Ulir Cnttvr gmowat. BBLLEFONTE, A . The Liret,CheaJiMt nnd Bnut Pnper lTlU.ltll Kit IN t'KNTKK COUNTY. THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT 1* nub rvery Tliun l*jr morning, at lk-Uolotita,(Viilre county, V*. TKHMd—i'iuh In tilvrtocn $t HO If nt in mlvitnc* ii OO Payment* aiau* \%tilni* threw month* will l> con* In advance. A UVR I'AUKlt—divoUd to the InttTMli of llf whole iw.|l*. No |NI|HT will T* (lirontini|rd until *RR©AR*|CC* are paid, oxcw|t at option of putillihvo. I'apera going out of the county mu*t In* paid for in adrinrn. Any |>roon procuring tm tencaah *uljwcrlbar* will ho n.-nt a i opy free of charge. Uur extensive circulation make* tlil pa|>©r an un usually reliable and profitable medium fr aitverti*iug. Wt* hate the tnoal ample faciil'iea f<r JOB WollK and arc prepare*l lo print all kind* of llook*, Tract*. Programme#, l\eter, Commercial printing, Ac., in thj fiumt atvlc and at the |.we*t puanlhlw rates. KATt> <>t AI • V KUTI>IM; Time. | 1 In. | 'i In. j 3 to. | 4 In. | 5 in. liio.| illß. 1 Week, fl (*' 4- ?' * 400530n ?M is. #l2 on 2 Weeks, i I •'• 4| 3 w 4no 5 00| t) O' II 10 n Weeks, • wi, i 6 iai o 00. 7m l; ooj in *> I*l nth. 2 ••!!, I "• 0 (*•! 7 '<• *OO 15 I 4 20 la* | 2 >!• nth*. 4 (Si ) * on 10 <* lj IMI 20 •*), 28 is) j 3 Month*. f Ik) 4 00-12 IS) 13 no 1 . IMI 25 (*' 35 IS) t' M utlluO * (Hi 12 on 1* (si 20 is' 2'J •" is) mi is 1 Year, |IS 00I1S 00|*1 00 S4 00|43 00|6( 00 100 00 1 Advertisement* are cih nlatrd hy the in- hin length of <-iluuio. and any Icm *j-a. a is rated .i* a full intTi. Kreigu adewrjlawniwnt* must he paid f-r lef..ri In* ' sertioa. slept on yearly contra (■*, alien half yearly j payment* in advance v ill he required. PoLITI- At NOTICES, LI cents p-t line EACH in*-rti--n. N .thing in* rted fr lea* tli-v> •• c--j t* Ili'Mtstts Norti *. in the editorial columns, l" cent* per line, each Insertion. I#-- vt N.irh cs, In local columns, 10 mnts per line. ANTOI NcKutNTs of names of itndiUtr* f.r ..fit e. ! |3 each. As* •( si'tsrvT* or M *nr jpsr tan Death* ln*ert.w| free; hut all obituary notice* ia tII be charged 5 cents per line. Src*'f \i N-rrtcsa 25 pef rent. aUtve regular rales. A I,AK<;K number of removals and ' reductions were made in the New York custom house on the Ist inst. Mostly among the friends of Conkling, and the late collector, Gen. Arthur. N<> let up on Conkling. His friends will have to go. ONE more rogue rewarded by Mr. J Hayes. Corbin, the South Carolina pretender, whom the republican senate recently refused to recognize as an honest claimant to Senator Butler's seat, has been appointed Chief Justice of the Territory of Utah. Three more left—Jim Anderson, Agnes Jenks, and John J. l'nttcrson. TIIF. New York Presbytery seems to have an elephant on hand, in the trial of Uev. I)r. Talmage. The trial has been progressing sonic weeks ami i likely to occupy as much time as was consumed in white-washing Henry Ward Bocchcr. Dr. Talmage, like Beecher, is a very distinguished man, and we suppose like him is ambitious of being well advertised. THE republicans of Chicago made the issue on national politic*—a con tinuance of the offensive election laws, and abuse generally of Jeff Davis and the rebel brigadiers in congtes*. Tbev lost disastrously on iu-s, and to repair damages, no doubt would be willing to take Jefferson by the band, and procluim him a good boy— equal, at least, to Moseby and some other republican patriots iu the late war. IV HATEVKit may lie said of the propriety or necessity of the expendi ture of s*,ooo from the government treasury, by Marshal Kerns, to carry the elections of I*7* iu Philadelphia, no one will say that, under the law, the ap|>ointmcnt of 773 deputy mar shals was criminal. But the farts brought out by the Wallace commit tee at its session in Philadelphia, show very clearly that a considerable por tion of the mnrsbals appointed were criminals, and their selection disgrace ful in the extreme. IlAititixiirito. The sennte ami house Inst week were investigating. In tho senate, with closed doors on charges of crookedness against Chief Clerk Cochran -in disbursing the con tingent fund of the senate. White washed, of course. In the house, to ascertain whether the charges against Judge Harding of Luzerne, would rise to sufficient dig nity to warrant