* BQUAL AND EXACT rf | TO ALL MEN, OF WHATEVER STATE OR PERSUASION, RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL," TERMS: $1.00 Per Annum. VOL 10. BEL UEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1888. ons m KURTZ - - - CARELESS OFFICIALS, Last week the land case of the Tyrone Mining Company vs. James Cross was opened onWedneslay morning and cons tinued to Saturday evening. drawn on this case reached a verdict at The jury nine o'clock Saturday evening and were | discharged. They had been drawn Wed. and were on duty for six days and naturally were anxious to reach their homes. Immagine their surprise when they applied at the Commission. ers office for their fees with which to pay up their hotel bills, ete., and found all the Commissioners gone and along with them the Commissioners clerk. The | Treasurers office was likewise closed and no provision had been made for mileage and regular fees, Under this condition of affairs Pro- thonotary Schaeffer and at his own own exchequer advanced the necessary came foreward risk and from amounts which hundred dollars. aggregated over two This negligence on the part of a Re- publican board of Commissioners and Treasurer is another reminder of the manner in Which these offices are being | of commissioners and everybody is sorry | conducted by the present incumbents. The public suffers constantly from their negligence and inability—a thing never said of the former officials, Wolf and Greist. Such gross negligence never oceurred uncer Democratic control of these of- fices,. When jurors were out late on Saturday evenirgs arrangements were always made beforehand by the Com. missioners for prompt payment as soon as released, or they remained in their offices, as a public officer should and is under obligations to do and see that every juror is paid who applies at a rea. sonable time. In this case how different ? every L Commissioner, Clerk and Treasurer were | gone and offices closed. No arrangements had been made, and the twelve jurymen, many qf whom had hotel bills for the week and other necessary expenses stand. "ing unpaid, would have been unable to Jeave town under the circumstances d not the Prothonotary advanced the amounts from hisown pocket. Twelve jurymen were inconvenienced for the sake of one man, the great finan. cier of Centre county and high “cock.-a- lorum™ in the commissioners office. He might have remained at the office until 9 p. m. Saturday evening but that ‘would have kept him in town over night and taken another “bowl of soup” at _ Blackford's in the morning. This is another case of the high-hand. ed “Reform "enacted by the unerring(?) Republican officers. It is the kind of , Reform" a little of which goes a great ‘ways, and the public has more than it [*§ a pension equal to full pay during of office and hire a competent busi. man to take charge of that office rest of the term, e Democrats see their mistake : TELEGRAM from New York says : + " G. Blaine, Jr. admitted The Centre Dewocrat, EDITOR. | his | DEMOCRATIC ETHRAS | NOT ANTAGONISTIC TO THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC The New Organization Will in no Way Con flict With the Oll Association but Will be Purely avd Openly Politienl-- What 1s Said. | The movement at Indianapolis, Ind., started by Adjutant Genernl Koonts { and a few associate democratic veterans, looking to the withdrawal of the demo. cratic members from the Grand Army of | ithe Republic, and the formation of new benevolent soldiers’ organization or | order, is given entirely different color- | { ing by statements directly from Adju. | tant General Koontz, who seems to be " a the fountain-head of the movement, Very little information has heretofore { been obtained from the Adjutant Gen. | { eral by the local press correspondents, | { Mr. Koontz stated in an interview, that | { the new organization is not antagonistic | He claims that | to the G. A. R. | newspaper statements to the contrary | {are inerror upon this point ; neverthe- | less the point is a new one hereat home. | The Adjutant General emphatically de- | elares they are not fighting the G. A. R. { The constitution and by-laws of the | new organization are not yet forthcom- ing to the public. A meeting i some fifty democratie veterans was held presided by Adjutant { Koontz, at which time an executive | committee was appointed by the chair, over (zeneral ! with instructions to press to organiza- wut throug! to tion of subordinate the state. purely and openly political. | -——- : josts The