VOL. LXIIL
THE CENTRE REPORTER
FRED KURTZ, ~~ EDITOR
The lawyers are the only class jost
aow who are making big money. Dodge
‘em where you can,
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Give Clearfield the Governor, Centre
the Congressman, and Clinton the Sena.
tor, and all will be happy.
EA WIN TRA,
Proceedings have been instituted for
the removal of Sheriff Flack, of New
York for in Let
Sheriff Cooke hear and tremble,
misdemeanor office.
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the
Congressman and Senator without slop-
Clearfield can’t have Governor,
ping over. The proper thing is to give
them the Governor and let have
the rest,
usens
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Granger and lawyer, C. 8 McCormick,
of Lock Haven, it is reported, will be a
Democratic candidate for State Senator.
Mr. McCormick ran for Judge against
Mayer, a few years ago.
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It is said that Blair got as mad as Sam
hill when bis educational bill was de-
feated in the Senate, Bleir has goteven
now—when he was speaking ten
on the bill ali the rest
mad.
hours!
fine folss were |
I SOS TR ——
James P. Conurn was down in Sayder
county a fow weeks ago to fix up the
fences for Hastings, but one of Delaman
nen had been in ahead aud $$ $
fixed them up for the Standard Oil Com-
paoy’s man.
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Farmers might in a measure stand the
anprofitably low prices on grain, if the|
{
tariff on every implement aod all they
must buy, were correspondiogly low,
Low prices for what the larmer has to
sell and high tariff tax on ali
buy, is what reduced his land
he mus: |
from $80 |
10 $40 per acre,
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The new Rates on Wool.
Itis the opinion of the Boston Com»
mercial Bulletin, a protectionist trade
journal, that the new tariff on wool or
even the continuance of existing rates
will secure free wool within three years.
The production of wool in this couns
try for the current year is estimated at
250,000,000 pounds, a falling off of 15,5
000,000 since 1886. During the last cal
endar year (1889) we imported 128 683,
242 pounds of wool, of which 30,669,777
pounds combing wool, and 80,744 27
pounds carpet wool. Bat we imported
in addition $50 000,000 worth of woolen
products,
Of last year’s imports of raw wool 18
per cent was clothing wool. The duties
are now 10 cents a pound on wool of
this class whose value is 30 cents or less
per pound, and 12 cents on wool of great
er value. The new tariff bill substitutes
for the two rates on of 11 cents. In this
way the duty is raised 10 per cent, be-
cause substantially all of the clothing
wool imported is now dutiable at 10
cents, the lower of the two rates. Of
comding wool the imports last year were
54 per cent of the entire quantity. The
new rate is 12 cents a pound, which
raises the duty by 20 per cent.
[tis in class 3, or carpet wool, that
the greatest increase is proposed by the
McKinley bill. More than 76 per cent
si the wool brought into this country
last year was wool of this class, for which
there are now two rates—24 cepts a
pound for wool whose value is 12 cents
or less, and 5 cents a pound for wool
worth more than 12 cents. The first of
these rates has been raised in the new
bill to 3} cents, and the second to 8 cents;
Here isan advance of 40 per cent on
wool of the lower grade (or on three
fifths of all the wool imported), and an
advance of 60 per cent on wool of class 3
worth more thar 12 cents, of which 20,~
000,000 pounds came in ast year. The
addition of 40 per cent is made with re~
spect to the duty on a kind of wool cons
wrniog which the American Protective
Tariff league recently published the fol.
The court of appeals of New York de
cided the electrics] execution law con-
and Kemmler, in whose case |
Urs
jie that way.
Why shouldn't it be constitutional when
Nature has been killing people by elec |
tricity for the last fix thousand years 7
i
i
:
i
sgtitationa
the law baa b fas
“0 ft 10 ali toe
of the sta «, will have to
IE —— A TS —
The New York Ledger
containing the first
for March 22nd |
installment of
Irish storyjof todayby HaroLp FeEnERIC,
an |
which will set the hearts of Irishmen on
fire. The story is called
The:
i8
‘The Martyr
J
m of Maev.”
is Magy
ame of the heroine
She and acs
a bealiin
complished girl, and it is her martyrdom,
for her
ed. T
interesting incident, and is tol] with a]
suffered over's sake, which ie
descr: ie story is fall {intensely
gimplicity and pathos whic
to the heart
go straight
ST
An antislottery leagne has been form.
ed in New Qrieans, compo-ed of a pum-
ber of business men and politicians,
This organization will make a vigorous
fight against the proposed extension of
the | Lottery
The league has isgued a cir-
which it calls attention
the lottery to secure a
yeuewal of its charter, says the passage
to that
effect would imperil the Democratic par:
ty in the S:ate and would involve virta-
ally a submission of the question to the
decision of the
the charter of uigiana
Company.
