* make no common candy, yet wé charge ER — PRISON BOARD INSPECTED DEATH House.—The board of prison inspectors of the western penitentiary made an of- ficial inspection of the death house at the new penitentiary in Benner township on Monday and were unanimous in conced- ing that the State has one of the most complete buildings of: its kind in the country. In the inspection party were: Warden John Francies, superintendent of con- struction of the new penitentiary; Col. A. C. Rook, chairman; Thomas B. Foley, secretary, and Charles Dahlinger, of the prison board; architect John T. Windrim, Bellefonte, Pa., December 18, 1914. To CORRESPONDENTS. —No communications published unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. — THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY. No Paper Next Week. No paper will be issued from this office next week, as all of the WATCHMAN force will take their usual holiday vacation. The office, however, will be open to all callers, whether on business or pleasure, and everybody is welcome to call. The WATCHMAN goes to you today in its customary holiday attire, presenting the manager of the Pittsburgh branch of the Thompson-Starrett Construction com- pany; Henry Keep, superintendent in charge of the construction of the build- ing, and John P. Buchannan, who had compliments of the season and wishing Charge of the eeliaon of the Slgsteicsl . . 2 equipment including the death chair. for all its friends a Merry Christmas and Warden Prancies and the members of the a Happy New Year. aa | prison board came to Bellefonte Satur- ——85 brands of cigars to select from day evening from Pittsburgh and spent the holiday trade.—Bush House Cigar Sunday at the warden’s residence. The Store. | other members of the party arrived on ——For a mild smoke try Board of Monday morning. Trade cigar, 5 cents at Brockerhoff house | It had been the intention of the prison cigar stand 24% | board to take a trip over the prison | grounds on Monday morning and see for oy oe A gig! — | the work that is being done, but the big ies, ; = at Ceader's, 49.2¢ snowfall on Sunday and Sunday night i made such a trip impossible and their { work was confined to an inspection of | the death house Monday afternoon. Dur- ing the inspection the big gas engine and —Orvis Keller had a minor opera- tion performed on his foot, at the Belle- fonte hospital, on Tuesday. —-—Will Noll, the taxi man, has trad- dvnamo were put in operation and the |" ed his Ford car for a 1912 Franklin which | machinery tested for voltage. It was he expects to have in service in the near | found to be of ample capacity to meet future. all the requirements of the law. On ac- — Fresh cut flowers for bouquets, | count of so much bad weather recently funeral designs, and all other purposes, , the surroundings of the death house at reasonable prices. CANDYLAND’s have not been entirely completed so far florist shop. | as grading is concerned, and the serpen- ——A little son came to the home of | tine driveway from the building to the Mr. andeMrs. Lewis Daggett, on Sunday | railroad depot is only about half finished. night, and he will be christened Ellis If this kind of weather continues it will Orvis Daggett. { be impossible to complete this work be- | fore spring. Candyland is exclusively a candy ; The death house is now officially the store and that is the reason you can | Sust when it will always get fresh candy there and cheaper i proper. vor ie hgh known, as than anywhere cise. | up to this time warden Francies has had ——The woman's exchange, conducted | no official notification from the Governor by Mrs. Charles T. Noll, will be open | as to when the first electrocution will every afternoon until Christmas in the | take place. No announcement has yet usual place in Petrikin hall. | been made of the warden who will have ——Fine line of pipes, all kinds and | charge of the death house, or who his as- shapes. Cigarette holders and cases. | sistants will be; and so far no official Cigar holders and cases. See our win- | electrocutioner has been appointed. The dow.