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Bellefonte, Pa., Nov. 24, 1905.
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ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
——The new United Evangelical church
at Harter’s will be dedicated on Sunday.
——A return pipe from Temple court
was this week connected with the eteam
heating plant.
PPR ATR I SE
——A new roof is being put on the
building in which the Gazette office is lo-
cated.
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——Quite a saccessfal raffling match for
turkeys, ducks and chickens was held ab
the home of Samuel Thomas, up Spring
creek, Tuesday evening.
—— Alf Baum, who two weeks ago un-
derwent an operation for appendicitis in
the Hayes sanitorium, bas practically re:
covered and will he discharged in a day or
80.
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——Toner Lucas, of Jersey Shore, who
six years ago had his back broken in a mine
accident in Snow Shoe, has gone to Phila-
delphia for treatment.
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——Prof. John S. Rader, of Pottstown,
Pa., late of the Syracuse University, N.Y., |
has been secured to fill the vacancy caused
' by the resignation of the former principal
of the Philipsburg schools.
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——Hog cholera prevails to an alarming
extent in Harris and Ferguson townships.
Amos Koch bas lost sixteen hogs, Geis
Thomas five, Adam Smith five, Ernest
Hess five and Samuel Bailey five.
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——Jobn 8. Auman, of Beaver Springs,
last week, porchased from G. M. Harter &
Son the old Red mill in Potter township, |’
paying $6,000 therefor. The Harters will
move to the Stone mill property and operate
there.
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——The Bellefonte Academy and Phil-
ipsburg football teams will play at the
fair grounds tomorrow afternoon, at 2.30
o’clock: The game should be an interest-
ing one and should he well patronized.
Price of admission, only 25 cents.
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THE BIBLE DEPOSITORY.—Of the Cen-
tre County Bible society, located in the
Edison phonograph parlors, next door to
Sheffer’s grocery, furnishes bibles and
testaments at cost. No better presents
than these best of books.
R. CRITTENDEN, Depositary.
JAMES HARRIS, President.
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——On Monday a colored man who gave
his name as John Toller and his residence
Williamsport, was arrested in this place
and taken to Lock Haven on the charge of
having stolen a bicycle belonging to T. C.
Hipple Esq., of that city, one day last
week, and selling it.
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——On Wednesday some person, not a
gentleman, went into the office of the
Brockerhoff house and: deliberately stole
two pictures off the walls. Mr. Ray has
had so many pictures stolen lately that
patience has ceased to be a virtue and. he
now offers to pay a reward of $10 for any
information that will lead to the arrest
and conviction of the guilty parties. See
ad. in another column.
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——Chicken thieves still abound in Belle-
fonte and continue their depredations. On
Tuesday night Paul Sheffer’s chicken house
was entered and thirty nice, fat young
fowls carried off. Ona recent occasion when
Saxton’s chickens were stolen the thieves
were bold enough to break into the bhase-
ment kitchen of a residence on south Spring
street where they roasted a couple ot the
fowls and ate them without disturbing
any member of the household. Such he-
ing the case, it looks very much as if the
chicken takers were people well acquains-
ed in Bellefonte.
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THAT STATE—DICKINSON GAME.—The
largest crowd that ever went to see a foot-
ball game from this section to Williams-
port went down for the State—Dickinson
game last Saturday. It took two engines
~ and twelve cars to haul the special carrying
the State College students and the Belle-
fonte enthusiasts. All told from one hun-
dred and fitty to two hundred people went
from this place while the College rooters
numbered almost five hundred. And they
all were satisfied that they got their mon-
ey’s worth as State beat their old-time
rivals by the ecore of 6 to 0, while Dick-
inson never was in any danger of scoring.
The special bearing the Centre county con-
tingent arrived in Bellefonte at 11 o’clock
Saturday night.
