I ,t?r: Somerset Herald, ms of JPublicatioii. fTLIHfP m IM1 7 lie Mirhed ery Wodneaday uiorHnar mi 0 num. tf ' ,n a'""0 f oiherwla H aC nearta'di be coarited taifri.f wilt ne tamer'naad until all , Lr. are paid a p. fwuu neidertlo; j r I or wlm uorT"era ao eot uii out ; L will ''1 riio1tl tor lb aub- j Vo-riber remoetna: ttwm ou PoatofBe to - j t,n iul'i Ki" th . " lunuer a im m im , ,, . t Ui prewat no. Addreaa j The Somerset Herald, J,. A.AA.I. a ( . 31. Somerset, Pa. ! oner let or ale o ESTABLISHED, 1827. SOMERSET, PA.t WEDNESDAYJANUARY 10. 1S3. WHOLE NO. 1044. ;i;i u' bkislckePv. ATTORNEY- T-L W, Knirr Pa. ctaita la Co k . Beenia' block. Frank V. Hay. ETABLMIID 34YFAI!S. John B. Hay I V KIMMK1- AT P'RX EY-AT-LA W, E3I.A.5Y" BROS. HOYT'S VIEWS. ! WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Sutuerael, Pa. j KOOSER. AIWKSEYATLAW, ' Somerset, la. j)K(7kU. SCULL, ' ATTOKNEY-ATLAW, Horn erset Pa. "VpjpSl.EY. " ATTUKN LY-AT LAW, Sotnereet. P Tin, Co r ti:knt. ATrilKXEYTLW, &onjereL, Penn'a. H.TLL. ATTOKNEY-AT -LAW. Sooieraet, Pa. J PRITTS. ATTOKNEY-ATLAW, Somerset, Pa. fc a, oj-1i """' " II V R. SCOTT, ATTUKNEY-AT-LA W, Somerael, Pa. . . all knali.aMaiilrilft. I iuili Oinrt tiooiw. - f . i.i. tirowouieax and a care avwuuw O'KHtUlH. ' ,1-FiroTH A KITPEU ATTORNEYS-AT LA W. , . .n-rn-ted to ttir'r care will I ,H nl punctually u.i . b I D M -ilD !ti HI -Ck. IM MreeL, oj.uoalta Ibe ,llB..iiV LC.COI.ttoKN. ,,.,;(, UN .UOLP.ORN ATTihNtS AT LAW. 1,iT.-ilM'W"Jt"reaewiH tjepr-rnpt-, ,,u u-n-ie.nn (!.,1I-H. made o Sun 'i,!;uM .n.i a.tj..'nli..c tvun.lca survey , ve am-lmc "m reinouable ttraia. 'IN 0. KIM MEL. ATTOhNtY-ATLAW, Siiieract. Pa. .itciiil ti. all I.M'in'M entruri1 tn hl re ,., wiiiiJ a,i.ontiC'anile tih pn-mpt-l a-n-lry t'llliv on MslnOrw itreel. F L.tr nl PmiI" AKt, Smnerpet, Pa f lu'Mmninutn Hlai k EMiV F. S( 1 1 KLIj, ATTtlKNEY-AT LAW, Al.KNTINE HAY. A 1T IKN EY-AT L W ' Icil riti Rl Mt -ie S..m-re. P t :i!l i'al' -ere eiiiruried to hi mre MUl bit!)' will tih :ix ii cm.. ATToKNEY-AT law 'ui-r-l. Pa .. T. n iitlv attend to ill btnr enirute1 liie" !vmif1 n eUectloo. fc. M .Mmiim(li Huiliin. OGLE. ATTOKNEY-ATLAW. S.ln.Tel Pa., Mtr'lonal 1-oFlnew entrarte'1 tn n- eare ! t'd ui wiik in.n.) tiM and n. tilt). TILLIAM II. KOONTZ. ATTOKNEY-ATLAW. SoBerret, Pa., Till pttre pnimH atenHn tn bnflneaa enlrert X. til. rr.rr in f-'Tn-riM? -nd adjvlnlnK (uutm In Printing Himiw Row. MES L, VI GIL attokxey-at-w, i&'BieTMl. Pa. In-ce. V.an mxk Rluek, op atalra. Entrance. fcu tVi- alreet. IH.MHn, tnae. eaiaie. U-.1. tltlet eimlnl. ami an ii nuamew m.ied tv with ri'nef and Bl Utj. T k 15 A EH. 1. ATTOKNEY-ATLAW. Somerael. l a.. :11 practice In Someraet and a4lj.rinln -untie Mf.B'n entra'ted to tatm will I pn.mtiy trd tu. Fa ac iirc.rs. ATTUKNEY-Al-LAW, Sefficrvet, PrBn'a. KXXIS VEYKRS. ATTORN EY-AT-LA W, Someraet, Penn'a. i Uaal l'0-lrifw entraineil to hif ere will be ii. itb ir-u I'trew and tiilellty. !i :ee in Waniiuoth HIik L next lwr lo Hojd I hiire. Pliar aM SlieeMroii f are Manify, Xo. 280 Washington Street, Johnstown, Pa. VZ A22 PLEPAEED TO CFFE2 mm, mm m homri ishiig goods is general At Prices Less than any Pther House in Western Pennsylvania. o, P"-','rmon fJ l'lmtloTin. alT.nll Iron an-l SheeHToo. mm Pan. 8tem . I!!.' K" JS,""i NUel(" ' Enalnea. and all work pertalclrif f t ellar far- - .. .... n.i ..r i,..n. nnt-run Mechanic- ml. s..e Airem fT N utile lloi.k. . i ;..,,, -..k ; ,earr n'l l'o c.k. fcin-lfi w Peon. In HouM-Fariiiahina- foi.li we offer T'?. "., Ht' ew.J.k Cliamber-Palla. Knlrei aD4 Furk (o-mmoa ( an.i . e-f) U-rmn Mlv. r Si. Hrl annl , h.. Tea . Trava Llne.1. In and Ktutnekd ! i,r'.T "i? """.T K"lliJ,- M:4t hrollera. tiyaier Broiler. hrr Heiten. (la different kiixia, ; Hr-. Tww. Pla to Hritam la ami W ire 'nor. Iron sut.ds Klre lruna. ami evervtbtne-of j sr. nee.ie.1 In the m Htumrtinem An eierfc-nee of thin y-tliree ear In Lm-ineat Lere eua ! , i "J?. V'njrj,r"1 nl "J. 1-""""luiil'y lu .r line, with a rood article at a low .rl. All ..! . AhKANrEI ; KtPK SbNTEH or the money refunded, rail and wri the Wrr. ; iret , t.rl.nhrl re.iiTfia--f : iwim h e io ik.w Kl.iii. r-em .r.1 c.nmeneln Hoomj-Keeuhiic will .are t. L L i u " ,r,,u' u"- Werrhanti aellinw bokI In oar line hoi 1.1 aend f. "' 7 w ynrr "rcHll aid aei lu.itatls ol our W an Aiwe bare no apprentice! aU our work la warriuittd lo he ol the quali'.y al lowest pilce. Tt aae money call ou or aend lu HAY IUIttS . Xo.2o UMsiiingion Street Johnstown, Peuu'a. HERE IS THE PLACE! J. M. HOLDERB AUM I SONS NO. 4 BAER'S BLOCK. A Comj.ltte A.ortmei,t of GENGRAL MEIiCHANDlSE coiipting of STAPL3 and FANCY DRY GOODS! A Liirjre Assortment of DRESS GOODS AND NOTION! MEXS', BOY'S & CI1ILDREXS CLOTHING! HATS , BOOTS AND SHOES! CARPETS & OIL CLOTHS ! Queensware, Hardware, Glassware, GROCERIES. ! All Kinis of Wi' dow Blinds and Fixtures. WnV Pap rs, Uinbrtlhs, Si ebels and Truni'8, Churns, Butter V Howls, Tubs. Buckets, Biskcts, Toledo Pump3. Farm Bells, Coru Plant ers ind Plows. Cultivators, and WAGONS! Tin: noLAxri chilled plow, T.a CJLUIPJOX JIOtVEIl & REAPER, ihe CIIAJIPIOX GRAIX SEED DRILL, Willi D. t.icliiil.lf F. rt liztr. J.M. HOLD EBB ADM & OKS'; ... SOMERSET, -PENN'A. The Text of the Governor's Message. Ronoa on charter Otb llcenae fee Arcried Intereat PnV PampUU law NoUtrJ pub'Iceomtnlwt'Hi A llebeny Valley Kallria.1 Company. t'uiieit Mwa government.... t:ovnitii uf H""" UI Aunaity luctibl of way Eacbeati f Kaea of pnblle offler Keiii'ie" eaaa . - llivlden- I on toek owned by tL Oom- AioDwealib.. ............ .. ... fonwieBce BVney . M isc llaiwoua - 8-.I-0 Gentlemen of the Senate and Houxenf Ileireciditire: In the interval i-incethe last Lien niiil ctKion of tlie Gt-nerHl Assem- blv, tlie ComnxH.wealtli lias gouej 7 .,. Hteudily forward in orderly and The total eXiiiditures tor tlie liealtliy prowtii. New sources of same time were $5,024,760 41. weakli liave been opened within her j Of thi aggregate more than four hordeM new enU-rnrises of preat millions were derived fruu taxes on '"'J'iJi .fifteen thousand; thfre are nearly .a twenty t: thousand teachers, and 4717 l.i J i e .. .. .. ni- nuriMHT in iuiiih enrol let! is nine hundred and fifty thousand. To these extensive agencies we may add the numerous academies, col leges, and universities which are supported hy voluntary contribu tions and private patronage, in wl ich other thousands of young mew and women are making prepa 43-1 0- 41 601. 