■* ■. e ———. _ . _ _ ' Cemtre Reporter. nu. Kttin kpiror. OrtVM Ham., Pa., Aug. 30, 1A77 The Dwaocrsry of York county, Venn y Ivaoia, in their eoaventiou manifest e dear understanding of fact* and an abil *ty to udiw' them in good English ehirh aw will worthy of admiratior. for iMtanw: "JC, refrerf. That Samuel J. Tilden, hav ing received a large majority of the pop a'of. and a large majority of the elector al Trre . r 'he United Sretaa. was at the late election lawfully eboeeu President, and that an-" condonation of the fraud by which rich no enraged Aleck Patterson, who r-ontenJed for Boston, that lie drew a knife and p'unged it into Miller's back, leartl.: right shoulder-blade, inflicting a revere if not fatal injury. All of the tramps were immediately arrested. We would advise real tramps to keep •a settling this question jnat in the above wyle. Garfield waa in Washington a day or .wo and left for home in disgust. He -•nt there to get some inspiration for e"Lost Cause," which ia the Kepubli an party in Ohio. He neither got com rt nor inv-'ration, and, while he aays e i* hopeful of the result in his Stats, * fails to say which side be ia hopeful will win. Drawing pay for rations for many more tudiaas than exist, is an old g*me, and not played out yet. The readsr* of the R®f jrtcr will remember how a /* year# ago. the govarr.ment agents for the Teton Sioux swindled the govern ment >nt of hundreds of thousands ot dollars, drawing pay for indians thataev- T were born. Again,now, we learn from Washington *h#t if the number of rations issued to the Indians, as reported to the Indian Bnreau.be trne, there are more indians in the United States to-day than there were when America was discov ered. Assoch in not the fact, it sag gents the problem who receive the bene fit, gustatory or pecuniary, of the ration* not eaten by the red man except oa pa* per. The opium trade with Chine, from which England reaps such monstrous revenues and a pernicious business which John Bull wickedly forced upon he Celestials at the cannon's month, to he everlasting disgrace and shame of England, in likely to meet with a check if edict frr m the Chinese government is of any avail. Opium has been the bane of Chinvraen for a century—far worse in ita effects than whisky. The United States Minister to China has transmitted to the Department o: State i> copy of an edict iasued by the Imperial Government against the use of opium, on the representation of the Minister of China in London that it* •ree was bringing destruction upon the hineee people. From this edict it ap ears that notwithstanding the strict 4ws forbidding the use of opium by the fficials, gentry and soldiers, its nse is {lending day by day, and its terrible write are extending in the same ratio. -Tie United State# Minister thinks that i ;oroua efforts might limit the cultiva tion of the poppy in China which is in < fusing rapidly, and the use of tb* drug by officials, gentry and soldiera, but do<-* not think that more than this need h' expected. In addition to the home production, opium is imported into China to trie annual value of over $40,- 000,000, principally from British India. More than f1,000,000 is annually import - ' in California for the use of the dnesa in that State. frunky, h'oyea and Sehell—the demo cy ofCentre will ratify thi ticket by incmaed majority in November. Cc!. .a is a tower of strength in Centre, < . ton, and all centraljPenn'a, and hia >alarity will add mock to the aucces* e ticket. I :CK HAVEN NATIONAL BANK. A meeting of the atockholdera of the jck Haven National Bank waa held at hankie; houae in Lock Haven. August 21at. John Sanderson, Eaq., of nraey Share, area elected Chairman, and oarlea Corse, k>q~ Secretary. The resident of the Bank made a statement f ita condition, and the canee* that led • the suspension, which he stated grew *t of a run made on the Bank in 1873, aich took from it upwarda of SIOO,OOO, t this waa followed by an unnanai nber of lailurea among the busiuets n of the county, throwing upon the ank a large amount of suspended paper, rendering it unable to afford ita usual wcommodationa to ita depositors. And hia (act, with continued failures, and iue recent disturbed condition of the -xjuatry, created each a distrust that a ran was made upon the bank, under the >reaaure of which the Directors deemed t beet to suspend payment and go into with the intantion of reor nizing after a sufficient amount of its ■seta were collected to pay its liabili s. From a report made by the Directors, tr a full and careful examination of - aieetsand liabilities of the Bank in inaction with the U. 8. Bank Exnmi* it appears that it lias enough assets •jay all its liabilities in full and leave t less than fifty dollars per share for a stockholders. The President, in view of the depress ■i condition of the industrial interest* J >t the country, and the large amount of, a jspeaded paper held by the Bank, ad* vised liquidation, and tho Director* ami Stockholder* nniutimcuslv rei-nmrisi.d edthe appointment of]\ M. Peck, IVq., a* Rectivtr. The depositor# will be paid iu installment* as fast • collec tion* ran be made. The mealing of the stockholders, at which more than three-fourth* of the ' dock was represented, nae very hsrftio nione.— I CI. 1 democrat THE STATE TICKET. The democratic state convention, which assembled at Harriabttrf, last Wednesday, ntndo good nominations and a platform that has food planks in it. Trunkav, for Supreme Judge; Noyts, for State Treasurer, and Scliell for And. General, are names that will command respect throughout the commonwealth There ia no ring smell about this ticket —tho democracy in the last three or fonr years gave unmistakable indication toat ring* and roosters *eie to have no countenance whatever in it* ranks. We now go into the campaign for the November election with clean hands, pore candidates and n sound platform— and wc moan to carry Pennsylvania. The enemy haa split from the effects of its preaideutisl steal, end is totally demoralised ~tire tbievea have fallen ont. end honest men a ill now get their dues. Trunkey, Noyes and Schell sill be triumphantly elected, and a new day of honest government will be inaugura ted in the Keystone state. In another