9V r*K. *TJ*T* -• * ilUr 0 Centre Hall. Pa., A r ril 2„ 1874. IKRMS.-tlfrr p**r, w adtantt, wtm not paid is adranct. Adrrrtuxmrnt* Sk r>*r tin* for thrrt in rrtion M, and for tana 12 • nonthi As >}■ *al contract. Our School Books In the state senate Mr. Rutan has introduced a bill which provides for the appointment by the Governor of four discreet citiiena of the Common wealth, who, together with the Super intendent of Schools, shall constitute a commission for the purpose of ex amining and selecting the text-books to be used in the common schools of the State. After careful examination of text books used or prepared or of fered for use by author* or publish ers, they shall select and agree upon a series for the use of the achoola throughout the Commonwealth, said scries to include every branch of stu dy authorised to be taught in auy public school of the State. The com mission shall agree upon each work of the series separately and upen its own merits, and no book shall be held to be choeen which fails to receive the affirmative vote of a majority of the commission. In case of failure to agree upon any particular part of the series from books already published, they shall prepare books to complete the series. Now what guarantee ia there that such a committee will not be a par tisan one, compoeed of bawling politi cians who will be proof against bribes from publishing houses? The text books fixed upon are to be in use throughout the state for five years, which will be a big thing for whatev er parties are favored, and the favor ed ones will most likely be the ones who "come down" most heavily with greenbacks upon the book committee. One series of text books may be adop ted and yet not really be better or even as good as some that may be black-balled. The recommendation of thij com mission is to be submitted to the leg islature, for approval, it is true, and as that body is so notorious for its purity and incorruptibility there is a little comfort here, sure—and why not leave the job to the legislature at once, as they have the actual say in the matter after all under this bill, and there weald not be the necessity on the part of the book nen of bay ing op both the book commission and the fellows on the hill. Generally speaking, our legislators are about as competent to judge ef the merits ef text-books as so many Hottentots. And then the bill feathers a new lit tle neat very nicely for somebody, as follows : "The commission shall receive as compensation the sum of ten dollars per diem for each day engaged in the discharge of duty, with a proviso that the total compensation of each com missioner shall not exceed S3OO per annum." We think the legislature should let this matter alone—a commission to select text-books will not be an im provement upon the present plan—it will be the creation of school-book monopoly that will fleece every bead of a family that haa a child attending the public schools. We are for im provement and progress in all that pertains to our public schools, but ic the bill of Mr. Rutan we see the seeds of monopoly aod corruption, and our common school system proelituted to a money-making concern for some cor rupt book commission and venal aod ignorant legislators. The following wail comes from a radical paper, the Tyrone Herald. Its nothing more than what was fore seen by Democrats long ago. The Herald says : The cry of party will not avail much next fall, should the present state of affairs continue much longer. We opine the people will vote for their own interests regardless of par ty names. Something must be done, and that very soon, if thousands ef business men are to be saved from utter ruin. Congress will not afford the relief, the people whoee servants they are, have and are demand ing. Centre county being entitled to two representatives in the lower house, will also necessitate the election of two representative delegates to the democratic state convention hereaf ter. Brown in his last week's Republi can completely exhausts himself over Orvis and Fred. Kurtz. Go in on 'em, Colonel—hit 'em agaio, the've got no friends. No further "explana tion" asked. The first narrow gnage railroad in Pennsylvania is in York county, and 12 miles of it are now in operation. The first trip was made over it a few days ago, and was highly satisfactory. . The entire length of the road will he 60 miles. [The United States senator agony in the Massachusetts legislature is not over —one ballot haa been had every day for the last week. The Altoona Sun recommends John Reilly Esq., of that city, as democrat ic candidate for Lieut. Governor, and vouches for his ability and integrity, as well as sound democracy. That's the kind of material we want, neigh bor. The Waynesboro' Record says Senator Cameron was born in Franklin county, the Carlisle Volunteer makes him a native of Northumberland county and the Lan caster Examiner asserts that that county was his birth place. A. mistake some where, So says an exchange, and the muddle is that no section is very proud of his aativi- ( ty. We know old Centre wea, t lay la a claim for bisn— I tiamk ftrtus* it can't. lirown for Lieut (Jo* Viewing the matter from a radical •landpoint, we place Hill Brown in nomination for the new office of Lieu tenant Governor, for that party. We arc not a radical, it is true, never theless that does not hinder an "it dependent jounalist" from "going tor him." Brown is as full of virtues a* an unkempt trnaut is of lice, and he is a mighty man in his line. The tea sons that should impel any radical to go for Browu, are cogent, ami the ap ple-dumpling philosopher being set