OLD SERIES, XL. NEW SERIES. XIX CENTRE REPORTER, Eprror and P'rov's KURTZ, The first six months of 1886 furn- ish a rather remarkable record of the re. guts of railroad mismanagement in the United States. Over five thousand miles of this species of property under the corporations have been sold under fore- The face value of securities representing this property is $201,620,- 000, the majority of which is bonded in- debtedness and the rest capital stock, It is not too mnch to [say that these bank- names of seventeen different 1 closure. teies have been brought about main- y by over-capitalization attended by a transfer of what should have been devo- ted to reducing the indebtedness to the private accounts of the managers. up . rn — Thomas Hendricks declined ta run a second time with Tilden, he thought him too old.” Hendricks is dead and Tilden is living. - When you find a fellow order and society, ance and anti-temperance, and for years hugging Tom, Dick and Harry, in order | joining ever it} y itil r- ) along w tempe to get support for an office, and doing all kinds of dishonorable tricks besides, you can make up your mind the fellow has ¥ ery little merit to go on, particularly when after all such stooping he finds it hard work and uphill business to enlist support. With what satisfaction such a fellow must look at himself in his glass. > it it would not do to was to old to live Kelly is dead and John Kelly thougl nominate Tilden, he his term. John Tilden ig 13 Alien is ilk out asi dozen sher- cCseives duped ia taking the word of a r taothonotary i like deal r potbonotary in a like deal. Lididaie 10 flue 1 Democrats of Potte {¢ fellow Who | to put the ri resumes n market like sheep, $ 3 w ¥yl lie } v % all won't be able to deliver the goods at all. Mark that, nd Tilden sey a 8 18 IiViDg. It would looks as if oleomargerine bill the senate with atax of o and. Harriz zub- mitted an amendment to the bill which r the pass r cents per pe Senator Feed £, Wie i proposes to substi mit) jons of the bill, provis- exce] «fining oleomargerine, a provision making it misdemeanor for any person t for in Dis umbia or Territories of the United States any oleomargerine which is not destinct- ly branded and sold as such. the vetoed 61, att 1 ia $ Quer Baie tae Enemies of bill claim that the I resident will the bill ground that it is prohibitory legislation, and that the revenue rived from the tax is not neede« -—— was nominated because Tild- Hancock is dead on the that might be « i Ae iC vie WER Hanes en might be too old. and Tilden is living. » —— - In Mifflin county, Messrs. Parcels, Ut tley and Sheaffer, Democratic candidates for nomination for Congress in the 20th District, embracing Union, Clearfield, Clinton Elk, Mifflin and Centre county, have withdrawn from the contest, Hon. Andrew Reedlis now the only candidate from that county. + tp sanmisamatoses M'Clellan was [young and thought a proper person for nomination, because Tilden was so old. M’'Clellan is dead and Tilden is living. ee pi —— Illinois has got up a new potato bug, as if the formers one was not bad enough. Illinois farmer state that the potatoes are being destroyed by a big black bug that is even more dangerous and de- structive than the common striped bug. They are about a quarter of an inch long, and have done considerable damage, ss A ——— Wilson Norris will next claim he won the battle of Jericho—a little more ben- zine and he'll say it. ec a ———— “The Republican platform includes all that is worth saying,” says the Bellefonte Republican, And the Republican might have added laf ¢ Beaver told the convention Dbeforchand that he was ina to accept auything the conven- ! v Ls oo vp i § declared himself y for Lravernor, " onotary candidates wavs wowme of tae others are not honora- ble. For one that has done everything that is low and dishonorable tolgain sup- rt 2to making such an assertion, is the most ‘ridiculous impudence. Satan re- proving sin. - A ——— App AP ————————— A. H. Dill will be a candidnte for con in Union county, in which a RECEIPTS FROM MONEY AT INTEREST. The counties of Adams, Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cameron, { ‘hest- er. Clarion, Clearfield, Cumberland, Elk, Fayette, Forest, Juniata, Lawrence, Me. Kean, Mifflin, Montour, Perry, Somer- got, Susquehanna, and Union have filed their reports of the amounts of assess ments of tax with the Attorney General. The main interest in them is the largely- increased amount of money at [interest THE in