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ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
ANOTHER AMERICAN LIME AND STONE
CoMPANY PLANT STARTED UP~On Fri-
meeting in this place and decided to put
No. 17 plant on the state road in imme-
diate operation. Men were put to work
on Sunday putting things in shape and
Mon-
and
has
company in this section are now in opera-
tion except No. 21, at the Humes farm
above Coleville, and it is in shape to start
up at a day's notice whenever the de-
mand for lime and stone will justify it.
The officers on Friday also authorized
the erection at their No. 25 plant on
Bellefonte Central railroad of an immense
plant for grinding limestone for use on
land as a fertilizer and for use in giass
factories. This plant will be equipped
with an Allis—Chalmers No. 6 crusher,
two Jeffrey mills, two Kent mills and Mc-
Lanahan rolls and will have a capacity of
three hundred tons per day. All the ma-
chinery is already on the ground with the
exception of the crusher and as work on
the building of the same will be pushed
as rapidly as possible it is expected to
have it in operation in six weeks or two
months. This plant when completed will
give employment to from sixty to seventy-
five men and will give the company a
capacity of five hundred and seventy-five
tons a day of ‘the fine grade of ground
limestone, not counting crushed stone,
lime, etc.
The American Lime and Sfone compa-
ny is the biggest industry under one man-
agement in this section. They now have
in their employment here over six hun-
dred men and this number, it isexpected,
will be increased to eight hundred or
more before the summer is half over.
A NATIVE CENTRE COUNTIAN HONORED.
—Rev. Isaac Krider, pastor of the Luth-
eran church at Duncansville, Blair coun-
ty, has been highly honored by being elect-
ed a member of the National Geograph-
ical society, with headquarters at Wash-
idgton, D. C. Rev. Krider was born at
Gatesburg, this county, and is a member
of the well known Krider family of that
neighborhood. He has many friends in
Centre county, and all will be glad to
learn of the honor that has been con-
ferred upon him.
And that it is an honor is assured when
it is known that the membership of the
society includes many distinguished men,
among them the President of the United
States, the ex-President, the chief justice
and members of the Supreme court, mem-
bers of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives and men and women distin-
guished in educational and economic
work, in commerce and the great indus-
trial and business enterprises of the coun-
try.
Membership in this society entities one
to all the government surveys, including
“The North Pole Map,” in nine colors,
showing the routes of all the principal
Polar explorers. Also to all recorded
seismic and volcanic observation. The
most gratifying feature of this honorable
recognition is that it is deserved. Rev.
Krider, during his successful ministry, has
kept up his studies in civil engineering
and is regarded as one of the most ac-
curate and reliable surveyors in Blair
county. Many a lost “line” or “corner
stone” has been estabiished by his pains-
taking and accurate skill.
A GeENErOUS OFFER.—Hon. A. A. Ste-
vens, of Tyrone, is one of the strongest
agitators in favor of good roads and at
the same time is willing to do what he
can to induce the building of better high-
ways, and to this end has made the fol-
lowing open offer to all the supervisors
who have control of the Bald Eagle Val-
ley road between Tyrone and Bellefonte:
‘That he will furnish all the crushed lime-
stone delivered on the ground and three
i concrete men to nave charge
of the work if they will remove all the
bridges and heaped up drains and put in
concrete bridges and culverts at a grade
that would give a level highway. The
Bald Eagle Valley road in dry weather is
a good road for automobiling, and is mar-
red only by the numerous small bridges
which are either built a foot or two above
grade or that much below, so that they
are an impediment and menace to com-
fortable driving and riding. With these
out and a perfect grade made the drive
from here to Tyrone would be almost |.
like along a boulevard. It is not yet
known whether the supervisors will ac-
cept Mr. Stevens’ very generous offer or
not, but every man who drives that road,
whether in an automobile or go-cart,
should bring all his influence to bear to
.urge them to do so.
——Subscribe for the WATCHMAN.
A
urday evening. Last October while on
his way home from work at the Pennsyl-
run into and knocked down by a young
bicyclist. He was struck in the side and
injured so that it was a number of weeks '
before he wasable to be around, znd even
then his health was so that he
had not been able todo much work since.
