F Vol. I3 BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 189. — i NO. 46 @he Centre Devo, Ce CHAS. R. KURTZ, - = - EDITOR = TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Regular Price $1.50 per year. when Paid in Advance £1.00 " When subscriptions are not paid insic years $2.00 will be charged Hditorial GIVE THANKS. To-day there is much for which nation can feel thankful. The past year has been one of great prosperi-| of everykind section of the Bountiful in ty. crops were grown every country. The barns and graneries of the nation are overstocked and ing with a rich harvest. The industrial and commercial centers of the country io- a healthy growth of business years dicate and greater activity than in former nt ralamity | During the past year no great calamity | or scourge has afflicted the people, and all seem happy, perous—excepting the poor, we have with us always. For all these blessings we can truly feel thankful. With the festivities of the day should be coupled a tender consideration for those who are in need and in distress: before any should indulge the customary repast of the day, he should be sure to have rendered some dssistance, or con- tribution, if only a mite, to lighten the hearts and throw a ray of sunshine upon | the lives of those who are sad and in distress, thus for once brighten up the humble homes in which they dwell. That would be true thanksgiving. - Tue next Republican National con- vention will be held at Minneapolis. - Tue outlook for democratic success | in 1892 is very encouraging. The situa- tion is given in another column. a - ——— wo Tire latest indications are that both | branches of the legislature in New York are democratic by asafe majority. esi - WE are thankful to day that our ob- ligations are not heavier: that we live in hope to have them liquidated soon—if not later. That is why we observe the day. Congressman Mills, of Texas, will likely be elected speaker of next Con- gress. The clerkship of the same body will likely be awarded to Jas. Kerr, of | Clearfield. . ——— Tue grand jury this week recom- mended an addition to the court house. | There is no doubt but that some im- | provements are needed but many object ! to such a move and would prefer a new building to patchwork. Any such move means considerable expense, ———— Tue death of Silas M. Clark makes a vacancy in the Judiciary of the state which will be hard to supply. more ably fill that position than Judge Bucher, of Lewisburg. His experience of twenty years as Judge in his district along with his many eminent qualifica- tions, make hin a most available man. Let Judge Bucher be the man. We can fully endorse the following, which we cut from the columns of an exchange: ‘Every man ought to have sufficient local patriotism about him to want to dosomething for his town. It is to his advantage as well as to the ad. vantage of every other citizen of this place to do it, and the man who has not the spirit of helpfulness and sympathy | for the business of his own town is not | fit to live init. He should inhabit some dark hemlock hollow where the bats come out of their caves by night and the owls hoot at noon, away for anything you can get just as good and as cheap at home. Help your neighbor. The man who comes to a town for the sole purpose of making money out of its inhabitants, and spends | his money somewhere else, is a mean, little-souled ingrate, Spend your mon. ey with the people of your town. Pat. ronize your own merchants and mechan. les, and don’t get the idea in your head that a thing is better because it comes from a distance,” co ~The new water closets and drain pipe at the court house are being rapidly pushed to completion. John Noll had & strong force of masons at work who put up the wall in a hurry, The Bellefonte Supply Co, are putting in the plumbing a lively rate, fe of three i the | groan- | industrious and pros- | and these | In look. ing over the field we think no one could Never send | | WALLACE'S AMBITION. | HE WOULD RETURN TO THE LEGISLATURE | Ana Start Anew on a Politiea! Career to Reenre Many Reforms for the People Would be a Leader in the Hoose | Ex.-United States Senator William A. | Wallace, of Clearfield, for many years lone of the most picturesque figures in Pennsylvania polities, is desirous of be- coming a member of the Lower House of the State Legislature. Ballot reform fand compulsory education are the two issues he wishes to force to a successful | termination. | Toa representative of the Dispatch of Pittsburg the ex-Senator said, a day or | 80 ago, that while he was anxious to be | elected an Assemblyman, it was not for the purpose, in any manner, of leading | the democratic party of the State, or of | shaping the issue of that party. He | said: | “I have no hesitancy in saying that I would like very much to go back to the Lower House of the Pennsylvania Leg- | islature during the