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f OLD SERIES XL
I NEW SERIES XX
THE CENTRE REPORTER,
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FRED KURTZ. .. Editor.
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A
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMITTE!
H Y Stitzer,
Edward Brown
James Schofield
A Webe
AC Wither
A A Frank,
DJ Meyers,
G Her
Heury
A J Gra}
A J Greist,
Thomas Frazier
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Millheim Boro
Centre Hall Boro .......
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LAmvid Bri
Henry Krel
Frank Bowersox
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Huston twp
Liberty twp
Marion twp
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Penn twp
Potter twp N
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Walker twp
Worth twp. D§
Union twp John G Hall,
ITZER
Af if
B . MCL} ia
Secretary
THE FARMER'S NEEDS
Of all legislation, that which
liorate the the
should be The writer
will ame-
condition of farmer
enacted. hereof
lives in an agricultural section all
and
his interests and investments are
ped in the prosperity of
¥rap-
the farming
community —hence we have an
4
rit
nity of observing and feeling the disad-
the agricu
onl
vantages under which tural
popul
in ire
county but all over the country.
tion labors, not y in Cent
If there ever was a time when
be said that farming paid, that
wot now, Low prices for all far:
ducts, burdensome local taxation
rests solely upon real estate, dis
tion in freights, and other
beggaring our farmers, and leavit
1
i
CRS
nothing for their toil, ar
eavy
consequent depreciation in real
makes their sum total lo
How can this be bettered”
ight be mentioned,
mi 101
enues from merca
1 rom
OEY
licenses no lo
treasury, but let them go to
to help the road, sch
r
5
ol and poor
This would take off so much fros
farmer's tax to keep up these bra:
Let a part or all of the fines an
feited recognisances remain in the
and
and the tax u
farmers acres will again be
ties where they are imposed,
¥
por
htens«
Why should not these monies go
the same direction,
the immediate benefit of the people
the county from which they are deriv
instead of the state treasury which
other sources of revenue in abundance?
Now the above suggestions, if
wonid relieve the tax of the fare
materially, and there is no good
why it should not be so,
a
ens:
Gov. Beaver has been presented
a new Bible. The General has gre
miration for the good book and
his careful readings of it has
found the term “boss” in it, hence
not allow any bossing about him.
They are having another big sts
New York. Business along the wi en
in that city and Brooklyn and J. sey
city is in a serious condition. Freight
is piled up on the piers and the green
hauds at work make slow progress. The
ocean steamships are greatly delayed by
the great strike. There are something
like 30,000 coal-handlers, railroad freight
handlers and 'longshoremen out, and
where the movement will end no one
can say.
The greatest difficulty was met in mo-
ving freight om the docks along the
North river, where most of the large
ocean steamers are berthed, All steam-
ers scheduled to sail on Saturday re
delayed for want of coal, and of ne
that did get to sea most had an if-
cient supply and the strikers say hat
their cargoes were also incomplete
Ao]
NEW LICENSE BILL.
in it
“In all cities of the first and se-
The bill has
tion :
cond classes-—all houses, rooms, or pla-
ces where vinous, spirituous, malt or
brewed liquors, or any admixture there-
of, are sold, shall pay a license fee of
$600; in all cities third, fourth and
1 3
CLASSES, $
£500: boroughs having a popula-
8300 license
cits
Orough
places Under theaet no
shall be granted if a majority of the
1
izens of any war, township or
petition the court not to grant any li
cense in it. The applicant to receive a
license shall not be p
ed in any other establishment than the
. a h :
one for which he 1s asking for
nor shall anybody but himself be pecu-
niarily interested in the
license is asked, The
0 one petition.
