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Dwelling House,

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farm i've ionr-tuOf veins II rual pened and ready
&C. work: alto. large ven OF iron OF good
quality. II is well supplied with never failing
stream OF water. and ~ one OF the mnst central J.
ly heated farms in Jennsr towr ship 81 -uate an
the Bedford and Greensburg IA npike two miles
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4. mile To \ rfst and saw mill
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nRPHAN'S COURT SALE
OF
Valuable Real Estate.
Thursday, january Is, 1888,

BY virtue Of an order OF the Orphans Court Of
Somer ct ern- ~ to ue direct,d d viii expose to
sale hy public outcry, on
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HOYT'S VIEWS.
The Text of the Governors
Message.
Gentlemen Of the Senate and House Of

Gentlemen of the Senate and House Of
Representatives,:
In the interval since the last hien-
nial session of the General Assem-
biv, the Commorw wealth has gone
steadily forward in orderly and
healthy growth. New sources of
wealth have been opened within her
borders-new enterprises of great
moment have been inaugurat@d and
real progress seems to be the word
all along our line. We must CRATE
fully recognize the Providence which
has maintained these conditions by
which we are surrounded.
All good citizens apprehend those
broad underlying principles of in
telligence. virtue and industry, Upon
which this superstructure has been
raised. In the main. the construc-
tive results of these principles are
controlled, neither in their origin
nor their tendency, by Legislative or
executive acts. You are assembled,
in pursuance of the mandate of the
Constitution, as the sovereign power
in the State, to enact such ordinar-
ces "a shall maintain these iDfluen-
ces at their best; to see that no de-
structive interierences arise; to i'm
pose the rule of even handed Justice
and fair play upon the collisions
between different men and commu-
mites and interests. 1t is my duty
to suggest some of the topics which
may engage your attention, and to
take ii survey of some of those gov
ernmeptal departments over which
the State must have the absolute
control, and of some of the ins:itu-
tons over which it extends It's foster
ing care. The variety and the scope
of the elements of our State life, and
the expenses of regulation, will re-
quire some detail in statement. If
The inventory grows lengthy it is
because the wealth and agencies in
volved well and signally illustrate
the activities of great people You
have definite action to take, and it
is your right TO require precise infor
that the cuIstltuercits be- |
hind w. may justly feel great pride |
md qualification AT the summary.
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tions in other States. | am persua
ded they embody the latest and
wisest experience in its relation tc
the scheme. The statute referred to
enacts that when completed, the
board of managers shall receive and
take into said reformatory all male
criminals between the ages of fifteen
and twenty five, and not known to
have been previously sentenced to a
penitentiary or State prison In this
or any other State, who shall be le-
gally sentenced to said reiormatory
on conviction ofany criminal ofi'ense
in any court having Jurisdiction
thereof" The said industrial re-
formatory shall be constructed to
accommodate at least five hundred
prisoners, and in such a way as TO
admit of their classification and their
instruction and employment III use
ful labor" This instruction will
include mental. moral, and industri-
al education, which, combined in an
orderly and systematic course, un-
deries the whole theory. | deem il
unnecessary to urge again the views
upon this subject embraced in my
biennial message of 1881. Their
soundness and practicability have,
since that date, been strongly justi-
fed by further examination, and by
practical experience which reaches
us from many other States and
countries.
No serious doubt has been sug-
gested affecting unfavorably the val
ue of the undertaking. The act
itself was passed upon the unani-
nous report of a joint committee Of
the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives at the last session; aud 1t Sc
cured the cordial Endorsement of both
Houses. The construction and main
tenauce of such ansinstitution NAV
be regarded as part of the settled
policy of the State. The details of
the work, done and contemplated,
will more fully appear in the report
of the commission submitted to you.
1t is the only public building now
being erected by the State. The
Eastern and Western Penitentiaries
will, upon Its completion, be largely
relieved of inmates who are now
crowding their capacity. 1t will be
a wise aud true economy TO provide
for the complete erection and equip
ment of this institution, and to make
the necessary appropriations there
for-not for present expenditure
but TO be applied to buildings, the
designs of which must now be set
tied upon; the uses of which are to
be now contemplated, and the parts
of which are to be treated, at last, as
a whole, with unified purpose run
ming through it. The commission
in charge OF the undertaking have
been so unwearied in their efforts to
carry out the expressed intent of the
and so devoted to its
successful accomplishment, that in
very virtue of their wise and faithful
hitherto, their recon- /
will attract your APP
proval.
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The net State indebtedness December
L lAs.l IL.

