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THE CENTRE REPORTER.
FRED. KURTZ, Eptror and Pror’r
General Beaver can't pitch a curved
ball.
. —— ;
President Cleveland is playing havoc
with undeserving pension bills,
wen - a
Taffy on a stick—the Prohibition
clanse in the Republican platform,
- . -
The Temperance plank in the Beaver
platform can be soaked with water or
whiskey, or both, just as suits the cam-
paigner,
- el» —-
Reports from the west speak of con-
tinued drought which is doing damage
to the crops.
-
It is reported that Gov. Curtin will re-
tire from political life at the expiration
of his congressional duties,
.
(len. Beaver in politics is like a little
boy astraddle one end of a plank: n«
he’s up and then he goes down.
Ww
- mn > -
The speech delivered by Gen. Butler
at the Knights of Labor pic-nic, at Belle-
fonte, on 3rd, was considered a very
rank affair.
dies —
We are informed that the fellows who
Republican
failed to get on the slated
state ticket have been urged by the
bosses to apply to Congress for a private
pension promising to back 'em up,
r on Demo-
cratic local and county offices be placed
on the ticket for prothonotary, would
not all who pleased be justified in kick-
ing ? and why should such a kicker be
thus favored, is it that class that keeps
up the party? Say.
- -——
Republican ticket as
Suppose a chronic kicke
it
the
Deaver is on
a bait for the temperance vote, while
Norris is on to catch the liquor vote, and
ardent.
The platform is made to suit whiskey or
is an inveterate guzzler of the
ix whiskey
ia 4
is Ww
rribly
A Wo
ing the bungling patch-up.
and water. disturb-
Na —— .
In another column we print a letter
from Gov. Cartin that he
not again be a candidate for con-
gressional honors. nents will
regret this, as he one of
most prominent and useful members of
the House, and could have been re-nom-
inated and re-elected. His letter, how-
ever, fully sets forth his reasons, and
the Governor's place in congress will be
hard to
announcing
will
His cons
8
the
has been
fill. Lo
Among the announcements this week
will be found the card of Hon. C. T. Al-
exander for senator. Mr. Alexander
was in the senate one term, and served
his constituents faithfully, and should
he again receive the nomination, the in-
terests of this district will be well taken
care of. All remember the dead-lock
and the unpleasantness that arose in the
last conference for the nomination of
senator, and that Mr. Alexander, to pro-
duce harmony magnanimously with-
drew his name as a candidate, an act
which will be gratefully remembered in
his favor.
s— fie mets
The innocent purchasers of Bohemian
oats notes, at Fort Wayne, are down in
the mouth. A test suit was tried in the
Allen citeunit court that proved disas-
trously to the note holder, and the farm-
ers who bit at the oats deal and gave
their notes are very happy over the re-
gult. The oats, sharpers, however, who
gold the oats and the notes received, are
not to be found. ~South Bend, Indiana,
Times.
In two or three months the agony will
begin in Centre county—DBellefonte
bankers tell us paper to the amount of
$10,000 to $15,000 will have to be met
goon, which will be an index of the
amount for which our people haye been
bitten by the swindie.
Mp nis
The political pot is beginning to boil
its hash in this county. Curtin's ru-
mored retirement from politics has put
life into new movements on the chess
board. Alexander bas announced him-
self for senator and it is said Meek has
also made up his mind to enter the same
race. Spangler has put his head on the
congressional pillow. The candidates
for prothonotary are circling around,
making use of every moment to put in
their licks.
The Republicans are quiet but looking
on with a watchful eye hoping to profit
by the Democrats blundering in making
an unsatisfactory ticket, in which event
they expect to get off with the offices.
They are hoping our party will do a fool-
ish thing and nominate men whose
record will be a dead weight, We hope
the Democrats will be equally concerned
tosce that no men are nominated, es
pecially in this time of danger, who can
be proven guilty of falsehood, trickery
and low treachery, and thus spoil the
calculations of the Republicans. Demo-
crats, beware of a weak ticket at this
time,
GOV, CURTIN TO RETIRE,
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Times says:
It is understood here that Gov. Curtin
will decline a re-nomination to Congress.
CURTIN’S LETTEL.
