eh | DmEese—~The sudden death of Mrs. |’
: | Irvin J. Dreese, at her home in Lemont
on Monday, was quite a shock to her
many friends. - A year or so ago she had
been in poor health but the past few
months she was so much improved that
her family felt hopeful of her complete
recovery. On Sunday evening she at-
tended services at the Presbyterian church
Bellefonte, Pa., July 29, 1910.
P.GRAYMEEK, - - Eprror
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Terms oF SusscRIPTION.~Until further notice
this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the
following rates : as usual and Monday morning got up
Pad before expirmion of year . 180 | Quite early in order to get through with
Paid after expiration of year 2.00 her house work as she anticipated a trip
to Bellefonte. She had been out of bed
only a few minutes when she was sud-
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
——— denly stricken with apoplexy and had just
way bridges, one in Bush Hollow and one |
in College township. All bids must be in |
by August 13th, as can be seen by cor- has been engaged as steward of
rected advertisement in this week's pa- Tyrone Country club at their
tnd on her return will visit in Altoona and Bell,
wood.
Mrs. Catharine Yocum, of this place, and Mrs.
Henry Dunkle visited Fred Yocum, at Waddle,
this week.
Belle Orris, of Steelton, came home to attend the
Reformed picnic.
Mrs. Sarah Barclay and family, of Altoona,
spent a week at the home of her aunt, Mrs. J. D.
Miller, of this place.
Mrs. Sarah Miller and sister, Mrs,
Strunk, of Cedar Run, picnicked at Hecla on
Tuesday with the Presbyterians of Lock Haven.
Miss Lucile Wetzel, of Bellefonte, paid her
cousin, Charles Lee, a short visit while en route
to Jacksonville, where she will stay a few weeks
For Governor, A per. house at Pennsylvania Furnace and with Mrs. Lew Dorman.
time to call to her husband before she | prominent in church work as well as in eh a wa— ; . . 4
WEPSTER ORIN. of Butis Coun. ite ; Awl ; anytiiing that we dor yiare| On Mond abt or With his wife and little daughter ar-' Farmers aretaking a rest from the strenuous
rived there on Monday. Mr. Nathan has labors of harvesting, as all the wheat and hay is
had considerable experience as a farmer | housed for this season. Oats in all likelihood will
and caretaker of grounds and will make | > he rier Po of th Week
4 rs. Martha Carner and children, Max and
| the club a good steward in these particu- V adge, are spending a few weeks at Roaring
lars, while Mrs. Nathan will have charge Branch, at the home of Mrs. John Allison. Mr.
of the culinary department. Charles Carner also accompanied his mother and
— eins | will attend a business college in Williamsport,
—While so far this season huckle- , The family of Rey. H. I Crow left on Monday
was hastily summoned, who found her
condition so critical that there was little
hope of saving her life, and so it proved,
as she died about twelve o'clock without
of the community in which he lived. - persons unlocked the outside cellar door
Mr. Snyder was twice married. His of the house on the Mitchell farm in Fer- |
first wife was Miss Susannah Geiss. Of ' guson township, occupied by Edward
their children four survive, as follows: ' Moore, and after removing five gallons of
D. Geiss Wagner, of Spring Mills; Rev. cream, a lot of vinegar and lard very!
William Wagner, of New Bloomfield; : obligingly locked the door and carried the |
Mrs. A. E. Kerlin, of Centre Hall, Mrs. - stuff away. i
SAMUEL B. PRICE, of Scranton.
For Secretary of Internal Affairs,
JAMES L. BLAKESLEE, of Carbon County,
For State Treasurer,
SAMUEL B. PHILSON, of Somerset County.
. Democratic Congressional Ticket.
For
—
Congress,
WILLIAM C. HEINLE, of Bellefonte.
Democratic Senatorial Ticket.
For State Senator,
GEORGE M. DIMELING, of Cleafield.
Democratic County Ticket.
and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Pierce Lytle. Since her marriage to Mr.
