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Bellefonte, Pa., September 3, 1915.
To CORRESPONDENTS. —No communications
published unless accompanied by the real name
of the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
A baby girl was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Hughes, of Pine street, on
Monday.
——Turkish Caramels, 15c per pound,
in pounds only. Special this week.
CANDYLAND.
——Home grown peaches were sold in
Bellefonte on Tuesday for thirty-five
cents a peck or one dollar a bushel.
——Miss Ruth Coxey has resigned her
position as book-keeper in the five and
ten cent store on Bishop street to accept
a similar position with Hazel & Co.
——The Ladies Aid Society of the
M. E. church invites the ladies of the
church to a festival to be held in the lec-
ture room on Thursday, September 9th,
at 2.30 o'clock p. m. :
——Adam A. Schroyer, of Milesburg,
having reached the age limit in service
with the P. R. R., will retire on pension
October 1st, from the position as night
watchman, at the Bellefonte passenger
station.
——Garman’s opera house will open
for the 1915-16 season on Wednesday,
September 15th, with the unusually
strong attraction, “The Open Window.”
A number of excellent shows have al-
ready been booked for the season.
——The Sechler home on east Linn
street was quarantined on Monday on
account of William Armstrong Kirby Jr.
developing a mild case of diptheria. The |
boy with his mother are visitors at the
Sechler home, having come here from
Baltimore several weeks ago.
——Thirty-nine out of a total of forty-
nine medical officers of the National
Guard have passed the medical examina-
tion required by the course prescribed by
Major Louis T. Hess, U.S. A., and among
the number is Scott M. Huff, of Miles-
burg, who ranks as a first lieutenant.
——The unusually cool weather we
have been experiencing lately is not only
~ very unseasonable but an emphatic re-
minder that winter is not far off. Weath-
er prognosticators are already predicting
an early fall and winter from the fact
that large flocks of birds are already
migrating southward.
——Sumner Riddle and William Leath-
ers, two well known residents of How-
ard, were arrested last Saturday on the
charge of stealing fifty dollars worth of
auto tires from W, J. Kurtz and W. H.
Thompson, of that place, on June 5th.
Being unable to secure bail they were
sent to jail for trial at court.
— Between sixty and seventy Italian
laborers were laid off at the Whiterock
quarries last Thursday and left Belle-
fonte for various sections of the country.
Some of them went to Baltimore to work
on tomato truck farms. The lay-off was
occasioned by the expiration of the
Whiterock quarries contract for stone
with the Cambria Iron company, and a
refusal to renew the same at the same
price.
——Charles S. Hughes arrived home
in a Ford car on Tuesday, having spent
the past month in the western part of
the State and West Virginia in the in-
terest of the Bellefonte Academy. He
reports indications very favorable for a
large influx of new students at the Acad-
emy when it opens on September 14th,
and that they expect the largest attend-
ance enrolled during the history of the
institution.
—Any one enjoying a good laugh
should not fail to see “How the Vote was
Won,” played to-night in Petriken Hail
by local talent. ‘In the cast will be some
of those who have made Bellefonte ama-
teur plays a reputation which might be
envied by professionals. An evening of
genuine fun for twenty-five or thirty-five
cents. Do not allow anything to inter-
fere with you seeing this clever farce.
Miss Claire Nicolls, who has already be-
«come a favorite with Bellefonte
audiences, on account of her voice, will
have a part on the program.
——The wedding of Samuel T. Gray,
II, and Miss Anne Lyon will take place
‘this month at the home of Judge and
Miss Eliis L. Orvis, on east Linn street,
-and will be attended by the immediate
‘relatives only. Mr. Gray has already
:secured apartments at State College
where they will go to housekeeping, and
‘where he holds the position of an assist:
iant instructor in the engineering de-
‘partment. As now planned they will re-
main there two years and during that
time Mr. Gray will take a post gradu-
ate course in addition to filling the posi-
tion he was recently appointed to.
——Alfred Heaton, alias Pletcher, of
Union township, is again in the toils of
the law, having been arrested by officer
Dukeman on Monday night at Milesburg
just as he jumped off of a freight train
with a bag of chickens over his shoulder.