**A CRIME OF JUSTICE.”’—*‘A Crime of
Justice,’’ which appears at Garmans, Wed-
nesday evening, March 29th, created a sen-
sation wherever presented this season. It
shows by the trial and condemnation of
Chester Franklin—according to the usual
procedure of our courts—*‘that circumstan-
tial evidence’’ however strong it appears
should not be sufficient of itself to send a
man to his doom. The play bas started
controversies (in many centres among the
leading jurists of the land and it has been
predicted by eminent men, learned in the
law, that as a result the day is not far dis-
tant: when such a radical change in our
trial system must take place as will make
impossible those legal murders so appro-
priately named ‘‘Crimes of Justice.’
——The condition of Dr. George A.
Fairlamb is somewhat improved this week.
—— Contractor Samuel Gault has the
foundation for his new house on Curtin
street completed.
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——Lewis Walker, of Rebersburg, was
taken to the Lock Haven hospital, on Mon-
day, for an operation.
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FREE ANTI-TOXIN STATIONS.—Samuel
G. Dixon, the Ssate health commissioner,
has established the following stations in
Centre county for the free distribution of
anti-toxin : William A. Sickel, Snow Shoe;
Jared D. Murray, Centre Hail; W. M.
Mellick, Philipsburg; Thomas F. Meyer,
Millheim, and H. D, Meek, State College.
The anti-toxin in curative and inmunizing
doses may be secured by physicians at these
depots after they have certified to the dis-
tributor that no charges for the serum is
to be made and that the financial circum-
stances of the patients are such as to make
the expense of the anti-toxin burdensome.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Following is
the list of marriage licenses granted by
orphan’s court clerk, A. G. Archey :
Domer W. Emerick, of Centre Hall, and
Marion E. Leitzel, of Spring Mills.
William B. Lucas, and Margaret Schref-
fler, both of Unionville.
Edward A. Horner, of Linden Hall, and
Mande E. Klinefelter, of Centre Hall.
Gordon W. Straw, of Altoona, and Sarah
M. Barto, of Philipsburg.
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DRI1GGS—SCHIELE.—Frank Driggs and
Miss Bessie Schiele, both of philipsburg,
were married at the Baptist parsonage in
that place, Thursday evening of last week,
by Rev. Highby. Both are popular young
people, the groom being an employee of the
street railway company.
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STRAW—BARTO. — Gordon W. Straw
and Miss Sarah W. Barto, both of this
county, were married, at 3.30 o’clock Mon-
day afternoon, by Alderman A. W. Snyder
at his office in Altoona. The groom is em-
ployed as a conductor on the Altoona and
Logan Valley railroad and the young cou-
ple will make their home in that city.
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Lurz—JoNES.—Howard W.Lutz, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lutz, of Philipsburg,
and Miss Helen A. Jones, of Allport, were
married at the M.E. Parsonage in Wallace-
ton, Thursday evening of last week, by
Rev. W. C. Wallace. The bride is one of
Allport’s most esteemed young ladies while
the groom is engaged with his father in
the butchering business at Wynburne.
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RODGERS —TREGONING. — On Wednes-
day afternoon of last week James Rodgers,
of Chester Hill, and Katharine Tregoning,
of Philipsburg, were nnited in marriage at
the home of Milton Sheriff, the ceremony
being performed by Rev. F. J. Clerc.
The attendants were Miss Nellie Ritten-
house and George Rodgers. The young
couple will make their hom in Philips-
burg.
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HOFFMAN—BAIR.— Quite a pretty wed-
ding took place at the home of the bride’s
father, in Philipsburg, at 7 o’clock last
Wednesday evening, when Miss Jeanette
P. Bair, daughter of J. Frank Bair, became
the bride of Herman E. Hoffman. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Head, of
the U. B. church. The bridesmaid was
Miss Mary Bair, a sister of the bride, and
the groom’s best man was Daniel Musser.
Miss Susie Hoffman played the wedding
march. The bride is an acoomplished and’
popular young lady of Philipsburg while
the groom is an industrious young man in
the employ of the railroad company at Os-
ceola Mills.