To the Citizens of Twentieth
gional District :
Having contemplated for some ti
my retirement from Congress at the ex
'
{ on are
the
mie
nounce {o the citizens of the Twentieth
Congressional District that I will not
termined to retire to private life ailer
this term, He is preparing an address,
which will be issued in a day or two to
his constituents, in explanation of his
position. This step has been taken after
mature consideration, The
feels that he is growing old and political-
The wear and tear of the
onerous round of official duties are grow-
His desire
Governor
ly war-worn.
{
ing too much for him. is tol
finally lay aside the burdens of public]
¥
i
ife and seek the rest which age and fail-
ing health demand and which cannot be|
found as a member of Congress. |
f Pennsylva-|
be greatly |
The old familiar form o
nia's War Governor will
missed,
ties of head and heart, endeared himse
to a larger circle of friends at the nation-
al capital than
member of the
tives, He is beloved by old and young)
He has, by his splendid quali-}
surrounded any other!
Hovee of Representa-
alike and even his political enemies will
be sorry for his decision.
vom———r——— —
“WHO KIN LICK GENS BEAVER?
A Republican, the other day, asked|
m., As
(ten. Beaver has never been a
His first run was for Assembly in
when his opponent, Fred'k Kurtz, was
elected by 142
us the above questi a “licker,”
SUCCESS,
i
1 or
1865, 1
2, in spite of the General's
ili hen the
military record, and at a time w
county was close, The General
ba a wg bon
«) Or ol over Lhe
gOme
He was “licked” once in the Republi-
can state convention for the nomination
for Auditor General, and once !
womination fi
Allerwards
“licked” by
He was also “li
Ir ZOVernor.
he
was nominated and was
Pattison at the polls,
i” for U. 8. Senator,
And still a Republican will
Who kin lick Gen, Beaver?
Wm. A. Wall
Chas. R. Buckalew can do it
Possibly that Chaunney Bl
ace can do it.
Gen. Beaver never was hard to “lick,”
and he
tho we would prefer him
is not as strong as his party, al.
thor!
RATT}
) anv
Republican for governor. If he was a!
worse man, he would stand better in his|
DAILY.
sn—r
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
The Democratic State Convention of
Pennsylvania will assemble at the Opera
House, in the City of Harrisburg, at 10
a. m., on Wednesday, August 18, to nom-
inate candidates for Governor, Lieuten-
ant-Governor, Auditor-General, Secreta
ry of Internal Affairs, and Congressman.
at-Large,
The convention will consist of 350
lapresentative Dulegates, selected under
the rules of the party from the respective
Assembly Districts of the State, one for
ach 1,000 Democratic votes cast for
Governor at the preceding gubernatorial
election; or for a iraction of 1,000 such
votes, amounting to 500 or more, in the
respective representative districts, pro-
vided that each representative district
shall have at least one delegate.
- - >
Up in Pinegrove, we are informed, a
Democrat was obliged to have a tussle
with a Republican on account of the re-
moval of the latter from the post-office,
Itis truly wonderful how hard these
Republicans die, they want to hold
on to offices by force, even after fairly
defeated. This is strange, but if it had
happened down this way, one would
have found Democrats queer enough to
bargain to keep the Repubs in office,
and then have the cheek to ask the
Democrats to nominate them for pro-
thonotary, or some other office,
A Ass
The Republicans mentioned for nom-
inations, so far as we have intimation,
are, James Milliken for congress; J. G.
Love and J, P. Coburn for assembly, and
John T. Johnson and Geo, M. Bosl for
prothonotary. Pretty good material, it
is true, but the Democracy can, if they
will, match "em.
Mr. J. L. Spangler announces himself
as a candidate for congress, in this issue
of the Rerorrenr. Since Gov. Curtin has
declined further congressional honors, it
is perfectly fitting that the Democracy of
Centre presents a new name for the
place, aa every county in the district has
done the same thing. As there will be
none io contest the matter with Mr.
Spangler, the compliment may as well
fall upon his shoulders as not—he fought
for the party through many a battle and
a pleasant recognition of this kind is al-
ways well spent upon deserving ones,
- oe Ey
Most of the editors of this state spent
last week in an excursion to the sca
shore. There is no rest for the wicked,
the poor devil had to stay ai home to
trict, of different political parties, who
have written me asking that I again al
low my name to be used,
The office of Member Congress
not a sinecure. Iam constantly pressed
with duties and engagements which I
try to fulfill, but which have too often
failed from the impossibility of success.
