vy THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. MARCH 13, 1902. CORRESPONDENTS’ DEPARTMENT Happenings About Centre County Briefly Told by A CORPS OF ABLE WRITERS Our Alert Correspondents Note Many Important Events in Different Lo- calities—What is Transpiring Your Section Represented ? The Reformed congregation have de. cided to repair their church this summer; as soon as the weather is fit they will be- gin work. Mr. and Mrs. Foster Heath, of Sandy Ridge, are visiting among friends in this place. Mrs. Julia Musser, of Pine Grove, spent several days recently with her niece, Mrs, E. A. Fisher, Ezra Tressler, of Oak Hall, called at the home of Prof. P. H. Meyer, on Sun- day. | Charles Dale, one of the prosperous farmers of the Brauch, was seen in town on Friday evening. A sled load of our young people, with | Harry Lonebarger as chaperon, took ad- vantage of the good sledding and went to the social held at Sam Glenn's at the | Branch, last Friday evening. 8S. H. Bailey, one of our wide awake and energetic farmers, attended the monthly meeting of the Grange Fire In- surance Co., which met at Bellefonte last Wednesday. Mr. Bailey is one of the directors of the company. Elmer Campbell and wife, of Linden | Hall, visited among friends here, on Fri- | day, Charles Kuhn and family, of Shingle. town, were circulating among friends in | this place, on Saturday. Capt. W. H. Fry, of Pine Grove, was seen passing through our burg, on Satur. day. Messers Fred Weber and James Bry. son attended the sale at Houserville, on Saturday, Prof. Musser, principal of the Hublers. burg schools, was in town on Saturday looking up his interests for county Supt. The funeral of Jas. Stuart, on Monday, | was largely attended. Many of the old soldiers from the nearby towus were pre. sent. Miss Freda Weiland, one of Cedar Creek’s popular young ladies, recently visited her brother, J. M. Weiland, our hustling and obliging coachmaker, Miss Effie Long visited at Locust Grove | last week. Wash Garbrick, of Walnut Grove, has purchased from Ed. Williams, one of our efficient teachers, the property on Pike street, opposite the Lutheran church. R. B. Harrison has been on the sick list and therefore his school has been closed for several days. Messers Wm. and Geo. Stuart who are at present employed in Pittsburg were called home last week on the ac count of the serious illness of their father | who died the same vighton which they arrived at home. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Dale and som Ralph, of Fairbrook, spent last Saturday at the home of their grand.parents, Mr and Mrs. Daniel Keller, John From, one of the hustling farmers | of State Coliege, was seen in town on Saturday. We understand that Mr, From expects to move to Centre Line this spring. Zion. Charles Rockey has returned home again from Pittsburg where he had been employed for some time. Our merchant, B. A, Noll, has been on e sick list for several weeks, but is re. covering slowly. On account of the inclement weather | there has been no society, church or San- | day school for several weeks. ] The high water caused the lake to | form in Spring twp, near the Walker | line ; it covers more than a hundred | acres and is twenty feet deep at some | places ; about fifty wild ducks are swim. | ming on its waters. Spring will soon be here and sales are | in full blast, Several flocks of robins | and blue birds have been seen. There will be quite a few changes made in this vicinity this spring. They will be mentioned in a later issue. Calvin says he has put in a bid to be Jim Hull’s clerk as he knows the place better than any one else; but since he has been beaten he has hired to help Susie to cook. That's right Cal, don't It them back you out Houserville. The sale of Mrs. Herkeimer's was well attended ; everything brought a fair price and a few things were at a premium ; chickens 14 {cts. per Ib,, and other things at the same rate. Rev. A. A. Black took dinner with Chas. Brown, on Sunday and christened the junior Brown Thomas Franklin Wolf Brown. Miss Rebecca Lutz arrived in town Sunday evening for a ten days’ stay. Mrs, Wm. Sarson returned home after a week's visit with friends at Pine Grove. Miss Olive Tressler visited at Lemont, on Monday. The Buss) Hillside ladies circulated they . is joy ble slelghride 4 report an enjoyable over the rough roads. The large sale of B. F. Hoy's stock and implements Mar. 19, A Printer Greatly Surprised, ‘I never was so much | were swept down the stream { Several other piles were