Sl)e Centre A Democrat, S. T. SHUT IK HI A. K. L. Oil VIS, Ktlitors. VOL. Site (Centre §rmccrat. T.rmi ft.so pur Annnmln Advance. Thursday Moraine. November 15, 1883 TII* D-moorAtic mjority in New York i* 12 000. ami in New Jersey froui seven to eight thousand. CI T IZEN of Arkansas object to the huil iitipi of a railroad, on the ground that it would fCare nil the game out ot the country. Gov. BITI.XR. ol M t**aclius*tt* i* d. • feate.l hut not subdue.'. Ho announce, that he will l>e a candidate for Gover nor next year. THE inquiry of wnat ha* become ol fjel.ator John I. Mitchell han become al'OUt a* latlliliar and frequent hh that which demand* "who .truck B.lly Pat ter-on ?" A c INCRKMIIIN n. investigation, it i* { intimated, will uncover some dark pr< deeding* in the lease ol 3.000,000 acre. I of Indian land to a nyrotii aie ol capi talists,in which aome aen rtora and mern her* of congress may appear unplea* antly. Gov. BCTI.EK, ot M I-rliu*clt*, it IN aid, ha loat the "Presidential Bee' that harbored in hi* hat for some time p*t. We alwa)* believed that the old j Bay State could not afford to part with ! him. and now Ue ha* (tone and tole ' hi* tee. THE wheat ,-rnp in the United State* i reporter! lflO OCX) (AX) hu*hel* le-* than the cton of |H#2, which i< the largest ever produced in one year. Theaurplu* j for ltOIIII<'H! or religiou* opinion* or affiliation*, so l in ike* violation of the rule Cause for removal. EX-*pi lata K-tier i* on hand in 1 Washington .eiting up pint for the complimentary nomination of hi* party for the speakership. Well, he t* a pret ty thing to compliment, hut hi* party ' i* not choice in selection and hi* dia honored record in the last Congress m*y perhap* commend bim. TB* Democratic L*gil ture of Vii ginia ju*t elected, will have the appor tionment of the Slate into Congress ; ton.l District*. We truni it will he fair and ju-t, and not like Pennsylvania, gerry m indereil in the interest of party- i Thia o,ur*e will eventually destroy any ' party that indulge* in it, a* it ought to do. G*atiAvr, having banished the Amet ic*n hog, u now in but pursuit of the American land *|een reversed two or three limes only, though many eases have been 1 taken up. The criminal calender has been reduced to a tnero skeleton when compared with us giant pro I | portions in the time preceding I i his elevation to the bench. Ills name i hud become a terror to evil doer* and a j I strong bulwark, behind which the | friends of law and order could rally , The bench and bar of Centre has ever ■ been one of the strongest in the siate , and in all the bright galaxy of legal i ami judicial mind*, no Mar shine* with j brighter lustre as it judge than the one ; which hu* ju*t set. The liench lose* a Nestor, but the bar can welcome buck j tut Achille*. There is nothing negative in the character of Judge <>rvi, his j (MMitivene** assert* itself in every linia { tnent of hi* face, in eveiy gesture. Only I a positive man can be a judge. With 'one of the brightest intellects, pro ; | roundly learned in the law, fearless in the discharge of his duties, he leaves j the bench with a judicial teputution i second to none. No man h.-ts been ' more maligned than Judge Orvi*, yet he j | has never once raised his voice in hi- j | own defence, or suffered hi* friend* to I 1 defend bun. We once heard him say ! J that he "did not intend that criminal* ! should approve his administration ol j justice."' .don, who a year ago could j find a hundred reason* why he should I not le on the Ix-ncb, can now give five hundred reasons why he should Ix- | ! there. We do not appreciate a jewel ! I until we lose it. The self-made man is j always well made. He take* his time, i works slowly and r >und* off all the ; corners and angles. He doe* not lala.r merely for a fine |>oli*li, hut there is a j firmness and an individuality *tain|>ed j u|mn the w -rk that shows the hand of ! the master. Judge Orvi* i* emphatically ! a self-made man and indebted to no ad j i ventittous circumstance* hr hi* ri*e to j j excellence in his |.rofa**ion. Home ' I imagine that there is a fioiiticai sign ill > j cance in the resignation—something t j hidden and mysterious, and are tortur I ing themselves to find out what it ia j We are not authorized to speak for him. We were not consulted liefore nor have we been advised since as to the reason*. It is not difficult, however, to arrive at a correct solution. The judgeship, *o far a* it* salary is concerned to a lawyer I of his ability, is a small thing—it is ' absolutely nothing compared to what he can make practicing law and attend ing to his private husineas. He had reaped all (lie honor of the |>o*ition long ago, and there was nothing to in duce him to remain. Indeed he could not afford now to he bound hand and foot, when bis own private busineas and hia profession offered better induce nients to obtain that competency which we all desire. Ten years more of re tirement on the bench would have left Judge Orvia knocking gently at the door ol old age. He would then have hesitated long about engaging in the ; turmoil of busy life. To-day he ia fresh, vigorous and alrong. The Ore of youth ia finely tempered by the wisdom, calm \ nesa and justice acquired on the bench, and while hi* retirement may be a mat j ter of regret to the people of the 49. h judicial district, they cannot hulreai>ect ■ the personal considerations involved end the deaire of the judge to lie free to think and act on all queeiinn* of what ever character, unirsmeUd by thejudi rial erm ne which he has upheld un 'sullied iu hi* official career. "KMfAL AND CX ACT JI'KTIIT TO ALL MIDI, Of WHATEVER n'IATK OR l-KRr I' ANION . RKLIGIOO OK t*ULII ICAL."—JoVsrvon BELLKFONTK, PA., THURSDAY, NOV KM BKK 15, 1883. Tho Bod Rock Reason. The f'i tsburq /'oil inquired of a IPH'I ing Boss why the Republicans refused to mike >,n apportionment, Congress ional slid l.egislntive, in view of the re cent election, lie answered, wo do noi care afx-ut the Congressional apportion tnent ; it makes no difference about one or two Congressman ; tin* Democracy h*ve ami will hold a rn j >rity of the House, quite sufficient for their put pose, hut tlis* Republican party cannot ri*K any change in the Representative { apportionment without end angering j i tie election of Cuneron <>r some other I Republican as Unilad Slates Senator )\ tint a humiliai trig confession to make | I lie collsl itul ion shall hp ignored, the I I'iWi violated, the oaths of members I disregarded, through fear -d losing pat ty supremacy. If the D njocrmc party 1 l* hi a tnsj >r 11 y in the slale, w.lti the {exception ol Philadelphia, ia it 00l an ' indorsement of thetT-rts of the Demo J Crala 1(1 obtain a j'll Bp|xirl ion men t and a rebuke to the Repuf'llCan* T lla* It i relieved the Democratic administration fr -in it< obligation* to sen that the Con sinutinn all d! tie observed and till- pen I pie have their rights ? If. after a fair apportionment, the Rej uMican party i sli.ill triumph, iu b- it ; no coiuplaint ! Call he made, hut let theni do it iiccord { mg to law anil not stieuk in by evad ; mg it. GEN. GRANT has written another mn-l I Ciedltahle letter, explaining the reasons ; wliicli influenced htm. Bfter careful it, vesligatiuii, to change In* view* of the verdict ot l he < 'ourt martial ngxinat < ten. Kill John Porter, and expressing regret that the investigation hail not been mole at the time lie nad ihe power to j correct the great wrong ii.fl cte I up >n tni-gallant officer. There are man, t -ii gs in the character of li ners! Grant to l-e udnnred. and in imne ui