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Bellefonte, Pa., January 8, 1915.
“To CORRESPONDENTS.—No communications
published unless accompanied by the real name
of the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——Fresh cut flowers and funeral de-
signs on short notice. —Candyland’s flor-
ist shop.
——C. M. Parrish installed a large
new soda water fountain in his drug
store this week. It is ot solid marble
with nickel equipments.
——On Tuesday evening Hazel Bros.
and Hazel & Co. took all their employees
on a sledding party to Centre Hall where
they had supper at Allison's hotel.
——Mrs. Henry Robb, with her son, J.
H. Robb, and daughter, Miss Helen, will
move to State College the latter part of
the month to make their future home.
. ——Captain Greaves, of the U. S.
army, was in Bellefonte on Tuesday
evening making an official inspection of
Troop. L, Bellefonte’s cavalry organiza-
tion.
——Paul L. Wetzel has been appointed
county surveyor by Judge Orvis to suc-
ceed his father, J. Henry Wetzel, whose
health will not permit his doing the
work.
——The condition of Mrs. Nora Shel-
den, who has been critically ill, within
the past week, at her apartments at the
Bush house, was slightly improved ves-
terday.
——Upwards of -one thousand people
attended the reception given by Dr. and
Mrs. Edwin Erle Sparks, on New Year's
evening, in honor of the ‘celebration of
their silver wedding anniversary.
——Wahile hauling ice at Axe Mann on
Thursday of last week, one of Harry E.
Ishler’s horses fell and broke its left leg.
A veterinary surgeon put the leg in a
plaster paris cast and the animal now
seems to be doing all right.
——MTr. and Mrs. Isaiah Copelin, of
Philipsburg, celebrated the sixtieth anni-
versary of their marriage on New Year's
day. The aged couple were married at
Warriorsmark on January lst, 1855.
They have been residents of Philipsburg
forty-seven years.
——The Centre county association of
Philadelphia will hold its eleventh annual
dinner on Thursday, January 28th, 1915,
at the Walton hotel, Philadelphia. Dr.
Edwin Erle Sparks, president of The
Pennsylvania State College, has promised
to be one of the speakers on that occa-
sion.
——John S. Lambert, of the contract-
ing firm of Gehret & Lambert, last week
purchased’ a blooded colt from F. E.
Whiting, of Spring township, which he
will break for a driving horse and next
summer may try it out on the track, as
the animal comes from blooded stock
with racing records.
Alfred J. Bealie, with Mrs. Bealie
and their three year old daughter arrived
in Bellefonte on Thursday of last week;
and their household goods having ar-
rived the same day they at once went to
housekeeping in the house on east How-
ard street vacated by Mr. and Mrs. John
C. Bair and family. Mr. Bealie suc-
ceeded Mr. Bair in the Bellefonte post-
office.
——Between eight and nine hundred
farmers and farmer's wives attended
Farmers’ week exercises at State College
last week. There was the usually large
program of lectures on everything per-
taining to farm life, even to how to pre-
pare an appetizing and uutritious lunch
for school pupils. It was one of the
biggest Farmers’ weeks ever held at the
College. Foe
——The Bon Ton store at Snow Shoe
was entirely destroyed by fire between
three and four o'clock on Monday morn-
ing. The store was owned by Lawrence
Shank and Michael McLaughlin, and
they estimate their loss at from seven to
eight thousand dollars. The building
was owned by John P. Kelley. Both
building and contents were covered by
insurance.
——Miss Tillie Keller, who has been
assistant in the postoffice at Centre Hall
for a number of years, is to be retained
in that position by the new incumbent
with assurance of a three months job, at
least. Miss Keller is a very efficient as-
sistant and as long as she is retained
patrons of the Centre Hall office can feel
assured of getting their mail as prompt-
ly as possible.
——Following the holiday vacation the
Bellefonte Academy opened at nine
o'clock on Wednesday morning. Twelve
new students made their appearance and
enrolled for the balance of the school
year. Among the number are several
athletic young men who will be seen on
the Diamond next spring with the Acad-
emy base ball team. Several other young
men are expected to register before the
week is out.