likewise in the | his active employes. | Spring Mills plain | mel ; Spring Mills. The late flood was about the most de- structive we have ever had in this locall. ty, Penns and Sinking creeks were sim. ply angry floods, and tornado like swept everything away in the path of their com- bined waters, The creek road from the turn towards the pike to below the iron bridge, was completely curved, the waters reaching to the steps of the num. erous dwellings along that thoroughtare, of course flooding” the cellars and play- ing havoc with the board walks. Geo. W. Dunkle's residence and wall paper es. tablishment at Willow Grove Park a short distance below the village, was en- tirely surrounded by a raging flood. The store of Howard Rossman, the post. office, W. H. Musser's bicycle building and the old farm house now occupied by Major Huss, were also completely sur. rounded. The employes of Allison's mill vere on active duty from 3 o'clock in the morning "til noon on the pike bridge run ning east and west over Penns creek, to prevent the accumulation of ice and rub. bish above the bridge, as the ice came down the stream tn large bodies, they broke them up and sent the pieces through under the bridge, thus keeping the chaune! open. West of the bridge the water swept across the pike in an | angry mood, and was within an inch or two of entering the hotel building, of | { course severing all communications with | | the village proper. | or 20 guests storm stayed and | bound. At the ho el were 15 weather Jast week for two nights Mr, { Ruhl had from 25 to 30 guests to enter- | tain, every inch of the hotel cupied. At the height of the flood sev- were unable to do so, 'til W. P. Alex. ander of the mill made his appearance | and solved the problem by playing ferry- gentiemen | man and carried several through the angry pool on his back, causing considerable merriment, vet an act highly appreciated. A pile of boards belonging to the Allison's valued at $100 like chips. move, but were saved by the exertion of On the south side of Penn creek the water reached to with. in an inch of entering both the Reformed and Methodist church buildings, and ex- | tended west to and along the road lead. ing to the R. R. station to the new ture establishment of Smith also completely surrout and dwelling of O. T. Corm road the iron bridge over Sinking creek was swept away and lodged a st tance below, twisted out of all ser to a bridge. Through the exertion Andrew Corman who furnished tl ber, with the assistance of others, & porary foot.log bridge has been thre Across for accommodati Bros. and the creek for the public, The snow storm here on Wed has indeed come in like a large sized lion and according to the adage, should go out like a very diminutive lamb, I notice that the heirs of Mr. and Mrs, Michae! Tibbeus will have a public sale at the old homestead on Saturday next of all the personal property, Sleighing is about over for this winter, The late heavy fall of snow is fast being converted into slush and maddy pools SPRING MILLS No. 2. Moving time will soon be here there will be lots of it. Mrs. Davis Evans, of Allegheny, 1s vis. ting friends and relatives at Farmers Mills and the head ng mill, 20 East. man ia the will move to SUiTy 10 loose F. Confer, Millheim on the such a good neighbor C. J. Finkel, ove of our popular mer. chants, joined the Knights of the Golden Eagle. Rev. John Hertz ou Thursday evening, March 13th, will deliver the anniversary sermon for Centre Castle No. 16g, K. G. E., of which he has been a member for Many years, Joo. Smith and daughter, May, spent a couple days at Pun xsutawney to attend the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. Ellen Hum. she gained many friends ; she leaves a husband, three daughters and a som to | The funeral was large. | mourn her loss, ly attended. Age 62 years. Tylersville. The free exibition given by Adam Ruhl with his phonograph, on Friday night, was well attended, and the ma. chine gives good satisfaction. (Collection | $2.08, The Box social given bythe P. O 8. of A. of Tylersville, was a success. Every. body enjoved it, especialy those who | were lucky enough to get the box that was put up by their own—Oh my dear. How is it Hons? Mrs. W. D. Kerstetter who was ill for the past few weeks is improving. Our town looks quite different since Henry Grieb is getting his house weather boarded. The weather was very bad on Sunday, When the cat is away the mice will play. That is what the red heads say. Newton Walizer has to open up the moving