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Bellefonte, Pa., March 16, 1917.
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
Widow Wants Big Compensation.
An interesting hearing under the
Workman’s Compensation act was
held in the writing room at the Brock-
erhoff house last Thursday before W.
W. Champion, of Williamsport, ref-
eree for this district. The hearing
was on the application of Mrs. H.
Arthur Yeager, of Howard, for com-
pensation for the death of her hus-
band who was instantly killed by
lightning while working for the Cen-
tre Brick and Clay company, at
Orviston.
Yeager was employed as a miner
in the coal mines of the company and
was at the mouth of the drift on Sep-
tember 5th, 1916, when a heavy thun-
der storm occurred. Yeager and two
other employees, Charles Boone, of
Orviston, and Robert Mann, of Marsh
Creek, as well as Robert Confer, of
Howard, who happened to be talking
to the men at the time, took refuge
from the storm in the mouth of the
drift. A bolt of lightning struck a
tree a short distance away, jumping
from there to the steel rail running
into the mine. Yeager happened to be
standing with one foot on the rail
and he was instantly killed. The other
men were only shocked.
At the hearing on Thursday Mrs.
Yeager was represented by J. Ken-
nedy Johnston Esq., while Robert M.
Wade Esq., of Pittsburgh, . looked
after the interests of the Aetna Life
Insurance company, which carries the
compensation insurance for the Cen-
tre Clay and Brick company. In her
testimony Mrs. Yeager claimed taat
her husband’s average earnings were
$24.00 a week and that she and her
three children had been left without
any means of support. Many wit-
nesses were heard and some interest-
ing testimony given. A decision in
the case will probably be forthcoming
* in the next two weeks.
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Two Veteran Engineers to be Re-
tired.
George J. Gibbs and Carson Smith,
two veteran engineers on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad will be retired from
service withing the next few ‘days,
they both having taken the customa-
ry retirement examination in Altoo-
na last Friday.
Gibbs was born in Massachusetts in
1851 and went to work as a fireman
on the Tyrone division in 1871. In
March, 1875, he was promoted to an
engineer, and four years later placed
on a permanent run. At that time
his runs alternated over the Bald Ea-
gle and Tyrone and Clearfield. A
number of years ago when the alter-
nate runs were abandoned Gibbs, as
senior engineer was given his choice
of runs and he took the train from
Tyrone to Lock Haven in the morning
and back at noon, reaching Tyrone at
'2.15 p. m. During his forty-five years
of service engineer Gibbs has trav-
eled on his engine approximately 1,-
500,000 miles, equivalent to sixty
trips around the world. He never had
a bad accident but in 1881 he narrow-
ly escaped death when his engine blew
up at the Tyrone station.
Carson Smith was born in Frank-
lin county in 1852 and became a fire-
man on the Tyrone division in 1877.
He was promoted to an engineer in
1881 and assigned to the passenger
service in 1891. For many years he
hauled what was generally known as
the Bald Eagle “Flyer,” No. 6432.
On account of physical disability he
was compelled to give up this run in
March, 1913, but was retained in
service as traveling engineman.
Examination for Postmaster at Pleas-
: ant Gap.
The United States Civil Service
commission announces that an exam-
ination will be held at Bellefonte, Pa.,
to fill a contemplated vacancy in the
position of fourth class postmaster at
Pleasant Gap, the compensation of
which amounted to $474 for -the last
fiscal year. The age limit is twenty-
one years and older. The examina-
tion is open to all citizens of the
United States. Application forms
and full information concerning the
requirements and date of examina-
tion can be had by application to the
postmaster at Pleasant Gap.
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The Stags Are Coming.
The Lock Haven Stags will come
toc Bellefonte next Monday evening
to see their basket ball team play the
Bellefonte Academy five that return
game that was to have been played
two weeks ago. The Stags have been
playing a strong game this season
and Bellefonte lovers of the sport can
feel assured of seeing an exciting con-
test. :
~—Subscribe for the “Watchman”,
BOULTON.—Mrs. Jennie M. Bou!- } Favorably Impressed with State Col- Swartz—Boyce.—In sur issue of | Important Questions for Girls.
ton died very unexpectedly at her
home in Franklin at 9.35 o’clock on
Sunday night.
lege and Penitentiary.
