rue Ceatr* Reporter. . i lib KURTZ..'.. EDITOR, Centre Flam., Pa., Jan. '2l. l The Danville, 111., Banking and Trust Co. has failed. Mlddlonww A Co., of Montreal failed Inabilities •100,000, Meet* 130,000. Maryland last week elected James H. Groome, dem., as U, S. Senator, in place ofMr. Dennis. Ohio legislature last week elected Geo. 11. Pendleton VS. 8. Senator, in p ace of Matthews, radical. Cot. Henry M. Hoyt, of Ltuerno, seems to be the foremost man for the radical nomination for governor. ho Oamerons favor him. The Maryland legislature has rejected Montgomery Blair's resolution I w th< reopening of the question regarding the lcgalitv of President Hayes" election. tl through seated by fraud, ™ do not think that any steps will be taken to un seat the usurper. Senator Kdmunda has come over to the President's side, and will now be the administration leader in the senate. Hayes and Edmunds have conic to a truce, and the administration will at >*-'• have a head in the senate. If Conking and Kdmunda clash. fire will tly. The Lewistown Gazetteobjects to the Reporter's calling the stealing oft he last ten years "Grantism." That is the pr - per term, of conrse. because the bulk of it was done under Grant's nose, in his cabinet, by his orticials and with hi* knowledge. Tweed, to be sure, was a big democratic rascal, but he was cheek by jowl all the time with republican senators and representatives at Albany, and the democrats broke fW combina tion bv prosecuting the thieves. None of the thieves of New York are out on jtawions from a democratic executive, but the great whisky ring that went to the jug for stealing millions are out through a pardon from Grant. Advices from New York, say H'* l coal stocks have been much depressed on account of a very important rumor that an injunction is to be served in New York preventing the formation ct tie coal combination. It is claimed that under the State laws of New York a com bination to advance the prices of ar.v stock is illegal, and upon that ground the Board of Control is to be attacked. The rumor caused Reading to fall and Lehigh Navigation also. The trunk line stocks also fell off. because it is reported that their prosperity is about to be af fected by another outbreak of the rail road war in the shape of a general cut ting of rates. Representatives of all the coal lines have been in New York hold ing another meeting, and it is announc ed that a combination acceptable to all parties has been effected. The Herald says the coal combination has put up the prices. Now let the people combine to put the prices down. The dead lock in the legislature is broken at last, by the House caving in I on 13 and agreeing with the senate that ail business should be taken up and treated rfe noro, or as in a new session. This back down by the House was reached by a vote of 97 to S4. The senate had put on a stiff upper lip in the matter from the outstart and went in for going oyer all the unfinish ed business of last winter anew. Our senator, Mr. Peale, stood with the minority, and was for proceeding where business ended at the previous adjourn ment. If this had been the sentiment of a majority of the senate, as it was of the House in the first place, the effect would have been that by this time the legislature could have nearly finished up its work, and made a short session of it, and saved the state a good deal of ex pense. As it is, nothing has been done — and they will now again go over all the unfinished work of last session, and to this course Mr. Peale was opposed. Outsiders and roosters inside influenced this action, so as to enable them tobring in new jobs, or get new axes on the stone. Mr. Peale stood in the minority but he was in the right. . Next fall's election in this state will be an important one, and the result will have a great bearing on the future polit ical status of our state, as well as a tell ing effect upon party prospects in na tional politics. A Governor and Lieu tenant Governor to serve four years are to be chosen; aiso a Supreme Judge to serve twenty-one years and decide the political complexion of the bench for the ensuing five years; a Superintendent of Internal Affairs ; an entire Congression al delegation; one half the Senate to serve four years, and all the members of the House of Representatives to serve two. The Legislature chosen will elect a United States Senator, in place of Sen ator Cameron, for a full term commeno ing on the 4tb of March, 1879. Besides we have a full county ticket: Sheriff, prothonotary, treasurer, three commissioners, register, recorder, and three auditors. Democrats will see the necessity of harmony and thorough organization, for the harvest is a big one, and it will re quire bard, earnest work, to carry the day. Petty bickerings must be laid aside and the good of the party in the nomination of honest and capable men must be the aim, and victory will fol low. On Wednesday of last week the wo men suffraglsta got a slap in both houses at Washington. In the Senate Mr. Ed munds introduced a resolution that "no motion shall be deemed in order to ad mit any person whatsoever within the doors of the Senate Chamber to present any petition, memorial or address, or to | bear any such read, or to address the Senate, except as parties or counsel in cases of contempt or impeachment." That was indirectly a slap in the face; but the House took positiveaction in the same direction, by rejecting, by a vote of 107 against 140, the proposition of Judge Kelley to hold a special session of the House for the purpose of allowing cers tain ladies to make oral argument at the bar of the House in fa* or of the propos ed Constitutional amendawsnt to prevent discrimination against eitizeox on ac count of sex. Now let these petticoat tramp* home and attend to such duties as be longs to their set. Their creator as Ilit tle intended they siboold have a vote as that they should sport moustache and beard. Women tht wM loaf around Washington daring tise sessions of con gress button-holing members on ti* wo man suffrage question, have far less oe the lady about them than those who stay at home and see that their household af-•, fairs are properly attended to—is the, opinion 4the Reporter. ! WE SILVER QI'KSTION /.V i <J.