The Centre Democrat, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1801, CHAS. R. KURTZ - EDITOR SP ECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. “Money Savers’ for these times. A limited quantity yard-wide, unbleached Gets. per yard. A special lot ¢f good qual- Sheeting yard, Beautiful line of fine, Scotch and Zephyr Ging- hams from 12 1-2 to 2° cts. per yard. Only one or two dress pat- terns in each piece. LYON & CO. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. Decoration May 30th. day comes Saturday one week, —Ex-Com. John Decker pays Belle fonte an occasional visit. last Friday from their wedding tour. 1 ‘ as —John GG, Uzzle was in town on Saturday and sported a magnificent gold headed cane. mmissioners publish thei thi Hl WS Issue —The cheapest ’ ment in Bellef Philad. Branch. —Mr. Jas. Gilland, secretary of Pom- tailoring onte can be found at the ona Grange, was a pleasant caller our office on Tuesday, ~Thirteen thousand dollars have been | Philinst ( i HIPpSDuUrg, appropriated by the state legislature for | 4 : : | Harris, Miss Hoover wore a green crep the support of the miners’ hospital at Philipsburg, —Mrs. David Sharer, of Zion, and her daughter, Mrs. Elmer Swartz, are spending this week visiting friends at Mifflinburg. . —Rev. B. B. Hamlin, presiding elder of the Altoona district, preached an able sermon in the Methodist church on Sunday evening. —~Miss Kate Bullick returned last week from Philadelphia, where she had been spending the past few months, —McKee Bros. have resumed busi. ness again in their former rooms. They were well soaked—with water, ~—Keplinger began moving his drug store on Monday, to the room in the Brockerboff Block, formerly occupied by Musser & Son, shoe store. ~The members of the Undine Hose Co. request us to extend their thanks to the Messrs, McKee Bros., for their liberal donation to that organization. ~L. L. Brown spent several days in Bellefonte recently. He expects to leave soon for Washington to accept his position in the Census Department. ~The county commissioners should dispose of that old irom fence or store it away somewhere. The condition in which it is being kept will soon reduce it to scrap iron. ~The new Potter House, Philipsburg, has in each of the rooms a Bible for the accommodation of guests who are re ligiously inclined. This is the latest hit in the hotel business, ~It isreported that a new building is to be erected on corner of Allegheny and Bishop streets on the McBride property. It will contain several fine store rooms on the first floor, =On Tuesday eveninng there was quite a gathering of members of the masonic order at this place. Mifin. burg, Tyrone, Altoona, Tock Haven and other places were well represented. ~Lightning played a queer freak in a Newhampshire town recently. It took Off the tail feathers of each of twenty hens sitting on a roost and affected a rooster so that he has not been able to crow since, ~Dr. E. W. Hale, who spent the past winter in the South, is expected home in a few days. His trip proved A great benefit to his health and his many friends will be glad to welcome him home again, ~The turnpike company controlling the road from Millheim to Coburn, have purchased a stone crushing ma. chine, to be run by steam, which will greatly expedite the work of macada. mizing the road. The machine will ar rive this week, ~It Is said that a man who was afraid of thunder crawled into a hollow log as a place of safety during a thunder storm, The thunder rolled and the rain poured down in torrents, and that old log be. gan to swell up til the poor fellow was not get out, Jhtfaod in 20 tight he cou sins began passing before him, remembered re felt so small that he was able pong to back | A of extra quality, | at | Mr, George B. Johnston. | this occasion. {cy towards the entrance to the LLC | of the I | was attired in pink erep De as | AIKENS--JOHNSTON. TWO PROMINENT YOUNG PEOPLE MARRIED. Social Event. Beautiful dresses—Some of Brillignt Decorations Handsome the Guests present, Wednesday afternoon the residence of Mr, and Mrs. J. A. Aikens, corner of , Allegheny and Bishop streets, was the {scene of an important social event—it | was the occasion of the marriage of their eldest daughter, Miss Lilly, and The contracting parties are members of some of the leading and well known wy and good styles dress | Gingham at 7 1-2 cts. per | families of this town and on account of | the popularity of both, and their stand. | {ing in the social circles of our town, | their wedding ceremony was a signifi. cant social event, At half-past four the spacious home was thronged with invited guests, { friends and relatives of the contracting | parties; and the handsomely furnished | | Apartments never seemed as pretty as on | The parlors were elabo- | rately decorated with a profusion of cut i | flowers, smilax and richly adorned the surroundings and evergreens {shed a