Bellefonte, Pa., March 1, 1907. P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Teaus or Svsscmirriox.—Until further notice tals paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advance.........ceevven.. Paid before expiration of year. . Paid after expiration of year......... —- 200 Environ ——We hear nothing of the QUAY monu- ment, but silence is hoth golden and elo- quent on that subject. ~The Cubans insist on the liberty to fight cocks and that isn’t asking much con- sidering what they are used to or were be- . | city at 9.30 o’clock Monday morning. For Rev. George E. LIMBERT.—Aflter an illness of seven weeks as the result of diph- theriafand its after effects the Rev. Geoige Elias Limbert, pastor of the Trinity Re- formed church, of Altoona, died ia that six days preceding his death be bad been in a very critical condition, though he was conscious until the end. Deceased was horn at Madisonbarg, Cen- tre county, December 20th, 1865. He was the son of Henry J. and Caroline Limbert, who were most estimable residents of that place. After he had become a member of the Reformed church, which was at the age ol twenty years. he decided to study for the ministry. He was active in the re- ligions work while a pupi! in she Spring Mills school in his native county, and later entered as a student at Franklin and Mar- fore the war. ——The Philadelphia papers wail space in explaining the reasons for the re- form defeat in that city at the re- cent municipal election. Mr. LINCOLN STEFFENS gave the real reason for it some years ago when he raid that *‘Philadelphia is corrapt and contented.” ~The esteemed contemporary which prints ROOSEVELT'S views on State Rights shall college at Lancaster, graduating in 1890, with high honors. He then entered the theological seminary and graduated from there in 1893. Afterward he went to Grove City, at which place he was ordain- ed, organized a congregation from a mis- sion and remained its head for seven years. During that time his charge®prospered and many new members were added to the roll. From Grove City he went to Danville, re- maining nearly six years. May 3rd, 1905, he went to Altoona as pastor of Trinity in the same column with those of JAMES BRYCE, GEORGE WASHINGTON, ALEXIS | DE TOCQUEVILLE, might well be accused | | Lewis Robb. He did good work among Reformed church, sncceeding the Rev. this congregation and bad endeared him. HARTER. —Mre. Rebecea Harter, possi- bly the oldest woman in Aaronsharg, died at her home in that place on Monday night, after a lingering illness with a complica- tion of diseases, the result of her advanced age of ninety-two years and past. She was the vietim of a general breaking down of the system and for a week or more prior to her death ber condition was such that her death was anticipated at any hour. Deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hess and was born in Haines township. She was one of a family of nine children, and was the youngest and last surviving member of this once large fami- ly, who in their day were among the most prominent residents of Centre coanty, the eldest of the brothers being Michael Hess,a commissioner of Centre county about a half century ago. When a yoang woman she was married to William Harter, also of Haines township, who preceded ber to the grave many years ago. She was the moth- er of twelve children, eleven of whom are living, as follows: Jonathan, of Millheim; Capt. John, of Osceola, Ohio; William, of Hartleton; Mrs. Frederick Kurtz, of Bellefonte, Mrs. Sara Menech, of Aaronsburg; Mis. Rebecca Murray, of Centre Hall; Daniel, of Swmith- ville; Obio; Andrew, of Rockford, Ohio; Aaron,of Harrisburg; Thomas H., of Belle- fonte, and Katharine Campbell, of Mill heim. Israel, the eldest, years died at his home at Canal, Ohio, several ago. In the death of Mea. Harter Haines | PLETCHER.—Miss Sarah Pletcher died | at ber home one-half mile northwest of | in the history of Centre county the regular Howard, on Friday, February 15th, of | term of quarter sessions court hegan on the acute indigestion. She bad been in her | usual health but the attack with which day, with Judge Ellis L. Orvis presiding she was stricken was so severe that her | and all the other court officers in their ac- death followed within fifteen minutes after | customed places. The list of constables getting out of bed in the morning. i Deceased was 66 years, 7 months and 2] days old. She was born and raised near | Howard and spent her entire life in the old | homestead, earing for her mother until Let | | death a number of years ago. Since that time | she has kept house for