8 THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA., FEBRUARY 14, 1001, The The March Delineator , will help U decide on styles and materials for spring dressmak- ing. Fashion Sheets and Pat- terns for March now ready. Racket. pi a i The “Surprise Party” stops with the closing of the doors, Saturday night, February 16th to be followed by our I2th Annual Midwinter Clearance Sale which commences Mon- day, February 18th and closing February 28th. Having carried out the Surprise party, should sign it and help to make a wrong right, Stackey Brown and Brown McNitt, of Milroy, made their annual jolly trip through this valley; they liven things up as they go. D. H. Ruhl had another paralytic stroke which paralized his right side, W. H. Runkle and family, landlord of the Centre Hall hotel, stopped off an en- tire day on their way to York, to visit their relatives ; on Thursday they start- ed for their future home. Mrs. R. G. Kenneley and old mother Kenneley, are on the sick list. Luther Emerich and family, of Centre Hall, spent Saturday with our jolly good fellow, Hiram Durst, Geo. Huss, of Johustown, has come to stay and open the oid boot and shoe shop, where he will do all kinds of re- welcomed his return, John Lloyd and Daniel Runkle had a foxey law suit last Thursday ; better not hunt foxes, if you cant agree any better than that, Moshar non. pairs and new work ; he will not move | his family till spring —his many friends | urday. | by getting a new Portland sleigh; it's a Hublersburg. The snow and the blizzards have caused a great many drifts along the roads at this place. A sledding party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Miller one night last week was an enjoyable one ; the refresh ments were as follows : taffy, ice cream and cake and lots of amusements, A. A. Pletcher and daughter were in our vicinity on Saturday. Our merchant, T. I. Kessinger, was busy filling his ice house on Saturday. A sled load of our young folks attend. ed the dance at Mackeyville one night | last week. The writer hopes they had | a good time even if one of them did get | sick on the way home, | Mrs. L. BE, Swartz and two little sons | took the benefit of the sleighing on Sat- | Our school director, H., D. Vonada,! | was busy supplying the schools in this | | section with fuel on Saturday ; no danger { of the scholars freezing if they know how | Lo use it, | Tom Kessinger made an improvement | Pine Grove Mills. | Mr. ground hog is controlling the weather with a vengeance at present, With his weather we are having snow almost constantly and high winds, with the result that the roads are about all closed. Next Tuesday is election and every voter should turn out and help elect the best man to office, regardless of their political faith, . The schools are preparing to have special exercises on the 22nd Hope | the parents will turu out in force oun that day. Mrs. Henry Snyder, of White Hall, is very low with pleura poeumonia. Her | friends are dispairiv g of her life, Will Yarnell, who has been home on | a visit, expects to leave for Ohio on Fri- day, where he has a good position, On Tuesday evening there was a birth. | day party for Jas. Fortney who was 62 | years at that time, There was quite a number there, and some expected to go in a sled but, when the time came to go the team did not materialize and such faces as were made would have been PEGIAL. ANNOUNGEMENT OF LYON & CO. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED (09 Ys. or Embroidery worthy a painter’sstudy. After studying and lamenting for sometime they finally prevailed on of the gentlemen to | secure another team and at a late hour reached the party | fine one. Party, original program, to the entire satisfaction of our custo-| Mrs. Bowman and daughter, of Al | toona, have been visiting at the home of mers, we ask U to test the 12th | Thomas Fleming, who has been quite ill, | The quilting party which took place at | | the home of Mrs, G. F. Hoy last Thurs day met with good success, work was some in lengths of 1 1-2 to 6 yards. These goods are Racket can do for U. clearance and see what The| ——— GC. R SPIGELMYER CORRESPONDENTS DEPARTMENT | drove to Howard last Sunday to spend | } present. CONTINUED FROM 7TH PAGE Howard. Hello, here