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THE CENTRE REPORTER.
FRED KURTZ - ~- Editor.
Every grand army boy should vote for
N i, fur sherifl,
LL I A I—
y learn that some Republicans are
trving to stuff Democrats with
ion that Johu Noll was a kicker,
Dem 1 i
d believe
fir. Mr. Noll was straight, true
rats, n' a
y ticket
s definitely settled that the peach
than
will
i New Jersey will be less
fifth of the average and prices
have refused 75
ruit as it
is asked
igh, Growers
stands
for the
of the
Bridge-
cents a basket for the f
orchards, and $1
ost ordinary grade. Because
light crop the fruit exchange at
ton will not open this season.
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fire losses, $14,000,000, are the
on record, and the loss since Jans
July
argest
a vi (¥ 0,000 thas naver been ex-
| for the first seven months of any
serious side of this loss 18
is not due to any one large fire
: small ones, and the maoner
in which fires increase daring any period
f stringency raises the question whether
r the last months have
seven
harder on the small trader
st observers have imagined.
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ticket 1s ©
Noll, for
stone mason.
entire Democrati
men. John
sil-known
fate Judge, 18 A
Rupp, for regis-
James Kim-
is an intelligent, hard-
fo,
teach-
(ialer Morrison,
3 '
SCHo0l
, for com
merchant;
non
ilinee
he Democratic ticket is a gen-
¢men’s ticket, and e very
f
man can vote for ii
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frightful railroad
ng the
8, last week, the inquiry of
d commissioners proves almost
fire
sly that the bridge eaught
; and that tl}
the result of sheer carelessness,
1@ horrible affair
). Baker, professor of civil engi-
neering in the university of Illinois, has
made a careful examination of the burn-
vd Chatsworth bridge and other bridges
He says the
foundation
ever: that while an attempt hasbeen
Iverts in the vicinity.
liary theory has no
tect the bridges of
the
road
}
ong the line of the road the grass ¢
i
1 mot all
nmediate vicinity of the
weeds hae been burned ofl
in the it
it was more car elessly done t
burned
bridge han
elsewhere,
TR TAS.
The New York World says:
report that the Goveroment in-
ate suits both civil and
ials of the Cen-
who
'nion Pacific railroads
isnsed their trusts is, if true, the
108t important pieceof news that has
yme from Washington since the adjourn-
f Congress,
nough have been disclosed by
the Investigating
to justify and
Come
sach
{ and
to demand
no
hat the funds of one of these com-
h the
t, have |
lings There is shadow
Government has a
to
corrupticn.
‘he people ha een robbed and their
ts corrupted with the pro
res diverted
pen
of bribery and
ve b
Wn
servan
ceeds of the robbery, The Government's
security for vast loans has been impaired
by dishonest management
It is time that these rich and powerful
If the Administra-
will take resolute measures to this
rings were broken.
tion
end any amount of puttering and blun-
with the offices will he forgotten.
denng
One of the most prodigions engineer
rojects now on the tapis is that for
locky Mountains under
Tray's Peak, which rises no less than
14,441 feet above the level of the sea, It
is stated that at 4,441 feet below the peak:
by tunnelling from east to west for
000 feet direct, communication could be
opened between the valleys on the
Atlantic slope and those on the Pacific
side. Part of the work has already been
accomplished, The country from the
Missouri to the foot of the Rockies rises
gradually in rolling prairie until an ele
vation is reached of 5,200 feet above the
sea level. The Rockies themselves ris
at various places toa height exceedin
11,000 feet. Of the 20 most famous
ses, only seven are below 10000 feet,
while five are upward of 12,000, and onb
is 13,000 feet. The point from which it
is proposed to tunnel is 80 miles doe west
from Denver, and although one of the
highest peaks it is by far the narrowest
in the great backbone of the American
continent, '
ing p
tunnelling the
OK
20,
RELATION OF CAPITAL TO WAGES.
