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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30

A most notable feature of that re-
markable campaign WAS the powerful
influence exerted by the addresses to
the people OF the State. issued by the
Chairmen of the two State Central Com
mittees. Such productions are now
generally regarded with indifference
as mere sound and fury, signitying moth
ing. They were published at short in
tervals. were usually oi extreme length,
and were written with great ability.
Their appearance in the county papers
was looked forward to with intense in.
terest, and il was made the business OF
the party leaders 10 see that they
reached every nook and corner oi every
county in the Commonwealth. Each Of
the two parties put its best foot forward
in these addresses and regarded the
arguments they contained AS the strong.
est possible appeal that could be made
to the voters in favor of the election of
its candidate. So important were they
considered, that 1t newspaper oI either
party had for any reason whatever omit
tel OF neglected to publish one OF them,
the uflense would never have been con.
doned.
The Chairman of the Ritner State
Committee was Thomas II. Burrowes
who, as before stated, was Secretary OF
the Commonwealth. and DR.. Daniel
Sturgeon, Of Fayette county, then the
State Treasurer, was Chairman "i the
Porter State Committee. The addresscs
issued by that Committee were especial
ly vigorous and able, and had gwen Dr..
Sturgeon very strong hold on the graft
tude Of the Democracy Of the state. He
was not. however. their author, that
credit being entirely due To ovid +.
johnson, E.q. a lawyer Of llarrishury,
who was awarded by Governor Porter
with the office ot Attorney General.
In January, 1910, little more than a
year after the campaign was ended, DR..
Sturgeon was elected to the United
States Senate by the Democratic ma.
jority in the Legislature, and nothing
contributed 40 much To- his success IA
the Democratic caucus as the belief on
the part of most of its members, that he
bad written the able and admirable al.
dresses of the State Committee, and that
the Democracy owed him the senator
ship.
Dr. Sturgeon was a man Of unques'
tionahle integrity, and possessed "a large
share OF strong, sterling, common sense,
but he was absolutely guiltless OF having
written anything tut hi, name to the
addresses referred TO. aud which aided
50 materially IN bringing about the elec
ton Of David Il. Porter.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30

intervening bridge. with river beneath,
and arriving just in time 10 stop pas.
senRer train and save IL from destruc.
ton.
II all reads like an invention, or like
IA leaf out OF some old apocrypha Of he.
roic examples. And yet il IL only
plain statement OF fact. from remote
corner of neighborinR state, and the
choice young heroine only sixteen yenrs
of age. belongs Ia our own time, and is
as authentic ~ the daughter Won meet
at breakfast every morning. She il not
conscious, wc venture 10 say, OF having
done anything extraordinary, and no
doubt the pretty medal will bo sur.
prise 10 her. 1t j. usually so with those
who achieve such triumphs.
Perhaps If she had realized w hat she
was accomplishing, or bad entertained
any thought Of applause or medal. she
would have hliercd aud measured the
risk at the expense Of losing her opppr
tunIty certainly she would have missed
that fine effect Of unseiiishness which IT,
the essencc ot true hero 'm. IL was by
not taking herself into the account At
all that she did herself the highett hon
or. And thus Is vindicnted anew the
anomalous but sound pcr.asive trdth
that through forgetfu ness we find our
way 10 the best Of remembrance.
1t IA not the great Astonishing md
:Urcciul deeds that most merit tribute
and cOmmemorAtion or at least such
deeds are not entitled TO a monopoly Of
recognition and praise. The storming
of "a hostile battery, the rescue OF "A cap.
turcd iltF the facing Of death bccau."
retreat would be dIshouor. must tc call
ed splendid and worthy Of golden men
lion: but the service Of this Obscure
glrl, IN an important aspect, out-hIucs
the best OF such exhibitions
She did rot do her duty, simply; she
did far more. and did it voluntarily
aud with no dream OF fame or reward.
The occasion which came to her was
one she might have avoided without re.
proach. There was no respons nstbiity.
legal or moral. resting upon her for the
safety Of those endangered livcs: and
had they all been sacrificed the fault
and reproRch would not have been hers.
She chose 10 make herself a heroine
without knowing that heroine was
necded--anXiou. only to avert disas
ter for humsnIty's sake and get back, II
God pleased. to her humble home and
the daily round OF cooking and sweep.
ing, OF eating and sleeping. And yet not
Cleopatra putting on her crown 10 ~.
lutte death ''ailer the high Roman iAsh.
ion Is "A nohler figure than Kate Shelly
creeping across the Dcs Moincs bridge
IN storm and darkness TO save those
lives which but for her intrepid venture
must have perishei
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30
North and South Before and After
The War.

