®lit (Ctnftf jjpjuwttat. Thursday Morning, April 3,1884. Coß*ft*rosf>K*Cß containing Importnot n*w,ollcit ..! from any part of iliaoountjr. No communtcaik na mct Handkerchief Gartnana. —We hope March monopolized most of April'* showers. Bollefonte is fast becoming the tramp, opolis of Pennsylvania. Sheriff Neff has "cried" forty sales this spring and is not near through yet. Handsome Collars, and Kuching mid Ladies, tine Neck wear—Gnrntan*. D.> not forget the Grand Military Ball on Easter Monday evening, April 1-lth, in Armory llall. Many of the new style hats for spring have a tiny stuffed cat on the top, the latest thing in millinery. Mr. Jno. Boyer, the photographer, has given his car the finishing touches of paint and presents a very pretty appearance. —Mr Israel Corl, of Ferguson Town ship. received twenty dollars and fifty rents in one day last week for skunk scalps j —Street Commissioner Shattghensy ha* j bad his force at work cleaning and scrap. ' n£ up tho mud of our street* for the past j week. j —The foundation for the residence of .1 11. Bartruff is fast Hearing completion. , Mr. B. expects to have this residence ready , for occupancy by May Ist. Mr. J. W. Moore is now located in his new quarters above Harris' drug s'.ore, and probably ha* the finest and most per f.-ct photograph gallery in central i'-nr.- •y Ivania. John Noll, of Siring township, hn i become a resident of the north ward, and hail* from east Curtin street. Another Demo:ral to swell our party intj rity in the north ward. —Col. Greene, the colore.! barl-r who holds forth under Hi hards jewelry .Lore, was arros'ed and locked up for drunk n ssss and disorderly conduct by . ffics-r Montgomery on Friday la'. Mr. Samuel Van Orrner, father of, lames N. Van Ormer of this plare, died j at the residence of his ion, Itob't Van- < Ormer, in McVeytowrn, on Friday March I "Ist at the advanced age of 91 year*. —Gov. Curtin did the hand ome thing , ly Secretary Frelinghuysen in bis conduct ' of the Luker controversy. Governor Cur tin is never blind to merit nor tardy t" ; 'recognize it.—Philadelphia/V' ,M ir 22 Mattie Vickers at the Opera II use next Monday evening Thi* will be inrr.- ' '.erlainment of high or 1-r It i brought here at a considerable . xpense hv Manager Sour beck, and should r-ncive the p- per encouragement Sear fuss A Mayer will put their nw delivery w.gon on th* r-ad next M nday. and will deliver brcaj .. v Imk.-rgV to your door. They ann unc* also that on I the same day the Ice Cream • -a 1 n with | them will open in full J)!a;t. Mr. Wm. Jami-on lia- add ! at w leparture to his Carr ge II pair si. , it the western lerminu : It, hop feet, !.at of manufacturing br r.. Billy is . f,- t tla< workman, and wish liirn -ue ■*- ill this new departure. The full amount ■ I taxes f. r the -ireets along which pipe* w< re iaiJ by to- Steam Heating company should he imposed upon that corporation. Our streets were never in a worm condition tl an the way they w re left by them, after lay ing their pipe*. Dr. n. K HOT, the Coroner, in com* pany with several other gentlemen, vi.ited ib* cabin occupied by the late Jno. Kerwin at Nye Bank on Wednesday last, and found property enough to bear the funeral and •tber expense*. Among the articles wa* a note for s&>, given by Henry Brown at Hublersburg, and ca-h to the amount of $Xi, making in all #77. —At about one o'clock on Sunday after noon tbe dwelling house of Dr. Charle* Smith in Clinton county, about four miles below Yankeetown, took fire in the second •tory just a* tbe inu.aU* were eating their dinner. At tbe time ll.