<II)r Cctitw iDrmorrul.
SHUOKHT A FOKSTKK, Editors.
VOL. 3.
(Crntw gtraocrai
Terms 81.50 per Annum, in Advunoc,
8. T. SHUCERT and R. H. FORSTER, Editors.
Thursday Morning, August 11, 1881.
Democratic County Ticket.
ASSOC IAT E JUDGES,
JOHN G. LA HI M KK, of Spring,
JOHN K. KUNKBL, of Potter.
PROTUOMOTARY,
J. CALVIN HAKPKR, of Bellofonte.
SHERIFF,
THOMAS J. DUNK KL, of Kuih.
R ROISTER,
JAMES A. McCLAIN, of Hoggs.
RICORDER,
FRANK E. BIBLE, of Spring.
TREASURER,
DANIEL C. KELLER, of Potter.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
A. J GREIBT, of Unionville,
JOHN WOLF, of Miles.
COUNTY AUDITORS,
JOHN S. PROUDFOOT. of Mileaburg,
F. P. MUSSEIt, of Millhoim.
Tho Ticket.
The nieetiug of the Democratic
County Convention this year, for the
purpose of placing in nomination a
ticket to he supported at the Novem
ber election, attracted considerably
more interest than is usually given to
this annual gathering of the represen
tatives of the party. The ticket to le
nominated comprised nearly all the
county offices. The candidates were
numerous, and all had zealous and de
vftted friends to support their claims.
After a canvass of unusual activity, in
which all made earnest, though as we
are glad to believe, only honorable ef
forts to achieve success, it is creditable
to the party to realize that the results
of the meeting on Tuesday have left
merely slight traces of bitterness lie
hind, and that there will be so few
sores and heart-burnings to heal.
It is our duty this week to place the j
ticket at the head of our columns, and
it will be our pleasure to accord to it
until the election is held in November ;
next our hearty and unqualified sup
port. We do not believe that the con
vention has placed before the people i
of the county a single name that is not
entitled to the favor and confidence of 1
every member of the party, and we
trust that there will be no hesitation
or unwillingness to promptly east
aside all feelings of chagrin and dis
appointment that may liuger behind
expectations unrealized, and that for
the time being cannot lie gratified.
It is not our purpose to say that the
ticket is the best that could have been
made. That might lie construed into
a reflection upon all the unsuccessful
candidates before the convention —ami
we know that among them are many
most excellent, respectable and de
serving citizens who would have done
credit to the party and commanded
general respect had they been placed
in nomination —but we do say that in
our estimation the names presented by
the convention deserve approval and I
support.
Beginning with the head of the
ticket, we have for the position of
Associate Judges J. Gibson Larimer,
of Spring township, and John K. j
Bunkle, of Potter township, both
most reputable, deserving and intelli
gent citizens. Gibson Larimer is no
stranger to the people of the county.
He belongs to an old Democratic fam
ily that has never wavered in the faith.
Every one knows him for a kind, go'
nial and wholehearted man. His col
league, Mr. Bunkle, is an intelligent
and successful farmer, a man of high
character and popular with all classes
of people. We do not doubt that
both will come out of the contest with
sweeping majorities.
For Prothonotary, of course there
could be no opposition to the re-nomi
nation of Mr. J. C. Harper, the pres
ent obliging, popular and efficient in
cumbent of that office. Mr. Harper
has filled this place during the past
three years so well and so acceptably
that he will receive a large vote out
side of hi* party, and will undoubted
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"KyUAL AND KX ACT J t'KTII'K TO A LI. MEN, OK WHATEVER STATE OR I'KKKUAHION, RELIOIOUH OR POLlTlCAL."—Jsfl'rson
ly prove a tower of strength to the
general ticket.
For the important oflico of Sheriff j
there was an animated nnd determined
contest among tho numerous aspirants
for the position. Success finally came
to Thomas J. Dunkle, of Bush town
ship. Mr. Dunkle is a young man
who has made himself by untiring eu
ergy, and hard work. He deserves
encouragement and success and un
doubtedly the good people of Centre
county will accord him both. Ho is
well qualified to he sheriff and will
make a competent and popular offi
cer.
