Belletonte, Pa., March 6, 1914.
“To CORRESPONDENTS. —No communications
published unless accompanied by the real name
of the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——A little daughter arrived in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Heverley,
last Saturday.
——Deputy sheriff C. A. Weaver took
Bert Hogan Parks and Thomas Peace to
the Huntingdon reformatory last Friday.
——J. McC. Davis, landlord of the Gar-
man house, has been housed up since
last Saturday with a bad attack of ery-
sipelas.
—The ladies of the U. B. church will’
hold a bake sale in the room adjoining
the church Saturday evening, March 7th.
Everybody invited.
——Mr. and Mrs. William Evey ex-
tend their thanks to the neighbors and
friends who so kindly assisted them dur-
ing their recent bereavement.
— Jacob M. Levi has accepted a
position as manager of a new cloak and
suit department which the Rempe store
at Lock Haven will open up next week.
——A little daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Taylor, in Buffalo, N.
Y., on Thursday night of last week, mak-
ing the twenty-fifth grandchild of Mrs.
Hugh Taylor Sr, of this place.
——0Dr. J. M. Brockerhoff, who was
laid up six weeks as the result of a brok-
en collar bone sustained in a fall from a
hay mow, has recovered to that extent
that he has the partial use of his arm.
——George H. Knisely has leased the
room in Crider’s Exchange lately oc-
cupied by Hannah & Thompson, as a
meat market, and will open up a restau-
rant and also manufacture ice cream for
wholesale and retail trade.
——Mrs. J. E. Dunning, wife of the
pastor of the Howard Methodist church,
is reported to be recovering very nicely
from the effects of the various operations
she underwent in the State hospital at
Shamokin, several weeks ago.
——The Ladies Auxiliary of the Y.
M. C. A. cleared just $69.00 at their
colonial chicken supper given at the
rooms last Thursday evening. The pro-
ceeds will be applied to the amount the
ladies pledged to raise toward rebuilding
the rear end of the gymnasium.
——Boyd A. Musser, who for the past
eleven years has been associated with
the York Bridge company, has severed
his connections as contracting sales agent
for that company and has organized the
Anthracite Bridge company, with offices
at 914-915 Mears building, Scranton.
——On Tuesday night of last week,
when the thermometer hovered below
the zero mark, the home of Mr. and Mrs.
William Cunningham, at Beaver Falls,
was entirely destroyed by fire. Mr.
Cunningham and family saved absolutely
nothing, having barely escaped with their
lives.
——Sparks from a flue on the Mrs.
Satterfield house on Bishop street, oc-
cupied by Jacob Smith and family, set
fire to the roof on Monday night but it
was discovered before it had gained any
headway and several members of the
Undine company succeeded in putting it
out without an alarm of fire.
——Rev. E. D. Robinson, pastor of the
A. M. E. church, received a telegram on
Sunday transferring him from the Belle-
fonte church to the church at Elizabeth,
Allegheny county, and with Mrs. Robin-
son will leave Bellefonte today for their
new assignment. It is not yet known
who will be sent to Bellefonte.
——Miss Hester McGinley, a graduate
of Potts business college, Williamsport,
has accepted a position as stenographer
for William Groh Runkle and entered up-
on her duties Monday. Since her grad-
uation Miss McGinley had been working
in Williamsport but she preferred a situ-
ation in Bellefonte in order to be among
friends.
——When Linn Blackford and family
move to State College on March 15th J.
Norman Sherer will come to Bellefonte
and look after the interests of the Nitta-
ny Iron company and Bellefonte Furnace
company in the closing out and settling
up of their affairs hereabouts. Mr. and
Mrs. Sherer will probably be in Belle-
fonte most of the summer.
——The girls basket ball team of the
Bellefonte High school journeyed to Lock
Haven on Saturday and played the girls
of the Lock Haven High school, winning
by the score of 15 to 2. The Bellefonte
players were Misses Catharine Allison,
Louise Wallace, Helen Beezer, Edrie
Walker; Margaret Noonan, Jessie Gra-
ham and Rachael Lambert. So far the
Bellefonte girls have not been beaten
this season.
——The members of Centre Lodge L
0. O. F., of Bellefonte celebrated the
sixty-eighth anniversary of the installa-
tion of the Lodge last Friday evening
with an elaborate banquet in their rooms
in the Crider building. The banquet was
prepared and served by the ladies of
Crystal Springs Lodge Order of the
Rebekahs and over two hundred mem-
bers and guests partook thereof. : Mr. A.
