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THE CENTRE REPORTER
FRED KURTZ, .. Editor
Beaver attended the inauguration’
but he did'nt take part in the dance,
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Cartin announces that he
will write a history of his life. A book
of the Ex-Governor'sadventures and ex-
Governor
periences would be exceedingly interest
And should the Gov. put
book all the jokes we have heard
yy :
teil, 1t
ing. in his
hi
would be interesting and funny
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out
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jet a Wariike
Reichstag. The
old fellow would like to chaw up France
Old Bismark has
growl in the German
between beer drinks, instead of pretzels.
Bismark hates France and France hates
Bismark. There peace until
the late war betweon the two great
wont be
na-
tions is fought over again.
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The Democrats of both Honses of the
tate
agreed
Northu
ceive the empty honors of a Democratic
United
placed
caucus and
Wolverton,
1
as the cand
Legislature held a
upon
mberland
r
late to re-
Senator
Tt
vote for a States Senator.
The names
were Wolverton, Wallace. Wright and
in nomination
The first received 46 votes; the
Conley
second, 14; the third, 4,
oO
andjthe fourth,
votes,
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marks: When
tHerald re
House of
1
hill
($2881
The Boston
Democratic Represen!
ives passes a pension
6.000.000 fi
appropriating
r the year—more than
} expenses of the Government
fore the war—all for Federal soldiers
ieir representatives, it is high
cease talking of Democrats
or enemies of the government.
political “property will never do
in anot
her campaign.
The Reporter may be allo
vhen the public :
rate of 7 to ¢
fad
if a demoeratic admis
ion would ruin the country.
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A French mech anic named
after serving his five years in the
y, has taken
tronage of Colonel de Baug
er a patent
unae
$ §
ior a
mitrailleuse. He claims for the wes
—and the first experiments have g
weight to the assertions— that when !
projectilestrikes, it takes fire, breaks the
a
ybatacle, and then continuing its «
hrows out a certain number of |
and th
number is sent ont backward and
$ a
proporiion to it
5 B © 8a
g
In the final explosion it lar
If ti
ward.
es 120 balls. 1€¢ explosion fails
projectile can never be examined by
Any
frightful slaughter.
enemy. attempt wonld pro
The inventor al
has the secret of safely handling
opening it.
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From all Gov. Beaver
auguration
inauguration
neither pains or money
event the grandest inaugural e
in Pennsylvania. Besides
bers of the National Guard ther:
accounts
was quite imposing
had
to max
itiee
comin
6 IRF
a large number of political and
2
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whit
ganizations in line. Before
to morrow nearly all the state tro
Major General Har
and staff will have headquarters
Lochiel hotel, The work of dec
of representatives is
done by Philadelphia artists. The dis
play of fireworks which will take placcin
the evening is in charge of a celebrated
pyrotechnist of the same city, and «ill
be made from Hargest's island, The se-
lection of aids and other arrangems
for the procession have been made.
have arrived.
the house «
nts
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“Coal Oil Johnny,” who created suc
gensation during the petroleum craze |
throwing his saddenly acquired w
around with a lavish hand, was co
ted to the county jail at Barlingtc
J., the other day as a common fr
By a sudden stroke oflack this
John M’Nulty, became enormously
soon after the discovery of petro
Bat it wasa combination of foo
money, and their companionship «
last long. He threw money around
rywhere, spent thousandg of dolla
gifts to people whom he fancied
money was soon gone, and then
those whom he lavished his mone
refused to assist him. He has ear
a precarious living ever since, until no
he sleeps in a common cell, withont
money, home or friends. His case, how-
ever, is not the only one of the kind.
The New York Times tells of a mau in
that city whose name would have eon
good on a check for ¥$2,000,000 no! long
ago but who is now so much reduc d in
circumstances that he waited two hours
in the back office of a Wall street broker
one day last week to get an opportunity
to borrow $10 from a man who used to
be his clerk. Speculation had brought
him to poverty and made his former
clerk a millionaire, all within a year jor
two. Such, it may be added, is
mutability of things mutable on this
mundane sphere,
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CENTRE
A USEFUL OFFICIAL.
