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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-01
The Result Of the Kellogg Investigation

WASHINGTON, December 14.--There
is the best authority for the statement
that the committee on Privileges and
Elections of the Senate will during the
early part of February next, if not
sooner, report to the Senate that Mr..
Kellogg is not entitled to a seat i'll
that body. The investigation is now
about over, as only a few witnesses are
yet to be examined. 1t would have
been formally closed before this but
for a disposition on the part of the
committee to give to Mr.. Kellogg all
the time and opportunity he desired
to make defense. This he has failed
to do to the satisfaction of the COM
mlttee. On the contrary, a majority
OF the committee are agreed upon the
, following points, which in substance
will be embodied in the majority re-
port to he submitted to the Senate ::
First, that Mr.. Kellogg used his of
hce as Governor of the State of Louis
lana to make the Legislature Republi-
can which the people had made Dem
ocratlc second, that he bribed per-
sons to go into the so-called Packard
legislature for the purpose of making
up quorum; third, that he was
party to the fraud by which members
were represented as being present in
SAID Legislature on the day of the elec.
ton Of Senator who we're in fact not
present; fourth, that he falsely claim.
ed that there was quorum of that So
called legislature fifth. that he bribed
members of the Legislature TO vote for
him, and sixth, that after witnesses
We're summoned 10 Washington he
ibrlbed them almost at the doors Of the
Senate Chamber" Il i said that
mere Is ample proof TO sustain all this
ana much more. The majority report
VIII be most thorough one, and will
deal severely with Mr.. Kellogg and
MS ring. The committee will vote
upon the case in January. shortly
alter the reassembling of Congress,
and the report will be Immediately
put IN shape, so as to be submitted TO
!he Senate a few weeks later. There
: : also good authority for the assertion
mat the committee will recommend
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-01
Grant, the Army and the People.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York sun.
Il have the people and the army on
my side," said Napoleon Bonaparte.
HE would be a fool who would not
rule with that" Many persons inter-
pret the demonstrations along the route
and at the stopping places of Gen.
Grant rs indications that he has so
strong q hold on tie people that they
will elect him President for q third
term, and that they would not resist
the conversion, at his beck, of our
free Government into an empire with
him at his head. Supposing this to
be true, and Grant to entertain an
ambition for lifelong power, his next
aim will be to get possession of the
army. His long military service and
the prestige Of his military success
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-01
The Outlook Of the New Year.

London Truth, December I.
have laid out a penny in "Zad-
kiel's Almanac" and am filled with
terror at the various troubles which
are predicted for next year. In JAN
uary "'wars and rumor of wars still
afiiict the British people and do injury
TO their trad e and commerce, for Mars
was setting at the winter solstice and
affecting the ascending planet, Venus,
by opposition aspect. Ireland will be
disquieted, deeds of violence will be
perpetrated in the Emerald Isle, and
epidemic diseases will be fatally pre-
valent therein. Saturn is still slowly
passing through the sign Aries, hence
old England's troubles will be thick
ening, her death-rate high, and her
enemies numerous. Denmark and
Germany will be far from prosperous,
mentable. Poland will be disturbed,
and the state Of Russia will be la
Persia, Asia Minor, Cyprus and the
Archipelago will be scenes of martial
deeds and martial epidemics. Jan
uary IL brings Mars into an evil con-
fguration with the place of the sun
at the birth Of an English prince,
warning him to beware of accidents
and over-exertion." In February, "at
the moment of the new moon on 10th
inst, the luminaries will be in square
aspect with Mars. This is evil for the
ruling powers, and forebodes deter
mined onslaught on the Government
nevertheless, as Jupiter will be strong
ly posted in the eleventh hour, the
Government will weather the storm"
In March, "the Divorce Court will
be busily occupied, and many cases of
cruelty to women will be brought be-
fore the police courts, for Venus OPP
poses Uranus on the 24th inst" In
April, "the presence of old Saturn in
Aries will involve this country in some
trouble, but he is shorn of most of
his power TO do mischief now that Ju-
piter hastens' to overtake him." In
May, excitement will be at fever
heat in New York and the marshalling
of troops will move the martial in
stincts of the American people,"
whilst in London, "a metropolitan
theatre is threatened with destruction.
for Mars transits the place of the
moon at the vernal ingress." But in
October the outlook is especially bad
for us. "Holders of foreign bonds
must look out for squalls, for at the
moment of full moon Mars will be
with the sun in the second House and
Saturn with the moon IN the eighth.
These evil-omened positions indicate
turbulent condition of politics as well
as of the weather, and severe strain
will be placed upon the revenues Of
Great Britain"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-01
Window and the Exsdus.

