Beaver & Gephar#vl ni ¢ Vol. I3 BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, AUGUST I3, 189. The Centre Lempira, CHAS: R. KURTZ, - =~ =~ EDITOR TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Regular Price When Paid in Advance When subseriptions ares $1.50 per year. $1.00 is t pald inside of three years $2.00 will be charged Hditorial. editor and Jon R. CORNELIUS, proprietor of the Lewisburg Chroni Aug died at his home on last Saturday ust Sth. a Tue nomination of Mr. Geo. Bower, of Haines township, Jury expected by many, Commis os sioner as he was made a good official, and according to ‘ sustom that entitled him to a renomi. nation. Tue resolutions of the Democratic County Convention are worth framing and should be hung on the wall of every |} man’s home who pays tax in this state, | There is much there for mature and diliberute reflection. mm ———— As no delegates from Miles township reported at the convention on Tuesday, it was rumored, for Treasurer Gramley’s benefit, that they must have gone to Union county by mistake. “Jim.” says that if they didn’t come to the conven. tion they always manage to roll up over 200 of a democratic general election. Miles twp. comes in all O, K. at the proper time, - Mr. Perry Coxpo, of Walker town. ship, made u very creditable showing mm the convention on Tuesday, as a candi. date for Jury Commissioner. Very few knew that he would accept the position if tendered him, until Tuesday, and his | many friends throughout the county gave him a very complimentary vote, We are not In the business of “slating” men for office. but we predict his nomi. nation and election for that office later. Enris L. Orvis, Esq., was a fitting selection of the Democratic convention on Tuesday as their nominee for dele. gate to the constitutional convention. Mr. Orvis is one of the most prominent young attorneys of the Bellefonte bar: and his knowledge of the law, along with his high respect for the sacred rights of the people,as embodied in the pres. ent constitution, the foundation of all | laws of our State, makes him a most man to should such available trict, called. represent this dis a convention be a. AN INTELLIGENT WOLFE The York Gazette prints an interview with Hon. Charles 5. Wolfe of Union county, at Harrisburg, in which that gentleman defined his political position in this way : I have no sort of affiliation with the | tepublican stalwarts. To me they are | the same old bad crowd, holding the | State in their grip and humiliating and! disgracing her. I do not hesitate to pro. claim now that I shall act hereafter with the Democrats in Pehnsylvania. 1 see in them a great chance for the purifica. tion of the State. And let me say in all earnestness that between the Democratio party under Pattison and the Republi. can party under Quay, we need have ho hesitation in going with the former. Is not the blight of bossism everywhere in Pennsylvania ¥ Is not its dreadful and powerful control in Philadelphia, in the State Legislature and in the State Trea. sury ? Quayism is rampant ; its sicken. ing, disgraceful touch is only too ap. parent. Why should it be ended? To secure a full regeneration of this State politically,” continued Mr, Wolfe, there must be a political revolution. State get into the hands of the Demo. crats? But, they say, the Democrats will be as bad asthe Republicans. Well, at least try them. They can, be trusted | now, and if they, too, become corrupt in power, turn them out. We will find honest men somewhere.” Chareh Dedication. The Reformed church at Millheim will be dediested on Sunday, August 16th, at 10 a. m, The dedicatory sermon will be preached by Rev, D. M. Walf, D.D., of Spring Mills, The services will commence on Saturday evening previous at 7.50, at which time Rev. J. R. Brown, of Rebersburg, Pa., will preach, and on Sunday evening at the same hour Rev. 8. H. Eisenberg, of Centre Hall, will preach. The public is cordially invited to attend. majority at the | Let the | THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION The Act of Assembly submitting the question of ealling a convention, to re vise the fundeamenta! law { to the people November ters of the state " ET nent of the Slate ut the ming election » places ndouble duty First, nvention in upon 10 deter. shall «41 i he elect i m of the mine whether such be called: and econd convention, favor Is a serious thing to révise the fundamental law ofa state with 1 varied and conflicting } Compose such he people sl il vote in | | of a convention, It | | Suc interests as : 3 s, and both ould zee to it $s: } : a tion for Ser placed in nomi 3 i NO « umong the majority onbt this iment previ of the people of all the parties, and ‘Tn most ins ances the nomination will be a creditable one, unless the profes nominations, as so often is the case The convention, 81 i in many parts of Pennsylvania. of contemplated by the Act of calling a as Assembly and more quest ion 5 weighted with greater serious difficulties, When amendments | to the the