Suge Seely HAPPENINGS ABOUT TOWN The Local News Compiled During the Week | BRIEFLY TOLD IN A FEWLINES 1 | | i i | | Movements of Our People—Personal | Mention, Society Events—What | tion—-Short Paragraphs —The Undine picnic comes on the 4th of July, at Hecla Park. Keep that in mind. —Charles Larimer spent Sunday in Jersey Shore, as the guest of his brother | Lee Larimer, —John Bower has returned to his work at Hastings, Pa., after being home, sick for the past two months, { i | —If you paid your subscription during the month of May you will find the date | changed this week. Look it up. — EK. Hoffman, of Pleasantville, Ven- | ango county, is visiting at the home of | Mr. and Mrs. W. Harrison Walker, ou | East Linn street. of masonry on the N. Y. C. Shops at | Oak Grove, spent Sunday with his par- ents in Bellefonte. 1 — Maurice Otto, Supt., of construction | i i — Mrs. Joel Struble, of Zion, left Tues- day morning for Jefferson county, Kan- sas, where she will make an extended visit of four months, —Chas. Arney, wife and Mabel, were in town Hednesday fore- noon, returning home at noon, after at- tending to business. i daughter — Arthur Miller and James Fox, tin- ners for Burt Hogue at Jersey Shore, spent Sunday very pleasantly with their parents at this place. —Esq. Houseman and amiable daugh- ter, Miss Blanche, were in town Monday, the former to attend to business and the | latter to do some shopping. —Robert F. Hunter and J. C. Meyer are figuring on a trip to Granby, Mo, to the Blue Jacket mining company’s operation, in which they are interested. —Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Wetzel and children, of Philipsburg, visited Mrs Wetzel's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Gerberich, of Thomas street, over Sun day. —Win Love, baker for Charles Harri. | son, spent Sunday in Lock Haven and Howard, where he contemplates starting | a bakery establishment in the latter nam. ed place. —Last week Benj. Gentzel bad a good borse sale at Lewistown. An entire car load was bid off in a short time averag- ing $166.64. Mr. Gentzel says it was the best selection of animals made by him. —L. A. Shaffer is now in charge of the Westerveldt Mining Development Com. pany’s offices in the North American building, Philadelphia. The engage- ment will be permanent if it suits him. — Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Taylor departed Friday evening for Philadelphia. For some time Mr. Taylor has been sufler- ing from some stomach trouble and will | consult some specialists for proper treat. ment. -—Mrs. Chas. Lockington, of Wond- land, Pa., spent decoration day in Belle- fonte, as a visitor at the home of Miss Morgan on Logan street. She reports last week's frost did much harm in Clearfield county. ~~Had a sprinkle of rain on Tuesday night, enough to lay the dust. At Cen. tre Hall there was quite a heavy shower at same time. In the vicinity of Lewis- burg, in the afternoon, there was a heavy shower and hail rain at Spring Mills, ~=Rev, Dr, Steck, of Shamokin, form. erly pastor of the Lutheran church of this place, was a Bellefonte visitor Thursday and Friday of last week. Dr, Steck is not at present serving a charge but devotes his time to lecturing, and oc. casionally fills a puipit. Also a heavy Rain clouds were flitting around the past ten days but there was none of the wished-for precipitation so greatly need- ed everywhere and so much desired. The hay crop will be short in conse: quence, and other field crovs have like. wise suffered. A continuation of dry | weather will do harm to all growing Crops. «Tuesday morning fire was discover. ed in the store of R. P. Miller & Son, in the old stone office at the forge. An alarm was turned in and the fire com panies were soon on the scene. How. ever when they reached the place the fire was already out. The origin of the fire is believed to have been incendiary, as one of the windows was found open. The loss is placed at $1,000 fully covered by insurance. ~The Lutheran Sabbath school, of this place, will celebrate its annual Children’s Day in the church on next Sabbath evening by an interesting en. tertainment, consisting of vocal and in- strumental music, essays, and a repro. duction of the