Lite Ceuße Remotest. BELLEFONTE, PA. Tho Largest, Cheapest and Best Paper rUHLISUKU IN VICNTRK COUNTT. THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT 1* pub- IUIIWI nvnrjr Thurwlsy mornlnx, t IMMfonU, Centre tiuuttly, Fa. TRRMS—C**h lit dv*Br Si ).0 If not p*i*t ample ft tilt D** for JOH WORK and ar* pr parod to print all kind* of Tm tn, Pros r* HI m< N. 4, t.k mi no* trial Di'lnting, Ac., iu th* Hn—t alvle ami at the low oat pntudiilo rate*. All atlvortiso'tueuU hr a !•* l*-rm than tliroo month* Svmli pet Una i t the Irtl three Intartloaa. and A crut* a line for ntili additional iiwertion. special Sotiroa on.-half Dior*. Kdii rial notice* 1 • cent* per lino. A silsrral dia< unt •* uiadt* t* |**ra*na a Ivertlaing by tin* quarter, half year, or year, a* follow*: - • " tVACB OCCITIKk. 9 SPJ ill I tV*o inch (or I- lin** thU type) f.' fsifu Two Inch.-*. - T 1| I . Thro** l uolie* It), 15 JII 4y*mr or oolnmQ (or fnchee).. U an| 5d Balf c dumn or l' niche*) " v On.* r In nn or #> '■ ;> - • i a*lverti**m**ntinuat bo paid for lefort In a *rtioß. except mi v early cmitr.i~t, when half-yearly pay fix it - .. \ i:. •* * 4 nnd l*.ti4Tl ai Norn * *..'** nt p. 1 lli*-arh Insertion. N 'hint inaorte*! fr I*-** tlian No • *it*. n hinr < Sorter.*. 1 Iho ••.lltorialcolumn*, 15cent* p r line, .a h invert ion. Loco NoTicii, in I *.-al .-ulumni, 1 cent* p**r line. Tho Democratic Position. THIRTEEN SUFFICIENT REASONS F>R TiIKIP STAND IN TIIF. SENATE. The New York Herald, of 11 recent date, contained an interview with n very prominent Democrat, who has given close attention to the dead lock j in the United States Senate. This | gentleman lays down the following thirteen propositions as, in his judg ment, governing the case. llc studied tho grounds of the dispute carefully and intelligently, and the thirteen points which he presents deserve at tention, not only for the strength with which they are presented, but also be cause they represent, in a forcible j way, the grounds upon which the Democratic Senators justify their course. The following are the thirteen propositions: First — A party cannot be considered to have a majority in a legislative body when it is unable to take a single step or adopt a single motion unless sonic one of the alleged minority will aid it by voting and thus making the desired and necessary quorum. Second —The Republican, in the Sen ate. without Mibone added, h ve ju*t one hall the Senate. I'nb-ss some Uietjt her of the Democratic half lends his aid the Republican Senators, plus Ma hone, cannot ronitn ind a quorum, ami can do no business of any or na ture except adjourn. Third —The vote of the Vice Presi dent cannot be made available until the D 'diocrats shall he obliging enough to create the tie, wiiic'n lie will then be able to unloose. Of original power the Vtce President has nut one particle, and the Republicans are enraged be cause the Democrats will not so vote *s to give the Vice President the opportu nitv to turn out Democratic office hold ers who aro faithfully discharging their duty. Fourth —The Vice President bos never in the history of the Government, save in a single instance, voted in the e'.eo tion of .Senate officers, an I that was in a case where a vacancy WAS to be filled. If a vacancy were to lx< filled to-dav every Democratic Senator would be perfectly willing to have the Vice Pre. ideal vote il a tie should occur, but the Democrats affirm and will toothe end muntain that the Vice President's vote shall not be used to create a vacancy whore no accusation is made pgaiust the incumbent and where the change is to • be ma le for political purpose only. j Fifth— The "rule of the majority," about which the Republican Senators talk so loudly, is the "rule" which they will inforce if one or more Democratic Senators will help them to do it. Sixth —The Republicans are irritated be cause the Democrats will not lend their aid to the consummation of the Mahono bargain by tho election of Gorham and Riddleberger. Seventh —At the opening of this ses sion and for seventeen day* after, the Democrats had a clear and absolute ma jority in the Senate, hut the Repuhli- I canv interposed dilatory (Ration* every