column we give the main features of the proceedings of the con vention, and the platform in full, "1 he convention was harmonious throughout and the best feeling prevailed. THE COM MLS ISM THE OHIO EE' T [MI I CASS HLEDGE THEM SEL YES IV. I. By resolution in their Stat* l\>o ventiva the Ohio Republicans declare that "Congress should exert it* authori ty over all national highways of trade, bv preserving and enforcing uch rea sonable regulations as will tend to pro mote nafetv of travel." Now the New York Central Railroad, with ita Wee tern connections, is a national highway. What exercise of the authority of Con gress could promote safety of travel over it? No Government commission could run the road more safely than its expe rienced and interested owners do. Sure lv the Ohio Republicans do not mean to stultify themselves by recommending that the United States should remodel the time tables of the New York Central, and the rules and regulation* which goven the movement of its trains and the discipline of its men. But whet "reasonable regulations" by Congress to promote safety of travel do they recom mend? Manifestly, regulation# of dis putes between the administration of the road and its employees, which shall pro mote safetv of travel by preventing strikes. And how will they prevent strikes? Why.by conceding demands. That is precisely what the resolution means. It cannot mean anything else. No party in this country lis# ever be fore approached the Communism of the recommendation that C'ougress should appoint commissioner* to settle conflicts about wages between State corporations and their employees. Congress might as well fix the price of bread and meat in the principal cities of tho Union, and determine the profits merchants shall make on their goods. The proposition is thoroughly unsound and unterly dis graceful. Congress has no direct authority over any railroad which it did not itself cre ate bv charter. Over railroad* of Fed sral birth it cannot exercise authority which would be destructive of the pur poses for which they were created. Rail roads would be destroyed by the opera tion of a political machine, controlled by politicians, themselves ruled by vo ters, having the power at any moment to raise wage*, shorten time of labor, and make soft service. The very institution of such a commission would relax tl.e discipline of every railroad in the Uni* ted States. Its operation would be a standing menace. It would put the Gov ernment in antagonism to the railroads. Iu pestilent interference would every where breed hit#, strife, mischief, and war. 11. The Ohio Repoblicans also resolve that Congress ought to make regulations to "secure fair returns for the capital in vested" in the national highways of trad*. There are 811 railroads in the United States. I-aat year only 198 of them earned dividends, and this year not 150 will pay a farthing. Do the-# Communist Republicans propose to take out of the national Treasury money to give dividends to the owners of the 815 non-paying reads 7 Certainly not. What, then, do they mean by "fair re* turns for the capital invested T' They mean dividends so small as to make .sure of a fund to satisfy the demands of labor. Thev mean to delude the work ingmen of the United States by prom ising to establish in the case of railroad investment# the general principle that all profits may be limited by law. Tbey promise Federal legislation, which, if logically extended, would require the Government to fix for the whole nation the prices of food, fuel, clothing, and house rent This bid for votes made by the Communist Republicans of Ohio has no precedent since tha French revolu tion. It snonld destroy Hayes, Mat thews, West, and Sherman, and burv the Republican party of Ohio out of sight. 111. Ths Ohio Republican* alto pledge themselves to have the Federal Government interfere with the railroads to prevent mismanagement, improper discriminations, and the aagradixement of officials at the expense oistock holders and shippers and employees. Pasting over the ghastly juke of preventing rail road mismanagement by agencies which consummated Belknap's and Robeson's frauds, which fattened on the corruption funds of the Credit Mobilier and the Pa cific Mail Steamship Company, and grew rich out of Fraudulent Poet Office cons tracts and robberies in the Indian Bu reau— paaaing ovtr this and omitting comment on the nnconstitntionality of interference by Federal authority with the management of State corporations, we, too, advocate a correction of the abuses which, on many lines of railroad, aggrandize officials at the expense of Railroad directors and managers are trustees strictly. It should be felony for them to make a profit out oftheir trusts, beyond their salaries and the dividends on their stock. Owner ship by officers of railroads in while lines, bine lines, empire lines, oil lines, Wagnsr parlor cars, Pullman sleeping cars, refrigerator cars, and the whole brood of transportation tbisvery, should be punished by law. Every dollar that the road bed and locomotives of a rail road can possibly earn belong* to the stockholders. The inside ring* arc rob ber*. Every rent tbey have earned from the beginning belongs almost wholly to stockholders. But Congress cannot touch these thieves, except on railroads created by Federal charters. Krrp tub ConwrrvTios ikviolatb !—flun. A reporter of the National Republican interviewed Joyce, of the Whisky King, in his Georgetown (D. C.) home. Joyce was as stolid as a tobacco sign wben questioned about Babcock and his other confederates, but lis volunteered his in dividual opinion thst Giant waa the modern Napoleon. Ofi Saturday laitgold fell to 1(8J. This is the lowest point the gold premium has touched since June, 1882, or over flftsen years. ■♦ > London, August 16.