THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. OCTOBER 29, 1908. Pace 5. BELLEFONTE AND VICINITY The Local Happenings Condensed in Short Paragraphs EVENTS WORTHY OF MENTION What Has Transpired at the County Seat—Movements of our People— Personal and Social Events—Lo- cal Items Always Desired. A patent was recently granted to Wm. R. Jenkins, of Bellefonte, for a new style rake. —Herman Holtz and daughter, Edith, departed Sunday morning for a two weeks’ visit in New York city. —A fire escape is being placed on the Garman House in order to comply wi h certain requirements of a recent act of assembly. —Dr. J. M. Locke is putting the fin. ishing touches on his new residence; if he don’t hurry along Jack Frost will catch him napping. —J. C. Meyer, John Blanchard, Ellis L. Orvis and Wilbur F. Reeder, members of the Centre county bar, are attending | Superior Court, at Philadelphia, this week, —*“0ld Josh Spruceby” will be here on Monday evening at the opera house. A full fledged sawmill will be in opera- tion on the stage in one of the acts — For a nice supper, at the convenient price of 25 cents, the best done up in . best style, go to the Lutheran lay out in | Petriken Hall, this evening and Friday evening, to morrow. The ladies’ bazaar will open in same place oa both days. Don't miss a nice thing when it is done for a good cause, —QOn Saturday afternoon the Lock ball team came to the Haven Normal foot Bellefonte and had a tackle with y I Academy team t was a rough game in which some of the knocked out at the start wed every opi tory for of 5 too. «Look for issue of the . tion prociamatic be found there in a simile of redu but an exact fac € have to vole Tuesday. it over and study the new the one you will when you go to the polis next Better method of marking slight, only you should look The change is very understand it be- fore going to the polls. ~*“Uncle Josh Spruceby’ the first of the many rural plays now being present | ed in the different cides will be seen here Monday evening, Nov This pro duction is said 10 be different from all others as it contains well as pathos, 2nd, much comedy au the realistic Saw Mill scene is said to be the most excitiag and intense effect ever produced. and --Last Saturday Prof. Geo. G. Groff, a member of the faculty at Bucknell Col. lege, Lewisburg, Pa., and also a member of the State Board of Health was here in reference to some of the smallpox cases in this county to see whether all the neces sary precautions were being taken so as to prevent a spread of the disease. He first came to Bellefonte and then went to Oak Hall, and as far can learn was well satisfied with the conditions ex isting. The three patients Improving and their recovery is expect: ed. The strictest quarantine regulations haye been there any farther spread of the disease from this sou a8 we are slowly observed, and as a result, f is little possibility of ree - During the past week workmen have been busy in putting in a new steel ceil ing in the Racket stores at this place For some time the firm has been annoy. ed by the plastering dropping and this will put an end to the trouble. In addi tion, it is a very handsome affair that is ornamental, when the painters get through with it. The Irvin Brothers, since they took hold of the store, have made some decided improvements in the interior by changing and enlarging the | : business office and adding several large plate glass counter cases that enable | them to display goods to a better ad. vantage. While this Is going on busi ness seems to be improving and they are happy and prosperous, On Sunddy evening the writer drop. ped into the Presbyterian church to hear Dr. Laurie deliver his first of a series of He took the tribe, for this discourse ; historical sermons of the Ishmael and beginnmg with Abraham he traced down through growth of this the important part played by thew in the early epochs of the Christian era, and how their spread over Europe, parts of Asia and Africa, and affected the history of the world. The method of treating the subject was that several centuries the remarkable people and civilization of a varrative with enough explanatory matter thrown in to make it easily com. prehended by the entire audience and intensely interesting to all. We wish to express approval upon the character of this sermon, which we believe to be prac. tical in that it is interesting, instructive and will tend to draw people to the church who otherwise would be indiffer- ent to the average sermon where church doctrine, creed and well known and ac. cepted truths are thrashed oyer and over, It is a clever production all the way through. | origin | —A lady compositor can secure posi- tion at this office. ~ Mrs. Miles Arney visited with B, H. Arney’s at Centre Hall, Ove of M. C. Gephart’s pianos is now having a place in Runkle’s hotel parlor, ~Jennie Koontz is at Kane, Pa., where she will visit friends for the next two weeks, ~The Reformed Synod met in Lebanon this week. Jared Harper is a delegate from this place. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Andrews, who have been spending the past summer in Maine, returned home, ~ Wilbur Baney, of this place, is fill. ing a vacancy as clerk in Yeager & Davis store in Philipsburg, -~-Mr. and Mrs. Williard Kline are making a ten day visit with friends at their former home in Watsontown, ~Get every democratic vote to the polis on November 3 and there will be no doubt of the result in this county. the second sou of Harry Keller, fell from his bicycle Fri- day noon, and cut quite a deep gash near his eve, —Henry Keller, ~—Sim the Clothier has put out more { clothes the past few weeks than in any former season. Doing more business right along, — Miss Mary H. home from a four months tour through Linn bas Europe having bad a successful voyage | and interesting trip. ~The Panther Run hunting party, mostly from Bellefonte will leave Satur. ] in the leer, Panther Run to remain about ten days. day for « vicinity of —Better study the ballot before you vote this year, the page of this issue. election proclamation on i LON Look for of east Howard on ~Henry Tibbhens, street, has a pumpkin exhibition in Harper window that weighs 147 pounds ‘hat beats the record. Saturday noon a slight fire on the fH caused the rissman’s bouse, Thomas fire ¢ Was extinguishe usual arm and | before » was don former] ' h at appointed pastor “hr o couference Rev st sermon here on Sun {10:30 a. m. jodon and family moved from ¢ to Bellefonte on Tuesday and g in the Larimer property op Mr been employed in Smith Bros. job office; & Cu's posite the Court House. Jodon had he will be with Plait Barber wholesale house at this place. ~ James Hoover, of Ranville, employ- B. Tay- injured ed in repairing the trestie at R lor's coal! yard was severely Monday afternoon. Iopjaries are on the side of the head cutting his aod head along nicely. ear truising his getting home is in Ranville, Mr Mrs of Milton, accompanied by the latter's sis He is reported as Mr. Hoover's and Louis Ettinger, ter, Thursday and Friday in this town with uncles and aunts, Wm Dr, Dorworth’s and Fred. Kariz's, having attended the Lucas Harvey wedding at Jenkins’, Howard, Wednesday evening, 21 Invitations are out for the of Rev. Dr. R of the St. John's Reformed church, Lew to Miss youngest daughter of the late John Quig marriage Leighton Gerhart, pastor isburg Margaret Bel ley, of Newberry, Pa take p at the lace Wednesday evening the His Bellefonte friends wish him well. Nov. & home of bride, at 6 o'clock Monday morning about ten o'clock a regular snow squall set in with flakes dimes and fast Only regretable thing about it was that they were pot and quarters, or even nickles they disappeared just about as fast as dimes aod quarters, when fakirs are around tempting greenies to “try their lack." ~Geo. C. Miller, of Valentine forge, infor us the Democrat March he will have been in the service of the Valentine farnace sixty years He was born on the plant and bas been | there all his time with the exception of one year, and is still there. Really Car negia, Schwab, or some other millionaire by virtae of iron, should give Mr. Miller a pension, large as thick and quarters coming dimes And Auctioneer J. I. Neff, of Roland, gave us a call Monday morning, without a cane, and tells us this is his first trip from home within a year, that bis locomotion and we are glad over his im. He did a big thing as a vendue crier, having followed it success: tully for forty years. In those forty years the number of sales he cried would average forty per year—the greatest number he cried in any one year was seventy five some fifteen years ago, This would make a total of 1600 sales The property be knocked down at these sales, household and farming goods, would average $1500 per sale, making a total $2 400,000. This is exclusive of sales of