ig »” Vol. 14 BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1892. NO. 12 The Centre Demure, EDITOR Regular Price $1.50 per year. When Paid in Advance $1.00 When subscriptions are not paid inside of three years $2.00 will be charged. Hditorial. BAYARD is very pronounced against free silver. He declares the project full of possible and direst disaster. —— IT is said that Patti needs a rest. If she keeps on much longer gathering in 25.000 a night, she will soon have all the rest. Messrs. Goodhart and Adams have not resigned—not just yet—and if they continue in the same line, the people | will call on them later for three years more. No, Jimmy, they won't resign. —— - Tue commissioners think that since the present post master has shown such an active interest in behalf of a certain | liquor license application he should be called upon to resign. resign. - SENATOR HILL recently made a trip | through several southern states evident. iy for the purpose of orusing interest in | his behalf as a presidential aspirant. Since his return the people he visited have been declaring for Cleveland. It was an up hill job, WiTHIN a distance of the City Hall of New York, that could be traversed in one hour, there are now 3,000,000 people, or more than there were in the entire thirteen colonies at the time of the Revolution. Could columns of fig- ures convey a clearer idea of the won- derful progress of our country during the past one hundred years ? - In Blair county a public meeting has | consider- | been called for the purpose of ing the question of improving their pub- lic roads. the court house at Hollidaysburg. The HE This state Ts Being “agitat sections and Centre county is in position to begin a like movement. in many sections are far from what they should be for travel, being -_— IT has become a known fact, and un. | der our observation, that the present post master of Bellefonte is using that | office for the purpose of furthering the | interests of his paper, the Lottery Sheet | (Gazette), Certain democrats who get their mail through the Bellefonte post | office have complained to us that when | a certain employee discovers that they do not get a county paper or don’t bhap- pen to be a subscriber to the Lottery Sheet they are continually pestered by solicitations to take the same. Does the government employ post office clerks to take advantage of a public position, to boom a private enterprise ? We think not. You should resign Mr. Feidler, resign at once. -— CoUNTRRFEIT silver dollars cast in molds are in circulation. They are of genuine silver, the counterfeiter getting | his profit from the 25 per cent. seignior. age afforded by the difference in value between the bullion and the coins. Of course, such a counterfeit is peeuliarly dangerous; but it may be distinguished from the minted dollar by the fine feathery condition of the eagle's wings on the latter. There is thus a new and literal significance giving to the saying that fine feathers make fine birds, The temptation to counterfeiting presented by a coinage intrinsically worth much less than its face value is a phase of the free coinage question which has not yet been touched upon in a discussion of that subject; but it is well worth eonsid. ering as one of the contingent perils. ——— IN arguing the case brought by ex. Judge Briggs in the Philadelphia courts in behalf of the Prohibitionists to test the constitautionality of the Baker Bal. lot law upon the ground that it denied them rights guaranteed by the con. stitution. Mr. Warwick, who ap. peared for the Commonwealth, denied that the new law in any way deprived the members of the minority party of their right to vote. The new election law only deprived the party itself of its right to have their candidates’ names printed with those of the other parties for whose candidates votes aggregating more than 3 per cent. of the total num- ber had been cast, That the law did not interfere with the franchises of in. dividual voters, as it was specified that a space should be left on the ballot up. on which the names of the other party candidates were placed, this space be. ing intended for the names of candi dates of minority parties, Resign, Feidler, | The meeting will be held in | oth i. } od" Pah: | Our roads | “ELECTION OF PRESIDENT, A METHOD TO CORRECT EX. ISTING EVILS A Plan Being Considered that Will Work a Complete Change and Give the People a Chance Term to be Six years Some sweeping changes inthe manner of electing the president an. in his term of service are being carefully consider. ed by the House committes on the elec. tion of president and vice-president. This is the committee which reported the force bill last congress, The plan which the committee is con- sidering is substantially the one which Mr. Springer, of