‘OLD SERIES, XL. ot S | NEW SERIES. XIX... - THE CENTRE REPORTER. FRED KURTZ, .. Editor. wo fp Eee ns +e DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS, The following are all evening meet ings. Good speakers will be present: Farmer's Mills, Gregg, Thursday, ** 21 Scotia, Patton, - “ a Rock Forge School House, Benner, Friday, Zion, Walker, “ “ 22 Hublersburg, Walker, Saturday, “ = Wallace Run School House, Boggs, 28 Hoy's School House, Benner, Monday, * 25 Pleasant Gap, Spring, (Tuesday, “ 206 Jacksonville, Marion, " “ 2% Rebersburg, Miles, Wednesday,| * 7 Boalsburg, Harris Thursday, | “ Powelton, Rush, - “ Walnut Grove School House, Harris, Friday * Pine Hall, Ferguson, lu 0 Holt's Hollow School House, Bogs, Saturday * 50 Port Matilda, Worth, Monday, Nov. 1 Centre Hall, " “1 “ "oo 2% STORE ORDER COMPLICATIONS, The Patriot says General Beavers firm is having no end of trouble over the store order business. When the allega- tion was published some weeks ago that the firm was employing store .or- ders, the answer was made that the Trade Coupons were not store orders bata cash circulating medium adopted at the request of the employes and for their convenience. This statement was not sworn to by General Beaver and his business associates but it was certified in the most solemn way by the signatures of all of them and corroborated by a written statement signed by a number of the employes. Under the act of Congress passed early in the war period an internal rev- enue tax of ten per cent, was levied on all circulating mediums issued by cor porations doing business under State au- thority or by individuals or copartner ship. When, therefore, General Baaver made it so eleag that the Trade Coupons were not store Orders but circulating me- diums, the Internal Revenue Collector of the District in which Beavers firm does business made an official visit to «he establishment, and proceeded to as- sess and made preparations to collect the tax under the act of Congress. This pro- ceeding caused the greatest consterna- tion among General Beaver's business ghartoers, and they proceeded forthwith to prove that the Trade Coupons were not circulating mediums, but store or- ders plain and simple. The controversy is now pending before the Commissioner of Interoal Revenue. That gentleman declines to express an opinion on the issue of the affair in ad- vance of the official deliverance, which will be made in due coarse of business, But the matter is interesting in view of the fact that it caused such a sudden re- versal of opinion in the minds of Gener- al Beaver's partners. If Commissioner Miller should decide that the trade cou- pons are store orders it would save the company considerable money, but atthe expense of a large slice of reputation for veracity, snd if he should decide other- wise, it would vindicate their characters UP, DEMOCRATS, All the Republican slanders against 3lack and some of the candidates on our county ticket having been totally refut- ed, it is the duty of Democrats to be all the more determined to give their nom- inees a rousing majority in this count y as an endorsement of their worth, The slander against Black, that he is an intemperate man, has been set at rest by the noble Black himself. The vilest slanders have been circala- {ted against L, W. Schaeffer, by his ene- mies, and yet he is one of the noblest and purest citizens of our county. These slanders, one and all, have received {their quietns, and Mr, Schaeffer defies ithe traducers of his character to prove as much as the dot of an ‘i’ against him. It can’t be done, Democrats, We know Lew Schaefler, and every one else who knows him, Democrat or Republi- can, will join in giving him a certificate of umimpeachable character. A nobler, better, truer man, never had a nomina- tion. The slander against representative Woodward, that he favored a law to pre- vent a man's cow from running at large, is utterly refuted in another column. Neither he nor Rhone favored such a measure, Democrats, these base slanders are an insult to you. Now make up your minds to resent them at the polls, by ing the entire ticket your support. out the vote, give Get - So high does J. K. P, Hall stand with all classes in Elk county that he will get an almost unanimous vote there for con- gress, epi — W. W. Betts, the Democratic nomi- nee for Senator, is one of the good stock of honest men, whose word is as good as his bond. He will make an excellent Senator for this district with its great and important interests, Weare proud of such a man as Betis. pm —— Every Democrat who has any snap, or respect for his time-honored party, will feel indignant and insulted over the low and vile abuse that has been heaped upon some of the honored names upon our county ticket. Now that the villain- ous lies have been fully exploded, every Democrat possessed of self-respect will roll up his sleetes and work to, give