\~ OR EEE. I In a former article on this sb t, | there are a few typographical errors in i figures, which the reader will easily dis cover and correct. Before and at the time of the Revolution, the standard of money in this country was silver, but the colonies and states under the iun federation had issued large quantum# of paper money and made it a legal tender in the payment of debts of every kind. The country becomingovcrtlooded with the paper issue, it soon depreciated, bringing ruin on the people. M hen the delegates met and formed the present Constitution of the I'nited Mates, they incorporated in the Constitution the pro hibition that "no state should coin mon ey, emit bills of credit, or make any . thing but gold and siivei coin a tender in thepavment of debts; and to enable congress to ftimish this legal tender coin and .circulating medium for the people, it is declared that congress should have the power to e m money, regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin and t \ the standard of weights and measures After the adoption of the Constitution, the congress of the V S., 17' A' 'dl, in fixing the standard of money iti the bol ted Stales, and finding that silver coin was the only circulating medium, de clared that the dollar of the btilled States should contain I*7l i grans of pure t silver, and this was the standard accord > ing to which all contracts had l*een en . tcred into. In furtherance of carrying out this provision of the Constitution to 1792. Congress established tho mint of the I". N„ and fixed the gold dollar to cmtain -t} grains of pure gold, and the silver dollar to contain as we have stat ed, 3711 grains of pure silver, both to be struck at the mint; and fixing the rela tive values of the two-metals of 1 to 1"> was considered to be the ratto which a,aid establish an equivalent currency, circulating indiscriminately and they should be a legal tender in payment of debts. Provision was also made for the circulation, value and re-coining of for eign coins, barge importations of for- coins were continually arriving in the I'nited States and became part ofonr circulating medium, giving to the people a silver and gold currency of intrinsic value at all times and under all circum stances—thus establishing tho federal money standard of the I'nited Mates, viz : 10 units one cent, 10 cents one dime 10 dimes one dollar, 10 dollars one eagle ; placing the currency of the coun try in a sound and healthy state and es tablishing an imm de equivalency be tween gold and siner for the purp so of increasing the specie circulation. We find in the report of K. B. Taney, Secre tary of the Treasury of the l\ S under President Jackson, dated 15 A IS'U, he recoiumeuds "that foreigu g and silver coins be made a legal tender in the payment of debts, according to their intrinsic value —that the laborers would be {iaid in gold and silver as they are most apt to stiller from warthless < r de preciated pnjwr," Ac. And secretary Taney further says, "it is apparent that gold and silver coin can be provided for the ordinary circulation below ten dol lars, it would tie advisable to extend the restriction to bank that denomi nation, for we can never be safe from the tlnctuation of the currency, until all notes below ten dollars are banished from circulation," as silver was better know n to our citizens than gold, e{e cially to the great body of the laboring people, was more convenient for small payments, and was less liable to 1 e coun terfeited, it would be unwise and unjust now to enact a law, the effect of which would be to further expel all the silver coin from the country or debase it of its relative value, when the American cur rency of gold and silver have circulated interchangably. In our former article we referred to the act of Congress con- terning the gold coins of the t*. S., ap proved 28 June 1524. this is thelirst ait, as far as we can ascertain, that overval ued gold and undervalued silver, and what was the effect? here we have it, four months aAer the approval of the act. The N. Y. Advertiser, of the3oOct* 1834 says, "This gold bill is beginning to work, one hundred thousand .-IM- nVtm 'li ter half dollars acre purchased at 1 per ct. premium /or exportation, this is probably the first movement of the out or./ tide; the inward current of gold has slopped." We thus see that the regulations of gov* eminent have an influence upon the relative market value of the two metals, and may drive either metal out of circu lation, and thiaovervaluation ofguld has driven the silver coin outofthecounlry, and inflicted upon us a flood of one dol lar notes and fractional currency. This insidious schemed establishing .1 gold standard by undervaluing the silvcrcoin and driving it out of the country, lias been on its march since IKo3, until we have seen in 1862 the fluctuation mid speculation in our gold coin ; a gold dol lar was quoted at $2,81, being one dollar and eighty one mitt above its real stand* ard value, ir r the American nicer dollar which bad been exported from this country to Europe where its intrinsic val ue as billion was at a premium; and so congress will find * fiat it is belter to leave the relative •> .1 ie of the two met als to be adjusted by competition of the market, than to attempt to fix them by a law, as no human law can establish any fixed proportion between .any two commodities in existence. L . tlit financial and commercial situat. .1 of our country since 1872, from a state of prosperity and activity in all branches of domestic industry, at one fell sw.iop we find ourselves in a more deplorable situation, manufacturing establishments and other sources of industry forced to suspend operations, thousands of labor ers thrown out of employment, real es tate reduced nearly one half in value, the public press groaning with Sheriff's sales all over the country, money at usurious interest, and ruin and bank ruptcy staring every one in the face. The