THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. DECEMBER 17, 1908. Pace 5. BELLEFONTE AND VICINITY The Local Happenings Condensed in Short Paragraphs EVENTS WORTHY OF MENTION | What Has Traonspired at the County Seat —Movements of our People Personal and Social Events cal Items Always Desired. Lo- ~The Centre Democrat sent to a friend or relation would make an appro- | priate Xmas gift. - Christmas is so close at hand that it occupies the thoughts of all, without caring whether school keeps or not. —A large refrigerator, safe and other fixtures can be purchased at a bargain, at Stover's meat market, on High street. | —Mr, and Mrs. Thomas A. Shoemaker | are rejoicing over the arrival of a little daughter which came to bless their home | Thursday. —Mrs. P. B. Loder, of Pittsburg, and her sister, Miss Moily Hall, of Howard, were pleasant callers in the Democrat sanctum. | | —Samuel Gault and family, who re. sided at Wilk fonte last week insburg, returned to Belle. | to again take up their residence here, Herman Robb, who has been d abled on account of an ulcerated eye, is back again and at his accustomed benct in Mingle's shoe store, of last — Frank McFarlane, Harris filled goes for athing when he ¢ lwp 118 ice house week, must have ripened early, sure. ~Cashier John Shugert has purchased from late Mrs. Mary Blanchard the Blanchard home on Linn | nd i the heirs of the street, a $ now residing there, endid orchestra ga — Bellefonte has a #3 at present that is filling engagement for dances an under the dir Smith — Three very pleasant la Hall the withacall, viz: © Dr. J] FP. Alexander, Bradford dies of Centre favored Democrat sanctum iss Flora Love, Mrs Mrs ¥ and ‘rank of Centre Hall, Moore, Thomas, who bas taught the Pine | — John son, Stump school for five years successfully, ! transacted business in town, and favored | our sauctuom with a call. —A New Evgland supper will be given | in the the Methodist church this Thursday eyenir the th Price of the supper 25 cents social room of © gE. Dec. 17th under Epworth league auspices of ~—Wm. T. Hillibish, supervising engi HB. C contractors and at the double tracking of the B & O thre the peer for F cement & Co. railrcad | present located ¥ Ohio was a Bellefonte visitor week. —The new pu voids © Rey completed for wpierg station at ® b he some time as they must wait for connections that are necessary body is the result ~The Bullock Swing & Chair Mana facturing Company of have a fine exhibit at the Worlds Fair at A handsome where their Every waitivg to bear what Milesburg, wil St. Louis, next summer booth will be varicus devices will be on exhibit, ~The City Trust Safe end Surety Company, of Philadeiphia, who issue surety tractors and in the courts is one of the reliable conceres in that line Jellefonte by 8. D Gettig, constructed De posit bonds for employers, con Itis re presented in Esq. ~— A holiday assembly will be given in | the armory on Tuesday evening, Dec: m ber 29th, that promises to be a delightin social gathering. The details ate being arranged by Maurice Jackson and that means that it will be strictly proper in all aprointments ~ Last Sunday night mercury dropped down to 8% above 2¢10. In a number of sections it reached zero and below, Minnesota boasts of 24 below ze10. The fce bouses are being filled with fine blocks 7 to 10 inches in thickness, It is rare for the ice crop to set in thus early. i ~ Geo. A. Grumbach and Miss Mamie T. Harper were married November 27h, by Rev. Walsh, of St. Peter's church, Tarentum, Pa. Mr and Mrs Grumbach are now located in 2 ome of their own at Hite, Pa., where the groom fills a good position. At one time he worked in this office. The will of Mrs. A. G. Curtin was filed in the Register’s « fice «<n Monday. The estate divided among the four chi'dren, one part being held in trust A conservative estimate places it as worth at least $200,000 a large portion of which is in stock of the Bald Eesgle Valley rallroad, «Charles McClure, son of James I. McClure of this place, who is now in the Philippines teaching school, expects to leave for home about the 1st of next April. He sent to D. F. Fortney four. teen different varieties of valuable wood found on the islands, He also sent three specimens from ober places, making seventeen in all, Mr. Fortney, on be. half of Mr. McClure, presented them to the pupils of the High school together with some fine geological specimens col. is to be equally |v | | wi and | along | certain | ~Clothing—Confidence and real val. ues—at Montgomery & Co, ~Choice confectionery for the holiday season in stock at Sechler’s grocery. ~The ovster man in the McBride building didn’t tarry long in Bellefonte, ~Clay Rider and