—— wo a “To CossmsroxpExts.—No communications pub | porated, of York. The ‘‘Advance’” is| From this it can readily be seen that the s ned uniess accompanied by the real name of | oj in,0q 10 be one of the best, if not the | Lock Haven ladies are hustlers. the writer. | ——Miss Mary Crider entertained a bridge party last night. ——The luscious bivalve now occupies a | prominent place on all bill-of fares. | ~—A sweet little haby made its arrival | in the bome of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Moersch- | bacher on Monday. ——A big baby boy wade its arrival in the home of Mr. and Mee. L R. Poorman ou Sunday morning. ——Labor Day was generally observed in Beliefoute on Monday by the closing of stores and business places. — — Raymond Jeukins, son of Mr. and | Mis. Harry Jenkins, slipped aud fell on the pavement last Friday and broke his arm. —— Miss Carrie Harper entertained at dinner last Saturday evening, in honor of Miss Virginia Brouse, of Philadelphia, the guest of Miss Betty Brouse. ~The trustees of the Prauer orphanage beld a meeting last week aud decided to pat the property left for the home in proper repair to receive inmates. ——— We regret to note the fact that our good friend and staunch Democrat, Harry D. Rumberger, of Philipsharg, is quite ill with a severe attack of typhoid fever. ——The State College automobile bas is doing quite a business these days baunliog the incoming students from the station at Lemont, and even from Bellefonte to the College. —The theatorium will bave its usaal hig double show this evening as well as to: morrow night. Christy Smith's orchestra will be one of the usual attractions Satar- day night. . —J. W. Oruer, of the contracting firm of W. V. Orner & Son, of Altoona, was in Howard last Friday and secured the contract for the buildiug of the new United Brethren church in that place. —— The wedding of Robert Morris and Miss Elizabeth Stove Litcomb took place at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Joseph Augustus Litcomb, at Kennebunk- port, Maine, on Tuesday afternoon. ~The Bellefonte Academy opened for the fall term on Wednesday afternoon with a larger list of students than it ever had before—there being over sixty boarding students from this and adjoining States. ——J. 8. McCargar has been laid up at his home on Bishop street the past week or 80 on account of a broken bone in his ankle, | which he sustaived in a fall on the pave: ment in front of the Centre county bank. —— Whether yon are a Granger or not you are assured of a good time if you at- tend the big picnic at Grange park next week. There will be plenty doing all the time to keep von husy and well eoves tained. — Mrs. T.A. Ardell bas avnounced the engagement of ber daughter, Miss Margaret Louise Brachbill, to Clarence Swarr Gach- naner, of Eas: Petershurg, Lancaster coun- ty. The wedding will take place in the early fall, ~———Thi» is the night for the appearauce of the John Dunsmaure opera company in The Barber of Seville at Garman’s. It will be an eutertainment worth the money. Jabn Davsmure and Madame Baldini will sing the leading roles, —At a meeting of the board of direo- tors of the Bellefonte Y. M. C. A., held on Monday evening, Nelson Malost, of Buffalo, N. Y., was selected as physical director for the ensuing year. Mr. Malott will come to Bellefonte well recommended. ~The sixteenth annual convention of the Christian Eudeavor Union of Centre county was held in the Presbyterian church at Boffalo Ran Wednesday aud yesterday. A most interesting program of addresses, papers and music was rendered. ~———Mrs. Thomazine Lane will give up the Grabam house on Allegheny street, on October first and go to Philadelphia to spend the winter with her mother, Mrs. Thomas, while Mrs. 8S. Cameron Burnside will go into the house she vacates. ~—A Pennsylvania fish car passed through Bellefonte on Wednesday morn- ing with a load of san fish from the Spruce Creek hatchery. A number of cans of the small fish were placed in the Curtin dam and other points in Bald Eagle creek. ~—Lientenant James Gilbert Taylor, of Company F, 7th regiment U. 8. infantry, stationed at Chicamaugua, Teun., was an arrival home oo a two weeks furlough last Wednesday evening. From his healthy appearauce camp life undoubtedly