Bellefonte, Pa., October 13, 1916.
To CoORRESPONDENTS.—No communications
published unless accompanied by the real name
of the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
.—Col. J. L. Spangler was initiat-
ed as a member of the Bellefonte
Lodge of Elks on Monday evening.
A. G. Morris Jr. last week re-
ceived a new Indiana one ton auto
truck for use in delivering coal.
: Up to yesterday morning just
1503 hunters licenses had been issued
by county treasurer David Cham-
bers.
Yesterday was Columbus day
and the Bellefonte postoffice officials
honored the discoverer of America hy
keeping regular holiday hours.
———-Harry McDonald, who has been
farming near Kylertown, Clearfield
county, sold his farm stock and ma-
chinery this week and will move to
Unionville to live.
Charles Harnish, a guard at
the penitentiary, moved his family
from Lock Haven to Bellefonte this
week and is now occupying a house
on east Lamb street. ’
In order not to conflict with the
High school game the Bellefonte
Academy football management can-
celled their game with Lewistown
scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.
About fifty dollars was re-
alized by the Bellefonte Chapter of
the D. A. R., at their benefit card par-
ty Tuesday night, given for the main-
tenance of their room at the nospital.
Miss Snyder wishes to an-
nounce that she will have the correct
models and distinctive styles in mil-
linery; also, the Phipps hats will be
on display Wednesday, October 18th.
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Frank Crosthwaite, of State
College, who was operated on at the
Bellefonte hospital yesterday morn
ing, has gained strength enough to
encourage his family in hoping for a
complete recovery.
James Krape, the man-of-all-
work at the Bellefonte hospital, has
undertaken the task of raising by sub-
scription five hundred dollars to equip
the pathological laboratory at the
hospital, and so far has raised $250 of
the amount.
All the lands of Christ Sharer,
in Rush and Worth townships, agegre-
gating between seven and eight thous-
and acres, have been leased by an as-
sociation known as the Centre Game
Propagating Preserve, and no hunting
will be allowed on these lands this
vear.
William Bloyd and Edward
Bear, of Moundsville, W. Va.. were
injured in an automobile accident near
Washington, Pa., last Saturday. Both
young men are old Bellefonte Acad-
eny students and their friends here
naturally hope fcr their complete re-
covery.
The parisli Guild of St. John’s
Episcopal church will hold a sale of
pies, cakes, candy, hot rolls, ete. in
the Parish house, on Lamb St., on
Saturday afternoon, October 14th,
beginning at 2 o’clock. The liberal
patronage of the community is earn-
estly solicited.
The Bellefonte Academy foot-
ball team opened the season on
Hughes field last Saturday morning
by defeating the Bucknell reserves
20 to 0. The Academy players are
showing up splendidly and give every
indication of rounding into a winning
team for the season.
Eighty-five new members were
secured in the Y. M. C. A. member-
ship contest which closed last Satur-
day evering. The winning team which
was captained by Miss Mary Mott,
will be given a chicken supper at the
Y. M. C. A. rooms next Monday even-
ing by the losing team.
‘Work on George A. Beezer’s
new fireproof garage on north Water
street is progressing rapidly and in
another fortnight most of the walls
and structural work will be complet-
ed. When finished it will be not only
the best and largest garage in Belle-
fonte, but a building that will be a
eredit to that locality.
‘We notice that our friend, W.
E. Tyson, of Tyrone, is about to em-
bark in the staticnery and wall paper
business, and we venture the assertion
that if he puts into it the same vim
and activity he usually does in every-
thing he undertakes he will make
some of the other dealers in Tyrone
get a move on. And he has our
heartiest wishes for his success.
The Misses Newman recently
moved from their apartments in the
Aiken block to rooms in the Dr. Huff
residence opposite the court house.
Mrs. Aiken has had the third story of
her building converted into two very
convenient flats, with entrance thereto
on Bishop street. She is now selling
her surplus furniture and in the fu-
ture she and her daughter, Miss
Emma Aiken, will occupy only the
second floor of the building.