Dreese she has lived with her family at
For the Legislature, ; friends who sincerely mourn her demise.
J. CALVIN MEYER. of Bellonte: | She had been a member of the Presby-
Postal Savings Banks Not Wanted.
Flink, in the west and T. Clayton Wag- |
ner, of Tuvsseyville. His second wife,
was Miss Katharine Spangler, who died :
several years ago. Of their children one '
son survives, namely: James Wagner, '
station agent at Mifflinburg. :
The funeral was held from his late:
home at nine o'clock on Monday morn-
ing. The services were in charge of
Rev. Daniel Gress, of the Reformed
church, assisted by Revs. Schuyler, Bei.
| berries have not been very plentiful in
—During one of last week's storms . |
: | the Bellefonte market it is not because
lightning struck the gable of the hotelat : } On of
Petia Cave a) icioiked of & Wivwhet f the mountains in Centre county, especial -
boards shingl building ly in the eastern section, they are quite’
not take fire and the damage was only’ Loic) but are being picked and ship-
Hon Dn of Samuel Gent, | Ped to the cites. In one day last week
at Madisonburg, damaging #4 but alight; | S90 Whousand quates wege offered for
ly. in Williamsport market,
jmost of them had been shipped
and
——Knisely and Rhoads have almost from other counties.
for their summer outing with his parents and
among relatives. On account of the funeral of
Ralph Delaney Rev. Crow was not able to leave
until later in the week. There will be no preach-
ing services in the Reformed church the next two
Mrs. Henry Houtz and Lizzie Kimport are
among the sick.
Mrs. Sallie Bloom is visiting relatives in and
about Millheim.
White Hall is all agog ever a big wedding that
ber, and Snyder. Burial was made in completed the repairs to the stone wall | SW] isdn
the Tusseyville cemetery. ,and concrete pavement along Spring eA Be SOE in as
J I ‘ creek near the Central Railroad of Penn- | ooo * corvice men of the treasury de-
RADEL.—Mrs. Lillian C. Radel, wife of ' sylvania depot which was washed away |. rtment. It is printed under the act of
G. W. Radel, station agent on the Lewis- by the high water in February and NOW 1 lv 12th, 1882, ies 1901 and t the
burg and Tyrone railroad at Coburn, died pedestrians will be able to traverse that | o ock letter *D." plate number 150 and
on last Thursday of paralysis. Her maid- | walk without going out into the dusty or | yp. cionatures of W. TV
en name was Grim and she was born in | muddy street. ta » TORIS! 27,
is billed for August.
The steam thresher is being heard threshing
out the golden grain.
Jas. A. Decker is in the Mountain city on a lit-
tle real estate business.
Clarence Raymond. who has been ill with ty-
phoid fever, is convalescing.
William Swabb, of Harris township, spent yes-
terday with friends in town.
gold
the
which expressed itself during the presi-
dential campaign of 1892 in a proposition
that the government loan money to farm-
ers on their unmatured crops finally
developed into this equal folly and amateur
statesmen and quack economists adopted
it as an article of their political faith.
But when the matter was put ina form
to test its utility there is no one in the
broad land willing to make the venture.
While confidence abides the existing
banking machinery is entirely adequate
and when fear comes the postal savings
banks will prove the greater of all finan-
cial evils.
The WATCHMAN has consistently oppos-
ed this absurd scheme from the beginning
and justly takes pride ip the fact. Con-
ceived in an addled it was finally
adopted by conspirators who aim to make
the people of the country slaves to Wall
street. A currency famine would quick-
ly bring the postal savings banks into
operation in all the smaller cities and
towns and the result will be to drain the
currency of the several communities out
of the local banks and into the postoffice
whence it will readily find its way to the
Postoffice Department at Washington and
thence to Wall street where it will be
used in speculative operations to crush
out the industriai life of the country.
down a short flight of stairs. In the fall
she sustained a slight bruise on the right
leg and as a result erysipelas developed
and her death ensued.
