The Onntre Democrat, ®. barsdav Morning, September 23, 1886. | L ooal Editor and GRO. P. BIBLE, | Business Manager @ anasroNDENOE, d Prom any part lL ptaining important news, social if the county, No communiontions yalescaeromoanied hy 1 ro real name of the Loca! Department. — New dress goods —Gaman’s, ~Overcouts have made their appear- AU CE on our streets. - Our fire laddies are participating in the parade at Altoona to:day. ~The Dem Con~- ferees of this district will meet here to- day. — A mortg on din the R sratic Senatorial go for $5,000,000 was re: corders oflice in this | ¢ place last week, Fhe Uuion 8 in |} county at is a grand success, Agricultural Fair this week, It We ask laboring men and others to read Lieut, Gov, Black's letter of accep’ tance in this week's issue, 1088 Lewisburg ~The new paper in Centre Hall came out but we have not yet received a copy. We don't seem to be “on the list.” ~The methodist church in Millheim, is bhing repaired, a new steeple is being Built and other improvements made, Jas, A, Beaver and Chaun- eey F. Black drove to Fair Mount Park (Philadelphia) together one day last week. —Mr. D. M, Batts has been engaged in surveying coal lands in the neighbor- hood of Snow Shoe for the past several weeks, —Montgomery — General & Co, have been prpering and otherwise improving the appearance of their storeroom on Alle. gheny street. —Rev. Dr. Monroe departed on Tuesday for New York on Business relating to the general conference of the M. E. church, —Davis & Lorett's variety show gave an entertainment in Centre Hall on the 16th, and in Boalsburg on the 17th, 8now Shoe on the 18th. ~The General Secretaries of the Y. M.C. A. of Pennsylvania, will hold their conference in this place on the Eth, aod 13th, of October, ~The new saw mill recently erected by Henry Zeigler near Nittany was de- stroyed by fire on Wednesdsy of last week. The loss is about $3,000. ~The Game of base ball between the Black Diamonds and the Muckamullens on last Saturday, resulted in a score of 25 to 19 in fayor of the Black Diamonds ~Read Lieut. Gov. Black's letter of acceptance and then ssk yourself the question whether any true democrat ean conscienciously cut the state or county ticket, —Mr. George Blackford has placed a mew glass front in bis building on Bishop street, and otherwise improved the in- terior of the same, and now has an ex- callent ealing room and restaurant, —Jacob brothers manufacture all kinds of candies, and store keepers throughout the country will do well to write them for prices. The address is 10 West Bishop street, Bellefonte Pa. —Wednesday's Altoona Times say W, J. Brennan the Republican candidate for Auditor General and J. M. Beaden ssein Harrisburg. The Timer evident ly is not very familiar with the eandi. dintes. ~The Veterans picnic was very large- patiended on Saturday. The regular sxecursion train contained eight oar, and every one was crowded, while the megular trains carried a large number of passengers. ~A mischievously inclined young mecal broke one of the panes of glass in Ying Wah's laundry the other day. Another was broken, caused by the slamming of a door during the wind storm of Saturday. ~Oun last Saturday an old individual attempted to set fire to Mr. Koehlbeok- ers stable in Milesburg, and then tos hmy stack, He was arrested and is now hoarding with Sheriff Walker, It is sapposad he is deranged. ~The present style the ladies have of doing up their hair is slovenly, and un. tidy to say the least, but is a great con: venience to the girl who does not have time to comb, or who is to lazy, for the elatty condition of her hair is exquicit style. ~Prof. De Voe predicts an earth. quake on the 20th of this month and sn «lt oolored woman says the world will eome to an end on the 20th inst, but Ed Powers will continue to sell boots and shoes at prices more astonishing than sn earthquake, last night Miss Louise Pomeroy and her excellent company produced “As You Like It,” to a good sized audi. ence. She is an actress of wonderful expressic 3, and dramatic foree, and her sapport, Mr. Arthur Elliot, is an actor justly deserving the position he mow holds, and the fame he has already schieved. To-night “Camille” will oo: cupy the boards: Don't fail to see this excellent star, —Dress goods —Garman’s, —Mauyor Smith was impeached by a vote of 40 to 38 at the meeting of the council on Monday night. The Lock Haven Democrat always was a good paper but it is bound to grow better under its present editor, Joe Furey. —The employees in the Lebanon rolling mills were refused Philadelphia