new clubs are bos { for it. ! a i | LIBEL LAWS In @& paper prepared for the National | | Editorial Association, Mr. W. H. Brear- | of the Detroit Jowrnal carefully ol alt | ail with | be 1 Centre county has a Republican board | WHATTHE DAKOTAS AMOUNT TO, § Now that Dakota is quite certain to | { he admitted to the Union as two States | there is some | side this wheat producing to what Dakota Dakotans nss Territory to, The their asser. amounts at, and back | tions with big figures, that it to a great deal First as to 149,100 square miles, a greater area than the States of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia It miles from its northern to border and 87 Out of this immense area Territory. together, measures its southern must be de. | ducted 37.000 square miles devoted to | Indian and an unknown area of arid territory known as the “bad lands.” The Territory contains 610 rivers and streams and 790 lakes and ponds, or about one acre of water to every hundred acres of land. Next as to population. reservations This is placed at not less than 600,000 and increasing rapidly. Then as to products, The | wheat crop of Jast year was upwards of 30,000,000 bushels, or more than that of | | any State already in the Union, while { the crop of corn and oats were nearly in | the same proportion. On the strength tory claim they have been defrauded of not being admitted to Statehood years ago. Just now the merriest war is over the names by which the two be k North and Dakota, say the Dakotans, but outsider s North and | States, and suggest Dakota ¢ shall now. South | object 0 any more Ss on { of the Southern and Lin To “ss {| Northern State. ost this prog | the North Dakotans say no with em. | The name of Dakota when market value world over, and the farmers of North Dokota are not sure that Lincoln wheat 2 phasis, i plied to wheat has a er ¥ " v : i though grown on Dakota soil compares the libel laws of the several States and makes some suggestions of i : | amendment. All the States of the { Union punish libel as a crime and recog- 2 fo, . . : | nize it as an actionable offence in civil i suits for damages. | has made great progress since English Judges decided both the law and the facts in regard to a writing charged to be libelous, leaving to juries only to de. | termine whether a defendant should {be found guilty of the publication. press from prosecutions when publica tions are made from “good motives” or may be proper for public information ; but afew of the States have neither constitutional nor statutory provisions on the subject, and punish the offence of libel under the common law. If barratry, or the practice of inciting law-suits, should be punished as a crime in all the States, Mr. Brearley thinks one-half the evil which the newspapers suffer from libel prosecutions would be removed. He also suggests that a party libeled should give the publisher a written statement of his case at least three days before bringing suit, and that a retraction or explanation should be given weight in mitigation of damages Wherever juries are judges of the law and the facts this and all other matters pleaded in mitigation of the offense of libel are taken into consideration. It may be doubted whether any sub- stantial improvement could be made in the libel laws of Pennsylvania for the protection of publishers or the public. The Constitution of Pennsylvania de. clares that there shall be no convietion for publications “relating to the official conduct of officers or men in public capacity :”" and no conviction for pub- lishing “any other matter proper for public investigation or information where the fact that such publication was maliciously or negligently made shall be established to the satisfaction of the jury.” At the same time, in all indict. ments for libel the Constitution of the State gives the jury the right to deter. mine the law and the facts, What stronger guarantee against frivolous prosecutions for libel could a responsible publisher desire than this ¥ The Constitution of Pennsylvania af- fords the amplest freedom of the press for the discussion not only of the econ. duet of public men, whether in or out of But the law of libel | Most of the States have constitutiona] | provisions to protect the freedom of the | ander some | two Dakotas are soon to Ix : the sisterhood of States, and two 3 prosperous and progressive St twill be i .