in the background by his modesty, we beg pardon of all radicals for coming to bit relief and bringing him into that notice, which hie transcendent talente, abilities*, and services as a radical leader and blower entitle him to. Mr. Browu is not an ordinary man—to say that he has comtuou seuse would be doing him injustice, end far be it from us to be guilty of that. Col. Brown has blowed harder for the laboring classes than auv man we know of, in fact he has busted three bilere iu that kind of work, in his time. It was Brewu who "carried Centre county for Grant." It we* Brown who opposed John H. Orvis. and swalled his majority to over 700 iu the county. It was Brown who put through Levi Miller's nomination and carried "honest Samuel Granilev in his pocket, until a hole was worn in that receptacle and Samuel dropped out much to Browu's consternation. It ia Brown who exposes Orvis all the lime and calls for hitu "to explain. It is Brown who has read Beaver and Furst and BlancharJ, and all "the arrlstocrats" out of the party, and still "carried it for Grant." Now these service* entitle him to some con sideration at the hauds of his pafty. and the LieutenautGovernorship is the recognition he is entitled too. Ail the colored troops of Centre oounty would go for him, for he associates and drinks with them, and they look upon him as a man aud brother. Brown will accept the nomiuatiou too, the radical party owes it to him, and let it not prove ungrateful like Repub lics it. The Cameron* Corniug The Harrisburg correspondent of the Philadelphia Press predicts that John Scott will b involuntarily re tired at the end of his preeeut Sena torial term. It is said that Mr. Scott entirely failed to secure a following! within'the ranks of the Republican organization in this State; that he is obnoxious to its leaders, that Simon Cameron has resolved that his eon "Don" ehall be Mr. Scott'i successor, that "Don" ia infinitely more poten tial in himself than Scott —in short that the thing is being securely set up so that the Camerout, father and son. shall share the Senatorial honors and profits of Pennsylvania between them. From what we know of the politi cal aitealion we are inclined to be lieve that the correspondent of the Press is correct in his conjectures John Scott was made a senator by the Pennsylvania railroad at a time when it kept a majority of the members of both branches of our state legisla ture in its pay. Then it was cus tomary for the agents of this great corporation to employ members by the session, at so much per session, the terms of the contract being vari ed occasionally according to circum stances. Looking over the state the railroad concluded to take John Scott out of his retirement as a solici tor of the company at Huntingdon, and to send him, as its representative, to the United States Senate. Mr. Scott loomed up as a candidate very suddenly. With the exception of a lot of insignificant rural politicians from Huntingdon and the villages round about, nobody appeared in Har risburg to press his claim. The real pressure in his favor came from a source which made little show but which did not preteod to be secret. The Pennsylvania railroad did not attempt to conceal the fact that it was seeking s seat in the United States Senate for one of its solicitors. Cameron caved. He had no candi date. He did not pretend to make a fight. His son "Don" contented himself with making Mackey State Treasurer for the first time. Then began the manipulations of the Treasnry Ring which has ruled the Republican party from that time un til the present. That '.his Ring will enter the next Senatorial coutest no one can doubt, and there is no one so likely to be put forward by it as J. Donald Cameron. The correspondent of the Press forecasts the future well. Without a change in the constitution of the legislature we shall certainly see the Camerona. father and son, in the; United States Senate at the end of j John Scott's term. — Lancaster /• ielligenccr. The revenues of the Federal gov ernment saya the Columbian, are fall ing off ao rapidly that the debt muat necessarily continue to be increased and additional taxation muat also be resorted to. We say necessarily, be cause no disposition is manifested to meet the emergency by cutting down expenses to an economical standard. In fact the opposite disposition pre vails: to increase expenditures, es pecially salaries, and this is true of both the Federal and State govern ment. In both the revenues are fail ing far short of the expenditures, yet the latter are constantly, uselessly aud unjustifiably increased, and this will continue until the people take the matter in hand and elect no men to Congress or the Legislature unless they are thoroughly pledged to low salaries and general economy. Mrs. Mary Clemmer Ames, in one of her Washington letters to the In dependent, says that the gift of dow ers Bent by the colored attendant in the ladies, retiring parlor off the Ben ate gallery to adorn the coffin of Mr. Bumner, reached the room of Benator Cameron that same evening and was sent by him, with his compli ments, to a lady stopping at a hotel. She adds: "I would rather he Kate, weeping for the despoiied offering to departed honor than the woman who received it or the Senator who sent it. It bore upon the coffiu a card with this inscription,'A tribute from Kate Brown to the martyred Senator, who: has gone to reap his reward." I must believe that by some mistake it wa. carried to Mr. Cameron's room. But how in keeping that the man who despoiled the greatest Benator of his honors in his Jife should rob Lim in death even of the flowers upon his coffin." r ! A Practical Temperance Reform From the liurlv burlv and noii-o > I the crusader*, which i- now nl iu-*t daily illustrawd and garnished with accompaniment* of ifoi and hlood shod, we turn with pleasure to a real temperance movement conceived in sanity and sen*e. It i> an attempt not to stop the course | the iivi but to turn it into le* hurtlul cliitn nels to exchange the en* i;.t -ugh '■• < • generosity aud desire to p. rase. I key know of no other way of ming them selves agreeable le their av-.