prices, and they quit work. The mill is idle, — Last week 100 ejectments were is The owing sued against tenants in Ireland. tenants are suffering for money to the lateness of the harvest, —On last Friday another shock was felt at Charleston 8S, C a large wooden structure was lifted and Brown’s hotel moved on its pillars several inches, and a number of chimneys were thrown down. —Slugger Sullivan passed through Altoona on Sunday, and was gazed at by sn admiring throng of ladies and John was on his return Pittsburg, he had Frank Herald the day be. gentlemen, trip from where “done up" fore. ~The Ladies Mite Society of the Presbyterian church will hold a festiva) in the rooms formerly occupied byMrs. Dare, on Allegheny street, this Thurs: day evening. Ice cream cake, chicken salad, coff ee, and other delicious eata: bles will be furnished. —Prof+ Francis Speer who #0 sucoess- this place last winter, will open a night school in one of the rooms of the pub- lic building in the All those who cannot attend school during the day school, —On last Friday a young man by the fully conducted a night school in near future. should attend this night name of Campbell was riding upon a load of mine props on a tram road near Paddy Run on the L. and T. R. R, near the when tho car left the track and threw Mr. Campbell against a tree instantly Centre and Union county line, killing him. ~On Fridsy a fancy pillow belonging to one of the lady boarders ai the Bush House accidently blew out of an up stairs window, falling into the creek The stream carried it along its course until it reached the dam just below the end of the Bush House yard, where it was recovered by an employe of the house, —On Monday «a man was struck by the night train between Dunbar and Osceola snd [instantly killed. Ie was seen on the railroad at a distance, and the train gave the signal but could not be stopped in time: His neck was broken, We have not learned his name but he is supposed to be from Pittsburg and was working in the neighborhood of Osceola. ~The Special Delivery System will be extended to all offices on the first of October, A ten cent delivery stamp will insure prompt delivery lo any point within a distance of one mile of the postoffice, Heretofore the system was only in use in larger ‘cities, no towns with less than four thousand, being en- titled to the system. Now that it hes been extended to all offices, it will no doubt be a success, ~The following is the Greenback ticket as nominated at Harrisburg, Thursday of last week: For Governor, Robert J. Houston, Lancaster; Lieuten- ant governor, John Parker, Schuylkill , Auditor General, DanielS, Early, Harrie- burg ; Secretary of Internal Affairs, Seth H. Hoagland, Mercer ; Congressman-at. large, Dr. C. D. Thompson, Venango. T. P. Rynder waa re-elected chairman of the executive committee, ~The) {complimentary democratic voles General Beaver might have receiv: ed in this county are growing beauti: fally less, and will continue, so long as his organ is allowed to slander and grossly misrepresent respectable men. Feidler is always looking after some persons private character. Is Mr, Foid: ler's personal character above reproach ? Mr, Feidler taught school in Renovo, He also attended the Look Haven Nor: mal, then did not attend, then did at: tend? Now this is the man who al: tempts to sssail the personal character of such men as Rhone, Woodward, Schaeffer and other respectable gentle- men his superiors in every respect, ~The wedding of Mr, Thomas Bren- nen, of Braddock Pa. snd Mis Alice. the charming daughterof Mr. Lawrence Cooney, of this place occurred on Thurs. day morning Inst at the Catholie church in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives, Miss Maggio Cooney, sister of the bride was brides ranid, and Mr, Jas. Brennen brother of the groom, was groomsman. The ceremony was performed by Rev, Fath. er P. McArdle. Thebride was attired in white satin with long white Ince veil and orange blossoms. The groom was attired in a suit of black, The brides maid wore pink satin. The happy couple departed for Braddock on Fri where they will make their future home. They have the beat wishes of the Dexoonar, for their future happi- ness and prosperity, ~FaraL AccipeNt—The sad and 1atal accident which occurred at Gatesburg ore bank on Thursday night between seven and eight o'clock, and which caused the death of Mr. Joseph Garber, a highly esteemed young man of this county, cast a shadow of gloom over that community that is not easily dis- pellea, On Thursday Joe, as he was familiarly