What was probably one of the
| January 19th we published an an-
{| nouncement of the engagement of
She contracted a longest continuous tours of inspection ! Miss Mable R. Boyce, daughter of
heavy cold a little over a week pre- of State institutions ever made by Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Boyce, of Wil-
vious but attended services at the members of the Legislature ended : lowbank
street, to
Benjamin F. |
What are you going to do?
| How much training do you need for
{Your chosen work?
{ What will it pay?
How much opportunity is there for
First Presbyterian church on Sunday, last Saturday night when chairman ' Swartz, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lin- advancement ?
March 4th as was her custom. Her James F. Woodward and twenty-three . coln H. Swartz, of Hublersburg, and |
condition showed no improvement the members of the House Appropriation i the fact has finally leaked out that the
next day and she took her bed on | committee returned to Harrisburg young people were married at that
Tuesday. By Wednesday her illness after a week’s trip over the State. time. To be exact, they were mar-
had developed into pneumonia and she | Among the institutions visited were : ried in Uniontown on December 27th ' ing for the work?
gradually grew worse until the end, [ The Pennsylvania State College and | but decided to keep their wedding a |
though she was conscious almost to | the new penitentiary at Rockview. In | secret until spring, as Miss Boyce |
the last moment.
reviewing the impressions made up-
: was the very efficient teacher of the
Deceased was a daughter of Charles | on the members of the committee by Bush’s Addition school.
and Anna McBride and was born in
Bellefonte on September 25th, 1835, :
hence was 81 years, 5 months and 14 |
days old. As a girl she was given a |
splendid education and early in life |
engaged in teaching school. She |
taught several years in Bellefonte !
then went .to Venango county and
taught at Sugar Creek and later in:
the Union school building, Frank- |
lin. Scores of the older residents of |
Franklin point with pride to the |
fact that they were old-time pu- |
the various institutions visited Chair-
man Woodward had the following to
say about the College and penitentia-
ry:
“At the State College we found as
fine a body of students as you can
find in any school in the United
States. The State should be proud of
that school, and I hope we will be able
to inake sufficient appropriation to
give it the additional buildings badly
needed.
“We visited the Rockview peniten-
| But the bridegroom’s father told a
| friend “in confidence” and of course
i the secret leaked until it got to the
i ears of some of the bride’s most inti-
. mate friends. The result was that the |
Beaux Esprits, a club of eighteen
| young ladies of which she is a mem-
. ber, met at the Boyce home on Wed- |
.nesday evening and during the social
| frivolities one of the members very
| sedately announced the fact of Miss
| Boyce’s marriage, much to that young
i lady’s discomfiture. Of course the
pils of hers, while there are still liv- | tiary at night. It is my opinion that only thing she then could do was to
ing in Bellefonte a few people who
went to school to her when she taught
here.
Notwithstanding the fact that Mrs.
Boulton left Bellefonte about sixty
years ago she never lost her interest
in the town of her birth or the people
here. Almost every year she made it
a point to come back to Bellefonte
for a week or two, or perhaps longer,
and any person from Bellefonte or
Centre county always found a warm
welcome at her home. She was a
life-long member of the First Pres-
byterian church of Franklin and for
a long time had been president of the
Ladies’ Aid society, and had filled oth-
er responsible church offices. She was
a woman with a heart overflowing
with kindness and never let an oppor-
tunity go by to do a good turn for
anyone in need or distress.
On July 30th, 1872, she was united
in marriage to Daniel Hammer Boul-
ton, of Oil City, who died fifteen years |
ago. She leaves, however, one daugh- |
ter, Dr. Eleanor Boulton, of New
York, and a step-son, W. E. Boulton,
of Cleveland, Ohio.
Funeral services were held in the
First Presbyterian church of Frank-
lin at 7.830 o'clock on Tuesday even-
ing and on Wednesday morning the
remains were taken to Pittsburgh for
interment beside those of her hus-
band in the Allegheny cemetery.
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ROUP.—Mrs. Viola May Roup,
wife of “William Roup, died at her
home near Martinsburg on Saturday
evening as the result of a stroke of
paralysis sustained at noon the same
day, although she had been in ill
health for some time.
