Belletonte, Pa., April 16, 1915. To <CORRESPONDENTS.—No communications oublished unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. ms a— THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY. ——J. Will Conley has ordered an auto delivery truck for the John Meese store. ——Forty hours devotion services will begin in St. John’s Catholic church at 10.30 o’clock on Sunday morning. ——Funeral director Hard P. Harris is contemplating the purchase of a new car and converting his old one into a dead wagon. ——Next Thursday, April 22nd, will be the one hundredth anniversary of the: birth of Andrew G. Curtin, the War Gov- ernor of Pennsylvania. ——The public sale of the Palace livery yesterday was a great success. Every- thing sold well and the whole outfit was disposed of before four o’clock. ——George Dougherty Gehret was ar- rested on Tuesday night on the charge of stealing a brakeman's lantern from the rear platform of the night train. ——Argument court was continued from Tuesday of this week until Tues- day of next week on account of Judge Orvis being absent at Atlantic City. ——Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Troup are re- joicing over the arrival of another little daughter in their family circle. The little Miss made her arrival on Saturday. ——No, dear reader; they are not plowing up High street to plant itin pota- toes or anything else. They are just do- ing some much needed repairing to put it in better condition. ——Mrs. Jane Tate, one of the older residents of Bellefonte, is quite seriously ill at her home on Bishop street. Owing to Mrs. Tate's age, much anxiety is felt concerning her recovery. ——The ladies adult Bible class of the U. B. church will hold a bake sale of bread, rolls, pies, cakes and ice cream Saturday afternoon and evening, April 17th, in the Aid Society room. ——Born, to Mr. and Mrs. DeVoe Meade, of 400 Stewart Ave., Ithaca, N. Y., on April 12th, a son, DeVoe Kepler. Mrs. Meade was formerly Miss Florence Kepler, of Pine Grove Mills, Pa. ——Miss Mary McGarvey has moved her studio from the Lyon’s building on Allegheny street, to the rooms over Dr. Roger’s office, in the Garman house, on the corner of High and Spring streets. 1t —A new Ford delivery wagon ap- peared on the streets on Tuesday bear- ing the name of Ceader’s bakery; and now they will be able to serve hot bread or. rolls to any part of town on short notice. —By a very substantial vote the House on Tuesday killed the bill provid- ing for the consolidation of the eastern with the western penitentiary at Rock- view. Reasons for the opposition did not materialize. ——The Bellefonte Lodge Knights of the Golden Eagle celebrated their twenty- fitth anniversary last Thursday night with a big banquet served by members of the Ladies’ Temple. A number of after dinner speeches were made. ——George Musser, of Boggs town- ship, was in town yesterday attending the Palace livery sale. He has decided to make his “Walnut Hill” farm a real walnut place and has planted 1500 wal- nuts on hilly land. He has 300 trees already under culture. ——Congressman Richard Pearson Hobson, the hero of the Merrimac, the southern champion of nationwide pro- hibition, etc., lectured in the court house last night as a number of the Y. M. C. A. Star course. And it must be admitted that he was a very much delayed number at that,as this was his fifth date for appear- ing in Bellefonte and the first time he got here : ——The Study Course will meet as usual in the High school building on Tuesday evening, April 20th, at eight o'clock. Miss Isabelle S. Hill will read a paper entitled “A History of the Temper- ance Movement.” Mr. and Mrs. Varney, who are to conduct a welfare week, will be present and will speak on temperance. All are requested to be present as it will be Mr. and Mrs. Varney’s “first even- ing” and they desire a cordial reception. ——The dramatic club of the Belle- fonte High school will give the play “Strongheart” in Garman’s opera house on Friday evening, April 30th. The young people are devoting considerable time to practising for the entertainment "and Bellefonters.can expect a very cred- .itable presentation of the production. The High school orchestra will furnish the music. Admission will be 25, 35, and 50 cents and tickets can be secured at Krumrine’s drug store. ——The annual meeting of the road supervisors of Centre county was held at the court house on Thursday of last week, and was attended by about fifty supervisors. Deputy highway commis sioner E. A. Jones, of Harrisburg, was present and gave a very interesting talk on road making as well as the duties of the supervisors. Other talks were made by Judge Ellis L. Orvis, Col. H. S. Taylor, J. Linn Harris and Prof. J. S. Crandel, of State College. All the old officers were elected for the ensuing year. .. . as I RE ARRESTED AND JAILED ON CHARGE OF ARSON.