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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-11
Thanksgiving Day.

GOVERNOR HoYT ISSUES MS PROCLAMATION.
The following proclamation in regard
TO Thanksgiving day was issued from
the State department on Monday.
PROCLAMATION.
The President of the United States
by proclamation has recommended the
people to meet on Thursday, the 25th
day of November instant, in their re.
spective places of worship, TO make ac.
acknowledgements to Almighty God for
His bounties and his protection and
offer Him prayers for their continuance.
To the dwellers in all the nation have
been allotted "health, wealth and pros.
perity throughout all our borders; peace,
honor and friendship with all the world !:
firm and faithful adherence by the
great body of our population to the
principles of liberty and justice which
have made our greatness as a nation,
and TO have the wise institutions and
strong frame of government and society
which will perpetuate it,"
To the contented, happy inhabitants
Of peaceful Pennsylvania have been nc.
corded special grounds of Thanksgiving.
MI Vut NHHt aAu nave
been prospercd, and the toiler has
everywhere found adequate rewards for
labor.
II has been put into the hearts of the
people TO- apprehend how society is q
great unit in which the welfare of one
Is the welfare of all, and how no man
or class, or interest can receive injury
without injury TO all. Patience in trial,
confidence one in another. courageous
purposes of persistent industry, the
recognition in ell our productions and
In all our traffic, that we are children of
common Father, have exalted the four
millions of our own people into =
wondrous illustration Of the power of
free Christian commonwealth. Let Us
all turn ourselves 10 a devout observ.
ance of the recommendation Of the
President.
Given under my hand and the great
seal OF the State at Harrisburg this sth
day of November. A. ID. 1850, aud of
the commonwealth the l0s:h.
HKxRY NJ. HorT.
BY the Governor.
NJ. $. QuAT, Secretary Of Commonwealth.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-11
The fOrty-Seventh Congress.

POLITICAL COMPLEXION or THE NEXT HOUSE
OF REPREsESTATIyEs.
The annexed table showing the po.
litical character of the next National
House OF Representatives by States, has
been carefully compiled from the most
authentic reports and advices. 1t will
be seen that neither the Democrats nor
Republicans have a majority in that
body. There are l40 straight Demo.
Gratis, l43 straight Republicans and 10
Greenbackers and Independents. OF
these last the two members from Maine,
three Of the four from Missouri. one
from Pennsylvania, one from New York
and one from Iowa, eight in all, will
vote with the Democrats on all ques.
tions affecting the sectional issue and a
majority of the House may be calcu.
lated on As safe against any attempt of
the Republicans to force through any
radical measure. The list by States is
as follows:
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-11

Mr.. BELTzHoovER, Of the Cumber-
land District, has been reelected to
Congress by largely increased ma
jority. lie was very violently oppos-
ed by Mr.. Little, Methodist preach
er, one Of the Professors of Dickinson
College, and very disreputable means
resorted TO to procure his defeat, with
the above result.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-11

THE DEMOCRAT has quite a large
list of campaign subscribers whose
time will expire this week. We
should like to place as many of them
as possible upon our regular list, and
hope they will favor us with their
support. We have reason to believe
that all were pleased with our paper
during the campaign, for number
have already signifed their intention
of continuing their subscriptions. Let
us hear from you, gentlemen, by pos
tai card between this and our issue of
next week. We shall endeavor in the
future, as we have in the past, to make
the DEMOCRAT useful and interest.
ing newspaper.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-11
Gen. Garfield's Administration.

