‘vorumg ( OLD SERIES, XL A THE CENTRE REPORTER. By FRED KURTZ. a The other day an Arkansas legislator, in a drunken fit, jumped into a river and was drowned. ( ameron denies that he intends to re- sign and Ben Butler denies that he stole tHe spoons. Well then, who stole Char- lets Ross ? that's next in importance. Ciovernor Pattison has written to par ties interested that he will not money to be drawn from the Treasury in allow ance of an appropriation. That's a md position to take. fabor, the new Senator from Colorado, 1 bonanza costing $250 a pie , and king, ‘wears night-shirts He has six of these. » $250 is just what some Senators pay some fellows to write a good speech’ for them, If the Colorado Senator does not show with $250 spe¢ches, why he can create a sensation by wearing $250 night-shirts. Now what's the difference—notoriety is noto- off and make himself noted riety, and a senator must come in for it some way, and then the Reporter has a notion” that a $250 *night-shirt is not as great a bore to the Senate as $250 speech would be. : - a. The monthly report published of oper- ations in the oil fields of Western Penn- svlvania will show that a point has been reached below which it seems impossible o » go. - Only 136 wells were completed of during February, with a Thirty-one of but 1,826 barrels per day th oad production wells were dry. The figures for the 123 and. 1,809 The prospect for Tittle preceding month: were and 13 respectively the coming x in wonth is very better. the entire region ti} 300 151 ere are only ow ventures unde: Of t hese wells ix ne new operations the new whl Wie y 21.000 barrels. Vaul: nite Ling i: ORK City Jaas a di than 15 las ERE # 170 lager beer sa- strict less itle square that ha ps. Another dis- square that has 99 or beer saloons. The OWS y the i124 in- i +1 miiles, {HK butchers, hese 10.000 rumshops Riera Oat ¢ gives the ant i places chiensive + ii hotels of all grads that there are t A PACES W ETE aie and beer only are and had, 1.000, i.1 } . 3 #3idd - there are 554 shop 8, drug stores other. places where | he total of can be estimated ill UOT whitch, with t ici gives a 10.079. Various stores nd shops where bread, meat and groce- procured foot io. In r words. there rumshops than food shops in this great « ity of New he up are more i York hv-2730 pi ——— — Dixmont Insane Asgsylum is just now being investigated on the charge of cruel- ty Jo inmates. ‘Corroll, an inmate of 18%) states that when Le was first taken there he was nsed very roughly ; he re- fazed to take medicine and was knocked down, kicked and choked ; after the sec ond day he never received any more abuse, but he saw plenty of others mal- treated ; one of the worst cases was that of a patient named Meyers ; Harper, an attendant, appeared to have a special dis- like for Meyers and abused him on all occasions, One day a patient named Lovell struck Meyers and knocked him against a bench; when Harper rushed in with a leather strap and struck Meyers on the back with a buckle and chased him intod cell; Harper had a bunch of kexs with. which he used to strike the patients’ faces ; witness was placed in a GONE At 12 o'clock, noon, on Sunday last, was the end of what was probably the last republican congress. It isgone. No one, not even a republican, mourns for it. In fact everybody, except the defeated river and harbor robber, is glad that the late congress is no more—dead and bure ied. It wrote its own epitaph, at its first session, when it elected Kiefer for Speak- er. It placed itself on the level of thieves when it passed the 19 million river and harbor steal, and refused to relieve the people of the burden of internal taxa- tion, a relic of the war, Gone with it are Robeson and a num- ber of other public plunderers who did not even receive decent burial at the hands of their constitucuts in the late politieal revolution. Never was a congress more deaf to the cry of the people for economy in the ex- penditures, to check johbery and relieve the people of taxes at a time when the Treasury had a hundred million surplus, It is gone, thank God, and with the meeting of the next Congress there will be a new set of men and a new order of things, embracing revenue and tariff re- form, and no plunder for the jobbers and lobbyists, -——— THE CAPITAL REMOVAL. George A. Hill, of Philadelphia, is highly elated by the fact that the House Judiciary Committee reported with an affirmative