Dewocalic Watdpwan
Beliefoute, Pa., December 15, 1911.
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To Commasronomts.—No _ communication
published unless accompanied by the real name
of the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
—The Academy minstrels have al-
ready begun practice for a performance
some time in April.
——Hugh N. Crider has had his big
Matheson car repaired and put in good
running condition again.
George B. Lee, of Colyer, will suc-
ceed sherifi-elect A. B. Lee as black-
smith at the Tusseyville stand.
——Another baby girl arrived on Mon:
day night at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Hughes, on Pine street.
——Rev. Wm. Frear, of State College,
will fill the pulpit in St. John's Episcopal
church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
——License court will be held tomor
row. So far as known there are now no
remonstrances against any of the appli-
cants.
——Now that the hunting season is at
an end the big hunting stories will have
to be laid upon the shelf until another
year rolls around.
—A total eclipse of the moon will
occur on Wednesday morning, December
27th, from 5.34 to 7.25 o'clock. It will be
visible in the United States.
~——Miss Elizabeth Kelly, one of the
operators in the Commercial telephone
exchange, fell down the cellar stairs at
her home at Christ Beezer’s last Thursday
morning and sprained her arm so badly
that she has been off duty since.
——The public schools will close on
Friday of next week for the holiday
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PeNiteNTIARY WiLL BE LOCATED IN — After spending three years in Lon-
Benner Townsuir.—It can now be stat- don representing the Scranton Inter-
ed upon fairly reliable authority that the ' national Correspondence school Rufus T.
proposed new penitentiary will be located | Strohm with Mrs. Strohm has returned to |
‘at Peru, in Benner township. Warden this country and is again located at
John Francies, of the western penitenti- Scranton as a text book writer for that
ary, accompanied by several members of institution. Both he and Mrs. Strohm
the prison commission arrived in Belle- recently visited his mother, Mrs. James
fonte on Wednesday noon and that after- B. Strohm, at Centre Hali.
noon they were busy adjusting a few
slight differences in the valuation of some
of the properties desired. Yesterday they
met the various property owners and ac-
cepted the options taken previously, under fonte this week of the marriage some
the official seal of William H. Brown, re- time during November of Wilson W.
corder, who accompanied them over the Gephart, formerly of Bellefonte to a Miss
land. While this acceptance practic- Weaver, of Chicago, though no details
ally seais the contract between the prop- are known. Mr. Gephart has been locat-
erty owners and the State it will be some ed in Chicago the past year or more and
, time yet before a formal transfer of the is getting along splendidly. His last visit
| properties can be made. as in each case home was during the summer. Naturally
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—Fauble’'s. The store for his
Christmas gift.
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——The news was received in Belle- |
Maxy SHOPPERS WILL TAKE ADVAN: |
TAGE OF SPECIAL TRAINS. —According to
reports many people living along the line :
of the Lewisburg and Tyrone railroad, |
and especially from Lemont down through |
Pennsvalley as far as Coburn, will take’
advantage of the special return train
from Bellefonte to Coburn on Wed-
nesday, Thursday and Friday of next
week, December 20th, 21st and 22nd, ar- |
ranged for by the merchants of Bellefonte |
| to afford the people of that community |
an opportunity to come to Bellefonte and |
! do their shopping and return the same |
i day. There will be no extra fare nor!
| extra cost in any way to the shoppers. |
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
~Paul Brosius, of Lock Haven. was a Belle
{onte visitor on Wednesday
~Landlord J. McC. Davis, of the Garman house,
transacted business in Tyrone oo Tuesday
—Miss Joe White was the week-end guest of
her sister, Miss Marie White, at Williamsport
~Miss Dorothy Ihiseng. of Blairsville, is a
guest at the home of Dr.and M 1 EE. Ward. on
Curtin street.
—Mrs. George Brill, of Philsdelplua, was the
guest of Mrs. J. A. Aiken while visiting in Relle-
fonte last Sunday.
—Miss Gertrude Garland, of Bald Eagle. is
visiting friends in Bellefonte. expecting to remain |
until after Christmas.
—~Miss Mary Cooney, who has been for two
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~While visting in Greensburg for a week, Mrs.
Charles Lukenbach is the guest of her cousin.
| Miss Adalaide son.
