CO sy ¥. GRAY MEEK, . Ll AA Tasus or SusscairTioN. — Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advance........c.ccecvee.. $1.00 Paid before expiration of year......... 1.50 Paid after mapitaiion of year......... 2.00 ADDITIONAL LOCALS. —— Russell Krape, ol Salona, has ac- septed a position in the furnitare store and undertaking establishment of F. E. Nagi- ney and went to work on Monday. *de ——Forty hour devotion services will begin in St. John’s Catholic church next Sanday morning at eight o'clock. It will be conducted by a Carmelite Father. ——— ~The box social given by the ladies of the Lutheran church at the home of Mrs. Kate Kline, on Curtin street, last Friday evening was a big success and quite a nice sum was realized. aa ~The Fifth regiment Spavish-Amer- joan war veterans held their annual re uoion at Huootingdon oo Tuesday. A number of the old soldiers of company B, of this place, who ure members, were in at- tendanoe. *ve ——Charles F. Menech last week bought from WilljKeiobline & Co., the Ford rus- about recently owned by H. R. Ruger. The machine has been thoroughly over. baaled and is in good shape to go on fish- ing tripe. ~The real estate—house, barn aod Jot—of the late William Scantlin, of Lib- erty township, which was sold last week to Albers Biter for two thousand dollars, | was in reality purchased for Irwin Scans. lin, a son of the deceased, and therefore will not pass ont of se family. (On Sunday moron the Bellefonte Lodge, I. 0. O. F., attended the United Brethrenfohurch in a body aud heard the anniversary sermon for the order as preach- ed by Rev. D. Barehinger. On Tuesday quite a delegation of Bellefonte Odd Fel- lows went to Danville to attend she an. nual aoniversary exercises held by the Central Pennsylvania district ascociation. ~ ove If you want to see a good game of ball tomorrow go out to the new athletic grovnds and see the Bellefonte Academy team play the nine from Juniata College. Is will be a good game, of that you can rest assured. The Academy boys have been playing fast ball and the Juniata team bave a number of viotories to their oredit. Game will be called at 2 00 o'clock sharp. "a — Miss Sara C. Lovejoy, dean of the woman’s department and bead of the course in home economics at The Pennsyl- vavia State College, will lectare in the High school room in this place, this (Fri- day) afternoon at three o'clock on the sub- jeot of domestic science. Not only the pupils of the school are expected to attend this leotare but the ladies of the town are urged to he iprevens. — Will Keiohline, who some time ago purchased from John Porter Lyon the big Cadillac automobile which had been ron until it was considered practically worn out, has rebuilt she machine and will soon bave it in shape to put into service. He intends equipping it with extra seats in the tonneau 80 as $0 make it a seven pas- senger oar and will then be in shape to ao- commodate small parties desiring to take a trip. Voor ——Lovers of base ball will have a chance to see a good game next Wednes- day, May 5th, when the strong Lafayette pine will oross bats with the State College team on Beaver field. The Easton college boys have been playing good ball this ses: son while the few Bellefonters who were up to see the State— Indian game last Fri- day know that the State team can deliver the goods. Game will be called at four o'clock. PPO mn ——Tuesday was Mrs. Mary Aun Joho. ston’s birthday and she received many greetinge in the way of postcards from her numerous friends which made the day seem all the brighter. She also received a sumber of oalls from her most intimate soquaintances. Mrs. Johnston, by the way, is resting considerably easier this week and it is hoped the injury she sustained ina fall last week will not prove as serious as was at first feared. ——e— —The Meyers brothers, of Millheim, who a month age purobased the meat mar- ket in Beech Creek with the intention of conducting the butchering business this summer, have given up the undertaking aod sold their supply of about eighty tons of ice to Charles McMaurtrie, landlord of the Syracuse house, at Howard. Mr. Mo- Martrie paid one hundred dollars for the ice in bulk and another hundred dollars to have it bauled to Howard and stored in his own ioe house. — Bellefonte disciples of Izaak Walton have not been successful in landing any great number of trout from the waters of Spring creek or Logan’s branch but the per- sistent fisherman who has the patience and stick-to-itiveness has been rewarded with some nice catches so far as size is oonoern- ed. A number of trout bave already been caught in Spring creek which measured from twelve to twenty inches. One man last Friday caught three trout which meas- ured respectively 12}, 14} and 16 inches while another man got two which meas- ured 18} and 17} inches. Deate or C. FRANK MONTGOMERY. —C. Frank Montgomery, the well known clothing merchant of Bellelonse, is dead and . 