The net State indebtedness December
1. lsS2B ........-. -...--.-..- AZ, 81 w. =
la 1879. during the administra
ton of State Treasurer A. G. Noyes
there was refunded an outstanding
debt of s2,000,000, bearing six pei
cent. interest, by loan of a like
amount. bearing four per cent. in.
terest, the premiums on which were
s30,002 SO
In 1862, during the administra.
ton of State Treasurer Samuel But.
Ter, State loans of over S10,000,000
bearing in the main six per cent.
interest, We're refunded by loans OF
SO 100000, bearing interest at three,
three and one-half, and four per
cent per annum. The premium on
these loans amounted to s449, ,562. 90.
The result of these operations has
been to reduce the annual interest
which the State pays upon its inter
est bearing debt from 81 ,233 ,623.72
in 1873. 10 1914, AGO in 1882, an an
nual saving of 1853, 1872 on this
account.
There Is at present. under the
administration of State Treasurer S.
NJ. Bailv, in the sinking fund, 81
077,073 80 cash. As none of the
State loars are at present reimburse
able, the treasurer has no lawful
authority to apply this fund to re-
duction of the debt, except by going
into the market and buying the
bonds of the State at premium,
handsome, indeed and creditable to
the State, but embarrassing to a
financial officer charged with ac
countahiiity. These bonds, at mar
ket rates, now bear premiums about
as follows:
The 3i1 per cents are selling at --.. .... sIoe
The per GEMS are Hing gat...-.....-..... III
The per cents are selling ITO
Before assuming such responsible
ity, the treasurer is fairly justified
in awaiting legislative command.
The skill and integrity which have
worked these results. are entitled to
the highest approval of the people
of the state. To vigilance and eff
cheney on the part of the State
Trva. urers, the Auditor Generals
and the Attorney General during
these Years, are due these hopeful
figures, and recognition for high
public trusts, honestly fulfilled, will
be- chs eriully awarded them.
Whie the finances of the State
are in this satisfactory condition,
they, and the system of taxation
upon which they are based, must be
considered also in reference to local
taxation for city, county, school,
poor and road purposes. Of course
il is a trueism that taxation should
bear equally upon all classes of
property. 1t is further legitimate to
impose the proper burdens upon
derividg valuable fran
chises from the State, and for IL
censes and other grants for special
1t will be important to
note the sources of revenue to the
State. For the last year they were
rs follows:
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The reports of DR.. f E. Higbee,
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion, deal in full, clear, and salts
factory manner, with our great sys-
TEN of common schools. You will
find much qualification in his off
cial presentation of the magnitude
and progress Of the work in this de-
partment. 1t may stimulate our
confidence and our pride in the sys-
tenn to glance at some Of the staiis-
tics which it presents:
The annual expenditures of all
kinds were IS. .263, ,244-54. The value
of school property il SIS SAG, $50.
Appropriation ny the State to the
csmmon schocls.- ..ol 90. CO. 20
NORMAL fchoois. u Wt W
Soldier Orphan schools----........- ssi.7sl5
., .lss 7S4 -
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STATE FINANCES.