passage of the resumption act to re turn to specie paymets and make gold the legal standard, give the impetus to this premature move, agravaud by the calling in, cancelling and destroying the legal tender, greenback and other paper currency. Until the people cry aloud for a repeal of the Resumption act, a re turn to the free use and unrestricted coinage of the dollar of our daddies and restore it to the position it held as a legal tender during eighty years of our existence, preserving the equality of the silver dollar with the gold dollar anil keeping both in circulation, paying the bondholders in coin according to their contracts, then, and not till then,can we look for our former days of prosperity. And we rejoice that our tulented and vigilant L T . S. Senator, Hon. W . A. VVIII - has placed this question in a nut mail, protecting the people against pec ulation uo4 fraud. Simon has not yo£ got rid of the widow Oliver. He gave £, ,Of 0 in payments of SSOO, whereupon it wae ported that the suit for breach of promise was compromised. The widow denies the compromise and says the cash was given iw for her support. The suit is still on the calender and is to go on. Ben Butler is to defend Cameron. The ucxt radical nominee t<>r Gover nor may he from Omtre county ami then it would he Gen. .Limes A. Reaver. There are tarn w ing* in the pnrti in this Mate, Cameron and anti-Cameron. I lie first has dominated for the la: t fifteen years, the other win ■ being insignificant in Itmiteei up to the 1 ut tw yean, since which noti r.ttnei ui*m haigrown a ho bo formidable In thf party that it can no longer be gttoied mid something must ho done to harmonise the machine, it is thought that Cameron will not in* ist on having one of his old henchmen put hi nomination, hut w ill be satisfied with n candidate w ho has not been eon* picuously identified with the Winne bago tribe nor with the faction that has been ojn<oMtig him. In ease the affair :aVes this kind of a turn lien. Heaver will he a formidable candidate for the nomination its lie would till that kind of i hill. Ihe radicals miglt' do much worse Uen. Heaver would make a much better governor than many of the prom inent aspirant* who have been running with the machine. Hut there is going to be a change in Pennsylvania, and no radical, he he Heaver, or lloyt or gome other machine politician, is going to he the next governor, and the worst beat <f all w ill be 01 e tainted with Cameron isui. The democrats w ill carry this slate next fall, with a standard bearer whom the people will have eontidence in, and for whom they will east their votes, lien. Reaver is about the best man the rads can nominate, but he will not match the demo, nitie nominee Mark that. • -*■ • Hie great question before the legisla ture this winter is the free pipe line—a bill for the right of w ay to lay down pipes to conduct the oil from the wells to Bal timore. This wutild cost much less than shipping by rail,and would cut down the oil traUe of the railroads enormously, rho railroad companies, as well as Phil adelphia and other cities that have oil refineries. * ill tight the bill. The rail road companies because it would cut in to their receipts, and the oil refineries allege that from Baltimore the crude oil would ali be shipped to Kurope for re fining to the detriment of our own refi neries. The pi(>e line to Baltimore would le the shortest line to transjort oil from the oil regions. The Pipe Line Question is being brought to the attention of the Slate's lawmakers, and they will no doubt be called upon to determine whether com panies .-.hall be authorited to obtain the right of way to lay p ; i>ee for conveying oil from points of production to pointaof exportation, instead of being carried over the railroads. The only reason, if it can be called a reason, that can be urged against it, is that it wtil take just so much freight from the railroads. While it may be urged in favor of it, that transportation will thus be greatly cheapened, and the numberless consum ers will get the benefit. But this is a view in favor of the people, who usually come otl second best in a question of tins kind before the Legislature. We'll see whether this be an exception to the rule. Senator Peale has been appointed on the following committees Federal Re iationa, I avoid Judiciary, Education and Retrenchment and Reform. .1 COFFI.Y FILLED WITH MUCKS. The laborers now engaged in cutting a road through t'nion Cemetery, near i .Myrtle Avenue Park, Brooklyn, found in lot 10, row ti. a white wooden coffin, i The sides of the cotlin fell out, exhibit ing, instead of a skeleton, sixteen bricks | which were held firmly in place by j pieces of lath and hoops. The officers of the cemetery were puzzled to account/or ! this. ! .Mr. Thomas Brown of 192 Rivington street, who has charge of the New York ! office of the cemetery, said yesterday that the coffin which was found to con tain bricks was put in the grave in June or August, l'kio. The undertaker wan Frederick Fnso of 14 Avenue A. "Frise, when lie took that coffin to the cemetery," said Mr. Brown, "thought that there was the body of a woman in j it. lam sure that it was a woman, with a name something like Switxler."' | Mr. Brown thinks that it was a case of imposition on life insurance companies. | Such cases have bccurred before, and thereis a woman now in fcing Sing prison | who practiced a similar deception.