THE CENTRE DaMOORAT, BELLEFONTE, PA.,, NOVEMBER 19, 1903. Pace 5. ELLEFONTE 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. ~James A. McClain spent Sunday in Bellefonte, —Miss Grace Armor spent a few days with Tyrove friends, ~ Mrs. Louisa Bush is visiting Mrs. J. 8S. Tomb at Jersey Shore. ~A. B. Wolf and wife, of Rebersburg, were in town the other day on business. ~Dr. Thomas C. VauTries and wife are on a visit to friends in Tyrone and Philipsburg. —A Bible class for men is held every Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the Y. M. C. A. rooms. —Rev. Dr. I. W. Boal, Mauch Chunk, is likely to make his home in Bellefonte after next spring. of — William Grauer, of Altoona, tang. He is acted business in town Monday. hustling the insurance line, logan street for the past two weeks, is slowly recovering — Mrs. Frank Davis, E who has been dapgerously ill — Farmer Sproul, of Mingoville, us a pleasant call; potatoes and he tells us, were a good crop down that AppPIes, way. - For investments in real estate, con. sult the ads in the Democrat, choice farms are up for the highest bidder. —Misses Blanche Smith, Alice Ishler and Yerna Smith spent Saturday, San. day and Monday with iamsport. — John Cald Thomas 95 ill at the home of his grandson Caldwell Mr. Caldwell is about years old. Howard, was a He hails from kers fo pre pleasant known Pac Penu’a, years ago. ninent in central -— The annuval meeting of the Aid Soci be held Ceader, « ety of the Bellefonte hospital w at the home of Mrs Joseph Allegheny the Friday, Nov ~The Bellefoute Shirt closed down for an indefinite period ow street, on i 20th. factory ing to extersiye repairs which are being | made. Wm. Bilger Is pulling a new stack cn the boiler house. —The Paother Run bonting party came home last Friday and were fortu nate in getting a nice doe the last day It was shot by Linn McGinley, one of the best riflemen in the town, ~The Bellefonte ‘colony’ that started | for Beaver Falls last week, landed safe ly, and all will stick, unless ‘“‘homesick’’ sets in. May they pull the “scales” many pounds heavier than ever, ~—We are in receipt of a nice little souvenir from Ira D. Garman, jeweler, 101 South 11th street, Philadelphia, being a booklet for carrying stamps, with a calender for the years 1904 and 1905. ~—Bruce Garman lost a black and white spotted beagle hound last week while bunting up Buffalo Run near Wad. dies. He can’t be happy until he gets the dog back and will do the right thing upon its return to their hotel, this place, ~Tom Harter and Judge Love have not yet, in their numerous hunts, tack ledabear. The Judge is too slowon a walk to get awey from one and Tom could not get any one to hold bruin for him to shoot it, if he met one of the “buggers.” ~The Direct Supply Co. have moved across the street from the Bush Arcade and now have their goods in the room formerly occupled by Samuel Williams’ paper store. A description of their line of army supplies will be found in anoth. er column, ~County Treasurer Phil Foster is up in the vicinity of the Bear Meadows this week hunting deer and has left his office in charge of ex Treasurer William T.! Speer, who enjoys getting back at his former job. When Foster. gets back Speer may not be inclined to yield. ~A sumber of leading citizens have urged the organization of a County His torical Society. A call was accordingly fssued for a meeting with that object in view, to meet in the arbitration room in the court honse, Friday, Nov. 27, at 10:30 a.m A most landable move in which all will join possessed of county pride. ~Centre county mountains would af: ford Teddy Roosevelt far greater chances for bear than his southern trip for bruin, where the only opportunity he had to shoot a bear was when some of the mountaineers cavght one of the varmints and tied it to a tree for Teddy to skoot-~ but he refused, fearing he'd miss it ~A large bunch of former employes of the Standard Scale Works of this place left on Monday for Beaver Falls, where the new plant Is being opened, A great many of the men say they will re turn to Bellefonte as soon as another in dustry opens here to give them employ ment. They did not like to leave the town. gave | | Colyer, dec’d. where | | Colonel friends in Will. | {ad wet ‘ - :.. } verlising space yg dangerously | 3UYErlising spa | beyond the well. | mn | has | —Capt. Taylor has seven boarders just now in his Centre County Hotel, Wm. P Brew, of New York city, is a business visitor in Bellefonte this week. ~Mrs, G. W. Schoch, of Mifflinburg, was visiting friends in our last week, town ~—W. W, Beck went to Logansport, Ind, where he expects to be employed at his trade as a moulder John C. Stover, one