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The Constitutional Bar.
Neither the United States nor any State
shall assume to pay any debt or obligation
incurred in ait I of insurrection or rebel
lion against the United States, or claim for
the loss or emancipation of any slaves, but
all such debts, obligations and claims shall
be held illegal aiul void. —Constitution of j
the United States, article 14, section 4.
Gen. Hancoch'a Plodgo to Enforco the
Foregoing Article.
The amendments to the Constitution of
the United States embodying the results of
the war for the Union are inviolable. If
called to the presidency, I should deem it
my duty to resist with all my power any
attempt to impair or evade the full force
and effect of the Constitution, which in
every article, section and amendment is the
supreme law of the land. —General Hun
cock's Letter of Acceptance.
Garfield's Endorsements.
The "Strong Government" for which
the Radical leaders sigh, what is it?,
A President selected lrom the aristoc- j
racy and holding office for life; n
Senate front the same class, holding
for life, and State governors to be ap
pointed by the Federal power. These
were the distinguishing features of the |
old Federal plan, as advocated by :
Alexander Hamilton, and totvaids
which the legislation of the Republi
can party so stoutly tends by under- l
mining the reserved rights of the j
States and of the people; in claiming
the power to surround their elections
by Federal bayonets and Federal su- [
pervision, as well as to enter their
Legislative halls and determine by
military command who shall or shall j
liot he recognized as members, as they I
did in New Orleans and Columbia.
This is the kind of " Strong Govern
ment" that James A. Garfield favored
in Congress in a speech when he said :
"7 believe, Mr. Speaker, that ihe fame of
Jefferson is waning and the fame of Hamil
ton is waxing in the estimation of the Amcr
can people, anil that we are gravitating to
wards a Wronger form of government. lam
glad we are,"
And again, in his recent speech in
New York, when he took occasion to
eulogize the statesmanship of Hamil
ton, he squarely endorsed the same
sentiment. Mr. Garfield holding these
views and desires, it is not surprising
that he was an active agent in all the
infamous acts of the Republican Con
gress and Executive to usurp power
not accorded them by the (Constitution
or in harmony with its spirit, and at
once so expressive of his high apprecia
tion of Hamilton and his methods of
government. But the Democracy,
which is still a strong factor in directing
the aflairsof the American government,
stands as firm now in opposition to the
Hamiltonian plan as they did when
Jefferson met and overcame it in 1801
9
and we need have no fear that the
present accidental candidate for the
Presidency, with his besmirched rec
ord, can now reach a position of power
and influence to utilize his endorse
ment of the Hamiltonian plan.
"WHAT does it mean that Hancock
refuses to put himself on record either
in public or private against the payment
of rebel claims."— llellefonte Hopublican,
Read Hancock's letter in another
part of the DEMOCRAT, good man,
and find out what it means.
Do our Republican friends want
any more letters from Hancock ? His
latest on the subject of rebel war
claims must be so entirely satisfactory
to them that they will probably long
for mora of the Bame sort.
Judge Black on Garfield.
"The Issues .ill H fth Us tun! the
Accidents S'ot Against I s."
How Garfiold ThinkH Treachery to
Country Fidelity to His Faction.
The following letter from ihe Hon. .1.
8. Rlack, of I'enusylvitnia, sent in re
ply to an invitation to attend the great
Democratic mass-meeting of Thursday
evening, but not received in time to be
read that evening, will command the
attention of thinking men ol all shades
of political opinion :
BROCKII, YORK, Pa., Sept. 22, ISBO.
GENTLEMEN : 1 cannot attend the
meeting of the Democratic-Republicans
at the city of New York on the 23d
inst. Rut I can assure you of my con
currence in its object, and if time and
space permitted I could give you a rea
son for tiie faith that is within me.
