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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23
STATE NEWS.

Harrisbu~'s new post Office will be
ready for Occupancy in May.
The original state capitol building,
finished in 1870, cost $780, COO
solomon Malick, ex Mayor Of sun.
bury, died at that place on Monday.
For,y-one applications for license were
rejected in the Cambria county court.
There are thiriy.four labor unions in
Philadelphia. The smallest has 800
mem hers the largest 1900.
4 Law and Order Society at Frank.
lin, Nanango county, has published a
circular giving the names Of all the ha-
Gitual drunkards in that place.
A. Il. Hillman. one Of the pioneer
coal operators OF the northern anthacite
coalaield, and an x.member Of the
Legislature, died suddenly on Saturday
st Wllkesharre.
Altoona council has directed that the
tramps who are picked up in that town
shall pay for their boarding by working
on the street. They will be secured
with ball and chain.
G. J. Rhodes and II. J. Kroeuhe were
arrested and indicted in Washington
county recently for selling the farmers
feed grinders in fraudulent manner.
They were glad TO compromise for 5000.
Professor jackson. at whose pyrotech-
nc factory st Chester the terrible explo.
sion occurred a short time ago. has pur.
chased ground on the Limekiln road,
near Jenkintown, on which TO rebuild
the works
Lucy Morris, young lady Of Reading,
has been lying in a trance since Thurs.
day last, when she was carried home
from a meeting which she attended. So
FAR. all efforts of the physicians to re-.
store her to consciousness have been
unavailing, with the exception % this
evening. when sfe opened her eyes for
a few moments and asserted that she
was not sick. She then Telapsed into q
comatose condition.
Henry q. Rodgers, who was United
States Minister 10 the Kingdom Of Sar.
dinia under the administration of Presi.
dent Van Buren,, and one of the three
surviving members Of the Pennsylvania
Constitutional Convention of 1887, died
on Sunday night in the County Aims
house, in Lancaster city, Of which insti.
tuition he had been an inmate for seve.
raj weeks past. lie was nearly so years
old. Mr.. Rodgers had been for many
years considered barmlessly insane. the
disease having developed itself while he
was abroad in the diplomatic service.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23

THE project ofturning over the duty
of Congress to a commission to regu.
late the tariff laws, which are unani-
mously voted 10 need revision, is n
measure Of very doubtful expediency.
II will be an expensive luxury and
will amount to nothing. After the
commission has reported, If il ever
does report, still Congress will have to
pass upon the subject in all its details,
and they might as we'll do it first as
last. But il is doubtless only meas
ure to postpone the evil day and re-
lieve members of au unpleasant duty
and some labor at the expense of the
public treasury.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23

THE Philadelphia Record says that
ut was the glory of the Democratic
party that for nearly three-quarters Of
a century it was enabled to govern the
country within the boundary of the
Constitution. It is apparently i'm
possible for the Republican party to
adjust itself to this salutary restraint.
Even in the suppression of an adj
mitted evil, like polygamy, Republi-
can craftsmanship finds no adequate
method of prevention that does not
sweep away the most valued muni-
ments Of free Government. Tried by
the test of such administration, either
the party in power is unfit to govern
the country or our form of government
is failure.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23

DIR. JonS PURDUE GRAY, Superin-
tendent of the New York State Luna
tic Asylum at Utica, was shot on
Thursday last by an insane man
named Reimshaw, who entered his Of.
flee where the doctor, his son and some
other gentlemen were seated. The
ball entered the left check at the edge
of his beard aud passed through the
flesh and out on the opposite side of
the left cheek. Fortunately no bones
were broken. De. Gray is the oldest
son of the late Peter y. Gray, Of Half.
moon township, and was a medical
student in this place. lie became EN-.
inent in the profession and for many
years has presided over the Asylum at
Utica. lie will accept the congratu.
lations of an old friend on his Provi-
dental escape.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23

ACCORDING to the Philadelphia
Times, President Arthur has n large
number of Assistant Presidents, promi-
nent amongst whom is Malone Of Vir-
gipia, and Dorsey of the star.route
thieves and Chairman of the Republi.
can National Committee. But the
Republicansiu Congress are only given
one leader since the forced retirement
of Robespn. His name is Caucus and
he lashes his party into line with un-
sparing whip. lie has even brought
Judge Kelley down in the dust, and
Obliged him to abandon his pet meas
ure Of abolishing the internal revenue
tax laws. so eloqucntly advocated in
his New York speech.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23
Public Funeral Refreshments.