1 if to leave untold the manner of his demise DEATH oF CHARLES SMITH.— Another very sudden death in Bellefonte was that of Charles Smith, at his home on east Bishop street, shortly before four o'clock last Fri- would mitigate in the least the sorrow and | day morning. He bad been a sufferer with suffering of his family and friends then the | diabetes for several years and while of late fasts would never have been written ; bus | his health bad been none of the best yet with the knowledge thas he did not realize : the direot illness which resulted in hie ! death was of short duration. He was | around the moss of Thursday and late that what he was doing she story of his illness and death cannot give a deeper pavg to the anguish of his friends. For the pass year or so Mr. Montgomery has had spell« of illness whiob osused his friends covsiderable uneasiness, several times being vo close to the verge of a onm- plete breakdown that he was compelled to go away for weeks for rest and quiet. About two months ago be suffered a nervous collapse which also affected his mind and opon the advice of his physiciso he was taken to a private sanitorium near Chester. His condition was not at any time such that he was kept under absolute restraint and of late he appeared a little improved and was able to go io and ous of Philadel. phia unattended. On Saturday he took a trip into Philadelpbia and late in the afternoon be returned so Chester ona trol- ley car. As he alighted from the car at the corner of Third street and Morton avenue, Chester, be drew a revolver and shot him- sell. He was picked up and as first was sop- posed dead but later was discovered to be nnoonscions and was taken to the Chester hospital. There it was found that the revolver nsed was a twenty-two calibre and the ball had penetrated the head a little above and back of the right ear. His friends in this place were at once notified and Joseph L. Montgomery went down to Chester on Saturday night. Hassell Mont- gomery, the unfortunate man’s son, went down on Monday morning and that after- noon an operation was performed. It was then found that the bulles bad broken the bone bus did not penetrate the skull, though his condition was considered ex- tremely critical, and so it proved as be sank rapidly aotil death ended bie sufferings at 7:48 o'clock on Wednesday morning. Deceased was a son of John and Cath- arine Montgomery and was born in the old homestead adjoining the residence of Dr. Locke, on Allegheny street, December 28th, 1847, thns being 61 years and four monthe old to the day. He was educated in the public schools of the town and the Belle foute Academy and when about swenty- two years of age went to Philadelphia and accepted a position as clerk in a large cloth- ing and gents farnishing house avd later became a partner in same. He re- mained there until 1874 when he returned home and bought the gents fainishing store then being conducted by his two elder brothers in a room in the Brookerhoff house blook. He continued the basiness alone for awhile and later his brother, Moses Montgomery joined with him and the firm of Montgomery & Co. was organized and a general clothing store established. The business has been carried on ever since with Mr. Montgomery as the senior partner, and as long a+ he was able to be around he was to be foaud in his store in Crider’s Ex- change. Mr. Montgomery was a member of St. John's Episcopal church and for years ove of the vestrymen. He was consistent in all his actions with his fellowmen and sorupulously conscientious in his business dealings. About twenty-five years ago he was uni- ted in marriage to Mis. M. L. Carlisle, nee Miss Myra E. Hassell, of Phila- delphia, who survives, with ove sun, Hassell W. Hie only surviving brosher is Caps. H. H. Montgomery, of this place. The passing of so many of the men who have long been honorably identified with the town’s best interests impresses itsell most forcibly npou us at this time. And the saddest feature of it all is that they go aod the communaity goes on after a brief modicuwn of sorrow, oherishing only a memory that seems to grow more fleeting with each passing year. It is sad, bus it is none the less true. However, in the