VOL, NEW SERIES, XVIIL THE CENTRE REPORTER. FRED. KURTZ, Eviror and Pro?’R. ——————— Two huudred and forty-one divorces were granted to unhappy husbands and wives in Philadelphia during 1884. For a city of “Brotherly Love” this is pretty good. oo __— legislature Hon. Wm. A. Wallace NS, Beng the have made caucus nominee for U, } Penn- represented in it was in their power to elect hir sylvania would thea be +h - " the senate. — i ———————— eA ATA GOVY.PATTISON'S MESSAGE. The Pittsburg Post sums up the Gov- ernor's message as follows: The only regret about Gov. Pattison’s message is that it is too lengthy to secure theatten tion and general perusal from the best intelligence of the Commonwealth that do not study brevity enough, or recognize the A. se ——— its merits demand. Public men fact that these busy days, with so many demands on the reader who desires to keep ordinarily well posted, the one way to effectively reach the public ear is to cultivate conciseness of argument and Yet we d ald the art of “boiling down.” trade is reported good, the operation in | the Clearfield region being estimated to | 80,000,000 feet. The largest produce number of operators will finish up their | contracts during the next four weeks, it » is reported that all the square timber that will be got out has already been | £, f fi contracted for in the east at from 18 cents per foot, delivered at Lock Ha- ven. 16 tO - En Under the provision of appropriation bill, which has passed the it tl the pension house, reducing the number « pe the senate concur and the bill become a law preside the matter, and it has been suggested that both the Philadel; burg agencies will be only one agency. $ spy # ti nt will have the dispositi hia and Pitts discontinued, and or d at Harrisburg to which } t estabiigne Russell Erret will be transferrad continued in office. ——— in Connecticut they ting puni ol teacher, in fli ini 11t rutal in James Farren, days ago, fractured his jaw bone. ren and a companion, were misbehavin when Loveland seized them and stro their heads together with that the ren’s face - The rds of railway forclosure nce than he intended i i red i in the United States during 15584 harvest of bankrup » (lisastrous times, cot ome ten years ago, has now b We find ti nat at vear the number of roads thus a 8 1 * } t ly gathered, » and the amount of capital repre sented, were all much less than in previ- 1 i 4 ok ous years since 1876, when our recor began, and that the i having a y al were nearly little “importance, only one mileage of over 71 miles. The toal ier the foreclos ure in 1885 was eighteen; total miles, 710; bonded debt, $7,591,000; capital ck, $18 total stock and 504,900. In these figures the debt not include accrued interest or floating indebtedness, which would very | nun ber of railways sold un 910 000 ; does greatly increase the obligations, In a few cases the amount of debt and gpi- tal stock bas been partially estimated, where late figures had not been made publie. It will be found that most of the roads in this list have been insolvent for some years, their final dale being simply a settlement of long existing trouble, SKATING RINKS, The Harrisburg Conference News says: lov. Father Koch, of St. Edward's Ro- man Catholic church, Shamokin, has Joined the crusade against the skating rinks. On last Sunday he delivered a stirring philippic on the subject, in which he denounced the rinks as grossly immoral through the mixed and ques tionable associations thereof, the free- dom of action that comes from the so- called “etiquette” of such places, and the slow undermining of modesty and vir tue in females which comes from expos- ure of persons by falls that are inevitable even with the most agile skaters. There the virtuous girl and the woman of loose character meet on a common plane, equally open to the wiles of the liber tine and seducer, Parents permit their young to meet and commune there with those whom they would scorn to admit to their home circle, If evil flows from the contamination, who will be at fault? Father Koch expressed the hope that his young people would seek more suitable recreation in the future, and counselled parents to pay closer attention to their children on this point, He also gave warning that continued patronage of the rinks by members of his flock would bring the offenders under the discipline of Se Shuch. Tis sermon i much in n the sgation o Sanday, and since among the outside both Protestant and Gu or advanced argument not pertinent to an ir of the affairs of the Com- single recommendation 1n pa dg 3 understand Mon wes Certainly the bristles with strong points and ire to apportion the State and pass) the en ihe Govern- hi force titution. ratified in railroad | articles of the Constituti os not yield a join ’ ¥ I n the apportionment and extra session, | es he would again have called 8 