al)c Centre £& Dcmomil. BHUUERT & FORSTKR, Editor*. VOL. 4. fhe Crnttc grmactat. Terms tl.ftO par Annam, in Advance, s. T. SHUOERT ind R. H. FORSTER, Editor.. Thursday Morning, January 12,1882. THE annual meeting of the "Society of Fruit Growers," is to be held at Harrisburg on the 18th aud 19tk of January, to which all persons inter ested are invited to be present. THE report of the Commissioners of Agriculture places the number of per sons engaged in farming in this coun try at 7,600,000, and estimates the value of farming implements at $13,- 461,200,343, about two-thirds of the productive wealth of the nation. IT is said the Altoona shops will this year turn out ninety-live new locomotives for the Pennsylvania Rail road. This, with the rebuilding and repairing of old ones, it is believed will be equal to the erection of five hundred in these shops during the year. THE question is to be tested in a Massachusetts Court whether or not it is libelous to misrepresent a man's political principles. A lawyer has brought suit against a newspaper, put ting bis damages at $5,000 for assert ing that he was a Butler man, thereby ! preventing his nomination for an office. IT is said the net funded debt of the city of New York is $93,290,206 equal to eighty-one dollars and forty six cents to each inhabitant This is quite equal j to the debt of Bellefonte, but perhaps j the burden is less onerous to the mil lions of that great city, then our debt is to the few hundreds residing here. EVERY few days the announcement is repeated that the Star-route thieves are to be prosecuted vigorously to the full extent of the law, and if guilty, to be followed by punishment Fudge! The assassination of the late President nettled that business in favor of the thieves. MacVeigh and James knew this when they retired. IT seems to be generally conceded that ex-Senator Sargent, of California, will be appointed Secretary of the In terior in place of Secretary Kirkwood, and William E. Chandler Secretary of the Navy in place of Secretary Hunt They are a healthy pair and .fittingly draw prize* "lottery of IhMsanination" in a StanNrt ndminis- Plhktion. R LISTER SMITH, of Philadelphia, ha* been held to hail in the sum of $5,000 for shooting Sam Joseph in the foot IfSmith intended to kill Joseph, he certainly proved he was not an ex pert shootist, or, as is most likely, that be was too drunk to elevate his re volver sufficiently to obtain a proper range upon the retired Philadelphia statesman. CONGREHHMAN WALKER, of the Lycoming district has stirred up a very lively fight over the Williams port poetoffice. The appointment of Capt L F. Burrows is bitterly con demned, and efforts are being made to have it rejected by the Senate. No use t The appointment was not made without the approbation of the Repub lican Boss, and duly considered with ference to its bearings on the stal wart programme. THE Denver Tribune, a Republican paper, rebukes the President thus: "The policy of the President appears to be to encourage the repudiationists •of the south; this is not the policy of the party. Honesty has been regar , sled as the best policy in our ranks." I Well, this is cool to. Was it honesty that oootrolled the Republican party to steal J)>e Presidency in 1876, or was it honesty that led them in 1880 to purchase states with funds stolen from the people, in order to retain the porloined power they obtained in 18761 Tbt question of honesty is one the Republic:os should tawA tenderly. "KOUAL AND XXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MKN, OF WIIATXVKK STATIC OR TKIIM:AMON, RELIOIOCS OR I'OLITK'AL. The Men who are to Bend the Solid South. The Atlanta Constitution briefly, but fittingly describes some of the small politicians, the cheap heroes to bo found perha|w in all the Southern States of the Union, who are not only willing to share the unenviable fame of General Mabooe, but who are con stantly proclaiming their purpose to revolutionize divers aud sundry States by the Overthrow of what they face tiously call the "Bourbon Democracy." These puny patriots are loud in their protestations of devotion to "a full vote,lt free ballot, aud a fair count," and to attain these desirable and praise worthy results, they are jointly and and severally ready to undergo all sorts of afflictions; to endure all the privatious, scourgings, stripes, impris onments, hunger, thirst, nakedueas, j and dangers by sea aud land, that fell to the lot of that great Christian hero, the Apostle Paul. The last one of these fellows is ready to meet contume ly, obloquy, and insult; to encounter all the ills that flesh is heir to; and, in addition, add to their sorrows and sufferings by accepting an office at the hands of President Arthur, as evidence at once of devotion to the old flag, and their constancy to principle—the prin ciple of taking everything in sight— and with heroic courage refusing noth ing that will pay ! Patriotism, which surly old Sam Johnson declared was "the last refuge of scoundrels," is still a potent factor in the affairs of this world, and to use a slang phrase cur rent among the boys, "the woods are full" of gentle, hut hungry patriots, who are ready to do