A man by the name of William Morris
was with him but he escaped though he
was later captured in Lock Haven and
was brought to Bellefonte yesterday. All
told the two men are charged with steal-
ing upwards of fifty chickens from Bald
Eagle valley farmers and also with rob-
bing the store of J. C. Stere, at Union-
ville, and Harnish’s store at Snow Shoe
Intersection.
| . CELEBRATED EIGHTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY
! ANNIVERSARY.—On Monday of this week,
| August 31st, Benjamin F. Schaeffer, of
Nittany, was eighty-five years old and his
family held a home-coming and reunion
lin his honor while fellow members of
| the Ex-Sheriff's Association of Centre
| county motored: to his home and ten-
{ dered their heartiest congratulations.
i Mr. Schaeffer was born in Brush valley
| but when he was a boy his parents mov-
i
led onto the farm near Nittany where
ihe grew to manhood and spent
| eighty-one of his eighty-five years.
| During all that time he has been one of
| the most respected citizens of Nittany
| valley and many years ago served one
| term as sheriff of Centre county. He is a
: wonderful old gentleman, having en-
joyed remarkable health all his life and
| his faculties are today just as acute as
| they were twenty-five years ago.
He loves to mingle among his friends
; and has never missed a meeting of the
| Ex-Sheriff’s Association since its organi-
| zation a number of years ago. He at-
{tended the Hazel-Schaeffer reunion at
| Madisonburg last Thursday and caught
i a cold, but was able to be around and
; enjoy the family reunion and the visit of
I his friends on Tuesday. And it might
| here be added that Mr. Schaeffer had
enough of an inkling of what was going
' on that he had prepared an elaborate
dinner for his guests, and they all show-
i ed their appreciation of his thoughtful-
ness by thoroughly enjoying it.
Of Mr. Schaeffer’s family there were
present Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Schaeffer, of
Bellefonte; Mr. and Mrs. William
Schaeffer, of Mifflinburg; Mr. and Mrs.
Knecht, of Lock Haven; Mr. and Mrs.
Lincoln H. Swartz, of Hublersburg, and
Mrs. Allison, who presides over his home.
The sheriff and ex-sheriff’s association
was represented by D. W. Woodring, W.
‘Miles Walker, Col. H. S. Taylor, W. M.
Cronister, Henry Kline and Arthur B.
Lee, and ex-deputy sheriffs L. A.
Schaeffer, Harry J. Jackson and W. C.
Rowe.
In addition to tendering their congratu-
lations the above friends presented Mr.
Schaeffer with a comfortable and luxuri-
ous Morris chair. Col. H. S. Taylor
made the presentation speech and did it
to perfection. Following is the Colonel’s
speech in full:
Sheriff Schaeffer:
My dear old friend and the noblest Roman of
them all. I arise upon this occasion and at this
time to perform the most pleasant task ever im-
posed upon me,
Here, in your beautiful home, surrounded by
your immediate family and your friends; who
are present dn this the eighty-fifth milestone of
your life and who have traveled with you on the
same official duties in life, performing the man.
dates of the'law inthe county in which you were
elected to the high office of Sheriff; we, who have
followed you through the same path of official du-
ty, are here to congratulate you at this time upon
reaching the age of eighty-five years. And on
behalf of the members of the ex-Sheriff’s Associ-
ation of Centre county, I bring to you their’ glad
greetings and best wishes for your future; in pre-
senting to you at this time this beautiful chair, a
gift coming from your friends so tried and true,
and whose friendship is as everlasting as the eter-
nal hills.
It is upon such occasions as this, and such an
association as ours, that in this life we gather
and garner the sparkles of diamonds and dust of
gold, of friendships forever joined by the golden
links of Love. forged in the crucible of life,
In olden times, according to Roman history and
Grecian mythology. those who reached your age
in life were crowned in public places by wreaths
placed upon their heads by the hands of little
children, and proclaimed heroes of a pious and
dutiful life; and as sages they were honored and
respected throughout the great Empires.
I have now performed my mission, and in clos-
ing will add that the wish of your friends is, that
may the rising sun of the future days of your life
come over the eastern hills in glory and shed its
brilliant rays upon you for many more years to
come. With everlasting friendship for you, and
with eternal respect and love, we all wish you
God speed.
