FRED'K KURTZ, Editor
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HALL
and Proprietor.
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PPEALS. :
z Notice is hereby aiven, that the
Commissioners will hold Appeals for Cen.
gaid county, at the place of holding elee-
tions in said townships, se tollows te wit:
Bellafonte Borough May 2h, 1868,
Patton township "om,
Halfmoon tp
Ferguson tp
Harris tp
Potter tp
Gregg tp
Penn tp
Haines tp
Miles tp
Walker tp
Marion tp
Ogers in
Howard Bor & Howard tp
Curtin tp
Liberty ip
Union & Unionville
Benner & Spring tp
Worth tp
Taylor tp
Now Shoa
Burnside tp
Rush & Philipsburg
Huston tp
By ordet of Conmntissioners,
may Jso. Moray, (Terk.
“TT TINWARE! TINWARE!
J. REIBER,
Raspectfully annotnees to the citizens ot
to furnish upon shortest notice, and NS
cheap as elsewhere, every article ii theline
of Tin and Sheetiron Ware,
STOVE-PIPE& NPOUTING,
Al kinds of repairing done. He has al-
wave, on hand buckets, cups, dippers, dish-
"hs, AO &e, .
SILVERPLATING,
for buggies axecuted in the tivest and most
durable style. Give him a eall His char
ges are reasonable, aplires, iy,
H ' FARMERS, LOOR HERE,
GET THE VALLEY CHIEF REA-
PER & MOWER,
burg.
It is a salf-raker.
Cuts grain or i no matter how un
it may be lodged,
10h
aoen at the residence of the agent, one nile
wast of Wolfs stare, Tt is the latest ven
$
!
and warranted to work
weords
two-wheel machine
saistuetorily, an fifit does not work :
itr to guarantee, it will be made to work
at tha axponse of the wr ummtiichirers,
Prica of machine SAN or 3710 xt six
ms oaths credit, Price of Mower X175 eash
WM. EHRIAN iT N cout,
Apli 53, 3m, Vols Store,
J} Hume BUGGIES!
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J. DPD Muuunay,
Cantre Hall. Pa... Manafactarer of all
Kinds of Buggies, would respectfully inform
dan |
NEW BUGGIES,
with and without top, and which will he
gold at redneed prices for cash, and a rea-
eonsbla credit oven,
Twa Hor<a Wagons, Spring Wagons &o.,
made to order, and warranted (o give satis-
faction in every respect,
All Kinda of yemmiring dome in short no-
tice. Call nd see his stowk of Buwvgies be-
for prrchasing elsewhere,
ap ly as ef.
Joins NATIONAL BANK OF
4 Bollefonte., Pa.
(LATE HUMES, Mc ALLISTER, TALE
x C0.)
E.C. HEMMER Pres. - 1 P. Banuis, (sh,
This Bank is now organized for the pur-
po<n of Banking under the laws of the Uni-
sod States,
Cortifleates 1s<aed by Mamas, Me ister,
Hale & Co... will be paid ai maturity, and
Checks of deposits at sight as usted om pre:
sentation at the courier of the said First Na-
tional Bank.
Particular attention given tothe purchase
and sale of Government Securities,
E. CC. HUMES,
wprlr im, President.
Science on the ddeanee,
{ t TLGUTELIUN,
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Surgeon & Mechanical Dentist,
who is permanently located in Aarons-
entire suceess—havineg the experience of #
numher of years in the profession, he would
cordially invite =i} oe Bave as vet sof
given him a call, to do so, and test te
truthfulness of this assertion. Zz Tecth
Extracted without pain. may 2268 1y
SHUGERY.,
(Cashier,
HENRY RROCKERUHOFF, J.
President,
FILLIKEN, HOOVER & CO. >
CENTRE COUNTY BANKING CO.
RECEIVE DEPOSITS,
And Allow Interest,
Direount Notes,
Bay And Sell
Government Securities, Gold ard Cou-
pond, apl' 6s,
Jos DPD. WINGATE, D. D. 8S.