impeachment, which seems doubtful, as witnesses depended on to sustain the charges, do not pan out ns formidable as the prosecution hoped. No decision. KPKAKKiiaon the Republican side in Congress, some days ago, unblushingly advocated that soldiers are necessary appendages to elections in this country. Thrie who do not make the bold ut terance, arc acting it by their opposi tion to the repeal of the abominable anti-American laws authorizing the interference of the soldier* in control ing our elections. The American peo ple know that this declaration is a shameful libel, and that a people who could not hold a peaceful election without the intervention of the army, arc unfit to tic trusted with the ballot or to belong to a free government. The Verillct of Capital. Fifty-nine millions of the four per cent. lIOU.IH, says the Washington J'otl of Saturday last, were subscribed for yesterday. Tho simple statement of this fact is a more effective answer to the silly whine of "revolution," "new rebellion," and "Confederate capture of the Capitol," than all the speeches that have been or can he made, how ever able the speakers. Whilo the republican leaders nre using every endeavor to startle the rural masses and shake their faith, not only in the patriotism of the dom inant party in congress, hut in the perpetuity of the Union, the solid men of the great cities are giving the high est possible proof of their firm confi dence in congress, and their abiding faith that the Union will endure. "Capital is timid." It scents dan ger afar off, and not uufmpiently magnifies danger. It gets out of the way in revolutionary periods and takes no stock in the bonds of governments lhat arc passing through dangerous crises, except at such ruinous discount us was paid by this Government dur ing the war. | In periods of alarm capitalists con , \crt their paper of all sorts into gold 'or real estate, and cling to it with desperate tenacity. There wi re times during our domestic war when it re <|uircd a Government promise of 82.7< r > or more to draw n single actual dollar from its hiding place. And it took almost ten years of peace to convince the holders of real money that the danger was pa-t, and that the prom ises of this Government were as good as gold. And it is n fact worth remembering that the premium on gold, represent ing the doubt- of capitalists, did not disappear until it l.coame morally cer tain that the future of this country for a number of years would IK; in the hands of the democratic party. While the republicans were charging thnt tin democratic party was inspired l.v pur poses inimical to the inter, -ts of busi ness, ntid that the election of demo crats to (./..ogre** wa- menace to tln stability of our Government, the pre tnium on gold vanished. Capital gave the lie direct to the calumnies of re publican organs nnd |M-nkcr, and as serted its confidence in the democratic party, the party under whose guidance and direction the Republic | lU ,| enjoy ed its greatest nu-a.-ure of pro-pcritv and achieved its rno-t encouraging de velopment. Kvcr since the election of I*7l gave notice that the republican party was losing its grip, and must s<>on surrend er its jHiWcr to the democracy, tlie pub lie credit has steadily improved. And during nil this time the orators of the republican faith have been inecsnntlv dinning into the public ear their crv of danger to National finance* unless thry were jw-rmitted to continue in ehnrge. They have rung the change*, vear after year, on "repudiation," "Mexi conization" nnd "revolution," but in spite of whatever injury to the credit of the Government their false alarms may have done, that en-dit has risen day by dny, until it reaches a jtoint higher than was ever liefore attained at n time when, according to the re publican alarmists, "the Confederate* have captured the ( apitol," and we nre rapidly "drifting into anarchy." We rejeat, this unprecedented sale I of four ir cents., at this time, is indu : bitablo evidence that the most sagnei- : oils business men have unbounded con fidence, not merely in the patriotic purjKises of the democracy, I Hit in their ability so to discharge their high pub lic duties as to accomplish the grrntost attainable good for the whole country. It shows that the long-headed, cool financiers