Twelve Crosses which met with such high favor on the recent Eas- ter entertainment in the church. The exercises on this occasion will bave in- creased interest by an addition of new features and decorations. Admittance free. A silver collection will be taken for the benefit of the school. All invited —gcome and have a pleasing as well as educational hour at the entertainment. { and Mrs. John P. Harris. | is a sister suit a front wheel was | M. ity country boys, dependent upon their own | guest of his grandmother, Mrs. Mary G. Butts, —Ex-Prothovotary William F, Smith, of Millheim, is transacting business in town today. ~(. P. Long, Spring Mills, prominent merchant, attended the republican coun ty convention Monday. —Mrs, Lewis Gettig and her two child. | ren attended the funeral of Mrs, Gettig's | aunt at Lock Haven on Saturday. —Coburn Rogers, who is a medical stu. | { dent at the University of Pennsylvania, is at home for his summer vacation, Mrs. Lester Sheffer and children { and her mother, Mrs. Strickland, all of | Milroy, are visiting friends in this place. ~Mr, and Mrs. William T. Hunt and little child, of Renovo, are visiting Mrs. Hunt's father ex sheriff D. W. Wood. | ring. — Frank Shaughnessy, who is employ. | ed by the Westinghouse people at Pitts. burg, Pa., is visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Shaughnessy, —Dr. Edward Harris, who has been | visiting his parents in this place for a few days, left Thursday morning for Batler where he expects to locate, —Miss Rebecca Rhoads, who for the past six months, has been visiting in | returned home last Thursday evening. — William P. Elliott, of Tenu., 1s visiting at the residence of Mr. Mrs. Elliott of John P. and Henry Harris. — Wm. Carson's two horse farm team ran away Monday morning and as a re- smashed without to anvone., Sandy Wilson was ie driver of the team. ~(eorge Bayard, who is managing a drug store at North Bend, Pa., and his friend Jay Mingle, of Renovo, were gaests at the home of Col. George A Bayard's over Sanday. —Clean alleys are no less important, from a sanitary and w@;sthetie standpoint, than clean streets, Nevertheless many | householders appear to be ignorant that b E such is the fact. C. M. Gramley, of Rebersburg, who | has accepted a position of traveling sales. man for the Plano Manafacturing com. pany, of Chicago, was in town oun busi- ness during the past week. — Delong Stewart, of Pine Glen, has puithased Frank Shugert’s house om west Linn street, Itis theold J. D Shugert home, Mr. Stewart expects to bring his mother to this place to reside, —F. BE. Naginey has purchased the lot on East High street between the bome of E. 8. Dorworth and A. C. Mingle and expects to build a fine home on it for himself, Dr. It was the property of C. Bower, ~The civil the postal service service examination for that will be held in this place on June 11th affords an oppor tunity for two young men 10 get outo the substitute carrier roll the Bellefonte postoffice, in Mrs. Marcy Bicese and MissE. M Thomas are going to close their home on east Downingtown, where the former's son, Andrew, has a good position. Mrs, Emily C. Merriman bas leased the house. —Last week a camping party left for Laird Curtin's camp at Sand Hill, aloag the Bald Eagie. In the party Curtin street and establish one in were | Chas. M. McCurdy, Jno. M. Dale, Harry Keller, John M. Shugert and John Cur- tin. They remained all a fine time, week, and bad —S8unday morning at St. John's Cath. olic church Rev. P. McArdle, read a letter from the Beeczer Brothers who are famous architects of Pittsburg pastor, | that they desired to present the church with a pipe organ to cost not less than than i500. The youg men are sons of Joseph Beezer, farmer, living in Benner township, near Bellefonte and were born and reared in this locality. We recently received from them a few prints show. ing some of the elaborate business blocks, private residences, stately churches and imposing public buildings desigoed by | them, which certainly evidence rare abili. in their profession. Starting as resources, they bave attained remarkable success, which will be pleasant news to | friends and relatives in this section. This has been a stirring week for