s CA EA A ATT ; OLD SERIES, XL. YOL, { NEW SERIES. XVIIL THE CENTRE REPORTER. FRED. KURTZ, Eprror and Pror'r. -— LEGISLATIVE. The following bills were passed finally in the legislature, on 24: An act to distribute the publications of the geological survey, and amend an ect entitled an act to provide fora geolog- ical survey. An act to prevent the adulteration of ¢nd the traffic in impure and unwhole- some milk in cities of the second and third classes, An act making an appropriation to pay the salary of the secretary of the committee on lunacy. Doctors say they will give no more bulletins on Grant's condition. All right —we'll apply to the nurses, the'll know about as much as the doctors did. tli fe e—— If England and Russia have any no tion of blacking each others eyes, then let them begin, and not tire the audi- ence by longer waiting. Let the circus Verner} av hack the $ 3 mR . >. 23 begin or pay back the admission. An act making an appropriation to pay the expenses of the committee to inves. tigate the Standard Oil Company's tax case appointed by concurrent resolution, approved June 2, 1885. Bills were favorably reported as fol- lows; A —— At Asbury Park the Board of Commis- gioners have passed resolutions con- demning as a nuisance the meetings of the Salvation Army and instructing the Chief of Police to prohibit the gathering crowds at the doors of the barracks. This is a sensible step. The Salvation | 5 : li- Army has been no help to the cause of "ense of $1,000 on skating rinks and au- taorizing the formation of cattle breed- {ing companies, | 0 oi House bills imposing an annual Christ. trie — Notwithstanding the depression in| Senate bill authorizing the Pennsylva business the number of corporations in|uia canal company to abandon a portion the State has largely increased the past|cf its canal between Huntingdon and two years and about $203,000,000 have | Newton Hamilton. been added to the eapital stock of com-| The following bills were favorably panies incorporated by the State. There|] assed on second reading: are in Pennsylvania about 5,700 corpora} Appropriating $450,000 for improve- tigns, over six hundred of which have|raents to the Western penitentiary, sal- been chartered the past two years. In that time railroad companies have been incorporated with a capital stock of $41,- 000.000 | aries of officers, etc., of the Eastern pen- [tontiary; $88,104, of which $6,254 is to cyver a deficiency and salaries of officers, lete,, of the Western penitentiary, $71 — 1030. a wl : ; I'he state legislature has now sat be-| The bill appropriating $500,000 for the maintenance of indigent insane in t sate hospitals for two vond the 100 days and done hardly any- be ¥ an} v Will the members sit over Ww re] vears, beginni : June 1, 1885, was amended at the request nothing, or for tha frat wile Urs time | take pay for doing f ight have been done in r days? iat m of the state lunacy commission, increas hg ing the amount to $650,000. Let the members take warning from| » fate of the members of the lastlegis-| ture who were kept at home for stay- ing at Harrisburg over time and doing nothing and taking pay for vaca'ion, ad- journments and all. No work no pay, say we. mitment e— There is little doubt that the winter wheat crop has been seriously injured by the unfavorable weather of the spring. The consideration of the bill appro- payment of the expenses incurred in caring for the in- sane from June 13, '83 to June 1, '85, was Lil priating $400,000 for the postponed because of the absence of ac- {enrate accounts from counties showing [their claims against the state. Mr. Sponsler opposed the bill appro- priating $25000 to the Pennsylvania fishery commission on the ground that it bad been hurtful instead of beneficial to the state. He charged that the commission had placed in the Susquehanna worm-ridden fish v hich devoured the native fish. He con- ie is estimated that the crop in Indiana il be 15,000,000 bushels short of that This reduced the yield to less | n half a crop. Much of the wn pisciculture in the acreage was winter-killed and will be or s dered it a gigantic, wh bag. reports from many other districts in . I erg Mr. Brown, of Erie, thought the com- : western states as well as some parts ission had Saba , . 