Bellefonte, Pa., March 1, 1907. Sosssronpuams—o communications pub- ished unless accompanied by the real name of he writer. THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY ——March first, and only twenty-one | to the Lumber city on the 8:16 train over a nephew of the late Edward T. Taten, | Heand a Mr. Smith were working to days until the beginning of Spring. ~Margaret Hockenberry is quite ill with pneumonia at the home of her mother on Quaker hill. ~—Mr. Thad Hamilton, of east Howard street, recently celebrated his seventy- second birthday anniversary. ~——Next Tuesday will be licens: court when the various applications from Centre county petitioners will be heard. ——W. W. Stephens, of State College, is offering his pool and billiard room for sale. Seead. in another column. —— After being housed up for several weeks as the result of a fall Harvey Miller has recovered sufficiently to be around again. —D. J. Gordon, of Greeusburg, is now assisting Harry L. Garber to mark the board in his broker's office in Temple Court. —~—Finkelstein’s five and ten cent store is being refurnished by taking out the tables heretofore used for the purpose of displaying goods and putting in permanent counters. ——The crowd in attendance at court this week was not a« large as ordinary, inasmuch as the list of cases to be heard was comparatively small and of minor im- portance. ——While working about the paper cut- ter, Wednesday of last week, Fred Kurtz, editor of the Lewishurg Journal, had the index finger on his left hand cat off at the * | About twenty-five or thirty of thew came StaTE COLLEGE FRESHMEN'S BAN.| ——Viewers appointed by the court ree- | QUET.— Wednesday night was the time set | ommend the building of a bridge over | tor the annual banquet of the State College | Penns creek at Spring Mills, the length of | Freshmen, which they arranged to hold in | the structure to be 115 feet. | Williamsport. O! course the Sophomores, | rey | as usual, determined to break up the ban- | Al : Is to have il | : least. keep 4d stendioz asi Bailey's big circus on April 20th while j gue, esa =p tts . | Bellefonters must be content with the fact . many of the Freshmen as possible. Bat i | the latter were just a little too wise. | that Hi Heury's ‘big minstrels are bended | | this way. — Aad | to Bellefonte on the evening train on Tues-| —— Word was received in this place a | day and leisurely proceeded on their way | few days ago of the death of Robert Bruce, | the Pennsylvania railroad. Notwithstand- | which oconrred quite suddenly at his moth- ing the fact that the Sophs had a spy in | er’s home in Mt. Vernon, N. H. Bellefonte oun the lookout for any doings on sve | ~——When Capt. “Hi Henry, of the the Bellefonte Central railroad the man- | ; agement made up a train of an engine and | State College track and field team, issued a | . Sires old box cam which was call for candidates last week just one hun up into the Barrens where it was held notil | duel and siziy-swo men ragpunded, by Jur taken | after dark when the Freshmen succeeled | the largest number in the bistory of the in stealing away in such numbers as to fill | college. the cars. They were brought to Bellefonte and | a me lodge of Elks in this place is progressing the Viaduct and turned over to the Central | charge give assurance that the organi- Railroad of Pennsylvania who ran them to zation of same will be made within a Mill Hall as a special from where they | week or two. were taken through to Williamsport in the | esnrent sete same way over the New York Central. Nive | ——The public sale is now the all en- Freshmen walked to Julian and caught a | BTOMINE subject throughout the county, train over the Bald Eagle on Wednesday and as there will be enough of them for one while Tuesday night about two dozen drove | aud two aday from now until the first of to this place and went to Milesburg where April the farmers will be kept quite busy they took a through freight to Lock Haven, | 8ttendiog them. | a — All in all about two hundred and fifty of | Op Sanday W. T. Royer, John, the Freshmen made their way to the Lum- | James and Edward Nolan, Walter Tate ber city. and James Miller, of