3 | OLD CounciL HoLps FINAL MEETING,
eutarralic ! NEW COUNCIL ORGANIZES. —Six members
STAD , were present at the final meeting of the
1912-13 borough council at ten o’clock
on Monday morning, namely: President
Keller and Messrs. Beezer, Brockerhoff,
Cherry, Daggett and Seibert. There
were no verbal nor written communica-
tions.
The Water committee reported several
meters repaired and set at the zero mark
on January 2nd.
The secretary reported notifying the
county commissioners that the proposi-
tion of a settlement with them for the
borough’s share of the High street bridge
had been accepted and ratified by coun-
cil. He also stated that notice had been
served on J. S. Keichline to remove the
obstruction on the race bridge and the
same had been done.
The burgess’ report for the month of
December showed a balance due the bor-
ough of $11.00, for which amount his
check was given.
The borough solicitor reported that
the agreement with the State-Centre
Electric company had been consummat-
ed as of date November 18th, 1913, and
that the borough treasurer had received
a check for $5,000 and five notes for $2,-
000 each, bearing four per cent. interest,
payable yearly from 1914 to 1918 inclu-
sive. He also reported that a lease had
been drawn up for the rent of the Phoe-
nix mill buildings to G. R. Danenhower
& Sons, that the same had been duly
signed by the president and secretary of
council and sent to the head office of the
firm in Camden, N. J., for their signa-
ture.
The president reported that an agree-
ment extending the lease of Phoenix mill
plant from Col. W. Fred Reynolds had
been executed on December 2nd, 1913.
The borough solicitor reported enter-
ing liens for 1910 taxes and reviving all
liens open prior to December 31st, 1913.
Treasurer Gehret’s report showed a
balance of $1304.62 December 1st, 1913,
with receipts to January 1st, 1914, show-
ing a total of $13,947.37; expenditures of
$7934.87, leaving a balance January 1st,
1914, of $6313.00.
Dr. Brockerhoff then read a statement
submitted by tax collector J. Kennedy
Johnston, which was as follows:
1908 Duplicate. Balance due
thereon, as per Auditors’
report of Jan 6th, 1913
1909 Duplicate. Balance due
Belletonte, Pa., January 9, 1914.
To CORRESPONDENTS.—No communications
published unless accompanied by the real name
of the writer. :
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——The days are growing longer, but
hardly enough, as yet, to notice it.
——The Bellefonte Academy and State
College reopened this week for the win-
ter term.
——The meat market of Hannah &
Thompson in Crider’s Exchange was
closed by the sheriff last Friday.
——The annual meeting of the Belle-
fonte Board of Trade was held last night
after the WATCHMAN went to press.
——NMiss Sallie Fitzgerald on Tuesday |
opened a kindergarten school in the |
parochial house, adjoining the Episcopal ;
rectory, with fourteen pupils.
——David Geiss, the youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. D. Wagner Geiss, is seri-
ously ill with pleuro-pneumonia, and their
daughter Martha is also quite ill.
——Henry Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. McClellan Davis, has taken the agency
for the Overland automobile for 1914.
He now has two cars on exhibition at
Sebring’s garage."
——The ‘postponed meeting of the
Women’s Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A.
will convene at the home of Miss Mary
Hunter Linn Monday evening, January
12th, at half-past seven.
——NMiss Florence Evey, one of the
operators in the Commercial telephone
exchange has been confined to her homé
two weeks or more with illness, and at
this writing is very little improved.
——The county auditors are now hard
at work auditing the accounts of the var-
ious county officers. This is a job that
grows bigger every year and it will take
from five to six'weeks to do the work.
——A large granite slab was received
in Bellefonte on Tuesday as a covering
over the graves of Mr. and Mrs. James
A. Sommerville. The slab weighs seven
tons and it took six horses to haul it to
the cemetery. .
——A little daughter, who has been
<alled, Anna Ione, was born to Mr. and
Mrs. T. Coke Bell, of Coatesville, Mon-
«day December 22nd. As this is Mr. and
Mrs. Bell's only child, the little one is a
most welcome guest.
