— x \J pont 4 femocral, | /Ol.. 15. —— BELLEFONTE. PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1893. R— NC. 46 | frrssnn co— ee aea— whe vs aya fire. a8. R. KURTZ, - poli ohn ¢) Regular Price $1.50 per year. when Paid in Advance 81.00 “ When subseriptions are not paid inside of three years $2.00 will be charged. CLUB RATES EDITOR TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, The CENTRE DEMOCRAT and Philadelphia Weekly T¥mes one year The CEXTRE DEMOCRAT and New York Weekly World one year for Hditorial. $1.75 PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S nessage will soon be given to the public. It will contain a recommendation for a decide d change of tarifffduties. That was the is- sue upon which he was elected. will be redeemed. - Tug apolication of Senator p. Gray Meek. of the Watchman, was recently filed in the department at Washington, D. C., by congressman Kribbs, for the appointment of Surveyor of the Port It is a position with a There are a of Philadelphia. nice salary attacked to it. number of aspirants for the same place and no one can tell which way the wind will blow. . _ Tue sensation created by Wm. Lyon, in his move to capture the Register and this county, had Recorder's offices in the effect of giving him newspaper notoriety about the state. | in The democratic officials elected are no way alarmed and the price of beef- steak and liver remain about the same at Butcher Bill's Bishop street meat market. - - CARNEGIE the great jron who accumulated millions, is offering steel billets at $17.68 per ton at Pitts. burg, while in England the same pro- duct. free on shipboard, is quoted at $18.79, a'difference of 81.11. master the foreign product. If Carnegie can sell steel billets at $17.68, imagine the | enormous profits he realized when he | got #24 and more for the same. That 1s what protestion did for Carnegie— made him a millionaire in a few years— and the consumers had to suffer. Missionary Lectures. Rev. J. Hartzler, of Lewisburg, Pa., will lecture at the following places: Milesburg Evangelical church, Nov. 25; Curtin Evangelical church, Nov. 2% Unionville Union church, Nov. 30th, at7 p.m. Subject of these lectures will be “Eight years in Japan.” Among the things embraced in the lecture will | be the country, its people, their man- | ners and customs and religions. He will also exhibit some idols which he brought from Japan. All are invited. 8. AURAND. sn ——————— Hon, Cyras Gordon Cyrus Gordon, who defeated Judge Krebs in Clearfield, was born on a farm in Centre county, seven miles from Bellefonte. He will be forty-seven vears old on December 1. He was graduated at Pennsylvania State Col- lege and subsequently attended the law lectures of Michigan university. He has been practicing law for twenty-four years and has been a member of the law firm of Murray & Gordon for nineteen years, -— - -— Presented to State College Executive Commissioner Farqubar and his force of clerks arrived in Har. risburg Monday from Chicago. The state's exhibit of minerals, chemicals, ete., at the World's Fair will be pre. sented tothe state college at State Col. | A meeting of the | state commissioners will be held to set- | lege, this county. Fair matters, - Fatal Singging Andrew Dollar and John Rodgers, of MifMlia county, near Lewistown, ruarreled about some fence posts and tie up World's lodgers knocked Dollar down with his | Dollar got up, walked home, took | fist. to his bed and died two days after from the effect of the blow. Rodgers was arrested and Is now in jail awaiting trial for manslaughter, - - ~ Reduction ‘in photos at Shaeffer’s gallery for a short time providing you buy a ticket this week ~/Treasurer-clect John Q. Miles is out | in the Allegheny mountains at present with a party of deer hunters. ~n Tuesday Sheriff Ishler tore a large vumber of fish baskets out of the Bald Fagle creek, in the vicinity of Howard and Blanchard, That stream is filled with fish dams and illegal con. trivances for killing fish, When such wholesale slaughter is allowed by the eitizens of a community it is no wonder that the streams are soon cleaned out, The penalty for such illegal fishing should be increased and the law ridged. | and double seats, jy enforesd, Genre Democrat, or $145 | Pledges considerable i Under the | present tariff there is a duty of $8.96 on | | BELLBFONTE'S RESOURCES: TAGES. As an Manafacturing point-—Conl, Limestone in Abundance Desirably Lo oated A Prize Essay. Some weeks ago the Bellefonte Board { of Trade offered a prize for the besl ar- tiele of about one thousand words, set | ting forth the natural resources and ad. vantages of Bellefonte as a point for lo. | ig Tr : 1e | ' f committee will probably be furnished | | eating manufacturing industries, | committee was unable to decide be- | tween two of the best (rticles