—The Time*' Bella ry correspondent describing the awful ef fete of the famine in Southern Indie, says the great bulk of the people ere now emaciated, their ribs are sticking out in painful prominence end their skins cover ed with e dirty looking discoloration of the cuticle described in the Irish famine of 1846 7, by Or. Donovan, as e peculiar famine eruption. If we look at the thou sands of people collected on the reliefworks, these famine marks ere ef almost univer sal prevalence. Tho Superintendent of Relief Operations in Adoni reports that a journey over one of hie roads reeembles the path of a g resit battle, in the numbers of dead and dying. It the people had been smitten by a local outbreakofcbolora in ordinary times they would have tied from the works and never returned; but so severe is the pressure for food that none could afford to leave the works and lose, * their pay, even for a tingle day, THE STATE CONVENTION. A PLATFORM THAI A 1.1. WORK -INU-MLN CAN IN DO lib K. ortMsu mo kkiunuk >i coxvr.vrroN. Harrisbtira, Aug., 2IV— A* soon I.s or der was obtained, Chsiriuaii Al.-Clell.cnd, of tho State CoinmUte# named hit .p poiutcee as temporary Pceretaties of the Convention. John Nl. Campbell. of t! Fifth 1 #gi-!alive District, Philadelphia first obtained the floor, and nominated Hon.T. It. Schnattcrly, of Payette cottn tv, for temporary Chairman. Joseph M Thompson, of Indiana county, followed •n nominating Jacob Zieglcr, Esq., of Butler county, for the sum* position This elated "the nominations, and the Convention at once proceeded to ballet Mr. Zeicler vae elected hv a vote of one hundred and forty-live to ninety-four for Mr. Sch natterly. APPKKn* or Ilia TtMrOßAit OiI.MI!U.IK tin motion of Mr. Sebnatterly the nomination of Mr. Z*ig!er was ivid unanimous, and the temporary t'hnfr man w** conducted in his-est, was yi crtvluct-1 by Chainrsn McClelland and proceeded to deliver the following ad dresa; 1 think the Convention will without difficulty he able to Uke care of itself, and if not, it will in no ca-e be assisted by any remarks from the CTieir. [ Laugh ter.] The time has now come when promises, which have ao long been giv en, endeolong unfulfilled, should give place to the performance of those prom ise#. The IVmocrmtic party is And al ways has been directly opposed to grunt ing any #pecial privileges of any charac ter, except when special occasion re quires it. Pre -rem under any oth#r. on dition* ia a hot-house plant, whose life ruu-t be short aud death dit.ulrous. The Democratic party seeks power through principle only, has been so from the very foundation of the party. I wan a member of tl, Democratic party in the isnith of ita power, and in its weakne?-, and whether in weakness or prosperity it has alwaya maintained principles of equal and exact justice. The voice of faction within- the party appeal* to us loudly from different sections. We must he governed by wisdom and prudence, and the ancient landmarks of the parly must be maintained. Mr. Zeigler was frequently and warm ly applauded during his remarks. OKI'S It Or Bt'SIKCM. The question, which was put aud car ried, provided for the follow uig pro gramme.- First—Appointment or Com mittee on Credentials. Second—Com mittee on Organisation. Third—Com mittee on Resolutions. Fourth—'The placing in nomination of candidates for the three offices. Fifth —Balloting for Judge. Sixth—For Auditor General. Scveuth—For State Treasurer. The rules governing the House of Represen tatives were next adopted. The Committee on Organisation ruet in the Library, and, after the prelimina ry basin*** had been transacted, receiv ed the following nominations for perma nent Chairman oftheConvenliou Hun. WilliamS. Stenger, of Franklin county ; Hon. E. R. Worrell, of Philadelphia; Hon. Jacob Zeigler. of Rutler, and Hon. 8. A. bridges, of I.ehigh. The lallot stood : Stenger, 25; Worrell, 15; Zeigler, 8, and Bridget, 2. After further busi ness the committee adjourned. The Committee on Credentials met in the Senate chamber where a very pro tracted session wa# held over the quea lion of contested seals. There were sev en cases before the Convention, mostly from Philadslphia. All were decided in favor of the sitting delegates, except in the Ninth Legislative district, w her# the contestant waa admitted. The Committee on Resolutions met in the Supreme Court room, and organized by the election of Hon. 11. L. Johnston, of Cambria county, as Chairman. A number of resolution* were presented, covering living, defunct and uuborn is sues and a sub-committee of seven was appointed to boil the mats down into something digestible for the general committee and Convention. AiTxaxoox auwiox. The report of the Committee on Reso lutions waa read, naming Hon. William S. Stenger. of Franklin for President, one Vice President from each Senator ial district, Eldridga McConkey, Arthur Fitxpatrick of Allegheny county, and seven others as Secretaries, and Gen. Joseph F. Knipe, of Harrisbnrg, for t**r geant-at-Arms, with a full corps of door keepers and pages. The report was laid over until the report of the Committee on Conteeted Seats could present thsir report, which was on motion adopted. The report on permanent organisation waa then taken from the teblo and adopted. srXKIt OF PMBUDBXT irTXXOLR. Permanent Chairman Wtr. S. Stenger waa now escorted to the chair and was received with great cheering. After re turning his thanke for the comtdinient paid him and congratulating the Con vention that every district in the State wa* fully represented, Mr. Stenger said: There is one strikingpeculiaritvabout the Democratic party. It never dies be cause ita principle* are the principles of the Constitution. It ha* been defeated, laid out for dead and defrauded, [yells] yet our opponents must uke notice that while the earth lasts the Democratic, perty will not cease to exist. [Tremen dous cheering.] Defrauded, did I say 7 Yea, defrauded, for 1 and yon are not and cannot be unmindful of the fact that the seat of Washington and Jefferson is filled by a man who was rejected by a quarter of a million of the American vo ter*, by a majority of the State# and by a majority or the Electoral votes. [Ap planse and cries of that's so, give it to htm.] Still the Democratic policy has been vindicated most marvelously by the acts of the Hayes administration in the matter of reform and economy in the public expenditures. Sixty million* nave been saved by the righteous and determined course of tho Democratic House elected in 1874. For that re trenchment we were denounced by the Republican party. Not one of their newspaper* nor one of their public men but said we were cripplin| the