VOL. LXIL.
THE CENTRE. REPORTER.
RED KURTZ, EDITOR
VOL. 62.
With this issne Tus CENTRE REPORTER
enters its 62d volnme, being the oldest
It
been in charge of its present editor con
Look-
paper in Central Pennsylvania, Las
tinuously for thirty-three years,
ing back over that period, it will be
fonud to have been true and consistent
as 4 Dew ocratic journa!, with no stain
upon The
been the steadfast friend of the cause of
education, the snpporter of every landa~
ble cause and enterprise that tended to
its record. ieronrTER has
and was outspoken
In the
discharge of this duty it has called
the general good,
against bad men and measures.
agaipst it the batred and opposition of
trimmers and tricksters, and gained the
sapport of men of honest principles.
Our course in the fatare will be the
same, only, perhaps, still
All we ask is
with greater
the
tinned confidencs and support of
patrons, which it shall be our aim to
independence, conv
our
merit.
To ull our friends a Happy New Year.
To our enemies who spitefaily endeavor.
ed to harm and injure us, withont cause,
we extend the compliments of the season
also, assuring thew their efforts to harm
us were like a fly kicking against Gibral-
ter, and the ReronTEr goes right ahead
for 1889. Happy New Year, all.
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The Brookville Jeffersonian says the
Jell's Gap Railroad is about to build a
branch road, about ten miles long, from
McGee's mill to Burnside, in Clearfield
county, to develop new lumber and coal
territory.
A ETS
When Quay got to Indianapolis the
first thing Harrison asked him was,
whether the Centre Hall and Bellefonte
pos’ office appointments were settled, or
whether the g. 0. p. was going to be bus-
ted in the fight.
TEL
Gen. Hastings being at the top of the
lepublican ladder in this county just
now, a couple of other fellows are quiet
iy lassoeing for him to pull him down:
So it goes—but the General's ponderous
hand gives him a mighty grip.
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Gov, Beaver wants to know if some:
thing can’t be done to stop Europe from
pouring ber lower order of citizens into
our lap, says a republican paper.
Why yes, governor, and just begin
with Morton, whom you extolled to the
gkies, he is one of the fellows who has
been importing cheap foreign laborers to
Jisplace American workingmen.
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The hearing in the judicial contest
wae resumed before Judges Mayer
Bucher apd Rockfeller. Counsel! for J.
J. Metzger, the respondent, filed a yol-
nminous answer to the ¢harges previous.
ly presented, The answer alleged that
many illegal votes were cast in the
eonnty and the illegal holding of the
election in a pumber of districts. The
complainants were given leave to amend
their original specifieations, and the new
waiter will be heard on Saturday next
Wednesday, 20d, a hearing will take
place befors the Attorney General at
Harrisburg, when it will be determined
whether the Governor will appoint a
Judge for the distriet or commission
Mr. Metzger to lake the office pending
the determination of the contest,
We have received an advance sheet of
the Farm Journal, published in Phila~
de'phia, for Janoary, with a marked ar-
ticle in which inquiry is made aboat the
oats and seed company in this county,
with branch offices in other parts, and
setting forth the way in which the Bo.
hemian oats swindlers operate. So far
as the oats swindle is oconterned, we
would say in reply to the inquiry that
the head centre was at Bellefonte, the
fellow balling from Ohio, and bad a
stool pigeon on this side. Many farmers
were swindled,"some ruined. The Re-
rorrur exposed the swindle and got
some heavy curses for it froma the Ohio
chap and his assistant. The Buckeye
swindler found thiogs getiiug too hot
under the Berorren’s lash, and he lel
the county all of a sudden, but his and
his agent's victims were called upon to
cash about $25,000 in notes left in bank
a4 a result of the swindle. This is about
#8 briefly ns we can auswer the Farm
Journal's inquiry. The Grange passed a
resolution warning ite members against
the oats swindle, but singular to relale,
some of the head Grangers were and are
thick friends of some of the agents in
the oats swindle, and together tried to
ran polities acd ‘the offices, but found
thelr ay blocked bru the walchfyl
PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS,
The larger the vole of a state the more
unstable its polities, says the PFualriat,
The philosophy of the matter is not at
cap-
able of solution by the rules of arithme-
it
all of a speculative character, but is
tie. Indeed to make it clear needs
bat to be stated that asmall percentage
of loss by the majority party and a corre-
spondingly small percentage of gain by
the minority party will cause the two to
change positions mach more quickly in
a state which contains a large vote than
a larger percentage of loss and gain will
bring about the same conditionin a state
polling a smaller vore,
Jecause Pennsylvania gave Harrison
a plurality of 70,000 superficial observ-
ers are apt to regard the sta e as fixed in
the republican column for years to
come. The same people, though, are
inclined to regard states which gave bul
2.000, to 4,000 majority for either Cleve-
land or Harrison as close and doubtful
notwithstanding the fact that the total
vote of any of them isbut a small frac-
tion of the total vote of Pennsylvania,
Nuvads, for instance, gave Harrison
about 1,600 plurality ina total vote of
13,000, This is less than a seventieth
part of the vote of Pennsylvania. If,
ore, Rasnsy ania had divided ils
Cleveland and Harrison
inthe same proportion as Nevada the
majority for Harrison in Pennsylvania
would have been more than seventy
times his majority in Nevada, or over
112,000. Yet Nevada is ordinarily re-
garded as having cast a close vote, while
Pennsylvacia is looked upon as one of
the most decidedly republican states in
the Union. Ase matter of fact Penn
sylvania can be carried by the demo~
crats more easily than Nevada in the
proportion of 79 to 112,
There is nothing, therefore, in the
result of the late election in this state
to discourage the democracy. Nor is
there aoything in that result which
affords good ground for criticism of the
democratic canvass in Pennsylvania.
