OLD SERIES XL, 2 NEW SERIES XX THE CENTRE REPORTER, FRED KU RTZ, Editor. 1887 DEMOCRATIC COU NTY COMMITTEE. NW 8 W .H Y Stitzer, ....Edward Brown, Jr, James Schofield, A Weber, A C Witherite, A A Frank, D J Meyers, C G Herlinger. Henry Lehman, ..A J Graham, nd J Greist, Thomas Frazier, Bellefonte Howard Boro Milesburg Boro... Millheim Boro..... Centre Hall Boro Philipsburg Unionville Boro Benner wp. TN Boggs twp, NP. bo P WP do EP Burnside twp College twp... Curtin twp Ferguson twp E do Ww Gregg twpS FP do N P.argirernsss Haibes twp EP... do wp Half Moon twp Harris twp. Howard twp Huston twp.... Liberty twp.... Marion twp.... Mies i Patton twp. Penn twp. Potter twp N Po. do BY. Bush twp, 8 P.. do N Snow Shoe W P. do EP Spring twp TAYIOr AWP...cooniern rene Walker twp Worth twp........ Union twp HY. we Milligan Walker ..H L Harvey, Anson Dougherty, John I Williams, David Brickley, . Henry Krebs, Frank Bowersox, woHiram Grove, dosinh Rossman William Keen, oodseorge M Keister, William Bailey, Frank E Welland, John Glenn, Wm Irwin, wm Gardne~, John Ishi Wm H Rica: ner, F A Foreman WwW Royer, ~d M Clarr, John Howe, ...Andrew Lucas, James Reeding, Wm Wooxds, Wm Calderwood, John H Beck, GJ Woodsing. John G Hall JAMES A, McCLAIN STITIER, Chairman Secretary. psf — The Legislative Record, of this State, is the original tramp and sponges its living off the public. - —- . The Democrats of Harrisburg carried that city on Tuesday, and the Pairiot let's out its roosters, -———— : Philadelphia elected Fitler, the Re- publican candidate, for mayor, on Tues- day by about 30,000 majority. - -_—- A bill has been reported by the jadic jary commiitee to make two thirdsofl a jury sufficient to acquit a convict. -— Gay W_ Foster, of New York, who beat a number of mills out of flour, was sentenced to six years in New York state prison. . Get two cash names for the and we will send you the Reporter one year free, and give tne new names each three months premium. - The Williamsport Sun came to us last week looking as new and and bright as a new pin. It hada new dress and was n ewsier than ever. Sac cess to you, leporter and Banner - The Democrats defeated by the elec- tion of Republicans on our boro ticket by a kicker combination with the Ke publicans, were of the best material in the party. Tell it around. Democrats who will do this must be down low to the ground. - Centre county has not one cent of in- terest bearing debt to-day; but it bas over $8,000 cash in the trewsury and over $27 000 of a balance in its favor — Wm'sport Bulletin. Well, that's from having the right kind of Commissioners and the Rzrors eR to advocate economy. - A prolonged war between the Italians and Abyssinia is expected, although no notification of a blockade has beengiven at Massowah The force commanded by the son of the king fought a sanguinary battle with the Soudanese, near Metem- eh, which resulted in a victory for the Abyssinians. — State Treasurer Quay joins Auditor General Niles in denouncing, because of its incompleteness and inequality, the State tax on furniture, pleasure carriages and watches, He shows that from the official tax returns it would appear that there were no pleasure carnages in the counties of Elk. Sullivan and Tioga du- ring the year 1888, Mr. Quay declares that the revenue derived from these sources is comparatively inconsequential and might be dispensed with. In the lower house at Harrisburg, the act taxing store orders, etc, represent- ing the wages or earnings of an employe came up on second reading. The bill taxes the orders 10 per cent, of the face value, and in case of refusal to pay by any person, firm, partnership, corpora tion or association, 25 per cent. more shall be levied as a penalty. There was considerable debate over the bill, but the labor men carried their point aad passed it on second reading without amendment, When the bill extending the mini- mum school term to six months after the first Monday in June, 1887, came up in the Hoose an attempt was made to amend it by providing that in the event of its passage $1,500,000 shall be appro- priated by the State to the public schools. This amendment was voted dowwn and the bill went through. The act requiring school directors to pay for the time given to attending the annual Sosty institutes pacssd sovond read. THE TRADE DOLLAR O. K, The house on the 12th, by a vote of 174 to 36, passed the trade dollar bill. As passed the bill provides in its first section that for a period of six months after the passage of this act, the trade dollars, if not mutilated or stamped, shall be received at their value in payment of all dues to the Uni- ted States, and shall not again paid out or in any other manner issued. Section two provides that during the above period the holder of trade dollars, not mutilated, defaced or s'amped, may