SLAY
to the effort of
ia
of a constitutional amendment
and it be-
hooves al | good citizens whe desire the
abolition of this great gambling instito-
tion and the removal of ils corrapliog
influence from politics to give a helping
hand inthe contest. The purchasable
negro vote is relied on to carry the con-
stitutional amendment, which will give
ibe lottery company another lease of life
colored vote,
IR TIS THR,
The most absurd bit of demag ism!
in the MeKinley tariff bill is the at-
tempt to pacify the farmers by high due
ties on agricnitaral products The Unit.
gd States is the greatest agricultural
country in the world; four-fifths of our
exports are the products of the farm;
and except along the Canada line, for
goprumption in thoge lopalities, we im:
port no fare products rave in gxception-
# geasops of gearcity, Then the farmer
j1as one little or nothing to sell, while
the import tax increases the cost of ag
ticles of food 10 the mass of the people.
Sometimes the potato crop f+iis in the
Eastern Sta'es, and they are imported
from Canada and Nova Scotia. They
will still come in, bat the proposad duty
will add 25 cents a bushel to their price,
and will not advantage the farmer. Sear.
city adds to the value of what he has to
sell, Even with LVeVAKE CYTO We
produce more Aalbes Win WE Co sume.
Fhisk of a duty ou eggs, curn, oats,
wheat, flour, ete., 88 a sop to the farmer's
mortgagid farm, Itisan insult to the
farmer's common sense, and no one
»
ek
lowing admission:
1% is well known that the lowest grades
of carpet wool could never be produced in
this country except at a cost for produc-
ion which would require from 500 to
But the duties are still farther increas
ed in this country, by provisions relating
Many of the third class
mora than 12 cents are
after clipping, but wools so rinsed cannot
Un-
such rinsed wools is made 24 cents io-
stead of 8 cents, ander the general pro-
vision as to scoured wools. This would
io #ll probability, be a prohibitory duty,
and compel our manufacturers to pars
chase higher priced American wools or
suspend operations io favor of foreign
manufacturers who have the pick of the
wool of the world without tax or duty.
The wool duties of the new tariff bill, we
have the testimony of Messrs, Harpster
and Lawrence of the Wool Growers’ Ase
sociation, are higher than proposed in
the senate bill last year. We sincerely
hope the new bill will become a law as
regards wool. It would he the shortest
road to tariff reform snd free wool.=-Pitts-
burg Poat.
pin
More Planks.
The Centre Democrat, speaking of the
plank affair says:
The prompt explanation of Mr, Deck«
er places Commissioner Henderson in a
peculiar light. Mr. Henderson was acy
cased of being involved in a plank steal
—not for overcharging the county for
planks but sctaaily taking placks from
the Port Matilda bridge. Some time
ago that bridge was repaired and new
planks laid. The old plank were of vak
about three inches thick. There were
several thousand feet of good lumber in
them. We are reliably informed that
soon after Com, Henderson sent his man,
Mr. Straw, down with a team and they
were taken to Hendgrson'y howe sod
uged fog repaira about his farm build-
ings.
Tueir value was about $20 and the
people were a 1xions to know what be
paid the County for the lot. It spoms
that no oge kpows what be paid, for no
charge appeared in the stetement, and
the general supposition is that he ap-
propriated thew. The Democrat referred
to this plank business some time ago bat
Commissioner Henderson never explain.
od Did he pay for those plank? If so
let him explain for the benefit of the
Port Matilda citizens who are anxious to
know,
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That Perry connty associate judge who
granted himself a license to soy liquor,
in opite oi the rewonitrands aginst
| du, “wan Wlightly’ premdtute. Judge
Barnett very properly revoked his lies
ents, and if there is ady legal way of
getting bim off the bench which bas
been diegraced, it abould be resorted to.
