OLD SERIES, XL. CENTRE NEW SERIES. X VIIL THE CENTRE REPORTER. FRED KURTZ, Eptror and Pror's, ——————— | ————— — The Clinton Repubs announce them- selves for Beaver for governor, Elk county also instructed for Beaver. That New York Flower must be the last rose of summer,—DBellef, Repub, Yes, and its going to be dreadful up- Hill business for you fellows in the Em- pire state. ten mets fA ————— The Morning Patriot has passed into the hands of W, P, Hastings, who has enlarged and improved it very much in every department. It keeps its good old Democratic ring. The editorials show evidences of ability, at qu The noise of the workman's hammer is now heard in the land in the erection of buildings of all descriptions.—Bellef. Republican. Yea, and Cleveland is President, and things are not going to grass as thou didst say not long ago, sweet singer in Israel. President Roberts, of the Pennsylva- nia Railroad, on the witness stand as to the late railroad deals, tells a frank story and admits about all that Mr, Cassidy claimed, that the South Penn was pur chased as a possible competing road, and that although the purchase was in the name of Pennsylvania Company, that organization is merely another name for the Pennsyivania Railroad. spp Gen. Beaver passed through town the other day in a carriage. He threw the pleasantest kind of a smile towards the Rerorrer and was very handshaky with our people in general. Gen. Beaver just now is Jumbo among the Republican herd of elephants, he on- ly need look out that the bullgine of the bosses don't come in on him from the rear and knock him lifeless off the track. Rather let him plant himself so, that the cry will be along the road, “Clar de track, Gen. Beaver is comin.” My Ap Mp The line of defense to be adopted by the Pennsylvania Railroad in pending proceedings as to the absorption of the South Pennsylvania and Beech Creek roads is outlined thus: It will assert in the first place, that the Pennsylvania Company, and not the Pennsylvauia Railroad Company, is the purchaser of the franchises of the South Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and that the North- ern Central Railroad Company has bought and is operating the Beech Creek Railroad. And, in the second place, it will inform the Attorney General that he is too late to stop by injunction a transaction that is already consumma- ted, even if the Pennsylvania Company and the Northern Central Company were the owners of competing and par- allel lines of railway, which they are not. The Record says of this defense, with a sublime confidence in the Penn- sylvania courts: It is a pretty well established princi- pie of law that one cannot do by his agent what he cannot do by himself, The Northern Central Railroad Compa- ny and the Pennsylvania Company are only the convenient creatures of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. They cannot go against its bidding. Their ownership of the properties in question is a dodge and a delusion which deceive nobody. No court will tolerate such a makeshift because of a daring attempt to override the provisions of the funda- mental law of the State. The Times says the man whom Con- gressman Boyle recommends for Federal office in the Southwestern corner of the State is ordinarily in imminent danger of being appointed, but the case of Isaac W. Hatter, whom he has designated for the Connellsville postoffice, may possibly prove an exception. It appears that Rutter was under indictment in Lancas- ter county twenty years ago on the charge of stealing a bag of clover seed and that the defence was that he bor- rowed the seed when the owner was ab- sent and that he had no intention to de- fraud. Congressmwn Boyle, however, waa too smart to deceive a President so capable of “amazement and indignation” as Mr. Cleveland is, and he accordingly told the President the whole story with the utmost franknesss. It is said that the President did not give much encour agement to the hope that Rutter would be vindicated with an office, but remark- ed: “I don’tbelieve in hounding a man to his grave for a slip in his life years ago, but at the same time this administration ean’t undertake to defend every man's character for him.” There is no doubt that Mr, Cleveland is right in this, A man can live down an old charge by an upright life, but the people are growing awfully sick of the business of vindica- tion by appointment to office. Mr. Rut PENNSYLVANIA. WHY THE DEMOCRATS ARE CONFIDENT [Philadelphia Record, Ind.] The lack of Republican interest in the Republican campaign in this state cannot fail to impress the most careless obser ver. There isgood reason for it. The bosses and the boys who heretofore have looked forward to a sometime opportu- nity to share in the spoils of federal of- fice have had the door shut in their fa- ces. They now work without heart because they work without hope. The ablest and most influential Republican newspapers were hamstrung by the nom- ination made by the Republican state convention. They cannot support the ticket prepared for them without com- mitting moral hari-kari, and as a eonse- quence the canvass is left to drift along with no competent hand to keep it off the rocks or from sinking in the mud. The more ambitious young Republicans perceive that the movement