anything in the world but die, for "pay and provanb" Large numbers of these enterprising fellows have been in this city lately, and more of them will soon be hang ing around the Capitol, the While House, and the various departments. When they first reach this political Mecca they are generally in good con dition, having managed to encase themselves in tolerably prescutahle outer garments ; they hie them to one of our first-class hotels, where, for a brief period, they flourish in festive gaiety, and recount with sportive glee their innumerable interviews with the President and other gentlemen occu pying high official positions. For the first week or so these interesting crea tures have very elevated notions of their importance, and of the exalt ed stations for which they are destined as the reward of great merit and val uable services. In the first flush of their exaltation each one selects a first class foreign mission for himself, but if, as sometimes happens, there is no vacancy, he reluctantly consents to bumble his pride, and agree to become a minister resident at a second-class court, but, finding no vacancy in that direction, he finally concludes that, for the good of the country he might be induced to become a charge d'affaires. When he finds that the road todiplom§tic fame is impassable, he turns his attention to the Territories and dreaming of future senatorial honors, he modestly insinuates that he would accept a governorship or a ju dicial position. Here, again, he finds himself balked, and lowering his pre tensions, he comes down, step by step, until in his desperation the poor devil is ready to beg for a $9OO clerkship in one of the Departments. And yet, for the most part, it is such fellows, as these who are rending their gar ments, and making night hideous with the vain boast that they are going to do in their States what Mahone did in Virginia, aud thus sever the solid South, and bury the Bourbon Demo crats beneath its ruins. The sensible men of the South know that these brawling patriots are harmless, even for evil. They know, that with a few rare exceptions, they are as destitute of character as they are of intellect or influence, and that their windy proclamations of what they are going to da, is the merest balderdash and folderol. BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1882. The most of these chaps would gladly accept the compromise offered by a seedy adventurer during the ad ministration of General Jackson, lie desired a first-class mission, but fail ing in that he came down gradually to some paltry ami contemptible place, when, finding that too, beyond his reach, ho told old Hickory that lie would be "much obliged for suit of his old clothes I" But hero is what the Constitution has to say of the gentry we have been describing : There hss been much said in the Northern pre-, and in the South about the effect of tlin success of Oenernl Mnhone in Virginia on the Ihdepend ents of other .Slate*. There is scarcely a Stale in the South that has not one or two cheap heroes who are willing to be used as Mahone*. They are just about as useful, 100, in politics, ns a hung would be to a cooper who was in a hur ry to make a barrel. THE Lancaster Intelligencer re marks that "the Independent Repub licans of this state faintly took heart the other day when it was given out that the senator whom they had elec ted was about to perform some of the things promised of him. The late postmaster of Pittsburg resigned with out any notice to anybody except a little ring of Cameron henchmen, and they speedily had his successor ap pointed in the person of Chris. Magce's ponies. There was a howl Mitchell would antagonize the confirmation and be able to secure its defeat. Mark the sequel as told in the Times dispatch from Washington: "Senator Mitchell says, relative to the Pittsburg postoffice question, that no opposition to the con firmation of Mr. McCleary has been developed so far. He has received a good many letters and telegrams pro toting against it. M<>*t of these letters assert that while McCieary is kuown ns a good fellow the feeling ofthe busi n ..* community is against his appoint ment. Precisely to what extent this feeling exists the senator has not the means of knowing, as it has not mani fested itself in any shape outside of these individual complaint*. The principal soreness appears to be in ref erence to the manner in which the ap pointment was made. 8o far as he is concerned Senator Mitchell says he has no'interest in the matter beyond giving time for the people to be heard. They have enjoyed the privilege, and, from the character of the opposition, he does not feel justified in approving the confirmation. There is no ques tion of this confirmation." As Mr. Wolfe is said to have re marked, the less said about Mitchell's election as au Independent, the better it is for the reputation of the Indepen dents for political sagacity." MRKINI.EY'S hoop-iron hill present ed in Congress, providing that no manufactured article shall pay more duty than the material which is its chief component part, it is said meets the approbation of the committee of ways and means, of which Judge Kelley is