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Pa., January 6, 1911.
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published unless accompanied by the real name
of the writer.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——The engagement of john McCoy
and Miss Mary Harris was announced
on Christmas eve.
—Mrs. H. W. Tate entertained with
cards Saturday night at her apartments
at Petriken Hall.
——The annual inspection of Company
L. of this place, will take place on Satur-
day evening, January 28th.
——Good morning, kind reader. We
trust you are as glad to see us this morn-
ing as we are to greet you.
~——Mrs. A. C. Sullivan, who has been
ill with pneumonia since going to York
two weeks ago, is slowly recovering.
——At the euchre given by Mrs. E. H.»
Richard, Wednesday, in honor of her sis-
ter Mrs. Aull, eight covers were laid.
——The New Year was ushered .in Sat-
urday night by the ringing of bells, blow-’
ing of whistles and considerable shoot-
ing. . 1
——Miss Annie McLaughlin anticipates |
making ber home with Miss Mary
Thomas after she moves into the Graham |
home in the spring. |
——At the semi-monthly meeting of
the Bellefonte Bridge Whist club on Tues-
day evening, Egbert Merriman won first |
prize and Harry Keller second. i
——A miscellaneous shower was given | draulic engineering. Dr. Kirk objected | dance in the town hall Tuesday evening:
by the Misses Elizabeth and Mary Coon-
ey, Tuesday night, for Miss Edna Meyer, |
who will be an early February bride.
——Miss Margaret Whiteman, who fell
at her home ten days ago dislocating her
shoulder, has been taken to the Bellefonte
hospital, where she is slowly recovering.
—S8. S. Miles, of Port Matilda, was
sworn in as mercantile appraiser on Wed-
nesday, he having been appointed by the
county commissioners about three weeks
ago
.
ur old-time friend D. W. Schnarrs,
of Osceola Mills, has forsaken that town
and gone to Howard where he has been
made watchman at the railroad crossing
at the depot.
——Mrs. Ellen Lovett Meehan, a one
time resident of Milesburg, died in the
Blair county home on Monday. She was
born in London, England, and. was seven- |
ty-seven years old. :
——The United Evangelical congrega- |
tion at Woodward held an old-fashioned |
“‘watch” meeting last Saturday evening |
which was largely attended by the peo- |
ple of that community.
Monday, with rainfall enough to raise the |
streams throughout the county, but it has
been cold erough since to make one |
realize that winter is still with us. i
~The first baby born in Bellefonte |
in 1911, so far as the writer knows, ar- |
rived in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George |
Johnson, on Penn street, on Monday. It
is a little girl and is getting along splen-
didly.
-—=Mrs. S. A. Bell and Miss Alice Tate
moved last Thursday from the Sebring
house on Spring street to the rooms in
the Curtin house on the corner of Alleghe-
ny and Howard streets, which has been
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Don-
achy.
~The Millheim Camp, No. 9833, |
Modern Woodmen of America, will hold
their annual banquet at the Sherman
house this (Friday) evening, after which
an entertainment for the banqueters
will be given in the hallby H. S. Manlove,
impersonator.
~The Epworth League will give an
oyster supper in the lecture room of the
Methodist church, Friday evening, Janu-
ary 13th. A charge of twenty-five cents
will be made for the supper, ice cream
and cake being extra. The public is most
cordially invited.
——A dispatch from Washington on De-
cember 28th announced the resignation
of Joseph D. Harris as general superin-
tendent of motive power of the Balti.
more and Ohio railroad company. The
reason of his resignation or what he has
in view in the future was not stated.
——John L. Knisely last week bought
the John Walker property on Thomas
street now occupied by Charles Moersch-
bacher and family and Mr. Moerschbacher
is trying to purchase the William Bell
property on the same street to take
possession on April first but Mrs. Bell is
not disposed to sell.
