TH CORRESPONDENCE containing important news ail be gladly received for publication in this paper. Neoccommunications will be fuserted unless accom- | Patrons will panded by he real name of the sender, ent. a favor by reporting any personal notice at this office. —————————— hy Local Department. —Next, ~Don't be a dude, —Longress is in session, ~—Shaffer will have to hang, ~ The moon is on the wane. ~ See Loebs’ ad. on 5th page. ~Tuesday dawned clear and cold, ~It is in order for Most to yell Rats, Rate, ~-(3ive Sharpe a rest. He is becoming notorious, —Oae more issue of this paper before Christm: s. ~The diamond is getting to be quite a barn-yard, —Court continued during the whole of last week. — Farmers consider this the dull sea- som of the year. ~— Look out for several weddings in Bell efonte soon. —The churches are rehearsing their Christmas music, --Weighed and found wanting; re- publican officers, — Bachelors are trembling as leap year is approaching, —Loeal polities about town is below Boiling point at present, ~The President's message is a stunner fo some of our politicians, ——An occasional fisticuff is the only excitement just at present, ~—Wanren.—A good boy to learn the printing trade at this office, ~The man who parts his hair in the middle is not always a dude, ~—1887 is tottering on the brink. and soon the old year will be dead. —8everal cases of diphtheria have been reported within the last few days, ~The United States army now num- Bers 2, 200 officers and 25, 236 men. ~The saw mill of Bilger Brothers at Pleasant Gap, is now ready for work. —For muddy crossings Bellefonte can eampete with any town in the State, ~You would do well to eall and examine the Red Letter sale at Loeb’s, ~The new rooms in the Arcade will vot be finished as expected by Christ- mas, ~I\ ia noticable that the merchants who advertise are doing a profitable business, —December has five Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and but four Sandays. ~The Cextre Democmar is the best medium in which to advertise your « holiday goods, ~The pavement should be repaired in several places before the ground becomes too solid. ~The highest cash price paid for hides at A. Beezer & Son's meat market, 48-3m, ~The poor man is more content with his small treasures, than the rich man with his large ones, ~The holidays being 50 near, it will soon be time for Thomas and Jeremiah to put in their appearance, ~~Don’t pay two prices for candy, but buy where it is manufactured, and git it at city prices, at Jacob's, 2-t. ~Quite a number of bears have been killed this season, and really some fall bear stories have been told. Christmas parties can not be held on Xmas evening this year as Sunday will interfere with such arrangements. ~The only place where candy is manufactured in this city is at Jacob's, amd sells at city prices pure and fresh, «It is reported that the Western Union has reduced rates 20 per cent, frouhout the country. It is about time ~We bad an ocossionally fine shower daring the last week, which Beeps the streets in a constant puddle, «Our anarchist friend, Herr Jobn Most, has been refused a new trial and sentenced 10 one year in the peniten- tiary . ~Wm. Singer Esq., Is spending a few days at his home. He expects to capture a dear before his return. Possibly you ~-Sometime we'll wander back again. Save your money for holiday pur- poses. The livery meen are anx’'ously waiting for snow, ~All day long the soundtof the ham- mer is heard, ~The newspaper men will soon have a few days off, ~Mixtures from ¥5 to 756 cents per pound at Jacob's, —You can not de better than to re- member the poor. — Many people abeut town are suffer- ing with severe colds. ~The winter poet will soon be made happy by the floating flakes. ~Oinly one wagon put in appearance at the market Tuesday morning, ~—A cold wave always improves Bellefonte, as it dries up the mud, —Jacob’s makes his eandy toys, get them pure and fresh, and at city prices, —There will be a number of boys— cott during the last few daye in Decem- ber, ~ Already the windows of our enter’ prising merchants are looking like holi- day fares. —We recommend the reading of the advertisements in the columns of the DeMocraAT, ~-Now is the time to clean up your yards, prevent sickness and get ready for winter. --1t is not considered in good taste for any man to go into a store and sit upon the counter, ~Now is the time when loafers in the county stores, tell tall stories, and re- late their adventures, ~The Boston Post speaks as follows : Mr. Steck stands without a superior among platform orators. ~The largest stock and cheapest prices, then why not buy of Jacobs, and get pure and fresh candy, ~The highest cash price paid for hides at A* Beezer & Son's meat market, 48 3m. — If your Sunday school is going to treat the children, get your candy from Jacob's at wholesale and save money. —{andy baskets, canes, bretaels, muffs, and anything you want in the candy line, at the lowest prices, at Jacobs, — In other towns people place their hitching posts in the ground; in Belle- fonte they place them in the mud puddles, —Be sure to read Moyer's ad, It will tell you where the largest, cheapest and best stock of goods can be found in this town, ~The funeral of Mrs, Pettingill, of Coleville, took place on Sunday after noon, followed by numerous friends and relatives. —Farm animals are burt more by medicine than by the lack of it. When an animal needs medicine, it needs a competent physician, ~The trains that come to Bellefonte are crowded with people many of whom are already starting on their holiday visit with some friend. —We understand that