Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-08
NO. 10.
Items Of Interest.

a. nee planting day throughout Ohio,
fa.senger trains are expected to be
running on the Beech Creek. ClearfeIa
southwestern railroad by the middle
June.
Judge Belford, member Of Copgre..
'fo'n Colorado, Will deliver an Grafton ON
the evening Of Decoration Day at the
court house in Lock Haven. He IL
said to be an eloquent speaker.
II Is rather curious fact, in the esti-
nation Of the Lancaster Iat>R,g,,,,y
that Pennsylvania school boards buv
New England text books in which the
hi'iory Of the Keystone State il urscti.
caIly ignored.
The Sabbath loving people of Altoona
Justly complain Of their much defeated
base ball club playing on Sunday At 81.
Louis. The TrJaae contains several
communications oen.uring the club for
its action
4 resolu'ion oc the Liquor Dealers
Protective A-sosiation Of Wilkes Barre.
IN which they agree TO give the temper
ano" people 600 10 be paid by them As
reward for the conviction Of any
licensed deslcr, b.r or little, druggist
or grocer. oi violation Of the liquor laws
has been made public The association
srrecs to help in aIl honorable ways TO
secure such conviction.
The supreme Court ofIowa ha. rcfus-
cd to grant a divorce to q woman with a
drunken hushaod, because ste married
him knowing that be dgnAk, and that
she knew. as oil the world knows. that
Q promise Of reformation made by men
who drank is sIwsy- broken. In short.
fhc was told that as she had knowingly
married drun]sari she must put up
with the tr.a'- ofIfa with him and b.
content 70 be a drunkard's wife.
On the 2ith ult, it was announced
that tho Spanish contract for Kentucky
tobacco, involving 10000 hossheads,
had been awarded, al about eight cents
apoond, to the Marquis De Campos, 70,
whom tobacco firm in this city act
as agents. The value .f the tobacco l.
fully 100000, aud the price is much
higher than The Spanish government
paid two years ago.
Elk county has Just lost ono o. its
oldest rcsidenters. in the person
David Ihaycr, who served one term
Sheriff and kept hotel in Eiigvsy for
over ,huty ycars. lie wa. native of
Saratoga county. New York, in 1912,
and was therefore - years oface. lie
was wei and fayorahly known 10y Cit.
z'ns in the surrounding COUNT.
Tho Mexican Hnr says Newspapers
though everybody does not seecm to
think 20, are always paid for in advance
Il the thoughtful -ut-srter doesn't do
if the proprietor las to do SO. The
paper and ink maaufactuGcr and prin-
ter will not wait TIL year or perhaps
half . dozen years, expires before they
rottheir pay, The subscriber in arrears
should think Of this.
IN exchange Says. The supreme
court Of nl.a'a in recent deci ION
declares that the legal ranc ola person
consists of one Christian name and a
surname Any one may have as many
middle names or initials A. arc given to
him OF rs he chooses to take They 10
not affect his legal name, and may be
in ertyd or not in a deed OF contract
without affecting it, validity. Nor
docs a mistake in the middle initial OF
a name in a decd 10 any way affect its
validity. according to this decision.
The first ncw school house erected in
Lock iayen was the present Second
ward school building. II was finished
in June 1855, and a month later school
was opened therein. They were 4. X.
Hf1WU4 AHAu 1. 4N0RAe anu dOHn H.
ovis. Shortly afterwards an increase
Of teachers was found necessary and
Miss Phwbe Hitchcock and Miss Sadie
McE rath were added to the force
Although twenty nine years have pass
ed since these persons taught every one
of them is vet alive. Mr.. Brown il a
resident Of Washington and Mr. Orvis of
Bellefonte. The balance are still with
ne We need not tell our readers who
Squire Noble is; Miss Hitchcock, We be-
lieve, resides on Fairview street and
Mics MeElrath hes become the estima-
bic wife n Mr.. ]. n Welliver. There
have been no alterations in the school
buildiuF.inoe that time Many OF our
present prominent business and pro.
fessional men were st ono Time students
within H. wAliA.-I. IL. urNessR4r