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Bellefonte, Pa., May 14, 1909.
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P. GRAY MEEK, Eviron
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ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
——Take your best girl to the Scenic
and stop to patronize the Chas. J. Higgs
Loyal Temperance Legion by buying ber
some ioe oream and cake as you go out.
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——The advertising oar of Cole Brothers
irons, which will exbibis ia this place on
Wednesday, May 26th, was in Bellefonte
on Wednesday and a large force of bill
were sent out in all directions plas-
tering billboards and ous buildings with
flaring posters heralding the coming of the
elephant.
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~The Coleville band has very gener-
ously offered to furnish music for the dedi-
©oatory exercises of the new Haghes field by
the Bellefonte Academy to-morrow alter-
moen and the basehall game between the
Academy and Indiana Normal teams. This
will be another big feature of the day and
all in all a big crowd should be in attend-
ance.
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——Next week will be court week and
the usual number of litigants and jurymen
will be in town. The oriminal list for the
week is not a large one and does nos in-
clude any cases of great inportance. The
soivil list for the second week is big enough
to make a full week of it if all are tried,
but there will likely be the usual number
settled or continued.
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— Landlord H. 8. Ray, of the Brocker-
boff house, has leased the lot in the rear
of the Benner residence and is baving the
same leveled and sodded to be used as a
park and playground for his children,Sarah
and Phil. A tent will be erected and swing
and other amusements iostalled on the
ground eo as to make it quite an attractive
place for the little ones.
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~—*'Nothing new under the sun’ is a
saw 80 old that many believe it true, but
every evening you have an opportunity to
see something new if you visit the Scenio
theatre. New pictures and new songs
every vight, and always the best and
latest obtainable. Take your wife or your
sweetheart there tonight, tomorrow night
and every evening and see if she won't ap-
preciate it. T. Clayton Brown, we know,
will do bis best to please botk you and ber.
Piotures of old time and modern dramas,
of travel and countries and good comedies.
Go see them.
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~The Fort Wayne (Ind.) News of
May 4th publishes quite an extensive ao-
count of a proposed inserurban trolley road
from that city to Bryan, Ohio, and in the
artiole we notice that R. T. Bastress, of
Harlan, Ind., is one of the promoters and
is taking a prominent part in pushing the
project. While Mr. Bastress is not a pa-
tive of Centre county he less than a year
ago married a Centre county woman in the
person of Mrs. Elizabeth Corl, of Pennsyl-
vania Faroace, and this fact alone entitles
him to the interest of all Centre ocountians
for success in his undertaking.
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——1I# is rarely shas Bellefonters bave an
opportunity of enjoying such a rare musio-
al treat as that offered by the recital in the
court honse on Wednesday evening for the
benefit of 8s. Jobn’s Episcopal church ; and
it was just as pleasing to those who man-
aged it as it was to those who participated
80 eee that their efforts were appreciated to
the extent of a very good audience. Each
one of the performers are so well known in
Ballelonte that it is not necessary to enlarge
on their musical abilities, and their voices
oouldn’s have been in better tune than
they were on Wednesday nighs. The
songs and instrumental music were all
of a high olass and were rendered with
such a correctness of expression as to dely
oriticism.
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——On Wednesday of last week Mrs.
Jerome A. Confer, of Yarnell, was sixty-
five years old and in celebration of the
event her daughter, Miss Fannie, arranged
an old fashioned quilting bee and surprise
party together. Her elder daughter, Mre.
Walker, w bo lives in Wess Virginia, being
apprised of the proposed party, arranged
for a postoard shower and between the two
Mrs. Confer was not only much surprised
bat greatly pleased at the kind shoughful-
ness of her danghters, as her impaired
Bealth prevents ber participating in the
everyday enjoyments of life. She was also
the recipient of quite a number of useful
presents. Of course a big{dinner was one
of the prominent parts of the big time
ail bad. Ye tao thy
are making good progress and have already
made a big whole in the terrace in the rear
of the old school house. On the northern
live of the building they struck rook with
ou having $0 go over three feet deep while
at the south-west corner they went down
about eight feet before they struck rook. Of
course when they dig through the terrace
for the southern and eastern walls they
will bave to go down possibly twenty-five
or thirty fees, all of which will bave to be
filled in with solid concrete. On the west
side the conorete will only come to the top
of the ground, or up 0 the basement floor.
