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Bellefonte, Pa., June 16, 1916.
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Former Centre County Farmer At-
: tempts Bank Robbery.
Delbert O. Downing, of Tyrone, a
former Centre county farmer and
lumberman, attempted to hold up
three officials and rob the Curwens-
published unless accompanied by the real name | ville National bank at noon on Friday.
of the writer.
—
Downing, with his face blackened
with burnt wood and a blue bandana
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY. |. xerchief tied about the lower part
——The Ladies Aid society of the
United Brethren church will hold a
bake sale in the Aid room on Satur-
day afternoon and evening, June 17th.
——The butter-crust bread, for
of his face, walked into the bank and
passing a colored woman and a boy
who were in the lobby, opened a door
leading to the interior of the bank
and stepping behind the counter
leveled two big revolvers at cashier
which Ceader’s are getting such a Anthony Hile.
reputation, can be gotten from all the
‘Hile asked Downing what he meant
leading grocers in Bellefonte. 24-1t by such action, at the same time
——The bass fishing season opened | walking toward him. He firmly grap-
yesterday and lovers of the sport will | pled the would-be robber and at-
now be flocking to Bald Eagle creek, | tempted to wrest the revolvers from
below Howard, where bass are usually | him. In the meantime Harry M.
‘quite plentiful.
Hoover, paying teller, * took a hand
—The raison bread or coffee cake |in the struggle. Hearing the noise
now made at Ceader’s bakery, will
C. S. Russell, president of the bank,
add so much to your breakfast that |rushed out of his office and the fight
after trying it you will never do with- | then became a three to one affair.
out. 24-1t
In the mix-up one of Downing’s re-
The marriage of Mr. Thomas |Volvers was either accidentally or
B. Hamilton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. | deliberately discharged, the ball en-
Thaddeus R. Hamilton, of this place, tering Hoover’s lower jaw under the
and Miss Mary M. Quilgan, of Brook- | chin, knocking out five teeth and com-
Iyn, will take place in the later city |ing out on the cheek near his nose.
‘tomorrow (Saturday.)
' — John Curtin and district attor-
ney James C. Furst were to have
opened their annual camp on Fishing
creek yesterday, but the rain and high
water postponed their trip until a
more propitious time.
The shot caused the bank officials
to release their hold on Downing just
for an instant, but it was long enough:
for him to make his escape from the
bank and start on a run down the
street. Guy Clark witnessed the man’s
flight and gave chase but Downing
threatened to shoot him, and a run-
—G. H. Rodgers, of Philipsburg, ning battle took place on the street,
has been appointed station agent at in which no one was hurt. At. the
Beech Creek, on the Bald Eagle Val- Pennsylvania depot Downing virtually
ley railroad, to succeed the late|,,, into the arms of deputy sheriff
Simeon C. Mains, who was killed in a Chaplin, and he was at once captured
railroad accident about a month ago.
and disarmed, offering no future re-
——The Girls Harmonic orchestra | sistance. He was given a hearing the
of Bellefonte furnished the music for | same afternoon and that evening tak-
Mrs. Garber’s dance in the Bush Ar-|en to Clearfield and lodged in jail on
cade on Wednesday night and scored | the charge of shooting and attempted
quite a hit. In fact, it proved one of | robbery.
the most successful and delightful
dances of the season.
Downing is a son of the late Robert
W. Downing, of Halfmoon township,
——Now js the time to begin sav-|and is about forty-four years old.
ing your nickles and dimes for your | During the past five or six years he
Chautauqua tickets. Junior tickets, |had been engaged in lumbering in
$1.00; adult tickets, $2.00 for a whole | Bald Eagle valley, in the neighbor-
week of splendid
entertainment. | hood of Hannah and Port Matilda.
