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THE RAILROAD OFFICES.

THE RCMonEp CUT IN PASSENGER RATES
TO TILE WEST DENIED.
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Irtbun&-
New YORK. Dec. 4.-Resarsling the report
that the Baltimore & Ohio Road has begun
to cut passenger rates between New York
and the West, it was to-day, at the pas
sengcr agency of that road in this city,
denied with great emphasis. 1t was acknowl-
eyed that great Irregularities III passenger
rates to the West had existed for some
months, and that cut rates were c0mmo on
all the trunk lines. The opening Of the new
route Of the Baltimore & Ohio Company had
not yet resulted in any reduction
OF previous rates. Among the passenger
agents Of other lines there seemed to be 4
vague impression that tickets were being
sold at low prices, and generally among rail-
road men it was the belief that the opening
OF the new route must result in
A WIDESPREAD W!n: IN RATES.
1t was not likely, it was said, that the Penn
sy'vanla Railroad Company would admit the
baltimore u Ohio to an equal share Of the
business at New YORK without a severe
struggle. But at tho same time it
was said TINT the new line was an
established fact, and entitled to its proper
tion Of the business. Great efforts would be
H1auc 10 DfiHE the new route into public
favor. and to obtain for it 4 proportion Of the
travel The hope was general among rail-
road-men that, If the rivalry between the
two companies was to result in
:. A CONTEST OVER PASSENGER RATES,
it might be sharp and decisive, that it might
extend at once to the freight traffic and b.,
therefore, not OF long duration. At the
general Offices Of the Central Rail-
road of New Jersey in this city no
information Of a reduction in passen-
ger rates had been received. i
reporter visited many OF >=:aa railroad ticket
, 1880-12-05

GEN. HOWARD TO sCPERsEDE scHoFELD.
Special Dtspateh TO The Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 4-Gen. 0. o.
Howard. accompanied by Cant ]. 4. Sladen
OF his staff, arrived In Washington to-day
from the Pacific Coast Gen. Towards pres
ent visit to Washington is In obedience to an
order issued By direction of the President,
and is generally supposed to possess some
special significance in view OF changes which
are speedily to take place in army affairs. It
is well understood that Gen. Schofield will
soon be relieved from duty at West Point
and assigned to a command else
where. 1t has been suggested that it
is the intention OF the President to
place Gen. Howard at West Point.
While neither President Hayes nor the Sec
rotary Of War has said that such is the case,
and while determination of the matter has
certainly not been expressed By others, in
formation derived from trustworthy sources
make it exceedingly probable that Gen. How
ard will succeed Gen. Schofield- There has
been some talk lately that an officer of the
Engineer Corps would be assigned to duty as
Superintendent of the Military Academy,
but there is general feeling that an officer
of the line ought to perform that duty.
It Is generally considered that the staff
of the army now enjoys at least
its fair share Of power, and that to shut out
tie officers Of the line from command of the
academy might possibly be unjust. The mill
tary academy was i'll very bad way when
Gen. Schofield entered upon duty there, and
great things were expected OF him. His ad-
ministration has not resulted, however, In
placing the institution in any better light be-
fore the people than it was five years ago.
Gen. Howard was, as was Gen. Scl,otield
himself, an instructor ut the Military
Academy before the Rebellion. lie is
said to be admirably qualified for the
duties of Superintendent and his we'll
known convictions on the subject of allow
Ing fair play to every man, no matter what
his color, would be likely to save him from
the mistakes which appear to have made
Gen. Schoheld's longer stay at West Point
undesirable, it not impossible
Gen. Howard called on the Secretary Of
War to-day, and afterwards visited the White
House aud lunched with President Hayes
and his family. He expects to remain in
Washington week or more, and no doubt a
number OF army changes will be made dur
ing that time.
, 1880-12-05

Offices on Broadway yesterday, not on,r
those Of the Companies, but also those Of thu
"scalpers," and in no two Offices found nra
cisely the same prices for tickets to the E;.st
Tickets to Chicago varied in prices. fror,
SIT to $50, and at the ssc,In
err offices they were offered at stil
lower rates. At one office tickets by tba
night~express trains were offered at sla n
These were neither irstclass nor emigrant
tickets. Except admission to the sleenino
cars they entitled the buyer to all the nrir;-
leges Of the line. The railroad Commands
do not sell scconl-class tickets, but thasa
tickets seem to be entitled to the distinc,ion
, 1880-12-05
OBITUARY,
EnsHnf THxpdkeh Ia The Chi

speHal Dsspateh 10 The Chicago Tribune
Qu1SCy, Mich, Dec. 4.-Dr. Richard
Woods d leading physician and surgeon OF
this place, died after a lingering Illness this
| morning. ::
, 1880-12-05

Chicago to San Fran
cisco. ......-.~--
St. Louis 10 San Fran
cisco.
Kansas City u San Fran-
cirf1.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-15
Law Decisions.

