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nc ( OLD SERIES, XL.
voL NEW SERIES. XIX.
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THE CENTRE R
Congressman Morrison has introduced
a new tariff’ bill.
tl eet cr iis
Even the Indians call on Gov, Curtin
at Washington. The Governor don't
feel too big to shake hands with any
one.
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AI ci
The funerals of McClellan, Hancock
and Seymour are noted for their sim-
plicity as were those of Grant and Gar-
field for pomp and splendor.
There will be no suspension of silver
coinage. The house committee on coin-
age, weights and measures, by a vote of
seven to six, laid on the table the bill
for a suspension of the coinage of silver.
The new marriage law should be re-
pealed. While in the hall of the court-
quired, “Where is the place to get a mar-
riage license ?”
.--
Judge Hoy, Ch. of Democratic Co,
Com., by an oversight, seems to have for-
gotten to appoint a Committee man for
Centre Hall boro. to look after the
terests of the party. Perhaps Judge
might as well appoint some decent Re-
publican,
in-
smite -——
Philadelphia is now agitating the
question of taking the water works out
of the hands of the city and leasing
them to a company. In Centre Hall
there is some agitation to take the water
works from the company and have them
given over to the town.
The Fitz-John Porter bill has passed
the House, yeas 171; nays 113. The clos
ing debate was enlivened by two bril-
liant speeches, one by Mr. Phelps and
one by Mr, Curtin in favor of Porter.
Curtin, in pa. ticular, caught the atien-
tion of the House by a desultory, but
telling speech, full of personal
cense and anecdotes.
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The Shenandoah victims are likely
remain baried for ever,
the Susquehanna Coal
L
Lompany are
t
ine
t
very much afraid that men consti
will within the nex:
as they have reached very cl
point of the cave-in where there is grea:
danger ahead.
se 10
hey have no means of
rock come. Should they refuse to work
found to take their places, Therefore
the 26 bodies of the miners who
entombed on December 18 will forever
remain in the pit
were
a
The New York Tribune affects to see
a hand-writing on the wall, equal in sig
nificance to that which distributed the
political outlook of Belshazzar, in the
teady increase of the Prohibition vote,
which in New York S ate grew from
2,359 in 1879 to 30,531 in 1885, and in the
whole United States from 50608 in 18
£5 150,369 in 1884. This vote has pro
gressedwilh an unremitting increasement
tauat indicates the vitality of the move-
ment back of it.
Jess so. But there are about 10 mil-
lion voters in the United States and by
the time the cold water-drinkérs count
the half of that a good deal of benzine
will be guzzied vet.
“ey
fa
ti imma
The memory of beneficence
times stretches backward with a sur
prising tenacity. Bo Gov, Courtin must
have thought when he was called on at
his house in Washington by a delegation
ol Seminoles, Osages, Creeks and Chick-
asaws from the Indian Territory, who
chose to appeal to him to assist in pro
tecting their treaty rights to their lands,
because he was the honorable represcn-
tative of the State of William Penn,
William Penn's bones are dust, but his
fair dealing with the Indians is still
cited by tuem as the example of a good
man worthy the imitation of a great peo-
ple. Appealed to in the name of the
founder, ex-Governor Curtin promised
the Indian spokesman that he would do
his best to preserve unimpaired the faith
of the Government—Philadelphia Re
cord.
some
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In their report on the relation be-
tween the President and the Senate the
Democratic minority of the Committee
on tbe Juficiary will show that while
the precedents furnished by the records
of the Senate are all in favor of that
body, the decisions of the courts have
suppported the doctrine which the Pros
ident asserts. The Senate has never ac
knowledged a doubt of its infalibility,
and bas always justified ita claim to a
share in the responsibility for removals
as well as appointments to office, but the
courts have in numerous cases, which
will be quoted by the committee, held
that the act of the President could not
be questioned by Congress, and expect
80 far as the law expressly required its
concurrence. Senator Pugh has found
#0100 very strong arguments in favor
~ CENTRE
THE NEW TARIFF BILL,
Mr, Morrison's Tariff bill is not to be
regarded as a thorough and symmetrical
measure, says the World. It was not
framed with that end in view, but for
the purpose of submitting a plan of im-
proving the situation to Congress which
stood some chance of being made a law.