Assuming that Gen. Garfield is to
be the next President, whether fairly
or not, speculations us to the character
of his administration are now rife and
seem to be the topic of general dis
cussion by the press. No one doubts
the brilliant ability of the President
elect, but many do have serious appre-
tensions that he does not possess suf-
ficient independence of character to
divest himself of the Grant and Conk.
ling compact, which is believed to en-
viron him, and act upon his own i'm.
pressons of right and duty in building
up a policy of administration advan-
tageous to the whole country-North,
South, East and West, alike. This
seems to be the salient point to which
all look with anxiety. If the new
President, as many fear, is handi-
capped by n mortgage to Grant, Conk-
ling, Cameron IL Co., instead of rely
ing upon his own mind and resources
independent of this ring of despera-
does, then there is little hope of a
decent administration of the Govern
ment in the next four years. But
if Garfield has the manliness to
throw off the entangling alliance
with the Grant bosses in the control
of his administration, we may all re-
joice that man of his ability heads
the Government, instead of the ignor-
ant, brutal and debauched aspirant
for imperial honors, whom he defeated
at Chicago. The people will watch
with interest for developments the
selection of his constitutional advisers
will indicate. If he surrounds him.
self with honorable men and good in
huences, then should he receive the
consideration he will deserve, but, on
the other hand, if he loads himself
with the unfragrant crew that marked
Grants second term as a scandal and
disgrace to the country, We may ex.
pect dark days and prepare for a fight
for the integrity of Republican insti.
tutions against entrenched viIlainy of
no small power or capacity in 1884.
The Democracy will hope for the
best, prepared to accord to the new
President honorable and fair conf.
dence for faithful, Independent ad-
ministration of the Government, for
which he possesses great capabilities il
honestly directed, but will relax no
watchfulness to detect and defeat all
approaches to the "strong government"
sought by the stalwarts as the result
of third term for one who has al.
ready degraded a first and second
term of the Presidential office.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-11

GALUsHA 4. Grow claims that fif.
ty,six members of the next Legislature
are instructed for him for United
States Senator, and he expects large
share of those who are uninstructed.
In due time we shall know whether
Mr.. Grows calculations are worth
ANYTHING. In the mean time he should
remember that "there is many a slip
'twixt the cup and the lip"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-11
each county in the district

THE papers announce that General
Hancock accepts defeat bravely."
OF course he does. Every thing he
does is bravely done, because honestly
done. If Mr.. Hayes and the Repub-
lican party in 1876 had accepted de-
feat in the same spirit, the country
would not now be degraded by having
condoned an infamous fraud in the
election of General Hancock's com.
petitor.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-11
goth Congressional District on.
cial.

The return judges of the Goth Con.
gressional district met in the Court
house at Bellefonte, on Tuesday last,
to compute the returns and sign the
certificates of election required by the
law. The official returns show a maj.
ority of 1889 for Andrew G. Curtin.
The following table presents the vote
nc xoal or,,.... -. Al. l:..-:u4
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-11

investigation with deep solicitude, and
we advise our friends everywhere not
to give up all hope Of New York until
it is put beyond any question of doubt
that her electoral vote was fairly and
honestly cast for Garfield.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-11

u. s. SENATOR HTrCHCocK is the
Western aspirant to succeed Carl
Schurz in the Interior Department
II is said that the German statesman
has not succeeded in placating the
imperial Roscoe, and will have to re.
tire ON the advent of the new admin.
istration.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-11

GEN. HARRY WHITE, of the Indi-
ana District, has been defeated for re-
Election to Congress. Gen. Harry will
be quite lonely unless some new office
turns up for which he can aspire.
He is always on hand.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-11
NO. 46.
The Pennsylvania Result.

OFFICIAL MAJoRiTiEs FOR PRESIDENT RE-
PORTED IN ALL hut TWO COUNTIES.
The following table of rnajorities by
counties is official, with the exception
Of Greene and Sullivan coun ties:
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-11

"a PLAGUE O both your houses" is
what the Democracy of the United
States should say of Tammany and
Irving Halls.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-11

Mr.. HAYES last week issued bis
proclamation fixing thanksgiving day
for this year on Thursday, the 25th
Instant. This proclan alton has this
week been supplemented by another
from Gov. Hoyt recommending to the
people of Pennsylvania a devout OBJ
servance of the day. Gov. Hoyt's
Proclamation will be found in another
column.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-11

q STANLY WOODWARD has been elect
ed to the Luzerne judgeship. He has
seryed in the office during the last
year, by appointment of Gov. Hoyt,
acceptably to the district, as his cleo
ton indicates. He is a Democrat and
son of the Hon. Geo. w. Woodward,
who for some years presided in our
court, and subsequently as Chief JUS
Ice of the Supreme Court.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-11