Considering that the democratic nation-
al committee abandoned the state, just
as it did four years ago, and stripped
Chairman Kisuer of all the available
speaking talent as well as the funds nec-
wssary to conduct a thorough and vigors
ous canyass, the democracy of Pennsyl-
vania have reason to congratulate them.
selves on the gallant stand they made
against the enemy. An increase of Bd,
000 over the vote given to Mr. Cleveland
in 1884, as against an increase of 52,000
over the vote given to Blaine in 1884, is
not by any means 8 bad showing. It
xhibits an jocrease of nearly 14 per
cent. on the part of the democrats
against an increase of nearly ten per
cent. by the republicans, Had the re.
publicans increased their vote in the
same ratio as the democrats Harrison's
majority would have been 93.000 instead
of 79,000.
Certainly the Penosylvania canvass
compares very favorably with that of
other states. New York, with its demo
cratic state administration, with the
headquarters of the democratic national
committee located in its metropolis, with
all the means of organization within
reach of its local comfvittees, showed a
republican gain of 15,000 over 1884, Ia-
diana and the northwestern states (exe
cepting Nebraska and Minnesota) where
the people clamor for tariff reform three
hundred and sixty-five days in the year
and (it being leap year) vote for a mo-
nopoly tariff on the 366th, there were
decided republican gains, In the demo
cratic states of Maryland, Virginia and
West Virginia there were democratic
losses. Bat Pennsylvania, deserted by
the national commitiee, left to fight her
battle alone, shows a decided democratic
gain over 1884. A change of four voles
fu every hundred from the republican to
the democratic column will make Penns
sylvania democratic. The details of or~
ganization were never in better shape
than at present. Chairman Kisner is
ready to renew the battle on the very
same ground on which it was (waged in
the late campaign and his lioes are as
firm as they were when New York and
Indiana surrendered to the enemy.
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CERTAIN OF A MAJORITY.
From the certificates already issued tn
congressmen-elect it will be impossible
for the Republicans to have a majority
greater than seven in the house, though
they are absolutely certain of a majority
of one if there are no vacancies on their
side when the Fifiy-first Congress or-
ganizes. The Tennessee district over
which the governor and secretary of
state are in dispute will probably be set.
tled in favor of Bates, Democrat, and of | of
the two West Virginia districts which
are yet uncertain the Democrats will
theref,
vote between
the Republicans a majority of three,
a wilortty of Sav
Bx wks Sati. This circumstance leads to
¥
DIRECT TAX BILL.
The direct tax bill which passed the
House of Representatives substantially
as it came from the genate on Wednesday
has the following provisions:
The bill makes it the duty of the Secs
retary of the Treasury to credit to each
State and Territory, and the
Columbia, a sum equal to
by se toff or otherwise made fiom said |
States and Territories and the District of
Columbia or from any of
inhabitants thereof, or ot
der the act of Congress
H, 1861, and remits all moneys stil
to the United Stales
direct tax.
