ERE THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY. ——Mrs. Mary Reasner is quite ill at her home on Thomas street. : —Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Jackson are occupying The Willows this week, and entertaining a few of their friends. —Talmage Hafer has accepted a position as clerk at the Garman house. ——Twelve more prisoners were bronght from Pittsburgh on Wednesday and taken to the new institution in Ben- ner township. ——Capt. William H. Brown is now electioneering as a candidate for the nomination of tax collector for Bellefonte borough on the Republican ticket. ——The Grangers will hold a festival at Axe Mann on Saturday evening, Au- gust 16th, where ice cream and cake will beserved. The public is invited to at- tend. —A little son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Shivery, at the Bellefonte hospital, last Thursday evening. Both mother and babe are getting along splen- didly. —Harry Auman has resigned his position as steward of the Eagles in Al- toona and purchased a half interest in a pool room and wholesale liquor store at Gloversville, N. Y. ~The Moses Thompson farm at Centre Furnace is to be sold in the near future and the trustees of The Pennsyl- vania State College have taken an option on it, good until September first. —Mrs. Thomas A. Shoemaker, who with Mr. Shoemaker and their family is living at the Country club this week, en- tertained a number of Bellefonte women at the club with bridge, yesterday after- noon. ———The young people of the Method- ist church will hold an ice cream and cake social on the Y. M. C. A. lawn, Thursday, August 14th. Go and take your friends and help the young people along, ——Mary Evey, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Evey, is suffering with an attack of diphtheria. There is also a case of scarlet fever in twon as well as the case of small pox reported last week. —At 2a meeting of the board of governors of the Nittany Country club, last Friday evening W. Harrison Walker, Edmund Blanchard and Hard P. Harris were elected as the house committee for the ensuing year. ——The foundry part of the big ma- chine works at Cherrytree burned down last Thursday, having caught fire from some molten brass. John Guisewhite, formerly of Bellefonte, sustained a bad cut on his leg by a falling skylight. —D. Allison Irwin, secretary of the Ebensburg Agricultural association, has sent out racing programs for their fair which will be held the week of September 16th to 19th. The aggregate of the purses offered for the three day’sraces is $2,100. ——Congressman Edgar R. Kiess, of Lycoming county, has been appointed by Governor Tener a member of the board of trustees of The Pennsylvania State College to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Marlin E. Olmsted, of Harrisburg. ——While in the horse stable at his home at Dale Sumit on Monday even- ing county commissioner Daniel Grove slipped on a board and fell down, and before he could get out of the way a horse tramped on his foot and broke sev- eral bones. —At a session of court on Monday Judge Orvis appointed M. Ward Fleming, John A. Way and John A. Woodward viewers to appraise the damage done the lands of the Prentiss estate in Rush township by reason of the building of the Forge Run railroad. —Twins, a boy and a girl, were born to Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Downing, of Port Matilda, on Sunday morning. The little girl died within six hours and was bur- ied in the Port Matilda cemetery on Monday. The boy and the mother are getting along splendidly. On Tuesday afternoon the auto- mobile of R. G. Rose, of Johnstown, skidded on the freshly oiled Bishop street and collided with a telephone pole, smashing the fender, causing about eight dollars damage which Mr. Rose will ask borough council to make good. —Cards were received in Bellefonte the past week announcing the marriage of Miss Clara Custer Miller to Mr. Mur- dock MacArthur, the wedding having taken piace on July 30th. The bride frequently visited here and is known by a number of Bellefonte people. —Lest the people of Bellefonte for- get the semi-annual rummage sale, for the benefit of the hospital, those who have it in charge would remind them that it will be held the latter part of September. Rummage well and save everything cor this sale. Artic 2s you may not vali e are of some account to some- one and can thus be converted into money. Every effort is being made to equip the laundry, so in this small way 0 w Sama aid in the vor" BoroucH Council. HAPPENINGS.