agrees with him. ~— Robert, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woodring, underwent a slight operation in the Bellefonte hospital last week for the removal of a foreign growth from his throat. The operation was not a serions one and he was in the hospital only four days, being taken home on Friday. ~—A battery of three new boilers ie being installed at the steam heating plant #0 that everything will be io good shape when it is time to turn on the heat. It will also increase the heating capacity of the plant, a fact which will no doubt be appreciated by the patrons, providing the weather the coming winter will be as cold Be ! THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY | | an American maoufacturer. It will ive | as it was last winter. THE “ADVANCE” GAsSOLENE ENGINE eeThe Ladies Aid society of the Look | WALKER—CONFER.—A wedding yester- 70 BE EXHIBITED AT GRANGE FAIR.— | Haven bospital bave collected $17,345 of the | day that was somewhat of a surprise to the best gasolene engine on the market today ; | and as evidence of this fact it was awarded the diploma for the best gasolene engine at the Pennsylvania State fair at Bethlehem | September 1st to 4th. The ‘‘Advance” is the only successful | throttle governor engine manufactured hy | a+ steady motion as any steam engine made | aud is one of the most durable engines on | the market. It is mauuofactured through- out of the best grained iron, with crank ' <balts and rods of the best open hearth steel, and the beariogs of phosphor bronze or anti-friction habbits. Each engine is warranted to do just what it is represented | to. It is built especially for the use of | farmers, threshermen, coutractors, ete. | The company manafactares engines of all descriptions, from two to two handred horse power, and their exhibit at Centre Halil next week will likely be among the most interesting on the ground ; especially as this is the era when the gasoleve engine | ie fast supplanting the steam engive. Bellefonters aud Ceutre countians will be especially interested in this exhibit be- cause of the fact that Joseph T. Henry, the secretary and treasurer of the Henry, Mil- lard & Henry Co., was years ago a resident of Bellefonte and was employed in she | foundry here when it was operated by Wil- liam P. Duncan & Co. The company with which be is now connected is one of the, largest mavulactarers of engines, boilers, fittings, belting, ete., in the State. UNWARRANTED CHARGE. — An article was published iu a Bellefonte paper last Friday, purporting to be a reprint from the Williamsport Gazette and Bulletin, in which Moses Levi, a citizen of Bellefonte, was made to appear in a very had light. It wee an account of hie arrest iz the Lumber eity on the coarge of vagrancy, etc, and farther stating that he was also being held on the charge of receiving stolen diamonds | to the value of two thoneand dollars. Mr. Levi was in Wiltiamsport and ander arrest, but he claims his detention was en tirely unwarranted. That while there parsuing his vocation as a corn doctor he was robbed of about eighty dollars and had ouly two cents iu his pocket. That when | he made complaint to the police he was arrested and detaived on the charge of | vagraney, but was never at any time even counected with the charge of receiving stolen diamonds. The person thus im- | tion games with other teams in this part of | defeated by R. B. Taylor. * | place. | Whereas in past years peaches have alwass | brought a good price and been comparative. | cording to the gualisy of the frait. | ed Jersey Shore when there was ao erup- | tral Pennsylvania couference of the M., E. responsibility to coliect toward the baild- —————— A> ~—Henry Lowery and family bade adien to Bellefonte on Tuesday morning when they left for their new home at State Col- lege. Mr. Lowery has just completed one of the nicest houses in that borough and as | most of his work of late has heen vp there be decided to make that his future home ; a fact to he regretted by his friends in this —————— ~The people of Bellefonte are profit ing by Col. Reynolds’ big peach crop. ly scarce in Bellefonte this year they are qaite plentiful aud selling for most any price the housekeeper wants to pay—I{rom twenty to seventy-five cents a basket, ac- cow . —=0u Tharsday of last week Col. H. 8. Taylor and Robert F. Hunter started for | Williamsport in the former's Winton car. They got along all right until they reach- tion in the bowels of the machine aud when a diagnosis was made it was found that the transmission was practically torn out. Of course they left the machine there and came bome by rail. — A e——— » ~The mid-year ivssitute of the Cen- church will be held in Philipsbarg October | 13th to 15th. The program will sonsist of | a series of lectures by prominent clergy- men. This anunal iostitote is generally attended by over one hundred ministers and is a very interesting gathering. An | examination for nodergraduates will be conducted at the same time —————— A ~The Democrats of Philipshurg met | last Friday evening and organized a Bryan | club for the purpose of promoting the | Nebraskan’s candidacy for the Presidency. The ovicers elected were Jacob Swires, president ; C. U. Hoffer, vice president ; | Frank Grebe, secretary, and E. G. Jones, treasurer. The club starts ont with seventy six members, which number they expect to greatly increase in the next two weeks. ~The Tri-State hase ball season will | i | close tomorrow and once again the Wil. | over Centre county. He is a traveliog | | Among the new exhibits which will be at | twenty thousand dollars they assumed the many friends of the bride was that of Ches- -a,,: | the Grange Park vext week will be the Bellefonte, Pa., September Ii, 1908, | “Advance” gasolene engine manufactared | ing fund for the new hospital, to take the —— hy the Henry, Millard & Henry Co., incor- | place of the one recently destroyed by fire. ter Walker, formerly of Centre county but now a thriving lomberman of Apgab, West Virginia, and Mise Gertrade Cooler, a daoghter of Mr. aod Mrs. Jerome A. Con- fer, of Yarnell. Mr. Walker and pecially warm friends after they grew to manhood and womanhood. A number of years ago the bridegroom left Centre coun- ty and went to West Virginia and ever since the two yonug people kept up a olose correspondence which finally resu.ted in a | proposal of marriage and acceptavce. Bat | Miss | Coulfer were playmates as children and es- | News Parely Personal Dr. W, U. Irwin, of Unionville, was a Belle fonte visitor Tuesday. —Dr. Edith Schad went to Philadelphia ona prefessional trip of a few days, ~Miss Margaret Brachbil! spent Sunday and Monday with friends in Tyrone. Mrs. 8. C. Stewart, of Birmingham, has been a guest this week of Miss Myra Humes, —Miss Celia Haupt went out to Snow Shoe last Saturday for a few days visit with friends, ~Miss M. Snyder left yestarday for [dew York to select her fall stock of hats and millinery. —Mrs. Hibbs of Norristown is visiting her niece, Mrs, E. H. Richards, of east Linn sireet. ~Johin Tonver Harris, of Harrisburg, spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Heary Huris, on they kept the fact of their engagement a | Howard street, secret autil a few days ago when their most | intimate friends were informed of their ap- proaching marriage. | Yesterday the two young people came to | Thomas, of Pittsburg, are al the Bush jhouse for | a two weeks stay. Bellefonte on the 1.23 train in the after- noon and going to the Preshyterian par- —~George Mallory left last Wednesday for a little vacation which he spent with friends in | Punxsutawney. —Mr, and Mrs, W. L. Reese and Miss Rae ~My. and Mr«, Harry Taylor are away on a two sonage were yuietly married by Rev. J. | weeks vacation which they will spend in Phila Allison Platts. There were no attendants but several intimate friends of the bride | : were present as witnesses. Immediately | Juve Teturosd Jam a after the ceremony Mi. and Mrs. Walker | were driven to the home of the bride's par- deiphia and Atisntie City. Mrs. Wm. Jenkins and her daughter Dorothy long visit with Mrs. Jenk- m ther in Harrisburg. —Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Waddle are up Buf. falo Kun and at State College visiting relatives | ents at Yarvell where a dainty wedding | and old friends of Mr. Waddles. dinner was served, and where they will | —After spending several days with friends in spend two weeks before leaving for their | Tyrone Mr. and Mre. Frank Wallace, of Miles: future howe in Apgah, where Mr. Walker bas a vice home already furnished for the reception of bis hride. ——r A — FISHER—GEARHARDT.