voLux { OLD, SERIES, XI, THE CENTRE REPORTER. FRED. KURTZ, Eprror and Pror's. There are over $500,000 lying idle on deposit in the Lewisburg banks. Yes, and the RerorTER would add, slong with it the owners of the stuff, are lying idle around the town, and that's the reason why Lewisburg can’t get up a business boom. a A New Millport snapping turtle lived nine weeks with its head cut off. It died in disgust, no doubt, of Sherman and Ma. hone's abortive effort to create a bloody shirt howl. All Apr The Lewistown Gazelle was one of the concerns that went into hysterics be- cause Carlisle, “a free trader,” was elect- ed Speaker. Now the same paper has taken the jim-jams because the speaker and the house are not playing free-trade. Cranks are hard to pl ase. i : The session of the Presbyterian congre- gation at Mifflintown closed its investiga- tion as to the dances in which a number of its members engaged, and their ulti- matum was read from the pulpit. The pastor stated that the charge of card playing that had been made against him before the session could not be true for the reason that he had never learned the art of card playing. A pn Mr. J. G. Blain, of the firm of Blain Bros., proprietors of the Huntingdon car and car wheel works says that arranage- menis had been consummated with all their creditors that will enable the firm to resume operations in a few days, New bonds, which will be exchanged for the old ones, are now being engraved and will be ready for distribution soon. remains lin Peter Herdic has not yet quit kicking altogether. The Jersey Shore Herald says: Peter Herdic's new enterprise in this vicinity seems to be “booming” right along, and we feel like rejoicing that Pe- ter has chosen this vicinity to settle down and locate in his old days. The boom is to be finished at the earliest possible pe- riod, and other enterprises worthy of note will be inaugurated in due season, which we are not free to give to the pub- lic. Just wait and look on. “Verily, the end is not yet.” Ri The Lancaster County Auditors on Sat- urday made their report to the Court, charging every alderman, justice of the peace and constable in the county with having drawn illegal fees, amounts rang- ing from a few cents to hundreds of dol- lars, and aggregating thousands. Actions to recover these amounts will be pressed. m————— oT MP oom Tariff means tax, and the latter is the term that should be used, then every body would understand it. A high protective tariff means simply a high tax on any thing brought in from a foreign country and this high tax the consumers in this country must pay. A high protective tax (tariff) prohib- its importation of certain articles, this enables the manufacturer in our country to put his wares as high in price as he pleases and the consumer pays the tax (tariff) which goes into the pocket of the capitalist and enables him to amass millions while the working man, who pays the tax (tariff) strikes for higher wages, but never gets it. Free-trade, literally, means no tax (tariff); but there are no free-traders in that sense ; all admit that there should be a moderate tax (tariff) on goods im- ported to defray the expenses of the gov- ernment, and not so high as to foster mo- nopolies. A high protective tax (tariff) brings no revenue to the treasury, but it speedily fills the coffegs of the monopolist, A moderate tax (tariff) encourages trade and the tax or tariff goes to the government instead of into the purse of the monopolist. This is the whole thing in plain Eng- lish. — One day last week ou our way to din- ner we noticed a caterpillar and wasp crawling over the genow and a blue bird warbling on a tree.