Bellefonte, Pa., November 24, 1916.
P- GRAY MEEK,
EDITOR.
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Firebug Given Long Sentence by
Judge Quigley.
Having plead guilty to two indict-
ments charging him with setting fire
to the McGirk building in Philipsburg
on March 13th, 1916, and the Odd Fel-
lows building on October 29th, Ed-
ward Bannon, a resident of South
Philipsburg, was brought into open
court on Tuesday morning and sen-
tenced by Judge Quigley to $1,000
fine, costs of prosecuticn and nct less
than fifteen nor more than twenty
years in the western penitentiary on
the first indictment, and $500 fine,
costs and not less than five years nor
more than ten years in the penitenti-
ary on the second indictment, which
makes a maximum of $1,500 fine, and
not less than twenty years nor more
than thirty years in the penitentiary,
and Judge Quigley told the man that
when he was released he would prob-
ably realize that setting fire to build-
ings was a crime of no mean propor-
tions.
Ever since the burning of the Me-
Girk building in March deputy fire
marshall Edward J. Ryan, of Sun-
bury, has been at work on the case.
Clue after clue was run down hut it
was not until after the fire which de-
stroyed the substantial Odd Fellows
building in October that the clue be-
gan to grow warm. Finally Mr. Ry-
an and the Philipsburg police conclud-
ed that they had sufficient evidence to
arrest Bannon and he was taken into
custody and brought to the Centre
county jail on November 10th.
Finally last Friday he broke down
and confessed to district attorney
James C. Furst, sheriff George H.
Yarnell, deputy sheriff Harrison
Kline, E. J. Ryan and F. J. Green, of
Philipsburg, that he had set fire to the
two buildings for the purpose of rob-
bery. Bannon’s confession clarified
the case considerably, and when he
entered a plea of guilty to both in-
dictments
crime of arson there was nothing left
for the court but to sentence him.
Bannon goes by the name of “Peg-
gy,” having lost one leg in a railroad
accident when he was six years old.
He is now twenty-six years of age and
his looks and personal demeanor are
not such as to create any sentiment of
sympathy in nis behalf.
brought into court on Tuesday morn-
ing and the case was called up for
disposal W. Groh Runkle addressed
the court and stated that he had beer
retained by the young man’s mother
to look after his interests. But inas-
much as he had entered a plea of guil-
ty there was little for him to do.
That he had gone to the jail to see
Bannon but could not get him to talk
and it was his impression that the
man was not sound mentally, and he
would ask the court to take that into
considerdtion when passing sentence.
Judge Quigley then told Bannon to
stand up. In reply to a question as to
whether his parents were living he
stated that they were and that he was
unmarried. When asked what he had
worked at thetpast eight or ten years
Bannon said “nothing.” The court
asked him how many fires he had
started the past year and Bannon said
“about four.” In sentencing him the
court stated that ordinarily he would
take into consideration his crippled
condition and home environment in
disposing of the case, but his actions
were such as to prove conclusively
that he was a dangerous man for any
community, and he believed it would
be better for him to be put some place
where he would be under restraint.
He also stated that it was necessary
to mete out proper punishment to
criminals as a deterrent to others and
because of that he would give him al-
most the maximum sentence, and sen-
tence as above given was then pro-
nounced.
Will There Be a Contest?
Friends of William E. Tobias, in
Clearfield county, are talking of con-
testing Rowland’s election to Congress
on the ground that many votes were
thrown out in that county that should
have been counted for him. It is
claimed that quite a number of voters
after voting in the Prohibition square
also marked their ballots for Mr. |
Tobias, and that all such votes were
thrown out. In five districts, it is
claimed, twenty-three such ballots
were not counted. The move has not
gone far enough to demand a recount,
though it is possible that some such
action may be taken.
——Resident. of Bellefonte and
Centre county are again requested to
bear in mind the Thanksgiving dona-
tion to the Bellefonte hospital. Any-
thing you can give will be appreciat-
£d.
charging him with the’
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THOMPSON.—John I.
of Lemont, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. O. H. Shaffer, in Al-
toona, at 9.15 o’clock last Friday
morning of cerebral hemorrhage, fol-
i lowing an illness of three weeks. Mr.
