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The argument of chief justice Ag
new, setting aside the ordinance of the
constitutional convention, it appeal*
to us, will not be credited with an
abundance of souudnoss by even the
majority of the republicans, saying
nothing of democratic opinion in the
estimation of which it w ill ii-'t weigh
very heavily. We do not th uk thai
Judge Agnew makes it clear at all
that in pawing the Ordinance the
Convention went beyond its authori
ty, u>d if it were sound login we
would uot give a farthing for the
right of the people to change their
organic law —for accordiug to this
opinion of the Chief Justice, the leg
islature is higher than the people or
any constitutional convention calied
by them, for that body can place any
obstacle and restriction in the path
of it which it sees fit. This is about
the gist of the decision. We believe
no such doctrine, ueither is it in oou
••nance withgeuuine free government.
If Mr. Agnew's opinion is a correct
one, then it is unnecessary to call anv
convention to remodel our constitution,
for the rooeter* and piuchers of the
senate and house can dictate what it
shall do aud what it shall uot do.
We repeat, nearly all the leading
legal miuds in the republican party,
disagree with Judge Agutw, aud ali
tb emiuent lawyers in our own party
will also disagree with him. Ihc
argument will fiud its endoi*ers ali ue
among ring politiciaua.
The opiniou is not "ihiu," but very
cloud),aud uoue will see through it.
The greatest and most imjw/taut
day for the plundered aud lax ridden
people of Pennsylvania, will be next
Tuesday, loth, wheu we are to decide
whether all corrupt practices of poli
ticians shall be stopped by adopting
the uew Constitution. Turn, out, all
yoo honest men, now is your time to
purifv the management of public af
fairs.
The "ring" politicians have com
bined to defeat the uew Constitution,
on Tuesday, next. 16tb. They can
not do it, if the honest men of all par
tiei turn out, on that day, and vote lo
put an end to corruption.
Citixens of Centre county do nol
forget your duty on that day.
The public debt is now increasing
ut the rale of 70 uilliou* a year, and
if any one can afford a good excuse
for it, we would like to have it.
Doubling the President's sa.ary the
congressional salary grab, and such
like leaks, is where we fiud the
cause.
Some few men seem to object to the
new Constitution because it permits
women to be elected as school direc
tors. Now this is only a trifle com
pared with the incalculable good con
tained in the balance, and this clause
is mostly intended to take effect in
large towns where there are mostly
lady teachers employed, and where it
suite some ladies much better than
gentlemen to look after the schools.
Besides this, uo woman cau be elected
a director unies* the men do it with
their own votes. Let no honest vo
ter choke at this little guat.
The leadens of the ballot-box stuf
fing gang, io Philadelphia, have suc
ceeded in letting aside the ordinance
of the eoMtiUitiooal convention, in
order to bold the election under their
own infamous machineiy on next
Tuesday, and throw up a large frau
dulent majority against the new Con
stitution. Tbey expect the people
outside the city to remain indifferent,
and that thus the Constitution will
be defeated.
It now behooves every honest citi
zen in the state to go to work with'
redoubled energy to get out the vole.
The Philadelphia ami Pittsburg ring
politicians can be crushed out uow, if
every honest man do* a his duty
What say you reader, will you be nt
your poet on Tuesday, ICth ?
Any one wishing a paper from the
state capital, should take the Morning
Patriot. It ia one of the ablest demo
cratic organs in the state, and gives
all the congressional, legislative, sod
other telegraphic news. See pros
pectus in another colutnu.
Iu Pittsburg the "ring' have ap
pealed to the Court of Common Pleas,
io prevent the holding of an election
for the new Constitution. If this ae
lion of the corvuptiouists does not stir
up the friends of liouest government,
we do not think they can be sliced up
witb even a red hot poker Who
will ueglect hisduty ou Tuesday next?
In Philadelphia the ring has also ap
pealed to the courts, to throw au ob
stacle iu the way of the new Constitu
tion.
Texas haa gone democratic by
40,000 majority.
The Pittsburg ring did not succeed
ia getting an injunction to set aside
the election for the Constitution.
One of the Litest innovations in
Washington is to be seen in the
House of Representatives, where a
special part of the gallery has just
been set aside ior the families
members of Congress exclusively, in
imitation of and near that assigned to
the diplomatic body. If this separa
tion from the people means anything,
it is an attempt (o dra v a line of
distinction, to set up a superior class
and to look down upon the constitu
ency. Tbis is the sort of republicanism (
which the so-called Republican party
practises at Washington, and it is a
very bad sort.
The Constitution And The Tax
on Heal Ksfnlo.
It was lobe expected that the new
Constitution would he criticised A
free people, with whom fteednui of
individual opinion ami action arc
cherished prerogatives, never unite
with one accord in devising the moans
for attaining even a gencially desired
end. llut we were not prepared for
assaults upon the new Constitution
which so deliberately impugn the
intelligence of the people
A party organ at llarrtshurg,
failing to fiud plausible objections to
the uew Constitution, invent* the
falsehood that its adoption would
restore the tax on real estate, aud it
has probably been accepted by other
journals claiming respectability, with
out careful inquiry into the truth
fulness of the charge lu years past,
our Legislature has passed special
bills exempting the halla of associa
tions, private schools, oemsteric*
owner! bv stockholders as speculations
and various other classes of property
from all taxatiou, except for State
purposes. These acts wade exemptions
orc-irsyfwiiu from the uuiforw rule of
tuxatiou, and they grew in number
trow year to year, uuul many million*
of property owner! and used tor private
or sjKCu'ative purposes, were exempt
from all municipal taxation. 7m
/'Wad a it yre to over ten militant,
and last winter the Legislature was
coin|>ellsd l > lake a backward step in
the matter. It enacted a genera! law
defining specifically the property to
be exempted from the general tax
laws—such as cemeteries without
pr.'tii, purely charitable institutions,
public buildings, rfce. To guard
against the evil of uuoqual taxation
bv discriminating act* of the Legisla
ture iu the ftuure the convention
defines specifically that only "public
property used for public purposes,
actual " places ol religious worship,
places of buiiat not used or hired for
private or corporate profit, and lusli
unions of purely public charity '
should hereafter be free from taxatiou
aud as there is ether property of
aociatious and of individuals, parti
ally devoted 'to public or chartable
purposes, which under no legislation is
exempt from the otherwise on if arm tax
I,net of the Stale, tha convention adds
the elause that "all laws exempting
frotu taxatiou other than the projieriy
above enumerated shall be void.
To assume that the foregoing c!aut
of the constitution will restore repeal
ed laws which imposed uniform taxa
tion is an absurdity so patent as to
merit only contempt. While the
author of the falsehood had his ,hand
iu, why did be not appeal to every
other class of industry that has at
some litus been taxed by our laws *
! Why insult the farmers only by
-aying that the tax will be restored
ou real estate ? Why not peddle the
stupid folly to the railroad, to the
maulacturers, and to other classes
who have been taxed? Some year*
ago the Legislature taxed real estate
uniformly for State purpose. When
the resources of the Treasury war
ranted the change, the Legislature
did not "exempt" real estate from
taxatiou, hut it nepua'cd the law.
In like manner a heavy tax was
once imposed upon the lonage of our
railroads. It was subsequently re
pealed. The Legislature also taxed
raauufaelures by a uniform law.
Last winter it "did not "jjxemut"
them from taxation, but repealed
the law that imposed uniform taxes
upon them. For several year* a
tax was Levied upn the gross re
ceipts of transportation ttojopanies.