Lukenbach acted. as ‘ toastmaster ‘and
brief speeches were made by Mr. Whit-
ing, Grand: Chief Patriarch; D. F. .Fort-
. ney, J. Kennedy Johnson and S. D. Gettig.
| CHANGES To BE MADE BY STATE-CEN-| -—The Clearfield High school basket
TRE ELECTRIC COMPANY.—Several weeks ball five will play against the Academy
ago the WATCHMAN announced the fact team tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon at
that the State-Centre Electric company | 2 o’clock, in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium.
had abandoned the plan of building their | The locals are playing a wonderful game
main plant near the Moshannon and | this year and you are guaranteed your
would make the Bellefonte plant the : money's worth. The basket ball season
main one. To do this and install the al- ! is rapidly drawing to a close, sc don’t
ternating current will mean an expendi- | miss a game.
ture of anywhere from $35,000 to $50,
000, while it will take that much more to
——Burdine Butler, of Howard, who
a ite : says his motto is: “Not lawin’ for
build their lines to Milesburg, State Col | Jawin's sake, but for justice’” celebrated
lege and other points. bie sigh x 3 :
A second-hand alternating dynamo was | his sixtieth birthday in Bellefonte on
. 2 | Wednesday and the jury made him a
received on Saturday and was installed ! birthda resent of $10,163.00. The
this week for the purpose of enabling y bp a
the company to start work on changing | Pennsylvania Railroad Co. will have to
the system from a direct to an alternat- make the present good because they ran
ing current, and as soon asthe weather their new railroad tracks through Burd’s
permits work on these changes will be
begun. This will be no small task, as
service.
Thompson plans to take one section of
the town ata time in doing the work.
For instance, as planned now, the first
section will be the service wire that runs
south on Water street and furnishing
light and power to practically all of the
southern portion of the West ward.
The changing of the system will make
a change of outside wiring necessary,
but will require no change of wiring in
buildings. All motors, however, will
have to be changed, but this the compa-
ny will do at their own expense, install-
ing new motors and taking the old ones,
without any cost to the owner. As there
are quite a number of motors in use in
Bellefonte this in itself will be quite an
item.
In the matter of newly equipping the
plant, one big one thousand horse power
turbine engine with attached dynamo
will be installed in the room that is at
present occupied by the office of the
company, the office to be moved to the
building recently purchased on High
street. In the basement of this room
will be placed an immense condenser
through which will flow sixteen hundred
gallons of water a minute. To feed this
monster turbine engine will require an
immense amount of steam.
The boiler room will be considerably
enlarged and the present battery of boil-
ers will be turned around to back up
against the main building while another
battery will be installed opposite along
the south side of the room. The boilers
will have a combined capacity of twelve
hundred horse power. Carriers will be
arranged to convey the coal from the
bins to the boilers, to be fed into them by
mechanical stokers. There will also be
a carrier for the removal of the ashes
and cinders, reducing to a minimum the
manual labor in connection with operat-
ing the boilers.
It will take at least five or six months
to install the turbine engine and ma-
chinery, as delivery is not guaranteed
under four months. But once installed
it will do away with all of the present
engines and dynamos, and the present
engine room will be surplus space.
Some people haye an idea that be-
cause of the high voltage of the new
system it will be somewhat dangerous,
but this is a mistaken idea. While the
voltage of the new machinery will be
2200 it will be reduced through trans-
formers to 110 volts and this is the serv-
ice that will go into all houses. It will
also be the same at all points of the
town, and steady at all times.
With the present system the further
away from the plant the lower the volt-
age.
At council meeting on Monday night
Mr. Thompson submitted a proposition
to install the magnotype system of arc
lights for street lighting purposes and
offered to pay the expenses of a commit-
tee of council to visit any town in which
the system was in force and inspect the
same. It is the most modern system of
street lighting and he aveys that it would
light the in as no other system
would do. 2
The company expects to begin the
erection of their lines to Milesburg and
State College just as soon as the weath-
er will permit. These lines will cost
about $1,500 a mile, and will be so con-
structed that by the use of sub-station
transformers there will be just as much
voltage and power at the end of the line
as there is at the Bellefonte plant. The
Milesburg line will be extended to Union-
ville, with a possible extension to Snow
Shoe. The line to State College will also
tap Lemont and there is a proposition
now under way to extend it to Pine
Grove Mills by way of The Loop.
