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Belletonte, Pa., January 23, 1914.
"To CORRESPONDENTS. —No communications
published unless accompanied by the real name
of the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——No one can complain because of
lack of winter weather, as we have been
having the real thing in that line the’
past three weeks or longer. Here's hopin’
that when a break-up does come it will
last.
——The stable on the cemetery
grounds, which for a number of years
has been an eyesore to Bellefonte peo-
ple, has been sold to G. W. Port for five
to be removed at once.
——The High school girls of Bellefonte
defeated the High school girls of State
College,at basket ball Saturday afternoon,
by the score of 22 to 11. The game was
exciting throughout but devoid of all
unnecessary roughness. :
——During the Penn State quartette’s
trip through Panama they were very
beautifully entertained at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Pearce. Mr. Pearce is a
State man while his wife was formerly
Miss Hazel E. Cooke, of this place.
——Mr. and Mrs. George James, of
near Van Scoyoc, are rejoicing over the
arrival of a nice baby boy in their family
circle. Mrs. James prior to her marriage
was Miss Louise McClellan, a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McClellan, of
this place. :
——The Bellefonte Academy basket
ball team opened the season last Satur-
day evening by defeating the Juniata five
by the score of 59 to 42. The game was
played in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium:
One week previous Juniata defeated
State College 24 to 20.
——Thomas Speece, of Coleville, was.
arrested on Monday on the charge of
stealing a rain coat and one or two
sweaters from a Bellefonte Central rail-
road car, while en route to State Col-
lege. The alleged theft occurred last
week. Not being able to furnish bail
Speece was sen to jail.
——The ladies Aid society, of the M.
E. church will hold a fair for the sale of
bread, pies, cakes, aprons and rugs, in
the Y, M. C. A. building, opening this
Friday morning January 23rd, at nine
o'clock, to which the public, and particu-
larly those desiring any of the articles
mentioned, are most cordially invited.
——Since the announcement of the
engagement of Miss Armor and Mr.
Comery, of Tyrone, Miss Armor has
been honor guest at adinner given at the
Brockerhoff house Wedesday night; at
a general shower at Miss Helen Ceader’s
Thursday night and invitations have been
issued for Monday evening, when Mrs.
Edmund Blanchard and Mrs. Hugh N.
Crider will be hostesses at a shower at
Mrs. Blanchard’s. :
——The Woman's Club will hold its
January meeting in the High school build-
ing on Monday evening, January 26th, at
7.30 o'clock. The literary part of the
program begins at 9 o'clock, to which
everybody is invited. The subject for
discussion is “Modern Improvements in
Children’s Education,” introduced by
Mrs. John P. Lyon, chairman; Mrs. Har-
ry Yeager, Mrs. Arthur H. Sloop and
Miss Mary Underwwd.
— Register J. Frank Smith was at
Atlantic City last Saturday probating the
will of the late Dr. T. R. Hayes. The
will was a comparatively brief legal in-
strument, the entire estate of the de-
ceased being left to his wife, for her use
during life and to dispose of at her death
as she sees fit. No bequests of any kind,
whatever, were made. The will was
executed in the fall of 1909. Mrs. Hayes
was appointed sole executrix.
——Mrs. N. B. Spangler, of High street’
was hostess Tuesday afternoon at a din-
ner and Scenic party, at which the guests
were friends of Mrs. Spangler, from Un-
ionville. The fifteen women were to
have been brought here in sleds, but ow-
ing to the weather this was abandon-
ed and the party came on the train, all
returning later in the evening in sleds,
save Mrs. McDonald and Miss Rumber-
ger, who were obliged to leave the party
and go home during the afternoon.