Attorney General Cassidy's report of
the business of his office during his term
has been prepared for submission to the
Legislature. Itshows that since he en-
tered upon his official duties, successful
suits have been instituted against cor-
porations whichg resisted the payment
700.000, Of
re-
of State taxes involving $
this amount the Attorney General
ceived as commissions $20,000, 5 per cent
on $500,000. The remainder of the com-
missions went into the treasury which is
itled to all over $7,000a in any year
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PIGEONS CROSS THE ATLANTIC,
ent
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A telegram dated Tyrone, Jan. 10, says
that
sent by steamer nine carrier pigeons to
on Oct. 9 Henry Wagner of Boston
London, where they were given their
freedom and the whole number started
on their
tie, I
ceived
went di
long journey across the §Atlan-
’p to this time the owner has re-
three of the birds. One of them
rect to Boston, one of them was
captured near New York and the third
the Alle-
motaing in an ex d «
ked
is house and warmed and f
the fi
the
ie snmmit of
was found on
ghany m mn
dition by
took itto h
it.
f ti
ing: If
a man who pi and
it up
ed
ing
On the wing was fi
ir shot notify
Mass,
iis bird is caught
Henry Wagner, Boston Ihis is
one of the longest flies on reco
The
mates of
Department
the area |
corn , wheat and oatsjfor
ord are com; i
tha
ti
Pau HC OO
average
for winter and
neariy 12.4 bushels
The
1 . f
els, 2.000 0040) less than last veal
product of oats 18 ne
wer 23,000,000 acres producing a
value of 186, 000 O00), The average |
vield is 2 hushels
ive TT
year. The
averege valae i
per bashel; last year, 25.5 cents per bush-
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x Patri
IO
t says Attorney General Cas-
vil
:
against the coal
¥y
i
the Commonwealt}
and trunk line
pogls came to an end Satarday, and the
responsibility for a continuation or
pense of the raid goes as a legacy to the
new law officer of the State. The exam-
iners and lawyers interested in the cause
met at 10 o'clock in the morning in pars
lor “C” of the Continental hotel, Philad.,
for the last time. Mr. Cassidy after a
few matters were settled. made formal
announcement of the closing of his case
“We have c the
point where we shall not call any more
In view of the fact that my
the swear.
on next Toesda y
it is even manifest that #were the
closed, 1 would not the time, or
or rather the opportanity to argue it, It
therefore seems reasonable and proper
that we should submit the testimony we
have to the incoming attorney general
that he may decide whether he will go
on and take further testimony or pro
ceed to argument with the testimony al-
ready presented. I, therefore ask the
Examiners to suspend taking farther
testimony until they receive notice from
the new Attorney General” After this
statement Mr. Cassidy went among the
lawyers and bade them an affectionate
farewell, and while everybody was in
a good humor and harmony prevailed
all around, the party separated, and so,
for the time at least, an end came to the
battle of the state officers against corpo-
rate power.
and said me {o
t«stimony,
official term will expire on
ing in of my scecessor
case
have
Co
The state of Pennsylvania has now
passed entirely under Republican con-
trol, with Gov. Beaver from our own
county as chief magistrate. We believe
it is Gov. Beaver's desire to ng GOVERN
onand if it is from what we know of his
disposition the machine Jpoliticians
will find it alittle uphill to Jrun him
and his administration. If Gen. Beav-
er can give us as clean an administration
and he can—as Gov. Pattison did, he
will do well, and leave the office like his
' predecessor, with the respect of honest
let Gov. Beaver
eye to the people's interests
people of all parties,
keep an
and discard men who boss the machine
.
York
a sad predicament over
In In-
the excitement has been up to a
In
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both these states the Democrats have a
Indiana, New Jersey and New
»
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have been in
the election of a U. 8. Benator.,
diana
fever heat, likewise in New Jersey.
majority of one or two on joint ballot,
but the Republicans have been plotting
to overcome this by revolutionary meth-
ods, so often resorted to
What the
by them when
in a pinch, outcome will be
in these two commonwealths is difficult
to predict,
In New York the
io the
is confined
and the
on, with a
quarrel
Republican factions,
Democrats are mere lookers
desire to elect Conkling, if a lift can be
had from the Bepubl
15
Democrats t«
won side it would
members
ect Conkling,
require only Republican
with the )
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sch
ation of all
the general
reaniz ii mine
laborers of the
ne banner 18 now
Knights of
be the most powerful
ng association of
¢
wind ad
griainec
hontas
West Vir
tion will be known
No
of
Assembly
ne-Laborers
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aig
mT
lowing appointments
v. Beaver's first official act
was to
the fol-
send to the Senate, « Iesday
Ex-Lieut,
Ex
eral,
D. H. Hastings, Adjutan
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Gov, Stone, Secretary of the
won wealtl
«Judge Kirkpatrick, Attorney Gen-
t General.