her brother Emanuel, i went back to the old howe; to which place | three other brothers and one sister | returned to spend their declining years, and | unto them ali Miss Pletcher gave her gent- | lest and most untiring ministrations, | Her death was the fifth of the family to ocour in the old home in a period of thirty sears. Only ove brother, Joseph Pletcher, of Blanchard, and ove sister, Mrs. Lew Wetzler, of Mileshurg, survive. Mise Pletcher was the last surviving member of the Mennonite church, located | near Ler old home and which at one time : consisted of a large membership. The fuoeral was held on Sanday, February 17th. The services were in charge of Rev. | Aller, of the Methodist church, A large | concomse of sorrowing friends followed the remains to the Schenck cemetery were they were laid to their final ress. who was left a widower with one child, and i confessed as per paper filed, fendant for eighty-five dollars on condition that be was sound. afterwards he discovered that the horse was | not as represented aod that be bad been | Court PROCEEDINGS. —For the fist time fourth Mouday in February, or last Mon- and justices of the peace was gone over and returns made. The list of grand jurors was called and sworn, C. T. Gerberich ap- pointed foreman and after being given the usual instructions by the court went into session in the grand jury room. Quite a number of petitions and reports for con- fismation were presented to the coart, alter which the list of traverse jurors was gone over aud any ahsentees noted. The following cases on the civil list were disposed of on Monday : Gerberich, Hale & Co. vs M. S. Betz. Defendant confessed judgment in open court in the sum of fifty dollars. J. G. L. Dale vs F. H. Dale and Mar- garet Dale. Defendants confessed judg- ment for fifty dollars. Walter Stevens, executor of O. L. Schoon- over, v8 Andrew Somerville. Judgment Charles Foster vs George Lutz, an action to recover damages on a horse deal. The prosecutor purchased a horse from the de- Foster alleges that EE eee ~~ Miss Mary E. Hoy, daughter of mer- chant John Hoy, of Waddle, entered the Bellefonte hospital last Friday to stady for a trained nurse. —e ay ——Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Williams, who have lived in the Powers’ property on north Spring street, for the past five years, moved to the Joseph Tressler farm this week, ———e ——0a Wednesday night of last week thieves entered the chicken house of Emanuel Harter, in Brash valley, aud car. ried off sixty-five large Plymouth Rock hens and four roosters. eee ~The people of Philipsharg are very much pleased ‘with the preaching of Rev, J. Allison Platts, who has been in thas town this week assisting in evangelistic services in the Presbyterian church. *oe ~——Last Friday Governor Stoart an- nounced the appointments on his military staff, the list including all of Pennypacker’s staff but two or three. Among those suc- ceeded by new appointments was Col, E. R. Chambers, of this place, ad ——While coming down High street on Wednesday morning Mrs. Julius Gutman, of New York city, who is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Emil Joseph, slipped on the ice in front of the Wilson residence and fell to the pavement and was quite badly injured. - eee cr s— ——A branch company of the Patrous self greatly to the members. Rev. Limbert was one of the most popu. lar as well as prominent ministers in the _ of malicious enmity toward the President. * His ball-baked notions look like thirty gents in. juxtaposition with the views of really gyead ga, { willully cheated, hence brought suit 10 Rural telephone line was organized last recover damages. The jury awarded the | Thursday evening at the home of Henry plaintiff a verdict of $49 17. { Homan near Centre Hall. It will be Oo Tuesday Charles Meyers, Harry | known as Brauch company, No. 18, and Kelley and Leonard M. Watson, all plead | will run from Centre Hall to Farmer's guilty tof. and b., and were given the | Mills, following the Keller road. usual sentences imposed in such cases. a In the ase of ‘the Commounwenlth vs, ——Miss Bella Lowery entertained the Nelson R. Wirt, H.C. Zerby and Bright | B- G- C.clab at ber parents home on Bitner, charged with larceny aud receiving | Bishop street on Taesday evening. Four- stolen goods, the former plead guilty on | teen young ladies were present and the de- the first count and the latter two ou the | lectable piece of gossip was the announce- second]. ment of the engagement of Miss Letta or Tus ax “OULD UENTRE COUNTIAN IN WEeST.