NEWS PURELY
——Guy Coll is back at Boscaino's
Darber shop in the
and three barbers are now waiting
#o serve you there.
———A chimney fire at the Nathan
Kofman home, on south Thomas
street, brought out one fire com-
pany, Saturday evening, but no dam-
age resulted.
——Checks will be mailed this’
week for another 10 per cent divi-
dend to the depositors of the Centre
County Banking company, which
will make a total of 50 per cent
paid the creditors.
——Mr. Frank Bell C. S. B. of
New York City, will give a free
tecture in the First Church of Christ,
Scientist, in Williamsport, Tuesday
evening, March 31st, at 8:15.
public is cordially invited to attend.
——Anyway, those fancy colored
chickens in the window of the Belle-
fonte Hardware Co., ought to lay
gorgeous Easter eggs. What a riot
of colored eggs, pink, blue, green and
lavender chickens could produce if
they got busy.
——George Arb, or Beaver county,
who escaped from Rockview early in
June, 1930, was captured at East
Liverpool, Ohio, this week and will
be brought back to Centre county
for sentence, He was serving five
to ten years for larceny.
Scientists predict that 1931
will be a heavy year in meningitis
cases in Pennsylvania. This disease
is believed to come in waves twelve
years apart and this year is figured
as the peak one of the wave that
has been sweeping over the United
States.
——Sener Luis Carbello, agricul-
tural director of San Juan, Porto
Rico, and P. Nicolaf, director of
poultry education in Soviet Russia,
are among the students enrolled in
the agricultural correspondence
courses of the Pennsylvania State
College.
——The Watchman has bought the
right to publish Edna Ferber's last
book, “Cimarron.” It will be run
serially and will’ start in an early
issue. If you have seen the picture
you wil! want to read the story and
you will be able to do that in the
Watchman without having to buy or
borrow the book.
—--Guy H. Nolan has been ap-
pointed acting postmaster at Nit-
tany pending a civil service examin-
ation to determine the most avail-
able candidate for appointment as
postmaster, Mr. Nolan was mer-
cantile appraiser for Centre county
during the first year of Governor
Fisher's administration.
——The regular March meeting of
the Bellefonte Woman's Civic club
will be held in the director's room
in the High school building Monday
night, March 30, at 7:30 o'clock. At
8:30 Miss Mary Underwood, our local
bird authority, will give an illustra-
ted talk on birds of Pennsylvania
and their habits. The public ir
cordially invited. .
——While working for the Ander-
son Construction company on the
new P, R. R. classification yard, last
week, Ray E. Lucas, of Milesburg,
suffered a fracture of the right leg,
near the foot, and Asa M, Bailey, of
Montoursville, sustained lacerations
ay the head and face when struck
by - the branches of a falling tree.
Bothr were taken to the Centre
County hospital.
—-—Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, wife of
the Governor, spoke at State Col-
lege Monday and exhibited the mo- |
tion pictures taken by the Pinchots
on their recent trip to the South
Seas. Mrs. Pinchot spoke in St.
Paul's Methodist church under the!
auspices of the Centre county W. C 'stamp? East Howard street is not
T. U. She was the guest of officers
of the local organization at dinner
prior to the meeting.
——Buyers at farm sales in the
county have been paying more for
second hand machinery than they
could have bought new for, At a
recent sale a manure spreader that
had been used three years brought
$8.00 more than a local dealer of-
fered a new one of the same make.
The reason, probably, is that at
sales such things are usually paid
for with a year note that the maker
hopes can be remewed indefinitely.
———Nettie Palmer, an aged negro
woman who has been a maid in the
home of Mrs. Harry E. Fenlon for
nineteen years, was taken to the
Danville asylum, on Tuesday, on the
recommendation of a lunacy commis-
gion. She had shown no inclination
to violence but was a victim of
strange hallucinations, especially
about people who have been dead for
years, who she imagined were in the
Bouse and she talked to them as if
they were alive and in the flesh.