—NMirs. E. M. Broderick (nee Miss
Mame Hamilton) became the mother of
an eight pound baby girl, at the Belle-
fonte hospital, on Monday morning. A
900 00
$3200 00
1350 00
Less payments thereon to Jan.
5th, 1914
.
$1850 00
$3026 94
1912 Duplicate. Balance due
little son arrived in the3home of Mr. and | Less egonersiions. fics and 2
Mrs. Mark Williams the latter part of cashipaili;.....ovrencriien 1878 25 $3124 13
last week. Total due onold duplicates. $8001 07
——The question now is, did the new | '°I3, Duplicate Balance due 3603 00
council legalize gambling in the borough| Total present liability of
Colector...........cervee i $11604 07
when they drew lots to see who should
get the long term and who the short?
If so, the last Legislature is to blame for
passing the Act providing for the choice
to be made by drawing lots.
——On Monday evening burgess Ed-
mund Blanchard tendered an informal
reception to the members of council, bor-
ough and county officers and Judge Ellis
L. Orvis, at his home on east Linn street.
Refreshments were served and the gen-
tlemen spent a very pleasant social ever.-
ing.
——Farmer’s week exercises at State
College closed on Saturday and the week
was by far the most successful of that
of any former year. The total registra-
tion of farmers and farmers wives was
just 985 for the week, and the lectures
and demonstrations included a wide
range of subjects.
——The will of the late Israel Kauff-
man bequeaths $1,000 to his housekeeper:
Mrs. Purdue; $3,000 to Mrs. Harry
Eberhart, of east Lamb street, who was
an adopted daughter; and the balance of
his estate, including the town house and
farm, to his second adopted daughter,
Mrs. Laura Smith.
——Philip Beezer this week purchased
from Samuel A. Donachy the old Jacob
Runkle property on east Bishop street. It
is a large brick residence with a good-
sized yard and garden. Mr. Beezer and
family will move there on April first from
itheir present residence in the Schad
house on Thomas street.
On motion of Dr. Brockerhoff the state-
ment was ordered filed as a part of the
Finance committee's report.
Dr. Brockerhoff, as a member of the
Finance committee, presented the follow-
ing resolution:
WHEREAS: The sinking fund of this borough
consists of $18,300.57 in the form of certificates of
deposit bearing three per cent. interest, and
three sinking fund orders of $2,000.00 and $4,000.00
respectively, each having not yet been converted
into cash; and,
WHEREAS, The treasurer of this borough now
has in his possession $5000.00 in cash and five
notes of the Moshannon Electric company, guar-
anteed by the State-Centre Electric company, in
the sum of $2000.00 each, duein November, 1914,
1915, 1916, 1917 and 1918, bearing interest at the
jas of four per cent. per annum. Therefore
e it
Resolved, That the said treasurer is hereby
authorized and directed to convert into cash
$10,000.00 of the aforesaid certificates of deposit;
to substitute therefore the said five notes aggre-
gating the same amount; to apply $6,000.00 of
the cash so received to the payment of the afore-
said three sinking fund orders; and to apply the
remainder of the cash so received, viz.: The
sum of $4,000.00, together with the $5.000.00 of
cash before mentioned, toward the payment and
liquidation of such outstanding notes of this
borough as council may direct.
Passed at a meeting of said town council held
on Monday, the fifth day of January, A. D., 1914.
BOROUGH OF BELLEFONTE,
By HARRY KELLER.
President of the Town
Secretary of the Council of the Borough of
Town Council of Bellefonte.
the Borough of Bellefonte.
And now, January 5th, 1914, above resolution
is hereby approved.
‘ JOHN J. BOWER,
. Chiet Burgess.
Bills amounting to $5,801.48 (which in-
cluded an order for $4,000 to the sinking
fund for 1912 and 1913) were approved
and orders authorized to be drawn and
paid.
