The Centre Democrat, THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT is pub- [shed every Thursday morning, at Bellefonte, Centre county, Pa, TERMS Cash in advance 8 ih It not paid in advance. nn, [1] A LIVE PAPER whole people Payments made within three months will be con sidered in advance No paper will be discontinued until arrearages are pa id except at option of publishers Papers going out of the county must be paid for in advance, Any person procuring us ten cash subscribers will present a copy free of charge, Our extensive clreulation makes this papas us uA usually relinbleand profitable medium for advertizing, We have the u iy ob facilities for JOB WORK and are prepared to print all kinds of Books, Tracts, Programmes, Posters, Commereial printing &c, in the latest style anc at the lowest possible rates All advertisements for a lows term than three me nthe 20 cents per line for the first three insertions, and - conts a line for each additonal Insevtion Special notices one-half more, Editorir! notices 18 cents per line Locat Notices 10 ce its par Hue A liberal discount is made to pers the quarter, half year, or yea: as | devoted to the interests of the msadvertising by Hows SPACE OCCL PIED, One uch (or 12 lines this tye) Two inches Three inches Quarter column (or 6 Half column (or It Qne colama (or Foreign advertisements must bo paid for before In gortion, except on yearly comtracts, when half-yearly payments in advance will be required Poriricar Novices, 15 conta per line each Insertion Nothing inserted for less than 50 venta Business Norioss, in the editorial columns, 15 per line, each insertion. cents The Medical Journal FURNISNES A LENGTHY ARTICLE ON GEN, GRANT'S CASE, Medical “The 23.—The will New York, April Record of to-morrow Say : physical condition of General Grant has markedly improved during the past ! physicians at any week. the statement that his time prognosticated a speedy death, or There is no suthority for did not give the most encouraging re- I'he 1 the ports of the patients progress medical staff has maintained that smount of the general constitutional mn depression was out of all proportion to the extent of the local disease; that the latter would not of itself be the cause of death unless by sceidental erosion of a large artery or pos ble strangulation the slough. from sudden separation of the Both these contingencies were guard- ed against by every possible precaution which could be taken, time, as a result of the most careful tip- In the mean ical and general treatment, the bodily strenth of the patient was nurtured, his pain assuaged and his sleep secured, and in this way his life has been pro- did exhaus- longed. At one time only death germ imminent from al gener tion and threatena i heart failure, and, but for timely assistance, would probab ly have occurred. Oa no other oCCas- ion has there bern any cause for alarm. been in any The general has never dan- ger from choking, and tbe only hemor- rhage which oeeurr ed was of slight ex- tent, of (rant is now stronger, and his phy si and ceased itself. General ans are neither dumbfounded nor sur- prised, It was what might have been expected and all treatment has been di rected to that end. The slough hes nearly entirely sapar. ated from the throat and so far a source of immediate danger has been removed but the throat disease is still there, al- though for the present it is apparently quiescent in all this to prove any error in the diagnosis or pognasis, nor there been the slightest difagreement in re- gard to the management of the case. Microscopic examination of speciment removed from G.neral Grant's throat has bas declared the disease to be epitheli- oma. The representationof the sppesrance has been widely published, has challen ged every criticism from scientific sour- ces, and not a microscopist in the land has yet offered a protest of the conclu- sion, But epithelioma, barring sccident complications, is not a very rapidly progressive disease. It may continue for months, slowly ealing its way into the rurounding tissues without of its I, killing the patient," Jt must not be supposed that Genegal Grant's physi- cians have neglected to take into me- count, every possible source of error aod have not treated the case sccord- pgly. Unfortunately the progress of the throat trouble ‘Wander well recog nized methods of treatment, has thus far not been such as would lead them to believe that the microscope was in confirming the original diagnosis.’ “General Grant spent a very social evening, having Senator Stanford, Gen- eral Badeaw, Dr, Douglass and members of his family around him. Dr. Douglass attended to the Generals throat after the guests had departed, and felt confi- dent he would pass a comfortable night, The Doctor will remein all night, In reply to an invitation to spend the summer at the Hotel Katerskill, Colonel Fred. Grant writes to the man- ager of the the Hotel : “General Grant directs me to answer your letter of yes terday, and says tnat it is his intention if alive, to visit the Catskills during August, and if convenient will accept your kind invitation for that month,” {and | temperance movement, There is certainly nothing | { T. Brown, W, i ‘and any wilful violation of the law, | ! be closed at 10 o'clock al ni | Jordan Succeeds Wyman. TREASURER OF STATES, WasmiNaroy, April 22-—-Hon, A. U Wyman, Treasurer of the [United States, nas tendered his resignation to take ef fect May 1. Mr, Wyman tendered his resignation through the Sceretary of the THE UNITED APPOINTED Trea ury on the 3d of April, but any announcement the fact has been withheld at the request of "Secretary Manving, who accepted the same to day The confidence on behalf of the President See rotary expresses his in I'reasurer Wyman, and regrets his re tirement, which is entirely voluntary Mr. Wyman was in March last elected Viee President of the Omaha National Bink, Neb, have charge of an important trust com of Omaha, and also pany recently established in that city, hese new positions he has desired to assume as early as possible, and has been waiting the designation of his { suceessor in order to do this i 1 has been the Treasurer Wyman in Treasury Department since April, 1863 when he was appointed to a $1,200 clerk promoted ship. He was gradually through different grades of clerkships, a chief of division, and assistant cash- i i "nn p— States Treasurer in 1875, In 15876 but resigned tha! he | beeame Treasurer, | position in 1877 on account of ill health | and resumed the duties of Assistant | Treasurer. On April 1, 1883, he was { again appointed Treasurer and he has | filled that position since, Mr.C. N the Third National Jordan, formerly cashier of Bank, New York. Mr. Wyman's place, and is present in the wai to day appointed Treasurer in city the office. Mr. Jordan in New York to-day and was horn exactly fifty-five years ago has had th riy-two years in the 1 experien } be 1 yanking business He ' As 4&4 runner no 1 \ 1 ) DIK, of New ork ho d rat the grade of CnDerai kK Kew [ per intment National quently he receive the F An ap) 12 cachier of Bank, "ishkill Landing, New York and af terwards acted in the same capacity for t \ | the Louis'ana National Bank, of ow f ash 1 the of New York Orleans! He became r of Third National 1564, i director of the Bank, in in Was s00D bank. In 1881 he re- signed the office of cashier, but jcon tinued wr and holds tl ad diviecon of the Tress to act as direct ial office at present He bh 2 conleren with the chief of irer's office to-deay and assured them he did 1 ch -nges in the offices except for ineflie duty sfeor ) make ny ency or neglect of It is 1 thet 1<t of May will necessita the tr nt the ‘eo Settled at [ast Hustizooox, Pa., April 23 M on r day evening the applications !« r license to sell liquor in this county were heard court, The crowded with number ladies from Petersburg, by the court room was fpectators, among the being & Ia gv delegation of Mount interested Union Huntingdon, in the of The cause the remonstrants wa« advocated by 8 il. Woods, W., McK. K.A. Lovell; snd], R. The cause of the peti~ Williamson, Simpson, esqs, tioners was argue | by Mr, P. M. Lytle, | M. McNeil, David Caldwell and 11. H. | Waite, esqe. Judge Furst, after hearing the case sgain last evening, announced that he | | would | Wherever we grant license it will be establish the following rule granted with the express condition | that the law will be faithfully observed | whether it be returned and prosecuted or not, will be considered a sufficient | ground for revoking alicense; and a | further condition is that the bar shall ght and | remained closed until the next