Sir fSirnfrr jSmwrat BELIiEFONTE, PA. Tbo Largest . Cheapest and BwatPwpsxr 1-UnLISIIKU IN I'KNTRK COUNTY. THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT is pub pTrryTbr4*jr morning, at B*ltf*M'le rt.-o. Ml *Jvrtn- < f"r * l- i-ri Mi*'. on— ni-.nlli. ZO't-sols i-sr lis. ft-r Hi- rtr.l tin— Iti—rtlMw si.J - OnU llu* < r null *JJitli |*-r-.u. advertising tijr lb* quarter, li-.lt 7-* r - ur year, s* (lluws : inni sex-* o—i riB. - s % Our lu.h i• v, liiii I* Riivwt' -omenta nu*t bo paid for bofore in • j-rtioß, oxcopt on \oarly i ntrw-te, wlm Imlf yearly (Mymeutt in advent • will be ro^. C., March 28, 1881. In tlie last two years there has not until now Ju'-.-n an occ.i.ion on hieh all the Democratic Senators acted in gether heartily upon a measure. There have always been absentees, dissenter.*, or half-henrw-d ones : and it must be s*id that this present unanimity, though .gratifying in iUelf, is not upon a matter of importance. They are thoroughly united to prevent the election of can didates nominated by the Republicans for Senate otlioes. L>f course their special aversion is the Mahone Repub lican candidate for Sergeant-at-Arms. Rutin other words they agree to pre vent the payment to Mahone of the price of his vote. They are clearly right, and the charge of obstructing the public business is justly made against the Republicans, who, in order to keep their bargain with Mahone, insist upon an unnecessary change of officers. .Business can go on without such change just as well as with it, and every! Democrat in the Senate is willing. Ho, in the words ef the late Charles Sumner, they should " stick." It iaunderstood that Secretary B'aine is the only member of the Cabinet who wishes tbo President to call an extra session of Congress, and for that rea son the impression is getting common here that none will he called. I need not remind-those who know the Secre tary, and who have read of the late New York nominations, that it is un safe to ceunt bis influence as being small. If beoarnestly deeires an extra session ibere will probably be one. Probably he will insist. His restless and aggressive nature will not be satis tied without political excitement, and 1 that he can have if Congress is in ses sioo, but not without. • The New York appointments—the antt-Cnkling ones—excite almost as moch interest in this city as the inau guration did. The Jt'p'thfimn, which i* in some sense a Conkling organ, darkly prophesies a revival of animosities in Ihe Republican party in New York. It is not believed, however, that Senator Conkling will attempt to organize an opposition to the continuation of Rob er*on and the other*. He could not succeed in that. There will be no call for an extra ses sion at this time. Ho much is certainly * known. At present it is in contempla tion to call Congress together in the noddle of October or about the It of November, after tlie fill elections. But ••ven this i* not pre leti rained, at-, I un less some events to conic make it < xpe du nt Cor.gres- r. .11 not Le called to meet before tbe u'tial time in I>e -1 entlier. Washington i* now entering uj on its most prosperous -e-* >n since ]S7O. Land in desirable parts of the city sell* very readily, and. :n almost every ca*e, tor immediate improvement. The houses to bo erected will lo great or in number and in average cost than ever before. In the la-t twenty years Moiuenu* new bureaus, commissions, etc., have been created !