ECTORAL VOTE ANUARY 9TH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE MEETS. and Functiovs. How the Votes of the Electors are Cast and Counted. January goth the presidential PTs in every state in the union will 8t their respective capitals and heir votes for president and vice Hent of the United States. When #58 assembles on the second Wed- ¥ in Febrgary, 1803, the two in the hall of the tatives and proceed so cast, and the re § “officially” declared @lonal count will be 8 law that was signed Cleveland on February ftatute was passed to e difficulties which of the Hayes-Tilden of ¥ gions the president psides over the joint two houses, It or- ectors of each state je place prescrilpd by son the second Monday following the November give their votes The n is especially designed to h contested returnj from to furnish a me {ns for Espose of them if shy are s that if any stde shall d by laws enactel prior dential election for the ination, by jud pial or Is, of any contest dncern- hall have been jade at] ays before the me , that decision shal} f the state. : in spite of this pr faution contested returns from a tions three and four faim to emergency. They hake it of the governor of e afh state mit the result of thekelection ficate to the secretary of state t Whington, and to delivel to the &! cH tly Lataghich they are also togend to f | hy § ptary of state. If thre shall n any contested retirns set-| the state the goverior shall | notice thereof to thejecretary who shall publish il in any r he may designatg and at subsequent meeting of con- must transmit othe two | in the hall of the house of | tives with Vice President presiding. There agtwo tel “the states in alphabetial order, andpens the certificates of he elec-| . ie of each, handing hem to teil who make a list of the votes as from the certificites, and | the vote. metis deemed sufficient delaration | Pal js smooth sailing, but what if tis are contested returns fom any statir objections are raise soon of a certificate? hesection 4 comes in. Phat is | nder it! ate their case against h single her will consider the jection, s votes from any sta] which boon lawfully certifiedphall be 1 unless the two house acting atly, shall agree that such have not been regulaly giver “ors whose appointfent has properly certified. Inleases of ted returns from any saparately, he nied as adjudged valid by the i bunals and in ease thire shall ¥ ib no decision by statdwathori- of two houses must edgceur in the disgted re- Bat if the two houses hall dis- , in respect to the coujting of Gyotes, then the votes ofelectors has been pertified a state fhall be Jaw seeks as much js possi- J elsion of all pontest- yotes to the states p which oeour, and fur@er pro- the states «hil have duty, the coftsent of of congress is refuired to | any return. Thi policy jn view of thelconflict we when the cou of the ¢ The & p hinged un the isiana andi Flori- not carried the latter state, but that | one of their candidates for elector was | ineligible. Both parties contested the other two states. Here occurred the perilous question of who was entitled to count the elee- toral votes and declare the result. Conflicting sets of returns had been sent from Florida and Louisiana, and the democratic governor of Oregon had certified to the election of Cronin, one of the democratic candidates for elect- or. The republicans argued that the president of the senate, a republican, had the sole authority to open the re turns and declare the count, while the democrats maintained that only the joint body of the two houses could de- clare the result. Out of the bitter con- flict the electoral commission was born and the law of 1887 is designed to pre- vent another such contention. UE EE Wanamaker's Ideal Postal Service. On the l-cent postage question, Mr, Wanamaker says, “The present letter rate pays actually double the cost, and | by this over pay serves as a protective | rate to the department to cover the] under pay from doing an express busi- ness for periodicals and books and car- pound at a loss of six cents per pound.” Something to take the place of frac- PERFECT ACCORD | NO BITTER FIGHT OVER THE SPEAKERSHIP, Mr, Crisp's Visit to President Cleveland Satisfactory. The Prospects of the Next Sennte, WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 2. '98,— Crisp’s visit to New York for the pur- pose of conferring with President-elect Cleveland, which was first aathori- tively announced in this correspond- view, of course, and while the Speaker will not, talk about what Mr. indeed, that