SHKJKKT A VAN OHM Kit. KUitorn. VOL. 5. fiht Centre democrat. Tsrnn 51.60 per Aunnm.in Advance * T. SHUQERT A J. R VAN ORM R. Editors Thursday Morning. February 15, IPB3. Contra County D trmcrnttc Com mittee for 1383. MSTXICT, *wx. r. o .snarju B lls (onto N W J M Ksirhllns. 11*1 Ir (cut*. M W. Clla- a.itlih •• w. w. a A M.g.ii lien V ,wsrl la.rc.. Irsl' I,- c I liars tlnward. I*l—'.itrr '■ .lamas I*. .1 -nrs Mtla.i.n.x MPllialm " F I' Nnswr Millle-lm Pulliusburg I nr. I' 11. 11. rln,gar, I'llll>|— <-..rg :• g W Hot Schml.lt . - 3 W V V I'ar|-lila, C ilntivlUa lir. I' J vl.-Iv.nsM ... flaming B niivr !*.• Win l-hlrr_ liallri. n'a R ,gg. tap. Frank F A,lsm' . Mlbscurg • iru.i'l* I*l' lla'irc Ml- k.r, . ..Pin- ibann. C ,llag Iwp. J, I'll R lens,at. C'lrCVi. Ivsp. J,'l'll Mc'T'Wka.. Kelimls, f rgusin OP. J. T. Mr-'o'll.lck .. Ma'al'iillaga. i. ft. |. L. W Wa k-r It.s-k Hpongs. G'„* S P. J ,|ca Piililnn 'nrt-.g Ui Is. •' N . P. Wm la-ilea Fainn-rMHI. ITwinew T. P. 1,, c. 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Ten thousand dollars worth of his logs prepared for market, were swept otf in the lurrent. IT is believed lliat a majority of the military committee in the House are opposed to the "Grant retiring bill," and if they report at all, it will be in the negative. But it is supposed the bill will have a quiet funeral in the committee. "THE Selinsgrove Tribune mourns "* because ciinsistency is not to lie found in the Democratic party." Ihe Tribune is to be commiserated. But perhaps it dues not seek for consisten cy in a proper direction. Isct him ap ply directly to the Philadelphia Time a. JAMER G. BLAINE, savs he is not a candidate for the Presidential nomi nation. The Geneva ( .V, I". i/VSM don't believe him, and continues to flv the banner of the' Plume I Kniirbt" for President. The I'reMi probable knows how much faith is to he placed upon the word of a Republican statesman. IT is reported that Imtli Mr. Van derhuilt and Mr. Gould, have de termined to retire front business as Hoon as they have succeeded in acquir ing a competence. This of course is 4 the result of piety, and a benevo lent desire to encourage poor men in the struggle for competence, by get ting out of their way. IT IS announced that Mahono and Kiddlebergor will p ohahly admit the K-'piihlicau Senators to the Ueadjus * select officers for the next Senate. The Readjuslers are generous, and will doubtless be wil ling to divide some of the more suitor dinate position* iu the Senate with the "grand old party. THE extradition care of Major Pltipps, late malinger of the Philadel phia Alms House, has lieen finally ar guei in the Canadian courts. The di cision of the judge* will soon deter mine whether this useful stalwart 0 politician will be allowed to return to hi* anxious admiring friend* in the w "Quaker city." THE New York Star aims direct at the "hull's eye" when it say* that "elec tion of United States Senators by the people is a good plank for the Demo cratic platform in 1884." h would lie much more difficult to buy an election 1 from a state than a legislature, and as barter aeem* to lie the mode adopted to i-iiiie extent of choosing Senators, particularly of the Republican stamp, it is desirable to take all (lie chances of getting au honest high toned gentle mau that a vote of the people would give. Whito Slavory in Now England Till-: Committee of education ami labor in I lie Senate of t lie United Stated, had, before them the other day Mr. Frank K. Foster of Cambridge, Mass., who furnishes a very vivid view of the "white slavery" of N w Kng land in connection with the manufac tures of that section. According to his statement the mill life of I>iwell and elsewhere develops a state of society tally as discreditable to the boasted intelligence ol New Ktigland, as the brutality they so freely charged upon the south iu the days of negro slavery. Mr. Foster said that "most of the ten ement houses iu the manufacturing cities of MussachussetU were owned by the mill owners, and that the 1 s.