recommendation his resolu- tion to transfer the sittings of the Legis- lature and the executive department to the metropolis of the State. The point of unconstitutionality was raised upon it, but it was microscopically examined by able statesmen and able constitutional lawyers and no defect on that score found. Consequently the question of the removal of the capital to Philadelphia is destined in all likelihood to become an absorbing issue -——— Am the congress that mg the really useful members of just adjourned was our representative, Gov. Curtin, who stands most conspicuous as having been true to his trust, and the champion of reform measures. Gov. Cpotin has more than answered all expectations, and we can gay to him, in the name of his constita- ents, “Weil done, srood and faithful ser- vant.’ Gov, Curtin will be a member of the next congress where he will be with the majority, and the weight of his ability and experience will no doubt result in good to the eonntry at Large TS Gov, Cuartin’s bill for an additional pen- gion fdr one armed and one legged soldiers The bill asp assed i8 in the following language : “That from and after the passage of this act all per sons on the pension roll and all persons hereafter granted a pension, who, while in the military or naval service of the United States, and in the line of duty shall have lost one hand or one foot or been totally or permanently disabled so as to render their incapacity to perform manual labor equivalent to the loss of a hand or foot, shall receive a pension of $24 per moonth ; that all persons now on pension roll, and all persons hereafter granted pensions, who, in like manner, shall have lost either one arm at or above the elbow or leg at or above the knee, or shall have been otherwise so disabled as to be incapacitated for performing any manual labor, but not 80 much as to re- quire regular personal aid and attend. ance, shall receive a pension of $20 per month ; provided, nothing contained in this act shall be construed to repeal sec- tion 4609 of the Revised Statutes or to change the rate of $18 per month therein mentioned, to be proportionately divided for any degiee of disability established for which # ction 4699 makes no provi. sion. passed both houses. —— i sis API A Sos ir The Benete at its adjournment elected cell with two others, one of whom was uncontrelably filthy; the ventilation, was poor and the atmosphere unbes, rg. ble ; the straw ticks wer not chenged, and often they were coated wit’y filth ; another case was that of a patie nt named Swanson, who was tall and 8m and was subject to fits ; one day Sv.anson lost a rock and could not find it; Jamison, an attendant, said be would make him find it, and struck him; they clinched and fell, Swanson on 10) ; Jamison managed to get up first, however, and then began kicking Swanson about the body in # bratal manner; the latter then pleaded for him to quit and offered up a prayer to Gad for help; le then went into a fit, and Jamison left him lving on the floor. eit iret mains. Perry county pebple have petitioned for the establishment of the whipping post in this state. Bo mote it be, Prohibition has been defeated by the Texas legislature. Edmunds to the presidency in place of Davis whose senatorial term has ended. The House at its adjournment gave Kiefer a vote of thanks, 86 to 8, Alex, H. Stevens, Governor of Georgia, died at his home, on morning of 4. Died, at Lebanon, on 4, Pharis Cassidy, aged 102 years. Years ago he was a rail road comtractor and was well known throughout the state. Wiggins’ storms are advertised to come about the 0th of March, while Vennor's will not enter an appearance until the 23d of the month. Dukes’ trial for killing Nutt will come up in a few dave, At last the Michigan legislature has chosen a senator after weeks of balloting, T. W. Palmer is the lucky one and takes the place of Ferry. A man's son is worth $12356- aim A WAIL BROM THE BEARS, A Graphic Sketch of the Present Cone dition on Wall Street, The writer in the N. Y. Sun who gels up articles on the “ins and outs of Wall street,” and knows all about puts and calls, has the following sores wl mainly sensational : “The Wabash must go into the hands of a receiver. Bage will not purchase any more of its papers, And the fate of Wa- bash must be the fate of many other roags. The public have lost faith in rail- road kings and their properties, beliey- ing them to be all rotten. The