—N. ! Y. Sun, 10. The llarrisburg Patriot expresses jour sentiments that if uiansgers of those institutions who every winter conic to the j Legislature for an Appropriation, ranging from St.ooo up to sotv,ooo, were compelled to give an itemized statement under oath !of every dollar expended, when, where snd what for expended, there would be j less appropriations asked for and that ! some would rather do without the appro j priations than be compelled to tell how i every dollar was expended and what for. : No doubt of it. Two more Mollies were arrested on Tuesday for committing a murder 7 or S years ago. Let the hand of the hang man be upon all of them. Gold fell to 101 $ !a<t Saturday. Tiiden has won hit income suit. The prevalent'* of-mall pox in Hunting- Jon has cam J the closing of the ichools.l It is related that Senator Conkling WHS waylaid in the corridor of the senate the other day by a large group of female ad vocates of woman suffrage, and was forci bly entreated to permit theni to appear at the bar of the Senate and plead their cause. Mr. Conkling said it would be setting a precedent under which the Sen* ate could not refuse to allow any one with a petition to appear at the bar and argue en the subject, Mrs. H<okcr"; "We rep* resent 8,000.000 o£cili/.en of the United States who are tsffely defrauded of their rights. You are a man who have your rights, and we ask and demand of you that y*u help us to get ours.'' Mr. Conk ling said he was always glad to help the ladies in everything. Then some twenty of them in chorus said, "Give us our rights." Poor Mr. Conkling nevertheless stoutly refused, and grnduaily edging his way into tho Scnato with very low bows, at last disappeared within its door with one very profound bow. HOW FAB TEN DOLLARS WILL GO. Mr Brown kept boarders. Around lii* table *t Mr. Brown, Mn, Brown. Mr*. Andrews, the village milliner, Mr. Black, the baker, Mr. Jordan, a carpenter, and Mr. Dudley, the flour and lumber merch ant. Mr. Brown took out of hi* pocket book a ten dollar note and handed it to Mrs. Brown, saying; "Here, my dear are ton dollars toward the twenty I promised you." Mrs. Brown handed it to Mr*. Andrews, the milliner, saying: "That pays for my bonnet." Mrs. Andrews said to Mr. Jordan, as she handed hint the note : "That will pay for your work on my counter." Mr. Jordan handed it to Mr. Kadley, the flour and lumber merchant, requ< sting hi* lumber bill. Mr. Had lay gave the nolo back to Mr. Brown, saying: "That pays ten dollars on my board." Mr. Brown passes it to bis wife, with tlje remark that that paid her the twenty dollar- he had promised. She paid it to Mr. Black to settle her bruad and pastry account, who handed it to Mr. lladley, wi.ip,£ credit fortbo amount on his flour bill, he again Returned it to Mr. Brown with the remark that it settled for that month's board; whereupon Mr. Jbrown put it back into his pocketbook, exclaim ing that he "never thought a ten-dollar bill would go so far." THK Tl'lU'O RUSSIAN W A It. Phillipopoli-JKvncuated by the Turk* ntid Hiirucd. London, January 16 A grent buttle wan taught on Monday between Tatar B ; ardjik nr.d I'liillipfipelil. Fighting nm resumed to day. jfulilittWi Piulm afttr warjs took tij> poatlion* neater l'hlllipo li. and ordered the Inhabitants to Imvo lowa ItuMlans having reached Tchir pan, south of Yen! Naghra, and arc inarching on Yetii Mahulgro. Philltpopoti* is completely evacuated and tho Turk* ordered it burned, Tin Turknh tloi t hat shelled Sevastopol. The Dviug iu Erzcroum. A correspondent of llio Daily Newt, who loft Kraeroum Jul before its invest - mant, toli'irrapli* that the town i now lit lie better than a huge hospital. About a hundred soldiers die daily and two or hieo are Ircren to death every night Ty ! ;ihus fever is raging .V* the eor|>fes bur-! ted are barely Covered with earlu the mil sequences tuutl be terrible when the thaw commences. •Suleiman i'asha ia,4 tujbe surroutnicd by HuM.au troops in largo force, in his rear, on the flank and in front London, January in. A Russian offi oial dispatch dated Kc/anlik, January Id, ays "A reconni iteriug party of dra goon.- has brought information that Sulei man I'avha la at I'liili) opolis and has giv en orders to burn everything. Tartar Hn zardjlk and Ptiilipopoha are reported to have horn burned." An official account of the capture of the; Shipka Fans relates that four Pashas, ISO. officers. *25,000 prisoner* and SI guns were captured. Tho ltussiau lou in killed and! wounded was & 40! men Tho Standard s! Vienna correspondent say. it is reported from Constantinople that should armivtict j negotiation* fail the Porte will unftirl the ting of the Prophet or permit the Engl .1 fleet to pats tfie UarJaucliet Peace negotiations are going on The victorious Kuteian forces bve ea-i tered Adrianople, and the Turk- burned' their provision* before leaving the city. ] It was reported that on Monday last ai ariuit - .:- t was to have been signed. Part of the Hutsiaa terms are that Kars, Kiisroum and Adrianople be dismantled a fid the opening of the Dardanelles to" Russian and Turkish men of war only, ai-: to cessation of territory on Allan frontier nearly as far as Kars. VICTOR EMANUEL.S FUNERAL. lmpres-ivc Service*—A Ciraud l*a gwtnt. llojue, January 17.—The fune-a! of the late King Emmanuel look place to-day i and was very impressive. The body of the dead monarch was placed on the fu neral car at nine o'clock in the morning, and the procession itarted from the Quiri . uat about ten o'clock and was headed by fifteen military detachment* with three band* ud clergy bearing upei*. The car ued at the funeral of King Charles Albert of Sardinia, Victor Emmanuel'* tather, was used on thia occasion. It was surrounded by an iron crown, the ancient diadem of Lombard King*, which was I brought from Men/* for the occasion. The car was preieded by Licutenaut tiencral Medici, the late King s hrsl aid-de-camp, mounted, who bore the Paiestro word sheathed. The car was surrounded by the guarU of honor andipecia! representatives delegated by foreign courts. It was fol lowed by Victor Emmanuel's favorite horse, riderless, military banners and a I guard of honor, eighteen detachment* of I civil dignitaries, ministers, Senators, ; and Deputies and Knight* of A nnunnata. This part of the procession was one mile long, lleside* this there were depu tations from all parts of Italy, numbering each irctu five to seven hundred. The en ire procession except Uenerai Medici was on foot. From the it moved by the Pi lUI di Spagm to the Piaxxa del Popolo, thence down Corso nearly to the end, and to the Pantheon, whera it arrived about four o'cioek. The Ecclcsiastual service was confined to nmplo absolution and ben* •diction, pronounced by Monsignor Uor m, Archbishop of the Chapter of