She Crutre Democrat, eT S——— presmmabi THURSDAY, December 20, 1888. — Fa —— —————“- ———— Published ¢ avery Thursday by the HOENTREL PEMOCBAT PUB. Co." mm —————— CHAS. R. KURTZ . "EDITOR Local Department. rn —— —Soup is quoted at 5 cents a plate, —Watch vour hydrants and water pipes. © ~The skating rink is being well patronized. —A Merry Christmas and Happy New year, —No paper will be publishd from this office next week. ~Skating on the Planing Mill dam was a rare treat to the boys on Saturday last. ~The hunting season is over and the number of deer killed was not as large as last year. ~The wheel of time has almost com- pleted another cycle and will have to write it "89, —We give a full list of all the teach- ers and their addresses who are attend- ing institute this week. —~Our “devil” is brim full, not of tangle-ga-bob-a-la, but of merriment.’ Christmas is coming you know. —. R. Spigelmyer, purchased the Hoffer stock of goods and is busy dis- posing of same at auction and greatly reduced prices. ~—As a result of the High License act only 315 applications have been filed by Pottsville saloon keepers, against S00 last year. ~There are four hundred and thirty- seven applicants for deputy sheriff in Dauphin county, so says a Harrisburg paper. ~Our “devil” says he will “*galvanize’ and wishes all the patrons of the DEMO ORAT a Merry Christmas and Happy. New Year. —The public schools of Portland, Northampton county, were closed last week owing to the many cases of diph. theria in the town. —A water main on High street op- posite the Court House sprung a leak on Sunday afternoon and sent a pouring stream down the hill all day, —J. Will Conley is smiling and happy, and everybody is offering congratula- tions—a little girl called on Sunday evening and has decided to stay. —In this issue we publish James Schofield’s letter in reply to charges made against him during the recent campaign—it is interesting reading. ~The Central Pennsylvania Confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church will meet at Shamokin, on March 20, 1880, Bishop Bowman will preside, ~The smoke stack on the Kurtz rol ler flowring mills at Centre Hall, was blown down by the storm on Tuesday morning and will suspend operations for a few days. —On Friday evening Dec. 21, the an- nual election of officers of the Son's of Veterans organization of Bellefonte will take place in their hall. The at- tendance of all members is requested. ~The match was applid to one of the Glendon Iron Company's furnaces, at Easton, which has been undergoing re- pairs for several months, and two more stacks of the same plant are being pre- pared for blast. -A meeting of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad employes in Reading has been called for next Tuesday even- ing to consider the new relief plan of the company, as proposed for their benefit by President Corbin, ~Daniel Ulrich, one of Millheims old and higly respected citizens died on Tuesday morning. Mr. Ulrich was seventy years of age and feeble in health, On last Friday he had astroke of paraly- sis from the effects of which he died on Tuesday. ~The schools of Altoona and Tyrone, in Blair county, have been presented with flags which are to be kept floating from the tops of the school houses in those two rural villages. The emblems were presented by the G. A. R., and the United American Mechanics. ~Garmans Hotel is the principal headquarters for the teachers while at. tending institute this week. Monday morning early every room in the house was taken and the register reached al most a hundred. Their dining room is equal to the emergency and was able to accommodate the many. ~The Christmas exercises in the Epis- copal church this year promise to be the finest for years, Rev. Davis is having an elaborate program prepared, the principal feature of which will be the music rendered by large choruses, The interior will be appropriately, decorated with evergreens, ferns, ete == A wottan named Sodlvia, living at the Malaga Mines, near Dauphin county, went to a dentist to bave thirceen teeth extracted. After EE hi to TEACHERS IN INSTITUTE. THE ATTENDANCE LARGER THAN FORMERLY. The Forty Second Annual Gathering in Session. Able Instructors Present. -What is Being Done, The damp and misty atmosphere and threatening clouds were unpropitious on Monday morning for the opening exer- eises of the forty-second annual gather- ing of Centre county's