THE CENTRE REPCRTER
FRED KURTZ, -- EDITOR
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er ——————
The Qaoay “model legislature” is about
to adjourn and hasn't done a farthing to
relieve the farmer.
TTR
The Quay-Sherman row, and the Rus
tan~Beaver row, are just now unpleasant
row-ing for the republicans.
All the cities in Massachusetls, excep-
ting two, voted against prohibition. Bos.
ae : and owns
ton gave 20,000 majority against it.
state,
ART J
The national guard of this state is get-
ting to be a thundering expensive orna-
ment. It'sabout timeto cry “halt” on
it.
ET ——————
the
A Prohibition Defeat.
Massachusetts voted on constitutional
prohibition, and it was defeated. There,
as in Pennsylvania, the amendment was
a political trick, originating in the conn
cils of the Republican bosses, who
posed and then defeated it. In New
Hampshire it was the same Rhode Is-
land, after trying constitutional prohibi-
tion for three or four years, is feeling its
The
s A 3 ity
s amendment will
pro
He also says that
way back to license and regulation,
161. 3
Th indications are that th
be voted down in
overwhelming
Pennsylvania by
majority. The
England elections will have great
mm this
will induce many to put on their think
ing Caps wWio
AD
New
influ.
finest diamonds in the
ence on the vote State. They
wasted in carrving were heading
prohibition, propelled by a m
pulse,
toward
§
OF: I~
The question recurs, is it a justifiable
or reasonable moral “Is it not
A special from Parcel], L. T., April 21,
gays the mad stampede for Oklahoma
began to-night. The boomers could be
held in check no longer. They are now
crossing the Canadian River in crowds
and rashing pell-mell the green
fields. There are 100 officers on the oth.
er side, and they are doing everything in
their power to stem the tides,
possible contrivance is being
cross the river, which is stil]
on
Every
used to
swollen,
The boomers made a dash upon the offi.
cers and some of them are successful in
reaching thickets. The rest are arreste
and brought back to this city, Some «
the boomers have crossed the river three
and four times, only to be caught and re-
turned,
It is a wild pight in Poresl!
and boomers are ridiog
streels with revolvers and
Cowboys
throogh the
threatening
every person who m»y attempt to stop
Massnchusetis on Monday voted down
Prohibition by 35,000 majority, Penn-
but we fear the friends
are not and adoing
make the amendment
of Prohibition
up sufficiently, to
carry in June.
Then again, it looks to ns as if they were
to be betrayed by some of the preten ded
“temperance” leaders of the Kepublican
party, who fear the liquor interest, Quay
is one of those who has been blowing
hot and cold aud appears to wish f
defeat of proliibitic
Ir
i,
-
Arkansas City, Kas, April 24, —A meet
From Illinois.
Mawnarran, 131, Apr
Ep. ReronTes Allow me 8 sins
valuable paper. 1 started
from
wards the setting sun in the
present am oosted al th
We have the, finest weal
farmers sowed sil
year, and ks
YORY
odged an
of securing elaime in the Territory, was)
ing.
tendance. Speeches were made denoune-
ing the manner in which Oklahoma was!
imnnige
rather a delasiog ped
large!
§ RE
name a committee, composed of men like :
Wherry, of Cumberland; Ross, of Bucks
county, and some other honest people to
investigate the eyils which I have point-
ed out. I havelived in hopes of becom
ing well enongh to prosecute the work;
but sickness interfered. Occasionally I
would speak to the reporters of what 1
intended to do, but never before in such
detail. These things have been weigh
ing on my mind all winter, and I am
anxious to have the Senators and people
know them. If I were only well, I
would like to be in Harrisburg
enough to have the loss of the
bill investigated; but when I spoke to
some of my colleagues about it, they
said, “Better leave it pass;” but I have
no such intention. I want these men,
from the Governor down, investigated:
What J have said I am ready to prove at
any time before a committee. ~
the New Territory.
The great majority of those whose
faces are turned toward Oklahoma have
been misled and the men who, through
their misrepresentations are responsible
for it, will have much to answer for when
Gabriel blows his horn, The word “Oks
lahoma” means “Indian country,” and
is applied to 1,800,000 acres of land.