——With last Thursday, the last day
of the old year the hunting season for
rabbit and bear came to an end and thus
closed the hunting season for the year
1914. The extreme cold weather during
the most of December put a check on
rabbit hunting and the consequence was
that fewer rabbits were shot the past
season than ordinarily, which has given
the impression that they were not as
plentiful as usual.
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Serious Coasting Accident. i could make herself heard and secure as
Nine Well Known Young People of Be
fonte Seriously Hurt in Coasting Ac- |
cident. Sled Side-swiped Auto-
mobile on Reynolds Hill.
The first coasting accident of the winter
and the worst one that has occurred in
Bellefonte in years happened about 8:35 |
o'clock on Monday evening when a big |
bob-sled loaded with young people collided |
with Albert Thompson's automobile. The
accident happened on the crossing at the
corner of F. Potts Green’s residence on
north Allegheny street. Nine young
people were on the sled and not one es-
caped injury. In the Bellefonte hospital
are the following:
Matthew Wagner, son of John Wagner,
ligaments torn and lacerations of right
ankle, contusions of face.
William Bloom, of Fairview, right leg
fractured, contusions of body, incised
and lacerated face.
Robert Taylor, son of R. B. Taylor,
right hip fractured, contusions of body
and lacerated face. His right ankle bone
was splintered and his right elbow is in
bad shape, but may not be broken.
Lydia Heverley, right leg fractured,
lacerations and contusions of face.
The following are at their homes:
Miss Celia Moerschbacher, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Charles Moerschbacher,
right ankle fractured, small bone in right
elbow broken, neck hurt, contusions of
face and may be injured internally.
James Straub, son of E. M. Straub,
deep cut in right leg above the ankle,
contusions on same leg, and right hand
badly stoved up, with a possible frac-
tured bone.
Marshall Cook, son of Charles F.
Cook, right shoulder stoved up and right
ankle sprained as well as slight con-
tusions.
James Connelley, son of Mrs. Michael
Connelley, right shoulder and right wrist
fractured, contusions of the right side
and lacerations of the face and hand.
Gilbert Morgan, son of Mr. and Mrs,
Thomas Morgau, contusions of right leg
and lacerated hand and face.
In addition to the above list of coasters
Mrs. Claude Cook sustained a good-sized
cut on the head and is suffering from
nervous shock as the result of the ac-
cident, she and her daughter, Miss Grace
Cook, being occupants of the automobile
which figured in the accident.
Quite a crowd of young people were
coasting down the Reynolds hill on Mon-
day evening, as they have been doing
ever since the coasting has been good.
Albert Thompson's Ford car, with Harold
Cowher as driver, was at the Pennsyl-
vania station to meet the 8.30 train. Mr.
and Mrs. Cook and Miss Cook returned
home from a trip to Altoona and the two
ladies engaged the Thompson car to take
them home, Mr. Cook intending to stop
at his office. Instead of going out Spring
street Cowher drove up to the Diamond
and out Allegheny street. A good many
drivers going out Allegheny street keep
to the left when no other car is in sight
in order to get the advantage of the bare
ground over the steam heat line, and
some passersby who saw Cowher drive
out the street aver that he was on the
left side but crossed over in the vicinity
of Clement Dale’s residence and the
Lutheran church. Cowher claims he
was on his side of the road when the ac-
cident happened, although to the writer
he did not state whether he was on that
side of the street all the way out.
The big sled used belonged to young
Wagner and he was guiding it, while
Morgan was sitting in front of him.
Wagner could not be seen at the Belle-
fonte hospital but it is assumed that he
thought the automobile was going up
Linn street and never anticipated it going
up the hill. Cowher claims he kept as
far to the right as he could in order to
give ample room to the sleds and when
he saw the big bob coming directly at
him he had no time to get out of the
road. He managed to swerve the ma-
chine a foot or more and Wagner steer-
ed the sled far enough to his left to avoid
a head-on collision, but could not get en-
tirely out of the way on account of a
telephone pole which stands right at the
crossing. The result was the sled load
of young people and the automobile
side-swiped. All of the coasters were
thrown off, some of them down into the
street and one or more across the street
to the Lutheran church.