Last session the law was repealed,
but the railroad and canal companies
were not exempted from the opera
tions of any uniform law. If the
repealed tax upon real es ate would
be restored by the uew constitution,
every other tax ever repealled would
also be restored. Of course no
editor is so simple as not to kuow
that a constitutional clause declaring
void all special exemptions from the
taxation of general laws, restores no
repealed general statute, /tnd the
resort to such falsehood is a cand id
confession that the new constitution
cannot be truthfully and honestly as
sailed,—Press.
THE ELECTION COMMISSION
EES
DECISION- OF THE SUPREME COURT
SUSTAINING THE PETITION FOB AN
INJUNCTION TO RESTRAIN
THE COMMISSIONERS
FROM Acn* f .
Philadelphia, December s.—The
Supreme Court room, at twelve o'clock
to day, was packed with people who
had been attracted by the aunounce
ment that at that hour the opiniou of
the court in ths matter of the appli
cation to restrain the corstitution
from acting would be delivered. Af
ler the opening of the court Chief
Justice Agnew delivered a long opin
ion, which was unanimously endorsed
by the other judges, restraining the
election commissioners from acting.
The decision was to the effect that
the convention haJ uot the extensive
powers it had attempted lo assert, aud
that it had been guilty of an act of
attempted usurpation of authority in 1
setting aside the electiou system pre
scribe-l for this city ; and inaugura
ting a new one under which the elec
tion for the adoption or rejection of
the constitution should be conducted.
The opinion further declared that
the true interpretation of the phrase
8 "and the manner in which this elec
1 tiou sh&.'i be held" did not grant the
. convention ths high authority it had
endeavored to assums, £.pd that to
conduct this election in away differ
. ent from that of all general elections
was an unwarranted exercise of au
' thority which had uot been given the
1 members of that convention wnen
they were delegated as the agents of
the people to amend and revise the
constitution of the state.
>
The little cloud betwesu lbs three
truly good men, Beccher, Bowcn and
Til too, from being uo bigger than a
man's hand at first, has spread into 411
area of scandal that perhaps finds
none of equal dimensions in the prior
history of religion in this country.
Its latest result has been the cutting
away of Plymouth Congregational
Church from a]] others ofits deuomi
nation, consequent 0 disregard
of discipline iu the uiattar of the
expulsion of Tiltou. How much bel
ter it would be for Henry Ward
Becaber to have answered "guilty,"
when first the charges that lie below
all this excitement were brought
against him, than lo suffer thesnepula
tiou that has since prevailed, aud
will continue to prevail until a simple
-question meets an answer as sim
pie, , . .
t- •
George H. Williams, of Qregou,
has been appointed Chief Justioe of
the Supreme Court of the United
State*. He will add nothing to the
intellectual .wealth of the Court, but
is a safe, respectable lawyer. General
B. H. Rristovv has taken Mr. Williams
Elace as AUoruey General of the
fnited States.
I AN CASTKLAR HE SUSTAIN
ED?
> It will not b denied I lint the pie
, sent relation* between Spain and the
f United States are mainly owing to the
''disposition and efforts of Pre-idriit
>:Ca*tclar. Without In* kindly and
- persistent labois the peace arrange-
I 1 ments could uot have been concluded,
r nml the two nations would have drift
i e*l into a war. flic Monarchists iu
■ I Spain hate the United Stuies a they
i hate all Republic* This country is
, 1 constantly held up as a model when
u (lie people a recalled to arms to do
r thr-uio monarch* at.d assert their own
I right*. The history ol the United
I Stales is a text book tor the patriots
r of the Old World, ami hence the
* crowned heads are icady to strike u*
a blow whenever that can be done
, with safety to themselves. If, at the
I same time, they eati foioe from station
* and pow-ra patriot or liieud of Re
i publican governments ill Kuroiie,
s iheir work will produce double results.
y This will be their game in S|min.
e The Spauish Monarchist* will tu
* deavor to use the prop, wet I settlement
f in the Yirgiuiut case to defeat Ca
r telar aud the Republican party, to
t leui down the Republic aud Imild un
e a Muotrohy in its place. In ibis task
t they will be icadilv sustained by tbru
n own adherent*. '1 hey will need uo
i. stimulants of an extraordinary char
s acter to push them on to the task,
i) At the same time, auti Republican
journals wili eudeavor to work U|MJU
I the feeliugs of the luaesea by declaring
r that Caslelar has trailed the S|ianisu
t ting in the dust el th- bidding ol the
i, United Slates, ami disgraced the ban
-1 uer of Spain by unjust and huiuilia
i liug coueesaious These will !>e the
i- means employed to create a revolution
ii in Kpaiu aud drive Castelar from pow
c er.
, Will they succeed ? That is an iu
>, teresliug question fur the people of the
r United States at this tuue If Cas
* ,elar remains at the helm of State in
Spaiu, there will be uo war betwecu
n that ouuntry and the Uuited Stales.
I That may be accepted a* a certainty.
* On the coutrary, if the Republic is
e overthrown, it is quite evioeut thai
s trouble would arise in relation to the
* ixure of the Yirgiuius aud the cruel
s killing ofber crew aud pasaeuger*.
: The prvreul stale of affair* HI Sjmiu is
f not Mseeolored for the Republicans.
The war still continues. Roth the
i U*rlist* aud the Intrasigeulcs are in
I- arms aud operating against the gov
i ernment. "The latter." eays the New
o York Herald, "still hold Cartagena,
e and, in spite of the report* to the con
d trary, it is not at all impoasible that
Y the government forces may hare to go
t through some hard work before tlie
■ rebels are subdued. However the
>' coulest may end, i£ is Uot to be denied
d ed that the revolt in L-artageua will
e prove exhaustive of the natiou's re
's source*. The war iu the North still
* continues, and it ia now reporter! from
* Car list sources that smail-pox aud
' typhus haviug broken out in the
u ! ranks of the Republicans, General
Morionej is unable to make any of
e fensive movement. *J*Le present cri
n sis, it is more than possible, will result
* in another change of Ministers. It i
* not impossible that it way result in
r revolution aud a restoration of lbs
► Monarchy.'*
d In opposition to this view of the
'• case can be set the evident fact that
the great mass of the Spauih people
d are heartily in favor of a Republic.
* They also respect aud have faith in
Castelar, and will support his govern
>• ment with all their power. Priiu
>• cheated the people after the revolution
I, of &]£. If' promised them a Re*
* public and gave thsio a Monarchy.
'• He invilud a loreigu Prince to sit up
v on a throne at Madrid, instead of aid
d ing in the elecliun of a Spanish Presi
dent. And he was assassinated. But
d Castelar has always been honest in
°|hij convictions, true to the people,
* true to the idea of u Republic. Aud
£ now when that Republic needs friends
* the masses will uphold the President
0 iu his responsible duties. The fact
' that he made an honorable settlement
d of the Virginius case possible, will not
" weaken UaxUUr pith the people ol
'* Spain when all the facts arg under
stood Nor will his action give real
additional strength to the Carlisle or
iu-urgeot* The clamor will be evan
escent in iu effects. In the meantime
ihc Unil*4 should assist the
r cause of the in Spain in
all proper ways. A republic there is
peace between Spain and the United
States, peace on just, huuorable terms,
and the beginning of a policy which
will eventually settle the Cuban dif
f ficnlty. The question of the contiuu
j anna of tutelar in power is therefore
, one that will a rtat pijbjjc attention in
this country, at a time whim peano of
f war hangs upon that contingency.—
. Aye.
MESSRS. SUMNER. SCIIURZ,
r ANI) FENTON.
The Republican umj.ers of the
1 Senate at their caucus ap'poiuted a,
! committee of seven Senators lo revise
the standing committees of ths Senate.
