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THE
CENTRE REPORTER.
FRED KURTZ,
Editor.
don't
rear a new gang of swindlers,
navers look out that you
al page we give a fresh sam-
I J RATT,
tte last state-
utterly
that
week made two
ling
us that were
We ae not ambitious for
jonrna'ism,
——————
President
NO
made
! Sullivan and the
met in the White House yesterday.
Lave been
, thus far,
st to."
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Fairchild took the oath of office as |
Mr
secretary of the treasury, on 1, and at
in of the secre
3 13:
treasury building
Manning.
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Democr !
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league |
i
thie Agricui-
it would do to
AOTES8e
» way to relieve the farmer by
2, XX} tons
A new vaul
In case the day herein design
id be onsuitable in any port
tL an adjour
wad to sor ture whic!
be 1
suit tre climate and convenience
ality.”
It
ihe
iment
cause tr
cratic ranks, and we are sorry |
w well known helpers and
¢rd who ciaim Lo bel
has lent it
ng
¢ (Fazetle self asi
i
peptacle for any species of false |
} Vv 8 a i
avd has no regard for decent
liam. Democrats preserve the har
important ele
Look out f
of traitors who sre with the Gazette. |
fyoar party, an
Appros ir the |
ork
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Councilmen and aldermen who car-|
ried aon the hus ness of cities and
for boodle, have found that justice will]
i
fowns |
overtake even them,
to
Quite a number
have gone the
fled to
he clutches of the
penitentiary, others
others are in
aw for trial,
Canada, and sil
The trial of the Chicago boodlers will
begin next In to get
through with the cases as rapidly as pos-
both branches of the Crimminal
will be kept running, and thus
week, order
sible,
Court
two of the accused men will be on trial
at the same time till all the cases shall
be disposed of,
I ——
Centre county farmers are discussing
the problem, What to do to make a liv-
ing on their farms. The wheat crop has
been a failure, and with an ordinary
crop, the prices are too low to make it
pay to raise even wheat. But with poor
crops and low prices, a double misfortane
stares our farmers in the face Will it
pay to raise hay, will it pay better to
raise and feed stock, will it be more
profitable to raise potatoes, or oats~- of
course the Bohemian isa swindle 7
Well, now is the time to experiment.
Let one farmer try one thing, hay ; an-
other can try stock feeding; another
might try potatoes, and so on—all in a
mensure, discarding wheat The experi-
ment certainly can mot turn out less
CENTRE
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SHERMAN ON THE SOUTH,
Senator John Sherman returned re-|
cently from an extended trip through
the South. In reply to the question, |
“Do you find any material change in the |
prosperity of the South as compared |
with a decade ago? Mr. Sherman said : |
“In Florida I did In northeru|
Alabama and eastern and middle Ten-|
decidedly
Flordia has]
no staple prodacts. Her chief depend |
not.
nesse, yes; yes.
ence is in ‘sick Yankees,’ as they call
the
the Northern tourists, and her profits
ome from the sale of oranges. 1 do not |
think I can say much else for the Btate. |
the other
industries of
On hand, the coal and iron
Alabama and Tennessee |
to the front
All the 1egion thereabouts is developing |
The and
are bringing those States
immensely, towns cities re-|
Immigration is rapidly pouring in and]
going therein vast volumes.”
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VOTES THE
ISTS DOWN.
Chicago, April 5,
capital 1s
CHICAGO ANARCH
Roche, the Republi
day over Nelson, the' Socialistic-Labor
that office
The Democrats had no tick-
in the field and mainly went for Roche
vver given to a candidate for
in this city,
el
to put down the aparchists,
-
-
The Congress of churches and
tians comn its session at
1st.
a movement to crush ont sed ret
on the
Its object is the inaugura-
tion of
societies.
About 500 delegates, mostly]
“v3
men beyond middle age, were present
To-day the stage of
the theatre where the congress is in ses
from several states,
gion is set wit
interior of a lodge.
Prof.
