SI )t petite A Prtnocrat.
SHUUEKT A FOIiSTKtt, Editors.
VOL. 3.
®lw {£ nitre grworrat.
Tarns* 11.50 par Annum, in Advance.
t~r. SHUQERT and R. H. FORBTER. Editor*.
Thursday Horning, December 1,1881.
THE wealth of Jay Gould is estima
ted at 875,000,000. This is a fair
competence for a uiau of moderate am
bition and needs.
THE Republicans of Marietta, Lan
caster county, bave commenced the
work of reading nut the kickers. They
have notified twenty three of the Wolfe
men that they will be no longer nettl
ed in the party ' of great moral ideas."
That is right, let none but stalwarts be
on guard iu the ranche of the bosses.
THE Grant stalwarts are again in
power in all the departments of the
Government at Washington. The re
vival of the lobby, which under I)em
cratic ascendeLcy iu the House of Re
preventatives, became useless and went
into retirement, will again be in full
life and vigor.
Bosa QUAY appears to be such au
iucorrigible joker that the Republican
organs are entirely uncertain whether
he is serious or joking in naming
Galusha A. Grow as a candidate for
Governor. They had better consider
the joker serious for this occasion, and
trot Galusha out upon the course. He
made a brilliant independent, and no
doubt will be a valublc compromiser
between the stalwarts and half-breeds.
A DELEGATION ot Kcutuckians are
at Harrishurg demanding payment of
policies they hold to a large amount iu
the grave-yard insurance companies of
the Capitol. These institutions are
DOW undergoing investigation in Judge
Pearson's court, and the 'chickens came
borne to roost' at an inopportune mo
ment. It is said the companies de
cline to settle with the Keutucky spec
ulators pending the action of the court
aud the perii which surrounds the bu
siness at present.
THE trial of Uuiteau is still progres
sing at Washington. The crowd at
tending the sittings of the Court is
very great, composed mostly of ladies.
The assassin was placed on the staud
on Tuesday. There was nothing of a
sensational character iu his testimony,
which merely gave a history of his
past life, which has evidently been a
cranky one, hut related by the prison
er to impress the jury aud mark the
record of a very distinguished persou
age. He is said to begin to look hag
gard aud that a pale haunted expres
sion seems to have settled upou his
countenance, indicating perhaps that
the little intellect the fellow possessed
is breaking down under the strain.
THE New York Sun publishes a let
ter from one Redell, a former coofi
deolial clerk of that exalted patriot
and statesman, Dorsey of Arkansas,
to the late President James A. Gar
field, in reference to a series of confi
dential interviews he had held with
Attorney General Mat-Veagh, in re
gard to Brady's "star-route cases."
This letter of Redell's contains divers
damaging statements, and is accom
panied by an affidavit made before a
notary public, io which the writer
avers that his allegations are true.
One of these allegations is that Attor
ney General MacVcsgh sought to in
duce Redeii TO STEAL from the office
of bis employer. Dorsey, certain evi
dence of the complicity of Dorsey in
Brady's devious star-route business.
In this letter, to the truth of which
Redell swears, he prove* himself to be
a measureless liar, and hence any in
jurious allegations against anybody
should be received with many grains
of allowance. If the charge made by
Redell against Mr. MacVeagb was
preferred by any one but a self-coo
dieted liar, it would be incumbent ou
the Attorney General to repel it, but
coining from the source it does there
is.but one auswer, and that is silent
contempt.
"tyUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MEN, OF WHATEVER STATE OR PERSUASION, RELIOIOUS OR POLITICAL."-Jsffsr^B
Bad Candidates.
The New York Sun says that three
of the five conspicuous candidates of
the Republicans for the S|eakerhip
Hre tainted with unwholesome records.
Mr. Dunnell, of Minnesota was a con
spicuous member of the order of sala y
grabbers who attained uch unenvia
ble fatne in 1873. Mr. Orlh, of Indi
ana, liecame so notorious through his
complicity iu the Venezuala frauds
that lie had to l>e dropped as a candi
date for Governor utter having receiv
ed the nomination of his party. Mr.
