Belletonte, Pa., February 11, 1916.
{ To * CORRESPONDENTS. —No i communications
published unless accompanied by the real name
of the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——Next Monday will be St. Valentine
day.
— Lincoln’s birthday tomorrow will
be observed by the banks and postoffice.
For RENT.—Large garage. Best loca-
tion in town. Inquire of LyoN & Co.
61.1-tf
~~ ——Willis E. Wion last week sold a
five passenger Dodge car to Al C. Grove,
of Spring township.
Quigley nor the ardent temperance work- |
i ers had anything to do with it.
BAD BREAK IN Bic WATER MAIN Pur ~~ ——Sheriff A. B. Lee has purchased
BELLEFONTE DRy.—Bellefonte went dry the E. P. Shook garage at Spring Mills
on Monday afternoon, literally speaking . and gotten in two car loads of automo-
dry as punk, but neither Judge Henry C. : biles with which to start the spring trade.
- sow
——The venerable Samuel Grenoble,
of Ferguson township, suffered a stroke
of paralysis on Tuesday morning, and
owing to his advanced age his family is
very much concerned as to the outcome.
The big
water main that virtually controls Belle-
fonte’s water supply sprung a big leak
on south Water street opposite the laun-
dry just about twelve o'clock noon and
in less than one hour all the pipes as
I dry.
This in itself was bad enough, but it versary on Sunday.
Steam Heating company gets its water generations of the Maitland family.
supply from the borough mains
and when the water went off it was nec- : i
essary to bank the fires under the boilers & Fetteroff, at Centre Hall will be clos
and that stopped the supply of steam ed out on or about Apri! first with a big
with which most of the business places public sale of all the horses and rigs.
——The well known livery of Boozer
——See a good show and contribute to
a good cause by going to the opera house
tonight to see “The Amazons.”
——Mrs. Amanda Waite suffered a
slight stroke on Sunday morning at her
home on north Thomas street.
——Don’t fail to see “The Amazons,”
at Garman’s, tonight. It will be a clever
show and you want to help to beautify
the Union cemetery.
——The Bellefonte Elks enjoyed a din-
ner at the Nittany Country club last
evening at the expense of the losing
team in their recent pool tournament.
——The 1916 borough license tags for
draymen and liverymen are now ready
for delivery and a borough ordinance
makes it compulsory to take out a li-
cense.
——Weaver Bros., successors to C. C.
Shuey, the High street grocers, have a
very important announcement in the ad-
vertising columns of today’s WATCHMAN.
Read it. :
——Miss Hannah B. Shroyer, stenog-
rapher for J. Kennedy Johnston Esq. is
seriously ill at her home in Milesburg
with pneumonia, the result of an attack
of the grip.
——Mrs. Garber’s dance in the Bush
Arcade hall this evening will start at
ten o'clock, which will enable those at-
tending “The Amazons” to go direct
from the opera house to the dance.
——Turn out next Thursday and help
give the business men of Harrisburg a
royal welcome. They will be with us
only two hours, but let us make their
visit, however short, a memorable one.
——The Music study club, of Haver-
ford College, with Noah H. Swayne 2nd,
as the soloist, will give a concert in
Roberts hall at the College, on Wednes-
day, February 16th, for the benefit of the
Preston playground.
——Harry Swimmer,
has leased the Forest Bullock garage on
south Water street and will engage in
the junk business under the firm name
of the Centre County Iron and Metal
company. See his ad. in this issue.
——Rev. George Snavely Rentz has
resigned his pastorate of the Derry Pres:
byterian church to become assistant pas-
tor to Dr. George E. Hawes, at the Mar- |
ket Square Presbyterian church, Harris-
burg. He will enter upon his new work
about March 1st.
——Miss Stella Cooney,
Galen Hall, Atlantic City, who has been
in Bellefonte since Christmas, was
operated on for appendicitis Monday
at the Bellefonte hospital. Miss Ella
Waite and Mrs. Albert Knisely, are also
surgical patients at the hospital.
a nurse at
——W. R. Shope closed out his coal |
business down at the Central Railroad of
Pennsylvania this week. The vard had
been conducted by Mr. Shope’s son,
William Shope, who is: making prepara-
tion to move onto the farm they recently
purchased from Mrs. M. W. Furey, south
of Bellefonte.
