F W“ & G. P. BIBLE, Proprietors. CEQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MEN oF WHATEVER ATATE OR PERSUASION, RELIG! 21.50 per Anvum. iv Advan « ¢ BELLEFONTE, PA.,, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7. I8&6 NO. ] | vow q The Centre Democrat, ’ Terms $1.50 per Annumin Advance FRANK E. BIBLE, . Editor Deraocratie County Committee for 1886 +L A Shaffer, Jacoh Runkle, Wm Harper Dr Jd F slexand wr, Abe Weber, E A Curr, ! NW EW § wey Cortes all Boro Howard Borough Mitesbu rg Borough Mithelm Borough DL Zerby, . 1] Ist... W Hl Sandford, Philips burg > 2d, ......Henry Lehman, LI W © Lingle, wos PL MeDanald, William Ishler, Henry L Barnhart, Col James ¥F Weaver W liam Hipple, wore Daniel Grove, Jr, «. Henry Confer; John McCromick, Bilt ute Vaionville Boro, Benner twp... "Boggs twp, east... do went... Burnside twp ... Qullege twp, Curtin twp .... Porguson, east The Decadence of the Senate Senate has been a subject of remark for some years back and a comparison The decadence of the United States of the present Senate and its score of | millionaires with ante-bellum days is hamiliating to the American whose Calhoun, Macon, Hayne, Dallas, Dou. | glass, aod the host of great men who ‘made the Senate chamber ring with genuine oratory. men in those days whose intellect out. |'weighed their bank accounts, the test of the suffrage of a State then was ability and integrity. To-day nove bu' | ’ er's grandfather, { the family that young George won There were states- | : . i | family, and accumulsted what ideal statesmen were Webster, Clay, | John Hoffer John Hoffer belonged to old and our an numerous family in country In the year 1734, his great grandfather Matthias Zo offer came from Switzerland and settled himself near Manheim, Lan- caster Co, Pa., where he raired a large Was In Geo. Hoff- tradition that day accounted great wealth, the 3rd son of Matthias, was Mr. It of the to is a heart of a young lady belonging a Mennonite family, and that he had not a little trouble in securing the hand of | | his elected bride, on account of the well-known opposition of the Mennon. | ites to all intermarriages with | parties | wns “to his own hurt," ax fully as whet And and benevolent | Wile in Caitfornis, Le it was to his own gain. sO Kind once gave all the money he had, (a con siderable sum,) 10 several poor fellows who were how sick, retaining only ffity 8 for himself. And this he did feel ing quite sure that he woul { never see hi did And how little his kindness sand gener. cen money again, a+ ulso he not, ous help to persnos in need were often times appreciated. Indeed ] often won. dered that his hear! wes not embitter ed by the ingratitude of men. And yet [ never found that he cherished any but the kindest feelings even toward these ingrates, he teemed and beloved, which he lived Was universally es- For 21 years he In the community in | overruling Provi Hy thank , Murphey ad - Wo the able officer he sympathetic friend, and we fee ht our in mn not only Crests are Bed in ure bunds, I'he fo lowing BCCOTD PAN Ie d the reso ations I forts of the ef I in education no 18~ uing Provisional Cert ficates. Resolsed, That the course of dleading us suggested by the State Board at Har- tisburg, That we LY County J reciate Lhe uperintendent raving the standard of ~ ¢ 8 lo) ted by the teachers of entre L W Walker, unty. Jolin Rossman, . ~John P Condo, Joha J, Oradorf, wdncob Wile, meen BS ERY, wednmes W_ Swahh Micheal Confer, ven Charles Murray wd 1 Belong, John T+h' er, Reuben Kreamer, Geo W Bohra, S.musl Ard, James A Feller, Jose oh Gilliland Hugh Mc ann, Orrin Vail, years Jimias MeQaan, made from sow’ ears and senators | the ocean,— he moved to Centre o unty | Amos Garbrick cannot be made from rich asses. There arriving on the 6th of April at Centre | ¥igton Beckwith Hall Jobs H Hoover, nate to-day all H y hor ¢ Ferguson twp, wes Gregg twp, north. do south Haines twp, cast do west Half Moon...... Harris twp. Howard twp Huston twp Libet ty twp Ma fon twp dv Miles twp. oivcnnin Patton twp Penn twin... cove Potter twp, nerth do somth.... Rush twp, north... | was elected by the votes of his ward as, of directors, and whea stricken in death, { the mun whose wealth reaches into the hundreds of thousands trance to the aristocratic and exclu: communion, of pluck, won the hand of his fair lady, and of their However, George was & young man outside own . y y INSTITUTE NOTES can gain en. their member on the board school 184 ti yg w [ sion of th iustitute as d and at I pride in former : 3 ! , f, , then moved to the vicinity of Annville, | bis fellow members passed resolutions lawyers, tors, Pa.. expressive decendants still reside, wens of | I¢ te give Senate. True there are some able ri the eit Lebonan Co., where most of his of their high appreciation His second son Christian, was Me, Hoffers father. He al- but men in that body, but there are so ma- "WOOL HKE RB gréesier Interest ans | of his services as a director and of lis snd a He was a member of the ny who would not command respect in ha bi 8 year than in character as a man christian, was. bt eC illions : ; a ward caucus, but for their millions, | at Brat settled in Labanon : ¢ Reformed of the that the general tone of the Senate is Silk purses are not xt one hundred church. In his youth he was baptised and confirmed by Rev. P. 8. Fisher of } We « Ww with svi ba mpa in the spring of 1834 —ju in disgustingly low. ofter his grandfather had crossed thy when blessed memory, “ Of Lhe cruel metnod applied t Aud hoafaithful and At the Sund.y services, st the $i got regular! Holy Ce and : . . . w a loos te 0 I ET mmauon ie i8 pot & poor man in the 8 where he located. 184 4 Mem mmunion, at prayer Fe Is Samuel Decker Walker tp cecmin Qi i» arrmon, rt ] oo 13 On i . i Worth tapycisuimssn. except those afllicled with poverty of hool he was Avax Hor ’ the Chstrman his pos . . ’ - Y In the Sung Schoo L.A. Bearer, intellect Ihe magic wand tbat un : day i Becretary K : at the time of his death = —. locks ? Lo imbeciiity, and i ‘Call » = ] el erintendent, teack AD Was it a horizontal reduction? acher and - clothes mediocrity with the senatorial- hE 3 ier 4 " + 1 np he} : Joh a office which he had held Ist of April in Le«ban For 27 | : OF Si YER!s Die was an elder | had two brothers gregation, committee _. [44 ever she teaches, 182 yg n : ; $0 toga is the gold filched from the peo- SECRELARY BAYARD is alittle “too ple by monopokists, or the phenominal and three sisters, all given Web ster, Clay, Calhoun, Macon, Sewaid, He Was 4 member built He contributed profit by Lhe the p { / n « i se faculties, That Oy Lhe instr Hon. H. ory most institute in a roar utterly utter” for any thing.” , I 3 of who 'w mit 4] : y oy g : wealth of the “bonanzd” king. ' whom were born in the sams place, which When his father moved to this county, wi role Hough of Inughter Tax dollar of our grand daddy was church edifice, worth 100 cents. Pap’s dollar is worth 80 cents. A Duscasxon, Terrible Wreck, Pa., Jan. 4.—The most distressing accident that has oe: curred on the line of the Pennsylvania road for many miles on either side place happened here this even ing, about eight o'clock, and the excit- thal prevails for miles around is Sherman's Creek iss small stream that winds sboat through the {length of the ¢ unty, and a8 it Dears the Bosquebanna River, it broadens and d pens, and the recent rains, have added to its depth and width The bridge which spans the creek has always been considered substantial. yet & portion of it gave way to night A bi ect oR the Huntingdon local ‘was crossing, he following Saturday. The Reformed precipitating eight ore-dumps aad the fiurch where the funeral services were es r resider " a elie ngine mto the creek and : LS eruel-§ ; I 'o CEPOE" | held was fil witl t iat) h a large and sympa : : 20a ade ob el] fl e 1 that gain s We he was a mere siripling of 13 years. For k the all He often sent as a delegate to olassis and synod. The Sumner, or Douglass, if living, would liberally of bis means toward the next 15 years he was working on his stand no more show of being elected 2 i various forms of church work. "as His subject this time was ie i i d fathers farm, clerking in a store, and “The Teacher." + to the Senate than they do now that | vila hy Was necessary to they are dead. Legislatures are bought up like sheep by the millionaire mule who aspires to the toga. The wood pulp monopolist from New York sod the Standard Qi! Company monopolist teaching several terms of 1848 John A. his famous dis co ommon his success, etc, he trutl Exgcr a good honest silent worker , chairmen of the State Central Com- mittee. No more natural gas ic ours. — AIO — Trvrper and lightaing, rain, rain. Land skides, railroad blockades, wash outs, d2., a good send off for the new year. Reformed coogre fel : . iT) aLiOr ol thi school. In Sutton made - greg mn i thick JES TR y aim very much, next to bis own he bere a spark- hu ores Of every day wery of gold in Califor- | , ; family is missed most in his, church ne wit, and vis. Many among us, no doubt