VOLUME { OLD SERIES, XL. a ae —— THE CENTRE REPORTER. ——— By FRED KURTZ. Some dramatic writer might now com- ever play, entitled, “Oscar Wilde taken in.” pose a ¢l — a —— The State Treasurer of Tennessee is a defaulter to the amount of $400,000 and has absconded. ee ————— From Washington we learn that the Carlisle-Blackburn fight for the Speaker- ship is working in favor of Randall. The first named are from Kentucky. i ——— — Lieut. Gov. Tabor, of Colorado, was divorced from his wife the other day and then presented her with real property worth $250,000, Tabor is worth 10 mil- lions, — iii Intelligence is made of a violent earth- quake shock being felt in different parts of Northern Ohio between 2 and 3 a. m. Sunday. People were aroused from sleep and some chimneys toppled over. ea —t at et A grand ice palace is being built up in Montreal, for the approaching carnival. Vanderbilt and other rich fellows have engaged suits of rooms. It will be light- ed by electricity. In the state senate Mr. Reyburn, Cam- eron Republican, was elected President On first ballot 7 Independents voted for Lee; of these three changed to Reyburn on 2nd ballot, which gave him a majority, pro tem, on 2nd ballot. a A, The civil service reform bill went through the house with a rush—only 48 it. good effect, and had a republican congressmen have learned that the people have rights which even a congressman must respect. The elections votes against tis Af siren The mercantile failures of the year just by the Mercantile agency of B.G. Dun & Co, are for the United States 9,738 in number as against The liabilit ted States are for the closed, as reported 5,582 in 1881. ies in the Uni- last ve ar $101,000 - 000, as compared with $51,000,000 in 1881. trouble caused by an attempted outrage to steal the state fre of some of Connecticut has got over its ym the democrats, on account their ballots foolishy being printed on dark paper, while at the same time the republican tickets were printed in a black border. The passed a special act legalizing thus cast. has votes ta) Legislature all i tf Mp sn Ex-county commissioners Daniel Cor son and William Ebner, of Lycoming county who pleaded guilty to the charge of embezzlement, were sentenced Satur. day each to pay a fine of $250, and to be imprisoned in the eastern penitentiary-— Corson for twenty-one months and Eb ner for fifteen months. FEbner's sen- tence is as light as the court could make it. AA PC a) It is reported from Washington that the republican slate for the organization of the senate after the fourth of March seems to be complete, with Mahone for president, Groham for secretary, George W. Hooker, now sergeant-at-arms and James R. Young for executive clerk. Well, this beats the dickens for reform —~its worse than ever—and the republi- cans, after all seem to have learned no lesson from the late elections. mss tp Ms It is said that the iron and steel inter- ests are preparing to make a hard fight in the tariff bill proposed by the finance committee of the senate and which is said to be very inimical to them, and they seem to be satisfied with the work of the ways and méans so far as it is known. The schedules have not been completed and Judge Kelley says it will take several days to go over it. All kinds of interests are represented here and when the question is taken in the senate and the house the presence of a powerful lobby and considerable excitement may be anticipated, i lA Another faith cure is reported. This one is from Troy, N. XY, and is givén thus: Nineteen years ago Annie Cooper was afflicted by a spinal disease. For the last six years she was confined to her bed, helpless and speechless. A week ago last night her life was despaired of, and the family were praying around her bed, when she spoke, saying: “The Lord has willed that I shall not die” Last night, at her request, a umber of her relatives went to the house to pray with her. While they were praying she rose in bed and exclaimed, “Praise God.” Then she got up and walked about the room for the first time in nineteen years, She insists that she was cured by faith On account of the guerilla Mosby, long a white-house pet, Mahone and Arthur have got into a snarl, in which the great national smoker, Grant, is also taking a hand. Mahone hates rebel Mosby; Ar- thur, with true white-house instinct, loves the noted ex-rebel. A press tele- gram of 5 says of the snarl : Mahone made a failure yesterday at trying to patch his differences with the President over the probable appointment ginia. How Mahone was snubbed by the