>y Congress, and the work goes on. The regular •lepartments have also been increased in Ihe number of their official*, and mo*t of them are yet growing. All this add* to the permanent population of the city, and causes, as is mention ed altove, a demand for elegant and expensive residences. Senators and many Representatives who think their tenure* of office i* secure, build in tbe city. Now that it is reasonably certain that Washington will remain the Card ui of the United Ntatea, all these In vesters know that whenever their term of office may expire they can sell to good advantage. I believe the end of the century will see Washington with a population of a quarter of a million, with the finest public buildings in tbe world, and with a greater number of elegant private residences than any sssitvt city ul equal pup.luiiou. Don. fr.rm tin Now YorkOlmmw***. INTERNATIONAL LESSONS. Second i^uarter. ■r **v. i. r. SO.ISS". B. B. Al'Hll. 8. Lesson I. FOLLOWING JESUS. (lotis* Text: —"Ami Ji-stl* anil iintu No laal), liw-lntf |iilI lil tinnj to tho |iloii|(fa and I<.klh|t Invkt ii lit foi tin* kliigjitm of Mod."—U'hi V Central Truth :—Christ is to be follow- I'd completely. The ditto i* about v. u. 28, and the last period of our Lord's lite ujon earth now begins. Thua far he bud ox prciaed bit ministry for the most part in Galilee, but now, driven out ot Naza reth and rejected at Capernaum, he tecum to have felt I but that province waa closed against him, and be prepar ed to leave it, anil go towards ihc noil ill, making bin w.iy towurtia .Jerusalem about the time of tbo l eant of Taber nacle*. lie was going to hi* death. Tbo fear ful scenes of tlie cross were before him, and be calmly and steadfastly, and with tbo full knowledge of bis appointed hUe, sent messenger* who should pn • pare a place for him and bis dimple-. Tbo time when bin earthly mission should be ended, and be should be re | ceived up into heaven, was hut a few months distant, and so "be set bis face itogo to Jerusalem." Though be knew i that denial, suffering and a horrible | death awaited him there, there was no irresolution, no fear, but a calm, brave i determination to tread the path up I>*iuted for him, even lo the end. The messengers who preceded him were not able to obtain the hospitnlil) for which they asked in the H.tmarituu village, through which the journey lay. I ho Jews were not actually forbidden to piss through Samaria, but in this case it was not possible to procure entertain incut lor a considerable parly, especial ly as their purpose was not to go to Mount Ccrizim, the sacred place of the I Samaritans, but to Jerusalem. This shows the bitterness of the religion* prejudices which separated the people ! of the two districts, for these Samari ! tans violated one of the most common and acknowledged duties of Oriental hospitality in their conduct on this oc casion. Their refusal was too much for the disciples of the Lord, and the two whom perhaps we would have lcat sup posed would have manifested such a I vindictive spirit, were very earnest *n ! the oppression of their wish that they | might be authorized to call dowu ven | geance upon the inhospitable people, j even to the destruction of their homes, i Hut Jesus, true to his loving and for ] giving dis[>osition, rebuked bia excited friends, and reminded them that be came not to destroy men's lives, hut to save them, and directed them to seek for entertainment in another, probably a Jewish, village. As they went, they were met by a cer tain man, a Scribe, as Matthew tell* us, who allowed a special and zealous desire to become a follower of Jesus. "Lord, I will follow thee withersoever thou goesL" We should suppose that such an ex pressed purpose would have been re ceived by Jesus with approbation and encouragement, but hi* reply seems cold and disheartening; "foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the .Son of Man bath not where to lay hi* head." The la>rd simply meant that the man probably had not fully consul ered the sacrifices that were implied in his becoming his follower, and that he needed to be quite assurred that he was rea per a House, destroyed by fire last night. It i* feared many more lost their lives. The fire