——Harry L Griffith was on Thursday
of last week appointed superintendent of
the Bellefonte fish hatchery to succeed
the late H. M. Buller. Mr. Griffith, as
assistant superintendent the past severai
years, has had entire control of the work
owing to Mr. Buller’s long illness and is
——Mr. and Mrs. D. Wagner Geiss
celebrated the New Year holiday on Mon-
day with a dinner party at which the fol-
J were present: Mr. and
Mss. ge L. Goodhart and Mr. and
Mrs. E. M. Huyett, of Centre Hall; Mr.
and Mrs. William Daugherty, of,Lemont;
Miss Lou Camp, of Tyrone; Miss Adaline
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Williams, of Howard, and Miss Mary
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Council. PROCEEDINGS.
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ber of borough council was present on the Woman's Club of Bellefonte, will be Withers, of Jersey City, New Jersey, the
Monday evening as if in anticipation of held in Petriken hall, Friday afternoon at well known landscape architect and |
some very important legislation but when
the session ended comparatively little had
been done.
There were no verba! or written com-
munications and none of the committees
had anything special to report, except the
Water committee, which reported that the
department was without a superintendent
on account of the death of the late Samuel
Rine. The treasurer's report showed a
balance on hand of $188.47.
Under the head of old business a report
was made that notice had been served on
the Yeager Swing company to vacate the
Phoenix Mill property by April 1st, 1911.
A communication was received from the
Underwriters Association relative to
changes to be made at the mill property
in order to render it safe. They suggest
the installation of a sprinkler in tower;
that the building be sufficiently heated to
keep the sprinkler from freezing up, and
that the boiler house of the Yeager Swing
company be detached from the main
building. 1!
Regarding a walk around Rhoads’ cor-
ner and along McCoys the Street com-
mittee was instructed to take some action
in the matter before the next meeting of
council. :
The burgess’ report for the past two
costs, $8.50; balance due burgess, $5.50.
Mr. Keller offered a resolution in effect
that the water superintendent, street
| commissioner and borough engineer be!
combined and the three to be looked after
by one official to be known as a borough
engineer, who must be thoroughly con-
versant with civil, mechanical and hy-
to creating such an office on the ground
that it would not be a matter of economy
but rather an increase in expense. Mr.
Beezer and Mr. Grimm spoke likewise.
The ayes and nays were called when a
vote on the resolution was taken and
Keller, Musser, Sheffer and Judge voted |
for it and Beezer, Grimm, Kirk and Yer- |
ger against it and president Harper cast
the deciding vote in favor of the resolu-
tion. Having thus created a new office
the question of salary to be paid was dis-
| cussed. Finally a motion was ade to
pay a salary of $100 per month but the
motion was defeated by a vote of 5 to 3.
Dr. Kirk then made a motion to make
the salary limit $1,000 per year, but this
was defeated by a vote of 6 to 2. A
number of applications had been sent into
council for the position of water super-
intendent and these and the salary ques-
tion were referred to the Water commit.
tee for investigation and report at next
meeting; they in the meantime to engage
some competent man temporarily to look
after the water works.
The treasurer was authorized to have
| a note discounted in the sum of $1,500 for |
— The first January thaw occurred on | four months to pay current bills. Bills
to the amount of $1,311.30 were approved
and councii adjourned.
PHILIPSBURG FIRE SWEPT.—One of the
most disastrous fires that has occurred in
Philipsburg in years took place last Fri-
day when the opera house, the Schoon-
over block, the Hagerty block and sev-
eral other buildings were destroyed, en-
tailing a loss estimated at from seventy-
five to one hundred thousand dollars.
The fire broke out shortly before six
o'clock in the morning and is supposed
to have originated in the rear of Der-
vishe's confectionery store. The flames
gained on the Philipsburg firemen and
an appeal for help was sent to both Ty-
rone and Clearfield, firemen from both
places responding as quickly as possible.
Itwas not until the buildings named
above were practically destroyed that the
flames were gotten under control.
