Bellefonte, Pa., September 18, 1908.
To Comsesronpests.~No communications pub
8 hed unless accompanied by the real mame of
the writer.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
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GRANGE FAIR AND ENCAMPMENT.—
——Mrs. H. C. Woodring, of Port Ma-
The thirty-fifth annual encampment of the | tilda, was brought to the Bellefonte hospit-
Grangers of Gentral Pennsylvania was held | al on Sunday for treatment and Mrs.
| a8 Grange park, near Centre Hall, this | Snook, wile of Rev. Snook, of Spring Mills,
{ week, and attracted the usual crowd of
farmers trom Centre and adjoning ecoun-
ties. Almost every one of the two hundred
! tents on the ground was ocoupird and
practically all the space allotted for exhi-
| bition purposes was taken up.
| The encampment was informally opened
| Inst Satarday evening with an entertain:
| Brothers company. This company, by the
was admitted on Monday.
—— Work on the new concrete pavement
in front of the court house yard and sol-
dier’s monument is progressing nicely and
ip another week will likely be completed
apd open for travel; 'a fact that will be
| greatly appreciated by everybody in Belle.
~——The chestnut crop will soon be com- | ment in the auditorinm by the Lee | ute.
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~The Altoona Concrete Construction
——On Thursday of last week Frank | WAY, #ave an entertainment every night | and Supply company has heen awarded the
Naginey’s little pet dog was killed by Jim
Wood's two ball paps.
——Neal Martin will be taken to the
Wills Eye hospital, Philadelphia, tomor-
row, for treatment of bis eyes.
—— Willard Hall bas introduced box ball
in Bellefoute by placicg an alley in his
phonograph store on Allegheny street.
——D. Howard Zerby and Mise Clara
Risbel, both of State College, were quietly
married at Centre Hall ou Monday of last
week.
—— Henry Kline bas rented the house of
Heory Lowery on Bishop street and will
move his family there when he goes ont of
office on the first of next January.
——Miss Daisy Poster is quite ill with
appendicitis at her parent: home on Linn
street, though np to this time the doctors
hope to effect a care without the necessity
of ber undergoing an operation.
—— With favorable weather the Olive
Branch Bible school will hold its last lawn
festival for 1908 tomorrow (Saturday)
eveniog near the Bellefonte Central rail-
road freight depot. Everybody is invited.
~—— Cards of invitation are out for the
marriage of Miss Alice Sanders Neff, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Neff, of
Curtin, to Thomas Patton Brett, of Perry,
Kan. ; the wedding wo take place at the
home of the bride's parents on Wednesday,
September 30sh,
——There may he hammer shows on the
road than Uncle Hez, bat they have not
yet reached Bellefonte and it is to he
| this week. Ou Sunday afternoon the
| anoual Harvest Home services were beld.
| The sermon was preached hy Rev, W. H.
: Schuyler, of the Centre Hall Preshyterian
ebureh. A union Christian Endeavor
| meeting was held in the evening as 6.30
| o'clock
All of Monday was devoted to the plac-
ing of exhibits, the locating of tensers and
getsiog in readiness for the formal opening
| of the encampment which took place on
Tuesday morning, at a meeting held in
the auditorium at which addresses were
made hy the officers of the county grange.
Tuesday afternoon was given to the
Piobibitionists avd a meeting in favor
of locai option was held. D. F. Fortney
E.q, president of the Centre county
branch of the aunti-saloon league,
presided and interesting addresses were
made by Dr. Homer Tope, of Philadelphia,
secretary of the Pennsylvania anti-ealoon
leagne, and Dr. James B. Stein, pastor of
the Bellefonte Methodist church. The
address of the former was along political
lines, the speaker urging the people to use
their influence and votes in sending men
to the next Legislature whom they know to
be pledged or in favor of a local option law.
Wednesday was termed Republican day
and a very fair ctowd was in attendance.
A farmer's meeting was held in the morn-
ing which was addressed by N. B. Critch-
field, secretary of the state board of agrioul-
ture. The main speaker at the Repahlican
meeting in the afternoon was William I.