this place, went to Nothing daunted, however, a large num- | Tyrone and paid a [fraternal visit to the ber of Sopbs went down to Williamsport on | Tyrone lodge of the Brotherhood of Loconio- Wednesday iu the hope of stopping the | tive Engineers and Firemen. banquet or at least capturing the president | ooo of Freshmen class in A effort | —A Washiogton’s birthday ball was were they successful, though they had sev. | 8iven by the young ladies of Blanchard eral set-toos with members of the class. The | '88¢ Friday evening which proved a most entire body returned yesterday, a happy- delightful affair. There were dancing, go-lucky crowd of e boys. cards and delicions refreshments. Guests coll — i , were present from Howard, Jacksonville MARrriep His Crus’s Winow.—A dis | and State College. patch from Camberland, Md., gives the climax of a rather romantic episode in ee ——Last Friday Dr. John Sebring and DaviD Rows Kiiien.—David Robb, | one of Curtin township's best known resi- | dents, met with an accident on Friday of trip to Selinsgrove, last week which resulted in his death | —Mr. and Mrs. Will Chambers spent Sunday Saturday morning. Mr. Robb was the | with friends in Alioona. mail carrier on route No. 2, rural free Sigmund Joseph left on Sunday evening on a delivery from Howard. Last Friday being | business trip to New York city. Washington's birthday and a holiday he was not on daty and decided to cut down a Bellefonte visitor on Monday. some tees whic be wap to bave sawed || ~Gewse M. Filer, of lover, (mcd | into lamber for the purpose of repairing his | j : | harn. . : News Purely Personal a business trip to Bellefonte yesterday. ~John Rankin and Jesse Derstine were with | Walter Rankin in Lewistown over Sunday. ‘ gether and about eleven o'clock, while they were cutting down a tree a dead limb was broken off by the impact of | day visitor at his father's home in this place, the axe strokes and falling stroek ~Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fleming, of Altoona, spent Mr. Robb on the head and chest. He | Studay with the former's parents in this place. was knocked down aud pinned to the | Mr. snd Mrs, Dunning, of Spring street, are ground but was able to call to Mr. Smith | euteiiatuing Bien Anna Solister, of Harrisburg. for assistance. The latter removed the =Mte.C. B. Garmanypent Sunday in. Lusk lig : : | Haven, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. B. C, Achenbach, mb, by which time Robb lost conscious —Mrs. George Kerstetter and little son, of Hai- ~Robert Garman, of Tyrone, was an over Sun- ~Hon. William M. Allison, of Spring Mills, was | —Hon. J. W. Kepler, of Pine Grove Mills, made | taken by way of the Bellefonte farnace and | finely and those who bave the matter in first joint. which two former residents of Worth town- —=The Y. M. C. A. Glee club will re- | ship figured conspicuously. Twenty years peat their concert and ‘‘Lawn Party” in| ago Christian Marks and George W. Mae- Petriken hall on Tuesday evening, March | Donald were school boys at Port Matilda 12th. Remember the date and don’t for- | and both about ten years of age. They get to go. | were chums and in a burst of confidence —J. Kyle McFarlane bas rented the | one day, while discussing their schoolboy Richard house on east Linn street and with loves, made the compact that if one of them his tamily will move there just as soon as should marry, then die that the sarvivor Mr. and Mrs. Ed Richard move into their should take care of the widow. Some eight new home. ——The engagement of Miss Mary Har- ris Weaver, Mr. Girard Child, of Cambridge. Mass, , was recently announced. ——While on her way to church Sanday morning Mrs. George Chambers slipped on the ice on the pavement near the Methodist church, fell avd injared ber back eo badly i she had to be taken home. ——The Ladies Auxiliary of the Belle- fonte hospital contributed the one hundred dollars they made at their pink tea, held at the home of Mrs. Hastings two weeks ago, to the hospital building fund. =~ The Reynolds room on Bishop street is being made ready for the occupancy of Roan's grocery store on April 1st. The change will give Mr. Roan more room in which to