AEA sn — he Crutee Bewoonat, dA i Se Commerc knob, con ouning important news, social @ wom suy part of the county. No commusioations *atems socom panied by tie real name of the weiter. ———— Local ~-Boox Pixvive-—-We are now pre- pared 10 do wil kinds of book binding at ressousvle ries and will guarantee sil work. Sen! in your books, papers, pus usines, ¢ ¢, und have them bound, Department. wBannwe wt Jacob's, Matis +h w wil! exhibit at Miles- Barg, on the 24uh inst, ~The Logn: Hose Company will edeb ute Fourth at Milton this year. ~— ‘ne space in front of the jail is be- fag teroced, which will greatly im- prove that unsightly spot, ~the owiployes of the Bellefonte N «il Works received their pay last Sat- urday, About $12,000 was disbursed, —The new summer uniforms have bwen r.ceived vy the policemen. A white stripe ornaments the pantaloons. —There 18 rome talk of building a Masonic Temple at Philipsburg, the materi+] used to be stone, and the cost £25 000 As unusually large number of peo- pl» were in town on Saturday, and the principal streets presented a lively ap- pear-nce, ~The game of base ball on Saturday between a Bellefonte nine and the Site College nive, resulted in favor of the latter, the score being 21 to 16, —Doo’t forget the game of base ball on Saturday. The printers will play the tailors and cigar makers, snd a lively game is expected, Game at 4 o'clock, —B., K. Jamison and party were in Bellefonte on Wednesday, presumably to settle the difficulty existing between employer and employes at the Valen- tines works, ~The festival beld in the ¥. M. C, A. Rooms Friday and Saturday evenings was a success, both as to the excellence of the refreshments and the number in attendance. —The Republican county convention will be held on July 19th. We don’, see any use of that party rominating candidates for they won't even stand a little chance this fall, ~The nsme of A. J. Griest ap- pears in the announcement column as a candidate for Commissioner, He needs no introduction or eulogy at our Bands. Jack's hist is off. ~The galvanized iron cornice on the Garman Hotel adds wonderfully to the sppearance of that building. It was placed in position and fitted by Heury Houpt, and a good job made of it. —Theodore Deschner on Monday | evening presented Camp Breeze, Sons | of Veterans, with a handsome flag. The gift was highly appreciated and a vote of thanks was tendered the donor. ~Owing to the fact that the wife of | Dietrick Lamade, (manager of Grit) instill in a delicate condition, Furst on Monday again suspended sen- tence upon Mr, Lamade, and he gave Jbonds for his appearance at the August Germ of court, —3irs, Fraoces Moore died at Mis soula, Mon., last week. the cause of her death being consumption. The deceas ed was formerly Miss McCoen, and was married in this county about one year ago departing immediately thereafter for the west. She wasan sunt to Mr, Thos. Moore, the gentlemanly assistant in F, P. Blair's jewelry store, ~-Jt is amusing to note the efforts | the Judge made by the Republican organs of thos | place to gain the favor of Commissioner | mouth or so since, He js a bright and i The up-town paper was | intelligent young man, and if given a i the Commissioner's choice; but he had | fair chance will no doubt write his 1 Henderson, not back-bone enough to etick to it, and the other paper got the plum. The effort on the part of the one is to regain Mr. Henderson's favor, while that of the other is to hold what it now has, and in the mean time they are makiog unghie viock of themselves, ~& Sternberg of the North ward of Bellefonte is announced 1s a candidate for Recorder, Stermeyias in earnest and is the last candidate songue ced for that office, Aaeording lo Scripture our «nnd stands a good chance. “The last shall be first.” Mr. Sternberg has been a hardworking earnest democrat all hislife and has spent mush time sand money for the party, Dont forget Al Sternberg when you are considering the candidate for Recurder, ~ =Mims 8, Alice Pall daughter of J, N. Hall, of Howard and George R. Suiffler, of Blair couuty, were the high eontraeving parties in a pleasant affair ws Howard Inst Thursday, Rev. J. A, ~ 84l of Blair county, repeated the magic words which made them ss one. and guests added to the pleasautness of . the offair by showering congratulations ww presents upon the bride and groom, » is an amiable snd accomplish Indy, and { ~Srare Aoricvrronar Bociery — Cons ~The Bigler campmeeting will this tinued from last week.