President in this matter was related in these despatches two or three days ago. The story of yesterday's fiasco, so far as it has leaked out, is that Mahone went to General Grant, who is said to fa- vor Mosby's appointment, and urged him to keep hands off in Virginia, represent- ing that much was at stake there, and that it was important that those directly interested should either control the pat- ronage or at least be deferred to in its distribution. That was the only way, he said, in which leadership could be held and without leadership the Readjus- ter organization would go to pieces and the result would be fatal to Republican plan with regard to Virginia in 1884. He urged that every one knew of the un- friendliness between Mosby and himself, and the moral effect of Mosby's appoint- ment in the light of this common knowl- edge would be severe and far reaching. General Grant proposed that they go to the White House to talk it over with the President. They remained there less than an hour. What happened has not been dis- closed, but upon leaving Mahone declar- ed that he had been there for his last time. Thisis the version that reached the Senate to-day and that attached sig- nificance to earnest whispered consulta- tions in which Mahone engaged with certain half-breed Senators on the floor this afternoon. i —— ]— A—— —————— An explanation of the whiskey, is of interest, bonding of Attached to ev- ery distillery isa warehouse of which the Government, through a United States storekeeper, takes exclusive charge. On every door patent “Government lock,” and the storekeeper keeps the keys, is a At the end of the warehouse®near- est the distillery proper is partioned off the “cistern room,” that contains tanks, into which the whiskey runs direct from the still. From these tanks it is drawn off into barrels in the presence of the storekeeper and the United States gaug- er. The barrels so filled are rolled into the other portion of the warehouse, and a “warehouse stamp,” bearing the date of the distillation, is affixed to each. The whiskey thus barreled can, under the revenue laws, remain in this warehouse under Government lock and key for three years. Then the whiskey is said to be “in bond.” At the expiration of the three years the tax of 90 cents per gallon must be paid on the original quan- tity of whiskey in the barrels, as shown by the gauge when it was barreled, less two and a half gallons per annum allow- ed for evaporation and shrinkage. Then a tax-paid stamp is put on each barrel, and a brand, with the name of the distil ler, the number of the district, and the date of the payment of the tax, is burned in the head. Now the distiller, for the first time, can do as he pleases with his whiskey, and it is said to be “taken out of bond.” The Senate bill to which we have referred extends the bonded period two years on whiskey heretofore enter- ed. AAPM Here is a story of killing three deer at one shot, which must make a Centre county hunter feel jealous: The deer season closed on Saturday ac cording to law and Mr, K. D. Smith, of this city says the Lock Haven Erpress, celebrated the event in a way that he will not soon forget. He and a party of four others were hunting on Youngwom- an's Creek, about six miles above the mouth of the creek, and when a short distance from the members of his party Mr. 8mith spied three deer. He leveled his Spencer rifle and fired away, killing the three deer, a doe and two fawns, at one shot. Mr. Smith was only about forty yards distant when he fired the shot, the ball breaking the back of the doe, which stood a little ahead of the fawns, and striking the second deer back of the shoulder passed through and lodg- ed in the neck of the third deer. Two of the deer were about the same size and weighed in the neighborhood of one hundred pounds each. : Sweeping out a few pasters and folders, a couple dozen of scrub worden, and a few other minor officers at Harrisburg, amounting to a saving of about seven or eight thousand does not fill the bill of re. form demanded in the recent elections, It must go on until there is $100,000 to show up, otherwise there will be another and prayer. tidal wave at the polls, ow - oe ——————————————— ORAS | Na DEPRESSED MANUFACTURERS. Philadelphia, Jan, 5, 1883. —It is esti- mated that there are at least ten thou- gand looms and probably two hundred thousand spindles now idle in the cotton and woolen mills of this city and vicinity in consequence of the continued depres- sion in trade, At the usual rate of run- ning their machinery it means a