Illinois, proposed in the last congress and which he propos. ed again about month in the resolution proposing to amend a ago house the constitution. The plan is to leave the appointment | of electors among the states the same as | at present, but to have the electors of | each state divided according to the pop- { ular vote of the people in the state. In | other words, the voter in New York or | Pennsylvania would vote direcyy for Harrison or Cleveland, and the electors { would be distributed according to the { number of Harrison or Cleveland votes { in the state, If New York cast 510.000 570.000 for for Harrison, receive 19 of the Harrison 17. ger fraction, where voles | Cleveland and Cleveland would 36 i electoral votes and ‘he { party casting the lar | the popular vote would not divide ex. | actly, would have the larger number of electoral voles, would The result in the close states be to give a majority of one to the par- a Republican state as Vermont or such a Democratic state as Texas, the motive to poll the largest possible vote would be as strong as in the close states in th, order to win as many as possible of electors. It secures a fairer representation of | the popular will than the present system and cuts off the possibility of gerry. { manders and manipulation. The decision of Ct politic 1} mi ested questions un. | SLE war a Oye {to the supreme court in each Congress could not, under the existing force upon state courts, but pro- | vision accepted by three-fourths of the ford CLs constitution, jurisd on a constitutional | states would be conclusive and binding upon them. It would hardly be possible under the new system for a president who carried | the aggregate vote of Lhe country | any considerable majority to fail Fy 43 [4 Ol a Mr. Springer | figured out last year that the application { of his system(to the last election, when { majority of the electors | Cleveland had nearly a quarter of A | million popular majority, would have { given him a safe majority in the elector. {al college. | ever, in committee without regard to | party considerations. It is intended to | free the question from any personal or partisan elements by providing that the { new system shall not go into effect until | one or two electionsihave passed. system of election, or to put in a sepu. proposed by Mr. term of the president at six years and to make him inelligible for re-election. Secretary Blaine's illness at Washing ton again illustrates that it will be im- possible for him or the republican party to use his name as a probable candidate for President. out of the race. | Tue Tyrone papers arg still agitating { the idea of forming a new county there i | and making that town the capital. The | territory they would embrace in their | new domain would contain a population | {of 34.000. This would come from sec- | tions of Blair, Centre and Huntingdon, | To carry out their ides they would slice | | off from Centre quite a nice strip as fol- { lows : Philipsburg boro, Rush, Halfmoon, { Worth and Ferguson townships which | has a population of about 11,000 and | would reduce Centre to about 33,000 | While they are making considerable fuss | down there over this scheme none of the { old counties are alarmed at losing any { of their territory. Register John Rupp Is rejoicing ‘abundantly over the adyent of a son, on | Monday morning. If he follows in the foot steps of the father he will be a rattling “Jeffersonian Democrat.” ~The catalogue of Penna State Col lege for 1502 Was received this week and from the Increase in the number of students over previous years and the im. provements in yarious lines of study the institution is prosperirg and improving. ty which carried the state, but in such | wer wok Pivoasuny DE ele | 7 state, | The system is being supported, how. It is proposed to couple with the new | rate amendment another change, also | Springer, to fix the | His health will keep him AN UNTAXED PLOUGH, { Implements of the Farmer and Mechanie Should be Foresd to the Free List, TRIAL LIST | For First Week of April Court Commencing There is no better place for begin- | ning & Hundred Per Cent. reform the tariff than on the and mechanics, It policy to tax the implements of industry where it is possible to avoid it. farmers and mechanics of this pay a heavy tax on every tool they use, where in common justice to our of duty levied on the implements of any trade. While it is not desirable at present to | force the reduction of the tariff manufactured goods below the revenue on producing basis as a general thing, these tools furnish an exceptional case. The implements of the farmer and the me- | chanie should be forced to the free list. This will involve no loss of revenue worth mentioning, but in the course of | a few years it