1 4A0.IVU. tt 10,0 II M 3 7S N7 i0.47-'.9 07.67 tions in other States. I am nersu.i- rooms, dormitories, and workshops, ded they emUdy the late.-t and capable of accommodating- about wisest experience in its relation to 1 5A) boys and girls. Iu. addition to the scheme. The statute referred to j lalor on the farm, employment is enacts that when complete!, ' the ! given on the premises in many forms ' Instruction of Deaf Philadelphia; "Western Pennsvlva nia Institution for Instruction o Deaf and Dumb," at Pittsburg. At the best, the State undertakes to provide for only a very insignificant proportion of our fIlnwr J , - .... .. stricken with these 'disabilites. It ; will scarcely occur t. w that anv consideration should weaken the ! human impulses under which we nave nitherto lent aid to cheerless lives. Some thousands of dollars were also appropriated to tmrk- private hospitals, in which were no Mate patients, in the different cities of the State Pittsburg, Williams port, Wilkesbarre, Scranton, York and Harrisburg. PUBLIC BOARD. Among the most imjiortant agen cies of the State is the Board of Pub lic Charities. It is their duty at all times to look into and examine the condition of all charitable, reforma- board of managers shall receive and I of trades industry. Schools are open j .ry or correctional institutions take into said reformatory all maie j daiiy for all the inmates. The dis- critninals between the ages of fifteen and twentv five, and not known to have been previously sentenced to a I iwriltpr.tiiirv rr taIuIa v,rwri in thw cinline was found to be firm and pa rental. It is a pleasure to assure you that, after making, in conipar.v with a number of gentlemen mialitied to moment have been inaugurat-d,and real progress seems to be the word all along our line. We must grate fully recognize the Providence which has maintained these conditions by which we are surrounded. All good citizens apprehend those broad underlying principles of in telligence, virtue anil industry, ripon rations for tlie various calling and or any other State, who shail be le- j judge, an ollicial inspection of simi profeesions of our social life. gaily sentenced to said reformatory in r institutions in several of the As the Sutierintendent well sa v: on conviction of anv criminal offense : States, which had received judicious tax on personal propel ty tax is derived from ntouey at inter est, watch s and carriages, If it is desirable to retain tl taxes on the national hanks, .whih yield the State nearly three huijdred ;uid fifty "This work is come on without in anv court having Jurisdiction pomp or glitter, in the small houses thereof." "The said industrial re that dot our hills and valleys, un- j formatory shall be constructed to seen aiid unheeded bv the gadding accommodate at least five hundred a way as to rat . curpi rations. lne only item wnicn, j in anv true sense, is a direct tax on ' the people is that of SM37,77b;4, world; yet it if felt at every hearth-! prisoners, and in such "tax on personal Pftbeity."' This) stone of the Commonwealth, and admit of theirclassirication and their holds quiet possession of the home-1 instruction and employment in use hearts of our communities, and, if- ful labor." This instruction will which this superstructure has been thousand dollars anuujB.lly,this ' tax raised. In the main, the construe-i on persoual property" cannot be tive results of these principles are' abolished, as the acU of Congress, controlled, neither in their origin creating the national banks, iorbid nor their tendencv, by legislative or their being subject to any greater executive acts. You are assembled, j tax than is itupope upon "other in pursuance of the mandate of the' moneyed capital' jji the State. Constitution, as the sovereign power j There is no Uix for State puqioses in the State, to enact such ordinan-: on real estate. Except certain for ces a'" shall maintain these influen- iorate bonds and slocks, and the ces at their best; to see that no de-; road beds and shops aid tnecnaiucal structive interferences arise; to im-! devices of railroads, ail property in pose the rule of even-handed justice J the State is liable to lcal taxes, for and fair play upon the collisions j city, county, school, ioorani road between different niea and commu- purposes. Tlie laws ;fr their levy tiities and interests. It is my duty fund collection are substantially uni to sugge-t some of the topics which form, sullicientiy understood by the may engage your attention, and to' jieople, and their full execution de take a survey of some of those gov-! t .ends on the fidelity and nerve of ernmental departments over which the local officer and Ihe temper of the State must have the absolute j the taxpayets. In lids distribution control, and of some of the ins'.itu- of burthens betwteu the State and 0 IIPHAN'SCOUIITSALE ALMtaTA. Hokkk. J Scott Wits YaluaMeRBalEstate. HORNE & HMD, II0WAKD WYNNE. M. IX I JOJJ.STO h a , J J viH-f of tb Ft. Far, 1S O'l ft ml n ml t zrluiv ltixMM-e. H V Tlirnat. ura. a. tu I.q krr a Un-en 1 lock. W A.ais M. U WILLIAM COLLINS. IiL.N" 1 1ST. SOM fcKSET, PA. V - '5 Mbjbi..iIi Kl..ck. aNee Ifc'Td'l Utok mi-i he can al all tune lie li'Oart tirepar- ui all kim' I work, puch aa tilllnir rena- rxiiacntiK kr Artibcial tethol all klmla. ui Hi lvt material iLWrted. OireraUon .nica. AlilEM HICKS. Jl STlft OF TH E PEACE. Someraet, rem 'a. MK.Sd. KlFlINAN. M. D. n-n ! r" tiie p ! m. tial uTvf to tbe eltiient " ii 11, ii.iiv hcan I t onl at tbe . et i- i t I it tail crT V.id Mnel or 4tlk )m i l I ir I'enry hrulkfr. i Si it , ltSi. u. KIMMKLI SON M. KIMMCI.L lU E. M. KIMMEI.I '.i.Jpr ihfir irofeaa.a arrricef to the elit t s. n rrwi m.,t ri. ii i- IM. f the m ni I ;lu tn, co al all.tin'irn. uiili ar nlc.