of the stalwart | democrats of Haines, transacted ness in town on Wednesday. ~ It that for every | guus carried into our mountains this sea busi would seem ten | son, about one piece of game is carried | out, The Wabash move is creating as much interest in Centre county as it does outside. It will be a big thing if it ripens. Last Friday, while bunting in the vicinity of Beaver Mills, Jos. Rightnour shot a three-pronged buck, that was a nice one, —Farmer W. W, Rupert, of near Zion, on Tuesday; he reports game scarce and little hunting in his section ; Was In no quail at all. —The next attraction at the opera house will be “The Minister's Daugh. ters,” on next Tuesday evening. The scenic effects are said to be fine. —A Central G. Lear, the new manager of the Peunsylvania Telephone ex change at this place, and wife, have en. | gaged rooms with Mrs. Steve Finnegan | on South Spring street. Last Thursday was the day fixed for a hearing before proiest register Archey in the against the will made by William The parties making the protest did not appear. - Col. who were Chambers and with Gov Edward wife, Penny packer and wath dedicat i the $ of the staff through part ing monuments, have returned an is chuck full resting tales of the trip For some mouths the demand for in this paper has been 1 our led abiiily lo supply arent d ling alin number of columns » an advertisement in another part of this issue you will note that the Bull | Co., ck Swing and Chair Masuafacturis ¥ Miles! for carriage bai which Mr 1is an have all facili ding and repair work, at Bullock, the superintendent, expert altervoon of | ~Saturday little Ruth Weight, the eleven.year old daughter of afternoon George Weight, in jumping off a wagon, | did not see an approaching vehicle until | too late to get out of the way She was knocked down and run over. No bones were broken and she escaped without serious injary. The at Rey nolds mill, for our water system, is not in working order yet new pumping station After a tedious job | the pipes leading 10 and from the spring have been laid, but the pump bas not ar- rived from the factory, which has caused a delay of several weeks Everybody is patiently waiting for results of some kind. —Carpenter J. A. Wolf, formerly of State College, now working at Centre Oak for the New York Central R. R., is spending a few days among Centre coun. ty friends. While here he dropped a crisp $20 mote on our table thinking we could take out a year’s subscription and return change. He has a mistaken idea about this business ~-Saturday a nice deer was brought to town from the vicinity of Spruce Run where it was shot by a gentleman of Philadelphia who was with Co! Reynolds and party. Some people venture the as. sertion that it was not a genuine wild | one, but came from one of the parks in | that vicinity. If a man does kill a deer these days he is not liable to get credit | for his skill, ~~At the meeting of the four different zinc companies Blue Jacket, Prairie, Clinton, Repubiic—~which have their geoeral offices at this place, on Monday, | the stockholders unanimously voted to | merge their properties in Missouri under one organization that in the future will be known as the “Pennsylvania Mining and Smelting Co.” Quite a number of stockholders from adjoining towns were present. Application will be made at ouvce for the incorporation of the new | company, ~Fiom an article that appeared in the | last issue of the Lewisburg (Pa.) Journal | we see that the people in that section, covering several counties, are very much dissatisfied with the service of the | "United Telephone & Telegraph Com | pany.” They claim that the company is | taking advantage of their customers since they bave a monopoly of the field, | the same as the Bell company did before [there was opposition, only the latter company is even worse. As & result steps have been taken for establishing an entirely new local telephone compa. ny. When the new telephone system wes sprung on this territory it was to get away from the excessive rates of the motuopoly, known as the Bell Company. Of late rates of the United have been advanced in various ways and there is more or less dissatisfaction. Toll rates, especially to adjoluing towns, have been advanced, and that was one of the thiogs promised to our people that would be free in the new company. As only | { fortunately Tl DO 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. In the tamily of Daniel Corman, near Wolf's Store, there are three typhoid fever, Thomas Butler, Jr., son of Mr and Mrs. Burdine the misfortune to have his collar fractured. boue Clarence Beecham, of Milton, killed a | fine buck a few days ago in the Brush valley