as he is Hoviag sue mile south of Greenburr, close to his father-in-law, Zwintley Kahl. Willis Rishel and Mrs. Elvina Grieb received their chopping mills. Coburn. Scott Stover, of Rebersburg, spent Sat. urday at this place among ds and relatives, Peter Kessler, of Rebersburg, was in town, on Saturday looking farm Jacob Platt, a citizen, died on Wed. nesday afternoon, aged 67 years. David Moyer, of Centre Hall, was seen on our street, on Monday, N. D. Hosterman and Lizzie Hoster. man are on the sick lst, Mrs, Styers left for Patton on Tuesday morning to visit friends, burg, nt Ti vo Poy Hot ais funeral of Samuel Everett, will Satur. Rev, Newcommer, of Allentown in the Lutheran church on evening. James Platt expects to leave for ot ve. Best Monday i fiend ® being oc- | | you are ready if called. eral gentlemen were desirous of visiting | the stores, but asthe pike was blockaded | furni. | Inesday last, measured 18 inches in depth. March | her sickness was pneumonia, she | was landlady of the Washington Hotel | for more than twenty five years where | Highvalley. Snow and rain was the go here. Last Monday two esteemed ladies from Coburn were welcome visitors at Emanuel Eisenbuth’s; call again, the Mrs. has more chickens. Mrs. Elizabeth Styers is at present in the valley visiting her friends, we all wish her a good time. The real estate agent was seen at Coburn and as lively as ever, Thomas Keen says if he dou't soon get his mill at Rankeltown he will have no timber to saw, as Allen is already cut- ting the limbs off the trees aud is afraid may affect the trees, The prop orders are coming in now, acd the prop men begin to feel better; that’s what makes the real estate agent so lively I suppose, : The Ingleby scribe is better on defini. tion than the Highvalley scribe ; he said the word wolf, according to the Ingleby dictionary, means Tom does—never too old to learn, week ; Thomas Keen said it is not cor- rect, as he can't see where the damage was ; there was nothing there but two | | our town, mining planks, and if he is not mistaken, the scribe cut them for stove wood. The Daily News from Skunk Hollow | says, as likely as not Skunk Hollow may | trot out a professor ; if such will be the | case take the Highvalley scribe’s advice get your shoes on before breakfast, so if the compulsion law takes you unawares William Shesley, from Skunk and Lizard Island, is looking for an appoint- ment ; if he don't succeed, he will stock | the island with grapes, as he believed he can make more clear money by raising grapes than the Highvalley scribe can by hauling prop timber for miles and wait six months for pay. Jess Snyder finished his visit on last Friday and is now ready for the peach trees, he stopped the hog business as he could not find any to be had for nothing. Want a respectable woman to do house work ; must be good looking; no out door work ; water in each room-—call or address Lewis Snavely, Coburn Thomas Keen says the real estate agent will leave to-morrow to take charge of the Pine Hollow log job, seven or eight miles east of Woodward ; the Senator a good boss, the olny thing Castler bad to say, be took much out of the men, otherwise be can't be beat. well is It is rumored the Ingleby lumber king i on his farm in east end of the this week ; after everything is te its right place, a fastastic varade will take place and thé scribe will deliver the welcome $, on a black s ion ta ‘al Milesburg. Robins and black bird ing thelr morning songs. Wm. Hoover and Geo. R: Hughes were recent visitors to their uncle James Heverly. $ are here sing- Miss Julia Grove arrived home from a business trip to New York City and Philadelphia. A movement against profanity should be foangurated by the different churches of this place; it would be the proper movement in our burg ; if the christian people would take hold and reduce the volume of profanity on our streets, by so doing would make am impression on some minds and cleanse the tougues of our men and bovs. Very often we hear females use some very strong profanity on our streets ; we throw this out as food for thought for our praving people—form yourseives into a company of crusaders against profanity. Cland W. Smith returned home from Columbus, Obio, where he was pursing his brother, Alvin, who was confined to his bed with typhoid fever Thomas Murray arrived home from York, Pa., visited his daughter, Mrs Rev. Hipple, bringing one of his daugh- ters home with him, who was attending school at that place. On Monday morning, at 2 o'clock, Frank