DENTIST.
fice on Northwest corner of Bishop and
Spring st. At honre, except, perhaps, the
first two weeks of every month. .
“Teeth extencted without pars
Belle Znte, Pa ap 10°68, tf.
J D. NEFF, M. D., Physician and
. Surgeon, Center Hall, Pa.
Offera his professional services to the citi-
rens of Potter and adjoining townships.
Pr. Neff has the experience of 21 yewrs in
the active practice of Medicine mod Sur-
gery. aplO68.1y.
If. %. M ALLISTER, JAMES A. BEAVER.
29 Rp PE) 9 (8) = -
MALLISTER & BEAVYET
ATTORNEY S-AT-LAW,
Bellefomte, Centre Ce., Penna.
RVIS& ALEXANDER,
Attorney-at-law, Bellefonte, Pa,
NapBYGBas siti wal LH
DAMHOY ATTORNEY AT-LAW
/ Office on High Street,
Pa.
apl0 68 tf.
JOT
e
ie Watchman Office.
~W. HB. LARTMER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bellefonte, Ph.,
ap3068.,
@ourt Mouse.
R. P. SMITH, offers bis Professional
- services. Office, Centre Hall, Pa.
apa 68. tf.
may 1568.
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FRIDAY. JUNE Mh, 18K,
| DEMOCRATICSTATE NOMINATIONS
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t HON. CHARLES E. BOYLE,
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FOR AUDITOR GENBRAL:!
of Fayette County,
FOR SURYEYOR GENERAL!
GEN. WELLINGTON H. ENT,
af Clumbia County.
The Tribune on Grant.
[From the Tribune, August 12, 1867. ]
How happens it that every renegade
from Radicalism is =o vociferous for
Grant? What is the “mystic tie that
binds" our Weeds and Bennetts, our
backsliders from everything Republi-
can but the loaves and fishes, in such
loving secord that Grant is our only
matt for President 2 Is not heve ineite-
ment to reflection ?
* % Here are certain state-
ments of facts which we challenge in
Kindest spirit :
[. When has General Grant ever
itual reticence” to sustain Congress, or
II. When the President began hie
he not send Grant down Soath to make
a renort which could be used to neu-
Cable report oi ( reneral Schurz?
{ tively used against the policy of Cou-
Iss Z|
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hese
in a letter recently printed in
columns, and written by a trustworthy
| that General Grant was a supporter of
| his policy ?
| 1V.!In the very crisis of the Presi-
dential strugele with Congress did not
Cirant ACCOM RENY the President on his
by official command.
pelled him to visit the White House
| while he eried over the Philadelphia
Convention ?
Y,
rightly construing a law of Congress to
| he will make an issue with the Presi-
we not ser General Grant slip in, “ace
eept” the office, and by this “aceep-
. . .
| tance” so completely disarm Stanton
| that he retires? Does not
| Grant declined the appointment—
F which, being a civil office, he had a
right to deeline—the President would
not have succeeded in removing the
stood that General Grant is keeping
warm the place until some Conserva-
tive may be found to take it? *
We do most decidedly object to the
attempt of the Times to make him
(General Grant) a Radical, when there
i® Bo written or spoken word that we
have ever seen or heard to justify the
assertion, and while all bis acts, and
the acts of his loudest friends, lead to
the contrary inference. x %
~~ The World writes a long article to
show that in entering the War Office
Grant “acted of his own free choice,
and was noteoereed by the compulsive
stringency of military discipline.”
Grant himself notified Stanton of his
“acceptance.” The word is plain enough
toallmen. |. * * * %
We custain no man whose record is
not as clear as the sun. We follow no
leader who does not tell us whieh way
he intends totravel. Abovealf things
we have as a party been too terribly
juggled: to run the risk again.
and demand the evidence.
