han Shaffer, of Lock Haven,bad his pook- eb book stolen while on the train between here and Milesburg. The pocketbook con- sained a certificate of deposit for four hun- dred dollais and two notes as well as some other valuable papers. Discovering his loss Mr. Shaffer got off the train at Miles burg and spent the night at Kohlbeokers. The next morning he walked up the rail- road to lellefonte and found his pocket bo ok empty lying alongside the railroad track. He aleo found another empty pock- et hook, proof positive that he was nos the only victim. Going up Bald Eagle Abed- nigo Willams was touched for $21.00, while going down over the Central Rail- road of Pennsylvania, it is said, the slick- fingered gentlemen got away with over two hundred dollars, among the losers being D. R. Wetzel,John Rote and L.W. Shuler. One man whose name could not be learned was robbed of sixty dollars. The regular monthly meeting of the | The ; Geo. C. Butz, and Dr. Wm. A. Buckhout. ——Two strangers were arrested in this | the year. Of Rebekahs there are 206 lodges ‘with 5,980 brothers and: 13,070 sisters. Of ‘encampments up to September 18, 1905, IMPORTANT STATE WORK To COMMENCE IN CENTRE COUNTY.—The first “practical demonstration of the most approved and successful method of fighting the San Jose soale, which is destroying so many orchards in this State, will be given on Friday, Oct. 27th, from ten to eleven- thirty a. m. in the orchard of Col. W. F. Reynolds,a few miles | southwest of Bellefonte, on one of the back’ ‘roads between Bellefonte and State College. This will be a public meeting and is ar- ranged for the two . purposes of showing practical orchardists who may wish to at- tend it how to treat the San Jose scale, this pernicious pest, when it is present in or- chards and of illustrating the methods of this practical work in the presence of the twenty-one orchard demonstrators, who will at that time be taking special instruc- ‘tion in the Pennsylvania State College pre- paratory to opening the general campaign against the scale all over the State of Penn- sylvania about October 30th, under the di- rection of Prof. H. A. Surface, economic zoologist of the State Department of Agri- culture. During the second half of October $wen- ty-one men will receive special instrue- ‘tiovs in both theory and practice of eom- batting insects and plant diseases, this be- ing dome by the co-operation of the State College and the State Department of Agri- culture. The instruction #s given by lee- tures, laboratory work, practical orchard methods, inelading spraying with differ ent insecticides and different kinds of ap- | paratus, and also reading the latest and | best literature upon these topics. The chief lecturers are Prof. H.A. Surface, Prof. Some lectures wpon various features of or- charding will ako be given hy Dr. William Frear, Prof. M. 8. McDowell and others. These demonstrators will shen go to their assigned sections in different parte of the State, where all will undertake the same kind of work that is to be shown in the or- ehard' of €ol. Reynelds. The public is invited to attend this im- portant demonstration and see how inseeti- eides are made and applied. —————— PPA eer. NEXT WEEK'S ODD FELLOWS GATHER- m%6.—Its funny what a lot of odd fellows there are im this world and next week there will be more Odd Pellows in Bellefonte than there ever were before—jnst beoanse the Grand: Encampment and Rasriarche Militant. Just to show what an important gather- ing this will be the last annual report showed that in Pennsylvania there are: 1,125:subordinate lodges with a. member- ship of 128:176: Odd Fellows, who con- tsibuted during 1904 for relief alone the | enormous sum of $700,032.31; an item of | $3, 920.08 per day. or $80 for every hour in Tn there were 249 with an estimated member- ebip of 15,800. These paid ous daring the year for relief the sumof $62,848:50. In | @entre county alone there are eighteen sub- ordinate lodges with a total membership of 1181; three encampments with a member- ship of 154) and one Rebekah lodges with a membership of 57. The Grand Patriarch of the Grand En- eampment is Cleon: Giequelais, of Pitts- burg, while J. B: Andrews, of Altoona, J | branches of the onder will be in Bellefonte next week. si | The gathering will be a big one in every way and Bellefonte and its citizens gen- erally should see. to it that the. guests are properly honered and hospitably entes- tained. Put the town in gala attire and try to make the visitors believe that we. ate still among the living. ; tre QA rear rn. A MoxsTER TROUT.—The biggest trout ever taken from any stream. in Centre coun- $y was pieked up from the waters of Logan | branch, near the Nittany farnace, Tuesday | evening, by one of the Miller boys. The fish was almost dead, caused no doabtiby the sulphur from the slag that had rolled from the dump at the Nittany furnace inte the ereek. It measured a little over swen- ty-eight” inches, weighed close $0 seven pounds and the flesh was as firm as in the easly days of spring. The trout was of the California species and will likely be mounted. ’ “— chet “ie + Y. M. C. A..CoNCERTS.