——Hon. Gifford Pinchot will be the
speaker at the regular meeting of the
Agricultural society to be held in the
auditorium at State College on Thursday
evening, February 17th. Visitors will be
welcome. Mr. Pinchot, it will be re-
membered, was the Bull Moose candi-
date for United States Senator two years
ago.
——While conducting experiments in
the chemical laboratory at the High
school building last Thursday morning
Russell Lowery was overcome with
chlorine gas and fell to the floor uncon-
scious. A physician was hastily sum-
moned and it took some time to bring
the young man to his senses. In fact he
felt the effects of the gas for several days,
but is now all right.
——Announcements have been receiv-
ed in Bellefonte of the marriage of Miss
Ethel Lothrop Gray, daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. William Wetmore Gray, and Mr.
Geoffrey Beirne Freeman, on Wednesday,
February 2nd, at Bridgeport, Conn. The
bride is a grand-daughter of the late Dr.
Edward J. Gray, for many years presi-
dent of the Williamsport Dickinson Sem-
inary, and has many friends as well as
relatives in Centre county.
——Sheriff George H. Yarnell is of the
opinion that crime is surely on the de-
crease in Centre county. Since he was
installed in office on January 3rd, now
going on seven weeks, he has had but
nine prisoners in the jail, and some of
those were only for a few days and oth-
ers only a day, while one was in but a
few hours. There was a period of two
weeks since he took office when he did
not have a single prisoner. At present
there are but two inmates and the time
of one of these will be up in a few days.
| andmany private houses are heated. The livery is located in the hotel stables
| The indirect heating plants at the court and was started by David Boozer twenty:
| house and the school houses were also SIX Years ago, being conducted by him
| compelled to shut down for the same individually until a few years ago when
| reason, as well as all individual heating Mr. Fetteroff became a partner. Though
plants in town. And, with the thermom- retiring from the livery business Mr.
zero during the afternoon and as iow as DESE and will also conduct an auto livery.
seven above in the evening, the people of The hotel stables will be occupied after
the town had the shivers added to their APril first by Lyman Smith.
thirst.
Of course as large a force of men asit week, at ten o'clock, a hearing will be
was possible to handle was put to work held in the grand jury room in the court
four o'clock in the afternoon it was ap- Charles Nighthart for compensation
parent that the leak would not be re- claimed on account of an injury to his
paired for some hours and then began a right arm sustained while working for
bucket brigade to the big spring for the Standard Steam Oven company at
purposes. For two hours or longer there | plication for compensation under the new
was a continual procession going and law in this district, and the outcome will
coming, even from the furthermost points | be watched with interest by both em-
of the town. Men, women and children 'Pployers and employees. ;
carried water, who never carried it be-
fore. Automobiles, wagons, etc, Were | Foreman received a letter from Charles
brought into play and water was hauled i W. Meetch, of Kissimee, Florida, stating
in milk cans, kegs, barrels, anything to | that a black and white setter dog’ had
get the water. At the Bellefonte Acad-!
emy thirty or more students formed a |
| made its appearance at his place and on
; its collar was a 1916 Centre county, Pa.,
! procession up and down the hill and car- | Y
, ried enough water to supply the pressing
| license tag No. 2865. Mr. Foreman in-
| needs of that institution.
On Friday Prothonotary David R.
| vestigated and found that the tag was
i issued to Mrs. Rachael Van Daniker, of
The public schools were compelled to | Rush township. Mr. Van Daniker is
close an hour early on account of the | station agent for the New York Central
cold, and the occupants of the | railroad at Philipsburg, and it is probable
court house vacated that building an | he and his wife are on a trip to Florida
hour earlier than usual. In the evening | and took the dog with them, as it is hard-
Col. H. S. Taylor attempted to put his ly likely he would make the trip overland
Steam heating plant into commission by | himself just to winter in Florida.
pumping water into the boilers from the | 3 = Sr
creek with the Undine fire engine, but = —7This (Friday) evening is the date
the lift was too high and after working | for the D. A. R. play, “The Amazons,” in
an hour or so without results the attempt | the opera house as a. means of raising a
of Harrisburg,
had to be given up.
In the meantime the water department
was having its own troubles.