Bellefonte, starting with Friday as Dec. oration Day, Saturday both parties held their delegate elections. republican county convention was held which brought hosts of republican politi. cians to town to see how the Elkin and Quay muddle stood ; Tuesday put in nomination a full local ticket and this brought hundreds to town, candi. dates and their friends and lookers-on ; Wednesday was the great Walter Main show day, when everybody with wives, children and babies were in town just to see the “‘peerade’’ ; then to-day is Thurs. day, High school commencement. While all this was thas, the corn kept grow: ing, the clover getting into blossom, rye showing beads, oals coming up, the strike going on in the coal region, Mont Pelee smoking her big pipe and spitting out lava and ashes, the beef trust putting meat up higher, congress kept being worried by the high tariff, Elkin and Quay keepiug up their fight—and a whole lot of etceteras. The world is still moving amid all, THE CENTRE DEM Monday the was | democratic county convention day, to | | ~—Malcolm Reber, of Philadelphia, isa | —Mr, and Mrs, Harry Fenlon have returned to Bellefonte after a ten day's | visit in Philadelphia and other southern | cities. —Miss Emma Schrock returned home | Monday from Lynchburg, Va., where | she has been working at the millinery | trade. Wednesday afternoon Sarah Clem- son, the 3 year old daughter of Supt, Frank H. Clemson, applied the torch to | the new Nittany Iron furnace (formerly the Valentine furnace) at this place. The attendance at Main’'s show on | Wednesday was large, from all sections | of the county. The weather was the most favorable, up tothe standard and pleased every- | body. | —Invitations are out for the marriage | of Tillle M. Harmer, of 2830 Columbia OCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. JUNE 5, 1902, VARIETY OF COUNTY NEWS [tems of Interest Gathered From All Sections SHORT AND TO THE POINT What Transpired Worthy of Brief Men- tion, the Past Week—News From Over the County—For Hasty Read- ers—A New Department The performance was | | avenue, Philadelphia, to Dr. Harry Wil. | son Tate, Wednesday evening, June 15, at 8 o'clock, at Grace Baptist Temple, | Broad and Berks streets, Philadelphia. | Dr. Tate is one of the leading dentists of this place. —(ye0. D. Bayard, of North Bend, son of Col. Geo. A. Bayard of this place pas- | sed a successful examination as a Regis tered Pharmacist, before the recent State | Pharmaceutical board which met a Har- | risburg, G. W. Schrefiler, assistant mn New York, Philadelphia and other cities, | 1 oirine'’s | successful examination as a Qualified Kunoxvil le | store, also passed a very Assistant. —A special train will leave Bellefonte for State College, on Wednesday morn. ing, 11, at noon, for the ac- commodation of those desiring to hear of Chas. M. Schwab, Presi. dent of the United States Steel Co. Train returning the lecture leaving Bellefonte at 5:45 a College graduation exercises, The Class of the Bellefonte High School the ] Monday evening Hall rection of Prof John Meyer. » m., arriving at State g:45 a4. m., in time for annual contest o Reynolds Oratorica rizes was held at 8o'cl in Petrikin The exercises were under the di. The judges G. Pond, of State College, Rev. Walter F. Carson, Rev. Ambrose The first prize of ten dollars was awarded to Miss Car. rie W. Miller and the second prize of to Miss Martha F. King The music for the occasion was furnish m this occasion were Prof. G of Milesburg, and Schmidt, of Bellefonte five dollars ed by Christy Smith's orchestra. — Wilbur Harris, for several years past editor and publisher of the Bellefonte Republican, severed bis connection with that office and will be connected with a establishment in Harrisburg. He has been in thatcity the past month and after carefully sizing the matter up concluded, that to him the change wou'd be advisable and decidedly Mr. Har- ris in the Bellefonte Republican furnish. ed it with some able editorial wholesale congenial for special reasons. contribu. tions, that were sharp and keen, express and generally ac. complished the desired result. We re the tie with brother Harris severed, and bope that the future may have the best in store for him, ed