S. T. SHUGERT \ E. L. ORVIS, Editor*.
VOL. 0.
Cnittt Hemocrat.
Tsraill.&Oper Annuml* Ad*noe
JUST think of it, that "red-beaded
and hopeful" Stalwart, Tom Cooper,
out for Blaine.
THE propoistion to restore the duty
.in wool to its former rate, was defeat
ed in the House, on Monday last, by a
vote of 11* to 1'26. This probably j
gives an impetus to the Morrison
bill, that bodes its passage in the
House when it comes up next week.
THE Republican primary meetings
were held in Ilarrisburg, on Saturdays
evening, lat, resulting iu au easy vic
tory for the friends of tilaiue. Ar
thur, Edmunds, and I>jgan received
a few votes, but the mass shouted
for the "Plumed Knight."
GEN. CHANT hobbled into the House
of Representatives on his crutches, one
dav last week, when Mr. Randall !
moved a recess of fifteen minutes, so
that the members of the House could
have au opportunity to pay their re
spects to the veteran. The motion was
unanimously agreed to, and the Gen
era! was right royally received by
I 'ongress.
THE friends of Auditor General
l/emoti, of Blair county, are pushing
him to the front as a candidate for
Gongreaft. Col. Lemon, has been very j
-uccesful in his political aspirations
hertofore, and is. probably, one of the
most popular men the republicans can
put upon the canvass for a creditable
run, but the district is close, and the
Democrats intend to carry it.
GF.N. BEWER is iu favor of the
unit rule, and thinks the Republicans
•>f l'eiiiuylVAuiaaie for Blame. There
is one thing the General is well sup
plied with, and that is hack bone, and
is not afraid to speak out. He is out
of politics far the present and we arc
glad of it Bellefoiite can ill afford
to lose such an onergc-tic, public "per
iled citizens at this period of her I. •
tory. We arc for Beaver-at-hotne.
GEN. W. WICKAH, a republic
an member of the Virgiuia Henate and
one of the most prominent aud hou
orable member of that party in the
south, testifies to the incendiary char
acter of the speeches made to the ne"
grocs of Virgiuia by the Mahoneites
in the last campaign. In their at
tempt to draw the color line they in
cited tbe Danville riots and now old
Eliza Pinkerston Sherman wants to
make political capital for his party.
The Ohio man is equal to almost any
emergency, from stealing the presiden
cy to inciting a riot, but we fear
.John's contract in this case is too
large. Try the Cincinnati riots, .John,
they are nearer home.
——• tm
THAT Blaine is the choice of the
Republican masse* of Pennsylvania
no one can doubt any more than they
doubt that tbe Stalwart wing is bit
terly opposed to the "plumed knight."
lie will never be the nominee of the
Republican party, and all the bluster
and noise of his faithful followers will
not remove a single vote of Stalwart
opposition. The "plumed knights'"
political scalps already dangles at tbe
beak of the "strutting turkey gobbler"
of New York. New York will go for
Blaine under instructions (from Conk
ling.) The leaders of the Blaine dele
gation from Pennsylvania will be Stal
wart.
We advise the Mulligan guards to
buckle on their armour and get ready
to shout for "Chet" Arthur, the great
presidential dude. All contests at
Chicago will be decided adversly to
Blaine. The great state of Pennsyl
vania that for twenty-four years has
been the bulwark of
have no more voice in tbe nomination
than will Kentucky that never easts a
Republican electoral vote. James G.