Thompsen, by the way, had not been
in good health since he was the victim
of an automobile accident over three
vears ago. On that occasion he was
driving along the road in a buggy
when he was run into by an automo-
bile upsetting him. His nervous sys-
tem suffered such a chock that he
never entirely recovered therefrom.
Just about a month ago Mr. Thomp-
sor. went to Altoona to visit his
daughter. He wes taken sick on the
train and his condition from the first
was considered very serious.
John Irvin Thompson was a de-
scendant of two of the oldest families
in Centre county, the Thompsons and
the Irvins. His parents were Moses
and Mary Irvin Thompson and he ivas
born at Centre Furnace on October
11th, 1843, hence at his death was 73
years, 1 month and 6 days old. His
early life was spent in attending the
public schools but in 1859 he entered
the Farmer’s High School, now The
Pennsylvania State College. His
course, however, was interrupted ear-
ly in the Civil war by his enlistment
in the State mniilitia. After a few
weeks of guard duty at Chambers-
burg he returned to his books but
when another call to arms came he
again enlisted early in 1863 and spent
two months in service in Somerset
and Bedford counties. He finally
graduated in 1863.
From 1864 to 1869 he was book-
keeper at the Milesburg iron works
and at Centre Furnace. In the latter
vear with his father and brother Wil-
liam he organized the firm of John I.
Thompson & Co., and opened a bank
at Lemont. For a time the bank was
successful but a panic being threaten-
ed they paid off all depositors and
closed the bank. Mr. Thompson then
engaged in the coal and grain busi-
ness at Lemont which he carried on
until 1890 when he succeeded John
Hamilton as book-keeper and business
manager at The Pennsylvania State
College. He was later inade treasur-
er of the college and although he has
done little active work at that institu-
tion during the past three or four
vears he was still consiaered the
treasurer emeritus.
Mr. Thompson was a life-long
member of the Presbvterian church
and had been an elder in the Lemont
church for many years. He was an
ardent temperance advocate and for
years voted the Prohibition ticket reg-
ularly. He. was a man of generous
impulses, progressive ideas and al-
ways stood for everything that was
for the best interests of the communi-
ty in which he lived. Mr. Thompson
was an active member of the G. A. R.,
being affiliated with the Capt. Foster
Post, of Lemont.
On October 12th, 1870, Mr. Thomp-
son was united in marriage to Miss
Elizabeth Boal, to whom he had five
children, all of whom survive as fol-
lows: Dr. Mary 1., wife of Dr. O. H.
Shaffer, of Altoona; Helen, wife of
George Sellers, of Harrisburg; George
Boal, now second lieutenant of the
First Mounted Machine Gun troop
stationed at El Paso, Texas, but who
came home last week on a thirty days
furlough; Elizabeth, wife of L. H.
Crossman, of Oaks, Pa., and Charles
M., of Eklhurst, W. Va. Following the
death of his first wife Mr. Thompson
married Miss Margaret Johnson, who
survives with no children. Of his
father’s family of eight children only
one.now survives, Mr. James Irvin
Thompson, of Lemont.
The remains were taken to his old
home at Lemont cn Saturday. Fun-
eral services were held at 2.30 o’clock
on Monday afternoon by Rev. L. V.
Barber, assisted by Rev. Walter K.
Harnish. There was a large attend-
ance of sorrowing friends and the
banks of floral emblems were evidence
of the esteem in which he was held.
Burial was made in the Branch ceme-
tery.
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BURDICK.—Mrs. Anna M. Bar-
dick, wife of Harry C. Burdick, of
Cleveland, Ohio, died on November
11th at the home of her father, Dr. O.
M. Myers, at Pittsford, N. Y. She
was a grand-daughter of H. W. Mey-
ers, who at one time conducted the
Bush house in this place, her father
also being well known by many Belle-
fonte people. She is survived by her
husband, her father and two brothers,
Hiram and Wayne V., both of New
York city. Burial was made at Pitts-
ford on November 13th.
