ARIAS an
Pa., May 10, 1907.
ero
Bellefonte,
P. GRAY MEEK, -
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Entitled to Re Election.
Associate Judge WILLIAM KRICKBAUM,
of Bloomshurg, is a candidate for the nom-
ination of his party to succeed himself. It
is a rule of the party in Columbia county
to give two terms whenever the law per-
mits and the incambent deserves the favor!
Judge KRICKBAUM has served one term
with credit to himself and advantage to the
county. He bas made enemies but they
are ol theclass that makes right-minded
men love him. He has antagonized the
element in the county which disturbs the
peace and imperils the tranquility of socie-
ty.
Judge KRICKBAUM is accused of being a
partisan and his friends in his behalf ‘“‘own
the roft impeachment.’’ He, believes in the
political tenets enunciated by JEFFERSON
and strengthened by JACKsoN and in his
capacity as a private citizen he contends
for them with zeal and energy. Bat on
the bench he is neither partisan nor polit-
ical. In official robes he knows only his
duty and in the performance of i: he is
guided by conscience both active and intel-
ligent. “With malice toward none and
charity for all,”” he ‘‘hews to the line, let
the chips fall where they may.”’
There are especial reasons why the Dem-
ocrats of Columbia county should elect an
earnest and virile Democrat to the office of
Associate Judge this year. Because of a
disagreement which was without reason
and not entirely free from suspicion, the
splendid young Democrat who was the
choice of the party in the county, Hon.
Joux HARMON, was defeated for election
at the polls, last year, and a Republican
elected. In the matter of adjudicating
differences between litigants it doesn’t
matter much whether the judge is of one
party or the other. But in construing laws
and policies the political training of a man
is of the greatest consequence, and having
elected a Republican to the presidency of
the court, it is a political necessity to elect
a capable and earnest Democrat to the
office of Associate Judge. Mr. KRICK.
BAUM measures up to the standard aud he
ought to be nominated and elected.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
——In a conflict between native police
and a squad of seamen from on board the
U. 8. cruiser Tacoma, at Santiago, Cuba,
Taesday night of last week, ensign Alfred
Brisbin received a bad machette cut on the
arm and was otherwise badly bruised from
being knocked down several times. Isis
generally conceded that the police started
the fight and were in the wrong.
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~The Centre couuty fair association is
arrangiog to pipe the water to the stables
at the fair ground in the near foture in or-
der to get things in shape for the training
season. It is quite likely that Irv Gray
will bring his horses to the Bellefonte track
to train, and be aleo bas the offer to con-
dition a namber of other horses, so it woanld
not be surprising to see him located on the
fair grounds in about two weeks with quite
a field of trotters and pacers in bis care.
S——
——This is the time of the year when all
property owners should make a special ef-
fort to clean up and beautify their prem-
ises and we notice a few in Bellefonte who
are doing so. Mrs. M. W. Wilson is bav-
ing the lawn around her house on High
street resodded. J. L. Montgomery is hav.
ing the pavement relaid aud the sodding
of his lawn completed while C. F. Mont-
gomery is having the brick pavement on
Lamb street in the rear of his property re-
laid.'
——William Bartlett had a funny ex-
perience one day last week. He is super-
intending the repairs on three locomotives
sent to the Bellefonte Central railroad shop
by the Pennsylvania railroad company for
a thorough overhauling. Having complet-
ed the repairs on one of them he decided to
try it and alter getting up steam he start-
ed to run it up the track but when he tried
to stop it it wouldn’t stop. He threw on
the réverse lever and ran it back to she
shop, then righted again and forward the
engine puffed. Billy screamed loudly for
help and finally Cart Stover jumped into
the engine and managed to close the throt-
tle.
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~——Monday Peter Mendis was at Miles-
burg gathering rags, junk, ete. Wishing to
do a little buying in one of the stores he
drove his horse into the shed at the old
Wagner mill and left him stand without
hitching. The animal evidently was thirs.
ty for it started for the creek and in wad-
ing into the stream floundered in a deep
hole. OI course the only thing for the an-
imal then to do was to swim and it started
across stream. At that point the water is
quite deep and when in midstream the
water lifted the wagon bed from the run-
ning gears of the wagon and upset all the
junk with the result that the whole load
was washed down stream. The horse swam
across the creek and going up the bank into
the road ran as far as Else’s store where it
was caught. With the assistance of some
boys Mr. Mendis recovered his wagon bed
and succeeded in rescuing a considerable
portion of his rags, eto., from the water.