Lucas was aroused from his slam. ber by the ceiling fallin room ; the house was on was the farm tenant house. Origin of the fire is not known. I am not much of a mathematician, | | said the cigarette, but I can add to a | | man's mervous trouble I cau subtract | from his physical energy, I can, multiply | | his aches and pains and I can take inter. his | est from his work and chance for success. Mrs. Dr. 8. M. Haff spent Sunday in Lock Haven with her parents, Sheriff Loveland and wife. Loyd Fisher had a sled load of young folks to Confer's in Howard twp., on Friday night arriving home at § o'clock Saturday morning. Centre Hall. Wm. A Boal will occupy the Clemens house at the lower end of town, and Mr. Spicher moved into the J. J. Arney house on Hast church street. The erection of a new creamery on the burnt site, will soon he In The loss Was Some $400 by Tant vhekns fire, There are some seven or ¢ houses a ope discount not yet rented. Persons pleasant place to live, will find unities bere to purchase or rent, The lining of coming nuptials, oi waaig Of Shing huptisls, # x ory in a" Earlystown, in his bed | re; jumping | | from his bed grabing his coat and bible { made his escape from the burning house; | everything went up in smoke ; the house | | belonged to Wm. Fisher recently pur. | chased from Philip Crider, at Wingate, it | Yarnell. Miss Tressie FHckley returned home after spending a few days in town, William Fetzer and wife spenta few days at Hoslt hollow, last week, Daniel Poorman, of Runville, was in our town fixing ap things before he re- signs his office, Blain Rockey has gone to Roland were he has secured employment, In the last week’s issue the Yarnell scribe was warned to beware of the Rua- ville newsbag that travels in the sheep skin overcoat. I would advise him to open or deposit his news at the foot of some tree on the way to Yarnell, The news from Yarnell to Runville at the foot of some tree. Both of our small villages were in quietness and peace till of late, the newsbag is known by all the | community, all have their eyes on him | by day and dream of him at night, even | if he does resemble the black man. Father and mother have I none and it | is nobody's business if I am nobody's | son, The Ingleby scribe reports great dam- | 30 age at Ingleby, caused by the flood, last | Miss Elsie Confer returned home from Pine Glenn where she had been for a few days. Miss Myrtle Heaton visited friends in | Mrs. Ira Confer has improved after an illness of two weeks and is again able to be in the store as clerk. Some of our men employ their time i | Rebersburg. Simon Spangler, from Kansas, who had been present at the soldiers’ en. | campment, was visiting relatives and | friends of this place. Mr. Miller's house is being rapidly | finished by the plasterers, as first of | April is not far distant, | Jacob Heller, for many years one of | our most efficient black-smiths in the | line of fine horse shoeing, we are sorry to say, is quitting the business, on account | of physical ailments, | One of Hon, Willis Blerly’s sons ar. | rived at the home of Wm. Frauok and was laid up with severe attack of black measles, which resulted in bis death on Fila morning, buried on Friday even. ng. Earnest Wolford, son of Henry Wol- ford, of this place, is at present laid up with pneumonia. Our doctor is kept very busy answer. | ing all the calls, as there are many peo- | ple sick. 8. L. Strohecker, from this place, and Elmer Miller, from Smo!lton, were out hunting last week; coming upon a track, which they thought was the track of a | raccoon, they followed, which led into a | bole in the mountain side. After spend- | ing about three hours in digging for Mr, Coon, to their great surprice, they found it to be Mr. Woodchuck who had come | | out to see if winter was scon over. throwing salt on rabbits tails, so that | they can catch them, A sled load of our young folks went | down to the church with the intention of singing. *‘Do"” but they were very much dissapointed, so much so that they | thought they would go and visit the old “mill dam'’, Quite a number of folks attended the debate that was held in the schoo! house on Friday night, It was the last that will be held this year under the present teach- er, E. 8, Stover. A young man in our town has medi. cine to sell that will cure a painin a glass eye in twenty-four hours. Those wishing information apply to We advise all young ladies who wish to learn the seamstress trade to go by the new system, we have a lady in our town