In "Oddities Of Southern Life" con.
trituted by Dir. Henry watterson n,
ne C'tfayy for April, the author his
oil IN The following happy manner the
changes IN sectional feeling since the
war:
In those days there were no bloa,ed
bondnoldcrs. We bad not even risen
10 the dignity Of the insurance AGENT
Capital was really ,imid. and. for In.
most part, was represented in the
South, a. far as the East wa. concern.
Cd, by The peddier, the cplpor,eur. aud
the vender Of lightuing,rod.. Thcse.
who made Themselves familiar with
Southern thoroughiarrs only. were i'm.
pressed by the manner. Of our swap.
gcrlng hero; they stood abashed be.
tore hls bullying; they were amused
by his vuIgarIiy being for the mos,
part nnyer-cd 10 the way. Of the world.
except that pf trade, they were bound
to fall into mistake. Not unnatural.
ly, therefore, they mi-ioyk the south.
crn rwashbucklcr for the Southern
gentleman, aud carried home a day.
uerrco,ypc Of Southern ljf. taken from
their adventure, which. n. we NAV
conjecture. we're rarely Of ,b. nice;
The South, nn it. part, 90, IT, view Of
The North from the wandering middle.
men who were be-i known ~ if. and
thus a mutual mi-rolcrpijou .,,rar,
into cxislcucc-iakiny n. idea. and
examples, not from the better cla.-..
Of society, tut from the wort. The
truth j.. that behind these the peoui,
Of the North aud South lived. moysi
aud had their bicug: ia o.. one ..r.
ton, relying upon personal Thrift and
industry to build up fortune. In tlr
other section, victims 10 circumstance
rather than design. aecumuta,ip,
debts ~ thcy accumulated slave
am sure that am ua, mistaken IN
THE aud. indeed. event. are VERIFYING
it. After year. of contention and war.
the oh.'ruciivc force. ere pa..iugavar
and what d. We sec? Whv. IN ne
South. looking norlhward. We zee
race, kindred 10 our.clyc.. a little l,..
cfu-ivc, but hardly ic.. genial. al.ea.
div discipliped and ,ouipr,l T., .f,y...
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30
Reform in the Marriage Laws.

The Newark Daily Aduertiscr in some
remarks on the necessity Of u revised
marriage Law for New Jer.ey says; The
l0oseness of the marriage laws through
out the Union. and their want of uni.
formiiy, are ono Of the scandals Of the
country. and IL Is time that some effort
Uas made To stop absolute crime. the
product OF this evil, and the course Of
beedless elergymen aud magistrates.
who marry those who come before them
with the readiness produced by com
bined indifference and prosT ective
Zee. The journal points TO the case Of
tie wretched victim. Nina Muller, and
her murderer, Kinkowski, aud Gays ;
Neither of them were legally free 20
marry, yet married they we're BY s die.
tInRuished clergyman 10 whom they
were utter strangers, 10 whom they pre-.
sented no proof that the marriage COZ.
tract between them would be legal and
proper lie married the pair merely
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30
Destruction Of American Forests.


Hsrrers Magazine 81 Aptn,
In our country we have gone to the
forests in a kind of freebooter style,
cutting, and burning more than we
could cut, acting for the most part as
though all the while in frolic or a
fight, until now at length, after cen.
tury or two of this sort oi work, we
are waking up TO the facts that our
once boundless woods are disappear
ing, and that we are likely to suffer no
little loss thereby But il is only the
few who seem now to have any ade-
quate sense Of our condition as effected
by the threatened loss of the trees. In
a recent publication, issued by auiho-
rity of one Of our Western States for
the express purpose of attracting set
tiers from European countries. the
statistics Of It's great lumber produc-
tion are elaboraiely set forth, accompa.
MED by the assurance that the present
enormous consumption of trees for this
purpose may be continued ten or fif-
teen years longer before the forests
will be destroyed. The cool uncon-
cern in regard TO the future shown in
this is very noticeable. "After US, the
deluge." A corresponding feeling.
though working on a much smaller
scale. is seen in an advertisement, and
of class often appearing in our older
States. Brace up, Young Man. You
have lived on your parents long enough.
Buy this farm, cut off the wood, haul
il TO market. get your money for il,
and pay for the farm. The owner es-
timaies that there will be 500 cords of
market wood" And so. all over the
country, on the large scale and on the
small, the axe Is laid at the roofs of
the trees, and our forests are disappear
ing. II is estimated that $4,000, 900
acres Of forest land are cleared every
year, and that in the ten years previ-
Gus to 1876, l2.000,000 acres burned
over simply TO clear the land.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30