! —Miss Sue Herlacher, of Stormstown, spent a
busy day Thursday in the shops of Bellefonte
shopping in anticipation of Christmas
~While in Bellefonte for a short time Wedne:
day, Mrs. Joseph Baker of Watsontown. was the
guest of Mrs. John Curtin of Linn street.
~The Misses Hannah and Nettie Newnan of
: Altoona were in Bellefonte for a short visit las:
week. and while bere were guests of Mrs. Louis
Graver at her home on Linn street.
CUT THROAT WiTH RAZOR. —Shortly be
{fore six o'clock on Tuesday evening
George Bortell, senior member of the
| plumbing firm of Bortell & Demi, of
"All ibility for the train hos | | weeks visiting with friends in Pittsburgh, re. | Philipsburg, cut his throat with a razor
' assumed by the Bellefonte merchants. |
' burg train is generally late the week pre- |
ceding the Holidays and to come to!
turned to Bellefonte Monday.
three weeks business trip to Franklin and other
towns in the western part of the State.
~—Ex-county treasurer John Q. Miles, of Martha
it will be necessary to prepare a perfect | his many friends here extended congrat- Bellefonte on that train and return on the | was a business visitor in Bellefonte on Monday. . " ;
Bt prepa > | one leaving Bellefonte at 1.50 p. m. af- but remained only during the time between i the noise of the falling body. Bortell had
brief of title before the deeds can be ' ulations.
all require time but as far as the selec: | pave 1g call the attention of fruit growers
tion of the Benner township site is con, ;nd farmers to the annual convention of
cerned there is no doubt but that itis whe Pryit Grower's association of Centre
now a settled fact.
Just what the locating of the penitenti- ' yoo (Friday) evening und tomorrow
ary in Benner township will mean for morning. Prof. H. A. Surface, state
Bellefonte and Centre county the future o.onomic zoologist, will be the chief
| interested themselves in securing the se- | invited to attend, whether members of
lection of the Peru site, and a number of the association or not.
the property owners were doubtless in- - coe
strumental in influencing the commission ——Mr. Peter F. Keichline treated the
' by making concessions in the valuation of | WATCHMAN force to a pound box of
their property, but the one man who un. | Samoset chocolates on Tuesday and one
doubtedly had more to do with securing | and all agree that they are “chief of them
| the institution for Centre county than any | all.” In purity anddelicacy of flavor they
[other was J. Linn Harris. For three | cannot be excelled by any make, while
| months or longer he has worked untir- | they are as fresh asif made only a day.
ingly to this end, and when the chances Mr. Keichline has laid in a large stock of
seemed most against this section he Samoset for Christmas in from half pound
| would go to work with renewed energy | boxes up, at from twenty-five cents to
(and as intermediary between the Gov. onedollar a pound; and you can't get
| ernor, members of the commission and anything better in Bellefonte.
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alone can tell. Many people in Bellefonte | speaker at both meetings. Everybody is |
i - oe me chr ole | trains.
made out and duly executed. This will | _pg is the last opportunity we will + f0rds the Christmas shopper too little | "™"
i time in which to visit one-third the stores
—Mrs. Robert Wray returned to her home at
Driftwood the early part of the week, after spend-
{ and make anything like a satisfactory ing Sunday in Bellefonte with her mother, Mre.
selection. With a return train leaving |
| the evening visitors will have from six to
eight hours in which to do their purchas-
ing.
The Bellefonte stores have a suverbline |
displays are being specially reserved for |
i next week. This should appeal directly
to the public at large, and especially to
the people of Pennsvalley who will have
the advantage ot an innovation on the |
part of the Bellefonte merchants never
offered to any other community. Fathers
and mothers should take advantage of
this offer to make the purchases for their
children, and every young man and
woman who has a sweetheart can secure
a suitable present in the Beilefonte
stores.
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——Fauble’s. The store for his
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vacation, which will last until Tuesday, | the property owners got everything ad.