remem. ! : ’ [We ins his kindly face, the nen ber the great excitement which spread bt testimony al hey in il our work. And now that he is gone the soft 1 sO Ne faany ol room when re- ined of his godly life and his liber Lee, like wild fire over the country, and the ful a useful and werwhelming tide of emigration which ' al lesgon BN | yD AFTERNOOX Mur; n from Ohio join hands and the brilliant Conkling aod the grand old Thurmsa are retired to private life, — mory of his pame and bis immediately started up from all parts SRARION, virtues liager among us like bright hues when the sun is nded RE — his talk on Jupar SiMoxreN must be consul” of the country sad in feet from all parts ¥ om set rf 1 of the world, towards this m History. A recitation by died suddenly snd unexpected ‘ piano - v . "Yorasd ] Kor — g Wy 4 ‘LEAY”—3% ery Leaky Jorsdo in Hoffer be h y Dy ’ LAE ; e and a ting the Delphic oracle as to what he this army of gold Fhe very Lock Haven, opened shall eay on the Railroad deal. (Hur- me on Tuesday morning ~ é diggers Iskuman Action 1885, aged 64 years, 8 od 1 : next spring he Pad ked his valice and Be 8h, months and 7 up the way ry up aman, the case is plain and the wi.atako. 1 Fhe funeral services took place y hd t the ¢ : nn people are anxious. - Tue chief occupation of the .Re. publicae press ji Wie F 1 . i Howing ist and most have heard of cruelty. buat the i } Caus 4 we think displays the ausiog i* id igi ree men considerab ve wddt i tage, he nec s almost in eto obtain an we ever heard of a person beipg guil- an : o> aban ha ; . Revs Wolf, and Land, 2 Sapa ous sch A 84 aie accouul as 10 the ter of the Methodist x3 J unfeeling on to } f actions idence In 1st now is to vilify How interesting it must be for their read Groh, immediate As one of the 18 broken and a Li 1 away yet tl wile ry the President. Awful ain't it? 3 A wife lay dying at Asheroft’s dnd iH : ais chacch J 4) nd Cape Horn, dout the y | ¢ ’ Kev, Steck of the Lutheran. and Hughes the : 4 present and took par not 10 t mj vi 8 . ‘ . P § - i ait Unfeeli h the : ; . 4 . . i I wilt with the diab MHICAIL Temerk , Ly of, ers! and then don’t Grover get mad mines, In the morning upon the day Hey Presbyterian were she died, she plead with her husband to remal and swear? Oh my! Shouldu't won is that the pier in the servios nmitted to the | tors and : f ’ 5 unusual swifi- Hall cemetary, : an 5 creek. Will 1 the hope and assurance ! sia ! ha HOW : Lhe train der if he resigned in favor of E. Fink _ in with her, ard were cot the bank that day. ngly avd Centre ” La “you are ITTed len my ; " } m atl the last th of the ¢ e hike his His day rossed Lhe bad I he as ton,” he picked pr time during BWay ims inaugurated The Hou. D office and became his Own his din: and weeded SUCCeSSOr { he i ) to hasten in The Susquehanna as High as in 1865. as Governor of New York amid en thusiastic and impressive cere Aboct the Gen. Fit l.ce was inangurated Gover game Lime, PORT, Pa Lie gina in pres mmon Malone iw were conduc McGaban probability A. Mill the n year slarts new out | : reat : “ts would be ¢ mpelled business while not b g... The § \ wo | y ric : # N : ; be went howe, | | w an 1e ith (rea we : Iny. / cou wae roa he I'l .s ke. : longare he reached there the | 3 hiladel industeial establishments of the J fre * that m- | 1 sileut messenger had accomplished #8 | of Eynt* After his lden state, he was vith h pe ; aud growling and reached within House, Trains phia and E; Rail. wd west of her were inl rrupted for a time this afternoon, but are now running regularly. Damage in this locality Is very heavy but no reason ing grows brighter each day. L ¥ a : 3 in wil i ir that baveg been strangers to oon 14 Come= riyer, WAS I'¢ 0 return hake m the Mion en- ] 14 gan try for the past year now cast their pl a ile, tendent O, E. McClel. Pennsylvania Railroad, arrived here about 11 o'clock, in charge ot a wrecking crew, and the work of clearing away the debris has work, and the neglected wite bad 2 puesed to a country where brutish and tyranical husbands will never en gaged in farming on the old homestead. able estimate can yet be given. ter. Inthe case of this heathenish Io 1557, the people of this county |,. Lats Bavax, Pa, January 5, conduct, comment is unnecessary, chose him by a large majority to the ! hs Sood im the re Jsqushanna. reach. . [Ls ; ed its height bere this evenin and we leave him to go on hie way, | office of Prothonotary which he filled having submerge: ool Bel the ensuing year ara the | lowing been begun, Owi ig to the