Miss Van Zant, of Chicago, wants to
anarchist
Her aunt in Pittsburg
marry the condemped
Weil,
from whon
in Who
Spies,
who cares
she expected to inherit $300
000, says she shall now not have a cent.
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Virginia reports a volcano which has
thrown rocks around.
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Sunset Cox is sick with pneumonia,
CD AOI
WAR , PREPARATIONS,
Things are again looking a little war-
like in Several Germans in
England have received telegrams from
the German in London re
questing them to be prepared to return
to Germany at twenty-four hours’ no-
tice and aeport for daty at their respec
tive military headq uarters,
The Austrian Government continues
to hasten its preparations for war, In.
structions have been issued instructing
the Red Cross Soicety to raise the staffs
of the hospitals under its management
to their fall strength, and to quadruple
the number of beds in those institutions.
Large contracts have been made for
provisions, deliverable to the War De-
partment in March. The railway offi-
ciale which were recently summoned to
consult with the Government respecting
the transportation of troops in the event
of a mobilizing of the army have just
reported that the preparations then de-
cided upon have been completed,
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On Monday convicted Boodle Alder
man Arthur J. MeQuade was taken from
the Toombs prison un few minutes after
1 o'clock by two deputy sheriffs, who ac-
companied him in a coach to the Grand
Central Depot, where the party took the
train for Sing Sing prison. MeQuade's
brother Barney was one of the party.
The prisoner, on arrival at Sing Sing,
was delivered to the prison authorities
and will be set to work in the laundry
department to-morrow. There are
several other boodle aldermen to be
tried yet.
Earope,
Consulate
GEN. HAZEN DEAD.
The Chief of the Signal Service
Suddenly,
Jan
Expires
WASHINGTON
chief
diabetis comma ¢ o'clock
Hazen had sul
but of having Improves
and strength, hopes
Hazen,
y last eveni
red from diabet
YOars, ate,
were
At
5, given by
it, he w«
ing him to keep
enterts
complete rec ry the rec
diplomatic co
Thursday nigl Hk
day he was
Letter,
Monde
Dr. }
. MATTEL
‘ i Ef
Two Important Bills Passed by the Lower
5 2
House
senate amendment
bill. Mi:
proposed 8 SOT
ou
Bragg opposed the 1 Dra
ix pengion, He amr save i
ainst the &ill which the
He thought it
mn the rubbish of
reason for voti
house had jt
g ag
pat passed
teentitied a hill
army of the United States,
business of the agents”
substitute, every bounty
scalawag that went into the arms
At the conclusion of Mr. Bragg's remarks
the rales the
amendment nm bill was
concurred in
The bill will now be sent to the president
for his approval. It provides that a pension
of §8 a month shall be paid to all surviving
officers and
militia and volunteers of the military and
naval service of the United
being duly enlisted and who
days with the army or navy in
on the coasts, or en route in
with that nation, or were actually engaged
in a battle In said war, and were honorably
discharged, and to such other officers and
soldiers as may have been personally named
in any resolution of congress for any specific
service in said war, and the surviving widows
of such officers and enlisted men, provided
Oo pens
and t
it oon
jumper
TEYIVEY
eres every
and every
wore
£0
suspended and
the Mexican
senate
en ¥
enlisted men, including marines,
Mexico. or
thereto, war
vided, that every such officer, enlisted
man or widow who is or may
become 62 years of age, or is or may become,
subject to any disability equivalent to some
cause prescribed or recognized by the pen-
gion laws of the United States ae a sufficient
reason for the allowance of pension, shall be
not be held to include any person not within
the rules of age or disability or dependency
herein defined, gf who incurred such dis
ability while in aRy manner voluntarily en.
gue in or aiding the late rebellion against
y authority of the United States. Section
4,716, Revised Statutes, is repealed so far as
it reintos to this act or to pensioners under
this act,
Canada All Upset,
Bosroxs, Jan, 18—An Ottawa special to
The Herald says: The greatest excitement
prevails here over an official announcement
that parliament has been dissolved and that
n election will be held on Feb, 22.
