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Foreign advertisements must be paid for before in- | sertion, except on yearly contracts, when half-yearly payments in advance will be required ; PoLiricas Norices, 156 cents per line each insertion, Nothing inserted for less than 50 oents KR Busixess Norioss, in the editorial columns, 15 cents por line, each insertion. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Texas for the “Old Ticket." GaLveston, May 25.—Returns from forty-one counties where democratic con- ventions were held on Saturday indicate the sentiment of Texas as in favor of Til- den and Hendricks. The returng are nearly unanimous for the old ticket. nt A—— Grant and Conkling Reported For Blaine. Wasaixarox. D. C.,, May 24.—Con. gressman Milliken, of Maine, said to- «day that letters and telegrams received by Blaine men in the House from New York show that Conkling and Grant have declared themselves in favor of Blaine. It was also said at the Capital that Don Cameron had reached the same conclusion, am—————— Three Monste Sr. Jonx's, N. F., May 23.—Three monster icebergs are reported on the Newfoundland coast, one, over nine miles long, drifting along at the mouth of White Bay; one, estimated to be seven miles long, passing south forty miles east of St. John’s, and a third, geveral miles in circumference. in St John’s Bay, aground on George's Rock and almost alongside the harbor of St. John's, A Western Pennsylvania Tele graph Company r Icebergs. Pirrssure, Pa., May 23.—Notice has been given that an application will be made for a charter for the Western Pennsylvania Telegraph Company. The territory covered by the company will be Greene, Washington, Beaver, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Butler, Allegheny, Westmoreland, Fayette Somerset, Indiana, Armstrong. Clarion, McKean, Elk, Jefferson, Clearfield, Cam. bria, Blair, Bedford, Centre and Camer- on, counties, The incorporators are employes of the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company. General Grant Indignant at Certain Reports. New York, May 22.—General U, 8. Grant stated to-night to a reporter that the rumor that his son, U. 8, Grant jr, had fled to Canada to escape was wholly without foundation. Young Grant had gone this evening to Norristown, N. J, where he lives, and would be found in his office at the usual hour to-morrow mbraning. Both of his sons, the general said, were in town and would remain here, Ie was very indignant that the report had been circulated or that cre dence should have been given to it. sis —— A AI— To Btump and Tramp for Butler. Ewuina, N, Y,, May 21.—Ralph Beau- mont. of Elmira, president of the Knights of Labor, will make a tour of | the continent on foot from Maine to California. He will start from Bangor on July 3, and expects to make upward of twenty miles a day, delivering a lect. ure every night at some town on the route on the labor and antimonopoly questions, He will advocate the elaims of Benjamin F. Butler to the support of independent voters as a Presidents candidate. Mr. Beaumont expects to reach Californias before’the close of the carpaigi. I AO—s An Insane Mother's Terrible Deed. Bt. Louls, May 25.—This morning Mrs Alexander Edmont, of No. 1210 South Compton avenue, left her bed about 4.80 o'clock and going to an adjoining room forced open the desk of her husband and procured a razor. Returning to the bed. room she cut the throats of her 8-month- old buby and 4-year-old daughter Carrie, and then passing into the next room she drew the razor across the throat of ber daughter Emma, § yours old, but did pot make a very deep wound, The child | Marl awoke and screamed, which awakened the fatker, who rushed into the room. While be w 5 caring for the child bis wife went 5 | Prussic acid, into her own room, lay down beside her dond babies and cut her throat. Bhe i now in a critienl condition, Bhe wae in- sane, So Suicide of a Minister. Cuintacorne, Mo, May 22.-—Rev. R, Williams, who has been a respected minister here, was waited upon Tues day afternoon by deacons of church, who had heard that he lisble at any time to be indicted for bigamy. He admitted that been twice married but said kis former his was he had | wife had deserted him and he had heard He added that the next day he would vindicate himself or re. | of her death, sign his pulpit. After the deacons left he went out for a walk, and as he did not return search was made and Wednpes- day morning, his dead body was found in a field, the hand clasping a bottle of He left no statement, 1 “pr . * 0 | and his wife says she knows of no previ. | | ous marriage, | Eo. Terrible Ocean Disaster. i p— - Loxpox, May 24.