Those who were burned out were Orin
Vail’s wholesale liquor warercom, though
most of the contents were saved; the
Salvation Army; William Reed's tailoring
establishment; Frank Chase, barber; Joe
Mulson, shoemaker; L. B. Gernon, shoe
store; A. Deryishe, confectioner; The
Bell telephone exchange; ‘Mr. Schoon-
over's private apartments; Shirt factory
storage rooms; Prudential Fire Insurance
company; E. E. Hagerty, bakery; Gus
Johnson's job printing office; George
Stott’s billiard room and cigar store, and
the opera house.
THE BLUE Mouse.—It is a relief to
witness a play that does not compel one
to swallow isms and dogmas, but leads
one quite willingly to nibble upon the
sweets in milady’s bonbonniere. This is
what “The Blue Mouse” tempts you to
do, and the tempting has been so cleverly
arranged by Clyde Fitch that two con-
tinents are nibbling. The play of that
name, written by the author of “Girls,”
has been adapted from the German by
Clyde Fitch who, in translating and re-
arranging a solid success, has given
America one of the most wholesome and
wholly convulsing farces of the present
time. "The Blue Mouse” holds the record
for the season's run in New York, having
remained for over one year at the Lyric
theatre. A carefully selected company
title role will present the forthcoming
engagement of this farce, which comes
here on Wednesday evening, January
11th, at Garman's. :
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members of the Unfed Evangeica X pr
gave their pas, Re Hower, a
thirty o'clock.
——Mrs. John Gray moved from her
house on College avenue, State College,
to one of the flats in Crider's Exchange
| Monday of this week.
——Mrs. James B. Lane and Miss Mary
Thomas have closed their house on Linn
| street and gone to the Bush house, where
| they will make their home until Miss
| Thomas takes possession of the Graham
. house in the spring.
—On Sunday Grant Halderman was
engaged in loading ore at the Nittany fur-
, nace and following a dynamite blast a lot
- of ice and snow tumbled down upon him
badly lacerating his left forearm, render- there seems general ;
} ing it necessary'to take tim to the hos: lobed lackof now}
ja edge in that line a lecture of that kind
pital for treatment. , would be very instructive to the Belle-
i ——A chicken and waffle supper will fonte public and it is hoped that it will
‘be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. be carried through to success. Tle Civic
' Andy Gummo, near Hunter's park, next ' Improvement Society are thinking of tak-
Thursday evening, January 12th. The ing the thing in hand and have the lec-
proceeds will be for the benefit of the ture at a very nominal charge to pay the
| Buffalo Ran Presbyterian church. Every. few minor expenses and if anything is left
| body is invited and a good time guaran- | to apply the same to the purchase of the
teed to all. -~ | refuse receptacles for the street corners
| ——County auditors H. B. Pontius, of of the ow: It op that a large
this place, Robert Musser, of Gregg town- enough Mig Sa and that
| ship, and C. U. Hoffer, of Philipsburg, | CerYbody will go who is interested in
forester, and who was the landscape
near future and deliver an illustrated lec-
ture on the art of making the town beau-
tiful and the care and handling the shade
trees as well as show some of the beauti-
tour.
As the pretty streets in this town are
samewhat marred by the indiscriminate
' months showed fines collected, $3.00; : convened on Monday and began auditing | N¢IPing to make the town beautiful and
: i learn how to handle the tres question.
{the accounts of the Commissioners of | .
| Centre county. They anticipate a lengthy | Toone ing hw Sate oat To which
| session on account of the large number ''®? ‘CUnvenieice EL . who
of bills for the remodeling of the court | 138 30 kindly volunteered his services but
Hose lit is thought that it will be the latter part
i — ws |of this month or the beginning of the
| ——The Christmas festivities of the | next.
| younger set of Bellefonte consisted of a ———— ee oe
! —Ever since Tuesday Robert F,
Mrs. W. F. Reynold's party which she | Hunter has been parading around town
| gave Thursday night, for her son Frederic, | as if he had a chip on his shoulder and
| who was home for his vacation from St. | ready to go up against all comers, but it
| Georges school, Newport, and a dance in | was not because he was mad at anyone
the town hall given by Dr. and Mrs. R.|or anything. In fact it is the direct
G. H. Hayes for their daughter Ellen and | reverse, as he has simply been bub-
her school friend, Miss Mary Tyler, both | bling over with jubilation over the arrival
students at Sweet Briar, Virginia. {of a little girl in his home, the first in
- es ve ars.
