VOL { OLD SERIES, XL. NEW SERIES XVII CENTRE HALL. PA ET A Went asa NO. 46. THE NEW POLITICAL FIRM. HIS DEAD SON ALIVE. A RAILROAD CIRCUIT. EE — BENSE OF BMELLING. per ——— towers above all, like a michty sentinel guarding the luxuriant valley which lies to the north, and is called Buffalo, The thrifty li tle town of Mifflinburg is sur-| rounded with rich farms, all under the highest state of cultivation, and sits like a Queen amid scenes of pastoral beauty. he new road, which belongs to the It is evident that the near future will witness some very strange eruptions in the Republican party of this state. The Fri nomination of Col. Quay was not an The Philade phia Record nominates | agreeable consummation to Cameron Hon. William A. Wallace, of Clearfield, |and Magee, and his election was little THE CENTRE REPORTER, x vy THE PRAYERS OF THE RIGHTEOUS AVAIL FRE.D KURTZ, ETH MUCH. Aee— A man ay walk {or miles and miles without onee being actually conscious hat he possesses rach a sense as smell beyond the general sensation of being Half a WHAT CAN BE SEEN IN A RIDE OF TWELVE HOURS, After Many Years a Father's Reputation is — From Williamsport to Bellefonte and Eprror and Prop’ Cleared of a Terrible Suspicion by His in a pure and fresh atmosplicre for Governor. - A New Jersey Judge decided that shoot rabbits ground any time. man may - a - The {reeks talk of having « war. Those fellows ove all around. i ——— Many farmers in Union and Snyde counties were taken in by the Bohemia: oats swindle. job Cassidy's paper, the Keystone Ga but the Democrats. Well, as that in cludes “we,” pitch in once and see who'l pay the Fiedler, lf pe Jumbo nut only lost his as weil,—Middlebarg Post. duzen “oat.” have killed some halt gmuasuers had 1t nut been -—» Vesuvius is again in a state of e¢rup alarm is expressed, as the Observatory authorities believe that the eruption wil ent. a the American Newspaper Annual for 82 published by N. W. Ayer & Son, Philad tisers it is especially useful, il do without it, and they cannot we - —- monument for this so diers’ sct is rather a deucate one at pres Lewisburg Argus, and all this in the county of Union! no monument yet fo the soldier! jelphia have at last been and U BB. marshal. sioner, ed. t: Li tied to the offices, pif In selecting a candidate for United The Republican party which was in th majority represcated two 1. Mitchell. The Democrats chose the lesser evil and voted for Mitchell. has considerabie ability, and between on his side. No apology is needed there electing him over Williams. msn, ons A Ap os have nothing to do ~marrying is dull - among here and no gobular lodge in some vast wilderness.” - -—- more desirable, But his present pure pose of pressing General Beaver on the convention of next year for Governor is more positively distasteful, and unless the signs are deceptive it will create pos itive revolt. r| The Republican factions in the State are no longer Cameron on the one side and the Independents on the other, The lines now clearly show the Senator and r| Mr. Magee at the head of one factionand Quay and Beaver leading the other There is no mugwumping about that. It is a couple of hostile lines in which stal- warts are facing each other. The strange feature of it is that Quay and Beaver are not on top, and, unless they have lost their cunning, will stay there. Gen. Beaver may be said therefore to be Quay’s man for Governor. Of course this implies a reciprocal service in the Senatorial election that will follow. Gen. Beaver has male his political bed and Cameron and Magee have little to hope from the combination which he has ef fected.— Patriot. a ns — A — A ————— THREE UNITED STATES SENATORS. There is nothing in the elections this fall that affords a sufficient basis for the tepublican boast that the results fore- shadow the choice of Republican Sena tors in Congress as successors of Warner Miller in New York, Joseph R, Hawley in Connecticut, and William J. Sewell in New Yersey. »| On the contrary, these results clearly {show that the Democrats have at the very least a fair fighting chance for se- curing Legislatures next year that will give them the three Senators. There have been such Democratic gains in the lexislative contests of this fal as to prove that if the tide sets with equal force in the same direction in 1586 the Republi- cans will loose these Senators. Moreover, each of the present Senators has fixed his eye on another term, and i= clinging