S. T. Sill GEHT Editor.
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vol.. •">.
(The Centre flrmorrat.•
Term* S 1.50 |>or Annum la Advance,
8. T. SHUGERT, Editor.
Thursday Morning, August 30, 1883. I
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STATE TICKET.
FOR AUDITOR ORNERAI.,
(.•apt. ROBERT TAGGART,
of Warren County.
FOR STATF. TREASURER,
Hon. JOSEI'H COW ELL,
of Bradford County.
COUNTY TICKET.
FOR ASSOCIATE JUDOK
Dr. J.H.SMITH,
of Ferguson Township.
FOIL DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
W. C. II KIN Lit,
of Rellcfonte.
For cor sty ki rv u.yor
KLLIS 1.. oUVIS,
of Rellofotite.
Mk. Hayi s, of fraud memory, has
given so,ooo to a new M. E. Church
in Fremont, Ohio, Of course he paid
it out of Tilden's salary.
Mi itustowN was on .Saturday !a-t
visited by a destructive fire, which laid
waste the beautiful and valuable part
of the town rebuilt after the lire that
desolated it a few years ago. The loss
is heavy.
Tin: new lino of railroad fr 'tu
Pittsburgh to Harrishurg, called the
Yandcrbilt line, it is announced, will
he completed within two year-. The
western section of it has just been
completed and opened for business.
TIIK Dubuque Il>-ral<l publishes a
long list, numbering several hundred,
of prominent lowa Republicans who
will cut the Republican ticket in that
state this fall. We notice in the li-t
the name of ex-Secretary Kirkwood-
Evkky county in the state has at
least one member of the Democratic
state committee this year, in addition
to a county chairman. Stall'and line
officers are expected to work harmo
niously together to "get out the vote.''
Charm.* S. Woi.ee i.- still an In
dependent whom the b - have not
subdued by the whip. He declines to
support Livsey, the Republican can
didate for State Treasurer, and advises
Independent Republicans to cut him
dead, as unworthy support.
Tim: press iu the counties comprising
Judge Mayer's new judicial di-trict,
speaks in high terras of gratuhition of
the good luck that brought the ac
complished jurist to their courts. And
well tlicy may. The judge pr—<esses
ability and social qualities to ensure
him a welcome any where.
"BIT how al>out Ohio; supposing
that state goes Republican in Octo
ber ?" remarked a gentleman to a
member of the New York Democratic
State committee. "We don't care any
thing about Ohio," was the quick reply.
"Ohio went Republican in I*7*4, but
New York gave Tilden over 32,(MM)
majority a month later."
Chairman Cooper, the hopeful
obstructionist of the senate, again
issues his circular to the faithful to
supply him with,fumls for the cam
paign. He does not, as last year,
make formal assessments upon the
public officials, but intimates that their
standing and safety will be measured
by the liberality by which they re
spond, voluntarily, to his call.
The triennial meeting of the Knight
Templars at Hanfrancisco, Cal., was a
grand success, largely attended from
all parts of the country. Robert E.
Wtthers, of \ irginia, was elected
(■rand Master; Charles Roem,of New
York, Deputy Grand Master; John
a P. tiobin, of Pennsylvania, Gencr
alissmo; Hugh McC'urdy, of Michi
gan, Captain General ; J Lawrence
Thomas, of Kentucky, Senior Warden;
( , George C. Perkins, of California,
Junior Warden. Tho Treasurer and
*
Recorder re-elected.
Arbitration Proposed.
Tho dead-lock in apportionment is
still in full tide, without any evidence
of breaking. On Friday last, Mr.
A merman from the committee of the
House composed of three members
from each party recently appointed, to
whom was submitted the Jamison Sena
torial and representative hill with a
view of agreeing upon acceptable pro
visions, made the following rejxirt, the
Republican members declining to sign
it :
We, the undersigned, members of a
committee to which was referred House
bill No. 12, apportioning the State into
Senatorial and Representative districts,
respectfully report tlint we met for the
purpose of our appointment, and found
our colleagues upon the committee op
- posed to llie adoption of any amend
ments to said bill which would alter it
in any degree from tho Dill as agreed
upon by the Senate. That this unwil
lingness of our colleagues w is not lin
ed upon the unfairness or injustice of
our propositions, but because they did
not desire to place themselves in
antagonism to the decision of their
political brethren of tho Senate by di
verting in any particular from the hill
agreed upon by that body. As they in
formed us. they deem it impracticable
to present to the Senate this bill either !
in its original or in amended form, or
any other bill than the bill known as
the Senate ultimatum.