—Bush House Cigar Store. latter will have to be an expert electrician ——A victrola was placed in each of ; and it is said there are a number of ap- the public school buildings this week, not | Plicants for the position. If, as is gener- merely as a source of entertainment for ' ally understood, the first electrocution the pupils, but as an educational feature. | Will take place early in January, the ——William H. Bottorf has been quite | above appointments will undoubtedly be sick since last Saturday as the result of made in the near future. catarrhal inflammation of the gall blad- | VERY SERIOUSLY BURNED.—Mirs. John der, but yesterday he was slightly im-' | Furey Larimer was very seriously burn- proved, ed at the Curtin home at Curtin, on Sun- —-Mrs. 8. Kline Woodring gave a chil- day night, by the explosion of a lamp. dren’s party on Saturday in honor of her | She was an over Sunday visitor at the daughter Mary’s seventh birthday. Four- | Curtin home and wente to her room to teen of the little girl's playmates were | retire shortly after ten o'clock. It was present, and all had an enjoyable time.. | about 10.30 o'clock when she was ready —It stands to reason that people | for bed and while she was in the act of who handle only candy can give it more | blowing out the lamp there was an ex- attention than those who handle it only | plosion with a report like a gun. as a side line. That is the reason every- | ‘Squire H. Laird Curtin was in his thing is right up to the minute at Candy- | room across the hall taking an alcohol land. rub. When he heard the report of the —— Why not buy fresh home made can- explosion he realized at once what had dy at the price you pay for stale? We happened and grabbing the rug he was : standing on ran out of his room into the hall. As he did so Mrs. Larimer ran out of the room she occupied into the hall, a veritable human torch. Mr. Cur- tin threw the rug around her and suc- ceeded in smothering the flames imme- diately. He then ran into the room and with the rug beat out the fire but not before the rugs in the room had been burned, chairs and bureau badly charred and the bureau furnishings destroyed. Mrs. Larimer also went back into the room and assisted in putting out the fire and when this was accomplished she col- lapsed. A physician was summoned as quickly as possible and an examination disclosed the fact that Mrs. Larimer’s right arm was burned deep.into the flesh. She also sustained burns on the front part of her body, her back and left arm. Her hair was badly singed but her face was not burned at all. Her condition, how- ever, is regarded as extremely serious and up to yesterday no improvement was apparent. Mr. Curtin sustained only a few super- ficial burns. The force of the explosion of the lamp was so great that it was lit- erally blown to atoms, the largest piece found being the handle. The cause of the explosion is inexplicable. common price. We manufacture and give the middleman’s ‘profit to you. CANDY- LAND for the best Xmas presents. ——Rev. James P. Hughes was eighty- eight years old on Tuesday and while he had no special celebration of the event he was kindly remembered by those who knew it was his natal day. Rev. Hughes still enjoys remarkably good health. ——The installation of the machinery at the new laundry building at the hos- pital was completed Wednesday and the first washing was done. Everything worked splendidly and the ladies who ~ purchased the equipment were exceed- ingly gratified. -——Tte Tyrone Y. M. C. A. basketball ‘team wll play the Big Five of the Belle- fonte Y."M. C. A. in Association hall Monday night, at 8.30. Admission 25 cents. Last Friday night the local five defeated the State Collegians by the score of 26 to 19. ——The annual football dance of the Bellefonte Academy was held last even- fing in the Bush Arcade hall. Letters ‘were awarded to all members of the ‘football team entitled to the same. ' The Academy will close at noon today for the two weeks holiday vacation, ——W. W. Wood, who played centre on the State football team this year, has been elected captain for the 1915 season. Wood is a Junior, and he was acting captain of the team while Tobin was out of the game on account of the burns he received at a bonfire explosion. Stock COMPANY ALL OF NEXT WEEK. —The Angell Stock company, which has the reputation of being one of the best dramatic organizations on the road today playing week stands, will