in choicest terms, gret to see parnalistic Have not learned who will be his SUCCessOr, ~Decoration ceremonies of Friday afternoon last, were performed under a most delightful sky. The attendance from town and vicinity was quite large The parade formed in the diamond at 2p. m, and band, followed headed by the Coleville by Co. B, and Gregg post, G. A. R. Arrived at the cemetery the nsual services wure gone through with, music by the band, by the choir, etc, then decoration of the graves of soldiers. The address by A A. Dale, was attentively listened too by the large audience, and was an effort, lusions, noble the honored heores, dead and living, and counsel to cultivate good citizenship and beware of the corruptions, and abuses of politicians of the day as leading to dangers for the perpetuity of our It was pronounced a masterly effort and one of the best heard in many years, fine selections Esq , able tributes to free institutions. A FATAL SPOT. A Brakeman Killed and Little Boy Drowned. Last night as an engine was coming this way from Sunbury to take Main's | show to that town, one of the men on the | | engine was killed by being struck by a {bridge. There was a hot box at | one of the wheels of the tender and it is | supposed that Lenhart leaned out too far to watch the box, and being a strange | railroad band, did not know of the | bridge between Oak Hall and Lemont, and as he leaned out was struck on the back of the head by the bridge. The engine bad proceeded about two miles toward Bellefonte before the crew miss: ed the man, and at once ran the engine back, in quest of Lenhart, and found his body lying on the bridge near Oak Hall dead. He was an unmarried man and his body was shipped to Harrisburg this morning. BOY DROWNED, This Thursday morning a telephone dispatch from I. J. Dreese, Lemont, in- forms us that another fatality occurred at the same spot this morning, where the engineer lost his life, Roy Weaver was drowned! in the stream beneath the same bridge this morning. He was a seven-year old son of Dauig) Weaver on the Cornelius Dale i OVER THE COUNTY. George W. Cummins, of Millheim, gets pension increased to $12, Wm. Sanderson, of Julian, has pen- gion increased to 10. Philip Iddings, of chased the Penn’a restaurant at Unionville, pur. Philips- burg and opened up the same on Wed. nesday. It will be a strictly temperance house, farmers in the east end of Miles are replanting their corn on ac. count of the dry weather, The same is being done in the east end of Haines township. Some The Jacksonville Reformed Sabbath schoo! will hold a festival at the church, | on the evening of Saturday, June 14th, The Zion band will furnish the music. The Sign of a Watch Case This Keystone is the identifying sign of the best welch case 10 adeno meatier what It stands for worth and wenr-— it conta. for beauty equal to an ull-gold case, Bt & much smaller price. The JAS. BOSS Stiffened GOLD Watch Case is better protection than & solid gold caso, because of its stiffness and strength. Better than any other case, because It will last for 26 years with- out wearing (hin or losing ite besuty. A reputation of M0 years proves the value of the Jus, Boss Case, Consult the jeweler, Write us for a booklet. THE KEYSTONE WATCH CASE COMPANY, Philadelphia, g George J. Koser, a well known busi. ness man, of Renovo, was killed at Cross Fork, to which places he went a few days ago to sell goods. No have been received. particuiars de at A the The executive committee of the Ve of cided to hold their reunion Agar's park, Thursday, August 21 committee was appointed to select ans Association, inion ( Junly anpual speaker and band, Noticed were posted Tool Co., of the at the works American Mill Hall, to All are invited. Sugar Valley enjoyed the novelty of a snow storm on the 25th day of May. It is said that it gave the valley the appear. | ance of winter, but melted almost as fast | as it fell. | After the Adams express company in sixteen years in the employ of b Philips. burg George C. Sandford has resigned to accept a place is Barber & Co. Over 100 people attended the raising on the farm of John Earen, Friday he The barn rails and Mrs Earon, the tenants on the Creek township is soxgo feel, ers