Govern ment and were cruel to iu employees. What do we now find? Only the other day wo saw HecreUry Sherruan, while speaking for tho Hayes Administration in Ohio, claiming credit for dismissing from the public service one thousand employees, whom they were compelled to dismiss by the action of the I)emo-1 cratic Congress. [Tremendous cheer ing] Another point of the P>emocratir policy has been to remove the Federal soldiers from intervention in the affairs of the Southern States, as a sure means of restoring peace and prosperity. So the Democratic party stood firm as a stone wall against the army sUying in the South unless a provision waa incor porated in the army appropriation bill that it should not be used to bolster up the corrupt and usurping State govern ment* in that section. On this proposi tion the Democrats of the Senate and House were a unit. Now all over the] country the friends of the Hayes admin- J istrmtion are praising the changes and gloryfying because Hayes has moved the | troops and given peace and quiet to the South. [Tremendous shouting, dele-1 gates waving their hats and crying, "That's true; that's the talk."] This waa another case of claiming credit for] what the Democrats hare done ; anoth- ] er instance of enforced good government. I [Laeghter and cheering.] 1 need not ask you, gentlemen, for harmony, con-| dilation and good order, for the Demo cratic party is the party of law and or der, and in all the history of the world there baa been no grander spectacle than that #x pressed by the Democratic party last March in quietly submitting, out of their love of country and'her institu tions, to the most monstrous outrage and uaurpation that ever disgraced American history. The act of the Electoral Com mission in thrusting upon the country a fraudulent President is a foul stain on our bouor that all the sweet rains of heaven can never wash out. ADJOVBKMe.Vr TILL KV XM NO. As the speaker rang out in clear and indignant tones his concluding senten ce* the excitement grew intense, and the cheering and yelling were uproarious. The Committee on Resolutions not be ing ready to report, the Convention ut 0 o'clock took a recess nntil 8 o'clock. EVENING SESSION. Harriaburg, Aug. 22.— When the con vention was called lo order at eight o'- clock, most of the delegates were In their ehirt aleevei, owing to the interna beat. The Committee Resolution* submitted the following report: The Democratic Part* of Pennsyluania and its delegate* in i myetttion * icmbled i do declare: i Finer—That theindu tie of Rutherford R. Ilayc* into the oflice of President, notwithsUndli-g the ekclion of Samuel J. Tililen therein, wa* a high crime against 'r*e governrtupt, which hns pot been en dorsed and \ill not be forgotten. The same spirit of patriotism which forbore u contest upon the first oflen*e will resid, and punll any attempt at a second, Sxivnh That lha immediate happy oi'-j loot of the application by the Federal sd-j miQisiialioti of tht Detiiorraitc policy oft non-intervention in internal aiUir* ofi Southern State* amply vindicate* our Ire ' ■juent protest* against previous violation| of tl;e rvtervrd right ef tho several State* to exetcue alt powtr not delegated le lbt Ueneral (sovernment by espre** oonstilu tional pravisioa. ritißP That the purpose to reform lit# Civil Service, which ha* been proclaimed by the present Administration, u. like its- Si-uthern (Millcy, a cunie**ion of the fail ure of Radicalism and a jul tribute to the Democracy, wh.ch ha* long and earnestly demanded the overthrow and |tutiithmeni of all coirupt official*. For stu— That capital combined in cor porate organisation ha* been too highly lavored by both Federal and State legis lation, and it* demand* for large return* are incontinent with the depressed condi tion of laboring and bu*ine* interest* of the country We oppote fbtther enactment* for it* ipeeial benefit at the expense of oth er Interest*. Labor and capital should have no cause tor antagonism, and they ihoutd bo left free to adjust it* own rela tions. The right to contract frerly exist* for both parties. Firm—That we accept the admonition of Jackion in saying that standing armies are dangerou* to free governmont* in time of peace : "1 shall not seek to en targe our present establishment nor Uire gard the salutary le*on ol political expe r.enco which teaoh** dhat lha military thould bo heldsubordinate to civil (sower." Accordingly the increase ol the Fedora! army and any attempt to employ it a* a partisan agent of Fuderal authority, or for interference with the son-reign right* of Stales, will receive centinued earnest op position of the Democracy of Fecniylra nia. That the deprivation uf employment tfj many thousands ul industrious citizens ■ anil laborers, and the deep distress of themselves and families enlist eur hearty sympathy, zr.d we declare in the linguae* of Thomas Jsfferson, the founder of our party, that "A wise and frugal Govern ment, which (hall restrain man from injur ing one auolher, and shall leave them oth- ■ wise free to emulate their own puruiU of. industry and improvement, and (hall not take from the mouth ol labor the bread it hat earned," i( the hope uf people in ad v*-ity and their security in prosperity, and that under tuch a government which it i* the million of the Democracy to maintain and tierpeluate, any reaort to furco or to \ iolation of law or iniaiiM of rigli'.i of pcrion or of property to redrew grievance, ia needle*! and at war with the free institutions under which lie only rightful remedy iaby frequently recurring election! of the repretcoutivei ul the peo-< pta la Slate Lcgialaturei and in the Fed eral Congress to accompiiah the will of the majority, which ahould bo accepted by the voic# ot all. SIXTH —That many of our ricb man have not beer, content with equal produc tion and equal benefits, but have bcaoughl ua t<> make tbeiu rich by acta of Congrraa. and by attempting to gratify their deairei we have, in the results of our legislation, arrayed aection againal aection, inlercal againit interest, and man against man in fearfbl commotion, and therefore the grant by the legislatures of Slates or by Congress of executive privileges, and tba establish mailt of odious