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STEWART.—Robert Stewart, who
has been station agent at Pennsylva-
nia Furnace ever since the Lewisburg
and Tyrone railroad was opened for
traffic about thirty-five years ago,
died quite suddenly at Roanoke, Va.,
on Tuesday, where he had gone to
spend his two weeks vacation. He
was a native of Stonevalley and was
upwards of seventy years old. He
was a member of the Presbyterian
church and a great Sunday school
worker. His only survivor is his
e.
Thompson, :
MORRIS.—Quietly, calmly
"away Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Morris, wife
of Hon. A. G. Morris, passed from this
! life to the life immortal at her home on
| east Linn street at ten o’clock last Satur-
, day evening. Mrs. Morris had been in
| declining health the past several years
' but it was not until the past few months
| that the weight of her declining years’
became more pronounced. The physical
: collapse, however, which finally resulted
{ in her passing away came only a few
: weeks ago and when she finally departed
| this life it was with her husband and
| children watching at her bedside, ready |
| to perform any loving ministrations, but
| like a tired child she slept the sleep
| which awakens only in that brighter
land beyond that mysterious veil called
death.
tio and Statira Holmes Schwartz and
was born in Pittsburgh on June 27th,
1839, hence was in her seventy-eighth
year. Her early life was spent in the
ed and received the early training for
her future useful and successful life.
Freeport, Armstrong county,
Morris moved to Tyrone, and from that
time until their coming to Bellefonte in
1910, with the exception of a few years
spent in South Carolina and Philadel-
phia, she had been identified in her un-
assuming way with the life of the peo-
ple of Tyrone. She was a devout mem-
ber of the Presbyterian church all her
life and daily lived up to the teachings
of the divine Master. She was one of
those home-loving women who are al-
most idolatrously wrapped up in the wel-
fare of their family and nothing was too
great to do that would add to their com-
fort or happiness.
She was a woman, while in health and
active life, who was continually scatter-
ing sunbeams of kindness around her,
distributing her charities with a liberal
hand and yet in so unostentatious a
manner that few there were outside of
the beneficiaries who knew of her do-
ings. She was always gracious and
both friend and stranger alike. But!
she will be longest remembered by her |
loving devotion to her husband and her |
children. Aside from her church affilia-
tions the only organization of which she !
was a member was the Daughters of
the American Revolution.
Mrs. Morris is survived by her hus-
band and five children, namely: Miss
Eliza Egbert Morris, at home; Thomas
King, of Pittsburgh; Charles A., Robert
and Alexander G. Jr. all of Bellefonte.
Two children, Mary Belle and Harry
Pemberton, died in early life. ; The
wealth of floral emblems contributed by
loving friends was eloquent testimony
of the love and esteem in which Mrs.
Morris was held, not only by her neigh-
bors in Bellefonte but by people of Ty-
rone and other parts of the State.
Funeral services were held at her late
home at 1.30 o'clock on Wednesday by
Rev. Malcolm DePrue Maynard, of the
Episcopal church, assisted by Rev. W.
K. McKinney, of the Prespyterian
church, and at two o’clock the remains
were taken by special train to Tyrone,
and from the train direct to the Grand-
view cemetery where they were laid to
rest in the family vault.
The pall bearers were Joseph L. Mont-
gomery, Harry Keller, H. E. Fenlon,
George R. Meek, John M. Shugert, W.
Harrison Walker, Judge Henry C. Quig-
ley and W. Fred Reynolds, of Bellefonte;
John Anderson, J. K. Johnson, Frank K.
Lukenbach, J. K. McLanahan Jr, Geo.
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HAMILTON.—Mrs. Catharine J.
Hamilton, widow of the late Abram
V. Hamilton, died at her home in
Bush’s Addition at 9.30 o’clock on
Wednesday morning after an illness
of some weeks with heart trouble.