——The Ladies Auxiliary of the Belle-
fonte hospital will hold a Valentine card
party at ‘the Elks home on Thursday
evening, February 12th. Admission will
be charged and anyone desiring to do so
can make up a party and secure tables in
advance. The proceeds will be devoted
to the new laundry fund. This will be
an opportunity for a nice social gather-
ing and at the same time extend financial
encouragement to the ladies who have
taken it upon themselves to equip the
new laundry at the hospital, something
that is very badly needed.
—=In the Catholic church on Sunday
morning were read out for the first time
the bans of Miss Margaret Louise
Armor, of this place, and Thomas F.
Comery, of Tyrone. The bride-to-be is a
daughter of Mr. Monroe Armor and for
several years past has held the position
of stenographer at the Central Railroad
of Pennsylvania depot. ' Mr. Comery ‘is a
state boiler inspector for this district
and is an exemplary young man in every
way. While no date for the wedding has
yet been made public it will probably be
the second week in February.
, ELK MEAT VERY EXPENSIVE.—Perry
Hoover, of Penn township, now lan-
' guishes in the Centre county jail and A.
B. Kern, of the same locality, is out
$200 because they elected to feast on elk
meat. The particulars are as follows:
——1In district No. 337, composed of i THE ACADEMY INSPECTION TONIGHT.— |
Benner, In order that all who attend the Acad-
“Walker and Marion townships, there | emy reception this (Friday) evening may
Bellefonte borough, Spring,
were 139 deaths during the year 1913 not miss anything of interest super-
‘and 274 births, or almost double the | vising principal James R. Hughes has
- number of births as deaths, according to ' outlined the following route or program: |
About two weeks or more ago the State vital statistic registrar Miss Alice Tate. :
Game Commission at Harrisburg receiv-
ed one or two anonymous communica-
tions from Coburn stating that two or
more of the elk on the Centre county
game preserve had been killed by some ,
person or persons. Accordingly two game
wardens, Charles B. and Albert Baum
were assigned on the case. They came
to Bellefonte last week and securing a
search warrant from Squire W. H. Mus-
‘ser, went down to the lower end of
Pennsvalley, taking with them constable
- Horace Musser. Bit by bit they man-
| night along about December 23rd, but no
| accurate information could be obtained.
| Armed with their search warrant they
, began a hunt for the elk meat and final-
‘ly last Thursday they found a jar of
i pickled elk meat in the home of Perry
: and William Hoover, two bachelors. Both
| men were placed under arrest, the meat |
| confiscated and all brought to Bellefonte
| the same evening. They were given a
| hearing before ‘Squire Musser the same
| evening at which it developed that Perry
Hoover brought the meat to the house
| and that William had nothing to do with
it. The former was fined $200 and costs
and being unable to settle was commit-
ted to jail. William Hoover was held in
his own recognizance as a witness.
Friday morning voluntary information
was made before "Squire F. P. Musser, of
Millheim, against A. B. Kern for having
ly paid the $200 fine. The same morning
the two game wardens from Harrisburg,
constable Musser and game warden Hum-
melsbaugh, of Clearfield, returned to
Haines township and took up the search
for others believed to be implicated in
the killing of the elk. But though they
searched from one end of the valley to
the other they failed to find either evi-
‘dence or elk meat. If anybody had any
of the latter in their possession when the
raid started they had gotten rid of it.
At one house near Greenbriar the ward-
ens found a trail leading from the house
dently been buried. They proceeded to
dig for elk meat, but were astonished
when they unearthed a glass jar contain-
ing $70.00 in bank notes. Just about the
the time they made their find the owner
appeared and charged them with attempt-
ed robbery. The man preferred burying
his money for safe keeping to trusting it
in banks and. after explanations on both
sides everything was satisfactory.
The wardens continued their hunt
until Wednesday of this week when they
gave up the quest as hopeless and com-
ing to Bellefonte secured the pickled
elk meat from ’Squire Musser and left
for Harrisburg.
REAL ESTATE DEALS RECENTLY MADE.