-ces were obliged U furnish so many oper atives. The houses are generally small ill ventilated and uncomfortable, nod the operatives are coni|ielled to live in the companies' houses, or he dismissed. The sewerage ami sanitary facilities are had, and on summer nights the stench from the cesspools is nearly over|Miweriiig. Tin Fr.-iih Cnn'tisn, continue. Mr F i-n-r. nr." in New England what C'hin—e ,r. tu i'nhturnin hhJ thi- Pacific t-oa.l I heir in iritis nru lower, thi-ir n.-c.-.-ui.-* lewi-r an-l their only mm *c.-ni. to t. to "■<• how HUM h liiotii.y they t-nn g.-l tu tske •nt of the country. They do nut wi-h their i hildr.'ii tu attend nil a.l# .nd when eoiiip lieil tu tend ihern.ulten move In another | I.ce. They ri-ldnfit st < *i>l the eiChl of Omit/hise. Out •-I a French Cans* ilian (Herniation ot WMW3 oi thirty-two elite, in N--w KnglsmJ only 6.ftftU are ii.t urnlir.-'d and 2,5.V.1 iiro|4*rty owners. Mr. Filter r|M.ke strongly attain.t the epi|doynieiil n c hildren of tender year, fn Ma-.Neliu.ett' there i- a law nttain-l the eiu|iioy client in mills of c hildren under ten cenrn of ace, and those from ten to fourt-e.i nm-l attend sc-h.ad thirteen wee It- 111 the ce.r Till, law ilia-, not include the little rath hoys and girl# employed in tare nuin tars 111 the city .lorea, ihias little use. b— iiiK too young in many ran. to henijt troin under the ine of a mother, although win. ployed .luring the bu.yr season Ifoin SAW until ft and 10 p w The girls employ ed a. .hopwomen are paid on an at.-rago aleiut AO |e-r li and out ol this tht are >-X|c'.'ii..-#, their moral, are tiaiolten low. "I .p.-ak ailvissailv," -aid Mr Fo-ler, "that the city ol L Well. M at-ai hu-ells, alone, pre sent# a wide field for philanthropic work There is more nod there and a heller 01. jo t than the building ol place# for decay. ••<1 vnile vihuid, or dm sting Urge miint t<> lloo|>le the le-mfii of art gslleriee ami libraries by oja-ning thnin on Sunday ♦ SENATOR* Crier and Kennedy, and Ueprcsentativi-s Zigler, Il(toti ami Nile, compose the joint committee ap poinu-d to search out any sinecure* ami very soft |ilaceaiti the departments at I lurrishurg, that may be dispensed with without serious injury to the pub lic service. The legislature hav ing put themselves down to six days work iu each week, ihky propose to require industry and usefulness from -others iu the employ of the state. Af ter this reform demonstration it will not do for the Senators and Itepreaen tatives to go back on the creditable industrious habits marked out to gov ern their own services during the ses sion. MR. J. 8. CAIN, the new delegate elected to Congress from Utah is cer tainly a very provident ntan, if not a conscientious one. He was elected on i the 7th of November in place of dele gate Cannon, who was retired heeause | of a surplus of wives and a doubt a to the legality of bis naturalization, and hein. thus elected, It is said, demanded pay fr the entire Congress, which would he *IO,OOO and mileage 'for a bout three monthaaerviee. This mod est demand of course could not be al lowed even by a libetal Congress, struggling with a plethoric treasury. %Jl <4 - r - J "KgUAL AN I KX aOT JUSTICE TO ALL MKN, OK WIIATAVKIt STATIC die son of New Jersey and Phipjis of Pennsylvania, who i- shortly to fie re called front a temporary re-idenre abroad. With any of these lending Republican stalwart* in oppo-iiioti, the Inter Ocean'* nomination for Ihe Democrat*, would lw highly rr|wc:a hie. Ih-ii.ocrats would accept the situ# lion, and let the baud pUy. COL OCHILTREE, who wa* elected last full a Republican member off'.ln gres front Texas, was formerly I'nitts) States marshal in tlial state. It appears that iu closing account* the marsliall left a small balance of S*,o HI due the I uited Siate*, which siill stand* op< u againt him. Now this will he incon venient w hen the Congressman ap|H-nr* to open n uc A account with the trias ury. Tho eo| the mm shall and con gressman will conflii unpleasantly. Ir the Republican* are determined to throw the laritl revision bill over to the I b-itiocraiic Cmigre**, no doubt that laaly will accept the trust and perform the work faithfully. But you may Iwt your bottom dollar U|MII one thing—the lobby will have to yi/ ami alio# questions to lie decided upon their merits, with