THE CENTRE REPORTER FRED KURTZ, - - EDITOR The snow has been too deep to tell snake stories, Ingalls having pro Force bill the woe of the Philad. must be unbounded nounced against the Pre:s When the legislature ges thro priot- ing the “bird book’ and Legislative Rec ord, it might adjourn, When Pa'tigun vetoed the bill to print his inaugural address be showed that he can not be fed on taflee. Imagine Jimmy Fiedler, the slanderer and vile traducer of Democrats begeing of the Democratic commissioners to give him patronage! We have two stout men on the board, and the unanimous sentiment of the Democrats who elected them is, give Fiedler a taste of soleleath er for his impudence. An estimate of the suppression of the Sioux outbreak has heen made in Wash- ington. In round numbers it is not less than $5,000,000, Fully halfof the expense Was necessary rt troops to the scene of action and their return to their former posts. It cost at least $200,000 for extra clothing and camp equipage for a winter campaign. The President of Michigan University has just taken ground agaiost the Wests ern mania for founding new colleges, and has given notice that daring the next fifty years no more of these institutions will be needed between Lake Erie and tbe Rocky Mountains, In the State of Ohio alone there are thirty~sfour public colleges, vet that State is but little better off in this respect than Iliinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and several otLers Maoy of them are unworthy of the name which they bear, and as President Angel says, learning would be better promoted if there were fewer of them. TAT RR Sr itty © for the truuep told pu b- Office farming is nicely doue as by the Harrisburg Telegraph, the R lican organ, it says: “Some of the sub employes of the legislature are in the habit of farming out their positions for a much smaller sum per week than the State pays them. One man who gets $0 per week hired another man to do his work for $10 per week while he wen! home for the session, Sabsequently be and another employe hired one man at $14 per week to do the work of both. There is trouble ahead for somebody.” Is it possible? and they not Democrats Its awful! that the Fiedler-boycott combine would have us boycotted and tarred and feathered. Perhaps Fiedler could get the tar and feathers that were in readiness for hrm when he had the elopement affair and kept out of good old Miles township for a year. We promised a compleie chapter of this epi- sode, by one posted on it, and who says it will be mighty interestiog reading. The difference comes in here—the Re PORTER is not in the least danger of tar and feathers, being in excellent standing, while Fiedler kept shady a year to avoid such a decora:ion. It willeet his Saow shoe and Philipsbarg eprees deeply in the spade, The Fiedler boycott come bine can’t play say gag-cioture on the REPORTER, are It will not be advisable for the legis lature to adjourn without dolog some thing to relieve the farmers and labor. ing classes of taxation, We should have a loppiag off in use less offices, and the unaecessary stoves pipe hat statesmen, about the state and national governments should be ordered home, and away from the public erib. Thais will save a big sum, Let the liquor licenses go to the treasuries, and thus go part ways {o sen the road and school taxes, Let all live stock in use on a farm be exempted from taxation the same as » mechaaic’s tools, Let our law makers understand tha the agricultural interest, above all others, needs « lift, local less The Williamsport Sun says: Judge Metzger is entitied to the thanks of every citizen in Peonsylvania is so ably stating the law concerning the acceptance or demand of unlawful fees by justices of the pence. There is no reson why al litigants should not fully understand jus how much justices of the peace have & right to charge for their services, the amoant of which is regulated by the law. The imposition of the peoaity of $50 upon Alderman Shoemaker, which tha official is now compelied by law to pay to the man he charged some seven dois lars more than he had a right to charge: will have a salutary efyct, no doabt, if the case be given the! publicity that it should bave to i the pablic of their CENTRE “Untrue Qur amiable neighbor on the banks of Logan’s branch gives us a call which is duly appreciated even if uncalled for,and we can quiet his apprebensions about “a better feeling” by the assurance that the Democracy in all these parts feel good, except four or five, who have had bad training under him and strangely too they constitute Fiedler's body guard, When our neighbor hastens to deny that bro, Leonard is asking for an office, it may all be true in spite of other as- surances to the contrary, We have it from what would be acs cepted as undoubted authority that our senator, in some way, informed Gov, Pattison “that it would not do to give our good friend an appointment,” We know this to be our senator's private opinion, and he deserves thanks for give ing the governor such information, This would seem , if true, that the bros ther in question was seeking for a sop, else why send such word to the gover: nor? We agree with our neighbor that it would be an honor to hold an