and the | prize was divided. The authors are F ! Potts (ireen. and Albert Owens, both o { Bellefonte, Mr. Green's article | Appear f | below, Mr. Owen's will | next issue.) in our BELLEFONTE'S RESOURCES By ¥ Bellefonte, beautiful { home of governors, POoTTs GREEN 10. Penn. geographically r § state of cated in the centre of the | sylvania, seven hundred and thirtystwo feet above sea level and the county seat 1795 | and incorporated in 1805 and now con- | tains a population of about five thousand | inhabitants, The beautiful f | (“Belle Fonte) from name. rises in the i of Centre county, was laid out in ountam which is takes it very heart I 14,600 gallon water 8 of sparkling minute a | without variation either in temperature or quantity during any part of the year, has a capacity sufficient for supplying city of fifty thousand people. is noted for its del Bellefonte ightful { atmosphere, romantic scenery, lovely { drives and the refinement and culture | of its inhabitants. { hills that inscre | ten «churches, It is surrounded by gainst cyclones, has library, large | academy, the best system of graded | publie schools, five weekly newspapers and two dailies: these with its pure | water, good drainage, electric light, gas and steam heating plants. free postal { delivery and being within twelve miles of the Pennsylvania State College to { which three tiains ran daily, make it { the ideal home of the literary man, the retired gentleman, or those who desire | to give their children a thorough tech. | i nical and practical education. | as it does in the midst of a rich agri. {cultural region underlaid with the { finest quality of limestone in the world { and with immense deposits of hematite jand fossil ores, with splendid water power and being connected with all the | large cities by competative lines of | railroad, ths Penna., N. Y. Central and | Reading, it should become the Mecca of { manufacturers. There are two coke furnaces with { capacity of one hundred tons each daily | and one charcoal furnace making the | highest grade of that kind of iron, the { whole of which product should be used { here. There are also a complete sixteen | pot window glass factory, large nail | works, foundry and machine shops, two planing mills, three roller flouring mills, Lying a | scale works, chain works, boiler works | | factories, while its | { kilns for the manufacture of lime and | {and three coach ground limestone are the most extensive { in the country and the quality unsur. | passed by any in the world. The water | power in the vicinity is extensive and { much of it waiting to be utilized. The soft coal and coke region lines of railroad can be laid down at a very low rate of freight. As a location for the manufacturer of all articles into which iron lime, coal and sand enter it has no superior continent, If you are in business and desire a better location, or if you have anything on paying business, you are cordially in. | vited Ww correspond with Mr. James Harris, Pres., or Clement Dale, Esq., | Sect. of the Bellefonte Board of Trade. .-—— Burned to Death On Friday morning a little four.year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Stewart, colored, who live on Penn street, was severely burned. Mrs, Stewart left the little girl alone in the kitchen while she went down stairs to | the basement to attend to the work, She | soon heard screams up stairs and when | she got to the little child it was envel. oped in flames, | thrown around | clothes were extinguished but not until | the flesh was burned toa crisp on the | : one side. | The little one suffered great pain and | lingered until Saturday morning when | death Game to its relief. The girl ig- i nited ita clothes by playing with the | fire in the kitchen stove, i -.-—— | «The Little Czar” is a brand of clothing at Léwin's with double knees You get double value, a ———— | ITSMANY NATURAL ADVAN. Iron Ore, i is given | Bellefoute—the | a) lies within | | eighteen miles and with the competing | this | worth manufacturing and wish to start | {in the place best calculated to insure a | A piece of carpet was | it and the burning | TARIFF REFORM BILL. vi BUG Lae Lie FRITS rTP THAR of congress have been engaged in pre. paring a pew tariff bill that will be con- sistent with the democratic doctrines The sub-committee have finished | their work and the completed bill is i now being considered by the full demo- | eratic membership of the committee on | | Ways and Means, changes may be made in the bill before | it is made public it is practically finished and the republican members of the | with printed copies of it within ten days, [80 that it will be ready to report to the House during the rst week of the ses. {swn. The bill has been approved by i the President his cabinet and | executive of the National committee, and