handle his growing business. ~Monday evening Rev. E. G. Richard- Eon gave a very interesting lecture in St. John's Episcopal church, after which Col. W. Fred Reynolds entertained quite a party at a supper at the Brockerhoff house. ——The early morning passenger train | og the Lewishurg and Tyrone railroad was compelled to return to Bellefonte on Tues- day morning to repair a broken steam pipe connecting the passenger coaches with the eagine. pl large stock company is said to be forming to take over the property of the Ardell Lumber Co. in this place. Itis probable that if the plan goes through the plant will be rehabilitated and put ona firmer basis than ever with an ample " working capital. ~The condition of Mr. John Rishel, of Benner township, which was so serious on Sunday that it was thought he would not live over the day, took a decided change for the better that night and now it is believed that he will entirely recover his former health. J. Thomas Mitchell has started work on the rebuilding of the Cruse house on east Lino séreet, which was destroyed by fire about nine months ago, and which property he recently purchased. He will use the old foundations and rebuild the same size as the old house. —Fora 10, 20 and 30 cent show the Herald Square Stock company,at Garman's this week, has been giving good satisfac- tion. They will appear tonight and tomor- row night for the last time. Tomorrow night they will pay any young couple who will get married on the stage fifteen dol- lars avd all expenses. ——W. H. Barrows has rented the house on Linn street now ocoupied by Will Gar- man and will move his family there April first, Mr. Garman bas rented the house on east Lamb street occupied by William MoClellan's and the latter will move to the property owned by Oliver Witmer from east High street out beyond Wilson street. ~The annual contest for the D. A. R. prizes will be held at the Bellefonte Acad- emy at 2 30 o'clock this afternoon. All friends of the Academy as well as the pub- lic in general is invited to attend. The contest should prove a very interesting one as a number of the students have prepared very able essays on some of the most inter- grand-daonghter of Mr. and | Mrs. John P. Harris, of this place, and | years ago Marks, who was av engineer on the Camberland Valley railroad, was united in marriage to a Camberland girl. Eigh- teen months ago he was killed in a railroad wreck and in agreement to their compact made when boys MacDonald took it upon himself to look after the disconsolate wid- ow, and so well did he perform his duties that a wutual attachment between them was the result, which finally culminated in their marriage one day last week. ili ae AT THE OPERA Housk.—The Herald Square Stock company now playing an en- gagement at Garman’s will bring their sne- cessful visit toa close on Saturday even- ing. This evening the play will be ‘‘East Lyone’ and at the Saturday matinee ‘Her Fatal Secret” will be the play. Every scholar attending the matinee will receive a box of candy. On Saturday evening the new detective drama, ‘‘The Winning Hand.” This evening the prize for the most popular young lady in Bellefonte will be given. The fanny pig chase Saturday evening should be seen by all—fisst, to see the holder of the lucky number catch the pig. Thecompany have given the best of satisfaction and shonld they ever come this way again they wil! receive a hearty wel- come. NATIONAL PROTECTIVE LEGION. — A local lodge of the National Protective Legion was instituted in the Undine ball, last Thursday evening, by distriot manager R. M. Merritt, of Lock Haven. Sixty-nine members with eighty-eight certificates were enrolled and the following officers elected. Past president, Lewis R. Tryon; president, Joseph Wise; vice president, William Beezer; secretary, James H. Corl; treasurer, J. Robert Cole; chaplain, Katharine Sour- beck; conductor, Frank A. Doll; guard, Maurice Kreamer; sentinel, Clarence Gal- lagher; trustees, John D. Sourbeck, H. J. Hartrants, Frank Galbraith ; organist, Henrietta Pacini. The next meeting will be held March 7th. > MARRIED SIXTEEN YEARS.