—Meagre reports are Brit. The date of the wreck received here of the wreck of the ish ship Syria, | # not given but she is stated to have «truck on one of the Fiji group of is and were lands in the South Pacific that seventy of her acean passengers drowned. Further then this, whether her crew were saved or not, is not given, A dispatch from Madrid this morning says the steamer Castalia, from Palermo for New York is grounded off Denis, She has jettisoned part of her The weather is very rough and the sea run Spain, cargo, but cannot be floated yet. ning high so that assistance cannot be sent to her. She may break up before The news of the wreck was received her crew can be rescued. first Lloyd's. The lost passengers were all coolies, - Ward Lodged in Jalil ay New Yorx, May 22. Ferdinand Ward, after unsuccessfully spending the day in endeavoring to obtain $300, 000 bail to enable him to regain his liberty, was taken to the Ludlow street jail to-night and lodged in a cell there, He refused to see any person, Act of June 13, 1836, laws of Penn. sylvanis: The supervisors aforesaid shall cause posts to be erected at the in. tersection of all public roads within their respective townships (where trees are not convenient), with boards firmly fixed thereon, and “index bands,” pointing to the direction of such roads on which boards shall be inserted, in large and legible characters, the name of the town, village or place which such roads may lead, and the distance to thereto computed in miles If any su; ervisor after ten days per-onal notice, neglect or refuse to put uj p Or kes 17 Complete repair index boirds as "we said, such supervisor shall, 1 such offence, forfeit and exceeding £20, “Ve — AI—— ess Embarrassments. Tue NEW YORK CITY. Busin SUSPENSION OF Wrar New York, May 24 <7 morning Cashier Dobler refused to speak of the West Side Bank or its affuirs uel in the afternoon. At 1.30 P. Mm, bank suspended, and Mr. Dobler silence was ile the expliined., Prasseiiton: George Moore says they closed beesuw the American clear for them. [He said | they had plenty of Exc hange refused further that money tostand the run all day, but he wanted to treat all the depositors fairly, On the clcsed doors was posted the following notice: “With the deepest sor. { row we have to announce the suspension of this bank. A statement will be pre pared at once, Depositors will be paid in full, and we hope to resume again {and ment a continuance of your part | favors.” Thomas J. Cromble, a lumber dealer filed an assignment to-day to Nelson H. Salisbury, with preferences smounting to $16,637. ; Boston, May 24.—Seven-eights of the liabilities of 8. Blanchard, the Rich. mond, Va., wholesale grocer and impor. ter, who failed yosterday for $225,000 are held in Boston. Kidder, Peabody & Co., representing Baring Brothers & Co., simitted that they were creditors to the amount of 149.600. President Bigelow, of the Massachusetts National Bank, admitted that his bank was a creditor to the amount of about $50,000, but said they were secured. Pirrssune, Pa, May 24H, A, Col. lier, a prominent attordey, disappeared a week ago. This afternoon the discoy. ory was made that $4000 in his possession, 4 assignee of the bankrupt iron firm of Roose, Graff & Woods, was missing. He also loft numerous private ereditors, w—— » —— Violent Storm in Texas. Avsrin, May 24, ~-8pecials from Tyler, in, Navasata, Crockett, Waverly and other points in noathenst at | | country are flooded, Such tremendous rains have not been known in Texas for many years, (reat damage to erops has slrendy resulted. In some sections the arops had been planted again, Mexia addedYto torrents of rain, a cy. clone of much force passed over the northeast portion of the city at 8 o'clock [last night, A peculiar glare of light followed its track, at times quite bril liant. It is not believed that damage resulted, A eyclone 200 yards wide passed between Fairfield much and Stewartsville Tuesday noon. | Forests were uprooted in its path. At Hempstend a child 6 weeks old