ETT sss So —— 8 nte, Pa., February 8, 1907. Conngsroxpexta.—No communications pub. ished unless accompanied by the real name of he writer. “THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY ——Mrs. George Miller became the mother of a little girl baby on Wednesday. ~——Miss Laura Faxon bas bad quite a serious time this week with an attack of the quiosy. —Mr. and Mis. Harry Macker eoter- tained a sledding party from Buffalo Run last Friday evening. ——A large new stack was put in place at the Liogle foundry on Wednesday morn- ing by William Bilger and son Harry. ——Last Friday evening the local Y. M. C. A. baskethall team defeated the Lock Haven High school team by the score of to 13. . ——The Renovo baskethall team will play the Y. M. C. A. team in the gymva- siam here tonight. Don’t fail to see the oontest. ——F. W. Barry,a seaior student in the Susquebanna Universiiy, will preach in dhe Lutheran church Sunday morniog and «evening. ——On Monday the Central Railroad of Pennsylvania Company voluntarily gaveits employees an inorease of ten per cent. in their wages. — Miss Lottie Robb bas now so far vecovered from her recent severe attack of appendicitis that she is able to be up and around the house. ——QOn Sanday Davy Bartlett, one of the chief freight handlers at the Pennsylvania railroad station in this place, celebrated his sixtieth birthday auniversary. — Rev. John A. Wood, who went to Pasadena, Cal., from Bellefonte last spring, has beeu assigned a pastorate at Ocean Side, a city in the southern part of Cali- fornia. ——Twenty-nire applications for liquor license have thus far been filed in the prothonotary’s office. Of this number only two are new applications, those of Harry Simler,of Philipsburg,and Lewis E. Stover, ol Cobiuiu. ——Yesterday morning brought us an- other taste of real arctic-like weather, with the thermometer ranging from eight to twelve degrees below zero in Bellefonte and several degrees lower in other parts of the county. —Qne of the first gray foxes killed in this seotion for a namber of years was cap- tared on Batarday by Ed. Haupt and Samuel Cherry, near the Haupt farm on Muncy mountain. It proved to be a beaun- tifn! specimen. ~The court recently handed down his decision sustaining the verdict of the jury in the case of D. O. Esters against the Bellefonte school board for $280 he claimed was due bim on his salary as superinten- dent of the borough sshools. ~The revival services in the Methodist oharch continne with unabated interest every night in the week. So far there bave ‘been over fifty conversions with a goodly @umber still at the altar. May the good ‘work go on for weeks to come. —(! course it is universally known that the groundbog saw his shadow last Saturday and from the kind of weather we have been having since, the superstitions followers of his bogship as a weather prophet will now willingly stake their peputation on his aceuracy. ——Most of the ice dealers in Bellefonte have now one-third more ice housed than they had for all last season, and with one more week of the kind of weather we are having now they will be able to store away a bountiful supply, so that the commodity should be cheap next summer. ——Just when everybody began to think ‘we were going to bave a breakup in the weather with the passing away of the sleighing, the weather man waved his magio ‘wand on Monday night aud by Tuesday morning the ground was covered with six duches or more of ‘‘the beautiful.” It was the deepest snow fall of the winter so far and sleighing is now better than ever. ——In the interest of the Bellefonte hos- pital there is now being chanced off at ten «ents a chance a silk umbrella by Joseph ‘Bros., a pipe by Knisely Bros., a fancy vest iby Montgomery & Co , and a box of cigars ‘by both the Brockerhoff and Bush house. “The articles have been donated by the above parties and when you are asked to take a «hance remember that it is no benefit of theirs but for the hospital. ——A car load of machivery of the Bat. wtonless Suspender company arrived in Belle donte from Bloomsburg last Saturday. As stated exolarively in the WATCHMAN four weeks ago Mr. 8. D. Ray bas purchased a one-third interest in the compauy aud the plant is being moved here and will he in. sialled in the same room with the Belle- Aonte shirt factory. Is will be pus in shape for operation as roon as possible. ——l;. H. Musser will sell a car load of ‘western horses at the Haag hotel in this place on Taesday, February 12th. They ‘will include drals horses, farm chunks and drivers. Among them is a splendid black stallion weighing 1650, also a team of unated sorrel drivers. As the time of the hose enle he will offer a large lot of bar- mess, blankets, whips and boggics. The sale will begin as 12:30 o'clock. The terms will be 90 days. A BiG ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE.—Plans bave now heen formulated and when car- ried to a successful issue, will give The Pennsylvania State College one of the best equipped athletic departments of any of the colleges in the country, with the ex- ception of the “Big Four.” Gen. James A. | Beaver, president of the College, has do- nated a level tract of eighteen acres of land at the western end of the campus to be used solely for athletic purposes. As now planned the grounds will contain | fields for football, baseball, lacrosse, tenuis, as«ociation feotball, bandball and outdoor basketball, as well a* a good quarter mile track. In addition it is purposed to erect the following structures around the border of the field : The athletic track house, now adjoining Beaver field, and with quarters for forty "Varsity students, will be moved five bun dred yards west to the proposed new site. Adjoining it will be built a similar frame stincture, containing commodious quarters for all visiting athletic teams. An elegant new gymnasium, with a floor space 100x150 feet will also be built. It will be equipped with the best aud latest gymnastic appli- ances, including a roomy plunge bath ten feet deep and twelve warm shower baths. There will also be an outdoor swimming pool of purest mountain water, heated to any desired temperature, six feet deep and 100x150 feet in size. It will be located close to the gymnasium. This will be used for swimming in summer time and for skat- ing and hockey during the winter. Next the swimming pool will be erected a modern baseball cage 100x150 feet in size, with a glass roof and earthen floor. This will also contain a cinder path ruoning track. And lass of all will be built a two-story sub- s'antial structure, to be kuown as ‘Social Hall," as a gathering place for all students and their friends. That the above is not a castle in the air is evidenced by the fact that a ball dozen or more wealthy men bave promised to do their share towards the carrying out of the above described project and plans are now being prepared for all the buildings while *‘Pop’’ Golden is making plans for the lay- ing out of the various athletic fields. In this work he is being assisted by Mike Murphy, Penn's famous athlietio traiver, and James O'Malley, the expert ground- keeper, of the Pittsburg National League baseball club. Those who have the pro- jeot in hand confidently look forward to beginning work on same as early in the spring as the weather will permit and its possible completion within a year. > THE REBRKAHS CELEBRATE. — Last Friday evening the members of the Crystal Spring Lodge, No. 25, Order of Rebeka bs, celebrated the first anniversary of their in- stitution in the I. O. O. F. hall in the Cri- der building with a banquet. Ol course they invited the Odd Fellows to join with them in partaking of the feast and shis made it all the more enjoyable. H. B. Pontius was to have offiviated as toast- master but he was sick aol in his absence Samuel D. Gettig very ably presided in that capacity. As a preliminary he gave a sketch of the history of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs and then in turn brief ad- dresses were made by John M. Keiohline E+«q., Thomas 8. Hazel, J. A. Hazel aud Mrs. 8. A. Donachy. Mies Violet Irwin gave a recitation of ‘‘The Three Links," which was enjoyed by all. The mausio for the evening was furnished by the Juvenile orchestra. The Crystal Spring Lodge was organized on January 30sh, 1906, with a charter list of sixty-six members and it bas grown steadily until now its membership numbers eighty-five, and its condition is most flour- ishing. —— A — Y. M. C. A. MeuBERSHIP CONTESTS. ~The second annual membership contest for men, cf the lncal Young Men’s Chris. tian Assoociation,started on Thureday even- ing of this week and will continue until March 7th. There will be two teams of twenty men each, with John M. Ballock and Claude W. Smith as captain and first lieutenant of one team, and James Harsh- berger and J. E. Dunning as captain and first lieutenant of the other team. The first annual boy’s membership con- test will start and close on the dates given for the men’s effort. There will be two teams of ten boys each with J. Hairis Ole- wine and Raymond Jeokine s8 opposing captains. Team and individual prizes will be given for the best work in securing asso- ciation memberships. It is e.