—Some of the older residents of Halfmoon township may perhaps recall Nathan Thompson, a member of the fa- mous Thompson family of that section, who went west in 1857 and settled in Floyd county, Jowa. He was born as Stormstown Oct. 26th, 1817, hence is in his ninetieth year and still hale and hearty. He is now a resident of Charles City, lowa, and, baving made a visit to the office of the Daily Press of that city, the editor in his township loses & woman who lived through the greater part of the history of that sec- Reformed church and was a man who had | tion. Born when the tountry thereabouts many friends. He was ever thoughtful | was yet in its primeval state so far as civil- for tbe welfare of others and even iu the | ization and settlement were concerned, she last hours of his life, when he knew that | grew to womanhood and lived her entire death was near, he endeavored by counsel | life in the neighborhood of her birth, so and prayer to prepare those around him for | that she was a personal witness to all the the last great day. | developments, agricultural, industrial He is survived by his wife and one son, | and otherwise of the county for the past Paul, at bome; his aged mother, at the old | four ecore years and more. She was a mem- ADDITIONAL ‘LOCALS. —— And still there are no new Aevelop- ments io the Dale murder’case. » —Two more’ weeks of groundhog weather and then we may have spring. ——Another "inch or two of snow this home in Madisonburg, with one sister and week but not enough to make sleighing. i —=Last Friday Dr. George F. Harris gontributed fifty dollars to the hospital building fand. ——Andrew Thal and family moved from south Spring street Thursday to the Thal property on Thomas street. —~Irwin Gettig has rented the Tate home at Pleasant Gap and will move there on or before the first of April. ——Mrs. W. B. Rankin entertained at dinner last Friday and on Saturday had an “at home’ from three until six o'clock. -——Mr. and Mrs. Morris Otto, of Niaga- 1a Falls are the proud parents of a little daughter, who made her advent about a week ago. ——Rev. C. T. Aiken will preach in the Lutheran church on Sunday and at the morning service will administer the Holy four brothers, as follows; Annie, William and Daniel, of Madisonburg; Harvey, of Pittsburg, and Alfred, living in eastern Ohio. Futeral services were held in the church over which he bad been pastor, at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening, and were conducted by his fellow ministers in the Mountain city. Yesterday the remains were shipped through Bellefonte to Madisonburg, to the home of his mother, from where the funeral will be held this morning, interment to be in thejReformed church cemetery. Hoy.—Mrs. Leah Hoy, widow of the late Elias W. Hoy, of Miflinburg, died quite suddenly at the home of Mrs. Sat. terfield, on Willowbank street, last Thurs- day night. She bad not been in the best of health for some time owing to her age, ber of the Lutheran church since girlhood and always lived a conscientious, God- fearing life. As a wife, mother, neighbor and friecd «he was kind, thoughtful and loving. The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock this morning, interment to be made in the Lutheran cemetery at Aaronsharg. HAINES. —One of the best known and most beloved women of Liberty township, in the person of Mrs. Rachel Haines, died on Friday of last week after a lingering ill- ness with general infirmities. She was aged seventy-five years and was a widow of the late John Haines, who served with ex- ceptional bravery all through the Civil war. From early gitlhoed she was a member of the Methodist church and always lived a consistent, christian life. She was a wom- an known through all that section and not columns refers to the almost nonogenarian as follows: Mr. Thompson came to Floyd county in 1857. When he came here “Main street was a short one on this side of the river,” said Mr. Thompson, “and you were out of town when you got up as far as the place where the First National bank now stands.” Joe Kelley bad a saw mill and grist mill here and there were some town lots on both sides of the river. Mr. Thompson settled in River- ton township but moved to town some years ago, and now lives with his daughter, Mrs. Chas. Wilcox, on the west side. He has another daughter, Mrs. Corn Cutler, of Nora Springs, Mr, Thompson is rugged and hearty for a man of his years. He comes out almost every day and there has hardly been a day this winter too coid for him to get out and take a walk. His faculties are all good, and the only evidence of age one could notice in Mr. Thompson is a slight loss of hearing. Otherwise you would not take