-l"n t;arii1. t f,.un-' at ibclr olbca. on Main t eu: ol li t l;umn.l ii: j K jj.rii .Ml 1. 1. hi; has Henna 11 lumed tn lirrlir l-r the unnllce d 'pl"! t'h.r.ea RrieHnir air. i- u-tl 'trl, a. ore fire Wl- II. I'.ia iiAKEU t.n.lers his I n.M-,l!,tiy ln re-Wi-n.-e ua Main l.-r. vtllw l'ln.,r..l ) U M ri A UC II t. t d.rs l.i- '.. -i m! r-rrirr, to the cHitena of Soto r ''" or,tt of Wavota. Berkebile't . lire- "Inn .11. AC. M1LLEI; . mvsn ian asvKumN, wr.ai.M ,uSrtl,fc nnt. Indiana, where ie.i,ftiUe, I , letter or oihrrauw. a--- V-J0HS LILLs. S t ll a'TUI. n-.re alwe hury Utc-t toce.pUaln Ctmtt r i. Sii.tni, pfc j I A M ON I ll C)t1ci h 1.?YS','OXVN- I'KNN'A. It, V,""1 """own bonae b.t latel iiT-. r, ,n "r- icb baa na.le It a rrrj I 'll'Z XV? l'mr tbetraaelina robllc' nrt.l. r,":i,cr""'rHa.aed. all i? Ur P llc ball atuche-l r.,!i.IT rHn lalditut 1'rtrtf. t y t,e e.k. r... , ,.. SA.Ml tHTSTKK. Pv--f-S. E. iSifr Ua,cd Su:yiio ,Pa WBI TO HOUR HEALTH ! 'I (e to It that A .i - . , p ne enureiy run dvwn and worn out Wl-rcjo Tairrey's Health ficaerer. t Vrak wr Vmrnmrntm nttm 1Mb. raw r Meaiaebe, a.,ln. . . hr-p wun riuxDt ... ...-a ,,r v jir.r i ai.u rain aC'ktiss Klin i r ti..,,r 'b K.norer wbkb elewa- k.: "" imifcoratea Un Liver, C0BBECTS THE KIDKEYS. U k4 Ira U 4aalera. atax By rirme of hi oriieroi the inba,,' ''onrl of Somw ei to uir dirtcti d. I will l(ueto aaie n (.anile outer, un Tlnirisd'iy, January IS, 1SS-1, at 10 o'clock a. m . oo-the pn mit tbe following-ili-pcrllil real cTaie, Uietlie jr fjierty of Joba w. Halnea, iieccHWi. A cenaln tract of land, fi aifeln .7ncr Twp.. Someraet ei-uniy. Pa. en amtriie VJ acreaaiol allow-n e, 130 acrca thereof cl-arel and andcr itood al ol en tivaii n. lrt,lnoe well tinilrered, at'jMinlnK lantlrof Mlcl-acl lVr-r. v an Baldwin. Ii iij Kline nd vtbrra, Iitu( tb reon erecml Krl frame DwelHng" House, hmnk 'm Pitr ir tmurt n4 it lifr -o t aiM- iiitfti: Iber iaV m lraf on' thrift irtui liuririar 1 ! to ! t-ttrfr4H rvmt l n. h ihh! ami rea.ly IitI.: aim. a lnr.fi vv n ot it tin ore tt k qnvx. r if wt l! mi--Itn1 with nvr iui line ir- tii l mcT. ai: itoneot th m -at renrrU ly li-c.it, twruift in JnnT itttrt Flrp ai uaTa tie HHtr1 nrl fwiiftri tu npia. twamiirn fr m ,Im Ttiiwii an- hains ali w huu-anl rt vnh within in ol a, mMf In lu tlwcIUiig bovae, '4 niil u (trim mdiI aaw n.tll. TEKMS : 4nr third to rrnTin alien ontl. itrrir'arp a Per th menl vi ftw-bia. the In't-w! tt lc -all lo Uiiii-w annual! iurrnc her Hie. ani at tier 1th tte rTi'.ri.l tu tbe t aia l 4teitad; one third cah. ami the balaaceft iw tvjnal annanl 1m m-w fr m rate trtaiewfth Int rrtt;lU.r ert.t m ! aid tin pnH rty l ktMH:t il n: 04' raiKi iw) ota la lo t-f a- trr h liiilkiuietit Dt-a . JO-I H K hL.Lt- K. iierl A!niUUtialr auil Iruaiee. I arCTKftSORA TO EATON & BROS. 0. 27 FIFTH AVEXUE. PITTSBURGH, PA. SlJRISrG, 1882. NEW GOODS 2VE2Y TAY SPECIALTIES tions over which it extends its foster ing care. The variet y and tlie scope of the elements of our State life, and the expenses of regulation, will re quire some detail in statement If the inventory grown lengthy it is because the wealth and agencies in volved will untl signally illustrate the activities of a great people. You have definite action to take, and it is your right to require precise infor nation, that the t'n! Mitllt I ci lie hind us niitv iut!v i'etl treat i.ridc and grit.ifiiMtitin al the summary. STATK FIN AMIS. Four years ao or t pie l ad nit emerged Iron i tl.e tfiitts if the long and disastrous prostration of busi ness and their ability to rescind to the demands of the Treasury to meet exposes was seriously impaired. The financial officers of the State, at that time, f.und large failures in the sources of revenue confronting them. They wisrly counted on the recuper ative jiower of our industries, and t fli elively tiibd over the situation without the imposition of any added burthen UMm the tax payers. At that dat. tbe State debt wai..r,87. a Altaatdawi tno state aaetM... Redaction nf debt In foarvrar I.e.'.OT.vl From tola total of stale debt la to be departed aaaeu In Sinking Foi.d, anioBoUiig lo T.VK.983 2 U,:,l. NOTICE. T-:Millne VI!tr.(w.l.iw)Wm K. Miller. Ka'e .VI ler. Jcitm f Miner, t'urrle .1 Miller and Alariab L. Mil'er. pMirir in KliUicr. t'ata jtiiifiie e-niy 11 In ;. an-l .1. S Sillier, rell liia in KoMer. lir'it.t ratiny lnitl na, heira ami lex-il re, r .ntiivca ,( Aann iih-r. l-ie ,f New i Vinrrville tr -ah. miei O'aaiy Ha... deceaa d. Y -u are heivltr notifi-d t bat In purj'iaHrvce f writ tl iiamiion t-iMi on' ol ine i rua olStti' Tet c-utiiy. lJa I a iii bwl an tixjoeat on tle real estate of roa viia-r. 1ee-aet. hia la'e real i-nce. In N- w tN oic-Tillc o-irouuh, outlteli'h iiny ot .l.iiud;, lha. where you ear a.ULil It u li.lna tir i r JoliN J SPAXGL R. SHKRirVa i flierl3. No. 2i lti. I Etr broideries, Lacei, Millinery, Whit Goods, Hand- kerchiefs, Dress Trimr.iags, Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets, Knslia d Meria Unde'.car, la fants' and Chiidraa't Ckrthiag.Faac Goods, Yaras, Zephyrs, Mate rials of All Kiads for FANCY WORK, Girls' FinslallBi GcofsA it nrtf irtttn a i stcsr nrrrcLLT aoLif fORDKRSBY MAIL ATTESDF0 TO , WITH CARIC ASP tilSPATl'H. mart -..-j EDWABD ALCOTT, MAKl FAtTt KCB ADD PEALK IV LUMBER! FASHIONABLE CUTTER & TAL(E,'OiKFLC0R1iG nmm UavlttK n ul l jmr- ex"ern e J In aM tiruMste f he Tall Tina Itk im 1 a'V'trBOtew ' iStiaf-wCtltHi tu mil vhu ny etll np n ne tnl Ur.r K wr null their pal- re. Yours fcc . robitfrre. W.n. PI. IIOI IIri;TLLIt, Nmrrael, I'm. mar OI FH K ASI FACTORY" : ORSINA, SOMERSET CO., PA. i3l-'-ly SOMERSET CtUITT Mil!: (ESTAUI.ISUl.D 1877.) CHAELES. 1. HAEElStN, K.IPEm President. Ca.4iier. eu.llcnli.aa a,a ia in M parta of taw foiled Sialea. CIIAKGE3 MODEHATE. Par let wirMna to a. nd vuaey W eet can te ac- eowinroilate.1 by dratl New York in any fata. tltrlle.Wf tnaie wltn trrt aui.me-a U.S. ll4lff booirbt aud aobl Muoey hsul valuablea aeewred ii one 4 PleliW'a cclelmicd rale, wttk a iwr-a-Vnt - Vale lima iw-k. ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. Ao-AIl 1 al boliaajtoueervl - dec7 CHARLES HOFFMAN, MERCHANT TAILOR (Ala vHeury Mettlry ,'. are.) UTEST STYLES 121 LOWEST FEICES. 13TSATISFAC110S GUARANTEED. -MX SOMERSET, IP. ETtBI IHED l1a, os. 01 and SOS lain Street, JOHNSTOWN, PA. WMdL.tS4.LK AND BET AIL DRUGGIST, AND PEAL R 1 PKKFl' JIKRY, FILMS, OIIX Olaaa and Putty. Hair and Tootb Braahea, Fancy Article. TntkM and Sbarlna rVie. ao. Faa.lly Medieinea and Pbyaieiana' Preacrlp- Uotie aacur aura eyaaneu. aorta PATENTS obtained, and aU boalaeaa la tb V. S. patent irnrv, or as tae ciowru auendod u fcr MOOERATE FtES. W e are nrr1t the V. 8. Patent fM"ew,ao-iri-ced in PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY, and e. a obtain imo-nia to leaa ubm Uuui Uauaa raaoou rrom WASHIKSTOft W ben model or drawing at Pent we adrira aa to patentabtllt tree of ebarwe: and wo make NO CHAJtCE UNLESS WE OtTAIN LATENT. w e reter, here, to too Poatniatter. tb Sap. 4 Ui. Money Tdrr PiTli-h, and to oOrialaof tb U. H. Patent (Ifllca. tor circular, axirieo, tenaa, and teierwaee to actual oitetiu la your own tttato or oounty, addreaa " C. A. SNOW A CO.. Waahlawteas V. a aioe 117 Jl The net Stat Indebledoesa December Llva,a 12,2&i,0W.o In 1879, during the administra tion f State Treasurer A. C. Noves, there was refunded an outstanding debt of $2,000,(100, liearing six per cent interest, hy a loan of a like amount, liearing four tier cent, in terest, the premiums on which were 30.002.83. In 18G2, during the administra tion f State Treasurer Samuel But ler, State loans of over $10,000,000, bearing in the main six per cent. interest, were refunded by loans of 89.4o0,000, bearing interest at three, three and one-half, and four per cent per annum. The premium on these loans a mounted to 8449,562.00. The result of these operations has licen to reduce the annual interest which the State pays upon it inter est bearing debt from 81,233,623.72 in 1878, to $874,400 in 1882, an an nual saving of 8359,163.72 on this account. ' There is at present, under the administration of State Treasurer S M. liailv, in the sinking fund, 82. 077,073 90 cash. As none of the State loans are at present reimburse able, the treasurer has no lawful authority to apply this fund to re duction of the debt, except by coing into the market and buying the bonds of the State at a premium, handsome, indntl and creditable to the State, but embarrassing to a financial officer charged with ac couiitahility. These bonds, at mar ket rates, now bear premiums about as follows: The 3U ncr eenta are .elllnr at . The perceu.a are a HIiik at.... Tbe o peroeut are telling at.... Before assuming such responsihil ity, tne treasurer is fair!' justified in awaiting a legislative command. The skill and inttgrity which have Worked these results, are entitled to the highest approval of the people of the state. To vigilance ami fli eieticy tin the part of the State Treaciirers, the Auditor Generals and the Attorney General during these jears, are due these hopeful figures, and recognition for high oulilic trusts, honestly fulfilled, will la- cherlu!ly awarded them. Wh ie ihe fint.nces of the State re in this satisfactory condition, thev, and the svstem of taxation upon which they are based, must be considered also in reference to local taxation for city, countv, school. poor and road purposes. Of course it is a trut isni that taxation should bear equally upon all classes of property. It is further legitimate to impose trie proper burdens upon corporations derividg valuable fran chises from the State, and for li censes and other grants for special privileges. It will he important to! Superintendent of 1 uhlic note tne sources tit revenue to the Mate, for the last year they were as follows: Laada 5,604.47 lux on oorporaUoa atock aad l.mluied Dart rati-tin Tax ou frrae ree-!pta Taxoaoal omfaniea.. Tax bank ato- k Tax oa net earnlnca or income .. Tax oa xroae uraaaiuaaa Ttxoa I-aei Taj oa vvanoal property Tax oa writ, will. deta. fc Tax oo collateral Inherltaneea... Tax oa aaie of fertilizer Forelira Inaaranee otxnpoiiie Tarn liornar Keteller' Ueai.aea fcatltg b.e- licrnaea... HeeWcre I'cenaee billiard lieeiAe Br. ken' liornee Aaetbaieera lloenfr..... Lbiunr lieenaa.. F add I era' lloaaa Pateat aaeilK in lleaaaaa Tbeatra, elrtaa, atc Ueaaaai the local subilivisions I am aware ti" no instance in which any commu nity or intercut suffers any relative injustice, although indt finite claims are made to that effect I cannot conceive how "horrizotital equality" of taxation is to be secured except by details so minute, inquisitorial and vexatious as to be distateful to the people, inefficacious and out of all proportion to the results accom plished. If all the taxes of all the ticople for all pursosts in the whole Male were aecumulau d into tne Slate Tieasury, no schtine of rt dis tribution can be devised which could reach the growing needs, the con flicting claims and changing equities of different localities. It will he a dangerous departure from the hals its and customs of the people to de stroy the autonomy of local govern ment in tiie municipal subdivisions. That in the singlecase of the puhlic schools the State takes out of its treasury and hand- (not back, but,) lo the school districts one million dollars annually, and has so fixed it unalterably in the constitution, is to teslifv its detem iof lion that there !ej.iow shall e no shortcoinincs in duty to! an interest vuai to tne oisincis anti the Stale as a whole. There are no serious mischiefs in the svstem to correct, and no violent remedies need to be applied. Adjustments and adaptations will be suggested by ex leiieiice from time to time. This is the theory upon which the revenue bills, to be submitted to you by the commission, provided for in 1381, have been constructed. There is, however, a safe and prac ticable scheme hv which there might now be a partial redistribution of .1 1 .1 C. . TT1 me uunneus oi taxation, unoer the present and prospective reve nues of the State, larger sums go annually