4 YoL LXXXIV. Wolf Spangler. The ‘marriage of Edwin F, Wolf, of Bellewood, and Miss M. Rebecca Spangler, was consummated at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. James B. Bpaogler, at Tussey- ville, on the morning of July 4, the ceremony being performed by Rev. B. F. Bieber. After the honeymoon trip, Mr. and Mrs. Spangler will be at home in Bellewood. The bride is an accomplished young lady, and is highly regarded by a large circle of acquaintances. The groom is employed by the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company as a car in- spector, and is a native of the Altoona district. Helis a young man of the best of habits, and is well prepared for the step he has taken. The Reporter extends congratulations, At a meeting of the school board of Ferguson township held Baturday, July 1, the following teachers were elected for the ensuing year : Pine Grove High School, Prof, LL. White H. L, Walker Edna Ward Grammar School, Primary School, Branch, H. F. Reed Kepler Pine Hall, Richard Keichl Krumrine, N. N, Hartsw Oak Grove, Art Marengo, Foster Be Gatesbarg, R. H. Harpster Fairorook, Catharige Bollinger Flora Kepler Glades, Carl Houser Leslie Gates ine New books which were adopted are Hamilton’s arithmetic and Roddy’s geography. Ee ——— Af fi Agricultural Societies to Get $100 In an opinion Assistant Deputy At- torney General Hargest decided that any incorporated agricultural associa- tion is entitled to the $100 state bonus under the act of 1551, whether it holds fairs or not. If it holds a fair and gives premiums it is also entitled to $1000, or proper proportion, under the act of 1907. oe fe Local Temperature, On the 4th the temperature regis- tered 99.25 degrees, the highest tem- perat ire during the eleven years Lhe Reporter has been taking the records for the U. 8. Weather Bureau. The highest temperature for the first seven days in July were : 91, 93, 99, 99}, 96, 94, 91. neds emes— Grange Encampment sod Fair, Fhe Grange Eocampment and Fair will open on Grange Park, Centre Hall, Beptemter 9.h aud close on the 15th. Indications point to a success ful gathering. Teanters are making application for quarters and exhibitors are already engaging space. ———— A sn LOUALS, Miss Roth Lambert visited friends in Williamsport over the Fourth. Mr. and Mrs. Gross Mingle recently made a trip to Altoona and other points. Twenty-one horses were sold at the horse sale held at Miliheim by R. C. Yoder. They averaged $206 14. i Mrs. Mary Rearick, who a few years ago purchased the Bamuel Bhoop dwelling house, bad it repainted. The appearance is much improved. Mr. and Mrs. George Breon and little daughter went to Altoona the latter part of last week, and for several days were guests among friends there, Mrs. John Musser, of Wilkes-Barre, was the guest of Mrs, Lizzie Jacobs Highest Temperature. The Pennsylvania Btate College Station furnished the Reporter with a table showing the highest temperature from 1886 to 1911, These records are correct. The temperatures are known to the department ae free air tempera. tures. The table is appended : Deg. Fabr, «9 IBBE avnens vrnesas 1BE7 ccornmrsesnes ~AURUSt 28... cise JRY 3. cosnsrrirressarin i? June 2.....cu i] we MAY. Ii ssseiinmnrersnnies 92 IB800.......c. conn JIN B.. eennns 158]... cor nnn ATIR TINE i] BHR... ccrniraraenser JUIY MB... oinisrsersnn 1888.....c0nnnn nn AURUSE 1804 July 19 dune 4 August . . wd BF Jn sncrsnsensnsens wd ly 8, August : ~uly 17, JY Reciessnisnns July 17. 1908....ooonnannndtily 38 & 3904s tilly 18 nssrd JE00 .cosnsnersssnrn J UIEG XT ueissisnermenennsasesd 1906... on nnd IDE 9 & 30 August 12 ~dtily 12 «August 8 & § 1888......... 