army of teachers. Although the weather was unfavorable, at half past nine a. m., tie trains came into Bellefonte packed and jamed with pedagogues. There were young and unsophistic ated youths of tender vears and pubescent faces, they were happy—it was their first in- stitute. Among the host were many familiar faces, veterans in the service for many years.and were busy “greeting their old acquaintances and co-workers in the great cause of educating the rising generations. That familigr and much spoken of character is also present—the school marm. They dropped in upon us like a besieging army and have taken the town by storm. Their smiling countenances, rosy cheeks and terribly bewitching eves are playing havoc with young and un- suspecting teachers, and the kid gloved “Dudes” of Bellefonte. Thus it is, al- ways was and ever will be—we live to love and be loved. The school marm is a welcome visitor; her presence is an in_ spiration which will send many a young pedagouge back to his work all-be-fud- dled and tangled by the fair ones allure- ments. Monday forenoon was devoted to the preliminary work of institute. The registering of the members, collecting the regular assessments and issuing the certificates. County Superintendent D. M. Wolf was on hand early welcoming the teachers and arranging the programs THE FIRST SESSION. On Monday afternoon at 1:30 institute was called to order; the Court House was completely filled. The Superin- tendent addressed the gathering in a short and appropriate talk to the teach- ers. welcoming them and inviting them to take an active part in the exercises. Dr. T. B. Noss, principal of the Southwestern Normal School, of Cali fornia, Pa., made an interesting address as an introductory to the work of the institute. The “Heart” was the subject of the next talk by Prof. Maltby, of Indiana Normal. He explained its structure, functions, circulation of the blood and other interesting data. “How to teach Arithmetic” was next taken wp by Dr. Philips, and he dis. cussed his subject in such a clear and forcible manner that he held the atten. tion of the large audience and every body was intensely interested. THE EVENING LECTURE, At an early hour the room was to its utmost to hear Dr. Phi entitled the ‘Story of This no doubt was one of teresting as well as instructive portions of Institute. It would be useies : to givean outline of the speavers course in this brief sketch. Hee in general the subject of ast: d did it in such an entertaining manner that few were aware that the time had passed 80 quickly when he closed. TUESDAY. The first subject taken up was that of “School government” by Dr. Philips, He gave some valuable pointers to the young instructors on this subject. Prof. Maltby then followed with a discussion of the “Study of Geography." Dn Philips followed with short talk on “Our Courts.” An interesting part of the morning ex- ercises was a description by Geo. Rum- berger of the old Red school House at Gatesburg. As a body, the Institute is composed of an intelligent class of teachers and are a eredit to the county. Miss Minnie Hoy presides at the piano and is quite an accomplished mu- sleian, The attendance at the various ses- sions is unusually large. One of the leading instructors at insti. tute this week was Dr, G. M. Philips, of West Chester State Normal. Dr. Phil. ips presides over one of the most flour. ishing normal schools in Pennsylvania, if not in the country. Over six hun. dred pupils are in attendance annnally and it is increasing rapidly every year. When he took charge of the school, a few years ago, it was in bad shape and had no prestige or patronage of any value, By hard work, pluck and un tiring energy he has put it on sound footing and it is the exivy of similar in. stitutions in the state. Dr, Philips was offered the Presidency of Bucknell Univesity at Lewisburg, but declined ns his spore of usefulness was greater over six hundred teschers in a Normal School than that of the Presilency of a moll ¢ollege—a position in the eyes of some, more honorable, His talks upon anthmetic were unusually interesting y | amd were listened to with close atten. tion by all. His lecture on astronomy wos i leading feature of the institute, Pack lips lecture H ne. the most in. rid ’ Dy. Su. Fra, of State Odes at t | tended | ~Read the terms of subscrpition it the top of the page, : s=Soring Creek was on # tear this | week on account