Dzata oF Jonx Newniy Haun. —Hav-
ing lived to the ripe old age of almost four
score years John N. Hall passed peacefully
away from this life to the life beyend at 10
o'clock yesterday morning at his home near
Howard. He had been in feeble health for
the past year or so and his death was the
natural result of a general decline.
John Newlin Hall was born in Bellefonte
May 1st, 1831, and was thus seventy-six
years and eight days old. His parents
were John and Sarah Weaver Hall. His
paternal grandparents came to Centre
county from Chester county in 1796, thus
for over a century the family has been
among the best known in the county.
When the subject of this sketch was bus six
years of age his parents moved from Belle-
fonte to Howard township where they went
to farming, and there be learned Lis first
lessons in tilling the soil, and upon the
death of his father be took charge of the
farm which he afterward bought cutright
and on which he spent all his life, proving
one of the most successful farmers in Cen-
tre county. He was progressive in his ideas
and much of his success in life was due to
his fearlessness in putting his ideas into
effect.
In politics he was an ardent Democrat
aad he was honored by his party in 1874
by being elected to the office of county
commissioner. He was re-elected in 1877
aud served out the full six years. In 1889
he was elected a school director in Howard
towoship and served for six years, during
which time he had been secretary of the
board and attended every meeting held,
one hondred and eight in all. He also
held the office of overseer of the poor for
two years. He was one of the charter
members of the Howard grange. Religious-
ly he was a Methodist avd always active in
the interests of the church. Socially he
was one of the most congenial and admir-
able of men while in a business way his
word was as good as his bond.
He was married in 1856 to Miss Susannah
Albaugh, of Blair county, wko survives
him with the following children; John D.,
formerly a conductor on the Ceneral Rail-
road of Pennsylvania, but now of Sunbury;
Mrs. D. N. Johnson, of Marion township;
Mrs. George R. Stifler, of Blair county;
Mrs. Philip Loder, of Wilkinsburg; Miss
Mollie K., at home, and William H.,
whose whereabouts we could not learn. At
least three of his daughters were school
teachers and followed that profession until
their marriage. The funeral will he held
at one o'clock on Sanday afternoon, inter-
ment to be made in the Schenck cemetery.
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CrHurcH.—Dr. George Church, of Jersey
Shore, died in the Lock Haven hospital
last Tharsday evening, from a severe attack
of pneumonia. He had not been in good
health for some months past and recently
bad returned from a tuberculosis sanitori-
uin in Maryland only slightly benefitted.
Less than two weeks ago he was taken to
the Lock Haven hospital in a very weaken-
ed condition, pueumonia developed and his
death followed speedily.
Deceased was a vative of Philadelphia
but for the past nine years lived in Jersey
Shore where he was most soccessful in his
practice. He will be better known to Cen-
tre vountians as the husband of Miss An-
na Wright, daughter of the late Rev. and
Mrs. W. O. Wright, formerly of Miles-
burg, who sarvives him with five children,
his mother and two sisters. The remains
were taken to Philadelphia where the final
funeral services were held and interment
was made on Monday.
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FroM.—The death of Mrs. Jacob From,
of Centre Hall, at av early hour last Fri-
day morning was not unexpected by her
relatives and friends. She bad been ill
with cavcer of the stomach for months and
the trouble over the arrest of her husband
no doubt aggravated the disease and
hastened her death. She was aged about
filty vears and in addition to her hus-
band is survived by one son James.
The faneral was held on Sunday after-
noon and was largely attended. The
services were conducted by Rev. J.
M. Rearick and interment was made in
the Centre Hall cemetery. Mr. From was
tiken from the county jail to his home
early Sunday morning by deputy sheriff
Fred Reese and was allowed to remain
until after the funeral when he was brought
back to Bellefonte.
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SHAFFER.—Samnuel Shaffer, a very esti-
mable woman, died at her home in Rebers-
burg last Thursday, of heart failare. She
was 59 years, 3 months and thirteen days
old and is survived by her husband, two
sons, Edwin and Cloyd, of Hanover, Pa.,
and threefdaughters, Mrs. John Brown, of
Mill Hall ; Mrs. Ida Webb, of Philadel-
phia, and Mies Lodieat home. Rev. H. C.
