@he Contre Democrat, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1888, —— CORKRESPOA UGA 1 containing Important news wilt be plod peceiv od Boe publication in this paper Ne commus ioations of be | oserted unless accom. posed by he ced name of the sender, Patrons will aufero favor by cparting say personal notice ai offs. Local Department. Weather Indications, Indications for Eistern Pennsylvania : Fresh to brisk westerly winds; colder, fouuwed by warmer, fair weather, —~8'ightly warmer, ~ Easter i» drawing near, —See Perlsiine’s mammoth ed on 5th page, ~Tha ek to, —A'0lds in the head are very common Red vi poopla still roller now«s days, —Snonw is said to be four feet deep in York State, —Did you ever see ex-Sheriff Walk- er feed a tramp? — Don't Saturday night forget the ‘home talent” Will" at Eagleville FLUOOPSS, — The *“Siolen wae reporied a — Roland Reed played at the Du- Bois Opera house Tuesday night, —The hides at a. Beezer & Son's meat market. 483m p'aved at the Altoons operas house last night, bighest cash price paid for —Taa “Two Johns" —Cal Green, the High street barber — a boy, and Cal is happy. 9 pounds, —J]f you have books of any kind to bind take them to the Desocrar Bind- ery. —For Sarre, -Set of chairs and two stoves. Inquire at this office. eain-bottom —Nothing can “tie-up” a railroad quicker blizzard. ~Aaron Williams and A. A. Dale returned home from Washioglon last Saturday. and more eflectively than a —We are under obligations to Hon. Jno A. Woodward for some inleresting documents, —Advertise your business in the Dexocrar if you want people to kvow what you are doing, ~The thermometer crawled down to S degrees above zero on Tuesday, which wasn't 30 bad for March, ~The Altoona Times has forgotten us, Their paper was always a welcome visi- tor and we wonder what is up. ~The highest cash price paid for hides at A. Beezer & Son's meat market 48-3m., ~King, the Clarion county murderer, will not be hung, his sentence having heen commuted to imprisonment for life. —Frank Cunningham has sold bis cigar store and pool room to Mr, Pierce, son-in-law of Dan’l McGinley, of this place. —Cyrus Goss moved his to He family town on Monday. Chambers Esq, the nail works store from Messrs Kemp und will furnish goods at prices that will compete with town stores, I ~The Methodist geesion at Williamsport and presiding Flder Leidy's report hows a flourishing condition Meth Central Pennsplvania, —Samuel H, Goodhsrt, postmaster a ed on Saturday Inst Tues two chil Hublersburg, d asumption, and was buried on lav. He leaves a wife and iren to mourn his loss, Leap year is sort of wild delusion, | VY WAY. use for it, and the homely one is afraid The pretty girl has never any to take advantage of its privileges for | fear she will be rejected. wMarrinn,—At the Lutheran parson. age Nittany Pa., March 8, 1858, by Rev, John Brabaker, Mr, H. T. Bartley, of Hablersburg Pa, and Mim Violas Treaster, of Nittany Pa. — Bishop McGorern who was recently consecrated Bishop of this Dicosse is well known to the people of Bellefonte having formerly been pmator of the eatholic congregation here, ~Mr. James Milliken who spends very little of his time in Bellefonte is axpectedl to arrive home romorrow, Daily Bews ~Thank Hevings! We were sfenid the arrival might be delayed another day. «Miss Carrie West, of MeVeylown, who has been visiting Miss Annie Grove for the past few weeks, returned home Saturday. Miss West made quite a namber of friends while here, who were sorry io 20 her go, ~8am Rigling, who waa formerly em- ployed by the Duncan Machine Works of this pisce, loft Saturday for Philadel phis to except a position, Sam is a fient class workman and we wish him wacoess in bis new place, ; occupies the | house on Lamb street vacated by E. R. | | House, went on the bench, ~MeClain and Buck have purchased | i five hotels, conference is in | lism in | | its usefulness will only be limited by tl | wis | committee, It is hoped that Democrats | ance, and the constitution will be read ~The Valley Spirit, of Carlisle Pa.’ has put in a new Camabell (wo-revolu- tion press. They must have prompt paying subseoribers, ~The new stores which are soon to be opened in town seem to indicate that the young men are going to take hold and show some of the mossbacks how to do business. ~Forward March—Yes and double quick at that, if there's a blustry, blow- ing brigadocio in all the