To CoRRESPONDENTS.—No communications
published unless accompanied by the real name
of the writer,
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
~——Mrs. Ann Cox is quite ill at her
home on Allegheny street.
-——Another baby girl arrived in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Auman
iast Saturday morning.
~——The Bellefonte Academy minstrels
on Friday and Saturday evenings of next
week, May 17th and 1Sth.
W. L. DAGGETT ELECTED COUNCILMAN
IN PLACE oF GEORGE S. GrRiMMm.—Land-
lord Wells L. Daggett, of the Bush house,
—==== | will hereafter represent the West ward in
the borough council in place of George S.
Grimm, resigned, he having been elected
at a regular meeting on Monday evening.
Only five members—just a quorum—
were present to transact the evening's
business. There were no verbal com-
munications and the only written com-
munication was a letter from Joseph J.
Rhoads inquiring what council intended
doing regarding the damage to the Rhoads
property on west Linn street through the
building of the state road. This question
has been before council repeatedly but
nothing definite was ever done and the
matter was referred to the Street com-
——Using paint, driving nails, digging: FIRST MONEY ON PENITENTIARY SITE
weeds, burning rubbish, cleaning gutters, | TO BE PAID THIS WEEK. —The first money
trimming trees, cleaning up the back | on the site for the new penitentiary at
yard as well as the front yard, these are Peru will change hands this week when
suggestions for the property owners and ' payment willbe made for the W. E. Crust
renters in Bellefonte, for work next farm. During the past month there was
week, when looking about for something | absolutely nothing doing along the line of
to do clean-up week. ' closing up the deal for the various tracts
a | of lands but on Tuesday morning Vincent
——The deal was closed last Saturday | \; ' opam of the Potter Abstract and
whereby Dr. C. M. Parrish became the |p. company, arrived in Bellefonte for
purchaser of the Mrs. J. £. Neer Pop: the purpose of clearing up a few defects
erty on east Curtin hg Be yy | in some of the titles and putting every-
moved yesterday. Mrs. wl | thing in shape for an immediate con-
move into the house vacated by the Par- | veyance of the land. The deed to the
rish's from her apartments over Dr. W. E. Crust farm being complete and ac-
Hayes’ office, the latter not yet being
rented. !
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——According to advices from Harris- |
knowledged the money for same will be
paid at once.
To a reporter of the WATCHMAN Mr
| mittee and borough engineer with in-
——Mrs. Samuel Decker, of North | structions to investigate the same at once.
Spring street, was taken to the hospital | The Finance committee reported a bal-
last evening for an operation for appen- | ance of $239.90 in the hands of the treas-
dicitis. | urer, while nothing of special importance
——On next Monday the employees of
the Pennsylvania railroad company will
don their white caps for the summer
season.
——NMr. L. T. Munson, who underwent
an operation last week, has been resting
very comfortably ever since and doing as
well as can be expected.
——On Monday Harry Harper bought
the fixtures and belongings of the Lyric
moving picture theatre from Mr. Brand-
man and in the future will operate it
himself.
——A meeting of the Altoona Motor
club will be held next week to make ar- |
rangements for their annual club run to |
Bellefonte, which will likely be made the
week following.
~The final meeting of the year for
the Bellefonte Chapter of the D. A. R.
was held Wednesday night, Mrs. Johan
Porter Lyon, the treasurer of the Chap
ter, being hostess.
——Sim the Clothier has leasad the
stor: room in the Nittany Ian block,
State College, formerly occupied by the
Pearce brothers and will open a branch
store there next week.
——A little son was added to the fam-
ily of overseer of the poor and Mrs. Harry
Badger last Wednesday night and the
following day a little girl came into the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dunlap.
——Be sure to engage seats for the
Academy minstrels, The musical num-
bers will please you and the German
Sketch to be given by a dozen or more of
our Bellefonte “stars” will afford you a
hearty laugh.