real estate, some of which ran high up in the thousands of! dollars What auctioneer can show up such a record, and the old veteran cryer is still good enough for any “'O Yes jobs that need his attention, he did pot need a aff to assist provement, returned | {tin another | | the effort A copy will be found in | } i to the throng and req | 3 { of his numerous friends ! beat and | { f Kr | Morris | | eph Leiize Quigiey, | I but | Tosbu K. | falo Run ; The wedding will | | ] iss Annte Jenkins, were visitors | day, 18 in 1852 A girl, residing in or near Bellefonte, wanted to learn typesetting at this office. --Mrs. E J. Hinds, of Feidler, while in town on Saturday attending to legal business, found time to call on the Cen- tre Democrat. ~Rev, Schmidt expects to preach a sermon to young men next Sunday even- ing, at St. John's Reformed church, His theme is, *‘St. Paul's Estimate of Ath letics.”” All young men are invited, The fire alarm yesterday afternoon, at 2:30, was caused by the burning of a frame house occupied by an aged widow, Mrs. Perdue, which seemed to have had its origin in the attic, likely from an overheated flue, as the old lady was ready to do her baking. The soon burst through the roof and had made considerable headway by the time the hosecart got up the steep hill on Lamb street the place of the fire. The steamers soon were on the spot and did prompt work. The roof was ruined, and the garret likely down to the garret floor. Help was promptly on the inside saving the household goods on the first and sec. ond floors, Some damage was done to goods by water, The fire was put out before getting into the second story. The building is one of which attorney Ray has the renting. flames ~Tuesday evening about thirty-eight gentlemen friends assembled at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Ward, on Cur. street, at the of the good lady of the house that it was the 45th birthday anniversary of Mr. Ward and she thought it proper to remind him of the fact by an informal and suprise as The Dr. prised to come home invitation was naturally sur. a large family on hand, but appreciated semblage. find such nd $0 much th could not even Rev, presented him at he nake a speech when his pastor, John A. ‘Wood, very nicely uested him to oc- cupy a handsome leather rocker, the gift He was simply to his sump over riends was a tron re ry tuous reg died Tuesday kidney and He leaves several children. Interment at Houserville, Mrs. SARA LruTzeLL widow of Jos passed away at the home of Adam Winters, at Fiedler, last Thurs day 15th, after a long illness of cancer of the stomach. She was 66 vears and 7 and at Wolf's chapel on Saturday morning ; with Rev, months old was buried i Owen L. Buck officiating. WiLLiaAn MCNAIME —a former citi { zen of Ferguson township died oo San. of born the Alloova pest bouse The near Rock Springs about 48 years ago in small pox deceased was His death is mourned by bis wife, who was Chestie Frank, of Thomas Frank, of Rock Springs, four children, his three a sister parents, sisters and four brothers. PRTER HorrMmax :—of passed Kylertown, away at his bone in that place Poeumonia was the cause of his death Mr Hoflman emigrated to this country His widow with three sons and four daughters survive, Among the lat Mis. William Ferguson, Phil Mrs. Jonas Stine, Jr, of Buf. John B. Hoffman, Philipsburg Interment was made in Philipsbarg on ter are Wednesday afternoon, 21 RonERT HENDERSON farmer and lnmberman died at his home in Marion township on Saturday night, 17, after years of impaired health. Oa Tuesday morning his body was taken to Lemont, where interment was made in the Branch burying grouud, by the side of his wife Of family of four children living, James and Elsie ters Mrs. Mary Glenn, of State College, and Mrs Jane Nolan, of Philadelphia, having died in April within one week of bis two are His two daugh- | each ot her that by next | M. E IM. EB impaired | H christian, | charch. Mrs HANNAH M. ADAMS (wife of Elmer E Adams, of Lock Haven, Thurs day evening while on her way, accom- panied by two other ladies, to attend the Epworth League convention at Trinity church was suddenly stricken with heart failare in front of the St, John's Lutheran parsonage and expired without regaining consclousness. Mrs, Adams was the daughter of the late 8 G. and Catherine Mingle, of Lock Haven, and was born at Rebersbhurg., She was aged about 44 vears Mrs ErLizanerTn BAMER (Died