oTljc (Centre (Stb tlrmocntt. NHUUERT \ FOBBTKR, Edltom. VOL. 3. Wilt Crntrc § rowctat. Terms 51.50 per Annum, in Advance. 8. T. BHUGERT snd R. H. FORSTER, Editors. Thursday Morning, June 2, 1881. WHO wrote tho Morey letter? Every one accused has been vindica ted except President Garfield. If Conkling kuows he ought to tell and definitely settle the question. The senior Senator should not prevent any pent up Utica from overflowing in the interest of truth. THE committee of one hundred in Philadelphia is now addressing itself to the question of reform in street car fares. Five cents is the ultimutuni of the reformers ami the car com panies would do well to read the his tory of the past few months intelli gently. If they do they will concede the reduction and save themselves in finite trouble. Its bound to come. THE President of the United States is popularly supposed to lie -James A. Garfield of Ohio. This is a mistake, -James G. Blaine of Maiue is the Pres ident, Secretary of State and jigger boss generally. He has the Mentor statesman by the throat and runs the present Administration in the iutcrest of revenge. He has laid a heavy hand on Conkling and the end is not yet. Cincinnati aud Chicago are two Waterloos thatjMr. Blaine proposes to wipe out, and in pursuing this purpose he will not stop short of party dis ruption. Blaine is brilliant, audacious aud unscrupulous and is potent now for much mischief. THE diguity of the United States Senate, if that l>ody still posesses claim to the distinction since the ad mission of Don Cameron, Kellogg and Mahone, is sadly discounted by tlicir presiding officer, who appears at Al bauy in the character of aw ard huck ster in the Republican fight. To be the second officer of the United States Government, and the presidiug digni tary of its highest legislative assem bly, was at one time believed to lend dignity and propriety to the incum bent, but all this influence seems to have been lost on Arthur. He takes to slum work naturally, and is now running a campaign in the interest of spoils-grabbers. HOME interesting developments are lieiug made in the Treasury Depart ment, at Washington, which arc not calculated to inspire respect for the integrity and watchful care over the public finances that ought to be ex pected from men in high positions of trust. looseness in the disbursements of the contingent fund, in which prom inent officials have largely profited in personal wealth, will probably call for explanations from ex-Secretary Sherman to screen many of his trust ed subordinates, if not himself, from very discreditable appropriations of the public means to private use. It begins to be apparent, that if the cov ering is stripped off the Hayes admin istration, its postal frauds and embez zlements will be quite up to the whis key frauds and other irregularities and steals of the Grant regime. THE chances of Conkling and Piatt for re-election to the Senate are various ly estiroateiJ. Conkling is confident of success and has taken the personal management of the canvass at Al bany. His known ability and power to command the New York Republi cans, make him an opponent which the Federal Administration with all its patronage will find difficult to sub due or defeat. His opponents, how % ever, are equally defiant and stern, and as yet, shdkr no signs of weaken ing. The result will probably be a pro tracted struggle and dead-lock of fac tions, and may eventuate in dividing the Senatorial representation of the State between the Republicans and Democrats, as it was before the elec tion of I'latt, who only entered the Senate on the fourth of March last. " EQL'AI. AND KXACT JUSTICB TO ALL MEN, OF WHATHVKH STATK OH I'KRHUASION, KKLIOIOL'H OH POLITICAL. "—MTWIOU. That Morev Letter. There is something singular if not suspicious, remarks tho Harrisburg Patriot, about the abandonment of the search for the author of the Morey letter. The boasted determination of the Republican National Committee under the injunction of Mr. Garfield, "to hunt tho rascal down," hus sud denly yielded to a "want of funds," as if the office-holders could not be as sessed as readily for the smnll amount required for the prosecution of the search as for the immense sums col lected from them for campaign pur poses. There would lie no trouble at all in raising the necessary sum to can ' on the investigation if Mr. -lew ell, the chairman of the Republican uational committee, really meant to prosecute the matter in good faith. The acquittal of I'hilp, the writer of the article in Truth sustaining the genuineness of the letter, will go far toward convincing the public that the Republican national committee never ha<l any good grouud for pronouncing the article a forgery. Not a scintilla of testimony has been produced to show that the signature of Mr. Gar field to that letter is not in his own proper handwriting. His own asser tion to the contrary made in the midst of a heated campaign and viewed in the light of his discredited statements in the Credit Mobilirr matter