< y were in formed about it the upper part of the house wa* already developed in fiair.e* and they were forced to leaw the building in po#. seeeion of the angry flame* and flee with JLst what tbey were arrayed in. It wa* not a great while before some of the ad joining buildings took fire, and acorn crib, wagon shed, bog sty, and the store room and ware bouse were totally coosumed. Pive hogs were burned to death, and ffiOO in money wa* also destroyed in the flame*, $.lOO of which belonged to tho doctor's daughter, and she had it hemmed in tbe qarpet In the dining room. Tho prnbabie I ss i* about st r newed The Are originated through a ' defective flue. Personal. Mr. Fount Jack man, of Lock Haven, visited friends in Bellefonte on Thursday and Friday lnt. —The next eclipse will be a total one o> t tho moon, and will occur on the morning of Ihu Oth of April. Only n portion of it will bn visible however in this latitude. Mr. Wm. Billet, of Xitlhliy ilnll, has accepted a position in New Millport, Clear_ field county, ul hi* trade, that of carpenter, ing, and left for that place on Tuesday. Matter Theodore Stein, of Roland, gave tha sanctum of the Democrat a pleasant call on Saturday evening. Tbco It chock full of life, and i* business right to the point. Mr. Geo F Miller, of l'ineGrove Mills, dropped In to see us on Saturday and on rolled his name on our list of subscribers, which of course wa* the proper thing for him to do. Kev. W. O Wright, formerly of Miles burg, but now of Kylertown, preached at Beech Cp-ek on Sunday last. Efforts are being made by the congregations of Mile* burg and Beech Creek to ecuro hi* service* as pastor. Wo sincerely hope they may iucceed. Mr*. Annie Smith, wife of 'Squire Smith, had the misfortune to sprain her ankle very seriously on last Saturday morn* ing, and it not able to walk about as yet I Mr Edward L Gray, of tbe AVic, who has been confined to hit homo on Linn street for the past winter, is able to bo about again. Mr. R. G. Brett of Pine Grove Mills was in town oti Friday last, and of course did not forget to give the Democrat a short call. Mr. Brett looks quite hearty and says ho will bo a candidate for Pro thonotary this coming election. Mr. J. I). Scravondyko, accompanied by hi* iharming young wif>- has concluded |to make Bollefonte his | .l u c of future res. idence, with headquarters at the Bust, j House. Mr. S.-ravi ndy ke rej resents the ; well known House of Jo# I. A user A Co., j Biscuit manufacturers of Philadelphia, ■and is well and fav rably kn an in thi, part of the country. Mr Henry Van Dyke, tbe we,! known ' rai'.r *1 contractor, was in town * n bui no.s on Friday last, departing for Put* , burgh on toe 6 o'clock train. Mr Van | Dyke is \ very pleasant gentleman, and | expects to spend m >st of the • ming sea- J •on in Bellefonte. lie joined in a few , games of t has kers at the (iflrmnn in the afternoon before his departure, and thinks he will be able to play a close game with our players after getting a little more j practice. —Jno I). Fourbock, No 'J, was thrown i off Baurer's grocery wagon while passing over a diteb in front of W C Heinle's residence on Bishop street last Friday j , noon. It was thought at first th .1 he was . badly injured, as it was necessary !o carry , 1 him heme , but John's as tough as a pine , I knot, and turned out ft hi* usual skirm [ ishes in the afternoon, as naturally as if I nothing hnd occurred at all. I —Col D II Hastings has beer, els-clod Colonel of the V.h Regimens, with "heal quarters in the stirrup." The Col. is a i I brave soldier, a stalwart in politic*, a big 1 man, p*hjsically and Intellectually. a w arm . friend, and always a gentleman. 11 is lb hero > f three wars, a bait!*' rr*d veteran j >f a hundred bloody t! •d We heartily ••nd rse tbe e'*ction. Next t< our fr •nd Col .I ** W Fury, of the H'.w of r.o man m* re mjis'tciit to per , fo rh the dulle* Incumbent <>n the . ffi .* II- w:.l !• a*l the galllant Fifth "t > gl* rv and undying fame That s the kind o' . "'atne we all lib". Wh op *f ip* for < I)an *r-l let the band | -sn of laying a six inch main. Now, Fatn say* i they are either going to give the resident* I | of Bellefonte enough water or bust in the . attempt. With an additional main, and th* economy p.ratlin-d of late in the use of , water in the Rrpublicnn office, wo suppone . the cry for more water will pais into bi*t*.ry, , —The S'evn of la*t .Saturday *ys; Rail i road Contractor Vandy kn joined the . checker playing brigade at the Gar man House on Friday last. He *ar* this Is hi* a first checker experlcme for Ave year* and . after he get* a little practice he will be 0 able to teach the Bellefonte champion* ( something about the game.