WaGNER.—Mrs., Catharine Wagner,
widow of the late Jacob D. Waguer, died
suddenly as her home in Altoona, on Sat-
urday night, of paralysis. She had been
in good health during the day and bad as-
sisted in houee cleaning. She was inspeot-
ing a roll of carpet preparatory to laying it
when she sank to the floor and died ina
short time.
Deceaved, whose maiden name was Fort-
ney, was born at Boalsburg August 30th,
1860, henoe was 48 years, 8 months aod 8
days old. When a young woman she was
united in marriage to Jacob Wagner and
they made their home at Boalsburg until
the death of Mr. Wagner four years ago
when the widow and children moved to
Altoona where they have lived ever since.
She is survived by the following obildren :
Charles W., Mardie I., George J., Ruth L.,
Nevin J., Curtis A., Frank E. and Susan
C. Also four brothers and one sister,
namely : John Fortney, of Boalsburg ;
James, of Amboy, Ill. ; William, of Ell-
wood City ; Philip, of Indianapolis, and
Mre. William Patterson, of Boalsburg. She
was a member of the Reformed oburch and
a consistent christian woman.
Funeral services were held at ber late
home on Munday evening at 7.30 o'clock
sud on Tuesday merning the remains were
brought to Bellelonte and taken to the Re-
formed church where final services were
held as 10 o'clock. Interment was made
in she Union cemetery.
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Davis.—Wilbur W. Davie died last
Thursday evening at the home of his broth-
er-in-law, L. L. Miller, in Rush township,
after a protracted illness with Bright's die-
ease. Deceased was a son of the late E. A.
Davis, of Philipshurg, and wes Gorn in that
town a little over thirty-seven . zears ago.
When a young man he learned the jeweler’s
trade in Philipsburg and later went to
Jersey Shore and afterwards to Meadville,
where he worked for six years until failing
health compelled bim to quit work when
be returned to Philipsburg. He was a
member of the Methodist church, of the
Meadville lodge of Odd Fellows and the
Royal Arcanum.
In 1803 he was united in marriage to
Miss Clara Southard, of Philipeburg, who
survives with one daughter, Lucille. He
also leaves his mother and two broth-
ers, C. H., of Philipsburg, and N. N.,, of
Erie. The funeral was held on Monday
afternoon, barial being made in the Phil-
ipsburg cemetery.
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Fines —George P. Files, of Philipsburg,
was taken sick lass Saturday and, though
everything possible was done to save his
lite, he died on Wednesday morning of per-
itonisis, the result of a stricture of the
bowele,
Deceased was born at Grand Springs, Va.,
and was a little over forty-nine years of
age. He was a eon of Mr. and Mrs. George
F. Files, the family moving to Philipsburg
io 1882, where they have lived ever since.
For a number of years past he had been
employed at the Philipsburg fire brick
works and wae an honest and industrious
man. In 1885 be was united in
marriage to Miss Sasan Brown, who eur-
vives him with two sone, Harry J. and
Claude G., both at home. He also leaves
his father, three brothers and one sister. | Tra
The funeral will be held as two o'clock to-
morrow afternoon.
AUMAN.—Mrs. Mary Auman, wile of | jack
0. J. Auman, of Penn township, died on
Tuesday morning after a protracted illness
with a complication of diseases. Sbe was
about forty years old and a woman of high
standing in the community in which she
lived. She was a member of the Evangel-
ical church and always lived oconecien-
sions christian life. In addition to ber
busband she is survived by the following
children : Alfred, of Coburn ; Harry and
Walter, of Dauphin, aud Aonie, of Pitte-
barg. The funeral wil! be beld this morn-
ing, burial to be made in the Millheim
cemetery.
