femocrat. ——————— a A —————— Vol. 14 — " BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDY. DECEMBER 22, 1892. No. 50 Che Centre Democrai, CHAS. R. KURTZ, - _EDITOR TERMS OF SU BSCS RIPTION. Regular Price . . om $1.50 per year, When Paid in Advance $1.00 When subscriptions are not paid inside of three | years $2.00 will be charged. | Hditorial. NO PAPER NEXT WEEK. " “ Our employees demand one week's | vacation during the holiday season; and, honored in accordance with that time custom among printers, no paper will be issued from this office next week. { the borough { ward of 8300 for ion of any persons guilty of | outlook and convict { who live CAUGHT IN TINE. A YOUNG MAN ARRESTED FOR ARSON. of Attempting to Fire the Merchants’ Block Farst Orider Arrested on the Charge On Friday Evening-Milesbhurg hasa fire The numerous fires in Bellefonte of late, and the peculiar circumstances sur- rounding their origin. in vacant build. { ings and in places where no excuse can led re- be given other than incendiarism, authorities to offer a the detection, arrest i such work, On Friday evening the Pearl family, on Allegheny street, above {| Bower's and Garman’s stores, discover- During the past year we have labored | faithfully to furnish our many readers with a good, clean, family paper, and to give full value in return to those who pay for it. For the year 1503 we have no pledges to make, except that it will be our sole aim to again Jmerit future patronage, | as ‘was so generously extended in the | past. Standing at the close of another cycle | and bidding 1892 a final ‘“‘adien’” we conclude by wishing one and all “A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND a HAPPY NEW YEAR." - ———— CoN boro auditors next in the court house, ————————- Braixe's ill health keep his name prominently before the public. that he the biggest man still in the republican ranks but like the party is on a rapid decline. — VENTION of township and Wednesday, Dec Bellefonte, 25th, 1 continues to It Goes seem is have been ned at the appearance at that | T. Ingalls, of Kansas, on the evening of Feb. 6, and Hon Henry W. Waterson, of Louisville Ky.. on the evening of February 21. - Ax effort will be made to next Legislature pass a bill to § to deer hunting for the space Pennsylvania. It many of this part of the state, CONTRACTS Clearfield for place of Hon. J sig have Years in approved by Deer ing very searce of late years. - errno living and both re They Andrew governor, who ‘here are only two ex-Gioy Pennsylvania now side at Bellefonte, Gr. Curtin, the great wai filled the executive chair six years, from to 1867, and Gen, James A. Beaver whose administration preceded the pres. ent one. 1861 - I¥ you have any relatives, former citizens of Centre county, who are liv ing in the South, East or West, them the CEXTRE DEMOCRAT for one year, and they will think of you every week in the year. Remember if paid in advance it will cost you but 81.00 - send ON account of a cramped boro treas. ury. at this time, the boro council ord- ered Tax Collector Ray to settle up his duplicates, at once, for '%0 and 91. It looks as though this official had been negligent in this matter all along; and yet he will want a re-election in Febru. ary. lector, tay has been a failure as tax col- - on Monda on ort of This snug little sum ought to loosen the money market considera. bly in that community. It wel. come news to more than one family in Philipsburg. The dividend disbursed by the assignee of the Philipsburg ing Company was not much sl £200 .000, Was ELECTION tickets, spring election should advance to give the printers ample time for printing the same. Itin u great deal of labor and care acd there are 51 districts in the county the printing offices will be led to 61 all orders, This office Is supplied with good presses, perforating machines, plenty of type, rule and binding material to print tickets on short notice. -— IN an open letter addressed to the re. publican members of the state legisla- ture, State Senator Frank Ritter earn- estly advocates the election to the U, 8, senate of George 8, Graham, district for be the oming ordered in UiVYeSs as Crow: attorney for Philadelphia, and asks his | fellow members of the legislature to give Mr, Graham thelr support. proposition is a good one but Quay and his forces have the “pull” in Pennsyl- vania and not withstanding the opposi. tion will be reelectéd. We must en. dure Quay for another term in the U, N. senate, | door where 8 { got Policeman | around { He was arrested at of neat | past | | and claimed that as | ang | When { should. The ed smoke in their Mrs. Pearl went down stairs and opened the rear The fellow rooms, he saw a man, | threatened to strike her unless she went { back and she did. Mr. came down Strvet matter, He 'k as possible, they went building sent to Bower of the as qui and of the Garis the rear the cellar way of Meese's store and close crouching in and t y extinguished. | by was a fel low once we fire was quick] Furst The prisoner turned out to be Crider, a young man of about 21 years looking young fellow ly dressed, and for mon a student of the Bellefonte Acad- He was visably effected by drink he was on his way to the Academy some him fo: the purpose of and that he ran into the al Lack of the bu of hiding He thing to do with the age, a line several ths emy. chased beating leyway fe him, and purpose having and Any. strongly { nee of the crime, as taken to tl where he HS innoce county il and He v locked until John young up remained morning. Ata hearing appeared for the E0000) to Was velenmad on bail Appear before Judge Furst on Sat he arday morning for a habeas corpus b fearing means but The the bak human not only ngs also endal amount of 8500 bail fixed by upon court has aroused much bitter comment and is considered trifling in comparison with the circumstances of the case, The Gazette says of the affair: “It like the PEAY of school children when in the act of making a Wl children I'he indeed, hat be which he looks more play house, Sehix do not committ such again it and pranks. ‘It is a sin the general impression ! I SAVE gular case, is in. nocent of the crime with is | charged.”’ the in such affairs It is not the province of news. papers to pass judgoent and there that paper oversteps its limits, it public =entiment it at least, endeavor to find out impression’ and quotes what the ** above all, give Public sentiment reached that point when it demands that favoritism cease, and incendiarism, if it be proven, receive the full penalty—no matter where it falls general n, ' it correctly. has .——— Fire at Milesburg about at or Ke On Sunday o'clock the lar C. Bullock, Miles The alarm was breaking out of the Ad story of the Bullock was called and an effori made Lo check it, That was and then everything that could be car morning, ge one shops of i. were discovered i the paint shop, in building. Mr. was Caria burg, on fire, was given when » econ wns removed, was sent to Bellefonte for as The Logan steamer and a hack load of our firemen were soon on their way to the fire. By the time they arrived there the building was well con. sumed, The engine was put to work and two streams played on the adjoin. ried out tnessage sistance, Word was at once | { dian border all the way { Jantic to the Pacifie, { more about " ‘tm | members of the House They discovered a small fire burning at | the dark. | only waiting immigration | increasing the tax i cents to 81.25 { O00 to the {dur useless A telephone WASHINGTON NOTES, This Thursday Congress adjourns until January 4th and most of the mem- pers and Senators will take a little boli- day trip somewbere, but the democratic members of Housé committees having charge of uncompleted appropriation bills wiil stay right there and work every day. The committee on appro- priations cut down the Fortification bill fron 27.0642,512, which was the esti. mate, to #1785, Mr, Holman is Fil that his committee shall not be responsible for a treasury deficit. The agents of the the ocean steam- ship lines, now in Washington, are in a decidedly uneasy state of mind over the for immigration legislation, and they are doing their level best to make senators and representatives be. 065, { lieve that it is much easier to keep the { cholera away next year by the use of medical science than by suspending im- migration. They thought they made a strong point when they argued that if we did suspend immigration it would be impossible to quarantine the Cana. from the At. but they said no informed that and Senate Im. committee had assurances Government was for Congress to suspend that when migration that the Canadian 4 to do likewise, made by Internal bill on whiskey from 0 estimate of the Representative Scott's According to an the Revenue, Commissioner a gallon would, if enacted at this add 835,000 . income government into a law Session. of the ing the next fiscal vear. Representative Antony of Texas, has introduced a bill in the House to sus. pend the granting of pensions under the Dependent law enacted by the Fifty. or billion dollar congress, and to that have already been granted under that law, .