SSS RR Ses - an am THE CENTRE REPORTER. —— By FRED KURTZ. General Davis, of Bucks county, is not satisfied with retaining sixty-five scrub women on the hill at Harrisburg to keep the hall clean, but insists on a further re- duction, adding that twelve Bucks county uld do the job and not half It would not be safe for the Gener- al to be seen in the vicinity of the hill after the women, some dark night, had thouldered their brooms and were walk- ing home, Somebody would be roughly handled. wamen try. iia Two Chinamen are being tried in Chi- éago for murder—Ling A. Duc and Ling Ah Yon for the murder of Ling Quan itis likely to be a novel affair, The interper- the was ad- ter chosen is a Chinese student in Chicago University. The oath ministered after the Chinese custom, by witnesses had written their names, testimony for the defense was quite di- rect. - . tt : The Chaplain of the House, at Harris burg, is the Rev. Elliott, a Democratic Methodist dominie who is now stationed at Lebanon, and who rides to Harrisburg daily on the train to the Capital city to discharge his religious duties there. The reason for his selection by Speaker Faunce was that there were two candi- dates for the post from Harrisburg, and between the two the entire city was di- vided in its preference. The fight became 80 hot between these clericals that the Speaker in his own defense was pelled to end it, as it was becoming simp- ly disgraceful, by going outside the city for a compromise candidate. : com- el ie The Lewisburg another streak of good luck. Thursday Mr. Wm. Bucknell, of Phila- delphia, supporter of many public insti- has had un University s iast £ tist theological seminary, his check for $100,000, including his own subscription that $50,000 more should be secured. ———— " nats 1 ¥ $ pipe £2 SCLHEW 18 NUS EU I'he republican st . ing to do much for reform. It has de- cided not to reduce the offices, and re- ance for postage stamps for senators. . Ex-Senator Dorsey, chief ot the star route thieves, has at last resigned his po- sition as Secretary of the Republican Na- tional Committee, In his letter he says conducting the canvass were known to the republican standard-bearers and that he had their confidence. Of course, and that's all the worse for Garfield, Arthur, and the rest, si dimig ilnl mis We have a Republican congress whicl expires on the 4th of March, vet it is slaying a false game on the tariff, and rom all appearances will dodge the mat- The tanll shriekers I i ter. can how Lo a ble of Republican orators and journals about election time, especially in our own state. mission was appointed at the last session to report all they knew and could gather about the tariff for the enlightenment of republican congressmen who did not seem to understand a subject upon which they had made such a great ado for the last 20 years. Now we find a Republican congress about to expire without the courage to face the tariff issue, and to ad- Journ without any tariff legislation at all. “" - ew The damage done by the recent Ger- man deluge is thus sammed up by the Imperial German Secretary, in a cable- gram : “Through indundations last au- tumn 20,000 houses, 130,000 persons and 60,000 hectares of land and property have suffered damage in Prussia alone, and damage by December floods has been nearly a8 great. In Bayrische, Rhein- platz, 1,000 houses were swept away, and 12,000 persons rendered homeless, Hes- sen and other districts along the river suffered the same calamity, Pins nt pfs dh ibe A manifesto by Prince Napoleon was issued in Paris, a few mornings ago, crit- icising the French republic and claiming the Napoleonic inheritance. The Fargo, which published the manifesto, was seized, and the placards about the city torn down. In the afternoon Prince Na- poleon was arrested and imprisoned. The case will come before the courts. A bill was passed in the Chamber of Deputies pronibiting the presence in France or Al- geria of any member of former French dynasties, > The'Pennsylvania railroad has issued new regulations relative to clerical tick- H—— ots. So exacting are the conditions upon which ordes for clerical tickets are now issued that very few clergymen can sign the application, In order to obtain a ticket of the character mentioned, the minister m 1st certify that he has two or more charges on the road, and that the pastboard will be used exclusively for the purpose of his visitations to those charges. Bishops, presiding elders, and ministers attending conferences or other religious gatherings must hereafter pay full fare. a A errs Massachusetts’ Republicaus have an ur pleasantness on hand from the re-elec- tion of Horr to the Senate, A Patriot special of 11 says that “a queer complica tion has ari sen out of the contest in Mas- sachusetts, which yesterday re-elected Hoar. © Crapo, his most formidable appo- nent, sent a dispatch to his supporters directing them to vote for