Bellefonte, Pa., December 11, 1914. ee ———————————— To CORRESPONDENTS.—No communications published unless accBmpanied by the real name of the writer. THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY. —1J. Linn Harris is confined to the house with a bad attack of the grip. ——Farmers week will be held at State College December 28th to January 2nd inclusive. ——~Ceader’s all flavors ice cream and ices for X-mas. Get your orders in ear- ly for specialties. 49-2t ——The equipment for the new laun- dry at the Bellefonte hospital is being installed this week. —Winter must be here, the storm doors at the Bush house were put up yesterday afternoon. i — Fresh cut flowers for bouquets, ' funeral designs, and all other purposes, : at reasonable prices. CANDYLAND'S | florist shop. 1 ——The movement to have a com- munity Christmas tree in Bellefonte has ! been abandoned, as not being opportune at this time. ——Charles F. Richard was confined to his room in the Bush house several days | the fore part of the week with a distress- ing attack of rheumatism in the shoulder. ——The board of prison inspectors of the western penitentiary will go to Ben- ner township next Monday to make an official inspection of the new death house, ——The postponed meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. will be held at the Y. M. C. A. on Mon- day evening, December 14th, at half. past seven o'clock. County treasurer John D. Miller had issued, up until this week,3783 hunt- ers’ licenses, which is 162 more than last year. It is hardly likely that many more will be issued this year. ——Mr. and Mrs. George W. McGaffey, of Philipsburg, have issued invitations for their golden wedding anniversary, which will be held on Saturday, De- cember 19th, from four until ten o'clock. ——Governor Tener last Friday named Thursday, January 7th, as the date for the electrocution of Isaiah Croson, a negro of Fayette county, which will prob- ably be the first electrocution in the new death house at the penitentiary in Ben- ner township. ——Any Bellefonte family who has second hand toys or books which they are willing to contribute for Christmas are requested to send the same either to the W.C. T. U. rooms or Dr. Edith Schad, and the same will be properly dis- tributed among those deserving the same. —P. F. Keichline is erecting an addi- tion to the rear of his store over therace which will be used principally for stor- ing peanuts, and any other goods that he has not room for in his main ware room. His growing trade make it nec- essary for him to carry a larger stock, hence the addition to his present build- ng. —AlIl week, beginning Monday, De- cember 21st, the Angell Stock company, in high class royalty plays, featuring Miss Alice Bowdish. High grade specialties between acts. Positively no waits. Among their plays are “The White Squaw,” “Her Legal Prisoner,” “The Whirlpool” and others. Prices, 10, 20 and 30 cents. ——On October 9th Sherman Bennett and Charles Rodgers, who live near Gum Stump, were arrested on the charge of killing a two year old steer belonging to James Watson. As a portion of the meat was found the men confessed their guilt. Last Saturday they made an ami- cable settlement of the case by paying fifty dollars for the steer and the accrued costs. —William J. Musser, of east: Lamb street, on Saturday closed the deal for the purchase of one-third, or ahout 140 acres, of the old P. B. Crider farm be- tween Howard and Eagleville. The price sagreed upon is approximately $11,000. Mr, Musser will get possession next =spring, but will not occupy it himself. “He will put some good man on the farm <and specialize in raising grain and hay. ® =—The Bellefonte hospital authori- ‘ties gratefully acknowledge the gener- ous Thanksgiving contribution made by the people of Bellefonte, the ladies so- cial club of Howard and the Ladies Aux- iliary of Centre Hall. All told over two hundred people of Bellefonte, as well as several churches, figured in the contri- bution, which is evidence that the pub- lic appreciates the good work being done at that institution. ——On account of public sentiment against luxuries at this time, when gen- eral business conditions demand economy, the committee in charge of the municipal Christmas tree decided at their meeting, Monday afternoon, to give it up for this year. It is a great disappointment to many in Bellefonte, as no doubt it has to those in other cities and towns, who have acted as we under the influence of present and probably the future greater needs, but the Christmas spirit and a hearty co-operation of our people, can do much toward carrying the joys and cheer of the day, into every needy home ‘carry on the plant as it should be. 1 BOARD OF TRADE ASKED TO ENDORSE | AID FOR BELLEFONTE ENGINEERING Co.