certainty his satisfaction, and he does not hesitate to say conferences were entirely satisfuctory | to both participants, and that { found himself in pertect accord Mr. Cleveland's ideas about i should be done by the party in r | gress. The importance to the demo- | | cratic party at large of this complete understanding between Speaker Crisp | | land Mr. Cleveland can hardly be over- | estimated. In the first it re moves all danger of a bitter fight over | the Speakership of the next House, | perfect { harmony will exist between a who | with what | Cone | p lace, small sums is very desirable. House and the democratic President, of denominations of ten, twenty five | and fifty cents and $1. The report closes with the following: “My ideal of the American postal ser-| vice is a system modeled upon a dis- | triet plan with fewer offices, and those thorough supervision. {ed that produce nothing to the de-| partment. In the place of every abol- ished non money order and non regis- | selling machine and a letter box to re-| ceive mail. With the money saved should be instituted a system of collec- senger contractors, to gradually spread | the free delivery all over the country. ed to three, and the rate of postage the world over to one cent.for each half | ounee."’ Mast i Electric Bitters. i This remedy is becoming so well | known and so popular as to need no| All who have used | Mctric Bitters eing the same song of | | praise.—A purer medicine does not ex- | ist and it is guaranteed to do all that Electric Bitters will cure | i all diceases of the Liver and Kidneys, [will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt | | Rheum and other affections caused by | blood.—Will drive Malaria from the system and prevent as well | as cure all Malarial fevers.—For cure | of Headache, Constipation “and Indi- | gestion try Electric Bitters.— Entire | satisfaction guaranteed, or money re-| { funded.—Price 50 cts, and $1.00 per! bottle at J. D. Murray's Drug Store. | What a Potato Will Do. of cleansing In There isa great deal | pow er in an ordinary Irish potato, | potatoes are used to. produce snow whiteness, and more than one camper- lout who has found himself without soap has fallen back on potatoes as a substitute and washed out handker- chiefs and shirts with them. As a matter of fact potatoes will remove and the chemical action is much less injurious to fabrics, ei bonin Garman House Changes, On January 1, Daniel Garman retir- ed from the management of the popu- lar Garman house at Bellefonte after thirty-two years of consecutive man- Mr. Garman can feel proud of his business success and now retires to private life to enjoy the fruits of his business career, His two sons, C, M, and Al Garman succeed their father in the future management of the ho- tel. ——- Death of an Infant. An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Brumgard, at the east end of Brush valley, near Brumgard’s church, died on Bunday of whooping cough. This disease has secured quite # hold on the children in that vicinity, and many are down with the trouble. some and Infectious malady. m————— Big Porkers, Jacob Krumrine, of State College, —and thats hard to beat. Andrew Harter, of Marion town ship, killed a porker that dressed 706, There Is not going to be a famine yet, Ap ——— A SP ——————— For Rent, A two-story dwelling house and lot, with stable, ote., at Centre Hall sta- tion is for rent. Possession given at || time. Apply to F. Kurtz, ture success of the party. i Your correspondent regrets that he | in the next Senate. In the first place, | the next Congress is still very much in doubt, | with the probabilities of its being in| the hands of the populists, who have, Senator Peffer, announced their intentions to put their where they will do the most good—to themselves. Democrats here take no stock in the stories which republican | and mugwump newspapers have been | about the intentions of | The Senator himself | attempt to | voles | them with a denial, but a gentleman him, and who is probably as well ac- one, except himself, said to me, “Sen- and you will make no mistake in asserting I be democ- do nothing in the Senate that wil inconsistent with Simon pure racy. He will support Mr. Cleveland's administration as loyally as any man in the Senate, except in the matter of appointing mugwumps or newly con. verted democrats, of thé Wayne Me If Mr. Cleve- i land nominates any of those men to | important offices I predict that Sena- Senate, but he will east no vote against the confirma- i tion of any man whose democracy