For Register, James A. McC'l&in, of
Boggs township, was the successful
candidate. The office of Register is
one of great importance, and in all
I Centre county a more comjieteiit per
i son to perform the duties that will fall
UJMIII him could not have been select
ed than Mr. MeClain. He is a young
man of high character, a first class
clerk, a rapid and accurate accountant,
with superior business training and
habits—in short has every quality to
fit him for the position to which the
I people will elect him, and they will
never have cause to regret their choice.
For Recorder the convention has
given us an excellent selection in Mr.
Frank E. Bible, of Spring township.
His nomination by acclamation was n
tribute to his modest worth that was
well merited. Though still a young
man he has been an active Democratic f
worker. He is well qualified for the (
position and will be a popular candi- 1
date. f
Daniel C. Keller, of Potter town- f
ship, was the successful candidate for 1
County Treasurer, lie is a man of f
excellent character nnd standing, and s
will he a good cushxljan of the funds n
of the county and his nomination was s
therefore a highly judicious one. j s
For County Commissioners the con- [
vention could not have made a wiser I
selection. Every one will concede i
that two better men or more compe- j
tent citizens for the commissioner's of- I
lice than A. J. Driest and John Wolf n
cannot lie named within the county, e
Both are men of sterling personal f
worth, and possets splendid business j
qualifications. They will look after r
the interests of the county as wisely, r
as successfully and as conscientiously e
as they do their own business. Under 1
their direction, it is not too much to I
say, there will be an exceptionable v
able administration of our county af- 1:
fairs. o
.Judge Proud foot nnd F. P. Musser 1
for County Auditors are good noniina- s
tions. They will faithfully scrutinize c
the accounts of our officials and per- e
form all duties that devolve upon them c
with care and fidelity. t
These are the candidates for whom t
the party will lie expected to vote, t
and we close this review of the work T
done on last Tuesday by calling upon c
all good Democrats to rally actively 11
and earnestly to their support. Close r
up the ranks of the party! . Let har- v
mony and good will prevail and give B
the ticket a full majority in No vein- "
[ ber. I
BAHNUM offers a large premium for "
the custody of Guiteau the assassin. 1
He proposes to put him in a secure '
cage and attach him to his great show. '
No doubt if this novel mode of pun
ishment were adopted. Harnum would
derive large profits by the exhibition
of the now famous stalwart harnioniz
er of the Republican party. But if
Bnrnum is disappointed in obtaining
this novelty for the show, Pennsylva
nia can furnish one equally rnre in a
Republican Henator who declined the
office of State Treasurer. George V.
Lawrence would be a drawing card if
exhibited in New York or Philadel
phia.
Du. TAKKF.H, not to be beat by the
buck-eye faster, who recently exhibited
at Chicago in a forty-five day's starve,
now proposes a fast of three months. '
He stipulates only for lightning food, '
bv having hia quarters liberally "
charged with electricity. (
BELLEFONTK, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1881.
Virginia Domocrats in Council.
In another column of the DKMO
' CRAT will he found the proceedings of
the late Democratic State ('onvention
of Virginia, and the declaration of
principles adopted by that body. The
Democracy of the whole Union will
find ample ground for congratulation
in the action of their brethren of the
Old Dominion. The dark sombre
clouds which for a while obscured the
political horizon in Virginia, have
been chased away by the manly and
courageous attitude assumed by the
constitutional party of the State tlint
is proudly known as the "Mother of
Presidents," The angry head of fac
tion was raised in vain. The corrupt
coalition was futile. The disgraceful
barter of public patronage for the
mip|>ort of a hybrid organization fuil
ed of its purpose. Malione, the spawn
of the worst element of party politics,
has been rebuked in a most signal
manner. The line of battle has been
clearly defined by the honest Democ
racy of our sister commonwealth, and
the result ha* been plnced beyond the
pale of doubt. Virginia, remembering
her illustrious history and recalling
the memory of her devoted sons, has
placed herself upon record in so un
mistakable a manner as to leave no
rx)!ii for conjecture as to the result of
the forthcoming election. Honesty,
and a faithful nnd conscientious per
formance of every obligation is the
corner stone of her political edifice.