the ticket such a big majority as to be a lasting rebuke to the cowards who attempted to blacken the characters of some of the purest men ever born in this county. a Now that Lew Schaeffer's vindication against the lies put out, is full and com- plete, let every Democrat, who has been deceived by the slanders of a few kick- ers, make up his mind to come to his support with a will. He is beyond ques- tion one of the purest gnd most noble men in our county. We have it from a responsible source that parties in a certain interest made for truthfulness, but at a cost of a 10 per cent. tax on $60,000 with a fair chance for suits on issues of past periods. On| the whole it is an amasing tarn that has been given to a serious question, The rads are running Patton for con- gress but the Democrats intend to Haul bim ia. - oo —— Democrats, you never had a better ticket in the field, state or county, than at present. All the men on the ticket bear the purest characters. By no one can it be said with truth, that Mr, Schaeffer was not nominated with the utmost fairness, The enemy is making every exertion to defeat -the party in state and part of the county ticket. To injure a part of the county nomi- nees, the boldest falsehoods have been put in circulation, and where these will not accomplish the end sought, a resort has been made to mislead some into church prejudices; let no such despica- ble plan swerve you from your duty, and most of all shun the attempt to set church against church, There are men of reason in sll denominations who will discountenance any effort of this kind. Let the things sacred remain disconnect. ed from politics, The motives of those who would have you pursue such a war- fare will be found impure and welfish, We appeal to the thinking men of the party in this matter. Let no such prej- udices be engendered, and allow politics to drift in a channel which will prove a curse. Democrats think, and discard any thing of such a nature, no matter where you belong. The botlom of it is surely impure, WS A AANA A traitor in camp is always more dan- gerous than the open foe. Thus it is with the Democratic party—a few trai- tors are more to be feared than our pol: itical enemies, whom you know where to find, and how to meet. Democrats, be true to your nominees, Just now the noble Black is being slandered by the opposition, so is Behaeffer, our nominee for Prothonotary, by the enemy, who an offer to Republicass in Haines township for a trade against Schaeffer. To pull down bills and trade off part of the ticket is pretty work to be caught up in. If anything should make Demo- crats determined to stand by so noble a man as L. A. Schaeffer, it is the unprin- cipled work his enemies are resorting to to injure him, ns I Mp . What's the use in any fellow fighting the editor of this paper just now? We are not a candidate for any office, friends (7). Hold up your ammunition for a little while yet, maybe we'll run for President, then you can fire away all night and all day. Will the voters please to remember that price of coal has gone up because the coal pool combination has issued or- ders to restrict the output? Well, this couldn't be done, if the State constitu- tion was enforced, and that is just what Mr. Black, the Democratic candidate for Governor, w ants to have done. - o-oo. We think the Gazette wiil find a wan- ing of its influence by publishing such ed in its columns recently, The day for low abuse has gone by. We say it with pride, the Democratic press of this coun- ty has treated the nominees on the op- position county ‘ticket with decency, while the Gazette has pursued a course against the Democratic nominees which was uncalled for and which it must feel Wo Done slandering Lew Schaeffer the A A + HIM A A We are told that in Haines township, the Democratic meeting bills, so as to make the meetings a failure, This was get their slanders from a fow traifors. their schemes aio under pur. BUSINESS INSPIRING UNDER DEM- OCRATIC ADMINISTRATION, Special telegrams to Bradsireet’s point to a volume of general trade quite equal to that reported in last weeks, with a satisfactory inquiry and demand, The movement of staple goods is increasing in the Southwest and West, while in Kansas the demand is reported to be better than in a corresponding period in any preceding year. The bank clearings at thirty cities point to an unmistakably full volume of commercial transactions, speculative and otherwise, exceeding in the aggregate late exhibits. The week's total is $004,650,369 as compared with $008,003,869 last week and with 8842,600 - 225 in the closing week of September, 1885, a gain of 3 8-10 per cent. on the week, and of 3 1-10 per cent. as the like week last vear. The domestic iron trade continues ac- tive and prices very firm. An advance for next year is very probable. Finish- ed iron is about 1-10¢ higher per pound, against - > Lew Schaeffer's