pleasant fragrance through the | | apartments. faces and elegant costumes of the ladies, | in full evening dress, made the gather. ting all the more beatiful. Promptly at 5 p. m. the familiar notes | of Mendelssohn's wedding march came ~Mr. and Mrs. Harry Keller returned | from the piano, under the skillful exe. { cution of Miss Effie Hamilton, of T' | rone, All turned in anxious expectan- parlors while Messrs. John Bavard and 4 Harris extended white silk ribbons from y the nstant Miss Em. the bride, es. corted by Chas. Richards, appeared. She i h under the parlor arch through t hall way. The next ma Aikens, only sister of ine, made 1 trimn immed I in princess style, handsomely with daisy ribbon and t of cream roses, Miss Eva Hoover, escorted by Mr. Hard P. carried a ju Next came DeChine dress, cut princess, trimmed with lace and white lilacs. and also carried a bouquet of cream roses Next to them and last came Miss Lilly Aikens, escorted by Mr. Geo. B. Johns. ton—the bride and groom. Miss Lilly was attired in heavy white faille and bro. cade, made in princess style, long train, handsontely trimmed with white ostrich feathers and wore a Brussels Nett veil. and carried an ostrich feather fan. The bridal party continued the parlors until they through met Dr. Laurie, Of the Presbyterian church. and took their | position directly under a huge wedding bell made of simlax ‘and white COrona- tions. The tridesmaids stepped to the right and groomsmen to the left as the bride and groom advanced before the minister. Messrs Geo. Meek and Sam. Nevling came after and gathered to- gether the silk ribbons that marked the route of the wedding party, The two bridesmaids looked vers pretiy as they stood by the side of the bride, who appeared exceedingly hand. some as she so gently leaned upon the arm of her future husband and respond. ed to her marriage vows, The groom wore a calm and dignified expression as he proudly escorted his bride. The groomsmen performed their parts ele. gantly and with faultless precission, The ring ceremony was used. After congratulations were over an elegant banquet was served in a spacions side parlor, decorated with wreaths and fes. toons of evergreens, while the bridal table was a bower of roses and out flowers. An Italian or shestra furnised muse during the serving of refreshments after which dancing was indulged in by the younger guests, The list of presents was exceedingly large and embraced many handsome and useful articles. Atl 8:40 the bride and groom bid all adieu; as they took their departure a shower of old shoes, rice and other to. kens of “good luck,” followed them. They will be absent about two weeks on their wedding tour, after which they will be at howe, af their newly furnish. ed residence, on Spring strest. The following is a list of some of those present from a distance; Mr.and Mrs, Thos. B. Mayes and Mrs. John Houtz, Lewistown; A. A. Wittier and family, Dr. J.C. M. Hamilton and wife, Chas. Witter and Miss Efile Hamilton, Tyrone: Miss N. J Davis and Miss Jats, Birmingham: John A. Elliot, Esq, Beaver Falls, Pa.: Mrs. PD. kL Jauss, Harrisburg ; Miss Bryson Wooster, Mrs. Bpeer MeClaren and H. B. Odenkirk, Wooster, O.;: Miss Smith and brother, Willlamsport ; Mrs Gertrude Steller, Port Matilda; John Odenkirk and family, Old Fort : Mr. and Mrs, Magee and Mr. Bathurst, Phila.; Miss Eva Hoover, Philipsburg ; Geo. Delo, Chas Billain, Altoona and others, Well Put, Shamokin isn't the liveliest town in the State but the barbers of that place have good common sense, remarks an exchange. It costs twenty-five cents to get your hair cut in Shamokin on Sat. urday and the men who go Into the shops to get shaved, do not have to wait half an hour longer to allow some thoughtless fellow time to have his hirsute appendage removed. Score one for Shamokin. A BIG CELEBRATION, The 4th of July Committees hard st work Full partionlurs, During the past week a number of meetings were held by those in charge of the 4th of July celebration to be held at this place this year. There isa unis versal sentiment on all sides to goto work and make the coming event one of unusual significance. that | Then the many handsome | James | of | and | el The committee appointed on finance { have by this time at least 500 subsecrib- lad and the amount will be raised higher | as many more subseriptions will follow. With enough funds in sight to begin i preparations the committee on invita. | tions sent out an invite to all fire com- | panies in this part of the state to come to Bellefonte on the 4th and join in the celebration. Among ths other attractions will be {an industrial parade in which every | enterprising firm or business house in | Bellefonte will be represented by a suit | able display. In this effort will be spared to make it a success and at work some novel design. A prize of 850 dollars will be award. the best no pains some parties are already on { ed to the fire company making | appearance in parade. A large number of bands from the county will be invited. The citizens of Bellefonte are earnest. | their homes with flags, lantern bunting so that the entire town will be in holiday attire, FPomonn Grange meeting held The regular Grange No. 13 tof Zion Grange, will be atl June 24, comm_ncing dress of welcome, by | Zion Grange. Response, Weaver. The { the Mutual Fire {P. of H., are expected to be insurance dir Insurance ( { The Fifth degree will be cot | time during the aftern: Finance Committee wction they have taken on the Committee on the | Fourth degree members ar | invited, as business of imp be brought up for their consid | this meeting. The Mountain Fires | An act of the legislature of June 11th { 1879, provides a penalty of a fine of #300 | and imprisonment for twelve months of | { any person who wantonly or willfully | kindles any fire on lands of any other so {as to set on fire any wood lands, ete, and also provides a reward of fifty dol {lars to be paid the prosecutor for the apprehension and conviction of the of. fender any time within two years from the commission of the offence, a fact which if enforced might prevent many fires and save much valuable timber. Cause of Rain We hear persons say that if there would be as much blasting about Belle. fonte this spring as other seasons, there ain as other years, Since the furnaces closed down very little lime stone has been taken out f the quarries in this section. Last year there was a continual blasting and most every day we had rain fall. There nay some truth in this. We are wver too old to learn. would also be as much be Coneert at Pine Grove A concert of vocal and instrumental music will be held at Pine Grove Mills on Saturday evening, May 23, bya class of 80 singers, whom Prof. P. H. Meyer had under training for a number of weeks, and under whose direction this musical entertainment will be given, Prof. Lowell Meyer will be there to render several comic songs. Death of John Mallory On last Thursday John Mallory died at Altoona and the remains were brought to Bellefonte for interment, which occurred on Sunday afternoon in the Union cemetery. Mr. Mallory had been an old citizen of Bellefonte and only moved to Altoona this spring. Sudden Death On Tuesday evening of last week, Mrs. Henry Laird, Eagleville, retired a little earlier than usual, saying that she was not feeling well. About two hours later she was found dead In bed, Her sudden death is supposed to have been caused by heart failure. Peddler Arrested, Last Friday a peddler with a horse and wagon who had been selling lace and notions about town was arrested because he had no license, He had sold about 75 cents worth of his stock. He was released upon promising to skip the town. Cold Weather, The cold weather still continues and in some parts of the county frosts were reported one or two momings of this week, No damage of any importance has yet been reported to the fruit crop for this section, Death of an Ex-Postmastor, The ex-postmaster of Beech Creek, Mr. V. 8, Smith, died at his home on last Thursday, He was 60 yours and leaves a wife, three sons and a daughter. Funeral took place on Sat. urday, ~Nobby Spring suits made to order in the tailoring department of the Philad. Branch. Se ssp ly requested to appropriately decorate | 5, and | BURGERS BUNOOED, A Renovo man Relieved of #700 by Twe Sharpers, On Baturday, at Renovo, George Burgers was fleeced of $700 in the fol. lowing manner: Two men who said their names were Dr. Randall and ed that one of them wanted to buy his brewery, located at St. Mary's. They manoeuvred around until they got into atent at the circus which was exhibit. ing there, and soon became interested in a game of three card monte. Mr. Bergers was Soon the happy winner of #1000, but before the other parties would hand over the amount Mr, B. was re- quired to demonstrate to them that he could pay 81,600 if he had lost. He did hot have the mony but soon found a friend who loaned him 8700, The party that desired to buy the brewery here stepped forward and the 8300. As so were the was all there the other sharper grabbed it and escaped under the canvas. The loaned him other mn as they satisfied IOney brewery buyer of his wus horrified at tl part ner and prom would send ) for the &2 000 turned to Warren, where did m and came to this a8 soon as he nr he claimed to re le, DUrgers not altogether beli city ana swore out 1 warrant for the Mar. ted them g Constable LUX arres Iderman Harris | * names W. H. hey Were Lock | hee! WALLACES sHOW, | Glve a Good Performance ont nesday--Small Attendance ul the ple fron peog . {who came Ir to see the Wem. The attendas the ¢ 108 4% in afternoon which is Wis an unusual tl fonte. They gave many original | on the whole it was considered one of 0 feats i the best shows that has been place for years. We are under oblig rations to