2 inission had accomplished of Pennsyslvania are no more satisfac- | at a tory. i . ‘ . . overtowering hum- vaghed up and planted in oats or corn. Bn : much good. Mr. Colborn said the commission bad | been of some benefit—it has distributed some $8$150,000 among the people, did not keep the money itself {agreed with Mr. Sponsler that the com- pission was a magnificent humbug, The {bass introduced in Pennsylvania waters work of starting an administration that] i: y) Famous and watderods Sieh ; ¥ : ar which had swallowed better fish than is to mark a departure in political histo-|,, ov are. v they have not hee a ave rk! sy ry they have not been able, even work-| yg hill passed second reading. ing night and day, to keep up with the] mqpe bill appropriating $168,500 to the A cab-|y ; ’ : : vacancies which have occurred. Norristown state lunatic hospital having inet officer states that there were not re-|y.. called up on second reading, Mr. commendations or names on file in the yp vans moved that the amount (85.000) departments for half of the offices now .n,05nded for the enlargement of the vacant. Politicians talk about the necessi-|} oo be reduced to $4000 and called Sox ty of party appointments and do not|, . =.00 and nays. ; ; even have names offered when a newj,, _° : . . ju appointment is a nec essily. - o- sm A There are now three thousand Federa| offices made vacant by death and resig- nation, and the President and his cabi- net have not time to fill them. They have such arduous duties in the great There being less ian a quorum present the chair ordered la call of the house. Only 93 members : _ iresponded to their names, and the ser- Huntingdon county has a strong anti- |. ¢ ot armas was directed to secure the Vicence feeling. Court met last week |, ondance of a sufficient number of with Judge Furst on the bench. The, ..;1er to make up a quorum, 101. applications for liquor licence -were| In half an hour the sergeant-at-arms heard by the court at a session held for 4 rmed and made a statement that he that purpose, and excited greater public}. uid find none of the absent members, interest than any other business trans-| 4 (he house adjourned until Monday acted at the present term. The court|, . ino ' room was crowded. All of the applica-| tions but one were strongly opposed with remonstrances proving past dere- lictions of the applicants, There were also depositions on the part of the liq- uor-sellers to disprove the allegations against them and to show that the li- cences are necessary for the entertain- ment of strangers and travelers. We did not learn the attitude of the eonrt, but expect to hear that many ap- plications went up the spout, ni an The statement is published that a powerful syndicate of New York and Chicago capitalistic speculators have been “Bulling” and “bearing” English consols through a large speculator in london, and have been advised in ad- vance of the probable course of the market to enable successful speculation in wheat. They move wheat up when they go down, and move wheat down when they go up. The most remarkable feature about them is that they have gone up and down with a sort of regular irregularity. For a fortnight they have opened very low down. Then they have strengthened, and finally have closed steady and composed. Perhaps more re- markable than anything else, however, has been this other factthat certain Chi- cago and New York traders have known in advance of everybody else just what consols were doing, if they have not, as is claimed in somo quarters, known what CAN ORDER THE KILLING OF DIS- EASED AND INFECTED CATTLE, The First Comptroller of the Treasury has given an opinion to the Commission- ers of Agriculture in regard to his “au- thority under the appropriation for such disinfection and quarantine measures as may be necessary to prevent the spread of the diseases from one state or territo- ry to another,” under the bill for the es- tablishment of a bureau of Animal Indus tries, The First Comptroller holds that the power of the Commissioner is broad and unlimited as to the means to be used by him to carry out the disinfection and quarantine and that he can cause such investigation as he deems proper and use such means as ke may think bast to carry out the purposes of the act, He says the slaughter of the infected an- iraals may be ordered and any other i eans employed that do not exceed the limits of the appropriation. Commissioner Coleman has sent the following dispatch to Gov, Marmaduke, oi’ Missouri : “It has been determined that I have fell discretion in regard to the extirpa- tion of pleuro-pneumonia, I am prepar- ir g rules and regulations under an act of Congress, May 29, 1884, to be submitted te: the Governors of the respective Rtales ir. order to wsocure their co-operation ad they will be sent you as soon as —— WHAT IS THE COST OF THE NA- TION'S FOOD ? An interesting computation, says the Sun, made by Mr. Edward Atkinson is presented in summary by Bradstreet's Mr. Atkinson has