total loss of work for from five to six thousand operatives, while probably ten times as many are working at reduced wages or shortened time, The depression is felt most severely in the business of produc- ing the cheaper grades of cotton and one of the largest mill owners in the city said yesterday, “Everybody who can af ford to close his mill is doing 80.” wWe have stopped our mills,” contin- ued he, “because it would not pay to keep them running, I do not know how long they will remain idle, but it will be until the price of labor decreases or that of our products advances,” Some mill owners have closed their es- tablishments for an indefinite period; others have found excuses for temporary stoppage in the annual repairs which they are in no hurry to make. causes are assigned for this unfortunate state of things. Bome, who have studied the question, think a sufficient cause for the dulness of trade is to be found in the springing up of cotton mills in the South. These not only compete to an advantage with Northern mills, since they have lit- le or no freight to pay on their raw ma- terial and can get labor much cheaper than it can be had here, but also take the the South away the large market which always presented for the coarser kinds of cotton goods. Others, however, say this is not the princi sion and doubt whether ith Philadel- phia mills, since they say that Philadel- ence whatever, especially on phia long ago ceased to manufacture the coarse goods demanded by the Southern market. mete amo———— The democratic caucus committee of the House, at Harrisburg, has decided to offices: Two assistant-sergeant-at-arms, $800 each; one assistant doorkeeper, $600; two ers and folders, $600 each; nine pages at $200 each. Should the report of the com- mittee be adopted it will leave the offic- ers of the House as follows: Chief clerk, $2,500; resident clerk, $2,000; reading clerk, $1,500; message clerk, $1,000; tran- scribing clerk, $800; sergeant-at-arms $800; two assistant sergeant-at-arms, $800 each; doorkeeper, $600; messenger, $600; assistant messenger, $600; doorkeeper rotunda, $600; postmaster, $800; assistant postmaster, $600; superintendent folding room, $600; five pasters and folders, $600 each; watchman, $1,005; two janitors each; janitor wash room, $600; six pages, $2 per day. np Mp isn RESOLUTIONS OF REFORM AT HARRISBURG, mittee reported that fourteen officers could be safely dispensed with, but that the part of the House to elect them, and a resolution providing that no election for such officers be held for thirty days in order to allow a bill to be passed abol- ishing the offices was presented and dis cussed. In the Senate a resolution was presented to ascertain what officers could be dispensed with by that body, and providing that no election of minor of ficers be held until the Judiciary Com. mittee, to which the resolution was re- ferred, shall report. In the House a similar resolution was adopted. A Ao The Senate has passed the bonded whiskey bill and the House the Civil Service bill which will of course have Arthur's signature, Mr. Morrill, from the Committee on Finance, reported the House bill to re- duce internal revenue taxation, with an amendment embracing an entire revision of the tariff and the machinery for its collection. He said that so far as in- ternal revenue taxation was concerned, the committee felt bound to report tho bill as it was left by the Senate, whatev- er might have been their own views as to the amendment granting a rebate tax on tobacco, He gave notice that he would ask the Senate next to take up the bill and consider it to the exclusion of all other business, till it should be disposed of, man Rite cme The wife of Charles E. Slocum, residing at Plano, IIL, recently applied for a di- vorce on the ground of infidelity, On Friday night Slocum sought her, confess. ed his guilt and promised to reform, and begged her to return. to him, but she re fused, whereupon he drew a revolver and shot himself dead, ATHEISTS OATHS INVALID. An opinion was delivered by Judge Briggs in the Common Pleas Court of | Philadelphia, in which he ruled that | atheists and all others who do not be- lieve in a Divine Being and divine re- | wards and punishments are incompetent | to take oath in a court of justice The | matter was brought vp on a motion for a | new trial in the suit of Lucas against Pi- | per, the ground for the motion being | that Judge Briggs bad admitted the tes- | | timony of Robert Becker, who eaid that | though he believed in the Creator of the Universe and in a