was blown sixty yards and left unburt, A house containg five negroes was blown All escaped except child, killed, damage {sustained by all railroads through in down, one who was Great was numerable washouts, In Eastern Texas fie is practically at a stand railroad traffie still, cA W—— Peaceable Election at Danvile Daxvitie, Va, May 2 2 ~The election passed off without any disturbance, The democratic or white party nominee were P J. H. Johnston, present incumbent for elected, Captain W, Graves beats mayor by 402 votes, Nearly every white vote was polled, and about seventy about one hundred not voting. The | negroes voted the democratic ticketand | has how continued «ix teen woeks, Fav River, Mass, May 24.-The striking spinners at the Border City mill have voted vo go in on Wednesday, The strikers at some of the cther mill will also return, Thestriking sploners are holding a meeting this morning consider the and whether to end the strike, Pirrssuna, Pu, May 23.—This morn. ing in the Court of Common Please a situntion decide petition was filed by the rolling mill firms of Allegheny county, praying for the granting of a license for the trade tribunal under the Wallace aet, provi ding for voluntary trades tribunals, The petition se's forth that, owing to a and « dispute me ployes in this Judiecinl District, a between employers FE pension of work is probable. Judge | Stowe heard the application and announ- | | ced that if there were nothing to inter pose the license will be granted te-mor row, It is undersiood that a petition from the workmen's side, which is nee from those Association, essary, will come outside the Amalgamated as the latter are s'rongly opposed to a settle ment of the troubles by arbitration, The iron workers will present a scale to the manufacturers to-morrow, and if not signed by June l age neral strike { will be the result, | EA - Robbery and Outrage Arasaxa, Ga. May 22. Two negroes, existence of the two parties, democratic and republican, one composed mostly of white men and the other mostly of colored men, was ignored in this can One party was for a white man’s led by J. H. Johnstone was in opposition, Cameron Vass, government, while the other this | morning and remained until the after | Much courtesy was shown bim i Governor came up | noon. | by the citizens, He said pleasantly that he had received a carpet bag full of let. ters about sending troops, and had come to see for himeelf, snd was pleased at the quite and order prevailing here The citizens are much provoked at the | circulars issued by Mayor Johnston which deemed outrageous. They have bung him effigy across the main is street, and are parding in torch light procession, - i A I——— Big Oil Fire. Pritaverrnia, May 25.—<All day yesterday fire has been raging at the Atlanticloil works, Many storage tanks, the parafine works and other property has been destroyed. At noon fourteen tanks of oil were ablaze and several more in great dsnger, The flames are spread over five acres, and will likely contioue to burn forseveral days, Three cannon from the arsenal are in position before one of the large tanks which, although surrounded by fire, has singularly remained intact, Inthe event of the oil in this taking fire, the cannons will be used to pierce the side, 0 a4 10 gllow the fluid to escape into the burnt district. The loss now is over £200,000 At midoight the situation at the oil fire was practically unchanged. Late in the afternoon the 25,000 barrel tank took fire and cannon were at once fired into it and several holes were made in tsnk, a 12. p und projectile from a naval howitzer tearing the whole flange from the centre. The oil poured out in tor. rents and the battery men and firemen were obliged to run from the burniog fluid and leave the guns to be destroyed. Fae oil then burned on without doing sther damage. The heavens were il. luminated during the night by several tenks of burning fire, The conflagra | tion will be apt to burn for several days yet, The fire at the oil workeof the At lantic refining company which broke out on Friday night continued to burn all day to-day, but it is thought the dinger is now past. Early this morn ng three tanks containing forty thou. sand barrels of oil exploded’ but the oil burnediitself out without doing further damage, and to night only one tank, containing fonrteen thousand barrels, was in flames. Unless a high wind should rise it is believed that when the oil in this tank burns out the fire will be checked, A careful esticonte to-day places the loss at about four hundred thousand dollars. I — A AIO—— Labor Matters. Pirrsovne, Pa, May 24.