January 2nd. State College and the Belle- | justed to the satisfaction of all. Of course |
fonte Academy will ciose on Wednesday | the adaptability of the Benner township
of next week for a two weeks vacation, Site, with its abundance of good farm
——Dr. A. W. Hafer has sold his house ‘land, adjacent state forestry reservations,
and lot on Reynolds avenue to Willis PIEty of stone, pure water and water
Grove for $1,500. Mr. and Mrs. Grove | POWEr, Was the real reason it has been |
and family will not occupy the house | Selected. No other place in the State
until next spring, at which time the doc. | °fféred all of these advantages. The lo-,
tor and his young son will take rooms | cation, also, is as healthy a one as can |
somewhere. | be found anywhere. :
~——A temporary crossing has been put | THE ABOVE STORY CONFIRMED.
down on High street from the Bush Before going to press yesterday after-
house entrance across to the McClain noon the WATCHMAN secured an author- |
block, to enable pedestrians to get back | ized confirmation of the above report |
and forth across the street without wad- | With the absolute assurance that the Ben |
ing through a sea of mud or being com. | Der township site had been selected by |
pelled to go around by the railroad. ‘the commission and would be the one |
——J. Lester Mauthe, fullback, was on | ec0mmended for the Governor's appro- |
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val. There is also assurance that the | evening, December 18th. As this will be
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——Fauble’s. The store for his | Christmas gift.
Christmas gift. FARMERS. WEEK.—Farmers'’ Week at |
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-——Manager T. Clayton Brown, of the | The Pennsylvania State College has be-
Scenic, will have his usual Christmas | come one of the established features of
matinee on Saturday afternoon, December | work in that practical institution. Many
16th. Special films will be secured for | hundreds of the more progressive farm-
this date only, and he assures the chil- | ers of the State gather at State College
dren that Santa Claus will make his | during that week to listen to discussions
customary annual visit. No children will of various phases of farming. This year
be overlooked. While this Christmas | the lectures will begin Wednesday, De-
matinee will be entirely special the regu- cember 27th, and will close Wednesday,
lar evening programs at the Scenic will | January 3rd. One hundred and ten lec-
not be neglected, and the pictures will be | tures will be given by fifty-twe scientists
just as good and up-to-date as ever. ! and practical men. Some of the most
——The Bellefonte Academy basket widely-known authorities in agriculture
i are on the program which is exception:
ball team will open the season with a :
. , ally good this year. Our readers should
game with the Tyrone Big Five, in the :
Y. M. C. A. gymnasium, next Monday write to “School of Agriculture, State
Na : 4 College, Pa.” for programs that will in-
Sarah Brown,
county, which will be held at Millheim Bellefonte at from five to six o'clock in! —Clarence Hamilton, of New York city, has the
past week been a visitor at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thad R. Hamilton, of
Howard street.
—Mrs. Margaret Leggett, head nurse at the
Bellefonte hospital, had as a guest for a day dur
of Christmas goods this year and new | ing the punt week. her brother, Henry Oliver, of
Dennison. Ohio.
—Miss Deary who has been with Miss Snyder
during the rush of sy millinery season. left
Bellefonte Monday to spend her vacation at her
home at Palmerton.
~Mrs. J. E. Ward was in Tyrone last Saturday
attending the funeral of the late Miss Elsie Barr,
a notice of whose death appears in another
column of this issue.
—=Mr. and Mrs. William P. Lee, of Altoona,
were guests over Sunday of Mrs. S, A, Bell, of
Bellefonte, and of Mrs. Lee's uncle, Frank Crosth-
waite, at State College.
~—Miss Mildred Kirk, a student at Bucknell, is
expected in Bellefonte to spend the Christmas va.
cation with Dr. and Mrs. M. A. Kirk. at their
home on west High street.
—Miss Grace Lyon, who is in a training school
for nurses in Ohio, is in Bellefonte to be for her
Christmas vacation with her parents, Mr, and
Mrs. William Lyon of Penn street.
—C. P. Long the leading merchant of Spring
Mills, was in Bellefonte Wednesday, looking after
some business interests and for suggestions for
his trade of the Christmas shoppers.
—Rev. E. F. Faust, pastor of the Reformed
church at Howard, with his bright little son, was
a business visitor in Bellefonte on Tuesday and a
brief caller at the WATCHMAN office.
~Mrs. Sarah Etters and Mrs. Julia Shuey, of
Lemont, were down in Williamsport over Tues-
day attending the funeral of their aunt, Mrs,
Lucy Kahley, returning home on Wednesday.