Sheriff Schaeffer’s reply to the above
was as follows:
My Dear Friends :
You certainly have accomplished your purpose
i.e, of giving me a surprise. I, however, had
some idea of your intention to come down here
on this, the éighty-fifth anniversary of my birth,
and surprising me. I thought I was equal to the
emergency, but I certainly have missed my calcu-
lation, and therefore I say to you that I thank
you from the bottom of my heart for this man.
ifestation of your kindness in coming here to my
dinner to assist in the celebration of the passing
of the eighty-fifth milestone of my life. I can’t
find words to express my appreciation in regard
to the kind and friendly feeling that exists be
tween us as friends and ex-officers.
There has always been a warm friendship be:
tween us, particularly since we, as ex-officials,
have been having our annual banquets as an asso.
ciation. We have been coming together once a
year and in a decent and social way have spent
the day very pleasantly, (not as many people
imagine, to have a regular drunken roustabout
time; ) but in relating incidents and reminiscences
of our experience during our terms of office. And
therefore, I have much reason to believe that
those meetings have had much to do with the
kind feeling that exists between us at this time»
and therefore when I say to you that I thank you,
I express my feelings very slightly, and I hope
that you fully realize how I appreciate your pres-
ence and courtesy to its full extent.
Now my friends, as ex-officials, I simply want
to say to you what you already know, that when
we were candidates for the high office of Sheriff
of Centre county it was necessary that we have
friends, and that they stand by us during our
- election campaign as well as our terms of office
A man without a friend is certainly a miser, no
matter how much of this world’s possessions he
has at his command. He is not satisfied and ekes
out his life grasping for more. And now, my
friends in conclusion, may this friendship and
kind feeling not only remain for a day, a week or
a year, but until death do us part.
: leds.
——Mors. Elizabeth Meese, of Tyrone,
is seeking the whereabouts of her son,
Edward Bruce Meese, who disappeared
from home recently leaving no trace as
to his whereabouts.
about twenty-five years of age and the
sole support of his widowed mother.
The Meeses have relatives in the west-
ern part of Centre county and it is pos-
sible that Mr. Meese may be visiting
among them. .
The young man is!
——On Tuesday morning there was
filed in the office of the Recorder of Cen-
tre county a voluminous mortgage, cover-
.ing one hundred and ten pages of printed
matter, given by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road company to the Girard Trust com-
pany, of Philadelphia, and William N.
Ely, trustees. It is probably next to the
largest legal document ever filed for rec-
ord in Centre county, the largest being
that entered by the New York Central
Railroad company about two years ago.
* ——At the anual meeting of the Belle-
fonte hospital association last Friday
afternoon C. C. Shuey was re-elected pres-
ident and Harry E. Fenlon, secretary and
treasurer. Mrs. Mary H. Brouse was
elected chairman of the committee on
buildings and grounds and Andrew J.
(Cook was elected a member of the board
of managers to succeed F. W. Crider,
whose term expired. John M. Shugert
was elected to succeed himself and Mrs.
R. S. Brouse was elected to serve the un-
expired term of the late A. Lukenbach.
——1J. Norman Sherer will leave Belle-
fonte on September 10th for Uniontown, |
where he has accepted a position with
one of the large coal and coke companies
connected with the Josiah V. Thompson
interests. Mrs. Sherer will remain in
Bellefonte until her husband gets proper-
ly located when she will join him at
Uniontown. Mr. and Mrs. Sherer have
been in Bellefonte the past eighteen |
months while Mr. Sherer has been in-
charge of the closing out of the affairs of
the Bellefonte Furnace company and Nit-
tany Iron company.
———John Collier, a resident of Bellwood,
was arrested near State College on
Thursday of last week by constable C.
O. Baker, of Altoona, on a charge .of
frauduently obtaining the signature of his
father, Nathan Collier, to notes aggre-
gating-$200. The young man secured
the money on the representation that he
was coming to Centre county to buy
horses but instead went to State College
and used the long green in riotous living.
When news of the son’s doings reached
the father he had the information made
against him and his arrest followed.