re. perhaps, than Ihe posiit ,n he IM Ix* en and (lie effort he ha* in >d<* to have jju-tice done to Potter. During his a < ui in Ist ral lon he was greatly prejudice,! against Iti111. and the weight ot In* til fl tie nee was Cast 111 the balance of Pol , l-r'f enemies, hut caieful ami ealtu c-'lt I aiders lon of the case since, tl tVUig lit, j covered to the eX I'd anient thai tin* I preju lice Wa* unmerited, he hnd the ; til nlitie** to scktiowlrdge it and the jc tirage to seek proper ncca-ion to •(< , maiitl that reparation MI long denied to a persecuted soldier, bo made in the | most ample manner. THE complaint to which the Harris i burg I'utnoi give* utterance in Ibe sub j joined |ar*gr*ph, we have often heard, • and ii might probably not tie amis* for the Governor, the Attorney General ami Secretary ot Internal Affoi* to cons.d : -r whether there are not men in the Democratic rank* ol ,qual com | x*ts-ncy |ln serve the state faithfully. H'lnle we I i are not sn advocate of making |x>|ilics i merely tire test of olfii ial fiiness, •till. all thinga l-eing , qual, it is hut/air that j 1 Democratie I ttii tnls stiould diternotnate ) in favor o| D mocrat* against tlrrwe of ficer* who in.ke themselves otinoxious 1 * |x>litic*l psrii*sns : "(Nrisin R publicans hsve been re- 1 tsiried in office t-y Governor P rv offensive in IVmxrrsii. Their is ntovsl has l>een aiismusly awsiie-l and it I tie* hid tx-en retired fmßi ■ Ifii-e he fore the election it I* quite ceria n that there w mid nit have been so vtg I eroga an effort on the part of ui >ny Democrat* to a'ay away troin the |xdls. It is. however, never too Inle to do what ia right and proper. Tire result of the late election show* thai lire |>enple the emphatic and appropriate exclamation of the Alexandria, Vll ginls, Giuue ir. announcing the release of the people of h*t commonwealth from the |M>wer and control ol M tbnno and Arthur. ALL the c,ndidaias 'or Speakership will le on band at W t*hirrienc4r end ability as a presiding ntßowr of rastoh lea* prudence and skill, puis him rn the lead, with Carlisle and Ong in hot pur. suit. The race Will be n lively one. hut R nd ! cour- this sum of #l,O 000. If paid, nij-t Come out of the I leaury of the United M Htes lis Tliomi'-oii only acted a* Ihe officer o! ihe II IU-e, hr otiey it* lil'iidate, Bui ( vliv should it tu- P| I ? Kllhiiurn W4 I -'ailed I" lore the I|oU-e a- all llllpoitaiit *it lies* to lel|fy in a case of fraud ■ guiist ihe re Aw, ,li cus-ing tne I out'ixik lor I**l, s,> • Tin-re are ut lerances in Various Republican j 'uriisl- , which wou d seem to iri'licsle llial lli, . idea has entered Die moid* of some of the more short sighted R publican lead er# Dial it would f>e a g.xrd thing for j litem to go hark IO Ihe "old i*SUea" on which, up to INTO. the R-puhlirari parly I wa* o uiiilortniv ssn-cessful. \rcorvi*. In this the Gov e>nor ha* chosen well. No better ap poiiitmenl could have been made. Mr. Hoy coiiihmea all tbe elementa to make a g.xrd ju-lge I* s#ews.,,g a classinal I education, a large eX|wrier,ce at the bar. well grounded in the law. bunrsl, upright, tearless and independent, Mr. Hoy haa tbe confi fence of the entire far and |>e>>j,te of tire county. It ia a new experience tor isir friend Hoy, t.ut we leel a*ured that lire dignity and purity that tia* ch*rwiteri|*,J our judges in tbe post, will ire rigidly maintained by Ju Ige Ii y. Here's nur cuugratula tious. your ii >n<>r. PaastDxvT Asrirra is fairly ia Ihr fl -I t tor nomination a* a cndidate for I!W4. He baa prahahly tbe advantage of the other candid stes, inasmuch aa he ha* Ihe entire working totce of hi* l*riy in the Hnith oiai*ieed exclusive ly or oliivre-hohlera. to Itoost bun as a starting (mint, wi.b thousands of bread [and hulter brigades, throughout lb# o uriuy. as a