fht Centre gmwnt. ■ ■■ ■ ■■ ■ ——- BSLLEFONTE, PA. 35 MILLIONS OF MONEY Great Expectations of Two Philadelpbiana. They Claim to bt Heir* to an Immense fa tale Left ly Their German Uncle. Two of the heirs to a fortune of $35,- 000,000 have turned up in this city. This alleged wealth was left by Clias. A. Brosins, of Germany, who died some time ago intestate and without uuv direct heirs. He was the uncle on the mother's side of Anton and Earn est Atnbroni, who have resided in Philadelphia many years. Anton Am broin is a beer brewer at No. 1138 Dillwyn street, and his brother is a tinsmith at Second and York streets. Anton Atnbroni said yesterday that he had no doubt that they would sue ceed in establishing their claim to a portion of the vast estate, and had al ready begun proceedings to make out their case. His uncle, he said, came to the United States nearly half a centu ry ago, and about twenty-live year after he left the old country wrote to his sister —Mr. Ambrou's mother-that if she would come over he would take care of her, as he had made a great deal of money. She, however declin ed to leave Gernirny. Shortly after ward Mr. Ambron came to the Uni ted States and established himself in business in Philadelphia where he was successful in building up a competen cy. He fount! that his uncle was liv ing at Liberty, in this state, where he hud a number of line farms and was considered wealthy. Some years after this the uncle moved out west, and, the nephew heard, accumulated a large amount of wealth in real estate trans actions ami grew immensely rich. For years, however, nothing has been heard of him by his nephews in this city, but they were not surprised some time ago to learn that their uncle had died and left a large fortune, amount ing to $35,000,000. There are three branches of the Hrcsius family, and a representative of one branch ha- al ready visited Germany in order to es tablish a claim to the fortune, and failed; but Mr. Ambron says that he knows that his branch of the family has a good claim, and the others did not succeed because they were only very remotely connected to the dead man. The Ambrons do not expect, how ever, to get possession of the entire 835,000,000, a there are many other heirs both in this county and in tier many who would come in for a -hare. A number of the heirs live in Alliance Ohio, and a meeting will he held there in a ,-hort time to complete arrange ments to establish their claim to tne old man's millions. The heirs in this eitv are however, already iu commu nication with their German relatives in regard to the matter, and are await ing a reply before taking final steps. Mr. Ambron will probably go to Europe in a short time,and [lorsonally superintend the proceedings in the German courts. . A Poor Widow's Damages II oc it Woman Espertmy f ",0 I' ■£■*'■*. ■-/. —— Not long ago a man crossing a rail road track on a mule was struck by a j locomotive and killed. The mule was also hurried into eternity. The man while sober was a gentleman, but when j drunk was u perfect tyraut of the deep est dye. Without any provocation whatever he used to bat his wife and lock her up in the wardrobe, hence' when she heard of his death it was not so much of a case of heavy hcreave- ' merit as it was of mitigated affection. As the engineer of the locomotive was clearly to blame for the accident it was suggested to the widow that she bring a suit for damages. She resolved to do so and called at the office of the railway company. The proper official hapened to be in. The widow had such a clear case against the company that it was deemed advisable to compromise the matter. "Now, madam," said the official, af ter the widow had thrown hack her veil and stated her business, "we are willing to do what is fair in this mat ter. There is really no occasion to go to law. It is a delicate question to dis cuss, so I think. Without going into the merits of it, I will tender you a cheek for $3,000 and you will sign a paper releasing the company from any further demands." The widow stared and asked. "How much ?" "I am authorized to pay you $3,- 000." "I accept it," she said, very much agitated. The check was handed over, the papers signed and the widow walk ed out into the street in a bewildered frame of mind. As she cashed the check she said to herself confidential ly : "I didn't expect to