hospitably entertained by Mr Adam C In Sugar valley heavy frosts occ farm urred several nights Jast week, doing great | damage to garden vegetables and At the east severe that all vegetables, garden crops, corn end of the valley it was so | apples and all other fruit were frozen. Jacob 8S. and James C. Reed, of Pine Grove Mills, southern tour, they visited the Alexan- have just returned from a dria National Cemetery where they de | comted the grave of their brother Sam’ D. who was a member of Company 184 P.Y¥.. Regt. Invitations bare been issued for the Marriage of Edgar Stover and Alverna | H. Hosterman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hosterman, of Woodward The wedding will take place a! the home of the bride's parents or Thursday, june g, at 11.304 m, Beech Creek a club known as The one story bouse al which was used by “The Indians’ of Tyrove, last The with beds, bedding, dishes and furniture, | all of which were burned. The origin of the flames is supposed to be incendiary. The loss is partially covered by insur. | was burned | week, bouse was furnished ance. | Mrs. James Gilliland, of Oak Hall, | while driving across a bridge near ber | | themselves | factories been | Shore | benefit | Hamilton are slow | that the new effect that if the with employes affiliated organized labor, the would be permanently aban. doned The horse that was believed to have | W McClo key's Monday in ), at Salona, stolen from R barn, Clinton Co., was found the possess) of Da Swa Mr 1 the bor on . niel by Haves Stewart that he obtain with gy ps ina Braddock ight last two who robbed him of his cast The somewhat Bg cents worst feature ised he was bers Track two weeks on the Oak Grow ayving will begin, it 1 trolley line started at the rive: Shore. Ji hen this line 1s completed last hope of Lock Haven receiving any from the boom at Oak Grove will disappear, unless the live is extended to that city. Tie family of the jate Samuel Scott, 817 Grove street, were poisoned last | Thursday by eating meat which is sup- posed to have been embalmed They | became very sick and had an uncomfort.- able dav. No serious results followed however This is Williamsport Bulletin 26inst. the kind of meat that Cope and to tackle and con- demu, because the meat packers “have |a pull.” The people of Jersey Shore are elated over the arnouncement that the town is A syndicate of Wilkesbarre capitalists have purchas. ed the Torbet farm, jast west of Jersey to have a car wheel works | Shore Junction, and it is upon this land be A portion of the land will be givided in to building lots and sold the industry will located Besides home last week the horse became unruly | oor wheel foundry they will also operate | | land began to back until the buggy, | cxtensive brick ki vs i replete with historic al- | | and had started for home, and had got : | as far as Long's mill, Howard twp, the | ¢ rons §. Houts horse and all went tumbling over the | side of the bridge, which is about eight | feet high at that poiot. Their escape was miraculous, voder the circumstances they one The only injury received was a | slight scratch on of the children. | The horse was slightly ipjared and the buggy broken to pieces. On Wednesday of last week after J. Will Mayes and John Mokle bad deliv- | ered some work at the Catholic cemetery | | in the back and ankle, which will lay large overshot wheel, which was in mo. | which became | Mr thrown out and received severe injuries tion, scared their team, almost uomanagable, | him up for some time. This wheel | should be covered with a building. IN ADJOINING COUNTIES | The lewisburg Journal says, many | people are going over their corn fields and planting after. The will of Blias Connor, who died recently, leaves $1200 to establish a pot. tet’s field at Lewistown, The fifty.second commencement of Bucknell University will take place on June 13t0 18, 1902. Monday afternoon Joseph H. Eckley died at Mill Hall. He was sick about one week with typhoid pneumonia, John Gullick, who killed his mother and brother Philip, near Kline's Grove, was sentenced to be hanged Monday by Judge Savidge of Sunbury, John Bickle, a carpenter, of Bald Eagle, at Mill Hall, fell twenty five feet from the roof of a