Kasson, of lowa, was constrained to
retire from Congress years ago after
publicity was given to the proceedings
of a divorce scandal. Hut the party
which has just openly espoused repu
diation in Virginia, and has adopted
Mahone as a leader, ami which endor
sed the Credit Mobillier coriuption, is
not going to pay much attention to
such ordinary objections as these.
What the Republicans want is a can
didate who can command the necessa
ry votes to secure an election. The
cardinal principle of the Republican
leaders is that the end justifies the
means, and that nothing succeeds like
success, no matter bow it may be at
tained.
Now the Settlement.
The victorious Mahone it seem is
not to have his own way iu Vir
ginia, unchallenged. He has put up
his personal lieutenant, Riddleharg
er. for United States Senator, but
he does not receive that uuanim< u*
response that the new boss expected
from the Republican party he had
thrashed into line. In forming the
Readjuster State ticket, Mahone gen
erously allowed the Republicans one
subordinate position in the permit
of Senator Lewis as Lieutenant Gov
ernor. Now it seems that Lewis and
other Republican* show some signs of
setting up for themselves, and in con
sideration of the important part they
took iu securing the repudiation tri
umph, claim the right to furnish the
colleague of the "wee William" in the
Senate of the United States. This dot*
not accord with Mahone'a views of the
fitness of things ami his late Republi
ran pals are directed to staud aside,
which they are not willing to do, so
far at least as to permit the electisu of
Riddleberger, ami it is supposed they
will rally in rebellion against the r
jately chosen boss. Plunder is said
to be cohesive, hut in this case it looks
as if it may have a disintegrating
power, not provided for by the repu
diationists.
TIICRK appear* to have been a per
fect epidemic of villaoy in the man
agement of the public business of Phil
adelphia in all ita department*, which
ia coming to light through the honest
official* brought into place through the
instrumentality of the Reform organi
sation. Careful investigation by Hun
ter and Pattiaon ahowa that the tax
payer* have been robbed of fabuloua
auma, and the book* doctored to cover
the frauda. All this under the admin
istration of the ring bosses who have
so long run the politics and controlled
the elections of that city. It is Mia
that full exposure, soon to be made,
will disclose such a startling extent of
swindling as will amase aven the Phil
adelphia stalwart Republicans who re
gister the will of the bosses year after
year in blind confidence that all is
right, merely because they antagonise
the Democracy.
TUB first session of the forty-seventh
Congress will begin on next Monday,
and there is considerable speculation
as to the organisation of the lower
branch. The Republicans lack one of
a majority, of all the member* but
have a contingent power outside of
the party in a number of Greenback
members with radical proclivities and
several Virginia re adjusters. It is
scarcely to be doubted that they will
find one man among these to give
them the necessary majority and the
Speaker.
BELLEFONTE, I'A., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1881.
The Speakership.
The Washington Post snvs that ac
cording to the best attainable informa
tion, there are but one hundred and
forty-six Republican members of the
House of Repie ci t ilives ; but, judg
ing by the claims of the friends of the
various candidates for Speaker, there
are at least three hundred and fifty.
As between the roll in the hands of
Mr. Adams and the aggregate count
of the supporters of Kasson, Hiscnck,
Keifer, Dunnell, Ortli aud a few oth
ers, the only way to reconcile the dis
crrpaney is to iufer that most, |H-rhup
all, of these gentleman are mistuken us
to the size of the support upon which
they rely in the appruaehiug Repub
lican caucus.
At best, correct surmises as to a suc
cessful candidate for Speaker are dif
ficult. Even when there were but two
or three aspirants for the honor it wa*
no easy matter to pick out the success
ful one. Rut when there ate, as now,
al least a half dozen Republican mem
bers openly in the field, it is next to
un impossibility to speculate success
fully upon chances. Many things are
to be taken into consideration, which
cause sudden and sometimes unusual
combinations. Locality has its influ
ence —whether the Speaker shall be
from the East, the Middle States or
the West is always to be considered.