Everything Quiet
Along the Rio Grande.
The Soldier Boys Sleep Longer and
Drill Less. First Accident in
Troop L. Weather Much
Colder.
By Corp. Harry J. Cohen.
Camp Thomas J. Stewart,
El Paso, Texas, October 7th.
This being the day for our custom-
ary letter I will begin my pleasurable |
task with just one thought in mind,
and that is, what shall I write about?
Nothing has transpired the past week
that will = make a very large dent in
our already well-filled histery, but
one or two incidents generally occur
that in a way is a little news, so will
start with the change that has been
made in our schedule, and one that is
appreciated by the crowd more so
than anything else that has happened
so far.
In truth I ought tc whisper this’
news for fear some one may see this
and believe we are getting too wise
but there is nothing so satisfying as
taking a chance, so here goes. The
bugle call for the morning awakening
has been changed so that now we are
all allowed te snooze a half hour
longer, and while we are putting a
little more time in on our morning
field work, the afternoon drills have
been cut out until further orders.
Considering the way we have been
working, and the strenuous life we
have been leading to perfect ourselves
in the service, this change is welcom-
ed as a great relief.
The start of the breaking up of the
Seventh division has been made by
the departure of the First, Third and
Tenth regiments of infantry for their
homes, as well as the Second field
ambulance corps, of Philadelphia.
While their places have been filled by
troops from North Carolina, so as to
keep the division intact, we all have
that hopeful feeling that some day
this month we will also bid adieu
(that’s Spanish) to our foster home
here at Camp Stewart.
The Ninth regiment, which has been
changed into the Thira Pennsylvania
artillery, arrived here on Thursday
from Mt. Gretna and is now comfort-
ably located in the artillery section of
the camp, a little north of us. As the
men were leaving their train one of
our usual sand storme occurred. A
more disgusted bunch would be hard
to find. They certaicly did not ap-
preciate the taste of the country
around here, and wanted to know if
anybody had a stomach he wanted to
swap for a nice, fresh, green one fron:
the east. >
It is getting to be, in fact we al-
ready believe that it is, very cold here
in the early morning hours, and the
men have had their overcoats issued
.0 them. Those who don’t use them
as a blanket generally put the coat on
before going to bed, although we
have a few fresh air fiends who still
persist in sleeping with nothing else
on except their government B. V. D’s.
On Wednesday our regiment went
out for a one day hike and every ma»
cooked his own meal. Each squadron
took up a different sector and we
covered a front of more than fifteen
miles. Troop L, acting as support for
the third squadron, had the soft
part of the job. We galloped back to
camp, which was nine miles away, in
exactly one hour, through dust that
was blowing and choking, and we sure
were a pretty mess when we arrived.
Lieut. Taylor, our renowned drill
master, was detailed with the assist-
ance of Sergt. Deering, to pit a com-
pany of rookies, that arrived last
week to join the various troops,
through the ropes. How well this is
being performed I need not dwell up-
on, but his reputation as a disciplinar-
ian is not suffering in the least. When
the Lieutenant commands “Get those
eyes around front,” with some snap,
there is generally something doing.
Our first mishap had to occur to the
pet of the Troop, Luther (Babe)
Crissman, who, while turning the
hand forge got his fingers mixed up
with a few cogs and now “Babe” is
nursing a smaller finger. But as the
member is healing even better than
was expected, we are in hopes that he
will not be the loser by this experi-
ence.
Ray Bryan, of Curtin, has the ad-
miration of a certain few of our nat-
ural history enthusiasts, as he has
become the proud possessor of a real
live, handsome bull-snake. He has
even turned down a bid of $2.00 for
it, which is some offer when pay day
is about staring you in the face.
This being the extent of my obser
vations for this time I will close with
the best wishes and usual regards of
Troop L.
——Clarence T. Zeigler, a son of J.
T. Zeigler, janitor at the court house,
was on Friday appointed second clerk
by the county commissioners to take
the place made vacant by Nevin E.