Deceased was a daughter of Shad-
rack and Rebecca Williams and was
born at Martha, this county, on Sep-
tember 6th, 1864, hence was 52 years,
6 months and 4 days old. Most of her
life since her marriage had been spent
in Blair county She was a member of
the Baptist church at Bellwood and
was a woman highly respected by
all who knew her. >
Surviving her are her husband and
the following children: Charles, of
Cleveland, Ohio; Akron, of Tyrone;
Shadrack, of Altoona; Joseph, of Al-
exandria; Camden, of Altoona; Vesta,
Paul and Frank, at home. She also
leaves the following brothers and sis-
ters: William Williams, of McKees
Rocks; Byron and Powell, of Pitts-
burgh; Mrs. Wilson Stiver, of Martha;
Mrs. R. R. Richards, of Jersey Shore;
Mrs. Robert Neil, of Matternville,
and Mrs. Orvis Williams, of Port Ma-
tilda:
The remains were brought to Mar-
tha on the noon train on Tuesday and
taken to the Baptist church where
funeral services were held at 1.30
o’clock by Rev. H. H. McElroy, of
Huntingdon, after which burial was
made in the Williams cemetery.
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KINNEY.—Mrs. Elizabeth Kinney
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. George Fry, at Tipton, on Friday
morning of last week following an at-
tack of pneumonia. She was born in
Ferguson township, this county, on
October 14th, 1836, hence at her death
was 80 years, 5 months and 4 days
old. When but fourteen years old she
became a member of the Presbyterian
church at Graysville and ever since
had lived a conscientious, christian
life. She was married to Jackson
Kinney in 1852 and the result of the
union was eight daughters and two
‘sons. The husband, six daughters and
one son preceded her to the grave, the
survivors being Mrs. George Fry, of
Tipton; Mrs. R. C. Myers, of Altoona,
and James Kinney, of Cleveland, Ohio.
Funeral services were held in the
Grazierville Methodist church on Sun-
day afternoon by Rev. H. W. Bieber,
after which burial was made in the
Grazierville cemetery.
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ZEIGLER.—Mrs. Elizabeth R. Zeig-
ler, mother of George W. Zeigler
Esq., of Philipsburg, died at Danville
on Sunday, aged eighty-five years.
She was the widow of Adam B. Zeig-
ler. The remains were buried in Riv-
erview cemetery, Huntingdon, on
Tuesday afternoon.
| when it is completed it will be super-
ior to anything of its kind in the
country. It is being built on the most
modern plan. The State has spent
about $900,000 on it and has got more
for its money than is the case with
any other similar institution in the
State, The prisoners are practically
building the institution. There are
450 of them, able-bodied and skilled
in all the trades. They are doing all
jdm the fact and inform her young
| friends that she had tendered her res-
| ignation as teacher of the Bush’s Ad-
| dition school to take effect yesterday,
and that before very long she would
| join her husband at Erie and they
would go to housekeeping.
Mr. Swartz is a graduate of State
| College class of 1916, in the electric-
; al engineering course and has a good
| position at Erie.
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the building operations and getting |
the material off the State’s own prop- |
erty. The site in the Nittany valley ;
is ideal for the purpose and most !
Harris—Harris.—Coming with as
much of a surprise as the announce-
ment of their engagement was the
beautiful. There is an abundant sup-
ply of pure water and several
thousand acres, a great deal of which
is very fertile. We are looking for-
ward to the time when, under the |
prison labor act, the institution will
be furnishing equipment for most of
the State institutions for about the
actual cost of raw material.”
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Electrocuted at Philipsburg.
| news last” week of the re-marriage
{ of J. Linn Harris, of this place, and
Mrs. Marie A. Polsgrove Harris, of
| Carlisle, announcement of the fact!
having been made the latter part of
| the week by Mrs. Harris’ parents,
| Rev. and Mrs. J.B. Polsgrove. The
{ wedding took place on Tuesday,
‘ March 6th, at Bel Air, Md., the
{ ceremony being performed by Rev.
!B. W. Kindler. Mr. and Mrs. Harris
Robert Taylor, a lineman for the | will be at home at Carlisle after May
Penn Public Service company at Phil-
ipsburg, was electrocuted early Sun-
day morning when he came in con-
tact with a live wire at the company’s
power house in that place. The elec-
trical storm of Saturday night did
some damage at the power house and
also caused some wire trouble. Tay-
lor was helping assistant superintend-
ent Thomas Armstrong and Samuel
Burris, electrician, repair the dam-
age. He was working on a ladder in-
side the power house when a live wire
came in contact with those he was
working on, and twenty-two thousand
volts of electricity shot through his
body, causing instant death. Arm-
strong and Burris both climbed the
ladder and endeavored to pull Tay-
lor loose, without avail, and both were
badly burned in doing so. It was nec-
essary to turn off the current to res-
cue Taylor's body which was burned
to a crisp. Armstrong and Burris
were both taken to the hospital for
treatment.
