Bellefonte, Pa., March 27, 1914. a LC O To CORRESPONDENTS.—No communications published unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY. ——Wednesday of next week will be All Fool's day. Watch out that you are not it. ——The public sale season is almost at an end and moving day (April first) is less than a week off. ——R. U. Wasson, of Coburn, has de- cided to bea candidate for superintendent of public schools of Centre county. ——The weather so far this week has been much more seasonable, and there is every probability that we are on the verge of passing from winter into sum- mer. ——The circus season will open in Bellefonte next Monday, afternoon and evening, when a four reel feature of Hagenback & Wallace's circus will be shown at the Scenic. FOR SALE. — One combination Red Cross gas and coal range. Also four or five second-hand stoves done over, good as new. MILLER'S HARDWARE STORE, Allegheny street. 59-13-3t. — There were fourteen accessions to the Presbyterian church on Sunday as the result of the two weeks evangelistic services conducted by Rev. George E. Hawes, the pastor, and Dr. Edgar, of Pittsburgh. ——Joseph & Co., have about com- pleted the building of a roomy vault in their store room and on Tuesday got in a big iron safe. This will enable them to keep their books and papers perfectly safe against fire. ——About thirty ladies, members of the Good Temple society, gave Mrs. George Ingram, of east Lamb street, a surprise party last Thursday evening. They had music and refreshments and a good time generally during the evening. ——The ladies of the Episcopal church will offer at the Y. M. C. A. room, on Saturday afternoon and evening next— March 28th, bread, cakes, rolls, pies, and other articles and delicacies suitable to an occasion of the kind, and cordially extends an invitation to the public for such patronage as a worthy purpose is always entitled to. ——Russell Auman, of Miles township; Henry Mingle, Haines township; Forest Miller, Harris township; Walter Roth- mell, Walker township, and Orin Farrell and Richard Steel, of Philipsburg, are the six young men who will take part in the oratorical contest for the twenty-five dol- lar prize offered by the First National bank, at the High school building at three o'clock this (Friday) afternoon. The public is invited to be present. ——Spring is here and warm weather is sure to come. The Scenic is still in its old location on High street and it is equally certain of good patronage. That is the inevitable result of T. Clayton Brown's good management in keeping the house clean, well ventilated and san- itary, good order at all times and a wide variety in the line of motion pictures. Big features will be shown right along and many other interesting subjects. ——There will be two good games of basket ball in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon, when the Bellefonte High school girls will play the Jersey Shore girls and the regular " High school team will play the State Col- lege High school five. These games will close the High school schedule, so if you want to see them play don’t miss to- morrow’s games. The fun will start ‘promptly at 2.30 o'clock, and 25 cents will admit you to both contests. ——Mrs. Margaret Ann Campbell, widow of the late John Campbell, and for many years a resident of Bellefonte, celebrated her eighty-second birthday anniversary at her home in Johnstown last Friday. She was born in Clearfield county, but most of her married life was spent in Bellefonte. Her children are Frank Campbell, now of Pittsburgh; Mrs. C. A. Lindsey, of Johnstown; Harry, of Osceola Mills, and Walter and Miss ‘Chestie Campbell, at home. She has twenty-four grand-children and six great «grand-children. ——Noah H. Swayne II, formerly presi- dent of the Nittany Iron Co., who left Bellefonte to become the Philadelphia manager of Rogers-Brown and Co., iron brokers, has severed his connection with the latter firm. It is Mr. Swayne’s in- tention to enter the brokerage business for himself. His long experience in the iron business, together with his intimacy with big interests in that line ought to equip him splendidly for the new under- taking and knowing the ability and energy he possesses we can forsee noth- ing but success for him. ——There is a possibility that the State-Centre Electric company will utilize the old Green mill property at Milesburg, recenfly purchased from Bellefonte bor- ough, for the erection of their main elec- tric plant. If they do so it will mean the rebuilding of the dam at that place and the installation of machinery to be run by both water and coal. The Bellefonte plant will not be abandoned but will be rebuilt for use in case anything goes wrong with the plant at Milesburg. The question of the erection of the plant will be definitely settled within the ooming week. ‘his daughter. 