——
——Just ninety-six tickets we re sold at
the Bellefonte depot for the Pennsylvania
railroad’s excursion to Tolchester Beach
on Sunday morning. But at that the
train of seven cars was well filled by the
time it reached Harrisburg and two addi-
tional cars were taken on there. The
excursionists left Bellefonte at 2.15 Sun-
day morning and arrived atthe Chesa-
peake bay resort shortly after eleven
o'clock. Returning they left the Beach
at four o'clock in the afternoon, came
thirty-five miles by boat and arrived
home about two o'clock Monday morn-
ing.
—In a folder issued last week by the
Pennsylvania railroad company on thé
“Heroes of Peace” proper commendatiofi
is made of brakeman Harry E. Duey’s
rescue of a little Austrian child from in
front of a locomotive, on the railroad
near Clarence, this county, by dashing
along the running board, leaping to the
pilot and grabbing the child just as the
pilot touched its clothes. The incident
happened on July 13th and was told in
the papers at that time. Duey is twenty-
seven yearsold, a native of Sunbury, and
is employed as a brakeman on the shifter
at Snow Shoe.
——James J. Gramley,. formerly of
Rebersburg, this county, and at one time
treasurer of Centre county, seems to be
having the time of his life since he has
passed the three score and tenth milestone
on life’s journey. For some time past
he has been keeping books on a chicken
farm at Freeport, III. owned by Henry
Pfile, but just now is off on a recreation
trip visiting among relatives. Last week
he was with his brother, Rev. C. H.
Gramley, at Howard, Kan, and from
there he intends going to Mena, Ark., to
visit another brother, Rev. A. J. Gramley,
a retired minister.
—On Saturday night as I. J. Dreese
and a party of friends, of Lemont, were
on their way home from Lock Haven in
the former's Studebaker car, the car
skidded on the public road above Flem-
ington and crashed into one of the con-
crete markers at the side of the road
with such force that one of the front
wheels was broken and the frame bent.
The only occupant of the car who was
hurt was Mr. Dreese, who was injured
on the chest by being thrown against the
steering wheel. He was taken to the
Lock Haven hospital but his injuries were
not very serious and he was up and |
around by Monday. The machine ‘was
hauled to Lock Haven for repairs.
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VETERAN CLUB REUNION.—The annual
reunion of the Centre county Veteran
club will be held at the High school
building on Saturday, September 11th.
Burgess Edmund Blanchard will deliver
the address of welcome and D. F. Fort-
ney, Esq., the response. The club has
arranged a program of speeches for the
day. Twenty-five years ago the Veteran
Club’s picnic was one of the big gather-
ings in Centre county and people came
many miles to attend it. For a number
of years it was held at Hunter's park and
if there were not a thousand people pres-
ent, the picnic was considered almost a
failure. Now the ranks of the old sol-
diers have thinned to such an extent that
hardly two score can get to these annual
gatherings and the reunion attracts very
little public attention.
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HUNTING THE DENTIST IN A REFRIG- | —Mrs. Joseph Twitmire, of Sunbury, spent
ERATOk.—Mrs. T. W. Cairns, who with Saturday in Bellefonte.
her husband occupies apartments above | .
the Potter-Hoy hardware store, surprised |
a man who was rifling her refrigerator
on Saturday evening and demanded:
“What are you doing there?”
—DMiss Catharine McGowan left yesterday to
pend her ten day’s vacation on a trip to Canada.
—Miss Mary Woods, of Osceola Mills, has been
a guest the past week of her friend, Miss Norah
i Stover.
| —Dr. Helfrich returned home on Sunday from
“Looking for the dentist,” replied the ' a trip to Philadelphia and Atlantic City, where
thief. -
| he spent most of last week.
“Well, you won’t find him in my refrig- | —W. Homer Crissman, general manager of the
erator,” said Mrs. Cairns.
It was yet early in the evening, along
| Bellefonte Central railroad company, spent Sun-
; day with friends in Snow Shoe.
—Mrs. John J. Musser returned to Bellefonte
about 7.30 o'clock when Mrs. Ryan, a | on Saturday after spending three weeks with her
guest of Mrs. Cairns, said she heard some ! sister, Mrs. John Slack, at Tusseyville.
one in the hall.