Cowher could not have been driving
very fast as he stopped the machine so
quickly that the ‘machine and sled stood
side by side. Cowher at once jumped
out to render what assistance he could
and other coasters on the hill quickly
gathered, while news of the accident
spread through the town and doctors
gathered to the scene and took charge
of the injured. In addition to the above
four mentioned as being in the Belle-
fonte hospital young Straub was taken
there and his wounds dressed before he
was sent home. Miss Moerschbacher’s
condition was perhaps the most serious
of any. She did not regain conscious-
ness until four hours after the accident,
and it is not yet known what the out-
come will be.
When the accident occurred and Cow-
her jumped out of the machine he left
his passengers in the car with no atten-
tion, never thinking of either of them
being injured. Just how Mrs. Cook sus-
tained the cut on her head is not known
unless it was from a piece of glass from
the broken lamp, at any rate the shock
80 overcame her that she fainted. Her
daughter held her in her arms until she
her injuries dressed. The next day she
hended.
Side-swiping Mr. Thompson’s machine
as the coasters did they knocked off the
right front lamp, dinged the radiator,
bent the spring and broke the right front thing over a year ago, his home having |
wheel while the right mud guard was
ers because there was not a scar on their
sled to indicate that it had even touched
the automobile.
COASTING ACCIDENT AT STATE COLLEGE,
badly injured in a coasting accident at
day morning. He was coasting down the
hill on Gill street and ran into an auto-
mobile driven by Burrell Struble, son of
Andrew Struble. The boy sustained two
broken ribs and was badly cut and
bruised, but no fatal consequences are
anticipated. .
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
On account of the recent coasting ac-
cident the Police Department have de-
cided to confine coasting to Howard street.
There will be protection during the
evening at the intersection of Howard
and Allegheny streets.
We also desire to notify automobile
drivers that the traffic ordinance will be
strictly enforced and great care must be
taken in driving slowly at cross streets
on account of the children
We also notify both owners and drivers
of automobiles that unless their 1915 li-
censes are procured within one week
from Wednesday, January 6th, they will
be arrested.
EDMUND BLANCHARD, Burgess.
——Quite a number of real estate
deals and property changes are in course
of consummation in Bellefonte at pres-
ent, but none of them have reached a
state of conclusion to warrant a public
announcement.
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——From June 1st, 1914, to January
4th, 1915, the Centre County Commission-
ers paid out in’bounties the sum of $5,003-
.50. The bounties included the follow-
ing: 2060 weasles, 255 grey foxes, 58
wild cats, 136 sharpshinned hawks, 41
goshawks and 106 great horned owls.
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——The new year starts out very
promising and the people of Bellefonte
can rest assured that the Scenic will keep
pace with the times in the quality of
motion pictures shown there night after
night. It has always been manager T.
Clayton Brown’s aim to give the best
moving picture show in Central Pennsyl-
vania, both in pictures shown and in the
comfort and convenience of his hundreds
of patrons, and the crowds that attend
the Scenic is confirmation of how well
he is succeeding.
——The Bellefonte Engineering com-
pany recently received several nice or-
ders which will keep them busy for some
months to come. On account of these
orders they have taken on twelve addi-
tional men and now have a force of
seventy-two employees. The company
and its employees have organized a relief
and benefit association, whereby those
connected with the same pay into a
common fund one dollar a month, which
will be used for relief in case of sickness
or a benefit at death.
PIAS Sp Cd
——Charles Hassinger, an employee at
the Pike plant of the American Lime &
Stone company, is confined to his home
with injuries sustained in a peculiar
manner. He was hauling out hot ashes
from the lower part of the kiln while
David Casper was unloading ties above.
One tie became dislodged from the pile,
fell down and struck Mr. Hassinger on
the back. He was knocked down with
his face in the hot ashes, sustaining bad
burns on the face as well as an injur-
ed back.