into the sinking fund than can be availably used. There are required from it the interest of the State debt and the extinguishment each year of at least two hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the principal of the public debt, accord lug to the provisions of the Consti tutions. Under existing statutes the fund is swelled by taxes largely in excess of these demand. Opinions differ as the greater or less rapidity with which the State debt ought to be paid off. We have no debt ma turing until 1S92, except an annual an ouut of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. If the money in the sinking fund is to he employed in buying the bonds of the United States or this State, to any great ex tent, it can only lie done now by going into the open market and purchasing ttietn at the large pre miums referred to. I would recom mend, therefore, a diversion of funds which come into the State Treasury from the sinking fund to the general iind, except only the sum demand j Td for payment of interest ami the constitutional requirement as to principal, together with such nddi tiot al reserve as prudence and the contemplation of further moderate reduction of the deht might indi cate. After subserving all these purposes the State Treasury would still, if estimated revtnms held out, lie in surh a position of strength as to tli.-pmse with the taxes deiived from stime or all of the following sources: Tavern licenses, retailers' licenses, eating house licenses, and billiard licenses. The revenue de rived from these licenses, w hich now goes into the State Treasury, could tie left m the treasuries of the vari ous counties whence it comes, and would, to that extent, relieve the people from local taxes for the sup port of their courts and for other county uses. I am fiersuaded that the finances of the State will, with out inconvenience, permit these taxes tone diverted from the State Treasury to the treasuries ol the re spective counties. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The reports of Dr. E E. Iligbee, Instruc- tun, deal in a full, clear, and satis factory manner, w ith our great sys tem of common schools. You will find much gratification in his offi cial presentation f the magnitude and progress of the wwrk in this de partment it may stimulate our rightly dnei-ted and e mctifietl by i include mental, moral, anil industri tl e truth, its benison there must he its best recognition and reward. It is happily made to appear tint the common school and high school, provided for by State and local tax ation, are intended, in no sense, to exclude, or come into antagonism with, the academic culture provid ed by the -voluntary educational tendencies of the people. The State compels a certain ameunt of ele mentary training, and, in the flexi bility of the svstem, permits school directors to carry their high schools to any gradeof scholarship demand ed.or assented to, hy their hieal tax pavers. They are in these regards, entirely in the discretion of the peo pie of the sever al district. Upon this basis, extensions of the work are to be made by private enter prise. But nowhere are these aeen t ies in conflict. The bond of con nection between them, while not a legal one, is a vital one, and comes through the popular impulse to wards education. The estate of leamirg throughout the whole Com monwealth thus comes to have or ganic wholeness. and to be pervaded lv one common life. I concur in the recommendation of the superintendent that the mini mum tune during winch the puhhc schools should te open each year should he enlarged to six months as also, that the appropriation made ny the State to each district should be distributed on ' e basis of the average number o iiildren in at tendance, rather t...in on the basis of taxables in the respective dis tricts, as is now the law. The State Normal schools will doubtless be constrained to present their condition and their claims to the legislature. Some of them are badly involved in debt, and others, which have contracted no serious indebtedness, are without adequate equipment I fiese schools are an important and valuable part of the educational work of the State. r .1 .a .1 uuring me past tour years me aj propriations to these schools, by tlie State, have been distributed to them tin the apparent equity of each case. The payments thus made have not been absolute, but for their amounts liens have been taken, in favor of the State, again-1 the property of tfie schools. . 1 think this policy should be continued until all the st hools are relieved of any indebted ness, not im providently contracted, and their equipment fairly equalized ln that event these normal schools should be brought, to a greater ex tent, under the control of the State. Thereafter thev should be self-sus taining, anil not expect that the State should come to their aid in definitely. The Soldiers Orphans' schools are now, by law, under the superintend ency of the Department of Puhlic Instruction. The reports show them in a healthy condition physically, intellectually and morally. There are now two thousand nine hundred and sixtv three children in these schools. By existing law it is pro vided that they shall be finallv closed tin June 1, ISSo. It is esti mated that at that date there will he on their rolls seventeen hundred a. I 1 1IM . and seventy children. v naiever action this or futute General Assent lies may take in enlarging the classes who may receive this form of the State bountv. some provision ought now to he mad? for the chil Iren who will be actually in the charge of the State in 1885. It can scarcely be cont mplat d that they are to be dismissed summatilv with out homes or help, and the schools closed abruptly. Such response to the grateful ami humane instincts which inspired this magnificent form of the State's beneficence, would make its ending unworthy of the years of effort and expenditure which have been so grandly sus tained, without regret, by the people. INDUSTRIAL REFORMATORY AT HUN TINGDON. al education, which, combined in an orderly and systematic course, un derlies the whole theory. I deem it unnecessary to urge again the views upon this subject embraced in my biennial message of 1881. Their soundness and practicability have, since that date, leen strongly justi fied by further examination, antl by practical experience which reaches us from many other States and countries. No serious doubt lias been sug gested affecting unfavorably the val ue of the undertaking. The act itself ws p.ts-ied upon the un.ini- approval from persons familiar with the appliances needed in such schools, we found our own school at Morganz.i easily and decidedly the superior in discipline, comfort and lliciency to any we had seen. The directors and superintendents of this institution deserve commendation for restoring it to a condition of the greatest usefulness. STATE CHARITIES. The Stale ha in operation five hospitals for t!ie care of the insane at Norri.