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BECK—HARPSTER.—Quite a delightful
house wedding took place at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. George Harpster, of Centre
Line, at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon,
when their only daughter, Miss Margaret,
was united in marriage to Roy Buck, the
ceremony being performed by Rev. A. A.
Black, of Boalshurg. The parlors of the
Harpster home were tastefully decorated
for the occasion and thronged with invited
guests who gathered to witness the con-
summation of the happy event. Following
the ceremony, the congratulations and a
view of the many valuable and useful
presents the bride received a delicious wed-
ding supper was served. The bride is a
popular young woman in the community
in which she lived while the groom is an
industrious young farmer.
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——CouRT NoTES.—The special session
of court convened on Monday afternoon
with Judge S. J. Telford, of Indiana
county, sitting in Judge Orvis’ place. The
list was gone over and a number of cases
continued while those disposed of are as
follows. ;
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex. rel.
Clara Brown vs. Ellen E. Bower and John
J. Bower, administrators of C. M. Bower,
late of Bellefonte borough, deceased, being
an action in assumpsit; verdiot in favor of
the plaintiff for $304.07.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex. rel.
Blanche Hayes vs. same, being an action in
Assumpsit; verdict in favor of the plaintiff
for $1546.93.
The first case called for trial was that of
the Bellefonte, Aaronsbvrgand Youngmans-
town Turnpike Road Company vs. Centre
county. Jury called and after the case
was opened by ex-Judge Farst on behaif
of the plaintiff,conrt adjourned until Tues-
day morning. On Tuesday morning conn-
sel for plaintiff and defendant announced
that the case was settled.
The next case called was that of Hugh
Ward, Jr., vs. J. T. Lucas, being an ac-
tion in assumpsis. This case is from Snow
Shoe township, and grows out of the dis-
pute as to book accounts, etc., existing be-
tween these parties from sometime in 1886
till along about the beginning of 1893,
plaintiff slaiming a large balance due him
while, on the other hand, the defendant
claims a balance due him.
——Justice was at a standstill part of
Monday and Taesday of this week because
neither the judge nor the clerk bad notified
the court stenographer of the holding of a
special week of court.
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——Thomag B. Huston, a son of Dr. J.
H. Huston, of Clintondale, and who was
educated at the Bellefonte Academy, re-
cently resigned as sub-manager of the
Kinlock telephone company to become gen-
eral mauvager of the Northern telephone
company, a new corporation organized in
opposition to the Bell people in Colorada.
——The engagement of Miss Bess Jones,
of Minersville, to H. P. Wood, one of the
instructors in electrical engineering at
Pennsylvania State College has been an-
pounced, the wedding to take place on the
twenty-third of December. Miss Jones is
an ex-student of the college and makes her
home with her sister, Mrs. J. P. Jackson.
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——On another page of today’s WATCH-
MAN will be found the advertisement of
the new 5 and 10 cent store in the Bush
Arcade. It is worth reading, just to see
what good things can be purchased for so
low a price; and from the stream of cus-
tomers the new store has bad ever since ib
was opened, last Saturday, there is every
reason to believe it will be a popular as
well as a paying investment.
“To DIE AT DAWN.’-—Last season when
E. Laurence Lee was about to launch his
new play, ‘‘To Dieat Dawn,” in which
Miss Blanche Hazelton was to be featured,
he spared no expense to make i$ a mam-
moth scenic production. Some of the
scenes are particularly beautiful, among
them being one of the dazzling stalactite
chamber of the Mammoth cave. This
company with all the original scenic effects
will appear at Garman’s, Friday night,
November 24th.
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THANKSGIVING DONATION FOR BELLE-
FONTE HosPITAL,—The Ladies Auxiliary
of the Bellefonte hospital are planning for
a Thanksgiving donation for that institu-
tion to which everybody should respond
most liberally. The ladies have sent out
paper bags to the people in Bellefonte and
throughout the county and request that
these be returned to the hospital filled with
whatever the donor feels inclined to give
in the way of groceries or produce. This
charitable move on the part of the ladies is
a very creditable one and, as the cost indi-
vidually will be but a tiifle, the resulf
should be a most generous donation. There-
fore, when you receive a paper bag do not
throw it to one side and forget it but fill
it up and send to the hospital.