She was a daughter of John and
Elizabeth Martin and was born at
Pleasant Gap on February 22nd, 1846,
hence at her death was 7C years and
9 months old. Most of her married
life was spent in Bellefonte. She was
a member of the Presbyterian church
and a woman who had many friends
in Bellefonte and vicinity. Her hus-
band died fifteen years ago but sur-
viving her are two children, Mrs. T.
W. Romick, at home, and Mys. A.
Clyde Smith, of Bellefonte. She also
leaves her mother, who is eighty-eight
years old, and four brothers, namely:
Frederick and John Martin, of Clear-
field; A. F., of Pittsburgh, and
Charles, of Chicago.
Rev. W. K. McKinney will have
charge of the funeral services which
will be held at her late home at two
o'clock tomorrow afternoon, following
which burial will be made in the Un-
ion cemetery.
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BARCHICK.—Paul Barchick, the Aus-
trian who was so badly crushed between
two cars at the Stub Hill mine of the
Lehigh Valley Coal company at Clarence,
on Tuesday of last week, died at the
Bellefonte hospital on Wednesday. He
was aged 68 years, 7 months and 7 days.
The remains were taken to Clarence the
next day and burial made on Saturday.
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REARICK.—Carl Arthur Rearick, the
seven months old son of L. G. Rearick,
of Lock Haven, formerly of Centre Hall,
died on Sunday morning. Private fun-
eral services were held at three o’clock
on Monday afternoon, burial being made
in the Mt. Bethel cemetery, near Clin-
tondale.
sleeping
Mrs. Morris was a daughter of Hora- |
city of her birth where she was educat- |
On November 29th, 1864, she was united |
in marriage to Mr. A. G. Morris, of
and the |
first four years of their married life were |
spent at Freeport. In 1868 Mr. and Mrs. |
hospitable in her home and welcomed |
C. Wilson, D. S. Klose, A. L. Grier of
Tyrone, and John D. Meyer, of Altoona, |
MILLER.—George F. Miller, a well
known farmer of east Ferguson town-
ship, died at three o’clock last Friday
morning after only five days’ illness
with pneunionia. Mr. Miller had been
a sufferer with asthma for a number
of years but continued farming up
, until last spring when he quit the
farm and turned everything over to
| his son-in-law, John Stover. Mr. Mil-
ler and wife retired to a comfortable
home near the farm where they have
since lived.
George Franklin Miller was a son
of John and Sarah Miller, early set-
'tlers of Hartley tcewnship, Union
county, where he was born on Novem-
ber 17th, 1851, hence his death occur-
red on the sixty-fifth anniversary of
. his birth. When but ten years of age
he came to Centre county and went to
i work on a farm ,in the neighborhcod
: of Pine Hall. When he grew to man-
hood he engaged in farming for him-
! self and in the fifty years or more
i that he tilled the soil he was very suc-
cessful. So much so, in fact, that at
his death he was the owner of several
fine farms as well as a number of
properties at State College. He was
prominently identified with the Re-
| formed church, having held the offices
; of both elder and deacon. He was a
| staunch Democrat all his life and fill-
[ed various township offices. During
the past dozen years he was overseer
of the poor in Ferguson township and
{held the office at the time of his
| death.
| On January 25th, 1877, he was unit-
ed in marriage to Miss Alice Homan
who survives with the following chil-
‘dren: John C. Miller, living near
: Pine Grove Mills, and Mrs. John Sto-
ver, on the old homestead. He also
, leaves three brothers and two sisters,
{ namely: County Commsisioner Isaac
: Miller, of Bellefonte; Levi, of Miffiin-
| burg; Jacob, living in Missouri; Mrs.
| Badger, of Mifflicburg, and Mrs. Su-
{ san Houtz; of Bellefonte.
i Funeral services were held at his
late home at ten o’clock on Monday
morning by Rev. S. C. Stover, of the
| Reformed church, after which burial
was made in the Pine Hall cemetery.