-town, llarri.-hurg, I).m ville, Warren and Dixmotit The latter is not strictly a Sta e institu tion, but receives liberal aid from the Stre. In them are accommoda tions for nearly 4,000 patients. The buildings havi cost several millions of dollars, and are constructed in view of the largest experience. In ;dl of them, certain sums are requir ed of the State for annual mainte nance, for the indigent insane, the mous report of a joint committee of j proper county or poor district re-im the Senate and House of Uepresen tatives at the last session ; and it se cured the cordial indorsement of both Houses. Tlie construction and main tenance of such anaiiistitutioii may be regarded as a part of the settled policy of the State. The details of the work, done and contemplated, w ill more fully ajipear in the report of the commission submitted to you. It is the only public building now being erected by the State. The Eastern and Western Penitentiaries will, upon its completion, be largely relieved of inmates who crowding their capacity. burses t certain portion m me ex pense. In general the State receives in return something more than half the cost of support Some of the hospitals are overcrowded, others have a paucity of inmates dispropor tinned to their capacity for treat nient It is evident that the Mate has made a much broader provision lor this class than wnl be actually required in many years. The Board of Public Charities have been, year after year, laving their reports, mi nute and careful in their facts and are now . recommendations, before the Legis lit..:, .... . , - i nui uc , i;iti:re. nut thev nave received no a wise and true economy to pro ide j ud. ciu.ate attention. No criticism is iorme complete erection anu equip ment of this institution, and to make the necessary appropriations there intended ot the management of these institutions. Still it is admitted that in so vast a scheme of charitv. there r . . c . " . l:. . . . ' or not lor present, expenuuure , Li WlUll ot system ami unity in ad but to be applied to buildings, the : ministration, which needs legislative designs oi wnicn must now oe set- action. There ought to he uniform tied upon; the uses of which are to be now contemplated, and the parts of which are to be treated, at last, as a whole, with a unified purpose run ning through it The commission in charge ot tfie undertaking have been so unwearied in their efforts to carry out the expressed intent of the Legislature, and so devoted to its successful accomplishment, that in very virtue ot their wise and faitliful management hitherto, their recom mendations will attract your ap proval. PENITENTIARIES. charges made against township and county authorities by all the hospit als, to prevent what the board justly call "a pernicious spirit of rivalry and underbidding, ending in lower ing the standard of institutional care, and finally bringing it down to the level f the ordinary alms house." Provisions should be made for transfering patients from the overcrowded institutions, and. if need be, the whole system of "dis tricts" broken up. Above all, the Legislature should hit upon some general principle upon which ap- There are two penitentiaries in the : Kopriations are to be made to them l.7i,rta iv70 tl M.703 i XAm.171 W Hom -'J confidence and our pride in the svs eMTvosti ; tem to glance at some of the t-ta'is-toKM 2 tics which it presents: 47a.K62.uS The miniiHl exnenditureti of nil kinds were $8,263,244 54. The value of school property is $28 346,560. Appmprlattoa by tb Slat to th o.aiinoatrbo'l ..lta.ro Normal acboale.. tl uvo M bokilera' Oribaa aeboola Sk..7 4 1 ,7"t Zii.lW 10 43 a2. U aaoks.! TOKri-. I.iat.431 14, M f ,i-4 14 0. M .04 ),U7 M 1. 7 4. 10 4MI M40.lV By an act of the Gtneral Assem bly, approved on the Sth tlay of June, 1881, it was directed that a State Industrial Reformatory should be constructed and erected on the property oft he State at Huntingdon, and which had been purchased for the purpose of a penitei tiary. Iu carrying out the terms of this act, a Board of Commissioners has lieeti appointed, which has deter mined u I Kn and adopted suitable plans for the necessary buildings, and has made contracts for some of them. When completed, they will embrace alaiut ten acres ol the prem ises enclosed by a guard wall, four wards for the dormitories for five hundred inmates, chapel, school rooms, and the various buildings and structures in which different industrial and mechanical pursuits are to be carried on. Of these, the foundations of the walls have been laid. The exterior walls of one ward and one school building have been nearly courpleted. The water suje ply and the main culverts draining the premises into the Juniata river have been prnvidtd. All this work Stite one in Allegheny and one in Philadelphia. Ihe Western Peni tentiary lias been m process of re building for several years, at a cost of several hundred thousand dol lars. The course of treatment pur sued there is that known as the con gregate svstem. lU official direction is complete and satisfactory, and upon its entire reorganization in its new buildings, it may afely be com mitted to the continued supervision