——The robins and the bluebirds
are here, early rhubarb is up and
; the following players: Capt.
poppies and narcissus are shooting countians, is likely looking for an ed to
through the ground, all of which appointment or job of some kind, James Haupt, James McCafferty,
Penn Belle hotel
the Turner store.
they had anything to
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court because
‘of guilty instead of demanding a trial. and the Loyal
The court imposed the same sentence He married Miss Phoebe Stover
on each of them, payment of the Who survives with four children,
costs, a dollar fine and three to six Domer Emerick, in Altoona; Mrs.
years in the western penitentiary. William Boozer and Mrs. D. C. Mit-
Patsy Cipriano, who was given a terling, of Centre Hall, and Miss
hearing, on Tuesday of last week, Clara Belle, at home. He also
and his case held over by request of eaves two brothers and a sister,
the county detective, was called for George Emerick, of Potter town-
sentence. Mr. Boden told the court Ship; Henry, in Oregon, and Mrs.
that he had received replies from Mary Price, in North Dakota. No
‘most of his inquiries and had learned 2rrangements for the funeral had
‘nothing detrimental against the man. Pen made when the Watchman
When asked if he had anything to say Went to press.
for himself Cipriano said that when
he came to Bellefonte two weeks ago EUGENE BATDORF GETS
he was on his way from his home on LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
Long Island to Erie to see his sister, —— :
who was quite ill with rheumatism Eugene Batdorf, Pittsburgh young
(of the heart. He said the liquor and man captured in the Allegheny
‘wine found in his car he was taking mountains on September 26th, 1930,
to his sister for her use. “Carrying Where he and George Clark Skid-
coals to Newcastle,” remarked the more were in hiding following the
court. Sentence imposed was pay- killing of Charles Hamon, a crippled
ment of the costs, $100 fine and sixty gasoline station attendant in Pitts-
days in the county jail. burgh just one week previous, was
On Saturday afternoon Irving Gil- convicted of first degree murder in
linsky and George Tomachsky, the Pittsburgh, last week, but given life
two prisoners who escaped from imprisonment by the jury instead of
Rockview penitentiary on March 7th, death in the electric chair.
later stole Capt. Leland Walker's car The trial lasted five days and in
at Boalsburg and made their way to his own behalf Batdorf testified that
Tennessee where they were captured robbery of the gasoline station and
at Waverly, were culled for sentence. the murder of the attendant were
The men were indicted for breaking not premediated. He stated that
and escaping and also for the lar- Skidmore, Henry White and himself
ceny of Capt. Walker's automobile. had planned to rob a grocery store.
They plead guilty to both in- But when they drove to the store
dictments and in his own behalf Gil- they lost their nerve and left. Driv-
linsky told the court that he realiz- ing along the street they came to
ed they shouldn't. have made their the gasoline station and Skidmore
escape or stolen the car but thought decided to rob it. He declared that
they ‘were entitled to some consider- the robbery was committed by Skid-
ation and mercy because of the fact more and White and that Skidmore
that they had entered pleas of guilty Shot Hamon. He admitted, how-
and saved the county a large bill of ever, that he got $50 of the m.
costs. When the court asked Tom- Secured at the gas station.
achsky if he had anything to say he Pittsburgh detectives and
replied, “Same as him,” meaning WAY patrolmen told how Skidmore
Gillinsky. The men were sentenced and had been traced to
on the charge of breaking and es. Cefitre County and their hiding
caping only, Gillinsky drawing four In Allegheny moun
to eight years and Tomachsky five The capture of Batdorf on the t
to ten, sentence being suspended on ° a ¢
the charge. As the men were
originally sent up less than six
months ago they have along time in
confinement ahead of them.
Reformed church,
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| hundred or more men and that to
POSTOFFICE
BIDS FOR SITES | time not a trace peated
MUST BE IN BY APRIL 21 peer uncovered.
All bids or offerings for sites for Immediately following the verdict
Bellefonte’s new government post- | Of the jury the court pronounced
office must be in Washington by Semtence of life imprisonment and
April 21st, the date for the opening Batdorf was transferred from the
and acceptance or rejection. As Allegheny county jail to the western
bids must be sent to the Postoffice Penitentiary.
