Fe CHAS, R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop. CHAPEL ORGAN GIVEN AWAY An lostrument That Is Useful And Urnamental PATRONS MAKE THE AWARD Read the Conditions Upon Which This Will be Coupons and Who Done-—~Commence to Save Your Shall Have It? Enlist Friends Assistance The editor of The Centre Democrat does not possess the wealth of a modern Croesus, but there are times when an to some opportunity presents itself for him make a small opriation to worthy cause, or help some deserving appr movement, Heretofore we gave away five scholarships to Lock Haven State Normal, and allowed the patrous of this paper to select some deserving young person to have the same. As announced in these columns, two weeks ago, we are prepared to make an. other gift and will ask the readers of this paper to say where it shall go. A hand some Chapel Organ was recently pur. chased from the well known firm idges we have sel Boyd A. Musser, ana ; mers office % to the box ne ine COUPON Che Centre Aemocrat, No. 1 DECEMBER 14 holder to on "CORNISH CHAPEL ORGAN {Made by Cornish & « Washington, N. J. to be by the Ce given to School or OC) ntre Den eflonte,. Pa This vote cast for If this coupon Is held longer than HX wenks Or six No's, It will expire and eannot be eount ed. Bend by mall or personally to this offles and have it deposited In the Ballot Box We will publish short articles, in this connection, for any congregation or Sunday School in which they desire to let public know where they are located and that they would like to have the assistance of friends in securing this instrument, There until the first issue of the paper in Janu. ary. That to ballots for weeks will be no count announced will enable all about three before sending them to this office this that it str In giving strument away itis in our desire shall ome pendent uggimg church or Sunday School, and there are many of t who do not have an , often bardly enough L EXPENSES Or a tor i could n We want it most ¢ organ, to go where be the appreciated. Of course, that matter lies with to vote as may choose throw out this gentle hint, > —— IMPORTANT NEW RULES Which P. R. R. Will the Adopt January ficials of the Pennsyl The eral new rules, to go January 1, their of thei: * been in the ser ywipany thirty years and are on the retired iraw a pens and ending at 11 the greatest planet; { mctions that have taken pla 1 five thousand years will take t the same time 4] when eptune, Wat a bout sun moon will all be on one h strange appearing forms moon, if dark wads do not awful scene .—— Will Bulld Axe Factory W. H. Mann, of Mill Hall, recently that he will gointo the axe busi. stated re. ness for himself within the next year, For some time past there has been a de- mand for his special of which has given great satisfaction to the trade, brand axes, Mr. Mann has already secured an option on land in Mill Hall, which he will hold until he determines more de. finitely where he will locate. Lock Haven Democrat » -— » Extension Taps Rich Fields Arrangements are being completed for the Pennsylyania railroad company to extend the Altoona division of their road from Willlamsburg, Blair county, to Petersburg, Huntingdon county, where emorcy LEADING TOPICS { Cates it will agam intersect withthe man line, | The new extension will follow the couse of the old Pennsylvania canal and cover a distance of about twenty miles through | & rich farming and limestone district, — - -—— Married at Tyrone Wednesday evening 7th John R. Mc. | Ginley, formerly of Tyrone but now of Cleveland, 0, and Miss Minnie L | Martz of Pine Grove Mills, Pa., were | married at the M, K. parsonage, Tyrone, a. AT WASHINGTON National Contemplate, What Our Lawmakers PROSPECTIV] LEGISLATION The Gola Standard | Once The Att Kely Uuestion of tract ntion ol Congr with limited [he democrat the adoption of a them to get ready for important measure preparat) consumed eight mon The 1) 1g of this bill proceedit in the extr rhelming The img this winter w having charge of territ new ry A : There is naturally great pressure ure membersh p upon these committees, in both the House and Senate that be considered eligible, of Knox, of Speaker Henderson announces only the leading men will Among those named are Dalzell, chairman ; of republican Will lams, of Mississippi, and De Armond, of The republi Pennsylvania, for Massachusetts, and Fowler New Jer sey, republicans, among the Texas members ; and Bailey, of Missouri, on the democratic side of cans and eight democrats, and a good commitiee will consist nine deal of care is being given by Speaker Henderson to get men who will, collect. ively, furnish capacity