Vol. I3 Che Centre Democrat, CHAS. R. KURTZ, - ~- - EDITOR TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Regular Price $1.50 per year, When Paid In Advance $1.00 ‘ When subseriptions are not paid inside of three years $2.00 will be charged. FH. ditorial. Tue views of Gov. Pattison and some of Centre county's “Constitutional Law- yers” are much the same in regard to framing tax laws. - Tue latest news of Marsh, the Phila- delphia bank wrecker, is that he em- barked in a private schooner and sailed for Brazil on Decoration day. Ir Gov. Pattison would have appro- priated as much money to Penna. State College as Bardsley, the ex-treasurer of Philadelphia, stole from the state funds, it would have been a commendable act. - Jas. A. Kerr, chairman of the demo- cratic state committee, has been on the sick list the past ten days at his home, Clearfield, Pa. The committee will not meet at Harrisburg this week as was reported as no such call had been issued. i ——————— Ex-Governor Beaver and ex-Adjutant General Latta will be retired as major generals of the national guard by an order from the adjutant genéral’s de. partment, and ex-Adjutant Gen. Guth- rie will have a similar honor conferred on him as brigadier general. en————— : AX effort will be made to have the next Democratic State Convention meet at Bellefonte. We have a large opera house, ample hotel accommodations, hospitable people and would entertain such a gathering in royal style if they should conclude to meet at Bellefonte in August. Tre disgraceful publication in last week's issue of the Harrisburg Telegram, which reflected upon a recent sociable in this place, disgusted everybody who read it. The editor of that paper should beftreated to a dose of the Centre county justice—a vacation spent with Sheriff Ishler would be the proper thing. WHEN some of our readers see that Gov. Pattison has voted #$140.500 for Penna. State College they may think it extravagant. But that is not the case. More money has been given to charita. ble institutions in Philadelphia than to similar schools in other parts of the state, and Penna State College is only getting what it deserved long ago. HELIN Gov. Pattison made hisappointments this week of thirty persons to act as members of the commission which will look after Pennsylvania's interests at the World's fair. The governor had overa thousand applications for places on this commission. Chas. 8, Wolf, of Union county; E. A. Bigler, of Clear. field county; J. K. P. Hall, of Elk coun. ty, and Joel A. Herr, of Clinton county, were some of the above appointments, Ix its bituminous coal product, ac- cording to the census figures, West moreland leads the counties of the state with a value of $5,674,408; Clearfield comes next with $4,408,000, then Alle gheny with $4,000,000, Fayette reports $3,702.000, Jefferson $2,117,000, while Washington, Tioga and Cambria each approach the million and a-half line, the first named a little in excess. The val- ue of the product of the state is #25. 000,000, and the wages paid $21,000 000, CHAIRMAN W. H. Andrews, of the state Republican committee, has issued a call to the state convention to meet in Harrisburg on Aug. 19, to nominate candidates for the offices of state treas- urer and auditor general, for the nomi. uation of eighteen candidates for dele. gates nt large to the constitutional con. vention provided for in the act of assembly, approved June 19, 1801, and for the transaction of such other busi. | ness as may be presented, - States Treasury at Washington has been squandered by the extravagant appro- priations of the last republican congress, and no available funds are on hand to meet the current expenses of the gov. ernment. Millions upon millions were appropriated and instead of the people discussing how to dispose of u large surplus the question now is how to col. leet more funds—in what form shall the taxes be increased. These are some of the benefits of the republican ndminis- tration, A HANDSOME APPROPRIA- TION OF $149,600. Gov, Pattison Looks With Favor Upon the States Institation—-How it Will be Ex pended—Neow Buildings to be Erected, Last week Gov. Pattison attached his official signature to an appropriation of 2140,500 for Penna. State College, This was not quite as much as was rec- omended by the senatorial committee but is a hondsome sum and will help them to erect the buildings contemplat- ed. direction of President Atherton, has made great strides in recent years until to-day it is one of the foremost institu tions of learning. The appropriation was a deserving one and we are glad to see the Gov. treat that institution with 80 much consideration. STATE CoLLEGE, Pa., June 22, Saturday morning when the news reached us that the governs had signed the bill appropriating $150,600 to the college, there was gener- al rejoicing among the students and throughout the whole community; $100, 000 of which sum is far the erection of a civll, mechanical and mining engi- neering