is unquestioned. Remember this predie- tion, and see if time does not prove its truthfulness.” Here is a specimen of extravagant | by members of the House committee on Appropriations: In the estimates submitted for appropriations for the next fiscal year by the War Depart- | ficial limbs for soldiers. The large] amount for this purpose suggested an | investigation which brought out the dollar) Congress, soldiers entitled to artificial limbs were authorized every five years to receive new’ legs or arms, or to take in commutation $75 for a leg and $50 for an arm. During that Congress without any recommenda- tion or request from the War Depart | ment a bill was lobbied through by the claim agents ring which at that time collected about nine-tenths of the come mutation money--upon a big percent. age of caurse--reducing the period to three years (since then a rule of the de- partment shuts the claim agents out of this money.) It wasalso discovered that the original law was more than liberal, as an artificial arm will under ordinary usage last a life time and that a leg lasts from six to eight years also that 98 per cent. of those entitled to artificial arms and 78 per cent. of those entitled to legs regularly take the money instead of the limb. Furth- er investigation showed that if this claim agent's law had not been enact. ed the item would have been $750,000 instead of $850,000, Quite a difference, eh? This is only one instance, there are hundreds of them-—showing how this Congress is compelled by the vie fous legislation of the last republican Congress to increase appropriations, It will take several years of demoortio rule and vigilant investigations to get the expenditures of this government down to an econoinieal, business basis, but it Is going to be done, Seoretary Noble has lssued an order granting the use of the hall of the Pension Office building for the Cleve. land’ 8 first Tamugural Ball Was held in | Hsia building; also Mr. Harrison's. In [ fact it is almost the only building in | Washington suitable for the purpose, {although | think dit | Benator fan says it was English | influence, «ch is always for the sin- { gle gold standard, that prevented the accomplishment of anything by the | monetary conference, and he thinks { the same influences will have the same jeffect when it meets again in the | spring. t. ) ————— TRIAL LIST. First Week of January Court Commencing Monday, Jan, 20, Following is the trial list to be tried {at the next term of court, commencing Monday, Jannary 20th, 1863: R. C. Bowers Granite Co. C. W, VS. . (i. Herlinger's Admr's, va. W, H. James Higgins va. Meck & Nagle. Lewis Boone va, A. CC. Bowes, Thomas G, Ingram vs. Beech Creck R. McClellan vs. Geo. R. G. H. Hayes vs. Bridget Bradley Bellefonte Academy Trustees, use of, ve. W. L. McMeen et al. John Wagner vs. John Blackford. Krumrine's M. A. Bmith va. Geo. Meyer's exrs. BPECIAL COURT. Commencing Monday, March 20th, to hear the following cases in which Judge Furst was interested and will Tyrone Mining & Mfg. Co. vs. James 8. Cross, John Liggett vs. Lehigh Valley Coal Co. Lehigh Valley Coal Co. vs. Hoover, Hughes & Co. Lehigh Valley Coal Co. Crosby et al. John I. Thompson vs. Geo. and John Mattern. vs. Henry NE AE. J Not So Heavy as Before The travel during the past holidays comparatively light compared with that of former years, and to this can mainly be attributed the railroad company not issuing excur- It has been customary was Cause ets at greatly reduced rates, and many were thus induced to travel who would have done so had the regular rate This year no tickets were sold at excursion and in- quiry made resulted in the information that it was the result of an agreement made between the Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia and Reading and the Baltimore and Ohio railroads not to place excursion tickets on sale, and the passenger traffic in consequence was comparatively light. There is also a rumor to the effect that in the near fu- mileage books will not be sold and all others called in. Itseems that not been charged, rates, less passengers and at a better rate. sss A AY AAA How Mingle Sacceeds, There are various methods employed to bring about success in business, Mingle has re lie «1 on but one method. profits, Ir he didn’t sell good shoes he | would be foolish for selling at small | profits, because he could never estab. { lish a trade. He could sell a customer selling nothing but reliable goods he has established himself so firmly that the bitterest competition has failed to draw