OK the day after the election Secre-
tary Evarts telegraphed the result to
General Longstreet at Constantinople.
Iongstreet no doubt smiled as he real
ized that the Republicans of the Unit
81 States had succeeded in doing
What he failed to do at Gettysburg in
&c year of our Lord, 1863. There
ahould have been another despatch
e Mosby at Hong Kong. Probably
fhere was.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-11


- the Celestial empire has not
9esn abrogated, and it would seem
zhat since the election some of the
manufacturing interests" of the coun-
trf IRE being conserved" in the mat.
1e< Of "Chinese cheap labor" just as
#f. Garfield said they should be. A
a. spinning company at Patterson,
= j, has already introduced Chinese
4sfkmen into the concern, and ii is
zIerstood the silk manufacturers of
II anne place are contemplating a
IIz change in their employees. Work
In# men who permitted themselves to
b fooled into voting the Republican
liz#zt against their political convic-
IiaNs through fear of the threatened
fz|.elion in wages in the event of
]aHspcratic success can now reflect
H the effect of "free trade" in
EHsse labor at their leisure, and we
|sE hey will profit by the reflection
zemember IL in the future.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-01-29
LOVE IN a GRAVEYARD.
[Americus ga RepuhlIcan. !


Several years ago a y,uog lady
and a young gentleman of Americas
had tender passion for az another,
which nigh, have culmirated in
Joining of hearts and hands. The
parents of the girl objected to the
young man on some frivolous charge
and thereby fol bade their meeting,
but this interdict only gave zeSt to
their stolen interviews. One hot
Summer afternoon the lovers "met
by chance" in the old cemetery and
were sitting quietly on slab talking
their sentimental notbiugs when they
saw the girls father coming up. The
young fellow saw it would be to late
to make his exodus from the place
without detection, so he moved the
slab from over the side stones and
slipped Gin on top Of the grave, re-
placing the stones after. The girls
father came up and sat down by her
side upon the slab, and stayed there
talking to her two or three hours,
while the young man inside the tomb
had to endure heat nearly as hot
as Tartarus. He was on the point
several times of begging for his re-
lease, but, fearing his girl might have
a severe reprimand, he held his
peace. About sun down the girl ac-
companied the old man home, and
the young fellow crawled out of his
prison in a most ludicrous plight
After that he was shy of the girl.
The grave had done more to dimin-
ish his love for the girl than all the
commands a father aud mother
could have imposed in a life time.
He is still single, but the lady has
been married two or three years.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-01-29
A CONFEDERATE HOTEL STORY

The following is refreshing re.
hinder of "war times" taken from
the Atlanta COwcderacy:
Many good things have been told
of DIR. Thompson, the world renown,
ed humorist aud hospitable proprie
tor of the Atlanta Hotel, whose ready
wit but few are willing to encounter ;
bat a little incident occurred there
last week which rather worsted the
Doctor
A Lieutenant Colonel who was
wounded at Murfresboro, who had
been stopping a while with bin, on
the Goth day called for bis bill. The
obIiging clerk handed him the docu
ment with 20 days multiplied by 81.
The Colonel scanned the bill and OBJ
served its footiog up-$80. He
turned to the Doctor, who was press
ent, and asked him if he did not
think that was pretty heavy. The
Doctor, with that peculiar toss of the
head which indicates a small whirl-
wind, said:
No; if you had to pay 81 for a
gobbler, 81 dozen for eggs, 81 a
pound for Rio coffee, 81 % for but
ter, Sl5 a bushel for potatoes, and
s. pair for shad, you'd think it
was light"
The Colonel ran his eyes over the
bill and quietly replied
"WelI, have been here 20 days,
and marry d--u article you have
mentioned have | seen on Jour
table"
1t is said the Doctor rushed out
into the back yard, and did not cool
off till he had whipped three little
niggers.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-01-29
A GREAT GOLDFISH STORY