Allen Weight left Monday for Altoona to work in a large glass works. ~Mrs Joseph Irvin Borches, of Knox- ville, Tenn , is a guest of Col. and Mrs, Wilbur F. Reeder, Ben Brown and Lose, who Fall Strohm I in Beaver have been working 8, uave returned home, Owing weather hunters have been killing very to the severe our little game the past week, James Whittaker has gone to Derry, Pa , to visit his two daughters, Mrs. Har- ry Jackson and Mrs, Wm. Dezendorf. George Furey and Fred Lane, who have been working for some time past in Pittsburg, were arrivals home yester. { day. Ia shopping for holiday goods don't They them; overlook our fine teas and coffees, are just what you Sechier & Co. ~Mrs. Jean McKee Beck, from Wil- is visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. and expects to spend the holi. want; try keusburg, Stitzer days in Bellefonte, Misses Anna and Christine Blanchard left Tuesday for Chicago, I'l., where they | spend the winter with their brother lerick Blanchard. ~-A burniog flae at the home of Levi Pennington brought out the fire depart short order, Wednesday even. It was easily extinguished. A Court by which occupants on any floor mail chate was Temple put ia can bop drop letters right {oto the postoffice ow, saving them trouble of going airs It is own st A Success il sections we hear merchants in that business is decidedly for the holiday season. Bellefonte rtchavts say about the same thing * have seen brisker holiday seasons - Hunting season for game closed on Tuesday. Des r the severe d weather every old sport who had a gun took himself to the woods for a rab it chase or some birds, and few made a "Domino" coffee sugar—*"Maraschi cherries, in three size bottles irnetty’”’ boneless and peel ive of exiractis- lines—five olives, pure ol ine table rasins, figs, nuotmeats, at | Sechler & Co with the long roll a that » showing Plain > snd ma jackets bioned new style we hie materials gr pocket and th contrasting $12. Sim the Clothier john P fre Pa » visited ber son Dr 2 rd AY, green oy £4 Har raed 4s On w Mrs Satarday, Butler, m Harris the victims y phoid fever that is ragit kat town gin t ton was considered favorable when she left there. Editor Earl C [ rived Tuten and bride ar bome on Saturday evening from | their wedding tour and now are eccupy | ing their home on Thomas street, and | congratulations are flowing In all If the Daily News is cheerier and from | sides brighter, there is every reason for it. On night | gained an entrance to the barn on Mrs North Thomas street and took a Conlin wagon. The wagon belonged to William Haupt who will pay a suitable reward for the teturn of the wagon and the arrest of the thief, last Friday some one Catherine Haupt's property on | Hunter Knisely, while out at the | home of bis son in-law, John Mevers, pear Pleasant Gap, bad a bad fall Tues day evening He slipped on a stone | step and struck on his right side bruising himself severely and suffered much pain. He was brought bome that evening and is covsiderably used up | No bones were | broken, ~There was a time when a case of smallpox in this county wou!d almost create a panic, but we are getting accus tomed to it, This season there were several serious cases at Oak Hall, ove in Bellefonte, there are three in Georgesvalley and the Nestlerode family at Eagleville are down with it. By strict quarantine the disease has been confined. More general vaccination is about the ouly safeguard against this fatal disease, now After Illegal Hunters On Monday afternoon gamewarden Joseph Rightnour started for Pittsburg with warrants io his pocket for the ar. rest of sixteen parties of that city who had been hunting in the vicinity of Six. mile run, Rush township, the past sea. son. The charges preferred against them are for chasing deer with dogs, Hunters at Philipsburg and from Port Matilda filed complaint with the Game. warden and when he looked into the matter be found that there was cause for the complaint and that evidence would be farnished to substantiate the charges if the parties were arrested The men are all located and there will be little trouble for Joe to serve the no. tices upon them. They likely will give bail for their appearance at the coming session of January court, Game in this county is hunted pretty close and it is not more thao right that parties who violate the law In such manner be fully lected by Mr, Fortney, prosecuted. | $5712 Harris returned bome | where w | his His | by the fish commission VARIETY OF LOCAL NEWS Gathered From Centre and Ad- joining Counties SHORT AND TO THE POINT Recent Items of | Events That Have Transpired ly and Worthy of Mention of Interest for All-—Doings Neighbors, Woodward, ex- Dakota