Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-19


The "CESTBE DEMOCRAT" IN 1920
Monday last brought rare and valuable
curiosity to our Office in the shape OF
Centre Democrat, printed in this place on
Saturday, February 4, 1929. This journal,
yellow with age, will be exactly fifty
years old next Saturday. 1t was printed
and published weekly by John Bigler, for
Philip Benner, proprietor, at the annual
sum of two dollars. 1t has four pages and
IL about half the size of the CENTRE DEM
ocRAT Of to-day. Like its present repre-
sentative, it is full of valuable reading mat
ter and few advertisements. Very little
original editorial, however, appears upon
its pages, and it has no local department.
Among its editorial, is the following pleas
ant rcminiscence of Gen. Andrew Jack
sons visit to Pittsburg, copied from the
Allegheny Democrat:
An incident, worth recording, occurred
when the General was receiving visitors.
A young man was introduced, who had
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OF cannon at New Orleans, on the Sth of
January, 1923. The General presented
hun with II bank note, folded up, which
afterwards, on the young mans examina-
tion, proved to be a ONE HUNDRED
DOLLAR NOTE.
The "Phladelphia Prices Current,
which are given, show that butter was
worth cents per pound -four, $3.50 per
barrel hams, cents per pound lard, 8
cents per pound pork, Sil per barrel, and
clover-secd, S4.25 per bushe. The only
item in the paper which at all approaches
local news is notice that "a new post
office has been established at Lick Run in
Walker township, in this county, and
JAMES HUrcHEsoS appointed postmaster
the post-oflice is called WALKER"
The advertisements, perhaps, contain
the most interesting information. a no.
lice "To Rent" offers "the frame house,
at present occupied by @. w. F. Ssiigman,
as an, Apothecary Shop, situate in the
borough Of Bellefonte." Also. 'that large
and elegant stone house at present occu-
pied by W. w. Potter, Esq" For terms
application was TO be made to Philip Ben
ner. An advertisement signed by "Thom-
as Burnside President" called "the stock
holders of the Bcllefonto and Philipsburg
Turnpike Road Company to meet at the
house OF Evan Miles, in the borough Of
Bellefonte, on the first Monday in March
next" Two farms are offered for sale.
The first "lying upon Bald Eagle creek
and Wallace's run, within four miles Of
Bellefonte, now in the. occupancy of Ru-
dolph Mulholland, containing three hun
dred and eighty acres Of choice land, one
hundred and eighty acres of which are
cleared and in high state Of cultivation.
The second "siiuate In Spring township,
four miles from Bellefonte, now in the oc
cupancy Of William Gill, containing four
hundred and sixty acres Of choice land, Of
which seventy.fve acres are cleared. -
Applications for these tracts are to be made
TO James ID. M'ClanAgban, of Waliacc's
Run, or 10 Dr. John Harris or James d.
Harris, of Bellefonte. That there. were
soldiers in those days is shown by cali
from S. II. Wilson, Captain, for the "Cen-
trc Troop" "to meet at the house of John
Snyder, Innkeeper, Walker township"
The Receipts and Expenditures of Centre
County" occupy most of the last page.
William M'Kibbin, Jacob Herring and
Anthony Kleckner were the Commission
ers and Samuel Petit, clerk.
Mr.. Joseph Devling, Of this place, hand
ed US this interesting relic for examination