position A lar a the Legislature together in 1883 had he 2 od 3 ligh t ald the 8 test reason to believe it WO! hava had any thar satslit than L the have had any other result tan a fariher; depletion of the public Treasury, The Governor has the sweet consoiati won witl that th other Democrats, we fan- Republicans a and record 2 ultimatom and t just now | > nin | kill Ordinary canine, In regard to the financial conditi tha doht in ata thie debt 1s stat £101 wet to a redaction etd 1 Fund i derably RE HALL, PA. judgment in criminal, and especially cap- ital cases, points at one of the wisest means of repressing crime. The dalay of justice encourages the criminal class. The certainty and speed of judgment strikes them with terror, and it is about all that does. The liquor evil is discussed at length, and legislation advised in the line of high license fees that will decrease the number of taverns and weed out the enormous number of tippling houses. We appreciate the motive that prompts this recommendation, but before it is adopted would like to sce the experi- WED The announcement of the death in Spain of Oliver Perry McKeehan, a re- puted millionaire and a former resident Huntingdon county, who has been ab- sent half a century, has led to a search for his Leirs and to many inquiries con- cerning his history and estate. It has been ascertained that he was the son of Samuel McKeehan, a very poor man, whe lived in Hamilton, Mifflin county. It was on account of the humble circum- stances of his father that the boy was brought up by a neighbor, John Han- Bil walt, near Mount Union, Huntingdon county, and is remembered by the older | iment tried of enforcing existing laws. {We could not seethe wisdom of attempt-| ing to cure this addmitted evil by piling] laws that will not be enforced on laws] that are not enforced. i! article of the Coustitution, a duty 80! shamefully avoided by the past Legisla-| tures, the Governor talks with a force} and eloquence the people of the State, | subjected to the exactionsof corporation, | will appreciate. But we apprehend] nothing will come of it. The railroads will help the Legislature pass laws of no| laws! have that | men who regard | that will be effective. that rompts them to elec The peopie not reached development 1 » the oath ition as else than idle words. | The day is approaching when this cor-| poration question will ,be the overmas-| tering one, but it is not yet. | There are some of the leading topics message, but there are! many other recommendations to correct] 1] discussed in the offices, There is not a partisan sugges- | document. No abuse or wrong| out without the remedy ac When Pattison iret message he was a novice State affairs, but this admrable docu-| tion in the d rot wy # Ginte rov, in irrent fiscal year show ¢ Fund « Lreneral : . embarrassment as the Treasury egins the year with a large balance, Un- ly it necessitates econ and the Gov- i be : my, made ¥ s al we fp Lo " . $s Bavitd ney 10 charities is appropriated inder the control of the state, The! f distress, consequent of the hard times, | various assylum 3.444 » adaitl Lose The Governor urges f us of the JA SAAT nal relief, the irdens of taxation on real estate! While 10 tax on real estate equalization | and personal property. the state! vie directly, vet! it X bow fo 14) Fall it furnishes four-fifths of all the revenues t lions against eight + and yet the valuation « the personal property is estimated at §! 500 000,000 against $1 600 00x S00 on real! estate. Few people realized these facts] ures, ] i thei and fig The Governor thinks laws should be changed so that the tax on corporations shall pay ses of all the expen-| t, and that | the income from all other sources of tax-| ation upon personal property be paid back to the respective counties whence The tax on corporations he advises should be on! their paid up capital stock instead of va. rious items. The reform in taxation here indicated has been a matter of mach consideration by farmers’ organizations in different parts of the state, ihe work of the Pardon Board under) this administration is shown by the fact | that in the last two years out of 144 cases considered, but 16 pardons were recom- mended and granted. There is a strong recommendation for needed laws securing better protection | to bituminous miners, by a higher stand- ard of qualification for superintendents, mining bosses and fire bosses. The Gov- ernor also urges civil service rules to regulate appointments under the State government, advising the same system adopted in Massachusetts and New York. One of the most important recommen dations is for a constitutional amend. ment abolishing the payment of tax as a qualification for electors, This is the right direction, as the present system, borrowed from the early days of the State when it worked well enough, has degenerated