—But you for ( gat, Mr. JVeic* man, that "What i* sauce e for the goose I* alto sauce for the gander," • and while he get* that "tittle practice" the r Bellefonte champions will have received a J liltl* practice alo, and the "R. R. C."m*y a receive the full bs-imfll ol it a. t, li.| s.n i the occasion referred to le.r *. —Strawberries urn ripe ami telling at 25 cent* per quart. Nut in Bnllefonte, but Jmkaonville, Flit. Whut'a the difference between it hd itrul "Hour tucker "? A Rood bit. Tho one rr.KUe# brain* und tho other rum away with them. —Aa the Hupubliciin National conven tion li called early thia year, it l to be hoped that Blaine may oaeape hit quadren. nll aun atrokn. Lilac* ere pushing to bloom in Snow II ill.—Dover Dtlawarian. —We tbould judge It would take • greet deal of puthing to make lilac* bloom In a anowhlll. —The entertainment at Jackaonville on last Friday evening for the benellt of the Preabyterinn church by tho Chautauqua Literary Circle, wai well attended and very good throughout. —We wrote an article on "How to make a wife in*ane," but judge of our conaterna. lion whn tho compoaitor act it, "How to make a wife vote for Hlaino. " He evi dently i a Blaine man. A young ladv vliiting at Lock Haven received a letter on laat Saturday mntaur ing in length three yard* and twenty-nine inchea. Thia being leap year, that young lady ia a heathen if aho doe* not propoae at once, —Mr Jno Beer.er ia now in hi* new quarter*, juat one door below where be 1 formerly held forth. It haa alwaye been hia aim to keep the beat meat the market ' afford*, and to aell at a reaaonable price With theae facta In view it will pay you well to purchase of Mr. Dwtar. Mia* Mallie Ytekeri aurpriaed the reg ular patron* of the Opera Houae la*t night with a performance *o much auperior in an artiatic aenie to Minnie Palmer a, that the majority will give the paim to Mia* Viikera, who i a graceful, Intelligent and handaome actroaa. She *bine in the line 1 ahe ha* rhoaen, and i* nire to make her mark —to become a great pub lic favorite, a* the aun i* lure to 1 ahine somewhere t -morrow The per formance i* of n< ndetcript order, but it i very pleading and there i* nothing • ffi n aive in it Mr Roger#, a clever *■ tor. give* capital imitation* of well-known actor#. The marvel la that nub a clever | bit of people hould come in at the fag end j of the aeaaon. They are worlhv of the br t week* in a aeaion - l'\tf'bu.-g Ooi/y Chrome* I ' j —On March 27th the ('Y*rfl..!fl c > m!y coal operat ira gave notice that on April Lithe j rice of mining would le reduced 1 from 50 cent* to t't cent* pr ton of 221b pound*, and ail other wage* in proportion ' Thia doe* not *trike th miner* very favor- ! ably, and a majority of them nay they will ' not accept lhoe price* unlea* the manage ment discontinue the order *vtem and pay 1 in ca*h every two week*. Ai*o making a ton 2,000 pound* net. l*nl* om kind of a compromise i effected a long and do. | tarmined itrike ia expascted. Ready made window Shudct Gar- j man*. —Scar foal A Mayer'a ice cream parlor | haa juat been enlarged and handaoroely painted and papered. They haveaiao added j a fine muaica! inatrument, in i rder that you may receive acme recomjrnae from the whhed girl who lure* you nto an ice cream parlor and make* you tquander your ! la*t quarter on her <■ imiiii Lup nfaahmere* in I' k ■lor*—Guaranteed etr i ■ I v nil w. I •J.irm.in*. —The CrjiiHK DKWIH RAT !-.cal want* the girl# t> organise K ar.y thing to d ■ with, be w .-uld pr-hably war a coat ar. l li< uol of mall the r.. *i time be venture f. rth to < ■ rnun l< r af.-re,aid female ,\V . • N w, ay, Newt . .