him to be more than sixty or seventy. Mr. Thompson is an interesting gentleman to converse with and to hear him tell of events away back there in the thirties. He remembers the campaign of 1840 when Har- Commonwealth vs.James Burne, assanlt and battery with intent to commit rape. The jury returned a verdict of guilty on | the first count and not guilty on the second. The sentence of the court was a fine of five dollars and costs of prosecution. Commonwealth ve. Toner Hastings, as- ganit aud battery with an attempt to com- mit rape. The defendant plead guilty aud was sentenced to two years at solitary confinement in the western penitentiary. In the case of Peter Rider, who has been held on the charge of killing Clyde Auman, last October, the grand jury returned a trae bill on the charge of murder iu the second degree and the case went to trial Wednesday afternoon. The jury in the Rider case is made up as follows : John Lyons, laborer, Howard borough. Bricker and Charles Sellers, of Waddle. Pine Grove Mentions, — i Six inches of snow fell Sunday. James R. Smith attended court Monday in his official capacity. Little George C. Etters is recovering from an attack of catarrh fever. The venerable Charles Snyder is recovers ing from an attack of grip. Frank McCoy, of Bellefonte, transacted business hereabouts this week. William Garner, who has been very ill for the past three weeks, is better. J. Ad Cramer and J. N. Bitner had busi ness at the county seat Mond ey. D. G. Meek, J. H. Hoy, N. E. Hess and David Reed are serving as jurors this week. Dr. Judson P, Welsh, of State Callege, was a passenger east onthe noon train Monday. ber condition had not been regarded | Oly respected but loved by all. Surviviug | rison, Martin Van Buren and James G. Bir.-| David Reed, gentleman, Pine Grove | Miss Nefl, teacher of the grammar school, Sacrament. bos bes On Tuesday she caught Jan ber are the following children : Mrs. John | ney were the yresidential Sundidues as well | pills, spent Sunday atthe parental home, near —— The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs, cold and er death on Thursday night was | A. Daley, of Romola; Mis. Joseph Bechtol, ha nt hind bas a. beer an exemr Abednego Williams, farmer, Huston Milesburg. Thomas Hazel is quite ill with diphtheria the result of acute pneumonia Blanchard; Mrs. John Schenck, Howard; placy citizen, and he never comes across the township. Foster Weaver, a brakeman on the Penn. and their home on Logan street has been : ridge that he does not meet a host of ac- quarantined. ——The Colonial tea held at the home of Mrs. D. H. Hastings, Thursday evening of last week, netted the Daughters of the American Revolution between seventy and seventy-five doilars, ——Mrs, Harry Yeariok, who was taken + to the Jefferson hospital three weeks ago for treatment, and later uuderwent an operation, bas almost entirely recovered and returned home Wednesday evening. ——W. T. White, of Howard, who was admitted to the Bellefonte hospital two weeks or more ago for treatment for an abscees ou the leg, was compelled to under- £0 an amputation of that member on Thursday morning of last week, asa possi- ble means of saving his life. and she was born in this county seventy. Deceased’s maiden name was Witmer eight years ago. She wa« united in mar- riage to Elias W. Hoy, who died a num- ber of years ago at Mifilinburg. Following her husband’s death Mis. Hoy came to Bellefonte and made her home with Mrs. Hanuah Hamilton until her death since which time she had lived with Mrs. Sat- terfield. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. T. W. Sain, of Columbue, Ohio; one brother, William Witmer, of Buoffalo Run; and four sisters, namely : Mrs. Daniel Everhart, Mrs. Eii Baney, Mrs. Zimmerman and Miss Cassie Witmer, all of this place. Immediately after her death the remains were taken from the Satterfield home to the home of her sister, Mrs. Everhart, where they were prepared for burial. The fun- Kline and William, hoth school teachers of Liberty township. She also leaves one brother, Rev. John L. Baker, a prominent United Brethren minister. Rev. Aller officiated at the faneral serv- ices which were held on Monday morning at 10 o'clock, interment being made at Howard. Ii i li DELoNG.—James I. DeLong died at his home at Blanchard on Saturday last. Three years ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis, since which time he bad pot been in per- fect health. Lately other complications set in and three weeks ago be was takea seri- ously ill with the result that he continued to grow worse until the end came on Sat. urday. Deceased was a native of Liberty town. quaintances he has known in the first years he has lived here for whom he always has a leasant word and a joyous greeting. Mr. hompson grows old young. —ee PARTIES NoT KNOWN HERE.