ab. sence of Frank Montgomery from the activi- ties of Bellefonte more than the ordinary void will be occasioned. He was the last but one of the older generation of an old family and while his years pointed to the end that is inevitable he was a young man in his own heart and in the affections of all. Genial, hopefal, gracious and en- couraging always, generous toa fault and a gentleman by the grace of God it seems a strange fatality shat melancholia should have clouded the closing days of a life that had epread sunshine everywhere. The remains were brought to Bellefonte on the 8:16 train last evening and taken to his late home on east Lion street [rom where the fuaoeral will be held this (Friday) afternoon at three o'clock. Rev. Jobn Hewitt will officiate and the interment in Union cemetery will be private. | | I BopLE.—Mies Mary Bodle, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Bodle, of Buffalo Run, died in Philadelphia on Saturday evening. About six months ago she went to the]Quaker city to learn to be a profes- sional nurse and while taking care ofa typhoid fever patient she contracted the disease hersell with the result that it terminated fatally. She was only eight- een years of age and in addition to her parents is survived by three brothers and three sisters. She was a member of the Methodist church and a bright and intelli- gens young lady, whose death is mourned pot only by the members of her family but by a large number of friends. The re- maina were taken through Bellefonte on Sunday to the home of her parents in Buffalo Run from where the faneral was held on Tuesday afternoon, interment be- ing made in the Meyers cemetery. 1 1 afternoon he wens to the office of Dr. Haye to get some medicine as he was not feeling as well as usual. The doctor not only pre- soribed for bim hus took him bome in his antomobile. Between seven and eight o'clock that evening he bad grown so bad that the physician was again sent for, bus even then the real serionsness of his condi- tion was not apprehended and his death on Friday morning was a severe blow to his family and friends. Deceased wae a native of Gloucester- shire, England, where be was born on Sep- tember 5th, 1844, thus being past sixty- four years of age. When but five years of age his parents came to this conniry and sometime later located at Unionville, this county. There the rubject of this sketoh grew to manhood and was educated in the public schools. In August, 1861, om the breaking out of the Civil war, be enlisted as a private io company B, Forty-filth regi- ment, under captain Henry Haynes, at the time being not quite seventeen years of age. In September, 1862, be was trans- ferred to company D, in the same regiment, commanded at the time by captain Austin Curtin. He fonghs in most of the battles in which the army of the Potomac was en- gaged until the battle of Cold Harbor, io the Wilderness campaign, when he was severely wounded in the left arm,. neces. sitating the amputation of that member. He was mustered out of the service in No- vember the same year aud returned to his bome as Unionville. In recognition of hie services in the army he wae appointed postmaster at Unionville serving two terme. Later he with his fam- ily moved to Bellefonte and this bad been his home ever since. During bis residence in shisjplace he served as a school director and also as a justice of the peace. In the fall of 1884 he was elected county treasurer on the Democratic ticket and served until the first of January, 1888, After retiring from public office he en- gaged in the fire insurance business, con- ducting a prosperous agency here until he sold out to H. E. Fenlon several years ago. WheunSJudge Ellie L. Orvis went on the bench Mr. Smith was appointed cours orier, a position he beld until his death. He was a member of Gregg Poss, No. 95, avd of the BARTLEY. —Frederick Bartley, an ol! HARTER —After an illoess of almost soldier and one of the oldest residents ofl Nittavy valley, died at the bome of his eon William, at Hablersburg, last Friday morning, after a few day's illness with pneumonia. He was born pear Nittany snd was 82 years, 7 months and 12 days old. After he grew to manhood he went to work on a farm and for years be followed that occupation. When the war of the re- bellion broke out be enlisted as a member ol company H, seventy-sixsh regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, aod served throughout the war with greats bravery. He was one of the oldest Udd Fellows in this part of the State, having joined the Nistany lodge in 1848, and was one