S———————— Che Centre Bemecrat, THURSDAY, July =, 1888, CORREAPOND 3 containing wews will he Yolly ho pape. No cao nundeations will be insert important on for puldieation In ef unless acconip ved by the real name of the semdor, aon confer a favor by report Img any persona! notice at this office, - WN on In Bellefonte don’t fail to vivi/ Will Perlstein’s Dry Goods store, the only exclusive ry goods store in the town. Nothing but dry goods, notions, dress trim- mings and Fools, plain figur ame price. New Bush Areade. NOTICE. furnishing A! doods marked in es and sold at Ecw rd Pletelier is our anthorized col- lecior and solicitor to whom all esunts may be paid, part of the County, Give Mr. your name and2! 00 and the Pletcher paper Iw sent you for one vear. Local Department. Ad Ripka of Centre Hall town on Monday, Wis ~L harley Heisler is now cutting on the new bank building. —Post master Dobbins took a little pleasure trip to Bedford on Saturday. —Miss Sallie Iddings, aged fifty-one, died at her brother's home in Milesburg om the 18th, inst, —L0l. Tate has transformed house on Penn street madern cottage. ~3. S. Met ‘ormick. one ven's most respected citizens, fawn Monday. —Mr. Garrett, w Bishop street madeled and ~—Monday of this stare of Robert passed into the —Company ‘B’ will wit the 11th of A isanticipated by tl —fzeorge Hoover gaged in “moulding” stone in an artistic Bank building. —Huckleberries thissection but they rather selling at 10{cents per quart at the curb market, ~—Mz. Jokn Dawson of thi famsus Greenback probable that he coule na before the election is over, ~The cheerful click! elick! shone mason’s hammer and an into a beautiful wk Ha ho resides . has h wl his d resulencs paints up mn good the gener Milesh Enoch Hugg onneaut week Holi hands of nes, ugust, and a good timd Hdier bovs busily beautify 1e¢ brave s is now and en stvie for ths are reported plenty ir are SVs 1 wear chisel mn WC He will visit every will stone | i old Ba Lake’ | ing | of the } 8 | | ETANngers, I The de legates were ; ~=In refering last week to the finding of Mr. Cole's bank book by Mr, Grant Pifer it was put in such a way as to convey the idea that Mr. Pifer piek- ed the book up immediately after the little girl dropped it, and that he did not turn it over to the owner until he called for it. Mr. Pifer informs us that when he found the book it was raining very hard and the name was so blurred that no one could tell whose book it was. He returned it as soon as Mr, Cole made known his loss, While the article complained of was not written by the editor of the Democrat, who was away at the time, yet in justice to Mr. Pifer, whom we have every reason to believe to be strictly honest make the correction, We have no desire to say anything that would injure any one or calculated to question his honesty. Mr, Pifer so far as we know him bears a good reputation and our information is borne out by the testimony of others. We are glad to set Mr. Pifer right be. fore the public, we ~The following is from an exchange The general election takes place Novemn- ber the 6th this vear, and any man his birthday on which he ealls himself 21 doesn’t come until the day after, that is November 7th, It seems queer, but itis a legal fact that the man whose birthday is the 7th becomes night after the 5th. The law recognizes no parts of days, and so legally if he is 21 at mid. 21 at anv time of the 7th, he is 21 all day of the 6th, and It is demonstrated, he can vote ted and tes voung man read. a matter that has been an any ing this, who is a Democrat in princi ple and thinks IH be 21 on the 7th because it is his birthday, is he will be 21 on the 6th is duty and privilege to get him he wi vised that i 5] h self made a vot in due Season. H. Thomas, manager of the ! ited Pres companied | i grove picnic, has vi veland, a with a view to have the exniin Ti omas was folloy n Col. Maish other men Pres ory $ gia § The d him 5 hat it would affor o comply with the request hoped to be able to get the ld as delightes rs. Cleveland wi i courteous treatment they receive President, the It is said the Penn \ Ssx mtion s | ] i . increased return fron | kely nts, This is certainly hould be carried out last month made risers heard on our public square, and the work py of rebuilding the hlock will ove right al —Thomas Lucas SHEN upon last Mr. Lucashas just come Camden, New Jerse ¥, he heen attending a sch ool of Stenography. —W. F. Tipton. traveling salesman for Georg: R. <Danen bower, wns in town Monday in the intere sts of his employer Mr. Tipton has beep in the about. three months apd is a successful salesioan. ~Ball’s photograph gallery is quite a resort. for pretty girls of town and from the country, and lots of ‘ess can be seen daily. Monday we noticed no less than thirty-two handsom e young ladies from somewhere—we don't know where. ~An Odd Fellow s' lodge will be insti_ tated at Unionville. The preliminary work having been performed at Miles burg Saturday evening, twenty.one members were put through