ee a = EY — +p " Scag hile ma -- » : " tag le, A A As 5 Bsr -— B UGGIES ! BUGGIES] RAY, 3, Day wnfacturer of all fy Hh respeetflly infoom | Centre caunty, that he hay oh: 'B v GG TES vith mt top, and which will be sod prices for cash, and a rea- renable ard \§ Svan, Twe Horse Wagons, Spring Wagons &e,, made te ordely aud Wartante to give s; atise faction in Al Y res All kinds ot Xo ring done in short noe tree. Call sad Storck of Buggies be for purchas ny thew AplO'ss ef. \ Séiovide 4 on he Adeajyics. HN. GUTELIUS, Cantre Ha Kinds of Bug the clisany’s wha Surgeon & Mechanical Dentist, whe is permanently ‘located in“ Aurons- an in the offise formorlyievenpied by hss | bap uppaeticing with entire success — aving the experience of a number of yates in the profession, he wonld cordially invite all vio have as vet not given him a truthfulness of this assertion. Extracted without pain HENRY BROCKERROFF, «President. CFT PaUNTY BANKING CO, (LATE MELEIK BN HOOVER S00) RE CRIVE DL Pol LS, And Alloxt, Interact, gToeth may es ly nD. RNUGERT, Cashier, Pa. Discount Notes, Buy And Sell Gov erhment Securities, Gold and Cou- pons, upld G8. RVIS & ALEXANDER, ( Aftotney-atlaw, Bellefonte, aploe G3, R. P. SNETPH, oie Bis Pre Protsionil D Dice. Otlice, Centre Hall, Pa. aply ‘ "68, ef. J AS. MEM ANTS, Attoriev-at-law. Bellefonte, prompt- l¥ pays attention to all ‘business extrusted ; te im, 3 Fulydos, ) Db. NERF M. Dy Phy sician and Surgeon, Center Hull, Pa. Q Tera his professional servic sto the eiti- rons of Patter ahd adjoining townships. Dr. Neff hat the dkperiener of 21 voursiy the active praetice of Medicine’ and Sur- gary. Aplus, ly. HN. LASER ‘ud IB ASTREA VER ALLISTER A BEAVER ATITORYNEYVS-AT-LAW, Bellefonte, ¢ witre Ce. Pen’ a Chas. H. Hale, Attorney at kaw, Bellefonte, Pa. d decloly. N ILLERS HOTEL Woodward, Centre county, Pa. : Stages arrive and depart d: ily, Ti his fa price Hotsl haa been, Sot ted wid furnish- od it: new proprietor, and iv nd ins eva Vv Rid - oneal the mad niles agp nic Win- tre H wal abel re sad WTS Th traveling coinidunify sf drovers will al ways find the hestaee nh addation:« pos vers ean at'Wlltimesbe accommodated with stables and pestafe for any nue ber of eat- ( tie ar horses. J. MILLER, july3'68,tf, Proprietor.” ) ) KCK Ss HOTEL. 312 & 3M Ruee ce Street, B n few doors above dd, Philildélphia: Tt eontral locality makesit desirable for! all visiting’ the city on business or for pleas: ure Al BECK, Proprictor. (formerly of thie States Union Hotel. _aplo 68, oe " ak YREAT REDUCTION IN-PRICES, OG AT THE 0 The Bellefonte t& Shoe Store. Fr. © “ EAM « SON. . ONE DOORNORTH of RWIN & WIL SONS 'HARD-W ARE STORE. HanufscttmoedndDelon 4 lew win GENTS CALF BOOTS, aviirrantod; ww selfing at 8% pér pair, N ALLS Rip BOOTS, warranted, sak $5 per paid at Graham & Son's Boot: & Shoe Store, ®rie door Korth Trwi and Ww ilson’ 8 Hard: ee A large assortment of Gum Cloth Artie-Over ‘Shoes; Por the axon. The LADI .DEPARTM ENT Consists of the best of. i 3 - ok fa able. workshop. in Philadelphia, a pa every pair. dinaei ai AT *le hr aM only $4 per pair, wWehavethe, a as- sortment of LADIES & CHILDRE 'S ; Shoo i Bettie: : Remember tle place; one door North of Irwin & Wilson's Hardware Stor. Bellefonte, Alig. BOSE From: the m a eel mbes ST a BR ————————— wu. H. BLAIR i A ATT NY REE AT LAW, ellefonte, Pa. On Bie next door to Gar- Gonsultations in German or ¢ 1 feb19 Jeo tf Office-- man’s Hotel. English. CALES; oldve8. BOOTS, by the thousand, al lox, 8i-: gos and priest for rion sand boys: Saft a. rived at Wolf well known, Olaptand | « mir | FEATHER of al} deer Tptions french L ealfgkin: spanish sole ie roceo’ s, she, skins, ings in the eather line warranted action, at BURNSIDE, Aa 4 - whol ian? retail ehears;| Te UIHAVIN & WILSON: verytl ling sat is AS Ons, &é IN & WITS0N © iermometers at 7) AROME d AROMETETRIAN & WILROSY. OFF. ALO SCALES, of the best n make 4 lbs upto 120,000 bs, from “wi & Wa. SON. 1 sedork: 8 “aplods. R RWI in advance ; and. $2.00 when net. paid in advance. Reporter, 1 month 16 cents, Advertisements are inserted at 81,50 pér squake (10 lines) for 8 weeks. ;Advertise- at a less rate, All Jobawork, Cash, and neatly and ax« | pe ifanely