dhe —— F. E. & G. P. BIBLE, Proprietors. UEQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MEN, OF WHATEVER STATE OR PEREBUASION, RELIGIOUS OR POI ITICAL.' lewd oflervin TERMS : 81.50 per Avian 11 Acyen VOL 8. BELLEFONTE, PA.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1886. NO. 7 The Centre Democrat, Terms$l.50 per Annumin Advance FRANK E, BIBLE, Editor, : Hancock The death of General Hancock leaves very few of the prominent leaders in the great Robellion, east of the Allegheny mountains, and adds another name to the bright galaxy of | Peunsylvania solalers, He is the (ast of three Penvsylvanians who bore the brunt of battle at Gettysburg. nolds yielded up his life on the field he did so much to save and Hancock mingled bis blood with the soil of his beloved state on the same field. Meade the Commander died a few years ago in Philadelphia. Reynolds, Meade, McClellan, and Hancock, what glori- ous names. Brave, generous, stain less sons of a great state, their mem: ory will live while history is written, Winfield Scott Hancock was one of the few men of a generation of great men against whom the breath of cal: umoy never blew. His private aod public life were without reproach hi milit ary record without a single mis: take. Of undoubted courage, in battle he was calm and deliberate, never for he getting the art of war in t i ment of the moment. In an age pro: lific of great men, his place in that number is undisputed by any. administration of the affairs of his de: partment in Lousianna after the close of the war endeared him ta the peo: ple of that state and her Representa: tives first sought to pay tribute to his memory in congress, All over the land is his name a household word and the name of the “superb” fitted him in every sense. ed in the hearts of his countrymen a more enduriog structure than all the {marble shafts that can be erected. He was buried without the pomp and circumstance of war, as befits the Simplicity of his life. ce — Horatio Seymour 4 of New York died on Friday last. For nearly half a Horatio Seymour century he had been promivet and in is party, positions the connecting link between the politics of fluential in the councils of h and official hopored with time and again. Seymour was the early part and the close of the nineteeath century, His politics had more of the stern purity of Jackson, than almost any other man of his generation, and bis advice and counsel were eagerly sought by his party. His administration as New York daring the war and his Gtovernor patriotism and loyality made him a target for the foul penny:a:liners, of of the In days no man was loyal in the who fought under the ia RAY 1 adem ra Ana every w rd opposition press, those north bann rs of that could be twisted int) a treasonable utterance was given the wings of lightening He carnestly and actively supported the war policy of Presi although he did not Lincoln the house top and blow his own trumpet, and quelled the riots in New York as promptly as he responded to the cause of the union when Lee invaded Penn: sylvania. A great statesman and an honored citizen of the Republic has passed over the river of death. ———A— Sik Cuances Dink has the thinest coat ceivable, granted a divorce from Lis wife on the grounds of adultery committed with Sir Charles. The woman thrust out into the cold world with the scarlet letter on her breast, while the lordly rake still maintaios his # position in society. But it is ever so, a woman's honor is her surest protec: or, and she who violates the marital vows is but the toy of her partner fn fait, to be be cast aside when he is red of her. The charity of a town will cover the sin of a man, but not all the charity of the globe will cover the fallen woman, stand on of whitewash con: is Rey- | excite. | His | His monument is erect | of | received | Mr. Donald Crawford was | “Scaling’’ Down, | ————— | A combination of American and European Bankers has recently been | | formed for the purpose of putting on | | their the different i | American railroads now verging on | bankruptey, that reached that desirable condition. The | feet financially, or have already first object of the Syndicate’s charity | | is to be the Philadelphia and Reading | The debt of that corpora’ t'on is to be “sealed down,” the syn Company. \ dicate furnishing a certain amount of money, and the, ste ckholders to be as sessed a ceriain amount on their stock. Handreds