H. H. George, of Geneva college]
Mr. Halleck!
denounced secret so-
was
Flovd in
elles as
elected
president
a speech,
to American institu-
inimical
He said it was time for the
Ons
press
off the muzzle and
and all
A
take speak oul
nasonry secret
societies, |
rld speaking upon our exports
ia! figures from the Bureau
the total value of exports of
the seven
0 944,91
PIER)
thie same
i 85,060 —an increase of
seven months
The excess
over the first
ceding year. f
u w
Ver nport 48
(XY) 0H 1 R84
Min
}
Hea
le that
in
The
pro
tal exports has
stimulus of a |
Mr ex
farmers
all and is tax
the
ounty ticket wi:l soon open.
canvas for nominations on
» be filled are importantand
many. The
as always, urges harmony and a «
rods that
will be
ii
ils
will create il
between candidates Let every
ate make up his mind to stand by
his pledge to abide by the decision of
erat, The party has suflered by the op
suffer again un-|
lows every candidate makes up his mind |
his pledge. We want to]
back to her old
The Republican
med majorities
organs will print all kinds of stuff tol
breed quarrels among Democratic candi-|
Don’t believe!
dt ——
St. Petersburg
fully confirm the report that another at-
of
It is learned that on Tuesday,
while the Czar was exercising in the
park connected with the Ga'schina
Palace, he was fired upon by an officer
of the army, the ball passing close to his
person. The officer was immediately
seized by attendants and imprisoned
> ———
Advices received from
tempt has been made upon the life
the Czar.
At the election in Michigan, on Mon-
day, the prohibition amendment carried
by 10,000 majority
Later dispatches indicate that Prohi-
bition was defeated by 3500,
-—~
Joseph Howard, Jr, well known for
the past twenty-five years ss a brilliant
and aceeptahle writer; is preparing a life
of Henry Ward Beecher for puhlication
by Hubbard Brothers, As Howard's
father was one of the three founders of
Plymouth Chureh, and his moat intimate
friend for more than forly years, with a
social intercour«e at no time interrapted
and as Howard himself, by reason of his
publie life, was brought into frequent
rontact with Mr. Beecher since his early
hoyhood, it is obvious that he ought to
have and probably has material at hi.
hand which is accessible t» no other
contemporaneous writer, The book is
said to be well under way, and will be
ready for the market early in Mav. Mr,
Howard, by the way, was the author of
the eompreahen<ive and interesting obit
HALL. PA..
THE PUBLIC LAND QUESTION,
The Patriot says there is a ring of the
true metal in the talk of President Cleve-
land on the land question, He is report
ed as saying to the Washington corre-
spondent of the New York Herald:
have
jut
the people should have their rights also
gettler—I don't
mere land speculator, but a farmer
“A railroad corporation should
its legal rights—no more, no less.
When a real mean a
who
builds his little house and sets about
the improvement of the acres on which
he has settled—when such a man ha
legally taken possession of his 160 acres
he ought to feel that the government is
behind him. He has a right to fi that
way, and, so far as the administration
concerned, it is clearly the friend of
While as a matter of ¢
protect the
people, Mirse the
administration will
rights of a corporation as well as those «
the people, still I think it
specially jealous of the rights «
ers and the working cls
+
WOT
done to
ti
Lid
by any 1 of the las
umblest
ne of the
the h
ing in
x fi
ur
est «
law ought to be changed
Already under the Republica
i 3
there have been squandered
ns nearly 300 000 000
making over
LAIN,
snd Maryland, Ohi
bined.
In view
t 21 v
th pressed |
led with delight by the people
They speak of which will relieve
he conntry + robbery
3
which has cursed
THE COMMERCH
The cor
Washington,
COMMISSION.
18 now at
Work in getting ils
hands full of protests and reques:s from
arters,
>
BLIZZARD IN MICHIGAN.
aviest snow of the seas
n
a rthwest wind, ha
n
Deen raging all over the uj
From 14 to
per Michigan
of snow
are ae
in Harder,
indred and
are
and
.
“SAMANTHA ATSARATOGA
Misa Marietta Holly, the distiz
humorous author Known '
en's W | Gas §
"Samantha at Naratoga,
Limitable mirth provoking sty
mantha at the Centennial,” *
"etc, and has sold the
good round sam to Messrs.
drow, of Phi'adelphia, who are
best hamorous artists
to illustrate it, and
ut this Spring at a popular
Miss Holly spent
last season amid the whirl of fashion
follies, flir
tations, pug dogs, low neck dressing, etc
rch
“en
T
as
finished
iat
hook
a
Betsey Bob
MES. for a
Hubbard
employ
in the
propose
ing the
bringing it «
© DY fabs rip ion.
est humor, and must create a great
sation.
——
Mra. Cameron Attempts Suicide.