monopolies, under pretoil of public benefit, or of justice to certain sections of the country, are a di rect assault upon tba equal : guli of lb# people, and as these monopolies have been contrived to enrich the (aw, whilst a large number of people are reduced to want. The Democracy of Penniylvania protests against subsidies, land grants, loans of the public credit, and appropriations of the people's money to any corporation as le gal ued plunder of the Ui-paying indus tries of the country. Srvx*Ttt—That we look with alarm and apprehension upon the pretentions of the great transportation companies to be above the fundamental law of this Com monwealth, which governs all else within our borders, and until Ibey accept the Constitution of 1878 in good failb. they should remain objects of the utmost vigi lance and jealousy by both the Legislature and the people. RetofteJ, That we hereby re affirm and adopt the financial resolutions of the National Democratic platform, adopted at St. Louts in lbTl The Financial tjueation. Their reading was greeted with moder ate cheering. Mr. Guy X. Farquar, of Schuylkill, submitted the following addi tional resolutions. RttUrtd, That we era in favor of silver and United SUtes Treasury notes, popu larly called greenbacks, being made full equal legal tenders with gold, and demand that said Treasury notes be substituted for the National Bank currency, and that all banks of isrue be abolished. R<*oU(d, That we are in favor of paying the redeemable United States bonds in le gal lander money equivalent to their mar ket value in gold, and tbat Congress au thorize and require tho United Slates Treasurer to purchase said bonds in open market for that purpose authorize tho is sue of necessary legal tender notes, all le gal tender notes to be convertible into United SUtes bonds bearing interest not greater than four percent per annum. Origiual Resolutions Adopted. General A. 11. Coffroth of ed the point that under the rules the last resolutions must go to the Committee ou Resolutions. The chair sustained the point and the resolutions were excluded, notwithstanding the protests of Mr. Far quhar and others. The original resolu tions were then adopted with only a few opposing votes. First Ballot for Judge. The covention commenced balloting for Supremo Judgo at nine o'clock. The Secretaries announced the result of tho , ballot as follows : Trunkey, of Marcer - 73 , Shepnard, Philadelphia- - 04 Hundley, Luzerne......— 82 Golden, Armstrong '-10 Wilson, Beaver 3O Allison, Philadelphia ............ -13 Barclay. Barks 1 Wicks. York 19 Lor.gsker, Lehigh 3 i ~~~ | Total vote 2W Under the rules adopted the majority of all the votes cast, or one hundred and twenty six, were required for the nomina tion, so that there was no choice. Second Ballot. Sheppard 103 I Longaker 8 Trunkey 100 Wilson 8 Hundley 36 | Golden 8 There was still no cholco, and liero the names of Messrs. Golden, Longaker and Wilson were withdrawn. Tbero wore great efforts on this ballot by tbe friends of Trunkey and Sheppard to put them ahead, and the vote as announced created a decided sensation. Alleghany cast its vote for Sheppard, except Cochran and MeCrcnry, who voted for Trunkey. Excitement Over on the Third Bal- , lot. The excitement during the progress of i the third ballot was very great. Only I Sheppard, Trunkey and Hand'y were In i the field. An tho ballot reached its close < it wusseon that tin* Llandlj delegates bald ! the balance ol power. When tho voting 1 was completed Sheppard and Trunkey ' ware about even and cbaugea were made, I the clerks had been unable to agroe on I their coutt and > fourth ballot would I • necessary, Trtiukry Noininateti on the Fourth l'.nllot. Uncle Jake /elgler wa* the last name called anil he entered the hall at the criti cal moment. "Dot* nvtrv'hlng di pnnJ on ibv vuU lie aiktd. There vrnt noj ro*|H>n*r, and he tolani'ily voted for Trun-' key. The Prisldent said: "'Or lhii : ballot 249 vote* were cs*t, 120 necenary' to a choice. Mr Trunkey ha* racaited tliat iiumt>r ami i* the candidate of ihl* Convention." Mheppard got 124. Dalia* Sander*, of Philadelphia, a loading *up portar of bhsppard, moved to maks tbc nomination unanimou* which wa* carriad with enthuiiaiin- Notniuodiona for Auditor (ieneral. The ballntlnr for auditor general wa* then proceeded with, m follow* : First IV-. Hot. JoUl,kl>U .... IU Schell 114 llrockway _ 27! Patterson 3ti llatiti t Korstar... 3 Tillev 10 Davis T! | Total ..16b I The nemo* of Messrs. Urockway, T alloy, Johnson, Kors'.e. and Patterson, of candi Uetes, were withdrawn Second Hallot. Schell i 173 Davis kV .Patterson It liann 22] Total.. !*'o t>n motion the nomination of Mr. W. P. Schell wa* made unanimou*. Nomination* for S-.ate Trriuurer. The balloting for lb* aounnatioa fir state treasurer was the proceeded with, the first vote itiulling a* follows : Neye*. W] ttarr W Powell fit Temple tO Total mm— mm. mm —— .24h Second Ballot. N ore* .... .... .M, . 101 Herr —... Powell... - 2S Temple , ~, lfi Total.—. - -241 Third Ballot. Noy**._ _ .......109 Uirr..—96 Powell ..ro . ... —*• Temple fi Total - - 240 Fourth Ballot. Noye* - ..lit ! Harr - 91 Powell. 88 Temple - ~,,, 8 ToUl 210 The name of Gen. J. P. Temple wa* withdrawn a* a candidal*. On the fifth ballot. A. C- Noye* wa* nominated • e*we - GIGANTIC FORGRiUKS. Capture of a Dangerous Band of Swiudler*. Chicago. August IS.