Sljr itcntrr tlemocral.
SHHIF.RT \ FOUNT KR* Kdltorn.
VOL. I.
Ulir Centre democrat.
Term. St.so per Annum, In Advance.
8. T. SHUGERT nd R. H. EORBTER, Editor*.
Thursday Morning, June 5, 1C79.
THK chairman of the Democratic
county committee desires us to note
the fact that he has appointed O. M.
Sheets, Richard Conlcy and Ellis Ly
tic member* of the committee for the
new precinct of Ferguson, H*iu'.er
and Half Moon, respectively, in pi: -e
of J. 11. Ncidigh and Sruuel t*< >r
iek who have left the county ami John
Miller, who has died.
WE are indebted to the Hon. L. A.
Maekev, late member of C>ngr. **
from this district, for a number of
valuable public documents. For his
kindness he will accept our sincere
thnuks.
"ISN'T there a chance for one more veto
before Congress adjourns ?" Republican.
Yes; not only for one, hut, to judge
from present indications, for several.
Another army bill was introduced into
the House on Tuesday.
Ji'ixiE DILLON, of lowa, has filed
his resignation of the office of Circuit
Judge of the United States for the
Eighth Judicial district. It is under
stood that Secretary McCrary is to be
appointed to the vacancy, which is to
take effect on the Ist day of Septem
ber.
MR? HAYES and his stalwarts must
have lost faith in the strength of the
great Republican party. They seem
to he afraid to meet the
whose funeral they have been celebrat
ing for the last eighteen years, iu equal
combat. They still insist upon the
jiower to use the army and apjHiint
partisan police to give them courage
to compete for the prize of 1880.
THE nomination of Foster as the
Republican candidate for Governor of
Ohio, docs not appear to give entire
satisfaction to the party. Charges are
freely made that he was improperly
counted iu and that Father Taft was
unfairly counted out. Very like!v >
but Foster has the returns and Re
publicans cannot go behind it, to cor
rect or adjust frauds. The rule was
established and ratified by 8 to 7.
THE Secretary of the Treasury gives
notice that hereafter there will IK: no
sales of the refunding four per ccut.
certificates in the large cities. It is
intended that the balance thnt remain
to he sold shall bo distributed fo post
masters outside of the excluded cities,
in order thnt the jieople in the country
districts may have chance to iuv *t
their surplus cash in them if they de
sire to do so.
THE constituents of Senator In
galls of Kansas are still pursuing hi:n
and demanding investigation of the
crookedness by which he obtained his
re-election. The chargi* against him
are made in distinct form, and the
Hcnate committee on privileges and
elections have concluded to take them
up. It is alleged that Jay Gould
furnished the money to buy the vote*
of the bribed members of the Kansas
legislature. It is evidently a Repub
lican fight.
"STAND TO YOUR PARTY," was
the significant instruction plac ed upon
the commissions given to the deputy
marshals in South Carolina appointed
to guard the elections of 187 G.
Whether the same instructions were
given in Philadelphia and New York,
we are not informal. But they stood
to their party a* corruptly as could l>c
desired or expected by the adminis
tration. And yet Mr. Hayes ha* the
audacity to claim that these are non
].artisan officials charged with the duty
of securing a fair election. The ap
]Kintment of these officials portended
the same fairness that moved Sherman,
"Wells and other rogues to place a mi
nority fraud in the Presidential office.
"KqUAL ANI) KXACT JUSTICE TO A 1.1. MEN, or WHATEVER STATE Oil AMIOM, REI.IOIQUS OH roi.lTl'Al,."—J< (funsri.
Docoration Day.
If reference uml veneration for the
dead are not the naturul instinct* of
our humanity, they are ut least the
outgrowth of our civilization, and we
can almost feel with the poet, that
u !>* only n
In relros[H><'tioii we often think and
speak of loved ones at rest in their si
lent tombs, and a tender, sym|>atlietic
chord of the heart never fails to re
spond to word or thought giveu to
their memories. With theeo reflec
tions in mind we observe, that while it
is a sincere pleasure to note the fact,
it is not at all strange that ingrowing
interest should mark the recurrence of
Decoration Day as Time in his unceas
ing flight each year brings it around.
