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CONTRADICTIONS OF THE COM
MISSION.
speech OF Hon. Geo. A. jerks, Of
Peung


speech Of Hon. Geo. A. jerks, Of
Penna.
The Commissions own conduct stands
before the people, not as an illustration Of
integrity, but as a contradictory infamy
In the case Of Florida the certificate Of
the Governor awarded lha, State TO the
Republicans. The certificate Of the Sec
retary Of State declared the majority of
the votes cast were for the Democratic
party. That certificate was corrobcrated
by the decision Of the Supreme Court Of
Florida. In Oregon tho certificate Of the
Governor gave the State to the Democrats
but The certificate OF the Secretary Of State
as to the vote cast gave q majority for the
Republicans. lust the reverse of the
Floridg decision literally. In the FIRST the
Governors certificate controlled; in the
latter it was Overruled But circumstances
alter cases. The one was democratic
vote; the other Republican. II was IA dlf-
ference on parry lines On which they acted
and not judicial truth at all.
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5 NOTICE.

4
Letters les.amrs.a-y aa .ho estate o.
samuel Huston ls:r 20 Potter twp.
dec i, having brru granted 90 tar under,
signed. 40 persons Indebted 90 said estate
are required 20 make Immediate payment
and IhasH having claims aeaIns; The same
20 present them daily authenticated by .AW.
Cor settlement.
JAS r. CuBuEN.
ma- 8. Executor.
Aa-...hg-- pr
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ST. GL0UB HeTEE.

ARC srKEET AND SIN sTREEls, ruILApELrHA
Dr,r Cloud has been reund and
&c The house a q appointments r
underworld 20
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sCuToE.s NOTICE

TXECUTOE'S NOTICE
Il The .as, viii and testament OF Wm.
Alison. late Of Potter twp, dec j, having
been admitted 10 probate by ,hc Register
Of Centre county. letters tos,smeu,ary
hereunder have been duly issued 10 ihe
undersigned Of which all persons In any
way interested viii take notice.
W. VI. ALLISON.
puticrs Mills. Pa
JAS. 4 BEAVER,
srusr Gt Bcllefuule. Pa.
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Il is likely there will be an extra session
oC Congress on account OF the failure Of
the army appropriation bill 20 pass. The
democrats would no: agree 10 let IL 0a's
without rroyjso that no money shall be
used for troops at the polls in southern
states. Right.
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MEETINGS

.---... rr.,, ry,,,ar No sos q 81 -. p, meets
d. ~, Ssfrr5 4, avenfnc IN the bdd Fellows hah. .
even N5a,e,.Ss, Na,e'S'S ~, ST. ID 7. SAMMY, A. ..
~, VoEr IanDaY, No ES-, r. A, NJ, meets on
A,,riay ey,niuS, on of after each tul mees N '"'
DdA FcIows Hall ,..,.~4 N n
tf 4 llEBIADElHs Sect. d. \. fh'N'''''
rp,4prss GEkNar. Z of n. rncc,s on SATURDAY ~
e'siNfN' ~ 4 y. ARNrN.
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Our member. Col. MaeLey. represented
the wishes cfthe people who elected him,
in his votes asains. finishing Up thswork
Of counting in Fraud. Hayes. Oar seaa
tor, Mr. Wallace stood upon the same
platform, and represented The sentiments
of the ltmacracx Of The slALe.
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Three .cuy.rlot looms. two rarpr
looms wish machines auiGAlngs belonging
,a IA carpet Weaving shop. for sale cheap
Apply % Nm Eu.nger. Aaraushurg
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| uFJA> LUCAS. DECD
Tho auditor appointed 90 hear and pass
upon thr exception airl 30 the account %!
pr ] NJ Blair. adm illustrator ui the DE-
ceased and make report thereof. Sc, WI.
attend 20 the duties uf his appointment ~
hi. otEc. iu Bcllefuuo on Wednesday. the
18th OF March, 1877. a. two o'clock =. 100,
when and where all parties Interested caa
attend f.bry see proper.
b. +. FORTNEl.
= fnar8t Auditor.
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\ SHOCKING RECITAL OF SHIP
WRECK, STAEN ALTON AND
DFAIH