Bellefonte Chautauqua begins Mon- | Early this spring he had a public sale
day, July 24th. Get ready now!
of his personal effects and went to
A church festival will be held | St. Louis, but remained only a few
on the lawn at the Methodist church | Weeks. Returning east he purchased
in Coleville tomorrow (Saturday) |the meat market of Clair Thompson,
evening. Ice cream, cake and other|in: Tyrone, but in less than two
delicacies will be served. Proceeds weeks sold it out to Sellers & Rees-
will be for the benefit of the church, | man: Since’ that time he had done
The patronage of the public is solicit- | nothing but odd jobs.
ed. :
On Thursday of last week Downing
James Bechdel. .a well. known 1 72% at Bald Eagle where he took a
farmer of Liberty township, has a
pair of blacksnakes on his farm which
have maintained a certain habitation
for, several years and have become so
tame that they do not frighten or
show fright at Mr. Bechdel’s ap-
proach.
——Announcements were received
in Bellefonte the past week of the
marriage on May 31st, of Harry J.
Sternberg, of Everett, Wash.,, and
Miss Grace Tyler, of Seattle. The
bridegroom is a native of Bellefonte Bellefonte
and will be remembered by many peo-
ple here. They will make their home
at Everett.
Pullman automobile, supposed to be
his, to William Robinson’s blacksmith
shop for repairs. The two men work-
ed all day and toward evening Down-
ing left and said he would not be back
before Saturday. Further trace shows
that he went to Curwensville on the
night train, on a pretense of a visit
to relatives residing there. Friday
morning he went out into the woods,
burned wood and blackened his face
and at noon attempted the hold-up.
Downing is quite well known in
During the summer of
1911 he was a candidate for the nomi-
nation for sheriff on the Republican
ticket and was beaten at the prima-
—It is commonly reported that | ries, polling 661 votes. He was al-
Louis Doll Jr., of this place, and Miss ways reguarded as a harmless, ine
Lillian Grassmire, a daughter of Mr. | offensive man, and it is just possible
and Mrs. Craig Grassmire, of Curtin, | that his act was committed in a mo-
were married last week in ‘Lock Ha- | ment of temporary insanity. When
ven. Though no public announcement | taken into custody about thirty dol-
of the fact has been made they are|jars were found in Downing’s pockets.
both accepting the congratulations of Downing has a wife and several chil-
their many friends.
dren living in Tyrone as well as a
—&he Lamb street sewer has |number of brothers and sisters scat-
been completed as far east as the |tered through the central part of the
John Derstine property on the hill, | State.
which is as far as it will be laid at
present. All that is necessary now is
for the residents on that thorough-
Whiterock Quarries Wins Case.
The case of the heirs of James and
fare to make the proper connections Jacob Steele vs. the Whiterock Quar-
and they will have as good a sewerage | Ties, which went on trial last Thurs-
system as any street in town.
——Just when the train on the
Lewisburg and Tyrone railroad was
ready to leave the Bellefonte station
Wednesday afternoon, the air pump
on the engine blew out and it was im-
possible to fix it at once. So one of
the Bellefonte yard engines was re-
quisitioned to haul the train, but at
that it was almost an hour late leav-
day afternoon before Judge Thomas
J. Baldridge, of Blair county, went
to the jury late Friday afternoon and
Saturday morning they returned a
verdict in which they found for the
defendant. The gist of the case is
substantially as follows:
A few years ago Mrs. Elizabeth
Crotzer, one of the heirs to the prop-
erty and who occupied it at the time,
ing Bellefonte.
——The treasurer’s sale of un-
seated lands was held in the court
house on Monday and notwithstand-
ing the fact that a big list was ad-
_vertised it took less than two hours
to dispose of all of them. Of course,
many of the present title holders
paid the tax and one dollar a tract
for advertising and retained the land,
and all such tracts were not offered
for sale.
made a proposition to the other heirs
to buy out their interest for approxi-
mately $1,400, in order to have the
place as a home. The other heirs
agreed to the proposition and when
they had practically all signed the
deed and the money had been paid in-
to the hands of W. Harrison Walker,
some of the heirs learned that Mrs.
Crotzer had agreed to sell eighteen
acres of the land on which there was
a good vein of limestone to the
Whiterock Quarries for the sum of
—Cyril Moerschbacher landing a $1,800 or thereabouts. An action was
big trout on Spring creek was shown | then brought to have the sale annul-
in motion pictures on Saturday even- |led on the grounds that the heirs had:
ing, but unfortunately very few peo- | been induced to sell through misrepre-
ple knew of it until they went to the | Sentation.