will not be aud cominitiee | Democratic | submitted to a caucus before being re- | ported to the House. It Ih ly democratic is from beginning to end a thorough- measure. It is the pres. of the party leaders to push the bill through the House before ent intention he Christmas recess, —— Got a Pol) » . Parrot Ani town ls nteresting horse trade occurred in ist week, One of our horsey fel- lows bantered another for a ade and swapped, tr 212 boot taken overed that its] receiving money. When the animal was was dis Wer Jas deformed, parrot wouldn't meet and it Here was a preity mess, The next the ith a writ of wind mill WCene sheriff of replev.i Was Centre county w after the agents. They final- ly agreed to compromise matters by taking back their curiosity and boot money, and returned the cther fellows horse providing he paid expenses of proceedings, Joe, Rigl his good horse buck again; but the of having that poll itnour won his point, he got fun parrot in his stable over night and the experience of ing horses set him back some eight dollars, Moral—Don’t trade horses, it is a very | upcertain business, i Our Pablie Schools Superintendent of Public Iustruction Schaeffer says the children who go to school in America would form a pro- cession stretching from New York to San Francisco and up the Pacific coast to Portland. Three hundred and sixty miles of the procession carry the banner of the Keystone state. Dr. Schaeffer is justly proud of the public school sys. tem of Pennsylvania and boasts that the state has always been liberal in its con. tributions to the school fund. “Draw a ten foot square on the floor.” says Lhe State Superintendent. ‘and cover the surface with silver dollars you would have to raise that pile until it would reach 250 feet to represent the amount that the stale treasurer pays oul every year for the support of the schools of this commonwaalth.” - CC ——— . Death of James Emeric James C, Emerick, son of John erick » merchaut at Wolf's Store, died on Wednesday of last week, of consump tion. Mr. Emerick was only about 30 years of age. Ie was the flaest pen. man in Centre county. Years ago he was professor of penmanship in a busi. ness college at Oswego, N. Y., and later was private secretary and stenographer for some railroad magnate in New York City. This position he held until about | one year ago when he was foroed to re- sign on account of failing health, IHe | returned to his father's home in Brush Valley, where he has been ever since, gradually but surely traveling the last journey of life. His death is the ending { of the life of a brilliant young man ; be will be mourned, not only by a father, : mother, two brothers and two sisters, but by a host of friends which he had won by his kind and genial disposition. a Now Schedule On Monday a new schedule went into effect on the Pennsylvania railroad which affects, slightly, the time of ar {rival and departure of trains at this station as follows: On the Bald Eagle trains west will leave De'lefonte at 5.52 and 10.84 a. m., and 5.12 p. m. Trains east wiil leave at 9.83 a, m, and 4.28 and 8.43 p. m, On the Spow Shoe the trains will leave’ | Bellefonte at 8.567 a. wm, and arrive at {4,40 p, m, Thus far thers are no changes on the ! Lewisburg road or the Bellefonte Cent. ral. The regular time table does not appear in this issue as it is undergoing the proper corrections, a ~T'1iis is the last week tickets will be sold at Shaefler's. See ad. ~=Y ou certainly need a new overcoat ‘this winter, Remember that the Philad. Branch keeps them, While some minor | trad | seven or | Lm | WANT A ONANGE i 1 AETW nn ee is . wr | AAVW WUUIW IV UU TUL WD aug Yaw, | for the four years past have been run. { ning the Republican party of this coun- | ty into the ground, to resign and let the | Jeople have their own way? All who | favor that motion vote *‘‘yea.” The “veas have it, only twelve voting { “nay.” The above rather pointed remark is | from the Bellefonte Republican and in {it Is a world of meaning. It a known fact that for some time a certain faction has been at the head of the Re- publican party in this county, They { want to be recognized as leaders, and even as proprietors of that organization, Because the Republican would not stoop to base vilification of democrats is it has been ignored by the gang. ‘Lhey have another mouthpiece, it suits them better. Talk of bosses, ringsters, court. house ring, ete,, the republican party in Centre has for number of county Hi | select lik years been under the thumb of a No that kicking. few, wonder some ec PRE Fe The two Centre co I David 1.. Krebs and Cyrus Gordo seem to have leased the judi of Clearfield county for 20 sti r Centre inty farmer bovs | had to say in an under former became president jud and leaves the say, on the firs latter will or ten years more diserimination