Four years ago urreople had not
emerged irnn tie fl, cts of the long
and disastrous prusiration of busi-
ness and their ability to respond to
the demands OF the Treasury to meet
expenses was seriously impaired.
The financial officers of the State, at
that time, found large failures in the
sources of revenue confronting them.
They wisely counted on the recuper-
alive power of our industries, and
effectively tided over the situation
without the imposition OF any added
burihen upon the tax payers.
Al that date she State debt -, s7s.saos -
AT this date the State debt IL 202z5.0,3 D
Reduction of debt in four wears. ,650, 537 S
From this total of state debt II 10 be
de'ucted assets In Sinking Fund,
amounting to o...................7 7,9s2 9s3 So
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TERMS :

One-third TO remain lien on the premises amer
the ps ymeni Of debts. The Interest," 10 he raid to
de h the principal 10 the eiIs of deceassd: one
third cash. and the balance in rw" equal annual
pas ments from cate OF sale with int rect; 10 Ier
cen; 10 he paid vbsR properly is KNOCK ed down;
dos 7 and payments 10 be secured b, ludp ment
netes JOSIAH KELLER.
ner21 Administrator and rusiee
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R,5i2,6I7 Is

lative. Executive and Judicial De-
partments, and the interest on the
public debt. these institutions EN-
brace all the principal objects upon
which the money of the State Is ex-
pended.
The future prosecution of this
work is so exclusively in the control
of your own judgement and wisdom
that it becomes me to offer no fur
ther suggestions. Large sums OF
money are disbursed annually in
these interests. 1t is done by boards
of trustees and inspectors appointed
from the body of our fellow citizens,
and vigorously free from partisan
politics. They steadily give their
time, their skill, and their expert
ence to these public trusts, and that
without compensation. Within my
knowledge, there has not, IN all of
them, been a dollar of public money
misappropristed or lost by miscon-
duet or improvidence. 1t is an exhi-
bition of recutude aud fidelity to The
common veal which should stir US
to a proud end cheerful acknowl-
edg. .mtnt. The whole record OF
tl,e>e various boards and admins
tralive heads is without blemish,
and their absolute integrity Is un-
questioned and unqueslionable- L
desire to thank them for the frank
ness and courtesy with which they
have accepted official visltations, and
replied to official inquiries
LIFE INSURANCE.
The magnitude of this interest.
NAV be estimated BY the fact that in
Concluded on Fourth Page
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erns of Publication.

,sTaslfs-sr ,as7
khlshed cry Wednesday morning ~ ~ o
nun. pai in advance oihervirs * st
iuv-risil, he euarRed
suns,srIptlon vii oe discontinued until all
.raxes are paid up. Postmaster negiecting
o,,fv us when subscribers do rot take out
papers will be held responsible tor the sub
,ion.
.,-,-;bsrs removing frsn one Posioffice 10 an
.suld give a. the name OF the former as
: me pressEt efice. Address
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at 10 O'Clock a. m, on the premises the following
described real estate, lbte the pr lperry Of John
W. Haines, deceased.
A certain tract Of land. 81 uate in JenneT Twp.
Somerset county. Pa en- aiming 2.0 acres aud
allow n e, 100 acres thereof cleared and under
good state OF Gu tivati n. balance well timbered.
adjoining lands of Michael C0Ter. " m Baldwin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-12
GENERAL NOTES.

