VOL. LXIIL THE : CENTRE REPORT FRED KURTZ, -- EDITOR “Old Huteh's” clerk has robbed him of $60,000, Well, that would only be robber robbing robber. SO, Gen. Hastings will please note that Boss (Quay (8 a bigger man 10 Cambria county than the Johnstown flood. —————— To Dan Hastings—The Republican masses are for you, but that does not sig- nify anything, as the bosses are not for you. “ ——————————————— The Auditors’ Report shows that Hen- derson and Decker put in more days the last year, as Commissioners, than in any previous year, while Mr. Fiedler put in fewer. ENA The géneral drift among the Demo~ crats is towards ex-Senstor Wallace for Governor. Among the Republicans the popular feeling iwin favor of Hastings, but Qoay and the monopolistic Standard 0il Company insist it shall be Delama- ter, EA the good Rerorrer. It's only a short time ago a pack of a dozen of them con gpired to do all kinds of terrible things with one of the andience. gafe wh der the gate. ST PI A whiffet thinks The Republican organs are in the Well, see how deep this love runs: In Repub- lican Pennsylvania not a single negro has been elected by that party to any he State Legislature, glee over Ingalls speech in about the negroes [#rongs. ot county office, or to t or to Congress, Isthis wrong is not all answer at once it right? Where have or y poor negro for the votes he gives them I — The new carpet bag postmaster of Bellefonte has not yet been able to des cide whether to leave hia whiskey jog or to remove it to the postoffice; or, shall be have a jng both at the printing office and one at the postoffice ? the Polecat City debating club intends to take up this question for debate at its next meeting. ———————— The Altoona Tribune thinks the monu- ment building mania has taken posses sion of a number of the friends of the late Dr. E. E Higbee and they have ise sued an appeal for comiributions from the pablic school children for that par pose, We have no inclination cize the dead, but are constrained to say that until monuments have been erected to the memory of earlier champions of deceased superintendent of public in- struction should wait. A In Kansas, it appears, they have the grip pretty badly and have been taking to the flask gnite indostriously, and now are after the druggists in good earnest At Leavenworth fifteen suits against as many droggists were commenced by As- sistant Attorney General Black, who was appointed by the governor for the spe- cial parpose of enforcing the prohibition The attorney alleges that every druggist in the city has been violating the law. One drmggist acknowledge having sold 200 flasks of whiskey in 24 hours to those who thought they had the grip. law, in the late Senatorial contest. “The statements as to money being paid are nntrne No member or Senator received from me, or any ous for me, directly or indirectly, in person or through others, any money or anything of money value, before the election or since, or the prom ise or hope of any; and this applies both to the vote in the caucus and to the Leg- islature.” Communication was established for a short time between Sacramento sad the Truckee office on the eastern side of the Sierra mountains, It was learned that the snow at the latter place was sixteen foot deep on the track. The late raivs, followed by frosts, had transformed this into ice, which will have to be chopped out or shoveled away by hand. From Colas, in the western part of the Sacramento valley, reports come that tte farms for twenty-two miles north and south of there are covered with water to a depth of from two to six feet. The loss throughout the state cannot A approximately estimated, bus it be veuy pret. “CENTRE Farmers’ Meetings. | The farmers’ meetings that have re- | cently been held in every county of the | state are attracting a great deal of atten- | tion among all classes and much interest | in felt in the proceedings, as matters of | vital importance to the agriculturist as | well aa every class and occupation of our | people, are discussed. These meetings | very properly are open and free to all as | they are intended to enlighten the peo. | ple upon subjects in which ail, and the farmers in particular are interested. The agricultural population of our state numbers about 400,000, and this vast number is intended to be benefitted by these farmers’ meetings, upon the subject of better roads, reduced taxation, and kindred questions. Of the 400,000 agriculturists of our state, according to Secretary Thomas’ report, only 85,000 ar: members of the Grange, thus it will be seen that about 1 out of 11 of our ag- ricultural population is a member of the (Grange. Hence we conclude that 8 movement that represents about 360,000 of non- Grangers, will be prodactive of good re sults in ameliorating the depressed con- | dition of our agricultarists, in which dis | rec grangers ion