—Eight members were present at the regular meeting of borough council on Monday street, was present and asked that prop- erty owners in that section be required to put down pavements. The matter was referred to the Street committee for in- vestigation and report. Burgess John J. Bower presented the request of Emerick Bros., proprietors and operators of the motor bus line from Bellefonte to State College, for an ex- clusive franchise to operate motor busses on the streets of Bellefonte. In explana- tion the burgess said that the two cars they are now operating represent an in- vestment of ahout $9,000. They have or- will be here about the middle of the month and another to cost $6,500 to be here about the firs: of September. That the reason they ask for an exclusive franchise is because they were pioneers in operating a motor bus line in Luzerne county and after they had built up quite a business another company started, got a franchise and they were driven out, a thing they don’t want to occur again. The franchise they ask is for motor busses alone, and will not cover any other kind of motor vehicle. The matter was re- ferred to the borough solicitor for in- vestigation and report. A letter was received from N. B. Spangler, attorney for Gamble, Gheen & Co., notifying council that if proper sewer arrangements were not made to carry off the water from west Lamb street in time of heavy rains, and preventing it from flooding their mill, an action for damages would be brought. The matter was re- ferred to the Street committee with in- structions to have the matter attended to at once. Mr. Seibert, of the Fire and Police committee, reported that he had thor- oughly examined the public building and that the exterior woodwork and roof ought to be painted and new spouting put on. The committee was empowered to make whatever repairs were neces- sary. An ordinance vacating Academy alley was presented and passed first reading. This is in line with a request made by James R. Hughes at a regular meeting of council on July 7th. Councilman Paul D. Sheffer asked what council was going to do in the mat- ter of the request of Morris & Sheffer for permission to erect hitching posts in front of their store on Allegheny street. There was considerable discussion in re- gard to the proposition, the preponder- ance of sentiment being against the erection of hitching posts there owing to the street being too narrow. Mr. Sheffer, however, insisted that he had a right to hitching posts and made a motion that permission to erect same be granted. The motion, however, was not seconded, so that council could take no action. Mr. Beezer reported that the glass works bridge was in an unsafe condition and the Street committee was instructed to examine it and report at next meeting whether it could be repaired or a new bridge would be necessary. Burgess Bower called the attention of council to the fast running of automo- biles through the streets of Bellefonte. The new law of 1913 makes the speed limit fifteen miles an hour through cor- porate limits and twenty-five miles an hour on the public highway. But in order to enforce the fifteen-mile-an-hour limit it is necessary to erect signs every quar- ter of a mile, reading “Danger, run slow,” or something to that effect. Mr. Walker wanted to pass an ordinance limiting the speed to ten miles an hour, but when informed that an ordinance conflicting with the state law would be illegal, he suggested that a traffic ordi- nance be passed, regulating traffic on the principal thoroughfares as a means of safety. The matter was referred to the borough solicitor to prepare an ordinance and present the same at next meeting. Mr. Seibert reported that a new flood- gate was needed at the Phoenix mill dam and Col. W. Fred Reynolds had agreed to stand $250 of the expense of putting in a concrete structure so that it would be permanent. This will make thecost to the borough less than it would be to repair the old wooden structure. The Water committee was empowered to go ahead and have the work done. The burgess presented his report for the month of July, which showed fines and licenses collected to the amount of $56.30; expenditures $37.26, and the treas- urer’s receipt for the balance, $19.05. Old notes for $4,000 and $2,000 were authorized renewed, a new note for $1,600 and bills to the amount of $1,369.26 were passed after which council ad- journed. STATE CONSTABULARY SQUAD FOR BELLEFONTE. — General orders were issued last week for a re-assignment of the state constabulary, the troops to be divided into squads so as to cover more territory. A squad of the troop now