1 A CASE OF INFANTICIDE DISCOVERED IN BELLEFONTE. — On Monday afternoon Mrs. Alice Showers, of south Allegheny street, reported to the police that she had discovered the body of a new born babe in an outside closet at her home. The body was secured by the police and prov- ed to be a male child and there was every evidence that it had been murdered after birth. A heavy bag-string cord was wrapped tightly four times around its neck and this was covered by a blue rib- bon, also tied tightly, while a woman’s handkerchief was stuffed in the child’s mouth, The body was taken to the morgue of undertaker F. E. Naginey where a post- mortem revealed the fact that the child had been born alive and was killed after- wards and the body disposed of in the closet. A coroner’s inquest was held in the district attorney’s office and Mrs. Showers summoned to give what testi- mony she could to throw light upon the subject. She stated that on Sunday, March 9th, a girl named Emma M. Shay came to her house and asked for a room, as she kept roomers. That she wasthere doing sewing Monday, Tuesday and Wed- nesday. Thursday she remained in bed until five o'clock in the evening when she got up and, after remarking that she had not felt well, resumed her sewing. She was there until the early part of last week when she left for her home in How- ard. After she had gone, Mrs. Showers stated, she went to arrange her room and found conditions there which looked very suspicious. She began an investigation but found nothing until she looked in the outside closet where she saw an object that looked like a bundle of old clothes. She tried to get it out but could not be- cause it was frozen fast and could not be moved. On Monday when she did the family washing she poured the warm water in the closet and thus thawed the bundle loose. On taking it out she found the body of the dead infant and at once reported it to the police. A Miss Fetters testified before the cor- oner’s jury that she did washing for Miss Shay the latter part of last week and that she also had suspicion of something be- ing wrong. The jury empanelled by coroner John Sebring to inquire into the case wasjcom- posed of Homer Barnes, J. S. McCargar, J. M. Cunningham, Milton Kern, F. E. Naginey and E. J. Gehret. After hearing the evidence they returned the following verdict: That it appers from a view of the body and from the evidence produced before them that the said infant came to his death on or about the 11th or 12th day of March, 1914, at Bellefonte, Centre county, Pa., by means of strangulation; that the said death was from violence at the hands of one Emma Shay; that cords were firm- ly knotted about the throat of the said infant male child, and in addition thereto a blue silk ribbon was knotted about the throat, and a linen handkerchief stuffed in the month. The jury further find in their evidence that the said in- fant male child was born alive, and that it suffer- ed death in the maner aforesaid after birth. On the strength of the above two statements a warrant was issued for the arrest of Miss Shay and sheriff Arthur B. Lee and chief of police Harry Dukeman went to Howard Monday evening, where the young woman was found at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Shay. She maintained her innocence but submitted to arrest, stating at the time that it would be an easy matter to prove her innocence. She was brought to Bellefonte the same night and lodged in jail. During the past year Miss Shay had been employed at the Nittany Inn, State College, but late in February she resign- ed her position there on the excuse that she was coming to Bellefonte to learn to sew. ~ Before coming here on March 8th, however, she spent two weeks at the Workman home at Hecla Park. Since the girl’s arrest she has main- tained her innocence and the district at- torney is doing everything