gh VOL. 16. BELLEFONTE. PA., The Centre Demorrat, EDITOR CHAS. R. KURTZ, - TERMS OF SUBSURIPTION, Regular Price $1.50 per year, When Paid in Advance $1.00 ** When subscriptions are not paid inside of three yoars $2.00 will be charged. CLUB RATES, “" The CENTRE DEMOCRAT and Philadelphia Weekly Times one year ior The CENTRE DEMOCRAT and New York Weekly World one year for Rdi toria 1. $1.45 $1.75 LOOKING AHEAD, The coming spring elections will be | held on the third Tuesday of February, the 20th of next month. Nominations for boro and township offices must be mad e at least eighteen days before that date and the same be properly certified | to the county commissioners, In Bellefonte there are a pumber of | important places to be filled, among | which will be chief burgess, tax collect- or and minor offices. The two positions which most directly affect the peoples’ | taxes are town council and tax collector, During the past year Bellefonte has had a very careful and economical body of | councilmen, and the expenses have been kept down to the very lowest notch, | ‘While they can dictate when and where | the larger portion of the public moneys should be used, another important situa- tion arises. A careful, active and ener- getic man should fill the position of | borough tax collector, to provide the same. The present incumbent, S, D. Ray, Esq., has filled that position for | three years and, we must admit, he had many things with which to con- | tend. It isnot likely that he will ask for a re-eléation and a new man will be certain to follow. While Bellefonte is usually a repab- lican boro, yet in local affairs the voters take great liberty jn selecting officials and do not hesitate on party lines to support a good man when on an opposite ticket. Ac the position of tax collector B) give this mat GFT sopsiderationd We believe that the nomina. Taylor, to to make, tion and election of Hugh 8. ths position, wordd be a wise move. | Mr. Tavior is a young man of good habits, industriou3 nd energetic: and if entrusted with that responsibility would discharge the duties to the great. est satisfaction of all concernad. Com- ing from the home of an industrious laboringman, and being thoroughly ac- quainted with those in the humbler TREASURY DEFICIT, BROUGHT ABOUT BY EX- TRAVAGANCE. How Harrison's Administration Depleted the United States Tressury—~The Demo. ernts Mast Face the Trouble The present democratic administra. tion, among the many unsavory legacies received from the Harrison regime, has received none of graver importance { than the deficit in the national treasury. | This deficit is the more appalling in the { face of the fact that at the end of Cleveland's former administration there | was a large surplus and an income far in | excess of the necessary expenses of the | government, { During the four years of Cleve. { land’s former administration the re. | ceipts of the United States treasury av- | eraged £368,530,784 per annum and the | expenditures $263,016 472, leaving an average annual surplus of 2105,5623,312, ) { or an excess of $422, Of this sum about 8300,000,000 was used | can sympathize with the friends in this | general | to pay on account of the national debt, { thus leaving over #100000,000 in the treasury on the 4th of March, 1880, This surplus has all been exhausted and millions of dollars of special funds taken from the treasury and squander- | ed, so that when the present administra. ! tion took charge of the government | they were confronted with a deficit of [not less than $200,000,000 and with ap- propriations and demands upon the | treasury far in excess of the annual in. { come. The average annual expenditur- ! es of the Harrison administration were | 8392 .000,000 which was largely in excess of the income. In this way the surplus ' accumulated, before March. 1880, under i democratic administration, has been i squandered and the demands upon the treasury are beyond its possible income, This is one of the legacies turned over | | to the democratic administration by the | republicans. A deficit in the treasury | means an, increase of the indebledness {of the government, and in plain | language the republicans, in four years, former adm | 300,000,000 on the then existing in. | debtedness. This deficit, increased indebtedness, { must be provided for by the present | administration, and the on'y remedy is | to issve bonds and place them upon the | market. As soon 4s this proposition | was made the republicans raised the | ery that ‘‘the democrats increased the | national debt.” This would not be | doing anything of the kind, the repub- THE MEDIA TRAGEDY, W— w—— 2 The tragic death of Mrs, Swithine C. Shortlidge, at Media, on Sunday, Dee. 31, by being shot in the head several times, by her hushand, has caused much comment. The husband for some weeks had been a sufferer from the grip which attacked his nervous system and at periods his mental faculties became affected to such 8n extent that his actions were simply fr. rational. It was during one of these periods of mental derangement that he so unfortunately killed his beloved wife, That he was temporarily insane is evi. dent, and since a commission has rend. ered a verdict to that effect, and'he will be taken to the Norristown asyléim for