BELLEFONTE AND VICINITY The Local Happenings Condensed in Short Paragraphs What Has Transpired at the County Seat-—Movements of our people— Personal and Social Events—Lo- cal Items Always Desired. —There will be considerable soft corn | —Co. B, of this place, is now in camp at Ashland, Pa. —"“A Warm Match” at the opera house to morrow evening, —John Noll, of Warriorsmark, visited his father, Emanuel Noll, —C. M. Parrish went to Ebensburg Saturday afternoon to visit his former home. —Amos Ward, who is employed in the Altoona offices of the P. R. R.,, was a Sunday visitor in Bellefonte. —James I. McClure departed Sunday morning for Philadelphia to attend the Harmess makers, exhibition, —Pensions were recently issued : Isaac Miller, Bellefonte, $8 per month; David | McKinney, of Howard, $12 per month, —“A Warm Match" at the opera bouse on Friday evening. Itisa lively comedy with some choice musical num- | bers. —John Noll, who has the contract for the mason work for the new Auditorium, at the College moved his family to State | College. —Drs. Braught, of Spring Mills, and Musser, of Aaronsburg, were in town Tuesday, attending the medical associa- tion meeting. —Mrs. David F. Fortney departed Friday afternoon for Halifax, Pa., to visit her son, Paul, who is Principal of the schools at that place. —Put away a barrel or two of apples for your famiiy this winter, while you can get them cheap, and remain at home evenings and help eat ‘em. ~Geo. B. Haines and wife, of Rebers- burg, took the morning train here on Tuesday, to pay a two week's visit to a daughter living in Pittsburg. —J. C. Jodon and family will move from this place to Reedsville, Pa., where he bas secured a position in the ruling department of Smith Bro’s plant. —Mrs. Thomas K. Morris and little child departed last week for Aspinwall, Allegheny county, their future home. Mr. Morris is now superintending the quarries at West Winfield. ~Mr. Bernard Vaughan who has been superintendent of the upper Match fac- tory has resigned bis position, and with his wife and child left Monday for Olean, N. Y., for a visit. ~Two Russian Jews, who were ped- dling without a license, were arrested at Lemont, Friday afternoon by detective J. W. Rightoour and brought to Bellefonte and lodged in jail. later. — Misses Rebecca Blanchard and Ada. ine Harris have moved their kindergar- from Linn street to the second floor Of the Centre county bank building, | where they have more commodious quarters, ~Next Sunday St. John's Reformed church will be re-opened and re dedica- ted. Sunday school will meet at ¢:30 a. m., re-dedication at 10:30 a. m. Song service al 7:30 p. m., special music at both services. ~An ice cream social will be held by the Ladies Aid Society of St. John's Re- formed church, at the residence of the pastor, Rev. A. M. Schmidt, on Spring street, Thursday evening, Oct. 16. All are cordially invited. ~The frost last Friday morning was sharpest of any this fall. On many places it looked like it had snowed. The leayes have been dropping from the ef of the previous lighter frosts, but this one will bring down all that escaped the recent J. F's. ~Last Thursday noon Harry Jackson, deputy sheriff and Arthdr Kimport, de. puty prothonotary escorted Frank Beck- with to the western penitentiary. The prisoner appeared to be satisfied with his lot and accepts his Imprisonment as & matter of fact, «Edward B. Calderwood, one of the brakemen on the yard engine crew, was badly squeezed Saturday night between a car and a building. The accident hap- pened at the Armor Gap quarries of the American Lime & Stone Company, No bones were broken, ~ Hon. James Schofield was a passen. ger enroute to Philadelphia Sanday morning, where he will attend the har. nessmakers exhibition and will make some selections for his home store. You expect that he will have some novel. Ajo in the harness ine when he returns, ~The next important thing to come off will be the election early next month, is gone through with, and the bill to get here some time, They were released | | -Curb market is getting very scant, | Good printer wanted at this office. Sale bills printed at this ofice on | short notice. | =An all-round, competent