[HE CENTRE REPORTER
FRED KURTZ, - = EDITOR
Strikes and mountain fires wore the
prevailing elements lust week.
Frosts are reported from many sec
tions of the land, The damage seems to
have been light,
If the Democrats nominate Wherry
fur governor, next time, they will cers
tainly have a wherry honest und cow pe-~
tent man.
Tue Methodist Recorder says: Saun
dances & hos «10wu for joy when he oan
get Christians to quarreling about sancti.
fication.
Mr Clarkson's notion is that the Re-
publican party must get “close to the far.
mer” if he wants to win. It can’t get as
close to the farmer ns the mortgages are
that its taxes have made necessary.
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The Centre couaty court has been very
severe with persons who violate the lis
quor laws. It bas now given to uoders
stand, that the violators of tLe fish laws,
fishing with vets, and out of season, wil!
get the fall beaefit of the penalties pro-
vided the offenders are brooght iusto
court.
The Rev. Dr. George Bothwell is dead.
He pulled a cork from a medicice bottle
with his teeth, something cansed him to
draw the cork ints his throat, and it
lodged in ibe Jeft brouchisl rabe All
efforts to extract it filed, and the cler-
gyman lay face to face with death for
fifteen days, suflering the greatest agony
with Christian fortitude, and died Son-
day night of exhaustion,
Mr. Lytle, Chairman of the Republi-
can Steering Committee, introduced the
Congressional Apportionment bill agreed
upon by the Republicavs. It provides
for thirty districts iostead of twenlye
eight, as at present. The new districts
are created ai the extreme ends uf the
State, one ia Phi'adelphbias and the olher
fu Allegheny conuty Tue others are
jefi subsiantia‘ly as they are at present.
The Jew is baying a hard time of it
among tue nations of the Od World.
Not even in Greece is be safe. At Zan-
te, ou Friday last, a mob of “Christians”
sitacked the Jewish quarter, beating the
people and pillaging their houses. The
Christians, who made this a part of their
observance of Good Friday, were ordered
to retire, and, refosing to do so, were
fired upoo by tue soidiery, aod a pum-
ber killed or wounded. At the latest
account's the riot wes still in progress,
and tbe Greeks were threateniog to burn
the Hebrew guatters,
IEP
In what sense 1s an expensive public
library at Harrisvarg—buildiog sud
books —=of suy benefit to the tax payere
of the state,
Wha: farmer, mechanic, or laborer
géls any use of the books for which the
stats spends the tax pare’ moasy ?
Not one ls benefitted.
The rich do not need it aa tuey can
buy theif own booke, To the masses the
library is inaccessible,
Book publishers a-d thé librarian
with bis corps of loafing assistants, find
the state library a good thing.
Good times are foreshadowed for the
farmer. Corn nearly a dollar a bushel,
vats 70 cents aod upward, butter 24 to 85
cents, eggs from 15 to 20 cents, and other
farm produce in proportion. It appears
the farmer is the man to make movey
now, providing his business is well and
economically managed
Tis item we find in a number of our
exchanges, and we beg leave to say that
there is not much good for the farmer in
tie high prices tamed, as the farmer has
very little, some nothing, to sell; while
we know of many farmers who are even
obliged to buy at these high prices,
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A serious question confronts the Rev
ublican statesmen who were responsis
ble for the Gubernatorial candidacy of
Gorge Wallace Delamater-~must they
go down in their pockets and settle ihe
ittle difference of a million dollsis or so
Between the defunct Meadville bank and
fits depositors, or mast they admit that
they made a serions and upstatesman~
like mistake in their choice of a candi-
date? It looks as if they would adopt
the latter course, probably because it is
the cheapest. Nevertheless it will be a
hard blow to the Rephblican party if Mr.
Delamater, us is threatened, is hurried
to jail on charges of embezzlement. If
the G, O. P's candidate for the highest
publican, avd so fall of office seekers as
Peonnylyania, eannot be kept oat of jail,
what hope can the party have in other
States where their vote is smaller and
9 rosttisied }
_CENTRE
Michigan Takes a Proper Step.