Her Democracy unawed by the ag
gressive position of the repudiation
party, composed of the personnl fol
lowers of Mahotic ami the hungry of
fice seekers who hover upon the out
skirts of jK>wer give to her jx-oplc an
admirable declaration of principles
and a ticket that i absolutely unas
sailable. The convention was com
posed of the foremost men in the State.
There was an entire nWnee of the
usual element which ordinarily eoni
jxise political conventions. Property
holders, men conversant with public
affairs and who are profoundly interest
ed in the maintainance of the plighted
faith of the State and her material pros
perity, made the nominations and for
mulated the platform. It was generally
recognized that Virginia was about to
enter upon a c ritical (KTUMI of her
history, '■• he ha- everything at stake.
It is the spoilsman who threateus her
with disgrace and reprobation. Ma
hone at the head of political Hessians
of Ix.th parties is aiming a deadly
blow at her integrity and seeks to ob
scure her fair fame with the black
cloud of avowed dishonesty. In this
endeavor he is sustained by the great
er portion of the Republican press of
the country, and has the passive if not
the active support of the Admiui-trn
lion. Mah one's intentions are so trans
parent that even the wayfaring man
can not mistake them. He plays
upon the ignorance of the colored
man and deludes the credulous white
with the stale story of low taxes and
a fair ballot. The conservative Dem
ocratic party of Virginia, fully and
fairly meets all the pregnnnt issues
advanced by the Kepublican-repudia
tionist. The platform distinctly de
clares for the free school system and
extends its advantages to children
without regard to color. And indeed
tho representatives of the Democratic
|>arty of Virginia need not have blaz
oned this resolution to the world.
Their past record upon this impirtant
question made an official declaration
unnecessary. Upon the question of a
free ballot and a fair count there is
no mistaking tho voice of the conven
tion. Mr. Malione,"nic too" Mitchell
and Senator Cameron could not have
made a more emphatic and explicit
demand for the sanctity of the ballot
than is given by tho houeat Democrats
of Virginia. The convention fittingly
closed its labor* by nominating Hon.
John W. Daniel, for Governor, James
Barbour, for Lieutenant Governor,
and P. W. MoKinney, for Attorney
General. Mr. Daniel, who will carry
the banner of honesty and political
probity in tho coming contest, is in
every way worthy of the distinction
bestowed upon him. He is a brillant
orator, a fine lawyer and above and
beyond all, un honorable man who en
joys the respect and confidence of his
fellow citizens. His colleagues upon
the ticket ure strong men and are
taken from localities in the .State
which will insure their election. We
send our greetings to the noble Dem
ocracy of Virginia and bid them < iod
speed in the brave and hopeful battle
they arc making for tho principles of
our grand old party.
-
MAYOR KINO, of Philadelphia, lias
appointed four colored men in the p<>-
liee force of that city. This is a new
departure, nnd proves that the Mayor
did not pledge lightly before the elec
tion when he said he would not be
IHUIIKI by party or colored lines in the
appointments of jxilicctnen. The Re
publicans have held the government
of the city for many years by the col
ored vote, which formed its majority,
and vet in no instance have they giv
en an appointment to a colored voter.
It was left to the Democratic Mayor
of the metropolitan city of our great
State to practically carry into effect
the provisions of the civil rights bill
which made all citizens equal before
the laws. In the near future the peo
ple of this country, whether white or
black, will recognize the fact that the
Democratic party is the constitutional
party of the country, nnd the men
who worship at tho altar of its faith
and are elevated to responsible jxisf
tions, will not forget that the first
duty is to administer the law as they
find it ii|xiii the statute book*. This
is a cardinal priuciple of Democratic
orthodoxy, and it takes Jeffersonian
Democrats of the stamp of Mayor
King to illustrate it. It is not there
fore marvelous, that the full recogni
tion of colored citizenship—this first
precedent of their political equality
in Philadelphia, should emanate from
a Democratic official.