narrows. The deer weighed 182 pounds and was the first one killed in that section this year. N. J. Hackman, farmer of near Zion, shipped seven car loads of apples to the western section of the state this season, averagiog 550 bushels to the car, and got fair prices for the fruit. L while on a hunting expedition in Greens G Springer, of Millheim, Monday Valley, in company with Liveryman McCalmount, of State College, and Harry Harper of Centre Hall, killed a wild cat Postmaster Jerome Spigelmyer, of Millbeim, while assisting to build a coin crib on his premises on Penn street last fell He has been confined to his house ever week, accidentally and broke a rib, since. John Foster, who has been at Sheffield, Ala, for several has come back to He Experi. years, State College, the home of his youth has ment Stat taken up a po at the ition 00 unt 1g, when he will attend to the farming on the Foster farm. This season, so far, Centre ¢ though overrun with bunters, { serions accidental er parts of the state we Cen more serious ana cidents than in any prey ous year Mrs a back irway at her bome at Milesburg and Levan aylor fell down sustatued a fractnre of the left wrist and Mrs The aged lady ® her right thigh was severely hurt Taylor is 8g years old. and two maiden davghters occupy a home together at Milesburg While Mrs. J. P Rishel, of i Clinton county, visiting ber Mrs. C. H. Crebs, at Madi. sonburg, she entertained her grandchil. Tylers. was daughter, dren on ber eighty second birthday by spinning fax into thread on a spinning. wheel she used fifty years ago. S. 8. Heberling, formerly of this coun. ty, who had been working on a big con- struction operation at Clay Lick, Ohio, is now running a steam ditcher at the pew Altoona suburb, West Juniata. The ma. chine, digs ditches 20 inches wide, any depth to 7); feet at the rate of 2 feet per minute While bunting out on the mountain not far from Philipsburg, a gentleman by the name of Hile, living at Kerrmoor had the misfortune to have bis foot badly lacerated by being accidently caught in a bear trap ¥is foot was extricated by some of his companions, The Wingert. Wert hanting party re. | turned to West Brush valley after a week's successful hunting. They killed two deer. The hunters are Frank Wing ert, Simon Rhoads, William Wert, Pierce Duck, Clyde Duck, Irvin Kern, Bert | Kern, John Wert, Harvey Wert, Calvin Meyer, Cleaven Genizell, Arch Zettle, Andrew Mark, Harry Wingert, Henry | Wingert, John Ream, Charles Zimmerman, of Peidler, had quite an exciting fight with a big black bear in the Seven Mountains near his home last week one day. He was out bunting when he came across bruln. He fired at the bear and the latter showed fight, making for him. He fired a sec. ond shot but missed and thinking discre tion the better part of valor took to his heels leaving bruin master of the situa. tion. A very pretty wedding took place at Altoona on Wednesday evening, Nov. | 11, at 7:30, when Miss Annie IL Kline, | second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Kline, of Oak Hall, was united in | marriage to Mr, William J. Kahan, of Al toona, by Rev, Lewis Robb, pastor of the Trinity Reformed church at Altoona. The bride was attired in blue silk, trimmed in white applique, and carried a boquet of plok roses and white carna- tions. Miss Greta Derr, of Altoona, was maid of honor and was attired in tan and also carried roses and carnations. Mr, Clyde Amsparger, of Altoona, was best man. After the ceremony an elegant wedding dinner was served by Mr, and Mrs. Elsworth Derr, on Seventh avenue, 10 a number of invited guests, A supper was also given to the bridal party by the bride's sister, Mrs. George Bailey, after which the happy couple departed for an extended wedding tour in the east, part of which was spent with the bride's parents in Oak Hall, where a supper was given on Saturday evening. The groom is a highly respected young man of Al toova and as a painter 1 employed In the P. R. R. shops. cases of | Butler, of Howard, had | It was with much difficulty ference for the year, of the United Evan. gelical church convened at Centre Hall last Saturday. A unanimous call has been extended to Rev. W. K Harnish, of Academia, by churches of Spring | Creek, Pine Mills, and Buffalo [ Run. Mr, Harnish is at present serving | his first charge in Juniata county, where If he ap- | | the Presbyterian Grove he has been for about four years, this Prevhytery proves, as it undoubtedly will in all prob. accepts call and ability, he will reside in Lemont, - ADJOINING COUNTIES. Altoona capitalists are organizing a | mutual fire insurance company, which will be capitalized at $300,000. The Clinton county teachers’ institute