Lacon Ww April 2-Mrs. Angus
Cameron, wife of ex-United States Senator
ipted dro iw
Nhe ROOT two men
1 the river. The men fol
her, eluded them and
plunged into the stream. She was rescued
haif frozen and was restored to conscious
LOeRs
ERE, is,
Camerdn, atten to herself
the river here was by
wandering towark
but
lowed ashe
Mrs, Cameron sustained an injury to her
_p in a collision on the Brookiyn and
New York ferry some years ago, from the
effects of which she has never fully recov.
ered. watch has been Xent of he
nenta ever since, because she has not
been in her right mind.
The Haddock Murder Trial,
Biovx City, lowa, April 4 —In the Had-
dock murder trial G. W. Smith swore to
his belief that Leavitt fired the shot that
killed Haddock. He lived at the Columbia
house on the night of the murder, and oo
cupied a room on the second floor looking
down upon the scene of the tragedy. He
was sitting at the open window, partly un.
drossed He saw four persons on the
street when the shot was fired. “1 saw
the man who fired the shot,” he said. “I
know John Arensdorf. 1am positive as to
that. I have seen Leavitt, From Leavitt's
form, motion, ete, 1 believe he was the
man who fired the shot. There was light
enough to see them and recognize them.”
ne
WwW
Cloas
nove
You May het ut Moumouth,
Turxrox, April 2-The bill legalizing
| selling at the Monmouth park races
hoo become & law Gev. Green has filed
the bill in the sierctary of state's office
without his signature. The opponents of
the bill will now urge the passage of the
repealer that was introduced in the house
vy Speaker Baird
———
The New Orleans Cotton Strike,
New OntLeaxs, April 2 The cotton hand.
war's strike, resulting from a quarrel be
profitable than wheat raising bas for the
last few years.
uary published io the New York Herald
the dey alter M
, Bewc .
tween two labor organizations, continues,
but the cotlon factors sre impatient aod
will soon hunt up sew
INTERSTATE BOARD AT WORK
Woes of
Southern Transportation Lines,
Wasninaroxn, April 4 he
commerce O Bion i Leprun
The Commission Listens to the
interstate
active
10 AX
viding
nz has been
Ih
vork and a he inted
Gov. Rufus B
and Mr. 8B
pointed b
Bullock I
merece Lo
or modi
interstate
Commerce
for
tho
Lhe
6, 1887.
SENT THE MONASTERY,
Dr, Curran Has Been Disciplined for His
Kympathy With Dr, MeGlynuo,
New York, April 2 At Archbishop Cor.
rigan's residence it was said the re
port was tr«e that the Rev, Dr. James Cur.
ran, formerly of Bt. Stephen's church, had
been directed to retire to the Hoboken mi
astery for 1
TO
that
I
ten days todo because h
at the Academy
evening last
spoke Dr.
superior was dis
action in appearing wilh
at Jones's wood Bt. Pa
was by way of dmscip
sent to Ellenville, Ulster
His appearing with Dr. McGlynn
aight
pena £2 2
ipon the platform
of Musi Tues
Dr. McGlynn
Curran's ecclesiastical
yea sed
br McGlynn
trick’s Day
une
appeared
when
with his
on
and it
that he was
county
£ * A ve ¥ Yue .
at the Academy has bre down upon
him the order His
days of strict
will observe
EXEeTrCises.
into retreat at Hoboken.
of ten
iring whict
L consial
ts and perform erll 1%
Was large assemblage in the
st
a
g hall of Blept
in East
parishoners
John J.
a
vas one of
It is tr
x it
Liar
hbishop
ER
IsCariu
awl His
¥
na
SEW Liricans
Fire.
Hotel
burned or
re
flaests Tarned Oat hy
de
resors
rai
Jes
Appoluts
ment of a Wabash Receiver.
sition of ap-
as ro
3
» Mis-
ize Gresham
av:
As
x
mgs 13
*
His Mother Wanted lim to Hang.
The t
%%
ward of
ant her ann
» execution
An Anarchists Wife Gets a Divaroe,
Ear Wis, April 2
of Eaw Claire,
son of the English aut
for divoree
granted the
support and Iman
testified that
CLAIRE,
James,
Alderman
the
and hor,
R
decree
G Fr James
@
ground of
treatment,
was sued
has beer
failure
Mrs. James
ina
a buicher knife, called her
locked her
generally ill
made no
James
na barn on a winter nig!
Appearance In
gots the custody of her chil
Fire in the Cedar Brakes.