Bixler conducted the funeral services which
were held on Monday morning, after which
interment was made in the Rebersburg
cemetery.
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ScHROCK.— William Schreck died at
his home in Daytou, Ohio, last week, of a
complication of diseases. He was born in
Bellefonte about sixty years ago, and
moved to Ohio thirty years ago. He is
survived by one sister, Mrs. Thomas Dona-
oby,ol this place,and three brothers, George,
of Akron, Ohio ; John, of Altoona, and
Christ, of Pitcairn.
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F1SHER.—Mrs. Alice Eliza Fisher, wid-
ow of the late Gen. B. F. Fisher,died at her
Lome in Washington, D. C., last Saturday.
She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
H. Causten, of Washington, and was seven-
ty-one years of age. The funeral was held -
on Wednesday and was attended by Dr.
and Mrs, P. 8, Fisher, of Zion.
ARXEY.—Dr. George F. Arney, a native
of Centre county and who for many years
bad been one of the leading physicians of
Altoona, died in a Philadelphia hospital as
an early hour last Friday morning. He
had been in failing health for the past two
years as the result of a complication of dis-
eases and on March 15th he was taken to
Philadelphia for treatment. For some
time he seemed to improve but early last
week he took a tarn for the worse and from
that time sank rapidly until bis death.
Deceased was a son of Jacob and Rachel
Arney and was born at Centre Hall on
March 11th, 1853. His boyhood days were
spent in that town and his education re-
ceived in the public schoois of the county
and the Normal echools of the State. Ear-
ly in life he evinced a desire for a medical
career and when old enough began to read
medicine under Dr. Neff, of Centre Hall.
Later he studied under Dr. C. P. Fisher, of
Boalsburg, after which he entered the Jef-
ferron medical college in Philadelphia
from which he graduated in 1878. Imme-
diately alter graduation he located at Ho-
mer City where be remained but one year
when he went to Altoona, where he made
his home ever since. He built up a large
general practice which he conducted until
several years ago when he gave up general
work and devoted himself to the treatment
of the eye, ncse, throat and ear, proving
just as successful as a specialist as he was
as a general physician,
In 1881 Dr. Arney was uvited in mar-
riage to Miss Lucy Boggs, of Altoona, who
survives him with one son, Ralph, who
was with bis father when be died. Healso
leaves five brothers and six sisters, as fol-
lows: Jobn, Benjamin, Charles and
Frank, of Centre Hall ; Rev. W. James Ar-
ney, of Kane ; Mrs. Sarah Dasher, of Kala-
mazoo, Mich. ; Mrs. Mionie Richards, of
Centre Hall ; Mrs. Lydia Peck, of Lincoln,
Neb. ; Mrs. Mary Herring, of Altoona ;
Mrs. Laura Lee, of Centre Hall, and Mrs.
Lizzie Mullen, of Renovo.
The remains were taken from Philadel.
phia to his late home in Altoona on Satur-
day morning where the funeral was
held on Sunday afternoon at four o’clock,
and was private. Interment was made in
the Oak Ridge cemetery.
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Lucas.—Jesse G. Lucas died at Brown
{ Mills, Burlington county, N. J., Thurs
day evening, April 25th, alter five weeks
illness from causes incident to old age. He
was aged 73 years. Was born, reared and
spent his entire life at Snow Shoe except
the past eighteen months’ residence in New
Jersey. He served faithfully four years in
the Civil war. He was a good neighbor,
kind father, and a respected citizen. In
1865 he married Miss Mary Webner, of
Nittany, who preceded him to the grave
nearly nine years ago.
Eight grown children, four sons and four
daughters survive him. He was buried
from the Methodist church at Snow Shoe,
Sunday afternoon, April 28th, muny old
comrades and friends following his remains
to the tomb.
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GREEN—DMiss Etta Green, colored, a
daughter of the late William Green, died
on Friday at ber home on Logan street, of
tuberculosis, after a very brief illness. She
was only about nineteen years of age. The
funeral was held on Monday.
GPP enn.