cowardly slanderers are beginning to crawl into their holes and drawing the hole day they'll 8 along in. Some wish they hadn't di > VINDICATION. The right of newspape personal record of a can: office, so far as it has any his fitness, has been vine est county. the Republican candidate Associate Judge, sued Editor J. M, Kepler, of the Tionesta Democrat, cation of an account of Proper’s self o me it, ra to discuss the lidate for public significance in icated in For- ohn A. Proper, f 107 i A year ago J for libel in the publi- if viction of an attempt at jury fixing, for which attempt the latter was reprimand- ed from the bench while on the witness stand. of the jury panel is an important As due respect for the sacredness quali- fication for one who is to sit on the bench himself, it is not other result than acquittal could be reached, and Mr. Ke gratulated that this verdict was secured. 13 ii SRRY 10 Bed w s BI a“ ie pler is to be co Mr. Proper is not kely 7 that when he seeks trust the public iblic have a right to many things about him which er have been resurred 1 nd Old and sou there is an occasional scab who thinks some fellows are too good to have t ugly things told about in the p that they should be with a wink at thei as this principle is, ¥ Meir £ 2 | 211s apported for ofl v ava r Sis > There will be no nominee against W W. Betts for senator. You a good man. bets - ee EAP WHEA 3 f ne act CH In spite of t phia Times, that at last year the wheat exports of the ent year to date are nearly nice million dollars greater than for the same period last year, the price of wheat at Chicago had fallen on Monday to 60] cents or within three-cights of a cent of the lowest point reached in twenty-four years, The apparent cause of this de- cline was the falling off of the export de- mand which is, however, regarded as temporary, as the foreign wheat deficit is known to be large. It is interesting to note past periods of low prices and their causes. The lowest point reached in the wheat trade in a quarter of a century was in 1561, when the bottom dropped out of everything, owing to the war panic. Wheat then sold for a short time at In January 1862, it sold for 65 and in May had risen 66. It did not fall below 70 cents again until December 1884, when the lowest point reached was 069%, or } lower than the price on Monday. During 1884 the price fluctuated between 604 and 906}. The fluctuations for 1885 ranged between 72} and 01]. In 1872 and 1877 prices ranged between $1 and $1.61. As before stated the low prices of a quarter of a century were due to the bus- iness prostration consequent upon the early stages of the war. The low prices in 1884 were due to the harvesting of the greatest wheat crop ever grown in the United States, the aggregate reaching 512,000,000 bushels. Although the crop T he Phila lower prices says t than pres- 55 cents, 155,000,000, the big surplus carried over 1854, together with the light foreign de- mand, served to keep prices at a very moderate figure. The crop of the pres. ent year is at least a hundred million bushels greater than last year, being about 457,000,000 bushels, and although the foreign demand has been fair, and will doubtless improve, there is more wheat in sight than is necessary for both home and foreign consumption. ————— sl loon WR We give L. A. Schaeffer's sworn de- nial of C. D. Runkle’s charge about those $1200, in another colum. Schaeffer's word is good enough without affidavit. We leave this matter here, There is no stain upon Mr. Schaeffler connected A CAMPAIGN SLANDER. At the request of Representative Woodward, we copy, in condensed form, from the Centre Democrat, a refutation of an old slander ; A prominent Democratic worker from the Bald Eagle ridges called upon us the other day to say that the Republicans in his locality are again circulating the slander against candidate for Assembly, Hon. John A, Woodward, that he favors the enactment of a law to prevent the poor man’s cow from having the advan- tage of the waste pasturage which grows upon the wild mountain lands, of which our county has so large a proportion. The fact is that the only bill offered in the House during the session of 1885, with this outrageous purpose in view, was introduced by a Republican, Mr. Hackett, of Potter county, and that to Mr. Woodward, always watchful of the interests of his county, and courageous in their defense, is due the credit of hav- ing defeated the iniquitous measure and that Mr. Rhone, his colleague in the House then, and his colleague on the ticket now, stood manfully beside bim in the fight. In order to show their po- sitions in this matter, we quote the bill and their actions upon it from the Legis lative Re rd RUNNING AT LARGE OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS, I'he next bill in order was House N 225, file folio 875, entitled: An act to prohibit the ronning large of any domestic