The unfortunate young man was a
son of Henry Taylor, of Cresson,
trainmaster of the Cresson division
of the Pennsylvania railroad, and was
thirty-two years old. He had been
working for the Penn Public Service
company at Philipsburg about a year.
He leaves his wife and three small
children; his parents, one brother and
three sisters. The remains were tak-
en to Irwin, Pa., where burial was
made on Tuesday afternoon.
Thimble-Bees Growing in Popularity.
That the W. C. T. U. “Thimble-
Bees,” where the ladies sew for char-
ity, Red Cross and Preparedness, are
growing in popularity was evidenced
by the large attendance at Mrs. John
Bullock’s last Wednesday, where
every one had such a good time. The
fourth of these “Bees” will be held
next Wednesday afternoon, March
21st, at 2.30 at the Mrs. L. H. Getlig
home on Bishop street, where the sew-
ing will be for the Bellefonte hos-
pital.
It may not be generally known that
the Bellefonte W. C. T. U. supports,
and has done so for many years, a
private room at the hospital, furnish-
ed it completely and keeps it replen-
ished with all that is needed.
As stated before, all women, wheth-
er members or not, are cordially in-
vited to these “Thimble-Bees.”
This Week Twenty Years Ago.
Plans were started for the new pub-
lic building on Howard street.
W. T. Achenbach closed his jewelry
store and moved to Glen Falls, N. Y.
W. L. Daggett released the Bush
house for another five years.
An unknown man was killed on the
railroad at Powelton.
Jacob Hassel and Miss Rosa Baum,
and ex-sheriff D. W. Woodring and
Miss Mary Galbraith were united in
marriage.
Judge John G. Love handed down
an opinion in the contest of Abram V.
Miller against W. M. Cronister, on
the election of sheriff of Centre coun-
ty, in which he awarded the contest
to the latter and placed the costs on
the county. :
15th. Contrary to expectations Mr.
Harris will not resign as chairman of
the Republican county committee in
the near future, as he expects to
spend a day or two every week in
Bellefonte for an indefinite time.
Orner—Crebs.—The home of Mr.
and Mrs. Calvin R. Crebs, at Madison-
. burg, was the scene of a pretty wed-
ding last Thursday morning, when
their daughter, Miss Clarissa Ruth
Crebs, became the bride of Raymond
P. Orner, son of William H. Orner, of
Mill Hall. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. J. L. Metzger, of Re-
bersburg, the ring service being used.
About two dozen guests were present
to withness the happy event. Follow-
ing a delicious wedding breakfast Mr.
and Mrs. Orner left on a wedding trip
to eastern cities. The bride was the
recipient of many valuable presents.
McCloskey—Butler.— William O.
McCloskey, of Orviston, and Miss
Mary Matilda Butler, of Lock Haven,
were married at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Matthias W. McCloskey, Lock
Haven, at one o'clock on Monday
afternoon by Rev. Homer C. Boblitt.
The young couple will make their
home at Orviston.
Elks Elect Officers.
At a regular meeting of the Belle-
fonte Lodge of Elks on Monday even-
ing the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
Exalted Ruler—Clyde E. Shuey.
Esteemed Leading Knight—Chester
H. Barnes.
Esteemed Loyal
Washburn.
Esteemed Lecturing Knight—S. D.
Gettig.
Secretary—W. C. Armstrong.
Treasurer—C. O. Witmer.
Tiler—M. J. Kern.
Trustee—John Noll.
Representative to the Grand Lodge
—Edward M. Gehret.
Alternate—John J. Bower.
District deputy R. J. Hapgood, of
Bradford, and O. H. Cowell, of Sun-
bury, president of the Elks State re-
union association, were visitors during
the evening. :
A special feature of the evening
was a brief memorial address on the
late Thomas A. Shoemaker by Hon.
Ellis L. Orvis. x
Knight—D. E.
——Charles Harvey Hile, vice pres-
ident of the Boston elevated system,
who has been in Washington for the
past five months resting from a gen-
eral break down, has sa far recover-
ed that he expects to be back at his
desk by April 1st. This will be cheer-
ful news to his many friends in this
section.