|uaintane.- when they meet, than by asking theui t take a drink, and when the same invita tion i 'givan to them they do not kn w 'how to refuse. Who has not seen thr-e line, rosy, rather loutish boys, t oounty fair-or political meeting*, march ing up lobars by two* and threes, asking each other, "What will you takt and gulping down a doe of poiiori wh h brings the tear* to their eyes' When one has paid for the drinks each of the rel feels the obligation resting upon bun return the csurtery, and the rural et. [uette obliges all to rMOgnice the right i f each to di.burie the price of a dram for the company Inmost oases not one of them enjoys it. They all fee! the fiery stuff in their faces and their eyes, clou.lug their minis and rasping thrir thro*t-. But the one who has tir-t paid is the !a*x< of his friends, and the conventions hi - ! '.he village or the cri n r. ad are i.s strong as those of the city. "You have - drunk with all the rest aud now you must • drink with me," is a contra '.ion in; gie, but it ia unanswerable in rustic practice amoag drinking youths The -;gnmg ol such a liability pledge as we has* men tioned would free these well intent: nod m and thoughtless boy* from the chains of I this miserable and dangerou* custom. .There are very few who would deliberate- I I ly go up to a counter and ask for a seliU ' ry dram. This.is only done when the hah ■| it has become a strong one, and when the 11 hope of reformation has pretty well Ji-ap i peared. i The reform would also sff-11 u? '.'or class of men who are depoed and mal treated in the bar rvom, but who always , form a considerable proportion of it- pub > lie. These are iho impecunious and ab sorbent creature* known as "bummers," i who, having pont all their money for whiskey, still haunt the f ti.eir : r- I 1 mer disbursements in the hope of an o. • caaional general irrigation. They are ol the kind an army officer describes as or . lamenting the sides of a bar room lie en tered in Atkansas lie appr ach-d the , couater and asked for a glass of brandy, and the whole shabby Jcron rvte from , their benches and "'lowed they'd take su gar in there'n." The number of people -• who never.pay for a drink and yet are never sober, is very large; the-e "solita ry," drinking associations would certainly lend te diminish it. Some devotee of main force as the prime ingredient in moral reform ha* ' introduced a bill in the legislature of California which make* "treating," , or an invitation to drink as well as j the acceptance of the invitation, a punishable offense. This bill ho* nagged the lower house and if it should become a Jaw would undoubtedly do ' much to stimulate and fix the habit of . treating by arousing the inborn ojipo t tition to compulsion which stems to { be common to uiau ami bea*t. Now For Inflation. I The N. Y. Tribuue, commenting . upon the recent vote in Congress, I The opening battle is over, and the t inflationists have won it so clearly, t that we can no longer offer the shred I of a hope to those who have still trusted in the Senate. The inflation . of forty-four millions is substantially . settled, and, to all appearance, worse I remains behind. Mr. Schurz'samend ment to Mr. Sherman's bill to make , |306.000,000 the maximum limit of ,jlegal-tender notes instead of $382,- , 000,000 was yesterday voted down in theSenateby 18 to 40. Mr Wright I then moved to strike out the whole of > the first section of the bill after the , enacting clause and insert a provision fixing the amount of legal tender notes at 8400,000,000. This was carried , by a vote of 31 to 26. Twelve Sena tors were paired, making the relative . strength of the inflationists and unit . inflationists 37 and 31. There are .two vacancies (Massachusetts and f|Louisiana), and Messrs. Alcorn, of . Mississippi, Gilbert of Florida, und Boutwell, of Massachusetts, did not j vote. It must therefore be conceded that there is a majority in the Senate iu favor of a circulation of at leastjfour millions of legal tender notes. Both j the Senators from California, Con necticut, Delaware, Maine, N'jvnda, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas and Vermont — j eleven States —are in favor of per i milling our currency to work up slow ly to the specie standard. Both the !Senators from Alabama, Arkansas, j Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebrasku, North | Carolina, South Carolina and Vir ginia—twelve States—are in favor of indefinite postponement of the time when our paper shall be worth par. Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Oregon, Pennsylvania, 'j Rhode Island, Tennessee, West Vir ginia, and Wisconsin—ten Stales— :are divided. Iu the ability and character of their represent ati ves the opponents of the contemplated fuither debase ment of the paper money have a predominance, hut in numbers, un fortunately, they have not. Now let us have the rution of paper—both legal tender aud bank notes —fixed for the current year as soon as possi ble.