Willis Cobb, press manager, for favors extend. ed this office. New Postal Cards The new style of postal cards have been printed at the factory at Birming. ham, Conn. One is a pearl gray, slight. ly smaller than the present size. The cut and vignette are in blue ink, and the likeness of General Grant is brought | out admirably, ’ color. The vignette is the same as on the pearl gry, but the ink is dark. | to the | The samples have been posiofice department. They are con. sidered improvements on the old style. sent A Baggage Masters Death, David Mead Logan, a baggage mast- eron the Bald Eagle valley railroad | died Sunday morning at 7:30 o'cloch. at | the residence of Mr. F. P. ( ‘essna, Lock Haven, of heart disease. His age was | 27 years. The deceased was formerly a [resident of Mill Hall. His remains were taken to Lewistown for interment Mr. Logan started out on his regular [run east Saturday morning but was taken sick before reaching Howard. i Lock Haven Enterprise | A company was organized at Lock | Haven last week to start a new furni- | ture factory. One by one the enterpris. | ing citizens of Lock Haven continue to add new manufactories to their list of industries, insuring the continued growth and prosperity of their city. Bellefonte has plenty of good industries but for some reason our capitalists seem unable to keep them agoing. Club Reception. The Bellefonte Club have decided to hold their first annual reception on June 12th, in their rooms in the new Bush Arcade. An elaborate banquet will be participated in by members of the elub only and ladies, and later the reception will take place which will be an extreme. ly select affair. Stopper & Fisk's orches. tra will furnish the music for the even- ing and it will be quite a society event, Married at Altoona, On last Friday afternoon Mr. Ira C. Ellenberger and Miss Mary Hastings, both of Gatesburg, Pa., were married at Altoona by Rev. J. F. Hartman. The young couple expect to locate in Kentucky, where Mr, Ellenberger has obtained a position as principal of an academy, Col. A. C. McClure, editor of the Philadelphia T¥mes, has been secured to speak on the last day of commence. ment, ~Mingle’s shoe store is stocked with a fine line of light shoes and gaiters for summer wear, awful-cabinet photos ~It is just 41.50 per doz. at Shaeffer’s gallery, James ( ‘ameron, came to him and stat. | SN ARN S38 BA A A SUDDEN DEATH. COL. ROBT. MCFARLANE DIES ON MONDAY. Expires Suddenly from Heart Digense-One of Bellefonte's Prominent An Old Soldier of the 148th Heg. Of late years Col, Robert McFarlane, Lo spells of sickness prised upon hearing of his sudden death noon. Mr. McFarlane had not been enjoying the best of health during the past few days but was about and was generally seen about his store, at Brockerhoff House, where he took his On Monday morning, when he came to his store, he wis his Medical and or the menls, complained of feeling unwell and mek to his room, just over 1 the Crider building. summoned Nee Wis an All | ‘he other style is much | | larger than the present card and the | He | by the graduating class of State College, . ne me his brother 1 MecFar Bellefonte came to immediately. | Hzed that his CR Ness of a & ious nature, as he continued to grow | WAN Every thing that was possible ! vent a fatal terming 12 arm chair, i it mt at near he peace. We struggle pronounced of the heart wred for by sent by ngaged in the hardware busi. : lefonte. He first associated with him P, Benner Wilson, under the firm name of Wilson & McFarlane. | Then later with his nephew under the name of J. Kyle Mz=Zzrlane & Co., and ing the past few years under his own He man and amassed a handsome fortune. W | name, was a successful | : : | As he was a bachelor his property will ! ] | pass into his brother Wm's. possession. Mr. McFarlane was a quiet, medita- |. { tive man, who made little noise in the | { community as he had the happy faculty | | of attending only to his own affzirs and | He was a good qualities and one | Jeft others to do the same. man of many who had many Spring Mills mercial men in this place. The village was full of t Among them we recognized the pleasant face of Fred Chance. Several tried their luck at fishing, but all fellows, not more than a finger's length in size, while some of our town boys would in the same time have caught a a bucket full, Among our town boys Harry Krum- ring seems to be the champion fisher. man, with John A. Grenoble not far behind. Harry will loop from 30 to 40 fair sized fish in a couple of hours time. Fishing with rod and line may be well hem. a game of skill. If there are any fish in a stream a skilled looper will catch them at will, Last Sabbath was preaching day for sure. It was the regular day of service for the Presbyterians and by appoint. ment of their respective Elders the M. E’s. and the Evangelicals held commun. ion services. Rev. Hartzler, for eight years