The memories of brave men who
gave their lives to their country are
always worthy, not only of the deep
est veneration, but of the highest ad
miration. All over this land they
sleep in the " silent cities of the dead,"
and in the simple ceremony of strew
ing their graves with the fresh flowers
of summer is found a tribute so touch
ing and beautiful that its annual ob
servance seems to be growing into the
mandate of a sacred duty. We honor
brave deeds, and, while love of couu
try exists, will it not always be so?
Throughout the entire country Dec
oration Day, this year, seems to have
enlisted much more than usual atten
tion. Cities, towns, villages and rural
hamlets alike gave the day to honor
the ashes of the dead heroes who lie
in their cemeteries. In our county
memorial ceremonies took place at
Bellcfonte, Milesburg, Centre Hall,
Philipsburg, Millheim, I'inc Grove,
Boalsburg, Potter's Mills, Pleasant
Gap, ami probably at other poiuts of
which we have not beard. At each
of these places, with a single excep
tion, so far as we have learned, the
services were conducted with proper
solemnity and with commendable ap
preciation of the proprieties of the
occasion ; and it is eminently credit
able to our jieople that, as a rule, the
proceedings of the day were so free
from objeetiouable features. Wc do
not betake ourselves to the graves of
our heroes for the purjsise of engag
ing in angry strife and disputation
over the political issues of an era half
a generation later than the time that
most of these men yielded up their
lives. Amid these sacred surround
ings the cruel animosities and hitter
passions of the past have no place,
and the individual who goes there for
no other purj>ose than to keep thein
alive, possesses neither good sense or
patriotism. The time for this is long
since past, and in honoring the dead
we should only look forward to a re
united country, made happy and pros
perous by the common efforts of a
common brotherhood. This should
le the lesson of Decoration Day.
♦
,WE have received the first number
of the Hlossburg Industrial Register, a
new weekly journal, of which Mr.
John L. Sexton, Jr., is the editor and
proprietor. It is a handsome folio sheet
of eight columns to the page, aud is
well filled with original ami selected
matter of peculiar interest to the sec
tion of the State in which it is pub
lished. Mr. Sexton is an accom
plished writer, and should achieve
success in this enterprise. Intimate
association with hiin during the past
four years enables us to say that he
has special qualifications for publish
ing a ucwspn|)er devoted to industrial
pursuits, and we. do not doubt that the
Industrial Register will meet the
growing wants of the Northern Tier
for a journal of that character.
HON. H. B. WHIOHT, chairman of
the Houac committee on labor, propo
ses to visit New York, Boston, Phila
delphia, Cincinnati, Bt. Iuia and
Chicago during the recess of Congress
to investigate the labor question. He
will call before him such [teraons in
these cities as have studied the subject
and are capable of giving reliable in
formation to Congress.
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 5, IHT'.i.
End of tho Investigation.
The committee appointed by the j
House of Representative* at Harris
burg, to investigate alleged corruption
in the attempt to pas* the riot hill, j
having reported that Representative*
IVtroti; Smith and Uuinbcrger, had
been guilty of violating the provision* j
of the Constitution and statutes rela- i
live to bribery and corrupt solicitation, i
on Tuesday, Mr. Wolfe of Union, a |
member of the committee, submitted
a resolution that Kmile J. I'etroli' !*•
expelled from the House. After much
filibustering on the part of the cor
ruptionists the House proceeded to the
consideration of the resolution. Hon.
A.J. Herr, Speaker pro ton. of the
Senate, and Hon. 11. A. I.uinbcrton
appeared as counsel for IVtrotf and
:nHrcs*ed the House. Representative-*
Wolfe, of Union, and Hewitt, of
Blair, supported the resolution of ex
pulsioti. When the discus-ion w:i
ended a vote was taken and re-ulted
iu yea* fin, nay* 88. So the resolu
tion was lost—two-third* not voting
for it.
Messrs. Gcphurt and Murray, of tin*
county, nml Eldred, of Clinton voted,
to exjiel the rooster, while Bennett, of
Clearfield, voted no. Aekerly and
I)oyle, two members of the committee
which found I'etrofT guilty, voted
against expulsion. Next weckwewill
puhli.-h the list of yeas and nays so
that our readers may preserve the list
of the members who desired to have
the legislature honest, on the one hand,
and on the other, the list of those who
are now or desire hereafter to l>ecome
legislative roosters.
