<£tui fhuwtrat. bellefontk, pa. I'tlE UK.B fUh ÜbiiOCHA'l i l>ui<- I-Ami ••t) I'barelt) uur mug,. *t Cus o.ii'.ty P*. 1 KHJaH- i. - S>* ll uil | l lU-*4v*uc.. * uv 4 1.1 V K l' \ - KU- irvou ct to lh llWrnii o! %*• vital" yeugil*. PyillaaU Mti)* or 11 It 11* itirar Ulutilb* •111 !■ o*t lU.tf*rHl lit U**uco. M r m I m iiacuiiitiiu Q aulll j t i ot :|t at oplluu jI (jultlitlmn I*|hus i>u( uf ib uouulj atuii !• pau !*>r iu mli •ulncrlbff* * 111 • ii nuaopy w i • •** 0 tr >ftt<*u4tv circulation rntlii A1 an* # . f.ly rol.ti*U au* |ra.U4lU ai*iiuui lor*atrm**tit luVk lII* Hl'Mil 4lU|||l l-4.nl If* l"l JUH W'MiK i n l tpo l |nill til *iiiU i>l lknk I r.u l Pr oi*oa,*o4iani C 4c. t> • A -at tljrlc ■%•! at llw lowwt |MM*II*I i I • Ml t U<*rtlMinMl fur * !*•• •• *••" !•"•• month* t* liitv fur Hi" ftri ttirr iti. rUuoi, ul 5 fuU * liuv fat 4l*liUottl mu-rlion is in*. 1.1 * on*-hH nor*. £.|)t.rt*l auiuM Ij tuU hn. I, , c tin .■> iiiiuiiit lOrat|Mr Una a -.lUorml lisruaatlt mJ •>> *l*rmio# bj U >.■ irtbstj'.!,"'.!""' at m trtci ->ocvriit>. I hi. 0-. tai 4 (or li Uur. IbU tjf*) <•"' T *" TSr* InrbM * Ui.r.i it r ■ nifhr.).... - -*' • li ,tf .U -i* -r I" net. •. -f.'i.S* #a. :.| imn or ■uc'f.t l.m-na l'Q v ,r,i . . . ' ' r-llltrr-l C>UVi'*' Notice., ' *'it (- It. r.rb tu.rrtU.fl M itkUl .oMrtr.t (■ rts thun *•> ■••fit. (j...,,,,. Sorter, "i ibrrdttortuicolumu.. UcouU f r Itn, eh tnwrtloo Exorbitant Ultimate*. Wasiiixotox, January 4. Iho TVnto era!. have ft.uit*! that tb© il-'|M*rtm©nt for the publicservice f<>" th© next fi.cal vo.tr nr© largely beyond what seem* accessory for the efficient triinictionnf business. Thin appear* even upon a cursory examination of the estimate*, ami is particularly notieenhle in the Treasury estimates. A year or more ago Secretary Folger informed Congrcs that he was convinced tiiat there were more employes in the Treasury Depart ment than were re juisito for the public f tvice, hut that ho did not know exactly where to begin the pruning. It was reasonably supposed that by thi* time he would have sufficientlly fam iliartxed lttmsell with the business of the- overgrown esublishment under hi. | charge to inform Congress exactly where the curtailment of tlie clerical force ought to lie made, btft instead of tloing tbit ho had allowed the subordinate chief* to inflate their estimate# at will, and even to a.k for an increa-e in the numher of clerks, which would add over SlllU.OU) to tlie gros# expenses ot the d,Mir nient. Of course the chiefs of divisions did not thrt their re .juest* w ml'! fee granted by Congres*, b it tliey hve iieen in the bab.t of ask ing more than the public service really needs for the same reason that mer chant* sometime* put exorbitant prices upon their goods. Congress may be made to believe that it is getting the work cheaply at a large discount upon th • oilicid estimate of cost. In the departments, this fixing up of thing, to hoodwink Congress is a subject of mer rhurni. The present Postmaster ,G.Vi groea tons of do mestic pig-iron unsold. There were im ported during the year 325,000 fro#' tons, all of wh ! oh has tone Into con sumption Adding the estimated pro duction of 4,623,323 gross tons pt the estimated importation, and taking no eeaount of the balanced stock at the beginning and end of the year, the to laL, 4.948,323—the year's consumption -is found to be the result. The production of steel rails in 1883 baa fallen Off below that of 1882. There Were also toad*, probably, 19),OCO to.u less iron rail* than in 1882. The tot .1 ' rail tonnage of 1882 wa* 1,501,881 gross Inns, of which 203.459 lons weio iron rails and 1,304,392 ions steel raits. The total rail production for 1883 has been probably 1 300.