—On# of the must stupendous forgery cases of lalo brought before tho public Las just developed iueli bare, it appears thai about lea days ago Mr. Austin and anatber New York detective arrived in Chicago and began working up a esse, and they were assisted by local officials. Their operations srsre kept very quiet, but on Wednesday the rale ha 1 so far develcprd itself that It be came necessary to take active end public steps, and accordingly warrants were sworn out before a justice of the peer# for the airest of three men whose names. It now transpires, are Nelson A. Geaner, E T Henderson and E B. Weston. Two ol these men were arretted at tbe Sherman bouse last night and by a eons'abla taken to the Grand Pacific hotel, where they , were held in the rooms occcupiad by tbe i New York officers. Oa being searched | SS&,QOOia money was L und on their per sons, and this was deposited ia tba aa'a ol ; tbe hotel. It is alleged that these men are member*! ' of ore of the largest sad boldest gangs ol forgers that bare ever operated In ths country, and tbat their operations hsvej ramifisd to nearly tvery part of the Uni-J tod States. So successful have they Peer that they are said to have reaped more than $400,0(0 by raising bank checks and forgeries during the year just past Gainer, it is said, was, until quite recaat < lj. paymaster In lbs army and stationed |in the west. The chief operator of the whols business is said to be a banker or jbank clerk in New York city. Tba oper ators of the gang bava been carried on by one or two of them locating in soma town and engaging in business until they had established a reputation eommercially and financially. Then, aftc. an exchange ol genuine checks and drafts, and the secur ing thereby ot signatures, they wauld re sort to falsa commercial paper and ths raising of small amounts on genuine ex change by use of chemicals, Ac. Two *( tbe men who were srrested hsre recently, went through Burlington, lowe. for large sums, and then came to Chicago to follow up the swindling schemes. An other of tbe party bat made Lit headquer tors at Minneapolis, Minn., and it is said, succeeded in capturing $40,000 from the LakaCily National bank, at Laka City, Minn. This man left Minneapolis yes terday on a Mississippi eteamer bound down rivar. Another, a man known a Col. Cross, was arrested in St. Louis to night, while still another of ths oporalort was raptured in Michigan. The thrne men who were arrested here are charged among other crimes, with passing a forged check on the banking house of Window. Lanier A Co, of New York, to the amount of $39,948.76. It Is also charged tbat ho raised a draft on a Milwaukee bank for $460 t04,G00; tbat they got near ly $6,000 out of the Third National bank here, and tbat they passed a raisad check drawn by the New York lifo iasurance company. THE WAR IN BULGARIA- Turkish Attack on Tirnova* Repula ed. London, August 23.—The Turks attack ed Tirnoza yesterday, but wore repulsed The engagement was recommenced to day. Details received here regarding the bat tle in Sbipka pass state the Russians re pulsed successfully tan vigorous attacks made by tbe Turks, the positions of tba Russians being very strong. It is not true thai the forces of Liaut. Gen. Mobmel AH and Suleiman Pasha have affected a junc tion. The Russians aro preparing to at tack several Turkish positions. Leading advices from Russian headquar ters at Goruystuden, dated yesterday af ternoon, aUte a battla in Shipke pass is still proceeding. Tba cnouiy has renewrd tho altuck many times with frosh troops, but has been repulsed witn heavy loss. FOUR DAYS OF FIQIITING. The Struggle for theShipka Puss In terrupted by the Eclipne. London, August 36.—Advices from Gorny-Sludani, dated Friday, are tbat the Turks in strong fores violently attacked the Khipka Pass yesterday on three sides. All of their onslaughts were repulsed. At 9 o'clock in tho evening a rifle corps which bad arrived at a reinforcement stormed tbe height* on the Russian right flank, and desperate fighting continued till midnight, * Ueu an eclipse of the tnoon stopped tbe fighting. The Russians main tained all ofthoir positions, notwithstand ing the Turkish numerical superiority and cross-fire. Tbe Russians li ivo now fought for four days the whole of Suleiman Pasha's army, without partaking of rest or warm nourishment. Further considera ble reinforcements aro expectod during the night. A later despatch says the fighting on Friday wai confined to a live- 1 ly cannonade. The Turkish left wing. I threatening the Kuislan re*r. lis* Loan 0 driven from lie position AH l< quia' at p L ifXu-ha and l'lu nn. ! DKSPKKATE EFFORTS OF THE\ TUHKt* To KKTAKK. KUItUX pAnA KAIL ' London, August 27,—The Tutka look ' , Kiatiutetra, but la attempting to take Kur •uk here, a village about twenty mile* ] northeast of Kars were ealirely defeated I The Kuiaian General* K<*ra at tltrae o'clock tint morning ' The two annir* fought all daylong and, for fourteen hour* attack, repulse and counter attack continued. Desperate bend to hand fighting occur red on two ooceeioat 'The Turk* attempt ed to flank the right of the Russian defen- i ilea position, but were defeated In eaeh ' and eeery atteiujvt. . The )o*ie* were terrible aouie companies \ bi ing litera )y wrecked. 1 hey *i d theirl ground, however, until leUef came, and that era* the ma a thing. Theae man gate the Turk* their fir*t cheek, and checked they were el every point throughout the day THE WAK IN ASIA. A Heavy Hattle—lluHeians Loae 4, 000 uud Turks 1,200. London, August 20—A dispatch dated Krrroum, on Saturday, says : "Thu llu • ini advanced on Kurntara and Wis •chintaon Friday, but were t-on;pe!'ed to reticat after a five hour*' engagement,] during which *oiue of their ammunition case* ware eip't dud by Tuikiah *he". A' dispatch from C >aa'ant aop e *ay* a tele j gram wa- rem \ed ther • that the loet four ihu-md killed and wounded iu' tbii affair hi i h'.ar Push lricgraph-fron Ouediklsr on Saturday a* follow* : "Wa hate gained a great victory, hating car-j ried the bMght* of KisilUp* during the night and repulted tbrea Rutiian attempt* toukaihem. Tw> hundred can on wrre brought into action Clearfield coat operator* will read this 1 with uttered : Ohio la to ba the "Black) Country," fifty year* hence, at cording to ( prediction* of an Ohio paper. In t.alf a century say* iba paper, the dbtrict of 100* mile* square, including tba countiaa of Alhaui, Parry and {locking, will equal* i any ooai reg.xt in the world. The district > haa twanty two feet of solid coal in lite nam*. The great vein i* in placet twelve ' feet thick, and nowhere let* than ail feel. Mingled among the coal bed* art ine*- hauiubla bed* of iron. The thickest U five feet deep at lha outcrop ; the tbiunesi, iu ; place*, links to sis tactio*. WILSON* M'FARLANE. NEW AND CHEAP HARDWARE STORE. R n. wiuwx. XOI'T M'RANLASX BBiLiroiTE, ra. We have apened a new and complete stock bought in New York and Phila delphia, from the manufacturers from first aaads at extremely low prices, which w* will sell at the lowest bottom