<• k here d-n'l leave ua in the dark like that, t' uid you not liave informed ua who the young lady in quMlion i, in order that we might keep on the alert 1 We have no helmet of mail, j nor do wo wart any helmet fc-male in our dirh. If we wre g'd at gue**ing. we ahould .aimply ak if it were any ot the young l*di* who tried, but tailed ao in gloriously, to learn you how to makeaprona and aew carpe>t rag, a few evening* ami —The following from the If .iti*<; T:i hunt will inlereat Wilktnaon, Hale, Mul len, Valentine, and Wagner. Wo auppoM it will bo immaterial to thoao who ahoot at woorfen ducka : Yeaterday a fliick of wild gecae wero permitted to reat for aevera' ! hour* on McCahan'a mill dam. A* it ia ( ■ unlawful to kill web footed fowl* now our gunner.* wero afraid to thool at them. It H a nico law for our country, and in order to let our citi*"n# *e Juat how nice it i* wa copy it, via: Be it enacted, etc., That from and after the pat*age of lb'a act it shall be unlawful to hurt, ahoot, kill or doatroy any web footed wild fowl e*upt on Monday, Wed nc*day and Friday, and then only from the flrat day of September to tin f!rt day Of 1 January In each year. Any pi*otior |u>r on offending agin*t th provt* lor., of ;bi* act *hall be liable to a fine nf s.'•> fey v ille thia aummer Rumor tay• that j ••ither Prof. Hoaterman. of Centre Hall | •choolt, or Prof. R-ibb, of the M.fflmburg i | 'chool*, will take bit place here thia turn- , : mer. Mil* Mary Ouie wa* the be*t*j,eeker a' the exhibition. Her clear and d.rtir.ct ar j licuiation and easy addrea* prove that he | : [<*r*eaaea the prominent requiiile* for an ( ! actreaa . Prof. Ezra Smith and bit wife, net P. . | Riahel, leave tbi* week for Dakota, 111. ' On lait Saturday, John Sweetwood of i ; Sprucetown attempted to troia the railroad | | at the i on bridge near Grenoble a alore, j juat a* the forenoon train was making a "flying bift." The railroad croeaea the | to w nth I p road about one rod l#yond the j bridge. Mr. Sweetwood weitr I until the engine ha! pka*ed when, thinking the way dear, proceeded to cro the track Being omrwhat bard of h"*ring. and ing a ■ man rn li ning to him to *'."j', he locked ip the tr* k ft"r the engine, not thinking that there wre any car* c nnng, when u*t *• the horse got on the tr*< k, the do uched car* which were foil wing the on g r.e 'r it I. the animal, killing him, I rank ing tho buggy, and injuring Mr iw bakery and confectionery. Have you seen the cherry tables at K 1 B. Sj.angler A Co s ? —lt B. Sj.angler keeps the best mattress n Bellefonte. List of letters remaining in the post- I office at Bellefonte, Centre county, Pa March 111, 18H4 : Beros Allow, Miss Ina Biake, Miss Al ice Cole, Geo A Dyer, Israel Freeze, J B. Fisher, Mist Mari Guedi. W. T. Hun ter, Miss Kllen Harpster, John Kinnan, James M< Miller John Xoole, Robt Own, David Peits rs, w D i lie her, A. M. lieeler, Krwin Bpair*—2, Geo F. Smith, Daniel Smith. Mrs. Kliza Tale, Miss Lizzie White, Miss M F. Welch, Kidney Whip ple, Cha. Williams. Persons inquiring f..r letters mentioned in the above list will please sav they are sdvert!§d. Jjrn. T JnßXsrcci, 1* M Pil-s of furniture are < r.stantiy C'.u.irg and going ah it the new pa e ~f Jt 1J Spangier A Co. Make home attractive, l.uce Cur j taiu a will do it.'inrmans the place t get them. —4"urain* and I*ole—Carman*. MARRIED. XOI.RN KRTMt - Or, it. .- I 1.,.l Sl lh | '■l HilUiitn in I'- i/.n 11 |' M iWrnhitH J I* Mr Jan.'# M V!l. <-f .*>'butii ij] 'Gtst* at.J M Kl!rL#th M Krln,of h' k'k'* list)', ' ♦hlr ccnitsfy, I'A Trial Lint The trial list for toe . ■ 1 week of court, commencing on the -Ith Monday 28lh is as follows . J W l|.< trr IS. JM WKI.II l>#rr, J It Lit.i. If*r? linf, •! M M Jm r Womtof - t.no I; K . J 'lrH. llo I Co " It r i N*l I**l4 florj " J" Hot Ajrt. Mri At/M B ;r " " " It F tlh k*f J Ft Cfcifk *1 i! *ofT Sabi s'l Kii Of .' II W*rrt i " V A*b Jkl Brklff Tbfl# lttUf f flatly Jmo Jnoio Jtc* t M*>*r Tiut Lift 2t> Wm r J Mis va J M Hitler, el al J B S.sb> r " K It tiun-aa A IV. et at J*c H Hottftn M Jog I T>snoiyAt>, ' M C ft *l-, Jm IfU-rif. '* " Itl4 " Jm A ltk*H Jo M RA RuMfl JTtbrr. rtL J(4H Mtifti J II H Cool, M Tti rn|- n *rrt?