Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, October 22, 1909, Image 8

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To CoanesroxpENts.—NoO communications put
lished uniess sccompsnied by the real name of
the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——Mr. and Mrs. George Waite, of Rey-
nolds avenue, became the parents of anoth-
er big baby boy on Saturday.
——Miss Nuonie McKelvey, of east Lamb
street, bas accepted a position as operator
in the Commercial telepbone exchange.
— Richard Taylor left on Monday for
Huntingdon to begin his work as military
instructor in the Huntingdon reformatory.
——Dr. Thos. C. Van Tries bas heen in-
vited by the ladies of the W.C. T. U. to
deliver his recital in Iodiava, Pa, on
Monday evening, November 1st.
——At a special meeting of the Tyrone
schoo! board last Friday evening James A.
Shook, of this place, was elected assistant
principal of the borough schools.
——The Bellefonte Lodge of Elks are
arranging to entertain the people of Beile-
fonte on November 19th and 20th with a
new Centre county fair. Watob for is.
—— Another all day’s rain yesterday will
go another step toward relieving the
drought and raising the water in the
springs and streams throughout the county.
——The Panther bunting club held their
first meeting this season on Taesday even-
ing to begin arrangements for their annual
two weeks hunt the latter part of Novem.
ber.
——Mrs. Luoy Moyer has been seriously
ill since Wednesday night of last week at
her home in the Harris house on Allegheny
street, and is under the care ol a profes-
sional nurse.
——Darant L. Farey, son of Mr. aod
Mrs. J. Milton Farey, of South Williams-
port, but former residents of Bellefonte,
was married on Tuesday of last week to
Miss Edith C. Whitehead, of Williams-
port.
——There is at least one big trous left
in Spring creek, as a nice specimen of the
brook variety, fully sixteen inches long,
waa disporting around in she waters just
opposite the WATCHMAN office yesterday
morning.
—Qn actount of the borse show at
State College tomorrow (Saturday, October
23rd) the Bellefonte Central railroad
will sell tickets at all stationsjiat one
fare for the round trip. No tioket sold for
lees than 50 cents.
——Jobn A. Bryan on Mouday lost his
pocketbook, containing transportation for
himself to Pittsburg and retorn, sowe-
where on the streets of Bellefonte aud the
finder is reqnested to 1etarn same to Will
Chambers, at the postoffice.
——As an aftermath of the Vorhis—Bud-
inger wedding a big dance was given at
the Budioger bome Wednesday evening
and the occasion was taken advantage of to
make formal announcement of the eugage-
ment of Miss Mande Budinger to Harry E.
Mann, of Mill Hall.
—— Geneva College was bardly good
practice for State's foot hall team last Sat- | the tank it measured sixteen inches in
urday, the score being 46 to 0 in favor of
the Centre county boys. This morning |
the State team lefs for Philadelphia for!
their annual game with she University of
Penusylvania tomorrow.
——Thomas H. Harter, postmaster of
Bellelonte and editor and proprietor of the
Keystone Gazette, last week bought the Lar.
imer property on High stieet opposite the
cours bouse, in which the Bellefonte Lodge
of Elks bave bad their bome the past two
years. He will get possession April 1s,
1910. The price paid was $5,400.
REUNION OF OLD SoLDIERS.—Eighteen
members of the One Hundred and Tenth
regiment Peonsylvania Volunteer Veterans | burg woo the world’s championship by de-
association met in their twenty-sixth an- | feasting the Tigers of Detroit in the fioal
nual reanion in this place last Friday. The game of the series by the score of 8 tc 0,
sessions were held in the Gregg Post rooms | and Jobnsoo still retaining bis title as the
last Sstarday when the Pirates of Pitte-
The hase hall season baviog closed | VORHIS—BUDINGER.—One of the most
pretentions weddings that has taken place
in Snow Shoe in many a day was that on
Wednesday of Miss Effie Bodioger, daogh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Budinger, and
Robert Raymond Vorhis, of South Lorain,
and in addition to the old veterans were at-
tended by a number of wives and daaghters
of the comrades who accompanied them to
this place,as well as people from Bellefonte
and vicinity. The morniog session was
devoted entirely to rontine business, such
as reading aud approving the mioutes of
the last meeting, hearing the treasurer and
varions committee's reports. A list of the
comrades who died during the pass year—
vive in number— was also read.