But this being mostly a question of
sectional pride is not so extremely dif
ficult to overcome. Another and more
practical matter it the formation of
the standing committees, absolutely in
the bands of the Speaker. Many a
vote in caucus depends upon the posi
tion to lie assigned in committee to the
member who owns it, its effect upon
the friends whom he desires to serve,
and the interest*, party, sectional or
busineax, which he is anxious to pro
mote.
Tbe present contest is full of just
such complications. Hiscock is the
Eastern candidate and Kassnn tbe
most prominent Western; but the
former comes from the section which
has the least number of rotes in cau
cus and the State wherein the Presi
dent resides. If the West were united
on Kasaon, he could he readily nomi
nated, but while Hiscock has no oppo
sition of consequence in his own sec
tion, there are several western men
who, with considerable show of strength
are contesting the prize with Kasson.
It is easy to see that neither candidate
has so far a majority of voles, as eager
partisans of one or the other would lie
very certain to make such a claim if
anything like the fact existed. But as
ouly about three-fifths of the Kepub
lican members are yet in the city, some
thing definite may be known soon
after the presence of'tbe entire party in
force.
IT was believed that the cootest for
Clerk of the House of Representatives
rested between Edward M'Pherson of
tbia State and Rainey, a colored ex
member of Congress of South Caroli
na. But it now appears that another
Pennsylvania candidate for Clerk is
promised—Chris. Magee perhaps—un
der the patronage of the Camerons,
which ia intended to defeat any hope
that M'Pherson entertained of success,
as well as to puoish him for preferring
Blaine to Grant, and forcing upon the
bosses a very unpalatable endorsement
of the late President in the Republi
can machine Convention. Subsequent
labors to elect the boat ticket will not
count to his credit.
Tax numerous friends of Jeremiah
M'Kibben, late of tbe Girard House,
Philadelphia, will learn with regret of
his death. Ha died on Tuesday last
of heart disease at St. Joseph, Missou
ri, where be bad been proprietor of a
hotel for some months. Few men per
haps in Pennsylvania, where until re
cently be has resided, had a more ex
tended acquaintance, or more sincere
friends.
IT ia said that Kamon, of lowa,
leads in the Ilepahlicau raoo for the
Speakership of the House.
"Loss Talk and More Aotlon."
Upon the subject of the star route
prosecution the Lancaster Intelligen
cer is of the opinion that it is now in
order to have "lees talk and more ac
tion." The Intelligencer says that Mr.
(iilwnn, the special deputy of the at
torney general to examine into the
star route letters, has made a report of
the result of his inquiries, which very
conclusiv ely shows that the late cc
ond assistant |M*tm&ster general, Hra
dv, administered his office with an
eye single to the interests of the con
tractors, which were his own. Few
|>ersomi need any further evidence of
thin than they have already for a
long lime had. Jt may be said that
no intelligent citizen has any doubt of
Brady's guilty complicity with the
mail contractor's in their speculations.
The only question that is doubtful in
the matter is as to whether Brady is
to be punished. The publication of
Mr. Gibson's report would seem to
show that the authorities who are iu
charge of the prosecutions are quite
as doubtful as the people as to wheth
er anything damaging to the guilty
will result from their efforts toward
their conviction. The public do not
care for Mr. Gibsou's report, because
it proves what they are already con
vinced of; what would be interesting
to thein from the attorney general's of
fice would l>c an assurance that the
guilt tous proved is to be punished.
They will be quite content to await
the evidence at the trial. The previ
ous publication of it in this official
way seems to be an intimation tbal
the trial may be postponed long, if not
altogether. It seems very strange,
indeed, that the conclusive evidence
of the frauds of Brady is with such
difficulty brought to bear upon him.