of stock aud securities will be unable t and the holders o! Reading's put up the money syndicate gO JE holders. of money up what is | put wi ’ This will the cents ( the shorn lambs will shiver in thecold wind ofadversity: The syndicate has consulted Mr. 1 the Pennsylvania Railroad C hat gentleman has of his rival company. La . and bituminous c¢ state is to be " ¥ , A ed.” so that the syndicate may reach kets of the people of tl State and he Ip themselves usly With bi tuminous coal of the central and west a syndicate controlling ern part of the state, a giant monopo. | ly, the irrepressible “Standard” con’ troling the natural gas of the state, and the great coke combination of t Coanelsville region controlling coke production and the new cate regulating the anthracite out the prospects of the future must the manufacturer bright indeed for and the comsumer. This is an era of | great inventions and greater monopo* | lies. It is the rule of money sundthe en f the masses. We goon year to the House an slavement {after year electing Senate, bankers, Standard oil mon and milli and which are oppressing labor and crushing out the peopl What industries i are we to the railre [ ir xnect eX] v {ouse, when ad men in the I Reagan inter State ( : Nothing but an adverse “absent” or heir business io the interests less syndicates. It will ba a | 1 } hears peopie when {hey the bankers, 1 down’ and millionaires who cr dors and bar f and b roon 8 monop istic l¢ g your raiiroad member of the House, your millionaire Senator, “Secale lown" your railroad, newspaper, your corporation Judge. “Seale dcwn” your passtaking legislators, Th voter should begin to “scale down" as well as the syndicate, | — A — ! Evitor Kurtz and Dr. Alexander | | are said to have paralyzed each other, | {on election day. ey Ml Ar wn the mud THI al the ground, for » wit blood I At, and gouged and bit, and wallered {les around, was kiversd | This was naughty and undignified but | {when a Dr, can digest an editors cheek, there is something too utterly | awful io the digestive organs of the |aforesaid M. D. Dearly beloved, how oftn have we cautioned you against the arbitration of the sword. Yea verily have we cause for great anguish in our soul at the unchristian spirit in the hearts of these our chil. dren, Lot dogs delight ta bark and bite, For Got has made them so, Lot boars and Hons grow! and fight For “tis thelr nature to, Put Ed's and MM, D' bands Were never made to serat-h ont sach others ayes SBubseribe for the Centre Demo CRAT. { of the addresses, | struggle for industrial Dedication of the Mechanic Arts Building at the State College the building of the Mechanic arts depart Ivani On Wednesday aftermnon new ment of the Pennsy a State College was formally opened, and a new impet us undoubtedly given to a departmént of collegiate training which the out growth of the necessities of modern ed ¢ hell of ucation, At 230» wu. the grea the C to the leg called the visitors chapel where the bright intelligent wreathed in sm I'he face students greeted the vi LOrs, Gen, Beaver wa Lidormn ol 11a even went farther ecommunit parture ir 1" Collagn a the old methe TE mply on leavoring to When meet the demands of the times. the student leaves the in toa « { ollegn addition have a that life, Inssionl educati will knowledge of the mechanic arts will be invaluable to him through In other words he will be an educated man.” We ean give but a brief outline Prof. Hamilton evi- of the edueation and the paper was a very able and entertain iag production, dently exhausted the history followed in a very able speech which has already General Beaver then want of space we are compelled to omit. He said the State College was to be congratulated that she can now say she is able to comply with the aot of Con. gress. She can now furnish thorough instruction in the mechanic arts as wel] as agriculture, The student can con: gratulate himself that he oan step out of College prepared to enter any walk of life Law, Medicine and Divinity the ancient stepping stones to greatness | President and faculty. | have no longer a monopoly. He then reviewed the advantages to be derived from the new department, the training | of the hand and the intimate conueclion and ben eye, as well as mind the efit to result from the combination of theory with practice, The imperious de. mand of the age in which we live, makes industrial education a necessity. det reguiant