At the afternoon session officers for the
ensuing vear were elected as follows:
President, J. W. Plummer, of Altoona;
first vice president, James Krebs, of Miles
burg; second vice president, W. H. Speer,
of Altoona; third vice president, John Me-
Donald, of Pasadena, Cal. ; eecretary-
treasurer, G. W. Buck, of Altoona ; chap-
lain, A. J. Hall, of Trough Creek.
Oue of the special featares of the zather-
ing was the election of four young ladies as
associate members of the organization.
They were: Miss Ella McDonald, of
Pasadena, Cal. ; Miss Bessie Speer, of Al-
tooua; Miss Murray, of Hollidaysharg,and
Mrs. Anna Fiok, of Bellwood. The bal-
ance of the afternoon session was devoted
to music and brie! addresses by a number
of the comrades.
A camp fire was held in the evening at
which Clement Dale E:q., made tte formal
address of welcome whioh was responded to
by the secretary of the organization, G.
W. Buck, of Altoona. The main address
of the evening was delivered by Rev. Jobn
Hewitt and it was much appreciated by all
present. Brief speeches were also made by
Col. John A. Daley, of Cartin township,
Francis Speer and others, and the rennion
closed witha vote of thauks by the visiting
veterans to the members of Gregg Post for
the nse of their rooms and other covrtesies
extended. The next reunion will be beld
at Gettysburg in 1910 daring the G. A. R.
éncampment.
How Dip THE EEL GET THERE ?—The
officials and employees at the Scotia ore
mines bave an eel story over which they
have been puzzling their brains consider-
ably avd as yet have nos reached a satis-
factory solution, so we give it to WarCH-
MAN readers to conjure with.
W. H. Farber is the engineer in charge
of the dinkey engine at the mines and
when be fired up his engine when the mines
were started several weeks ago he heard a
splashing in the water tank and an ex-
amination disclosed an eel swimming
around in the tank. All efforts to catch
the eel proved futile and in order to ges it
out of the tank it was necessary to let the
stories will now engross the attention of | and was performed by the pastor, Rev. C.
water run ons, then parboil the eel with
hot steam before is could he removed.
Bat the puzzling question is how did the |
eel get in the tank? The engioe had been
standiog idle for over nine months, snd, |
wheao in nse the water used in the boiler
was pumped out of an artesian well bun-
dreds of fees deep, and even if eels live and
propagate in water as that great depth uo.
dergronnd is must bave been very small
when it landed in the tank, asis would
have to pass through the pamp valves.
And yes when the eel was removed from
Ohio, a former baseball star at State Col-
lege. The ceremony took place in the
Methodist Episcopal church at 12:30 o'clock
world’s champion slugger by knocking out
Ketohel in she twellth roond the same
evening, the foot ball games and bunting
Frank Roch, in the presence of over one
bundred guests. The ring service was used
and the bride was given away by ber
father.
The attendants were Mise Edith Bod
the sportin’ fraternity.
——Knisely and Rhoads bave secured
the contract for putting a concrete floor in
the drying house of the Hayes Ron Fire
Brick company at Orvis. The job will be inger, as maid of honor; Miss Mande E.
quite a large one as the building is 150x340 Budinger, Miss Lucinda Falsom Vorbis, of
feet in size and the floor will be a doable | Yonkers, N. Y., and Mist Looite Garman
one with a series of steam pipes raouiok | Maitiand, of Williamsport, bridesmaids.
between the lower and upper one. They Patsy Budinger was flower girl, W. Cordes
shipped their machinery, eto. shere thie Soyder Jr., riog-bearer and Helen Bud-
week and expect to begin work on the job | inger and Elizabeth Seeds, of Tyrone,color
tome time Bext wask: bearers. The best man was Harold B.