office under Pattison, but it wou!d not be an honor for Pattison to appoint some fel~ lows, Expressing again our apprecia- ins tended advice from our neighbor we re- mind him that Ingall’s speech has the fore his own door; now in view of the ugly romors that are spreadiog—which we trust are unfounded —relative to the senatorship, we do trust that “antrue” can be stamped upon that, so that the missing fowl in the Bird book of Penn- sylvania will not turn out to be a native of Centre county, > Down go Tarlfil Bars. Free trade having been virtually estab lished between the United State and Brazil by a proclamation issued by Presi deat Harrisop, Secretary Blaine is no doubt overjoyed. He has said, it will be remembered, that the McKinley bill would no: open a market for another bushel of wheat or another barrel of pork bat that reciprocity or free trade would farnish an outlet for the surplus products this country. He spoke the truth gaye the Harrisbarg Patriof, and it must be gratifying to him, as indeed it mus be to all tariff reformers, to see the press ident of the United States ordering the removal of some of the tariff bars that interfere with the natural trade between the United States and other countries Now il free trade with Brazil will benefit the people of this country, aud the president of the United States seems to think that it will isn’t it plain to every intelligent person that they would de rive more benefit if it were not a com. mercial crime for them to trade, for in- stance, with the people of the countries of Earope? Maunifestly it mast be, and in fact the result of the recent elections neld throughout the country fully jus. tify the s'atement. Batlet the opponents of tarill robbery be patient, They bave not long to wait before there shall be a ssalization of their hopes, f i - -——— The two smallest acts of mesnness, on the part of a newspaper man, fall to the credit of Fiedler. When the late Re publican board of commissioners took their pisces, he demanded of them to cut the Democratic papers of our county oul of every cent of advertising, altho Demo- cratic boards had previously recognized the Republican organs so that Republi- can tax payers could see what was going on. Bat see him now. The board of commissioners is Democratic and he is creeping in the dust to bave one of the Democrats to side with Strohm and ses cure him some jobs! Jim will be foiled ~for if we understand Messrs. Adams and Goodbart, they will very properly give the sycopbant a dose of his own medicine, and thos show that they know the respect due the slasdered Democrats and their crgans. et Show us deeper ilitleness! - ED AINA What Senator Ingalls is going to do after the 4.Li of March is an interesting twpic just now. He has handreds of offers to lectare, to edit newspapers and magazines, to write syndicate letters, and to enter various law firms, The gossips locate him many aod varied positions each day. The lates: is that be will lo- cate here as g pension attorney, but, as a matter of fact Senator Ingalls himself probably does not know just what he will do, He does not want to abandon Kansas, and probably will not} Right now he is of the opinion that it woald be best to resume the practice of law in that State, bat he has so many tempting offers from all paris of the conntry that he is almost bewildered, Perhaps no man in the country has such a versatile mind as Ins galls, Those who know him best say if he will entertain no hopes of poiitieal fature and will simply go in to make money, he can earn an almost unlimited income. At present Senator Iogalls’ ficanciel stetos is as low as any South. orner ir the Senate. He has practically The Cookers’ Strike Begun. The strike of the 17,000 employes of the coke regions for an increase of 12} per cent, in wages, a reduction of working hours of day men from nine hours to eight, the placing of scales for weighing the coal on ali tipples and against a count- er demand of the operators for a reduc- tion in wages of ten per cent, was ins augurated, Pittsburg Feb, 9, and sll through the region the miners remain- ed away from the pits. By to.morrow evening the last of the ovens charged on Saturday will have been drawn and then the shut-down will be complete, The struggle promises to be long and bitter, The workmen are thoroughly organized. They have had reasonably steady work for three years, aod are members of the Knights of Labor and United Mine Workers of America, and through the latter organization of the Federation of Labor. The demand that coal shall be weighed instead of measurs ed will be the point most vigorously in- sisted npon, as the miners claim that by the system of measuring coal they have been defrauded out of a large sum of money ever year. They say they will be content to remain idle three months if at the end of that time they can gain their point, OPERATORS WILL STAND FIRM The operators say the demands of the cokers are unreasonable; that the selling price of coke is 25 cents per ton less now than it was a year ago, and that coms pliance with the demand for the erec~ tion of scales at each tipple would in- volve large expense, The H. C. Frick Company of which Aodrew Caroegie is the head, controls 10000 of the 16,000 ovens