That means that 11,250 farms of 160 acres
each lie waiting to be tilled. From this
must come eight farms out of every
township reserved for the government,
leaving 10547 farms for the great horde
to settle upon and when the settlersare
rive they are bound to be disappointed,
not only in the quantity of land but as to
its quality, Fully one third of the tracts
are considered unfit for grazing purposes
and the land is not even fair to look
upon, except in the vicinity of the rivera
Away from the streams the country
changes its aspect entirely, and instead
of fertile flelds of rolling green is seen
nothing but the rocky and sterile hills
or the wide expanse of sand and alkali
flats, whose baked surface means death,
not only to vegetation but to animals
them when they decide to cross, The
gambling houses are deserted and every-
settled. It wer freely declared that
served as
Marshals in order ¢
i i i i a snare, witl
You bet, this administration is mak- 1 ith
ing Democratic office holders walk, and
it don't monkey a bit with the civil ser-
vice buzz saw.
Cer
: ) ’ : bodies of me United Bintes
tain elements of dishonesty about it dies Of men nit
appreciated hy the many?
not . :
body is out in the streets yelling and
}
get ints the country
1 soting,
In this way .
fs and select the best claims,
An officer who has just re.
five
%
hibition it
and that was
it ik
unfair to law abiding seltiers.
without constitutional pro
tarned from Oklahoma reports that
boomerd were wounded and
killed in a fight with officers
boomers ran into the brush,
mt d
just as possible Lo pass a prohibi
STIPE Sn
tory law
: : : i one * —-——
in Pennsylvania as with it; #4
The amend
power
The king of Samoa gets $20 a month,
He could make more by hiring out to
Jarnum, or going into the three card
monte or oats swindle.
I ———
The
An Indian
and when they
were found by the officers they showed
fight, Those who were not wounded
killed after the first volley went
into the timber,
them,
It was claimed here to-night that
railroad bridges across the
ment will confer no new
legislature, But if prohibition
without it, and found imprac-
ticable as elsewhere, a system of license
for
the
the
Sugar is advancing io
price
on the i
' Boozer received a new
of } 0 Be {
—— -Hev,
accepted a call from the Rebersb
theran charge
ARF
should tr Coal oil has declined. liars, price from $1 up.
Te 800 igcovered the “ $ \
be tried bover em The grain market keeps weak.
Hearick, of Belinsgrove,
An Indiana man, Bimon Houtz, killed
his wife and then himself,
or
deeper
SBeouts are again afler
and regulation could be substituted
it. The whole subiect wonld be
bands of the legislature,
amendment is grafted
tion, and it isfound
Since the price of coal stays down and
the wages for mining are going down,
would it not be fair to let down the tariff
on the miner's woolen shirt a little ?
RII A
T ast
~The new Lutheran church at Co»
burn will be dedicated May 10. Rev.
Dr. Menges, of Philadelphis Il offici-
ale,
in
Bat if
in the
that it cannot
enforced and greater evils than t!
A small hotel, Dehn's, at
destroyed by fire and three
burned.
Detroit,
men
wae ne
long were
revenue
constitns
the
Canadsin —"
Two of the men who tortured
Christian Yoder on Saturday night at
1ie home, near Meyersdale, until be
vealed the whereabonts of his
were ca Taesday at a point
public road about three miles from
dison, Somerset county. They were
the act of robbing the smoke
William Hanna, when Hanna ¢
on them and they started to rn
Hanoa followed, and was joined by
he conse { 3404
vomrhbhove nice sul
and save a of
The largest and best assortment of spring
L110 el
in reacy-mige ¢
css I
1
iv
cense traffic are upon us, then there is no
Qnay and Sherman have got at outs 16
on account of an appointment, in which
the Pennsylyanian charges the Ohioan
with bad faith and expresses his cons
tempt for him. Too bad.
connie
River wonld be burned before morning.
A squad of cavalry has been stationed
along the river. Ifthe present uproar
here will be a few boomers in
Purcell to-night.
old
gnite, latest etyles ever br lefoute.
alternative in the way of license or regs
ulation until the
amended.
y
rés GR or
lewins leads
men and boy
we The Centre Hall 1
i pointment has
ithe adds for » ¢
‘lin the direction it
{has a strong war 1 rd 1ild upon,
1.1. | ®hich none of his competitors has g RL
WV SEI. was in the 148, Gov } paver's reg.
brother John, John Walker and Mr [Ko was in She ay a
Augustine, farmers, all armed and] oo 2
mounted, who overtook the robbers and 1
placed them under arrest. One of
robbers was put in a buggy with Angus
John Hanna
tine and the other behind
Hanva and his compan-
constitution
The purp
is again
we thinly veiled is
to compel the enactment
a
continues { ptured ost
not yet been
EVEral Weeks
of solder
of prohibi
laws with the alternative of the free
nor traffic in its most od
made,
yy
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locked
who
1. WLO
-
Vt, a bolt of lightning
lackemith shop and tore off a
wing or shed without injuring the main
building. The
entered the
ig
Prohibition having been defeated in a
Massachusetts, on Monday by a rsogf
majority, that is no reason why the acts About
temperance people of the old Keystone
state should not keep their “spirits” up.
