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.
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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.