into a prolific source of po- litical corruption and jobbery, degrading the suffrage, and giving political coms mittees dangerons influence over the in- digent and indifferent. The Governor speaks plainly enough on the laxity of our divorce laws, which have made the State a refuge for people from other States who desire to procure “easy, prompt, secret and cheap” divor- ves, This great evil is now attracting much attention from the pulpit, press and religious bodies. A revision of the 1 ® re » the state governmen it comes to relieve real estate. that will prevent hasty and ill-assorted ¢ ha a 24K State administration, has a keen eye for defects, and a suggestive ails of t and well-balanced mind in framing rem. edies, Adhering, as it does sinctly to home affairs, the people of the Common- wealth have had no such able and thor-| t quarter of a cen-| offers them, in the las > BULLETS VS. BALI 3 OTS. | election laws, especially the authority | given U. 8. Marshals to appoint Deputy | af ia : authority than has been shown there, nd if the facts disclosed by this inves-| the country. Marshal Wright appointed they were largely selected from the slums and the criminal class; ignorant and desperate negroes were brought over from Kentucky by the hundreds; they! swaggered about the polls drunk and dis-| orderly, flourishing their weapons, and) intimidating voters. Three men were murdered by these deputies, and fifteen or twenty wounded. jut the greatest outrage was the part of the Republican National Committee. The conspiracy seemed to have been concerted at the party headquarters in New York, Ohio must be carried at all hazzards, Defeat there would put Mr Blaine out of the canvass, while Demo- cratic defeat, as events proved, did not imply a failure to elect Cleveland. At this juncture the Republican National Committee, besides sending out such desperate counsellors as Powell Clayton, Davenport, Dudley, and others, shipped to the Marshal from New York 600 bull- dog revolvers, with an ample supply of bali cartridges to arm his deputies. Here was a partisan committee stepping in to arm the partisan agents of a partisan of- ficeholder to accomplieh partisan purpo- sos. If it was necessary that such a body of United States officers should bearmed for the discharge of their duties, why was not an appeal made to the authori- ties at Washington? Mr, Frank Jones committee has the sweet satisfaction of knowing that three men were murdered and a score wounded by these bull dog revolvers, It is the same weapon Gui teau used. Loni sani dy ——-. Both sides claim to be ahead in the New York Benatorial contest-—that is, the Morton people and the Evarts men. The former is of the stalwart persuasion and the latter is of the Halfbreed. Mor- ton has illimitable money, and his agents are spending it right and left. The New citizens of that neighborhood as a lad of | 16. At the time the Pennsylvania Canal | was being dug, in 1830, a contraclor on | the canal named Durnow, who had a brother in the jewelry business in Hol- lidaysburg, took young McKechan $0 learn the trade. The jeweler, who was | a bachelor, soon died, and left his mon- ey and property to the boy. YoungMe- | Keehan then went to Philadelphia and | learned dentistry, and thence went to} Cuba, where he practiced his profession, | bought real estate, and became interest ed in commercial enterprises which took him to Spain. The only relative or con- | nection who has been found is James M. | Cooper, of Blair county, whose wife, now | deceased, was McKeeshan's cousin. He | says there was a brother who went to Illinois and a sister who went to Indi-| ana, and that these were the only other relatives, other than his wife, that he | knew anytuing about. He does not| know whether they are living. If not | the estates will go to collateral heirs, if any can be found. - com CALLING A HALT OX PENBIONS, The Philadelphia Times very sensibly | The Natiopal Commander of the Grand Army of the Bepublic has issued | a general order disapproving the atti-| tude of the Massachusetts branch of organization in advocating the passage ¥4 ey 4 ’ war, on rolls at $8 a month. of a pension bill placing all soldiers © the late Many of the local organization in Massa- | chusetts have changed their opinion of in 33 indorsing the measure. This is a good sign. For some plicable reason this foolish idea has guin- | inex-| ed currency in Massachusetts granted it] in no other section. The author of pending bill, Representative Lovering, the f i strength, Candidates for were quite generally catechised and in MANY cases their Answers were so eva give as to create alarm, least a new pen- sion raid was about to be inaugurated. tought to be plain to any intelligent i ocbserver that the country is now in| threaten it. The arrears bill has cost so much beyond even the wildest estimates of