THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA, JUNE 30, 1804. Paor 5. 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 —Remember Hecla Park on the 4th of July. ~— Mrs. Louisa Hoy home at Rock View, is quite ill at her —Johu Woods, of Boalsburg, and sis- ter, Mrs. Johnson, were callers at this office. — Mr. and Mrs. Philadelphia, are friends. of D visiting Oliyer Hazel, Bellefonte ~Mrs. Isaac Maitland and children of Williamsport, are visiting at Daniel Garman'’s. : —Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Crider and Miss Rebecca Rhoads arrived Saturday {ro an eight week's tour of the Pacific coast. — Mrs. Henry Lowery and daughter, Miss Florence, phis where the former treated. —Miss May Taylor Washington Heights on the Hudson ! spend the summer with Mr. and Mr: Samuel Taylor. —Sheriff H. S. Taylor trip to St. Louis next week Democratic National Convent left for Philade will have expects 0 8 contemplat to atiend the big exposition. —Rev, Dr. Holl Friday last attended the Dr. Seiss, of Philad l of the most emir way, eran church. --Elmer Democrat : at Centre Oak former bome at Buff: the even evening was auqico attracted a large rare treat throughout. were good and up-to-date. will be admini thi —The Lord’s supper tered in the Lutheran church, place, next Sabbath morning and ev In the evening the pastor, Holloway, will preach a “The Perpetuation of Patriotism.”’ ing. sermon ~Next week being Fourth of J J -~August term of court will be oniy one week. —Special return train to State College on night of July 4th, —List ot jurors for August term of court will be found in this issue, —You can make up a dainty selection for a day's outing at Sechler & Co, Try i. —Misses Agnes and Teresa Shields have gone to Altoona for an extended visit to friends. ~AMre. Louis Friedman, of New York city, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Holtz. is visiting her parents, —Mrs. Geo. S. Deacon, of Cynnyd, Pa, is visiting her brother, Frederick K. Fos ter at the Bush House, —Miss Mary Burnham the beautiful country home Valentine is a guest Mrs. Reuben Valentine, Editor T. H, Harter and wife are at Williamsport this week attending the State Editorial Association — Xs, Albert two children, of Philadelphia, are visit and Mrs. J. L Miss Kate Brisbin, who has been at- Eugles Blackburn and ing Col. Spangler. tending Wilson College at Chambers- burg, is at home to sy end the summer, Cunningham, employed inthe Standard Scale works foundry at Beaver and Helen C. Mingle, Md ‘ Roxy Mingle attendin Frederick, have arrive sight, Thursds strawberry and the academy chapel yrchestra will furnish the music | tion general. Op Thursday evening last week St John's Athletic base ball club met the Roosevelt team oo the Meadow Brook ily | Park and in a five-inning game were de- week, when all journals lay off an issue | feated by a score of 24 to 6 in order to have a patriotic outing with the rest of folks, there will be no paper issued from this cffice. for which we ask the kind King indulgence of our readers ¥ —The Democrat sanctum v rom three Misses with a call adies, the Yarnell, , Ruth were quite i and wOIk in —The Undine picnic promises to attract an in Hecla Park day for both young anc the 4b v never was finer present, and it | outing. in ~ About a balf dozen different are manufacturing porch swings | vicinity and the product is becoming popular. Beliefonte swings are becoming famous and increases the season. sale is large and the business has amige room to expand the demand with The lerritory for — At the election held the Lutheran bath by PW ast school the Salt Sunday fo fng off year : Superintendent, Wm. P. Kuban Teacher of the infant department, Mis icers were elected for the ensuing Librarian, Mrs ard Kline Holloway wife of the pastor; Merril Showers, Treasurer, Kline; Secretary, Wil —Capt. H. 8. Taylor of Bellefonte and the membersof Co. B are now drilling three nights each week with the idea of taking one of the art bronzes to be given by the Philadelphia Inquirer for the best company atthe approaching encampment inspection at Gettysburg. Co. B stands at the head of the National Guard of Pennsylvania and all the boys will have to do is get down to work and the prize is theirs. ~Wm. Charles was creating