1 1) if L. VOL 11 BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, JUNE I3, 1889. NO. 24 ¢ @entee Democrat, LICENSE VS. PROHIBITION. oi : per to answer briefly some of the rea- | and their fellowmen, then the farmer How LHE QUESTION IS VIEWED RY OUR advance: to farmers to induce | like every other good citizen should vote {ittend Amendment meetings, will | getful of their duties to thei God, their you allow me space in your valuable pa- | ehureh, their country, their families THE WEDDING MARCH, AN ESTIMATE OF DAMAGE oh | SONS DONE AT EDITOR TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 per yews gl © " Regular Price When Paid in Advance When subseriptions are not paid inside of three years $2.00 will be charged Administrator's Notices. Auditor's Notices and all Legal’ Advertisements 15 ets, per line for first insertion and Sets. for each ent insertion. subsequ Hditorial. A WARNING TO OTHER CITIES, Now that the country has been visit. | ed by a deluge accompanied by cn ap- palling loss of life and fearful destruc- tion of preperty, it is opportune for the American people to lay asside fora time political rancor, give up their interests in trivial amusements, forsake thei greed for the almighty dollar and unite | in one grand effort in devising ) er catastrophy, such as suddenly the existence of t 1s of housands of means | whereby the future safety of life and | property may be secured against anoth- | terminated so | © READERS f Selected Articles the How Affect the Far. Coltributed and Amendment Would mer Discussed, Editor of the Democrat I see in your paper that you receive many asking whether tne prohibitory law, if passed, would interfere with the sale of cider: I think it would not when unfermented. I also saw it stated that the Republi. cans wer the liquor men. Now for my- self I am strongly opposed to the Pro- hibition Amendment for SOUS, from farmers etters several { those persons adicted to the use of strong | drink from obtaining their liquor from | other States. They will Pennsylvania for their their send money out of { supply and in this manner a great deal { of money i that shonld remain at home ne offalls and are feed to 5 Aan is taken Hee Tse ) human beings and destroved the beaud- |° ful and flourishing eity of Johnstown. Experience is a dear teacher, who, a week before the flood, } dicted that maugh would some day becor ing torrent, strong the quiet, enough cities and devastate the miles, would have been lo a crank, if we may use the and an alarmist. True we living in a where great extremes of tempe and violent floods and winds are ly infrequent and almost unkne perhaps to this very infrequency are Ley Ww the neglect to guard a the like of which resu ly to the people of there been an example iih ao Lhe evil effects of maintaini \ lam or lake above a city, w w -ofiicials of Johnstow: tions Lo previ ¥ Most the have cau evil assuredly 4 flood bes 0a no gates opened could Wenn water which would finally b and destroy everythin In the destrus people of the United Stat lustration of the awful re mmg up a mountain stream profit by the fate of that cit they continue to imperil their property by obstructing streams merely to gratify the opulent ? The present generation may not see 80 destructive a flood, but its currence in a hundred enough to impress upon the people the thie ul 1 tha Gilt re-oc, years is often necessity of guarding it at all times. 1.et no syndicate of wealthy pleasure seekers maintain anything that lives and property of fellow creatures Yet no railroad use upon its line a br or trestle that is believed to be unsafe and let large dams everywhere be pro vided with flood gates and sluice was 80 that in time of flood the waters m Ay pass on and net accumulate in quantities as will finally break away a volume carrying death and d before it. endang : uy estrue Mesias A LAW passed by the late legis and approved by the special provision for the punishm bribery and corruption at the election when the two amendments to the oven Nate Any person who shall give, promise, or offer to an elector any money, reward. oroth er valuable consideration for his or for withholding the same. or who shall give, or promise to give. such con sideration to any other person ox party Constitution will be voted upon. vote, for such elector's vote, or for the holding thereof, and any e shall receive,” or agree to with. ector who for himself or for another any money ree | or other valuable consideration for his vote, or for withholding the same, is declared guilty of a misdemeanor. pun- ishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and an imprisonment not exceeding one year, reecsivp —— The Gasette, a bright newsy paper | Just started at Tyrone, Is on our table : nnd Is worthy of the patronage of the | citizens of that place It will be a Dem. | ocratic paper and is just the thing to] gers the lowing Appeal | : nie | COUNDLY 14 Ties | one brewery in wer re we the May 1st. Ie No Licenses ing 15 The real debt of the county in Janu. i% less by 216 Su , and the in Is AVED IN ary, 1889 *62 than it was : ounty and 4 oy