Monaax CAs April 4
reached he destructive
the Cadar
miles east of here The
mouth Lang's creak and
the timber on the Midland
Leagues Reveral bh have boen|
burned. The damage already amounts tol
$400,000, and the flames are still raging
News
fire in
s River
ro of
brakes, on
“5
the Braz
ten
fire started at the
destroyed
and Chosine|
of al
MINOR
He Wished to he Patti's Spirit Page.
Bax Fraxcisoo, April 2.<At the trial of
Dr. James Hodges, who exploded a bomb in
the Grand Opera house here, on Fabruary
§, during a Patti concert, Hodges testified
that he istended to end his life while Patt
was singing. 80 that he could be her page in
the spirit land. The jury found him guilty
of assault with intent to commit murder.
A SHA SARA
Wreeked on the Pacific Conat,
Porrrasp, Ore, April 4 —A despatch
the Oregonian from Settle, W. T., says:
“The Paciflo coast steamer Mexico, plying
between Nan Francisco and Puget Sound,
has been wrecked four miles south of Plum.
per's Pass, Vancouver Island. All were
saved. The loss on the vessel is $150,000,
The loss on the cargo is nat yet known."
Not of the Fur Gang.
CreveELa xn, Ohio, April & Chief Schmidt
of the Clavaiand polioe force, says he has
received a photograph from Atlanta, Ga, of
the burglar conflued (nthe state, and that
he is not one of the fur thieves. The police
A Fight With Cowboys.
Osanna, April 4
Sheriff Penn of Broken
man The sheriff responded, and in at
of them dead, he himsel! being uninjured.
More trouble is expected, as the cowboys
are in full force and swearing vengeance,
The latest reports said that deputies are
being hurried to the scene, and it is ex-
pected a desperate battle will ensue upon
their arrival
Capital Seeking Investment in Virginia.
Pirrasune, April 3.-~Moses Joly, Jr,
representing a New York and Boston syn.
dicate, has purchased a site in this oity, on
the river, where works of different kinds
are to be located, and in which the syndi
cate will invest over FI000. The same
syndicate is négotiating for the purehase of
the upper Appomatox Canal property. If
a clear title can be given to the same it will
be bought, and over $1,000,000 expended in
the erection of mills, ete.
“Clateh” Dononue Wins
WeLiaxnp, Ontario. April 2.--The third
trial of the United Stes Express company
against ‘Clutch’ Donotive, who is serving
a seven year term forbyrgharies committed
in Canada, has been decided in Donohue's
favor. The express company have tried
three times to get from “Cluteh” his Queen's
howl property at Fort Erie, which, they
allege, be parchased with the procecds of
imi
A A——_
oficiales here do uol believe that the fur
pool is io Georgia.
the robbery of their safe sl SUSQUELBIRN
NEWS OF THE WEEK
(+. Ii
givoroe
nes Hodges
Been su
rally court at
rms, amm
Cagt. Abbey Las
pear vefore the admi
to answer for seizing a
and property 0
Sierra. while Was in
Corwin off Opalosks last sum
wher
Charles (OF Rourk
arrested at Buspensi
to Utica, on suspicion of being the man who
hot Messenger Leake and robbed the ex
ress car on the West Shore road last
“Thursday night
Harry kes
18g
has boon
Bridge and brought
ng t
an ox-oowhoay,
trotted a mile in San
Francisco in 2.18%, beating his record by
one and a quarter seconds. RBire Brothers,
part owners, immediately gave Van Ness,
his driver, $83,000 for his interest, making
the price they have paid for him twenty-
five thousand dollars,
Death of John Godfrey Saxe.
Arsaxy, N. Y., April 2-John Godirey
Saxe, the poet, died here. He had sufferad
from dementia for a long time, bul his
death was unexpected. The burial will be
in Greenwood cemetery, Hrookiyn. Mr.
Saxe died at the residence of his only son,
Mr. Charles Saxe, 8 wellknown Albany
jumber merchant on State street. He had
been practically a recluse for the past
ten yours, the many family beresvements
which he suffered undermining bis reason
$0 some degree.
Mr. Saxe was born i= Highgate, Franklin
county, Vi, June 2, 1816, ® graduated at
Middlebury college and was admitted to the
bar. From 10 to 1566 be was and
piopriste r of the Burlington Sentined and in
was state altorney. In 18550 and 1860
le was the democratic candidate for gov.
ernor of Vermont. He was a facile writer
of humerous and satirical poetry. which
ed great popularity and made his name
amiliar throughout the country. Of the
first edition of his collected more than
forty editions wera prin He removed
many years ago frit Vermont to Brookiyan
where be lived untt! his health broke dowa
aud Lis godd geve