animals in Commonwealth. Section 1. That from and after the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, itshall be un- lawful for the owner or owners or any person or persons having charge or con- trol of any cattle, horses, mules, sheep, goats or swine to suffer or permit the same or any one thereof to run at large in this Commonwealth, and any owner Or Owners, person or persons, as afore- said, who shall suffer or permit any one of the animals above named, to 80 run at large, shall forfeit and pay a penalty three dollars for each head of cattle, horses or mules, two dollars for each hog, one dollar for each sheep or goat, to be sued for and recovered as debts of like amount are by law recoverable without any benefit of exemption laws of this Commonwealth by any person in the pame of the Commonwealth, one- half the penalty to be paid the informer and the balance to be paid into the treas- ury of the school district in which said animal or animals may be found run- ning at large, I'he question being, Will the House agree to the section ? Mr. WOODWARD, 1 offer the fol- lowing amendment: Strike out the word “cattle” in the sixth line, and also the word “cattle” in the eleventh line. Mr. WOODWARD, The gentlemen who have preceded me, both the gentle man from Clinton (Brungard) and the gentleman from Clearfield (Norris) have voiced my sentiments upon this subject precisely: and it was with this in view that I propose the amendment, While I do not support the bill in any part, 1 was willing that those who advocate it should have the other stock that are in- cluded in it, horses, mules, sheep, goats and swine, restraining if they see prop~ er. But in the county which I represent it is simply impracticable to require that horned cattle shall be kept constantly within enclosures. There are large numbers of persons who have only one, two or three cows, and a very large por: tion of whose livelihood is derived from those cows, They have no place to keep them; they have no land upon which to pasture them, except wild land, which would be otherwise absolutely waste ; and it would be unwise, improper, un- just and unkind to prevent them from using this otherwise waste pasture. However, in order io meet the senti- ments of those who advocate the allow- ing of all stock to run at large, I will withdraw my amendmentjwith the ex press purpose of voting against the entire bill, . Mr. RHONE. Iknow of no reason why this bill should become a law. There may be many localities in this State where such a law would be desira- ble, but in Pennsylvania there are hun- dreds and thousands of acres of unim- proved lands which are now used by poor men for pasturing their cattle. The farmers and people generally are already protected by a general law against an- noyance from cattle and I see no neces sity for the passage of a bill of this kind. The question being, Will the House agree to the section ? It was not agreed to, This gave the obnoxious measure its quietus, and it was no more heard of. sais. A. ——-y- Persons inform us that some fellows personally urge our patrons to stop the Reporter, What heavy caliber they mustbe! and how little too! The Re- porter for 40 years has been straight and true without deviation and the constant advocate of the interests of the valley and county, If it could not be enlisted in the interests of bad men it was be- cause it followed conscience, and it has never failed in receiving the endorse. ment of the honest and upright for fear- lessly doing its duty. Je at this of The Republican organs and leaders in the State are abusing Chauncy F. Black, whose character is as pure as that ofany man that ever ran for office, In the county, the Republicans, along with a fow assistant Republicans, are slanderin L. A. Schaeffer, one of the best men in PATTONTEES. The Pattontees are boasting they wi defeat Hall for Congress. Well, can’t do it. Why should Hall be defeat- ed ? What has he done to justify Democrat in voting for his opponent, q Mr. Patton? Mr. Hall has a good record at home, as a man and philanthropist. He is looked upon in E k county as the greatest benefactor of the mechanics and laboring classes in that section of the state, and where they know him the | people, almost to a man are for Mr, Hall, ! He is a life-long Democrat, and a gen The may talk about defeating Hall il ii any | 0, Yat tlemen of good ability. mtees the ides of November are find they have filed a cavea Curwinsville statesman who is o infringement on the interests people, ———— It is a notorious fact, denied, that the men who are take votes from I. A. years been in co-alition with the that can not trying } x f Schaeffer, have { other offices and defeat Democrats. —— Why so desperate and mean meth should be resorted to in order to L. A. Schaefler, exceeds our comprehen- sion, Lieing kind bas been resorted to to of the most . the he character of one of best