reserve. Ma. Roas. tbe father of Charlie Rtae, put* no faith to tbe story recently BUM ed, that his ton was drowned by hi* captors, lie bwliev* it too absurd to re i quire iaveaUfaUea. Final Adjournment. The house yesterday passed a concur- j rent resolution fixing the date of final | udj .urnmenl on December NotwitliKtanding the clamor of the I Republican pre** for adjournment tiie ' Rcpuf.licaii hide of the house was neat ly j unanimous in it* op|>r>*itiun to the pass j age of tin* resolution. The Republican* are not ready to fix j tin- time of adjournm-rii because, a soine of tlo-ir iea/icrs declared on the! f) x>r of the liou*e yesterday, they are afraid the governor will veto the appro prist ion bill and no lime will remain to ; pass it over hi* veto. After all it i* the ten dollar* a day ! that the Republican patriots are look , j mg after with the greatest anxiety, j The date fixed for final adjournment | by the house give* ample tun,- fur lli i pa*-age of an appropriation bill and aj | ]H>rtionm.-rit bill* a* well. And now what d.x-s the Republican ! senate pro|x-,e ? Will it continue it* ' -eiin w- the Mahone prot.lem. What i* to f | the statu-of the Virginia R-a/ljuster in i j t he Rcpuf.lsran National convention n j !* he to Ix- allowed to it at the heal o: the Virginia delegation? or *hll he !• i • xcluded altogether? The President | was re*poii-ible for all the life that wa- | | in Mahon,- up to Tue-day last, and he : inul Ix- held rt-sjxinsihle for all that o ' left now. Hi* finger* have !x-,-n drawn I .11 with tilt* wedge that was to split tie *oii.l south. 'The w,xlge can Ix. driven ino farther —it ha- come m contact with | in unyieltling knot and can only he re ! moved. Will Mr Arthur nx*i a werlg,- ;ui |s*l? Virginia will Ix- cntitle-d to ' twenty four delegate* in the Republican I convention and somebody will c-.n'r< 1 j litem, if not Mat/one. D. rendorf or ! Wickham. It will bca mttterof twenty | four votes between Arthur and Blaine. I Will the President ohooe first ? Tux New York S-n rtnark* : "Tin flepuldn-an* tniok themelve* happy in that they did not lose P<-nny I varus and Mas.whu*/*tt*. They are happy Ix' exu-e New York t* not D mocrstic by 193,1)00 again, l,ecftu*e New Jersey ha incr-se*l her iVin-K-ratic rosjority, and l/ecause Virginia'* Electoral vote is now #BureJ to the Democratic candidate*. They are happy bs-c*u*e tbey see the futility of their hope# of carrying North Carolina *ner during the session ol tbe Repub lican National Committee and Uy he fore that b rdy a statement ot tbe Vn gram aituatioa in expeoution of receiv tag frien,iiy aasislanoe. A Dtsraucrivv fire occurred in tb* town ot Suenaudoah, 8 -liuylkill county . on Monday la*', by which two hundred and fifty famthea are rand-red home lets en i destitute. The high winds which prevailed carried tbe fire from house to bouse with such rapidity as to ■lefy all eff >rts to arrest it, until several squares, including tb* business centre nl tbe town end tbe best building* were laid ia ashes. —On M-rttdav a party of Pennaylvan tan* Niartett tor North Carolina, k,examine the country with a view to I "rale there We know „f no part uf our ,-ountry that off-re more ii.du.en.enti ui tbe farm,-r, m-a-banir and i*ar man •>! whatever call ig than d'S* tba state ot N-rib Caroltt.a It our ptaqde uf snsall means Would oft!-* direct tb tr attention u> tbe sunny south In*lead of tba land of deep snows and ter i rtble cyclones, tbey WotiM have no cause for regret It ts the land for men of small moans k> settle in. The people are thivai rowo, b-xqdtoble, moral and Uwahi.ling Tbe land I* rlt b in minerals and "Xtranivly fertile, sad tba bom.wtaad laws broad and , lib-ral. G > south y-ig man with a family. ff,r a ibuwi-d dollars you caa •-cure y-Htraetl" a nice little larta in a de lightful ctimeta ami oouatry. TKKMS: £l.."o |wr Ami urn. in Athtuue. All Hnrts. It is estiinntet ill.i 1000 women are practicing medicine in England. Governor Mtnnernan. of California, will probably be the nm United States Senator from thai state, should the 1.