—Miss Sarah Shaffer, of Harrisburg, an aunt of
Charles S. McAvoy came to Bellefonte Thurs.
day of last week, and will be the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. McAvoy at their home on Spring street,
for a month.
=Mrs. M. L. Gardner has been in Milroy visit-
ing with her sister, Mrs. A. L. Sheffer and upon
| in his room at the St. James hotel, in
: :. —M.A Landsy returned last Saturday from a | that borough, and was dead when the
Itisa well known fact that the Lewis | body was found a half hour later. The'*
tragedy was carefully planned as pillows
had been placed upon the floor to deaden
| acted queerly for several days and the
last he was seen alive was when he went
i to his room in the hotel late Tuesda:
j afternoon. When he failed to put in an
| appearance at supper time a porter was
sent to his room who found the lifeless
body Iving on the floor ina nool of blood.
| the throat cut and the jugular vein sever.
led. The body was warm when found.
Bortell went to Philipsburg from
McVeytown and went to work in the
Warfel plumbing shop, later going into
business for himgelf. He did a good
business and it is not believed that
financial troubles had anything to do with
his suicide. He took an active part in
the Republican politics of Philipsburg,
| though at no time a seeker after office,
His wife died some years ago but he is
, survived by one daughter.
| GROSS—DILTRICH.— William N. Gross,
of Newberry, Pa, and Miss Carrie C.
Dietrich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
M. Dietrich, of Mingoville, near Hecla,
were married at the Reformed parsonage
at Howard, on Monday, December 11th,
at 2 p. m. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. E. F. Faust. Mr. and Mrs.
Gross expect to make their home at New-
berry, where Mr. Gross is employed in the
steel works. The many friends of these
young people extend to them hearty good
wishes.
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Goss—HOWLEY. — Frederick B. Goss
and Miss Nellie Howley, both of Pitts:
burg, were united in marriage on Sat-
urday, December 9th, by Rev. Father F.
F. O'Shea, of St. John's church, Pitts
burg. The bridegroom is a son of the
late Cyrus B. and Frances A. Goss and
was born at Pine Grove Mills. In 1906
he left that place and went to Pittsburg
where he has since been located, and
Tuesday elected captain of the Stute Col-
lege football team for 1912. Mauthe has
already played three years on the team
and next year being his last in college he
was unanimously given the honor of cap-
_ taining the eleven through next season.
——Bellefonte friends of Harold Lingle
will doubtless be surprised to learn that
he was married some time during Octo-
ber to Miss Vasbinder, of DuBois. For
the present they are keeping house with
Mrs. Lingle's parents. Harold, by the
way, has charge of a big automobile ga-
rage in DuBois,
¢ —0On Wednesday morning members
of the Undine fire company flushed all of |
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| Houser 64, a total of 4,292 acres for ap- |
} ernor will approve the recommenda. | the Academy's first game it will afford a
| tion. The options accepted include the | 800d opportunity to get a line-up on the
| following: i strength of the aggregation. The Ty-
Col. W, Fred Reynolds 2345 acres; 1. J, Tone five rea” strong bunch and the
| Dreese 242; Harry E. Zimmerman 275: | Academy will have to play ball to beat
) ! | them. G vill be called at 8:45 o'clock
«John P. Ishler 190, Frank Grove 100; them. Game w at 8:45 0
| William Bilger 140; Sinie H. Hoy 100; Vail :
{ Harvey C, Noll 6; Willian E. Crust 122; | ——Fauble's.
John C. Barnes 20; George P. Thomas Christmas gift. -
1128; John Houser 252; the Owen Wistar { =—The new board of borough auditors
| estate 45; John Angstead 2; J. A. Hoover | : 3 di
| 10; Daniel Callahan Jr., 13; Daniel Cal. | 2840 Work last Friday evening on audit
{ lahan Sr.. 5; Anthony Garver 12; Henry
ene
The store for his
board and the poor department.
Sarah Stover 119; Charles Bilger 100; | and the usual price of admission will pre-
| ing the accounts of the Bellefonte hook) $12000and J. M. Shearer, of Loch
: Iv $200,000. r~ i | was made necessary at this time owing Haven, is TRI 45 oe president of the
| proximately $200,000, or an average of a to the retirement of most of the members | CO™Pany. $s is in line with a project
form them regarding the lecturers and
their subjects. This conference of farm-
' ers is divided into sections so that horti- |
| culturists, dairymen, animal-husbandry,
general farmers, etc, may give all their
time during the week to the particular
line of subjects that interests them.