vumbers of the honest have also been working. With the 360,000 outside of the grange and th ' co operation of 35,000 in the or« der, there will be failure in any movement that is matured to relieve the farmer of unjust burdens, In our own county several of these | meetings have been held recently and interest manifested no i much i them, WAS in - . Gofl Exposed. The exposure of republican frauds of | West Virginia was completed on Satur. day by General J. W, 8t, Clair. He did it, a dispatoh from Charleston tell us, by | proving that Goff had deliberately at | tempted to deceive the assembly and | palm off false evidence on it. Goff made a sweeping charge that twelve votes had been taken from him by the contest | committee were there was no proof that | the men ever voted. He took up a printed copy of the poll lists and claimed | that the names of the men were not on {the lists. General St. Clair presented | the original lists and proved that the | name of every man whose vole was | thrown out was on them, snd than | proved that Goff had the original lists {in hands, and knew that be was falsifs | ing when he made his charge. Goff was An exciting scene ensued. Bt. Qlair need. tripe and the people of West Virginia What do the Southern ontrang organs think of and Goff, anyhow, - Dom Pedro, Brazil's exiled emperor, reign, to be published after his death This is almost his sole occupation at present. He reads a great deal and en- joys literary work, Questioned by a correspondent who visited him at Cannes as to why he had so long maintained silence on the sub- ject of the revolution, Dom Pedro said he had abstained from speaking of Brazilian affairs becanse neither remonstrance nor discussion could help matters. The work of revolution was accomplished. He preferred to let his enemies have a full hearing, and leave the world to judge, “I believe,” said the emperor, “that what bas happened will be permanent unless an attemp is made to set up a dictatorship. Even an unpopular sovers eign is to be preferred to a military dictator, whose rule would be fatal to any country. Although dethroned and ernelly exiled, [ am deeply interested in the progress and prosperity of the people of Brazil. God knows I did all in my power to give them a satisfactory government, but at last vaulting ambition took flight above reason and seemed to compel obedience to its behests, whether right or wrong.” “What do you think of the fature of Brazil?" “1 fesy that there will be division internally, as the north and south were never on good termes.” “It you should be elected president of the republic, as some of your friends pro- pose, would you return to Brasil!” “With all my heart; whethea as em- , president or private citizn, I would gladly return to die among my people. The itinerant umbrella menders are the only ones for whose business the rainy spell has produced a boom. silo The npext Republican nominee for Governor won't be Hastings—it will be jhe iandit 90 0 monopoly’ man, en —————— To ——————— HALL Village Life om the Upper Congo. Many of the villages on the upper Congo consist merely of fifty to sixty log~ huts, two-thirds of the population being generally women. In many districts women are considered as currency, their value increasing as they attain a greater degree of corpulency. Each woman ha8 as many metal ornaments as she can wear some composed of iron, others brass and copper, These metals are the money of the country, so that the more a wos man can heap herself the greater bes comes her value. Each chief has as many wives as he can afford to buy of marry, which is only another form of purchase. Early in the morning few of these women are to be found in the vil- lages, as they start off at daybreak to work in their plantations, and do not return antil aboat noon. However, a few al- ways have to remain to attend to the necessary domestic items of life, sucl cooking and their toilet. Africans sre very particular in all items in connection with their toilet, which consists of plaiting their hair shaving off the eyebrows pulling out the eyelashes, cutting their nails quick, and besmearing their bodies with a mixtare of paim-oil and camwood, In another part of the villages are seen some of the villagers engaged in making fishing nets and basket-work, and heiog 1 a8 These central a very early age Agsin, shady tree, in another corner of the vi maoafacture of pottery. In this they mixing the different clays 60 as to stand firing. They have no moulds—nothis but the practiced eye and hand them and it is really wonderful to BOC B savage, m ymided, in the space of a few minutes, into a useful article of pot rendered really artistic by its neatness ard tasteful design. A busy nook in a village is always the blackemith’s shop, generally merely a grass roof supported on bare poles. the corresponding institution of civilize i life, it is the resort of local gossipers.