upon the state treasury is only a preliminary step toward more substantial rewards, involy- ing moreover a continuance of power in the hands of leaders entirely mercenary and unscrupulous, and offering no partic- ular inducements to them. The “kick- ers” who put the value of honest gov- ernment above partisanship ask them- selves what is to be gained by a Repub- lican victory this year, when the bosses they have aided in putting down are again at the front seeking to be trusted with important public functions. And so it is, the whole Republican organization is suffering with an attack of the megrims. The quiet, apathetic, monotony of indif- ference has finally been disturbed by the organization of Independent Republicans to oppose the nominee for state treasur- er. He is the incarnation in politics of all that the Independents detest. He is a believer in machine politics and boss methods. He has been part and parcel of all the trickery and jobbery that have pervaded the administration of state af- fairs since he cut his political eye-teeth, To elect him is to undo the work of re- form and to put back in power the class of politicians who, like Falstaff, consid. er it rather a proper thing to rob the public exchequer. There is a sound and solid Republican majority in Pennsylvania which will be made sounder and solider for the im- portant contest of next year if it is not handicapped by an unfortunate victory this year. The people of the state want proper railroad legislation, and they are heartily tired of the system of finances which permits the use of the public money for the promotion of partisan schemes. To fly in the face of this de- sire by the election of a lobbyist of the railroad companies and a dispenser of doubtful political patronage is a daring eéxperiment with the public patience. The Independent Republicans show their independence to advantage when they refuse to have any hand in it. We are by no means sure that the Blaine majority can be all whittled away, but such things have happened. Mr, Cleve- land had nearly 200,000 majority for gov- ernor of New York and only 1,200 for president. ee a EI TROUBLE FOR THE BOSS, The movement inaugurated by Inde- pendent and other Republicans opposed to the election of Colonel M. 8, Quay to the office of State Treasurer, took decid- ed shape in Philadelphia, on 29 ult, in the organization of a committee, which has declared its purpose to enter upon an active and aggressive campaign against the Republican candidate for State Treas- urer. George E. Mapes, an ex-member of the Legislature, was elected to serve in the capacity of Chairman, There were quite a number of gentlemen present at the meeting, which was held in the law office of Lincoln L. Eyre, all of whom have entered heartily upon the work in- the most encouraging reports were re- ceived, which show that a large number of Republicans of all sides sympathise in the movement, and who pledge their support to the Committee in its efforts to bring about the defeat of Col. Quay, The Committee have the names of many Republicans who have seldom, if ever, cut their tickets, who have pledged themselves in support of the movement, but do not desire publicity at prestnt, Then, too, the Committee have the names of about fifty firms engaged in large business enterprises who declare that they are not only opposed to the election of Col. Quay, but that they will support Conrad B, Day, the Democratic candidate for State Treasurer. At least two-thirds of these have always voted the Republican ticket, a ih AN That myth, the greenback party, is to in a few days. The greenback party of up and is composed of P, T. Rynder, who A GREAT BOLDIER. The Military Record of Colonel Matthew Stanley Quay. It having been announced that the Republican candidate for State Treasurer would pass hefore the obvious Grand Ar- my encampment as asoldier during the coming campaign, it is eminently proper that his military record should be known to the veterans whose suffrages he is now seeking, We have carefully exam- ined the records in the Adjutant-Gener- al's office, and the following comprises his military history: “Mustered First Lieutenant, Company F, 10th Regiment, Pennsylvania Re-| serves, June 29, 1861. Promoted to As-| sistant Commissary General of Pennsyl-| vania, July 5, 1861, August 22d, 1862, Commissioned Colonel 134th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, nine months service, resigned December 7, 1863." Here ends the record of Col. Quay— the first muster having been in Camp] Curtin, and the service extending over al period of five days, and the latter of three months, and regiment having not ing precisely six days before the battle of Fredricksburg, which was fought on| the 13th. | i i who never once listened to the music of and asking voters on the ground of hav- ing stood shoulder to shoulder with very sublimity of audacity is nowhere better illustrated. — Bradford Argus. — — - The idea of establishing more normal! schools in this commonwealth is not looked upon with any degree of favor, the majority of the people agreeing with | the expressed utterances of the Philadel- phia Record which thinks that “there is no need for another, and there need for half the number now in exist ence. The money of the state is fritted away in these establishments, which, like scatteriog shot, hit everything but the target. They are really to a great extent private speculations, with only a colorable public utility. Any | further money expended by the com- monwealth for normal schools should go is no tity.” These normal schools are a wrong im- posed upon the people, and we do not believe there is a warrant for them un-| der the Constitution. i THE GREAT RAILROAD DEAL. Interesting Testimony in the South Pen nayl- | vania Injunclion Suil. i Philadelphia, Sept. 30.