of the charter members of the Lick Ron lodge, No. 311, of Howard, when it was or- gavized in 1875. He was widely and prominently known throughout Centre and Clinton counties and bad many friends who will regret to hear of his death. Hie wile died a number of years ago, since which time be bas made bis home with his children, of whom he bas eight living, as follows : Mrs. Kelley, of How- ard ; Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Lucas, of Ro- mola ; Mme. Jebn Fabringer, of Beech Creek ; Mre. Ira Bottorf, of Flemington ; William and Thomas of Hublersbarg, and John, of Beeoh City, Ohio. He also leaves one brother, Uriah Bartley, of Hub- lersburg, and one sister, Mrs. Wasson, of Flemington, as well as sixty-two grand- children and twenty-two great grand.chil- dren. Early in life he became a member of the Preshyterian ohurch and was a worshippe: of thas faith natil the disbanding of the ohoreh at Hublersburg when he joined the Reformed church and bas been a consis. tent member of it. The funeral was held as 10 o'clock on Monday wmorn- ing. Rev. H. I. Crow officiated and inter- ment was made in the Reformed charch cemetery. | | ZEIGLER. — Hon. Samuel Benjamin Zeigler, a native of Centre county but who gor over hall u centory bad been a promi- neot resident of Wess Union, Iowa, died at hie home in that place on April 19th, after ao ilicess of only a few weeks, shough he haé not been in the best of health all win. | ter. He was born in Rebersburg, this county, August 6th, 1831, hence was in the seven ty-eighth year of his age. In 1854 he went to Dubuque, Iowa, and took up the study of law. Two years later he went to West Union and the same year was admitted to practice at the Fayette county bar, going Bellefonte camp, Royal Arcanum, in which | into partnership with ex Judge McClather- he had three thousand dollars fraternal ty. In 1866 he organized the Fayette In politics be was a Democrat, | county bank at West Union, selling out in staunch aud true to hie party and ite prin- 1869 and purchasing his interest back again ciples at all times. He was » man of pro- nounced convictions and strict integrity. In the latter sixties he wae united in marriage to Miss Adaline Peters, of Union- ville, who survives with three daughters, as follows : Mrs. Thomas F. G. Seixas, of Philadelphia, Mrs. James H. Harris, of Reading, and Mise Lulu Margares,at home. He also leaves one brother, Marshall Smith, of South Dakota, and ope sister, Mrs. Susan Wooden, of Tyrove. The funeral was held from bis late resi- dence at ten o'clock on Monday morning and was largely attended, many old com- rades of Gregg Post being present. Rev. J. Allison Platts, of the Presbyterian church, officiated at the services and in- terment was asade in the Union cemetery. | | ZeTTLE—Mrs. Susanna Zettle, widow of Georges valley, on Tuesday of last week. She bad been a patient sufferer the past year or more with a complication of dis- | eaves. Deceased, whose maiden name was Heok- | man, was born in Pennevalley and was seventy-eight years and eight days old. Alter her marriage to Mr. Zettle they took ap their residence in Georges valley and that bad been her home ever since. She was the mother of twelve children, eight of whom survive, as follows: Luther, George and Jeremiah, in Wisconsin; Fred- erick Jr., Oliver, Mrs. Harvey Vonada and Mrs. Stuart Ripka, Georges valley, and Mrs. Calvin Creighton, Washington. She also leaves one brother, Jeremiah Heck- man, of Spring Mills. Rev. B. F. Beiber officiated at the foner- al which wae held at 9.30 o'clock last Sat- urday morning, burial being made in the cemetery at the Cross church. | | Lutz. —As the result of a stroke of paralysis sustained over two months ago Mre. Haonah Lutz died at the home of her son, Aaron Lutz, on Nittany mountain, on Monday evening of last week. She was 84 years, 6 months and 22 days old. She was the widow of Jobn Lutz, who died twenty- five years ago and is survived by four chil. dren: Joseph F., and Aaron, of Centre Hall; B. Frank, of Zion, and Mrs. Mary Daunkle, of Bellefonte. Rev. 8. A. Snyder, of the United Evangelical church of Centre Hall conducted the funeral services which were held at nine o'clock last Thursday morning, the remains being taken to Zion for burial. | | RussgLL.