2 a, > i . THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONT HAPPENINGS ABOUT TOWN The Local News Compiled During the Week BRIEFLY TOLDIN A FEW LINES Movements of Our People—Personal Mention, Society Events—What Has Transpired Worthy of Men- tion—Short Paragraphs —Miss Flora Love, of Centre Hall, spent Sunday in Bellefonte, —'‘How many preachers will take? —Five new public sales were added to our list during the past week. +The County Commissoners were out | inspecting | to Karthaus Mouday bridges. on ~—A “Commercial’”’ now “United, etc" | telephone has been placed in this office during the past week. ~ Mrs, Simon Harper, of Centre Hall, is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. H. Der. stine, of North Penn street. —A few.stray robbins are on hand. In this case the early bird is not likely | to get the worm—but may get it in the | neck. ~—W. F. Cohick and family are now living 20 miles from Mr. Cohick is slowly health. improving ~The “Varsity’'' basket ball team of | State College, will meet the Company B | — Ai ; | Fair association estimate their flood dam. | team on the Armory floor, on Friday evening at 8:30. —H. 8. Haffley, of Aaronsburg, on his way to Renovo railroad shops to accept | in the cabinet department, | a position paid us a call Saturday. —W. Harrison Walker, Esq., expects to be a temporary widower for a few weeks as Mrs. Walker will visit her par- ents at Pleasantville, Pa. ~If you are moving this spring please | notify us early in case you change your postoffice address. Be particular to give the oLD as well as the NEw address, —Oune month only until the trout fishing season opens, April 1sth. Since the high water the sucker fishermen have been making nice catches in Spring Creek. — Harry McManaway, who had been | clerking in Shaffer's grocery store the past winter, moved to Millheim this week where he expects to engage in business. ~Mrs. Joseph Steinkechner, of Bush's Addition, who is in ber eighty fifth year, fell from a porch at her residence Mon- day afternoon sustamiog a fracture of the hip bone. ~—E. L. McKelvey and son Master Carl paid our office a visit on Saturday, to see how a paper is gotten up. The young man is a regular reader of this paper and wanted to know how the thing is dome. ~The Ladies of the Episcopal church announce that they will hold a Rummage Sale on Friday and Saturday, April 11th and 12th, in the vacant store room om Allegheny street, door to Irvin's Book Store, ~McCalmont & Co. will soon be mov. ing their large store to the Bush Arcade. next n order to save handling of goods they | are offering special inducements on all goods. See their advertisement in an. other column. ~A number of new advertisements in this issue will be noted. Among them others. should interest you. declares those stories published in our last issue to be absolutely untrue, Whoever started them must have had a | fertile imagination. Even if untrue, they were pot bad jokes. ~Mrs. Noah Weaver was a caller on | her return from a six month's visit to her grand-daughters in northern New York. . She returns to Woodward to make sale of her personal effects, and will then return to make home with her relatives in York state, ~The Model Shoe store in Temple Court, at this place, was closed last week and the affairs will be settled under the bankruptcy act. An appraisment of stock was made this week; the liabilities are large. The store was conducted by V. J. Bauer, for the past five years. Justice of the Peace, (recently elect- ed) W. Galer Morrison, now of Roland, Pa., transacted business in town on Mon- day. He now is the active member of the firm of Parker & Co., who will con: tinue the mercantile business at that point, as successors to J. M. Parker dec’d. ~<Our down. town bookstore man, Geo, Bush, emphaticaily denies the published story of his experience at Milesburg, during the flood. The rumor seems to have been started by several individuals at Milesburg, and was told us by mis. informed parties as a fact. We learned since it to be untrue, After a suspension of several years the Bellefoute Club was successfully re- organized on Monday night, the follow. ing officers were chosen : President, Dr, George F. Harris ; vice president, H. B. Fenlon ; secretary, Edmund Blanchard ; treasurer, John M. Shugert, a location will be selected later, you | El Paso, Texas. | in | ciass, are Sechler & Co., Montgomery & Co., | Sim the Clothier, McCalmont & Co., and All have something to say that | military investigation at Clearfield where | Several soldiers during an inspection in. ~Our Street Commissioner positively ~T. H. Ohl, merchant of