Bupreme Power which | would punish him here for false swear- ing; he did not believe in God as com- monly understood by the people, nor in | a personal God, nor God as an entity, | | There was no other evidence in support of the objection to the witness. “Some- thing more is required to render one competent as a witness,” said the Judge, | “than a belief in a Supreme Power sim- ply as a power or principle, which may be the resistiess natural laws as exhibi- ted by the motion and operation of the elements, and to violate which will sure- | ly bring punishment here to a transgres- sor. The belief required by our laws isa belief in the existence of an Omnicient Supreme Being, who will impose divine punishment for perjury either in this world or in the next. If the belief be short of this it falls under the ban of le- gal condemnation,” After citing several authorities to sustain his ruling Judge riggs continued: —“It hence follows | that the faith of a witness should be a | religious belief of some kind in the exis- | tence of an Omnicient Being who will | reward and punish either bere or here | after for good and evil doings—a belief in a power as exhibited by the force of nature and calling it supreme, and yet | to ignore that power is the handwork of | the omnicient and omnipotent God, is | totally insufficient to meet the law's re- | quirements. Nor is any advance gained by asserting that heiwho violates the law | of nature will be punished, for admitted. | ly such punishment will follow with un. | erring certainty. While the witness, | Becker, said be believed in a supreme | power that would punish him here for | false swearing he would not say that he | believed that power was divine, and he | totally denied the personality of God and of God as generally understood by the people. With such a belief how can he be said to be in fear of divine punish ment for testifying falsely? His helief | being defective in this respect it falls | short of one of the legal requirements, which is indispensable to entitle him to be examined as 8 witness in the courts of this State. It follows that I erred in receiving his testimony and that a new trial should be ordered. ——— i A writer in last week's New York Ob. | server lays down six rules for prayer, in an article that would fill two columns of the ReronrEnR. We never had an idea there | was one rule for prayer, let alone six | long ones. If there isa rule at all that | needs following, the best and simplest one will be found in Mat, vi, 9-13, or in | Luke xviii, 13,14 If prayer is to be offered according to rules, then it will | soon become a science and the educated | only will be able to engage in sapplica- tions to the Throne of grace. Bat, fortu. nately, there are no rules for prayer, and the above references only go to prove it, it is so simple to pray that no buman creature is without the ability to pray, and has perfect liberty to follow his own rule, only so there be sincerity in the prayer. To lay down rules for prayer in the estimation of the Reronres, is hyfa- lutin theology that will never be recog- nized by Providence, and sinners who will pray only by rule, may, some time or other, find themselves ruled out. SM SYP Ms The total immigration to the United States for 1882, at all ports, was about 785,000, This estimate is based on Cus- tom House official returns for all months except December, thelarrivals of which month are placed at 80,000. The total immigration at all ports in 1881 was a lit: tle over 719,000, showing an increase of about 10,000 in the past year, The countries from which the imimni- grants come and te nomber contributed by each were as follows: Germany, 282, 000; England and Wales, 81,000; Ireland, 70,000; Scotland, 17,000; Sweden, 59,000; Norway, 57,000; Canada, 89,000; all other countries, 160,000, At President Arthur's New Years ro- ception, there was a sudden death, which cast a gloom over the large party of dis tinguished visitors present. Judge Allen, the Hawaian Minister, fell over suddenly and expired. The reception was at its most brilliant stage when Judge Allen fell, I A A finger-board should now be put in the House at Harrisburg, with thisinsorip tion: Give tho people the promised re- It was formally decided in the U. B. Court at New York last week that wa- tering whiskey, bowever it may be a fraud on the purchaser, is not a fraud on the Government, and not punishable, therefore, under the internal revenue laws, The internal revenue officers had seized several barrels of whisky, on which the tax had been duly paid