Cole, resigned to accept a clerkship in
the First National bank. Young
Zeigler is a graduate of the Belle-
fonte High school, class of 1916,
where he took both stenography and
typewriting.
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——Baggage hauling a specialty.
Geiss’ Livery. Both
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Give us a call.
phones.
While at work repairing the
heating plant at the court house, on
Monday morning, a boiler maker
from the E. Keeler Co. plant, at Wil-
liamsport, fell over in a faint. A phy-
sician was summoned who had him
removed to the hospital but he recov-
ered from the faint in a short time
and was none the worse for his expe-
rience.
———George Sharp brought to this
office on Wednesday afternoon two
ears of corn which were grown on the
bottom of the old dam above the
Bellefonte Engineering company’s
plant. Harry Turner is farming the
land this year and the two ears now
on exhibition here are only a sample
of most of his crop. One of the ears
measures exactly one foot while the
other is eleven inches in length.
coo
Dr. John Sebring has leased
the entire lcwer floor of the old Ment-
gomery home on Aliegheny street
and the same is now being remodeled
into a comfortable suite of offices,
where he will hang out his shingle
and continue the practice of medicine.
With Drs. Sebring and Locke in ad-
joining offices, Drs. Hayes and Reed
right across the street and Dr. Seibert
only a block and a half further north
Bellefonte’s medical practitioners are
pretty well conselidated.
The comfortable home of Mrs.
David Kunes, at Blanchard, was en-
tirely destroyed by fire on Wednes-
day morning. The fire broke out on
the roof shortly after nine o’clock
from sparks from the kitchen stove.
Neighbors and the school children
rushed to the scene but all they were
able to do was save the furniture on
the first floor. Mrs. Kunes had one
thousand dollars insurance in the A.
W. McCormick agency, of Lock Ha-
ven, which will partially cover her
loss.
On Saturday afternoon some
dogs chased a kitten up a tree in
front of the Prurer block and after
getting stowed safely away in a fork-
ed branch the half-grown feline grew
fearful of making the descent to the
ground. The consequence was it
ztayed in the tree all Saturday night
and Sunday while its meow-ings were
not very vleasant for residents in
that neighborhecod. Bat Dr. Locke
got it down on Sunday evening by
paving a boy ten cents to climb the
tree and bring the kitten safely to
ground.
—— ee —
On Wednesday afternoon of
last week while the school children
were playing on the street in front of
the High scnool building Edward
Fisher, of Boggs township, came
along with a load of apples. A num-
ber of the children ran out to get an
apple and Winfield Wallace, the ten
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Wallace, of Milesburg, fell from the
wagon beneatn the rear wheel which
ran over his left leg end hip. Fortu-
nately no bones were broken and he
is now recovering nicely in the Belle-
fonte Hospital.
Two and three car loads of
apples are being shibped from the
Bellefonte station every week to Pitts-
burgh markets, not counting the cars
that are shipped from points along
the Central Railroad of Pennsvlvania
in Nittany valley. Most of the apples,
by the way, come from Nittany val-
ley orchards. The price paid the
farmers by shippers is thirty cents a
bushel for apples off the ground and
eighty cents for handpicked fruit. A
car holds about eight hundred bush-
els of apples, and the value of the
same is considerable.
Only a few days over three
weeks until election day, then shortly
afterwards Thanksgiving and Christ-
mas will be here before we realize it.
And that reminds us. In these days
when the slogan is: “Do your Christ-
mas shopping early,” it will be the
wise merchant who plants his Christ-
mas advertisement in line to catch the
early buyers. Den’t wait until two or
three weeks before Christmas and ex-
pect to get vour share of the trade ir
the last two weeks. Begin to adver-
tise now and keep at it until Christ-
mas eve, if you want the business.
——During the ensuing year the
Pennsylvania railroad company will
spend considerable money on improve-
ments on the Bald Eagle Valley rail-
road, according to the Tyrone “Her-
ald.” While most of the expenditure
will be in improving the terminal
facilities at Tyrone a new signal an!
interlocking system will be installed
-at Milesburg. This will also neces-
sitate a new tower at that place.