From the Washington Post
Senator Window belongs to that
numerous class Of Ieformers who act
on the theory that destruction is ref0r-
nation. lie has used or abused his
position a. Senator to destroy the
peaceful domestic enjoyment of hun
dreds Of humble colored families in
the South, and if he has done any
thing in the way Of compensation for
this serious and lasting injury, he has
worked so quietly and secretly as to
leave no mark or excite even sus-
picion. His Incorporate speech Of
last spring contributed materially TO
the exodus from the lower Mississippi
region, and the country was shocked
at the story Of the suherings Of the
blacks who were lured away from
their homes, where they had at least
the actual necessaries of life, TO en-
dure all manner Of privations on the
long journey to Kansas. Many sick
ened and died on the banks Of the
river. Food was scarce and shelter
was impossible. Those who succeed
ed in getting to Kansas found a cold
greeting. But neither Mr.. Window
nor the Emigration Aid society which
he caused to be organized in this city
gave anything to aid the wretched
dupes of Mr.. WINDOWS windy rhetor-
ic. Not content with all this, we see
the Minnesota reformer pushing to
the front again with rehash of his
original effort. Condensing n stump
speech into an amendment TO a resolu-
tion, he endeavors to stimulate the
present movement of blacks from
North Carolina, although he knows
that nothing could be more unfortu-
nate for those people than the present
time and manner of leaving their
homes. The proposition to set apart
territory "for the oppressed popula-
ton" is piece of claptrap too shallow
for serious consideration. The colored
people want no separation from the
whites. 1t would take an army to
keep them on a reservation. The
whole exodus business is the work of
rascally demagogues, who care no
more for the blacks than did those
other Christian statesmen who robbed
them of their little savings through
the agency Of the Freedman's bank.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-01
THE PRESSED GENTIAN.
nv JOHN 0REESLEAp WHITTIER.

The time of gifts has come again,
And ON my Northern window pain,
Outlined against the days brief light
a Christmas token hangs In sight;
The waysde travellers, as they pass,
Mark the gray dusk Of clouded glass
And dull biacknesz seems, perchance,
Folly TO their wise ignorance.
Theyrtannot from their outlook see
Tho perfect grace II hath for me-
for there the flower whose ffuges through
The frosty breath Of autumn blew,
Turns from me without Its face of bloom
To the warm tropics Of my room,
As fair ms when beside It's brook
The hue Of blending skies It took.
so, from the trOdden ways Of earth,
Seem some sweet souls who vail their worth,
Aud offer TO the careless glance
The clonding ray Of circumstance.
They blossom best where heart-fres burn;
To loving eyes alone they turn
The flowers Of inward grace that hide
Their beauty from the world outside.
But deeper meanings come to mo.
My half-immortal flower, from thee;
Man Judges from partial view;
None ever Yet his brother knew;
The Eternal Eye that sees the whole,
May better read the darkened soul
Aud find, to outward sense denicd,
The flower upon its inmOst side.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-01
THE SILENT CONGRESSMAN.
.sp HIS FIRST AND LAST GREAT SPEECH IN
THE HOUSE.