It involves no general horizontal reduc-
tion after the manner of his last bill, but
treats each separately so that it can be
intelligently considered. It provides for
a reduction of the revenue and hence a
lightening of the burdens of the people,
and for the desirdble removal of duties
from certain raw materials which enter
into our manufactures.
It mainly affects the revenue
reduction of the sugar duties. As these
taxes are not properly protective, this
feature is not pleasing to the Free
Uraders, but as it will cheapen an arti-
{cle of almost universal consumption and
{thus lessen the cost of living it will meet
with the approbation of the large major-
{ity of the people. The same may be said
{with reference to salt, which is placed
{ou the free list, and also in regard to
| cout a matter of much importance in
view of the much-talked-of coal combi-
nation. The useless taxes on corn, po-
tatoes, oats, hay and some other agricul-
(tural products are removed. They were
originally instituted as s ps thrown to
ithe farmers, butavailed little or nothing,
since prices were immaterially affected
by them and in most cases they simply
umbered the tariff schedule, Unfinish-
ed wood and lumber are made free, an
eminently sound provision, as the mate-
{rial is one of universal consumption par-
by the
ticularly affecting the working classes.
[here is no true theory of protection in
making the many pay for the profits of
{the few lumber kings of the Northern
| forests, aud there is no effort being made
preserve our Wo rapidly disappearing
[ rests anyhow, Mineral ores, hewp,
jute and the grasses used in manufac
juures are placed on the free list; also
oarse chemicals and earths used in pot-
tery and paints,
With regard to the reductions in wool,
{cotton and wetals and the various fab
rics composed of them it would require
experts to comprehend respectively their
Notan interest can be in
any way disturbed, whether for the pub-
c good or not, without ra'sing an out
jcry. The discussion over them will be
{protracted and earnest. But even if in
{these particulars and others not touched
upon at ali po improvement can be ar
rived at, the benefits to be gained from
ithe practicable reforms still remain, and
it is to be hoped that they wili not be
lost sight of. It isa fact not to be refu-
ted that the people are paying more rev.
enue to the Government than is necesss-
ry—more indeed than the latter can con-
veniently dispose of without resorting
to unwarranted expenditure. Congress
ought to be able to lift this uncalled-for
burden from the shoulders of the peo-
ple.
to
f
f
full forces.
TY.
THE RAILROAD DECISION,
The decision of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania declaring the Pennsylva-
nia and Reading Railroads under the
provisions of the new Constitution, is at-
tracting much attention throughout the
country. If sustained it may torn over a
new leaf in railroad policy. It is under
stood the case will be carried on appeal
to the Supreme Court of the United
States on the ground that the decision
impairs the obligation of contracts pro-
hibited to the States by the Federal Con-
stitution. The New York Herald says
of the decision :
If it shall be sustained its importance
to the people and corporations of Peun-
sylvania can hardly be overestimated. It
| will bring under the absolute. control of
tint Commonwealth not only the two
great railroad powers in the State—the
Pennsylvania and the Philaclelphia and
Reading, which were parties: to the con-
troversy just decided -but also other
corporations similarly situated. The ex-
tent of such control will appear from a
consideration of the limitations put upon
railroad management by the State Con-
stitution of 1873, from whose operation
the Pennsylvania, Rending and. oiher
companies have hitherto claimed to be
exempt,
These provisions require corporations
to pay in advance property taken
or injured. They forbid consolidation
with competing lines. They declare that
no railroad company “directly or indi.
rectly prosecute or engage in mining or
manufacturing articles for transportation
over its works, or in any business other
than a common carrier.” They prohibit
discriminations in charges or facilities
for transportation. They make it unlaw--
ful for any company to grant free passe s
toany person except its own officersan d
employes. In short, they are simi
generally and specifically against faw il.
ay the exercise
©
over the corpo aie sutra
restricted
i
!
}
tofore claimed xemption be
pina
RA
TE
ope a Daddona
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HALL, PA
A DECISION AFFECTING SEVENTY-
FIVE LAW SUITS,
An important opinion and decree was
filed by Judge Furst, in Huntingdon, on
18, in a matter affecting 75 suits and a
bill in equity pending in Bedford coun-
ty, and 57 suits in Huntingdon county.