Her maiden name was Margaret Minnie
Crider and she was born in Buffalo Run
valley in 1871, her age at death being 39
years, 5 months and 21 days. When a
girl her parents moved to Warriorsmark
township, Huntingdon county, where she
lived at the time of her marriage to
Elmer Ellsworth Houck in 1890. In 1892
they moved to Tyrone and have lived
there since.
In addition to her husband Mrs. Houck
is survived by the following children:
LeRoy, Chester, Ronald and Isabelle. She
also leaves her aged mother, Mrs. Anne
Crider, and three brothers, H. Alton,
Milton and William M. She was a de-
vout member of the Methodist church
and Rev. James B. Stein officiated at the
funeral services which were held on Tues.
day afternoon, the remains being taken
to Warriorsmark for burial.
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MOTTER.—Mrs. Catharine Decker Mot-
ter, wife of William Motter, died at her
home in Georges valley on Monday of last
week. She had been ailing for some time
with dropsical trouble but it was not until
a few days prior to her death that her
condition became critical.
She was a daughter of the late Green
Decker and was 35 years and 9 months
old. In addition to her husband she is
survived by six children, Naomie, Ernest,
Carl, Margaret, Garman and Jesse, all at
home. She also leaves the following
brothers and sisters: Miss Ella, of New
York; Miss Jennie, Thomas, Colonel and
Dolan, of Spring Mills; Scott, of South
Dakota, and Joseph, of North Dakota.
The funeral was held last Friday
morning, burial being made in the
SprocenTw. Sematery: ‘
MORRISON.—~Mrs. Iva Susanna Mor-
rison, wife of Eimer S. Morrison, died at
her home in Altoona on Tuesday morn-
ing after an illness of seven weeks. She
was a daughter of Irvin and Clara Treas-
ter and was born in Centre county on
May 22nd, 1890. Several years ago she
was married to Mr. Morrison and shortly
thereafter they went to make their home
in Altoona. In addition to her husband
she is survived by one little daughter,
Margaret; her mother, one brother and
four sisters. The funeral was held yes-
terday afternoon; interment being made
in the Rose Hill cemetery, that city.
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DELANEY.—The friends of Mr. and
Mrs. John Delaney, of Hublersburg, sin-
cerely sympathize with them in the death
of their only son, Ralph, a bright little
boy two years of age. His death occur-
red on Sunday and was the result of be-
ing badly scalded by falling into a bucket
of hot water, which was followed by a se-
vere attack of cholera infantum. The
funeral was held on Wednesday. Rev.
H. I Crow officiated and burial was made
in the Hublersburg cemetery.
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HOCKMAN.— After several week's ill-
ness as the result of paralysis Mrs. Sarah
Jane Hockman, relict of the late S. F.
Hockman, died at her home in Millheim
last Saturday. She was 63 years, 6 months
and 23 days old and is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. L. E. Stover. Funeral
services were conducted on Tuesday fore-
noon by Rev. W. D. Donat after which
interment was made in the Fairview cem-
-etery. =
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
-——(n Wednesday evening as Dr Hayes
went to light the lamps on his automo-
bile the critter took fire and had it not
been for some men at the Bellefonte club
going to his assistance the machine might
have been burned up. As it was the
flames were extinguished without doing
much damage.
———— A ~——
——M. IL Gardner has begun work on
tearing down the building on Howard
street for several years past used as the
Midway school building, for the purpose
of erecting a comfortable residence there-
on. An entire new brick front will be
built but the rear portion of the old
building will be utilized as a part of the
house.
——Workmen are repairing and re-
modeling the wing of the old Garman
residence on High street which will be
occupied after August first by Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin F. Garman,as Dr. Coburn Rog-
ersthas leased the front roomsin the main
part of the house now occupied by them
for his offices after the dissolution of
partnership between he and Dr. Hayes.