A HARD, DRY WINTER.—It was just
one month yesterday since cold weath-
er set in and during that month we have
had the coldest weather and more of it
than ever experienced in this county in
‘the month of December. In Bellefonte
there have been six or eight mornings
when the thermometer was below zero
and its extreme lowest was eighteen de-
grees below. Other places in the coun-
ty reported twenty-four below. The first
snow that fell is still on the ground, and
upon the streets of Bellefonte and on the
public roads it is packed into solid ice.
Sleighing is of course, very good.
The extreme and prolonged cold
weather has frozen up most of the small
streams in the county and on the larger
streams ice has frozen to such a thick-
ness as to greatly diminish the water
supply. At Roopsburg Spring creek is
so low, that C. Y. Wagner has not power
to operate his mill more than one-third
of the time. This is the case with most
of the mills in Centre county dependent
upon water power, while one or more
have been compelled to close entirely
until a freshet comes and fills up the
streams. Wells which have never gone
dry are now dry, and lucky is the farmer
who has a big cistern to depend upon, as
their supply is not yet exhausted. Some
weather prophets are predicting a Janu-
ary thaw with a milder winter thereafter,
and possibly the beginning of it was on
Wednesday when we had a fine rain.
Wilbur Resides, the seven year old son |
of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Resides, was
State College about 9:30 o'clock on Mon-
CE
le wards and after some delay an automobile school teacher at Peru and a young man !
; was secured and she was taken home and bearing an excellent reputation at the
‘time he was appointed postmaster at
| was suffering somewhat from nervous Pleasant Gap last September, has evi-
: shock, but no serious results are appre- dently blighted his life and apparently is
| now a fugitive from justice with a charge
of having absconded with the funds of
' the office hanging over him.
Coble came to Pleasant Gap some-
| been near Houserville, to teach the dis-'
inspired the confidence of the people of
Pleasant Gap to the extent that when
| postmaster William Grenoble resigned, |
| on account of his advancing years, the
| young school master was put forward for
the appointment.
to the surprise of all, that shortly after
his appointment in September his habits
began to change and his life did not
“seem to be as exemplary as it had be-
fore.
and while it is impossible to find out just |
what shortage there is in his accounts— |
rumor has it that it will be in the neigh. |
borhood of $400 or $500. While the |
Pleasant Gap office pays only about
$300.00 per annum the large number of |
foreigners employed about Whiterock |
and the penitentiary used it largely for |
transmitting their funds and it was not |
infrequent that Coble had as high as a
thousand dollars in his charge.
Only the day before he left he had one |
bag containing over $900. What part of |
this, if any, is missing is not known. The |
last heard from him was a letter mailed
at Tyrone Tuesday night at 8 p. m., ad-
dressed to young Mr. Miller, who helped
him in the office occasionally, and in
which he announced his intention of
fleeing the country.
It is unfortunate that a young man of
such promise should blast his future in
this way. It was not too late for him to
have made good and settled down again,
but now that he has the sleuths of the
Postoffice Department after him there is
little chance of his escaping the severe
punishment that the government in-
variably inflicts on those who betray its
confidence. An inspector is now at the
Gap going over the accounts.
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PROPERTY CHANGES. — M. I. Gardner
last week sold his double house on How-
ard street to Mr. William Tressler, who
after April first will occupy the side now
occupied by W. S. Mallalieu and family,
while Mr. Mallalieu and family will move
into the side now occupied by Norman
Wright and family and the latter will
have to go house hunting.
Mr. Gardner has also had plans pre-
pared for converting the residence he
now occupies on the corner of Howard
and Spring streetsinto a double dwelling,
expecting to have the necessary changes
completed by moving day on April first.
Mr. Gardner and family will occupy one-
half the dwelling and rent the other half.
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IN A SociaL WAy.—Miss Martha Barn-
hart, a Sophomore at Mt. Holyoke, who
has been in Bellefonte spending her vaca-
tion with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James K. Barnhart, entertained both
New Year's eve and New Year's night.