may bo bpecessary to
State, Territory and the District
lumbia for all money
and the treasurer of the United Stal
directed to pay the sum
of the States and Territories
commissioners of the District
ou the quoia 0
reimburse
found due lot
and to the
of {
part thereof credited to any State, Terri-
tory or the District of C
other person, either direct or
property, such sum shall be held in tru
Columbia for the benefit of those persons
or inhabitants or their le ita
tives, and provided
of the money hereby appropristed
be paid out by the Governor of an)
or Territory, or any other person, to any
attorney or agent under any contract for
services pow existing or heretofore made
between the representative of any
or Territory and any attorney or agent,
All claims under the trust shall ied
with the Governor of such State or Terr?”
tory and the Commissioners of the Dig
trict of Columbia, respectively, within
six years after the passage of this ac
and all claims not so filed shall be fo
ever barred.
gal represer
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ie
be fi
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TAX ING MECHANICS TOOLS,
The kind of “protection for American
labor” the can party bell feves
was illostrated when Senator
tested against the senatis
per cent. tax instead of
back and all other saws not
specified.” Every Republican in
senate voted against Benator Vests
ticn and in favor of the 40 per cent,
on the carpenter's trade.
Mr. Vest proved undis
American saw manufactorers ean
on & lucrative business without the
They exported over $1,500,
saws last year and sold them abroad
without any prolecti on whatever. Mr.
J. E. Emerson, a Pennsylvania saw man-
ufacturer and a protectionist, testified
before the house committee thal he e
ported saws to Canada, paid a Canadian
duty of 30 per cent. and stil made a
profit on them, That is, on a saw that
sells for §2 in the Uniled
could pay a duty of 30
dollar of cost and stifl at a profit
$2 or under in Canada, Ti for him
was not “free trade,” it was 30 cenls on
the doliar worse than free trade, and yet
when asked if he conld make money
selling in Canada he replied: “Yes, sir
we make money on then or we would
not sel! them there.
The Republican senators did
challenge these facts. They simply
pushed the motion toa vote and voted
solidly for the 40-cent tax on the fool
chest of every carpenter in the country,
just as they dida few days before on
the needles and thread of the sewing
women and the washboards of the wash.
erwoman, in she interest of a
trust.
tepubli
in
shh wnt 2
substitate 4
Car
fax.
KK) worth 5 i
X=
Slates
i: 1:3
cenls on ever
sel]
is
not
ne
Inspired by a recent article in the Env
rortER relative to the increase of the
population of oar county, and the pros
pect of becoming a separate judicial dis-
trict in consequence, a dispatch from
Bellefonte to the Altoona Tribune, says:
«A question is pow being agitated in
this county to present application to the
Jegislatare when the next apportions
ment bill comes before that body to
make Centre county a separate judicial
distriet,”
The legislature met at Harris surg on
Tuesday, and organized according to
Quay's slate snd dictation—all officers
went through as fixed on by him,
Gov. Beaver sent in his message which
isquite a lengthy document though of a
purely business order. He gives a good
showing of the state finances; thinks the
orphan schools should be continued to
1805; explains how the people's tax mea:
sure was whipped around the stump and
that he would have signed it, and ad
verts to other subjects concerning the
state at large,
AM I Ms
’ Tavoring
bile i team
HIGH LICENSE AND
i TION
PROHIBI-
secured two important
wease in the number of
i de~
i
|i nerease in the revenue,
B
results—a
galoons
Under the law]
fee for Blate and eounty|
£550, and fhe
cities and 1:
Tee at a
hold
6820 there
he minimom
licenses is maximum isl
$1,200 : b it ineorpc
Hx
to with
years
rated
ihart yo the
| they please, or
iy figure |
Six
{ Missouri about 5,000 saloons; at
000, two
In 65 countie
* 10 saloons whatever,
loons have
vote under the
3 22 petitions for lie
Neventeen cil
he no
der the locs! option law. Thera are 12
{counties in addition to the 65 ¢
Willig! have CRLIBGS
{ more than population, and
nities which have onl
iy from
ROTTS con
The fees rapge from)
in small e
fowos
Loais to 83.000
era are
1.000
maay
to
in the)
ite of from 2,000 y
Have no saloon ast]
one
s from
i, ROL 3, th
can travel
. el
the lowa
never be within
That is
carries
s Wa pres
a saloon
lied a buffet car
increasing ss to the sale
on trains, and specific cases of
disorderly conduct have
a8 a result train
which have been a great
ROS
i
of the
oan bustness,
ovance to other
the Pull
» Apply Lhe corrective,
BW Wil
$
¢. Hig
io sagloon
travelers. We pre
people only need a
If they do
be smemded to reach
license, at any rate
as
man
fti.8
cars well as
ionary saloons
i Stoorg's, pr
rience
shaibitic
back.
n seems to have
EX pe i set On the 50th of
September, 1887
amthorized in only S58 of the 18% ¢
in the State, while on the rh of
Eon ose
+068 Dun
sod to 61
ber of “wel'’ coun-
and since t! al
been added fo the
he Macon Tel graph doen not be
Aree more have
s fignires indicate a decline
ent i
for
hness and
the worse
bad judges
lea lars in fore
empling
No ern
unite hopeful
2
shy at
parity.
