\ The Centre Democrat, ———————— Circulation Over 3800 NO RTH WARD REPUBLICAN Writes a Letter on Recent Party Deals WHY COL REEDER WON OUT In the Game of Politics Some Peculiar Deals are Made—Chambers’ Trick ~Dale's Job in Danger One of the rules in all well regulated newspaper offices is that no communica. | tion be recognized which is vot accom- panied by name of the writer, Thatisa necessary precaution to insure no impo sition. No matter how good the rule may there are times when anex ception can be made, and in the follow- ing article we depart from custom. We do not know the authot’s name. The article was brought to our sanctum, by a reliable citizen of the North Ward, who assured us that it was from the pen of a “prominent republican” did not care to gain notoriety and was assured that the article was carefully prepared and is “alright.” be ~s who Editor Cenlve Democrat. What settled the Republican Chair- manship fight? For some time this question has been the subject of conversation and argu- ment on the part of some of my Repub lican friends. Have they found the soiu- tion at last? Reeder, Chambers, Clem Dale and Quigley had announced themselves as candidates for the leadership of their party. It was thought by all who knew these gentlemen that the time had come when the bitter feelings, which had been | held in check during the lifetime of the late General Hastings by his manage. ment, had come to the surface for a final struggle. Reeder, who has always posed as the party boss (when Hastings was away,) had no time for any of the others Chambers und Dale were never consulted as to any of the party policies, and Quigley was allowed to act as a clerk until the boss felt that he was beginning | out by the dissolution of the law firm. A week or so went by with the four | candidates in the field when suddenly, without without warning and apparently consulting their friends who had begun to line themselves up for a hot fight, the Reeder influence was supreme and the other candidates withdrew, leaving their friends in the lurch. Without seeking to discover the guid. | ing hand which directed the final result or without considering the fact that the Republican bosses expect to sacrifice everything this fall for the success of their judicia! candidate, it might be well to consider what arguments could have been used with Messrs Chambers, Dale and Quigley to induce them to sacrifice their teelings and their friends. Col. Chambers, of Governor Penny: packer’s staff, also held a position under the state government which I know is a sinecure., H=+ was an applicant for re. appointment. Perhaps some of us re. member Quay’s telegram to Chairman Reeder about Centre county appoint wents ? Had Reeder failed to endorse his friend Chambers, and did he come to time at last? At any rate the day upon which the re appointment of Chambers was anvounced I noticed Chamber's with. drawal from the fight. It is rumored also that a gentleman, distingushed in national politics, advised Colonel that a fight might hurt the party’s chances in Centre county this | year. Clement Dale's candidacy was evident ly to pave the way for the announcement of brother Al. for Assembly in recent issues of the Republican newspapers. | For some time it has been understood that Knicely and Womelsdorf were slated as the legislative candidates, bat the Dales have butted in and sent things flying and now Al. claims that he is to be given a chance to get back that thousand majority which snowed him under twelve years ago, and John Knicely is to be sidetracked. If the bosses keep their promises, of course the Dale stock will be way above nar,—but the Dales have | bought many gold bricks, in my reco. lection, from the same combination. And what about ‘Poor Quigg,’ what was the matter with him? Why should he give in so peacefully to his dear friend, Reeder? Could it possibly have been because he held a Federal position, like Wash Rees, in last spring's cam- paign, and Scranton interfered? Or was it because, holding the semi judicial po- sition of Referee in Bankruptcy, the ap- pointment having been made under such a non.partizen judge as Archibald, Quigley himself feit that it would be a stain on his judicial ermine to drag it through the mire of partizen politics? The judiciary is very clannish, and often come to each other's aid in personal mat- ters, bul of course the