During the trial of the case last
Scenic in the evening. But that is|yeek the plaintiffs were represented
one argument why you should be aby W. D. Zerby and W. Groh Runkle,
regular attendant, because every|of this place, and ex-Judge Clinton
evening you stay away you are sure |R. Savidge, of Sunbury, while John
to miss something you would like to | Blanchard Esq., represented the de-
see. Therefore, be a regular.
fendant company. ,
ar a i
——Commissioner of Labor and In-
dustry John Price Jackson and Mrs.
Jackson have announced the engage-
ment of their daughter, Miss Mary
Katharine Jackson, to Frank Win-
throp Reynolds, son of George Rey-
nolds, of Lancaster, though no date
for the wedding has been made pub-
lic. Mr. Reynolds is a member of the
firm of Clark & Clark, architects, of
New York city.
——Miss Freda Baum was hostess
at a lawn party Thursday of .last
week, the scholars and teachers of the
Hebrew Sunday school being her
guests. The entertainment provided
for the afternoon, and the enthusiasm
of the recently organized school, made
it one of the successful affairs of the
season, and established more firmly
Miss Baum’s reputation of being
among the most successful entertain-
ers of the town.
——The Susquehanna Trapshooter’s
league has issued its program for the
1916 season which provides for five
one day tournaments. The first will
be at State College on Wednesday of
next week, June 21st. The others
will be at Milton on July 13th, Sun-
bury-Selinsgrove August 10th, Jersey
Shore September 21st and Lock Ha-
ven October 12th. A large number of
entries have already been booked for
the shoot at State College next week.
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-——There will be a big time at
Pleasant Gap Saturday afternoon
and evening, June 24th. The ladies
of St. Mark’s Lutheran .church will
hold a festival and as an added at-
traction there will be a baseball game.
The Pleasant Gap ladies are noted for
the good things they serve at festivals
and they expect to excel themselves
on this occasion. Inasmuch as the
proceeds will be devoted to the build-
ing fund of the new church they are
now paying for the cause is a most
worthy one and deserving of liberal
patronage.
——At the request of the Belle-
fonte police J. W. Davis was arrested
in Altoona on Friday night on the
charge of skipping his hotel bill at the
Brockerhoff house. Davis spent sev-
eral weeks in Bellefonte buying stock
of all kinds and left here very sudden-
ly without paying his hotel bill and
a number of other bills he contracted
around town. .When arrested in Al-
toona he was at the depot waiting to
take a train to Ohio. When Davis
was searched at the police station a
roll of money was found on him
which totaled $344.45. He was brought
to Bellefonte at noon on Saturday and
settled all accounts and costs.
——Bellefonte has two young la-
dies in the persons of Mary Elizabeth
and Anna May Badger, daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Badger, who have
a record attained by very few people
indeed. The young ladies both gradu-
ated from the Bellefonte High school
last week and from the time they
started to school at the age of six
years they never missed a day, nor
did either one have a tardy mark dur-
ing their entire school course. There
are students who have gone a year
without missing a day or being tardy
but for two in one family to go
through their entire public school
course with a clean sheet, is truly re-
markable.
eA Ti es
——A little incident happened on
Tuesday evening that proved how
thoroughly the young imitate their
elders. The Elks had three boys
about fourteen years old employed to
carry the old shingles out of the yard
surrounding their home on High
street and clean off the pavement.
Two of the boys were sweeping the
pavement and had only a few square
feet to do to finish the job. The oth-
er boy was carrying out refuse with a
shovel. Just as he emptied the shovel
the town clock pealed forth the . first
stroke of five and the three boys si-
multaneously pitched brooms and
shovel into the yard and started for
home, the sweepers not even finishing
cleaning the pavement.