tune the appointment of committee was proposed, anil they held the Senate in a totally unorganized if not dieorg*- ! nized condition until the vacant seats were filled and the trade with Mahone completed. Etyhih —When the Republicans got ready to appoint committees the Demo era tic Senator* interposed DO objection*, because committees were essential to a proper organization of the body, and they submitted quietly to having all the chairmanship* taken from them and transferred to the Republicans, although they never ought to have done this, and ttiey set an evil precedent in allowing it. which must be corrected at the very first opportunity. Ninth —But when it is proposed to take another and needless aggressive step, one entirely needless, except to give Mahone hi* pay nnd turn out two excellent and acceptable officers simply because they are Democrats, the Demo cratic Senator* say : "No you *hsll not do it, and we will stop you by precisely tho same meant which you employed for seventeen days to stop us from organ ising the committees." Tenth —Whenever the Republican* shall have a majority, even of one, in the Senate, no Democrat will interpose a tingle dilatory motion against the election of new officers ; but so long as the Republican Senators united with Mahone have only ono-half the Senate iind (ho Democrat* have the other half the Democrats will not aid, directly or indirectly, in turning out Democratic officer*. . Eleventh —The Republican Senator* may make up their minds that neither at thia seHttion nor at the next session will they be able to turn Mear*. (lurch and Bright out of office unless by *ome mean* they first acquire a majority of the Senate. Twelfth— One word more. When com mittees are to be appointed next De cember, if the Senate continues evenly divided a* now, fair warning is given to the Republican Senators that the Dom oeralic Senators will insist on a fair and equitable division of the committees and chairmanships. There are thirty eight Senators on each side of the i 'hamhor, and common fairness demands an equal partition of the committees. Thirteenth —For the Republican Sena tors to demand nil the committee* and all "the chairmanships by the casting vote of the Vice President is simply to empower the Vice President to appoint the committees. That has never been consented to until this session, when, for the sake ot peace, the Democrats permitted it. It will never be permit ted again, and due and fair warning is now given to that ell'ect. It is held by Democratic Senators that these propositions present their case in the clearest maimer, and en tirely justify to any one even but slightly familiar with the rules of leg islative proceedings, the course they have adopted and which they per sist in. LETTER FROM WASHINGTON. From our Kgu!*r C, 1881. I don't know what lias [ roducod such an effect, but it seerus to be settled tha j nearly every Republican Senator will next week vote to go on with executive business—confirm or reject Presidential nominations, consider treaties, etc. Sug- j gent ions bad been made by theni to Democratic Senators for some time that j a part of each day might be devotes! to that branch of business, and the rcrt to Gorham and Riddleberger, hut the Democrats had sensibly refuted to make j any such bargain. So there will he a Republican caucus next week, and there ! is not much doubt that it will then I** , determined to go to work. The Judi- I ci.il Committee has already been called i by Senator Kdrounds to consider nomi • nations before it. Of these the most ! important are those of Stanley Mat thews for the Supreme <\>urt. and Wm. K. Chandler, for Solicitor General of the United States. Roth of them will he vigorously opposed, and 1 helieve • 'handler, at least, will l defeated- No Democrat will vote to confirm htm Senator Conk ling has not called the committee on commerce, of which he is chairman, and so there will lie no early action in the case of Robertson. Troubles inside the Republican party are not confined tounpojular noroina j lions, however. Removals threaten to do full as much damage. Some of the changes in the Post office Department, foretold by me in a recent letter, were made yesterday, and were made in such j away as to reflect not only on some of the dis| 1 iced officers but to leave an impression that the department has been inefficiently if not corruptly man aged for many year*. 