Boston, February y A letter vas To-
ceiyud jn this city yesterday from Captain
Kane. Of the American schooner Z. +. NJ
Donald. dated a; Garci on the West coast
OF A fr.ca, January - in which ho says
tbs. on his outward passage from Boston,
whence he sailed December ~, be fell in
with the wreck OF the British bark Maria
Cap,siu GrAyson having on board tao sur
vivois of n crew Of Il men the others hay-
ing perished from exposure and famine.
The wreck WAS discovered in latitude 81
-, longitude 81 so, With tho mas.s gone
and full uf water The two men ggro
taken on board the schooner, but ono %
them died in few hours from the time Of
the rescue From the sole survivor it was
asceriaiued lha, the bark was bound from
Dobsy, Georgia, 80 Belfast, Irr.anG. that
she sprsrg leak in gale and allied with
water, so that il was impossible tosaye auy
provisions or fresh water. The lumber
with which the vessel Was loaded prevent
eI her fram sinking. but lhg weigh. % the
ma.ts turned the vessel on her beam ends.
until ,hc ms.,s broke away when She
righ;ed ard the men rrgsjnci tho decg
Having no food o- water. however. they
soon began 20 djcufsAry t,ion, and a, soon
as one d,cd the rest subsis.ed on the body
and so ca unlil only two were len The
survivor. whose name is james NJ Laugh.
lin, and who belongs 90 Belfast. Irr'und,
saws that only smal. portions of the dead
bodies could be eaten. Ne one Was killed
hu; the moment one died thr ciEh, fu-vi-
vors cut the throat Of the deceased and
drank the blood, and then divided the
heart and brain l. was ,hiriy-two days
from the iime the disaster occurred uuil
the wreck was sighted by the schooner
and during all that time the crew had ne,
had a drop Of water or any other food than
the bodies Of their shipmatcs.
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Letters tosiamcniary on the estate OF
Peter RubIe late of Potter township, de-
ceased having been granted 20 the under
signed. all persons indebted 20 said estate
are required to make immediate payment,
and those having claims against the same
to present them, duly Authenticated by
law FOR se;l ngnt : =. RT LIE.
JAS. RUBLE,
4. LUCKEN BACH
Smar G, Executor
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n n = NE IIIANNE
For a Sewing Machine.

You can have your ehoica of the follow
ing fret class sewing machines
New American, 81. John Domestic
Danice, Singer,
Remington, Howe,
and Weed.
A 1. the Sewing Machine store Of Bunnell a
Aiken, Eas. Market street, Lswist0wn.
Also parts, attachments and needles Lsl
ali machines.
Great inducements for cash. Don't fail
20 see the e. John, something entirely
new
Ola Machines taken IN part payment foF
new ones. Send 50cts % the above party
and you will get by return mail, d0E. as.
sorted needles for any machine 30n0viy
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-CnANaEoF AFroRnlE44s There
Wi, le preaching 10 the L4.heran church
~ ChurghyIl'c. March Is. "a, 10 o'clock
instead OF o'clock. Ia Centre Hall on
same day, =, ., p. IN. instead .! 10 q. m.
J. le, al. observe The change
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PIANO!
Grand, Square and Upright.

From Rufus Snyder, Of the hrm of Sny.
der q Hendricks, Carriage Manufacturers,
OF the city of Allentown, Pa:
Il must confess | hardly know how 90
express my qualification on receiving the
Beatty Piano you shipped me. Ii Is al
least all could ask, wish or expect One
of our most eminent musicians tried it ana
spoke IN the most favorable terms, after
thoroughly testing IT,
Best offer ever given. Money refunded
upon return of Piano and freight charge
paid BY Qe tD K. Beatty both ways ii
unsatisfactory, after a test trial Of five
day. Pianos warranted for six years.
Address, ID. +. BEATTY,
HSul n Arlington. New .Iersev
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AMERICAN
Shade Roller Comp.
Manufacturer Of and dealers in
SPRING AND Common CURTAIN FIX.
TTEES.