to his post with terrible tenaci- ty, while eager rivals are distracting the party by plotting to oust him. This has already aroused controversies in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey that will crop out when their Legislatures as- gamble in the coming winter, and grow more bitter as the time approaches when the question is to be put to the test of) votes. So says the N.Y. Sun. The nailers’ strike has assumed a new phase, one in which it is no longer capi- tal against labor, but it is now labor and capital against capital. This new devel opment is nothing more than the fact that Eastern nail manufactories are far- nishing the sinews of war to the striking na'lers in the Western district, and they will furnish the nailers with money till the strike ends one way or the other. The Eastern manufacturers see ruin staring them in the face if the nail ope- rators of the West are able to force the 17-cent scale on the nailers, their trade is gone and they must shut up their mills. There has hever been much love between the Eastern and Western man- ufacturers of either iron or nails, and at nearly any time they have been com- mercially willing to cut each other's throats. i. - »> -» At the conference of the coal operators and officials of the Miners’ Association at Pittsburg, on 18, a compromise was effected on a basis of the operators pro- position, guaranteeing a year's steady work at 2} cents per bushel for mining. Work will be resamed in all the river mines. The strike was inangurated five months ago and affected 5,000 men. There is great rejoicing along the river over the settlement, eo es——— The esteemed Keystone Gazelle argues that as four Democratic papers can live in Centre county, why can’t two Repub- rican papers get along. The four Demo- cratic papers don’t live tho’, they simply exist, Bob, , sss si AGI NIN Mr. Moody has made a five-years’ con- tract with a new “sweet singer, y » teacher of music in Honesdale, who ws to accompany him on bis ropesh Mourned Boy's Return. Mifflintown, Pa., Nov, 12,—At the ex- treme western end of Juniata county, near Waterloo, at a puint - where the counties of Hantingdon, Franklin, Perry and Juniata join each other, therelives a family by the name of Divinney, over whom a cloud of murder has been hang- ing for many years. Porter Divinney was in the habit of baving frequent quarrels with bis youn son, sometimes becoming 80 angry that he threatened the lad's life. years ago while the futher and son were engeged at work in the field, his father ordered the boy to go on an errand, bu he refused. ‘I'be father became very much enraged and beat his son, teling the lad that if he did not obey he would kill him. The son took his departure from tue father in & melancholy mood, and was not seen or heard of in the community from that time. About two years after the above occur- rence a party of sportsmen, who were huoling on the mountains near Roxbury Franklin county, came upon the charred remaios of a human beioyg, and suspicion was at once aroused that tue bunes were those of young Divioney, who bad so mysteriously disappeared. Upon the Aiscovery being made the father appear +d to be frantic with grief, and at ouce made information against bis cousin, W ti. Knox, of near Blairs’ Milis, Hunting- don county, charging him wih the mur- der of his 800, aud Kuux was arrested and lodged ia jsil at Che.mbs rsbury,, Frapshin County. Kuox declared hus iu ocence, aud a number of promivent vit gous weut tw Cuamoversburg in his bebadd sud proved an alivi, sbuwibg 10 the satis faction of ail tust he was not in the aeighborhuod as the tinue the crime wae ap to have bLecu cvmmitied, suo he Was released row custody. The opiu- jon was expresfed that Jorwer Diyvivpey was guilty of murdering bis own son, «nd aimust the eutire community hear. iy acquiesced, and » Wariaul was sued tor hus arrest. Inviouey was taken befor « Justice, and alihougu What sppesrdd w be ample circumsianiiai evidence wa «iveu tw hoid him on thecharge of nowi- vide, the justice deewed it lesufficient, and he wes aiso xiveu bis liberty, Ad though the Justice declared him luuoceut he citizews looked upun vim aad be jeved Lim tue real murderer, Divinpey had siways veeu regarded as « man of a very wicked disposition, vut frum the day of uis scquittal belure hie Justice hus neighbors refosed to be friendly witt him, sud iu their winds iooked upon Bim asa wurderer, sith ugu his great