been endeavoring to determine, not how much it actually costs the people of the United States for food, but what would be the aggregats expenditure on the basis of a fair aver age for individual nourishment, and how the expenditure would be distributed among the various items of subsistence. The conclusions of this intelligent and careful economist were reached by the He took the actual of feeding seventeen adult most of were hard-working 8, and eight women, three being servants, following method: cost men whom me- chani for six months, in a Massa He also took the food eaten by seventy-two adult female factory operatives and eight servants in a Maryland town. He as sumed that the average of these two bles would be no more than a fair daily for all adults throughout Here are the individual aver chusetts town. actual ‘ost of the ta- ration the country. ages and the totals, the latter being reck- ned on the basis of a population of fii te wmitlls ‘ LY INiOons 23.85 s it is easy to Bay uld Lave more weight wider ge were based on a investi £43 1 E vow gation of the cost of living, extensive collection of data. But exceedingly diffi X88 uit to get at the figures in any case, or to fine hen iv large to destroy for s the value of the facts. Mr : Maryland household representative establishments to all oth- chusetts and within his knowledge, on acc udence there displayed in buyin my in the preparation CRON meat and fish were consuine y to {aval on sachusetts family, largely of men f 1} ei lard s “3 . of living in Marviand was less than hree-for 19% cents a day in Maryland and 28 cia in Massachusetts, e given above is, first, the large rela { sugar and syrup as o #t of su of fl wparoed nr and meal; and, second- the fact that so great a part of the to- yditure is for dairy products and ie milk, butter, cheese, and and enffee together. Roug individual ought to live pretty fairly, far as food is concerned, on 20 cents a day, or $1.75 a week, or $90 a year. Mr. ) Ying ly speaking, chasing and economical! serving thing could be done for twenty cents a day in the East, and probablyfor less in ESDAY, Judge Furst held court on Monday 20, at Huntingdon for hearing of appli- cations for license, and after argument by counsel on both sides held the cases over until Tuesday, when he decided to grant nine of the applications and refuse eleven. They called before the court and required to give their personal pledges that they wili not sell to persons were of intemperate habits nor to others to whom the sale of liquor is prohibited by law, and that they will close their bars at ten o'clock at night, The other =uc- ants were fre Warriors’ cessful appli Mark, the othe 384] Mill Creek and Orbisonia. All aunty will be sr places in the 1i¢ without licensed houses - NEWSPAPERS OF TO-DAY. People generally, and even those who nay be termed steady readers and close heervers, have but a faint conception of he magnitude and influence the press of the country has attained. From a care- tul examination of the advanced pages of the 1885 edition of the “American Newspaper Directory,” issned May lst, FP. Rowell & Co., of New York, it appears that there are 14,147 newspa- pers and periodicals published in the {Tauited States and Canada; of these the United States have 12,973, an average of ne paper for every 3,867 persons. In 1874 the total number of newspapers was by 823 than at present, and while | he gain this year is not so marked as in | some previous years, it is still considera | Kan hows th i - greatest gal: increa ing 79, while Illinois fol- ows with a gain of 77, It is curious to that New York, the scene of so political activity during the last ampaign, should have about one } nany newspapers as the State of +. Asan index to the com- i prosperity of differ- s country, er of new papers dy, and may well he curious. yy (Geo. ess DY 18 ie ie he tice uuch on:y especialy THIRLWIN TEXAS, wy Ai) F 23. ~The Prai eight miles Galveston, Texas, April rie Grove neighborhood, ne yesterday at 2 o'clock, causing vrions damage to life and property. The wo story school house, in which were children blown down «od torn to pieces, killing one child snd sounding several, The casualties were follows: A 14 year old daoghter of 1]. P. Swaim, killed: Estelle Cook, leg sroken: two children of E. Herring, leg and arm broken; two children of Mr. O'- | dara, les broken and injured internally. I'The house of 8, McKinnon was blown down, seriously injuring the owner. The store house and post office own by 5. D | Hughes, were demolished and the goods | promiscuously scattered. The residences lof M. B. Cox, H. Thompson and T. J | Williams