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——Over a dozen foreigners applied
at the prothonotary’s office yesterday
for their first papers in naturaliza-
tion but when it came to answering
the questions in the declaration there
were only four of them who could do
so correctly.
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——The home of Harry Murtoff, on
Bishop street, is under quarantine for
scarlet fever.
What chance for service is in it?
Will more or less schooling make
! any difference in the wages received”
| Where can you get the best train-
How much will it cost?
Is home making really a profes-
sion?
{| What training is needed?
' Does it pay to study home ques-
| tions ?
| Where can you learn?
i Is college worthwhile?
Is college possible for folks with
| very little money ?
| Which ones are best?
These are some of the questions
, which will be answered at the voca-
tional conferences being planned by
the Y. W. C. A. The aim is to show
what lines of work are open to girls
and women in this county, and to
give them the information which will
help them to decide on the particular
i line of work in which they wish to
| engage.
| ested in the home-making discussion.
| Nursing, teaching, college,
{ work, business, ete., will be consider-
‘ed. Later announcements will be
, made of time, place and other details
i of the conference.
| The Centre county Y. W. C. A.
| physical standard contest banner is of
blue and white, in the shape of a
shield, with letters in contrasting col-
ors. The shield will be on the stand-
ard so that it may be placed upon a
table or hung on the wall. The win-
months, or until the next county con-
test. The name of club and date of
holding banner will be attached.
The high cost of living may be
materially reduced by a good garden—
the fresh vegetables in the summer
time and the canned ones in the win-
ter. Several of tie Y. W. C. A. ciubs
are entering a vegetable growing and
canning contest. Each girl will re-
ceive instructions concerning the care
of the vegetables and later in canning.
The college extension department will
furnish help to all desiring it. A
record of the crop is kept by each girl
and at the general exhibit prizes will
be awarded to those who have done
the best work. Any person, whether
a member of the Association or not,
who is interested in the work is wel-
come to enter. For full information
write to the secretary, Miss M. Hiller,
Woman’s building, State College, Pa.
Following are the concluding
stanzas of James Whitcomb Riley’s
poem, “A Song.”
There is ever a song somewhere, my dear,
In the midnight black, or the mid-day
blue;
The robin pipes when the sun is here,
And the cricket chirrups the whole night
through.
The buds may blow, and the fruit may
grow,
And the autumn
sear; :
But whether the sun, or the rain, or the
SNOW,
There is ever a song somewhere, my dear.
leaves drop crisp and
There is ever a song somewhere, my dear,
Be the skies above or dark or fair,
There is ever a song that our hearts may
hear—
There is ever a song somewhere, my dear—
There is ever a song somewhere!
Delightful Social Occasion.
The mid-winter house party at the
Bellefonte Academy last week was a
very successful one in every respect.
The dances in the armory and at the
Academy, and the basket ball game
with the State Freshmen, which the
Academy won, afforded an interest-
ing program for the many guests.
Among those in attendance from a
distance were Mrs. A. C. Fulton, Mrs.
H. R. VanDusen, Misses Mildred
Deitrich, Bessie Wilson, Ruth Krouse
and Walter Derry, of Scranton; Miss
Hattie Rincker, of Wilkes-Barre, and
Miss Kip Turner, of Buffalo, N. Y.
The members of the house party were
delighted with their brief stay in
Bellefonte. “The Serenaders” orches-
tra, a fine musical organization of
Scranton, was entertained at the
Academy and furnished the music for
three most enjoyable dances.
The Princess Pat.
“The Princess Pat,” Henry Blossom
and Victor Herbert’s latest musical
comedy success which has occupied
the stage of the Cort theatre, New
York, 109 consecutive days will be
seen at the Garman opera house Sat-
urday evening, March 17th, with
Miss Ruth Welch and an excellent
cast, ensemble and orchestra. “The
Princess Pat,” is one of those charm-
ing comic operas, in fact the only one,
which carries us back to the days of
the Daley theatre when such delight-
ful offerings as “Three Little Maids,”
and “The Country Girl,” were pre-
sented. It.-has all the cleverness of
those productions with the sweetness
and refinement retained. Prices, 50
and 75 cents, $1.00 and $1.50.
—— Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
Girls who are not consider- |
ing a commercial trade will be inter-
house- .
ning club will hold the banner for six
i Centre County Highways to be Im-
{ proved.
i State highway superintendent W.