Senator Morton is chairman. The
1 subject of restoring Messrs. rluniner,
and Fenton to full party re
lations was brought up aud discussed,'
several Senators favoring such action
oil the |>art of the majority as should
lead the Senators named to resume
their |>articipation in the Senate coun
cils. Senator Conkling, however,
thought that some guarantee for the
future should be obtuiueil lioiu
Senators before they were allowed to
resume party relalious. It is under
stood that a majority agreed with Mr.<
Conkling, and that there is little
chance for the rcluru of Sunnier and
Fenton lo their old places.
TIIK LATEST §Jj £ COURT DK-j
UrleHy .tuti-d, Uio foundstion doetrins i
oftlie opinion I* tbl* t Ksopt by revolu-t
linn, the people of the State of Peiinty 1 VH
nia have no power to alter or amend their
form of government, except by permission
of the Legislature. This doctrine pervades '
the whole paper, and istlio bottom princi
ple upon which the decree is bated. In
•triy;n jj to exercise their "inherent power,"
to niter or aimoiU toojf form of govern-!
intuit, by peaceable proceedings in Loo- t
vention, the (teoplu are couflnud to what
ever liuiitstians. conditions, restrictions,
terms, the Legiilaturu may *ce flt to im
pose, even although they may utterly de-
tent the prime object the people had in ,
'it* I;} ordering a convention at all. If ,
this he law.
armor of legal protection 'wtljcji t)if • j
people of this Common wealth have sup. j
posed was thrown about them by thair <
cherished "Declaration of ltiglita." If '
thi* in verity be law, it is not 100 soon for i
h*. f,voj]bi of thu State to be made acquain
ted with it. U/lsfrfi.t&'US as the decree
of the Court will prove lo itu, u..t yjlj
bo at nothing compared to the astound
ing message to the people oftlie State that
their -'inherent power," their "iiialirnuble j
end idefeasibie riglit," "at all times," "to
gitar. refc,f?3 or abolish their form of gov
ernment" by peiu-eeldt) ,yj.'uj.i, bus been
reduced to—i ekuteeer the eupriet o/ ti,<
Letjulattiie may sue tit to allow. In tile tl
light of su.-b a judgement whut a hollow |*
mi'ckery does that grand second section of n
the inviolable "Bill of Kights" appear to a
be!— Public Ledger. ti
Prairie Flrtst In Kbuimm.
JI<RAT I.OSSRN ' Pilot* KIIIY —*OAI
INtTDRNTS OR TIIR IKV AsTtTIO* .
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„ (Kkiiii our uwu Correspondent.]
1 Atchison, November J5.— ■Hardly
il H |IUIKT cotnce to hand which is not
• filled with reportsol disastrous urairis
I) lire*, which, if not a* fatal a* tlioae of
. September, have been eminently
u ! destructive of properly. Mauy bun
y ilird* ifnot thousands of farmer* have
i* lout fences, bat lis, hay-ataeka, gathered
U cro|*. all U|RHI which they depended
>• to meet their winter* expense* or
II feed their ttock. Lite long il rough I
d had made all the country dry a* i
la tinder, ami the lire* broke out ill eo
e many different <|uartera and spread j
it a till audi rapidity that it would be
e pardonable lu a stranger to auch
e scene* to think that a band of itu-eu-
II diaries was tnuily engaged ill con
verting a smiling and prosperous
r, cwuittaigti into a dreary, blackened,
i. ami uiboapitablu waste on wbicb the'
i. very ciow* would scoru to set 1
k* tie,
t l'o Kaaicru readers there would Ik
• :nothing intereetiiig iu the particular
O; detail* of these catastrophic* It
111 would ouly be a long list of burned
,1 crops, feuce* and barn*, lost stuck,
ir itud occasional |iil to human life.
0 Alteu, Brown Marshall, Nemaha,
r- Dickinson, Davis. Potuwatiouiie,
t,l Morns, Riley, and Wa>Muosee conti
nues have been burned over till ills
u hardly an exaggeration to say that
g there i* uol standing barn, l av-rack,
bur curi.shock The track of a des
e troyiog army could uol show more
i- utter waste and ruin,
1 At lladdam five farm* were
e whelitii d in the burning tide, aud all
n the bay, giuin, aud feuciug uj*n them
r- were deslmycd, bcaide* several barn*
a house, aud a lot of live stoi k
i- Four families, which ou Monday of
ie last week were prosperous must de
• pend u|K>n their neighbors for bread
II till next year.
u Upon lite Vermillion and lliscuil
• . Pork, say* a correspondent a; Blue
f. Rapids, "the wind was blowing a
is buiricane, and front the north came
it a dense cloud, which was thought to
is lie snow." It was a prairie fire such
r! as the oldest settler had never seen,
s. The burned rows rouu I houses and
is farm*, the roada, eveu the rivers,
. offered no obstacle to it* advance,
ie Hedge row* and trees were left "like
II so many old umbrella skeletons," to
r quote another eye witness. . Iu its
w uack of 600 miles at least 1,000 tous
t.iufhny w ate destroyed, t},ooo or 1,1-00
t- bushel* of wheal and corn, straw,
it trees, aud fences bevoud computation
;> Barns, stable*, and bouses were blot
>e ted out by the fire aud wiud like
ie scraps of paper. Mr. Parrant, on
i- Biscuit Pork lust all his outbuildings,
II pig-|>en*, hay, straw, orchard aud
e- plantations; aud so narrowly did hi*
II house escape that the fire carried
tn away a hen house with 100 chickeua
id not six feet away. At Mr. Kwing's
ie farm the very well-curb was burued
tl away, aud the bucket fell into the
f- well,
i- At Irviug ' Mr. W. P. Day last
It house, furniture stock aud cru|>s, and
is'the fire burst in the windows of his
n father's house aud set fire to the bed
i* where bis sick wife lay, s that she
was only rescued with difficulty,
ie At spring Creek two brothers,
it John and David Wanp, were trying
Ie to save a frightened horse from a
c. burning stable when the building fell
n in upon tbern. John in his terror
a aud excitemeut made no attempt tc
iu tear off his blazing clothing, but ran
u hither and thitber shrieking for aid
f till the burned rags fell from his
|*. blistered bodv and left him naked iu
f>- his agony, lie died. His bruthei
1- tore off bis cJoihiug and rolled bits
i- self upon the earth lu extinguish the
it fiames, but sustained fatal injuries,
m In Anderson and (. ofley counties
e, (be same work of devastation war
d done. Rev. A. K. Johnson write*
la lh*j though bjf huui* WHS saved, sc
it iutense was the beat from tbe burning
ct wood piles and outbuildings, th
)t weather-boarding was covered with
>t exuding retinas thick as drops of rein
f upon a window.
r- At (.'ouDcil (ifove the estimate ol
si damage is 960,000. Mr. Lindsay
>r returning from tbe creek with a team
>- and wagon loaded with water, pur
is posiog to wet bis building, found hit
i* retreat cut off by the firs. He whip
n ped his hor to charge through the
i.ia.ing Ult, but tbey flung him ofl
d the wagon into lbs burning grass
■..He tried to struggls back but wai
h blinded by smoke and flame. Hii
f- blistered hands were unequal to the
'- task of tearing off his clothing, and
* taking out his knife ho cut off all thai
" lie wore, save his boots, which wen
f charring nu bis feet. Help reached
- him asm unutterable agony he had
cut off one boot with ad almost red
hot knife clasncd in a bloody aud
flesh less hand. He will, it is feared
die. When tbe horses were found
p lbs wagon was burning and theii
# harneiu on fire, and so hot were the
e ' chains that tjsey could not be unfas
tened (rum the wagon iiaveby flogging
f them till in their desperate struggles
they broke away.
' At Humboldt, where losses were
very heavy, the cattle iuatinolively
' fled to the creeks, and remained with
p only their noses above water, bellow
B ing piteonsly.