When questioned regarding prices, etz.,
Mr. Thompson stated that the cost for
either light or power would be no higher
than it has been heretofore, and when
they got their system fully installed they
hoped to reduce it materially, as the
cheaper they could furnish both light
and power the more business they would
naturally get.
at
WARDEN JOHN FRANCIES THIS EVEN-
ING.—Many Bellefonters have personally
met warden John Francies, of the west-
ern penitentiary but few have had the
pleasure of hearing him tell of his work
as head of the above great penal institu-
tion. This evening, however, everybody
in Bellefonte who wants to do so can
hear him, as he will tell the story of his
work and his experiences in a lecture in
the court house. At the same time he
will outline what his plans and purposes
are for the new penitentiary to be built
in Benner township, this county. The
public at large is invited to hear him,
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prize fields.
——MTr. A. C. Smith, who has just re-
all the changes will have to be made! turned from a trip to New York, examin-
without any interruption to the present ing the latest styles in men’s wear, is
General superintendent H.J.! now occupying his new rooms in the
Reynold’s building, opposite the Brocker-
hoff house, and has a lot of dandy new
patterns to show his many customers.
Mr. Smith is never behind in anything
and his patrons can always depend on
getting the “latest out.”
—Siudy Class, Tuesday evening,
March 10th, at the High school building
at 8 o'clock. One of the very-much-
discussed-questions in the educational
world today is “Vocational Work in the
Public Schools.” This will be introduced
by Mrs. John Porter Lyon, who has given
considerable time and attention to it.
The fact that it lies very near to the
hearts of many of our town people should
attract a large audience to hear the good
points that will be developed.
— A iittle son arrived in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Beaver on Wed-
nesday morning and it has been christen-
ed James Addams Beaver, in honor of
its illustrious grandfather, the late Gen.
James Addams Beaver. This important
event in the Beaver household is natur-
ally one of considerable moment for both
Mr. and ‘Mrs. Beaver and if Tom and his
dunn pony are not seen on the streets as
much as usual his friends will know just
where to find him, as young James will
have to receive proper parental atten-
tion.
——There is something in a cowboy
uniform to stir the heart of every wom-
an and Mr. Fred L. Forbes as “Rowdy
King,” the college cowboy, in “A Texas
Ranger” which is to appear at Garman’s
opera house next Monday night, March
Oth, is a manly cowboy in his western
uniform. The shov’ is well spoken of in
newspaper comment of the cities in
which they have recently played and will
doubtless be greeted by a large house.
The special scenery is described as far
above the ordinary and every one of the
twelve characters are well played. Prices
25, 35 and 50 cents. Street parade and
band concert at noon and another con-
cert at 7.30 p. m.
ee ed
——A brief item in a recent issue of
the WATCHMAN told of the arrest of Paul
Baney, son of Isaac Baney, of Spring
township, for wife desertion and non-
support. The item was misleading in a
way. Baney returned home early in the
year from Washington where he had
been working. Shortly thereafter the
authorities here received a letter from
Washington that he was wanted in that
city for desertion and nop-support. He
was arrested on a Saturday without a
warrant and was kept in jail until Mon-
day when he was discharged as no war-
rant or commitment had been issued.
The next day he voluntarily returned to
Washington to face the charge. Accord-
ing to the young man’s story when only
seventeen years of age he was married to
a Washington girl. When his father
heard of the incident he went to Wash-
ington and succeeded in having the mar-
riage annulled. Later the girl whom
Baney married gave birth to a child and
it was for the support of herself and
child that the action was brought. At
the hearing in Washington, however,
Baney was cleared of all responsibility
and discharged, the woman who brought
the action being compelled to pay the
costs. :
——
FEEDING THE WILD TURKEYS.—The
deep snow in the woods has driven all
kinds of game and birds to seek food
wherever they can get it, even to going
quite close to the farm buildings, and
wild turkeys are no exception. During
the past week Elmer C. Straub, living on
the old Alexander farm above the lime
kilns, has been feeding a flock of turkeys
regularly morning and evening. He puts
corn and oats out in the orchard nearest
the mountain and the turkeys come down
out of the woods with singular punctual-
ity. The only curious circumstance is
that the flock always varies in numbers.
Last Saturday there were eleven turkeys,
the bigges:i number that has been down
at any one time. Other times there
have been five, six and seven. The fact,
however, that other farmers along the
mountain are also putting out feed may
account for where the other turkeys are
doing their eating.