THE death of the veteran General
James Shields, which occurred sud
denly, at Ottumwa, lowa, where he
was visiting relative?, wtH he deeply
regretted throughout the country.
General Shields was probably as wide
ly known aud a* highly resjxvted a*
any public man of the present day.
His abilities were of no common
order, ami he was distinguished alike
a* statesman and soldier. At different
|>eriod* of his eventful life he had the
rare honor of representing three differ
ent State* of the Union in the Senate
of the United States, nml wasasoldier
of distinction in two wars. In the
war with Mexico he was particularly
noted for dash and gallantry, and was
not the least distinguishes! of that
brilliant galaxy of gencrni officers
that included such names as Worth,
(juitman, Wool, Twiggs, Smith, Cad
wnladcr and his own. In the early
stages of the war of the rebellion he
wn* also a prominent character, fight
ing a successful battle with Stonewall
Jackson, near Winchester, Va. Upon
hi* person he bore the marks of severe
wounds received in both wars. He
was twice wounded in Mexico—once
it was thought fatally—and also re
ceive*! a wound in his battle with
Jackson. The writer has a vivid and
most pleasing recollection of the per
sonal nppcnrance of General Shields
during the war with Mexico. He was
then thirty-seven year* of age. In
person he wa* handsome,even elegant,
with well-knit frame, clastic step and
(lashing eye —a figure, indeed, that
was wonderfully magnetic and that
always commanded admiration. A
year or two ago, chance again threw
him in the way of the old veteran,
and he observed with sorrow the sad
ravages that the intervening years had
wrought in the well-remcmbered figure
lof the dashing soldier of thirty-three
years ago. The sinewy, erect frame
was no* bent, the once clastic step was
feeble, and tho old-time glints of fire
no longer sparkled in the eye. The
change was complete. General Shields
was now an aged man, and looked
feeble and broken, with the grave ap
juirently hut a little way before him.
The end is here at last. The old
soldier goes to his long home. In life
his services to his adopted country
were great, and his name and memory
deserve to go dowu iu honor to future
generation*.
THE centralization doctrines of the.
old Federal party which Jefferson met
and throttled, is the issue the Demo- j
craey of the country will he called
upon to meet and antagonize iu the
next two years. It has been stealthily
gaining force and assuming aggressive
itnjHirtanec for some years and is now
unmasking for the grand contest of .
1880.
This is so clearly forshadowed by
the present stalwart Republican party,
that "he who runs may read." The
demand to clothe the National Execu
tive with the imp' rial power to u-< the
army and appoint any number of par
tisan police in the form of marshal*
and supervisors to control and manage '
the elections of the people is more
tlinn suggestive. TLi-. added to tln ir
general repudiation of the reserved
rights of the States, is so manifestly
the same doctrine und purpose, which
the people discarded and condemned
near a century ngo, that it is marve
lous that any intelligent mind can fail
to comprehend it, or to recognize the
identity. Then the I'Tderuliets sought
to take the power front the people and
vest it iu the Executive. Then they
discarded the doctrine of reserved
State rights, and claimed that all
power should center in the National
Government to he enforce! and wield
ed by the National Executive. Then
they sought to control the elections of
the people by the jsiwer of the sword,
the apiH.inimeut of Federal police, and
the establishment of whipping |*>*ts,
to coerce submission to partisan edicts.
What is it now ?
Ist the |>eople investigate for them
selves and compare the present with
the past, and they cannot fail to dis
cover thnt the iJemocracy are eon
fronU-d now with the same doctrine
* and Ttrr itms pnrpow that rtw pnrri
otic fathers of the Republic were
obliged to engage and overthrow to
establish a Democratic Government
and give us " free elections " to he held
and controled hv the people them
selves without the interposition of the
Executive, his bayonets or his police.
"TIIBT ay tht Mr Forster, editor of
the DEMOCRAT, i likely to it mcceoful
applicant for Commissioner'* clerk next
• prmg Well, the salary will t>e a nice thine
to help a'cng in th newspaper botine*.,
and from the harking he ha< we have no
•lonht he will luccwd.''— Hrlle/onte He
pubtuan.