Clintondale, was a pleasant caller on Tuesday. ~B. F. Miller has been appointed postmaster at Carroll, in Sugar valley. Mrs, Thomas Shaughnessy, Sr., is | seriously ill suffering from hemorrhages. ~Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Borches Sunday. ~Miss Grace Armor is visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs, Cladue Jones, in Tyrone. Miss Carrie Swartz, of Williams- B. Klamp. ~Mr. and { over Sunday. —Mrs. B. C. Achenbach, Haven, is spending a few days Bellefonte friends. | visit with relatives in the states of Ken- tucky and Indiana, returned home Tues- | day. | —Samuel Diehl, the poor overseer, re. quests that all orders issued by him, be | presented before April 1st and they will | be paid. ~James Cornelly, arrived here from Pittsburg, on Tuesday, having gone | through a severe siege of pneamonia in the Smoky City. —On account of the serious illness of | her daughter, Mrs. Corl Lilidah!, were | summoned from Altoona. The officers of the Centre County age far less than was first estimated. The track will be rebuilt as soon as the weather becomes settled. —J. Kelly, of Roland, is going to have { sale on the 24th of this month and called f that purpose, to have bills printed for He thinks two weeks notice sufficien to invite the public to come to his sale. Andrew Gregg, of Lemont, bas suffi. ciently recovered from a serious attack Jan. of malaria, which laid him . in up in uary, to come to Bellefonte on Saturday, looking a | thin from his illness. — Mrs. Emil Joseph was hastily sum. moned Friday to ber mother's bedside who is seriously 1! at her bome New v husband, two children and Harry Holtz, in rk City. She was accompanied by her ~J. S§. Housman, the man who was re-elected Justice of the Peace in Potter twp, for the fourth term was a pleasant caller on Monday. He has been a good official, which accounts for this recogni tion. E R. Owens, of Axemann, has re f the 3 of and is mn signed his position as teacher Addition clerk in the Potter-Hoy bardware store school in Bush's w Harry Hartsock has taken charge of his school. Howard C. Yeager, of Patton, Cam. bria county, civil and mining engineer, is interested in lumbering and coal opera- tious, also president of a water company in Clearfield county, which received its charter this week, Mr. and Mrs. J. Milheim, who were paid a visit to friends H recently Reiffsuvde r, of married, in Bellefonte and favored us with a call last week and saw the large edition of the Centre Democrat being printed, folded and mailed The entertainments held in the court house this winter under auspices of the W.C.T. U, of Bellefonte, closed their | winter series on Friday even with a large house, All the entertainments were first and without any features, ot jectionable ~Captain H. 8. Taylor, who held the dulged in a fierce and drunken fight, has made bis report to the department and the result will soon be announced. Sev. severe lesson. with modern fixtures among the articles that will be offered at the public sale of J. M. Parker estate, Roland, Pa., Wed. of the most successful beemen there and these articles are of exceptional value to anyone interested. ~The members of the Logan Fire Company of Bellefonte, are heavy losers; the other day they found that moth were at work in their wardrobe where they keep about forty dress uniforms consist. ing of large overcoats and caps. Nearly every garment was damaged and the most of them are beyond repair, literally in pieces and fall apart, They were worth over $400. Both caps and coats are ruined. They kept the outfit in a close dark room with a liberal supply of moth balls scattered around, and felt se. ~Spring weather has broken in on us, | left for their Knoxville, Tenn,, home on | port, is visiting her sister Mrs. George | Mrs. J. Fred Kurtz, of | | Lewisburg, were visitors in Bellefonte | of Lock | with | — Miss Sallie Baum, after an extended { Mrs. David Barlett her son Sidney and | eral of the participants will learn a | ~-Persons interested in honey bees will | find a valuable lot of bees, 38 colonies, | nesday, April and, Mr, Parker was one | RECENT DEATHS. Cor. JAMES T. STUART :—died at his home in Boalsburg on Thursday night 6th, after a week's illness with pleurisy and pueumonia aged 65 years. Colonel Stuart was a native of Centre county, He was lieutenant colonel of the 49th regiment Pennsylvania volunteers and | served with distinction throughout the civil war, He was an elder in the | Presbyterian church, Colonel Stuart is | survived by a wife and four sons and | two brothers, John W. Stuart, postmaster | at State College and Harry Stuart, post. master