The Michigan legis!ature has at last
passed the bill, pending for some time,
for choosing one elec'or for president
and voice president in each congression-
al district and for the division of the
State into two general electoral districts
in each of which «an elector is to be
chosen, As there 1s no doubt the gov
ernor will approva the bill, this inuova-
tion ou the usual methed electing presis
dent may be acceplied as xa accomplish
od fact Michigan bas therefore, the
distinction of be ng the first State io the
union to adopt a system of choosing elec.
tors by which the minori'y ia the Stats
will have sume representation in the
slectoral colless. The example will pro
bab'y be adopted in oiher States, aud iv
time the people may be educated to
demand a oonstitations! ameudment
making the sy-tem operstive in all the
Btates. A similar change was propesed
for Ohio, and rece.ved coasiderstion
from the present legisiature, but is not
likely to be adopted at this time. The
Federal cmstitutivn gives explicit au-
thority for sach legislation by the pro.
vision that “each State shall appoint, in
such manner as the legislature thereof
may direct, 8 number of electors, equal
to the whole number of senators and re-
preseutatives 10 which the State may be
entitled in the congress. For many
years after the establishment of the gor.
erumanut the common practice was for
the legislature to choose directly the
whole vomber to which the State was
entitled. But there was a steady drift
toward the modern system by which the
vuters of a State chose eleciors on a gens
eral ticket,
The change in Michigan, which was
favored by the Democrats and graugers
and opposed by the Republicans, may
have important political results in the
presidential election pext year. It is
certain Michigan's electoral vote, al-
ways Hepubligan since thet partly was
formed, wiil be divided in 1892 between
the two parties Under the new appor-
tionment, of the 12 repressnistives
which the State will now have the Dem
ocrats coust confidently upon securing
six, and they also hope to carry one of
the two large districts which will choose
the electors-atslarge. If these expecta
tions are realized, each party will get
seven of the 14 electoral votes of Miohi-
gan in 1892,
ss sms SIO MPS SIN AIS
A Good Law,
From the New York Sun.
The new immigration law came into
force at the beginaing of the month of
April, just ended. Very important work
bas been done under it duriog the
month, The inspection of immigrants
has been more thorough than ever it was
before, aad a good maay of those of
thew who were found to be undersirable
have been debarred. At first the super
intendent wa: over cautious about sends
ing back some of the steerage passengers
who were legally prohibited from land:
ing, sod several of the steamship coms
panies tried to shirk their daty of tak
ing them back; but Mr, Weber has recent
1y acted with uecision in enforcing the
law and the companies have learned that
it will be enforced. Ail the parties con
veroed are geining koowiedge by ex.
perience, Dariug the dret fortnight of
the month the inspectors laid hands
on vary few undesirables, but dar:
ing the preseut week they have been
able to discover as many as ten or (wens
ty of them aimost every day, amoog
them being criminals, paupe.s, and in.
curables,
The Secretary of the Treasury is now
tak.og an interest in the enfurc ment of
the immigration law, sod Assistant Secs
tary Nettleton bas been here this week,
holding conference on the subject with
Superintendent Weber,
The law must be enforced.
Notwithstauding the eff. ris of the Itale
ian Government to suppress brigandage
in Bicily, many gaoge of Mafls brigands
are still doiog busivess there in a me
thodieal fashion. They are under offi,
cere who are regularly graded, each grade
having its special line of service. They
operate in a great variety of ways, in the
cities, among the farmers, against the
upper classes, and in the mountains,
where there are travellers, They levy
blackmail, and there is no escape from
their exactions. They are implacable
in the vendetta and ferocions in the
highway. They iuterfore with the ad«
ministration of law and make their pow
or felt in elections. Maoy ordinary peo.
ple make friends of them rather than in.
cur the danger of their enmity. and not
a few men wh pass for respectable hold
secret relations with them,
An Italian correspondent of the Lons
don Times recently procured some infor
mation about the Mafia miscreants in 8i.
cily, and he has given an account of the
of terror which they maintain
there, .
It need not be doubted that amoog our
"HALL, PA.
A Large Deficiency.
Senator James G, Carlisle when asked
ahont the present somewb at situation
said.