Blaine had better die of "a literary
effort," than suffer from political'sun
stroke" at Chicago. . *
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WK have faith in the future great
ness of our towu tw a inuuufacturing
centre an long an her interest* are in j
the hamlnof home capital. Every sue- j
ceasful investment in the pant few year, 1
has been that of our own citizens. We
have a class of youug men of small
means, but wonderful energy and en- j
terprise, to whom we must look for our
future business men and manufactur
ers. They are the tnen who will push
our town along. They are the men
who subscribe to our railroads, who |
help build our churches, und are fore
most in every undertaking that t> is
to improvement. Cap ?,, d tie* it.-.-If
up in banks and grav ■ i ten per
cent, discounts. Enterprise puts her
shoulders to the wheel, and our Glass
Works, Machine Shops and Nail
W irks are the result. "The Belle
fonte Iron and Nail Company" is a
new establishment, and grow> out of
the older plant, the "Ilellofonte Nail
Company." The new firm includes
in addition to the gentleman who cum
posed the old firm, Hon. J. I*. Gep"
hart and <J. W. ( iepbart. This firm
ex|>ects to put up a coke furnace and
otherwise enlarge its business. We
cau not go into detail in regard to
this new establishment hut it is one
, more step toward our future great
ness. A few men with the enlerpiw
of this firm would be a valuable ad
dition to our town. It is only from
i this class of men thut we can expect
j anything. \\ ith the advent of new
j railroad-, freight reduction will be in
| order. The mineral wealth of our
| Couuty will Ire developed. With the
facilities for manufacturing that lielk-
I . °
, fonte offer*, its nearness to the coal
| and coke fields, lime stone quarries,
| saud for the manufacture of glass, the
immense heel of iron ore, almost with
j in a stones' throw of the borough line,
, it u the spot formed by nature fur the
manufacturing centre of Central
Pennsylvania. Keep your establish
ments in the ham!, of your own husi*
I n-s* men, tin ir su vt -- in the past, is
a guarantee for the future. It others
I desire to come and invest well and
good, the field i- large au<l the harves
ters arc welcome, but there is no rea
son why our capital or our enterprise
should seek other places of invest
ment.
Tin; Philadelphia Tuns* of Satur
day last has reports from *>7 counties
of the State on their choice for Presi
dent and on the tariff. Randall is the
cboice of Pennsylvania and a tariff
for revenue, with incidental protec
tion is the platform. Centre county
is put down for Randall, hut uncon
cerned about the tariff. This we sup
pose is official, although Chairman
I Meek's name doc* not appear to be at
tached to the telegram. What is
striking about the thing is that with
the vast iron and coal interests of Cen
tre county, she would be so indiffer
ent about the tariff. The two great
valleys that extend through her very
heart are underlaid in their length and
breadth, with vast bodies of valuable
ore. She has thousand upon thous
ands of acte* of the finest bitumin
ous coal. She has five large iron
manufacturing establishments, with
millions of capital, directly or indi
rectly interested, and yet she is not
bothering about the tariff. We sup
pose she baa eo much cofidence in her
representative in congress, Gov. Cur
tin, and in bis ability to take care of
her interests, that she doea not need to
bother about the tariff. Well, such
is, no doubt, the case, but away down
in tbe hearts of her sturdy, sterling
democrats is a warm spot for "Uncle
Sammy" the sage of Gramercy Park.
She will, DO doubt, speak for herself
at her convention, and again in
November.
A WHITE man's republican party is
the last announcement coming up
from the >South. Tbe republican lead
ers of Georgia, Gen. Longstrect and
other Federal officers have issued an
address, calling ft meeting to form •
•ft wliite mfto's republican party," and
fhst the negro "have Ifcrusf
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BKU.KFONTK, l'A.. THURSDAY, APRIL 10, IHBI.
themselves forward us a matter of
right to the leadership of the party,
aud being incompetent, have destroy
|ed its power fr good, and placed
themselves in a ridiculous light." The
address further claims that under ne
gro management "the republican party
in Georgia has gone to the dogs year
by year." The address goes on to de
flare; "This is u white man's country,
aud white men will control it. Any
negro who pushes himself to the front
, is unwise, aud any white man who ur
i get* him to it is an enemy to his coun.
try. The negroes are failure* a* voters
as well as failures n* office-holder*."
Further, it is declared that the ne
j groes are not only "totally em flicient a*
: party leaders," but are not "reliable
voters."
A republican party in Georgia,
without the will he a weak af
tair, hut not more so than the repub
lican majority in Pennsylvania with
out the same race of t-iiizeuship.
THE committee of the lloi.se in the
case of ex Speaker Keifer vs. Gen.
Bovn ton, on a question of veracity,
have made report, awarding the is
Speukt r the premium a* a liar of the
i first magnitude, a perjurer and a sub
| ordiuator ol perjury. This is certain
ly not a very flattering honor to be
stow upon an ex-SjH-aker of Gotign -*
and the present h-a ler of a gnat jo
tiral party, who claim to po.-esn ' all
the decency" af jsoliiics.