1889....conniens 1800, rire BOB... cee 1807 in nnssonnsnn JBOB...cornnssess 1806 FO, srsinerreras 1831 3000 iiss ram 30. cranes LOCALS The third annual Tressler reunion will be beld at Peru Station, Friday, August 4th, Hublersburg is erecting sa school building which, when completed, will cost in the neighborhood of $12,000. Falling from a cherry tree caused Bepjamin Jackson, of pear Madison- burg, to break an arm. The fracture was reduced by Dr. Bmith, of Mill heim. Miepes Jennie Rupp and Mabel Crouse, of Aaronsburg, are on an ex- tended trip through several western atatee—Ohbio, Indians, Michigan, Wie consin and Illinois. N. F. Kreamer, of near Millheim, while engaged in crushing stone near Penn Hall, severely ipjured himself internally while pushing a heavily loaded wheelbarrow up an incline. N. N. Bingaman, station agent for the Peonsy at Lewisburg, has been promoted to station agent st Lock Haven. He will be succeeded by Wil. bur Wendell, now stationed at Mont gomery, a former resident of Lewis burg. Children’s Day services were held in the Reformed church, in Centre Hall, although the charge is without a pes- tor. The children performed their parts to perfection in the drills and exercises, the music being pretty and well rendered. Although not 8s gardoer or trucker by profession, W. B. Mingle, cashier of the Penns Valley Banking Come pany, usually comes firet in home grown vegetables. To keep up his rep- utation sssuch it was necessary to have cabbage fit for market by July let, and he had it, The joint council of the Penns Valley charge of the Lutheran church, at a recent meeting held in Centre Hall, accepted the resignation of the pastor, Rev. B., F. Bieber, to take eflect August 9th. The regular har. vest home services will be held before the pastor vacates'the field. Mra. David J. Wolf, accompanied by her three interesting sons, Russell, David and Paul, are st the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Durst in Centre Hall, and will remain for several weeks. Rev, Wolf, who is pastor of a Reformed charge at Tanneytown, Maryland, may come here later, ghe visited friends in Boalsburg and other points in Centre county, in a recent issue of the Reporter an error was made when it was stated that Capt. W. H. Fry, commandant of the Penn Slate cadets, had gone to Texas, Instead Capt. Fry went to the New Eugland states where he attend- ed the encampment of the Massachu- satis militia, Mrs. Emma Ridout, of Baltimore, the latter part of June came to Centre Hall and was entertaived by Mr, and Mrs. John C. Rossman. From here Mrs, Ridout went to Los Angeles for the seventh time, and with the Inten- tion of making her home on the Pacific const, The Houser reunion at Peru was a decided success, although the first the family held. A permanent organiza. tion was formed by electing these officers: Daniel Houser, of Spring Creek, president ; John Houser, State College, secretary ; William Schreck, treasurer; and George P. Bible, of Philadelphia, the historian. W. A. Brown, of Huntingdon, paid his old ljome at Farmers Mills a visit over the Fourth, which day is his father's birthday, he having attained his seventy-fourth year. Mr, Brown is an jostructor in music in the Huntiggdon Reformatory, a position he had held for some years. Ralph snd Miss May, son avd dsughter of the foymer Mr. Brown, also visited the Brown home in Gregg township, bin became quite ill. She retired in good spirits and apparently in pormal health, sickness coming on suddenly, Sunday evening she began to improve, and since has been growing stronger, Mrs. Theodore Gordon, of Bellefonte, who was visiting at the Brisbin home, rendered valuable assistance in caring for her. William Yeortaier, former State Senator and stalwart Republican of Juniata County, was appointed deputy secretary of the Commonwealth to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Colonel Lewis E. Beitler, Philadel. phia, who resigned Isst February, Mr. Beitlor has held the position for twelve years, being appointed by Governor W, A. Btone, and continned in ofilce by Governors 85. W. Penny- packer and Edwin 8. Stuart, Perhaps snakes are not more plenti. fal in the Harper woods, east of Cen- tre Hall, than heretofore, but a larger number are belong killed there than In any other section in the valley, Hrie- bin & Company bave a saw mill on this tract, and it §§ thought the men have not been keeping their eyes to the ground if they don’t come In every day with a snake story, B, D, Brisbin, who manages the job, carries a snake stick with which he does his killing. The msjority of the snakes thus far killed have been of the rattle and copperhead kind, and they are not £he king of sunse the juggler plays w DEATHS On the evening of the 25th of last month George B. Flack passed away at his home near Nittany Furnace, For three weeks prior to his