goes for little. Experts in chirogaphy ditbr as to whether the signature to the let ter is the handwriting of Garfield, but not a few of them, after making --are ful microscope examination, have pro nounced the autograph genuine. Still the letter may have been forged. It is due to the public that every effort should be made by the committees* representing the two great political parties to discover the fact of the mat ter. The Democratic national com mittee circulated copies of the letter believing it to be genuine. The Re publican national committee made capital of the Democratic committee's action by denouncing it as the basest of crimes. It is certainly the interest of one if not both of these committees to ascertain the truth and having as certained it to give it to the public. Sometime ago it was reported that Mr. Ahram 8 Hewitt, of the Democratic national committee, had proffered Mr. -Jewell pecuuiary assistance in his ef forts to discover the author of the let ter. Mr. Rarnum would no doubt also lend a helping hand if he did not know that Mr. -Jewell has given up the hunt. Legally considered the case now stands against the Republican committee- Their charge of forgery is unsupport ed by proof aud they have not indict ed nor even indicated the criminal. On the other hand the editor who libeled Garfield if the letter was not genuine has been acquitted on the charge of criminal libel instituted against him. There is a mystery con nected with the matter which must lie cleared up if public opinion is to set tle down finally against the authentic ity of the letter. TIIK Mahone Rcadjusters arc work ing valiantly to effect a thorough co alition with the Republican party of \ irginia before the meeting of their -State convention which is to come off shortly. The Republicans of the State, however, do not take kindly to ratifying the bargains of Mahone. lie is now appealing to the President for the influence of the Federal Adminis tration to perfect the coalition in the State in order to raise the corrupt con tracting parties from the slough of despond in which their failure in Washington has enveloped them. But Mahone, being now a dead dog, is of no value to Garfield and Blaine, and his appeals are received coldly. Amidst the discordant complications with members of their own party, these as tute political chiefs are not disposed to burden themselvea with the care of a putrid carcass. Mahone will have to stand alone and bear the conse quences of his political treachery. It BELLEFONTE, I'A., THURSDAY, JUNE 2, IHHI. is now naitl that as a last desperate struggle to maintain his piebald party and to secure an apparent endorse ment from his State, Mahone will have himself placed at the head of his ticket as a candidate for Governor. THE absorbing question of pay which has so excited tho members of tho legislature during tho present session is to he settled by the passage of a section in the general Appropria tion hill providing SISOO for each member and directing the State Treas urer to pay the same. With the adop tion of this section, Ruddimau will doubtless drop his wild hunt after the "motives" of the Attorney General and accept his SISOO with thanks. The people may consider this very lilwral pay for wasted time, and the amount and quality of the work per formed. But as little was expected from a Republican Legislature, con trolled and operated by the Philadel phia roosters, disappointment will not produce any serious sensation. Vi H< ll N l \ READJUSTEES arc grow ing des|>erate. Mahone apjH-als to Boh Itigersoll to use his influence with the Garfield administration to favor the coalition of the Republicans with the Readjuster party. 1-ate events admonish them that some powerful influence is needed, und must be had, to -nve the piebald party froin utter destruction under the well-directed und aggressive blows of the Democ racy. The elections throughout the State have been carried by the Demo crats, many of the straight-out Repub licans voting with them, intent tqion burying the dead aud offensive car ta-* of Mahoncism and Repudiation out of sight. THE Washington National Ilrpubli ean referring to the service of decor uting the graves of our dead heroes, indulges in the following doleful strain over the failure to properly apply the results of their achievements : "They [>recrved the Nation, but we have not preserve-! Liberty. We have elevated ('ant, Hypocrisy, and Greed, over Patriotism, Truth and Liberty. Let us repent and do o no more." If this is a dyspeptic view of the situation, it is also a truthful one, and repentance is not inappropriate. "< ant and hypocrisy and greed over patriotism," have ruled supreme under Republican domination, ever since the war. They were prominently rep resented in the administrations of Grant and Hayes,and, if Conkling is to be relied upon as a witness, we may expect no improvement under that of Garfield. Tn E investigation of the Star route swindler is still progressing under the searching eyes of Postmaster James nnd Attorney