Beive i I Werk Geplaryyg Ui 4 Che — Vol. 14 BELLEFONTE, PA.,, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1892. NO. 48 The Centre Hem ore. EDITOR 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. 4 ¥ditorial. z | Tue electoral college will meet in Harrisburg on Monday, January 9, to cast its vote for president and vice. president. —— CoNGRrESS convened on Tuesday of this week. It will be an interesting session as there are large deficiencies to be made up in the treasury. - JERE 8S, Brack, of York, has re- signed as assistant to the executive commissioner of the World's Fair board to resume the study of law and Col. John A. Woodward, of Centre county, has been appointed to fill the vacancy. dime m——————— THE Reporter, of last week, puts for. ward the name of D. F. Fortney, Esq., of Bellefonte, as a suitable and deserv- ing man as well, for the position of 4th assistant postmaster general. That po. sition is now held by Gen. Hazen, of Norristown, Pa. IN Brockwayville, Pa., the selection of postmaster is to be by the vote of registered democrats of the town. The lowest candidate to be dropped and the balloting continue vntil a candidate re- ceives a majority of all the votes cast. By such a system often the most popu. | lar man, instead of the most efficient and most deserving, would be selected. Tue editor of the Renovo News, M. J. Dillon, bas been sued for libel, by two men who claim that their characters were assailed the colamnps of said paper. 81,000 damages are asked for. [tis foolish sue a newspaper man for such a sum of mon. ey. wive's through to - A PETITION has been received by Governor Pattison from the members of the Cambria, Centre, Hutingdon and Blair county bars, asking for ap- pointment of Agustus Landis, of Hollidaysburg, to fill the vacancy mn the Fifty-ninth judicial district, caused by the election of Judge John Dean to the supreme bench. Judge Dean has not yet sent in his resignation to the ernor, the - (rov- -- Trose who have not given the sub. ject close attention will be startled to know that nearly 200,000 pensioners were added to the rolls June 30, last, being 876,068. To meet the demand of this list not less than $165.000,000 will be required next year. Adding to those now on the rolls the claimants whose cases have not yet been adjusted we find nearly thirty years after the war is over 1,326,000 persons entitled to or seeking government support or bounty. as A CLOSE friend of President Harri. son's, who seems to know something of the nation’s chief executive's plans for the future, says that Mr. Harrison will make an extended visit to Europe next summer and spend several months in the large manufacturing cities in Eng- land, Germany and perhaps other con- tinental countries, His purpose is to study the conditions of European coun- tries and then write a book on Ameri. can tariff when he returns. As for his business for the future he will form a law partnership with Attorney General Miller and two other prominent lawyers of Indianapolis. y - Tur president's message to congress, on Tuesday shows that Harrison fears the country will be ruined by future democratic legislation on the tariff. He doubts the intelligence of the people in their verdict of last November. He laments the dangers that will follow if the democrats fulfill all their pledges made during the campaign. His final message is the embodiment of grave doubts, fears and lamentations. Like David mourning for the loss of Absalom, Harrison mourns for his busted up “grand old party” and for his over. whelming defeat. “Why do the heath. en rage and the people imagine vain things?"’ - “Tales from Town Topics,” No. 6, increased in size and contains an orig- inal novelette entitled “The Sale of a Soul,” has made its appearanes. The long story Is interesting, und the select. matter the best the New 7 ork society journal has printed in the past years. Towx Torics, 21 West Twenty-third « Street, New York. MEET THE DANGER AT ONCE, Let considerate and patriotic Sena- tors and Representatives of both parties soberly study the revolutionary political movements in Kansas, Wyoming, Mon. tana and Oregon; the uncertainty as to the electoral vote in North Dakota and California, and the change of an electo- ral vote in Ohio and Kansas by techical errors of voters, and they must reach the conclusion that our cumbrous and arbitrary Electoral College is pregnant with fearful peril to the future safety of the Republic. There would be no safety to the gov- ernment now if the presidential contest of 1892 depended upon the change of a few electoral votes; and the nearly even. ly divided popular strength of parties as shown since 1872, soberly admonishes our statesmen of the extreme danger to our free institutions in future national contests, if