- From “Life Among Congo Savages” by Heaserr Wann, in February Scribner, - tery Mahoning county, Ohio, is about to mscadamize, at a cost of $100,000, all its country rosds, the farmers contending that they lose money by the delays insep- erable from poor roads, and that it is the best of economy to pay taxes and baviog roads on which they cup get to market and generation. Most of the farmers prefer to stick to the old policy of work jog out their taxes by swapping gossip in fence corners, even if they do jose time in consequence, six months of the year If all road taxes were paid in money, and supervisors of roads held to a strict ace countability for every dollar expended, farmers who use the country roads more than any other class wonld not be half the pight reaching nearby-markets and in a very short time, too, would find the road tax a very trifling thing. We know that many farmers do not believe this but we feel quite confident that they woald find it to be the truth if they would only bry it, They know that “working out road tax” is very much of a joke among them, and they know, too, that where one man does an honest hard day's work at it there area dozen who do not, Under the pres ent system goods road have not been and will not be made. If the roads were once mada good, very alight attention would keep them good for many years to come, May the example of the Ohio farmers be imitated in Pennsylvania. - The State Road Laws. The State Board of Agricultare adopts ed as points for the commission appoints ed to revise and codify the road laws of the state: First—The repeal of the priv- ilege of working out road taxes. Second ~That supervisors employ labor where best values can be obtained, preference being given to home labor. Third ~That all commodities of equal valoe shall “be taxed at the same rate as real estate Fourth—That some efficent head in each county be appointed to prepare plans and supervise the work of road building. Resolutions were adopted calling upon the people to aid in securing the neces. sary legislation to assure improved high- ways, sn MI MAA Facts for all. In spite of all competition the Philad Branch clothing store, remains headquar. ters for actoal bargaing in ready made clothing, for men und boys. Lewins in troduced cheap clothing in Centre county, and has kept it at that all the time; hs kept honest goods, no trash, and, ax a le, alwave sold from 25 to 80 per cent below any other clothing store in this part of the state. a S——— dt. a ——— Bhbouribe for ibe Mareen, JANUARY COURT. Unm—— Commonwealth Canes A Story of a Strange Land. Australia is a country in which nature has established eonditions unknown else- where, says . the Boston Jovrnal, and where civilization must adapt itself to surroundings which it finds novel and strange. It is a country full of absurdi- ties in anima, vegetable and human life, Its pative race, in point of intelligence and development of resources, is far be- jow even the cave dwellers and the people of the stone age Europe. Its animals per petuate types which disappeared from every other part of the globe some millions of years ago. Its trees and and battery. Pros.J. C. Snyder. plants are representatives of species| Com. ve. John Orwig; charge, larceny: found elsewhere only in chalk and coa!|Pros. Richard Fink. measures. | Com. ve. Harry Blowers, charge, f. and Hardly anything here has the character |b. Prosecutrix, Annie Frantz, and quality of its relations in other lapds:| Com. vs. Henry Gross and Wm, Beck; Although the trees and flowers are chiefly {charge, assault and battery, Pros. G.W, those of the temperate zone, the birds, Campbell. are, for the most part, of the tropics, and| Com.vs. A. C. Hoffman; charge, lar- | flash the gorgeous colors of the parrot ceny. Pros, Joshua Foulk, and Civil COMMONWEALTH CASES, Com. vs. Alfred Andrews, charge, murder of Clara Price. Com. ws. A. 1. Woodford; charge, larceny. Proseentors L. G. Gill and L, G, Confer. Com. ve. Richard Fink; charge, lar- ceny, Pros, John Orwig. Com. ve. John Iddings; charge, assault { and the cockatoo through the dall foli- Com. va. John L. Croft and John P. IR of the ge | sad-toned encalypins. { birds have no song, and such notes as ship; charge, | they possess seem like weird echoes Pros. Benjamin Walker, from a period when reptiles ‘were assum: | Com. va, John Buargett, charge, violas | ing wings and filling the treetops with ation of liquor laws. Pros, Wm. Etine. strange jargon, before heard only in the; Com. vs. W., W. Pettingill swamps and fens. Toe flowers have no Sadie Sheridan. scent. while the leaves of every tree are| Com, ys. Bam Keys, Michael Fennecy, fall of odor. The trees cast no shade! James Convey, John Jamison and Hugh since every leal is set at edge against the McGrath, Pros. Charge, resisting police. shed, not their leaves, but their Pros. Wm. Garis and Joshua Foulk. bark, which stripping 0 Com, ws, naked wood beneath, and Joshua Foulk. 