Twelve sidings are to be increased in
length so as to permir of the vassing
of any length of train that may be
hauled over that road. To do this
will necessitate the wicening of three
iron bridges in order to afford room
for the additional track. It is un-er-
stood that work on these improve-
ments will be begun at once in the
hope of having them completed as
soon as possible.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL,
—Col. H. 8. Taylor lef: yesterday on a
business trip to Philadelphia.
—Mrs. John I. Olewine spent Wednesday
and Thursday in Altoona, a guest of Mrs. |
Milton E. McDonnell.
—DMrs. Robert Sechler will leave here
Tuesday, expecting to spend tea days at
her home in Mifiinburg.
—Miss Martha Shoemaker left Tuesday
for Pittsburgh, where she has entered the
Mercy hospital to go in training for a
nurse.
—NMTr. and Mrs. I. P. Bartley speut from
Friday until Monday morning in Lock
Haven as guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
Hannah.
—Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Thompson
and family motored over to Curwensville
on Sunday and spent the day with Mrs.
Thompson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. W.
Spenser.
—Mrs. Harold Cherry with her young
son, who spent the summer at the home
of her mother, Mrs. Haines, on Curtin
street, left on Wednesday for her home in
Altoona.
—Mrs. J. Will Kepler and two daugh-
ters and Mrs. Kepler's mother, Mrs. Fran-
cis Goss, of Pine Grove Mills, were in
Bellefonte on a shepping expedition on
Monday evening.
—Mrs. Jacob Knisely went out to Johns-
town on Tuesday in response to a tele-
gram informing her that her daughter,
Mrs. Wilbur Wilson, had suddenly been
taken seriously ill.
—Mrs. Robert Morris and her two sons
have returned to Bellefonte from ¥Xenne-
bunk Port, Maine, where they have heen
since the first of July with Mrs. Morris’
mother, Mrs. Titcom.
—NMiss Mary L. Snyder returned to EBEal-
timore the latter part of last week to
spend several days under th2 care of the
surgeon, who had been in charge of her
case after her fall several weeks ago.
—~Col. Emanuel Noll went down to Har-
risburg on Sunday to attend the annual
reunion of his cold regiment, the Twenty-
first cavalry, which was keld on Tuesday.
Before returning home he visited Reading
and Lebanon.
—Mrs. M. C. Gephart,
week ago frcm Kalamazoo, Mich,, will
make her home in Bellefonte, having se-
cured the apartment in the Garman house
on Spring street, wkich she vacated upon
leaving here for the west.
—Dr. Edith Schad
Wilkes-Barre Monday, having been a
member of Miss Rhoads’ party on the
drive last week to attend the State W. C.
T. U, convention. Mrs. D. W. Bradford, of
who returned a
returned from
Centre Hall, was also a member of the
party.
—Earl Fleming, of Baltimore, one of
Centre Hall's mcst successful young men,
spent the greater part of the past week
here and at Centre Hall. Mr. Fleming came
home owing to the illness of his father,
Julian Fleming, who was brought to the
Bellefonte hospital Monday.
—Mr. and Mrs. William S. Shelton, of
Millheim, having with them as a guest
Miss Elizabeth Keen, drove here Sunday
to spend the day. During their stay Mr.
and Mrs. Shelton were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. H. ¥. McManaway, while Miss Keen
visited with Dr. and Mrs. M. A. Kirk.
—TRobert Harris. who years ago was one
of the well known colored boys of Delle-
fonte, spent Friday here visiting with
some of his old friends. Robert is with
the P. R. R., at Pittsburgh, working at
his trade of a tinner. which he learned
with W. H. Miller before leaving here.
—Mrs. James Parsons will return to her
home at Tol2do, OLio. today. after a two
month's visit at Fillmore, with ler sisters
and brothers. the Misses Dora and Laura
Kephart and Gray and Denner Kephart.
Mrs. Parsons and Miss Laura Kephart
were guests of friends in Bellefonte “Wed-
nesday.