our present electoral system shall be continued, Let us not forget that in 1876 one electoral vote decided the presidency, and that against a pop- ular majority of 250,000, after the nation had been brought to the very verge of anarchy. What statesman is equal to the task of promptly presenting an amendment to the Constitution providing for the | election of president and vice president ing the presidential term six years here- after with inehgibility for immediate | re-election? The statesman who shall propose and press to success such an amendment to our fundamental law, must win the grateful homage of the whole people of the country. The amendment should provide that dent; that the candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected; {that all persons qualified to vole for members of the popular branch of Con- | gress shall be qualified to vote for Pres- ident, and a national tribunal, | from partisan bias as possible, should be us free created to pass upon any contest of a | national election. Such an amendment would end the | mastery of money in Presidential bat. | tles; it would ead the of the boodler and the ballot thief in dozen vocation H) it compel parties to appeal to the whole or more debatable states and would country on broad, patriotic issues in Ig stead of collecting millions to win par- ticular states by debauchery. It would conflicts the The nationalize our Presidential and at elevate and political methods of all purpose of the Sys a century ago,and itis now only a careless fountain of de. moralization in national battles and a fearful menace to the perpetuity of the lepublie. The business and of the country have become so vast and once purify parties, original Electoral tem perished industrial interests varied that a Presidential contest every | four years, with the possible change of governmental policy, has bécome one of the gravest obstacles to business trust and tranquillity. No zdministration policy can be intelligently tested in the prief period of the Presidential term after its enactment, and uncertainty and unrest are ever hanging like a pall over the energies of the people. With { a Presidential term of six years, and the | President ineligible to election as his | own immediate successor, every material interest of the cotntry would be inspir. ed by general confidence and the nation | would be spared the often humiliating | and lawness abuse of the power of the | government to continue an administra. tion in office. These amendments to the Constitution would mean tranquility and confidence in all the varied chan. | nels of finance, commerce, industry and trade, and they would mean peace to the country and safety to the Republic. If proposed to the states by the present congress, they would be promptly ratifi. i ed by the nearly unanimous vote of the states in their respective legislatures, The men who shall lead in this great re. form will be the honored statesmen and patriots of the age. Who will win this homerage from the American people? Times. national tnt — Promptness Desired, An exchange remarks that if subserib. ers to newspapers generally knew how important it was to publishers to have each individual subscription paid at the | proper time, they would set down In | their memorandum book the date whan | a fresh new year begins and would be as prompt in the payment as a note in bank, in meeting it. It is true that so | small & sum as a few dollars is not much | in the eyes of ninety-nine in & hundred “subscribers, but the aggregate of several (hundred amount to considerable, and anyone can estimate and judge what it may be to any publisher engaged in “active business, by a direct vote of the people, and mak- | the people will vote directly for presi. | FREE WOOL, From the New York Evening Post, The folly of the American Govern- ment’s course in regard to wool was strikingly shown by the Dry Goods Economist a few weeks ago, when, in denouncing the Political Shepherds for the harm they have been permitted to cause, it said of their avowed intention at that time to ask for still higher duties: “In view of this brazen attempt at further oppression of manufacturer and consumer alike, it may be interesting to note what other nations do in regard to the admission of wool grown without their own borders. Great Britain AUSTEIR covsnnscvrssrrmss msrsmarsissisons Denmark BARAY sasrsstunssnsssssassssmtnn Bweden ROUMANIA cone vonnerses one Turkey... Spain Ro GErmAnY coves onsen BPEREE OB sssssassssissmmsrinsen BRIM cose mosssnsosssss sussams Greece NOUWAY coos ss LT Raw wool free aw wool free Raw wool free Raw wool free Raw wool free Raw wool free Sper et. ad val 1-10 cent per 1b, taw wool free «Raw wool free Raw wool free ~Raw wool free Raw wool free Raw wool free Raw wool free 