+“1 am not prepared now to make a fll
statement, | have not looked into the
matter carefully enough, Bat it is appa.
rent that a large deficiency exists, If
there is plenty of money in the Treasury
why should the Becretary want to call in
the 44 per cent. bonds and reissue them
at 2 per cent? Itseewms that Mr. Leech
has included in bis statement of the cash
in the Treasury the subsidiary coin,
which is only legal tender for five dol
lars, so deducting the subsidiary coin in
Treasury there is a deficiency of $18,000,
000
“It seers that Mr. Leech bas made ap
error about silver. Under the aot of
1880 the Treasury must purchase $4,500,
000 worth of silver each month, for which
Treasury notes are issued, Now, accords
fog to cone of the siatements of Mr, Leech
he holds that the Tressory can issue sil
ver certificates against the silver bullion,
for which Treasury have been
issued I also ses Mr. Leech says that
by returning to the old form of monthly
statement the surplus would appear larg-
er than under the present form. Yet!
when the late Secretary Maning discards
ed the old method, the Republicans
charged him with prepa
that showed a larger surplus than was in |
the Treasury, in order to help out the
tariff reform policy of the Cleveland ads
ministration, Congress,” concluded
Senator Carlisle, “will be confronted
with this question when it meets in
December, and it would not do to die
miss the subject by saying there was
nothing in it,
notes
Old Huleh was found,
up io Evansville, Ind., and returned to
Chicago. His appearance in the windy
city is thus chronicled:
B. P. Hutchinson, of the Board of
Trade, whose disappearance from Chica
%0 caused a sensation, was to-day again
around his usoal haunts here, He left
the train io the suburbs last night, and
goiog to a boarding house eluded report
ers till after this morning's papers had
gone to press. Thea he came down town
to his little sieepiog apartment in the
rear of his business office, This morn-
ing he was up bright and early, and by
Ba .m, bad, as customary with him,
cooked his own breakfast. Then he
made the circuit ofa few favorite saloons
sud onatted affably with the bartenders
while partakiog of his liquid refresh.
went,
When asked why he left the city in
such a mystericus manner, he replied,
testily, “1 am 21 years oid, and guess I
can go away when I please without ask.
fog any one's permission.”
In the afternoon he was in company
with bisson and a friend, W.I1. Hotch-
ioson ssys his father will not resame
business for the present, but will take a
long trip for bis health. B. P. Huatchine
son's financial sffaire, according to his
son, are assumiog a much better aspect
than was at firet supposed would be the
case,
having turned
AA MAA
There was an exoitiog scene in the
French chambers, the other day, that
beat the American congress for a row,
M. Roche was forcibly expelled from the
room for his utterances during an angry
debate on the Farmie's affair, sccosivg a
member of being a murderer, for which
& vote of censtire was passed.
No sooner was this course of action de~
cided upon than M. Roche again sprang
to hie feet and shaking his fist at those
of bis associates who had been most ao.
tive in bringing about his proposed ex.
pulsion and censure, the angry deputy
yelled: “You are a lot of varlets worthy
of your master,”
This was more than the presiding offi.
cer could submit to, so he ordered M.
Roche to be removed by force from the
chamber.” This was eventually done
amid one of the scenes of wildest exoite-
ment ever witnessed in the Chamber of
Deputies,
ss YIM SS
Mr. Ammidown, the noted high tarift
advocate and trusted trassurer of a large
Philadelphia manufacturing establish.
ment, has tarved out a defanlter and
skipped from the country. President
Ammidown’ a good deal exercised lately
about the happy effects of the McKinley
bill on the farmers, found he coulda't
keep this engagement without hurting
his own health, not to speak of “his son's
illness,” and put out on the ocean blue
twenty~four hours before the time fixed
for meeting the legal engagement, Mr,
Ammidown seems to be a fair represens
tative of his class. He has gone to old
Fogland for more “ protection.”
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A Big List.
Gotlieb Haag, who was refased a lis
conse last week by Judge Foret, hed
1286 signers to his petitions which were
Bummer at Atlantie City.
The spring season which is just now
drifting into surnmer has been tie most
prosperous in all the history of Atlantic
City, Never have so many people been
attrasied to its great beach from all secs
tions of the land, snd never have its
hostelries been so wall equipped for pro-
viding comfortable and attractive accom-
modations, In the present, which is
usaally = breathing time between sea-
sons, visitors still continue to pour into
the city, so that when the summer hosts
come they will ind a good-sized garrison
already io possession of the [ortress,
There will be ample room for all,
ever, and the indication forssnadow the
greatest summer season ever
Preparations are being made for it now,
New hotels, of the lesser grade, are build-
ag, new collages are saringing up on
heretofore vacant ground, sad enlarges
ment and improvement of
structures is the order of the day. The
great board-walk, now known by the
more dignified and appropriate title of
the Ocean Promenade, has withstood all
the storms of winter and is in
condition, the streets are being improved
pew facilities fur amusement are under
way ut the Inlet, and every
city’s 15,000 people appear to be doing
something to make the great resort more
harming.
