F. E & G. Pr. BIBLE, Proprietors. HEQUAL AND ZXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MEN, OF WHATEVER STATE OR PERSUASION, RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL = Jofipree; HENE——— TERRS : $1.50 per Ann, in Adva einer A A Sp - VOL 9. BEL L JEFONT E, PA. THURSDAY, ; MAY 12, 1887. i ———————— NO. 19 The Genre a ¢ Farmed], 50 per Aunumin Advance emacrat, FRANK E, BIBLE, Editor, 1887. Democratic County Committee, min HY Btitaer, Edward Brown, Jr, . James Schofield, «A Weber A C Witherite, eh A Prank, cores J Mayer, vernandd G Herlinger, ww enry Lehman, A J Graham, N,. WwW. Bellefonte > 8 W jw Howard Boro... Mitlestbarg Boro... Miliheim Boro Centres Hall Bors dis Anson V. Dougherty, Burnside twp...... "John Willams, t Qaicke Sap wens avid Brickley, Ferguson twp, BP. veelionry Krebs, da twp, W. Po Frank Bowersox, Ss. w Hiram Grove, Gregg top, 4 Minin Brave, William B. Keon, George W Kelster, William T Halley, wo Fak B Widlsad, we rndohn Glenn, Wiliam Irwin, Willian: H Gardner, John Ishigr, A N Corman, C Berkley Wm H Kreamor, A Foreman, «W W Boyer, Jacob M COlarr, Et shin B. Howe, resensssAniirew J, Lucas, James Redding, oo Wiitiam Woods, woes Win Calderwood, endohn H Beck, end J Woedring, vor Charles Motarvey. Haloes wm EP do +P Half Moon he Farris twp... Howard twp... luston twp... Liberty twp... Pent twp... Potter twp, N. | Taylor twp. . wo. Walker twp... Worth twp... Unlon twp. coos A MoOLAIN Chairman H. Y, Bumes, JANES Secretary. Tug Republicans are looking anxiously about for a Moses to lead them out of the boudage of defeat but as they have no man that sizes up the search will be futile. ml WA — Tue Czar of Russia would not have the throats of his would be assassins cut. He took a more diabolical plan of punishment, he had them imprisoned 7 for life. Tes Gaset sits man a would like to fly at the throat of the Court, bat be daren’t “let’er go Gallagher” because the big General sext door might and no doubt would sit down om him. You might sail in some time when the General is away. —~ to mr PRILADELPHI ie DOL yet a Paradise but is is getting there very fast under its present Mayor and its new charles. The papers of the oeighboring towns say that the street cleaners in their excavations have discovered the origioal cobble stone paving of the streets, PriLavELrmia is agitatiog the Saturday half holiday. Itis a good idea. The salesmen, sales ladies, cash boys ead girls ete, of the great stores should have a dey and a half out of the seven. Then the bar tenders and the fellows who tend bars on the out side ought to have a haif holiday. msn — Me. Gres explain his commec- tion with the late “onpleasantness™ ove of those double barreled explana tions that go off at both eads sad always hart the fellow who fools with it. Figuratively speaking Mr. Gates bad better buttoned up his mouth both times. His innocence as a circulator of a scandal is not clearer than mad. [fhe did not intend to have the story published why did he tell it? Tux Republicans of the oil regions threaten to take Tom Cooper's sealp because of his part in the defeat of the Billingsley bill in the senate. The oil men for years have been helping to pile up Republican majorities in the state, while the Republican party has been helping the Standard Oil Com- paoy to crush out the producers shippers and refiners, The refining of oil bas been driven from Penn. sylvania to Obio, and the export trade fron Philadelphia to New York and Balimore through the Standard Company. Perhaps Mr. Cooper's scalp may help the oil men as » muir of revenge, but aotil a Demo eratic legulature is elected they can ~expect vo relief for their business, In the mean time they might waltz ‘around with whette | seatping koives for the red top piece of the Deleware 4x old 1 copy of the « Central Pr ress’ gives us an idea of the hopes which animated the Bellefonte citizen in 1859, ena the grand prospects pictur- ed to the people of the county by the brilliant Wien Forney who then edit ed that paper. The Lock Haven snd Tyrove Railroad was neariog comple- ion, the Snow Shoe Railrosd was in operation. Bellefonte anxiously awaited railroad communication with Philadelphia and Pittsburg through the completion of the T. & L. H. R. R., now the B. E. V. Forney tells in glowing language of the wealth which the people of the county were to de- r ve from the opening of her coal and lumber fields to the markets of the east and west, The prospects were indeed bright, our forests were in the northern section of the county com- paratively untouched, our coal mines undeveloped, and our ore deposits hardly known. Bat in the light of hard experience we learn that not one of our citizens was enriched by the developement of his coal, lumber or iron interests. This of course may hate been the fault of the citizen, but the fact remains. With the comple- tien of the Bald Eagle Valley Road, railroad building within the county ceased for many years. The Tyrone and Clearfield road was completed i 1863or 1864 but thet