who learned it in three days time. Daniel Byer and Ellis Pounell have re- turned home after being employed haul. ing, at Pasthur Run. Howard. @lara Thomas and son, Bellefonte on Saturday. Mrs fait end visited Weber, Robt. Neff, of Tyrone, visited his par Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sunday. ents, Neff, over Thomas Sanders, of Howard twp on March 7th, at 2 o'clock with a « plication of diseases Interment in Schenck’s cemetery on Monday, March 3 &t 2 p.m. He leaves a widow, three sous and one davghter. He was aged 6g years Protracted meeting has been in prog. ress bere for the past two weeks with several converts, The bar mill, which is operated by Jenkins Irom Tool Co, is running night | and day. Dr. O. W. McEastire has bad a com- mercial phone placed in his office. Irvin Lucas, of Howard twp, bas a very desirable property for rent, situated along railroad street Mr. and Mrs. John Wagner are re. joicing over the arrival of a brand new baby boy Holter Bro's., general merchants, have bad a commercial phone places in their store, ’ J. F. Pletcher, operator at Bellefonte, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and | Mrs. David Pletcher, Mre Mary J. Holter, who has been very seriously ill has improved consider. ably under the treatment of Dr, 0. W McEatire, Quite a lot of movings will take place in oar burg, on the first of April. Leroy Leathers now has the honor of | being constable of our burg. Lemont. {| About 500 millimeters of snow fell in | this vicinity last Wednesday. Jacob Murray, of Pittsburg, is visiting | his parents at this place. Elliot Mays returned from Howard on Saturday having been working there for his brother Will for several weeks. Geo, Meyer, Esq., of the Branch, re. turned Saturday from an extended tour over the eastern part of the State. Born, March 7th, at the home of Mr Hepler’s, another girl, | There was quite alittle stir in town last Monday when the **Freshies'’ of | State attempted to go to Sunbury to bold | their annual banquet. The Sophs were not exactly on to their plans and about one-third of the Freshman class succeed. | ed in getting away with much difficulty. ing was unusually large, Fred Herman who has been in Al. toona,is circulating among friends in this community, Jack Mitchell says that a fal purse is a thing to lean on, Sid Krumrine, who had been to Pitts. burg, is home again, Opossums are plenty = this valley, The biggest flood on record in Rebers- burg last week, Lee Wolf, from Selinsgrove, was in our burg last week, He is looking up the work of enlarging pictures, L. A. and Reno Walker, who had been working at Harrisburg, are home at present, Another deep snow; alinost impossible to travel, Howard Krape, our enthusiastic organ dealer, was bome over panied by Mr. Brown, Mrs. Jno. Auman, who had been very seriously ill last week by what the doctor calls catarrh in the stomach, is slowly improving. Sunday accom C. J. Crouse and J business trip to Mi The child born at the home of Lowell Bier! ast Wednesday, d day morning Mrs. Daniel D mothers, of this N. Meyer made a heim on Sat Broay. ©0 on re y on ubbs, one ace, of our =%o had Friday morning eon Monday. aged been il ne died plac | officiating for some tis It ot took’ We The patrons of the Rebersburg water company at a meeting asi week unan- sly voted for larger water in the right direction. Wolford and Reuben Musser tiies were to Millheim on Satur. at is a step of our 7 mw ouaed we Ouse up wt respected present bh with Adam Wolf and Miss Grace Page were married last week. Johan Reifsnyder, from Millheim, was in town on Monuay. Rev. Dubs left last week to attend the annual conference in Lock Haven. Some of our peeple are still without | water. We bope after the three and four inch pipes are laid our people will be more abundantly supplied with water, Our ex-supervisor, Aadrew Ocker, Our burg Gxing up lax accounts. Joseph K. Mover, of Centre Mills, who had been in the Sauny South for some five weeks, returned home last week isin Ira Gramiey, we notice, was a friendly person among our people, on ast Friday Penn Cave. The warm rays of the sun have a’ most exterminated the beautiful winter's vision. The singing class, under the auspices of Prof, Wise is progressing rapidly. Wallace Rachan left for Ohio Monday, where be expects to spend the summer, We are sorry to see him go but wish him a Lappy and prosperous season. Chas. Wise went to Rebersburg last Saturday night, I wonder why ? Wm. Heckman, of Madisonburg, will move into the house vacated by