The Democratic Watchman. BELLEFONTE, PA Friday Morning, August 6, 1869 THINGS ABOUT TDWN & COUNTY —We saw ripe peaches in market a fow days ago at one dollar a peck. --,-The market is . glutted. with new potatoes at seventy-five cents a bushel. —The Howard Iron works were sold at sheriff's sale here on 'Wednesday last. —Tho kito season is now in full blast. Boya are kying flutes all over town. —Wo understand that Mr. Gould, of the Comer'en County Press, has bought the National office here, pod will revive that paper. —Our devil says he likes the la dies. We judge he does from hisi'de velopenient in the region nf the '' high moral sentiments." - There is a joke in medical circles about a certain coffin-maker, who was mistaken fur a physician in' Showehue. For further particulars apply on Howard street. —A young men's prayer meeting is held every Tuesday dvemng at the Pres byterian parsonage, in this place. Young men are cordially invited to attend, and 444 en00,.t..) city wusins, quite a number of whom are in town, find Bellefonte its plem.ant a place to spend the heated term as any of the more fashionable wa tering pineal. Just so. —Out of ten or a dozen candidates , for sheriff, with other o(Hu•s in like pro portion, hut one man can be nominated for each po•ition. Will rk,body -- Gr. Ibis stony hearted fact' --We have another ewe , of ,rnell per at If arrisonville. The patent, ire belie% a neg , ro He Fhould be look ed after by the town4lop anthoritiel., if 11 , 4 In /14 ondt Lion to sucure htF oan fort —Candidates are as plenty a, black- We find them ~sting nn„ nd on i.tore-boxes and cellar-doors, peeping anNiou•ly around the corner', and hur r rag 1,2, mn if the devil was after them. w not bdthui after the cons en lion meets. MEE \V-e hear of nee If ur 1 ,, ,n,1 in runrn ”p•tit...firo"' l4, .9 patronize truveling 1114.•11t.- If our ',oil' np I I wouldlA advert,, extt•ri , l%. tNI 1 , 1 lig ap, , ent4 we hriow thy 11 -111,11, stopping tln. huk ' in tii,• right pin..e. Dun t growl, gvntl, in.•n - We sew a very hanil.,,ine pin in the shttpri of a lathe, Loot, in tte piowe•.inn of One of our liur,nl friend, —a tai helor—the other day. 'Lae ea re of y i,or heart, friend }mica, and aux L;o.t so inoctri.ahl2, nnied up 1.1).,. tin) A, that a man eau hardly tell '• loth. r from winch." -- Dr It I) Tipple has 11) 1 w ht , nth,. from the ('.need hon.. t , ) dem, 'the Viral Natiotiiir Bank build ing', on Allegheny street, formerly oc cupled by John P Ilarri.. ern-fuer of I'lr-4 National Hunk, N 4 11, , r.. he an found when not uhbent Witt, perform um, of his pr,des4oontl A young man; named }:liau t4tront,>, of Benner townsinp.aoiclentsll) Eliot liiinself last Sur day, while trtoling dh a loaded Oath' Thapall took oil to. middle finger and pabaed through the arm above the elboW, inflicting a 40r0a0,, roao , , though not dangerous wound Tbp wound was dr od by Doctor f4llrist r --A cow belonging to a Mrs. Ham ilton, on Howard street, attarked a lit tle Flo% named Klepper, on Tuesday last, through innate meinnesA of doposition Without provocation, .he ran at the boy, Striking him in the mouth with her horn, and injuring him badly. I f the animal should manif,t any further di-potAtion to do mischief, her ca., ought to be attended to A.TCII GAM E.