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knows it better than he will,
Gabacyibn tor the Rarowran,
LL.
Colored Men Arming.
Considerable comment has been caused
in this city by a statement made by Dr.
George Gray, of Chicago. Dr, Gray is
the secretary of the Southern Education
Society, and in a speech before the Cen~
tral Pennsylvania Methodist~Epiecopal
Oonference here declared that in his
opinion there was really a danger threat-
ening this country, which has its source
in the terrible illiteracy and immorality
existing among the colored people in
that section,
The statement, however, over which so
many have since been exercised was
that he “knew personally of at least a
dozen Winchester rifles which within a
month have been sent to colored men in
the Soath and are doubtless hid away
for some emergency which may arise.”
Dr. Gray is stopping at the residence
of Professor Whiting, of Dickinson Cols
lege, and late to-night was seen by The
Press correspondent and asked ifsuch wag
his statement before the conference.
“Yes {hose were my words, and from
what I have learned from a reliable
source, | am quite » ell assured that the
colored men are applying for arms to be
used in their defense when an emergency
may arise, and perhaps this is in some
measure doe to the recent outrages per:
petrated upon them. To my
knowledge about a dozen Winchester
rifies have sent from the city of Chicago
to a section of the South, and for sll I
know, it may have been golug on for
some time. These rifles were sent upon
application to a man who is well known
to the black men throughout the Bouth-
ern States and are received by blacks.”
“Then you think the country is mens
aced?” was asked.
“That is just what 1 mean,
personal
1
the North,
morality. This is the
the South,
tional strife.
Southern one bat it
tion, although
States.”
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AL RaR
located in the bot
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President Harrison has made a clean
fice-holders in Washington and now the
only one of any prominence who still re-
tains his position is General Rosecrans,
The resignations of several chiefs of his
division have already been asked for,
and it is probable that their days of of
ficial usefolne-s are about pombered.
The veteran Democrat says that if his
chiefs had consulted him in the matter
of their resignations he would have ads
vised them to stay and ask the request
for their resigzations. He claims that
in 1888 a careful count was made of the
officers in the Treasury Department who
received salaries above $1,800, and that
sixty-five were Democrats and sixty-four
were Republicans, and that the ageregaie
salaries of the Republicans exceeded
those of the Democrats by $2,000,
If this sbowing is correct—and it is
substantially so whether precisely so or
not, there is no reasonin all fairness why
Secretary Windom should have changed
one of his important officers,
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The war with Dahomey is largely doe
to the fact that that famous country has
a new King, a youug man who ime
agines that he is the greatest ruler in
the world and who proposes to take all
the slaves he pleases from the adjoining
French territory. The King sent word
to Dr. Bayal on the coast about two
months ago that he was celebrating great
fetes in honor of his comiog to tbe
throne, and that as soon as the festivities
were over he would start with & great
army, march to the eoast, and drive the
French out of Kotonou aad all the other
posta they hold along the const.
The reason the French agent on the
coast attempted to commit suicide was
because he expected to bg whipped out
with sil the Senegalese troops, by the
advancing army of Dabomey.
The French troops who arrived from
Senegal numbered all tald, not wore
than #00 men, The army that the King
of Dahomey sent down from his capital,
numbered at least 10,000 men and Amas
gons, All that has saved the Frerch
force is the fect that the flintlocks o
the Dshomians are not su match for the
fmproved gubs of the French.