J. Mi IXS J AMISOX,
I. EMI MI. Amerm IN,
< I. M. 1 >. Eckels.
Consideration of the report was post*
poned for the present, and Mr. A mer
man submitted the following :
" exist between
the two Houses of the legislature of
this Commonwealth upon the subject of
apportioning the State into Represen
tatives, Senatorial and Congr--iontl
districts,and all parliamentary methods
for reconciling these differences have
heretofore failed ; and
Whereas it is the duty of the l.egis. j
lature, under command of the Consti
tution of the Commonwealth and the
laws of the United Mates. to apportion
the -state m Senatorial, Representative
and Congressional district* ; and in or ,
der that thi duty shall be performed it
is incumbent upon the Legislature to
use every e!! -rt to sdjti-t the existing
differences, and a a re- >urce promising
a dispassionate discussion nl the di
puled questions it is right to resort to
arbitration, by the subm.-sion of the
whole subject to an equal number of
eminent cit.z- ns of known integrity,
fairness and capacity, from both | dili
cil parties; therefore be it
Resolved, if the Senate ror.eur, that
the matter of the apportionment of tho
--late into Congressional, Senatorial and
Representative d-stricts be referred to
Philip C. Uarret, Daniel Agncw, James
H. Heaver, ' < ilusha A. (Jrow, Henry M.
Hoyt, Charles ft. Pcickalenr, < ieorge A.
-lenks, (ieorge <. ft ier, Hon. A. If. Dill
and Levi Maisb, and that they be re
<{nested to draft and submit to th:- Log
isiature for its enrolment fair, just and
i|uitnble ap| •rtionm*nt bills under the
Constitution of this Commonwealth and
i laws of the United States.
The resolution waa read a fir-1 t,me,
i hut further consideration was objected
to, when it was withdrawn, after Mr.
Amerman gave notice that lie would
present it agun on Monday evening
next, when resolutions should be in
order.
The resolution was again presented 1
•n Monday, hut without result.
" I'RfK.REss " gave an account of
the death of some society woman, es
timable no doubt hut entirely unknown j
to the world at large and hence of no
concicvable interest to the reading
public in a rather lengthy paragraph
the other day : and in the same col
umn, finished ofF Judge Black, the
statesman, the orator, the christian
philanthropist, the profoundeat lawyer
of the age, ami the ablest son of I'enn- ,
sylvania in three or four lines, and
very commonplace ones at that. Can
the ashes of the elder Forney ret in
their sepulchre unless unconscious of
the degenerate son ? Think of call-
I ing such a paper "Progress." Dubb
it "Tittle-Tattle" or "Tho Gossip"
and save a dead but honored journal
ist the shame of fathering such a
[ sheet.
"j '
W K notice by the Santa Fee iirviev>
that our honored friend. Gen. \V. H
i '
, 11. Davis, of the Doyleatown Democrat,
lias been on a visit to New Mexico,
where he was received by the people
in a spirit of friendly cordiality, alike
creditable to them and the object of
their uttention. The encomiums pnsscd
upon the veteran editor by the Santa
Fee press are eminently deserved. His
;icrsonal excellence, bis clean record
as a former official of the Territory,
and the brave deeds of a gallant sol
dier who never shirked a duty or
feared a foe attest their justice.
"KqUAL AND KX ACT JUSTICE '!< ALL MEN, OK WHATEVER STATE <Ot I'KHMI'ASIOK, KKl.lfllot'S OR I'OI.ITHA 1.. J. (!.
15KLLKFONTH, I'A., 'l'll 1 IJSDAV, AI'RI ST .'in, INKI.
Tho Farmors in Council.
The State Grungo held the antiti •.!
picnic ut Williams Grove, in Cum
berland county, last week. It wan
i very largely ati< tided,and it i* -aid was
one of the most successful and satis
factory reunions they have ever had
in the state. Speeche- win made hy
the prominent men of the order, and
hy Editor MeClttre of the Philadel
pliia Ti'if ■>, and Ilensel of tlie Run
piaster lntclligr.nr.er, and other distill
; gui.-hed sympathizers. They an
nounced the following platform of
principles :
Resolved, That we afltrm our npj ro .
val ol the principle ot equal taxation
on c<(U'tl values, which was announced
by the State Orange of Pennsylvania at
itH last meeting, and has heen com
mended by Governor I'attison ; and we
will continue to advocate it until it shall
.'land a- .1 law Upon the statute book ol
our < '.minionwealth.