Not many months ago party OF
Boston gentlemen came to this city
and went on fishing party. Some OF
them got pretty jolly Ore in par
ticular seized Goldfish which they
had caught aud walked up the wharf.
lie soon espied veteran fisherman
saving wood, and under the impulse
of the momont fetched him whack
across the face with the Goldfish. 10
a moment he was sobered. The i'm
pulse of noble heart throbbed 10
bis bosom. He felt that he had done
a mean, ungentlemanIy ACT, and he
meant to atone for it then and there.
Taking out ten dollar bill he prof.
fered it to the veteran, saying:
~"Accept this aod let it wipe out
any recollections of the cowardly
blow | struck you, as | did not mean
to do it, and | am very sorry for it,
The veteran took the bill, his face
beamiDg with mingled establishment
and delight, and making bow, re-
marked "See here, stranger, you
can wipe me over the face all day
long with Goldfish at ten dollars
lick ! | don't bear you might of
iII>will. don't. rather like your
styl,. When are you coming againT
And that settled it.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-01-29
THE COST OF PAPER.

1t may not be undressing to
newspaper readers to learn that the
price of print paper has advanced
nearly fifty per cent. in the last two
months. This item of expense in
getting out a newspaperEis a very
large one, and with the advance in
price alluded to, added the COST to
the publisher, of each paper issued,
is probably as much sas it sellsi for.
Newspaper readers, and patrons
need not expec; publishers, under
these circumstances, to continue to
furnish papers at the low prices that
now exist. Prices Of subscription
must advance, which is the proper
way of meeting the si'uation; and in
case they do, patrons should not
grumble. A merchant may increase
or lower the prices of his goods to
meet a rising or faIliog market -
Newspaper publishers hardly ever
increase their prices to patrons, but
when such material rise in the cost
of paper takes place as that now in
existence, we do not see how they
can help doing 80. Atlanta Post
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-01-29
cRITICIsING PREACHERS.

Holston Methodist The habit of
finding fault with preachers is bad
one. The more cultivated and pious
do not do it. 1t is only coarse ma
lures that go away from church ex-
pressing disgust with the preachers
manner. If men could see their
own faults clearly, aud could know
how obnoxious to criticism they are
themselves, they would be more tar
dy to besIobber the performances Of
their preachers with their hssty
and iniudicious expressions Of dissat,
isfaction.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-01-29
BeaIY James, boy, disappeared

BeaIy James, boy, disappeared
from his home at Lockport, Ky. 1t
was conjectured that he had been
murdered, as no trace of him could
be found. Two years afterward, q
murderer named Shuck was in jail
at Owenton, awaiting execution
He made a confession, not only of
the crime of which he had been con-
victed, but of participation 10 the
killing of BeaIy James. He declar~
ed that five men, whom be named,
and one of whom was the boys father
had Joined him in the murder. Mr..
James fed, bu. the four others we're
hanged by a mob. That was in
1874. BeaIy James hes now turned
up alive. having been wanderer in
the far West during the time he was
supposed to be dead.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-01-29

Don Cameron is twisting the
screw very severly upon the Penn
sylvania Republicans. Not content
with calling the State Convention
fer the choice of delegates to Chica
go at an unusually and inconvenient
~ early date, be hes undertaken the
task of having the delegates to the
convention appointed by the county
committees instead of by the usual
method of district caucuses. As he
controls the great majority of these
committees, he can in this way pack
the State Convention to his liking
and thus insure the election of DEL
egation to Chicago, which will be
but clay 10 his hands.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-01-29

HEAVY DAMAGES. In New York,
in 1877, William Schultz, boy 4
years of age, jumped on the rear
platform OF Third avenue car, in
tending to pay his fare, but without
asking him for his fare the conduc-
tor pushed bin violently to the
ground, and before be cOlld get
up a car coming from an opposite
direction ran over bin, breaking
both arms, one leg and his collar
bone, besides which he suffered in
ternal injuries. His guardian brought
suit against the railroad company,
and Tuesday verdict for 1000
was rendered 10 the Superior Court
of that city.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-01-29