signers are
stricted t
The Courts are
hie
equired to hear remonstrants and peti-
‘ : ,
{ $
18 and shall refuse
+ whi tt
3 11CBLSE,
x $111
WI La
montas,
granted to any 1
dred feet of a school bail
worship. Liquors mus
v Fo v
Lg
NO sores
a3,
blinds,
tains, partitions, or painted
stained glass windows, or any ot}
struction which may srfere
:s B40 where
Bars must
sht ai
at nigh
» nexs
uc
} they
rev ©
past
meeting was atten twenty
n
i
ngressme from
the Southern anti-internal revenue
ding men
inci
Or-
The bill wipes out the tax
on tobacco and weiss beer and also the
The
ense tax oir dealers in whiskey,
ed in the arts sho uld be removed orthe
tax on whiskey should be reduced is left
The provisions of the Randall
duties in
The free list
the Randall bill has also been aagumea-
ted Lumber, goats’<hair, fur for making
hats, jute and jute butts are among the
articles placed on the free list The daty
on steel rails is reduced to $13. The
principal features of the Hewitt customs
administrative bill are incorporated in
the new bill, together with some addi-
tions suggested by the Treasury Depart-
ment. What is known as the “ware-
house” section of the Hewitt bill, how-
ever, is eliminated. It is expected that
the costoma sections of the bill will ef-
fect a reduction of about §10.000,000,
and that the total reduction of revenue
made by the bill will be from fifty-five
to sixty million dollars, The intention
in framing the customs portion of the
bill was to avoid as far as possible all
bill
cases are stricken out
| their places can be satisfactorily filled,
i
those Democrats who busy themselves to
| pat Republicans in offices, can put this
in their pipes.
>-——
The New York World “It
easier for a camel to go through the eye
| of a needle” than fora man
| enter the United States Senate,
says:
poor
>
Gov. Beaver's administration is turn-
ing out all officials about
wer on brisk
Democratic
Harrisburg, The work is gol
{ 1y, and sets Cleveland in the shade
Some of the deputy Republicans or pre
| tended Democrats—who are always in
I
il
no doubt
| calioot with the opposite party, even in
be
in
old Centre, will pleased
Beaver's action
the plank,
what a certain class of Democrats
been
woerats walk 41! as
workiog at in our own county,
to
salary
that of Secretary the
His
portunities to
hill is
Board of Agriculture, in 1
is op
almos
Ril
rainst the Treasury are
imitless, Last year he was paid
£4 1
$65
{| for analyzing fertilizers and
plearo-pneumonia among cattle and
| suppressing the same. In addition
{ these amounts he received asalary of
The which
| Secreiary Edge handsaor
the efi
office bas
paid
nely
Was created
thy of a relative while
of the
our farmers are
igh ris
Intter was a member
We don't think
ted a farthing by tl
a I: by these operation
it is simply a sol &2 for
ithe Legis
atare.
| bennett
a fellow who
¢
fei
ve
i
| pockets a nice sum people's taxes
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Ex. Governor Curtin tells the story
he recovery of his eyesight as follows
i *] weat to
He
the oculist absolutely sceptical.
ooked at my eye and said he could
I was going to Boston the ne
v to attend the merchants dinner, and
wight 1
bat
x!
(dav
th would like to go seeing 1
yous ble, when he asked when,
suid perform the operation, I sad
“Now at ones; might jost as well
| done with it.” He deadened my
| with cocaine. He took an instrument,
He mde one skiliful out with it, He
jlled my eye with blood. It
in minute. He said,
eruor, go home and go to bed, and
the morniog vou will see as well a
ly.” sure enough, I did.
§
¥ He
i 3
&
i Was
here,
al
A
®
And
--—
ECIAL OFF
Je desire to make a very liberal pro
we bh Qo rea
-
in
cept the offer,
L agenis we pr
@ wpefit of
tio an
any
patrons has
I pAY,
fe r
and 1 troubs
tu 10 sgarce
the gain 10 yOu
biain for the
¥
a
st. Ifyouno Berorst
script 3 cash, we wi
mouths free, 10 make ap ti
sabscriber, and you
hs extra credit and
werek afer that for $1.50,
If gou get us the names of four
anch tris] sabscribors sending cash for
hh name, as above, wi Wi 1 send you
s Rerogtes one year free, Or, if you
¢ get two such trial pames,
ive you six months credit, free,
BTER.
« §0 ion with 81
0 if 49
ear, 68 a trial
$
have {w0 mon ges
3 ong
Lin INES
if will ¢ an
| Raw
and will pay you well,
most of 1
hese trial names at $050 per
erease in circalation,
Names can be sent at any tim» as they
ara obtained The offer will be open
until Aprii 1887,
in pres to §1 50, agd six mouths for
ery two malnes os us
Try it, aud get the Revonrer hall or
one whole year free, for very little troob
ie. Most any one will take trial trip on
abuve proposition,
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
Centre Hall, Pa
ihe remains of Gen.
with military honors.