of the heavy rains, ~The report that John Sotrbeck had foundation, —Linden Hall and Madisonburg mv to have musical conventions in the near future, ~The days are beginning to be longer again, the shortest of the season was on 4 last Friday Dec. 21, —It is not necessary to remark that the weather is unpleasant, the streets muddy and everybody growling. —4t Sejence of Home" will be the sab- ject of Will Carleton’s lecture in the Court House next Friday evening Dee, 21. —Our “devil” this week was all *dis- combobulated” on account of too many school ma's in attendance at the teach. ers institute, —John Powers Jr., left Wednesday evening for Williamsport to accept a position in a large shoe store in the Ac. ademy of Music building on fourth street. We are sorry to see John leave Bellefonte as he was one of the most popular young men of the town. — Farmers who bring poultry to town for sale should know that there is a law prohibiting the tying of the fowls’ legs: the same applied to calves and sheep, Any one disposed to inform on them could mulet the offenders in a fine and cost. Half the fine goes to the infor. mer. ~The regular price of the CENTRE DEMOCRAT is £1.50 per year ;: when paid in advance, at the beginning of the year £1.00: and if not at the end of four years two dollars per year. We will stick to these terms without an exception and if vou want the paper at 81.00 per year you must pay in advance, ~Henry Emerick, of near Farmers Mills, is suffering from the effects of a sore toe, which has caused his leg to be. come swollen and inflamed, with danger of blood poisoning resulting threfrom What makes the affliction ail the distressing the of Mrs Emerick who is said to be helpless from rheumatism. —Herman Vickety, a burglar who was killed while trying to escape from the California penitentiary the other day, had a queer record. Everytime he burglarized a house he kissed all the sleeping women in it. No mafter how great the risk, the rascal always went through the bedchambers and kissed everything worth kissing. ~The Carbondale says the custom of publishing a “‘card of thanks” for kindness shown to the family upon the death of a member is no longer con. sidered in good taste Ory is condition Leader and for excellent reasons, Persons assisting in caring for sick or deceased neighbors are only do. ing what common humanity demands of them and their reward will come when they are obliged to accept like services. ~Deschner the gunsmith has the toys this year that attracts little folks, The front of his shop windows are contin. ually surronnded by little folks, often block ng the side walks, He seems to have gotten the American idea when he made his selections. Walking elephants, creeping dolls, see-sawing and other toys all of which move and act as though alive, Theyre lively toys and a new venture in that line of Christmas goods, «For several days past agents have been canvissing Fayette county, alleg- ing to 1epoesnt a wire fence company of Cincinnati, Farmers were solicited to buy the right of their township to sell the fence, for which they were to give $125, payable when they sold #00 worth of the fence. Several farmers were in- duced to sign a contract and give their note for 8125 on these conditions. The alleged agents then came to Uniontown, got the notes cashed and departed. A number of farmers have been victimized although some of them were warned that the whole thing was a swindle. It beats all says the Reporter, how plenty foxes are getting since there is no premium on them. Penn township is swarming with them, two and three can be seen together in the daytime close to buildings. The hunters won't sulot any, if they can they want them to increase in numbers for they know that something must be done before long to get them out of the way, and as soon as they get #1 again to shoot them they will. Our legislature made a great mistake in this, in a few years we must spend ten times more money for fox scalps than it would take ¥f a premiam had remained on them. That would keep them down. Let us have legisla. tion of some kind. . «One of the finest displays for the holiday season is to be found in Joseph Bros, window. The display 1s designed for a mountain scene and is quite a suc. cess. A high cliff rises before you, cov- ered with a dense forest of spruce, ever- green, mosses and fers. At the sum. mit of the cliff and standing out promi. nently