1 lie evil man agement now alleged mut have existed under Jewell, Key, and Maynard that is if it really ever ha* existed, t>n this last point very influential Republicans take issue with the administration, and say that the changes made now are only to give th administration standing in the matter of reform. There i* evident*, ly a very bitter fight ahead tn this con nee.ion. Other department* will he reorganized a* soon s* the Senate is in working * order. I confess to much surprise at the j miking of a violent sectional spepch by Senator Frye the other day. There if no explanation of it except that he is making a bold attempt to secure leader ship in the .Senate with Presidential possibilities three year* from this time, lie did not speak for the President or Secretary of State. Gil more A Co., of fi29 F. St., this city, will commence in May the publication of an eight page paper culled ".I mrrica." Its motto will be "Free thought, free sjieech, free labor," and it will lie "de voted to the interests of the people." An immense edition will he issued, and the paper will be first-class in every way. It is to have a national circula tion. and will prove a valuable addition to the current journalistic literature of the day. DON, - - -♦* ■ • ■ Given np by Doctors. "Is it possible that Mr. Godfrey is up and at work, and cured by so simple a remedy ?" "1 assure you that it is true that he is entirely cured, and with nothing hut Hop Bitters ; and only ten days ago his doctors gave him up and said he must die I" " Well a day I That is remarkable I I will go this day and get some for my poor George—l know hops are good."— Salem Poet. The rear walls of the Co-operative Rrewinp Company's Brewery, at Buffalo fell out latt Monday morning, causing damage to the extent of tIO.OOO. No ona WM injured. A lliir Plot. AN UNIL'CCESSrUI. ATTEXI-T TO CI.KAH CO- I.IHHIA, A. C., JAIL. Coi.umiiia, S. <'., April 2.').—Williont Eowry, a guard em ployed at tho peni tenliary, wua arrested yesterday alter noon and taken beloro United Stale* Commissioner Hloeber charged with counterfeiting silver currency. After a preliminary examination ho *u sent to juil in default ol bail to await hia trial at the approaching session of the United State* Court. The circumstance* which led to thi* arrest are a* follow* : Colonel l.incmiib, the superintendent ol the penitentiary, had information causing him to suspect that someoi the convict* were making arrangement* to escape. In pursuing hi* Hl veHligalion* he directed one ol the white prisoners to secrete himself under the bed of one ol the suspected negro convicts. While there other con vict* came in end engaged in conversa tion with the m-gro atioui the plot and disclosed the plan of operation, all of which was duly reported by the man under the bed to the authorities, who immediately summoned twenty or thir tv of the convicts for examination. When they found that their plot had been discovered sOtlle ol them peached on others, and many openly confessed their complicity in the allsir. It was ascertained that eighty ol the negro ! convicts had SOtlNu into a solemn OOR I spiracy to escape at all hazards. I hey j had managed to conceal clubs, hatchets, knives and axes, and had agreed to make their attempt t escape at day j break Sunday morning. M-y 1. When , the guard* came to release them from their cells they would simultaneously rush upon and overpower them, and, if necessary, murder them. The plan was well arranged, and would doubtless have been executed hut lor the diacov ••ry made by the superintendent. When the officers were prosecuting their search for evidence against the ! conspirators they discovered a hand ol j counterfeiters among the white con vlcta, and found die* and other iinple j inent-i for counterfeiting concealed in j the cell. I.urge quantities of coin, sil ver dollars, fifty cent piece* and quar ters were also found. I ties" base coins were so skdllully made that lut for