Irish parliamentary party and Mr
McCarthy vice-chairman.
in on Sunday. 1
The cotton planters along
cotton seed,
TORN BY DYNAMITE.
A Dastardly Attempt
Dominion
York, Feb, 1 sundown
last night asthe Old Dominion Line steamer
8
to Sink
Nteamer,
an Old
New Just after
Guyandotte was passi
way wed a terrific explosion
board in It de
the entire after part of the
oft
snd furniture sky wards,
occurred on the saloon
iy
1 near
locks and sending
ang KE
boats, skylights
That dynamite was the
attem
agent employed in
pling to wre the steamer there is no
in a closet on the star
loon just before the
man who jumped
board mime
TY ONe
ones
aid the cap
gl
i
ip wouk
£4
altér part
3 WAS over and
fii
D. 4
es Justin
ie extent ©
+
i floor
VEATLeT
mal man to
en
ugh u
a hoe
nm thro
while
deck
GiY 8 vest
i Was
unin
Aays late wilth-
] Quinn
trict Assembly N
fdent M
Lrendy,
1 *
‘will be
WArGiyY at
¥ Was insti
rk of some
f this condigon
wd that there
{ this city eagerly
a war with Canada,
into the Dominion, if
to show Lhedr
od States. Mr. A. J
an of Buffalo, says he bas just
liscovered a very pronounced war slement
i people here I went into
and found i¢ full of 1tal-
said
Oise,
ie
me, ‘Here is the
us into Canada,’ they
amd oan speak our
and they picked me up and oar
ried mie about in their enthusiasm,
gather around
1
bend
KNOws
who
He
language,’
man Can
said. fs
their vader Myr, Olshe stated further that
be had heard little or nothing of the move
ment, if id
day or two, but he ls convinead from what
he hears that the men are in earnest. They
are loyal and they want to show
loyalty. They ciaim that they
in the state,
Willi Probably Pay Damages.
Wasnixarox, Fel,
though Secretary
this government for joss and damages,
understood, The Star save, that this is in ac
CUSTOM HOUSE LABORERS GO OUT,
| The laborers employed in the weigher's de
[partment of the custom house sand detailed
{to wharves along the East river and Brook.
{lyn have joined the strikers. They say that
{they do not get enough pay
| veyor Beattie says there is substantial cause
{for their grievance, and that he has recom
mended at Washington that they be paid $3
ia day
ithe representatives of District 490 and the
{unions affected by the strike. A representa
itive of Italian labor organizations said he
{had 5,000 Italian laborers and freight hand.
Hers organized. Hs was instructed to call on
isteps to prevent Italian padrones from fur
inishing laborers to the steamship companies
i ACTIVITY AT HOBOKEN
At Hoboken the Hamburg and
i
iremen
empioye being a non-union man
The arrivals at the North German Lioyds,
Hremen
jor wharves yesterday were
Sremen, als
1,000 tons of freight fo
will be handled by
with
which
men
poured upon the
line's plier
A steady stream of water
{ruins of the Cromwell
ver stfall the tim!
A careful
auses of the fire resulted in settling
the fact that the striking
It
or pipe
yestarday At
investigation
{as 10 Lhe ¢
longsho
no hand in it
{from
is thought that the
set fire Ww
a cigar
loss will at
were
not He
Many
almost unharmed
as
bales of
heavy as
cotton
was
u pposed
taken out Many
f freight also were removed unharmed by
the gang of men at work there yesterday
FLEXTY OF DEPUTY SHERIFFS
‘We bave been manufacturing
heriffs by the wholesale ” said the
of the Berwind Whi
South Amboy,
deputy
SUP ine
%
te Minin COI
8 reporter yes
toy
to
t
t
The statement exaggerated, fo
ver 600 specials with badges and formidat
fs
This great force was
was
no
:
tered the
found scat
company
DOOSESRIY
ihe were Vir
i piers of the
and 1
wngth
¥ on men, mostly Soa
se put at work 3 erday, and
al night the entire gang was quartered on a
witk bunks
men and provisions to last 1
The company offic
il keep their army
needs be to protect
as the § roslan
Lars
Yer one nue in
BVIARTE
vp
{barge which has been fitted up
: 1 ry
Yn als declare $
bh
of deputies half
the new men
ey wi n
® ¢ ¥
year i
:
A PROBABLE
CRISIS,
iNew Jersey's Capital Expecting a Shak-
! ing Up To Day.