— Richard Morgan Russell, son of William and Sarah Russell, died at their home at Hazelwood on Wednesday evening of last week, of tuberculosis, aged 2 years, 6 months aud 9 days. The funeral was held on Saturday morning. Mr. Rus- sell a number of years ago was a resident of Bellefonte and Mrs. Russell will proba- bly be better remembered as Miss Sallie Morgan, prior to her marriage. in 1871. In 1872 it was merged into the Fayette county National bank, in which Mr. Zeigler was always a prominent offi- cial. In 1875 he aided in the organizatiov of the Fayette county Savings bank and wae its first president. In 1890 he re- ceived the appointment of United States consul to Aix la’Chapelle, Germany, and served a number of years. He was an Odd Fellow, a Mason and Knight Templar, He is survived by his wile, one sister, Mrs, Colwell, of Newport, Pa., and a balf-broth- er, C. C. Zeigler, of St. Louis, Mo. | | | HazgL —On Taesday evening William G. Hazel died as bis home at Madison- burg, of paralysis, aged sixty-six years. He was born in Haines township and was one of the moes prominent and beast known | men of that locality. He is survived by the late Frederick Zettle, died at the home his wife and the following children : Al- of ber daugbter, Mrs. Harvey Vooada, in | bers, of Unionville ; A. J., of Rebershurg ; ! | Mra. Jamee Kling, of Lamar ; William, of Rellevae, Obio ; Mrs. Herbert Swartz, By- iron and Norman, of Madisonburg ; Mrs. : Luther Hosterman, of Coburn, and Ed. “ward, of Elyria, Ohio. He wae a devout member of the Reform. ed church and Rev. Frank Wetzel will of. finiate at the funeral services which will be beid this morning, burial! to be made in the Reformed cemetery. | | BiBLE. —Miss Elizabeth Bible who, with her sister, Miss Aona Bible, resided on the old Bible homestead west of Centre Hall, died last Saturday after only ten day's ill- ness with poeumodia. Her parents were Mr. aud Mrs. William Bible, amoug the oldest settlers of Potter township where she was bora a little over sixty-five years ago. The sister named above is the last surviving member of this well known fam- ily. Miss Bible was a member of the Lutheran church sud had a large number of close and personal friends who mourn her death. The faneral was held on Wed. nesday, barial being made in the Centre Hall cemetery. | ! | MussgER.—Mre. Bessie Musser, wile of Luther Musser, of Penn Hall, died last Friday of a complication of diseases. She was a davghter of John Swarm, of Wil- liamsport, and was 35 years, 10 months and 21 days old. Suarviviog her are her hus- band and swo children, Edwin and Bessie, and the following brother and sisters : Wil- liam, of Baltimore; Mrs. Belle Ott, of Bellefonte ; Mrs. Mazie Hering, of Penn Hall, and Miss Clara Swarm, of Williams. port. Rev. B. E. M. Sheeder condunoted the faneral services which were beld on Tuesday morning, burial being made in the Heckman cemetery. | | HorLTer.— William, the young eon of Mr. and Mre. R. Bower Holter, died on Saturday morning at the bome of bis grandmother, Mrs. William Steele, on Pine street. The funeral was held at 2.30 o'clock on Monday afternoon, burial being made in the Union cemetery. four months with a complication of diseases Ms. Ezra Harter died at ber home in Georges valley iass Sasurday morning. Her maiden name was Miss Minoie Coldren and she was 40 years, 1 mooth and 21 days old. For twenty-five years she was a mem- her of the Cross Lutberan church and was always a coosistens christian woman. Sar- viving ber are ber bushand and one daogh- ter, Miss Rae Harter, and the following brothers and sisters : Mrs. C. Reed, of Shamokin ; Robert, of Hauvtingdou ; Wil- liam, of Pleasant Gap ; and James, of the State of Washiogton, the two latter being balf-brothers. The funeral will take place at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, burial to be made in the Cross charch cemetery. | i BULLOCK .—Another old soldier has so swered the las roll in the person of P. W. Ballock, of Clarence, who died on Wed- nesday morning of pnenmonia. He was overseer of the poor of Soow Shoe town- ship and of late bad heen engaged in cnt ting prop timber for Chambers and Uzzle, even though be was seventy years old. He served all through the Civil war aud ahons a year ago hecame a member of Gregg Post, No. 95, G. A. R., of this place. He issurvived by his wile and shiee sons, pamely: J. W., of Beech Creek; Edward, of Suow Shoe, and Martin, of Clarence. A delegation of Gregg Post members will at. tend the funeral which will be beld at one o'clock this ( Friday) alternoon, barial to be made in the Askey cemetery. | | GROVE.