.—Major Berrian and Adjatans | Rowland, of Yookers, N. Y, and the
ushers Lawrence F. Vorhis and Frederick
Rancie, Salvation Army officers of Balti-
more, will be in Bellefonte Tuesday, Oo- | H Jobuson, students at State College, and
Albert Kelley, of Bellaires, Ohio.
tober 26th, and in order to entertain them
Following the ceremony at the church a
and at the same time give the people of
Bellefonte an opportanity of hearing them | reception was tendered the young couple at
a musicale will be held by the local Army | the home of the bride's parents alter which
they left on a honeymoon trip east. They
corps in their barricks over the Centre
county bank Taesday evening at 8 o'clock. | Will take up their residence in South Lo-
rain, Ohio, after November first. The
It will be a big treat for everybody and the
bride is well known throughout Centre
public in general is invited. Price of ad-
mission is only ten cents, and it will be county and is an accomplished and viva-
worth ten times thas. cions youog lady. The bridegroom is also
ems oe | well known in this section from having
The Farmers National bank, of Mill. spent two years at State College aud as a
beim, openel its doors for business last | p00 of the Howard baseball team io
Friday. The new 1ustitation is capitaliz- | 1908. He is now employed in a big steel
ed at $25,000 and has as its officers she fol- piaut at South Lorain.
lowiug gentlemen. Presidens, Dr. G. 8.
Frank ; cashier, John Eby ; board of direc-
tors, Aleman Frauk, Henry Dack, Dr. G.
8. Frank and L.. E. Stover, of Millbeim ;
C. L. Gram!es aod Dr. Brighs, of Rebers-
burg; Jobn Roush, of Madisonbarg ; Heo-
ry, Philip and Harvey Krause, ol Aarons-
burg ; William Pealer, Spring Mills, aud
Mr. Fisher, of Penn Hall.
——
—— During Col. H. 8S. Taylot’s stay in
Seattle, ou his trip to the Pacific coast, be
saw and had quite a ohas with W. C.
Storm, the barber, and it might be inter-
esting to his old friends in this place to
koow that he is gesting along fine. A
barber in that city ie paid swenty dollars a
week and of course Mr. Storm ranks in the
first class. His eldess daughter ie a full-
fledged milliner as eighteen dollars a week
and his eldest son has employment at
sixty-five dollars per month, so thas the
whole family is bappy sod prosperous.
————————— A ———
— Last Satarday while John Woll, of
Pennevalley, was walking over his farm
HAAGEN —~CONFER. — Quite a pretty
wedding took place at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jerome A. Confer, at Yarnell, on
Wednesday evening, when their youngest
daughter, Miss Frances M. Confer, was
united in marriage so Harry 8S. Haagen, of
Beech Creek. The ceremony took place at
six o'clock in the evening and was per-
formed by Rev. W. H. Patterson, pastor
of she Disaiple church at Blanchard. The
wedding march was played by Miss Mary
Haagen, a sister of the bridegroom, and the
young couple wens to the aitar unattended.
About filty guests were present to witness
the ceremony, the number including all
the brothers and sisters of the bride, other
relatives and a few very intimate friends,
Following the ceremony and congratula-
tions ao elaborate wedding dinner was
served the bridal party and guests present.
Yesterday morning Mr. and Mrs. Haagen
ies on a four days trip to the western part
of the State expecting to return next Mon-
day when a reception will be given them
be oaaght a young man up ove of his fa. | 3% the Haagen home in Beeoh Creek. The
votite chestous sees. He ordered him | bride is a most estimable young woman
away but the man relosed to go. Wolf and will make a worthy life partuer for the
got his gun aod gain told him to come man of ber choice. Mr. Haagen is a young
down the tree and leave the premises or he | a0 of exoellent qualifications. For a
would shoot, aod the trespasser dared him | Bamber of years he has taught sohool in
todo #0. Wolf palled up his goo aod | this sod Clinton county, but he also owns
shot, salely with the iuteution of frighten. | ® Dioe farm near Beech Creek where the
jog and not to bis she man, but he shot a | YOOUR couple will make their fature howe.
