Dewooralic atc De _ Belletonte, Pa., January 10, 1913. published unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY. ~The borough auditors are now en- gaged in auditing the borough accounts. Mrs. William S. Furst is ill at her home at Overbrook, with typhoid tever. ———Boyd Scholl and family moved yes- terday from Logan street to east Lamb street. ~——Robert Morris has leased the Har- per home on west Linn street and will move there in the near future. —fA number of Bellefonte business men enjoyed a banquet at Ceader's restaurant last Friday evening. ~—Col. W. Fred Reynolds this week received a new six cylinder Hudson car, giving in exchange on the deal his old Chadwick. ——Mrs. John Blanchard gave birth to a little daughter, at the Bellefonte hos- pital, on Sunday afternoon. The child has been christened Jean. ~The Bell Telephone company of Pennsylvania expect to have their new system in the Bellefonte exchange in op- eration on or about January 20th. ——Three big feature films at the Scenic this week shows that manager T, Clayton Brown is sparing no expense to give his patrons the very best on the market. ——At a congregational meeting of the Methodist church on Monday evening the following trustees were elected for term of three yerrs: M. R. Johnson, W.T. Twitmire and James K. Barnhart. —Joseph Thal put seven cans of trout from the Bellefonte fish hatchery in Spring creek, opposite the Bush house, on Tuesday morning. The trout were from three to over six inches in size. —A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Johnson on Sunday, making their eleventh chiid—eight boys and three girls, and all living. Truly there is no attempt at race suicide in the Johnson home. ——Dr. Whiting, who takes the place of Prof. Latimer in the schools of Belle- fonte, moved his family this week from Carlisle to Bellefonte, where they will occupy the Lykens home, on Curtin street. ——County auditors Jeremiah Brun gard, Sinie H. Hoy and W. H. Goss met on Monday morning and began their work of auditing the county accounts for the year 1912, It will take about five weeks to do the work. ——The bankrupt sale of Macker's green grocery and personol possessions was held on Tuesday and aggregated about $600. By the time the costs, pre- ferred claims, etc , are paid their will be little left for the other creditors. ~f little daughter was born to 'Squire and Mrs. H. Laird Curtin, at the James H. Potter home on east Linn street, Saturday morning. The little Miss will be christened Mary Sommer- ville, in honor of her grandmother, Mrs. Potter. ——Frank Thomas, of State College, was arrested on Tuesday evening on the complaint of a Bellefonte girl that he had nsulted her on the street. He was given a hearing before burgess John J. Bower who discharged him upon the payment of the costs, $2.50 in all. ——Miss Helen Ceader entertained last week with three tables of bridge, in hon- or of Mrs. Ward Fleming, of Philipsburg, who was in Bellefonte with a house par- y for the Christmas. Thursday night of ‘his week, Mrs. S. Cameron Burnside zave a dinner at which ten covers were aid. Dr. Matihew Shields, a field repre- sentative of the Red Cross Society, will give a practical demonstration of first iid method to the injured, to the mem- ers of the plant department of the Bell Celephone company of Pennsylvania, in he Bush Arcade, Saturday morning at 10.15 o'clock. —The teachers local institute of dis- ‘rict No. 2 will be held at Pine Grove Mills on Saturday, January 18th and the adies of the Lutheran church of that slace will serve a chicken dinner at 25 ents a plate in the L O. O. F. hall. They will also hold a festival in the evening. The patronage of the public is solicited. —f spindle broke from the rear ixle of one of McCalmont & Co's delivery vagons on Wednesday morning, going ip the Lamb street hill with a load of :oal, causing some delay by the wreck wut doing no further damage. The driver ecured another wagon and completed he delivery while the broken vehicle was 1auled to the shop for repairs. ~—Qwing to the fact that one of the )arties in interest has been detained in Jew York by illness the big real estate ieal that the WATCHMAN intimated that t would announce this week has not »een finally closed, therefor we feel that ve are not at liberty to divulge it. How- wer, there is every reason to believe hat it will go through soon and when it loes it will mark the beginning of a won- lerfully valuable new enterprise to this ‘ommunity; something we have never ad and something Ceutre county has ceeded very much. MORE RAILROAD RUMORS.