John Rossman, Miss Bessie Feidler, of Madisonburg, Sundavyed at Benj. Limbert’s, Unionville. Chief Justice, John M. Keichline and wife, of Bellelonte, were recent visitors to our own. Mrs. Dr. Fore, of Dakota, [l., a sister of J. C. Wagner, spent several days at the latter's home last week, The Harry Hoover property, now oc- cupied by Ellery Spotts, has been pur. chased by a Tyrone man, who will move | bere in the spring. Ellery Spotis bas purchased the Id. dings property on Allegheny street and will occupy it in the spring. "Mrs. Jesse Cleaver and family will move to York, Pa., in the early spring, | where Miss Bertha has secured a position | as teacher and Miss Florence has secured | steady employment at her chosen pro- fession, portrait painting. Edgar too, (bas secured a lucrative position. The | Clevers have lived here many years; the young ladies above mentioned are both accomplished artists and all are popular with the people of our town, and { it is much to be regretted that they have decided to remove from our midst. Our { loss will be York's gain, Mrs. E. J. Bathurst, widow of the late L. B. Bathurst, has become the owner of the store and store property of said de- ceased, and the store will, in future, be conducted under the firms name of EB. J. Bathurst & Co., with J. T. Barton as manager, Clayton Stover will leave for Pittsburg in a few days, where he will take a thorough course of instruction in painting and paper hanging. The young peop of our town gave him a happy ‘send off by giving him a surprise party on Saturday. Elwood Fisher, who for more than a year, has been a sufferer from stomach troubles, left on last Thursday, in com. pany with his sister Jennie, for Philadel. phia, where he has entered the Un sity of Pennsylvania hoped, by his covery may be sg r . ’ 1a wt ias Line year ago houses *‘to cough or cold or the g ’ Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and are certain to be more than pleased wi the quick cure which it affords sa Green’s Pharmacy. you th i For et Fillmore. The flood | now we have no sm There isa lage that bas noticed a very of a man ar evervihing noticed as often Take warning fro good idea of who it is, preily Close-—we thiog that bas been missin Mrs very rapidly, covery soon certain f our vil- Wrge track his building—they are t and have been times a week. s they have a i are onto him, mention any four Danijel St pardner found some owner comes for. and pays each The owner is t p is his, as that is not theirs, Ex.sheriff Cronister passed through our town on Monday ; the sheriff drives a five team and greatly prides in fime horses, Great excitement as to who will be supervisor ; I conid say, if I wanted to, Tames and jewelry and ward, proves property, 25¢cts, can have tb known bat he they want nothing as | but #t might not be the right one. We are sorry 10 say our oid veteran David Stiner is not improving very fast ~we hope he soon will, bens estate will have sale at the old homestead, and Saturday, March 29th, John Rossman will have public sale. Wm. Weaver, Boyd Miller and Jobn | Rachan made a business trip to Lock Haven last week. It is certainly honorable to be so lucky | as to be a member of the Grand List;and who would pot like to have her name re. | corded? ] Mr. and Mrs. Evans Yearick are re. | Joicing over the arrival of a baby boy. | Last Saturday a quilting was beld at | the home of Benj. Limbert and the | sip and mastication were estimated to have been in a common ratio, Last Saturday night Edwin Ni, of Madisonburg, was seen passing by. What is the attraction Edwin? Next Saturday the heirs of the Tid. | You ought to see Henry Shuey ; I did { not know him, till be told me the reason | for the change, he says a little girl came {to his house on Sunday. WANTED : Some girl that suits moth. er, 80 a certain young fellow in our town will not get such letters from the ones that suit him; I think that if mother would have kept quiet, we would have bad an. other serenade this spring. We have all kinds of improvements in our town, the latest was to get a waker. up in the shape of an alarm clock-it is set for 5 o'clock in the morning, to give warning to fellows that it is time to make tracks. Our protracted meeting that has been going on of late has mot been the means of fetching any seckers out, On the 20th is Jas Hoey's sale, a lot of fine stock and implements will be sold. Few girls would rather eat onions thas ain and sweat have vo eflect vm Batness treated
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