The Finance committee then recom-
mended that the list of exonerations
asked by the tax collector for the years
1908 and 1909 be granted, and council so
voted.
There being no other business to clean
up president Keller arose and in a brief
speech thanked the members of council
for their ever courteous and gentleman-
ly treatment of him as their presiding of-
ficer the past two years. He also com-
plimented them upon the good work they
accomplished during the past year. He
also paid a tribute to the borough treas-
urer for his business-like administration
and to the borough solicitor for the faith-
ful discharge of every duty, even though
the salary was very meagre for the work
required.
Mr. Brockerhoff then took the floor
and on behalf of council thanked the re-
tiring president for his courtesy and fair-
ness at all times. The doctor further
said that while he was scattering flowers
on the biers of the departed he thought
that the members of council themseives
deserved considerable praise. That they
had always had the best interests of the
borough at heart and had never on any
occasion allowed politics to enter into
their actions. No star chamber proceed-
ings nor gum shoe methods had been re-
Attest:
W. T. KELLY.
The largest mortgage ever enter-
ed for record in Centre county is now in
the office of Recorder Speer and it will
take two weeks continuous work to get
it transcribed on the record books. It is
a general mortgage of $667,000,000,
against the N. Y.C. R. R. and must be
entered in all countiesin which that road
owns property.
——John Spearley, who the past two
or three years has occupied the C. Y.
Wagner farm in Benner township, which
was sold to James Kerstetter last
week, has purchased the Colonel
W. Fred Reynolds No. 1 farm, on the
back road above Roopsburg. The farm
contains about eighty acres and Was oc-
cupied by Mr. Spearley before he moved
onto the Wagner farm.
——Milton Bickle, of Zion, recently
purchased through the George C. Waite
real estate agency of Tyrone, the Wm.
M. Way farm in Warriorsmark township,
Huntingdon county, for $8,000, and will
move there in the spring. Lawrence
Gill, of Patton, Cambria county, pur-
chased through the same agency the H.
F. Cogan farm in Taylor township, Cen-
tre county, paying $1,800 for the same.
sessions and discussions. When council
was ushered in there were bills and notes
galore, a white elephant on its hands in
the shape of the Green mill property,
and several tnreatened law suits. The
white elephant has been disposed of, the
threatened law suits all amicably adjust-
ed, bills reduced and $9.000 appropriated
to pay off some of the floating indebted-
ness. In addition he displayed Bellefonte
Trust company certificates of deposit for
$18,000 and five State Centre Electric
company notes for $10,000 as available
assets.
Retiring burgess John J. Bower also
made a few remarks after which the sec-
retary read the minutes of the meeting
which were approved and council ad-
ourned sine die.
BURGESS SWORN IN, NEW COUNCIL ORGAN-
1ZES.
Immediately after the adjournment of
the old council Edmund Blanchard was
sworn in as burgess of Bellefonte for the
ensuing four years by the retiring bur-
gess, John J. Bower. Burgess Blanchard
then administered the oath of office to
the incoming councilmen as follows:
North ward, W. A. Lyon and Hard P.
Harris; South ward, F. E. Naginey and
James D. Seibert; West ward, W. Rey-
nolds Shope and G. Edward Haupt.
Secretary of council W. T. Kelly then
called the council to order and announc-
ed that he would receive nominations for
president. Mr. Naginey nominated . Mr.
Brockerhoff. That gentleman immedi-
ately withdrew as a candidate and nomi-
nated Mr. Walker. No other nomina-
tions being made Mr. Brockerhoff moved
that the nominations close. On motion
the secretary was instructed to cast the
ballot electing Mr. Walker. Mr. Walker
being absent on account of illness Mr.
Brockerhoff was chosen president pro
tem. and took the chair.
He then announced that he was ready
to hear nominations for secretary of
council, Mr. Seibert nominated W. T.
Kelly. Mr. Haupt nominated D. Wagner
Geiss, who agreed to act as clerk and
collect the water tax for $240.00 per
year. An aye and nay ballot was taken,
the vote being as follows:
Kelly—Cherry, Harris, Naginey, Lyon,
Seibert, Brockerhoft.