possible to un- ravel the mystery. That some person is guilty of infanticide is beyond contradic- tion and the guilty one should be hunted down and duly punished, but care should be taken that an innocent person is not made to suffer. While the evidence giv- en against Miss Shay by Mrs. Showers and Miss Fetters appears well nigh in- controvertible, Mrs. Showers herself ad- mitted that she had no prior knowledge of the girl being in a delicate condition, even though she had been in her home four days prior to the alleged date of the birth of the child. And so far as known no one else has been found who had any such knowledge. Miss Shay’s father, Joseph Shay, has retained Clement Dale Esq., to defend At the time the WATCH- MAN went to press no time had been set for a hearing but it is probable the girl will be given one in the near future. ROBBERY AT BROCKERHOFF HOUSE —When Clarence Rhoads, bartender at the Brockerhoff house, opened up the bar on Friday morning he was astounded to discover that some one had been in the room, broken open the cash register and robbed the till of $16.30. The front door was unbarred and the door leading into the cafe was standing open, but the door from the cafe into the hallway, which is usually unlocked was found locked in the morning. Itis very evident that who- ever did the job used a key to get into the room, as ncne of the door locks were broken, and entrance was not made through a window. The robber left $3.70 in change in the register, probably having been frightened away before he had gotten all the money. Nothing else was disturbed so far as could be noticed. meee Qf fp emsem —Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. ——The Woman’s Club will meet on! Monday evening, March 30th, at seven o'clock in the directors’ room of the High school building. At the close of the busi- ness part of the program Misses Linn, | Valentine, Rhoads and Thomas will talk on “Suggestions from Foreign Cities.” A cordial invitation is extended to the pub- lic to attend the latter at eight o'clock. ——Lewisburg’s noted florist has leased Mrs. Aiken’s vacant room on Allegheny | street, in which he purposes opening a! flower and plant store on Friday, April 3rd, that will surpgise our people in the amount and beauty of the display and furnish every citizen or visitor to Belle- fonte the opportunity to secure all the Easter flowers or plants desired. The store will be open from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. every day, from April 3rd until Easter eve., April 11th, and a most cordial invitation is extended everybody to come and enjoy the beautiful display that will be made. ——The Bellefonte Academy basket ball team went to Pittsburgh last Friday and defeated the University of Pitts- burgh freshmen by the score of 46 to 29 Saturday they went to Charleroi and played the High school five, champions of that section of the State, winning by the score of 34 to 25. Next Tuesday evening, the last game of the season, the Academy will have as their opponents in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium the DeNeri team, a professional aggregation of Phil- adelphia. This will be a game doubly worth seeing and a good crowd should attend. Game will be called at 8.30 o'clock. a ai ——Do not forget the date of Miss Oppenlander’s visit with us, March 27th, in the High school building. Miss Oppen- lander has addressed woman’s clubs, civic clubs, parent-teachers’ associations, etc, and always received most cordial welcome. She will talk on “Recreation— Why We Play and How We Play.” She believes that “grown-ups” should know how to play. She will talk to them at eight o'clock, and to all children, wheth- er Junior Chautauquans or not, in the afternoon at 4.15 o'clock. “Grown-ups” will be welcome at the afternoon meet- ing. Miss Oppenlander is the director of the Junior Chautauqua. ——On Monday, March 9th, Charles J. Hughes, a bartender at the Garman house, fell in an epileptic fit on the pave- ment in front of the Brant house. The back of his head struck the concrete pavement with terrific force, knocking him unconscious. He was taken to his home on Pine street and has since been confined to his home in a delirious condi- tion most of the time. His attending physician is of the opinion that a blood clot formed on the brain and on Wedfies- day