Uncle Tom's Cabin will be the next entertainment in the Opera Houses, Let it come, ijt has not been here for some time, —Counterfeit bills are being circu- lated in large quantities. It would be well to examine your money closely, as it requires great care to detect them. ~The entertainment al the Presby- terian chapel on Thursday evening last was a decided success and a handsome sum was realized for church purposes. ~ Posters, dodgers, cards, letter heads bill heads, statements, shipping tags ant’ envelopes, printed at tha office of the Cexrar Drxoorar, ~Fall and Winter Season 1887 and 88. Full lines of Overcoatings, Switings, and Pantaloonings. leave your order now, Moxraonzry & Co. Tailors, «A complete list has been arranged for Institutd week, and the teachers of Centre county may expect to receive a fine course of instruction during the week. ~Beveral exoesedingly fine pictures are to be seen in the windows at Bunnell & Aikens, corner and are really about the only works of art on exhibition in this town, ~The Lock Haven Democrat gave a full account of the murder trial, and every person in Bellefonte was anxious to got the first paper as soon as the train arrived. «One of the finest and best equiped institutions in the State is the State =A number of bills heve been in. troduced into the Senate, and that sugust body has apparently made up its mind to do some work, ~The light that now attempts to illuminate our streets is good for kouse purposes only, Why not give some other company a trial for street lamps that would give us much more light, —E. L. Harper, President of the de- fuset Fidelity Bank in Cincinnati, Ohio, wae sertenced to ten y2ars imprison- ment in the penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio, and by order of the Court was conveyed thither ut once, ~The pugilistic efforts that oceasion~ ally occur above our composing rooms, are not calculated to make it pleasant for those at work, It is truly annoying and would be a favor conferred if the prize ring were moved to some other place. There is a chance for an enterprising man in this town. The car works are standing idle, why not put some of the money about town into circulation and start them up, If this were done it would be more of a boom for the place than ao iron furnace, and would employ as many men. ~We are glad we gave chance to express his “opinion’’ as it is 80 seldom that young man is in possess ion of that article. Had he not been delivered of that “opinion” he might have been inflicted with a surp'us of common sense, However, the danger is past, Bailey is delivered. Bailey a ~Norice—All persons having Deeds, Mortgages and other instruments in the Recorder's office recorded and unpaid, will call and lift the same on or before the first day of January A, D. 1888, as sftor that date the accounts due the Recorder will be collected according to law. Pay up and save trouble and ex- pense, ~Clell Bamford has gone and got married without saying anything to the the editor of this paper. Of course it was none of our funeral, but *“Clell” might bave left us known about the affair, However, we are on deck to to extend our congratulations to Mr. Bamford and his handsome’ and ae- complished wife, and prosper, May they live long —We are in posession of the scientifie report published by the department of science of the State College which would be interesting and profitable to the farmers or any one interested in agriculture, We would advise all our readers to procure this interesting book and make use of the scientific proper- ties explained in its pages. A little more study and reading would prove profitable to the majority of farmers throughout Centre County. —[t does often appear as though it was a pity to remove all the old land marks about town, but one after an- other, slow but sure, they are disappear. ing. Naturally we reverence those ancient marks, but when they have served their mission and modern im- provements demand their removal, we should be willing to make the change without a murmur, and in the end we find that improvements which take their place add greatly to the beauty and value of any locality. ~Taeir BUISNESs BOOMING,~Proba- bly no one thing bas caused such a general revival of trade at J. Zeller & Son's Drug Store as their giving away to their customers of so many free trial- bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. Their trade is simply enormous in this very valuable article from the fact that it always cures and never disappoints. Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup, and all throat and lung diseases quickly cured. You can test it before buying, by get- ting a trial bottle free, large size $1. Every bottle warranted. «There should be a free library in Bellefonte for the benefit of the publie. If large comfortable rooms were fur. nished, there is not a working man in town who would not contribute toward the expense of keeping up the rooms. The Y. M. C, A. does not fill the want of the people taken as a whole, and we have remson to know, and do know, that many would patronize a free library or even pay for the use of it that could not be induced to connect themselves with any other than a library association. Some may possibly qestion this statement and say that one library is enough, or raise other ob- Jjections. To those we would simply say, look at this question fairly before you make up your mind about having only one place where young men can spend their evenings and then name over those who never go inside the association rooms and you have only a few left and those most of them married men. I do not wish to bs understood as ae far as it can reach, but there is an never be able to reach. For this reason fustitution y wn of aguinet the Y. M. C. A. It does its work ~After the 20th instant no county orders will be cashed until after the first of next year. This is my de neces- sary as the financial report for the past year is being prepared by the board of out-going officers. have « claim, present it before the stated time. If you above ~ William Ishler, of Benner township killed six porkers last week, the aggre: gate weight of which was over two, thousand pounds. How is that for fat bogs? William surprised us with , two yards and a half of most palatable sau- sage merely to prove the weight of the hogs you know, The proof « f the hog is esting the sausage. ~Brace ur.