a distur. bance on Thursday in front of the court house and when Policeman Mullen at: tempted to arrest him Charles resisted the officer, and as a resuit got several good thumps on the head that settled him, Friday morning the Burgess fined him $10 and costs and in default of which be was sent to jail for thirty days. Arthar Brown was in the same muddle, but paid his fine, ~The following persons left Belle. fonte last Thursday morning for the St. Louis exposition in one party : Miss Marion Meyer, Lemont ; Sallie Meyer, Booneville, Pa.; Gertrude Wieland, and Henry Potter, of Linden Hall; Eva Moyer. Rebecca Moyer and H. Bruce Moyer, of Centre Mills; A. N. Corman and wife of Rebersburg., Most of them will visit relatives iz the western states before returning. | any man | Kate | — The Brockerhoff house is having the old veranda over the entrance replaced va pew one. By giving the entire ex r a new coat of paint the bean! e hotel = * maintaie in contact wilh ¢ buried at Fillmore Fri. at Fillmore, where his mother 1s buried, ) instead of Bellefonte, and his age was 2 i 23 years ¢ the most e Sam's » a cardidate lor There will be ms rackers and rock 4 s and Jersey lightning in honor of the old fellow than for ving Burgess Walker bas issued a proc- lamation calling attention to the exist ence of an ordiance, as well as an act of —Mrs. 8. DU. Ray and daughter, Miss Harriet, are visitingfriends in Scranton. —Mrs. Morris Tucker, of Akron, Ohio, is visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr, and | Mrs. Thomas Donachy. —T. R. Hamilton is making improve- ments on his residence on remodeling the interior as well exterior. Joseph Gingher has accepted a posi tion as clerk in Jesse Cox's cigar stoie a good apable of filling and restaurant. Joe 1s fellow and will prove himself the position | { July 4th, The shoot at Hecla Park on wing will be one of the special fea. tures on the program Large prizes will | be given and some good wing shots will be in the contest, ~Thos, C. pockets full of money and ou his way Ouick, of Runville, with his ~ home from Pennsvalley where he was carpentering, dropped in to push his credit a year ahead. Cathcarts, Fetters avd Savylors Monday evening had a fracas which re at HH The case was bound over on iny sulted with a hearing Squire Harshharge: to the August term of 1 ALS was in town yesterday cours Landlor Garman on his w where he cl from Lewisburg, deal by | tive Committee and oratory put | | had a most lovely time only the tront d Assembly, which prohibits the firing of | fireworks within the boro before July 4th, That is proper. Other towns will not tolerate it and Bellefonte is right in re stricting the use of the explosives. — At a special meeting of the Borough council held Wednesday evening of last week the ordinance regulating the entire{Water Department which has been under consideration for the past year was passed. The ordinance is quite lengthy and fixes a seale for all water charges. The date for holding the water appeals was fixed for July 7. If the Bur: gess should veto the ordinance it would require two-thirds vote of council to make it effective. ~The insurance business of Grant Hoover was sold to “John F. Gray & Son'’ the past week. Mr, Hoover retires from the office and in the future will de. vote his entire time to the lumber busi. ness. A dissolution notice in another column announces that Grant Hoover succeeds the lumber firm of John F, Gray & Co. Owing to {llness Mr. Hoover de- cided to quit the office and give his at. tention to outdoor work. George Oscar Gray the junior member of the insurance firm was graduated from Penna State College class 1903, and is an energetic young man, ] ourg i | ishable by a fi | mouths The young man was born | { D. Cox, for a { sold him the furniture an {t is Mr chairman of All ven later through the General Beaver tion will be gi ty press. Killed Trout With Quick Lime A case which is alleged to possess | some upusual features was instituted be. fore Justice C. G. Lowry at Hollidavs- i ott Saturday, by information charg. ing Irwin Bowser and Howard fenses known to the f ne of $100 the counts 1 fore be county jail for s "™h 1a - The defendant's were arrested ud gave bail for a hearing before Jus tice Lowry - A lot of Philadelphi