(88) gro.a too*, of which 1.200 000 tons weia steel Mils. Our imports of uteri rail* for 1,883 luve been 1 a'-out 100.000 groa tons, a* agiinst 200, 000 ton* in 1882 in round no itinera our consumption of rails ill 1883 ha* been 30,1.000 tons Ira. than in 1882. l'ricrsh'tve been far from satisfactory. Indeed, the decline ha* been very *e i riou*. No. I anthracite foundry pig-iron at tidewater has Inllon Imm $25 in .lan uary to $2l in Do -omb -r: gray forge pig-iron at lid-water from $2l to $lB Be*-enier pig.ir<>n nt Piitibtirg from ! $24.50 to $2l ; gray forge pi/-i"'n, all i lake ore, at Pillsuburg, from $22 t • $l9; steel rail* in Penusyltania from $(0 to , $l5 (iron tails w,-ie vut iallv forced out | of tbo mark-I during the wli -Icyear by : the low prices of *t<-el r-i*);lar iron | at Pittsburg fr.ll front 225 cents per, pound in .faniitrv to 1.85 >enl* in Ih'e. | , ember; nail* in the same market fell 1 rout $3 40 ' $2 40. Iron Manufacturers Growin? Hopeful Pitt.burg, Po., janu.iry 1 —Th<. niunfier of idle men in this city at present in un usually large, owing to the gla** strike j ianrl the depression in the iron and conl trarjes- An advertisement iu a lubor paper cn Wcrlnesdny for twenty coal miners elicited 500 responses within | twenty four hours. A prominent lobar lender commenting upon the situation sairl: "The reports, however, from the | i various iron mill- in tlii* city show n better condition of thing* than had been anticipated let month. Nearly all the iron and steel mill* are now run ! ntng witli fair pro*pects of sn increase , in business during tlie present month. The Republic Iron Work*, on tin- j Smth.ide, which bare i>eei,|,hut down i | lor some time on account of a break. ! will start up on Monday next with plenty of business to keep them going ; steadily. The I'lark Diamond Steel ] Work* are aliout to lay a train for the 1 ! largest roll in the world : while several other mill* are now working on double ' turn*. There seems to be n growing demand for iron, and the manufacturer* , ; are daily becoming more hopeful, i | Business is increasing and the outlook , is more encouraging." A gentleman from Cleveland, who is in this city say* that the Lake Superior | ore trade ia in a worse condition than |it has been for twelve or fifteen year* p*at. Seven out of every twelve mine* , in the region are idle, and tho*e that ; arc running are owned by the largest and wealthiest corporation* which are restricting the output. At least one I half of the or© i. of the bet quality, j ami is selling at Cleveland for i$ jer ton ' which i* lower than for many year* pa*t. At this price there is only n i profit of fifty cent* per ton. Freezing Weather Cbari.kston, .January 6.— The t'l< r , tuometer at 4 o'clock this mo n ng reg I islered 13 degrees above zero, the coldest i weather here in 135 year*, j rxiaauvso, Va., January 6.— The woathor here last night was extremely ( cold, the thermometer in exposed places registering 5 degrees below icro, Many hydrants were frozen up. To night the ( Appomattox River at this point i* fr- rn , over and navigation impeded. Civcixxirt, January 6.— The Signsl ..Service thermometer m.rked z-ro st 10.30 o'clock to night, which wa* two degrees warmer than at tbo same hour last night. Navigation ba* practically suspended on the Ohio River, Vbroskkks, Vt., January 6.—The weather to day ha been the coldest ex perirnced in ten years, the thermometer registering 36 degrees below zero. The *now ia fifteen inches deep, and the tee on Otter Creek from twelve to fourteen inches thick. bike Cbamplsin is reported closed from Whitehall to K*eex Lighthouse. The following temperatures are re ported to day : West Randolph, 38 degrees below : Brattlebore, 20 degrees to 25 degrees below: White River Junction,2s degrees below; St. Johns bury 40 below; Bsrrer, 42 degrees below Woodstock, N. 11-, 36 below; Hanover, N*. 