death he was confined to bed suffering from tuberculosis, that disease being the the cause of his demise. Mr. Fleck was employed by the Nittany Furnace Company and is sald to have held the position of iron carrier for twenty years. Deceased wes aged fifty-four years, seven months and twenty-nine days, and leaves to mourn his loss his wife and four daughters, viz, Dora and Mary, at home; Mrs. John Confair, Bellefonte, and Mrs. James Bathurst, Hayes Run, Wednesday following his death funeral services were held from the United Evangelical church, and interment was made in the Union cemetery. Thursday, June 22, John Sproul died at his home at Mingoville after a brief illness brought about by a con- cussion of the brain, due to his falling on a large stone, a week before his death, Deceased was an esteemed resident of Mingoville and was aged seventy-five years and one month. He lived on the honiestead farm near Hecla Park with his brothers for over forty years, Two sisters and two brothers survive, namely, Mrs. Mor- timer, Mrs, SBhamp, Hezekiah and Samuel, all of whom reside at Mingo- ville. Interment was made at Zion the following Monday morning. Mrs. Susan Bowes, aged sixty-eight years and five days, died at her home at Howard, Friday, June 23. She was married to Thomas Bowes in Decem- ber, 1558, and to this union were born seventeen children, eleven of whom are living. Forty-seven grandchildren snd nine great-grandchildren also sur- vive. Funeral services were conducted from her late home, the officiating minister being Rev. W. H. Patterson, of Blanchard, — Miss Mary Ceader, eldest dsughter of Mr. and Mre. Joseph Ceader, dled at her home in Bellefonte, Tuesday, 27th ult, as the result of 8 nervous breakdown from which she had been suffering for many years. D was aged thirty-three years and leaves to survive her parents, one brother, Joseph, and one sister, Helen. Ioter- ment was made in the Catholic eceme- tery al Bellefonte the next Friday morning. A A —————— Harris 1ownship. John Gettig, of near Pittsburg, was in Boalsburg over the Fourth, W. H. Htuart enjoyed a week at the home of his mother at Bellevue, Mre. Barah Miller, of Bellefonte, spent part of last week at Boalsburg, Will Fisher and family, of Bunbury, are vieiting at the home of Mrs, E. A. Fisher, Miss Edith Bummy, of State Col: lege, spent afew days of last week at Boalsburg. Miss Margaretta Goheen is attend- ing the teachers training school at Htate College. Mr, and Mrs, Cyrus Wood, of Greenburg, visited in Boalsburg from Friday till Wednesday, Mr, and Mrs, Reamer and Mr, and Mrs. Bherman Warner, of Reedsville, spent part of Baturday st Boalsburg, Mrs, J. F, Stover, of Bellefonte, en- joyed a few days of last week at the home of her alster, Mrs. Laura Bricker, Mrs. Harry Ishler and Mrs. John Gilnget ich entertained a few of their neighbors and visiting relatives at a Fourth of July party. Mrs. W, E. Gettig with her child- ren William and Katharine, of Al toons, spent part of their vacation with relatives at Boalsburg, Mrs. M. A. Woods with her daugh- ter Mra. Edgar Place and children, of Marshall, Missouri, are visiting at the home of Dr. T. O, Glean, at Bradford. Mr. and Mrs. Mac Hartewick with their bright little daughter Kathrive, of Altoona, spent a week with rela tives at State College, Branch and Boalsvurg. Postoffice Inspector L. F. Johnson arrested two men in the Adams Ex. press office at Coalport, Clearfield county, the latter part of June, when they called for a package containing $400 worth of stamps, These mon are believed to be the ringleaders of a gang which robbed the postoffice at Win. burne, Clearfield county, May lst, and got away with $800 worth of booty half of which was in postage of different denominations. /}/ 1xvrens FROM SUBSURIBERS.