—A rnttrh galllff we.l played at Milesburg on t 4 aturday after noon between the " Mechanic Nine '' of the above named place, and " Picked Now" of Bellefonte. This way II pretty sell contested game, showing that the National exercise have in no way abated mitiong lovers of the Tort The " Me chanic Nine" were evidently the cham pioioi its the following scent will show: MECHANIC NINE. O. R London, 8. a. 3 4 lbdinnydbr - , b, R. 2 4 IP It) der,_p. 4 0 1.4, 1414., r f. 3 2 1.:•-dn4ton, 2nd b. 2 3 Campbell, I. f. 3 3 Wild,. Int b. 2 5 Tlionan, 3rd b. 4 2 .1 Ryder, c. I. 4 2 rf 6 0 0 Curtin. C. f. 6 1 Single, I f. 1 3 Curtin 4 4. 2 3 linbertn, 3rd 1,. 3 1 hmn”, 2n.1 b. 3 3 Ilantlogn, 1M b. 4 0 Witguer, p 3- 1 1p n. 1 2 EIEI CorNTY FAIR.—The Fxecu tfce Com mittee ofthe Centre county Agricultural S-isitity yesterday decided to told the aa anal exhibition on the sth, 6th. 7th and Bth days of October next. The Premium LifitS will be ready for distrt talon on and after the 15th of this mmth. A limited number of adver ti.e•menta we understand will he laser: twod in the list upon application to the .5-cretary, William liarmlton —The eclipse of the Sun to-morrow will crate a great deal of interest throughout the world, from the feet that it will be total in some parts of it. Here it will he only partial, and will be gin aliodt fi o'clock in the evening. We have smoked A glass already, so as to be able to make a scientific investigation of the phenomenon, the resdit of which we will probably give to the world in the shape of a vary — TAW ti 0517 The Sun will be eclipsed to-morrow, because of its good nature. The Moon, or morn poetically, pale Lena, having resolved In do something to make herself noto rious, has joined the Radical party, and the Sun, in order to allow her to show her natural blackness, has consented to retire behind a screen fur the spade of about a hour. Ve oan't say that we approve of this action of old Sol, though to be sure he is only patterning after the example of the Democracy, who have also allowed themselves to be eclipsed fyr a short time. Owing to this silly arrangement between the Sun and Moon, we shall have a season of partial darkne.s.s to-morrow afternoon, which will, we are sorry to say, enable the Bellefonte radicals to complete some of their dirty electioneering. schemes It will not, however, wo would just say to frequenters of Halfziram hill and other nut mine nay lying-in places, he fai.orsble for courting operations, so th , bad better postpone all intentions of that k eel until 1111"(1 , C4)11V1,111011. op portumtv. There mill undoubtedly Le it large crowd on hand to witness the bees , my exhibition, but we are ituthor. 'zed to state that there will be no front seats reserved for the ladies, or any oth er man .1,1 frle, and small hogs expected to behave themselves I --othereio. t h ey will be slwaked to their attendant !laments Pea-nuts are allowable, but no of girls on the It v.)11 odertited during th , • p. r n,rnia:p .• \V -drinki•r, and tobrtv- V.)-1.11, to t•tund eith th.•ir to the wikid, in ord,r that 1 , 111 lit , ' lll- 111M:1 11.ot er,/111 . 11 1,11( 111 111.• 1111.11 , 111 and pr..f tine 111 , 11 11/1%1 I , rno-1. , 11 t, :nutter their a- ..b.f n , th.) pbat••• bat not load, oil pair' gettin4 tioan ,, •l‘a. , •• srmn ked o% er thr P la ear. ti will be in attend .• with their ready and Mix -1.'114 t. , kma k dwan tiny man IV 11 , 1 file OEM ',lliad, or to get the le tt , •r of judgment. Ti Ltett l / 4 0- cratic delegate elect.on will also be In Pr" . -trt".. at the mart-Ittah.e, and there.t , t" - he ro, 'tuckering or chuckling mcr fruteil raudidatea It Is suppiwi•il they will f••.I bad en igh when they llnd they ha loon eclipsed ht their ri% al. In abort tho• to by L highly moral rind entertaining exhibition, in which nothing will 11.1. aid or clone Ti''C mu+ to the tiirct depraved, or .dlen ma I! to the tw , ,t, relind lilt, chanallgn The thlnt: will as It a tladi of 111111,- 1104 t. and the rebuniption of the natural ~r.ler thin:;. when It 14 I.x t. 4,1 that chi( ken, will 1, ,rid from tlo tr roost, and the tau kle of Ca (•I") dal lif, T lt i• trielnruh , l3 duty to un notim t• the death of the Daily chilli .Vir4r. at Look ifetN.