because they asked him TO do il. and
the act was biRamy on their part and a
gross indiscretion. and impropriety on
his" What kind Of Law should be
passed is, of course. a subject Of grave
consideration, hut there should be some
kind at preliminary announcement,
either 10y reading the banns in church.
10y card IN the papers, or by Il system
OF license that shall be guarantee 10
the officiating party that he is right in
going ahead. Marriage was once con.
sid"red holy sacrament; now it il 40
loo.ely entered into as u lose all its
sncre dues, and from this point We may
trace the many unhappy matrimonial
lives nnd the cause OF numerous hi
yorcss. Let there be reform.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30
ad become Of the white man.

had become OF the white man.
IL was moments of awful suspense
and dread To Judge Brown, but he main.
tained quiet and kept up his courage.
Finally his foes gave up the search he
no longer heard their steps or conversa.
ton. As n matter of precaution he did
not deem IL safe To venture out Of his
place of concenlment. though his quar-.
ters were quite uncomfortable He WAS
compelled to assume u standing posi-.
ton, which he occupied from early ia
the forenoon until late hour at night.
When he voluntarily released himself
from his involuntary imprisonment the
suvagcs were no longer heard or seen,
and he wcnded his way to his cabin.
lie subsequently fell in with Logan,
aud in him he had warm friend ana
protector until the Indians ceased 10
make raids into that valley, and Logan
went to seek better hunting grounds.
The tree in which Judge Brown took
refuge hravcd the storms which swept
down the valley and the tooth OF time
for nearly "a hundred years after. For
fifty years before II fell into the stream
and WIS iloatcd away by the Hood, d
was branches trunk some thirty feet
~ height. No hXmAu tccmrd sufficient.
ly uuiacI0us to hasten It's decay and de.
-iruCt,ou. but It stood forth ~ . hnllo~.
ed mcmento Of ;he pact. cherished a. "a
relic which saved th" life Of one Of the
first settlers II the k.hhocoquiIln- val
ley. Its companions wcr" 'rlIcd around
II, and the undcrgroHlh has wilh"rcd
away, hut the venerable trunk OF nanny
centuries WAS left TO its own dissolution
in il own time.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30
THE STORY OF A HEROINE.
now KATE snILtY SAVED TRAIN FROM
DESTRUCTION.


e. Louis Glube.Iemocrat.
The story of the girl Kate Shelly, TO
whom the Iowa Legislature has voted a
gold medal, i worth more than pass
ing notice. II Is = story with all the
elements In it Of what n noted writer
calls "primeval action Of the Ilomeric
kink." Think a moment OF the ciTcum.
stances. A simple girl, reared in power
~ and unacquainted with books or
great experiences, stands at n cottage
window looking out into night of
black aud terrific storm. Suddenly the
headlight of a coming railroad height is
seen TO touch bridge in deep gorge,
to wavcr an instant, and then IN down
wiih an awful crash among the rocks
and the roar Of swollen waters. The
girl seizes a shawl. kisses her mother
and sisters. and hastens through the
scene OF the wreck. only TO find one
living man, and he beyond her reach.
Then. nothing daunted, che fastened
on q mile further TO Che station, creep
ing on hands and knees across another
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30

THE papers tell Of courtship and
marriage brought about by 3 note wrii
ten on an egg shell. ]. Is the most
ergs.iraordinary affair. The two hearts
are now yolked together.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30

THE Less Of two good things becomes
posisiFe evil II We follow il 10 the 1e-
elect Of the better.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30

CuRtosrTr is thing that makes us
look over other peoples affairs and over.
look our owp.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30

NATuRE hss sometimes made fool,
bat coxoomb is always Of mAn's own
making.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30

TBE 6rst step toward making man
of your son is TO train him TO earn whAt
he spends the best step is 10 teach him
to save ais earnings.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-30

AeTIox may not always bring hapni-
mess but there Is no happiness without
action.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-01-07
Claimants 10 the Burnside
Estate.