after which a banquet was _ held at Boggs’ Hall, ~The Tyrone Her ald took the census of that borough and they have a popula. tion of over 4300—an increase of 1000 since 1550. Well Tyrone is quite a live if hace and its grow th is doubtless due enterprise and of its energy ~Robert Cole, for a long time con” nected with the Phoenix planing mill, has severed his connection with that es. tablistenent and will devote his atten Gam to architecure and building, Mr. Speer succveds Mr. Cole as manager of Se planing mill, ~Friday and Saturday evenings a festi_ wal was held on the old fair ground for he benefit of the U. B. church, of this Meee. Quite a snug sum was realized ak the young folks enjoyed themselves Ruaggehy bry playing “kiss in the ring." Our devil didn't got left in that. ~Mr. Henry Bartley hasbeen awarded She contract for the building of the new COipera House, next to the Garman House, this is a good movement in Mr. Garman, aud is one that has long been needed in our town, and it will receive the en. dirsement. of all theatre going people, ~Speaking of protection the Snyder Chandy Tribune puts it in this way: A protection man is one who takes his lemme paper first before sending his or. diese to distant places. The anti-protec- tion man is he who supports his local pa. er by borrpwing it from his neighbor, W our sireets ~at home where urday, | from | had | : { in the syn | « 1 business | I Sede form was to be | i new bank and Crider's | 4 100 « The rtheveant ¢ umns. trouble would be all 1 that, it wants the globe and a hi Ay in H polize the local page, igh seat It and die gue eaven. tO mond tate its position, in fact it wants a tariff in location at free trade We are through with the foreign as soon as its several contracts expire except on our own terms. If all the country papers will take the same course the foreign “ad” and that pest of news. paper men the advertising agent will get down to bed roek honesty and de. cent practices, Messrs. Whedon and Arnold, inter. ested in the wood pulp manufacture in Birmingham, Connecticut, were in town Wednesday, and in the evening a large meeting of representative citizens was held in the council chamber, at which they stated that their intention was to erect an acid wood pulp mill at this point if they receive the proper encour. agement, They propose to erect a plant to cost about $100,000, for which they would give first mortgage bonds bearing 6 per cent. interest, Mr. Whedon gave a full and satisfac. tory explanation of the advantage of Huntingdon for such an industry, being near the coal and timber region, and better in almost every essential particu. lar than are mills located in the New England States, A committee was appointed to make further interrogatories and to obtain a written proposition from the gentlemen as to what is required, to be submitted at a meeting to be called by the chair. man.—Huntingdon News, ~The work of cleaning ay away the ruins of the old portion of the Garman House Is progressing rapidly and the new structure will soon begin to show itself, We believe that Mr, Garman is still of the determination to build an Oper House, and we aresatisfied that it will not only be a handsome and convenient affair but a paying investment. It is certainly a desirable location and there Is plenty of room for it. Nothing is so badly needed in town as « building of that character, as at present we have no hall of any kind. In fact we never did have a hall that could be called first Let Mr. Garman meet with the high rates wy ide | ence gement his project merits, {dnd FIP ES) AR on that day. } “| friends at Millheim. 1 > WY oenaing | otherwise qualified can vote that day if | { hart, i day. Here's an ode to the Mill's tariff bill which was clipped from the Philadel, phin Record ; Mary should have her Httle anh Whose fleoce is white as snow, To go wherever Mary goes Wool should be free, you know | Black wool was freed by Unele Sam, And white wool should be free; O, Brother Mills* your Mary's lamb Redeem from slavery! ~Millheim celebrated her centennial yesterday, a full account of which will appear in the DEMOCRAT next week, ~Mr, H." A. Brumgard, one of the thrifty farmers of Walker township, was among the callers at this office a few days ago. It is reported that Thos. Shoemaker, Jr. contemplates the erection of a fine residence, Doubtless Mr. 8. has selected a bird for his handsome cage. ~* Bung '' Wian, who successfully tills the soil on Gov. Beaver’s farm. just finished cutting a crop of wheat as has been our pleasure to gaze upon, A. J. Tuesday, has as fine Griest dropped into town attended to some business and Jack's health is occasionally has | smiled on his friends, improving although he weak spells, of Lovey ille, who Miss Maury Eber ~-Miss Laura Cole, ol returned has been the guest East High, Laura savs that ** home potato raising” is all the rage now in Loveville, ~Mr. Lawrence Wian, wife | hereby ad. | and | afl visit to thei They left sav n Lie Aah son Harry, are on a and expect to