get more than SSO. I reckon that railroad fellow didn't know how old that mule was." SOME fool of a Congressman has pro posed au amendment to the constitu tion giving Congress the right to en force contracts entered into by the Ktates. It is singular it did not occur to him to move directly for the abol ishing of state lines, and the institu ting of one great cousilidated empire, in the stead of our present Federal Government.. Silver From Ancient Babylon Tho British museum has just ac quired an interesting selection of 31 silver objects, which give an insight into the daily life of the Babylonians and reminds us of the find of the bird dealer's shop at I'ompeii. These ob jects, which werenll found together on the site of Babylon, consists of frag ments of silver dishes, the broken han dle of a vase and coins, most of the latter being defaced and clipped. It is easy to see that all has been broken purposely by a practiced hand, with the view of using the metal again, and we may fairly conclude that the col lections is the remains of a silver smith's or coiner's shop. Among the coins is a Lycian one in good preserva tion. So fur as can he judged from the va-c handle and dishes the art is dis tinctly Babylonian under Persian in fluence, and the work shop may date from the conquest of Alexutidi r. THE Rev. Henry Ward Beccher was at the Pacific hotel yesterday, winre a Tribune reporter had a brief talk with him. "Politics in New York state," snid he, "are a trifle mixed. Governor Cleveland has shown him self a sensible man thus far, and has not made any mistakes, hut we don't know what he may do by and by." "How about the Republican par ty ?" "It is waiting for something to turn up. The next election will decide which party shall hold sway, The President, I think is really attempting to hold the party together ami to mus ter it in on middle ground. It has held power so long that factions have arisen in it. Its worms are all in its own bel ly, and if it took a little vermifuge to drive out its worms it would be in a much healthicreendition. I don't know how much influence the Conkling men may IK* useing, hut with all of Conk ling's great ability Ido not think he can unite the Republican party. The tariff qustiou is making a very consid erable stir in both parties. The Demo crats are as much in the mud as the Republicans are in the mire They can't afford to lose Pennsylvania, neither can they afford to lose any of the Western states, which are all for free trade. lam a free-trader myself, and the working men are taking large ly to this view. The tariff question is ! dividing the parties very much, and ! the present agitation does not promise j much [>eace to the community. The , protectionists, like a hungry baby do not like to let go of the teat." "PARSON*," said a man approaching an Arkuiisaw minister, "I reckon you'd better take my name off your church books and let uiego." "Why so?" a.-ked the preacher. "You have always been a consistent church member." "Wall, you see I stole a mule, and 1 I thought that it wouldn't he healthy • for the church for nie to In-long to it." "When did you steal the mule?,' "About six months ago." " Why, since that time you have as ! listed in several revivals. When were you seized with remorse?" "To-day." "Was there a cause that influenced yon to make an ack now led me tit'" "Yea something of a cause." "What was it ?" "They proved that 1 stole the mule. Sol have concluded to quit the church. If they hadn't proved it I would have remained longer." MANY of the wealthiest MEN in New York began |Kmr. Jay Gould ws a cow boy. James R. K-en came from England with twenty dollars in his pocket. Ruftis Hatch began by deal ing in "garden sn-s," I). Appleton kept a grocery store, Yillard was a report er, Leonard Jerome wn an itinerant printer, H. R. Clafin was a Vermont school teacher, Charles O'Conor was born in a shanty of the poorest of Irish parents and Peter Cooper was a. hat ter's apprentice. - THE once famous William and Ma ry college, nt Williamsburg, Va.. the Alma Mater of Jeffi-rson, Marshall, Monroe and Randolph, had only one student last year, and is now closed. DARK DAYH AHEAD FOR FRANCE. It is evident that another storm is brewing in France, the issue of which is contemplated with fear and doubt by alt the sincere friends of the French people. ONE of S. W. Dor