is one of the old style wind-mills, with great long arms whivh are driven by the force of the wind ard furnish the motive power for driving the inside ma. chinery. In this ease however the wlnadure in tured water|rower from | an’ rented the hotel at Coburn Is without | Moniauy| ecuswionn on the Pennsylvania Railroad, ! Th accordance with a time-honored custom the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany will for the Christmas und New dlr holidays sell exemmsion tickets be. tween all principal stations on its sys | tein ni reduced rates, Holiday won tickets in be sold December 22d, 23d, 24th, 25th, 20th, 20th, and 31st, and January 1st, valid for return trip until January 3d, 1540, The Rogineor Wis Asleep. The second section of a freight train that left Williamsport about 1 o'clock last Thursday morning on the ristirond ran into the West Milton. The engineer, Nattress, of Shamokin, who, it is said, killed. The corners jury gave the following verdict: * That the engineer failed to do his duty on account of want of sleep and that the should have taken more pre Reading first section near was asleep, was aution. The Latest Fad, Monograms worked on the latest craze among the Philadelphia society bells. A Record reporter the following information from one of them : stockings in all collors and all kinds of materials,” “ Where v wid she, they placed 7" “Why, tion! They are worked on the of course, are instep, wiiere they may be seen. They per end of the would be hid.” Suppose John Wannamaker has that | portion rented for his holiday advertise. ments, Great scheme, that. stocking, where they The State Grange, of the State Patrons of Husbandry Harris | last week, Thomas re ported that twenty-8ix new granges were organized during the year and bership in At a meeting the burg Grange of at Secretary the mem. There is treasury. | creased over of & Rbone 800K) a surplus JH le in Leonard was elected Dr. Warren, lution, which Crrange recommends the preparation memories for presentation to the legisla | ture asking that a of 24 each to be paid on English sparrows. The members of the grange in a body | were received by Governor Beaver r Ty Haser, of Chester, offered a reso. was agreed to, 1 bounty cents Will Arrest Boys. the death of Frank Eckley at Milesburg by being crushed under the | wheels of a freight train steps have been taken to aviod as much as possible ilar accidents in the We told that orders have issued from the head office of the Bald Eagle Valley R. R. to all employees to keep boys off | all engines and freight trains, also ordersd Ninee gim- | future, Tos Lb H are They are | it every boy vio | jumps a train and the company will take | extra pains to see that their prosecution | will follow. This is a good idea on the part of the company and will have the effect if enforced of pratically putting a | stop to this dangerous habit, to ary A Plobert Rifle Will Kill The Argus of inst, says: “A Flobert rifle anyone as far off as that,” Greensburg the will 15th kill for pointing a rifle of that kind at George Callahan, who was hewing timber seve eml rods distance from where Barry was shooting at a mark. * I'll show you,” he continued. Before anyone could stop him he raised his gun and fired toward Barry. Barry threw up his hands and fell to the ground. The bullet had entered his right temple, and killed him instantly, Callahan was Barry's brothér-indaw and intimate friend. The above was enacted at Wallace's Mill, Fayette county, last week. win be Comfortably Fixed. Professor Eldon says that in case the Montour House should be converted into a Normal School building nearly or altogether as many students can be accommodated as in the great building on the hill. They will have no chapel or society rooms, it is true, but they will have an assepbly room and class rooms and can comfortably keep about one hundred boarders, He has great hopes that in a few weeks the new school home will be ready for the reception of students and that once more the work of education will be proceeding as usual. Then, there will be plenty of good] wa. ter, they will be right in the city and on this account may get more of the home patronage. Altogether the Professor seemed to be quite well pleased with the outlook, An Klephant Sen Sentenced rr Die, Old Chief, one of the biggest and pro- bably the most vicious elephant in cap- tivity, has been guilty of so many homi. cides that