Tbe very first step towards bis trial
has proved abortive, in away that is
quite unintelligible to the people. A
United States attorney general, aided
by three distinguished lawyers, from
the front rank of the bars of the three
respective cities of Washington,
Philadelphia aod New Vudj isve
not even l>een successful at
tempt to bring the accused into court;
and if this lack of power is de eloped
in tbe iuilialory and matter-of-course
movement* of that trial, what may we
not expect to occur to hinder the
course of justice through the dangers
and difficulties that lie in wait for it
during the progress towards conviction
at the hands of twelve of Mr. Brady's
peers? If the grand jurymen could
not be trusted to render a majority
verdict according to the evidence, can
a unanimous verdict be confidently ex
pected from the jurymen ? Evidence,
however convincing, does not always
convince juries. In this case of Brady
the atmosphere around tbe court is ex
pected to be inimical to conviction.
Mr. Arthur, like Mr. Grant, is known
to stick to his friends io evil and good
repute. Brady and Dorsey occupy
high seats among the chosen stalwart
band. Grant protected the whisky
thieves, and that Arthur will b as
good to the postal thieves is a fair in
ference from bis character, associa
tions and contaminations.
M. Gibson fires off his gun now
perhaps because be b doubtful wheth
er he will ever have a chance in oourt;
or it may onlj be to iuform the public
and intensify the popular demand for
justice upon the thieves. As we have
said, it was not necessary for thb pur
pose; nor is it really proper in the
government, if these men are to be
tried, to publish the evidence against
them in advance. It is the jury sum
moned in their cases that b to be con
vinced, and they ought to be unpreju
diced men uniformed as to the facta
which will be detailed to them in
court. The general publie can welt
await the testimony then produced.
Let us have lem tail and more effect
ive action from the attorney general'*
office.
ORB of the heroes of Gettysburg b
proposed as a member of President
Arthur's cabinet. It will not be ob
jected that Gen. Loogslreet was a he
ro on the rebel side.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
THANKSOIVINO HERVICES —A union sr
vice wa* bild in tbs Prenbyt** rian cburcb
on Thanksgiving day. A large congr> g*-
lin wa* present and an able, eloquent and
appropriate sermon *> delivered by the
ltv. J. I Doliing, of the Reformed church
At tho P. K. church, K-v Jl.hri H-wit 1 ,
pastor, an exceedingly appropriate servic
which greatly interested a large and alien
live audience wa* held.
lIYMENEAL.—Our well known towns
man, Mr. Charles Mi-Caff, rty, wa* mar
ried to-day in Philadelphia to Mi*a Calli
rine William*, of that city. We under,
stand the newly married pair are expect- d
to reach Uollefonte thix evening. We ex
tend our congratulations, and hope tin j
may enjoy together many years of happi
ness and prosperity.
A BUMPTIOUS FEAST.— On la*l Thurs
day the present proprietors of the Brock
orbolT House, Messrs. A A li. Brocker
hotr, regaled the guests of that popular bo
tel, and a large numte-r of invited friend
witb one of the most elegant and sumptu
ous Thanksgiving day dinners ever pre
p-ired in Bellefonte. The menu wa* an
elaborate affair, embracing almost every
thing ealablo that could in any well grati
fy the palate <>r salbfy the appetite, ami
was served in an elegant and highly satis
factory manner. Among the inviu-d
guests who enjoyed this feast of g<*>d thing
were K**v. John Hewitt, E. C. Hum*-*,
John G. Love, Austin Brew, Frenk Mont
gomery, Dr. James 11. Dobbin*, Jonathan
Harper, Cieorgs Brew, John G. Kurtz,
John I Potter, W. P. Reynold*, Jr., Jam**-
Hamilton, T. K. Hamilton, Simon Leb.
M. Montgomery,Meyer Lyons and Charles
McClure, all of whom speak in the high
est terms of the kindness of the Messrs
Briickerboff, and of the polite attention
paid tbem by ad connected with the hotel
Mr. McComber, the genial and *ffhle
clerk, coins* in for a lari** share of prat**-.
He was untiring in his efforts to render th
occasion a pleasant ooe to the friend
present.