in January 15% State Taxes 1885, The question to be voted on June 15th 5S were ke 8380.18 iin Viki i%, Shall the saloons open again in all d villages of the county ? If you vote against the Amendment, fi is a vote in favor of opening the saloon again, If the saloons open again, you | must furnish the money to carry on the | Criminal If the saloons opest again you must furnish boys to fre. quent them. It takes money and boys to sustain saloons; and you tax-payers | must furnish both. For the sake of saving your hard. earned money and your boys—and may. the towns Hin courts, i : rea. | The Prohibitory Jaw will not prevent | 1s sent abroad. Again at our breweries | i" | Will not be destroyed, it | dollar and cent stand point alone, them to vote against the amendment. 1. “Persons wanting liquor will send out of the state for it and thus the mon- ey will go out of the state.” Py far the greater part of the liquor and beer now consumed in Pennsylvania is manufactured outside state and the money therefore now goes out of the state to buy it. The adoption of the Amendment will so re. duce the consumption of liquor in the Answer, of the state that far less money will be sent i out of the state for strong drink than at | present, II. If the of offall from breweries and distilleries be stopped we will have a scarcity of bacon, for want j of feed.” supply Not at all. for the the and the Anmwrey { much better market farmer { for his coarse grain [| cousumer will get a far better article of pork and { bacon. IL. COREE LT 1 ¥ WOSSe “It will mand thus important | {te farmer Away | vread and meat DE 8 greats 1) the farmers coul The Cleary trial several and in ved by and com from liquor bu not ten dollars an paid out tid I were atl 118 and poor taxes which we IK : i, and who pays the bulk of these tax es? They fall principally on real estate and the farmer pays the lion's Vi 4 1 ins elie in eve hue Ansu What every brewery " It will destroy the : ind distilleries been oye) ment. The men who the | done usiness within that have 1if 1 Sace ul period 30 with their eyes open, ane heir business 5 A nu pul fi should compiain if it is wiped out But the steam power will by the voice of the people. buildings, the water and only to rein re quire achange of machinery pla TE] of tum these buildings into instead of destructive Far better that thes: breweries be turne d into factories : i fare industry . distilleries work-sheps at than to exist without | under the high license law, All this has once, "us many of them do icense the But is it to be supposed that the farmer is less awake to the claims of God, the church and humanity, than any other class of men? Will he not apply the same test to the question as is expected of every other good citizen? If the saloon or rum trafic is a good thing a blessing to the community, if it makes happler homes and better parents and been written from There will be a! now {to do away with it, To the farmer as to every other citizen comes the solemn | admonition “Behold I set before you a { blessing and a curse ! choose ye between them." Tax-Paven, A STRICT ELECTION LAW tl | | An Act to Punk: h Bribery st Certaln Elections | SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives { of the Commonwealth of Dy oy i General Assembly met, and hereby enacted by the authority of the same: That any person who shall give, or promise or offer to give to an elector any money, reward or other valuable con- sideration for his vote at any election {held for the purpose of voting on an | amendment to the Constitution or any other public purpose, or for withhold. ng the same, or shall give, or promise LO give, such consideration to any per- Son or party for such elector's vote or for the withholding thereof; and any elector who shall receive. or agree to re- { ceive for himself, or for arother any money, reward or other valuable co | sideration for his vote at such ele or for withholding the same, shall guuty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- } pay 1 ¢ Ol 8 [| i ul tion thers wll dine one t dd a ARR . $a 453 nprisonme Temperance Meetings ance on property yen to ! {and woman: all } 111 BS SEE De wo the educational + barrel of flour be given to every needy and worthy per amd I will y hall Hars by the op ration. . Ap = paid shialy i X : On clear mibionor a million do PR. 1. Barnum, - —- - Bailey Explains the Matter | “This flood and other calamities are probably brought on the world because { of the wickedness of the people and such | disregard of Sunday seems like a further invitation for other scourgings.” ! : 3 " n { The disregard of Sunday of which he i | apeaks was the selling of papers contain. | ingan account of the flood on last Sabbath | After Newton wrote the above he no doubt was greatly exausted. Jt is 4 won. der that hismammy didn’t spank him and put him to bed at once, MILLHEIM, Places it at 850 000 Wie Will Bear this Loss~Commencement Exercises at State College, The sub. rben riet Kilpatrick was filled with a merry assemblage Wednesday, May 20, to wit- Bell Kilpatrick, a niece of ‘the well known Gen. John