—Y ou are feeling depress ed, your appetite is poor, you are both- ered with Headache, you are fidgety, pervous, and generally out of sorts, and want to brace up, Brace up, but not with stimulants, spring medicines, or bitters, which have for their basis very heap, bad whisky, and which stimulates then leaves you than you for an hour, and in a worse condition before, What you want is an alterative that will purify your blood, start healthy action of Liver and Kidneys, your vitality, and give renewed restore health and strength, Such a medicine you will find in Electric Bitters, and only 50 cents a bortle at J, Zeller & Son's Drug Store. ~The message of Pretident Cleveland which will be found in this week's Dex- OCRAT is a most remarkable State paper, and deals with a subject which must be settled at this session of Congress or the country will go through a financial and business struggle unparalleled in our history. It is a paper which every American should carefully read. We are confronted with a facf and not a theory. snd known to thoughtful man and was foreseen by 18 every intelligent the politicians of both parties when they formulated their platforms at Chi- 1884, the gress President Cleveland the responsibility for the manded from a large, dangerous surplus collected annually from the people and hoarded up in the Treasury. and clear exposition of the evils under which we are laboring, created conster- nation in the ranks of the monopo'y tariff advocates in the Republican party and their few allies among the Democratic membership, nh Con- has thrown relief de unwieldy cago in Upon and The message has by ita bold Something must and will be done to reduce the surplus and that something has been clearly indicated. The influential Re- publican papers, such as the Chicago Tribune and the New York Times, de. mand of their party in Congress that they unite with the Democrats in a measure of relief as outlined by the Presideat’s message. No one can be terrified by the free trede ory of the monopolists in the future. Under the cover of “protection to American labor’ has grown up every monopoly and “trust” in the country, and under that same ory thousands of foreign laborers bave been imported to compete with American labor, ~Uwxcie Towm.—Linden Hall was packed on Wednesday night to witness the play of Unele Tom's Cabin by Abbey's Double Mammoth troupe. It was the largest audience that has been out this season. The performance was an excellent one, and Harriet Beecher Stowe's powerful and touching story of Uncle Tom was never better depicted in Geneva, The company is a strong one each member filling his or her role in an easy and telling manner, and slave life in the South was brought vividly before each one of the large audience. Gus T. Wallace in the character of Uncle Tom came oul very strongly and it would be hard indeed to find fault in his acting of the part. The part of Eva was taken by Gracie Peck, a child of only five years, and the little lady played the difficult role in a charming manner far beyond many older children who have appeared on the stage. Her singing was fine and was eacored sever. al times; she rendered some difficult songs This little one is a born actress and is very easy and graceful on the stage. Of Miss Kate Partington as Topey, too much cannot be said. She was a typieal happy-go-lucky young darky. Her manner is inimitable, her songs are good and her dancing superb, She is also quite an element outside of ita limit that it will | dancing EE The actual condition of affairs | PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. —— ( Continued from 1st page proof of our country’s progress. Dut if in the emergency that presses upon ug our manufacturers are ssked to surrender something for the public good and to avert disaster, patriotism as well as a grateful recog- nition of advantages already afforded, should lead them to co-operation, No demand is made that they shall forego all the benefits of governmenial regard; but they cannot fail to be admonished of their duty, as well as their enlight- e ed self-interest and safety, when they are reminded of the fact that financial panic and collapsed to which the present condition tends, afford no shelter or protection to sur manufac tures than to our other important en- terprises, Opportunity for safe, care. ful and deliberate reform is now offer- ed; and none of us should be uwomind- ful of a time when an abused and ir ritated people, heedless of those who have resisted timely and reasonable relief, may insist upon a radical and sweeping rectification of their works, The difficulty attending a wise and fair revision of our tanff laws is not underestimated. It will require oo the part of the Congress great labor and care and especially a broad and | national contemplation of the subject {and a patriotic disregard of