\\\ Reporter ¥ubseribers’ Correspondent Col umu--New Department. Dear Mr. Smith : A month’s visit in New York City, the greatest city on the western continent, is a relished experience to a country girl like me, even when the temperature ig see-sawing at one hundred. The high temperature does not lessen the pace of the business man, or his messengers ; neither the throng on Broadway, nor the whirl of the auto, or electric cars, whether overhead, on the level, or under the busy streets, If New York, that part above ground, were carried into the ocean, there would yet remain a most wonderful city underneath, A magnificent railway and street car sys- tem, manufactories, tenements, amuse- ments would remain—New York is two and three-ply everywhere, and every- where is activity in its most intense form. You asked for a descriptive letter of this metropolis. Everything here is on such a grand and elaborate scale that adequate description is beyond my abil- ity. It would be an easy task to de- scribe the Centre Hall railroad station, but to give one a conception of the mag- nitude of the Pennsylvania station in New York City would be a subject fit for an experienced New York World re- porter. You will believe this more read- ily when I say the station covers cight acres, and that the area of the station a nd subterranean yards is twenty-eight acres. To build this station it was nec. essary first to remove five hundred hous- es, including several churc hes, The di mensions are so great that one cannot appreciate it except by mn. The general waiting room is the largest in the world, 277 feet by 103 and 153 feet from floor to roof. This i to set the Penns Valley pany’s building in the centre and the Lutheran church on top of it, touching the ceiling, and leave enough space on the floor to permit a careful driver to circle the bank building with a four-horse team hitched to a wagon load- ed with hay. That looks a bit big, but guess the actual facts will bear me out. The building is equipped with every convenience from a hospital to a boot. black's booth. The eatrances are grand. One of them leads through an arcade 225 {eet long by 45 feet wide, and ex- pands into a loggia, a colonnaded hall To “ step off’ the main concourse would make you feel as though you were tak- ing a swomer evening's walk out into the country. And then the platforms — four miles of them to permit you to take any of the trains on the twenty-one tracks. The track surface of the station may be compared to two unfolded fans joined together at the open ends, the handle of one extending under the Hud. son river and that of the other under the East river. This is only a hint of the magnitude and grandure of Pennsy’s greatest sta- tion, which was an enterprise second only to the building of the Panama Canal. But there are other railroads entering New York besides the Pennsylvania. There is the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company. Its station house is just in course of cone struction, and will be completed within two years, and will be the world’s greatest railway terminal. The excava- tions will be forty-five feet deep and cover an area of a trifle over sixty- eight acres. The yards will all be covered, and on the street level busi- ness blocks, museums and hotels will be erected. So much for the railroads. It would require a keg of ink for a fluent writer to tell of all the wonderful things one can see in New York. The White Star Line ship * Olympic ” was anchored here, and 1 made a trip to the Hudson to see it. lo order to accom- modate this massive vessel one hun- dred feet were built to the longest pier in New York, making it just 900 feet. The * Olympic " is 882} feet long. If it were standing on Main street, in Cen- tre Hall, with its bow on the diamond, the stern would extend beyond the United Evangelical church. That's a boat of some dimensions, and then it takes thirty-thousand horse-power to run it. The Boweryisa sight | all kinds of people—every nation has its representa- tive there. Dr. Gray, the lecturer, who gave a description of that section of New York, did not overdraw in his word pictures. 1did not ece the * sinkers he gpoke of, but there was abundance of evidence that many would need them to satisfy their hunger. “ Liberty Enlightening the World, "' the magnificent gift of the French Re- public, the Parks, the great water systems, the sky scrapers, New York's hotels are all wonderful. The public Library is a marvel. It contains a million and a half volumes, pamphlets, manuscripts and prints, You look up the book you want in any ol the six thousand catalogues, mark the number on a slip, place it in a pneumatic tube, and presto, comes your book. 1 have seen much of this great ecity CO PATS 4 large enough Banking Com- without in thé short time I have boem here. There is misery as well as happiness ; there is the hovel as well as the Fifth Avenue mansions, guarded day and night. 