—A largely attended nieeting of the Board of Trade was held in the public building on Tuesday evening to consider ways and means of giving financial assistance to the Bellefonte Engineering company, whose plant has been conducted during the past eighteen months by Messrs. W. P. Seig and J. P. Harbold. For the information of the members of the Board of Trade Secretary Kelley read a communication from Messrs. Seig and Harbold in which they said that during the past year they had employed on an average seventy-five men, and had paid out in wages $35,000. They had been the means of bringing five new families to Bellefonte and would have brought eleven more here, could they have gotten houses. That their business had about doubled in the past ' year and they could double it again dur- ing the next year, if they had the work- ing capital. As it is, they are unable to Théy cannot take large contracts because of their inability to purchase material in sufficient quantities to get out the work. i They also stated that they needed new machinery for the plant, which in their present badly hampered financial con- - dition they were unable to get. The proposition most favorably con- sidered by the Board of ‘Trade was to organize a company to take over the plant and realty and furnish sufficient working capital to put it upon a sound basis. The plant is owned by the Shugert and Mec- Coy estates and the heirs have agreed to take $20,000 for it, said amount to be in stock or bonds in the new company. It is also figured that $20,000 are needed for working capital and it is proposed to issue stock or bonds for this amount, said stock or bonds to be on a par with the $20,000 to be taken by the Shugert and McCoy heirs, so that the latter would in no way be preferred claimants. The exact details have not been work- ed out as yet but as a preliminary thereto John S. Walker was appointed as chair- man, with authority to select two other men, as a committee to make an ap- praisal of the property and an investi- gation of the business as a safe invest- ment and report at a meeting of the Board to be held in the public building on Thursday evening, December 17th, at eight o'clock. Walter Cohen, Harry C. Valentine and C. D. Casebeer were ap- pointed a committee to make a prelim- inary canvass of the business men of the town and ascertain the probabilities of disposing of the $20,000 worth of stock or bonds, and to report at the next meeting. The Board also made the following nominations of officers for the ensuing year: President, John S. Walker; vice presidents, Robert F. Hunter and John Blanchard; secretary, W. T. Kelley; treasurer, Charles M. McCurdy. _ The election of officers will take place at a regular meeting to be held the second Thursday in January. To RE-DEDICATE BELLEFONTE ARMORY, —Troop L, First Cavalry, Bellefonte, will re-dedicate its armory December 22nd, 1914, with a big reception and assembly. The armory has recently been re- modeled by the State, having been thor- oughly overhauled and beautifully finish- ed. It has been equipped for housing the local cavalry troop and is considered by military authorities as one of the most complete and beautiful armories in the State. For the purpose of encouraging the Troop and helping to make a success of the approaching assembly the following prominent citizens have consented to act as a committee, viz: H. P. Harris, chair- man; Lieut. H. L. Curtin, Col. W. F. Reynolds, Col. H. S. Taylor, Lieut. Thomas Beaver, Robert S. Walker, Capt. Wm. H. Brown, Edmund Blanchard Esq., Arthur Dale, H. C. Quigley Esq, Lieut. E. Richard Taylor and Samuel T. Gray. Twenty-five or thirty of Bellefonte’s prominent women have also graciously consented to act as patronesses and the event of the season is looked for. The Lyric orchestra, of Lock Haven, consist- ing of thirteen pieces, has been engaged for the occasion, and will play during the reception from 8 until 9 o'clock, after which time dancing will be induiged in until 2 o'clock. Five hundred invitations will be ex- tended to out-of-town military and other guests, but there will be no formal invi- tations issued to Bellefonte people, all being cordially invited. For the purpose of defraying the expense $3.00 will be charged for a ticket, including one man and woman. A charge for each extra or unaccompanied woman will be made of $1.00. Tickets may be had froin any member of the committee or at the door. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS INSTALL OFFI- CERS.—At a special meeting of the Belle- fonte Council Knights of Columbus, No. 1314, in their council rooms in the Rey- nolds block, on Sunday, the following newly elected officers were installed by district deputy James Smythe, of Renovo, assisted by his warden, Mr. Kinsley: Grand knight, W. T. Kelly; deputy grand knight, John Mignot; chancellor, W. I. Miller; warden, M. F. Hazel; treas- urer, P. L. Beezer; financial secretary, B. L. Beezer; recording secretary, H. C. Taylor; chaplain, Rev. Caprio; trustees, J. M. Brockerhoff, Harry Flack and D. F. Judge; inside guard, Thomas Todsock; outside guard, John McGovern. —— License court will be held on Sat- n this community. urday morning of next week. —— Why not buy home made candy at the price you pay for stale? We make no common candy, yet we charge common price. We manufacture and give the middleman’s profit to you. CANDYLAND for the best Xmas presents. ——Miss Ella Jones is soliciting orders for holly wreaths and garlands for use during the Christmas season, and all or- ders placed with her will be given prompt attention and assured satisfaction. Her phone number being 241-J, Bell, it would be well for those anticipating buying greens to communicate with Miss Jones as early as possible. ee ——The Howard Hustler made its ap- pearance again last week, after a suspen- sion of several months. It is very much improved so far as its typographical ap- pearance is concerned. F. S. Dunham avers that a canvas of the county will be made and if he is given proper encour- agement the Hustler will be issued regu- larly after January 1st, 1915, as an inde- pendent paper. ——Mr. George B. Caldwell, who re- cently closed a successful two year term as president of the Investment Bankers Association of America, a man recogniz- ed as an authority in the financial and investment world, has accepted the pres- idency of the Sperry & Hutchinson com- pany, and will control the destinies of the famous green stamp organization, which has a depot in Bellefonte. ei an ——Only two weeks until Christmas and a number of Bellefonte merchants are complaining because they have done no holiday business so far. We'll wager a bag of peanuts that-not one of the merchants who have registered the big kick carry an advertisement in any of the town papers. Business may not be as good as it might be, but the merchants who are carrying good, live holiday ad- vertisements are getting the bulk of the trade. es ——Alfred Brodbeck, of near State Col- lege, brought a party of friends to Belle- fonte last Saturday evening in his auto- mobile. On the return trip home they were speeding along at a lively clip and going down the hill on the other side of Lemont the car skidded, got beyond the control of the driver and plunged down the embankment into Spring creek. One of the occupants of the car was slightly injured but the others escaped unhurt. The car, however, was badly wrecked. ——The Leathers Bros. recently bought the land owned by the Sweeney heirs at Pleasant Gap, about twenty-six acres in all, and will not only sell town lots, but expect to erect a number of houses on a portion of the property, for sale or rental. The immense amount of work which will be done at the new penitentiary next year will undoubtedly create a demand for houses as near the place as possible, and Pleasant Gap isa natural location to derive a good part of the benefit. ——DBetween eighteen and nineteen thousand people are this winter on the list of the correspondence course at The Pennsylvania State College. This means that there are that many people within the State of Pennsylvania who are unable to attend any of the courses at the Col- lege who are receiving the correspond- ence bulletins free. These bulletins cover all features of agriculture, animal hus- bandry, stock judging, soil assays and even home economics. The bulletins are sent upon application. ——— a. ——During the past week W. R. Brach- bill has exhibited in his show window a very complete library furnishing, even to a cardboard man taking a book out of the library. So lifelike and real does the figure look that a certain Bellefonte mail carrier took two or three good looks at the figure then remarked to a friend that he wondered “where that fellow got his suit as he would like to have one like it,” and it was not until the friend gave him the laugh that he realized that his man was only nicely painted cardboard. ——Out at Pleasant Gap on Monday afternoon it not only rained but snowed and it was so cold that the mixture froze on the trees, breaking off limbs and blockading the read. It also froze on the wire of the State-Centre Electric com- pany causing it to sag until it came in contact with a telephone wire in front of the public school house when both wires were melted and dropped to the ground. Persons who saw the accident said that the fire flew in a blue streak and even played along the ground after the wires dropped. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.—On Monday of last week N.'M. Kunes with his two sons, C. C. and N. M. Kunes Jr., of Altoona, and two other sons, H.W. and F. E. Kunes, of Renovo, with Amos Ni earhoof, of Taylor township, went out back of Orviston for a few days rabbit hunting. On Wednesday the men amused them- selves shooting mark at a tin can. Mr. Nearhoof was engaged in throwing the can into the air and while he was count- ing the holes in one can H. W. Kunes’ gun was accidentally discharged, the shot striking Nearhoof in the left arm and in the side over the heart. N. M. Kunes also received some of the shot in his clothing, but they did not penetrate to the flesh. Nearhoof was taken to Orviston and a physician summoned who found that the shot had not penetrated any vital spot, and later he was taken to the Lock Haven hospital where the leaden pellets were removed and he is now re- covering nicely. ‘do their charitable work, but any’ per- ARRESTED FOR FORGERY AND CHECK KITING.~Howard Rider and John L. White- man, two young men who claim Reading | as their home, were arrested last Satur- | day by chief of police Harry Dukeman, when they tried to pass worthless checks. i The two young men were first noticed at i the Brockerhoff house, where W. H. Gar- ability of getting some checks cashed. | From the Brockerhoff house Garman | went to Yeager’s shoe store and he had ! not been there but a few minutes when | the young men appeared. Rider remain. ed outside while Witmer went into the store and asked H. C. Yeager to cash a check. Mr. Yeager declined to do so without even looking at the check, and the man walked out of the store. Duke- man was in the store at the time and Garman told him of the conversation he had heard between the two men at the Brockerhoff house, and the officer con- cluded to watch them. From Yeager’s store they went down onto the bridge where they talked a few | minutes then went to the Potter-Hoy store. Whiteman remained outside while Rider went in and presented a check | for $11.15 drawn on the Centre Coun- ty bank and signed Witmer Smith. He asked the clerk if he could cash the check as he wanted to buy a shovel. The clerk told him he would have to be indenti- fied when the man walked out. Dukeman then arrested both men on suspicion and each of them had checks, though Whiteman’s was drawn on a Reading bank and signed by him- self. At a hearing before "Squire Musser on Monday morning Rider confessed to having forged the check, but Whiteman maintained he had done nothing wrong. The case of both, however, was returned to court, an indictment was sent to the grand jury on Wednesday, and a true bill returned. Their case was called yesterday just before noon and a nolle prosse was entered as to Whiteman but Rider plead guilty. The court will dis- pose of the case to-day. a ——Huylers, Reymers, Apollo can- dies, plain and fancy boxes, for X-mas, at Ceader’s. 49-2t ELKS LODGE OF SORROW.—Beautiful and impressive were the memorial serv- ices of the Bellefonte Lodge B. P. O. E, No. 1094, on Sunday afternoon, in memory of their deceased members. The services were held in the Elks lodge and were presided over by Grand Exalted Ruler Homer P. Barnes. A male quartette composed of R. Russell Blair, John M. Bullock, J. Dorsey Hunter and Norman R. Wright furnished the music and among the appropriate ‘songs were “The Vacant Chair,” “Crossing the Bar,” “Nearer My God to Thee,” and “America.” The memorial address was delivered by Col. H. S. Taylor, and it was a com- mendable effort. The speaker dwelt es- pecially on four of the basic principles of the order, “Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love and Fidelity.” The services through- out were very interesting and were list- NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. —Mrs. Hannah Flack went to Altoona on Wed- nesday to spend a few days with her daughter. —Mrs. Lulu Faust, of Altoona, spent Saturday ; and Sunday in Bellefonte with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Rine. —Mrs. D. A. Boozer. of Centre Hall, was in | Bellefonte yesterday doing some Christmas shop- man overheard them discussing the prob- | -ping and calling on friends. —Mrs. M. C. Gephart returned to her home in Altoona late last