at her bome Thurs Deceased was had been a devoted belonging to the Methodist She was preceded 10 the grave by her husband a number of years ago She leaves the following : three daugh ters, Mrs Jennie Lewis, of Olivia; Mrs. Nanuoie Spittler, of Dix, and Mrs. Mag. ge Walk, of Hannah, and one son G. W., of Olivia. She was buried on Sat. urday at Mt, Pleasant cemetery, Hf — near Dix station day, incident 10 old age 75 years old and last Tun layiog off of employees on rail roads and industiies generally, is going on all over the country generally, and with winter at the door there will be suf. fering. What bas become of “prosper ity.” VARIETY OF LOCAL NEWS Gathered From Centre and Ad- joining Counties SHORT AND TO THE POINT | Recent | Items | Doings of | Events That Have Transpired ly and Worthy of Mention of Interest for All Neighbors, Wayne Thompson, of Lemont, is lying | ill with pneumonia, but slowly. Miss Blanche Daugherty, of Pine | Glenn, has been made a clerk in the post. office at Wynburne, is improving | Miss Ruth Bottorf, who is attending | Bucknell Seminary, spent several days at at her bome in Lemont, Aaronsburg'’s most aged citizen, the | widow of Wm. Harter is, quite feeble, | evidently near the end of her earthly | journey, John Camp died at Milroy yesterday | He the father of W., R. Camp formerly of Centre Hall. | W. R. Weiser, of Millheim, has a Ger. It contains a record of the births and deaths morning, aged about 77 vears. was man bible that was printed in 1769 of the Mathias Hess family. The church at Zion has been postponed to Fri communion in the Lutheran Nov. 8, at 2:30 p. m. Catechise on 7 o'clock. day evening, Nov 7 Warrior iy N iTY, ivO 6, at smark grange, Patrons of Hus- 974 Baptist church ban has purchased the old in Warriorsmark and will transform it into a hall for their use, Thomas J. Stover raised a pumpkin on Penn ud 8 inches in ¢ his farm io township that meas ircumference f f of or want , Woodward are recently $63 ty five of this was for shooting a phe Huntiog day foreigner of Huston township as ant out of season, f25 for violation of the Sunday law, $10 for hunting without a license, be ng an alien, and §1 costs of years a trusted employe of the Penn'a R.R Altoona, his native home, James Herring, Altoona, many has been visiting at Ha! the past two months in that of his bealth Altoona a few days ago at Penn 1, and spent section for the benefit He left for the dance around It was fun this week to see how winds made the leaves outdoors-—polkas, quadrilies, two steps, and the other dances that we can’t name and know nothing about Well, at all events, there is pleasure of some sort in all the pranks of nature, One inch of snow at Altoona, Monday; the Al Here it amounted to three inches in some of egheny mountain sections forenoon and Do fine days yet be snow squalls—one in the one in the afternoon pot worry, there is room for mans fore Christmas, when all will be wishing for snow Folks are every whit as changeable as the weather, Some bunt Some shoot Hunting 1s 1 full swing and find nothing and hit nothing. What some know as to the dif ference between a wild and domestic turkey is nothing that's home with game and Some say they go for fun and nothing. Some come that's better than nothing, Nothivg, vothiog, nothing; go hunting and see if you can find nothing. The home of Mrs. Catharine Bitner, at Spring Nils, was enlivened Saturday, 17, by the return of all ber children and many of her grand children The oc. casion was the seventy sixth birthday of Grandma Bitoer, Four generations were present. The children are : lam B. and Robert U., Spring Mills; Toseph K. and Mrs. Susan C. Meyer, Penn Hall; Henry F., Millersville; James C and Daniel N. Hastings, Ne. braska, and Mrs. Blanche Long, Staben. ville, O. On Friday at Aasronshurg the real estate of the late Aaron I). Weaver was so!d by the executors, Tracts Nos, 1, 2, and 7 containing 51 acres were sold to J. S. Weaver for $64 75 per acre. Tract No, 3 Frank Tomlinson at $54 per acre. Tract No 4 containing 21 acres to Ralph Siover for $49 7% per acre Tract No. § con. taining 7 acres to |. 