A Professor Pettenkoffer has been making
experiments at the largest theatre of Mancn, 10 find
out il possible what is the principal! cause OF Impure ar
In public aud forums. He auds that neither gas hgas
nor electric lights Responsible for the mpurty On
the contrary gas properly used assists in purifying the
air. The large mount or caroo9e acid present 10 inca
tres durng the petiormAnee - u'ie, III LIS oP'o' "
imperfect or insufficient ventilation.
A gentleman who has been present at the
Vienna Electrical Exhibition says mat even the carmen
nave become enamoured Of electricity. OIe OF them,
Leopold Frank, lights his vehicle with tns electric sas
TIE municipal authorities ou nd no reference to anythg
but oil lamps and all0w candles Ia the Gao rules ana
made soue difficulties at first about authorizing ths
Worthy enterprise but noble persistence has overcome
ain dincuities Frank has obtained the sanction OF tle
chief magistrate and no douot Is now Charging qua"
ripple Tor rides in his scientific CAB
The man who sees snakes has just oeeh
heard from in shawaugunk, n Y Richard DecEe-'
farmer of that place. the otaer day killed black snake
nearly six feet in length. But the wonderful feature
about tue reptile was presence OF two weiofmeo
legs with ieet attached at pOint ABOUT fifteen ihcno'
from the tail The legs elastic, boneless and Oh
pink color. The feet were small DARK I'd c''oi a.A
boof.like in shape. Each foot had sxy-three SNAIL
wmtc moray claws. Inc rep.i.e mas "'en ''A' "
National Museum at washington
The River Witham in England has just oeen
the scene of a novel contest More than 300 ansens
tered the lists TO compete for valuable prizes the n'Hs
man who caught the largest fish within certain 'me "
obtain the first prize. At given signal all the ahse'
east their lines into the water, and tne keenest n's,
was Shown by the Of fishermen RON dnei1.s
tnvns Several of the contestants presented n
large fish on watch they based claim Ior tue od
~ "a ea.iIy shown that tney had resorted 70 ING a.
trict If hmy,ng them ana they ANONYMOUSLY aS
barred from the contest -
Some time ago. body which had peea
buried for twenty -one years was removed from nS"
Adnah Cemetery. Fulton, N. Y. On opening tpe COM
was discovered that the lower portion OF tne .nI
netr,ted. and the upper pordon hard, cold anu
white. the features being perfectly recognizable iuo
HAIR was long and wavy and had apparently go -.
several inches after death The relatives and irsou'
tempted to keep the matter quiet but In some way ss
leaked out, aud great effort is now oeins maae ',
proprc,or of museum Of this city to OBTAIN tno a saun
Tor q nibition Tue relatives have reused sis an AZ.
of money for The body; and 1t IS now feared tns'
tempt will be made TO steal IT,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-12

flicting at the worst the injury yet done can
hardly leave the country with a crop as small
as the largest ever grown before, IL the esti-
mates generally received prior to the cold snap
were Lot far from the truth
Below the line indicated, in Missouri, Kansas
and the southern half of Illinois and Indiana,
corn was well ont of danger before the frost
occurred. In a few scattered localities, where
il was necessary to plant u second time, grow
ing corn in low ground may have been lp-
jured, but this cannot amount to much in COM
parison with the entire crop. In all the South
ern States and Territories, also, the crop was
out Of harms way. The Southern States Fpro-
duced 48O, 600, 600 bushels last year. and Cali
forpia, Colorado and the Southern Territories
100000 bushels. The increase In yield at
the South is said by the Bureau reports to be
very large. Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York,
New-Jersey and the New-England States
produced last year 174,3O0,000 bushels, of
which 90, 300, 900 were from Ohio alone, and
it is not reported that the injury in these States
has been of Importance. In short, the ques-
ton is as to the region in which about
100000, 900 bushels were raised last year, ont
of 1,617, 100000 bushels in all. 1t does not
vet seem probable that the injury in that re-
gion will equal the reported increase elsewhere.
In examining the possible consequences of
great cold wave, one is struck with the COM
narrative security which the vast territory OF
this country gives against disasters to agrcul-
ture. The causes that bring about misfor-
tune in Minnesota aud Wisconsin can hardly
affect the central belt in which crops mature
some weeks earlier, and still less can they affect
the Sunny South. Nor can it often happen
that any destructive change Of temperature can
sweep over the 1 800 miles between Western
Kansas and the Atlantic coast without losing
much of its force. Even the terrible drouth
of 1881. which prevailed for months OVER
wonderful expanse of country, only reduced
the yield of corn to 200, 100000 bushels, and
this was more than had ever been raised in any
year prior to 1875. In any single locality the
farmers are exposed to losses, but the nation
has a security against great calamity in the vast
extent of its cultivated territory and the wide
VI riatons of climate under which cultivation
is DrOsecuted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-12
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-Serious riots have occurred in Canton,
China. in which the property of Europeans was
burned and damaged much excitement prevails
both in China and in Paris. - Further riots
have also occurred in Croatia. - The spread of
the cattle disease is causing much uneasiness in
England. 80 The Sobieski celebration was begun
yesterday. - The Doncaster September Racing
meeting was opened yesterday.
Observation-Disclosures to the Republican State
Convention were elected, and Republican csndi-
dates for Assembymen were nominated, in several
counties in this State yesterday. 60 The bodies
of several persons who persisted in the recent
fire in Dreman's warehouse Cincinnati. were found.
- Mrs Paul Hambrick. of Washington, CONF
united suicide at Atlantic City. - There was a
severe storm the North Carolina coast. =
confession by Clarence Hite was made public at
Kansas City. - j. NJ. Haven was ar
rested at Rutland VT, on charge
of embezzling 100000. - Henry b.
Blessing Of ST. Louis shot his wife and brOther-in-
law and cut his throat at st. Louis on Monday
night. g. The Homeopathic Medical Society of
the State of New-YOrk met at Ithaca yesterday
City AND SUBURBAN.-A crowded Manhattan
Beach Railway train ran into Flushing train at
Long Island City last evening; the parlor-car of
the Manhattan train was telescoped two persons
were killed and several injured. - Fellowpay,
Dan X, Pixies Pride, ZamOra, Apollo
and Major Wheeler yesterday won the
Sheepshead Bay races. g. The Coroners inquest
in regard to the Riversdale disaster continued.
- General Jourdan resigned the command of
the Second Division, n. 6. S. n. Y. -
Two silk firms in Paterson suspended. -
Republican primaries were held in Brook
]yn. - The Police Commissioners appointed
election inspectors. - The Buffalo Baseball
Club defeated the New-York nine. - Two
Swedish sailors suffocated by gas, and young
man used gas a means of suicide. - Gold value
of the legal-tender silver dollar (412l2 grains).
So cents. 80 Stocks opened dull and steady,
and later. with more activity, declined. and closed
weak.
The WEATHER.-TRIBUNE local observations IN
dictate Iain followed by cloudy or fair weather and
slight changes in temperature Temperature yes
terday: Highest. $40; lowest, 500; average, 59o.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-12
THE DANGER 10 CORN.