Both women listened '
—Miss Louise Brachbill returned home on
and the noise was repeated. Mrs. Cairns ' Monday after spending Old Home week in Lock
opened the door leading from the kitchen i
into the hall, where the refrigerator is
located, and sure enough there was a
| man; a great, big, uncouth looking man,
and he not only had the door of the re-
frigerator open but already was loaded
down with the roast Mrs. Cairns had laid |
in for the Sunday dinner, a bag of roast-
ing ears and a roll of butter and was
looking around for something else edible
when Mrs. Cairns interrupted his dep-
redations with the above demand. And
having started it, she went through with
it and made him put everything back
where he got it, when he took his de-
parture as fast as he could get down the
stairway to the street. :
Later iff the evening Benton D. Tate
who, with Miss Alice Tate, occupies a:
part of the Curtin house on the corner
of Allegheny and Howard streets, heard
a noise on their rear porch where they
have an ice box for the storage of meat’
and vegetables and going to the door saw
a man run across the garden to the cor-
{ner of the public building where he
jumped the fence and ran up Howard
street. Mr. Tate evidently heard him in
the nick of time, as nothing had been
disturbed .there. He was probably the
same man who narrowly missed getting
a good Sunday dinner from Mrs. Cairns’
refrigerator.
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ROAD AND BRIDGE VIEWS.—A meeting
of the Board of Road and Bridge viewers
will be held in the grand jury room in
the court house on Monday, September
20th, to hear testimony on the following
applications:
A petition from citizens of Gregg town-
ship to locate a county bridge at Farmers
Mills.
A petition from the Pennsylvania rail-
road company for the appointment of
viewers to view and assess damages oc-
casioned by the taking of land for rail-
road purposes in Howard township be-
longing to Burdine Butler.
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NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mrs. Frank Lukenbach, of Tyrone, was in
Bellefonte Tuesday.
=Miss Lillian Williams left here Tuesday to
visit with friends in West Virginia.
—Miss Adaline Olewine, who is in Pittsburgh,
will be 4 guest of Mrs. Carl Beck while there.
—Mrs. Helen Shugert and her daughter Eliza-
beth visited for the greater part of the past week
with friends in Altoona.
—Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Krumrine, of State Col-
lege, will leave Sunday to spend some time in
New York and Philadelphia.
—Jack Lane returned to Bellefonte yesterday
after spending the past six weeks in New Eng-
land, in the interest of the Basket Shop.
Mrs. Paul Fortney with her son David, and
Miss Erma Smith went to Altoona yesterday, ex-
pecting to visit there with friends until Sunday.
—Miss Alma Lichten, who'spent the month of
August with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Grauer, returned to Philadelphia last week.
—Miss Kathleen Seibert, of Pittsburgh, will
come to Bellefonte from Altoona tomorrow to
spend the week-end with Mrs. John A. Wood-
cock.
—DMiss Jane Crowley, of Lock Haven, was in
Bellefonte for a short time Wednesday, on her
way to Brierly, where she will visit until Monday
evening with Miss Elizabeth Green.
—Mrs. R. B. Curry and her small son, who
have been in Bellefonte for the past month with
Mrs. Curry’s father, Chas. F. Cook, will leave
here within the week to go to their new home at
Aspinwall.
—H. Walton Mitchell and his family returned
to their home in Pittsburgh Tuesday, after hav-
ing spent the greater part of the summer at State
College, where they occupied one of the fraterni-
ty houses on the campus.
—Mrs. Buchannan, of Norristown, who has
been a guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Richard for
the past two weeks, left Bellefonte Wednesday
with Mrs. Charles Shaffner and her daughter,
: Miss Shaffner, to return to Philadelphia.
—Mrs. Broderick and her small daughter will
come to Bellefonte this week from State College
for an indefinite stay with Mrs. Broderick’s par-
ents, Mr, and ‘Mrs. Thaddeus Hamilton. Their
visit here at this time is to await the completion
of their new house.
—Mrs. Robert Garman, of Tyrone, with her
mother and aunt and Mrs. W O. Wright as
guests, drove to Bellefonte Monday to spend the
day with friends. Mrs. Wright will be remem-
bered by many persons in this part of the county,
having lived at Milesburg a number of years.
—Rev. Curtin Roop, with Mrs. Roop and their
youngest daughter, passed through Bellefonte
Tuesday on their way home to Canton, N. Y.,
where Mr. Roop is in charge of the Presbyterian
church of that place. They had been spending
ten days with Mr. Roop’s mother at State Col-
: lege.