The above is a surprising piece of
news to " Mr. Forstcr, editor of the
DEMOCRAT." That gentleman desire*
to luwurw the Rrjnihliran , ami nil oth
er parties concerned, that he has no
aspirations in that direction, and is
not, and will not be an applicant for
the place mentioned. While the salary
might !e "a nice thing to help along
in the newspaper business" he will en
deavor to do without it. We trust
that this will lie satisfactory to "they
say" and that they will say it no
more.
The Manhattan Itank Itnbberj.
ARREST or SORB Of THR L-RINRIPAI-S —MOW
TUB "IOB" WAS DONE.
NEW YORK, .tune I. — Lost night Cap
tain Ityrnea arrested Henry Glenn, Pat
rick Nlevin and William Kelley on a
charge of taring implicated in the Man
hattan Hank robbery, whereby money
and securities worth nearly Ft,000.000
were stolen. <>neof them bos confess
ed the whole plot, which was first plan
ned three years ago. The burglars had
in league with t.iem a man named
Patrick Slevin, employed as watchman
at mid hnura in the hank. Through him
they obtained impressions of the locks.
Several attempts were made to enter
the hank, and at one time an entrance
to the vault containing the aafes was ef
fected. Finally the job was put up for
Sunday morning, (tciotu>r 27, and in it
were Jimmy Hope, Kelley and Dobhs,
together with the night watchman,
Slevin. It w thought that Slevin
would have charge of the hank on that
night, hut an accident frustrated it.
The gang resolved, however, to carry
out their plans after the night watch
man bad left and when the day watch
man came on. How it was carried out
every one knows, and nearly $3,000,000
were carried away. Billy Kelley itoml
guard over the manacled janitor. He
gave them the combination to the safe,
being in mortal terror of his life. The
detectives went hard to work and after
a long search pohb* and the
younger Cope VP arrested. Watch
man Slevin wo* shadowed early and
late and waa found to be drinking hard
and (pending money lavishly. lie wu
arrested a few flays a#o and finally con
fessed th, whole plot to Captain Hyrnes,
and Hilly Kelley was arri-ste<l on his re
turn from the Jerome park races.
An Old Veteran Done.
SUDDEN DEATH Of OKNKKAI. JAMES SI! IE IT'S.
OTTCMWA, IOWA, June 2.—General
James Shields, late Edited States Sena
tor trorn Missouri, died suddenly in
tiiis city, at half past ten o'clock last
evening. <ln Sabbath 'lay he appeared
in his usual health, and ate a hearty
supper at six o'clock. He wroteseveral
letters during the evening, hut just he
fore retiring complained ot a pain in
his chest, and soon thereafter said to
his nieco that he was dying. Thirty
minutes later lie expired, sitting in his
chair, remaining conscious to the last.
He lectured in this city on Wednesday
last, and had remained here visiting
relatives. His remains will leave here
for his home in 'V.rrollton, Mo., at five
o'clock this evening.
[General Shields was born in Tyrone
county, Ireland, in IMO, and emigrated :
to the Enited States about ]H'JG. He
served in the M< xscati war, and was '
elected :* I ruled Stat* s Senator t y the
Legislature of 11 lit.• in JHl'i. Jn 1
he WHS elected a Senator tor the Stat'
of Minnesota. At the breaking out of
the wur he entered the I'nion army and
nerved w.th Rome distinction. His most
notable exploit was the defeat of "stone
wall Jackson, near Winchester, on
M trch 2J, Isil2. At the i lose ot tho war
he took up his residence in Carroll
county. Missouri, where he lived in IUC-II
a'gool poverty that he was even obliged
to pawn the sword voted him by Con
gre* many years ago. <>n the death of
Senator Lewis Bogy be was elected to
till the unexpired term. Hi- appearance
in the Senate was a matter of great in
tercst. he having successively appeared
in that chamber as the representative
of three separate Stales. (luring his
briel term be managed to bring on the
exnt'ng midnight debate over JefT Davis
by a projection to |*-n*ion the veterans
of the Mexican war. Hi* record in the
Mexican war was most creditable. He
was dangerously wounded at Cerro
Gordo, and wo* I,revetted Major Gen
eral for his gallantry on that occasion.