——On Wednesday morning the men
employed on putting down the sewer
on east Lamb street wanted to flush
it from Ridge street down and in or-
der to do so attempted to open the fire
hydrant at the corner of Lamb and
Ridge streets. But the hydrant was
rusted and fast and it was over two
hours before they managed to get it
open. Of course, it didn’t matter so
much on Wednesday morning, because
an hour or two’s variation in flushing
a sewer made no difference, but sup-
pose a fire had originated in that
neighborhood and the destruction of
property depended on a few minutes’
time, what would have been the re-
sult? In two hours most of the
homes in that neighborhood would
either have been. in ashes or on fire.
And as that was the condition of the
fire plug at that place is it not likely
to be the condition of the majority of
the plugs in Bellefonte? Surely it is
the duty of somebody to see that the
plugs are in working condition, and
the only way that can be found out is
to make a test at regular intervals,
and often enough to keep them from
rusting shut.
Whether it was to please the
crowd attending the State College
commencement or for some other rea-
son, the weather man has been more
amenable to reason this week and
doled out some very seasonable
weather. At that, certain portions of
Centre county were swept with a hard
rain storm on Tuesday afternoon, and
vestérday we had an all day’s rain.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—J. Thomas Mitchell Esq., returned on Wed"
nesday from a business trip to New York city.
—Miss Stella Cooney is visiting with her sister,
Mrs. Ray Stauffer, having gone to Hazleton
early in the week.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Walkey have been
spending the week in Johnstown, with their
cousin, Mrs. Barner. -
—Miss Rachael Stearns, who had been visit-
ing with Miss Elizabeth Gephart, returned to
Williamsport Tuesday.
—Mr. and Mrs. William Bottorf and their son
Jacob returned yesterday from a two day's
motor trip to Scranton.
and Mrs. Edward I. Gillen spent Weenesday on
a motor trip to Lewistown.
—Forest Tanner left here Monday for Hazel
ton, where he will be associated with his brother
George in the dairy business.
—Miss Ethel Gilbert, of Lansdowne, who has
been at State for the commencement, is a guest
of Mrs. Olewine and Miss Adaline Olewine.
—Mrs. M. L. Broderick left here Monday for
New York city, to attend the Quilgan—Hamilton
wedding. Mr. Hamilton is Mrs. Broderick’s
brother.
—Mr. and Mrs. Trood D. Parker, of Clearfield,
were in Bellefonte a few hours on Sunday, hav-
ing motored up from Mill Hall with Mrs. Par-
ker’s brother, Roy Nixon. ’
—Mrs. Reed, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Ross,
with whom she has been visiting in Altoona, will
come to Bellefonte Monday to spend a part of
the week with Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Morris.
—Walter, S. Miller, who has been visiting with
his grandmother, Mrs. Miller Stewart, left yes-
terday accompanied by his cousin, Miss Marga-
ret Stewart, for his home at Hagerstown, Md.
—J. E. Hall, of Unionville, was in Bellefonte
Wednesday on his return from commencement
at State. Mr. Hall is a member of the class of
’95, and one of the colleges’ most loyal alumni.
—Walter B. Furst, of Hartford, Conn., has
been spending a part of the week with his moth-
er, Mrs. A. O. Furst. William Chamberlain, of
Milton, has been Mrs. Furst’s guest also during
the week.
—Miss Sara Shuey, who has been at Hazleton
during the winter, came to Bellefonte Saturday
with the family upon their return from Carlisle,
where they had been for the Dickinson com-
mencement.
—Mrs. Carl Beck and Mrs. Ralph Newkirk,
with her two children, all of Pittsburgh, have
been guests for the week of Mrs. Beck’s mother,
Mrs. John Harrison. Mrs. Newkirk will be re-
membered in Bellefonte as Miss Lottie Christ.
—Fred Seidel, of Hazleton, a Sophomore at the
University of Pittsburgh, has been in Bellefonte
with friends this week. Mr. Seidel, having been
ofiered a position with the state road people, will
remain here for the summer and continue some
of his work at the Academy.
—Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Shattuck, of State Col-
lege, will leave tomorrow for Charlottsville, Va.,
to attend the national meeting of the Engineer-
ing society held at the University. From there
Mr. and Mrs. Shattuck will go to Washington,
expecting to be away from State College for ten
days.