8, Weaver for $64 75 per acre Tract No 6 containing 33 acres 10 G W. Kister for $64 per acre, and tract No 8 consistiog of town prop. | erty and two adjoining lots to J. J. Fied | ler for $1508 Saturday Oct, 18th, a family reunion was held at the home of Mr, and Mrs, | David Rothrock, a short distapce from | Bellefonte, along the Buffalo Run road. All their children were present, some. thing that has not happened for a great many years, The children present on this occasion were as follows: Mrs, Samuel Marshall, of Kansas ; Prof Har. Rothrock, of Cannonsville, Ebner J iy of Frank and Martha at home, con'aining gi scres to DuBois, and wil | THE OLD RELIABLE Absolutely Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. MARRIAGE LICENSES, { okn WwW Klett - . Edna Matiey - . James Roses Annie Hall f Lawrence BE Runkle { Catharine R. Heckman fC E Rockey { Bertha I. Steele - f Wm. Jodon t Eva Adams Philipsburg r Svow Shoe harles Bellefonte Milesburg Bellefonte { John ] 1 Anna Var Henry Brow: Sept. 25, 1603; lan August } She kier, Oct $150 Henry Lemke March 16 Tox Robt. |. M ton Lumber Co Miles twp. §« Henry Gates April gq, $1524 6 Thos June 12 § shillings Henry Rush twp Whiteside, et ux to Laurel. Oct, 17, 1, tract in el ux to of In 160 Gates, tw Martin Ferguson to in Exr tract 1841 1841, Bateman, et ux to Jacob Truby 150g, tract ie Ferguson twp Blanche A. Hoy, et bar io Department of Fisheries, Oct 19, 1903; 3 acres in Benner twp. $6 Isaac Tressier's guar Boal, June 27, 1903, 267 twp. §so0 john M Oct 19 Frank B Kartz, Sent foute $5000 I. F. Rearick.et ux to Calvin } Sept. 15 ty i 5s john Taylor, $ SO A. P to Theodore D acres in Harris H Howard long, et ux to Wm , bropertly in Long, $12 Chas R in Belle S if over, el ux to 190%, property Finkle, 190% prope to A. L. Auman, in Penn twp. #1 June r.et ux to Laurelton Lamb ¥2, land in Haines tw; | 3 W | June 7, Smith, et ux to Mary BE Stover, 1901; property in M $280 John Cheesman, et ux to Zophia Buhal Ia, July 18 $125. Milton A. Bickel, et ux in! June 27, 1903; 31 acres Walker twp, fags - TRIAL LIST. heim © : Bickel, 16 perches in NOV P FIRST WEEK 23, 1903 Samuel Dixon vs 0. Snow Shoe. Perry J. Smith vs. J. Q A & Alda Kennedy Peter Mendis vs. I. C. Bullock. Sarah C. Geiss vs. Luther Rover. J. D. Shugerts Exrs ve, Lewis Rosen: thal J. H. Lingle vs. Lewis Rosenthal C. ¥Y. Wagner vs A. J. Lindsey E. L. Stover vs. Joo A. Miller, Robt. Kinkead yo. H. McD. Loraine Philipsburg Beef Co. vs. Jacoh Lesh SHOND WEEK «NOV i Lehigh Valley Coal Co. ve, Clef. Bit Coal Co Com of Penna vs. Wm. I. Harvey. Jas. Davidson, gdn vs. Jas. N. Shope T.M Meyer v2 Hutly Bros Leo J. Tiering va. Saow Shoe Mining Co Bertha Dodd vs. Christ Shearer. Christ Dale, Sr., ex vs. Christ Dale, Ji Ex. KE. C Smith vs. Joo. Long's admr, Peter Smith use of vs. Mary A. Slack et al. Mary Dodge vs. Joo. Kelley, Henry C. Woomer va. Robt. Thomp son, Frederick A. Beates, Trustee vs. J H. Deates, admr «Be sare and go to the polls Tuesday next, Help to get out the vole. 1923; lot in Snow Shoe twp, Mayor Cup ranging Dairy un who has been ar. State Decem- for meeting of the Haven in ] a ber, has the d¢ A recent ¢ tary state completed, s about 1 from the secre ected there will be about 1 the meet- 200 visitors lo atien to go to the SALE REGISTER. PENNY A WORD ADV. tre Oo, | han Tressier a oocupied by Tre sslate of a 1 = Ch pow also deceased pi { water; good : was lately “8 Good buildin sod & orchard, « so 81 acres of timberiand for imerly bringing 1o the Shannon Beal farm, on the mountain side norih east of Linden Ha Is offered at private sale, Terms moderate or public Totern Tress Daxigl i» I FOrvsey & WarLknn, Alin | Belietonte, Fa en, Pleasant Gap SALER, linden Ha Be'rofec 28 § ve MARKET QUOTATIONS. FProduee. | | | Belletonte { The following prices prevailed Thurs. day morning : I The following prices are paid by SECHLEX & 100. for prod sce | Eggs, por dozen . RE. on | Lard, per pound | Tallow per § a | Butter wind { Bide, per § vd | Rhonlder per pound | Potatoes, per bushel Bollefonte The following | NER Ton | Wheat 1 When! new (nts | Barley Rye orn shelled Orn new a] rain, wid by © prioes are Markes UKATS ae por ba Mis Tw Be = “Bh ww Ne ] Coburn : PRODUC | Batter ! Kaas | Ham | Shou idet Broom Potatoes Lara “om Lock Haven Carb Market. Prices at ibe carb market Lock Haven, yesterday worniog : Butter , per pound 200; eggs, pe dozen 3x; potatoes per bushel jo to 75¢ chickens, per pair 50 to 80; beets, per bunch sc; cabhage, per bead 3 to se. celery, per stalk 2 to $c; apples, per peck 12 '0 200; pears, par pack §o0; Sc; turnips, per bushel 40 to Soc ; onions, per 200 ; voney, par pound 20c ; cider, per gallon toc; lard per pound 13c.
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