——Samuel Bryant has finally signed gavel years
up with the Tyrone band and accepted a |
position with the Pennsylvania railroad |
company in that place, having gone there | —Miss Rose Prince, of Crafton, is the guest of
on Wednesday of last week. As a leader | her sister, Mrs. Donald Potter.
of the Coleville band and later of the | Tim Frick Glwtie of Bistibuix, spent the
new City band, as well as COMIPOSEY of | —Mrs. Edward Haupt, of Thomas street, enter-
band music, Mr. Bryant has acquired a | ¢ '
: ained her mother as her Christmas guest.
reputation beyond the confines of Cen-| _g,..e Hart, of Steelton, and a friend, have
tre county, and while we are sorry to 10se | been the guests of Mr. Hart's mother, on Bishop
him here we congratulate him on his | street.
gnod fortune. | —Miss Louise Brachbill went to Lock Haven
- — . Wednesday, to visit with friends there and in
——The barn on the farm owned by | Williamsport.
Wesley Rider, near Valley View in Buffalo | _ngeq Sidney Barlett and her three children,
Run valley, and occupied by Harvey | of Altoona, have visited with Mr. and Mrs. David
| Bradley was entirely destroyed by fire on | Barlett the past two weeks.
the night of Wednesday, December 28th. | —Mr. and Mrs. Boyd A. Musser and child, of
| The stock was saved but the entire stock | Altoona, were here for Christmas at the William
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
architect for the Jamestown Exposition, |
ful scenery of that nature seen on that |
cutting and trimming of trees and as
of grain, hay, etc., and a lot of farm im-
plements were destroyed. Some insur- |
' ance was carried but not enough to cover |
| the loss. The origin of the fire is not!
| known but it is belived to have been of
incendiary origin.
———0On Monday morning, December
| 26th, Rev. John Hewitt had a rather re-
markable baptismal service in St. John's
Episcopal church, in which three genera-
tions were baptised. They were Richard
| Stewart Brouse, Richard Stewart Brouse
Jr., and Richard Stewart Brouse—Topelt,
This was the first time in Rev. Hewitt's
long ministerial work that he was called
upon to administer the baptismal rites to
father, son and grand-son, which is cer-
tainly an unusual occurrence.
—Qur friend R. A. Beck played
Santa Claus for the little ones of the
Episcopal Sunday school on Wednesday
of the holiday week and if bright, happy
little faces and peals of merry laughter
count for anything he proved a decided
success. With characteristic kindness,
Beck, himself, purchased a doll for each
little girl and a horn for each little boy
so that with the usual church candy gift
it was little wonder that the children
think the big hearted barber about as
near the real thing as they grow outside
of the north pole country.
VITAL STATISTICS.—During the year
1910 there have been many deaths in and
around Bellefonte and it would seem
as if the death rate had largely in-
creased, but this is not the case. Accord:
ing to the record of the registrar of vital
statistics for this district, which includes
Bellefonte borough, Spring, Benner, Mar-
ion and Walker townships, there were
172 deaths during the year 1909 and only
141 during the year 1910, or just thirty-
one less last year than the year previous
This is a very decided decrease as it
shows a death rate fully eighteen per
cent. lower last year than during the
year previous.
——REUBEN IN NEW YORK.—There
will be plenty to entertain and excite the
most blase patron of the opera house on
Tuesday evening, January 10th, when
“Reuben in New York,” the big laugh
and comedy scream will hold forth.