——New songs, new jokes, claborate
costumes, staging and scenic effects com-
bine to make a marvel of wit, beauty and
splendor at the Bellefonte Academy min-
strels. In the opera bouse next Friday
and Saturday evenings. |
—-A ‘petition is being circulated
among the property owners on High
street providing for the paving of the |
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The matter will be taken up at the next
meeting of borough council.
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was reported by any of the other com-
mittees.
At the last meeting of council landlord
J. Mc. Davis, of the Garman house, sub-
mitted a proposition in effect that he
would furnish the brick if the borough
would put down a crossing from the hotel
to the court house. The matter was re-
ferred to the Street committee to find out
if a crossing could be placed there with
safety and upon their favorable report
| council agreed to put down the crossing
if Mr. Davis would furnish all the ma-
terial, brick and stone and cement for the
curb.
The Street committee reported that the
: walk along the south side of the Union
cemetery was in a very dangerous condi-
tion, also the pavements along the Lane
and Orlady properties on Linn street and
the clerk was instructed to see that the
owners get a legal notice to repair the
same within ten days or it will be done
at their expense by the borough.
President Harry Keller appointed A.
Miles Barr an auditor for the accounts of
the Pruner orphanage estate.
Charles E. Dorworth entered a protest
against his water rent for the quarter
ending January 1st, 1912, which was
$30.65, ten dollars in excess of any previ-
ous bill. The difference was occasioned
by a frozen and broken water pipe and
council voted to allow him a credit of ten
dollars on the bill.
At the last meeting of council George
S. Grimm tendered his resignation as a
member from the West ward, owing to
him leaving town and at the suggestion
of president Keller the resignation was
duly accepted, with regret, by a resolution
of council. Mr. Keller then announced
that council had the privilege of chosing
his successor and upon motion of Mr.
Cherry, W. L. Daggett was elected to fill
the unexpired term which will run to the
first Monday in January, 1914.
Borough solicitor J. Thomas Mitchell
stated to council that on November 20th,
1911, he sent out notices to all property
holders abutting on the state road to pay
their assessment within six months as
provided by law. The total amount was
——The board of directors of the Y.!$5400. Of this sum $4,000 have been
M. C. A. has authorized secretary Weston | collected and $1,400 remain unpaid. In
to name two periods a week when boys | order to secure the borough against loss
who are not able to take out a member- |
ship in the association willbe allowad the
free use of the new swimming pool.
it will be necessary to enter liens against
the properties on or before May 20th,
and Mr. Mitchell asked the authorization
——The Young People's Society of the of council to take such action as was
Methodist church of Milesburg will serve | necessary. He further stated that the
an “Old Fashioned Army Supper” in the | $1,400i s divided among about fifty-five
firemen's hall on May 30th, 1912. The | property holders and he felt confident
supper will be 25 cents. All are invited. | that half of them will settle in prefer
Ice cream and cake will also be for sale. | ence to having a lien entered against their
——While working on a lumber job | Property. He was instructed to go ahead.
near Bald Eagle on Monday afternoon
John Stevens, of Port Matilda, was caught
under a falling tree and had his left leg
broken in two places. A physician from
Tyrone reduced the fracture after which
he was taken to the Philipsburg hospital
for treatment. He is 2 member in good
standing of the Port Matilda lodge of
Odd Fellows.
——On Friday of last week Supt. F. H.
Thomas started out to the freight station
at Coleville in his Franklin car with
Robert Walker driving. When they got
out the road a little distance Mr. Thomas
took the wheel, but he kind of lost con-
trol of the car and before he knew it he
had collided with a milk wagon and
knocked off one rear wheel. The horse
frightened and tore up the harness pretty
badly but Mr. Thomas will stand for all
damages.
——Captain and Mrs. Bowie, of Punxsu-
tawney, have taken charge of the local
work of the Salvatian Army in Belle-
fonte. They are very much in need of
furnishings for the officer's quarters.
The captain will be thankful for any dis-
carded furniture that can be used, such
as floor coverings, window shades, beds,
bed clothes, dishes, etc. Any person hav-
ing anything in this line can call the Sal-
vation Army on the Commercial ‘phone,
or drop a post card and the stuff will be
called for.