prices, which we will give the people the advantage of IVa sar and will satufly that wa ara the Chtaptst Hardware Stow in the couu try. We have n complete rtock of Raoges, Heaters, Parlor aud Cook Stoves. Each Stove guaranteed to give satis faction in ev ery respect. Bar-iron, Nails, Horse-shoes, Norway Nail Rods, warranted of the best quality, Wn claim we have the beet Pure Lead, Oils, Colors, Var nishes, ever offered aud the cheapest. Our -ins mi linn O SHORTLIDGE & CO, BELLEFONTE, PA. O Have aracted a new GRAIN ELEVATOR on their Coal Yard and aro buying grain AT THE HIGHESTPRICES, in cash on delivery, for WHEAT, CORN, RYE, OATS, CLOVER SEED &C., Unloading is done mora easily and more promptly than any other place in town which makes the NEW ELKV AfOR the most desirable place to sell grain. plimciLi Tbn only dealers in Centre County who sell the Wi I! Li Ki E; Si Bi A Hi Ri E C O A! L from tho old Baltimore mines. Also SHAMOKIN AND OTHER (SHADES of Anthracite Coal dryly housed expressly fdr house use. at the lowest prices RIFLE and BLASTING POWDER. FIREBRICK AND GROUND FIRE CLAY. DEALERS IN CAYUGA GROUND PLASTER, which is always sold at low prices, and warranted to be as good a fertilizer as an ©??]©£ aw© va® near south end b.e. valley r.r. depot BELEFONTE. !.%. Chas. H. Held, Clack, Watchmaker A Jewclct Millbeim, Centra Co., Pa. A! kinds of clocks. Wslckoo and Jewelry of ths Ulodlstylos ss also ths MtfifrtlU rstoot LJolondor fleck*. pwldeS with s soaplet* Ww s U>* ° lb d daf sf Ul# woath nd w*#k on IU (MS, whlck Is oarrsatod ss I psrfost tIMO-koopsr. io*ks, WUhe**dJsw#lr! rspslred aa shert • . *! esmsU! * " i* W. R. CAMP'S POPULA R. Purmtaxe Rooms! CENTRE HALL, PA. I manufacture all kinds of Furniture foi Chambers, Dining Rooms, Libraries and Halls. If you want Furniture of any kind, don't buy until you see nay stock. % UNDERTAKING I ll it brarches. I keep in stock all toe latest end mnet improved Coffins wed Cn-keu, nod have every facil ity for properly conducting this branch of my business. I have a patent Corpse Preserver, in which bodies can be pr—rved for a considerable length of time, W.R.CAMP. K|EOIBTIIt'S NOTICE.—The follow i ing MM iiti i*ve been examined •*d !•**•* t b r me in I mmiin filed of rec ord In this oflic# for the inspect ion of heir*. Itgataos.rrodltorsand nil other* in anyway interested. and will 1- pre< med to the Orphan'* Coutt of Centre County. On Wednerday, th|Jltth day of Auouit, 'Sfl, for confirmation an I allowance : I. The lira! and partial acaount of Jsiah N'ff, Kaneuter of Ac , of John Kmmert, lata of ilarrl* township deceased. 2 The aqcon 1 partial account of John Unite), Kiscutor Of Ac., or Peter Punt, late ef Potter townbip, decerned. 3. The first and final account of Jerernl ab Kyer and Jwnttip, de ,ce- *d. ltlt account of D*t el Grove, ad , ministr tor cf A .Of John Ballot, late of iß< -in. r 'owrnhip. dn r ,*ed. j 16. T ear Hint of J-*< ih W MarbaH, guardian ol Jane C. and Mcliaaa K Duffy, minor children of John and Sarah C Dut *fy. lata of Bcnner township, deccasad. IG. The account of Joseph W. Marhall. trustee of Sere h C. Dufly, (now Snyder. 1 under the wilt of Jane C. Kaox, deceased j 17. Tha first ant! pvrtia! aecouul of John j Wilson, executor of Ac., of Vincicnt Ste i vens, late of Halfmoon township, dcceas -1 ed. Ih. Tha account of Albert Owen, admin i istntorcfae.,4f ltiehard Athertun. late 'of Pbilipshurg. deceased, i 19. The account of P. W. Barnhart, "guardian of Le-nuei C. McClelland, one I of the heir* of Klixabeth McClelland, late 'of Snow Shoo townthip, deceased [i 20. The account of Jrbn Rishel, Kq., ' guardian of Darnel Kerr, Jr., a minor ' child of Daniel Krr, Sr., late of Pi '.Mr i township, deceased. j 21. The account of Janie H. Rankin, executor of Ac., of L. D. W a**>n _a ad i rainittrator of Ac , of tieorge K. Wa**on, late of College lowhwbip dec eased. W. K. BUKCHFIELD. Register. Block of Coach nod Wagoa Mate rial* nre of n very superior quality, and cheap. We will sell Baddlery , gomla as fow aa they can buv them in Phila. We will keep all kind* of Farmers Implements, Cultiva tors. Shovels, Plows, I*um|w, Pic ture Frames, Moulding, Mirrors, Toilet Setts, Children's buggies, Wagons of all six fa. Oil Cloths. Tubs, Buck et*, and Chums, " We have in connection a Tin Shop, Mr. Smith, foreman, iu which we manufacture all kinds of Tinware. ■Spouting maoe aud put up of (Le best quality of tin at the lowest prices. Call and see ua aud we will substanti ate what we advertise, as we shall fake pleasure io showing our stock. Rooms No. 7 aud 8, Humes Block, G doors north of Poet Office, licllefonte. WILSON A McFARLANE, I2ju!.if I JJR.S.U. GUTELIUS, Dentist, Millheim. Oflers his professional services to ths public. He Is ' nreparodteperforia *ll operations In too dental pro foMlon. 11. I. nov fall! props rod to eitracCteoth al>*o Int without psln. m/S-JJI S. & A, Loeb. ADMONISH tor, 'THE TIMES ADMONISH YOU toßavk;monky when yoit cam. TOHAVK WONKY WHEN YOU OAK, We trt .elling-CA RPBTS AT 20 CTH Wo ore .clling-CA KPKTB AT 'A) ITS. tt ere rolling—CA HI' BIB ATSU VTti. Wo ore rolling- CARPETS AT 26 CTH Wo ere rolling-€AKPKTH AT 26 CTH. Wo.ro.•llmg-CAKI'KTH AT 26 CTH. Wo oro rolling—l NO* N CARP THet 30c Wo ore rolKug—YNG'V CARETS *t 30c We ore rolling—lNCPN CABPTS at 30c. Wo ore rolling— INGRAINS ATB-1 cent*. We oro filing—l NO KAINH ATSScwnu. Wo oro rolling-! Ml RAINS AT 86 cent* We oro raiting- Deinrok bol! A *Uii cor'l. We ore railing—Deineok boll Aolnireor'u We oro tolling— Denier k bol! A tt*ir cor*t We ore railing—Superfine in groin ot 76c. Wo ore .otlmg —Superfine logman el Vic. Wo oro telling—Superfine Ingrain at 76c. We ore tolling—To|>oolr>' Rrnt*clolsl,oo 1 We oro telling—Topotuy Hruoral* otSI.OO We are ratling—Tapeotry Crut.t Lei f 1,00 We are telling— Lucie*' Dolman* at $2.55 We are wiling— Ladie*' Dolman* at $'J 50 We ai telling— L*die> Dolman* at $2,50 We are telling— Indies' Dolman* at |3.OU. We are telling—Ladiet' Dolmantat $3, Cm. We are telling—Ladies' Dolmant at $3,00. We are telling— Ladiettrim'd hat* at sl.o' We are telling— Ladiet trim d hau at $1.