—The deal was closed the latter part of
last week whereby the State-Centre Elec-
tric company became the purchaser of
the property owned by the Speer estate
between the Dr. Feidt property and the
Y. M. C. A. on High street. It has a
twenty-six foot front and extends back |
two hundred feet to the alley. The
; lower floor of the building is now oc-
i cupied by Clyde Smith asa tailor shop, |
while Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harper oc-
cupy the apartments above. The price
the State-Centre Electric company to oc-
cupy the present building as offices just
as soon as they can get possession. They
also intend erecting a brick building in
will be used as a general electrical supply
house for Bellefonte and the entire dis-
trict which the company covers. The
present building will also be practically
rebuilt so as to be more nearly fireproof
than it is at present. The stable on the
rear of the lot will be converted into a
warehouse for the storage of wire and
similar supplies.
On Tuesday W. Groh Runkle closed
the purchase of the Dr. Feidt property
on High street, now occupied by Mrs.
Crissie Tanner, as a boarding house.
The price agreed upon is $4,100. Mr.
Runkle has already been offered one hun-
dred dollars on his bargain, but as he
purchased the property with a certain
object in view he has not yet decided
what he will do.
Charles Morris has practically com-
pleted the preliminary arrangements for
the purchase of the house he now oc-
cupies on Linn street (the old Lingle
property) from Andrew McNitt, for Mrs.
Robert Morris, and it is expected the
deal will be closed in a day or two.
FORMER CENTRE COUNTY WOMAN DE-
to which the State of Oklahoma is en-
titled to place in the rotunda of the capi-
tol at Washington is the magnificent
figure of an Indian chief. But the main
point of interest to WATCHMAN readers
is that it was designed by a woman na.
tive of Centre county, Mrs. Vinnie Ream
Hoxie, wife of a United States officer,
who has a studio and apartments in
Washington. Before her marriage Mrs.
Hoxie was Miss Vinnie Ream, a member
of one of the well known Ream families
of Gregg township.
——The Bell family moved this week
from the Brockerhoff house to the old
Bayard home on Spring street, recently
vacated by Mr. Hanna and family.
killed an elk and that gentleman prompt- |
to the garden, where something had evi- :
paid was $3,100. It is the intention of .
the rear of the present structure which |
SIGNS STATUE.—One of the two statues
If the balance of the county shows any- will approach by the Logan street en-!
| ways near as favorable a comparison the ' trance, stop and unload in front of main |
population is surely on the increase.
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——Cooper Knox Dare, who died of ty-
All autoes, sleighs and other vehicles
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Dr. W. H. Schuyler, of Centre Hall, was a
Bellefonte visitor on Monday.
—Miss Lillian Rankin spent Thursday and Fri-
day of last week in Williamsport.
—Mrs. Sarah Etters, of Lemont, was in Belle
fonte on Monday doing some shopping.
—Hon. James Schofield made a business trip to
Clearfield and Snow Shoe on Wednesday.
| building and leave by way of Bishop / —Edward Doll, of Altoona, spent Sunday in
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street. .
Guests will first visit the infirmary and
phoid fever at his home in Pasadena, on' boy's club room in the Academy resi-
December 30th, and whose body was cre- | dence. From there to the laboratories,
mated, the ashes being brought east for | thence down stairs to the dining room
' Mrs. George Dare. Mr. Dare lived all
burial, was the younger son of Col. and ' and kitchen; return to first floor, observ-
ing recitation rooms and passing through :
his earlier life in Bellefonte going from | office to main corridor.
| here with his mother to Philadelphia, stairs to second and third floors, inspect-
when she and her family moved to that ing the boys’ suite rooms with their dec-
"aged to gather evidence of the fact that | City, and on account of ill health, later 'orations and the up-to-date toilets, lava-
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dollars with the understanding that itis 'an elk hunt had been pulled off one | Went to California, where he has since! tories and “showers.” Return to main
‘made his home.