Robert Given. Of Chicago, has
returned To Philadelphia from a
trip to Ireland, whittier he went
to gather evidence of his relation
ship to the late New Orleans mil
lionaire, John Burnside, prepare
tory to making a claim for the es-
tate. His grandmother, Prudence
Burnside, was a sister of the de-
ceased. James Burnside Wilson,
living in Philadelphia, ia another
claimant, and these two claim to
be the only heirs in this country
to the estate. They assert that
the heirs Of tne late j I'm Burn
side, of Pennsylvania, have no
valid claim, as the relationship is
too distant to be %trsceable. The
estate consists Of nine or ten sugar
plantations near New Orleans, a
vast amount OF personal property,
and 81, 600, 900 in bonds and cash
in the bank of j. J.Stuart, Of New
York.
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THE

Shortly after announcing our
intention to reft and re-furnish
the INDEPENDENT Office and i'm
prove geographically the paper
we were notified that we would
be required to vacate the rooms
now occupied, on April LIST, next.
Consequently we at once counter
manded all our orders and deter
mined to withhold such improve
ments until removal, when all
could be done with II hustle
and labor. For several weeks we
were in doubt as to our ability to
obtain quarters in the second story
of a building sufficiently strong
to hold the weight of our engine
and steam power presses, and we
utterly despaired on account OF
high rents of getting q ground
floor. But on Thursday last the
problem was solved by securing
the entire building on Queen
Street, now occupied by Dunn &
Co., and by Samuel Freeze, which
will give us a ground floor and
we propose to lengthen the build
ing and arrange composing rooms
in the second story. This will
give us f~rst-class business accom-
idations and enable us to work up
many improvements and give to
our subscribers and patrons many
advantages which we have hereto
fore desired but could not accom-
plish. We will endeavor to fit up
and make more permanent than
ever, a frst-class newspaper and
printing Office.
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THANKS.

The editor of the Statesman, after
referring to our physical ailments,
extends a kindly hope that we may
be around shortly, and adds that be
can't very we'll get along without us.
We thank him for his kindness, and
breathe a ''thank God" for the
clearer vision that enables him to
see that he cannot well get along
without us, and sincerely trust that
neither natures ailing or unlocked
for accident may remove SO great a
boon for 10 many, many years, both
on his and our account. We
extend the compliments and greet
ings of the season.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-01-07

NEW YORK CITY still suffers the
penalty of the enormous swindling
so long practiced by the Tweed ring.
Mayor Grace reports the net funded
debt as reaching almost a hundred
millions-$9S ,3O2, S54.1S, to be exact
which is by far the largest munich
pal Indebtedness existing in this
country. However, the metropolis
owns property enough to more than
pay this great amount twice over,
and so far from taking a hopeless
view of it's finances, Mayor Grace
believes it wise policy to increase
the debt still more by judicious pub
lie works, especially the improve
ment of the water supply by the con-
s~truction of a new a%queduct from
the Croton basin at an estimated
cost of $4,000, 900.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-01-07

GUITEAU claims to be inspired by
the Deity. This is more than either
Priest or Preacher can justly claim.
But hearken to what an inspired
man of God, centuries ago, wrote on
this subject, and see the difference
between st. James and st. Guiteau (:
Let no mar say when he is tempt
ed, | I'm tempted of God, for God
cannot be tempted with evil, neither
tempteth he any man. But every
man is tempted when he is drawn
away by his own lust and enticed.
Then when lust hath conceived, it
bringeth forth sin and sin, when it
is finished, bringeth forth death. y
st. James l., 10, IA, Is.
Ay, ay, sin completed "bringeth
forth death"
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! Y ;5tt;

A little girl only fourteen years
of age, named Margaret Mes-"n-
ger, has been convicted ana stu-
fenced to death, al the Cumher-
land a~sizas in + gland for the
murder Of a baby whose nurse she
was. The jury found her guilty
and also that although. being
at the time under the age OF four
teen, she WAS, prina tacie. incAp"-
BILE of Grim she was prtcOclOus
enough 10 have u crimihal inirut.
There is on record in England IN
example Of "A hoy aged eight year.
being hanged for burning "A barn
in Berkshire A boy Of ten, con.
victed of murdeting his bedffll0w
was unanimously pronounced NY
the judges a a proper subject OF
capital puni4hTuent. ana iOPs not
appear to have been reprieVtd.
These cases happened loog before
the secretary Of STATE was 10 the
habit of interfering 10 the cases of
murder as he does ct presen'; ana
it ia probable that this young girl
may have her punishment com
muted to Imprisonment for life.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-01-07