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THAT SNow SHOE TROLLEY.—On Friday
| of last week a charter was granted in
Harrisburg to the Snow Shoe Electric
| and Street Railway company, for a line
' between Snow Shoe and Clarence, a dis-
tance of two miles. The capital is placed
her return home will bring with her, her mother, | Where they will make their future home.
Mrs. Strickland, who will spend the winter in | Trm——ty
Bellefonte. i BRESSLER — HOSTERMAN. — At the
—While in Bellefonte Tuesday and Wednesday, | United Evangelical parsonage in Mill:
Charles A. Bierley of Wolf's Store, devoted much | heim, December 10th, 1911, by Rev. W.].
of his time looking for a team of horses which he
anticipates buying to take over the country, to
work on his farm.
—John S. Walker went to Philadelphia Sunday
to attend the funeral of his uncle Dr. Joseph
Shortlidge, expecting later to go to Atlantic City,
where Le and Mrs, Walker, will spend the re.
mainder of the week.
—Mrs. Lewis Daggett and her little daughter,
Jane Orvis Daggett will return to Bellefonte this
week after visiting with Mrs. Daggett’s grand.
mother, Mrs. Canfield, ar Williamsport, and with
her aunt, Mrs. W. C. Stoddart, at Wyncote.
—Edward Graucr, the only son of Mr, and Mrs.
Dice, Mr. Clyde B. Bressler, of Coburn.
; and Miss Maud L. Hosterman, of Wood-
ward, were united in the holy bonds of
{ matrimony.
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| ~The Basket Shop will hold its an-
| nual Christmas sale in Petrikin hall De-
cember 13th to 23rd, open Wednesday
and Saturday evenings. A specialty will
| be made of baskets ranging from 25 cts
| to $1.00, 47-3¢t.
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Bellefoate Produce Markets.
brick pavin, Allegheny st i rink : g i
‘ {fp Detck gay g on Allegheny street and little less than forty-eight dollars an 3CTe. ot the old board and the organization of | the people of Snofv Shoe have had in
) the first time it has been ' Adjoining the above lands are 964 acres
flushed since put down over a year ago. of state lands.
| The improvement was so manifest that - ves .
. the borough authorities ought to see the ——Fauble’s. The store for
Louis Grauer, will go to Philadelphia immediately
iow § . that of upon the closing of the school term, to spend the |
| the new; which is likewise correct with | YW for some time, of connecting | Christmas vacation with his grandmother and |
the poor department. And the fact that | that town and Clarence by trolley. The | aunts, Mrs. Lyon, Mrs. Lichten and Mrs, Gordon.
! to sclool Hi: ave ize | Interests of the two towns are closely | —Mr. Martin Viehdorfer, of Pine Glenn, was an
his | the school board will have to reorgani | allied and carried on in most cases by | early caller at the WATCHMAN office on Monday
+ advantage of flushing it every week or so, | Christmas gift.
——Ellis Freeman, of Philipsburg, put |
; On a special moving picture show at Gar- | :
“man's Saturday night. depicting life |G» morning Fred and Paul Glas.
‘ 1s rar ues | gow, aged four and two years respective.
"scenes in New York's Chinatown. For ly, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Glasgow,
: who live near the stone mill in Potter |
various reasons the exhibition did not
prove a financial cuccess in Bellefonte.
Mr. Freeman is in the eastern part of the
- ewe —
| SMALL Boy SHOOTS BROTHER.— Last
township, were out playing in the feeding |
entry of the barn when they came across
the first Monday in July of next vear,
owing to the fiscal year dating from that
time, another audit will have to be made
then. An audit of the borough accounts
will hardly be made until after the first
of January.
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——Superintendent Haas and his assist :
ant, Isaac G. Seyler, are very enthusiastic
: the capital in both enterprises is being put
the same individuals. An electric light
plant was recently installed in Snow Shoe
and the streets, business places and some
of the private residences of the town are
now lighted with electricity. Most of
up by local business men and if they are
successful in getting the trolley line it
i
State this week showing the same attrac.
over the proposed enlargement and im- i will show a mark of progress not exhibit-
“tion. a shot gun. The elder. boy got the gun
.| James Auman, of Coburn, recently
‘purchased the farm of the late G. W.