I trust we are approaching the end of
our long struggle against the oppression
and fraud of the anti-constitutional
party. They have sought the destruc
tion of our Government by every possi
ble means in their reach. Ry our Gov
ernment I mean the whole system of
fundamental law under which we live,
including the granted powers of the
Federal Union, the reserved rights of
tho States and the personal liberty of
the citizen. These three are all vital
points of our political organization, and
the life of the nation depends as much
upon one as another. If you want to
kill a man it makes no difference wheth
er you knock out his brains, Htab him
through the heart or tear open his
bowels—either way he is done for.
Certainly an American who forcibly
tramples on civil liberty or by violence
extinguishes the rights of the States is j
not less a traitor to his country than .
one who resists the just authority of j
j tha Federal Government.
I need not remind you with what j
! manifold treachery our opponents got |
possession of the power which lhe>
have so frightfully abused. At the be
ginning of the war they solemnly
pledged themselves to use the forces
put into their hands for the sole pur
pose of defending the Federal Govern
ment and maintaining the supremacy
of the Constitution and laws, with all j
the rights of the States and the people |
unimpaired; and they promised that j
when this was accomplished the war j
should instantly cease, in considera
tion of this special pledge, superadded
to their oaths, the men and the money
were put into their hands which com- ;
pletely subdued the armed opposition j
of the South to the Union. But when
! the conflict was over they announced
; that the victory instead of defending |
i the Government had revolutionized and
j overthown it ; that the whole do<grin<- i
| of State rights WHS exploded ana per
! sonal liberty was consequently a thing t
of the past; that the military was above i
the civil authority, and through that
instrumentality they (the central ol i- j
garchy) might kidnap, imprison and
kill citizens for political offenses with- j
! out judge or jury. The right of su!" !
1 frage had ceased to exist except when
j it was exercised by their permission and
i in away which suited their purposes.
| Destroying all the election laws of half
; the States iti the Union, they tilled the
j State offices with notorious thieves and
| crowded Congress with redemptionless
I rogues who did not pretend to any title
! except what they got by force and |
i fraud, and in all the States they claimed !
' the right to he represented at State
I elections by the bayonet* of their stand
' ing army. Would you have me enum- j
| erate the corruptions generated by this ,
| infamous system? Count the stars if
; you can ; try to number the sands on j
j the seushore.
Their idea of a strong government
i was fully developed. Six years after
the war fraud and force had made it so
much stronger than liberty, justice and
law, that the Constitution had hut seven
friends in the Senate and less than a
third of the members in the lower
house. Rut the principles of free and
honest government were not destined '■
to he crushed out forever. The moral i
influence of tho Democracy was itself a j
power which abashed the anti-constitu
tional leaders and benumbed their fac
ulty of evil doing. Thousands of true
men, who in moment* of error or alarm
had wandered front the track of their
principles, "hastened to retrace their
steps and to regain the road which
alone leads to peace, honor and safety."
Truth and justice gradually regained
their natural ascendancy in the popular
heart. First, the Federal House of Rep
resentatives was redeemed; then the
■Senate, and in 1870 an overwhelming
majority of the people attested their
devotion to free principles by voting for
a Democratic ('resident. This looked
like a successful vindication of free
government, but it wa* not. The anti
constitutional party hn* an advantage
which more than counterbalances the
strength of the peopie. It can cheat at
elections, it can falsify the count, it can
forge returns. "There's the respect
that makes calamity of so long a life."
We are about to repeat the experi
ment. We may be swindled again, but
there is not any doubt that our honest
majority is greater than it was before.
The issues are all with us and the acci
dents are not against us. Our candi
date is not only unexceptionable, but
admirable, and has the unbounded con
fidence of the whole country in his tal
ents, integrity and patriotism.
The impulses of personal friendship
and the duties of fair political opposi
tion alike require me to speak of Gen.