printer can | secure a positiou at this office. | —¢Plaster of Paris’ was the first ordi- | nary attraction at the opera house. ~~W. Weber, one of Howard's repre. | sentative citizens, was in town the othe’ day. | =—=Ex-Sheriff Ishler is at Scranton, Pa. | this week as a juror tothe U.S. District | Court, ~F, H. Thomas moved to the Geo. | VanTries property on Linn street this week. ~-Mrs, T. H. Harter and sister Bessie Musser, are in Philadelphia on a visit to friends. ~Correspondents will oblige usalways by mailing their letters on Monday, if possible. shows Look ~The date after your label when your subscription expired, at it, now. day having spent a year or more travel. ing in France and Germany. i i =. Y. Wagaer and wife were visitors | with friends at Pine Glenn. Also Mr. { Jodon and wife of this place. —Prof. Angel's next visit to Bellefonte, { Oct. 21 and 22nd. His office will be in | the Larimer building opposite the court | house | —Postal clerk Wm. Garman returned | on Tuesday from his vacation. He vis- ited Boston and sections of New York | state, | —W. W. Montgomery is entertaining {a his residence, on Allegheny street, his cousin, John Montgomery, of Lake City, Minn, —Garbrick Bros., machinists of place, have the agency for the “Domes. tic” gasoline engine exhibited at Grange Park. ~Harry McCoy, son of Charles Mec- Coy of Thomas street, is seriously ill with | He contracted the dis. | typhoid fever. ease in West Virginia. ~Miss Mabel Furnace arrived home from an extend- | ed tour through England, Scotland and | | the Continent of Europe. | —The Ladies’ Aid Society of the | United Brethren church will hold a | | chicken corn soup supper ou Saturday, | Oct. 18th, in the lecture room of the U, B. parsonage. ~This paper goes into 3400 homes | 15000 different people. You can talk | business with these people, and it will not be so expensive. | ==Mrs. Gibson widow of the late Rev | Dr. Gibson and Mrs. John B. Mitchell | both of Pine Grove Mills spent a day at {the home of Mrs. Jennie Mitchell on | Spring street. | —Hunting season opened yesterday | | and the usual amount of small game {was killed. Nearly every modern weapon or old flint lock was pressed into | service for the occasion. ~J. D. Lutz, of Big Roy, Ill., was one | of the former Centre countians who took | advantage of the G. A. R. excursion to | Washington, and paid this section a visit, | | He left Nittany over 20 years ago. ~Frank Naginey is getting saucy since his new house is under roof. How a such a poor man will be able to pay the enormous taxes on such a handsome | house is nome of our | knows, | =Capt. Hugh 8 | granted five days leave of absence to | settle the affairs of the tax office. He | arrived home Monday evening and re. | ports everything’quiet in the coal region | and soldiers had nothing to do. | ~The W. C. T. U. announces their fifth entertainment course will begin Nov. 7th with Moro, the Prince of Magic. The course comprises six splendid enter. | tainments, which will cost $1.25 for the | season; single admissions so cents. En. | tertainments will be given in Petriken | Hall, | ~Frank H. Gamel tendered bis resig- nation as General Secretary of the | Young Men's Christian Association at | this place and on Monday left for Hazle- | ton, Pa., where he will take up similar | work at that place. Mr. Hindman, of | New Brighton, will probably be Mr. | Gamel's successor at this place. ~Last week three patients have been | discharged as cured from the Bellefonte hospital. Lloyd Aurand, who was oper- ated on for appendicitis and whose case was an extremely bad one; 0. H. Osman who was shot through the thigh, and Mrs. James Foster, of Sheffield, Ala., who underwent a minor operation, ~*The Prasrie Chicken’ is the name of another zine mining operation pur. chased at Gramby, Misso., by local capi- talists who are preparing to operate it on a large scale. They are Messrs, Ellis L. Orvis, R. F, Hunter, J.C. Meyer and ~Francis Atwood returned Wednes- | this | the | Thompson of Centre | | i every week and on an r is read by | ’ average area Ly fell while walking through her bed room | | Wednesday and sustained painful injar- | business. He Taylor has been ! THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. OCTOBER 16, 1902, VARIETY OF LOCAL NEWS Gathered from Centre and Ad- joining Counties, SHORT AND TO THE POINT Events that Have Transpired Recent- ly and Worthy of Mention—Items of Interest for All—Doing of Neighbors, Landlord Musser, of Millheim, is on the sick list and is very low. A total eclipse of the moon will occur tonight, and will be visible over North America. Fhe 3 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Poorman died at Ler home above Beech Creek Friday evening, State College is now putting in a new electric light plant which they will have in operation by the 1st of November. Mr. and Mrs. John Noll, with their | children, have arrived in Millheim from | Indiana. They drove the entire distance { of 80g miles. County Auditor Wm. Tibbens is suf- fering with a broken collar bone, as a re. sult of having had a door blow shut on him a few days ago. From all over the county we learn that the apple crop is unusually large and fruit fine. Many car loads are be- ing shipped to other parts, The chestnut burrs are bursting and the toothsome nut will soon be hunted by everybody. From all reports the crop will be unusually large this year, Ed. Burkert, of the state of Indiana, arrived at Rebersburg, his native place, | Mr, Burket went west many years ago, | but still has a hankering after Centre | county. Unionville and on the 20th of this month | will start to practice his profession at that place. H. G. Royer, now seven years a citi. zen of Johnstown, visiting his oid stamping ground in Rebersburg and vicinity. Mr. Royer travels for the Me. | Cormick reaper company. ! | is D. R. Thomas, of Loveville, has leas | ed the West Bod betel tv Elmira, N. Y. ' and will take possession of the same | Oct. 30th. Mr. Thomas will have sale of all his farm stock on Oct. 25th, | Mrs. J. J. Arney west of Centre Hall {les. Two ribs on the right side were | broken and ber arm was badly injured. | Braid Houtz, who lived with his moth. (er in Miles township, died Wednesday | morning Sth. He wok sick about a | week ago and took and attack of hice | cough from which he died. His age was 24 years. Interment at Rebersburg. Sunday, Oct. 19th, is the day set for | the dedicatory services of the new M. | | E.church at Hannah. The Rev. E. J. Gray D. D., president of Williamsport Dickinson Seminary, will be one of the | preachers of the day. Joseph Bittoer, of Beech Creek, whose | barn was struck by lightning some time | ago, has received his insurance from the Grange company. There was $1000 on the barn and $400 on the contents. A | new barn is being erected on the site of | the old one. While working in one of the mines near Clarence one of the miners was in- stantly killed by the mine caving in and rock and dirt falling on him. His funer. | al took place last Thursday. He was a | native of Austria but had been in this country for a number of years. | It was quite a surprise and curiosity to the ministers of the Presbytery with | whom we were in a hack to the Martin | grave on Wednesday, as they noticed | the bin at the Penn Hall school house { full of bard coal. It reminded them of | “old times. "The Penn Hall school wil keep this winter, anyhow, even if the strike is not called off, Miss Mable Holmes, a young lady of State College, who had spent several months visiting in Pittsburg returned to ber home on Thursday, Sept. 25th, ap. | parently in perfect health. On Thurs. | day, Oct aod, one week later her condi. tion was such that Dr. W. 8, Glenn diag. | nosed the case as small.pox. The young | lady was taken to an old and unoccupied house on the Holmes farm, a mile north of the College. Every precaution has been taken to prevent the spread of the disease and that he has no fear of its going any further, Drs. McGirk, of Philipsburg, re. cently removed a piece of John Hick. lin's skull, There was a big fight in front of the Potter House one night, and h earrived on the scene just ln time to be struck on the head by a brick that one of the participants threw at the other. Hicklin suffered greatly from the injury, but afier awhile it grew better and be bade fair to get well, Later, however, his