Resolved, That in our judgment the
study of the elements of iigi c ulture
-In>n I I be pursued in the common
schools, and we hereby request tho •••
who nnnsge the Department ot Public
Instruction to secure the j re| .trillion ol
book-, and as far as po--ible tin- intro
duetion of practa al lri-lruction on that
I subject.
Reaol.ved, That wo l-.,k with ili-ij
pri val on the changing of the Mate
' dirge of Pennsylvani t from the pur
pose for which it was founded, and n*
farmers we demand that it bo r> -toted
to the work of preparing the y >uog
people of our Mate for agricultur *1 and
mechanical pursuits.
Resolved, That as it is the ca-e with
law. medical and theological schools, i
the State College -bould I •• o org inize I
as to admit to its course pupils who
: I. ivo completed common school branch
es, and should give instruction in
studies relating to agriculture and the
mechanic trt fr< in the t.rne of the
student's entrance to h, departure.
Resolved, That we herd.-. < ,11 upon
the officers of the college, espec .ally the
'Governor and other trust" ■< - who see .
and acknowledge its 'penal in -sion, to
do all that can he legally d lie to re
move the persona and methods which
j prevent its tisefulne>s to farmers. and
that we pledge tin tn our hearty and
persistent c< iteration tint., surce
shall be secured.
I hat we consider the sum now in
vested for the support of the , olb
-ntlieient to ni • t it. co >ii., ■ nj r
forming the special work for who b it
was establisbed, and t he re fore we !>• arli
lv approve tioverte-r Pattion'- action
in vetoing the bill which gave the ir.st
lution an additional tutu of sln.'i an
nually for four years.
Resolved. I'll it the gro mismanage
ment of Governmental affairs, and e
penally the unredressed wrone* which
(armers are compelled to sutler, call
upon Patrons of Husbandry to con
scientiousljr exercise the high duty
which the Constitution imposes of aid
ing to elect public officers. Corrupt
politicians, unequal laws and mere
"partyiaro fur the sake of the party"
should be denounced and rebuked. The
long continued abuse <• f turning to per
•inland party Iwnefit the interest of
the funds coming into the Mate Trea
ury must be stopped and the offender*
punished. Vacancies must be tilled by
placing in office good and competent
men without regard to caucus dictation.
' indidates whose upporters md past
associations reveal their sympathy with
and obligations to political boss* - must
l>e rejected and men now in office, who
ne superior to pnrtyi m and regard the
impartial enforcement of the laws and
the promotion of the general welfare as
better than personal profit or party
| supremacy, h old he cordially recry
nir.ed and heartily sustained, without
regard to their former political asona
I lions.
Resolved, That copies of those of the '
foregoing resolutions which reh r to the '
j Stale ''ollege be sent to the President
I of that institution with the request that
he will lay them before its trusters, anil
that copies of all the resolutions be sent
to Governor Pattison, he laid before tho
•-tale Grange at its next meeting, pub
Jidicd in the /',irmer' /Vi. n/l, and that
tho other paper* of the State be request |
ed to la* them before their readers.
TUB I'liiJa Iclphiu /Visa is unfair, I
if nt stupid, when it talks of the
"Democratic txlra session," hut pro
babiy correct in placing the cost of it
at two hundred and thirty-seven thou
sand dollars. Tho reckless unfairness
; and disregard of constitutional obliga
! tion on the part of the Radical sena
tor*, prevented Ihe passage of appor
tionment hills at tho regular session,
made the necessity for the call of An
extra session imperative upon the Gov
ernor under his oath to support and
mnintaiu the constitution. This alone
places the responsibility of the extra
session upon the obstructionists and
entitles it more properly to lye called
tho "Republican extra session." All
this, too, to obey the command of Don
Cameron to prevent tho passage of an
apportionment, as well as to gratify
the mulishnens of his slavish adherents
who control the senate.
Iho Extravagance ofa Candidate.