————— A ~eee——
——The Haupt brothers have started
on their contract for the concrete walks,
steps, curbing, gutters, etc., at the new
High school house and several men have
been put to work grading the yard in the
rear of the building. There is now no
doubt but that the building will be com-
pleted and furnished by the opening of
school on September 5th, and members
ol the school board declare that all the
pavements and grading will also be com-
pleted by that time,
—Miss Mary Belle Struble, who forthe
past six years has been superintendent of
nurses at the George Washington Uni-
versity Hospital, Washington, D. C,, has
been made superintendent of St. Luke's
N. Y.,, and will leave
‘ago he spent a brief time in Oklahoma.
Northumberland county on February |
2nd, 1863. She was stricken with paraly- |
sison June 19th and had partially re-,
covered when she had a second stroke’
which resulted in her death.
In 1882 she was united in marriage to
G. W. Radel who survives with the fol-
lowing children: Francis M., of New- |
berry; Eugene E.,of Millersburg; George
W., of Daimatia; Mrs. W. J. Daniels, of
Elizabethville; Mrs. T. F. Corman, of
Scalp Level; Meta, Rebecca, Tryphena
and Ada, at home. Her aged mother and
three brothers also survive.
Rev. B. R. M. Sheeder, of the Lutheran
church, officiated at the funeral services
which were held at her late home on
Monday after which the remains were
taken to Elizabethville for burial.
I i
EsBs.—George L. Ebbs, a former Cen-
tre countian, died at his home in Okla-
homa last Friday. The exact cause of
his death is not known, but it evidently
was quite sudden as so far as can be
learned his friends did not even know of
his serious illness.
He was about fifty-two years of age
and was born near Loveville, this county,
his parents being James and Elizabeth
Ebbs. Most of his life was spent in'
Halfmoon township though some years |
After returning east he lived on the
Ebbs homestead near Loveville until;
about April first of this year when he |
went west again. He was a prominent !
Granger and well known through Centre |
and Huntingdon counties. He is sur-
vived by a wife and several children, one '
brother and two sisters. :
I I :
MCEWEN.—Charles McEwen, a son of |
William McEwen, of Unionville, died at |
the Mont Alto sanitorium on Tuesday |
afternoon. He contracted a cold last April |
while working for the Westinghouse com-
pany in Pittsburg which rapidly developed
into tuberculosis. About six weeks ago
he went to Mont Alto but the disease had
developed beyond control. He was born
at Unionville and was twenty-five years
of age. Surviving him are his father and
one brother Donald, of Pittsburg. The
remains were taken to Unionville on Wed-
nesday evening and the funeral will be
held this afternoon.
—]f the abundance of any article or
commodity regulates the price the
Thanksgiving turkey ought to be secured
fairly reasonable this fall as the crop of
young turkeys in Centre county is un-
to raising turkeys there is a large flock
of young ones, ranging anywhere from a
and the most of them take advantage of
this method to turn a neat sum for them-
selves. Incubators are used pretty gen-
erally and some farmer's wives through-
out the county have as many as five hun-
dred chicks in their flock and all of them
the | the well known Bullock family of Julian,
a rave haere 'and Lee McClung, treasurer. While it
——The trout season is now practicaly , might be well for everybody to carefully
over and no sooner has Fish Commis- examine their ten dollar certificates, so
sioner Meehan shut up on telling the far as we are concerned there will be no
people through the newspapers how plen- | sleepless nights, as we never get any to
tiful the trout arethan Dr. Kaulbfus,state | worry over.
game commissioner, begins to tell that | A
the outlook is that game of all kinds will |, “ou wD Idec People Grinered
be plentiful this fall. Of course they
| hear W. F. Ries, of Toledo, Ohio, talk on
have to earn their salaries one Way OF | «Men and Dollars.” While the gentleman
El Tene a | was interestingas a speaker the doctrines
——The condition of Misses Margaret | he advanced and advocated were the
and Mary Thomas, daughters of Supt. | well known socialistic ones of equality
and Mrs. F. H. Thomas, while serious | for all. He of course declared his party
enough to require great care is not of an | and platform to be the only means of
unusually alarming nature. Miss Mar- | salvation from many of the evils which
garet has a well developed case of ty-|exist today, but just how his pictured
phoid fever, though in a somewhat mild | millenium is to be brought about he fail-
form while Miss Mary is suffering with |
ed to make clear.
malaria. Both are being cared for in the | Shae Seale
Bellefonte hospital. Marriage: Licauges.