THE question of prohibition was
submitted to the people of North Car
olina last week, and was defeated by
a very large majority. The whites
were divided, and the negro vote was
given solid against it. The question
was submitted to the people on a bill
passed by the legislature la*t winter
providing a fine of not less than |I,(HK)
and imprisonment to any j>erson who
would manufacture spirituous liquor,
or who would buy or sell it, cither
directly or indirectly, except on the
prescription of a physician. It ap
|xiirs the Democrats |Missed the bill.
The Republicans and the negroes op
posed it, and on that issue went into
the contest with the result a" stated.
Krorrixo leak* in still progressing.
It is reported from the Post Office De
partment that the net reduction in
stAr routo and steamboat mail services
•luring the month of duly amounted
to sdl4,l><il, and that the total amount
of savings by reduction* ami discon
tinuances siuce the 4th of March is
81 ,•'1*4,442. The annual cost of mail
( pouches and bag* which is over
£1.00,1)00 with $40,000 for repairs
is believed to lx> excessive, and
is also l>eing overhauled, so far at
least as to throw the Canadian govern
ment upon its own resource* instead of
drawing supplies of pouches and hag*
at the expense of the United States
Treasury.
Tiik condition of the President for
a few days past assumed alarming
symptoms, and it was found necessary
to make another iucision to facilitate
the discharge of puss from the wound.
The operation was successfully per
formed by I)r. Agnew, since which
lime the distinguished patient is mucft
relieved, and renewed hopes are in
spired that be may continue steadily
to improve. No attempt has been
made to extract the ball, and it is re
ported that none will be made uutil
the necessities of the case require iu
Tin: Democrats of the Bedford and
I Somerset District have nominated the
Hon. William J. Baer,an accomplish-1
1 ed and popular lawyer of Somerset, as
the Democratic candidate for Judge. ■
| His opjKiucnt i- that unmitigated dem
agogue and trickster, John Cessna of j
. Bedford, whom it would l>e disgrace- i
ful to elect, even if lie has the neecs- •
sary legal ability to preside over a re
spec table court of justice. John (Jess- \
na a judge ! Tho very idea is degrad- I
iug to tho judiciary.
THK sulwcri prion to Mr. Field's fund
for Mrs. (iarfield has reached to uear- j
j ly 11(10,000.
GENERAL NEWS.
It takes a coach snd four to drag
j Sarah Bernhardt through Scotland. It
must he a terribly rough country.
Horatio Seymour ha* written to Seere
| tary Blaine suggesting thai an invita
tion similar to that to the French La
fayette* he extended to tho German
jSteuben- to visit Ynrktown. It is a
| thoughtful and appropriate suggestion.
Senator Ben 11. Hill, of Georgia, has
j pone to one of tho Virginia Springs.
He is reported to ho getting along well
si nee tho operation ujxjn his tongue.
•ml can talk with very slight impedi
! merit.
George Algesoheim. of Washington
county, Oregon, shot hi* daughter a few
• lays ago m a lit of pus-ion, indicting a
painful though not dangerous wound.
He then fled to the woods and coniuut
j ted suicide.
Mr. Orville Grant, brother of ox Bros
ident Grunt, and who for -ome time
pat ha- been an inmate of the State
Asylum for the lnano at Morris I'lsins,
died on Sunday. His remains were
taken to Klizaheth for interment.
; Specials from Charleston, snd Lincoln,
j 111., report the appearance of a strange
malady affecting the eyesight of cow-,
ajid resulting in blindineiM. Stockmen
' di-sgree a.* to the cause of the disease,
! which i spreading rapidly and cAusing
j consternation among owners.
I Ije opening of the !>cnver and Rio
Grande Railroad to I'urango, in South
western Colorado, an celebrated.'there
|on Friday. The extension juaVftniahed I
i* two hundred miles long, •■tanning at I
Alamosa, on the Bio GramMptver, and j
terminating in thi <t PV .'