1 have not been guided into the wicked places, nor do I care to see them, but 1 have looked to where poverty reigng—horrors ! My friends here have dealt very gener- ously with me and have taken delight in revealing New York to They are pleasantly located in a good business trade, The prosperous here, like elsewhere, are not me. section and are enjoying a good but not without hustling for it. idlers. Before coming home I want to spend a few days in Old the city of my birth, and also want to sit on the Atlantic City and washed by the waves, and—1 hear you issuing an order to the waste basket, the only thing a newspaper office could not Philadelphia, beach at be dispense with and retain its selfrespect. Yours, FREDA BAILEY, 79 Bedford St., New York. I said io a former letter that Wash. ington county people pave their state roads with brick. Duariog several trips up to Washington I had the op- portunity to observe the building of a three-mile road in Chartier town- ship. The road bed is first graded, high places dug down, and low places filled up. Concrele curbings are set ten feet apart. Stone of different sizes are then put on aod rolled with = heavy roller. A dressing of sand is placed on top snd then the brick are aid. Outside of the curbing, two and one-half feet on each side is macadam- ized, thus making sixteen feet of road bed--ten feel of brick, one foot of curb ing, and five feet macadamized, or se they call it here, Filion road. It is claimed that the autos destroy the slate roade, and ss very many of the Washington county farmers own autos, Lhe proposition is up to them to build substantial roads, hence the brick paved roads. The commissioners of Washington county this month meade a bond issue | of 8 half million of dollars, and negoti- sted for their sale with a Pittsburg firm. What a howl Centre county farmers would raise should our eom- | missioners borrow $500000 to help] build brick roads! But then our farmers come to town in buggies, and pot in sutomobiles, Another thing worthy of mention : The farmers here have partly solved the problem of keeping their boys on the farm. The town boys in many places look upon the country lad ss a “ Greeney,’”’ but bere the shoe is on the other fool. The country boys get out dad’s suto, hie away to town, and spirit away the town girls for a joy ride through the country, while the poor town boys can ouly look on and say, '‘ Bour grapes.” Many other facts connected with farm life in thie part of the state al- tracted my attention, but as my letter is getting rather long, I will omit them, and if I return safe to old Cen- tre, I will have something to talk about st the meetings of Progress Grange. One thiog I shall speak about will be how & farmer prys one thous and dollars a year rent for an eighty- secre farm, keeps from eight to ten head of horses and eighty cows, and coins money ; how many buy car loads of grain to feed their stock, buy no commercial fertilizers, and still enrich their land, and make money; how the farmers stay on their farms in old age, while the boys lift the load from father’s shoulders, I wilt close by referring to one thing here, viz, that the brick rosds are all the go in this part of Ohlo, Outside of the city limits one-half of the road width is paved with red brick. Cleveland, Ohio. W. A Enise, We are having a dry and hot sum- mer here, grains such as wheat and oats drying up. Hay will be scarce and high in price, while corn is poor, 1f it does not rain soon, we will have no crops at all. Farmers are pasturing their seeded ground in order to keep down the weeds. This year there was a large acreage of grain put in, The county farnished seed and took land in security. As aresult the farmers are now in worse shape than if their crops had proved a failure. People are leaving and going east with the intention of finding work which will engsge them through the winter, This will be a great setback to southwest North Dakota and north- west South Dakota. This ls & new country, and the Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railroad