A FATAL ACCIDENT.—A tad ACCIDENT
occurred at Yalrnlinea Works on last Sat
urday Afternoon by which A boy named
George Orubb, between five and til year*
of age lOAI bit life. Tbe particulars At re
lated to ut are About A* follow* : Tbe lit
tle boy bad accompanied an older boy,
DAtned John Slack, to tbe liable* attached
to tbe work*, where tbe latter wa* engag
ad in pdltiuK bay into the rack* for tbe
wnliea. While in tbe act of pitching a fork
lull of bay hit companion in some way ran
ta froat of tbe fork, one of the tinea of
which caught him Ju*l below tbe eve brow
in the left corner of the right eye and pene
trated to tbe brain. The unfortunate lit
tle vicum of this tad mithap almost imme
diately went Into convultion* and d-d
about eight o'clock the tame evening. The
child waa a ton of George Grubb who It
employed at tbe work*, and tbe grief of
tbe family over the *udden and terrible
death of their beloved one cannot be de
scribed. Tbe funeral took place on Tues
day, tha re-uaint being eonveved to tbe
church yard of the Advent £hurvh, in
B->gg* township, where they were deposi
ted in their iaat reeling place.
—The Bellefonte rifle team, represent
ing Company B. of the flftb regiment,
came out considerably behind in tbe con
test with the Johnstown boy* on Thanks
giving day. In tbe 100 yard range they
did tolerably well—the score standing 70
for Company B. and 7ft for Company 11.
In tbe 200 yard range theacore wa* Com
pany B. 42 and Company 11. 62. Compa
ny B waa represented bj Messrs. Ilale,Geit
singer, Gross and Van Pelt, of Bellefonte,
and Company II by Meatra. Parflt, Cope,
Gregg and lishn, of Johnstown.
—Dr. K. W. Ilale, was elected a mem
ber of the State Board of Agriculture on
laet Monday evening by the Agricul lural
Society of C 'ft county. lie ia worthy
of the honor Wd will make an efficient
member of the board.
RSTSI Department Deports.
Wstainoron, November 29.—Secret*.
Slfunt today gave out for publication
• annual reports of the Bureau (MB
cera of the Naval Department for the
fi-c*l year. Sisty-nine vessels have
been wholly or partiallv equipped at an
eapenditure of $B3 094.07. and $333,807.
70 have lieen espended for materials.
Among numerous reontnend*tionion
that the Naval Asylum at Philadelphia
be removed to some point on the sea
aoast.
The Pennsylvania Railroad compa
ny's aahihit for ths tea months ending
October 31 shows an inerewe of $2,314.-
MS in gross earnings. $t,778,744 in e*
penses and $A36.114 in net earnings
over the respective items for the oottws
ponding period of 1880. All lines west
of Pittsburg and Rrie show foe the ten
months a surplus of $2,734. SI3 over lia
bilities, or a gain of 228,478 as compar
ed with tfaeeame of I MO. indi
cating a loss for October of 90,703, as
the gain for the nine nafcbs ending
with September was as $319.
TKRMB: |KT Annum, in Advanre,
A Itemarkahle Will.
One of the m<*t remarkable wills
ever registered in this Htate i that of
the late l'anl Darling, an old citizen
of Brookville, Jcller-on county, who
lied on the 4th instant, and whose will
was admitted to probate a week ago.