—Mr. and Mrs. George O. Denner, of
Centre Hall, passed through Bellefonte
Monday on their way west. where they
will spend an indefinite time with friends.
Stops will be made at both Pittsburgh and
Chicago, going on from there to Wiscon-
sin, where the greater part of their time
will be spent.
—R. C. Mallory and his daughter, Miss
Mary Mallory, left here Saturday of last
week for Altoona, for a visit with Mr.
Mallory’s two brothers, H. B. and Alfred
Mallory, before returning to their home at
Punxsutawney. Mr. Mallory and his
daughter had spent last week with rela-
tives in Bellefonte.
—Mrs. Henry P. Harris is visiting with
her sons in Harrisburg. Mrs. Wilbur F.
Harris and Mrs. John Tonner Harris came
to Bellefonte the latter part of last week,
visited with Mrs. Harris for a short time,
and drove ‘back with her in the machine.
Mrs. Harris anticipates visiting in Read-
ing, with Mr. and Mrs. James Harris, be-
fore returning to Bellefonte.
—Mrs. Frank Cristhwaite, of State Col-
lege, has been in Bellefonte for a week,
coming here with Mr. Crosthwaite when
he was brought to the hospital Thursday
of last week. Mr. Crosthwaite’s sons,
Thomas 8., with the P. R. R., at Philadel-
phia, and John, with the B. C. R. R., at
State College, have both Leen with their
father since being brought to the hos-
pital.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gilmour left
Tuesday for Philadelphia, where they will
meet their daughter, Miss Margaret Gil-
mour, who is coming from Tennessee to
spend her vacation with her parents. From
Philadelphia they will go to Atlantic City,
returning to Bellefonte in time for Miss
Gilmour to have a week's visit with
friends here, before going south. During
Mr. and Mrs. Gilmour’s absence Miss Mc-
Gill will be with Mrs. Allison.
—Mr. William Tressler, of this place,
went up to Pine Grove Mills on Tuesday
of last week to attend th: funeral of his
cousin, Mrs. Annie Tressler Miller, and
from there accompanied Ezra Tressler and
Harry Musser, of State College, on a mo-
tor trip in the latter’s car to Loysville, in
Perry county, where a Lutheran synod
was being held in the Tressler Memorial
church, Mr. Musser being a delegate.
While there they visited the Tressler or-
phanage that was founded a number of
years ago and which is a Lutheran insti-
tution where two hundred and fifty chil-
dren, varying in age from six months to
sixteen years, have a most desirable home,
and where they have good moral and re-
ligious training, as well as being educated
in different branches of study. A fine
boys’ band is one of the interesting fea-
tures in the line of music. The superin-
tenden: and matron of the home are Mr.
and Mrs. Charles A. Weidle.
last week on a business tiip to Scranton.
—Mrs. Cornelius Dale, of Lemont,
yesterday shopping and visiting with
friends in Bellefonte.
—Mrs. Frack P. Blair has been in Phil-
adelphia for a week, visiting with her sis-
ter, Mrs. M. H. Fussel.
—Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Crider are so-
journiag to Atlantic City, where they ex-
pect to spend several weeks.
—Mrs. Henry C. Quigley has been in
Philadelphia this week, gcing down with
her daughters upon their return to school,
at Summit, N. J.
—Mrs. Peter Smith
fonte from a ten days visit with her sister
and Mr. Smith's sister, at Williamsport
and Jersey Shore.
—Mi1s. Theodore Kelly 2nd son William
T. Kelly, and Mr. and Mrs. David J. Kel-
ly left Bellefonte on Tuesday for a brief
sojourn in New York city.
—John IL. VanPeli spent the fore-part of
the week in Philipsburg and Clearfield
county on a business trip, which earried
with it no political significance.
—Miss Helen Valentine returned Tues-
day frem New York, where she has heen a
nurse in training. Miss Valentine will
spend some time with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. Valentine.
—Mrs. Charles Harris is a guest of Mr.