griel sbown at Gast wut Lied wim to a douut of being gaily of the ter rivle crime. It is said the boy's wotber even Was moved by the wouutain of evi Jence 10 doubt the father’s ivwocence, Lise and its burden became unbesrs- be, aud Diviuney sought refuge in ihe spiris of Gud, at & religous revival belo tu Waterloo, castivg Lis load pon Him wouse love pesseth ail underswandiog, and since that time tue repenteut wan bas lived the life of a cousis ens and cue scioutious Christian, He has publicly prayed 10 God for tue deliverauce of hi sun, 80 that the commauity would ve satisfied that he was ilsuvocent of the CuBrge of murder. But notwitnsiandiug his prayers, ibe dark suspigion of wut der was sull in the miuds of the peipie. At howe it is said tue latuer aud moter of tue boy, sithougu Nvieg uweder the same roof and esting from tue same ta- ble, would rarely speak 10 rach viher, Years vy, and the peopie still peiieved that the boues [ound on the mountain near Roxvury were those of young Divinuey, and that the futher was he wurderer. One day last week, to the surprise of all, and to the great joy of the grief-strioken parents, the sou who wes mourned ss dead made his appeara.ce at the old homestead, slive and weil, but grown slwost to manhood. The mother could hardly believe toat be who «tod before her was her son who left home so .aduenly aud myswrivusly many years «go But he gave su full an scesunt of 18 departare snd wanderings since tha eventful day when his father and he asrrelied in tne teid, thst al: doabis in he wother's miod were set at rest, and the father, mother and long-iust son em- nraced each otter uid gave praise to God am d & throug of veighbors for the sae deliverance of their beloved sm, and the removal of the terrivle charges that had clung to the fatter for 80 wanv years The lad when he left the parental roof wandered through the o.un'ry until he lauded in one of the Western States, where he eng work with a farmer and remained there until a few weeks Several Then Down the Valleys of Nittany, Penns and Buffalo to Lewisburg— The Distance. Williamsport Gazette and Budetin,] Since the completion of the Be lefonte, Nittany and Lemont railroad, from the former to the latter place, a distances of nine miles, a complete circuit can be made from Williamsport via Lock Ha- ven, Bellefonte, Centre Hall, Spring Mills, Mifflinbuorg, Lewisburg, Montandon, Mil- ton and Watsontown, to the place of be- ginning. Leaving Williamsport at 7:25 in the morning you can run up to Lock Haven, arriving there at 8:25. At 9 you leave for Bellefoute over the Bald Eagle Vuliey road, and reach there at 10:35. As the train over the Lewisburg and Tyrone railroad does not depart until 1 p. m., you have ample time for dinner and to look around the town which is founded on limestone rocks; to view the great spring; take a glance at the ancient court house, and meet some of the staid, solid citizens. Leaving at the hour indicated you reach Lewisburg at 535 p. m., and Montandon at 5:50, where a close con- nection 8 made with the up train on the Philadelphia and Erie railroad, and Wiliamsport is reached at 7 p. m. About twelve hours will be consumed in mak- ing the circuit of one hunired and fifty miles No more interesting trip can be made in this section of the state, where more diversified and charming scenery can be viewed. The route takes in over sixty miles of the valley of the West Branch, with mountains on both sides, then runs through a canon in the Bald Eagle range to Bellefonte, passes down the rich and highly cultivated valleys of Nit any and Penns, »triking the edge of Brush valley. At Spring Mills the scen- ery again becomes wild and mountain- ous and the traveler cannot failto be im- pressed with its rugged grandeur. Once through the mountain gorge the Eden of Union county, Buffalo valley, is entered, and as the train dashes down to Lewis burg many of the finest farms in the state are passed. A RICH COUNTRY. A run around the circuit tha other day proved particularly interesting and pleas- ant. The soft haze of Indian summer hung upon mountain and plain and ad ded much to the softness and beauoty of the land scape. At Lemont, a pretty lit- tle town with neat churches and house |, you have a splendid view of the State College, about two and a half miles away. It looks stately and grand as viewed from the car windows, and the rich agricultural country which surrounds it never fails to impress