me county. Fortunately for Mr, Beha the men who seek to injure very low for truth and veraci who know them. Mr, Schaeffer all Democrats, stand the count of the dastardly we mies, proven him, and he is so far above wrt in ¥y il Nothing can be Lg as his persecutors are low infam against him. i Schaeffer with want 1ads IBS The Gazetle tw ing to Englishify his name by spelli That's id EA | 5 erry i pid as above, orance, spelling is the original German Englishify about it. ——— ARE TRADE COUPONS TAXABLI The store order dispute in Penne; nia has been transferred to Washingtor by an appeal of the Nail Company of which General Beaver is President, from an assessment ten per cent tax on the trade coupons ol that company that the law imposes upon all circulating mediom that is represeat- ed as money. When the question of the store orders of the Bellefonte Co. was raised in the campaign, General Deaver was absent in California and could not be reached. When the question was submitted to him on his way home, he eaid that be did not originally approve of the adoption of the trade coupons Lo be used in the payment of labor even when voluntarily called for, but his part- ners made their public explanation over their own signatures, they declared thal the trade coupons are not store ord bus-that they represented so much cash and were a convenient cash circulating anda Jellefonte Iron of the NO. 40 MORE CASI, CLEVELAND GO ON A ‘nless She Gels Better Pay In Washington torial flunence—~She M and Keep President. Cricaco, O “Hzabeth ( ft the edit hat law ’ men, a If a circulating medium in the simil- tude of money, they are taxable under the act of Congress at the mste of 10 per the officers of the company publicly de- clared that they wer simply cash orders the Collector of Internal Revenue for the district investigated the subject and decided upon the st atements of the par- ties issuing them th.at they were a circu- lating medium, ancl assessed the lawiul tax upon them. \Vhen not'fied of the tax, which was 10 jer cent. on tome $60,- 000, the officers of the compan y appealed the case to Commissioner Milir of the, Internal Revenue Department, on the ground that the coupons are | rade or store orders and not a cash cir lating medium. The commissioner refu 0&8 10 give any information on the subject, but it is known that the appeal is before bi‘o and that he must decide either that they are a cash circulating medium and tax them, or that they are store orders and declare that they are not taxable. In view of the political prominence given to the store order question in several Pennsylvania contests, including Gov- ernor and Congressmen, it excites gen-| eral interest in political circles bere. ———— ————— John H. Reifsnyder is an experienced | surveyor, having followed the profes sion for many years. Ie is familiar with the territory of our county, has many of the boundery lines, landmarks, | at his fingers’ ends, He is an obliging] gentleman and will make a first-class county surveyor, to which position he will be elected by a big vote in Novem- ber. AS] inee for Congress, employs a great many men in his lumber, mining and tanning interests, They all like him, he has nev. er had a strike, and he don’t pay them in store orders, and he is strong among the working classes in Elk county, he gives them thousands of dollars in wages every year, Such men are the working- man's best friends, a m—— The Gazette keeps some silly para graphs at the head of its columns a8 say ings of James M’Clain about the Do teh. Mr. M'Clain never made such nutte: an. oes and he thinks the lie is so silly { hat no one will believe it and that ths ore is no need for a denia’. It is from the molar In Memory of « Lou Led ex ma { ns and ETAVOS be bur on 1 5 Latha Confede granite monument gin dividual 1 placed at the g son, the 1 Yellow Yever New ORLEAN Od board of health 1 telligence that yellow § in Biloxi. Miss, several week the local autl i pressed, was still raging Two iy or thi."ty deaths are alleged to have socurred in the ast few we lligence was broug 3 by a » ; from Missinsippd City, fi, "teen miles from Bil xd, who stated ' from Biloxi had died in his with « ¥ack vom ties declare there, town on the British Const, 3 Ten dead bodies were se Glamorgan coast yes. reports of the storms ven terrilide in the extent on Mf life and damage $0 3 i A Norwegian wl off Tintagel, about fifteen, Storms LOSDON, washed as ¢ The late show them to have t of their destruct property in the souls : bark is known 10 have io W and her crew, y og drowned Opt, 40 num To Cate the Sea Serpent, - 8 lt " ww to an New Haves, Oct, 16.~In response offer made by G. B. Bunnell, soveral parties are preparing to go in search of tho sea were t seen off Westport on Monday, Mr. Bunnell offers $10,000 for iis onjture alive and $5,000 for it dead, provided it is not mutil ated. Sure of His Election, ALRARY, Oct, 18.~The re