In Putney,
struck a t
house
SR —— ns and demors
alizing form, making license and regan
aime ny
Mr
a"
tion impossible save by another amend- electric fluid, however,
main shop and made free
with articles of iron and steel. A large
hammer was jwelded soli lly to the anvil,
and the tips ofa hundred horseshoes
were melted off. The tires
wheels were torn off, and
welds were melted apart,
Another queer freak of lightning, in
same gate: On the main road to Hane
gmail red house, which has
landmark for seventy five
years or more, was struck, and the inter.
ior completely ruined. Not a sign of the
ightnings work is visible from the outs
mde, but not a room in the building is
left intact, Only one person occupied
the premises, an old colored man named
White, and the ancient corded bed-
stead upon which he lay is about the
only object that was not splintered. He
was scared, but unharmed. The old man
says he thought the end of the world bad
come when he heard the crash, and he
was sure of it when he got np and tried
to find a match, for the house was fall of
brimstone smoke. He had to return to
ment to the constitation, which may re-
quire five or eight I
Rhode I
land is now endeavoring to struggle out
of. We have no idea Penosylvania will
be caught in any such way.
ret
years (o perfect. fis
Those farmers who were delnded into
opposing Cleveland, one of the best
friends they ever had, and to perpetuate
a high tariff, we would ask, where are
you now ? For thesakeof a fax on a
few pounds of wool on the back of a
sheep you would let the whole country
go to the demnpition bow-wows.
Where are you now ?
I IAAT
— In spite of all competition Lewins
ti n ready made
as quality of
sells more
fits and suits
the
is the sort of legal quagmire sontinues to take :
clothing, low prices as well
g is. He gets ahead of all
than all, pleases all, and
all.
ie
on his horse,
ions had been too much excited, howev-
ez, to disarm the thieves, and they, at =
signal, covered their capiors, made them
throw down their arms and walk across
the fields with aplified bands until they
were out of sight.
The two cool-headed
mounted their captor’s horses, taking OW
one oot of the buggy, and rode | test
West Virginia line, where they }
their confederates,
of two cart-
the former
United
States Serator Quay talk
office seek
will Robert McFarlane’s hardware
ha store in Bellefonte is headquarters for
the celebrated Link Fence Wire. Hav
{ing boy car | the recent
| advance in price, he is able to sell at very
rates, The link wire has stood tb
of several years in our county and
in all respecte. It
and put up and
to the rod than any
Write for pri
of one thing, and
ers. “The half cont
never been told”
“why, they actually com
¢
to my he
: .
that is the
erning them has
ad before
1
Ria
pit a
tingdon a
stood
..1 s
{Colonel
robbers
AR a
©
menos
ase before breakfast, and
Adjatant General Hastings reiterates
with emphasis his previous statement
that the military committee in charge of
the New York centennial celebration
will entertain the National Guard of
Pennsylvania in a genuinely hospitable
manner and declares that all statements
to the contrary are made by irresponsi-
ble scribblers and are wholly unworthy
of credit. He is donbtless correct,
1 proven lirst class
iis so eary t0 handle
weighs
other.
wee Altona has em a8 well as Centre
not the measies, but mean fellows,
f at town, Men
who stand in the way of improvment are
to be found in every community, and
there are some of these mossbacks in
They are willing to wallow in
the mud if thereby they may save a few
dollars which they can’t take with them
when they leave this world, and they
want evervbody else to be as mean, a8
close-fisted and as unprogressive as them-
selves.
it ap in a steady stream
They did not
until midnight.
seem to realize that they
were possibly injaring their own chances
by this. Indeed, I believe that many of
them are insane on the question
ting an office, and do
they are doing.
a little less
>
wee Rev, Fischer will preach at Centre
Hall, next Sabbath morning, 25th, at the
usual hour, and in the afternoon at Toss |’
sey ville,
—Fanble's line for eady made cloth-
ing is complete in every par icular, and
cannot be beat by any dealer in the
county.
Chas, Hewes and Chas. Kurtz of Belle
fonte, Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Dinges of Phils
ipsburg, were in our town last Sabbath,
staying with friends,
—Bimon Loeb’s new clothing and
of get- he Tribune of tl Bays
not realize what
“On account of beiog chairman of the
National Committee | was bothered
more in this way than any of the other
senators,
Altoona.