—As a fitting climax to the “Who
| ried the captain and the curtain went
down. But there are other equally in-
teresting pictures and one of these Mr.
i Brown has secured and will begin in the
! near future. In the meantime he is show-
| ing interesting programs every night and
the big attendance proves the Scenics
popularity. If you are not a regular you
| ought to be, as that way you won't miss
| anything real fine.
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——The big grand stand at the fair |
grounds collapsed under the weight of
| snow and the force of the winds on Wed-
nesday morning and tumbled backwards
| into Spring creek. The stand was built
| fifteen years ago this coming summer,
i when the fair grounds were opened and
while it was somewhat weatherbeaten it
was still in good shape; but not strong
| enough to withstand the combined
* weight of the deep snow on the roof and
presure of Wednesday's strong wind.
cow —
——A being—not human but inhuman
and brutish—is now polluting Bellefonte
with its presence. It frequents dark
alleys and when ladies pass offers insult
in a manner and form that cannot be
told here. The creature has been seen a
half a dozen times within the past month
and appears in a different garb every
night. Notwithstanding the fact that
the police and others have been laying
for the brute it has not yet been ap-
prehended; nor is there any inkling of
its identity.
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corridor, pass out under the columns by |
the recitation rooms in north wing until
you enter the main assembly, or study
hall. Descend the stairs from this hall
and enter the basket ball room and social
hall, where an informal reception will be
held and the young people may enjoy a
little dancing.
Adjacent to the social hall are extra
showers and lavatories and a small gym-
nasium for wall machines, parallel bars
and wrestling mats. Ushers will be found
at every turn to direct the visitors where
to go. There will be music in the boys
club room, Christy Smith’s orchestra will |
play in the Excellentidea editorial room
adjacent to the main corridor, and the
new coin-operated piano, one of the first
of its kind in the world, will furnish the
music in the social hall.
Refreshments will not be served. Chil-
dren are not expected present unless ac-
companied by parents, but all interested
in seeing the equipment of a modern,
up-to-date boarding school are most cor-
dially invited to attend, whether residents
of Bellefonte or any other part of the
county. Many parents of students are
expected from distant cities.
Keep this notice as a guide.
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Two Houses BURNED.—Shortly before |
hart Munson. Mrs. Munson is with her parents
nine o'clock on Monday night fire was
discovered bursting out of the kitchen of
the Edward Kane home, at Prossertown,
and neighbors awakened the sleeping
family as well as telephoned to Bellefonte
for assistance. A general alarm was
sounded and the Logan engine was taken
out and the Undine hose wagon.
Mr. Kane states that when he went
——About eight o’clock last Saturday i down stairs and opened the kitchen door
evening a big landslide occurred in No. 3 he could not see any fire though the
| quarry at the Armor gap eplant of the | room was filled with smoke. The build-
American Lime and Stone company. The | ing was of frame and the fire was evi-
soft weather of Saturday had evidently | dently between the weatherboarding and
| loosened the overhanging rock and from plastering as it was only a very few min-
| eight to ten thousand tons of earth and ' utes until the whole building was in
rock caved in. No men were in the | flames and the family had barely time
| quarry at the time of the slide so that to-escape with their lives, Mrs. Kane not
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| with refuse matter that will have to be
removed before the quarrying of good |
stone can be resumed.
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——Dr. J. M. Brockerhoff is confined
' to his home on Spring street with a frac-
i tured collar bone sustained in a fall
through the trap door of the hay loft in
| the barn on his farm east of Bellefonte.
| The accident happened while the doctor
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| was on a visit to the farm last Friday
| afternoon and though the injury is bad
| enough, he was fortunate it was not more
| serious, as the fall was quite a high one.
| The fracture is on the right side and so
far the doctor has been getting along
fairly well, but the healing of the broken
bone will take some time. hed
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——On Tuesday afternoon H. R. Bell
| had a bad fall on the pavement near the
Scenic and for a few moments was com-
pletely knocked out. He was carried
into Dr. Dale’s office and revived and has
experienced no serious results since. A
half dozen or more persons have had bad
falls this week, but fortunately none of
them were seriously hurt. While the
street department is to be commended
on their insistence that pavements must
owner ought to display a greater inter-
est, because if a serious accident happens
he will in the end have to pay the dam-
ages.