of Wnll street and other financial centres believe that the war is over; that the South has come back not only to stay, but to increase the sum total of patriotism and states manship, and thnt we arc face to face with a future full of brightest promise. If the organs of the republican sen timent would not sink beneath the level of a robust contempt, if they would not orcrdo their farce as t make it more disgusting than ludi crous, they will accept the logic of ac complished facts and admit that the already decreed exit of their party from ail influence in the control of National affairs is the only art hy which it will increase public confi dence in the enduring ijualitie* of con stitutional government nntl tlio ad visability of inventing in National nffHiritien. Ilhickbuni's l.loqiicnl Effort. Kx tract from tl>' eloquent speech of Congressman lllnekbtirn of Kentucky, on the Army Appropriation hill: Reading from the Record Hlaeki.urn laid l ui re vote niter vote which <i isr field had cast for b-giNlution fur more revolu tionary tlmn anything nw thought of. lie reviewed the legislation which had l.eon enacted to make the Supreme Court partisan. He reviewed the legis lation of the republicans during Andy Johnson's time, lie read the Record \ where the republican party tried to co | erce President Johnson and attached to an nrrny appropriation I.ill a clause tak ing from the President some ol the {.owers as < 'otnmnndcr-in-chief conferred by the Constitution, and then lie made a strong point by reciting from the rec ord the message of Johnson in return ing the bill without his signature, but declining to veto an appropriation i.iil alt.iotigh it contained extraneous mat ter more revolutionary than any ever attached to any other bill before or since. Then he read the articles of im peachment against Johnson, and recall ed the laet that tliemaiucnuseofl.it terness against Johnson, was embodied in article ;;—"| impeach Andrew John son for abuse of tho veto power." There was a sensation when, after ringing the change* on thi* fact, Blackburn re marked Hint thi* article impeaching the President for alai-ing the veto power was not voted for once or twice, but several times, and every time the gen tleman from Ohio is recorded a* voting ! yea, and the Record shows that at that time, voting shoulder to shoulder with the gentleman from tthio is recorded as voting yea, and the Rerord shows that at that time, voting shoulder (o shoulder with the gentleman, was another mem ber frorn ' thio, an obscure man then, and who, but for a combination of tin forseen circum-taiices, would have re mained until now in the obscurity to which (iod, in Ifi* wisdom, intended him. "I lind voting with him Kulher lord B. Hayes, of Ohio." I to: New < >rleans Timet, unlike many of il.* contemporaries, does not npjiear to lie at nil alarmed, that the stampede of the negroes from the South will have the depressing influ ence up the pro-ja rity ami btiMiic-* of that section of the country that many apprehend, by the withdrawal of ne gro labor from the cotton fields ami sugar plantation-. There must lie some intelligence in the negro raw, even of a low grade, nml it is not pro bable that all will Irecoinc crn/.-* I tyte a flock of bullocks. The Iwtter por tion will undoubtedly remain where their labor can be utilized and appre- ; eiated. llio South, therefore, and not Kan-a- or anv Northern statu will be tin- lieiiefieiaries of the stHrnjM-de. The Timet says: "The negroes who are emigrating doubtless belong to the lazy, shiftless, improvident class with whom the South has been cursed ever since the war. I hey are of no v.tlue to us, Isysiisc they can or will do nothing for them selves. They acquire no fixed habita tion, accumulate iio comforts, form no ties. They are drones, who only work when neee*ilv ro.nj>els them and trhrn they rsn no longer siesl. and above all, they constitute the idle and mischiev ous material with which rascally {*>li tiriaqs have been enabled to do so much harm. Their going cannot do any great injury to Louisiana or Mississippi." IN the army orders of the. .Id inal., issued from the War I>epartment, is n list of officers found hv army return ing boards incapacitated for active service* on account of disability inci dent to the service. Among these wc find