a view to the g n*-r --al giexl of all. Thi* is what i* needed to make the tarilf stable HMI release the subject from the eternal agitation of political Hcmagoguery, A* anticipated in our la*t, thetarifl" revision so much talked of in Congress has afi utmllu|ised for the present, and proves that notwithstanding the pre tense and b'u-ler of the Republicans, no settlement of the vexed question was desired or intended on any has,* that would take it out of the cam paign of 1881. A stable, dew lit rev eutie tin ifl that would give ample pro tection to our national industries, and give |K-aceaml prosperity at the same lime, is not the kind of settlement of the disturbing question that the Re publican demagogue will be sati-fied with. It is agitation he now desires and he will probably get enough of it before the campaign of 1884 i* (ought through. The tariff question is not the dark l>ug-a-hoo it was formerly. The (ample have studied the subject soim-what ami are la-corning more familiar with cause and effect. "\V. cannot de|iend upon our men' is the | oor excuse urged by the Re publican b-a?ge. to a**i*l her in getting oui ol the asylum and to resiore her to her friend*, who she said resided in Ohio. Her appeal*" were regarded n* merely the rhatter ot hii insane j eron, and little or no attention * paid 10 them h\ either visitor* or officer* of the in stitulion. Slie wrote many leiler* to her friend*, hut the letter* never got heyond the asylum AARIU. When Mi* < Spurrier WHS apoomted tuperintendt-rii toe poor woman made her appeal* to hi in to he liberated, and as she had a I | wy* been harm ess ami rational on ; j mot siil j-ct* Mr. Spurrier consented to forward a lett.-i to llie addres* of the friends whom she said she had in < 'fun and Indiana. An answer w* received 1 from them, and on M.y 1!5. !**.>, her step brother, Joseph A, Toy, of K'k hart, Indiana, and hi* sister, of Frr i moot, farmer in Dliio. iwenly five year age Mr, B.lltngfelt li|e| her at tier home in Krentont. married her. and brought east to Ad.m-lown, this county. Il.r f friends o j-cted to the match at the j Inue. and Mr. B llinglelt *, caution ed against marrying her. a* her moid l.ad been in acme ilsitee affected by < religion* eacitemenl. Huon afier I.ring ing ber eat she show.-J symptom* ot \ i insanity, and theae tweame more m*rl< ed after the birih of her child. Not long afterward Mr. Billingfelt sent h r tor iresiment to the ito.ns solum HI ! 'll art ist.in g and, Iwing a [-nor mn. i wrote to tier parent* lo send some ; money lo assist in her m tinlenatire. 1 Her father having died leaving noes- ' late, her mother. Mo. Jane Toy. enl , word hack that she could not help ber. and that Mr. B.llingteii, having married j her against her protest. mu*t support tier. Being unable to keep her at liar ri .Airg. her husband had her removed t the Ltncaster asylum in IV,J, an I ; there *he remained eighteen year*, liopel-saly tieseeching all comers to te store her lo liberty. The mother, t.roth- i er and slater* li*d written score* of let j ■ era to Mr. i'lllit.gfelf, inquiring about to* wile, but never receiving a reply >#lieved that she aw dead, and it was ! ! not until Superintendent Spurrier tarnie lo them at her direction, that thn knew of her tieing an inmate in our asylum. Mr*. B llingfell w* laken | charge of by her brother and i*ter, i and went with them to their western home. j Mr. lot rib liJ' Ibuly ll.iily Inspected. • Sentries with gun* patrol the tomb of Heneral 0 >rfield, day and night, reliev el at interval* with all the mdiorv form, ami under the command of otli j cer* of the guard. Their order* are to ; guard the fwvly, and there mu*t be an official verification I hat they have done their duty and that each officer of the guard h.i received that which he i to guard. To verify this, whenever the i officer* ol the guard are changed they , oj en the coffin, identify the corpse and exchange receipt* for It, Thu* have we ■ put the t>ody ol the alain President into a morgue and a continuous post mortem ; examination, violating all the **nc j tity of the grave and forcing the sol diera into this repulsive duty in the j name of