morn ning, and if this | shall consider it sufficient ground | refuse application for further license, 's When court oslled this moming the | following licenses were granted: J. CO. W. 8. Hollmon Henry Leister, Koystone Bottling compsny, in Huntingdon; Chamberlain, Warriorsmark, and J, B, Priest, Orbisonia, The following were rafused: William McGowan, Shade Gap: John Berkstres- ser, Shirleysburg: R. F, Hazlett, Spruce Graffius, Petersburg; F. P. Burk, Oneida township; John Brown, George W. Leonard an 1 William Baker, Hun. tingdon; James O'Neil, Broad Top City and T. F, Postlethwait, Mount [/nion, This is regarded on all sides as a signal vietory fur the advocates of Temperance in this county, i —— WY —— «Cont shape Jersey, —Garman's, ~Jersy Cuffs and ail sizes in Linen collars, —Giarman’s Jt to > ' | ier, snd was appointed Assistant United I preparing to assume the duties of ater elected & , | pure water for that city- build complete works, taking the water | without serious result so far as reported, to | Swoope, Adam Zeigler, H. B. Wallace | Jefferson McDonald, Mill Creek; Joseph | Creek; Tobn A. Bisbin and Abraham | THE KANSAS CATASTROPHE, O09 Wicuira, Kus, April 22.~A special to the Daily Fagle dated yesterday, at Medicine Lodge recounts fesrful result to residents of the Medicine river, of the waterspout, or cloud-burst, the which seams to have been the same which filled the Ninnescih to overflow ing tht the water rolled down over the lowlands east of The special says Medicine Lodge City 6 to 12 feet per- pendicular, carrying death in its wake. Several whole families are known to be drowned, Yesterduy morning parties who had gone oul to give relief found men, women snd children clinging to trees with nothing but their night ¢ othes on them, and some without any clothing whatever! but still alive, Their | eries could he heard as early as 4 o'clock in the morning above the roaring wa tors, Three attempts were made to rescue | parties beyond the river, but each b was swamped and the oe upants only saved themselves | Five bodies had been recovered up to | 1 1 the hour of writing the dispatch, which | was sent over to the first railroad point wail, while another body by Was In | sight but could not be resched, with thei: Mrs, Harris and her little | niece were washed away { home, g lof eleven years were found drowned, (. W. Paddock of a wife and four children are thought to be Frank wut his wife and child on the roof I rod family, consisting all drowned, the house went down, He was knocked | off by a projecting limb and swam ashore | : 3 | proj ! ho { mountain have been dostrove |, and al | fate of several miles below, but of the h's wife and child, nothing was known . —— EMPLOYEsS PROMOTED. th oting of the directors of ad Ivan Railro Ph ' MLPosny, ladelphia ¥ ”m rt § iporiant ol A riand M {hie pointed Superinten tation, 10 succeed J signed on account ny aired aeaniih, due to Jent last Mr. pr the Pennsylvania division, AN Ask A IEERE ILE oN Prevost is at sent Superintendent of Joseph A. the Atlant Kailroads, was appointed Superintend New York and A now Su pe rintendent of the Philadelphia | and * Crawford, now S 1p rintendent of West Jersey and Camden and ent of the Ww Divisio n, Gi. Dayton, tive [Power of 141 Erie, Northern Cor Baltimore Potomae Roads, of and erintend. nt Camden and Atlant E. Pettit, i art f the pointed Superintendent ent New York divisg svivania Railroad, with hea These appoi May It hie n nlm take effect + resolu’ complimenting ‘no, i fiithial serv oe of andl + over venty years xpressing regret of his illness ——— LED BY THE CARS Kil A young man aged about 17 was kill- d by the ears near Mattawans It is bord the freight train and was thrown ‘ station on Tuesday. thought he tried to His remsins were tak to the sls house where an in juest was held, under the ears en to Lewistown and conveved but nothing was learned as to the iden tity the youth morning a telophone Imessage was re’ from of On Wednesday ceived Huntingdon requesting Shippler | and { | morning she was that the young man’ arms be examined | for marks. ters “1H. R."” found on oneof the arms This was done and Jthe let: ! This established the identity of the de | ceased, the person sending the message | saying it was his son, and his name was The sent to Huntingdon, Harry Reichner remsios