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General Grant took hi
CENTRE
"popttlar milucnee” "olor to the side
the administration” list summer |
over the country abusing Congress, |
admitistiation, “popular infttence” and
y . ‘ al
all. We admit that this new deed of
the President loses much of its unpop- |
he would not have dared to put hisfin- |
Grant on the
We are sorry to find him
there. But it is well that his fifends
Tribune, August 17, 1867.)
* ¥ People tell us with |
that he bides his Lite, that the politi-
Probably
Gen. Grant can aflord to be a desf-nnd-
President. Ifthese were ordinary times |
of peace, and the executive office meant
the appointment of tide-waiters, post- |
masters, and consuls, we might be con-
tent to see Grant in the office, even if
If the coun-
“take Grant,” he is available, and we
shall have an easy, pleasant canvass,
and no “bother.” Dut we are now con-
fronted wath a problem more serious
It is
a problem that will pot permit of con-
than any before in our country.
[t must be
radically treated and we must have a |
A
timid, hesitating, unsympathetic Presi- |
man whose soul hraves the work.
if his policy were masked by the daz- |
tame [Te (Grant)
banner unless he |
I lead |
this party wisdess we Know where he |
“irry our
wen untforny. Camo!
our
means to gn,
& ul
It is reported that in three counties |
in North Carolina over four hundred
Societry, with a view to removal from
that State during the present summer
and settline in Indiana.
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It is stated on rood anthority that at |
the muniedpml eleetion in Washington
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allowed toy Yolo hy the Radieal election
eel tf Ape
Mack says: Among the most dis-
He had |
Every
They don’t “see it” now as they did a
fear weeks ago; bit James is still hope-
Te has a rood CONSCHOnee which
helps Feit con<itherably,
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Carl Schurz, temporary Chairman, |
Chicago Convention with prayer.
Schurz 14 the German infidel, who, a
“the ideal gentleman beyond the skies
called by some He
certainly needs the prayers of the Bigh-
people, God!”
op and every other good man.
din SRGR apa lini -
Murders.
Memenis, June 8. —A negro boy
wounded Gilbert Fenner, and shot
a shot gun, killing him instantly, for
threatening to whip him. The bey es-
caped, although the deed was done m
the middle of the day, and in the cen-
tre of the city.
Utica, N. Y., June 8A man
‘named Moses Sohmson was nuardered
on Thursday or last in his house at
Brookfield, Madison county, and his
body was cast into a well. He was first
robbed, and then butchered with an
axe.
SeArorTH, Huron County, Canada,
June 8.—A man named James Malady,
and his wife, residing near tls place,
yesterday. Their son has Been arves-
ted on suspicion.
Ex-Governor Bigler & Son are erec-
ting a large steam saw mill in Clear-
field.
¥
chanan,
Buchanan was very imposing.
distance of a mile and a half wl
gations from New York, Baltimore,
Harrisburg, Philadelphia, York, Pa.
Reading, Pottsville, and from the Na-
wise, walked over the route.
three thousand persons were in
line of procession. The family
with his entire family. The mansion
at Wheatland was thrown open to the
public, and the body was ex;
Mr.
room in which
nein lite. His face looked very nati
ral and expressive.
reotions of Mr. Buchanan
burial service
companied the religions rites,
and their
All
denominations of clergymen assisted at
the grave, but the immediate ceremo-
Nevin,
cofhn.
political ceremony,
President with his old party associates,
ness was universally suspended, and the
people crowded the streets through
in an opposite direction from Wheat-
land. “It was erowded by a respectiul
prosession arrived.
executor, on the Baturday preceding
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stone to beof the finest and most dara-
letters, the following inseription, and
of the Unita Asters,
[in county, Pennsylvania.
1791. Died residence, at
at his
" adding the day of
June 1. 1368). In the same interview
and from all I hase observed and ex-
perienced in the long life Providence
has vouchsafud to me, I have only be-
come more strengthened in my con-
viction of the divine character of the
Saviour, and the power efatonement
through his redeeming grace and mer-
cy.” At the conclusion of the inter-
view, he remarked, in reply to an ex-
pressed hope that he might yet live to
see the country fully restored to peace
and prosperity, and his career com-
pletely vindicated:
“My dear friend, I have no fear of
the future. Posterity will do me
justice; I have always felt and still feel
thatI discharged every duty imposed
upon me eomscientionsly. I Ihave no
regret for amy public act of my life,
from every unjust aspersion.”