wing of the leg: when we come to refle jcal facts in the case, C the mother of most people both sides of Moshannon “Mother Centre’ ten it in the past thirty-three years prolific in furnishing her neighbor with | judges, and if the last elect, Mr. Gor- don, deports himself as well as his pred- ecessors Lhe the creck. (we have often writ is public will not complain very much. —Clearfield Ilepublicas tps Ktove Vactory Some of our energetic business men | have a movement started to establish a | stove factory at this place, After a bit | of soligiting over ten thousand dollars were subscribed (or the peaject, all that was asked, and more could be had, A stove factory would wd. dition as it would give employment to a large number of workmen. I'he iren from our furnaces is espec- ially well adapted for this purpose and is used by a Imrge number of similar in- n this state. A stove factory Hellefonte would bave two advan items, That be a valuable dusts ies 4 tag=s in having two important coal and iron close at hand, would mean a saving of expense in freight securing raw material I'ben Bellefonte bas many other induce. ments and advantages. The new enterprise is to be located in the car works building. ————————. in A Sertons Hunaway The Lock Haven Ezpress says: A party of hunters, among whom were | several Philadelphians, were returning | Saturday afternoon from a bunting ex- | pedition in the woods back of Antes | Fort. When near the P. & E. station {a wheel came off the wagon in which | they tiding and the team ran away. The hunters were thrown out { and two of them seriously injured. One of the men had his skull fractured by being thrown against a telegraph pole. Jacob Bailey, of Antes Fort, and several of the Philadelphians were among the | injured. The injured men were taken to Jersey Shore. Accident at Pardee, Monday night of last week an acci- dent occurred on one of A. Lichten. walter’s tram roads by which Charles | Hawk Jost his life. The train had | started from Treaster Valley with four | trucks, and at Bear Gap the trucks | jumped the track and Hawk was caught | between the front truck and the engine | { and mstantly killed, Mr. Lichtenwalter had giver. strict | orders that not more than two trucks should be taken on a trip, but they dis. | obeyed orders and Hawk's life was the | forfeit. He waa buried at Hironinus | cemetery on Wednesday. i were | .——— Walz, two expert Unsmiths who work | for McKee Bro's., re putting on a new | tin roof on the Lyon's building. ~Mr. Hill. who keeps a store on Thomas street, was arrested recently on the charge of allowing gambling at his place of business, selling hard cider and general disorder about the place. The hearing ocourred on Monday afternoon where a large number of withosses were summoned, A compromise was affected by Mr. Hill paying the costs, No ral serious charges were proven againsé him, i i The Clocks Hud nll rlopped Hannah is a flag station on the Bald | ragie Valiey ranroad, stance that we shall relate ithe circum- occurred a couple of weeks ago, but the story isn't | As the morning train | too rusty to tell, approached the depot in question a lady | supposed to be a walling passenger, stepped out and gave the signal to halt, | which was promptly obeyed by the en- | the train had settled down in its accustomed way lo receive gineer, and when passengers, the lady approached Brake- man who had taken his place on the platform to receive politely and Chaney, help the passenger Lo a seat, and said, “Mister will you please tell me what time itis; lama school teacher, clocks round here have all stopped, and I don’t know when to take up school 7” While the brakeman listened to some. thing else the pretty little school marm ne. Conductor Snyder pulled his brow down over his | nose and impatiently beckoned Engineer : ’ » Weaver The eyed, but enot 4 VO ove « order ly ot i. WAS nt) Proj tervened for Ig SOME the crew Lo sa ‘ th swe wd i ¥ Wikll SWEAT wWoras v this day the of atmosphere vrimstone for a every direction from Hann ™ Tyrone Herald a Needjownrk Guild November KAsOCIAtion 1s the ladies Jellefonte are cordially invited to co operate ia this good work by their pres. | ence and aid. Mus, Miss Many Mrs. W.R THOMAS, those who can give pever miss the amount from their well Many hesitate to filled exchequer. give to such objects as undeserving ones | often receive benefits. The ladies at the head of the “Newdlework Guild” will see that no such mistakes occur. Give them (4 helping band in this com- méadable movement, REE Fair and Ball The Logan Steam Fire Engine Co. of Bellefonte, will hold a fair during the holiday season to conclude with a grand New Years Ball. By a fair, they mean to have a suitable room fitted up where be prepared to serve all the of the season, such as oysters in all styles, ice