(1.) We are telling—Ladic* trim'd bat* at sl,oGj We are telling—Ladiet trim'd Lata at $1,50 We are tolling—Ladiet trim'd halt at $1.50 Wa are telling—Ladies trim'd bats at $1,50 We are telling—ladiet trim'd bat* at $2,00 We are telling—Ladiet trim'd htUat $2.00j We are telling—Ladiet trim'd bait at S2,U He lire selling—Ladies Shoe* at £I,OO He are selling—Ladies Shoes at SI,OO He are selling—Ladies Shoes at SI,OO H'e arc cclliug—LsdiesSiiocsat $1,25 He are selling—Ladies Shoes at $1,25 Ho are selling— Ladies Shoes at f 1,25 He arc selling—lndies'ftuttau Show at $1,50 He are selling—Ladies'Button Shoes at $1.50 ; He are selling—Ladies' Button Shoes at $1,50 H'e are selling—Calicoes at 5 cents. He are eclliug—Calicoes at 5 cents. He are selling—Calicoes at 5 cents. He are selling—S|ool Cotlou at 2 cts He are selling—Spool Cotton at 2cts We arc selling—Spool Cottou at 2ct* He are selling—Dress Goods at 8 eta He are selling—Dress Goods at 8 cts He are selling—Dress Goods at 8 cts He are selling—New Spring Plaids at 10 cents H'e are selling—New Spring Plaids at 10 cents He are selling—New Spring Plaids at 10 cents He are selling—Men's Plough Shoes at $1,25 Ho are selling—Meu a Plough Shoes at $1.25 He are selling—Men's Plough Shoes at $1,25 Heareselling—Men's Gaitersat $1,50 He are selling—Men's Gaiters at $1,50 H'eareselling—Men's Gaiters at $1,50 In ftsct wa are selling everything at prices that will convince all that we have touched the very bottom—no trouble to show goods for the purpose of comparing prices. S. &A. LOKB. I Cheapest of All!! largest of All! BEST OF ALL!!! MAGNIFIOEJfT STOCK OF BPRINO AND SUMMER GOODS. Wolfs Old Stand. At ay ft all, OVKRWIO YARDS OP CALICO, WHICH WILL HK HOLD CIIKAI'KfI TIIAN EV- Kit BEFORE IN THIS SEC TION. Weborofbe Good*! Pricet Low I Se lection l'n*urpa.ed J A id *<• now extend o cordial imr totion to our Llend*, pat rone, i.nd tl>e pulllr g,:n erelljr. Come !we will tbow you tbo REST SELECTED STOCK, At price* lower'tl.on uruol. A full line of Drv (iOOfls. Clothing, IWu end Shore, Oroeerie*. Queen, were, tile*, ware, Wood end Wil low Wore, Holt end Oopo, end in feet ev erything ord anything embraced in the above line*. A LARGS STOCK CI READY - MADE CLOTHING concUntly on hand. Customers will find lbs stock com. pitta, and a call ia nil that ia required to aaonre you that ibis is tbe beat place in tb valley to boy your good*. Wu. Wo LP. IM i'Okf AN TO TRAVELERS. —THE— BUSH HOUSE! RgtxKrovrx, re. Hot been recently thoroughly recurou-J and repaired, and under tbe management i of tbe Now Proprietor. Mr. P. 0. Me- I COLLUM, formerly of Pittrbnrg, io lint l clow in ail iu aup'dßtmeeta SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS A ro offered to tboao in attendance at court and other# remaining in town for a fair dojr* at a lime. Tbe iargewt and moot .uperbly Daoigned , Hole! in Central Penney Irani*. , All modern convenience#. Go try the , Butb boura. T. D. McCOLLUM. Proprietor. TIA T. COTTLB. Fashionable Tailor. 4>ufr llnll. Having opened roomt on the 2nd floor of Wm. Wolf* vrarehoute. he b prepar ed to manufacture all kind* of men's aad boy * garment*, according to the latest Wylea, and upon (hottest notice, and all work warranted ta reader satisfaction. Cut!i ng and repairing done. inept y t flour for tala by ike tack- PENNSV ALLEY BANKING CO. CENTRE HALL, I*A. RECKIV3 DEPOSITS, aad allow Inter est; Discount Mote*; Buy aad Sell Government Securities, Gold aad Coupons. Ww Wolf, Wm. B. Nisqlb, Prw'L Cathlar J 'MF No 6 Brockerhoff Eow.Btllefoatc.Pa Healers iu Dnvs. f hemieaU! Perfumery, Faary Goods dtt4 Ac. Pure Wine* aad Liquor* for medic* ourpnto* alvar* keel mav tl. Tt. D. F. LTJSE. PAINTER, Sft, jflers his services to the citixeoa of Centre countv in Ilohm>, Mgn and Oraanealal , . Painting, Mr. |"ng, ornamenting aad gilding, Unuaiag OAK, WALNUT. CHESTNUT. Etc. Plain and Fancy Paper hanging. Ordam •e*P< ctfully solicited. Ternu iwaaoadps JO apr tf. "Centre haiT" ~ Hardware Store. ~ J. O. DKINIMGEB. A new, complete Hardware Store ha been opened by the undersigned in Cea ?* I' h# H Pt>d to tell ai kind* of Building aad House Furaithiag Hardware, Mailt, Ac. Circular and Hand Saws, Teaaon Saw*. W ebb Sawt, Clothes Rack*, a full assort ment of Glass aad Mirror Plate Picture Frames, Spoke*. Felloe*, and Hub*, table Cutlery, Shovels, Spadaa aad Forks. Lock*, Hicget, Scrowa, Sath Spring*. Horte-Skoat, Mailt, Nerway Rodi, Oil*, Tea Bella. Carpanter Tool*, Paiat, Yarn ilka*. Pictures framed ia the flaeet style. Anything not on hand, ordered upon shortest notice. P*r Remember, all nod* offered cheap er than eliawhere W7 A. CURRY. Heat £ Shea hlalcar, CENTRE HALI,, PA. Would mod respectful 1 j inform theeit **• ofthit efciaity, that ha Baa started • new Boot and Shoe Shop, and would ba thankful for a ifaars of the public patrca tge. Boot* and Shoes made to order and according to style, and warrant* hi* work •to equal any mada altewkare. All kind* of rapairing dona, aad charge*reasonable Give him a call. fablXlv OEMTREHALL Furniture Rooms' EZRA KII I'M BINE, respectfully informs the citisent of Centr county, that he het bough tout the old stand or J. O. Deininger, and hat reduced the prices. They have constantly on hand and make to order BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS. SINKS, V ASHSTAMDB, CORNER CUPBOARDS TABLES, Ac., Ac. . Their stock of reedy-mad* Furniture u large and warranted of good workmanship and it all made under their*own iturned. - ate supervision, and it offered at rates cheaper than eliawhere. Call and sea our stock before purchasing elsewhere. 26 fab, ly HIMT BKOCKEBIiOrr, J. P. iULUIay President, Csshier. QKNTRK COUNTY BANKING CO (Late MilHken, Hoover A Co.) RECEIVE DEPOSITS, And Allow interest, Discount Notes, BUT atd Sell, Government Secuiities,Gold Carriages, Buggies, & Spring Wagons, PLAIN AND FAXO and vehicle* of ever; description made to ordor, and warranted to be made of the bost seasoned material, and by the most skilled and competent workmen. Bodies for buggies and spring-wiigons Ac., of t j, e mast inproved patterns made to order also Gearing of all kinds made to order. * AM kinds of repairing dose promptly and at the lowest possible rates. Persons wanting anything in his line are requested to caii and examine his work they will tlnd it not to be excelled fer a'xTlty and wear. may g tf