runs through it. Now is the time for those who have money to invest todo so, Land will drop in price and in a few years will boom again. I now have 980 acres and expect to invest in more. It is thirtysix years since I left Georges Valley and went west. Oa leaving that place I had just enough money to NO. 21. COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. A son was born to Mr, and Mrs. Miles Dippery, the last Bunday in June, Bt. John’s Union Bunday Bchool will hold a festival Baturday evening, 15th instant, June had a good rain record, the precipi‘ation being 5 53 inches, Nine- ty-one was the hottest recorded. A cave has been discovered at Honey Creek, in Mifflin county. Msoy people have goue through it, snd declare the formations very pretty. Farmers in the vicinity of Millheim are being troubled considerably with the Hessian fly. Many of the wheat fields will hardly be worth cutting. Mies Elizabeth Hoy, of Philadelphis, is at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Miogle, in Centre Hall, where she will spend the summer, Mr.and Mrs. H. H. M of Re bersburg, beginning of July were guests at the respective homes of D, J. Mayer and H. W. Kreamer, the latter belog a brother to Mrs, Miller, William F. Taylor, Jr., wife and children, J. Van Taylor, wife and nephew, aud Miss Mable Taylor, all of Tyrone, are the guests of Mra. J. Max Lantz, a sister, at Spring Mills, 3 lier, Miss Fiora Love spent s part of her vacslion with ber sister, Mrs. William Martz, at Tusseyville. Bhe was also a guest al the Presbyterian manse before returning to work in the Watchman office, P. 8. Ritter has sold the Baoyder County News, published at Middle. burg, to I. C. Mitchell, Mr. Mitchell bas been connected with the Post as solicitor and is an sctive newspaper man who will no doubt win greater popularity snd success for the news, Mrs. M. Arnold snd Mrs, A. B Smit. ger, Beaver, peighbors of Mrs. I. V. Musser when she lived in that place, we.e in Centre Hall for a few days last week, and with Mrs. Musser were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Meyer. Dr. J. V. Foster is giving special attention to the treatment of eyes, and is haviog a large number of patients, Before coming to Centre Hall, for a year or more, he speat much of his time in the office of one of United States’ most noted. eye specialists located in Omaha, Nevrasks, Since the 25:h of last month Lewis- burg and Mooiandou have been cone nected by trolley service. All trains arriving at Montandon are met by the care which run on a regular schedule, Instesd of the uverhead wire to convey the current, the sim- plex surface contact system is used. Monday of last week Harold, the little son of Mr, aud Mrs. Abner Alex- sander, near Old Fort, while running fell over a stick and broke both bones in the left forearm. Dr. J. V. Foster, of Centre Hall, and Dr. H. 8. Braucht, of Spring Nills, put the child uoder an apsesthetic before an effort was made to reduce the {ractures, During the first few days of July quite a number of persons—all rels- tives—were entertained at the home of William Walker, west of Centre Hall. Among the number were Mrs. John Eisle, son Jasper and daughter Lena, Mrs. John Ramsey and children, Bert and Gertie, of Altoona; Mrs. Tillie Gentch and son Allen, of Philadel- phia ; Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Ramsey and children, of Johnstown ; Miss Helen Kreamer and Blair Walker, of Bellefonte; Miss Flora Walker, of Centre Hall. The many Centre county friends of Mise Leah Lucas, daughter of Nelson A. Lucas, formerly of Coleville, this county, who has been residing in Washington sioce her [father's ap- pointment tos position in the pension office by President Cleveland, will be glad to learn that she was one of the winners in the Washington Post's contest, which insures her a two months’ trip to Europe, with sll ex- penses paid. This, It is said, will be one of the most extensive newspaper trips ever undertaken. Mrs. John B. Reed and son Will. iam, of Tacomas, Washington, and Mrs. 85. H. Heckman, of Johnstown, and daughter Ustharine, last week were at the home of Mr. and . H. Kreamer. They are now of , 1 Continued on las page | ‘
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