their light weight no hank clerk could have detected then spurious chtracler. It is said that Columbia is flooded with this money. The matter has occasioned much ex< it erne nt here, especially since It is said that some of the guards are j implicated. It is expected thai other i arrets will fa- made tomorrow and ad ditional facts elicited. ♦ STATE NEWS. The I.ansdnle creamery receives daily i.issi quart* ot miik. Five hundred emigrants went through Pittsburg Vst week on their way to the west. The ladies of Winton, Lackawanna county, will organize a branch ol llic , land league. There are ninety cases of measles at j the Indian training school at Carlisle, | all ola mild type. It tnkps s2oo.> monthly at Altoonn ' to cah the pay rolls id ttie l'eiiii-yl vaina ifailromt Company. The Jewish residents of Altoona have , inaugurated a luovcmi nl towards build ing a synagogue In (hut city. Charles Polund, a I rskeman, was in stantly killed on the Pennsylvania rail road, near Pittsburg, recently. The le-high Valley Ktn-rv Wheel Company at \V-isport will build a large addition to their works tin- season. John Mcllai e, sixteen year of age, while at work at Pittsburg w r.s instantly killed by the bursting of an emery wheel. Abratn Johnson, theol-h -t inhabitant of Wayne cunty, died n -cully, age l Ins year*. lie so a soldier of the war ol I > 12. The l.ehigh Valley Ifailroad C-impa ny i* said to have determined to here titer employ none hut total abstainer* from strong drink end from visits to places where siiong drink is sold. The present .State Superintendent of Public Instruction has hacked down from his unj.it nnd absurd purpose of annulling all Hlate certificates granted j teacher* under bis prt-dccesiors. Thomas P*x*on, the father of Judge j Paxson, of the Supreme Court, died at 1 his home in Ih-rks county on Tuesday, lie was known aa'an active and exern. plary member of the Society of Friends. The Montgomery county boiler and machine works, Conihohocken, aro now engaged in filling contracts for four boilers of one hundred horse power and the same number of boilers of seventy five horse |>ower. Wesley Miller, ago! 20, tried to off a team of runaway horses on hi* father'* farm, near ilnrrtaburg, on Wed nesday nftemoon. He was knocked down and trampled upon, receiving in juries which resulted fatally. Dennis John Doyle, aged 12 years, left hi* home in Shenandoah, on the iHth of April. He is stout, of light complexion, ha* a scar over the right eye and the second toe off one foot. Any information concerning him may ho addressed to D. J, Coyle, Shenan doah, Pa. At I o'clock, last Monday morning, burglars entered the Post office at Nor ritown, blew open the safe and stole postage stamps to the amount of $250. The neighbors heard the explosion, but thought nothing of it. The robbery was not discovered until the office was opened for business, as the police go off duty at 3 o'clock in the morning. The Altoona i%n says : The local edi tor of a Green burg paper attempted to hoard a moving train at that place on Friday, when lie missed hia hold and was thrown against a man named New house, who was knocked over an em bankment 150 feet high. The news paper man escaped unhurt. Chris Frankhouser, a raftman from Indiana county, was arrested at I>nck Haven on .Saturday, for doaliog Police Officer Becker, of that place, a murder ous blow over the right side of the bead with a huge club, cutting his esr to pieces and mangling his face in sev eral places. It is doubtful whether Becker will recover. Special Annoutwemcnt. The Almighty Dollar! "The many have 100 few, and the few too many." What is the use of wasting a dollar when you can nave it ? Big prices will not do in these times when even the wealthy cannot afford to waste their money, and the poor require double duty of every dollur and every penny. Not by favor, but by merit alone will we maintain and increase our unrivaled reputation. We deal in good floods and not trash, and believe the manse* will pa tronize that house that sella the best (iood* for the leant money. Huy for ensli and at one price. Who can tell the waste of money J when you get your good* of house* , that buy and sell on