Joseph Meek, a colored man, is
known in the Barker mining dis
trict, Montana, a s a lucky hunter.
One day he was looking for game in
the region of perpetual snow, up on
old Badly mountain, when he saw a
bear ambling along toward his point
of observation. Meek Rundown the
slope, and upon what he thought
was a good foothold he stopped to
fire. The bear kept on and the re-
coil sent Meek rolling in the snow.
When the hunter picked himself up
he saw an outcropping of silver ore.
Forgetting the bear, he passed the
day ia collecting bits from the ledge
and took them to Benton. The ore
assays 50, 100 to the ton. The latest
from the hunter is that he is pack
ing ore down Badly mountain, two
miles on a mule and selling it to II
smelter for 81 so a pound.
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Only -Four.
Charleston. W Va Leader.

OHuIlcstous w w. hSouCA'
This week we again chronicle an
other murder which makes four in
this county in the last few weeks, this
time q man by the name of Thomas
Flowers was shot and instantly kill
ed by VIM. Fauber. 1t was on the
steamer Winona on her trip last
Friday. 1t seems as though three
men tried to pick a fuss with this
Fauber, but he remained back in the
ladies' cabin until the landing of the
boat, when he came forward and all
three of the men bounced him, but
they found their match for once, he
killed one instantly and carved up
the others so they YER gladly will
ing to say enough. We would say,
according to the evidence on both
sides, the man was justiiable in kill
ing this man and the rest if he could
have done so.
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NEWS JOTTINGS.

Paterson, N. j., built five hundred
locomotives, last year, and now has
orders for two years ahead.
The Blackburn urbridge matter
is not settled yet, and among the
friends of the two men fears are en-
tertained that q hostile meeting will
yet occur.
The New York Tribune charges
the President with robbing the polit-
ical graveyard in the formation of
his Cabinet, which is unkind, to say
the least.
The iron puddlers Of Pennsylvania
are demanding an advance in wages,
which shall place them on a level
with the same class of workmen in
Pittsburg.
The City Auditor of Newark, n.
j., who is accused of robbing the
city Of $500, 900, pleaded guilty to
eight indictments for forgery yester-
day and was remanded for sentence.
A dispatch from New Philadel-
phia, o., says the victims of the
Shanesyille disaster were buried yes
terday. Every house is a hospital,
and four or five of these injured will
die.
1t is rather = funny circumstance
that so accurate and well posted a
paper as the New York Sun should
reprint Holmes beautiful poem
"The Vo~iceless," and credit to the
Kansas City Times.
There is a surplus of So, 800 in the
State treasury of New York, and
unless squandered on some scheme
of improvement, it will enable the
Legislature to reduce taxation to
the lowest point reached in half a
century.
1t is announced that the expenses
of the Atlanta Exposition exceeds
the receipts by 500 900. Even if
this be true, the money was well in
vested in demonstrating the re-
sources of the South and will be re-
turned many times.
Smallpox is now epidemic in Mis-
souri,, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois,
Montana and Dakota, and in less
malignant form in six other States
and territories. In Chicago the di-
sease has been more prevalent than
in any other city, while of the small
places a town in Dakota is entitled
to the most prominent notice. In
the town in question there have
been seventy-seven reported cases
and twenty-five deaths.
Gov. Crittenden, of Missouri, who
has announced his intention to ad-
vertise for sale the Hannibal and st.
Joseph road, in case it made default
in the payment of interest on the
State bonds issued to aid in its con-
struction, has been served with an
injunction from the United States
Court to prevent his carrying out
his intention. The matter will now
be decided by the courts.
On the night of September 28, 1881,
the fast train on the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago road near AL
lance, ran into some freight cars
which had evidently been u out
from the side track, and the engi-
neer and fireman were scalded to
death. The matter was placed in
the hands of detectives, and on Sat
urday, one of the men, John Lewis,
was arrested and confessed that he
and three others had run the freight
cars on the tracks. All the parties
were arrested and are now in Jail.