Department in Washington postoffice |
officials in Bellefonte have no way of
knowing how many, or if any, have | od WINNERS IN TALKFESTS.
so far been submitted. ; —
The one thing they, do know, how-| The Walker township High school
ever, is that the building will be debating team, coached by Miss Vir-
erected, regardless of where it may Sinia Dale, are to be commended on
be located. It is understood that | their excellent showing in the For-
property owners on east Linn street | PASC League of Centre county, which
and east Howard street are becom- 8 Sponsoring a series of debates on
ing interested, as well asthe owners the subject of “Old Age Pensions.”
of the Haag house block, on east! Since this is the first experience
Bishop street. Plenty of ground is Of these debaters in this type of
available at all the above places, Work they are to be congratulated on
but who would want to walk out
to | their splendid preparation and train-
east Linn street to buy a postage
WALKER TWP. DEBATERS
| ocr argumshits are Jul
! on for in preparing
| for the debates Doth wears spent
| much time in the libraries of State
| College and Lock Haven.
Up to this time the school has
won on both sides of the question.
Out of four debates, three decisions
have been in favor of Walker town-
ship, the negative team
tavice, the affirmative once.
MAX KELLY WINS B. H, 8.
HANDBALL TOURNAMENT.
much better while the Haag proper-
ty, on Bishop street, is outside the
business section of the town.
Anyone who has a site to offer
should get busy at once, as it isnot
long until the date for the opening
of the bids and a site might be se-
lected at that time which might not
be a very satisfactory one.
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| ARMSTRONG MEAT MARKET
SOLD TO GLENN WALIZER.
Glenn Walizer, of Williamsport,
has purchased the Earl Armstrong
meat market, on High street, Belle-
fonte, taking charge on Monday,
The new proprietor is a brother-in- Aearesl rival for the honor.
law of Mr. Armstrong and, though Preliminaries Kelly defeated
| Guisewhite, Ralph Haag and
a comparatively young man, has had I Roy
considerable experience in handling Wilidsiéon r., while Mabus defeated
meats. Mr. Walizer will retain the Harold Knapp, Lee Alexander and
services of Mr. Bilger as his assist- Paul Emerick. Others who figured
in the elimination contests were
As to Mr. Armstrong, for the Francis Boscaino, Melvin Dry, Dean
present he will look after his farm Wetzler, Paul Beck, Charles Beck-
work, near Zion, though there is a With, Robert Heverly, Edward Mec-
rumor abroad that he has something Cafferty and Ben Grycko. The win-
else in view. He was a strong Pin- ner will be awarded a bronze medal.
_chot man during the campaign last At High school chapel, last Fri-
? year and, like maz y other Centre day, basket ball letters were award-
'the Richelieu apartments to go to
‘street.
Robert |
' members of his family,
and yet rents continue at the top. a
no ho only are there plenty of in Bellctonts . consulting doctors here
rooms and apart ts but more —Mrs. C. R. Wynn, formerly Mar-
| garet Altenderfer, and her three daugh-
ters, from Sunbury, spent Saturday after-
‘noon in Bellefonte while visiting Mrs.
Elinor McDowell, on east High street.
—Mrs. John A. Woodcock was taken to
one in Crider's Ex-
change; a first floor and & basement
room in the Heverly block, while the
White brothers have the entire base-
ment under the present postoffice
still unfinished because of their in-
ability to secure tenants.
This condition in no way reflects
on the progressive spirit of Belle-
fonte, as it is in line with business
conditions everywhere. In fact
Bellefonte has not been nearly so
hard hit as most other towns of its
size in the State. And with the
beginning of State highway work in
the near future there is sure to be
an increased demand at the various
limestone industries in this section.
SOME OF THE SPRING CHANGES.
L. Collins Shoemaker and his fam-
ily will move from Petrikin Hall to
one of the Brockerhoff properties on
north Spring street; Mrs Garis will
move from the apartment across
the hall, into the apartment the
Shoemakers vacate, walle Mrs. Wood-
cock will occupy the one Mrs. Garis
leaves. Mrs. Kellerman will go
from Petrikin Hall to a second floor
room in Miss Sara Benner's house.