Hoar, and when aske« about it denied ever having 1:t such a telegram. This raised a big the Puritans, | Be howl amon and It is shown to-night that Crapo has been rari yus about sell-out, anc the stalwart wing of the par- ty in the state cannot find words in their vocabulary half ugh to ex- press their lisgust at the act. Hoar's re- election means a further estrangement of the two wings of the republican party in telling his congressmen strong eno Massachuscits, and an almost certain democratic rictory next year.” SA LL Washing on, taken all in all, seems to be the paradise of wickedness, It comes the with the | Washington needs a cleaning to light now that even detectives there are in league thieves, that of the Augean stables, Fresh in- 1 alliance of the and the thisves in the city are coming to stances of t | lished statc nents of people who have been robbe! and prevented from recov- ering their stolen property by the conni- vance of th» Vidocds and the crooks, which appear in the newspapers from | day to day, that sufficient evidence could | readily be obtained to land the whole de- tective fore | ry forthwitii. The latest scandal involves District Coramissioner Morgan. of the city in the penitentia- -—— It is not always the ragged who are + t i $1..4 : he well-dressed r { From Aun this: 3 rora, Ohio, comes th 4 cause of derth of the hermit miser, Aus tin. Risley, who was found dead in DAN Dear J Urora, is 4s mysierious as ev- er. The worn and dirty clothing whi poor no t from tl | was thrown carelessly into one corner of | every one who through curiosity entered Philadelphia has a muddle on hand in cils. As predicted, 8S, Davis Governor Pattison’s nominee, is still un- confirmed by the State Senate, and the City Conncils elected William M. Tag- gart, a olerk in the Comptroller's office. The latter, if his bonds are approved, several republicans in the Council Cham- ber as to the regularity of this election, and there i no doubt that the courts will be appealed to te decide whether the office is a city or county cone. Briggs, who has been an aothority on all matters judicial for past years, is asserted Cauttin vs. Hancock strongly supporting if a vacancy occurred, by the Governor. licans opposed the action of Councils, bat a joint convention (in which the democrats did not participate), by a vote litical party from the late Comptroller, bave been believed he was a violent par- Mr. Pattison’s clerk, Mr, Taggart, was of their party. The news of Mr. Taggart’s election as City Comptroller by Councils was re Chief Clerk Hirst at once declared his cided by the courts. “I am now in pos- man elected by Councils shall come here unless the courts decide that he isthe le- gally quaiitied Comptroller, appoint the Comptroller, refuse to allow any one to take possession of the office until the courts pass upon the question. .- o-oo. At the conclusion of the ivaugulal cer- | tonishing. told coat was the sum of $15,027. denoglination. A number of notes were | also f@hd. It is believed that the old { mean was the owner inumber of bonds and mortgages, and in the hous, The clothing taken from | the miser’'s body appears to have been all | he possesse | in that line, Cy ———_> | ANOTHER RAILROAD. | We hear from a reliable source, says | the Lock Haven Journal, that a charter | was graute | a company for the purpose | of boildiog a railroad from Milli Hall to | connect wit the Bulfalo Run Railroad vhich stars at Bellefonte and rans southwest, This line east is the one ad- vocated for a long time by Mr. Jas, Wolf- enden, of this city, It will open up the great iron cre fields of Nittany Valley, | start idle furnaces and build new ones, | This line, in ali probability, will connect with the St squevanoa and Southwestern by way of 20il Hall. This would give Vanderbilt control of a large iron teld and the freights of some of the richest valleys in te State. This road means tha staring of the Farrandsville furnace gt no -distent day and the building of pew furnsc wand iron mills of various kinds. Now is the time for Lock Haven capitalists to look around. BL A SI. MS BAS hi There appears to be no doubt of Lhe pas sage of the act relative to the liquor cone stitutional smendmentin tke House. Mr Emery, of uawrence, who has charge of the measure, says he has already one hun. dred votes ledged for it. ia dg iii A area landslip occurred in the val loy at Fave-ges, Savoy. The village of Marais was completely destroyed by an enormous mass of earth, rocks and trees, dislrdged by the recent snow storms. The movement rom Marais was gradual, and the inhabitants were able Lo enect a hasty escape. Tho movement of the mountain continues. 