in the region, It basa large sup- ply of coke in stock and will wait until this is exhansted before moving for a settlement, a Silver Question Settled. That seems to be the meaning, for this congress at least, of the vote in the house yesterday, Mr. Bland, despairing of getting any report from the coinage com- mittee on the senate free silver bill, moved it as an amendment on Tharsday to the sundry civil appropriation bill. This was in conflict with one of the rules of the house which forbids amendments to appropriation bills not germane to the bill and which changes existing laws The silver men considered themselves justified in overriding the rule by refusal of the coinage committee to report the senate bill. But the chairman of the committee of the whole house, Payson | of Illinois, ruled the amendment out of | order, and the deciding vole was on an | appeal from his decision. The occasion was one of great interest bad been re- versed the free coinage amendment would have been sent to the President as part of the most important of the appropriation bills. But the house by a vote of 135 to 127 sustained the ruling of the chairman. Seven Democrats voted to sustain the decision, including Matoh- | ler and Vaux of this State. Ten Republi. | cans voted to reverse the decision. As the decision was undoubtedly correct under the rules, the close vote indicates that if the coinage bill could be brought squarely before the house it would pass. Mr Bland’s statement is probably cor- rect that the free coinage bill for this session has been smothered by the dila- tory action of the coinage committee notwithstanding a majority would vote for the measure if it could be brought before the house on its merits, ———— An American Pope. In consequence of existing circumstan- ces there have been of late frequent ru- mors that the next Pope would not be Ingalls, the ablest Republican leader] on the floor of the menate—the pride of] the party—has pronounced sgainst clot-| ure and the Force bill. i He had been opposed, he said-unalter- | ably opposed—to the adoption of the clot-| are for many reasons sufficient and satis | factory to himself. There were those] present who knew that many months! ago, while occupying the chair in the! absence of the vice president he resgisted | many urgent importunities and many strenuous solicitations to co-operate in| that direction by methods which he then | believed and now believes were revola | tionary and subversive of the funda-| mental principles of constiutional govern-| ment, He had not since seen sny oc. casion to change or modify bis convie- tion. He was now, and always has been, in favor of a just and impartial election law directed alike against force and fraad, nonpartisan and applicable equally to ail perts of the nation. The measure under consideration, however, did not, in many of its details, recevie the sanction of his jodgment. It appeared to him to be cumbrous, complicated, obscure in many of its provisions snd difficult of applica tion, It subordinated the judiciary to political control, and opened the treas- ary to indefinite expenditure, without requisite supervision and in violation (in bis judgment) of the spirit, if not of the letter, of the provision of the constitu. tion that declared that no money shall be drawn out of the treasury except in consequence of appropriations made by sw, Au important political movement look. ing to the fusion of the Democrats and the Farmers’ Alliance in Minnesota is under way, and probably forecasts what may take place in other States of the West. It is part of the plan to ran Ignatius Donnelly for governor two years hence and elect Thomas Wilson, who was the Democratic candidate for gover nor at the late election, United States senator in place of Senator Davis, Re~ publican. Iu case the Alliance nom- inates a national ticket, a division of the electors on the basis of four to the Allis ance and five to the Democrats will be made, The argament used is that they are agreed on the tariff and silver ques tion at least in the Btate, and win by fasion where they would fail utterly in fighting single banded, The vote in the State in November was: Republicans 87,000, Democrats 85000, and Alliance 58,000, giving a fosion majority of over 50,000, While a number of wood cutters were cutting wood on theside of the mountain near the village of Ruetti, an avalanche rushed down the mountain side aod overwhelmed twenty-one of the men. every effort wan made to recover the bodies of the dead, but so far oniy three have been found. weD)3 not fail to read notice and ad issue, an Italian, Over that question the pres- ent Pope can exercise no direct authority, bot any sentiments which be may be known to hold will doubtless have great weight; and, inas< much as his soccessor will be elected by the College of Cardipsls, the appoints ments soon to be made by him will be taken as indicating in a measure the bent of his mind. The Papacy has today nowhere on earth any more gealous sup~ porters than in such Protestant countries #8 the United States, Great Britain and Germany. He can if he chooses create ten new Cardinals at once, If most or all of them prove to be selected from among non-Italian archbishops there