in the Isaac M. Orndorf, of pects to move to South spring. Adam Felty, one of Frank McFar. | lane's farmers, lost his best horse with that fatal disease pueumonia. Peter Breon, of Penn township, killed | a hog that weighed 500 pounds; Foster | Albright, of Millheim, killed two that weighed 780 pounds. The ladies’ sewing circle of the Miles. burg church hold a December 18th | and 19th. Presbyterian will bazaar and supper Supper 25¢. Philipsburg people expect to spend all day Christmas riding on the new trolley road that is expected to be in operation there by that time, John B. Wetzel proprietor of the Em- pire Iron Works, is erecting a saw mill Marsh Creek that will cat ten thousand feet per on the George Weaver tract on day. Frank Bechdel and daughter of Min. Minn bouse vacated by J. F peapolis, have moved into the Condo and fam. ily. They expect to make their future bome in Howard Miss Alma Iddings Iddings, of Ua B. cepted a “ Pitts. while daughter of P uville, has a position in Kaufman's big store ir burg. She will make her home there with her sister Married at Port Matilda, oth, 1903, John fD ort the KE. parsonage in % lay evening, and Mattie {ida were united Dec M at the Rey Cowher, both o in mstrimony by ofthe M. B Dr. Braucht reports the church Herman fam- fly, in Georgesvalley the able to be about , &8 practically All The week over attack of sma POX are the home These scem lo house d this cases were under his will be dismmfecle care and have bad proper attention. the Fortney & Walker, attorneys for Jonathan Tressler estate, have sold the Isaac Tressier homestead farm in Co lege twp, consisting of r20 acres to Jona than Tressier, Jr, for $47 60 per acre or That brought a better pri the average farm sells at these days Dr. J. W. Dunwiddie, Warriorsmark, bu Ph it for some years past e than formerly of a pshurg re been suf. has ng with blood pol His friends feri for more than a giving st re on eek condition has been much concern, but late agicale pt cement and give as i § Ce Of recovery Ground has been broken for the ere | tion of the car bouse 10 store the car used the distribu. The be erected at in tion of fish for planting purposes new building which will the batchery long and twenty five feet wide will be seventy five feet It will be used for storing empty cans used in distributing the fish, as well as the car. The building will be completed in a few days. wh — — Lost an Arm, John A. Kline, of Oak Hall, returned home on Sunday morning from Altoona, where he had gone the Wednesday be Kaho, had been %0 seriously injured at Galiizin on Tuesday Dec. st While drawing the brakes the brake chain broke, throwing him head first under the moving train ; 25 cars passed over his right arm; his bead and face were 80 lacerated that he could not have been recognized had he not been the missing man. He was taken to the Al toons hospital where his right arm was amputated. The feared be could mot recover, but being in good health before the accident he fnally rallied, and regamisg consciousness, is | recovering rapidly, but will bave to Ko | through life with one arm. It is very | sad, as he was just married five weeks | ago to Miss Asale Kline, of Oak Hall, | Up to that time be worked at painting, | aud had been on the railroad only two | weeks | i fore Lo see his son-in-law, Wm. | who night, surgeons —— i —— A I''g Record, Simeon Hazard, of Moshanson, was in our office on Tuesday and gave his score | for the hunting season. He brought in | 230 rabbits and one fox. That is 1s the largest slanghter of cotton tails that has been reported from any sectiou this sea- son, The largest number killed in a day was 22. That is evough to make some of our Bellefonte sports ‘go way back and sit down.” Announcement. I have been appointed district agent for the Manhattan Life Insurance Com. pany, of New York, The sure and safe way lo save money is to put it witha strong life insurance corporation and at the same time your life is insured. The Manhattan is one of the strongest and best life insarance companies in the world, Freogrick K. Foster, Belles fonte, Pa. x1 ~Clothing Confidence and real val. ues—at Montgomery & Co, { which terminated in dropsy. | went a serious operation | They all escaped without injury. ture, { but a short time ago ADJOINING COUNTIES. Hiram Loomis died at his home in Beech Creek. The deceased had been an engineer in McGhee'’s mill, been suffering with typhoid puneumonia. John 8. Flanigan, a well known and highly respected citizen of Mill Hall, died Monday morning about 3 o'clock at his home on Fast Water street, of heart trouble, Hiram Loomis, youngest son of A died E. Loomis, after a lingering illness He YEAS McGhee Was