•ll, which )/tOl Len lieret,,fore publi•lied Lc the Kind... brother.. The (pia Sane hiv, had a •hort Itte, but tin brief existence Wit , haru t. rind In ii great tit it) It cut and slabliekt in to. er!, dtrectaj u, regard it eorn.eqUellei., d t% a nurthitill tigorous little dead. inputhize mull the proprietors, arid the editor, A It Ilender•on, , in Oleo. sad uflicttnu, and reflect, with gratemotion, upon the decease t,f the Itcch little bantling Th.- 1 ,, the third attempt to ,tabledi a daily paper that hat fallen through In Lock listen, and we would jttt ads h.e that people not to put on fq, Many Ca) air, until they, are al le or willing to bUippurt a daily journal. —.Front the editorial eorrefpon dence Of OW TIP/a, and k:titieettor at we extract the following no tice- of three of the prornlnjnt capitalist, ~f 11 , 11.4,,nte, One of the editors of that pap,r on hii travels, and writcs a lon g letter descriptive of our town, in which he •liy,, thing. complinientary nod oth erwise But we have only room for the following . As I inuinated before, there are.,very Malty wealthy men here, all of whom have superb private residence. At the head of them stands Henry Itro. kerholf, who came to till,. section of tito country about fifty years ago 110 got Chiefly by inereliandising. At first-he ped dled dry goods and notions—the poop used tie call Min the match peddler—firth In a knap sack, and then with a wagon. At that time many Freuelt and German emigrants settled in Elk county, and as Mr. Brockerholf could speak both languages wel I, he soon gut all their trade, and also their savings, for anfekeeping. Possessing German tact, foresight and frugali ty, ho 110011 tlOCitillo very rich, and Is now. • millionaire. Mr Broekerholf is about an years of age, and is a finely educated gentleman.— Sone tune ago, he bought a large trait of land in Virginia, and thinks - he will spend .111 s win ters there hereafter fie also experts to go to Europe olive mom w here he lately fell heir to • very large fortune. Truly, fortune, forages foto. PICKED NINE. O. R The necond delimit, man hero is mid to be Wllll.lllll itoymildn, Eng. I could nut learn any thing of trio ante...lonia and can only Play, perhaps with none degree of aatlnfaction to a certain clans of femalen in BetidelleinAhat he lo a bachelor, and that be in ready and willing to marry a lady who wilt - marry has and riot kin f/10110,1) Mr prqprirtor . of the 13nAlt liotlow, le another example of what ludustry and frugali ty, especially when Joined with good luck, can accomplish. Mr. Bush came to these parte about ten years ago, peddling school maps and making educational speeches. Soon after tie studied law, and the money tie made by prac tising law he Incas led in oil speculations, ny which he grew" iminctutely rich, 014114 a great many houses, and contributes his sham towardrbeautifying and otherwise improving the town. [Com m un lentod.J AiiuutOrfBd, 1869 MR. I'. GRAY MK.