sta- tioned at Greensburg has been detailed for Bellefonte and on Sunday Liew. William Marsh came to Bellefonte to make arrangements for their accommoda- tion. The squad consists of three men, and for the present their headquarters will be at the Brockerhoff house, while their mounts will be kept at Rerick's livery stable. The building of the new penitentiary in Centre county and the outdoor life of the prisoners is doubtless one reason why a squad of the con- stabulary has been placed here. ' ——Subscribe for the WATCHMAN, evening. Mr. Morgan, of north Spring dered two more, one to cost $7,500 which | ———Mrs. George Spangler, mother of GET READY POR THE BIG CENTRE N. B. Spangler Esq. of this place and COUNTY FAIR.—It seems almost beyond who lives with her daughter, Mrs. Edward conception but it is a fact, nevertheless, | Crawford, at Centre Hall, feil off of the that only three weeks intervene until the | porch on Saturday morning and broke big Centre county fair will be in full! her arm. On account of her advanced swing. September 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th | age the injury is regarded as quite seri- are the dates and everybody should plan ' ous. -. | their affairs so they can attend all the | —The Salvation Army gave a de- time. It takes attendance as well as ex- just forty-three of them took advantage ual counts. of the Army’s generosity. There was an The fair management are working | abundance of good things to eat and all hard to get up an exhibition hat will be present enjoyed the dinner as well as Pleasing to the people and satisfactory to the program of services and amusements all concerned. While they have not yet arranged for their benefit. arranged for a complete list of free! mee Cee ae mmm amusements when the time comes there | ~—In the obituary notice of the late will be plenty there to occupy the time Hon. Jacob M. Kepler, published in last of everybody. Many applications have week's WATCHMAN, we failed to state already been received for exhibition | that he was married twice. His first space, which is very gratifying. The wife was Miss Hutton, by whom he had bigger the line of exhibits the bigger the two children, and his surviving wife was ' fair, and in this line the farmer and Miss Charlotte Markle, before her mar- | every member of his family can help. riage. She is the mother of three chil- | Begin to plan for your exhibit now, | dren, Mrs. Graff, Mrs. Meade and ' Don’t wait until fair week and then say Charles Aaron Kepler. | you hadn't time to prepare an exhibit. | The Hazel-Schaefie an | Start it this week and add to it every union will be ——— Pinks oe 1 day until the time comes, then bring it near Madisonburg, on Wednesday, Au. : in for others to see. The Centre county | gust 20th. The program will include sey. | {if is a much yours as anybody else's, | eral good speeches, good music and vari. | 20d you should be interested in making | —Miss Edna Kline went over to Lewistown on Monday for a ten days visit with relatives. —Mrs. Albert Knisely went to State College on Saturday to spend some time with relatives. —Mrs, James W. Boal and son, Rev. J. Hamill Boal, were over Sunday visitors in Williamsport. —M., A. Landsy is away on a two weeks busi. ness trip through the western part of the State. —Mrs. Clarence Gallagher and two children spent last week with friends at Curtin and How- ard. —Mr. and Mrs. John Houser and children, of State College. spent Sunday with Bellefonte | friends. ~Mrs. Maurice Yeager has been spending this week among the good people of State College and vicinity - = Miss Laura Beltz, of the Bellefonte hospital, left on Wednesday moming for a sojourn at Atlantic City. —Mrs. Samuel Eldredge and little daughter will spend today at Centre Hall as guests of Miss Eloise Schuyler. —After spending a week at the Nittany Country club Fred Blanchard left on Monday for his ; in Chi —John Tonner Harris, of Harrisburg, spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Henry P. Harris, on Howard street. —Miss Eloise Schuyler, of Centre Hall, visited Bellefonte friends on Tuesday, returning home the same afternoon. =Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Hannah have been visit. ing friends in Lock Haven this week. expecting to return home today. —Misses Marguerite and Rachel Lambert re- turned home on Friday from a three weeks visit with friends in Williamsport. ous amusements. The gathering will be | in the shape of a basket picnic and not | only members of the Haze! and Schaeffer | familes but all their friends are invited | to attend, as the committee