——The Cyclone from Georgia com-
ing! Mrs. Mary Harris Armor, the
woman who was leader of the W. C.
T. U. forces in Georgia, and through
whose efforts largely the Prohibition
law was passed in that State, is to be in
Petrikin hall Monday evening, February
2nd. “There is but one woman in the
world, and Georgia has ker. Mary Harris
Armor is a Georgia product. God has
called her to fight the liquor traffic, not
only in Georgia, but in the Nation, and
The Union Signal readers know just how
she is answering the call.” “Catch My
Pal” Patterson will be in Bellefonte
March 3rd.
——Frank W. Moorehead, who has
been in charge of the Western Union
telegraph office here the past year, has
resigned and yesterday left for Wilkes-
Barre where he has accepted a position
with the Bell Telephone company of
Pennsylvania in its supply department.
He will be under Charles Donachy, who
has charge of that department. He will
be succeeded here by Harry L. Garber,
who henceforth - will have charge of the
Western Union’s business. Mr. Garber
is an expert telegraph operator, very
courteous and obliging and will un-
doubtedly prove a very efficient and
| capable man in the position.
be cleaned and kept clean, the property:
| nobody was injured and the only damage , having time to put on sufficient clothing.
i done was the filling up of the quarry The only thing she saved was her watch.
From the Kane house the flames com-
municated to the James Flack house ad-
joining, and the upper portion of this
house was all ablaze when the firemen
reached the scene. The Flack’s succeed-
ed in getting most of their furniture from
the lower part of the house but saved
nothing from upstairs. While the upper
portion of the building was burned away
the firemen extinguished the fire before
the building was burned to the ground.
Mr. Kane's loss on building and furni-
ture is complete, but he carried insurance
aggregating $1,500. Mr. Flack also had
$1,500 on his house and furniture and his
father-in-law, who had his furniture
stored in the attic of the house, had $300
insurance on it.
Court DECISIONS.— Judge Ellis L. Orvis
handed down a number of decisions this
week among them being the following:
In the case of Christian Decker vs.
Samuel Decker, an action in dispute over
a line fence. The case was first heard
before a justice of the peace and later in
open court. In the court trial the judge
instructed the jury to return a verdict in
favor of the plaintiff subject to the ques-
tions of law reserved. In his opinion
and decree the court advises both parties |
to the controversey to get together and
adjudicate their differences by arbitra-
tion, and enters a decree in favor of the
defendant and against the verdict.
In the case of Dr. G. S.Frank against
the Overseers of the Poor of Miles town-
ship, an action to recover for medical
services rendered, and upon which a ver-
dict was returned in favor of the plain-
tiff, the court decided that the verdict
must stand and refused the defendants
application for a new trial.
AT THE OPERA HouUSE.—For popular
priced attractions the Manhattan Players
have given the best satisfaction at Gar-
man’s opera house this week of any
similar company ever appearing in Belle-
fonte. Tonight the attraction will be “A
Warning to Women,” one of the best
white slave plays ever written. Its vivid
description of the curse that is blighting
to every land should be seen by all. Sat-
urday afternoon there will be a special |
dime matinee with free candy for all the
little ones. Saturday night a good west-
ern drama will be given.
The next attraction at the opera house
will be Hadley’s moving picture carnival
and following this the United Play com-
pany with “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage
Patch.” ~—
—The Tyrone Y. M. C. A. basket
ball team’ will be the Academy's op-
ponents tomorrow (Saturday) evening.
Game called at eight o'clock. Turn out
and see the contest.