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ECKLEY.--Reuben Eckley, a former
resident of Centre county, died at his
home at Woodland, Clearfield county,
i last Friday, as the result of a stroke
| of paralysis sustained three days pre-
| vious. Mr. and Mrs. Eckley had been
{ making their home with their son Ed-
ward since last spring, and who, on
! November 7, was instantly killed in a
fall of rock in the Harbison-Walker
. company’s coal mines near Woedland.
Deceased was born in Buffalo Run
valley about sixty-four years ago.
| Most of his life was spent in that sec-
tion, he having gone to Woodland less
! than a year ago. He is survived by
| his wife and three children, Samuel, of
Clearfield; Calvin, of Erie, and Willis,
| of Blue Ball. The remains were taken
to Buffalo Run, where funeral serv-
(ices were held and burial made on
| Monday afternoon.
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| CLOSE.—George Calvin Close died
(at his home at Philipsburg last Fri-
| day morning after a long illness with
| heart trouble. He was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Patrick Close and was born
at Osceola Mills on May 28th, 1872,
| being 44 years, 5 months and 20 days
old. He is survived by his wife and
| seven children, namely: Mrs. O. S.
{| Figard, of Tyrone; LeRoy, Mary,
| Harold, Martha, Ruth and Ivy, ail at
: home. He also leaves his mother and
one brother, Edward Close, of Philips-
burg. Rev. H. A. Buffington had
| charge of the funeral services which
were held on Monday afternoon, bur-
ial being made in the Philipsburg
cemetery.
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FLECK.—Mrs. Alice Rhone Fleck
died at her home at Blue Ball, Clear-
field county, on Tuesday of last week,
of heart failure, following an illness
of some months with cancer of the
stomach. Her maiden name was
Guisewhite and she was born at Zion,
this county almost sixty-four years
ago. When a young woman she was
married to John M. Fleck and during
their married life they have lived at:
Altoona, Philipsburg and Blue Bali.
She is survived by her husband and
eight children, as well as one brother
and sister. Burial was made in the
Philipsburg cemetery last Thursday
afternoon.
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PETERS.—Daniel Peters died on
Thursday of last week at Vineland,
N. J., of blood poisoning, the result of
a carbuncle on his neck. He had
been ailing only one week. He was
born and raised at State College but
prior to moving to Vineland two years
ago had lived at Bellwood. He is
survived by his wife and three chil-
dren, as well as two brothers and
three sisters. Burial was made at
Vineland on Saturday afternoon.
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GILL.—Mrs. Ella Elizabeth Gill,
wife of Edward Gill, of Benner town-
ship, died last Thursday after an ill-
ness of some months with pulmonary
tuberculosis, aged 41 years, & months
and 27 days. She was a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Puff. Burial was
day afternoon.
made in the Union cemetery on Sun-:
McELWAIN.—The death last F'ri-
day, of John H. McElwain removes
from west Ferguson township one of
the best known residents of that vi-
cinity. He had been ill for some
weeks with a complication of diseases
and spent some time in the Altoona
hospital. About two weeks prior to
his death he was takeu to his home at
Marengo where his last days were
spent.
Deceased was a son of William and
Susan Sellers McElwain and was born
near Marengo on August 12th, 1850,
making his age 66 years, 3 months
and 5 days. When a young man he
learned the carpenter trade, an occu-
pation he followed all his life. In fact
he was known as one of the best car-
penter contractors in that section and
had charge of the erection of many
houses and barns in Spruce Creek and
Halfmoon valleys. He was a member
of the Ross M. E. church, the Half-
moon Lodge of Odd Fellows, and the
Knights of Malta Commandery No.
418, of Dungarvin.
He was united in marriage to Miss
Mary Rhoades who survives with the
following children: Charles L., and
William, of Bellwood; George, of
Spruce Creek; Mrs. Gertrude Meese,
of Altoona; Mrs. George Burns, of
Bald Eagle; Mrs. Benjamin Luke, of
Guyer; Joseph, John and Ira, at home.
Three children died in youth. He also
leaves thirteen grand-children and
two sisters, Mrs. Isaac Kanarr, of
Dungarvin, and Mrs. Catharine
Buck, of Huntingdon.