be at Garman’s opera house all of next week. They come to Bellefonte with a repertoire of plays rarely acted by popular priced com- panies. They feature such talent as Miss Alice Bowdish, Joseph Angell, Frank Root and Harry Foster. They will give a Christmas matinee next Fri- day when the entire cast will appear to great advantage in “Thorns and Orange Blossoms.” “The White Squaw” is another play of unusual dramatic inter- est. It will be given on Friday even- ing. See advertisement in another column for the full week’s program. ——Miss Mollie Haas is quite ill at her home at Roopsburg, as the result of a ! stroke of paralysis sustained last week. ——Luke Musser, teacher of the Forge school, gave an oyster supper and Christmas entertainment last evening for his pupils and their parents. Presents were distributed. to the pupils and, in brief, it was one of the most enjoyable occasions ever held at this school. ~——Mrs. W. H. Hall and daughter, of Snow Shoe, came to Bellefonte on Mon- day to see her sister, Mrs. Murtoff, on east High street. She lost her watch be- tween the depot and Murtoff home. It was a gold watch with the initials “M. C. 'H.” Will the finder please notify Mrs. Hall. : . of Philadelphia, with his consulting engi- ; neer, I. H. Francies; C. Walter Grange, | | ——Watch for “September Morn,” at | BAUER—RHOADS.—Vincent J. Bauer Garman’s, on Wednesday evening, De- and Miss Bertha Rhoads, a daughter of cember 30th. | Mrs. Emma Rhoads, of Somerset, were BBO — i . - = ; i tly married at t - ——This is Candyland’s first Christmas | qiety e Somerset on Wednes season in Bellefonte. Itis here to sup- ply all your Christmas needs just a little better than they have ever been catered to before. Try it. —oee | day morning of last week, by the Catho- . lic priest of that city. They came to Bellefonte on Thursday evening and , after spending Friday here left on Satur- | day for Seward, Cambria county, where ——When you live in the country, you | Mr. Bauer has a good position. The must be prepared for emergencies. Many , bridegroom is a native of Bellefonte, diseases develop suddenly, particularly | well and favorably known here and the croup or asthma. Rely on “OIL OF | WATCHMAN extends congratulations. GLADNESS,” it is alinost infaliabie. it at your dealers. 25c. and 50c. sizes. ing groceries, etc., to the amount of | to contribute to this cause to communi- Get | ——The Associated Charities commit- | , tee announces that it has prepared and | ' will distribute to those families needing ! the same an emergency basket contain- - ewe — ! ——Ceader’s all flavors ice cream and MOYER BROTHERS, Bloomsburg, Pa iices for X-mas. Get your orders in ear- { ly for specialties. 49-2t - oo - NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. —Mr. and Mrs. John C. Rumberger will go to t —Thomas Farrow will come from Virginia to ‘be a guest at Christmas time of Miss Helen cate with the secretary, "Mrs. RS. i Wetzel, at her home on Thomas street. Brouse. ——We have cigars 10, 12, 25 and 50 trade.—Bush House Cigar Store. —e . ——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. ——Higgins, the star left end on State’s football team, who was injured in the Harvard game, developed water on the knee and who was in the Bellefonte hos- pital two weeks or more undergoing treatment, was on Monday taken to the University hospital, Philadelphia, for further treatment. So far his case has not responded to the treatment given, hence the change to Philadelphia. ——Rowland & Clifford’s big sensation, “September Morn” will be the attraction at Garman’s on Wednesday evening, De- cember 30th. The most satisfying com- pound of music, beauty and fun on the road today. Tangoesque ensembles, superb chorus effects, a riot of color in costumes, etc. The best song hits of the season, and plenty of them. This is an attraction you don’t want to miss. Cigarettes, 50 and 100 to a box. All X-mas packing.