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: TIE storm which ragged in England and of
the English coast last Friday caused great
destruction of life and property. Upwards
of fifty Berwick s1nacks were at sea, and it IS
feared that most Of them were lost 1t is re-
ported that twenty fishermen were drowned
of Dunbar, and that three pilots were
drowned in the Tyne Five persons were
killed by the falling Of 4 roof at Stockton-on-
Tees. The Bristol steamer Cyprian, from
Liverpool for Genoa, was wrecked on the
Welsh coast, and twenty-five lives were lost.
Several other wrecks are reported.
, 1881-10-16

1.-THE TELEGRaPE-WIRE ORDINANCE.
We have already commented upon the
action of the City Council in refusing to
give permission to the Mutual Union Tele-
graph Company 10 erect any poles, and
making the right of admission to the city
conditional upon the wires being laid under
ground. This company announces its uur-
pose to TO even larger business than tho
Western Union Company, and will need,
necessarily, as many wires and poles and as
many facilities as that company. The ex-
tent Of the wires now employed on poles In
this city, and how far this incunbrance Of
the streets prevails HOW, cali be seen at my
time. The Mutual Union asks permission
to duplicate the wires and poles used by the
Western Union. thereby doubling what has
already become AT int01erable nuisance
and a great public annoyance. The
telephone companies. which are at
present comparatively in the infancy Of
their business, and who will want ten wires
for each one of the other companies, are also
complaining Of the restrictions already i,1l-
posed by law OH the erection Of poles. The
present ordinance forbiddng the erection Of
any more poles, and requiring that all wires
shall be laid underground, was a wise and
judicious measure, which had been too long
delayed, and which cannot now bei irepealed
without Abandoning the streets forever to
tho present and all future companies Which
may ask to lay down wires iii the city. The
action Of the city was essential to the protec-
tlon of the public. The best way to get rid
of the nuisance was to first prohibit the cree
ton Of any additiona! poles and then require
| all new wires be laid underground.
| 1t had become apparent that the telegraph
companies would never take any action fol
laying underground wires so long as they
were allowed to add to the number of wires
| OIL poles. Pending the ordinance in the City
| Council the various companies hastily in.
creased. the number Of their oyerground
wires by employing large gangs Of nlen
| erecting new poles and stringlng new wires
this they did up to the very hour that the
new ordinance took effect.
Since that time the business has Increased
and though the companies have had six OF
| eight months notice Of the prohibition, moth
ing has been done toward laying wires under
ground. Since this ordinance was matured
six months ago. the telegraph companie:
might have made all the preparations needed
and have had their underground cables laid
But they have done nothing Of the kind
| they have relied upon the weakness Of tht
| Council and personal opportunities Of tht
Aldermen to- have the underground ordi
nance repealed, amended, or nulliied. =.
!. 1t is an ascertained certainty that no one
| of these telegraph companies will ever LAY
any underground wires so long as they car
obtain permission to string their wires along
| poles through the city. The duty Of the City
Council is peremptory one. 1t must ad
here to the law 1,oav. It must compel the
companies to begin 71o1o to lay their wire:
| underground. This is not a new thing
, 1881-10-16

TIE use of the telephone in summoning
the policc-patrol wagons to all parts Of the city
has been In successful operation here for about
a year. and the system Is being rapidly adopted
by other cities, notaby'S., Louis. in which pacs
the difficulty Of securing m officer Is appalling.
If murder or robbery occurs and citizen up
plies at police station for aid he finds only
one officer on duty. and he is forbidden to leave
his post for any cause. He has whistle. how
ever, on which he blows vigorously, In the hopa
that tho nearest pAtrolman may hear the noise
ana respond. After becoming used to this prsm-:
tive mode OF dong business. St. Louis will he
somewhat startlcd by the Sight Of wAgon full
Of officers lashing up to the scene OF Ii crime
within two minutes of the time an alarm Ia
turned in. ,. ::
, 1881-10-16