present judge of this county was never accused of dictating the policy of the Republican party, at any rate not so long as Hastings was alive. It was a beautiful exhibition of politi- cal bossism, whichever way we may look at it, and the Republican party of Centre county, or what will be left of it after next November, has evidently found a boss who will run things to suit himself no matter whom it may hurt, This horse. play among the little poli. ticians in our party is amasing to me. When hauling on the farm, when | was a boy, if a team would not pull we used to change them around, sort of break the combination, and with a good cart whip soak it to 'em, The latter Gold Brick—Quigley's | the worthy | { STATE FISH DYING AT ST. LOUIS. | struction in Pennsylvania Exhibit Fish Commissioner Meehan has re- | ceived advices from St, Louis that the | fish sent from the Pennsylvania hatch- | eres to be placed on exhibition at the | Louisiana Purchase Exhibition have | been dying very rapidly because the | water in which they have been placed | had been filtered by the alum process, A car containing 7,000 fish of the dif | ferent varieties ralsed | Alum in the Water Has Wrought De- | in this state were BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 19, igog. JAPANESE ARE ADVANCING Troops Landed Peninsula CRUISER More on the JAPANESE | | Struck a submerged Mine thur Besieged and Likely to Fall Japanese Armies Advancing to the laterior of Manchuria seut out at the openiug of the exposi- | | tion, and only three of them died on the reported that all the numbering about within forty-eight had ben changed trip. It is specimens of hundied, now trout, five died hours after the water on them, and the fish of other varieties are rapidly dying off. The Pennsylvania ment had intended to consign an addi. Fisheries Depart tional carload of fish several days ago, but the fish authorities at St. Louis wired Commissioner Meehan to defer their shipment The large the the includes from above, of course, consignment of trout Bellefonte hatchery. - JOE SIBLEY AGAIN. being several When Quay was in danger of defeated for the U. 8S. Senate years ago, Congressman Joe Sibley, then posing as a democrat, tried to persuade the democrats not to vole for Jenks. At the time it looked as”though Sibley was a traitor in our camp. Now it comes from good sources that at that time Sib- ley and Quay had made a bargain, if Sibley would help Quay back to the sen- ate later Sibley would be rewarded. Soon after Sibley became a republican and was prominently mentioned for Gov ernor, but that failed. Now the pro | gramme is to have Sibley succeed Quay to the U. 8. Senate. The Standard Oil Company would put up boodle, as Sibley is one of them—and a very crooked one | himself to any party, and doanything as | long as Joe Sibley profits by it. We re. | cognize his ability, but the penitentiary has some mighty smgrt roge=s iv # too, | He is a politician without morals or con. | science and in many respects a more ob- | jectionable man than Quay. If Joe Sibley goes to the United States | Senate, it will be a victory for the Stand- ard Oil Company. August 20 Will Be Pennsylvania Day. Governor Pennypacker has fixed Au- gust 20th as Pennsylvania day at the St Louis exposition. It will be the anni: versary of a battle fought by General Auvthony Wayne against the Indians at Fallen Timbers, purchase, and Pennsylvania was participated in by troops. The governor, members of the supreme court and other state officers will go in a body, and the | Pennsylvania heroism in the early days of the Louisiana Territory will be crys. talized in history, along with Pennsylva- nia’s generous aid in making the St. Louis exposition successful, ————————— Memorial Day Orators. Hon. John G. Love will speak at | Aaronsburg, 10 am.; and at 2 pm. at | Rebersburg. Hon. PF. C, Bowersox, of Middleburg, will speak at Millheim at {2 pm. Rev’s Buck, Smith and Bixler at | Madisonburg, 9 am. These exercises will be under the direction of Lieut W. W. Bierly, Post G. A.R. E. O. Irvin, pastor of the church of Christ, of Lock | Haven, will deliver the address at Eagle. ville. address at Spring Mills, at 6 p. m. Gets The Rats Drunk. Henry Weidman, the blacksmith, near Mount Joy, who is greatly annoyed with rats, discovered a mew and novel plan to capture the destructive rodents. He soaks grains of wheat in