and which bore the proper stamps showing they contained; but it was charged that after having been inspected, gauged and been drawn off and an equal quantity of water substituted —all this while the whis ky remained in the original stamped bar rels; and it was alleged that this was a The defendant admitted the adulteration, which, he said, “was the universal custom among retail liquor dealers,” but he contended that the that the full tax on every gallon of proof spirits in the barrels had been paid, and, therefore the Government had no elaim. The court gave judgement for the defend- ant, The internal revenue is intended to protect, not the consumer, but the Gov- ernment only, against frand and imposi- tion in the adulteration of whisky. The Mayor of Salem, Mass., committed suicide, by hanging, at the close of his term last week. In Philadelphia, Wm. | Baldwin, Chief Commissioner of High | ways, died suddenly while on his way to | the chamber of the City Councils, where | a successor was to be chosen, he being a ut his friends thought he would fail; his death is attri buted to undue excitement, It the fate of persons going out of place were that of the Salem Mayor, and | of those wanting place that of Commis- | sioner Baldwin, office seeking would | soon be among the lost arts. —— tt — { r 1s was run | ght The steamship City of B 1 : . Yial 1 Yuu hod down in the English channel, by anoth- residential succes sion bill under discussion, to provide for any case that might arise thro’ the death of the President, er officer no Vice President, or oth- W in the une of succession, The absconding Treasurer of Tennessee was arrested in Texas, Chicago dealers have started a corner in corn, buying up millions of bushels on up to 571. Saturday. On Monday it was Gambetta’s funeral was attended by 300,000 people, and 2000 bouquets were sent by his friends, et dt — AN AGED COUPLE FOUND IN BED, This community was startled on last Thursday evening upon hearing the re- port that James Bachan and bis wife, Margaret, who resided about one mile west of Lewistown, had been found dead in bed. The writer immediately repair- ed to the late residence of the deceased persons, and found the report true, both husband and wife side by side in the same bed in the cold embrace of death. As to how long this aged couple had been dead of course is a mystery, but, in the opinion of the physician present, Dr Vanvalzab, they had been dead at least 12 hours. What lead to the discovery of their bodies was that William Night bart's wife had been up to the house about noon on Thursday, but could not get in, all the doors being locked. She reported this fact to Joseph Miller, the nearest neighbor, who made an investi gation, which revealed the facts as above stated. Although Mr. Buoban bad been totally blind for five or six years, and in an almost helpless condition, his death was not jooked for. He was aged about S5years. Mrs Buchan had apparantly been enjoying good health, and was in town on Monday and Wednesday pre. ceeding her sudden death, and at that time showed no signs of ber Spproating end, It iseaid tbat she was afflicte with heart disease, and the presump tions are that Mr. Buchan died first, and that the excitement caused thereby pro- duced a severe attack of ber d y which terminated fatally. It is cermin that both died some time during Wed- nesday night, as both were in their night clcthes, Mr, Buchan was lying nicely covered, and bad evidently pass ed away quietly, while Mrs. Bochan In upon the top of the bed clothing, wit ber arms abont her hesd, face down. Lewistown Free Press, Jon, 4, A MB ENGLAND. Bradford, December 27.—This morn- ing a tall chimney fell npon a building 1 of tives, many of whom were believed to be killed. It is now ascer- tained that twenty-four o tives were killed and forty seriously injared. Later it was found that thirty-six per- sons were killed and fifty others are in- jared, mostly women and children, Ow- ing to the amount of debris the exact number killed cannot be learned for two or three days. The to'al damage is esti: mated at over £60000. About three thousand persons are thrown out of em- ployment. Eignt mills having flue con: nections with the Intling are brought to a stand " AI. MANES, ; A Bedford county singing school broke up in a first class row, inZwhich the fair DEAD form, GAMBETTA'S FUNERAL Paris, January 4,~A19.25 o'clock this morning imnmense crowds had already as. sembled ut the palais bourbon waiting to see Gambetia’'s coffin, Deputstions from Isace Lorraine will form a conspicuous