desires mak- ing this the biggest reunion ever held. —It is currently reported that Prof. I. C. M. Ellenberger, who the past three years has been superintendent of the Sunbury schools, has been tendered the position of superintendent of the Pitts- burgh schools to fill the position made vacant by the discharge of S. L. Heeter, who was charged with immorality. Prof. Ellenberger, is a native of Centre coun- ty, having been born and raised at Gates- burg. Before going to Sunbury he was principal of the Tyrone schools. ——About two years ago a young son of Harry Winton was badly bitten by a dog belonging to a foreigner out at Nit- tany furnace. The owner of the dog got out of town within a day or two but lately he has been working at the White- rock quarries. It cost Mr. Winton $125 to have his son given the Pasteur treat- ment and the other day he had the foreigner arrested to compel him to pay the bill. The man will be given a hear- ing before "Squire Brown today. a ~——There are many events that could be depicted very interestingly in motion pictures if an operator happened on the spot at the right moment, but as he does not the public is the loser. However, there are many good pictures made every day and three reels are shown at the Scenic every evening. The hot weather has no effect on the pictures and very little on the audience at the Scenic, be- cause they know it will be as comfortable there as anywhere. And there is where you always get your money's worth. —— ty —Mr. John P. Harris was eighty-one years old on Tuesday and he celebrated the day by attending to his work, as usual, as treasurer of the Bellefonte Trust company. Very few men are found these days who are in active life at the age of four-score years, and in this re- spect Mr, Harris is a remarkable man, as he is to be found at his desk as regu- lar as the day rolls around. Tuesday evening about sixty of the older resi- dents of the town called to pay their respects to Mr. Harris at his home on west Linn street. ———— A m——— —Judge Harry Alvan Hall, of Elk county, spent last Friday night in Belle- fonte, motoring here from Lock Haven where he held a brief session of court. The judge is an enthusiastic motorist and he believes in compelling supervis- ors to keep the roads in good condition as was evidenced in the Clinton county court when he fined the supervisors of one township five dollars each for neg- lect of duty and held the supervisors of five other townships and Mayor Kreamer and the twelve members of the Lock Haven council over to the October term of court on similar charges. —On Monday afternoon Harvey Ba- ney came to Bellefonte from Milesburg with one of Henry Kohlbecker's sor- rel colts. He started home about four o'clock and when the colt struck the freshly oiled street at Parrish's drug- store its feet slipped and the animal feil, upsetting the sulkey and throwing Mr. Baney some distance. The man had a deep gash cut in his leg but he did not know it until he had gotten on his feet and then he screamed for help. First aid was rendered by persons nearby after which he was taken to the hospital and proper surgical attention rendered. The colt was uninjured. —During Wednesday's storm light: ning struck Mrs. W. E. Gray's house on east Linn street, tore off part of the roof and knocked the top off of the chimney |" but fortunately did not set fire to the building. Fire very badly damaged the house on Sunday, May 11th. Workmen have been busy ever since rebuilding the same and several weeks ago part of the chimney fell down without any apparent reason. This was rebuilt and now Wed- nesday's accident happening almost looks as if a hoodoo hung over the place. Mrs. Gray expected to reoccupy the house on September first but may now be delayed a few days. it a success. > WORK ON STATE HIGHWAYS DISCON- TINUED.—AIll state highway work in Cen- | tre county has been discontinued indefi- nitely in accordance with orders received from the State Highway Department in Harrisburg. This means that ex-sheriff Hurley and his gang of men have stopped | work on the road down Nittany valley; that the gang under George H. Yarnell | in Pennsvalley has been laid off and work stopped on the road from Lemont to State College, as well as all repair work on dirt roads now under jurisdic- tion of the State. The orders were per- emptory. and gave no intimation as to when work would be resumed. | —Mr.and Mrs. John Lambert and little son John spent Sunday at Oak Hall with Mr. and Mrs. Luther Dale and family. =Mrs. John I. Olewine with her daughter, Miss | Adaline and son Harris left on