speech became affected; growing gradually more so until he could scarcely talk. The uperation after two years resulted ln finding a plece of the skull pressing on the brain and with its removal relief will very probably come. Jobs C. Rowe ha a hot of frends a Philipsburg. He make a competent Recorder. Dr. W. U. Irvin formerly of Julian bas | purchased the residence of J, L. Rich at | IN ADJOINING COUNTIES. William Harter has been appointed postmaster at Tylersville, There are fourteen cases of typhoid fever reported in Clearfield and a pum: ber of cases of scarlet fever, A Lock Haven nagwing, 8 0 Watts' Joe Wilkes won the $400 purse in the 2.25 pace at Bloomsburg last week, Hiram Cronk, of New York, is the last survivor of the war of 18:12. Mr. Cronk is in his Io3d year. He is very feeble, George Grove, who resides on the Isen. berg farm near Shirleyshurg, is ill with small-pox. His son, David, died just two weeks ago of the same discase, Arnold, of Elizabeth at Ex-Congressman W. C. Clearfield county, and Mrs, Wood, of DuBois, married Newtonville, Mass., on Thursday, oth. Mrs. Auna A. McCurdy, of Jersey Shore, choked on a piece of food and ex- pired. She was 73 years old and is the mother of Hon. George McCurdy, presi- dent of the common council of Philadel- phia. A. |. Shires, of Lock Haven, has been awarded the contract for erecting a large tanpery at Medix Run for G. W. Glea- sou & Son. In connection with these buildings he will also erect a number of dwellings were An article has been going the rounds of the press that Judge Cyrus L. Gordon has been very {ll with typhoid fever. We have lately learned that this is not the fact. Judge Gordon, we are inform. ed, is enjoying good health, but his son John has been quite sick for some weeks with fever Papers have been filed for a new trial in Huntingdon by counsel for Prof I. | Harvey Brumbaugh, acting president of | the Juniata college, against whom a jury | two weeks a verdict of | | : | Keim, of Eiklick, Somerset coanty, ago awarded for i breach of prowise. | Frederick Shamberger, of Liberty, Ly- j coming county, | bellowing furiously a few davs ago. heard two of his cows He | hastened to them, when he saw that they | i ’ had locked horns in a fight, They sway. ed to and fro, until finally they fell over a cliff and were killed. When found the : | cows’ horns were interlocked, | Mrs. Mary Docker, widow of Daniel Decker, came to Lewistown on Thursday {to attend the funeral of William Mec Girk. She went to the home of W. L. Ealy, on Valley street and while seated {in a chair conversing with Mrs when she gave a gasp or two and died, At the meeting of the Central Penn. sylvania Synod of the Latheran church | beld at Lock Haven last week it was de, cided to hold the next convention at | Beaver Springs, Suyder county, begin. | ning ou the last Wednesday of Septem. ber, 1902. Rev, J]. M. Rearick, of Cen. tre Hall, was elected to succeed Rev. C. Aikens, who has served in office for the | past three years. In the Blair county court Jast week Albert Robison was brought up for dyna. miting fish in the Juniata river. The | defendant pleaded guilty to the charge and threw himself on the mercy of the Court, His Honor, in consideration of the defendant's advanced years and other mitigating circamstances, sentenc. ed him to pay the costs aggregating $41.03 and suspended sentence of me prisonment. | The directors of the Pennsylvania Rail | road company at a meeting in Philadel. phia authorized the rebuilding of the old Portage railroad, the Pennsylvania will have a new route for its big freight traffic. Instead of running its freight from Gallitzin, through Altoona, to | Petersburg, on the main line, it is pro posed to send the trains over the route | by way of Hollidaysburg, the trains to reach the main line at Petersburg. Considerable excitement prevails near [the dividing line between Susquebanna | and Bradford counties, where a ceMain religious sect predict that the world will have left their homes, turned their stock out on the commons and are living in camp. Many will not sow their fall grain and say they will not put a single grain of seed in the ground, as the Lord | is certainly coming