On Saturday he was feeling badly and
went to Mill Hall to consult his physician. |
He returned home on the evening train.
Along toward five o'clock the family sat
down to supper and Mr. Dunklehad taken '
but one bite of toast when he remarked
to his wife thathe was feeling queer. She
went to him and supported him, sending
her eldest son for a physician. But in
less than two minutes Mr. Dunkle was
dead, having expired in his wife's arms.
Death was evidently due to apoplexy.
George Fremont Dunkle was a son of
Michael and Julia Carner Dunkle and was
born at Hublersburg, this county, in 1851,
being at the time of his death 59 years, 6
months and 14days old. Though his occu-
pation through life was that of a common
laborer, he was a man of noble heart and
disposition and was universally liked by
everyone who knew him. He was a man
of great energy and always industrious
when his health permitted it. He was a
good neighbor and a kind and indulgent
husband and father. He joined the Pres-
byterian church many years ago and was
always a faithful member.
He is survived by his wife and five chil-
dren, namely: William, Miriam, Edwin,
Walter and George, the oldest being four-
teen years of age. His parents are both |
dead but of his brothers and sisters the
following survive: Frank Dunkle, land-
lord of the Cameron house, Lewisburg;
Forrest, who keeps the Dunkle house at
Jersey Shore; William, also of Jersey
Shore, and Mrs. Annie C. Kitts, wife of |
first lieutenant William P. Kitts, of the
U. S. army, now stationed on the island of
Mindano in the Philippines.
The funeral took place from his late
home in Beech Creek on Tuesday after-
noon. Rev. Hersey had charge of the
services and burial was made in the
Fearon cemetery.
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COLDREN.—A month or six weeks ago
William H. Coldren, of Pleasant Gap, un-
derwent an operation, in the Bellefonte
hospital, for appendicitis. The operation
was a success and Mr. Coldren recovered
sufficiently to be taken home. In fact,
he felt no pain or inconvenience as a re-
sult of the operation, but shortly after
going home he was attacked with rheu-
matism and later kidney trouble develop-
ed resulting in a complication of ailments
trom which he died at five o'clock on
Tuesday morning. :
Deceased was born at Spring Mills and |
had he lived until next July would have
been fifty one years old. The fore part’
of his life was spent in Gregg township
where he followed farming and twenty- |
three years ago he moved on a farm near |
Pleasant Gap which he afterwards bought |
and where he lived until two years ago
when he sold his farm and retired to a,
cosy home in Pleasant Gap where he had |
since lived. He was a member of the I |
O. O. F. lodge No. 1054, of Hublersburg, :
and a member of the Lutheran church |
since early manhood. In fact he was one
of the pillars of the Pleasant Gap Luth-
eran church and was earnestly devoted |
to its support in every way. He was one |
of the best known and highly esteemed '
men of that section of the county, and
his death is cause for universal regret. |
Surviving him are his wife and four |
children, namely: J. Irwin and James E., |
of Sunbury; Mrs. William Bilger, of |
Bellefonte, and Roy A., at home. The
funeral will be held from the Lutheran
church at 9 o'clock this (Friday) morn-
ing. Rev J. I. Stonecypher will officiate
and burial will be made in the Lutheran |
cemetery.
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GERATY.—Thomas Geraty died at his
home in Mill Hall last Friday morn-
ing, of paralysis, with which he had been
afflicted for some months. He was sev-
enty-five years old and was one of the
pioneer lumbermen of Clinton county,
having lived at Rosecrans most of his life
until two years ago when he retired and
moved to Mill Hall. He is survived by
his wife, five sons and four daughters, as
follows: Thomas, John, George and
James, of Mill Hall; William, of Belle-
fonte; Mrs. Christ Earon and Mrs. Laura
Graham, of Lock Haven; Mrs. D. K.
Smith, of Bitumen, and Mrs. Kate Simcox,
of Philipsburg. The funeral was held on
Monday.
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VonNADA.—On Wednesday of last week,
Henry Vonada died at his home near
Madisonburg of tuberculosis and dropsy.