his trade from him in the least. He is selling today more boots, shoes, slippeis and rubber goods than ever before, and he isselling to the best peo- ple in the eounty. Everything is marked as low as it could be. When you want shoes don’t miss Mingle's shoe store, Bellefonte, AM ss Too Fishy, The Middleburg Post pens the fol- lowing episode occurring in that coun- ty: A Penn township sportsman while out rabbit hunting one night during the recent full moon, leveled his gun at an incoming rabbit, when a bush close by and lit plumb on his gun-barrel. He was too surprised to shoot and both the bird and rabbit got AWAY. Denth of Mes. Harter, Mrs. William Harter, widow, and mother of ex-recorder Harter, of Mill- heim, died a few days age and was buried on Tuesday. She was much esteemed in Millheim., Vacation Over. The holiday vacation of the public schools closed on Monday, when the winter term was begun. The vacation was of but one week this year instead on ta alone, CUPID'S DART YOUNG PEOPLE. Miss Carrie M. Lawyer Is Wedded to Mr, David W, Bradford on Thursday Even- ing. Dec, 20th, On Dec. 20th the residence of Mr. and Mrs, John R, Lawyer, west of the Old Fort, was the brilliant scene of the marriage ceremony of their only daugh- ter, Carrie May, to David W. Bradford | of near Centre Hall. The hospitable home was turned in- to a veritable garden of foliage and | tasteful decorations, while the large | from a distance, made the whole spectacle of mingled solemnity, and joy. At seven o'clock, Miss Helen Bar- tholomew, escorted to the by Professor Crisswell, proceeded to ren- der the wedding march, shortly followed to its entrancing cadence, bridesmaid and best man, Miss Beulah Brisbin, charmingly dressed, and G. O. Benner. The bride, a lady of charm- ing personality, exquisite beauty and grace, leaning on the arm of him whom she should shortly claim her own, im- mediately followed. The contracting couple composedly took their places before the Rev, H. N. Minnigh, of the M. E. church, who in the beautiful form of that church, pronounced the couple man and wife. Congratulations were showered upon the couple who had relinquished ail relationship to the mirage single blessedness and so auspiciously set sail a mirth organ and of over the sea of sublime happiness un- der the immaculate canopy of mutual love and reciprocated affections. A sumptuous collation was then served and merry making ruled the hour. The presents were costly ate, The ushers were Mr. El Bellefonte, and Prof. Wm. well of Centre Hall. The is well and popularly known, sumptuously dressed in cream silk bengaline, decollette, which on her gruceful figure was surpassingly beautiful. The bridesmaid, Miss Jeu- lah Brisbin, was dressed in pinkNns- downe, decollette, and was alike beau- tiful and charmingly attractive. The groom is one of our rising young men—manly and energetic. He em- bodies all the qualifications for de- voted and worthy husband. The happy couple embark on their pilgrimage of life with every of happiness, prosperity and tranquility, and it is the REPORTER'S earnest hope and abiding faith ti may nev- er wane, but go increasing through the trials of life until is reach- ed the haven of eternal happiness, col Asp sso r and elabor- mer Royer of B. wide, Criss. who Wis a omen wat these on ever Letter From Ohio Dr. Kreider writes us from Bucyrus, Ohio, December 22, as follaws: Our town has a steady growth, have now three finished railroads, the shops of one road, with other large manufact- ures; over forty steam industries, and the fourth prospective railroad. Here is the place to find work by idle me- chanics, merchants, ete. The city has increased in population from 3200 to nearly 8000 within a few years, and is making daily accessions, who are at- tracted here by newly organized man- ufactures. We have had no snow yet to make good sleighing. Corn husk- ing is still going on, much of it is husked by machinery. ————— A Valoable Road. The Cresson, Clearfield and New York short line railroad company has been sold and merged into the Pennsyl- vania railroad company’s system. The property and franchises will be taken possession of by the new owners on January 1. This line is thirty miles long and extends from Cresson, Ca bria county, to Irvina, Clearfield coun- ty. It has two branches running to coal mines. It traverses a region rich in coal, lumber and mineral resources. — A A SA Coal Scarce. There is a scarcity of coal all along the line of the milroad. The cause given for it is that cars are scarce. Orders that have been