Mr. Atkinson's pet proposition is that
48 much as ninety per cent of the pro-
duet of industry goes to workingmen io
wages or otherwise, leaving but ten per
man-
In one of his Century articles
make ten
he must
cent as the reward of capital and
agement,
he asserts that if any one can
the
pay, capital will be found for the enter-
The Christian Union has rendered
showing that
these propositions are disproved by the
very figures that Mr. Atkinson has
In calculating
he bas confounded two
entirely distinct and different quantities,
The capitalist engages
per cent profit on wages
prise,
in important service in
18.
ied onto prove them,
his percentages
in business not
when he can make ten per cent the
but when can
make ten per cent on the capital invest.
on
wages he must pay, he
ed. 1his would be the same thing
paid
the annua! wages equaled the capital |
as
if
n-
according to the census of
1880, the capital invested in American
manufactures was $2,790 000,000, and the
That
nearly
and
be
ten per cent on the wages only
vested: but,
cost of labor was $947,000 000, in
to say, the capital invested was
three times the annual wages, ten
per cent on capital would nearly
thirty per cent on wages,
In other industries than manafactur-
anlar manufactaring in-
proportion
ing, and in parti
dustries, the of capital
The capital
invested in railroads is twenty times the
to
wages is very much larger.
annoal wages bill, and in 1880 the owan-
ers of the railroads, instead of getting
only « wealth earned
profits
g been $227 000 000
me-tenth of the
received more than one-half, the
of capital havin and
In
re-
the wages of labor only £195 .000,00
he
wards of capital have been
the paper manufacture relative
yet greater,
noteworthy table
prepared by Mr. George K. Holmes for
the Paper World for March, and pablish-
ed in Work and Wages the
The Christian Unios
that
$e iv fF
SiQaY Of economic
as appeared from the
same month
his
the
It
profits of the
on copes table,
Rays it “merits careful
students.” shows
that the average paper
fr
manufacture for the thirlyy years
1850 to 1580 were not tenper cent,
m
but
142 per cent of the wages paid !
Takiog all the indastrie of the country
together, it appears that the
1
wv
capital
n
| vested is L000 000 000 ; he annual
product $9,000,000 000: so that, if capital
$
gets as much as eight per cent on invest.
ment, it gets more than thirty five per
cent of the annual prodict.
mate, the Christian [
This oat,
fully
e incometax statistics of
European countries, kingd
of Saxony the natirnal iscome is
niorighows is
confirmed by th
In the
mn
divid-
ed as follows: From lands and
855,000,000; from stocks and
houses,
neg wtiable
| paper, $27,000,000; from wages, $76 000,
from profits in
itra le, guy O00) (0X),
(WY
manufactures
Fron the t
§256,000,000, the intereston mortgages
| $21,000,000—is deducted, leaving a net
national income of $235,600 000, of which
it wil
and
ital of
be seen the wage darners’ share is
than one-third. “The Prussian
statistics recently published by Soetheer
exhibit a similar state & affairs
in Great Britain, according to
one million persons recdved in
ers
while
Baxter,
1868 as
large an income as t e maining eleven
millions !"— Work and Hages,
The Republican state convention is in
tession at Harrisherg.
I ATI
The people's Wiritage is being reclaim:
ed by a Democpttic administration. Mr,
Lamar, the seatetary of the interior, re-
voked the ordé of withdrawal of indem-
pity lands for ‘he benefit of the Atlantic
and Pacific R&ilroad Company, and in a
long letter tathe commissioner of the
general land office, directs they may be
restored tofectual settlement under the
pre-emptigh and homestead lawn, It is
stated th ween 25000000 and 30.-
000 000 agres are involved in this decision
in the case of the Atlantic and Pacific
Company alone, The order also applies
to all of the other railroads named in the
secretary’s rules of May 23 last,
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The proposed duel between Genera
Boulanger, the French Military hero
and ex-Premier Ferry, has resulted in
nothing more serious thus far than talk
The conus belli is a contemptous allusion
| to General Boulanger made by M. Ferry
|i a political speech at Epinal. The
(General was referred to as the “God of
the music halls,” a phrase the chieftian
those to consider a safficient provooation
er the shedding of blood. M. Ferry has
nnonnced his willingness to fight, but
there has been a dispute about the terms
of the duel which is likely to postpone
the meeting indefinitely. The whole
AMair has been in the highest degree
ridiculous, and would be amusing did it
not involve such a serious moral prinei.
ple. The spectacle of two such men as
Ferry and Boulanger making arrange.
ments to murder each other, and the
whole nation waiting in anxious expec
tancy for the murdering to begin, is not
a flattering one io this last quarter of the
nineteenth century. Neither does it au-
: gur well for the republic of France.