The will of Mr. Buchanan will be
opened to-morrow. He is understood
to have left a legacy to the poor of the
the city of Lancaster. His estate is
computed at $300,000. His last
words were “Oh, Lord Almighty—as
Thou wilt.”
ly wife Ap
A cow belonging to a Mr. Bachman,
whoresides near Allentown, gave birth
recently to five calves. Three of
these were of immature birth and died,
but the remaining two are large,
healthy and well formed.
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wopiriety in HC for he was entirely con-
truction. :
[ Lrom Sin Antonia ( Torax Erpress,
May 21.]
Yesterday the sun set as usual, with |
At half
| cealed from observation, and there was
(not the slightest reason to suppose that
Celtirt—he termed his work.
he ; time he was having, wher We cliggrecd
came very brilliant ; it continued thus | : :
} to distrieh a huge Tilak snake, » denn-
| te twister, with a white ring diovnd
hid fleck,
i
| preservation” way {He first Cpuisetige”
Chunks of ice fell as laree as! . ike sms '
: take eare of the Toad,” was the next.
I'ronts of stofcs were opened, |
merchandise déstroved, houses blown |. ’e :
. A just above the hem. With 4 tremien-
down, ati wien cut to threds. Among’ Ll i
; : vo dons spring he started off with the #peed
the details reaching us, we learn of two |. tin
\ . ‘ of a locomotive.
men on a dray ; Mr. Louls, one of the ., .
2 : His first jump took fle sincke clear
from the ground, mh. Fohn stole hasty
returiied badly battered, and bleeding q ; x lis
. = | glance over his sliodlder ; he was hor-
ed to the extremity of bis garment,
COL. ah :
; ‘while tlie speed with which he rushed
office. and next to the Kleopper Hotel,
forward kept the serpent at an angle
was unroofud and nothing left but the | : i 5
wreek of the side walls, the ends hav- | .
’e , | was a quandary. If he stopped, the
['rees two feet |
shake would coil about his body and
through were twisted off like pipe |
: TS ueeze Inn! to death if he continued
stems, and the hail dashed throngh tin | \
the race, he must =oon fall from sheer
\ £ i exhaustion.
A roo orty | . . >
‘ " ! tort, to think how his dreadful race wis to
feet long sailed off the Alamo and lan- | vi ie
; Lend, Instinetively be had taken the
ded two hundred vard: away, in the! ,. : . ’ :
; . . direction of Bente, and #« he had enterg-
Alamo Plaza. Blinds | . Ye . .
j : ; Cd from the forest a feeling of security
were dashed ing, and bail lay, a foot deep | ‘ : v
‘ | canie over him. | Soddenly a thought
On he flew, scarce daring
halls would have done. , g
center of the
flashed meross Wis niind of the trae state
; : . {of affigirs Bie father gone—and worst
ing the sitictum and damaging the i=} he aivla
A ] f hou were un | °F a1}, ee girts
A number of houses were - | : :
: the blood back eurdling about his heart
i bat of lotails | and he came to a dead halt. The next
wrsons perishine : but of course details . :
Tl moment he felt the body of the cold
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damage of this city alone cannot be
This new horror sent
bra rv.
clammy monster in contact with his
: bare legs as though his snakeship only
less than £100,000, besides the destrue- | ‘ vn a oF
| maditated a little fun by the way of
| thekling Job upon the knees. This
was to niueli for human enderance.
With a yell such as man never utters,
tion of all the fruit and crops.