The facilities for reaching it are being
developed with a view (0 the greatstrain
to which the summer traffic will subject
them. The Pennsylvania Rallroad's
double linss from Market Siree:, Phila
deiphia, are to be operated on a plan
which will yield the greatest speed and
promptness of movement, while guar
anteeing absolute safely and comfort,
The tracks are in excellent condition, the
rolling stock of the most approved kind,
and the mansgement keenly alive to the
best intersts of the traveliog publie. Not
only will 2 well-adjusted service of fast
and well-equipped trains be maintain d
between Philadelphia and Atlantis City,
hut the through New York service, which
has accomplished so much in secaring
travel from the East, will be continaed.
Apart from these facilities excursions of
a special or general character will be ar-
ranged from time to time from all points
on the Pennsylvania System at low rates,
Jv these means the residents of the re
mote as well as the near points will en-
howe
known,
existing
perfec
one of the
time by the sea.
Atlantic City opens her gates in wel-
come to all, and the Pennsylvania Rail-
road and ils connections is the highway
that leads to the sea.
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Change of Pension Fay Day.
The following communication bas been
sent out;
“In conformity with Act of Congress
approved March 3, 1801, and by direc
tion of the Honorable Secretary of the
Interior, a change of date of payment of
pensions io this district will cccar aller
July 1. On June 4 the next regular
quarterly payment will be made, on July
4 following, each pessioner will be paid
one month's pension after which the
regular quarterly payment will occur on
October 4, Jaauary 4, April 4 and July
4, instead of December 4, March 4, Juae
4 and September 4 as theretofore.’,
“Ia order to facilitate this change of
payment pensioners are earnestly urged
to execute their Juoe and Jaly vouchers
at the proper time, on or after the 4th of
the mouths named,
simian Is A
The Pall Mall Gasette gives great pro-
minence to a scheme which is said to
have been drafted in order to transport
Hebrews from Poland and from the
southeast of Earope 10 an immense tract
of vaolohabited lo Aastralia or Brazil,
Baron Hirsoh is credited with having
originated this idea, and with baving de-
cided to give $15,000,000 himself! with
whioh to start the project. It is expected
that the Rothschilds will contribute more
largely than Baron Hirsch,
The adoption of this plan, it is assert.
ed, is greatly due to the fact that the
United States is closing her ports to de~
stitute persons.
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Two Close Deaths
Lucy Leinbach died at her late home,
near Nittany, April 17th, 1891, aged 70
years 5 months and 2 days,
Elias Leinbach, the husband of the
above, died at the same place, Aprii 22d,
1801, aged 73 years, 6 monthsand 8 days.
The family was weil known in the
lower end of this valiey, having long res
sided at Asronsburg, moving from thence
to Baydertown,
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To Bo Bent to the Reformatory.
Calvin Farme), the hoy arrested near
Woodward, along with Alex Grimes, for
setting fire to the mountains, pleaded
guilty in court, and will likely be sent
to the Huntingdon Reformatory. His
WEATHER FOR MAY.
Rev. Ira Hicks Tells The Weather For Next
Month,
The following lorecast appenrs ia the
Words and Works for May:
On the first morniog in May it will be
generally quits cool, with eold and frost
in many parts of this and other ecun-
tries. But the lemperature wil
rapidly, causing a phenomenal
wave to pass from West to East,
will be the forerunner of very
{storm disturbances central on the 3d
{ The period ruaniog from about the lst
to the 34, besides the usual causes, wiil
have prescut as extra disturbing factors
Mercury ou April 20, moon's lest quarier
on May 1 and the equinox of the planet
Mars on the 4th, We will venture to
name the 3d, 4th and 5th as days of very
probable devger. A very warm, sultry
atmosphere in all southern and middie
parts of this continent, will he ample
and urgent reason for watching «li storm
clouds that may arise, Regions to the
northwest will share in the very warm
wave, but peed not be surprised at sud.
dea revolotions of temperatare, with
snow followed with ¢3ld and frost from
the 4th to the 7th. About the 8th it wil]
turn rapidly warmer resulting in hard
reactionary storms about the 9th and
10th. Aovother wave of fresh—perhaps
frosty air, will follow after these storms
No harm to watch ! Lovers ofeteoro-
logical science aod conjecture will cari
ously watoh aad note results of new
moon on the Bth, 8 nearly combined
with the tragsit of Mercury ou the 9th.