honoring and guarding the re main*. The tomb ia violated to protect it fruiu violation. THE second nomination by the Governor uf 8. IT a via I'agc as Recor der id' Philadelphia was confirmed by the Senate, and under decision of the Court, who affirmed the legality nfthe ap|Niiiitiuent, is uow in poaewsioti uf the office. Taggarl the ap|Miiutee of the Councils, has opened an np|Mwitiot> Recorder's office, and taken nu appeal from the decision of the court tu tbt supreme court. ' Appropriation to tiiurlileM, It i* right nd ju*i that the legislature should make adequate Hppropriations j lor the maintenance of charitable insti I tutions wliinh are under siate *upervi ion and control. The question of ade I 'pi icy is the only one lo las determined HI cases of tin* kind. But ii i* neithei tight nor just that the legislature sb'iuld ■ ppropriate the public money* lo pri vale use* no matter if they are of s char'l a hie n*lure. Private institution* for the treatmen' of i he ins* ii", or the maintenance of i In |>nor. or the education or training o< \ tliis that or the other class of person. • ' are private enterprises undertaken fo 1 private gain. Wny *hnuld the people ;be taxed to support such institution*? If l hey >re not self supporting and yel I decennary let their projector* or pro j prietor* shsndon them *n I the state like charge of the work in which they 1 are engaged. Mot of lli* charitable institution* are located in the larger oilie* and nr.? in tended for the special ber.efit of tlo looror the reclamation of the criminal .■la-* sin those cities. They ureVs-en tlal ly local institution* and are necesAnrtlt ■Almost entirely- local in their operations and results. It is cprtsinlv an unreas onable and unjust thing to *.k the pe< - pie rf the entire commonwealth to *ub mit lo tivation for the support n' these ! OP* I instil id ion* The )egi*|* (•ire should therefore make haste slow Iv in voting appropriation* to ' homes" and "•* loin* not tin er the imme.T ate control of the .late. Chairman lli**on of the appropria. I ion* commi'lee of the house h** taken proper Stand on lilt* su'ject and the hou-e ought lo sustain him. It is an easy matter to he literal with the | tih lie mor.ev' 'ut tfie peop'e expect are faction of taxation and it will not he I so eay to expl .in to them whv their •* p*ct t j.r hi di*pf>oinlfH • it certainly will if ih# million* for fiv so-cal ed charitable institution* ire granted. L-t the legislature l>eju*t t.efore it i* generous.— Patriot, Kfrolncfcci ncc of l.lnrolu auil Ih.ngla*. Ilr. N. \V M n*r lectured in Associa j tion 11*11 last nigM on his p-r-onal re mtn<-cenre* of A 1 rat.am 1.-ncoln. lie 1 -poke of Lincoln's Iriendly relation* Wdh "Stephen A Hnigla* after he had I t.eeii elected President. When Lincoln entered \t **hir.glon lo take hi* sent l> uigUs *:n the first lo meet him and to i.H.-r hi* sympathy and assistance. : At the inauguration cerernonies Judge Ih.ugla* requested permission to rule in the President's carriage so that if there sfioul I he any d*ngrr of assassination | lie nnght I e there to share it. Mr. Lin I colu ollen apoke Willi deep emotion ot I the self-devotion with which ll.ugls* worked lo a*ve Indiana and Illinois from secession. The speaker closed by alluding lo Lincoln's deep religious conviction* and to defending Mr*. Lin coln from the unjust charges so often brought against her. Death of Marshall Jewell. HARTFORD, Conn , Fob. 11.— Mar shall Jewell, ex governor of Connecti cut, died "t lit* home here last night, . the victim of an ntta< k of acute pneu monia. Marshall Jewell aa* horn in Win- I rhester, N. H„ October 20, 1825. Hia husincM career *va* that of a tanner, though he gave much attention to telegraph. In ISfiH-.00 and 1872 he nerved a* governor of Connecticut. In 1873 he was minister to Ru-*ia.and in 1874 postmaster general in General Gram'* cabinet. Hinoe theauminer of 1880 Mr. Jewell has been chairman of the republican national committee. TIIR Pnlt.ville Chroaie/t't editor get* off a go.vd one at the expense of Co|. MiClure, of the Timfi. He sat* that if that gentlemen didn't vote for Govern i or Pmti-nn. aome people would like to know what he i* grumbling nloy who w reproved for picking hi* nose in achool said it was hi* own nose and he would pink it as much a* he plenaed. But Pattison isn't j MeClnte'a Oovesior and we don't see : what right he ha* to he picking at him i all the time and thereby playing into ' the hand of the boate*. Let him fire away at John Mteward, hi* candidate lor governor, and let our fellow alone, at least till I.e lis* a chance to thow I what aort of metal lie it made of. TKIIMS: #1.