—Two Coleville young men were
fined eleven dollars by 'Squire W. H.
Musser on Tuesday evening for persist-
ing in writing annoying letters to pretty
Miss May Price, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Price, who moved to Cole-
ville from Eagleville on the first of April.
, Miss Prices’ beauty and winsomeness
captivated the Coleville boys and as she
was unresponsive to their advances they
pestered her with letters of various des-
criptions. The result was she had four
of the young men arrested but there was
evidence against only two of them and it
cost them just eleven dollars for airing
their ardor.
Tomorrow (Saturday, May 11th) was
set as the date for the opening of the
curb market and the Market committee
desires all farmers to regard this item as
official notice thereof.
The newspapers were also requested to
call the attention of the tax payers of
Bellefonte to the fact that the regular
water appeal will be held in the council
chamber this (Friday) evening, at 7.30
o'clock.
The Finance committee asked for the
renewal of a note for $3,700 for six
months from May 2nd at six per cent.,
and for a note for $8,000 to renew one of
$7,000 for three months from May 6th
and $1,000 to pay current bills. Both
were authorized.
Clerk W. T. Kelly reported that over
two weeks ago he had received a letter
from the American La France Engine
company that the Undine fire engine
would be shipped inside of ten days and
as the same had not been done he wrote
the company on Monday to know why
they had not kept their promise.
Bills to the amount of $1,215.24 were
approved and council adjourned.
A PROPOSITION FOR NEW CATHOLIC
CHAPEL AT STATE COLLEGE.—The State
convention of the Knights of Columbus
will be held in Harrisburg next week,
beginning on Monday, and one of the
important questions to be considered will
be the proposition favoring an appropria-
tion of twenty thousand dollars toward
the building of a Catholic chapel at State
College. During the last few years the
numberof Catholic students at State Col-
lege has largely increased and the Knights,
seeing the necessity of a chapel, will ad-
vocate an appropriation. At present the
Catholic boys have formed a club where
services are now held by the Rev. Father
O'Hanlon, who resides at the club with
the students.
———Hon. John Noll has placed an or-
der for a light motor truck which he can
use in his laundry work and also for
pleasure if desired.
burg it looks to be almost a sure thing | Graham stated that he had checked up
that a new game preserve will be estab- ' the titles to about two-thirds of the
lished in Centre county. The game com- | properties on which options had been
mission has several available sites under | taken and found them complete and sat-
consideration and expect to make a deci- i isfactory. He is here to clear up every
sion in the near future. Once established ! title and hopes to complete the work this
the preserve will be stocked with deer
and different kinds of game.
——Under the new school code teach-
ers holding professional certificates grant-
ed in 1910, or prior thereto, will be com-
pelled to take the examination to be held
in Bellefonte on July 18th, as under a
recent decision their present certificates
will expire on July Ist, of this vear. The
examination will also include the addi- i
tional branches required under the new!
law.
——There was an interesting proceed-
ing at the opening of the May term of
court in Clearfield county on Monday
when life-sized bust portraits of former
judges David L. Krebs and Cyrus Gordon
were presented to the court by members
of their respective families. The paint-
ings are by R. H. Burfoot, formerly of
DuBois, and are regarded as very good
likenesses.
——Gen. James A. Beaver has been
appointed a member of the national
memorial committee to devise ways and
means of erecting a permanent memorial
to the late Miss Clara Barton, head of
the Red Cross society. Special memorial
services will be held for Miss Barton at
the Garrick theatre, Philadelphia, next
Tuesday evening, May 14th. A per-
manent memorial committee will be
formed at this meeting.
———The Park hotel at Grass Flat, for-
merly owned by Edgar Sheffer, of Phil-
ipsburg, was totally destroyed by fire
last Thursday morning. The property
was owned and conducted by Joseph
Strickland. The fire broke out in the at.
tic and when discovered had gained such
headway that it was impossible to save
the building though most of the contents
except the bar fixtures were saved. The
loss is estimated at thirty thousand dol-
lars, on which there is some insurance,
——-Announcement has been made of
the engagement of Miss Ruth A. Bottorf,
of Lemont, and Rev. Robert Rush Reed,
of DuBois. Miss Bottorf, who is a grad-
uate of Bucknell University, and later
instructor of music at the same institu.
tion, has been in charge of music at
State College for the past year. Mr.