suddenly sprung upon the Telegraph co1n
'panies. They have had enotice OF TINS 1or
years. The ordinance Of this city was ell
acted long enough ago to enable all tne cohl-
panies to lave had their underground caoles
constructed, laid down, and in use before
this time All pretenses that underground
wires cannot be used are idle. wires lald
underground in cities are nothing new
They have been so used for years i'll all Eu-
ropean cities, and will soon be so laid III ali
the cities of this country: Already the tele-
phone and telegraph companies are laying
their cahlcs under tile streets and alleys OF
Philadelphia, where Il law similar to thaE ell
acted by our City Council is in force anu
where the City Council refuses to suspend or
modify it.
The request by the Mutual Union Com
pany for permission to erect poles Tor ,thelr
wires through the city is now backed up oy
the Western Union Company, which asks
that it be allowed to put up ten additional
wires oyerground, and the needs of the tcle-
phone companies arc equally urgent. LIE
City Council cannot suspend the law Ill one
case without doing the same in all. Inc
only safety Is in firmly Insisting on ule
execution Of the law, and IN thus compelling
all these companies to begin at once and lay
their cables. Let them understand at once
that the city will NOT permit any additional
telegraph wires to be brought into the city
unless they are laid underground. so long
rs the Council hesitatcs, eQuly0cates, or tie
lars, so long will it be importuned by petit
tions for special exemptions from the law,
and nothing will be done in the way Of un-
lergronnd cables Instead Of allowing more
overgr0und wires to be erected: the Council
should now fix a day in the future after
which the present poles and the wires over
and along the streets shall be removed.
, 1881-10-16

IT is probable that the Senate will adjourn
next Saturday, two days after the return OF
the President, Cabinet officers. and Senators
from Yorktown. 1t is probable that no
Cabinet nominations. except that Of Secreta-
n of the Treasury and possibly Attorney
General, will be sent to the Senate during
this session. It is understood that if Presl-
'>4eut Arthur assures Attorney-General Mac
yeagh ti1atx he may remain in the Cabinet
during the Presidential term that gentleman
will consent to remain.
, 1881-10-16

JUST now the New York Sun processes the
most ardent admiration for Secretary Blaine,
although it is not so very long ago that the
paper und Mr. Blaine were on opposit sides Of
tho fence. It says: . -. !.
aSecretary Rlalrc will not accept the English
Mission If it is offered him. We congratulate
Mr.. Blaine on this determination. Why should
a man filled with vitality. as he ls, go to England
life in official ceremnnies? The place for James
c. Blaine Is here ut home, and his duty is to fight
Cranlism and the third term. Three cheers for
Brother blaine! *-,.
Between his enthusiasm for Blaine and Iro-
ouois. the editor Of tho Sun Is kept pretty busy
, 1881-10-16

IT doesn't do to 60 too much on appear
ances, even in the case or old and highly-re-
spccted ladies. Mrs. Corliss, of South Acton,
Mass.. was one Of these, and when blacksmith
caused her arrest on the charge Of stealing s403
the community was highly indignant, and the
prisoner was discharged almost Without an e1-
animation. The blacksmith was possessed of Il
few friends who believed his story, however, and
by carefully watching Mrs. Corliss they discov-
cred her taking the money from place In which
she had hidden 1t, md now the people who
hootcd at the blacksmith wonder how they could
have been SO deceived. IT,. " ::
, 1881-10-16

Mr.. TENSYsoS. who. as poet laureate, Is;
expected to grind out some lines TO order every:
time royal pair are married, seems to have:
nude slight mistuke iu his poem on the nup-
tIuls of Princess Frederick. oc Hanover, and
Darun Won Puwel-Rammlngen. In the second
stanza the late King is represented Us leaning
over the battlcments of the celestial regions 10.
bless the union, which is very poetical. but not:
true The fact IS that the deceased monarch was !
SO bitterly opposed to the marriage TINT. during
his lifetime, the young couple despaired Of cele-
hratluO it.
, 1881-10-16