THAT AR WIL-
LING.
Republicans are
REPUBLICANS E
The following
nounced as candidates:
fonte; Sam'l T, Gray, Patton.
Sheriff* John G3. Dubbs, Zion;
Lever, Halfmoon; Robert Cook,
Howard.
Treasurer: John Harris,
Renben Pletcher, Howard;
Ferguson.
J. H.
Jral
Bellefonte:!
Cyrus Goss,
Commissioner: Wm, Dawson, Belle-|
fonte: J. C. Henderson, Huston; Joha D
Decker, Potter; Austin Curtin, Boggs,
i
PHILADELPHIA'S BIGTIME.
From the numerous replies received |
by the Constitutional Centennial Com-
brilliant assemblage of dis-
d at the
Ac-
ceptances have been received from Min-
mission a
tinguished personages is a
coming celebration in September.
Cheon
Mem-
Japanese Lega-
isters Romero of Mexico, Shu
Pon of China and Kaiki of Japan,
bers of the Chinese and
tions have also accepted,
been received |
thatthe majority of the Diplomatic Corps |
that
will participate in
Among the bishops will be
Assurances have also
at Washington will be here and
nearly all the nations
the Jubilee,
the
Cardinal (xibbons of Baltimore
Whitehead of Pittsburg, Bishop Starkey |
of Newark, N.J., Bishop Searborough of
Bedell of Ohio, !
been received
of
the United States Senate, and a majority |
Rev, Bishop Potter of New York
Bishop
rh
New Jersey and Bishop
Acceptances have also
from Hon. John Sherman, President
of the United States Senate, members of
i
the United States Supreme Court and
of the n
of Representatives
A large number
of the House
ill be present, as well
Cabinet, eI.
bers
w as the Governors
of nearly all the States,
There will be 14.000
in additic
and marines in the
The great ind
under
Slate trod
mb
» & large number of
military parade,
and
Cole
ustrial
CiVit
the charge of nel Spow
promises to be the most remarkable
its kind ever seen here,
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I States Cire
wrder on Mon
tor Leland Sanford to appear next Wed.
nite uit .
idge Sawyer is
i ‘
sued and lay citing Sena
nesday and show canse why he should
.
be led to answer certain «
he Pa
to the exper
tha vars wi f
wae purg }
COM pe ia
8 asked him by t fi ra
commission in regard
of the funds for i infio
ing legislation at the f the
today The
Pacific inf
that they
ResKIon oO
torney for
the «
mission at
Central red
sloners were not able to
sent their case owing to
of the
the demoraliz
accounts and papers
wants and
before October when the eo
Inde
could the ad
oners
would «
New Y
thai frit
thelr investigation in
Ore,
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Republican county
Avgust |
convention meets
30, when a set of fellows will be
GREATLY SHOCKED.
Benator Riddieberger Taiks About
Arrest and Rescue -—-OMcers Try to
Re-arresting Him,
Va., Aug. 15. —Peoj
have nol recovered
Avaid
Woon
abouls
shock of
from this state
in
th
the
STOCK,
yet rom
Blates
other of |
office hardly
the president of the
seeing i nite
Im
o
~~ Man joss
exalted
an eo LY
an nation,
pass us
common Jali
fs iat
the fact tha
of the greatest
the co
y Ono
laws of
bhruie
1st
the
mie
the
Btates Benat
trv
iniey
on 8 chi
ed down in November,
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The state of Pennsylvania does not|
appropriate ils nor
This
could have been obtained free gratis at
the office
the
money ita tents to]
private pic nics. information |
|
{EPORTER for the benefit of
ever disappointed blunderbusses. |
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The Pennsylvania Republicans passed |
a resolation in favor of Blaine for presi. |
dent,
—
The at
Harrisburg, on Wednesday, chose Gen
D. H. Hastings, of Bellefonte, for chair-
man, and ina short time thereafter
nominated the boas’ ticket, namely Wm.