Under the law the Coll ‘Re Was arr ed from using any part of the income of theColle ge lor bu:ldis gs, the Trulees were only enabled to erect the enemies of the college and institu He Lh we vdeo re ir se hionn irawings and piterns., The build heated throughout with steam an machinery run by power supplied Hot and eol found, the pumping engine waler wherever needed evervihing cosy, neat and convenie it We almost envied the amature carpe n- ters in their caps, aprons and overalls, I'he boys were a happy set, and perfeetly | ] ivy [ : gentlemanly in their demeanor, which perhaps some of us could not say for our | own school days, And now a word for the College, its It has been the practice of very many in our county to systematically ery down the institution in our midst and to cast all | the odium on it possible, this opposi- been given to the press, but which for | tion has arisen no doubt from a miscon- | ception of the object of the institution. If any man supposes for a moment that it 12 intended to turn out a lot of far. mers and mechanios it is a very grave error but it is intended to make intel. ligent, educated and liberal farmers and mechanics of any students who may de- sire to avail themselves of the great possibilities of an industrial education Twenty years ago a farmer would put manure or lime on his farm and he x clans to degrade them dwtotgimard does not warm to could not tell what Were in his fertilizers elements there that his land re quired, nor could he full « analyze a shovel fi 1 3 nis earth and tell what ele ment of vegetable life it 1a Yet a gradu ate of the no lege will analyze « and you what 1t lacks 8 Not the the ory of f arming, he h praci nstratio he can tel with the mathematic ai em STOW a the genial friend Clement Dale, Mr. 3: : " ditor ick et ' v J friends { i vyole for orged his rat our whose | w party Condensed News m with his t-delense Hewes, | jut Hewes | Dale can tick than publ was substituted nd Dow the bo kK 10 the L. An to work its way ba threw it. Result This will 10. —~Mrs. by Lhe Oi : sympathy men in all section ntinue rs. aneock —Y ou earnest have the great bereavement you have suffered the Hanco k. ry has lost a heroic soldier, an accomplished commandor, and one of my most npathies in in death of Gen. nt 1h4 cou its most valued citizens. I lament | this sad event as a personal sorrrw, (Signed) S.J , ~ - Hovrtipavenuvsa, Pa. TiLoex! Fe b. i h. — | Joseph Reed, an intoxicated individu. ! al, lay down on the railroad track at his body and otherwise mangled him. He died at 4 o'clock this afternoon, - - Friday morning of last wounded deer came from the ridges back of West Tyrone and was captured on Ed Warings property. The deer was no doubt making for the river, but became entangled in a barbed wire fence, where it wns easily captured, If the man who shot it will put in his claim, he can recover the deer, and also have an opportunity to pay a fin of fifty dollars, ~Tyrone Herold, : for ymerang be- fel- A. Han- nu lerovy 1 A gyviman ia A « ii » stated that within = f indred miles of Dodge prevents other cipated amon miners at ecarfield e ng has been held at Bris A meet ) bin at which section h been taken as to the breaking up of the store order system and the making of a demand for an additional ten cents for mining. The Enterprise C ympany is the mly mining company in the Clearfield re- gion that has abandoned the slore or- der system of paying ite employes Hannisnt list xa, Pa. ~The February 12, of applicants for pardon whose cases | will be corsidered at the meeting of the Flowing Springs and fell asleep. The | six o'clock train on the Williamsburg | branch coming along ran over him | and almost severed both legs from | | M. Longwell, of Miflia county, now in board on Tuesday next, is as follows: Daniel Donovan, of Allegheny county, who is now serving a term of two years in the workhouse for manslaughter; 8 the western penitentiary on a five yoars | seatence for manslaughter; James W, work. o} Peterson, of Allegheng county, murder eek, a |, in the second degree, now under sen- tence of two years and aix months in the western penitentiary ; G. W. Sailor of Somerset county, assault and battery six months in the county jail ; Napoleon. Taylor, of Montgomery county, will make an application for a rehearing , he is now serving a sentence of eight years in jail for horse stealing.
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