will be held in the court house in Lock Haven on Monday, December 21. Grampian, Clearfield county, is having a serious time with typhoid fever and diphtheria. More than twenty cases of the diseases are reported, Mifflin county has three Josephs on the judge's bench President Judge Jo. seph M. Woods and Associate Judges Joseph Wertz and Joseph C. Brehman, There are sixty prisoners in the Sun. the fre Union bury jail at present time, terms run ym thirty days to nine years county seldom bas inmates in its prison, and Centre very few, Charles H from Marble where Mr. Be at Adam Buc Bell and family have moved Altgon secured emp oyment Rock | bas her's planing Iowa, to a, mill driving team They have gone to housekeeping ¥ b and will make Altoona the future thousand, three hundred bushels of Two of from 20 acres land is a good yield. This Valley Journal says, is farmofl BE. M t and cu corn bountiful crop, the Sugar reported from the which is occa Moser, He ' Dells BE, Samuel whose word is as a bond the and Annie Gearhart, of * was 20 years old and W Decatur n was of |] West son Clearfield county, The Carnegie Steel Company's works at Duncansville will cease operations this week. Emploves of the works say that during the past few weeks all ma. terial about the plant bas been used up the onsumed and even operating’ material has been ¢ leaving nothing but the dismembered forges and the machinery the Pennsylvania It is also stated that Railroad company has purchased all The for many years been among the largest and most staple of the public works in Blair county. the water rights of the company. fron works at Duncansville have in —— ~Sale bills printed upon short notice, | at this office. ~Mr. and Mrs. | Howard Lingle left yesterday for Philadelphia. ~We can do your job printing and would like to have a chance at it Lambertville gums and boots snag-proof lomberman Yeager & Davis — An occasional quail is brought to! | town, but they are exceedingly scarce Men's army duck Arctics 99 cents Yeager & Davis ~The Centre Democrat and N. Y Tribune Farmer both one year, for §1 25 {have agreed to close on Thavksgiving day «Mis. Daniel H Hastings and Ross A. Hickok were arrivals in town Wed: uesday. ~We would like to hear from t hose of our correspondents who have neglected their items the past season. ~The Bargess scooped in a Jot of fines {on Wednesday. It don’t pay to raise | trouble in Bellefonte these days. ~It was cold enough on Wednesday | to freeze ice. The drop in temperature was the most decisive of the season, «The Bellwood-Academy foot ball game on the Fair ground next Saturday | will be the last of the season. It will be | a good one. | ~Right freight cars were wrecked at | Hannah, on the B. EB. V. R R., Wednes. day evening, which interrupted traffic | for several hours. The evening passen’ | ger train was delayed on that account, | ==As the end of the year is approach- | lng, it would be appreciated as a favor | to have a remittance now, from all who may be in arrears on subscription. Your date on the lable tells how that matter | stands, «The low rate of 1 00 for round trip to Williamsport and return, on last Sat. urday, 1s an evidence that the successor to 8. 8. Blair, as Superintendent of the Middle Division, Pa. R. R., is a man who is inclined to give our people some occasional consideration. The conces. sion created comment, and was appre. ciated. As a result they carried about 700 persons to Williamsport and it paid The fourth and last Quarterly Cou} whose | any | ~All the Union stores in Bellefonte | LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. MARRIAGE LICENSES, Chas, Victor Strange Carrie M, Williams - . Harry Gunter Matilda Nicholason Fraok Bolinka - Julia Kapeski - : Charles King Sadie M. Cox - Sronge Koch Rush twp Gearheartyille Moshannon ““" Bellefonte Ida M. Keller Grove Cox Adesia Weight - Pine Grove Roland REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS to I. H land in Walker twp, Brown's Ex'y 22, 1953; Henry et al, Oct $48 George 1. Cornelius et al Thompson, Nov. 7, twp. $650 Thomas Cronemiller’s Weaver, March 18, 1 twp. $1,100, Kittanning Coal Co. to Mary Barrett, Aug. 20, 1903; land in Rush twp, f105.