building, $2,000 for athletics, and the remaining $48,600 for the building of two residences and equipments for the different departmets. At 4 p.m. there was a meeting in the chapel of the faculty, students and citi- zens for the purpose of congratulating one another on receiving the appropria- tion. The orchestra rendered a fine selection after which President Atherton made a brief talk expressing his intense feeling of joy over the fortune which had fallen to us and which is to play such an important part in our future prosperity. General Beaver, who had driven up Last worthy president, Dr. Atherton, then gave an elegant address which was full of enthusiasm. He imparted to us just what this appropriation meant to the college, and that no change, as has been of the government would change the attitude of the State of Pennsylvania toward the Pennsylvania State College. The foundation which the state has laid here binds the executive depart ment, as a State, to carry out those plans. He also said that the students ges over those of other institutions and that no college in this country affords better facilities for a sound education, especially in the scientific courses. Men who came here, from all sections of the state, as members of the appro- college, after a thorough investigation of the work done in the different de. partments and observing the earnest. ness and interest which the students display in discharging their different duties went away highly pleased, some of whom proved to be our warmest friends in upholding the college during the debates in the Senate and House, gratulations to all. A committee was then appointed which drew up resolutions recognizing the wise liberality of the state and giv. ing the assurance of the institution being worthy of the trust thus imposed. In order to show to the many people throughout our state, who are prejudie. ial to the college, the work we are do. ing we ask them to visit us and we are sure they will be more than pleased Just as those men who were before men- tioned A STUDENT, | The following are the resolutions passed and forwarded to the Gov: “Resolved, that the faculty and students { of the Pennsylvania State College here | by express their deep and grateful ap- ! preciation of the wise liberality of the [legislature and the governor of the commonwealth in making such ap. propriation for this institution as will | greatly facilitate all branches of its | work, and especially that of the depart. | ments of mechanical and evil engineer. |ing. They are the more gratified in | view of the fact that the action both of | the legislature and of the governor was taken after careful and searching ig- quiry, and they pledge themselves to , Spare no pains to justify the good will and confidence thus expressed, , Resolved, That a copy of the above | resolution be sent to his excellency, the governor, and to each member of the legislature,” =Washburn & Arlington's show allow no fakirs to travel with them. Penna. State College, under the | from Bellefonte to congratulate our | recently shown, it the executive head | of this institution had certain advanta. | priations committee and visitors, some | of whom were bitter enemies of the | He closed his remarks with hearty con. THE SURPLUS WIPED OUT The Billion Congress has fully accom- plished the detruction of the Treasury surplus. For fifteen years the large sur- plus has plagued the government and all parties have promised its reduction by reduced taxation; but the Billion Congress not only destroyed the surplus, but gave the country increased taxation on the necessaries of industry and of life. The Treasury struck bed-rock this week in dissipating the surplus. The availa- ble surplus in the Treasury on Thursday last was less than one million. True, there are deposits in some banks, but they are drawn down as Jow as is safe in the financial operations of the govern- ment, and there are some twenty mill ions of subsidiary coin, but that is val- ueless, as the country will not absorb it. Outside of these resources, the Treasury is substantially bankrupt to-day. It must be remembered, also, that this reduction of the Treasury to the | verge of bankruptcy embraces the ex- penditure of a forced loan made by the i Billion Congress from a sacred trust as. {sumed by the government for the re. | demption of national bank notes, Thus {not only the large surplus has been | scattered, but a forced loan of some { fifty-five millions has been scattered with it. All this has been achieved by | our Billion Congress that the people | condemned by the largest popular ma- { jority ever cast in the Republic. | The surplus is pow ended; taxes on the necessaries of life have been in. creased while the accumiated taxes were wasted, and our Billion Congress did it all. ——— Game Laws of 1801 Under the laws of Pennsylvania the time for killing game and taking fish is as follows: Woodeock, July 4 to January 1; quail or Virginia partridge, Nov. 1 to Dee. 