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BorouGH CoOUNCIL.—There was very
little business transacted at Monday even-
ing’s meeting of borough council and the
six members present had only a short sit-
ting. The Market committee turned in
$7.70 market fees.
it was voted to notify all tax collectors
holding duplicates prior to 1905 to settle
the same without further delay.
A communication was received from A.
G. Archey, register, requesting immediate
payment of the collateral inheritance tax
on the estate of the late E. J. Pruner,
which was due September 30th, 1905. The
matter was referred to F. K. Waring, of
Tyrone. :
The following bills were approved and
orders drawn:
Police pay roll
A. Allison...... 12 16
P. R. R. Co..... 8 00
Street pay roll.... 101 25
M; CUnDINENAM.....coovssicnmiininii indies instars 33 00
W. F. Reynolds. 10 00
A. ANISON....ociivirreeine . 3947
Water works pay rol . 6920
Potala iis iti sre $425 98
BETHEL REFORMED CHURCH RE-DEDI-
CATED.—Last Sunday’s delightful weather
rendered the day ideal for the rededication
services at the Bethel Reformed church and
large congregations were present both
morning and evening. Rev. A. A. Black,
the pastor, bad the services in charge while
the re-dedicatory sermon was preached by
Rev. E. K. Harnish, of State College. The
expense incident to the remodelling of the
church had mostly been met and only a
plate collection was taken up on Sunday.
The church was first built in 1888 and in
the eighteen years of its existence it never
asked for aid from the general public, be-
ing sustained entirely by the congregation.
In the ‘evening Rev. Black delivered a
very carefully prepared historical address
from which we cull the following interest-
ing facts : In 1832 the corner stone was
was laid for the Union church on the site
of the present Lutheran church. The
building was completed and dedicated the
following year. Rev. Keefer, of Bellefonte,
was the first pastor and served for several
years. He was succeeded by Rev. Fisher,
who served until 1857. He was followed
by Rev. W. H. Grough, who served as pas-
tor until 1888 when the present pastor,
Rev. A. A. Black, was called to the charge.
Bethel church was built in 1888-89. The
corner stone was laid May 28th, 1888, and
the church was dedicated September 30th,
1889. The Union church workers continu-
ed to worship in the old church until 1857
when the Presbyterian congregation built
on the opposite side of the church yard
their own edifice. The same year the
Lutherans and Reformeds built the present
Lutheran church in which both denomina-
tions worshipped until 1887 when the
Lutherans, who were two-thirds owners of
the building, purchased the one-third in-
terest from the Reformed congregation and
the latter built the Bethel church. About
the same time the Methodist congregation
built a church across the street. Of the
twenty-nine original members of the Beth-
el congregation in 1888 thirteen are dead
and nine moved away, leaving hut six now
there. The present membership is fifty-
one.
On motion of Mr. Kirk
A GRAND BazAAR.—Tickets are now
out for a grand bazaar for the benefit of
the new Casholic convent in this place.
The holder of a ticket will bave a chance
on each of the following valuable articles.
. A silver tea and coffee set.
. A lady’s gold watch and chain.
. Buffet.
. Morris chair.
. Washing machine and wringer.
. Writing desk.
. Hat rack.
. Hall seat.
9. Enamelled brass bed.
10. Two-burner oil stove.
11. Extension table.
12. Swing.
13. Chiffonier.
14. Gentleman’s gold watch. :
When all the tickets are sold the time
and place for the drawing will be announc-
ed. Price of tickets, 50 cents.
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——H. J. Stewart, of this county, bas
purchased the 11. J. Michaels property in
Tyrone and will make hie home there in
the future.
