THE CENTKE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. FEBRUARY 45, I M9, b] HAPPENINGS IN BELLEFONTE Local Events Briefly Told in a Few Lines PERSONALS, SOCIAL EVENTS | Don't miss Dr. Holloway's lecture in the court house. Landlord Henry Yeager spent the past week visiting friends at Altoona, J. 5. McCargar was indisposed last | week and kept indoors for several days. Mrs. A. M. Desendorfl, of Kansas, has made her home with her son at this [yas nlace | place What has Transpired During the Past Week Movements of our What Scribe Saw Worthy of Mention A People- the | Local Week's Local News in a Few Words Siler Watch our sale regi John Shrefller has been qui past week with the grip, home on Potter street, A seventy five horse wer I for the new electric light works “ 0 4 1 Hall has arrive been install Lawrence Gessmer went has accepted at that place i week, where he m in the glass works lacob Bickle, of Howard, moved 1 this week and will open house on 1 James M Chase, Jr Exchange Vesterd ay all her personal her future home at Falls Creek, P W. Harrison member of the their second ar mory. worn that evening ~— Thursday How 8s, of Be the alld of the OD re 1) phia, is h Nannie Orbison, on Cur treet is the first time Tom has been home he came back from Porto Rico n n During the past week numerous re. pairs and improvements have been made about the Garman house that add to their y a 4 Keep is equipment They always otel up to the highest standard The notice of the applications for liquor ficense appears in another part of There are forty-two at pres. About a this issue ent, about the usual number have } half dozen new ations een filed. nol appl Ou nt of the extreme cold 0 ac weather the workmen at the scale works A \ un it were compe cQ 14 warmer The 1 i other Lyons an ittshurg, are [3 amily of E Mrs. Lyons will side in the handsome cottage owned by William On Monday the steam beat plant, at this place, was in a predicament. Their supply of coal run low, and there was no | at present staying with the s 1 during the summer, re ’ 1S ’ Orvis on Linn street Nichol, on Curtin street assurance, owing to the blockade, as to | when a new supply would arrive. For half a day wood was used to fire the boilers and while the blizzard was raging the pressure began to go down, For. tunately that evening two carload of fuel came in over the Central and our people felt easier. Landlord Al Garman spent Sunday in Bellefoute, He came up to meet other members of the family who assembled at the home of Daniel Garman, on Sunday, in honor of their father's Soth birthday anniversary. Owing to the severe weather Robert, of Coatsville, Pa. ; Dick, of Philadelphia ; and Mrs. Minnie Mait- land, of Willlamsport, were unable to be present. Barring a recent attack of the grip, Mr. Garman has been enjoving good health and is as hearty and active as many men of younger years. | date for the office of sheriff | ment inserted in the paper Phila- nm Ollie Miller left last week for delphia where he has secured a posit at his trade On Sunday night Dr. Holloway will preach a sermon in the Lutheran church, + Religion of Washington epted the welicionte ac POS ’ ream Harry Shower Wednesday into morning the trains ing about on saturday h doubtes has favorable for the grain ror rog Res Goodling, of the Evangelic al church, is holding very successfp] res val seryices in his church on Willowbank street On Sunday evening nearly a dozen young people arose to their feet and asked an interest in the prayers of the Christian people that gathered there the the On Friday evening the roof at am heat works caught fire fre mm 1. The fire d § responded in short order and Kk becoming heates e. extinguished the flames Mr 1 iwp., was amuel Harpster, ! in town and circulated among his many friends and announced that be would be a candi He did not fail to call around and have his announce Mr Harp. . | ster is a sterling democrat and will make & Vigorous campaign. -J1. D. Miller, of Hublerburg, drop. ped in our office last week, just as the KLONDYKE BREEZES. | | During the past week we have been getting our mails at any old hour of the | day. Notbing has been certain or sure, and there is no use in kic king Nearly every train coming into Bellefonte has been late and few people are traveling. Business among our merchants is pricii- The the thermometer registered was'12 degrees cally at a standstill lowest | ee ] below zero, at Snow Shoe, In Bellefonte at some points it was down to 22 of the children could not and 24 below zero Several sess held, as tand the sever 100s were not weather, and ol in sever ome the little ones badly frosted by the col ably has been the longes cold weather known The Centre or many above may not he news county reader for the benefit of who reside in the on the Pacific Slope know that Centre WHAT DOCTORS THINK OF RUBBERS JOSEPH W. BAILEY alley gave no prom He when ten rillilancy or greatness know the alphabet years old, nor the difference between a preposition and an adverb when sixteen His early vears were an intellectual waste, and he was expelled from the i university of Mississippi in the middle had himself to the head ot his class of the course, although he worked From this time he became excee lingly 1 ndustrious, and when twenty years old graduated frona a law school When twenty-seven he was first elect rss, where he at once be AME CONS : by his oratory and of that town th against es of Taking the chan he urges his brother merchants trade lost