On Monday 2 young married man Clarence McCafferty and Gertrude
. : ._ | Kreamer, both of Bellefonte.
of Bellefonte had an altercation with his
{ Norman C. Watson and Mary A,
wife and decided to leave town. He | \
. Davis, both of Moshannon,
boarded a fraight car for Huntingdon, .
where he ted to get work but in- Louis A. Miller, of Williamsport, and
oe Mary Pacini, of Bellefonte.
stead was nabbed by the railroad police James B.A of Mills,
for stealing a ride on freight trains and delsperger Osceola
: ‘and Anna M. Kunkle, of Philipsburg.
the next day his wife secured money from 1
: 4 Frank J. Lannen, of Fleming, and Flora
friends with which to pay his fine, get .
him out of jail and bring him back home E. Young, of Bellefonte.
—— teint ‘| Gust Neidrich, of Winburn, and Nancy
——During the month of August Dr. J. | Olive Mayes, of Philipsburg.
Allison Platts will take his annual vaca-| Peter S. Moyer, and Stella R. Poorman,
tion, the first part of which he will spend | both of Orviston.
in Philadelphia and the balance in Elmira, TE
N.Y. On the first Sunday in August Dr. SPRING MILLS.
D. W. Woods, of Gettysburg, will have
charge of the services in the Presbyterian Boivin vor for a'wnion picnic, of
church and on the third Sunday Rev. W |
| Mrs. Maggie Donachy left on Saturday last to
K. Foster, of Jenkintown, will be HOTe, ¥ vigh sala BE ry
There will be no services on the second | J. N. Leitzell, of Portland Mills, formerly of this
and fourth Sundays. town, who has been here for several weeks, a
— guest of William Pealer, returned home on Tues-
-—Bill car No. 1 of Frank A. Robbins
day last.
circus, with a force of fifteen bill posters | J.C. Condo, of the Penn Hall carriage works,
and advance men was in Bellefonte yes- uk vitwRG] SVE SURO Gb eX) te
. e reports t as
Ie sme
Politics are very quiet. Everybody seems dis-
Thursday, August 11th. The Robbins | gusted with the third party movement, and well
circus train is the one that was wrecked | they mav be. Democrats here regard it as a
near Ebensburg a month or so ago but nightmare which will fizzle cut by next Novem.
they recaptured all the wild animals and | b**
have put everything else in better shape
than before the wreck.
smc. QA <r ———
-——0On Saturday afternoon two severe
rain and wind storms swept over Belle-
fonte and during one of them one of the
shade trees in front of the Episcopal
church was broken off about ten feet
from the ground and blown across the
street. Inasmuch as it was not a very
large tree it was not a difficult task to
remove it to one side of the street, out
of the way of traffic, where it lay until
the beginning of the week.
~Dr. J. M. Brockerhoff returned this
week from a ten day’s trip to West Vir-
ginia. Naturally it was urgent business
that took him down there at this time, as
he is so interested in watching the pro-
gress of the remodeling of his house.
And in this connection it might be added
Recently the supervisors repaired our roads
with plenty of crushed stone. Would it not bea
good idea for them to remove from the paths run.
ning parallel with the road the stones scattered
there by vehicles and heavy teams? In localities
where the paths are in constant use by pedestri.
ans the accumulated stones are a decided nui-
sance.