road only touched eloog our borders and may be proper. I. classed as with the first ers of rail- road building. These railroads gave little spurts to Bellefonte and Philips burg and dried up Milesburg entirely. Msuy other roads have been project. ed through the county since but few completed, We have indeed addition- al and increased railroad facilities, our timber has been “developed” out of existence, but our coal, iron, lime stone, sand, fireclay and other sources of wealth are still in process of de- velopement. We still have as bright hopes to-day ss did our fathers ai- most a generation ago. Like Forney we (ry to paint the glorious future aod to have our share in its prosperi- ty. past and thiok thatit bas taken Belle fonte ninety years to reach our present proportions the prospect looks some- what blue. The same paper referring to the improvements in town, mentions the “new stone bridge to be erected over spring creek at the foot of High street” and which bas given place to the less darable through graceful structure which now spans that stream. F.P. Green and Wm. McClelland were finishing their elegant buildings on Lino street, and David Tate and David Bollinger in the northeastern part of town, T. R. Reynolds was building on Allegheny street and Ed. Brown on the corver of Allegheny and Bishop streets, she buildings which mere burned dowe in the big fire of two years ago and which were replac- ed by the elegant brick business blocks of to-day. The editor of the Prees in his ramblings about town, in the balmy spring of “59” was doubt less impressed with the coming great- nees of bis villge, every ring of a hammer suggested food for his im- agination and a thriving city loomed up before him, spreading itself across the valley from mountain to mountain and east and west almost without limit, that was twenty eignt years ago. We have grown, slowly, solidly and surely. Our resources are being developed, and the field for editorial imagination is as large today, as when Forney wrote. We gan pictare to ourselves & city of 25.000 people in the next five or six years, with its street railways, its magnificent business blocks, hotels, churches, its iron furnaces, rolling mills, glass factories, its machine shops, foundries snd manufacturiog establishments of all kinds, but when we think of the pro- plists who have gone before us, we feel like playing clam, Lr We have before us Vol. 2 No. 18 of the “Cexrax Dawocaar” “edited and published by John Bigler for Philip Benner." The paper is a four paged five column sheet printed on vary hutey puis warts duit Pybrumry 1, But when we look back over the | 1829, John Bigler ita editor was a brother of Gov. Wm, Bigler and after- wards became Gov, of California, Wm, learned his trade in the office under John. The duties of an editor in those days were not very onerous as in the entire paper there is not a balf eolumn of original matter, The County State- ment takes up one page nearly and is rather interesting. The total amount of money received hy the Treasurer for the year 1820 was $7,019.96, The ex- penditures exclusive of the Treasurers Among some School 3 per cent was $7,603.97, of the items are the followiag : teschers teaching poor children $618.76, 1obt, Tate, Sheriff’ “conveying two con- viets to the penitentiary” £101.84, Wm. W. Potter counsel for Com - missioners three years £00.00. Wood fuel for Court House and Juil $144.85, The “Centres Troop” is ordered by Capt. 8, H. Wilson to meet at the house of John Snyder In«eeper, Walker town- ship, fully equipped for drill. Gen. Jenner offers for rent “that large and commodious three story brick house diamond in the borough of Bellefonte.” This was the “Pennsylvania House still who are not yet gray. Fearing lest good tensnts might be driven away because of the great expense Decessary to furnish it he “proposes to provide furniture himself! D. J, vertises 6 cents reward for and Pruner ad- John Ama- hiser on appentice, Harris and “have just opened a shop on the corner of High and Spring streets.” They bave a full line of drugs, medicines “Sperm candles” and winter straived sperm oil.” Dr, Charles Von Hartleben owe, spring near Bosxlsburg, he has pursued studies of Europe, his medical universities there is none, Loweal Female literature in the country.” nis House) and so informs tha public A call fora meeting of the “Valley i | Jucob Neff, President sad {| Buchannan, Secretary. held ith party was on Tuesday, George Wolf was nominated for Gov, and George M. Wasson for Auditor. the advertising gives one an what was transpiring in those days, - Three Soldiers Shot. Rencon was executed, on the appeal of Colonel Varrati, the geon » few minutes later pronounced all theee dead, These were the persons who created line some wee ks ago. They took a squad of soldiers to the American side and at- tempted to release a man from the lo- oal officers, who was not under arrest, but whom the officers were takiog charge to keep him out of trouble, The condemned were held in jail