we are again; mighty good sleighing did it. A four-borse load went from this place to Lemont on Thursday afternoon. James and Walt Pletcher were home | on Sunday. { [| to next load went home the On Friday night a sled lock Haven and came morning Roy All bome from | lebanon, on Monday, at which place he graduated as book keeper ison returned from Belle- | Taylor's on ly good A load of about 60 came fonte and stopped at C. E. Wednesday eve and had a {ime until morning Harry Thomas mother; he expects Wednesday. J visiting his | until after home stay 18 JLo Quite a number of our people attend- | ed the funeral of John Leathers at Mt Eagle on Sunday. Dolan Gardoer, of Romola, was buried on Saturday at Blanchard ; relatives and frien is of this notwithstand- ing thephad weather, atiendgd the funeral John Lucas and of Mosban- pon, were guests of C. C. Lucas over Sum- day; while here John didn't miss taking his best girl sleighing Harry William he past the Pp ace, mother, s employed with at Altoona, | parents and week Rebers Herman Viehdorfer was a recent vis- itor to our town, Joe Fleming and family, of Morrisdale, are visiting his parents. Miss Mary Foresman spent a few days | during the week at Clearfield. { Margaret Lov, of Pine Glen, was visit- | ing friends in this place lately, Mr. and Mrs. Dave the funeral of her brother, John Leathers, at Curtins on Sunday. Frank Zimmerman and Irene Lucas the dav with friends. The grip is quite prevalent in our com- | munity, there being a number of cases | at preseut, Squire Yeager has been quite ill the | past few weeks, but is able to be around | again, T last Thursday evening. A sled load of the young folks of our town enjoyed a very pleasant evening at the home of Harvey Harm at Snow Shoe | last Thursday evening. While John Spencer was driving to work one morning last week, he got in a snow drift and upset his sled. The rattle | of some tools he had with him scared his horse and caused it to run away; after making two or three circles in an open field he ran caught. DeATH :—Thomas Hobbins died at his | home near here last Thursday morning, | alter being ill for several months with typhoid fever. The deceased was 21 years old, the funeral took place on Sat. urday moming; interment cemetery at Snow Shoe. Dien :—~Mrs. Norton, oue of the oldest residents of this community, suddenly nt int | passed away on Thursday night, after an illness of a few hours of apoplexy | She was 75 years old and leaves to mourn and four sons, Ulysses, Charley, Ly- The funeral was Faus officiating Askey cemetery loss one daughter namely Mary, sanders and held ofi Sunday, interment in the her Scott Rev Patrick Flanigan and daughter Molly attended the funeral of Willie O'Conner, ! of Houtzdale, last Saturday 1 Walnut street, is at ) to the home with a pam in toe sae W. T. Leathers is house with grip ed to the filled bh of gox wi] ice Everybody have their at this piace wilh Geo Williams day night from reporis no snow ice uses ots arrived home on Satur: the southern states ; he at in that tion, Se a Ammon Gramley and family, of Clintondale, visited friends ut this place on Monday and Tuesday Clara Strunk, daughter of Charles Strank, had her foot mashed the past week while trying to board passing sleds | loaded with ice. Thisshouid be a warn- mg to others Miss Garis, of Bellefonte, was her Mrs. C. E. place the past week visiting sister Taylor at this It is rumored that we are to have an- other meat market and another bakery in town in the spring ; let the good work go on, there is still room for one more, | $0 says the old saying Will Woodward, son of Hon. John A Woodward, formerly of this place, but late of Pittsburg, made a flying trip to | of the young folks of Snow ! Keck, | rived but better late than never, a sled load viz Irwin, Clara Yeathers, Annie Catherine Beezer, Lida Smith, Miss Lucas and Flora Penny, Ray Gilli Last Wednesday evening Shoe, Helen | land, Joe Shope, Paul Irwin, Blair Yar. nell and Bardon lorrah came to our town and stopped at the residence of | {| T. Lucas, where they were met by a few | of the Moshannon people, namely | tie Miller, Lot Maud Confer, Minnie Culver, Prank Holt, Fred Lucas, Frank Zimmer man, J. Edward Waite and Miles Crown. over. It was rather