called, attended the Granger's pienie, returning about six o'clock, and immediately repairing to the bank, commenced work, Several hours later the paymaster called Joe up to receive his monthly pay, and it was while re turning to his work that the mass of ore fell, He was in the act of picking up his shovel, when suddenly and without warning, the hugh messenger of death fell, striking the unfortunate man upon the head, and crushing it into an unrecognizable shape, Fellow, workingmen who witnessed the acei- dent were horrified and for an instant were speechless. Recovering thoy gave the alarm, which brought assistance and the debris was removed, The body was carried to the engine room, and Dr, Harris sent for, who, upon ar- rival shaped the crushed head into the best possible form, and the body remov ed to the residence of his heart-broken parents, was confined to her bed by illness, A sister of the deceased who sprang from her couch and descended the stairs, wildly bemoaning her dead brother's fate. What makes the aflair doubly sad is the fact that Mr. Garber was shortly to be married to a very estimable young lady of this place, who has the sympathy of the community, Deceased was about thirty years of age and had been working at ore min- ing ever since he has been able to work at all, Mr. Frank Garber, his father, was also engaged at the same place The slide carelessness or until about three weeks ago. of ore was due to no fault to any one, but was purely acci- dental, and unlooked for, The rain of the previous day softened the mass, which caused the fall. Immediately after the sccident work was suspended in the Gatesburg, Taylor and Nye banks, and was not resumed again until Monday. The family of the deceased has the sympathy of everybody. The funeral which occurred on Sun- day afternoon, was one of the large, that has taken place in Bellefonte for some time. Long before the hour for the services at the Catholic church, the edifice waa filled, and when the funeral arrived it was impossible for all to gain admittance. The Knights of Labor, of which he was a member, attended ina body, and the pall bearers were also members of that organization, Up. wards ok forty earrianges and a large number of people a-foot followed the remains to the Catholic where interment took place, cemetery, ~The Seventh Annual Convention of the Woman's Home snd Foreign Missionary Society of the Evangeliesal Lutheran Synod of Central Pennsylva- nia wiil be held in Bellefonte on Sep- tember 28th and 20th. The order oy exercises is nicely arranged and the topios for discussion are of interest to every person. Among those to be present from a distance who are assign- od a topic are Mrs, 8, A. Fair sod Miss Kate Furst of Salons, Miss Dornblaser and Mrs. Dum of Mackeyville, Miss Minnie D. Bright of Wheeling, W. Va, Mrs. Rev. Giadhill of Newport, Pa; Mrs. Rev. Lisher of MeAllesterville, Miss Blanch Dale of Lemont, Mrs. Rev. Lenhart of Rebersburg, and Rev, Zim- merman of New York, Rev. Uble of Indiana, Rev. J. A. Cluts of Baltimore and ether prominent ministers, ~The steam fitting apparatus of the Steam Heating Company having been sold to W. T. Buek of this place, that gentleman will hereafter place the fix- tures for heating purposes in all build- ings where it is desired to obtain warmth by that process. Mr. Buck has secured the services of an experi- enced hand from Lock Haven, who will assist in supertending the work, while Mr. George Harmon, of this place alcompetent workman, has been engag- od as fitter, The residence of T. R. Reynolds and the jail building are now being supplied with heating fixtures. the the ~The silly assertions mado by Gazette is only coining votes for party. Democrats vote the ticket, because they are and through democratic No democrat is going to demoeratio democratic democrats, principals, sacrifice demooratio principals and vote against the state or county ticket to please the Gasette, Nor are they going to believe the lies he is circulating with the hope of capturing any portion of the vote, Tne carpet bag edilor can pack his grip sack for salt iver at any time, «~The rain and wind storm on Friday blew down the large bill board on Spring street, and upset several trees, Wm, E. Gould, cashier of the First National Bank of Portland, Me., is delaulter to the amount of $57,000, «The foundation for the new school bu'lding is almost completed. {ents In Porsonal. Hon. L. A. Mackey, of Lock Haven, was in town this week. Miss Katie Hazel, of this place, is | visiting her sister in Altoona, Mr, and Mrs, Reay, of