—A wedding un- | der rather sad and paivful circumstances | was that ou Satarday of last week of Charles | | burg, returned home on Monday. ~Mr. and Mrs, C. E. Cooke and daughters Margwret and Hazel returned on Monday from a ten day's sojourn at Ocean City. —Mr. and Mrs. John M, Bullock and little son spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Frank K. Lukenbach and family in Tyrone. ~Miss Charlotte Meek came from Washington, E. Fisher, of Boalsharg, and Miss Emma D. C.,, Monday of this week, to spend some time Gearbardt, of Danville. The engagement | | was annonnced io the spring and the wed- | with her relatives in Centre county. —Miss Alice Tate ix in Altoona, where she will ding day was set for Monday, September | be until after the Lee—Schroyer wedding, which 14th, and arrangements were being made | for a big wedding when the bride's mother, who bad been ill for some time, grew | that death | suddenly worse. Realizing was imminent she expressed a wish to see will take place on the fifteenth of the month. —Francis Speer, loeal editor of the Centre Democrat, was in Chambersburg in the begin. ning of the week attending the funeral of a rels- tive, —Maurice Baum, M. A. Jackson and Richard ber daughter married, consequently the Brouse were among the Bellefonters who attend. wedding was solemnized at her bedside on | place | none too soon as Mrs. Gearbardtdied op | of the Senior class in the Central State Normal Satarday. And the nuptials took Sanday and was buried on Wednesday. The bride is a young lady of many ac- | complishmente, chief amoung which is her i | week in Boalsburg, where Mr. Taylor is now lo- . b | eated building that {she bas heen an instructor in music at | Harrie township. | Backnell University. She has frequently | | visited friends in Bellefonte and has al- | to spend Sunday and Monday with his parents, | ways been regarded a very charming wom. | ‘Squire and Mrs. John M. Keichline, returning | known all! °® Tuesday morning. talent for music. For several years past an. The bridegroom is well ed the P. 0, 8, of A, convention at Jersey Shore on Monday. ~Miss Sara McClure has enrolled as a member | school at Lock Haven, leaving for that place on Wednesday, ~Mrs. R. B. Taylor and children spent last piece of State road through ~Dr. John Keichline was over from Petersburg ~Mrs. E. 8S. Latshaw, wife of the late Rev, atshaw, deceased, of Carryville, Blair county, liamsport team will be the ebampions, | salesman for the Harrisharg Casket com- was in Bellefonte on Monday ca business rela winning the pennant after a hard fought | strugule. It ts the intention of the Wil. liamsport team to play a number of exbihi- pany. date on the Republican ticket for the nomination for the Legislature but was For a time, at plicated was Morris Levy, a merchant of the State and negotiations are now pend. | least, Mr. aod Mrs. Fisher will live in of names doubtless led to the mistake, the article in question showed wanton care: | lessuess on the part of the writer. ! : | popular and most times delightful method | Mr. Levi is an honest, hard working man, with a nice home in this place and a re- spectable family, who have heen much mortified and anooyed by the unjust stigma thus cast upon his name. Ae soon as Mrs, Levi heard of her husband's predicament | | For the past month her family has been charming little woman and will make an i i release from the city police authorities, the | she with her daughter went to Williams. port and had no difficalty in securing his three returning home on Saturday. ScHENCE FaMIiLy ReuNioN.—The an- nopal reunion of the Schenck—Pletcher families was held in the Schenck grove east of Howard last Thursday and wae attend- ed by over six hundred pecple, most of whom were 1n the family connection. Prof. Milford F. Pletcher, of Blanchard, made the address of welcome and did it in a way which made everybody feel right at home. The response was by Rev. H. I. Crow, of Hublersburg. Other addresses were made by Rev. R. H. Taylor, of Howard, and Rev. N. H. Schenck. The Schenck and Pletcher families are noted for their musical talent and one of the pleasing features of the reunion was the concerts by a band composed almost entirely of members of the olan with sing- ing by a choir of like makeup. During the day there was baseball and other amuee. ments. The dinner was characterized by many who were present as being the big- gest feature of the day. W— A ——— UxcrLe Hez.