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Joxes.—Mrs. Lydia H. Jones, a native
of Centre county, died at her home in
Charter Oaks, Ia., last Wednesday of paral- | Boli
ysis. Her maiden name was Miss Lydia
Weiland and she was born in Pennavalley
eighty-two years ago. In 1844 she was
married to Miller E. Jones and thirty years
ago the family moved to Charter Oaks, Ia., | Facile crs
where they have lived ever since. Her
husband ie dead bas surviving her are four | Irvin,
children and three sisters, two of the latter
living at Altoona and one at Warriors. | Crab
mark.
CHEVY.—On Thursday of last week
“Chevy,” the big collie dog belonging to
Mrs. G. Murray Andrews, died at the
Andraws home in Philadelphia and so
attached was she $0 the canine that she bad
the dog embalmed, put in a bandeome
silver-plated oaskes and brought to Belle-
fonte by express on Friday evening and at
five o'clock on Saturday evening his dead
dogship was buried with due pomp and
ceremony in the rear yard of the Andrews
home, corner of Allegheny and Howard
streets. On Tuesday Mrs. Andrews pur-
chased another collie dog to take the place
of the deceased ‘‘Chevy.”
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.— The following
marriage licenses were issued the past week
by Register Earl C. Tuten.
Clyde E. Askey, of DuBois, and Blanche
Johnston, of Howard.
Reuben F. Gramley and Mayme J.
Waite, both of Rebersburg.
Chas A. Lehr, of Philipsburg, and Sadie
Kyle, of Chester Hill.
James Sayers and Louisa Rydsburg both
of Snow Shoe.
Chas. F. Corman, of Cresson, and Annpa
Mary Eaup, Bellefonte.
| Quaker City Moror CLus’s ENDUR.
| ANCE RUN.—The Quaker City Motor Club,
of Philadelphia, bas planned an endurance
run from that city to Pittsburg and return
which will be one of the severest tests on
machines and drivers ever made in this
people of Centre county are interested for
through Centre county on its way west and
bighway, which was provided for by a till
definitely selected by
oommission in their selection of the route.
lay ous the path, select the obecking in
oo Sunday. In the car were Dr. J. R.
Overpeck, the pathfinder; H. Jackson, as-
motorists in several cars, who piloted them
Brookerhoff house. The
Tyrone but upon she suggestion of Belle-
fonters who knew the wo roads the path-
finder concluded to change the route fiom
the Buffalo Ran and Hallmoon valleys and
were piloted almost up to Waddles by H.
Franklin care.
The distance from Philadelphia to Belle-
Pittsburg will be approximately 149 miles.
To the writer Dr. Overpeck spoke very
highway. Inasmuch as there is » possibil-
the route and through the towns in Nit
as given below:
FROM PHILADELPHIA TO PITTEBURG,
Philadelphia, Pottsville
ity.
rd night control. Approximately 73 miles.
RETURN ROUTE.
1 Flowing Spring,
rile Creek, Point low,
a Sopot, PNAuuTorEs,
Greensburg > Gonedale,
Hives, a hei
New Alexander, Dale,
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undays,
Ebensbu il
Cresson. > cou oa,
Kinarsvitia, Lancaster,
iffiintown Bird in Hand,
Mt. Pleasan Intercourse,
Mexico, White Horse,
town, Wagontown,
le,
lerstown, Coatesvil Y
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in ple, hy
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Silver Sprin, Hotel Walton.
Finish, Aoproximately 165 miles.