whisky, which he then spreads around for them. The rats eat the wheat freely with a relish, The result is that the rats get to be so drunk that they are an easy prey, and in this way he has been able to destroy a number of them. Bad, Bad Boys, Several boys of reasonably tender age were fined a dollar and a half each by the burgess of Tyrone, the other evening. The charge, sustzined by evidence, was that of robbing back porch refrigerators of denizens on Lincoln avenue, of eggs, butter and soon. The eggs were bang. ed against the sides of houses for the boys’ amusement and the butter placed on the trolley track, New Telephone Company. An independent telephone company was organized last week in Snyder coun. ty with a probability of having four hundred telephones. Hon, G. A. Schoch, president of the Middleburg National Bank, was elected president of the com- pany. too, who talks like a windmill, quotes | to know too much when he was kicked | Scripture at any emergency, can adapt | within the Louisiana | Judge Love will also deliver an During the past week no decisive en- | gagements took place in the far East, | | There has been general activity along he coast while the Japanese army from the Yalu is gradually drawing nearer to Lioa Yang, where a fierce battle may be Many small engagements have taken place, generally in progress at this time, resulting in victories for aggressive Japs. A surprise was sprung by an immense Japanese fleet approaching in the gulf of Liao Tung and effecting a landing far { above Port Arthur on the western coast, not far from New Chang, which will en. able them to strengthen their along the route to Liao Yang and Murk- forces den where the Russian armies are retreat- | ing and evidently preparing for a de cisive engagement, The port at Danly has been invested by the Japanese and large forces are being centered at that point, evidently for the purpose of joining in the final capture of Port Arthur, All fity miles, on the Port Arthur penin. railroad communication for over sula, has been destroyed, bridges blown up, and roadbed dismantled beyond any { possible repair. Thus the Russian gar- | rison at Port Arthar is cut off. A land and sea attack is planned against the | | port to begin the latter part of the week | and the Japs are willing to make great | sacrifices iu order to capture this famous | fortress where the Russian navy has a large fleet, JAPANESE CRUISER LOST. While assisting in removing mines | from a small bay near Danly, the cruiser Miyako accidentally struck a submerged mine, a terrific explosion followed re- sulting in the loss of the ship; only two |killed. It was a fine vessel 314 feet | long, of modern equipment. Last week | the Japs lost a torpedo boat in a similar { way and they are much grieved at what appears to have been carelessnes. i Another report of the loss of a Japanese cruiser by a small naptha Jaunch creep- ing upon it at night and striking it with a torpedo, is unconfirmed. Important to Supervisors. Road supervisors in Centre county will find pointers in the following : Fitzkee and Henry Burg, road super. visors of Lower Windsor Twp, York county, were found guilty of neglect to keep a public road in proper repair. Judge Stewart sentenced each to pay a fine of fifteen dollars and to pay the costs of prosecution. Judge Stewart said that it was the sworn duty of the supervisors | to keep the roads in good condition. They must have no fear of the conse. | quences, either political or otherwise. | They should not be deterred from their | duty because the performance of it might necessitate an increase in taxes, nor be- cause the employment of labor by them wight complete with the farmers in their taxes for their purposes and that they are other business institutions, even if they had to pay laborers tem dollars a day. Just so. i WHY IS IT? Recently the Y. M. C. A. of Lock Ha- ven erected a fine gymnasium. They sent up to Bellefonte and employed Architect Robt. Cole to furnish a design. He did it up to their satisfaction, the plans were accepted and building was erected. Mr, Cole's bill was $50, but he generously turned around and subscribed $50 for their building fund. When the Belle- fonte V. M. C. A. wanted plans for a gymnasium they went way down to Philadelphia for an architect, accepted his plans, and the building is being erected, His bill will be much larger and