Garfield. Intellectually he is first among
the politicians of his party —not the
sharpest or strongest, but the most
gifted and best cultivated. His private
life is stainless, and in everything un
connected with politics his behavior is
regulated by principles of the soundest
morality. But in public affairs he does
not act upon his convictions ; when he
passes into the domain of politics his
conscience loses its grip; and for his
party he is willing to do any wrong
which will promote their interests, or
play any card how false soever which
will win them power. This surrender
of his morat and mental integrity is the
condition ttpon which he holds his high
place In the affections of the party be
belongs to. Treachery to his country is
fidelity to his Taction. If at any time
in the last fifteen years he had given
way to hia own sense of right, supported
the Constitution and laws in a spirit of
pure justice, refused to defile himself
with election frauds, withheld his coun
tenance front executive corruption or
denounced the forcible instalment of
thieves in State oflice, he would have
converted himself into a Democrat and
been expelled from the communion of
the anti-constitutional party.
This moral prostitution to bad politi
cal purposes is far from being uncom
mon. Men naturally good have yielded
to it in all times und in ull countries
where there is a party unprincipled
enough to demand it and strong enough
to reward it. But General Garfield's
public career furnishes more striking
examples of it than the history of any
individual I have known, bet mo give
you a case : After the war—at a time of
perfect peace—in the State of Indiana,
where no war had ever been, certain
military oflicers, being instructed from
Washington that they were above the
civil authority, had kidnapped and were
about to kill three citizens tor no offense
defined by any law and without the
pretense of a trial by court or jury. If
this could be done there was manifestly
no security left for life or property.
Plainly it could not be done without a
flat violation of the Constitution, which
in express terms forbade it. But the
men who then ruled us with a rod of
iron insisted upon it and we could not
be certain that the judges, State and
national, might not be subdued by their
I influence. The hearing of the cause
before the Supreme Court was a great
crisis in the constitutional history of
our country. There was a place in the
argument which nobody could till so
well aa General Garfield, and 1 besought
him to help us in this desperate ex
tremity to rescue American liberty from
the utter destruction with which it was
threatened. He responded with noble
I alacrity, and made a great argument iir
I which he proved not only the continu
§ ed existence, hut the inestimable value
|of the Constitution. He demonstrated
| that the right of trial by jury at ull
| places was indestructible, and that any
j otlicer, civil or military, would violate
! his oath if he attempted to put the
! military above the civil authority. He
affirmed the whole Democratic doctrine
on the subject and showed it to be in
eontestibly right. His sincerity was
undoubted, for, like the rest of us, he
j engaged in the cause as a labor of love,
! without fee or any reward except the
i thanks of true men.
Such were his true convictions. But
j when he came to ileal with the same j
] subject in tiis political capacity he sur
! rendered everything to his party. He
' voted for a nulitaiy despotism and a
1 regular system of kidnapping and mur
der in all the States of the South, in
i the same net were other provisions
j which he certainly understood to be in
direct conllict with every article ahd
I every section of the Constitution. In
all this he did not transgress, like
others, in ignorance or in passion; he
j sinned against light and knowledge and
j on a cold calculation of partisan policy.
It is an infinite pity that such a man
should he not only fulse to his country
j bi *. false to himself.
What makes all this very much worse I
is his denunciation of General Hancock I
for saying that the military was con- j
; stitutionally subordinate to the civil j
j power, and that liberty was still the |
inheritance of the American people; I
I for these were propositions which he
, himselt had asset ted and knew to be
: true.
It might be expected that the course !
| of a man so influenced would frequent- j
ly deflect from the straight path, and 1
one great aberration vie cannot but re- |
j member.
Mr. Tilden was elected in 1870. A
> false return was the only resource
against him. I ilo not believe that
General Garfield, if let alone, would
j commit an election fraud any more
than he would steal a horse or a
sheep. But when the managers of
i his party demanded his aid in a great
swindle he could not refuse. Under
that coercion he went down to Louisi
ana and there found it absolutely cer
-1 tain that the Tilden electors hail been
! "duly appointed - ' at a legal and full
j poll, so peaceably conducted that there
was not even a squabble about it in the
whole State. And the appointment so
made was attested by and recorded
upon the certificates and the oaths of
election oflicers adverse to the ap
pointees in all their feelings and wishes.