—Bush House Store. —Elias Day, characterist, will ap- pear in the opera house this (Friday) evening as another of the famous num- bers in the Y. M. C. A. Star course. Mr. Day is not only an author of note but he comes to Bellefonte highly recommended as an entertainer. His impersonation of the proud old southern characters, Tommy Atkins, Dennis McCarthy and even the sons of sunny Italy are un- usually true to nature. Don’t fail to see and hear Mr. Day. oe ——Centre county school teachers will be able to enjoy an hour's entertain- ment at the Scenic next week before the regular evening institute entertainment, as that popular motion picture show will open at 6.30 o'clock. Manager Brown has arranged a program of unusually good pictures for the teachers benefit. The general public will also have the advantage of these good pictures, which will be shown throughout the evening. ——Tobacco in one pound humidors: | in neat attractive boxes for the X-mas | i —Mrs. Mary ‘Renner, who has been visiting { Mrs. F. P. Bartley for the last five weeks, re- ' turned to her home in Altoona Monday. —Mr. and Mrs. S.- H. Griffith, of Axe Mann, will go to Philadelphia today, expecting to visit for an indefinite time with relatives in that city. | Atlantic City for the winter. was in Bellefonte Wednesday, looking after some business inter- ests. —The Misses Anne and Caroline Valentine re- turned to Bellefonte Tuesday, after visiting for two months in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Har- risburg. —Albert C. Hoy, of New York, will visit dur- ing the Christmas vacation with his sisters, the Reynolds. v —George N. Van Dyke, with Anderson Bros., at Mahanoy City will be here next week to spend daughter Mary. —Allen Sheldon will come to Bellefonte Christ- mas morning from Connecticut to spend the day with his mother, Mrs. Nora Sheldon, the Bush house. the middle of January. relatives in Centre county. Witmer McCormick, has given up and returned to Bellefonte. in and his family at Christmas time. guest of her daughter, Mrs. Washington Irvin, at be in Bellefonte until after the Holidays. —Miss Florence W. Love has arranged to sister at Tusseyville and friends at Centre Hall; going over on Monday and returning on Satur- day. * and Philadelphia, and from there go to Baltimore and:Washington, where they will spend a short time sight seeing. —Mrs. Thomas Todsock and her son, Thomas Todsock Jr., will go to South Bethlehem, Satur- day of next week, to visit with Mrs. Todsock’s daughter, Mrs. Black. Mr. Todsock will join them there for New Years. : —Miss Rebecca Rhoads and her brother Joseph, who had been in Bellefonte for a short visit, left here Wednesday for Philadelphia. Mise at Media and from there go to New York. —John C. Larimer, of Philadelphia, joined his brothers Robert and Fred in Bellefonte yester- day. Mr. Larimer came here on account of the illness of his mother, whose condition has not changed since the accident Sunday night. —Clair Seibert, who since leaving the P. R. R. several years ago, has been with the Cambria Steel Co., at Johnstown, will come from there Watch the bulletin boards each day for announcements. asia ——Dr. David Dale had a rather un- Thursday of next week, for a Holiday visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James D. Seibert. — Mrs. Howard Gearhart, whose husband is in arranging to visit in Bellefonte during Mr. Gear- usual experience on Sunday night. He was called on a case near the Peniten- tiary and struck drifts so deep that he had to abandon his car. There he got into a field afoot and the snow became so blinding that he lost his way. After yelling about ten minutes he saw a lan- tern in the distance and following the light he came to the house he had been hunting, but was so nearly exhausted that he had to rest quite 2 while before he could attend to his professional duties. His Ford car stood out in the storm all night and the next day the farmer pulled it into his barn. But he could not get it back to Bellefonte until yesterday. : ——Mr and Mrs. John C. Bair with their daughter, Miss Helen M. Bair, will leave Bellefonte on Tuesday, December 29th, to make their home in Philadel- phia. Mr. Bair has arranged an ex- change of positions with a clerk in the West Philadelphia post office, who wants to come to the country on account of his health, so that when he goes there his position will be similar to the one he has here. Mr. and Mrs. Bair's son and daughter are now in Philadelphia, Miss Catharine A. Bair being a nurse in train- ing at the Municipal hospital and J Montgomery Bair being a clerk in a