—— first, stop paying those Musiea]l Convention, A convention of vocal and instrumene. tal music will be held in the Presbyters jan church, at Buffalo Run, beginning Monday evening, Jan. 20d, 1508 with three rehersals daly, and closing with a grand concer’ on Saturday even 7th. The convention will by Prof. P. H. Meyer, of Boalsburg, sisted by an accomplished pianist. tertainment free. Books ished by the conductor, by Station. on ing. Jan. conducted by Ae En. furn. Singers come. will be will stop at Hunters citizens and ing railroad The committee, class are active and expect Lo make this onvenlion a grand success, All singers and lovers of music are cordially invited to attend and enjoy the first masical convention of the sea. son Class tickets, cents; cents; single session, 10 Famil tickets in the hands of committee, Joseph Marshal, John Musser, concert, 25 cents, Come Andrew Rees. Morris, Jas, John Kelly mities Wm Longwell, Murkle er, Tressler, (rey (ze0 .— A Preacher Goes Wrong from Minneapolis SN. E. Weber, a Preshyterian minister, left the ty Webster for 14 years ocenpred a pulp in the t Presbhyts Williamsport, Pa..a of the Prohibition sylvania. He years ago and preached at Westminster church. It Was seen intoxicated on Nicollet avenue two days afterward. He borrowed 21.200 from various church people and disappeared on December 4, A Says a spatel Minn.. Rev, has LM | Inrges rian church was climirmnan smmittee of Penn. went to Minneapolis tw is declared that he .-o-——— Masquerade Ball On Friday evening the Logan boys will hold their annual masquerade ball in the Bush Arcade hall. All arrange. ments have been completed to make it Good musie an imposing affair, by the Orpheus orchestra will be al feat. As the proceeds are for the bene. fit of the steamer fund everybody should cheerfully it a success by purchasing a ticket, .-—— M1 Speci ure contribute towards making A Tyrone Clergyman Called to New York Rev, J, RR. Davies, who has been pas. tor of the First Presbyterian church, | Tyrone, the past four years, has received ing bulldings and the fire to keep it from | weading After several hours work ge fire was considered under control and the Logan boys returned home be. fore break of day. The shop was lilled with old and new work, n large lot of valuable fron and j church. Rev, Davies accepted, a call from the trustees of the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian church, New York, to succeed the Inte Dr. Howard Crosby. The call was formally tendered last Friday by Colonel Jackson, of that He is | n graduate of Princeton college. wood work, carriage trimmings and a | fine outfit of ail kinds of Im required in the business, It was oon. | sidered one of the best equipped shops | in the county, Mr. Bullock estimates his loss at about 84,000 on which there | was an insurance of $2,570, woved tools | tes | a Fire Sunday Night, W. L. Lanning’s dwelling house, about one mile north of Snow Shoe Intersection , was burned to the ground on Sunday night. The cause of the "fire was due to a defective flue, ABOUT THE COUNTY. | | a | TEACHERS INSTITUTE. Mr. F. O. Hosterman, post master and merchant, for a number of years | PROGRAMME FOR THE 46TH located at Fiedler, Pa., in Haines twp., | ANNUAL SESSION will discontinue in his business there | and expects to move to Millheim in | the Spring. | Belle 1892 To be Held in the Court House, 20th to 30th, at foute, From Dee, List of Instructors, Evening Entertain 8. D. Musser, for & number of years | engaged in the hardware business at | Millheim, expects to become a citizen of | Beranton, Pa., where he has opened a | County Superintendent of our public ware room for the sale of pianos and |8¢hools, C. L. Gramley, of Rebersburg Organs, has issued his programme for the com. York State Yankees are ing 46th annual session of Teachers’ | Institute of Centre county, to be held popular among some of the young |, ) . " : in the Court House, at Bellefonte, next maidens in Liberty township. A friend ..t thinks some of them sl " vo Klo% week, from Monday to Friday 26th to aa £0 ein sho 0 BOW, |. R . 