he at aged 34 years For several was in the employ of John the latter's mill in Mill Hall, Dr. Edward J. Gray, president of Wil. lHamsport Dickinson seminary, under. Friday in the Methodist hospital at Philadelphia, last { and it was of such a serious nature that {IL 13 a grave question whether he will be | able to stand the shock Fire swept through the new Clearfield High school Monday, and many children | who were in the building at the time had to decamp hastily to save their lives, The flames originated in the basement, and | before the firemen could master them, nearly rained the interior of the struc. The loss is well up in the thous- | ands During the christening exercises at a Clearfield George Slav home near Grass Flat, county, Sunday afternoon, 6 Hudok, of Pleasant Hill, | oung man of the same Thomas The entire party had been shot and in. stantly killed a name of y and after the murder but is supposed to be 1. Helis 50 aiways bore a good ghborhoo 4 44 tm was years old. m O Smi 8 hands full rt mvenes is be OE = be cal Killed at Brisbin. Thomas Toner and Brown efoute, while the Pennsy nia Railroad near B: Tuesday were stn } Was 8 at Houtzdsle ously injured, Hpsburg bospita | B © have tved Haw ana kllle own Lhe works, with them On was years of age and dealer a horse 3d both Toner, had his bead and bruis and one ear Brown died with half an hour lrown is a gypsie who has been about bere for several m nths, Toner's home is at Axemann Brown's body was sent to Plainville, Luzerne county, for burial That was his former home Lhurch Burped at Pine Hall Tuesday evening the Lutheran church at Pine Hall, a village about a mile west of State College, in Ferguson township, by fire. The members were preparing for a Christmas was completely destroved service and that evenlog there was to bave been a rehearsal. Fire was built in the furnace and is supposed that it be. came overheated and cavsed the fire When it was discovered the interior was filled with smoke and the fire was so far advanced that nothing was saved. The building was a two-story frame structure, in good condition, having been repaired valued at $4700, on it there was $2000 insurance in the Gravge company of this county. Rock Grove. It was Quite a deep snow Wednesday, there will be sieding soon. | Hello, Froittown, do you know about that fight up at Fleisher's gap. Mrs Meise is on the sick list. Edward Brown is able to be out again, Wm. Bair was a caller here Sunday. p——— «Cranberries, celery, for the holidays ~Bechler’s, - a. - Reduced Kates to New Orleans, On seeount of the mee ings of the American Econ mie Booiety and the American Historica Society, at New Orleans, La, December 2 to January 1. the Pennsylvania Rallroad Oom pany will sell round trip tiekets to New Or. Ieans and return from all stations on its Hoes, | band 3, good for return pas. | December 4, sage until January [, inelus ve, at reduced rates, For speeific infor mation consult Tieket | Agents Some Foolish People Allow g cough to run until It ges beyond the reach of medicine, They often say ' Oh, It wil) wearaway,” but in most eases it will wear them away. Oould they be Induced to try the successful medicine oalled Kemp's Balsam Which is sold on a poaitive guaranties to cure, they would immediately see the excellent of. foot after taking the Arst dose. Price Be and (Oe, Trial size FREE. At all droggista. 40 of ~Clothing—Confidence and real val- nes—at Montgomery & Co, He had | | by his good wife A RAT HUNT. Detective Joseph Rightnour claims to be a good nimrod and a sure shot, and | we have heard of The other day he was down at Charley Rine’s cigar store when some one noticed a rat At once Joseph was delegated to Ket a tar. Alter moments pati watching he wa or something io a crevice in a wall, get rifle and lay for the ¢ a few rewarded by st its yarmint | poke out at the that ; nose, aud in a flash he It then he caution fired never moved after ly caught the rodent by the nose and began to pu his a | ; the more he pulled the greater wag astonishment for it kept coming out long as a gan - sage with a gleck tar. Some sald it was a mink, others a weasel the discus Fred Musser, manager of the Platt Barber and sion was oot settled until wholesale store, heard of the event and discovered that they had killed his pet ferret which he kept about the store for the purpose Fred went into adjec- of ridding the premises of rats. got warm at once and tives and monosyliables that were shock He made up his that the ahead of ing Ce his business mind unty Detective was that he f the peace getting might haut down of the and order community, but had no business to prac. lice on his pet ferret, } bich he highly prise, that it