the Church. The stone, which is to he placed in the chapel, destined for the King is a simple slab, bearing only the words, Vic tor Emmanuel, the first King of Italy " It stood between the high altar, and the aiur of St. Anatlasius. on the right as the Pantheon is entered. Over the gateway of the l'anlheun was the following inscrip tion : "Iul)r, with a mother's pride, with a daughter's grief, supplicates for the great King, who was a faithful citizen and a triumphant soldier, tho immortality of the righteous and the heroic." The procession was one hour and a half passing a given point. Costumes in officia portion, including soldiery, wc re magnifi cent, and the eflect of the spectacle was heightened by tho display of seventy tat tered banners. The Crown IT nice of Ger many, with representatives from Austria, Portugal and llaOen, walked abreast. The effect of tho music in the procession was most impressive. The Pantheon was splendidly decorated as tho Chapelie Ar dente ; daylight was excluded by the star of Italy veiling the roof. The side of the chapel ofCieaiont XI. was walled in, and draped with gold and crimson. The Pantheon in which Virtor Emman uel is buried, stands at Home in a Pia/xa between the Corso and the Piazza N'avo* na, near the centre of the anciant L'ampu* Martius. It was erected by M Aggrippa. the son-in-law of Augustus, nineteen cen turies ago, and was consecrated in 00* as a Christian church under the name of San ta Msria del Martyrs. In shape the build ing is a rotunda, 14J feet in diameter, sur rounded by a dome, the grandest in exist ence, and of which the summit is 143 feel above the pavement. In the centre of the dome is a circular opening 'JS feet in diam eter, by which the building if lighted. The most remarkable feature of the Pan theon, however, is its Corinthian .portico, composed of sixteen granite columns. The Pantheon contain* the.tombs of Rap hael, Annibale Carracci and oiler pel*-, brated painters. AUSTRIA'S CLAIM IN DETAIL. London, 'Wednesday, Jan. 10,1878. Router's telegram from Constantinople says tbo following arc the views expressed by Austria here and at St. J'ctcr.burg: Austria desires the maintenance of thjt Treaty ol Paris. Sho also wishes to pre vent Russia from gnining a prependerat ing influence. Austria will never re nounce her position as a guaranteeing power. The question relative'to the political au tonomy of Bulgaria and other conditions affecting Austria's interests as a frontier Power, and in fact, the settlement of con- 1 ditions of peace, cannot be permitted with out the participation of Austria. The foregoing declaration has been com municated by Count Zichy, the Austrian Ambassador to the Porte. Lord Derby maao a similar communication to St. Petersburg on Monday, it is believed that no previous underslaoaingj existed between Austria and Kagland- ft is stated that Russia has not yetjeommuni cated hej- terms of peace to Austria. Not withstanding the attitudo of Great Britain and Austria, it is expected that complica tions will be avoided and that Russia will arrive at an understanding with die Row ers. A later dispatch from Constantinople states that Count Zichy in delivering the declaration of Austria's views, said it did not constitute a new phaso In Austrian policy, but was merely the reiteration of the reserve already expressed by Count Andrassy in reply to the Porte's circular relative to mediation. A now golden tongue organ, war ranted, offered vpry low, for hai| cash and half trade. Apply .t this office. Nearly all the Clarion county oil wplls have stopped drilling. COFFEE RAISING ATIIOMK. t V \\ hieli Would Put tltu lirtakfatd Tit* l>le Beyond the Remit ofTttrifl*. Got'oral !,o DtO Relieve* It Possible An idea. Washington, .lantiury W. The Depart-' in I'll l ol Agriculture ha* OBTAINED M>UII< fads In relation to ooft'ta tid the pc ssihlli t • "f its cult i watfsiMk in the Tithed Slates.! It appears that the conditions of latitude,' climate and Soil of a portion ■ I the United States lead to the cone lush n that the coffee plant, or tree, can be cultivated to some extent in this country with successful! re sults. The total imports of coffee into |the United Slates for the year 18711 amounted to 33d,THti.t't'l pounds, and cost llic people of the Untied Stales the sain of 7N4.WT It has been established by the best an-: thorllies on the subject that gteal Warmth is of cilniate not absolutely essential to thel 1 growth of the coffee plant, but a climate eharacUnaed by uailher extreme heat nor. cold, but possessing a fair amount of hu- | nAdity. Tho climate and soil of Florida, there u every reason to believe, would answer lhe>e conditions. So it is also with' Lower California and a portion of Texas., This belief is rendered almost a certainly by the authentic statements thnt in thesej regions, at least Floiida and California,l there is teuiid growing iu abundance a wild cotfee piaul with many of the t liarac-l I teristios of the cultivated plant. In Call- Tornia the experiment has been tried of [planting the berry of coffee obtained from CoU Rica, and the result* are re- | ported as satisfactory. I The coffee of commerce comes chiefly irotii liraxil, Venezuela, liayli, inu liritisL and Dutch Last Indies, the Wo! Indies, and Mexico. The plant growing in these 'countries .catfea Arabical is a tree from right to twelve feet in height, sometimes jattaining a height of twenty and thirty sect. When cultivated, its upward .growth is checked by topping, lor convenience of j i gathering the fruit. The plant* are grown from seed in nurseries, and when a year old are ti l cut. They are in full bearing the thirJ year, and continue to ♦ twenty years, or longer, if properly attended to. The plant is an evergreen. While it i* icultivated throughout the tropic*, it is * ' native ol the niounlaiiious regions of Abys -una, and derives it* name from Carta, one ..if'the provinces of that country. From 1 Abyssinia it was introduced into Arabia, and for a long time Arabia supplied all the coffee that was then used. Soinu lime ,11 the seventeenth century it was'tnlro duced into lialavia and Surinam, and ihence into the W t stern Hemisphere. Tne shrub is planted in warm situations, generally on the slopes of hills, and in soil ! which does not retain the rain* which tal on it. It is usual to plant about AkJ tree* to the acra, aud the jrihJ of a good season, mdj of tin* number ot trees in full bearing, is, about J,UUt) pounds of coffee I The Department proposes to investigate! farther the condition* of soil and climate essential to the growth of the coffee plnt, j and iu adaptability to portions ol the l*n.