Sun was first to call attention to the fact that the Erie road was issuing $5,000 000 bonds upon collaterals. which were already heavily mortgaged, and now comes the statement of the Philadelphia represev- tative of Drexel & Morgan that the new issue reduces the second consolidated mortgages to the standing of mere in- come bunds. not advance, although Dr. Norvin is anthority for stating that Mi bought $10,000,000 of the stock last and is still buying. | have also to believe, in spi eof the denial of cer tain Philadelphians, that the Pennsylva pias will issue ten millions more sto next month ich 18 Lareen % 11 sould whole railroad system of the United paid from the sale b had been { and stocks as long as they could be floa ed? Itscems as ifwe bad reached point where it is not a question of or ‘bear,’ but something much more im- fhaenl [SAFER been played upon honest people and their money! 1 can see no between this ‘Ring’ which must now come to an end, and a municipal ‘Ring’ The end is inevitable, and 1 think the day is near. Next week will bly gee a big break. | W. H. Vanderbilt expects come to the conclusion that the market 3 ity And tions of the future, whatever they may be True, that od Ord crops ia Europe might ont of danger, but the only at pre ent itis m ti brs fev the melting of snow in the bring about a recurrence of flo AD favorable. Money, too, is hardening banks and financial institutions ize very strictly any collaterals are offered them, Lven Mansger of the Rock Island road publicly, n few days ago, that so fur the vear 15883 bad been disastrous lo 7 roads. and unless there was change for the betier some of them mast go into bankruptey. Hels at the bead of one of the beat railroads of the conti- nent, and onght certainly to the said i i A STRANGE INTIMATION On the morning of the day bef death, it is sud, the late Mar Jewell awoke from asound sleep and at asked what was the mater at the b of William E. Dodge. A telegram had just boen rece: Mr. Jewell's family ana death of Mr. Dodge, bot | not thought best to let Mr, Jewell know if, so he was told that all was right there He would not believe them. Somethiog § iis re shin once ne Wan fliction had overtaken the family. In sisting upon this, and refusiog to accept his family's denials, he at length induced them to telegraph to New York to see what was the matter. gram as to instruct those who received it to answer that everything was all right. When this answer came, they told Mr, Jewell, who refused to believe it, and asked to see the message itself. The re- qnest being granted, and Laviog the oca- lar proof before his eyes, in the shape of an nomistakable telegram message, he dubiously remarked “Well, it does seem to be so; but it is very strange, I know there is something the matter, that something serious has happened in Mr. Dodge's house in New York,” And that impression he retained, until, sson afterward he, too, ended his earthly life.—N. Y. Tribune. Mrs. Dodge was a daoghter of Mr. Jewell. After the latier’s death, the mother reached the home of her widows ed danghter, in New York, on her way on A trip to the South which wasadvised by her physician on account of the shock from the death of her son-in-law, Mr. Dodge, followed by the death of her hina: band a few days later. Dut at the home of her daughter Mrs. Jewell suddenly broke down and died there one day last week, thus quickly Jollowing her sons in-law and her husband EE THE FLOODS. DISTRESSING REPORTS. A member of the commitee which has jast returned from the flooded district says that the people of Lswrenceburg, Jeffersonville, Tell city, Leavenworth and other towns are in great distress, Hundreds of houses have been totally ae molished, and others are falling in every day. The sediment on the floors of houses in one to two inches in depth, Great loss has been sustained owing to the de. struction of furniture. Chairs, bedatends, pianos have become unglued and fallen apart. Great destrvetion was caused by floating timber. At Lawrenceburg there are still 300 people in the Court ITonee, where the at ere, laden with the fames of Siinerolis obi ing stoves, is most tively Ristiosiekcaass there fibyet, althaugis some death rd from exposn The principal needs at tho preseht time are provisions, bedding and clothing. At Lawrepceburg the commiiesman thinks that nearly four hundred bed- steads are wanted, and when the houses are made habitable cooking stoves