Mr. Darling seem* to have had no
immediate family, but his circle of
friends, or those who will now IKS glad
to consider themselves his friends, was
si large that he made bequests to
mote than eighty individuals, aggre
gat ug considerably over $200,000 in
'-usli and including real estate and
securities of various kinds to a
large amount. The majority of his
legacies to individuals were evidently
iuteuded merely as evidences of frieud
• hip, and many of them are so charac
terized in the will. They range from
$25 to $ 50,000 in cah and annuities
of from sl,(Kit) t053,000. Among the
peculiar items are a legacy of $25 to
George A. Jeuks, the ex-eongres*man,
"lieeause 1 am proud of hiru a* a Jef
ferson county production, and like
liiru a a man to Judge 1. G. Gor
don, of the supreme court, $25, "on
account of long friendship;" to Judge
\V. I*. Jenks of the Jefferson county
court, "whom I have known so long
when we were not worth $2OO. hut we
have both since dug along, $25 "to
help them in their business, J. 11. Gar
rison, John J. Thompson and Joseph
Darr, each $O,OOO "to lift him out
of trouble, to Jas. A. Gathers, $5,000"
—a lift which will be gratefully ap
preciated. Mr. Darling haves $2,000
for a soldiers' monument in Brookville;
$3,000 a year for twelve years for
tM-autifyiiig the grounds of the Brook
ville public schools; $2,000 a year for
twelve years for the poor of the town ;
for a public school building at Smeth
(Mrt, McKcau county, $15,000. To
all the Brookville Protestant churches
handsome bequests are made, and the
Presbyterian and Methodist churches
are made residuary legatees in the
proportion of two thirds and one third
respectively.
A Priftr-Cirfd Bride.
■ aikikd ir*T rot astm nn *t*ic*
BCATOKATiOS To HEALTH.
iml Cvrrwto th Tivu+
I)tiiKT', Pa. ,November 29.
The wedding of Liliie D. Tyler, of
this town, lo John Mitchell took place
here on baturday, just * year (mm the
•lay on which Mih I'yler wac cured o( a
long standing disease m a moat myteri
out manner. Hhe had been an invalid
upwards of six year*, had been treated
by eminent metropolitan physicians,
and finally, in November, 18X1. wai
confined to her bed. An alleged mira
cle worker in Connecticut, who waa said
<o ruie all diaee by prayer, wai non
suited a* a last resort. Thi woman ap
|M>ini-'l Nor* in tier 20 a* the day upon
winch Mi-s T> ler and ber friend* should
pray lor her reooverv. The in*tructions
were followed, the Kev. Thomas West
cott, her patnr. being present. They
prayed for three hur, and before night
Mnw Lilhe was alaiul the house, and
ibe day she waa married waa an ideal
bride with may cheeks, the picture of
health. Mr. Wrstootl married the
couple, and the truth of the "cure by
prayer" ia vouched for by all the young
woman's relatives. Since her sudden
cure Mim Tyler, now Mrs. Mitchell, haa
felt no illness whatever, and baa en
joyed exceptional good health.
The Greenback Vote.
There ia always a certain lapae of time
I after an election before we can learn
the vole of tbeGreenbeck party. thir
Greenback friend* generally charge this
to the jealousy of the old parties or the
Aaaociated f'reas managers. But the
truth is, it ia of no account in getting at
I the general result and it ia considerable
! expense to those gettiog returns by lei
, '-graph to get the necessary vote, and
the Greenback, Prohibition, Auli Maao
i ttic and other minor votes are left for
| .lower but cheaper and more accurate
official reports—which puts the Green
back vote thia year at 14.976. For thn
benefit of onr Greenback friends who
still wish to amuse themselves in their
usual way. we give the vote of their par
, ty since 1878:
j For Mason for Governor, 1878...81,7-VI
i For Button lor Treasurer, 1878 57.2U7
For Weaver for President, 1880 .. 20,888
Pur Jackson fur Treasurer, 1881..., 14,978
A little figuring will easily fix the
vote for next year on the present sli
ding scale. After the polls close they
need out worry about return*, but just
put down the vote at about 8,000 and
go to bed satisfied that thsir estimate ia
not far wrong.
A Schoolboy Crajied by Bat*.
ressa tb* PbeMctpMa Tiwn.
Eat*. Nnvembe 29.— George Karaites,
a boy aged nine years, w* accidentally
locked in a school house room here to
day and waa attacker! by a swarm of
rata. The boy fought desperately lor
some time, but became exhausted and
when discovered was King senseless,
with the swarm of rodent* tearing at his
fieah. He will live, but bis fright bee
probably deprived him of hi* reason,
Wfaitelsw Hetd. the editor of the TW
bumt arrived at New York on Monday
by the Germanra from Liverpool.
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