General MacVeagh. They have already uncovered suffi cient crookedness to know that stu pendous frnuds were committed against the Government, and will soon have the principal thieves under indict ment, with evidence to show the amount stolen ami to whom it was |mid. Strong efforts it is said were made to induce the President to ar rest the investigation and prevent prosecutions. Too late for this. The President has load enough to carry without bearing him down with the odium of protecting villains like Dorsey A Co. THE Ohio Republican Htate Con vention will meet on Wednesday next to nominnte a Htate ticket. The pres ent Governor, Charles Foster, it is be lieve!! will be nominated for re-elec tion. His treachery to John Sherman in the Chicago convention, may not prove a winning card in the cam paign. It is said that ''curses like chickens, come home to roost," and Charles may realize the truthfulness of the adage. THE I/)ck Haven Daily Journal, reached us on Tuesday evening in an enlarged and otherwise improved con dition. We like the Journal, and with great pleasure notice its present signs of prosperity. Tho Loslalaturo Both houses of the Pennsylvania legislature have agreed to the resolu tion fixing the time for a filial adjourn ment on Thursday, the !Uh instant, which is one week from to-day. Upon the whole, this long session has not been a very beneficial one to the peo ple of the State. It is probable, how ever, that the benefits—if there he any—will be found to consist more in the prevention of had legislation than in anything else. One of the crown ing faults to le charged against the session has been the failure to effect the repeal of several had laws passed at former sessions that are oppressive and obnoxious to the people of Philadel phia. They have appealed in vain to have these enactments, under the cover of which a venal ami corrupt ring of politicians have been able to plunder them as audaciously and as ruthlessly as highway-men, strick en from the statute hooks, hut their appeals have received as little atten tion as though an ordinary citizen had no rights which a Pennsylvania legislature was bound to respect The corrupt roosters have tliu- far been able to prevent any thing that savored of salutary legislation or re form measures from reaching final consideration. It is through the pres ent system of public plunder in Phil adelphia that thev keep themselves in jwiwer aud it is hard for them to give up their flesh-pots. An end, however, is lound to come to this lamentable condition of public affair* in our Htatc. An aroused pub lic sentiment will cum|>e] a change, aud in due time the voice of the |>cop!e will be heeded. The responsibility for all that is vile and vicious in the pres ent course of legislation at the Slate Capitol must rest with the prepondcr nting political majority which controls the organization and dictates the action ofboth branches. The Democratic mi nority is helpless in the hands of that unscrupulous majority. It ran be -aid to the credit of the minority— aud in this connection we take sjie cial pride in pointing to the rec ords of our Centre county representa tives —that, with few exceptions, all measures looking to the reform of abuses; to a lessening of the burdens that rest upon the citizens of Philadel phia ; to just and honest legislation for the benefit of all; to the breaking up of corrupt ring* ami the re-tstab lishment of houc*t parliamentary methods, have received the earnest and unwavering support of that mi nority. This is a matter of just pride to the Democracy of Pennsylvania. Let us hope that it is the harbinger of better days in Pennsylvania legisla tion. (Jf days when a I>emocratic majority will give voice to the wishes of the people they represent; when purity, honesty and a just regard for the honor and dignity of our great Com monwealth will be the prevailing mo tives that actuate the representatives of our citizenship, instead of the sordid, groveling and loathsome rule that at present sways our destinies. THAT able and reliable Democratic newspaper, the Clinton Democrat, came to us last week in a clean, new dress presenting a neat and artistic appear ance. With an editor of large expe rience ami eminent ability, the Dem ocracy of Clinton county have an or gan iu which they may well feel an honest pride. We offer our sincere congratulations to our excelleut neigh bor. Tii K Conk ling vindication accord ing to the latest reports does not pre sent a promising aspect. A separate ballot was taken on Tuesday in both Houses of the New York Legislature for Heuators. Mr. Conkling received thirty-five votes in the two houses, nine in the Henate and twenty-six in the House, and Piatt had twenty-nine votes, eight in the Senate and twenty one in the The Democratic vote was cast swdly for Francis J. Kern an and John C. Jacob*, and the : Republican vote Hcattm*! between (.oakling, I'lutt iiml Borne fifteen half* breed*. ut the oj>joncntn of Conkling are fumiliurly called. It i* believed that the ex-Senator* will