— Uncle Hez will be the attraction at Garman’s next Tuesday even- iog, September 15th. This is one of the New England rural plays in which Frank Adams takes the leading part. The comedy bas many ludicrous situations and pleasing effects. The plotis just light enough to engage the interest of all. Scenery and settings for the entire three acts are carried by the compary. The music of the Solo orchestra alone is said to be well worth the price of admission. The usual prices will prevail. MoxTGOMERY & Co. STORE AT STATE CoLLEGE.—Montgomery & Co. will open their branch store at State College in the beginning of next week, in the room formerly vcoupied by the Toggery shop. Claude W. Smith will be in charge and in addition to a stock of clothing a full line of gents farnishing goods and everything kept in an up-to-date haberdashery will be carried. It will be the leading place for students as well as the general public to get their supplies. ———ebbt YINGLING FAMILY REUNION. ~The first reunion of the Yingling family was held at Lakemont park, Altoona, last Friday. About two hundred members of that well known fawily were present. A family association was organized and a full corps of officers eleoted of which Henry Yingling, of Bald Eagle, was president. Quite a num. ber of Centre countians were present at the in this place on Tharsday of next week. ——— | Williamsport, and though the similarity | ing between them and Howard for a game | Danville. ———— A fp —— WEAVER—SMITH. —Foster Weaver and — While the week-end visit is a very | Miss Emma Smith, of Sate College, drove of entertaining it savors less of real hos- | pitalisy than the old-time kind practiced | by Mrs. Sara Gray, of Buffalo Roo, who | delights to gather about her, ber danghters, | grandchildren and other kin for visits vary- | ing, in length, from a week to months, | from twelve to eighteen, among which | number were Rev. George M. Glenn, Mrs. | Frank Hartsock, Mrs. Hartsock and two children, of Scranton. ee A em— ~—0n Wednesday of last week Foun- tain Lion, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brittain Linn, of Beech Creek, was almost squeezed to death while at work in the mines of the Pennsylvania Fire Brick company. He at- tempted to go into the mines by lying down on top of a load of props but the space wae too small and he was caught by the overhead timbers. Fortunately the cars were promptly stopped, but as it was the young man sustained a broken shoul- der and a number of cuts and bruises which will keep bim from work for some time. George Bowes, of Blanchard, was also in- jored at the same plant, on Friday, by a fall of rook, though his condition is not considered serious. ——————— AA mr —— ~——8ydney Keefer went to Tyrone on Sunday to spend the day with hie parents on the farm near Birmingham. With his brother Warren he drove to church in the morning and after the services were over started for home. They had gone only a short distance when the harness broke and the horse became unmanageable, finally running away. The animal and buggy collided with she vehicle in which were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Waite, throwing both the Waites and the Keefers out. Mr. and Mrs. Waite were not injared but both Sydney Keefer and bis brother Warren were pretty well used up, the latter the worse of the two, though Sydney received a number of bad outs and bruises on the head and face. Both rigs were badly smashed. ——Tomorrow is the day for the big an- nual picnic and reunion of the Centre coun- ty Veteran ciub on the fair grounds just north of this place. The executive com- mistee have made every arrangement for one of the biggest gatherings in years and the indications are thas they will have it. The unusually low rates from Pine Grove Mills over the Bellefonte Central railroad should result in drawing a large crowd from that section of the county. Only filty cents for the round trip and a special return train in the evening is something the people of that community