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RAILROAD PENsioN FiGUREs ENOR-
MoUs, —More than two thonsand employees
of the Pennsylvania railroad were receiving
pensions from the company on January
amounted to $544,255.08. Since the pen-
sion department was established in 1900,
country, and in which Bellefouters and the
two reasone. Oae is thas the club will pass
the other is that the Quaker City club is
taking this ron in order to test out the
most available route for the new state
passed by the recent Legisiature and which
will undoubtedly be signed by the Gov-
ernor. Of course it must not be supposed
that the route taken by the club will be
the commission
whose business it will be to lay out the
state highway, but the knowledge gained
by the automobiliste making the trip of
the two routes they will take on the west-
ern and eastern trip will go a long ways
towards influencing the members of the
The pathfinder car, a big sixty horse
power American Traveler, which always
goes over the route in advance to definitely
stations, cte., passed through Bellefonte
sistant pathfinder; Lewis G. Vogel, of the
American Motor Car company, and George
P. Parker, driver. They were met at
Look Haven by a delegation of Bellefonte
to this place where they took dinner at the
original route
from here wae up the Bald Eagle valley to
here to Tyrone and so they went by way of
8S. Ray and John Sebring, Jr., in their
fonte over the route traveled by the path-
finder was just 249 miles, and from here to
favorably of the roads in this section of the
State. He said from Look Haven to Belle-
fonte and up through Buffale Ran valley
were as solid as any they bad encountered
on their run and il tbe breakers were re-
moved by putting in underground drains
could nos be surpassed in the State. He
farther stated that as far as they had gone
this would be the logical route for the state
ity that the highway will be built through
at least one portion of Centre county we
herewith publish the entire route of the
Quaker City club's endurance run which
will leave Philadelphia on Monday, Jene
14th, spend the first night in Williame-
port and pass through Centre county in
the forenoon of Tuesday, June 15th, over
tany, Buffalo Run and Hallmoon valleys
Norristown Minersville,
{stierepiie, o valoastle, |
Bagley ervi
Perkiomen, Mt. Pleasant,
Collegeville, Buckhorn,
ppe, Taylorville,
Limerick Square, valle,
Centre, Locust Summit,
Crooked Hill, Kulpmont,
Dougiase, okin,
Amity, Paxinos,
SBtonersville Soydertown,
sonwald, Subbary,
Reading, Northumberland,
Tuckerton, Montandon,
Ondalonga, ilton,
Berk . HeZweasvilie,
Laerport ancy,
Mohrsville, Halls,
Shoemakersville, Montoursville,
Port Clinton, Williamsport,
First night control, Approximately 180 miles,
Williamaport, Buffalo Run,
Newberry, Stormstown,
Linden, Cross Roads,
La Soore, 1ipton,
por : y
Lock Haven, Bellwood,
Hemiugron, Eijupsth,
ons, y
Nittany, El! Dorado,
Hublersburg, Bennington Furnace,
acl Park, Summit Statioo,
a: Dearmint,
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Filmore, Vv
Waddle, Johnstown,
Second night control. Approximately 145 miles.
Johastown, Belmon
New Florence, M ale,
ver, lurryv
Blairsville, Monroeville,
Cokeviile,
New Alexandsi, Pittsburg.
1st, 1909, and the payments authorized to
be made to them daring the year of 1908
the sum of $3,445,793.77 bas been paid to
retired employees. These striking figures
are brought out in the annual report the
pension department of the company bas
just issved.
When ite pension system was inangu-
rated by the Pennsylvania railroad for the
purpose of providing for its employees in
their old age, the sum of $300,000.00 was
appropriated for the first year’s payments.
This sum was continued for two years, and
in 1902 increased to $390,000.00 per an-
pum. In 1907 it was raised to $608,000.-
00. This does nos include the operating
expesses of the department, which are
also paid by the company, and which in
1908 amounted to $5,369.47.
All employees, no master of what rank,
receive pension allowances on relatively
equal terms. For every year of service
rendered the company, a retired employee
is paid one per cent. of his average salary
for the ten years immediately preceeding
bis retirement. In other words, a man
who bas worked for the company fifty
years, and who receives an average annual
salary of $1,000.00 she last ten years of
notive service, receives a pension of $500.00
a year.
A total of 367 employees were retired on
pensions in 1908, while 211 men who were
already on the pension list died during the
year. The number of retired employees
on December 31s, 1908, was 2,176 or 156
more than at the close of 1907. The
average age of those receiving pensions is
73 years and 3 monthe, while the oldest
employee on the list attained the age of 92
years in 1908.
West SUSQUEHANNA CLassis.— Belle
fonte will entertain an important religions
gathering next week when the flsy-shird
annual session of the West Susquehanna
Classis of the Reformed oharch, will be
beld in St. Jobn’s Reformed church, be-
ginning Wednesday evening, May 19ih,
sod continning until Sanday evening,
May 23rd. The territory embraced in this
Classis extends over the whole or parts of
six counties, with sixty-three churches and
a membership of over six thousand. About
forty-five ministerial and lay delegates will
be in attendance at the Classis.