improve their vote materially, but whether sufficient | to overcome the patronage and power i of the Administration brought to the j aid of the opposing faction, is doubt ful. m ♦ ADDITIONAL LOCALS. i Snow Shok, —We tre under obligations to our friend, J. ii. Holt, Khj., for s copy "f Col. James Gilliland't "Historical Sketches of the Snow Shoe Region," re ; cently published in pamphlet form. "We have read this excellent little work with great pleasure and interest. It opens with un account of the "early surveys and own- ers of land in the region of which it i treats, in 177-i. Then there is an exceed ingly interesting sketch of the "first set tlers," beginning with John Betcbtol, who in the year lk|h became the first perma ; iK-nt resident. John Hctchlol was follow ed in the same year by Samuel Askey, who was a famous woodsman and hunter. I he am dotos related by Col. 'iiliiland of Samuel As key' hunting adventures are w<dl told and interesting. Mr. Askeydied in the year Ik.'>7 in his eighty-first year, leasing twelve children, forty-two grand 1 children and five great grand children. Mrs. Austin liinlon, one of his daugh ters, and a number of his grand and great-children are at the present lime resi dents of Snow Shoo. After iletchlol and Askey, came John llolt The sketch of the Holt family is so interns ting that we cannot forbear to give it in full We therefore take the follow. extra< t from tho chapter uj>on the "first settlers . "There was no further settlement until the spring of 1*22, when John Holt. Esq , fr<>m Itald Ragle Valley, located about a mi lee <pjjdisianl from Iletchtol and Askey. He raade a judicious selection of land. The -ituatinn is l- autiful, commanding a pleas ant and extensive view of the surrounding country ; land smooth and easily cullival ' ed, producing g<**l crops, with a desirable home. Ife was a useful and highly re -te*cted cttixen. For many years he ftlhd tbe office of justice of the peace, and dis • bargi-d the duties of other offices of the i township,, to which he was frequently called by the people He died at the rest lence of his daughter, Mrs. Hughv, in the Stats- of Illinois, while stn a visit, on the 2.U day of November, lWifl. His remains were brought home and deposited in Snow Shsse Cemetery, His great-grandfather wss a son of Sir Job", Holt, of England, and emigrated to America and settled in the Cumberland \ alley before the Revolution. He left home to go on business to Philadelphia, and never wa beard of afterwards. It was supposed that be wa killed by the In dians He left one son, Thomas, and two daughters, who, with the Buchanans, were the first settlers at le-wistown Pennsylva nia Thomas llolt had four sons and three daughters. William, the ancestor of Judge H-'lt. Pi "tm as tor-General during Mr. Iln- I rhanan * administration, emigrated to i Kentucky ; James was killed by the In dian* ; Thomas went to Ohio ; and Col. John Holt, the father of John Holt, Esq , "f Snow Shoe, settled in the Bald Eagle Valley. nearCurtin's iron works, in 1782. He was a colonel in the Revolution, and j was at the battle of Gormantown and in j several others. He was fond ol bunting, and it is said was the first while man that I followed the Indian trail to Snow Shoe to hunt game. It was his custom to spend a few weeks during everv fall season hunl ! ing. Samuel Askev, Joseph and Charles Lucas, and his son John, when a boy, gen erally accompanied him. He raised a tamily of four sons—Thomas, James, I John, and Robert—and four daughters : Mary, married to Jacob Itarnhart; Eliza beth, t Henry Hartihart; Jane, to Fred erick Antis; and Nanov, to James Patter ' -on. Colonel Holt died in the summer of j IS.II, in the seventy-sixth year of his age. Mr*. Marv Holt, wife of John Holt, died on the !>th of July, Iftfi", aged seven . Tv-two years. She was a woman of more than ordinary intelligence, highly esteem ed by her neighbors and by all who knew her; a devoted Christian, following the example of her Divine Master, "going ' abroad doing good"; in cases of sickness nttending upon the humble and the lowly as well as tho mere favored Mrs. llolt was the daughter of John Harbison, an Englishman, and one of the first settler* of Milesburg, whose descendants are num erous. including the Hairds, Holts, Swan ays, McKibhenses, and others. John Holt's family consisted of two sons and three daughter*. William, his oldest son, was killed at the break ing down of the trestle across Miller's Hollow, when in the cars, on hi* way to a political meet ing. He was one of the most enterprising men of the countrv, a skillful and suocess ful farmer, and also engaged extensively in lumber operation*. His death was a great loss to his family, and was much lamented by the community. Hi* brother, J H. Holt, is also a prominent and useful cltir.en of Snow Shoe, extensively engaged in the square-limber business and In farm ing. Mrs. Ilughy * the only daughter living, resides In the State of Illinois." These old settlers attracted others and in a short time came John Mayes, from Madisonburg, in Miles township, Perry John Lucas and others mentioned by 001. Gilliland. The succeeding parts are da voted to the growth, development and Im provement of the region. The work should be in the hands of avery one interested in Snow Shoe end Burnside township. TERMS: sliO por Annum, in Advance. Maui BUKXEP.