in for coal over a month, remain unfilled. We fear that the combine has some other rea- son for it. Finest of Consting. A mile of finest coasting that carries you with arrow speed right into Cen- tre Hall. This will make the mouths of city youngsters water, who have nothing better than sliding down cel- lar doors, ¥ Beats Lrve een wuustally AT THE INSTITUTE. FIDELITY TO PRINCIPLES, Rev. W. E. Fischer, pastor of the { Lutheran church at Centre Hall, was | introduced before the large audience {and delivered an interesting address | entitled “Fidelity to Principles.” It { is a deep subject and was well handled | by the speaker. He says character can [only be formed by following closely land corre sctly every principle of honest duty; man must be a perpendicular janimal to be a great man; truth leads | all honest men; no man can occupy a { horizontal and a perpendicular posi- {tion at one and the same time: to { speak the truth only beeause you are | under cath to do so, not because of the { love of it is no credit to any one; it is | alw ays a gain to be the good service a thing gives is always its best endorsement; if geolog v needs anything above another today it is principle; principle is to the student what the lighthouse is to the sailor; the man who has no principle is nothing but a moral drunkard; knowledge comes by obedience to principle; the love of evil keeps men in darkness, to see God is to see truth; standard of valuation to- day is professional success, which in many instances is achieved by pervert- ed methods; too many men are today living solely by the practice of their wits, with not the least resemblance of principle; man’s character is always judged by his actions; fidelity to prin- ciple is necessary for our own safety; many great men's success, is after all nothing but defeat; safety of any man is the good and true principle he fol- lows; to be useful in the world is to be happy; if a man cannot regulate his own life he surely is of no benefit to mankind in general.—Gazeffe, hone wl When we received from Richard A. Raalfield, 794, 796 and 798 Tenth aven- , ue, New York, the first number of his New York Musical Monthly we were staggered. Bat his Christmas number embarrases us. His other numbers contained 32 pages of music; but this number contains 56 pages and 19 d4if- ferent pieces of music. The contents are as follows: “Crossing the Bar,” “Mistletoe Bough,” “One BSweetly Solemn Thought,” “The Lord’s Pray- er,” “Sion,” “Angels in My Dreams,” all vocal music. Christmas Carols: Cantique de Noel, (Christmas Song, ) “Christmas Hymn, Pilgrims of the Night,” “O Little Town of Bethie- hem,” “Let Music Break on this Glad Morn,” “All lLowliness and Love, “Upon This Holy Day,” “The Royal Child is Born,” “In a Manger Resis we King,” “There's Song in the Air.” Instrumental: Christmas, “ Lar- go,” “Society Belles Yorke,” “la Czarina Mazurka.” The price is 15 cts. per copy or $1.50 a year, Bl ——— A — WHEREARE THEY AT? What Has Become of the Millheim Rails road Boom 7 Voices ” i Is Millheim’s railroad a dead tainty or dead for certain? The citizens have offered to grad providing the P, R. R. will do the and run it. If they fail in this why not have a electric road, which would answer all purposes, The power to generate elec- tricity could be had from Penns creek, below Coburn, and would be less ex pensive than steam, and the electri plant could furnish power for oth purposes at Coburn and Millheim, well as light in addition to power for an electric road. mb AM Clearfield Licenses, Clearfield county is a great place for liquor licenses. From the number of applicants this year nearly every cross road in that county will have a grog shop running. There are 201 appli cants for hotel license, 25 applicants for restaurant license, 13 for wholesale license, 5 for breweries, and one for distillery, making a total of 145. That is about four times ks many as Centre county will have, CALIFORNIA has taken the lead in two most important political reforms, At the recent November election her people declared, by a vote of 187.958 against 13,342, in favor of the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people. At the same elec. tion her people voted, by 151,820 against 41,059, in favor of an education al qualification for voters. Crmist™as had the blues on ac count of the extremely low tempera. ture and high winds. The only pleas ure was to be found indoors, and as many as could avoided going out. We hope all were able to keep warm.
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