Ascend the’
: Bellefonte with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
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with their daughter, Mrs. H. Laird Curtin and
family, at Curtin.
—Mrs. John Powers will leave tomorrow for
Johnstown, where she will spend some time visit-
ing with relatives.
—Mrs. William Evey went to Tyrone on Tues-
‘ day to see her daughter, Mrs. Albert Peters, who
1 has been quite sick for some time.
—Lieut. E.R. Taylor, of Huntingdon, was in
Bellefonte last Friday night attending a meeting
~ of Company L, Twelfth regiment, N. G. P.
—Miss Emily Valentine returned to her home
in Baltimore Monday, after visiting in Bellefonte
| with her aunt, Miss Natt, since September.
—MTrs. H. A. McKee, of Wilkinsburg, has been
in Bellefonte for the past week, visiting with
. Mrs. H. Y. Stitzer at her home on High street.
—Miss Elizabeth Longwell went to Washing-
ton, D. C., on Wednesday, where during a visit
| of several weeks, she will be a guest of Mr. and
' Mrs. George Boal.
—Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Boozer, of Centre Hall,
enjoyed the sleighing over Nittany mountain to
Bellefonte yesterday and spent a few hours at-
tending to business in town.
—On account of the very serious illness of his
brother Marcus, Mr. Aaron Katz left Bellefonte
Tuesday evening for Philadelphia, where he will
remain until his brother is better.
{ —Henry Walkey and his sister, Mrs. Mary
| Clevenstine, went to Spring Mills Wednesday,
| for a visit with their cousin, William Pealer, who
| has been in ill health for some time.
—William Smith, of Hollidaysburg, who was a
: eighties, spent a short time in Bellefonte Wednes-
day, looking about for old friends.
| —Miss Mabel Allison, ot Spring Mills, came to
Bellefonte Monday, for the first of the Study class
| series, and for a short visit with Mrs. Frank Mc-
Coy and Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Allison.
{| —Mrs. George C. Butz and her two sons and ;
Dr. and Mrs. Stecker, all of State College, will
compose a party sailing for Europe onthe second
, of June. expecting to spend the summer travel
i ing.
—Miss Sara Potter will leave shortly for Dela-
ware, where she will visit with Mrs. John Gep-
| at Milford, during Mr. Munson’s absence in
| Texas.
—Miss Elsie Haagan, of Beech Creek, who
| spent the early part of last week at the Jodon
' home at Pleasant Gap, visited Bellefonte friends
on Friday and Saturday, returning home on |
i Sunday.
—George Ward, who has been for two weeks
at Pine Grove Mills, making his semi-annual vis-
friends, was in Bellefonte Saturday on his way
back to Pittsburgh.
—T. Coke Bell came to Centre county Satur-
day of last week, and after spending a little time
with each of Mrs. Bells’ relatives at Pleasant
Gap, and with his own in Bellefonte, returned to
Coatesville on Tuesday.
—MTr. and Mrs. Harry Keller haye been enter-
| having come to Bellefonte with Mrs. Keller last
" week, upon her return home from a short visit
with them in Lock Haven. .
—Mrs. R. Wynn Davis went to Uniontown Sat-
urday to join Mr. Davis for a visit of several
| months, not expecting to return to Bellefonte be-
| fore Easter. Mrs. Davis was Miss Gettig before
her marriage at Thanksgiving time.
—Frank K. Lukenbach and his sister, Mrs.
Harry E. Jenkins, of Tyrone, were in Bellefonte
Friday, to spend the day with their father, A.
Lukenbach, who has not been well for several
weeks, owing to a slight attack of rheumatism.
—Mrs. George E. Hawes is anticipating spend-
ing the month of February in the south. Accord-
ing to present arrangements, Mrs. Hawes will
leave here early in the month for Florida, to be
the guest of her sister and brother during her
visit.