—— i DEFEATED DEMOCRACY'S DILTY. y In defeat, { cratic party nas a mission In triumg to-day it succumbs, tomors renew the cation of its principles, {to secur A century’ ¥ vie strug table, and possessed of a vitality proof against all partisan vicissitudes, The political organihation based upon the doctrines of Thomas Jefferson much a part of our nationality that while the one lives the other must sur. vive. The National Democracy, having en- dured its ordeal of twenty years of polit. ical inferiority, can again step into the back ground without loss of hope or courage. We must again be content to bide our time and await the hour of our second and, perhaps, then complete and lasting rehabilitation. If there is no rose color in the party's immediate pros. pect, there are glimpses of light and tokens of good promise in the not far is so itself to the task of indoctrinating the people with its principles, Democracy is old enough in the politicos of this country to have learned hgw to profit by the lessons of defeat. Nodoubt, with a supreme confidence in the justice of its cause, the party from the outset of the late Presidential campaign was too sanguine and neglected observance of some of those conditions of success that depend more upon good generalship that upon the strength of principles or oven the superiority of numbers. There was Tuesday 6th a popular vote and there is today a preponderating popular senti. ment in favor of Democratic supremacy in the conduct of National affairs, That it is a sentiment not conclusively available under the formula of a Presi . In the face of the political results of Tuesday 6th the fact remains that the nation, as a whole, and apart from its division into States having sep. arate volees in the Electoral College,” is soundly Democratic, Now that the election is over, let us eloctioneering interest taken even out- | as | { sion to investigate alleged frauds in the | amounts | It contains | $30 | 0 miles from east to west, | of these figures the people of the Terri. | coming Sates ! ap- | the would | ex | penence of the politics of our conntry | | bas shown those principles to be immu- | distant future. Meanwhile, let the party | WILLCONTEST THEJUDGESHTY Last week Hon, 8. J. McCormick { and Addison Candor, of Williamsport, | presented a petition to Attorney Gen- { eral Kirkpatrick asking for a commis { election of John G. Metzger. who was | declared elected president judge of the | Twenty-ninth judicial district at the re. | | cent election by fourty-four majority. { The attorney geners! will present the | petition to the governor who is required | by law to appoint three nearest judges to {conduct the contest. The commission {will consist of John Rockfeller. of | Northumberland connty ; Bucher, of | Unionand Mayer, of Clinton. -—— DONT DO IT YOUNG MEN! From the Pittsburgh Times we learn what we might safely suppose was th, | fact, £6 wit: that persons in great num. | bers are preparing to apply for office un- {der the new administration. | not good news, This is Unquestionably there | will be many changes, but these are very ew offices that are worth as much a | ome other employment would be. It is used to be. The pay of a few what most of the | incumbents could earn at other employ ment. us not as i iv to | offices are equal Few men ever came out of office as well as when they went Weir years have been mtinuance r employes busing } for office holding are | ¥ surely will be, * expect, 1 to apply for offi ay don't do to the business you are in. If re none seek ond Glled, it and : but the majority of thoss 8 must be is true, mw, when their time is up: was a mistake t Ther Profit 48 a rule ed ’ neither in who ung man hand | county It is } for 8 week after i Pxing ne nreward of 81x fat an ¥ araerer . DUNNING BY MEANS OF A POSTAL CARD » 31 Ww broght before MeCind. It is the first action t of Congress forbidd. ing the use of postal cards as means of notifying creditors of their debts. C. R. Bushifield, a grocer sent postal cands to Frank Small, asking him to pay his grocery bill or the Lill would be put in the bands of the baddebt collector. The suit was brought by Government Inspector W. W. Caraway, at the in- stance of Small, and charges Bushfield with useing the mails to injure the char. acter of the respondent. A SexsinLe girl will not keep a lot of cosmetics and drugs on her toilet table, but there are a few articles she should always have in a convenient { place. She should have un army of | glassstopped bottles containing alechol, alum, camphor, borax, ammonia and glycerine or vaseline. A little camphor and water may be used as a wash for the mouth