- We are alreudy launched once more upon a sea of speculation that may prove as wild, if not as disas trous, as that through which we have lately passed. Balloon prices, and after some time, the inevitable collapse, are the order of the day. Fifteen hundred lake trout have been placed in the Schuylkill at Sed geley. At a colored ball in New York the ticket taker threw a man down stairs end killed him iuslantly. At Lexington, Ky., Mike Collins shotund instantly killed Frank Hig gins. They wore milkmen, and quar reled about business. Bl' l.lviil^slmii'. 11l (In l Mai< It l Unix i of IVi in ' 11 IjdItVHVH a ill Culitl 0-I ill lit i* (flVill ol the reputed dentil of Di Living a'.ooe, di i iveil Irotii the uiatciiaL aupplicd by Irltcta received from Lieutenant t \ititi-t ■ >i, Ii Dillon, I.i tit t ititt ii IMm ph\, hml Saul bin Salmi, tin ,\rub (ioiiiu i ol I'm- M ll \ • 111 lie From (lie illliele nTci led to lie extlili I tlo following p.iilie pints : lu Mm t li, Is. 2, lb. 1 .IV lllgatllllc riuebcil I ll viliveiube, ami niter le ceiling Mipplii* fiom /.tii/ibttr, art out null ll iit t- 11 nun on lite lnl jour in i in the following August. He plocccdcil ill it s- ulh-W i -l-1 11 diltl' lion lo the aouihern xtremilv ol Lake Lieinha, tin- pridoiigution ol l anganyikilowaid*the south. I hence be tniide liiv ii a v to the northern shore of Lake IlitiigiKolo near the point where he was in Julv ISbS. Bill being unable to cross, lie passed roilUti the eastern t lid i f the lake, lording tie < liAlllbe/e t'.liil tllfir Blnsller triviituries ami inarching ab.ng its > Ultiern allele, lie Appears to have li.ieloil tin point while be expected to tiini the four fountains, two of winch wi ie. he conjectured, the sour ii of the Nile mentioned by Herodo tus It is tbcu probable that he inarclied in a northerly direction and explored the regi ti i f the Kalaligtt co| pel tnini'A ; for LicutniAnt Come rou, who ha hull indefatigable in collecting information, wu told by nn Arab merchant that he had >ccn I)r Livingstone and his party ail well, some month* previous at Kutauga In illuming thry had to cross the Lua uls anit work their way east waiii through an inundated country, in which sometimes tor three houi* al a time, the water stood above th waists of tlie travellers. During this Irving j mriiey two of the men died and several deserted. When inarch ing across the swutnpy tract near Mi ra Achim- > Dr. Ltviugatoue was attacked by dvaeiitery, brought on hv ex|Histue ami over fatigue. Ac cording to one account he got as far as the district of I*obia on his way back, t > the t-a.-t of Baugweulo, where he dttdjaiti r ten or tifteeu days ill ■ lies-, probably in May or April, 1 h"o If Sir haiuuel Baker's theory proves correct at tho very s one of the Nile at the f unlaid* of streams Rowing | into the south end of Taugan i vika, the tin t distant reset voir of tiie great rivu . When Livingstone died nis party nuuiben-d seventy nine men, among whom were a lew Nastk boys and other faithful servants. Chief among them wa* ( human, who had been rescued from slavery on the /.ambe*i, and who weut on ahead to beg for succor from Uuvanyembe | He seems to have arrived on the 10th l of October. He stated that the party with Dr.* Livingstone's body, was from ten to twenty days march from I u yanyembe, ntul wire marly starving; I that they bad also two IH.XI S of books i with tin m and that the Doctor, belore 1 hi-* de ith, had told them to fetch an other b x of papers which he had left .it I jiji and to take it down to the c ast. ("human found the Last Coast Livingstone Search Expedition al Uuyanyefube ; and a telegram, dated .it Aden utt February informs us that while Lieutenant Murphy is bringing the body of the illustrious traveller down to Zanzlvar Lieuten ant Cameron ha gone onwatds to t'jiji to recover Dr. Livingstone's 1 papers. A Hood (lian re For Heal Estate Spet ul ttois ([Correspondence Ashevillc [N. C] Pioneer.] In relation lo the phenomenon that is ! now terrifying the people in the neigh* borhood of the Bald Mountain, rau dor forces me lo admit that I do not believe the.r fears altogether ground less. I wa on the mountain on the night of the l>t iust. The noise seemed to be under the ground in a | small valley between what is called the Round and the Stone mountains, though 1 could nut exactly determine the locality. Sometimes the shocks are very heavy, accompanied by j sounds similar to the defoliations of j artilerv and the earth is shaken for miles around. A very perceptible movement is seen among the trees when the vibrations take place, and the houses are sufficiently jarred to arouse children from their nightly slumber, when they manifest their fright by cries mid screams. The sound is more distinctly heard in the valley thnn any other place. The people who live in the vicinity are very much alarmed and many of them are preparing to emigrate. A protracted meeting is in progress in the immediate neighborhood, and up wards of forty persons have professed religion and joined the Baptist Church the only denomination in this section. Prayer-meetings prevail, in which all take an active part, frotn tho worst sinners to the best and purest Chris* tians. I attended one of these meet ings, and feel safe in saying that it was the first religious assembly I ever witnessed where every one was so deeply interested in the salvation of tho soul. If this noise is followed by no destructive eruption, it will be a good thing for these people in a relig ious point of view. These subterranean sounds are not constant, but are heard more or less distinctly every day. Land can be bought at trifling prices at this time on the liald Mountain, but no one has nn inclination to pur chase. As