will cheapen these tools and greatly increase their consumption, under the well known law that the use of implements of production increase in proportion to the case with which they can be obtained, The removal of trowels and other mechanies’ tools, will benefit our most deserving workers, as well as our manufacturers, who are now the trade of the They have learned to swim, and to control in a position world. if they fear to take the plunge it is only because they believe the water is cold. Once shoved into it, they will deli it. American implements of this kind displace others wherever they are push- ed in foreign markets, condition only an accidental disposed of abroad. the object being to Under present surpius is Bold up prices at home. Thus our own workers pay more for these American goods than foreigners do. BY putting them on the free list our manufacturers will be compelled to do a legitimate business, riying ou American enter. prise instead of hoping to sell exclusive. 1+ it ly in a cornered market. will double our foreign trade in agricultural imple. and tools inside of mw and ments mechanics’ « poary, And resvie in satisfoetesy lations Between Ie Wa. factlirer at home, By all meas let a Lill { plough the user 4 1 » g0 lot ha Sana g he Senate, Republican Senators may go on .——— The Hoad Wen't be Bait 1 article rel. ative to a proposed publi from a point in Rush Pp. near Sandy tidge. The oljection, as stated by us Recently we published road towns! at the time, was strong against the pro. posed road, and now comes he follow. ing order from Judge Furst Is tion to that movement, which heartily endorsed by the tax payers of Rush township [| Pp Me will be “We are unanimously of the opinion has been shown. In view of the very great expense the township of Rush would be subjected to in the opening of this road the neces. sity for the same should not only be manifest but clear and urgent. | about #7,000 to #5,000 to ma<e a reason. ably fair road, and when so made it will be of little public benefit, except to two or three families, and these are now | accommodated by other good roads in | | the same general direction and but a | { couple of miles farther in distance. No | | benefit will be derived to the citizens of | Rush township, who bear at least nioe- | [ tenths of the costs of the proposed road. The costs of the viewers which were | in fact alias viewers and not reviewers, tobe paid by the county. The other costs to be paid by the parties respec. tively. A. O, Funsr, P. J. | D. F. Fortney, attorney for supervisors | of Rush township. J. Gi. Love, attorney for petitioners.” . ~The commissioners of Lycoming | county arrived in town on Tuesday ev. | ening for the purpose of inspecting the | new and improved vaults in the Court | House. They think of adopting the same system of metalic furniture which is | expecting to apply for license next year | | considered the finest thing of its kind in | should sign the pledge at once and te | real good boys, the market, «Mr. Girard Mensker's plano was | chanced off on last Saturday evening by | the I. O, O, F. for the benefit of the sur- viving members of his family. About { one hundred tickets were sold at fifty cents and the lucky number drawn was | 125, which was held by Mr. George H. | Hasel, of Axeman, [place at Cunningham's cigar store, | Brockerhoff House block, The piano is A fine square instrument and we are pleased to hear of George's good luck. Heo will make good use of the instru ment in the future, | The drawing took of | tools of farmers | is against public | The | country pro= | ductive labor there should not be a cent | the | taxes from such implements as ploughs, | harrows, and hoes, saws, axes, hatchets, | wr an untaxed | that Western | record” ! that no public necessity for this road | In our view of the facts it will take | | ferent view of the question of a certain | : Mondsy April 25th, 1802 Dr. 8. F. Lytle, vs 1. T. Munson, ad- ministrator. Brinton, Duncan & Barnes, Waugle. vs John John F, Potter, vs Wm. Spangler. (Geo. B. Lee, vs Noah W. Ream. Bunnell & Aikens, vs W, Miles Walk- er. A. J. Cook, use of vs Chas. Bradford. Bethsado Evangelical church vs Sam- uel and Jessie Long. A er. Jobn Burns, vs Penna., R. R. Co. H. H. Kline, T. administrators, Montgomery & Co., vs W. B. Eckley. MeCalmont & Co., The | Glass Co, J. Cook, use of vs Geo, W. Kream- vs C. Alexander's vs Munson .