1 had people come to me who
Sonth Carolina Republicans seem to
have lost all hope of getting possession of
the spoi's. Col. E. M. Brayton, former
I had never seen or heard of before, and
never expect again, The large
number of them are nol representative
10 see
po,
Collector of Internal Revenne and now
Chairman of the State Republican Exe
cutive Committee, hasgiven up the fight,
and returned to South Car lina disgusted
with the present Administration. He
speaks in strong terms of Harrison's so-
called Republicanism, and frankly ad-
mits that in his opinion the Republica
party of the south isa thing of the past
He said that everybody in Washington
was at sea in regard to the president's
intentions, It was the general feeling
there that colored men would not be
favored for office,
of death,
Another
An account of the forest fires in Pats
rick county, Virginia, says: There has
never been a parallel to the destruction
of property resulting from the forest fires
that occurred in this county last week.
Hundreds of people are left homeless
and hooseless and utterly destitute of
every means of supporting their families
I cannot see how they can live without
aid from abroad until the incoming of
the next crop, and even then numbers of
them are without fences to protect their
crops and plantations and without houses
tc live in. To see these poor people
traveling through this county begging
aid and assistance from those whoare
nnable to aid them is distressing and
painfal to wilnees, or for the
members of the party, but rather the
scum. There were more office seckers
this time than ever before, for all the
men who Were put out four years ago
wanted their old offices back, ‘and then
here were dozens of new applicants for
each office. Fortunately, they were all
fairly well sapplied with funds, and did
R not have to fall back on thecongressmen
like the Democrats did four years ago,
when many of the representatives were
expected to board a number of their con-
stituents.”
It is
bat the
that it be.
ct A IAPS si
All the other
Oklahoma's First Blood.
On 17th four men were killed on the
border of Oklahoma, A conflict ocour-
red between a party of boomers, cattle
men and Chickasaw police at the ford at
Chisholo's cattle trail, forty miles west
of Oklahoma City, on the Canadian rive
er. The cattlemen were taking several
hundred gnimals from Colberts ranch in
the ChicBRsaw nation, to Kansas, but the
mounted police guarding the nerthern
It is border of Oklahoma refused to permit
the them touse the celebrated trail leading
aepiirough the new territory.
A fight resnited, in which the cattle:
men were reinforced by a party of boom-
ers from Texas. One of the guards, two
eattiemen and one boomer, named Geiss,
were killed in the melee, besidesthe
loss of some valoable horses. The cat
It is built of bricks of
amu a EE
bis couch and wait for daylight to come
before he conld surmise what had struck
his shanty.
lilisto
Benator Rutan has been talking a little
plainly of late about some of his Repub-
liean brethren, Of Gov. Beaver he says
that the governor is responsible for the
failare of the revenue bill two years ago.
He says the governor cut off §1,000,000 in
appropriations because the bill had fail
ed; thet he reduced the appropriation
for the Allegheny home for colored chil-
dren $2,500; cut off $25,000 for the Alle-
gheny hospital, and, in a similar manner
shaved down the money that should
Liase gone to support insane asylums,
hospitals, schools, ele., throughout the
state.
ns MAM SAR
At the last meeting of Court in Beaver
county it was ordered that the Register
and Recorder and Prothonotary each ap.
point four men to prepare new indices
in their respective offices.
Six of these were to recei ve each $2.50
per day and the others, who were to so«
pervise the work, were to receive $3
each,
The County Commissioners refused to
pay these amounts, and allege that the
law under which the Court made the or-
der is unconstitutional. They estimate
the expense of the work at $10,000,
EE a A ————
gents farnishing store, opposite the Con-
rad house, is the busy place now. Bar
gains is what draws the people.
Jf Johnny Hagan will get lost
when carrying a lantern, what can you
expect of one who must travel in the
dark without a lantera,?
wee A dollar sa ved is a dollar earned
which can be done by buying clothes from
the Rochester Clothing House, Beile
fonte, largest stock of spring suits in the
county.
#}——Read the law card of Jas. L.. Ham«
ill, in another colum. He is a son of
Rev. Dr. Hamill, and we can recommend
him as worthy the confidence of those
needing legal services.
—owins beats the state for large
assortment of men and boy's clothiog—
and he beats the world and all clothing
stores in it for low prices. There's
where you save from §3 to §8 on a suit of
clothes.
J. W, Gephart, Esq, Governor
Beaver's law partner, will go to London,
Eogland, during the approaching June
asa delegate to the World's Young
Men's Christian Association Convention
to be held inthe World's Metropolis at
that time,
wee What the Philad. Branch Joes not
have in the line of ready-made clothing,
is not worth having. The spring stock
now ob the counters is immense and
ahead of anything you ever saw.
Will Have
, April 28
Pittsbharg 252 Kaloons.