15; ruffled grouse, commonly called pheasant, or pinnated grouse, commonly called prairie chicken, October 1 to January 1; rail bird or reed bird, Sep- tember 1 to December 1; elk, wild deer or antelope, October 1 to December 16, | gray, black or fox squirrel, September 1 to January 1; hare, commonly called rabbit, November 1 to January 1: wild turkey, October 15 to January 1; wild fowl, September 1 to May 1; upland or grass plower, July 15 to Jannary 1; sea salmon, April 1 to August 1; spreckled | trout, April 15 to July 15; lake tromt, January 1 to September 30; German crap, September 1to May 1: black bass, green bass, vellow bass, willow bass, rock bass, Lake Erie or green bass, May 80 to January 1: pike or pickerel, June 1 to January 1; shad, December 81 to June 20; Susquehanna salmon, May 30 to January 1. a. An Editor in It, It has been reported, in Tyrone, by re liable parties, that one of the young and | handsome editors of Bellefonte. will | shortly lead to the altar an estimable lady | of that town. We are daily looking for | an invitation. Tyrone Times, | According to the latest advices in { society circles Mr. T. Newton Bailey, of {the Keystone Gazette, ison the list at { last. For years he has stood aloof but the charms of one of Eggtown's fair. est dames captured him at last and he will no longer sew on his own buttons [and patch his pantaloons. Congratula. {tions Balley, we will dance at your wedding, AS MIN Tax The county commissioners have been busy the past few weeks on the county assessment. They don't want to end up the year with an empty treasury and find that it will be necessary to lay a tax this year of at least three mills. Hendersons famous 2 mills administra. [tion left many unpaid bills, and an | empty treasury and that will make the | expenses somewhat higher than they ordinarily would have been, i The Saturday Half Holliday. | In many of the Pennsylvania inland | towns the banks have given notice that | they will observe the Saturday half hol. | tay law from June 15 to September 15, We have been told that the question has been under discussion by the bankers of | Bellefonte but so far no decision has | been reached. We have not the least | doubt, whatever, but that all the hard. ‘worked bankers would greatly appre. : | ¢late the half holiday system. Legislative and Congressional appor. tionment bills passed at the last sossion, He explained at some length the reasons for taking this stand, The bills were framed by a republican ma. jority and gives the democrats an unfair representation throughout the state, John Bauer will have a supply of Georgla watermellons in stock this week at his fruit stand on High street. — Unclaimed letters: Run M. Buren, Tom Copley, Mrs. Eliza Gibbs, Fred Myers, Maud Snowden, Mrs. Annie Tarney, C. Ward and Rev. W. T. Wylie. When called for say advertis- ed. ~-Miss Bishop, the dancing teacher, will give a closing assembly to her class and young people of the town, on next Friday evening in the Bush Arcade. Stopper & Fisk's orchestra, of Williams. port, will furnish the music. ~One of the finest children’s services rendered in Bellefonte this season was given by the members of the M. E. Sabbath school of this place on last Sun. day afternoon and evening. Thechurch was elaborately decorated and the exer- cises were exceedingly interesting. Mr. A. Sternberg is making prep- arations to have his wife and several children return to Bellefonte and begin housekeeping again in our eommunity. By the way, Mr. Sternberg Is rejoicing over the arrival of a grand-daughter at Allentown, by the name of Miss Lich. ten. ~The trustees of the Presbyterian church of Bellefoute tendered James Schofield a banquet upon his departure for Ireland. D. F. Fortney, Esq., made the farewell address in which he said some very complimentary things of Mr. Schofield and, above all, wished him a safe and pleasant trip. ~On Wednesday of last week Mrs, Nancy PP. Harrold died at Flemington, Clinton county. She formerly was a resident of Bellefonte and Saturday the remains were brought here for inter. ment in the Union Cemetery, Rev, 8. B. Evans, of the M. E. Church, Lock Haven, officiating. ~On Monday Jos. Kleckner died at Renovo, Pa, of pneumonia and was burried at Loganton on Wednesday. The deceased was well known in this county and at one time kept hotel at Coburn. Mr. Kleckner was quite a musician and years ago was a prominent instructor of singing schools in Penns and Brushvalleys, ~ Next year will be leap-year, and we suppose that the girls will organize a brisk campmign. There are many eligi. ble young lechelomn and spry widowers around town that should be looked af. And girls, ext year would be a good thie to remind them of the Serip- tural inj “It is not good that man ho unless per.ad. venue, they should awaken to a sense of their duty in the meantime, Ler inciiog id Live alone,” ~=Mert Conningham was awarded the contract to build a concrete crossing from the Brockerhoff House to the