commenced soon after the curtain had risen for the perform ance of Lucia de Lammerraoor. A* the ; subscriber* for the orchestra seat* and box of the grand tier had mostly not arrived, a majority of the victim* be : longed to the working class. Shortly after the fire began the ga* exploded I and the house wa* plunged into dark j tie**. A scene of terror and dismay en j sued which fteggar* description. A de- I tachtnent of sailor* from a squadron in ! the harbor arrived and displayed great j gallantry in rescuing the people and j combatting the fire, which wa* subdued toward 10 o'clock. Strackosch was j slightly hurt. Nignora Bianca Donadi, one of the leading artists, made her ; way from the stage to the street safely, j One whole family of five |>eron* and ; another family of three person* are ' known to have perished. A relief *uh j scription for the suffi-rers has U-cn j opened throughout Nice. The regatta lias f>een countermanded an l the value !of the prizee to have been contested for will be contributed toward the relief I of the distressed. Nn R, M irch 24—Up to 3 o'clock this afternoon 63 corpse* had been extracted | from the ruin* of the (ipera House, mostly those of Italian artisan*. Among the dead is a Herman doctor named I Arand. [Nice, the locality of this disaster, is ! an episcopal city and seaport of France, j on the Mediterranean, at the mouth of j 'he Tallinn, f .R mile* by rail from Tou lon and the same distance from Turin. It is situated in a small plain, which it almost covers, at the foot of the Msri i time Alps. The waters of the Mediter ranean wash its wall* on the south, and J on the north and east the mountain* inclose it in the form o' an ampithe*. tre. The population is at>out 60,000. The city is divided into old and new towns, the streets of the old part being narrow and mean looking, while in the new portion the streets are wider and the house* handsomer. The locality r* a favorite winter resort of foreigners, particularly F.nglish. whose numbet* have feen estimated at .V*m, be..id<* Hermans and Russian*.| Helen Masked Robbers, TBEV TORTI RE AN AUEti RAN I NTH. HE (ITVES'TIIEM HIS STRONO RILL. •|w*rial f isjrtkt'fi |n thr Tirow* On. Cm, March 24.—About ten o'clock last night seven masked men robbed the house of John Connor*, Sr., a wealthy old man. living tn an isolated locality near (jueenstown, in Clarion county. Mr. Connor* la about seventy j years old, and when the burglar* called ; on hint he irb seated with hi* aged -,- i'e [by the fire-place. Five of the tnen en tcred and two remained on guard nut side. Upon entering the burglars or • lered the old in .n to open his safe, which stood in the room. This he r(- fused to do, when they shot end beat him in a fearful manner, one bullet taking effect in his head. The old mnn 1 -till refusing, they proceeded to torture Mr*. Connors bv putting her feet on burning coaU. They threatened to roast her alive before hi* eye*, and proceeded to do so. This caused the old man to succumb, and he opened hi* treasure box, when flic burglars helped them selves to gold, silver and bond* to the value of front fifteen to twenty thousand dollar*. Railroad bond*, Last Brady Bridge bonds, six thousand in govern ment bond* and a large quantity of other" negotiable paper* were taken. Connors is the owner of one of the best grain farms in Western Pennsylvania and receives a large royalty from coal companies operating on his farm. The old roan is now lying in a critical con dition and it is impossible to tell exact ly bow much is taken. There is no clue to the robbers, but it is supposed that they knew all about the house and the old man's property. They are thought to be residents of the neigh borhood and not professional thieves. Texas is agitating a prohibitory liquor lan, Two (iron! Pin-*. Xoitroj.K. Vs., March 27.