Three acts of rapid fire dialogue, humor-
ous and complicated situations and an
album of bright. sparkling musical num-
bers and polite vaudeville is the offering.
The company presenting this comedy
creation is composed of singers, dancers
and comedians specially selected for their
various parts. A dozen or more musical
numbers will be introduced including
“Those Pretty Reuben Ponies,” a singing
and dancing act, "The Taxi Girls,” “Cav-
alleria Rusticana,” and a grand medley
at the finale of the second act
i
ant on Hammerstein's Roof Gar
J. Musser home on Lamb street.
—~Mrs. Andrew Harris, of Lock Haven, and her
nephew, Robert Burns, of Snow Shoe, were visit-
ors at the McDermott home last week.
~Mr. and Mrs. Blair Yarnell and little daugh-
ter, of Snow Shoe, were at the home of Wm, Mc-
Clellan, on Lamb street over New Years.
~Mrs. James McClain and little daughter, of
Spangler, are guests of Col. and Mrs. J. L. Spang-
ler this week, having come in for New Years,
—Mr. and Mrs, John Bullock and their son
Charles spent a part of the Christmas holidays
with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lukenbach, at Tyrone.
—Miss Sallie Ulrich, in training for a nurse at
Wernersville, came to Bellefonte Thursday to at-
tend the funeral of her grandfather, Michael Ul
rich.
—Mrs. Frank Wallace, her grand-daughter, and
her daughter, Mrs. Shaner, have returned to
Bellefonte from a short visit with Mrs. Blair, at
Tyrone.
--Miss Helen White has been spending the
week in Williamsport with her sister, Marie, but
will be in Bellefonte today, to return to her work
at Gambier, Ohio.
—Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Hayes, who have
been spending the fall and early winter at Atlan-
tic City, have gone to De Land, Florida, to stay
until spring.
—Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Beaver, of Yorktown
Heights, N. Y., and their daughter Katherine,
came to Bellefonte last week and have been guests
of Gen. and Mrs, James A. Beaver. .
—Lieut. Roland I. Curtin, U. S. N., who was
here for his father’s funeral, returned to his du-
ties at Annapolis yesterday. Gregg will remain a
few days before going back to Newark.
—Mrs. Jennie Parsons, who has been visiting
with Miss Humes, left Bellefonte Tuesday expect-
ing to spend the remainder of the winter at Mc-
Keesport, with Mr. and Mrs.James Parsons.
—Miss Morgan and Miss Ohnmacht are home
from Williamsport, where Miss Ohnmacht has
been since before Christmas, Miss Morgan hav-
ing gone down to be with her for the New Year.
—Mrs. J. A. Woodcock will leave Bellefonte
next week to spend a short time in Philadelphia,
going from there to Scranton she wiil not return
to Bellefonte before the early part of February.
—Miss Annie Glenn, a daughter of Dr. W. S.
Glenn, of State College, was in Bellefonte Tues-
day night, on her way home from spending a
week with Dr. and Mrs. Tom Glenn, at Bradford.
—Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cook, with their daugh-
ter Grace, spent the Christmas with Mrs. Cook's
sister, Mrs. Brown, at Wernersville. Miss Grace,
who did not return to Bellefonte with her parents,
is visiting with friends at Uniontown.
—Dr. John I. Robinson was a Bellefonte visitor
over Wednesday night, looking as natural as if he
were still located at State College. He left the
College last summer and went to Philadelphia
but is now located in Scranton where he is build-
ing up a good practice,
—Lieutenant James Taylor left on Tuesday.
After a brief visit with his sister, Mrs. Bums
Lieut. Taylor will go to San Francisco and sail
for duty inthe Philippines.
—After being for the Christmas week with
friends at Centre Hall, William Magee, of Phila,
delphia, spent Saturday in Bellefonte, packing
and shipping a part of his father’s law library,
which has never been moved since R. M. Magee
was a member of the Centre county bar.