its opponents that it might well stand as a continual warning. With more than three hundred thousand pensioners on ingratitude, and it might well be per- mitted to recuperate its resources for a time, until it can relieve the suffering millions to whom the warand its attend- ant dangers are a little more than dim traditions. In illustration of the recklessness of expenditure of Government money, the Waterloo Observer tells an interesting story of ten barrels of whiskey. The product belonging to a distiller who sus- pended manufacture several years ago, having at the time ten barrels of very low grade whiskey on hand—"so poor that it could not be given sway.” The Observer says that “the whiskey if sold would not bring ten cents a gallon, yet up to to-day has cost in salary of store- keepers the handsome little sum of $970. The tax on these ten barrels of fusel-oil, called whiskey, would amount to $350, but no one would pay the tax and take the stuff in payment. Yet the Govern- ment continues to pay a storekeeper $4 to put in appearance for five minutes each day to watch this worthless stuff, when it could be stored in any other storehouse connected with an operating distillery, and all expenses saved. Prob ably such leaks will be stopped before many good dollars are squandered in this way. C—O A ATA Vanderbilt has presented to Mrs, Grpat the debt and judgment against Gon. Grant, amounting to $150,000. The munificent offer, but the millionaire in reply insisted and the funds are set York World claims the Benatorship has game of buying up votes, : x i » » po bo x ji i be oe The Reagan bill as it has passed the house and will now present itself for consideration in the senate is simply an anti-discrimination measure. It aims not only to prevent the pernicious and destructive practice of charging lees, pro- portionately, for carriage of ifreight and passengers long than for short distances, but it provides against the equally evil custom of charging lower rates to one customer than to another for a precisely A It is reported that the Mormons are negotiating with the Mexican govern- ment for the purchase of territory in northwestern Mexico sufficiently exten- give for the future accommodation of the saints, to which they intend eventually t ish their spiritualand y ” i ) ar how x1 3 : temporal dominion beyond the interfer- ence of the American government. -——- ATTRACTIVE AND USEFUL. The Brown Chemical Oo., Baltimore, | Md., the owners of the celebrated | beantiful Hand Book and Almanac for | 3 a complete and vseful Mem- | Thess publi- | many valuable and interesting things They are furnished free of charge by all | drugeists and country store keepers, but | should they not have them the Brown Chemica! Co, will send either book on ay posi ¥ ¥ Age, —————————— I MY — Sr A FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. For the Rerorren, A grand reception was beld at the re idence of Wm. McFarlane Eq, Boalsburg, on evening of January It was a pleasant and bappy ovcsso the il, friends and neighbors, ao one ever to be remembered by the ticipants, Beveral scores of inviwat were extended and friends from Clinton, Huntingdon and Northumb land counties were present, The old son, J. Kyle McFarlane, nad bern unite in marriage to Miss Lizzie F. Brown, © Lock Haven, and returned to his ho with bis bride, being received with hearty congratulations of his friends, sO pIuous supper was eojoyed about If o'clock, and the evening was spent i a royal manocer. The picture was a grand scene, and wi,l be cheerfully preserve among the choicest recollections, To give vigor and spirit to the ing efforts of Comus tue charmi of the Lind - n Hall band bare the ear with stirring eflects unt were rejoicingly refreshed by U ust. A Goer - migdie-agzed reliable o He Lear Sidi. fn to i LE 6 - a How often we hear Downs’ LE to me iitin my Who can | with such a go Dr. Baxter's Maundr: BH As ny mother gay and i PRAT wien £19 FREE] § a CATA Y is. e it 13343, Ls re All BAIN medi o ine cn 7 a t Lini 1: on dad menaqeq 2711 AAS 4 all. 11351 Se APY y DE. DUC SHER ploded this afternoon. Petrr Houser aod | Thomas Parvis were instantly killed and | Houser, one of the victims, he toes and beel bis left foot torn completely off asd one of his legs was mashed to a jelly. His body was found at a point one hundred | feet away from the mill. Purvis was al- | s0 badly mutilated, One of his of | 1} 5 “id e scalding steam and water. d scarcely recogaize him als | ident, Portions of the holler were thrown SOU | One large fragment struck feet over an town, near the mill, and the affair has! excitement and distress | The force of the explosion Was terrific and not a timber of the mill is This morning a visitor to which Purvis re isn't safe to It is stated that | isk it” of the flues were plogged. - mire The wise and prudent man | a of