little too close and the bullet out off she KxeNgr—CORL ery quies wedding took
end of the young man’s nose. Is is need- place on Thursday atternoon, October 14th,
less 10 say be came down the tree al 0noe | oy the home of the Corl sisters at Pleasant
and got off she premises. His wound will | Gap, when Miss Naanie C. Corl was united
resals in disfigariog him for life. in holy wedlook to Jacob M. Keener, of
——Lovers of base ball have a rare treas | Avaconda, Colorado. The ceremooy was
performed by she bride's pastor, Rev. J. I.
length. And that is another question poz
zling the Scotia people. Admitting the
eel was pumped into the tank while oniy a
little eel-les is it possible that it grew to
the length of sixteen inches in the nine
months it is supposed to have been housed
in the water tank of the dinkey engine. If
ir did, shen eugine water tanks ought to
make the best kind of eel hatcheries.
distriet of Colorado.
in store for them at the Scenic. Motion
pictures were taken of the world’s series | Stoneoypher, of Boalsburg.
of base hail games between the Pittsharg
and Detroit teams and macager T. Clayton
Brown has booked the list of pictures to be
shown at the Scenic just as soon as they
can be secared which will likely be within
a few days. Therefore you don’s want to
miss an evening if you don't want to miss
these great piotures. As a special attrac.
tion on Wednesday evening a re of
P. 8.—Since the above was put in type |v. recent automobile a Powe of
it bas been learned that about a year 80 | pony park, Philadelphia, was shown
a nine inch eel which had been caoght out |. .i4ision to the regular program,
of Bald Eagle creek bad been put in the |, king three reels of films. And she price
Besides the pastor and his wile only a
few of the immediate relatives and friends of
she bride were present to witness the bap-
py event. The ceremony haviug been per-
formed and congratulations extended the
little company was invited so the dining
room where refreshments were served.
The bride is an excellent lady and is held
in high esteem by all who know ber. The
groom is a talented mao and bolds a good
position in she Cripple Creek gold mining
Mr. and Mrs. Keener
will make their home in Anaconds, Col.,
EriscoPAL ARCH DEACONRY TO Meer | ,
HERE. —A regular session of the Willisms- | ANNIVERSARY. — On Wednesday of last
port arch Deaconry of the Episcopal week, October 13th, Mr. Susan Hall,
obureh will be held in St. Joba's Episco-
pal charch, this place, on Monday and
Tuesday, Ootober 25th and 26th. Bishop
James H. Darlington, of the Harrishurg
diocese, and about twenty-five clergymen
with an equal number of lay delegates will
be present.
The program for the two days sessions is
as follows :
Monday, 7:30 p. m.—~Missionary service at which
the appointed speakers are Bishop Darlington ;
Rev. Dr. J. P. Wheaton, of New York; Rev. J.
W. Diggles, of Bloomsburg, and Rev, F. W. Null,
of Laporte,
Tuesday, 9:00 a. m.— Holy Communion, with ser.
mon by Rev. R. F. Gibson, of Williamsport ; 10:00
a. m., business session. At 12:15 the visiting
clergy and the vestrymen of the parish will be
the guests of the Ladies Guild at luncheon at the
Bush house, 2:00 p, m , business session.
AL 7:30 p. m.—Evening prayer, with sermon by
Rev, Thos. Yates, of Williamsport
All services and business sessions are open to
the public and visitors will be made welcome,
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——Quoly eleven more days uotil election
day.
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News Purcly Pervaonal
~Miss Anna Ross, of Linden Hall, was a guest
of Miss Nellie Solt, last week.
—Prot. George P. Bible, of Philadelphia, was a
Belletonte visitor on Tuesday.
—Miss Louise Brachbill spent the past two
weeks visiting friends in Philadelphia and Wash-
ington.