policeman Jacob Knisely took him to the University of Pennsylvania hospital at Philadelphia where he will be examin- ed by specialists and if they concur in the diagnosis of the Bellefonte doctors an operation will be performed for the re- moval of the blood clot in hopes of sav- ing his life. — ee To REPAIR PHOENIX MILL PROPERTY. —The Special committee of borough council held a meeting last Thursday evening and after considerable discussion decided to repair the Phoenix mill prop- erty and awarded the contract to Milton R. Johnson. His bid for the work was the lowest of the four submitted to coun- cil the previous Monday evening. The work will include a cement floor in the lower part of the mill, cement posts, étc., which will put the property in first class condition. It was further decided not to order a new turbine wheel until after the other repairs are completed, as ‘the straightening and tightening up of the line shaft may result in the present wheel doing much better work, so that it will pump all the water necessary. House BURNED AT OAK HALL.—The house of Oscar Rishel, at Oak Hall, was burned to the ground on Saturday morn" ing, but the family succeeded in saving most of their clothing and some of the furniture. On Friday evening an ex- ploding lamp set fire to the carpet, part of which was burned together with a window curtain. The flames also burned into the windcw facing. The fire was believed to have been extinguished but as a precautionary measure the family remained up all night. As it proved, however, the flames had eaten into the space between the plastering and outside sheathing and after burning all night finally broke out Saturday morning and in a few minutes were beyond control, and all that could be done was to save as much of the furniture as possible. The house and contents were partially in- sured. THE VIRGINIAN.— The story of “The Virginian,” a dramatized version of Owen Wister’s remarkable novel, which will be seen here on Friday evening, April 3rd, at Garman’s opera house, is a tale of love, hate, sacrifice, and romance. The Vir- ginian is a young cow-boy of exceptional gifts, and wild primitive passions, with modern civilized conventions which are continually at war within him, until he meets and falls in love with a pretty Vermont school teacher of superior edu- cation and refinement than his own. He has never before been thrown in contact with such women, and his rescue of her from a perilous predicament awakens in him a strain of native finesse that has hitherto had no chance of development. The usual story of love and the winning of the woman follows, but the play must be seen to be appreciated. Prices 25, 35, M. E. CONNERENCE NEwWs.—The annual session of the Central Pennsylvania M. E. conference at Harrisburg the past week was well attended and the proceed- ings very interesting. Rev. S. B. Evans, district superintendent for the Altoona district, read his report on Thursday and in it were the following items of interest to WATCHMAN readers: On improvements the Halfmoon church spent $450; Howard, $150; Milesburg and Unionville, $805; Philipsburg, $300; Sandy Ridge, $325; State College, $2,620; Port Matilda, $250, and Snow Shoe, $360. In conversions the Bellefonte church re- ported 87; Halfmoon, 60; Howard, 30; Milesburg and Unionville, 38; Philips- burg, 93, and Port Matilda, 62. One hun- dred and fifty-two members have died during the year within the district. In benevolences the following contri- butions were reported: Foreign mis- sions, $7,038; special, $580; home mis- sions and church extension, $6,552; board of education, $935; Goucher college, $2,- 000; board of Sunday schools, $655; Freedman’s aid, $745; American Bible society, $144; general conference expens- es, $140; church temperance, $140; Methodist Episcopal hospital, $275, a to- tal for all benevolences of $19,204. At Monday's session of conference Shamokin was selected as the place of meeting next year, invitations also hav- ing been extended from Bloomsburg and Jersey Shore. At the final session on Tuesday the statistical secretary reported as follows: Total ministerial support paid during the year was $319,301; total value of church and parsonage property, $5,170,527; paid for building and improving churches and parsonages, $117,951. The total mem- bership of the church for the conference