{
sary pipe was on hand but a double!
and not one of these could be had in!
town. State College and Lock Haven
. were appealed to without avail, but finally
| the Pennsylvania railroad company in
Tyrone came to the rescue and sent the
necessary piece down on the 8.30 p. m.
| train.
| When the broken section of pipe was
entirely uncovered it was found to be split
i
| aimost its entire length and as evidence |
| that there had been a break there for
| weeks and months is the fact that a two |
I
| inch spiral spring lost out of the pump
i over a year ago was found wedged in the
crack. So that all appearances would
(indicate that thousands of gallons of
| water have been leaking there everyday,
{ which accounts for a part of the big
waste reported by Mr. Seibert at a re-
cent meeting of borough council.
It was four o'clock Tuesday morning
before the break was fully repaired and
all the pumps started and by daybreak
all the town was again supplied with
water, the steam heating plant, as well
as other heating plants, were in cpera-
tion and normal conditions again pre-
vailed.
Ll ay
TRYING TO SAVE PENNINGTON.—An ap-
plication was filed with the State Board
of Pardons on Saturday for another re-
hearing in the case of Roland S. Penning-
ton, now under sentence of death with
William H. March for the murder of S.
Lewis Pinkerton, of Delaware county.
The men have been three times repriev-
ed by Governor Brumbaugh and are now
under sentence to die the week of Feb-
ruary 21st.
Recently Judge Isaac Johrson, who
heard the cases of both men, appeared
before the Governor and, it is alleged,
claimed that there were very extenuat-
ing circumstances in connection with
Pennington’s case and that was one rea-
son why the two men were respited from
the week of January 24th to that of Feb-
ruary 21st.
Argument on the application for a re-
hearing will be made before the Board
of Pardons on Wednesday, February
16th, and if the re-hearing is granted
Pennington will be granted a further
respite by the Governor. So far there is
no indication that any further steps will
be taken to save March and he will like-
ly go to the death chair at the appointed
time, whether Pennington does or not.
ANOTHER EFFORT TO SAVE MARCH ALSO.
On Tuesday attorneys for George H.
March also filed an application for argu-
ment for a rehearing before the Board
of Pardons next Wednesday, and on
Wednesday Attorney Generai Brown
granted the attorneys permision to have
an alienist examine March as to his
sanity, and present his findings to the
Board of Pardons next week.
The neces- |
| sleeve was necessary to repair the break |
! fund for memorial gates at the Union
| cemetery. A large number of tickets
‘ have been sold this week, but there are
still plenty of good seats, and as the
{cause is a very worthy one, the play
| ought to be well patronized. Aside from
: the fact of the entertainment being giv-
en for a good purpose there is every as-
surance that the play will be very enter-
taining and well worth the price of ad-
i mission charged. If you have not yet
: made up your mind you had better de-
cide to go, enjoy yourself and help along
a good cause.
——The twenty-first annual meeting of
group six, Pennsylvania Bankers’ associ-
ation will be held in the Commerce
building, Altoona, to-morrow (Lincoln’s
birthday.) There will be one session, at
11.00 o'clock in the morning, with lunch-
eon at the Logan house at 1.30 p. m. In
the morning James W. Leech, a member
of the State Workmen's Compensation
Board, will talk on “Compensation,” and
Dr. Edwin Erle Sparks, president of The
Pennsylvania State College, will make an
address on “The Strange Case of Abra-
ham Lincoln.” At the luncheon G. P.
Early, of the American Sheet and Tin
Plate Co., Pittsburgh, will give a talk on
“That Reminds Me.”
——On Thursday evening of last week
Samuel Boyer, a section hand on the
Bald Eagle railroad at Julian, finished
his day’s work, put his tools away in the
toolhouse and stepped out right in front
of a moving freight train. He was
knocked down and his right foot crushed
under the moving train. First aid was
rendered by fellow workmen after which
he was putupon an engine and brought to
the Bellefonte hospital. An examination
disclosed the fact that his foot and ankle
were crushed so badly it was impossible
to save either and the leg was amputated
midway between the ankle and knee.
So far he appears to be getting along
all right. Boyer has been working on
the railroad over forty years. He is now
sixty-nine years old and would have
been retired on a pension next year.
——On Sunday Mrs. A. C. Grove and
Mrs. Boyd Sampsel drove to Bellefonte
from their homes in Spring township to
attend services at the Lutheran church.
Just as they were passing along Alle-
gheny street on the northeast corner of
the Diamond Dr. Dale backed his car to
turn around and come down High street.