Mr. Straub says that while the turkeys
are very willing to be fed they are quite
wild and it is impossible to get closer
than from three to four hundred feet of
them. They all look plump and fat and
soar away with ease. To feed a flock of
from five to eleven wild turkeys twice a
day takes considerable feed and Mr.
Straub and the other farmers no doubt
wiil be glad when the snow goes away
and the turkeys can scratch for them-
selves.
HARD Luck, DEMOCRATS.—If you are
a Democrat and any of the bosses of the
party in Centre county have promised to
make a postmaster of you in considera-
tion of services rendered to the party in
general and to themselves in particular
here’s a little matter of interest.
On April 18, 1914, examinations will
be held in Bellefonte, State College and
Philipsburg for men who desire to quali-
ify for appointment as postmaster at the
following places:
Aaronsburg Moshannon
Blanchard Oak Hall
Boalsburg Penna Furnace
Centre Hall Pine Grove Mills
Coburn Pleasant Gap
Curtin Port Matilda
Hublersburg Salona
Lemont Sandy Ridge -
Milesburg Snow Shoe
Millheim Spring Mills
Zion
This means that the opportunity is
open to everyone, the only restrictions
being as to the age of the applicant and
that he must reside in the district served
by the office he is an applicant for.
Democrats, Republicans, Bull Moosers,
Prohibitionists and Socialists will all have
a chance and the one who passes the
best examination will get the job. Or
the regular rule of the Civil Service Com-
mission that any one of the highest three
can be selected by the appointing power,
will prevail.
If you want to be postmaster at any of
the above places al you have to do is
come to Bellefonte, go to State College
or Philipsburg, whichever place is most
convenient for you, ask the postmaster
for the blanks, file an application; then
report there again on April 18th and
take the examination. There is nothing
else to it, if you get the highest rating
when the papers are sent your chances
are A 1 and you don’t need a petition or
ietters of endorsement from anyone.
The questions are all prepared in
Washington and all they will do to you
at Bellefonte, State College or Philips-
burg, is to give you the list of questions
you'll have to answer, announce the time
in which you have to answer them, then
watch to see that you don’t “pony.”
After that the papers are bundled up
and sent in to the Civil Service Commis-
sion where they are examined and grad-
ed and it’s all over.
It’s hard luck, Democrats, isn’t it. To
think that after all these years our
chance is no better than that of the ene-
my. It's especially hard luck to-.the fel-
lows who have been banking on the
promises of a near statesman in Belle-
fonte to land them in the postoffice of
their home town. For their sakes we
hope they'll be able to make good in the
examinations for then they will land
themselves and be under obligations to
no one for the favor.
A PECULIAR EXPLOSION.—Shortly be-
fore noon last Friday John W. Yearick
and Shuman Zimmerman, two Nittany
valley farmers were driving to Bellefonte.
Zimmerman had a load of wheat and
Yearick had an empty gasoline barrel on
his sled. When nearing Bellefonte one
of Zimmerman'’s horses refused to work
whereupon the two farmers exchanged
teams; Mr. Yearick then drawing Mr.
Zimmerman’s load of wheat and Zimmer-
man hooking onto the empty Yearick
sled.
Before leaving home in the morning
Yearick had drained the gasoline barrel
of all the oil there appeared to bein it
and stood it in the sled with the open
bung up. Along with Mr. Zimmerman
was Yearick’s son Alfred and when they
were a short distance east of Tom Bea-
ver’s farm buildings the horses gave a
jerk that threw young Yearick backwards
in the sled and tipped the barrel partial-
ly over. Immediately there was an ex-
plosion accompanied by a loud report
and the barrel, enveloped in flames, was
blown as high as the telephone poles.
The straw in the sled caught fire and for
a few moments it looked as though the
entire sled would burn up. But with
plenty of snow at hand the flames were
finally extinguished, after which it was
found that the force of the explosion had
blown quite a large hole in the bottom of
the sled. Alfred Yearick was considera-
bly burned, while Mr. Zimmerman escap-
ed with nothing worse than a bad scare.
Asto what may have caused the ex-
plosion no one seems to have ‘an idea.
Neither tnan was smoking and the only
explanation thus far given is that the
warm sunshine may have converted the
dregs of gasoline remaining in the barrel
into gas that let go when the barrel roll-
ed about after the horses had jerked the
sled.