.sp HIS FIRST AND LAST GREAT SPEECH IN
THE HOUSE.
Buell. of the Washington Capitol,
dishes up Wells of Missouri, for intro
ducing the bill to abolish the Congress
si;Onal Record, in a choice bit of
humor:
know what is the matter with
Wells. lie is one of the few deluded
men who imagine that the true mis-
sion of Congress is to make laws and
nrovide ways and means to execute
tbe same. He is perhaps the only
nnblic man in our history who ever
made national reputation as Leg
i.lator without making single great
speech, or asking leave to print one
that he did not make. will take
that back; Wells did make one speech.
Il was in the Forty-third Congress,
first session. remember it we'll.
The occasion was so unusual that |
went to nv friend Crosby Noyes and
told him that Wells was going to
make a speech, and Crosby forthwith
advertised it in the Star. The session
was for debate only. Wells had chos-
en- such an occasion in the hope that
his audience would consist of the usual
Chairman, the customary page, and
the invariable half dozen negroes
asleep on the benches of the north gal
lery. He told me it always embar-
rassed him to speak to crowded
House. Imagine then the consterna-
ton of Wells when he found the House
filling up, the galleries full aud every
body awaiting the greatest effort of his
life. He didn't understand it. 1t
never occurred to him that he had
won a national reputation as the ST.
lent but hard-working Congressman,
aud that consequently there was as
much curiosity to hear him make n
speech as there would be to hear Con
ger keep still for few minutes.
Wells made his speech. His sub
ject was the Mississippi river as a ma
tional highway, and the duty of Con
gress to legislate for it as such. 1t
was the pioneer speech on that subject,
aud for plain, business-like grasp OF
the facts, or clear, forcible presenta-
ton of the arguments in the case,
have never heard it surpassed. But
the magnitude of the audience seems
to have wrought upon the mind OF
Wells to such an extent that he not
only swore off speaking himself, but
has finally worked himself up to the
point of a determination to suppress
his colleagues. His bill admits of no
other conclusion. He knows very
well that if it were not for printing in
the Record there would be no torrent
of Columbian oratory; that but for
the JOY of seeing his words in print
after able proof reading-the average
statesman would sink into a reticence
compared to which an oyster would
have to be termed loquacious, or Grant
brilliant in conversation. The conse-
quences of such a catastrophe would
be simply hideous. The American
Eagle, that proud bird which, in the
mouths of Congressman, soars to
heavens unfathomable depths, and
dips his plumage in the thunder:
home, or words to that effect, would
incontinently droop and die.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-01
ONE HUNDRED YEARS.
AN OLD woMAN's REcoLLEcTIoNs OF HER
LIFETIME.

AN OLD woMAS's RECoLLRCTIONs OF HER
LIFETIME.
There died the other day at Truro,
in Cornwall, an old lady, Mrs. Mary
Hogg (nee Forest, a native of Edin-
burgh, at the age of 100 years, batting
a few days. She was born October ! 6,
1879, and died October 4, 1879. Mrs.
Hogg left Edinburgh to become the
wife Of Mr.. Thomas Hogg, Head
Master of the Truro Grammar School,
somewhere about 1902, and only once
(sixty years ago. revisited her native
place. Though so long and SO far re-
moved from Edinburgh, she never
ceased to talk Of it, and to take an in
terest in all connected with it. To
the last she was diligent reader of
the Scotsman, and had been so for
many years. But the Edinburgh of
which she oftenest spoke was one
which had long since passed away.
She left it before the Edinburgh Revie,o
had begun its brilliant career-before
Jeffrey, or Brougham, or Francis
Horner, or Sydney Smith, or Henry
COckburn had become familiar and
famous names. Sir Walter and John
Leydcn were busy in their enthusias-
tic youth collecting the Border Min
strelsy," and the former had not yet
written line of his immortal works.
She used to tell how, when an infant
of few days old, she had been carried
in sedan chair from the corner house
of York place, where her father resided,
across the North Bridge, down the
Old Assembly Close (the South Bridge
being not yet builD, up the College or
the Horse Wynd and through the
Potterrow TO Bristol street Secession
Church, and was there baptized, not
by the late venerable DIR. james Ped
die, who was then only young lad at
college, but by the Rev. John Brown,
of Haddington, author of the "Self-
Interpreting Bible" As a child she
remembered seeing the late Mr.. vii.
liam Ramsay Maule, afterwards Lord
Panmure, early one morning, when re-
turning from q ball, dressed in scarlet
coat, white silk stockings and white
satin breeches, playing one of bis wild
pranks on a milk-cart in st. Andrew
Square At later date, when grown
TO womanhood, and on a visit to Lon
don, she heard Charles Fox address
the electors of Westminster, and spoke
of his high bearing and bold utter.
ances. One other curious recollection
of Mrs. Hogg may be mentioned.
She stated that her father, who was
a builder in Edinburgh, had been of
fered lease of Hailes Quarry at q
rental of n few pounds. But as the
new town had hardly at the time be-
gun to be built, he thought the specu.
lation an unsafe one and declined an
offer which, few years afterwards,
brought thousands of pounds of re.
turns. Mrs. Hogg was woman OF
great activity and energy, sense and
intelligence. She had read a great
deal, was clever and accomplished
artist, a shrewd observer of men and
things, cheerful in her temper and full
of Kindness of heart. She retained
her faculties unimpared to the last,
and though her strength had failed
her for some time past to such an ex-
tent as TO compel her to keep her bed
almost entirely she had very little Sc
rious illness, and, without having un-
dergone much pain or suffering, finally
passed away in placid sleep.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-01

will essentially aid him in this. Are
the people blind? Will they submit
to the first step toward the overthrow
of their free institutions by electing
Grant President for a third term
Grant himself seems much more inclin-
ed to follow the examples of the Bon
apartes-Napoleon /. and Napoleon
IlI.-than the transcendently glorious
example of Washington.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-01