Trexrox, Feb, 1 it
| Republican «
i de of T10 5, to org
i Kk
that Sewell is
{ States senator of the Repu
: is stated the
decided
hat at
aucas last night it was
on a
o'che It
¥
at
imlly
fay w
the of
held two weeks hence. The oan
i Bt this time In compliance
dew {
the sed
of
¥
iw the United States set
el iter th
the lo Now
arises Democrats
f
r Lellan's rescluts
saniate WO
wing f
king about ve
allow the organise
tion Is to adjourn the
way
ang it
the members
youse meebs at 12
size the senate ai
’
hened by Speaker Baird and
opposing a1
How a Joint assembly mee
for Abbett. This
{ meeting at 12 o'clock, and if
{| Baird and Throckmorton te with the He
ipublicans agaiost adjournment before that
| hour leave the at sea
{regard to their determination (0 meel each
day and vote for United States sen The
wganization of the senate at will also
to prevent it. Altogether there may be
The assembly chamber is thronged
at each session with visitors, expectant a
repetition of the scenes which took place al
the opening of the session
Another caucus is to be held by ©
licans at 1140, to decide finally abx
ganization of the senate.
Gen. Sewell left for Washington at 11
o'clock last night. Before leaving he said
“1 am in this fight to stay and I will not be
driven out by any man.”
womgibilitly of
voile
it be held
5
it will Democrats
in
ator
tend
sone fan
of
be Repub-
it the or
Hevolt of Jersey Convicia
Textron, N. J, Feb 1 Some excite
ment was occasioned in the state®prison yes
terday afternoon by fifteen convicts who
refused to go to work in the laundry depart
ment under Keeper Moore. The gang was
led by Convict Thomas, who is serving a long
term for manslaughter and who is regarded
ns a desperate character. He told Moore
that the men had made up their mitis not
to work under him say longer. The men
stood threateningly and awaited a sign to
attack Moore, who touched the bell for help.
In half a minute several deputy Kkeepirs ro
sponded to the call and with drawn revolvers
quickly cowed the convicts, who were
marched to the prison center, where they
were put in irons and returned to their cells,
They will be thoroughly disciplined and
when taken to work again will be placed in
different squads,
Congresslonnl Doings.
W asninaron, Feb. 1.-The sub-committee
of the house committee on naval affairs, hav.
ing in charge the various hills providing for
pew war vessels, has reached an informal
Bo {ar it
| BRIEF MENTION.
| BUMMARY OF THE WEEK'S HAPPEN
i INGS IN BRIEF PARAGRAPHS,
| Accidents and Incidents Personal Men.
in All Parts
of
| tion--Saylugs and Doings
of the World
the Day,
Upon the Questions
Adv cen Tron Be
Prince B
the effect
that
erin are Wo
g the
found
pope, Wl
eX Jc tod
the ov
he g elections
for mend
: anh
the
have
$
he
y
my
ner
+3
the
a
he Des
their vi
lated penaltie
Mary
residing
at the
leave }
»
MARL
a XA
Van
near
4
0
ached
14 mista
3
her with a knife std »
As & neler oO
club
Gladstone has been imittanos
i
0a
the
Hollingsworth, Kn
treasurer, has give
ndiana
fafa inde
Selanuiting
n justice in
three Harvey's
killing
thers
Woman
¥:
the old
CRE
EX PIoQed
“18
spent h excite
Ha i
oaYa
x
Holey
¥
1 attempted mi
i wmbens 10 be fol
men at
Jowed by a 13
i) : Chicago's ooRine experi
menter, has been committed to an asylum
for the insane
A sensation was produced in a will contest
at Louisville, Ky,, by a lady, the contestant,
pleading Lier own case. She won applause,
but lost the suit,
a by two
bY thre
Broa
Gen. Simon Cameron and party salled for
Bermuda
After five months’ consideration the Cana-
dian customs authorities have imposed the
moderate fine of $25 on the American vessel
Howard Holbook for violating the customs
laws in landing a man without first report.