executed, at: reasonwble ¢hurs | { CENTRE HALL REPORTER. peer uproot CENTRE H ALL Pa., August Lith, 1860, a a - yor GOV ERNOR: FORSUPREME JUDE HK: HON. oY RUS I. P 1D RSHING, of Cambria County. Hon. Asa Packer. HIS BARLY LIFE AND PIONEER EXPE: RIENCE. Asa Packer was borin Groton town. | ship, New London county, Connecti cut, in the early part of the year 1806. this father is said. to. have been & man | industrious, of strong sense, eCoNONN- eal and independent in ‘character vet al- the native never very successful in business, had beer in his though his grandinther ) most prosperous man town, carrying on the business of furm- ing, tanning and the manufiecturing of | shoes at ond and the same tine. © The limited means of his parents, together with the lack of opportunities in the | neighborhood, prevented him {rom ac- quiring much of fii edueition) but he | made the best of his time trict sthool w winger. stout enough to work, | situation in’ & tannery at North 'Ston- | he the ine re- | when tite dis- | du ‘mer the | he was. old he obtained Wis i - session As soon ag and 8] i remained until had ington, wheére death of the proprietor, who dness capacity aud integrity! A was then passed upoit the ‘farm of nown ear | ’ to fangs Me, Brown was an old-fashioned aprt-fB de and Judge Packer's early associations with hind his enthusiastic biographers have traced his present democratic affilia- tions. ‘A year athome then intervened, during which hel ‘attended school ; and at the end of'it, béing at ‘that time scarcely seventeen years of age and an orphan, he was ready to start out in, otherwise unk wa hist {rom politician, In 1822 he arrived in Se aehating outfit conteined in the knapsack which he carried on his back. Ie appren- ticed himself to a carpenter, and fixed as he had sompleted his apprenticeship and become possessed of'some means of his own, he purchased a small lot ‘of wild land on the uppeg. waters; of the Susquehanna, and settled down upon it. . ’ AMISRE fov AL To THE LECH VALLEY. ' {Vlicn he ahandoned his. farm, in 1838, the country about had assumed a somewhat different aspect. In’ the wilderness he had built up a comfort- able homa; but during the idle winters “He had frequently journeyed a han: dred niles ou foot; through the rigged ‘country whieh ‘stretches’ between the Susquehannd and the Lehigh, to the nearest point where his labor would adhinddnd a ready. cash reward. The | evidences of exhaudtless wealth which 1 were just being developed in the ILe- high valley impressed him with the Belief thats change of residence to this locality would afford a wider and more profitable field for his labor. Ac- cordingly, at, the age of twenty-seven, hg again transferred his home, and set- b with a capital of but a few hundred dollars to start with. : During the sum- 34 he acted as master of his own boat, while engaged in. transporting. eoal from’) Maucli Chunk'to Philadelphia. He displayed so much energy at ‘the very outset, ‘that hie soon. ‘attracted the notice of the ridriagers of the Lehigh Coal and Nay- igation: Company, and was enabled: to Fabsocinte himself with them. on very advantageous terms. His success and prospeets were so encouraging that his ‘brother, R. W. Packer; was persuaded to Jeave Connecticut, and, aided mate- rially By au" nnele, they established themselves inthe general merchandise business in Maueh Chunk, in 1835. Starting with a cash capital: of only apl0'68, $3000" their business was rapidly” ex: wo - Br Soo Re i hp ing o———— — ars | ordinary mercantile trangaetions, but the building of dams and locks for the | Liehigh Goal and Navigation Company, the working of coal nines Jeased from. this company, and finally the working | ton, HI8 GREAT RAILWAY ENTERPRISE, About the year 1850 Mur. Packer en- Lehigh Coal apd Navigation Company | had extended their operations they had assumed a gigantié ‘seale, the managers with the nece ssity of i | creasing their facilities for In 18406 the Deleware, Schuylkill, Railroad company, high, projected by IOUS embracing that section through which Mr, Packer was 80 anxious to gee a railroad con- in of tho commencement of of 1850), and when but seventeen days the April, a shovel