Geiss—Haupt.
Shope declined to vote on the ground
that he did not know enough about the
proposition to vote on it. As it was, how-
ever, Kelly received six votes and Geiss
one, and Kelly was declared elected.
Borough solicitor J. Thomas Mitchell
then notified the new councilmen that
one of their number was entitled to serve
only two years and that an Act of the
Legislature prescribed that the choice
was to be made by drawing lots. The
six drew lots and Mr. Naginey drew. the
short term. All the others will serve for
four years. Council then adjourned
until Wednesday evening.
The new council convened in their
first regular session at 7.30 o'clock on
Wednesday evening. President Walker
was in the chair and every member pres-
ent. The first order of business was the
announcement by the president of the
standing committees for the ensuing
year, as follows:
Finance.—Brockerhoff, Lyon, Naginey.
Street. —Harris, Seibert, Brockerhoff.
Water.—Seibert, Cherry, Shope.
Fire and Policce—Naginey, Seibert,
Harris.
Market.—Haupt, Naginey, Cherry.
Sanitary.—Shope, Haupt, Lyon.
Village Improvement.—Cherry, Brock-
erhoff, Harris.
Special — Lyon,
Harris, Seibert.
There were no verbal communications
and under the head of written communi-
cations the secretary read the following
list of applications for the various ap-
pointments:
Borough engineer.—J. Henry Wetzel
and William H. Brown, Bellefonte; Wil-
liam M. Derberard, Woolrich; Harry J.
Muehler, Clearfield. Si
Fireman at water
Shultz.
Street commissioner.—John McGovern
Sr.; William Fredericks and Harry B.
Kerns.
Collector of water rentals.— William A.
Ishler.
Chief of police.—Harry Dukeman; po-
liceman, Jacob S. Knisely. PS
The president referred all applications
to the various committees for consulta-
tion and report at the next regular meet-
ing after which council adjourned.
Brockerhoff, Shope,
works.—Miles
——Mrs. Joseph Ceader gave a bridge
party New Year’s eve. Mrs. John Noll
entertained with a dinner on New Year's
day. Mrs. J. J. Kilpatrick was hostess at
a card party Friday night, and Joseph
Ceader entertained a number of friends
at dinner Monday evening. Mrs. John
D. Miller, of Curtin street, entertained
at dinner yesterday, for which ten covers
were laid, the guests being members of a
woman's club from Hublersburg and Nit-
tany, of which Mrs. Miller was a mem-
ber before coming to Bellefonte.
——There may be a deep snow and
rough weather outdoors but the Scenic
is always comfortable and many of the
pictures are bright reminders of the sun-
ny, summer days. Everybody is always
welcome and the five cent price of ad-
mission need keep no one away. Good
programs every evening, and some even-
ings four big reels. No better place for
an evening's amusement in Bellefonte.
Everybody says so, and what everybody
says must be true. Try it as a regular
patron.
sorted to but everything done in open |
heaviest snow experienced in Centre
county in years fell on Saturday and Sun-
day. It began on Saturday morning and
although in Bellefonte and immediate
vicinity most of Saturday’s downfall was
rain and sleet in other sections of the
i county it was snow. In Bellefonte it be-
gan to snow in earnest Saturday night
and continued through Sunday, Sunday
night and Monday morning. In this
place there were about fifteen inches. At
Pleasant Gap twenty-one inches; Snow
Shoe two feet and down Pennsvalley
from two to two and a half feet. The
temperature was comparatively mild and
the snow melted more or less, else the
depth would probably have been greater.
The snow was very wet and conse-
quently heavy, the result being that con-
siderable damage was done. Quite a
number of telephone wires throughout
the county were put out of service and
it was several days before complete
communication was restored. Many
buildings were damaged by the weight
of the snow, among them being the fol-
lowing in Bellefonte:
William J. Musser’s stable on east
Lamb street, roof caved in, damaging
building.