He was aged seventy-six years and fol-
lowed farming all his life. Surviving him
are his wife and eight children, namely :
Duis. = Prewont Dunkle, a well Sowers, of Norristown; Mrs. Evelyn R,
known and highly respected resident of Rogers and Mrs. James P. Coburn, of this
Beech Creek, died quite suddenly last Sat- place. The funeral was held on Monday.
vania fire brick works Mr. Dunkle was i
' order to have it completed in time to hold
' the commencement exercises the second
“of June. The plastering in theroom is
' woodwork.
| sion of the options on judgments against
: or devise means of building the hydro-
| clude to do. i
cipient fire was discovered on High street
number of years he was also associated
with the mercantile firm of Gray, Wolf
& Co., of Philipsburg. In 1862 he was
united in marriage in this place to Miss
Catharine Allport, who died a number of
years ago. His only survivor is one sis-
ter, Mrs. Sarah A. Goodrich, of Point
Lookout. The funeral will be held this |
afternoon.
——Workmen at the new school house
are now concentrating their labor as much
as possible on the High school room in
finished, the steel ceiling about on and it
will soon be ready for the floor and inside |
——
——At a special meeting of council on
Tuesday evening the action of the special
Water committee in securing an exten-
the Green property at Milesburg was
ratified. This will now give council
ample time to negotiate a sale of the land
electric plant, whichever they finally con-
se coe
——Shortly after noon yesterday an in-
bridge about twenty feet from this office
and it was getting a fair start when police-
man Daley Justice appeared on the scene | Robert C. Musser North and East precincts of |
with a bucket of water and extinguished |
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the conflagration. This was one fire at |.
which the Logan fire company was repre- |
sented, first on the ground and the only |
one present.
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—Dr. Samuel Woods, who a year or
so ago bought the home of the late Dr.
rer
‘J. Y. Dale and succeeded to his practice
at Lemont, recently sold his house to J. |
B. Mayes, the marble dealer, and having |
made public sale of his personal effects |
last Saturday, returned this week to Sha: |
‘ ron where he will be physician and sur- |
| geon for the Sharon Steel company. His |
going leaves Lemont without a resident
' physician. |
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——On next Monday evening an elec: |
tion will be held in Sunbury to select a |
colonel for the Twelfth regiment to suc- | RU"
ceed Col.C. M. Clement, promoted. There
are two avowed candidates for the
Major Fullmer, of Lewisburg, and Major
King, of Williamsport. Inasmuch as the
Twelfth regiment is the one to which
Company L, of this place, belongs, Col.
H. S. Taylor has also been mentioned as
a possible successor of Col. Clement, but
he is not an active candidate for the
place. |
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——The Pennsylvania railroad base-
ball team of Altoona will play the Belle-
fonte Academy team on Hughes field to-
morrow afternoon. This will be the
opening game for the visitors but as they
are always a strong aggregation of ball
players the game tomorrow will undoubt-
edly be an interesting one. The Acad-
emy team has been playing good ball so
far and are deserving of a big crowd to
witness tomorrow's game. They need |
the money and you need the relaxation,
so go out and encourage the boys with
your presence. t
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——There are various ways in which
you can spend your time during the
evening but the best way to spend a half
hour or more of it is to go to the Scenic
and see the interesting and up-to-date
program of motion pictures always shown
there. You are always sure of seeing
something new, as pictures are not shown |
over and over at the Scenic. Three reels |
of films, three thousand feet of pictures, !
is the program every night and frequent. |
ly manager Brown receives at a high
cost pictures of some special event or
happening. He has now booked the pic-
ture of Roosevelt in Africa, two full
films, which he will have as soon as pos-
sible after they are released. It is this |
determination on his part to give the |
people of Bellefonte the very bestin mov-
ing pictures that makes the Scenic such
a popular place of amusement.
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STATE COLLEGE ORCHESTRA COMING. —
Every arrangement has been completed
for a concert to be given in the opera
house by the Pennsylvania State concert
orchestra, on Friday evening, April 29th,
under the auspices of the Bellefonte
Baseball association. The WATCHMAN can
be taken as authority that this will be
one of the rarest musical treats heard in
Bellefonte in years. The orchestra this
year is composed of thirty-four pieces,
two more than last year, and is under the
direction of a professional leader. Their
concert here last year easily outclassed
anything of the kind ever given in town,
and this year they are considered by all
who have heard them decidedly superior
to last year. In technique and expres-
sion, in symphonies and solo work they
compare very favorably with the leading
professional orchestras in the country.