In Pennsylvania a deed is, in con.
temptation of law, recorded when it is
left for record at the Recorders office,
and is valid notice from that time.
Lunatics are liable for necessaries,
and where a lunatic obtains the prop.
erty of one, who in good faith, deals
with him in ignorance of his condition.
he will not be permitted to keep both
the property and the price.
An architect who makes plans and
specifications for building, but who
does nothing more, is not within the
provisions of the mechanics lien law
and is not entitled to a lien against the
building for his labor.
The payment of usurious interest af.
ter the maturity of debt is not valid
consideration for an agreement.
The satisfaction of mortgage on the
record may be shown to have been en-.
tered by mistake, and in that event is
not conclusive as between the parties TO
the transaction.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-15
Roasted TO Death by the Sun.

Prom the London Telegraph.
DR.. Schweinfurth, in a lecture which
he recently delivered at the Berlin Geo.
graphical Society on the subject Of his
latest explorations in Central Africa.
gave his hearers thrilling account of
the mode in which capital punishment
is inflicted upon criminals by the AL.
Quadjis, a small tributary off shoot of
the great and powerful Djour people.
The malefactor condemned TO die is
bound TO post firmly driven into the
ground in some open place where no
trees afford a shade, and IS there slow
ly roasted to death-not by any artifc.
ial means involving a waste of fuel, but
by the natural heat OF the suns rays as
they reach our earth in its equatorial
regions. To protract his sufferings
and 10 avert his too speedy end by sun.
stroke, the ingenious AlQuadjis cover
their erring compatriots head with fresh
green leaves, which effectually shield
his brain from Phebus' darts. No
such protection is, however, accorded
to his body, which gradually dries up,
shrinks together and ultimately be.
comes carbonized. One chance of sal
vation is open to the roasting man,
while as yet he is not completely "done
to DEATH" If a clo1d pass between the
sun and his place of torment he is at
once cast loose from his post and be.
cores the object of popular reverence.
as mighty magician in whose behalf
the supernatural powers have deigned
directly TO intervene. But clouds sci.
dom interfere with the administration
OF justice on the day chosen for public
executions by the AlQuadji authorities;
at least that appears to be DR.. Schwein-
furth's experience of African weather as
far as it bears upon the judicial roasting
of malefactors.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-15

tured by the English vessel. Now for
two reasons this can hardly have. hap.
pened. In the first place, the Bonhom.
me Richard WAS never boarded by the
Scraps, and secondly, there is among
the list Of the officers who fought on
board the American ship no such name
as that Of Lieutenant James Bayard
Stafford. BY referring to Colonel Sher.
burne's "Life of Paul Jones'" the second
edition Of which was published at New
York in 1851, DIR. Nortbcote will find
the names of the Bonhomme Richards
crew, both officers and men, and in the
archives of the Navy Department at
Washington there is full catalogue of
the naval heroes Of the Revolution. !"
Search will be made in vain for the
name Of Lieutenant Stafford in many
records which are easily accessible and
there are, moreover, inaccuracies in the
story as related briefly by Mr.. Northcote
which can hardly be supported in view
OF the facts given in the exhaustive re.
ports of the action from the pens of
Captain Jones and of Captain Pearson,
who commanded the Scraps. Such
was the sense of the stubborn courage
shown by the latter that the British
Admiralty created him knight. much
TO the amusement OF Paul Jones, who
exclaimed, Next time ] meet him Ill
make him lord" But the tradition
that an old "StarSpangled Banner"
preserved reverentially in the United
States was once carried by the Bon.
homme Richard is, we fear, shadowy
and incapable OF being substantiated.
"'What is truth 2 asked .iesting Plate,
and would not stay for an answer :"
and few who have had any experience
in human affairs will be found TO deny
that, like the reputed flag of the Bon.
homme Richard, facts as represented by
historians are sineularly at variance
with facts As they really happened. NJ.
Prosper Merimee used to say that he
cared for nothing in history except it's
anecdotes, which he felt TO be truer
than the inferences drawn from them
by historians. To similar kind and
degree Of incredulity life, with its un.
masking revelations, is apt TO reduce
all who can endure what Cowper calls
"the unsupportable fatigue of thought"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-15