I did not visit the loeali ty for the express purpose of writing an elaborate account of this interest ing subject, you must excuse this hasty and indefinite narration of what I witnessed. CUKE FORBEAR A CHE. C'li. ldreti are often afflicted with car-! aclje to nil alarming extent, and there is sometimes n difficulty in ob taining nn effectual remedy for the disoider. A writer in the House Imld says that she takes n piece of J salt pork, say an inch or more long, and half an inch s<|uarr; cut down one; end to flt the car and insert it, taking care to have the piece too large to slip in. Tie a handkerchief to keep it in | lace, ifthe child will allow it. 1 She ulso uses pork for sore throat, croup and lung colds. Cut slices half ay inch thick, dip in warm water s; rinklc on a little pepper, and sew on a flannel. Bhe has used pork for earache especially, and always found it to give instant relief. For nearly two centuries past Mary land and Virginia have been vainly endeavoring to settle* the question ot their boundary lines on the Chesa peake. The does were surveyed and laid down by Captain John Smith, who will be remembered as partici paling in an incident in which a young lady by the name of Pocahontas was not totally unconnected. A certain island in the bay was tixed in the old charts us one of the points of the boundary, but it has disappeared from sight under the water. The VirgiuiaLs claim it to have been in a certain locality, and the Murylauders insist that it was twenty miles father itnu',bwiU'l ibt' ilia|iutil tiirritory 1 I' tniiiia h ilioiifttiula nf acre* uf tic ruin-*t i >tft bt-tla, tin* puiioradiKtl nl bit Ii ia Hurlli tli** lung colit(*t. It ' h#a lui-< n -*t 1 >ll a I akinniahca have 1 11 fought upon it that have it *ultcil in the killing t>r wounding of luoi ami the captuie of the boat* i lift In- vaiM|umhoii. It haa been m 1 1 --ui v at tiuit n to have annul Vi-r*t'la nil the giolllul to prtacrve peait- I'll# laltat allrinpt to wnlx ilu inli r Stale coiuplit ation nt lkr| at>|ioiiitiuenl Ly Virginia of Hon.! \\ lu. A Giahani of North Carolinu,, tiiul bv Maryland of Hun. Jeremiah{ S lU.uk, ol i'tmiay 1 vauia the two to nit a* ui bill it tula and arlect a third number ol the boaid. It may ht that tin v will he aide to riatoii pt act and eatahliah nn era in which tin- hunter* of (he oveter uiay puraue tin 11 a Vocation in a apirit a* mild and guille as that of their game— l*rr**. The Monarchists Muring Again Ban*, March '27. —ln the Aaacrubly , today .M Dahirel, Moiiarchi*!, moved Ihe \aaetubiy take a vole on the Ist ot July to ile.'ide the future form of govrniuut. lie urged that it wus iinputaihle to adopt a coutlilu Hun without tiiat settling the <|Uealioli whether Franca wa* to ha a Moti archv or a Republic. Ihe inolioii caused great excite ineul in the chatnher, uud a heated debate ensued. M. Kerdrc aud the Duke de Brog lie spoke agaiiHl the motion,aud i t it a* rejected—33o to 25. A tfSStJ waa Mgosd at St. l'eter* hurg hetweeu Uuaaia aud the United •State* protecting the iutercel* ol Aturnc*U manufacturer* Hi their light* to trademark*. Kcnoluiion* have been prrseutcd in the lower house of the Autlriau Keiclisrath n-king for the rxpulaioti of the Jesuit*. It is rutuored iu loundun that there is double between Kouuinuin aud I'tirkey on >he subject of fixing cus tom# land* Blodgett. who pleaded guilty to the murder of hi* wile some day* a,o at I-icon la, N. H., and was aentrtueil to thirty year*' iiuprisoumeul, cum milled suicide ytsterday morning in j>ri#ou. By a collision between two trains | on the liarsitnu* branch of the Penn sylvania Railroad at Jersey City two men were killed. An accideut on the Grand Trunk resulted iu thru men liettig seriously injured. Indian depredaliou# are reported from Wyoming. The Indians iu Ortv'on are in silent, aud troublu is , feared. Among the amendments adopted by the Michigan legislature, to be I ratifo-d or rejected bv the people aro the following clauses atlectiug wo men: A womau's private property . shall remain her* after marriage. . Any property she xctjuire# after mar riage shall nio be entirely her* Her L husband shall Uot be liable for her I debts l>foic marriage, nor for those , contracted by her in rclmliou to her , ole property after marriage. Wo , men shall be e.igibl# to the office of register of deed* and notary public, to , tho*e couuected with schools aud , libraries, and to any others hereafter designated bv law. In his message lo congress I'rtsi dent Grant recommended n jipecdy resumption of specie payments, and • deplore*) the evils arisiug from au ' irredeeumbl# paper currency. The republican party in Philadelphia in " 1872 pledged itself iu its national * platform to restore the currency to a * specio basis. Will President (• rant 1 make good hi* declarations by veto ing the bill which inertasca the in • convertible cuirency to the extent .if ' $44,000,000, and postpone# iudefi- I nitely the day of resumption ? The time of the employees at Al* ,' too MI has mgnin been retlucetl to eight # hours. Dr. C.R. Early i* going to build j- three hundred houses at Early, Elk . county, this summer. , The Pennsylvania railroad has ( issued an order for the abolishment of j all barrooms connected with the cat* } ing houses or hotels over which they f have control. r Schuyler Colfax lectured at New , Haven, Conn., Thursday evening. MASSACHUSETTS > - Balloting for the Senatorship. Button, March 2S.—Tli# fifth Joint ballot for United Slate* tsnalor at noon te day rs tultod a* follow* Daws* 88, Adams. - 1.1 ' Hoar .76 Bank* 7 I I Curtis 68 AVhiltier, Washburn and I'irrce rsceiv | ed each one vote. Whole number of vote* [ 'J64 ; nece**ary to a choice 128. The con . venlion adjourned till Monday. SPAIN. Bsyonnc, 51 arch 24.