is 77,927. There are 623 Sunday schools with an enrollment of 116,639. The Ep- worth League has a membership of 17,280, and the Junior League 8,963. Following are the appointments of the Methodist Episcopal preachers for the ensuing year, in the Altoona district, as read at the closing session of conference: ALTOONA DISTRICT. District Superintendent, Simpson S. Evans. Allegheny, To be supplied. Altoona—East, Otho C. Miller, Gi Broad Avenue & Llyswen, Gordon A, Williams. Grace, Charles W. Karns. | Eighth Avenue, Wilford P. Shriner, Fairview, John C. Young. Fifth Avenue, John H. Mortimer. First Church, Horace L, Jacobs. Italian Mission, Joseph Paciarelli. Juniata, Charles W. Wasson. uniata Circuit, William W. Reese. impson, Vaughn T. Rue. Bakerton, Harry F. Babcock. Barnesboro, Joseph K. Knisely. Bellefonte, Ezra H. Yocum, Bellwood, S. S. Carnell. Blandburg, G. P. Sarvis. Cherry Tree, R. A. Colburn. Clearfield—Trinity, Henry R. Bender. Eleventh Street, R. C. Peters. West Side, Bert V. Salter. Coalport and Irvona, J. T. Williammee. Curwensville, J. Max Lantz. Flemington, William Moses. Glen Campbell, Steward H. Engler. Glen Hope, William F. Gilbert. i Half Moon, To be supplied. Hastings, William F. D. Noble. Houtzdale, Jacob H. Diebel. Howard, James E. Dunning. Karthaus, J. F. Cobb. . Lumber City, To be supplied. Mahaffey, Abraham L. Frank. Milesburg and Unionville, Henry K. Ash. - Mill Hall, E. F. Ilgenfritz. Morrisdale, R. J. Knox. Munson, Nathan B. Smith. New Millport, Omer B. Poulson. Osceola Mills, Herman H. Crotsley. Patton, David D. Kauffman. Penns Valley, W. H. Williams. Philipsburg, George M. Glenn. Pleasant Gap, David J. Frum. Port Matilda, William B. Cook. Ramey, Charles C. Snavely. Salona and Lamar, F. A. Lawson. Sandy Ridge and Clearfield, Harry T. Stong. Shawville, John B. Durkee. Show Shoe, I. S. Hodgson. State College, James McK. Reiley. Wallaceton, Michael B. Bubb. Woodland and Dragford, William H. Hartman. upernumerary—| 1. Retired—George B. Ague, David F. Kapp, Lewis A. Rudisill, Charles A. Biddle, William W. Reese, Marshall C. Piper, George L. Comp. —Easter is only a little over two weeks away, and the demand for new hats and new gowns is increasing every day. NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. —Mr. and Mrs. Charles Martin, of Tyrone, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Neal Martin. —John A. McGinley returned to Bellefonte Sun day from Pittsburgh, where he had been the afterpart of last week on a business trip. —Rev. Richard Mallalieu and Mrs. Mallalieu of Williamsport, are guests of their son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Mallalieu, of Howard street. —Mrs. John Meese returned home on Wednes- day after spending a month in Howard helping take care of her sick brother, Mr. Reuben Lucas. —Boynton Daggett went to Watkins, N. Y., Monday, where he will spend several weeks visiting with relatives of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Daggett. —Calvin Smith, a son of Frank Smith, Register of Centre Co., returned to Bucknell Tuesday to resume his College work after spending the spring vacation in Bellefonte. —Stanley B. Valentine, with the Westinghouse Electrical Co., of Pittsburgh, is in Bellefonte ex- pecting to spend a vacation of several months with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Valentine. —Mrs. J. D. Geissinger is with her sister, Mrs. Harry Yeager. Mrs. Geissinger came to Belle- fonte Saturday from Harrisburg, where she has spent the greater part of the winter with another sister, Mrs. Kerstetter. —Joseph W. Rightnour was a Bellefonte visi- tor on Wednesday. He is now located at Water Street, Huntingdon county, but has such a hank- erin’ for Centre county folks that he expects to move back in the near future. —Mrs. Mary Whippo, of Jersey Shore, and her brother-in-law, Henry Hoy, of Hublersburg, were in Bellefonte Tuesday. Mrs. Whippo was on her way to Tyrone for a visit with friends but will return to Hublersburg later to continue her visit with Mr. and Mrs. Hoy. —Mrs. George E. Hawes is with her daughter Helen, a student at Oxford college, at Oxford, Ohio. Mrs. Hawes went to Oxford from Florida, where she has been visiting with relatives since early in February. From there she will go to Pittsburgh to spend a week or more before re- turning to Bellefonte. —Miss Eleanore