The committee appointed to audit
the expenses of the Congressional dele
cation which attended the funeral of
the late President is, says the Phila-
delphia Times, reported to be in a state
of great anxiety lest some pertinacious
member of the House should call for
the itemized account of the expendi-
lures of the trip from Washington to
Cleveland. The total expense incur
red by members of the House officially
and unoficially present at the funeral
is about seven thousand dollars, and
of this it is said that no less than seven
teen hundred dollars was paid for
champagne, brandy, whisky, cigars
and lunch. 1t is alleged that three
hundred dollars is charged for cock
tails alone and the "lunch" may be
presumed to have formed but an in
finitesimal part of the total expense.
At the ordinary dealers rates the
amount named would pay for about
forty cases of champagne, ten gallons
of choice brandy, thirty gallons OF
Bourbon "cold tea, two thousand cock.
tails and twenty-five hundred imported
cigars, and the fact that this list of re
freshments or its equivalent was dis.
posed of by comparatively limited
number Of Congressman proves either
that the carrying capacity of our rep.
resentatives Is much greater than that
of ordinary men or that the journey
to Cleveland was prolonged and dis
reputable debauch.
Representatives of the people in
State aud national positions have too
long been accustomed to make official
funerals the occasions for boislerous
and unseemly junketing. The press
and the people are always reluctant to
criticize any bad taste or improper be.
havior at such times, when public sor.
row, more or less profound, and re.
spect for the memory Of the dead as
well as for the feelings Of the living
require not only decency but dignity
on the part of all who assist at the
ceremonies. But there is n class OF
maudlin mourners who abuse the con-
sideration of the public on such occa.
sions aud thorough showing up would
do much to improve the department OF
men whose position should forbid such
indulgences. 1t is to be hoped that
some member of the House will show
the moral courage to demand the rem
dering of the items in the matter OF
the "refreshments" for the Garfield
funeral.
Give US the items If there is no
members Of Congress possessing suffi.
cient independence to call for them,
let the country do so. This should be
a season for the exposure of pecula-
tions, as we'll as jobs.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23

IT Is believed that Defrees, the pub
lie printer at Washington, will be su-
perceded in a few days. There is a
hot contest for the succession, in which
Malone and Riddleberger are putting
in their best licks in favor Of Walker.
the repudiator State printer of Vir.
ginia, aud will most likely be success.
full. There are other prominent can
didates, however, for the position, and
amongst them Mr.. Childs Of Philadel-
phia, whose position and respectability
ought to command respectful considera-
ton, and no doubt would, il the Pre-
sident and the Senate majority we're
not handicapped by the treacherOus
Repudiators who hold the balance Of
power.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23
BELLEFONTE PA, THURSDAY, MARCH %, 1882.