—The hearing before Master Weiss in the South Penn- sylvania junction suit is in progress to-| y at the Continental Hotel Messrs. | MacVeagh and Logan represented the | Pennsylvanie Railroad Co. Messrs, Cas- sidy, Snodgrass, Nead and Gendell the State. Lyman b. Gilbert snd ex-Senator Gordon the South Pennsylvacia, and M. E. Olmsted and 8. R Peale the Beech Creek Railroad. ; The first witness was E. C. Knight, who testified that he had paid into the enterprise $76,000. He described bow be came to becnme one of the syndicate, how he learned of the transfer to the Pennsylvania Railroad, snd referred to conferences with Mr. Vanderbilt. The latter headed the list of subscribers with $5,000,000, and the other subscribers were eS4cTa. Mills, Hostatser, Uarnegie, Bagaley, ver, Lippeocott, Williamson, Gowen, Lewis, Hutchinson, and the wit- ness. Mr. Twombley was Treasurer of the syndiaate. The witvess was a sub- scriber in the Beech Creek for $25.000, Mr. Knight, on cross-examination, said that he ex to receive $200,000 in bonds and $160,000 in stock for bis sub- scription to the South Pennsylvania, but did not know what he was to get for his Beech Creek subscription. Henry Lewis testified that he had no interest in the Beech Creek road, and pever did have. “As to the Bouth Penn- Ivania Railroad,” he continued, “1 sub- scribed $100,000 at the solicitation of Mr. Franklin B. Gowen, who was then a re- ceiver of the Reading Railroad, of which I was a manager. 1 was led to believe that the new road would prove to be of benefit to the Reading. Of the ihc gered, Fron, Kat took and J. Lowry L000, At the time I made 16 gu a signed an agreement in the ng Railroad office. When the last call of five per cent. was made the Soper were full of statements that the South Penn- sylvania would not bebuiit. I then wrote to Mr. Twombley Saking what it all ee ft, sini 1, bs Ba 0g ay 0 n New York. That meeting was merely for an informal talk. We were told that we would get a three per sent, seouviey, guarantee of the Pennsylvania hen we asked why we hind not ed of this before he lied Sk Bp ln weeks in pois Bip 1m information we were just getting then, with others met Mr, A NEW POISON DISCOVERED, EE It is well known that cases of severe illness sometimes follow the eating of cheese. In the United States, and in some parts of Germany, such instances are of frequent occurrence, We hear of similar cases too, in England and, Some years ago, however, the reputa- | tion of a large cheese factory in Ohio | was destroyed through the large number | of cases of alarming illness arising from | eating of its produet ; and more recently, cheese poisoning became so common as to excite alarm among dairymen. Fin. ally, 50 many persons were poisoned in | the State of Michigan by cheese made | in one of its largest factories and by a | was decided to enter upon a search for | the mysterious substance which was | causing all the trouble, This work was | undertaken by Prof. V. C. Vaughan, | investigation to the Michigan State | Board of Health. i The samples of cheese examined had ' | two pieces, one poisonous and the other | this is due to an sculeness of the sense of smell not possessed by man. The cheese. Possibly if a person tasted a cheese knowing that it was poisonous he might detect a sharpness of taste which would not ordinarily be noticed. But there is no cerisin means, aside from a chemical examination, by which a poisonous cheese can be distinguished from a wholesome one. The most trust. worthy, ready method of exami to press a slip of blue litmus paper against ao freshly-ent surface of the cheese. If the paper is reddened instantly and intensely, the cheese may be regarded with suspicion. When treated in this way any green cheese | will redden the litmus paper, but ordin- arily the reddening will be produced { the piece of cheese be dry it should be robbed up nation is paper should be dipped in the water, | Dr. Vaughan thinks that grocerymen should apply this test to every fresh | chionse, i After a long and determined hunt the | in isolating the | poison, which will now pass into chem- | ical science under the name of tyrotoxi- | son. Professor succeeded It is found fo be a product of | and it occurs in the manufacturing vat, for the curd itself has been known to poison persons. Tyrotoxicon appears | in the form of needle-shaped. erystals, which are freely soluble in water. The smallest visible fragments of a crystal placed upon the tongue caused a sharp, stinging pain and in a few minutes dry- ness and constriction of the throat, A slightly larger amount produced vomit- ing, nausea, and diarrhea. The isolated poison has a sharp, pungent odor, but in: the cheese the taste and odor of the poison are both modified beyond