The W,C. Cassidy family will move
from the Russell Blair property, on
Spring Street, to the Edward Gehret
house on east Bishop street, former-
ly occupied by them; the Gilbert
Boyers, now living in the house will
go further east on Bishop street to
one of John Keichline’s houses. Mrs,
Morris Kelly, who has bought the
Blair home which the Cassidys va-
cate, will take possession of her new
home, going there from the Fred
Musser home on Logan street.
The Joseph Nolan family have
moved from the Schad frame house,
on south Spring, across the street to
the A. C. Mingle property; Ray Eck-
man moving from one of the Schad
brick houses into the one the Nolans
vacated. :
Ray Wadding, manager of the
down town A. & P. will move his
family from the third iloor apart-
ment in Miss Morgan's house to the
third floor apartment in the M. C.
Snyder building.
Mr. and Mrs. Bottorf, of east Lamb,
who will sell their household goods
tomorrow, will go to east Bishop
street, to make their home with
their son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.
John Bottorf.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Darlington are
moving from the W.H. Miller apart-
ment on south Allegheny street, in-
to the second floor apartment in the
Beatty builc
til able to get
after the first of April.
~Mr. and Mrs. William Baker,
Alexandria last week for a visit
to make her home at Jersey Shore.
the family party, to be enter*ained
the Charles Hughes home, over Easter.
Philadelphia, Saturday,
City for some time, it was Miss Mc-
and daughter,
| Creek.
~Mr. and Mrs. Fred Topelt are ar-
ranging to come over from New York
{Thursday night with plans for a three
day visit with Mrs. Topelt's mother,
Mrs, R. 8. Brouse. Spending Easter
‘here they will return to New York Sun-
day night.
~—Mrs, Howard F. Gearhart returned
from Altoona, last Thursday, having
| spent the greater part of a week there
with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Gearhart
had driven over for the week-end, Mrs.
Gearhart continuing her visit until the
' middle of the week.
afternoon, for a visit with her sister, Mrs
| Weatherly, in Omaha, It being eight
years since Mrs, Valentine's last visit to
time of her return to Bellefonte,
will now have charge of the machine.
—Norman Kirk will be up from Phila-
delphia next week, for an Easter visit
who have been spending the winter with
‘Kirk house just east of town was opened
two weeks ago, and it is there the fam-
(ily will spend Mr. Kirk's vacation to-
gether.
to look after his property
til early in May, Mr. McClure has
spending the winter at the Shore, and
will not be back to open his house for
the summer, until the coming of warm
weather,
—Pealer superintendent of
traffic, of the Pittsburg division of the
Beil Tel. Co. and Thomas King Morris Jr,
ding, which has been va-
cant since Mr. and Mrs. Harry Men-
old left there to go to their present
home on south Spring street.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Beezer left
the Rogers apartment the first of
March and will be with Mr. Beezer's
parents, Mr, and Mrs. George A.
Beezer, until the Stewart house at
Pine Glen is ready for them to oc-
county Saturday afternoon. Mr. Rossman
came in for an over right visit at Spring
Mills, with his mother, who had been ill
with pneumonia for tnree weeks, while
King Morris spent the time at State Col-
a ‘ with relati in Bellefonte.
Miss Nora Stover has rented 5 | JovC and th ve ou
room in the A. M. Rishel home on
east High street, and will furnish it
expecting to make her home tHére
in the future.
Mr. and Mrs. John Billett are mov-
ing to Bellefonte from Williamsport
and will occupy a house on the east
side of Willowbank street beyond
Reynolds avenue. :
Mrs. Blanche Houser Ferguson has
rented the second floor front room
in Miss Sarah Benner's house, and
will go there from a third floor apart-
ment in the house the William Cas-
sidys are vacating. |
, The Francis Crawrords will leave
to Harrisburg today, From there Mrs.