next term. shape the policy of my party, nor to endeavor in way or under any cir- cumstances to lead my party, but I t would like to be there to voters of the state a satisfactory ballot Under. stand me, I do not want to go there to | THAT DESIGN, Judge Furst's Design for a New Court House, When His Honor, Judge Furst, ad- dressed the Grand Jury on Monday | morning he emphatically denied the re- port, scattered abroad by these pesky, | naughty, troublesome democratic | papers of Centre county, who seem to take delight in continually annoying him, that he wanted a new conrt house, This paper recently published a small paragraph stating that the learned Judge had submitted plans to the county commissioners for the erection of a new court house, It seems that he did not like it and authorized his mouthpiece, the (Fazette, to pronounce it ‘as absurd” —that he does not want a new building. an accusation but the following is our foundation: On about Tuesday, the 15th, Judge had the occasion to call upon the talked about the inconvenience of the | present state of affairs, duced a pencil and upon a sheet of note paper, with the office heading considered a complete court room secure for the | system and to provide some system that | it would act as a screen between the illit- | + t erate and the ballot. Pennsylvania is absolutely suffering from the flood of illiteracy that ing in upon it from other countries. READY TO TAKE THE STUMP, “1 would not hesitate,” he continued, | “a moment to take the stump in advo. is com- | cacy of compulsory education, not the | compulsory education that is sometimes | agitated, but for a qualification that | would compel foreigners to read and P CONSUL. | : TATION | : | write before they are allowed to vote, | I would favor the enactment of a law that would enable the authorities to say to this foreigner, when he is 16 or 18 | sears old, ‘You must learn to read und | | write, else you cannot exercise the right | | of the ballot,’ | THE EXSENATOR'S FINANCES, This humble request coming from so prominent a man as ex-Sepator Wallace will doubtless be granted by the Clear- He declares he isout of politics just now, as he is devoting his entire time to getting his finances into proper shape again. Although his bank in Clearfield failed, the derbis is rapidly clearing away, and when it bas disap. perred, and allthe creditors have been | fully satisfied, the ex-Senator says he will have a snug fortune remaining. field democrats. | tial battle is sinilar to that recently vx: | pressed by Governor-elect Flower, of | New York. “The next Congress will make the democratic candidate,” said Mr. Wal. lace. “The course and policy of the democratic party they will determine who our candidate will be. However, we have several available men. No, I do not think Governor Boies, of lowa, isone of them. He won merely ona | State issue—local temperance. NO NEW FIELD. “I contend that there is absolutely no new field for the democratic party. The fight must be made just where it has been made for the past twenty years. New York, New Jersey, Conneticut and Indiana are the States where we must make the battle, and our candi. | date must be able to carry these States if he hopes to win. Wemust not go wandering after strange gods,” The ex-Senator is looking sleek and healthy. Before leaving for Philadel. phia he had a long private conversation with some of the local democratic lead. ers. ] - Lewisburg's Bank Robber Canght, Brown MeLaughlin, cashier of the Lewisburg bank, has identified Joseph Killoron, whom Captain Linden, of the Pinkerton detective, brought from New York charged with robbing the bank last May. While McLaughlin was talking to one of Killoron’s partners in front of the bank at the noon hour, there being no one in the bank at that time, Killoron slipped in and took #13. 000. On his way out Killoron met Me. Laughlin and asked him the way to the other bank. McLaughlin went back to the bank and to work and the robbery was not discovered until after 3 o'clock. In the meantime Killoron and his part ners had taken the train and were miles away. The prisoner was taken to the Sunbury jail for safe keeping. ~The large stock and elegant assort. ment of goods always kept on hand by Mingle, the shoe dealer, is the reason so many people patronize that store. His opinion of the coming Presiden. | COURT BOOM. ! | » i JUDGE FURST'S DESION, {| This outline was explained, and | have inserted the names of the rooms as intended. This little {that office and by landed on our table. we sheet was left in a peculiar course It this ground and upon this drawing that we | made the statement. If the court did i not make this drawing we were deceiv. led; if be did, it is an indication that he | knows exactly how a court house should | be—that is all, We think the design a good one: it would give all the conveniences to be | desired. To accomplish