—A fire broke out at 7 o'clock thi* evening in the cot ton compress of Jimn L. II annoy on the Boston Ktciunship Company's wharf anil rapidly spread to a cotton shed adjoining. A strong westerly wind was blowing at ffie time, which tanned the burning cotton, and the tiic threatened 1 at one time all the building* in that f part of the city. The British ship Con dor, which loading with cotton from llarmoy'* compress, took tile but wan hauled oil' her dock in the Htreatu by a boat'* crew of bailor* from the United State* hteamcr Vantic and the fire j quickly extinguished with trifling lon* to the ship. A number of building* look tire from large piece* of cotton and (shipping which were driven by the wind a considerable distance from the point of the conflagration. The Atlan tic Hotel caught and the roof of the Landmark building wa* badly burned, but the structure* were saved by the aid ol the lite department mid volun teers. Fires originated in other part* of the city and intense anxiety wa* tell, but they were soon gotten under con- ! trol with no loss. The los* i* about j $80,000; insured. KI.IZAUETH, N. J., March 27.—The larg- j est tire in the city for many year* hroke out last night, caused by the upsetting and explosion of a kerosene lamp in \ Anderson'* cornice and lambrequin 1 store, No. 37 iiroad street. The build 1 ing* in the vicinity are old wooden structure*. The flame* spread rapidly and a quarrel among the firemen allow ed the fire to gain greater headway. ■ hie third the block between Washing ton Street nnd St. John'* church was destroyed hy the flame*. The large ' unoccu| ted store and building on tin? I corner of Washington street were part jly burned. Huntsman'* jewelry store, . Barnes' saloon, Anderson * lambrequin I store, Mi- Bullock's confectionery store and Brophy's | luinbing shop were all totally destroyed, with much of their contents. NSilliatn It. Tucker's hard ware store wag burned out, but the ! stock, valued at SIO,OOO, wa* mostly saved. The loss on building* i* from s*Jll,ooo to $30,000- insurance probably about $19,000. The National (>uarn behalf of the executive com mittee I desire to thank you, and through you, the oflirer* and men of I the National (iuard of your State, for 1 their fine display and soldierly bearing , during the psrade in this city, on the 4th inst. 1 will add that not a com plaint ha* come to us of the misconduct of a single officer or soldier of the en tire command. Their drill and soldier ly Waring drew forth the praise of every one, and their oondoct while in the city, gave evidence of their high moral worth a* men and citizens." Colorel John W. Forney will deliver the honorary oration before the literary societies of Palatinate College, at Mey eratown, on June 15. Philadelphia Market*. NlUSßflil, Msr-h r It*!. Tht •• toy Inn* I* Us4*tu(V *4 lIHle from Wl ft|tir<. HI 111 H'vlrrat* in4 n\s.\ W'., #t#ra 4< H-. at |tJii4Vfl,aipl *< |<.:i,*, 7.74. Hjw la Arm at s' |*f barrel (iftitft Titer * aa m-.tw 4*ntu4 f.f hwt an*l prVn e.lmr~l Ucrtil |*v I uetw| Th# rbmaf fig nrwa r.e f . |1 I* i.h| a*.| 1 l** a ak~| for V 2 Marth. ft l*id and ft lf'- # nkM f* A|-rII f 1 I*' . t-H ar.rt ft 1** 4 o.k-1 b.r 4'. May ft 17* 4 Nil ati lfl t* , ) akr4 !•* Jaaa Hyw la Arm at fI <• for f et>nrlaria. Pftlt* l..er tootr• •!'!*; ae oM at 7 • # r.r4 ?♦ at 4 ia'at I-* Knnay tvatila arar ( aholoaata... A Provision Market. C-.tT*rtt e-llj by llufi P.m(brs. .*[ pl'.. Ist* >,t rnn ttfafp. dersMs-1. In tb ! I (Vim f>f iVnir* emiqly, th- spts.l—m*n b> llw !... .if ssl.l t urn /..tl.j, Itr Itllu iM ; zrbjr,a ', f,.r f Aii't h is. M,rh . 