Wolf, in Haines township for $4,500. The
farm contains one hundred and sixteen
acres, most of which is good tillable land.
* Several tracts of timber land belonging to
the Wolf estate were also sold but the
mill property at Woodward was not dis.
posed of. : .
«District Attorney W. G. Runkle was
in charge at his last term of quarter ses-
sions court last week, as he will be suc-
ceeded in the office on the first day of
January by I). Paul Fortney Esq. How-
ever, he still has a number of cases on
‘the docket which he will have to clean up
‘and these will take up some time of the
February term of court.
——John Breon, of Rebersburg, had
one of his hands amputated, at the Lock
‘Haven Hospital last Saturday morning.
On Tuesday previous he was helping W.
:F. Bierley saw wood and had his hand
caught in the circular saw and badly
mangled. An attempt was made to fix
up the member and save amputation but
it could not he done, hence the operation.
—f special return train to Coburn
three days next week is a convenience
never before enjoyed by residents along
the line of the Lewisburg and Tyrone rail-
‘road. Every indication is that many will
take advantage of it; and upon this fact
alone will depend its being made an an-
nual affair. If the Bellefonte merchants
are properiy encouraged in their offorts
this year to supply a special return train,
#giving the people of Pennsvalley a shop-
. ping convenience almost equal to the
* people of Bellefonte, they will not hesitate
in doing so again.
provements at the Bellefonte fish hatch-
and whether he intentionally pointed it ery, as planned by Fish Commissioner
at his baby brother or the weapon was | Nathan R. Buller. When the new con- |
accidentally discharged is not definitely | crete ponds are all completed and the
known, but it was discharged in some | water piped from the Shugert spring in
way, the contents striking the younger | order to give an adequate supply of pure
boy and literally blowing away the back | spring water at ail times, other improve-
part of his head, causing instant death. | ments will be added which will make the
The gun was a breech-loading shot gun Bellefonte hatchery the largest and most
and was kept at the barn by Clyde Nevil, | yp.to.date in the country. Under the
a young man in the employ of Mr. Glas- new system to be adopted of keeping the
gow, for the purpose of shooting rats. | trout at the hatchery until they are year-
Nevil, however, maintains that when he lings, before they are distributed, more
ed in larger and more populous com-
munities. - _
END oF HUNTING SeAsoN.—The open
season for all kinds of game except bear
will end today and nimrods all over the
State will oil their guns and put them
away until next year’s season comes
around. All in all, it has been a fairly
successful season. Deer hunters in gen-
eral were fairly successful. While very
little venison was brought to Bellefonte
as many deer were killed in the county
used the gun last he left it unloaded, and | pong space will be required but enough
that the boys must have managed to! wil be built to afford a capacity of mil- ;
insert the cartridge. It is possi, how- | ions of yearling trout annually. !
man put re’ The Store
ever, that the young pu gun ——Fauble’s The store for his
away in a hurry, thinking it unloaded
when it was not. In any event, he is not
held liable for the unfortunate accident
which has cast a shadow of gloom over
that entire community and plunged the
Glasgow family into the depths of sorrow.
The funeral was held at 9:30 o'clock on
Tuesday morning. Rev. R. Raymond
Jones, of Centre Hall, had charge of the
services which were held in the churchat
Tusseyville, burial being made in the
Christmas gift.
——Pennsvalley is the only section of |
Centre county from which the resi
dents cannot come to Bellefonte in the
morning and have at least five to ten
the same day. At the very most, if the
trains are on time to the minute, they
would have but four hours and fifty min-
utes, and during the holiday season, when
Union cemetery at that place. the morning train over the Lewisburg is
-_rt . | always from one to two hours late, they
—Fauble’s. The store for hi$ | have hardly time to turn around after
Christmas gift.