Among these, not the least onerous and
painful, are the numerous applications
for official position, where succes poss
isble under the most favorable circum-
stances only to a very lew,
It has happened also that the claims
for aid in obtaining pensions made on
me, not only by the surviving soldiers
resident in Pennsylvania, but by those
who have left the state, have added very
largely to my labors. 1 need not say
that I have willingly responded to these
calls from the men who offered their
lives for the preservation of the Govern-
’
OL i8
8 IB 1
my efforts in behalf of this most deserv-
ing class of our citizens, not only in the
Barean of Pensions, but in my place in
Congress, aided sometimes by my own
personal knowledge and testimony, |
not beeu fruitless,
And here 1 desire to express especially
the surviving sold-
iers of the District, who, with remark-
able unanimity, have earnestly and
husiastically sustained me,
iave
to
¢n-
Their con-
the war,
wn, and one of
sol my life is
and
1G
idence, given to me early in
he most grateful ref
t 1 shail retain that
friendship until the end.
Another very gratif
ying
tence
memory of
and have
3 people of
ennsyivania, and
in
giler-
and of
becanse
al
t t5 adva
+ 10 RAQYance
and private act
h
the interests and welfare of our working-
0
is
ance of the rights of per-
an labor find
can is just
is
Honored as I have been so ollen with
it close this aon
from C
to the
and State of wy
whom ¥ RIWAY
by whom 1 have
sustained with a constancy and devotion
which I can never forget. Very respect.
fully, A. G. CURTIN.
“i
| X84
Washington, July
peop
porte
su pj i and
"31: tb 4 po
Philipsburg
T lav y
on Tuesday night.
insurance,
A
roy
iid
disease like glander
8
a
horses
gl in some se
ois, the animg
shot.
, 3
From Towa « a half a crop of wheat
a
nly
Californis
larger crop than ever,
Horrible
around.
A riot Protest
ants in Belfast—the military had to be
called out,
is reported. will have
ers and suicides all
between Catholics and
One hundred houses have been de-
stroyed by fire in the town of Koden,
Province of Siedlic, Poland,
dred families out of a total population of
2.500 have been rendered homeless,
Three han-
Any one sending us the name of a cash
subscriber for one year will get a credit
of three months on his subscription, and
three months premium will also be al-
lowed the new name,
--———
NATURAL GAS DOING AWAY WITH
COAL.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 8,—The use of na-
tural gas in the manufactories of the cis
ty has done away with the consumption
of 187,850 bushels of coal a day, In 250
working days, which is considered a year
by manufacturers, the whole amount of
coal displaced would run up to 37,450,000
bushels. Calculating 100 bushels to be
an average day’s output for a coal miner,
it would take 1,600 coal miners to dig
this coal, but altogether the use of natur-
al gas has thrown 5,000 men out of work
in this region, It required the use of
633 railroad cars to transport the black
diamonds,
——— MY PI MSS 5
DESTITUTION IN TEXAS,
The people of Wise county, Tex., have
petitioned Governor Ireland to call an
extra session of the Legislature to pro-
vide relief for the people in the dronght-
stricken sections of the State, Thousands
of acres of school lands have been sold
to settlers in the drought district. They
have made first payments on their
farms, and must make second payments
during August or lose their land and
what they have already paid. The crops
are utter failures. These settlers have
not even raised enough for next year's
seeding. Many of the heads of families
have left for the eastin search of work
to earn enough money to make the Au
gusi payment on their homes, and an
axtra session of the Legislature, it is
hoped, will extend the time for these
payments and make an appropriation to
wash rollers and sling the lye brush.
purchase seed for new crops for the des-
titute families. a
#
WEDNESDAY,
THE TICKET NAMED.
ATE GOES 1
TION
NTIRE BL
[EF EX(
HROUGH
ROBERTS
WiTH
OF
Beaver Named by Acclamation,
The Repul
State Convention has done its work and
Harr'sburg, June 30, ican
this is the result :
Governor, James A. Beaver.
nor, Wil
Lieutenant Gove: jam T. Da-
vies,
Auditor General, A. Wilson Norris,
Secretary of Internal Affairs, Thomas
J. Stewart.
Congressman-at-large,
borne.
This is the slate ticket, witl
Dr.
lionaire, having been want-
f,
IHNAZers 01
exception of Oshorne,
Titusville mil
1
ed by the party n the mo
he would throw into the campaign.