—C. T. Gerberich went to Toledo a week ago
fora visit with his daughter, Mrs. Lewis C.
Wetzel, before she and her sons leave Ohio to
join Mr. Wetzel in Canada, where they expect
to make their home. Mr. Wetzel is now repre-
senting the Toledo Computing Scale Co., in the
Dominion.
—Mr. and Mrs. William Davidson, of Beaver
Falls, and their daughter, Mrs. J. W. Mills, of
Pittsburgh, were guests of Mrs. Satterfield while
in Bellefonte Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs.
Davidson and Mrs. Mills had been at commence-
ment, leaving here to spend some time in the
eastern cities.
—Dr. James S. Reed, of Fayetteville, Ark., was
probably the oldest ex-student to attend the State
College commencement. He was a member of
the class of 1863 and this is his first trip back
since he was here three years ago when the very
few members of his class held their fiftieth anni.
versary celebration.
—Mrs. John Noll, and her daughter, Miss
Roberta Noll, spent Tuesday in Altoona,
where they met Mrs. George N. Van Dyke and
her daughter Mary, who returned with them to
Bellefonte the same evening. Mrs. Van Dyke and
her daughter have been at Worthington, W. Va.,
with Mr. Van Dyke, for two months.
—Mrs. Morris W. Furey is entertaining her
brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. W,
English, and their daughter, Miss Dorothy Eng-
lish, all of Pittsburgh, and Mrs. George W. Eng-
lish, of New York city. Mrs. Furey’s guests
came to Bellefonte Monday to spend a part of
the week visiting with her and motoring through
the country.
—J. W. Chamberlain, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
but who has charge of the Scranton district for
the S. and H. Trading stamp company, spent the
latter end of the week and Sunday in Bellefonte
looking after the company’s interests here. Mr.
Chamberlain is an old newspaper man and asa
reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer made his
first trip to Bellefonte during the famous Hast-
ings-Quay fight.
—Within the past week Mr. and Mrs. L. H.
‘Gettig have had as house guests Mrs. Jacob
Mader, of Lock Haven; Mrs. Ned Lamb, of
Williamsport; Mrs. Winter Shafer and her son
Wilson, of Newark, N. J.; their son-in-law, R.
Wynn Davis, of Cannonsburg, who spent the
week end here with Mrs. Davis, and Mr. Davis’
brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. David R.
Davis, of Uniontown, who came to Bellefonte
from Penn State commencement, Mr. Davis
being of the class of 1906.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. Witmer McCormick, of Co-
lumbia, S. C., are expected to arrive in Centre
Hall on Sunday for a visit with Mrs. McCor-
mick’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. David J. Meyer.
They spent this week at Rochester, N. Y., where
Mrs. McCormick’s only niece, Miss Miriam Mey-
er, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Meyer,
of Reedsville, graduated from the University of
Rochester. Miss Méyer, by, the way, has al-
ready accepted an offer to teach in the art de-
partment of the Atlantic City High school the
next session.
—Mr. and Mrs. M. Willard, who havebeen with
Mr. Willard’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D.I. Willard
since landing in the State from Panama on the
9th of June, left here Wednesday for Buffalo
and Niagara Falls, from where they will go to
Woodstock, Canada, for a three week’s visit at
Mrs. Wiliard’s home. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E.
Kirk also left Wednesday to go to their mew
homeZat Grindstone, Mr. Kirk having come to
join Mrs. Kirk for the commencement at State.
Miss Vera Willard, who was a member of the
family party since Sunday, returned here from
Wilkinsburg, where she had been visiting with
her brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Willard.
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—Sheriff and Mrs. George H. Yarnell and Mr. |-
—Mr. and Mrs. Eben Bower spent the week-
end with friends at Tylertown.
—David Bartlet Jr. spent Sunday in Tyrone
with his brother, Sidney Bartlet and family.
—Mrs. Frank P. Bartley went to Lock Haven
Saturday, expecting to spend a week visiting
with Mrs. C, M. Hanna.
—Edward Hawes, the young son of Dr. and
Mrs. G. E. Hawes, of Harrisburg, came to Belle-
fonte on Tuesday for a brief visit.