KILLED HiMseLF.—Charles Lloyd, eon
of the late Robert Lloyd, of Philipsburg,
committed suicide on Monday night at his
farm near Beccaria, by shooting himself in
the mouth. The crime is supposed to have
been committed in a fis of despondency
caused by ill health, as he bad not been
well for some time. Mr. Llogd went to
his room and placing a revolver in his
mouth fired the fatal shot. His wife, hear-
ing the shot, rushed to the room and was
horrified to see her husband lying on the
floor, his body writhing in the last throes
of the death struggle.
Deceased was filty-six years of age and
was born in Philipsburg, where he spent
the most of his life. Only last Friday he
#old his farm at Beccaria with the inten-
tion of moving to Bellwood to make his fu-
ture home. He was twice married, the
second time only about one year ago, and
is survived by his second wife, one sister,
Mis. Edward Braidin, of Tyrone, and the
following ball-sisters and brothers : Mie.
George Morrison, of Jersey Shore; Mrs,
W. E. Tyson, of Tyrone ; Mrs. Ida Church,
of Cape May, N. J. ; William, of Philips.
burg, and Harry, of Philadelphia.
THAT BARNYARD CIRCUS.—A large
crowd assembled in the Y. M. C. A. gym-
nasium last Friday eveniogto see the
Barnyard and Farmyard circus given by
members of the association. For days pre-
vious the actors had been training for their
various parte and they all proved quite
proficient in performing their various feats,
Of course there was no bareback riding,
leaps of death or performing elephants,
while the monkey cage was barren of oo-
cupants, but there was the tattooed man
from Borneo, a Russian giantess and white
haired girl from Zulu; a living skeleton,
Chinese midget, gold dust twins, a big fat
lady and a fair enake charmer, all of which
succeeded in enticing an audience large
enough to net the association}just $39.75
in general admission fees and side shog
receipts.
S———— AY os —
——““The Rector of St. Maik’s,” as pre-
sented at the opera house Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, by a home talent com-
pany under the direction of Will T. Vance,
drew good honses and proved a very iner-
esting entertainment. The parts were all
well taken and the Logan fire company
realized a snug sum as their portion of the
proceeds. !
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—Sabsoribe for the WATCHMAN.
BoroucH Dabs Were Busy.—Every
member of borough council was present at
the regular meeting on Monday evening
and they were almost overwhelmed with
business. The chairman of the Street com-
mittee reported progress in the matter of
cleaning aud repairing the streets and al-
leys of the town. The chairman of the
Water committee reported that they now
bad a force of men at work laying a six
inch water pipe ont Willowbank street and
along Reynolds avenue, while the chair-
man of the Nuisance committee reported |
various nuisances in town that oughs to be
abated. One that was abated was the
death of a borse on Saturday night that |
bad been left at Hock Toner's livery sta- |
ble by a stranger and which bad to be
bauled out and buried at the borough's ex-
pense.
Gen. Joho I. Curtin, burgess, stated that
ince his last report he bad collected in
fines $87.30. Out of that amount he had
paid to W. H. Musser $44.00 for office rent
aud police headquarters ; $1.30 for police
badges and $7.00 for new helmets for the
police, leaving a balance of $35.00, which
amount was turned over to the treasurer,
After hearing the repors council decided
that the burgess was exceeding his prerog-
ative in negotiating and paying bills with-
ous the consent of council and the clerk
was instructed to so notify him.
L. T. Munson appeared before council to
request that some immediate action be
taken in regard to changing the sewer
which runs under the Gephart' property on
Allegheny street, now the property of Mrs,
Manson. It is Mr. Munson’s desire to
move the house back some twenty feet and
the sewer will inteifere with the founda.
tion. The matter bad been before conneil
before and had been referred to the Stieet
committee for investigation and report,
and their report was that to chauge the
sewer from the present course through the
Gephart property to west on Barrows alley
to Cherry alley and north to connect with
the old sewer would cost about one thous-
and dollars. No definite action was taken
but the matter was again referred to the
Street committee for consultation with the
borough engineer and property owners, and
to report at a special meeting to be called
by clerk of council when report is ready.
Dr. Kirk reported that the American
Lime and Stone company had blocked the
northern end of Smith street by the build-
ing of a stone crusher right in that thor-
oughfare, although it was shown that they
bad built another road aud wuch better
one along the line of the Bellefonte Central
railroad. As iv was considered tbat the
new road was so close to the railioad that it
was dangerous to travel, the matter was re-
ferred to the Street committee for investi-
gation and report.