Dr.. Bliss bill for 1000 on account OF
eighty days services, if it shall really be
sent in to Mrs Garfield, as the correspond
ents say. will raise 4 nice point in medical
ethics, The courtesy of the profession will
not permit one physician to say that the
bill Of brother practitioner, however large 1t
may be. is cxorbitant. We should not, there
fore, be willing to submit Dr.: Bliss bill to a
Jury of his peers for the purpose Of getting
a candid verdict upon it. Such proceeding
would be as unsafe and probably as un-
satisfactory as an attempt to dispute a law
yer:s bill before Judge who has been
lawyer and expects to be one again. But Dr.
Rliss' bill would hayea small chance before a
Jury of businessmen. and even lawyer
might be trusted to pronounce upon lis
merits, Just as jury Of doctors could be re-
lied upon to detect the extortton Of law
yer's bill. The question to be decided in Dr..
Bliss caseis, What are his services ordinarily
worth 70 determine that question it is
only necessary to ascertain, first, whether the
services were, i'll point Of fact, beneficial to
the patient, and, secondly, what was the
market rate for such services as Bliss pre-
tended to render. It goes almost without
saving that his income in common average
years has not been S115,000; and hence his
services By the day cannot be worth S312.
There is not physician in the United
States whose average daily earnings are rs
much as that; and Bliss was far from being
ut the top of the profession. His claim for
5000 must be based. therefore, either on
tile condillon of the patient Or upon the cir
rf fEn willow fnf- hV Elr
, 1881-10-16

T.: The receipts OF cattle at he'Union Stock
Yards for the week ending with Saturday
reached the enormous total Of 43, 100 head.
of this number mere than 30 coo came from
beyond the Missouri. As showing the capa-
bilities of the Chicago market it may be Hlel-
lioned that the entire supply was promptly
disposed Of, and that, too, without subject
Ing prices to any decline. They are sz@11
. cents higher than year ago.
, 1881-10-16
y TRTBr1NE BRANCH OFFICES

); ); sTE CHICAGO TRIBUNE has established branea
fees for the receipt OF subscriptions and advertise
lnents Ms follows:
SFADDEx, Manager.
x GLASGOW, Scotland-Allan'a American Nc~s
:.Asency..5 81 Nenncid-st
/. LONDON EnG.-Aracrican Exchange 81 suana'
H1.SAi \. G1I4LIa, Agent
I: WASHINGTON. II. <.-lSl9 r street.
, 1881-10-16

fidelity or intelligence, or the favor OF the
businessmen which he may succeed In get
ting. Political reasons will put the new
Collector in, and political reasons WILL tu1n
him out. This is the spoils system pure anu
simple. In the language Of CLAUDE Me1
motto, tic ciyil-scryice rcforlners say TO the
merchants of the Northwest: "How 10
you like the picture?'' =.
, 1881-10-16

/" 0Apr. Il. Il. R1ppLEBERGEE, the Read
{uster, and Congressman George D.. wise
had i. duel about ten miles from Richmond.
Va, yesterday. Four shots were exchanged
without either of the combatants being burt.
Mutual explanations followed, and the
honah'' Of each Of the combatants was
satisfied.
, 1881-10-16
LAKESIDE MUSINGS.

"T1e situation is more awful1y awful t:
than ever. an in the cooler."-Qufan- i. /
It is now believed that the balloon tried to t
cross the State of Missouri. and hope Is fading. {
At last accounts three men had declared ::
themselves ready to denouuce R!ddleber8er a5
a liar, and several back counties are Jet. to ne i
heard from. Virginia Is a tine place-to leave
Among those who sent congratulations to ;
the Princess Louise on her birthday last week
was Lord Lorne. Governor-G General OF Canaoa.
Hels very estimable gentleman. and az ons
time there were rumors Of marriage between !;
the Princess and himself. i" NJ
Her scuttle hiatt IS wondrous wyde, <%:>>:f
AL furry, too, on every syde, rsx y:
Soc out see trippeth daintylge :s&::<:: a
To lett Sc yolth full well to see = ::::+ ~
How fayre SO maybe IS for ye bride. ss~1:1
Fe coaIes ynto ye scutt2e s!yde, ,:::
So ~ her haiti wolde I. and hyde, =. X !:
To stele sutne kysses-two or threes g=::s !:
Butt synce she never asaeth ne. . f*>:*::s
>, Ye scornfui cynie doth derrde ::s>=:=:
Her scuttle haiti :. ~: III
-Vhlt<1a,c Iaela. j =: =. l.. Is. /.
"Is the society editor in ?" asked latner j:
pretty youn. lady. she swung the door OF Inc ~
toral ROOMS gently open yesterday afternodn. ~
Nobody noticed her for moment bit hnau5 10 ta Il
trottin9- horse s,atistciau who was e1p!asntns W -
dramatic critic why 'Muldoon's Picnic" :"as :. It
greater drama than Daniel Kochat-' became
of the presence OF one OF the gentle and Hasea
his somewhat profnse hand In the general o9es<ea
OF q chair, the movement being understood -
vftation be seatcd The young lady nccepsssa
preferred hospitality. md remained silent.
ATS talking continued th9 morse .Ir s:
resumng his conversation with the drnuat'o s ~
"you ducks that cuine raw from Il college ane
against u newspaper office thinking that 5oa FL. ~ ~
.1f$ $fS
, 1881-10-16