were never offered on any previous occasion, and they will likely take advantage of it. There will be plenty of good speakers and music by several to Pennsylvania Farnace last Saturday where they took the morningjtrain, west. They returned on Tuesday and surprised their friends by anoouncing that they bad been married while away on their little trip. Of course they were given the cus- tomary parental blessing. The bride isa excellent life companion. The bridegroom isason of Mrs. D. H. Weaver and is em- | | Glenn aud children, of Milton, and Rev. Ployed as a clerk in the store of the Col- lege Sapply company. SICKELCO—LUCAS. —A quiet wedding at the Reformed pareobage in this place last Thursday afternoon was that of Herbert H. Siokeleco, of Silver Creek, N. Y., and Miss Sarah H. Lucas, of How- ard. The ceremony was performed by Dr. Ambrose M. Schmidt. The bride is a daanghter of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Lucas, of Howard, and a very companionable young woman. Mr. Sickeloo is employed by the New York Central railroad compa- ny at Silver Creek, where they will make their future home. I ——— fp RoBB—SNYDER.—On Wednesday even- ing of last week Samuel M. Robb, of How- ard, and Miss Mary E. Soyder, of Beech Creek, went to Mill Hall where they were married at the Presbyterian parsonage by Rev. W. M. Grant. The bride is a daugh- ter of Mr, and Mrs. G. W. Snyder and a young woman worthy to preside over any man’s home. Tha bridegroom is} a son of Frederiok Robb, of Liberty township, and for several years past has been one of Cen- tre connty’s most snooesstul school teach- ers. FOCKLER—FRANCE.—A quiet wedding in Philipsburg was that on Wednesday evening of last week when H. S. Fookler, of that town, and Mise Margaret France, of Wallaceton, were united in marriage at the parsonage of the United Brethren church, Rev. W. G. Falton officiating. Mr. Fookler is baggage agent for the Penn. sylvania railroad in Philipsburg, where th - young couple will go to housekeeping at once. WAGNER—FRANTZ. —Alvie J. Waguer, of Blanchard, and Miss Effie G. Frantz, of Tylersville, were married at the parsonage of the Christian church in Look Haven, last Friday evening, by Rev. H. W. Laye. - ——Hugh N. Crider astonished she au- tomobilers of Bellefonte last Friday even- ing when he arrived in Bellefonte with a 40-50 horse power Oldsmobile roadster. It is a ruoabout but built for a double ramble seat whioh Mr. Crider will have put on. Though only a four oylinder ma- chine it is the most powerful of any in Bellefonte and is capable of going over six- ty miles an bour. The machine was pur- chased through Dr. Sebring and the Keeler bands, Everybody is invited to attend and bave a good day with the old soldiers. company, of Williamepors, they taking his Buick runabout in part payment, Early this summer he was a candi- | tive to hep husband's estate. —Rev. James B. Stein attended the annual conference of ministers of the Altoona district of the M. E. church at Altoona last Thursday and | Friday, being one of the speakers the second day. ~Mrs, Harriet Thomas Kurtz left Bellefonte Wedoesday for a three months visit in the mid dle west, Mrs. Kurtz was accompanied a« far as Pittsburg by Mrs. Clark, who will visit there for some time. —Henry Albert, of California, has taken his daughter Miss Eleanor to Washington, D, C. for a short visit, afterwards expecting to go to Perry county where they will be for a time with Mr, Alberts relatives. ~Thomas H. Murray and Singleton Bell, Esqs,, two of Clearfleld’s leading lawyers, spent Friday of last week in Bellefonte gathering evidence to assist some poor fellow who has legal trouble in the courts of that county. —Mr. and Mrs, Edward Fleming and child came down from Aitoons last Friday for « few days visit at his paternal home. And just to even things up Tom Fleming came in from Pitts. burg for a week or ten days visit. «Mrs. John P. Harris and Dr. Edith Schad at. tended the annual meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Centre county which was held in the Disciple church at How- ard on Thursday and Friday of last week, —H. M. Bidwell and son Morton went down to Jersey Shore on Saturday to spend Sunday and see the big time on Labor day. Mrs, Bidwell and her daughter, Mrs, Sylvesta