proper care and the very best of treatment. The Professor was one of the leading instructors of this state and A man of rare acquirements and ability, Being a brother of our townsman, Win. Shortlidge, he was well known { many of our people who were greatly { astounded at this tragic occurrence, and 098,248 in four years. | the sad termination of his illness. All | that ti | affliction. | An editorial in a recent issue of the { Philadelphia North American gives a | very sensible view of this case: “The worst thing about the Media | tragedy is that it could and ought to have been impossible. The unfortunate | survivor had the correct view of his | condition when he asked to be taken to {the Norristown Hospital, It was a | fueid thoughtfulness for others that con. | strained him to ask asylum from some. | thing dimly discearned by a mind pat. urally keen, well-balanced and obser. | vant, but hovering on the verge of { eclipse. In this instance the patient was | wiser than his nurses, and even winer {than his physician, who warned the | wife that ber husband must be Tuten {least he inflict injury upor hig | Thut was a critical moment, and | prescription should have been p | removal to a hospital where such m dies are treated without risk of life to | the patient or to others. Evidently the patient developed suicidal tendencies, and the warning of the physician was based on such knowledge. But suicidal tendencies and homicidal mania are 80 nearly related that either may become the of her af ap Ty 1] eg terrling suicide teful OL fal 8 and just as undoubtedly, finding his pur. pose frustrated, be turced in an acoess of ungovernable mage upon the wife whose watchfulness interfered with his plan. The world will have to become a frou deal wiser and more intelligent fore such tragic affairs will become impossible. When a person meets with an accident involving difficult surgery, and there is a hospital near, he is remov. ed to the hospital. Nobody objects wo this. Nobody objects to the removal ol a typhoid patient who cannot be proper. ly cared for at home to a hospital. We contribute millions yearly in this walks of life, his experience would en- | licans increased ihe debt and left it for | country for the maintenance of hospitals, able him to mingle with them and at. tend to the duties of this office without undue severity. Though while firm, he never would wrongfully distress any one by official exactions. Hugh 8, Taylor is the kind of a young | the democrats to pay. ‘I'he debt was { made 'by the iniquitous policy of the | republican party, and a loan is necessary | to meet the deficiency left by the re. publicans. Centre county people had | exactly the same experience. The re. man who deserves public confidence. | publican commissioners squandered a By his own energies he has advanced | nice surplus and left aa increased in himself and promises, in the future, to debtedness which the democrats had to develope in the legal profession. As a | provide for as soon as they came into law student, he would have ample time | office. This is the result of republican to attend to this position aad would greatly appreciate, at this time, the emoluments of the position. On we other hand the public would | be doubly benefitted hy the good fortune | of having an auergetic, live man fo | gather up the publie funds. The election of Hugh 8. Taylor, as tax collector of Bellefonte, would be a | benefit in every way. {rule wheneve. they get into power, | Here is food for reflection in all these | facts. Another Decision on the Ballot La WW, Judge Finletter, in the common pleas | court, at Philadelphia, rendered a de- cision Thursday morning, in the con- tested election case, that practically changes the way in which a voter can Let the thoughtful voter give this matter the consideration it deserves, { mark the ballot. Judge Finletter's de. | cision was: “It is within the keeping { of the intention of the act, and the in. Jupee MAYER, of Clinton county, | tention of the voter and in aid of the has cast consternation among the liquor | exercise of the franchise of voting, to dealers of Lock Haven by refusing a | hold that where the voter marks an in. number of saloon licenses. On Thurs- | dividual, and also marks the head of a day he informed the wholesale liquor | group, that the marking of the individu. dealers that they could not sell liquor | al shall prevail, and that the marking by the case to private families, and that | of the group, so far as the same officers if be heard of anggone following that | are concerned, shall be inoperative and | evidently recognizing them as | and even Christian institutions. Why do | we maintain hospitals? Clearly for the | treatment of the sick and the injured. Then why is it that the most alarming | lines of al! to which flesh is heir is the last to be subjected to the enlightened | treatment of the hospital created and | maintained for that purpose! The rea. son why is not obscure, and it reflects no | credit upon any intelligent community | least of all upon the profession whicn 1s supposed to be devoted to Lhe amelior- ation of the condition of morbid human. ity. Somehow mental aberration is re. {garded as a disgrace, (0 be denied and | covered upand away from the cognizance {of the public, Insanity is an over. whelming misfortune, not a disgrace, and it is an effect of disease wholly con. fined to the physical man. The diseas. ed body to which insanity sometimes re sults may be a matter of reproach in | some cases, but the reproach does not | not pertain to insanity. People have | yet to learn that there is no disgrace in { mental aberration, but only calamity. { And the calamity may be in good part fated by prompt treatment and iso. | lation. | The Media tragedy resulted from a | long period of overwork and worry, and | its first manifestation was to the practic: | It should have been | ed alienist serious, promptly treated. So much depends {upon taking such cases in time, before | any lesion of the brain occurs, that the | wonder is that every physician does not | advise it at once. But there is this in. veterate seperation of mental and phys. IT I WORLD WIDE, The times are hard in Francs and England; there is serious distress in Germany and Russia; Spain is bankrupt; the destitution in Italy is something ter- rific and the Italian people are reported to be on the verge of revolution. Buii- ness is at a standstill in India. In South American countries past wars, impending wars, or wars in actual pro. gress and late financial convulsions have uprooted credit and brought on conditions of actual unalleviated suffer. ing quite unknown to the people of this favored country. The business de- pression throughout the civilized world is reflected in the United States, which {18 just emerging from the most dis- astrous and needless money panic the country has ever been called upon to en- dure. It would not be fair to lay the blame for all this world-wide distress to gances of Republican administration {from 1880 to 1893. The contemporan | ous depression in other countries shows ie causes bringing it about aig . But the attempt to show that |the effect of past and present distress [grows out of prospective legislation is | met and confuted by fact. Ous factor- |ies are stopped, our workmen are idle, | busines is partially paralyzed because of {admitted mistakes in legislation and | speculation and o | vate and public undertakings for which To put the blame upon those who are called upon {to repair damage and find the way out {of difficulty may serve the purpose of a | party which seeks to shield its self from | popular dislike and distrust; but it will | deceive no one who does not desire to be deceived. — Record, --——— REPUBLICANS DISAGREE | We are payicg the penalty. Last fall the republicans of Schuylkill county succeeded by some means in the exception of the candidate for addi. tional law judge. Sam. Losch, a notor. lous republican politician and member of the legislature, claimed that it was his superior management that brought peeried that the result was alla wholesale frauds and corruption. Losch having been in charge of the campaign which had resulted so favorably, claimed the right to pares! out the offices among the faithfql, any wher Losch was, in his oan 1 be faithful of the faithful. Allen of the successful candidates for thinks differently, and his crowd are righteously indignant i»! what they call the ungrateful conduct of this maa Allen, It ems that Allen conducted his campaien in accordance with the most approved republican plan, and a style which met with the entire approv. al of Losch and the committee. But since Allen has refused to do the bid. ding of the republican ring, Losch has discovered that Allen is a desperately wicked man, and that he had resorted to all manner of wicked devices to se. cure his election. On the 28th of De. cember last, Losch went before a justice {at Poutsville and made an information against Allen, charging “that Allen did, while being a candidate for county com- missioner, violate the election laws by payments of money and promise of of- | fice and other gain, and by soliciting voles by bribery and corruption.” Al. len was arrested and entered bail for his appearance at court. Allen says if he is prosecuted, he will expose all of the methods used by T.osch and his crowd during the last campaign. That is the right thing to do. Turn on the light and expose these republican ras. cals, and their unsavory methods. This is just another instance of the many practices of republican crookedness in order to gain power, in the "|e 4 L HinIssioner, “ Iowa h Cy Four Eclipses This year | Daring the year 1864 there will be { four eclipses, two of the sun and two of the scandalous mistakes and extrava- | f extravagance in pri- | electing their entire county ticket with | practice hereafter their license would be revoked. For years the democrats taught the doctrine of tariff reform and finally won in the contesl. At this time, under the unfavorable condition of business, it is no wonder that some of | the weaker ones falter, ‘Pariffreform, | if the right puilzy, 2:d we firmly believe it to be, should be carried into effect ns soon as possible. If itit is a remedy, give it to the public at onge. : int dinlone® a N08 Cavovs and party primary meetings for thespring election, Tuesday, Feb. 20th, should be held not later than Saturday, Janugry 27th, and the same properly certified to the county com- missioners. This isa point worth re. membering. ==(ools