this it would | be necessary to build an addition to the front of the present building of at least | 40 feet. The old roof and interior need | repairs badly and it is only a difference { of opinion as to whether the old struct. | ure should be repaired, as suggeste 1, or | an entirely new building erected in its | place. | Some think we can get along with the | present building for a while; others | think not. Was on —— Foot Tall at Altoona. This Thursday afternoon an interest. ing game of foot ball will be played at Altoona by teams from Dickenson and and Penna. State College. Dickenson and Bucknell played a tie game last Saturday and neither party was able to score a point. As the State College team claims to be stronger than Buck. nell, to whom they lost their last game, they will make an effort to prove their superiority by giving Dickenson a good trouncing today. A large number | went up from Bellefonte who had boodle to stake on the result. Khonid be Hepeated, On last Sunday evening Rev. Noll, pastor of the Reformed congregation, delivered a special sermon for the bene. fit of young men. Owing to the bad weather on Sunday few people at. tended church anywhere that evening’ but those who heard Rev. Noll’s sermon went away well rewarded. It was a noble sermon and should be repeated frequently for the benefit of the young men of our community. Grange Meeting, Centre county Pomona G range wil meet in the hall of Progress Grange, on Friday, Nov. 27, at 10 a. m, sharp. Election of officers for '01.92 will be held. Report of the pienie committee and other important business will be transacted, «Going lively—the new stock of over. coats at the Philad, Branch, Now we nfiy be wrong in making such | county commissioners and while there | on it, | made the following drawing (as near as | we can reproduce the lines), of what he | WOULDN'T DOFF HIS HAT, So the Czar ¥sd Him unsin Ex-Gov. Andrew (x. Curtin tells none of his many anecdotes so well as one Banished From and monarchical functionaries, | Minister to Russia Mr. Curtin had an | American visitor, a New Yorker, with { all the sangfroid of the average Ameri. can, relates the Philad, Record. The New Yorker desired to be pre. | sented to the Czar, but as no civilians { are accorded that distinguished privil- lege all that Minister Curtin could do { wis to offer his compatriot a chance to [see his august Mujesty pass a certain | point on his morning ride, | | | i { next morning, and the kingly sleigh, | with all pomp and ceremony, came | gliding by. The Czar inclined his head illustrating the undemocratic insistence | for ceremony upon the part of monarchs | While | | The New Yorker was promptly on | { hand, waiting by the side of the Minister | THE OUTLOOK FOR 1802 | The preliminary political skirmishers | for i892 have accomplished their mis i 3 | sion, and the lines are now formed for { the next national battle as clearly as it {is possible to indicate them a year in { advance of the election, | passionately at the ical | : : { attitude of the States, as indicated in 1800 and as materially modified by the i popular expressions of 1881, the Electo- { ral table for "92 may be fairly made up | as follows: | DEMOCRATIC, | Alabama wee. | Arkansas | Connetieut i Delaware... Florida . 4 Maine { Georgia oes - 15 Michigan... . | Kentueky ou. 13 Nebraska. oo cones i Louisiana KNevada.... ; BE North Dakota... TOBIO . cone DOregon Looking dis- present polit REVUBLICA , California . BOCOlOrRdo. cmemerciise 4 ldaho ..... 4 Kansas | Maryland. ..coee. Michigan......ccom fining ipl | Missour] Montana... ; wo | New Jersey ou 1 | New York | Bouth Carolin®..cowe. o i Tennessee slightly as he noticed the United States | | Minister, who promptly doffed his hat, | { ag o _ are . fet t ¥ ae He also pro. | #8 ail persons are required to do in Rus. | | sia as the Czar passes. The New Yorker | remained rigidly covered. “Why did you not remove your hat?" I asked. | {token of his | American. ’ superiority, replied the “You'll hear of this before you are { much older,” I said. | “Nextdayl received a very polite | personal note from Prince Gortschakoff | asking me to call at the foreign office at imy earliest convenience,” continued | Mr. Curtin. “When I called the Prince {said: Mr. Curtin, you were on the | street yesterday when the Czar passed, | and it was noticed that Mr, ~—, who | was with you, did not remove his hat. { An unintentional mistake on the part { of Mr. I suppose.” { “I answered: Prince, I might, I sup. pose, tell you a diplomatic lie and say that it was a mistake; but I will not. | Mr. kept his hat on from choice.’ | The Prince knew as well as I did why my friend had not removed his hat. “The day following my New York friend rushed into my office with an official letter written in French, and asked se to rend It for him. 1 looked it over said: ‘Well, you have my permission to leave this Empire at once, and vou had better go.” ‘Not much.’ ‘I am an American citi. zen, and will stay here as long as I like.’ aml he answered “That very afternoon a sleigh pulled up in front of the quarters of Mr, — and two gendarmes, without saying a word, bundled all his traps into the sleigh, and, taking Mr, vw, of New York, American citizen, ete., in custo. dy, saw him across the frontier and out of Russia.” - A] Night Street Walkers, gers girls incur in walking the streets after dark. It would seem that parents would more generally know of these their girls but also the boys at home after dark. But at almost any time in the evening you can see girls on the street who by their actions show they are not out on errands or with any particular object in view. Girls of a tender age who expose themselves to the insults that are freely bandied about by the unscrupulous, may think they are not injured by the foul whispers that assall their ears, but their lives would be much better if kept clear of such contagion. The lessons to be learned by the inexperienced, on the streets after dark, are neither elevating or edifying for girls or boys, and the proper place for the young at such a time is in the shelter of the home. If life records were looked into it would be found that in very nearly every case of a woman's downfall her career was started by street walking at night. With such facts in view, will not the parents be more careful of their cher. ished daughters, Be more careful that the one bad habit is not formed and the others will not follow so readily, for we all know that one bad habit leads easily on to another. Our reputation is rea. sonably good in this respect yet there are a few girls in town who make a practice of roaming on the streets after dark and jt is these few whom we would like to warn of the danger before it is too late, Logan Dall, The members of the Logan fire com. pany are making preparations for hold. ing a grand ball on New Year's eve, in the Bush Arcade. The Logan company are always well patronized as their pub. lic gatherings are always conducted in a first class manner. The proceeds of the hop will be used to pay the balance still due on the steamer. | “Well, I am as good as the Czar, and | I never take off my hat at any one in | Too much cannot be said of the dan. | dangers and insist on keeping not only | 4 New Hampshire | $44, and 223 are necessary to elect, the doubtful 5, Minnes States, Iowa, Massachu. sett ta and New Hampshire most North {may be set down as | republican, with West democratic. arolina and Virginia as li Mic higan Choo Wes most v} { by Congressional districts, except the | two at large, which will about evenly | divide the vote, This assignment of { the doubtful States would add 41 elec. { toral votes to the republican column { and 17 to the democratic column, giving the democrats 214 or § less than a ma. jority; and the republicans 168, being {55 less than a majority. Illinois and { Indiana will both be fairly debatable in the next contest, and more likely to vote democratic than Iowa or Massa. | chusetts, both of which will doubtless | be contested desperately. Rhode Island | has voted uniformly democratic since the last Presidential election. The enlargment of suffrage did not apply in 1888, and the repablicans have not car- ried the popular vote since that vear. Wisconsin elected the entire dempceratic ticket in 1800 by a majority of 28.000, It is known that local questions influ. enced the result to some extent, but it is evident that national issues had much to do with the revolution, and the State is doubtful, with the chances apparently in favor of the democrats, Giving all the doubtful States to the republicans they would have 240 electoral votes and a majority of 17 in Electoral College; giving the democrats all the doubtful voles they would have 317, or 94 major- ity in the Electoral College. | Some of the states in the doubtful column may be very materially affected if not entirely controlled, by the candi. {dates of the representative parties | Blaine's candidacy would likely bring { every doubtful republican state of the | west into the party line, while it would endanger Massachusetts. On the other hand, a contest between Cleveland and Harrison would be likely to give four of the New England states to Cleveland, and from our present indications it would make both Illinois and Indiana democratic, and Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin doubtful, with chances in favor of Cleveland. New York seems to be so securely anchored in the demo cratic column that only a sweeping re. volution could make it doubtful. The organization of the republican party there wholly in the hands of Harrison, | while Blaine 1s the only man in the party who might make the state doubt | ful under a favorable political tide. We believe now, as has been frequent. ly expressed