Swoope E+q, of Clea:field, avd of course
be got off the old stereotyped declaration of
hoped they won’; for it is bardly possible
for a rottener aggregation of barn-stormers |
to be on the road and wake fools of the |
public for any length of time.
——John Hess, of Altoona. bat an old
Centre connty hoy, with several (friends
have jost retarved from an extensive tour
Republican victory all along the line.
Yeaterdny was the big day of the picnic
aod ic is estimated thas from foar to five
thousand people were present. Quite
interesting addresses were made at the
forenoon meeting by W. F. Hill, master of
the State Grange ; Jerome Ailman, Frank
of Europe, taking in the British Isles, |
Frauce, Germany, Italy and Switzerland.
They climbed the Alps and made the trip
without accident. They were gone several
manths,
——R. H. Merritt, of Lock Haven, who
for several years past represented the Na-
tional Protective Legion in that city, has
Chandler, Robert Conklin and James
Fouse,
Tbe afternoon was given over to the
Demverats and the big and enthusiastic
meeting held in the auditorium shows very
plainly the interest the public feel in the
Demooratic campaign and candidates. The
principal speakers were Hon. Henry Budd,
of Philadelphia ; Prof. L. J. Lyberger, of
purchased a farm near Julian and on Tues-
day moved his family there. The change |
was made on account of Mr. Merritt's |
health, and it is hoped he wili be wreatly
benefited thereby.
~The foot ball season will be opened
in Bellefonte on Friday of next week when
the Bellefonte Academy eleven will meet
the Punxsutawney High school team. The
game will he called at 3 30 o'clock, one of
the most convenient hours in the day to
allow everybody 10 attend. Go out and
encourage the Academy boys.
= -—=Don’t forget the fact that the Belle-
fonte Academy nine. strengthened hy a
namber of new plavers, will play the
strong Howard team as Athletic park next
Thursday, game to be called at 3.30 o'clock.
The receipts will go toward making ap the
balance of four hundred dollars still dae on
the fenge aud fixiug up the park,
——A very pleasant reunion of the Shad-
rack Williams family was held as Martha
last Satarday. In the family are eleven
children, thirty-two grand-children and
three great grand-children, most of whom
were present. Rev. G. W. Downiog was
present aud made an interesting little
speech. The big dinner was one of the
main features of the gathering.
——The theatoriom is proving a more
popular place of amusement every night.
Presenting, as the management does, a big
doable bill every night it affords the pa
trons a full three-quarters of an hoor
amusement all for fivecents. Exceptionally
strong and fine pictures are being presented
every night. Tomorrow night there will
be the usual music by Christy Smith's
orchestra.
— ‘A soene on Spring Creek’ is the
subject of a pretty little charcoal and oray-
on drawing now on exbibition in the win-
dow of The Index. It is the work of Miss
Maude A. Johoston and depiote very ac
curately one of the numerous beautifal
scenes up this well known stream. Cou-
siderable taleat is displayed in the selec-
tion of the landecape as well as in the
execution of the drawing.
~The members of company B' will
have a chance for a free trip to Philadel
phia the first week in Ootober, as the
Fifth regiment has been invited and will
attend the Founder's Week exervises in the
Quaker city and join in the big parade on
Monday, October 4th. They will leave
here on Suuday, October 3rd, so as to ar-
rive in Philadelphia early Monday morn-
ing, returning on Tuesday.
——Hi Henry, the famous minstrel man,
is dying on his rauch near Horseshoe Falls;
Idaho, of apoplexy. He bas not been in
good health for some time and for
two seasons has not been with the minstrel
show that bears his uname but has lived
quietly on his ranch. He isa pative of
this part of the State and early in life was
a resident of Lock Haven. Asa minstrel
man his reputation is world wide.
| Mifilinburg, aod Col. J. L. Spaugler, of
Bellefonte. They were listened to with
the closest attention throughout the entire
meeting.
The exhibition part of the encampment
this year is better than in former years.
While there is no stock exhibit there is a
fine line of farm machiuvery, and especially
of gasolene engines and cream separators.
The Pennsylvania State College has ite
usual fine exhibit of grain, fruit and vege.
tables, while she general exhibit of produce
is very much larger than in former years.