—Edward Ickes was arrested at Scotia on Wednesday of last week and Bert Finnegan was arrested at Carlim, Blair county, on Thursday and brought to the Centre county jail on Friday, both men being charged with arson, for hav- ing set fire to the house and buildings of: H. A. Ellis, in Holt’s Hollow, on the night made by Thomas G. Ryan, a deputy state fire warden, of Danville. The men weie given a hearing before justice of the peace W. H. Musser on Monday evening. Mr. Ellis’ story in ef- fect was that both Ickes and Finnegan first came to his home on Buffalo Run last fall and helped him pick apples. They worked for him most of the time during the fall and winter. Early in February they went to Mr. Ellis’ farm in Holt’s Hollow, which was unoccupied, and cut wood and hauled it to the house. When the snow disappeared about the middle of February they returned to Buffalo Run. On Wednesday, February 24th, Mr. Ellis and the two men again went to the farm in Eolt’s Hollow, tak- ing along some paint with which to‘paint the interior of the house. Mr. Ellis re- mained until Friday morning when he returned to Buffalo Run, leaving Ickes and Fiinegan to finish the painting. About midnight on Friday night the house was discovered to be on fire and burned to the ground. The barn was also on'fire but neighbors succeeded in extinguishing the flames and saving it. On the folowing Monday night, however, i the barn was partially destroyed by fire and one or more out-buildings were burned. Mr. Ellis stated that he had ; $600 insurance on the house, $50 on the | summer kitchen and $200 on the barn, i which was owned jointly by him and W. | G. Runkle, of Bellefonte. All this insur- | ance had been taken out several weeks i previous, through the W. B. Rankin t agency. Mr. Rankin later testified that | the insurance was taken on February 6th, | and that the losses had not yet been | paid. Mrs. E. E. Bottorf, who lives close to the Ellis farm in Holt’s Hollow, testified that she was the first to discover the fire and awakening her husband told him to arouse the neighborhood. He first call- ed to Ickes and Finnegan who were asleep in the burning house. They fi- nally responded and got out of the build- ing. Mrs. Bottorf stated that she dress- ed as quickly as possible and ran down stairs and out of doors. At the time the summer kitchen and roof of the Ellis house were in flames. She started on a run to George Mayes’ home and as she did so she saw both Ickes and Finnegan run toward the barn, which was not then on fire. When she returned from the | Mayes home after arousing him she dis- . covered the barn to be on fire. She stat- ed that it could not have caught from a , spark from the burning house asa strong | wind was blowing the other way, and a building arid tree that stood between the barn and house were not even scorched. i Mr. Bottorf corroborated his wife's | testimony and Mr. Mayes testified to ; putting out the fire at the barn, admit- | ting that when he did so he noticed a i strong odor of coal oil. After presenting : the above ‘evidence district attorney D. | Paul Fortney asked that Ickes and Fin- | negan be held for trial at the May term . of court. The men were represented by N. B. | Spangler “and he protested vigorously | against holding the men, stating that no | evidence whatever had been presented implicating them in the burning of the | house. ‘Squire Musser, however, stated | that he deemed the evidence sufficient | to hold the men for trial. Mr. Spangler | then declared he would take out a writ of habeas corpus for a hearing before the ' court, and so the case stands. BUILDING OPERATIONS AT PENITENTIA- {RY To BE CONDUCTED ON OPEN SHOP PLAN.—When building operations are re- sumed at the western penitentiary this spring, and the hope is universal that it will be soon, they will be conducted on the open shop plan. This fact was au- thoritatively announced to a reporter of the WATCHMAN ‘by a representative of the Thompson Starrett company, the contracting firm who will have charge of the work. This means that the Union will not be recognized in carrying on the work, but" it does not mean that union men will not be employed. Both rnion and non-union men will be employed on an equal status, and the wages for car- penters will be $3.00 a day to start with. No contracts will be given out for the construction of any part of a building or the equipment thereof, as the entire work will be done by the Thompson Starrett company.’ This will not only include the concrete work but the steam fitting, plumbing, electric wiring and fitting, painting, etc. The company will have an experienced foreman at the head of each line of work, but other workmen will be needed and preference will proba- bly be given to competent local men. Just when work will be begun is prob- lematical. Superintendent Henry Keep, of the Thompson Starrett company, was in Pittsburgh last week in the hope of getting information as to the exact date, but aside from thé fact that it would not be long until they would be authorized to £0 ahead he got no definite information, roe DR. NIisSLEY, the veterinarian, has re- moved his office from the Palace to ~——Subscribe for the: WATCHMAN. of February 26th, 1915. The arrests were’ Toner’s Livery where those desiring his’ services can communicate with him. 16-2¢ a on March 30th by policeman Harry Dukeman for stealing a bicycle from Charles Garbrick, was taken before Judge Orvis last Friday morning and entered a plea of guilty. He was sentenced to the Huntingdon reformatory and was taken to that institution the same afternoon by sheriff A. B. Lee. ee tr ——Philadelphia art lovers have been i very much interested recently in an ex- hibition of oil sketches and miniatures at the Plastic club by Miss Jane H. Valen- tine, a daughter of the late George Val- entine, of this place. The oil sketches in the exhibition include scenes in Sicily, Italy, and the small towns in Nuremburg and Rothenburg, Germany. The minia- tures are of well known society folk of Philadelphia. ~ SB0- ——A national “clean up and paint up” campaign has been established with headquarters in St. Louis. The work is being carried on in'more than 1,000 cities in the United States, so that itis now time Bellefonte is joining this movement. We have been observing an annual clean up time, with most gratifying results; this year plan to paint after you have cleaned, so that there will not be left one fence, one stable or one building of any kind as an eyesore to your neighbor- hood. ——Warmer weather is here at last but don’t let that interfere with your pleasure in attending the scenic. Man- ager T. Clayton Brown always keeps the room well ventilated and entirely com- fortable, and your interest is at all times so taken up with the character of the pictures that you are oblivious to most everything else. A complete change of pictures is shown every day, including many of the leading features now on the market. Watch the boards for daily pro- gram. ——George T. Bush has been elected one of the six delegates from Pennsylva- nia to the meeting of the national assem- bly League of American Wheelmen which will meet in Boston next Septem- ber. This organization started the move- ment for good roads building in the United States at a time when they were literally overwhelmed with opposition. At present there is only a small contin- gent of the once large organization left but they are still enthusiasts for improv- ed roads. —John L. Nighthart returned last Friday from Philadelphia where he spent two weeks in the Will's Eye hospital. For the past year or more he has had considerable trouble with his left eye and an examination at the hospital revealed the fact that the tear duct was closed. Probes were used in opening the duct and reducing it to normal conditions afd Mr. Nighthart has the assurance of the doctors at the hospital that the sight of the eye will now improve until it be- comes normal. ——— ——Our readers will all remember the Tom Thumb wedding given in the Luth- eran church last February under the au- spices of the Mission Band of that church. The play was so beautifully given and so pleasing to the large audience that a number of requests have been made to have it repeated. Therefore it has been decided to repeat the play next Tuesday evening, April 20th, in the church. In addition to the wedding of Tom Thumb and Jenny June, there will be several other literary and musical selections of a pleasing nature that will add greatly to the evening's entertainment. Go and see the little folks in dress performance in this beautiful child’s play. Admission, 15 and 25 cents. ——Within the next few days wreck- ers will begin dismantling the machinery at the Scotia ore mines, and this will mark the passing out of existence of these well known mines. The first ore taken from these mines was probably three quarters of a century ago, when it was hauled over the mountain to Martha | furnace. When that furnace was shut down the mines were abandoned until about thirty-two years ago when they were leased by Andrew Carnegie for the United States Steel company. Large washers were erected and quite a town built at that place. The mines have operated most of the time ever since that but were sold at the sale of the Bellefonte Furnace