constitution of the state are | proposed, the issues are very simple | because the amendments themselves are i submitted to the voters for approval or rejection knows Yote and every voter | actly what the effect of his Chis Xe will be, however, 8 not the case where a convention is ealldd to make a new { constitution. The delegates elected to such a convention are absolutely omnip- otent, and when elected and authorized | to act, are entirely beyond the control { of the legislature or the people of the state. They can enact any thing that | they may see fit to impose upon the | people. Such action is final, and the | constitution so enacted and ordained | is the fundamental law of the state, until a new convention, regularly called would change it. Itis that the | constitution of 1873 was submitted to { the people for their approval, was done, not because it was to do so to make the work of true necessary that eon. vention binding, but because the gates comprising the convention maw | fit to submit their work to the people of | the state for their approval or rejection, Since our present constitution is only seventeen years old, and admitted to be Superior in its provisions, is it necessary or prudent to place such extraordinary powers into the hands of less than two { hundred men selected haphazard from a population of many millions? Another serious question to be con. incured It is true thy Act of Assembly submitting the (ques. | tion of calling a convention stipulates | sidered is that of the expense by such a convention, : that the salary of each delegate shall not exceed fifteen hundred dollars. The Act creating the convention of 1573 con, tains the same stipulation, but the | members composipg that body, knowing that they were beyond and independent lof the Legislature, immediately pro- ceeded to vote themselves thirty-five hundred dollars salary apiece, with mileage, stationary, and various other | supplies, necessary to the life of a states. : (man. The salaries of men qualified to | set in such a body have more than dou. ! | bled since then, and there is very little doubt that far greater salaries would be | voted to the delegates sitting in this con- | vention than those received by the mem. | bers of the convention of 1873. Add to | the salaries of the members, the salaries of the officers, the expenses of printing , | and other incidental expenses, and the | costs will soon reach several millions, | Is there such a necessity for a revision as will warrant incurring such an ex. | | pense to the taxpayers of the State, | It is alleged that certain refomrs are necessary, and consequently a conven- tion to revise the constitution should be {called. But not one of the reforms | suggested is the subject of constitution | revision. Every one can be reached by | legislation. This is admitted by the |ndvoeates of a convention, but they { answer by saying that the legislature re. fuses to enact the necessary legislation. | The remedy then is to elect men to the | legislature who will obey the will of the | people, and bring about these reforms, | and not by constitutional revision. Con. stitutional revision is at all times dan. gerous, and unless absolutely necessary should not be attempted ; and particu. larly, so when the reforms sought to be accomplished can be reached by logis. lation. Bi ml AI A Pank Toller Arrested. William B. Hamilton, late teller of the Houtzdale bank, was arrested on the 4th instant on oath of the recent owner of the bank for embezzlement and was held in the sun of $15,000 for his appearance at the Clearfield court, The trouble dates ‘mek to some time in May, at which tane the bank was sold to William Dill, poi ticians will be allowed to make the | but this | dele. | | ignorance, fnteresting Catholle Yigures A census bulletin has been issued re. | Catholic Church in the | United States Pennsylvania is far in the le other New | York in regard to number of churches, garding the ul of all Stiles except seating capacity, value of property, ete., having 654 610 ehurch edifices, n seating capacity of 305,000, nt organizations church property valued 210,068,770 vai, and a membersh p of 551 Ohio has 586 organizations, 515 church of 197 813, 80.505.640, editices, a seating capacity church property valued at and .