NATHAN TIDD, DKALER 111 PITTSTON, WILKES - BARRE, AND ! LOYAL SOCK COAL. Invites the patronage of his old friends and the pub lic generally. I shall keep a full assortment of all sizes, AND SHALL SELL AT LOWEST PRICES FOR CASH. Yard and office, foot of I'ine street, jtlst south of Court House. Aug. 30 N. TIDD. 60th YEAR of GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK. The oldest and Best Fashion Magazine | in America. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE REDUCED TO .$2.00 PER YEAR. Subscriptions will be received at this Office in Clubs with this Paper. The DAILY REVIEW and Godey's Lady's ' Book for one Year at $4.50. j See what Godey's Lady's Book will Contain IN 1880. Nearly 1200 pages of first-class Literary matter. 12 Steel Plate Beautiful Original Engravings. 12 Large and Elegantly Colored Fashion Plates. j 24 Pages of Vocal and Instrumental Music. 900 Engravings,on Art, Science, and Fashion. 12 Large Diagram Patterns of Ladies' and Chil dren's Dresses. l 12 Architectural Designs for Beautiful Homes. 200 ur more Original Receipts for Family Use. .\nd the usual Original Department matters. The January No. of the New Year will be issued December rst, and will contain the open n g chap- | ters of one of the Best Serial Stories ever printed in j American Magazine, by CHRISTIAN REID, the author of " A Gentle Belle," " Valerie Ayl- | mer," "Morton House,"etc,, entitled ROSLYN S FORTUNE. We have eagaged a Full Corps of Distinguished j Writers, whose Contributions will enrich Godey's ! ; Lady's Book during the year. Send in your Clubs at once. You can add any names afterwards ut the same price as the original Club. TERMS.—Cash in Advance. i i POSTAGE PREPAID. One copy, one year, $2 00 Two copies, one year, ti 70 I Three copies, one year, 5 25 I Four copies, one year, 6 60 Five copies, one year, and an extra copy to the person getting up the club, making six cop ies...... p 50 Eight copies, one year, and an extra copy to the person getting up the elub, making nine copies, sl4 00 Now is the time to make up your Club. IIOW TO REMIT. —Get a Post-otliceT Money ' Order on Philadelphia, or a Draft on Philadelphia ' or New York. If you cannot get either of these, j send Bank-notes, and in the latter case register j your letter. To parties intending to get up Club, a specimen ! copy will be sent on application. Address, GODEY'S,LADY'S BOOK PUB. CO. (Limited), 10W, Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa BOOKS ! at Auction Will open to-morrow an IM MENSE STOCK of Standard and Miscellaneous ' BOOKS! Family Bibles, Sunday School Books, and other goods for the holiday trade. Will be sold at AUCTION, commencing Satur day Evening Dec. 20. D. LYONS. QOAL! COAL ! CitiWlP roffi €.!/# / The following prices will be charged for .tfJf- Tit ECtVITH f'O.f Li in the yard, in all the yards signatures hereto attached, until furthe notice : STOVE, $4 25 CHESTNUT, 4 25 GRATE, 4 25 EGG, 4 25 49- Cartage, FIFTY CENTS PER TON IN addition to above, and an EXTRA CHARGE for carrying in. W. M. MALLORY, Towanaa. HENRY MERCUR, NATHAN TIDD, E. B. PIERCE, BARTLETT BROS., Wysox. At WMim, formerly Phin ncy's : Hvillivari Coal, LARGE STO VE, f3 00 SMALL STOVE , 3 25 CHESTNUT, 3 25 EGG, - 3 00 GRATE, 3 00 SMALL CHESTNUT, U 5 With same additional charges for cartage. W. M. MALLORY. October, 24, 1879. Great CROWDS! at J. L. KENT'S. and an IMMENSE STOCK ! DRESS GOODS, CLOAKS and SHAWLS, GLOVES and HOSIERY, 3 button Kid Gloves, only 75 Cents, worth a dollar. SHEETINGS & SHIRTINGS, of the best brands, cheap ! CLOTHS and CASSIMERES, of all qualities and prices. RIBBONS & FANCY GOODS, the best selection ever offered in this market. FLANNELS & BLANKETS, iiF endless variety. In fact my assortment of DRY GOODS is complete and is not excelled by any establishment in the country. In prices I DEFY COMPETITION ! and cordially invite inspection of my goods and a comparison of prices. Col. Means' mammoth store, second door south of Mc. Intyre Brothers hardware store. .T. L. KENT, Nov. 14. Agent. !H EW . ; JOB PRINTING I I I OFFICE. . I i I . j We respectfully invite public attention to i j our i I COMPLETE JOB PRINTING HOUBK! Corner Main and Pine streets, over the | Music Store. COMMKRCIAL L'KINTI.NU A,\J) PILAMPLKT WORK A SPECIALTY. i j LETTER, I KO I K| 1 AND I | BILL HEADS, ENVELOPES, TAGS | Neatly executed on the shortest notice, i I j BUSINESS, PARTY AND CALLING OAHDA j printed to} order. 