company property last summer. Since then the. machinery, etc., has been sold for scrap and the pur- chasers are about to dismantle the plant and ship it away. ——Mr. Cowl, professor of landscape gardening at State College, was in Belle- fonte last Saturday and gave some valu: able suggestions as to how to transform the plaza between the court house and jail into a beautiful park, His idea includes a hedge along both sides of the park with shade trees, shrubs and flowers. There is some objection by residents living in that locality against making a park there, as they claim it would soon become a lounging place for undesirable people. Just what the outcome will be is,® there- fore, hard to say. The County Commis- sioners are willing to do what is fair but naturally don’t want to do anything that might not be for the common good. Dur- ing Mr. Cowl’s stay in Bellefonte he also visited the Union cemetery and offered some suggestions as to how that home of the dead can be improved. Some of his suggestions may yet be carried out | though it is almost impossible to com.- ply with all of them. : ——John Bayletts, who was atvected) Boom CENTRE COUNTY’S OLD HOME ' WEEK.—Another public meeting of citi- zens was held on Tuesday evening in the interest of Centre county’s Old Home week. A few people expressed the opinion that the Fourth of July week would not be an opportune time and ad- vocating holding it later in the year. The preponderance of opinion, however, was in favor of the date named last week, July 2nd to 8th inclusive, and that date stands. While the movement for an Old Home week was started in Bellefonte it is the desire to extend it to all Centre county. Chairman Edmund Blanchard is prepar- ing a list of names for the executive committee which will include able and hustling men in every borough and town- ship in the county. These men will be appealed to to make the Old Home week as much of a personal matter with resi- dents of their locality as it is with the people of Bellefonte, and by so doing the week’s gathering and home-coming of former residents of Centre county can- not fail to be a success. But it must be remembered that a suc- cessful Old Home week cannot be had without hard work, and a great deal of it, by everybody. Don’t depend entirely on the committees to do the work. Let every man, woman and child put their shoulder to the wheel and give a push. It's push that gets there every time, and what it will take to make the contem- plated gathering a success. Already the chairman of the Amuse- ment committee is deluged with applica- tions from various amusement enterpris- es for full particulars regarding the Old Home week and the privilege of coming here. The State College gun club has agreed to hold its big mid-summer shoot in Bellefonte at that time and this will be a big attraction. Residents of sur- rounding towns are already planning to come to Bellefonte at that time and there is no reason why everyone of the seven days should not witness big crowds here and the Fourth of July boom with the biggest celebration witnessed in Belle- fonte in the past quarter of a century. Watch the papers next week for a list of the big executive committee, and if your ‘name is included get down to work right away and do your part. Remember that “every little helps, be it ever so small.” As evidence of the interest that the movement has already created is the fol- lowing letter received this week. WANT A GET-TOGETHER MEETING. Editor of the Watchman. We are very glad of the movement to hold a Centre county Old Home week in Bellefonte early in July. The survivors of the Pine Grove Mills Academy associ- ation are desirous for a day on which to hold a “get-together” meeting of the old student body in order to renew old-time associations and form new acquaintances. There are quite a number yet living who marched in the parade in Bellefonte a half century ago. We desire to get in touch with old students to arrange for that occasion. Since our last meeting a number have answered their last roll call, among them our president, Gen. James A. Beaver. W. H. Fry, Secretary. ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED.-The fiftieth anniversary of the surrender of General Robert E. Lee and the remnant of his Confederate army at Appomatox Court House, Virginia, on April 9th, 1865, was very fittingly and jointly celebrated by Gregg Post No. 95 G. A. R., and the Bellefonte High school, in the High school auditorium last Friday afternoon. Samuel B. Miller, commander of the Post, ‘presided and music was furnished by the High school orchestra. Dr. E.H. Yocum opened with prayer and very timely addresses were made by Hon. Ellis L. Orvis, Col. H. S. Taylor and others. At the close the entire as- semblage sang “My Country 'Tis of Thee.” ——The “Twin Beds” pleased a large audience at Garman’s opera house on Wednesday evening. NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. —Judge and Mrs. Ellis L. Orvis left Bellefonte a week ago, to spend several weeks at Atlantic City. : 3 —Mrs. R, L. Mallory had as a guest for a part of the past week her brother, Edgar R. Murphy, of Philadelphia. : —J. Mac Davis, of Tyrone and his son James, were both in Bellefonte Tuesday, for the funeral of Bruce Garbrick. —Mr. and Mrs. Bauer, of Bishop street, had as week-end guests, Mrs. Stauffer and Miss Emeline Bryson, of Dewart, Pa. . =—Dr. and Mrs. Thornley returned to Belle- fonte Sunday, after having spent several days visiting at Osceola Mills. —Mrs. Edward Holt, of Franklin, and her daughter, were in Bellefonte over Sunday,guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cole. ~Walter Rankin, of Harrisburg, was home over Sunday, visiting while here with his father and the family, at their home on Curtin street. + —Dr. Edward Harris, of Snow Shoe, was in Bellefonte Wednesday. Business interests necessitating his coming here about once a month. —Mr. and Mrs, Clifford Rothrock, of Lock Haven, who spent the early part of the week in Bellefonte, were guests of Mr. Rothrock’s rela. tives during their stay. : —Ralph Struble, a clerk in the railway mail service at Pittsburgh, has been making a short visit in Bellefonte this week, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Struble. —Miss Margaret Stewart, who has been home with her grandmother; Mrs. Miller Stewart, for her Easter vacation, returned Monday to New Jersey, where she is at school. —Dr. L. B. Woodcock came to Bellefonte Wed- nesday afternoon, spending the night with hie mother,: Mrs. John A. Woodcock, returning into Scranton the following morning. —Mrs. - Daley, of Boston, has spent sev- eral days in Bellefonte during the past two weeks, having come here from Paradise, where she was visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Thomas. Be .y > ! { i dt —J. Thomas Mitchell Esq., made a business trip to Lewistown the latter part of iast week. —Mrs. Amanda Houser is spending this week with her daughter, Mrs. Luther Dale, at Oak Hall. —Mrs. Sarah Satterfield returned on Tuesday from a four weeks visit among friends in Phila- delphia. —Harvey McClure, of Oil City, spent Saturday night and Sunday with ‘his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James I. McClure. —Miss Bella Confer went down to Howard on Wednesday to attend a birthday celebration of her brother, Mr. Jacob Confer. —Harry T. Fitzgerald, of Cleveland, Ohio, was in Bellefonte over Sundav with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William T. Fitzgerald. —Frank Derstine and young son Gilbert came down from Altoona and spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Derstine. —Mrs. Thomas E. Mayes and her little daugh- ter, returned to Bellefonte Tuesday, from a short visit with Mr. Mayes’ parents, at Lemont. —Mrs. William McClellan returned home the latter part of last week from Snow Shoe, where she was visiting her daughter, Mrs. Blair Yarnell. —V. J. Bauer, of Seward, Cambria county, was home over Sunday to see his sister, Miss Josephine Bauer, who is ill in the Bellefonte hospital. : —Mrs. Samuel Reynolds will return to Lan- caster this week, after a week's visit in Belle- fonte with Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Reynolds, at their home on Linn street. —C. Edward Cooke,of Baltimore,came to Belle- fonte Friday, looked after some business and visited with Mrs. Cooke’s sister for a short time, leaving Sunday afternoon. —C. J. Rockwell. of Pittsburgh, supervisor of the Edward A. Woods agency of the Equitable Life Assurance society, spent'‘Saturday in Belle- fonte as a guest of J. S. McCargar. —Mrsf Robert Swan’ and young son Richard, of Pittsburgh, came to Bellefonte on Saturday evening and have been guests this week of Mr. and Mrs. John Swan, at the Bash house. —Mrs. Frank Driscoll and little daughter, of Pittsburgh, were in Bellefonte the latter part of last week on their way to Snow Shoe, to visit the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Burns. —Richard Johnston, a former State College student and now holding a clerical position in the offices of the Norfolk & Western railroad, at Roanoke, Va., spent Sunday with Bellefonte friends. —John Kreamer, of east Lamb street, will leave tomorrow for Beaver Falls: where he has ac- cepted a good position. His position as pattern maker at the Bellefonte Engineering company’s plant will be filled by Claire Robb. —Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Irwin, went