—1n the Com, mon Please Court to-day Judge Stowe granted thejiron manufacturers a licsnse for the creation of a voluntary tribunal to adjust disputes between employes and employes in the iron rolling will trade, conditioned upon the assent and agreement nooessary by the number em. ployed. Reavivo, Pa, May 24-It has been arranged so that all the Reading Rail road Company's employes in the waschine and blacksmith shops, boiler works and foundry will hereafter work | eight hours a day, instead of ten, and that the forgemen will work “hal fabin,s onch set of men being emyloyed every Faw Riven, May 24.—The spinners at the Union Mill have decided to re. ture to work on Monday. The strike | Collins James and Ras. Aleck, went to | Miss | edge of Lee county, five miles from this Jones the | the plantation of on | city and commenced storming the resi of Mr. Moore, Mr Moore came out and remonstrated with Moore is an afflicted man and retreated to the they broke into his house and slole every. dence Overseer, them, when they fired on him, | quarters. During his absence thing of value and made off. Just be yond was a negro cabin which the des peradoes entered and demanded food. The woman of the house was alone aad on discovering this, one of the men seized her by the throat and choaked and threw her on the floor. After both negroes had assaulted the woman, they gathered up their plander and fled. By this time, however, the negroes from the quarters bad been aroused and they persued, finally driving the two men in- to a cabin on a neighboring planta tion, Whilesome watched the building, others went to Albama and go Mr. Char les Jones, who went with them to Squire Fleetwood and sued out warranty charging rape and burglary against the ruffians. The’ squire appointed two officer, who returned to the place where the prisoners were. The latter seeing them coming, fired on them through the windows. Tne fire was returned, the bailiffs creeping up and firing through cracks in the walls, Oae negro inside cried out that he was shot whereupon the door was broken down snd the other negro was overpowered before he could discharge the gun he bad in his hands. The posse started with the men for Leesburg, the wounded man being held up by others. going some distance the uninjured man made a stab at one of the bailiffs, and in the confusion broke away and ran, “Stop, or we will fire,” cried out Mr Jones, “Fire and be fleeing negro, Jones thereupon emptied one barrel of his gun into the fugitives back, bring ing him to the ground. de," shouted ile rose discharged, and though not hit, the negro surrendered. Half a mile further on he made another desperate struggle to escape, but was overpowered, secure ly bound and finaly lodged safely in jail his companions, The feeling sgainst the men is very bitter, with -— Railroads May Obstruct Private Roads, The Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley road located their road across the land of Mablen RB. Ambler in Montgomery coun. ty and in so doing proceeded to erect an embankmen, which would block and im. pede a road previously established by him for the use of himself and his neighbors and tenants. Ambler therefore sought to enjoin the building of the embankment, alleging that it was violation of the gener. al railroad act of 1840 which provides that railroads shall be so constructed as not to impede travel on any “established road or way.” The Court w held that the words “established road or way'' could not apply to a roadway ordinarily used by a farmer for the purpose of husbandry and dismissed the bill, and the Bupreme Court affirmed the decision, ’ 8 A New Yonx correspondent says that be asked a person of whom he speaks as “a wise and rich old broker” whence bad come the great shrinkage in stocks, And the wise old broker said in reply: “Gold is now expressiog itself,” He went on to explain that the demonetiza. tion of silver was “the largest of Severs, osuses that have produced this shrink, ago of yriues.” And further: “Twen years ago there was something like $10 which nearly half was silver, and helped to regulate the value. The of Bivoes Pot tp 40 47 fie Toni and Barings. ed, began a war upgn silver, The de. monetized it, declared it bogus, and drove it out of circulation, At least $1. 