Te il
secure
yok
§ hold
the So p present indi
it.
legiglatare bh
f by pro
$he
: stions
ledly against
Yermont
» (fect
The
guished sel
a8 distin-
viding, with respect
CArrying ex
iaws, that
{ing prohibition
the duty of any
Or any or
wagon,
unstable to
Car
trunk,
indle or cloth,
: conveyed
et in th
if heth
finding
ong any road
for intoxicating li
inks there is
any by so doing. Th
roved by the governor aud became
operative within the last 30 days in one
of the commonwealihe of this alleged
free conntry in quarter of the
nineteenth The prohibition
zealots would overthrow every safeguard
of persoual liberty and set up a czar with
absolute power if they had their way, in
a vain endeavor {o carry out impracticn-
bie hobbies,
Hiatle
aor a chanoe of
is was daly
apps
the last
century,
ol
DEA TH OF AGED ON
In Union county death
call upon the sped:
In West Baffalo, Dec, 6, 1888, Mary
wife of Fre erick Zimmerman, aged 72
years, 11 moathe and 5 days.
in Hartleton, on the 224 Dec., Helen,
relict of David Hayes, dec’d, and mother
of Hon, Calvin M. ‘Hayes, aged about 81
years.
In Kelly Twp, on 21st Dec, Mr. Peter
Newman. aged about 67 years,
In Hartley Twp., on the 26th Dec. Mrs.
Mary Musser, aged 73 years and 5 mo.
In West Buffalo Twp. on the 25th Dec,
Mr. Geo. Weller, aged 70 years 8 months
and 24 days,
On the 9th Nov, Mrs. Hannah Ruhl,
of Lewis Twp, wife of George Rahl,
dec'd,, aged 81 years, 2 mos. and 26 days.
of i
has made a
A SI A AAA. SR
MU SICAL CONVENTION.
A musical convention will be held at
Cobarn, Sominancing on aven-
ing, Jan. 14, and closing on Saturday
evening, 10a sondoeted by J. 3.6 Meyer,
assisted by Wm. T. Meyer, of
as plasiat,
Caron, far
A Sg
Catia hii dad a, 4.8
3. 1889,
5
OF JURORS FOR
COURT.
JANUARY
The following is the list of grand
iors drawn for fourth
January, 1880:
jur-
the Monday
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i
i
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dwn for the first
1 GRO
[rayerse jurors
hs MY SAPO SIS
Serem Sc a yard —Garmans.
Have you seen our sloref—Garmans,
wee All the popular novels at Murray's
Whisk, maich, and stopper holders in
brass, Garson,
we 137. Orndor! writes us he is pleased
with his removal from Pinegrove to
Greensburg and has every prospect of
suCoess,
wee W, W, M'Cormick, of Pottersbank,
gave our sancium a call,
wise Harry a little son of Asron Harter
and a son of Jacob Lee, of this town, are
ill of pneanmonia,
~For cheapest family groceries go
to Bechliers old and reliable stand in the
Bush house block. For the holiday
season every family is desirous to have
the best of everything on the table, and
at Sechiers is the place to find it. They
keep the best canned and dried fruits,
ups, teas, coffees, meats, and all the
Te grades of candies, raisins, oranges,
lemous and other good things.
weeContre Hall counts seventeen
widows, all well fixed and looking
too. But what is better sti
wealth of these ladies w wil 1 efve
ame» think exceed,
wealth of a like namber rot iy of ur
wale citizens, This is a good wing,
certainly, and the seventeen are so cone
tented with their situation that they
mer, near Bellefonte, jue one ucitm a
call. Wm, Farner aod Jac. ¥. Royer, 0
the south side
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PENN TOWN
{ Mra, John Keen celebrated her 42nd
birthday on Wednesday 206th, She had
prepared two large turkeys and some 30
guests partook of an excellent dinner,
she aiso received some valaable presents,
The la thatan Christmas enteriain.
ment in Miliheim wasa success, The
rs and omits ¢ of arangement de
serve ere it for the $i%ie | in which it was
ten np. The music nducted by K.