Lewin property on east Linn street,
occupied by Mrs. Geo. F. Harris, stable
roof collapsed.
building.
creek, entire roof fell in.
On Edward Jodon farm between Nigh
bank and Pleasant Gap, barn roof col-
lapsed, pushing front of barn out into
the barn yard.
On the Noll farm at Pleasant Gap,
barn roof collapsed, spreading and al-
most completely wrecking the building.
The barn was 40x80 feet in size and it
will cost at least $1,500 to repair it.
The roof on J. C. Mulfinger’s barn in
Pleasant Gap, and that on J. H. Herman's
stable at Pleasant Gap also fell in, dam-
aging the buildings to some extent.
On the mountain above Coleville the
roofs on the barns of G. Edward Haupt
and Lemuel Hampton collapsed.
A big shed roof on the Shivery farm
near Roopsburg went down with the
weight of the snow.
At Waddle the outbuildings on the
Reed farm on Buffalo Run collapsed.
Near Lemont the barn roofs on the
farms of Jacob Ray and Elmer Ross col-
lapsed but did no further damage.
At State College the snow crushed all
of Phil D. Foster’s coal sheds and a few
outbuildings, but did no great amount of
damage.
BUDINGER’S STORE AT SNOW SHORE
BURNED TO THE GROUND.— The whole-
sale and retail store of T. B. Budinger, at
Snow Shoe, was burned to the ground.
| with all its contents on Monday night.
The fire was discovered between twelve
and one o'clock, in the second story of
the main part of the store room, and had
gained such headway that it was impos-
sible to combat the flames with the
meagre fire fighting apparatus at hand.
In fact, the entire building was a mass of
flames very soon after being discovered.
The fire evidently resulted from an over-
heated or defective flue, and it spread so
rapidly that it was impossible to save
anything in the store.
In addition to his retail trade Mr.
Budinger did a good wholesale business
and always carried a stock valued at
from $35,000 to $45,000. The store build-
ing was of frame and was probably
worth five or six thousand dollars, so
that the loss was considerable. While
the exact figures of the insurance could
not be obtained Mr. Budinger stated
that it was from $20,000 to $25,000 on
both stock and building, which only
about one-half covers their value.
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SMALLPOX AT STATE COLLEGE.—The
borough of State College has one well de-
fined case of genuine smallpox in the per-
son of Mrs. Harry D. Edmiston. The wom-
an took sick the latter part of last week
and on Saturday she began to show a
breaking out which was thought might
be chickenpox. By Sunday, however, the
case had developed to such a stage that
the disease was pronounced smallpox.
Consequently the public schools of the
borough were kept closed on Monday
and the building thoroughly fumigated.
It was planned to reopen the schools
either Wednesday or yesterday. Wheth-
er the breaking out of the disease
in the borough will have any ef-
fect on the college proper is not known.
Most of the students who were home for
the holiday vacation returned this week
and it is hardly likely any will stay away.
The Edmiston home has been strictly
quarantined and every effort will be put
forth to prevent the spread of the disease.
——Beech Creek has two young men
in the persons of Joseph and Robert
Sanders, sons of Peter Sanders, who have
achieved wide reputations as hunters.
During 1913 they killed 90 rabbits, 31
pheasants, 18 squirrels, 11 muskrats, 12
wild ducks, 80 opossums, 2 skunks 5
owls and 3 groundhogs. Both young
men are expert marksmen and rarely
fail in bringing down their quarry.
——Mr. and Mrs. Hugh R. Bell with
their son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
ert J. Bell, moved yesterday from the
Nittany country club to Bellefonte.
Until April first the club will be in charge
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Herman.
Have your Job Work done here.
HEAVIEST SNOW IN YEARS Causes |
MucH DAMAGE.—The deepest and: the !