The day sessions will be devoted to the
transaction of business; the evenings will
be given to the discussion of topics relating
to the general intereste of the oburch.
Wednesday evening the retiring president
of Classis, the Rev. Samuel! H. Stein, of
Lock Haven, will preach ithe sermon and
open the sessions.
Thursday evening the Rev. W. C. Ris.
tenhouee, of Williamsport, will disonss
“The Deaconess Work,’ and the Rev. Frank
Wetzel, of Rebersburg, ‘‘Ministerial He.
liel.”
Friday evening will be given to *‘Tie
Laymen's Missionary Movement,” and she
speaker will be William H. Keller Esq.,
of Lancaster, Pa.
Saturday evening she Rev. W. F. Moore,
superintendent of ‘‘Bethacy Orphan's
Home,” Womelsdort, Pa., will tell of their
work. The Rev. R. Leighton Gerhart, D.
D.. of Lewisburg, will deliver the ‘‘John
Calvin Memorial” address.
Sunday morning olassical communion
will be observed and in she evening the
Rev. Dr. J. P. Moore, of Tokio, Japan,
will speak on the theme, ‘‘The World for
Chriss.” All the sessions will be open to
she public.
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State's New Armieric Fierp Depi-
CATED.—If it bad been made to order a
more ideal day could not have been had
than last Friday for she dedication of the
pew athletic field at The Pennsylvania
State College, and she crowd in attendance
was large. Hon. Frank B. McClain, of
Lancaster, ex-speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives, made an appropriate dedioca-
tory speech and the two principal ashletio
events were an inter-soholastio track and
field meet, in whioh teame representing
| ten different preparatery and High schools
in the State took pars, and a ba'l game be-
tween Dickinson and State. The latter
was won by State by the score of 6 to 4,
b after a very exciting contest.
The inter-soholastic meet was especially
interesting to Bellefonters because of the
fact thas one of the teams entered was from
the Bellefonte Academy and, even though
this was the first time that institution ever
essayed to enter a track and field contest,
they came out of the contest with third
honors, and one member of the team,
Sprague, mude the best individual score of
‘| any contestant on the field, having a total
of thirteen points to bis oredis. The
'| schools entered and points scored were ae
follows :
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Miss Maud Harper is very seriously
ill with typhoid fever.
State College Items.
The wheat locks well and promises a fair
crop.
The oate are all sowed and some com
planted.
A nice refreshing shower passed over this
section on Sunday.
Very few trovt have been captured thus
far by our fishermen.
The dedicatory services of the new Lath.
eran church were well attended last Sunday
and a debt of over $5,000 wiped out.
The flag scrap which was held last week
between the Freshman and Sophmore classes
resulted in a victory for the Freshmen.
Mr. Sommerville and daughter, of Win:
burne, Clearfield county, attended the dedi-
cation of the new athletic field on Friday.
Hamill Holmes returned home Friday
from a business trip, securing building wa-
terial for a number of new houses which be
will erect in the near future.
“Mother's Day’’ was observed in the Pres-
byterian church on Sunday and a number of
iadies addressed the congregation on the
subject of children obeying their parents.
Pine Grove Mention.
The spring like weather is making busy
farmers.
Miss Clara McCracken has been quite ill
the past week.
Miss Mary Gregory visited friendsin Al-
toons last week.
Merchant J. N. Everts is enlarging his
kouse on Water street.
Alvin Bloom spent Sunday at his parental
home at Spruce Creek.
1. L. Harvey is having his bome donned
in a fresh coat of paint.
Mrs. Lee, of Altoona, is visiting the Geo.
Potter home at White Hall.
Samuel Hazel who has been ill all winter
with heart trouble is better.
G. W. O'Bryan transacted business in
Bellefonte Tuesday evening.
Miss Mary Gregory visited friends in the
Mountain city all of last week.
Mrs. Annie Miller spent several days with
friends at Fairbrook this week.
Miss Eliza Moore, of Centre Hall, is a
visitor at the O. F. Shaw home.
Miss Nannie Martz has been ill with rheu-
matism but is improving slowly.
Mrs. George Tibbens, of Axe Mann, spent
Sunday among relatives in Boalsburg.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wagner, of Altoona, are
visiting Centre county friends this week.