—Miss Rebekah Grove died at the home of her nephew, A. G. Foster, in Harrisburg, on Sunday afternoon, after a protracted illness with nervous prosiration. She was born at Howard, this county, where her early life was spent. Later she wens to live in Look Haven and for a number of years past has made her home with her nephew in Harrisburg. Her nephew and a nicoe, Mrs. E. F. Heffner, of Look Haven, are her immediate survivors. Faoneral servioes were held in Harrisburg on Tues- day morning after whioh she remains were taken to Look Haven avd buried in the Highland cemetery. | | STOoVER.—John Y. Stover died on Taes- day night as his home at Woll’s Store alter a lingering illness with paralysis. He was aged 72 years, 7 months and 29 days and is survived by his wile and the following children: John, of Rebersburg; Jovas, ol Jacksonville; Calvin, of Nittany; Mrs. Cora Swartz and Mrs. Wm. Minoick, of Hablers- barg;sMis. Wm. Warntz, of Woodward; Mrs. Clyde White of Freeburg; Mrs. Arthas Slatterbeck, of Tusseyville, and Somner, of Woll’s Store. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon, interment to be made in the cemetery as Woirs ohapel. The Tr-State base ball season opened on Wednesday. — During the past week D. D. Royer was eleoted president of she Millbeim Banking company and A. E. Bartges vice president. ——On Monday Jonathan Spangler of Rebersburg, celebrated his sixty.seventh birthday and one feature of the event wae a postoard shower which brought him the best wishes of scores of friends from a half dozen States. —— While visiting her ans, Mm. lssac Maitland, in Williamsport, Miss Margaret Garman, youogest daughter of C. M. Gar- man, was stricken with a peculiar affliction while sitting at the dinner table and ber friends are very munoh concerned over her condition. soe ——Rev. C. T. Aiken, president of Sas- quebanna University, will be present at the dedication of the new Lutheran church at State College on Sunday and will preach in the evening. A minister fiom Kansas, whose name we were nuable to learn, will preach the dedicatory sermon in the morn. ing. EE — > ——Tomorrow (Saturday) evening the ladies of Crystal Springs Lodge of Rebekahs will bold an exchange in the room in the Brown building, corner of Allegheny and Bishop streets. They will have for sale bread, cakes, pies, and most everything good in the eatiog line. Joe cream and cake will also be retailed. Give them your patronage. ~All. Roberts, she n man with the diph- theria remedy, returned to Bellefonte on Tuesday evening from a canvassing trip to Snow Shoe and as he stepped off the train here he suffered a slight stroke of apoplexy. He was taken to the Ammerman home on Spring street and later in the night had another stroke but by Wednesday he was able to be around and yesterday he was looking about as usual. APP en a— ———The Boston Herald last week an- nounced the inception of a movement to commemorate the three hundredth anni- versary of the landing of the Pilgrims and the founding of New England by the hold- ing of a world’s ter-centennial exposition in Boston in the year 1920. While the date is over a decade in the future, the movement is a commendable one and should have the support and co-operation of all true Americans. —————— = —————— ———Mi1s. Austin Stull, of the Lycoming Chapter, Daughters of the American Rev- olaticn, of Williameport, has secured a monument for lieutenant John Philip De- Haas, of the Second artillery during the Revolutionary war, and a son of brigadier geveral John Philip DeHaas. The monn- ment will ba erected over the grave of the deceased in the old cemetery at Beeoh Creek and will be dedicated with appro- priate ceremonies by the Hugh White Chapter, of Look Haven. Creax Ue. Y= Erery property owner as well as tenant in Bellefonte who has vot already done so should lose no time in cleaning up on and abont bis premises. Have all the ashes, dirt aud refuse which bave accomulated during the winter haal- ed out on she dump and make your home and ite surroundings look as cleanly and bright as possible. Is will not only bring cheerfaluess into your household bat i+ one of the best safe-goards against disease pos- sible. The borough aathorities are clean- ing the streets and putting them in good shape and the only shoroughlare remaining which should be given attention is Spring creek. Considerable rubbish that was washed down stream hy the high waters bas lodged as varions places within the boroagh limits and this ought to he cleaned oas. Then the creek shoaid nos be made a damping place for vegetable and animal ref- use, as it has been for months past, be- canse that is the very worst way of infecs- ing thejwater andibreeding disease. While the WATCHMAN is vot calling attention so any single case or individual is is a prao- tice that should be stopped and she bor- ough authorities should give it prompt as. tention before a possible spell of dry weath- er might bring low water and a condition almost unbearable as well as of grave dao- ger. tt —— Stare HicEway THROUGH BELLE- FONTE ASSURED.