- 60 Margaret M Fisher, Oct twp. $100 Harrison Suyder et ux to Robt, cas, Nov. § land in $500 John GG. Love et al to Mary Miller et al, Oct. 13, 1993; 120 acres in Spring twp $4 500 M. 8. Feidler et ux to J. J. Oct 30, 1993; lot in Haines t A. Parson al to Juae 17, 19 Ww Nora M. 1993; lot iu Worth heirs to A, D. 576; lot in Haines Daugherty et al to Geo. 22, 1903; land in Burnside B. Lu- Boggs twp. 1993; ¥s0 Fraoces Ollie M Gant, 3 "wr. Elizabeth Nearboof twp. $10 Clara M ir home in the | - AT COUNCIL MEETING, presented an grant them drawn up an ore ted to the boro solicit The railway is to be n two years, and everybody seemed willing to extend possible, : further consider all The project was held over for ation A contract for street lighting with the former company for the next three years | roved was apt Walter I. Thomps the contract. An ¢ partment of Bellefonte was then A concrete walk along 4 street was directed to be made Geo on, of Clearfield, secured rdinance regulating the Water de. offered by Col. Reynolds and read by the clerk. The water rate is fixed by the ordinance. The council cided to hold it over | eration. Boro Engineer state- {ment in regard to having permanent grades fixed for our streets, Council | will take permanent action in the mat {ter in the near futare It is quite lengthy de for cz:eful consid. Wetzel made a RECENT DEATHS. : | | months old davghter of Mr. and Mrs, Ira From, died Priday afternoon of FOR SALE pneumonia, at her parents’ home in this place. Funeral took place Sunday after. | hoon; interment in the Union cemetery, | MARY A HomrNER :—died at ber home south of Pleasant Gap, on Tuesday the Sth. The deceased was aged 71 years, | and was the widow of John Horner, de. ceased. Her maiden name was Mary A. Young. Surviving children are Mrs. J. |G. McKinley, Milesburg: Ellis, Belle | foute; and George, with whom the de- ceased had her home. She suffered a | paralytic stroke Ioterment at Pleasant Gap. | Mrs. HATTIE 8 WALkRY :—died at ber home at Hublersburg on Toesdsy morning, November 3d, aged 50 years, 7 | months and 1 day. She was born ner r | Hublersburg, April 2, 1853 She was the danghter of John 8. and Klizabeth Swartz. She was united in marriage to I. I. Walkey Jan. 18, 1883. Saryiviog are her husband snd three sons, viz: {John 8., Charies C. and Paul A.; also six sisters, one brother and an aged mother : Mrs. Jacob Glossuer, of Lock Haver; Mrs. | P Corvell and P. L. Swartz, of | Easton, Pa ; Mrs. Maria Miver, of How. ard; Mrs. 8. W. Sigmond and Mrs J.C Wilson, of Salona, and Mrs. L. H. Yo. chum, of Hublersburg. Interment at Bublersborg Thursday afternoon, ser. (vices by Rev. H. I Crow, pastor of the Reformed church, Hublershurg MUTTRRINGS are continually beard of $ # Hanoa as the next republican candi. | date for president. He denies be is in the race. However, right song lle movements bubble up with the M. H. mark on them, proving there is some geoerator of the Hanna at the bottom Hanna and his followers are known have no love for Roosevelt. Get our prices on rubbers. Yeager & Davis, : Tyrone | Yocum ! Philipsburg Roland | Ferguson | Mills | { together with a pr embellishn Feidler, | gett MAGE Absol THERE IS NO vy Pure SUBSTITUTE Coming Full of iy nt ’ 10 make popular with a handsome, Carry them, | will be seer Patton twp, | | | | | : chickens, per reasonahie encouragement | aut Fripay dec 4d! eisewnt PE WORD ADV. Adverts subscribers 5 cents each iene Hate MONEY TO LOAN A.B. WM TO 14 On appr y N. B. Spas r. Be ved real estate MONEY utit elonte tt ee PBOUSE AND halt valine Milesburg “ 1 RAS MRAM CATHERINE MILDRED the little 18. BAY MARS worker and god Woll, Rebersburg rinting th first class order Address Myerstown, Pa WANTE Woodlands, W and small tracts Apply to Purchasing Agent, Lock Haven FARM FOR SALE «The J. ( bumestead farm in Huston township gsle. The farm contains 113 acres For la formation lpquire of W. PF. Parsons or J. E Henderson, of Julian. or Rev. 8. J. 1avier, varey, Ohio. Hends reson s for wis from One B4 FAT HOGS FOR SALE += Lot of fat } 150 to 25 Ibe. also plas and shosis ell 4 years old spring. broken singie and double hands high, 11% ibs, and well bred ; also several head of cows, Apply to Wm. F. Ross, on J. DD. Valentine farm. near Pleasant Gap, Pa MARKET QUOTATI ONS, Bellefonte Produee. The following prices prevailed Thurs. day morning : The following prices are paid by SROHLER & Qo. for produce Eggs, per dozen —- ww B Lard, per pound HL RIN | Tallow. per pound . ‘ Butter, par pound ws 4 he suman ssi 33 Bide, per pound... 0 Shoulder per pound RS 10 Potatoes, per BUshol aan a—— Bellefonte - Grain, The following prices are paid by ©. ¥. Wao NER for grain Wheat. old. Hl {iil Hi IRE I ean a Oorn new E—— Coburn Markets, rRODUCE OURAN, 1% per 1b Wheat... . Toe per ba « Be “dog ithrn - “" - IDO U8 inn 3 IBIRY Ein Be 1b! Barley... ws M0 wens JE 1D Lock Haven Curb Market. Prices at the carb market Lock Haven, yesterday morning : Butter, per pound 23 to 250; eggs, per dozen 3010 33¢; potatoes, per bu 75 to Soc; ir 50 to Bo; beets, per sc; cabbage, pe Senn — —— “ busch ‘celery, per stalk 10 peck 12 ‘0 20¢; squashes,
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