Mr. Bronson ALcorr, who. as a pr:
fessIoual philosopher. has achieved fas
!: measure Of success. i5 writing his autobiogrs
phy in poetry. Il novelty Is what Dir. Alcorr
after he will undoubtedly succeed, but th,
readers Of the work will be few =;
, 1881-10-16

THE St. Louis Globc-D Democrat has Gu
iured up a spooE. It solemnly calls attenttomo
the fact that on the day Bayard was e!ectd
President pro TEN. Of the Senate Confederza
bonds were In demand at 80 per Sl.G0o. Fe
are afraid this spook is too feeble to live longa
, 1881-10-16

! APOLLO ooMMASDERy. NO /. X. T;-spee:la.1l :l!.l
sCopclave Tuesdus evening. Oct Is i5sL a. a. ~ ~
rciock-o6lcera, picase nntn the nonr The uraGs ~
She Temple viii! he conferred VISITING slE ~
1rs Eeirome. Stntcd C0nclnye Sasne evening NJ .
:T'ciock.: 81 order OF the Eminent Commanaer;;
, 1881-10-16

=: yAx, RENSSELAER, GRAND LODGE oF ,E,i,, pEit,
IN 5hnrsdar evening next Ky order Of the p
= ED Gt)UDALE, Grand Secretary
, 1881-10-16

. THIRTY murderers are now awaiting trial.
in Philadelphia, which is called The City Of
BrotherIT Love-" i
, 1881-10-16

HOME LODGE, 4t5. l. @: Q. F-Nenbers OF 1, re
:. MTndxy evening. Special nraer nf f. The evening
1rit II. ~.
, 1881-10-16

TIE grand total of the Garfield fund is
s57,s51.
, 1881-10-16

"ssrr;av1nDGE 5hL A. F. SA. M.--KeculuT meet
an9 IN their hail 7G 3ionroe-st Tuc*day exensne uc
* NJ Az important business WILL De 1fass
r1ed - III nasrhars re requested present Hs
.sstar nSG ~ ~ ne " ii C. L. CRANE, Secretary.
, 1881-10-16

Mr.. BAYARD's time is the fastest on rec
ord-if there is any consolation in that III
, 1881-10-16

POSTAGE.


Eatsrrd at te Past-omee Chicago. ILL., al Second
f"*E: - {Cldss Matter.
Fnrfha baueHt OF lour patrons who desire to send
. sfurle cop1es OF THE TnlBCNE through the MALL VIZ
the tt 3ansicnt rate OF posta"c:
.''s Fn7Fion and Donststsc Ier Copp'
Fry,t ian twelve. Ind fourteen PAGE paper-- cents
tEixteen eghteen ind twenty PAGE papar---. cents
sGNep{y-two Nd IYent5 -four pa-e papet..A cents.
, 1881-10-16

r., 11yrx,1.S PARK LODGE, NO. GIL \. F. + A. NJ
Members are hereby not1ed % attend an emefSens
In niteOd The funeral of late Bruaner Gnr-
. forrit NeHgome. Carriages nosehtL
, 1881-10-16

4Efs:ADr WASHINGTON CHAPTER. NO. S 9. r. :.
xtye tho tllst OF series OF 1Mr!cs 20 oe nelo ~
SS.r ifaiL corner uf I1nlsed ut1d Afadison-sts on
fsdns evening, Oct. s Members and fr'enos o1
xts~l$ 9rder urr cordlaly invited - nttend-
SS.s.22:.3f..uassTA:N-J - ' A. ii. WHITE, Secretary.
, 1881-10-16