Dr. Kessler's | Just 80, bottle It never fails, It neve In-| structions for treatment of croup and | cough on each wrapper. Noth- | ing like it for colds and all lung troubles, | Dissatisfied buyers can have their men ey refunded. Sold by J. D. Murray. Jouxsrox, Horroway, & Ce, Philadelphia, Agents A PANIC IN SPAIN. Madrid, January 9. —Fifteen thousand persons have already left Granada. The people generally are of the opinion that the end of the world is at hand and are srking absolution from the priests. The village of Guenejar is slowly sliding downwards the valley. An opening bas appeared in the mountain at Olimar, from which smoke is reported to be is suing. The subterranean rumblings and detonations are fearful, Various scien- tific opinions have been formed as to the cause of the opening, which isconsidered by some persons to be due to the sab- sidence of the surface, owing to greal voids in the interior of the earth, while others attribote it to volcanic action. Parliament has authorized the provinces of Malaga and Granada to raise a relief loan of $400,000, payment of which will be guaranteed by the government. sen ili mali din ! VERY REMARKABLE RECOVERY Mr. George V. Willing, of Manchester, Mich , writes: “My wife has been almost helpless for five years, so heipless that she coold not tarn over in bed alone. She used two bottles of Electric Bitters sud 18 80 mach improved that she is able now to do her own work.” Electric Bitters will do all that is claimed for them. Hundreds of testimo- nials attest their great curative powers. Only 50 cents a bottle st all druggists. —————— APO NAAIAA 000 LIVES LOST Barthe in Southern By Shocks of Barthuale rid, January 6.—The severe earth- ohea shook experienced in Granada at 8 clock Senterday evening, gave occa: sion for a panic among the convicts in prison. They attempted to escape from confinement, but were i at h,. BD is about to The official report of the ‘states that 900 lives wera lost ide. The Reng har ier fame on 10 the rw on of German 3 » “- # disappoints WLOoDping in ing wonderfully. Ld ce tt BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE. The best salve in the world for ou's, braives, sores, salt rheum, fever ah a ig the side ¢ satne south CY west 82 enoe by sane south 4 the sane cutded an 5 ¢ Front s All onstituting obe bu Opers House, Belzed, taken in exec be sold as the property of J. H. Flens Pierce, owners. TERME No deed purchase money be will be paid in © W., MILES WALK: Sheriffs Office, Jan. 7, 188 and remain filed of inspection of heirs, all others io suy wise interested, snd =» setted 10 the Orphan's Court of Centr Wodnesday, the 28h day for allowance and confin 1 The scocount of Samu trator of &c. of Daniel Comer, late « ship, dec'd 2 The first and final account of John W Bait sdministrator of &c. of Jaoes Mahafiey Nalg Howard borough, dec'd ; 3 The fir and ial account of Clemtfin Pale administrator E BX. CT. A. of &c. ot Da vid Eilers, late of Benner twp, dec d 4 The scoount of Joseph Marshall, esecu- tor of &c, of Ann Cathoart, late of Beaver own ship, dec’d. 5 The account of A W Ulrich, executor of &o of Samuel Grape, late of Penn towuship, decd 6 The account of Peter Barefoot, sdministrs. tor Si de, of Busan Lee, inte of Potter towmship, dec’ 7 The first ad partial scoount of John P Har ris, guardian of A. M. and Ketura Barr, minor chlidren of 8 L Barr, late of Bellefonte borough, § The account of George Korman, ti of Blanch L Korman, & minor child o haw gman, dec'd, us filled by D W Garberick and 8 M executors of George Korman, dec'd 9 e account of Ge Korman, guardian of Julia Frazier, a minor child of Jonathan Frasier, decd, as filed by LW Garbrick and 8 M Long, executors of George Korman, iste of Gregg Wow decd. Korman, gusrdinnof Sarah E Jamison, a minor child of Mary E Jami won, decd, us filed by D W Garbrick and 8 M Long, execuion of Korman, decd 11 The scoount of George Korman, guardian of Alfred T Korman, a minor child of Aaron Ror man, late of Walker twp, dec’d, as filed by D W Garbriek and 8 M Long, executor of av. of ueorge Korman, dec'd, 12 scoount of M LI Rishel, administrator of &0. of Michael Schulte, late of Gregg twp, Gec'd, 13, Tue socount of Sas. ¥. Weaver, Trustee to BO ar dec’d, ot Fah pe. le of Bess 14 The aceount of James A Keller, administra ON Keller, Jute of Poller own 1 The second and final account of Peter Hoy trusbees to well real cdtate In Jacob Hoy, late of Marion and Benjamin passin of ip, 1% eS eS ae 7 , md minietrators . vob , Inte of Marion twp, decd. 17 sooount of ine Hoy and © Dale, Jr, oa 1. Mate of Spring guard wp of £0. of Rockey seconnt of Samuel M MoM I Inistaor of ds of Ana Hiiss MoMuritic; inteot 9 ) of Andrew Reockerhoft, admin. de on! Son ho. of Felix Mullen, late of 0 : i: Sha seo, SL \ Inte | ‘ doe'd, a ae else
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