OLp Vers Enjoy Bic EaTs.—The first
order issued by Capt. W. H. Fry, of Pine
Grove Mills, after his election as past
commander of Capt. J. A. Campbell Post
No. 272 G. A. R, was to summon the
members and their wives to his home on
Saturday to commemorate Washington's
birthday. The house was tastefully dec-
orated with flags and bunting, the centre
of attraction being the old flag which was
flung to the breeze and carried over the
soldier boys as they marched down the
valley on the way to the front. With
the exception of a few torn places the
flag is still in fair condition.
A big dinner was served to which all
present did ample justice. Following the
dinner the veterans present smoked and
spun war stories to their heart’s content.
Lem Osman told about stealing General
Hancock’s breakfast one morning and
getting caught was taken before the Gen-
eral. That officer administered a mild
reprimand then said “he would not give
a d—n for a soldier who could not
steal his living; and with a regiment of
such soldiers he could steal Richmond.”
EL
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Misses Helen Monsell and Pearl Bryan spent
Saturday with friends at Curtin.
—Miss Lida Morris went to Philadelphia Tues-
day, where she will spend a week shopping.
—Miss Anne Nolan and Miss Mary Conley
were week-end guests of Miss Wagner, at Al-
toona.
—Miss Nellie Gehret left on Wednesday for a
—Mrs. Harold Kirk and Miss Cora Scholl were
at State College yesterday attending the funeraj
ot Mrs. Daniel Zeigler.
—Miss Lulu McMullen, of Hecla, was in Belle-
fonte Wednesday, spending the time while here
visiting and shopping.
—Mrs. Clyde Franks and little daughter Catha-
rine went to Tyrone yesterday for a visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hull.
—Charles M. McCurdy went to Reading the
week's visit with friends in Mill Hall and Lock | latter part of last week, to attend the funeral of
Haven.
his cousin, Mrs. A. R. Durham.
—Edward P. Irvin, of Cherrytree, spent the !
—Miss Emma Aikens returned from Boston
week-end in Bellefonte with Mrs. Irvin, at their | Tuesday, where she spent the greater part of the
home on Spring street.
| ten days she was absent rom Bellefonte.
—Miss Bess Cooney departed this week for !
—DMiss Eva Meyer, of Rebersburg, is a guest of
Oxford, Pa, to resume her work as head milliner | Mrs. C. M. Bower at her home on Curtin street
in a large department store.
—Mrs. Robert J. Bell left on Tuesday after-
noon for Philadelphia to join her husband, who
is teaching dancing in that city.
—Charles G. MacAvoy left Monday on a weeks
business trip, the time to be spent principally in
Scranton, New York and Harrisburg.
—W. C. Snyder, superintendent of the Lehigh
Valley Coal Co., at Snow Shoe, with Mrs. Snyder
and their two children were in Bellefonte on
Monday.
—Alfred Mallory, of Altoona, spent last Fri-
day and Saturday in Bellefonte visiting his broth-
er, Mr. George Mallory, and sister, Mrs. Charles
Heverley.
—Frank Hendricks, of State College, spent last
Wednesday night in Bellefonte with his aged
aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Jacobs. He was on his way
to Pittsburgh.
—Mrs. Clara Denius returned to Bellefonte
Saturday. Mrs. Denius has been with her
daughter, Mrs. Robert E. Roberts, in Johnstown
for two months.
—Miss Mary Hunter Linn returned to Belle-
fonte Monday from Allegheny Furnace, where
she went,two weeks ago, to attend the funeral of
Albert Woods Beckman.
—Mrs. W. C. Stoddart and her small son, who
have been in Bellefonte for the past two weeks,
visiting with Mrs. Stoddart’s family, returned to
their home at Wyncote Wednesday.
—John Toner Harris, of Harrisburg, traffic
superintendent of the Harrisburg division of the
Bell Telephone Co., came to Bellefonte Saturday
for a short visit with his mother, Mrs. Henry
Hairis. 3
—Mrs. Frank Driscoll, of Pittsburgh, spent a
day in Bellefonte the latter part of last week with
the Misses McDermott while on her way out to
Snow Shoe to visit her mother, Mrs. James
Burns.
—Mr. and Mrs. Lycurgus Lingle, of Old Fort,
were Bellefonte visitors last Saturday and among
the many callers at this office. Mr. Lingle is one
of Potter township’s well known and up-to-date
farmers.