We cannot give the extent of the
storm ; but from the time it lasted, it
save when in mortal terror, poor John
a eg again set forward at break-neck speed,
vania Radicals who and once more had the pleasure of see-
Ex-Gov. Curtin's
The Pennsyl
opposed to ing the snake in his old position; sonie-
what after the fashion of the tails of
| vornicts. Ou, on they flew. John for-
got the quilting, forgot the girls, forgot
nomination cirenlated a report at
common drunkard. When Ridicals |
concoct falshoods like that about their | everything but the snake.
bolitical friends what will they not | wild shrick had started the quilters,
asi Bwrth thiav ‘wuehal | w OEY
arid tora Lacy rasacd, wonhering 12
owe nad Indian wi ot prowling
» s au» Win as
By this time Joh was within
ne lly tf lp
Call a Man.
| shout.
A RNAKE STORY.
The following story from a bashful |
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voung man, if not literally true, hae a
imilitude rarely attainable in such |
| the top of his speed, lite bend triad so
that he might keep one eve on the
snake, mul with the other observed
what course he must take; the bars
now concealed him from the sight of
the girls. Ile knew they were in the
vard, having caught » glimpse of them
as they rushed from the hose. Fora
moment modesty overcame fear, and
he once more halted. The snake, evi-
dently pleased with his rapid transpor-
vers
fiction, which will furnish any apology
. or]
We do not know its
As novelists say, it was a beautiful
day in August, The hewvens were |
were laden with golden fruits, and the
beautiful birds twittered their songs of
We were about
| tation, manifested his gratitude by at-
[ove in the branches. | within his enthrace.
to say the “earth had yielded her beau- |
tiful harvest of a year's grass and clo- |
ver, and honey-suckles, which the nofile f Me had no control,” poor John boun-
yveomanry of Chesterville had gathared | bed on. The next moment he was in
within their store-house,” but upon a | view of the girls, and as he turned the
second thought have concluded to | corner of the bars thesnake came round
write thus: “The farmers of Chester-
ville were done harvesting.”
John Jackson's sister had a quilting
party that afternoon; his father had
gone to get some wheat ground, and
John was left to repair some toos, to
be ready on the morrow for cutting the
meadow grass; suddenly it occurred to
John that if he renmined about the
i
with a whiz somewhat after the fashion
of a conch-whip. Having reaching the
barnyard, to kis dismay he found the
bars up. The time was too preciousto
be wasted in letting down bars. He
gathered all his strength, bounded in-
to the air, smake ditto, and as he aligh-
tail cracked across the upper bar.
The house now became the centre of
led in at the time, and be required to | attraction, and around it he revolved
do the honors at the table. To avoid | with tlie speed of thought. Four times
this he quietly shouldered his seythe { in each revolution, as he turned the
and stole away to the meadow, half a | corner, hissnakeship came around with
mile distant, fully resolved that hea whiz that was quite refreshing.
would not leave there until it was so | While describing the third circle, as
dark that he could not see to mow at | he came near the group of wonder-
all, and thus avoid secing the girls. | struck girls, without romoving his gaze
The meadow was surrounded on all | from the snake, he managed to ery out
sides by a thick forest which effectual- | —“Call a man!”
ly shut out what little breeze there
might be stirring. The sun poured
down its rays as though the little mea-
dow was the focus point where the heat
was concentrated Jolw mowed and
sweat—sweat ant’ mowed, until he had
to sit down and’ cool off.
Then it occurred to John that if he
took off his pants he might be more
out of sight, and as quick as thought
reappeared upon the other side of the
houke—*Call a man!”
Away he flew once more, but his
strength was rapidly failings Navicy
Ylark was the first to recover het pres-
ence of mind, and seizing’ a hoop she
took her station near the corner of the
comfortable. There would be no im- | house, andasJohn reappeared, brought
VOL. l—NO. 11.
Tt down upon the snake with a force
that broke his hack and his hold upon
John rushed into the house and to
liv best Sunday suit, looking but little
worse for the race; snd to all appear-
ices entirely cured of bashfulness,
i$ itfelinled (0 lavigh at his wife's follies,
when he instantly sobers down.