1--I. I |. sperwhwiwsat snd ronn,mt *m. *sd pnh. Itratton -i*d.fsd In sor.ovUn™ with |h. Art of Awm- Mjrta whew mod. >nd rr.,vtdt, .nd u.lh. rt „p. lions sr. Rlstl prior to n.t tsrn will b eonArwial ittailiiteljr, Hy tha Court wm. g. BoiciinEL^aac. Notice of Appraisement. TN the matter of the mtate of John .. I (rt* H Sprl** township. Sptiasid. In ths Orpk.es (Vnrt of Crsitr. mastr, tk. amiiw. _">*(dowf srtd John L Rnrhsp. Aaslls Rorhsy, widow, ft.r SVC And now, Msrrh f* ' spprnls.rosnt and r.torn rsed sad roeAratsd *t*i, sod pwhlMsttoß iodsrwd la nroordaarw wltk ths Art of Assembly la sarb emm wisd. snd prnrtdsd, and "iIT "rT* 1 ?* *.'* •IT 1 '"♦ •'>' >• "WtlrmM slwolatrt*. Rr tl, (Vint hwsa *M. h. ttbk*hikU>,ol'kOr.oMrt. Ha til aml ,(' Srtrmatt. *\ J I s BUND S NEWMAN, AT Tin: KEE HIVE One Price Stores, 1 ARK OPENING TIIKIK HEW SPRING GOODS. LOOK OUT I I FOR GRAND OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT, ■ Next Week. THKY AUK TOO BUSY NOW TO ■ l ( tiIVK DETAILS. j L;; ,, I i 3 New A tlvertl*emen in. Tavern Licenses. VOUCH in hereby given, that the i u Mltmlng mriM ftpr*,rta luip (IN tl.plr tril lion hrHnn la Urt daw of tin flutl <.t the fSmotf nf (i.f.ai.l Qiiarw Awloim „f th* I 'mem in f,( I u, grant ll. lr.p J-ltrt AmWaor, H.lWm r Katlftf ll'rot* Cn-d. HUliili, 4.,. 4,, 0,, •i.e v *. 4.. riww. M. I*luii. 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I If I 1,, an.) li, an „r l.tirid it. r .. . at/at., a. |, 14'f.f ulf I ll,a |>t|. n.ara llatl ati t aitall I tr 1 l.f jail <1 1 fiilra . .unit. I f u,. n and I tiara u. I.r.ff. | ■ ui. at.ilu.l li..in .1. || 1, j,„, I l.ltfli itndtr my Itand at In n ' „|. I, 41ta tlat of I. in,art ,11 t|,a tf.r ..| our la r 1 lap I, ai,4 It. a ..t.f liundr.d and fi.unl, } far ! Ui- I ,!• i i.i.. d tic I ni I' d PUt' . ' '"lt JOHN PI'AN'.l.f.H, Pl.ffifl. Letting. PROPOSALS fur buii'ling atone j X al.uin.ft.i. It.r a loi'lgf arrtaa. il,a lialtl Kailf t ■. fl, at H'llirr 1 rit-.|i,j. In i..ia|,i|, alll If | ra.ai.f4 1 . u.f i.IIIIIJ O't-itnipro t,. t. until ~, |. u *1 Ajiltl I - l.-l P|.pjfl alio,, tat. If fit, at ||,f lt | Ifttf lu It, Hpfootf I'a Tl,f I . ttlra.l I.i If |a| |i, |l,. i ■ f.i mmmMi MMn Tin OmMbHmh n wrlltt ll*ft I" If)Pfl ail} 'lt all 11 1. I ANIIKKW OKI'/iO, OHOIUIK PA All, ' II lIACa, (*)rtk. J ACOII 111 N K l.f M* Omtaiaainnpn Assignee Account, j 'VOIR E jp hereby given, that the *■ 1 '.t-t' f w i! Oman. Ami• i Jr.. u Cbnll, liM it) Hi# nffi'p- .f fb# tary "t U># Caaan Of Cmnwi I'lesr r.f Centre ClMlbte, b4 !h# Mii •> fount Mill U offerH fot rti.f.ftnt. n *t tL tern of ma>4 rj-nrt. IMt J. fl If knm. Prr4bfKUrT. Auditor's Notice. I N the Orphans' Court of Centre ID Ui# m%iu* <•{ it# •<•> f f< r rw|e ■4 the sr"stt of U mlej Rttrili. 'iuwdtss, M IM Uet W Hsneoft, A) .h A. M , nl Lri line MD4 alt Itit/tntid rnit t Notice to Stockholders. I Moahannon Railroad Company. j A Meeting of the Slock hold j 2 V era f (hi* rompnn? *• Xocth V urlh Wre< I'bondHj bin. oft TCVPaT, j April 10 o'.Wk A kf for tb# j ur| f ! ndetiit|. sttf *4 •filing r an MjrreeneD! 4 IMerpf 4 lb# flnld Valley Railr-j%4 the He I )*£<# an! Puhw bhoe Railroad C .mi|any and the M ahr,ii"ti Railroad Gin Ry orfar of the Hnerl of fhrert'lrd)< iar, nof a gfrlnk.) Co%TAI>a nopft, st rut*, MAKDRAKK, DANDKIJON, Axt) mir TV*rT s*i HPT Vfgro xL l*eaarnf t!e Wdtnieft, Flood, ■ Ll"t. KMn' 'sh .| i 1.1 h m mi, - xp rt4 fnp * r*f Htrt -! pcippu^ ■ ti-.it,4 in ui. m. ■ IttrmiF de.tcpl.i fr.T ||^ ? PlHrriP4if I Hum bvforc , . . j,. THUP uu aibrr. ■ n I r l.nWlntpn4lr-p^tMffurpfar tmickuwH, up uf t-Tiiutii, Uu*. <0 ,4 JL br ot R-a. ■■MMB R*o < IB n ui. saaaa a ■ .. .* >M Vrrw-rv R. 1 . A TeeaaU^OoL tPIPI * " r"*' •*" t-wn Tftio. in.l at, wOD fli frpp. a.lit.f. 11 luri.rrr 00 . r„H land. Main*. .!• Notice. VOTICE is hereby given, that the „ . of John A. Ilnnipr, Onmmltt** ntt '* ,h * ,h * iMniVli !h' Mr ,s 4 " i r HAKI Ka" , V.|b ~<417 . A Teacher Wanted. THE School Board of Curtin town l m . mfcpr Mtmrfllt. w lulkppfttp' r.l h. l"Wr Tfc IPI • 111 hp *- *oNaA aijoTaa. il^a'ra. !afc-r^