8 to the ghostly effect which the forest] Com. vs. John Orwig. of its| Fink, country is { from the Its thousands and thousands of BOD , and ff in long scales | John Thompson. Pros. exposes the | add Pros, Richard | already holds in the pallid h . | foliage. The ues yntour IVIL CASRS-2ND WEEK. | of one that is but newly risen I. J. Grenoble ve. P, James Kennelly. Charles A. Mayer vs. Ed. M, vant, J. M. Bannell and J. ag the Ellis L. Orvis. Here! John L. Kurtz va. E. R, Chambers, in their! Edward C. Humes vs, The Nittany in the cou ntry about them the Valley Railroad Co. of ancient lava flows. Elses! The Mercantile National Bank, New where are piled up masses of bowiders,| York, vs, Bernard Lauth, show the long-age courses of, Frank McLaughlin vs. The Centre | glaciers over the face ofthe land. Every: Mining Company Limited. things seems prehistoric, hoary with age! Cecil National Bauk of Port Deposit To traveler from! vs. John M. Holt & Co. an impression comes that] The Lehigh Valley Coal Co., vs. Geo. a country which bad ceased | W. Hoover, Hughes & Co. Alice Fetzer va. Robert Cooke, Jr. The National Park Bank of New York, ve. Berpard Laath. John Monlton vs. Amelia Johnson, et. D. Philips and {| WAYOR~ | square miles, level ns a table and set with Stardes other growth than the gray eucaly 8, looks like the oplifted bed I in BOI ® A. Alkens vs a8 monotonons unrelieved expense of coast itself. 14% a1 ere are | tes and i an Ww hills, show | evidences which and forgotten, the Of hers ands Lie is Visiting in its development long oeons ago - 20 Dollars. ev Stole On Tuesday evening a Hungarian sad Italian, lab went into Lyous’ al The Hun bought a pair of shoes | Ex. of A. Alexander, dec'd., v8. The the Italisn 8 cheek for some | Parmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of dollars, which Moyer Lyon Centre county. cashed. giving two ten dollar bills and The Commonwealth of Penn. va. Geo. The Italian crumbled the |M,Bwartz and John L. Musser, | small bills in & beap and put them back| The Bellefonte and Buffalo Rua Rail in the Han's purse. the (road Co. vs. MoCoy &Linn. Hon discovered that he was minus $20] J. H. Reifsayder ve. R. H. Duncan. and blamed the Italian for taking it.| Samuel Royer vs. Daniel Harter and The Italian grew indignant and let them John Harter. search him. Officer Garis arrived and] The Lehigh Valley Coal Co., vs. Pat- was in the act of taking him to the Jock- rick Ward, Se. an when “Max.” the clerk, thought he] Centre and Kishacoquilias Turnpike noticed something in the accused man’s Road Co, va. Centre county. month. The officer grabbed the man by | M. W. Cowdrick va. A. G. Morris. the throat and told him to spit it out | Isaac E. Levy, vs. Robert Cooke, Jr. Then a tussle followed and the man was Wm. Graner & Co., vs. Sol. Silknits hrowa on the floor. He tried to swal-| ter. low it but the grip on the throat stopped) George Noll and Annie Noll, his wife him. After prying in bis mouth with olve David Shope. yard stick and a large key he gave up| John C. Bathurst, et. al, ve. Jacob E. and spit out the two ten dollar notes, of Sayder. the Hungarian. He was lodged in jail] Ex.of John A. Linn, dec’d vs. John for fature hearing. —Centre Democrat, | Kelley. -— | The Clearfield Bituminous Coal Co., vs. Something About Public Sales. , 1 gc, Brady Bechtil and Martin The more a sale is advertised the McGowen. greater number of people will know of] Dr, W.C, Grove ve. Abram Baum. it and attend, biddiog is brisker and] John Hipple and B. Viedorfer ve. D. prices higher, Inaddition to having|M, Stewart. bills printed sales should be advertised in newspapers, which means bas fre- quently attracted buyers from a distance whose desire for the possession of certain artiles has caused the prices to run above what they would otherwise have brought, and the increased receipts more than paying the expenses of the sale. These remarks are copied from the Lewistown Gazelle, and are correct and jost about what we expressed a year ago, an ers, glore, and gave twenty other hills Soon after ——— a — ]—— Sanitary Bureau, New York City. Dr. Cyrus Edson of the New York Health Department prescribes Speers Port Grape Wine in his practice as the purest and most reliable wine to be bad and his opinion in endorsed by his as sociates as will be seen from the follow- ing letter: New York December 0, 188 7 The Speer N. J, Wine Oo, Gentlemen: Having nsed your Port Wine to a large extent is my family in case of sickness and found it to be all that was recommended of it by my family physician, I desire to purchase it by the dozen bottles Respectfally yours, Jauus Bryax, Sanitary Inspector Health Department, New York city, Druggists keep it. A SI TION: wee'There are individuals who can