000 000,000 of it has been degraded, melted up, snd sold at a reduced price for use io the arts, ago there was a telk about a project of . _- Nor many months good deal of from a point on the Mediterranean to the Dead sea and thence to Abksh on usalem a seaport. explorations were explorations have been completed, and the practicable they also prove it to be so while they show scheme to it. The proposed canal is not so easily dug as wus imagined, For eight miles of the distance the cutting would hav« 10 be 180 to 200 fest deep, and at the { highest point on the plain of Esdraloen | 250 feet, this for the eanal between the Mediterranean snd the northern end After | the | and started off again, when the second was | 000,000,000 of money on the world, of of the Dead sea. The southern part of | the canal would have to be cut through | fifty miles of tableland to the debth of G00 feet, The White Goods store, Garman's ~— Briggs stamping paterns, Garmans —W ing st the CexTre DeMocrat edding cards and all kinds of print. office. {| AvcrioNnger.—The undersigned, the | fastest snd best salesman in Central Penns Merchandise, etc, offers his services to the citizens of Centre snd adjoining counties at 8 Firet-class Salesman able. Address Joszreu L. Nery Roland, 4.8m. Cevtre county, Pa BUTTS & POWERS, PRACTICAL HARNESS MAKERS, UPSTAIRS ABOVE POSTOFFICE, Allegheny Street, Bellefonte, Pa. Are prepared to doall kinds of Fancy and Heavy Harness Making at Reasonable Prices and -IN THE- Most Skillful Manner. Repairing dene with neatness and dispatch. We challenge competition in prices snd workmaaship. Give us a trial and be convinced. All work guaranteed before leaving the shop. 1.3m, Extraordinary BARGAINS IN IRON-STONE CHINA AND TABLE GLASSWARE. W. H. WILKINSON ae Dealer in CHINA, GLASS, | a QuUeensware, ALLEGHANY STREET, Bellefonte, Pa. Is selling ALL KINDS of Crockery and Table Glarsware at LOWER prices than ever known in Bellefonte, as the following list will show : Best quality, Iron Stone Chins: warrant. od not to craze Ten Sets (58 pieces) Dinner plates —Iargest sizo—per don Diuner plates —medium do Tea Plates do Tureens—round or ove’ each Sauce ¢ishes—round or oval —each Sauce Tureens—4 pieces Sauce boats Cups and ssucers—handled—12 pieces do do unbandled do Fruit saucers—per doz Chamber sets—10 pieces Pitcher and Basin Covered chamber TABLE GLASSWARE. " $3 60 126 110 Re ] 4SSEEIRENS Best English ware. Tea Sets, Decorated in Blue, Black, Brown or pieces §5.00—regular Full loin ent in C. and in reaching british capitalists to construol # canal | the Red seq converting a large part of | Palestine into a lake and making Jer- | It seems that the | enterprise was seriously entertained and | mude to determine | n the question of its practicability, These | | I hy Paks, {ID 1 CY AS #aY 1 | I / Ad AN ES be | expensive as to forbid the execution of | sylvania, having more than fwenfy year, | experience in selling Farms, Farm Stock, | out for it 1 an fully Am 1 | pared 10 gixe you the Greatast value for Groceries, Provisions, £¢, £, BROWN. JR. & CO. No. 8 and B i Bishop St, Bellefonte. PROVISIONS, FLOUR. & FEED, FISH, SALT, &. . ORE, STORE 10 buy Groceries in this sec- tion of the State. Charges reason- | At a few of OUR PRICES: | Lake Herring, 1-4 bbl, | ’ | | i $2.00 1 Sack Best Roller Flour 3 Cans String Beans “ “ Lima “ Corn “ Tomatoes Gravulated Sugar . 1 Can Finest California Peaches Apricots “ Pears E pounds Sultana Prunes | 1 gal. Best Table Syrup (all sugar) | Sugar Syrup Choice Rice 3 “ Pems “ 1 Good Table Peaches 3 Bottles Catsup 2 “ 3 Pickles 1 1b. Baking Powder | 1 1b. Pure Pepper “ 1 Glucose Syrup Lump Starch * Corn Starch, per pound 1 pound best Coffee Sardines, 3 boxes for Scaled Herring, per box Extra honed Codfish, per box Loose Valentia Raisins - French Prunes Olieni Soap . Bloater Herring, per doz 2 lbs Canned Corned Beef Tapioca Flake or Pearl EVERYTHING ELSE Sold as Cheap in Pro- portion. TR & c— We also have in connection with our sore a first-class Meat Market, And sell CHEAPER than any other Meat Markel town, E. BROWN, JR, & 00, % 4 Y i ' APEST { '
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