Col. w. A. Cook, the special As.
sis'ant United States Attorney in the
star-route cases, has retired from these
cases which became farcical pre,cnse
from the tine that the assassin placed
Arthur in the Presidential Office. Col.
Cook was appointed under Gen. Gar.
field and Attorney General MacVeigh,
instructed by them We believe in good
faith to 90 to the bottom Of the opera
tions of these thieves, which he did,
but HOW finding himself hampered,
and an evident design in high quarters
to whitewash the roguc-, his reputation
rs lawyer will hot permit him to re-
main and be party 10 the proceed.
incs further. Mr.. Cook says:
The causes leading to this action on
ms part are oi two or three months
duration. may Say lha, ever since he
death of President Garfield have no.
ticed the gradual freezing out process of
all the original rpsncIe- "a these cases.
and when Mr.. Gibson was squeezed out
by the change oi st'" combination and
request for his keys | felt then that il
would not be long before was retired
from the ca-as. Colonel Gibson wa-
thorough. earnest and ci!cirnt coadiu
tor. and felt IN his los, that Of vAluN.
bie aid. In fact, | have received no en-.
couraEemcnt, nor have been sent for
or given the confidence Of President
Arthur or his Cabinet
Arthur is bound TO protect the stall.
wart thief he complimented so highly
at the Dorsey banquet in New York,
for his achievements in Indiana, and
no one knew this better than Mac
Weigh. who refused 50 pcr-istenily 10
have any agency in the case after the
death of the President.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23

The people of Easton are making
some investigation of the uses Of min
eral pulp manufactured in that place,
the introduction Of which as an adul-
teration of -four, was recently exposed
by the Harrisburg Patriot. One lady
has gone to the trouble Of baking a
batch of bread made from -four adul-
terated with this ground soapstone,
and another with the same flour with.
out the adulteration, and the test shows
the adulteration entirely feasible and
cannot be detected by the appearance
Of the bread or by the taste. People,
therefore, who do not wish to feed on
crushed rocks or have their stomachs
coated with soapstone, will do we'll to
draw their supplies from honest dealers
upon whom they can rely, have no
contracts with the pulp mills.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23

THE subcommittee of the Commit
tee of One Hundred, are now search
ing for decent men to send to the Leg
islature from Philadelphia. 1t is about
time that decency and common hon
esty, if not efficiency, were made to
contribute a respectable quota to leg
islative representation. There has been
a sad deficiency for many years, and
very marked in the city of brotherly
love.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23

HENRY WATEReoS thinks that "the
Democratic party having survived the
deluge Is a good augury. 1t tells us
that its existence il prolonged Tor some
good purpose Mr. Waterson's de.
ductions are undoubtedly correct, and
unless the signs of the times are decep.
tive and mean nothing. its mission now
Is to rescue Republican government
from the grasp Of it, enemies.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23
Picked Men For Utah.
THE LAWS IN THE TERRITORY TO M ExFoRc.
ED-soUTHERN CLAIMANTS.
Special n,spAtrh 20 ne Tines
WAsnINoroN. March lQ.

ED-soUTHTRS CLAIMANTS.
Special Dispatch 20 The Times.
WASHINGTON, March I9.
To an intimate friend OF President
Arthur the latter said, in answer TO a
complaint OF tardy executive appoint
ments in Utah, that he intended TO
send 20 that Territory picked men"
There should be no just ground for
complaint that there Is tardy executive
action IN the prosecution Of the laws
IN that polyHamous Territory hereafter.
This intimate friend savs: ARTHUR
means business now. lie intends to
make appointments hereafter more
upon his own personal judgment than
in response TO the opportunities Of
political managers." This informant
further says that the preskv chars cali.
ing themselves Southern Republicans.
who appear from time 20 time st The
White House. claiming to be members
OF State organizations, are among che
most persistent office seeking cormo-
rants that iniest the premises. They
all have title. There's Colonel Jack
this, Major Ueneral that, Judge the
other, aud 90 on TO the end of The list,
every one Of whom, as they tell the
story. fought, bied and pretty nearly
died 20 establish and maintain the Rr.
publican party In the South, and every
mothers con nf them wants : hig Office
as a reward. The President has oliscuv.
cred that they are generally worthless.
threadbare, oubsione gossips and hotel
saloon louHeers. who haes been hang.
ing around WashinRton - years and
haven't been in Georgia. Alabama or
any other Southern State sinea ne war.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23