long time? This i* the music am) these the price* that crowd our store, whilst j other merchant* sleep on tin ir coun ter*, little dreaming of the day of dis aster and ruin awaiting all who buy on buig time and sell ou longer; who pay big prices, and sell at figures that no people can afford to pay. SPECIAL BARGAINS. Black Alpaca, double width, for Hi cents, worth 25 cents. Black Cashmeres, yard wide, till wool, only -I't et*., cheap at 50 cent*. Wool Bunting, colored and black, at l!l cents, worth 25. Knickerbocker Suiting at f! cents. Wool Moiuic f 'loth and figured I )re*a fiootls for 17 cents, worth 25 cents. t hoiee Lawns for 7 and * cent*. I)rc- Cambrics for 10 cent*. SPECIAL BARGAINS. Hence we throw out among the ma-se* these specialties, th<-<; match lc*s good* and matclib-s prices to - cheek thi* insane and criminal prac tice of wasting money for the paltry i consideration of a little credit. SPECIAL BARGAINS. Bombay Gingham* for #1 cents. Cambria Cb< viots for BJ cent*. All Linen Crash for 5 rent*. White ( orded I'. K for 7 cent*. Heavy Cottonade for 12} cents. Kentucky Jean* for 11 cent-. 0-4 latin* Ci-ating, alLw<*>l, f-ir 95 cent*. SPECIAL BARGAINS. Thus we nie fighting ngnii.t the old rotten credit system for money, b r reputation, and for the people. SPECIAL BARGAINS. India Mull Tie* fur H> rent*. Spatri-h I-arc Ti* tur *> c nt*. 2-"i• Bone Curs t fur 25 cents. 50-Bono C-ir-s t fur 4'l eetit*. Cnrpet k'o" 'tnntj Jour nil Irom Clinton, lowa, *ay* : -'At 5 ' ".''."U 1 , t,,i " morning th.- night express which left here westward on the Jtock Inland division ol tho Chicago, Milwau ' kee and St. Paul Itailroad, while moving at an ordinary rate of speed aero.* the ( trestle worK over the Mered<*iia river I one mile south of Albany, 111., the tre*' tie gave way and the train, without warriiug, wit* suddenly precipitated into the river. The train, coni*tirig of en gine, tender, baggage ear, pasiomger and l<-< |ung car*, all went down, except the sleeper, which hangs over the bridge at j an angle ol 45 di-gif rdu | cut mil. I>r Higt •< , I. len e-1 ,ni • r -ion ' in Ic-bunon. and will niukc that his future home. The McKie tannery nt I.'w -tf.wn is j to tie ronvei 1. (1 into a *t* be factory. I'liihiilt l/i/i iii llrunrh I'tot hi tiff Itmri", Iti tti fimti, i'n. A GREAT VICTORY! TIII-: MVCKSS OF tiie PHILADELPHIA MiANTIL TIIE PEOPLE TRIFMPIIANT! rOIJTKUNS KNCX'K I'XDEII! THE I'IHLADELFIIIA IIKAXCII On the Side of the People! Wc have the extreme satisfaction of announcing that the Philadelphia Branch is now ready to do BETTER THAN EVER IN CLOTHING, FOR MEN, ROYS AND CHILDREN! ANI) ARE, AS ALWAYS, AHEAD OF ALL GTKEJSFi 8111 l GOODS. Clothing Manufactured by their Own House and every Article Marked and Warranted. SAMUEL LEW IN, the Manager, Now Defies the World and the Rest of Mankind, IN HIS OWN MAKE OF CLOTHING, The PHILADELPHIA BRANCH never wa beat, never will be beat and never ran be beat for the CHEAPEST CLOTHING offered in or outeide of Centre county. All that ia said here i meant. GO AND SEE, and carry the new* to your neighbor, that MONEY CAN POSITIVELY BE SAVED AT THE I PHILADELPHIA BRANCH. At 3 o'clock on Sunday morning a (ire broke out at Hhamokin, Northum berland county, in the rear of Owens' tobacco store, corner Independence and Liberty streets, and owing to inad equate water facilities the fire spread rapidly, enveloping the adjoining busi ness bouses of W. J{, Kuuner A tlo., Kutnberger's marble works, the J/rralil piloting office, and three dwelling hou-es owned by l',.ker and occupied |by Laker, John i>-wjs,and Jesse Logan* allot Which were er,t lr e|y Consumed, , their contents being generally saved. The late Kben Wrigbt'a will i. tho j social sensation in Itostoo. Mr Wright took a fancy to tb family of (j.-neial t/. A. \\ hit tier. II broker who ia e siyn it tHI tfuM ho • Uyy.t. , II India* Niaita9U Mi I :• f f iiir-iii : ,:, s ' i w..i • ! " .I-I Hie-fl., u; U • /• . M-.J tutu Ml | J lasf f <-J I Ifb U - Vt Ml In |t| MJ• husl.sls. •tarluaiflft at s, . , 1 I. l JV. * re-J. uu 1 >t nf ft Xi, mii J S * , lfi "1a..U, al (i il A| 11l l .Jt.),tl .1 J ~ . 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