to Cherry Tree Tuesday, expecting to be there until tomorrow that Mr. Irwin may arrange for a three week’s vacation which he will spend in Bellefonte, Mr. Irwin’s illness during the past two weeks has necessitated this rest. —MTrs. John Blanchard, Miss Mary Blanchard and Mrs. J. Norman Sherer went to Philadel- phia Monday to spend a part of the week shop- ping. Mrs. Sherer leaving the party came up to Harrisburg, where during a short visit she has been a guest of Mrs. Wilson Norris. —Mrs. Elmer Campbell, of Linden Hall, with her daughter, Miss Mary Campbell, was in Bellefonte for the day Wednesday. Miss Camp- bell is a nurse in training at Blockley in Phila- delphia, but is home on a three week's leave, having gone to Linden Hall the early part of the month. : —Frank Reese, who has been a patient in the Bellefonte hospital since the 5th of March, was discharged from there on Monday, returning to his home at Snow Shoe the same day. Mr. Reese was greatly benefitted by his stay in the hospital and is most enthusiastic over his treatment while there. } —Mrs. Harry Keller, regent of the Bellefonte Chapter of the D. A. R. and Mrs. John I. Olewine the elected delegate, will leave here tomorrow morning for Washington, to represent the chap- ter at the National Congress of the D. A. R., which will be in session in that city during the coming week. —Mrs. S. Cameron Burnside, who spent Tues- day night in Bellefonte with Miss Brockerhoff, came here that morning from Howard, to look after some business, returning the following day. Mrs. Burnside has been living in Philadel- phia during the winter, and is in Howard only for a short stay. —Mrs. Sara Scull, of Tyrone, with her niece, Miss Farrell, came .to Bellefonte Monday, and were joined .here by Mrs. Scull’s sister, Miss Annie McLaughlin. Going on to Snow Shoe, they attended. the funeral of Mrs. Michael McLaughlin Tuesday morning, returning to Bellefonte the same day. —Ira G. Burkett, of Stormstown, was in Belle- fonte on Tuesday and Wednesday attending to matters relative to the settlement of his father’s estate. His aunt, Miss Sarah Glenn, who made her home with the elder Burkett the past few years, has gone to Altoona to’ make her home with her niece, Mrs. Musser. —Mr. J. W. Hess, of Altoona, spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Bellefonte visiting his moth- er, Mrs. Michae: Hess, of Willowbank street. Mr. Hess is one of the large number of young men who went from Ferguson township to Al- toona and all have made good in various walks of life. During Mr. Hess’ stay in town he was a very agreeable caller at this office. —Mrs. W. C. Charlton went to Berwick Mon- day morning, owing to the illness of Charles Stanley Kelsey, son of Rev. C. C. Kelsey. rector of the Episcopal church of that place. The ill- ness having resulted in the death of the boy Tuesday, Rev. Charlton joined Mrs. Charlton there Wednesday, to conduct the funeral serv- ices. Mrs. Kelsey will return to Bellefonte with Mrs. Charlton, expecting to remain for a short visit. : 1 van —Miss Katherine Packer, of Lock Haven, Miss Anna Hartman LeVan and J. R. Butler, of Al- toona, were guests of Mrs. Garber at her grand- mothers, Mrs. D. G. Bush, for the week-end. Mrs. George B. Thompson and her two sons, John and George Jr., joined the party Sunday. Mrs. Thompson having driven to Bellefonte to meet Mr. Thompson, who had come here Sat- urday night froma business trip through Blair county. : —Jonas E. Wagner, superintendent of the. Bellefonte public schools, attended the School- men’s Week exercises at the University of Pennsylvania in ‘ Philadelphia’ this week, and yesterday introduced the discussion on the ques: tion, “What Should Go Into a City Superin- tendent’s Annual Report,” as presented by Calvin N. Kendall, Commissioner of Education of the State of New Jersey. Mr. Wagner will return home tomorrow. —Thomas G. Ryan, of Danville, the deputy state fire warden who made thearrests'of Edward Ickes and Bert Finnegan on the charge of setting fire to the Ellis buildings in Holt’s Hollow, is an old Lafayette College man, and up until he quit college two years ago was a star athlete, playing on the football and track teams. At that time he weighed only 270 pounds but he is a little heavier now, as he tips the beam at 321. Mr. Ryan’s record for the sixteen pound shot is 56% feet, which excels the Swedish champion of Olympian fame. At present he is in training and a can- didate for the shot put event in the Olympian contests which are booked to be held in Germany this year, if the war ends in time to permit of them being pulled off. —Harry J. Walkey isat Mt. Clemens, having gone to this Michigan resort, to be under treat- ment for