at Sandy Ridge, also one sister, | Miss Priscilla, who lives in the old home- stead at Boalsburg. Colonel Stewart served three years and ten months as a | soldier in the Forty.ninth Pennsylvania | volunteers, and had a splendid war | record. He enlisted at Boalsbuig August 31, 1861, in Company G, of the Forty- | ninth, and was appointed second ser. | geant; March 16, 1862, was commissioned second lieutenant of his company ; No- vember 16, 1862, first lieutenant ; Decem- ber 12, 1863, transferred to new company G, and commissioned captain of the com. pany February 25, 1564; January 4, 1865, detailed at sharpshooters’ headquarters; April 6, 1865, commissioned brevet ma- jor; June 1, 1865, mustered as major; June 1, '62, detailed as inspector general; { July 14, 1865, commissioned lieutenant. colonel ; discharged July 15, 1865. Colo- nel Stewart was wounded November 7, | 1863, at Rapahannock Station, and May 10, 1564, at Spottsylvania Court House, Virginia. Interment was made at the Branch cemetery on Monday, Rev. D. E. Hepler, his pastor, officiating. his home, in this place, on Tuesday morning from acute Bright's disease. He had a previous attack and was sub. ject to the ailment and exposure during | the severe winter brought a fatal ter. mination, Mr, Adams born was in E, PA. MARCH 13, 1902, LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. Gathered From the Various Offices About the Court House, MARRIAGE LICENSES. E. Clayton Wagner Maud E. Gunsallus C. B. Lingle - Erma V. Jones - |. Hughes Burton Mrs. Ida Romig Henry J. Sones Jennie Biglow Adam B, Wolf Grace M, Page William Hockenberry . Bellefonte Lilah V, Shultz Milesburg REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Tuessyville Penn Cave Boggs twp Milesburg Bradenville, Pa Oak Hall Stormstown { Rebersburg . . Susan Sarvey to Kelley Bros., Jan. 15, 1902 ; lot No. 578 in Snow Shoe. $300. Geo. H. Houck, et ux to C. T. Fryber. ger, March 6, 1902 ; lot No. 26 in Rush twp. $700. Mary R. Harris, et baron to Wm } Musser, Feb, 11, 1992, 1 lot in Bellefonte, $1200. Sarah 8, Shope, et baron to Ella M. Cartwright, March 5, 1902; 2 Jots of land in Boggs. $0. Wesley Nevel, et ux to Howard Lingle, March 25, 1901; 4 acres in Potter twp. £300. Jonathan Harter, et ux, et al N. Long, Dec. 29, 1900; 1 lot heim. §i2s, Daniel Hall, et ux to H. D. Linder. muth, March 3, 1992; 1 lot in Unionville, $700. H. M. D. Loraine to William F. Holt, Trustee; Dec. 10 1901; 1-6 of 100 acres in Snow Shoe twp. $1. Samuel P. Irvin, et ux to B. FP. March 6, 1902; guson. $1000. to Oscar in Mill Davis, 107 6 10 perches in Fer. i 10, 1900 , . it T. FRANK ADAMS :—After an illness of | about a month T. Frank Adams died at | Bellefonte, November 29, 1855 and dur. ing his life bad lived in Howard and en- ] | gaged in the at | Milesburg. 90 he was elected a mercantile business In 18 commissioner of this county and served | for six years, as one of the democratic members of board and was a capable and . | eficient official. Since his retirement | : i from that office be was engaged as a traveling salesman for various bridge : companies, lastly being with the Owego | June 1883 he mar. | itl J Bridge Company ried Miss Lion Campbell, of Milesburg, i . 4 3 who with one son, Lee F., also | of | survive oue sister, Mrs. Frank Wagner, Milesburg ; and the following brothers : | Charles, William and George of Miles burg and Richard of Philipsburg was a member of the Methodist chn also of Bald Eagle Lodge, NO Hg 1 the $10 O.F Services Friday afternoon at house, interment in the Bellefonte BigrLy of Hon tiday after on Ww noon R. Bier! led on last F after two weeks, illness of measles Arthur was born at Williamsport, Dec He 1 the prime of life and in of 24. 188 was cut down it the fall Arthur disp making his age 24 years, bloom vigorous manhood laved talent of high order, be bad ability and affability, grace, charm, and wherever be went he was drawiog to himself hosts of admiring and kindness, friends. About six weeks ago be left his home in North Dakota, came east to take a complete mechanical course in the Type setting Machine Works of Brook lyn, N. Y. After finishing his course in three weeks, he came to Rebersburg to visit relatives and friends when this fatal illness overtook him. He was tenderly cared for by his aunt, Mrs. Wm. Frank, who lives on the old homestead and from this place his remains were taken and intered in the Union cemetery on the old family plot. The loss of Arthur is keen. ly felt by his grief stricken father apd friends. SAMURL EVERT :~died at bis home near Coburn, on Tuesday 4th, aged 68 Mr. Evert bad been sick for a long time, but