—The annual en- tertainment course given by the Y. M. C. A. of State College has been arranged for as follows: Ra October 30, The Lotus Glee Club. December 8, Darno, the Magician. February 2, Mr. E. Livingston Barbour. February 23, The Siegel-Meyer-Reed Company... cy March 16, Mr. George R. Wendling... The entertainments will be held in the Auditorium this year. Course tickets will besold for $1.50. Single tickets for the first entertainment (The Lotus Glee Club, October 20,) will be 35 cents; reserve seats 25 cents extra for the whole course ifa course ticket is ‘purchased, or 25 cents for each separate entertainment. . ——John D. Sourheck is moving his oaudy factory from Mifflinburg to Belle- fonte this week. For the present he will locate in the room on Spring street be- tween Sohofield’s and the Bellefonte club but for the holiday trade will likely open up a branch factory in the old car works office. *do ——The High Standard Garment com- pany recently located in Philipsburg have more orders shan they are able to fill in their limited temporary quarters and she new building being erected for their per. manent home is being rushed to comple- News Parely Personal. — Uriah Gates, of Warriorsmark, was a Belle- fonte visitor on Saturday. —Burgess W. Harriron Walker made a business trip to Harrisburg on Wednesday. parents at Pine Grove Mills. * —Miss Stearns of Williamsp rt is visiting Miss Elizabeth Gephart, east Linn fre. —Miss Lena Wetherill of Philadelphia, is visit- ing the Misses Valentine at ‘Burnham.” —Miss Mary Yerger, of Philadelphia, is in Bellefonte visiting her brother Elmer and other friends. 7 —Miss Julia Hale, of Philipsburg, spent last week in Bellefonte the guest of Miss Myra Humes. —Mr. F. W, Crider made 8 business trip to Cambria county last week, spending the night in Barneshoro. —Miss Sterret, who has beeu visiting Miss Helen Schaeffer, returned home to Milroy on Tuesday afternoon. : —Dr. and Mrs. Kilpatrick are entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Clayton, of Philadelphia, Mrs. Kilpatrick's parents. —Miss Emma Holliday returned yesterday from Philadelphia where she has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Blackburn. —Miss Grace Fox came over from Millheim, w here she has a good pesition as a milliner, to spend Sunday with her mother. —Mrs. Harry Baney, who has been the guest of Mrs, Hunsieker, of east Curtin street, retwrned to her home in Atlantic Cisy last Friday. —Miss Jeaneite Kerns journeyed to Curtin, en 8a turday, and spent the Sabbath asa guest at the home of Mr. snd Mrs, Henry Shultz. —Mr. W. Parke Cummings, of Lancaster, spent & couple of days the past weeis visiting his daugh- ter, Mrs. John 8. Hosterman in this place. —Mrs. D. H. Hastings was in Reading this weels in attendance at the annual State convention of’ the Daughters of the American Revolution. —Miss Beulah Bale, of east Beaver street, has returned from a two months wisit to Niagara Falls, Dubois, Huntingdon and Clearfield. —Harry Hazel, now one of the force of clerks im Goldberg's store: at Williamsport, spent a few days the past week with his parents In this place. ~—Miss Marjorie Knowles lett en Wednesday for her home in Richmond, Va., after a delight- fal three weeks visit at the home of Mrs. Florence F. Dale. —Steven Van Tassel, of Dubois, was in town over last Sunday. He is a former Academy stu- dent and/is now traveling in the interests of his father’s tannery. —Mr. and Mrs. Samuel. Sheffer left; on* Wed- n esday, fer Butler. Mzs. Sheffer to wisit her old h ome while Mr. Sheffer. will attend a reunion of his old'regiment. —J. Malcolm Laurie- came over from Wyn- burne lastiweek to see ifi the Centre county fair was as big as advertised) and had to eonfess that he found is bigger. —Physieal Direclor W. N. Golden and wife, of State College, were brief sojourners in Belle- foute, Monday afternoon, on their way home from Williamsport. —Rev. S: W. Seibert;.late of Newport, is now stopping with his son, Br. J. L. Seibert, in this place, and on: Sunday preached a vesy able ser- mon in the Wnited Evangelical church.. —Mrs. Martha McWilliams, of Philadelphia, a sister of County Commissioner John G. Bailey, is at present making her annual visit among friends in Centre, Huntingdon and Blair coun- ties. : —John Brachbill and: bride were arvivals in Bellefonte,. Tuesday evening, on their honey- moon trip, and spent a few days with friends in town before-proceeding on their journey: home to Williamsport. a —Ralph Cummings, former student at the | Academy snd graduate of State, '03, was- a recent : visitor in town. He has-left his positien. with the