He saw the women but supposed. that
they were far enough along to be out of
danger, but their horse was not going
fast and the result was he backed right
into the rig. Fortunately he stopped his
car almost as soon as it struck so that
the ladies were not thrown out. The
horse made one jump and broke a trace
but James Curtin happened to be pass-
ing and caught the animal by the bridle.
The trace was repaired and the women
proceeded on their way none the worse
for the mishap. The right rear fender
on Dr. Dale’s car was bent, but it was
easily readjusted.
celebrated his eighty-sixth birthday anni- | were Dr. A. M. Schmidt, Claude Cook, |
Included in the Dr. C. T. Hennig, Dr. H. W. Tate, John
was only the beginning. The Bellefonte twenty-seven guests present were four | Blanchard Esq. Wallace W. Gephart, F. |p. C.,is'a guest of her aunt, Mrs. J. M. Cun-
eter down to eighteen degrees above Boozer will continue in the harness busi-
——On Thursday morning of next !
right away to repairing the leak, but the house, before W. W. Champion, referee all the time, and that it was possible
big main was seven feet underground for the workmen's compensation board | When the fires got low on the firemen
and it took some digging to reach it. By in this district, on the application of there would not be much pressure on
water enough for cooking and drinking the Ceader bakery. This is the first ap- |
‘| arrive in America about the 25th of Feb-
PUBLIC HEARING ON STEAM HEATING |
QUESTION. —William Findley Downs, sec- |
retary of the State Public Service Com- '
mission, was in Bellefonte yesterday and
took testimony at a public hearing in the
parlors of the Brockerhoff house on the
steam heating question, complaint hav-
ing been filed with the Commission that
it was not up to what it should be.
Between thirty and forty patrons of
H. Thomas, Robert M. Beach, James H. |
Potter, J. Linn Harris, Mrs. Robert Milis |
Beach and Miss Rebecca N. Rhoads.
Each and every one testified to being a i
patron of the Steam Heating company '
and that to their own knowledge the
service has not been good; it has been
too irregular and at times during the
day and for hours at night there is no
heat, and the witnesses testified that in |
their judgment it was due to lack of |
pressure. |
Col. H. S. Taylor made a lengthy state- |
;ment in his own defence in which he |
“stated that insufficient heat in some
buildings was due to too small service
pipes, in some cases insufficient radia-
'tion, etc. He stated that it was impossi-
"ble to keep steam at a certain pressure
t
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the outside lines, but maintained that he
was doing the best it was possible to do.
The testimony will be written out and
presented to the Conimission, and after
it has been duly considered a decision
will be rendered. While it is likely the
Commission will endeavor to do this as
soon as possible, . it is likely to be two
weeks or longer before a decision will be
given.
JUDGE QUIGLEY MAKES NEW APPOINT-
MENTS.—Judge Henry C. Quigley has re-
appointed Dr. Ambrose M. Schmidt pro-
bation officer for the juvenile court of
Centre county for one year dating from
January 1st, 1916. Under a recent act of
| the Legislature the salary of the probation
officer was increased from $150 to $300 a
year, and the court made an order to
that effect in the case of Dr. Schmidt.
Miss Winifred M. Gates, assistant
court stenographer and the judge's pri-
vate stenographer, was appointed ju-
venile court stenographer, at a salary of
$25.00 per month, in accordance with a
recent Act of the Legislature.
The per diem salaries of Jacob Wood-
ring, court crier, and George C. Eaton
and Cyrus W. Hunter, tipstaves, was in-
creased from two to three dollars a day
to provide for traveling expenses. The
above appointments will mean an in-
crease of from $500 to $600 a year in the
county’s expenses.
The County Commissioners are some-
what at sea over the appointment of a
sealer of weights and measures. While
the law creating this office is not a new
one the Commissioners have always
evaded the duty of appointing such an
official owing to the evasive character of
the law. The Act provides that the
sealer shall be paid a salary of not less
than $1,000 yearly and expenses, and
don’t provide for any length of term.
Recently, however, the Commissioners
received a letter from James Sweeney,
chief of the Bureau of Standards, at Har-
risburg, requesting them to make the ap-
pointment without any undue delay, and
failing to do so the matter would be re-
ferred to the Attorney General's depart-
ment for settlement. There are a num
ber of applicants for the position and it
is possible an appointment will be made
in the near future.