soy'a hallucina tions is that he is on trial for stealing the state of Indiana from the Demo crats. He will never he tried for that magnificent feat. Has he not been justified by the approval of every Christian statesman in the land. IT is reporter! that President Arthur has become smitten by the charms of Miss Sarkvill West, daughter of the British minister, the heir presumptive to his brother, Ixird Kackvill. Miss West, who is quite young, is said to be n great beauty. Her grandfather was I/ml De I A Warr, a decenilant of the Wars of Edward Ill.'g time. THE Girard estate iu Philadelphia is now valued at $9,630,000, and the financial report of the receipts show, they amounted last year to $1 022,807 includitig a balance from 1881 of $91,- 001, and the expenditure* of the year we f $994,006. Of the expenditures $467,000 go to the t ollege, and $526,- 000 to tbo care of the estate and taxes A leuraiitler if Co., Sup ft! if Store. ZF'-A-IR/IMIIEK'S' STXIPIFIjT" STORE. ALEXANDER & CO., Htoro 7 1 West Street, opposite Rush House, llellefonte, l*a. EVERYTIIINH FOR TilK FARM AM) HARDEN. GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS. —We "ffcr to the public the largest stock ami greatest variety of Harden anil Flower Seeds, which we retail for the least money < a* oompared with any other dt-alcra in Central Pennsylvania.) We buy our Beans, I'eas and Sweet Corn by the bushel; we sell them in quuulitiea to suit purcbasers, by the pint, <|tiart, Ac., measured with dry measures (not liquid measure.- , by which our customers gain 1"> per cent, over those purchasing from dealers u-ing liquid or molasses measures. We buy our Beet, Cab bage, Celery, < btion, Bullish and Turnip Seed by the pound, in the sale of which we give our customers great advantages, in quality as well as price, as compared with those put up in papers by seedmen. PAPERED SEEDS— We sell II emlerson's Seeds at catalogue prices. We sell jjindrrth's Seeds three live-cent pa|ers for ten cents. The -eed- we offer are warranted to be fresh, as certain to grow a- any seeds that are put on the market. We believe Henderson's Seeds to be the best. We have never known them to fail, except by a mistake in planting or from drouth or extreme changes of climate. We make this statement from our own experience of fifteen years with these seeds. We know Mr. Henderson to Ix; one of the most practical Gardeners and Florist* in this country for many years. We furnish Fruit Trees, Ornamental Trees, Blackberry, Ka-plwrry and Straw lurry Root* and Graju- Cuttings to order. Catalogues in English or German furnished free on application. FARM SEEDS. —lt is a source of satisfaction that we are able to announce to our customers and friends that we can supply them with clean Field Seeds. In the first place, we cxcrci-e the greatest care and inspection when buying seeds. When we purchase Western Seed* we always order " choice," which i* the be.-t brand known to the trade. Wo reel can Clover and Timothy Seed ; wc separate Plantain Seed from Clover Seed successfully. We cannot sep arate Buckhorn and other noxious weed seed* of the -arne si/e rs Clover Seed, except tie so that are lighter and can be blown out; therefore we do not buy Clover Seed mixed a- last stated. Wc have on sale Mammoth and Small Clover Seed, choice Timothy Seed, White Clover Seed, AUyke or Swedish Clover Seed, Orchard Gr— Seed, Kentucky Blue Gra- Seed, Hod Top Grn Seed, I.nwn Grass Sid, Meadow Foxtail Gra-s Seed, Meadow F<-scue (;rax- Sul, Sweet-scented Vernal Graaa S<-ed, Rough-stalk Meadow • irn Seed, Hard Fescue Grass Seed, Tall < >at Grass Seed, Cre*ted Dogstail Graas Seed, Perennial Rye Grass Sul, Italian Rye Gra-* Seed, Fiorin and other Grae- Sul*. Farmers wonder why weeds grow. The reason is plain—to keep down weeds every part of the soil niu.-t Ik- furnished with plants of grass that mature at ditf- rent |srixl*. A great variety of grass i* essential to promote gixxi pasture all the season. The butter made in the vicinity of Philadelphia is noted above all other for its delicious flavor, which is attributed fo the qualitv of the grass upon which the cows grare, which is described us I>eiug very aromatic. BARLEY. —We have on sale n mall lot of Minnesota and Scotch Barley, fir seed. BUCK WHEAT.