— The fol- lowing dispatch was sent out from Blooms- burg last Thursday night and appeared in the Friday morning papers. So far as both the man and woman in the case are con- cerned they are not known in Bellefonte; at least the WATCHMAN editor could secure no trace of them. If they were from here they were traveling under assumed names. The dispatch in question follows : Bloomsburg, Feb. 2l.—A woman of forty, who says her name is Marie Brown and her home near Bellefonte, and that she is the daughter of a minister, was arrested on the street here yesterday for intoxication. She was confined in the town lock-up, where to Burgess Yetter she told quite a remarkable Henry Mark, farmer, Penn township. Charles Moore, teacher, Boalsburg. Edward Johnson, merchant, Milesburg. Shuman Pletcher, carpenter, Howard. L. W. Wert, farmer, Haines township. George Martz, gentleman, Lemont. George T. Bradlord, farmer, Potter town- ship. John B. Fortney, farmer, Potter town- ship. Thomas Kennelly, stonemason, Gregy towuship. The miscellaneous cases disposed of in- cluded the following: Joseph Brothers & Co. ve. W. C. Heinle, an appeal; continued. Amos Copenbaver and J. 8. McMonigal ve. J. P. Sebring, an appeal; settled. Cresson Springs Brewing company rvs. sylvania RB. R., is home with his mother for a few days’ rest. J. B. Witmer and daughter Irene, were among the mourners at Mrs. Hoy's funeral, Monday, in Bellefonte. Weare glad to say that Mis. Peter Corl and Mrs. Joseph Strouse are recovering from an attack of pneumonia, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Bailey spent several days in Milton iast week, where Mr. Bailey had a full set of grinders put in. Miss Irene Witmer has recovered from a long siege of grip and bas gone back to the Robert Cole family, in Bellefonte. Mrs. Frank Houseman with her daughter Ida, came down from Altoona to spend a few days among old friends at State College. Dr. Ed. Holmes, of Hariisburg, with his bright little son, Cecil, spent Sunday at the well known Holmes home at State College. hip and was born February Sth, 1834, thus | and pathetic story. Fred Eisenhour, an appeal; continued. Harry Stine, Hon. J. W. Kepler's right —Thir eral was held on Monday afternoon, the |® y She said that, sccompanied by Abraham guests ig a war services beivg in the Reformed church as | Making his age 73 years and 15 days. He Stove lover, she Ry left her home near | 1«€vi Seguer vs. S. E. Kimport, an ap- | hand man on the farm, had business of im- ’ dinner given at the Country club last Fri- day evening. The Bellefonte orchestra was present and following the dinner there was dancing for all who desired it with cards for those so inclined so that the event proved a most enjoyable one. ——Last Friday afternoon one of the lace curtains in a room at the Brockerhoff house caught fire from the gas jet, but the flames were extingnished before much damage was done, although au alarm of fire was turned in hy someone who saw the flames from the street, and as a resnlt the entire department was called ont un- necessariiy. ———Clarence McClellan, a Bellefonte boy who two or three years ago joined the Salvation Army, bas made such progress in the work that he has been made a captain and isto be placed in charge of the corps at Cleveland, Obio. This is quite a promo- tion for one so young in the work as Clar- ence and if be continues he may yet be- come a general in the Army. ——We again desire to call the attention of the people of Bellefonte to the “Weigh- ing Social,” which will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Shuey, on Al- legheny street, next Thursday evening, March 7th, by the Ladies Aid society of the Methodist church. A weighing social will be something new in Bellefonte and if the ladies can just induce some of the real big men of the town to attend it will belp swell their receipts enormously. ——A little three year old Hungarian boy was burned to death last Thursday morning at his parents home near Cole- ville. He bad been playing around the stove and in some way his clothes caught fire with the result that be was fatally barned before the flames could he extin- guished. He was hurriedly taken to the Bellefonte hospital where death ensued that same afternoon. The foneral was held on Friday afternoon, interment being 1:30 o'clock, Rev. Ambrose M. Schmidt officiating. Interment was made in the Everhart lot in the Union cemetery. i