There isalso a good display by the ladies
of fancy work of varied description.
All in all the encampment has been a
success, the only drawback to the
pleasure of the crowd being the dry weath
er and dust. On all the roads leading to
the park the dust is wo inches thick while
the roads through the park are even worse.
There is #0 much dust in the grass that
every step a person takes squashes up a
a cloud of dost, =o that it is dust, dust,
dust everywhere, and it overbangs the
entire grounds like a pall. Dry as it is,
however, there was plenty ol water on the
ground for drinking purposes and for the
use of tenters,
The encampment will close today with a
public auction of all exhibits offered for
sale.
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CENTRE COUNTY'S APPLE CROP.—The
apple crop in Centre county this year is one
of the largess in years and will aggregate
many thousand bushels. And the frais is
almost universaally of an extra fine qual-
ity. There is hardly an orchard in the
county the trees in which are not so heavi-
ly laden with apples that the branches sag
almost to the groend. Larse as the orop
is, however, the price remains unusually
high, farmers who bring apples to Belle-
fonte asking sixty cents a bushel for them.
Awnd this while they are allowing hundreds
of bushels which have fallen from the trees
to rot on the ground.
In a seven hours drive through the south-
western pars of the county on Wednesday a
certain business man of Bellefonte declared
thas in the various orchards he passed on
his ¢rip there must have been at least a
thousand bushels of apples lying on the
gronnd going to waste. Why farmers do
not gatherand market them at a fair price,
or make them into cider is an unsolved
problem, but it looks very much like al-
lowing a nice addition to their financial
proceeds of the farm slip right through
their fingers. With apples as plentiful as
they are this year there is good money in
thew at thirty cents a bushel, a price that
could very likely be gotten by shipping
them to the city markets; bat it really
seems as if the farmers would sooner allow
them to rot on the ground than go to the
trouble of gathering and selling them for
less than fifty or sixty cents a bushel.
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——The Grange encampment is now
about over and the vext big time to look
forward to will be the Centre county fair.
contract for rebaildiog the Lock Haven
hospital which was recently destioyed by
fire. [It will be hailt entirely of brick and
concrete #0 as to he practically fire proof.
The contract price i $5,168
se Aes tl
—— Residents of Rash township have
petitioned the postoffice department at
Washington for free rural delivery and
Valentine Shoneberger, a postoffice inspec-
tor, has been in Philipsharg aud vicinity
looking the matter up and it is likely one
route at least will be established there in
the near futare.
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+ ——A company has heen organized in
the county to porchase an imported Per-
cheron stallion that has heen offered for
sale here for $3600. The horse isa 3 year
old, dark steel grey, weighing 1600 Ibs.
The parties known to he interested are the
Beezers of this place ; Abe Markle, of Sate
College, and some farmers in Nittany val-
ley.
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——Prol. Angel, of Williamsport, who
bas long earned the confidence of the peo-
ple of this community as a soccessful eye
specialist, and in caring headache, will he
at the Biockerhoff house Wednesday aad
Tharsday, September 23rd and 24th.
Bring your school children who complain
of their eves and headache with youn.
Twenty-five per cent. reduction on this
trip. Eyes examined free.
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——Charles M. Heisler is not only «
good stone outter bat be is a first-class
gardener and froit grower, and just now is
displaying some of the nicest grapes grown
in this section. They are almost as large
as plums and the hunches are anusually
big. Considering the long spell of dry
weather we have had, daring which the
growth of all kinds of fruit ha heen stunt.
ed, Mr. Heisler's grapes ure certainly the
product of an expert {ruit grower,
roam ill Goo
——The large barn on the farm of G.
Woods Miller, in Halfmoon township, was
totally destroyed hy fire on Friday last
They were threshing at the time of the fire
with Joho Cronemiller’s vutfisand, though
the fire started at the opposite end of the
barn, it is just possible it was cansed hy a
spark from the engine. The fire gained
head way so rapidly that the thresher coald
not be gotten ont of the harn. There was
some insurance on the building but none
on the orop and machinery.