At McDowell's Creek narrators
speak of flames filling the air appar-
B cntly to a height of 300 feet, and
„ advancing with the speed of a race
j horse. Ope fetter contains accounts
of the destruction, partial or com
plete, of twenty six adjacent farms.
| These are some of the notes hastily
I gleaned from one day's patters. 11 ii
certain that many hundreds of |teopl
will have to depend on Christian
charity for a living till next year,
' while even tho*e who had more and
t leap will he com|telled to sell of!
>, their flock ftf, au v prioe t lining unable
•to winter it>, an a work painfull/for
years to riplaoe the wealth which in
' one fiery hour has been turned to
bitter ashes and smoke.
Shipment* of Clearfield coal over
the Tyrone Division of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad for week ending Nov.
15, 1873, amounted to 15,863 tons
anj fy iK°yf?r 540,386 tons.
We have received s copy of Vlck's
Klitrsl Guids for 1074, which abound* in
interfiling mstter to the horticulturist.
It is published quarterly, and only 26 ct*.
a year. Tha Publisher, James Vick, of
K' t hsUer, N Y., has been engaged in this
buine* a great niany rear* ana i* "mas
ter pf tjie situation;" Without much ef
fort on iiu part ills subscription list, not
counting teed customer*, contains some
firttno r.anie* We ran cheerfully iey,
take the Guide and buy ysur seed from
Vick.
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J ELECTION PROCLAMATION.
C SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE
ADOPTION OK REJECTION OF
• THE NEW OR AMENDED CON
{ STITUTION.
. WuzazAt, In and by an ordinance,
' patted by the Convention far Amending
r the Constitution of the Commonwealth of
j Pennsylvania, on the Srd day of Novem
ber, A D. lit*, it i* made the duty of the
1 Sheriff of each county to give notice of
i the election, lobe held for the adoption or
, rejection of the Amendad Constitution.
firopo*ed by raid Convention, and by the
aw* of the Commonwealth. In purtu
r anoa thereof, 1, t| F. SHAFFER. Shariff
. of the county oi Centre, do thrrcfoi e.
make known and give public notice to:
f the elector* <>l *aid county of Centre, thai
a Special Election will he held on the
I THIKDiTI'KSDA Y in I>ecmber next, be
ing the 16th day af the month, in the Uen
• eral Election District* therein, and
• 1 al*o hereby make kn wn and give uo
, lice Uiat the place of holding the aforesaid
t election tn the evera) Borough* and
> Township* within the County of Centre
i are ac follow, to wit:
I Fur the twp., of Main*, at the Public
Mou*a of John Linibert.
For tho two., of Half Mown, at the
School House in Stormlown,
f For the twp.. of Taylor, at the houte
erected for the purpose on the property of
' Leonard Merrytnan.
i For the twp . erf potter at the houte uf
Daniel Wmdensaul, Old Port Hotel.
For tho twp., of Cregg, at the public
bourn owned by J. U Fltber.
For the twp . of Frgu*on, in 'he school
• houte at Pine Grove.
r For the twp of Harrir, in the chool
bouse at Botdt burg.
Forth# twp., of Patton, at the houte of
I Peter Murray.
For the borough of Bellefonto and the'
lowntbiiM of Spring and Benner, at the
! Court House in UeUefoiile.
I For the twp., of Walker, in the tchoe)
hou*e at Hublerburg.
For the ben/ and townthip of Howard
' at the tchool houte in *aid borough.
I For the twp, of Kuth, at tho Cold,
[ Stream tchool bouto.
For the tw p.. of Snow Shoe, at the tchool
houte near Samuel Atkey.
For the twp.. of Marion, at the houte ofj
Joel King, in Jacktonville.
For the borough of Milesburg, at the
tchool houte in Miletburg.
For the tap., of If ution, at the houte of
John Keed.
Far the twp.. of Peun, at the houte of,
W. L. Mutter.
For the twn., of Liberty, in the tchool j
biAita at bngfevijle.
For the twp.. of Worth, a> the s.hooh
houte in Port Matilda.
For the twp., of Rurntidr, at the house'
late af J. R. Boak,
For the two., of Curtin, at the tohooli
houte near KobL Mannt.
For tbeburwugh of Unionville and Union
twp., at the new tchooi houte in Union
ville.
For the borough of Philiptburg, at the
public tchool houte in taid borough.
WuKggAa, By the act of Congrat* of ,
the United State*, entitled "An act to (
amend the tevrral act* heretofore patted, |
to provide for the enrolling and calling
opt of the National Forget, and for other (
purpewet," and approved March 8. 1865, ,
all pertont who have dcaertod the military (
or naval tervice of the United Stale*, and <
who bava not been discharged or relieved i
from penalty orditability therein provid- >
ed. and forfeited their right* to citizon- (
thin, and their .right* to become citizen*, t
and are deprived of ezerciting any right* „
of citizenship thereof; and a
WuaRKAa, Person* not citizen* of tho ti
United State* are not, under tho Comtitu- f,
tien and law* of Pennsylvania, qualified ,|
e leu tor* of thu t'oiHiioiiwcaltb. ,
Sec.} }!o}tpnaiHcd.h/ thpsanatcaud houte |,
of lUpretenUtlvei uf t||u Commonwealth „
of Penntylvania in goneral atteuihly met, b
and it in hereby enacted by authority l f,
tbo tame. That in all election* to bo hold
hereafb rin thi*Commonwealth it thai) be ,j
unlawful fur the Judge or Intpvctor* of r
any tuch election*} to receive any ballou t|
from any pcrton or pertont embraced in n i
tho provinon* and tubject to the disability C
iinpoted by taid act of Congrett, approved
March 8, 1868, and itthall be unlawful for p<
any tuch pvrton to offer to vote any ballot
or balloL, D
Sao. 8. That If any Judge or Intpector
of Election, or any ono of them, thall re I#
ceive. or coutoiit to receive any tuch un>
lawful ballot or ballot* from auy such die- H'
qualified perton, he or they to offending ,h
thall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and J!',
u|>on conviction thereof in any Court of ■*
Uiiaiter Session* of thi* Commonwealth, JJ*
•hill for each offence, be sentenced to pay u
a I.ne of net le*t than ane hundred dollar*,
and to undergo au imprisonment in the fa
jail of the proper deunly fhr not let than ••
■ iat.v day*. JJ
Sec. 8. That if any perton deprived of
citizenship and disqualified at aforesaid, im
thall at any election hereafter to be held
in the Commonwealth, vote, or tender to .t
the officer* thereof and offer to vote a bat- Ul
lot or ballot*, any per*on cuogertdjng thall "j 1
he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and *i>
on conviction thereof in any Court of JJ, 1
Quarter Sottiou* of the Caiiunonwealth ihi
lin 11, for each offence, be punished in
Jike manner at it provided in the precoed- J]
ing section of thi* net, in the ca*e of ofll- *l*
eera of election receiving tuch unlawful- p*
ballot or ballot*. Bo
Sec d. That if any person bnl| hero- £
aftur persuade or advise any person or qui
persona deprived of citizenship and dit- **
qualified at aforesaid, to offer any ballot ai*
or ballott t<> the officers of any oloction
hereafter to bo hold In tills Common
wealth, such porwn o offending all all be
■ uilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con
vid lon thereof in any Court ol Ouarter
Sessions In thla Commonwealth, shall be
punished In Ilka manner n* U provided in
the second iMtlnn of tht* act, In tha rata
of I'lßeer* ofuoh eWtlon roceiv ing auch
unlawful ballot or ballot)
Ami further, hv the first ei-tion of tin
act of March Ho, luftt.