Because of their merit alone you cannot
afford to miss them, and in attending you
will also help the baseball association.
Hon. Samuel R. Hamilton, of Clearfield
county, but who as census supervisor of
this congressional district has headquar-
ters at Bradford, arrived in Bellefonte on
Sunday evening and was a guest at the
Brockerhoff house Sunday night and Mon-
day. On Monday afternoon he held 2
school of instruction in the court house
for the enumerators appointed for Cen-
tre county and gave them very explicit
instructions in regard to their duties.
Many questions were asked the supervis-
or by the different enumerators in order
to satisfy themselves on some point or
question undecided in their own mind
and this led to a disclosure of the fact
that no census will be taken of either bees
or chickens. On the agricultural sheet
there is space for all kinds of farm pro-
{ducts and the value thereof; acres of
farm land and of timber land; horses,
milk cows and other cattle, hogs, sheep
and farm implements, but no space for
chickens or bees, so if you happen to be
a chicken fancier or an apiarist the re-
sult of your labor will not be mentioned
in the thirteenth census, unless the omis-
sion is discovered and provision made
for taking the same before the enumer-
ators begin work this morning.
Two weeks ago the WATCHMAN pub-
lished the list of census enumerators for
Centre county so far as made up and on
Monday when Mr. Hamilton was here he
completed the list and assigned the dis-
tricts which each will cover. They are
as follows:
Malcolm Mitchell, North ward of Bellefonte.
Cheney Hicklen, South ward of Bellefonte.
John E. Kuhn, West ward of Bellefonte.
Oscar Zimmerman, Benner township.
Samuel Robb, East »recinct of Boggs and Miles-
burg borough.
Lily F. Curtin, North and West precincts of |
Boggs.
George F. Dougher'v, Burnside and Curtin
Townships.
Hiram Thompson, College Township.
Harry Walker, East precinct of Ferguson Twp.
Albert Houser, West precinct of Ferguson Twp.
Gregg.
Titus M. Gramley, West precinct of Gregg
Andrew S. Musser, Haines Twp.
George Ardery, Halfmoon Twp.
Howard Bricker, Harris Twp.
Jacob Pletcher, Howard Twp. & Howard Boro.
Frank Dillen, Huston Twp.
Christian Singer, Liberty Twp.
Raymond Harter, Marion Twp.
M. Claude Haines, East and Middle precinct
of Miles.
Byron W. Hazel, West precinct of Miles Twp.
John W. Blair, Patton Twp.
T. A. Hosterman, Penn Twp. & Millheim Boro.
Albert Scott, 1st and 3rd wards of Philipsburg.
Louis E. Press, 2nd ward of Philipsburg Boro.
Edward Bailey, North precinct of Potter Twp.
& Centre Hall Borough.
John H. Knarr, South and West precincts of
Potter.
North and East precincts of Rush Twp.
Lewis F. Hull, South and West precincts of
Wm. A. Sickel, Snow Shoe Borough and West
precinct of Snow Shoe Township.
Harry Gunsallus, East precinct of Snow Shoe
Twp.
George C. Miller, North and West precincts of
Spring Twp.
Albert Smeltzer, South precinct of Spring Twp.
Alice Evey, State College Borough.
Hattie Fowler, Taylor Township.
Harry Stere, Union Twp. and Unionville Boro.
Glen Rodgers, Walker Township.
Walter H. Williams, Worth Township.
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BELLEFONTE MOOSE CELEBRATE.—The
Bellefonte lodge, Loyal Order of the
Moose, is quite a young one but they
were very much in evidence on Tuesday
night. In addition to being a regular
meeting night they initiated a large num-
ber of new members and celebrated the
anniversary of the institution of the order
with a banquet at the Brockerhoff house.
The Bellefonte lodge has two hundred and
eighty-six members and the mostof them
were in evidence Tuesday evening. Among
the distinguished visitors were Hon.