Hunting Fiead Relies.
ihe river banks at Johnstown this
weok were lined with hundreds of peo~
ple stirring in the sand and mod looking
for valuable flood relics, which hw]
thrown up by the high wakes ev
days ago thors. Auidng the things
find a '$20 gold piece by one
ph han, a little girl picked up $6 in
gold and silver,
Wray
An Umbrella‘s Ownership.
cent cotton umbrella was tried on Mons
day and Tuesday in the Court House at
Bellefonte, pefore Judge Krebs, ex-Sen~
ator Wallace'sson-in~iaw, who was sitting
as the Judge of the sessions. Beveral
months ago, a citizen of Bellefonte was
going home late at night and was over~
taken by a rainstorm. As he passed the
house of a clergyman he saw an um
brella sticking through the fence. He
“lifted” the umbrella and proceeded on
his way in a happy frame of mind A
few days later he took a trip to Altoona
and took the umbrella with him in mis.
take for his own. While in
gold the umbrella for forty cents,
Altoona he
On
his return 'o Bellefonte he was arrested
for stealing the umbrella.
constables were placed on the case and
recovered the umbrella in Altoooa,
¥ hen the case came up for trial on Mon-
day the forty-cent umbrella had
connty just $100,
cost the
The defendant admit-
ted the fact in the case, bat claimed that
he had not intended to steal the ume
brells, and bad sold it while he
drunk.
The case ran over into Tuesday, when
was
the defendant’s lawyer made a speech
over an hour in lengih on the danger of
convicting and the injustice of sending a
ambrella. He said that that had beeo
the fate of the umbrella ever since it had
been invented, and custom had estab.
lished common ownership in the um~
brelia. He appealed to the jury as men
who were liable themselves in a moment
of ahsent mindedness to take some other
fellow’s umbrella and forget to return iL
and in the absence of statistics, he claim-
ed that if every man or woman who bad
f
nt to prison for the mistake, there
{ them, aud that if al
be
country to hold
the lost nmbreilas were
to
to
their owners, one-halt
The jury went out at 11 o'clock and re-
turned at 1 o'clock unable to agree,
i, They had not agreed; n
they al lock, when sent for
Then the Judge told them that
while he did
or
4 0
gain i
not like to keep them
, he wanted a verdict as the
the county
adge called the
x At 5:30 the J
They had wot agreed.
a verdict?”
81 jury
n.
“Is there no chance of
asked,
One juryman arose jand said
honor, it is now 8
he
“Your
question of physical
endurance. My mind is made up snd
nothing can change it, I have my o
victions in this case and 1 will not sacri-
fice them, though my body may wither
away.”
“How about the others”
Judge.
“I'hey are just the same way.”
Ro after expendiog $100 the culpability
of a man who took another man’s forty.
cont umbrella remains undecided, for the
jory was discharged, standing eight for
acquittal and four for conviction.
asked the
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The Farmer's Alliance, which is creat
ing such consternation among the states
men and politicians, has established a
headquarters in Washington, where the
work of educatiog Congress as to desir
od legislation will be carried on. The
President, Mr. Polk, is on hand, actively
pressing upon Congress the merits of
the new Sab. Treasury plan for relieving
the condition of the azricalburists of the
country. Mr. Polk says that this plan is
the product of the best minds of the
Alliance, and it will probably be enact
ed into a law at this Congress or dusing
the next one. The Alliance is making
its influence felt very strongly with
Congresscuen, aod politicians of both
pasties are considerably worried by ite
aggressiveness. The Farmer's Alliance
is not connected with the gvange or.
ganization, and is much wore numerous.
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The Press says the custom which pres
vails in the courts of Philadelphia of bav-
ing witnesses kiss the Bible Is well des
barbarism which aught 0 be abolished.”
The Hib'e in use iggenerally a very dirty
one, and the practice of having every
witness, high and low, clean and dirty,
bealthy and sick, press his or her lips
to it in taking the oath is a dis.
gusting survival from an age of (superst i»
tion which is extremely
disease. other places the customary
it is high time that this decided modern
courts of Philadelphia.
Well Drilling.
on shoré notices, and with the best steam
equipment out, His work renders
1890,
Communion Wine.
Physicians who have used Bpeer’s
Port Grape Wine, of New Jersey, and
have applied to it the strictest test pro-
nounce it strictly pure and rich bedy
and recommend it to the aged and in~
firm, and for general use where wine is
desirable, as the most reliable of wines
to be had, Mr, Speer also preserves the
Grape Juice fresh and sweet just as it
rans from the press, not by the use of
spirits, but by electricity extracting the
| fermenting principles from the ripe
{grapes when mashed; it is called Speers
Unfermented Grape Juice.
druggists,
For sale by
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Scribner's Magazine for April has for
{its frontispiece an admirable engraving
| from a painting, made for this periodical
{by the Eoglish artist, J. RB. Weguelin, to
%
illustrate an ode of Horace (Bk. 1., 4).