—Last Fri- day was the sixteenth anniverary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Joseph and they duly celebrated the event by giving a party at their home on High street. Fifty or more guests were present and the occa- sion proved a most evjoyable one, the evening being passed in dancing aod at cards. The refreshments served were quite elaborate. Among the out-of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wallach and Mr. and Mrs. Julins Gutman and daugh- ter, Miss Annetta, of New York city. Her WEEKLY LETTER FROM HoME.— Mary M. Swartz writes from Somerset: “The WATCHMAN is my weekly letter from home. Long may you live to pablish it.” We add a hearty Amen! to the latter and hope that the paper will ever falfill ber ideas of what a good, reliable, news- paper letter from home should be. po. AP — ——Jeremiah Zettle, Gregg township's famous trapper, was in Bellefonte on Mon- day and says that during the months of November and December he captared enough wild cats, foxes, mioks and skunks to realize eight dollars from the sale of their pelts. He reports wild cats as unusually plentifal this year and states that he knows on the Beet of evidence that they kill more Le Robert F. Hunter took a trip to and through Halfmoon township in the former's auto- mobile and were astonished to discover that there was excellent sleighing in that section of the county, with snow drifts so | deep they could hardly get through. —— — struck by a shifting engine one day last week, bas recovered from his injuries to that extent that heis able to be out and around, though his head still shows the ecars of the bad cuts he received when he struck the ties. At the time of the acci- dent three trains were shifting at the How- ——James Hogan, of Howard, who was | ——The movement for the institution of | nes«. He was conveyed to bis bome nearby Ini | and Drs. W. J. Kurtz, of Howard, and R. | G. H. Hayes, of this place, sent for. An | examioation showed that the sknll had | been crushed and at 12 o'clock Friday night an operation was performed and a large blood clot removed. Mr. Robb, however, did not regain consciousness hus died at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. Deceased wasa #on of Frederick Robb and was born in Cartio township forty-six | years ago. He was a man well known | and highly esteemed by all. He was married to Miss Eva Gardoer, who | died several years ago leaving one son, who is now about six veard old. In addition he | is survived hy his parents and the follow. | ing brothers and sisters: Samuel M. Robb, | principal of the Beech Creek schools; Har- vey and Mrs. Wibur Hall, of Howard, aud Miss Emma, at home. The funeral was | held on Taesday morning at 10 o'clock, | interment being wade at Romola. i i — Yr | Tuk Oup Reutanue Hi. HENRY'S Mix- | STRELS ARE COMING. ——Hi. Henry's fa- | mous miustrels, entirely reconstructed, | presenting an entirely new and novel pro- | gram of winstre! features will appear at Garman’s, Wednesday evening, March Gth. Ten of the very finest, latest, up-to-date comedians; twelve funny song aud dance artists; fourteen beautiful singers, in heart reaching ballads and stirring grand chorns- es; fourteen special star vaudevilles; two rattling side-splitting farces, written exclu. sively for this program; the beautiful scenic idyl of Southern life entitled, ‘The Suanee River;'’ apot lights, electric sensations and the finest first part ever seen in minstrelsy round out the show, the like of which will not visit here again this seasor. Seats on sale at usual place. ard station which accounted for Mr. Hogan becoming confused in his attempt to cross the tracks. | --o— ——About 10 o'clock Monday uight a surcharfe of gas in the Nittany furnace caused an explosion which blew out many of the pipes and valves and rendered the furnace useless. The explosion was heard for a mile or two and from the force of it it was a miracle that not a man was injared. The furnace was at once blown out and a gaog of men are now at work making the necessary repairs and as soon as completed the farnace will be blown in. >oe ~——Work on the new crusher which is being erected by the Nittany Lime and Stone eompany at Salona is progressing finely. The foundation