First National bank. A force of men are now at work on it und by the close of the week it will be finished. As there is a great deal of driving at this point it is a fair place to test the durability of Mr. Cunvingham's patent pavement. It can’t fall but be an improvement on the old crossing. ~=We note from a letter received from T. A. Lucas, of Clneago, a former Cen. tre county lad, that he is connected with the Gilbert & Mennet Mfg. Co., of that city. Heisat the head of the steno. graphic department and has six assist. ants under him consisting of typewrit. ers, stenographers and book keepers. He holds a position of considerable re. sponsibility and receives a handsome salary for his services, ~His Honor, Mr. Will Marshall, an expert at jerking lightning from the end of a telegraph wire and translating it into messages of grave importance, climbed up our golden stairs on Tues. day afternoon. Being an exceedingly agreeable and interesting young gent we allowed him to sleep on our editorial table and spit over the floor. He in. formed us that ere many suns shall rise and moons wane he will shake the dust of Bellefonte from off his heels and drag his lastrious frame to the Quaker city to accept an important position in the main department of the Western Union Telegraph office of that city. Ws — New YORK journals announce that the Writing Telegraph Company, of that city has furnished a practioal test, showing that the problem of sending fac similes of handwriting by electricity ek MRPiacs hi Wiegrayh of veiehiine da of som of Vis Haver on | revealed to the eye hundreds ‘destroyers on each leaf, is not at all likely; yot for some specific purposes it may possess nd vantages suf. fident to give it definité commercial value, and lead to its extension as a wyss foliage, it may be tem between the great centres of popu- | will be entirely F lation. | NG. | THE RESULTS OF A REFORM OVERSEER. How MeClure Managed the Offico-8 Mills Tax Needed to Wipe Out a Debt Facts for Boro Taxpayers to Consider irest is MoClure, An examination of the report of the borough auditors, for a few years back, reveals the fact that since Mr. McClure has been one of the overseers the finan- cial condition of the poor district is any- thing but flattering: At the settlement in 1557 the assets over all abilities were sssssmrisenes § O17.78 In 188% the assests over all liabilities ¢ IT8.72 the district over all assets were... $1448.56 In 1801, the liabilities over the assets Were, as set out. .covenns $40.19 To make the liabilities at the last set. tlement look as small as possible, the auditors counted as an asset 81,540.91 due on the tax duplicate of 15860, After deducting the exonerations and com. missions, etc., there will not be more than $1,000 realized to the district. So that at the settlement in 1561 the liabil. ities of the district were at least #2000, This clearly demonstrates what Mr, McClure was, when in 18%0 he fora long time refused, at the dictation of Feldler, his owner, to levy a tax of six mills for poor purposes. To keep up the credit of the district, pay the debt and support the poor will require at least 8 mills tax this year, Mr. McClure claimed that he could run that department on a 5 mill assess. ment but now 6 mills were not enough, and the indebtedness will reach almost $2,500, Great is McClure, the reformer. Great is Feidler, bis owner and trainer, a— A ¥ruit Evaporator This year fruit will be plenty and in order to preserve it for home use or for the market you should have one of the “Romeo Domestic Fruit and Vegetable Evaporators’ sold by Mr, John F. Har- rison, of Bellefonte. This isa new idea; it consists of a series of pans placed above one another with hot water cir. culating beneath them and all connect. ed. This appliance can be placed upon an ordinary stove and will evaporate all kinds of fruit in less time than by any other known way. In this way all the natural flavors are retained and the fruit will be of a superior quality, Its very simple; it is compact and hasa | large capacity; it evaporates quickly and the product is much better than by other means. If you have much fruit to preserve this year it will pay you to consult Mr. Harrison. -—— Unconstitutional Measure, The Harrisburg Patriot of Monday says: “The governor disapproves of Senator Meek's bill, which proposes to impose a per capita tax of #3 upon all unnaturalized male residents of the state who own no real estate or other taxable property valued for taxable pur. poses at or above $200, and situated in the county in which they reside or are employed. The governor holds that the bill embodies an unconstitutional dis. crimination, and that the section re- quiring employers to inquire into the nativity of their employees and collect the tax from them is delegating the commonwealth’s tax-Jevying and tax. collecting prwers to a host of private individuals. APM ——— Helping the Schools The appropriation under the bill allowing the schools of Pennsylvania $5,000 000 a year, instead of 82,000,000, as now, is not payable until the first Monday in June, 1592. Then each district will be entitled to #2.50 for every #1 paid to it at present. The appropria. tions to the schools are made according to the number of taxables in each district, and the rate distributable is $1.38 3 10 for every taxable. The rate per taxable when the $2,000,000 are paid out of school district will be #3.428, Under the law Centre county re ceives $17,977.02, while the new law will in. increase the amount to 844,944.05, | Clearfield county will be increased from | $38.76 to $00,000.90, i these trees ure being stripped The Weather and the Crops, The weather crop bulletin issued by the Pennsylvania state weather servies contains the following relative to the weather and the progress of the crops for the week ending June 19, The very warm weather and generous rains of the past week gave an addition. on — : > i | al vigor and rapid growth to vegetation {and the crop prospects have a very en. couraging outlook. Bountiful harvests are anticipated throughout the Cum. berland, Schuylkill and Lebanon valleys. Wheat is coloring rapidly and will be ready to harvest by the 4th of July. Many correspondents state that it never looked better. The recent favorable weather conditions have improved outs, and the crop will bea better one than was thought possible early in the season. Owing to the cold and drought com germinated badly and was slow in get. ting started. In several sections the ground was too hard packed to plow in time for planting. The recent rigs did much to help the growing grass, but the growth was so retarded under previous condition that the yield will be below that of previous seasons. The haying season has already commenosd- and will be quite general when the weather becomes favorable for curing. The fruit crop will be large. A very large acreage of potatoes have bos planted, and an unusual large number of tobacco plants have been set out which are now growing rapidly. THAT veto which Gov. Pattison si. tached to the appropriation for commit. tee expenses was one of his most pepa- lar moves towards checking an infamous squandering of the public money. These committees were out on pleasure ex- cursions; traveling on passes and charg. ing car fare to the state; taking meas in pullman dining cars and in that wa included board bills which they would have had to pay had they staved mt Harrisburg and attended to work: fie choicest brands of liquors were furnish. ed them in large quantities and all charged in the bill for pullman esr service; would make frequent excur sions to Philadelphia to visit some charitable institution and frequently no one went near the pretended object of their journey. This we are told oun. sisted chiefly of the work done by thes investigating committees nnd the pulilie have reason to admire the hold stand taken by Gov. Pattison in this case. He promised to faithfully and conscien- tiously guard the expenditures of the public funds and be has redeemed his pledge already. Tux Protectionist organs of Ohio are vainly struggling to awaken the enthe- siasm of her sheep.growers in behalf of Mr. McKinley, in face of the fact that the price of Ohio wool has declined three cents a pound since the McKinley tapi went into operation. But if the prio of wool should be raised that much a pound its profits would be entirely lost in the enhanced cost of clothing, blank. ets, carpets, tinplate and other articles of necessity under the McKinley tariff, In contemplating this measure of inigui. ty and spoilation the Ohio farmers must reckon with a loss on both sides of the account in the decline of their staple product and in the increased cost of living. A Footprints of the World » History Ben Prankiin once made the statement “Schools teach us the rudiments of language, but books teach us how to think ; theretore' pe man is truly educated unless he is a relder of books.” Ben was right, but he lived in an age when books were so scarce, comparatively speaking, that but little of the pernicious In literature was tolerated. Bul in these days Rt is different. Your boys thirst for a knowlslige of the world, and if you don't give them same wholesome reading to slake that thirst, thay will get hold of cheap, sensational stories thal will poison their minds and do them torrie in . is saeh & vast amount of this into the ot at the time, that is a relief to up A new is at ones thrilling, romantic wholesome, pure o are de go A Perfect th theagrht. dupcih th “ te, EE TS " emel setting is 8 valuable addition te ltemture. Ite J old as well an the young : the Freya wil volt , is, a i » column ishers’ advert ve ven Ammen sit a s—— Advertising Js like a chain: to drop the links, «The commissioners luo» final doe vided 10 cover the cont house yurd with Cunningham's compost ovement, and the job will be dove as soon alter the Sh of July us posite, 4 is ed
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