rheumatism. : —Mrs. W. H. Wilkinson and Miss Powell will i leave here Monday, expecting to spend the | remainder of the month at Atlantic City. —Miss Letitia Stevenson. a first year nurse in ! training at the Bellefonte hospital, is at her | home at Waddle, obliged to give up her work for : a short time on account of illness. —Mrs. J. Kyle McFarlane, visited here Wed- nesday with her daughter and son, Miss Margaret McFarlane, of the Bellefonte hospital and William, at work at the new Penitentiary, —Mrs. Clem Fortney, of Altoona, was in Bellefonte for a short visit, the afterpart of last week, being while here the guest of D. F. Fort- ney and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fortney, at their home on Bishop street. —Mrs. John M. Shugert, Charles M. Mc- Curdy, John Blanchard, J. L. Montgomery, Harry Keller and Geo. R. Meek, were those from Bellefonte, who went to Lock Haven Tuesday, for the funeral of J. E. Quigley. —Mrs. Frank Geary and Mrs. Willis Brown, of Lock Haven, and Mrs. Reed Worrick, of Mackeyville, with her daughter, Miss Susan Worrick, were guests at a luncheon, given by Mrs. John S. Walker, Friday of last week. —John A. Rankin, son of W. B. Rankin, left on Tuesday afternoon for Rochester, Minn., to con- sult the famous specialists, the Mayo brothers, regarding his health. It is altogether possible that he will remain there some time under treat- ment. —John Carver, was one among the men of the nearby country, who drove into Pellefonte Sat- urday of last week to look after some business which has been accumulating for months. A small part of Mr. Carver's time was spent at the WATCHMAN office. —Dr. J. M. Brockerhoff returned yesterday noon from his three months trip through the south and west, spending most of his time at the Pan-American exposition and other places in California, and he will doubtless have some big tales to tell of what he saw and heard. —Mrs. Chauncey F. York and her son Carlton, came here from Atlantic City Saturday, and will visit for several weeks with Mrs. York’s fath- er, Emanuel Noll before returning to their home at Detroit. Mr. Noll’s son John, of Altoona, spent Sunday with the family in Bellefonte. —Mr. and Mrs. Niggel, of Butler, have been in Bellefonte much of the past week on account of the condition of their son Elsworth Niggel, a student at the Bellefonte Academy, who is ill in the infirmary with plural-pneumonia. Mr. Niggel, a wholesale hardware merchant has re- turned to Butler, but Mrs. Niggel will remain with her son, until he is able to accompany her home. —Hon. George G. Hutchinson, of Warriors- mark; Lewis A. Hutchinson, of Pittsburgh; Edwin W. Hutchinson, of Lancaster; Mr. and Mrs. Curry and daughter and Rey. E. A. Keboch, of Warriorsmark, were brief visitors in Bellefonte yesterday. They had been to Le- mont to see L. Frank Mayes about a monument for their mother, whom they buried this week and Mr. Mayes being in Bellefonte they drove on down here in order to make the one trip do. —M. L. Emerick motored over the mountain from Centre Hall Wednesday evening to look after a little business here. He said the roads were fine and “everything's” booming in Centre Hall. Talking about looking happily at things Mr. Emerick has the right perspective. It makes one feel good merely to hear such optimistic talk. Personally, however, we imagine he is about as busy as he can be because he is the only blacksmith doing a general business in the neighborhood of Centre Hall and as there are always things to do in that line he probably has hishands full. ; = =e ——L. H. Musser will sell at public sale at 12.30 to-morrow (April 17) at his barn in Pike alley, 3 horses, 2 good auto- mobiles, farm machinery, buggies, har- ness, etc. 16-1t* - For SALE— Six second-hand ranges and cook stoves. In good condi- tion.—MILLER’S HARDWARE. 15-2t Sale Register. SATURDAY, APRIL 17.—At the home of Mrs. Ma Dolan Lex, Pleasant Gap, one team of rent harness and an entire butchering outfit. Sale at 1 o'clock p. m. Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer, The prices quoted are those paid for produce. Potatoes per bushel Onions................... Eggs, per dozen... 18 Lard, per pound... 12 Butter perpound................ oo 18 Bellefonte Grain Markets. Corrected weekly by C. Y. WAGNER, The following are the quotations up tosix o'clock Thursday evening, when our paper goes to press. Red Wheat........................ A $1.40 White Wheat... 1.35 Rye, per bushel............. 80 Corn, shelled, per bushel... » 80 Corn, ears, per bushel........... es 80 Oats, old and new, per bushel. 55 Barley, perbushel..........cc..c.coovnmionimisresnnis 60 Philadelphia Markets. 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