— The Carlit* are ,! throwing incendiary shell* into Bilbao 1 with terrible effect, and who!# street* arc reported to be in tlame*. Tho rectnl en gsgernenU before that city have resulted in the occupation by tho besieger* of the Albia suburb nn the loft bank of the : Ncrviom. ♦ **• ♦ THREE PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH. Washington, D. C., March 27.-A (Ira {to-night destroy ed two small tanement ; hoii#c- in the southern part of this city, oc j cupietl by colored families, and two *mall children and Hyra Campbell, who were asleep in tho upper story of one of the iiouses, were burned to death. * ♦ * TWO NEGROES HANGED. Sumter. S. l\, Mr. 27.—Aaron Furnian and S*m Vincent, two negroes, were hang ed here t> day for the murder of a young a hite man of this town about eight weeks ago The murder was one el the most j brutal on record. At least 10,000 negroes! witnessed the execution. Furiuan was ; calm and resigned and died almost with j out a struggle. Vincent wa* completely ! overcome by (right and cried piteously | for mercy, lie strangled slowly to daath. j His struggles were terrible to see. A JUDGE MURDERED BY A LAW YER. Little Rock, March 21.--Hon. John W. Fox.Judeof the Eleventh Judicial Cir cuit, was shot with a double-barreled shot gun llij* morning, by J. K. P. Aldridge. a lawyer, aud died from lha effects ofth# wounds at one o'clock in tha afternoon. Judge Fox was on hi* way to the post office from the betel, and had not gone more than thirty pace* when Aldridge stepped out from U. O. Dye'* drug store, and said "Now Judge Fox." at the same lime firing on him. Tho first shot took effect in ! his stomach, lie sunk to the ground excliin- < ing "Oh Lord 1 am a dead ninn," and af ter lie had fallen, Aldridge, to make sure of his work, emptied the other barrel at j him it taking affect in his bowels. He was taken back to the hotel, when, upon ex- j animation, it was found his wounds wore j filial. Aldridge then went and delivered | himself up to the sheriff. The origin of I the difficulty is not definitely known, , though it is thought it grow out of some ; remarks to Aldridge by Judge Fox, while 1 the latter was on the bench. j TIIK CKKsi ENT CITY BLOWN TO ATOMS M*-Mi|>ht, March til A *|M• in* 111 tow BVU truiiflit barn*., oils furl Hartfa, ml trading bunt, laden with thirteen toiir of fttiigar, blew up at h .si A. M to-day at Iho foot ol Monti .Mima 1* land, ten mils* to-low hrre The boat wa> ! blown lit atom*, alid tin* barge* were all comaumed by Bra | Nino live* ware !o*t, and a number of 1 paroli* wrie wuundt-d. AN FIRE. Rutland Vt, Mart h 'i? A Br# in Fort Itanfy, New York, la*t night d-*troyd a' I larg# nem) <-r of buiiie plat e* of the vil . [lag*- L- fMi.uno, iiiatiraiHr, | MI.CMU New Talk, March 'Ji Spark* from a lot om.-liva on (be South.ida Railroad, >t Long hland. yMl'irday fired underbrutii 1 neai Uretlaw and ipread over av#ii mile* of territory within tbreo hour*, burning a large ipiaiititv of timber, ft i r, bay, A Oue farmer lo*t *evantsen r->wi Tba to tal lot* i* about floO.tlUU. The figting hi fore Bilbao between the, Republn >III and ( arli*t reruttad in dn id-, ®d advantage* for the national forte* un der Mur-bal Serrano, who raptured a nurn-, j ber of villagt'* formerly In J ky lb# re bait. Tba French A**utbly rrfuted to older tSat a lute *hi.-uld be taken on the lit ot July to dacid# the future form of govern-' merit in France The Catabrian brigand* l av- been cou. plrtely eKermiuated. In June, IhTU, Bi-lle Sr. or, a young girl aged LI, wa* I.lraged and i.iurdrred in M a11r uiity. Oh at it men, nam* rd Ml 1.1 d at. i K illlllu i:, t..1 ,i • I. ! the crime, were lyiubed bv the infuriated ciliieii* A few day* ag", TL, s I ogla*. jiif Foil Wayne, Indiana, on hi* dealb bed rimfr.-M-J IBkl he i. iiiuutlrJ tlie out rage, and afterward* participated in the hanging of the tw innoci At men. The CarlltU in Spain, under General Se ball*, have routed *lha f--rct of Republi can* under Cvp>n#l Koviile, at Tordera. it i> *aid the Republn ant loit .'SitJ men kilieJ. Tli# Great Eastern will *latt in Augu*l te lay the l'oilugua,- '.elrg laph cable j jfwui SL Vincent, in the Cape Vi rde I land*. le Fernambut Bra til. Tlirl-irangrr Store! Something New! CASH AND I'KODHK FOR CHEAP GOODS. • t SHORT CREDIT A SHORT PROFITS. IHKKAI. GKllNOlll.t , I Spring Mill* ba* eiLablitiuvi a tlorc to *uit ' the time*, and hat a complete UK kaf DRY GOODS NOTIONS. GROCERIES, HARDWARE. Ol EENSWARE . HATS, CAPS. ROOTS A SHOES, FISH, SALT. CIGARS. TOBACCO, DRUGS, SFH'KS. OILS, In tbort a lull 'ine of f EVERYTHING FOR LK-S PRICES THAN ELSEWHERE I COMB AND JUDGE FOR YOUR SELVES. sfeU. y. SEED POTATOES. NEW YuKK LATE KIISK All Order* left at Hit* office or at Wm. Wdf • tor.- will rr. r;re pronj|-l atli-nlion. SI ooper Uuthal,2 Butbel* I 76, a Bethel* 4 II.LI. if nnle* Ka*t of Centre Hail 1 I Planted I i Kyc l.atc 1L> which I yielded -46 pound*. M. M. CON'IfO. F r. w IT.aox. T x. KICK a. WISON & HICKS. M'HOI.LSAI.E AND RETAIL ' Ilurilv*urc iittrl Move lbenlcrr* Huildrrs llanhvare , CARRIAGE MAKERS GOODS, f SADDLERS TRIMMINGS. ALL KINDS OF HARDWARE AND HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS STOVES. SPEAKS ANTI-CLINKER STOVES A DOUBLE HEATERS |whi:h will heat one or two room* down , tlairt, and eame numbrr above. Curt ' very little more than ringl# Move*. There - aro the be*l parlor ttove* made. SUSyUEIIANNA CtX'K STOVE. .1 , Ttii*ln\ iia* large oven*, wlli burn hard or tuft coal and wood, Everyone ' warranted to give perfect ati*faclion. WILSON .k HICKS, niari-6 tf Bellefontr, Pa. APPLETON'S AMERICAN CYCLOPAEDIA. ■ j New Revised Edition. Price and Style of Binding. 