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FARMER'S INSTITUTE.—A Centre county
farmers’ institute, under the auspices of
the State Board of Agriculture, will be held
at Rebersburg, Friday and Saturday, De-
cember 1st and 20d. This institute is free
to the general public and everybody is iu-
vited to attend. The program arranged for
this institute, a most elaborate one, is as
follows :
Fripay MoRrNING, 9:30.
Musie.
Prayer.
Address of Welcome—Rev. S. R. Haas, Re-
bersburg, Pa.
Response.
“How to Renovate a Worn-out Farm”—H, E.
Duck, Millheim, Pa.
Music.
“Clover and How to Grow It’’—J. H. Peachy.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 1:15.
Music.
Query Box. :
“Farm Buildings and Blunders’’—D. H. Watts.
“Poultry Raising as a Business”’—J. 8. Meyer,
Penn Hall, Pa.
“Potato Culture’’—Dr. J. H. Funk.
Fripay Evening, T:15.
Music.
Query Box.
“What a Farmer Ought
Strohm. .
“Corn Culture”—J. H. Peachy.
Recitation—Miss Sara E. Meyer, Rebersburg.
“Flowers and Their Culture”—Miss Byrd
Stover, Rebersburg, Pa.
“General Principles and Methods of Insect
Wartare”’—Prof. H. A. Surface, State Col-
lege, Pa.
SATURDAY MorNING, 9:30.
to Know”—J. B
Music.
Query Box.
“Extermination of Weeds””—J. N. Moyer, Re-
bersburg, Pa.
“Pruning, Fertilizing and Thinning” —Dr. J.
H. Funk.
“Education for the Farmer and His Family’
—Miss Mabel Vonada, Madisonburg, Pa.
“Steam Engine and Its Use on Our Farms” —D.
H. Watts.
“Consolidation of Rural
Auman, Rebersburg, Pa.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 1.15.
Schools” —Thomas
Musie.
Query Box.
“Echoes from the Farm’'—J. H. Peachy.
“Desirable Country Homes and How to Enjoy
Them’’—Miss Rebecca Moyer, Centre Mills,
Pa. ’
Recitation—Thurston Diehl, Rebersburg, Pa.
“Spraying, How, When and What For”—Dr.
J. H. Funk.
SarurpAY EvENING, 7:15.
Music.
Query Box.
“Birds and Insects”—Dr. J. H. Funk.
Recitations—Miss Maude Ard, Woodward, Pa.
“Feed and Care of the Dairy Herd”—D. H
Watts.
Although this institute is designed for
the education of farmers, all are invited to
attend, anl particularly ladies and mem-
bers of all organizations of farmers. The
door will be wide open and admiseion free
as Centre county air. Come and help.
JOHN A. WOODWARD,
Chairman Board of Managers for Centre
County.
General Committee. D. D. Royer, Chair-
man, A. N. Corman, O. F. Stover, J. W.
Zeigler, R. D. Bierly, T. W. Walker, J.
A. Meyer, Henry Meyer.
Hublersburg.
John McEwen is home for a few days.
Samuel Hoy spent Sunday at Romola as
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Wentzel.
Services will be held in the Reformed
church on Sunday morning at ten o’clock.
Miss Edna Decker spent a few days with
her friend, Miss Pearl Hoy, who is employ-
ed at Lock Haven.
Mrs. Fred Yocum was at Madison burg on
Sunday and Monday, to attend the funeral
of her cousin, Mr. Royer.
Mrs. Catharine McEwen returned home,
on Saturday evening, after a visit of several
weeks with friends and relatives in Clear-
field county.
The teachers from this district returned
from Bellefonte on Friday evening and all
‘report having had a pleasant time while at-
tending institute.
Lemont.
Albon Baney and family returned home
Monday.
Butchering is all the go now and pork isa
fair price. :
Chas. W. Whitehill is nursing a carbuncle
on the back of his neck, at present.
J. N. Dinges, of Boalsburg, visited at the
home of Johu R. Williams one day last week.