~Miss Harriet Foster spent Wednesday and
Thursday of this week with friends in Lock
Haven.
—~Waoods Sebring, of Philadelphia, has been in
Bellefonte this week visiting his father, John P.
Sebring.
—Mr, aud Mrs, Maurice Runkle, of Coatesville,
are in Bellefonte for a two weeks visit with
friends,
—Mrs, Hamilton Otto, of Niagara Falls, with
her nephew, Otto Cowdrick, Is visiting friends
in Bellefonte,
—ustave Lyon, of Philadelphis, is in Belle.
fonte for a few days visit with his sister, Mrs,
Louis Grauer.
--Miss Elizabeth Fryberger, of Philipsburg,
was an over Sunday visitor at the W. R. Brach-
bill home in this place.
—Mrs, R.G. H. Hayes accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. Sara Hoffer, left on Monday after.
noon for a sojourn at Atlantic City.
--Richard Sheehe, landlord of the Garman
house, was in Troy, N. Y., on Tuesday attending
the funeral of his uncle, James Burke,
—Mrs. J. C. Hunter, of Filmore, was in Belles
fonte on a shopping expedition on Saturdayland
a pleasautealler at the Warcamax office,
~Mrs. Annie Johnson and son Randolph, of
Jersey Shore, spent Saturday and Sunday with
her sister, Mra Alice M, Parker, on east [Bishop
street.
~Mr. and Mrs, C. W, Hayes and daughter, Miss
Imogene, of Union City, Ps,, are guests at the
home of Mr, and Mrs, D, I. Willard, on Thomas
street,
«Mrs. Julia Shuey, of Lemont, came to Belle.
foute on Wednesday and after doing & little
shopping went out to A. C. Grove's,to assist at an
spplebutter boiling.
—~Edward Pruner Moyer and Mrs. Margaret
Hiltner, of Tyrone, have beeu in Bellefoute this
week seeing their grandmother, Mre, Lucy
Moyer, who is quite ill,
—After a visit at the home of hi« parents Mr,
and Mrs. John Dabbs, Mr, and Mrs, John Dubbs
Jr., with their three chiidren left for their home
in Trenton, N, J., on Monday.
—Mrs. Aaron 8. Boalick, of Osceola Milis, spent
last week in Bellefonte visiting her sister, Mrs
John Klinger, and this week she is visiting her
other sister, Mrs, Shuman Lyon, at Lyontown.
~Will Brouse, who is holding down a good
position with the Eyer—Shoemaker Construction
company at Northumberland, was home over
Sunday with his patents, Mr. aad Mrs. R. 8.
Brouse.
«Mr. and Mrs. Newton Stone and Mrs, George
Field, of Coatesville, were guests of Mrs. W. H.
Wilkinson the past ten days or so. Mrs, Field
left for her home on Wednesday and Mrs. Stone
will leave today.
—W.S. Malialieu, D Benton Tate, Charles
Donachy, Milan Walker and Wade Cruse attend.
ed the semi-annual banquet of the Western Penn.
sylvania Telephone soclety ian Harrisburg on
Monday evening.
~Tuesday morning Miss Bessie G. McCafferty,
of east Lamb street, departed for Altoona, jwhere
she will visit her many frieads for a month be-
fore going to Pittsburg to spend the wiater Iwith
her sister, Mrs. James Depler.
—On Monday morning Miss Sallie Benner left
CELEBRATED NISETIETH BIRTHDAY
mother of Hon. J. K. P. Hall, of Ridgway,
oelebrated ber vinetieth birthday anniver-
sary at her home in Ss. Mary's and the fact
is of interest to WATCHMAN readers be-
cause the Halls for maoy years were resi-
dents of Centre county. Mrs. Hall was
born at Hartleton, Union county, but when
only five years of age her father, John
Geary, moved to Nittany Hall, this coun-
ty, where he built the large hall from whiok
the town derived its name and which is
still standing and in a fair state of preserva.
tion. When bat nineteen years of age she
was married to Benjamin McDowell Hall,
at Hablersbusg, and for many years they
lived in Boggs township, this county, where
most of their seven children were born. Of
the above nomber two sons and two daugh-
ters survive and the former have attained
unusual prominence, politically, judicialiy
and in she world of finance, baving achieved
vational reputations. They are Hoo. J.