Miss Barnhart’s guests included sixteen
of her friends, who are at present doing
college work.
A neighborhood dinner, for which
twelve covers were laid, was given by
Mrs. J. E. Ward Tuesday at her home on
Curtin street.
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——1J. C. Wands, a resident of west
College avenue, State College, attempted
suicide last Saturday evening by slashing
his throat with a razor. Fortunately no
vital spot was touched and after being
fixed up by a physician he was brought
to the Bellefonte hospital where every-
thing possible is being done to save his
life. Mr. Wands has been out of employ-
ment for some weeks and it is be-
lieved that worry over this fact is
what caused his attempt to take his life.
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NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Mabus have been enter-
taining Mr. Mabus’ sister, Mrs. Frank C. Young,
of Lewisburg.
—Miss Mildred Brown, of Snow Shoe, has been
a guest this week of the Misses McGarvey. Miss
Brown came to Bellefonte Monday leaving yes-
terday. ;
—Mr. and Mrs. Harris Cook, of Pittsburgh
spent a part of last week, including New Year's
day, with Mr. Cook’s father, Charles Cook, at his
home on Spring street.
—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gentzell, who have
been visiting with Mrs. Gentzell’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Bartley, left Bellefonte Tuesday
to return to their home at Beaver Falls.
—After a visit of several weeks in Bellefonte,
Miss Anna Thompson has returned to her home
at La Jose. During her stay here Miss Thomp-
son was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Haag.
—Mrs. Frank P. Blair went to Curwensville on
Tuesday of last week to see her new little grand-
daughter. The child having been born to Dr.
and Mrs. H. F. Blair, Sunday, December 27th.
—William Undercoffer came from Pittsburgh
the after-part of last week and visited for the
week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
W. Undercoffer, at their home in Bush Addition,
—Mrs. Albert J. Engle, of Altoona, and her
son, Albert J. Engle Jr., have been visiting in
Bellefonte fsince Saturday. Mrs. Engle will re-
main with her sister, Mrs, Thomas Caldwell, un-
til next week.
—Mrs. Lizzie Kirk and daughter, Miss Mary,
of New York, spent last week at the Baldridge
home in Milesburg and on Saturday, in compa-
ny with Miss Baldridge, they were guests of Mrs.
Frank Wallace, on west High street.
—During her short stay in Bellefonte Mrs.
Charles Weber was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Al
Grove, of Spring township, Mrs. Weber, whose
“mother.
home is in Williamsport, had come to Bellefonte
Tuesday for the funeral or Mrs. Calvin Grove.
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sistance. Mr. Cook arrived shortly after- | HAS SKIPPED. —Geo. B. Coble, formerly a ©°f last week visiting Bellefonte friends.
—Richard Evey spent last week in Tyrone vis-
iting his sister, Mrs. Albert Peters and family.
—Miss H. E. Hart, of Bellefonte, was register-
ed at the Rittenhouse, Philadelphia, the early
part of the present week.
—Miss Sophie Weber, of State College, was a
guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William
Evey from Friday until Monday.
| —Miss Pearl Royer returned last Wednesday
' from spending a week with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Royer, at Niagara Falls.
—After visiting for a week at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Cramer, Mrs. Elmer Sass left for
torn away and all of this must have been ! trict school at Peru. He was very effi- her home in Pittsburgh last Saturday.
by the lightning like flight of the coast- cient in that capacity and led a life that ! —J. S. McCargar went out to Pittsburgh on
Wednesday to attend a meeting of the Equitable
life insurance agents held there yesterday.
—After spending a week among Bellefonte
friends Frederick Blanchard departed on Sun-
day afternoon for his home in Chicago, Ill.
—Ex-Sheriff Cyrus Brungart, of Centre Hall,
some personal business demanding his attention.
—Miss Mary Warfield returned home from
Williamsport last Saturday, where she had been
since the day after Christmas visiting her friend,
Miss Helen Peaslee.