Thomas H. Greevy and son, Walter S.
' Greevy, of Altoona. The latter came to
Bellefonte on the 1:23 p. m., train but
Mr. Greevy Sr., did not come until the
8:16 train in the evening. The entire
lodge with the new City band turned out
to meet him and from the train paraded
through the principai streets to the
armory where the business meeting was
held and the many new members initiated.
It was almost eleven o'clock when the
work was completed and everybody re-
paired to the Brockerhoff house and par-
took of their first banquet. Following the
banquet speeches were made by Hon.
Thomas Greevy, Col. H. S. Taylor anda
number of others and it was quite late
when the last of the Moose left their
happy hunting ground for the seclusion
and quiet of their own home.
MovVING ON.—The Home Culture asso-
ciation for the encouragement of garden
competition, floral culture, etc.,is moving
on so far successfully, with manifestly
hopeful prospects for a furtherance of
the object to utilize and beautify some of
the waste places and to improve all places
in and around our town. With no single
exception as yet, our citizens, well-dispos-
ed, young and old, are giving their influ.
ence for the extension of this movement
now in its incipiency. It will be remem-
bered that the undertaking is specially,
though not entirely, connected with the
public schools. Before their close last
week, in our thrifty little suburb of Cole-
ville, it was necessary to begin there.
Not less than eighty of its young peo-
ple are enlisted, none refusing, to have
the care of their flower beds, none more
than three feet square, so as to encourage
the participation of the youngest. Some
of our manly, wide awake Bellefonte
boys, none beyond their teens, are al-
ready at work to grow the best peck of
early potatoes for prizes to be awarded.
More of interest to be published next
week.
CESSFUL MEETING .— The thirty-fourth
anniversary meeting of the Centre county
medical society was held at the Bush
house Tuesday afternoon and evening
and the fact that it was the largest at-
tended of any meeting ever held is evi-
dence of the fact of the increased interest
the doctors are taking, not only in their
society as an organization but in the op-
portunity it gives them to meet and hear
and discuss questions which bear upon
the advancement of their profession and
consequently the alleviation of suffering
of mankind in general. In additionto the
large attendance of members there were
present as guests from Centre county Dr.
Kirk, of Bellefonte, and Dr. Kipe, of State
College; and from a distance John Bur-
ton, Dr. Joseph Corson, Chatam Run; Dr.
George G. Harmon, Huntingdon; Dr.
Snyder J. McGee, Mill Hall; Dr. Toole,
Snydertown; Dr. H. Alfred Blair, Cur-
wensville; Dr. John Gordon, Dr. Samuel
J. Wetworth, and Dr. Samuel C. Stewart,
Clearfield; Dr. F. O. Ball, Lock Haven;
Dr. W. Albert Nason, Roaring Spring; Dr.
W. S. Ross, Altoona, and Dr. John B.
Carnett, Philadelphia.
All the doctors who were present were
given an automobile ride late in the after-
noon and the meeting convened in the
Bush house parlors at eight o'clock. After
the usual routine business had been at-
tended to several papers were read and
very interesting discussions indulged until
ten o'clock when the doctors repaired to
| the dining room to partake of their an-
nual banquet. Covers were laid for thirty-
six and all were taken. The menu was
as follows:
Blue Points
Broiled Spanish Mackerel
Iced Cucumbers Potato Balls
Consomme Princesse
Celery Queen Olives
Roast Chicken Stuffed, Preserved Currants
New Potatoes en Cream New String Beans
Cold Slaw
Cardinal Punch
Stuffed Tomatoes a la Creole
Vanilla Ice Cream Fancy Cakes
i Strawberries
Neufchatel Cheese Toasted Crackers
Cafe Noir
! At the conclusion of the feast Dr. J. L.
| Seibert acted as toastmaster and responses
| were numerous so that it was well
| after twelve o'clock when they finally ad-
| journed.