-—— PROVE YOUR STATEMENTS, The Gazette still continues to rehash a lot of charges against the county com- | missioners, by propounding a lot of ob secure questions, intended to prejudice the minds of the don't have enough brains to think for themselves, have we who their which they clearly set forth of They Now The commissioners issued statement in how every dollar, and the public fund have every penny s was expended, accounted for everything. if they have ti mismanaged in: ular, is the duty of lL ter public, by how, r fiery and MEUTIeSs, when, where it occurred, and the amount o This bla gaged in ¢ Same. is continually « ye kguard n trumping up accusations and base insinuations-but invariably fails to provide a can stand foundation upon which they It is an easy job for black. guards to makeopen charges and attempt to impeach the character and integrity of a public official, and especially when By moral make up of the present Bellefonte post master and publisher of the vilify- ing Lottery it is his na- | ture to conduct sucha warfare ; Ist, in the hone of having republicans elected | that office une fa mous Hehderson | 80 that he « gobble all the public through the | of an opposite political faith, | | | | Sheet (Gazelle is ies an d work election t niracts for almost double their remembered how w near getting 8475.00 for th of of ex-commis tl tle Lt will be about work, but the honesty sioner John Decker nipped the bud); 2nd, because it is more consistent with him to deliberately attempt a deception upon the people, than tell the truth. ERIE ie steal ‘he present county officials are con- presumption the public spoke by their voles in an overwhelming majority, and they will continue to merit the same { until proof is furnished to the opposite. We doubt if | voter in Centre ¢ there is an intelligent ounty, who has read | the commissioner's statement that, does | not feel that the affairs of the county | have been conducted in an upright and | satisfactory manner, and that the pres | ent board Messrs. Goodhartand Adams. { also Mr. Strohm (although he took a dif. liability for 1802) have, thus far, fully | merited the confidence bestowed upon { them intheir nomination and election by | the people. The Philipsburg Ledger says: In pass. | ing upon the license application of Sim. Jer & McCormick Judge Furst stated, in open court, that both men had taken | an oath to drink no liquor for a year, | and if they violated the oath their license | would be revoked. His Honor also said | that he had visited Philipsburg and that | the general sentiment of the business men there was that the more licensed houses, This is a new qualification which Judge Furst has introduced into his method of dealing out liquor licenses. | If he continues in that line a little | further only Good Templars and Pro hibitionists will be entitled to license. | At last their is some hope for the Pro. | hibition party who may monopolize the business in the future and there will | be no show for any one else. Persons «Mr. R. J. Haynes, Jr., merchant, of Snow Shoe was a pleasant caller on Tuesday. He expects to discontinue his business at that place and has instituted A closing out sale for the next thirty days to dispose of stock. ~=Mr, James Swab, of Harris town. ship, the newly appointed Mercantile Appraiser arrived in town on Tuesday evening and prepared to start on his tour over the county to make the assess- ment. He left on Wednesday morning fo canvass the Bald Eagle Valley, sidered honest and competent; upon this town needed | FiFrIY-SECOND CONGRESS, Condensed Report of Proceedings in Senate and House, Wasnixoron, March 17.-In the senate house bill ratifying the act of the Arizona legislature in appropriating $30,000 for Ari. pona's World's fair exhibit was passed. Mr, Pettigrew reported an amendment to the sun. dry civil appropriation bill appropriating $10.00) for expenses incurred in connection with the World's fair, Mr. Hale reported a bill for the coustruction of three battle ships, five gunboats and eight first class torpedo boats, Three million dollars is appropriated for their construction and $1,000,000 for their armament, and $50,000 may be expended in torpedo experiments. Mr. Peffer introduced a bill creating a fund for pensio and put unemployed laborers at work oh public improvements. The house listened to a speech from Mr. Sayres (Tex.) on the frees wool bill Wasningron, March 18 The senate passed a bill making Council Bluffs, Ia. a port of en. try. A bill was reported exempting American coastwise vessels, piloted by their masters or by United States pilots, from paying state pliot fees. Mr. Peffer introduced a bill for providing an experiment station to determine the practibility of electric motors for farm use. The house, after the introduction of a few unimportant bills, resumed debate on the free wool bill Wasninorox, March 19. ~The senate passed bills: Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Bage river at Warsaw, Mo,, estab. lishing a post of delivery at Des Moines, Ia, for the enlargement of the military post st Fort Wayne, Mich, and a few minor bills The house resumed discussion of the free wool