—The Peun- sylvania railroad company now have men at work tearing up a number of unused sidings on the Tyrone and Lewisburg railroad from Fairbrook to Scotia and around the latter place and hauling the rails to Fairbrook where they are being piled up. This work is taken by some as a sure indication that tiie railisad from Fairbrook to Lemont will be built the coming summer. Several days ago a man appeared at Marengo, on the line of the Lewisburg and Tyrone railroad, and without giving his name stated that he was hunting a good place to establish a base of supplies, as he had the contract for building half of the piece of road from Fairbrook to Lemont, and would begin work as soon as it was possible to do so in the spring. The above are published for what they are worth. There is no question but that the College authorities feel positive the railroad will be built through that town during the coming summer, and this feeling of confidence is the result of assurances they have been g'ven, itis claimed. There is nothing, however, to indicate that even should the road be built from Fairbrook to Lemont that the Lewisburg and Tyrone will ever be made a short through line and Bellefonte be literally side-tracked. In fact the very nature of the Lewisburg and Tyrone road, with its numerous shurp curves, round- about way and heavy grades would argue against its ever becoming a road for heavy or fast traffic, unless it is entirely rebuilt, which is hardly a probability. In the meantime the only thing to dois await developments. CHARGED WITH ASSAULT.—Bert Parks, the sixteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Parks, is in the Centre county jail charged with assaulting Annie Heaton, the fourteen year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emerick Heaton, of near Nitta- ny furnace. The girl charged that young Parks attacked her in the vicinity of Mal- lory’s blacksmith shop, between 7 and 7.30 o'clock last Friday morning as she was on her way to work at the shirt fac fory. Her clothing was badiy torn and her face scratched. Section hands on the Lewisburg railroad saw the assault but when they started tc the rescue Parks fled. The same forenoon Parks was arrested and that evening was given a hearing be- fore ‘Squire Musser. He denied being the one who committed the assault but as the girl identified him he was sent to jail to await the disposition of the juvenile court. Two years ago Parks was sent to the reform school at Glenn Mills for rob- bing Sheffer's grocery store and was dis- charged from that institution last June on parole. Since that time he has been employed part of the time at Lyon's meat market. FOREST FIRE ASSOCIATION.—Our moun- tains are rapidly becoming bare. We should not delay in taking immediate ac- tive steps to stop this devastation. A meeting of all timber land owners of northwestern Centre county will be held in the court house, Bellefonte, Pa., at one o'clock on Saturday afternoon, January 24th, 1913. All persons interested are invited to attend this meeting. Many have already expressed a desire to be present and it is hoped ail timber land owners will avail themselves of this opportunity and aid in this important movement. The Pennsyl- vania railroad forester, Mr. John Foley and others will have some very helpful plans to report and will explain the pur- pose of this association. This meeting will be held under the management of the Central Pennsylvania Forest Fire Protective association. ELECTRIC COMPANIES MERGED. — On Thursday of last week H. L. Lark filed a | merger with the State Department in | Harrisburg merging the Nittany Light, | Heat and Power company, of State Col- | lege with the eleven other companies in this section of the county for which char- ters were secured about a year ago, the name of the new company to be the State-Centre Electric company. The in- corporators are John S. Fisher, A. W. Lee, John W. Wrigley, Thomas Shilling- ford and A. J. Musser. These are the | same people who are negotiating for the | purchase of the plant of the Bellefonte Electric company. ! Some important developments in the | electric business in the near future may be expected by the people of this section. It is the purpose of these gentlemen to complete their arrangements as rapidly as possible and get their central plant in operation at an early date. ~The Beech Creek correspondent for rangements are being made to receive and care for a herd of twenty-four elk, which the State Game Commission has procured in