Pires:
ment « Myaor
gale, ret brewers
Allegheny county has been ,
1,361 applications only licensog
were granted. Last yoar licenses
were granted. Two vears ago there were
nearly 3,000 saloons in the county.
ANouUnee
whole
stillers
de
uoenses
in
Out
Prolibition Nejecled in Connecticut.
Hartrorp, Conn. , April 19. —The house
has refused to reconsider the vote by
which the prohibitory constitutional
amendment was rejected. The vote was
82 to 72.
A Son of Philip Felgelmassey Drowned
Mamterra, Pa, April 8 — Loyows
Feigelmassey, 19 yours old, son of Col
Philip Feigelmashey, ex-United States
coneui to Demerara, was drowned in the
Susquehanna here while trying to swine
ashore from a bogt Balderman, a
brother, was rescued unc fons, bul
resuscitated.
A Broom Factory Burned.
WiLkEspARRE, April 9.8. D. Goff
broom factory was burned last night
Loss an building, 835; ; insurbnoe
308: joss on « , 81, insurance
$3,000.
.
i
The annual report of the State Mine
Inspector of Ohio, shows that during
Ge is King for low prices,
wwe Adam Thomas of this place has the
ntract for erecting 8 barn on the farm
of Mr. Brown, near Frederick, Md., on
which J. B. Bolt, late of this , moved
1888 the output of coal was 10.810,104
tops, and that Ohio has been passed by
Illinois, the latter State having mined
an exoess of 974,242 tons, There are 429
a fow weeksago. The Ia on this
Licences were cut down to a slim figs
ure in Pittsburg and Allegheny, the oth-
er day. Another such a paring down
and there won't be a wet spot left,
Quay snd the other bosses secretly
desire the amendment defeated in Penn
sylvania in order to appease the liquor
men by telling them, “I told you so.”
If Rutan can seorc Gov. Beaver so ter.
ribly when “sick” how will he tan him
when well ? :
The defeat of prohibition in Massachu-
setts will undoubtedly have a chilling
effect upon the canse in this state. The
women seem to be alone in running the
amendment campaign,
Oklaboma by this time may have ma.
ace was destroyed b mines in the State employing more than
fore Mr. Solt ived here. 10 men and 353 employing a less number.
weeThe largest and most complete line During the year 52 new mines were
of suiting—now on exhibition on ouriopened, 23 suspended and 14 worked
counters—that bave ever been shown by| The average time made by the
us, Suits made to order at the lowest
being a Joss of 32 days as compared with
The indications are that the senten
f Captain Armes, who pulled Governor
Beaver's nose, will be a suspension for
two years from the retired list of the
army aud a stoppage of pay for that pe-
riod of time.
At the trial the Governor testified
that Armes didnot have hold of his
nose, while Armes and another witness
testified that the Governor's nose was
pulled. The Governor, we guess, is able
yet to tell the difference between polecat
and cologne,
A
anarmaker our
The captain of the Missouri threw his | PKC hot OF BIBER | store a
a ee al sam wis |
a too. | When Buby was lek, we gave har Onstorts,
1f here were no egas broken during
or| When abe was » Child, she cried for Cowtoria,
Kuster on the Oklahoma border, there .
tlemen finally took the old Albilene
trail and went around through the Chey
enne reservation.
been haoged on 17, but the governor
prolongs his lease of life until Jone 4,
and it is unlikely that he will ever be
executed. In commenting on this case
the Philadelphia News says: “Johnson
has not been proven the murderer of
Farmer Sharpless; every one in Delaware
county knows he has not, and it would
be murder to hang him.” It occurs to
us remarks the Altoona Tribune, that
this is reckless writing, Johnson bad an
impartial trial; he was convicted upon
the evidence; he was refused a new trial
by the court; the supreme court has re
fused to interfere; the board of pardons
have not recommended him to execus
tive clemency, Surely if “every one in
Delaware county” knows that he hes not
been proven the murderer of Sharpless,
jury sod the courts have acted in a
yo
The subject of the next nominee for
Governor is already being agitated in
Republican circles, State Senator Delams
ator is a prominent candidate ; Senator
Reyburn, is another; Bchuylkill presents
Gen. Biegfried. Pittsburg holds up
Montooth; and the Philadelphia Times
says “General Hastings comes up smiling
and hoists a lightoingwrod that could
hardly be missed in a storm, He is able,
Jolly, generous, imposing in presence and
one of our best stump orators, snd he is
now the most likely of the whole lot res
gardless of the confident hopes of the
early birds, True, he comes from Beavs
er's own county; but whatof that? The
hws to the whole Sta
Tailors, Bellefonte.
Wares
i
dai ko