chairman. Mr. Randall very properly antagonizes it on the ground that the whole tariff bill ought to he acted upon at once and not in detached parts. GEN. GRTH, one of the Republican leaders in the House from Indiana, has made a very scathing attack upon Speaker Keifer, which certainly ex hibits the latter in a very unenviable and eonlemptiblo position, but not more so than he deserves. The shame less and disgraceful manner in which he constructed the committees of the House, which are not only partisan aud personal in resentments, but base ly corrupt in the interest of jobs and dishonesty generally should receive nothing but condemnation. FAT women and living skeletons a novelties in shows are played out, and the fertile brain (if the great Barn urn is on the alert to supply their places. He is now holding levees and adver tising for tho handsomest woman in the world to be exhibited in the next summer campaign. Hundreds of pret ty women are presenting themslevM to the inspection of his committee of ex aminers in hopes of being the favored beauty of the show. Ouit contemporary, the lkdlcfoute Republican gives the Beaver boom u boost by devoting a pago of its is sue of this week to the General's can didacy. A brief and fairly written biographic sketch of the prospective candidate is followed by favorable no tices that lie bus received from the Republican press of the state. THE annual election for officers of the Readiug rail-road, commenced on Tuesday last aud it is supposed will continue for the several days before the final result is known. So fur as the election has progressed, the Gowan parly arc largely in the lead, and it appears to be generally believed will defeat the Bond management, which overthrew Mr. Gowan last year. THE lumber business appears to he booming in our neighboring city of Lock Haven. So gieat is the demand for platted lumber that the operators have found it necessary to erect addi tional mills, and procure new machi nery to enable them to supply the or ders. We congratulate our neigh bors upon this evidence of their pros perity. THE Hon. William A. Wallace is to deliver a lecture in Lancaster, l'a., on the 24th instant. The subject of the lecture is to boon "Pennsylvania's "'urinative influence on Federal In stitutions." The ability of the lectu rer and the interesting subject he pro poses to discuss, promises a fine treat to the intelligent audience which will doubtless greet Mr Wallace on that occasion. A CONVENTION of agriculturists is week, and will discuss, according to to be in session at Washiugtou City this programme, a variety of subjects im portant to that interest. No doubt one of the main objects of the meeting at this time is to influence Congress in the establishment of an Agricultural Department, with a political rep resentative in the Cabinet of the President, if not to boost Commission Loring as the proper person to fill the place. THE trial of Guiteau has now reach ed its ninth week, but it is announced that the evidence is all in. This gives some prospect of an end to the farce within the next two weeks. The late expert testimony introduced by the prosecution all tends strongly to the conclusion that Guiteau is sane, and that in all his antics during the progress of the trial he has only beeu playing a studied part The general impression is that the jury will find him guilty. THE Washington comedy has sub stantially closed, at least, so far as Guiteau can appear as a clown to worry and annoy the court and jury by his impudence and antics. The ease has now reached the argument and its tragical phase will assume prominence during the present week by verdict of the jury, which of course will either assign tho assassin to the walls of a lunatic asylum or to the tomb of a murderer. In either case his effort to "unify the Republican party," was not a successful or paying operation. EFFIGY SAROF.AXT, late Senator from California, and the notorious Bill Chandler,from "away down East" are the two latest names mentioned for places in Arthur's Cabinet Two more disgraceful appointments could not be made. But still we presume it is all right Arthur himself is only a trad ing politician, who was removed from the New York custom house by Ilayes and Sherman because of the corrupt practices which prevailed under his management of the business of that important public position, and it sooms meet and proper that he should sur round himself in the White House by as scurvy a set of politlbal scamps as he can find in the United States. Let Bargaut and Chandler by all moans go into the cabinet. CONGRESSMAN ORTII, Republican, of Indiana, angry and disappointed in not receiving the recognition he ima gined his great merits deserved, tried to corner Speaker Keifer the other day by offering a resolution in the house to change the manner of selecting the committees. Orlh is chairman of the committee on civil service reform and desired his resolution to be referred to that committee. The speaker Leaded him off, however, by deciding that the resolution related to a change of rules and should go to the committee ou rules. The house sustained the decis ion of the HjK-aker by a decided vote, and Ortli must