had he ground. - Mu, and on Qctober me In Packeribeea trolling portion of the stock] following, owner of aston, a distance of forty-six miles, 1 for a consideratinng to be paid in the the nine Lehizh Val ts tent and true field of work. Mr. Pack: commenced work if November, 1852, Under his personal supervision it was | pushed with great vigor, and although he received only stock and payineint, and wassubjected to pressing bonds in } vances of connecting roads al terest would be greftly ‘forwasdul its completion, enabled him to finish Wilose line in September, 1855. er's princely fortdne, which cannet be more definitely stated than a thing between filteen and millions of dollars, « Ta a handsomt return for his wealth by founding at South Bethlehem the Le: + & twenty-five SOMe- of which he donated’ a magnificent park, sixfy acres ‘in extent, and a round half million of dollars in money. With the scope, prospects and prosper- ity of this institution our neaders have we need not enlarge upon, ‘thei | here: i 13 POLITICAL CAREER While engaged in his extensive and | ahsorbing business projects, Mr. Pack- | ér has devoted much of his time and | ‘attention ta‘political afiirs! Tor sov- member of the | body terminated in 1843, Ie: was then elected judge of the county court, holding the position five yVenrs, and in 1853 he took his scat in the lower house of Congress as member for the Thirteenth. district, holding - it until 1857, Darin all “this ‘period, as 'at present, he was an earnest, thorough- going, and consistent democrat, When the Democratic National Convention assembled at Tammany Hall, in New York city, on July 4, ‘1868, Judge Packer's name was presented to that | body by the Pennsylvania delegation as a candidate, for the Presidential nomination, With ‘butlight variation he received the vote of his own State, during the first fourteen ballots, after which his name was dropped for that of Gien. Hancock. oo deciel itil iu The Republicans in ‘the Spanish Cortes ‘have been adminished that heir presence ig tolerated in that body as ‘an act of patriotism ; but that any attempts to build up: a Spain, wiz] be promptly suppi essed. : v i ma. CS The Fifteenth Amendment. & The radical papers publish strange. | Jy incorrect ‘lists of the [States which hve a ratified or assumed to ratify the { Fifteenth Amendment, What ohject is to’ be gainod by repeatetly psserting | that Town, Tennessee, Minnesota and other States whieh have taken no aes tion, have fully acecpted . the amend. {'ment, pusses conjecture. The action | taken t! us fai, the Harrisburg Patriot assorts, is as follows: Alabama, said to have ratified. Arkansas, ratified May 14. Delaware, rejected. Florida, ratified in June. (reorgin, rejected. Illinois, ratified March 5. Indinna, assumed to ratify May 14. Nou quorum present, Kansas; assumed to ratify May 27. Sruiste na, ratified March 1. Maine, Fitified March 9. NL cet isha ratified March 1 Michigan, ratified March 5. Missouri, assumed to ratify March 1 Did not aet upon the second section, Nebraska, dzsumed to ratify, Certif- lieate on file at the State Dédpattment ia Hinformal and insufficient, Nevada, retified March 1. New Hampshire, ratified Jaly 1, New York, ratified April 14 North Carolina, ratified March 5. Pennsylvania, ratified March Rhede Island, the May 21. be rejécted, | i 2 ar 20, Senate ratified The amendment will prob- the Rhode radicals believe that under it ably because [&land they can no longer, disfranchise their | Trish Catpolic laborers. { Snuth Carolina, ratified March 10. West Virginia, ratified March Wikconsin,. tified March J. A { te This inakes only twenty-one States | qd for aud of these only | that can possibly be ¢lnime the! amendment thus far: Cd ad seventeen have legally ratified it, The | ‘ . . : assent of eleven more States will be ‘ . i | necessary to force negro sutirage upon | thbe y | _iIv Qinviime peopie. lf rn i Sunday Disderation.' “It is about time that the people of | | I'this cotmty who desire the perpetuity | | of our civil and religions institutions, | should call our public mei to account | Sabbath des Hundreds! f° * } eeration. | regret that | 1 i fo r 13 rr | President Grant, on.Sab | of thousands will dee Vv bath the 18th re- | I the Philadelphia Groy Reserves | at Cape May. No IY can given for such a perfor ¢ at such a | on TE nesta td nd mMi-tue: roa ol. ¢anhon, apoloy he | ANC time. It was mi ) offase to the. convie- | | tiong of the majority of A meriean 'peo- | ple “and a most perhicions exam- ple.” : The above we copy from. the Pres. byterian Banner, printed at Pittsburg, that i about tfme for the people who prize our civil and religious institutions, to speak out against the frequent desecrations of Sabbath by men in ‘authority.’ * Had Gen: Geant been elected by the demo- erats, there is not a preacher the whole country but would have devoted | a dozen sermons at the least to this violation of the common sentiments of | a christian people, nor a radical editor but would have written column. after But as he and we agree with it 13 in | colnmn denouncing: him. | was elected by the radicals; this beld, bare-faced outrage against common | decency, is passed over with a line or Lor two of quiet protest. There is a de beree of hypoeraey in all this “which is truly deplorable, Talk about the Germans in Pittsburgh “oelebrating the 4th of July. on Sunday, when the President of the United States, in times of peace, reviews troops on Sun-. day at a fashionable watering place amid the roar of cannon! Grant i# not fit 'to he President, either in point of infellect or morals. gn fn Ae Democratic Vietory in n Montana: A special to the. World anfiounces the re-election of J. M. Cavenaugh, | democrat, delegate from Montana by 2,000 majority —a ‘democratic gain of 1,050. sind dp imi Ballard, the “insecurity defaulter, was a delegate to the Y. M. (I. A. Gonvention at Portland, and the day when his deeds were found ont was addressing the children of five Sunday- schools, > > No anh as ever been Glove rmor of I "ennsylvania who was not hor n in the State, and Mr. Packer will be the first exception. He, however, came there when 17, and is a native as if to the anoY borw.« | BEGGING: AS A FINE ART. JX porienees in an i Aendemy for Beggers"-=A ‘Scholar Taker i) ‘aud Dona Fog [From the. Jdueipsie Dihoim.] Tt is difficultat this moment to > termine what institugion London still * all acquainted with: the, city to count upon hig fhigers thie ones it glechdy hag Stealing, begging, aad pocketpieking Are Hys stimatic ally taught, iw secret, | but up to a very recent period noone | had dared “to” édtabfish” upon’ the | Thames blauing, as a school where’ Being, profession, is actonlly aught, and | where the pupils have. the ‘advantages of lectures and the use of disguises. " 0 forthe cripples, begatir clothing eover- ed with medals fordeeds of imaginary bravery und Wevolsm, hikes With vari- whichlooked ad thoudl made fr the oa ly days of urt, and which dould be used | ag weapons ‘of defence; &e, Upon tlie table were stréwn certificates for the {-use of pupils, véstifying to theie pov- opty of misfortunes ; these wereull signed by Roonay, and had the seal of | thie academy attcched, : The third room we etttered was the { } v ker nels of dogs of virions breeds : 1 This dog can alone earn’ more than | a humdredpiinens ‘a nionth,” said the professory pointing to's small hound + whose ugly coutitenunee ‘would alone | ON A REE The Holme Committee on “ Navi Afliirs, re off aX a dozen : " 3 . drinking nein trip. They will take a tour of the lakes at the nation’s ex- petise for the pretended purpose, of as- | cortaining by présonal insg | what further legistition is’ needed to enforce the revenue laws.aad” prevent smuggling, This is all _a fraud, an ‘imposture, # shame, a humbug. How tcan ‘the junketers learn, by roving about on a Goverment vessel, what further revenue laws are necessary ? Cenildn’t they ascertain more in one week by correspondence with regular revenue officers and others than by « | whole year'sroflicking and Trolickiiig 1 humbug, or not"? 