—Jerry Herkimer, sonof Adam Herkimer late of
this place, was in town on Wednesday the
first time in twenty years or more. Jerry has been
self. He was on his way back from a visit with
his sisters at William: nd he r
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——The regular monthly meeting of FOR A Town BEAUTIFUL—Mr. John T. Fern Robb, of Pittsburg. spent Christmas |
with his mother in Bellefonte.
~Mrs. Eva Snyder, of Jersey Shore. spent
last week with relatives in Bellefonte.
—~Mrs. W. V. Hughes, of Hollidaysburg, is a
guest this week of Mrs. John P. Harris.
and who also delivers lectures on thecity _
beautiful all over the United States, was | expecting to spond two weeks in Philadelphis.
with Mr. George Bush on his tour around ' py and Mrs. Lewis Lonsbury spent Christ-
the world. He has written Mr. Bush. masand the Holidays with friends in Corning.
with whom he is a personal friend and | N.Y.
has offered to come to Bellefonte in the, —Miss Anna Keichline returned to Ithaca, N.
Y. on Tuesday io resume her studies in Cornell
University.
—William Clark Jr. and wife, of Syracuse, N. |
Y., spent several days in Bellefonte during the
Christmas holidays.
Lieutenant Richard Taylor, instructor at the
Huntingdon reformatory, spent Christmas with
his family in Bellefonte.
—Miss Elizabeth Willow, of Lock Haven, spent
Sunday in Bellefonte as the guest of Miss Helen
Martin, in Bush Addition.
~Miss Beulah Dale came home from Atlantic
City to spend the holiday week with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Dale.
—A. Randolph Hoy came in from Pittsburg last
week to spend part of the Holidays and New
Years with friends in town.
—Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Auchmuty, of Albany, N.
Y., spent two days last week with her sister, Mrs.
George Ingram, in Bellefonte.
—Mrs. John S. Tome and Mrs. M. P. Hepburn,
of Jersey Shore, have been house guests of Mrs.
Louise Bush for the past two weeks.
—Leland Struble, of Salamanca, N. Y., was here
for Christmas and part of the Holidays with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Struble.
—Leo Sherry was home from Pittsburg to spend
Christmas Sunday with his parents. but could not
remain longer than the day following.
—Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Spangler, of Barnesboro,
spént Christmas and part of the Holidays with
friends at Centre Hall and in this place.
~Frank Barrett, of State College, arrived in
Bellefonte Wednesday after spending a delight-
ful Christmas vacation in Jersey Shore.
—Mrs. Thomas King Morris with her son King.
who have been in Bellefonte for the past year,
will leave for their home at Pittsburgh today.
—Mrs. C. M. Bower and her sister, Mrs. Shook,
of Williamsport, spent the holiday season with
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Meyer, at Centre Hall.
—Thomas E. Mayes has moved his belongings
from the Aiken home to the Brockerhoff house
and will make that his residence in the future.
—J. H. Roush, of Madisonburg, was in Belle-
fonte Monday and Tuesday attending the annual
meeting of the Grange fire insurance company.
—Mrs. George VanDyke, of Altoona, with her |
daughter Mary, spent both the Christmas and the
New Year in Bellefonte with Mr. and Mrs. John
Noll.
—Dr, and Mrs. John Keichline, of Alexandria,
were members of the family party entertained by
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Keichline at Christmas
time.
~Mrs. Hugh North Crider and Mrs. J. H.
Robb went down to Philadelphia last Thursday
and spent the week with friends there and at
Ardmore.
~Mr. and Mrs, C. D. Casebeer left last Satur-
day for Pittsburg and from there wenton a sev-
eral days’ trip to Chicago, returning to Bellefonte
yesterday.
—Edward K. Rhoads and sister, Miss Rebecca,
spent Christmas and until Tuesday of last week
with their brother, Joseph J. Rhoads and family
in Altoona.