this year. the most sanguine have made ascension robes. - RECENT DEATHS. SAMURL SCHMIDT i—=Died at his home in Sandusky, O., Sunday morning, of blood poisoning, aged 61 years. He sisters, MRS. MARGARET WILLIAMS CORY, t= died at Linden Hall, on Saturday after. noon. She was born at Lemont, April 21, 1830, making her age at time of death Baly | she remarked, "Oh, 1 feel so warm," | come to an end before the close of the coming month. A number of farmers A few of is survived by three brothers and two 72 years § moaths and 20 days. She was LEGAL INTELLIGENCE MARRIAGE LICENSES, Benj. F. Neff . . Sarah T. Shope . . } Wm. Elmer Reed . Catherine I, Krebs Ollie Kinkead . Jennie Cole Wm. A. Rider Rebecca Gentzel { Arthur G. Black Lula S. Rote George Kostick Lazzie Baranie A. Allen Alexander Katie Wingard . § Jno. C. Moore - Philipsburg Frances Kulp - . . ' { David K. Mothershaugh Nannie A. Bailey Juo. N. Hoover Lizzie Brain ! Wm. Brown Mary A. Barto Manny W. Raymond Minnie B. Kuhn ! Andrew Fedoo - Maggie Werlye . REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Charles K. McCafferty, et ux to Harry R. Wallace, July 20, 1901; lot in Miles burg. $6000. Charles McCafferty, et ax to Harry R. Wallace, July -, 1901; lot in Miles. burg. $1. Oscar Adams, et ux to Geo. W. Homer, Oct. 6, 1902; lot in Philipsburg. $850 W. T. Speer, Treasurer to Ellis Lytle, Aug. 20, 1900; 3 acres in Ferguson, $4.39 Wm. Witmer & Son's Co. to Common- wealth of Pa. Oct. 1, 1902; 654 acres perches. $1961.11. Roland State College Pine Grove Mills ‘“ “ i“ Rush “ Bellefonte Altoona Bellefonte Clarence “ Coburn Boalsburg Millheim Philipsburg Bellefonte Winburne United Evangelicals Gaining. The session of the quadrennial general con important features | ference of the United Evangelical church | in session at Williamsport =ere the re. ports of Bishop Dubbs and Stanford $9.250 damages in favor of Miss Cora A. | { bas increased from 50,240 to 63,390, a | p net gain of 8 per cent ; 27,~ 279. conversions, 840 ; for missionary purposes, $216 668 contributed ; other | conference collections, $77,285; Sunday work $117,321; and accessions 29 preachers’ salaries $71.- churches Total $1,675 372; building and repairing and parsonage, $598 643 387 Number of church edifices, 820, an in- crease of 1 yf YCATS | 240 parson. | ages, an increase of 58; value of churches, { $2,215,068 ; parsonages, £306,746 ; other property, $229,393. Total, $2,751,207 ; increase, $504,908, or 41 per cent, in four Will Cost $300,000 a Day. | military force on duty | than $30,000 per day. The total strength of the Guard is 10,000 and the indiviaual | pay of officers and men average $2 per. | day. The individual pay of Geseral Gobin and staff, the Eighth and Twelflh regiments, and the two companies of the | Fourth regiment, the Governor's Troop and the Second Philadelphia City Troop, | | for the month of September aggregated | nearly $80,000. | - Spring Mills Bridge. | A letter from Harrisburg to our Coun- ty Commissioners states that the plans for the Spring Mills bridge are being prepared and when accepted an | advertisement for same will be made in | the local papers. When the bridge will be completed is mighty uncertain, as the officers at Harrisburg are devoting | more attention | fences than to public business, ! ’ {| Election comes Tuesday, November | It is time that you talk to your 4th. i neighbor about getting there, | DEMOCRATS will note the list of meet- { ings scheduled. See that there is a good turn out by going yourself, pl — Wien you advertise you want to reach the people. The Centre Democrat goes to over 3400 homes. Weather Report. Weekly report—Bellefonte Station. DATE TEMPERATURE Ln] Maximun Minimum %, clear - «8 LL LE LL | JRR— Nl, COREY weiss BY 12, prt. cloudy can... 8 I cloudy accion: N Ms GIORAY scsi: s conenss BS « 15, elonraa..... wees 8) AJ Rain: On 11, afternoon and night, 1,05 inches. Oet, 4“ ‘* An attack of la grippe left me with a bad cough. My friends said 1 hed consumption. | then tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and it cured me promptly, ** A. K. Randles, Nokomis, 111. You forgot to buy a bot- tle of Ayer's Cherry Pec- toral when your cold first came on, so you let it run along. Even now, with all your hard coughing, it will not disappoint you, There's a record of sixty years.to fall back on. of Friday- | The cost of keeping the entire State | will not be less | 0 repairing political 5 DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS. The county chairman announces the following public be held throughout the county, during Octobet meetings to Friday, 17th—Yarnell, Spring Mills, Monday, 20th Pine Grove Mills. Tuesday, 218t—Boalsburg, Scotia, Mt. Pleasant, Wednesday, 220d Julian, Grove School House, Thursday, 23rd—Bellefonte. Friday, 24th-—Ripka’s. Saturday. 