{Other Horatian odes will be illustrated
the same artist in succeding num-
bers, This issue also contains the begin-
ling of a notable series on “The Rights of
the Citizen ;” the last of the Eleetric
Series (begun in June, 18589), on the Rail-
way ot To-day; an unconventional article
of travel describing a journey across the
Syrian Desert; the second and concluds
ing paper on Charles Lamb's homes and
haunts: an essay on Wagnerianism and
{ite relation to Italian opera; the end of
Octave Thanet's four-part story of Ar
kansas life; and two short stories (one by
Miss Jewett), with a tirring instalment
of the serial “In the Valley.” “The
Point of View’ (department) continues
to make an impression of versatility and
contemporary interest by brief essays on
“Spring Philosophy,” “Style,” and “The
Paradox of Humor.”
{by
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Who shall be our next Congressman—
don’t all speak at once.
Some Clinton county politicians claim
the senator should go to
their county, |
{ next term, since Clearfield has had two
term in succession,
{| Centre has & claim too, —now what is
{she to have 7
i a
| The Republicans of this county will
| instruct their delegates to support
{ins (Gen.
Hastings.
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| {old and high winds on Wedpes-
fg
day.
Btore,
i
} — Samnel Emerick, merchant of
| Penna Furnace, is stoppiog several days
|in town.
| —(eorge Benner will open a general
store in the building sonih of Bartholo~
mew’s on Monday.
~The robins and other harbingers
of spring have put in their appearance
in this section.
— Robert P. Breon, of Spring Mills,
will locate at Bellefonte, where he bas
secured employment,
— fA birthday party was given to our
old friend, Esq. Emerick, of Penn twp.,
one day last week.
Mr. J. E. Reigh, living on the
Brockerhoff farm, above Old Fort, died
on Wednesday night, after an illness of
several weeks.
—A big lumber operation is to start
up in the Narrows east of Woodward.
The parties talk of putting down a track
from the Narrows to Coburn, some 10
‘miles,
~The pike company suit was in
eourt this week, on a claim for damages
for vacating the pike from here to the
Seven Mts. There were viewers who
made an award but the company is not
satisfied with the sum they fixed.
——The boro authorities having con-
cluded to straighten the street, it will be
bat simple justice to have the matter of
walks attendad too, in a way that will be
jost—not have the boro taxed to build
the walks for some, while others must
make their own in addition.
~=There was a suit in court this week
between Reaben Harter of Miles, and
Mr. Royer, of Nittany, on a promisory
note io which the testimony was strange~
ly contradictory. The one party denied
giviog the note, which the other asked
payment for. We did not hear the out~
come.
wwweln Union county there are Iwo
Republican candidates for nomination
for congress, Alfred Hayes and Richard
V. B. Lincoln. Two for assembly, seven
for county Seeasurer; nine for county
commissioner; four for associate judge;
two for register and recorder, and three
for representative delegate to the state
convention, in all twenty-nine candi
fates in a connty having less than 2500
republican voters, an average of about
Tribute of Respect.
The Georges Valley Lutheran
expresses sentiments on the death of Mr. John
Coldren. The committee on memoirs, March 1%,
reported the following
To the Superintendents, Officers, Teathers and
Beholars: We your committees respectfully sub-
mit the following: Since the beginning of this
year our Lord 1800 death has invaded our ranks
and removed from our midst our beloved brother
John Coldren,
While we bow Ww the will of Almighty God we
feel that there has been 8 vacancy made in our
Sabbath School which it will be hard wo fill being
one of our most efficient officers. As a eacher he
practiced in his dally weaiks and life what he
taught on the Babbath, day Ass oonaborer in
our Babhath school work we shall miss him, But
we fol that our loss is His gain. He has gone
from labor to reward
Bunday school
the
in Isl, At
glx years of
of his conversion
months of his dest
our
Deceased was born in Lancaster count)
year 1534, He came 10 ;
the time of his death he was fifty
age. He always from the
ip to within es
very active part in
Mon
ering Mill
me
few ook 8
abbald schoo wou X.
he fol
On
1 sleep 10 the arms of
1 was taken from the ranks of our school
ay January 27,
Jenus,
and fro
gol in (he Joi thal await
right hand of God
Besolved, That
his family to join the church triumpi-
faithful
the
the death of our beloved
brother the school has lost one of is most earnest
and efficient workers
his family a loving and
community in
which he lived s useful and much respected citi-
sen.