week, after visiting for ten days with friends in Bellefonte. —Mrs. Frank Lukenbach, of Tyrone, spent i Tuesday in Bellefonte visiting with Miss Emma Montgomery and other relatives. —Miss Margaret Altenderfer returned to Belle- fonte last week, from a six week’s visit with friends in Philadelphia, Pottstown and Reading. —Mrs. LeRoy Fox and two children, of Lock Haven, were over Sunday visitors at the home of Mrs. Fox’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Haupt. —Mrs. Martin Fauble, who has been visiting for several weeks with her daughters in the east- ern part of the State, returned to Bellefonte Tuesday night. —Mrs. Frank McCumpsey, of Renovo, came to Bellefonte Thursday of last week and has been a | guest while here of her sisters, Mrs. W. I. Flem- ing and Mrs. Johnson. —Among the representative residents of Fer- guson township who were in Bellefonte as jurors this week were David W. Miller and R. R. Ran- dolph, of Pine Grove Mills. —Miss Anna Redding, of Snow Shoe, was in Bellefonte for the greater part of last week, a guest of her cousins, the Misses Curry, at their home on Logan street. —Rev. Father McArdle was out in Johnstown over Sunday as one of the assistants to Bishop Eugene O. Garvey in the dedication of the new St. Columba’s Catholic church. —Mrs. Achiel Burklin, of Washington, D. C., arrived in Bellefonte on Saturday evening and was a guest for several days of Mr. and Mrs. John Swan, at the Brockerhoff house. —Miss Mabel Harmer is arranging to return to { Philadelphia next week. Miss Harmer, who has been visiting with her sister, Mrs. H. W. Tate for six weeks, is ill at present with tonsilitis. —M. A. Landsy left on Wednesday on a busi- ness trip to Philadelphia, expecting to go to Fredonia, N. Y., and Franklin, Pa., before re- turning home the latter part of next week. —Edward Keichline, of Renovo, having with him as a guest Charles Pierson, came to Belle- fonte for the week-end, spending the time with Mr. Keichline’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Keichline. —Elmer Royer and young son, of Earlystown, were Bellefonte visitors on Saturday, and Mr. Royer very obligingly helped the WATCHMAN editor to a little of the long green to tide over the Holidays. —Miss Minnie Hockenberry, of State College, spent Saturday and Sunday at the home of her cousin, Andrew Shivery and family, on Buffalo Run, coming to Bellefonte on Monday morning to visit the dentist. —Mrs, T. W. Simkins and Miss Savilla Rear- ick, of Centre Hall, were in Bellefonte on Tues- day attending a meeting of the executive com- mittee of the Centre county Woman's Christian Temperance Union. —Mrs. Maurice Yeager went to Pittsburgh Wednesday, called there by the illness of her husband, who is in a critical condition in the East End hospital. Mr. Yeager has been in ill health for a year or more. —Ex-Sheriff Cyrus Brungart, of Centre Hall, took advantage of the rainy weather on Monday, when it was too rough to do any outdoor work, to make a business trip to Bellefonte, and he did not forget to call at this office. —Mrs. William B. Mingle, of Centre Hall, closed her home in that place on Wednesday and went to Philadelphia where she will spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. J. Emery Hoy, and her son, W. Gross Mingle. —Miss Virginia Dale, who has been in New ened to with closest attention by every- one present, whether a member of the order or not. A special and very appropriate eulogy on the life and death of Richard S. Brouse, the latest deceased member, was delivered by burgess Edmund Blanchard while Samuel D. Gettig Esq., paid a very deserved tribute to the memory of the late Siegmund Joseph. These were the only two members who died within the past year. The roll of deceased members of the Bellefonte Lodge now numbers six, as follows: Joseph S. Barnes, Hon. John G. Love, Jenkin David, Dr. Philip S. Fisher, Siegmund Joseph and Richard S. Brouse. a ASSOCIATED CHARITIES ORGANIZED.