~Miss Julia Bidwell came in from Pittsburg to
spend Christmas and the Holidays with her par.
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Bidwell, of south Alle
gheny street.
—Charles Underwood, who holds a good posi-
tion at Watkins Glen, N. Y., spent his Christmas
vacation with his brother Jesse and family on |
Bishop street.
—Miss Lillian Walker, of Philadelphia. and Lee
Walker, of Schenectady, N. Y.. were home for
the Holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs, We.
Miles Walker.
—George W. Young and his nephew, George
Thompson, of Jersey Shore, spent several days in
Bellefonte during the Holidays, with Andrew
Young and family.
—Mr. and Mrs. Tom Smith, Mrs. Charles Pen-
nington, of State College, and John Smith, of
Philadelphia, were with their mother, Mrs. Peter
Smith for the Christmas.
~The Misses Anne and Caroline Valentine are
at the College Club at Philadelphia, where they
went shortly after Christmas, expecting to be in
the city for an indefinite time.
—Samuel H. Taylor, of Philadelphia, came to
Bellefonte on Sunday to spend several days and
accompany Mrs. Taylor home, she having spent
the holiday season with friends here.
—Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Singhiser and their child,
of Renovo, came to Bellefonte Friday of last week
for a visit with Mrs. Singhiser’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. W. Woodring, of Howard street,
—Mr. and Mrs. William Furey and family, of
Pittsburg, and Mr. and Mrs. Web Karstetter and
family, of Punxsutawney, spent New Years with
the Morris Furey family south of Bellefonte.
—Mr. and Mrs. William Beck and their small
son came up Saturday from Nittany, and spent a
busy day in Bellefonte, in the shops and attend-
ing to business in anticipation of the New Year.
—Mrs, Wesley O'Day and daughter Mary, of
Northumberland, spent several days in this place
during the Holidays and while here the latter un
derwent a slight operation in the Bellefonte hos-
pital.
—John Powers, of Philadelphia, has been in
Bellefonte the past two weeks, the first visit to
the home of his birth in a number of years, and
he certainly looks as if the world was treating
him very kindly.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Keller left Bellefonte this
morning, to be guestr of Mr. and Mrs. William
Keller on a trip to New York, On their return
Mrs. Keller and her son, William Keller 2nd, will
remain in Lancaster for a short visit.
—Jacob Harpster, of Ferguson townskip, was
in town Saturday making his report as assessor
to the county commissioners, Mr. Harpster isa
member of that ‘good, old staunch Democratic
family up in Ferguson and they are all men of the
type that the WATCHMAN is particularly fond of.
He is doing the work of assessor in place of the
reguiarly elected official who could not find it
convenient to make the assessment,
—One of the very agreeable callers at the
WATCHMAN office on Monday was Mr. Ira Gates,
of Winebago, Minn., who came in to renew his
subscription to the WATCHMAN. When we say
“came in" we do not mean that he came all the
way in from Minnesota for the express purpose
of paying for his paper, although he would be
likely to do so in preference to doing without the
WATCHMAN. Mr. Gates is an old Centre coun-
tian, having been born at Gatesburg though most
of his early life was spent in the vicinity of Pine
Grove Mills. He went west twenty-seven years
ago and lived in different States prior to locating
in Minnesota where he now owns a fine farm, a
small part of whichis within the incorporated
limits of Winebago. It is ten years since he has
been back east and the trip at this time was most-
1y to visit his mother, Mrs. Joseph Gates, in Lock
Haven, who is now past eighty-three years of
age, as well as friends at Pine Grove Mills, to
which place he was going on Monday. .
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~Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Harper left Bellefonte
Wednesday, expecting to spend the remainder of
the week at Clearfield. 1
—Mrs. Blanche Fauble Schloss left a short time
| 480, with two friends from Ptttshurgh, to spend
three months in California.
—Mrs. John N. Lane has returned (0 Bellefonte
| after spending the month of December with Mr.