The record candi lab- Niles, save the
\'<tfh i Sj irit, i- making as a legislator
i- not such a- will commend him to
the people who want economy in pub
lic nlliiir-L He advocate- constant op
position to a fair apportionment. Hi
opposition add- t i tic < xpeu-< -<; the
Ktate 83,000 daily. If lie a- a legis-j
lator would declare that lied, ircciun
lionc-t and ju-t apportionment, (air
alike to both parties and to all the
peojile, lie could stop thi- extravagant
expenditure, this terrible wusle for
which hi- party i r, sponsible.
' nndidate Nib s i- the one man in
the Republican party w ho can make a
Republican Si nute yield t i fairim--.
I li- demand w ! c imp, 1 01, diem ■.
The parly leader- want t> .-■ him
, h-i te,l. 1 hey will tallow wlc rcver
he may lead.
W ill ho ask f,,r a fair apportion
ment or will he continue to consent to
hi* party's opposition thereto, adding
three thoii-atnl d< !!ur- each dav to the
, \pen , - ~f the State ■ I- tie . xtrava
gance he now encourages a sample of
the manner in which le would conduct
the business of the State if ho were
elected Auditor < bru ral
lin Hon. J. McDowell Sharpe, a
metnborof the present legislature fr,,tn
Franklin county,died at hi- residence
in < hamlx r-burg on Thursday last, oj
hemorrhage of the bowel-. Mr. Sharpe
wa.- a prominent lawyer, and a legisla
. tor of eminent ability, about fifty
three years of age. He was a gradu
ate of the ( annonshurg College, and
■served iu the legislature iu RJ, ;
I and in the constitutional convention'
it l s i 3. His speeche- always < xhi
j bited great legal acumen and scholar- i
; ly attainment.
I'r ip< r marks of rc-p ct w- rc shown
to the de< ■ in e I tnetulx r by 1 ,;h hoiis* -,
and ( mmitte, - .appjint- l ti attend
; the funeral.
"*
Tin long illnc - of the C unit ile
! Chambord ha- ended at last in bis
i death. \\ ere the French republic a
doubtful experiment thi- event might
j, j, ;itieal significance, hut under
existing (iri um-tanri -iti an occur
rence of n ■ general imp rtance. Each
of the twelve years that have elapsed
-ince the republic was founded on the
ruin- of the empire ha- li-app inled
its • tu mil - and encouraged it- friends-
It has pas-i 1 through grave cri-i-s.
| emerging from each with increased
-trength and solidity. And even in
the extremely improbable event of the
overthrow of the r, public the house of
Rourhon will not again rornc t-> the
throne. The BourbonuU will go
through the farce of mourning f r this
man n* if he had been a reigning:
sovereign. Iu limit rotT of royalty
he was King ilenrv V. But tie
• • i
world will take little note of his de
parture nor greatly rare for the folly
' of this or any other branch of claim
ants in France. — lis.
A Ri.i'i ni.tr an organ protests
against its party being judged by the
wicki ilness of the past infamies in i
! which it ha- been involved. While it
! might he gratifying, if such a thing
were practicable, to weed the wheat
! from the chaff, it i- impossible to sepa- j
rate the party from the agents the
party employs to represent it and give '
expres-ioti to the principles and mens- I
urcs that govern it. The party chose
the agents and are of course responsi- I
ble for (he acts of the agents, hence j
tho theft of the public domain to the j
amount of millions—the frauds upon
the ballot—the larceny of the I'rcsi- I
deney —the corrupt use of money as a
bribe to subordinate states and the
robbery of the public Treasury to oh- j
tain the funds to accomplish this ob
ject, although directly the work of the
agents, aro the acts of the party lie
cause authorized and approved by the
party and tho benefit* or infamies, as
the ease may be, inure to it. The
demand now made by the organ re
ferred to, for something "noble and
i more inspiring a- a wui cry than the
wickedness of the Republican party,"
while it implies aen ditable conl'c--i ,n,
i- scarcely fair or . ven po--ibk- Hov.
el*e can the people judge them if not
hy the r cords of the pa-t ? The Re
; publican party lias p --<--ed unlimited
I control hv twenty years, aud if then
i- anything in the record it hit- made
' noble or inspiring" upon which to
base a "war-cry" satisfactory to it- ad-
I berc-nts and lione-t in pr entati ti, it
woui i certainly be a ti'-veltv w >rth
-arching tor. Hut nothing of tin
kind i- di-'-overable. It- record In
j Ic-i ii revolutionary, leading tip t , c< u
tml i/it ion and singularly reckle-s of
the im an* used to accomplish it.
lin last day lor tic rcgi-trv of vo
ters t..,- yi ar will be I'liur-dav, Sept.