bill, Wasningrox, March 22-In the senate bills were introduced: Tosmend the act for the ap- pointment of bank receivers; to refund to the producers of cotton the internal revenue tax collected thereon. Bills reported: To punish the crime of perjury before the United States local land offices; to punish false swearing be- fore the of the IMstrict of Columbia. In the house Emil G. Hirsch, a Jewish rabbi, offered prayer. A resolution was passed calling for a list of employes in Lhe survey whose salaries were reased in 1880, A Jong dis cussion on the my appropriation bill was commissioners coast anc refase geodet) in or de indulged in Wasnixorox, March 21 Cameron (Pa organizat ic of the navy for a commi In the senate Mr uced a bill for the re- f the active list of lve officers Mr. Gallinger introduced a bill sion to locate a national sani. tarium for the treatment of pulmonary dis eases. A long discussion on Lhe sanitary con. dition of the capitol was indulged in. In the house a resolution was adopted suthorizing the Raum investigating committees to employ an expert examiner to ald in the examination of cases in the pension office. These bills were reported: By Mr. Wolverton (Pa), from the committee on judiciary, for the annual moet. ing of conguess March 4; by Mr. Butler (Ia), from the nittee on invalid pensions, granting pens to army nurses. The great debate on silver bill was opened by Mr Bland, and participated in by Mr. Harter and others, being resumed at the night session 1 introd ns the * Reformatory Investigation, Husrixopox, Pa, March 23. —Four members of the state board of charities began an investigation yesterday of the charges of brutal tragtment toward in. mates against the officials of the Hunt ingdon reformatory. Senator Osborne, through whose influence Governor Pat- tison ordered the investigation, oon ducted the examination in support the charges. In the testimony nothing was adduced in substantiation of the charges, and the voluntary statemeuts of several prisoners visited in their cells was in the interest of the management. Deputy Superintendent Smith will likely clear his record when the time comes, and will produce certain articles toshow | the desperate character of the ten in- corrigibles returned to Philadelphia who | charge him with brutality. N ’ : Pardon for Quay's Libelers, Hammsnvnro, March 28.—The Penn. | sylvania board of pardons today recom- mending to the governor the pardon of John A. Mellon and William H. Parker, of the Beaver Gazette, who were sen- tenced to six months’ imprisonment for libeling Senator Quay Pardon recom- mendations were refused in the case of Louis Pfeffer, president of the Bank of America, Philadelphia, and James 8. Dungan, of Philadelphia, both convicted of the rehypothication of stocks. Similar action was taken in the cases of four Montgomery county “speak easy” pro- prietors, For Premier of Prussia Bertix, March 28 The Count of Eunlenberg, who is grand marshal of the imperial court and grand master of ceremonies, besides bearing several | other titles and honors, is spoken of as the most likely selection for ident of the Prussian ministry, the office resigned by Chancellor Caprivi. The office of minister of public instruction and ec- clesinstical and medical affairs, vacated by Ceunt Zedlite-Truteschler, will prob- | ably be filled by Dr. Bosso, secretary of state in the office of justice of the em- pire. The Czar's Gratitude, Lmav, March 22.--M. BRipiaguine governor of Courland, has telegraphed [to Mr, J. M. Crawford, American con- sul eral at St. Petersburg, who is now here, requesting him to Kindly in. | form Captain Sargent, of the American {steamer Indiana, which brought to Libau from Philadelphia a cargo of flour and provisions for the Russian | famine sufferers, that his majesty the {emperor has been pleased to bestow a | Present upon him. English Miners Resume, Loxpox, March 22.-—In accordance with the decision of the Miners’ fodern- tion early all the coal miners who quit | work on the 12th inst., with the excep | tion of the Durham miners, who are not members of the federation, resumed | work yesterday. The strikers in Dur. | ham who quit work, not with any idea of causing an advance in the price of coal, but with the intention of resisting a threatened reduction in wages, num. ber 92,000, | Twenty-six Were Lost, | Br Jom N. F., March 28 The total loss of life by the storm in Trinity bay amounts to twenty-six. Many of | those who are serfonely injured bf drogt anil a few are any families are deprived of their winners, : | ——— i i «Ped room suits for 829 and y 4 at E, Brown, Jr's, furniture store on ishop / Habbit Story The statement was recently published that at a state encampment of GG, A. B. men in California five hundred men ina rabbit round.up had