James Schofield, or south Thowas |
street, stable roof collapsed, damaging Linn street, expecting to spend the remainder of
R. B. Taylor's ice house, up Spring | —Mrs. H. W. Tate, who went to Philadelphia
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NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Miss Rose Rine, of Nittany, was the guest .
of her sister, Mrs. Edward Young, part of last 3
week. |
—Mrs. John Slack, of Tusseyville, has been a :
guest this week of her sister, Mrs. John Musser,
in this place.
—Mrs. Sylvester Beach, of Princeton, came to :
Bellefonte Tuesday, and during her short stay
will be the guest of relatives. i
—Mrs. William McClellan returned home last |
week from ‘a visit of several weeks with her |
daughter, Mrs. Blair Yarnell, in Snow Shoe. |
—Mrs. J. Thomas Mitchell left Bellefonte on |
Tuesday morning for Boston, Mass., where she
expects to be until the latter part of the month.
—Malin Murphy returned to his home in Phil- |
adelphia Saturday, after spending the Holiday's
in Bellefonte with his sister, Mrs. Ralph Mallory. |
—Mrs. Charles Morris and her son Elliott,
went to Wayne, Pa., Monday, where Elliott
entered St. Luke’s, a preparatory school for
boys.
—Harold Gardner is in Milroy with Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Sheffer and their family, for a week’s
vacation, before beginning his work at the Col-
lege.
—Bond Sommerville, of Crafton, Pa., was in
Bellefonte Monday, making the final arrange-
ments for placing the tablet on the Sommerville
lot in the cemetery.
—Mrs. A. Wilson Norris, who has been the
guest of the Misses Blanchard and of Mrs. Bogle,
during her stay in Bellefonte, left Tuesday for
her home at Harrisburg.
—Mrs. Furey Larimer, who is in Philadelphia
with her son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. John
Larimer, left Bellefonte before Christmas, ex- |
| Pecting to make a visit of several weeks.
—Mrs. Frank Montgomery and her sister, Miss
| Hassel, are preparing to close their home on east
| the winter in Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
| a week ago, is visiting with her mother and sis-
| ter, Mrs. Harmer and Miss Mabel Harmer. Mrs.
Tate will probably not return to Bellefonte be-
| fore March.
—Mrs. Harry Houser, of Colona, was sum-
moned home last week on account of the serious
iliness of her father, Mr. David Rossman, who
suffered a stroke of paralysis, at his home on
Nittany mountain.
—Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Katz, of Lewistown,
who were married at Canton, Ohio, Tuesday of
last week, will be in Bellefonte to spend the week-
end with Mr. Katz’ father, Aaron Katz, whose
home is at the Bush house.
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—J. E. Hall, who since graduating at State
College in the class of ’95, has made his home
with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hall, at
Unionville, spent Tuesday in Bellefonte visiting
and looking after some business interest.
—Mrs. Joseph Shulty, of Jamestown, N. Y.,
returned home on Tuesday after a pleasant holi-
day visit with friends in this place. She was ac-
companied by her sister, Mrs. Edward Woods,
who will be her guest for a week or longer.
—Miss Mary S. Thomas returned Tuesday
from Philadelphia, where she has been since
early in the winter. Miss Thomas has taken
charge of her house on north Allegheny street,
expecting to remain in Bellefonte for the present.
—Mrs. J. M. Curtin, of Pittsburgh, having
with her her daughter Betty, came to Bellefonte
Wednesday, and will spend ten days with her
mother, Mrs. George F. Harris. During Mrs.
Curtin’s absence, Mr. Curtin will be south on a
business trip.
—Mrs. George S. Green. of Lock Haven, was
in Bellefonte for the week-end, spending the time
with her cousins, the Misses Blanchard. Mrs.
Green's two little daughters, who have been with
their aunt, Miss Green, at Briarly, returned with
their mother to Lock Haven.
—Miss Daisy Brisbin, of Scottland, Pa., and her
sister, Miss Kathryn Brisbin, were among the
guests whom Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Spangler enter-
tained during the Holidays. Miss Brisbin returned
to Scottland Monday, while Mrs. Robb will re-
main in Bellefonte for a longer visit.