the name of our friend Col. John Irvin 'rcgg. a native of this county, a son of Col. Andrew Gregg, dee'd, and a brother of Andrew • Jregg, Esq., one of our commissioners. Col. (iregg entered the service in the Mexican wnr, and has liccti in it continuously since that fieriod, most of the time doing duty upon tho frontier—we be lieve in New Mexico. We regret to hear of hi* failing health, hut trust rent and a healthy location in Penn sylvania will restore hi* former vigor. " Ir the President dooa not veto the proposed legislation, he will not have s* many friends left in the country a* eould ride in one atreet car. Cincinnati Commercial." Thus the stalwarts bulldoze the man they places! in the Presidential chair by fraud. Well, if he dot* not veto, how many friends will he have, outside of the rogue* who claim his obedience? Certainly not more than would fill n common omnibus. W k learn from a Washington pa per, that the residence of Col. Jamc* (tilliland nt Bcthewda, Montgomery county, Md., was entirely destroyed by fire last week. A gale of wind prevailing nt timp, only few of the eflbcU were saved. Col. Gillilaud's lorn is not stated, hut M an old and valued citien of the county, he haa a host of sympathizers in his misfor tune. Thk three-cent nickles arc to be withdrawn from circulation. ADDITIONAL LOCALS. The New Council. OBANII HPKRCIIKn—OrriCRRN INMAMEI'— ISBKI' StIIJK'TH VKNTII.ATKIt. Council met on Monday morning last for the | >tir(><•<* of installing new officials, electing officers, and transacting business generally. E. C. Humes, K*q., wa* unanl rnoualy elected president of council thr | ensuing year. After the burd.-nsumo duly | of properly installing the high constable wan finished, und Mr. William Hliortlldgo j had delivered the speech given below, | council took u real until ovuuing. At the evening session the following of llcera were elected and committees Hp- J pointed : Solicitor of (Xntncil —John (. I-ove. I Clerk —liuac Mitchell. Street OummitKUjner arnl Market Clerk Thorn m Hliaugbenty. Superintemien t nf Water Warkt —George 1 W. Rodger*. 0 Hater OnnmUewner —Cyril* Ht rick land. i Janitor — Uenj. Dillon. Finance Committee— Meatra. Harper, M< - | (.'lure and ('rider. i /i re nut I'ah re —Mcaars. Ardell, Key nolds ami lloifer. Market —Messrs. McClure, Harper and | Kabella. Sui nance —Messrs, K atari la, Hotter and Ardell. Strret — Meaara. Reynolds, Ardell and i -Shorllidge. It •iter — Meaara. Short!idge, McClure and , Crider. MK. MtOHTI.IIXJK A HI'KEI'IJ. Mn. Trk.-ii.kst —H-fore this council i adjourn* tine die, I, a. u member of the water committee, a well a* a a pet in! com mittee on water |e.wor, wiah U> aay a few word* on a question of privilege. One year ago, I, in connection with Mr Klme and .Mr. Hey nolda resolved to keep the ex {s-nsesof the water worka within an an nual outlay of two thou.and d< llura. How | well we succeed* d in that resolution, the lee.ka will plainly allow. Notwith.tanding e\cy IT >rt wa resort ed P., to accomplish our obj.s I, the ex- | K'11 aca are near three thou.anil dollar*, with the col of the new pump*, one thousand dollar* more, making a P>ul of lour thousand dollars, nevertheless, the current expenses of Inst v r fail five or ►i* hundred dollars below the average of the five precluding years Kx|M-rteiice teaches ua tliSt the cost of water Is the un known quantity P. be provided for on the organisation of each new council, and the sooner this emergency <an lm provided f..r the KM.tier the liquidation of <sur indebted ness will commence: for lam sure, through the agerfcy of water power instead uf-l<*tn, the annual expense* can be rnlum] to at hast one-fourth of what they now are. Aa ths"e ha* IxM-n #<• many rumors afloat con < erning the .nteritioti of council in their <-f -forta to obtain a water privilege, for the pur j..e of i resting a |i.w<-r that will pump a continuous supply of water pi the n-aervoir, aa well as the propositions made p. tt.e coons il by the several owner. ~f water |x>wer. in this community, that 1 f-el it my duty to place ujen rcv-.rd ail the informa tion we have on that subject. If I am incur red in anv particular I will rhecrfuHy ac>i'ii.i-e In the nnvMsrr correction Mr George A. Itayarj offers bis found ry property, writh the water right, found ry building and dwelling hollas- for the sum "f five thousand d< liars. At r Win I*. Dnni all, in hel-alf of Messrs Hale and Dnnran, rfft-rel In 1.