were demolished. L. Gentry’s | house, some distance from the village, is | also reported as demolished and himself, Other serious re- sults are probable, as the country is thickly seftled in the direction of the cy- i clone, A dispatch from Denison says: In con- sequence of the heavy rain and wind storins endangering the bridge, railroad | traffic on the Missoori Pacific, north and | east of Denison, is impeded. A south bound passenger train was derailed at the city limits. The Hed river is rising {at the rate of four feet per hour. Fears | are entertained for the safety of the Mis yi Was | as the West. As for the beer and whiskey |souri Pacific railway bridge. A freight bill. Mr. David A. Wells recently com-|irain of eighteen cars is reported wreck puted thatthe nation spends $474 823,000 ed near Cary Station, Indian Territory, rules $e consols were going to do. will be full and effectual.” a year for drink; and likes it too. ————- “ NORMAL SCHOOLS NOUNCED. The State Normal Schools received a round of abuse in the House, on 17. In the opinion of the Rerorter these insti- tutions are a fraud. them in Pennsylvamia, and when the bill appropriating $100,000 to them came up on second reading it encountered se- rious opposition. Mr. Evans, of North. ampton, said that when the last appro priation was given to these institutions two years ago it was the express under standing that they should receive no more State aid. Mr. Stubbs, of Chester, said the main purpose of the appropriation this time is to pay indebtedness on the schools hang- ing over from former years, and to pay for additions now being built to some of the buildings, The normalschool system was then bitterly denounced by Mr, Evans and Mr. Neely, of Clarion, both of whom, by the way, were educated in those same schools, They charged that the normal schools are self-sustaining and bave no further claim upon the State for assist ance. They also declared that it costs a student as much for an education in them as it does at other schools, acade- mies and colleges which do not have State assistance, and that their instruc tion is inferior at that. Mr. Elkin, of Indiana, made an able defense of the normal schools against each of these cha and made astrong int on the inde ness feature, eapec: ally with reference to the school at In- diana, His colleague, Mr, Lowry, differed ® ightly with him, aithough he, too, de- sires (this bill passed to facilitats the way ment of indebtedness which the State ar . After these debts are rs they should STATE DE- Lon Holland, who was injured by a fall ing building during the cyclone, died yesterday. A family of emigrants en- camped on the river boltom were sud denly surrounded by water on Tuesday night and sought safety in the trees. They were rescued yesterday. Despatches from southeastern Kansas report the heaviest rainfall that has ever been known. Twelve inches of waterare said to have fallen, Marmaton river has overflowed its banks and inundated a settlement of from 600 to 800 inhabitants and known as North Fort Secowt. The water in the houses is from three to five feet deep. All the people were rescued. I'he Missouri Pacific railroad track is badly washed out both ways from Fort Scott, and no trains have moved since Tuesday. A freight train on this road went through a bridge at Clearwater and the engineer was drowned, Ten lives are reported to have been lost at Kingman. Traffic on the Wichita and Westero rail road between Wichita and Kin Dn 8 suspended, and the bridges on this road and on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Road at Cheney, Belle Plain and Clearwater have been washed away. Other dispatches state that the storm extended into Western Missouri and that many streams have overflowed their banks, that moch property has been de- stroyed snd tbat railroads traversing that section have been washed away in places and traffic greatly interrapted. Advices also come from Northern Tex- #8 noting a very heavy rainfall, extend. ing over a large portion of country, em . bracing Denison, Gainesville, Abeline, Fort Worth, Dallas and other places. At Gainesville the Pecan and Elm creeks overflowed their banks, aod besides washing away much property several lives are reported lost. Women and children clung to branches of trees for hours before they were rescued, and in some instances whole families were swept away in their houses, but in most jsstances they were rescued. Several streets in Dallas were deluged with water and a high wind damaged a number of houses, The Red river is rising rapidly. fond us three cash names for cue year and we will send you the Reporser one year free for your trouble. : APRIL 29, 1885. CAPTURED BY RIEL'S MEN, FORT PITT ABANDONED AFTER A BATTLE WITH THE INDIANS, The Garrjson Retreats in Boats— Fears that They have been Massacred— Middle. ton's Troops Advancing to Al- tack Battleford, April 20.