- pected that many men and boys will take advantage of the excellent privi- leges offered by the association for the en- suing year. Geo. BEEZER TO QUIT THE LIVERY Business. —Geo. A. Beezer for years own- er aud manager of one of the leading livery stables in Bellefonte and for that matter, one of the best in Central Pennsylvania, has decided to go out of business and next month will make sale of his entire equip- ment. This will be a notable offering for is will put on the block a lot of five horses, carriages, baroess and horse furnishings, Mr. Beezer will remain in Bellefoute and will devote his entire time to baying and selling horses. For this parpose he will re- tain possession of his large barn on Water street and converts it into a regular horse exchange. The passing of the Beezer liv. ery will remove one of a lot of good barns that have distinguished Bellefoute for a long time. —A party of Bellefonte gentlemen took a sled ride to the Country club for supper on Wednesday evening and, owing to the coldness of the night moss of them spent the night there, returning on the train yesterday morning. | the case of Louisa Bush vs. Jobn G. Dubbs, an action of ejectment, ————— ~The eighteen horses at the Gentzel. Beezer horse sale at Millheim, on Monday brought an average of $217 19 per head. ——Charles N. Pensel, a student in the Susquehanna University, will preach two sermons in the Lutheran church on San- day. > ~——And still the man or woman who murdered Josiah Dale is at large with no known probability of his capture or even a suspicion as to his identity. —— er A = —— ~The Bellefonte Academy basket ball team went to Williamsport last Satarday and that evening were defeated by the High school five by the score of 37 to 19. — While at work at the Armour’s Gap quarries one day last week Wharton Weller bad two fingers on his right band cat off and one badly crushed while attempting to stop a car with a pole. ———————— IP ———— ——Link Musser’'s big sale of western horses at the Haag hotel in this place next Taesday ought to attract buyers from all over the county becan<e he writes that the car load he is bringing is made up of the nicest lot of animals that have ever been shipped in here. me erm ~The Bellefonte Academy and Lock Haven Normal baskethall teams will play a game in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium 10- morrow (Saturday) evening. Game will he called at 8 15 o'clock. This should be a good contest and a good crowd ought to be in attendance. ——We are in receipt of the anonal re- port of general superintendent T. B. Pat ton, of the Huntingdon Reformatory, and in it we find tha: Centre county is ac credited with baving bad eleven inmates there daring the year 1906, for which $317.24 sustenance was paid. ove —— Manager Gecrge Taylor, of the Al- toona football team was at State College last week and made arrangements with manager Norman Wright and captain Harry Buros, of the State football team, to open the season in Altoona on September 21st, which will also be State's first game for the season. sas Al ~The ice plant being erected at State College hy a number of residents of that town is already nearing completion and the company expect to have it finished by the first of March and ready to make ice. In the meantime Old Boreas is going right along manufacturing the nataral stud in his same old way. —— A ~rs— = The real estate of the late Mrs. Het- tie Gramley, of Rebershurg, was sold at public sale recently. The homestead and adjoining lot were sald to her son, James J. Gramley, for $925. He was also the parchaser of three adjoining town lots for which be paid $465. Joseph K. Moyer boughs the timber land for $370. rn Mp nt —Samuel Morrisey,of Tyrone, a hrake- man on the Lewisburg and Tyrone ranl- road, while makiog a coupling at the Warriorsmark station last Satarday morn- ing, slipped and fell onder the car. He was ran over and had hoth legs so badly orushed that be died in the Altoona hos- pital Saturday afternoon. He was twenty- seven yeas old and anmarried. —— A —em— ~The young hoy« class of the Lutheran Sanday school will hold a Valentine social at the home of Mr. and Mm. W. O, Daugherty, on Reynolds avenue, on the evening of Valentine day, February 18 No admission fee will he charged “ut such good things to eat as oysters, ice cream and cake, home-made candies and coffee will he on sale. A very pleasing program 18 being arranged for the entertaiument of all, and the publio is cordially invited to attend. —Joe Lote got his initial electrical training with the Bellefonte Electric com- pany and now holde the position of gang foreman of interior wiring as the Pennsyl- vania railroad ehops in