A LTTTLE BOY who was asked If he
could tell the length of a whale said
the whales he caught at home seemed
more than m hour long sometimes.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-01-01

toned to hearing from the commander
of the prison that it touched the hearts
of the ragged Rebs" like a current of
electricity, and instantly 5000 throats
gave lusty cheer for Joe Hooker.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-07-08
Fred KatZky left Wadena Wednes.

Fred Katzky left Wadena Wednes-
day morning, in company with Mr.. J..
Silverman, for Miles City, NJ. r.,
where they are going into trade as
partners. Fred has long been of in
valuable assistanc to his father in the
transaction Of the latter's large bust
ness here, and his own experience
coupled with the business teachings
he has had, will render the chances
for his success in his new home very
favorable.
MIR. J. Maltby, while at work on a
scatfold in the Touring mill, was sud-
denly precipitated to the floor, a dis
lance OF about ten feet, by the break
ing of a plank on which he was stand
ing. He struck on his head and hands,
and upon rising found some Of the
bones in the palm of his left hand had,
been broken. With characteristic
presence of mind, he instantly pulled
the bones into place with his right
hand and set them perfectly, but the
operation proved too much for him,
and he tainted away and was taken
to the RaWson House. He soon re-
covered however, and is now doing
nicely.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-07-08
A GRAND CELEBRATION
Wadena Comes to the Front in the
Arena Of Celebrating
Villages.
Her Streets Thronged From Morn
ing till Night with a jolly, good
natured Crowd.
And Everybody Pronounced tn
Occasion a Grand Success.

The rising of the sun Monday morn
ing was accompanied with heavy
clouds and slight fall of rain, but
nothing daunted at inclement wealth.
er, the committee in charge of firing
the salute were at their post, and as
the grand orb of day showed his gold
EN- face through a break in the clouds
away off on the edge of the eastern
horizon, the booming of a hundred
guns thundred welcome to his appear
ance. After this, as if in special re-
shect to the Importance of the day. the
clouds scampered away from the hea.
vens until naught but airy Snowflake
clouds foated against the beautiful
blue of a clear sky. TO add to the de-
STABILITY of the weather, cool breeze
famed the heated brow of the numer-
Gus committees, who were hurrying
to and fro, bent on performing their
duties satisfactorily in the highest
degree. The streets were early filled
with teams, which soon overAowed all
our public and private stables, and
occupied every vacant lot and UNI
fenced back yard in the village. At
10 o'clock the reception committee re-
paired to the depot, accompanied by
the band which, as the train came
slowly into the station drawn by the
stately locomotive in the national re-
gala of red, white and blue, struck
up "IIail Columbia, while the noisy
;.nvils beloved forth welcome to
the incoming delegates. Never be-
fore has Wadena seen such crowd
as gathered around the depot OH this
long to be remembered day, while
fre-cEackers and peanuts cracked Oh
I'LL sides. On the departure Of this
train, a special was dispatched to
Verndale to bring up those who wished
to attend.
At 1920, Marshal of the Day, Mr..
S. $. Gardner, with his efficient aids
DIR. Babcock and MIR. G. E. Kelley,
formed the procession on the COM
mon in the following order: Marshal
and aids, Wadena Cornet Band in wag.
on, Orator, President of the Day,
Chaplain and Reader of the Declara-
ton, in carriages, Glee Club, in car
riage, Wadena B. B. G. in uniform,
in carriage, Delegates from surround
ing towns, in carriages, all forming
procession over two blocks in length.
After par1diny the principal streets
the procession proceeded to the bow
cry, which had been located on q beau
tiful grass plot between LIST and End
streets.a Here the usual exercises took
place, prayer being offered by Rev.C.
II. Dixon, Chaplain of the Day. The
Declaration of Independence was read
in a most artistic and forcible manner
by Mr.. John Harding, of Leaf River.
The Grafton by Judge J. P. Rea, Of
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-01