. and Mrs. Robert Fay, at Altoona.
—Mr. and Mrs. James Parsons left for their
| home in Homestead on Tuesday after spending
| the Holidavs with friends in Bellefonte,
| ==Mr. and Mrs. Boyd A. Musser and children,
of Scranton, spent part of the Holidays with
! friends in Bellefonte and Centre county.
| —Miss Emily Valentine left Bellefonte Thurs
| day to visit for a week with the family of Mr.
, and Mrs. James Sommerville, at Winburne.
| —Mr. and Mrs. John S. Walker went to Phi) ©
| delphia Thursday, where they will visit for a
| week with relatives inthe vicinity of that city.
| —Miss Lulu McMullen, of Hecla, will go to
| Philadelphia next week, where she will visit for a
| month with her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson.
—Miss Emily Parker returned to her home at
| Somerset, Monday, after visiting for a week with
| Mr. and Mrs. G. Ross Parker, of Thomas street.
| —Miss Helen Hartranft, a student at the
Bloomsburg Normal. spent her vacation in Belle-
fonte with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hart-
ranft.
~Capt. W. H. Fry, of Pine Grove Mills, was in
Bellefonte on Wednesday attending the funeral
of his old comrade and commander. Gen. John I.
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i ~William J. Dorworth returned to Greensboro,
| N:C., the latter part of last week, after spending’
the Christmas with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. E.
S. Dorworth.
| —Stanley B. Valentine has returned to Pitts-
burgh, after visiting for a short time during the
| Holidays, in Bellefonte with his parents, Mr. and
| Mrs. Harry Valentine.
~William H. Brouse came up from Sunbury at
the Christmas time and completed the family
party which was being entertained by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Brouse.
—Hon. John Noll went down to Harrisburg on
Monday to witness the convening of the Legisla-
ture, but was not able to change the schedule al-
ready arranged by Boss Penrose.
—William A. Lyon left last Saturday for Roches-
ter, N. Y., to spend New Years’ day with his son
Robert and wife and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McGuin-
ness and son Jack, returning in the early part of
the week.
=Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Kurtz went down to
Lewisburg on Tuesday of last week to spend a
day or two with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kurtz, Jr.
Mr. Kurtz came home with an attack of quinsy
and was housed up for four days.
~Mr. and Mrs. Charles Donachy having ship-
ped their goods last Wednesday, visited the re-
mainder of the week with Mrs. Donachy's par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs, C. C. Shuey, leaving for their
new home at Williamsport Monday morning.
—Miss Emeline Cooper, who is at school at
Peekskill, spent her winter vacation at her home
at Galveston, Texas, having gone down to be
maid of honor at the wedding of her brother Rex,
who was married to Miss Cornelia McNeill dur-
ing the latter part of December.
~Alfred Klepfer, who is associated with his
uncle. Fred Musser, in charge of the wholesale
branch of the Lauderbech, Barber & Co., in Belle-
| fonte, has been spending the Christmas holidays
| with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel! Klepfer,
at Wissimoning, near Philadelphia.
—Dr. J. Allison Platts came to Bellefonte from
Pittsburg on Christmas evening and remained
with his family until Wednesday of last week
when Mrs. Platts accompanied him back to the
Smokey city. He has not yet decided how soon he
will move his family from Bellefonte.
i Sale Register.
MARCH 23rD.—At the residence hy
Waddie Station. “ Patton “town 5, retg
er Shotts id othet farm an
farm machinery and
wagons, etc., all in the best of order
and of the g Jatest and Mast improved terns.
This wi one of rgest the coun-
ty and will begin promptly at 9.30 a.m.
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer.
The prices quoted are those paid for produce.
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected weekly by C. Y. WAGNER,
The following are the quotations up to six o'clock
Four weeks, and under three mos..10 per ct.
SATE oh. Jud nde} 31% mos... 3 ber of.
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