In January, 1870, the Bedford county
Bank, at Everett, was established, in
which James Bell, P. O. Orbison, Wm,
Dorris, John Scott, Thomas Fisher, Geo,
W. Garrettson, David P. Gwin, Horatio
G. Fisher and John H. Glazier, of Hunt.
ingdon, were stockholders. These gen-
tlemen disposed of their stock and with- |
drew from the bank on or before May 30, |
1881. In October, 1884, the bank failed, |
leaving large liabilities and a great num- |
ber of creditors. It was then claimed by
the latter the Huntingdon stockholders
named above were liable for the debta
of the concern, not having given notica of
their withdrawal, and the large number
of suits mentioned were brought against
them,
The equity proceeding in Bedford was
by the stockholders in that county to
compel the Huntingdon stockholders to
pay their share of the debts, Tue de-
fendants in the proceeding made app i-
cation to the court in Huntingdon bya
bill in equity, to have the further prose-
cution of the suits in Huntingdon coun-
ty enjoined and restrained until the final
decree in Bedford county. In November
last, Judge Furst, by special injunction,
granted the restraint asked for, and the
decree made on 15th instant was upon a
motion to continue the injunction.
motion was argued by BR. M. Speer and
J. D. Dorris, attorness for the plaintiffs
in the bill, and by John Cessna for the
defendants. The court dissolved the in-
junctions and refused to further restrain
the plaintiffs from prosecuting their
suits,
has been made by the parties, sett ing all
the suits and the equity proceedings in
both counties, and also about seventy
other claims on which suits would have
been brought,
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Since the decree a compromise
tpt —
Gov. Cartin again made a good speech
the Fitz-John Porter bill, which
passed the House the other day. The
old war Governor was in his happiest
vein of humor, His commanding figure
towered erect in the main aisle near his
seat and on him was trained every e
in the vast audience. Ti ir
jected into his bold, Romanesque style
of oratory occasional bits of wit and sly
strokes, which invariably set the House
in a roar of laughter, Every man who
interrupted him got the worst of it and
sat down discomfited. The Governor
collected everybody in the House about
him, clerks, pages and all, before he got
through, and sat down in a blaze of glo-
ry when he had finished. Porter, the
ex-GGovernor said, had been denounced
as a traitor. If Porter was a traitor he
(Mr. Curtin) was a traitor, and if any
one wanted to tell him he was a traitor
let him tell it in a corner. The gentle-
wan from Michigan (McCatcheon) had
appealed t» High Courts of Heaven and
had summoned as witnesses Garfield
and others who are dead. But General
(iraot would be there and there would
be conflicting evidence before that court
I'here was not in the history of the coun-
try a death so sublime as Grant's. He
would be in that court to answer the ac.
cusations which the gentleman said
would be sustained above, Look out for
Grant.
on
Ye
ies
ie Govern in
GOWERN TRIPS 'EM UP.
On Saturday in New York a great sen-
sation was created in financial and rail-
way circles by the announcement that
President Gowen, of the Reading Rail-
road Company, had executed a brilliant
coup, and on his own account had raised
from $10,000000 to $25,000,000, with
which not only to maintain control of
the company, but to relieve it of its
financial embarrasssments and bring
about a thorough organization, without
having to ask favors of the much adver
tised Drexel -M organ syndicate. He had
all the money he needed and milions
more; he propos es to push an aggressive
campaign; he would look out for Reading
himself, and per mit no intrusion by un-
friendly outsiders; more than the mere
payment of the Reading's debts was in
contétpplation; a new Chicago trunk line
with three eastern termini was to be es
tab'ished. Such in brief were the as
su canoes given to crowds of inquirers,
i A A I. WSN
SECOND YOUTH AT 120 YEARS,
St. Catharines, Ont, Feb. 17. Sarah
Taylor, colored, a native of Virginia,
died yesterd ay in the parish of Lowth,
in this vount y, aved 120 years, 11 months
and 8 days. Her mental faculties were
unimpaired up to ber death, and she was
in on of second 6, bad a
third set of natura! teeth, and her hair
was quite dark, having from
white.