were — AIO - Peter Herdie of Williamsport has made a proposition to the Huntingdon city council to furnish a supply of good He offers to from the river or from springs ator vear the Huntingdon dam, and to i | pump it into a reservoir om Oneida is not observed we | | Heights; to put in street mains, the inches and smallest six, and forty five plugs, single or double connections, where designat, ed by the public authorities; to give largest to be twelve sufficient pressure to turcw four streams | through one inch nozale 100 feet perpen: [dicularly; to furnish free water to all | public buildings and school houwes, in- cluding the Normol College and Or | phany' Home, for one fountaic and for {any number of publie drinking or wa | tering places. He asks the city to pay him $1600 a year, the city to bave the privilege of buying the works at the | ond of ten years at a price to be fixed | by disinterested persons if he and the offy cannot agree. Councils agreed unanimously to submit the qaestien of water or no water to a vote of the peo- ple to day. - ——— AIOO——— If the bill to refand the direct war tax levied in 1862 should oa law, the twenty eight states now united in securing the passage of such a bill would recover about $20,000,000, the | { snow storm ever known in this Vast Forest Fires RAGING IN THE MOUNTAINS OF HUNTINGDON COUNTY. Husrixan x, Pa. destructive forest The most April 24 fire that has been known in this conutyry was «inated yesterday in Dismond Valley, and ‘hus spread to such an alarming extent that the gravest fears ure {+t for the sa'ety of the inhabitants. The fire was start the underbru h on Stone the lt ur Mounta n order deer tead to improve ground for fall | 8 port, ol con fining i'self y the derbrush, nut ti ber on the and Iti 3,00) ACTIes, mountain Was soon past all human control, now raging over an urea of ind unless a drenching rain shall set’in the mountain will be denuded of ite valua A | ble timber within the next 1 8 hours, | have by awimsi " ! '¥ nming to trees | 454 are hurrying to the scence of di | struction to aid | dents of the valley | gress of the fire by burnir or James Gibbs and his daughter and | { lames reac | rid | the opposite side, | no fatal Dense volumes of forty-eight { The farmers for miles around ikem their serie for » ultural duti ' the - unfortunate res their An effort in saving personal property and stock, was made last night to retard the "pro a narrow ut the ROTORS strip of timber in front of it, | huadred feet hed "n the opening and ignited the timber on far reported, Thus there are casualties althongh George Weston, a farm hand, was seri ily burned about the head, by falling fagments of the burning timber. lany fences along the edges of the [ vi portion of the narrow gauge rail rad running from the Barree | banks irges 10 | e Ore in the mountain smoke are hangiog | f the country for wiles | fine y long isl evening se ie i. 0 vagan CL f Fracky th ¥ Accom] yamiiment was letter sa pr Wier va f mania-potu ’ ght drugs were tered and every effort made to , in the lucid iotervals she ot ationa'ly and wel Miss, thirty i" sed sPry 4 y ig, Comes rn Vickst d been She was | ur five years ago, of a good An family, She has a temperance lecturer, and became insane on that subject, and was some years ago com mitted to the Jefferwon asylum, nine miles from Chicagn, == She wrote to her former fpasior at | Commi tle Chicago as soon as she was appesling to him for help, not in a| Her | letter was well worded, expressing peni. financial but in a spiritual way, tence for her fall and excusing it on | the ground of great temptation, to the srylum by order of Court. Her case ex cited much sympathy. This | sent county | HEAVY SNOW FALL. Dexver, Col, April 23.