anted to pa’ of Heury C. Pepningtc a sister of Counts day eaves 10 survie one a paralyti years other is a coach 1 A} an ife left Be DOs ¥ Mr. Penning ecfonte it Kom Toe when they moved to their present home where they bave resided ever sin cares t fury fers as follows Avon and Is Pieasan! and Jennie Kan - AMAS DINNER ie Lrenerous contributions are being made for the Christmas dinner to be given io the poor, the mes and de Salvation Army, a over town Pennies, d 3d eatables may be Riven for this worthy cause. The Salva vation Army Christmas dinver in Belle fonte Iast year was a pleasant, gratify. ing success, and the dinner this coming Christmas will exceed it In New York of the many Christmas celebrations the great dinner and family visits of the Sal. vation Army have come to be among the best known mediums for dispensing hap piness to thousands who otherwise might not have amy Christmas cheer at all. The Saivation Army's officers say that 250,000 men, women and children will obtain Christmas cheer through the ef- forts of that organization in the United States. In Philadelphia the Graud Cen. tral Palace has been leased for the big dinner, for which 180 tables are to be spread. In all other cities and towns the Salvation Army dioners for the poor will be notable events. Bellefonte is up- to date too 1n this regard. ———————————— Tropical fruits, oranges, bananas, figs, dates, at Sechler's, A —— A Lucky Printer. The following is from the last issue of | ERES, per dozen the Howard Pa., Hustler: "Uncle Joshua Pheasant was the first who came 10 our office with a basket well filled with sausage which was prepared Israel Greninger our vext door neighbor came next with some of his good sausage, then came Harry | McDowell with a large basket of his | fine apples Last but not Jeast we re- ceived a nice Jot from the home of W. H Net” “Won't the penon’s who promised to bring corn to the Hustler office bring nt Al Once, as we want to get our bogs fat. | teved The printer who can say he has sev. | numeous achieve | | ments on his part that haye been doubted | simply for the want of evidence. | | { i i | eral bogs on band certainly bas vo kick | coming. ~Puare candies, that are toothsome and healthy at Sechler’s grocery. VIN TE NA Cures Loss of Anpetite, Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Billlousness, Constipation, Try a bottle and be . If it falls to benefit you your money will be refunded. All drug Kists, x2 «ine cluster table raisins -—Sechler's. ® LEGAL INTELLIGENCE, MARRIAG LICENSES ! Francis Jos Molter, Jr - Philipsburg Estella Johnston . . " : Augustus Emel Bellefonte Alice FE. Et» Soring Mills REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS i. and in Cen ow. Bradford, Hall el ux Boo 5 H. § i ; : ! Brinton Miner . Fo ’ twp H. ux to Wm PENN} A WORD ADV rator 6x12 feet ris & Ireland » can do general trimmer for Dug also i2 4, at $5 lock Swing & Chalr Mileshurg JO acres p, Centre Hearick FOR SALE («Hood farm containing or thereabouts in Union towansh county, Fa, known as the esse farm. Good spring and Ding wale Darn yara timber Fossession Am reasonable « FAT HOMIS POR Sale 10 to 290 in. also COIL 4 yours pid in sp y double bands high, 11M bred ; also several head of cows Ym F Ras onJ D Valentine Pleasant Gap, Pa Lot of tat plas and shoals spring. broken be iogs from Oue fine single and , and well Apply Wo farm, near of ANNUAL ELECTION of the Farmers Company of Os ~The annual meeting Mutual Fire losarance re County, will be held in 18 office Keynolos Bullaing. Bellefonte on Mon- day. Janumy 11 bh, 104 and the election of twelve directors, for the ensuing year, between the hours of 0a. m. and 2 p.m of said day FrrDenicx Kuntz Pres't D.F. Lusk. Sec'y »n MARKET QUOTATIONS. Bellefonte Produee. The following prices prevailed Thurs. day morning : The following prices are paid by SRCHLER & Oo. for prodoce Lard, per pound — Tallow. par pound Butter, par pound... Bide, por pound... iininns Shomider per pound... . Potatoes, per BUsBO! ns ve Beliefonte - Grain, The following prices are paid by ©. ¥Y, Wae- NER for grain Wheat. ol inns A —_ Ee GI Oorn shelled... Corn new Lock Haven Curb Market. Prices at the corb market Lock Haven, yesterday morning : Rutter. per pound 23 to 250; eggs, per dozen 32c; potatoes, per bu 75 to Soc chickens, per pair 50 to 80; beets, per bunch sc; cabbage, per bead 3 10 5; celery, per stalk 2 to Sc; apples, per peck 12 '0 200 ; turkeys, live, per 1b 16 to 18¢; squashes, 5c; turnips, per bushel 40 to Soc; onions, per peck aoc; hovey, per pound 20c ; cider, per gallon roc; lard per pound 13; corn, per bushel Soto S50. Coburn Markets. ro — per ba
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