AS
DEATH OF REV. J. J. HAMILTON
The coke-workers strike is one of great |
magnitude in its eflects. The action of |
the coke-workers at their convention at
Beottdale, on 18th inst, in resolving ol
accept no compromise, has had a tenden- |
cy to increase the bitterness of thestrog- |
gle and a settlement seems further away
than ever. More men are idle now than |
at any time since the beginning of the |
strike. Only two small worksare in op- |
eration and they are not running full.
Notices will be posted up by many ofthe
a
final demand upon
operators on their tenant houses in
few days, making 4
their tenants to vacate thei
March 1, and after that time evictions
will likely become general. About 400
nroperty on i
Hungarians, armed with rifles, revolvers,
with mili
to
Pe
hatchets and clubs, marched
tary precisioo through Mt, Pleasant
the Standard Works, It has
ported that work was to begin there
been
he
purpose of preventing its resumption
No attempt, however, was made to sta
the work
I'he magnitude of the strike is greater |
The amount |
rallaw $y |
Valley Fairchance |
Pleasant to
would reach $18,000,000, This great sum |
Qi
¥
J
Not only is no interest be” |
ants of
nore capital
pended in keeping the proj
from
erty
from external danger
while it is almost impossible U
The railroads are losing
Yond PP »
oats cauy,
2 (00 cars on side tracks are bringing
revenue whatever, On the ot!
i
8G O0O0 casi
%
i, thes
ng or Lhe
unearned wages, maki
have
{
hree working davs they
a gross loss of $200,000, consequent
jamages to outside employment affected
ia
by the strike cannot
wld the strike o
years fo
She
it will take
labor to recover tl
ides during
and the
th =
it
disagreement,
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THE ORPHAN HOOL BCANDAL
The Harrisbarg Patriot says there
little ia the story of fraud in the man
agement of the Soldiers’ Orphan Schools
that bas not beea known for some time
to a considerable number of people
throughout the state, Bat tothe general
publicthe disclosure made the other
day came with the force of a humilia.
tion and surprise. That a set of mes
could combine to wring inordinate pro
fits out of the flesh and bones of the or
phaned children of the couniry’s he-
roes seems beyond belief, bat the facts
are convinciug that however reloctan:
the public may be to accept the testi
mony whieh they erect, there is no es
cape from the coaviction that a great
wrong has been committed.
The methods pursued by the syndicate
in compassiog this fraud on the chiidren
and the state were deliberate and cold
bivoded. Haviog first secured the co
operation of the man who andited the
sccounts they then procecded systema
deally to multiply their profis by in
creasing the vumber of pupils under |
their conrge. These steps haviug proved
sucoesaial L0@ ploching process was nex
inaugurated aud by crowding vast num
bers i010 weagre quarters, reducing the
expeoses of maintainance to the min- |
iwutn Ggure sud lmiiug the sapplies 10
he cheapest in qualny and smallest in
guautity, whe four men concerned have
seen) able 10 wriog an anneal profit of
850,000 a yer oot of the business, :
It is presamable that the Governor will |
take the nocessary steps to end this oat |
rsgeons fraud without the urging that
public sentiment is likely to offer. The
proof having beso presented that the
contracts for the care and education of the
wards of the Commonwealth have been
vioieted it is bis ubvious daty to declare
them forfeited. Tuis coarse will to sowe
extent repair the damage toat has been
done. But It will not meet the full meas.
are of the public requirement. Dr. H g-
bee, who is Buperiotendent of the
schools, has been at least cognizant ol
the frauds, and the least the Govern
van do to show his depreciation of that
gostleman's conduct 1s to demand bis
resignation. This demand should be
made immediately and unequivocally
and if it ade to bring a response there
suonid be a removal for cause.