—S8couts from Ft. Pitt report finding it abandoned and bad- ly wrecked. An Indian told them there had been a fight, and two of the police were killed, and that the police and oth- ers in the fort had taken to boats in the ope of reaching Batileford, They have been out five days and should have been here long ago. It looks as though the whole party had been captured or killed from the river banks, The fort contained, besides the police under Inspector Dickens, who is the third son of Charles Dickens, Factor M’- Lean, of the Hudson Bay Company, and 1ig family of eight persons, and James Simpson, Stanley Simpson, W, B. Camer- on, and Dufresne, employees, the Rev. C. Quinn and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Mann and three children, Alfred Quinn, and thers. The story of the escape is ex- tremely improbable, as it is not likely that such a large party would be driven out of the fort and allowed to escape The Indians said that Riel threatened to take Battleford soon Troops were promised for our relief three weeks ago but none have turned up. The river is low, and no troope seem likely to arrive. Col. Morris is put- ting a trench around the barracks for greater protection, The Indians threat- en an attack. Winnipeg, April "he latest ad- vices from Clarke's are that Middleton has been ferrying troops. For- ty scouts under Capt. French, the Ninth Field Battery, and the Tenth Royals, having crossed the river yesterday and to-day, will march down the west side. At the same time t balance of the force, A Battery, C Company, and Boul- ton’s troops, under Gen. Middleton, will narch down the river on the east side. Communication will be kept up between the d The advance will be made to-day and an attack on Batouche will probably take place to-morrow or early on Thursday, A Swift Current dispatch says: Col Otter's command has crossed the river and has left on its march for Battleford. There are 190 teams, rations for 26 days and forage for 20 days. The steamer Northoote left for Clarke's Crossing yes- terday, taking supplies for Midaleton nd a portion of the Midland battalion. A Calgarry dispatch says: Saturday, April 11, about forty young Crees raided the Hudson Bay Company's store at Bat- tle River, and plundered it of stores and provisions. Taylor, who was in charge of the post, managed to secure all the furs and esciipe with them ted Deer. A messenger overtook him en route and told him that the Indians had repented their action and wished him to return. They returned all the goods that had not been consumed, 1. G. Baker's store at the same place was gutted, and Col- quhoun, the manager, made prisoner. A rard was also made on Geo. Gatz's store at Red Deer. Smith's battalion is in camp here. Calgarry has been in a state of great activity all day, owing to the preparations by Manning, Steele andthe scouts to march north to-morrow. Maj. Steele will take seventy mounted men with him, Quebec, April 21.—The debate in the local Legisiature on Mr. Turcotie’s reso- jutions censuring the Federal Govern- ment for its action in connection with the Northwest troubles was concluded this morning, with the result of forty- one against the resolution and 15 for it. - -_——- BUSINESS TACT AND OPPORTU. NITY. Ratouche, 21 ~~ Crossing he 3 iy IRION8, ’ “ vO A streak of pure gorxd luck in business or the sudden achievinent of success and wealth by a happy bit is rare, but there are many lucky and prosperous folks who are so because th ey watch their op~ portunities and make the best of them. Mr. Koehler, of Rochester, N, Y, tried his hand at canvassing for “Plain Home Talk” and made four dollars in the first two hours. Mr. Sandford, of Maine, took 43 orders from 47 prrsons to whom he showed the book. Mr. Taylor, in Cieve- land, took 19 orders in one day. Why do smart, capable men complain of bard times and nothing to do when equal op- portunities are open to them? They bave only to call for citenlam prospectus and terms of the Murray Hill Publish ing Co, 120 East 28th Street, New York city. TEN YEARS IN A GARRET. _ Philadelphia, April 22.—Upon the pe- tition of Dr. Thomas Morton, of the com- mittee of lunacy of the state board of publie charities, and Dr. A, J. secretary of the committee, J her, of Monroe county, lias made order for the commitment to the al for the insane, at Danville, of a luna tie who has been looked up in the garret of a Monroe county farm house for the past ten years, Lm —— A MIA 100 KILLED BY A VOLCANIC ERUP- TION. Lon 1 22. —T h Rr a tarts feared that ah feared 4} fully unired persons bave FANCY PRIUES FOR FANCY CAT New York 22.