‘The boardwalk from the iron bridge over Penns
creek to the Evangelical and Lutheran churches
isin a very deplorable condition and should be re-
paired at once or entirely removed, and not wait
until an accident occurs. The fracture of a limb
or some one hurt by stumbling over a rickety
board and thrown into the deep gutter along side,
may result in a suit for damages.
Magistrate Jamison seems to have a peculiar
knack of adjusting disputes and difficulties. Fre.
quently parties who were in a warlike mood and
determined to go to court, right or wrong, with
they finally had their troubles adjusted so satis-
factorily that they left the office like old friends.
Qur farmers are very busy hauling in crops.
Owing to the warm weather and occasional show-
lock to get it himself, as he knew where
ginger opened it and had it at his lips to
take a taste of it when he detected from : home of his mother, Mrs. J. W. Lee.
the smell of it that it was not ginger but; Miss Effie Keller, of Pleasant Gap, was the
carbolic acid. He did not swallow any of | guest of Miss Blanche Hoy the past week.
the poison, he asserts, but got a little of | Joseph Emerick passed through our town on
of it on his lips and tongue which were | Sunday with his family, in a big sutomobile.
quite badly blistered, but he was around Mrs. Harry Weaver and daughter Stella are vis-
; wial i iting relatives in and about Spring Mills this
on Monday as usual. He is.a member of | i
| ‘Miss Lila Dietrick left on Thursday for Pitts-
and is engaged in lumbering. burg where she will spend a week with friends
Howard H. Goss and wife spent the Sabbath at
the G. B. Fry home near town.
George Koch, who has been on the sick list for
the past week, is around again,
John Fortney and wife came up from Boalsburg
and spent Friday at the Dannley home.
—Miss Lizzie Johnson, of New Jersey, is spend-
ing a month here with Miss Grace Dale.
Frank Weiland is down at Lancaster attending
the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. Samuel Hileman.
A. B. Tanyer, of State College, was here over
Sunday and at lodge meeting Saturday evening.
Prof. Sumuel P. McWilliams, of McDonald, is
spending his vacation in his father’s harvest field.
‘Wm. VanTries, one of Sinking Valley's success-
ful farmers, spent Sunday at the Wilhetta Mack
Mrs. Jessie Sharp and sister came up from
Shingletown and spent Sunday at the Sallie Fort-
ney home.
Rev. W. K. Harnish gave notice Sunday of his
vacation and no services until the first Sunday in
September.
Mrs. Will Wagner and daughter Helen came
down from Altoona for a month's outing down
Pennsvalley
Mr, and Mrs. Will Glenn drove to Lemont Sun-
day to see Grandmother Williams, who is suffer-
ing from a fall.
Milton Keller and son Harry came over from
Ptttsburg and spent several days at the "Squire
' : a !
Mrs. Maude Miller, of Bellefonte, with her
interesting boys, John, Harry and Joseph are
Loop visitors this week.
On account of running a nail in his foot G.
Woods Miller is shy a good horse, which died
Saturday evening of tetanus,
Miss Susan Dannley is taking a little pleasure
jaunt down Pennsvalley. This is her first venture
abroad since the wreck about a year ago.
L. C. Bullock, of Milesburg, was here Saturday
morning giving a demonstration of a light plant
that he will soon place in the I. O. O. F. hall.
Thomas Gates, of Altoona, is ill at the home of
his brother-in-law, W. G. Gardner, whom he was
visiting when he was seized with an attack of in-
digestion that put him to bed.
Ed. Bowersox, one of the clerical force of the
Aviator’s Biplane Turns Somersault.
Turning a complete somersault in
the air in a twenty-five miles an hour
breeze on the aviation grounds east
of Garden City, N. Y., George Russell,
who was flying in a Curtiss biplane,
landed on the ground without so much
as a scratch to show after his re-
markable escape. The biplane landed
on the ground with the engine in the
air and the machine partly wrecked.
Russell had made one very fast
round of the course at an average
height of about thirty feet. He main-
excellent control his ma-
a
an instant the machine had turn-