Reed is a graduate of Princeton, has
studied abroad and is at present chaplain
at State College. The wedding will take
place some time during the summer,
after which their home will be made at
State College.
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——Don't forget “The Coming of
Columbus” at the Scenic on Friday even-
ing of next week. Three reels which it
took three years to make at a cost of
$50,000. This is a big feature picture
that manager Brown will secure at an
extra expense, but he believes there is
nothing too good for the patrons of the
Scenic. The Pathe weekly of current
events continues quite interesting and
draws a big crowd every Wednesday
evening. As a matter of fact, however,
the program is good every evening which
is the reason that so many people are
regular attendants. Then there is never
any extra charge, always five cents.
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—D. O. Downing, of Port Matilda,
last week bought the timber on seven
hundred acres of land from Budd Thomp-
son, of Martha Furnace. The tract lies |i
on the north slope of the Bald Eagle
mountain and extends from Martha Fur-
nace almost to Port Matilda. There are
some trees of virgin timber on the tract
but the most of it is second growth,
though of a good size, Mr. Downing
will finish his lumbering operations west
of Port Matilda in a week or so when he
will move his mill onto the Thompson
tract and begin operations there. He
figures that it will take him in the neigh-
borhood of two years to get through with
the job. bles
——The ready response made by the
people of Bellefonte to the appeal for a
general clean up of the town for two suc-
cessive years, encourages those so deep-
ly interested in this movement, in the be-
lief that an extra effort will be made
next week by every resident of the town
to in some way aid in this work. Burn
your burnable rubbish, have your winter
ashes hauled away, gather together all
the tin cans, broken crockery and glass
and put these in a box or barrel separate
from the ashes, so that there be no
trouble and less expense when getting a
drayman to take them. Do your part in
this effort for a sanitary and beautiful
town, and that is all that will be asked
of you.
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week. As soon as this is done and the
deeds acknowledged they will be placed
in escrow in one of the Bellefonte banks:
The fact will then be reported to the
Attorney General by the Potter Abstract
company and he in turn will notify the
Auditor General who will have the stipu-
lated warrants drawn and forwarded to
the bank holding the deeds, and as soon
as received the institution will pay over
the money to the property holders. Mr.
Graham stated that there is no reason
why everything should not be cleared up
by the middle, or at latest the last of next
week and every man have his money.
The apparent hold-up in the closing of
the deal was explained last week when it
developed that certain persons who want-
ed the penitentiary located in West-
moreland county had taken the matter
up with the Auditor General on the
grounds that the site selected in Centre
county was not in accordance with the
provisions of the Act of Assembly, which
stipulated that the new penitentiary
should be located in the “western part of
the State.” This question being raised
the Auditor General naturally declined to
issue any warrants until he had a legal
decision in the matter. This was given
last ‘1 hursday and the facts will be found
in the following story which appeared as
a special in last Friday's Pittsburgh Dis-
patch:
Attorney General John C. Bell today
gave an opinion to Auditor General Sisson
to the effect that the selection of a site
for the western penitentiary in Centre
county is not in conflict with the provi-
sion of the act of Assembly designating
that the institution shall be located “in
the western part of the State.”
As the Auditor General is required to
pass upon all warrants for the expen-
diture of public money he wished to as-
sure himself that the proposed location
was within the provisions of the act be-
fore approving the payment of money for
the land.
The board of inspectors of the western
penitentiary has selected a site in Centre
county, near State College, and is pre-
pared to take title tc about 3,900 acres of
und, with the approval of Governor
ne The titles to the properties have
been investigated and all the papers for
the transfer are ready, the approval of
the Auditor General alone being required
Attorney General Bell in his opinion
says that “separated from its contract
and considered wholly apart from the
subject matter of the act in question, the
phrase, in the western part of the State
would ordinarily mean the geographical
western part of the State, but these words
considered and understood not merely
according to their ordinary general mean-
ing, but according to this meaning as ap-
plied to the subject matter with
to which they are used have, in my judg-
ment, a wider ification.”