Grauer and the child will
affair.
after Easter.
‘parents, Mr, and Mrs. Frank P. Hoag.
Having completed that
;
where before resuming his
the Page house, on south Thomas Elizabeth and Mrs. Robert Torrens, ac-
REVIVAL SERVICES RESULT
IN 156 CONVERSIONS.
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twenty-one husbands and their wives.
| Seventy-one new members were add-
(ed to the church roll. Although the
| special services have come to a close
| next Sunday evening’s service will
| be evangelistic in nature, and the
| pastor hopes that the revival spirit
| will continue.
—R. J. Barnett and Matthew Renwick,
Mr. Barnett is a candidate for
| in Rush township for three terms, active
-——Creditors of the Centre bank , a1 civic welfare movements, manager
of the same division, drove to Centre
PERSONAL. —Miss Mary
~Miss Geraldine Woomer is arranging
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‘the Centre County hospital, Saturday |
afternoon, intending to remain there un- school duri
Dale, dietitian at Al-
legheny college, Meadville, will be in
Bellefonte to spend Easter, at her home
to spend Easter in New York, expecting on east Curtin street.
to‘go over to be with her sister,
+ —The Misses Katherine and Louise
Meyer, both students at Hood college,
will be among the school set home for
' Easter, expecting to be mn Bellefonte this
week.
—Cameron Stover, here from Butler for
the Stover sale, has returned home tak-
ing with him his daughter, Eletha, who
had been with Mr. Stover's sister, Miss
{new methods and suggestions for beauty
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culture and hair dressing.
--Miss May Tayor resumed her work
in the schools of Belelfonte, Monday
morning, after being absent for three
weeks, on account of illness. Mrs, Ebon
Bower was in charge of Miss Taylor's
ng her iliness.
| Gray, at her home at Benore, Mrs. Vor-
Mrs. |
Nellie Richie and Mrs. McNeal, cousins better.
of Miss Jennie Engles, drove over from ed as
with result
Miss Engles, before she leaves Bellefonte |
—Mr. and Mrs. James Hughes II and her niece, Mrs. Reynolds, in
their small son, James III, of Palmyra, | byrg, fm
(N.-Y., and Graham Hughes, a sophomore | heen
at Lehigh, will come to Bellefonte for g
—Miss Martha McKnight went down to arrival home,
called there by
the death of her brother Robert McKnight. | ¢
Although having been a resident of the
| weeks ago,
Knight's first visit back in twelve years. | her mill
—Mrs. William McGowan is anticipat- directly home from Philadelphia. Later
‘ing an Easter visit from her son-in-law in the spring Mrs. Burd will enter the
Mr. and Mrs. J. Barry Wills Eye hospital in Philadelphia, to be
| Case, who will drive here from Wash- under the treatment of specialists for
| ington, Good Friday, to spend Mr. Case's
| vacation at the McGowan home on Spring |
hees Thompson came up from
N. J., to be with her sister until she is
Miss Gray's condition is regard-
serious, as it is thought to be the
of a partial stroke. :
~—Miss Margaret A. Stewart will return
next week from a five wesk's visit with
St. Peters-
Florida. Mrs. Miller, who has
in Bellefonte in charge of the
tewart house during her sister's absence,
8t | will return to ner home at Hagerstown,
Md., immediately after Miss Stewart's
—Mrs. Burd, who had been in Belle-
onte with her sister, Mrs. Ebon Bower
since before Christmas went east two
to buy the spring stock for
inery shop in Millheim,
two months or more.
—Miss Jane Yearick, of Jacksonville,
‘who is a stenographer in the publicity
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--Mrs. Mollie L. Valentine left, Sunday | company,
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home with Mrs. Kirk and their two sons, |
A. Kirk. The Norman |
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beer’ | Maltida, Worth township, was
did not fracture the skull
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—Mrs. Louis Grauer and her grand- present Legisla
daughter, Millicent Payne, will be driv- made compulsory
ing guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Landsy ties in the State
train, to Philadelphia, Mrs. Grauer hav-
| In her.asughitan and jou dnd. two sis- |
‘ters now Ii in city, i
I eh iors | gyray with district overseers of
They will return in time for poor and provides for a county unit
| Millicent to be in school at the opening poor farm. Another bill, if passed,
|would require the county commis-
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and Mrs. Hoag’s two daughters, Miss ber of
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| bill sponsored by the
department of the Pennsylvania State
College, spent the week-end at Pitts-
burgh where she attended the military
ball at the University of Pittsburgh.