nothing, and he 10 follow his example A few years ago, ome merchants in the northern suburbs of New York City combined to resist the blandishments and mmplied threats of solicitors for They pledged each other that any one of their number who adver tised in a program or a ‘souvenir’ should forfeit $500. When the canvasser came around, this arrangement was ex. lodges, clubs, el last copy of the paper went through the plained to him, and he was invited to press, to order his announcement as a candidate for County Treasurer. ofr course it had to wait until this issue, Mr. Miller isa pleasant gentleman and has hosts of iriends who will support him, and comes from a democratic stronghold, “This year our townsman, Wm. T. Speer, with a merry twinkle in his eye and a jolly good word for everybody, will canvass the democratic vote of Centre county for the nomination for County Treasurer. He Is one of those good. natured fellows who makes you lee! good wherever you find him. His announce. ment appears in another column of this issue, prove that an advertisement in the me. dium be represented would bring in more than $500. This usually ended the discussion, ~The local politicians are busy this week. Where 1s our Board of Trade’ What has become of our enterprising business men’ A large insane asylum will be located in the central portion of the state and while other towns are making a strong effort to secure this institution, our people have done nothing. What is wrong’ Let a meeting be called at once. Centre county can get it; it is worth | fighting for, chool | | | IN THE COURT HOUSE Intelligence Gathered from Various Offices, MARRIAGE Legal LICENSES, § Edward Morrison, Fleming { Maggie M., Hoover, . ‘ LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION To H. H. Harshbarger upon the estate of Catherine Harshbarger late of Belle fonte boro To Margaret E of Wm. Lytle, de twp Lytle upon the est d, li of Ha ale fmoon KULES FOR LENT ¢ who cannot easily mmon law of the church of abstinence the year, except Fri PR. H.C HOLLOWAY'S LECTURE Among the many press notice Holloway's lecture, we clip tl rs, the followis Very [4 ary one from the “Amer ed to Con. | * The t { Mount Yesuvius were a rich treat to the gent andience If the man would take counsel as a lecturer, we would advise uance in this new field Insights’’ met with universal and delighted all.’ nite reverend his Ax “Sights gentle of SUCCess min and pproval lecture, the Be sure and hear this in court house, Monday Feb. 27th For the benefit of the Lutheran charch on evening at o'clock, Admission cts Vor the Stamping of Letters Before very Jong letters mailed or re ceived at the Rellefonte post office will be stamped by electricity. A machine for this purpose is to be placed in posi. tion and will soon be in working order, A dynamo of one-third horse power is used and the result is very rapid work, it being geared to 400 per minute and it | It is known | does its work like a charm, as the Barr. Fyke stamping machine and is rented by the government, expedite the business of the office toa great extent and besides is a vast im. provement on the old hand stamp, the postmark made by this latter often being illegible. Persons using the mails will confer a favor upon the “‘stamper” by placing their stamps on the upper right hand corner of the envelopes, "nt will | RECENT DEATHS JACOB WiLson Died Weduesday morning at his home on on Bishop street, after an illness of several years with con. sumption Aged 29 leave to his Sarah Wilson, and the Years mourn his Jone mother Mrs following broth ers and sis Spring Mills Mills; Calvin Andrew Wil ter George | isher, of AM Condo, of Pollers Wi SON of Lock Haven and nton Co years ago he hardware st He ore ) Col d last Ma went t " hit f Mt. Eagle, Centre years old. Her ma wn, She is sure and ber mot} buried at M Jou» HARPSTER ed at tilda Saturday evening and buried at that place on Monday evenis on He was 56 years of age Mas. Joux B burr, Saturday, of apoplexy, aged 74 Rown-—~Died at Green years. She is survired by two sons and five daughters L » » Hexry Breck Died at Wilkensborg, Pa., near Pittsburg, Pa., Wednesday evening, Time of funeral unknown » » LL SAmuRL Lvons—Died on Tuesday evening, at his home near Curtin's works Aged 88 years; four sons survive, » » Mus. Gro. Brron--At Spring Mills, | Feb, 61h ; age 72 years. Puweral at the ‘ross church. \d A daughter of G. Ream, near Penns | Cave, died last Sunday ; aged 2 years, | - » LL Mus. Karyn HALL-Was buried at Unionville, on Friday. HOODS a oure Liver His, Bi lousness, Easy tota Jo:. Horne & Co. OF DRESS GOODS FOR SPRING . . . . . I'h some Spring Dre ICFs Are ary PITTSE UR Je PE NN'A {am Mas I Farina | head of b head farm my s and i Robert Valentine farm ne Bh ‘ Ma sonth east of Pelletonte Wm. Goheen. anetionees TUBSDAY, Maen 2B MeClellan Rossms will sell s miles west of oe Grove Mis 1 span of mules § young mares, Bisck Pereh con sialon, young cattle, broad sew. shoals fara implements and a Jot of househo'd gowns Kale at WWa'ciock. Wr Goheen, sort ioness i eattie “met ? ww! ’ m Am Bellefonte Markets, The following prices are paid by SecuLrs & Co, fer produce Potatoes per bushe! Unions, per bushel Regt per doren Lard, per pound Tallow, per pound... Butter, por pound. nnn . a A Sorracted weakly by Gerberieh Male Red wheat per bushel Rye, per bushel Corn, sar per Sashel.... Corn, shel ey Jo bushel Oats, per Iv che) Bariey, per bushel v In " " » » ——
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