3 anticipated, General Deaver was
nominated by acclamation. Then came
the lL
ntest of the day over
reli
51 voles cast Davies |
;
-
tooth 12214 and Georg
: 3 1 . tle . 4
vies had exaclly one yo
The
Qi Pus é
wer, but 1
spare. contest counid
been cle 316 giale
gon Norris was nominate or Auditor
General on the first ballot, receiving 142
votes to 108 for Grimes Stewart
went through for Secret Internal
MOK,
y enatonal
lican Btate Conventions,
IMINATING BEAVER
taritl
2 WATE
delegates in the
{ organization
sagh with, alter the recess,
Wagner, the permanent
rman, had read the convention
son on political ethics, he
he reins as if hemeant buisness, Col-
onel Hastings, an Adonis in form, step-
ping out into the main aisle, in measured
terms, a sonorous voice and a vigorous
brandishing of adjectives and metaphors,
presented his hero, Beaver. MacAvoy,
of Philadelphia, jumped up before the
peroration of Hastings’ panegyric had
fairly left his vocal organs, moved to
nominate by acclamation.
tft mime
In speaking of the last Prohibition
convention at Bellefonte, the Republican
says: “The conveniion was a tame al-
fair, smaller and less enthusiastic than
Still we
are told by our prohibition friends that
the prohibition sentiment is growing
stronger and will be an important factor
in the county elections, It
seems as though it were the opposite,
Instead of being a live issue it is only
kept alive by a few energetic individu-
als, either for the novelty of the thing
or more likely for the sake of having
their names apppear in the covaty pa-
pers, which to some is the greatest event
of their life, The Irohibition party
may be a success some day, but we fear,
like the millenium it is a long time
coming,
¥ 1181 PY
HIDAULIOS Of
a
tO 1K
7
nu
former county conventions.”
comiog
rt — cf asst —
DAKOTA'S WHEAT CROP.
Millions of Busheis Damaged by an Exe
tensive Hail Storm,
Chicago, July 2.—A special dispatch
from Fargo, Dakota, says: Reporis re.
ceived the past day or two from a great
number of points in the No. 1 bard
wheat region are much less favorable
than heretofore, Outside of Cass and a
few river counties, serious and rapidly
increasing injury from drought is re-
ported. The rains have been mostly
confined to limited areas, some places
looking well and others very poor. Unless
there is a general rain very soon, the
crop in the Northwest will cut short
several million bushels, Damage from
hail is more extensive than has
supposed, In portions of Walsh, one ol
the finest wheat counties, hail has com-
pletely ruined scores of fields of from
200 to 800 acres each, Roger Allen, who
loat 740 acres, says the hail fell to the
lepth of 5 fuches, and he conld have run
a boat over his farm. The fields in the
path of the storm looked as though the
crop had been cnt with a mower and wa.
ter tarued on, we destruction of all
orops
JULY 14, 1886.
CENTRE COUNTY
Pumsuant tos
PROHIBITION
call issued by the co y m
bers of the Btawe Central Cow
1of the W
June 23, at 10:30
J. Zeigler, of Mi
and (
rigs
HOTEe
w
Ww.
About sixty
AY
sr the chs
were
LEH
Zeigler wes chose
nges secretary of the cormmi
ud of #9 ra Mrs, E.
BOC of the W, (
ppaign i wes
anchard, correspond
T. U., favored
ing they were with us
God speed, Mr. Baker gave us
i
ug the day In
ww
ig
us with ve.y ch { words, say-
1 our work and wished us
a stirring little
fy “we fre
speech du
it fighting the old parties, but
Le evening he spoke 10 a large at
suk. It was the most successful
held in
eskive campalga this fa
i ss
HUNDRED DESTITUTE
FAMILIES,
Cisco, Tex., July 8.—80 severe has the
drought become in S8hakleford county
that the inhabitants are abandoning
their cattle and homes and migrating
eastward, begging their food as they go.
No rain has fallen in 14 months, There
is not an acre of wheat, corn or oats in
the county. BStackleford county was set-
tled mostly by people from Eastern
States, who came to Texas in good cir
cumstances, Their cattle have died,
their crops have burned up and their
farms are unsalable. Without food and
almost without clothing they are trying
to make their way back East. Three
hundred families are destitute,
a a ——————
CAVE-IN NEAR WILKESBARRE,
Wilkesbarre, June 30.—~Between Sand
6 o'clock this morning an immense cave-
in about 300 feet long and 150 broad oc
curred on the Lehigh Valley Railroad at
No. 8 Stockton Mine, near Hazleton.