drug store. Mr. Bair came to Bellefonte over thirty years ago when the old nail works were in operation and worked there until they closed down. He was one of the first squad of letter carriers appoint- ed in Bellefonte when free delivery was established and has been in the postal ‘service ever since, He is a faithful and courteous gentleman and his many frierlds will regret the departure of him and his family from this community. Al- fred J. Nealie is the name of the young man who will come here to take Mr. Bair’s place. Mr. Nealie has a wife and three year old daughter, and when they. come to Bellefonte they will take the house to be vacated by the Bairs. hart’s very busy season. Mrs. Gearhart is antic- ipating coming here next week and «during her stay will be a guest of her mother, Mrs. Joseph Fox. —MTrs. Theodore Kelley, who has been for the past two weeks in New York, returned Wednes. day, accompanied by her niece, Miss Katherine Heinle. Miss Heinle, who is a teacher in the St. Elizabeth convent at Madison, N. J., will visit’ with her aunt and other relatives in Bellefonte during her vacation. —MTrs, Thomas Rishel, who is planning for 2 family party on Christmas Day, expects to have as her guests: Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bat, of Mc- Keesport; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gessner and their daughter, of Arnold, Pa.; Miss Sallie Gess- ner and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rine and their family, of Bellefonte. —Mr. John Spearly, of Benner township, one of he Democrats in that baliwick who is always looked too to see that the Democratic vote is gotten to the polls and who always does his full share to have it there, was in town on Wed- nesday to make sure that his WATCHMAN tab showed payment away in advance. —Rev. Robert Reed, now of the University of Illinois, will return to Centre county Tuesday to be for Christmas with Mrs. Reed and the chil- dren at Mrs. John Olewine’s before they leave for their new home in the west. From Belle- fonte they will go to DuBois to visit for two weeks with Mr. Reed’s: parents and from there leave for Champaign. Miss Ella Bottorf, Mrs. Reed’s sister, will go with them to Illinois, ex- pecting to remain until spring. —Among the girls and boys away at College returning to spend their winter vacation in Belle- fonte are Mary Schad and Helen Hawes, who came from Oxford, Ohio, Wednesday; Anna Taylor from Goucher College, Baltimore, will come today; Martha Barnhart from Holyoke Wednesday; Margaret Steward from New Jer- sey; Martha Shoemaker from Mt. St. Vincent; Charles Scott and Frederic Reynolds from Prince- ton; Philip Reynolds and Elliot Morris from St. Luke's and Charles Smith from Bucknell. —The Allison family will meet in Bellefonte Thupsday of next week in anticipation of spend- ing Christmas together at Mrs. Frank McCoy's and with Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Allison. In the party will be Mrs. J. F, Alexander, of Centre Hall; Edward Allison, of Potters Mills; Hon. William Allison, his daughter, Miss Mabel Alli- son and Frank, of Spring Mills; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allison, of Toronto, Canada, and Mr. and Mrs. William Allison Jr. of New York city. They all will be guests of Mrs. McCoy Thursday for supper, and will celebrate Christmas eve and Christmas day with Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Allison, . RBI Rhoads will visit with her brother and his family | charge of the Adams Express office at Easton, is ! Unionville Christmas to be guests at the family ge , reunion of the Brugger family. : | dollar, and would ask all persons wil ing | Misses Anna and Mary Hoy and Mrs. W. F. | the weekend with Mrs. VanDyke and their | —Dr. J. M. Brockerhoff is planning to spend | the most of the winter in the southern part of bea guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James California, expecting to leave Bellefonte about Schofield, next week. Mrs. McGinnis is coming her home on Reynolds Ave. Mrs. Thomas will | —William Flack, of Media, spent last week visiting his aunts in Bellefonte. —Miss Anna Miller will go to Salona the after part of next week, for her Holiday visit at home with her parents. —Miss Blanche Gehret, of