A Forlorn Hope
'I he Ilarrisburg J'ttriol d<>e not ap
pear to be intenly impressed with the
boasted harmony in the republican
party. It says:
As the times for the conventions of
the two parties -'raw near, there is less
interest in tbe result of their deiiber*
, ati.ma than tu to 1m ezpeeo d.
While this is sotm w hat surprising, the
; reasons for it are entirely obvious. A
close contest always develops intense
interest in the preliminary struggle,
but where the result of the ultimate
battle is so clearly forecast, as in the
rne of the present iustnnee, much of
the excitement give* place to the
apathy that belong* to despair.
With the republican party united
' ami harmonious this year there might
lave been sufficient hope of vie
j tory to induce nn nctivo effort on
the part of the managers. But instead
of that the organization is broken into
fragments and distracted by adverse
and conflicting interest to such an ex
| tent that all promise of success has
j departed. In this state the Blaine
people are conducting what seems to
I be an earnest endeavor to nomiuate
their favorite. It is, however, the
| shallowest pretense. Their only pur
jiose is to crucify and destroy the other
faction of their own party. That ac
eomplishod their zeal will fag and die
out,and when the main battle comes on
i they will refuse to meet the danger
, and expenses of the eocouuter.
In any aspect in which the case is
i presented they are alike hopelessly
I involved. If Blaine is nominated
New \ ork, New Hampshire, Connec
ticut, Massachusetts aud the Pacific
stales are lost beyond the possibbty
of recovery. If Blaine ia debated
for the nomination Pennsvlvania,
Ohio aDd a number of other states in
which his adherent* are numerous and
influential, will default in the Novem
ber contest. With corruption and
chicanery ruling their primary con
tests it is not surprising that these con
ditions are apparent. They all teach
the inevitable lesson that the repub
lican party must be defeated.
TIIE Detroit llainiletUer, the organ
of the colored voters of Michigan,
says they number abouf 6,600, and that
if Michigan republicans do not accede
to their reasonable demands they will
make trouble. Times was w hen the
republicans of that state could look on
with indifflrencc to a tranfer of three
times 6,600 votes to the democrats,
but now it Is doubtful if they can af
ford to merely lose the 6,500. They
certainly run a risk by alieuating any
body from the party ruuk* this year,
a* they are likely to need all the
votes they cau muster.
IT is estimuted by Inspector
Thorne, of the New York police de
partment, that there are uot less than
twenty thousand men iu that city who
are iu full sympathy with the so-cal
cd .Socialists, and these twenty thous
and men arc for the most part "strik
ers or loafers. "They constitute not on
ly it very inflammable, hut exceeding
ly dangerous element, nnil the honest
working classes eaunot too emphatic
ally repudiate them. No lasting or
substantial victory for the rights of
labor can ever he gained in this coun
try under the red flag of anarchism.
Ilalftteud Reviews the Riot
7111 rn:i.l> HARSH AI. THINKS Till; TKOOC"
IKI.Xi.ST ITKIIIER TKOCIII.K.
t'lN'Ts.vxTi, April ".—The follow
ing review of ilie n>l was wired to th
New Y> rk T i'/unr from Muri t Mhl lead,
editor ol the I '■■mmrrr,al (} nette. to nigh:
' Toe iiiitiibt r nt per-oii" killed and
wounded in the riot thus far is aboti)
W. Tbe last fa'al sh >t fin din ang. r
up to this writing xv - fired between
four and fix- o'elo k th morn ng,
though a ]< >or hi di-r boy w instantly
kilied this evening lx the a <i .< ntul
litsohsrgi-of hi* gun. The f'urt llou
i not the tiller ruin it x.x .it tirst up
|*x idto h. A Larg'- proportion of the
valuable re r<i* hnvo been aved. The
money lh >t was in the t-ea- irv is all
snfe. The x nlt*. xs hi< h weii very
heavy, are mainly good. Wehsvecoa
fid-nee tin t<- w,]| not b a rejieliti >ti of
the terrors of three nights t hat xs .11 In- s i
i memorable here, list only the over
, whelming foree* of Sis to t roop# pretri-n'a
| furt te r <lisas'r nis ili Tiori -1 - a ions. The
j determination to Ixneh the pang of
i inurde'er* in prison, and to rc|***e the
'crowd of rioter* xs ho bsve linn mule
prisoner*. something terrific. S<-cr*t
meetings tv-re held to dsv that would
me,in nuchief if it., re e not a thon
•and rifle* and several batteries at bate I.