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In iiri ('loth, por vol (& ol> In l.lhrara l**tiirr irr|vnl fOO In Half Turkay Morrow©, par vol 7 UU I- Half ~ * * HI Itnf Kuuln, extra (111 per >il In Full Murrocoo, ntluu gill edgea p. r|vul MVP In Full HUMU. par ol IV Ml Three voluuirt now ready Succeeding vulutuea. Un til completion, wllil* leaued one* m two months. Specimen pagea of the Aiuerloan Cyclopaedia, •how ini type, UlHiltiUom aU., will be aenl .gratis on ap* plication. Ptnst QUw OsoTs.atus fAgsats wanted. AOdm. tli* Publisher.. D. APPLKTON k CO oar tm MO A set Braadwaf, N T FURNITURE. JOHN ItltFA IIIIII.L. I tit I)i New HOOIIJ*. H|>RIRK Hhi 'li lintui ii •g*tifi tiling W Billed 111 ill® Jillc- ilf lll< buinr%> homemade and city work Al *ii. lia* nihdi* a rjM i mlity ai.d Li •p* ofi hand, tli lr .•< .1 mid finest lck of WAI.L PAPKH, C*o 0* *olil ul rent'-lmbl# rule*- ** hob -ale mid retail Live him -nil Lefori pur chasing el*e*hrrc. fcbtt-ly CENTRE HALL FOUNDRY & MACHINE SHOPS Tim ulidrr.-iglied having taken posses sion of liie above ctlakiuiitmiltl rr*pect folly inform lbi' public that the tame will be > arried on by them in all it* branches! at heretofore Tl.ev !Utt!iiift lure the CELEBRATED! Tit I K IILI K COKSPLAM'KR, the br*t tioW liiailc. lIORSE POWERS. THKSIIING MA I'M NKs A -HAKF.Ks I'LoWK ] STOVES. HVK.V IMMIKS. K ETTLEI PLATES, < ELLA KG K ATEs, PLOW SHEARS A Mil.l. GEARING of eve -Iry description, in short their Foundry it! iOin|i!rte ill every particular. \N itoi*ld i tli particular attention to! ■or KXCKI>IoR PLOW, acknowl edged to be the be*t Plow iiow in u#e,\ shifting the beani f> r two or three bor : e. We al* ' manufacture % nra and imprev- 1 ed TRIPLE OEAKEI) lloßsE POW ER, which ba* l*-en used extensively ir. the iiortlioii and western States, ana has taken | r. .™d.-r,ce over ail othert. We are prepared to do ail KINDSoF CASTING fri ui the large-t to the tmall et. arid liave fa< liilie* for dome all kind* of IKON WoRK uch a. PLANING, TI'KN'ING BORING, A. All kiiidi of repairing done on short no tice. VAN PELT A SBOOP, jai.22-ly. Centre Hall. I FURNITURE. J. i AMP <1 MIX. MILROY. PA. We beg leave to in fur tit J> :-olt going to houte keeping. and other* in need of Furniture, that e have a large assort ment of Furaiture'oa haad wbnh we are prepared to tell cheaper than it can be bought eScwlitre. four-and be convinc ed. BK!>STEAL>s. TA BLES, SINKS, BUREAI'S. WASHSTANDS, l'llA M BEH SETS, WOOD SKAT CHAIRS, t'A KK SEAT I 'll AIRS, AC Jai22Sm THE PEOPLE S DRUG STORE. Next door to VV ilson V Hicka" Hard ware store. Allegheny St., BELLKFONTK, PA., R. F. Rankin & Co., (Successor* to Linn A Wilson.) DKALK S IN ITIiE MUGS A St) MEDICINES, CHEMICALS. PAINTS. OILS. DYE STI FFS, VAKMSHKS. HRI'SH KS. 1 ERF I'M FRY, NOTIONS, AND FANCY ARTICLES FOR THE TOILET. Ac. PlH4£YHil£& LlQilOfl# tor medicinal purpotea. SHOULDER BRACES, i; TRUSSES A SUPPORTERS in great variety] Alao, Choice CIGARS AND TOBACCO, and all other article* usually hept in first class Drug Store. PRESCRIPTIONS CAHEFU Y COMPOUNDED tf.ljune R F RANKIN A CO. X ECUTORS NOTICE. - Letters Te#- j inmentarv having been granted to , tbe undersigned, on the estate ot Francis Alexander Tale of Potter Township deed, they request al! persons indebted to said estate to make immediate payment, and those ha* ing claims t Brockcrhoff Row, Bcllcfoute.Pa Drillers in Drugs. ( lu'iiiipiiis*. Pcrftiiucry, Fancy Go ui* *ic., Ac. Pure Wines ami Liquors for medical j purpose* alwav* kept. may 31. 72. I.W FURNITURE STORK. IN IN THE CONRAD HOUSE, BELLKFONTK, FA. GEOli GK O'lili J'A *V, Dealer 111 y U M 1 "J" U fl £ Ot* ALL. KIMDB, HEDSTEA 1)8, TA BLES. 1 HAI Its Parlor and Chamber Sets, 6" OFA S, LOUNO KS, BUREAUS, WASHSTANDS, WARDRIBES. MATTRESSES, Ac Particular Attention to Ordered Work. MKPAIMIHO DONE PROMPTLY. I'XDKKTAKIX), Iu All Itc Hrnnchea, MKT A LIC, V 'ALN I'T, KOSKWOOI), ANI) COMMON CASKETS, Always on Hand, and Funeral* Attended With an Elegant llcarse. ap6tf. VTIIIK undersigned, determined to meet X the popular demand for Lower Prices, respectfully calls the attention of the public to hi* stock of SADDLERY, now offered* at the old stnnd. Designed especially for the people and the times, the largest and most varied and complete as sortment of Saddles, Harness, Collars, Bridles, of every description and quality ; Whips, and in fact everything to complete a first class establishment, be now otters at prices which will suit the times JACOB DINtiKS, Centre llall. 11. X. M AI.I.ISTKK. JAMES A. BEAVER M'ALLISTER & BEAVER, A T-LA T-LA W, Bellefonte, Centre co., Pu. ap6Btl NEW HOODS! NEW HOODS!] A. W GRAFF, CENTRE HILL, CENTRE CO., L'A., II Y-M ADE CLOT 111 NO! DRKMM GOODS HltO< KRIEH, PROVISIONS, MOOTS A SHOES, II ATS A CAPS, AND FANCY ARTICLES, over brought to l'oller Iwp. A l*o. a Urge ASSORTMENT of CAItP E T S ! LOWEST ( ASH PRICES I jew- I'r iu-e taken in exchange at highest market price*. A. W. GFTAFF. myS-Iy. r. PE C 1 \s | New Coach Manufactory. CENTRE HALL, PA. 1 HE undersigned baa OPENED a new EA tabli.hrurnt, at bit new shops, fur the manufactuie of Carriages, Buggies, A Spring Wagons, SLFCLULI* XMI HLXOS, PLAIX AGO Paacr of c\ ery description , All vehicle# manufactured by biin ; are warranted to render satisfaction, and a. equal to any work done elae where. lie u.t a none but the beet material,! and employ* iho moal akillful workman. : Heme they Halter tiiemaeivr* that their, work ran not be excelled for durability' and finish. Order* from a di-Unce prompt)]' attend ed to. Come and eiainine my work before contracting elsewhere. PRICES REASONABLE, All kind*of Kcj airing done. I 110 ! Attention! SAVE MONEY! 