80th of December, As the sessions of the girls, and not be in a hurry in mak. institute ave Inzwely attended bY Yous : 3 BAe largely By y WwW Yo Fd ing up with such fellows. It may 4 4 RE’ ’ go foi ’ and old, from all parts of the county, Yary good advice, we publish the full program for the benefit of those interested and who may attend. LIST ments and other Information, quite be Julian Fleming will travel on the road the next several months for Huy- | ett. Meyer & Boozer, of Centre Hall, establishing agencies for their cornplant er. Heleft last week for a trip down through Virginia and parts of the South. This firm has enlarged its works and will make a specialty of manufacturing | this popular farm implement. M. L. Leitzel, who kept hotel at Milroy, the mercantile business at Sinking Creek, and kept hotel at Potters Mills, died at Lewistown Junction 6th. He was a rheumatic the last twelve years and move about by the use of Frank Bradford his position as agent OF INSTRUCTORS During the week the following prom- inent instructors will take part in the various sessions: Prof. James M. Coughlin, public schools, Wilkesbarre, Pa. James M. Supt. public Huntingdon, W. Va.; Prof, Meloy, State Normal School, Haven; Prof, J. D. burg: A. Judson Smith, tor, New Millport, Pa. In addition to the will be delivered by be present and Supt, Maj. schools, A. D. Lock , Philips. Lee, SOME years ago was engaged in Anderson 1sical dire { mn , December for | | only invalid above, addresses the tinguished gentlemen of our of whom will b¢ worth hearing. | subject of their talks have } AN W. Atherton, LL. (zen, Jas, A. Beaver, «a E . Fischer, Centre “H. Hastings, Hon. John F. Fortney, Esq., of 2 COn ould following dis. N Tam 11 cruilches county all will shortly leave The at Poe Mills to take charge of the Centre Hall station heretofore so well attended to by Arb, Katherman who gets a higher position in the railroad office at Williamsport. Mr. Bitver, a student with Mr. Bradford in the Poe Mills office, will when Frank Reporte An exchange says A not beer nounced yet D., State ( lege: Bellefonte; Hall; H. Orvis =I 'D. Belle fonte, (x00, (ren take charge leaves for Centre Hall. — EVENING ENTERTAINMENTS. The evening entertainments of insti. tute ! SIONS verdant young week are always OCCHA~ 5 preacher over in Centre eo and well attended. Year Mon. wnty begins “It af. ith his remarks on every he following will be fords me pleasure announce,” and added this the other night: “It aifords me pleasure to announce that Bi se. Of Snow Shoe, has died accord. & to arrangements, and will take place on Tuesday next provided by 1 uesday ’ occasion, ng.’ r Building, aghiin, Y ous Wednesday to day, Uharacis : ‘Black Maj. Schu- James M. ( Heels of James M Th ompany; “Hits and Misses,” by Boots,” by the i Rua Jw ursday other | the I the funeral ann Concert ( And Of) JOHN Is inge ; We ili 5) a broad smile spread itself over the « gregat Rev. ( admission wr) cent on ih T. Steck American Heongnized and Unrecognized.’ Ph on Th “ve He will | with recitations fron n lay evening, when adm deliver his | of will s ¢h “Heroes, | 8 the will arged. interesting lecture, Kets 81.00 GENERA ~ Enroll iment Dec. 26, he INFORMATIH begir ipsburg opera house, ursday nent ning thi % n Has " 2 of this week ow n., Monday, A fee of $1.00 w pay f which, ticket will be given that admits the hok but i Erestraion rates | graated during his lectonre Shakes. charged, upon peare, eoncluding the entertainment by ment mbershii reciting Poe's {aven." Ider to PRE I bi O every session 1% 11 i1 t sf ie Silver Ore in Clearfield : I I _ oh Jif Reduced rates will be Last week reports were current that a find of silver had made in the “Bad DuBois, Clear. field county, and Ridgway, Elk county, but as these particular institute week without wen the use of excursion orders, Lands bet wen OFFICERS OF INSTITH Grams, A.M. . PP. Hosterman, i Clerk .