« membership of Virginia has 97 organizations, 77 edi- Hees, i seating capacity of 31,101 church property valued at 2866 400, and a mem. bership of 42.810 The counties les in strength in Western Pennsylvania are as follows Allegheny 82.255 400 85 edifl property value, and 98.919 a0 communicants, Cambria, edifices £204 300 property value, , , and 11,152 communicants. The value of the church property in Arm_| strong o« A500 ,200 358... Beaver, Blair, Butler, 875.000 « Clar- vis 250, 2%; Bedford, 810.000 #153.000 Bradfssl, 871475 on, £104,000 ; Clearfield, Craw. ford, Erie, 8182, edifices and 14.960 communicants : 271 BSG 200 ; 2108 400 Hx, 13 Fa. vette, Huntingdon, #10000 : ri 1) with CLL J fleram : Awrence, 85 Mercer, NOMmers Washington, t, 310.500 ; Venango, Tariff Goes Up : Wages Go Down the New York i Our higt Times, A tariff neigh reported vesterday a recent reduction of 10 per cent. in the wages of the work. men in the glucose factories at The tariff duty on glucose under the old {law was 20 per cent., and in the Me. | Kinley law it was increased to three quarters of cent per pound. This specific duty, which may have been sub. stivuted for a the old advalorem rate that the increase might little fore the duty was increased the manufacturers were not jammoyed by competition from abroad, { for the value of the glocose imported {last year was less than $22.000, Why was the duly increased ? Wasthe change tmade in order that the wages of the workmen might be increased Y The manufacturers do not seem to explain order escape i notice, is equivalent to a more than 30 per cent in it in that wa ——— A Live Rat Trap Williamsport On Thursday a mat that «wus fooling around among the clams in an fee chest, rear part of the Henry House, met with | & serious accident, A large clam that { had its shells open, taking in some fresh air. was suddenly disturbed by some. | thing that made it very mad, causing it : to close its doors tight and hold the in. [truder a prisoner. In brief, the clam | had shut down upon a hind leg of a rat. Of course the rodent squealed, and of noise attracted aseite and Balletin {course the attention enough to inquire into the cause of it. ! The rat was slain, but it could not be | released until the shells of the clam were smashed into pieces, .- - A Drunkard’s Wil A dying inebriate in Owego, N. Y.. left this last will and testament: “I | leave to society a ruined character a wretched example, and a memory that will rot. 1 leave to my parents as much sorrow as they in thelr feeble state can | bear. 1 leave to my brothers and sisters | ns much shame and mortifieation as 1 could bring on them. I leave to my wife a broken heart—a life of shame. [ leave to each of my children poverty, a low character: and the remembrance that their father filled a drunkard’s grave. For drunkards’ to read when they get time." Sure to Osteh Them, Before the traveling man has left his hotel the newspaper advertisement has had an interview with the purchaser, The buyer may have been out of town that day, but somebody ’s newspaper ad- vertisement was in his pocket. The country dealer may be located much “out of the way,” but the newspaper gets there, and gets attention, The canvasser may ring in vain, but the housekeeper is always “at home to her favorite newspaper. A Wicked Town, The Pennsylvania Bible Society made # canvass of Reading for the purpose of supplying the omission to those families where no Bible was found in the house. A thorough canvass of the city Was made, and 1615 families were found without the Word of God in any shape, Where the agent could induce the pur. chase of the Bible he sold the book, but in many instances it was found neces. sary to make gifts, as less than one-third would buy ’ . { i | ] | has & veritable ‘Deserted i a village of the plains it the hills and is known by the name of | "Revel : own sweet will, : | but owing to the location, and bor, the Tribune, | duffalo, | in A Deserted Village The Lock Haven correspondent of the | trazette and Bulletin thus writes, unde | date of the 5th instant, of a deserted vil. {lage in that county : “Clinton county Village” | within her border ; but instead of being is located on Town.” thriving town of about sixty houses and { now there is nota living soul to be found | within its gates. A handsome old Eng. ; { lish mansion, with its great rooms and West | its extensive wine cellar, is now falling {into decay, and cattle roam over its door its spacious parlors at their This once beautiful residence was at one time the home of Revel, who died there sills and in General John { years ago, and whose bones now rest in | Highland cemetery, There 1s a magni. | ficent orchard of fruit trees of all kinds that are weighted down with their har. vest, and no one there to pluck off their bounty. The village was at one time in the heart of a prosperous mining region, perhaps to mismanagement, the venture was un. The mines were deserted and the village allowed to go to ruin. It | suocessful, is located on the heights, about seven or eight miles from the town of Beech { Creek." | - -— - Zion and Vieinity Junehawker thinks Bluebill is dead. kind, 5 as wide. or sleeping, but he is mistaken. or something of the Bluebill § | awake as ever, and never was left either: because he has always been right. | The farmers are working at their { oals—a pretty fair crop this season, One of Zion's young men was lost | Some time ago, which brought his pa. i rents into quite an anxiety. When dis. ! covered he was found at a neighboring house talking with the old lady, while the danghter was sitting by and sleep. : ing. Howard, it is no use, she is too FOUNng anyway ing friends at Beech Creek. this week. We noticed Charles