2 per et. ad val {a cent per Ib “These figures are taken from a re port of the French Tariff Commission. | All these countries have practically free Switzerland to 08 o | wool, despite tie fact that for the most | part their hard-pressed Governments want every cent of revenue which they can possibly squeeze out of taxpayers. | Are McKinley, Lawrence, Delano & Co. | | right and foreign nations all wrong? Or are we a nation of ‘chumps’ for tol | erating these greedy parasites upon ow | woolen manufacturing industry?” We shall a “nation of chumps’ if after the protest of the wool growers themselves we consent to the continuance of this oppression. —— - surely be The Country Boy Joys who are fortunate enough to be born in the advantage over city lads. is the place of all others to be born in. The associations of youth, of home, of | school, winter, and the farm, work and play mixed together in a delightful tangle, are never rooted out, but deeper into the character grow and becone dearer to the being while life passes and the revolving years hold out It is worth more than io on ani Iw and farm. of well.todo nn education have been brought parents, nn up “hat supplies what no learn. ing from the book never can. That is a resource that stands by. It is some. thing to feed upon. And if the A man engages in a business or profes. sion he has a stock of health and a good sound constitution to draw upon that will be sure to carry him triumphantly through when the city boys are giving way all along the road. Morally and physically he has by far the best of it. a——————— Damages Awarded A boy as October 17th, 1891, there was a collis- fon, between the Snow Shoe combina tion and Day Express trains, at the pail works, near Bellefonte, The of the collision did considerable damage to the train and some of the passengers were injured. O. Perry Kreamer, of Milesburg, was a passenger on the train and sustained a fracture or injury of the spine that rendered him almost helpless and he can scarcely move about, Suit was brought for $25,000 damages in our court, through Orvis, Bower & Orvis At the recent special term of court, a compromise was affected by which Mr, Kreamer was given #4 500 damages and each party to pay their costs, The rail. road company was guilty of negligence and preferred to settle in this way, as they don’t like to go before the average Jury. foree his attorneys .—— Old Soldiers Passing Away The old soldiers of the civil war are beginning to fall rapidly before the grim reaper. Their mortality, for a number of succeeding the war, was less than of equal number of men of the same age who had not seen mill. tary service. The reason was that the soldiers were picked men, 80 to speak men who had passed a medical examin. ation. They were “‘dniclass’ to use phrase of the life insurance men, Dut the wear and tear of these years of con. | flict now begins to tell terrible. Over | half of the union service are dead, and the remainder will speedily pass away. |The pensioners are dying off as fast as | pew nawies are added to the rolls, and the death rate will go on increasing. years . ——— | =The only way to secure a good cray- Lon portrait is to have them taken di. | rectly from the nagative instead of the photo, It costs no more and is by far superior, | and see the work, 128 country have unmistakable | The country | versity | Call at Finkbinder's gallery RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED, During the sessions of court last week the following resolutions were offered and adopted. John G. Love, Esq., read the following: Resolved, ‘That the retirement of Honorable Daniel H, Rhoades from the bench asone of the associate judges of the court, at the exp ration of his term of offices, the court, members of the bar and the people of the county part with an official who discharged the duties of his high office with great impartiality, fairness ability and becoming dignity, and with the highest and most unimpeachable Integrity, and we profoundly regret that severe illness srevents his being present in court during this he last regular term of court during his official term. Resolved, That we express our most hearty sympathy with him in his present illness and affliction and sincerely sympathize with his family because of his serious 1liness, and earn estly hope he may be speedily restored to health, and again beable to resume his place AMONKSL Us a8 an active, honorable and publie spirited citizen, such as his life heretofore amongst us has been. BY THE Count :—~We direct a minute of the above resolutions to be entered upon the ree ords of court and a certified copy thereof be furnished to Judge Khoades and his family A. O. Funsr, P.J Wm. C, Heinle, Esq., offered the following which were adopted: WHEREAS, This is