for the bins, air compressor and crusher are about complet- ed. The crusher arrived last week and is all ready to beset. Work on the grading of the sidings and putting down of track will be finished within a few weeks, as well the tramway over which the stone will be bauled fiom the quarry to the crusher. ———— ce A ——— ———There is every indication that the Bellefonte Academy will have a strong base ball team this year. So far twenty-two candidates have enrolled as applicants for the various positions and jost as soon as the weather will permit outdoor practice will be begun. Manager McCaslin in arrang- ing his schedule for the season has already secured dates with State, the Lock Haven Normal, Juniata College, Kiski, Williams- port High school und the State reserves, and is negotiating with a namber of other good teams for a game. Amn ~——There will be a game of basket ball in the Y. M. C. A. gymoasiam this even. ing at 8.30 o'clock between the Bellefonte Academy and Tyrone teams, and the con- test will undoubtedly prove an exciting one. It will be remembered that the Ty- rone team is the only one that has so far beaten the local Y. M. C. A. five and that by but two points, so that a game with the Academy team should prove exoception- ally interesting. As the price of admission is only twenty-five cents there should bea good crowd in attendance. ———— A or ma. ——Joseph H. Bressler, a former Philips- burger but who of late has been living in Clearfield, bas gotten himself into a peck of trouble because of a young widow's wiles. Bressler is a piano tuner and while on a trip to Falls Creek he met Mrs. Emma Stahlman, the young and pretty widow of Rev. Stablman. Bressler got an introdue- tion to she woman under the name of Brown and representing himself as theson of a Pittsburg millionaire physician payed ar- dent court to Mrs. Stahlman with the re- sult that the woman was favorably inpress- ed. Hie proposal of marriage was being held under consideration by the widow pending an investigation of his pedigree when a Clearfield constable put an abrupt termination to the little love romance by appearing on the scene with a warrant for Bressler’s arrest on the charge of noun-sup- port of his wife and family, living in Clear- field. Friends of Bressler interceded and the case wav mettled. i easecanin InspECTION OF COMPANY B.— Company B, Bellefonte's crack military company, underwent its annual inspection cn Wed- nesday evening. The inspecting officers were Major Samuel W. Jeflries, of Pitts: burg, and Capt. James P. Harrison, of the i2th U. 8. infantry. The local officers present were Col. H. 8. Taylor, Col. W, Fred Reynolds, and Captains Robert F. Hunter, Melvin J. Locke and R. G. H. Hayes. This was the first inspection of the company since Phil. H. Garbrick has been in command as captain and the men as well as the property all made a good showing, rns HADLEY'S MOVING PICTURES.— Had- ley’s moving pictares will be shown for the second sime this season at Garman’s, on Monday evening, March 18th, under the | auspices of Gregg Post, No. 95, G. A. R. | The amount made at this entertainment will be used for the improvement of the soldier's burial lot in the Union cemetery. Of course it is not necessary to exploit as to the merits of Hadley's pictures as every- body in Bellefonte knows they are always up-to-date and wel! worth going to see. Of course they will be just as good the next time as they were the last. mms HARTER APPOINTED POSTMASTER. ~—Thomas H. Harter, editor of the Key stone Gazette, was on Wednesday appointed postmaster of Bellefonte by President Roose. velt, Harter came to Bellefonte from Snyder county in 1894 and hought the Gazette office from the late John M. Dale, who had purchased it several weeks pre: vious as sherifl’s sale. He has conducted the paper ever since and his appointment is the talk of the town just now. —————— ——Francis E. Pray, who the past two years has taught the grammar school in the Stone school building, bas resigned his position to accept a better one in ths pub- lic schools of Philipsburg, his resignation to take effect at once. Mr. Pray has been quite successful in his work here and it is tobe