receive in exchange on presentation of the same at the treasury or sub-treasury a like amount and value, dollar for dol- lar in standard =ilver dollars, or in sub- sidiary silver coins, at the option of the holder. Mr Scott (Pa the bill and made defaced, face be favored the passage of he closing Mr. Curtin took the broad gronnd trade dollars must, be redeemed by the Randall thought that the principle in- volved in the bill was one of common He had lived long enough to get rid of some of his apprehensions as to silver, speech, that in justice and honor, government, Mr. honesty. a CLOUDS ON CLOUDS. It is evident that the whole of Europe is preparing for adeadly conflict of arms. There is hardly a possibility of peace beyond the spring. feel the dreadful events time, justas a veteran comes conscious One can a'most before their of the line of impending battle The heavy tramp of troops on the even. ing preceeding a conflict, the arrange- ment the ominous dis- tribution of ammunition, the movement of the wagons and the sick to the the marching and cavalry, and the hurrying and fro, are signs which with war cannot The Military movements Europe are hardly spite of the De of the artillery, rear, counter marching of of couriers to one acquainted mistake, throughout significant. In over the press less surveillance and the telegraph and the extreme cau- tion of officials, it is that the he The exact locality oft nal gun whose boom will « is alone in doubt sound will plain to the careful observer at band. yar of trial is close he sig- pen the ball Our opinion is the first come from eastern Eu- realizes her lets her rope. Rus«<ia opportunity, and she rarely opportunity slip. .-—- COLLAPSE OF THE STRIKE The New York World, speaking of the great strike, says the great strike which has just ended in a creshing defeat for the laborers has undoubtedly been the most disastrous not only to the work- ingmen themselves but ty the commer- cial world generaliy that this city has undergone for years. To the 38,000 men who took part in the strike, either through a desire to secure higher wages or by quitting work to enable their striking brethern to earn more money, the result will undoubtedly curtail great misfortune. For six weeks the majority of them have done no work thus losing the wages which they might have earn- ed in that time, and this in itself must have caused great hardship for them and those who are dependent on them for support, while they find that their effort has been all for naught, for now it is very probable th«t the great majority of them will not be able to se- cure work, »8 the corporations have now drilled the new men and find that they are ghle to do the work; and this very fact will make these large employers of labor more dictatorial to the organized workmen, whom they have found they can get along without, Financially a great loss has been caused to the community. It isestimat- ed by Bradstreet’s Agency that the strik- ers have entailed upon themselves a loss of 81,755,000, which they might have earned. This loss, added to that suffer ed by the dealers of coal and other sup- plies, the trade in which has been stog - ped by the strike, will make a general los of $5,000,000, while, when the fact that the steamship companies have been compelled to drop most of their busi ness is considered, it is estimated that the total decrease in domestic trsde caused by the strike will amount to 825, 000,000. And when the end of all this trouble is considered, how vast a price was paid for absolutely nothing. now A TALE OF WOE FROM NEWFOUND- LAND, News from the northern parts of the island represents things in a deplorable condition, The Government has al ready sont thousands of barrels of floar to keep the people from warving, bat the supply is altogether inadequate The most northerly ports are now froz. en in, and it is imposible 10 send supplies there in time to save the people. It was a most pitiful sight to wines Scenes at many places at which the coasting steamer Curlew stopped on the last trip north. Scores of people who had notbiog but codfish and bard tack for months drugeed tyapmivey acrom HALL. PA. twenty to fifty miles of barren rocks abd] wild wastes to where the steamer stops] ped. They in hopes of getting supplies of flour, molasses and pork, enongh to keep body and soul together during the next three months. Bat the steamer had no supplies for them, and started to return to miserable homes to suffer all th added winter came discouraged, their pangs of hunger and exhaustion to rigors of Secretary Manning has resigned the treasury port folio to become president of a new bank in New York. - they a Newfoundland The N bill allowing passed women to vote at the nicipal elections, ew York Senate has a mu- » -— - The trade dollar is at last to be deemed in payment of dues to the 1 re- ‘ni- ted States or in exchange for standard There are believed to be about 7,000,000 of them that will be presented The time of redemption is limited to six | months dollars, ISDAY, A NIGHT OF TERROR. Queer Experience of a Traveler Who Took Refuge In a Lonely Church, Bome years ago | was traveling on horse- back toward Williams- burg, road, when I Was ov writes Inness Randolph in the Bal It was late in Beptember, weather had beendelightful; but on 8 evening it had gathered up with thre ate nings of an equinoctial t had turned quite chilly. 