—Lewistown Free Press, When will “these” four critters meet again, a a Congressman Blackburn has been elected senator from Kentucky, He has been in the house five terms and has & good record, es A SAP ~e(ireat floods the Ohio and other rivers, and t to Slottiog. the. Philadelphia store, which always kee ge assortment of clothing in tion of the state, a A —— The Ohio legislature passed a new ap- portionment. It gives the Democrats 10 districts, the Republicans nine snd two doubtful. The Republican gerryman- der repealed gave the Democrats six and Republicans fifteen. Sm———— op nas ~All winter goods at cost—~Garmans,3 THE MORRISON TARIFF BILL. The new tariff bill is a short one, and recognizing the classification and discrim- inations of the present law, provides for a reduction of duties of 20 per cent., after 1st of July next, with the proviso that the duty on no article shall be lower than under the Morrill tariff act of 1861. Subject to this proviso the duties on cot ton or cotton goods are not to exceed 40 per cent ad valorem, on metals 50 per cent., on wool and woolen goods 60 per cent. The free list is largly extended, and includes iron, lead and copper ores, coal, timber for ship building, jute butts, and a long list of drugs and chemicals used in manufactures, It is claimed for this bill that it does not reduce the duties below rate advocated by the Tariff Commission in its report to Congress, as safe and expedient —that is 25 per cent. on the rate of duties levied by the recent tariff law, superceded by the bill of the Conference Committee. Sms sann— Clearfeld Republicans have indicated their preference for Blaine for President and Robert Lincoln for Vice President. The latter is not a neighborly choice— they should have whooped ‘er up for Beaver. Congress is moving in the right direc- tion relative to the land grants and will be backed up by the people. On 1 inst. the House made a good beginning in the matter by passing bills forfeiting the grants of nine roads, including the Tex as and Pacific, and aggregating 21,000,000 of acres. The bills passed praclically without opposition, although there were severa! dodgers. Barr, of Pean'a wasthe only man who voted against the forfeit- ure of the 16,000,000 acres granted to the Texas and Pacific. Several more bills are to follow, and the aggregate of all the lands will ba between 50 and 60 million acres. The railroad attorneys some time ago abandoned work in the House, and concentrated their efforts to prevent the passage of the bills through the Senate, but it is thought that the latter body will not take the responsibility of defeating this legislation. The House Committee on Public Lands adopted, by a unanimous vote, a resolu- tion declaring the forfeiture of the land grant now held by the Oregon Central Railway Company. The land grant of the California and Oregon Railway Company will be the next one declared forfeited. It thought by members of the Com- mittee that the Northern Pacific grant will be taken up for consideration, and that the unearned portions of it will be forfeited. AA The flood at Pittsburg, last week, was higher than any since 1832. In Pitts burg and suburbs 6000 houses were flood- ed. . ABOUT THE THEORY OF CERTAIN PHASES OF PROTECTION. {Chicago Times.) Germany Las established an embargo against American mannfactures of swine. Mexico has established a no less effect- ive embargo against American manufac- tures of iron and wood, machinery, tools, wheeled vehicles, etc. The tariff of from $33 upon a two-wheeled cart and $66 up on a common “lumber” wagon, to $132 on an open buggy and $386 on a coach, that Mexico exacts, is not a less effective embargo upon the products of the great American Yattiage and wagon-making in- dustry than is the decree of Herr Bis- marck against the products of the great American pork-making industry. Yet here, on one hand, are the protection gentry howling for retaliatory measures to force the German government toadmit our manufactures to the markets of that country, while oni the other hand here comes the Mexican Government with a voluntary proposition to admit our wool and iron manufactures to the markets of that country on condition that America shall withdraw its em upon certain manufactured products of Mexico that are not produced in this country, and that oor manufacturers as well as custom ers desire to get; and the same protec- tion gentry that are anathematizing the protectionin Government of Germany ect t roposition o e protection- i OVOP of Mexico! On what ground of reason, eof justice, or fair play 1 the protectionism that refuses to accept from Mixico the liberty of a market in that country for the pro- ducts of our wood and iron manuofactor- ing industries demand from Germany the liberty of a market in that try for the products of our hog-manufacturing industries ? Why shall not Herr Bis mark answer to io Samer