RUMoRs are again rife in Washing.
ton of important changes in the Cabi.
net. 1t is now said that William T..
Chandler is to be provided with a seat
in the Executive Council that Secre.
tary Kirkwood and Secretary Hunt
are to be retired that Postmaster
General Howe is to succeed Kirkwood
in the Interior department, and Assis.
tant Postmaster General Hattou to
succeed Howe as the chief of that De.
partment.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23

THE clergy and theatrical mana.
gers Of Chicago cannot agree upon the
propriety of keeping the theatres of
that city open on Sunday, and are
having quite an animated discussion
on the subject. The managers pro-
pose to submit the question TO a vote
of the people, but the clergy are not
sufficiently impressed with the morality
of the masses to tie their faith to that
mode of settlement of great moral
principle.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23

DECIDED At LAST I'VE arc glad TO in
form the citizens of Bellefonte and the
public in general, that the head man from
the Great Boston Clothing House, has after
all decided 20 open one Of their branches
in Bellefonie, and not in the adjoining
county as supposed by our neighboring
towns. We congratulate our citizens on
being 50 fortunate a. to have one Of these
house to add to the business of our town.
Wherever one Of those branches has been
opened, business becomes lively and every
other branch Of business il stimulated, be.
cause 3 concern OF this kind Is able 10 draw
trade for 90 miles around, as II has facili.
ties in offering clothing, boots and shoes a
great deal lower than county dealers can
buy them, for that brings clothing, boots
and shoes way down At pretty nearly half
the price We have been used to paying for
them in ell other houseA We don I aaticr
anybody, but know that Bcllefonte IL in
need Of such live concern, and 1t 4 safe
70 say that after the opening Of The Great
Boston Clothing House, which viii be on
Saturday morning, April ssh, everybody,
even all The other dealers, will rejoice Al
having Such . live time In Bellefoute.
Everybody Who keeps 3 sharp lookout for
dollars and cents, should Be In no haste
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23

SERGEANT Mason recently convic.
ted by court marshal for an attempt
upon the life of Garfeld's -1sassin. has
been conveyed to the Albany Peni-
teniiary. An effort is being made to
have him pardoued by the President,
but the prisoner himself protests that
he does not wish to be pardoned by a
Guiteau President, and prefers TO suffer
the penalty of his act, only that his
wife and baby shall not be left to
starve. Liberal contribution are being
made for Mason's wife and child.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23

SPEAKER kEIFEE last week under.
took to buildozc Mr.. Money, mem
Der Of the House from Mississippi, and
was compelled to ca; his words to
frame a humble apology. 1t occur
red iu the discussion Of the proposed
appropriation Of large sum Of money
to relieve the sufferers by the southern
floods residing along the Mississippi,
which was opposed sharply by Messrs.
Marsh aud Hiscock, on the ground
that the States Immediately interested
should make appropriations TO relieve
the people, and builtl up the broken
levees on the Mississippi River. This
brought Mr.. Money to bis feet in in.
terruption Of Mr.. Hiscock. Keifcr
called him to order, and in the en-.
deavor to choke Money oil, an exciting
controversy cnsued in which the speak
er claimed the right to reprimand the
member for cri;icising the chair. The
assumption Of this power, which can
only be exercised by the authority Of
the House, placed the imbecilespeaker
so entirely in the wrong that n resolu-
tion of censure was about to be acted
upon, when he was obliged to acknowl.
edge that he did not know the meaning
ofthe word"reprimand in its parlimen-
tary sense, aud withdraw the offensive
term.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23
Moro Republican Rotten Boroughs