S——
— “Lefsy’’ Mollveen, one of the best
foothall players and baseball pitchers that
ever went forth from State College and
and who is now playing right field for the
New York Americans, is reapiog consider-
able newspaper notoriety because he will
not piay ball on Sanday. When he went
with the New Yorkers he made them in-
sert a clause in the contract stipulating
that he shoald not be required to play on
Sunday and when he was with the Newark
team he declined to play on Sunday,
though he was offered filty dollars a day to
do so.
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——The Bellefonte Academy is going to
take a very promivent part in athletios
this year and the public who so liberally
contributed to the fund for fixing up she
new Athletio park will know that the
money was well spent. The first event in
which they will take part will be on Thurs-
day of next week when the Academy base
ball team will play the Howard team. The
members of the Academy team have heen
playing ball all summer aod they are in
good shape, so that there is no doubt
that the game will be a good one. Follow-
ing close on the heels of this game the
Academy foos ball team will open the sea.
son in this place on Friday, September
25th, with a game with the Punxeutawney
eleven. The Academy boys have been
practicing regularly every evening since
the opening of school and by next Friday
will be in shape to give a good account of
themselves, Keep the dates of hoth the
above in mind and don’t forget to attend.
-~—*“The Barber of Seviile,”’ the open-
ing attraction at Garman’s last Tharsday
night, was a musical enterteivment of a
high order. While the plot was a
light one the singing was exceptionally
good. The leading parts were taken by
John Dunsmure, as Don Basillo, the musio
master; Madame Baldini, as Rosina; Pierre
Gherardi, as the Count, and Rowan Klep-
pe, the barber, all of whom carried their
parts with a master hand. The sioging of
Madame Baldini was exceptionally five.
The only diawback to the entertainment
for those who know and appreciate five
singing was the undue racket kept up by
the gallery gods and a number of yonng
men in the lower part of the house. They
evedently went there expecting something
on the blood and thunder type or the
daoce ball variety and failing to eee that
kind either thoughtlessly or wilfully mar.
red the entertainment for others by their
wanton noise and crunching of peanuts,
This is one particular in which the mao-
agement might make their house more
popular, by exercising their right in en.
forcing the right kind of order when they
bave an entertainment deserving of it, as
was “The Barber of Seville.”
SP rem——
L. T. MuNsox RESIGNS SUPERINTEND-
ENCY OF BELLEFONTE FURNACE.—Con-
siderable surprise was manifested in Belle-
fonte oun Wednesday when the fact became
known that Mr. L. T. Munson had resign-
ed as superintendent of the Bellefonte
Furnace company and there was more or
less wonderment as to the rcason thereof. i
There is really nothing unusual in the oc-
currence, however. Mr. Manson's resig-
pation was entirely volantary on his part
and dates from the first of August, althoogh
he remained with the company until Wed-
nesday 10 order to settle up and arrange
all the affairs so that he could turn it over
to his successor in a clear and clean condi-
tion. J. N. Sherer, a graduate of State
College and who has heen with the compa-
ny sinoe the latter part of Jaly, will sue-
ceed Mr. Munson as general superintend-
ent of the farnace plant while the finan-
cial end of it will be looked after in the
New York office of the company.
Mr. Muuson assumed the superintenden-
cy of the Bellefonte Furnace company
when it was reorganized and the plant put
in operation ten years ago, and in all that
time it bas had a most snccessfal run. Juss
how successful can he told hy the fact that
during all of that time the furnace was
never shat down excepts for repairs but
once, and that was three months, from
Joue until September in 1904. And dor-
ing that time the furnace was re-lined and
the entire plant overhauled. So that while
other furnaces were closed down on account
of the low price of iron the Bellefonte far-
pace was kept in blast, found a ready sale
for their iron, and today they have nota
car load of iron in stock and the finances of
the company are in better condition than
ever helore.
The Bellefonte furnace was originally
built for a seventy-five ton a day farnace
but under Mr. Munson’s direction it was
remodeled omewbat and then under his
management the capacity of the plant was
greatly increased. There have been days
when they turned out over cone handred
and sixty tous of metal and in one year
they have made over forty thousand tons,
or au average of one buudred and twenty-
seven tons for every day in the vear.
