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make no common candy, yet wé charge
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—
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 . -
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——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
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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..................
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Philadelphia Markets,
The following are the closi prices of
Philadelphia markets on Woe evening. he
$1.14@1.17
. lLIR2@1.14
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