The schcme of the Republicans, says
the Harrisburg Patriot, to manufacture
three new States with nine votes in the
electoral college is quite significant.
1t is in fact n confession that the States
now in existence cannot be relied upon
to choose Il Republican President in
1884. The electoral college has more
than once been made 10 represent a
minority of the voters OF the United
States. or the sin consecutive prcsi.
Dental elections at which the Rcpub.
licans succeeded in choosing count.
ing in-thcir candidates, they cast Il
majority of the popular vote in only
three. In 1860 their popular minority
was large in 1876 their candidate for
President received Il much smaller
popular vote than his chief compcti.
tor while in 1880 the vote for Han.
cock and Weaver combined was large
" in excess Of that cast for Garfield.
But owing to an opportionment Of rep.
resentation in Congress favorable to
the States casting Republican majori-
ties the party of the minority has been
enabled during the last twenty years
to outvote the majority of the people
in the electoral college. Now, how.
ever, the rapid increase in the number
ofinhabtants in the Democratic States
and the comparative decadence in the
population of some of the Republican
States conspire TO wrest from the Re
publican party the power as a minority
TO foist into the electoral college a ma.
jority consisting of its own represen.
tatives. Hence the Republican mana.
gers with n cunning and boldness un.
paralleled in the history Of American
politics, propose to reinforce the wan.
ing strength of the minority in the
electoral college, by deliberately manu-.
featuring three new States which will
be completely under the control Of
their party. The territories of New
Mexico and Washington and part of
Dekota are to be clothed with State
hood by the present Congress, although
none of them has population as great
as any Of the larger counties Of this
State aud one of them Washington
bad in 1880 n smaller population than
the county of Dauphin. These pro.
posed new States will have six United
States senators and three representa-
tives in Congress though their com.
bined population, including civilized
Indians, Mexican outlaws and peripa.
tetic adventures, is less than that of
the county of Allegheny. The scheme
to create these Republican rotten bor-
oughs is therefore an attempt to perpe-
trate a most outrageous fraud on the
larger States, to say nothing Of the
transparent partisan trickery which
lies at the bottom. So fragrant n vio.
lation of the principles of Republican
equality and so shameful "A parody of
representative government ought to be
made an issue at the approaching Con.
gressional elections and in the next
Presidential canvass. Ii it is persisted
in and fastened upon the country it
will certainly furnish one Of the strong
est reasons for the overthrow of the
Republican party.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23

THE Senate of the United States
have voted to restore the franking
privilege to the members. No doubt
the House will take an early oppor-
tunity to approve and ratify measure
so desirable to the cupidity and politi-
cal convspience of members. The
large surplus in the Treasury must be
spent, and we see no reason why the
members of Congress should fail to
take their share of the plunder in this
way.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23

IT seems to be the general belief
that if the President had offered the
Associate Justiceship to Senator Ed.
munds in the first instance, before
Conkling had an opportunity to de.
cline, he would have accepted with
thanks. Fortunately the Vermont
Senator did not get the first offer, and
the country now gets n creditable and
unobjectionable Judge, instead of n
stalwart narrow-minded political dem.
ngogue.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

-Mr. a. &. Steele, representing the
Grm-McMillcn {. Bro, manufactures Of
iron stone cbins. II pittsbury Maid ReIlc-
f,,..c
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to nave been pleased with our people, and
rcpoFts having been well roceiyed
--
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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23

Owing to the absencs Of Rev. g. u.
Penncpacker on Sunday, the Meihodist
services were conducted by Rev. B. Is.
Hamiin, u. D., Of the Ridge Avenue NJ.
Z. church, Harrisburg, Pa, In the Pres
byterian church. This venerable gentle
men is known ertcnsiyely, and every here
greatly admired on account Of his sterling
worth, piety, eloquent proclamation Of
gospel truth and social geniality. He
preached twice, in the morning bAsIng bis
remarks upon Luke, XIV, 2S-2g, the
effort was masterly one, and the prscii-
cal nature Of the di.course forces lis con-
clusians upon Us al the more forcibly
coming a. it did from a person Of DR..
Hsmlins age and experience. In the
evening he chose D. his text "The Jews
fret This sged watcher upon Zion's
tower has been actively engaged in minis
terial labors since 1873, lately, mainly in
The Presiding Eidership. lie was st Grst
connected with the Baltimore Conference,
and after the division entered the Central
Pcnngylyauia.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-23

JUDGE TRUNKEY is reported rs an.
nouncing that he is not a candidate
for Governor, nor will he be.