Williamsport, spent several days the latter part of last week visiting Bellefonte friends. —Raymond P. Lingle, of DuBois, was in Belle- fonte several days the fore part of the week at- tending court. He returned homeon Wednes- day. —William A. Lyon spent from Saturday night , until Wednesday on a business trip to Danville and Lewisburg. —Edward P. Irvin, of Cherry Tree, will be | among those who will return to Bellefonte to —Miss Barbara Levi will be a guest of her | brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrd. Jacob Levi. Mi. and Mrs. Levi have recently gone to house- . keeping in Lock Haven. —Mr. and Mrs. Carl Beck’ will come from Wilkinsburg Thursday, to spend Christmas and the week-end with Mrs. Beck's mother, Mrs. Johm Harrison, of Bishop street. spend Christmas day. —Frank Crissman, of Sunbury, will spend Christmas week with his father and sisters, at the family home on Thomas street. —Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hart, of Brooklyn, will be home guests of Mr. Hart’s mother, Mrs. Wil- liam Hart, during the Christmas season. —Edward Keichline, of Renovo, will come to Bellefonte next week for a short Holiday vaca- tion with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Keich- . line. —Miss Elizabeth Cunningham will go to Wash- "ington next week, where she will spend her Christmas vacation with her sister, Miss Helen Cunningham, a professional nurse of that city. —Mrs. Thomas K. Morris, of Pittsburgh, and her son, Thomas King Jr., will be in Bellefonte tomorrow, to spend the Holidays with King’s grand-parents. Mr. Morris will join them here next week. : —Mrs. William Armstrong Kirby, of Balti- more, and her son, William Armstrong Jr., will spend two weeks in Bellefonte at the Holiday season with the child’s grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Hammon Sechler. —Mr. and Mrs. R. Wynn Davis, of Brownsville, —E. H. Richard, who with Mrs. Richard is at Pa,, are expected in Bellefonte for Christmas and to make a visit that will extend into the New —Fred Blanchard, of Chicago, was a Belle- fonte visitor over Saturday and Sunday, on his way home from a business trip to New York city. —Lieut. William Marsh, who has charge of the division of state constabulary located at Greens- burg, was a Bellefonte visitor over Tuesday night. ? —Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morris are entertain- ing, Mrs. Morris’ father, Elliot Lyon, of Pitts- burgh, who will remain in Belleforite during the Holidays. i —Henry Keller, who was a Sophmore at State, hasdecided to abandon his college course and has now accepted a position in the brick works - at Orviston. { —Miss Hazel Lentz, a student at Dickinson Seminary, came home yesterday for a two week's Holiday vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George O. Lentz. —Mrs. Charles Pletcher, of Unionville, and her : . . i | Year. During their stay they will be guests of | aunt, Mrs. Taylor, of Spruce Creek, were an | Mr, and Mrs. L. H. Gettig. —G. Murray Andrews, after some business interests in Philadelphia, is . arranging to go to England. Mr. Andrews will | came to Bellefonte this week, to complete his ; plans for an indefinite stay abroad. —A. B.Cromer will come from Baldwinsville | next week to spend Christmas with Mrs. Cro- | Homer Crissman. Mrs. Cromer expects to turn with Mr. Cromer to New York State. , —Margery and Ruth, daughters of Mr. and | Mrs. H. D. Meek, of Williamsport, will go to , Waddle next week to spend Christmas with their “ grandmother, Mrs. D. L. Meek.’ The greater Te- who isill at part of their vacation will be spent there and at | State College. —Mrs. Matthew McGinnis, of Clearfield, will | to visit for several days with her sister, Mrs. —Zeb. Bathurst, of Huntingdon, will come to : Larimer, who has recovered sufficiently to leave Bellefonte Sunday to spend the Christmas season ' the hospital tomorrow. with his sister, Mrs. Sarah Miller, and other | —Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Huyett, of Centre Hall. i and their daughter Miriam, are arranging to —John Hines, who went to Columbia, S. C., six Spend Christmas and the Holiday week with Mr. months ago to take charge of the machine of J. i and Mrs. William Magee and their young son, at