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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-15
The African Conference

BAsTtNosE May An appeal from Rev.
W. f. Carson, Of Northeast Texas con.
ference, wos brought before the African
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
today TO have righted certain wrougs
which he claimed to have been inflicted
upon him by the annual conference of
his district at Waco. Texas. in 1888. The
charges against him we're insubordina.
ton, immortality and ntemperance. The
verdict Of the Northeast Texas confer.
enee was reversed and Mr Carson rein.
stated in oil his privilege.
A resolution was passed eulogining
John :. Slater, Of Connecticut, for hi.
philau thropie aid to the colored race.
Bishop Campbell spoke and created
excitement by stating that George Pea
body had done nothing for the colored
people Of the South. lie was contradict
cd and .s,ctal declared that the state.
met ~a' Ei'holt tcun1ation in truth
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-15

the position under Mr.. Fox The in.
vestigation OF the book. IS siill in pro.
gress, aud, until lis fiuished, tie cxnc,
amount of the dedication cannot be
ascertaincl
LATER.
PnuAugLrnIA, May ll.-Eugonr &.
Wood daerd, the mi..ng Treasurer of tho
Board Of Trustees of the General
Assembly Of the Presby tcrinn Church.
whose accounts show deficit Of nb at
$4,000, was found by his lr ends in New
York and returned to his home ut
Ridley Park, whore h" is confined to
bed with serious attack Of brain fever
When found he wa under tho care Of a
lncmtcr Of secret society to which
Woodwar belonged. hi. mind .ecmed
shattered and he was uuablc to give an
lnteliigi1lc account Of hi, actions lie
could not explain his presence ~ New
York, bni talked vaguely Of his slight
and Of his trnusaction- with the Trustees
of the Church. Hr-ub-elucutly admit
cd, during lucid Interval, that he
drew $50 from his pr.ya.e fund, two
wt.ks ago, gtyc $50 to his wife and
b bard"l a traiu for New York. Heater.
w.d drcturned to this city and then went
Sou n. return nsto New Yarl, last week.
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ihu'ia'rn ~ the previous az nouDcem aht.
Mr. Willis suggested that Converse,
whose scat /. on the democratic side,
take On, hereafter with the repub,i.
cans. When the last vote was announc.
ed the meInbcrs began leaving ihe hall.
Tho crowd in the galleries lc-sened, and
within ten minutes scnrccly one hun
dred persons rem aimed. At jO3 p. ~.
the house adjourned until tomorrow
AZ the members were leaving, many Of
them expressed the opinion that the
/ iinal adjournment would be taken IN
June, some thought in the latter part
and others during the frat lew days Of
the month. An sssl'y-is Of The roll cal.
show that only three republicans, Ncl.
son, Strait and Wakefield, all Of Mime.
sofa, voted against striking out the On.
acting clause. Forty one democrats
4 vD'"d ia Affirmative. They hailed from
/ the following states: New York, Carnot,
Hutchinson, Mailer Sprigg,, Yana'.
.t.nr, Wcmplj. Pcnnsy IYnn.a, B1ylr,
I Crruc Is, Curtin, duncan, Elliott.
/ Erm'utiou', Hopkin-, Mutchlcr. Pat.
ton, Post, Randall, storm. Ohio, Con
verse Foran Geddcr, Jordan, Lcfeyer.,
murray, Page, Seug Warner, wilkins,
/ Ne" jersey, Ferrill, Fielder, McAdoo
/ California, Budd. Gh,cok, Summer,
TulIeysi Maryland, Findley; Illinoi.
/ Fiucrty: Connecticut, Eaton louisiana,
/ Hunt; Virginia, 6. y. Wise; West V.r.
/ rinia, Snyder.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-15
Struck With A Hammer