house to the ground, and miraculously escaped death, Samuel Myers, of Lock Haven, who bas made two trips to the Klondike, has started on another gold bunting expedi. tion to Thunder mountain district in Idaho. The Susquebanna Suoyd of the Kean. gelical church was in session the last week at Berwick. The Synod has select. ed Lewisburg as the place for bolding its Mokle was | - LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. Gathered From the Various Offices About the Court House MARRIAGE LICENSES { Howard Herrington { Eva Eliz Nixon : James Nixon, Jr Eda Lamb Luther W. Musser Fannie M. Shaffer Philipsburg Cuba Mines State College . Zion Beliefonte Lillie Walker . " leon H. Albert Philipsburg Lalu O. Melcher ' Jacob W. Ertel ts M. Sharp Charles B. Kunes Blanchard me A. Bowman - : “ i Howard Flemington Howard Blanchard Centre Hill Milesburg “ Claude R. Moore Nora O Stitzer Henry C. long . Grace M. McKean - - Bruce W. Ripka - Effie BE. Burkholder - Lloyd L. Homiz . . Lemont | Carrie M. O'Neill « + State College Christian A. Houlz - . Lemont | Mattie Cronmiller - State College | The Alumni Reception. | The first avnual reception and lunche. | on of the Bellefonte High School Alumni | was given in the Armory Tuesday even ing in honor of the graduating class of | the High school, The simory was beautifully decorated for the occasion and over 350 gos were in attendance. The High =.» graduates acted as a reception cow ¥ tee. During the evening a ¢.0 luncheon was served. Carre county bas a goodiy »=~' of appointees under the Stone 2'™ Ls tration, all pocketing fat so aijve 1) party and not one of ‘em pio! or bu chief, When Hamilton, Cosuli: ae get back 10 their po. fn Hal. what excuse wil they lier session next year, chief fight for haw Vie woers? ¥ | WANTED 34, Philadelphia, Pa wants 10 know why ———— CHAS. HOUSER SHOT. Resul Interfering and ing an Uicer. ng From as- saul fonte brought a good. 1. There was but one reg racas, the resqit of that a » enouy which is impruce at arrest for committiog rious assa: and got a bullet in the depot at Houser be additic Down near Ed noisy, After Miller in having a fight with another man claimed n § M about 6p. 1 ’ troublesome and fo start a fight. i from Policeman had tak- the lockup. summoned other youn The who away farmer owned b y Burnside tain west of own that evening There are var gard the su ment Houser committed interfering with an him. That d expect policemen to pe No spo ogy can to pass it over. Our autho that it is prosecuted in accord the offense re- above fhcer's state- certatn, Mr. serious offence by wer and striking we ioat t+) to thi Lhe bstance Une thing 18 punished i r duty not do ce apce with cover cs must The penalty for an off :nce de- serves Yo 1 be made so heavy that #t will Bol SOON COCUTr ARAN, Ax down owit The closed the men and the « was asked trouble was and the work day evening works Hall bave g to a difficulty between ompany. An advacce which was refused. This threatened for some weeks decided to quit Tues. Pr a men - Weather Report Weekly report—Bellefonte Station. DATE TEMPERATURE Te Max n M Din ¥ me to BW not note NY fehl Pt FREE AD COLUMN FOR Eirias brown oe. for | FOR SALE ood of Linden Ha house, bare buildings, and good | for blacksmithing Fo call om Mrs. Elizabeth Pa. or 8. D Gettig, Be FOR SALE (djood Livery at consisting of horses ¢ hacks, w ne. harness, of stand. doing a largs business voi B. TexrLe, Snow Shoe, Ia x ~Man with single team to dell and collect, No canvassing. $21.0 work and expenses, $150 00 cash deposit quired. Permanent Manufacturer LOST A dark gray double shawi, May Sth, oh the road between Runville and Show Shoe. A suitable reward will be given 1o the finder by Alired Witherite, Runvilie, Ma FOUND A purse containing sum of money The owner upon satisfactory description can seoure same of H.W. Krape, Gephart's muse store, Bellefonte, Pa. WL LI PT QUOTATIONS. Tie pr cee» the Lock Haven market Wednood iv moming were as follows: Wwiter, 17 Ww 18¢ per 1b, ERE 18¢. 4 1. rhickens, Joc to $1 per pair; pota- ee, 28c per peck; strawberries per (PR ELE § BN r efonte— Produce. » tallowing prices are pad by Se nen & Heo sonmsenienis I ’
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