the last regular term of court for the present incumbents in the office of the Prothonotary and District Attorney to serve in sald position ; and WHEREAS, IL is the sense of this bar that they would be direlect of an honest and agree able duty if they failed to recognize the faith ful services rendered to this bar and to the eitl zens of this county in their official duties, Resolved, That InJ. C. Meyer, Esq. the people of this county, Irrespective of political parties, have had an honest upright and cap able oficial and representative in the office of Distriet Attorney —one whose sole object has been a prompt, effective and conscientious dis charge of his duties, not having in view the emoluments attached to office, out having in view always the power of the Commonwealth Lo prosecute as well as to recognize the right of & citizen in defence of his liberty, upon any aocusation Resolved, That in L. A. Schaefler, Esq... court, the bar and the people have had an dastrious, a | the offiee of Prothonotary of the courts. The | records in the office are in better condition ] than they have ever been—everything under the most complete sy making it compara RL y easy he attorneys and the people to examine and inspect the records and that | his acts have been In a direction, giving {| best public service to the people, Resolved, That the court and the bar tender 10 these gentlemen thelr sincere thanks for their fidelity to the court, as well as thelr cour tesy to the ba l Resolved, That ings be made by the in vel for t all the proceed Death of ac Aged Lady Grandmother Decker Walker towns hip, nea: Nov, 26th, 7 months | idence, in lersburg, on at the advanced | age of 88 and 20d | The decs VORrs, A¥S, wed] had been quite feeble the the past six montis she Her maiden she | past thires Vesrs, was unable Lo help herself, Bechtol. ity in the r ited in marriage to who | nate wis Marguretts was born Berl 11804. and was | Adam Decker 67 lend . } I Ve in 8 Yeu YEurs ago, pre. fourteen years ago, Ther «re born to them eleven | chindren, seven sons and four daughters Fim “ * | them to the spirit | Me clnidrem | Adan Wil | ble Samuel, | Holton, Kansas | | Missouri: Mary in Circleville, daughter pre eddie world John. Hu. Henry, in are as follows am, Hving at Zion Greorge, n Nar rsbhary Versailles, of TI Shantz, Kansas: Kate, of Jacob Gephart, in Millbeim, and Sarah, wife a wife Clinton county. She had ffty grand. yreat.grand children, The funeral took place at 10 o'clock on Tuesday from her residence, where she lived more than 64 years, She was one of the first settlers in Nittany ’ children, thirty "al Ai ley. The remains were followed by the and friends to the Reformed al was laid by Uw reintives Hublersburg, where she of her The services were conducted by Rev. F. W. Brown, of the Reformed church, of which she faithful May her ashes rest in peace, A Friexo, cometery husband. side WAS member, Winter Excursion Book. A very valuable book for those con. templating either an extended winter trip or a short visit to the sunny South has just been issued by the Pennsylva. nia milrvad company. Many useful suggestions and information are con. tained in the little volume, which Is coplously illustrated and provided with a valuable map of all the territory un. der consideration. tained at the ticket pany, or upon application to Geo. W, Boyd, assistant general passenger agent, 233 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia. ——————— Sell a Rallrond The county eommissioners of Somerset county do not propose to real existence, if they can help it. Last year every foot of property belonging | to the defunct corporation was assessed, the whole aggregating in value to $175. 000, on which were placed taxes to the amount of $2,600, An attempt was made to collect the tax, but it was not sucessful, Now the commissioners propose to put the property up for sale with the list of unseated lands and col. | Ject the taxes in that way, It Is to be hoped that the commissioners will be successful in their efforts, a ——— une ql ES | COUGHING LEADR TO CONSUMPTION. Kemp's Balsam stops the cough at once, ainstaking and capable official in | | pany. | Bellefonte to | prospects for Bellefonte under a Demo This {ours and should be promptly paid over wife of Samuel Stemm, in Loganton, in every case, and that will enable us to | ported by the borough. : | gating the matter they discovered that Copies may be ob. | offices of the com. | allow the South Penn Railroad Company to evade the payment of taxes, even if it is not in . i Die Olite Lesder (By CALVIN ZEIGLER.) 