| Ay CIRCULAT 0D OVER 1. CHAS HOW PROSPERITY HAS ARRIVED. An Letter From a Interesting Mechanic. SUSPENDED WAGE EARNERS. The Condition ot Mechanics and Laboringmen As Depicted by One of Them-—The Gold A Truly Sad Standard is a Delusion Condition for Many. The following letter was received this week and we publish it to show what is of affairs in indus- needs condition The further comment : Mr. EpiTor I see in tion a clipping from the Altoona Trib- the actual trial centries. following no your last edi- une, stating that the Pennsylvani road had suspended out of the shops a few men indefinately. i mild indeed, sta I have been shops for the the longer we wait higher wages the the Juniata shops have through the past winter about, making hardly the wolf from the door. you call getting back t prosperity, I voted do SO | an a strong inuend have been sus alent makin work 1 getting down to a Gold voted last Fall for dreamed that my fellow would be suffering thi the way we poor mortals bet you the poor fellows at Juni voted for the Gold Band Wagon with honest eonvictions of following maxim that ‘self preservation is law of nature,” self abnegations eulogizing Mark Ha Would y« a of the followers. You have no id Po railroad law alest and re old 2 republicans said, liable, Beforethe stimulus to and that will give es of mechanical industries election would be equivalent to better times, and confidence would be a dead certainity.”’ true or false? not Well has that proved to be I would say that factsare accord with the in great question they propounded to the people on the rostrum. It has never materialized yet, and it looks as though it never will. What next to fool the people? All I can say is, hereafter let the masses be on the quivive, and don’t go to sleep while on daty, for the enemy is always on the watch and very subtle and ready at all times to use subterfuges of any nature to beguile the unwary. When the Band Wagon of Prosperity doescome this way, providing we are not dead, we will recip- rocate it Everything comes to him who waits, TINE AMMERMAN, Altoona, Pa with all the ardor we have, The Man Died Just before the election last fall a man and his wife in Milwaukee made a bet, the conditions of which were that in case of the election of McKinley the husband was to get up every months and build the fire, but if Bryan was successful the woman was to do it, as morning for nine she had always done since her marriage The saddest part of the story is that the It is dif- ficult to get some men to live up to their agreement husband died a few days ago. > Colored People's Convention The colored people of Williamsport, Altoona, Jersey Shore, Lock Haven, Belle fonte Tyrone, Muncy, Reading, Lewis burg, Elmira, Harrisburg snd other points are arranging to hold a big con. ventiorf in Williamsport in July in cele- bration of the 34th anniversary ofthe signing of the emancipation proclama- tion, w———— - Telephone Line to Loganton. A number of loganton citizens have formed a stock company for the purpose of constructing a telephone line between Lock Haven and that place. The County Journal says that the route has already been looked over, and that it will likely go by way of Salona. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop. A WHIRLWIND'S FREAK Picks a Raftsman up and Drops Him Into the River the rafts rifiles last Were going oven Lovalsock week, a column of air, revols ing with great rapidity, approached the fleet and picked who up J. IL. Eckert, tanding at the rear one of the him about twenty feet in the river raft. The deep where air and dropped him into several feet away from the water was about fifteen feet he fell him bythe men on the raft, by which in, but a long oar was shoved to means he was safely landed on again the raft. Barring the uncomfortable feel ing which he experienced by reason of his wet clothing he felt none the wor for hi wind also The force of the Haslett, ther. but > OLACT, expernence knocked E another managed to keep hims . o-——— New Odd Fellows’ Home Opened Murray wil Buy Up Coal Lands Judging from the amount of coal right that is being purchased in this section of the county by large operators the coal industry in Cambria county is going to be greater than ever, notwithstanding the many stories circulated to the effect ! that Pennsylvania bituminous coal is be. ing supplanted in the eastern market by the product ofthe Cumberland valley and regions. Within the past two months | many thousands of acres have been se. cured in Adams, Croyle, Summerhill and Waskington township--South Fork Re. cord. - - » Inhuman Act I. A. Whitmire, a Muncy has been engaged by shoemaker, a Williamsport physician to make three pairs of slippers The leather is from the leg of an umdentified tramp, who was from human hide. killed on the railroad at Williamsport six | months ago. The leather was prepared by a tanner in Williamsport, and the strip when completed was over three feet long. If this is correct, the physician who will resort to such despicable con duct should have his skin pealed off in patches and fed to the dogs oy Watch Their Enterprises Williamsport recently lost an industry by the wire buckle suspender factory re- moving from that city, but the business men of that place, having an eye to the | future, set to work and organized the | Williamsport suspender company, which willjbegin operations about June 1. About fifty hands will be employed. Shoe Factory Assured, The citizens of Tyrone have subscrib- | ed $15000 for the purpose of establishing a shoe factory at that place. It isthe same party that visited Bellefonte but our Board of Trade did not take much interest in the move, a i - ~The best bargain of the scason the $1.35 pants at the Philadelphia Branch, BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 2: LEADING TOPICS AT WASHINGTON What is Transpiring Among Na tional Lawmakers McKINLEY'S OFFICE-SEEKERS The Be The Principal Conten on the War Under Path undary Tarifl Democrats Freaty Consideration $ill Continues to be the tion— McKinley Rewards a Favorite ellamy be a queer sort of a de T he ny of Mr. Ni } an goes that he took advantage al obligations to that he Assistant Secretary Kinley's financi force a promise should pointed | When Kinley did not know that Storer was not the promise was made, M: on speaking terms with Senator Foraker, or with either of the Republican Con. from ( mcmnaty, and now | Storer insists on that appointment being | gressmen made, although he cannot get the indorse ment of either Senator, or