-a.e a wat'T |iowor for thi- sum of una thousand or twelve hundred dollars je-r ye.-sr, the Ix-r -ough to ere t the machinery; or they w- uhl sell a thirty-five h"fie purr f.-r the sum of twenty thousand dollar*. This offer has not lawn modified or withdrawn to n.v knowledge. The chairman of the water committee. T. K Reynold*, K-q , suggested P> this council that his brother would furnish the old f< nn Iry jKiw.-r for the sum of eight hundred d-dltrs per year rent, the borough P> furnish the ma. hinerv At a subsequent meeting, he >-ff'-red P> feae the san.e old foundry site for the sum of four hundred dollars per year, the borough Pi relv on the surplus water that passes over the I'hoenii mill dam and through the plaster mill, which is used iho most of the year f..r chopping. A few days since I met Major Wm. F. Reynold* on the street, and he informed me that he had a prop.siUon P. make |-> the council f-.r a water power. I request ed him l<> put il in writing, stating the number of horse power he would guarantee for the rent required. He frankly replied that he would not guarantee anything, since which 1 have heard nothing more from that source. I). 0. Hush, Kq , offers to sell a water ruwer connected with the car h.(. : ona undrod and forty-four Inch issue, under a twelve foot head, making a thirty-one horse power, with tho land and keg factors building, for the sum of sit thousand dol lars. I also understand from him that the car comjusny is obliged P. keep the dam in good repair, free of cost tu him or hi* as signs. Mr. President, thi* i* the sum and *uh stance or the ufh total of the offers that have leori mada P> the council, and th mint tangible of lhe*e have been made since tho question of procuring a water privilege by the right of eminent domain has been agitated. In the first place, the spring u created with the universe, at least we have no knowledge to the contrary. The p.wn was built upon these hills be cause that spring existed at their base The water privileges in this vicinity have become valuable because the town was es tablished and i* now occupied with people Without the Piwn and It* population the*e water privileges would he of little or no value Pi their prswent owner*. According to traditional teaching, it was intended that water for the mainteaence of human existence or animal life, should be as free as the air we breathe. for these reasons, and taking Into ac count the large surplus of water privileges now existing within our borough limits, that are not now, nor ever have been utilis ed, I claim that the people of this borough, the tax-payer*, are entitled, beyond the peradventure of a leasonabl# doubt, to a sufficient amount of water prlvllegee to create ample power to pump a full supply of water pi the reservoir, at a minimum {.rice, regardless ol the speculative idea* of the owner* thereof. The great misfortune heretofore ha* been that the public de mand* and tha public neeswslllas have been made subservient to the dictation and pro motion of privata interests, to the detri ment of the public welfhre. The time I* now at hand, the issue | plainly before us, there t* no longer any room for tinkering with this water ques tion. Council men have a pisln duly befora them. They cannot stand with "una foot on the borough treasury and the other on this water question. That has been ex peri men ted with quite long enough. There i* no neutral ground to occupy. They must be on tho side of the people, demand ing thai the present expensive method of supplying wsler shall be discontinued, or th'-v must take the side of the steam power and continue to waste tho tax payor*' money in smoke. I trust the' first proposition shall be adopted by the incoming council, and the work successfully prosecuted, which has been so recently Mml so earnestly begun. Now, Mr. I'rusident, there i* one other fact to which J wish to refer in concludori, arid that is. many of our fellow citizens assume to know more about borough af fairs after five minutes consideration than councilmeri do after month* and years of mature deliberation. This theory has been recently exempli fied. The only way that 1 can account f>r thi* discrepancy is that the ~] 0| i,t, their primary meetings forget or do not ! heed the teachings of tho Pentateuch and place ignoramuses in the council, and turn wisdom at large to rtalk upon the streets. To those who feel that they can furnish water bv gos-iii arid theory to the people of this fa,rough, for lea* money than tho council can practically, under the right <-f eminent domain, the following quotations are re*|<ectfully recommended : th, niuriaar-<l sgsln.l M sstiiw list .1.