4 dress relating to his duties as presiding officer of the Seanale, EDITORIAL NOTES, A Lewistown Troul and 3 haven 1 Senator Wallace has introduced a bill all Sheriflh nod exoecding 0 ing prisoners, cents per day for board ~jit Is said that herealler the Peunnsyly Rallroad ( Iga CUTAN Co fast your «THe next Baie | 1 Mr, Cwstin presented 8 petition Ln the House Mr, of subemerilx 5, aking for su appropriation to rd 40 the Bock ul the { fuisl Lxpo pay the re ceipts wo pay Lhe expenses, A mew riot damage Lill Is before the lower House in Harrisburg. Filly Chariey Wolf js Dt a Honaber, Newspapers lt general commend Gov, Pall son's luaugural address is conideniie Tault Suding among Democrats be General. «Fonutor Wallace has general election day a jegal holiday days are gotling numerous, iogal bol Chicago, on 17, had nearly two feet of snow on about the same, «We have receivad the Philadelphia “Times” Almanac, It covers the sate, andis gencrally useful. Its political Mathis are of great value for ready reference, ~The parties; three Pittsburgers and three Phils adelphians, who bought the main Centennial building, have cleared over $300,000 on the fron and other material, since taking it apart jay, Cullam, Rep. succeeds Judge Davis ns U. 8. Senator form Tlinols. Frye was re-clocted Senator frome Maine, Hoar is relocted in Messa- chinsetts, ~The temperance people are petitioning the leg- felature for the passage of a prohibitory amend. ment, ~The fast the west on the Pehinedivania rails road struck and instantly killed saad Harehber- ger, aged 19, a short distance west of Manayunk, Miftin county, on 18th, ~The managers of the Huntingdon Indostrial Reformatory will ask the state for an approprise tion of M000 to completa the new bHullding They claim that if tho eutire smount is Appropria- ted at once that the contracts oan be Jot and bet tor arrangemonts made, thus saving considerable to the state, The managers have expended $141, 000 of the £200,000 already appropriated, ~The Towa probffitory amendment to the con stitution, adopted by a popular vote last June, was declared invalid by the Supreme Court. Judge Hoovers rendering the opinion. Judge Beck rand & dissenting opinion, taking exactly the opposite grounds. ~Remembar, by paying for the Reporter one year in sdvinco, subseribers got an credit of two months, ; THE MILWAUKEE FIRE. Secheller Suspected of Having Attempt. ed to Blow Up the Hotel Some Time Ago Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Janpary 17. { Nothing was done this jmorning about | bringing Beheller into court, although i Mesars. | Precautions were taken last night to pro- formed, This afternoon W. H. visited Chief Mason and the Sheriff and | ing Scheller to Racine to protect him | from the threatened vengeance of the { Third and Fourth warders, The Mayor | was then called upon, and he visited the i chief, It was arranged to ascertain the | feeling in the Third send fourth wards, | and also prepare for a special train to | carry BScheller to Racine in case there { were signs of trouble. A locomotive was { held in readiness and a number of po- | licemen were kept at police headquar- ters. Besides Scheller's well-known financial i difficulties and his high insurance, an- other thing which gave rise to the suspi- cion was his attempt to blow up the New Hall house by a gas explosion some few weeks ago. - » ROASTED ON THE RAIL. EINGULAR AND TERRIBLE ACCIDENT TO RAILROAD PASSRXGERS, A Southern Express Train on a West ern Railroad Gels Loose and Backs Down a Steep Grade and Causes a hsastrous and Fatal Wreck. —— San Francisco, Jan, 20.—~The South- nere at 9.20 a. m. yesterday, stopplug near Tehsebapl Station to cat out an ex- ing the Tehachapi Wha making the chaoge, by means as yet unknown, the train away aud started back, down a grade of 120 jeet to the mile. ‘The train consisted up cars, two sleepers, one coach and a stok- er. It went down the grade at frightral when the feet high, carrying with it the They then wok fire and were con- iwo farther on, The scene following air brakes were ofl and the his lamps. Porter Ashe and wife, who occu- TROUBLE IN FRANCE. Parise, January 20.~The Ministerial members of lamilies whose presence in The princes who This last clause caus. ed an uproar in the Coamber. Another press laws of 1881. It provides for the punishment of outrages against the re- public and makes the offenders amenable The wildest rumors are current in re- gard to a Legitimist conspiracy. It is stated that white banners with fleurs-de- | lis are beiog wade in Lyonsin tue expec. tation of the nocession of the Count de | Gnambord 10 the French throne, | Cuaretw, aided by M. Baudry d’Asson, member of the Chamber of Deputies for | La Vendee and others, has orgauized from Finistere to Lours thirty<two legions of 1,000 men each and has begun to arm tuem. Six hundred horses, purchased as a nucleus for insurgent cavalry, are sta tioned at different chateaux. The recruits wear asmall cross as a rallying sigoal, It is stated that the conspiraturs have 15,000,000 francs in a London bank, This i# no canard, but the result of a Govern- went inquiry, The police report as cer- tain that Baron de Coarette has in Paris 1,000 Pontitical zouaves, fully armed, This evening's Republican journals de- clare that the reported Legitimist plot is merely a drawing-room conspiracy, the Temps and National especially attach lit- tle importance to 18, The Tempe uw that the Chamber of Deputies, after giv ing the recent incidents, just that share of attention which they deserve, revert promptly to the discussion of more seri ous matters, London, January 20.