Councilman Beezer complained that
hacksters from the country were peddling
from door to door in Bellefoute without a
license. The matter was referred te the
borough solicitor for investigation.
The present Legislature recently passed
an Act making the term of borough solicit-
ors three years instead of one and provid-
ing that they should give bond. In this
connection Mr. Shuey moved that the pres-
ent borough solicitor, J. Thomas Mitchell,
be elected for three years. The motion
was seconded by Mr. Brown and was op-
posed by Dr. Kirk and Mr. Wagner. The
usual heated discussion followed bas in the
end Mr. Mitchell was elected and request.
ed to give a bond for five hundred dollars,
The Water committee reported that the
meter bills for the last quarter amounted
to $825, and they recommended the same
rate of water tax as prevailed last year.
The following bills were approved and
orders drawn :
Street PAY TOM weinuisiesiviraisaiivicin $ 4878
POLES PAY JON. irnrvrsrersersisssssrernsionres 50 vo
Bellefonte Gas Co... 45 10
P. B, Crider & So 284
A. C., Smith........ 7 60
W. T. Kelley, 1 mo. 12 50
A. Allison, LE 925
Borough auditors.....u........ 110 ov
W. B, Rankin, treasurer........ 0 00
News Pub. Soa Jui 975
Ira From, buryin 3 00
Bellefonte Electric Co.... 14 60
“ “ “ ans #0
“ “" “- 6 00
Leander Green............ . 180
RB. Be TOYO inrnsssscsssssinimsssisensis 31 50
Water Works pay roll. . 153 42
Garbrick 65
G. M. Mallo 165
Crider & Son....... 105
A. Allison, supplies, 50 10
Bellefonte Electric Co 485
o B, PolHUB Gaur iinrniiiisigsin. 30 00
$1004 65
GAVE DR. WapsworTH Loving Cup.—
The twenty-four members of the Senior
class at The Feunsylvania State College
who are taking the course in mining en-
giveering held their annual banquet at the
Nittany Inn on Wednesday evening and
had as their guest of hovor the dean of the
school, Dr. M. E. Wadsworth. The ban-
quet was held at that time in honor of the
celebration of Dr. Wadsworth’s sixtieth
birthday and the students presented him
with a beautiful silver loving cup in recog-
nition of his worth as an instructor. Dr.
Wadsworth has been at State College six
years and in all that time has not taken a
single days’ vacation.
ad
EPWORTH LEAGUE ANNIVERSARY, —
The members of the Epworth League of the
Milesburg Methodist churoh have made
big preparations for the celebration of the
nineteenth anniversary of their organiza-
tion on Sunday. An elaborate program
has been prepared and one of the ohief
features will be the singing by a choir of
two huudred trained voices under the di-
rection of Mr. L. T. Eddy. The choir has
been practising for days and the music
alone will be well worth going to hear. In
addition there will be addresses, recitations,
eto. The public in general is invited to
attend.
——Mrs. Anthony Dusling was taken to
Roaring Springs, Blair county, last Friday,
for treatment at Nason’s sanitorinm,
SAS,
WHERE 18 GEORGE MICHAEL FETZER. —
On Thursday, April 11th, George M. Fetz.
er, of Runville, disappeared from his home
as completely as if the earth had opened
and swallowed him and notwithstanding
every effort has been made to find bim no
definite clue as to his whereabouts has
been discovered up to this writing.
But though his disappearance was very
mysterions, still more mystery bas heen
added to it by the fact that or: last Wed. |
nesday Mrs, Fetzer received a message that
her husband, who is sixty-five years of age,
was sick in a Williamsport hospital. She
at once communicated with ber sister in-
law, Mrs. Crawford, who lives in the Lum. |
ber city. and asked her to ascertain if the
sick man was Mr. Fetzer. Mrs. Crawford
went So the hospital designated hus Mr.
Fetzer was not there. On Thursday a sec
ond message was received by Mis. Fetzer
which also stated that her husband was in
a Williamsport hospital sick. To satisfy
hersell Mrs. Fetzer went to Williamsport
on Friday and accompanied by Mrs. Craw-
ford visited every hospital and sanitorium
in Williamsport bus at none of them was
there a patient answering the description of
Mis. Fetzer.