the position | their home in New Jersey. Mrs. Magee is Mr. | and Mrs. Huyett’s eldest daughter. —Miss Frances Elmore, of Pittsburgh, and | —Mrs. Walter Fulton and her little son Joe Walter Rankin, of Harrisburg, will come to Came in from Pittsburgh on Thursday morning to Bellefonte next week to be with William B. Rank- remain until after Christmas with her parents, | Mr. and Mrs. William Daley, of east Lamb —Mrs. Christian Thomas, of Port Matilda, is a | street. Mr. Fulton will come to Bellefonte for | Christmas and part of the Holidays. | —Mrs. Nichols, who has been visiting with | her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Cherry, has | returned to her home at Beaver. Mrs. Nichols spend her Christmas vacation next week with her | and her small son came here several weeks 280, | on account of ill health, but returned very much + improved by their stay in Bellefonte. —Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Topelt, of Brooklyn, —Mr. and Mrs. George Beezer are arranging | their son Richard Stuart, and Miss Caroline to ater d the automobile shows. in. New York | Harper will all be Christmas guests of Mrs. R. S. | Brouse. Mrs. Topelt and the child are expected ! in Bellefonte late this week, while Mr. Topelt i and Miss Harper will not come until Christmas day. —Mrs. Benjamin Bradley will have with her | for a part of the Christmas season Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Riley and Robert Bradley, of Bradford, and John Bradley, of Philadelphia. Mrs. Brad- ley’s guests will spend a portion of the time while in Bellefonte with their niece, Mrs. R. Rus- sel Blair. —Mrs. Thaddeus Hamilton returned Saturday from Philadelphia, where she had been visiting for a month to make ready for her Christmas family party. Her guests will include Mr. and Mrs. Broderick, of State College, and their little daughter; Thaddeus Hamilton, Jr., and Thomas Hamilton, of New York city. —Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Curtin, of Pittsburgh, and their two children, Betty and Harry and their nurse, will come to Bellefonte Wednesday of next week. During their stay they will visit with Mr. Curtin’s mother, Mrs. Harry Curtin, of Curtin, and with Mrs. Curtin’s mother, Mrs. George F. Harris, of Bellefonte. —Miss Grace Mitchell, an instructor in the Westover school at Middlebury, Conn., and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Mitchell, of Burnham, with their two children; will be Christmas guests whom Mrs. John Porter Lyon will entertain. Miss Mitchell will spend the winter vacation in Belle- fonte with her father, Isaac Mitchell. —Mrs. Hiram’ Hiller, of Chester, and her daughter Virginia will be in Bellefonte Sunday, Dr. Hiller and Margaret joining them here Thursday, to have their Christmas with Mrs. William P. Wilson. Dr. Hiller will return to Chester after a short visit, while Mrs. Hiller and the children will remain until the schools re- open. willinclude all of her children, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Harris, with their two children and a nurse, will come from Oklahoma; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harris and Guy from Washington, and George from Baltimore. Mrs. Harris’ daughters, Mrs. VanPelt and Mrs. McCoy, both of Belle fonte, will complete the party. —The family Christmas party of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Boozer, of Centre Hall, will include their daughter, Miss Elizabeth Boozer, a teacher in the schools at Ramey; George, a student at Mercers- burg Academy; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Boozer, of Chicago, and their baby daughter, and Mrs. Ralph Boozer’s sister, a student at Wellesley Gol- lege. The entire party will come to Centre Hall the middle of next week and be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Boozer during the Holidays. —Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dever, of Lansing, Mich., who will spend the Holidays in Pennsyl- vania, expectto reach Chambersburg the early part of next week, where they will visit for sev- eral days with Mr. Dever’s parents. From Cham- bersburg they will go to Williamsport for a short stay with Mrs. Dever’s sister, Mrs. H. D. Meek. then together they all will go to State College. Mr. Dever