Luther Campbell moved from town into
the Mrs. Behrer’s house near Houserville,
Tuesday of last week.
Harrison K. Whitehill is improving slow-
ly and will soon be able to be out again,
which will be move than was expected at
first.
College township was well represented at
the eounty teachers institute last week, and
all found the instruction up-to-date in every
way.
George B. Thompson, the hustling lum
berman from Alto Mills, was seen on our
streets one day last week, walking around
with the help of a crutch.
Pine Grove Mention.
W. N. Jones transacted business at State
College on Saturday..
Mrs. Clyde Cox is spending a few weeks in
the Mountain city.
Miss Elsie Goss was a Tyrone visitor last
week, seeing the fall fashions.
James Hoover spent last week at Oak
Grove looking up a location.
Miss Nannie Leech, of Bellefonte, spent
Sunday with her mother.
J. D. Koch, of Centre Hall, was here last
week looking after his sewing machine trade.
So far as heard from the hunters from
Shamokin camp in Riter’s gap have one deer.
John Smith, of Shingletown, has a deer to
his credit with the crowd at Beech Creek. ,
Wm. Smith, of Williamsport, one of the
old-time nimrods, is located at Shingletown
gap.
Mr. Gearhard, of Hublersburg, spent
Sunday in town shaking hands with old
friends.
Dr. Frank Bailey came up from Milton to
join the Modoc hunting crowd over on Stone
creek.
‘Miss Jane Cole, of Latrobe, is a visitor at
Maggie Gates’ home, on Church street, this
week.
J. Elmer Clark is having his cosy home
remodeled as well as a new coat of paint put
on inside and out.
Mrs. Milo B. Campbell with her two chil-
dren are visiting her parental home at
Warriorsmark.
Mrs. C. M. Fry, of Altoona, is making
her annual visit among friends at Pine Hall
and State College.
After a two weeks outing Joe B. Goss re
turned to Lis desk with the Carnegie people
at Braddock, on Monday.
E. K. Smith, of Oak Hall, was here on
Tuesday seeing after his large trade in the
cream separator line.
John Miller, of Altoona, spent one day in
the Barrens last week bagging six bunnies
and two gray squirrels.
D. M. Markle, of Bellefonte, was greeting
his old neighbors in the Fairbrook vicinity
the beginning of the week.
John Weiland and wife, of Boalsburg’
Jacob Meyers and wife, of Linden Hall, were
within our gates on Sunday.
Almost every train brings a party of
hunters with stiings of dogs, locating either
in the Barrens or on Tussey mountain.
Miss Margaret Moore, of State College, and
Marion Meyers and lady friend were royally
entertained at the Dannley home on Main
street, Sunday.
George Smith, who has been so poorly
with typhoid fever for ten weeks, is improv-
ing and able to sit up. His sister Mable is
now ill with the same disease.
Harry McCracken is sight-seeing in the
city of Brotherly Love this week. His sister
Mary isin the hospital and expects to be
able to return home with him.
Mr. Subler,of Spring Mills, and Roy Harter
of the same place ; Miss Edith Decker with
her friend Miss Bible, of Bellefonte, were
entertained at J. A. Decker’s home over Sun-
day.
George Cronemiller was stricken with
paralysis on Mouday afternoon, when he
was found in the stable by his daughter,
unable to move one side. He is some better
at this writing.
Demer Pierce and family, of State College,
and J. B. Heberling and family, 8 our
town, constituted a driving party over the
mountain to spend Sunday at the ’Squire
McMahon home at Charter Oak.
Jacob Craft, one of the substantial citizens
of Moshannon,is a visitor at William Dixon’s
home this week. Mr. Craft is one of the few
men yet living who helped build the Lemont
and Bellefonte turnpike 58 years ago.
The Riley party over in the Meadows have
three deer. The Modocs over on Stone creek
have two deer. The Centre Hall crowd have
three bears and one dear. Our obliging
miller, Alf Bradford, laid two of them low.