It was also learned that no message had
been sent from Williamspors regarding the
missing man. The messages Mrs. Fetzer
received came hy telephone to oue of the
stores in Unionville, the proprietor of
which forwarded the same by messenger to
Mis. Fetzer. The question now is, if the
messages didn’t come from some person in
Williamsport, where did they come from ?
Mrs. Fetzer bas interested the Williams-
port police department in her behalf and
they are endeavoring to solve the mystery.
In the meantime the woman is now at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. George Huych,
in Newberry, where she went on Monday.
On the day of his disappearance Mr.
Fetzer had gone to the mountain and gath-
ered a bundle of sassafras root. He took
it home and deposited it on the porch and
immediately afterward disappeared so com-
pletely thas not even the faintest trace of
bim could be found. Hundreds of men
bave searched the mountain in the vicinity
of bis home in the belief that be met with
aa accident, but they found nothing.
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Y. M. C. A. Dav.—Sunday was set
apart by the ministers and others as Y. M.
C. A. day in Bellefonte and in all the
churches services were held in the: interest
of the association. W. H. Chapin, secre-
tary of the Williamsport Young Men's
Christian Association, was in Bellefonte
and in the morning filled the pulpit in the
Reformed church in the absence of the pas-
tor, Rev. Ambrose M. Schmidt. He told
of the good work the association was doing
all over the laud and arged that the people
at large get in closer touch with the work.
In the afternoon Mr. Chapin led the union
meeting in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasiom at
which there were close to one hundred peo-
ple present. The speaker referred to the
work in Bellefonte and the interest that
wad shown in the association as manifested
in the new building, and paid a high trib-
ute to the memory of Hugh Beaver, asa
memorial to whom the spacious gymnasi.
um was built.
In both the Methodist and Presbyterian
churches the pastors preached sermons to
the young men, on topics bearing on their
affiliation with and work in the Y. M. C.
A. Rev. J. Allison Platts, following his
sermon in the Presbyterian church, took
advantage of the occasion to give a brief re-
port of the work of the past year, incident-
ally ascribing at least part of the success to
the influence of the association. He stated
that during the year he had received into
the church seventy-seven new members on
confession of faith avd nineteen by let-
ter, the largest accession of membership of
any church in the Huntingdon Presbytery.
That the benevolent contributions amount-
ed to $2,755, and the gifts to foreign mis-
sions, $1,429. The total amount of money
raised during the year was $9,252. In the
evening James R. Hughes presented the
report of the directors of the association.
——We have thus far omitted to men-
tion the fact that Samuel McClure has re-
turned from Princeton and is now in the
Bellefonte postoffice as assistant mailing
clerk; a position, however, he only expects
to fill until the opening of college nexs fall
when he will return to Princeton to re.
sume his studies in the theological depart-
ment. Io this connection it might be men-
tioned that there now are not more than
one or two persons on the waiting list who
have successfully passed the civil service
examination and eligible for appointment
to a position in the postoffice service and it
isa wonder that such is the case. Any
kind of a position in the postofice service
paye a salary of six hundred dollars a year,
or fitty dollars a month, to begin with,
while there is always a sure chauce of pro-
motion, and why more bright youog men
do not take the civil service examination
and become eligible to appointment instead
of evgaging in occupations which pay
smaller salaries, is bard to understand.
——On Tuesday, April 9th, Ben Gentz
el was kicked on the leg by a horse and
the limb fractured at the knee. He was
taken to the Bellefonte hospital for treat-
ment and so well bas he gotten along that
be was discharged on Tuesday, juss four
weeks to a day trom the time he was hurt,
and is now at his home on Bishop street,
though of course his limb is still in a plas-
tercast and it will be another month
before he will have the use of it.
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——John Nolan, who for several years
was fireman on the shifting engine in the
Bellefonte yards of the Pennsylvania rail-
road company, has been transferred to a
similar position in the Lock Haven yard.
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——Ms. T. A. Ardell expects to move
| from Julian to Bellefonte in the near future
and make this ber home.
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~——A little girl baby made its arrival at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. David J. Kelley
| on Wednesday of last week.
— roe
——The Haupt brothers have completed
the concrete abutments for the iron bridge
over Elk creek in the borough of Millheim.
>on
—The name of Skidoo post-office, Venan-
lao county, has been changed hy the Post-
| office Department. You know why, so we
| need not emphasize the point.
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| ——A delegation of the Salvation Army
| will go te Unionville next week aud hold
| meetings in the Union chapel Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thureday evenings.