Funeral services were held in the
Ross M. E. church at ten o'clock on
Monday morning by Rev. Wasson,
after which burial was made in the
Ross cemetery.
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BATHURST.—Mrs. Emma Bath-
urst, wife of Calvin Bathurst, of Cur-
tin, died on Tuesday night of last
week after an illness of six years. She
was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ¥d-
ward Speer and ‘was born on October
21st, 1861. In addition 10 her husband
she is survived by the following chil-
dren: Mrs. Maude McGovern, Mrs.
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Miraculous Escape from Injury in
Automobile Accident.
One of the most miraculous escapes
from serious injury, if not death, in an
automobile accident occurred on Monday
evening when a Ford car driven by
Harry (Smoke) Miller dashed through a
crowd on the pavement at the corner of
the Brockerhoff house and crashed into
the building with sufficient force to
i knock out several bricks, smash the
headlight on the car and bend the
left front wheel. In its dash onto the
: pavement the one fender of the car just
grazed the left side of Miss Gertrude
Taylor with sufficient force as to tear
her clothing and bruise her pretty badly
but cause no serious injury. The ma-
chine also struck Sarah Dawson, the
young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
{ Dawson, and Anna Sager, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Sager. The former
was thrown under the machine and roll-
; ed along on the pavement, but none of
: the wheels passed over her, while the
| Sager girl was thrown to one side. By-
| standers who saw the accident felt cer-
| tain the Dawson girl was killed but when
she was pulled from under the machine
| and taken to a physician’s office it was
: found that she was uninjured. The Sa-
| ger girl also escaped injury.
The automobile in question is owned
| by J. C. Condo, of Jacksonville, and he
land Miller had been driving around
| town for several hours during the after-
{ noon.
| were pretty well under the influence of
! liquor. They drove up High street short-
i ly before six o'clock Monday evening
{ with Miller at the wheel. Just what
occurred that made the machine run on-
! to the pavement is not known. At any
| rate when the machine was just about
i opposite the corner of the Brockerhoff
| house it made a short turn to the right
i and running up onto the pavement dashed
| through the people that were passing by
| and came to a halt when it bumped into
i the Brockerhoff house.
| Neither of the men were in a condition
| to explain the accident, but Condo main-
! tained that they had turned sharply to
the right to keep from running down a
| woman, but he could not tell who she
! was or where she was. Both men were
Nannie Lutz and Mrs. Kate Staver, of placed under arrest and put in the lock-
Bellefonte; Mrs. Charlctte Stanley, of up for the night.
Milesburg; Mrs.
Myrtle Luczs, of |
On Tuesday morning chief of police
Fairview; Sue, Ralph, Laird and Ross, | Dukeman preferred charges against both
at home.
last Thursday afternoon.
Pletcher—Yearick.—The home of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Yearick, at
Howard, was the scene of a pretty
wedding at eleven o’clock on Tuesday
morning when their daughter, Miss
Nellie Yearick became the bride of
Herbert Pletcher, a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Nathaniel Pletcher, of the same.
place. The ceremony was performed
by Rev.
minister of McConnellsburg, who is a
cousin of the bride. The bridesmaids
were Misses Catharine Martin,
State College; Zelma Jordan,
Howard, and Edith Wilson, of Lock
Haven. The best man was Ronald
Welsh, of Howard. About two hun-
dred and fifty guests were in attend- |
ance. Immediately after the cere-
mony a sumptuous wedding breakfast |
was served and later the young couple !
left for Detroit, Mich.,, where they |
will make their future home.
Ramsey—Dunlap.—An early wed-
ding took place at 6.45 o’clock yester-
day morning in St. John’s Episcopal
church when Sabret Ramsey, of Al-
toona, and Miss Kathryn Dunlap,
daughter of Mr. John L. Dunlap, of
this place, were united in marriage by
the pastor, Rev. Malcolm DePrue
Maynard. The attendants were Miss
Mary Dunlap, as bridesmaid, and
Harry Raymond best man. Only near
relatives and a few intimate friends
were present to witness the happy
qvent. Immediately following the
ceremony z wedding breakfast was
served at the home of the bride's
father and at 9.17 Mr. and Mrs. Ram-
sey left on a wedding trip through
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, at the con-
clusion of which they will take up
their residence in Altoona where the
bridegroom holds a good position in
the P. R. R. shops.