if he would imitate Mr, Cole throughout even as a subscriber, it would be clever. The point we make ls, why should we go out of town for an architect, when other towns come here for one ? At the Standard Scale Works in Beav- er Falls a talking scale designed for railway stations and hotels has been per- fected. It is om the nickel-in-the slot principle, but instead of a dial to regis. ter the weight when a person steps on it and drops in a nickle, it will, by means of a phonographic attachment, call out the weight in a loud voice. By another attachment the scale will ery “no good” when a slug or piece of spurious coin is dropped in the slot, SUNK | hiring of farm hands, he said that super | visors have the power to raise enough | bound to hire the necessary labor, like | | ABOUT PENSIONS, elon {| Writing on “Our Enormous Pension Bill” in the World’s Work, Robert Lin- | interesting | {coln O'Brien stories, This writer says that a case is well authenticated of a man drawing a relates some | | | | vice when his playmates remembered { that this infirmity was so pronounced in | | seat at school, and was even called by { them “Deafie.”” Of course, no one can | say that this infirmity may not have been greatly accentuated by war service. The | story of a man who applied for a pension for injuries received by ‘‘taking f: at a false alarm’ has become classical. In the old Gulf States, where colored veterans and a few Northern people are about the only the desire to get at the Federal Treasury is “I had a relates an Alabamian, Federal pevsioners, no less strong. man come to " me, ‘10 say that pension for deafness incurred in the ser. ‘GUR HISTORICAL | REVIEW | A Chapter on Incidents During 1840 'A VARIETY OF GATHERINGS { boyhood that he always sat in the front | Port Ar- | | Military Encampment at Boalsburg-— A Temperance Society Organized ith July Celebration—Notes of the Political Campaign On Monday, July 5th, 1840, the severest hail-storm i ever remembered visited The i porthwest, and lasted from the Thous- ands of panes of glass were broken, and Jellefonte. storm came one hour, in the neighborhood Hailstones fell rel-nut to that of a he wanted to get a general law pension | for injuries really received from being thrown out of a bu; Wis. , He acknowl. gy at Racine, ten years after the war, edged that the procedure was not juite regular, but he justified his course by saying that it was only a questi of m time when every Union soldier would get a pension, and as he might not live to see that day himself, he wanted to time } take yy the forelock by getting his share now.” It is further related by this same writer that there is a true story of a man who drew a pension for total deafness on the certificate of an examining board and was subsequently discovered in charge of a telephone instrument. Oae man who was a pensioner on the score of total blindness was found reading newspapers and doing cabinet work | officially certified ; another man, blind by the United | States Government, was encountered in a jewelry shop engaged in delicate me. chanical tasks with a magnifyiag giass stack in his eye mouth because ‘he required the regular ' aid and attendance of anotber person” | on mccount of his disabilities, was seen industriously painting the side of a four- story warehouse, having drawn himself {up on a twenty.-foot ladder, handling | both the ropes without assistance. While | these cases are, of course, exceptional, | their existence even in rare {nstances is | proof of defects in the medical examina. tion system. - IMPROVED MAIL SERVICE The postoffice department announces an addition in the mail service for this sectiou of the county, which is to go into effect at once, May 19th, The noom passenger trains on the Baldeagievalley R. R. heretofore only carried closed pouches with no mail clerk. The trains leaving here at 1.03 aod 1:25 pm;, between Tyrone And Lock Haven, going west and eas, will here. after have full mail service and it means that all points in the Baldeagle valley. can be reached from the county seat: This was needed long ago. On the Lew. isburg road a mail clerk will be added who will leave on the 6:40 am. train and return at 4:20 pm.; this is conductor Reamer’s train. Heretofore this train carried only closed pouches between cer. tain points. It is likely that Robert | Sechler will take this run and move | here. For many years he lived at Lew- { isburg and started from that place in the morning. A FORECAST. There is considerable speculation | among knowing politicians as to what | the republicans will do on legislature. The four candidates are Phil ‘fYomels- dotf, of Philipsburg, John Maley, of Cur. tin, and John Kuisley and Al Dale, of Bellefonte. It comes from good source | that Al Dale will be given a place, as they can’t afford to turn down Dale and his friends. John Daley of Curtin town. ship, is another who will have to be re. cognised. For these reasons Womels. dotf and Knisely will likely be asked to be a little patient, take their turn mext time. In order to satisfy Philipsburg's claims for recognition the nomination for prothonotary will likely go to that place. Dale and Daley are much alike in name and popularity and both bave done much for the republicans of Centre county, Moser Heirs Want Another Tract The heirs of Burkhart Moser have sued the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com. pany for another tract of coal land of 273 acres, and Judge Bechtol on Monday ordered the case to be tried next Mon. day. The new suit is for possession of what is known as the Matthias tract in Schuylkill county, and is valued at $2,- 000,000, Firemen's Picnic July 4. The Good Will hose company of Lock Haven will bold a picnic at Agar's park, on July 4. Dancing and amusements ine cluding a ball game, sack races, ete., will be the order of the day, A man drawing $72 a | { other companies from Mifflin and Clear | held Springfield, alias Boalsbury tober 1 was the largest and most imposing mili tary spectacle ever witnessed in this sec: » Col | was in command, with tion of the state Andrew Gregg . C. Hale, Burchfield staff —R lieuten ant-colonel; and G, R, : jjutant, Barret, 1 The Maj. Gen. Abbott Green and staff, Brig.- Gens. A. P. Wil i by aq of aid Belssel, a reviewing officers were son and A. S. Wilson, ac- and Aun- The following Centre county companies were Penn's Capt. Troop, Capt. — Bell; Washington Troop, Capt. Walters; Centre Guards, Capt. A. G Curtin; Bel Capt. |. H. Morrison; Washington lafantry, Capt. Washington Guards, Capt. Pat. Capt. Fealz; { Nittany Riflemen, Capt. Coverly; Boals- Capt. James Dunlap Capt. Rissel, besides compani Cols. Burnside drews es to the Governor, J resent Yalley Troop, George Buchanan; Pine Grove iefonte Infantry, Gregg, ton; Gatesburg Hornets, { burg Riflemen, | Marion Guards, | field countles | Dec. 11th, the Washington Temper. | ance Society of Bellefonte was organized, | This was followed by organizations at | Milesburg, etc. James H. Rankin was president of the | Washington Society of Spring and Belle- foute; George Welch, secretary. At a | | meeting on Christmas night songs were {sung by John Montgomery, Wesley | Lambert, and W. H. Butler, and address. {es delivered by Hon. John Blanchard, | Joseph T. Hall, Frederick Smith, Col. James Burnside, and ap- | pointed to organize Boals- commitliees societies at | burg and Jacksonvilie. At the military election held in June, ’ James Potter, Jr., was elected brigadier. | general, Philip W. Barnhart colonel (of | One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment), William Tipton lieutenant.colonel, and George H. Weaver major The election ia the fall of 1841 | markable from the fact that Gen. James Was re | Irvin, Whig, carried the county against | George McCulloch for Congress, | Joseph F. Quay, Whig, elected | state senator. Haines, Gregg, and | Miles townships remain, however, | staunchly Democratic. James Dunlap, | the Whig nominee, was elected county commissioner, and William Harris, Whig, county treasurer. James Mac- manus, Esq., was the successful candi date for the Legislature. and was a great outpouring of the people to Belle. fonte to political meetings. The Demo. crats, marshaled by Capt. J. H. Morrison, formed a procession headed by the Miles: burg band. An arch made by the ladies, under which hang the portraits of Polk and Dallas, was next in procession; then Burnside, president; George Boal, C. Trezyulny, John Gilli- The procession repaired to a grove at the west end of town, where a dinner was spread by Maj. Armor. There were three hundred and thirty.six voters in line, Col. James Burnside delivered an oration, and H. N. McAllister, read the Declaration of Independence, The Whig procession was headed by Tutton's