hoped he will be equally so as Pbil- ipsborg. His leaving here was so sudden that up to this time the schoo! board bas not been able to secure a teacher to succeed him, and superintendent John D. Meyer will teach the grammar school until another teacher can be secured. — ——The members of the Senior olass at The Pennsylvania State College, especially those taking the civil engineering course, bave been going out in squads of four and making surveys in this and adjoining coun. ties and wherever they go the story soon gains credence that a survey is being made for a trolley line, or something similar; when the fact is that they are merely doing a little practical experimentivg as founda- tion matter for their graduation thesis. ——————— AAP — ——It was on December 7:h that the big fall of rock and dirt occurred in the Amer ican Lime and Stone company's quarry which killed three men, avd up to this time the body of one of the victims, Steve Simcoe, hus not been recovered. And so far as those in charge of clearing out the quarry are concerned the whereabouts of the bod is as muoh a mystery now as it sburg, are guestsof Mr, and Mrs, Harry Yea- ger. ~—Mrs. F. H. Young was called to Scranton this week on account of the serious illness of a rela- tive, —L. D. Garman, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday in Bellefonte visiting his aged father, Mr, Daniel | Garman. — Lester McClellan, of Altoona, visited his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs, Charles MeClellan, in this place this week, —Supt. W, H. Gephart, of the Central Railroad of Pennsylvania, is transacting business in Phil. adelphia this week. —Mrs. Harry Todd, of Philadelphia, visited her parents, Mr, and Mrs. W. C, Lingle, in this place during the past week, —Mr. and Mrs. Carl McCoy, of Bellwood, spent several days of their honeymoon trip with friends in this place, this week, —Miss Anne Fox, after a week's visit with Mr. and Mrs, Howard F, Gearhart, at Bellwood, re. turned home on Tuesday evening, —Mr. and Mrs, Frank MeCoy, Miss Anna Me- Coy and Miss Kate Shugert returned this week from a month's sojourn ut Atlantic City. —Mrs. Wister Morris, of Overbrook, was an ar- rival in Bellefonte last Saturday and is now a guest at the Blanchard home on Linn street, Allen Maitland, one of Keeler and Company's best automobile salesmen in Williamsport, spent Monday night in Bellefonte on a business trip. —~ Mrs, George B. Klump and little son George, of Willinmspor!, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. | Charles Mensch the latter part of last week. ~Mlss Jennie Harper was in Lewisburg last Friday attending the assembly given by the Bucknell students on Washington's birthday. | =—William Shafler, of Mifflinburg, spent Mon- day and Tuesday with his brother, L. A., in Bellefonte, and with his parents down Nittany | valley. —D. F. Fortney Esq, returned on Tuesday evening from Philadelphia, where he appeared before the Supreme court as counsel in an im. | portant case, ~M iss Mary Harris Weaver returned home on | Friday evening from Philadelphia to take a brief | vacation from her work as a purse in the Preshy- | terian hospital. | ~Mre, Frank Smith, of Hagerstown, Md., was | recently called to Bellefonte on account of the | serious iliness of her mother, by adoption, Mrs, Israel Kauffman, —James E. Pritchard, of Philipsburg, who runs a li very stable and does contracting on the side, was a Bellefonte visitor on Wednesday and spent the night in town, . —Prof. John Hamilton shock hands with a number of his friends in this place last Saturday between frabye, on his way from Washington to his home at State College. —Mr. and Mr«, R. K, Freeman and Mr, and Mrs, W. E. Tyson were a quartette of Tyroners who at- tended the complimentary dinner and dance at the Country club last Friday evening. ~Mr. and Mes. Michael Shields, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hazel, George A. Beezer and Harry J. Jackson, attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Jacob Snyder in Altoona last Saturday, ~John 8. Elliott, of Newville, who last week was at State Collexe on a visit to his son, who is a stadent there, stopped oft on