twelve months lotted to the Christian year it is March, We are weary of it before it is here- ~~ RUPTURE CURE GUARNTEED BY DR. J. B Maver -831 Arch St, Phil'a Pa, Ease ut once, no operation or delay from buisness, attested by thousands of cures aver others fail, advice free, send for circular, ~The stereotopie exhibition, which was given for the benefit of the Belle- fonte band Saturday night was not very well attended, If the people of Bellc~ lonte want a band they should not be afraid to spebd a cent to help it along. —One of the brightest little dailies that reach our table is the McKeesport News, which is edited by the youngest editor in the United states, and when paper don't mean it in the slang term of that word, we say that the is “fresh” we On Saturday evening between 6 and 7 o’clock John Schaul, while on his way from Tyrone to his home in Grazier- ville, and when a short distance from the Agar farm, was waylsid and robbed of $50. It being dark he was unable to recognize his assailant, ~The Bellefonte cow perambulates the pavements as usual, awaiting the or- ganization of the new council, If there aro any men in that body with suffi cient back bone to grapple the cow question; she will be relegated to the she will be cow pasture, Otherwise seen in her usual haunts, —This office had a very pleasant cal- ler recently, in the shape of a tramp, who was in quest of papers. It is the custom with these knights of the road to get papers when they strike a town and while away their spare (7) time reading. He was not clad in the latest style, but looked like if he had been struck by a cyclone. —There will be sn entertainment given by the pupils of the Kennedy school in Howard township, on Tues- day evening the 27th of March, The exercises will consist of dialogues, recitations, ete, and a paper will be | read by one of the pupils. The admis. sion will be 10 cents, for the purpose of purchasing a dictioaary for the use of the school. 1888, ~The Ex-privioners Association of | this County at their last meeting March | 3rd, 1888, had a good meeting and en- rolled four new members. The local association !now numbers twenty-eight, The next meeting will be held March ITth 18883 at 10a. m.in the rooms of | Gregg Post. A free lunch will be served as business of importance is to be trans | acted it is hoped there will be a large Frasx T, Warrace President, attendance. ~When Judge Orvis, who is now | being eriticised by some of our temper- | ance people for his speech in the Cours there were | twenty-two licensed hotels, saloons and gin mills flourishing in Bellefonte When be left the bench there were but Have our temperance peo And awe ple ever thought of that record? yet Judge Orvis never sounded h praises as a temperance former from pe. The new Democratic re the house 1s} 1" lub will sup- ply a long felt want in the county, and lom of its executive officers and | from every section of the county will ally themselves with it and help make | it a success, There will be another | meeting on Monday evening next, at | 7:30 p. m., in the arbitration room, when | it is hoped there will be a large attend- sud signed, Jno. D. Sourbeck and Frank Can- ningham have joined hands and eapital and will open as grocery stor in the new Bush Areade. This, with Perle stoin’s dry goods and notion store, will make the west end of High street very attractive, and as both firms are com- posed of young men thoroughly familiar with their several lines of business, we are safe in saying that they will got a fair share of the trade and will deserve it by attention to business and the wants of their patrons, «Don’t fail to attend the entertain- ment to be given by “home talent” at Humes’ Hall next Saturday, The pro- ceeds are to be devoted to the purchase of a new enrpet for the Y. M,C, A. rooms. The entertainment promises 10 be very good and the best musical snd oritorioal talent of the town will be present. Those of our people who are opposed to the sawpd off dresses of the ordinary theatrioal company, have now a chance to support something chaste for a deserving object. Now turn out and help the carpet fund, | evil” asks an exchange. i | the most mixed evils we ever | when we strike a bad | milk punch yo { by ie | with the broom stick in her | certmin an to which coming in al (tov, Beaver was at home over Sun- day and Monday, We saw the Govern- or but as his bonnet was off