B. Hart, for state treasurer, and
W. Williams for supreme Judge,
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Republican state convention,
Henry
Hailstones are following drought in
Illinois. One of the heaviest rain and
hailstorms that was ever seen passed ov-
er the section of Pana, on night of 14th,
doing much damage to the corn and ap-
ple crop.
- -_-e
The excitement over the imprison.
ment and subsequent rescue of Senator
Riddleberger has subsided, The court
adjourned Friday, and in the meantime
the senator returned to jail,
-——— sian
The Democratic nominee for sheriff,
John Noll, is a mason by trade, and will
knock the spalls off any thing the Re-
publicans set up,
It is very hard to please the farmers of
the Northwest. A long drought caused
them to declare that the crops would be
a failure unless rain speedily came, Now
heavy rains have fallen, the harvesting is
belong delayed, and they declare that the
damage will be immense if the rain
doesn’t stop soon.
- oe»
Jake Pettijohn, who was sentenced to
be hung thirty years ago for killing Ciay-
ton Vaugh, but escaped by flight, has
ust been arrested in Indian Territory
and will be brought back for execution,
at Atlanta, Ga.
Cincinnati's Mayor Married,
CINNATIL
terday m
Cincinnal
Miss Ida
Mr
mony
years
probate
father's
thea caren
age She
ghoxis slore or
A
Bax Fuax
Flood, 1
still ill at his Meni
Hank President HL
Aug
resident of the
Nevad
ans do not state
ailment, but hav
of scene and clim 8 @X
if able, he will leave for
many, next week. Vari
ing the invalid are in ¢
officials of the
his condition
serious.
wit 3 HAR
reco!
It
a chauge
tod that,
Carlsbad, Ger.
8 rumors regards
but the
declare that
regarded as
ate
ation
rou
Nevada bank
bas not been
An Aged Countess Dying.
MabrID Aug 15, Countess Casa
Miranda, a venerable lady of one hnndred
yours, who was the governess of Queen
Mercedes and of the Countess of Paris,
was suddenly seized last night with con.
gestion of the brain, and her imminent
death causes deap sorrow in Madrid soci-
oty. Her husband was one of the most
cherished heroes of the Bpanish war of in
dependence. Her son is the husband of
Christine Nilsson
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Murderers Run Down.
Lexisorox, Ky., Aug. 15. Hiram Pig
man and A. Peery were indicted by the
Rowan county grand jury Friday for mur
dering Craig and Bud Tolliver on June 22
They fled to Huntington, West Va, a day
or two ago, where they were arrested yos-
terday by the local authorties. They will
be brought back to Morehead for trial
Kicked to Death hy a Hore.
Newnono, Aug. 16 Charles Jansen, &
Bweed, twenty five years of age, while
leading new horses from the dopot at Pine
Island to the Orange county stock farm
yostorday, was set upon by one of the
animals and kicked to death. He resided
in New York city.
GUST
SHERIFF'S SALE.
ALY
17, 1887,
BY VIRTUE OF £1
entre of the 1
degrees west 18 2.
x degrees west
yor south 7
1
legrees west 2 TH r
ing, containing 4 acres and.