The corn crop is worth about $500, 100000.
If it were possible for frost to destroy the crop
entirely in five States, the loss would be about
SOC, 100000 bushels, or half the whole crop.
But these States reaching from the Ohio line
to the western border Of Kansas. and from the
Arkansas line northward to Minnesota, cover
so vast territoryithat injury from such cause
can hardly reach one-half of the corn there
produced. Indiana produced k1O7, 500, 900
bushels last year, and Illinois 1872, 100000, and
large part of the corn produced by each is in
the southern portion, below the point which
recent frosts are said to have reached. Mis-
souri,, yielding last year 170,000,000 bushels,
is slso almost wholly below the line said to
have been reached, as is Kansas, which pro-
duced 144,500,O00 bushels. In fact, of the
five great corn growing States, Iowa is the only
one which lies mainly north of that line, and its
yield, IT'S 100000 bushels last year, is re-
ported to be injured only in some localities.
Assuming that the northern half of Indiana and
Illinois, with less than 140, 100000 bushels,
and the whole of Iowa; may have been to some
extent affected the injury may cover some
part of 315, 000, 900 bushels, out of nearly
100000, 900 bushels grown in the five great
States.
North of these are States which produce in
all only one-tenth of the entire corn crop.
These are Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Nebraska, which produced last year 164, 300,-
600 bushels. Adding 100000 bushels grown
in Dakota. Oregon and the intermediate north
ern Territories, with Iowa and the northern
part of Indiana and Illinois, we have in all
485,000,000 bushels grown in the regions
which may have been affected by the recent
frosts, and it Is not supposed that even within
that region more than fraction of the crop
has been harmed. The alarm which some
spectators raised at Chicago, therefore. does
MT seem to have had much foundation. Even
if 100000, 900 bushels should prove to be lost
by reason of the frost in the whole of this
northern bek, it would not be a very serious
matter in view of the fact lthat the entire crop
of this year was expected 10 exceed that of
1882 by about 400, 900, 600 bushels. There
would still remain more corn than the country
has ever yet found use for IN any year. Hence,
although the statements as to damage are con-