11., 28 degrees to 35 degrees below. Miss Kate Kane, attorney at law, has besought the Chicago papers not to perj mil their court reporters to call her a "female 1 " lawyer. "My mother," she writes, "finished the business at the christening service, when she called me Kate, instead of John, and if your re porter bad any supplement to add he should have been there at the time." An international trades union of men employed is window glass manufacture U said to have been organized, with headquarters at Pittsburgh, and a mem* borship of 25,000. Some of the doctors are actually thinking of doing their writing in Log lisb. Itoctora, having so much to do with'the dead, nry m well click to the dead languages. I Tbo IS3UO. There in n great deal of common sen** in the fallowing propositions an put by the N. Y. World: So InuiMt mm questions the neces sity of revenue reborn Our ordinary revenue* for the fiscal year ending Inst June amounted, in round uumhrr, to f.'l'J'J 500 (HK). Our expenditure* were $205,500,000. leaving $131.0 Kf.ooo over aud above our ordin ary expenditure*. To get rid of thi* surplus we made a > forced payment of the public debt. Thi* j was unnecessary and tir just. The money was taken needlessly out of the people's pocket*. The revenue reform we want is a re duction of expenditure and taxation. Die people ought not t<> be pinched | ( and beggarel to support a prodigal ad I (Ministration, to pile up ft corruption I 1 fund in the Treasury, and to make an | anomalous payment of the public debt 0 ilrula-ed to disturb investment* arid to cnpple banking facilities. tt 11h the House of Representative* in our possession we can do much to j * wards reducing expenditure* by cutting ( down a;>propria'ton*. The Republican •"'enato and President cannot prevent thi, because the Government must have ninney. With the Senate and President in Opposition we ran do absolutely nothing j j toward* reducing taxation. They stand jin the path, impassable barrier*. The j ! Senate will reject any House bill cluing I ing the Republican tariff*. The l're*i dent has avowed himself against reducing the rcrcnue or the Treasury ! surplus. Yet tinny earnest, fnithful and honeit Democrat* insist on agi'ating tariff revision, and tnlk about the "want courage" on the part of those who roc i Ognixe the absurdity and impolicy of wasting time over an impossibility. It i not a "want of courage" to ri-fue too high. 1 Hut if tho will of the people no longer I prevail* in the choice of a President, i what doe* it matter how high or how low i the duty may bo? The Republican administration is dry rot td with corruption and not a single j public robber ha* licen brought Injustice. ! We want to drive out a dishonest a I ministration and send the thieve* to ' jail. Ohio is dissatisfied with the duty on wool. Rut of what value will be a chr.go of two or three cent* a pound if official rascality is to be condoned and to remain the rule of the administration . for wvnt of exposure and honest pro J ' s< cut ion ? Is it more important that sugsr shall 1 be cheapen -d I ban that the Supreme ( (' >urt shall be purified by driring from ! the bench uny Judge whose seal may have been purchased ? To make Free Trade the issue in the next Presidential campaign would not let "c inragc." It would be insanity The Republicans could afford to pay i the Democracy the Treasury surplus for the next bur years, if the Utter would give them a tariff issue for the Presidential contest, instead of the issue whether the