in these columns, that the next presidential election will not be a close one, nor will it be decided by the state «f New York. The issues are clearly defined. TheZlquestion of tariff taves will be paramount ip svery state of the Union-north and south, east and west, and it is quite likely that the decision of the nation will be decisive and emphatic. The present outlook seems to goint strongly to a democratic victory, but in the swift mutations of political tides of this country, it is im. possible to caleulate any election one year in advance. The situation may be summed up by saying that the coun. try is soon to entre upon one of the most earnest political conflicta of its history and all indications of the presenc may prove to have been at fault when the final judgment is to be rendered. ~Mingle's shoe store receives new stock every day. Prices are always fair and reasonable, «(jot the Centre Democrat and the Philad. Times for #1.45 a year. { ted States it | nied in toto every allegation | Carpenter, A 1 en y oo} | mony clearly. he total number of electoral vole is | was caused when Holt’ Of | tion commer likely to be | HOLT WINS | He testifics and Breaks Down the Evidenes of Carpenter The case of certain insurance W. Hoit court at CO in the Uni- Pittsburg, iv. The trial rest, owing to and importance, as iL was a The important feature was the testimony of the defendant, A. V. Carpenter repeated the story of how he had prepared the boxes of shaw. oil aad n them a lighted piece of a can- He told it in the same straight forward manner that he did previously. James 8, Meyers, an employee of Holt, corroborated Carpenter's testimony. Affidavits of Bonapart Gardner, O. 8. Woomer 'haddeus read. showing the the yard fires has panies against D. circuit concluded on last Saturd ible inte test case, ings, saturating them with placed dle, and Myers were fallacy of the theory that the lumber ginated from the forest set up by defense fires, Holt, the stand in the afternoon. defendant, was put on the His examina. He de. made by He tion lasted fully three hours. taking oneat a time, 2 | displayed great coolness and gave testi The surprise of the day 8 Cross.examins. as asked whether or not he ha aked ( from in = mtain House hotel had make an afi. had said which arpenter and to Snow Shoe, Mo him to he electors | iit yards. He replied negative, DECIDED IN HOLT'S FAVOR. upied the attention of the court during the week and wascon cluded Saturday, and diet in Mr. Holt's favor. oe The Case OO sulted inlA YT. FORTNEY COMPLIMENTED, In speaking of the trial Press says: Perhaps the in the whole case was 1! of D. F Fortuey, Esq., of Bellefonte It was clear strong and forcible, vet mixed with wit and humor enough to make it in- teresting and entertaining a A SHOCKING DEATH he Pittstare best argument Wenver Adams Instantly Killed by bis Hons Coming in Contact with a Eridge, The Ph { last Sat. urday says Adams, a brake. C.R.R. met his death under very sad circum stances He was standing on a box car, and evidenthv not noticing the close proximity of the bridge, above Steiner's, was struck om the head by the cross beam of the bridge breaking his neck and bruising his head resulting in alinost instant death. He was not thrown from the car, but ome of the brakemen is said to have seen him fall, and had the train stopped as soon as possible. The discovery was made vital spark had fled, and his body was then taken to Philipsburg and properly cared forby Haworth Bros, undertakers, who got the remains ready for burial. The body was takem to Milesburg, the unfortunate young man's home, on the 4.55 train that evening. The deceased was a son of Thomas M. Adams, of Milesburg, and a brother of Richard Adams, of Philipsburg, and is a brother of commissioner T. Frank Adams, of Milesburg. He was a single man, aged about 25 years, a faithful employe and a young man who had a large circle of friends. The funeral took place on Monday at Milesburg; interment in the Union cemetery at Bellefonte. lipsburg Jou: Weaver man on the local freight, i at noon Saturday Class Reception Invitations have been issued by mem. bers of the Senior class of State College for a Fall Assembly at that place om Friday evening Nov. 27. The reception as usual, will be held in the new armory building and music will be furnished by Stopper & Fisks famous orchestra’of Williamsport. The patronesses are: Mrs. Daniel HL Hastings. Mrs. C. W. Roberts, Ms. Josiah Jackson, Mrs. John H. Orvis, Mrs. J. C. Hamilton, Mrs, E, E, Sparks and Mr. Catharine Holt. The commis. tee are: F. J. Pond, N. McA. Loyd, HH, P. Rumberger, Willis McKee, E. 'W. Bush. There will be a large attendance from Bellefonte. ~The minstrel troupe arrived in town this morning and are a fine body of men. They come highly recommended. Popular prices, Charles M. Nan has leased the ss
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