Harris’ mother, Mrs. John Harris, at her
home on Spring street. Mr. Harris will
join Mrs. Harris for a short visit, and to
return with her to Washington.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mullen, of Sha-
mokin, could not resist the temptation to
take in the State-Bucknell game at State
College on Saturday and extended their
trip to spending Sunday in Dellefente.
—Mrs. Roberta Smith of the Ladies Tog-
gery Shop, was at Unionville yesterday,
delivering a big order of goods. Mrs.
Smith has spent much of the fall in the
nearby towns, in the interest of her busi-
ness.
—Horace Church. of Cupe May, visited
for the week-end in Bellefonte, a guest of
James RR. Hughes. Mr. Church, who was a
student at the Academy in 1899, was an all
around athlete, being a leader in all
Sports.
—Anna Massey returned to Bellefonte
Saturday, to spend the winter with her
aunts, the Misses Anne and Eva Powers,
and to continue her school work. Anna
has been with her mother at Philadelphia,
during the summer.
—Mrs. Norman Winner, of Wilmington,
Del., a daughter, and Thomas Brown, of
Pittsburgh, a brother, of Edward J.
Brown, Jr.. were among those from a dis-
tance who were in Bellefonte yesterday for
Mr. Brown's funeral.
—Mrs. Clara Denius will leave Bellefonte
the first of November, to spend Christmas
with her sister at Baltimore. Leaving
there the first of January, she will go to
Piedmont, W. Va., to visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Robert Roberts, until April.
—Mrs. George Gunn, of Honolulu, who
has been Mrs. Callaway’s guest for the
past ten days, will leave Bellefonte to-
morrow to complete arrangements for
going to Germany. Mrs. Gunn expects to
spend the winter with cousins in Berlin.
—Mrs. J. Y. Dale left yesterday morn-
ing, expecting to spend the fall at Norris-
town, with her daughter, Mrs. H. 8. Cross-
man. Upon leaving Norristown Mrs. Dale
will go to Philipsburg, to continue her
visit, before returning to Bellefonte for
Christmas.
—Harry Baum has beeu subpoenaed to
appear as a witness in the United States
district court at Scranton next week in the
case against a young man named Van
Horn, who attempted to pass a ten déllar
bill after it had been bunglingly marked
to look like a twenty.
—Mr. and Mrs. Ellis L. Orvis have been
entertaining Mrs. Orvis’ niece and neph-
ew, Miss Fannie Lyon, of Pittsburgh, and
her brother, Stewart Lyon. Miss Lyon
and Mr. Lyen have been guests also of
their sisters, Miss Margery Lyon and Mrs.
Gray, at State College.
Mrs. R. A. Holcomb, of Sayre, Pa., and
Mrs. Isaiah Anderson, of Canton, Pa.. were
week-end guests of Mrs. Wooden, at Mrs.
Charles Smith's. Mrs. Holcomb and Mis.
Anderson came here from Tyrone, where
they had been for the funeral of their
brother, A. M. Wooden.
—Mrs. C. UC. Hoffer, of Philipsburg, was
in Bellefonte Wednesday and Thursday
for a short visit with her father, C. T.
Gerberich, on her way home from Canada.
Mrs. Hoffer left two months age with Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Wetzel, to motor to Toledo,
Ohio, remaining with them until after
they had moved to their new home at
Windser, Canada.
—Mrs. Elizabeth Huey Aman, of Warren,
has been a guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. I.
Gardner in Bellefonte, and of Mr. and Mrs.
Lester Sheffer at Milroy, during the past
week. Although having many near rela-
tives and friends in this locality, with
whom she will spend the month of Octo-
ber, it is Mrs. Aman’s first visit to Centre
county in twenty years.
——Passengers on the train from
Tyrone to Lock Haven on Tuesday
evening were thoroughly disguster
with the actions of an old man and
woman, who claimed to be on their
way to Williamsport. In fact their
conduct was so revolting that only
their age and decrepidness saved then:
from being ejected from the train.
The pair made their appearance at
the Tyrone station Tuesday afternoon
and so forlorn and apparently pitiable
was their condition that the girls who
work at the Wilson Chemical plant
opposite the Tyrone station took up a
collection among themselves, purchas-
ed them a quantity of food and gave
them several dollars in cash to help
them on their way to the Lumber city.