•>, and out oj abundant caution > rv
voter should sut, fy him-. If that hi
natne on the- h • k with a tax as. -sod
against him. < Itln-rwi-.- In niav le
i disfranchised. Dcim.cra'.ii commit
' t- emeu and p litieiuti- -h ul 1 he active
and energetic in I-. .king aft* r this now
t i the exclu-i m of -v< rv other ]•<>liti
, eal consideration. It will not do to
a-stime that bei au-e tin- bulk of the
v ,ter-paid their taxi * last y, ar tlial
tin- registry tlii- year i an unitnp r
taut matter. Special attenti u -1, uld
In- given to the registry of all p< r-.n
-1 who did not pay taxes last year, to
i per-ons recently naturalize,] or about
to be naturalized, to th who vott 1 j
' .ti age lost year -r who will la-come ,
J. years of age b,: ,re February, and
to all wh rc-idcnee has beeucbang- j
ed since November, I**o. " Attention '
to the registry i- the immediate duty
of all intcri sted in Demo< ratie organ- j
i/.ati n.
We ( ami t to (Arncstly dir. t the
attent, n . f our Detn -latic friends,
and ijw i tally the •/.<'. -
of the party t ■ tlii- sub ;--ct. The iaw
REQUIR. S <, rtaiti J rm- atnl dutie- to IK*
att< nli d t. by the v -ti r j n lit:, ..
t-. tl.< ■ \ereisi-1 f the great privileg
.itlrl.et no Dem -rat In- ,f -
privi ■! '■! it by m gleet or inatti ntion t >
tin -o r< quircment-.
To Tin. effort being made to create
sentiment in fav r of the government
I control and management of the tele,
graph, ex-Speaker Randall ha- tlii- to
-av : "That the government has al
ready sufficient power in its hands,
and that the adding of twiiitv-iive
thousand additional employ,. to the
government service for spoilsmen to
quarrel over would !>•• a ft* p in the
wrong direction." That's so. The
administration ha- enough bummers
to represent it in the elections of the
people, without adding the telegraph
operators.
IT i- said that officials in the execu
tive departments in Washington pro
pose to utilize the civil service law to
! prevent general change- in the depart
ments up :i a change of the adminis
tration. The project is to have imme
diate examination of all the employes
of the Departments with a view of
sifting out the inefficient and worth
ies- which it i* believed would amount
!u J') pr cent of the whole number,
and have their place* supplied ou re
commendations of the civil service
j commis-ion after examination. It is
j believed that this would give perma- i
nencc to those who could obtain a cer- j
tifieate for efficiency. IVrliap* it
would. But they will do well to have
clenn certificates cleanly awarded.
t'IiAtKMW Bnonuof the Demo
: eratie state committee, take* n hopeful
view of the Democratic prospects in
the state. He RAVS that within four
weeks after the state convention there
has la-en more work done than in the
eight weeks succeeding the convention
last year; that the work has been un
tiring' energetic and thorough, and
that there is a Democratic organiza
tion in every eleetion precinct. Mr.
llcnse! believes there will Ire a larger
vote polled this year thau is ordinarily
expected in an off year, and he is con
fident of tho SUCCCM of the I>emocrat
ic ticket.
'I KItMN: tfl.oO per Annum,in Atlvaneo.
I'li'i in; the brilliant wo
man* right li'turc-r, i- -uiJ to bo among
ihe victims lo ;in the Minnesota cy
clone.
I'll. JAMi.- J;. Smith wa* appointed
by I .ov< rnor J'.itt on A-ornate Judge
t thin county on 'i'u<>day Ju-t, to
supply the vacancy caused by the
death of Jutlg' Jlunkle. 'I he ap
pointment v.a- < djlirnml by the Sen
ate. I >r. Smith i- the idemocratic
notnim <•! >r the office.
"I "| tut. KeptlbllC.ltl IICM-kpapffr.