als ways be depended upon to sot false reports in cirealation® Falshood is their natural element and they never tell the truth unless by accident. Citizens who to preserve their own fair fame and to refrain from injuring others by assisting to circulate untruths will avoid such persons as much #3 possible and bury their 9 in oblivion. A Siap at Hastings. Cambria county is where Johnstown ja situated. On 27th the Republican County Convention met at Ebenshurg. There were 110 delegates present out of 116 in the county, and they elected a Delamater delegation to the State Con vention and passed strong Delamater resolutions. The result of the convention may bea surprise to the friends of General Has- tings, who confidently expected that Cambria county would support him, but to everybody else it is jost what was ex: pected. The friends of General Hastings there conducted his campaign entirely on sympathy and no practical political work wae done in his behalf. One delegate mdved to strike out the name of Delamater and insert that of Hastings. The vote stood 9 for Delama- ter, 4 for Hastings and 1 Montooth! The Madisonburg. Did you ever get left ? The cold wave thatstruck us has puotssmile on the foe consumers face, only to be disappointed again, Simon Hazel was sgain confined to the house by sickness last week, but at this writing is much better, W. E Bearick will move to this place, having rented Mr Nestierode's property. Henry Beck, merchant and will leave this place postmaster here, iy and Pa. This will leave a fine open short % go ning § ive busi ness man who wishes to engage in the mercantile line, sanuary, ir 5 There is a rumor afloat announcing a wedding to take place in the near future; both partes being residents of this place, Wm. Yearick Hall, Pa. of this place will move to Mil J. EA. Reber, who had in Vicksburg, Pa. is cation. been clerking in & store home on an unlimited ves The Literary society held thelr regular meeting on last Friday evening before a crowded house, The following question was discussed: Resol vod that the Americans Indians have been wrong ( ly treated by the while people. The judges dey favor of Lhe afirmalive sid At the executors sale of the Adam inst E Bchafler ate, on Saturday the 2 he farm for $4440, J W ated tract in 8. Schafer bought L Hazel the in Madisonburg: Mr three WW Markie 1 little Bugar Valley, Rev. Brown, s student nary at Lancaster, P the Beformed church Bund ai———— is s———— Sprucetown., ut Mars weeks st Madisonbur ——— -=Ask at your store for floor—it is No. 1. Calla Lily -——fgmuel Bowe, the tanner, was ses riously ill from the effects of the grip. Woodland and all kinds and hard coal at the Centre Hall of soft mills. John Weaver and Frank Emerick of Farmers Mills, were callers at this ofs fice last week, ~WaxTED —A boy to learn tailoring, 17 or 18 years of age. W. A, Baxpox, Centre Hall, Chas, Meyer is acting in the capac- ity of hotel clerk for the new landlord, Mr. Bartges. —fimon Loeb’s new clothing store, opposite the Conrad house, is the place for bargains in men and boys’ suits —Several pew sewing machines Davis and New Home make, will sell at cost to close them out. G. W. Busumax. —Lewins can sell you a late style suit or take your measure and make it to order on short notice, and at a saving 0 you of from $3 to $8. Try him on this. —RBend your name in for the Reror~ rERat campagn rates on trial. Or send, ue two new names and the cash for a year gnd we give you a copy one year free, thus enabling any one, by very lit- itle effort to get a paper one year free. ~The elegant new shoe store, of Mr, Gillam, in the Crider Block, Bellefonte. should be visited to see his stock and variety of boots and shoes for all ages and sexes, wee Whatt he Philad. Branch does not have in the line of ready-made clothing is not worthhaving. The spring stock now on the counters is immense and goes ahead of anything you ever saw Lewins is King for low prices. ——Now is your time to get a cheap overcoat, and Lewins has ‘em cheap good, warm, lasting goods. Give the Philad. Branch a call and see for your- self and save $5 to boot. \N decided on for public sales: Cyrus Luse, March g; George Emerick, March 13; 18; John H. Lee, March 19, we]f you wish to bave a good over coat, $4 to $5 less than can be bought elsewhere, then go to Samvel Lewins he has them and warrants them. He sell nothing that has cheat about it. weNow is the time to leave your or- der for a suit and overcoat, Prices to suit the times. Perfect satisfaction in everything fully guaranteed. Moxraonsry & Co., Tailors, ellefonte. —Mingle's shoe store in the Frook- erbofl house block has every idea in the line of boots and shoes, » hetber of rab. bear, leather or cloth, and he sells at bot. tom prices, 80 that none pay more than the goods are worth. He warrants all
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