at Nogales for some time, but for a sufli- cieat number of army offcers to try the case. The men were brought here and a sufficient number were secured and the trisl began, resulting as stated. Col. Arvizu had been » prominent man in Mexioan military snd political circles, but much inelined to dissipation. He was a fine looking man, wll and erect, Mth a graceful figure and a handsome ace —— — Afier bemmg out all night a jury at Lancaster rendered a virdiot against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, giving M. Bell of the city, $5000 damage for the loss of her husband, who was killed oo the tracks of the company near Landisviile. Tis Philadelphia Keeord is “agin” oc pst situated on the south west corner of the | remembered by some of our citizens | Smith apothecaries announce that they | “has opened his office at the howe of (George Sheneberger Esq, at the Rlue in several of the News The Philadelphia Album sdvertises “choice specimens of the best In the “Denocest’’ of August of the same year we find that Thomas Hastings Jr. Lins rented the brick hotel (FPennsylva- Troop” to mieet at the house of George | Withington {Potters Fort} is signed by Goorge A convention | shade in price, spices and tea being dull of the “Democratic Jackson ard Woll"” August, with John Forster E«q., in the chair and Wm. A. Thomas as Secretary. |, Henry Petriken and Jas. Ferguson for | Assembly, Wm. Kerr for Commissioner These old paperr are very interesting and while there is a lack of local news idea of Guarmas, Mexico, May 6.—At sun- rise yesterday the judgment of the court-martial in the cases of Colonel Arvieu, Lieutenant Guiterez and Leuis The trio faced death bravely, all refusing at first 10 have their eyes bandaged, but finally men allowed themselves to be blind- folded. A volley was them fired on the condemed men snd the examining sur thse trouble on the American side of the Dun's Weekly Statement. New York, May ¢ Following is R, GG. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade May 7: “The featura of business reports for the for the week ending Saturday, past week is the enormous increase re- ported at many Western points, In though important that section the inter-S checking ate act, trade st some | poin's, seems to have produced a feel confidence in a Other causes, partioulurly the speculation in real estate and the activity in building, contribute to swell transactions surpris- At Cipeinnati clearings show an ing of exirsordinary much larger number of towns, ingly. increase of 32 per cent, over last yesr; at St. Louis 16 per cent. and at Chicago 14, but at 8t, Paul snd San Francisco report gains of 43 Memphis, St. Joseph and Peoria gains exceeding 50 per cent; Indianapolis and Denver per cent, ; gains of nearly BO per cent; Omaha a gain of 102 and Wichita, Kan- sas, a gain of 110 per cent, Apart from land trading and new building other business has been remark«bly active throughout that re Denver notes an increase in yield of precious metals; St. Paul a large output of flour; Cleve- | Cincinnati and Milwaukee a distinet improvement in trade and collections, The supply of money seems everywhere ample. About Atlania dullness is re- | ported and at Fer cent, gion. Memphis the sctivity I ; | noted "is mainly in real estate and building. “Eastern cities do not fied a corres- Atl Philadelphia exchanges show little in- ponding improvement in trade crease and there are complaints of want | of life in trade snd too marrow profits, {| Large amounts of capital thenee to the West on mortgage loans, Boston May dividends were $4,985,002. against $3,116,003 last yesr, and the boot and shoe business still improves, but the woolen manufacture is depress | ed by stow demand for goods and sever- fal New Evgland mills bave stopped to The bigh prices being paid for new wool st the West, it = claimed, will make profitable manofac- tare impossible for many. The dry goods market is quiet, though some or- dere appear for fall and winter goods and prices are well maintained. In the | grocery trade there is much complaint lof sugar has yielded » are going | reduce time. dullness and In spite of so | tive speculation in coffes the demand | for eoosumption is limited, “Reilroad earnings give proof that, | while traffic is large, the increase falls {short of reported gaing in the volume of | business at the West Reports of rail { roads for April so far show an average increase of 17 per cent. in gross earning over last year, The Pennsylvania ac counts, however, indicate a general in- crease of 11.2 per cent, in operating ex- penses. Lake freights are 3] cents for wheat from Chicago to Buffalo, The Erie Canal opens to-day and charters from Baffalo to New York are 6] oents, Ocean freights are 1id. to Liverpool with little chartering. These figures do not indicate great activity of movement as yet. Bulk wheat exporting is check- od by a corner in near options, which has advanced prices 3} cents, with sales of failure, Coston futures for June are also cornered, and have advanced a quarter; sales of actual and imaginary cotton have reached 568,000 bales, “It is significant that, with money largely increasing in volume and abund- ance, iron grows weaker, Bessemer iron is 50 to 75 cents lower at Pittsburg; sales of bar at two cents are not unusual at Philadelphis, and there are reports of larger sales of pig a concession, while some rail mills are open for orders st $38. The association's Bulletin observes: ‘There sre far worse evils than a moder. ate decline in prices.’ Already 067 miles of railroad have been completed against 652 to date last year, an. new securities are offered in great variety and large amoun!, but the uncertain prospect as to rates, and respecting the decisions of the loter-Siate Commerce Commission affects investments in stocks, though prices have improved a little with good reports of earnings, wo Be ————— Jordan's Successor. Wasnixorox, D. C. May. James W. Hyatt, of Norwalk, Conn., who has been mentioned as United States Treas. urer Jordan's successor, is now in this city on a visit with ex-Senator Barium, of Connectiont. When asked about the 'and molssees steady, by the President he said : “Never heard of it before; didn't come to see the reported ofter of the piace made to him | { sociation of my name with the Tressur- ership is simp'y a wild report, Ite the furthest thing from my thouzhits” Nothwithst ndin Hyatt's chances considered good, Mr, for are He the National for Connecti this denial, the powiion in Bank Examiner sub and i¢ Though .iving in a Tle Rhode Island snd uu unswerving Demonrat. pub been elecied to i of and has liean distriet, he has the Connecticut House Represents | bield Le | He tives and Stare Senate, in th was formerly President of the Danbury number of offices at State, and Norwalk Railroad Company, and is Ex-Senator | larnom is backing him for the Treasur- ership and he bas also other strong friends, Tonight ex-Sefaior Mr. Hyatt to the White House to see the President. This sfternoon they spent several hours with Trewurer Jor- an excellent business man, many took $arnum dan in. the latter's office in the Treasury The President has pot said What he will do. Department, — Wp AGI—— ‘Washington Letter. D. C., May Sth, To the amusemeni loveing public Wasninorox, 1887 the past week has been sn eventful one. The spring races of the National Jockey Club, which were held during the week were of more than usual interest and were largely attended, notwii traction afforded by the presence in town hitanding the ceunter at. of Forepsugh's circus, and the National League base ball games, The sorial event of the week was the ap- pearance of Patti in the opera “Da Tra. viata.” The fact that she bad been heard here before in this opera did not seem Wo have a deterring effect upon ibe public, sud it may be truthfully said that rarely if ever, bad so distinguished an audience as- sembled within the walls of an opers house, that which gathered at Al. beugh's on Tuesday evening. The Presi dent of the United States, his Cabinet offi. cers, men prominent in political affairs, Be women who are rcecognized as queens in tue social world, and titled representatives of foreign countries, combined in paying their tribute to the acknowledged queen of sng. Some of the speculators who invested largely in tickets Ww the Patti opers, and who expected to find a ready sale for them si exhorbilant prices, were very badly taken in, by the general refusal upon the part of the public 10 be swindeled bp tick. been the case in the past, and when it was discover. ed, soon after the box office was opened for the sale of seats, that the best seats in the house had been disposed of to speculs. tors, there wasan indignation meeting beld and it was unanimously decided that the prices charged by speculators would not be paid, and when the hour for the open- ing of the entertainment arrived many of the best seals in the orchestra were unsold, and the speculators in order to get back a portion of their outlay were obliged in some instances to sell their tickets ata lower price than was originally charged at the box office. Queen Kapionani, of the Hawaiin Is. lands and her party arrived in Washing. ton Toesday evening, and spent the re mainder of the week in viewing the won- ders of the National Capital, It is not an uncommon thing for distinguished repre. sentatives of foreign countries to visit Washington, but it is seldom that we have been honored by the visits of royalty itself. The Queen's complexion is not quite s0 dark as the full blood negro, but darker than that of the average mulatto, She is of medium height and weighs ap- parently about 200 pounds. The Princess who accompanies her as 8 member of the party is much yoanger tian the Queen and notwithstanding ber dark complexion 1 quite handsome. During the Queen's stay in Washington sho war entertained by both government cfficinls and the representatives of foreign countries, and expressed herself as much pleased with Washingion, sad with ber entertaioment