• ■ •* the -it Mor/ '- ;rr<' z, are
I ithet c:il)y representing t!,. ,r cundi
lit< t..r ct tr<-. ur<*r. I.iv.ey, sitting
up <•' ri .•)(!- w.th tin* and ac
1 • "tit ai. i ! t; 11 .of hi- i' j art men t;
Hi t tb< y triumph uitly exclaim "there
a riotaPP- aj j.i.i .lion 'if civil service
reform wi, .• other cierk on the hill
will v o fin 1 at work tin. hour of
night it i r.o wonder ''ahier I.iv
• y ha- to work late. |Je and h - chief
have .ever.l rniii on dollar, of state
money, .' titeri 1 around in the favored
■i■ J -dories of tiie !;<•( uhiieirj official*,
f r wh.oh neither the trea-urer nor the
.late ha. security. 'I fie law r< quire*
that tin- n. liev shall I- called in and
he inv' *teu .0 interest t,earing 'ate or
fe leral securities. Jhe state treasurer
has conclude 1 to obey tin* law at hi*
leisure and tak' eight or ten month,
to execute it* mandate. How to fraaae
i dec nt excuse for this i enough to
keep L v-ey awake and at work. And
i even to call in a month will
keep him -cratcbing until 10 o'clock at
night to determine which of the hanks
to strike firet. The /V - wax
nearly right when it said :
What a flutter ha> been created
among the Mate treasury pet bank* by
the proposition to :nvet in interest
I s> :ng -■ < into i the million and three
quarter of the sinking fund money*
iow in frfimesMon of the banks ? la not
t!i -unfolding a tale of favoritism and
i of had management of the state funds .'
and i- it not a re*.on for voters at the
corning state eP-ction to be wary about
candidal! - for state treasurer, and a
warning to keep clear of anyone groom
■ i by patrons of the present system.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS
I rank W • :t, though a stranger
tnpara*. v y. : already a politi al power
in the \\ ei', w ifd. r t 1" a use be t a t§ or
' .sties, !itbe au ho w- rks.
I! II f ("i.a A Mayr visited the
i • ' ■ ■ si. idicial labor* Tuesday
it. W i xf-r.d to him our c ngratula
■n bis RT IVI ry. Though he is look
ing pal", w l.'-p.- he may ever l-.* r- for
—" .r re; rt* r hurri'-dly ran against
>quire Kisbel last we"k, ho who made
* n ha fair, abivo P -.rd f ghlfr the judge
ship f- :n Potter. Having in hi- mind
me rum rs in circulat: -n about that
| wi.rthy en'.- man he thought he would
them there an! then. In reply Us
hi- ,'iest r. the nr.-a ured him that
ie* yield' ! t" the "ituati r; that be wa a
■■•lter Item rat than ever, if that were
po'-ihle an 1 that he u uld take off hi*
i at arid work Mr the regular party Bern
ini 1 for all that * in it. Of course one
ii an t say anythir g ah it the future, but
fmrn a twinkle a! it his eye, we gather
. that he will try it • n again next time, and
'.ho fellow who carrie* the prixo off from
!iim had b' Iter be moving early.
—A meeting of the cili, n *>f Walker
township has been called f"r September
Ist, at 1 o clock, r. M., to take action on
the prop ..cd railrcs from Bellcfonte to
M Bull W# koptW friends of Walk
er will turn < tit in goodly numbers. Thi*
road should lie built. There i* nothing to
develop the alm'>.t boundless resource* of
Walker exept a railroad through her ter
ritory. Walker is peculiarly Messed in
her ere deposits and rleh farm lands, and
with railroad facilities such a* the propos
ed r. :id would afford, the would intrea.o
m wealth and }>opu!a'.ioD. She would
• have easy communication by rati with al
most tho entire county and with the out
side world. We hope the citizen* of
llellefonte will consider the matter a* they
have never hefi-re considered it.
—Our honored townsman et-Gov. An
drew (. C'urtin i* alsont to become the
guest of the Northern Pacific railroad.
The occasion of thi hospitality i* the com
pletion of another and a third great iron
hand acro the continent to bind the *i*ter
oceans. The golden spike on Jthe last rail
's to be driven some lime next week. He
goes to Tyrone thi* evening to meet tbo
party from New York, the party consist
ing of about two hundred of our most
prominent gentlemen. The excursion will
lake them from Chicago north through tbe
Northwest lake*, thenoe in the great
wheat field* of Dakota and finally to tho
shores of the Pacific at the mouth of tho
Columbia river and Van Couver'a Island.
May our townsman enjey every moment
of hi* voyage and return to u* much im
proved in health,
NO. :U