ent town until! Thursday to hel celebrate it hundredth anniv Mr. W. 1 East Bishop st Mr, Barnes « ( Trane v1! inder will foot and the work will Way up not be ox iti] sometime next vear - Mrs Mollie ¥ Hall Ad Mollie E MeCoy] of Milesburg, died of congestion of the brain at her home Clearfield county, near Burnside. on the 16th of July 1888, aged 46 years, 6 months and three | days. Deceased was an estimable chris. tian, formerly a member of the Miles. burg Presbyterian church. ~It is the duty of every Democrat in Centre county to assist Chairman Wil liams in the work of organizing the party. This work can be effectively done only by the active aid and support of Democrats in all parts of the county. Don’t put off your part of the work un. til the campaign is upon us, ~The News man went outon Sunday night to view the eclipse and encounter. od the night patrol. Of course Bally made a clean statement of his case and the patrol passed on. As to the Editor of this paper being afraid of a patrolman we confess that is so, if we hadn't been we should have seen the eclipse, ~Some of the workmen at Collins brothers furnace on Sunday afternoon were engaged in quite a scramble with a piece of hose, trying to give each other a shower bath of good fresh water, One poor Italian got the worst of it, being almost drowned by two of his fellow countrymen. All took the joke good na. turedly. «Mr. James Conroy, who lives at the entrance leading to the old fair ground, has turned the old ticket office into an ioe cream soloon, and all kinds of soft drinks can be had cold as ice can make them. Persons wishing anything in his line when out in that locality can’t find a better or more convenient place than Jimmies ice cream restaurant, ~The officers and privates of Compa. ny B will spend all of next Saturday in drill and target practice in Kline's mead- ow. Meeting at the armory at 8o'clock, a.m. Inthe evening there will be a festival in the court house yard preceded by batallion dress parade at 7 o'clock and the ceremony of guard mount. Musie will be furnished by the Bellefonte band, Mon. and little many | irday | ane | Tenchers’' Spocinl Examinstion. Teachers’ special examinations will be held in the Bellefonte High School on Friday, Aug. 10. and Friday Sept, 7 Examinations to begin promptly 0A MDM. Wot Supt. it =LUTHERAN CONGREGATION AL Meerinag ~The undersigned, the Church Council of St, John's Evangeli- cal Lutheran Church of Bellefonte, very respectfully and earnestly request all the members of said church, both male and female, to assemble in the Hall of the Y. M. C. A., on Saturday of this week (July 28, 1888) at 2 PP. M., sharp, to attend to the following business, Ist. To ratify the Church Council, in connection with the action taken by the Fire Insurance Companies in which the church building and parsonage were in sured, in adjusting the losses sustained in the recent fire, 2d. To decide whether shall be rebuilt, rd. To give Church ( tion to be mule lot. ith, To gi to the location Ly. the mstructions to ‘ouncil respecting the of the « re | ve instructions in regard of un new chuneh Dog. proj Sth. To appoint such ex deemed LAW no at th Linn J. B. Sto x Wu ‘ Rhone Jolm Kline HAL Schaeffer Mille ent Dale | may be Ary Wi nin SM ATHER REPORT ate Weather SE anpleted | Tera AR LS At on cents the Cendre Democrat should be in the hands of every labor- ing man in the nan in the county. 4 ~Mrs Samantha Wallace died at her home in Central City, near Milesburg, on the 14th day of July, 1888, She was confined to her house and bed for many weeks previous to her death. Mrs, Wal. lace was a worthy member of the Miles. burg Presbyterian church, and after great and patient suffering she departed in peace through faith in Christ. She was interred at Bald Eagle Furnace Monday, July 16th, at about noon. Service was held in the M__E. church of that place, Rev. W. O. Wright. of Miles. burg, officiating. Deceased leaves a husband, one son and three daughters "to mourn her demise. Her oldest daugh. ter is also a member of the Milesburg Presbyterian church, ~The voters of his borough will have an opportunity at the next Spring elec. tion to vote for or against the trouble. some cow--prohibiting the same from running at large. We hope every voter will act wisaly on this question and vote 80 that no cows will be allowed to run at large on our streets. Bishop street has become a perfect nuisance with the bovine, and there are several on that street that wouldn't hesitate one mo. ment to give pedestrians a tossing in the air which has occurred to several parties, ~Mr. Harry Smith, formerly engaged in the bakery business in this place some years ago, but now located at Philips. burg, incompany with three other young gentlemen—whose names we have for. gotten—came to Bellefonte Saturday evening and remained until Sunday evening returning to Philipsburg by the bright moonlight. By the way Harry what became of that jug that you fellows had in the carriage? Your mother would Wieh fn Snakdog bee cream