25th— Potters Mills Monday, 27th—Sandy Ridge,” Mann's Bchoo! House, (Curtin. ) Tuesday, 28th—Woodward, Philipsbnrg. Wednesday, 2gth—Snow heim, Prominent speakers will be in attend. ance at these meetivgs. The public is invited to attend and hear the issves of the campaign presented, South Mill Shoe, Decision in Wage Suits. John H. Miller, an Altoona merchant, was acquitted at Holidaysburg io a prosecution against him for alleged con- spiracy with W. W. Rodgers, of Wheel. ing, W. Va, to attach the wages of his debtors Miller had assigned his store accounts against Pennsylvania railroad workmen to Rogers, who began attach- ment proceedings Sixty chants are being prosecuted on similar | charges. other mer. Frou the amount of money that will 70 | be sent to this county by Dresser and | Patton the two millionaires, if a fair dis. get a nice the | tribution is made, the hoys will diry. Put in { “stuff” is bere vour claim in time, We do eputation—our 3400 circulation is what wil) ———— avl on bring busi. ness to the merchant who advertises a He Learned a Great Truth, It is said of John Wesley that be once said to Mistress Wesley “Why do you tell that child the same thing over and over again 7’ “John Wesley, because once telling is not enough It is for this same reason that you are told again and again that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cures colds and grip; that it counteracts anv tendency of these dis- eases to result in pneumonia, and that it is pleasant and safe 10 take, For sale by Green's Pharmacy. COME WITH YEARS. The } 3 " | | drop down on a store all wit trade does not at It COMmes with YOArs, It comes when the store has proven beyond a doubt its trustworthiness to each best customer to allow us the privilege of proving this to youu We want your trade, but all we ask is a chance to demon- strate that we deserve it because of the superior sat- isfaction that we give to our customers. Our ex- perience extends over a period of 49 years. Ex. perience counts GREEN'S PHARMACY, Bush House Blk. Bellefonte. onoee., We invite vou PENNY A WORD ADV. | | Advertisements Jess than 2 subscribers, one issue free 2 oents, each issue words, from Additional issues Bale to others, penny a-word Sor | ESTRAY :~Oame 10 the residence of the mm dersigned about Aug. Ist, in Boggs twp. near Roland, § months old brown heifer with white spots. The owner Is requested 1o prove prop erty or same will be sold as provided by law, G. HN Leymann WANTED Man with single team to deliver i w And collect. No canvassing, $21.00 per week Dd expenses. $150.00 cash deposits wired. J eFmahent Matulacturer (B53) 356, Phila. . SALARY GUARANTEED lady to canvass for & household articie about Bellefonte; Wages, study employment, desirable work. May applies ton at onoe 10 ~ Household Agency.” Bellefonte, Pa, care Garman House LOST A stick pin, 2 gold piece, contain. | Ing the initia “MN. N." on the road be | tween Lamont snd Roland. A liberal reward | will be given for the retuyn by Miss Elizabeth Nell, Roland, Pa FOR SALE «A good cow. Call on or address Wm. D. Breon, Woll's Stare, Pa. FOR SALE: ~Brood sow with pigs and shoals, one boar Chester white stock, J. W, Gobble, Spring Mills, Pa, with FOR SALE «Irom pray mare 7 years a ; foal, welght 1400 sound and alright Khilling, Mackeyville, Pa, POR SALE «2 fine shoats will sell for #8, In quireof A. BY , Allegheny St. Belle fonte, Pa, near reservolr, "MARKET QUOTA TIONS. per Bellefonte— Grain. The following prices are paid by ©. ¥, Wae- wun for grain.
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