of its present management The Eastern Penitentiary has reached about its limit of cell capac ity. It is conducted on the separate confinement or individual treatment ssstem. It hps not met with the uniform approval of those w ho claim to be siiecialists in this branch of political economy, and social sci ence congresses tiecasionally assume to condemn its niodeof dealing.with its inmates. It has, for more than fitty jears, held consistently to the statute creating it Much as the ystem has been controvert. d, I deem it just, as one who has given some attention to this subject, to say that for convicts who have delilier- ately joined the criminal class for lose whose age or repeated con vie- tion render theni amenable to puni tive rather than reformatory meth ods and for those against whose violent passions or confirmed habits socnty can find no protection but in incarceration, the separate system affords the most complete opportu nities of treatment, and yields the best attainable results. There is no occasion to enter into the controver sy which has long been carried on bet wet n the advocates of the congre gate and the separate systtms of Tison dis. inline. But to the Hon. Richard Yaux, w ho for forty vears has continuously exercised the of fice of inspector, ami to his associ ates, is due the credit of demonstra ting that the system of "solitary j confinemen," as practiced in the j Eastern Penitentiary, is not only not a reproach to the civilization of Pennsylvania, but that as a peniten tiary, and for ct rtain classes of crim inals, it is as wise, as humane, and as effective a? any yet devised. In neither of the penitentiaries in this State has there ever been an attetnptyet made to administer them on the vulgar, wicked, unworthy consideration of making them self sustaining. In neither of them has it been forgotten that even the con vict is a human being, and that his body and soul are not so the proper ty of the State that both may be crushed out in the effort to reim burse the State the cost of his scan ty food ; and at the end of his term, what then is left, be dismissed, an enemy of human society. REFORM SCHOOLS. There are two institutions in the State for the reform of juvenile of fenders the Stite Reform School at Mnrganza, Washington county, and tor maintenance. Otherwise, the un due urgency of some one institution, or the combined ingenuity and per siitence of all together, may lead either to an inequitable distribution of your bounty, on the other hand, or an utterly extravagant one ou the other. Such a uniform rule it will not be hard to discover. As there is, at the disposal of the Board of Public Charities, no fund with which to carry their inquirits beyond the range ot Mate mstiiu tions, I requested a commission of gentlemen, experts in medicine, law and technical treatment and man agement, w ho propose to do so at their own expense "to examine into the prtsent sxstems, and inquire into the legislation and experience of other Stttes and countries, and to make a report of their investigations, conclusions and recommendations, for the further protection of the in s.ine." These investigations extend ed to the care, mode of instruction in public and private asylums, general scope of treatment, mode of supervision and release. Iheir re port in the form of a bill, I transmit to you. It has involved a vast amount of research, labor and ex pense, which the gentlemen of the commission have voluntarily uoder gone. Il is accompanied with a transcript of the laws of every State and territory m the Lnion,;)nd with translations of the French 4nd Ger tnaiilaws. The English laws have been fully studied. The information which has been thus gained, and by great familiarity with institutions for the insane in many of the States in Europe, has been availed of, in order to giveexcellence to the scheme of legislation on this question. I commend it to you as legislation suited to the civilization under which we live. In 1879 the Legislature directed the erection of a State Hospital for injured persons of the anthracite coal regions, for the counties of Schuylkill, Carbon, North uuiberland, Columbia and Dauphin. This in stitution is now complete. The buildings are well arranged, the site is an eligible one, and the purposes of the act seem likely to be success fully reached. J he trustees took possession of the building in April last Deeming it important that the hospital should be promptly opened and the buildings being unprovided with the necessary furniture and appliances, they have advanced the funds required. In the situation of affairs, then, this was a discreet and judicious exercise of their functions, and its propriety w ill le recognized. Iu the incomplete condition of the hospital grounds, further appropria tions must be made in their behalf. Besides these State institutions very liberal appropriations have! been matle in the interests of the! defective classes in institutions not within the Mate, financia It ami otherwise, to inquire and to exam ine into their methods of instruc tion, the government and manage ment, oi meir inmates, the official conduct of trustees, directors and other officers and employees of the same, the condition of "the build ings, grounds and other property connected therewith, and into all other matters pertaining to their useful and good management They are the eyes and ears of the people who, themselves, really venture into forbidding precincts or behind pris on bolts. These are very important functions. They are to "be perform ed without pay. So far as is os sihle with tlie means placid at their di sposal, they have lieeti done with a lull measure oi diligence. thtr oUy.lu.es3 and intelligence. This is evidenced by their reimrt, trun time to time, laid before you. At the last session of Congress an act was passed levying a tax of fifty cents on each person not a citizen of the Unied States, who shall come from any foreign port to any port within the United States. The money thus collected constitutes a fund, to be used