late when they ar. They very pleasantly, passed the evening | playing charades and other games after whi'h refreshments were served, and left for home at the early hour of one o'clock All apparently had a wood | time especially B. Y., who wanted to stay. When a little girl cries for things, it is | pretty sure too bring things to a cry sis, Pleasant Gap. Mis. Henry Twitmeyer is seriously ill { with la grippe The Misses Bell, seamstresses, left this place where he was a guest of his | Pleasant Gap and located in Bellefonte, father and mother The Howard school is preparing for a | fue entertainment on birthday. | A strange thing occurred this morning, George Tipton lost his cow and where do you suppose he found her? She had one up steps into the hay mow and at this writing they had not got her down yet. It was a miracle the way she got up and likely it will be a miracle to get her down, Gur advice to Tipton would be to throw the hay all down and per. haps the cow would come down, George Smith has been laid up with the grip for the past week, but we are glad to say he is able to be around again. The grip has got a hold of the scribe. Spring Mills Good sleighing and tired horses. There are several applicants for the post office ; watch the plum tree. Quite a number attended the horse sale at Millbeim on Monday. A.J. Graden, after being housed with theumatism, is able to attend to h shoe shop 0. T. Corman, of the grocery, is run. ping a fresh fish market with his store, Geo. Dankle, the old veteran and wall paper dealer, is not in the best of health, Mr. Thompson, a Milroy merchant for | many years, put his scribe on the hotel | register last week one day. Have you signed ex sheriff J. Condo's paper to redeem some of the money which he was made to pay so unjustly for the Ethinger affair at Wood- ward? Hvery tax payer, irrespective of | Success go with you Meyer, the Commissioner, visited at the Washington's | home of Joseph Tressler last week and took in part of the convention. A State College sledding party visited the home of A. V. Miller, one evening last week. Mrs. George Hile is visiting at her husband's home, in this place. The convention, held in the Methodist church the past week, was a success in every sense of the word, Professors Swartz and Twitmeyer conducted the | convention and they are both old hands at the work. Misses Anna Brooks, Clara Gentzel and Minnie Twitmeyer, acted as organists. The convention was composed entirely of home talent with the excep of five singers Messrs, Tressler, Stover and Gentzel, Misses Edna and Martha Miller, of Centre Hall, A party of young people, of this place, got up a sledding party and went to the e of B. 8. Miller, of Centre Hal, on Tuesday evening of last week. After wading drifts for some time they arrived at their destination about g o'clock. They were hungry as bears and did ample justice to the refreshments served by Misses Martha and Edna, consisting of ice cream, cake, fruit and popcorn. After playing, “spoon” for a while we wended | our way over the mountain about 2 0 | o'clock. We enjoyed the evening finely and thank our hostess heartily, A Is signature is on every box of the genuine Laxative Ne Tablets the remedy that enres a cold in one day Lucas attended | { held in the Evangelical church last Fri | day evening was a failure on account of . Lucas attended the funeral of | | John Leathers. The Epworth League held a social | meeting at the bome of H. Z. Bierly, on into a barn where he was | he Catholic | i Wm { my church alone, | ward, his former kept up. { done to satisfaction and dinner and sup- per with good results; ten composed the number of women present. | Polly Yarnell was to mill one day last week getting some chop to feed up his old stock once, | Our noted farmer, W. E. Kessinger, bought himself a team of horses from | Jerry Snook of Mingovilie, Bear in mind the election on Tuesday. The Graphophone concert which was the cold weather; there were but few The primary Reformed Sunday School class were out for a sled ride last Friday afternoon John Hov, Jr. and wife were visiting friends at Nittany one day last week, | | A few of the wells at this place are dry. | W. T. Mayes, our noted huckster, is | sick with the grip and under the