—The essay on your commence August 19th and con- tinue over the two Sundays following. ~The grounds of the Reformed church has been sodded and a hand some new fence placed around the structure. New York and Philadelphia eapi- talists intend starting the Huntingdon Car works within the next sixty days. The works have been idle since 1883, We regret to learn of the serious illness of Mrs, Noah Musser of near Fillmore, and trust the good lady may again recover and preside over that happy bome as of oid, ~The Republican State Convention will be held in the Opera House, Har- risburg, on “Wednesday, August 17th, for the purpose of nominating its can- didates for State offices. —The base ball game announced to be played last Saturday, did not come off, owing to some of the players in the Bellefonte club being unable to absent themselves from their duties, ~—Rev. Edmund C. Baird died sud- denly wt his home in Central City, Nebraska, on the lst inst, aged 41 years, Deceased was a minister of ability and was a son of William Baird of Milesburg, —We call attention to the advertise- ment of Frank O, Cunningham, invest. ment broker, Peoria, 1lls.. who buys and sells bonds stocks, commercial paper, and securities of all kinds, His references are first-class and those who well to write him, ~(a the 5th instant, at the residence of John Wouf, by the Rev. E. Lenhart, John W. Harter, of Rebersburg, was united in marriage to Miss Ida Wolf, of Centre Mills. The bride is the daughter of Commissioner Wolf, and is an estimable lady, and will gracefully preside over their new home. The happy couple have the congratulations of the Democrar, —The Bellefonte Knights of Labor propose holding a picnic on a grand scale on the Fourth, and have extend- ed invitations to numerous other or- ganizations, 2333, if it so desires, can hold a creditable picnic, as it bas mem- bers capable of successfully conducting such an affair, and it will break the monotony of an otherwise dull fourth. We trust it may be a success, ~The latest postal laws are such thay newspapar publishers can have any one arrested for fraud who takes a paper and refuses to pay for it. Under this law the man who allows his subscription to run along for some time unpaid, and then orders it discontinued or orders the postmaster to mark it “refused,” and to send a postal card notifying the pub- lishers, lays himself liable to arrest and fine, as for theft, ete, ~An important transfer of property has taken place within the past week, Gen. Hastings having purchased the beautiful property on the corner of Al- legherey and Lamb streets owned by the Messrs. Lane. The property ia a valuable one £10,500 having been paid | { ¢ and with every [ostitution of i { t t for it at the time the Lanes made the purchase, tion in the latter sale, Mr. Hastings transfers his residence on Linn street, which will be occupied by Mr. John Lane and wife, Mrs. Martha Lane will go, to Lancaster, Pa, and possession will be given fo the Gen. about the 15th of July. ~-William Bartley, son of David Bartley of this place, after some weeks of anxious waiting snd through the aid of some of his friends bas secured from Senator W, W. Betts, the senalorial ’ scholarship, entitling’ him to enter |, Penn. State College and graduate free ’ As a part of the considers- » I i t i F | ot cost, except his board and incidental expenses. William graduated with high honors from the high school a Hame on the topmost rung in the lad. der of fame. The Grangers pienic and exhibi- tion on the top of Nittany mountain, to be held about the 15th of September promises to be an important aflair this year. It will last two days, snd for the convenience of those attending, tents have been secured from Williams Grove. The articles to be placed on exhibition are numerous wnd valuable, and it is quite likely views from the battlefield of Gebtysburg will be dis- played free of charge. All sre invited to exbibit their productions. Gov, Beaver is expected to be present sod deliver an address, «<The two houses in course of erec- tion by John C, Miller on North Alle gheny street below Gov, Beaver's resi- dence are fast aproaching completion and when finished will add greatly to that pert of town as well as being con. venient for those who will occupy them, John is a live energetio citizen and de sires to have a hand in the great boom our town Is just havieg. He is thereby laying a foundation upon which to ac- cumulate a vast fortune, snd no doubt Commercial fertilizers on suggestion of Judge Musselman's essay on Home Hon. Jno. A. Woodward followed made fertilizers, Mr. Hickman is well versed in Commercial fertilizers and had his lecture well in hand, as