It is tin display of |m* or. making
I .i-saiilts by the tuob bopi'l"**, 11,111 u iil
pre\ent fresh outt r-.*ki. 'J i , presence
•if regn'ar soldi rs the Newport
I -.itsclts a t the stib Tr<*-urv last night
xss an element ofronfi ience. In stortnx
times blue Rloth works well. It happens
that the t "jty Controller has a complete
lot of the names of ail taxpax e-s of the
• sty slid county and their addresses
fhe tax lulls gxf > il<-enption and
valuation of the property. These are
valuable now. Hie rioting the first right
was largely by worki lignum of grxxl
character, who resented the fact that
murderers who have money to set in
motion the machinery ol criminal law
vers liavo had freedom here. The
•et ond night thesp rit of the commune
appeared slid petroleum xs as put to use
as by the Parisian* when they are plea*,
od to burn their public building-. The
thir l night the numfier of determined
men had been largely r. .!uc>d and there
were swarm* of troys. Of the crowd
that was smashing pawnbroker*' shops
three were grown inen and they were
thieves. They had a rabble of Itoys gen
erally from seventeen to nineteen years
of age. and one tostifl-d in the Police
fVturt today that be was Thirteen and
going en fourteen years of age.' (hit of
sixty rioters gathered in for attempting
to seize the battery of cannon at Music
Hall only ten were men. The rest were
boys. Some very bad one, while others
seemed to want the exeitement above
all things and so the crowds bare
depreciat< d front honest raen. mi-guid
ed but animated by righteous wrath,
kindled against systematized infamy of
the most outrageous character, to
vicious rabbie of boys in the hands of
the lowest desperadoes. The excited
people hail a real grievance to begin
with. The administration of criminal
law here has been damnable <and the
influence of sheer criminals in pubi c
affairs is alarming. That which hss
happened will, ac may hope, make
irresistible the influences that h id to
better ways."
Dlainj's Hopoloas Content.
THK rUMKD KNIOtIT IRtS OtrRAT IK Till
r ti TV at.
Wasitinotox, April I. —A personal
friend of ex Secretary Blaine, who
recently bad a somewhat protrarted
talk with hini.Myt that there was entire
freedom in discussing tbe political
• tun)ion and the step* t-k--n to secure
delegates favorable lo his nomination at
Chicago. While Mr. Blaine manifested
great intern*! ill all the detail*, and
expressed much satisfaction with tbe
work l,ing done by bis fri-nds. besaid
frankly tbal In-did not expect to secure
the nomination, but would fail a* he had
already done twice. ID- hoped, however,
lli it hi* supporters would stand to
gether, und when it became apparent
that he would not receive the notuina
turn, they would be ntrong enough to
turn the battle in favor of some candi
date entirely i i him. During the entire
eoiivei'sat on, thi* gcntlein-n sax*. Mr.
Blaine tu ked ** though he ws* not ex
pecting the nomination, hut was
allowing his name to he used in tbe
contest for di- egnie* in order to accom
plish some other impor'ant political
object, which tf couise he did not di*
close.
The Republican Clrcua
The Arthur-Blaine Combination g*ve *
public entertainment in the C >urt li >uie
on Tuoday. Kvorybialy x* -a urated
xsi-.h the Arthur-Biaino sentiment. The
< nvention xva cal.ed to order by Co! D
S K'-lh-r, the Chairman of the County
Committee, and .Jm I. S immerville vn
• lect'd Chairman. This xsai a piece of
Stalwart ilrategy, and vn in>nded to
tike tbe wire edge off of the opjoiilion
knife It wav ai . < -iful n.oye, *i d gsvo
the convention '.he appearsnxe of a Bialne
Arthur oischine. A cmm tu— of five wa*
appointed to draft resolutions—sir-sdy cut
snd driifl, snd In Colonel Keller's ve*t
[KKk-l. Thi* herculesn tn>k tbe commit
i tee [irformed after s few minute*htaiwart
inlcr. We inuil lax, that the resolutiom
r* fl-ct great credit on the County Chair
man They are the regulation Arthur-
Dlaina revolutions, with s little tar.ff and
a vigorous thru-1 with a straw lance at th
D< m a rsl*. After tbe "Wberrases snd,
'Kwlxei h*d be*n (arefuliy laid sway
. nomination* |..r delegate* to tbebla'.e Con
v. ntlon were In order. \V B. Wigton ol
Puliijwb.irg, Col. I> ,S Keller snd G--■
; Vslenline were put in nomination.