Culveyhouse, of New York, went down on Monday, also to see the cele. bration. —Mr. and Mra. R. P. Hapgood and son Stewart, of Bradford, and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hapgood, of DuBois, were Bellefonte visitors from Friday until Monday. The former gentieman is quite prominent in Republican polities in his section and was one of the four delegates-at-large to the Republican national convention. He is also presi. dent of the State League of Republican clubs, —Mr. and Mrs, William Morris, of Pittsburg, who had been spending two weeks touring through the mountains of Central Pennsylvania {0 their big white steamer, came into Bellefonte Sunday, leaving Monday morning for Hollidays- burg and going oun to Pittsburg Tuesday. Mr, and Mrs. Dave Morris were with them until Fri. day of last week, when they were obliged to leave the party and return home. ~Miss Louise Armor, who has heen in Phila, delphia the last six weeks undergoing treatment for a serious {iiness, arrived home last Friday evening, accompanied by Miss Mary Hamilton, Though her condition is somewhat improved she is still far from well and unless the change of being at home proves more beneficial than antie- | © ipated it is likely she will return to Philadelphia in the course of a few weeks. —Mr. George H. Smull ana Mrs, Smull, of Smuliton, returned home on Monday last after an extended visit to Florida and other points in the South. Mr. Small, whois in the real estate bus- iness, thinks there are great opportunities throughout the South, and from the way he talks we wouldn't wonder it he would finally land down there permanently, in which case, it is a pretty sure guess that it would be but a short time until he wonld be as good a Democrat as some of the rest of us think we are, —Henry T. Norris, of Filmore, went to Altoona last Friday for the especial purpose of attending the annual reunion of the old pupils of the Blair Furnace and Hamilton schools in Juniata on Sat. urday. Mr, Norris was a Hamilton school pupil fifty-four years ago and through lack of desk room was compelled to sit with the teacher, Alex- ander Satterfield, and to this day he declares that he learned more that winter than he ever did be- fore or since. Though he is now in his seventy. fourth year he is still hale and vigorous and fol lows his trade as a blacksmith at Filmore. His interest in schools is as great as evar and no one present enjoyed Saturday's reunion more than he—from the game of “town ball” to the dinner and speeches which followed. Before returning home Mr. Norris spent several days with his brothers, D, B, Norrie, burgess, and J. W, Norris, stree’ commissioner of Juniata, and his sister Mrs, H. A. Boyles. oe — —R. B. Freeman, of Tyrone, was a business visitor iv Bellefonte yesterday. —Mr. and Mrs, Aaron Katz returned on Mon- day from their trip down the 8t. Lawrence, ~John W. Ziegler, of Williamsport, was an over Sunday visitor at the MceQuistion home. ~Miss Catharine Brown returned home last evening from Washington, D. C., where she has been employed as nurse in the Georgetown Unpi- versity hospital in thet city. ~Clarence Bolton, a student at the Bellefonte Academy, arrived in Bellefonte Inst Monday after spending the vacation at his parents home in Wheeling W. Va. On Tuesday evening he gave a supper to Miss Susie Dopachy, at Sum. mer's restaurant. —~Mr. M, L. Rishel, of Spring Mills, sceom. panied by Mr. Roush, were business visitors in Beliefonte on Wednesday and incidentally ecall- ers at the Warcumax office. They report nothing especially new down Pennsvalley, though they reiterate the habitual complaint of extremely dry weather. ~Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Hoffman have finally left Bellefonte for good. On Monday morning they shipped their household goods to Lockport, N. Y., themselves leaving on tt e afternoon train for the same place. They own a nice home in Lockport and expect to spend the balance of their lives there, —Edward C. Humes, Jr., of Logan, W. Va., was an arrival in Bellefonte on Monday on a visit tohis mother, Mrs. Catharine Humes, who is lying quite iil at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Gilmore, on east Linn street, While in Bellefonte he will be the guest of his