his owners, the Robinson Brothers, of Cincinnatti, have decided that he shall suffer the death penalty. Old Chief is 25 years old, weight 10,000 poundsaind Is worth over #1 a pound. In 1870, at Charlotte, N. CU. hie killed Tis first keeper, John King, #8 dive an elephant driver as ever carried a “prod” by exnsbiing him against a radlway ear, Two years later dn the aatine Sie exons. | Wallace flagman | stockings is | wot | BU “Monograms are worked in the | what a silly ques. | { he was tried for the same crime certainly would not be put on at the up- | executed by James | company of horsemen, | fold. {| TESCDe, { and | William Petriken, | Dan an ! Guild. | knew him. t foot : i coanty, | vailing said Frank | Barry, who had been remonstrated with | SEERAN THEY STRETCHED HEM. {LEAVES ouUT OF THE HIS- |, | TORY OF CENTRE COUNTY. |g i Daniel Byers Hanged in 1802 After the Rope | Had Broken and a Mol Was Heady eae Blin -Execation of Jumes Monks on dununry 245, 1810. for res. The impending murder county has revived an present generation for trial in thig | interest in the knowledge of the occurrence three score and ten years first a ago, when Centre county i | the blood of a murdered | meting out of capital victim by punishment, Though so long ago there are th oiinty Jus~ the ms living in the details, of wis thon meted out brief account which, at %2hat will | One or two per | who remember [ tice | as well as as a hors unparalleled and time: | was celebrated the remarkable throughout { state as the most murder, trial, conviction and execution | then on record, of slave, he The first case capital punishment Daniel Byers, Was more | was that of a “Negro Dan,” who, us | ealled, in cold blood, murdered | James Barrows, in what is pow known as Spring township on the night 15, 1802, In November of the same year jury returned a verdict of “guilty ! valued at two hundred and dollars,” which valuation was paid his owner out of the county On the 13th of December, fourteen treasury or two than two mouths from the times he com. | “Negro Dan” Duncan. Esq., high sheriff. A large crowd had assem- | bled to witness the first execution and a mitted the murdes then under Potter ( the | mand of Captain James | Potter 21) was drawn uj With the broke and Dan fell hurt. Almos with ov “Dan is free,” made a rush for Several the riot but » near the Swing the nd rope ui. the his Knock-downs might for the who have ten forethous stepped patting him on the “Come now Dan vou have seriously up to shoulder 1 said, which be did. The case lic attention and which was remarkable | because of its many peculiarities was that of the conviction and execution of | James Monks for the murder of Reuben Monks was born in ship and at the time of the murder about 24 years old. circumstances, was maria two children and on Marsh creek, this county tier LOWH- He was in wellto-d lived with Howard township, He was much respected thought of by everybody, who On Sunday, 1815. 1 returning somewhere in Cl in and well November, from when. on a lone] he met Reuben Guild om two were strangers but, $$ Was y piece of horseback. as was the pre, custom in those days, where they passed on the road they bade each other tho time of day. In Monks con- fession, written while under the tence of death in the Centre county jail, he said, “I know not what came me, but after passing man I was suddenly seized with an unsastrolable impulse to kill him. The feeling to do the act was so strong that I was utterly unable to resist it, and so I turned around, took my gun off my shoulder and fired, the ball taking effect in the right side of the back and, coursing di- agonally through the body, it came out just a little below the left breast.” The man dropped from his horse and Monks then went up to him when the only and last words of the man were, “my friend you have killed me.” Fear ing that he might not be dead, Monks beat him on the head with his tomahawk and then after stripping the body of its clothing dragged him into the woods to an upturned tree and there buried itun- der old leaves. The watch and pocket book of the dead man Monks put in his own pocket, donned the tell-tale coat— marked with the bullet hole in it, and then taking his gun, mounted Guild's horse and proceeded on his way. When the murder was discovered Monks was at once suspected amd are rested on suspicion, but by this time (several days after the murder) he had made