The iron, too, was of such a good quali-
ity that it brought in the market from one
to two dollars a ton more than any other
pig iron and was used for mixing by such
firme as the General Electric company, of
Schenectady, N. Y.; the Westinghouse com-
pany, of Piusburg, and a dozen others.
And #0 impressed were they with the grade
of the iron that on all their requests for
bids to furnish iron they have printed the
clanse : ‘Must as nearly as possible equal
iv standard the quality of Bellefonte Far-
pace pig iron.” It is with sash a record
that Mr. Munson retires from the superin-
tendency of the compavy aod it is to be
hoped that this snccessful period of the fur-
nace may be continued under the new
management.
As to Mr. Manson, he has not yet decid-
ed what be will do. He has a very good
position offered him with the United States
Steel company but he also has two or three
projects in Bellefonte under consideration
and if either of the latter promises to turn
out advautageously he will accept it, as he
prefers staying in Bellefonte,
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OPENING OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
STATE COLLEGE.—The Peunsylvabia State
College opened for the fires semester yes:
terday morning with a larger attendance
than ever before, which namber will be
somewhat increased daring the next two
weeks, as all the old students have not yet
retarned. Though the attendance is large
it still would have heen much larger hut
for two reasons. One is that this year the
standing of applicants for admission to the
college has been raised and is is batder to
pass the requisite examination than ever
before. This resulted in a large number
of applicants failing to pass the examina-
tion.
Another thiog, and one which shows
harder times than unsval, was the largely
increased number of young men who asked
for financial help tosee them through col-
lege. These applicants were not only new
students but many old ones who heretofore
bad not been compelled to ask aid. Inas-
much as the fand for this purpoce is limit.
ed the board of trustees were compelled to
turn down a large number of suck applica-
tions. Taking both these facts. into con-
sideration it is considered that she attend -
anoe is very sasiefactory.
A new method of registration was put in
effect this year which greatly facilitated
the work of registering the entrance of
students. The work was in charge of Miss
Eleanor M. Lawless, registration olerk,
and 80 perfect is the method adopted that
every student was entered and ready to
attend olass at the opening of college yes-
terday morning.
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———For a few days this week there has
been a lull in the picking of peaches in
the orchard of Col. W. Fred Reynolds. All
of the earlier varieties have been picked
and marketed while the later varieties are
not yet quite ripe enough. They will be,
however, next week when picking will
again be resumed. Of these late peaches
there are a number of choice varieties, some
of which are believed to be even better
thao the earlier peaches. There are still
hundreds of bushels in the orchard to pick
and ship to market, and the latest estimate
of the total crop is between eleven and
twelve thousand bushels.
«=\While washing some dishes yesterday
noon Mrs. John N. Lane accidentally broke
a large platter and ont her wrist so badly
that an artery was severed and for a while
her condition was quite precarious until
the physicians succeeded in taking up the
blood vessel and stopping the flow of blood.
| guest of Rev.and Mrs. J. B. Stein over Sunday.
| hisstep-danghter, Mrs. Flora F. Dale,
News Parely Personal
—Herbert Sheffer, of Milroy, spent several
days in Bellefonte last week.
~Mrs. J. H. Steinkirchner, of Newton, Kan.,
is in Bellefonte for a several weeks visit,
~G. Osear Gray, the insurance agent, left on
Tuesday on a business trip to New York city.
—Wiiliam J. Black, of Chambersburg, was a
—Mr. and Mrs. Charies Fisher, of Boalsburg,
were in Bellefonte on Wednesday for a few hours.
—Austin Swisher, the lumberman of Julian,
was a business visitor in Bellefonte on Tuesday.
—Cheries Weaver, of Howard, wasa Bellefonte
visitor on Tuesday and a pleasant caller at this
office.
~David M. Foreman and family drove to Cen-
tre Hall on Sunday moroing and spent the day
with his mother.
—Roger T. Bayard, of the Tyrone Herald, was
a visitor in Bellefonte on Wednesday on his way
to the Granger's pienic.