Resolved, That we wil
ful remembrance
affectionate companion, and the
1 ever hold him in grates
and by grace
tance of God we will press forward
Lig and asriss
0 meet Hm
n heaven
Rescived, That a copy
sent to the
f these resolutions be
county papers for publication
J.D. Waren
Bamuel HARTER,
WiLLiax Birks
Georges Valley, March 17, Com.
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Farmers Mills.
Miss O. Meyer, of Penn Hall, is spending & few
weeks at the residence of Wm. Weaver
A.M. Neldig and family formerly of Woodward
arrived here recently to visit thelr relatives and
friends before moving to Mich
Frank Musser, of Penn
work here in the grist
beoome an expert miller
tions of our miller
fall has commenced
and no doubt will
inder the abie lnstrug
A good many of the schools of 1b
ast week, and 4
*
twp. closed
ring this week all will
wilh bul few exoeplinue,
be closed
Mr Roam, of Spring Mil
aged mother, Mrs, Houlz ai Esq
ed
ie
Rishels recently.
visited her
Messrs. Luse and Greguinger,
jes, moved 10 Tyrone last werk
with thelr fami
Our friend Howard Weaver of Brush Valley
joined the Benedicts quite slyly recent
Mr. Anthony Bierly and Mis, Jedeh Brumgarnt,
two of our aged people are at present Gan gercusly
11,
Last Thursday George Weber, wes prostrated by
what was thought to have been a stroke of palsy,
bt al this writing is able 10 be aboul again
Rev. Dotterer preached his last sermon, 8s pas
tor of the Reformed charge last Sunday. He will
teach a select school at this place during pe
forepart of the summer.
On scoount of the rain Merchant Thomas’ 85%
ting did pot ssrive until Saturday, but when it
did arrive the neighbors were on hand to help fix
up and make things comfortable.
Mr, George Ocker, of Centre Hall is here Visit~
ing ber parents and many friends
8. Aursnd the pew Evangelical minister will
preach his find sermon next Bunday afternoon.
The people of Kreamerville have called a meet
ing for the purpose of organizing & Union Suz
School which is to meet in their ball every Sun
day evening
Miss Maggie Meyer who had been staying si
Bellefonte for the last few month is hole again.
The Watersonian Literary Society lstely organ-
ized is prospering, the debsie being lively and
animated.
pl
Married.
GRAY —-BOWERSOX.—By Rev.]. C. Young, sal
the home of the bride's parents in Ferguson
twp. Centre county, March 18, 1880, Mr. Thom-
us DD. Gray and Mis Anns Bowersox, both of
Fairbrook, Pa.
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Died.
WILSON ~In Miftinburg, on the 14th Mar. Eliza
Ann, wife of Mr. David Wilson, agod 64 yours, 4
months and 18 days,
—Lowins is putting out new suits
like hot cakes. Everybody wants them
because they are so cheap and well made
out of the best goods. He takes your
measure and will make a suit to order if
—Send your name in for the Rrrons
TERA campagn rates on trial. Or send,
us two new names and thy 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.
Last Satarday as conductor Russel
was backing & loaded coal train out of
Pardee switch, at Puilipsburg, the cons
ductor, who was standing on the reser
car, saw & party of little children playing
on a culvert. He shouted to them to get
off the track , and they all ran except one
who could 55¢ get down, but becoming
frightened; sat down on the ties and was
run over, its head being completely seve
ered from its body. The unfortunate
child was a little boy, aged 6 years, whose
parents ere named Stokes.
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sighty five voters to each candidate.
Thirty-five county cindidates, of both
parties, were in Lowisbarg at one time
When Baby wae slek, we gave her Onatoria,
When she waa 8 Child, she cried for Castorin,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
on Monday, March 10th, and the time
for making nominations is some time
.
Whee shed Cluisdren. the