the State of Wyoming, on the State lands in Clinton county, at the head of the Swamp branch of Big Run near the camp of warden Skinner Fenton. The elk will arrive at Renovo soon where crates are being constructed in which they will be carted over the mountain roads to the one-acre piece of ground which has been enclosed with an eight- foot fence to confine them until spring and where they can be properly fed dur. ing the winter. The animals will not be more than a year old when procured. In the spring they will be liberated but will sa ers for a the 1 ve will be to pass an act. ——— =e ——— ~Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. the Lock Haven Express says that ar- ~——Milton James and Milton Bowman, two young men of Blanchard, went fox hunting on Sunday and Squire George W. Eaton, of Blanchard, fined each of ' EE ——Monday was naturally the first | Monday in the new year and the regular ! meeting night for borough council, but | only two members—Philip Beezer and Dominic Judge—were present and conse- | quently there was no meeting. But then the no quorum attendance has happened frequently enough of late that it is now being taken as a matter of course, and ! the exceptional would be to find a full attendance some evening. —— | A m— ~—A regular meeting of the Belle- fonte school board was held on Monday evening and the same was reorganized | for the ensuing year by re-electing Dr. M. M. J. Locke president and Mrs. Caroline Gilmour vice president. All the old stand- ing committees were reappointed. The secretary and treasurer are elected at the regular monthly meeting the first Monday in July of each year. No other business of importance was transacted. ——Jacob Finkelstein has leased the room in Crider's Exchange now occupied by William McClure as a saddler shop and when the room has been entirely overhauled will move there on the first of April from his present location in the Aiken block. Mr. McClure will like- ly take the rooms in the Crider building recently occupied by Macker’s green grocery. Several other business changes are in contemplation but they are not yet far enough advanced to make public. ———State’s football schedule next year will include a game with the Navy at Annapolis. Neither Cornell nor Ohio State will be on the schedule, but an effort is being made to get a game with the Carlisle Indians to be glayed in New York city and one with Lafayette. So far as now known Bill Hollenback will be the 1913 coach, and while State will lose six men by graduation from the 1912 team there will be plenty of good material from which another winning eleven can be picked. ——An item in last week's WATCHMAN, taken from the Beech Creek correspond- ence of the Lock Haven Express, stated that George W. Eaton, of Blanchard, was under $100 bail for his appearance at court on the charge of disturbing the peace, in attempting to strike a youth as he was leaving the Disciple church. The item got badly twisted in some way, as Mr. Eaton is justice of the peace at Blanchard, not the offender at all, but the "Squire before whom the case was brought, and we very gladly make this correction. . ~—There was quite a family gather- ing at the Capt. and Mrs. Jas. A. Quig- ley home, at Blanchard, last Saturday, for the purpose of getting away with a big turkey dinner. There were present Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Quigley and three children, of Bellefonte, and their holiday guests, Mr. and Mrs. Egbert Merriman; Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Quigley and two children, of Lock Haven; Helen and Mary Quigley, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. J. Edwin Quigley, of Pittsburgh, and Mr. and Mrs. George F. Hess and two daugh- ters, of Beech Creek. —— Slt Arann ~The Parents-Teachers’ Association extends a cordial invitation to the citizens of Bellefonte to attend a lecture on “Adolescence” by Dean Holmes, of State College, to be given Tuesday evening, January 14th, at 8 o'clock in the High school. Dean Holmes was one of the very able lecturers at the last teachers’ institute, and his subject “Adolescence,” covering the period of the child's life from twelve to sixteen years of age,should be of general interest to the community. It is hoped that the attendance will be as large as the importance of Dean Holmes’ subject and the reputation of the lecturer warrant. —~———Last week the WATCHMAN contain- ed an item about a young girl being ac- costed on Allegheny street one night re- cently, by an unknown colored man, who grabbed her