Mac, I. Ho it enacted by the Senate and
llou*e of Kepreaciitativo of the Common
wealth of I'eiiiuy vanla in General AsSein
bly met, and It la hereby enacted by nu
thority ol the tame. That tile qualified
Votera of llir •everal COlintioa of lit is Cum'
moiiweallh at nil! general township, bor
ough and special election a,* are hereby,
herrafter nutliorixed and required to vote
hi lirkcta printed or written, or partly
printed and partly writing severally
classified as follow # I inu ticket tliall em
brace the naiift-s of all judge* of courts
voted for, and be labelled uuUide "Judi
ciery;' one ticket .ball embrace the
names of all Stats ulticer* Voted for. and
he labelled "State," one ticket .hall em
brace the naioet of all couuly officer* vet*
ed for, including office of Senator, mem
ber* of Congress, if voted for, and he la
helled "County, oar ticket shall embrace
the ti ilnga of ali town-bin officers voted
lor. 11.d lie labelled "Township one
ticket aha!) embrace the name* of borough
officers voted for, and he labeled "Bor
ough and each ela*. *hall lie deposited
in seperale belli.l hose*
And as directed by said IHIU suction of
Ibe act of July, Ini'y, 1 hereby gl ye no* j
lit e that every person I excepting Justii e*
of the Peace) who shall liola any office or
appoirtmeiit of profit or trust uuder the
(ioSL-rnmenl of she I'iiitod State-, or this
State, or of any city or incorporated dis
trict, whether a commissioned officer or
otherwi-e a subordinate officer or agent,
who is or shall be employed under the
legislative, executive or iudirinry depart
ment of this Slate, or of tue United States,
or of any city or inror|>oratcd district, and
also that every member of Congress, and
of lite State Legislature, and of tha Select
or Common Council of any city, or com
missioners of any incorporated district,
is by law incapable of holding or exercis
ing at the saute time the office or up paint
ineiii of Judge, inspector or Clerk of any
election of this Commonwealth, and that
no Inspector, Judge or other officer of am ;
such election shall hi eligible to any of
lice to be then Voted fur.
And further, that by the 4tlx section of
tho act of April Ifi, IK*J, it is provided that
the aforesaid lHth section of July ii, llvW,
shall nut be so continued as to prevent any
mitilia officer or borough officer from
yrving ax Judge, Inspector or Clerk at
any general or special vlccUon in ibis
Commonwealth.
Wlicrmi, by tho < tuf IVnigreM of the
United Stal<*. entitled "An Art to enforce
the rijfht of citixeus of tba United Ktales to
Vote i;i the -everal State* of this Union
and for other purposes," the first and
second sections of which are n follow?
Seotion 1. Be It enacted by the Senate!
•lid House uf Hcpruteillalive* of the Ulll
led Slate* of America in Congress sj-riu
bled. That alt citisen* of the ( oiled State*
who are or *hal! be otherwise qualified by
law to rote any election by the people, in
any State, Territory, district, county, city,
pari*h, township, chooi district, muni
cipality, or otbrr territorial *ubdevhion.
•hall be entitled and allowed to vote at all
|uch election*, withoutdittinclion of race,
color, or previous condition of terriiude,
*nv constitution, law, custom, usage or
1 regulation of any State or Territory or by
or under iu authority, to the ooatrnry not
withstanding
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That
jif by or under the authority ofthe Consti
tulion cr taw* of any State or the law* !
env Territory, any "act i* or thai! bo re*
quired to be done a* a prerequisite or
qualification fur voting, an<J by uch con
i rtitution or law |>erxin* or officer* are or
•hall be charged with the performance of
Julias in furnishing p ciuaen* an oppor-
Unity to perlutm tucli prerequisite, or l
become qualified to vote, it thai! be the
duty of every such perron and officer to
Sive to all cilixca* of the United Bute*
ie *atut- and equal opportunity to perform
►ueh requisite, and to become qualified to
vote without distinction of rare, color or
previous condition of servitude; and il
any such person or officer shall refuse or
knowingly omit to give full effect to this!
•ectiun, be thai! for everv such .-(Tense,
forfeit and pay the um or Five Hundred
(dollar! to the person aggrieved thereby
to bo recoveted by an action on the case
with full co|t and such allowance for
counsel feci as the Court shall deem ju*t; {
and shall also for every such offense, he
deemed guilty of a misdrmeaner, and'
•hall, on conviction thereof, be flood not!
lea* tban Five Hundred Dollars, or be 1
imprisoned not less than one month and I
, not more than one year, or both, at the
: discretion of the Court
And whereas. It is declared by the sec
ond section of Article VI of the 'Constitu
tion of the United State* that "thi* Con
stitution. and laws of the United State*
which shall I e made in pursuance thereof
•hall be the supreme law of the land, * *
Anything in the Constitution or laws of
any Stale to the contrary net withstand-
ing
v\ lu rra*. The Fifteenth Atuendmont of
the Constitution of the United States, a*
follow*:
Sec. 1. The right of citioen*of the Uni
ted State* to vole hall not bo denUd or
abridged by the United Bute*, or by any
State, on account ot race, color or previ
ous condition uf servitude.
Sec. 2. The Congress shall have power
to enforce thi* article by appropriate leg
islation.
And whereas. The Legislature of this
Common wealth, on the 6th day of April,
A. I). ISTO. passed an apt entitled "A fur
ther supplement to the act relating to
elections in thi* Commonwealth, the
Tenth section of which provides as fol
lows
Sec- 10. That so much of every Act of
Assembly as provides that only white
freeman shall be entitled to vote or regie
tered as voters, or as claiming to vote at
any general or special election of this
Commonwealth, be and the pune is here
by repealed : and that hereafter all free
men. without distinction of color, shall be
enrolled and registered according to the
provisions of the first section o? the art
approved the l?th of April, IMO, entitled
"An ad further supplemental to the act
relating to the elections of this Common
wealth and when otherwise qualified 1
under existing laws be entitled to vote at
all general and special elections in this
Common wealth,
AN OIIDINAN'CK.
FOB ft'MMtmxa THE AMENDED coxsrt-
F TVYIOS OR RIKKSTLVIKU TO A VOTE OF
THE QUALIFIED ELE< TUES TUEBEOF,
• A* I* A MED KECOXD RKADIXU
f IU it ordai-nni by th* Constitutional Cbw
of thr (■ommontrraltA of I'enn-
I y]fONiß, at fellow* .•
1. That tho amended Constitution
prepared by thi Convention, In- submit-
I led to lite yjualified elector* of the Com*
< monwealth for their adoption or rejection,
at an election to bo held on the third
1 Tue*dajr of December noxtj eicept as
hereinafter ordered and directed, the said
election ehall be held and conducted by
the regular election officer* in the teveral
election dittricl* throughout the Common
wealth, under all the regulation* and pro
virion* of exiating law* relating to genoral
election*; and the theriff* of the ercral
countie* shall give at lead twenty ilajs
notice of aaid election by proclamation :
2. The Secretary of the Commonwealth
•ball, at lea*t tkunty day* betore the *aid
election, furnish te the Commissioner* of
each county a sufficient number of prop
erly prepared eircular* of instruction*
The Commissioner* of the several countie*
ihall cause to be printed at least three
time* a* many ballot* of offlrmalire TO
ter* as there are voters in each county—
and the same number of negative vote* ;
and the *aid Commissioner* shall, at least
five day* before aid election, cause to be
fairly distributed to the several election
district* in their rosneclive counties, the
said ballot*, tally-hsU, return*, circu
lars of instructions, and such Other book*
and paper* as may bo necessary. The
ballots shall be printed or written in the
following form : On the outside the
word* "New Constitution;" in the in
side fur all persons giving affirmative
votes tho word* "For tho Now Con
stitution," and for all person* giving neg
ative votes the words "Against the New
Constitution."