jieople still have !he power to elect the President the majority desire*. I.et us first find out whether we still live under a free Government. Arc public may be a republic in name, and not in fact. If a party can perpetuate itself in power by the use of a vast patronage and an unlimited command of money despite the will of the people, we are no more living under a republic than are the subjects of the ('tut of Russia. What fatuity to talk of a tariff issue while this vital question is undecided ! What stnpidity to shoot in the air over a precluded and impossible tariff, when the Democratic aim ought to be direct at tho heart of incipient treason and ripe corruption I The report of public schools has been made public. There are 2,237 school dutricU in the State; 19.542 schools; 7,897 graded school* ; 15,771 school directors; 105 superintendents; 8.000 male teachers, end 13,414 temsle teach era The average eatery of male teach ers per month is $37.03: female teachers, $3O sft. The average attendance of pu pils waa 957,080; cost of tuition, $193, 691,74; oost of building, tuition, fuel and contingencies, $9,206,336,65; estimated value of eebool property, $30,199,636; school tax levied for all purpoeee, $3, 676,541,57; wtimatod value of State, and incorporated educational institu tions, $8,747,389,76. "Yee." sa.d the high school girl, "I removed the letter sarreptitonsly." "No, you didn't," replied her brother Jim; "you sneaked up to the pcrlor ta- I bio and fobbed It Into yonr (jriprsck.' t V % V **l ' N > % .* k * 1 K W , i ,* .$, t,\ 1 A UHM Irish AfThlrs. TIIK l'Orß SAID TO tIAVK BKK* TflltfAT lN CD. I.ondon, January 4.—The Rome cor respondent of the Po't says ttiat the Hope's Secretary, Monsignor Roccali; opened a letter from America addier-cd to Leo XIII containing Fenian threat* against the Pope should he continue to support England against the National cause in Ireland. The letter also .tales that the protection which the Italian | Government gives the Pope, who is I safe from dynamite, will lie of no avail I against the operation of the Feniuna The Pope is warned that there are ' priest whom ho is bound to receive, who will obtnin across to bis presence, i and who will sustain the cause of the | lrih against oppression. I The Itonio correspondent of the .S'tm j-far./ say* that tho Propaganda will | commence on Tuesday next to exam | ine certain of Mr. Krrington's propo* j ills in regard to tho line of conduct to bo pursued by tho Irish clergy, with a view to t li*> better severance of their connect ion with the agitator*of I relnnd. Especially does the attitude of the ; American Fenian* require further netion. The Propaganda hxs promised | to examine the matter from a moral point of view, and w ill act accordingly. Fitz-John Porter's Cu.se. W A-lIII.NCTOX, Jan. 3. —General Rose j crsns i* very bury studying the Fitx- John Porter esse. Asa preliminary to | 'lrs woik. he went over the field come ; week* cilice in company with a number . of Union oflloerswho were in theseeoud balUc of Bull Run. Gcuetal Longctreet wt* also of Hie party. General R->*e I crans formerly chared tho opinion al moil universal at the West during the , war, that Porter was guilty ss charged, ind had been leoienlly treated by the court. Hi* studies have brought him IO opposite conclusion*. He ha* pro vided himself with accurate map* of the Held and with full files of all official orders bearing on the case. Ill* promi I nence as an army commander and hi* I recogtnxcd ability a* a military student I are alresdy exciting interest here in bis . forthcoming speech, j One of General Porter's disadvantage* ( in the lact Congress w that '.here w* no one on his side in the Senate