Sir Join A. Macdonald is afraid to face
another session, Each of the provines hes
ftwelf Liberal at provincial elec
tions exospt Manitoba and British Columbia,
and the defent of the government is cortain,
Rinve Be cane into favor, eight years ago,
Macdonald has increased the nasional debt
S100, 000,000, or 73 per cenk,
Hite Lanai
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ALL
F'K SALE.
Prog ny
Clay,
HORE a0a to In 3 & the
are Executor of Joseph A
No. 18 11 that certain tre
wired ¥, bounded as fi)
rier of Richard
hard Downing
Tm
Hip, Lente
gi gata lin
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MOP es 10 ae
north 2 west
west 92 perches to pox
a Dost thenod
104 perches W
west 1 perches 0 ones
ence oy othet and of the party of the first part
2° cast 165 perches thence borth 517 east
} Downing line 160 perches 1d the piace
beginuing. containing 365 avres be the same more
it Joss being a survey made in pursuance of a
warrant dated January 2, 19854, to William AGder
man
h 6&8
Vauhn
& SPTte south 48
Ww
pd
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Also, so much of Robert Campbell sur
{vey mdjoining above tract as fies within the fol »
Howing boundary beginning sta post corner of
line north 59% degrees west 50 porches, thence
wih 40 dey. west 206 perches 10 stohies, north 55
| dest, west 17 perches to sugar, south £94 deg. east
[12 perches south 45 dog. wost 8 per hos theooe
south 40 deg. cast 206 perches, thence north 4x
fo. oust ¥0 perches to place of begluning. Con
taining 100 sores more or less, being pert of a sur
voy msde in pursuance of & warrant dated 18h
day of April, fr, granted to Robert Campbell
The two above tracts being the sane land oon
veyed to Charles Merryman by by J. BR. Lowrie,
trustee by Deed bearing even dale herewith
Saised taken In execution and to be sold as ihe
property of Charles Megryman.
No, ¥, All that certain messusge, tenement
and tract of land situate 16 the Yiliage of Eagle:
ville, Canta Sound v Pehug bos Ay A
aeribed ae wi, 10 wit: © WOTY y pu
Lie rosd, on the north by lands of James Quigley.
on the west by lands of James Quigley, and ob
the east by publiorosd, sontaloing 4 an sce
more or lee thereon erected » 2 story frame
dwelling house, stahle and other outbuildis
Belged, taken fn execution and 1 be sold ss the
property of Fan b. Shaw,
No. 21, Al that certain m
fod eltunte in MUes townshi Jentre
ha, bused ahd describ an fnllows, to
nit at we, theme
Srohecker and Joh olde porth
a porches to
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of Dec. 188. to ¥ nd g pe 8 Uourt of
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being the 38h day am
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fib Mermen
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wh
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¢
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PATRONS OF THE
STONE GAZETTE”
disavtrons
the $i.
erenflapration
Bosh Arcade,
{Bellefonte's most imposing
i blocks, on Sanday morning, swept away
levery vestape of the Kevelowe
printing establishment, not a serap «fpa-
per that ronld aid us in reestablishing
onr business relations with our patrons
being savad, The insurance, st this writ
ing nnadinsted, was $2000, which repre-
ents but a small portion of the financial
los we have sustained, bot relying upon
the friendly co-operation which has
hitherto been extended, we confidential.
ly apreal to our friends to come to our
ascistanee in this honr of disaster. The
Iwe of our subscription books leaves us
without any means —exoept our memory
and the aid that the post-masters may
be able to render, (0 restore our eirenlas
tion, and we request that sll persons who
have been receiving the paper immedi
ataly report the fact, with the date when
their subscription began. We have pev-
er asked our patrons for money, the vol.
antary advances reseived with oar regu.
lar commercial business enabling os to
meet current demands without embar-
rassment, bot this unlooked for emer
gency compells os to ask that Suavcial
sympathy without which | of
business will prove | v difficult
it not impossible, If what we have earn.
od and is now past due ie prometly paid,
wo shall within a very brief time renew
our visite to our patrons In better fown
than that which vanished in smoke in
the disaster which involved we wilh
wany of our immediste peighbors in
which
of
business
one
tracoile
We have o
ned an office in the room
next door to \
astings & Roeder's law of
be pleased