—The heaviest | section of the country set inat 9 o'clock last night amd lasted without interruption until 6 o'clock this evening. Fully 20 | inches of snow fell, much as the aggre. | | gate of the previous snows of the whole | | winter. The snow was very heavy, Al number of roofs have fallen in, but | The storm was general throughout the | . » * i state but railroads trains ars moving | nearly on time. The storm was of in- calculable benefit to the cattle interests, - ~ Information is wanted of the where. abouts of William Shimmin, who, it is said, came to Houtzdale from Osceola about two years ago. He is 24 years of age about 5 feet 6 inches in height of a stout build and has brown bair. Anyone knowing anything of him will relieve the distress of his father by writing and giving all information possible to John Shimmin, Marion, Wayne county, N, Y. Papers in adjonrning counties please copy. A Lady's Perfect Companion. Parxirss Crutvoninrn, our new book, Tells how any woman may become a mo her without sufferiog any pain what. ever. Also how to treat and overcome, morning sickness’ swelled limbs and other evils attending pregnancy. It is reliable and highly endorsed by physi- cinos ss the wife's true private compan- ion. Send two centstamp for descrip, tive circulars and confidential letter sont in sealed envelope. Address Fraxx Trou & Co. Publishers, Baltimore, ed by several nunt:rs who set fire to | hn in | hunting the fire spread rapidly to the valuable chest. | ST ——_—— —————————" a — BI OF Aud Lin} at, and price our BIRD CAGES A ik TIVITYVTyrTrTmm vy vey House Block Bellefonte, Pa. Co nh AY oS Malle Tele bs 1 BS. JA kb ’ a MARBLE SHOP, where f g ’ EILEEN T ! ~ you workman 4 R’S can buy at i =S the lowest prices, the VERY BEST kind of i Marble or Granite Monuments, Head-Stones and Burial Vaults, Hundreds of the latest and finest signs constantly on hand to select from. Tu- S. A. STOVER, Bellef nite, Pa. CHINA HALL REMOVAL. H, WILKINSON, gent Wanamaker, Ww. for Jehu bins Ie moved { sl1Ore rr "nN Mens “ ~ ~~ wlll wm aa svi dr VWULVY Vv Building. nstantly in stock a full assort- of China, Granite, b. 6. Yellow-wars, and Table Glass, AT LOWEST City Prices. 7-61, NOVELTY STORE. | have just recently opened a store in the rooms adjoining Harper & Co., store on Spring street, Bellefonte, Pa. A full line of Novelties and Fancy Goods Consisting of almost everything in the Bank Is ment « VASES, ALBUMS. SILVERWARE, consisting of Castors, Butter Dishes, ete. Glass and China Ware, Clocks, Jewelry, Hands me Steel Engraviogs, Panel Pictures, Paintings and Picture Frames OF ALL STYLES AND SIZES, Come in and and examine the articles on our FIVE-CENT COUNTER, People are cordially invited to call and examine my stock, which I trust will warrant a share of your patron. age. Respectfully, vinlsf Alpha Corman, more money than st Sh¥ihing she by tak ing an agency for the best sel hoop Bo 4 out, Beginners soceend sadly. Kone Mil Terms free. Harier Book Oo, Portland ne ~One two horse Wagon, two Dexter Queen top buggies, our Elleptic spring op buggy, two platform s ring wagons, all new and first class, for sale at low prices and on reasonable terme hy T44t Jar. Marnis, wlaoce Curtains and Portlerres ~ (Gore ma ns Extraordinary TN ARGAINS IN I IRON-STONE CHINA AND TABLE GLASSWARE. W. H. WILKINSON, ae. Dealer CHINA, GLASS, wi Queensware, 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 : Rest quality, Iron Stone China: ed not to craze Ten Sets (68 pieces) . Dinner plates largest size per doz Dianer plates medium do Tea Plates do Tureens round or oval each Sauce dishes —round or oval —each Ssuce Tureens —4 pieces Sauce boats Cups and ssoucers—handied —1 do do uwabandied Fruit saucers — per dog Chamber sets —10 pieces Pitcher and Basin in warrant. $3 00 2 pieces do 3 1 | Covered chamber | Tumblers, each, ] Goblets, TABLE GLASSWARE. | Fruit Bowls | Cake stands | Glass Sets, 4 pieces { Full Stock of D Tp N line of TOYS, FANCY ARTICLES, | u ock of Decorated Tea, Din 35% ner and Chamber Sets. | Best English ware. Tea Sets, Decorated | Full assortment in M | in Blue, Black, Brown or Claret, pieces $5.00-—regular price $7.00, ajolica and Fancy Goods, &e, Majolica Pitchers, 200; Bohemian Vases height 10 inch $1.00, and every. thing else just us o eap in proportion, rl des to every reader of : tI want your custom, and in reaching out for it I am fully pre- pared to gixe you the Greatest value for your money once yet obtained, Call and examine the goods and the price. If I do not fulfill strictly all 1 claim a 10 prices being LOWER than ever be fore heard, 1 do not ask your patronage, The greater amount of Is | can sell the lower prices can and wits ne maby. Respectfully, W. H. WILKINSON, Agen for working prople. Send 10 conte port nge, and we will mail fren, a road, valuable sample box of goods that will the way of 3 you in Ll ie
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