by the arm and insisted on going home with her. And last Saturday night another young woman was chased by a colored man on High street.opposite the jail and was compelled to take ref- uge in one of the houses along there. Just who the individual is who is making these dastardly attempts is not known, but he can rest assured that if he persists in his work it will be only a question of time until he is detected and the severest his portion. —Very few Bellefonte people have seen Sarah Bernhardt on the but every man, woman and child will an opportunity to see her personified in mo- tion pictures at the Scenic tonight, in her greatest role, "Queen Elizabeth.” This picture was shown in Altoona last Thurs- day night and again on Tuesday night ‘and it is pronounced by those who saw it in order to give the people of Bellefonte the very best obtainable, and as the ex- pense is unusually heavy the price of admission will be ten cents for the after- noon matinee and evening. Don't miss this picture as it may be the only oppor- hunting on the last Sunday in December. | They were caught in the act by consta- | trout at the Bellefonte fish hatchery for ble William Coder who arrested them for | distribution. These trout can be secured i them twenty-five dollars and costs. | punishment possible to mete out will be | secured this feature film of four reels | DISTRIBUTION OF TrouT.—Superinten- | tendent Haas still has in the neighbor- hood of seventy-five thousand yearling only by reguler application through the fish commission, and then a pro rata dis- tribution is made. In former years when trout fry were distributed, they were sent out by the thousands, but it is doubtful if five per cent. of them ever lived and grew to fishable size. Under the present system of sending out yearlings, which range from three to six inches in size,the greatest number of them should live. Out of a hatching of several million eggs last winter the Bellefonte hatchery was successful in growing about 190,000 year- lings. Distribution of these has been go- ing on for some time and will continue until the entire stock is exhausted. Under the system adopted by Fish Commissioner N. R. Buller no adult trout is kept at the Bellefonte hatchery as breeders. All the eggs for hatching purposes will hereafter be received from the Trexler hatchery at Allentown, as it is believed that by this method a healthier condition may be maintained. THE MYSTIFYING KEENE.—That part of Keene's program in which the spirit of Cagliostro plays a prominent part is in- tensely interesting. It is mystifying to such a degree that even the deepest thinker is prone to attribute it to an af- finity with an occult power. How such things can be accomplished on a bril- liantly illuminated stage is amystery that none but Keene can solve. He claims that he has but recently come under the influence of this powerful “spirit” hence his ability to perform these unique tests. At the opera house tomorrow night. Prices 25 to 75 cents. Charles Klein's American play, “The Lion and the Mouse,” which the United Play Company will produce here on Wed- nesday evening, January 15th, has won from audiences in all the largest cities the most cordial demonstrations of ap- proval and it has certainly taken rank as one of the notable successes of the new century. The subject matter of corrup- tion in politics is one which is now very close to the hearts of all American peo- ple and anything dealing therewith ex- cites the interest of the public. Reserve your seats early. VARIABLE WEATHER. — “Old Probs” must be working over time in order to furnish all the kinds of weather we have had the past week. Starting in with a hard rain last Friday morning it blew up cold in the afternoon and the wind reach- ed a perfect gale that night. While no great damage was done throughout Cen- tre county there was more or less de- struction of property in the eastern part of the State. Sunday it rained and sleet- ed and froze and the pavements and streets were a sheet of ice, so that by Monday morning travel was difficult and dangerous. But a rise in temperature Monday morning brought rain and there was a good downpour all day and Tues- day was mild and murky—anything but winter weather. January is already one- third gone and there has been very little cold weather, not enough to make mar- ketable ice and the ice men are be- coming a little anxious as to where their harvest will come from. Of course there is plenty of time yet for cold weather, but the season won't be nearly as long as last