care of the doctor at present. We are sorry to note that Mrs, Harry Weaver is laid up with la.grippe. | le at. Reformed | A great many Mingoville tended the services at the church on Sunday evening. J. P. Correll, editor and proprietor of the Easton Sunday Call and Easton Sen. tinel, expects to be in Hublersburg on Tuesday, the 12th, Rev well peos Searls expects to preach his fare. sermon on Sunday next Geo. Harpster who bas been away for some time is home again Woodward. The protracted meeting in progress at this place is well attended ; while every body is taking advantage of the good sleighing L. D Omdorf intends starting out his official tour as mercantile appraiser on Monday 11th. He will bave quite a trip until he sees every store-keeper and talks a few words on Our organized fox chasers are still un. successful, having tried all kind of strategy they say, the fox very sly anima The more can still sa ace has | than on soldiers, not for the Philip a journey a troublesome rid of stri The OWS Sheasliey, a boy, Robt, Stover, a boy ; population of this p on the inlre nen the de cline mostly pine war, but for troublesome through wars, monopolies, and robberies happy fami Boob, a girl ; I. D Sayder, a boy and soon, jes are blessed as fo! {sen Jonas Musser, who resided east Feidler, deid on Wednesday the 6th, and was burned on Saturday ¢'h of Luther Musser and Ed. Kettner, who were caught in the fall of Theodore Hostermans sawmill roof, are improving, Ketner went 10 work again, but Musser is unable to walk yet without crutches. The storm on Saturday night has filled the cross roads to the brim It seems a little dangerous for some of our ministers in their daily ministerial visits. Aaron says [ want them to leave I want no more in sinoating, or he has to take a licking or I will ; no wonder the Bible says, we are in a world of strife. A few days ago while |. S. Snyder was taking Miss Mary Eby, (teacher) to her school, he thought he needed somebody to do housework; so he drove to the house of Jacob Fultz where he engaged Miss Ida Fultz; on his way bome his horse suddenly turned at a snow drift, empyling out every thing in the sleigh even down to a rope halter ; as luck hap- pened the horse stopped while things were gathered up and the journey re- sumed. Clayton Boob, who had been holding forth at one of Harter Bros , lumber jobs, 3 miles north of Woodward, and was also boss sawyer and running a board ing house, has lately moved to Wood. place of residence. Loddie feels as happy as a convict re- leased from prison on a life sentence She says "no more wild animal life for me." Mingoville. | Mr Gebheart and family were up to Samuel Sprowls one evening last week. They spent the evening with fun and amusement, with their graphophone. There was another large shooting match at Hecla, on Saturday the oth and was well attended from Ric gn avenue, I. W., you had better take your skunk traps home, for Billy is coming around again, and he has forgot that he used to trap skunks before the club house was here, The Hecla school was closed on Fri. day, on account of the death of our school teachers grand father, Mr, Bridge. ! Rebersburg. | The Rebersburg sick list is still well The following are suffering with grip: Fara, daughter of 0. F, Stover, Hon. Henry Meyer, Geo. Win. ters, Fred Fekl and R, BE. Musser and wife, Revival services are going on in the United RBvangelical church in spite of the gener al prevalence of griv. Mrs. Lottie Kel er went to Tyrone the {other day. ’ Beech Creek. Mrs. Edna McCaskey arrived in Ma- nila, Luzon, ou the tansport ““Hancock”’ over a week ago where she joined her husband, Lieut, Walter B. McCaskey, of the Twenty-first Infantry, U. §. A. The farmers’ institute, held under the auspices of Pomona Grange atithis place, last Thursday and Friday was fairly well attended Joseph R. Bumgarduer, a well known resident of Eagleville and aged about {sixty years, dled Sunday evening from paralysis which made him an invalid tor several years past. The deceased was never married. He is survived by one brother, David, of Eagleville, and three sisters, Mrs. Foresman ard Mrs. Thomas Winslow, of Eagleville, and Mrs. Fran ces Smith, formerly of Lewisburg, Pa | Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold Tablets » . ' \ No Cure, no Pay Laxative a cold in one day. Price 25 cents Bromo Quinine cure FROM WISCONSIN A native of Nittany valley, Canfield of the prominent IraCanfield, wany years dec'd dah, Wis., Jan. 28 Democrat 60 years ago came re y my father's office, in Nittany Hall; when I was a boy | took much interest in read ing it until I left the valley in the spring 1862 and | have never resided there -. th 1 since, although | son we of > 10 of often visit the old stamping grounds of boyhood days avd three years ago my ms ould only find but one of oldie 1 school- mates of 60 scars ago left to hid me wel come and talk of old times his name is B F. Shaffer, f Centre Ly I had number of the Demo- C at my cou tend irends ar ex shen] coun not seen a since | 2 unis ast summes ‘ when B. Curtin, of R Vand, Pa, kindly sent nn CB : When it reached me oy of the I thought 1 |} »i no lime thstand as two wav lo my table the read * a letter from home, J] once knew most of the farmers and all men in Nittany valley and many people in most of the villages io the county and now alibhough | few IAAT Dames in lems from Corres pondents in most of the old towns and many pew ones that have sprung up in the county since I left there, | am al ways very much interested in reading sketches from all these places and | have been the cause of more than one old resi. dent of Centre county subscnbing for the paper since in Kansas and other states in the west as well as some in Pa., and all like myself are not sorry they take the paper So many of my old friends have passed away since | was in Pa, three years and more ago, that I scarcely think I may go back again, but if my health will permit I may go back next summer and see once more the few friends left as well as the green hills and fertile valleys of my own native state Our state is afflicted in many places with small-pox and la grippe, while we have no cases of the former nearer than 30 miles off. but many cases of the latter disease are in our town and surrounding county with many deaths among the aged We have had some very cold weather here with but little sleighing, in. deed nome to speak of, three day ago it snowed about 3 inches and young and old are making good use of it. Our roads are very level with no stone to bother, hence we get fairly good sleighing out of two or three inches of snow; in the north ern part of the state, lumbermen report plenty of snow for logging, but there will | not be more than 50 per cent of the last year's crop put in this winter on account of McKinley's prosperity, C. irst to De the business see Dut To Correspondents, | When the columns of the Centre | Democrat are crowded for space we are obliged to condense correspondence by | omitting the least important items or | such as are already in type from other | sources. Correspondents should be | careful to write plainly all names of per- | sons and places, as such are not so easily | to make out as illegible words, which | can be guessed by the sense of the words | before and following. Avoid grudges | and offensive stings, and give happen- | ings and news items of interest, and | harmless “jokes.” Write only one side | of a sheet, Notice to Farmers, On and after December 15th we will | pot take anv' kind of grain on store at | our mill, We will, however, be in the ramket for cash grain constantly and | will pay the highest prices, so-tf PuorNix MiLrineg Co, | The fellow who cheats everybody one who talks about dishonesty in others, worth from 15¢. to 35c. per yard. We have as- sorted them in four lots at these prices : LOT NO. 1-Edging, 488 yards, at 6c. LOT NO. LOT NO. 3—Edging, 411 yards, at 12';c. LOT NO. 4—Insertion, 406 yds, at 15c. 2—Insertion, 400 yds., at 10c. These are values that cannot be duplicated anywhere at these prices. In addition to these we have our regular stock of fine new Embroideries and Laces, Insertions to match ; also early Spring Novelties, Dress Goods, Percales, Ginghams, &c. Luon & Go., - Belleonte THE GLOBE DRY GOODS, MILLINERY & CARPETS. Will you be in town this week ? See Our Show Window of Ladies Coats and Skirts. Prices Just One-half. THE GLOBE BELLEFONTE, PA KATZ & COMPANY. > “o-
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