killed twenty-five thousand rabbits. This seemed to be almost incredible, but further details show that rabbits are almost as plentiful lifor in Australia and public It that five thousand, not five hundred, people took part in this rabbit round up. Before the contracting of men, women, boys and about 500 covered with at the ground was actually hidden from view. When within a hundred yards of the mouth of the corral the marshals J control of the line There was a wild yell and a mad rush, and 5,000 people were mov- at Fresno, Ca thu y have been Lo however, Ha, ar amount Appears, a nuisance, line girls hickly madly rushing bares th lay acres of plain, so { all 3. ing toward one | down and literally crushing to death several thousand hares that were unable to ge! woint, trampling into the corral owing to t} ber already there, we large num- Within a space of a few acres over rabbit together. icken animals had rushed into one corner and lay there is esti 25.0600) & were huddled In one place the terror-st in a mass over a foot deep. It mated that at touched by least 38.000 lub, bul smothered by the rush of rear. Phot mass and then Were never «itnply the the of a « Were those ir of taken graphs were the Veter California, clubs in hand an Guard were for 1 line of battle, and with a vell 25.000 bunnies, clu A a, lasting a sickening bo it an hour. on —— Committees Meeting County Chairman L. A. Schaeffer has sr the chairmen of the dif- ferent voting precinets to Belts Democratic feet foute on Saturday, April cording to the resolut) the last County Conventi ty will be entitled to one lelegate for each og +} i 0 demo will entitle ( the COngre The county is polled whic confer vided i dete Hrecinels iemocratie » and each The pose of ' transact delegates in “8 ence, cordingly into gate districts, of contig and of equal nomber f voles as can possibly be don district will ten cong onal elect its own delegate commitie will meet for 1 making this division other important business. A full attend- ance is desired on this o i Basiness Change To ie PusrLic.—1 { his ox nform the citizens o oT ly and the county as well that I recently purchased Wm. B. Shirk’s Meat Market, on High street, Bellefonte, Pa., also the slangh- tering house along spring creek and all the apparatus counected with the busi ness which I will continue. My shop will always be supplied with the very best of all kinds of fresh meats—such as beef, veal, pork, mutton, lamb, dried beef, smoked meat, sausages, ete. , which will be sold by the slice, piece or in larger quantities, to suit the purchaser. With a large stock, and the best quality to be had, sold at the most reasonable prices, I solicit 4 share of your patronage. Sincerely Yours, O. M. Sneers. - ted . ~Friday evening April 1st, Daniel Kelley will appear at the opera house in his famous production, “ The Shadow Detective as it comes on April 1st ne one need be afraid of an April fool. It is a first-class attraction ~John Miller, of Johnstown, Pa, a son of Rev.J. K. Miller, formerly of Centre Hall, was married to Miss Grace Achenbach, of Loganton, Ma., March 3rd. John is engaged in the grocery business in Johnstown and appears to be prospering. si 10 ‘1 4 111 1% Y 5 i nun N : [NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS The annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Bald Eagle Valley Railroad Company is called for Tuesday, April 12, 192, at 1] o'cinek, A. mW. at 353 South Fourth street, Fhtladeiphia. Election for President and Directors sams day and place AvLnent Hewson CC RT PROCLAMATION Waeneas the Hon, A. O. Puarst, President Judge of the Conrt of Common Meas of the 4h Judicial distriot, consisting of the wountios of Centre and Huntingdon, and the Hon. Dan- lel Rhoads and the Hon, Thos, ¥, Riley, associate Judges in Centre, having issued thelr precept bearing date the 2h day of March, od 10 me directed for holding a Court of « and Terminer and general Jalil Delivery and “ ter Sessions of the Peace in Bellefonte, for the county of Centre, and commence on the th Monday of April the 24th day of A 182. and to continue two weeks Ap Is hereby given to the Coroner, Ju of the Peace, Aldermen and Constables of county of Ceutre, that they be then and there in the Jobe” Jersona, al 10 o'clock In the fore. noon af «a , With their records. inquisd- Hons, examinations, and their own remem brances, to do those things which to thelr office appertains to be done, and those Whe Bee bound in n nizances to prosecute he / ot Mt. are or hall hein the * county, on and there to proseonte Alnst them as shall be fost, 4 diven under my hand, at Bellefonte the day of March in the yesr of our Lod, gr the one hundred and Afteenth © Independence of the by WT M.A ISH
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