away with all the articles taken from the dead man, and his conviction which followed was only upon strong circumstantial evidence. He was tried in the November term of court, 1818, before Hon. Charles Huston, president judge. The commonwealth was repre. sented by Messrs, Etting, Bred{ond and Blanchard. Monks was defended by Messrs. Norris, Burnside and Potter, one of the ablest trios at the Centre county bar, Difring the trial, which was ome of the most exciting then on yoeud and whicn lasted almost three road. The | sen over the | day arrived Bellefonte | execution very dig AL | | been played, | tooth fos still | | not | salisfi to the murderer | a crime | | un Blon, and { by himself, in verse, is pe | than one { sad ending of that | 88 warning 1o | f olsteps, popularly | that the bain of Oct. | and the { HIMl § Ba } 4 dare logs | the most Wis | | In some cases | mous for { ers gain a reputation for the great Cotn~ | ; Creneral | SCE" | | which should be | typographical accuracy. Es foliowdd | | reading | posted up in the hall of siversity | AIWAYS | ! been a good boy. now go up and be hung | fered 1 like a man,” which excited the nss=t pul | the 15th day of | Hie ot! RA the first day of December Tule Huston 5 pronounced sentence : 5 Saturday, January, 23 as the day , 1819, was fixed of execution.” When the wis filled witha erowd, who then looked upon a public muchas the average eith- | zen upon 4 panic. Monks was escorted to the gallows from the jail by a military company, the fifer of which, by his request, played the plaintive air, “Mary's Dream,” instead of the customary dead march, and there, at twenty-nine minutes past 1 o'clock, the lust act in that terrible tragedy had “An eve for aneye and a tooth,” blood had been avenged by blood and the citizens, if ha al the result, at least ad content. Bot even to ALis day among the rural localities of this Dream” is a popular woilld now look a were Wp } 0 county “Mary's AL OCCA - penned ted at more a memento of th ti] piciti because 11 was on t} Monk's fas ] played Confession.” 15 us HAY an as well shun his It may not be fart Was, t Lisa that then { the unfortunate still ilving. an old and decrepit woman, near the, old homestead at Marsh Creek, | { wher# the little HOw ived in peace 8 blight unconts temper, ~=Typographi made ai eriors of ly find them In a are by careful printers and when YOu occasional paper don’t be in a hurry to condemn the sheet, NeWEpApers fa. of them while oth. PERRY § HE AZO a Imburgh work men of become the scarcity ber. About one hundred years of professors of the E tio nt { niversi ALT number #1 to publi ha a perfect spe ery precad- tion wa esired 5114 ~ dit. ure the d re employed, with a notification that a reward of £50 would be paid to any person who would Each page was suf. two in the | place where it had been posted before | th eo work was printed and the professors thought they had attained the object for | which t had been striving. When the work was ®issued it was discovered several ern rs had been committed, on the first line of the discover an error. to remain weeks hey that one of which was was | I According to the time honored | custom no paper will be issued from this | office next week as all from the “scribe” | On up to hs = our devil, ourselves anic majesty, want the week off 10 enjos er mortals. Arthur Taylorand Saturday {C188 eT. 1., returned last extended deer hunt in the of the county. They home as the result of the chase a fn knocked down by Arthur Taylor's unerring rifle, The boys were in the best of health from their sojourn in the woods, northern brought pan doe BELLEFONTE MARKET. Grain, as corrected weekly by Gerberiek, Hale & Un. Mixed Wheat, 00% ones Buckwheat ..oonn Rye per babel Corn (shelled). Corn [PM). cummins LET © BR. Provimons, Gaooswine, de, (as lorrected weekly by J. A. Harper, & Co. Apples, dried, per pound... sommes orion} Cherries drisd per pound, cman va Dried Caroasts, po pound... New Basins, per potodo cnn Beans per quarto woos Fresh Butter per ta mat SE snv— A Chess por p Oounley Hams por ¥ Fama sugar cured, SE Brenkinst Trev Ovnntry Baoon...... Lard per pound... Died Booed per pound... Conued Boel por can... Country Fide t pound aad Dried Sweet "per pnd. iA But or per So rd yuu seeszseneel rd Ce BR ———— Rer SK ncorvirsnimssivssrmoninssmmentifl $ Roveow rake ut. Flour a ———— tall... 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