will be needed. Goversor Porter and Secretary of State Myers left at noon to-day for Lawrenceburg, and will also vist other points before returniog. The town of Leavenworth has suffered beyond des- eription. Every houss in the town was submerged to the second story, and many of them were completely beneath the sur- face, Nearly all of them were damaged beyond repair, and the community has been reduced to a state of bankruptey Many of thesmaller towns below Evans- ville cannot be commnnicated with cept by river, and even this methed uncertain and slow. eX iB IN DREADFUL add to the general misery the weather has heea cold and raw for raver- al days and nighls, and as the vi ligeis Leve been in almost every instance whol- ly without bedelothing or proper covers ing their sufferings from cold have rep- STRATE 3 iO sccondary consid- late news from Posey county is of a distressing nat That part © P'osey county bordering on the Wabash s distance of sixty miles, is literally del- iged and ruined. Posey conaty has 100 It will be seen, there- res. he farmers beng losers demage has g y stored in barns, It the heaviest immense been done to tobac entire and almost the me fr Appeals of ier towns lor medi gome of the 28, Their Phy- ans report that as waters subside vphoid and other malarial fevers will be prevalent, and a great deal of sickness is looked for. Anticipating this, the Board i he tablish dispensaries oa boatsin the flood- quantities of needed being forwarded. SUFFER FIOM Ms Ladirnapolis, Ind, Fel i from Rosi the Ohio Ty RS BY THE ruary2s Letters are, Hardin County, diver, ninety miles renresent the effects of the } as very The destitute ple are gathered in school-houses and yarches, suffers want of f othing and med The sufferers in : on have received no aid whats ever, The village has 8 post-office and an Adame Expre Civ . on ve Cairo, dias rouse, from food iit reg wi office, HOUSES FLOATS Lat, Fe re fi Lt Casspveilie, Ky. All Wa. sixty JM oRtiog abont Like corks, houses in the bottom sre 1 from thiny to iil way to iph s O0MY RBEPORTY. x H. Winess. of jii., sent by Governor Hamilton to inves- tigate and report upon the state affairs at Shawneetown, arrived that ie £ travernor t help for the distressed was impera- tively demanded and that to be effective it ate. He says the sitn- under "he river is wide all the 4 1 A G33 ! ¥ reer Springfield from pace a X . a ti 22) 3 il once telegrand i th this power {0 descr} Between fivennd six huadred houses in the town are under waler are habitable and those only in the upper stories than 120 houses il fatin deiiall ing Only led from foun- wdred people are receiv Ooe-half $0 tsodhirds of cosnty is flooded Fences are gone, corn is destroyed and peo- ple are driven from their homes. Dyesen- tery, pneamonia and malarial fevers pre- vail and are increasing. ‘The river at had fallen about three relief, ai ot -~ AFAMILY BEWITCHED, A Remarkable Story Told by a Farmer in Sumerse! County Myersdale, Febraary 26.—~Jesse Miller, a farmer, living in Greeaville township, Somerset county, i= ready to swear that his household is afflicted with a witch. Some time ago he found a saddle hang- ing on a hook by the chimney. le had placed it on the balusters. This occurred three times, and every member of the family accused solemnly declared that they bad not touched the saddle, Miller took it to the woodshed and again it was displayed. He then removed thessddle to to ssaw-mill and spiked it to astandard. It stays there, His wife was washing one day and stepped out of the apartment for a few minutes. Returning, she was amazed to find the articles, which she had left in the tab, thrown about over the floor. Miller was aroused one night by terrible screams in his front yard. He Lound oot of bed and rushed ont and fonnd his danghter there alone, She had no kpowledge of how she got there. Every window and door in the house was locked and bolted as when the younglady went to bed. Twice since alie has been spirited out of the house in broad Sar lght in the presence of her mother and others, The spirit of darkness that exerts this influence over the young lady is invisible to ull others She describes the witch ss resembling an old woman, with hoary locks, hairy face and wearing a white cap. The Miller family is oronghly ter ri- fied, ns is also the entire community. Mil. ler intended to leave the locality as soon os possible. Meanwhile hie has been in Meyersdale