one with the conviction that he is in aland of extraor dinary fertility and richness. The point of the mountain behind Lemont is the dividing line between Nittany and Penns Valleys, and as the wwn is passed the railroad bears down the latter valley to- wurd the east At Centre Hall Fred Kurtz, editor and publisher of the Cen- Hall Keporter, came aboard the train. He has lived here for a quarter of a cen tury, and unlike the majority of news paper publishers, has prospered and grown rich. He owus a fine flouring mill, a farm, supplies the town with wa ter, and runs his own newspaper. On being interrogated concerning his busi- ness he said: “Yes, 1 furnish the literature, the bread and water for the people of this section. My mill is supplied with the atest and most Pliny. machinery for waking flour by the roller process, and we have a capacity to make seventy bar- rels a day.” “Wheat raised in these limestone val- leva is choice. is it not?” “Very fine indeed, and it makes a su perior article of flour. I intend to double the capacity of my mill soon.” “Do you run the farm yourself?” “No,~1 don’t attend to the farming. It is vonducted by a farmer.” “Have you been engaged in the print- ing bu-iness long?" “A good many years. I came from York and learned the printing business when a boy. Many years ago I worked in Williamsport for my brother, who publishes a German weekly paper. 1 al- ways liked the trade of a printer and still work at it.” “You established the R “Yes; after leaving Williamsport 1 came hore and founded it. When 1 bought the type I looked aroun for a cheap hand press, so that if I failed I woa'd not have much money invested in that kind of machinery, In the office of the old Lycoming Gazette 1 found an old tashioned Smith press, which had been used to print that paper, and I bought it. That was at the time when Theotore Wright was editing the paper. After using the old press some time my busi: ness ine so much that 1 was oplig. ed to buy a power press and throw it aside. But I have h yet and it is quite a resic, COZY os Philadelphia and Erie division, is well] built and will prove of immense benefit! dozen times perbaps in to the inhabitants of those rich valleys up toil. A who have been so long cut off from quick 1+ia or Borie wes communication with the world, Over its! : Eis OF hursing wesils OF tracks the rich products of the farmer! EW-mowh NJ of 1 will find a way to market and travel willl always be good, because the population |in 6 cottage garden some is heavy. Mr. E. B. Westfall is superin-| of these may 0 tendent of the line and directs its opera-| tion. A trip around the circle cannot.’ fail to be of interest to any one who!’ wishes to study the location of the val-| ‘or them, leys and enjoy every variety of scenery begin a involving river, plain and mountain. The |. wit following tabie of distances may be of CE 4 value ; he Wat in bloom iis svn Je gos a4 WARES beanfield rabank of v HT 1 OREO & WOO bine or ths ricnetis i lowers or mig s or other liis atiention at rare ervals by ther fragrances aud so steal y notice ; bul Lhe man does not OOK {ent with a dog wh {and has been end ! reas ‘ ving unpres- Mile Williamsport to Lock Haven......... " Lock Haven to Milesburg.......... . Milesburg to Bellefonte. ...comiemiiisson Bellefonte 10 Lemont... cvmmmssrnnsns Lemont Ww Lewisburg... RR a Montandon to Williamsport... . is sions from the same ru ndings . and 2 under the same What “si eompietely 4 } had for him! POREL.ecenssercssnsenserensapssnsns 151 | ment has The entire “swing around” can be eording to his capacity ; made in twelve hours at an experBe not [ent influences have exceeding five dollars, and cannot fail 10 1f, when they prove as interesting as it is charming. : & Gn | ; A MURDER FOR MONEY. lund spread them oul ui Chester, Pa., Nov. 23 —John Sharpless, this master's, they won one of the most orthodux Frieuds iu |OPPOsite as the p Delaware county, resides in Norh Prov if they had beer idence twp., about a wile from this city, earth, and the others on a farm locacted ou a lopely road. Al tuins of 9 o'clock a strauge colored man calied at) ie ne house while it was rainivg Hefound | Mr. Sharpless sitting with his fami y, his centered iz, wife and two ladies and 8 nurse, He in- grosses his attention mos daved Mr Sharpless to go to the baru expesedingly quic with bim for some straps sayiog, “I have 11 1. difficalt dad hard luck, My carriage, in which |... tes