PirTHuRGu, Pa, May AT the
Oliver wirc mill to day Fred. Hogan
fatally injured mon Rice with a ham.
mer during An alteration. Hogan was
arrested. Rice il a Hungarian and
Hogan is y German, the former being
helper to the latter. II was the du'y OF
Rice to carry the wire to tho pullcr's
hands, so that he could pu, it through
the drawing machine Rice, in throwing
down the wire, threw il down in such q
manner as to taueie il M and make il
difficult for the puilcr to handle.
Hogan for some time ha. Lccn making
it uncomfortable or Rice by making fun
Of his language and motions in express.
ing himself in English, a. Rec il a
Hungarian and cannot talk English so
as to be understood. when Rice threw
down the wire in a tangled manner this
morning Hogan began aba.ing him and
making fun Of him
The Hungarian walked up TO him and
told him not to make fun of his speech
as all the men were laughing at him.
and he did not like il without another
word Hogan picked mp heavy hammer
and stuck al Rice, hitting him on the
heal and telling him TO the Aoor. Rice
rose up on his knees. when she hammer
fell again upon MS head with murierons
force, crushing in his skull and laying
him ptnslrate ON the floor. Not coaGent
with this nnprovoked assault Hogan
again raised the hammer aad dealt tho
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-15
Distress Along the Mississippi.

VICKsBURG. Miss, May 9.-The steamer
City OF Vicksburg arrived from below
this evening with about 200 colored
farm hands on board from points in
Teuses parish. Captain Keith states
that he WAS hailed at other points where
there we're q number Of colored people
huddled together on points of levees
waiting transportation. Sixty per cent.
of Madison parish and seventy five per
cent. OF Teuses are still under water.
Mules and cattle are dying in great
numbers. The stock at some places be.
ing killed dy swarms OF gnats.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-15
Judge Lynch in Kentucky

LoursvILLE. May Ga dispatch from
Elizabethtown, KY. says that abou! |
o'clock this morning masked mob
came TO town and, taking the keys from
the jailer, entered the Jail, seized Miles
Perry, the negro who some weeks ago
criminally assaulted Miss Vannert, and
after carrying him few miles
from town hanged him to a tree.
A placard WAS pinned to his body say
ing that the body WAS not to be cut
down until 6 o'clock.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-15
Death in The Storm.

DOVER, y. H., May "a terrific
thunder storm, accompanied by delug
ing rain, occurred in this vicinity thi,
morning. \ farmhouse and barn, with
contents, owned by William Flynn,
contractor st Eliot, Ne, were struck by
lightning and burned. Loss 81 500
A report comes from Epping that the
Bunker building was struck by light.
ming and burned. s. W. Martid's body
was found in the ruins.
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a Treasurer's Flight
ina prSps % rHT rREsHrTERfAN GENERAL
ANrpBtv suoR1 $1,000

PHILADELPHIA. May Eugene g.
Woodward treasurer OF the board Of
trustees Of the general assembly OF the
Presby terrain chuch, and treasurer Of
tho church board OF education. il = de.
fAulter to the amount Of $1,000. lie
has fled from tho city, and his whore.
atouts is unknown. The ucws OF his
disappearance and defalca.ion fell like
d ;Aunierc'ap upon tn" trustees, all Of
,Aon bsd tie most implicit confidence
-, 'hclr jr,arurcr's integrity. Mr..
Nr"iwsri'- family are prostrstcd with
.r.... Snd are altogether unable 10
.rsrunl 'ur his dcsctton of them. for
Di. d7'ucsi relations were particularly
h.,ry aud !, wss not known that he
f., IN Hu, financial difficulty The
,-' ,h,rt,hi" Interpretation for his
.uou. AID which j. advanced 10y
confidential friend. is that his mind
81 unbalanced. and that the money was
'aa,u vi hsu, ,rlm.nal intent.
H. Wa,iw RI Is a man of probstly
g year. pf 30. lie Is the father os
,...er Children, and lived happily with
Cd. F.Ir md family in comfortable
home ~ Ridley Vark. He had been
connected with tho bosrd Of trustees
for several yeRr-, and wss given the
responsible position Of treasurer a few
year. ago, because Of hi uprightncss OF
charac cr and general caPability for the
position. He handled thousands Of
dollars hold in trust by the board, and
his accounts we're slNays found correct
II the penny. 4 month ago. il is said
hn rendered his resignion, but II was
not accepted. There wa. no suspicion
then that anything was wrong. Indeed.
it was not until his iisappearnncc that
an examination Of his books wa- made
and the shortage discovered
President George Juukin, 81 the
bbalu ol tfNTkff"F ~4N MI W UNIV AFi
attending to bi. duties as usual on last
Moniay week. 90 the Wednesday
following he did not make his appear
aucc at the Office, nor on the next day,
or the nest. Ills son, who Il employed
a. > clcrk ir the same Office, carried the
news home to the family, aud when
questionci by th" officers of the board,
declared sorrowhilly that he had no
knowlcrge Of where his father had gone
when the books were gone over il Was
found that the funds taken belonged to
the board of trustees, and cousistcd Of
money paid into Mr. Woodward's hand.
As day after day progressed the am Gun,
gradually increased. until Il approx
mated $4,000. Tho funds Of the board
Of education. Of which Mr. Woodward
was also custodian were found to be
.1'sct
Mr. Woodward va a sailmaker ofi.
ginally, and afterwsrd learned the trade
of coach building. After following that
for some years he gave Il up - accept
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The Centre Remutrat.

