o,! OLD SERIES, XL. VOL! Nuw SERIES XVIII T E CENTRE REPORTER, N TH FRED KURTZ, Epnrror and Pror'r Williamsport which so long had a trade in boards now wants a board of trade besides, - Whiskey caused a fire at Dubois which resulted in the cremation of two men, Hope they won't go through the same painful ordeal in the next world. Ee Charles Tucker, of St, Clair, and John Barkley, of Hantingdon, “didn’t know their revolvers were loaded.” The for- but fortunately The latter shot himse!f, and unfortunately the wound in his case mer shot his mother didn’t kill her. nroved fatal. i John Sherman declines to give any pinion as to the causes that produced tte Democratic victory in New York and Vir.inia. The are that (ieneral Lee's saddle struck John Sher the probabilities man sbd he hasn’c recovered from effact~ of the blow, - There is a diversity of opinion among to whether an the country newspapers the last Legislature as passed act pro- viding for the election of tax-collectors 3 by the people. Such a bill was passed, I ¥ signed by the Governor, and is prinied Pamphlet Laws, in the The Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co. seems have stolen a march on the Pennsyl- vania R. R C to prevent the B. & O from getting a line in New York city. Butthe B. & QO. secured all the rights of the Rapid which con- of Staten Is. The latter was endeav- 0 wring Transit Railroad Company, trols the entire shore line land, and gives a splendid opening into The B. & O. will at once pro- ceed to build a railroad Bound Brook to Elizabethport, at which point connection will be made with the Staten CILY. from id Transit Co, lad. Tin rindi Island Ra - - 1 ies says there can be upward of ation of the turn ‘1 iness tide In s fact clrarings at twenty-two cities out 11 3 all parts the hat the volume of :nty-seven heard from showsan n- rease over the corresponding perind of bank vearly becoming more I'he business done in ring houses is a representative of the gener trade, because the tendency is ally towards an increased! 3 be) Ousiness { ransactions ks and drafts instead ut of checks ¢ * » - PX Th cl vice resident Hendricks has caused a i rofound sensation all over He was« a statesman in the of the political He was one of America’s model statesmen advocated what he thought the country ferm—not a trimmer or b'atant demagogue. who was right, and goes to his grave without a stain upon his po itical record. It is a pity that many of our prominent men do not tread the same path of honesty, integri- ty and purity trodden Thomas A. Hendricks. We | may the nation mourn the le f such a man, and may her mourning be coupled with prayers that his life 1 by COS ve followed as a model by all in high plac €8. sist iin — We think Mr. Tilden was right On 28 ult he sent a telegraphic letter to the President telling him that he ought not to go to Indianapolis, Mr. Tilden dwelt upon the fact that the President was the ' person authorized to hold the Pres- idential office until the meeting of Con- and that any accident which might happen to him would lead to great pub- lic excitement, and consequent injury to business. He could pay his respects to the memory o Mr. Hendricks as com- pletely by sending some personal repre- sentative as by going, and he owed a hi.her duty to his country to remain in Washington and guard himself »~gainst the possibility of any harm or accident. Mr. Randall and the Justices of the Supreme Court also advised the Presi dent not to go to Indianapol s. —-—— Huntingdon conty is excited on a enal discovery which strikes Jack's monntain and might ron into Centre county. At all events the Hun ingdon county dis- covery will waken up the coal prospec tors over here, no doubt. A Huntingdon telegram max es this announcement : Jacob Zillins, a geologist of this city, has b en prospecting for several months in various sections of this county for val- uable materials, and at last succeeded in striking it rich. Ou the land of Amos Smucker, a weal hy and retired farmer, of Brady twp., Mr. Zillins ha. found an apparently inexhaustible vein of coal strongly resembling anthracite, and pos sessing apparently all its component parts, lta heating qualities are excellent ant it burns with geat freeness. A quantity of coal has already been taken out and is being used by many of the farmers in the neighborhood fr heating and cooking purposes. The vein is lo- cated on asmal spur of Jack's mountain, An effort is being made t+ organize a THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION. The death of Vice President Hen- dricks. says the World, leaves President Cleveland without any successor if he should die before the date of the meet- ing of Congress, on the 7th inst. Under the constitutional provision Congress has interposed two lives between those of the