- j ted Mates, and "respectfully requests any information or suggestions in regard to the same. TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT i '.Twenty Person* Killed xud i wtniy live \\ on tided. Hartford, Conn.. January lo A *cri-, ' out railroad accident occurred on tho: Connecticut and Western railroad, just be, ' low TmnffW.lle, about ten roles from liarlfoid,?at tan o'clock to-night- An ex press returning from a Moody and Sankey 1 meelinff at Hartford fell through a trestle : into the Farmington river Two engines,! one baggage *nd three p*tenger cars ' went down. From ETC to twenty persons were killed and twenty-five injured. . THREE HUNDRED HEAD OF CAT- I TLKItUKNKD i Torre Haute, Ind., January 13.—'Tbia I evening one of the large cattie sheds in ' the ttock yards of Fairbanks distillery • caught fira and was destroyed. The build ) ing contained eight hundred Texas *nd II Colorado cattle, the property of Isaac ' Wcxeland A Co.. of the stock yard* in ' Chicago. Three hundred of them, worth ' slt)each, were burned. They were par ?'tmlly insured in Chicago. ~ m • • ! "The United State* Life saving Sr • vice," liberally illustrated ; "The City of , Mexico." with twenty different engrav i ing* ; "The Artificial Production of Cold " i with a dozen good pictures ; "From f humroerto llrecch-loader illustrated with about forty good engravings, are some of I the brilliant and highly instructive arti clea contained in frank Lss.ies Popular . Monthly for February, now ready. In i addition there are a number of excellent . Short Stories by popular authors ; thecon - tinuation of "'lhe American C unless, by Etta W. Pierce; a beautiful cbrovno frontispiece, illustrating a Parisian mar i riage let* 'f eighty years ago, with inter i eating inscriptive matter ; Scientific Notes . and so forth, in almou endless variety- Each number of the Popular Monthly! • has 128 page* quarto, and lft) very inter- I rating illustrations. It > without doubt the cheapest and one of the best and most . popular magazine* published in the Kng , liih language. > Send m your subscriptions to begin with : the January number, and commence the ' new volume, as *lao the new serial story, "The Amerirn fJopntoM. ' , . Annual subscription pjice, >n- j glo copies, 26 cents—postpaid. Addfess, 1 Frank teslie, 637 Pearl Street, N. \. The LorileHicks marriage percent* a question iu the p*thnlogy of the human roituj, uatuely, whatlipra ntan who ha* reached lie ripa oid kgs of eighty years and an experienced, widow of forty-eight may not love with all the fervor of a bachelor of \ ttfenty five and a lender maid of eigh teen. It is not in order for any man J to speak to this question until ho turns hi* eightieth year. As for tho gentler ;*rx, titey re privileged, aud may talk 'whenever they will ' Feujltfrton, nu eminent Judge in ! the reign of Charles 11., rose to legal eminence in a curious way. A. rake and spendthrift, he fouud himself in 'prison, for years, for debt. There he 'began to takp an interest iu all the 'debt difticuitWa of kid .ootMuian,aiid became perfectly versed in bankrupt cy law, whence he turned his attention to Other legal study, and at length emerged from prison primed with pre cedents and cases, which he speedly turned to valuable account. - ♦ ♦ - ■— Trial List—Seoond Week. R F Clow uto of vs Derby Coal (Jo ct HI • I. W Munion vs J II Morrison. Wm Bands K.x'r* vs Oitiiiand & Hoov sr. _ Harper Bros v J V Tboms* Co. Samuel Mi-Williams vs 11 II Molhers bntigh. J Z Long vs II Merrlman et al. WfiP Cltppboll Son* v K McCor mirk st hi."' .1 A Crydervsll VV Hoover. Sarah From vs John Ardell. Daniel Dur.t vs Adam Krumrine. James Unto* use i vs C 11 lvophart. Ives. Murphy A Grove vs .VC Ilinton. T It et al vs A C Hinton. Jacob Manassa et al vs J W ltlione. Win Brown vs Michael Meyers, tkupmon wealth of I'cena vs Dolly & wires i al. Adam U. repj v J l 4 M Back eg, Tlioa K Uendoraon va John J) Meat mu ffle. Lazarus Moycr vs Funk Si Webor. D S Dupree & Co use of vs Silas Blow ers. James Mnnna vs Jacob Sankev et al. John 1* Delias* use of vs li 11 Lucas. M L l.nitaal vs J if McCormick. Job Wiiliaiu#*• Tho• M Way & Son. .lobn S Gray et ux vs L A Shearer. Jas C Williams use of vs Jacob M ok. . I) J McCann vs Wm II Jones et al. First National Bank of Lock Haven vij B F Troxel. B SpotU vs J J & A Pifer. S Silknitter use of vs II W Moovcr. j Mat old .'Brick jßiiifdir " ij- 6'& lHulkrt in' ufieU' STARTED to earn u> (jcca_jwme nutkiiuj. opi LV Real Gr?°4 CWt&Wg ib &U t\Wr U o qTiM and mnnt'tw oirr Utlfl ffifth- ktnd vj; Ihnh fl/en arid IQpuJ mffo DEPEND ON 7 tyfme i\r 9 t- CkM W*B STOVES! HEATERS! RANGES! Hardware! Hardware!! Hardware!!! ff I L S 0 N 4~¥F AK L AN E, licllctonlc, Penn'a. Have just received and placet! on Exhibition and Sale, at tbeir Stores no lea* than Fifty-Three Varieties and Styles of Cook and Parlor Stoves, Single and Double Heaters, Portable Range*, Ac., embracing all the latest improvement*, newest make*, style* and novelties in the market, combining all the desirable qualilie#, attch as beauty, durability,convenience and econo my. They have inaonly Portable Range* that will bake in BOTH OVENS for eale iu the couuty. ENTIRELY NEW. Every Stove WARRANTED in every particular. LOWEST PRICE aud satisfaction guaranteed. Our stock of Hardware, Tinware, Oils, Pure Leads, and PAINTS cannot be excelled for variety, quality and chtapnoaa. EVERYBODY IS REQUESTED TO CALL whether wUhing to pur chase or not. Special Bargains for Cash Buyers! • I f WTI> >N A McFARLAN K. liuii.i - i., eg iicFetwi.:-. fon ALL F188? CLASS Pianos, Organs <fc Sewing Machines CALL AT THE ST O.'R E ROOM OF BUKKSI, ANS AJKEKS, Allegheny Street, Bellefonte, Penn'a. * THE PLACE TO GET GENUINE •Verities, Oif Attachments, Parts, etc., For All Kiuda of Sewing Machine*. 