K. P. Hall, of Ridgway, who served sev-
eral terms in Congress from this dissrios
and later four years in the Senate of Penn-
sylvania, and Harry Alvin Hall, of Ss.
Mary's, at one time a State Senator, United
States attorney under President Cleveland
and now president judge of the Clinton—
Elk—Cameion county district. Both gen-
tlemen have large coal and other business
interests and have become quite wealthy,
The daoghters are Mrs. B. E. Wellendor!
aod Miss Mary Hall, of Si. Mary's. Jobn
G., one of she deceased sons, also represens-
ed his distriot in the State Senate. Mrs.
Hall, notwithstanding ber advanced age, is
etill in possession of all ber faculties and a
remarkably beautiful woman for having
lived four score and ten years.
GP m—
A Goon FerLrow.—Mark Swan's latest
farce-comedy, “A Good Fellow,” with
Alice Williams in the leading role, will be
the attraction at Garman's Wednesday
evening, October 27th. The story of she
play bas to do with Dolly Sevier, who bas
been sent to New York to stady music. She
bas been secretly married and her atiempts
to bide the fact from ber man-bating aans,
causes a train of amusing ineidents shas
furnishes the cause for many laughs. Dar-
ing the action of the play Dolly puts on
men’s clothes in order to visit her husband
anobserved, but is seen by an officions
policeman and a gambler, who, with the
janitor complioate matters still farsher.
The play is said to be an admirable vehiole
for the display of Miss Williams' talents
and the supporting company to be one of
excellence. Prices, 25, 35, 50 and 75 cents,
KiLLep IN TYRONE—~Frank P. Murphy,
a brakeman on the shifter on the main line
as Tyrone, was instantly killed about nine
o'clock Monday evening by being struck
by a passenger train which ran on the
wrong track because of an open switch.
Marphy was a son of Mr, and Mrs. J. H.
Murphy and wae born at Penuvsylvania
Furnace, where he has a nnmber of friends
aod relatives. He was thirty-seven years
old and is survived by bis wife and a little
daogbter; bis parents and a number of
brothers and sisters. The funeral was held
yesterday alternoon, burial being made in
the Grandview cemetery as Tyrone.
Ni1tTANY FURNACE BLOWN IN.—As an-
nounced in the WATCHMAN last week the
fires in she Nittavy furnace were lighted
on Friday ol last week, Miss Catharine
Musser, stenographer for the fornace com-
pany, applying the torch. Everything went
along so smoothly that on Saturday four
eastings were made and it was only afew
days until the output of metal was ap to
the average capacity of the furnace. The
starting of the Nittany farnace is the frst
step towards the full resumption of all the
industries in this section, and it is to be
hoped that is and all others may bavea
long and saccessfui run.
reservoir, and this was likely the eel. remains the same, five cents to all.
a ————
for which place they will leave in a few
daye. The best wishes of many friends ac-
company them.
——The Nittany Country club, baving
finally come to an agreement with the
MoMallen Estate, bas decided to go ahead
for an extended visit with friends fa Philadel,
phia. She was accompanied by her niece, Mrs
H. 8. Cooper, who will go to New York for a few
dayx before returning to her home in Galveston,
Bellefonte Produce sarkets.
Corrected weekly by R. 8, Brouse, grocer.
The prices quoted are those paid for produce.