Bloomsburg, | spent Sunday with Rev. Monroe in this place, Mrs. Lizzie Kitzmiller and daughter of Williamsport wera in town on Friday for a few hours, Judge Mayer and daughter of Lock Haven, have been spending the week in Bellefonte, among their friends, Miss Kate Curtin daughter of ex:Goy Curtin, returned home on Tuesday. She is still afflicted with rheumatism, Will leading miners Messrs, George and Davis of Snow Shoe two of the of that district were in town on Friday, Mrs, Frank McCumpsey, of who has been a guest at the residence Renovo of W. I. Fleming, returned to her home Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Gates and baby spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Gate's par- | Loveville, Mrs, G. is | there this week, Mr. Frank Grice formerly of this place but now located in Brooklyn is ing a few days at the residence of W. H. Wilkinson, Col. Mr. Hard Harris departed on Wednes: | day for Canton Ohio, on an extended visit, If he likes the } lace he may lo: eate in that flourishing city. Mr of the Philadelphia Times oscupied tie in the Wath this week, made vacant by Joe Furey, Mr. Frank Radford New York, Saturday, John Youngman correspondent editorial chair man office departed for where he has secured a lucrative position with George Chase the steam fitter, who recently located there, Mr. Michael Corman, of Zion, was an early caller at our office on Monday | morning. He is a very pleasant and | intelligent gentleman, and one with whom it is a pleasure to converse, Mr. Wm. Eboch one of the reliable snd straightforward democrats of Phil. ipsburg, was in town on Wednesday on business and spent hours in pleasant conversation in our office. Mr. several Eboch is a very pleasant gentleman and is always a welcome caller, Mrs. Hewitt wife of our former distin. guished towgsman Rev. Jno. Hewitt, now of Freemont Nebraska is friends in Bellefonte, this visiting week. Her many friends were delighted to again meet her, and upon all bands you could hear the anxieous inquiriry and the ex. pressed desire to see Rev. Mr. Hewitt, | Mr. Hewitt's friends in Bellefonte, were not confined to the members of his church, but to all who knew him ou side, Since the firm of Powers & Son has Ed Powers has become the proprietor of this desolved partnership and well established place of business, we can truthfully that the terms upon which Mr. Ed Powers purchased the business enables him to sell the entire stock of boots, shoes, slippers ete , of the old firm at rock bottom prices. In short you can not purchase gooas in this line anywhere else in the country as cheap as at this store. The stock of the old firm must be sold to make room for th, new goods which are daily arriving from the city. Ladies and gentlemen 1 wil) guarantee that I can suit you in price and quality, style and comfort, and mk yon to come in and examine our large and select stock. My stock positively is the largest in the county and an ex amination will prove what we say to be true. say For several years liquor has been sold in the neighborhood of Chester Heights and Brandywine Summit Camp Meeting and at other large gatherings on the Baltimore Central Railroad, Constable Griffith and Squire Ackley, of Rockdale, on Saturday arrested Wm, Ray, colored, of Philadelphia, whom they caught in the act of stealing in a secluded place in Smith's woods, above Lenni station, About a dozen young men were about him, some intoxicated: and when takenRay confessed his guilt, He will be held for ecourt.— Delaware Democrat. «The MeFarlane hardware firm are just “spreading themselves” out with their elegant assortment of stoves of all kinds; they are determined to accom- modate everybody that needs anything in the stove line. They call particular attention to the new regulator cooks, Apollo ranges and specialties in fie heating stoves, «~The 6th annual Exhibition of the Clearfield Agricultural Park Association will be held in that place on Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Sep- tember 28th, 20th, 30th, and October Ist, 1886, The premium lis! is large and liberal, and everything indicates a very successful exhibition, We se. knowledge compliments from the man. aBOTS a ~8ons of A. J. Drexel, Jay Gould and Jae. G, Blaine, wero married during the week, Young Blaine has not yet reached his majority and the only wil. ness presont was the priest, visiting | spend | | who resides Miss Pouroy as “Rosarixn.”