-11 a* ill ink o tin : i lb* |* J'lff ll* r>l tlsi-rc f f kb r *ft| tlx* jsc i|. DMirt xif <t MgaiDnt M . • an} mn. I, U)is rf t • lM, tlss.l 1 la'sii liwot tin up out ■ f hit j t |s# kill !■ atxl *uf chlMrwtt aiil rir 'jflje uli iUu\ % Ar.'J tiaiu lit* H hul lUt) i l" •!.<. lta |*-|z! |tej |* alii.mt rrtvly Lu i|ss|i ttf ■ - K a• il ;A, i. AMiKEKH Or K. T. 11l MEW. OrxTLZMzx or tiik Covjou, ; —| n s>- tuming the dulii-s .-f the chair, V> which you have again called me, I embrace the opportunity of epre.*ing my thank- f- r the honor conferred in sel-fting me as your |ir<-siding officer, and U-sje-aktr.g your as-utance and forbearance, f projeise to use my best efforts to -lischarg- the duties imfsoM-d upon me imj-srtialiy, and with what ability I isa.i-u. In this c-.nmctiun I may be {e-rmilUa! to olwrve, that mem le-rs of council should ever <U-. m it an honor to serve in this csps. ily, f-r whilst there is no pecuniary emolument at!*, lied to the {.-isitlon, il is nevertheless one ,f trut and res|M.mibitity lai-l uje.r. them by their fellow citizs-ns, In the prcje-r dis charge of which their best judgment and efforts should be brought into cxerciw. To the council is entrust'd, t-> a large degroe, the welfare of th" borough, firiali rislly and otherwise, as to this body is committed the control of the r. - . ipls and ex je-nditures, ami in tino-s like the ( .r. .< nt, and, indeed, at all titties st.d under all <ir < uinstanciss, it behooves u u> {.ractii e the striclsst economy in the administration of affairs in order that the burden of tax„tion may be made a* light as jei-sihlo, while the g.eal order and well-being f ti.e com munity is preserved. Il should le our earnest ef.deav.-r to'derate the 'hars.t'T of the body to a higher standard than it has occuphd in former years by su- h an intelligent administration •■( ff...r a- will rornn.'-nd its<-!f to tin- approbation of the iti*-r.s generalh. I am grattflesi t i know that much ha* le --n done in this regnd <i- * .ng the |>ast year, and that a tie.re {■erl<-< I and t-tt> r system has Iseen iiiauguists-l by whoh a in -re full and c.>mpl"t- understanding > f the condition si. I insnajp n.ent of tie- sf fairs of the b-iroii gh has Ix-en attained With • <ont.nusie ( tl.-.\ Imi nd for much of which we are indabts <1 to the elfl. .er.cy c-f tIM late Mr I taw MiUloll, I feel confident results will t-e pr.sdue.-d which will bo satisfactory V> the community. It. announcing the comn.itt'-cs. at the reorganizstion of the council, I f<- 1 it in cumbent ii|ss-xi tne to ay a few w r.ls f..r the i n for in alii n, more {.articular >y of the new tnemlsers, with regard l-> the duties a citizen assumes when he la-coni'-' a member of thi* Iwsly. In the first {.la. e, the mem ber of council first risrned on a csin.nntb-e is its chairman, it is hi* duty to call meet ing# of hi* committee, ar.d c i.sult with them during the intervals le-twe. n sUtes] meetings of the c umil. The work of a committse sh'xild always l>e in arc.-rdsr.ee with the ordinances of ih<- ciprewd or iin |.li<-d will of Council. The . hair man of a committee is it* recognized head in other words, th<-a. tire w-rking rncmlx-r, and, a* a genera! rule, all directions to . mph.ye* should I*communicated through him . and during bit absence the second member named on the committee, who it chairman pro torn. The committee consisting of three members, if the chairman and anoth er member agree, constituting a majority, their decision, where the whole committee are divided in opini >n, will In- taken at the sense of the committee, subject to an *(>- jeal to the council by the member in tl.e minority. Th* sam<- rule will apply where the other two direct the chairman in oppo sition to hit judgment; and it will bolus duty Is. be governed by them, and a< t ar