She visited her uncle and aunt, Mr, and
Mrs. O. P. Smith. Mrs. Smith enter-
| tained at cards a group of young folks,
on Saturday night, at her home in honor
of her niece.
PORT MATILDA FIRE CO.
TO GIVE ENTERTAINMENT.
Members of the Port Matilda Fire
with the assistance of a
number of young women of that
town, will give an entertainment in
her former home in Nebraska, She lett the basement of the Presbyterian
without any definite plans as to the church tomorrow
(Saturday) eve-
ning, entitled, “The Last Day at the
—Miss Louise Ryan, who has been a Centre Ridge School” The home
linotype operator atthe Watchman office talent actors have devoted consider-
for almost three years, has resigned her able time to
position and will enter the Centre County feel confident of a
hospital the first of April, to go in train- | tion
ing, for a nurse. Miss Chitin Ramish |
Successful rendi-
At the close of the play a Gloritone
electric radio will be given away to
the lucky ticket holder.
GIRL SHOT IN HEAD ON
WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL.
—James I. McClure came up from At- On her way home from School on
Tuesday of last week, Thelma Cash-
, seven-year-old daughter
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on the forehead by a spent
which inflicted a jagged wo
bone.
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the wound was only in the
little girl was able to continue
¢ report of a gun
was heard the bullet must have been
from a long-ranged gun fired at a
considerabl
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by Senator Scott provides for
—Harold Hoag is home from Bradford sioners to purchase land and build a
for a two week's vacation visit with his home to take care of incorrigible
and indigent children, and Ihe latest
is one to do
district State prisons for the
detention of convicted criminals,
ty in a district to bear i
tionate share of the cost
struction and upkeep of the
FLOWER SALE.
The regular Easter flower sale
will open at Miller's hardware store
Wednesday, April 1st. Beautiful
potted plants and cut flowers at
most reasonable prices. Early pa-
trons get choice of selection. 13-3t
— A large crowd of antique col-
geniuneness of the articles
sold will naturally draw many bid-
looks very much like spring, but at but so far appointments in this coun- Thomas Caldwell, James Caldwell, will receive another 109% distribution of their baseball clubs and secretary of ders.
that the season is not as far ad-
vanced as it was last year. At this
time one year ago early gardeners
had onions in the ground and a
few had planted early peas.
course we had some cold weather
later, with several light snows, and and two of that number were await- at Olewine’s Hardware store Satur- taken the bank's adjudication out of
we are likely {ohave similar weather
this year. TORY
Of peen for some time.
| Joseph Gingery, Carl Fisher, Max
| Kelly, Melvin Dry and Robert Guise-
——The population of the Centre white, manager.
| count, is less now than it has
sg On Tuesday ——A class of St. John's Episcopal
| there were just fourteen inmates, church school will hold a food sale
ty have been slow in materializing.
ing removal to the western pemiten- day, March 28th, beginning at 10
tiary. | o'clock.
this week. They have been called the Mountain Top Fire Co, so that he |
|to meet on April 3, to enter objec- must know how to meet people and do
| tions—of there be any,—to an allow- things. As we said before, he intends to
| $2,145.55 to John G. Love EO after this office right and that means
(ance of " of the
and George Ross Hull for legal | shat hell ely as - Ny » he
say
services in connection with having |... before September. And we ean
| this much for him: Those whom he does
{get to call on will meet a very genial
| clean cut gentleman.
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| the Centre county court and putting
|it back into the Federal court.
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Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Co.
Wheat
80
Corn 1
Oats AD
Rye 80
Barley sommm—— +
Buckwheat 5