was able to be up and about. A few days ago be took to his | bed and the end came very soon. Inter. | ment at Aaronsbarg, Friday morning. | Years. | Mrs ErLLex PF. SiMLER :—wife of | Capt. H. Simler, of Philipsburg, who has been a great sufferer for some time with cancer of the liver, died Thursday, 6th, { aged 54 years and § months, She was | the mother of thirteen children, ten of whom, with her husband, survive. Mrs. BLZAnETH STRICKLAND died at the home of her daughter, Mrs, Clara McCallion’s, Howard, Pa., on Tuesday, March 11th. Interment in Methodist cemetery on Thursday, March 13. She was aged about 81 years, Mas. LYDIA FRANK (a widow, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Daniel Barner, at Loganton, on sth, from a complication of diseases. She was 69 years old, ToniAs FAIR :—an old and highly res. pected citizen of Julian, died in that place recently at the advanced age of 85 vears. PATRICK GORMAN (a venerable citi. zen of Snow Shoe, died at his home in that place on Tuesday 4th, Mus. LYDIA FRANK mother of Wm. Frank, of Rebersburg, died at Carroll, Sugar Valley, on Wednesday, 6th, aged 69 years. Prince Henry is homeward bound and the country will take a rest, You get all the important news earlier | $1500. | year old fa He! ] rch, | | i Union cemetery, | {to have made a misstep and Jas. Flick, et ux to Geo. L. Flick, May + 13 acres 60 perches in Union wp. Foo. Susan Sharp, et baron oymmonds, March 6, 1902; lot in Spring twp. $700. John Craig, et ux to W, T. Tallbelm, March 6, 1902; 2 lots in Huston. $100. John P, Condo, et ux to Katie Finkle, April 4, 1866; lot in Gregg. $1000. Jane E. Broadhead to H. D. Rum! 0. and to Geo. house ger, Feb. 18, 1902 Hairy D, Rumberger to E. 8. Westen haver, March 3, 1902 ; lot in Philips! urg $1600, Cimious A. with, Nov. 11, $500. Martha M C. Emenhizer, Jan. 1¢ in Howard twp. f1000 Beckwith 19032 Johnston, et baron 1901 » RUN OVER BY CARS Mortimer Miller May Die from Injuries Received Wednesday afternoon a serious acc dent bappened to Mortimer Miller, Miller, ives near the Valentine Furnace. who The boy was on a shifting train of the Nit son of James tany valley railroad which was moving below the furnace and near the old rol ug mili. He was in the act of stepping i i { from one car to another and is supposed ] fell between the cars onto the track ed over him crushing the right limb near | the hip aud the left leg near the ankle At the time the bovs’ brother Joe Miller was engineer of the train, Dr. Haves amputated the right leg and | another may be necessary for the left in case be raliles from the shock. His recovery is considered doubtful. Since the above was in type, the hoy died from his injuries late Wednesday evening. For ideas om spring clothing read Montgomery & Co's ad. on pape 2, ~-Jacob Barlett bas purchased the residence of Wm. V. Larimer, on Valen. tine street, ~—See Montgomery & Co's. adver. tisement on page 2. They have an im. portant announcement, ~-lee Runkle, som of Jacob Runkle, left on Sunday afternoon for Youngs. town, Ohio, where be has accepted an excellent position as a book keeper with the Empire Steel and Iron Co., of that city, which is under the superintendency of Lawrence Cooney, formerly of this place. ~A complete report has been made of the estimated cost of all necessary re. pairs 10 put the Valentine furnace in blast again, to some eastern capitalists, It will be some time before their deci. sion is announced. There is a strong demand for iron, even beyond the ca. pacity of our home furnaces and raw irom is being imported for home con: sumption. That should give us encour. agement in the hope that this plant will resume. ~~Wednesday afternoon one of Beez er's horses while standing in front of the meat market was frightened by a boy dropping a basket. The animal broke loose and ran across the street, the buggy striking the ‘court house fence, and then went up towards the Garman House where it struck the laundry wagon. The buggy turned over on the pavement and was badly wrecked. The horse stripped the harness and went up the hill, It was not injured, Attend to Your Subscription. The following is taken from the Times, Sueedvillee, Tenn : “If you have frequent headaches, diz zines, fainting spells, accompanied by chills, cramps, corns, bunions, epilepsy and jaundice, it is a sign you are wot well, and are liable to die at any minute, Pay your subscription a year in advance, sud make yourself solid for a good obituary notice. | tending the diffe | will attend | this pas Boggs | Owing 10 the PIrEvALIIDE snow slorm, { date for and cheaper in the Centre Democrat, | Vou can call us