1 "'■ V y idrtK* Second hand Instrument* and Sewing Machine* taken in eichange for New One*. Second hand machine* for Sale, from *o.OP • <20.00. Machinal to rent. REPAIRING A SpSciAtTY. 1 V ™gfI VIN^ MAC . ,II - N Ks * <* order* hrUgThen *to BUN N KLL A 1* AI M Aits, una ha.o tu.u; thoroughly adjusted by 6 practical Mechanic. Sat iifaclinn Guaranteed. . J • SHECT MUSIC AND MUSIC INSTRUCTORS ALWAYS ON HAND Sheet Muile ordered when deiircd. One doaen Needle* ent to any addre** on receipt of 60 cent*. Kemeraber the place. RUNNEL A AI KENS. EAST ALLEGHENY ST., BELFTE. CENTRE HALL Hardware, Store. J. O. IIEIKINOER. A new. complete Hardware Store has been opened by the undersigned in Cen tre Hall, where he is prepared to sell all kinds of Building and House Furnishing HarJwani. NAil* se. . Circular and Hand Saws, Tennon flaws,, Webb Saws, Clothes Racks, a full assort ment of Glass and Mirror Plats Picture Frames, Spokes, Fello.-a, and Hubs, tablo Cutlery, Shovels. Spades and Forks,) I<ocks. Hinges. Screws, Sash Springs,! Horse-Shoes. Nails, Norway Rods, Oils,* Tea Bells, Carpenter Tools, Paint, Varn ishes. 1 Pictures framed in the finest style. Anything on hand, ordered upon shortest notice. ' **•••• * JKWRemember, all goods offered cheap er than elsewhere. Fashionable Dressmaker. The udersigped respectfully announces hor New Dressmakers Establishment in the house lately occupied by John H. Mil ler. 4if Islndj of faipjly tpwinjr pefrtlv done. Charges reasonable. Moping to merit the patronage of the people of Cans tre Mail and vicinity by turning out neat and durable work. Mis. Rarvii Smiti*. aOsept tf. , TtTM. P.M'MAN US, Attorney at-law 'I W Ofiioionte, Pa. Office with Jas < McManua. esq W.iuUf ' F7FORTN T EY Attorney at Law Bollefonte, Pa. Office over Rev- < no Ids bank. Hmay'fip THE SUN. 1878. NEW YORK. 1878. As tbe time approaches for the renewal . of subscriptions,THE SUN would remind j its frierds and wellwishers everywhere. , that it is again a candidate tor;their consid eration ar.l support. Upon iu record for the past ton years it relies for a cotuinu "ance oftbA hhafty syliipathv a'hd gener ous co-operation which nas hitherto been t extended to it from every quarter of the (Union. J The DAILY SUN is a four-page sheet ,of 28 columns, price by mail, postpaid, 56 ccnu a month, or $6 50 per year. (The Sunday edition of The Sun isan eijfht page sheet of 66 columns. While giving the newi of the day, it also contains a large amount ef literary and miscellane ous mattor especially prepared for it. Tbe Sunday Sun' has met With success. Postpaid sl. 2ti a year. The Weekly Sun. Who does not know The Weekly Sun ? It circulates throughout tbe United Slates, the and beyond. Ninety thous pouns.-ilor, and fripnd. fts pews, editori al, agricultural, and literary departments make it essentially a Journal family and the fireside Terms One dollar a year. poat paid. This price, quality considered, 'innkos it the cheapest newspaiver publish ed For clubs of ten, with $lO cash, we will send an extra copy free Address PUBLISHER OF THE SUN. Baovßt New York city. New Store Room AND NEW STOCK. Fall and Winter Goods IN Great Abundance AT WM. WOLF'S IN THE Hank Building. A Full Liuo of GENERAL MERCHANDISE, carefully aelec tod, and embracing all manner of DRESS GOODS, CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, , GROCERIES, GLASSWARE. (JUEENSWARE, TINWARE, (FISH, AC., AC. Furnishing Goods OF AL KINDS. NEW AND CHOICE INVOICE or CLOTHS AND CABSI MERES. Full line of Hats and Caps For Men, Boy and Children. LADIES AND GENTLEiEN Call and be Convinced that thin i* the Cheapest place to buy good* in tbi* •action. [ PRODUCE received in exchange for gooda. Rememdrr the place—in the New ißank Building, opposite the Old i Stand. HO! FOR SPRING MILLS!! Stoves! Stoves! TINWARE!! A full line of all kinds of Stoves. A full line of Tinware. Hardware for aii, Coach make re and Mechanics included, At the New Store of dseptf THOS. A. HICKS & BRO. ii OLAIT ALmris MERCHANT TAILORS. Centre Hall, Pa. Business stand upstairs in the building formerly occupied by the Centre Repor ter. Will furnish gentlemen with clothing, mede to order, ot the best material that can be bought in Philadelphia or New York. Long experience in the basinets at Baliefonte enables them to turn out Drat i r'.a work in all respects. ffdecSm NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD. ONE no LI, Alt A I'EAR. , The circulation of this popular new-spa- I per has more than trebled during the pest year. It contains all the leading news contained in the Daily Herald, and is ar ranged in bandy departments. Thf Foreign News embrace; spa. .si dispatches from all qnar- Iters of the globe, together with unbiassed, , faithful ana graphic pictures of the greet War in Europe. Under the bead of American News ■re given tbe Telegraphic Despatches of I lbs week from all parts of the Union. This feature alone makes The Weekly Herald the most valuable newspaper In the world, as it is the cbeapeft. Every week is given a faithful report of Political Newa, embracing complete and comprehensive despatches from Washington, including full reports of the speeches of eminent pof- ; ilicitns on the questions of the heur. The Farm Department of the Weekly Herald give* the latest as as wallas tbe most practical suggestion*i and discoveries relating to the uulie* ofj the former, hints for raising Cattle, Pout try, Grains, Trees, Vegetables, Ac., Ac., with suggestions for keeping buildings and farming utanailt in repair. Tbia is supplemented by a well edited department widely copied, under the head of The Home, giving recipet for practical dishes, hints for making clothing and fur keeping up with the latest fashiens at the lpWfftPrioe. Letters from our Paris od London cor respondents on thb very latest fashions. The Home Department ot tbe Weekly Herald will save the housewife