—Mrs. M. R. Sample and her son Edgar return-
ed to Philadelphia Wednesday, after Mrs. Sam-
ple had been visiting here for two weeks with
her sisters, Mrs. G. F. Musser, in Bellefonte, and
Mrs. Philip Foster, at State College. The child
had spentthe summer here with his aunt, Mrs.
‘Musser.
—Miss Ella Leyy, who has been living with her
brother at Eau Claire, Wis., since resigning her
position in the public schools of Bellefonte sev-
eral years ago, is with her mother, Mrs. Fisher,
at Milesburg. . Miss Levy came east the fore-part
of the week and will visit for an indefinite time
with her mother. .
—Miss Florence Finnegan, of St. David's, Pa.,
is in town on a short visit with Mrs. Charles
Moran, at the home of her parents, Mr, and Mrs.
Oliver Witmer, of north Spring street. Miss
Finnegan spent her childhood in Bellefonte and
has many friends here. After the removal of the
family to Philadelphia she entered a hospital for
training as a nurse but her health failed and she
was compelled to give up the work and has since
been very pleasantly located at St. David's.
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! Haven as the guest of Mrs. George Haworth.
—Edward Allison, of Potters Mills, was in
| Bellefonte on Monday attending to some busi-
| ness matters and visiting his brother, Archibald
| Allison and family.
i —Miss Frances Elmore, ateacherin the Pitts
+ burgh public schools, spent Friday and Saturday
i in Bellefonte as a guest at the W. B. Rankin
home on Curtin street.
—James Sharp, of Trafford, Pa.,, has been
spending the week in Bellefonte with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. John Kreamer, and visiting among oth-
er relatives hereabouts.
—Mrs. Howard Smith and two children return-
ed home on Tuesday from Shamokin, where they
had been for three weeks on account of the ill-
| mess and death of a sister of Mr. Smith.
—Mrs. Andrew Glenn, of Cleveland, Ohio,
spent Friday and Saturday in Bellefonte with
her sister, Mrs Fannie Shultz, and also visited
her brother-in-law, Jerre Glenn and family, at
Curtin.
—Mr. and Mrs. Edward Houser and two chil
dren and Mrs. John Houser and Miss Ella Wat-
kins, of Pittsburgh, motored down from State
College on Monday and spent the day looking
after some business and visiting friends.
—Dorothy and Helen McKnight, daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKnight, of Philadelphia,
left for their home on Saturday after spending
two months with their aunts, the Misses Martha
and Margaret McKnight, up Buffalo Run.
—Miss Stella Daley returned .home from her
two week’s vacation last Friday evening and was
accompanied by her sister-in-law, Mrs. William
Daley, of Trenton, N. J., who will spend some
time at the Daley home on east Lamb street.
—Mr. and Mrs. Edward Green, of Philadelphia,
will arrive in Bellefonte tomorrow for a ten days’
visit with Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Cairns. Mrs. E.
E. Ryan, of Philadelphia, who was Mrs. Cairns’
guest for a week, left for her home on Monday
afternoon.
—Among the WATCHMAN office callers last Fri-
day was William Bailey, of the Centre Hall Repor-
ler force, who was over for the Robbins show.
He is a wide awake young man and manages to
get a glimpse of about all there is to see when he
comes to Bellefonte.
—Mrs. Henry Haupt returned home from Lock
Haven on Monday evening where she had been
since last Friday with her daughter, Mrs. LeRoy
Fox, who is suffering with an injured foot caused
by stepping on a rusty nail. Mrs. Haupt
brought with her her little grand-daughter, Dor-
othy Fox.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kase and family, of
Sunbury, came to Bellefonte on Friday and re.
mained over Sunday as guests of Mrs. Kase’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Spigelmyer. Re-
turning home Monday they took with them their
daughter Catharine, who spent most of the sum-
mer with her grandparents.
—Ex-County Commissioner Philip H. Meyer
motored over from Centre Hall on Tuesday and
had with him his daughter, Mrs. W. A. Odenkirk,
and ‘her guest, Miss Lulu Fetterhoff;, a daugh-
ter of Rev. J. F. Fetterhoff, of - Selinsgrove; who
is just recovering from injuries sustained: in an
automobile accident some time ago. 1 Mr, Meyer
favored this office with a brief call of the kind we
always appreciate.