Miss Lizzie Meyers is quite low with
bronchial trouble at her home at State Col-
lege.
Farmer Peaersal O'Bryan lost a valuable
cow Sunday when the straw stack toppled
over.
Mrs. Laura Pifer, of Lock Haven, ia visit-
ing her aged iaother and other friends in
town,
Rev. J. 8. Shultz is handling the ribbons
over a beautiful stepper he bought of George
Swabb,
John Dreiblebis and family spent Bunday
with his brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Al
Bowersox.
William Roup, of Huntingdon Furnace,
visited friends at Pine Hall Tuesday and
Wednesday.
William Thompson shipped one of his
choice Guernsey cows to Robert Witmer in
Philadelphia.
John Hubler is building a new home at
State College. Our townsman, W. B. Ward,
is the builder.
Carpenter Samuel! Rider with a force of
men are busy building the Jacob Reish farm
at Rock Springs.
Insurance agent J. 8. McCargar, of Belle-
fonte, took a spin through the valley in his
auto the other day.
Emanuel Roan is making extensive repairs
on his farm buildings. Howard Evy bas the
job of carpenterting.
Miss Bertha Dale spent several days at
Centre Hall, returning bome Saturday with
some new head gear.
Marcellas Sankey and sister, Miss Esther,
came up from Potters Mills to visit the J.
G. Hess home on Main street.
D. C. Krebs,Cal Patterson's right bower on
the experimental farm, witk his wife spent
Sunday among friends in our town.
Prof. M. E. Heberling spent several days
in the early part of the week on the bauks of
the rippling waters of Stone Creek.
John Everhart who has been ill all winter
was able to drive out Friday and spend the
day with his old friend Jobn Wigton.
A. J. Tate is building an additional part to
bis large home on Water street, which, when
completed, will be quite an improvement.
W. Scott Bailey, the popular village black.
smith at State College, went to the Wills Eye
hospital in Philadelphia to have his eyes
treated.
Rev. D. G. Brouse and son, of Newton
Hamilton, came over to visit his mother on
Main street and greet old friends in and out
of town.
On account of a broken casting the Pine
Hall brick works are at a stand still. When
in operation their daily output is over twenty
thousand.
Mrs. Frank Gardner with her sister, Miss
Bella Gobeen, closed their house in Tyrone
snd will spend the summer months at the
Gardner home at Rock Springs.
Milton Johnson, the marble man at Bells
fonte, on Wednesday erected a beautiful
tombstone over the last resting place of Miss
Grace Dunlap in the old cemetery.
Last week Frank Mayes, the hustling
marble dealer at Lemont, placed a beautiful
monument over the grave of Mrs. C. W.
Meyers in the Boalsburg cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Woods and little
Virginia, after traveling extensively through
the Sunny South during the winter, are now
visiting the Dr. Woods home on Main street.
Robert Campbell came in from Cleveland
last week to take charge of the hotel at
Penn Cave. Bob is a genial fellow and will
show the tourists a royal good time during
the outing season.
While assisting in the house-cleaning a few
days ago grandmother Dannley, one of our
oldest women, fell from a stepladder and
badly injured her hip, as well as sustaining
a number of bad bruises.
Our townsman Rev. J. 8. Shultz will
preach the Memorial sermon Sunday, May
30th, at 10:30 a. m., in the new Grace Luth.
eran church at State College. All old soldiers
as well as the general public are cordially
invited to be present.
Henry Gill last week bought the flouring
mill of G. E. Corl at Pine Hall. Linn
chased the Geo, Cronemiller farm and after
April 1st, 1010, will give his undivided at
tention to farming and growing fancy stock.
The price paid was $6,500.
Spring Mills
The funeral of Dr. D. E. Gentzel on Sat.
urday last was very largely attended. The
doctor was quite popular, ranked high in the
community and leaves a large circle of
friends to mourn his death.
A few more days of clear, dry weather and
garden making will be over, and the farmers
can plant their oats.
The Evangelical parsonage is being quite
handsomely painted, and when finished will
add greatly to its appearance.