PINCHING ORPHANTS,
A Syndicate Profits from the Wards of the
State,
Philadelphia, Feb. 21.—The Record
will to-morrow publish a six colamn ar-
ticle on the management of the Soldiers’
Orphans’ School of Pennsylvania, which
alleges not only official discrimination,
neglect and corruption, but aiso that a
syndicate is profitiog at & rate of $50,
000 a year in the management of four of
the schools,
The article says: Though the war
ended twen'y one years ago, and though
all ihe children whose fathers died
ke
iB
I a1 " Rev, Jd
ul Dlovmtuld, Bu, Bub OL ins
minister, lamin to almost every perou
0
ad
i
annual appropriations from the legisla}
i
ture, mainly for the enrichment of a few |
lobby at Harrisburg, i
The syndicate headed by Ex-Senator
George Wright, of Mercer, Pa,
the rate of about $50 000 upon the mean-
agement of four
Mount Joy, Mercer
Chester Spr. ugs
profits at
cated al
3 1
1008 i
2
3
Be
eT villa and
fcAlisterville and
(M8 dal discrimination
have prevailed
¢ Govern: i 1
1
Boldiers’
Orphans,
Lters is cvidence hand
wl Cork ofthe B Orphans De-
partment, Jawes Li Paul, was< 3p
tr in tue of the M
seavol, snd received 4
Years lu stioeession al
4 year, al of wh
tue books as *' 4.
Tue nt
“wt
a
piles
profits
CLed
he rate
Gos |
JRYE A BpeCIUC
“ud gd
Behio
weet i
that
4
clothed
ne Sate afte require
bie fod and
Lie Hsira
ia’ pu
f A
if i Las
Liens
regarded. {ale
permiited fl.gract » ) ©
that the ct i res
restoent which the Bustle contem plat
for which it round y paid
yuen this fact was
{ of ti Niate duper
+ J Ul
the Boldiers’ Orprans 8
vi
JAY
fhe
DS. teep in
itidren have ud eived U1
Calied
if
they would
All regard
fur the
have 8
eeu PGT
influence has been carried to su
Lis
Ly re
b
is
ps, 4%
i
cow petition aud
41Ive scarcity of GrpLiaos tha
{ led with chudrean
are now haif oi
fathers are iiving.
Ui toe LHF) spDY
by the State to pay r
ae Wald
DecauLe «
ir ~y
T
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feel
¥ Sik
i %
1% Calcl Bled hal Dearly
sorbed lu ex
w
efsiVe profi,
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JOHN GO
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The Grea
Tou
FE
2 ¢
United Stat
tion of boo
he becaod
tor gpread
and Canada, i
lectured. In Massac
of his oratory was so
presence d
sought; and in t
ceeding Ins rel
ini
3 x
BOVOCACY
he the two
iwrimnalien
ar
an
y
more than 12,06 ii€
lectures, and oblained
2 y the pledge,
Englacd where |
BU~CCSS8.
In i
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He remained in
two years, during whi
ered $40 lox
As Lie [a
ry his fame as an «
of ir 3
happy homes gave evidence of 1
tical value «f his iat
Returning to the Unite
addressed or
farts of the ©
aser0n RE
his mel with
creased popularity.
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HE TROUBLE NOT ALL OVER
I'iie COKE RE IN,
Pitlal ig, Fab, 22.-- The Ii Sari
refused to go to work
the Moorwood and Standard Works at]
the advance offered by the syndicale
They say they will do no work until
their coautrymen are released from jail
Al Moorwood they swear they will kill
any one who attempts to work until
Frick & Co. have complied with their
demand. The Engl sh speaking wer arc!
i : i it
indignant at the Hungarians and will go
to work to-mOfrow regardless of conse
quences. A special from Connellsvi le
says: The trouble in the coke region is
not ended by any means. The men at
Donaldson's works near here all went to
work this morning, but in one pit thes
ilies
rator
mimeda
rex LRarg
A
a
s
States |
S00 eH
niry ynt 7. whe
syisited Great |
{ nal
AGG ODA «
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this morn wil
tofore and the pit bosses refused (0 Laul
the cars out,
At a largely attended delegate conven
tion offeoke workers, a' Scottdae, it was
decided to accept the advance offered by
the operators and retin to work at
ounce. In a minority report the Hun a
rians dec ded to stand out until all the
prisoners are released from jail. Among
other matters discussed was store orders
and large wagons, but the miners agreed
to return to work ard let these matters
be adjusted under the law,
3 SM he TompTANS
There is war between ;
people and ligeor dealers in Clearfie d
county on the liceose question. Man,
of the business men have been deterred
rom signing livense ations b
tress of wh Jiquos
NOS
LOCKED 'N A FREIGHT CAR,
ing Cold With
Raw
A young man is in 5
¢ity, who Las
will remember
é story be teils:
Rutherford, and 1
I was born in London~
ade a ion 5
HGE a I9urney nie
Ih
ne is Wo
years
th
Bisin
GAL.
old,
Obio, where my father haga farm.