1 I AI.VORD & SON. | Text Booh Uniformity. RESULT WHERE ROOKS IIAVE TO STAND ON TIIEIU OWN MERIT. At a Convention of School Directors, of ! Centre County, held a Bellefonte, Decem | her 20, IK7B, pursuant to the call of 11. ! Meyer, Esq., County Superintendent, for i the purpose of considering the propriety | of taking measures to secure a uniformity ! of the text-books used in the schools of said county, the following action was i taken, over fifty directors being present i and nearly all the district in the county ; being represented: COPY OF MINUTES, i Upon motion of C. P. Stonerod, of Snow | Shoe township, the following preamble and | resolutions were adopted: WHEREAS: Great expense and waste are frequently incurred by the present and eon nstatly changing variety of text-books used in the common schools of Centre county, there fore, be it Resolved , By the representative directors I here in session, that a system of text-books, j suitable, complete and uniform, be adopted in ; | accordance with the laws of the State, | throughout the county. i Upon motion of ,J. C. P. Jones, the follow ing plan was adopted with but one dissenting i vote, to carry into effect the following pre i amble and resolutions: First. Tin* various publishing houses to send samples of their books to eaeb school board in tne county Tor examination and to submit therewith the lowest exchange, intr - ductory and wholesale prices, and the lenglh of time they will guarantee to furnish them at said price. Second. No agent of any publtshing house to be permitted to do any work in the county, to be either general or local agent, beyond sending his books and terms as above stated. Any house or agent violating this under standing, their books to be counted ou of the contest. Third. The several school boards of the county, after examination of the various books which may have been submitted, to hold a meeting at which each director shall make out a list of the books which he prefers to have adopted in the county, and send it to Henry Meyer, Esq., County Superindeut, at Rebersburg, Pa., prior to* the tirst dav of June, 187b, who shall ma :c .. e several statements so sent, and the books up on the various branches having the ighest number of votes or preference shall be the series recommended for county uniformity. The County Superintendent, after having made the above eanvaos as above, to send the result of the same to each of the papers in the county for publication. W. C. HEINLE, Chairman. J. C. P. JONES, Secretary. The following is the result of the votes of the Directors of Centre county, Pa., on the uniformity of Text-books* in said county, with the number of votes cast fro each book, under the foregoing plan and resolutions: READERS. No. vote. for caesh New Graded 74 Independent 20 Appleton's 17 New American 12 SPELLERS. Swinton's 83 New American 6 Independent 23 Appleton's 1 Patterson's Sander's Union ltaub's 1 GEOGRAPHIES. Swinton's ... 100 Colton's 14 Mitchell's 10 Independent 1 Monteith's 5 HISTORIES. Swinton's 63 Redpath's 5 Barnes' Brief 7 Butler's Ouaekenbos' 1 Watson's _ .... g V BITTEN ARITHMETIC. Robinson's Shorter Course 57 Greenleaf's 14. Brook's Gilne's 22 Botf's 12 N rook's Union g Mew American 4 MENTAL ARITHMETIC. Milne's 7 Greenleaf's 4 ALGEBRA. Robinson's 53 Greenleaf's 1 COPY BOOKS. Spencerian UH Appleton's 30 Ellsworth's 10 GRAMMARS. Kerl's 72 Swinton's 77 Clark's Brief 15 Bullion's 1 Harvey's 20 Ouaekenbos' j hewsinith's 1 LANGUAGE LESSONS. Kerl's 5 Clark's 5 Harvey's 1 Morton's 5 BOOK-KEEPING. Bryant & Stratton's 44 Folsom's g Smith's CIVIL GOVERNMENT. Townsend's BOTANY. Gray's - 42 Steele's GEOLOGY. Dana's 3g DRAWING. White's Industrial 4g PHYSIOLOGY. Steele's 9 Cutter's 9 NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Steele's g The attention of Directors is called to Section LXII of the School Laws, which requires every School Board in the State o adopt a series of Text-books every, year, during vacation, which books, and 110 others, can be used during the ensuing school year. This is intended to fix a uniform course of study for the school 01 each district. The undersigned having been appoint ed a Committee to count the vote on county uniformity of Text-books in Cen tre county, respectfully report that they have carefully performed such duty and that the foregoing is a correct can vass of the same. SAMUEL FKANCK, JAHED HARPER, VV. C. HEINLE, Committee appointed by the County Superintendent to canvass the votes BELLKKONTK. PA., June 23, 187 9
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