we could not see whether the presidential bee was buzzing about it or not, «The storm in the East continues unabated and at this writing, Wednesday, no trains have got through from Philadelphia. Mails are back since Saturday and all kinds of travel imped- ed. Many lives have been lost on the Atlantio const and numbers of vessels and tugs have been sunk at the Dela wure break water. — Rev, Steck will deliver his lecture on “Horace Greely" injthe Court House on Tuesday evening next. This is a rare treat and should not be missed. Greely was one of the grandest and most original of American characters. and all young men should become familiar with his life, character and works, Remember the day, Tuesday next, —Perlstein's grand ovenlog will take plaze on the 29, 30 and 31 of March 29. 923 and 24th, The East- 22, 2. has delayed freight instead of the ern blizzard and passenger business so much be- tween Philadelphia New York and this section that it will cause a delay with the opening. However, a telegram from the merchant states that every thing will be in shape for the 29, 30 and 3ist. Don’t torget the dates and wait until you see his new stock before pur- chasing elsewhere. — List of unclaimed letters remaining in the postoffice at Bellefonte, Centre county, Pa., March 12, 1888, T. C. Brooks, Miss Laura Clove, Miss Annie L. Brooks, Wm. A. Bishops, Nicholas Patterson, W. H. Beck, Affie Rine, Bennet, Joha Rumford, G. L. Campbell Miss Laura Saylor, Charles Gillsbie, T. W. Speckman, W. A. Hazel, Charles Summerville, Miss Mary E. Hoover, Henry Walmer, Mrs. Mary Laugher, Henry Woomer, Mrs Ida M. Lesthers, Martha Whippo. Persons inquiring for letters named in the above list will please say adver J. A. Dosnins, Postmaster, tised. ~The best thing we have beard dur- ing the fight on licenses by the ladies is the remark made by one of the ‘air sex in reference to Joo. G. Love, Faq. The sturdy exponent of temperance de- clared that there was not a Indy of the W. C. T. U. who would marry Mr. Love since his assault on temperance. We don't know whether Mr. Love is in the matrimonial market or not, but if he is, he must look elsewhere for a better half. We think it is unkind in the single ladies to carry their boycott te such an extent. Mr. Love's prospects for wedded bliss should not be blasted by the fair sex of his own town simply because he performed his duty to his clients —*Is bad manuscript an unmixed as a rule, io fact we have found bad manuscript s mixed evil, and one of tackled AWAY We can manage to get bad cigar, bad beer, or grammar, but manuscript turn it over to Devil and if he osn't digest it we insert it in the waste the basket, An unmixed evil is a mild sweet tempered thing, something like You and a whiskey straight know jus what you are getting how much A mixed evil i= like a if the you can stand I Ale sure jaant of material but « component When ¢ Koy i yr : ro on and your elements you can | you are through wit hole of the front the rear end of the house better hall is shivering in the hall way hand un door you are We mixed evils and mixed drinks ong REO gave uy RE Un suitable to the editorial profession, conduc ve to baldness and family jars, oditor his I'he Daily News, whose noted for his obtuseness, and happy faculty of getting Caudal end foremost, as usual wrong on an editorial of the Dewocrar of last week, We never questionad the purity of motive the honesty of pur. pose or the spirit of christian charity that prompted the W.C.T.U. to be present in Court on the ocoasion of the granting of licenses, It was their ap- pearence there as an organization which we criticised and the position we took then wil meet the approbation of every person who has a proper conception of a Court of Justice, “Any one who wants to attend Court” can do so with pro- priety as an individaal, but aa officer would have just as much right to march a filo of soldiers into the Court room as any organized body of lad es has to be present for the avowed pure poss of influencing the Court in Ita sotion. The attempt of brother Bailey to be funny at our expense is pitiful in the extreme. The mysterious event on the happening of which five hundred Indies will be in Court is a year distant and will give no one any concern. We would give Bailey “a pointer” and that is that he pull himself together and put a little sense in his Daily, Is gots all journed meeting Mrs. Mary