year, and that is consoling to the man who foots the coal bills. possible, and not later than Wednesday morning. A newspaper office isa busy place on publication day owing to the rush of late local matter and correspond- day runs a pretty strong risk of being blue-penciled. Regular correspondence should be received in time to be handled properly, and if there is any later hap- penings in the correspondent’s communi- ty a supplementary letter can be sent or the matter telephoned to this office. But only really important news shouid be telephoned after Thursday morning. If WATCHMAN correspondents will kindly heed this notice they will not only con- fer a favor on the editor but stand a bet- ter chance of getting all their items in the paper. The following news (?) item was taken from Wednesday morning's Altoona Tribune: divine Sarah even in moving pictures. ence that does not reach us until that WOULDN'T THiS BE NICE, IF TRUE?— | gan NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. | —Thomas Beaver transacted business in Ty- rone on Tuesday. ~—W. Homer Decker spent part of last week on a business trip to New York city. ~Mrs. Luther Dale and daughter Miriam, of ' Oak Hall, spent Thursday in Bellefonte. —Mrs. Howard F. Gearhart, of Coatesville, is in Bellefonte for a brief visit at her old home. —Adam Hazel, of Axe Mann, went to Niagara Falls this week to remain the balance of the winter, —Mrs. Frank Warfield and her deughter Mary spent several days the latter part of fast week in | Philadelphia. : ~Miss Gertrude Quigley spent Tuesday in | Bellefonte as the guest of her brother, Henry C. | Quigley Esq., and family. —Mrs. Alice Hockenberry and son Frederick, of this place, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Thal, of State College, this week. —Miss Gertrude Crawford, the obliging clerk in Doll's bakery, will make her annual visit to Snow Shoe this week, for a stay of ten days. —Mr. and Mrs. Amos Cole, of Lewistown, spent the greater part of last week in Bellefonte | —Mrs. P. H. Gherrity and daughter, Miss | Agnes, were in Renovo last week attending the funeral of the late Mrs. Edward Dowling. —Mrs, Joseph Fox and daughter Helen left on marriage will take place in the near future. —Mrs. J. C. Harper left Bellefonte Sunday North Tonawanda, N. Y., where he is employed by the Tonawanda Iron & Steelcompany. —Miss Grace Beck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. morrow evening. mainder of the winter with their niece, Mrs, Morris Tucker. Mrs. Tucker will be remember ed as Miss Emma Schrock. ~—Mrs, Denius will leave this week for Balti. more to visit until spring with her sister, and according to the present plans, will spend some ~Mrs. C. A. Lukenbach, who with her hus- band moved to Detroit, Mich., the after part of last summer, returned to Bellefonte last week for a visit, and while here has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Garman. —William H. Hastings, after spending the fall and early winter at the house, left live for ashort time at the Central Hotel, later going to Pittsburgh for an indefinite time, —Mrs. Paul Sheffer left Bellefonte Friday with Mr. Sheffer, expecting to accompany him as far as Scranton, where she visited with her father and sister until Wednesday, while Mr. Sheffer made a business trip to New Yorkand Philadel phia. —After spending the Holidays with friends in Bellefonte Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Harper and child left on Sunday for their home in Columbus, Ohio, where Mr. Harper is an instructor in mechanical engineering in the University of Ohio. —Mrs. Louis E. Friedman came to Bellefonte last week and on Monday accompanied her father, Herman Holz back to New York. Mr. Holz has not been in good health of late and it is hoped that a rest at the Friedman home will ~-R. Clarence Daley, who holds a good position in Pittsburgh, passed through Bellefonte on Wednesday on his way home to Curtin township, where he has business in connection with the settlement of the estate of his father, the late Col. John A. Daley. —Mr. and Mrs, William Dravo, of Sewickly, visited in Bellefonte Tuesday and Wednesday, guests of the Misses Potter, on Linn street. Mr. and Mrs, Dravo have been in Lock Haven with Mrs. Dravo’s sister, Miss Simpson, since Christ. mas and returned there Wednesday. : Howard with her son, who is in ill health, and who has lately been taken to Pittsburgh for treat- ment, came to Bellefonte Saturday to be with her sister, Mrs. S. Cameron Burnside, until spring. ; —Postmaster Phil