— Last evening Miss Louise Pomeroy made her second appearance at Ferguson's Thea tre. The audience was a large and ap- preciative one. Miss Pomeroy appear- ed ne Rosalind 10 Shakespenr's romantic “As Like It." Muss Pomeroy presented the various features | of the sharacter in a most pleasing { and effective manner, comedy, You Her vivacity and wit, interwoven with womanly tender- | ness and deoliosey drove away all skept { teal inclination and made the audience ta host of admirers. Mr. Arthur Elliot rendered the eharm ng actress excel {lent support by the pressntation of | | Orlando; and Miss Margery Robinson {was a very pleasing Phocke, It would not be fair to overlook the Touchstone of | Cryptie Palmoni. He handled the part skillfully and with eare. The remsin- der of the npany itably., The costume filled the bill ered. 8 worn during the Miss in the first act was very beau- play Pomeroy wero fine That worn by tiful and showed the handsome feaiures { and the graceful form of charming | ACiress Lo perfection, pear in Snakespesra's of { This evening Miss Pomeroy will ap | tragedy ; | “Romeo and Juliet.” ng Progress. Eve- Shenandoah | Tt —The Cambria Freeman says. Some- | thing over one year ago, a vagrant boy { came to the home of Moses Miller, near | Stoyslown, Somerset county. | : | taken in, given a home and adopted by | | Mr. Miller. The grew ve.y much attached to the lad. A few weeks family ago it was discovered that the boy was the son of a gentleman named Powell, at Manistres, Michigan. The boy had been kidnapped by a tramp and abandoned in the eastern part of Westmoreland county, near Stoystown. Some days ago, the lad’s fas ” HN 3 4 father arrived at that place, reclaimed his lost son and took him home again to the north-west —Ex-Senator Simon Cameron in a letter conveying one thousand dollars to the Charleston relief fund, says “1 associate your city and state with my recolections of your great statesman, M, Calhoun, who occupied always #0 commanding position in the state and before the country at my first en- trance upon public life, more than 40 years ago. He received me in the sen- ate with the greatest kindness, and during the remainder of his life I was permitted, not only to show, with oth- ers, admiration of his singular simpli- city, elevation and dignity of character but also to experience almost daily some proofof his personal consideration and regard, — Oa Monday morning, says the Dela- ware Democral, Mrs Sheppard, who re- sides on the Middletown road, near Dutton’s mill, was accidentally shot by her brother, William McElroy, and dangerously wounded, He was hand- ling the gun in the house, and in some manner the load went off, the contents entering Mrs, Sheppard's back. There is some hope of her recovery, though her wounds are of a serious nature. McElroy is distracted with grief, — Robert Anderson, superintendent of the Chester Water Works, is short in bis sccounts about $5,000, After ad- mitting his guilt he was promptly re moved. He was a prominent member of a church, and was highly respectad. ~Cambria county has 466 pensioners who draw from the national treasury every month the sum of $3431.74. ROLAND, Mr. and Mrs, P. W, Barnhart are visiting friends in Clearfield county. We wish them a merry lime, Many persons in this place were dis” appointed in not getting to the Grangers pienic on Thursday last, on account of inclement weather. We imagine the good chicken and cake devoured at home on that day, aleo many jars of pickles, preserves, and other eatables to numerous to mention, Mrs. Mary Stein with her sons Frank, Cloyd and Gordy, have returned from a visit to friends in Mifflin, A pleasant event occurred on Wed: nesday evening last at the residence of Mr. Samuel Barger. It vas a surprise party gotten up by the neighbors to visit old mother Barger on the eve of her eighty ninth birthday. The old lady was much surprised at the coming of so many of her friends at one time, but ail were made welcome, This sged Indy is remarkably smart for one of her years, as she does a great deal of her house work herself, She was always a great home person, seldom going any" where, but fond of children, and her friends are numerous, We wish her many plessant years added to her al rerdy long lease of life, Farmers are about done sowing, and ord now busy with clover seed and buckwheat. We judge from the amount of the latter that the Iadies will have a fino lot of cakes to bake the coming winter. And then for some “fresh pork" along with the cakes. My how Curtin & Co, are haviog a new hearth placed in the furnace, D. He was | A Sportsman's Manual As the autumanal gunning sesson draws nigh a demand arises for informa- : tion concerning the best