—Among the holiday guests in Bellefonte was
Detroit, Michigan, who was a guest of her fath-
er, Col. Emanuel Noll.
—Miss Pearl Knisely has been in Philadelphia
spending the Holidays visiting with friends. Up-
on leaving Bellefonte Miss Knisely expected to
be gone for an indefinite time.
—Miss Flo. Parrish, of Ebensburg, a sister of
C. M. Parrish, came to Bellefonte New Year's
ay, expecting to spend the remainder of the |
winter with Mr. and Mrs. Parrish.
—Mrs. John A. Woodcock has been in Wil
liamsport since Tuesday of last week visiting
with her cousin, Mrs. Miller. Mrs. Woodcock |
expects to return to Bellefonte tomorrow.
—Mrs Donald S. Potter and her younger son,
James H. Potter 2nd, went to Crafton Tuesday,
where they will visit for an indefinite time with
i Mrs. Potter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Prince.
—Hon. John Noll couldn’t resist the temptation
to go down to Harrisburg on the early trainon
Monday morning to see the wire pulling prior to
the organization of the new Legislature on Tues.
day.
—P. Gray Meek, John Noll, Judge Ellis L. Or-
vis and Col. H. S. Taylor will go to Ridgway to-
day, to attend the funeral tomorrow at noon, of
Hon. J. K. P. Hall, who died at Tampa, Florida,
on Tuesday.
—After spending Christmas and the Holidays
in Bellefonte with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Hammon Sechler, Mrs. William Armstrong Kir-
by and her young son, William Armstrong Jr.,
left for their home in Baltimore on Monday.
—Mrs. Paul Sheffer recently spent a short time
with her father in Scranton. Having gone up to
aid in celebrating his birthday, she remained for
a visit of a week during which time her children
were with their grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Sheffer.
—Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Betz, of Canton, Ohio,
arrived in Bellefonte on Monday evening and are
spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Cas-
sidy. Mrs. Betz is a sister of Mr. Cassidy and
she and her husband are on their way to Florida
to spend the winter.
—MTr. and Mrs. Thomas Moore, who had been
in Bellefonte for Christmas and the week-end, re-
turned to Philadelphia early last week. Mr. and
Mrs. Moore while here visited with Mrs. Moore's
mother, Mrs. William Dawson, and her sister,
Mrs. T. Clayton Brown.
‘—Elliot Vandeventer, of Baltimore, a grand
son of Mrs. George Elliot, spent the fore-part of
the week in Bellefonte visiting with his grand-
Mr. Vandeventer left here Wednesday
for Canada, representing his company in looking
after some business interests.
—Miss Emily Parker, of Somerset, came to
Bellefonte the after part of last week for a visit
with her brother, G. Ross Parker and his family.
Monday, Miss Parker with Mrs. Ross Parker and
her two younger children, Emily and George,
went to Altoona to do some shopping.
—Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Kilpatrick and daughter
Edna returned on Monday from their holiday so-
journ in Philadelphia. The doctor attended the
Billy Sunday meetings on Sunday and declares
that he is a great evangelist, although he is not
entirely in sympathy with his methods.
—George T. Bush has about completed his ar-
rangements for spending several weeks in Flori:
da. Leaving hereon January 12th he will go to
Fruitland Park, to look after a tract of land he
recently purchased, expecting te get it under
cultivation in preparation for plantingan orange
grove. >
—Mrs. Morris Furey and her daughter, MisS
Margaret Furey, will close their house and leave | |,
today for Curwensville where they will visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Kerstetter for several weeks, be-
fore going on to Pittsburgh to spend the remain-
der of the winter with Mrs. Furey’s son and
brothers.
—Miss Ella Bottorf, of Lemont, left Bellefonte
Wednesday to join her sister, Mrs. Robert Reed
and her family, for the trip to their new home at
Champaign, Ill. Miss Bottorf will be in Illinois
until spring, during which time her mother, Mrs.
Jacob Bottorf, will spend the greater part of the
time in Bellefonte, with Mrs. John I. Olewine.