The verdict of t V iU .,V'-l
court martial will "'.sde, ü bli<J
until it has h.-en F, thi-i're-n
.lent and Gencr * in :
\ry in
nouncement , ih-re
fore merely a surmise.
In a heavy -torrn at Rochester. X. Y.."
OR Saturday, hail stone- of the average
size of marhle* fell. Fight quarts of
, stones were gathered from a canvas* six
feet square. Some were picked up
measuring from three to four and one
half inches in circumference.
Too much work and too little food
i have thrown a Baltimore girl into a
strange condition of hy-tena and epi-
I lepay. I'uring several weeks she has
j lain unconscious of her surroundings.
; but fancying that ahe sees her dear!
t parents, to whom she talks rapturously.
Ihe wealthie-t Georgia negro, Henry
: I odd. gained his stsrt toward fortune
by owning slaves. He was onee a slave
himself, and his freedom was given to
bint by his master; but he quickly over
came any scruples which he may have
entertained, and. at the outbreak of the
war. owned twenty men.
The friction of the machinery set fire
to the Lake Krie and Western Railroad
Company's elevator one mile from Fre
mont Ohio, on last Thursday evening,
. and it was entirely destrovd. The ele
vator wa valued at f|S.(*K). Higl.ee A
Co., lose 8-.IS.UtK) worth of grAin ; partial
j ly insured.
<'n last Friday a bov named Henry
Mets had Ins head cut oft' on the track of
the IMaware and Hudson Canal Com
! panv's railroad, lie was gathering coal
cinders and was warned off by the ap
proaching locomotive. In a spirit of
mischief he attempted to cross the
track, hut wa* knocked down, the
j wheels passing over his neck.
A gentleman in Bottsford. Oa„ has
| perfected a machine in which he he
iievea he has discovered perpetual mo
tion. For a long time he has refused
to talk about it, hut of late he has
shown hi machine to only two gentle
men. It has heen running now contin
uously for five years next April, with
out a stop or breakage, lie expects to
j apply for a patent.
Yennor any# we niir expect a great
change in the weather about the lime
the now comet i* in ita perihelion, when
it will tie aleo neareat the earth. Thia
will occur on the 20th of the preacnt
month. 1 hiring the time from the 15th
to the 2thh of the preeent month, in
stead of being hurned up aa we might
expect, he aaya we ahall he nearly froten
by froaU and atrong. cold northerly
wind*.
I>r. Tanner, the faater, now an Erie
county phyaician, ia making arrange
ment* with I>r. Oreen IWn, of the
I'nilel State* Medical College, New
York, for a faat of three month# (nine
ty five daya), to be held at New York
aa toon aa the arrangement# can be
completed. All the detail# and watch
ing are to be provided by New York
phyaiciana. He atipulate# only that
muat be highly charged with 1
I F.H.MS: #!..0 JUT Annum, in Advance.
electricity, and fays lie ran accomplish
the feat.
In Florida the value per acre of clear
ed land is $9.48, arid of timbered land
$.'103. In Louisiana cleared land i*
i worth $14.36, and timber land $3.53.
In Texas cleared land i* worth ?8.9,
; and timbered $4. In Arkansas cleared
j land is valuer) at $11."8, and timber
led land at $3.58. In Oregon cleared
j land ia worth $21.71, and timbered
I $1.50. Hot in Nebraska cleared land ia
j worth s>.B2, and timbered $25.85 per
j acre.
! Mrs. Kane, widow of I'r. Kane, the
| Arctic explorer and one of the Fox
sialers, noted for their "Rochester
knocking*" of twenty-five year* ago, ia
among the medium* of the Lake i'lea*-
ant Spiritualist camp meeting. She
produces the rap* quite a* mysteriously
as ever, and declare* that they have
followed her constantly since child
hood. She doe* ' spiritual writing,"
too rapidly filling a slate with message*
in which all the letter* are upside
down.
The up* and down* of life are well
illustrated in the case of the late Or
ville Grant. When hi* brother Ulysses
left the regular artnv with apparently a
very dark future before him, it was Or
ville. then a rich man, who took him in
charge. In the Chicago fire Orvillelost
his all, and that affected hi* reason.