every county thus far reported, the percentage of increase, as compared with the previous year ranges from 100 to 4,- and the The counties indicated last year reported : YE 18 ool, 000, average increase moneys at interest subject to the four- mill tax at $11,382,046. The amounts this year from the same counties aggre- g 846,800. As the tax has been reduced to three mills the revenue the hese counties will ate 134 State will Jget from t reach $146,540, against 845,021 Although completed, the re- received last year. of the assessments levied in Philas h t been I) % as If current Auditor General's hia the year eived at the oney at interest is plac- increase of $41,631 ,- i assessments the ieretofore 1 ho agsess IIA8 er portions . the increase is Jabout only the aver- forty-eight per cent, reducing increase to about eighty-one per Including Philadelphia the repor- rgregate $177,080, 55,545 the previ Mas 1 : the nn Ail a tate reported last vear on6 G02, realizing ¢ tax vive from the twenty- $581,000. The es adelphis various parts of Illinoi indicate heavy to crops wind and rain. The destruct eral localities is estimated at 40 per cent, loss from hail, nm in sev. Intensely hot weather is reported, from and Northern Dakota, in pe [owa. Grain is said to be suffering. - AND CROPS RUI ENGLAND, New England just at presen ing from a drouth the disas of which bas rarely been wi ! I two months, except in Jocal instances, little or no rain has fallen, and from have beenreceived of it has i oR 4! tnessed this secti he countr) or nearly all ris been done to and agh Massachusets the grass is m the f - ailing vegetables, fru dead, while the leaves « ; have turned yellow and are hs. All the rivers are low and Merri ys the rivers e dwindled ere ribbons, while their triba ¢s have Aus r of jown and throw, an army of work. At Cape Cod most of the bogs and springs have dried up. It is estima- ted that two thirds of the cranberry crop ruined. Along Connecticut the damage done is very serious. The hay crops have been gathered,"but barley, oats, and vegetables are a total loss, and the citizens are afraid passing locomo- tives will fire the inflamable materials. A number of the towns have put the in- habitants on short rations, as the supply is nearly exhausted. In Vermont the great grazing grounds are grassless,’and great trouble is experienced in getting sufficient fodder. There has been no rain for weeks, and there is no signof it. From all quarters come reports of exten- give forest fires. Farmers and lumber- men in and about Twin Lakes, Holton, Whitehall, Fruitport and New Holland have been battling the flames for days, and many of them have been obliged to move their families and household goods on accountslof the threatening danger. From Maine a'so come sad reports and it is hoped that the rain, which be- gan will end the drouth which has pre- vailed throughout Eastern Maine for goveral weeks, and which has done much damage to crops already. Springs have given out and rivers as large as the Penobscot have run low enough to both- er the logmen. On the Nattawankea river 6,000,000 feet of logs are hung up, and a big crew is now engaged in an ef fort to float them down. The branch drive of 35,000,000 feet will not reach the boom before August 10. EE Powderly says he will not accept a nomination for Governor if tendered him unanimously and would not serve if elected. ———— ——— A] Di A Gen. Beaver has gone to California, Will not the golden state feel slighted if the General leaves her borders without having takena sip of her delicious wines? The General should at least take a it of gone dry, £11 $444 mills to shut of a larce nt IZ a Arge nui hands out is the BEAVER TALKS AND DRINKS, ~All th of the State League had arrived in the city he Pittsburg, July 1 to the Convention o'clock yesterday morning. At tha a meeting of the Executive Cou was held at the Hotel Duquesne, and program for the convention map At 1 the d¢ f o'clock legates foru front of the hotel for the opening parad bugg KE Nearly all were in carriages or ep 200 persons bein } sh. The Pittsburgh over Dare ed thi proc s&ion, GEN. BEA General James A, Beaver, the lican candidate for Governor, gol on the Fast Line wh ber of dele might Lig Ee ich bore the rates to Lhe city 1 he General ia and came a among Lh day Philadelpt He cir and tried to tohen., stepaen *.11 Fudd ulated freely make iriel M. Nash, of 1 $ i g ARALE B10 1% tion, gives occurred Beaver ul asked Lae i but hie want m lem perance “Down at