nurse his wrath until a more favorable opportunity to get even with the chair presents itself. A MEETING of the Itcpuhlican State Committee was held yesterday in Philadelphia, at which it was decided that the convention of the party to nominate a State ticket should be held at Harrisburg on the 10th day of May. The fixing of this early date for the meeting of the State Conven tion is regarded as a decided triumph for the Cameron machine, and a ma chine ticket will of course be nomi nated. POSTMASTER GKNKKAI. JAMES be fore retiring from the Department, created a great sensatiou among the Star route thieves by further disclos ing their villaines and causing the arrest of a number of bogus bonds men used by the rogues to procure mail contracts. It ap|tcars that thir teen thousand bonds have been impos ed upon the Department which are en tirely worthless aud fraudulent. Home of these bondsmen are clerks in the Departments, and all falsely represen ted under oath as possessing real es tate equal to the amount required to legalise them. Verily, there appears to he no end to the corruptions of the Fraud Administration. Tin: Albany legislature is again dead-looked. Thin time it is on the organization. The majority ia aup posed to be Democratic, but amongat them John Kclley'a Tammany party hare a following who hold the balance of powers between the true Democracy and the Republicans. They appear to be up for bids, and it ia probable that no organization will be effected until the terma are made satisfactory on one side or the other. We trust the De mocracy may stand upon the integrity of their principles and purity of party organization. It is more creditable, and in the end, will be more profitable to remain in the minority, than to submit to the tyranny of Ikws Kelly and his trading gang of desperadoes. Alliances with treachery and bossisra never have giren strength or standing to any honest party, and never will. Ooartshlp by Wire. During the last two years Miss Louisa Rib, and Miss Laura .lonian, telegraph operator*, have worked together in the Western Union office st St, Joseph, Ma Persons about the office who could not read the tickings of Mia* Eib's in strument were puuled frequently to see Misa Jones put her bands to her ears. The very inquisitive, noticing that during the quick motions she shoved bits of cotton into the auricular channels, sometimes would ask if any thing was wrong, but Mi Jordan would avoid the question. Not until two weeks ago, indeed, was light thrown upon the mysterious movements of the yonng woman and tha atniling ha hit* of her associate. Then it was revealed that Miss Rib is to be married shortly, that the young man in theoaae is John Martin, a Kansas City operator, and tlial the young couple have been mak ing love by wire alnoe 1879. In that year they agreed upon a cipher alpha bet by the use of which many tender sentiments passed to and fro. Miu discovered to be burning at an early hour, but timely aid prevented the flame* from gaining much bead way. The damage to the build ing will amount to about $l6O, and a quantity of merchandise we* alao injured by moke and beat, all of wbicb U covered by inurance in the Centra Hell and two other iniurance companies. The Reporter think* tbe Are wai caused by aome one caretea*ly throwing a lighted cigar Into a *pittoon late the previous evening. —The Oaceola RetrMt make* a loud call upon tba new board* of County Commit ■ioner* of Centre and Clearfield countiea for ibatnew bridge over Mosbannon creek, at Osceola. From all we bear about the matter we do not doubt but that a new bridge U greatly needed at that point. We think, however, our contemporary mis take* tbe acope of what it call* the "grand jury'* order." The grand jury doe* not "order;"it merely recommend*,and under the act of aaaembly relating to tbe building of county bridge*, it i* entirely within tbe judgment and diacretion of County Com mUk>ner* to act upon auch recommenda tion or not a* they may *ee proper. Pi.k asavt Oar.—A number of our res ident* are at preaent on the sick list, among them Mr. John Harrison who la sufft ring from a sever* and painful attack of rheumatism. We trust tbat he will speedily improve. Mr. John Sweeny is also afflicted with nerval* debility, and is quite a sufferer Her daughter, Mia* Margaret, wbo was sometime ago injured by being thrown from a buggy, continue! to improve, though slowly, ftotiieb Haag now has hi* new gristmill in full working order and th* machinery works in the moot satisfactory manner. He will do considerable business with tho mill. —The Osceola RrvnlU my* that "a little child of Alfred Isonburg, of Houtodale was so badly burned by the explosion of a coal oil lamp, one night last w*h that eued it* death a few day* aft.r the oc currence. It seems the lamp was pieced on a sewing machine, at which a lady was doing some cowing for th* flsmily and the lltlla one it appear* was playing by the machine when by some means the lamp was thrown down and aiplodsd burning tbe child as above stated. Just now there are any amount of accident* occuring from thecmrelen handling of coat oil lamp* and every precaution should be token to avert them." NO. 2.