Chambers was in Bellefonte over Wednesday night visiting her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Spigelmyer. She is a student at Grove City college and left yesterday for Jersey Shore where she will visit her uncle, Shem Spigelmeyer, before going to her home at 50, 75 cents and one dollar. Mifflinburg for the Easter vacation. —Frank K. Lukenbach, of Tyrone, spent Sat- urday with friends in Bellefonte. —Miss Pearl Royer spent Sunday in Tyrone with her sister, Miss Grace Royer. —Ambrose Sloteman, of Lock Haven, was a business visitor in Bellefonte last Thursday. —Mrs. Thomas F. Connery, of Tyrone, was an over Sunday visitor with friends in Bellefonte. —John Lambert was in Altoona on Sunday visiting his sister, Mrs. William Dukeman and family. . —Mrs. James Harris, Dr. Edith Schad and Miss E. M. Thomas were Williamsport visitors last Friday. —Mr. and Mrs. John S. Walker joined the Bellefonte colony at Atlantic City a week ago, for a short rest from their strenuous business life. —Mrs. D. Paul Fortney will go to Altoona to- morrow for a brief visit. Mr. Fortney will go up on Sunday morning and accompany her home Sunday evening. —MTrs. Miles Dukeman, of Curtin, and Mrs. Harry Dukeman, of Bellefonte, were in Altoona on Tuesday visiting the former's son, William Dukeman and family. —J. Fred Montgomery will return to Belle- fonte tomorrow to resume his work at the post office. Mr. Montgomery has been out of town on a two weeks vacation. —James Cornelly went out to Pittsburgh last Friday to attend the meeting held in the interest of Michael J. Ryan, a candidate for the nomina- tion for Governor on the Democratic ticket. —Mrs. Calvin G. Spicher, of Wilkinsburg, was an arrival in Bellefonte last Friday and will spend some time at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Heckman, on east Lamb street. —Philip Reynolds, a student at St. Lukes, a | preparatory 8chool at Wayne, Pa., came to Belle- fonte the after part of last week to spend the spring vacation with his parents, Col. and Mrs. W. F. Reynolds. —Miss Annie Pearl returned on Sunday from New York and Philadelphia, where she has been attending the spring openings of some of the fashionable mod stes and exclusive importers of womens’ gowns. —Charles Moran, a traveling salesman for the Radcliff Shoe Co., of Lynn, Mass., spent Sunday in Bellefonte with Mrs. Moran, who has been with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Oliver Witmer, for the past month. —Irvin O. Noll, principal of the public schools at Conshohocken, spent Thursday night in Belle- fonte, having been called here to attend the fun- eral of his grandfather, the venerable Samuel Charles, of Mileshurg. —William T. Speer Jr., of Pittsburgh, was in Bellefonte the fore part of the week visiting his brother, Recorder W. Francis Speer, and attend- ing to some business matters relative to the set- tling up of their father’s estate. —Mrs. Earle C. Tuten went over to DuBois yesterday to see Mr. Tuten and also assist him in finding a suitable house or flat to move into. She will return tomorrow and will be accom- panied by Mr. Tuten who will spend Sunday here. —Mrs. J. F. Rogers, who spent a month in Bellefonte with her sisters, Misses Annie and Eva Powers, left on Monday for Baltimore where she remained until yesterday when she went south to Savannah, Ga., where she will be for the summer. : —Miss Anna Mann, of Lewistown, was in Bellefonte Tuesday on her way to Hublersburg, where she will visit with a cousin of her father, James Carner. From Hublersburg Miss Mann will go to Blanchard, expecting later to spend a short time in Bellefonte. —Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Richard are at At- lantic City, having gone east Thursday of last week. For a number of years Mr. and Mrs. Richard have closed their home to spend the early spring season at the Shore, and as is their custom, will not return to Bellefonte until late in April. : —Mrs. Harry Bowersox and three children, of Altoona, were in Bellefonte over Sunday visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Witmyer. On the first of April the Bowersox family will move to Detroit, Mich., where Mr. Bowersox has secured a good position in an automobile manu. factory. —Mrs. Samuel Harris, who has been spending the winter with relatives at Camp Hill, Pa., will return to Clinton