—A meeting was held last Friday evening in the Y. M. C. A. building, of the repre- sentatives of the different charity dis- pensing bodies of the town, to organize a committee of Associated Charities. It is the purpose of such a committee ! to arrange the relief work of the neigh- borhood so that there shall be no overlap- ping of charitable gifts, and that a sys- tematic method of inquiry into the cases that really need aid shall be used. The Associated Charity committee will not solicit contributions to be don ed for its own distribution, as the — represented upon it will still continue to sons who desire to contribute money, clothing or food by means of this organi- zation can do so, either directly through its secretary, or can obtain from the sec- retary the names of those persons who are entitled to such relief. The permanent officers of the commit- tee for the following year are W. D. Zer- by, Esq., president, and Mrs. R. S. Brouse, secretary. Practically all the Churches and clubs of the town have al- ready selected their representatives and the new organization should accomplish a work for which there has long been a crying need in this community. ——The widespread popularity of the Scenic motion picture show was made manifest this week in the nightly attendance of people in Bellefonte for the December term of court. And right here it might be stated that manager T. Clayton Brown is arranging a good pro- gram of moving pictures for week after next, when the teachers’ institute will be held in Bellefonte. The Scenic will be open every evening during institute at 6.30 o'clock so as to allow the teachers ! stitute entertainment. to see the show before the evening in- x York city Since early in the summer, preparing to do library work, is in Bellefonte to spend the Christmas vacation. Miss Dale expects to re- turn to New York to resume her work in January. —After spending the summer at her home at Mill Hall, Mrs. Samuel Harris left the beginning of December for Camp Hill, Pa., where she wil] live with her daughter, Mrs. Hartsock, during the winter, as has been her custom for several years. —Mrs. Harvey Hoy and little baby accompa- nied her mother, Mrs. Mack Hall, home from Niagara Falls last week and will spend some time at her old home here. Mrs. Hall had been with her daughter at the Falls a week or ten days. —Mrs. Harriet T. Kurtz, who left Bellefonte early in the summer for Atlantic City, expecting to spend the winter in Florida, left for the south on the fourth of December. Mrs. Kurtz stopped for a short time in Savannah and from there went to Jacksonville. —Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Miller, of Scottdale, came to Bellefonte the after part of last week, hoping a visit here might prove beneficial to Mr. Miller, who has been in ill health for some time. Dur- ing their stay they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Miller, of Reynold’s avenue. —Miss Myra Altenderfer left Bellefonte Satur- urday, taking with her the three children of her sister, Mrs. Campbell, who died in Bellefonte last fall. The children will live in Lancaster and Miss Altenderfer will make her home for the present in that part of the State, in order to be near them. —Daniel Hutchinson, the oldest son of Mrs. Thomas Hutchinson, of Kane, and a first year student at State, visited for a part of the week a short time ago, with his grandmother, Mrs. Mar- garet Hutchinson. It is expected that Daniel will spend many of his short vacations in Belle- fonte during his four years of college life. —Miss Madaline Schiff, of London, England, who has been in Bellefonte since the first of No- vember, visiting with Mr. and Mrs. J. Will Con- ley, left here Wednesday for Oil City. Miss Schiff will spend some time with school friends in Oil City, before going to Crafton, where she will be until spring with Mrs. William Wallis. —Mirs. John A. Woodcock is in Chambersburg’ having gone down Monday to attend the funeral of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Joseph Nelson Forbes, who died at her home in that place Saturday. Mrs. Forbes with her husband, had spent much of the summer and fall motoring through the west, an exhausting trip, from the effects o; which she never recovered. . —Mrs. Isaac Gray left Friday of last week for Carbondale, where she will spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Hartsock. Miss Esther Gray, who with her mother spends the summers on the home farm up Buffalo Run, will be a guest also of her sister at Carbondale for a part of the winter, later going to Philipsburg where she will visit with her other sister, Mrs, George M. Glenn, until spring. —Mr. F. Carroll Williams, of Altoona, who has lately been enjoying a brief visit with the family of his uncle, John Love, of Reynold’s avenue, shook the dust of Bellefonte off his reet and re- turned to the Mountain city the early part of the week, regretting that his stay with his many friends here could not be made continuous, but pleased that in selecting the point for his outing he had chosen Bellefonte in preference to New York,—a matter in which he displayed the best i —Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shields have had ! with them for a part of this week their nephew, Joseph Snyder, of