~'Squire und Mrs. W, H. Musser left on Tues
day afternoon ona ten day's trip to Gettysburg,
Philadelphia and New York.
=Dr. James A. Thompson, of Port Matilda,
and Dr. W. U, Irwin, of Unionville, were Belle-
fonte visitors on Wednesday.
—Miss Bessie Cooney left this week for Middile-
town where she goes as head milliner in one of
the leading stores of that town,
—Miss Pearl Meshaw left last Saturday for a
visit of ten days or two weeks with her friend,
Miss Mary Pejton, at Canton, Pa,
—John Klinger was up at Lemont last Thurs-
day to see his brother, Jacob Klinger, who has
been quite ill for some time past.
—Miss Bertha Meyer, of Bowling Green, Va,
Was u guest several days this week at the home
of Mr. and Mrs, W, Miles Walker,
Mrs. F. W. Beck, of Lock Haven, spent
Saturday in Bellefonte while on her way to
Centre Ha'l to attend the Granger's picnie,
~Norman Kirk, son of Dr. and Mrs. M, A.
Kirk, was ope of the Bellefonte contingent who
left yesterday to start in on a four year's course
at State College,
~Johin B. Goheen, of Peansyivanian Furnace,
was a business visitor in Bellefonte on Monday
and one of the “strangers” who decided he
would read the Warcumax during the coming
campaign,
=Mr. and Mrs. J, W., McCormick, of Co-
lumbis, 8. C., are visiting Mrs, McCormick's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Duvid J. Meyer, of Centre
Hall. Mr, McCormick was a Bellefonte visitor
on Monday.
—Col. W, R. Teller, of Washington, D, C., and
Cuban, looking as young as he did twenty-five
years ago, was an arrival in Bellefoute on Sat.
urday and is spending this week as the guest of
—Solomon Schmidt, of Philipsburg, is ove of
the true blue Democrats who attended the
Granger's picnic at Centre Hall this week, stop.
ping oft a few hours on his way there and back to
shake hands with his Bellefonte friends,
—Munjor Robert A. Cassidy, of Canton, Ohio,
visited his son, W, C, Cassidy and wife in this
pince the pa-t week and attended the annual re-
union of the Centre county Veteran club on Sate
urday, an occasion he very rarely misses,
—County commissioner John G. Bailey with
commissioner's clerk James H. Corl attended the
annual convention of county commissioners at
Greensburg this week, when the latter was elected
one of the vice presidents of the association.
~-Misses Anna McCoy and Kate Shugert arrived
in New York yesterday from their six weeks tour
of Europe. Miss McCoy will come direct home
while Miss Shugert will go to Bryn Mawr to re.
sume her work as a teacher in the Bryn Mawr
Academy.
—Among our early eallers on Monday morning
was Mre. Philip Garbrick, of Coleville, wife of
Capt. Garbrick, of Company B. Heing in town on
a little shopping expedition she dropped in to fix
the tag on her husband's paper so that there
couid be no arrearages against him,
—Dr. H. M. Hiller spent Sunday in Bellefonte
with Mrs. Hiller and daughter Margaret. Since
weating in Chester he ha< built up a nice prac-
tice, being now resident physician for the Ral
timore and Ohio railroad company and several
large manufacturing establishments,
—Capt. and Mrs, W. H. Fry, of Pine Grove
Mills, were Bellefonte vistors on Saturday, at.
tending the Veteran club reunfon. The eaptain
comes to Bellefonte quite frequently so that this
personal is not intended so much for him as it is
for his wife, whose visits to the county seat are of
not such frequent occurrence as the doctor's,
—William L. Antrim, of the firm of Antrim &
Landsy, portraits artists, of Philadelphia, ar-
rived in Bellefonte on Tuesday evening and for a
week will be a guest of his partner, M. A, Landsy,
at the Brockerhoff house. The superiority of
this firms work is so well known and highly re-
garded in Bellefonte that it is almost like meet.
ing un old friend to greet Mr. Antrim,
~Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Kline, of Middletown,
arrived in Bellefonte yesterday and are guests at
the Brockerhoff house. The Klines are old-time
residents of Bellefonte, he at one time being
landlord of the old Conrad house in this place.