swiflness for one term. ‘ President M. Wolf of the river and the darkness of the trusting that when he comes down to ity. No lives have been lost, b t! : y 4th of May 1850 his wife died, their | das ‘ y bu fort night, but little headway be ie > » . an . ’ AMmAge has been very » | M Cor k ’ 4 Ay Can made, the shores of the stream which he! union being blessed with two sons. 8 ry great. News Mek | Railroad men say it will require two s obli . C. from out of town comes in land A. M, Butler. will be obliged to cross soomer or | 17. Joffe of the frm of C. A slowly on days labor to fully repair the damage. U. Hoffer | account of travel bein interrupted Secretary, D. M. | Inter, that those who stand at his bed- | & Co. and ar in his | F £ + 1 be Ne (dab, Passongér will be transf ) 0. 1other son who died in his | From all accounts : anger wi transferred over iis | nts the farmers alo Assistant Setretary, Sallie A, Meek | the walking bridge near bere and side on the morning of his death, will | infancy. On the 6th of February 1806, (the river have lost heavily, The | Committee on Permanent Cortifi be more charitable to him, than he | after being awidower for almost 7 years, | flood very nearly reached the high 1G. W. Williams, F. F v a ns — Raat nd West leo ui before | be was married to Miss Sarah Praner, | Water mark of 1865. ; ‘A Frida 3 my Jscioon y, | them East and W et. a “ : . y Ve . ' . (Oe God to love, honer, and care for iatighter of David I. Pruner Esq, of Past pany, Jas, bar the | Dewoodie, | Democratic State Committee Philipphurg Journal Bellefonte. They had one child (and wind storm of great violeaoe bo | The following resolutions were adopt. | Fu LADRLSEA Pu cJan. | 1388. Hoffer. His prevailed in this se ction, doing much od with amendment that they | There will be a meeting of the Dem. tions were very happy, both by his first ‘damage to buildings in the country thank the Commissioners for the wee | x f° State Central Salbmitieg, a After districts. Thin evening the Susque. | of the Court House, ! the Bolton House, in the city, of Har » expired he continued to reside hanna river is rapidly rising, ad at Waknzas, Wo, the loachers of Centre | Yoh. Pay 38 + vidos Pe fonte engaged in the mercantile | 7 o'clock was thirteen fet above low county, with ranks unbroken, i y donth M tnduniay, Jan: 20th, aOR 10 Sheet | water mark. have reached another milestone in our It chairman anda phiisnsnt Soorerary Rexovo, Pa. Jan. 4.—It has been | march ; Therefors, be it and seven members of the State Ex. rainiug steadily here since yesterday | Resolved, That we recognize in this the [soutive Samm 10 ; ad to Senust and un: | afiersoon. The river has risen nine | hand of a loving Father, and in our | puch other business “8 the committee | masuming, and as free from guile as Na- | foot. The old residents say it will | | hearts wo thank Him, and feel that | Way determine, tr Hensel m \y be gathered together thanial, He spoke the truth when it ' one of the big est floods for y 2 yout future watles to be Er Na Rae “am : g Or years, success, must bear with it a continued J.B. Licury, Secretary. the evident gratification l'o Mi: S14 equals as a Shakesperian married to warm glow through the great baildings Leah Keller, snd for several years say the least lat J an, «in which the wealth of the state has been poured wo lavishly, On all sides i ELRCTION OF orricen furnaces belch forth the molten iron that has mde our State wealthy and hee people beppy in bygone days “hard times’ of 1885 will soon be Drgotten in the business revival of 886, Labor os whose employment depends the happiness and prosperity of any connbry, will reap its just m. ward, Pesce igns profound through al opr borders, and famine + and pestilede® Bre vhknown., We have | bh ugh ta BD tiaokfal for, and our ib alka bears should geld (haukegivings to SENATOR WALLACE called on Gov. Suthe Groat 6 whose favors have heen LEO bs, gracias bestowed bit officers elected by the institute f Or During this term on the ex officio), D Vice Presidents, Kate was to her whom he vowed vie. rela | Sallie | domestie the and second marriage, his te AN lane Yspajpir corr pon 8 ing the ! : We Bio hysterics lest may volatile Hensel, The game is hardly viend us ot . : Mr. Holler belong f the | Worn € Seniors powder, ex ept Hn {hoe PUP Lhe of his day Wax TED Abed “of thy wil ’ phat will doit in Toss than forty yours, | 3 | erness of 81,000 and on y arth i jutet, modest, that the fragments of the party left by M
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