We poor
much money, Of late our
am a tanner by trade.
had
are
ii never
: 4
oe |
18 pai 1 even less than usual and 1
find a
and I might work
i tnont
y father
ig ago, to
shares wilh the owner. I had po
t went abont
getting
ed!
sleeping in bares
fc best I
food as
out I had a silver
nd
d of music, I traded
"hen I got 25 miles
i Indiana Istarted
sir Dayton,
without
4 a freight train,
g Colombus,
A enderry, Fi ding
in snd
Then I
I ate BUMe
When
1 ate
thirsty. At
i wounded
ieard 8 an
be writing
de of the car, I
the slick sud beg-
oat ‘There must
iS car J heard Lim say
cK
4
G0 and
to
crawled
corn
asleep,
motion,
it
3
¥
ri
v the OGL,
away. I pounded and
Al night the train
: ramp of the
i, and 1 beat with
note, Tuey
E CLneCe la Aa
them laogu, but no
Fal Gurk 10 tue car but X
: ve velween uight
i my
y DULY
Lu longer.
gOl sure,
Ways wuen fue
i 10 minke people hear
although 1
Luis moruiog
uy eyes the voor of the
rawicd vl, LO Oue see
it I could scarcesy
* Do eeu iu my eyes,
aW lwo Dig grail ee
i I bLedu’t the
I walsed sioaly
: jie ite saioon and esked
Wall Wi I was Bue said, ‘in
w Yurk, of course.’ Then | tried to
| ber that 1 was a stracger, cold and
fe unconscious, 1
einig put into the swmbuiance
e here. The goctor told
were frozen, bot it
athputate
Soperiuten~
vue, My
ra 13e
and
eres
ile I p Bye
OF 80 ¢0ig
Qi
¥
could Play
Lil muy moath
a.
A
+
;OOeeded,
jlside,
al
Yer.
s
i Was,
i A
¢Te
ailinoet
citer §
Ls
Na
®
ove
ecessary to
ter
me
Wille
He
t WIE ire
seuu
i eal
Lv dl.
lent Ka
og wiil
3 INHUMANITY,
man cruelty
the storm a
were driving to-
south, in
have
the past
ti
inhuman
house refused to
er his wife or*child to take
n begged and pleaded,
pif, His wife was then
i ti was in the
1t both are said to have
man told them he
wnmodate them and sad
Wer On they could proba
ction. The poor man
peas tion on the wagon and
{fire next morning all three
¢ wered waif a mile fiom the
jouse fr zen to death, The motuer had
bse babe close to her bosom as if in the
f hneging it, The poor father still
i his sil hands,
nan
oy
uring
id
2, from the
blizzards which
the weather for
Heaching a house 1& man
heller,
y owned the
the
*
it
Lida
babe
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i he
i a
1: 1ge Wilson, of Clarion, in his in-
wus to Consiabies takes occasion
10 1upress upon that class of officials the
portance of real zing the respoositli-
wes that rest upoa tuem. Toe Judge
uolds tha: Coustables are bound to dis-
over and return violadious of the liquor
laws, wagering or betling oa elections,
£80 # houses and common gamblers,
and “all ther viimes snd wrongs tend.
ing to corrupt the mora s of a communi~
v.” He fuither announces that a Con
table's willful failure 10 make such re-
urus renders him hable 10 indictmeat
or the er.me of perjury. Under this
ruling few Constables dv their duty.
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A $1,000,000 FIRE.
Wilmington, N. C, Feb, 21.—A disage
trons fire oovnrred in the business pore
on ofthis ote this afternoon, the loss
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00,
derail ——
The miners of the Clearfield region
will hod a convention at Da Bois, on
March 9, to consider the question of was
Les,
H
mutingdon esunty is passing through
a Prouibition period, scting on license
applica ions having been postponed ups
iil April The war, however, between
the cold-water drinkers sod the wonlds
be dispensers of alcoholic beverages goes
al the same, in