1 by purcbarirg Cheap good* at WOLFS, who ha. just unpacked a large and splen , . D,d atock. which he LMA determined to tell vaiy cheap, eonaiating of DRY HOODS and Printa. Mu.lina, Opera Canton*, and Veil Flannel*. LATINO Dress Goods, *uch at Delaina, Alpaca., Poplin*. EM pre** Cloth, Saleeris. Tameite. together with a hill SLOCK of everything usually kept in the Dry Good* line. NOTIONS: A full stock, eonaiating pari of Ladies and Children's Merino Hose. Collars, Kid gloves, beat uualiiy AILK and Lisle thread Gloves, Hood., Nubias, Breakfast .bawl*, Ac. IIATS & CAPS, A full a'ortment ol Men * Bar'* and Children'* o! the latest style and best. CLOTHING, K-ady made. a choice leleclion of Men'* and Boj'iol the IICWMI *tvl** and tnott serviceable material*. BOOTS & SHOES, WM. WOLP. CENTRE HALL Hardware Store. J. O. DEININGEB A new, complete Hardware Store hat I been opened by the undersigned in Cen tre Hail, where he is prepared to sell all kind* of Building and House Furnishing Hardware, Nails, Ac Circular and Hand Saw*, Tennon Saw*, Webb Sawt, Clothe* Rack*, a fuii assort ment of Glass and Mirror Plat* Picture ! Frame*, Spokes, Felloe*, and liuba table Cutlery, Shovel*, Spade* and Pork*. Lock*. Screw*. Sash Spring*, i j Horse-Shoes, Nail*, Norway Rod*, Oils,' [Tea Bell*, Carpenter Tools, Faint, Vern-j is he*. Picture* framed in the finest (tyla Anything not on hand, ordered upon, | shortest notice. R-#~ Remember, all node offered choap ] er than elsewhere ailg&t' 73-tf HARDWARE STOKE. J. & J. HARRIS. No. h. 11 ROCKERHOFF ROW A new and Hardware Store! ha* been miened br the undersigned in; I Brockerbca new building— where they: are prepared to sell all kind* of Building and House Furnishing Hardware, Iron, j Steel, Nail*. Buggv w heel* in sett*, Champion < Clothes Wringer, Mill Saws, Circular andj Hand Sawt, Tention Saw-. Webb Saw*, j Ice Cream F rosier*, Bath Tub*, Clothe*' Racks, a full assortment of Ola** and Mirror Plate ol all iie*, Picture Frame*, Wheelbarrows, Lamp*, Coal Oil Lamps, Belting, Spokes, lelloe*, and Hubs, : Plows, Cultivator*, Corn Plow*, Plow Points. Shear Mold Boards and Cultiva tor Troth, table Cutlery, Shovel*, Spades and Forks. Lock*. Hinge*. Screws, Sash Springs, Horse-Shoes, Nails, Norway Rods, OiK Lard, Lubricating Coal, Linseed, Tanners, Anvil*, Vices, Bel low*. Screw Plates, Blacksmiths Tool*, Factory Bells, Tea Bells, Grindstone*, Carpenter Tools, Fruit Jars and Cans, Paint, Oil*, Varnishe* received and for sale at juneS 08-tf. J. A J. HARRIS. lIAIR DRESSING PROF. S- 11. WKIOHT is now prepared to do all kinds of llair Dressing equal to the host done in the cities and at less cost, liu has had lung experience in manufac turing Wigs, ladie- Switches, Curls, Chig nons, &c. Prof. Wright guarantees su perior work manshii) in all kinds ol Hair Dressing, and ladies wishing Switches, Chignons or hair curled, will please call, and see our work and judge for themselves. Charges less than in the city, and the work equal to any. Prof S. 11. WRIGHT, 2'xlec tf. Centre Hall. Gift & Flory's New Shoe Store ! AT CENTRE HALL. They have now opened, and will constant ly keep on hand, a splendid stock of new SHOES, GAITERS, & SLIPPERS, for men, women and children, from the best manufactories in the country, and now of fered at the Lowest Prices. ROOTS and SHOES made to order, upon short notice. Thay invite the people o, this vicinity to give them a call, as thay will strive to merit a share of their pat ronago. rnyltftf I. Guggenhcimer. ARRANGEMENT! ISAAC GCGUENIIEIMKR, ha vi n g jmrchmwd the entire atock of the IsU lirm of Suaimati A Gugganheimar, ex eept the leather and Shoe-finding* haa filled up bit abelvea with a lot u! SPLENI>II> NtW aooiM, embracing READY MADE CLOTHING, bUEJta 0001.8, ÜBuCKKIICS, PROVISIONS, Bcxrra A aiioia, HAT* A CA pa, AHU VAWCY ARTICLES audi* uow prepared to accomodate ali hia old customers, aud to welcome all new ones who may f*y or him with their patronage. lie feels safe in say ing that he can please the moat fastidi ous Call and see. ISAAC GUGGENHEIM ER. F. B.— Mr, Sussman still continues to deal in LEATHER ANDHIiOE-FINDINGS, CLOVER and TIMOTHY SEEDS, in toe old room, where be may alway be found. 12ap.tf. CENTRE HALL COACH SHOP, LEVI Mill II AY, at hi. establishment at Caatra Hall. keep, ion hand, and tor sale, at tha most reeesna hie rale*. Carriages, Buggies, , A Spring Wagons, PLAIKAED FASCV, and vehicle. of every description mtds la : order, and warranted Vo be made of the beet eeatoned material, and bjr the mol skilled and competent workmen. Pr* prepared to perform all operation* in the dental profaation. IffHtk now fully prepared to extract teeth abtwiutriy without pan*. mvb-TS-tf. D. M. RirrasHocßE, WITH KOOXS, M HW4RZ sir CO. > w . *MOutaaiJi oKAUtaa a Fish, Cheese and Provisions, Iff North Delaware Avenue, If7 North Water Suwet, !_ . _ PatuaPKLPaia. ' r ~ ° Bcwwanx- J.Bcawsa* i mare ly. JUHX HON XR. riTU Bomt Pennsvalley Banking Co. CENTRE HALL. PA. RECEIVE DEPOSITS, And Allow In.ormt. Discount Note ,! _ Buy and Sell Government Securitie*. Gold and Coupon* RIM* llurrxa. WM. B. MIXOLK, Pres'L Cashier UESKT naoexxanopr, i. :> SHVUXRT. President, Cashier QENTRK COUNTY BANKING CO. if ISTRATOR'S NOTICE.— LsUsr* of admlnl.trail,>n aa tha nuta of lkan. Hiatal. 8 of Mllaa top. dae'd. bar* , tla oadorvteaod.fwho rsouasts all Mra,u ___ Adjukustrstur iM'SShJMg'