Altoona where his abilities are being properly recognized and he is regarded as a local authority on in terior wiring, which he made the subject of a lecture he delivered to the seventy five electrical workmen employed hy the nom. pany in No. 7 fi:e house Wednesday after noon of lass week. me AY ~The weather last Friday evening must have heen the proper temperature for sledding parties as the number that went out from Bellefonte wa« quite lage In addition to the one that went up Bald Eagle to the Peters home a load of quite young folks went down Bald Eagle to the William Barnhart home. Orvis and Hemy Keller were the ho«ts of a party of swenty young friends who went to the Workman home at Heola park. John D. Meyer 10k Mr. and Mis. Hairy E Jenkins and Mus Emma Aiken to the Old Fort for supper, where they met another crowd of Belle- fonters while & sled lvad went to Posters Mills for a chicken and waffle supper. — A ————— ‘= A. A. Dale, who 14 now superin. tending a large lambering operation on Allegheny mountain in which his hrother Clement and bimwell are interested, came bome on Saturday to spend Sunday in Bellefonte. Not only in practice bus in looks as well is he a veritable lumerman, as he came in dressed in cordarove and a woolen shirt, slouch has aud high topped shoes, while the stubby beard on his face resembled an oats Geld alter the reaper had done its work. All the same he is pushing the work right along and already has a hig portion of a two mile tram road they are pasting down completed and exprom to bave thei: operation in fall swing before ' very long. ~The court has granted a new trial in CouxciL's DoINGS. —-- At the regular meeting of borough counacil on Monday evening seven members were present. Chairman Kirk, of the Street committee, reported the cleaning of a namber of side- walks and crossings. He also stated that on the nights of January 28th aud 29th, the Bellefonte Electric company turned the street lights off at midnight and the town was in darkness until nearly morning when the lights were turned on. For this he moved that a bill for eight dollars be pre- sented to the company. The motion car- ried. The Fire and Police committee reported that the repairs to the lock-up bad heen completed and that new blankets and haps for the bunks bad been purchased. J. Thomas Mitchell, borough solicitor, reported that the court had handed down a decision in the case of J. Kennedy Johnston va. the Borough. The case was a test one brought by Mr. Johnston to restrain the borough from giving the water rents to an- other man to collect. Judge Orvis sustain ed the horough, on the grounds that the water collections were a rental and not a tax. According to this decision W. A. Isbler will continae to collect the water rentals in the fature as be has the past six months, The following bills were approved and orders drawn : POLES DAY 10 e.comesrssssmeirsssssssssssmesinse 00 Ble Gas Co...... wo = 10 Belle ounte Electric Co 14 80 Bellefonte Kleetrie C « 2D Sireet | RE . 3 Central Railroad of Pa...... . 435 Ralletonte Electrie Light Co... 27 0 W. T. Kelly, 1 month as clerk . 12 80 Leander Green burying cat« et . 200 Water tay toll. cccciicsrsecimeeens . 617% F. Reynolds rent . 100 00 Bellefonte Eweetrie C « 125 W. B. Rankin...... . 28 60 Bellefonte Electric Co. 820 $127 05 ——— eee W. C. LINGLE EMBARKS IN LIMESTONE Business —W, C. Lingle, late of Fatton, but who intends making his future home in this place just as soon as bis house on east Linn street is put in thorough repair, has leased the limestone guarties of the Fuaist brothers, at Cedar Springs, and will operate them in the future. The quarries contain a superior quality of limestone which is unusually free of slate. Mr. Lingle bas now a force of thirty-five men at work on the buildings. He is al«o open- ing up the quarries under the direction of W._C Moore, an expert engineer, and a crusher with a capacity of forty cars a day, will soon he in operation. An endless chain attachment from the quarries to the crnsher, which is a patent of Mr. Moore's, will be installed. The large air compressor is already on the ground and the hig crusher has heen shipped from the factory. A new bridge will be bails across the orerk fron the operations to the Central railroad to facilitate the movement of the cars. As #o0n as these improvements are com- pleted a force of at lea~t fifty men will find permanent employmens. Mr. Lingle is now in Bellefonte with beadgnarters at the Brockerhoff honse and will spend most of his time here uutil they move into their own home about Aptil first, Mrs. Lingle and her daughters being in