jor a fomoval embargo net American por by pointing jo the refusal of the Senate to accept the proffer of a free market in Mexico for American wagons as proof y No sensible man prefers wealth to bealth, Bome few Bre Doth ; bot many haven't either, Well, you nay have first wel ke | a) oa! Be » erything.” What's the = ? yk weak, irregular, is disease can ae a same sources, Just take a few bottles of Brown's Iron Bitters, it will remove the canses of disease and restore you to ros bust health, Ask your d Brown's Iron Bitless. a A —— 5 12 shades macrama—Garmans, The town of Hazleton has been terribly excited over a cave-in that occurred there, on 7, in the second and third lifis of the Laurel Hill colliery of Ario, Par- dee & Co. The scene of the disaster was opposite the lower depot of the Lehigh Valley railroad, and but a short distance from the large machine shops of the game company. Upwards of a square ofgrond was 1enited by the cave-in, most of it set tling one to three feet, bat that most dis- turbed settled from eight to fifteen feet, Representative Ermentrout was in- structed by the house committee on banking and currency, to report a bill for the exchange of the trade dollars for standard silver dollars at par by January 1, 1885. id e— THE JUNIATA FLOOD. Hantingdon, Feb. 7.—The damage done to property at Alexandria last night by the breakiog up of the ice gorge on the Juniata river at that place greatly ex- ceeded the most extravagant predictions, the extent of which cannot at present be definitely ascertained. Yesterday's rain overflonded the river and the land lyiog on either side for a distance of six bua dred feet was entirely submerged. The water rose to such an extent that the lower part of Alexandria was covered to the depth of seversl feet and people were obliged to move sbout in boats, Toe terrible bavoc created by the breaking up of the ice gorge on the dam above the villgae will not be fully known until the water recedes. The large barn of Mm, Molstein was swept away together with two others with all their valuable con- tents, Hon. A. J. MeAteer's residence was filled with water to the first floor and his barn was surroanded with water to the debth of tea feet. Considerdble damage was also done to the properties of Dr. Hewitt, David Heoderson and Hartfield & Co, Mifflintown, Feb. 8.—~The ice gorge at Thompsontown broke last night snd oo ite way down the river carried off aspan of the Millemstown bridge. The entire bridge at Thompsontown is goneand on- ly one pier can be seen. - ————— For the RerorTER, FROM JUNIATA COUNTY. Mz. Epiton—I have been a reader of the ReronvEr ever since I have been able to read a paper, and I feel ita great pleasure yet 10 get the paper and peruse the news of old Centre Co, and I thought that some of its many readers would be interested in reading some of the news from Juniata county, and if you will al- low me some space in your colomons I will try to state some facts concerniog this county. I will first speak of farming, as it is the priocipal industry of this community. I'he farmers here are a very industrious class of people and were favored with a tolerable good summer crop and a very good wheat crop which they are now threshing and hauling to market. They thresh principally by steam as they do in your couuty. I saw a steamer here owned by Geo. Bryner called the “Invin- cible” manufactured by Hoberts, Shoop & Co., of Tree Rivers, Mich, and 1 can truly say far exceeds any thresher I ever saw, The weather here for the last few weeks has been very unhealthy and bas been very foggy every day with rainy spells, The waler is very high in the main stream of this the Tuscarora valley. This stream with its tributaries drains the western part of this county snd emp- ties into the Juniata river. 1 visited the Tuscacora this morniog and found the stream very high. The ice is gorged at Pumroy's dam, and the stream is full of broken ice for about one and one-half miles and should there be a heavy rain to raise the water high enough to start this immense body of ice 1t will nodoabt prove very destructive to county proper: ty in the form of bridges. With this I wiil close for this time. Hoping I have not asked too much space in your paper, I remain very respecifally yours, W. L. Sxvoue. Pleasant View, Juniata Co, Pa. Feb. 7. NEW LAWS. Among the acta of assembly enacted at the last session of the legislature which are ot interest to our people are the fol- owing : The several courts are authorized, with the concurrence of the grand jury, to chaoge the limits of any incorporated borough of this common wealth. 