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| REDUCING THE COST OF LIVING. —Mrs.
| Ellen H. Richards, instructor in the chem-
Listry of foods at the Massachusetts In-
| stitute of Technology, will give a practical
| demonstration on “The High Cost of Liv-
| ing and How to Reduce it” under the
| auspices of the department of home
| economics of The Pennsylvania State Col-
| C. U. Hoffer, South Philipsburg Boro. and | lege, at State College, on Thursday, April
| 21st, 1910, at 11:30 a. m. The demonstra-
| tion will show how to select meats and
| vegetables and how to prepare and cook
| them with the greatest economy. At
town guests in the domestic science
laboratories in the woman's building. At
2 o'clock Mrs. Richards will give an illus-
| trated lecture on “Home Economics and
| How it Came to Be." Women from Belle-
fonte and vicinity desiring to attend may
take the morning train to the College via
Bellefonte and return the same evening.
Marriage Licenses.
Edward M. Markley and Rella M. Bot-
torf, both of Scotia.
Harry F. Reed and Belle I. Fishburn,
both of Pine Grove Mills.
Frank Stover, of Aaronsburg, and Bertha
V. Braucht, of Coburn.
John Loschi and Ethel Shutica, both of
Clarence.
Albert J. Young, of Beech Creek, and
Laura M. Wolf, of Howard.
Oscar Packer, of Orviston, and Rosie
Seyler, of Snow Shoe.
—
——Benedict Beezer, son ot Joseph
Beezer, who has been down at Annapolis
taking the examination for the appoint-
ment as a cadet in the naval academy,
found it somewhat harder than he ex-
pected and the result was he failed to
pass. He will return home on Sunday
by way of Philadelphia and it is probable
will bring Harris Sourbeck with him.
——Superintendent F. H. Thomas, of
the Bellefonte Central railroad, is away
on a business trip to Philadelphia.
STATE COLLEGE.
The old pump house at the College is being torn
down this week.
John H. Robinson contemplates tearing the old
skating rink down and erecting a new house with
the lumber.
The Harvey brothers had a very handsome soda
fountain placed in their restaurant this week.
Thus far it has been well patronized.
The Nittany Inn changed landlords on Satur-
day. F.C. Herendeen retired as landlord and J.
P. Aiken, of Lewistown, succeeded him.
The citizens of State College borough are beau-
tifying {the school yard by making driveways,
paths, flower beds, and planting trees and shrub*
bery.
On account of the serious illness of Christ Evey
it was found necessary to relieve him of his ap-
George Glenn was called tothe bedside of
his sister, on Wednesday, on account
of her seriousillness. She has been on the sick
listifor;nearly five years and is not expected to
live.
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LEMONT.
John R. Williams is busy repairing his house.
Most of the people are busy making and plant.
ing garden.
Dr. W. H. Fry was in town looking after Mayes’
sick horses.
Some of our farmers have sown their oats and
others are about ready.
The trees are putting forth their leaves and
blossoms and they promise a heavy crop of fruit:
and it is hoped that the freeze last week not
Centre County DOCTORS HAVE Suc- |
noon a luncheon will be served to out of }
hurt the blossoms, as all that have been exam-
ined show no signs of being injured.
Dr. Samuel Woods’ sale was well attended on
Saturday afternoon and everything brought good
D. Grant Meyer's new house is nearing com-
pletion and when ready to occupy will be a cosy
little home.
The fine rains that fell during the past week
were needed, as the ground had become quite
dry and the roads were very dusty.
Last Tuesday evening district deputy grand
master George T. Graham come down from State
College and installed the following officers, for
the ensuing term, of Lemont Lodge No. 717. 1. O.
O. F.: N. G., John Mitchell; V.
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PINE GROVE MENTION.
Geo. Potter and wife were Monday visitors at
the G. W. Potter home.
Mrs. Wm. H. Knarr, of Greensburg, is visit.
ing friends in this section.
The John Reed sale on Friday tallied $2,650,
with several horses not sold.
On account of a mashed foot N.C. Neidigh is
making locomotion go on crutches.
Dr. Irvin is handling the ribbons over a pair of
mated sorrells, of the Gladstone type.
Frank Krebs, of Spruce Creek, spent the Sab-
bath with his aged mother, who is very ill.
Grandmother Dannley is making extensive im-
provements to her residence on Main street.