: D. Meyer and his corps of able assist-
ants are now well along with tenta-
tive plans for the improvement of the
state highway route through Bald Ea-
gle valley. The one thing most nec-
essary in assuring a good job of it,
is the amount of money appropriat-
ed for such work by the present Leg-
islature.
As is well known the Bald Eagle
valley road is a dirt road from Lock
Haven to Tyrone and while it is a
splendid road in the summer time
when the weather is dry it is one mud
‘hole after another in the spring of
the year. To overcome this Mr. Mey-
‘er proposes to put down a good bed
of slag as a foundation and after that
"material is thoroughly rolled and
rounded up to give it a durable top
dressing. The big mountain of slag
where the old Nittany furnace stood
will furnish ample material to put a
good foundation on the entire road,
and it will be as convenient and cheap
as any material possible to obtain.
As stated above Mr. Meyer’s plans
so far are only tentative, and will de-
pend to a great extent on the appro-
priation made by the Legislature, but
if the latter is adequate the above
| gentleman expects to have everything
in shape to begin work on or about
| the first of May, weather permitting.
| This fact, we feel sure, will be good
i news to the people of Bald Eagle val-
{ley who have been trying for several
i years to have their public highway
i put in a better condition.
Spring Movings.
Marcus C. Hanscom, and W. F.
Young, chaplain of the Rock View
penitentiary, have moved into Wal-
ter Cohen’s new house on Bishop
street.
| Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kerk to one of
Edward Cooke’s houses on E. Linn
street, formerly occupied by C. H.
Buckius. Mr. Buckius going into Mr.
Cooke’s property on Willowbank
street, to be vacated by Mr. Boyce and
his family.
. A. R. Everett, a substitute at the
postoffice, will’ move his family to the
E. J. Eckenroth property, on Howard
street, purchased this week by his
father, Jacob Everett, of Coburn.
Charles Lingle shipped his house-
hold goods and with his family left
Tuesday for Huntingdon, where they
anticipate making their home.
Edward Zimmerman and his fami-
ly have moved from Milesburg into
one of the Twitmire houses on Water
street.
Frank Davis and family will move
from the Strickland property on
Bishop street to the old Thomas home
vacated by the Gettigs.
Alfred Heverly, of Axe Mann, will
move into the Corman home on Bish-
op street. Mr. Heverly’s son-in-law
and his family, who have been living
in Lancaster, Pa., will come to Centre
county to occupy the Heverly home.
Hunter Knisely will move to Osce-
ola Mills in a week or so, where he
has been appointed telegraph opera-
tor for the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
es BS
——Dr. Thomas C. VanTries is
again back in the United States after
his visit to Cuba and during the past
week has been lecturing to the peo-
ple of Florida on “Matters Matrimo-
nial or Getting married,” which he
claims is the most celebrated lecture
in his repertoire.
dealers in Philadelphia, have leased
the vacant room in the Bush Arcade
and will arrive here on Monday with
a fine display of pianos and other mu-
sical instruments.
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The will of the late Thomas A.
Shoemaker was probated this week
and in it the testator bequeaths his
entire estate to his wife, Mrs. Augus-
ta C. Shoemaker, without bond.
—Mr. E. H. Richard is confined
to his home on Allegheny street with
an attack of tonsilitis.
of Heart.
Lebanon, Pa., March 14.—Henry
Houck, Pennsylvania’s Secretary of
Internal Affairs, died at his home here
early on Tuesday of paralysis of the
heart. He died almost immediately
following the attack. He celebrated
his eighty-first birthday a week ago
today, and at that time was apparent-
ly in the best of health. At the time
of his death he was serving his third
term as Secretary of Internal Affairs.
Secretary Houck was educated in
the public schools of Lebanon county
and in 1859 he was elected superin-
tendendent of schools in that county,
serving three terms. In 1867 he ac-
cepted a position in the State Depart-
ment of Public Instruction and two
years later was made deputy state
superintendent of public instruction
and served in that capacity for 38
years.
(Mr. Houck was quite well known
in Bellefonte, and Centre county, hav-
ing frequently appeared here as a
Speaker at the teachers’ institute.—
Ed.)
McCormick Not Going to Japan.
Harrisburg, March 13.—Vance C.
McCormick today denied a rumor that
he would be named to succeed the
late Ambassador Guthrie at Tokio.
“There is nothing to it,” he said.
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