will be strong reason for thinking that a none positive and take his place in the long line of Sover- eign Pontiffse. Those who are even now propbesying that his secular name will be James Gibbons of Baltimore may live to see their predictions, wild as they now seem, fulfilled. > Senator Meek will introduce a bill providing that from and after its passage in the poor districts of the State there shall be assessed upon and collected from each nonaturalized person over the age of eighteen years within these districts an annoal tax of $3. This money is to be used for the maintenance of the poor and be collect. able in instalment of 25 cents per month. Persons employing uonaturalized people as described are required to report monthly to the overseer of the poor or other legally constituted authorities of the poor the name or number by which they are known to their employers, and deduct 25 cents 8 month from the une naturalized persons in their employ. In the event of employers not complying with this requirement they shall pay 50 for each unnaturalized employe. The act does not apply to unnaturalized per. sons owning real estate or other taxable property at or above $200 and situated in the county in which he may reside or is employed. A bill like this was proposed last ses sion by some one. — tit sme Miss Alice Woodward of Shelton, who hiccughed herself to the point of death despite physicians’ efforts, is now out of danger. In consequence of the circulation given the peculiar case, remedies have been coming in from all over the country, the receipts for a day averaging at least fifty. Many were tried, and one has proved effective and has enabled the girl to stop biccoughing., This remedy was soggest- od by Frank W, Mack of New York. The remedy is nitrate of amyl, a few drops to be inhaled from a handkerchief. SA —— «(jot the Reronrreson trial for 3 or 5 months, at campaigao rates, eight cents per month. Send a sample copy to your friends outside the county, who formerly lived here; we put the price at less than owtfora trial trip, Let each reader at the above low trial rate. ~(iive Lowins, Bellefonte, your or der for a suit. He has one of the experienced cutters to behad. A fit weThe Philad, Branch is thoroughly 12, 189], A Hundred and Foriy Re ligions, i The census announcement that there | are 140 religious bodies in the United States, exclusive of many congregations, will some surprise by most people, whose knowledge of different sects does notem brace more than a dozen or twenty st the most, In the list as by the preliminary butletin issued by the! census burean from Washington, are the General'Six Principle 3aptists, the SBchwenkfeldians, the Theosophical Boei~ | ety, the Life and Advent Union and oth= | ers which to a majoritviof people, will be | entirely new, With 140 creeds formally independent be received with disclosed adopted and “many independent organi zations with their own notior i 3 i as i besides the task of those who favor church union is difficait If oaly the more pumerous denominations ed the | labor of effecting a unity of chorches! with regard to policy and the more es-| indeed. { existed, be easier; bat | what shall be said when a hundred little sential doctrines, might denominations, sturdy in their belief and | customs, are in them up? One hundred and forty religions—yet what a happy thought there is only one the field, both to give was to Heaven, - - The bill prohibiting cecal and manufac- : turing corportions in th from the is blale maintaining company stores pass-d house and will now to take ite fL14dve chances in the sen it ihe senate at Harrisburg like the senate at ale, where Leretofore has invariably been shelved, Washington is porations, and if the State wish to effectually the stronghold of cors ¢ the working pe opie Of 3 Kill lhe store order system it will be necessary for ¥ { hem, figuratively speaking to march in They ital # * r f : orce on that body. should also pee that the bill is const ional in its provisions before it books, To a at will no stand before the supreme c¢ is waste time and efi i delay an eco goes on the statute enact 8 yird urd rt Bid fiw omic reform that should have been ac complished long since. - -_— Special Announcement. We have made arrangement » with Dr B. J. Kendall Co., publishersof “A Trea on the Horse which will enable all ties and his Disease, our subscribers to free obtain a copy of that valuable work by sending their address (enc! cent stamp for mailing to Du. B J. Kexpars Co., Exosm Fairs, Vi i 2 i ie gnized as standard This book is now recognized as s'andard WINER IWO- galne BCH authority upon all diseases ol the horse, as its phenomenal sale attests, over four million cupies having been sold in past ten years, a sale never before reach. tha vie ed by any publication in the same period of time, We confidert that our patrons will appreciate the work and be glad to avail themselves of this opportu nity of obtaining a valuable book, It is neces:ary that you mention this paper in sending for “Treatise.” This offer will remain open for only a short time, feel the oo» The late William H. Vanderbiit quoted as saying a few weeks before his death: “Too much money is a nuisance. The happiest time in my life