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NJ ptprr SiI ~ isgtH uuod until arTcaTHgCkafs
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Papers soAg out % ,uc suuuty must be paid Tor Ia
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Any person procuring us tene ash subscribers will
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OIrokton.isv circulation makos thls paper an un-
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dcfenseless man another terrible blow.
Tho men who were standing near finally
rush Il in and took the hammer from
the )u'd be murderer and held him
unit an officer, who was sent for, arfiv-
ed and escorted Hogan TO the station.
Rice, skul is bsdly fractured, besides
other inju rics that viii undoul tedly
cause his death.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-15
Big Scheme of New Workers.

pEs MorNEs, lows, My 1.-the
Eastern and Western Air Line Rail
way Company f,cl articles Of incor.
poration with the county recorder here
TO day and will file the same with the
Secretary of Safe tomorrow. 1t con.
templates an air line from Mercer, Pa.
to Council B!uns, Iowa. distance q title
more than uino hundred miles. The
protector, claim the line will save near
Is three hundred miles over any other
route which can be selected. The
gentleman say it will not vary more
than six miles G.hcr way from an air
line. Il is TO cross the Mississpri river
at Keithsburg, ILL.,, If built. There Is
also provision made in the article for a
line from the crossing Of the Mi.-i'sipf
river in a Southwestern ly direction to the
Missouri State line in Van Buren, county
The capital stock is $l@ 100000. The
names signed to the article ere Thomas
W. osborn and Wnldcif II. Phillips, oi
New York, and j. W. Trey, Of Dcs
Moines. The latter is attorney Of the
company.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-15
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS,
He Prefers TO be Shot.

SALT LAKE, May 10. Fred IIopt alias
A. Welcom. who has been three times
tried, was convicted OF murder to day
and sentenced to be executed on June
l3. The Utah statute permits persons
sentenced to be executed to choose be.
tween hanging and shooting. lIopt
chose the latter.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-15

AuCTioSEER-The undersigned, th"
fnstcfl and bcst salesman In Central Peurs
syivnnia, having more than fr,nfy vear,
experience Ia selling Farms, Farm STOCK
Mcrchsndis", ctr, oiferf his services 70 the
citizens Of Centre and adjoining ccuuii.f
~ Flr't-glAss Salesman. Charges rea.on-
able, Addross JosErH l.. ErTY
Roland,
i-2m Centre county, Pa
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srtioH except on frary contract. hen half ycAfly
o AymeutS 10 advance wi. Sc required.
PlLIrIrAL NuTtrLt. outs pnT lin" zach insertion
N athIn 2 inserted f1r less than So cents.
BrstSEsa NlrtcEs tu the columns, 5 cents
. ,r line each Insertion.
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TABLE GLASSWARE.

Z run AfbNlH ~
Cake stands 35c
Glass Sets, I pieces 35c
Full Stock Of Decorated Tea, Dinner
and Chamber Sets.
Best English ware. Tea sets, Decorated
in Blue, Black, Brown or Claret. ~
pieces s5.0O-regular price 800.
Full assortment in Mqolica and Fancy
Goods, &c.
Msjolica Pitchers, 20c; bohemian Vases
height 10 inches. $l.00, and every
thing else just a. cheap in proportion.
sey-I desire to say 90 every reader Of
this advertisement Tlsanf your custoul,
and in reaching out for il | am fully pre-.
pared 10 gixe you tho Greatest value for
your money once yet obtained. Call
and examine the goods and the price.
II do not fulfill strictly all claim a.
20 prices being LOWER than ever be.
fore heard, do not ask your patronage.
The greater amount Of goods ! can sell
the lover prices can and WILL nE MAoE,
Respectfully,
W. II. WILKINSON, Agent.
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Welding chrds and oil kind. Of priu.
ing a, the CENTRE DEnOcEAr Office.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18
LIFE OF A DAKOTA MAID.