There was no earthly excuse for deny
ing this ; no contradiction of it could be
honest. To count the State for Hayes
was a thing that could be done only by
impudent and unmitigated fraud. For
a time 1 hoped that General Garfield's
share in that great crime had consisted
in passive acquiescence, and I am sur
prised by the proofs recently brought
forward of his active assistance in its
perpetration. His judgment as a mem
ber of the Electoral Commission was a
thing to be expected, for ho must long
before that have convinced himself that
a fraud was as good away as any other
of electing a ('resident. In a political
game he did not think that anybody
had moral sense enough to abstain from
thowing a die which he himself had
loaded to win the stake.
This liability to he rushed into evil
courses by his party associates has
brought upon him much odium which
he does not deserve in the transactions
of the Credit Mobilier. The stock dis
tributed by Makes Ames was intended
to influence the legislation of Congress
corruptly. He and the company who
put it into his hands meant business,
and that business was bribery. Un
doubtedly those members who took it
knowing the nature of the thing were
great criminals and wholly unworthy
to retain their seata. But Gen. Garfield
though he certainly agreed to fake the
stock and did actually take dividends
upon it, had no suspicion of its connec
tion with the Union Paciflo Railroad or
of the conflict which its possession might
create between hia private interest* and
his public duly. lie was as guiltless as
the child unborn of any dishonest
meaning about the whole business. I
believe this not merely because he told
mo so, but because it is probable in
itself and corroborated by many circum
stances. If he had stuck to it he
would have been credited by all men as
he was by me. Fearing that hia politi
cal friends might influence him to do
part from it 1 wrote beseeching him to
stand fast upon the defense he had
made to me. That he did not tuko this
advice is the bitterest regret of his life.
But "the party" would not let him
take it. The accusation struck at the
highest heads in the House and the
Hcnate. They had but one answer, and
that was a positive denial of the fact
that any stock had ever been taken by
them ; and on that linn they expected
Mr. Ames to swear them through.
Genorul Garfield, for Hie benefit of oth
ers and to his own great injury, united
in making this false defence. Their
witness failed them and they were all
convicted. After the report of the
committee I wrote to Mr. Blaine the
letter which has been extensively pub
lished and which was an effort to put
General Garfield back upon the true
ground wdiich he never ought to have
abandoned. But it was too late.
I regret sincerely that Gen. Garfield
is a candidate or that he should be
placed in any position which calls for
criticism on his conduct as a public
man. But I have suid nothing that
will be new to him, for in many forms,
at many times, in sundry ways, publicly
and privately, 1 have given this same
construction of his acts and exhorted
him to come out from the evil and
corrupt fellowship which drags him
down while it pretends to elevate him.
I hope that on all the issues the
friends of liberty and justice and law
and honest government will make
themselves heard by the nation so
clearly that at the next election the
popular condemnation of the anti-con
stitutional faction will be overwhelm
ing. In the menutime let us watch as
well as pray that the country be not
swindled again.
Faithfully and hopefully yours,
J. 8. BLACK.
The Hon. Augustus Schell, Chairman,
and members of committee.
Hancock's Gold I'cn.
FL'RNISIIED TIIF. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE TO
WRITE HIS INAL'UCRAI, ADDRESS.
From t!••• New York Herald of Tn-*<!ay.