W.K. Corl and wife and S. E. Corl and wife
were Sunday visitors at the G. B. Mc. Fry home.
Mack Henderson autoed over from Huntingdon
and spent Sunday at the D. P. Henderson home.
Paul and Oscar Martz left on Tuesday for Co-
lumbus, Ohio, to enter a business college in that
city.
Major Robert F. Hunter, of Bellefonte, passed
through town on Saturday en route to Spruce
Creek.
Forest fires raged on lower Tadpole and in the
lower Barrens several days in the early part of
the week.
That popular bird, the stork, visited the home
of Pierce O'Bryan Monday and left a nice chubby
little boy.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Nearhood came down
from Altoona for a week's outing among friends
at Pine Hall,
Hon. J. W. Kepler is having his mansion house
brightened up with%a fresh coat of orange paint
with steel trimmings.
Merchant J. N. Everts, who has been confined
to his room the past week, is able to be behind
the counter again as usual,
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Smith, of Axe Mann, and
Kyle Osman and wife were entertained at the J.
R. Smith home over Sunday.
Dr. Walter Woods came from Detroit, Mich.,
to spend a few days with his wife and daughter,
Virginia, at the Dr. Woods home.
~Eddie Martz left for Binghamton Monday
for the opening of the baseball season, as he has
been engaged as a pitcher at $125 a month.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Goss enjoyed a drive over
old Tussey’'s peaks to Lewistown, where they
spent several days mixing business with pleas-
ure,
A.O. Tyson and daughter, Lizzie moved to
their new home at Greensburg Thursday. We
are sorry to lose such estimable citizens but our
loss is their gain.
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SPRING MILLS.
Whitewashing fences and out buildings is now
in order.
A few of our fishermen are making rather wild
calculations on trout fishing. No doubt more
will return empty handed than otherwise.
Roller skating on the cement pavements by the
boys interferes very materially with pedestrian.
ism—a trifle more of it, and it will become a nui-
sance.
How about the onion snow that the old women:
talk so much about? Is it a failure this spring, or
will the snow squalls of last week answer the
purpose?
Mrs. James N. Leitzell Jr., from below Mifflin-
burg, formerly of this place, was here last week
visiting relatives and friends, a guest of Mrs. C.
C. Cummings.
Some of our farmers held their potatoes too
long for high prices. When thay reached 75 cents
a bushel, they held on for adollar, now they can
hardly sell them for 30 cents.
After several warm summer days last week,
and everybody making garden in their shirt
sleeves, the week closed with high, cold winde
with numerous snow squalls. Of course over-
coats were again gladly resumed.
The employees at the store of C.P. Long are
very busy early and late to have every depart.
ment in the new division in complete working
order by the 15 inst., at which time the style of
the firm will be changed to C. P. Long company,
and the immense line of new merchandise in the
several departments will be ready for inspection
and sale.
pacity of clipping one hundred and fifty sheep
ina day. Mr. Bartley has been in the sheep
shearing business for several years, but the ma-
chines in use were slow and tedious, so he con-
cluded totry and get up a machine himself to
shear expeditiously and thoroughly, and to be
superior to anything of the kind yet made and
he has succeeded admirably.
United States Corporation to Grant
Increase of Six Per Cent.
Pittsburg, Pa.. April 14—An advance
In the pay of thousands of employes
of the various subsidiary companies
of the United States Steel corporation,
equal to about 6 per cent, is said to
have been practically decided upon.
The changes expected are principally
for laborers and men getting less than
$100 a month.
Life Sentence For Woman.
Upper Marlboro, Md.. April 14. —
Mary Batson Howard, colored, who
murdered her ten-year-old daughter,
Mary Magdalene Howard, by slashing
her with a razor, was arraigned be-
fore Judges Beall and Camalier and a
plea of guilty was entered. The court
then sentenced the woman to life im-
prisonment.
His Heart Not In the Right Place.
Harrisburg, Pa. April 14.—Thomas
‘| Cussick, a resident of Steeiton, who
was found upon a recent examination
for tuberculosis to have his heart on
his right side, died. He had beel {ll
with consumption for many months,
Cussick refused to allow a more e3
tended ezamination. ne