Thereon erected one
J # Kennelly, ond
fox od r t we house occupied 3
occupied by Monroe
house
Also all that certain plece or tract of
te near Col 1, Penn twp, Centre oo,
ded and described as follows, to wit. On
by Penns Creek, ou the east by blic
rod. ne west and south by Penna
company, containing 1% acres, more
{ Thereon erected a 23; story frame dwelling house,
stable, grain depot, and part of a coal shed and
other outbuildings. Seized, taken in exeoution
{and to be sold as the property of 1. J, Grenoble
i No. ll. All that certain piece or tract of land
{situate in the twp, of Gregg, county of Centre and
| state of Pa., bounded and described as follows, to
{wit Beginning al a stone thence by land of W
{ H. Bloom and 1. J. Grenoble south 13 degrees east
130 perches to a stone, thenoe by land of James
{ Runkle and John H, Leitsell north 70% degrees
{east 22 4.10 perches, thence by land of 1. J. Greno
{ble north 18 degrees west 30 perches to the centre
{of the L. and T, Raliroad, thenoe in same south
| 77 degrees west 16 2.10 perches, thenoe seuth 13%
{ west 9 3.10 perches 10 a stone, thenoe south 70 de
grees west 2 perches to the place of beginning,
joontaining 4 acres and 157 perches, nest measure
I No puiidings Seized, taken in execution and to
be sold as the property of W, H Bartholomew,
No.12 All thal certain messuage, tenement
jand tract of land situate near the vill of Coal
ville, Spring twp, Centre co. 'a., bounded on the
east by the Thomas Estate on the west by D, M
Lieb, on the north by the Thomas Estate, and on
the south by land of www Bweitser, containing
is of an acre, more or less. Thereon erected a
two story frame dwelling house, stable and other
outbuildin Seized, taken in execution and to
be sold as the property of James Stine,
No, 13. All that certain tract of land situate in
Curtin township, Osntre county, Pa. beanded
and described as follows, to wit: On the north
and west by land of Curtin & Co, and on the
south and east by land of HH. P. Watkins, oon.
taining about six acres, Thereon erected & two
story log Swoiling house, Jog barn and other out
buildings. Selsed, taken in execution and to be
old ax the property of R. M, Watkins,
TERMS-No deed will be acknowledged until
the purchase money be paid in full,
W. MILES WALKER,
Sheriffs Ooo, Bellefonte, Pa, July 27. Sherif!
White and red wheat, rye, shelled corn
onts and barley wan at the Centre
Hall Rolla M I for which the highest
market prices) w paid, Grain taken
on storage 1
ar
.
NO. 32
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Work on the Foughi ie brid
Ing 1
port ’
Chattanc
ished
A DYNAMITE SENSATION.
Arrest of a French Woman at Cowes with
Three Cakes of the Deadly Stuff
Lox
been created t ©
Wight, by
named Deyroint, on the ch
noealed i er
her abode
N, At A great sensation has
wes, Isle of
the arrest of nch woman
having
She
nable
¢ doteo-
body
the
Fen
BP ¥
ATQ0 Of
a
baggage
at the fash
, and the descent of t}
tives on the place s
It is repo
iITPrise i ex ers
ried that three sma cakes ©
What wou
na lady's baggage unless fi
is the
iosive were found (
f
the ex) i
bring them
oF
me r
juestion
passed
Gallagher
ony to
Circuili=
8 grimina: puri
asked. Under the explosives act
at the time of the conviction of
and his associates It was made a
possess dynamite under such
slanoes
he proximity of Cowes 10 the queen's
residence, Osborne house, gives the dis-
covery its most startling feature, as the
w an may have intended to use it there.
This 1s the police theory
ad
fe
Says She Was Abducted and Sold.
Toreno, QO, Aug 12--The sale of a wife
for a glass of wine has created a sensation
here and resulted in the arrest of Eugene
Bevery, of Busquehanna, Pa. and W._ J.
Cowell, of Bouth Valley, NX. ¥. The girl
who was sod claims that she was ab
ducted from the home of her grandmother
and says that she was a member of one of
the wealthiest families in Susquehanna.
the claims that she was drugged and that
when she became conscious she was in
Cleveland, OO. Bhe joined Eugene Bevery,
an adventurer, and he, becoming tired of
her, as she alioges, sold her to W. RB
Cowell of Bouth Valley. She has appealed
to the police and the detectives are inves.
tigating
Good and Bad Crops.
Luwisrox, Me, Aug. 14. ~The Journal
published yesterday a synopsis of the crop
reports from all portions of Maine. Hay
will yield from 25 to 80 per cent. more then
last your. There will be less than half the
average crop of fruit. There is also ne
increase in the average of corn. The yield
is large. Polaloes average the same as
last year. The yield is below the average.
Thay are not bottoming well in some sec
tions, and some are rotting. Oats prom
ised above the average, but are rusting.
California Wants to be Seen,
Bax Fraxoso, Cal, Aug. 14.~The state
democratic club of California has appoint-
od a committos of seven to consult with
the state and city authorities with a view
to extending to President Cleveland a fore
pal invitation to visit California
A;