—Mr. and Mrs. William Magee, of Philadel-
phia, and their small son Huyett, were in Belle-
fonte Saturday, having driven here from Centre
Hall, where they have been visiting: with Mrs.
Magee’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E, M. Huyett.
Mrs. Magee came to Centre county a month ago
and will remain until the latter part of Septem-
ber, while Mr. Magee returned to Philadelphia
Tuesday, after a ten days’ visit with his family.
—Miss Katherine Hoover will. go to Philadel
phia tomorrow, expecting to spend the month of
September visiting with friends there, at Atlan-
tic City and in Holland, Bucks county. While in
Philadelphia Miss Hoover will arrange to have
her office goods shipped to Bellefonte in antici-
pation of opening a completely equipped chi-
ropody parlor by October 1st, in the front room
on the first floor of Miss Emma Montgomery's
home. t
—Mrs. Edmund Blanchard left Bellefonte this
week for a six week’s trip to the Pacific coast.
After making a night's stop in Chicago, Mrs.
Blanchard went to Denver, where she will spend
a week or ten days with friends, going from
there directly to California by way of Salt Lake
city. While visiting both expositions she will
spend much of the time with friends, expecting
to return east over the southern route about the
middle of October, !
—A WATCHMAN office caller on Monday ‘was
Herbert M. Bartley, who was called here on ac-
F. Bartley. Mr. Bartley, who is prominently
connected with the Clark Printing company of
Lock Haven, had been out in Illinois most of the
summer for the benefit of his health and also un-
der treatment by a Chicago specialist for the re-
covery of his voice. He is now looking better
than he has for a number of years and has been
given assurance by specialists that there is every
reason to believe that he will regain his former
good health. He will spend the week here then
return to his home in Lock Haven and resume
his position with the Clark Printing company.
—Mr. H. E. Duck, of Millheim, was an over
Sunday visitor in Bellefonte, having come up on
Saturday to attend the funeral of the late Henry
F. Bartley. Though seventy-seven years of age
Mr. Duck enjoys vigorous health and takes an
active interest in everything pertaining to the
good of his home town, of which he is the honor-
able burgess. At the present time Millheim is
having a little political excitement of its own
over the contest for borough offices, especial
lv councilmen, and two tickets have been
put in the field. Mr. Duck along with a Iot of
the other good citizens of Millheim are keeping
close tab on the situation and something is liable
to happen at the election in November.
—A very interesting visitor in Bellefonte on
Monday was Rev. Watson, a Methodist minister
of Bridgeport, Conn., who was brought here by
Rev. and Mrs. Cook, of Salona. Rev. Watson
began his ministry on the Salona charge sixty
some years ago when central Pennsylvania
Methodists were still under the old Baltimore
conference. Sixty-one yearsago he drove from
Salona to Bellefonte on his way to Baltimore to
attend the conference and remained here two
days as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Tonner,
parents of Mrs. Henry P. Harris. While here he
preached in the Methodist church. This was his
first visit to Bellefonte since that time and his
coming was like an echo of the past, as he recall-
ed meeting at that time Judge Burnside, the eld-
er Harris and Linns and people who have been
dead for many years. And the most surprising
of all is the vigor and sprightliness of Rev. Wat-
son, despite his age.
count of the death of his father, the late Henry !
een
—L. A. Schaeffer, secretary of the Whiterock
quarries, went down to Philadelphia Tuesday on
a business trip. .
—Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Irwin returned to
Cherrytree Tuesday, after spending the week-end
at their home on Spring street.
—Miss Mary Rhinesmith, of Clearfield, was an
arrival in Bellefonte yesterday and is a guest at
the home of Dr. and Mrs. M. A. Kirk.
—Mr. and Mrs, Henry Kline and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Kellerman will motor to Lewistown to-
morrow to attend the firemen’s convention.
—Miss Jennie Morgan, who has not been in
the best of health for some time, went down to
Philadelphia on Tuesday to consult a specialist.
—Mrs. Frank Wallace and her grand-daughter,
Miss Berenice Wallace, returned home last Fri-
day after spending six weeks in Tyrone with
Mrs. Wallace's daughter, Mrs. Cornelius Blair.