* If II aball appear thai a "ajorUy of tha rata,
trailed AT* for now If aluUlbr M*
t - afiMHuMofl of IboU owmonop.liu of P#ttfMjr|ranU
bat If It ahall appaar dial a majority;..! Urn aotaa w.lj-d
~ara aatoai UM war Ijoaailailw, Uian II ahall 1M r
I #rt*d ant) bo noil and raid
, K, j;' < s , 2 l ~ to, r r '• Edwi,, n
► lllr. hdward Hruwnlna, John p. V.rrwa. Ilanry a.
Ilaanri aad John I). Jamaa. era hereby appointed In
una I tmraaUon. wbo ahail ban d traction of lb. alee
UoaniMMi tbla araandad I 'outturn lon la tha city of
l-tallwtalpbla Tha aaid t'oromUatooera aball ba duly
■Worn or aSlnaad to perform than dattaa with liana r
ttaltty aad fidelity. Tbaf "ball ala., baa powar to lill
raoaaolaa to Urolr owa ..umber It aball ba UM duty ..I
■abtUommltUrmara. Ac a majority tftSam. and that
■ball bata authority to maka a rlatnitioa of aotora
ot Iha ae carat alacUoo di.i.tom u aaid oil*, aad to
fornlab UM llaton nude fiithe olScilou ..(floe re u f
•a. b prat tool mMtr latoa : to dMtrtboto tb# Uekato far
■aid city provided fur by thia ordinance.to ba uaad at
vS£ sztnaz
■hall ba bald and oondaaSad. and to (In |all nankin
aatnaottona to lb# election mßcara rawardtaia tbalr
lutlaa to hiddlna thaaiacUon aad la luakinf return.
N p#ro khillNm 1U m alocUoo officer
hu would ba tllMuallOad under •action Ifc, trUd* A. of
ba oaw I .mentation, Tha faoaral raturn of tha alao
ion la the aaid city ahall bo mooned. oompulad and
wrtlfled before Iho aaJdoomwhUowora, end with thalr
■l l.r.'taj which approval ahall ba Uadoraodßopon lha
alora The; ahall maka nport, directed to tha PraW
lent of Uila Convention, of thalr uAutal acUon uudar
hi* ordinance and concern ln tba conduct of tho aaid
ilactloo within tha aaid city-
Tha Judaaaand Inapoctore aforaaald ahall conduct
ha election In all raapaola conformably to tbahraaaral
let lun lawa of thia Uuinuunwaalth. aad with Ilka
owre and dutlaa to thoaa of ordinary alacUon odloera
each Inapartor ahall appoint ono clark to —tho
toard In tha performance i f Ita dutlaa, and all tha
hall baunranlatorad, ahall ho pertullled to auto upon
lakinc proof of hi* rt*hta to tha sTteUou uActrae"
I*T,l tag 1.1 lb* laanJ IWUM IS., al Mis CSMMSS
•••ob K.t.rn In-i*. Ie *4 tt.o storks *nA an
!<..rtf mil •. Hi. nIM Hall I* Sill IHIIIWIO,. HOT J
ersMMr. Nt .to, Hon mag b. Mle.to4 luf W| ■■gnl
*•<• plwlM ' niiimliiliininia. alum daim *4 prnm <
si<sll 1,, liw mm. u llnaa of ua.rm.ri ul •!.. lion
In Hit .n angm .1.1 lag a 1., lam UWI S( S>(—l Is
ILI.R.LU Hetwrns ul lb. slsslls* skslljk* pwaa islam
. 11l as la UM raw at aa siasltoa tut Cinwiaai, tail a
iii|uai. gaaaral t.iarn UT> mid < tig wall Imwaoa mat
•ail li*rw.iwml toiiw Pn.limil of thla < ton.snttaa si
11 •mailing , ML* bamlaapw |ARM MM IH OM al CM.
If nwm
K waajh •€ Ih. I aaallm of UM l^aummiM
• ..ei lb. i.Oua* ul Um .IwWnal
•h.ll IM mala m la lb. oaw at aa WWHam tor limn I
m, bat ih* Mara fmlgm laamh MMlf .h.ll mab. t
ali i|'la *i. .ouair t .lui a ami Iraaamlf UM aw, a lib
Is a-s Ss r . sIIm lb.-Mtoa. glrarlad la Iba in)
•lor,i aI ihia ( aa.milua, *1 MtrriWlig.
Ifcms la I ..arcaiiaa U.l. rtie* dag *| Katmabar. la
th* IMI alao hasd.ua. Ihoummt algfal h. ad rag aad
A Irw aw aOttMiUM al rati ml Ml an
Ma t tVAY,
Msrrsl ■ rr at lb. "wwa ullh
It tlihll lie tho duly of tha several •tim
•or* of each district to altand al the place
of holding every jtegeral, special or town
• Inp election, during tha whole lima >aid
| election la kept open, for the purpose of
Jiving information to the inspector and
udges, when called on relative to (tie
right of,any person at •cued by tbeui to
i vole al auch elections, or such other mat
tera in relation to the assessments of Vetera
as the said inspectors or either of them
shall from tunc to time require.
No person shall be permitted l i vote at
any election as aforesaid, other than a (Yea
man ol the age of twenty-one years or
more, who rball Itpve resided in the slate
at least one year, and in tha election dis
trict where he offers his vole at least ten
days immediately preceding such election
and within two years paid a slate or
county tax which shall have been assessed!
at Icaet ten days before the election. But
a citixen of the United Htales who has
prevleu ly been a qualified voter of this
•late and removed therefrom and return
ed, and who .ball have resided in the
election district and paid taxes, aa afore
said, shall be entitled to vote alter reaid-
ing in this stale six mouths ■ /Vortdad,
That the freemen, citizen* of the United.
Slates, between twenty-two years who
have resided in anlaleciioa disirtct|a* afore
said. shall be entitled to vuia although
they shall not have paid taxes.
Na person shall ba permitted to vote
whose name is not contained in the Hat of
taxable inhabitants furnished by the com
missioners unless. First ha produces a re
ceipy tor the payment within two years ol
a stile or county tax aaaeasei agreeable to
the constitution and give satisfactory avl
denco, either on his oath or affirmation or
the oath or affirmation of another, that he
has paid such a lax, or on failure to pro
duce a receipt shall make oath to tha pay
ment thereof Second, if he claim its
right to vote by being an elector between
the age of twenty-one and twenty-two
y. ars. shall depose on oath or affirmation
that he has resided in this state al least one
year before bis application aud make
such proof of residence in the dhtrict as is
required by this act, w hereupon the uamc
of the person thus admitted to vote shall
he inserted in the alphabetical list by the
inspectors and a note made opposite there
to by writing the word "tax if be shall'
he admitted to vole by reason of having
natd lax ; or the word "age" if he shall be
admitted to vol by reason of such age,
shall b called out lothe clerk, who shall 1
make the ljkc notes on the list of voters
kept by nim
In ail cases where the name of the per
on claiming to vole is not found on the
list furnished by the commissioners and
assessors, or his right to vote, whether
louud thereon or not, is ohjoctow to by
any qualified cilixon, it shall be the duly
of the inspector* to examine such person'
on oath a* to hit and if he
clonus to have resided within the state fur
one year tt? more, his oath shall be tuft
cient proof thereof, but shall make proof
oy at least one com patent witness, who
• nail bee <jualifi#d voter, that he has re
sided in Use district for more than ten
days next immediately proceeding auch
election, and shell alao himself swear that
hi* botudide residence, in pursuance of hi*
lawful calling, it in said district, and that
lie did not impute into said district fur
purpose of foUug therein.