W. L. MALIN ACCEPTS AGENCY FOR
«The Bellefonte Academy and Dick-
MurtvaL Lire INs. Co.—W. L. Malin lass
Potatoes per bushel, ...... -
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ho EE I as ils \n | Saturday resigued bis position as general | gig tomorrow atterncon will andoabledly Suita —S1OVER. Ou. Sates eveuig| NTL LL nro with 6 pir ol | EPS Sree pet
. solicitor for the American Telephone and last William F. Smith and Mrs. H. Terres- Lard, per I ——ei Er
two weeks and then work will begin and | +, ph poy aud oo Moody see eo grout Goshen dug Soomd bo witnessed ta Stover, both of Millbeim, were quietly Selon were {nests ore Suri Sight w Country SROUIAETS... ...covrerrrrrresrorsmmmsssmns 10
be pushed as far as possible before weather eRTa oom y a large crowd. e emy boys i B brid Broce ouse. Sinisa ie oes
that would prevent ostside work comes. yy dhe ieee ple fn She aml ave alreaity Socue) - Syviable reputation a F. he of oe Ne ie dr ht ett Er Bote Dr BTR rr a
——On Friday of last week Miss Vera 7 deteating ama Normal yeu foute on Saturday. —_—e
While Mr. Malin’s change in business hps
Willard, a trained nurse, underwent an | gansed considerable surprise to bis msny
operation for appendicitis, in the Bellefonte | friends it is one he has bad under con-
hospital. On Monday Miss Mary Owen
also underwent an operation for a tumor.
Daring the week eight patients were ad-
missed to the hospital and two discharged.
At preseat none of the patients there are in
a critical condition.
Evangelical church. Only the immediate
friends of the bride and groom were pres-
ent to witness the ceremony. Both the
contracting parties are quite well known
all over the county, especially Mr. Smith,
and their many friends have been busy
ever since extending them congratulations.
ARRESTED FOR ROBBING RE0ADS' CoAL
OrricE. — On Wednesday night of fair
while the Dickinson Semivary team are de-
serving of equal honors for defeating the
Bloomsburg Normal last Saturday by the
templafion for some time and the change | gre of 63 to 6. he os he
was made only after he bad given the mat- that the swo teams ought to be pretty even-
ter the most careful consideration. ly matched and the game tomorrow after-
For about thirty years Mr. Malin bas | 00, should be as interesting .
been in the telephone business and it will ed on the big gridirons. Be day Yay.
—Miss Mary Miller, of Huntingdon, andjMrs. Rellejonte Grain Market.
Joseph Bright and daughter Annie, of Pottsville,
have been in Bellefonte this week visiting Mrs.
Welsh. Miss Miller is a neice of Mrs, Welsh and | The following are the
will stay with her for some time. That lady, by | to .
the way, is resting very comfortably over the
injury she sustained in a fall several weeks ago. eres it
~There are a few hundred people in the coun- | Corn, shelled, per bushei...
ty who are always sure to give usa oall at least Sor, as,
once a year, and that is to make sure that we are
Corrected weekly by C. Y. Waaxza,
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——The work of she new conference year
of the Bellefonte First U. B. church is
opening most hopefully under the labors of
the new pastor, Rev. C. W. Wigey. On
the evening of October 14th, a reception
was given in the Aid society rooms of the
church in honor of the new pastor and faw-
ily. Refreshments were served and an
enjoyable evening was spent.
——Last Thursday afternoon W. A,
Moore started to leave Keichline's garage
in his Ford automobile and the strees be-
ing wet and slippery he was unable to
make the taro on account of his machine
skidding and the result was be ran into a
telephone pole badly wrecking the ma-
ohine. Fortunately he was not burt out
side of being badly shaken up.
Mis. Boyd A. Musser, who last week
was struck in the eye by the steel point of
"an umbrella a man in front of her was
carrying under bis arm, while she was
boarding a train at Tyrone on ber way
home to Altooas from a visit with friends
in Bellefonte, is getting aloog very nicely
and the indications now are that she will
gufler no permanent injary to her eye.
. appear strange for & time to associate him | 001104 promptly at three o'clock avd you
with anything elee. When the telephone
was first introduced in Bellefonte be gave
up his position as waoager of the Western
Union Telegraph company to accept the
position of manager of the Bellefonte ex-
obange. During the intervening term of
years he has filled many positions of rust
and importance with various companies
and it was mainly shrongh his efforts that
the Hontingdon and Clearfield company
was organized.