Spring Mills bas no base ball team yet
What's the matter with our young men ?*
The juveniles are endeavoring to get up a
team, but even that seems to be uphill work.
A year or two ago Spring Mills bad a strong
team, and they played well, but now it
seems that the spirit of the game here has
fizzled out.
If wheat continues to advance in price like
it has of late we will soon be forced to go up
on a ladder to ascertain the figures. This
business of cornering wheat or any food stuff
for an unnatural price is a villianous piece of
work, and when the bottom drops out of the
speculation no one is ever sorry for the ruin
of the principals but only hope that the
work is complete and beyond resurrection.
Col. T. B. Jemison in making a business
trip down the valley on Monday of last week,
was taken suddenly ill with an attack of
indigestion and was obliged to stop off at
Millheim and remain over night. On Tues-
day he was brought home and was confined
to the house the remainder of the week. He
has greatly improved since and expects to
resume active operations this week, his ex-
tensive insurance business admitting of no
unnecessary delay.
J. B. Fisher's Sons, merchants of Penn
Hall, have put new flooring in their store
room, as the old one was worn so thin that
there was great danger of castomers and
others falling through to the cellar. It adds
greatly to the appearances of the room. The
firm is doing a large business, even the
martens from their airy castle in frons
of the store, erected for their benefit, notice
the activity for the more noise and business
surrounding them the greater their racket
and babbling. Weather conditions made the
birds nearly a month later than usual. The
colony is not quite as large as it was last
summer,
Burned Brother's Store For $50.
Acting on the confession of David
Hirschman, twenty years of age, who
declared to the police authorities that
he had set fire to the shoe store of
his brother, Benjamin Hirshcman, on
Atlantic avenue, Atlantic City, N. J.,
several weeks ago, to allow the latter
to collect $7000 insurance on the stock,
Magistrate Grove held the two broth-
ers for the grand jury. David Hirsch-
man was held without bail on the
charge of arson, while his brother was
given the opportunity to enter $5000
bail on the charge of aiding and abet.
ting the crime.
Young Hirschman confessed that he
received $50 from his brother for set-
ting fire to the place while the latter
Was away.
Shoots Steer While Pinned to Wall.
Pinned against a wall by a mad-
dened steer, Charles Seaman, of Co-
lumbia, Pa., saved his life by shoot-
ing the animal. Seaman, who is a
butcher, had intended to shoot the
steer anyway. As he raised the rifie
the beast charged upon him.
One horn struck the lift side of his
face, plowed a furrow through the
flesh and forced Seaman's head fast to
the side of the building.
While in this position he placed the
muzzle of the rifle against the animal's
neck, fired and the steer fell dead.
Seaman's jaw was dislocated and his
face and head badly lacerated.
Woman Guilty of Witchcraft.
Alleged by her accuser to be a
witch, Mrs. Laupaule Orber was tried
on a technical charge Jf disorderly
conduct, was convicted and sentenced
to pay a fine of $5 and serve ten days
in jail at Butler, Pa. The charge
was preferred by Mrs. Julia Kroner,
who alleged that Mrs. Orber went into
Mrs. Kroner's barn and by the use of
witcheraft cast a spell over a cow,
which has prevented it from giving
milk. That something had been done
to the animal was indicated by the tes-
timony.
Boy Murderers Sent to Reformatory.
Patrick and Arthur Craig, brothers.
nine and twelve years of age respec-
tively, who were placed under arrest
a week ago at Wise, Va, for kill
ing their father because of alleged in-
human treatment, were sentenced to
the state reform school. The boys
sle wtheir parent while he slept on a
lounge in their home.
Hailstones Cause Failure.
William K. Partridge, one of the
best known florists in Cincinnati, has
filed a deed of assignment. He gives
his assets at $40,000, liabilities at $30,
000, and hailstones as the cause of his
similar storm did greater damage.
Found $2,250,000 In Yiidiz Palace.
Lake Full of Eyeless Fish.
A hitherto unknown subterranean
lake on the line between Kosciusko
and Wabash counties, near Silver
Lake, Ind.. broke out and submerged
the highway to a depth of twenty feet
for a distance of more than 100 yards,
The lake is full of eyeless fish.