*] !'• T | b- i f ?j'| J i NflOnMi " Auti: I II R Bart M JoolfUbfy. BARE Co.st of the White Paper! Look at thi. Will you let thi rare op jxiryinity pa b> ? The CENTRE DEMOCRAT, The AMERICAN FARMKR, AND — A book on the Trcntitre of the Horw. j All for Cash in a,d but rivals parfsf wbit" len-i j,, j,. sninthnes in working and du'ahflity. This paint is guarant4|M by ibft manufacturers not t> era' * or pfel w thin tbr<-e •, ears. The guaranUse is not only gfft#d for rplan if it should crack or pl within thn time specified It will iso to vour Interest lo t all and s.. Wilson, Mc- Fd'lane Ac Co , before purchasing either wbitsi lead or any other Koady Mizei Paint. Buy your Kprlng gresds <u can get a heavy suit < f < i thos at V eming's if you wish them, but .*"|r;rg will so<.n be hero ard you may want a r.. i ghlru.tinstead. ■ Mr. Fleming has just received a nic in voice of this (ia> of gr is. ' —Five.cent gingham German's. —Ruben Kpar.gler has a big te>m in hi* fjrniture. Clever feilosr, ai d everybceiy lik'-s to deal with bim. Everybody is milled to S. arf Ac ■ Mayer's to buy br< ad pies, 'ale, and con -1 fscti- ni. i "R N iiTP E I. hr,.l , , ..a thai o.e Wluw ng u>a FMRTUAB ' *b I Ml *##-!' ibg b f Jt fib Auk-f ii A 11A*}0I ** LW .i- Jcsl!* Ik. t?, J 118 AfeßtfßM J L . tiii !•• !*>}• . I- Li# B hi. JFTR*Y HKFN T*RRN BOALI TIRF J. HB LUTSKDK.* HDMRLNHF L'M l t -'jl# - - PH R • JHN A ftlrOait'V* Wliltajß W M nMorfar ** I Ma/ ti. lUl'f, BofXk " I I Hugh Wrd ** I Rom ] Hrok A H ilbffitc *" I II ffcbttU Timti r tr T| i J'.br || <>bki?k |H DJRj*f " Kmc " Ffrinf lUnry R'M. " BAik-r •J i >ki jiti Klwßf)#.? " Prtsb < An/lrrkk )mt i M IlklbM H a M.Af* <*fAg4 John H lUMjr " * f'Cllunml ** lUrtit I T M'.m - Milm .'owi VtrtW R4M, J A frfUnntit ti*f frir'o J. C. lIAKI IR, Cieik. / VRPHANS' <ee to public sale, at the Court House in Belle fonte, on MONDAY. APRIL 2*tb, 18*4, at 1 o'clock P. M , the following described i real estate of said decedent : 1. The Mansion House trait, containing live acres and one hundred and seventeen , perches, [ha. 117 p situated on the lurn | pike at Potters Mills village, adjoining , tands of Joeeph Carson, on which erected a large two-story mansion, ! story office, stable and other outbuilding*. Ai. rj desirable kollira and property. Mk 2. AU that farm containing seventy-" eight acres and owe hundred and twenty 'even perches, (78 a. 12" p.) situated on ' the road to Boabhurg, and one mile west of the "Old Fort" Tavern, lying between , the farm* of Maj. Wm. F Ueynold* and Mr* Mary P. Wilon heirs, and original ly part of the Manor of Nottingham. There are no buildings on lhu farm, j 8. Five acres and eeventy-tbree percbe* adjoining No. 2 above desrribed. In the • south-east, consisting of fifteen lots, hO fl. wide by lbO feet in length, originally laid out by John Livingston and called War i ret,,burgh, and four lot* known a* tb# l ririch wtsod lot*, iadjoining on the north : lots number one and two of Warran*- ' burgh 1 on which ire erected a good fram* house, large tarn,and other out-building*. 4 A tract of wood land at the foot of Nitany mountain, containing 80 acre* and IfiO pserche*, adjoining land* late of Jacob Alexander et a)., and part of a lurvevr made on a warrant to Jam#* Moersjlttei December 14, 1788, patch ted December - 10. 1803 t 9 TERMS.—Five per cent, of lh# pur. chase money to oe paid wb#u tb# several propertle* are knocaed down; one-third of the balance upon the canfirtnatlon of the sales; one-third in one year thereafter, and the remaining third in two year* thereaf- 1 ter, with Interest, the latter payment* be secured by bond and mortgage on lh<4r premise*. * JOHK B. LINK, Administrator of Dr.W I. Wilson, dee d, Bellefonte, P*., April Ist, 188| -St. • ....