I! CHICAGO CoMMAxDERy. No. ls. kSlG1Irs
cunclare Monday evening. VGt Ga.
+ nf r.1 n'cock for business and work on the Cf-
der OF the Temple Visiting S1f hnlsutS I!"Sss
WELCOME. By order OF L. L. 1oSu' E" -
.n4TiD GOODMAN. Recorder.
, 1881-10-16

s1.--~sf0iHEhhAN's I4oDGE NO: III, 4. +. s A. N
.flniI K;s3S SOUTH linlste-st- Regular Cosnnuntca'
Hon Wednesday evening. Dct H. 'or 1!npsftant ~! -
s.!rs4tnbers are requested 70 nttcnu '1s'e-n3 "e
n ro1disll5 "e!come 0' ''I M:,Ri.Y FORBES. ". III.
-SfH II ASHLEY Secretary.
, 1881-10-16

{: :: ST. BERNARD CoM,iASpEnY, No: =. e s; T.
Stated Conciaye Wednesday Oct Il at G9cs ?. ~ ~.
Knirffs nre courteoualy Invited: ~ order OF
= JOHN u. NJ CARR, Commander.
= II O. D1CKEKSON, Recorder.
, 1881-10-16

I fcHEyA1dER BAYAnD cosIsfANDARY OF
Eutchta Tempfar.-Stated concure ut = n. on
Thursday, Oct ~. Important business fun a.teno-
- flENlIT C. RANSEf, Kecoruef.
, 1881-10-16

- OoRNTHIAN CHAPTER No. G. R. - NJ NJ
Special Conclnve Monday evening. Oct u. at oGocs @
6E companions cos1a!lyM ~ !nvtsa T. nE 9rder 81
:. J. O. DICKENSOS, Secretary
, 1881-10-16

! HESPERIA LODGE. No. III. a. +. i A. M.-Metn-
tcrs nre hereby notified to attend regular Cnu!-
Guuicaiion Lu he held the hali corner q nn
sand Ens;t.d-sts.. Wednesday evening Oct X ~!
!: By f.rder ut JAa1Eo o.AA A1t F" -@A'
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-29

horse gear and intermediate motion.
will do we'll and two men turning a
corndressing machine fan, arranged
in connection with the air tube, have
been able to accomplish all that was
wanted for cooling a stack. With Il
gentle exhaust, the atmospheric air
is caused TO permeate every part OF
the rick in ample quantity for keep
ing down the temperature Of the
fermenting grass.
The writer referred to says "Mr.
Knowles has brought the internal
temperature Of large rick from 1902
down TO 90' in the short period OF
forty minutes. In the rick while
building he lays at various heights
wooden tubes of bore large enough
TO admit thermometer to be intro
duced on lath, these tubes reaching
horizontally from the outside TO the
center; and thus the heat of all por
tions OF the stack can be examined.
A temperature of l00' is considered
the maximum at which it is advisable
TO let the fermentation work, the fan
being set in operation as soon as the
temperature approaches this. The
same provision OF air ducts and n
manually operated exhaust fan has
been employed with advantage in
keeping barley and other corn stacks
from heating"
This system Of drying half-made
hay or dry corn deserves TO be made
generally known, not only because Of
the large quantities of crops which
may be saved by it, but because Of
the remarkable economy Of labor
which it secures. The system should,
moreover, afford our agricultural
implement makers an additional artl.
Gle of manufacture. by means OF
which the system might be carried
out with facility.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-29
Keeping Apples.
Yrsm ths eerm.n.gwn T.lerr.lh.