his way home to visit his sister, Mrs, F. H. Thomas, in this place, ~Ex-sheriff Cyrus Brungart, of Centre Hall, was a Monday and Tuesday visitor n Bellefonte and he was very decided in his aonouncement that he was not attending court but was here on business, —Joe Lingle, who lately has been located in Patton, wa« sn arrival in Bellefonte last Friday, and will remain with his parents so as to assist his father in the management of his limestone operations, —Arthur J. Bickle, an old company Bboy but who now holds a position ax brakeman on the Pittsburg division of the Pennsylvania rail’ road, is visiting his parents in Howard town- ship this wed k. —Albert Hoy, after spending two weeks with his family in this place, recuperating from the ef- fects of undergoing an operation for appendicitis, returned to his place of business in Providence, R. L, on Wednesday. —Dr. George Rishel, of Philadelphia, having been called to Bellefonte Sunday by the very ser- jous illness of his father, John Rishel, lett tor hi» home on Wednesday, a change for the better having taken piace in his father during that time. ~Capt. W. H. Fry, of Pine Grove Mills, was one of the jurors in attendance at court this week and for some reason or other did not appear to be much stack on his job. Of course whenever he could get out of court he could generally be seen hob-nobbing with some old comrade in the G. A. R. —Nevin W Meyer, of Boalsburg, and William E. Eoover, of Union township, were two Warcn- max readers in town on Tuesday who favored us with a call and something more. Mr, Hoover ex- pects to move into Unionville by the first of April when he will have things more convenient than now. —The venerable Jesse Woodring, of Port Ma- tilda, atten ded court as a juror this week. Helis sixty-nine years of age and Monday night was the first time fu his long lite that he was ever i =A. L. Millard, of the Standard detective agency, Philadelphia, was in Bellefonte several =Mrs. J. A. Aiken returned on Monday from a | days this week asa witness in the ease of the Commonwealth against Peter Rider. —Mr. John H. Martin, of Clearfield, has been | making his annual visit to Bellefonte and Centre | county friends this week and, of course, did not | fail to make his customary call at this office. | =Mrs. Frank Knoche, of Harrisburg, who was | up in taifmoon township looking after her farm - | ing interests there, was in Bellefonte on Tuesday | dnd spent that night at the Broekerhof! house. | MEYERS — CRONISTTR--A quiet and | rather unpretentions wedding took place at the M. E. parsonage in Port Matilda, on Tharsday of last week, when Charles A. Meyers and Miss Myra Cronister, both of Martha, weie united in marriage by the Rev. J. B. Durkee, pastor of the M. E. church. The bridal couple were attended by Miss Ella Meyers as bridesmaid and Chester Cronister as best man. Following the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Meyers left on a wedding trip to Niagara Falls and Buffa- lo, N. Y. The bride is the daughter of ex- sheriff and Mre. W. M. Cronister and is well known in Bellefonte. The groom is a son of Peter Meyers and a well known young farmer in Huston township, where the couple will make their future home. +0 DusnAr—KERNS — Toner K. Dunlap, driver of the Adams Express company’s wagou at State College, aud Miss Noami P. Kerns, of the same place, were quietly married at the M. E. parsonage io State College, on Wednesday of last week, by Rev. C. C. Snavely, “oe —— For three months or more John Hull bas been confined to his home on Bishop street with a bad attack of rheumatism. Mrs. Hull is a member of Queen Temple, K.G. E., and on Saturday evening last a large number of the members of the Temple gave the Hull's a pound surprise party, which of course, proved very agreeable and acceptable. It is such a fraternal spirit as this that is the main incentive to become a member of most any order. And, although it has been kept very quiet the members of the Temple are not the first who have gen- erously come to the front with aid for the Hull family. ——On Tuesday the county commission- ers awarded the contract for the iron su- perstructure of the bridge over