in quest of a witch docter, to make the place tolerable for 1 short time ot ut least. He ts firm in his witeh bes ie, - ew THE TAX BILL A LAW. The House Abdicates ils Functions and Patses the Senate Rill, Wa hington, March 4. - The conference comm ities trill hilt passad the house last evening was subsequently signed by the prosident and is now a law, Bit ove tariff bill bas aver killed By the presidential ‘NO. 10. velo and it was not likely that this one would be strangled in that way. Sirangely enough while there were 151 4 i of the bill, there are not one-fourth of that number who were passing it, leading republicans preferred the oid mess. ure with its surplus ! ties of plunder, but they Incked age of their convictions and failing a democratic scapegoat wore compelled make a feast of and indigestable., Blgine and stood over the house as with = peiling their party associates to thew, CeRrneil'y desirous Robeson, Keifer nud the other revenues ar row bowever distastelu tie well known that these gentlemen aresatisfied Bat they have a sensitive {is publie pulses and reasoned ic that public sentiment would another dissppointment frou can party. Like Keifer and would have welcomed such position, it have b they locked vainly for such a tion and were driven to thes bill against every « ly governs their political act In allthis there, was one hop the republicans clung. mL would onsiderati It was if the constitutional question of of the senate Lo originale reve raised the measure would fal fort was made lo gel raise this point, and thu sponsibility from which the otl One curious feature of the guilty. When Judge Kelley pre conference he was a schedule explniniag it. tunity to defeat the bill would have sccepled by the republicans if the demand bad come from the democerslic side. But it was Col. Bayne, a republican monopolist from Me Ked report, Even t} opp bee yvivania, who raised the point, and it bad Ww be evaded swered, Iv was consequently i terfuge in the shape of a Keifer at rst ruled thal insufl fuding that 1Z8 the hill hi subsequently was read, ar consumed by th bute beger of the bill to lead ply a confession thal Lis own Dill the floor, however, He tried to explair ) SAY Lint § Hes He wa Ph ARIES - o-oo. The Conference { wien grazed 118 =. ht on Friday wav t i+: bor iatig in ihe Dx iy Republicaus fSOLug agsiust 1 were Don Camervu and Vaa Wyek, « Nebraska, and the only Democrat in {a vor was McPherson, of New , though it was understood several Demo cratic Senators would Lave given it (be votes if they bad been needed. In House tue vole was mixed. Kelley Bayuoe, Campbell, Miler aud Erret, Re publicans of this sta e, voled no, and Randall, Belizhoover, Ermentrm, Kiotz, Wise nnd Muichier, Democrats, fur the bill, Some Demvcrats from other states aiso voiad in we allirmatuve, bul McKinley, of Ohio, seams 10 have been the ouly Republican, outside of Peuu- #lvania, who voted against the bill The great buik of the vole for the hill Republicans, and the negative vole Dem ocrats, with a few high tanfl Republi cans, President Arnhur immediately signed the bill, aod it is sow the law of the land. Jersey $ it was Rhode Island is kept in the control of the Republican party because her Sate jaws Qscrimiinnie between native and natoralized eitizeus when they come to vote, The native born is only required to pay a dollar poil tax, while the foreign born citizen mast own real csiale or his ballot is refused, Under this unjost, us democratic and tyrannical law several thousand men are uot qualified to vole who would cast their ballots for the Democratic candidates, and make that State Democratic. That is why Republi onns keep such a jaw operative, It Gen, Davis, of the Doylestown Dewi ocral, would have his own way about the matter, he would abolish fees entirely, and throw open all the county ie She pécple free of cost. There Is no né- ty of n longer contintignce of this tax. The various duties of the judge, omméssioners, and county treasurer, are discharged without cost 10 the people and foes can just as readily be dispensed with in other county offices. If ia no necessity for the county commission. era to exact fees for the bosiness thev transact in their office for the public, there can be none for tne ana Recorder. There can by no objsetion, that we can seo, to the abolition of ali foes, nnd to throw open the court to all, “withont money and withent price’ Down with the system. ) .