He now conducts the Kline house in Middletown
but has kind of a hankerin' after Bellefoute and
may sell his hotel some of these days and return
and make his home here,
~Col. and Mrs, J. L. Spangler und Judge and
Mrs. Ellis I. Orvis returned the latter part of
last week from their month's trip through the
west, They enjoyed the outing very much,
especially their journey through Yellowstone
park, only they did not happen to have the
pleasure (?) of being in the holdup by that lone,
bold robber. But they only missed it by one
day, being that much too late.
—Dr, A. W, Hafer expects to leave Bellsfonte
on Sunday for Washington, D. C,, to attend an
annual gathering of the agents of the Alonzo O.
Bliss Medical company, which will be held in the
national capital September 21st to 24th inclusive, | ¢
The doctor is agent for the compaoy in this
place and this entitles him to take advantage of
the low rates of fare as well as the nominaj
charges for enteriainment while there,
—W. Harrison Walker Esq., lefi on Tuesday on
a two week's campaigning trip through the north.
ern counties of this congressional district. Mr,
Walker is the Democratic candidate for Congress
and if he fails in being elected it will not be
through any fault of his own. He is thoruaghly
equipped to represent this district in Washington
far more ably than it has been under Mr. Bar.
clay's incumbency, and being an energetic and
untiring worker he will see that his cause is
properly presented to every voterin the district,
—Col. John A. Woodward, of Howard, spent
two hours in Bellefonte on ‘Tuesday evening, As
a member of the board of trustees he had been at
State College and ou his way home was com-
pelled to stay here from 6 ont’l 8:16 o'clock. We
use the word “‘compelied’” because that is the
way he felt about it at the time when he under
took to make several purchases and found the
stores sll closed. In fact he had hard work find.
ing anybody to talk to and this was harder for
him to endure than anything else, He even
felt so lonesome that he inquired of a small boy
if everybody in Bellefonte went to bed right after
supper, and then declared that there was more |
life in Howard in eleven minutes than there was
in Bellefonte from six o'clock until nine. The
Colonel should come up some Saturday evening
and see us when we're lively.
—Mre. 8. A. Bell was in Altoona two days of
this week, attending the Lee—Shroyer wedding.
~Mrs. Charles Newcomer, of Sunbury, fs
visiting with Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Newcomer, of
Curtin street,
—Miss Seibert who has been the guest of Mrs,
James Miller, left for her home in Piusbarg,
Monday of this week,
~Miss Anne Shafner, of Philadelphia, came to
Bellefonte Tuesday for an indefinite visit with
Mrs. John Porter Lyon.
~Evan M. Valentine, of Philadelphia, has heen
| in Bellefonte for the past week, visiting with his
| sisters and brother on Curtin street.
~—Miss Kate Hoover, of Philadelphia, is in
Bellefonte fora short visit, having been ealled
here by the very serious iliness of her grand.
mother, Mrs. Catharine Humes,
~Miss Adaline Holmes, of Wilkinsburg, who
has been for the past month with Mrs. James
Harris, left for her home yesterday, expecting to
return to Bellefonte later in the fall,
—Miss Brown, of Lock Haven, and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank McFarlane, of Boslsburg, came to
Bellefonte yesterday, on account of the very
critical condition of J. Kyle McFarlane.
~Miss Willard, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
D. I Wilimd, who has just completed her course
in the nurses training school, came from Union
City the beginning of the week to be fora time
with her parents in Bellefonte,
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KNAPPER—HELLER.— Quite a pretty
Clearfield wedding was that on Wedoesday
of last week of Joseph S. Kuoapper Jr., of
Philipsburg, and Miss Gertrude Heller, of
Clearfield. The ceremony, whioh was per-
formed by Rev. A. C. Lathrop, took place
at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. L Heller, in the presence of only a
few intimate friends. The bridegroom is a
son of Joseph Knapper, mine inspector of
Philipsharg. He gradoated from. State
College last June as one of the first honor °
men aud now holds a good position as
chemist for the DuPont Powder company,
of Woodhury, N. J.