There was a terrible crash and the
shock was felt for some distance. Three
tracks, on one of which were three
trucks loaded with lumber, were swal
lowed up, and two large buildings used
as storchooses totally disappeared. The
cave-in presents the appearance of the
grater of a valcano, the huge hole over
100 feet deep, having sloping sides like a
fannel. Had the accident occurred an
hour later a frightful calamity would
have happened, as an excursion train
crowded with passengers was due at
that time. Work was at once com-
menced laying tracks around the hale.
The cave-iin was caused by the fing
which he said
iw
%
“
& CO
have yet niy sad all
a very ag
I WE
THREE
way of the roof in some: o
NO, 27
{ Bt. Louis, July 7.~Judge Van Wagon.
er, of the Criminal Court, to-day overs
{ruled the motion made recently by Max.
well's attorney for a new trial. As soon
sentence
Bue
i have been
il be taken to
If this shall prove unsuac-
case will be taken to the U.K,
Courts on the ground that the Btate
{whi
{lenges of jarors than the defense, is uns
tutional
ed an appeal wi
preme court.
the
law
ch allows the prosecntion more chal«
- -
THE INTERSTATE PICNIC
The Interstate Grangers’
held at
ry 1 i rf > Tes nr
commencing siond
bition will be WwW
1
tinue one week, L1e ¢
A
1
ery wiil be gx
iy Wii
f SES 5 af rat . tyr el @ prop, |
conveniences of the ground are of such a
perfect-
is located
iy studded with
y $4 “gop
near ie cen-
Was
* riers were 1
bstates., The 2
8 th
Re
valle S00 8
trary, her chances for
ever
i G8 per-
wien a boy
3 LE] :
mn. Shall she have
ghe not? That
h Mr. Gladstone
y far as we can judge
nearly one-half of
lasses have decided in
y
*
answer, =
, Very
i Bil 1
ot
ive.
Nn case may
taken as
fairly indicitive of t
e Oi Lae policy
ai
baticnes $22 4 Py 4
{BLO VO LA6 LTTTesIgen
freely and emphatically charged of
leading Democratic
pers, that the President is swing
ier and farther aw
wv |
by a few of the m
arty,
B VES Id and
23, by his devotion to
service reform, etc. The re-
verse 18 true. The President is being
{sustained now as never before by the
i Democrats in Congress, In vesterday’s
, he practically carried the whole
hs is anticipated that
he will do 80 ia all the subsequent votes
all of the latter will be sustained. The
Republicans, on the other hand, will
make all the capital they can ont of the
vetoes, It remains te be seen how much
Republican support the President may
iose by his recent action, but there is no
doubt that he has strengthened Ltmesif
greatly in the ranks of the Democracy.
SiR
ATTACKED BY A BULL.
A Vicious Boving riy Kilis Mrs,
uel Walker,
Nery
ANE
S
On Saturday afternoon Mrs, Samuel
Nittany valley, met with a
painful and what may yot prove to be a
fatal accident, While driving some cat-
tle from the barn she was attacked by a
vicious young bull, Although the ani-
mal was hobbled, he traveled pretty
lively and overtook the lady before she
could reach a place of safety. Her cries
for help were of no immediate benefit,
as there was no person except a young
girl in the house, all hands being out in
the fields at work. The bull, with head
down and roaring furiously, rashed for
Mrs, Walker and, striking her in the
side, prostrated her. The enraged ani-
mal then proceeded, in a manner char
actaristic of that brute, to do all the
harm ible. After repeated lunge
using Bis head as a battering ram, an
stamping the poor woman, who was
nearly dead with pain and fright he left
her long e~ough to crawl, bleeding and
almost powerless, to the stable, where
she was found about hall an hour after
wards in an unconscious condition. She
was wrapped in blankets and carried to
the house. Dr. Holloway, of Salona, was
summoned, and found that thred ribs
were broken, aside from other injuries—
internal-—the extent of which could not
be learned owing to the condition of the
unfortunate woman. At latest accounts
she was still in an unconscious condi
tion and grave fears of her recovery are
entertained.
Wall -
Walker. of
LATER,
Mrs, Bumnel Walker, of Nittany Val-
ley, died at 5 o'clock mom
forthe red 0 er Tui
‘alker wos of age a
leaves several children,~Clinton