Belle great temperance Beaver, ‘and may they're greatly mistal tears ofte I don’ would can't stand it, get the idea Prohibitioni I like a drink or a8 anyong ei ‘ Mr, 2 Gecil (i i man.” ’ Wl I] Me iike ¥ ed fied © Bi place at have the conversation w aver th eral | e CH. h has there b Colorads the Flatt brown an Mn such it y, and especially K. oints on th for waler some } almost perishing Pitiful of crops destr od their familie Reports " the t are Le ia 8 in great ing. from the apahoe and Weed counties ordo and Kansas line, repre ble state of affairs, saster and . fated to di winter it their gnow blockades and prevailed. Now th an intense heat! : disaster. No emigrants for many year have suffered such extremes of cold | heat as they. loduced by the favorable] reports of the rainfall of the two pre-| vious years, and influenced by the com-| monly accepted theory that the rainfall} is each year increasing and the rain cen tre moving westward, hundreds of new) settlers have attempted raising crops) without irrigation, but the present sea-| gon has been a very unfortunate one, not only the crops totally destroyed and) their stock dying, but the unfortunate | ranchmen and their families are in some| jaces suffering for water to drink.| Nothing but misery is ahead of them, and| anless relief of some kind is soon obtained | it is said that they will be obliged to! move away or perieh, Caltle are chok-| ing with thirst, and oftenthe poor brutes! estimated lost lives nea 1 are seen standing at the dned up water-| ing places with tongues lolling out of] their mouths, In some places the wild animals are becoming tame, even the antelope, the fleetest and most active animals on the] plains, in some instances have become | i so exhausted from thirst that they have beenjeasily captured by boys from the| ranches. The reports from all the ranch- men confirm the statement that unless water is procured the sufiering among! cattle will result most fatally and that] the loss to ranchmen will be immense, as! these little bunches are in many cases all the ranchmen possess; to lose them would be most disastrous, In fact, as one ranchiman expressed it, it is a matter of life and death to them, The great stock ranges, which it had been hoped would escape, Are Now becoming brown, and the leading stockmen are beginning to feel appretiensive. The cattle have suf fered more in the southern sections and many have perished, ass tls si Raleigh, N.C, July 14.~Heayy and con- tinnous rains throughout the state have caused the greatest floods since 1867. Farmers on the Cape Fear river have lost all their eropsand many have been foroed to leave their homes on account of the flood, Many turpentine distilleries are under water and stores and dwellings are deserted, All the low land crops in the State are injured, and only in a few seo- tions on stiff oplands is there much pros pect of any sort of crops. The damage in many sections is well high total and in others from one quarter to one-half, a i w Gov, Curtin is mentioned in many ig of the state in connection with i i i ovent Mr. Baker will not enter the race, smile, SHAKEN UP. of Rotona., 19 Fy hquakes in New } 1 riher ce- » most violent distorbances said to ck the Hy in inhabi- aii ock came the try for miles aronnd was lit vp by the glare fiom a volcano which had sudden- ly burst into a« grand as { BMoKe i tidings recked. y the wel was dug ou children . Hazard is missing. the foreign residents vii » were killed have AQ 5 wmship Southern bh arrived at Auckland on the orts having felt at sea the effect turbances. Un the morning the day following the earl i ownfall Dn, there was co fire were ( he masthes iprang canvas away | Ihe men were nd the blinding showers of du | was put abont and AWaY + north, but it was not 11 o'clock of the day following that the st was left behind. The reports show that earthquakes generally prevailed at all points in New Zealand during the same period, he experienced Lhe d » to 10 8 , and by up ' al i fry iid. CARR sich oA A ————" 8S FRENZY. ie uel to th kin wenil — Five Persons Shot, Nashville, Tenn., July 19.