or in i the House who was well equipped with knowledge of military afftirs, and with i personal experience in command of | large bodies of trooj s in battle. Gen era! Roseerans w.ll change this titua lion, and on this account, an well as the j general respect for bis military ability, j his advocacy of the bill from his com. rmtlee will attract much attention. He is understood to bold, in common with some of the Republicans of the Military Committee, that if Porter was wrong fully condemned, the present bill does , not go far enough ; in fact, that there is i scarcely any reparation that the Gov , cm merit has it in its power to make that can corny entalo for the wrong done Portrr. A FUJATIXC TIIXWIU is thelasi IN nova (ton in the histrionic world proposed by some enterprising New Yorker. A company lis* Leon incorporated, tbc capital being placed at SI,OUO,OOD, to be divided into 100.(00 shr.re*. The first boat, which i* to be called the Gladiator, u to be built on the catamaran principle, and the struct urn will be supported on twosteel cylinders of 20 feet each. The dimensions will be 276 feet in length by 66 feet in width. Tbe motive power will be a compound engine of 2 500 horse power, while the draught will be 71 feet. Stale room aoooenmodation for a company of 100 will be provided, while tbe seating capacity of tbe theatre itself, including parquet and two bnl conies, will be for 1,500 people. Tbe parquet is to be on the front of the ves sel, taking up little more than one third its length, and tbe stage will be in tbe middle. The engine room, state-room and dining room* and kitchen will occupy the after part. The boat ta to be built by contract and will cost $250,000 The idea is to visit sucb town* as New port, Albany, Newark, Pateraoo, Kton. ington and Fall River, anchor alongside the dock and give tbem a first-rete per romance. It is proposed to have e regular stock company, who will live on tbe boat all the year round. The cost of running it will not be nearly so much as that of managing a theatre on land, and there will be no land taxes. I.aler on the projectors propose to have boats to take in the Delaware end Chesapeake beys. ——. —mm - Mr. Henry H. Gavott, of Bridge port, Conn., bna n dog without fore legs. There are no shoulders or joints where the legs should be. Little pro jecting tuft* of hair are all that ia no ticeable, Tbe dog manages to get around in a pretty lively manner, sometimes balancing itself on the two hind logs, which arc perfectly formed, and at other times propelling itself hv : hops like a kangaroo, , A Ilfgh way Robber Oapturod. George B Hay lor aba* Henry Schruidt, was arrested in Baltimore on a charge of having with two others rob. bed tbe Wells Fsrgo express near Sac ' rumento, California, on August 9>b las i of a quantity of gold dust. Until this ' evening Ssylor denied his identity, but i now confesses the robbery. He *y • that after the express wg, robbed bitn I elf and his companions went to Denver i where tbe gold dut w u sold and be ' received $1,600 aa b<* share of the pro ' ceeds. They then cam* east, his com- I paiiion* going to New York, and he to hi* father'* house in York county, I's. His presence there ** discovered and a requisition was made fur liinj by the • Governor of California, upon vrhich G ivernor I'.itti.on is-ucd a warrant for his arrest, which w as Disced in tbe iiand* lof the Sheriff of York county. Tue I Sheriff went to the hour* of Svylor's j father and made known his business to • the ncruoed and his brother. While the Sheriff wss reading ilro requisition George disappeared and all efforts to t find him lulled. He cstne to this city a lew day* since in wagon, and bis con duct on