D. Foster, of State College, and Lincoln H. Swartz, of Hublersburg, were tots of Democrats viewing their jobs with cov- etous eyes, , he = --Mr. and Mrs. Roderick, of State College, will go to New York early in February to remain returned home was feeling some better, but now he is extremely low. i ! : as guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Tuten. { Saturday for Newton, Kansas, where Miss Helen's | Mr. and Mrs. William Whitmire have gone to | Bellefonte Monday for Harrisburg, where he wil; | Bellefonte visitors on Wednesday. Of course | each one of them still has some time in office | ~Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gilmour had as house guests for a part of last week Mr. and Mrs, Lawson, of Milton. ~—Mr. and Mrs. Russell Blair are in Philadel phia visiting with Mrs. Blair's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George P. Bible. —Mrs. Annie Peters returned to Philadelphia the latter part of last week, after a short visit in Bellefonte with her sister, Mrs. Cheney Hicklen. ~Miss Annie Fogleman returned to Bellefonte Wednesday, after spending the greater part of a Wot with er dhe Mes: Rebecca Fogleman, at . —Gilbert Payne returned to Cleveland, Ohio, last week, after having visited during the Christ. mas vacation with his mother, Mrs. Mary Payne, at Lemont. —Arthur Valentine and his son, of Crafton, have been in Bellefonte for a short visit with Mr, Valentine's aunt, Miss Emily Natt at her home on Curtin street. —Miss Myrtle Williams returned to her work at DuBois, Thursday, after spending the Christmas vacation at her home in Lemont and with rela tives in Bellefonte. —Mrs. Robert Fay and her little daughter Pattie, of Altoona, visited the early part of the week in Bellefonte with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John N. Lane. ~Mrs. E. H. Yocum has returned to Belle. fonte, having recovered from the accident in which she injured her knee while visiting with her son at Scranton, =Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Haupt and their son | came to Bellefonte Saturday from Pittsburgh, where they had been spending the Christmas with relatives and friends. Mrs. George D. Green, of Lock Haven, with her two daughters spent a day the latter part of last week in Bellefonte. guests of Mrs . John M. Shugert, at her home on Linn street. —Mrs. S. H. Bennison, of Howard, was among those who took advantage of the agreeable change in the weather, Wednesday and spent the iY With her irieaida and'in tie shops of Belles onte. Mrs. Frank McCoy with her daughter, Miss McCoy and Miss Kate Shugert, returned Thurs. day from Atlantic City, where Miss Shugert has been conva'escing from an operation for ap. pendicitis. —A pleasant caller yesterday afternoon was Robert Bloom, one of Potter township's hustling young farmers, who came in as a messenger from D. P. Houser to fix himself all right for the paper another year. —Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Mallalieu, who with their two little daughters returned to Bellefonte Monday, had been for the week-end with Mr. Mallalieu's parents in Williamsport and in con- sultation with Dr. Haskins concerning Eleanor” the older child's eyes. : —Hon. John Noll and J. Linn Harris were two Bellefonters who went to Harrisburg Monday for the opening of the Legislature. Mr, Noll return. ed directly to Bellefonte while Mr. Harris went to Washington, D.C.. to attend the National For. estry associationin session there Tuesday and RECEIVER'S SALE OF TELEPHONE CoM. PANY.—The receivers sale of the Ameri- can Union Telephone company will take place at the federal building in Harris burg on Tuesday, February 4th, at 1.30 p- m. This company includes the Com- mercial Union Telephone company, the Huntingdon and Clearfield, the Union Telephone company, of Erie; the Tri- State Telephone company, the United Telephone and Telegraph company and the Consolidated Telephone company. Quite a number of Bellefonte and Centre county people are interested financially in this company. ——Harty Johnson has purchased the home of Edward J. Gehrett, borough treasursr, on Bishop street and will oc. cupy the same after April first. Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer. The prices quoted are those paid for produce, SERERLAL erat rte tats n ra - less cept at a! ADVERTISING CHARGES: wa of advertising space will be LEGAL AND TRANSIENT, 3 ADVERTISEMENTS. BUSINESS OR DISPLAY Per inch, each insertior...........25 cts. The following discounts will be allowed on ad- EERE ES ny Me and J