ll I UNDERWOOD —Mrs. Jason Underwood died at her home in Unionville, last Thurs- day evening, of Bright's disease, after be- ing a patient sufferer for the past two or more years. Deceased was about sixty-five years of age and was a woman much es- teemed Ly all who knew her. She wasa member of the Dankard church and a consistent believer in the doctrine of ‘‘do- ing untc others as you wonld have them do unto you." Sarviving her are her husband avd the following children: Lloyd, of Ohio; Quinten aud Oliver, of Baltimore, and Harry and Miss Anna, at home. The faneral was held at 2 o'clock on Sunday alternoon, interment being made in the cemetery at Unionville. | | Harris. —Mrs. Christina Harris, widow of the late William Harris, died at her home at Lamar on Toesday night, of a geveral breaking down of the system. She was aged 90 years. Her husband, who was a brother of Mr. John P. Harris, of this place, died a number of years ago, but surviving her are five children, as follows : William, of Lock Haven ; Samuel, of Mill Hall ; John, Belle and Sarab, at home. The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock to- morrow morning from her late home at Lamar, interment to be made in the Cedar Hill cemetery. iL. § | Coxpo.—Jobn Condo died on Tuesday evening of last week at the home of his son, Samuel L. Condo, at Spring Mille, alter an illness of five weeks. He was eighty-one years of age. For many years he was a resident of Brush valley bus two years ago he with his wife went to Spring Mills and made their home with their son. His wife and one eon survives, The funeral was held on Friday, interment being made in made io the Catholic cemetery. Heckman’s cemetery. is survived by his wife, four daughters and twosons. He was a charter member of the Blanchard lodge, I. 0. O. F., and that or- ganization bad charge of the funeral which was held on Monday afternoon. The serv- ices were in charge of Rev. H. I. Dudley, pastor of the Christian church, assisted by Rev. F. L. Bardens, of Philadelphia. In- terment was made in the Christian ceme- tery. | | | WARING.—Darid Ernest Waring, the invalid son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Waring, of Philipsburg, died at 9 o'clock Monday morning as the result of a complication of diseases. He was only a little less than thirty-six years old and had not been in good health since a child of three years. Funer- al services were held at the home of his parents at 7.30 o'clock Tuesday evening and on Wednesday morning the remains were taken to the Seven Stars, in Hunting- don county, for interment. i i i THoMAS.—Harold Mille, the five year old son of Mr. aud Mrs Henry Thomas, colored, of Altoona, died on Thursday morning of last week after only a few days illness with stomach trouble. The body was brought to Bellefonte on Friday after- noon and taken to the home of Mrs. Thom. as’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Mille, from where the funeral wae held on Satur- day afternoon. Rev. C. P. Herrington officiated at the services and interment was made in the Union cemetery. | | | CoLE. — Mrs. Margaret E. Cole, re- lict of the late Edward Cole, died at her home at Pleasant Gap on Wednesday morn- ing of last week after an illness of several weeks duration. She was born July 17th, 1836, and was thus past seventy years of age. She was a faithful member of the Lutheran church and the funeral services were held in the church at Zion at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. Interment was made in the Zion cemetery. Bellefonte, in accord with his expressed de- sire that they be wade husband and wife. Their proposed destination was Elmira, N. Y., but instead they got to drinking at Lock Haven, then continued their journey, by easy stages, to Williamsport, Milton and Sunbury, finally ending up here, where, the woman said, she was deserted by Stovit and left here penniless. The authorities decided that the best thing to do with the woman was to send her back to Bellefonte, and with that end in view she was taken to the afternoon Delaware, Lack- awanna and Western train, with a ticket for Bellefonte, together with a generous lunch- eon of sandwiches. She was in a deplorable condition, showing the effects of her de- bauch. rr MARRIAGE LICENSES. —The following marriage licenses were issued the past week by Register Earle C. Taten: Clarence G. StClair aud Carrie L. Mayes, both of Snow Shoe. ! Charles N. Decker, of Nittany, and Margaret E. Mertz, of Mill Hall. John H. Shuey and Margaret Armstrong, both of Lemont. Nevin W. Meyers, of Boalshurg, and Sarah E. Haffley, of Aaronsburg. >» ——Philipsburgers