Kvery person qualified as aforesaid, and
who ahaii make due proof, if required, of.
•he residence and payment of tax#* as
aforesaid, shall be- admitted to veto in the
[township, ward or district in which he'
[shall reside.
if any person shall prevent or attempt
m prevent any officrr of this election un
i der this act from holding such election, or
; u- or threaten any violence to any such
; officer, or o*ll interrupt or improperly
;pU.rftre with him in the execution of his
duly, or ahali block up the window, or
'avenue to any window where the same
may be holding or shall riotously disturb
the peace at such election, or ah all use
at.y intimating threat*, force or violence,
! with design U> inffuance unduly or over
1 awe any elector, or to prevent him from!
i voting or to restrain the freedom of choice, j
isuch person on conviction shall be fined
any sum nut exceeding five hundred dolv
!r, and imprisoned for any time not ieasj
than three nor more than twelve months,
if il shall be shown to the court when the j
trial of euch offense shall bo bad. that the
person ao offending was not a resident of
the city ward, district or township where
tha offence was committed, and not enti
tled to vote therein, then on conviction he
ha!||be sentenced to pny a fine of not lass
than one hundred nor more than one thou
sand dollars, and ba imprisoned not less
than six months nor more than two years.
If any person nt by law qualified, sha i
fraudulently vols any election of this
Commonwealth, or being otherwise quali
fied ahali vote out of bi* proper district, if
any person knowing the want of such
. qualification shall aid or procure auch per
son to vote, the person offending ahal I, on
conviction, be fined in any sum not
exceeding two hundred dollars, and be!
imprisoned in any tcrtn not excaading!
tkrtw mouths.
If any person shall vote at more than one
election district or otherwise fraudulent
ly fo'.dfand deliver to the inspector two
> tickets together, with the intent to illegai
! ly vote, or shall procure another to do ao,
he or they offending shall on conviction,
I be fined in any sum not leas than fifty nor
more than* five hundred dollars, and be
impri-oncd for n term not less than three
nor more than twelve months. ' ' "
If any person not qualified to vole in
Ihui Commonwealth agrmmbie to law (ex
cept the son* of qualified citixena,) shall
appear at any place of election for the
purpose of influenceingthe citizens quali
fied to vote, he shall on conviction forfeit
and pay any sum not exceeding one hnn
dred dollars lor every such offense, and be
imprisoned for any term not exceeding
three months. i
If any (arson or persons spall make any
bet or wager upon the result of the elec
tion. within the Commonwealth, or shall
offer to make any such bet or wager, eith
er by verbal proc'amation thereof, or by
any written or printed advertisement, or
invite any person or persons to make such
bet or wager, upon conviction thereof, he
or they shall forfeit and pay three times
the amount so bet or offered to bet.
And the election law* of the Commott
wealth further provide that "Thh Jnspcc
. tors, judges fct,4 i stall before euter
. mi on the dutie* of their offices, severally
takr and subscribe the oath or affir
mation hereinafter directed which shall
he administered to them bjr any judge, al
derman or justice of the peace,but if no
such magistrate be present, one of the in
■pectori of the election shall administer
the .mth or affirmation to the other judges
and inspectors, and the inspector to quali
fied shall administer the oath or affirma
tion to him.
"Tire inspectors, judges and-clerks re
quired by lew to hold township and ganer
at flection* shall ttkq and subscribe the
several oatns and tfflrmallbns required by
the llHh, "JUth. and 21st sections of tha act
of 2d day of July. 183H, "An act ralating
to the ef< ctiona of this Commonwealth,
which oath or affirmation shall be prepar
ed and administered in the manner pre*
si ribed in the ISth and 22d sections of said
act, and in addition to the power conferred
by the irfUi section of said act, the judgee
or cither of the inspectors shall hve the
power to administer the oaths prescribed
by said act U> any clerk of e general, spe
cial or township election.
1* frvtittAffKH,
Sheriff
Shorllidge & Co.,
PROPRIETORS OF THE
Bellefonte Lime Quarries,
[The only .Manufacturers of Lime, burnt
delusively with wood, in Central
Pennsylvania.
DKALKRg
I Anthractic Obal,' '
White Linte,
Du Pout'* Powder,
Sporting and Blasting Powder on
hand,
i Fuse for Blasting,
' Fire Brick,
Ground Fire Clay,
Fertiliser*,
implement*.
janSO T3
Office tied yard near South end of the
Huld Eagle Valley liailroad Depot, Belle
fante. Pa _ janlo.7B
rpilK undersigned, determined to meet
1 the popular demand for Lower
Prices, respectfully c*lU Ue attention of
the public to hrs stock of
SADDLKUY,
now offered' at the old stand. Designed
especially for the people and the times, the
largest and most varied and complete as
sortment of
Saddles, Harness, Collars, Bridle*,
of every description auti quality i" Wbipli,
and in met everything to complete a Srw|-
clask establishment, he now offers at prices
which will suit the times
JACOB DINGUS, Centre Hall.'i
NEW GOODS!
NEW GOODS!
A. W GRAFF.
OKHTKR HILL, CENTRE CO., PA.,
Has Just received a Urge invoice of
Fall Good*!
Consisting of the beet assortment of
READY-MADE CLOTHING!
DRESS GOODS,
U HOC Kit IKS,
PROVISIONS,
ROOTS A SHOES,
HATS A CAPS.
AND FANCY ARTICLES.
over brought to Pottertwp.
Aleo, a large assortment of
CARPETS!
LOWEST CASH PRICES!
Produce taken in etehange at bigbaet
market price*,
A. W. GRAFF,
mytt-ly.
C. PECK'S
New
Co&oh Manufactory.
CENTRE HALL. PA.
I The> undersigned ha* opened a new es
labluuQ.aitt, at hU new thope, for the
manufactute of
Carriages,
Buggies, •
A Spring Wagons,
I
, SLKIWU* AKI> SLUM,
PLAI* AID Fatter
i|
' jof ever/ description .
I All vehielae manufactured by him 1
' are warranted to reader aetiafectioa, end a*
' equal to any work done elsewhere
[ He use* none but the beet material,
II and employ* the most ekiilftal workmen,
iirtioo they Setter themeelvee that their
; work can not be eieelled fee durability
• end finish.
Orders from e di*Uaoe promptly attend
ed to.
Come and eiamina my work befcre
J contracting elsewhere.
PRICES REASONABLE,
i
Ail kind* of Kcpariog done.
I ________
Ho! Attention!
SAVE MONET!
'
i: by purchaetng Chaap goods at
WOLF'S,
' who ha* just unpacked a targe aad tples
*' did .tuck,
which he ha* determined to Mil Wfiy
t cheap, consisting of
i
DRY GOODS and
• J .
r I
? Print*. Muslins, Opera Canton*. aad Woll
Flannels. Ladies* Dress Goods, such a*
Detains, Alpacas, Poplin*, Emprju* Cloth,
• Sateens, Taroeist, together witb e full
stock of everything usually kept in the
; j Dry Good* hue.
H
NOTIONS:
jj
,r A full etock, consisting part of Ladiee and
;Children'* Merino ftoee. Collar., Kid
. I gloves, beet quality eilk end Lisle thread
. Glove., Hoods, Nubian Breakfiut shawls,
a Ac.
5 RATS & CAPS,
J
'• i A full M*orUueat oi
Men's Bor* iod Ckildrto'i
h of tht lst*#t sty to und Wis
j! CLOTHING,
ej
L_ Ready made, a choice Mlectioaof Men's
0 and Boy's ol the newest styles aad moat
l-| serviceable material..
: HOOTS & SHOES,
1
" WM. WOLF.