Kilpatrick, to Charles Pearce Hewes, of Bellefonte, Pa. The pleasant parlors with banks of cut-flowers and hot-house plants which rendered the scene a pretty were adorned and effective one. As the guests arrived an informal reception was held and promptly at half past eleven the bride and groom arose and were met by Rev, J. C. Wilson, pastor of the U7. P. church who performed the ceremony well-cl osen and effective remar Luncheon, prepared by a] caterer, was partaken « the vows were spoken hand some and . An Fstimate of Millhedm & Losses % Campbell, (eo. ttany 1 500: lox: Hi | Borou State College Commencement nmencement hall HOG COmmen a. y I ¥. W.0 wealaureate Sermos Cattell, D. D.. o Philadelphia, ex-President of Lafayette Monday June & ith, Annus address before the Young Men's Ch A ssn y the Rev. T. T Ever ett. D.D..of H urisburg: Tuesday. June 2th, Examination of candidates for ad- | FU i + Lhe an mtion. | mission to College, Senior Class Day Ex. ercises, Junior Oratorical Contest, Re. ception by Washington Society ; Wed. nesday, June 26th, Artillery Salute. Annual meeting of trustees, Alumng { Dinner, Meeting (in the Chapel) of Del. egates and Alumni to elect Trustees. Exhibition Drill of State ollege Cadets Annual address before the Alumni, by Selim EL. Peabody, LL.D. President fof Tlinols State University: Thursday. { June 27th, Graduation Exercises of the { Class of "80, Commencement Address, wsidence of Mrs. Har | . : ness the marriage ceremony of Marie | An Explanation, ease mus | for me that Mr. Fiedler and John Guards can’t and are not able to andit my wm counts, Fiedler is better at sending ow whiskey money than making a fair j tax-payers. | John Garis tells Fiedler (Craris) did not get #7.50 {3 | Evrron oy DEMOCRAT - election d lo Ws and on 5 statement that & om the Oy | seer of the Poor, that ought to settle 4 if John says so, I desire to state to the public that | charged John Garis with that amount as this bill was furnished to his fami} { while they were in the Poor Honse. 1 | Dartt attended kis sick child there. JAMES ScHOVILY Locusts are putting in an ance in large numbers in different pray of the In the woods back + hal he busi LS Ul county. 10W Nhe of them w 1 are hangi and in Ferguson township, ti 5 are blac the plage every direst ROnous ory of having © admin horse tesau nt for that they had com ales contaamn Ars and fe w ve of Sian church on Adamsem 17 years of he has taken a ewisburg and was fferson Medion! n lus way to take ship fou i te himself 3 practice of is « Xpenses { Aaronsburg. Jim ng learned sday. SOME Seven Years 1 through and spent He isat of a tobacco Adestnan. 8 travel west OY - p— nerally known that Dr. ctim of the murder which two continents, was the town of Clear. that he has many the Dr. then was employed as The we was in. it is said, in order r of the Catholic church at t be enriched by the ad. ce. Cronin was then presence, with a tener envy of every Cleag. he soon became 4 gen the town, A YOAr of he stated for the West Lots, where he studied wich was heard of him vears thereafter until the Celtic. A METIONS ished, was received by his In that town at least i no doubt that he was the victim of a foul con ge Clearfield store, ve him a pl oy him, N of nan Hey marked « pies of which he pul ine n of former friends there I i yo Ro MARRIED H.-A M. RB | and M Viewing, Lanning, Sie w Sadie Lanioh., Centre Hennd- ANI We Dlearming an Unseen Poo, “This was sometime a pamsdox.” as Hamlet says. Since, however, the people of America and other lands have been enabled to pit Hostetler's Stomach Bit ters against that unseen foe, malaria, #t i* no longer a paradox, but an ibility, Wherever malaria evolves its misty venom to poison the alr, and de caying unwholesome vegetation impreg- nates the waler, there, in the | stronghold of wins, i the auxil ; potent to disarm the foe and assure sa | Bolent protection. Fever and ague, bil {ous remittent, dumb ague and | cake, no matter how tepacioully | have fastened their clutch on the by the Hon, Henry convert some of those ungodly Repub. be your girls—vore #oR THE AMEND. | children, then he should vote for sa- loons, the more the better. But if this PROTHONOTARY. delphia, President's } — 1 K. Royer, of Phila- are first forced to relax their teception Tunp [eventually to abandon it ther. is its prevestive leans in that section. It no doubt will | PERE (Hg dnp a Jf ts supply a long felt want and become one | SOME OBJECTIONS 70 PROMIBITION | trade injures the community, if it of the lending papers of that section. ANSWERED, grades manhood, breaks the hearts of maa : is wives and mothers, robs ehildren of the | ~For the news of the Johnstown Eoirron Dustocnar parental care and guidances Ww which aster see ony inside pages, Asal your readers wny possibly not they are entitled and wakes en for PI T recomend the Bitters to ~The wt and most 20m line | wh ing 1 malarinonrse of suiti 4 nes now on xin do Hon for it a ort Juckier us. Suits made to order at the lowest | Jet (SLA WHC Wi 5. ied, a NCL Va KY : dis. : Ed a
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