For year* before hi* confinement in an
insane asylum he traded upon the repu
tation of In* famous brother. When ail
were children Orville was regarded a*
the flower of the Grant family.
The Census Bureau ha* issue.) a pre
liminary statement containing statistics
of the anthracite industry in Pennsyl
vania during the census year beginning
•luiie. 1879, and ending June 1. IR.SO,
which show* that the number of work
ing collieries has increased during the
pat ten year- from 225 to 273, or 21:
per cent. The average horsepower
UM-d ha, however, increased from 21 ti
to 375. or 7.7 6 per cent. The average
ntiralisr of hands ha* increased from
235 to 250, or only fi.4 per cent., while
t tie average product p.-r colliery ha* in- •
creased from 69.321) tons to 100,488
ton#, a gain of 45 per cent, A compar
ison of the census returns of 188 D and
I*7o show* that the output has in
creased from 13,596.257 ton* to 27,433.-
329 tons, or 11,837,072 tons, a gain of
75.9 per cent., while the gross value ha*
increased only 5.25 jier cent. But the
vslue of the product of 1870 was reck
oned in paj>er dollar*. The apparent
♦ fall of the average price per ton is from
| $2.49 to 147, or $1.02, about 41 per cent.
I considerably more than the change of
! stan-lard would account for. The total
j capital, real and personal, invested is
reported as aggregating $150,161,196.
in I*7o the total amount invested was
but $50,807,285. which shows an increase
in favor of 18811 of 195 per cent.
Joseph Miller, aged 74. residing in
Ointon township, Lycoming county,
'died srddMily on Saturday. July 30,
and was buried the next day. AS he
was insured in one of the Selinsgrove
cooperative companies, his son Samuel
holding a s2,of>o |olacy. suspicion was
arouse*!, tho body disinterred and an
inquest held. The verdict was "death
by poison administered bv >amuel Mil
ler, son of tho deceased." A warrant
was precurred rnd Miller was arrested
on Saturday. He was taken to Wil
liamsport and locked up. protesting
innocence. He state* that hi* father
had used arsenic as a medicine on a
physician* prescription, but Goroner
Kve* say* the post mortem revealed
some other kind of poison, and that
the evidence adduced wa* that the
prisoner always prepared the medicine
before it wa* administered by hi* moth
er. There wa* no doubt in the minds
of the jury a* to Joseph Miller having
died from poisoning, and that the pois
oning was not done with arsenic; also,
that Samuel was the only person who
handled it f>efore it war administered
by the mother. Miller will not have a
bearing until after an analysis of the
stomach of the alleged murdered man
ha* been made, which may not be done
before tho end of this week.
Lightning Stroke* from a Hear Sky.
WiLatatuaaa, August 6.—Thi* after
noon, while the sky was almost cloud
less, and veveral hour* before any thun
der was heard, a single stroke of light
ning occurred at Ashley, a suburb of
thi* city. Cora l>earboru, 4 year* old,
w** standing beside an open window,
when a loud, sharp rejort wa* heard,
and the child was stricken down by
lightning. Her hair was singed, her
head blistered, anil her face and hand*
were somewhat burned ; but it i be
lieved that she will survive the severe
shock which she sustained,
t'nA*i.s*mx. S. C., August 6.—A letter
to the AViei an f Owrier from the western
part of Darlington county, thi* State,
give* an account of a terrible and ex
traordinaty casualty from lightning.
On Thursday afternoon a group of
twenty men, all white road bands, were
standing close to the house of J. 11.
Clyburn. near llartsville. when a single
stroke of lightning killed four and
wounded ten of the number. Five of
the wounded men are desperately hurt,
and may die. There wa* no storm at
the time, though heavy rain fell shortly
afterward.
iNqt'inißS as to the prosperity o( negro
farmers in Louisiana were sent to all
parts of the Btate by the New Orleans
Ptettyvnt, and the replies show clearly
that "it is within the reasonable ambi
lion of any healthy colored roan now
to own land and to eatabliah himself ia
an independent?*.
NO. :v>.