The most important event on Gov
ernor's Island yesterday—for it was not j
the regular calling day and there were j
but few visitors—was the presentation
of a gold pen to General Hancock. The j
presentation was the outcome of a fair !
held at Elizabeth, N. .1., by the I'hil. '
Kearney Guards, the arrangements be- |
ing made that the pen, which is massive
and valuable, should go the Presidential \
candidate having the highest number of ]
votes. The result showed for General j
Hancock 375 voles, for General Garfield j
830 votes, and for Genera! Weaver 20 j
votes. A committee was appointed to j
make the pre-entation toGen. Hancock, j
and litis committee visited Governor's
Island yesterday. A formal presenta- j
tion speech was made by Mr. Strate !
meyer, one of that body, in which he :
tnade allusion to the fact that tiie pen
is mightier than the sword, and ex j
pressed u hope that this pen in question
would prove in the General's ltands of <
more service to the country in the fu
ture than the many splendid victories
achieved by his sword had been in the i
past.
" 1 feel great pleasure," said the Gen
eral, "in accepting this present. I shall I
! prize it because it is the gift of your j
| town, Elizabeth. I have great attach- I
ment to the name Elizabeth. It is my !
mother's name. 1 like those plain old j
names, Elizabeth and Mary. I like your j
town lecause it was once the residence I
I of General Scott, whom I used to visit
i there frequently, and of Colonel Clark, |
1 my old colonel, and is now the home of
! General Bumford, the son-in-law of Col. 1
| Clark."
" In giving you this pen we may be
allowed to say," said Mr. Newbauer,
"that we hope you will use it in writ
ing your inaugural address BS the next
President of the United States."
" I have had a good many pens, but
all quill pens, sent me already for that :
purpose," the General replied, smiling.
" I promise you, if agreeable to you, j
that f will use this pen for one thing— j
1 will write a letter of thanks to the |
Phil. Kearney Guards."
The committee expressed themselves ]
delighted at this promise and took their
leave, saying that his autograph letter
should be handsomely framed and plac
ed where all the people of Elizabeth
could see it.
Hancock at Gettyshnrg.
TIIE THANKS OF TIIE NATION.
He it Rftolved by the Senate and Unite of
Bfftretenlativet, Ae., That, in addition to
the thanks heretofore voted, by joint
resolution, approved January 28, 1864,
to Major Gen. Geo. (I. Meade, Maj. Gen.
O. O. Howard, and to the oflicers and
soldiera of the Army of the Potomac,
for the skill and heroic valor, which at
Gettysburg, repulsed, defeated and
drove hack, broken and dispirited, the
veteran army of the rebellion, the grat
itude of the American people and the
thanks of their representative* in Con
gress are likewise due and are hereby
tendered to Major General Winfield 8.
Hancock for his gallant, meritorious
and conspicuous share in that great and
decisive victory.
Patted by the Hover, April 10, 1866;
patted by the Senate, April 18, 1866;
signed by the President, April 23, 1866.
"The troops under my command have
repulsed the enemy's attack, and have
gamed a great victory! The enemy are
now flving in all directions.
"W. 8. HANCOCK, Msjor General."
"Say to Gen. Hancock that 1 regret
exceedingly that he is wounded and
that I thank him for the country and
for myself for the great service he has
rendered to-day.
Gto. G. MEADE.
Maj. Gen. Commanding."
THE eccentric oomedian of the New
York TVvth puU a very solem fact in
the following words:
Ef you red wot Conklin sod, you mus
ter seed ow he kept clear of endorain
Jim Garfield. Jes fur fun I kminted
the wurds bout different people, and ere
it is:
Bout Garfield 88 wurds
Bout Arthur 600 wurds
Bout Grant.... 2,600 wurds
That'a jes bout wot they is worth, as
kompared to ech other, Conkling
measured them op pretty well
That Southern Bugbear!
6'eti, Has work It'll/ Veto Any At
tempt at I'aylny Uebel Claim*.
"When Rebellion was Crashed the Heresy
of Secession in Every Form Went
Down Forever."
"CINCINNATI, <>., Sept. 20, 1880.
"General W. S. Hancock,
Governor's Island, N. 1.