wes when I was worth $300,000.” Then Mr. Van- derbilt, as you are worth 8150,000.000, jast take $300,000 out of the pile and pass the other over to the Rerorrez and you will be a happy man again—and we too - a - While a young man and his sweetheart were out walking in the Department of Kieff they were attacked by a pack of hungry wolves. He tried 10 fight them off, but was compelled to take refuge in a tree. The wolves attacked the girl and soon tore her to pieces before his agonized eyes. He was 80 overcome by the sight that he fell dead among the wolves, who soon devoured him. is cs SI A A fellow who looked thro the Penn gylvania Bird-book indigoantly pros nounced it incomplete as he could not find inita pictare of the Harrisburg rooster, The town of Ashland is threatened with sinking—cracka are beginning to show themselves in the streets and the inhabitants are becoming alarmed. A Io MS AR Se Gen, Sherman is seriously ill, Senator Hearst, of Cal, keeps growing weaker, Any one sending us a club of six pew names and $7.50 in cash, will get ns a premium the N.Y. Weekly World and the Reporter 1 year, ~Lewistown pays 90 for wheat, Cen~ tre Hall aud Coburn pay 93. ~The Reporter on a trial trip at cam” paign rates 3 to 5 months, at 7 cents per month less than cost, try it. ~A8 we go to press, sigas for Additional Locals. —Boalshurg has a convention in fall blast this week, —"The Reronrer booked eight new names this week, What is the matter with nominats ing Dr. Riter for Mayor 7 —=(all at Loeb’s clothing store; exs amine his stock and prices, ~ Freshground buckwheat flour, No, ——L8t every Democrat vote the full Democratic ticket on Taesday next, Mra, James Coldren has been the sick list the last several weeks, on -—-Shirts, underwear, hate, caps trunks and valises at cost.—8, Loeb, —=Mr. A, J. Heckman, one of Penn Hall's leading citzens, favored us with a -=A valuable horse mine few died for host, W. 8, Musser, of Millheim_ a — Rev, W. E. Fischer will have sers vices next Bonday, Feb, 15, ville, at 10a. m at Tussey- , and at Centre Hall 230 P. I, ~It will not be regretted if you buy your clothing from Lewins, at the Philad. Branch. He guarantees his en tire stock, — James Coldren has embarked on a new rol will ap- Jim be a success at crying sales, as he is that of an suctioneer, the windiest man in the country. (Our whilom towasman, J, B, Bolt, from Frederick, Md. Northbrook, Chester county, Pa, bas moved to where he has employment in a large fence face ory. eT here will changing around in our city spring. Almost i8 rented, and several new be much and he coming house in ones moving every town fo be erected. Charles H. Raymond, of Gregg township, died on January 20, of a com He was aged only plication of diseases. young juite a man and about 18 YOCars, On Tuesday the Lewisburg nail were levied on by 8: works the sheriff to satisfy a wdgment of $35.000, The property of il be sold at sherifl’s sale on A neglected cold, often becomes a Priewmu Bronci Care Hi wi Aa ¢ or a Consumption, MPHRRYS' No. th perfect by it wilh Used thousands, — le venerable Mr. sast of ¢ Sreciys Seven. BUCCesS John Keller, own, is quite ili from a compli~ cation of diseases, and has been confined to his bed for several weeks, We he will soon recover and be out his many friends again, — A subscriber paying bis Reronres one year in advance, commends it for its fearlessness in expressing its sentiments and iis consistency. That's ree always. Thanks for ment. —ti a bope among the Reron- your compli~ » you been to A, C, Mingle's the Brockerhofi block? Never ing there Bellefonte, Lic wivnujse new aod offers none bul geanine goods which be warrants. For low prices in boots and shoes Mingle'sis the place: we. Mr. Joshua Potter, of near this piace, had three valuable sheep killed on Tuesdzy night, in order to make room in his stable for horses he turned a cow in the stable with his sheep and in the morning three of his best sheep were dead, having been killed by the cow dg- ring the night, (dar venerable friend, Hon, 8B. Gills iland, of Oak Hall, voted for Porter for governor in 1835, and has kept on voting in the same line down to Pattison in 1890. Across the valley is Alexander Kerr, now in the octogenarian class, who voted for Gen. Jackson and Porter and has kept in the Democratic path on every ticket down to date. May they both live to help elect the Democratic presi« dent that is to be in 1892, is the fond wish of the Rerorran, ~The lectare by Miss Parry, of Cine cinnati, in the Lutheran church on Frie day evening, was quite a treat, and worth every cent of the prices. The subject, “Life among the Germans,” was handled in 8 manner to prove that the lady das ring her three years stay in Germany was a close observer and an apt student, and she can tell all in a pleasant and agreeable way, that does not tire an aus dience. In an hour's private talk with Miss Parry we found her equally agree able and perfectly at home upon the sab. ject of Germany. = 80 far the ground hog is trump, and snog in his hole—he knew from his shadow what the westher would be—up to now it hes been cold, ugly, stormy, with snow, sleet and rain to make | house wheu at something
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