Pratt, | | ands were thought Alexander Well no not | with a | wel un | everything | Democratic Meeting, The Demo club held its oratie ad- in the arbitration room on Monday evening a large num- ber of Democrats were present, Presi- dent pro tem C. M, Power, called the club to order, and W._ F. Reber being absent Geo, H, Bush was elected secre- tary. The report of the committee on constitution and bye~laws was read by D. F. Fortney, chairman of the com- mittee, the report was accepted and after some discussion and several amend- ments was adopted seristim and after- wards ag a whole, The committee on permanent organi- zation through W, Miles Walker, and its report was unaoimous- ly adopted, The committee reported the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Pon, John H. Orvis; 1st Viee President, Hon, P, Gray Meek; 2nd Vice President Thos, Shoemaker; Secretary, W. F. Rover: Asst, Secrotary, Geo, H. Bush; Treasurer, Geo. W. Jackson, The committee Head- quarters not being ready to report was continued and on motion C. M. Bower reported on Esq., was substituted in place of J. Lr Spangler, absent, and the committee requested to report at the next meeting, Hon. P. Gray Meck took the presiden- tial chair on the adoption of the consti. tution and wielded the gavel. On moiion of W. Miles Walker, Grover President of the United States, was elected an Hoporary mem- ber of the club. The vote was taken standing and created great enthusiasm, Cleveland, An Excellent Investment The majority of men io middle life remember when Illinois or Wiscons'n at $2.50 per sore] Present value, $250 to $50.00 an acre. Careful examination of the records have discovered a number of soattered pieces of the very choicest land in Minnesota included in original land grant lying near railroads recent ly built, and sdjscent to market, These will be sold and five or ten years will be worth several times present price. A profit. able investment. For farther particu. lars, state quantity desired and address J. Booxwarrer, Land Comer. St. P., M. & M. Ry., St, Paul, Minn. It dear cheap, unquestionably A Big Capture One day last week, Messrs. J. A, Welsh and Harry Reichard, of North Bend, killed two bears and captured three alive. They were hunting bear oo Youngwoman's Creek. A short tance above the forks, their dog found them in the butt of an old tree. When the hunters approached the place, the old mother bear had her head protruded from the entranse of one of the bunters fired bis ball killing both the mother bear and one of their cubs. Three cubs were They rifle, captured alive were brought | down to North Bead and sold to Mr. Gleason — Renovo Record, Don't Pay Tax on Watches A& A tax on furniture, pleasure carriages and watches is being collected in por tions of the State, not withtanding the law of repealing the tax, onmmissioners 1887. had that, excess of furniture, pleasure board of revenue a resolution directing adopted whre earringes and watches were included in the return made by a connly of proper ty subject to taxation for state purpose ws ox for the year 1587, the same be strick- en therefrom, “providing the laxes ' . . wore paid after the approval of the act AD i]t hint in tax on such exces all cane where paymnet f roiture of was made subsequent «0 the passage the act. the Wer or t bho n vow or] All 2. «The Amer wet post paid for 1888, bet t( man irist before Pilate,” 22 by 28 inches in size, photo- etehing, ‘0. 4. "Christ on Calvary,” size, Mezzo- oa by 28 inches in graveure, v0, 5.=*"Our Homes; How to beau- tify Them,” 150 illustrations, bound in eloth and gold, published December 20th, 1887, 1.00 Total $5.50 We will furnish ali the above post paid, for $2.00 Send postal to 751 Broadway New York for specimen copy of the American Agrieulturist, sample pages of “Oor Homes; How to beautify them,” full descriptions of the pictures, “Christ before Pilate” and “Christ on Calvary,” and portrait of Munkacsy, the painter of these great works, News About Town. It is the current report about town that Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs is making some remarkable care with people who are troubled with Coughs, Asthma, Bronchitis sad Con- sumption, Any druggist will give you a trial bottle free of cost, It is guaran toed to relieve and cure. Price 50c and $1,00, | have been made also via this | particulars can be obtained by address { 88 of the dis | | Philadelphia and there was no one to the tree, when | the | | the Gallitzin tunnel, st the east end of | which she observed a man standiog at | the side of the track when The | was one of the 1 stories of L.00 | A CARD, I wish to say to the public through this medium that the report that is in cireulstion that | signed Mr. Mosser's petition for liquor license st Millheim is utterly false, as | never signed such « petition in my life and never will, Whenever a remonstrance against liquor license is presented to me, 1 will sign it every time. C. Wonrrman, U. B. Pastor at Millheim, Pa March 9th, 1888, Excursions Business mon and settlers looking for new locations or investments can reach sll principal points in Minnesota and Dakota at a cost of one fare for | the round trip, by availing themselves of the excursions aonounced via St, Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry. from St, Paul, Minn. Tickets good fr 30 days, Very rates | line Helens and Great Falls, Montanna, | tickets good for four months. Further | low excursion 10 | ing C. H, Warren, General Passenger Agent, 8t, Psal, Mion, or 8. L. War ren, General Eastern Agent, 257 Bread- way, N.Y, 11-3¢ e. 0, w, Marriage License and Death Warrant Speaking of Shafer, we find the fol- lowivg smong the Harrisburg dispatch - Uh Chief Clerk Gearheart, of Department of Montour One instant: State Courts the the county sbout a year was clerk of ago. day Luther J, Shafer, now under sentence of death for the Culvey murder, Clinton County, came into the office sud secured a license 10 marry a pretty girl whom Mr, Geareart had known sinee her childhood, Shafer left with the license, but the following morning returned with the information that the girl would not marry him. He wanted the clerk to tell ibe girl that she would have to marry him. bebsuse he had taken out the license, but Mr. Gearhart indignantly refused, and thus the girl escaped being the wife of a murderer. The girl afterwards told Mr. Gearhart she had never thought of marryiog Shaffer. A few weeks ago the same hand that wrote his marrisge wrote Shaffe’'s death warrant for Gov- ernor Beaver wo sign.—Daily Democrat in license A Sad Case Yesterday there passed east on first section of day express an insane mother having in company four little children, the eldest being about 9 years old snd She had Chicago to the youngest 4 or 5 months a second class ticket from look after her but the trainmen., She was undemonstrative at times, at others violent. At several points on the Fort Wayne road the latler symptoms pre- vailed, and the trainmen on the Pilts- division were notified of her She conducted her self quietly until she passed through burg mental condition, she arose from her seat dropped the child, flung her made demonstrations as if she would force | arms wildly about and herself from the car, the doors of which from doing Ultimately were locked to keep her herself harm in she was quieted down sand gave no far that way. Here the station-mastier fflicted mother and ther trouble, furnished the =a children with a | congregation {| remodeled their church bountiful supply of provisions, and sn extra brakeman, was put on the train to see 10 it that no se- cident or harm befel her between this | city and Harrisburg, She was of Ger. man descent, well dressed, and it is BU ppoOss i thal he on the fathe her way to t be so land Why she should lemonstrative on seeing a man without : inside | the train, and not so with anyone her insanity, and it may be that cruelty or loss of a husband had something to do with her present state In any case she is to be pitied for her own lonely snd unfortu. nate condition, as well as for those of | her help ens offspring. Altoons Tribune, Tusseyville William E. Horner, on the 26th ult, was joined in the holy bonds of matri. mony, to Miss Katie Ripka, by Rev. J, M. King, of the Evangelical church. Mrs. Ada Lee who has been on the sick list with pneumonis, is slightly on the mend. Samuel Spangler of Joliet lll, whe was here to attend his mothers funeml March 2nd, has returned to his home in Joliet. Mr. Spangler is clerking in a store for Mr. Reighard of that place. There was a ripple of excitement caused here last week by the arrest of a young man of this place, by a consta- ble from Sayder county Pa. The pris oner managed to get away from the of- ficors and is now at liberty, and will likely turn up somewhere