"DEAR SIR: 1 inclose slips cut from
the Gazette and Commercial of this city,
both of them newspapers of large cir
culation and influence in Ohio and In
diana, referring, as you will see, to the
much-barped-upon subject in our poli
tics of rebel claims. These newspapers
and Republican stump speakers are
constantly asserting that it you are
elected President the churns of disloyal
people of the South for losses sustained
in the war will be allowed and paid by
the United States. They further direct
special attention to the fact that this
charge has been made against the Dem
ocratic party, and that you, its candi
date for President, have not denied it.
This warfare is made in all seriousness
and maintained with great earnestness,
and repeated day after day in the press
aud in speeches. You are known to
the country as a frank, honest soldier,
now the representative of the Demo
cratic party, and having a right to
speak for it. Whatever you may say
the people will hear and believe. 1
submit the matter to your good judg
ment as to what you Bhould say or
whether you should make any public
utterance at all. Very respectfully
J yours, "THEODORE COOK."
The following is General Hancock's
reply:
"GOVERNOR'S ISLAND. 1
" Nr.w YORK, September, 23, 1880. >
" To Theodore Cook, Esq., Cincinnati, O.
" DEAR SIR : Your letter of the 20th
instant has been received. 1 regret
that you are disturbed about the effect
of that bugbear, 'Southern war claims.'
The people cannot be misled by it. To
i suppose that ' Rebel Claims,' or claims in
| the interest of persons who were in re
bellion, can in any way or in any degiee
j be countenanced is an imputation of
I disloyalty such as used to be made
| against Democrats even when they were
jin arms defending the country. So far
|as it touches me, 1 denounce it. The
j Government can never pay a debt or
I grant a pension or reward of any sort
lor waging war upon its own existence;
j nor could 1 be induced to approve or
encourage payment of such debt, pen
! sion or reward. Nobody expects or
i wants such unnatural action. To pro
| |iote it would be an insult to the in
j telligence and honor of our people.
| When rebellion was crushed the heresy
I of secession in every form and in every
incident went down forever. It is a
j thing of the dead past. We move for
| ward, not backward. If I were Ureal-
I dent 1 would veto all legislation which
i might come before me providing for the
' consideration or payment ot claims of
j any kind for losses or damages by per
; suns who were in rebellion, whether
| pardoned or not.
"In relation to 'Union War Claims' the
I Goverment's obligations to its defend
j ers come first. They are lasting and
sacred. The public laws of civilized
nations do not in general recognize
claims for injuries to property resulting
from the operations of war. Neverthe
less our Government has treated with
I great indulgence the claims for losses
| and damages suffered by Union men
from the military operations of the war
•of the Union. But as hostilities were
closed more tlmn fifteen years ago,
claims of that nature—now mostly in
the hands of brokers or persons other
than the original sufferers—are becom
ing stale and in my judgment might
fairly be considered aw barred by the
lapse of time, and if hereafter enter
tained at all, should be subjected to the
j strictest scrutiny. Yours very truly.
"WINEIELD S. HANCOCK."
Judge Black Oil Karflrid.
__
From tbe Nf* York Hun.
The picture which Judge Black is
said to have drawn of Garfield's moral
character, in the Philadelphia /'rest, is
a very remarkable one. lie appears to
be acquainted with twoGarfields having
the same Christian names, one of them
very good and one of them very bad,
one of them an estimable private citi
zen and one ol them a most disreputa
ble politician. Tbe first one never
swore falsely, and never helped forward
an election fraud ; while the second one
was a Credit Mobilieriat, a corrupt con
gressman, an aider and abettor of tbe
l.ouisiana forgeries, and one of the in- !
famous eight on the electoral commia- 1
•ion who gave those forgeries the force
and effect of law and of fact.
Judge Black also states that the Gar
field whom he knows privately is an
out-and-out free-trader, and is in his
heart as good a Democrat as tbe judge
himself; while the other Garfield is a
prohibitory taiiff man, and a thorough
going Republican partisan, who long
since gave the "key of his conscience
to his party."