AZ we approached house little out.
side the village one morning, we caught
sight Of a bridal chair, sedan covered
with bright red cloth and heavily orna-
mented. In the yard before the house
were perhaps hundred people, most Of
them seated at little tables and partak.
ing OF the wedding feast. We declined
their invitation to eat with them, and
went our way, as the bride had not ar.
rived, the chair being prepared 10 send
to her home some miles distant, whence
she was to be brought on tho following
day.
In the afternoon we saw the bride.
groom preceded by a boy beating gong,
on his way to sacrifice to the "mother
goddess" and thank her for preserving
him from childhood to his wedding day.
We called at the house again after the
brides arrival and found large numbers
OF guests still there. The festivities
continue several days, and the ceremo-
ny OF marriage embraces various forms,
worshiping the parents, the tablets Of
deceased ancestors, heaven and earth,
&c. In the darkest corner of the room.
at the foot OF the bed. stood the bride
NiNH7rN III Eag CplOIh OI bIlEDt req cfOtH.
with beautiful flowers and ornaments in
her hair. Poor little girl she looked
hardly more than fifteen years of age.
but such a sad and frightened face,
made our hearts ache for her, alone
among strangers, all unconscious of
what her future might bring.
Oh, these cruel heathen marriage Gus.
toms Of China! Betrothed often in
early childhood, or paid for, few years
later, according to her personal beauty
or the smallness Of her feet, perhaps
never seeing her husband till the mar.
raige day, oh, what anxious forebodings
must fill the mind OF a Chinese girl The
mother in.law often rules the household
with rod of iron. and the husband
may, if dissatisfied with his wife, sell her,
or II able to support two, force her to
yield her place to a stranger. And
only so far as the Gospel remolds the
hearts Of this people will these heather
customs give way. God grant that the
day, so slowly dawning, may soon break
in midday brightness upon these our
brothers and sisters, the millions of
China.
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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-15

Miss JENNIE Horn was Just going to
run across the way" and so stepped
out bareheaded and with apron on.
But instead Of going across the way
Miss Horn slipped round 10 the Moray.
ian Church, which she entered by the
back door. Her lover, Mr.. Collier, and
Rev. Mr.. Clewell were there before her.
The knot was soon tied. Mrs. Jennie
few back home, and with blush chas.
ing its shadow among her dimples, bak-
ed the bread fer dinner. This was in
the town of Uhricksville, O., where on
the afternoon Of the same day, Henry
Horn, the brides brother, chased both
bridegroom and preacher down the
main street with shotgun. Mr.. and
Mrs. Collier left that afternoon on a
bridal trip, Mrs. c. still being bare.
headed.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-15

RECENTLY one of the children of the
Princess Royal of England, now the
wife of the heir of the German Emperor,
had been ailing, and with maternal
solicitude the Princess personally sup.
piled the little invalid with many of its
requirements. This innovation on Ger.
man court etiquette produced utter
dismay, and was brought to the notice
OF the Empress, In answer 20 whose ex-
postulation the Princess replied: "If
my mother. the Queen OF England and
Empress Of India, can carry milk in to
one Of her children, who like Il so much
more because given by her, think
may do 50 without forgetting my posi-.
ton"
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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-15

All the right, title and interest Of de-
Iehdans In all that certain tct piece Of land ~.
uae In Rush tJwnahip, Centre county Pa in the war
fantee name Of Andrew Graf, beginning Il homlock
Tree corner; thence extending north 5Qs west, J20
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-15
ALSO,

All the right, title and interest of de-
fen Iant in and 20 I'll that certain lot or piece Of I'M
proved land situate IN Haines township Centre
county Penna. bounded as follows. to Wit Beginning
At p0st; thence BY lands Of John Martin north I7i
vest i3g $40 perches 10 post thence BY lands Of p
Hosterman north 7zo east, ~ pefuhea 20 post and
STONES AZ ALLEN tree; thence by she same south AZ
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-15

a tract OF land In the warmnteo name Of Christian
Musser, south 400 east 40 perohcs less "a a
sugar tree thence bya tract of land In the
warranteee name of John HsmbriRht south 600 west,
40 perchcs moro or less 10 pine tree corner thence
10y tract OF land In the warantee name of Sebastian
Graft north 400 cast, 30 pcrches less, the
place of beginningcontainlng 433 aud 1863 per-
chns more or less
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-15

All the right, title and interest of de-
PENDANTS In all that certain tract piece Of land sit
uaie partly In Rush township, aforesaid and partly In
Morris township Cearfeid county, Pa. Rounded on
the north by lands late Of the estate of Henry Lo
raine deceased the east by lands of Quay aud Ky
ler, on the south by lands IN warrauteo name OF An
drew Gran the west by lands late Of Breuner and
psny-contRiniug i07 acres aud 1877 pcrrhes sur.
veyed April l. 1898, on warrant IN Of Christian
Musser. Thereon erected two frame houses an old
saw mill aud other outbuiidings.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-15