Altoona. —Miss Eunice Thompson, who has been Miss Snyder’s trimmer during the season, left Belle- fonte for her home at Syracuse, Wednesday. —Mrs. Harry C. Valentine and her daughter, Miss Rebecca Valentine, spent a part of the week in Williamsport returning last evening. —Mrs. Merriman, of Yonkers, N. Y., and her daughter, Miss Isabelle Merriman, have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Blanchard. Miss Merriman left Bellefonte yesterday. —Mrs. G. W. Frazier, of Spring Mills, is visit- ing with her sister, Mrs. A. B. Lee. Mrs. Fra- zier, who is here on account of the ill health of Mrs. Lee, will be in Bellefonte for an indefinite time. —Jean Hall, who for several years has made his home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hall, at Unionville, spent last Saturday in Belle- fonte, making an early start in his Christmas work. —Charles Larimer, of Indiana, has been in Bellefonte for the greater part of the past week owing to the illness of his wife, who is a surgical patient in the Bellefonte hospital. Mrs. Larimer at present is very much better. —Lee Lvon, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lyon, of Lyontown, one of the ambitious boys of Centre county, who attends the Bellefonte High school. is developing business ability by looking after some of his father’s interests during his leisure periods at school. —Mrs. Howard Spangler, of New York city, and her little grand-daughter, Mary Brown, have been in Bellefonte for the past ten days visiting with Mrs. Spangler’s mother, Mrs. James Mc- Culley. Mrs. Spangler and the child will return to New York Monday. —MTr. and Mrs. Milo Campbell, of Fairbrook, are off on a trip to Michigan and will be joined in Chicago by Mr. Washington Campbell and his sister, after which they will all spend several weeks visiting relatives and friends in different parts of Kansas and further west. —Mrs. John G. Love is in Tyrone visiting, ex- pecting to come to Bellefonte next week to open her house on Linn street for the Christmas holi- days, at which time both John and Katherine will be with her. Mrs. Love left Bellefonte in September and has been spending the fall at At- laatic City. —Miss Emma M. Hart, of Duffryn Mawr, Pa., has been chosen to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Miss Greiner, who was head of the commercial department in the High school. Miss Hart, who came to Bellefonte Saturday and be- gan her school work Monday, will live with Mrs: Pontius, on Curtin street. —Mr. R. B. Gardner, of Pittsburgh, is another Centre county representative in the Smoky city who is fully convinced that it would be lonesome living out there if he couldn’t get the WATCHMAN weekly, and he don’t hesitate to write and tell us that such is the fact. The tab on his paver is now marked a long time in advance and we hope he will enjoy every issue that reaches him. —When vou get a little rusty on what occurred during the war, or forgetful of the brilliant rec- ord made by General Sheridan, and you want to brighten your memory up a little, hunt up our good old friend, John Mechtly, Esq., of Benner township, and you can learn all vou will need to know in a very short time, Mr. Mechtly was an officer of the court the past week and we know of no one who can better perform the duties that were assigned to him or make the dry work of the court officer seem a task of real pleasure than does the Benner township veteran. He acts as if born to the job, and every body recognizes that he certainly was. SociAL DOINGS.—Mrs.- Andrew J. Cook entertained a number of her friends at luncheon, Tuesday at one o'clock. Wednesday at the same hour Mrs. Thomas Hamilton gave a luncheon at her home on Allegheny street. At noon Wednesday, Miss Humes entertained at dinner, for which fifteen covers were laid. Miss Humes will give a second dinner to-day. a ——The hard rain of the early part of the week went a long way toward re- lieving the severe drought, as both springs and streams are now showing the good effects of the recent rains. r——— tt ad Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer. The prices quoted are those paid for produce. Potatoes per bushel, new. 65 Onions............00 70 ~~ $.75 Eggs, per dozen. 33 , Per pound... 12 Butter per pound.. 30 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. Red Wheat... 0. "= $1.10 White Wheat.. wi: 1.05 Rye, per bushel............ 70 orn, shelled, per bushel 70 Orn, ears, per bushel... 70 Oats, old and new, per 45 Barley, per bushel Sriseineriseiiiesisraiinsnce 60 ————————_sn Philadelphia Markets. 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