ver a week to do sor We their tents stocked with the! trout suppose est of ever thing to zal and rink, and ¢ 1pped with $20 rods and silver plated that the speckled and so-forth ree. 8 flies would make mouths of beauties water with admira These Walton no doubt tion, Philadelphia disciples of Sir Isaac ia to their flies and fish baskets—they were not the kind of chaps our fish have been used to, i. e, with rods cut from saplins. The campers did not deplete the streams and left with something like a dozen fish. not sigh for introduction and that is the finest and most exciting sport, - ————— Largz Huckleberry Crop. All indications point to this season's huckleberry crop being the largest om | record. A visit on the mountains finds he wasseven years of age and he was the huckleberry bushes considerably in 11 4 evidence all | colored tint, showing that they are ripen. ing fast, ———— Special Train, College for the benefit of those returning from Hecla Park. It is said that five cents worth of oli of lavender mixed with the same amount of water will keep a room clear of flies using an atomjzer to spray it around the room. People like the odor but flies do not, | Gathered From Centre Howard St., | as the | ‘SHORT AND aden with an abundance of | " | 1 anti 2 e f , when he berries, which bave begun to take on a | AINE NY Yai oh ages VW | VARIETY OF | - LOCAL NEWS| and Ad- joining Counties TO THE POINT Events That Have Transpired Recent- ly and Worthy of Mention—Items of Interest for All-—Doings of Neighbors Paul Crissman, of Herman infant son and Lyda Long, home at their Joalsburg ou the 13 He was 11 months and 21 days old. Mrs. Abednego Stevens, who died at her home in Clearfield one day last week, was buried in Black Oak cemetery, near Port Matilda on Saturday afternoon, Some very, very large carp have been discovered in Spring creek int of Rock Mills about Be These fis} even efonte, id society of the Reformed church wi wid an ¢ cream social on the church lawn at Jacksonville, on Sat urday evening July Snyder was awarded the louis Exposition, in the State Coliege Times contest which closed Miss Mary was second and received a purse of $20 which will secure her a first exposition, iast Thursday Keller class ticket to the Five men of Nittany valley bad a bearing before A bh, a TIE lock Haven or of Jesh She bas accepted a position in the ladies seminary at that ACEC as assistant instructor in music a and Kate Sw fizer, of a tother, Tom, in ITE, a vist expect to leave ip few lays on to their t ] be absent a Swit is (yon f the British-American th sot zen eral Manager o Dredging Company, at Atl B C will be spent wi headquarters in, , where much of their time The Baptist Sabbath school of Miles. burg rendered their Children’s day ser. vice on Sunday evening, June 26th in the presence of a crowded house, The ser. vice was one of surprising excellence and held the closest attention of the en tire andience from beginning to end. | The recitations, exercises and singing Philadel. | were rendered in a manner that carried phians may be able to do some things as well as others but they don't know how | to catch trout in our mountain streams, | A | township, Clearfield county, died at the | , residence of Thomas McPherson, on | Wednesday, June 15th, impression of truth to the minds of all. Jacob Harpster, one of the oldest and | esteemed citizens of Lawrence aged 77 years. Deceased was the son of Samuel Harps. ter; was born at Fairbrook, Centre coun. ty, April 5, 1827. His mother died when raised by John Glenn, with whom he re. went to Clearfield county. A tew weeks ago Miss Alice Pierson, | of Unionville, missed a fine open-faced | go'd watch valued at froo. On the night of July 4th, a special re- turn train will be ran over the Bellefonte | Central R. R. from Bellefonte to State | Ira Green was suspected as be knew where she kept it, Detective Rightnour found him in the ridges back of Julian and at once charged him with the theft. In the sur. prise of the moment the young man made a clean breast of it and accom. panied the detective to Walton's jewelry store at Tyrone where he hed soid it, Mr. Rightnoar secured the watch and Green is now in jail awaiting the action of August court, The Howard Cannery will bave the product of something like two hundred and fifty acres planted in string beans to handle this season, Miss Mable and Willlam Allison, Jr., of Spring Mills, gave an elegant social | party at thelr home on Friday evening last, in honor of Robert and James W, | Yan Valzah, Robert being a graduate of the Princeton college this year, Those present were Miss Carrie M. 58 Bertha 0, Miss Orpha Gramiey, Mi Kathryn E. and Rena W, Shires, Jennie Bitner, Jacob Bitner, 5. Ward John G. Ross : Charles H had a very de Gentzel, Duck, Gramley, jan, Robert E, Catherman, an A Ian ADJOINING COUNTIES. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. MARRIAGE LICENSES Harry Shultz . . , JAla Alkey . Jerry R Carrie E Roland ot Corman Mu Coburn [| Geo. Vauy Linie Wourl who were on a short visit, | REAL } I WW Misses | '7 | Association is in | rt, this week. f Tyrone has f near trawber , and bas Men who are river report tha are dying from The 27th annua associati 25th ar against Novy oF ower court, soon as the Governor fixes the date Black "Tr Spo will suffer the extreme penalty of his crime shot cat on the in Bald Eagle township, The animal weighed was 4 feet 4% inches in high Grant Wilcox Caldwell a wild farm Cliston county. 24% pounds, ength and stood 23 inches It was e fron Of & I n his a hilly me leave,’ me Governor.’ The clatter of t} the land as it iay in the bay field the mower is heaid in the heavy crop of grass Next will be the yum of harvester, bat wheat the fields do not offer it a Arge a ‘mess as usual, the rigor winter having pu in its work upon wheat Potatoe wk Quite promi and corn will ng better than feared from mach of the seed failing to come up William L er of Porter Strunk, a prominent farm. township, Clinton county, died Saturday of cancer of the stomach, aged 74 years. In 1854 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Jane Myers, of Walker township, Centre county, after which he and his bride located at Cedar | Springs and he operated what is now the Knecht mills anti! farm on which he has resided ever since, Further reduction in the sumber of employes at the Baldwin Locomotive Works Philadelphia, is compelled by lack of orders. From present prospects about 4000 more men must be laid off, bring. | ing the force down to 6500, This will be done as the work in the shops is finished. The reduction will affect the Baldwin shops, at Burnham, near Lewistown, Pa , where many workmen from this county | are employed. Col. William Dorris, of Hunting. don, enjoys the rare distinction of trav eling on a Pennsylvania railroad pass issued in 1850, which is without limit, This pass is a curiosity, having on it, in addition to the necessary wording the | picture of an engine and two cars, which ' are unique as might be imagined. The engine is anything but modern, and the | coaches have the old “‘possom belly” in which baggage was carried. The col | onel retains this pass because of the fact | that he was one of the original stock. holders of the company, ir which he is still largely interested, and has been one of the company’s attorneys since 1850. be purchased the | | {| PENNY A WORD ADV. i A artis x 14 ' 8 4 ” 5 FOR SALE o at this oe MONEY TO LOA A.B Miller Non approved security Bellefonte, Pa MARKET QUOTATIONS Bellefonte Produce. | The following prices prevailed Thurs. | day morning : The following prices are pald by SECHLER 8 | Co. for produce { Eggs, per dozen | Lard, per pound ....covmmn Tallow, per pound Butter, per pound... Ride. per pound . Sxzulder. per pound Bellefonte~ Grain, Toe following prices are pad by ©. Y. Wao WER for grata Wheat, old. Wheat, new Oats Ba Rye. Lorn Corn ey shelled new - | GRAIN Wheat « § per . : doz Corn - Blo * « lie DIOR cme $0 i bi RY nica 50 1b Barley . Soe il L sper 1} Lock Haven Curb Market. Prices at the carb market Lock Haven, yesterday morning Butter, per ib 1210 16¢ ‘eggs, per dozen 23 10" 24¢. potatoes, per bs $1.20, t0 $1 60 dressed chickens, 55 10 goc; honey per Ib, soc: lard per 1b 12¢; rhubarb per bunch 1 to 5c; asparagus per pound bunch roc; | green onjons per bunch 2 to 3c; cabbage | plants per doz se; cherries per Gt. roto 12¢; green currants on stems per qt. Sc; | kreen peas in pods per pk 4oc; peas shelled per qt. 15¢;
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