—WH learn from the Philiptburg J</umal that the u rnilU re cently erected at North HouUdale by the enterpriaing firm of Hoover, Hughe* 4: Co., were entirely deatroyed by fire on lart Friday morning. The fire occured about 3 o'clock in the morning. The Journal nay# : "Theae mill* in addition to the regular machinery reouired for the manufacture of lumber and thingle*, al*o had a com plete outfit to manufacture boxe* of all kind* and nail keg, being all completed in the mo*t thorough manner, at a co*t of SIB,OOO. An insurance of $13,11.00 cover* the haw partially, but the delay caued by the interruption of the bu.ine*. i much more eriou than the deficit on the cot of the building* and machinery. Jut thir teen month, ago, a new mill ju*t complet ed and ready for operation on the latne foundation on which the preaentmll wa* located, wa destroyed by fire and now the preaent IOM make* it doubly evere and diacouraging to tho*e enterprining lumber operation*. A* w go to pre on Friday afternoon at one o'clock we are unable to give a full account of the fire." READ ASD CONSIDER— -The business boorn hu caused so many manufactories to ►tart into full operations that hands are becoming scarce. Men are striking for higher wages at business centre* ; this will make harvest hand* scarce. Farmers should consider the situation in time. Those who have much wheat to harvest should provide themselves with self-bind ing Harvesters. The Osborne is the best— binds with either twine or wire, the cost of which is twentv-five to thirty cents per acre. It is the only Harvester made that the twine and wire attachments go with the sarne machine. They are the only self-binding Harvester* that have been sold in Centre county this year There is a twine binder in working order at the Farmer's Supply Store, of Alexander A Co., iiellefonte, l*a —We were greatly grieved to hear of the death of Samuel Thompson, KM}., an old and respected cttiaen of Walker town ship. His death occurred on Sunday and his funeral took place on Tuesday. Mr. Thompson was 7* years of age. He filled the office of Justice of the I'essce for some years; was a most estimable and useful citisen, beid in the highest esteem by all who knew him. and a general sorrow wa felt in the neighborhood when his death wa announced. Of him it may be said that a good man, at a ripe age, has gone to his reward. FROM to it Htii.—Tberi> i [icrbi|it no lonic offered to the people that po**®*** a* much real intrinsic value *f the Hop Bit ten. Jut at this season of the year, when the U>mach need* an appetizer, or the blood need* purifying, the cheapen and beat remedy ia Hop Bitten. An ounce of prevention ia worth a pound of cure, don't wait until you are prostrated by a disease that may take month* for you to in.— Bottom QUA*. —The Philadelphia Branch atill lead* all other Bellefonte house* In extra quality and style* of clothing. Book Notices. rtowaae at EIOHT TIME* THEIR WRIGHT IN HOLD. The cut-flower business, another phase of horticulture, i perhaps greater in the United State* than in any other part of the world. Certainly the uae of cut-flow ere in New York, for boqucta, basket*, and other dcaigna, ia far creator than in either London or Pari*, and the taate •bown in their arrangement here ia vaally auperior. It it eatimated that three mil lion* of dollar* were paid for cut-flower* In New York in IW0, one-third of which wa* for ro*e-bud*. Immense glaa* struct ure# are erected in the suburb* for tbe imperial purpoae of growing cut-flower* to •upply the boquet-maker* of the city. Not le* than twenty acre* of glaa* surface ia devoted to the purpoe* of forcing rose* alone, during the winter month*. At *ome season* the price* paid for thwe forced rosebud* are perfectly a*tounding. One grower, of Madison, New Jersey, took into New York three hundred bud* of the crimon rote known a* "General Jacqueminot," for which be received, at wholesale, three hundred dollar*, and which, no doubt, were retailed at a dollar and fifty cent* to two dollar* each. A flower-dealer in Fourteenth atreet, a few day* before Cbrtatma*, received tbe only four of thia *ame variety of rote that were offered ia the city, and found a customer for them at sixty dollar*, or fifteen dollar* apiece, or eight time* the vela* of their weight in gold.— /Vfer Rr wdrmoa, u* "Prtetiral Flonevlhtrt," Strut hn an for J mm*. TBI Supreme Court of New York has granted tbe order to change the name of the corporation of "Seribnrv Cb." to "T CiNTt-nr Co."—the order to lake effect on the Slat of June. The July fa turn of Sent in KB 'a Monthly and Sr. Nicholas will have the new corporate imprint. NO. 22.
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