—Raymond Jenkins, who is now located in
Schenectady, N. Y., came to Bellefonte Friday
from Tyrone, where he has been spending the
winter vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Jenkins. Being joined here Saturday by
his mother, they together made a week-end visit
with Mrs. Jenkins’ parents and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Lukenbach and Mrs. M. B. Garman.
—Lester Sheffer and daughter Nancy, of Mil
roy, came over to Bellefonte last Friday to bring
Mrs. Sheffer's mother, Mrs. Cyrus Strickland to
Bellefonte. - Mrs. Strickland, who makes her
home during the winter with her daughter, Mrs.
M. I. Gardner, had been on a fortnight’s visit to
the Sheffer home. Mr. Sheffer and daughter re-
mained in Bellefonte over Sunday, returning
home on Monday.
—William Wilson Gephart, of Chicago, Il,
was an arrival in Bellefonte on Sunday evening
and has been spending this week with his moth-
er, Mrs. J. Wesley Gephart, and his sister, Miss
Elizabeth. He is now traveling in the interest of
the Acme Supply company, of which Harry H.
Schreyer is president, and covers most of the
territory east of Chicago. This is his first visit
home in several years.
—Among our very pleasant callers on Monday
was Mrs. W. Henry Taylor, of Bellefonte, who is
such an appreciative reader of the WATCHMAN
that she has it sent regularly to her two sons,
Charles J. Taylor, at Huntingdon, and Samuel H.
Taylor, at Bridgeport, Conn. This is the sub-
stantial kind of appreciation that makes the
editor feel that his efforts to produce a good read-
able paper are not in vain.
—MTr. J. H. Roush, of Madisonburg, came to
Bellefonte on Monday evening to be here for the
annual meeting of the Granger's fire insurance
company on Tuesday. Mr. Roushis one of the
leading farmers of Brush valley and is a most es-
timable gentleman in every way. He stated that
what Brush valley needed most just now was a
good rain and January thaw. So far they have
been able to conserve a sufficient water supply
for Madisonburg but it takes all they can get and
the flouring mill has been compelled to close
down.
POSTMASTER COBLE OF PLEASANT GAP' —Guy E. McEntire, of Pittsburgh, spent part | —Mrs. John Porter Lyon, her sister, Miss
| Mitchell, Miss Lida Morris and Miss Margaret
| Stewart, spent Wednesday of last week in Lock
Haven, guests of Mrs. Sylvester A. Bixler.
| —Malin Murphy, who came to Bellefonte to
' spend the Christmas with his sister, Mrs. Ralph
: Mallory. was joined here last week by his broth-
' er George, that they might spend the New Years
with their sister and return to Philadelphia to-
gether.
i —Miss Katherine Beaver, of Yorktown Heights,
returned to her home in New York Monday, after
visiting in Bellefonte for a week as a guest of
: Miss Katherine Allison. The tea Miss Allison
gave last week was in compliment of her house
guest.
—Edward Justice, a conductor on the Baltimore
and Ohio R.R., on a run from Cumberland to
Connellsville,is spending his winter vacation with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lowery Justice, at
Valley View. Mr. Justice’s home is in Cumber-
land, Md.
i
Be P. Smith returned this week from New
York State, where he and Mrs. Smith had been
It was noticed, much | was a Bellefonte visitor on Monday, looking after spending the Holidays with their daughter, Mrs.
Miller, of Mount Morris, and with relatives at
Rochester. Mrs. Smith will not return to Belle-
.fente until later in the month.
| —Mrs. Harriet T. Kurtz, who went south about
| Thanksgiving time to spend the winter in Flori-
da, has been in Fruitland Park, but recently left
On Monday he left for parts unknown | Mrs. Chauncey F. York, with her young son, of there to go further south, and is now located at
i Tarpon Springs, one of the popular winter re-
: sorts of southern Florida.
| —Howard F. Gearhart, in charge of the Ad-
| ams Express office at Easton, joined Mrs. Gear-
| hart in Bellefonte to spend New Year's day with
| Mrs. Joseph Fox and her family. Leaving here
! Saturdav. Mr. and Mrs. Gearhart went to Clear-
| field to spend a short time with relatives of Mr.