Wednesday morn. | ing on a motor trip to Jeannette. | —~Raymond Jenkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry 1 E. Jenkins, came down from Tyrone and spent , Sunday with relatives in Bellefonte. —Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fleming, of Altoona, ! spent Sunday with the former's parents, Mr. and | Mrs. Thomas Fleming. in this place. =Mrs. Frank Musser and son Malcolm will | leave tomorrow for Clearfield to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rhinesmith. —After asix weeks visit with her motherin this place Mrs. William Echols and little daughter left for their home in Pittsburgh on Saturday. | =—Mr. Aaron Katz fled from the intense heat | waves which floated over Center county last The lay-off has been general all over | Week and has since been sojourning at Atlantic the State, extending to the various sur- veying corps, and so far no reason has been assigned, though the supposition is | —Miss Lois Kirk left yesterday for Clearfield | where she will spend several weeks with her uncle and aunt, Mr, and Mrs. Daniel Rhine. that it is because of the holding up of | smith. money on the state highway account by | —Miss Marie White, of Williamsport, visited Auditor General Powell. mored that no more work of any kind will be done on state roads this year. W. I. FLEMING GETS NICE PLUM.— John Price Jackson, Commissioner of the new It is even ru- | ee aunt and sister, Miss Powell and Miss | Josephine White, at the Brockerhoff house, on —Miss Catherine Curtin is at Syracuse, N.,Y., i having left Bellefonte last week to join Miss | Helen Valentine, as a guest of Mrs. Bruce Bur. | i | lingame. Department of Labor and Industry, on| —Mrs. Shreffler and her daughter, Miss Kate Wednesday announced several appoint | Shreffier, went to Sunbury, Tuesday, to visit for ments and among them was that of ® Week with Mrs. Shreffler's daughter, Mrs. Wilson I. Fleming as assistant chief of | Asher Adams. the bureau of statistics. Mr. Fleming heretofore has been a clerk in the State Department in charge of election papers. — A nr——— NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. =Mrs. Daniel Gallagher,of near Pittsburg is vis- iting Barney Gallagher ane family. —Mrs. James Flook, of Jersey Shore, visited her daughter, Mrs. G. R. Gamble, over Sunday. —Paul F. Willard, of New York, is spending his vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, D. IL Willard. —Miss Mary Straub left at noon yesterday to spend her two week's vacation with friends in Philipsburg. —Miss Bella Confer went down to Howard yesterday morning on a visit to her brother, Mr. Jacob Confer. —Miss Martha McEntire, of Pittsburgh, has been spending the week with Mrs. Morris Fu. rey, south of Bellefonte. —Theodore Davis Boal and family, of Boals- | burg, went to Newport, R. I,. on Monday, where they expect to be for some weeks. —Miss Margaret Walsh, a nurse in training in a Pittsburgh hospital, is visiting her mother, Mrs. John J. Walsh, on High street. —A pleasant caller at the WATCHMAN office on Wednesday was Henry Rothrock, onc of the progressive farmers of Spring township. —Cdarles Aaron Kepler, youngest son of the Igte Jacob M. Kepler, of Ferguson township, was a business visitor in Bellefonte on Wednesdav. —Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Bartley and Mrs, Charles Heisler went to Beaver Falls last Friday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gentzel and family. —Mrs, William McLear, of St. Davids, and Mrs. Clyde Lever, of Philadelphia, came to Belle- fonte yesterday and are guests of Dr. and Mrs. A. A. Kirk. —Dr. and Mrs. Burton Shivery, of Woodland, Clearfield county, autoed to Bellefonte on Wed. nesday and spent the day with Mr. and Mrs, Harry Shivery. —Mrs. E. L. Tausig, of Harrisburg, is in Belle- fonte with her children, who have been spending apart of the summer with their grandmother, Mrs. M. Fauble. =Mrs. Clarence Bolton will return to her home in Wheeling, W. Va., tomorrow after a visit of several weeks at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Semuel H. Donachy. —Misses Margaret and Geraldine Noonan re- turned home on Wednesday evening from spend- ing three weeks at Keuka Lake, N. Y., as guests of their aunt, Mrs. M. S. Melvin. ~—Miss Louise Brachbill and the Misses Helen and Roxanna Mingle, with Miss Edith Stauffer, of Chambersburg, will leave today for a trip to Niagara Falls and the Thousand Islands. ~Mrs. A. E. Kerlin, of Centre Hall, with her daughter, Miss Nellie Kerlin, were Bellefonte ~Miss Anne Valentine left Monday for James- town, Rhode Island, where