are congratulating themselves on what they believe will be a new era of prosperity for that town when the Monarch Coal company gets its opera- tion on the Mapleton branch under way. They are now at work sinking a shaft to the coal level, one hundred and thirty feet beneath the euiface, and are putting up the necessary machinery, pumps, ete. The plant the y propose installing will havea capacity of fifteen hundred tons per day and they will employ from three to four hundred men. —— ——Up to this time there have been no further developments in the movement of Huntingdon and Alexandria parties to bar. ness the waters of Penns creek, at Lindale, a short distance below Paddy mountain, for the purpose of establishing a monster elec- trio power plant. Though options on most of the right-of-way have been secured no company has been formed-or charter ep- plied for up to this writing. peal; settled. E. F. Gardner vs. Paul Schwartz, an ap- peal; continued. Elizabeth Keen and Ada Keen vs. Al- fred Keen, an appeal; a verdict was return- ed in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of 105.45. On Wednesday the grand jury completed their work and made the usual report in which toey stated that they bad found eleven true bills and ignored one. Bridges were recommended over Spring oreek in Harris township, and over Vaughn's run in Taylor township. wa A na ——Ol course all Bellefonters know that James Taylor is a cadet at West Point and Trude Bidwell is at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, but few know that the former stands sixth in a class of 168 students and the latter ranks twentieth in a class of considerably over two hundred; facts which speak well for the efficiency of the Belle- fonte High school as both young men have as classmates graduates of Harvard, Yale and all the leading colleges. > ——David Murray, of Lock Haven, who aoe was placed in charge of the Western Union telegraph office here last week when Jobn H. Wilson was transferred to the manage- ment of the Altoona office, has been trans- ferred to Bellwood and left for that place on Tuesday. William Dicken, of Cumber- laud, Md., but who lately bas been work- ing in Trenton, N. J., has been placed in charge of the Bellefonte oflice. —Qwing to the fact that the annual inspection of company B was held on Wed- nesday evening and that the soldiers need- ed the armory Monday and Taesday nights to prepare therefore, thers was no skating in the rink avy evening this week until inst evening. soe ———The feast of Purin, one of the most joyous of the Jewish holidays, began on Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock and ended last evening. portance at the temple of justice in the early part of the week. Rev. McKelvey, the young divine of the M. E. church was a passenger east Tuesday morning and on his return will be able to present Mrs, McKelvey to his parishioners. The wedding took place yesterday. Mrs. Maria Reed is suffering from a fall she got Sunday on ber way home from church, striking her head on a curb stone. She was taken home and a physician sum. moned. She regained consciousness after a few hours and is better now. A Martha Washington reception was held at the W. 8. Ward home, at Baileyville, on the evening of the 220d. There were about one hundred people present. A literary and musical program was rendered and refresh- ments were served with a liberal hand. J. C. Coleman, tenant on the Dr. Hoy farm, near State College was in hard luck last week. On going to the barn one morn- ing he found that a horse had committed suicide,by hanging itself. A few mornings later he found another horse dead in its stall. A charter was granted recently to the Fer- guson township Rural Water company, whose object is to supply the Branch and White Hall community with the purest water in the state, from old Tussey’s heights. The officers are T. F. Miller, president; Geo. W. Homan, secretary; James Glenn, treas- urer. The work of laying the pipes will be begun at once. Carfew Law. The Bellefonte Ministerium at their regu. lar meeting on Monday, February 25th, unanimously passed the following: Resolved, That it be the sense of this Min. isterinw, that under existing conditions ob- taining in Bellefonte, the adoption and en- forcemont of a Correw Law would "be for the best interest of the community. The secretary was further requested to have the resolution published in our town papers. Jaues B, STEIN, Secretary. ——————————— —=An exchange has it that society is becoming lame. Possibly so. It has orip- pled many a one. se ani
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