Hall—Dickson.—Ira G. Hall and
Miss Eliza Dickson, both of Snow
Shoe, were married at the parsonage
of Grace M. E church in Altoona, at
four o’clock last Friday afternoon by
the pastor, Rev. D. D. Kaufman, the
beautiful ring ceremony being used.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George Dickson, of Snow Shoe,
and is an estimable young woman.
The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Hall and is associated with
his father in the contracting business.
Mr. aad Mrs. Hall will reside in Snow
Shoe.
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Fike—Hazzard.—Abram Fike, of
Philipsburg, a veteran of the Civil
war and who is four score years of
age, and Miss Mollie Hazzard, of the
same place, whose age is given as
fifty-nine, were married in Hollidays-
burg at two o’clcck on Friday after-
noon of last week by justice of the
peace C. Irwin Lewis. Mr. Fike is a
well preserved man for his age and
should have a number of years of
happy married life in front of
him... The couple will reside in
Philipsburg.
Burial was nade at Curtin | men before Squire S. Kline Woodring,
Both men had been drinking and =~
Leidy Yearick, a Reformed
of |
of |
that against Condo being for operating
| an automobile while in an intoxicated
| condition and that against Miller being
| for operating an automobile without a
| license and while in an intoxicated con-
| dition. The same morning the men
were taken to jail but Condo was releas-
ed Tuesday afternoon after giving bail
in the sum of one thousand dollars to
appear before ’Squire Woodring for a
hearing at 7 o’clock on Wednesday even-
ing. He appeared at that time but waiv-
ed a hearing and gave bail in the sum of
, six hundred dollars for his appearance at
the December term of court, Robert F.
Cooke going on his bond.
i Miller was given a hearing at the time
| set on Wednesday evening and three
| men, George Eberhart, Harry Hoy and
| Jonathan Fike testified to seeing the
men on Thomas street when they collid-
ed with the fence then ran up on the
bank and almost upset the machine, and
| they all testified that both men were in-
toxicated. Miller was held in six hun-
{dred dollars bail and being unable to
give bond was remanded to jail.
soo
That New Federal Building at State
College.
Affairs have begun to move along
at a very encouraging pace toward
the erection of that rew postoffice
building at State Colege. On Thurs-
day of last week postmaster Rokert
M. Foster received a letter from B. R.
Newton, first assistant secretary of
the treasury at Washington which
read as follows:
The sketch plans for the proposed
postoffice building at State College,
Pa., have been approved and the
working drawings will he taken up in
their regular order. Upon the basis
of the data sheet submitted by the
‘postmaster at State College dated
March 28th, 1916, it has been decided
that the main front of the building
shall face toward Beaver avenue, and
the only entrance to the building for
the use of the public will be on that
street.
On Saturday Mr.
the following order:
Immediately upon receipt of this
letter please serve written notice up-
on venders of the federal building site
in your custody to have <aid site
cleared within sixty days from De-
cember 9th, 1916.
Foster received
——Robert Glenn, a well known
resident of Snow Shce, attempted
suicide last Friday night by cutting
his throat with a rozor. Fortunately
he missed the vital point by about
the one-sixteenth of an inch, and is
now recovering at the Bellefonte hos-
pital. Melancholy and dring are as-
cribed as the causes for the young
man’s rash act.
Fulton—Garver.—Harry P. Fulton,
son of the late Mrs. Mary Fulton, of
this place, and Miss Mary Ellen Gar-
ver, of Lewistown, were married in
that place last Thursday. Mr. Fulton
at one time worked in this office and
his friends here extend congratula-
tions.
—They are all good enough, but the
WATCHMAN is always the best.
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