—Miss Emily Parker, of Somerset, accom-
panied by her niece and nephew, Eleanor and
Ferguson Parker, came to Bellefonte Saturday
from Pittsburgh, where she had taken the young
people from Somerset, for a two days visit. Miss
Parker returned to Cambria county Monday.
—Mrs. Margaret Hanna will leave Bellefonte
the 16th of February for the Pacific coast. Stop-
ping in Chicago, Denver and Salt Lake City. Mrs.
Hanna expects to reach Colton, Cal., about the
first of March, where she will visit with a mar-
ried daughter until June, when she will return
east over the Canadian Pacific.
—Mrs. Telford Fink, with her daughter Eliza-
beth, returned to their home at Huntingdon,
Thursday. Mrs. Fink and her daughter came to
Bellefonte with Mr. Fink to spend Christmas |
with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Osmer. Mr. and |
Mrs. Clarence Osmer, of Johnstown, were here
also at the same time, guests of their relatives in
Bellefonte.
—Mor. and Mrs. Harold Kirk left for their home
in North Tonawanda, N. Y., on Monday. Mrs.
Kirk had been here since Thanksgiving while
Mr. Kirk came to Bellefonte the day before
Christmas. The latter is employed by the North
Tonawanda Iron & Steel company, of which W.
A. Moore is superintendent, and holds a very |
good position.
—Among the holiday guests whom Mr. and
Mrs. James K. Barnhart entertained at their
their summers on their farm at Potters Mills,
this county, and it was because of this latter fact
that Mr. Thomas spent the week at the College
gathering all the practical information possible
as to how to make the most money out of farm-
ing.
—The Altoona Tribune says: O. B. Krebs, of
the Kipple cottage farm, has returned from a
visit to his old home in Centre county, where
they grow everything big and great, including
numerous Governors for the State. On Christmas
day Mr. Krebs attended the family reunion at
the old homestead near Pine Grove Mills and en-
joyed a dinner fit for a king, with twenty-five
other members of the Krebs family—a real family
reunion. Later he visited State College, Lemont
and Centre Hall.
—'Squire W. J. Carlin, of Rebersburg, was in
Bellefonte on Monday lifting his commission as
justice of the peace for his seventh term, being
one of twenty-seven men who were sworn in as
justices that day. ’Squire Carlin has served six
terms, or almost thirty-two years and if he lives
to serve out the term upon which he has just
entered, and which we hope he will do, he will
have served thirty-eight consecutive years in that
office. Speaking of Saturday and Sunday's big
snow the ’Squire says it was over two feet in
Brush and Pennsvalleys and that it took them
two hours and a-half to drive from Rebersburg
to Coburn, a trip that usually can be made in a
| with Mrs. Alice Parker,
—Miss Marie Walshis in Bayonne, N. J., visit-
ing, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Claire Williams.
—Mrs. Cyrus Labe is with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Lose, after visiting for several weeks
with her husband in Altoona.
—Mrs. Harry C. Yeager, Mrs, Ralph Mallory
and Mrs. Ross Parker went to Altoona Wed-
{ nesday, to spend a day in the shops.
—Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Krumrine, of State
College, were in Bellefonte Saturday of last
week on their way to New York city.
—Nelson Robk, of State College and Louis
Robb, of Altoona, were in Bellefonte with their
mother, Mrs. Alice Robb, for the week-end.
—Mrs. James A. Beaver is home from Atlantic
City, where she has been with her sister, Mrs
Hayes, since the death of Dr. Hayes, two weeks
ago.
—Miss Dorothy Bible returned Wednesday to
Philadelphia, after spending the fall and early
winter in Bellefonte with her sister, Mrs. Russell
Blair.
—Miss Madge Hughes,
Mr. and Mrs. David Kelly,
Bellefonte,
Sunday.
—John D. Sourbeck went to New York last
week, expecting to visit with his daughter, Mrs.
Herbert Bellringer, while looking after some
business.
