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.
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The Democrats of Harrisburg carried
that city on Tuesday, and the Pairiot
let's out its roosters,
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Philadelphia elected Fitler, the Re-
publican candidate, for mayor, on Tues-
day by about 30,000 majority.
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A bill has been reported by the jadic
jary commiitee to make two thirdsofl a
jury sufficient to acquit a convict.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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they
a Newfoundland
The N
bill allowing
passed
women to vote at the
nicipal elections,
ew York Senate has a
mu-
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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.
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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
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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
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