1 asked ny ‘friend | who wus an adept in city ways. “No, that isthe tinith,” he replied, and continued making lis though discussing one of the cominon- “There is the | e est (quastions of the day, name of the professor and his residenc No. 21 Princess street, SL Giles.” ‘What is hig name?” “Roonay, “I have the greatest desire to take a course of lessous, tions £1 Vay stot do it, then? “In that ease I must vy.” “Why? Do you fer that the seats “Not that, but rather that the lice ‘will be apt to close the academy ag goon as possible.” “The police? Oh, nol in contact with it.” nay. an acidemy was one of those bold as- ill their,gmpty eolumns, Af ter considerable’ hunting, I at found ‘myself face to face with Roonay, whom I found dressed ine gant style, “How can I serve you ! 7 he asked | on my’ entering, rising from his seat. The sudden question rather discon, Prof le- eerted me, ish h to take a cowrze of lesson in the ark ol be ng with Success, n said 3d ali i pause, a ¥ - At the words “with success, Fnot supprass a smile, “ Y ut 1 did not come here to make the word, a means of your future support; # was your curiosity which led you here, was it not “Yea that is so, theless, you with the earnest desire of hearing you lecture, and securing a Soak. 1 can pay the required fob. now,’ Saying this, I took out my purse, “ICeep youn inoney ir yonr pocket, said Roonayy with/a gesture of con-4 tempt. r wd NH {wiwinot allow yor mame to be placed upon the register of my acade:, my, for I take none here but those hav- ing a. firm determination to Pern. for the future paths I show them.” “But I will,” continued he, ae an " {answered “Never: | of thiz gentleman” continved he, pln. cing on the dog's buck “one of the : small boxes we had seén before, "he goon ¢himged to ulow whine, ut the | suriie time approaching ‘me nodding | his head, then stood on his hind legs, | and, reaching out his paw, pulled ' at {my ponttdil. This he kept up, and’ would not be quiet until T° placed a | pieee of money in his box. “THis néishbor; Armstrony, hegsina differant ‘way form that,” said Roonay, | at the samé time opening the kennel | and letting owt'a large bull doz, whose badk wasa huge box on which was painted,” Your muney or your life.” “Do wet beafraid, he will not hurt | you, if yowonly place your purse ‘in’ the box.” At a gigaal from his master, the fin- mensc dog slowed his teeth and snap- ped ab meg andas I did not ‘make a | movement for my money, made a grab upon | at my throat, “That is not begging,” eried I, in- dignantly ; “that is modern’ highway rohibary.” Having ne remedy; 1 | placed the contents of my Walley! in Armstrong's box. “Here the two extreems meet,” said ' Roonay, shrugging his shoulders, This dog i is a master of his art.” Just thew the bell rang. was needed in the ‘parlor. traced our steps, hetold me that it was his intention to establish wo lurge fue- tory in cennection with: ‘the institute, where he would: manufacture every- thing required in’ the profession of beg- ging. On reaching thedoor Roownay, offered me-his lnind; but I drew back, experiencing at themoment' the same sensation’ a traveler ‘must feel while ying on the geass and having a told? crawl over his face. When in the street again, [ was about to calla carriage, hut was re« minded of my empty purse. The mod-§ ern professorof begging and highway robbery ‘had relieved me of my dast penny, and L had no redress; On the | contrary had I commenced am: netion wrdinet him, [ doubt mot that he | would have recovered his tuition - from me, for. he had given me “private les- SONS, App land SCLC If Grant Wants a Steamboat: Tet Him Hire One. The New York Sum, a noted Re: publicin newspaper, insists ; upon it that if Grant wants the nse of a steam- Roonay- exception for once. I say for once, in your case, in order to convince you that | there is not so much humbug: in Lon: | don ths the foreign: press. would have it | iL Please follow me.” ['hadscarcely time to recover from | my astonishment at his words, when | Roonay-led me into. a wide hall which | opened into a large rooms+the academy | propar-=the rearof whielr was hands: somely decorated, and fit this eud was placed a desk for the (lecturer, ; On ted paintings, representing many = de- yieces'ot beggars in different countries, time. The collection was one of con- VICW. “That side of the room represents London only,” said Roonay, pointing to a London begeers. We then entered a second which contained the appliances of the profession. | Hera