HOLLANDS, Opaque Shading, Tasscls, sc,
81 iawlcy Street, Boston, Mass.
Sole Manufacturers of
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House, Sign. and oaNAMENEALP PAINTERS,
Respectfully y prepared do all kinds OF Uor. IN their n'
af d Dr. uuaJ. % AUkiuuavt
|GRAINING.
PAPER HANGING
AND CALCIMlNlNG
PROMPTLY ATTENDED To
H., Gk '"''.' '''s' j e puNKLE CO.
''' Spring Mills Pa
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Paper ~ Envelopes,

4. GREATLY REDUCED
PRICES a. Wclchs Cheap
Bank aud Stationery Store No.
uau.e- Block.
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~ - 6A - a. ~ ~ 0144W 1@a
Having discovered, IA & manner almost
pr0Videniihi. positive cure for Consump.
lion and AL Lung Complaints, feel Il my
duty tSmAke known ia practical manner
by furnishing a sample bottle, free Of
charge. 10 All sufferers. my only hope OF
remuneration being that the medicine will
perform al i claim for H. The inRredi-
snts are Of the choicest herbal products
and perfectly safe will be sent free 70 all.
Address 81 once, DR.. o. Phelps brown, n
Grand Street, Jersey City, N. j., or may
be had of J. X. Miller s. Son, Druggists.
Centre HAll. Pa. Jan iy.
Y. I. ALEXANDER. O. NJ BOWKR.
A LE&ANDER & BOWER. At.
"A torHsys- Law. Bsllefeute. Special Atrsafiar
wee % 1olsect1ohs, Ena uFghhns' GouHt pFMstana
= ~ - eonEaligd "a 1cranAE Gne Engiiah. Oaa In
ssFmzn'a bRtlGlHN MaFsn ssu
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STOVES IMPROVED ANTICLTNKER CRATE AND REVERSIBLE
best baker n the market
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SPEARS PARLOR STOVES
| Price reiuc I suth eimcs
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BREONS' HOTEL.

MlLkD1. PA.
The best table and bar. and excellent
-iabling far horses. ALSO dne resort for
-ummer boAr6ers Busf % depot. and
daily stages 10 Centre county. Charges
reasonable GEO BREON. Pr0p'r
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PfGRETsl!
LARGE REDUCTION IN PRIcE.-
LEWIS. OLIVER g. PHILIPS

Manufactures cf MERCHANT BAR
IRON, GATE and RARN. DOOR HIN
GES, BOLTS, NUTS, WASHERS. and
their new line Of Patented Wagon Hard
ware,
81 q 90 Water st., and ia & llG First av.,
Pittsburg, Pa.
10 For sale by all the leading Iron and
Hardware Merchants, Smar Am,
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.XECUTOR's 5 NOTICE

SuarU
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-29
XheU took the Hint.

An inside car full of travellers was
toiling up one of the long hills in the
County Wicklow. The driver leaped
down from his seat in front, and walked
by the side OF the horse. The poor beast
toiled slowly and wearily, but the six in
sides were too busily engaged in conver-
sation to notice how slowly the car pro-
gressed. Presently the driver opened
the door at the rear of the car and
slammed it to again. The inside" "
started, but thought the driver was only
assuring himself the door was securely
closed. Again the fellow repeated the
same action; he opened the door and
slammed it to again. The travellers
turned around angrily, and asked why
ne disturbed them in that manner.
"Whist," whispered the fellow, "don't
spake SO loud, she Il overhear u.s." "Who
is she7" "The mare. Spake low," he
continued, putting his hand over his
nose and mouth. "Sure, Pm decavin'
the creaturel Every time she hears the
door slammin' that way she thinks one Of
yez is gettin' down to walk up the hill
and that rises her spirits" The insiders
took the hint.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-29
Hint for Old Clothes, Dealers

1t is reported that dealer in second
hand clothes living in the Quarter Latin
in Paris has hit upon a somewhat ingen-
ious idea of disposing of the garments
which are too old-fashicned or too dilap-
idated to fetch anything like good price.
Attached to the various articles hang
ing outside his shop aze modestly-written
cards containing annouc cements like the
following: "Pair of trousers worn by
NJ. Guizot on his arrival in Paris -
"Overcoat belonging to Mr.. Littre be-
fore he became celebrated -" Dressing
gown formerly belonging to Alexander
Dumas Vest worn by NJ. Thiers
when President of the Republic" 1t is,
perhaps, needless to say that those in
teresting relics are rapidly bought and
proudly worn by the economical students
Notwithstanding the skepticism of some
of the purchasers. "Would you have
me believe" said a young artist one day
as he inspected velveteen coat, "tthat
this belonged to Victor Hugo? Plainly.
it is too small for him. "Do you think, .
replied the unabashed dealer, " that Vic
tor Hugo would have sold so good coat
if he could have worn it with any degree
of comfort?' And the bargain wa
struck.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-29
Ifaopporttsf,e RevoIts.