The Attorney uotes from an
act of 1871, in which the State is divided
into eastern and western penitentiary dis-
tricts, and Centre county is attached to
“The western district of Pennsylvania so
far as respects the punishment of offend-
ers convicted in said counties,” etc. He
adds: “A line dividing Pennsylvania into
ir Socurately
oregoing on,
its location is presumed to have been
known by the ature of 1911.
“I am of the opinion therefore that the
only limitation intended by the Legisla-
ture to be placed upon the discretion of
the board of inspectors was that such a
site must be located within the lines
the western penitentiary district of
sylvania, as now defined by law. In
opinion the phrase, ‘in the western
of the State, should be construed as equiv-
alent to the phrase, ‘In the
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PURCHASED KARTHAUS COMPANY.—]. H.
France, of Philipsburg, general super-
intendent and one of the heaviest stock-
holders in the General Refractories com-
pany, last Friday closed negotiations for
the purchase of the Karthaus fire brick
works, including over six hundred acres
of valuable fire clay lands. The plant
' was built five or six years ago and has a
capacity of thirty thousand brick a day,
It is the intention of the purchasers to
make extensive changes and improve-
ments which will increase the capacity to
sixty thousand brick per day.
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PARENT-TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.—The
last meeting of the year of the Parent-
Teachers association will be held in the
High school auditorium, Tuesday even-
ing, May 14th, at 8 o'clock. Mr. Jonas
E. Wagner, principal of schools, will give
an illustrated address on "Pennsylvania
History.” As this is a subject that ought
to appeal to every citizen interested in
school work, a cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all to be present at this meet-
ing. Election of officers for next year
will take place after the address.
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NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Dr. A. W. Hafer spent Monday on a business
trip to Tyrone.
—Mrs. Charles Gilmore spent last Sunday in
Williamsport visiting with her cousin, Mrs. Mary
Shorkley.
--Madaline McClellan of Lamb street, is in
Snow Shoe visiting, the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Blair Yarnell.
—Mrs. F. P. Blair was the guest of friends in
Tyrone, during her short absence from Belle-
fonte last week.
=—Mrs. H. W. Tate left Bellefonte Monday ex-
pecting to spend two weeks in Philadelphia with
her mother and sister,
~Mr. E. H. Marshall, who moved from State
College to Bellefonte recently, was a pleasant
caller at this office yesterday.
—Mrs. Clarence Bolton, of Wheeling, W. Va.,
is in Bellefonte for a visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel H. Donachy.
—Edward P. Irvin returned to his home at
Cherry Tree Monday afternoon, after a short
business trip to Centre county.
—Mrs. S. A. Bell went to Lock Haven Saturday
and during the week spent there was the guest of |
Mrs. Moyer and Mrs. Harry Shearer.
—Mrs. R. B. Freeman, of Tyrone, has gone to |
California, where she will spend several months
with her son Harry, who is in ill health,
—Mrs. Amanda Marks, of Aaronsburg, has
been in Bellefonte apart of the week on account
of the illness of her brother, Daniel Heckman.
—Robert Frazier, of Philadelphia, president of
the Bellefonte Central railroad, was in Bellefonte
on Tuesday on business pertaining to the interest
of that line.
—Col. W. Fred Reynolds and William P. Humes
were the Bellefonters who attended the Taft din. |
ner and reception at the Union League, Philadel
phia, last week.
—During Miss Lovejoy's stay in Bellefonte
while here to talk before the Woman's club Sat-
urday, she was the guest of Mrs. Harry Keller at
her home on Linn street.
=Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Willard, of Thomas street’
are entertaining their son Roger, of New York
city, whocame to Bellefonte Saturday to spend |
a short vacation with his parents. i
—Miss Nellie Conley went to Mifflin Tuesday
and while visiting there will be the guest of Miss |
Rebecca Jacobs, who has been a teacher in the
schools of Mifflin during the past winter.