here. When iL was ane pounced that the dark complexioned ruler. of the South Pacific Islands was to be giv- en the distinguished honor of a special dinner st the White House, & protest was heard from some of the frequenters of the Executive Mansion. It was said that at least one of the Cabinet officers wou'd not attend the dinner, but this rumor was un. founded. Upon the ocomsion of the Queen's visit to the Washington she was received by Gibson and the wore reviewed by ber. A royal mlute wns fired ne the party gator: el sharpers, as has »o frequently President about it; exme hore on entire: | Ee Condensed Tolograms,. Cuicaco, May 6. —~Colonel W, H, Bol- ton, ex-superintendent of second-class | matter in the Chicago post office; who was : convicted of the embezzlement of about $26,000, was this morning sentenced by {Judge Blodgett to four years imprison- ment in the penitentiary. Jemsey Ciry, jury, N. J.,, May 6.-The the case of Michsel James Simpson, killed in the Ivanhoe mill COroner's in Burke and explosion, has found a ver- | dict to the effect that their deaths was due Bh { I »anhoe gross negligence on the part of the Paper manufecluring company | Gross negligence under the laws of New Jersey constitutes man-slaughter. The grand jury will now consider the case, Creverayn, May 6 —A special from Lima, O., says that William Fee's oil well No. 8, on the Ridenour ferm, drilled into the sand this morning and is Sowing steadily through a four-inch pipe st the {rate of 8,000 barrels per day. Another natural gas well, flowing five million cubic feet daily, also came in this morning. Great excitement prevails, Br. Lovis, May 6.—Joseph Hurscher and George Weinger, two Switzers, bad a dispute in Mary Ingrund’s saloon, result ing in Weinger knocking Hurscher down with a chair. On gaining bis feet, Hur- scher attacked the former with a knife, inflicting ball & dozen gaping wounds that will result fatally. Hurscher is un- der arrest Sr. Peremsnvnc, May 0. ~The czarine bas donated one bundred thousand roubles perfect of Bt. Peters. of his services in plot against the ezar's life, and the czar bad granted him s pension of six thousand roubles as a re to General Gresser, burg, in recegnition frustrating the recent ward for his services in arresting nihilists, Caxasonarsix, N. Y,, May 6.—A #e- vere thunder and lightainr storm visited this section of the Mohawk Valley this mording. The farm building of Super- visor Cox sti Cherry Valley were struck by lightning and comsumed, entailing a loss of $12,000 § Telegraph and telephone wires were badly deranged. Loxvox, May 6.—In the house of com- mons this evening Gladstone's motion 10 appoint & committee to inquire into the Times’ charges againet Dillon was reiacted B17 to 283 and Sir Edward Clark's motion that the house decline 10 (rest the Times’ publication as a breach of privilege was sgreed to, Axnox, 0, a well May 5. Wiliam Stinsman known and prominent citizen of Akron, was run over ard killed by a train on the New York, Pennsylvania and Obie railromd, a few miles east of this tity, this morning. Cnicaco, Corpus Tom,” May R.—A writ of habeas possession of “Blind the negro pisnist, whose proper name is Thomas Wigging, was applied for yesterday in the Federal district court. The petitioner is Mrs, Eliza Bethune, who was appointed Tom's conservaior a year upon application of the sightiess pianists mother. Mrs. Bethune claims that certain showmen lave again got Tom into their clutches and are now in this district con trolling his services to their own exclusive advantage, reaping s rich barvest and yielding substantially nothing to Tom or bis mother. The writ was issued return able Monday. Sr. Louis, May 8 —Expres M Fotheringham hae sued the Mut company and the Pinkerton agency for $100,000 for false arrests and imprison- ment, Haxnsnure, May 9. ~Judge Simontn this aflernocon in the court of common pleas banded down an opinion tn the case common wealth against ex-State Treasurer Bailey to recover seventy thousand dol. lars or more of the state monies lost through the failure of the bank of Bradford. The defendant had deposited in this bank, as with others, upon & bond being given by the securities of the insfitue tion for the wmfe keeping of the funds. Since the failure ba has doen endeavoring 10 recover from the sureties the smount leet. Pending sottiement with the sureties of the bank the attorney general entered suit against toe State Tressurer, Judge Simonton directs that Judgment be enter od for the commonwealth for the amount Sf the Suttw. case will be taken to supreme court, an ex been filed. pion having Porrsviiie, Pa., May The from this region Vdvontiig sn a goveral miners’ strike may be pronounced wholly speculative, No action looking to such & movement has been taken by either the miners of the Amalgamated association Knights of Labor or men as sn unorgan. ined body. Intelligent and well informed miners say that all talk of a strike is con- to secure
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