FROM the Germsntgwh Telegraph
1t is well, perhaps, to touch upon
this subject, as the time is approach
ing when We must prepare room to
store the winter apples. In this, as
in almost everything else, people diff
fer as to the best method Of keeping
apples through the winter as well as
into spring. In fact, they are frc.
quently kept until June, with the
flavor very little impaired. OF course
the utmost care must be taken in
gathering them from the trees, then
sorting them and putting them light
ly into dry -four casks. The barrel
should be heaped somewhat, and the
heading pressed down firmly, being
careful not 10 bruisc them. These
casks should be left under dry. open
shed until as far into November as
the frost will admit of. Light freez.
ing weather will not harm the fruit;
in fact, il is only when there is dan
ger Of freezing that it should be re-
moved. The barrels should then be
taken into fireless room. where
there will be no danger Of freezing;
or. which we would much prefer. a
cold, dry cellar. When carefully
disposed of in this way, there is little
risk of apples becoming unsound
throughout the winter and spring,
provided that they are Of fair keep
ing variety, such as Smiths Cider
the Carthousc, the Baldwin, the
Rhode Island GreeDing, the Spitzen-
berg, the Northern Spy, &c.
IL must be remembered, however,
that a barrel, say of Baldwins, from
one tree and one locality will not
perhaps keep as well as barrel from
some other. 1t may be from some
popularity of the soil, though per-
haps as likely to be from some con-
stitutional defect in the tree. One
thing is we'll asccrtained, that fruit
from an old and w0rn-out tree will
not keep as well as fruit from the
same variety of which there may be
but a moderate quantity on the tree.
II seems, therefore, that fine, large,
healthy-looking fruit of any kind
should have the preference as long
keepers.
! IL these precautions are taken the
apple is not hard to keep. Most fail
from keeping them too warm. The
usual store-roon Of the house. where
they are generally put. is not the
best place for them. They need TO
be kept as cool as possible. Indeed,
as we have already said, little frost
does not burt them, provided this
low temperature is regular. A fire.
quent change from cold TO warm is
fatal TO the keeping quality of any
fruit, much less the apple.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-29
WiEterng Pigs.

have found that it costs as much
or more to wiuter 8 young pig as it
does an old hog, and have abandoned
the practice OF wintering anything
but breeders. 4 breeding SOW may
be allowed 10 have a litter Of pigs in
the spring which can be sold, and the
old one will get in fine condition,
almost, if not quite fit for butchering,
on clover, cornstalks and roots. And
ge count the income derived from
pigs as an extra gain. There is
always a demand in the spring for
young pigs at from s. to 81 each for
fattening, and a higher price for
breeding stock, which makes the
profits on a breeding SOW equal TO
that of COW with a great deal less
cost Of keeping. BY little pains
taking and effort a farmer can make
market far his pork at a price more
remunerative than what is usually
paid for it in the carcass. Town
people will buy and eat more pork If
they know that IL has been grown
and fattened on wholesome food.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-29

THE Dublin Farmer claims that :
full feed of hay 10 horses, 70 follow
concentrated food, Is wastefui, and
crowds the latter out Of the stomach
before proper digestion occurs. This
authority claims that the hay should
Re fed first 20 avoid the above-meta-
toned trouble. A hearty drink Of
water upon full stomach also oper-
ates 70 push It's contents into the
intcstines before there i proper de
gestion.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-29

FFIa Wall Wasf- NiaEaFa ENVTFaa v esf. IaFTN Wa0Eh
Accommodation West. asd bAy Express Esst. make
eiu@< connections At Northumberland wtth T. 4 r. u
r trains for WilksshAFrp and Scranton.
Rria Mail West. Niagara Express Wet, ard Erie
Express West, and Lick Haven Accommodation Nsst
W. trains north.
Erie Stall West, Niagara Express West. and Day
Etpresa East make close connection 1T Lock Haven
with n y v y. Il. trains.
Eria Mail East and West connect ai Erie with trains
on l. :. A VI. =. r r.. At Cory viih o. G A. V. X
r. II Emporium with II. ". Y. r. X. r.. aal 81
nrif wood with A. V. Il. r.
Patior cars vill run between Phiisislphs and
wtIliAmspori on Siazara EKpress West Erie Exrress
West, philadeiphia Expresa Fast and DAY ESpress
Eas, ans Sunday Express Past. sleeping sil
night traihs VIZ. A. hstpvfs.
Gent Superintendent.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-29

large crops and population. This
kind of economy is untried in Amer
lea, but is rapidly becoming neces-
sary. Farmers are trying to patch
up their farms by buying fertilizers
Of transient value, and at the same
time letting go to waste material
which, with a little labor, could be
rendered permanently beneficial.