there is two ladies, bas broken down, and | Ighitest foot I need a rope to fix it up so thet I can gu |snd creep around the ols on.” The murderer kept well in theiby and i susdow while be said tis, and declined | gated the invitation to have the occupausts of |. ot so 4... uid he anf he carrisge enier the house pending the [the 8g Tes, I! oe Bh a. repairs. Ou his way to the barn anoth- cient to betray its presence. Either er man joined the iret aud the twu foi through eye or ear, very likely through towed in Mr. Sharpless’ wake, When io theswable Mr. Sharpless was struck on the back of the head with a tstcuet, crushiog his skaoll, and killing] him iostanuy., After taking out his| his senses are, i of smell watch the negro retarned to the house. ahove all, that Ti in reply to a question he said he wanted 41... final arbiter—the test to whi money, and advanced to one of the wo! , 0 an AY enn men malsiaabod. B fae wen, at tue same time asking what bad (diffi lt problems are subjesies, ang: become of a girl whom he missed from {which all doubts are ved. Itisina tue cumpsuy. Upon learning that she|world of scents thet a dog lives and had gone out, avd the culored servant be- | pmoves and has his being. What a curi- |ug sent for, the villain left. Mr. Sharp lous scent this brambie leaf has! and vss’ family were on their way to the| : ' uarn when they encountered a neighbor, this ‘spot in the road!and that last who hastened 10 warn them that ne bad nettle he passed —Low interesting ! How ~een two suspicious looking characters ou unlike all other netties he ever met with! their way to the house, The family then | igo must return and investigate! And, expressed their fears and coontinved . the barn, where Mr, Sharpless was found x. oa lying dead. An alarm was promptiy|so engrossed that even lis master s com- sounded, and 10 a sbort time a scoutiog mand can scarcely persuade him to paryy was hurrying r every chrestion 10 | Jeave jt And then, as to judging of Hed Lhe ASSARSIDS t is sAasomed Lael ] i} La DO they hid themselves in Juha Lindsey 7s | ChATRCSeT, lot. 3 Yeates Wy ac PoSsetnts » warn, oo the farm adjoining, and, sus |dog say whether he knows of any test pecting that they would be foliowed, | that can be for one moment compared ihey set fire to that structure in order Ww [with the test supplied by the bandle divert atteution and thas escpe, for it wus + vag that spread themselves out our ed down a short time after the mur-| low’s none HH . der with all the crops, tarmang impie-(8¢ the Hp of 5 dogs meme. . Lo pan meuts-aud four head of horses, The loss may be pardonad, 1 would express ou the barn is about $5,000, | my belief that by no other means can 80 Cea ae | correct a diagonisis of a raan's character A SUBSTANTIAL FINE. {be obtained. At all events, all will Philadelphia, Nov, 22.—Harrison Hio-| agree that a dog depends upon it with. ple, » drover at No 930 Market Jaret, out any reserve whatever, snd mo x48 he owner of an uid crippled CO% Uo pout of flti vill serve o ltr the 0 extent that it could not stand up {opinion he has by gnch means arrived Tie wan tok the cow to a slsughter/at. And who does not remember how, house where it was killed and sold 10] when Ulysses returned home after his costumers, Hipple was arrested and let many years’ absence disguised as a beg- ff with a fine of $1,250, . gar, neither length of time nor change FIVE WOMEN BURNED, of appearance and clothing served for Sandusky, 0, Nov, 20.—The County |® moment to deceive Lis faithful hound. Infirmary near this city was partially| While every other member of the house- destroyed by fire to~night. Five womsn| hold was regarding him as a stranger were burned to death, and the Superive| pis dog came up and instantly dis tendeut was badly ivjored and uncon-i 31s identity scious and unable to give any informa- . ton. There were 08 inmates, SLAIN BY A CYCLONE. London, Nov. 22.—A terrible cyclone swept over the Philippive Islands yester- day. Eight thoosand buildings inclodi' g numerous chorches and school houses, were destroyed and twenty-lWo persons were kilied. ——————————————————" SERVIA'S DEFEAT SERIOUS. Loudon, Nov. 19.