Wisconsin on a visit with friends. A — CENTRE COUNTY FARMER'S INSTITUTES. ~Beginniog last Friday aud closing Wed- nesday evening of this week Centre coun y farmers had an opportunity of attending some of the most interesting farmer's in- stitutes ever held in the connty. To give a fail account of the proceedings of the three institutes, that at Pleasant Gap last Friday and Saturday ; at Pine Grove Mills on Monday, and as Milenhurg Tuesday and Wednesday, would take up columos of space wore than we are able to devote so them. The corps of speakers at each place was a very good one and their suhj-ote were all timely and ably handled. Iu addition to the visiting instructors the institutes were made mme interest. ing by tte help of local people. As each p'ace there wa« good music by a home choir, thas at Pine Grove Mills beiug ander the leadership of Miss Mary Ward. The corps of instructors at the various places included such well known speakers a+ Col John A. Woodward, of Howad ; J. O Smith, of Calvin ; J. H. Peachey, of B-lleville ; and Prof H. E. Van Norman, J. H Pillsbury, and Mrs. G. G Pund, of State College, and Hon. A. J. Kabler, of Hughesville. ————— A na — WeRE THeY PorsoNkp ? —Friday even- ing of last week a nied load of young folks went to the home of Mr. and Mr, Peters, near Unionville, They had a merry time of is uusti midnight when they ate lanohs on, which consisted in pars of canned ealmon | sandwiches and ice cream. They felis no ill effrots as the time and were jolly as conld he on the retuin trip home. A nom- ber of the girls in the party work in the Bellefonte shirt factory and they had not heen at work many minutes until Berenice Waite dropped to the flor in a dead fains, She was taken to her grandmother’s home on Toomax streets hat bardly had she heen removed until one after another of the girls hecame quite ill until the list numbered seven, T'wo physicians were vent for and adwinistered to she sick girls and hefore the day “as over they were very much improved and by the next day were as well a= ever. Natorally sheir iliness wa« diag- wel as promaine poisoning, which per- bags ix correct. Bus if anyhody wants to get real good and sick juss leave them eas canned salmon and ice cream as any time and they can be aconmm. dated. 9340 QuUaRrE RLY DIVIDEND —The di- reotorn of The Penna. Telephone oom. pany, at a meeting held January 30h, 1807. declared she regular quarterly divi. dend of one and one-tall per cent , pay- able Fetinars 1-6 to stockholders of record January 30:4, 1907. ad News Purely Personal ~Robert Wilson, of Tyrone, was a Bellefonte visitor yesterday. —Rev. J. Allison Platts was in Harrisburg sev- eral days this week. ~Herb Shefler, of Milroy, spent Sunday with his parents in this place. Mrs. H. E. Fenlon left Wednesday for a visit with friends in Fbenshurg. —Mrs. 8. A. Williams was an arrival home from Phi'adelphia last Saturday. ~John Van Pelt, of Spangler, spent Sanday with his Bellefonte friends. —Mrs. Ed. Watt, of Heward, did a little shop- ping in Bellefonte on Wednesday. —Col. E. R. Chambers made a brief business trip to Wi lismsport on Wednesday. —Jercme Harper, of Philadelphia, is spending this week at his home in this place, ~=Mre. Fred Kuriz, of Lewisburg, is a visitor at the elder Kurtz home on High street. ~Mre. Sarah Etters, of Lemont, did some shopping in Bellefonte on Wednesday. ~Mr=«. Julia Shuey, of Lemont, spent Tues- day with her many friends in this place. ~—James Harris attended the faneral of Mrs. J. C. Kelly, in Williamsburg, on Thursday. —Mrs, George B. Thompson with her little son Dan, will go to her home at Alto, Saturday. —H. H. Schreyer, of Chicago, spent a day at the Harper home on Liun street this week. —Harvey MeClure was an arrival home from Pittsburg last Saturday for a fow days visit, ~Mrs. F. K. Lukenbach, of Tyrone, spent a few days this week with friends in Bellefonte. —Mrs, Samuel Irvin, of Altoona, was a guest at the Robert Irvin home in this place last Satur- day. ~Mrs. Mary E. Grove spent the week up Buffalo Run with her niece. She returned yester- day. ~Frank McClain, of Spangler, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Nora McClain, on north Allegheny street, ~Mr. and Mrs. John H. Woomer visited their danghter, Mrs. Harry Yearick, in Altoona, over Sunday. —Miss Bertha Wise, of Lock Haven, was a guest of her friend, Mrs. Curtin Taylor, over Sunday. —Dr. John Keichline has been spending this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Keichline, ~Mrs. David Miller, of Denver, Col., with Miss Miller, of Huntingdon, are guests at the Stewart home oa Lion