—Col. and Mrs. J. L. Spangler went to Harris. |
burg on Sunday evening, but their trip was one |
of business and not to attend the reorganizers '
State convention, as they returned home on Mon-
day evening,
—Theodore Davis Boal, who has been for the |
greater part of the winter in Europe, will sail
from Amsterdam this week and upon landing in |
America will immediately join his wife at their
home at Boalsburg. }
=Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Henderson drove over
from Philipsburg on Sunday in their Flanders
car, intending to return the same evening but |
because of the rain they remained in Bellefonte !
over night, stopping at the Brockerhoff house.
—Mrs. John Powers is again occupying her |
home on Spring street, after having spent the |
greater part of the year with the family of R. B,
Taylor. Mrs. Powers has been with the Taylor |
children since the death of their mother last June. |
—E. T. Jamison, a son of "Squire T. B. Jamison, |
of Spring Mills, and himself a flourishing young
farmer of Gregg township, was in Bellefonte '
yesterday and concluding that he wanted a good |
county paper enrolled his name as a subscriber to |
the WATCHMAN,
—Mr. and Mrs. Jesse T. Leathers returned from |
their wedding trip last Friday and the same even. |
ing they were given a big receptiondt the home |
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Leathers, at Howard. |
Miss Pauline Johnson, of this place, was among |
—Wade Lytle, one of Stormstown’s leading cit-
izens, was in Bellefonte Thursday transacting |
business, which he said had been accumulating |
for a year. With Mr. Lytle was his little daugh- |
ter Stella, who was enjoying every minute of to |
her a very interesting day.
—Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Reesman, of Centre Hall, |
were Bellefonte visitors on Saturday and were |
pleasant callers at the WATCHMAN office. Mr. |
Reesman is an old-time subscriber of this paper |
and would no more think of doing without it than |
he would go without his dinner. |
—Mr. and Mrs. M. Ward Fleming will come |
from Philipsburg, Sunday, Mr. Fleming to spend”
aday looking after some business in Bellefonte, |
and Mrs. Fleming with their little son, John M. |
Fleming, to visit for a week with Mrs, W. I. |
Fleming, at her home on Spring street.
—Mrs. J. A. Dunkle with her daughter Huberta,
arrived in Bellefonte Saturday for a visit with
Mrs. Dunkle’s father, Rev. James P. Hughes.
Mrs. Dunkle and her daughter are on their way
east from Chicago and will join Mr. Dunkle in
Philadelphia or New York after their visit in
Bellefonte.
—Noah H. Swayne II will come to Bellefonte
next Monday, May 13th, to spend a few days
among his old associates here. Since leaving
Bellefonte a number of years ago he has been
located in Philadelphia but has not forgotten the
many friends he made here while at the head of
the Nittany Iron company.
—Charles Schreyer, general superintendent of
the Chicago and Northwestern railroad car shops
and president of the Car Builder's association of
America spent several days in Bellefonte this
week greeting old friends and acquaintances. He
is in the east on a trip of pleasure and recreation
and was on his way to Milton.
—Among those who attended the Democratic
State convention in Harrisburg this week were
Col. H. S. Taylor, Hon. James Schofield, Hon,
John Noll and J. M. Cunningham, of Bellefonte;
Harry McDowell and Abram Weber, of Howard;
W. S. Holt, of Fleming; W. M. Grove, of Spring
Mills; Jerry Donovan, of Axe Mann, and Dr. F.
K. White, of Philipsburg.
—Templeton Cruse, of Pittsburgh. accompanied
by W. B. Cepelin, assistant superintendent of the
city delivery of mails at the Pittsburgh postoffice,
arrived in Bellefonte on Sunday evening for a
week's outing at trout fishing. They tried out on
Monday up Spring creek and managed to land a le
half dozen and since that they have been down on
Fishing creek, thoughthe weather has more or
less interfered with the sport. They expect to re.
turn home tomorrow.