1 hoping to make my next stopg place before the rain began to became from Richmond along the stage ertaken bv a storm, American and the th timore empeat, and ushed f : _— 11 fall, but by nightfall it sud very Were GARrK, and we light ters ning and thunder OPS were bi SRcape rain st big drench- 4 Hush of uined church AN EQUINE MESSENGER, How a Californias Lady Notified band of Their Child's Hiness. A short time ago the child of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Paden, who resides on the Pratt grant, Chico, was very ill. The parents much alarmed about it and never left its side if they could help it One day, however, when the child was sleeping quiet appeared to be no immediate danger, relates the Chico (Cal) Enterprise, Mr Paden led goout in the field, about a away from the house, and the work had iliness of the he hitched the other in work He w ad bee the chil TT enide a Hus~ Near were there iy and C conciuc to mile lo some plowing been neglected dur child and had to be do ip one of his the stable, horses and went o 0 gong vole s:armed in this country, but it was long since de-| and | purposes for prived of the legal tender has ceased to serve the which it was designed. ber coined was 35,065 924 quality, Of this num- ber 29,004,604 were exported, 1.500.000 were probably taken abroad by Chinese| to remelted As 2 { houses and 500) Ki) United their homes, at the 174,812 are reported by 1} to have brought back into this country, it is estimated by the Director of the Mint that ber present in this country returning were mints, custom been the num at } i RN pu} he a It looks as if the strikers were not on- but stuck also. In New the striking longshoremen of ly struck, the Star line and Inman Steamship lines re- turned on Monday morning in a body They 50 cents an hour, to Superi ntendent Brewster who informed to obtain work. stated their terms which were hem that the companies did not want them at 40 cents an hour nor at 25 cents an hour which they were getting before Fhe striking freight hand Pennsylvania Company's the strike. the t stations also returned to this morning. They formed by the agenls that be wa orders were The Erie body to Ix ers wt freigh be rei tated were in they wou riratil a ol " inti recess not nted ed from President Roberts. strik- ing freight handlers at the vards also made applic ation ina taken back, but they were refused work Some of the Bosten strikers have got Master Ww ‘ambridge horse railroad into a bad way orkma Short made an offer on of the strikers of the ( to return to work on the old terms, pro i take all the President Cummings re fused, saying he would on no discharge employees vided the company woul old men back. condition The in the new places of nearly all the strikers, 600 number, have been filled and cars an running regularly. - - A High License bill has been intro duced in the Indiana Legislature, pro viding for a license of $300 a year for a country saloon and $600 for a town city saloon. One-half of the country cense goes into the school fund; the oth er half is retained for county purposes In the city and town license permi sion is granted fora further raise of $200. The Presilont sent the fillowlog nomic ations to the Seante on lat Tone. day: P stmasters—Cyron A Eaton, Mit | flinbure; George W. Dickey, Houtzdal Wn, Himwelwright, Lewisburg, A fine stallion, belongiog to J seuh M'Clellan, near Tussyvitle, died of colic, on lest Saturday afternoon, He was of fered $300 for the animal a short time! ago, We are sorry for oar friend M'Clel. lan in this loss, OF ii - - SAVED HIS LIFE. Mr, DI Wilexeon, of Horse Cave, Kv. eays he was, for many ye.rs, badl «ffl ted with Phunisie, also Diabetes the pains were ulmost ncendorab e woo would sometimes almost throw aim foto convulsions. He tried Electric Biter and got ietief from the first bottle a d after taking six botides, was entirely enred, and had gained in flesh eighteen pounds. Bays he positively believes h. would have died, had it not been for th. relief afforded by Eiectrie Biters. Soin at fifty cents a bottle by all droggists. Waite employes of the railroad company were blasting rock 0 be used as filling along the Mone of the Columbia & Puget Bound road, they found, thirty feet from the facing