such local and selfish claims as are unreasonable and reckless of the welfare of the en tire country MATERIALS OF MANUFACTURE AND NECESSARIES OF LIFE CHEAVENED. Under our prescat laws more than 4000 articles are subject to duty. Many of these do not in any way RAW compete with our own manufacturers | and many are hardly worth attention as subjects of revenue. A considerable reduction 2an be made in the aggre gate by adding them to the iree list. I'he taxation of luxuries presents no features of hardship but the necessar- ies of life used and consumed by all the people the duty upon which adds | to the cost of liviog in every home should be greatly cheapened. The radical reduction of the duties imposed upon raw material used in manufacturers or its free importation, is of course, an important factor in any effort to reduce the price of these necessaries, it would not only relieve them from the increased cost caused by the tarid on such material but the manufactur. ed product being thus cheapened, that part of the tariff now laid upon such product as a compensation to our man- ufacturers for the present price of raw material could be accordingly modified. Such reduction, or free importation, would serve besides, to largely reduce the revenue. It is bot apparent how such a change can have any injurious effect upon our manu. turers, On the contrary, it would ap pear to give them a better chance in foreign materials with the manufac- | turers of other countries who cheapen their wares by free material: That our people might have the opportun- ity of extending their sales beyond the limits of home consumption—saving them from the depression, interruption in business and loss caused by a glat- ted domestic market and affording their employes more certain sod steady labcr, with its resulting quiet aod contentment, BOTH PARTIES PLEDGED TO TARRIFF REVISION, The question thus imperatively presented for solution should be ap- proached in a spirit higher than par. tisanship; and considered in the light of that regard for patriotic duty which should characterize the action of those intrusted with the weal of a confiding people. But the obligation to declared party policy aud princi ple is not wanting to urge prompt snd effective action. Both of the great politcal parties now represented in the Government have, by repeated and authoritative declarations, con demoed the condition of our laws which permits the collection from the Jeople of unnecessary revenue, and ve, in the most solemn manner, promised its correction, and neither as citizens Dor partisans are our countrymen in a mood to condone the deliberate violation of the pledges. ion will not be improved by dwell upon the theories of y pr. froe trade. This savors too much of bandying epithets, Itisa which confronts ue—not a theory. Hi - : : 788% : gE: their ative labor which our workin need, and with beoefit to them ag our people, by chespening their "of substance and increasing the ure of their comforts’ TAX REDUCTION PARAMOUN The Constitution provides that President “shall, from time to give to the Congress informati the state of the Union.” It bas the custom of the Executive, in plisnce with this provision to an ly exh/bit to the Congress, at the ing of its session, the general cond of the conntry, and to detail, with particulariiy, the operations of different Executive Depatments would be especially agreeable to low this course at the present 4 and to eal! attention to the val accamplishments of these Deg ments daring the last fiscal year. I am #0 much impressed with the amont importance of the subjec whick this communication has far been devoted, that I shall fs the addition of any other topic, | only urge upon your immediate sideration on the “state of the Ug as shown in the present conditiog our Treasury and our general of our safety and prosperity depe THE DEPARTMENTS TO BPEAK THEMBELV Es, The reports of the heads of de ments, which will be submitted, tain full and explicit inform touching the transaction of the § ness introstod to them, and such commenuniions relating to legisls in the public interest as they d advisable, I ak for these rep and recommendations the delibe | examination and action of the legi tive branch of the Government. | There ure other subjects not {braced in the departmental rep {demanding legislative considerst |and which I should be glad to sub {Some of them, however, have | | earnestly presented in previous sages, and as tothem | beg leave | repeat prior recommendations, As the law makes no provision | any report from the Department | State a brief history of the 'ransacti {of that important Department, tog | er with other matters which it | hereafter be deemed essential to of | mend to the attention of the Cong | may furnish the occasion for a fut communication, Grover CLEVELAND Washington D. C. Dec. 6, 15% —Tue Srecravisy,~ Dr. Clemens i ing to make his regular visit to B fonte, Dee, 14, '87. at the Brocke House, By all means see him chronic disease, inhalations, for Dr. Clemens trea May be the Giant now in Eyrope we are still in \ % BELLEFONT And expact to be here durin Holidays with the finest line ¢ NUTS and FRUITS Ever in Bellefoate. Our INT RIVER ORANGE Are finer than they have bee season yet, aud our Are kept new and fresh. PRUNES At all prices, DRIED PEACH na J, ND inne & ngs CANNED GOO : Of all kinds, Come and see os; have a wonderful Curiosity on ex! tion, You can only see it once. T§3. TL® John L. Sullivd Y1008; RRTFEPRIBGRCLR, STFRA:, situation, upon which every eledgiil 3 ANDIES GROCERIFE He atch Ton Som, he
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