—Silver Hulled. W ill am B. Kckb v, of Henm-r township, purchased 2* pound* of thi* Buckwheat of us last year, from which he raised .'lO bushel". We have equally good reports from other customers. SEED CORN. irn from Gen. Beaver's farm. whi<-h proved to be the most satisfactory Corn to our customer* during the last season. OATS. —Wc keep in stock the Excelsior White Oats and the Russian White Oat-. Both of these varieties gave good satisfaction year. Prices low. HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES < hie of the ncci--ary e-sentials to a well-regulated household i- fust-class Sewing Machine. The Sewing Machine business at one time wa- the greatest roonotxdy on earth. Extortionate prices were demanded and obtained for Sewing Machines, without regard to their merits. Some of the companies try to kee pup the old practice. Happily, the day when people have to yield to this extortion ha- passed. During the p**t two years we have successfully combatted this old extortionate practice in Centre county and have brought alwnit a new era in the S wing Machine bu-iness. By attention to busi ness and close inspection of the quality of machines, we heartily recommend the Remington as the best-made, lightest-running, mot durable and most superbly-equipped Sewing Ma chine offered for sale in Centre county. We challenge competition in any particular, no matter what other manufacturers claim, and we sell at prices which, if those in want of Sewing Machines will consult th ir own interests, is the very best inducement why they should buy of us. The reason we can make this offer is that we buy for cash and sell at our store. It costs at least from 812 to 820 each to peddle a Sewing Machine through the country and sell it. A moment's reflection will teach that this extra cost comes off tho purchaser. Those who buy of us at our store save this extraordinary expense. We give the very bc*t warrantee with all the machine* we sell. We sell the finest quality of Needle* for all Sewing Machines, at 2o centH to 30 cents per dozen, and best Machine Oil at 10 cents per bottle. WASHING MACHINES- flic most desirable labor-saving machine in a house is a good ('lothis Washing Machine. From our own experiem-e and the testimonials we have of others, we offer the Walker Washer, anil here make public in the following Inn guage: This Washer is simple in construction and so easy of operation that after a few momenta of instruction I a child ten years old can do the washing. It is compact — a child can carry it. It never gets out of order. No delay in fitting it to nny sized tub. It work* wholly on the principle of pressure; does not wear the clothes in the least. It will wash the finest laces or the heaviest blanket*, bed quilts or carpets. If water boiling hot is used (which may be continually done, as you arc not required to put your hands in the water), yr.u need not boil the clothes to free them from stain, or bleach them. As an investment, there is nothing pertaining to domestic economy that will pay the purchaser so large a profit as this little Washer, both in saving of clothing and the drudgery of wah-day to our wives and daughters. Wc are continually iu receipt of testi monials of the highest commendable character, without a single exception, from those who arc using these machines, showing conclusively that the design of' the inventor it a complete succesa, and his most sanguine ideas of tho Washer ere being fully and practically realized. All wc ask is an investigation and a fair trial of this mechine, and we know your prejudices will melt away like frost under the morning sun. We take great pleasure in showing oar Implements and Seeds to all those who rail upon us. Every owner of a cow or other cattle should feed them a portion of Cotton seed or Lioseed meal. For sale by ALEXAMUER A FO. Belletonte, Fa- Mt-w AUrertincm?ntn. PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE. Winlar lerm begin! Januarr ie 3. Till* lnetlfutiK in I hemtetr) 3. A l.'leeelral and firnotlfr |'|i|eu| ,ij I .1..., Ml liter 3 litill |a r. |ilref. - e .'D:|wn) l n perm I the j i.e. ij.l t u H the l-.rr wer wiet.ee tl the Ibtereet ,e ; r tnnll, i ,d I Jl, to CIIAKLIM P. MfKltMA.VAttorney at law. i.'T Coun.,tfe.i Kvadle, Ha or to IiAVIZi Z. KLIfSK.CoAj j raieer, J -" Belief.' nte. Pa NOW IS YOUF. TIUE. Get two Wceklt Newspapers for the Price of One. 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