—It is clear that Sere via's defeat at SLiviitza was very serious. They lost 10 gous, 356 horses, 8,000 killed aud wounded many prisoners, #8. For 82 in advance we will rend he Kerortar one yoar and the Nzw York Weexiy WonLp six months. The wo pagers tor the time named, for $2, have been able to make known the moon. an instant i Bee an what {0 emerge Tie 1 at the same inslant, ibe made conscious of the {both the dog will interesting little circumstance. But quick a to that 14 the dog trusts SO | doing 80, he becomes for a few moments A — a of. ——— HOW PLUG HATS ARE MADE To make the silk stove-pipe hats a large square of muslin is dipped into shellac, wrung out and then stretched over a wooden frame to dry. After dry+ ing it “is cut up iuto sizes and shapes suitable for the various parts of the hat Some pieces are cut on the bias for the crowns of hats, others are stiffened pare ticularly for the brims, while the muslin for the central cylinders, which are the sides, is cut into oblong ejquares. The This offer ke to induce ad.aoce sylvania and Mr. Vanderbilt for the we make » transfer of the South Pennsylvania to the former will prove futile, and that the courts will be powerless to prevent it, but the acquisition of the Beech Creek, Clearfield and Southwestern will be at- tended with some difficulty, The ma- jority of the parties in interest seem de- termined to prevent it if possible, and are quite ready to pay the money to pre- vent it. The company had a floating debt of about $1,300,000, and it is propos- ed to assess the stock 26 per cent. in or der to discharge the debt, and thea go ahea !, if needs be, procure a judicial sale of the property, so as to get the best price possible and to eompel the Penn. sylvania to buy it in cgupetition with other parties in the open market. This road is in a very differant position from the South Pennsylvania, and it is by no means cep.ain that Mr. Vanderlilt can tour. payment. Boston Buck, chief of the Clarion “ghovers of the queer,” and admitted by (he Pittabarg police to be the shrewdest criminal in the State, 18 a native of Cen- «re county. Lock Hayen, Nov, 24.~A heavy Sto st rm has prevailed here siace Sunday aight without cessation. The snow on he hills 1s reported to be three feet deep and is is still snowing. Two girls bel to the Salvation Army, i gg te aed the au Jisute with n fuifile exhibition the er night. “ Be one pari Se mu no » bubly wound, pros Jerry Miller, an old Sallivan county hunter, cams off victorious in a li tussel with a big bear. Bruin closed iu on Jerry, ysoked his coat off, tore his shirt to shreds, lacerated bis body and ROCKS AND SPRINGS, Spring Mills, at the entrance of the gorge whicn forme the outlet to Buffalo ‘alley, is becoming a place of note on ac- count of its charming surroundings, fine springs and the Ronderful eave near by. i As a pleasure resort it read Vora. ro et A red thivagh urief. The Toh, | bly known, a a Rr rit dl is now a happy family, It sill remains ihe WTR: t me phot a 8 and « mystery as to whom the remains foond 0 the railroad, is conducted by Mr. on the mountain near Roxbury belonged. John 1 Bibby, who formerly kept the * HE MISSED THE KITTEN. hotel at Mon county. Sweeping down n's Creek, a large Honesdale, Pa, Nov, i8, Milton Bei | stream of pure, cold, spring water, which sucker, retaroed rm bouting yesterday | empt es in o the river at Selinsgrove, the and entered the house of his employer, | scenery is wi d and Two tannels Mrs. Judge Hamlin, and deliberately roe the rocks, and the grade descen:ls duting his gue ac a dasgnter, Roey | Fapidly to Ba valley. In this wild Hamlin, whe sat in a room holding u kits | region, where upon rocks in huge tea in her lap, exclaimed, “Hold still and | confusion are piled " the lover of the I will shoot theoat.” Before Miss Hew- | grad and beastiful in nature will newar lin conid arise, Beisuoker fired. The | tire. Purling streams, pure as al, shot 100k effect fo. the young woman's | tumble over sandstone rocks on the right wrist, and aw potation my be neces ry The rogg d hills are tw Belsacker's excuse was hat he thougut | with pine, oak and "Phe gun wes Dob low, i Woustas grid a C—O STAIN SHRINKING IN WOOLEN GOODA. A German technical journal states fabrics treated according to the ag, when he was made cognizant of the charge sgeinst his father, and he decided to pay his parents a visit, and thus re I the odinm that was weighing ov the father’s mind, and with this idea in view he arrived nome lest week. It wan truly a happy relief 10 the father, who hands of girl, Who trims ib the lining. terribly. At lust the plucky old Lunter his cighicendinch Knife out lange i wl toto tim summit
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