Lost FEATHER BoA.— Mrs. William
Laurie lost a black feather boa some-
where on Howard street, on Monday
evening. The finder probably does not
know tc whom it belongs Sa tile yotice
is inserted with the hope tit 1
: the e of Bald Eagle and Nittany
bring about the retum of the boa. {is pele well as the western end of the
——The weather the past week has | county. It now remains to be seen wheth-
been more like spring and fall than win- | er the people of that section of the coun-
reaching Bellefonte before they must
start back home. This is one of the rea-
sons why the Bellefonte merchants have
arranged for a special train three days
next week. It will give the people of
Pennsvalley an equal chance, so far as
the time spent in town is concerned, with
hours to remain in town and get ome | B70 oun 70D Soe et ed ike abr
as last year. As to smaller game, more
wild turkeys, pheasants, rabbits and squir-
rels were killed this year than for sev-
eral years. Wild turkeys were unusually
plentiful in all parts of the county and it
is estimated that over one hundred were
killed. Pheasants were also more plenti-
ful than last year, and while quite a
number of the birds were bagged there
are still many of them in the woods to
mountains is one thing that was favorable
to the abundance of game this fall.
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——Fauble’s. The store for his
COMMISSIONERS-ELECT MAKE APPOINT-
MENTS.—~The incoming board of County
Commissieners held a meeting on Tues-
day afternoon and finally agreed on their
appointments, as follows: Chief clerk,
Harry N. Meyer, of Millheim; assistant
clerk, Earl S. Orr, of Jacksonville; county
solicitor, N. B. Spangler Esq.; jail physi-
cian, Dr. J. L. Seibert; janitor, Edward J.
Brown, whose duty it will be to have
charge of the heating and ventilating
plant in the court house; and for the
present Harry Stevenson will be retained
morning. He was with friends in Bellefonte over
Sunday and evidently realizing that Christmas
would soon be here left a slice of the long green
to help the editor out.
with friends in Bellefonte and upon their return
home yesterday they were accompanied by their
mother, Mrs. David Gates, who ex; pects to spend
the winter with them.
~After being for the summer with friends’ at
Willoughby Beach, Virginia, and during the fall
and early winter in Richmond, Miss Virgina Dale
has returned to Bellefonte and will be at the
Bush house with her mother and brother for the
remainder of the winter.
—Mrs. Miller Stewart and her son Delaun went
to Wilkes-Barre the early part of the week to
visit for a short time with Dr. Walter Stewart,
who is convalescing from a serious illness. Miss
Margaret. Stewart has been with her brother in
Wilkes-Barre for three weeks.
=On account of the early closing of the milli.
nery season, Miss Bess Cooney, who has been
working in one of the most exclusive millinery
houses of Lancaster, will return to her home in
Bellefonte this week. to be with her parents until
resuming her work in the spring.
~Miss Mildred Grimm one of the leading trim-
cation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Grimm. Miss Grimm will not return to Pitts.
burgh until the opening of the spring season.
Sunday morning and spent the day with friends
in Bellefonte. Since going to the Mountain city
he has been clerking in a cigar store and pool
room but yesterday he went to work as steward
of the Bagles lodge at a good advance in salary.
=A Christmas family reunion including Mr.
and Mrs, A. J. Cook, Miss Margaret Cook, of
Wellesley, and James B. Cook will be held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Hinman Gibson at
their home at Rutherford, N. J. Mrs, Gibson,
was Miss Blanche Cook the younger daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Cook.
—~William Schaeffer, of Mifflinburg, and Eira
Candy, of Gas City, Indiana, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. L. A. Schaeffer for several days the fore,
part of the week. Mr. Candy, who is a cousin of
the Schaeffer family, has been for the past month
visiting with relatives in Centre county and the
visit in Bellefonte was preparatory to his leaving
for his home in the west Thursday.
~Mrs, James O. Brewer, Mrs. Charles Keizh.
line and Mrs, John S. Walker left Tuesday for
Philadelphia—Mrs. Brewer and her sister, Mrs.
Keichline will go to Atlantic City on account of
the ill health of Mrs. Brewer and Mrs. Walker
will go directly to Concord where she will be until
after the funeral of her uncle, Dr. Joseph Short
ter, but the weather man has promised a | ty will take advantage of the liberality of
as assistant janitor.
ledge, who died unexpectedly at his home there
Sunday.
—Benner G. Gates and Mrs. Robert Kustenbor- |
der, of Warriorsmark, spent Wednesday night |
~—Harry Auman came down from Altcona | Page
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