—A sensa- tional affair occurred hepe lasl might, in which five persons wete injored, two ol them seriously. P. H. Mopabon bas been courting Miss Laura Carney for two years or more, For a time they were ous, annoyed her so much with watching the engagement. Last night Miss Car. ney and some of the neighbors were set- ting in the parlor singing, when Mahon- aban entesed the room, pistol in hand, and]without a word, shot Miss Carney in the head. He then shot John Rice, but was tarned vy a button so as to pre- vent a fatal wound, He next shot Mrs, Carney through the arm, and John Clap, who attempted to disarm him, received a bullet through the hand, Stepping in- to the hall, he then shot himself in the head. His own wound and that of Miss Oainey are perhaps fatal. The affair caused the greatest excitement, and there were determined threats of lynching, which was only prevented by the quick arrival of the police, who carried him to jail as quickly as possible. Monohon is delirious and keeps repeating that Lau- ra's mother made him kill her by her opposition to bis suit, iit alii mini APPLES, PEACHES AND PLUMS DAMAGED. Shamokin, July 10.—~A heavy hail storm, accompanied by flerce lightning and thunder visited the Shamokin Val- ley last night. In the agricultural dis- trict of Ellysburg the loss will run upin- to the thousands. The damage to fruit is especially severe, One farmer's fruit age alone was damaged to the extent of £500. Apples, peaches and plums this morning cover the ground, The bail stones were the size of walnuts. This ¢ nomination for gov- ernor, 5 4 storm aleo did much damage in parts of Union co. | | CLINTON'S PROHIDI | NERS, Lock Haven July 15. TION v to | Prohibition Convention | Charles 8. Wolfe was pres onventi (‘hiarles ele and tod deloga They uni have power to elect three | ber as Congressional 1 | ferreee, lowis oF J is, of Bugar \ for Assos | county org Were ¢ leg | vention, Bre [routs Pu t HOW NEI » . Nellie Grant Sartoris is entirely pendent upon Ler that she and her shelter and food. { husband's | husbal | vision | pends 1d neglects | for er ail Lhe her } id AFFRAY TOWN, | BLOVD) @ier And wes oe ' ] ol entirely i wo chances - ree La * [+ 3 him sentence w of bis face change for an appeal to the | be filed in a few day ov tot Nye vos OUj in good stead 1 Ba pro Newspaper n are io new postal law put in force by the post flice department. It makes tl of a newspaper, and relasing to pay the same, theft, and any person guilty « such action liable to | ceedings, the same as if he goods to the amount of the subscription 10 gion ( i Rife wi takin ie akin is refuse to pay for it. - “ - -_— -» GLASS BALL SHOOTING. The following score at glass ball shoot ing was made by C. K. Sober, of Lewis tie b Riry ing alls from righ do i Ringle balls shioog ith one arm Same conditions and springing his own trap voons A Double balls from righ me left shoulder . . Satae conditions and springing his trap... lying eprung-singie oan Same conditions, doubie Picking up gun from ground were sprung, single Kame conditions, double Blugle balls, standing back tot ing trap himself. vine .“ Tossing up gun and turning once around, single balls... . . hea Rame coaditions, double balls Back to trap, gun between his legs when Crap wes sprung A Taking gun from shoulder after were sprung single balls... Same corditions, double................ ¢ ‘nn upside down over head, single fr ne oo ditions, double Gi 1 barrels through cigar box, shoulder, single balls . Rame conditions, left shoulder sing. balls Same cond'n, left shoulder double balls. Tossing up gun, turning once around gun barrels through Cigar box... Gun thrown 6 ft, to him and esught after balls were REBEE . « cocves sun bbmivenupmmtnns Single balls, gun barrels tied with two hsndkerchiofs....... . . Single balls, goo upside down over head, and barrels through cigar box. Double balls, same COMBILIONS. oi vvirn Double balls from Wo traps 25 yards apart, he on a line in ven. tre of traps, king one ball from left shou the other from right shou eg ss ] is thro’ Double balls, as above, gun CIERE BOX wviverssmstansivinsbimm LE oulaer, un wore after balls rap spring right 0 8 Cae 1. H. SMITH, Scorer (late of Milkn.) AREA PEA + APIA 9500. NO, 28 : KILLED, ; wy bilean iron 1aith ¢1 wiih) 1 ito purify the Bl {in Cattle, DUVOY'S HORSE & K { DER, for all diseases of the Blood, Mus *¥ 1, 804 save t as ing ¥ way of feeding, UNION CATTLE POW. rage, for dairy use; to ins | crease 1 nd quality K, | Fat, Butter, 1 Leggs, and to give nature such iegredienis it needs to yield the largest iis. DAIRY-MEN'S CAT for the same use asthe ia 5 ib, bags, for GAMEBRINUS Liver Remedy, JAPANESE CORN CURE, jor Corns and Bunions, > UNION ROACH, RAT, MICE and ANT EXTERMINATOR, Neve er Fails, DAIRY, POULTRY and DOC TOR BOOKS, with Goods Free, For sale by J. D. 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