We say there must be two men of
thia name, for it is manifestly impossible
for two such opposite characters to exist
in tbe same person. Judge Black, how.
ever, seems to think otherwise, and to
have made up his mind that a man may
be honest in some relations when he is
a scoundrel in others ; that the "hands"
which take bribes in Congress may be
considered "clean" outside, and the
man who lies under oath may yet be
deemed a very re*pectable citisen.
But if Judge Black does not draw at
bribery and perjury the line of distinc
tion—and we emphatically deny that
there is any such distinction—between
public and private morals, where will he
draw it* It is, however, with the pub
lic character of James A. Garfield that
both he and we are required to deal in
this canvass, and of him we understand
Judge Black to affirm, upon the
strength of a long and intimate ac
quaintance, that there is no crime he
would not commit, and acaroely any
that he has not committed, to serve tie
party that serves him.
Altoooa is agitating the edvisebility
of • paid fire department.
GENERAL NEWS.
WilliarnHport ban thirty one church
congregation*.
The Democrats of the Firt lowu Ji*.
trict have nominated W. H. Culberts.oii
for CongreHH.
Venner the Canadian weather |,roi-h
et, predict* cooler and stormy weatln r
for the firat few week* of October,
On Wednesday of last week, tj 1( ,
people of Memphia, Term., celebrated
the continued good health of the city
and its escape from Yellow fever duriij i
the pant summer.
Governor Cornell, of New York, e*.
I pericnced an attuck of malarial fev, r
| while staying with his wife at Hotel
j Brighton, Coney Inland, last week, but
| at last accounts, he was convalescing.
The saw mill of Mr. Silas Weak lan<l.
located near Chest Springs borough, .r,
Cleafield township, Cambria county, ,
destroyed by fire on Sunday, the I'Jti,
inst. J.oss about $1,000; fully insured.
On Tuesday evening of last week
Jesse Grant was married to Miss Lizzie,
daughter of W. S. Chapman, at the
Palace Hotel, San Francisco. The af
fair was very quiet, only a few friend
being present.
Washington county ha* a young lady
who has not eaten solid food in four
yesrs. Her principal diet is a small rip
of vinegar or lemonade. She is a
daughter of Hon. John A. flapper, ari l
is 2 1 years old.
Baltimore will celebrate her sesqui
j centennial—that is, the commemoration
of her 150 th birthday—in the second
j week of October, beginning on Monda ~
I the 11th, and continuing five days,
i Elaborate preparations are making ior
■ the event.
A passenger train on thp Vandal;,
j railroad collided with a freight train on
a trestle fortv feet high over Clear creek,
near Terre Haute, ind., at 4:30 o'clock
on Friday morning, killing Engineer
j Oscar Rankin and Fireman William
l Saunders of the passenger train. The
: engineer and fireman of the freight
train jumped from their engine and e
■ caped with slight bruises. A. W. Ihlla
| bout, Postal Clerk, had his leg broken
and was otherwise injured. No pa>>sen
: gers were hurl.
Business Notices.
Why are horses and cattle after taking
| Huberts' Horse Powders like a new laun
i dried shirt? Because they look sleek and
j clean.
—No more sick chickens. Save your
I poultry and cure them of disease, by using
I Roberts' Poultry Powder. It has never
I failed to cure Cholera, and all diseases to
j which fowls are subject. Price 25 cents
jer package. For sale by all druggists.
—At the present time when there are -o
many worthless linaiuents in the market,
it would Im* well to inquire which is the
best. This will be found in M. B. Hubert's
; Embrocation'—it is a panacea for ailments
I that require rubbing either on man or
I beast. Price 35 cents per bottle.