—Mrs. E. F. Tausig came here from Harris-
burg early in the week to join her daughters,
who have been visiting with their grandmother,
Mrs. Martin Fauble. Upon her return home
Mrs. Tausig will be accompanied by the chil.
dren.
—MTrs. Hiram Hiller and her two daughters,
Margaret and Virginia, left here yesterday to re- -
turn to their homeat Chester. Mrs. Hiller and
the children have been visiting in Bellefonte with
Mrs. William P. Wilson for the greater part of
the summer.
—Dr. R. G. H. Hayes with Mrs. Haves, their
daughter Ellen, and the two younger boys, left
Wednesday morning in Miss Hayes’ touring car
for a week’s drive through the southern part of
Pennsylvania and Virginia. Their longest stops
will be made at Norfolk and Suffolk, Va.
—Mrs. Charles Morris went to Pittsburgh the
latter part of last week, called there by the sud-
den and serious illness of her father, Elliott Ly-
on. Mr. Lyon had just returned to Pittsburgh
after spending a short time here with his two
daughters, Mrs. Thomas Ross and Mrs. Morris.
—Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Willard, of Wilkins-
burg, came to Bellefonte Thursday, to visit a
week with Mr. Willard’s sister, Miss Vera Wil-
lard, who will sail for Panama Thursday of next
week to accept a position in a private hospital.
Miss Frances Willard is also in Bellefonte, hav-
ing returned from a six week’s visit in Fayette
county and with friends in Altoona.
—Mrs. J. O. Brewer with her son Orville, and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keichline left Bellefonte
Monday for Kirkville, N. Y., where Mr. and Mrs.
Keichline will visit for a week. Mrs. Brewer
will remain for a month, Mr. Brewer joining her
for the last two weeks of her stay and for the re-
turn trip to Bellefonte. The visit had been
planned for earlier in the summer but owing to
the child’s illness had been postponed.
—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Conevery, of Wells-
boro, having as motor guests Mrs. Daggett and
Georgie Daggett, drove to Bellefonte Saturday
to spend several days with Mr. and Mrs. Wells
L. Daggett, at the Bush house. The party re-
turned to Tioga county the fore-part of the week,
leaving Miss Daggett to continue her visit in
Bellefonte. Mr. Conevery is associated with his -
father in publishing the Wellsboro Gazelle.
—Miss Ruby Eberhart, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Eberhart, and who is a nurse in
training at the Punxsutawney hospital, arrived
home last Saturday for a ten day’s vacation and
to recover from a recent operation for the re-
moval of her tonsils. The operation was per-
formed ten days ago and for over two hours Miss
Eberhart was in a precarious condition but final-
ly rallied and now, except for the soreness of her
throat, is getting along all right.
—Miss Grace McBride with her niece,
Margaret Musser, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Boyd Musser, returned to Scranton Tuesday
after spending ten days in Bellefonte with Mrs.
G. F. Musser and Mrs. John Kline, Accompany-
ing them was Mrs. Emanuel Musser, of State
College, who will visit for an indefir. ite time with
her son, Boyd A. Musser and his family, in
Scranton. Mrs. Musser had just’ returned from
New Jersey, where she had spent the greater
part of the summer with her daughters, Mrs.
Handlong and Mrs. Duff.
Miss
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Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse,
The prices quoted are those paid for
Potatoes per bushel
Onions. 0..."
Grocer.
produce.
d, per pound.
Butter per poun
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.
Red Wheat ,........0.. 0 0 $1.10
White Wheat 1.05
Rye, per bushel... 80
orn, shelled, per bushel. 80
Corn, ears, per bushel.......... 80
Oats, old and new, per bushel... 45
Barley, perbushel........... 60
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Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of the
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening.
Wheat—Red'................l. -.$ L15@1.16
—=No. 2.. L10@]1.12
Corn —Yellow.... 86@87
“ —Mixed new 85@86
Oats.......... Geticheestuts nines 67@68
Flour —Winter, per barrel.. 4.75@5.00
* __—Favorite Brands.. . 7.15@7.30
Rye Flour per barrel.............. 4.75@5.00
Baled Hay—Choice Timothy No. 1.... 16.00@20.00
Mixed No. 1........ 14.00@18.50
SHAW,....coti ini Saisie . 9.00@12.50
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