recog- nition. The poison is volatile, and even poisonous cheese may be eaten after it is cooked. The symptoms observed in cheese poisoning are similar to those caused by tyrotoxicon, with the addition of head- ache, double vision, and marked nervous prostration. In rare instances the suf- ferer dies of collapse. a — BOYS AND SMOKING, - One of the leading and standard papers of the country, the Scientific American, says: ‘The United States Navy annually takes into its service a large number of apprentice boys, who are sent all over the world and taught to be thorough sailors. It has been the policy of the Government since the war to educate the ‘blue jickets,’ upon the man is, the better sailor he is likely to become. There is no lack of candidates’ for these positions. Hundreds of boys apply, but many are rejected because they cannot pass the physical examina- tion. The firet question to a boy who desires to enlist is: ‘Do yon smoke? The invariable response is, ‘No, sir,’ but the tell-tale discoloration of the fingers at once shows the truth. The surgeons say that cigarette smoking by boys produces heart diseases, and that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the rejection of wonld-bo apprentioes on account of this defect, comes from the excessive use of the milder form of the weed.” This is a remarkable statement, coming, as it does, from so high an should be a warning to pan 1 " I TOBER 7, 18&5, The cost of Plymouth’s typhoid fever experience, through neglect of its water supply, in human lives was 107, The cost in money was nearly $60,000, in’ ex- |tra expenditure, and about the same in {loss of wages from enforced idleness among the sick and those who bad to {wait upon and nurse the sick—in all {about $120,000, Costly experience, Will | Plymouth’s people profit by it? Centre Hall never has these epidemics because of its excellent water supply~- it takes a little tax but saves enormously in doctors’ bills and death rate, The Democratic county of Clearfield has one hundred and twenty Bunday schools, That may account for the “good” ma- jority out there, Decatur Wells, son of the Renovo post- master, has been arrested for appropri- ating about $2,000 of government funds. Cheering news comes from all quar- opening of furnaces and workshops. RAILROAD TYRANNY. Whom High Freight Rates Drove From the Field, Philadelphia, Oct. 4 —An instance of the tyranny of railroad companies to ose who are 80 unfortunate as to be It serves to show how the indus tries of a state can be hampered, aod how millions of capital can be prevented from experience in the manufacture of iron esired to enter into that business again, and proposed purchasing the iron ore $400,000, They also proposed to erect a biast faruace upon the location aia cost of $400,000, and to boid in reserve $200, 000 for working capital. The furnace was to have a capacity of 100 tops per day, and they figured that they could manafacture iron at that pointat a profit, but when they came to inquire into the cost of freights over the railroad it was discovered that they were so high that the capitalists could not pretend to man- ufacture and compete with others. When the Beech Creek road was extended into the country the project was again taken up, but had to be abandoned as there is a prospect of that road going into the bands of the Pennsylvania. —— I A IO ——— —— LEG CUT OFF ON THE RAILROAD. Huntingdon, Oct. 2 Captain Jesse March, of Petersburg, this coanty, met with a frightful sccident last night, by which be lost his right leg, and will pro- Mr. March was here on business daring the day and was detained until after the passenger train west had gooe and there remained no way of getting home but by a freight, which he expected would stop at Warrior Ridge, near Petersbrug. It did not do so, however, but slackened up shortly sher pusing the station, when be jumped off. He fell and bis leg was thrown under the wheels. Amputation above the knee was necessary. The phy- covery. ss tM Se PASSENGER TRAIN ROBB ALTOONA. Altoons, Pa., Oct. 6.—As the regular ager train from Holidaysburg was pearing Allegheny Farnace, this morn ing, four men took possession of one of the crowded cars, and while three of them intimidated the passengers with re- volvers, the fourth went through the car and deliberately robbed such of the oc- cupants as he choose to select. One of the ngers made a show of resistance, but he was sttacked with a knife and cut through the hand. The conductor next grappled with one of the robbers, and was dragged out to the platform of the car and beaten with a revolver handle. The robbers then pulled the beli-rope and jumped off, escaping to the woods. BUCKLEN'S ARNICA BALVE. The best salve in the world for cuts bruises, sores, nlcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped bands, chilblains, ED NEAR tively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satistao- tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents a box. For sale by J. Zeller & Son. Belle- fonte, duggists, janTy aims sai issvosine fi A FIRST CLASS AGENTS WANTED IN THIS COUNT To prevent BP Boatitally ustzated magazine, S rms and permanen engagement given to the oy party. Any smart man or woman who is will- ing to work and bas the ability to push the Huagaaitie can secure a splendid posi- tion. rite ns at once giving age, par ticular of past work and terri jars desire ed, Address Corraox Hzaxra Co, Lol Boston, Mass. THE FRENCH BEATEN. 