Joshua Nestor had saved few
thousand dollars by long and hard
work as farmer in Virginia, while
his son 10 law, Cen Webb. was dis
solute and penniless WebbwS IA
patient to get the old mans money,
though his wife inheriling it; but
Nestor, like bis namesake of Homeric
days, lived on and oD; until he was
sc, and even then was hale and
hearty. Webb, on the contrary,
was running his health by dissipation,
and it looked as though he would die
first. To avert such an occurrence,
be murdered Nestor, and it was for
that crime he was hanged a few
days ago.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-01-29

Several men lately SWAN the Mis-
sissippi river above New Orleans on
a wager. A reporter on the race says,
"None of them seemed to be putting
forth much effort till it was discov-
cred that an alligator had struck out
from shore as competitor, and then
every man did bis best to keep the
alligator from carrying off the
stake
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-01-29

The deluge which swept Ireland
for three months of last summer, has
brought on another famine, and
there flashes across the ocean a cal
for bread. The American heart has
already responded to the call aud
their comes to US from every quar-
ter of the Continent the cheering in
teligence that America is preparing
to send relief. Ireland wins the
sympathy wherever Irishman are
known.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-01-29

The New York Sun says that
Grant could not escape the soiled
hands of his old cronies any more
than Hayes could escape Wells, An
derson and the other scoundrels who
had to do with the fraud of 1876,
and are now in office, maintained in
luxury at the cost of the swindled
people,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-01-29
A BRAVE GIRL,

Miss Emma Jessup lives at No. 2
Montgomery street, New York. On
Friday evening she was on her way
10 stairs to her room, when two
young men came running from the
stairway at full speed. A glance
showed Miss Jessup that her room
door, which she had left locked, was
standing wide open. She compre>
heuded the situation at once, and
instead of screaming and then falling
upon the floor in a fainting fit, she
gathered up her train and ran after
the two men.
1t was a fair running race. The
foremost of the three gained the
front door in good time and leaping
upon the pavement fled up the street
and got away. The other fellow
was about to follow him when his
pursuer gained sufficiently on him to
reach out her hand and grasp him
by the coat collar. He struggled to
get away, but Miss Jessup held him
firmly and called loudly for help
Some of the neighbors came to her
assistance, but she maintained her
hold of the thief until Officer Mul.
lery of the Seventh precinct came
up and took him into custody. He
gave his name as Walter J. McKenr
ma, and said that he was a stenogra~
pher eighteen years of age. An ex-
animation of his pockets resulted iii
finding therein a pair of gold brace
let's, several finger rings, and other
jewelry of the value OF ninety five
dollars He had completely cleaned
out Miss Jeesup'o jewel CASE
McKenna was locked up for trial in
default of 81, 200 bail.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-01-29

Washington dispatch says; "The
wife of Senator Hill, of Georgia, be
fore returning to Washington, bad
been thrown from her carriage and
severely injured. She was just re
covering, when, last Friday evening
she tripped in getting out of bed and
fell, dislocating her shoulder. She
has been confined to her bed ever
since, and has Suffered greatly, bu
is now almost relieved from pain"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1880-01-29

Says the Valdosia Times "a lit,
tie girl. eight year old, daughter of
Mr.. Dave Edmondscn, Of this county,
fell into we'll forty feet deep one
day last week, while attempting to
draw water. She caught the shaft
to which the bucket was attached as
she fell, and thus turned her feet
foremost and carried the bucket and
lever down with her. The child,
bucket and all disappeared under
the water, and when the father, who
was near by, ran, up his first im'
pulse was to draw up the bucket,
and behold the little girls fee:
were firmly planted in the bucket
while her hands we're tightly grip
ped to the lever. She was quickly
drawn up and safely planted upon
terra frma without even being
strangled The little heroine had
some quilt patches in her hand which
she never turned loose, and before
she was taken out of the bucket she
exclaimed, Papa, my quilt patches
are ell wet = Reliable parties vouch
for the exact details as given above,
which we regard as very remarka'
bic. The little girl ought to have
medal for presence of mind"