for handling intelligently all the questions, necessarily of great variety, which will come before the committee The provision for this committee indi. that the republicans to treat the Philippines as permanent pos. sessions of the United States, If intend only | temporary expedients were to be devised | for | there would have | separate committee to consider and re. : | the government of these islands, been no need for a pott upon them, The present commit. tees of the House are ample, The Industrial Commission expects to submit its first report (0 congress about the middie of January and to follow it with seven. other special reports on dif. BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14. ferent final that | be subjects, and one summing up the whole work has been done The first report wi ticularly as it deals the interesting, trusts and contains all h ' it contain testimony ot the subject whi has been the commi nn of leg decisi Carly Mm 1 enough that has Jane G r vs. George L. Potter administrator d [PR J | a MH elec. 0 f Margaret Glenn, deceased, summoned in assumpsit, plea non assumpsit Ner dict in favor of the plaintiff for $245.66 Court adjourned on Thursday after noon .—— Effects of Conl Famine Owing to the scarcity of coal, there is a probability that the big Standard steel company’s plant at Burnham, near Lewistown, will soon be compelled tw shat down Agents of the firm have been scouring the country in the effort to get a supply, The the but have not been very successful, scarcity of coal cars is stated as principal cause of trouble, The plant emplovs over 2,000 hands and a shutdown would cause much hard. ship to his army of employes, —— Notice The annual Union meeting of the Zion Cemetery Association will be held on Jan, 1st, 1900, at the Grange Hall, at 1 o'clock p. m. All members are requested to be present by order of Isaac Stover, President: 8. H. Shafer, Secretary, report par. with | OUAY’S CHANCES NOT GOOD Get To The U. S. Senate on Stone's Appointment To SITUATION IN THE themselves, must Atiacks of mer Cur be fain) AWE ust reed Sale and vernment be free Ir I taint : and be pure and untrammeled : iucstion n nut m . an HIS, Primary genera Free sch and fr eregn eader pub « url be divores he will of that of a factional Appointment to insure wnpetent and performance of officia MI partisan polities KR OV people, not nas control office must blu duty INKTITUTION LATED The people of Penmsyivania cently withessed Lhe del of the fandamental notably in the Executive veto of the Joint resolution submitting to the people a constitutional amendment for the protection « { the suf frage, and the unwarranted veto of a part of the item Appropriating woney to the public schools, by the latter of wh eh public education was sacrificed to nne worthy and selfish ends ; the nullification of the Constitution, and the violation of wil precedent, in the appointment to a seat in te United States Senate of an as pirant rejected by the rep esentaiives of the people in legislative council the in. famous work of bribers, seeking to de. bauch the Legis'dture to satisfy . Against the people's will, individaal lust for office; the adopting of State platforms, promis ing reforms which (the party and the peo- ple have been dewandiog for years, only to be broken when the necessition of ther framers demanded, and the perversion of public moneys to private use, They have beheld the office of United Continued on page &. nave re berate violation aw : | = SENATE A ———————— VOL. 21, NO. 49 FACT, FUN AND FANCY. parkling Paragraphs Selected and Original res There is nothing that average woman's head stylish new hat Speaking of timely wedd what the brideg bride and R presence of mind You're as fine as silk “Yes “in your bye needie to the thread the thread, — METHUEN'S HEAVY LOSS lon, Methuen h a Modder river A later telegram states that Genera Lond (venera Monday at He suffered great losses Deg met wit serious check Methuen reports that the battle contin. ued two days an 12 slorm the Boers, but failed. He war compelled to face He tried to He is bold ing his present position and is throwing up entrenchments, . a» army of 0 men Baptist Services, On Sunday afternoon, at hall past three Rev. KE. C. Houck, pastor of the Baptist church at Milesburg, will bold services in the Young Men's Christian Association Hall. The public is cordi. | ally invited to attend, Rev. Houck is | an excellent speaker and no doubt will | please all who go and bear him. There {are quite a number of Baptist families | in Bellefonte and it is very much desired that they attend.
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