sister, Mrs. Archibald Allison. ~Dr. 8. G. Koons, of Benore, and I. G, Burkett, of Stormstown, spent Monday afternoon and evening in Bellefonte. While the former looks after the physical welfare of the people of Patton and Halfmoon townships the latter is just as as. siduous in looking after their material comfort through the medium of his big general store, —— INJURED BY EXPERIMENTING WITH CARBIDE. —Last Saturday evening, Henry, the twelve year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Abuer Noll, of Pleasant Gap, was badly injured by an explosion of carbide and at this writing it is not known just how seri- ous bis injuries are, as his right eye was pierced by a small piece of glass and it is problematical whether he will lose his eye- sight or not. The boy has always been of a rather in- ventive as well as experimental torn of | mind and epevds much of his time study- ing the practical workings of all kinds of machinery. Last Satarday evening he was experimenting with carbide as an explosive by putting a small qaantity of it in an empty pop bottle, then after dropping a listle water on it hastily cork the bottle and ran away just to hear it explode, which it did with the noise of a dyuamite cracker. He had worked the trick swice bat the third time be failed to get away and the fragments of the exploded bottle struck him on the arms and chest and in the face, causing a number of ugly binises, but the worst injury was the puncture of the eye by a small particle of glass. He was at once taken to Philadelphia with the intention of placing him in the University hospital, but part of it being closed for repairs he was taken to Bryn Mawr hospital and placed under the care of Dr. Carpeuter, one of the University bos. pital’s eye specialists. Up to this writing no operation bad been performed and the dootors were not certain that one would be necessary, giving the hope that there is au even chance of saving both the eye and the sight. — AT THE HosPITAL.—All told there are now seventeen patients in the Bellefonte hospital. Mrs. Thomas King Morris bas recovered to that extent that she was re- moved to the home of her parents, Mr. aud Mrs. P. Gray Meek, last Saturday. Patients admitted this week were Mrs. Kelsey, of Snow Shoe, for treatment for appendicitis. Mrs. Andrew Heaton, of Houserville, was admitted on Wednesday and operated upon the same afternoon. George Harris was admitted this week for treatment for typhoid fever and Lient. Jawes Taylor was admitted on Wednesday for treatment. Mrs. Wade Cruse, who underwent an operation two weeks ago, has almost recovered. Bellefonte Produce sarkets. Corrected weekly by Bechler & Co. P, bitahal r . wraaee Unions, Eggs, per dozen.....uuennne. , per pound........ Country oulders seeesetssnssasanites 88 .0uiinnsirnnsnninncssinnriniananen semeisssasnat atta eesssanne ree raerstentatann. seserserns BIB usesusorssssssrces cotersassssssrsrressessoss Tallow, per PORE. emmmessssscccsemeres 7% 5 18 10 8 8 Butter, Per POUR: .cvusemminsiassssciosrmmseass 20 Relleyonte Grain Market. Corrected weekly by C. Y. Waoxzs, The following are the quotations up to elon, Thu evening, when our paper goes heat. 90 RY0y POF DUBBO wsiusisispressssssiessssicrssrisrssarns Corn, shelled, per bushel.......o.ueiseersensensene o% Corn, ears, pet DIBRBL se sertssnsssssrssmisrnccseass G0 Oats old and new, per bushel.........ceesnne 50 Barley, Jar bushe bvssessssnnssssnnsonninssnsneraenees G0 Ground Ty POF LOB. uuessesstrsnssrises 8 50 to ® 80 Buckwheat, per bushel... snsccsisscsenses 80 lo , Per bushel..u.uu. crecennenn $7 00 t0 88 00 Timothy seed per bushel.....cuueesenn $2.00 to 82.25 Philadelphia Markets. The follo are the olosin, i t the Philadelphia markets on Ya evening, wee 3.5063.65 “ —Penna. Roller... 3.70@3.88 ‘ —Favorite Brands. 6. 25 Rye Flotr PerBrt..... oui sesesssesissnsins 4. 30 Baled hay—Cholce Timot No.1... 1. 13.00 “tt “ Mixed “1 9. 11 80 StYAW.nrriien ws 7 18.00 The Democratic Watchman. Published every morning, in Bellefonte Pa., at $1.00 per annum ( tly in advance) 91.50, when not paid in and $2.80 if not paid before the ex of the Jour and mo paper will be discontinued until all arrearage is d, except at the option of the publisher. 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