under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, in defraying the expenses of the relief of immigrants arriving in distress, and provides lor the maintenance of any lunatic, pauper or other per son unable to take care of himself without becoming a public charge. The act also provides that all for eign convicts, except those charged wite political offenses, shall, upon arrival, be sent back to the nation to which they belong. At my rec ommendation on the Stite Board of Charities was designated by the Sec retary of the Treasury to execute the provisions of the act Valuable relief will come to our prisons and almshouses by an effective discharge of this duty. The State Board of Agriculture is quietly doing a work which might deservedly attract more public in terest and attention. It is a medium through whicii much information important to; the farmer, the fruit grower, and the stock raiser can be disseminated. As there has been occasion to say before, the papers read before its meetings are worthy of a permanent record, and some means for wider and more appro priate distribution should be devised. The agent appointed to execute the act of May 1, 1879, "to prevent the spread of contagious or infec tious pleuropneumonia among cat tle in this State." has effectually eradicated the disease in the State, and at a much less expense than a ike work has been done, in any of the neighboring States. Ine Board of Commissioners of the Second Geological Survey make report of their work and their esti mates for the futnre. The unfinish ed survey is mainly confined to the anthracite coal regions. Reasons are assigned for the delay and in creased cost of this portion of the work, and the letter press and maps illustrating it They say: "But such work cannot be done within the time nor for the money named in our former estimate. It will re quire at least three more years and 50,000. Whether the legislature Mill be willing t expend that amount lor the bent fit of an interest, the most important in the State in tact the most important of ihe kind in the known world, and which has contributed to the State Treasury, directly and indirectly, millions of dollars in taxation is not for this Board to say. If not, the work will be wound up es well as possible, leaving about two-thirds of the an thracite region unsurveyed." When it is reflected that tne commercial results of this survey have been to bring into this State millions upon millions of money for investment in anthracite and bituminous coal, iron ore and other minerals, and in rela ted railroad and transportation en terprines. and that this effect came from confidence in the scientific ac curacy of the work of this board, I trust you will see reasons to provide for the completion of this great and interesting undertaking. Thus, gentlemen, you have, at a single view, a history, in its entirety, of the educational, penal, charitabie and economical work carried on by the Stat". To this work was appropriated. by the Legislature in Lvil, for an nual ex jenditure, sums as follows: Educational 4143 74 t Penal - 7i Charitable - 0-1.444 J VM,t17 it With the exception of the Legis lative. Executive and Judicial De partments, and the interest on the public deSt these institutions em brace all the principal objecta upon which the money of the State is ex pended. The future prosecution of this work is so exclusively in the control of your own judgement and wisdom that it becomes me to offer no fur ther suggestions. Large sums of money are disbursed annually in these interests. It is done by boards of trustees and inspectors appointed from the body ot our fellow citizens, and rigorously free from partisan politics. They steadily give their time, their skill, and their experi ence to these public trusts, and that without compensation, vt unin my knowledge, there has not, in all ol them, been a dollar of public money misappropriated or lout by miscon duct or improvidence. It is an exhi- under State control. These are pure, hition of rectitude and fidelity to ihe is of the most complete dstnption, t ,as no administrative control. It and has been faithfully and honestly j ;g fulfilling the purpose of iu erec aone. The details of the plans have been adopted in view of the special uses of the reformatory. They have the House of Refuge at Philadelphia. 'been made un the basis of the nutn The latter is a private corporation to which the State gives financial aid and official inspection, but in whicl charities, and have, in tie main, wtHj rhould'stir us lueii agreed upon, after the most thorough examination of the w hole i4M7ii.tU'j,t',i uo1'1 k-v commission rs and their architects, and have neeri tion with substantial success The Beforrn School at Morganza was originally a local institution, but its property and its control are now in tl.e hands of the State. The prop erty consists of a valuable farm of to a proud ond cbetrful acknowl edgtment. The whole record of these various Itoards and adminis trative heads is without blemish, anil their absolute ii t.giity is un questioned and unquestionable. I desire to thank them for the frank i nm ami poiirtesv with which they Pennsylvania Institution for i haveacefpted official visitations, and iictioti of Blind,"' I nth in Phil- rt.,,ij u, official inquiries. her ot the wartls which tbe Stite has placed in them. In Ibis work the State has oi ly undertaktn to supplement the work of p ivte charity and benevolence. Tnese in stitutions are the "Pennsylvania Working Home for Blind men,'' the Instruction adeliihia; "Training School for Feeble Minded Cbiidr n." at Media several hundred actes, n a high i one of the most interesting and state of cultivation. wll construct o la-m ficent of all the charities in the. The number of school directors is. the result of visits to like institu-. brick buildings, coutaining family i State ; "Pennsylvania Institution for I replied to official inquiries. LIFE INSURANCE. The magnitude of thia interest; may be estimated bv tbe feet that in , " ( Concluded on fourth Page.)
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