ranges of game {and the water-ways most prolific of fowl, | For rhe purpose of supplying such a de. mand, the Passenger Department of the | Philadelphia, Wilmington, Philadelphia | and Baltimore Railroad Company has | published a work entitled “A Paradise {for Gunners and Avglers.” The little | volume is an exhavstive treatise on the | game birds, walter fowl, and fishes of the | Maryland, Deleware and Virginia Pen- insulas, their haunts, habbits, and char- | acteristics. An excellent map of the | territory, showing the location of stream { and the means of access and handsome | illustrations of the rarer specimens of { birds and fish serve both to embellish of the Information as to the game law je contribute to the interest | book, { { the time when certain game most abound the procurment of guides, boats &ec., and in fact everything which would make the way of the sportsman clear ! | | | | is furnished in ample detail. The book is distributed gratuitously {and may be procured by addressing Jas. R. Wood General Passenger Agent Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti’ more Reilroad, Philadelphia Pa, ~Omn Inst Sazurday Jecob Gelterman was assaulted and robbed on the high- | way leading over Wisler's Hill. He came to Columbia in the morning, visit. ed the banking house of E. K. Smith & Co, and drew his pension of $72. After securing his money he opened his vest and placed it in an inside pocket, Up: on leaving the bank he saw two smooth faced strangers who were apparently watching him but did not consider it any serious matter. After paying some bills be started for his home in New'own At the summit of Wisler's Hill he was suddenly assaulted by two men, wearing false whiskers, seized each One of them by the throat and over powered him, the other straightway tore open his vest, cut away the in- side pocket and secured the money, Mr Gelterman says they were the same men he saw outside the bank: The manner of the robbery indicates this, The police are endeavoring to trace the rob- bers, though so far without success, His loss is sbout $55.—Columbia Herald bim ~Tug ongat circes. — Yesterday was Forpaugh's day. It seemed early in the morning as if the elements had con- spired against the great circus manager but later on the rain ceased, the thy cleared up and the day turned out to by a pleasant The gigantic parade was held in the forenoon and was wit. nessed by thousands of people who had assembled all along the line of march Forepaugh snd his circus are so well known throughout the country that the mere announcement of the fact that he will exhibit at any place is at any time sufficient to bring all the people to town for miles around. Several new features were advertised for yesterdays exhibition the most im- portant being the great Blondin horse who walks a tight rope suspended about twenty feet above ground. Everything advertised was duly carried out. The performing ponies, performing dogs, and the many equestrian sects brought forth the applsuse of the audience as did all the other exhibitions given. The trapese performances given were pronounced by many as most daring and best ever seen. But the most enjoyable part of the programme was perhaps the exhibition of the performing elephants. All the elephants did remarkably well, but the clown elephant Picaninny came in fo, the greatest share of appiause. The usual exciting races ended the long pro- gramme, Among them were jocky races, elephant races, Roman chariot races, clown and donkey races, ladies’ steeple chase, ponies and monkey races camel races and wheelbarrow races. — Buffalo Daily Times. This famous show will exhibit in Bellefonte on Tuesday the 12th of Octo- ber. The grandest street parade that we hava ever had in Bellefonte will oo- cur, Don’t fail to attend, one, «Curls, Tricos, Silk snd Wool mixed Inrgest line of Black goods in town Garnan's w= Dress goods-Garman's. «For Sate. Three Alderny cows, one frosh last month, one will be fresh within ten daye, the other now milking Inquire of C. T. Awxxaxoee, . Dress goods—Garman's, «List of unclaimed letters remaining in the post office at Bellefonte Oentre coun'y Pa, Sept. 20, 1886, Mre. Thor, Fennell, Mrs. Elizabeth Fagan, Miss Susan Gherret, Mim Sadie Hollibaugh, Jno. W. Murray, H, W. Mann, Arthur C. Norris, Mim Mary Osmond, David Powers, Miss Sallie Smith Wm. W. Thoma, P. M. Tests 2, Jno, P. Thompson, Isanc Yarnell, Persons inquiring for letters named In the above list will please say sdvertised: Jas. H, Dosmixs P. M., “| > i
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