He was also severely wounded at the
battle of Chapullepec. The wound at
Cerro Gordo was from a grapeshot
whfch went straight through s body,
lungs und all, and came 3*. at the
. back, ami till' wound
ny drawing through it a band
kerchief. General Shiel^^^aa always
a Democrat in politics.'
Imposing Ceremony.
The new St I'*t nek's Cathedral, at
Fifth Avenue and Fifteenth street, New
York, was dedicated to public worship
on Sunday May 251h. under the tnvo
cation o( Sit. Patrick with grand, solemn
and im|ofing ceremonies. In the his
tory of the Kornan Catholic church in
America no event has been celebrated
with such magnificence or splendor a
that ot the o|wmng of the doors for the
worship of God of the most magnificent
building of the kind in the Enited
Stater. Ten o'clock was the hour ap
pointed for the service to commence.
t'Ut by nine nearly every seat in the
| building wa* occupied. Outside the
edifice were several thousand persons
unable to gain admittance, and were
compelled to content themselves with
viewing the procession around the build
ing and the sprinkling of the walls with
holy water by the Cardinal. There
were between four and five thousand
people within tho building when the
service* commenced. Everything was
favorable to make the ceremonies a
success. The musical portion of the
service* were superb and in keeping
with all the other ceremonies.
The new Cathedral is the largest
church edifice in America. It is 322 (eet
long and 174 wide, and its two spirea
are 334 feet high. The area of the in
terior is 38,500 square feet, and there is
standing room for 10,000 people. It
exceeds in size both tho Philadelphia
and Montreal Cathedrals. The corner
stone was laid in ISAM, but for several
years after the breaking out of the war
work was suspended, and ha* since
lieen continued at interval*. It has
cost so far over $4,000,000, and SOOO,OOO
will be required to complete it. It*
style of architecture is thnt known as
the pure or decorated Gothic, and in
general appearance the building is
something like the Cologne Cathedral.
This style of architecture prevailed in
Europe from A. D. 1250 to 1400, and ex
amples of it are seldom seen in this
country.
The Payment of Pensions.
The payments mvie on account of
arrearage* of pension* during the pres
ent month amount to $1,703,205. He
fore the end of the month about $!,•
000,000 additional will be disbursed.
This amount is somewhat in excea* of
the estimates of the ptobahle payments,
which is due to the largely increased
receipt* during the month from the
sale of tobbacco stamps. The Secretary
of the Treasury, in a recent estimate.
I stated that the amount of money avail
able for thi* purpose would be $2,500,-
000 per month until the first of July
and $2,000,000 per month thereafter.
The total amount paid out since the
payment of the pension* began is $2,-
340,555, and with the amount that will
be paid out before the end of the pres
ent month, leavee about $4,000,000 to
be paid during the month of June.
It is thought that this amount will be
available.
TKBMS: |*T Annum, in Advance.
OENERAL NEWS.
Colonel J. W. Cake, a promim-nt cit
izen of Sunlitiry, died -Sunday morning
after h brief illness, aged 73. Jle .>
Collector of the Port of Philadelphia
under Andrew Johnson's administra
lion.
The Seneca colliery, operated by the
I'ituton and Elmira Coal Company at
Pitteton, which ha* been idle for the
pu.->t month, resumed work on Mon
day on full time, giving employment to
seven hundred men and boys.
A young man at New York, named
John Sullivan, taken to the Tombs Po
lice Court Sunday morning for assault
and battery on officer Moore, of the
Fourteenth precinct, jumped through
an open window to the ground ouuide,
fell about twenty two feet, then vaulted
over a railing six feet high, and darting
uround the corner escaped.
The Masonic parade at Allentown la-t
fbursday, was a grand success and waa
witnessed Ly f>').<Krfj people. About
I,oob knight* were :n line among whom
were the UeMolay E'ommandery, of
Reading : Reading Comrn an d ry;
Mountain.of A i toon a ; Pilgrim, of liar
riaburg; Lancaster Commandery arid
1 Hermit, of I^-bunon.
The Washington House. a hotel at
HsgcrsUjwn, Md., mi totally destroyed
by fire on Thursday morning last.