and throat if the breath is not sweet. Powdered alum applied to a fever sore will prevent it from becom. ing very unsightly or noticeable, insect stings or eruptions on the skin are re lieved by alcohol. A few grains of alum in tepid water will relieve people whose hands perspire very freely, rendering them unpleasantly moist. A few drops of sulphuric acid in the water are also beneficial for this purpose and are also desirable for those whose feet perspire freely. We should always recommend care in the use of scented soap ; in many cases the perfume is simply a disguise for poor quality. A good glycerine or honey soap is always preferable, of course one may rely on scented soap from a high class manufacturer, but it usually costs more than it is worth, In addition to the soap for bathing, white castle should be kept for washing the hair. Occasionally & little borax or ammonia may be used for this purpose, but it is usually too harsh in its effects. as fates Commissioner iisburgh. ier Lhe new a { tance, | i i | : | | : | 11 and {1 i 3 3 ' elevation of General Washing instead of office. i : | sidered the best fitted | President o 3 : Hite more : A CENTURY AGO. THE FIRST INAUGURATION AND THE TWENTY SIXTH Harrisons Insugaration Will be an Interest ing Event 100 Years After Washington Other Facts, Within the next | ne of this « ive months the peo- ountry will have opportuni. Ws Lo witness two ceremonial omen rences of national interest and is Each of these observances will arouse widespread enthusiasm and draw together an immense concourse of ple from all parts of the Union. Although the first of auguration of President elect will be apt to awaken regret minds of many who had hoped of them—the in Harrison in the for { rule continuance administrative | based on the principles which they cons to the advance the material interest of this will not prevent them from cheer- fully acquiescing in the will of the ma- jority and uniting in support of all com- mendable measures. deri 1sd . the Republic every four years presents a : spectacle that arouses the respectful the nations of the globe. 1 i of al the wonder Jut in second of the coming Die element of regret can than a vear ago the whol E | people participated of the centenary of the ( Kewise, will the whole people ts i W 0 in spint i not in celebratin of its fitting seq in person | the centenary | Chief Magistracy of the young nation. Even as y marking the fin ¢ DANGER B00 the cous he century uve about it ompiishe : { the comin ’ : 1g celebration 1 a deep significance, day fixed for putting the machinery nt into operat 1759, the new Governm the 4th of March, h Weyer. buat we uty House and Letters were WE Was On that day, of tim together. imploring the busine ss wy members nate had conu sent oat | me mbers who were delaying | the ir absence to present themselves, but that Ho A Tw April counted t was not until April the 15 succeeded in getting quorum. Senate's quot secured { Ul was on 6th, and on that day Congress the electoral votes, Washington's journey from Mount to New (reneral his home at Vernon the modes of travel then in vogue, and the time was lengthened by the charac. ter of the ovations on his way, It was, consequently, the 23d of April when he embarked from Elizabethtown, N. J., in a barge and crossed to the lower part of New York ; and a week later, April 80th, when he stood in front of the Senate Chamber, on Wall street, and, after taking the oath of office, heard Chancellor Livingston's proclamation, “Long live George Washington, Presi. dent of the United States!" reechoed from the cheering throng below. Of ali the centennial observances we have had since 1876 this will, in the eyes of many, will undoubtedly promises to be celebrated. — .——— GOVERNOR BEAVER ACCEPT. Reon od. Chairman Britton, of the Inaugum Committee, received a letter from Gov. ernor Beaver of Pennsylvania accepting the committee's invitation to act as mar. shal of the inaugural parade, letter the Governor says: “1 appreciate the compliment convey- ed in this invitation, particularly in view of the manner in which you have linked ing soldier of our country in your com munication. 