He was always *aoessful in every position
he beld and there is every reason to sup.
pose he will be just as successful in his new
position. He is a mau of pleasing per-
sonality aud a logioal,argumentative talker,
all of which are the leading attributes of &
successful insurance man. Hence we be-
speak for him a prosperous carreer in his
new vooation.
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——L. E Jones bas resigned bis posi-
tion as mail agent on the morning train
east over the Lewisburg and Tyrone rail
road to accept the position of traveler reg-
ister clerk at the Broad sirees station, Phil.
adelpbia. Robert Sechler bas been trans
sion will be only twenty-five cents and
don’t forges to take the money with you.
tear is down.
shock of heavy blasting, and as evidence of
for the new building where it tell on a pile
like a Luge load of stone dumped from a | aod bas figured in @ number of robberies
out both rear corners and a few feet of the
side walls and build up new to make the | him.
building as substantial as is should be.
ferred to the position vacated by Jones.
want 0 be on band. The price of admis. | week robbers broke into Rhoads coal office
and got away with about twelve dollars in
money. Last Friday night the Bellefonte
Fael and Supply company’s office was
broken into and an effort made to force the
safe but, failing in this, the robbere car-
ried away a bunch of keye and pair of gam
boots. On Monday evening the police ar-
rested Joseph Wagner and on putting him
throogh the sweating process he confessed
aud implicated Henry Gordon as his com-
pacion in both robberies. For this he was
released because it is believed that he was
led into the crimes by Gordon. Gordon was
arrested the same night avd he latter con-
fessed. The two young men were givena
bearing before justice of the peace John M.
Keiohline who seat them to jail to await
trial at the next term of court. Gordon
has already served time in the Huntingdon
reformatory and in the penitentiary
— ~The heavy blasting dove in excavat-
ing the foundation for the new addition to
the court house 85 wrecked the rear wall of
the old building shat it was necessary to
This was done on Tuesday
evening and Wednesday morning and after
it was down is was easy to be seen why it
was wrecked. The wall was built entirely
of small stone, there being very few of them
bigger shan a man’s head while the moss of
them were considerably smaller. Sach a
wall natarally would not stand the jar and
how badly it was shattered when workmen
undertook to tear it down the entire wall
was pushed right out into the foundation
wagon. It may also be necessary to take | jn Bellefonte. This time it is quite
likely that no leniency will be shown
es oss A m——
You miss a good thing if you don’t
always in their debt fora year's subseription to
the Warcnmas, and among that number is John
Speariey, of this place, who dropped in on us
bright and early Wednesday morning to fix
things up as usual.
—Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Treziyuiny and two sons
Fred and Franklin, of Byron, «Ill, have alive
turned home after a protracted visit at the home
of Mrs. R. J. Gibbs, in Boggs township. They
came east early ia September but Mr. Treziyulny
was compelled to return home the Istter part of
last month. Mrs. Treziyviny and sou Franklin
were, in the eastern partof tne State for a week
or more but returned to the home of Mra, Gibbs
to pick up Fred, the three of them leaving for
great great great grand-sonsof Baron Charles
Tresiyulny, a one time resident of Bellefonte and
the true founder of Philipsburg.
— James Dumbleton, one of the oid time eciti-
zens of Philipsburg, and an old-fashioned dyed.
in the-wool Democrat, accompanied by Mr, Kep-
hart, a leading hardware dealer of Philipsburg,
were in Bellefonte severa! hours between trains
yesterday. They were on their way home from
attending the annual encampment of the Grand
Lodge 1.0. 0. F., in Lock Haven and both of
them had the appearance of a foreign potentate
in their gold corded uniforms and glittering
badges; but with all that they still maintained
that for a good old time when it comes to enter-
taining big gatherings Philipsburg has every
other place in the countcy best a mile, and
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