-—A Paris dispatch to the Exch Telegraph Company says: “The Legitimist scare continues, The Orleans family will bold council to- day at the residence of the Duke d’Aumale. The members of the party of the Extreme Left in the Chamber of Deputies will insist upon the Orleans noes being deprived of their military commands. The Royalist papers inaist that the scare is a manmuvre to procure the proscription of the princes.” eb ui inkl tl The president withdrew from the senate the nomination of J. ¥: Olmstead as com« missioner of the District of Columbia. | BION. | AMSTERDAM, January 19—A frightful | disaster happened to-day at Minden, a { fortified town eight miles [from here. A | gunpowder factory oxploded with terrific | force shattering the houses in the village, | (tearing roofs off and throwing blazing { material in all directions. Nearly all the | houses in Minden are unroofed and shatter {ed, while many dwellings in the adjoining {villages are dsmaged considerably, { Over forty persons perished. The scene is | one of horror and desolation. A sin SENENTY.-FIVE LIVES LOST IN | THE MILWAUKEE FIRE, Mriwavxes, January 20.—The search in the ruins of the Newhall House was fia- ished to~day. Two charred bodies were | found, making forty-eight. There is still one person missing, making the total loss | of life ssventy«five. On Thursday next a general funeral of the victims will be held under direction of all denominations, AN cr fn Ap so INDIAN WAR IN MEXICO Cuicago, Ill., Jan. 20, 1883. —A special despath from Matamoras, Mex., says:— “News has been received here of a desper ate battle, near Tehuantepec. between the Seventh battalion and the Tehusntepee Indians. The Indians lost eighty men killed and many wounded. The troops lost fifty men killed, including their Lieu. tenant Colonel, The Indians were routs ed.” msm oA —————— THE ROMANTIC STORY RELA. TED AT THE DEATH BED OF THE ERIE SUICIDE. The confession of Reeder Moore, the | young man who syicided at Waterford, { Thursday, reveals one of the most romans | {tic stories in the annals of modern crime. { On bis desth<bed Moore made a confession w Fred Cummings in regard to a crime | for which Charles Stafford bas already | spent seven years behind the prison bars, out of & sentence of fifteen years; Senator | { Butterfield has been retained to apply to | {the Pardon Board for a full pardon for | Stafford: Batterfiold says the entire con- | | fession can't be made public yet, but it will | completely exonerate Stafford. Ian the summer of 1876, as a school teacher, Miss | Alice Wood, was returnisg home, walk. | ingalong the N.Y. P. & O. track near Cambridge, Crawford counly, as man {sprang from the woods, and a terrible! struggle ensued bef accomplish his re the villain could | hellish purpose. The | scoundrel wore a mask, but inthe struggle | {the lower part of his face was exposed. Mies Woods was rendered insensible by the terrible treatment, and remained uns | conscious for hours. She was found by | jtrack~men and aid was rendered her, bul | i for weeks Ler lifeasd reason were dispair- | | od of, Stafford, a young man of nineteen or | twenty, was working in the woods near by | Lat the time and her description resulted in | | bis arrest, Oa the trial before Judge Lo~ | wries, ex-Cheil Justice of the State Supre- i me Court, and two Associate Judges, Miss | Wood swore that Stafford was the man | {and Reeder Moore, the suicide, testified | i i { i i i { that Stafford had confessed to him that he | | {Btafford) knew sll about the occurrence, | | When dying Moore confessed that he per- | jdured himself, and it is known that he did | (80 10 save bis own life. A man named McGaban, now in the Michigan lumber | regions, if alive, was the guilty wretch i and Moore was a party to the crime, Staf- | ford always protested his innocence, but | proof against him was so strong that only | one Judge, Davis, doubted his guilt. Ia | September, 1876, be was sentenced to fil {een years in the penitentiary, and it need. | ed uli the protection of the law to prevent {the enraged populace from lynching him. No doubt is felt that he will be pardon. ed, us the prosecuting attorneys, the Sheriff and hundreds of citizens are signing peti- | ions for his pardon. The excitement is al | most as intense as when Stafford was first {sent 10 prison. Reparation for the wrong will be made by the citizens, as far as it can be done. THE CIMBRIA GOES DOWN, Over Four Huxpizo Fixp A Warery