--gilaiure be Democratic. 15itnurn h circu made a clear million Ut year, ol which Btrnum gets one ibird for the ue of In. name and Bai ley A Hulchititon t,et the rest. A cheese lhree f.-et right inches thick tire feet four inches in diamiler, cir • uniferericc s aieen feet nine itichea ■itt'l w.-igbir oJ3.'i pounds, is on exhi ' bition in Boston. Ssvs the Atlanta (Joiutitition : "Sena ior Ei tun, of Connecticut. *•< the only l>eiuorat who voted against the Eiec loral commission Sirn<* d.y a grateful '•ountry will erect a monument to his memory." S,i) the Philadelphia Prrti : "Vir j gltibt appear* to have grown rather too j i.rge to be worn any longer by William M.lione as a ctiartn on bis watch j . usrd.' According to a censusof S tuthern ed i tors taken by the Memphis A\alacle, t ie roll COIUpriM-s two C •plains, seven I genrr-ls, seventeen majors and 1,2G colonels. •i- neral Hancock s physicians think he will have regained his U-U >1 health lin a few days. He w.-nt out too soon ifter the operation on bis leg. A bugh python, twenty-tire feet in o-tigtli and weighing 243 |>uiids, is on i xhiiiiiion in a Boston museum, it has i lot eaten anything for five months past , Ilid |XTSI*teHI iy refuses food. Travelers in Africa assert that the •nosl certain cure for malarial fever is •trong coff.-e, and that sutf rer* from itie prevalent miliaria here would ex je-rience immediate relief Item its tise. Kate. Nov. 12.—A movement is on | f-Kil to rsie the mm r>f-war Niagara, ID | vhtch 0 itnm dore Perry completed his victory over the Britiali, sixiy aeven rears --go, and transfer it to Cleveland I lor pr< vervstion. In the Supteme Court the j>idgment if the lower C >urt has t>een affirmed in he suit of G.rdner vs. the Pullman Pslaoe C-*r Company Mr G ifslner was , nhbed while asleep in a berth and the -otnpany is held reponsible. The Chicago Hrrck II .ven, Pa., by taatetitng a V -ll ar li t the tra( k. They mly were dara-ged. j Three boys.one a son of Congressman Brumnt of Minersville, started lor the ' undness prairies to bnut Indians on ■Saturday morning. They were arrested ' at Harristiuig and sent home. A aid proof of the political demoraHt a non brought about in V.rgmia by the Mahone regime is the degradation of the judiciary. Dating the late contest some of the Keadjuster Judges were atxioOg the most active and malignant tools of the defeated coalition. in the case of the Pennsylvania Rail road Company vs. the Pittsburg, Voungstown snd Chicago Rnilrosd Company a special writ of certiorari haa ••een allowed by the Supreme Court aa prayed lor. returnable the first Monday ol IVcember. Chief Johnstone, of the Canadian Mo hawks, lives in a costly mansion on a bank of thp Grind R ver. His estate la •-ailed "Ch tell* wood." His wife ia an English woman nl refinement, and bit •laughters have been educated abroad. A Chicago commercial traveler aaya that in a small village in N irthern Mioh gsn be found a notice pinned on the door of a store which read : "Gone to buty mv wife ; will be back in thirty minutes.'' The London Trltprtpk thinks the time is not for ditam when every night Urrr will carry bit own ray of elect ticity ab >ut with him enclosed within the oont|>aas of a machine not larger than the watch now ticking in his pocket. The corner stone of the new capitol building of lowa was laid at Pea Moines November 23 I*7l, and the attuctuie will probably be romp eted within an other year. It ia one of the beet edi. fines of the kind in the country and will coat, when completed, about |3,- 000,000. * NO. 45.