closets with gliss doors, eontaining pieees made of what-appeared to be papier mache, rep- resenting shot and stab wounds in vie rious stages of healing, These by sim- ple Mechanical contrivances, could be applied to any part of the body. In room, wer boat he ought to hire one. He is now making another excursion rip, this time not in special ‘cara'but on the ‘government: steamer: Tallapoosa. Of ‘dollars pn day for running the Presi- | dent's pleasure boats ‘The Sun fruths fully saved, ’ In despotie ein like that of I? rance; the Emperor goes ‘about dnt: ten; and the President and Secretary of the Navy will do well to rember it in fliture. Jn Demoeratie times tio President ever thought of converting thé war vesséls of the Navy into pleasure yachts, eri pi Florence, Aug: d.—+During thi: itl bration of a great festival in the cathe: dral of Train, Sicily, the drapery caught | fire. The church was erowded. The |’ congregation was seized with a. panie: and rushed: for tie doors. Sixteen per sons’ were! trampled ‘tor death and a large number badly braised. The five wit wostinguished before there was mach damage done tothe cathedwal. — A etre i Highway robberies are. becoming frequent in Lebanon county. rt pn gin lp jeet in view in their. enterprise than a spree, a carousal, a “bender?” How wickedly the Treasury is depredated onby these vagabond esmmittees! “Are such things | to last ‘always ? Chinese Bearing Witnesses. A Chinese trial at Silver City, Tdgho derived intepest from thé method of swearing witnesses, The Tilak Wave describes the ceremoides: “A roos- ter's head is hacked off with a knife, a sucer broken, .the oath written on vellow paper; burned, and the smoke, which is supposed to. be the. spirit of the burned oath, blown up to, {eaven lin each case. The prosecution and defence each swor five witnesses, killed five « chickens, broke five’ ‘®ucers, burned five pieces of paper; &e. After killing the chickens they are throwa away by the Chinamen and eonsider- ed’ anfit for use ; hut having had their throdts cut, nicely bled, &e., the Ameri: can heathen comsider: them none tho worse for having been sworn by, and we confess to-have guilty of the sacri lege of assisting to devour a portion: that Was ready fat, tender and good to our wnsanctified palate” er ly dp A A Sorry Government. Aamdon; August 3A lettor form Madrid says the~ state of affairs in The Government kas no fears of the success of the Carlists, but does not think thas ull is lost for the Prince of Shocking Casuality In a Coal 4 Mine. Dresden, August 3.—A dreadful ae- cident occurred yesterday inthe. coal mines in the mountain districts near - this city. Over three hundred persons were killed outright. = There are no particulars, but the accident is said to have attributable to the stormy weath- el a jai -— RA 3 Aman named 8. Lamber, living near Canton, Missoun, attempted to swim across a creek with his little boy 3 both wiere drowned. A man name Ro- | gers: attempted to sive then and he too was drowned. : di lie did LO r. Those W. Evans althaBmperies was at Saratoga last Sun. day, and during this week engaged for next year twe cottages on the Union Grounds for tae Emptusanthteyte, who will come next summer. ARE Win. B. Astor is going to complete ‘the Washington National Monument, whieh is a very clever way of build- ing hisown. ben iam mit A new ocean cable is proposed to be Inid from Scotland vis ‘the Orkney: and Faroe Islands to Quebec, for the nse ef the British Postal Debartment. - WP pr ne "The completion of the Sod Cenis railroad will be celebrated in Italy by. . an_ international exbibition at Tarin, r in 1872. | oe The gunboat Felips ‘arrived at’ Halifax from the Rio Grande. She's liad Cighteen deaths from yellow fe- “ver. The money oT om the Phila- delphia Arsenal has been found con- cealed in the grounds, A boy ry Patrick Hogan, was killed on Tuesday last by being thrown from a tram. of cars near Mauch Chuak, | re i fh fe tp Two'ladies (?) had a regular knock- down, hair-pulling argument in the ¢ity treasurers office, Pittsburg, on Saturday last. et The Demoeratic State Central Com- mittee will eet at Altoona on Tues- day the 10th-of August at 12- o'clock pan 3