8chool directors are required, upon the application of the parents of twenty or more pupils, to open a night school, Farms divided by county lihes shall hereafter be amessed in the county wherein the mansion house is located, Members of borough council shall here- after be elected for two years, one-half retiring annually, Any policeman or constable or any agent of the Pennsylvania socie\y forthe prevention of cruelty to animals shall, upon his own view or on the complaint of others, make arrests for the violation of the law to Jrovens cruelty to animals, The Erglish sparrow may hereafter be lawfally killed at any time, The term of h officers shall here- after terminate on the frst Monday of March each year,—~Jumaia Tribune. a RENEE A — DNESDAY, FEBRUARY NO WONDER. A Man that Buffered Mental and Physical Agony Eight Years Proclaims His Happiness, Menial agony is dreadful, but when TEWFIK ANNIHILATED. The Defender of Suakim and His | that and a physical ailment combine, it Heroic Band Slaughtered. | is simply terrible, Sach was the condi- - | tion of George W. Frampton, of Hunt | jned: y Td. sig ks ’ > The Mahdi Proposes to Invade Ture | ingdon, W Va, for eight years, He was a sufferer of necrokes: that is, the legs Key—Rebels Cutting the Wires— bone at the ankle was inflamed asd mor- Gordon's Progress Stayed — tified, which causes a running sore, He Lord Wolseley iz Demand, give: “Pieces of bone the size of a silver three cent piece came out of the sore (n Buaxim, Feb. 6-The enemy have sur. my ieg. Lie vischurge from the sore was aimost continaxl, and 1 was ucable to rounded and destroyed Tewfik Bey and 400 | walk. For eight years I have been doce- followers betweon Binkat and the coast. toring. I have been under the treatment This disaster was not unexpected For | of a physician at Newport, Ky. for one many weeks Tewfik Boy has been maintain | year: another st Burlington, Ohio, at- ing an obstinate resistance in Sinkat, closely | (ei, ded me for three years, and a doctor beset on all sides with enemies, in the hope here at Hun'ingdon worked with me for that forces would be sent to his relief. Word | o long time. None of them did me any from him reached Suakim on Thursday last, good, and they all finally said my case announcing that if relief did not arrive by | ou hopeless, A few months ago I com- Saturday he should make a desperate effort | pn al nsing Peruna, and now 1 sm to cut his way through the enemy to the | oi} T can walk as well as anybody, and coast, as his condition forbade the further | 4 ve perfect use of my limb, “Words are attempt to hold the town. This effort has | i... 3, 0are to describe the mental agony proved futile. I suffered when I thought I was always A spy, who has returned, reports that El | ¢, 1.0 § sufferer. The thoughts of the af- Mahdi recently wrote to Osman Digna, | gi.4i0n caused me more distress than the leader of the rebels in this vicinity, that he sore, #0 that the two combined was in- intended to invade Turkey and kill the suk | 4, § .o.nv. Being now free from both tan, to conquer India and eventually to sub- . jugate the whole world, mental and physical suffering, my hap- The telegraph wires have been cut be- piness knows no bounds. Peruna has fur. tween Massowah and Kassala, nished me that which I prayed for dur- Grave fears are entertained that the Mus | ‘°F my eight years of suilering.” sulmans of this piace will treacheronsly rise and massacre the European residents Camro, Feb, 7.