—Mrs. Walter Fulton and her young son Joseph
came in from Pittsburgh the latter part of last
week for a visit withher parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William Daley, of east Lamb street.
—Ex-Judge Ellis L. Orvis went to Tyrone on
Sunday afternoon where he joined the Pennsyl-
vania delegation of National delegates on their
way to St. Louis to attend the Democratic na-
tional convention.
—MTrs. John P. Harris Jr., with her baby and
daughter Helen, came over from Mount Union
last Thursday and were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
John P. Harris and other Bellefonte friends until
their return home on Tuesday.
—Vincent Nicholas Taylor, a son of Col. H. S.
Taylor, who has very successfully completed his
secod year as a cadet at the West Point Military
academy, arrived home this week and will spend
his vacation furlough with his father and family.
—Dr. Thomas O. Glenn, of Bradford, his
daughter Mary and his son Thomas G. Jr., were
in Bellefonte for a short time Sunday afternoon
on their way to State College commencement.
During their visit they willbe guests of Dr. W-
S. Glenn.
—Mrs. J. Y. Dale will return to Bellefonte this
week, to spend the summer with her son and his
wife, Dr. and Mrs. David Dale. Mrs. Dale left
here the beginning of March for Florence, S. C.,
where she has been with her daughter, Mrs. S.
M. Wetmore.
—Mrs. Harrison Kline, her grand-daughter,
Miss Pearl Rover, and Malcolm Yeager left here
Saturday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. William
Royer and their family, at Niagara Falls. They
all expect to be there during Miss Royer’s two
week's vacation.
—Elliott Lyon Morris returned from Washing-
ton the latter part of the week very much elated
over the fact that he passed the examination for
admission as a cadet to the West Point Military
academy. He has been ordered to report at
West Point on Monday, July 10th.
—MTr. and Mrs. Charles Weber and daughter.
Miss Hazel, of Williamsport, spent the fore part
of the week visiting friends in Bellefonte and
vicinity and on Wednesday attended the com.
mencement exercises at State College, their son
Clifford being one of the graduates.
—Raymond R. Jenkins, of Schenectady, was in
Bellefonte last week for the funeral of his uncle:
M. B. Garman. Upon leaving here Saturday
Mr. Jenkins went to Tyrone for a short visit
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jenkins,
before returning to New York State.
—Mr. and Mrs. Williams, with Mrs. Shaner
and her son Frank as guests, drove from Hagers-
town, Md., this week for a visit with Mrs. Wil-
liams’ and Mrs. Shaner’s mother, Mrs. L. C. Wal-
lace. Stopping in Bellefonte for a day, they
were all guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lew Wallace.
—Mrs. Herbert Grove and daughter Mabel, of
Williamsport, passed through Bellefonte on
Tuesday on their way to State College to attend
the annual commencement. They will also at-
tend the Grove family reunion ‘at the fair grounds
today and then visit friends for a week before
returning home.
—Miss Mary Schad returned home last Friday
afternoon from Oxford, Ohio, where she is a stu-
dent in the Western College for Women. Miss
Grace Herrick, librarian at the College, will ar-
rive in Bellefonte tomorrow and be Miss Schad'’s
guest until June 27th, when the latter will leave
for Eagles Mere.
—MTr. and Mrs. C. H. Hile, of Boston, and their
son, Heston, are among the visitors attending
commencement at Penn State. Mr. and Mrs:
Hile spent the greater part of last summer at the
Bush house, Mr. Hile having kept in close touch
with both the College and Bellefonte, his home
town, ever since leaving.
—Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Morgan came to Belle-
fonte Tuesday morning from Philadelphia, where
Dr. Morgan recently graduated from Jefferson
Medical college. While here they will be guests
at the home of Mrs. Evelyn Rogers, later going
to Scranton, where Dr. Morgan will be interne at
one of the larger hospitals.
—Judge Henry C. Quigley left Bellefonte on
Saturday night for West Point, N. Y., where on
Monday he attended a reunion of his class at the
United States military Academy. From there he
went to Williamstown, Mass., to be present with
his son, Hugh M. Quigley, during his school com-
mencement and accompany him on the trip
home.