A broad-shouldered. compactly-
built young woman, with brown face
and hard hands, sat in the Lake
Shore depot last evening waiting for
the departure of a train for the East.
She had just arrived in town from
Dakota.
awe don't waste any time in
foolishness out our way" she said
to a young man who seemed to be
acquainted with her. "There is no
loye-maklng on my halfsection. It's
nothing but No. 2 wheat from May
to August. That's what we are out
there for. Now, 1 own and manage
a farm of 800 acres, and this year |
took out a crop of eighteen bushels
to the acre and sold it, got the cash,
put it in the bank, discharged all
my men but one, who will look alter
things this winter, and I'm off for a
little fun down East. Marriage ~
said she, in response to some remark
by her companion; "that's what
all the good for-nothing cranks of
men that see from ploughing time
to harvest can talk about.
"What do / want to get married
fors There are more than 300 OF MS
girl farmers in Dakota, and we will
hold a convention some time. L
never saw man yet that | would
have around. | intend to farm it
until l get money enough to live
on comfortably, and then I'll see.-
Pm in the habit Of dong about as /
please. There was nice young fell
low in my neighborhood last July
who tried to be very gallant, and
wanted to help me whenever | did
any work. II | chopped u little
wood he wanted to do it. If | went
after pail of water he wanted to
carry 1T. If i put q bag of gram on
my shoulder he insisted on giving
me lift. He was pretty, nice boy,
but he made me tired. One day /
wanted the hayrick on the wagon,
and | took hold of one end and clap
ped it up on the wheel so quick that
it made him dizzy.
" Let me- says he, but he only
threw the whole thing down in try
ing to get the other end up. He
didn't have the strength.
"Says 1: ooh, go away. You
don't eat enough No. 2 wheat
Then l put the rick up in good style.
ave meet lots of such fellows out
there. They are good enough, / sup
pose, but when / want one l will
send for him. Chicago Herald.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18
Culture in the Quaker City.

They were coming out of the Acad-
envy after the day session of the
Science association, and the Chest
nut Hill gill said to the West Wal
nut street girl:
You should have heard Profes-
sor Sophomorey's Dissertation on
the Relative Contour of the Amphi-
bian Bicuspld : it was just too sweet
for anything"
at is too bad / didn't hear it,
replied the West Walnut street girl.
/" / listened to DR.. Boulder's Notes
on the Evidences of Chemical Erosion
in the Collateral Branches of the
Appalachian System and it wasn't
a bit int resting. / understood
everything b. said"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18
SELECTIONS.
AN OLD WOMAN'S TALE.

1t is an old tale, the experience of
age striving in vain to temper the
enthusiasm Of youth. / am a mother
now and Sedate matron may well
sigh to remember how she loved to
think her old friends splenetlc
through infirmity, dearly as she
loved them, rather than abate one
atom of the fairy visions which
danced around her.
And when the arch enchanter,
Love, waved his wand, and bathed
earth and sea and sky in hues of
purple and gold, how cruel seemed
the hand, though stretched in ten
derest watchfulness that would
fain have brought her back to the
sober hues of reality.
In the arrogance ofyouth, of beau
ty, we forget that our kind monitor
has felt as we feel the same fond
trust, the same ecstatic hope, and
can say, 81, too, shepherd, in Area
dia dwelt."
| have never known the blessed
care of il mother, but her venerable
parent was permitted to watch over
our orphaned childhood. lean now
understand her earnest and prayer
full anxiety, as we grow up to wo.
manhood, and the time for our set
Ting in life drew near.
I can feel with her now, though
in my experience l could not then,
for /, too, have fair girls to guard,
whose happiness here and hereafter
is entwined with my heartstrings.
1 remember the very day on which
my father told our grandmother of
my engagement to your father. l
was then, my Margaret, young and
light hearted as yourself, and dear
grandmamma laid her wlthered
hand on the curls which clustered in
golden luxuriance, and tears drop.
ped slowly down her venerable
cheeks.
"Do not grieve, dear grandma;
1 shall not leave you for long time
yet; and" I added pressing her
hand of mine, 81 shall see you very
often"
Here my own tears began to flow,
for in the engrossment of my new
feelings l had scarcely dwelt on the
severing of old ties, which my new
engagement would involve.
at is no selfish grief that thus af.
ficts me-" said my beloved monitor.
81 would not cloud your young spir-
its, nor dim the hopes which are said
to bless the morning of life and fit us
for the burden and heat of the day !;
but you, my Grace, remind me Of
my cherished daughter Agnes, whose
early death you have often heard me
lament. | will now tell you some
thing other life, and If it makes you
rejoice with trembling amid your
present happiness, that happiness
will be more likely to endure. From
her infancy / had watched over
Agnes with a more fearful tender
ness than any other of my children.
Hers was a character strangely made
up, quick and Joyous impulse, and
deep, unsupported feeling. She seem
ed altogether without that coward
ice so often attributed to women as
a reproach, but which. In world OF
dangers, often serves her as well as
the cautiousness of wisdom. Mean
ness and cunning she scorned, and
the petty artifice SO common in both
sexes was never found il her. Her
spirits were high and untamable-
sometimes to wildness; but if un
kindly or harshly rebuked, none sc
utterly snbdued. Can you wonder
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WEEKLY HOME NJ
MARTINsBURG, W. VA, SATURDAY, OCT. Is, 1884.