New YoRK, December 3l.-COtton steady ut
IL 9.16al2 l1.l6c; futures dull. Flour dull ;
receipts 1000 barrels; Sipertine State
and western S. 60a585; common 10 good
50 00a6 25; good TO choice 630as SO; white
wheat extra s85Oa7 90; extra Ohio 50 Loaf rs;
st. Louis 50 l5as so: Minnesota patent pro-
cess 81 25a0 Is. Wheat, spring quiet md win.
ter lc higher with moderate demand; re.
ceipts 1850 bushels; ungraded spring 81 30a
IA; No. 8 spring 81 4lal ~; No. 9 spring
81 47al 4S; ungraded winter red 81 SO; No. 9
do 81 5G19al 81 mixed winter 81 s.: ungraded
white 81 So; No. 2 do. 81 5la1 So: No. l sales
January, sales 100000 bushels at 81 56a
/ 57%; February, sales $4,000 bushels at
81 Goal OIL; March, sales 5000 bushels at
81 62k. Rye qnget and steady. Corn easy ;
receipts 5000 bushels; ungrmled 6laGic
No. 3, 6la6i1fc: steamer 621a8Sc; No. 2,
63 1Sa84c; steamer yellow CSC; white western
6lc; No. 2, January, February and March,
Gle. Oats stronger; receipts 30, 600 bushels
western mixed 49Ha50c; white western 50a
52hc. Hay, in COED demand at 70s7'c. Hops
firm and unchanged. Coffee dull; 1900
sacks were drawn from the stock. Sugar firm;
fair TO good refining 7Na7Kc. Molasscs
steady. Ricequiet aud unchanged. Tallow
quiet and firm at 6ssa6 11.16c. Resin firm al
s. 65a1 90. Turpentine stronger at asai,c.
Eggs quiet; western at l6a24,. Whisky
hemlock sole 2sa3lc. Woolquiet and steady;
domestic fleece, 42a5Sc; pulled, 30a5Sc; un'
washed, lSai0c; Texas, 2la3Sc. Pork, les
active: mess Sl2 50al2 IS. Beef firm. Cut
meats steady; long clear Ike; short cleai
Ike. Lard, firm: prime steam 81 70a7 J!
old: 81 IS new. Butter, firm and unchanged
Cheese quiet and steady; western Sal3c.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-01
HAVE you headaches, pain in the back,
coated tongue, or dizziness? II so, take
SELLERS Liver Pills." and be cured.


II seems strange that any one will snifer
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when Guysott's Yellow Dock and sarsaparilla
will restore perfect health and physical organ
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quart bottles 81 90.
Full directions accompany each bottle.
Laughlin Bros. & Co., and Logan, Last q
Co., wholesale agents. p&w
Sold In Bridgeport, o., by West & Gilmore.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-01
Why VIII You

Allow cold to advance inyour system and
thus encourage more serious maladies, such ~
Pneumonia, Hemorrhages and Lung troubles
when an immediate relief can be so readily at.
tained2 BosoHEE's GxRNAs SYRUP has gained
the largest sale In the world for the cure OF
Coughs, Colds and the seyerest Lung Diseases.
II Is DR.. Boschee's famous German prescrip
ton, and Is prepared with the greatest cayi
and no fear need be entertained In adminlsttr
ing It to the youngest child, as per directioEt
The sale OF this medicine Is unprecedented
Since first introduced there has been con-
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report OF failure to do It's work In any case.
Ask your Druggist as 10 the truth OF these re-
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convinced. Trhs4w
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-01
Sill. and rolters Industrle..

The next annuslreport Of the New Ier-
sey labor bureau will deal largely with the
silk and the pottery industries Of that
State, and 1t Is expected that the intofma:
ton to be contained in the report will be
OF great interest and value, and thatit will
surprise even the best informed as to the
extent OF those industries. For instance,
full reports have been received from 81
silk mills in the State, nearly oil in Pater'
son, whereas the silk Association o.
America has never been able TO get stats
lies Of much more than hall that number
II appears that the Paterson silE mills
alone employ about 10000 hands, besides
1000 or 5000 employed, as is believed, L
their own homes, Of whom the large mill
owners have little knowledge. The ar
npaI productions Of the mills reached tn