ing and getting permission, h vigorous
attitude of congress on the fisheries question
is believed to have produced an effect upon
Canada in more ways than one,
Chicago tobacco manufacturers have or-
ganized to protest against the proposed re-
duction in the internal revente fax on
tobacoo and cigars. There are six large fac
tories and thirteen small ones in Chicago.
a -
GOOD ADVICE,
Dr. Hale, one of the most successful
ma. agers of farms in Centre county, ad
vises that the best thing for the owner,
as well as teonants, isto have from
three to five acres in rye or corn and
reen food for cattle; remove the middle
ots and keep in the stock and not
re them: much better for the stock
and the land he mmintaios, and use all
the bay and fodder on the place. Feed
and lend, 100 moch impoverished, for
farming to pay, Baroyard fertilizers are
better than imported phosphate, s0 says
agreement upon part of the work
has been pro that there shall be two 4,000
ton cruisers of the Newark pattern: four
gunboats, like gunboat No. 1 now in course
of construction, and three boats. It
is believed a bill can be laid before the full
general It has been shown that the vessels
were catching seal outside of the three mile
limit, and were therefore well within their
rights, according to the construction this
government has always insisted upon.
A ————S——
Coal Blockade at Port Richmond.
PmuaveLrnta, Feb L-There are about
100,000 tons of coal accumulated at Port
Richmond. The Read company's own
vessals are Lhe only ones that can be
for shipping coal, and they have only 15,000
Joe Furey in the Lock Haven Democrat.
A Ss MD AIS A 8,
RENEWS HER YOUTH.
, Phoebe Chesley, Peterson, Clay
a Rely et remarkable
sory, the tush of which is vouched for
by residents of the town: “I am 73
yam old, have been troubled with
questions likely to lead to controversy.
The committee appointed at the last
meeting will confer with Speaker Car
lisle a8 to the oest mode of proceda re,
Since ladies wear hats, wouldn't po-
liteness require that they tip them on
meeting young gents, even after having
passed them the length of a fence rail?
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WEEDING OUT THE DEMOCRATS,
At Harrisburg the clerks in the office
of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
are being gradually weeded out and
Republicans put in their places, Thus
far three of Governor Pattison’s clerks
Lave been succeeded by members of the
opposite party. The remaining Dem.
acratie clerks will have to go as soon ae
kill the betrayer of a woman is proposed in
Iilinols, and is suported even by clergymen,
A bill introduced in the New York assem:
bly proposes to make combinations to corner
articles of food, fuel and other of
life legal offenses and punishableag wich.
John L. Sullivan, champion pugilist of the
world, fainted ina doctor's chair while he
was having his injured arm rebroken. After
it was properly set the great spgger felt
sick, but talked fight.
Dr. Schooler, dean of the Town of | tons total daily capacity. The company's
Physicians and Surgeons, at Das bas | officials say that the Caocoura, which lately
been indicted for grave robbery. | applied at Port Richmond for a eargo, will
Mr. Tisard, so ntendent of not be loaded.
works at Cape ¥ nceidentally
Lorillard's Strike Ended,
killed his assistant, Mr. Roach, ah edn Serine u
J. A. McHale is suing for nw Yong, strike at Lorie
ho lard's tobacco in Jersey City is
Arbor, Mich., but js unable 10 factory
if wi : ended, the smployes returning uncondition.
identify his wife, aly 0 that their rant. a melon given
upon the promise grievances
a Ta as a ho tri : sonaiered und satitfec 1) 4 arm the doctor suddes rill at a
It seems quite strange to us, a
fisherman, that Uncle Sam and J lin
Bull should fall out about fishing. We
have followed fishing for the last twon.
ty summers and never fell out with ny
one. We fell in the water sometim
id
ti ——————— ol
The son of millionaire Senator | air,
in a Washington saloon, asked congress
man Page to take a drink, which the
congressman declined. Young Fair
then drew a pistol, which Page was
quick enough to take from the [young
snob, and led the senatorial chip ogt of
the saloon. What business has i
gressman to say, no, when a sofi-§f
Senatdr wants to set "em up,
question,
-
cat A i
lend soreness, and am wble to do sil wy
the sum of $95 i, 3
A Doctor's Sudden Death.
Brxouamrox, N. YV., Feb, L-Dr,
A. Thayer, ex-mayor of this city, all minsnis ation
A fioe new dwelling house on Main
is for
1}
of wages by the mivers at Wick