is a graduate of State and Mrs. Dever, who was Miss Esther Campbell, lived there before her marriage. —Ex-sheriff Benjamin Schaeffer, of Nit- tany, than whom no man in the coun- ty has, or deserves, more real friends, and than whom we know. no county can produce any better or more reliable Democrat, braved the cold on Wednesday to come up to town and oversight and in the meantime make many of us wonder what secret of life the Sheriff pos- sesses that keeps him, at eighty-four, looking. acting and seemingly feeling younger and more vigorous than scores of men who have not yet turned into seventy. If everybody had the dis- position that sheriff Schaeffer is blessed with the world would be both better and happier and there would be fewer of us so continuously act- ing and looking as if we were on the way to the grave-yard, Bellefonte Wednesday, visiting and doing their who is now looking ' season’s shopping. | —Mrs. Katherine Hunter, who has been visit- | ing for the past three weeks with Mrs. Levi Mil- i { i : x | as guests for Christmas day, | mer, who has been visiting with her father, W. | nephew, Dr. Lee ler, at Pleasant Gap, returned to her home in Pittsburgh Tuesday. —Mrs. John A. Woodcock is expecting to have her son and her B. Woodcock and Byron Wood- cock, both of Scranton. : —Mrs. H. S. Taylor returned on Tuesday even- ing from Philipsburg, where she spent a few days with her father, Neil Cross. who is just get- ting over a bad attack of the grip. —Miss Marie McGowan, a nurse in training in Washington, D. C., will come home next week to spend her Christmas vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William McGowan, of Roopsburg. —Miss Rena Gibbs, of Ithaca, N.Y., a school mate of Miss Anne Keichline at Cornell, has been visiting with Miss Keichline for a part of the past week. Miss Gibbs left Bellefonte Thurs ay. —Col. and Mrs. James A. McClain, ler, and their daughter Emily, will come to Bellefonte the latter part of next week to be guests during their stay of Col. and Mrs. J. L. Spangler. —Miss Elizabeth Bogle, of Pittsburgh, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Norris Bogle, of New York city, will be guests whom Mrs. Bogle and her sister, Miss Norris, will entertain at their home, “The Forge House,” during the Holiday week. —Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Kilpatrick will go to Phila- delphia to celebrate Christmas with their son Clayton. Mrs. Kilpatrick and Edna will leave here Tuesday, while Dr. Kilpatrick will not join his family there before Thursday. -=Mr. and Mrs. William Wallis, of Crafton, wille be among those who are expected in Bellefonte Thursday of next week. Mr. and Mrs. Wallis will spend Christmas and the week-end with Mrs. Wallis’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Will Con- ley. —Mrs. Edward: Cooke, of Baltimore, daughter Jeannette, are with Mrs. Cooke's sister, Miss Mary Snyder. Mrs. Cooke and Jeannette, who came to Bellefonte Wednesday, will visit here until the opening of the schools in Janu- ary. : of Spang- and her —Harry F. Garber, who has been since the first of November with the Motor Sales Co., of Stanford, Conn., is expected in Bellefonte next week to spend a short Christmas vacation with Mrs. Garber, at their apartments in the Bush Arcade. —After visiting for a month or more with her sister, Mrs. Arnold, in Philadelphia, Mrs. Lewis A. Harvey will return to Bellefonte next week. Mrs. Harvey's children have been with their —Mrs. John Harris’ Christmas family party attend to some personal matters that needed his |. grandmother, Mrs. Ellis L. Orvis, during their mother’s absence. Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer. The prices quoted are those paid for produce, Potatoes per bushel, new............. 65 ORIONE, [oo i Tm “$75 LggS, per doze ‘33 Lard, per pound Butter per poun i 1 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. el Corn, shelled, per bushel. Corn, ears, per bushel........ Oats, old and new, Barley, perbushel.................. —_— Philadelphia Markets, The following are the closi prices of Philadelphia markets on Woe evening. he $1.14@1.17 . lLIR2@1.14 72 The Best Advertising Medium in Centra Pennsylvania. 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