New York Commercial Adyertiser.l2
Revolts are constantly put down and
constantly revived in Japan in these
times, and hardly steamer has arrived
from Yokohama during the last twelve
months without bringing the news of a
fresh insurrection. This is so much
more to be regretted, because Japan was
entering into new line of policy of in
dustrial progress, and because the United
States was the country especially called
to profit by the development of that
Eastern brother whom we lead by the
hand in the path of civilization. Revolts
are breaking out in Japan at the very
moment when the Government continues
to labor zealously at the work of internal
reform. 1t is now giving much atten-
tion to sheep farming, and has again
sent the Superintendent of the estab-
lishment formed for that purpose, Mr..
Ap Jones, to the United States, where
General Saigo recently acted as Com
missioner to the Philadelphia Ex-
hibition. New lines of railway are to be
begun this year, great mineral treasures
have been discovered by the German
traveller, Won Richtofen, and the treaty
concluded with Corea has already
proved very advantageous to that State,
as it has enabled large stores of rice TO be
sent there at time when the popula-
ton is suffering from famine. Is all this
progress to be delayed by the revolt,
which has recently broken out again, and
which is said to be led by the celebrated
statesman and soldier, Saigo, elder
brother of the recent Commissioner al
our Exhibition 1t appears as quite
certain that the insurgents this time be-
long, not to the agricultural classes. but
to the old feudal nobility of the
Samourais. These people have been de
prived of their former privileges, through
the reforms operated by the Emperor
after the downfall of the dualistic sys
tenn of the Mikado's and Tycoon's Gov
ernmeut. Japan will have no rest a:
long as the Samourais shall not have dis
appeared, either through the process o.
law, or through their committing hari
kari, since they consider that mode O.
suicide as one exclusively reserved fol
their noble caste.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-29

@ALE0W FOE THE CRA VIZ
ny JOHN @. SAKE

You have often, no Doubt had occasion to note,
Though the garment, at first, seemed certain to
please,
That after some wearing, the sleeve of yeur coat
Toward the shoulder was crawling, by easy
degrees
And that's what the clothier, Of course, had in
mind,
When he said to his customer, "Long2-not at
ALI
The sleeve is all right-as you'll presently find
In cutting coat we allow for the crawlr'
The expression was one wholly new to me then;
But it sets me thinking how well it applies
Not merely to coats but to women and men,
In matters of life as they daily arise;
Consider the shrinkage of human affairs
The promise how great; the performance, how
smallI
And lest Disappointment should come unawares,
Remember the sleeve and "allow for the
crawlr'
The statesman who asks for your ballot to save
Your country, SO rashly imperiled to-day,
May coyet an office and not be knave,
Whatever the fierce opposition may fay,
But the "platform" " to which he so valiantly
clings,
By which he proposes to stand or to fall
Resolutions" remember, are slippery things
And in politics always allow for the crawl"
You are deeply in love with the sweetest of girls
. 1An angel in hoops-only wanting the wings
Qf angels could purchase such beautiful curls)
Like seraph she smiles; like siren she singsl
Ahi splendid and vast are the fancies Of youth;
But down to plain facts they finally fall;
And happy the couple who, finding the truth,
In conjugal kindness, "allow for the crawlI'
In brief, recolleet that in human affairs;
In social connections; in travel and trade;
In courtship, and marriage; in sermons and
prayers,
Some grains of concession must always be made
In fine, be prudent, though generous man;
Unfriendly with none, veracious with all;
Believe in your neighbors as much as you can
And always be sure to " allow for the crawlp'
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-29
Hornets In a Palace car.