McCLAIN—GEIGER. — A wedding of
interest to many Bellefouters was that this
week of Thomas A. McClain, son of Col.
James A. McClain, of Spangler, aud Miss
Norma Geiger, of Reading. The bappy
event took place at noou on Wednesday,
in the parsonage of St. Aon’s charch, Phil-
adelphia, Rev. M. 8. Hand performing the
ceremony. After a brie! honeymoon trip
Mr. and Mrs. McClain will take up their
| residence in Spangler where the bridegroom
holds a clerical position in the First Na.
tional bank,
CO nmin
MEYERS—HOFFMAN.—John 8S. Meyers
aod Miss Sosie Viola Hoffman, both of
Philipshurg, were married at the home of
the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John B.
Hoffman, on Wednesday of last week. The
wedding was quite an elaborate affair and
was attended by over one buudred guests,
Rev. G. W. Fulton performed the cere-
mony, the ring service being used. Miss
Emma Stofilet,of Philadelphia, was brides-
maid and Wilbur Meyers, of Julian, a
brother of the bridegroom, was best mau.
—————— A ——
——Winter is nos yet here bus the cold
nights-aud mornings of the past week make
a person think of heavy underwear and
overcoats. There was quite a heavy frost
on Wednesday morning but owing to the
extreme dryness of everything it did no
damage. In fact all crops are now in such
a matured condition thas there is nothing
to destroy or injure. So far the drought
remains nobroken and notwithetanding
the fact that the United States weather
bureau predicted rain this week there is no
more indication of it at this writing than
there was of snow on the Fourth of July.
>
——Three men who gave their names as
George Thompson, John Joyce and Joseph
Croney, were arrested <¢ Snow Shoe In-
tersection on Monday for stealing a ride on
a freixht train. They were brought to
Bellefonte and sent to jail for twenty
days.
aoe
——Mrs. Thomazine Laue entertained
with bridge last night in honor of Mrs.
Ross Hiokock.
Bellefonte Produce markets.
Corrected weekly by Sechler & Co,
Potatoes per bushei,.......
saree iennne Serene Sesssanes
Rellefonte Grain Market,
Corrected weekly by C. Y. Waanza,
The follow are the quotations
o'clock, Thu voning, When our Poe
ar = 3
per aSeaieser tas sass tct ate
Corn, shelled, per seersssnniaeeettsntaninse ©
Corn, ears, per rs ssesmisi—". 00
Oats old an Bow, Per bushel....cconsesnne 80
Ground Plaster FL —
Buckwheat, per sess nsessemsensaes 80
per bushel............. 00 to §8 OC
Timothy seed per bushel...........cu... $2.00 to $2.95
Philadelphia Markets.
The follo Jains of
nesday
are the ol
wrnsssnenenss LOOM@1.01
por
the Philadelphia markets on
evening.
Corn —Yellow 7 eee te aLaS 00
‘Mixed new
esssnmtsetessnsrese men
Flour— Winter, 3.503.656
" —Penna. Roller .. 3.70@ 3.85
* —Favorite Brands.. a 00
Rye Flour PerBr'l............occursnsenns sens 4 25
Baled hay—Cholce Timot No. 1... 8.00@12.00
" “ Mixed “1 10 1200
StrAW sensi iion esti 8.0016.00
The Demeeratic Watchman.
Published every Fides mokaing, In Bellefonte
8
Pa., at $1.00 per annum pal in advance)
$1.50, when not paid in Jute, 20 $2.60 if not
paid before the expiration of the ; And no
paper will be discontinued until all arrearage ie
d, except at the option of the publisher.
Papers will not be sent out of Centre county un
less paid for in advance,
A liberal discount is made to persons advertis
ing by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows
SPACE OCCUPIED [sm [om | 1y
One inch (12 lines this type....c.../8 5 1g 8 |§ 10
Two inches,..... YY 1 5 '
Three inches, sesasevsssssannusssnnnssnsennnel 10 1 18 0
uarter Column (8 Inches) ....cueee) 18 | 20 | 35
alf Column (10 inches).....cunsiennes] 20 | 885 | 30
Ome Column (20 inohes)u.wsnne | 38 | 88 | 10