Several ] <-ron were killed and many
wounded. Every room in the hotel vra*
occupied, principally by attorney*, wit
iie*e at. ! other* attending court. The
lo* on the hotel and furniture is f fO,-
tssi; insured for (ssi; lo* on per
sona! property of the boarders ? 10,000.
At a full meeting of the employe* of
the l.xcel*ior colli- ry, held at Shamok
iti lat Saturday night, it wa agreed to
teae work until they are paid for the
month of April under the ay stem of
the Schuylkill Coal Exchange, which is
i sliding scale on a ti.oO hasis. The
system recently adopted by the Excel
ucr c -mpany makes a reduction of '<
percent, below the prices of the Schuyl
kill Exchange.
The lockout which was predicted
some day- ago at I'itUl-urg between the
iron manufacturer* and their men has
become a fact. The pud-llera demand
ed t'< a ton up to the close of last Sat
urday's work, and the mill owners
would not li*Utn to the demand. The
conae-juence is that, with the excep
tion of one or two milla whose employes
do not belong to the union, all the
rnilla have already closed. The men
say that the manufacturers will yield in
a week or two, but the Utter say they
will hold out a year if necessary.
T. C. Packard, the celebrated tenor
of the Carl Rosa 1 -pera troupe, waa
found at I fay ton, Ohio, last Tnureday
mornipg deranged, and was taken to
the station house when hi* identity be
came known.and friends were telegraph
ed for. He had on hi* person when
found jewelry, money ami other valu
able* to the amount of several thou
sand dollar*. He left ltoston about a
week ago for Cincinnati, and was to be
married in a few day* to Mi*s Julia
(Jaylord, the leading aoprano of the
Rosa trouj-e, who returned from Europe
with Packard a few month* ago. Hi*
condition i* regarded a* critical.
The committee on Transportation
and Music of the "Juniata Valley
Printer's Association" met at the 7ViE
office in Alloona on Saturday morn
ing. All the members—Messrs. E. Con
rad, A. G. Ronsall, H. A. McPike, X. C.
llarolay and 11. C. Iern -were present.
An organization was effected by the re
tention of Oiairman Conrad a* Perma
nent Chairman and X. C. Barclay was
made Secretary. The object for which
the meeting was convened was thor
oughly canvassed. ami the committee
then called on Ceneral Superintendent
Pugh, of the Pennsylvania railroad,
who intimated that arrangements that
would lie satisfactory to the fraternity
could doubtless Ire made for the excur
sion to Cresson in September. Circu
lars in regard to the event, containing
information explaining all matter*
pertinent to the organization and the
pic-nic, will l>e sent to the various new*,
j paper offices in the counties embraced
in the society about the Ist of August.
A dispatch from Atchison, says: A
terrible storm of wind and rain passed
over Northern Kansas and Southern
Xebraska Friday evening. It extended
through nearly the whole northern tier
of countiea in this State, but was most
violent between the Blue Rapids and
Centennial stations, on, the Central
Branch railroad, and alwut thirty mile-*
apart. The storm moved in a direction
a little north of east and passed into
Xebraska through Richardson county.
The town of Irving, ninety miles west
|of here, was nearly destroyed. At that
point the storm took the character of a
cyclone and leveled everything in its
path. About forty building* were des
troyed and fifteen persons killed, while
from thirty to forty were wounded.
Among the buildings blown down are
churches, one a fine stone building, the
public school, the grain elevator, rail
road depot, Wetmore Institute and the
residences of John A. Warden, Cbarle*
Preston, W. A. Eal-rings, M. E. Leddy,
and Messra. Armstrong, Thompson,
Sheldon, Bates, Williams and others.
In the neighborhood of Frankfort
four or fire farm housea were blown
over, and in the town several houses
were destroyed. There were no casual
ities at thia place, but several person*
are reported severly injured in the
country. This cyclone was exceeding
ly destructive. It went bounding along,
sometimes touching the ground and
1 again high up in tne air. In all, over
fifty persons were killed and a large
i number injured. A deluge of rain ac
companied it.
NO. 23.