—John Hall, of York, Pa., who for a number
of years was conductor on the Central Railroay
of Pennsylvania, spent several days in Bellefonte
last week.
who is the guest of
accompanied them to
upon their return from New York
—Among those who spent the New Years day
at her home on east
Bishop street, were Paul Parker and Miss Hazel
Sallada, of Jersey Shore.
—Mrs. Warren Else, of Pittsburgh, with her
daughter Olive, came to Bellefonte last week,
and will visit for some time with Mrs. Else moth-
er, Mrs. Anna Taylor and her family.
—Mrs. Nora Shelden and her grandson Gregg
Shelden, came to Bellefonte Monday from Con-
necticut, where they have been with Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Shelden, during the holidays.
—During their stay of a week in Bellefonte,
Mrs. William Dravo, of Sewickly, and Miss Mary
Simpson, of Lock Haven, have been guests of
Miss Brockerhoff and Miss Marguerite Potter.
—Mrs. Thomas Moore, of Philadelphia, is
spending a short time with her mother, Mrs.
William Dawson, before leaving for Castleton,
N. D, where she will visit with her daughter,
Mrs. Walter H. Dahl.
—Miss Mary McGarvey will go to Philadelphia
early in the week, to spend several days in se-
lecting a camera for the new work she is about
to begin. During her stay in the city Miss
McGarvey will be in touch with the leading
photographers of Philadelphia.
—Miss Margaret McKnight, who with her
sister, Miss Martha McKnight, lives along the
mountains, a short distance west of Bellefonte,
spent Wednesday and Thursday of this week in
town, looking after some business relative to the’
McKnight estate. Miss McKnight when in
Bellefonte is always the guest of some of her
many friends.
—Prof. and Mrs, John Hamilton and Mr. and
Mrs. James I. Thompson, of State College, were
visitors in Bellefonte vesterday. Prof. Hamilton,
by the way, has resigned his position as director
of farmers’ institutes in the United States De-
partment of Agriculture and moved from Wash-
ington to his farm home near State College, and
will take life a little easier during the remaining
years of his life, |
——Robert E. Urell, a cousin of
landlord Wells L. Daggett, of the Bush
house, who several months ago was in-
stalled as postmaster of Mansfield, Tioga
county, issued a greeting to all patrons
of the office | through the Mansfield
Advertiser last week in which he showed
the big holiday business done through
the postoffice and the increase over the
previous year. Mr. Urell is quite well
known in Bellefonte, having resided here
a year or longer and we can assure the
people of Mansfield that they could not
have a better postmaster than he will
make.
owe
——At a meeting of the Patrons Fire
Insurance company on Monday all the
old officers were re-elected for another
year.
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Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer.
The prices quoted are those paid for produce,
Potatoes per bushel, new
re est raisin ra ages 75
Onions $1,00
Eggs, per dozen. 35
Lard, per pound. 12
Butter per pound 35
Bellefonte
Grain Markets.
Corrected weekly by C. Y. WAGNER,
The following are the quotations up to six o'clock
Thursday evening, when our paper goes to press.
NewWheat....................... 90
Id Wheat......... 90
Rye, per bushel..... 70
Corn, shelled, per bushel. 70
orn, ears, per bushel............. 70
Oats, old and new, per bushel... 40
Barley, perbushel........... coon 60
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Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of the
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening,
Linn street home were Mrs. Barnhart’s sisters, Wheat—Red Setaasteseseisuveiiirinansasaasreaeass $ 91%@92
the Misses Margaret and Cora Campbell, of Corn No = o Ls
Punxsutawney. Miss Margaret Campbell came | “fix 0@71%
to Bellefonte before Christmas, remaining for a | Oats......... siukssvetraais 45@45%,
part of a week. Her visit was followed by that | Flour Winter, n Brards rest
of her sister, who was with Mrs. Barnhart until Rye Flour per barrel......... 3.50@3.60
Monday ee) Be eis oe I
—Mr. Clifford H. Thomas was a Bellefonte | Straw... c.....co.oooovooeooors oo 9.00@15.50
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