Allis—Chadmers Co., and is for the present at his i home in Cape May. —Mr. R..JiP. Gray, of Stormstown,. otherwise ; known as-““Bob,” was ia town on Saturday; hav- i ing missed: the fair entirely. Ordinarily Bob is {in for all the big times, but for some reason or ‘other he was counted:out this year. is General of the Pasviarchs Militané. These | {two with all the otber officers of both | —Mr. Geo. F. Hoy, the Hublersburg: merchant and active Democrat, was in Bellefonte attend: ing to seme business matters lash Friday and, we presume, was oluthe fair grounds when *“The J udge’™ knocked these two seconds off the track record. —C. W. Brown, of Glass Flat, Clearfield county, ‘one of the leading grain and feed store mer- chants of that place, was in BeNefonte, on Mon- day, snd recognizing a good iRing.when he saw it came in and enrolled his name as a subseriber- t0 the WATCHMAN. : —Between conducting that good store of his: o ub at Coleville and blowing a. horn in the Cole- ville band Harry E Garbrick is- kept pretty busy, but never too much so to eall around and help ont the poor printer as he did the past week by sh oving the label on his paper a full year ahsad. —Joe Katz, who has aleady grown to be ene of the big things in the general mercantile- and clothing business over at Lewistown, came to Bellefonte, Sunday moming, and spent net only t hat day but Monday in town, celebrating Yom Kippur, the Hebrew Day of Atonement. Of course he found plenty of entertainmen$ while here. _ —Mr. and Mrs. A} Pletcher came in last Thurs- day evening to encourage our efforts to get out the WarcamaN when so much excitement pre- vailed. To see how little fagged they looked after a long day of doing the Fair, one might think it an every day occurrence for them. I was doubtless elation that Marion township won the prize organ. os © —Clarence Hoffman, the man at the helm of ‘the Lewistown Free Press, came to Bellefonte in his auto, last Saturday, and spent several days | with his brother-in-law and sister, W. Harrison : Walker and wife; and seeing him glide around the town the ordinary newspaper man was con- st rained to wonder how in ths world a newspaper man ever succeeded in owning sn auto. 2 —John VanPelt, who is now assisting his u ncle, Col. J. L. Spangler, in looking after his e xtensive coal interests in and about Hastings and Spangler, in Cambria county, came to Belle fonte last week to take ina couple days of the O entre county fair and at the same time get a sight of his many friends hereabouts; leaving on the 1:05 p. m. train, Monday, for Hastings. - —Marion and Herbert Rothrock, children of Dr. Huling Rothrock who many years ago owned t he property on Thomas street now occupied by C harlie McCoy, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. 8. H. Williams the early part of the week. Miss Marion now lives in Johnstown and was visiting her brother, Herbert, in Lock Haven, when they decided to renew acquaintance with old friends an d started on an automobiling trip to Howard, Bellefonte and Stormstown. —Rusgh G. Larimer, the man who has charge of all the horses, mules etc., used by Thomas A. Shoemaker on his railread contract at Lewistown, was a Bellefonte visitor the past week—whether on business bent or mere pleasure intent we know not, but he seemed to have his weather eye cocked every time a piece of horseflesh pass. ed him by—though he found time to make a brief call at the Warcnmax office and give us sion as fast as possible. » more than a friendly handshake, for which we are duly thankful. ~E —Miss Edith Decker spent Sunday with her |. —Riley Pratt, of Unionville, was a Bellefonte ‘| visitor on’ Monday. —Philip Beezer spent Sunday with friends in Lock Haven, 4s Sp —Miss Mary Wilson, of Howard, spent Salar- day shopping here, —Dr, 0. W. McIntire, of Howard, transacted ‘business in Bellefonte on Tuesday * '—Reynolds Taylor is home from Huntingdon on a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Henry Taylor. —George D. Bayard went to Altoona, on Mon- day, where he has accepted a position in a drug store, —Mrs. H. S. Taylor returned home, on Tues- day, after a brief visit with her aunt, Mrs. Lloyd, in Philipsburg. —Hon. A. A. Stevens, of Tyrone, was in Belle fonte, on Tuesday, looking after the interests of the American Lime and Stone company. —John C. Rowe and John L. Dunlap, candi- dates for Recorder and Ccunty Commissioner respectively, spent the fore part of this week in Philipsburg aud Rush township, —J. Cal, Weaver, the Democratic candidate f or County Commissioiier, spent part of the past week in Bellefonte shaking hands with the many friends he made here while deputy under sheriff William Ishler. i —Mrs. R.T. Leathers, of Howard, spent Moa- day in Bellefonte doing some shopping and visis- ing her brother, Mitchell I. Gardner, and while in town was a brief but very welcome caller a6 the Warcauax office. —John