~-Some prices were Api 2 ae er ih cattle Joday, them were the year old v NO. 17 FIFTY-FIVE MILLIONS ABKED, With Which to Carry Forward England's Preparations for War. London, April 21.—~Mr, Gladstone, in the House of Commons this afternoon, announced that the Government had re- ceived Bir Peter Lumsden’s answer to the Government's inquiries of the 10th instant. “The message arrived to-day,” said Mr. Gladstone, “and it shows how seriously Bir Peter Lumsden is at issue with General Komaroff, We cannot enter into details or state the effect of this differsnce in a few words. The whole matter will be laid on the table here early to morrow.” He then asked a credit of $55,000 (4 22 000.000 for war purposes. in the Sou- dan and $32,500 000 for other naval and military preparations. Mr. Gladsis in presenting the Government's request for the vote of credit, said: “The Gov. ernment feels that it is necessary to hold all resources of the Empire, incinding the forces in the Boudan, available for jnstant use wherever required. The cred- it does not include any provisions { further offensive operations or military preparations for an early march on Khartoum.” The Premier requested that debate] be had on the credit on Monday next, and that the consideration of the Budget be postponed until the 30th inst, He con- cluded as follows: “The Government rely upon the patriotism of the House but our intentions bave been and are now based upon a strong desire that eve ery specific means should be used to ob= tsin a just and honorable settlement of whatever controversies England might be involved in.” Gladstone stated that the Government had received no communication from vither Turkey, Austria, France or Ger- many concerning the closing of the Dar- denellles, - > CURED BY PRAYER, Pittsburg, April 20 —Miss Mary Moor head, daughter of the late Hon. J Moorhead of this city, who was one the most prominent and wealthy citizens, claims to have been cured by fait painfol disease of thirty years’ stand Miss Moorhead says her ailment w pronounced incurable by some of ti best physicians in the country. summer, while at a mountain resort she met 8 lady who advised ber to try faith cure. She became strongly imbue with the idea, and, refusing all stimulants prescribed by her doctors, prayed almos incessantly. In a few days she was en tirely free from pain, and her health i better to-day than ever before. At Midway, near this city, there an nine persons who have been cured of se- sious illness through faith, under the in- strumentalities of the Rev. J. 8. Willets, pastor of the Methodist church at that place, Among the number is the pastor, who bas published an sccount of own case: Wm. Hrmilton, aged 72 years; Mr. Faust, bow has been ill for 14 years; Mrs. Easthon, cured of spinal trouble; J. Paige, aged 69, cured of rheumatism, and others. 11:8 a “ THE WHITE HOUSE DINING BOO The Presidfntial stale served in the White House dinis room, writes a correspondent. Hs oceans of champagne, herds of fin beeves, thousands of turkeys, boat-Joads of terrapin and great lakes of : have been swallowed year after year for the past hall century or more. Jeffer- son was almost a bankrupt from White House dinners. Jackson spent more than his salary, and nota Pr dent save, perhaps, Andrew Johnson, oame out of the White House with any- thing more than he went in. Arths dinners have cost him a fortune and esch state dinner cost him from $10 = plate upward. When it is remembered that each of these dinners have about forty guests st the table you will s that a state dinner costs at least $500 and I am told that Mr Arthur's ordinary meals, to which be always had several strangers, cost about $35 a plate. Thera is always wine on the table, and this of # quality which adds materially to the table exponses. Last winter there wers nine state dinners during the Con- session, and every person of oe in Washington sat down at the President's table. The usual dining bouris 8 P. M, and the guesissit as late as 11 or later, While the dinner goes on the Marine band plays charm- ing music in the vestibule, and the strains float in, not so loud as to inter rapt conversation, but gently and pleasantly. Mr. Arthur's state dinners nsually consisted of fourteen courses. one of the best cooks in the it is ssid, he hadas fine the White Houso had ewr od inn Ainners joe-crea TH
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