When she saw Agnes come down
with the marks Of tears on her
cheeks, she strove by every tender
attention to soothe and cheer her !;
and sighed to see her gentle offices
lavished in vain.
+" Our dear Agnes was wounded
to the quick by her husbands want
of confidence, and we could not
cheer her.
sin short time, however, Ar
thurs affairs were wound up-sll
claims we're satisfied, and he resum-
ed his business with good pros
pect of success, but he had lost one
possession more valuable than gold
the confidence of his wife was
gone forever.
" There was a restlessness and
anxiety about Agnes which never
left her. She refused ever again to
take the most trifling thing on
credit; and once, when he hesita-
tiDgly alluded to her prudence, as
he termed it. she replied, Il have
been treated like child, Arthur,
and you must remember burnt
child breads the fire. If l am not
to be trusted, / will avoid being
duped.'
"She died at the age of six-and-
twenty, after a short illness; but /
shall always think that her indigna-
ton and anguish of mind had paved
the way for her early DEATH"
My grandmother ceased, and
seemed lost in thought; then she
added, "you, too, Grace, are about
to marry merchant, and I have
told you this sad story in order to
impress upon your mind that the
romantic feeling of first love is not
sufficient to happiness in the married
life. There must be mutual conf
dence, or the yoke will press heavi-
ly indeed on the helpless woman.
Before you marry, make it condi-
ton that no deception of any kind
be permitted between you. Unless
a man confides in his wife he does
both her and himself irreparable
| took my dear grandmother's
and, as far as this varied
scene admits of happiness, happi
ness bias been mine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18
CROSSING THE BRIDGE.

Across the rustic bridge we walked.
With dalliance sweet, my love and 1,
And fingered idly as we talked
OF things to happen-by-and-by.
The brooklet babbled underneath,
The ripples danced upon the stream;
We Needed not SO wrapped were we
In all the bliss of Loves young dream.
We stayed awhile and listless threw
Stray pebbles in the water bright;
at my love glanced, and knew
Her eyes we've filled with tender light !;
Twas not the time to throw chance
Of lifelong happiness away
But what said / shall not tell
At least she did not answer Nay"
Oh, happy time when Youth and Love
Went hand-in-hand Life's path along !;
And brighter glowed the blue above,
And louder sang the birds their song.
Though fairer scenes since have viewed,
And fairer yet still may see
Shall ever that old rustic bridge
A tender memory be to me-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-18
SWEET SIXTEEN.

81 wonder what my daughter is
abouti' exclaimed Mrs. Fussen-
feather, jumping up and starting to go
and inform the young lady that young
Crimsonbeak was getting tired wait
ing for her to make her appearance.
"You needn't mind Mrs. Fussen-
feather, / know what she's about,v
replied the caller, rising and reaching
for his hat.
"What do you suppose my dear
sixteen-year-old daughter is about,
then, Mr.. Crimsonbeak ?"
"What do suppose your sixteen
year-old daughter is about ?v came
from the young man. g Well, l sup
pose she is about thirty-two % is what
struck the Mortified ear of Mrs. Fus-
senfeather, as Crimsonbeak vanished
through the pickets of the front fence.