his essay was prepared beforo hand and with reference specially to the subject nssigned it was not an answer to Judge Mussleman’s attack 01 fraund lent fertilizevs, To & disinterested ob. server there appears to be a ring of some kind connected with the State Board which seems more anxious to advocate the use of fertilizers than to detect and expose those which are fraudulent. Judge Mussleman made a bold and energetic attack on the worth- less so-cnlled fertilizers whose commer- cin) value was from 29 to 86 cents per ton but which were selling at any place from 15 to $20 per ton: Against the Judge were pitted at different times practical chemists and men whose busi- ness it was to analyze fertilizers. The whole drift of the discussion seemed to be in the direction of sustaining all Commercial fertilizers good, bad or in- best work shops of the country and all the work of students, At 1:15 the great bell in the cupola called the hungry throng to dinner, Right here we would like to draw the veil of oblivion, blot out from the memory of every visitor all recollection of the great fast. For the honor and hospital- ity of our county we will say it was a feast prepared for the imagination snd a fast forthe stomach, It cost the visitors $1.25 per head but some how or other we got through on a dollar, The pictures of thé President's house, one placed at each plate, were pretiy, the paper napkins with the legend “Hotel Lancaster” were gorgeous, After feasting our imaginations and fasting our stomachs the repast was over, The bill of fare with pictures and ended with paper napkins, After gazing on the beautiful wood-cuts snd wiping their mouths with “Hotel de Lancaster paper napkins, many of the visitors went to the stores in the village and bought something to eat, others went out under the or back of the building and picked the paper out of their teeth. began trees Financially the dinner must have been 8 success, as bers of the household visited the room to render any aid the old gentleman might heed, but the hand of death had touched its vietim and al that moment life loft ite tenement of clay, and the soul of Agnew Sellers took its flight to the realms above, Decessed wis in his seventy fifth year, He was born in this county, in the vicimity of Fillmore and has lived there all Lis life. He was a good neighbor, always ready to assist the needy, and his devotion to his wife who has been confined to the sick bed for many years and whom it is feared will suffer evil effects from this blow, was often remarked, Whatev. r he undertook he pushed with a vigor that made success sure, His neighbors and friends—~and everybody who knew bim was his friend—held him in high esteem, and all sincerely mourn his death, A wife and four children survive him. The children are Mat, Sellers and Mrs. Berj, Way, of Fillmore, Mrs, Musser, of Rock Hill, and Mrs, Dr. Mclatire, of Mill Hali, county. Heart disease was the cause of desth, Dr. Hensel of Howard was in town Tuesday evening, Mra. Heilman on east Curtin street is entertaining friends from a distance, Miss Clara Albert, who was injured at Kittaning Point last month, is now st the residence of lease Haupt, The lad y's condition does not improve rapid- ly. Miss Lilian Aikens, danghtdr of JA, Aikens graduated from the Mountain Ciinton ~Searce six months ago, at an early | Seminary st Birmingbam last week. | Miss Mamie Kimball, 8 room mate of | Miss Aikens, is spending a few days at the Aikens residence, Ellioit P, Whitney, ¥sq, of Phils delphia, su old schoolmate of the senicy editor of the In MOCKAT, was in town Tuesday and Wednesday, Mr, Whitney is traveling for the Lovell publishing Co He and Mr, Bible hed not met be- fore in twenty years, Muster John J. Bower son of CO. M. the editor for a bouquet, received Thursdsy, lower, Esq., will accept thanks of It was composed of roses, of various kinde and hues, nestly urranged and pay lieve with Judge Mussleman have any dealings in that line will do | ion of dollars each year in the matter of fertilizers alone, there can be no ob, jection filed to the application discoveries of chemistry to practical farming and a genuine commercial fer- tilizer is doubtless one of the aids to agriculture, mony was produced in just here oceurs a thought “chin farmer, ¥ conversant with the science of ture to give Lo the farmers of the coun try formulas for manufacture on farm, and by the farmer, of comercial feriilizers ? the audience, contrast to the dry details of an essay ent kinds, never was, knew nothing about the ar | been wisely discussed during He had a profound