—Mrs. S. M. Wetmore, of Spartansburg, S.C.,
is north for a visit with her relatives in Centre
county. Having come to Philipsburg, Tuesday,
Mrs. Wetmore will spend a week visiting with the
family of Mrs. Bell Hirlinger, after which time
she with Miss Mary Hirlinger will come to Belle
fonte and will be during their stay here the guests
of Dr. and Mrs. David Dale. Mrs. Wetmore will
be for an indefinite time with her brother, Dr.
Dale and visiting with her friends about her old
home at Lemont.
—Alfred Klepfer, who has been with his uncle,
Fred Musser, Lauderbach Barber & Co's repre.
sentative in Bellefonte, resigned his position as
bookkeeper Friday of last week, leaving for his
home at Wissinoning Saturday. Mr. Klepfer has
been in Bellefonte for three years and while hese
made many friends who regret greatly his deci
sion to return to Philadelphia, where
re although
having no definite work in view ke hopes in addi- | are
tion to being with his parents, to associate him-
self with one of the larger firms of the city, a posi-
tion for which he is well fitted.
Mrs. S. Cameron Burnside has heen entertain-
{® her sister, Mrs. Caroline Comerford, this
this. week. Mrs. Comerford having come to
Bellefonte Monday returned to her home at How-
ard Thursday.
—Miss Anna McCoy and Miss Kate Shugert
went to Philadelphia Friday of last week. there
joining Miss Blanchard, who left Bellefonte Sun-
day, the party going directly to Boston. where
they will spend several weeks.
=Dr. Ralph Martin, of Williamsport, spent
several days greeting old friends in this place,
but unfortunately the pleasure of the visit was
more or less marred by an attack of gastritis on
Wednesday. However, no serious results followed.
—Dr. David Dale and John M. Shugert left
Bellefonte Sunday morning in Dr. Dale's Franklin
car for Syracuse, N.Y., where the machine was
putin the factory for an entire overhauling. Re-
turning by rail the men arrived in Bellefonte
Tuesday morning.
THAT PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL FOR
Nurses.—In the issue of January 12th
the WATCHMAN published an item (sent
in by the management) about the Phila-
delphia school for nurses, an institution
which claims to give free scholarships in
a two year course and provide room,
board, incidental expense and free rail-
road fare home at completion of course.
: They also claim that the institution is
endorsed by leading physicians every-
where.
Under date of May 1st, Dr. W. S. Hig-
bee, president of the Pennsylvania State
Board of Examiners for registration of
nurses, sends out a statement that “it is
advisable that the public should know
that the young women who enter this
school as pupils are sent out after hav-
ing had the most meagre instruction
from incompetent instructors, to nurse
in private families for money, eighty per
| cent. of which is returned to the school
treasury. They receive no bedside in-
| struction nor are they under the direc-
tion of skilled and competent teachers.”
Dr. Higbee also states that the institu-
tion is condemned by the chief of the
Bureau of Health of Philadelphia. Dr.
Higbee's notice is sent out as a warning
to the public against the employment of
young women claiming to be graduate
nurses of that school and also to ambi-
tious young women who might be at-
tracted by the advantages set forth in
the free advertisements published from
| time to time to travel a long distance to
attend the school only to meet with final
disappointment.
——The Ladies Aid Society of the
Presbyterian church will hold the fifth
one of their series of exchanges, on Sat-
urday afternoon, at Spigelmyer's store.
Home-made bread, buns, pies, cakes, pud-
dings, salads, candy, etc., will be on sale,
also, a variety of aprons.
sites
——Go to the Bellefonte Academy
minstrels on the evenings of May 17th
| and 18th and enjoy a good laugh.
NEW BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES. —Forrest
L. Bullock, the Water street dealer, has
just received a carload of fine new rubber
and steel tire buggies and carriages. They
are all the product of the Ligonier Car-
riage Co, and in workmanship, quality
and finish can’t be surpassed at the price.
If you are thinking of buying a new
vehicle this spring you would do well to
look this shipment over because Mr.
Bullock guarantees them and will sell
them at a figure that marks them all as
bargains. 17tf
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer,
The prices quoted are those paid for produce.
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