9
H CENTRE HALL
it; __
;j Hardware Store,
J. O. DKININGBB
>'f A new, complete Hardware Store he*
'T; been opened by the undersigned in Cea
-1 tre Hell, wbere be is prepared to sell ail
" kind* of Building ana House Furnishing
>" Hardware, Nail*. Ac.
f Circular end Hand Sews, Tenaon Sews,
'■ Webb Sews, Clothe* Rack*, a fall* asqart
• ment of Glass and Mirrm PUG Picture
: Frames, .Spoke*. F<.lk>{, and Hube, table
Cutlery, ShoyrU, Spades end Forks,
i* LoU> liinge*. Screw*. Se.b Spring*.
Horeo-Shoe*. Neil*. Norway Rods, Wis,
Tee Bell*, Carpenter Toole, Paint, Vara
> is has.
Picture* framed in the finest *tyla.
Anything not on hand, ordered upon
*! shortest notice.
0 Al*o a Rill .took of FURNITURE el
j way* on hand.
[ *•* Remember, all -tod* offered cheap
•! or then elsewhere
• j aug ' Tfi-tt
J. ZELIXB * SON
: DRUGGISTS
) I
j No 6 BrockerbofT Row, Bellefonte,Pa
i:
licalem In Drag*. Ckealcak,
- Pcrftimery, Fnncj Ueedi Ac,,
• Ae.
Euro W>ne* end Liquor* for medical
purposes always kept. may SI. 72. |
HARD WARE STORE.'
t| J. A J. HARRIS.
No. 5, ÜBOCKEBHOFF ROW.
A new and Hardware Store
' ha* been opened by the undersigntG in
1 i Brockcrholr* new building—where they
are prepared to sail all klndi of Building
and ll<>u&* Hardware, Iran,
BtneljNaiU.
R u K*y wheels in setts, Champion
Clothe* Wringer, Mill Saws, Circular and
Hand Baws, Tennon Saw*. Webb Saws,
Ice Cream Freezers, Beth Tub*, Clothe*
. Rack*, a full assortment of Glaus and
Mirror Flats oi all size*, Picture Frame*,
Wheelbarrows, Lamp*. Coal Oil Lamps,
Belting, Spokes, Felloe*, and Hub*.
Plows, Cultivators, Corn Plow*. Flow
Point*. Shear Mold Board* end Cultiva
-Spring!; HbrwShoCV Nails, Norway
Rod*. Oils, Lard, Lubricating; Coal,
Lin*eed, Tanners, Anvil*, Vicae, Bellow*.
Screw Plates, Blacksmith* Tool*, Factory
! Bel)., Tea Bell*, Grindstone*. Carpentei
Tool*, Fruit Jars and Cans, flW'* Oil*,
■■ZSSsiR
BUTTS HOUSE
Bkllkfontk, Pa.
J. B. BUTTS. Prop'r.
HM first class accommodation; charg
es reason* Ie? t
BUGGY, SLEIGH AND HARNESS
all of them goed as hew, iorsale by the un
dersigned. at Centre HaU. _
I. Guggenheimer.
ARRANGEMENT!
ISAAC Guuokkiieimkh, having
purchased lb# entire stock of lb# late
arm ofßuMmti A Gugganbeimsr, ex
cept the Leather and Shoe fiudinga,
has filled op bis shelves with a lot or
splendid *KW OOODO,
embracing
READY MADE CLOTHING,
DBXaSOOOM,
OKOCEKini,
provisions,
noon A show,
HAM A CAM.
AVD VANCST ARTICLES
aodia now prepared to accomodate si I
his old customer*, and to welcome all
new ones who mar favor him with
their patronage. H* feels safe in sav
ing that he can please the moot fastidi
ous Call aod see.
ISAAC GUGGENHEIM I*.
P. B.—Mr. Bnasman still oositf—so
to deal in
LEATHER AND NHOE-FIMDiNGH.
Cl/iV Kit sad'TIMOTHY SKXIM,
|ia the old room, where he may a!way
be found. il2ap.tf.
' 1
CENTRE HALL
: COACH SHOP,
r
LEVI XtKBAT,
,i at kts establishment et Cewti IsH. beeps
an haaA MM k i sela si Ibe mad msm i
j bis rates.
Carriages,
Buggies,
A Spring Wagons,
Plain and Farcy .
sad rabides of sverjr description made to
order, and warranted to be made of lbs
bast soasoood material, and by Ibe mast
skilled aad competent workman. Persons
wanting anything in hia linear* requested
to call aad examine bis work, tbey will
fed it sot to beeaeeiledfor durability and
wear. may a If.
. CONVEYANCER,
I CENTRE HA LL,f A.
Will attend to administering Oaths, Ac
knowledgement of Deeds, Ac, writing Ar-
I) tidas of Agreement, Deeds. Ac, ma?!*
•
!i
New Shoe Store !
AT CENTRE HALL.
Tb*y hare now opened, aad will constant
ly keep on band, a st•: r dki Mock f new
d SHOES, GAIT*RB, A SLIPPERS, far
j men, women end children. ban lb* best
d etanufa< tories in lbs country, and now of
i, fared at lb t ,
Lowest Prices.
BOOTS and SHOES mad* to order, apon
sbert notion Tbey iavite Ik* p* pi* of
this vicinity to give them a sell, as tbey
wilt strive te merit a share oftlsk pat
ronage. myMtf
J.I OIVJt. V. nLSXANSBB.
OBYISA ALEXANDER,
iAuomyat-iaw. OSes opposite Conrt
House, Belletonte. I's
J. P. OKPHART,
with Or vis A Alexander, attends, to col
lacdons and practice in the Orphan's
Court jaaVTOtf
'
It
A A wteJMA T. A. HICKS
9 WtSON 4 HICKS.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL *
Bardwarc aad Mer# Dealers,
Builder* Hardware
CARRIAGE RAKERS GOODS.
SADDLER'S TRIMMINGS,
ALL KINDS OP HARDWARE AND
{- HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
STOVES,
b
SPHAR-S ANTI CLINKER BTOVEB
I A DOUBLE HEATSBS
i. wbiih will bent on* or two rooess down
k stnin. and same number above. Goat
k very little more than single stoves. These
i- are the beet parlor stoves made.
„ SUSQUEHANNA COOK
STOVE.
•
This stove bat large ovens, will bum
hard or soft coal and wood. l*eiy en*
warranted to gits perfect satisfaction.
, WILSON A HICKS,
meria 11 Bellefoate, Pa.
MILROY AHEAD AGAIN II
1 Big Stock of Clothing,
i *#>K
' Show, Hats,
l ( Cape,
aod Notions.
•
Z' B. Kris* A Bro., wish the people of
Pennsvalley to know that th Y nave un
packed a large stock of (Nothing, suck aa
vests, suite for men sa4 boys, aad a big
; toek of
j BOOTS A SHOES,
for man and women, which tbey boast of
• sellingebenperthan any other establish*
' merit.
. Go and try them they offer tba best
I bargains outside the city, flam—bar.
1 their motto is. CHEAP. octMtf
I LOOK njELovt Horgsa's
BELLEFONTE, PA.
GEOHQE U HAY AN,
Dealer us .
yitimsuTuas
OK ALL KINDS,
BEDSTEADS, TABLES. CHAIRS,
Parlor and Chambor Sets,
SOFAS, LOUNGES,
BUREAUS, WASHSTAN DS,
WAESEORgf, MAYTAWMM, be.
Pnrtwula# Attention to Ordered Work.
***w&fiaßKßS* r '
In All Ite Branches,
HETAUC, WALNUT, BCAEWOGD, AND
com* CIN CASKETS,
Always o* Haad, and Funerab Attended
With an Elegant Hearse. ap6tf.