WiLL TELL ABOUT EUROPEAN WAR.—
Mrs. Russell, from London, England, will
ruary and will visit her friend, Miss Nan
Hoy, for a few days.
While in this country Mrs. Russell will
give lectures on “War Work” and will
open the Study Class on February 29th
‘with a lecture "in the court house. She
has been actively engaged in working for
the sufferers. When the war broke out
she and her brother, Mr. Lloyd Logan
Smith, gave up their home in Arundell
and took a house in Chelsea, London, to
be nearer the centre of relief work. Mr.
Smith has been spending his time for
the Belgians. Mrs. Russell has been in-
terested in sending out nurses and sup-
plies to hospitals in France, which have
been started and equipped by women. In
one. place they started a unit in an
Abbey green with the ages of thousands
of years. Physicians, nurses, ambulance
drivers, X-Ray car drivers and all the
hospital retinue are women. Mrs. Rus-
sell has a very charming personality and
has for years been in touch with all the
great movements in England. She is a
suffragist, but not a militant. It will
be a great privilege to hear her tell her
war experience, on Tuesday evening,
February 29th, at eight o’clock. The lec-
ture is free.
+>
——The weather this winter has been
variable; in fact more variable than
otherwise, but not so the pictures
at the Scenic. The evening programs
at that popular motion picture
theatre have been one continual round
of high class pictures. Never before in
the history of the moving pictures in
Bellefonte has the Scemic been able to
offer its patrons such a feast of good
things, and manager T. Clayton Brown,
asserts that he will continue to show the
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Miss Pearl Royer spent from Friday until
Monday visiting friends in Tyrone.
—Lee Derstine, of Altoona, was the week-end
guest at his home on east Lamb street.
—John Furst, of Ridley Park, has been a guest
of his mother, Mrs. A. O. Furst, during the past
week.
—Miss Margery McDermott was the guest of
her sister, Mrs. James Burns, of Snow Shoe, last
——William B. Maitland, of Williams. | the Steam Heating company were pres- | Week. edt Sy ah
| well as the reservoir had been drained port, at one time a resident of Bellefonte, (ent and those who testified under oath —Miss Bella Lowery is visiting in Wilmerding,
where she is a guest of her sister, Mrs. James
Parsons.
—Miss Elizabeth Cunningham, of Washington,
ningham.
—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sechler have been en-
tertaining Mrs. Sechler’s sister, Miss Shontz, of
Mifflinburg.
—Miss Jessie Kerstetter left Wednesday for
Ridgway, after a visit in Bellefonte with Mrs.
Samuel D. Gettig.
—Mrs. Ogden Malin is visiting with her grand-
mother, at New Enterprise, having left Belle-
fonte Wednesday. !
—Mrs. J. P. Gephart is again in Bellefonte,
after visiting for a part of the winter at her :
home at Loganton.
—Gilbert Beaver, of Yorktown Heights, N. Y.,
was a guest for the week-end of his mother,
Mrs. James A. Beaver.
—Mrs. Sarah Etters, of Lemont, is in Williams-
port this week visiting and consulting Dr.
Haskins regarding her eyes.
—Mrs. Calvin Faust spent the week-end at the
home of her father, James Rine, returning to
Bellwood Sunday afternoon.
—Miss Martha McKnight, of Filimore, was in !
Bellefonte Saturday doing some shopping and
calling on her many friends.
—Dr. J. C. Helfrich, manager of the five and
ten cent store, spent several days thi week in
Pittsburgh on a business trip.
—Mrs. Robert T. Garman, of Tyrone, with her
two children, were guests of Mrs. Charles Cruse,
while in Bellefonte over Sunday.
—Mrs. Grace Weaver, of Zion, was the week.
end guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
McClellan, on east Lamb street.
—Mrs. W. Frank Bradford, of Centre Hall,
spent Wednesday in Bellefonte shopping and
visiting among a few of her many friends.
—Mr. and Mrs. John Bottorf drove to Belle-
fonte Saturday, spending the day marketing and
shopping in the interest of their farm at Run-
ville.
—Mr. and Mrs. William Larimer will go to
Jersey Shore today for a visit of several days
with their son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Larimer.
—Thomas Raymond, of Renovo, was in Belle-
fonte last Thursday between trains on his way
to Snow Shoe, to attend the funeral of the late
Mrs. John Smith.