Krape in our midst again ou Saturday eve: that is right Charley, it is drawing near winter and you will want some one to ke ep up the fres, Wonder whether Archey is going to urn moasonery—very good trade. only BO Wark in winter. Why shoes Wan, Rover not attend any festivils would like to know ~guess hie alle ned on the « Wake up and top your wings or beauiiful Zion, Mr. Wn, Fisher and sister. of Boals, burg, wind also Miss Kohn, were visiting at Dr. Fisher's over Sunday. Miss Sadie Stover, also of Boalshurg, Was paying a visit in Zion. The festival, here on Saturday even. ing, was well attended. The butcher wagon from Hublersburg was there but was not loaded with quite lamba it festival, | festivals f as during the Hecla The only trouble there was, | Mr. Kessinger could not take any of | them home, as there were other parties | for some of them, and the rest escaped, Jaroh Wilson, who some weeks ago had his eve cut by a stone striking it, had the eye removed from the socket to save the remaining one which in improving slowly, The skunk season is about OVer as we have not heard of any being killed late. ly. There were about twelve killed in Zion this summer; do not kill all of them as they make very nice pets, “Bruemsine.” i ——— The Last of the Season. The season at the seashore reaches its height at the middle of August, the bathing is then finest, the fishing in its prime, and all manner of seaside attrac. tions in the best form for thorough en. Joyment. One who misses this trip Aug. 20th gives up one of the most delightful experiences of the summer. The tickets include the choicest points on the coast, and are available for Cape May, Atlantic City, Sea Isle City, or Ocean City at the same rate. ns was Day tisburg at 8.50 a. t pastan vil be made with branch lines, the night in Phi to the seashore by Tickets will be sold from stations named below, and train sched as follows : willbe Rate Train lea Pittsburg coovvvsvinnn 810 00 8:50 a. m. SERIE a ® ow 12:55 ». m, S90 9:40 a.m. i358; SERRE RRR LTT TIT badd at LL EET TERT EAA EE TT badd ASL EL PETTY At one time it was a | Mr. and Mrs. David Wise were visit. } many | { not believe it advisable to call a con. | legislation. OPPOSED TO A CONVENTION The Attorney's of the Bellefonte bar seem to be opposed to a constitutional convention. The opinions of a number of them, were given in s recent issue of the Gazette, Dulletin of William. sport and are as follows as noted by the correspondent : and Ex-Governor Curtin, who was ber of the last Constitutional Conven. tion, says he is opposed to the proposed a4 nem | new Constitutional Convention. on the | ground that the present one provides for | its amendment in every partienlar nee. essary for the progress of business with out destroving the whole and the re. {building of a new one by impractical | persons, that the vicissitudes of party political action might make possible. John B. Linn, the akle historian Pennsylvania, thinks a Constitutional of { Convention unwise and uncalled for at | the present time. Wilbur F. Reeder, of the law Hastings & Reeder, thinks it a detriment to the bu the conntry urm would INESs Interests to tinker with the mental law of the state, as the present Constitution is now just being properly understood from the decisions of | Supreme Court, District Attorney J. 1 the laws made in § ent Constitut ss é Meyer says mrsuance of the t : recently | — ion have only 2 ] fully adjusts d to the conditic | by the present Constitut on, and to run | the risk of establishing a new one shonld not be thought of, and that the tinker. ing with the fundamental law of the state is fraught with great danger to the | material interests of the Commonwealth. | especially when our present Constitution is only seventeen years old, { C.P. Hewes, Esq. of the law firm of Spangler & Hewes, says he is opposed to {the Constitutional Convention on the | grounds that it is a put up job by politi. | cal bosses, and the corporations of the | state who desire a new constitution {that will contribute to their especial | interests, | John G. Love, Ex{., thinks a Con- | stitutional Convention at the present time entirely unnecessary, that the pres- ent one is one of the very best state con. stitutions in existence, and that it would be sheer folly to throw it overboard and construct a new one, when the present its amendment whenever the progress of business de_ one provides for own | mands any change in the organic law of | the state. To construct a one it would take fifteen years to understand the Supreme Court, and thereby adjust the business of the commonwealth to its exactments, James II. Rankin, Esq., one of the oldest attorneys at the Centre County Bar, says he can see no good that would {result from a Constitutional Conven. {tion at this time, but a great deal of harm : that be is opposed to it new it provisions from the decisions of D. F. Fortney, Esq., in our last issue strongly opposes a constitutional con. vention for which he gave abundant