—Surveyors have been at work this week surveying the line through Bellefonte for the much needed state bigh- way and there is now every assurance that the road will be built. The road will begin at thejborough line on west Linn street,con- necting with the state road from Bellefonte to Mileshurg, thence east on Linn street to Allegheny, south on Allegheny to Bishop, thence east to the borough line. Thesu- thorities bave given assurance that work on this road will be started just as soon as possible, bus even at that it will probably be six weeks or two montas. The survey has to be oompleted and then a deoci- sion will have to be arrived at by she state aud borough authorities as to what kind of a road shall be built. All this will have to be done before the authorities can even ad- vertise for bids for building the road, and that will take a month, not counting the time which will elapse after the contract is awarded until the sucoessful hidder starts work. So that at the very best we can only hope to have the road completed by the early fall, at hess. But even that is better than not at all, and every person in Bellefonte who can exert any influence to- waid burrying the work rhoald do so. PLANTING TREES ON FOREST RESER- VATION. —Jobn Liggett,of Beech Creek, on Monday went out to the camp on the State forest reservation at the head of Big run to superintend the planting of two thousand white pine trees which were sent there from the state narseries at Marsh Creek, in Tioga county, and at the Mi. Alto reservation. These are the first white pine tices the state forestry commission has had planted on the above preserve, but, as the white pine is a native of that region where the original timber out there a score ol years ago was the finest so he found any where, a few specimens of which are #till so be found scastered over the ground, the chances for its rapid and socoessful growth are esoep- tionally good. About five years ago Mr. Liggess pianted four thousaud black walous trees in the same locality for the State, about balf of which number grew and were hearty Inst summer. The plauting of the walouts was purely an experiment. The planting of the white pine is no experimens, since it is a native of thas section. tt Rev. C. T. AIKEN REsIGNS.—Rev. C. T. Aiken last Friday tendered his resigoa- tion as president of the Susquebavna Uni- versity at Selinsgrove to take effect at the olose of the present school year. Rev. Aik- en is well known throughout all of Cen- tre county. For several years he was pas- tor of the Lutheran church at Pine Grove Mills, a pastorate he resigned about two years ago to acoept the presidency of the Sasquebavna University. In bis brief ca- reer there, however, he has found the work 80 arduons that he has at last hearkened to the advice of bis friends, who realized that the work was sappiog the lite ont of him, aod haoded in his resignation. It is not vow known just what Rev. Aiken's inten- tions for the future are but it would not he surprising if he moved to State College, where he bas a namber of business inter- ests, and make that place his home, fora time, at least. > WiLniaM Westrwoop DROWNED.—In last week’s issue of the WATCHMAN an- noancement was made of the mysterious disappearance of William Westwood, of Hawk Ran, who was last seen in Philips- burg on the night of April 12th, but the mystery was oleared up on Taesday by the finding of his dead body in the Moshannon creek, just a short distance below the Troy bridge. The body was discovered at noon by William Wright, of Philipeburg. Every indication points to the fact that the young man fell off the bridge and was drowned while on his way home from Philipshurg. When last seen it was abont eleven o'clock at night and quite dark, and the fact that he bad very imperfect vision would ac- oconnt for him falling from the bridge. —— A ss— LEMONT Opp FeLrows.—The following officers of Lemont lodge, No. 717, I. 0. O. F., were installed for the ensuing year on Monday evening by past grand William Kennedy, of State College : Noble grand, James Kustenborder; vice grand, H. I. Ailman; secretary, John C. Hoy; treasurer, George H. Roan; right sentinel, Jesse Klinger; left sentinel, John Grove; warden, Clayton Esters; chaplain, George W. Rals- ton; officer of the guard, George Keller.
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