Ju*t at Dm point lb* On* band of lb*
V r thur - B.afne ma, hir.e became viiibi-
Ttie machine was operated fr< m the |,a< k
r-om, where Colt Hailing* and Keller snd
Jn I Ban kin managed tiie diff.-rent
wr" Tio r ult ws* fortoen. Tiie pre_
I inninarj s. rk i.sxing been done early in
the morning down st tbe railroad station
*i rarli train <sme in.
The early bird cat he; the w- rm, and
a* lb- wrm x*a• t come in ""-clioni, the
• mall end of the critter coming from the
;ower I!., d Kxgle, ar.d the big end in two
1 tection*. one byway of Nnow Sbo- and
the other down the Bald Kagle, Col. Kel
ler and bia shrewd lieutenant, Hating,
; gobbled it section by section. The little
| band of thirty, led by 1 Drew Curtio and
I.aw fence Brown, was all that escaped.
(ic..rge A'ao-ntin- h so pronounced
Blaine lentimer.u in a Blaine convention
would heve made him ade'egate. wa 4, aat
down on" gently hut firmly, to the tune of
about forty majority. This fatof poliiica'
! luggling was performed wi h dexterity and
I grace. "Now, gentlemen, you sec it, and
now you don't see it," and tbe graceful
'.racing *of tbe machine showed up clean
every time.
A copy of a letter written to the New
York 7VAuar by Col Keller, the Blaine
Chairman cif the County Coramlttew, in
wbih the Colonel bad declared for Arthur
was cireulali-d during the day, and explan
ations wore In order. The following touch
ing tribute (t) to the "Plumed Knight"
from the pen of a graceful writer will be
of Internist to our Republican readers :
('kairnurn Keller to ike Kew York Tribune :
"1 am for Arthur," says Chairman Kol
ler, "because 1 believe that the logical
sequent* of the Civil Service Reform
doctnoe requires that the F.xecutive
*vho has given ua so clean and aati*
factory an administration in ibefaoeof
difficulties, such as perhaps confronted
no other Chief Magixt -ate In the history
of our country, should receive a fitting
indorsement at the hand* of tbe Nation."
After the Chairman bad "explained" to
the satisfaction of everybody, Col. Daniel
11. Hastings poured oil on the troubled
waters.
The trouble with the Blaine men ia to
know which end of the dog ia the Blaine
end. We give it up; th* quoalion ia too
large for ua.—. --
Tbe convention was an Arthur conven
tion wish a large siaed Blaine attachment,
and a tariff tide ahow. In iu personal ft
was composed of tbe better class of Kepub
licana. Bui w* would suggest to tbatlitUe
band of hope (a forlorn-hope I led „by
Brown and Curlin, that they "ground
The machine Is omnipotent, even
fn Centre county.
Tbe wisdom of the Stalwart* in not
making a fight against Blaine was born of
nccewit; In tbe wreck ISey hojwd to get
TKKMS: ppr Annum,in Athaiwr.
kI loat on* dm-gsto, and iti thi* they
were ucto*ffJl Tbiy also (tot in an Ar
thur resolution The cause of Ihe "Plumed
Knight" it In jj'tod hand*—if tho Ulaina
tail an wag the Arthur (P-ir
Additional Local.
The New Borough Council
President F. B. Crider was in tho
chair last evening and although be did
not d'-livcr hia inaugural address he
rapped the council to order at an hour
at late that precluded the idea of get
ting even a glimpse „f Maitie Vickera.