county the first of April to open her house at Mill Hall. For a number of years Mrs. Harris has spent the winter at Liverpool, Pa,, but always comes to her home in Nittany valley for the summer. ! —Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fulkrod with their small child, and Miss Hazel Thompson, came from Newberry this week, on account of the illness of Mrs. Fulkrod’s mother, Mrs. Robert Thompson, of Sunny Side. Mrs. Thompson has been in ill health for some time and her condition now which is the result of a stroke is thought to be very critical. —Mr. and Mrs. Andrew H. Knisely and daugh- ter, Miss Nellie Knisely, of Tyrone, spent last Friday in Bellefonte visiting relatives. Mr. Knisely recently sold his bakery and pool room in Tyrone and on Monday he and his family left for the Pinellas section of Florida, where he owns a section of land and where they expect to make their future home. Mrs. Hunter Knisely went to Tyrone on Monday and went with them as far as Harrisburg, going from there to Reading to | C spend some time with her daughter, Mrs. Wan- ner. —A family house party in celebration of their mother’s return from the hospital brought to- gether the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Shuey during the past week. Included in the party were Mrs. Charles A. Donachy, of Kings- ton, Pa., with her two children, Sara and Charles; Miss Anna Shuey, a sophmore at Dickinson Col- lege, and Miss Sara Shuey, a student at Dickin- son Seminary. In addition to the immediate family they entertained Miss Helen Counsil, of Sinnamahoning, a friend of Miss Rachel Shuey, who will leave tomorrow with her sister, Mrs. Donachy, for a visit at Kingston. —OQur good Democratic friend Mr. John A. Fortney of Boalsburg had the satisfaction while in Scranton attending the U. S. court as a petit juryman a few weeks ago, of having the oppor tunity of hearing the Rev. ‘‘Billy Sunday’ on several occasions, and returned home with a great idea of the amount of good that Mr. Sun- day’s aggregation is doing in that irreligious and usually wide-open section of the State. In the benefit it is to the community or the amount of good it has to its credit among the people gener- ally, the U. S. court is not in it with the Rev. Sunday's great show is the estimation Mr, Fort- ney brought home with him from Scranton. —From an old and greatly esteemed patron— Mrs. Jesse L. Test, now of Philadelphia—the WATCHMAN has the following exceedingly kind and complimentary words. I could not do with- out the WATCHMAN I have been its constant reader for over fifty years I may be mistaken about the number of years but if I remember cor- rectly Mr. Test was one of your first subscribers. I have never found any weekly paper that gave so much general news. As I am a Centre countian Ilove to read it more there any other paper I take. Mrs. Test will be remembered as the wid- ow of Mr. Jesse L. Test, Register and Recorder of the county from 1858 to 1861 and at the time of his election was a resident of Philipsburg. Mr. Test is spoken of to this day as one of the most obliging and efficient county officials the county has ever had. His name was one of the first upon the list of the subscribers to the WATCHMAN when it was started in 1856, and Mrs. Test has been its constant patron and satisfied reader ever since. —Joseph Lose, of Philadelphia, was a week-end guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Lose. —While in Altoona for a visit of several weeks, Miss Adelaide Rankin will be a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Keller. —Harvey Wetzel, of Stoyestown, Pa., is a guest of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs, Henry Wetzel, of Linn street, —Mrs. Cyrus Labe and her daughter Elizabeth expect to leave Bellefonte Wednesday of next week, for a visit of a month in Philadelphia. —Miss Sue Donachy will leave today for Phila- delphia, to continue her course of training for a professional nurse, at the Gynecean hospital. —While visiting in Johnstown, Mrs, M. C. Gephart is the guest of her brother, Dr. Edward Miller. Mrs. Gephart left Bellefonte Tuesday. —Mrs. Louis E. Friedman, of New York, with her daughter Elizabeth, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Herman Holz, at the Joseph home on Alle- gheny street. —Miss Mary S. Thomas went to Philadelphia, Thursday of last