0, sing mer duch de oldie leeder, Die ieh so lieb hob, nuch amohl, Bee fleese dorrich gameed un gleeder So Hellich un so Sabbottvoll, Der choir dare shined mere usht tsu blarra ; Ken Boondawyg con mer hellich si Won net ga-meedlich g'sung warra Fawr fun de oldta Melodee, De oldta leader luss uns holta, “Ein Feshter Barrick is unser Gott” “Ware pur den Leeben Gott lust wolda,” Un “Si Gadr! Bis on Dem Dote.” “Teh Wase Dos Mein Arleser Laebt,” “Mein Gott Des Hartze Bring Ich Dere © $0 leeder, O, ehr singer, gaebt- De harliche oldte Melodee, My Kindheit karrich is obgarissa, De oldte shtitnma sin farholt, Duch dorrich my sael nuch immer fleese, De lieve leeder—nee net oldt! Schtimm el, ehr schweshtera un ehr breeder, "En oldter Bundawg nuch amohl Un singt de gooda oldte leeder— 80 Hellig un so Sabbottvoll .— Bellefonte Hooms Shortly after the election of Grover Cleveland the calamity wallers had it reported that the Valentine Iron Com- pany was going to close down its fur naces and works Bellefonte. Not only has this proved to be false, but now authoritively reported that work will soon be commenced to put the plant wnt al is of the Bellefonte Furnace Company in condition to resume operations early This plant has been idle for two years, and its resumption means employment for over one thousand men. The well-known Jrothers are now the head men of the furnace com- next year. Collins In addition to the above it now looks as if the glass works and nail works will be put in operation again, and business men in a position to know, say the Pennsylvania and Eastern railroad from Watsontown is assured So that all told the within a year are not rosy-hued time, atic administration s0 blue In after all, but rather more than they have been for a long ia Freeman -— Camb» . dunuary 1st, 1803 Th three weeks distant and is an 3 at day » but a little more than important Bs 1 tint» every business man expects tol books, Vear : n ¢ business world hat AVE all » y ¢ v nis all transactions containing r the 1802, balanced; all bi is paid | That ISINess ollections, if possible, made. doing 1 isiness on | principles Iti 8 our aim to follow the same plan. fe week every patron of this indebted f i} tion, will japer, who is ne year's subser ip. | | receive a statement of account and to it we most earnestly request at. tention and a response. The money is pay those to whom we are indebted for other material, and in the publication of this paper, expenses incurred We try to pay our debts, and our delinquents should do the same. Jan. Ist, 1868, is coming and everybody should try and start in the new year on a new basis, If you get a notice from us it is not intended for a joke. We send it cause we need, and want, due us. bee the amount - .——— A Complicated Case The overseers of the poor, of Milton borough and their attorney left Satur. day for Centre county taking with them Mrs. Mary Wycoff, better known in | Milton as Mrs. Garling. Some years | ago she married Theodore Garling, but never had been divoreed from her form. er husband, Samuel Wycoff, whom she supposed dead for more than twenty years, the marriage is void. Mary made | applications to the overseers to be sup- Upon investi. her lawful husband, Samuel Wyeoft | was a resident of Blanchard, Centre | county, where he has another wife, ! Belng the lawful wife of Wycoff she | | gains a residence and must be provided | for by the overseers of the district where | he resides. — Lewisburg News, a i “Fable Romanio i This play was produced in the opera | house last season and was generally conceded to be one of the best dramas propuced here. The company is roade up of strong actors throughout and will be sure to again please our people, It promises to draw a large house, .——— Recstved its Charter The Times Publishing company, of Williamsport, received its charter at Harrisburg, It has a capital stock of $25,000 and the directors are IT. R, Rhoads, Garret DD. Tinsman, John Lawshe, C. LaRue Munson, Thomas Lundy, John R. T. Ryan, Williams. -— do—— port. Lyon & Co. ARE In Earnest. 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Say you want something cheap for Common wear, a man s suit at $3.50 ~-a winter coat for $1.50 and $1.38. little, wee toddlers Ye fond mothers come and see our Jersey suits in navy blue, bottle n braids, We have suits for green, brown, trimmed i and embroidered-—2.50, 3.00, 4 00, 5.00 and 86. All sizes, 3 years up. Ladies, no matter how hard you may be to please in a coat, come and see our stock, We are sure to please T'here is nota style and price Fur trimmed $5, 5.50, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12 and $15.00. Plain of any sort and from $3 up. Bound in wide braid at all prices, Misses hoods in light colors, trimm- ed in light furs—fur loops, etc, Lit- tle girls refers and long coats from $1.50 you we do not have, Chenile table covers from 1.25 to $s. A beautiful line. Table scarfs by the hundreds,
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