— . —The an nouncement in your paper of Israel Grenoble pleases the Democrats of Fer guson twp, and they On give him a good support in Vie Con nty'Convention. J. S. M. [communicated 1 Met. P. GRAY 31 - xxk —During a po litical campaign some strange things oc cur. For instance, in a recent coin of your paper wo find a communication urging Deputy Sheriff Woodring for Sheriff in which it represented him lIS a Worth township man. We simply wish to know whether ho is a citizen of that township; or has ha not by residence and tax made himself a citizen of the bor ouge of Bellefonte. Dxw,(RAT EDITOR WATCHMAN :—Tho office of County Comtnissioner is one of the most important to the tax-payers of a county For this office we should Late InCri of undoubted honesty, integrity and busi ness qualifications In connection wi t h many denmernta of this end of the coun t, allow me to pre..ent the nano. of It E.. 1, of Walker torso •hip, I'r tin, impor„tant Miley lie I. 21 Marl „r prod iti.liVilOtit, n heavytot-pater. a reliable Itein..crut, arid would, 55 thautdoubt,udd MUCIL I.t'utt4tl.l t“ tile ticket, besides gi% tog to the coun ty a CONIIHI,I.nicr wlto is In every re spect qualitioi.i tor the pi Si Lion 11 Al AIR (.'cr:nTnutiltate,l It FR.- • E 'HT" it. , tt m - the tone for nominating our Lanilidate. for the various county "flits* is drawing. near, e should otoodei well the claims cl .'% en 1 and iiite. and 0[1.1'1 . 10 1 111 . j 11.14110•10 a-- to who shall boor who 11 0 1 111.1..1Ur 1101111114 . 11, for the Coining c,oo_ 1,..f0re 00104 ./ur influence in 1,1- tor of any particular 4 MY, in /rll o r that hate 11 -trong 011111 . 1 . 11110 1 111 1011111 , 11 0 11 with our Mate tlel . l. WIII.II I- air. ndy formidable to our oppo nen!, If aii ',vial... proper tar.' and prod. n. e in sett,. trhg our ittelniatt , t an roll up a ittaptrlty lit I. u.,1 eight hundred in. old Centre Si, fur a- my personal knowledge of the ditrerent enntlidates i. e.trteerti•ti ethe t are all lz,aal toi•n and wo uld c. .10111.1. 11111ki..g40. NI 1111 d er. But there kt 4/1111 (41111.11.1811 . 1./t %%110111 I have n liiord to .ay li, tsar of recommendatiim. and that unu ra I,.11 • . Itutrilitirger, of l'aln.n tmyte+liip ahe I+ I Illn p • t fir the t•tlie, of R. ge-ter 1 kro.is of 11.1 111/411 11. 1 11.1 r .1.111 l I lied 1.1 0111.. 0001 he 1., or that hotter for the nomination than he hip., and take pletettlre In rev ntnrnentlitn4 hint tt, the 101011 a , 11 11 , . 0, Cll4 r getic nom , 11 1 1111114 an 11111111 p. a, 11/Ll/1c character, sin excellent penman, and , 1111 1. 1 , 1 1 / 1 . 1/01 . 111ly 1. 0 111 the Gerllllol and Eng L111141014 , 1i.i. Ife has all hi , ad. ta ate.l the prue ttt . the I/I non , 11411u:1g the Radical- in iia tap , until he, with the ‘. 1 a few other Inc Demo. rat-, iad ..l u, rids., ing the It c publitiiii majority from tit.' to ten, tt hil. a I. a pair , they had a tnaprity tit Iron, thirty -lite to forty 011/ 11117M1 ehirlu 1 , ./es Ilas anti it li, r done u. well ' \lore than the., is that Patton toa ha- a riolit 1 11.11 hnvni4 been ropr. at the county mat 1/) 11 DOllO erat 'th in fii \n,41111.1.1.14111 Mohi , tai nit taut+ xt 11100. Arid II jllOl. 111 . 1 11.114 . 111 the anon, Mr r aril k.il/11r 11 0 %1 10.111111.10 for the "Ire, of It. 141-ti you he will le , the right 1111111 the right 1.1111 4. .1 If 110111111.1- 1 ,1 1, V. 111 1111 1 1 1 41 , 114111 10 tile t., k. t. We hope the ..011‘..111.1.01 will riot in fluenced by the " wire tee., 10111 their lljudgment 11 making the notoination• A whole Leant or rather a whole ticket of all IL -411, if en i h./11. 11101. 10. 541111r4 1 would make a" (dean sweep " old Centre Let nie again urge OP' 41 %I'll , ion to nominate him 1111.1 %11• los election lilt .1 M Hiatt o)Mialln looted till Kill VFAI.IIy - MR Emiion I fowl with some in ter-.