the road led tlie polico here to believe that he might fie ihe turn, and ' search Was begun. To isy he a found ! at the whsrf of the steamer Hermann, (On which he was about to s>il. He |is held to await requisition. Hit com | psnions in the rot-hery returned to , California and attempted another rob bery near the earn* place, but were ' Ctpiured and are each now aerviog a s-nlenoeo) fi'teeu yer — Ex. A Twonty-Four Hour Watch, j The J,messier witch company hav • gotton out a twenty 'our hour watch. J The Xeio Era an)a: At firat sight ij ' ! look* a little perplexing to tell th- 1 'time of day, but really thi* i* not so. ' ! The 24 IS lit the top of the dial and th<- I 12 at tli* bottom. The former tepre r sent* midday; t>ering thi fact in mind I the time of a day or night can be a* ! readily told a* on the ordinary wtcb The minute hand make* a revolution of the dial once an hour a* in ordinary , watches. Immediately beneath the drk figure# on the dial are minute j , one* in red. reprinting the minuter , The only mechanical difference be ! Iween the new and tho old watch i I tbe change of figures from 1 to 12 ' around the dial to form I to 24 and j j interiorly of a single wheel. This doe- j j swy with our a. m , and gives us a j twenty four hour watch. It may be i the watch of the future. T I'HTSK lAX* —We do not find fault, reproach or condemn the prat tic# of any ; regular phyih ian—lbis is not our mission | ' J —hut we declaim it he were to add /V- 1 nm/i to bis ; rnerrtptions as direrted in our j book on the "Ills of l.ife" .ar, tt .*• ' were. I an, feeling quite well. Tbe , i plo ray your /V. .so is 4etn~ a rr.irarls. I jdo not take nearly s-> much , iutn a> I did , J before. 48-21. Mas K MAVXAWU MRS. A. E. SEIBERT to IV Ifculft . i ft", Jwf.nl. si' ! tiff/ I tUnt U |ffB|r A to tlo DRESS MAKING In the verv Laleat Cite Styles, and with .VM/lI'H and I'llf-atrh. TZALS3 Is EUIUK HAIB 33SZS. Comtings made to order. Linking done on short notice. , Stamping in French Oil a Specially. I am Also Agent for the Celebrated I Dress Makera' MAGIC BCAI.K. Mr,. A. K. SKI BENT, No. 11 Allegheny St., 50 3m. IWRafonte, Ha. FORKSHOUSE Coburn, Centre Co., Pti. GOOD MEALS, CLEAN BEDS. PRICES MODERATE. BkF~HOTEL WITHIN TWO MIN UTES' WALK TO STATION. Good Stablr Accommodation,. . Excellent Hunting and Fishing ground* quite near this Hotel. JOS. KLECKNER - Proper. BUTTS & POWERS, ruoncti HARNESS MAKERS, I'PSTAIItt ABOVE rOSTOFFICE, Allegheny Street, Kdle/ontt, sl*. Are prepared to all kiads of Foaey and Heavy Harness Making at Reasonable Prtcea ami -18 TUX Mont ßkillful Manner. IfpolTiag tatt with seats on utd dispatch. Wa cbatleage comjwliUon in prices and workmanship, fliva us a trial and be convinced. All work guarsnlepd before leaving , Useotorp. I W. 'irrrrlm, f'rovMona, tfr. E. tIiOWN, JR., { it CO., No. S and 5 Bithop St., Bellefonte. GROCERIES, PROVISION!, FLOUK & F2ED, flffl, SALT, k , i i* THE CHEAPEST STORE I ; To buy ft'rocrrv-H in thin .*- tion of the State. I i LOOK At a few of OUR P&ICES: | 30 lb#. No. 2 Macktral $2 00 , 1 Sack Bet Roller Flour . 150 1 I'nii FineK ( alifornia Peaches 35 1 " " Apricots 30 | I " " Pt*i> 30 J |3 C&na String I lean# . 25 ' 3 " Lima " . 25 i 3 " Corn . .' 25 3 " Tomatoes . 25 3 Pa# 25 I ( 1 u Good Tabic Ptache 20 3 Rotllea Ca!#up . . 25 3 " Pickles . 25 1 lb. Rnkiug Powder . . 30 1 lb. Pure Pepper . 25 5 lb#. Granulated Sugar . 47 1 gal. Heat Tabic Syrup all sugar, 7<> 1 " Glucose Syrup • 45 EVERYTHING ELSE Sold ns Cheßp In Pro portion. —u— ffe alo have in connection with our etorc a firpi-clas* Meat Markets And nell CHEAPER Hum any other Meat Market in • i .iH jfjj town* E. BROWN, JR.. & CO. '• . X C I.ly BKLI PA. * '> ; . y