—The telegraph wires have been cut north of Kbartoum, and still later failed between Berber and Bbendy, possibly indicating the advance of the rebels along the caravan routs, Public opinion here is strongly in favor of the appointment of Gen. Lord Wolseley to full military and political control iu Egypt. Sir Evelyn Baring has received a telegram from Baker Pasba stating that the force which attacked hin numbered less than a chamber of the new thousand men, church 58 ed 10 its utinost capacity. The The British corvette Briton, now at Bom- | © pm, after which bay, and the French man-of-war Infernel, e pastor and pow in the Eastern Mediterranean, have bh, under the nazoe and title of the been ordered to proceed to Bueakim, “St. Jo Lutheran Church of Milibelm,” was The English garrison bere went through cuted 10 the worship of the Triune God. After the forms yesterday of a defense of the city tion Dr. ¥. Courad, of Phil against a supposed attack. A sham battle story sermon. Hi was fought, nistry pox Loxpos, Feb, 7.~The government bas ar- ranged for the transportation of 9,000 men to Egypt, should it become necessary to send them The Times urges the government to at onoe declare a protectorate over Egypt. Mr. James UKelly, M. P., who went to the Soudan as special correspondent for The Daily News, bas not been heard from sino the 18th of December, Despatches received here stats that Gen- Gordon i= at Kerosko, and is unable to pro- cond further, owing to the fact that the tribes beyond that point have revolied aud are in sympathy with El Mahdi The Cotton weavers of Blackurn beld a § soe mass meeting and repudiated the action of | their delegate in accepting the five per cent. reduction in wages proposed by the manu facturers - -——- For the REFroRTER Depicarion or Br, Jonx's Lurnerax Cuauscu at Mirae, SATURDAY, AT 7 P. u., Fen. 9.—Rev.Schoch, of Jersey Shore, preached an edifying sermon from Sol. 5:16: This is my beloved ; this Is my friend. His theme was “Christ a friend,” which was baodied as a work- man that needeth not be ashamed Babbath morning the clouds bad broken and mi of the preceeding week began to disap the gic Hi By two o'clock, the hour appointed for di peur afi appropriate an i service was read by U adelphia, SIn0 WE The church through ber mi ulgaies The Doctor utility, adapta Church of Christ ber miniders and laymen embers, He drew attention 0 the manner of publishing the divine the law of man's highest welfure emphasised in his tion and taste. He gave the introductions, prominence law, viz: in the sphere of the family civilization and moral reform, snd then offerdd some periinent, practice] reflections. The Doctor ie congregeiion ened 10 ald in its int of S130 was in cash and subscription. The response wes At p.m. a children's meeling There was a full then stated the indelodness ¢ $1.20 liquidatic rained free and and appealed to the a n and soon the ax liberal wae held attendance ad ad livered by Revs and W, The aflernoon was spent very profitably 1 fell to say with the Paalmist How are Thy tabernacies, O Lord of hosts AtTp m dresses were de Conrad amiable there was another service. The Doo . — tor again proached to a large and aitentive sudi- The seven months’ strike of toe winaow | ence. Thesubject was, “Lutlier and the Reform. glass workers in Pittsburg bas been settled, | © o8 £ on fessor of the Truth and operations will be resumed at once in the western faltories Representative Brumm says be dos not - propose to let drop the investigation of the | ¥ico Weis Lighly commended charges against Mr. Hewitt in connection | Bo unceriais sound with the O'Donnell case. At the office of the Oregon Transconti- rental conrpany, in New York, the story that Messrs, Gould and Bage will enter the direc tory is emphatically denied. It is believed now that the man Rugg, ar rested for the sssanlt an the SBpragues, was the murderer of the Maybees and the assail- ant of the Townsends, on Long Island. The trial of Rowell for the killing of Lyte), his wife's seduocer, at Batavia, N. Y., was ended yesterday by a verdict of not guilty, on the ground of self-defense, Saturday, February 2. The death of the Swedish bishop Carl Olaf Bjoriing is announced. Creal wiress was nid on Luther and the Reformers, the confession u cotifessors, Luther and doctrinal system an the Lutheran d Rurgical The Doctor gives This dedication was a feast of fal things for the Lutherans in Millheim and vicinity ; they feel that St Lutheran church is an actuality. They reloice in the as surance that the Lord hath done great things whereof they are glad. The committer performed thelr parGwell. The choir discoursed exellent mua. sic. Mr. Karseuknabe, of Harrisburg, presided at the organ. lo conclusion the long meter doxology was sung and