reasons, C. M. Bower, Esq. likewise does [ stitutional convention, as the reforms { sought for cofild be obtained by other Mashing Girls, An exchange says every town has its girls who are always on the “mash,” They mash every young mar that comes to town and then take delight in “sling. ing” them just to show how heavy they are. No woman has™ more affection than is needed to hold one godd man, and to distribute it among so many she will lose them all. This is not the kind of a girl the sober young man ties to and it is usually the case that she goes oi “mashing” until she has lost the charm of youth and hangs on the rag. ged edge of old maidship when she begins to wonder why it is that the boys whom she has giver the goty in order to be in the company of strangers never took enough interest in her to ask the fatal question. Girls, choose upon the young man who is worthy of you and whom you love—then stick to him like a bull-pup to a piece of liver, destroyad by a hail storm on the 16th of July. Mr, wi ut | last Wednes | & pleasant caller at | nesday, { of the 8S i rye They « eT ns exacted | NO. 3} ADDITIONAL LACA LS A large flouring mill at PL owned by Brinton, Hpshurg, Barnes, slay Duncan & was destroyed by fire on Tue loss is about 216.000 with 85.7 the fire is un} insur. ance, Origin of (Own. L year old daughter of Mi v Brov Martha Fumnice, from horses Vs died my, Aug. ith in. juries received by a team of up setting a wagon and running away. B Lemont, who died while ~The remains of Mrs, W. Morris, visiting on Sunday mght, were taken to Lemont, on Tuesday for The deceased " 00 years of age -Mr. Jas, (sill dang, ends at Altoona interment. was about 1, of Oak Hall was Wed. M Iministrator, . H ¢ ut Mill Hall, embraces a valuable flour mill 1, three dwelling Hed, i acres of land. our office on r. Gilliland nd is a Weaver, estat o | 3 8] | iipsburg has lately organized = ball club and are s liciting chal. lenges from some of their neighboring towns. Let the Bellefonte boys go over and mop up them for & 1 initiation ler after that the earth wit) starter of Jacob in Royer, Mrs, bersburg ; Mr. haeffer, Madisonburg Wert. of Aarons at the home of Treasurer Gramley during the past week. Jessie were gi guests ~{entre County Pomona Grange meets in the hall of Bald Eagle Grange, Tuesday, Aug. 18th, at 10 o'clock. It is desired to have a full attendance. The committee on picnic will report. and important Jusiness in regard to the fire insurance company will be transacts —Unclaimed letters: Daniel Bark Walter B. Critzer, Dave Davis, Ed wand Ecard, J. A. George, Enoch Hooves Mary Hoffman, Al Marks. Hens Meyer, Kate O'Neil, 8. 8, Perry, Miss Ricker, F. Wroling and Mary E. Young. W hen called for. soy adverti ed. 1 ~Mr. R. A. Poorman. of Portage ™. | Creek, McKean Co., is visiting friends { in the vicinity of Romola, which place | be left a few years ago to engage in the { lumbering business in the northern part {of the state. He says wivre he is Jo cated there is enough lumber to keep them employed for the next ten years. the flood of 1589, the firm of Hughes & Co.. Pinlipsburg, has used seven million feet of lumber in building operations at Johnstown. Their extended work in that place is now about completed and their large foree of workmen are scattered through differ- ent parts of the country, some being at present engaged on the Ward House addition in Tyrone. ~Mr. and Mrs. Cal Lose returned recently from a trip to Atlantic Cy. and Mr. Lose was so favorably impressed with the place for bealth and business combined that be rented a house and a livery stable there, and will move there about the 1st of October. He thinks he can live there cheaper and do a better business. We are sorry to see Mr. Lose leave our town, ; ~The W. C. T. U. of this place, cons template organizing a cooking school with Mrs. Henning as instructor. Noth- fag beats a pretty young girl, who is aly a good cook. We are on the hunt of such a delightful creature and i some of the handsome young Misses, of this town, have an eye to business, we would advise them to attend this cooking school. For further information apply personally to the editor, =n Tuesday evening delegates of the various fire departments met at the Logan Hose house to select fire officers for the ensuing year. It resulted in the election of A. 8. Garman, chief of fire department; H. P. Harris, 1st assistant; and James Stott, 2nd assistant. The new officers are all good men and if the different organizations work to the boro ordinance, it will be a benefit in every case of a fire. Remember, Remember that in order to be able to vote you must be registered before Sapt. ember 1st. Poll tax must be paid thirty days before the election, unless you have pad within two years. Voters see to this matter, © Lhawer Habit Cured. By administering De. Haines’ Golden Spool! te. Its manufactured as a powder, which can be given In a glass of beer, a oup of coffee er uel 1 will of Since Hoover,
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