and in solid rock, a mass of pet. rified terredos imbedded in the sandstone, It is stated by old residents on salt water that this is the first instance they ever heard of where the worm has been found petrified. Seattle (W, T.) Press, Did Not Cot Her Friends, An Irish gentleman, having received am invitation from a wealthy but not over refined lady, on arriving was ushered into her presence. She was sitting m the library, surrounded by gorgeously bound books. “You see, Mr, i ,'' she said, “I never neod be lonely ; for here 1 sit sure rounded by my best friends.” Mr Xow. a shelf, and, without replying, took down a volume which he perceived to be uncut, and immediately observed, with a most genial smile: “I am happy to find Mrs. Wo that, unlike the of was Qe ded the sl than would sub ready be biasts of ol ta Ww Arrow ried place; “Tam easily rebuked staring with ness. Horses men, and my errified him. thingly to This liveriad IArK come. my rroundings Ked at the itning ioed ower of ning than 5 Light I was “In another I saw or Tes if the eye Bhar at me, lisappear. In the created The idea of my st, | said, is absurd. Morrow have tire #1 bel in disembodied ( 1 fiends, me any 1tasm pranks While I was talking thus to myself 1 startling distinctness in the ehurch a passage from an old hymn- Tis there we moet the Jesus' feet, We meet to part no more, ending with a screech of hideous ter. No delusion now, certainly diabolical fact—the laugh of an imp, satiriging a Christian hymn, a witch's Sabbath oo this equinoctial night. A cold sweat broke out upon me, andl felt a mortal sickness of fear. While 1 stood transfixed, striving to see inte the of the interior, a vivid gleam of lightning shone through the roof and win- dows, and I saw standing in the pulpit a tall, grizzly woman, with black dishev- eled hair and face of livid pale, gesticu. lating and imitating, with a horrible mockery, the actions of a preacher, and again the hideous laugh rang out, heard above the bellowings of the storm. At this moment my horse, with a snort of terror, broke his bridle and dashed out into the night I saw his hoofs strike fire from a stone in the path, and the next instant he was lost in the darkness. I was standing a moment irresolute, in- tending to follow him, when I felt my coat pulled from behind, and, turning, I saw a woman, deadiy pale, purple lips, a cut on her forehead, from which dark blood was slowly oozing, who, with long, bony arms, was reaching for my throat and sending forth shrieks that seemed to split the sky. 1 avoided her clutch and sprang forth into the storm, and her scroams followed me as 1 ran. “A maniac, of course,” 1 said, when 1 had placed a distance between myself and the church. “It is the escaped inmate of the Williamsburg Asylum, for whom have been searching for days.” I found my horse sheltered under a roadsido tree, and mounted him, wet, but with recovered courage. But it was many long days be fore my nerves recovered from the shock and strom of that night in the old chureh. “iow much for two graius of sulphate of zinc!” queried the boy of the druggist “Pwenly five cents.” “But my father is a doctor.” “Oh! Well, I must make a han laughs It was dred ood por oott_en Wipes soy wan to them if The pla i she co she turn Was Wor he hor © DOr When He saw WHOLESALE NUPTIALS Marriage of a Ship-Load of Slave-Girls to Egyptian Soldiers He then Civilian wish annoy ing to noed any se of thes thalers ont her would be husbands should themselves far pose. A great number of men, soldiers, assembled on the day app for the selection The women were so shy that they “huddied together like a flock of sheep,” and could not be induced 10 move At last on vanced from those present among the pur- chiefly inted ¢ of them, taking courage, ad- slowly a black Egyptian ser- geant, who was anything but young and handsor ne, and put her hand on his shoulder as a sign that he was the man she wished to marry Her example w stantly followed by the other wome pushed forward to che their as if they feared to be too late It was now the men's turn to whether they accepted the selection All were satisfied but five, and even the five women who were consequently obliged to choose again were ultimately provided with husbands DIAMOND STEALING. Feeding Precious Gems to a Greedy Dog and Then Killing the Dog. Although there is a considerable and clever detective staff on the diamond fields, there are those at Kimberly who can outwit the police, at any rate for a time, and so it happens that such a num- ber of stones is annually stolen as wo prove a factor in disturbing the market price, says Chambers’ Journal, The chances of detection are no doubt great; but the to Ose sav by a little peculation is so tempting that thieves—that stones they the 1 the “the game.” Bome of is, the men who stea are paid for