Why do you cough when you can
j find s|M*edy relief in Sines Syrup of Tar,
i Wild Cherry and Ilorehound? It is the
J most pleasant and efficacious remedy known
for Coughs, Colds, Croup, Asthma, and all
: diseases tending to pulmonary consump
tion. Has been sold for over thirty years
and is especially adapted to children, a- it
| does not nauseate, and consequently it can
! be used in sufficient quantity as to effect a
i cure. Try one lwittle and you will never
;be without it. Price 25c. and 50c. per bot
tle. Sold everywhere. Ask your druggist
tor it. ™
—The popularity of M B. Robert*
| Horse Powders is proving itself in the in
creased demand throughout this State,
from the fact that the public are at hot
finding out that it is fxissible to obtain a
package of Horse and Cattle Powder whi< h
is strictly pure and free from such adulter
| atioot as bran, cake meal, and other in
i gredienU calculated to pufl' the animal
! instead of curing it of the disease it is suf
i faring from. M. B. Roberta' Horse Pow
-1 dors contain no adulteration, and are much
j cheaper than any other, as but a table
! spoonful i* required for a dose. Ask any
j old horseman as to their merits. For sal"
everywhere. Price reduced to 25c. f-r
package.
Philadelphia Market..
I'limmiwi, Rept 27,1".
In tin-sdilnfl, l.t littls -hfn*; sltal I# h(|hff.
Fu-vs—Flour Is dull and rath-r -ak on lon grade*
S.l*. °t I.JiS, lamls. inrluiliny Minnesota rilrw. I
and rh-lre. al X'W o V7%; do d". sirsighi at F*
• A"; Pennsylvania (amily. at M.TWa *. western do.. at
tsos, and |-atetit al F.T4, Rip flour Is acacp an 1
steady at F> per I-artel
llatia—The el,-at market Is fairly arllrr and pre •*
\r. higher. Hales of fI.OOO l-isli-la, inrludlrif rsjo -l
rejected. at nV flktUrtj red and unl-r. track an I
afloat, at II (tVaaal . and No 2 red.elerator.at II
Al lh*. Open I sard, first rail. &,(•! bushels (Viol*-, ed.l
al f I (•'•. |tl.<*n bushels November at 11.0t 7 . ; ll.'* l ,
waa Wd few Hep, em her: II onflj, for Ikiole, .|1 ,17-.
for NoTemlxe. and II "e\ for Peoeml-er Rye is fitm
al Mr. for I'ennsrhaiiia
Aetna—Tl.oer is doll, small sales al 7\-*',r.
Timothy la firm, and arils at 1i.7.'0 2.MU.
* mm
Bellefonte Market*.
Itiutronra, Sept. St, IN*,.
QUOTATION*.
Wl,ite wheat, per bualiel .fold).. 41 ,si
Red wheat (new. .
Rye, ]er bushel _ Ml
Com. cob... '•
Cora, shelled „ r,<
Floor, retail. t>er harral-..!"*" 7717"" I 1,1
Floor, wliolswale 4 ;i
Provision Marhat
Corrweted weekly by Harper Brothers
Apples, dried, per ponod_..„ fl
Che,Ties. dried, par poand, sssdnd.. )•
Beans per -janrt..—...... S
Fresh hotter per poand , y,
Chlrkens per poand s
Cheese per pound JS
Country bams per pouad.. ~ ... lfl
Hams, sugar cured 1
Baooa.. a
l*ard per poand ....... *
Rags per dor _ It
Potatoes per baaket ... 4"
Brted beef. IN
■Vr A dvcrti*em*ntA.
HorNPH for Sale.
fXRE pair HEAVY DRAUGHT
\J HtiRHBR. and oae small FA Ml IV HBIVINII
HORBR. Inquire a! R. F 111 AFFRR,
Nlttaav. Fa
Notice.
PH. HAUPT lirn applied to the
a Bermtary of Inleraal Affaire of tka Common
wealth of Pennsylvania for twelve srrs. of land en
waled m Ike rewaahln Bo*a, la Ike oouoty of
Cewtre, adjoining lands In the warrantee nan,.-, of
William Bawell on the north. Foam Brooks on the
east, Thomas I'vlU on the south sad -lames Roland oa
the waal, 40-dw