—— DIRECTORS DAY TE. Butler, 2 J. C. L. Vice Pres. C. Morris, , stories were old ones. no res. : attention was paid to the latest Captain Alfred Herd. man, a mining engineer, some of the rock him te be a superior SEC, Yersion., pronounces | specimens shown to galena, riekly paving | the find had 1 secret for more the exact location of where the specimens rrade of Annual Meeting of the School Directors of Cenire County Thursday, Dec. 20th, Day, and every Scion is cordial. Every sche FORITYIRE =Hser oue In quantity The fact that Direc- | been made was ket | tors’ {ly invited to attend. trict should be well represented. Addresses than a month amd wl dis the place shown Herdman were found has not been | divulged, but there are mining pros. pectors becoming interested in the mat. ter who have a general yet interesting school topics will be made by the following gentlemen: Hon. A. Woodward, “Duties of the Directors Concerning the World's Fair.” Maj. James M, Lee, “Country School Buildings—l.ocation, upon John , If not an exact, knowledge of the locality. The above entitles Clearfield to a first class sensation. It will now be in order | Plans, Heating, Ventilating, Ete:” D. F. Fortney, Esq., “Duties of Directors | ing craze somewhere in Rosh township, as Contained in the School Laws.” | near Karthavs. If snccessfully worked | Prof. J. G. Anderson, “The Director.” it would be a first class real estate boom. OFFICERS OF DIRECTONS® ASSO. ! W. K. Alexander, President: W. B. | Rankin, Secretary; W. M. Grove, 8. H. | | Bennison, R. C. Gilliland, Daniel Heck. {man and Dr. P. 8S. Fisher, Executive | { Commitiee, for some fellow to begin the gold min. Sharp Shooters te Meet. On Saturday, Rultost, and J, the UU series December 24th, E. D. champion shot of the East, + R. Elliott, ni a States, of Contests champion shot of will shoot one of a Athletic Park, Williamsport. The shoot will be for | 100 live birds for $200 aside. The shoot | at Williamsport will be the fourth out of a series ov six mat .——— —-— at a Swallowed a Needle Ivy Bartgea, of Spring Mills, informs | us that be recently killed beef that { had a darning needls in one of the main | tubes of the lung. The needle was | | about three inches long and the point Dogs at Sunday Sehoo!, | was imbedded in the side of the tube, Three or four pet dogs followed their | It had caused no soreness or inflamation owners to the Presbyterian Sunday [md was rusted somewhat indicating i school in Tyrone, last Sunday afternoon, | that it had been there for some time. | and right in the middle of the exercises | The animal was perfectly healthy and a dog fight occurred. The affair caused | dressed 700 pounds. The needle did | considerable fright and annoyance to | | not appear to cause any trouble. the little ones, The canines were quick. | Tmmigants Brought in Like Cattle, ly ejected, i The biggest load of steerage passen- hrs and Wi gers that ever came into any port in this | country on one vessel arrived in New York on Thursday on the North Ger. | man Lloyd steamer Stuttgart, from i a ches between the | two sharpshooters. Shot Niagara and Wagged Tis Tall | For the first time in history the falls at Niagara were shot last week by a living thing, a big black Newfoundland | dog making the fearful trip and coming | Bremen. She carried 2,265. The largest cout with only somn severe bruises on | previous number was brought here last his body, A few hours later he was | May on the Darmstadts, of the same line limping about and wagging his tail, and was 2,000, Lyon & Co. ARE In Earnest. very Clothing tock of line of iS where you ooods goons ood doub well look 1 , 6,00, whey clegant the new stock 1s a Mail Order De nd for samples of new immense Nave grganized have an Look at our line of low priced goods. 1 want something cheap for a man’s suit at $3.50 ~a winter coat for $1.50 and $1.35. SAY wi common wear, We have suits for little, wee toddlers Ye fond me see out bottle thers come and suits brow Jersey green, trimmed braids, and embroidered 2.5¢ 5.00 86 1 sis y 4 00, and years up. | Ladies, no matter how hard you may in a come and We are sure to please There is not astyle and price Fur trimmed $3, 12 and $15.00, nd from $3 up. braid at all prices. Mi sses hoods in light colors, trimm- ed in light furs Lit. tie girls refers and long coats from $1.50 coat, be to please SCC Our sto k fur loops, etc, Chenile table covers from 1.25 to $5. A beautiful Table scarfs by the hundreds line,
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