—T. Clayton Brown has had a Bell
telephone pat in his shooting gallery and
now any person who sees a hig trout in the
creek waiting to be caught can jos: tele-
plione the news to Clays.
ATTHEY. M. C. A.—Hal Merton, ma-
gician, ventriloquist and entertainer, will
give an entertainment in the YY.
M. C. A. gymnasiom tomorrow evening,
beginning at eight o'clock. Mr. Morton
is an adept in his line and anyone who
goes to see and hear him tomorrow
evening will not be disappointed. The
price of admission is bat twenty-five cents,
and the proceeds will be for the benefit of
the Y. M. C. A.
-—Tbe many friends of Mis. Robert
Mercar, who prior to her marriage was
| Mies Grace Houck, youngest daughter of
| Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Houck, will mourn
| with her in the very sudden death of her
busband, which ocenrred about two weeks
ago. They lived near Wilkesbarre where
Mr. Mercur was superintendent of a coal
operation. He went intoa mive to look
after some undertaking and while there
dropped over dead. Heart disease was the
cause. | Besides his wife he leaves two small
children.
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——The Young Women’s Club of Belle-
fonte has been open now about six weeks
and there is no doubt but that it is prov-
ing a success, as is attested by the com-
mittee in charge, of which Mrs. WwW. H.
Wilkinson is chairman. And that the
women of the town generally may know
for themselves just what is being done
there a general and urgent invitation is ex-
tended to all to visit the rooms ou Sat-
urday evening, meet the girls and young
women who patronize the club and see for
themselves what a good social institution it
has grown to be.
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——Uuder an act passed by the present
Legislature authorizing couuty commis-
sioners to donate twenty dollars to each
Grand Army post in the county to help de-
fray the, Memorial day expenses the Centre
county commissioners have decided to give
each post in the county that amonut this
year. There are eight posts in the county
in good standing which will mean an ex-
penditure by the county of $160. The
twenty dollars will pay the expenses of the
smaller posts bus such organizations as
Gregg Post, Bellefoute, the poste at Philips.
burg, Howard and Milesburg incur expens-
| e8 averaging from fifty to one bundivd dol-
lars every year, and as partial payient of
that amount the twenty dollars from the
county commissioners will come in quite
bandy.
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——O00 Taesday two Austrians employ-
ed at the Bellefonte fornace as fillers at-
tempted an assault on another countryman.
The two were in an intoxicated condition
and armed with stilettos went up the ele-
vator to the top of the furnace stack where
the third Austrian was working. Owing
to the fact that they bad quarreled before
when the latter saw;the two men coming
be realized that it meant a fight and prob-
ably his death and be at once made his es-
cape down the iron ladder at the side of the
stack. He told the manager, Mr. Kelly, of
the attempted assault and when the two
Austrians undertook to go down on the
elevator it was stopped midway and the
men held prisoners there until the sheriff,
who was promptly notified, arrived on the
scene when the elevator was lowered and
the men captured. They are now in jail.
S—
Lemont,
Monday and Tuesday brought us more
rain,
Mrs. William Schreck is much better at
this writing.
C. C. Shuey brought his mother home
Sunday, from Bellefonte.
John C. Hoy and wife visited among
friends in Altoona last week,
Sunday morning it was cold enough to
freeze ice and the ground was frozen.
Clayton Etters, Oak Hall's hustling miller,
bas been beautifying his home these last few
weeks.
William R. Houser came in this week from
Brisbin to spend a few days visiting among
friends.
Mies Miller, sister of Rev. Joseph Miller,
is here visiting a few weeks with her
brother. .
Schreck Bros., are hustling out buggies
and wagons this spring, as anyone passing
their shops can see.
Rev. A. 8. Wolfe came in from Danlo,
Monday, and got his horse, then drove back,
starting on Tuesday.
Mrs. James E. Lenker is in Aaronsburg
helping take care of Mr. Lenker's mother,
who has been quite ill for some time.
Mrs. Chester Kerstetter, of Coburn, and
Mrs. Wallace Kerstetter, of State College,
were pleasant visitors at the home of Mrs,
M. A. Williams Thursday.
Rev. Reese, of Carlisle, preached for the
United Evangelical congregation Sunday
forenoon, and all failing to hear him missed
a treat, as he delivered a grand sermon.