—MTr. and Mrs. Charles Allison¥motored down
from Toronto last week, arriving at Spring
Mills on Saturday after encountering a series of
severe rain storms and the worst kind of roads
imaginable. Mr. and Mrs. Allison attended
State College commencement this week and will
spend some time at Spring Mills with the form-
er’s father, Hon. William M. Allison.
—Jere Glenn, merchant and postmaster at
Curtin, was a business visitor in Bellefonte on
Monday and in a brief chat in this office he
stated that some farmers in Bald Eagle have not
yetbeen able to get their corn planted. That | Bar
the lowlands in that valley have not been dry
enough all spring to work to advantage and
there is a great deal of uncertainty as to when
they will be.
—MTrs. Breese, of Downingtown, and Mrs. W.
A. Norriscame here Monday from Harrisburg.
Mrs. Breese to visit with her sister, Mrs. George
F. Harris, and Mrs. Norris to open her house on
Curtin street for the summer. Randolph Breese,
who has ben here for a week or more, will re-
main during his mother’s visit, going with her
to Downingtown the after part of the month,
with Mrs. Harris in her motor car.
—Dr. and Mrs. Albert Engles Blackburn, of
Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. James McClain and
Reuben Spangler, of Spangler, were in Belle-
fonte over Sunday, called here by the serious ill-
ness of Col. J. L. Spangler, who has been ill for
the past week with pneumonia, and whose con-
dition for several days was such as to greatly
alarm his family. Mr. Spangler, however, has
become so much better that the men returned
home early in the week, Mrs. McClain and Mrs.
Blackburn remaining with their mother.
—C. M. Thompson, who graduated at State
College in 1896, spent Monday night in Bellefonte
on his way to the College to attend the annual
commencement. Msi. Thompson was one of the
leading athletes during his term at State, and
especially on the gridiron. He is now living in
Philadelphia and holds the responsible position of
sales-manager for the Kellog Switchboard and
Supply company. Time has dealt very leniently
with him, and if appearances count for anything
he would still put up a pretty good scrap on the
football field.
—Harry Keller Esq,, returned home on Sunday
evening from Chicago where he was the only
Brumbaugh Alternate-at-Large to sit in the Re-
publican national convention, and while he ad-
mits that the Governor at no time had any
chance of being nominated he maintains that he
had almost as much influence with the Pennsyl-
vania delegation as Penrose had; that is, so far
as he could see. Of course, so faras Mr. Keller
could see, that might be so, put Mr. Penrose’s
method of working out his ends and aims isin a
way that is not open to the public vision at large,
but in most cases it has proven quite effective,
—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Steele and two children,
visited relatives in Clearfield from Saturday
until Tuesday.
—Mrs. Robert Irvin has been in Altoona this
week, spending a short time with her brothers
and sisters living there,
—G. Dorsey Green, of Briarly, was in Belle-
fonte for the day, Tuesday, looking after some
business and visiting with a few of his old
friends.
—Francis E. Thomas is home from Boston for
State commencement. Mr. Thomas has been
doing post graduate work at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. :
—Mrts. Cyrus Goss. of Pine Grove Mills, and
her grandson, William Frederic, spenf Wednes-
day in Bellefonte, shopping and visiting with
some of Mrs. Goss’ old friends.
—Mr. J. T. Merryman, of Taylor township,
was an esteemed caller at the WATCHMAN office
on Monday, having come to Bellefonte to attend
the public sale of unseated lands.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mullen, of Shamokin,
spent most of the week in Bellefonte and at State
College attending the annual commencement,
their son John being a student at that institu-
tion.
—Mrs. Joseph Thomas, Mrs. Joseph Nolan,
Misses Esther Bryan and Myrtle MacLeod, rep-
resenting the United Brethren church, are at-
tending the Woman’s Missionary Aid convention
in Johnstown this week.
—Miss Jeanette Malin, of Baltimore, a niece
of W. L. Malin, is a guest of Mr. Malin and his
family at their home on Howard street. Miss
Malin came here Tuesday expecting to spend a
week or two in Bellefonte.