.Bamiiller was the best we ever heard
Hy Such an © he report given
Becretary on Sunday Dee, 23rd
t officers 4; teachers 10:m
female scholars went
wiars 25; entire er on
on $2.61,
ich Jost
1 A strange horse was
{ of Ulriets horse and
1g une of his legs.
al
hot,
SHIP,
AERION
ale
iH al
nam
a valoab 8 horse-
tanding along side
kicked him hreak-
The horse was then
Hey, B is still
overs protracted meeting
ft He has
in progrees and Las fair #
guite & number of penitents,
R A. Basuiller, expects
burn in the near future.
The public sale of D.
took pi ac e las
sl We
thing and expe
The Reformed
ine
[oP §
to move to Co-
A.
Baturday’
Musser dec’d
We unders
bought nearly every-
8 to run the farm.
festival was well
large smount of mo
Te Reformed &
Lo iid a church
They h ave $3,000 subs
The yo
tastic
Year.
TH he
patron.
ney received.
of
next
ibed
Coburn ex»
summer,
to start on.
yang men of Millheim b ad a fan-
parade on Christmas spd New
peopl
pect hi
Last Friday the Methodist bell sp
nounced the death of Mrs, Jacob Bankey.
She was buriedon Monday forenoon in
Fairview Cemetery, Rev. Stover officiat~
ing.
Mise Louise Btraw resi
town died and was buried
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WALNUTGROVE,
istmas passed very quietly oo
inity, in the evening most all th
folks went to Boalsbure to the Reforme 3
5 entertainment, The « church was
handsomely decorated ud the exercises
were very good,
Mr. James Wert and wife w 8
Btore {0 attend the fanersl of Mm. Clay-
ton Brumgard which took place on Sat-
urday.
The B.E, P. D. Co, sttended the festi-
val at Centre Hail on Saturday evening
and they had a wery nice time at
least go they told your correspondent,
Mr. Mel and son Willie
speat last week in U pion Co, visiting
friends,
Our new hostler spent
Centre Hall, its
home fo him.
C. A. From was te O
day.
Our young ilk ex
ding in Frog
last week,
off
he
rent to Wolf's
BAY
Samuel tie
eV eral days at
seems like
suppose
ak Hall on Mons
nect to have quite a
time this week attending the Convention
Rock Hill al are ig part in it, and
would say all come to the concert on Fri-
dav evening Y.Z
lak
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SPRING MILLS.
Dravid Burrell has been to Ohio for the
past two weeks visiting relatives,
Frank Raymond was buried last Sun-
day, at Farmers Mills,
Miss Carrie McEatire
friend, Carrie Becrist a
week.
{ daite a number of our young folks at-
tend led the musical convention at Re-
weraburyg last week,
Mrs. Charles Long spent a few days at
Mifflinburg this week,
Mra. TT, B. Jemison v
last week and part ¢
Edward Jordan, formerly of {
now telegraph operator
port spent Christmas with his parente
John Minich jr. of Milton speat the
holidays with his father,
J. F. Condo moved into Heary Kram-
rine’s house, laiply vacated by Fred
Kramrine.
=
Bhi
visited her
few days this
visited at Altoona
f this,
8 pi lae Sg
wi liams-~
“wt
es Wide
ARMERS MUIUAL FIBRE INSURANCE
COMPARY, OF CENTRE CO. PA. ~The
wal meeting of th members and the sleotion
f 12 Directors to mariage the affair of the oom.
pray for the ensuing vear. will be held st the
wouse of D. J. Meyer, at Centre Hall, on Monday,
Janusry 14, 1850, betvroen the hours of 10 a. m.
and 3 p.m. ofsaid asp. Members are generally
requested 1 atien
FEED KURTZ,
President.
D. F. Las, Sev
or Due. 20, 1888,
Centre Bans
EXECUTORS NOTICE LETTERS TESTA.
mentary on the satale of John Oswald
decd, late Cee ibwosh ip, having been grany’
oto the undersigned, he requests all
knowing themselves indebted to mid estate
inake Immediate phyment, and those hay
ciniras against the spe * , Zeenent them
authenticated for yo titer
S.ANMU EL 3 HERRING,
ROON
Sant Penn Hall,
+=-The district assembly of Knights
of Labor, including Clearfield, Centre
and Clinton coupties, will convene in
Bellefonte on Tuesday, January Sth, 1889,
to continu: in sewion through Wedness
day and Tiurudal There will be thirty
ere
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