1 had expected to be pres. rison in any event and would have been pleased and proud to accompany our di vision of the National Guard of Pennsyl. vania as I have had the honor of doing on former like occasions. The call of the committee to assume the greater care, labor and responsibility is not tot bo disregarded, and 1 therefore accep the invitation, relying on the cordial coopera tion of your committee in the discharge of the duties which the posit. fon carries with it." It MS ME A Gin who went to service for the first time, wrote to her mother that hor master and mistresd were very dirty, for they washed their hands ever so muny times a day. This is on a par with the { been plump widows 'T ( ountry, yet : In this particular | ‘1 On the 27th * | and almost instantly ki MArveinus | { were 80 badly scalded by a boiler explo. York was necessarily slow, considering | In this | my name with that of the greatest liv. | ent at the inauguration of General Has. | No. IN ADJOINING « TIER The Juniata county isi single prisoner, has nt a Sed daker's Summit, 1 2 voters and 19 dogs. ord connty. has » Croyle is the name of Ww yoslt of Bexif Ri er postmaster, A Saxton, Bedford ¢o1aty sented fourteen plum; 1 fice in Snake Spring to hip county, with J. F.8n man me Lurk VE to fo Ix 101i, nearfilye sLroyed by fire on Defective Loss, $150 Mrs. Bratton, mother of Mrs. D. ¥ Dull and Mrs, Ida McClelland, of Oise township, Miflin county, died onthe 14 { inst, giving The Wharton schoo) | Mifilin county, was de the 8d inst, ne, al | Mrs. John Hoffman, of Clay townslsis Huntingdon county, was found dead bed on the 27th ult, She was in her 271 Year. A young man who shot off a revolves in the city limits of Altoona on Sunda was fined $20 and costs yesterday by the mayor, Mrs. John Horning. of MifMitow P. | died on Thursday ni She haa been suffering from mental affliction for some | time, git, | George B. Amick, | Bedford county, is going { 1540 hat at the | dent Harrison, of St. Clairsville, 0 wear his inauguration of Pres ult. James Nolan wis | knocked off the railroad track at thw curve near Longfellow. Mifflin coum Hed, 4 Dogs tore up several sheep belong: 110 Reuben Kauffman, of Union tow ship, Mifflin county, the other might “1 The dogs were detected and killed, : John Sankey and John 8. King, wis sion near Allensville, Miflin counts. { some time ago, are rapidly improving, of The stock stable of the McClure Colby company at Donnelly, Westmoreland county, with nineteen mules and two horses, were burned Saturday. Loss £3.500, J. P. Metzler, of Somerset comty se cently shot a wild goose that mensured seven feet from tip to tip, and four feel { from the end of the tail to the end of | its bill. Thirty chickens were stolen Trem | Amos Arnold, of Ferguson Valley, Mif- { lin county, recently, and in pay the | thief left his cane in the hennery. By { his cane he is known. A Soyearold son of John Sasssmew, jof Jersey Shore, was burned to dest | Friday evening. The child ated | itself by igniting articles at the sow and when found its clothing was Jn flames, Charles Selsor, of McConnell bung, Fulton county, fell off a chair the ether day and split his nose and blacked beth his eyes. Miss Lizzie Hohman, of The same town, fell off a ladder and Jewls | & bons in her forearm and fractoeed = rib. Typhoid fever is epidemic in Tuses. | rora valley, Juniata county—one physi- {cian having thirty patients, four of | ively 24 and 22 years. J . hold astrong place; and every State | which have proved fatal. Two ef ties help to swell the | were Aaron K. and John P. Swsrte, pomp and enthusiasm with which it | sons of Jonathan Swartz. aged respect. | While Rob Hench of Elliottsbauyg. ; Perry county, was sawing shingles, wn | the 1st inst, a piece of lumber caughtan | the circular saw and was - hurled with great force toward Mr, Hench striking i him over the left eve, cutting a leap gash and otherwise bruising him. | Atanearly hour Tuesday morsing | the post office at South Fork wasbesken into by burglars, who blew open the wsle and carried off postage stamps to She | value of about #75. The post offies dein | the store of the Argyle Coal Oompa. ‘Mr. D. W. Luke is the postmaster. A scaffold gave way at the Redfield | Springs the 4th inst, with two worknsen, and one, Matthew Diehl, of BeBe, was struck on the leg by a heavy plese lof timber, causing a fracture and sh. | ing of the bones above the ankle. “The | other escaped with a few culs anil bruises, A sentimental young lady asks,“ Wiky 1418 that two souls ated in the impo | etaable mystery of thelr nativity, Soest by each other on the ocean existence without being instinctively | drawn together, Blended and benutified in the assimilated alombic of eter Nove ¥ It is because butter Is thirty cents a pond, nnd a good sealskinsmogue. Ceonts as high as 120, ”
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