street. —Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCoy Miss Anna McCoy and Miss Kate Shugeris are st Atlantic City for a month's sojourn. =Mr. and Mrs. Will Katz with their little son, Joe. left yesterday noon for a week's trip to New York and Philadelphia. ~Mrs, Merrill Linn, of Lewisburg, was in Bellefonte on Wedne«day attending the funeral of Mrs. Mary Wilson Linn, —Captain Simpson, Mrs. Strong and Miss Simp-on, of Lock Haven, were the week-end guests of Miss Brockerhoff, — Wilbur F. Harr s, of Harrisbarg, was in Belle- fonte this week visiting his mother and looking after his trade in Centre county. —Mr, and Mrs. J. Howard Lingle and Hon. and Mrs, Harry R. Cartin left on Tuesday for a few days sojourn in the Quaker city. Conductor Upton H, Reamer, of the Lewis. burg and Tyrone railroad, is now in Philadel. phia, consulting an occulist as to his eyes. —Prof. George P. Bible, of Philadelphia, was a brief visitor in Bellefonte on Wedaesday, be- tween trains, while on his way to Pittsburg to lecture. —Grover Glenn, of State College, was in Belle. fonte Wednesday evening, on his way to Brook- lyn, for a week's visit with his sister, Mrs, Kotteamp. —Mr.and Mrs. John Huffman, of Williamsport, were over Sunday guests at the home oi the latters parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Spigelmyer, in this place. . ~Mrs, Thomas W. Faxon, who was in Philadel- phia three weeks visiting her daughter, Mrs. H, C. Ander-on, returned on Saturday, bringing her daughter with her. ~Mrs. Charles Workman, of Hecla park, spent Wednesday nicht in town ; haviag come up to help serve a banquet which was given some Col. lege boys at the Brockerhoft, ~Among those who were in Bellefonte to at- terd the funera of ‘'ra, Mary Wilson Lion were the Misse« Linn, of Williamsport ; Mr. Beckman, Mrs. J. R. Biogaman and Mrs, Charles Wilson, of Altoona. ~Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Mitchell, Mrs. James Lane and Miss Mary Thomas were in McKeesport this week attending the wedding of Kiehard Lane and Mi«s Sarah Cowan, which took place there on Wednesday, — William Walker is at his home in this place after a campaign of =outhern fairsand carvinals with his ersck-n-jack machine. While away he was in Cubaaud brought buck with him a lot of good cigars and cigarets which his friends are enjoying. =D. C, Krebs, of State College, was in town on Wednesdny night having bronght a party of Juniors down for a banquet at the Brockerhoffd In all there were five sled loads and Mr. Krebs | WV said the snow was so dry that sleds dragged heavily on the teams. ~=Mis« Nannie and Randolph Hoy arrived home from P ovidence, R. [., on Sanday morning and report their brother Albert as having very suc- ce-sfully nndero ie an operation for appendicitis and now so far recovered that he expects to come hume in about a week to recuperate, —Charies H. Rowland, the Philipsburg coal operator and trolley magnate, was in town on Mon- day looking fine as ever. Mr. Rowland has been quite an acquisition to the busioess interes's of Phitipsbuig and especially so at the vecasional fod dem /nstrations they have in that place. : ~Mis Effie Snyder. of State College, who has been working in the schools in Philadelphia for some time, is critically ill at the home of friends in Jersey Shore, Mis« Soyder's illness which *tirt~d some weeks ago with pnenmonia has now deve oped into typhoid fever, making her condi- tion very serious. ~Mr=, George M. Glenn, of Chambersburg, her sister Mrs, Frank Hartsock, of Scranton, and Mr. and Mrs, John Ligg-t, of Beech Creek, were in Hel'efunte Mon lay on their way up Buffalo Run, to be guests at the surpri« birthday party given Mrs. Sara Gray on Tuesday, by her many friends io that commuaity. Col, John A. Woodward, of Howard; Prof. H. KE, Van Norman and Mrs. 6, 6G. Pond, of Siate College, snd J. H Peach y, of Belleville, were in Bellefonte last night after having attended the farmers’ institne at Milesburg. ‘They stated that the session wae a very interesting one, over one hundred and fifty people being present. James Watt E-q , of Tyrone, was in town be. tween tins on Vuesday attending to some busi. Bess, a pure of which was very pleasant for the printer, James diwe't getto Bel'efonte near a= olten ax he once did when this was the terri- tory that he formerly covered, bus hi« absence duesnt indicate any diminution of the warm feel- fug fur old Centre connty because you know he still has furming interests ap about hix boyhood home in Ferguson township whence some of the dearest memories of his life emanate. SMITH —STEVENS. — Thomas L. Smith and Miss Margaret Stevens, both of State