L. Given, an old Bellefonte boy, has been hereabouts the past week greeting his many old-time friends. Since last spring Mr. and Mrs. Given have occupied ' the 'Heints home at Pittsburg while he puts in part of his time doing a little newspaper work on the New, Work Evening Sun and overseeing the Heintz branch establish- | ment in New York. — A ree —— The propositien of the Pennsylvania ‘railroad ecmpany fer the paving of High istrees from the Race bridge west is a pro- ject that cannot help but meet with the approbation of everybody. It will not enly improve the street so far as durability is eoncerned but will add so much te the appearance of the surroundings at the: rail- road depot, the one plaee in the town to give strangers coming and going a favorable impression of thie borough's progressivenaess. An@ then when that big and ugly sign, ‘‘Beware of the Locometive,’’ is replaced with more modern sign boards the improve- ment, so far as looks are eoncerned, will be complete. S——— reese t— ——On Friday, October 20th, at 2 p.m the grammar school and High school, of Hublersburg, will unite in the observance of Arbor day. After planting of trees, ex- eroises will be held in the High school roonn, and will consist of musie, recitations, and readings. Aw address will be deliver- ed by Rev. H. I. Crow, pastor of the Re- formed church. The publie is invited to join with the scheels in the: observance ef this day. -—There is a-olub of a.dozen young girls-in Bellefonse: who had a merry time of it last night. They had alittle party and a.dance all by themselves and to make up for the absence of the sterner sex ang: at tbe same time give the appearance of the real thing half the girls dvessed up as young men and escorted the other half in. very. gallant fashion to the house where the party was held. ta aay ——To-morrow: afternoon: the State Col- lege-football team will play Gettysburg on Beawer field and the game should be a good one ag only last: week Gettysburg scored one touchdown and a goal againes the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, holding the Quak- erssdown to the-small score of eleven points, 80 that the visitors should prove a worthy adversary for the white and blue. i ps ian ——Harris B: Heylmub severed his oon- neetion with the First National bank last Swhturday and until he leaves to accept his new position as cashier ima bank at Tadi- ana, Pa., will devote his time to disposing of bis large brood of ohiokens, in the rais- {ing of which: be was quite a fancier. Philadelpnia Markets. The following are the closing prices of the Philadelphia maskets on Wedmesday evening. : i i : : WHReat—REM. ...viviv.insnssionsunsssens siaiosens 82@ * —Neo.2. 78278 Corn —Yellow €2@6! # Mixed ne 58(a.58! OBER... coor vars snssssrensossen iy 34@3t Flour— Winter, Per Br'l... w 3.1043. “ Penna. Roller... . 3.50@3.65 ¢ —Favorite Brands. - 5.18 Rye Flour PerBr'l.... cuiiveinon. - 3.00 Baled hay—Choice TimotN 8 00@15.09 te “* “ Mixed “1 11.00@1260 SLPAW...... certian 7.00@14.5% Rellefonte Grain Market. Corrected weeklv by C. Y. Waenes, The following are the quotations. 40 ska o'clock, Ty evening, wher our ns 8008 ew wheat 0 RYO, PEF DUSIBL.cwvsecesessss ivi ivioniiscasiisarnnsnymise w Ae a I 5 Corn, ears, Jor bushel... 56 Oats old and new, per b 2% Barley, por DUSDCL.cccsssssesitiaieisbiisiss sheiarideasi 45 Ground Plaster, per to 8 50 609 50 Buckwheat, per bushel ....u...c.eevecesncsnsens or 40 Cloverse Fr bushels. wae. cases? 00 £088 00 Timothy seed per bushel... $2.25 Bellefonte Produce Markets. of ted weekly by Sechler & Co. Potatoes per bushel... Unions, esse susan *reeesnsessecrdns Seesencos E; r dozen iy pet und... Country Shoulders. ‘ Sides... RuBewukiE fall . Hams., ne ow, per pound. ....... Butter, ed pound. ... - Published every Fri Pai, at $1.00 per annum ( §1,50, when not paid in Yance, 5n paid ‘before the expiration of the year; and no paper will be discontinued until ali arrearage is os except at the option of the publisher. Papers will not be sent out of Centre county un- less paid for in advance. A beral discount is made to. persons advertis- ing by the quarter, half year, or ‘year, as follows : [3m | 6m] 1y PERE in advance) Motaiug, in Bellefonte, d 8 ody $2.50 if not SPACE 00CUPIED One inch (12 lines this type 0 inches........ dikissdantsesarens 110 | 15. 20 u {5 inches) 12 alf Column (10 inches)........ of 20 One Column (20 inches) 35 Advertisements in special column 25 per cent ditional. [Transient advs. Each additional Local noti per line, 3 insertions.....oe nsertion, per line....... " L per LI6, ccsrstemantcsetasensy 20 oa. usiness notices, per line........siereenssrsseeenns Job Printing of avery kind done” with meatn and dispatch, The Warcuman office has been re- fitted with Fast Presses and New Type, and everything in the printing line can be
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