almost given away ab Meyer's January rals. — | void,” Tue nomination of Galusha A. {Grow by the republican state com. | vention, last week, was a good move. | Boss rule in the republican party has | learned one valuable lesson by the de | leal ailments to hinder. The physician | ) | in general Jracties too frequently insists | the moon. An annual eclipse of the sun in considering mental and physical | Will occur April 5th, and » total eclipse orbidity apart, Wola not the yi September 25th, but the both will be in. to master human ley can not be | visible in any part of America. A par. Sonaitared Tow " Ther ist be. | Hal eclipse of the moon will occur March | Jake. togettet, and when 80. taken be. | 14 but will not be generally visible in the A FEW BRIEF ITEMS OF IN- TEREST. Appointments in the Commissioners Office ~The Deputy Sheriff-Judge Furst Cleaning up the Docket -Elsction Com. ing, Argument court was in session the | greater portion of last week, Prothonotary Wim. F. Smith says he expects to have his family move from { Millheim to Bellefonte this coming { spring. Keeping house at Millheim and | attending to an office in Bellefonte is | not the proper way of living. | Justice of the Peace Samuel Foster { is able to beabout again, looking slight. {ly paler from his tussle with the grip. In our review of the county offices last week we neglected to mention that | the county commissioners, who had been | re-elected, were likewise legally quali- | fied for the full performance of their | daty for the coming three years, The {board was reorganized with G. L. { Gooabart president. The course of { Messers. Goodhart, Adams and Strohm, during the past three years has Leen in | the right direction and always looking | to the interest of the tax payers. Robt. | F. Hunter was unanimously re-elected commissioners’ clerk. He has proven | himself a competent and efficient man { for that position. The accounts and | records in that office never were in as | good shape as at present. Everythin | is arranged and vecorded in a systemat.- ic and businesslike | dispatch. | David F. Forthey, Esq., was again | retained as commissioners’ attorney, a position which he has so ably filled for a number of years. His safe counsel { has proven its value in many occasions during the past term. Urnigen Attwood was retained also as Janitor of the conrt house, which posi- tion he filled, during the past year, in an acceptable manner, During the past week Deputy Sheriff Weaver was sworn before Recorder | AT THE COURT HOUSE, manner, and with | IMPORTANT CASE Some time ago the Pennsylvania Railroad Company filed a bill in equity in our courts, alleging that by reason of 8 contract between that company, the Bald Eagle Valley Raiiroad ( ompany and the Lemont Railroad Company of the one part and the N ittany Valley Railroad Company and the Ore Land Association and the Centre Iron Com. pany of the other part, the Valentine Iron Company and its officers had no right to aid in the building of the new railroad from Bellefonte to Mill Hall, and if built the Valentine Iron Com pany would have no right to ship the pro- duct of the furnace over the new road, and asked for an injunction to restrain these parties from aiding the construe. tion of the new road, and from shipping over it when completed. When the ap- plication came to be heard the prelim. inary injunction was abandoned. but the defendants, the Nittany Valley Railroad Company and the Valentine Iron Company, were ruled to answer the plaintiffs’ bill. Instead of answer ing, the defendants demured to the bill. The issue thus formed was heard before Judge Furst on last Friday. The plaintiffs were represented by DD. W. Sellers, Esq., of Philadelphia, and Jobn Blanchard, Esq., and the defendants by C. M. Clements, Esq., of Sunbury, and C. M. Bower, Esq. All these | men took part in the argument. It was purely a jegal battle and lasted from gentle. { balf.past nine in the morning until four o'clock in the afternoon. The case is now in the hands of Judge Furst, who | 18 struggling with the many intricate questions of law raised in the case. Our people are anxiously waiting for the decision of the court and are expecting a favorable determination. An adverse decision would destroy the usefulness of our new raiiroad, and would bea serious blow to Bellefonte. A ———— First Trip to Florida via P. RR, This years’ series of Pennsylvania Railroad tours to the land of sunshine and flowers will be inaugurated om January 30th, when a luxurious special train, composed entirely of Pullman ad ——— 3 ba” the prothonotcy We Kot of makes the change and requires the sheriff to file his appointment in the Recorder's office. Under this new act, the Deputy Sheriff, in case of absence or any inability of the Sheriff, is vested with full power to perform all duties pertaining to that office. Deputy Weav. er is the first official in this couuty to come under the provisions of this act, id Special term of court will convene ext week. There seems to be a dis. position, of late, on the part of our President Judge, Hon. A. O. Furst, to clean up the docket and get some of the long standing causes from the list. The constant delays, the apparent disregard of the interests of litigants, the frequent