unearthing genuity in carrying away the gems business of diamond of a rough-and-ready kind, opportunities for fraud which are not available in other industries mond stealing first became a business those interested, suspecting no evil, were easily cheated. Stones were then carried away concealed about the person of the la- borers, but as the thefis increased greater precautions were taken to insure the de tection of the thieves. Some of the ‘dodges’ which have been resorted to in order to carry diamonds from the diggings have been not a little remarkable. We have only room, however, for a sample or two. Upon ane occasion it is reiated that an in- laborer wrapped the stonos ina of soft bread, the morsel be- ing greedily snapped by a dog. The dog was carefully looked after till the mine was left behind, when it was ruthlessly killed to obtain the hidden diamonds which were contained in ita stomach, Domestic fowls have been trained to swal- ow § the smaller stones, which have after. ward boon cut out of their crops. A par. oel of stolons gems has been known to have been got out of a well-watohed kyl ye The OE Ir awe tw 10 go Ww as eas) ae Circus as ni Orrowed money ner's Observalions “Au, Ince observed Mr Mrs. Bnaggs, ‘1 have I think Tid. Bits Wao says you woman! You can reason And generally the al do. — Somerville Journa there Lr Hn # 4 new star in on, agin repeats en that play, oan is all the good some Apes of W irty she newspaper yy f oman shes Lhe head od After a wom other six 5 Journal Two Boys were I the post-office gether, One of them, pointing Ww a small sign, sald “Thats what 1 do when wy mother boxes my ears abo Loe tier box your servant nd tide.” Land. How is “th al man A NEW Speaks PICKS any ner husband's, ana CHRON usage has rendered Foss house, have told ye we Ther we Dhebrorit ‘ How asked Waar Btock Exchange £20.000, but have ww stand top of his voice in order 10 make a profit on his in Ba “Bo out vestm faimmore Awmerican observed Mrs Snages, “and hind." ‘Did ng every thin 1a On rerimps carry oft.” AX ag 10 Lhe Lirade said the rrieved indiv mining u foreman th I nparcil, pleas Exacr Tesrin cle Zeke, you b Was one ft Zeke Yes, sab will swear that pune didn other!” Uncle Zeke will 1 was dar an’ “Ir you continue sternly remarked an o “you wi “Don't u tramp, w word” toils and une, Taz study of handwriting as an tion of character is very interesting. The “Penciler” has written twice 10 Jay Gould to say that he would take pleasure in exam ing scient/fically Mr. Goald's signature at the end of a one-thousand-dojlar check, but he has received no reply. Can Mr. Gould be away t-Somerville Journal pearad 1 right ir before the sah, "deed I we Thd- Bits thisgvagabond life." id farmer to a tramp, urself in the toils ™ said the “What never ‘Yes, heard "em and Ye s¢ that dreadful with a shudder of disgust “Toils. lam a man that never means 10." «Chica word,” indica- Tre editor of the Washington Oritie, who has evideg@y visited a fair before, said: “We expect to pay twenty-five cents apiece for each consecutive five-cent cigar this for the beautiful hand we take it from. five it go, five five for charity; isn't that cheap enough” Larrie Jomxxy, 10 guest at dinner— “Mr, Hoskins, I'm glad you've staid with us to- day.” Mr. Hoskins— “Thank you, Johnny. Why are you glad? Johnny—*1 heard mamma tell the cook two hours ago that there wasn't any signs of your going. and she might as well open a jar of preserves. If you hadn't staid we wouldn't have had any preserves, 1 expoot-why, mamma, what are you punching me that way for Oxg of the most admired performers in a sensational drama recently produced in Cincinnat: was a big bulidog, that at a criti- cal point in the play came bounding out, sod, seizing the villain by the throat, or thereabouts, hung on Like grim death, amid uproarious applause. The other night he grabbed his man as usual, but something gave way, and the dog fell nesr the foot lights, and then he stood there and calmly fastened under the villain’s throat and had heretofore boen the incentive for the dog's exertion. She Meant Neo Offones. Mrs. Rive-King, the pianist, gavn a oon. sort in BL Paul the other day. After it was over & very well-known lady of that eity, who had lingered in the hall, met on the stairway a lady whose muffied face sho thought she had secon before, but whose name she couldn't recall. “Jem't Madame King a jovely player?” said she. “You, 1 think she is,” was the . “Bat isn't she homely?’ continued the St. Paul Isdy. “1don't think I ever saw a home lier 2 “Yes, 1 quite with you,” was the quiet answer. “Haven't [ met you before!” inguired madame, “Your face seems very familiar. May I sh your Mamet “Walia Rive-King,” said “f know that I am homely, a that Ja aan no flume. LSE Ty -. Go
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