20 A despatch from a details of the battle between jae French Srooin under Admi- ral Miot a e Hoves at Tarafe! a , on Bept. and says that the 1 forces hy defeated. The Hoves a ocoupied « strongly Intralot LOR. fig Alter very hours, the French were com- pe do Lh ly pr with a they $10.0 killed and wounded. loss of thirty men With and elastic yet naterions hair r. Itis and voodiom. Parker's Hair Balsam will re- store NO. 39. ——— OCTOBER is & good month for merchants to exam ine their stock ef Dr, Kessler's Celebrat- ed English Cough Medicine and include a winter's supply in their next order, The people bave found out by experi. ence that it can be relied on in all cases of croup, whooping cough, colds, and lung troubles of any pature, and will have if, A good article draws trade while worthless preparations drive it away, It should be a source of satisfaction to a dealer as well to koow he is giving good honest value for money received. Mon- ey refunded to dissatisfied purchasers. ¥or sale by J. D. Murray. Jonxsrox, HorLioway & Co, Philadelphia Agents. EMINENT PHYSICIANS Connected with the principal hospitals throughout the United States report very gratifying and satisfactory results from the use of MeDonald’s Great Blood Puri- fyer in all cases of vitiated blood, emaci- ated condition, enfeebled digestive pow- er, malassimilation of food, &e. But few diseases can withetand its remarkable puny ng, tonic and reconstructive pows er. oney refunded to all dissatisfied purchasers. Bold by J. D. Murray. Jonrxsrox, HoLroway & Co, Philadelphia Agents, DRIVING OUT FOREIGN LABOR. AN AEROLITE FALLS, A Tremendous Aerolite Said to have Fallen with a Great Noise in Pennsylvania, Clayville, Pa., Sept. 30.—The serolite or metreoric stone, which caused the loud detonations heard throoghout the greater part of Washington and Alieghe- ny counties on Saturday last, fell upon the farm of Mr Buckland, in Jefferson twp., near the West Virgioia line. Ellis Jones, a mail carrier, saw the aerolite in its flight through the heavens, His horse suddenly stopped, snd he heard a noise like the roaring of the wind. Look- ing op, he saw moving bigh above him with incredible velocity a huge mass which he describes as resembling a great coal of fire as large as a barn, There ap- peared to be attached to it an immense flame of a deeper color than the coal, which tapered off into a dark tail with a sinnous outline, All in a moment, Mr, Jones says, the noise cessed, the fire-like appearance, the flame and black tail dis appeared, and in their stead the meteor assumed a blae-white hoe, which it re- tained until it passed out of sight. When the stone fell it broke into three pieces. tis grayish in color, with 4 ten- dency to red in streaks, and is more than thirty feet square. The people are flock- ing to see the wonder in great numbers. is cermin Thousands of able men fail in life for purely physical reasons. They are not torpid but their liver is, and the liver blocks the way. They are bilious, yel- low skinned, headachy and miserable, all because that great gland declines to do its work. The medicine that can restore to this organ its natural power will add one hundred per cent. to the available force of this world. We know of but one thing able to do this—Dr, Kennedy's Fa- vorite Remedy. oct sealife Huntingdon, Oct. 4.—The last of the Italian and Hungarian laborers have been driven from employment st the furnaces and mines at Saxton and have left the place. The operators were well patisfied to get rid of these foreign ers, especially a8 American workmen of fered themselves on as advantageous terms, The late employes of the Kemble Coal and Iron Company, at Riddiesburg, which failed so disastrously last year, have since been idle. A strong prejudice was the result of the employment of for- eign workmen, which showed itself in some persecution of them and occasional violence, and which, with the willingness of the employers to make a change, led to the filling of the places of all of them with American operatives. msi A API HPS NEVER GIVE UP, If you are suffering with low and de- pressed spirits, loss of appetite, general debility, disordered blood, weak consti. tation, headache, or any disease of a bil- jous natare, by all means procure a bot. tle of Electric Bitters. You will be sur prised to see the rapid improvement that will follow; you will be inspired with new life; strength and activity will return; pain and misery will cease, and hence. forth you will rejoice in the praise of Electric Bitters, Sold at 50 cents a bot- flo at J. Zeller & Son's drug store, Belle nte, ic amram A —- DIPHTHERIA IN BEDFORD AND HUNTINGDON. Saxton, Oct. 4. —Diphtheria has been prevalent to an alarming extent for ssw. eral weeks past in this borough and the neighboring parts of Bedford and Hunf~ ingdon counties. A pamber of ere Are many other cases that will probably prove fa- tal. It has been determined to close the public schools here and in the sarround- ing country if the disease should spread further within the next few days. A GREAT DISCOVERY. 24 2
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