—Mrs. Joseph Wise, of York, Pa.,is in Belle-
fonte for a two week’s visit with her brother,
Daniel O’Leary, and with Mrs. James Noonan,
at the Brant house.
—Howard Gearhart, of Pottsville, was in
Bellefonte for the week-end, visiting with Mrs.
Gearhart, who is slowly convalescing from her
recent serious illness.
—Mrs. George Brandon, of Scranton, is visiting
with her mother, Mrs. Schenk, who has made
her home with her daughter, Mrs. Frank E.
Naginey, for several years.
—Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Struble, of Pittsburgh,
have been spending the past week in Bellefonte
with their parents, Mr. and: Mrs. E. O. Struble
and Mr. and Mrs. McClinsey.
—P. H. Gherrity, who will in all probability
be Bellefonte’s next postmaster, was an over
Sunday visitor with his daughter, Mrs. James C.
Davis and family, in Tyrone.
—Hammon Sechler, who left Bellefonte Sat-
urday of last week, has been visiting in Balti-
more with his daughter, Mrs. William Arm-
strong Kirby and he son, William Jr.
—Mrs. Alice Hockenberry, of State College,
with her daughters Margaret and Sara, spent
Saturday in Bellefonte, the time being devoted
to visiting with a number of their old friends.
—William Reeser, a brother of Mrs. Daniel
Heckman, who spent the past few months at the
Heckman home on east Lamb street, left in the
fore part of the week for his home in Akron,
Ohio.
—Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Brown returned to
their home in Pittsburgh this week after spend-
ing a week as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Rhoads; Mrs. Rhoads being a sister of Mr:
Brown. ,
—Mrs. William Rees, who has been in Belle-
fonte with Mr. Rees’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.
W. Rees, for the greater part of the winter, is
with her husband at Patton, having left here
Tuesday. x
—Owing to a strike in the foundry at’the Burn-
ham Steel works Charles Hughes returned to
Bellefonte in the fore part of the week and has
gone to work for the Bellefonte Engineering
company.
—Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Deitz, of Johns-
town, came to Bellefonte the early part of the
week for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Thos.
E. Mayes. Mrs. Mayes is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Deitz.
—John G. Love Jr. was in Bellefonte with his
mother last week, it being the mid-winter vaca-
tion time at Haverford. Leaving here Sunday
afternoon, he was accompanied by Francis
Thomas, who was returning to Boston.
—Mrs. Earl Way and her daughter Margery,
were in Bellefonte Tuesday for a part of the day
on their return to Waddle, after a visit of five
weeks with Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Meek, in Wil-
liamsport, and Dr. and Mrs. Reuben Meek, at
Avis. :
—Mrs. Williams, of Hagerstown, and Mrs.
Blair, of Tyrone, both sisters of Lewis Wallace,
and Miss Bernice Wallace, of Tyrone, his niece,
were among those from a distance who were in
Bellefonte last Saturday for the funeral of Jay
Wallace.
—Mrs. Edward Houser with her two children,
Gladys and Franklin, will leave today to join
her husband at Meadville, where the latter is
employed in a large foundry. She will be ac-
companied on the trip by her sister, Mrs. Frank
P. Bartley.
—Mrs. Elizabeth Callaway and her daughter,
Mrs. Garber, are both out of town. Mrs. Garber
having left Wednesday for a short visit in Al-
toona, while Mrs. Callaway went to Harrisburg
Thursday morning, expecting to go from there
to Philadelphia and on to Atlantic City, where
she will visit until spring.
—Miss Hazel Lentz, a student at the Lock
Haven Normal school, returned home on Tues-
day evening, owing to the school being closed on
account of diphtheria. Two cases of the disease
developed on Tuesday and the school was im-
mediately closed. The buildings will be thor-
oughly fumigated and the school will reopen on
Monday, February 28th.
—Mr. and Mrs. James Hoyt with their little
baby daughter, of Lumber City, Clearfield coun--
ty, and Collins Johnston Jr., of Pittsburgh, were
in Bellefonte several days the past week to see
Mrs. Hoyt’s and Mr. Johnston's father, Collins
Johnston, who is ill in the Bellefonte hospital.
best that can be obtained.
His condition, however, is enough improved that
they have all been able to return home.
—Mrs. Henry Keep returned from Annapolis
Wednesday, after a weeks visit with friends.