—Mrs. Matthew McGinnis is with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. James Schofield. Mrs. McGinnis
came to Bellefonte the latter part of last week
and will visit here for two weeks before return-
ing to Clearfield.
—Mrs Thomas King, of Valley View, was with
her sister, Miss Annie Fogleman, Monday night.
Mrs. King was returning from a visit with her
mother, Mrs. Felix Fogleman, who has been ill
for more than a week at her home at Lemont.
—Mr. and Mrs. George W. Tate, of Oval, Ly-
coming county, have been visiting in Bellefonte
since Tuesday. While here Mr. and Mrs. Tate
have been guests of their cousins, Miss Alice
Tate, Mrs. George Beezer and Benton D. Tate.
—Miss Anna Clark, of Penn street, returned
home this week from a pleasant visit with her
brother, Dr. J. W. Clark, of Windber, and with
friends in Johnstown. On her way home she
stopped in Tyrone a few days to visit Miss Blair.
—-W. E. Homan, of Oak Hall, on: of the young-
er generation of a family that for nearly a cen-
tury has been connected with the best agricultur-
al interests of Ferguson, Harris and College
townships, was in town on Saturday and a pleas-
ant caller at this office.
—Mrs. . James McClain and her daughter,
Emily Eliza, have been with Mrs. McClain’s
mother, Mrs. J. L. Spangler since the after part
of the week. Mr. McClain came to Bellefonte
with Mrs. McClain and their daughter, but re-
turned to Spangler Saturday.
—Miss Grace Irene Beck, who is engaged asa
professional nurse in Atlantic City, accompanied
a patient to Williamsport last Saturday then came
for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
H. Beck, of Snydertown. She will return to
Atlantic City next Monday.
—Mrs. John L. Kurtz, after having completed
all arrangements for leaving Bellefonte Tuesday
with the Florida excursionists, became so ill that
it was necessary for her to abandon the trip.
Mrs. Kurtz had expected to go South to remain
for an indefinite time, and it is now probable that
she will join a later excursion.
—M. A. Landsy left on Monday for Homestead
where he will be joined later by his partner, W.
L. Antrim, of Philadelphia, and the two of them
expect to be engaged there two weeks or longer
in fixing up a valuable oil painting. Mr. Landsy
will visit Franklin and one or two other places
in the western part of the State before returning
home.
—Those from out of town who were in Belle-
fonte Monday to attend the funeral of William
R. Gainfort were his brother, Richard Gainfort,
of Pittsburgh? arriving here from South Carolina
Monday; Edward Gainfort, his nephew, of Pitts-
burgh, with Mrs. Gainfort; Mrs. McGovern, of
Punxsutawney and her niece, Miss McGovern, of
Tyrone.
—David Miller, of Pine Grove Mills, was in
town on business Wednesday and anyone who
would have seen the erect, confident way he
walked up the icy pavements of High street
would scarcely have believed that he has passed
the three score and ten mark. Mr. Miller is of
the men who contribute much to the well known
substantiability of Ferguson township citizen- |
ship.
—Roland Miller, who with his family moved to
Ford City a year ago, came to Bellefonte Satur-
day on account of the serious condition of his
mother. Mrs. Nancy Miller, now in the hospital
suffering from injuries received from: the fall of
ice at the Bush house. Mrs. Miller's grand-son,
Mark Parsons, came from Williamsport also, on
account of her illness. At present her two grand-
sons, Percy and Mark Parsons, are being cared
for by Mrs. Daggett at the Bush house. or
—Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Crider and their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Charles E. Dorworth with her two chil-
dren, Rebecca and Charles E. Dorworth Jr., left
yesterday for Philadelphia. After spending
several days together in Philadelphia Mr. and
Mrs. Crider will go to Atlantic City for a stay of
several weeks, while Mrs. Dorworth and the
children will go to Elizabeth, N. J., for a short
visit with ‘Mrs. Rath. Mr. and Mrs. Burns H.
Crider are at Bethlehem, called there by the
serious illness and death of Mrs. Crider’s mother,
Mrs. Crittencen.
—F. Pierce Musser Esq., of Millheim, was in
town on Saturday, attending to some business
matters. Mr. Musser doesn’t come to Bellefonte
often as he did when he was actively interested
in the publication of the Journal, but we had
hoped to see more of him after he was located in
that new job as deputy revenue collector for this
district, which we understood he was slated to
get. Just what happened to bowl Mr. Musser
out we don’t know, but we do know that had
promises that were made to him been kept he
would have made a splendid official for the gov-
ernment.