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The Norristown Niggerites have
sent a petition to Hon: John M.
gress ®o “recall the esrrency having
£ . .
ge efplainis this by saying that the
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er nel
(FaLENA, the houte of Geterisf Giant
answered the voice of Oregon by elect-
ting the whole Democratic ticket, on
Friday fast, by three hundred néajority.
Every election that takes place prints
to one result—a crushing defext of the
Radical petrty and its expedienéy can:
didate in Novenrbe? fleas.
Election of a United States Senator:
Provipaxce, R. I., June 9. —Mr.
Sprague was to-day reelected fo fhe
United States Senate; without opposi-
tion id eithier bruni of the Legisla-
ture.
ree ey me
Tue late Reverend De. Sutton;
viear of Sneffield, once said to the late
Mr. Pech, a veterinary surgeon :
not called upon nie for your account #*
“Oh,” said Mr. Peeeh, “I never ask #
gentleman for nioney.” “Frideed!”
said the vicar ; “then how do yor gc
on if he dow't pay 7° “Why” rfopiied
Mr. Pecch, “after a certain time F con-
clude that he's not a gentleman, aud
then I ask him.
“Waat's the niatter, my dear?”
said a wife to her husband, whe hud
sat for half an hour with liis face bur-
ied in his binkds, dpprerently iv great
tribulation. “Oh! 1 dott know,”
said be; “I bove folf like = fool all
day.” “Well” replied the wife, con-
solingly¥, “F aut afraid vou will never
get any better; You look the very pic-
ld
COACH MANUFACTORY.
HARDMAN PHILLIPS,
A T HIS manufacturing establishment at
x , _ Yeagertown, on the Lewistown
and Bellefonte Turnpike, has now on hand
a fine stock of Carriages, Buggies: Sulkies
: pons, which hie now offers
for sale az superior in quality and styles to
any manufactured in the country. They
are made of thie very best seasoned stock by
first class practical workmen, and finished
in a style that challenges comparison with
any work out of or inthe Eastérn cities,
and can be sold at lower prices than those
manufactured it Inrge towny and cities,
amidst high' refs anF Aino prices of liv-
anxious to éxeel in his artistiéa? profession
and free front any annoyances in his busi-
ness, he has time and ability to devote his
entire attontion' fo' hig profession and his
customers; Feideying satisfaction alike to
all patrons; operatives, his country, und
himself. :
Call nnd eXuniisie his stock and learn his
prices; and you cannot fail te ba satisfied.
REPAIRING
of afl kinds done neatly, promptly, and
reasonably, :
Yeagertown, June 12; 1868. —1y.
I ADIES LOUK: HERE!
4 . Sips .
FAIRER ¢& CoO,
Bellefonte,
Is the place to buy your Silks, Mohsirs,
Mozambmures; Alpacas, Delains,
ings, Flanels, ( era Flanels, Ladies Coat-
ing, Gents’ Cloths, Ladies Sacques, White
Pokay, Linen Table Cloths, Counterpanes
Crib Counterpanes. White and Color
Iarltom, Napkink, Insertings and Edgings,
White Lace Curtins, Zephyr & Zephyr Pat-
terns, Tidy Cotton, Shawls, Work skew;
SUNDOWN,
every dostription, Perfumery, Ribbons —
Yelves, cla ota and Howttel. Corda and
raid, Veils, Buttons, Trimming: i
and Misses Skivtss BY Indies
HOOP SKIRTS,
Thread; Hosiery, Fark, Boads, Sewing Silks,
LADIES AND MISSES SHOES
and in fact every thing that can
of, desired or used in 4 can be thought
FANCY GOODS OR NOTION LINE,
which he has corseluded to sell at figures as
low if not lower than Philadelphia and
New York retail prices.
Also the only agent in Bellefonte, for the
sale of the &
ODESSA PATENT COLLAPSING
: SKIRT.
Its peculiarity is that if ¢
to any shape or size the
so as to perfectly fit all ladies.
G. W. FATRER & CO..
junes'68 ly. Xo. 4, Bush's Arcade.