respect for the call. sacred history and spoke of the coven. ant made between Abram and Lot con. cerning their land and focks. high esteem in which the calling of the | farmer was held when Greece and Rome were in their glory. cinattus being called culture or farming classes of our coun try audience in a constant state of cence, magic lantern pictures of microscopic views, guest romantic, the railroad officials courteous and attentive, we found Superintendent Patterson of Mr. Patterson gave tas word of com- mend and the line of march taken up, arriving a few minutes later in front of the big buildings. snd the members of the faculty who were not engaged in the classrooms warmly received the party which on the invitation of the President assemb!- ed in the chapel, well chosen words of welcome made explained. The Latoratories, Meohani- eal Drawing-rooms, Libraries, Society shown, The vistors were emphatic ia different. The amount of plant food contained in a ton of commercial ferdil- an appetizer for supper it Oh ! shades of royal Belshazear could you have but seen the agony pictured on the faces of the victims they arose from the bountiful repast of the imagination, could you have heard the angry roar of confined gasses in cavern: ous stomachs, could you have felt the thread like pulse of emacisted men was perfect. izer is in the proportion of perhaps two parts in 100. Then why should they such exorbitant prices for 00 worthless matterr We be- that the farmers sre being swindled out of mill- is parts of snd women, could you have the infinitesimal pieces into which the soli- tary lobster that provided the salad for 80 or 100 people, was divided you had never given an expensive feast to make you immortal, fasted your guests and saved seen of the greatest testi. and to us a not be a Nay you would have and much favor, money. Eulogies were pronounced on two de ceased members. The feature of the afternoon entertainment the thorough inspection of the different de. a od cadets, ax Would it good idea for the agricultural chemists Agri~ after sonnected with the State Board { partments was the dress culture, with the Penn. State College | ‘ { battalion drill of the about eighty in number under the com- parade College learning agricul , : mand of Lieutenant Pague of the 1 at the The boys have under his care- 8. Army, who 18 commandant the / College, i ful iustruction reached a high state of proficiency and toa green born like | ourselves their drilling seemed almost | perfect. It is a grand feature of College instruction and the visitors were much pleased with it. At 5:40 the again appeared and after many hand- shakes and pleasant fare wells the pasty left pleased with their trip, with the « gt { institution, iis works its president and ificial stimulating of land which had | ‘P*Htution, il rk ts president and At 7 o'clock Bellefonte the day. | faculty, and in the | reached adjurned after WEDNESDAY EVENING, By invitation Gev. Curtin The Ge5s speech was n his usual happy vein and in pleasant sadressed carringes m phosphates and fertilizers of differ- He was not a farmer and was the listening to a evening Board lecture by Prof. Osmond. Dr. Hale the member from Centre was untiring efforts to entertain his guests and he succeeded. vg of the farmer. ‘He went back to Of in his the Mrs. Eb whose death occurred on Tuesday was the wife of W Hail, DANE was sabeth EIRITCARY.~ He spoke of Cin- from the plow we EERE RY) this Bitnes : { " , 17th inst, hree times to save Rome. In the agri. oH Leatire « Of hear Ber to bulwark of » 4} trength, Throughcu: bis er t ro speech though born in Dauphin county, she | the has been a Iv ident Gf CLenire cour F § efferves. | most all of he Mother Bible De. | the was familiarly called, received of maiden be 1% found its an a vein of bumor which left ’ : After Gov. Cuartins talk fenry Lefiman lectured on about asdultura- | severe shock of J plexy eight | by | years ago, from the effects of which she | that time ions, his subject being illustrated rever recovered, and since has Leen an invalid snd a constant suf- On Thursday morning at 0 o'clock | ferer. She bore her sffliction with that he board with a number and ress boarded a special train on 3. & B. railroad for the College. delightful and the through which the road Christian forebesrance which charac! - At an early age of the Reformed invited the the The eoun- of represciniatives of erized her entire life, she became a member church and remained a conscientious rip was ry and God fearing Christian all her life, Not only was she true and obedient to all the