Grave. Hamnvuro, January 21, ~The Hamburg Ameriean line steamer Cimbria, Which left Hambnrg on the 17th inst, for New York, came into collision with the British steamer Sultan, on Friday morning, off Borkum in the North Sea, sod quickly sank. The number of lives lost is estimate ed at fully 300. The passengers were mostly emigrants from East Prossia. The Indians supposed to have been lost bave been on exhibition al Berlin. we EE BEECHER ON PUNISHMENT. Taking up old Scriptaral ideas, Mr. Beecher said God create a pair and put them Into the Garden of Eden. Ho told them not to ast the apple. They did, and for that they were condemned. If they had been your children, said Mr. Beecher, looking over his audience, you would have spanked them and put them to bed. Ao cording to theological dogmas God said he would make many out of their loins, He told them He would make their descen. Beechor, they were bad enough without making them any worse. The ides that succeeding generations were to be stained through because their ancestors eal an ap- ple—Dbecause of crime they never commits Beecher ridiculed, For 10,000 years races had been dropping like beans into the bottom of bell The speaker would not love a Being who could ordsin such a thing as that. If bis was the God he was called upon to worship he would renounce him. He revolted at such a conception, But science Mr. Beecher said to his hearers that they They thought they Could any man bes The spenker terday. He spoke of the fear that human Cou'd he dence lo in torment? No. ltwasnotso, It lowed in the other life. Mr. Beecher be. lieved they did. An infernal old bottom. less pit was taught. There might be a state of evolution in the future life. Those who had not reached a state of perfection would go through a process to make them what they ought to be. If there was not a mors! germ in the man Mr. Beecher did not believe he existed afier the body died, qitstm——— eile ir————— THE PLEASURES OF FREEZING, The pleasures of freezing are set forth by a Canadian physician, who lately en- joyed them, His tongue and then his bis back, and finally it eeemed as though had been congealed. This condition of suffers ing speedily gave place to asgreatful warmth, which seemed to sufluse the He was driving, and by this time had reached a house, but he went on, thinks ing that nothing was now to be feared. him to glide through the air with great swifiness, snd the horses flew like birds. A sense of ex- urged the beasts to greater speed. The woods on each ei e of the road were passed so Then the jingle of the ; until they passed out of hearing in distance. He fell gradually into a delicions slumber, which came near being the sleep of death. Fires are reported from many paris of the country. Tweddle Hall, in Albany, was destroyed by fire $200,000, A nail factory in Chicago was burned by in- Large parts of the business portions of Plainville, Conn, (loss, $20,000), and Lawrence, Kansas {loss $40,000), were burned. A confectionery factory in Philadelphia was aiso burned. George Scheller, lessee of the bar amd billiard room of the Newhall House, was arrested at Milwaukee on suspicion of having set fire to the building. . i fy — > YTARMERS' INSTITUTE. A FREE LECTURE COURSE ON FARM TOPICS. A course of lectures will be delivered at the Pennsylvania State College, begin- loss and ending Friday afternoon or evening, February 9. The lectures will embrace a wide range of subjects, of special impor tance to agriculturists, and opportunity will be given, as far as time will permit, for questions and discussions in copoec- tion with them. They will be open to all, free of charge, and all interested are cordiaily invited to attend, any one lec- ture, or the whole course: A few rooms in the College can be sup- plied at a charge of $3 00 for each room, this charge including rent, 1vel and use of such furaitare as is furnished to stu- dents, viz: bedstead, matiress, table, washstand aod chairs. Other articles, such as light, bedclothing, towels, etc., will need to be farnished by the oceu- pants for themselves. Table board can be had at the hotel or with private families in the village, the nsual charge of the latter being $3 00 per week. A few, by early application, can procure board in the College Club at their usual rate of about $2.00 a week, The lectures will treat on a variety of im t and interest b io BE ech, wa 1... B Zxtuident &thetton-Tuo Lic: tures: Industrial Edacati itis oy Pk for Furmers. vi Professor McK ee-—One Lecture : Farmers, Book ng for 3 By Prot Jordan Fidisen Lectures : Agri tural emistry, 4; Fertili 3; Stock-Breeding, 2; Cattle=Feeding, 3; Dairying, 3. 4. By Prolesstr Buckhoot—Eight Lec tures: Botany 3; Fruit Growing, 3; Vegetable Gardening, 1; Entomology, 1. 5 Nn Professor Osmond Three Joo farey: arm Mechanics, 2; Meteorology, dants bad, Great heavens ! said Mr. |
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