—Mrs. Wayne D. Meyer, with her young son,
is spending this week on a visit to her brother at
Orbisonia, Huntingdon county.
—Mrs. W. I. Fleming has been in Philipsburg
since the early part of the week, called there on
account of the illness of her two grand-children.
—Mrs. J. M. Curtin came to Bellefonte yes-
terday from Pittsburgh, and will be a guest of
her mother, Mrs. George F. Harris, during a
visit of several days.
—Miss Margaret McFarlane was called here
from Lock Haven a week ago, owing to the ill-
ness in the John Noll family. Miss Noll having
had a severe attack of the grip, and Mrs. Noll’s
condition was a little less encouraging for a few
days.
— eae —
PARTIES OF THE WEEK.—Mrs. J. L.
Runkle entertained with an evening par-
ty Friday of last week.
Miss Mary S. Thomas was hostess at a
luncheon Wednesday, at one o’clock.
Miss Humes and Mrs. Archibald Alli-
son gave a tea at Miss Humes’ home, on
| Allegheny street, yesterday, from three
until five o’clock.
Perhaps the merriest party of the win-
{ ter was that of last Tuesday night, when
Mrs. George Hazel as chaperon, with
| seventeen of the eighth grade children,
| went on a straw ride to Houserville in
' Tom Beaver’s wagon, drawn by four
| horses. Leaving here at six o’clock and
| returning at four, gave them ample op-
| portunity to enjoy to the fullest the lay-
{ish hospitality shown them by their hos-
tess and young host, Mrs. Daniel Houser
‘and her son Paul. The evening is one
i that will be long remembered by the
| children.
GO ee.
| MAHAR—HEVERLEY.--James Mahar, of
i Lancaster, and Miss Helen Heverley, of
{ Axe Mann, were united in marriage
|in St. John’s Catholic church, at
eight o'clock yesterday morning by
i the pastor, Rev. Father McArale. The
young couple were attended by Miss
Jeannette Wilson, of Altoona, a cousin of
the bride, and John Mahar, of Lancaster,
the bridegroom’s brother. Following the
ceremony a wedding breakfast was serv-
ed at the home of the bride's grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harland Saylor, of
Valentine street, and at 1.07 o’clock Mr.
and Mrs. Mahar left on the train for Al-
toona, where a reception wus tendered
them at the home of Mr. and Mrs, John
H. Wilson. ’
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Alired J. Heverley and is a popular
young lady. The bridegroom is a car-
penter by occupation and has been em-
ployed at the new penitentiary during
the past summer. They will make their
home in Lancaster.
Struble, of near State College, and Miss
Barbara May Baumgardner, of Zion,
were married at the Reformed church
on Tuesday afternoon by the pastor, Dr.
Ambrose M. Schmidt. Both young peo-
ple are quite popular in their home com-
munities and have the best wishes of
their many friends for their future hap-
piness. They will go to housekeeping
on a farm near State College.
——The absence of steam heat and
consequent cold weather on Monday
night were the contributing agents which
precluded the holding of the regular
meeting of borough council.
Sale Register.
MARCH 14—At the residence of J. H, Williams, on
the Snyder farm at Bloomsdorf Station, four
miles west of State College. 8 horses, 7 cows,
calves, implements, harness, De Laval separa-
tor, household goods, etc. Sale begins at 10
o'clock a. m. James Reed, Auc.
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Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer.
The prices quoted are those paid for roduce.
Potatoes per bushel....... > : $1.00
NIONS........c..0000iesncs 65
Eggs, per dozen... 30
Lard, per pound... 71
Butter perpound.......... No 32
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.
Bed Wheat... $1.25
White Wheat... 1.20
Rye, per bushel........... 70
orn, shelled, per bushel 70
Corn, ears, per bushel..... 70
Oats, old and new, per 40
Barley, per bushel... 60
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of th
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening. .
Wheat—Red ................... -$ 1.30@1.32
—No. 2 .28@1.30
Corn —Yellow..... 78@86
—Mixed new 76@78
Oats......... itmsubiscrsensiiivins 52@53
Flour —Winter, per barrel. 5.80@6.10
—Favorite Brands.... 7.25@7.75
Rye Flour per barrel............. 5.50@6.00
Baled Hay—Choice Timothy 00@22.00
’ 15.50@19.50
Straw........cc.iccissieinsmierespsescs - 8.50@14.00
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