teachings of the church but her life was truly Christ-like, Her geoerbeity knew no bounds, for the doors of her house were ever open to the homeless and {riendless spd her heart always willing to receive them. The tired snd hungry were always generously fed and cared for, and she was truly a mother to many a poor boy, who made his home with the family. At the day of ber death, her age was 76 years, 6 months and 21 days. She leaves a faithful and devoted husband, three daughters, two of whom were ever her constant attendants through all her declining years. Her oldest and only son was killed in the late war, The funeral occurred on Saturday morning, the [1th inst. at Centre Hail, snd was very largely attended. Rov. Land, pastor of the Reformed church, preach ed the funeral sermon. She routs from the care, the toil and the steife, And ln Blamed with she, Pi atsrnat Hh runs At the College station he College farm, with carriages and hacks 10 convey the visitor: to the col- age. After all were comfortably seated President Atherton ADDRESS OF WELCOME, President Atherton then in a few the visitors feel at home, The Dr. oudined the different courses of study spoke of the struggles of the college in the past and its hopes for the future. The freedom of the College was extended to the visitors and every department of College work was practioally illustrated. The pro. gramme suggested by the Dr. was adopted. The visitors were driven over the farm in carriages and every thing in connection with it fully and clearly oof ght. News, ~The sudden death of Agnew Sellers occurred at his home a shot distance from Fillmore on Friday evening. Mr, Sellets was in Bellefonte Friday, and was apparently enjoying his usual good health. Bie frated Js ious in lively manner, and attended to business in his usual energeticstyle. Returning home he ate & hearty supper, attended to the duties of his farm and returned to the house. Shortly afterward he complained of pain in the body, Halls, Class-rooms and Departments of Mechanic Arts were visited and the practical works and results of each | followed the remsing to their last A mImost 1 4houid be 80 soon seperated from he | news Apes was « : 5 ' | last vie ki rhien thes { loving husband is a sad blow, and hard | 881 Week, when they { 10 bear, 2 | & reunion, where psrting will be mal chapel, Thursdsy morning June | to { Li0m, | chapel, at 9 o'clock. | evening at X o'clock. { promptly at the above times {| Book-room on and sfert Monday Jane hour in the morning, we noticed a hap- very bandeome, the fragrance creating py wedding party enter the Roman [an oasis, in the desert of newspaper | life. : Prof. I. C. faculty of at mer months at that town, Lemont, Catholic church here. Last Saturday Houtz, a member of the Selinsgrove, the Missionary Institute will morning, also at an early hour a funeral cortege entered the samo church and we could hardly believe the body then being tenderly borne into the sacred edifice was thas of the happy bride of » few monthssago. Yet such was thie case {ly from this county, sand bas many Last Wednesday word was : spend the sum- beautiful country The Prof, was former- friends who will be glad to know he is received here of the sudden death at her home in York, Pa, of Mrs. Joseph Wise, the ; | cause of which was paralysis of the brain, » for Now i » ’ | day for New Berlin, Pu., where he deo. Mrs, Wise was the daughter of Daniel |,. ° a a ate O01 v i | livered the address before the «ary, and her remains were brought | : a valued acquisition to the instiiution he represents, C. M. Bower Esq., departed on Mor- it Alumni Association of the New Berlin College, here on Thursdsy for interment, the funeral occuring ing. | Mr. Bower is and fluent ; Saturday morn. | spesker of easy and A very large number of friends {or the rostrum and we are soni i Lhe! E13, Bn @ are cont Fest | 5% t hear i i in y ch hearers were delighted with his choice ing piace in the beautiful cemetery on n " J i {ANA instructive Deg eased was | a polished on X graceful manners lent hi TeIDArKs east of Bishop street, excellent lady, and that she | =—40he inconsistency of the Sunday learly de monsirated nade reference y . Lio us Nh vor ars ol¥eis a} Ar Ataes la We siocerly sympathize with to the Showers affair in Lebanon county. he old man is sccused of is two the bereaved family and husband, and | murdering i erand.ehil x Eroitona trust they may find comfort from grand-children. Excitement more. | { lynching the prisoner. Tae feeling against the old man in that county is ~~ ONMENCEN RENT ~The commence- | very sirong, the