a missionary in Japan, preached three interesting sermons for the people of the Evangelical Association, Misses Lillian and Elsie Krise are visiting relatives in Johnstown. One Meal a Day for Years, Rev. John J. Eberle, a well-known local preacher of Pottstown, has been living on one meal a day for 30 years and is in excellant health, He cele. brated his 67th birthday last week. He says from his youth up he was a con. stant sufferer from a complication of diseases, and resolved to adopt the one meal a dar custom to see if his health hale and vigorous old man. An Ugly Weapon, One day last woek George Rupp and Frank Deitweiler, both of Aaronsburg, and who for a number of years had received a blow from 2 pitch fork in the hands of Deitweiller that knocked ~Cabinet photos $1.50 per doz. —this Is no advertising fake but a genuine cut ~at Shaeffer's gallery. ~Mingle's shoe stce= “=ories a larger stock than ever. Solid goods and fair prices are the inducements, ¥ i Business Men | the hardware dealer, has ‘been subject | vel all were sur. which occurred here on Monday about | still able to move | business warm personal friends |’ ast week was a busy one for com- | hey caught were little | termed chance fishin~ while looping is | would be benefited, and now he is al MARRIAGE LICENSES Tssned During the Vast Week Taken ¥Vrom the Docket Geo, W. Wiley, Clearfield and Miss Mary E. Woomer, Snyder twp., Blair county, Juling FF. Files Miss Hamer, both of Philipsburg, | George Bratdorf and Miss Annie M. | Doebler, voth of Rebersburg. i | i i i | fund Mattie A Mistake, i Last Monday the court house janitor found in the stair way matting that looked as Up- A spot about three inches square | though it had been charred by fire, ou this ground one of our town papers | Calne out In a sensational article stating | that an attempt had been made to burn {down the court house. They pictured {to their readers how a bon-fire bad been {built in the stairway. but complish its work. There | in such sensational bosh and the writer aid not ac- 5 No RISE of the article certainly ust have been mighty at the time he wrote it. Har ily any one we ha Sl W the nia vie pia that there was 0’ lock, i i SCATe Dad al east 8, it Induced mis 0 have new locks placed upon he doors in the building and here. he main hall d This has hat place at 1 t OSs Will De Closed td Deen needed ng nights is a resort _ uestionable classes, Dead Best Jailed ! a te He . n he saw strike The fel. a Vifit and nd later wor ore with it SOON , and Policeman 0 step in and take the stran- | ger to the lock-up. He name {a8 McPherson and said be is an inmate | of the soldiers home at Erie, Pa. The { fellow will be held until the authorities { Garis had t gave his { can find out more about their man. drogen and up out in loded for the purpose of Balloons filled with & \ y OXYRen gas are to be sent Rr | Kansas and « x} | producing rain ‘laimed that con- 0 have caused a n ¢ atmosphere and in the y a us to ope Lo prevent long Ove 0 make ood =o A NEW» Bellefonte Grain Market Corrected weekly Ww Jackson &C¢ y Geo White wheat | Red wheat Kye, per bushel wt Corn, ears per bushel Te Corn, shelled per bushel Te { Oats-~new per bushel Po] {| Barley, par bushel $6 | Buckwheat, per bush 5 Cloversesd per bushel Mio mm Ground plaster, per ton — 50 bushe] —————— & 1 per per bushel PROVIMONS, GROCERIES &C. weekly by Bower & Co.) Apples, dried per pound... Cherries dried per pound, seeded Dried Currants, per pound New Raisins, per pound Beans per quart a — Onions, per bushel w— Butter, perpound on Cheese, perpound. «nen Tallow, per pound | Country Shoulders Sides Hams Hams sugar cured Breakfast Bacon... Lard, per pound... .... - ERES Per domen oes Potatoes per bushel... Dried Beef chipped Canned Beef per can ————————— Canned Tomatoes per oil... Canned Corn per can Lemons per dog... Sma ! Dried Sweet Corn per pound. eo oon. (8% oorrected TO THE INVESTOR : READ! The Safest and Best In- vestment in the World is stock in the National ( ‘api- tal Savings, Building and Loan Society of North America. Better Than a Bavings Bank! Because it pays about four times the Interest Because the loans are better sven on the same security, Better Than a Western Mortgage! Recause It pays three times as mueh interest Because loans are made on established values, Better Than an Insurance Policy! Because you do not have te die to win, Because you get the profits of your invest. ment at any thee you wish to withdraw it. Because you protect yourse!! as well as your family, Better Than Government Bonds! Because It pays three times the interest. Beouuse you ean realize quicker and it is Just as safe, Better Than Railroad Stock! Recause there it more drofits and Botink. The above reasons are why w0 many people take stock In this Society. Por any farther in formation apply W. P. KUHN, Acexr. Bellefonte, Pa,
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