cordingly, subject also to an appeal to the council as in the former . **e. it is desira ble that the several committee* shall work in harmony, and what i* true of commit tees, in this respect, it true of the individ ual members. At we meet h*ro upon a common platform, I would enjoin upon you that il it our duty to ret pool and Iso courteous to each other in the full and free expression of opinion on any subject under discussion, and to avoid, as far a* |*oe*ible, any remark* or criticism* calculated to provoke animosity or reflection on the offi cial conduct of members. The unanimity with which thb suggestion hwleon heesl.xl in the past, has added so much to the dis patch of I nisi nets and to the comfort of members that I deem il important to call especial attention to the fact at thi* lime. If any member of the council desire* to to take exAption* to the work or proceed ings of a committee of which be is nt a memt>er, it U hi* privilege, as it is duty, to submit bis objections to council at a stated meeting ; or if this I* not practica ble, to request the president to call a sio clal meeting for tnat purpose—provided the oaae shall, in hia judgment, he deemed of such importance as to require immediate action. Cndue criticism by members of council aa to the opinions or work of each other should he cahefullr avoided, especi ally in the street or outside of the council chamber, where an opportunity ia not af fordswUfcr explanation. It U the dutr of the Finance Committee to examine and pass upon all bills present ed to the council after they shall hare heen approved by the appropriate committee having the matter in charge, a* no bill can, or should be, brought regularly before the whole council for their action without their approval. They should have a gen eral supervision of all the finance* ; they should call on tha several committee* for estimate* of the expense* of their respec tive department* for the ensuing yewr, and report the same to council previous to as sessing taxes. They should Jat all time* he familiar with the collection of taxes,and keep sight of the progress being made by the collector*, and to this end should re quire monthly report* from this source, In order that prompt pro vi. ion* rnev I,<, made for the fnymint of th<- borough indebted ness. They should, in oil CUM-., require K'MJ and sufficient bond* to be prop<-r!y executed t,y parties to whom the fund* of the borough are entrusted, whether a* treasurer, tax collector or other officer* and, in the exercise of a pr'i|"-r discretion, make *uch di*|o*ition of them a*, in their judgment, in f..r the safety of any fund* tiiat may come into their hand, Tin y should cor,mit with the treasurer, and l<•< orne acquainted with hi* rcdpta and disbursement* from time to time, *Q that the entire working of the financial ayitem may be made familiar to those wboae duty it i*l manage the carne. It i* duty of the Htreet ('ommltU.ee to keep the highway* in good condition at the least IJJM-lIM, jairsibie, They rhould •• that the employe* perform tin ir duty faithfully and strictly in accordance with the innruction* of the committee, closely H ruliiii/.ing ail h:il for work and labor done, Ihe It ithr Committee should realir.e tiie importance of curtailing all unneces sary tUMHI in their depart man!, ttftMtt tent witil the successful working of tiie machinery i>w in use. and the furnishing an uninterrupted upply of water. Much ha* lawn done in this resjait during the year jtiat doted, and I am happy to say the future! quite promining for further re ductiori*. Owing to the great cxp n of employing * learn for projarllirig the water of the spring to the reservoir a* compared with water power, the council have, for <>me time p:t. ia <n endeavoring to utilize the latter, with the view of dispensing with the forim-r, and it U conftdentlv hoped they may !