in the west, Ope woman is enough for one man, Huckster Rockey has purchased the Lukenbach property east of Lhis place, and expects 10 build on it some time io W. W, Spangler has bosn appointed sdministeator of the Samuel Spangler estate, wost of this plecs, | P, | telegraph student, Ed C i Captain | former for the Central | at Lock Haven, snd the Communionted, The joint Conwit ries of the Nittany Valley charge, of which the Rev, D. 0, Bhosmaker is pastor, met in is sixth annual sesssion, of the (resent pas orate in the Reformed Churth st Jacksonville, on Thursday evening of the 8th inst. According to custom the pastor presched a suitable sermon which was highly spoken of by sll pres- sent. ' On Friday morning the members met to transact the usual routine of busi. ness, All elders und deacons presente and almost ali were present —reported, mn the the formes spiritus] and we lat. ter on the financisl condition of the charge, and the reports without « sin- gle exception were of (ne most fatter ing character —in fact the best during the preseot pr storate, The salary, including all arresrages of former years, was roporied as having been paid up, with the exception of one where a small arrearage sill existe, and this is owing to the fact that the members of that congregation building dur ing the last year at an expense of about eighty dollars per member, that small arrearage is covered by subscrip- Kven tion, Peace, harmony, sod ahealthy spirit- ual growih prevail with the « xception of a small breeze of discord in ose con- That however bas been nolbing unusual in that quarter daring the inst thirty years, and more especial- ly the last nine or ten years, Elder John Miller of this place is the delegate 10 represent the charge on the floor of West Busquehanna classis for the coming year. Elder J. N, Kryder is his secundus, The pastor was instructed to eollect money and bave a new fence erected around the garden belonging to the parsonage, gregstion, After two short and pleasant sessions the Consistory adjourned to meet in the Reforme” Church st Hublersburg on the wecond Tharsdey evening of March 1880, a few days after Cleves land’s second insugurstion, Pine Grove: We bad quite a heavy fall of snow in this section which was followed by a severe blizzard which will if it contin- ves blockade the roads which were re- cently opened. Rev. Samuel Ham of the M. E. church departed on Monday for Couference, which coovenes in Williamsport, bis wife went to ber homeian Perry County, where she expects to remain until afier conference. Mrs. David Kreps of Pine Hall, died on Friday morning, the funeral took place on Sunday. Mr. Jonathan Hess and wife depart ed for Altoona on Monday to attend the wedding of Mr. Thomas Stover and Miss Lyon. The Auditors met on Monday to settle up the accounts for the past year. Treasurer Goss sand family departed for his new home in Bellefonte this | week they will move to Lamb Street. Mrs. Hammel of Punxsutawney, who was visiting Mrs. H. R. Smith, returned home on Ssturday, Spring Mills On Thursday of this week four of the finest young men of our plsce leave for They will locate Co., about 24 miles the “land of flowers,” Marion at Ocala, | from where Robert Dunesn and family live, R Their names are Stephen Soars, R Woodring, Jordan, and Agent; Charley Wm. Stover, the later a Michael more Will Harry nephew of Runkle. In a few weeks Warren NS. take their departure from our village the two Gellig, Krise and OG, Long will Normal school istter for » Commercial school at Erie, Mr. 1. J. Grenoble has left the em- | ploy of Mr. Krumrioe, and his place is filled by Mr. K's son Edward of Lewis- burg. Rev, J. H, Kerr preached to an audi- ence of six faithful Presbyterians last Sabbath. The Centre Hall Times moved Spring Mills Jast Thursday. A great many subscribers bave been added to the list since the change. It is publish ed in W,. A. Krise's building. X. to A New Store Will Perlstein will open a new Dry Goods, Notion and Ladies and Gents Furnishing Goode store, in the New Bush Arcade on the 2%2ed of this month, having three opening days, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 20th, 30th and 31st. Will is well known in Belle- fonte, and has been raised to the mer- page to give a faint ides of the bargains he will offer. Look out for the new “ad” vert week, rin » vw -
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