cream, candies confec- they will delicacies tionery, warm meals, tropical fruits, ete. | A large assortment of fancy goods, needle work, and other articles will be on sale. The fair will be in progress for several days to conclude with a grand New Years Ball. Proceeds will be devoted to the bene. fit of the steamer fund. —— Death of James Laurie, James Laurie the oldest son of Dr. Wm. Laurie, D Presbyterian church, died at the home of his parents on Wed. nesday morning. He was a young man about 31 years of age. For some years he was effected with consuraption which ultimately was the | cause of his death, The deceased was an exemplary young man. and was ac. tive and earnest in religous work, He will be missed especially in the Chris- | tian Endeavor Society in which he took | much interest. James Laurie had many friends in Dellefonte who will be grieved to bear 0” his death. The interment will take place Friday | afternoon. Choveh Sapper The ladizs of the Evangelical church, at Jacksonville, will hold a chicken and waffle supper, at the church, on Thurs. day evening, Nov. Sth. repairs of the building, All are cordial. ly invited. By order of Com. .——— we Miss Margaret A. Landis, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Landis, for. | | merly residents of Bellefonte, is to be | «Mr. O sours | Married to Mr, John W. Reavy, in the | pM. Ollie Milier and Mr. Frank | Trinity Presbyterian church, at Ber- | wyn, Pa., on Thursday, Nov. 30th. A number of the brides friends at this place received invitations to attend the wedding. Sheriff elect John P. Condo, of Spring Mills, was a pleasant caller at our sapetum on Wedvesday. He has about all the necessary arrangements completed for his ocoupaney of tho Las. tile on the Will. Before leaving he dropped the infcrmation that the selec. tion of Deputy Sheriff had been made, There werea large number of appli eants for the position. the | & W p Jonx L. Kurtz, President. | Treasurer. | GAINYORT, Secretary. | This movement is worthy of encour- | | agement by and | D., pastor of the | of Bellefonte, | Proceeds for | ommm— It wes Loaded On Sunday night between eioht nine o'clock, while Mrs, George of Tyrone, was at young and Dean, Eddie, a nine years of dge, | found a revolver in one of the drawers up stairs pointin fully at Charles, an elder brother, "ny will shoot you," The ball the young man’s churel son about bureau vlay- sad, frig. rig and and p ger went cra igh forehead just short we the eye and with a croan the floor. 4 | distance ab ly to These two were time, and frighten became par. { the one who did 1 ed at what had 1 with fear, thing but other inmates « or ng | alyzed scream, f the h Toon wee Kind neighbors v f the 16 « injured were sent for who upon examination would iellow belonging to |g wound and very. - A Big Job on Hand to make the Jd like take 10 is are un. il the ther appurtenances of 1 and the park returned former conditicn by January 1, of #100 .000 to have a the Fair remove {0 | 1804. ue To do this is now practically impos { gible and they have asked Lhe pars { commissioners for at least six month {extension of the time, and, if months. The request wil | granted probably, but there are other possible twelve be { difficulties, that § ! particulars a dangerous task to teas them down. Contractors who have looked at the Manufacturens’ building, | which covers 34 acres, sa¥ the man who | razes it will have to be as skillful as the {architect who planned it. there will be more salvage from the manufac- | turers’ building than any other. Many | contractors say that there is very little | material in the building worth handling. The buildings are so large t will be an expensive and in some sull -The last chance, to get photos at a reduced price —see Shaeffer’s advertise. ment in another column. - Officers Nominated, - At the regular meeting of Gregg Post, No. 85, Dept. of Pa., G. A. R., Satur day evening the following nominations for officers to be elected for 1584 were made: Commander—Thomas Donachy and W. T. Fitzgerald. 8, V. C.—~Charles Ecbenroth. J. V. C.~Monroe Armour. 0. of D.—J. 1. Curtin. Q. M.—William Jones. Chaplan.—David Bartley. Sergt. of G.—John Bryan and Danie Everhart. Ordinace Officer.~Jolin Bryan Trustee.—W. B. Maitland. —JIf you are thinking of buying win, ter clothing be sure to call on Lewins and see his stock. His prices always | suit. We are Ready For the Winter. Mens' Boys’ and Youths’ the best We handle, princi- heavy boots of makes, ply, Dayton and Towando's, and every boot wearer knows what they are, Also a full line of heavy, watm shoes for ladies-just : the thing for the scason, Don't shoes wu think weare ahead forget our school as to service, style and fit and for low prices we beat ‘em all, . MI a NGLE'S... ... SHOE STORE.
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