—Frank Edwin Taylor, third son of Col. H. S.
Taylor, and who graduated at the Bellefonte
High school last week, will go to Harrisburg on
Sunday where on Monday he will take the ex.
amination for entrance to Princeton College.
—Mors. Katherine Maize, who has been a: guest
of Miss Jane McCalmont for two weeks, left
Bellefonte Wednesday for Altoona, expecting to
visit with friends there, in Pittsburgh and sev-
eral other places before returning to Chicago.
—Mrs. Wilson Gardner, who has been spend-
ing the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Thomas
M. Gates, will leaye Altoona this week to return
to her farm at Penna. Furnace for the summer,
as has been her custom for « number of years.
—Thomas King Morris Jr., will come from
Pittsburgh this afternoon t:: be with his grand-
parents during the sumnier vacation. King’s
mother will join him here in a few days, expect-
ing to spend the greater part of the summer in
Bellefonte and at Hecla.
—Mr. and Mrs. Norman M. Kirk and their
small son will come from their home at Chatham,
Va, thisweek. Mrs. Kirk and the child will re-
main with Mr, Kirk's parents, Dr. and Mrs. M.
A. Kirk, for an indefinite time, while Mr. Kirk
will return to Virginia at the end of atwo week's
vacation.
—Richard Brouse, Jacob Finkelstine and Jo-
seph Thomas, of Bellefonte, and Hurlan
Steinberg, of Pleasant Gap, were among the
circus enthusiasts who went to Altoona to see
the Ringling show. The party were motor
guests of Mr. Thomas, having driven over Mon-
day afternoon.
—Mrs. Lukenbach and her daugheer, Mrs. M.
B. Garman, of Bellefonte, and Mrs. Harry Jen-
kins and Mrs, Frank Lukenbach, of Tyrone,
went to Fairbrook Country club this week where
they will be until the latter part of June. Other
members of their family will join them there for
a part of the time.
é
—The Misses Mary and Henrietta Butts have
been with their sister, Mrs. Robert F. Hunter, |
for the past week, coming to Bellefonte Satur- |
day for the Penn State commencement, where ‘~~ -
their nephew, Graham Hunter was a ‘member of
the graduating class. The Misses Butts return-
ed to Philadelphia Thursday.
—A. J. Nealis and Milton Reed represented the
Lieut. George L. Jackson camp Spanish-Ameri-
can war veterans at the annual encampment of
the veterans held in Pottsville this week, return-
ing home on Wednesday morning. Dr. J. Swan
Taylor, of Johnstown, was elected Deputy Com-
mander of the veterans for Pennsylvania.
—Mrs. James Chambers, of DuBois, with her
daughter, Mrs. George Schwem and her son,
have been in Bellefonte for a week, guests of Mr.
Chambers’ sister and brother, Mrs, William Lar-
imer and William Chambers. Lee Larimer will
come here today in his machine to take his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Larimer and their guests to
Jersey Shore, where they will visit with him and
Mrs. Larimer, for several days.
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Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. B 5 i:
The prices quoted are those paid for i
Potatoes per bushel...c.cces....ucrverierennnnnnn, - $1.00
MHONS...cociiinserivionns ys i OD
Eggs, per dozen... ein 18
Lard, per pound... ee nM
Butter per pound. 18
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected weekly by C. Y. WAGNER,
The following are the quotations up tosix o'clock
Thursday evening, when our paper goes to press.
Red BBE, Leis veciereiunensicniefleeionts hansiat ona
Wnte Wasai 7 : 0
Rye, per bushel................. 70
Corn, shelled, per bushel... 70
Corn, ears, per bushel... 70
Oats, old and new, per b 40
ley, per bushel. 60
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening.
Wheat—Red .. .$ 11818
Corn —Yello 76@77
14@7
Oats , 46@47
Flour —Winter, per barrel 4.90@5.15
—Favorite Brands... 6.15@6.65
arte i wee 5.00@5.50
Baled Hay—Choice Timothy No. 1..... 10.00@22.00
Mixed No. 1........ 15.50@19.50
8.50@14.00
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