' Gearhart, before returning to Easton.
—Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Willard, accompanied
by Mr. Willard’s sister, Miss Katherine Willard,
left Bellefonte Sunday for their home in Wilkins-
burg, where Miss Willard will visit for a short
time. They all had been members of a Christmas
family house-party at the home of their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Wilard, of Thomas street
—Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Reynolds and a party,
and Dr. and Mrs. R. G. H. Hayes and a party
drove to State College Friday night, to attend
the silver wedding anniversary of Dr. and Mrs.
Sparks. Mrs. Calloway, who was among the
guests, had gone up before and from there went
to Alto for a visit of several days with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. George B. Thompson.
—Mrs. Martin Hogan, of Unionville, was a vis-
itor to town on Wednesday last and made her an-
nual call at the WATCHMAN office to continue the
indebtedness this paper has been into her home
for these many, many years. Mrs. Hogan counts
the WATCHMAN among the oldest and most inter-
esting friends she has in the county and its pub-
| lisher fully appreciates the kindly feeling she en-
| tertains for it.
—Miss M. Eloise Schuyler, of Centre Hall, will
leave today for Philadelphia to resume her stud-
ies in a post graduate course at the University of
| Pennsylvania. She had intended leaving in the
! beginning of the week but was detained at home
on account of the illness of her father, Dr. W. H.
Schuyler. He is now somewhat improved, but
will not be able to fill his pulpit in the Presby-
terian church on Sunday.
—Mrs. R. G. H. Hayes, her daughter, Miss
Ellen Hayes, and Miss Martha Garden, of Suf-
folk, Virginia, went to Philadelphia Monday.
Miss Garden, who had been in Bellefonte visiting
for a week, was a schoolmate of Miss Hayes at
Sweetbriar college, and was leaving for the
south, Mrs. Hayes and her daughter accompany-
ing her as far as Philadelphia, where they spent
several days before returning to Bellefonte.
—Hon. John T. McCormick, of State College.
who has never failed in his devotion to Demo-
cratic principles, or forgotten his duty to the
Democratic party, was one of the many visitors
Bellefonte had on Wednesday last. He kept him-
self very busy while here greeting his many
friends and wishing that all might have a most
prosperous new year, and went home feeling
good that every one he met seemed happy and
contented with conditions as they are now found.
—Mr. Willis Bierley, who can claim Miles town-
ship as his home, but whose headquarters are
almost any place that suits him, was in town on
Wednesday, the first time since he helped organ-
ize the re-organization last fall. Mr. Bierley,
like many other good Democrats, has changed
his opinion of the re-organization movement, and
his idea of the Democracy of some of its leaders,
and is now willing to concede that there was
more of personal selfishness in that movement
than desire for party success.
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer.
The prices quoted are those paid for produce.
Potatoes per bushel, new 65
$.75
33
ard, per pound 12
Butter per pound 30
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected weekly by C. Y. WAGNER,
The following are the quotations up to six o'clock
Thursday evening, when our paper goes to press.
White Wheat... 1.15
Rye, per bushel... 70
Corn, shelled, per 70
Corn, ears, per bushel... 70
Oats, old and new, per bushel 45
Barley, per bushel................ 60
Philadelphia Markets.
‘The following are the closing prices of the
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening.
Wheat—Red .... $1.38@1.40
—No. 1.34@1.36
Corn —Yellow. 17% @78
* —Mixed new. 76% @77
Oats ......... agai siiasiivesnsearase 551 @56
Flour —Winter, per barrel.. 5.25@5.50
* _—Favorite Brands.. 6.75@6.90
Rye Flour per barrel.......................... 6.00@6.50
Baled Hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 11.00@19.00
1 Mixed No. 1........ 15.00@18.00
SEIBW..cocveiernsorsss insmiessivsusistineerssistsnss 8.50@13.50
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