—Joseph Cautade and hig son Edward Cautade,
both of New York city, were in Bellefonte over
Sunday, as guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Noon-
an, having stopped here on their return east
from a business trip through the larger western
cities,
—H. J. Wagoner, who after accepting a position
as book-keeper with the Potter-Hoy Hardware
Co., moved his family to Bellefonte about
Thanksgiving time, from Everett, has resigned
his position, and with Mrs. Wagoner returned to
Everett Wednesday.
—Mrs. W. C. Cassidy, and Miss Caroline An-
derson, of Bellefonte, and Michael Thal and his
daughter, Mrs. George Beezer, of Roopsburg,
attended the funeral of the late Lawrence Fusser,
at Kane, on Tuesday.
—MTrs. Martin Hogan, of Unionville, was in
Bellefonte attending to a few business matters
on Monday and found time to make this office a
| brief but pleasant visit. Mrs. Hogan states that
good winter weather prevails throughout Bald
Eagle valley, with an abundance of snow.
—MTrs. Maurice Tucker, of Akron, Ohio, is the
guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Thom-
as Donachy, of Bishop street. Mrs. Tucker
came to Bellefonte Saturday for her son Billy,
who has been with Mrs. Donachy since the early
fall, on account of the illness of his mother.
—Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bullock have been en-
tertaining Mr. Bullock’s cousins, Mr, and Mrs.
Amor Tally, of Linwood. After a visit of a week
Mrs. Tally returned to her home in Delaware
county Tuesday, leaving Mr. Tally in Centre
county to recuperate from an attack of pneumo-
nia.
—Mrs. George B. Johnston and her two small
daughters, Elizabeth and Lilly May, who have
been in Bellefonte for several weeks with Mrs.
Johnston’s mother, Mrs. J. A. Aikens, went to
Altoona Monday, where they visited for a few
days before returning to their home at Beaver
Falls.
—Mrs. John A. Woodcock went to Lewisburg
yesterday on account of the serious illness of her
cousin, Rev, A. R. Miller. Dr. Miller, who is
pastor of the Lewisburg Methodist church, fell
down the stairs in his home on the 4th of Janu-
| ary, injuring himself so seriously that now no
hope is felt for his recovery.
—The Misses Margaret and Jane Miller have
been entertaining their nephew, F. D. Miller,
who representing a New York firm, is tomporari-
1y located at Bellwood. Mr. Miller's home is in
New York city and this being his first visit with
his aunts in Bellefonte, he was much impressed
by the beauty of the town and its buildings.
—]J. C. Condo, of the Penn Hall carriage works,
was a business visitor in Bellefonte yesterday.
Mr. Condo has one of the best vehicle plants in
the county, and builds a high grade of buggies,
carriages and sleighs.. This has been a good sea-
son for the latter and the result is he has been
practically cleaned out of everything on runners.
{ —Mr. and Mrs. James H. Potter spent Sunday |
! student at the Bellefonte Academy in the early |
it at his old home and among his boyhood |
| taining the Misses Harvey, of Lock Haven, they-
were among the relatives from hereabouts who | C
i —Miss Pearl Hoy, a daughter of J. F. Hoy, is
| spending several weeks with relatives in Tyrone.
| —Col. and Mrs. W. F. Reynolds spent Sunday
| in Harrisburg, as guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Nor-
man Sherer.
| —Edward P. Irwin, of Cherrytree, was the
week-end guest of Mrs. Irwin. at their home on
Spring street.
| —Miss Pearl Knisely has been in Philadelphia
since Saturday of last week, the entire time while
there being devoted to business.
! —Mrs. John N. Laneis in Altoona visiting with
; her daughter, Mrs. Robert Fay. Mrs. Lane left
| Bellefonte Wednesday afternoon.
! —Walter Ardery, of Battle Creek, Mich., was in
; Bellefonte for a part of last week, a guest of his
! uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Ardery.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Barnes returned this
week from Keokuk, Iowa, where Mr. Barnes has
been employed on a contract for a water power
plant.