The following exciting story is told by
the st. Louis Republican ofaSunday: As
the Missouri Pacific train was leaving
Miller's Landing Monday night gentle
man came aboard carrying a stick, to
which was curiously attached hornets
nest. He had found it in the woods,
and it had the appearance of being
tenantless. But when brought into the
warm atmosphere of the car and placed
near the stove the heat soon awakened
its dormant life, and low, humming
noise from the interior warned the
embryo naturalist and his companions
in destined misery that the sorrow was
about to begin. A frantic effort to throw
the nest from the window released
the imprisoned insects, and the next
instant they swarmed through the car,
each individual hornet armed with fury
and savagely bent on the war-path.
They struck right and left, and every
where left in their trail a cry of agony
Women skrieked and men vented curse:
loud and deep. But the sorrow waxed
apace and the misery increased. People
tumbled over seats and groveled on tn.
floor. Polonaises were torn and scat
cred in promis cuous confusion, anG
shapely ankles were exposed in {
frantic search for hornets. Bald-keadec
men mopped their shining pates il
agony and cursed the fool who turned
that happy car into carnival of pain
Rushing to the rescue of the beleaguereC
passengers, Conductor King was met Oh
the threshold with such warm recep
ton that his inquiry, "What the-2 ?
may not have been so far wrong, afte
all. But the conductor only clasped hi
lips with both hands and commenced al
Indian war dance in perfect keepin!
with the conduct of his passengers. h
seemingly lost all his anxiety to inquir
any further, or if his curiosity was no
appeased he prudently refrained fro7
expressing it. Finally the doors an
windows were thrown open and the hol
nets began to leave the car. In littl
while only few stray ones were lef
and these the passengers kindly refraine
from burrying, but allowed to take thei
time, which, everything considered
was magnanimous on the part of the pc
pie who had undergone so much discon
fort.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-29
An Island of Ponies.
lUWUIU T yIb III GClIDHtI.

Off the north eastern shore of Vr-
ginia, and about five miles from the
mainland, lies 8 small island known as
Chincoteague-an island possessed of
peculiarities shared by no other portion
of the eastern United States; for here
roams, in an entirely untamed state, a
breed of horses, or rather ponies, as wild
as the mustangs of Texas or the Pampas.
How these ponies first came upon the
island is not known except through
vague tradition, for when the first
settlers came there, early in the
eighteenth century, they found the
animals already roaming wild about its
piney meadows. The tradition received
from the Indians of the mainland was
that vessal loaded with horses, sailing
to one of the Elizabethan settlements of
Virginia, was wrecked upon the southern
point of the island, where the horses es-
capped, while the whites were rescued by
the then friendly Indians and carried to
the mainland, whence they found their
way to some of the early settlements.
The horses, left to themselves upon their
new territory, became entirely wild, and,
probably through hardships endured,
degenerated into a peculiar breed of
ponies.
In 1870 the island was first prospected ;
it was subsequently granted by King
James II to person by whom it was
sold in minor sections to various others.
At present it is greatly subdivided,
though one landowner, Kendall Jester
by name, holds over six hundred acres OF
marsh and pine land, and there are other
holdings scarcely less in extent. Among
the earliest settlers were the Thurstones,
Taylors, and Mifflins; the head of the
last-named family was a well-known
Quaker, who, upon the introduction of
slavery to the island, removed thence to
the town of Camden, in the upper part
of the province of Maryland, near Della
ware.
1t was long before Chincoteague was
fairly settled, and even as late as 1888
there were but twenty-six houses there ;
now, however, many strangers, tempted
by the exceptionally good fishing and
oyster-dredging of the place, are pouring
in from the mainland to settle there. To
mere visitors the ponies are still great,
if not the main, attraction, and during
the periods of "penning "-driving them
into corral-numerous guests arrive
daily from the coast. ~
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-29
A curious Coin Found in az, Oak

A Curious Coin Found I'm ara Oak.
While chopping on white oak tree,
says the Warrenton MOI Banner, in the
pasture of Mr.. Joseph Guggenmoos, in
the edge of town, Mr.. August Antimiller
found a silver piece imbedded eight
inches in the wood. The piece of money
is either French or Spanish, and was
made in the year 1774. 1t was about
three feet and half above the base of
the tree, and had been put there by a
hole being bored into the tree and after
ward plugged up. The money was
wrapped in paper, on which there had
been writing, but as it crumbled to pieces
Immediately after being removed from
the wood only two OF, three letters on it
could be distinguished. The coin had
evidently seen much service before it
was ever placed in the tree, as it was
almost smooth from use, though it had
evidently been buried where it was found
for many years. Why it was there and
who put it there is a mystery that will
perhaps never be known.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-03-29
" Gone.o

A man calling himself Abel Storm,
and claiming to hail from Chicago, reg
isterel at one of the Detroit hotels five
or six days ago, and gave out that he
wanted to buy house and lot. He was
supposed to have cash, and to be 8
square man; but finally the landlord
was convinced to the contrary. The
guest slid out at an early hour without
being seen, and an old suit of clothes
was stuffed up and laid across the bed in
his room to deceive the chambermaid
She was deceived until noon, when the
clerk went up and discovered the cheat
An old paper collar was pinned to the
effigy, and the clerk read the pencilec
message:
"Use this man gently. He cam
stand grief. For further particular
see small bills"