by Commercial phone. Drs " = OYAL Makes delic griddle and ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO lous hot biscuit, cakes, rolls, mufhns. AM ST. NEW YORK, DOES ADVERTISING PAY ? We have often urged farmers to take | advantage of the wide circulation of the | Centre Democrat for purpose of the of making known what they have for sale, Some say it is a waste of money, others don’t believe in advertising, while the business-like farmer paid us $210 give a complete advertisement of his stock. On | Monday several gentlemen from Clearfield county came to this office with | a copy of the Centre Democrat in which they saw farm sales advertise tend to spend the entire rent pose of purcl may be only one of the many 3 { were PUBLIC SALE REGISTER. Postponed The pablic sale of Flen Wednesday ng Poorn March an sth has day, March 15th twp been postponed to Satu: Wx lu LY £ horse Mareh U COWS Two cars pass- | notices for merits or tisements at : ine each insge sacoompanying the ord Correspo please agent SHERIFF auth req TAYLOR sheriff su We are of H to an: } of Bellefonte, as a et 10 the decision « IBAY Lotivention REGISTER We are authorized to announce the name of A.G. ARCHEY, of Perguson township. as a andidate for Register, subiest to the docis {the Democratic County Cony RECORDER We are authorized to announce the name of JOHN C. ROWE, of Philipsburg. as a candi date for Recorder, subject tothe decision of the Democratic ( ounty Convention : We are authorized 1o announce the name F. A FOKEMAN date for Recorder the Democratic County Conventive ASSEMBLY | We are authorized to announce the same of | J. H. WETZEL. of the North Ward of Beile- | fonte. as a candidate for Assembly, subject to | the decision of the Demoeratie County Conven- | tion | » Democratie Ox ( fi oO ention of | of Centre Hall, as a candi | We are authorized to announce the name of | JW. KEPLER of Ferguson township, as a oan. | didate for Asse mbly, subject to the dec! Jon of the Democratic County Convention, TREASURER. We are authorized to announce the name of | W. J. CARLIN, of Miles township, as a candi date for Co. Treasurer, subject to the decision of the Democratic County Convention We are authorized to announce the name of J.J. ARNEY, of Potter township, as a candi. | date for County Treasurer, subject to the de. cision of the Democratie County Convention COMMISSIONER. We are authorized to announce the name of PHILIP MEYER, of Harris tw'p, as a cand) date for Commissioner, subject 16 the decision of the Democratic County Convention. We are authorized 10 announce the name of W.E FRANK, of Rush township, asa cand) date tor Commissioner, subject 10 the decision of the Democratic County vention, We are orized to anneunce the name of Beto, Sho. ts 3 “al n or, su to } of the sratie County Conven- SRR ba subject to the decision of | FOR SALE Mallory nice set of fic photographer, has a —~(rerberick en closed the past week couid be made { to the race A warm spel Wednesday caused the danger a sudden ri Creek and again washout, ring Watchman office in ngsworth, of Arizona was in town on short a visit In addition to fi BE a pastorate Of pany, and He therefor negligence Lo themselves Tr, without or for remove notifyiny them so regularly us. Any I address of the or. We give us 10 locate heir paper riant to preone Dasizr »3 it CHas Bu Blanchard Elwes Fisuen, Bla: hard A. F ton. Pa Fa Srery 8. Pa Wamcr, Aurora i FREE AD COLUMN. FOR SALE “0 bu, corn, ears at Wm J. Ish. west of Jacksonville, Bellefonte FOR SALE ers 3 wm road FOR SALE «Red and white cedar shingles, by A. J. Stover, Coburn: and Robert Smith Spring Mills uf FOR BALE 2story house apd With fruit, sand sisal! barn ton with same Centre Hall 24 acre Jot Also in econnee- % acres farm land. If desired. at Apply tod. D. Murray ~Span of mules, mated, broken nthe, 110 (bs; with bridles and collars AMES J. Gramirey, Eebersburg and "na FOR SALE ~My propert new house, 4 It front 3 elling and store oom combined, store room 4611 deep, Cly- mer HB, Stover, Asronsburg. Pa. FOR SALE «A Al Snydertown dweliin acres of on the stand, FOR SALE Gr pacity 20 te rrels, © Good dwelling house ————— oh Main street, food property for sale or rent An Walker twp. on it Is a good house, barn and Bae smith shop, Sig Proved land, and good fruit growin place, This isa first class biacksm! 8. Peck, Nittany, Fa. proprietor, terms. Ad > ie POR RENT: "RENTS Soe Awpiting house at Hub Tal Teauire a Contre Demetiat otionr Shiloh’s Consumption CI — TIONS. ——— ras— MARKET QuoT4 The following prices are paid by C. ¥, Wag: NER for grain, De
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