Miss Meyer came to Bellefonte two weeks ago.
—Mrs. Edward P. Moore came from Tyrone
yesterday afternoon to spend the week-end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Miller, at the
toll gate.
—A. D. Fink and his daughter, Mrs. Joseph
Runkle, went to Johnstown Friday where they
visited for several days with Mr. Fink's sister,
Mrs. Ream.
—Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Wright have as
guests Mr. Wright's parents and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Anson B. Wright and their daughter, Miss
Lena Wright, of Newport, Pa.
—Miss Maude Mayes, of Lemont, has been
spending this week in Bellefonte with her broth-
er and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Mayes,
at their home on Academy hill.
—Malcolm Heinle of Altoona was in Bellefonte
for the week-end with Mrs. Heinle, who is stay
ing for the present, with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Shaughensey Jr. at their home on
Howard street.
—Mrs. David William Daley, of Boston, who
with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. G. Harry
Gates, has been spending much of the winter at
the Bush house, went to DuBois, Wednesday,
where she will make a short visit with friends.
—Mrs. C. U. Hoffer, of Philipsburg, came to
Bellefonte Sunday for a visit with her father, C.
T. Gerberich, who had been ill with an attack of
the grip in addition to having fallen while shovel-
ing snow. Mrs. Hoffer will be in Bellefonte for a
week or two.
—Miss Della B. Zimmerman, a daughter of
William Zimmerman, of Mingoville, went to
Chattsworth, N. J., Friday of last week. Miss
Zimmerman will spend the spring and summer
in New Jersey with her brother, Rev. Earl Zim-
merman and his family.
—Miss Helen Boynton and Frederic Daggett
will leave Bellefonte today for Elmira, N.Y.,
where they will visit with Miss Boynton’s mother
and Miss Carpenter. From Elmira they will go
to Wellsboro expecting to spend a great part of
their time in Tioga county. Frederic will be
gone a month, but Miss Boynton’s stay will be
indefinite.
—Miss Josephine Decker went to Hazelton,
Monday, where she will enter a hospital to go in
training for a nurse. Miss Decker had expected
to leave Bellefonte earlier but on account of the
death of her uncle, Dr. George W. Twitmyer,
and the absence of her mother in Wilmington,
the entering upon her new work was postponed
until this week.
—Mrs. George S. Green, of Lock Haven, came
up to Bellefonte yesterday toread a paper before
the study class on “a Town Library.” The sub-
ject and the evening had been given toc Miss Hill,
but she being unable to do it at this time, Mrs.
Green was prevailed upon to read her paper
on the same subject written for the Womans club
of Lock Haven. While in Bellefonte Mrs. Green
was a guest of her cousins, the Misses Elizabeth
and Mary Blanchard.
——In these days of numerous strin-
gent laws and multitudinous issues, in-
numerable questions confront the public
every day that are difficult to decide, but
it is always easy to figure out that the
Scenic is the most popular moving pic-
ture show in Bellefonte. Follow the
crowd every evening and you'll land at
the Scenic. Ask every person you meet
and nine out of ten will tell you to go to
the Scenic. Go there yourself and you'll
know the reason why. Good pictures,
good crowd, good management, comfort-
able and well ventilated room, and all
for a nickel. Can you beat it?
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
n Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer.
The prices quoted are those paid for produce.
Potatoes per bushel, new... a
75
Eggs, per do 310
Lard, per poun: 12
Butter per pound 30
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.
Red Wheat..............iccciieiiniiinn nn
White Wheat... . 2
Rye, per bushel............ 70
Corn, shelled, per bushel... ; 70
Corn, ears, per bushel............ " 70
Oats, old and new, per bushel... SS 40
Barley, per bushel..................
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening. the
Wheat—Red ..............c..ovesnsusuinearsensns 96@96%
—No. 93@93%
Corn —Yellow...... 692@70
—Mixed new.. 68%. @69
Oats ......... rotates dich aiasbsbeae 44@44%,
Flour —Winter, per barrel. 3.85@4.10
—Favorite Brands.... 5.00@5.25
Rye Flour per barrel.................... 3.50@3.60
Baled Hay—Choice Timothy No. 1..... 10.00@19.00
Mixed No. 1 . 15.00@18.00
9.50@16.50
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