*• *ucce*ful. If thi* ex ja-< talion rhould be realised, much will be gained in the cent of furnithing the re. quisite supply. It b the duty of thv Fire and Police Committee to Lave an oversight of the organised fire i jiupanio ; tone that the lire h| pa rat u* kept in working order a* *• the fire plugs on the strecU. While they have no ,Jir< t jurisdiction over the (lohce, it Is their duty to see that no un faithful otliecr receives It ia pay without having lirst rendered full aervi'ee, and of this the cs, lim it has entire control. The Committee <>n nuisances have im portent duties The 10-alth <>f <, immuni ties ofts-n depend* ujson the promptness, with which they act. When called on, tlnv should tnako <*rcful examinations and nt tome to conclusion* to the prdu diceof an; one without just cau*e. The Market Committee have compara tively oght dutie* which are easily ja-r -foriMed, and hence it is scarcely worth while to dwell,n that subject. It'i* xufli < lent to sa; that such facilities should ise offered with the pr<>|ar pronation, a* wiii ton (sort with the nesessiti,* the case. Another very imtsortaut duty has i*-en it.augiiraU-d with all the committee* which i that lbs- presentation of all accounts shall IM- made prior to the first slats-d meetings of ea h month at,-! acted i.jM.n. By this | lan, rightly enforced, the entire ex|n-n<s of tin-borough can Ise kept be fore the cum il, at ,1 the t tal indebted neat ascertained at any given time, i therefore r<-*jsM tfuily ropiest that this suggestion shall IM-olss< i< J m ali case* where pracli cahle. In conclusion I would enjoin upon all the committees an csberv am eof the sug gestions that have la-en made ts nJlng U> tl,<- more e, onomieai administration of the affairs of to- borough, in order that there may Ise appropriated annually to the sina ii g fund a* large an amount as |>tible, and which wtil, without an increae of taxation, in a reasonable lime in the future, reduc the present indebtedness, at least, if not i xting ii'h it. AXRIAI. NAVIC, AITCSA. —It M-cms that the c ity of Altcsona is not only remarkable for the frequency with which people are run over on the railroad, the product!, n of paitdic le< turc rs, am] killing small lads with percussion , ajs*, lsut in a dearth of oth'r c-*< ilemc-nt they can get up a very emphatic kind of a hurricane. The wind blew pre t ty severely here last Thursday, but it mu't have been the seaman * mere "capful of wind, ' comjuxred with the hurricane at Alb-ona. A singular accident in connec tion therewith, which resulted diaatrou*]y to an aged gentleman, is thu* graphically dcacribud in that excellent daily pajicr the Altoona Tribune "Mr William Thoma* is about 08 year* of age, and resides at No. 02" Second avenue. He was down in the neighborhood c,f Fifth *treet and Seventh avenue about one o'clock r. M. , and *• passing along on a boardwalk on Fifth street, not far from the corner. Beneath the boardwalk, which"was of oak plank* an inch and a half thick, was a gully or washout caused by the rain*. Mr. Thomas felt a strong wind strike him, and he raised hi* hand to catch hi* hat- The blast WM a powerful whirlwind, which entered the washout just a* Mr. Thoma* elevated bi* hand, lifted about forty teet of the heavy walk and carried it as high as the houses. Mr. Thomas was taken up in the air with it to a height of about ten feet, when ho fell to the ground. The fourth finger of the old gentleman * right hand was broken and *th bone protruded ; he wa* truck with something and received Mivcral cut* on the heed ; one eye *uff>red a contu*ion which clewed it. and hi* body sustained a great many bruises, his nervous system be side being considerably arhocked —ao much so that when pcraon* called to see him be did not seem inclined to recognize them. Dr. Waller Bell wa* sent for after Mr. Thoma* had been taken home and attended to hi* injuriea. The boardwalk wa* car ried fifty or aixty feet by the force of the wind and dashed into several section* on the ground on the opposite tide of the street. People who live in the neighbor hood were attracted to the street by sound*, except that they were more prolonged, a* though an explosion had taken place, but when they reached their doors or window* it was alfover, and men were aseiiting Mr. Thoma* to a bouse near by." —ft. C. Bathgate, teacher of the Roopa burg school, which closed on the Ist of April, give* a very encouraging report of the progrce* made during the past term by tba scholar*. The following six pupil* were present every day during the term: Maggie Lambert, Christie Hw iter. Ellen Swiler, Jennie Smith, Te#*e Molt and William Becxor. Mr. Bathgate U a suc cessful instructor of the young.
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