she will visit until early fall. When returning to Bellefonte, =Mrs. David R. Foreman with her daughter Lois went to Philipsburg Wednesday, to join her two sons for a visit with Mrs. Foreman's rela. tives. Mr. Foreman's mister, Miss Jennie Fore- man, will be with him in Bellefonte until Mrs. Foreman's return. =—Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Fleming will leave tomor- row for Denver to attend the Masonic conclave, after which they will go to Salt Lake City for a visit with Mr. Fleming's niece. From Salt Lake City they will go to the southern part of Missouri where they will be guests of Mr. Flem- ing’s older brother, expecting to return to Belle fonte during the early part of September, | =Mrs. Edward P, Irwin, who spent the past | month with her husband at Cherrytree, was a f Bellefonte visitor over Sunday, leaving for Cher. | rytree on Monday. { ~—Mr. and Mrs. William Hockenberry, of An. | derson, Ind., arrived in Bellefonte last Thursday | for a visit with Mr. Hockenberry’s mother, Mrs, | Alice Hockenberry. | =W.D. Darrah, who at one time worked on ! the Renovo News but who of late has been in | Pittsburgh, was in Bellefonte on Tuesday and | called at the WATCHMAN office. | =Miss Elizabeth VanDyke, who will return to | her home at Williamsport today, has been the | guest of her cousins, Miss Alice Tate and Mrs. | Hiram Fetterhoff, since coming to Bellefonte Tuesday. —After visiting Bellefonte and Centre county | friends the past month or six weeks Mr. and | Mrs. D. M. Kerlin left for their home in Rudd, | Towa, last Saturday; intending to stop a day or two at several places enroute. =Mr. and Mrs, Hugh N. Crider, Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Crider and Miss Rebecca Jacobs left on Thursday afternoon of last week on an automo- bile trip through Potter county to Buffalo, N. Y., and Niagara Falls. They will be away a week or ten days. ~Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cassidy were at Bellwood on Wednesday attending the funeral of Mr. Cas- sidy’s uncle, Mr, Frank Humphrey. They were accompanied home the same evening by Mr. Cassidy's sister, Mrs. Park Paxson, of Canton, Ohio, who will remain until to-morrow. —Miss Katherine Love returned from Clifton Springs, Friday, where she has been for several weeks with her mother, who is fast recovering her normal health. Katherine went to Tyrone Saturday to spend the time until Mrs. Love's return to Bellefonte with her aunts, the Misses Love. ~Mrs. J. Norman Sherer, of Harrisburg, was in Bellefonte Wednesday, having come from Lock Haven, where she is visiting with her sis. ter, Mrs. George Green. Mrs. Sherer will be in Lock Haven until after the wedding of her sister, Miss Anna Blanchard, which will take place August 23rd. ~—Mrs. James B. Lane, why will have as her of Robert Witmer, of Sunbury, will occupy Miss Mary S. Thomas’ home on Allegheny street dur- ing the time of their visit. Miss Thomas will be Mrs. Lane's guest, while she and her party oc. cupy the house. ~John Dubbs Jr. came up from Harrisburg on Saturday and after spending Sunday at the home of his parents, where his little family has been for two weeks, accompanied them to the home of his wife's parents in Cumberland, Md., where they will visit a few days before returning to their home in Harrisburg. , ~J. D. Smithgall, of Franklin, who has been spending a good part of his summer vacation at his old home in Lvcoming county, and fishing along the mountain streams of that section, was in Bellefonte Monday night and Tuesday on his homeward trip. Mrs. Smithgall and children will remain at Centre Hall a week or two longer. =Mr. and Mrs. J. Mac. Curtin, of Pittsburgh, with their two children, Betty and Andrew, ar. rived at Cuttin Wednesday, where they will spend Mr. Curtin's vacation of two weeks with his mother, Mrs. Harry Curtin. After his return to Pittsburgh Mrs. Curtin and the children will come to Bellefonte to stay for the remaining part of their visit with Mrs, Curtin's mother, Mrs, George F., Harris. —Boyd Magee with Mr. and Mrs. William Magee, of Philadelphia, and Miriam Huyett, of Centre Hall, drove to Bellefonte Tuesday, spend: ing a part of the day visiting with their friends, Mrs, Magee, who has been in Centre Hall for several weeks, will remain until September, dur. ing which time Mr. Magee will make short visits to Centre county, Boyd Magee, having come to the mountains a week ago on account of ill health, returned to Philadelphia Wednesday to make arrangements for a longer visit at Centre ‘| Hall, . EE ————————— vacation with friends in Johnstown.