disappointments of coming to court with scores of witnesses gathered from far and wide and being met with the customary “‘postponed until next ses. sion" have been sufficient to turn one from this “Temple of Justice” in dis gust. The rights of the community, in contrast with the convenience of our court, seem 10 be two vastly different quantities, with the ratio largely in favor of the latter. Weare glad to see the present dis. position of our court in its effort to dis patch busivess and bring a close to some long standing, and frequently delayed, causes. We feel like complimenting His Honor for this, but then we must keep in mind that the election of a new President Judge wiil take place this year and there may be more motive than 1egard for public duty in this apparent | zeal, displayed at the “eleventh hour.” | The publishers of the a) Albin, the wonderful Christinas gift | of Tie Prrrsnvne Trwes to its read. | ers, have decided to extend the scope of | the work so as to make it a voiume of | 2% views instoad of 160 as originally | intended. This will necessitate an in. crease in the number of parts from 10 to 14. The additional number will be furnished to readers of The Times at | | | : ME —— A Bit of Good News, i EY York ut £1 _ Philadelphia 12.10, Wilmington 12.5 p.m. and thence via the most direct route to the destination point—Jackson- ville. At this latter place (he tourists are left to follow their v #n inclination as lo where they shall spend the two weeks alloted to them. The great nnm- ber of side trips that are available rend- er a selection from which choice may be made to suite the desire of the most exacting. The unsurpassed climate ae- cording with the cloudless, azure-bloe sky throughout the immense confines of the state, and the heathful effects to be enjoyed by a sojourn within its borders are sure to be appreciated by the strong as well as the feeble, in whatever di. rection they are prompted. $50 from New York, 848 from Phila. delphia, and proportionate rates from intermediate or contiguous points with. in a genercus radius are made on the most liberal basis, and include railroad fare, sleeping accommodations, and meals en route in both directions while on the special train. The remaining dates of the series are February 18th and 27th. and March 13th and 27th. ———— —_———" Sale Notes, Every person having sale bills privted at this office will be presented with a a book of blank notes. HOW MANY CHILDREN HAVE YOU? How many times a month do you visit the shoe store ? Of course your children are just like other people’'s—always wanting new shoes. You can’t let them go to school with their toes sticking out. We have on hand a line of feat of Delemater, they can't force their favorites upon the public. Should | fore structural change takes place the | . United States. Another partial probabilities are recovery. |, This Media tragedy sbould have been | golipse of the moon will take place on | impossible. Some day such tragedies | coe her 14th and 15th and will bo visi. { Mr. Grow be elected, as congressman. | at-large, and thee is no doubt of it, we will have the good fortune of a | brainy representative at Washington. | This may sound somewhat strange in a ! democratic paper, but it is aboat the | correct statement of the case, A great | | deal of nonsense can often be avoided | by facing facts as they are. i ==Merchant tailoring is one of the | Specialties at the Philadelphia Branch. If you can’t buy a suit that will fit they cap make one for you on short notice. | will be #0 rare that men will look back | upon the almost daily list of these times with surpise at the Sonaity of lalcal | ignorance and the lack courage in | the profession.” : Station Agent Appointed, J. Woods Ferguson, of Jersey Shore | has accepted the position of ticket and freight agent for the Central Pennsyl. | vania rallway company at Mackeyville, the most important point between | Min Hall and Bellefonte, Mr, Fergu. son Is in every way qualified to fill the office, | ble in all purts of America, MESES A Tr Ix Tyrone the school directors threat. en to prosecute anyone furnishing | sahool boys unner 16 years of age with cigarettes. This is a good move if it is | only vigorously carried out, i ———— Every man who neglects his busi. | ness and falls invariably attributes it to the prospective Wilson Bill, =You certainly need a new overcoat | this winter. Remember that the Philad, | Brunch keeps them. the same term as the first parts, namely six coupons and ten cents for each part, With the last part will be furnisied a complete index and title page. Twenty five thousand copies of the Columbian Album are being sent out Ly The Times each week, With the enlargement of the scope of the work this number should be doubled. ~Haupt & Sou pay cash for apples, by the quantity, If you have any to soll, address Haupt & Son, Bellefonte, and they willsend a man to see them. They will furnish the barrels and pay the cash on delivery. f10 —. Boy's School Shoes on which you can SAVE 50 PER CENT. IN SHOE LEATHER They are not the rough, cheap. looking ~~ kind-—commonly called School Shoes. They are neat, strong and durable, and only cost $1.25 a Pair. Mingle’'s . ... SHOE STORE, }
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