week, for a two weeks visit with her aunt and sisters, Miss Smith, Mrs. Shaf- ner and Mrs. Lane. —Mrs. H. R. Decker, of Pitcairn, was in Belle- fonte Saturday between trains, on her way to Hublersburg, where she is visiting with her mother; Mrs. McCauley. —Mrs. James A. Beaver will leave Bellefonte shortly, expecting to spend the month of April with her sister, Mrs. Thomas R. Hayes, at her bungalo, at Atlantic City. —Miss Rose Fauble has returned to Bellefonte after spending six weeks with her sisters, Mrs. Seel, of Paxtang; Mrs. Tausig, of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Noll, of Conshohocken. —S. B. Styers, of Youngstown, Ohio, is visiting with his niece, Mrs. Edward Peters. Mr. Styers, who has not been in Center county for seven years, came to Bellefonte Sunday. —Frank Rothrock and his sister, Miss Martha Rothrock, returned to Bellefonte Tuesday from Pittsburgh, where they had been for ten days visiting with their brother, William Rothrock. —Miss Mary Hunter Linn and her brother, Henry S. Linn, have had as guests during the past week Miss Baker, of Allegheny Furnace; Miss Russell, of Lancaster, and John Beckman of Niagara Falls. : —Mrs. Grant Pifer has been in Bellefonte for a week, having come last Saturday, for a short visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hezekiah Hoy. Mrs. Pifer will return Monday to Wilkins- burg, where she and her two married sons make their home. — Miss J. K. Reifsnyder, of Millheim, who has been spending a few days with friends in Al toona, honored the WATCHMAN with a very brief visit on her way home on Monday last. Miss Reifsnyder reports a most enjoyable visit and looks as if every minute of it had been made just to her liking. —Mr. and Mrs.R. G. Foster, of Philadelphia, who are returning home from a trip through New York State, have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Hicklen, of Logan street, since Sun- day. Mr. Foster expects to go on east this week while Mrs. Foster will remain with her sister, Mrs. Hicklen for a visi : —Harold Kirk, who has resigned his position with the Tonawanda Iron and Steel Co., at North Tonawanda, N.Y. to take charge of his father’s chicken farm just north of town joined Mrs. Kirk in Bellefonte Thursday. As soon as it is possible Mr. and Mrs. Kirk will move to their new home anticipating great success from this undertaking. ~—Louis Grauer has recovered sufficiently from his recent illness, as to permit of his going to Philadelphia Thursday, where he willbe under medical care for an indefinite time. Mr. Grauer’s illness is partly the result of a fall which he had on Penn Street several months ago, and from which he never was able to recover. Edward, Mr. Grauer’s only son, accompanied him to Phil- adelphia. —Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Griffith returned to Axe Mann Tuesday, after an absence of four months. While away their entire time was spent in Philadelphia, with Mrs. Griffith’s chil- dren, Mrs. Ball and her two brothers, Claude and Harry Dawson. A large informal reception wasgiven Mr. and Mrs. Griffith at their home, Tuesday afternoon, by their friends at Axe Mann and surrounding country. Sale Register. APRIL 4TH.—At Jas. S. Cars ’s, Wi Bush’s Addition, Lact ike rion iath Sto buggies, two setts harness, house Rood: Etc. Sale at one o'clock ig pel S a eereattm———————sa Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer. The prices quoted are those paid for produce, Potatoes per bushel, new. 75 Onions: i. ..a......0 Eggs, per dozen... ny Lard, per pound... 12 Butter per pound. 25 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......................... White Wheat... ................0. oro % Rye, per bushel.............. 70 Corn, shelled, per bushel... 70 orn, ears, per bushel.... 70 Oats, old and new, per 40 Barley, perbushel.........cccovueeeemomoriooooioninns 60 Philadelphia Markets. The following are the closing prices of Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening. the Wheat—Red .... vive * =—No. 2 Corn —Yellow. ots —Mixed e ite ARH “ha Flour —Winter, per barrel 3.85@4.10 —Favorite Brands... . 5.00@5.25 Rye Flour per barrel... seneeneee. 3.50@3.60 Baled Hay—Choice Timothy Ne. 1... 10.00@18.50 Mixed No. 1........ 13.50@17.00 BEPBW.iteriiniilite fiiintisnnimniataia 9.50@17. 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