the benediction pronounce ed by Dr. Cond February 10, 1884 will ever be a green spol In the memory of the members of $1 Johu's church. eh ; her set Boe SONNE - - For the Rerontin AN ODE TO THE SPRING MIilds HOUSE Come one and ail on Joho H. Bibby's call, And try his board and lodging, Mr. Morrison is ready to submit his tariff HE nin pote bill to the ways and means committee, . His house is new and furnished too, Tem and the tariff promises to be nah rootns snd bets to sleep in, the leading issues in New Jarsey legislation. EE Donia Sha Mow nifords, Admirals Porter, Rogers and Jenkins are His barn Is large and very warm, urging the construction of additional ships Where teams are safe from storm : of war, The SOIR + atid ons and juod tame hay 3 p wo . HN. Nevios of Red Bank, was elected | = SE © edges aT sommander of the Grand Army of the Ee Are most obliging and kind ; public of New Jersey. Their duty to entertain well The report that Admiral Courbet had AR who stap at his hore, ately stormed Bac-Ninh and been repulsed w pronounced to be without foundation. The workmen in the window glass facto cox at Pittsburg, Pa., have resumed work. Cisey have lost $500,000 in wages by the trike, Moyer, who was carved by Koebel in a ishit in a foundry at St. Louis, on Wadnes iay, is dead, Berger, who was also stabbed, 4 dying in the hospital. The great ice carnival will begin in Mon- treal Monday, and a great number of por wns will be in that city from various parts ff the country to take part in the sport, Dradstrest reports 885 failures in the JTuited States the week, ffty-five more than the week, eighty-nine nore than the work of 1853. The Newfoundland sailing steamer Boar ous sold at Bt. Johns, N. B.. to the Ameri 11 government for the ng Greely ex. wetition. She leaves Bt for New York vext week » . By a Guesr, PUBLIC SALE=. a pL A fale March 1. Prec SALE At the residence of the under. at Spring Mills, on Saturday, March 1, the following propert One cow, one heifer, 6 shoats. cook stove, coal stove, 2 bedsteads and bedding, 2 burean, walnut table, set chairs, rocking chair, joe cream freever, wood. chest, churn, 7 carpet, ollcioth, lot of bar rels. vinegar, § mect vessels, If bu. measure, steuiyards, ete. Balestip.m. J. D. LONG. Sno Sale March 11. Prsuc SALE. ~At the residence of the under signed, about mid-way between Penn Hall and spring Mills, Tuesday, March 11 One home 3 coms, oer nai 7 Bares wht sow 2 2 wagon, wage 1 Dias sled horse sied, cutter, plow, har row, cultivator, shovel plow, potato plow, new radio, 2 saddles, Ww hors: gears, Ed chains ul , 1 settee, tables, k, lot aS cook stoves, 2 iin] engin! uben- m, LE. ET lew-atigation uv XY. , in into the killing of Mr. Hughes at the state lunatic asylum was continued before Coro- ay afternoon, Bale March 14 TBLIC SALE Will be woid at public sale at . residence of pl pub Saintes leit head of horned bull ee Ed ott and two from the United States, the Ameri cans won by a score of 30 to 28, Warners healih comet, Coraline : 's glove, fitting and corded Bale March 13, JPrBLIc BALE ~WIIl be sold at public sale, 2 miles south east of Boslsburg, ou Wednesday, March 13, the following | One mare, 2 cows, one fresh ; b shoals, open buggy, spring wagon, set of single hamess, set of plow g Household furniture, Cooking stove, room stove and pipe: 3 bedstesds, stand, dressing bureau, breakfast table, dining table, square cupboard, sink, doughtay, set of kitchen chairs, 8:4 of car seated chairs, 2 rocking chairs, lounge, cradle, J hour clock, crocks and buckets, mest vessel! kettle, cider barrel, vinegar stone, and other articles, Wim, Goheen, Auct, Bale Feb 16 HO! GOING WFB1 DUBLIC BALE. Will be sold sl the residence « it one mile southeast of Madisonburg February 18: Four good draft bh young cows, 3 head young eatlle, cheep, two four-horse wagons, 1s spring wagon, buggy, two Jong sieds, sieds, swell-body sicigh, No. 1 Buckeye reaper with platform and seifrake, centre draft bay rake, gun spring grais drill, plows, harrows, cul tivators, shovel plows, cornplauter, coruseraper, threshing machine with shaker, strap and power; is interest in & clover-huller, Johnson fannin mill, cutting bench, 3 set hay ladders, sel woo ladder, new elevator, 100 feet inch hay rope i leys, harpoon fork, gralo