An hour or so later both the man and
woman were visibly intoxicated, the
liquor having been purchased vith a
portion of the money contributed by
the girls. And while on the train
Tuesday evening the bottle was
brought forth frequently and the nan
would take a drirk and then the wom-
an, regardless of the presence of
others ir the car; and the language
used by both was neither chaste nor
refined.
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returned to Belle- |
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! —Frank E. Naginey spent several days | To Drill for Oil in Bald Eagle Valley.
Our old-time friend, Christ Sharer,
| of Taylor township, is always wide
awake and resourceful, and just now
{ he has gotten some Pittsburgh capi-
| talists interested in a movement to
| prospect for oil on his lands in the up-
| per Bald Eagle valley. In fact a lease
{ has been taken on hundreds of acres
of land and several car loads of drill-
ing machinery are on the way to
Hannah station, near which place the
first test will be put down. Mr. Shar-
er feals certain that oil can be found
there and an old-time well borer, who
was through the Bald Eagle valley on
Tuesday, was also somewhat enthusi-
astic. He stated that oil deposits ran
almost cue north and south and that
Taylor township was right in line
with the oil belt of the northern part
of the State.
One thing that has given rise to the
belief that there is oil in that vicinity
is the presence of oil deposits on pools
of stagnant water, but this may be
only vegetable oil from decomposed
matter in the marshy soil. Be that as
it may, however, test holes are to he
drilled and the prospectors vill thus
find out what is in the ground.
Tri-County Ccnference.
About two hundred women, ten of
whom were from C:ntre county, at-
tended the tri-coun!y conference of
civic clubs from Centre, Clinton and
Lycoming counties, held at the Cen-
tral State Normal school, last Satur-
day. Reports from all over the dis-
trict were most encouraging. In re-
porting for Centre county Mrs. Robert
Mills Beach stated that “suffrage
sentiment wa~: being orystalized by a
poll of the women.” Miss Anna Hov
£ave a ver, encouraging report on
the preparedness work in Centre
county. At the afternoon session a
splendid address was made by Robert
Dripps, general secretary of the Pub-
lic Chaiities Association, on “The
Menace of the Feeble Minded in Penn-
sylvania.” The Centre county dele-
gates present invited the conference
to meet in Bellefonte next October
and the invitation was accented.
tat
——Mrs. M. C. Gephart has returned
to Bellefonte, to open her corset shop in
the Garman house, on Spring street, of-
fering for sale her well known line of
corsets and hosiery. 40-1t
——A furnished house, at 26 west
Bishop street, is offered for rent, from
the first of November to the first of
April. Irquire at the above address.
40-1t
——Mrs. John J. Walsh will sell at
private sale all her household furniture
at her home on east High street. Good
bargains for early comers. 40-1t
——The ladies of St. John’s Reformed
church will hold their annual Thanks-
giving market in Petrikin hall, Tuesday
and Wednesday of Thanksgiving week.
Sale Register.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, at 10’clock p. m., W. A.
Peters will s-11 at the hotel in Unionville a full
line of household furniture.
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, G 5
The prices quoted are those paid for bh
roduce.
Potatoes per bushel. > “41.25
Onions.... 1.10
Eggs, per 32
Lard, per pound.. 14
Butter pervound................ocoo 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.
Red Wheat....... $1.50
White Wheat... 1.45
Rye, per bushel 80
Corn, shelled, per 90
Corn, ears, per bushe 80
Oats, old and new, pe 40
Barley, per bushel.. 60
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of the
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening.
Flour —Winter, per barrel. 6.00@6.50
* _—Favorite Brands. 8.75@9.25
Rye Flour per barrel.............ccc.reernees .00@7.00
Baled Hay—Choice Timothy No. 1..... 14.00@18.50
Eien . Mixed No. 1........ 13.50@17.00
SEYAW.....oc. iii ninasiin arias divspeessanass 8.00@14.00
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