Last Saturday while Carrol Williams and
Norman Young, of Beoalshburg, were out gun-
ning for rabbits, Young accidentally shot
Williams through the thigh, the ball barely
grazing the bone. At this writing he is get-
ting along nicely.
Oscar Smith had a runaway, Tuesday af
ternoon. He tied his young horse near the
station at Lemont when a freight train came
along frightening the horse so that it broke
loose and ran away, breaking up the buggy
and injuring the animal. :
G. W. McWilliams, of Fairbrook, came
near losing his life last Friday. He was
walking in his lane when a horse ran past
him, kicking him on the side of the head,
cutting his ear in two. Dr. Houser stitched
the number up and Mr. McWilliams is now
doing nicely. Ti.
Buffalo ‘Run.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kelley, of Halfmoon:
spent Sunday with their son John.
Misses Marion Taylor and Mary Rumberger
attended the county institute last week.
Mr. and Mrs. James Briggs, of Dale’s
Summit, spent Sunday at the parental home.
Mrs. Allen Marshall and brother, Willie
Walz, are visiting friends in Niagara Falls.
The Poverty social held at D. H. Shivery’s,
Wednesday evening, was very well attended.
Misses Lydia and Nell Hastings entertain-
ed a party of young folks, Wednesday even-
ing.
Mis. Lewis Marshall, who has been on the
ick list for some time, is better at this writ-
ing.
Harry Roan visited the county seat,
Thursday; attending to some particular busi-
ness.
Mrs. Samuel Corl and son Clarence, of
State College, spent a few days recently at
E. H. Longwell’s.
Mr. and Mrs. William Lose, of Altoona, re-
turned home after a week’s sojourn at Mrs.
James Henderson’s.
——*“John’s home from college.”’
“Yes,”
**What’s he goin’ to do now?’’
‘““Well, ’twixt you an’ me, I think he’s
jest about decided to loaf around, an’ be
one o’ these here incomprehensible gen-
iuses.”
Spring Mills.
Mrs. Hering, wife of the Squire, has been
on the sick list for the last ten days.
John Lloyd is erecting a shoemaker shop
on the road leading to the railroad station.
Our farmers are very busy plowing and
making the fields ready for the winter's
snows and storms.
In this neighborhood during last week we
had several sales of farming stock etc. The
sales were well attended and the effects
brought good prices.
Some of our hunters have been quite sue-
cessful in securing small game. Bears and
deer, however, are not very numerous in
this immediate locality.
Our teachers here report having had a de-
lightful visit in Bellefonte during the in-
stitute. Everything connected with it was
of an interesting and pleasant character.
The foot bridge over Penns creek below the
postoffice is in rather a ticklish zigzag condi-
tion. Itshould be aitended to before winter
fully sets in, let it be done at once, delay
only makes bad worse.
Jas. Leitzell Jr., isstill at his job of cut-
ting and loading lumber. (walnut). For
the last three weeks he has been in Snyder
county, but at present he is engaged in the
same business in Clinton county.
Wm. Ruhl liveryman has been running
his teams very severely of late. He reports
his business as never having been better. He
or his man “Friday” are continually on the
road taking agents to neighboring towns.
The United Evangelical church building
has been lowered about two feet on new
foundation walls and the grounds surround-
ing it filled up even with the road—a very
decided improvement to the neighborhood.
The question of lighting the streets by
erecting a half dozen lamp posts in the vil-
lage, as usual, has evidently died out. The
question is agitated about once a year and
then suddenly drops until on a dark night
some one tumbles into a mud puddle then it
is revived—for a week.
LETTER TO J. H. LINGLE, BELLE-
FONTE, PA.—Dear Sir: A gallon saved
is $4 or $5 earned.
Two gallons saved is $8 or $10 earned.
Three gallons saved is $12 or $15 earned .
Four gallons saved is $16 or $20 earned.
Five gallons saved is $20 or $25 earned.
It costs $3 or $4 a gallon to paint, besides
the paint; as much to brush-on a gallon of
worthless paint as Devoe.