President and Vice President and an unfilled vacancy. The statute pro- vides : In case of removal, death, resignation or inability of both the President and Vice President of the United States, the President of the Senate, or, if there is none, then the Speaker of the House of Representatives for the time being, shall act «8 President until the disability is removed or a President elected. . In such a contingency, if the vacancy occurs two mouths before the first Wed- nesday in December, the election is held within thirty-four days preceding such first Wednesday in December, and the Electoral College meets on such first Wedn: sday. If two months do not inter- vene between the vacancy and the sta- ted date, the election is held the next following year, provided the regular Presidential term does not expire the preceding 4th of March, At present there is no President of the Senate and no Speaker, and those officers w 11 not be elected until Congress meets, on 7th. Should a vacancy cecur meanwhile, the machinery of the Government would be carried on by the Cabinet until the Pres- ident of the ¥enate or Speaker was elect ed, as it was daring President Garfield's inabi ity. It will be seen from Washington that the Republicans, in view of the present situation, talk of discarding Senator Ed- munds as President of the Senate and electing John Sverman. They are pro bably more likely to elect John A. Lo- Under the law the President of the Sen- ate or the Speaker might possibly hold the Presidency for a year and a little less than two months. In case of a vacancy occurring on, say, the 10th of October in ane year, the election of the President by the College would not take place until the first Wednesday in December of the following vear ss A A The following short and decisive de- Death of Vice President Thos. A, Hendricks. A Fatal Termination not Anticipated to so Apparently Slight an Illness, Indianapolis, Ind.,, Nov. 25.—~Thomas A Hendricks, Vice President of the Uni. ted States, died very suddenly at his res- idence in this city at 4:45 o'clock this evening. He returned from Chicago ou Saturday last and since then had complaining somewhat of a pain in been bis thought of it, Last pight he and Mrs. Headricks attended a reception given at the residence of Hon, John [ieasurer of the State, retaraing home in their carriage about midnight, Mr, Hendricks had taken off heavy clothing, which he osually wore, and put on a dress suit of lighter material, and before he got home Lecomplaived of chilliness aud a certain degree of exhaustion, but attri. buted it to material influeuce, He sat by the fire for an hoar or more before retir- iug, but declined to send for a physician although urged to doso, He slept res. lessly uutil avout eight o'clock this moru ing, when he arose, dressed bimsell ano ute quite a bearty breakfast, saying that ue felt much better and would attend w considerable delayed business during the day. He and Mrs. Hendricks waik ed out tor nearly had au hour, and he vad apparcuuy regained bis physical vig- or sud cheerfuiness, An bour ater, how Vel, LE Legal 10 LE Lioubled with palus to the region ul the stomach, and Mrs Hendricks seut fur the family physician Dr. W. C. l'oumpeon, the ileslvug coull- dential friend of tue Vier President. As the palus of the swomscu cotdutied ou cress De Was gived su ewieliC aad atter- wards au ivjeciivu sud relief came 14 a ators] way, He arvse from mis bed iu which te vad tein ouly a few minue- atid read toe mornibg paper, tsiklog coeertuliy with bis wile and old bou-e servant. Just betvie poon be had a re lapse, bowever, snd the physician was RAIN sUmwoned and adwsiered tue Ususi rem dies besides biseding the pa tient, aud dr Heudrioks aga 1 express uitusel! 8 being Eresliy redeved. He remained 10 Dis ova an aliertoun, 0c sionaliy ristg [row Lis bed, Ww wWhicu be whs compelied 10 reli! UY & rectirréuce of abdominal paius. Lo ail callers whe clwe, aud LUey Were DUWerous, he seul word that ue was l0disp 8¢ 7, LU woulo be glad 10 see thew tv morrow afteruoo. avout 4:30 clock. Mra Henoricxs, wuo tad been st his bedside dy, weul Cooper, Bea and Southwestern railroad is taken from the New York Coal Trade Journal: The! leech Creek, Clearfield and South west- ern Railroad runs from Jersey Shore, Lycoming county, Pa, to Philipsburg, Gazzam and Clearfield. At Jersey Shore] it unites with the Pine Creek Railroad and tracks to Williamsport. Crossing the river on a handsome iron bridge above Pine, it passes the old camp ground at Wayne, runs along the North side of Bald Eagle mountain at Castenea, opposite Lock Haven, touches Mill Hal, then crosses Beeeh Creek and reaches the borough by the same name. At this point it leavs the valley of the Bald Ea- gle and descends the Beech Creek up a sharp grade. After cros«