Elk creek in Millheim to the Penn Bridge company, of York, Pa., represented by Boyd A. Musser. If the borough succeeds in hav- ivg the abutments built in time the com- missioners have cobtracted to have the bridge completed by May first. ne ——Claire Robb and Elsie Altenderfer were the students of the Midway school who each won the five dollars in gold prize offered by the Daughters of the American Revolution for the best essays on some revolutionary subject, and their produe- tions, with several others, were read at the Washington birthday exercises at the Stone building last Friday. eve ——— Misses Stella Kave and Ella Alters were taken to the University of Penusyl- vania hospital, Philadelphia, yesterday morning, to be operated on for necrosis. It will be remembered that Miss Alters has already been in Philadelphia twice and undergone operations and this time itis feared it will be necessary to remove her entire jaw bone. ~——Samuel Sheffer and son Herbert in- tend embarking in the lime bosiness on their own hook. They have leased a good quarry near Milroy and will start in at ounce to develop and operate the same. As Mr. Shefler is an old and experienced man in the lime business there is every reason to believe that they will make a success of their nndertaking. Sale Register. Tuosspay Mancit 28vu.—In Spring township, 4 miles east of Bellefonte, G. Perry Gentzel will sell : 5 good horses, span of mules 6 years old: 10 milch cows, 7 head young cattle, 10 head of sheep, short horn bull regis'd stock, 3 brood sows, 1 boar, 5 shoats. Also a full line of im- plements. Sale at 10 a. m. A. C. McClintie, Auct, * Philadelphia Markets. The following are the closing prices of the Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening. Wheat==Rall........cc con. coors iiiivine T8@TT . 76a 16) Outs oy eli our— Winter, Per Br' A “ —penna. Roller... wee 2.95: 3.156 * —Favorite Brands.... 4. .60 RYE Plots PPB... suse ssccssrsircssers 39 65 Baled hay—Choice Timot No. 1... 14.5ng 21.00 “ . Mixed “1 16 18 50 Straw........ aestrnnane 9.00@12.50 Relleyonte Grain Market. Corrected weekly by C. Y. Waoxes, an opera house. He went to see the Herald Square Stoca company play “Man to Man" and he thought it fine. ~Mr. J. H. Hoy, of College township, was in attendance at court this week and desiring a good Democratic as well as a good newspaper, stopped in and had his name enrolled as a sub. scriber for the Warcusax, and the very act made him feel so patriotic that before he left town he again gave us« a call and shoved the label on his mother's paper another year ahead. --Upton H. Reamer, conductor on the Lewis. burg and Tyrone railroad, is unfortunate in hav- ing considerable tro ble with his eyes, His sight became xo bad that about a month ago he went to the Wills Eye hospital, Philadelphia, for treat. ment, [le returned home two weeks or more ag)» and experiencing no benefit from the treat. ment he was undergoing he left on Monday for Williamsport co consult Dr. Haskins, the eye specialist, The following are the quotations up to sia o'clock, Thursday evening, when our paper goes Wheat 70 Rye, per bushel... se iesnsnismsssssssssssnes 56 Corn, shelled, per bushel........ccissnrnnsnnnn 45 Corn, ears, per bushel... iiss. 45 Oats old aw, por DUSRCL.circis sressrsansnne 3 Ground Bastar, per (01. ie 0 8 Buckw r frrrrenscinn otra Seer she 0 io 88 0 Timothy seed per bushel.....iieens $2.00 to $2.27 Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co. bh Potatoes Por bushel.......cumssensscenss sessannss > Eggs, per dofen.......cmisiinirsncsssinscnnsses 20 Lard, per pou eessssnssssssssismmnssensnnessssssnssssine 10 Country 3 BAONS..y cosnsrirmmsinssiasssviissstainie : il ET — 12 ow, ASteaAt eon JB persons sdvertls ing by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows SPACE OCCUPIED [3m om | 1y One inch (12 ines this type............./8 6 |g 8 |§ 10 Two LEC 12 Nines Vis AYDY essa] T7110] 16 Three inches. ....ciuuuiiiieie| 10 | 15 | 25 Juarer Column (5 inches)..... vue. 12 | 20 | 85 alf Column (10 esssansnsaanecenss| 20 | 88 | BO One Column (20 inches)....ccuuiisinieee.! 35 | 88 | 10
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