Bgure in the funeral procession, The in» sulting comments of some Bonapartist res actionary papers caused intense indignation The offending journals are torn to and stamped upon in the cafes, Hugo is expected to pieces Victor attend the funers! and deliver a short oration, the Palais Bourbon, in which the body of Gambetis is now lying in state. The mere announces ment that the remains were being brought to the city was sufficient to fill the streets and boulevards with an excited mass of citizens, The body is lying in the place which was arranged for its reception and for the purpose of giving the public free access to view the coffin, in which several memorials of the deceased have been pla ced. The tricolor flag cov and near by are placed a number of sim. ple floral decorations. Toe preparations for the funeral! are going on rapidly. The Journal De Paris declares convines ing proof that domestic «fairs had nothing whatever to do with the pistol shot wound of Gambetta will be published when the proper moment arrives, It is estimsted between 200 000 and 300, 000 persons will be present at the funeral. Only four speeches will be delivered Gambetta’'s funeral, in the name of the French Government, Chamber of Deputies os, the Bar and Government of National The speakers probably will be Immense crowds surround 5 th + 3 ffl ¢ Lhe collin, Falouteuf and Jules Ferry. President Grevy will follow the cortege for some distance, The coffin lies in the ballroom of Palais Three the President hundred Republican members of Chamber of deputies, beaded by Brisson, walked round the coffin PHILAD. PRODUCE. Philadelphia, January 8.—Wheat and corn higher. BSeeds—Clover is firm at to 12¢. Timothy, 1.70 to 1 90. Flour 75; Penn'a family 4.65 10 4.75; western do. at 4.75 to 5 40, and patents at 6 00 wo 7.52. Wheat was steady, with 1.104 bid and 1.10%¢ asked for No. 1 red January. Corn was firmer, with 6414 bid ani 66 asked. Oats were stronger, with 47'¢ bid and Whisky is steady at $1 20 for Western. New York, January 8.—Flour more active and shades strouger. Wheat, cash; higher aud strovger; options weak and lower; No. 2 red, 1.11% wo 1.1334; do January, 1.1134; Febraary, 1.1314; March Corn higter; closed dull snd 2, 69 10 70%; do Jaousry, 685; February, 66 7 8; March, 6635. Oats higher; more active No. 2, 4634; do, white, 48} to 481¢; No. 2 46} 10 4634; Feb. 46} to 46%; March, 46% to 470. Philadephia. —Cattle, prime 6 s i 7 good 6@6%. Bheep—prime 6ile@6i; good 5% @6. Lambs 5@7. Caives 7 @10, Hogs—prime 9%at 0}. good 9@ al, 9%. Le — i ———— BEECH CREEK RAILROAD, Unless all signs fail, remarks the Lock Haven Journal, railroad building will be lively iu Chin ou cvuaty next year. The Susquehanna and South west- era Compauy has positively annousced that their railroad will be cons ructed from Jersey Store up to Beech Creek. We were informed by Hon. L. A. Mack- ey, who has just retarned from Puila- deipbia, teat an sgreewment hes been executed between the Williamsport and Clearfield Railroad Company, the Peuns syivania Railroad Company, the Bald Esgle Valiey and the Puisdeiphia aud Erne Railroad Company, under which a railroad wili be built from the mouth of Beech Creek to Snow Shoe during the next year. A contract has been made with a substantial party in New York to construct it by the first of September next, massac MD wots. Rr secs son in WORSE AND WORSE, CIXCINXATI, January 4.—A Mt Ver. non, Ohio, special says: Mrs Stillwell has made a still further confession thal she murdered ber mother at Ouumwa, Iowa, after she had been injured in a railroad ac. cident. She says she is guilty of other crimes which she will not diveiges When atked of what ber father died she said, “QCuatthroat,” Her father mysteriously dissppesred. Physicians pronounce her of sound mind. —— Four masked men captured, bound and gagged four inmates of J E Arneld’s farm. house, twenty miles from Chicago, near Downer's Grove on Wedneday evening, and securing $1 200 in cash rods away on four of Mr Arnold's horses. None were captured An old farm band iz suspected of complicity in the affair. Gov. Curtin having received notice that the 20th congressional dis is entitled to the somination of a cadet in the military nosds omy at West Point, a competitive exam. ination will be beld at Bellefonte, on Wednesday, the 17th day of Januar 1883, and the examiners will report to him the person who, on examination is the best qualified and an alterate. An Orbisonia pig and goose » sex bore a conspicuous part. ; #
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