any one of the He has refus- ed to accept a foreign appointment, be- Congressional delegation cause his rich wife wishes to figure in the official society of Washington t that Mr. McKinley has told Senator Foraker that there was nothing left for | him to do but nominate Storer for the place, and that he added that any fight made Senate would not be regarded by him as a fight The rejected, on the nomination in the on the administration jomination will almost certainly be and Storer must know it, yet he insists on be- | ing nominated Certain republican Mantle, Carter, Shoup, Warren | and Burrows, have demanded of the re. Senators, among | them | publicans of the Senate Finance Com- mitte that a duty of not less than two cents a pound shall be placed on hides and that the duty on wool shall be raised to meet a schedule submitted by them, and the demand is accompanied by a threat to defeat the tariff bill, but it is not the opinion of those best informed that they will make use of that power to such an extent. They are simply exer. cising their right to make a big bluff in | the interest of the products of their states, in order to get as much of the protection swag for their constituents, as possible, but in the end they will take what is given them and vote for the bill, Haviig satisfied themselves that demo- cratic Senators would make no further concessions, the republicans accepted the last proposition made by the democratic steering committee, and the vacancies in 1s sad | t thie Reporter Howard Mennonite Church [he Howard Menonite church building f the first of the members of that denomi- Was one Most | nation meeting houses erect. ed having died or joined other churches, the building and the land sur. | rounding it were sold. Some of the mem. | bers who remained true to their religious tenets claimed that the proceeds from the | sale should be equally divided among them, but it was decided that conld not be legally done. Messrs. Jacob Holter, Balser Weber and Capt. Henry Holter, were in town last week, when it was de. cided that the sale of the church property should go to money derived from the the Menonite cemetery commonly known as Schenck’s cemetery bot New Style Postal Cards On the first day of July next the bill permitting the printing and use of pri cent stamp affixed will go into effect. The have his vate mailing cards, with a one progressive business man will own advertisement conspicuously dis | played, and printing of of | cards will make work for the printer, millions | The bill is approved by the postoffice de- | partment, as it tends to popularize postal cards besides affecting a saving to the | government of the difference between | the cost of the cards and the stamp. ——— Death of a Child Helen the 8 year-old daughter of James | { B. and Lilly Noll, died at the home of | | her parents in Milesburg, Friday morn. ing after a brief illness. On Tuesday last she suffered a severe hemorrhage when the blood gushed from her mouth, nose | and care. Friday moming she suffered another hemorrhage, which cause her death, The case is a peculiar one. funeral took place at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon; mterment at Emerick’s ceme. tery near Unionville. | Thompson, The | ANOTHER FREE SCHOLARSHIP, © For One Term in the Lock Haven State Normal, AWARDED BY OUR READERS. Centre Democrat Will Pay tor Tuition Boarding, Room Rent, et Winter Te Deserving Lady the Away rm 18¢8%-—Given ame Gentleman entre County COOOOOOOOOOOOOO00000000000 The Centre Democrat, No extra copies ofthis paper will be sold to any parties desiring to secure the The be regular edition only taken If tra editions are published during time of coupons Coupons must from our ex contest, the coupon will appear only in those sent to regular subscribers. On Wednesday evening of cach week, the ballot box will be opened by Messrs, Wm T. Royer, the present Deputy Treasurer, Harrison Walk be of Centre county and W will an- These thorongly reliable er, Esq., and their count nounced regularly in each issue two gentlemen are and will carefully count every vote cast. They keys to the ballot box The first issue of May 6th, g7. The above information is given in de that observed in the count also will be the only ones holaing count wiil be made in our tail so all may casily uns the remains for the patrons of the paper to rules make the award - - - Seibert- Thompson Taesday morning, at the home of Mrs, Harpster, in Benner township, Miss Nora her daughter, and Mr, Seibert, of Johnstown, Pa., The ceremony was per. George KE. were married, formed by Rev, DD. L. Jones, of Bellefonte. | Only the immediate friends and relatives | of the bride and groom were present. The bride for some time held the posi. | tion of clerk in B. C. Achenback'’s bak- ery. The groom is a Centre county man, a graduate of State College, and now holds a responsible position as mechan ical engineer with the Cambria Iron company. A AION Have you seen the new style in sum- mer suits, The Plulad. Brauch has ‘em in great variety. WANTED Correspondents to in the send new we will publish it — — Peter Hoffer 111 Hoffer, Centre Halls oldest citizens, has not impros his he wi one of ol anv and ed any.andc condition at present such that 11 not likely recover. He has been confined to his bed for strength is gradually failing, Hoffer ago, and may not be so far distant was taken ill several months being aged close on to cighty years, his great age will pot allow him to withstand the ailments with which he is afflicted — Wedded at Williamsport Mi , and 14th Wednesday afternoon, April l ] 1 Maines T. Bowes, of Blanchare Miss were marned Nannie Fleming, of Gillintown, at Williamsport by Rev will begin Shaver. The happy couple housekeeping at Gillintown in a few days. The groom is a locomotive fireman on the Beech Creek railroad —— Grant Monument Dedication will sell The Penna, R. R CXCUILion tickets on April 26th to New York and return at a single fare for the round trip ticket good to return until April 29th. Rate via Lock Haven, and I. T $7.01 branch ——-— New Proprietor Mr. C. H. Bressler, of Lock Haven, re. cently purchased the Mill Hall Times and will conduct it in the future, Mill Hall is a brisk town and should give the paper proper encouragement. A A A555 The Gothman Hat in five shades, guaranteed to keep the color for five years, if mot the money refunded. S. Lewin. A — cy «Truth, proof and ‘conviction—all. wool Men's suits at $5.00. 8S. Lewis,
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