I Mfier rouiKilmi n present were Meeaera.
ShorHidge, li.riley. <-dar*. >lc-Caffertjr
J ate. Kd. iirown, Jr., Hick# and L. L.
Brown.
After the minutes were read and
approved, the clerk read fhe comtnit
tee* a; pointed by the chairman ae
folloe* :
Finance—L. 1.. lirown, It. K. Hick-,
IM. Br<nd,.Jr.
llj'/r —Wm. Shortlidge, Joseph ('<•
<inr'. If. K. lit. k*.
Market —K. Mcb'ifF-tty, Wm. Short
Ild/e, K.|. Biow n .1 r.
Strut— l> K.T. te. 1,. L. I'.rowr. David
Hartley.
I' ir. an I /'- Set !>. i Bart lev I). K.
Ta'e. H. M• 1 -iflrtv.
nrr -Joseph Odar-. Kd. Brown,
■la.. L U Brown.
When the verbal <omrnunica!ion*
were called hir.-J. I, Spangler, l.*q',
who wo* present. s., i that he appeared
in bebit'f of r**i<l--nl* of Eatt ' urlin
-tre< t. who would hiss- present a peti-
I tjon. He ep>< ially requested < mo' ll
to compel resident* rear the Allegheny
i connection -f that tr-et to put d-ywo
hoard walks. He *&ys that he baa
lourtr-r n lot* on tue street and will will
ingly t.uihl walk* in front of hia pro|er
tv when tnow-further wet have done
A petition - gned by shout all the
resident* of that ateet then re.vi
□taking a aimilar request in reference to
lioardw a!k and street iatnp. This ra
pir**t was afterward referred to
j *iset committee.
Mr. Willi tn .1 one* w** (nominated
I for collector lor the ensuing tear and
on motion of Mr. McCafb-rly hi* elec
tmn waa mole by acclamation. lit*
oomjen'-ation it '• percent.
<o motion of Mr. Tate, Mr Peter
McMabore w.iaci , |,, n j lighter at a
jearly salary of .
The tame geotleman moved ibat Mr.
rboa. Shaugheni-j be marie itreei
commiftsiont.cr. ferried, >I.jU
for each day he wotk.
Mr. Samuel Itr> ** on motion o'
1 Mr. Shortlidge, selected for engineer at
Water Work* and superintendent of
water pipes. '1 he question of salary
u not acted ujton
Subject of * Alary fur the borough
enpioeer and tbe borough solicitor wa
deferred for a future it- sting.
The salary of clerk ol council waa cm
tinu.l. a* laat year, at $l3O.
( ierk M ichel, road a complete (man
cial statement for th. year which we
shall probabl* give to morr w. It ahows
a considerable dificit for the yror, but
thi* i* abundantly accounted for by ex
traordinary ex|K-n*ei, such a bridge
building, repair* at water work*, etc.
which will probably not occur again for
a long time. Tbe borough affair* have
be' n manage.! with great ec roomy and
i-ommendm'dr discretion, and the gnat
et financier in tbc world could have
made no better showing.— Xevt.
Butchered by Her Huaband.
Ai rooxa, Ta., April T.—Mr*. Dr. L.
W. Beach, tbe wife of a prominent
physician, KM discovered in a room at
her residence thi* morning with her
beftd cut almost from her body. An
investigation developed • licumstaDCM
of so *u*picious a charactrr that the
doctor wa* arrested, and two largo
knives and a cleaver used for ampu
tat.ng purposes wore found bc*ide the
victim.
Tbe coroner's jury found thai Mr*.
Beach came to her death at the handa
of her husband, and the doctor waa ac
cordingly remanded to jail. He admits
that he killed hi* wife and want# to be
hung or shot. Siooe hi* arrest be tried
to borrow a knife, and on being refuted
asked for a pin, which waa also refused
aa it waa believed he intends to commit
suicide. He waa received into the
Lutheran church only yesterday morn
ing and partook of ommunion. It ia
gem-rally believed that he it insane.
W**tsi> —By a young lady, a petition
in a hotel or prima family a* cook only.
Ha* bad considerable eiperieooe. Address
"Cook," cars of Ckxtsk DsuoctAT
IMlcf'-n'e, P.
NO. 15.