College, were united in marriage at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage in that place, at 6:30 o'clock last Wednesday | evening, hy the pastor, Rev. H. C. Soave- ly. The week prior Mr. Smith and Miss Stevens were the attendants at the wed- ding of Calvin Bruce Struble and Miss Sarab Markle and they having just return. ed from their honeymoon trip officiated in the same capacity for Mr. Smith and Miss Stevens. Following the ceremony a wed- ding supper was served the young couple at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Jack- son. Mr. and Mrs. Smith will make their home at State College, where the former is employed as a tinner in the College hard- ware store, eee SHADE—WEBNER. — On Wednesday morning of last week Cloyd M. Shade, of Conemaugh, passed through Bellefonte on his way to Nittany were be met Miss Bessie M. Webner and in the afternoon the two drove to Bellefonte, secured a marriage license and at three o'clock were married at the Evangelical parsonage by Rev. Cox. This was certainly married in haste and the best wishes of the WATCHMAN is that they may never live to see the day when they will repent in leisure. NEESE—SHUEY.—A quiet wedding took place at the Evangelical parsonage, last Thursday evening, when John Neese, a clerk in Joseph Bros. store,and Miss Mollie M. Shuey, daughter of Mr. aud Mis. Daniel Shuey, of Spring township, were united in marriage. There were no attendants, the only witnesses to the ceremony being Mr. and Mrs. J. Allen Marshall. ees A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE. — On Tuesday that estimable woman, Mre. Isaac Gray, in Halfmoon valley, celebrated the three score and tenth anniversary of her birth and her descendants took advantage of the occasion to give her a most delightful surprise in the way of a birthday party. And it was a surprise, indeed, as Mrs. Gray had no inkling of what was to happen until her relatives began to gather and they con- tinued coming until thirty five of her de- scendants thronged the spacious rooms of Meadowside Place, one of the oldest and most picturesque homes in that section. Aud it was with many pleasant recolleo- tions that ber daughters, nieces and nephews revived tender memories of the many happy hours spent there in childhood days. Many tokens of esteem were brought as evidence of the high regard in which Mrs. Gray is held by her relatives and friends. Among those of her own generation who were pres- ent were Mr. and Mrs. John Liggets, of Beech Creek; Mrs. Miles Gray, of Buffalo Ron ; Mrs. MoFerron, Mrs. Margaret Hutchinson, of Warriorsmark, and Mrs. Eliza Grazier, of near Tyrone who, though eighty-two years of age endured the drive of twenty six miles to be one of the party. Of course Mrs. Gray's danghters, Mrs, George Glenn, of Chambersburg, and Mrs. Fraok Hartsook and little daughter Rash, of Scranton, as well as Miss Esther were also present. ~~ A BiG TREAT IN S8TORE.—Did you say you liked good music? Well then don’t fail to attend the great ‘Lawn Party,’ a musical treat to be given by the Y. M. C. A. glee club in Petriken ball next Taoesday evening, February 12th. It will be the greatest thing that ever happened in Belle- fonte. All seats reserved for 35 cents. Tiokets now on sale at Krumrine's and Zeller’s drug storeand Y. M. C. A. Re- served seat chart at Y. M. C. A. Come early and secote the best seats in the house, Re... For SALE. — A double-heater stove. Very reasovable. Ingnire at this office. “Sale Register. Tuorspay Maren 28ru,—In Spring township, 4 miles east of Belletonte, 6G. Perry Geutze! will sail ; 5 good horses, span of mules 6 years old: 10 mileh cows, 7 oung cattle, 10 head of sheep, short horn bul 'd stock, & brood sows, 1 boar, 5 shoats. Also a full line of 1m- plements. Sale at 10 a. m. A. C. eClintie, Auect. Philadelphia Markets. The Joiowine ate tho Slosing prices of the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday Rye Flour PerBr'l pe 3.64g,3.65 e r Tr essere restos sasens sesnne serene Baled Timot No, 1... 14.5x 21.00 Mixed “1 16.00% 1850 9.0u@ 12.50 Rellefonte Gruasn Market. Corrected weekly by C. ¥Y. Waonss, The are the quotations to six dae Slog evening, When our Paner goes BUSR@L.ccccersssressssenssssassssemassescsssessene Vas Panotton per bushel..viineiimnnssnnn 45 Corn, ears, bushel... ccvmscssssmsnssssssenss 48 Oats old new, per bushel. i inssessese n I ier remem Bio 0 (0 per aseessnetsnec sennsesenienee oa Cloverseed, per bushel. wesseennnne§T 00 tO $8 0O Timothy seed Per bushel, ome eens $8.00 to $2.28 Bellefonte Produce Markets. Bunea>822
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