All the right, title and interest Of de-
PENDANTS In all that certain tract of land situate In
Morris township, Ciearfeid county. Penn'a: Begin
ming at "a stone heap. formerly white oak corner
thence by lands late of Lever aud Lorraine south 2
pcrrhes to post. east l5l perchcs post thence
by lands surveyed to Robert Rainey north 22U SID
perches TO white pine, along lands surveyed to
stephen Kingston i54 perchcs To the place of begin
2n0 acres and 81 percbes and allow.
anre and was surveyed In pursuance Of n warrant
dated March 10, A. D. 1871, issued to Leonard Kyler
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-04-15

All tho. right, title and interest Of de-
endant In hnd 10 ell that certain tract Of unseated
land situate IN Hanes township. Centre county. Pa.
bounded a. follows, 20 wit: Beginning at stones
thence along lands formerly owned By Samuel Martin
south ~ west, l6a perches 20 chestnut oak thence
south lUo west Tb pefches 10 stones BY fallen white
oak thence along lands Of john Brady north Tso
east, 100 percheS 20 stones thence along land of
heirs Of simon 0Fsiz north 1872 west $50 perehes 20
pitch pine thence By mountain south 40 west, 3is
perches 70 chestnut thence south 62lo west. To-
bio perches to stohes; thence by lands of Andrew
stones thence by lands of Samuel Martin north ne
east le5 perches to the place of beginning
Ing 32T acres and 12 psfches and allowance.
The silver state., 1880-10-09
A PrOnd PareW.

Mr.. James Richie, of Little Hum
boldt, is the proud parent of twin boys,
born at the st. Nicholas Hotel, Para
disc, yesterday. He considers this the
only act of his life worthy of public
credit, but he should remember that
Mrs. Richie is entitled to as much, if
not more praise, for this achievement
as he. The SILVER STATE tenders it's
congratulations and hopes one or both
of the boys may live to be President of
the Great Republic.
The silver state., 1880-10-09
sale of Stock and Ranch.

The Harney Valley correspondent of
the Canyon City News has the follow
ing relative tosgentlemen who are well
known here:
abbott & Whiteside, the solid Null
doons' of this section, have sold out
their stock and ranch to Todhunter &
Devine for 500, 200. Mr.. Abbott was a
candidate for State Senator two years
ago and was defeated by only six votes.
Both he and his partner came to this
country ten years ago comparatively
poor men, but by honorable dealing,
industry and perseverance, ethey have
acquired a snug fortune. They carry
with them the best wishes of this Sec
tion wherever they may 60.
The silver state., 1880-10-09
We Challenge the World,

When we say we believe we have
evidence to prove that Shiloh's Con-
sumptio's Cure is decidedly the best
lung medicine made, inasmuch as it will
cure a common or chronic cough, in one
half the time, and relieve Asthma,
Bronchitis, Whooping Cough Group,
and show more cases Of Consumption
cured than all others It wiu cure
where they fail. 1t is pleasant to take,
harmless to the youngest child, and we
guarantee what we say. Price, 10 cts,
80 cts and 81. Ii your lun5s are sore,
chest or back lame, use Shitoh's Porous
Plaster Sold by G. A. DESAUssURE,
Druggist. n1-eod
The silver state., 1880-10-09
Prolific Wheat.

The Battle Mountain Messenger says
Judge McBeth, of Galena, sowed on his
ranch in Galena two pounds of White
Russian Spring wheat, purchased from
d. NJ. Terry & Co., Detroit, Michigan,
from which he has just cleaned up 2l4
poands. This he. intends to SOW on his
valley ranch the coming season, and he
thinks it will be the coming wheat of
the country. 1t perfectly clean, and
is said to make the best quality of -four.
The silver state., 1880-10-09
LOCAL TNTEALIGEN CE.
Personal. Notes.

Arden r. Smith, Special Indian
Agent, arrived here Wednesday, to in
quire into the condition of the Indians
in this vicinity. He interviewed
Naches and other Indians, yesterday,
and left for Fort McDermit oday.
Frank 7. Gilbert, who is connected
with Thompson & West, conpi!ers of
the History of Nevada, is in town, coll
lecting material for that work.
Joseph Organ, OF Star City, arrived
in town last evening.
H. L. Hoppin returned from Califor-
MIA and left for home yesterday.
The silver state., 1880-10-09
st. Clair Sentenced.

In the District Court to-day Robert
st. Clair was sentenced to twenty-five
years in the State Prison. 1t did not
appear to affect him much, and he ap-
peared as unconcerned as when the wit
nesses whe saw him shoot on the even
ing of July 2Sth, testified to that effect
at the trial. His wife, who has the
reputation of being an estimable lady,
was deeply moved and burst into tears,
when the sentence was announced.