Harrisburg Tele- yet memt exercises of the Lock Haven State gram, the publication which howled the most and kicked the bardest about {| Centre county justice, comes in a Normal Schos! will take place next week, the program being as follows out an int -# Baccalaureste sermon, Twinity M. E. {two column article and demands at % 1 "PF file L* church, Sunday evening, June 19, and o'cloek., al and conviction, Alamni Literary Exercises. Normal chapel Tuesday evening, June 93 ' i " =i, at ® o'clock. Junior Clsss-Day, Normal chapel, Monday evening June 22 at U o'clock. mates that if a continuance is granted an outraged public will dangle the socused from a lamp post, All the Sun- day papers sre earnest in their sdvoes- In the oase Contest Literary Socie- mmediste trial, ties, Normal chapel, Wednesday even- ey ofan i of the Grif the reverse. But, you know, ing, st 8 o'clock. Commencement, Nor | the other ox is i —LAPAYERTYS COMMENCEMENT ~The AN ¥ o'clock. Kecon- | ¥ jcommencement Normal | 4 ; TR i Mal | College will be held on the 26-30th inst. Commencement | Normal chapel, Graduates f 1af # : eXerCisms 0 jalavyeile Lhursday evening, in : { beginning with the farewell address to | the graduating class, which numbers 45 {oneert Thursday : All ate cordiali ATE cordially > ’ " Y | members, by President Knox, snd a on Allegheny invited 4 ur ma e erill ol invited to attend. Exercises will begin sermon to the Y, M. C, A, Sunday, by Prof. McClelland, of commencement and | Theological Seminary on Monday Orchestra of Philadelphia, has been TH H . Sean, Principal. secured Heseraen esis Jor contest, - . anoart : . For the Classda; concert lor sae at gatterice’s and at G 16TINEIA fostivitios the 20. Gro. P, The alumni will be addressed on Tae: - we Mr Wetzel, John Wetzel, who left here months | day by Rev. Reuben Thomas, of Brook- 8go, to locale somewhere in the west, | line, Mass, who always draws & fall has permently settled in Washington { house when he speaks in Boston, and Clyde son of several and said ho would go up stairs | | and lie down awhile. In the course | 1 a love for farming and we now learn that he has taken up a homestead olsim | {160 acres) and built thereon a little house, purchased the neccessary stock, and will hereafter devote his time ecul- tivating the same, His claim is located about eight mile east of Akron, in & lovely country. To still farther his interest, he also took what is called a tree claim, (160 scres) and should he, within five years plant a certpin num- ber of trees the property becomes his, The latter claim is located about ten miles west of Akron, The west is rapidly growing, and we doubt not but in a few years Clyde will own valuable property in the centre of a thriving town, We congratulate the young man in making his sensible fove, and trust that his success may reach beyond his expeota- tions. «On last Thursday evening the Luthern sociable which meets monthly. met at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Samuel Masser, on Bishop street. Al though the evening was warm, a large aumber of their friends gathered to have a good social time, and they were not disappointed for all seetned to be on Jjoying themselves in various ways, Du:- hall hour one of the mem. county, Colorado, Clyde Lins always had i by Judge { annual contest for prizes in Atheletios Frerett, of Chieago, and the and the mock “cremation of Calenlus” are features in student life, Wednesday, the 20th, is Commence- ment Day, when speeches end a dinner re in order, and some more speeches and a Levee in the evening. “Orovens for reduced railroad fare from sll points worth of Washington and east of Pittsburg, can be hsd by addressing the Secretary of the College, ~We publish the following by re- quest of a subseriber, and are not in any way responsible for the theologieal question involved, Oar columns are open to any who desire to smever the question but we don’t care to bave the controversy extend through the present century. As long as men are not of the same mind there will be diffarent views on it: Dots the new testament seriptures teach the dootrices, that sprinkling afew d of water on an infant's fore. head, is ohiristian baptiom ? Will some one of the Kev, gentlomen of Belletonte who practice infant sprink- ling as christian baptism, be kind be a i Bs op an & anxious inquirer Ae the truth, Please give chapier and vere, BE ie weloast evening at haif-past seven Mary J. Howlay, both of this piace, were married in the Roman Catholic o'clock James A. McOsflorty and Miss
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