—Mrs. Thomas King Morris, of Pittsburgh. and
hor son King will come to Beilefonte this week,
hoping that King may recover more rapidly from
his recent illness.
—Former sheriff Wm. A. Hurley, of this place,
went down to Jersey Shore yesterday to look over
a hotel that is open to new management. It is
the leading hotel in the town, we understand.
—Miss Louise Brachbill will go to Baltimore
the beginning of the week, where she will visit
with Mrs. George Haworth, who will be remem-
bered by Bellefonte people as Miss Nell Shoe-
maker.
—J. Warren Wood, formerly proprietor of the
| hotel at Spring Mills, was in town yesterday on
| his way to Hyde, Clearfield county, where he will
| probably take charge of a hotel. Warren has
been in Berks county for the last six months rus-
, ticating at the farm of his father-in-law, Thomas
| Faxon. 3 :
—.
| KILLED ON RAILROAD. — Charles L.
| Strohmeyer, a middle division brakeman,
i was killed in the yard near the M. D. of-
fice, Altoona, Saturday morning. He
was riding on the tender of an engine
which collided with a freight car, crush-
ing Mr. Strohmeyer to death. Deceased
| was born at Pennsylvania Furnace oh
January 4th, 1882, and made his home
there until January, 1904, when he was
appointed a brakeman on the Tyrone di-
vision. A month later he was transfer-
red to the Middle division where he had
i since worked. He is survived by his
wife and a young son; his mother and
step-father. Burial was made on Tues-
day.
——The Thespians at State College
will make their usual week’s tour the
| coming spring, but so far they are un-
| decided as to the play they will give.
"They have two selections now under con-
sideration. One embraces a flat which
| is built up around some incidents at the
| Granger's picnic at Centre Hall, and it is
said to be very interesting. The other
play is equally interesting but is devoid
; of any local flavor. Whichever one they
finally select the young men feel certain
that it will prove to be one of the best
they ever produced.
- ow
——H. R. Hicks, passenger conductor
i on the Lewisburg & Tyrone railroad, run-
ning from Tyrone to Scotia, on Tuesday
notified the county commissioners of
Blair county that he held a claim for
$500 against the county for arresting at
Scotia last Wednesday, Castano Petulla,
the Italian who shot John Veign at Bell-
wood on Saturday evening, January 12th.
Mr. Hicks delivered his prisoner to officer
Nick Spallone, at Tyrone. He asks $300
for his own services, and $100 each for
trainmen Hose Woomer and I. G. Lucas.
f
——W. O. Bennett, the new state high-
way engineer for Centre county, has
leased the house now occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Bottorf, on north Spring
street, and will move there after April
first.
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer.
The prices quoted are those paid for produce.
Potatoes per bushel, new.
75
Onions... 000" $1.00
Eggs, per dozen... 32
Lard, per pound... 12
Butter perpound................ 35
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected weekly by C. Y. WAGNER,
The following are the quotations up tosix o'clock
Thursday evening, when our paper goes to press.
NewWheat
meerRsEnneanverkivinnnstdsinsre shiva niiisssuors 90
Old Wheat, 90
Rye, per bushel.............. 70
orn, shelled, per bushel 70
Corn, ears, per bushel..... 70
Oats, old and new, per b 40
Barley, per bushel 60
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of the
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening.
Wheat—Red ..... o @92%
—No. 2 90%@91
Corn —Yellow.. 681, @69
—Mixed new 671, @68
Oats......... Fetvesnsisress heaton 15@45%
Flour —Winter, per barrel. 3.75@4.00
* _—Favorite Brands... 4.75@5.15
Rye Flour per barrel............. 3.50@3.60
Baled Hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 10.00@19.00
* Mixed No. 1........ 15.50@17.50
SEraw:. unin en aki. 9.00@12.00
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