Mr. Ezra Rathmell, Williamsport, Pa,
always nsed 11 gallons of mixed paint for
his house; Devoe took 6.
Yours truoiy,
F. W. DEVOE & Co.,
New York.
The Probing Still Goes on.
New York, Nov. 23, —After being on
the witness stand before the Armstrong
legislative committee on insurance in-
vestigation for the greater part of three
days, Geo. E. Tarbell, second vice pres-
ident of the Equitable Life Assurance so-
ciety, finished his testimony Wednesday
and just before adjournment submitted
a list of suggestions for the remedy of
existing abuses in the management of
insurance companies and for legisla.
tion designed to give the state proper
control over the companies and to in-
sure the confidence of the policy hold-
ers. Prominent among tuese sugges-
tions was absolute publicity. While
admitting that wrong had beendone by
life insurance officials Mr Tarbell said
that he had no apologies to make for
anyof them and that he hoped they
would be punished.
s.r. Tarbell was on the stand the en-
tire day and was questioned as to the
system of agencies and the commissions
and other compensations allowed them
for getting business. Just before the
recess the fact was broaght out that
Mr. Tarbell had taken out insurance on
his own life anl on members of his
family and had received the agent’s
commission ou the premiums as well as
renewal commission He said thatsince
he became an officer he had taken out
$100,000 on his own life in the Equita-
ble. Besides his policies in the Equita-
ble he had taken insurance in the New
York Life, the errangement being made
with Geo. W. Perkins and on this. too,
he rec:ived the commission on the
premiums. He has also a policy in the
Aetna and the Trayeler’'s on all of
which he collected the commissions. He
said be carried $400,000 on members of.
his family.
Mr. Tarbell was emphatic in de-
nouncing the system of rebating by
agents and stated that any agent of the
Equitable who gave rebates to get bus-
iness was dismissed. When he told of
getting the commissions Assemblyman
Cox asked if that was not rebating, and
Mr. Tarbell said it was not, that he
thought he was entitled to it.
Later when Mr, Hughes took up this
same subject with the witness, the lat-
ter justified the taking of the commis-
sions as being similar to the case of a
merchant who purchased goods of a
fellow merchant in the same line,
perhaps to fill an order, and got those
goods at cost, or of a professional man
treating another and charging less
than the regular fees. Witness said
further that the commissions were paid
to get the businzss and that when the
business was done without soliciting
there was no expense and that there-
fore he was entitled to these commis-
sions.
Mr. Tarbell further said if he had
done wrong he was sorry, but that he
had acted in good faith.
Mr. Tarbell bore out in a measure the
statement of James Hazen Hyde, when
oa the stand relative to the fairness of
the Frick report. The subject of ad-
vances to agents was under investiga-
tion and Mr. Hughes read some figures
of the ameunt of advances to one agent
in this city. Mr. Hughes asked where
the Frick committee got the figures and
Mr. Tarbell rephed with marked asper-
ity that he did not know. ‘‘They did
not get them from my departmeut or
the auditors, they made their report
without ever making an investigation
of the department,” he said
Death of Rev. Furman Adams.
The Rev.Furman Adame,a superannuate
of the Central Pennsylvania Methodist
Episcopal conference, died Monday after-
noon at his home at Montoursville, of
Bright's disease, after a long illness, aged
56 years. He is survived by his wife and
five children. The Rev. Mr. Adams was
born at Mt. Horeb, N. J., in 1848, He was
converted at the age of 12 and in 1874 was
admitted to the Central Pennsylvania con-
ference. He served at the following ap-
pointments: 1874-5 Mercersburg; 1876-8
Lumber City; 1879 81, Glen Hope; 1882-3,
Penn’s Valley; 1884-6, Port Royal; 1887,
Manor Hill; 1888-90, Cassville, Stewards-
town, Newport and Ralston. In 1894 he
was superannuated on account of ill health
and since lived at Montoursville.