Bellefonte Band, Gen. George Buchanan, marshal, and repaired to the spring, where a dinner was served by the ladies. Gen, James Irvin presided, as sisted by David Dale, James Potter, Wil- liam Murray, Samuel Askey, Roland Curtin, 8r., Daniel Shank, George Brown, J. W. Richards, George Zimmerman, Thomas McCaimont, Daniel Weaver, Hamilton Humes, vice-presidents; Sam’ R. Patton, Daniel Keller, Jacob Baker, secretaries. Maj. George S. Armstrong read the Declaration, and Dr. J. M. Thompson delivered an oration. The venerable Judge Charles Huston also made an address, and was followed by A. G, Curtin, Hsq. The Democratic ticket in 1844] was for Congress, Dr. Joseph Henderson; As © Ooatinued on page 4. The Fourth of July was celebrated by | came Governor David R. Porter and the | officers of the meeting, —Judge Thomas | William Smyth, | Sr, J. Thompson, Bsq., Willlam Ward, land, John G. Lowrey, John Neff, etc. | Esq., | VOL. 26. XO, 20. FACT, FUN AND FANCY, Bright Sparkling Paragraphs -—Seleoted and Original. | THE BACHELOR'S WISH Wanted a wife, fe, By a bachelor young and healthy! I do not 80 the lady be falr, How poo To sweeten 1) care rshe may be or wealthy. it be tall, ery small gentie and young ; atare bright, 1abeart that is bh eves th Lh eyes t ht gas, an bridle her tongues make a happy day The roof garden is a tip-top idea. Bounds of matrimony do not always bear interest When a man isn’t square the fact will soon get ‘round A girl should at least return a fellow’s love if she has no use for it. Whisky won't make a man drunk un- less the whisky itself is drunk. The jailer seriously objectsjwhen his prisoners make themselves too free, The fellow who shoots off his mouth never seems to run out of ammunition, It isn’t because the dentist is despond- {ent that he always looks down io the mouth, SE PUMPING STATION LEASED. Oa Monday eventng council acted on the new pumping station at Reynolds mill of which considerable has been said in former issues. Mr. Kirk made a re- port in which he urged council to reat the property and the motion was carried without a dissenting vote. Under the terms of the agreement Col. Reynolds leases the entire mill property to the boro at an annual rental of 1500 a year, the boro release him from property. Oat of the first Col. Reynolds is to contri. bute §1000 towards the installing of the plant, to taxes on said years rental The plant is guaranteed to keep up to 65 horse power and Col. Reynolds is to keepit insured. Ia case of fire ren- dering property useless to council, no rent is to be charged until it is put back in running order. This is one of the most important acts of any council of re- cent years and is certainly one that will result in an immense saving, to the boro. This proposition has beed carefully calculated and it is believed will prove a great saving to the boro. Io this connection we mention that | the new water wheel and pump is being {put in at the Water Works by J. H. | Lingle and that hy the end of the month { will be ready for steady work. The con- tract calls for this pump to handle about | 100,000 gallons per day, but it is predict. ed that it will go far beyond that, may | reach 140,000. No other business of special importance | was transacled at this session. Going Te DuBois. | The Lock Haven Express is responsi. | ble for the following : James A. Peidler | is to be city editor of the DaBois Morning | Journal, which makes its first appear. | ance on Monday next 16th. Mr. Fiedler | is a graduate of the Central State Norma! | school of this city and a newspaper man | of fine ability, His wide experience in | newspaperdom, coupled with his skill in wielding a ready pen and a nose for ferreting out the mews, will doubtless | manifest themselves in the columns of | the new journal. Under a recent act of Congress a large body of farm land in Minnesota will be sold on June 12 by the Government. The tract comprises 255,000 acres of fertile land, and will be sold under the Home- stead law to actual settlers, in quarter sections of 160 acres, Here is another chance for people who find land too dear in the East, In the Altoona shops several hundred workmen were discharged. The same thing has been dome about Chicago on various railroad lines, The iron market shows & decided decline. These things may indicate & dull period.
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