on Sunday. Next bring something stronger than milk, Pe of lem Yue PO SR hi = es A STH BE | arash of ie | I “i ¥ to destroy lives and property on the Penna railroad. Two attempts have been made within a week to wreck pas renger trains, The first near Philadel phia and the second near Lancaster. I i510 be hoped that the villains may be caught, ~=Mr, Gotlieb Haag, proprietor of the Cummings House, has begun the erect. tion of a handsome new stable, to occupy the site of the old stable that was des. troyed by the fire several weeks ago, Mr. Haag is a go-ahead fellow will leave nothing undone to the appearence of his property, ~Mr. Howard Yeager, is now busily engaged in pointing the Catholic We are informed that Father intends the completion of that and lbprove new church, Me Ardle church | the ! disposi. rregation 8 nmitiees ax | | fair | young men came sneaking into town on | o ATI CRO RR WR | Sy evening about dusk. No dealt { they had business engagements—hence | handsome structure as soon as possible, | when finished it will be the handsomest | edifice in town, and our Catholic | may well feel proud of such a Luilding, The wheat crop of Centre Coanty is harvested This is certainly but | expectad to be the largest in three or four years = iL wii their an on went ts from | likely and we will wheat for mir farmers { p | encouraging to ] ] to put the | take several crop feet The erop repo thy Vir Hig of Hus Daniel Gannan expect wick stable on the estroved b aang 11 tend a NOT les from on the Buffalo Run railroad, eight mi place a grand time they had, only some of the some of the ones got Jeft—and the good walking from Filmore to town. ~The eclipse on the moon Sunday night last. was a grand sight. About half-past 11 o'clock the moon was half covered and at 12 it was total and could be seen very plainly for some time, but owing to a bank of clouds gathering it disappeared behind them until about 2 o'clock when the clouds disappeared and the moon was once more as bright as in the early part of the evening, the eclipse having disappeared. ~Why don't some of the farmers liv. ing down at Curtin’s mine banks and along the Fishing Creek road look after the Canada thistles ¥ We noticed several fields litterally covered with these this. ties which are in full bloom. There is a way to keep them from spreading by mowing them off, and there is also a law prohibiting the same from growing on any lands throughout this Common. wealth and it should be put in force, ~Less than a quarter of a century ago Pit Hole City was a thriving young city of anywhere from twelve to twenty thousand people with its churches, pala. tial hotels, commodious theatres, iis gambling houses, saloons and all that goes to make a city attractive, moral and immoral. The city grew up like a mush. roon. Oil, oil made her great, prosper ous and wicked. In less than a year Pitt Hole went down and for years but a few shanties and abandoned oil rigs marked what had been the greatest of all ofl towns. Today Pit Hole is having another boom and hundreds are again flocking there to minke or lose fortunes, Of has again been found and Pit Hole whose name was only known to the older oil men or by tradition again looms up the rival of Of City, Bradford and other thriving places that owe their prosperity toll Nome miscreants seem determ ned | Farlanes, | them are now under the skilful care friends | ~A number of Bellefonters took in the Millheim Centennial, they repogd,, having a good thine, «Run in the hoodlums<hoth male and female, who are found out on the | streets at an unreasonable hour, — According to the Daily News Gov. ernor Beaver made a convert of an Irish. man to high tariff by a speech at Col. Iumbus, Ohio, Rah for Beaver! ~The finest stock of buggy and spring. wagon wheels in town is kept by Me. These wheels and a large lot of felloes are kept right in the store and are dry and thoroughly seasoned, ~The family of Mr, on East Bishop- down Johnson, living Nn bey gre three of of rapidly. four with typhoid in feaver, Dr. Hibler, and are improving The new borough ordinance is pub. lished in the Daily News. It we think it covers the Of course the fire marshalls 5 quite long but ground. duties can. not all be prescribed and they will soon ] what is best determine for themselves for the department Creorge Eberhart, who has be fi Con. | Lemont reign | ladies | Festi. | this | and | eo. haaal di ute. 11 Epatony ? ‘ fined in bel atl his sister's hone TAY Wilh a4 severe attack of inflamn. matory rhe mn for some time, was brought home Saturday by S11 , ini got In if his parents, ere shadow in erase MONFORT & (OO. 1 MIMERY Tail at corrected weekly by Gerberick, Hale i - j { T fit 1 . Hi 1 if 14 14] J 1 - i G i i 1 . i i I | H ] ; | i Iz il | i i : : 08a ELLEFONTE RB BOOK BIND. ERY Having & All work done with prompiness, and satistae thon guaranteed, J.B KUNTE, Lessee, _Secand Floor 00d Conrad Building. Wasa, N HE COURT oF COMMON ob EA RAR WER we aw Lp BA
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