(0 ,n-r Alimini. in Adon—. lloOHf. AMII*OTOV, Feiirunry K —The house n mnimiupf of the whole 10 lav fixed •In* duty on steel railway bar* and rail way bar* made in p.,rl ol steel tteigbit g nor than twenty-fire pound* to the mrd at 11 '> per too. The vote w 100 n 'JO. On motion Mr. Curtin a proriao WM greed to that all iron far, blooms. bil or sizes or th*|.e of any kind in the -nanufactute of which charcoal i ued i* fuel, ah all be *u'j-Ct to a duty of #22 oer ton. An amendment offered by Mr. F 'her, h*itig a duty of SJH per ton on ill fl it. Mjuare or round charcoal iron in oil* or rod". w*-lot. A long general let-ate followed, winch had but little re'erence to the schedule under dircus •ion. and without further action the online took recent until 7.30. Ihe houe tfiia evening went into •orntaitlee otthe whole on the legisia i*e appropriation bill, and Mr. Flower, I New York took advantage of the .-eneral debate to di-cuaa the tariff. The egi'lative bill wan then read by aectiont tnd the first vote -bowed the abence l a <|unrutn. A roll call followed and the bou-c at 10 2- r ) n 'lie head, and putting up her hand caught a beautiful pigeon which had alighted there. The bird manifested no deaire to escape, and *he look it Home with her, where it attached itaelf constantly to her peraon, following her every where, ami never content unless • lie Via patting It. S-Min alter the lady was taken sick, >nd for a long time lay hovering be iweeo life and death All tbi* wnde the pigeon perched upon h*"r bedvtead, and auuld not leave her day or night. At last ibe lever turned, and the faith ul bird manifested every symptom of de I ght at the returning health of ila (ma tron", and really aided her recovery by its iiurusn like solicitude. The bird is now the pet of the household, and the mem ber- ol the family look upon its coming aa almost provider,tub It is to be ho|>ed that no Sibbaih breakmg a|>orUman will end it* life, a* in the case of the "late lamented" Pownal crow. IVnuayhania Tres-ury Statement. It xsaisßiao, February k—The Slat® Treasury statement for February I shows • halameon hand ol $1738 381.27, of which the tollow.ng amount* are in f'hiladelpbia banks ; F -rmrri and Me chanic" National, flfO.OU): People's King 0100.1(00 ; M tnuiacturera* Nation al #.'ii I <00; Towi-aend Whalen A Co., O.VI 000; O.rard N tionl, #.(> 000. One item read*: "Advances to tii-iiOers, check* and ca*h items. $306018,26. JOHN I*. ST. JOHN, ex-Governor of Kansas is making a shaking cam paign in this state in the allcgtd in tcresl (f "Constitutional Prohibition.' Those who have heard him, seem to be undecided whether his effort is really for temperance or to rally the Republican party and make up an i*ste profiiahle to the Kansas states man tor l£B4. IT begins to occur to the minds of most people who think* upon the sub ject at all that the Republicans in Congress tre not at all anxious to pass n tariff bill at this session, else why don't they tlo it 7 They have a major ity iu laith house*, and the Democrat* arc not opposing its passage, but art really anxious it should pass, iu aa good form cs possible. TIIK councils of Harrisburg ara preparing to introduce the Electric Light into that city. A company of the leading men has Iteen organised with a capital of $50,000, who will furnish the lights for private residen ces, hotels, public buildings and tha < streets. EX-SECKKTAUT lIi.ALNK is prepar ing a political history,entitled "Twen ty years in Outgrew*, from Lincoln to i Garfield —a history ol National legia : Jon from 1861 to 1881." It is to be ;in two octavo volume*. Mr. Blaine himself will appear in the history i vety prominently of course. NO. 7.