more than one hundred times the price ot the pa per, One Dollar a Year. There is a page devoted to all tba latest of the business markets/Crops, Merchan dise. Ac., Ac. A valuable feature i* found: >n tbe specially reported prices and con-i AIVLTMOT - WEWL The Produce Mark eta. While all tha news from the last fire to the Discovery of Stanley are to be found | in the Weekly Herald, due attention is given to Sporting Newa at home and abroad, together with a Sto ry every week, a Sermon by some emi nent diviae, Musical. Dramatic. Personal and Sea Note*. There is no pi per in the world which contains so much news matter every week as tbe Weekly Herald, which is sent, postage free, for One Dollar. You may subscribe at any lima. * . The New York Herald in weekly form, 1 One Dollar a Year. Paper* publishing this prosp*clwa wtb- 1 out being sutlu>n„.si Will hot necessarily receive an exchange. Address. New York Herald, Broadway A Ann St., New York. Ulktec9t< PENNSYLVANIA RR. , Philadelphia and Erie Kailrcgd BUVXSB TTVE TABLE. Oa and after BUND AT. Maj 11. ITT. lb a tralaa oa Ua Phttadalphu A Krw lUllratd Dirutun wtU raa a tot Iowa: WKSTWRD. ■BIB MAU.learea Pbiladalphla Uftlpw " Harrtaburf 4 Sit a m • Moataodaa (Slaw - Waitanapon KSSau " Wk Harea ttoa to . ÜBL* " arr al Krie :is ga XIAUARA KX l*ara PhUa, .Warn " HarH.br, 10 Sam " . Mayaada* ie*a i£sS FAST LINK learwa I'hUadahthia lim!Z " " Harriabur* JSu p m HoaUaSn • IS p ■ " air at W illtanaaport T 30 p m " " Lock H ren t*pa PACirtO XX laa A wrHari'n Ma : •; wmum.port lU. Mon tendon e* a m arr at Harrtabur* 11 Wan navwv, B PbtUdalpbl* SP* V T"B8&2t W= " " ■SfliSßa'l TIT p A - M'S KRIK MAIL laarea Renora " SMpn ; ilS;| ij||! fo" Waal and Iknta Accommodation Weat make oloar oonnactton at WUltamtpoM with M C R W tralna ' *rt Mall Waat, Niagara Kxpreaa Waat. and Dajr R . conn "' U " n " ,oc k H*'* * h 8 K H . ri S .f?"? * Kd , wt connect at Kria with traina on L 8 A M ti RR. .tUn with O C A A V RR, at Kmj.ortuai with B N T AP BR, and at Driftwood with Parlor oara will run t>rtwn Philadelphia and WU- Hamaport oa Ntanra K*. Weat, III* *l. Weat, PbUa delpfala Kxpreaa Raat , and Dai K*. Bait and S statu* Kx. Laat. S.oopia, OAT, op * "Farmers' Mills. J. B. FISHER, PROPRIETOR. PINN BALL, PA. Oflera the HIGHEST market price* in CASH, on delivery, for Wheat, Corn, Rye, Oats, etc., At the above well-known Mill. Ground Plaater and Salt alwaya on band at tba loareat fatea. 20 sep tf 1877—Fa11—1877 I. J. GRENOBLE, SPRING MILLS, ha* the food*. Largest clock I SELECTION UNSURPASSED! Prices Lower than Ever, t t°. m **t*6<J* a cordial invitation to UU friend, patron*, and public general- Alao a Complete Aaaortment of Ready Made Clothing for men and boya. Suit* aa low a* to be bad in the city. • Imported and Domestic DRYGOODS! Full line* of MERINO UNDER WEARS, I-or Ladies, GeoU, Boys, Misses and Children. BooU CLOTHS CjUtPJ£TS AND OIL And the most complete assortment of notions 0 Centra) Pennsylvania, sod price*.'that 1 wiilcompel o So self defenc* to buy of >• AlsoPuu. SslLotc. 18oe A full line of Howe Sewing Machines and Needles for all kind* of machines. GET GOOD BBKAD. By calling st the new and exten sive baksry establishment of JOSEPH CEDARS, (Successor to J. H. Sands.) Opposite Use Iron Front on Allexbeny street where be famishe every day Fresh Bread, Cakes of ail kinds. Pies, etc.. etc.. Candies, , Spices, Nuts. Fruits. Anything and everything belonging to the business. Having bad years of espe* .rience in tbe busmes*. he flatters himself that he eea guarantee satisfaction to all .who may favor him with their patronage. augtf JOSEPH CEDARS. jPEKNS VALLEY LOOK HERE ! CLOTHING!! CLOTHING!! JUST RECEIVED, A IAR6E STOCK OF Cloth <fc Cassimere, OF LATE STYLES, which l am prepared to have made tdp i suits at Remarkably Low Figs lure*. READY-MADE CLOTHING cheaper than can be bought ELSEWHERE, ,J. W. SHAFFER Market Street, 18oct6m LEW'ISBURG, Pa. D. r. LUSE, P A TWT7R CENTRE lAIil Hjl\, HALL, PA,, offers his services to the oitUeoa of Centre county ip llwuam *!■(■ aasl Ornamental Painting, Striping, ornamenting and gilding. Graining OAK, WALNUT, „ x, H*STNCT. Etc. Plain and Fancy Paper banging. Orders respectfully solicited. Terms reasonable aOaprtf. pKNTRK HADI. * !Furniture Rooms! EZRA KRrjfBINE, ] respectfully informs tbe citizens of Centre county, that be has bought out the old stand ot J. O. Deininger, and has reduced the price*. He has constantly on hand mk re to order BKIisTEADS, * BUREAUS, SINKS, • WASHSTANDS, TA l s c cl i'; BoA!tDS ' His slock of ready made Furniture it large and warranted of good workman* ship, and is all made under his immediau sirz;y r ; d * cb "" s I w Dock before purchasing elsewhere. fobs! CENTRE HALL COACH SHOP. LEVI MURRAY. *t hi* e*Ub;isbiuent at Csoltit Hal), kaepe on band, and fo- sgi* at Ibe west reatona bla rate|. Carriages, Buggies, A Spring WagonS. PLAIN AND FANCY, ana vehicle* of every description made to order, and warranted to be mad# of tb* bet teatoned material, and bj Ike meal •killed and competent workmen. Bodies for buggies * n 4 spring-wagon* Ac., of tba mo*t ijiprprrd pattern* made to order, alo (Jeering pf all kind* made to order. All kind* of repairing done promptly and at the lovrett possible rate*. Person* wanting anything in bia line a*e requested to call and examine bia work, ihev will And it not to ba excelled for dur ability and wear. may g tf, Spring Stills HettlT GEO. q. BKieON, Prop'T. This bvAel fires accommodation to trav eller* second to oone i n the county. The tuble* are large, roomy and attended by careful bottler*. Long experience a* a landlord enable* the proprietor to make bit guest* few! at borne alt the time. dec!} A. S. WAJSJUNUTUN, FASHIONABLE BAX.WA* Haiecm.- XK, in tb odd hank building. Guarantees **iiiact!v>o ta *ll bis work, and aiks the public patronage. H* bad long experi ence in the city. *mmr No. 6 Brockerhoff Row, BeUefonte, Penn'a, Dealers fn Drug**, heinicals. Pcrfttiuwy, Faaey Uoode, Ac„ Ae. I Pure Wine* and Liquors for medical purposes always kept maySl 78
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