Don’t be alarmed at porsibie earthquake
shivers,
The next regular storm period runs
from the 14th inclusive,
first quarter combined centrally with
Vuolean oa the 15th. Another exces
sively warm wave is sure to wake itself
generally feit during this period. It will
culminate in active, dangerous storms,
aud be followed by very cool nights, The
21st and 22d are secondary storm move
ments, on which the temperature will
reach a high readiog, and result ia many
atmospheric disturbances. On the 234,
sun, earth and moons will be on a direct
line, resuitiog in a partial eclipse of the
moon, with a possible distarbavee of the
normal magoetic and electric state of our
globe. The eclipse will be visible only
on the opposite side of the earth.
The last period for May will be central
on the 26th, reaching from the 25th to
20th, Daring these, and the day next
before and after, all the phases of a re-
galar meteorological throb, or parturbas
tions will make themselves felt first grow-
ing very warm in the West—moviog to
the East attended by storms of rain, wind
and thunder, and followed by change of
air currants and lower temperature, The
closing days and nights of May promise
to be fair, pleasant aod bright, with rise
ing temperature on the 31st; preparatory
to reactionary storms on June 1. Let us
watch and see,
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A few nights ago a passenger traveling
from Cracow to Lembarg, in ean express
train suddenly drew two revolvers and,
with one in each band, demanded of bis
three fellow travelers in the same car.
riage their money and valuables, A
frightful struggle ensued in the narrow
compartment. Although the men as
sailed were unarmed, they fought with
desperation. The rullan used his revol-
vers with effect, killing two of the men
in succession. The third passenger grap-
pled closely with the assassin who fired
in vain, being unable to touch him.
Having emptied all the chambers of his
revolvers, the assassin tore himself from
the grasp of his antagonist, burst open
the car door and jumped from the train
while it was going at foll speed. No
traces of the miscreant could be discov~
ered,
rise
wArm
which
heavy
with moon's
on MA
Can't Swindle Newspaper Readers,
It has been reliably ascertained that
out of 185 cases of sucocessfal swindling
through the State by traveling sharpers
in various ways, by which people of the
rural districts were robbed, some to the
extent of thousands of dollars, only nine
or ten were subscribers or readers of the
home country papers,
A SM I AAAS nse
The Daily Harrisbarg Patriot, of which
we made favorable mention upon its
going into the present management, is
still getting better, and is far superior to
any daily yet printed at the state capitol.
pid tiniest
Gen. Hasting’s is beginning to Boom
his boom for governor in 1804, and it is
booming. Too big a flood sometimes
breaks a boom.
Benjamin Harrison McKee ~kuown as
“baby McKee"—now wears pants! Gol.
ly, will haveto ron grandpa Harrison for
president again, now,
WATE MER.
Lawyers should make the best of sol
Additional Locals.
~——Bubrcribe for the Revorren,
~—Bupplement with Mercantile ap.
praisement, this issue,
— Mr, Peter Berefoot, of Milroy, was
a pleasant visitor at this olion this week,
—Tuesday morning was cold, and ice
ig inch thick had formed doring the
previous night,
~——James Coldren has severed his
connection with the hotel and has gone
to work at the foundry.
~The wheat market droppsd three
and four cents Monday and Tuesday and
about as much last week,
~~ Nittany mountain in the region of
McBrides Gop was on fire last week, but
a large force of men succeeded in sabda.
ing the flames.
— New clothing, new hats, nsw fare
nishing goods, everything new for the
coming season is now opened and ready
for your inspection the Philad,
Branch, Bellefonte.
—At Brown's hotel, Beliefonte,
meunls have been put down to 25 cents,
This is coming back to old times, when
a feller could get a bitters for five crates,
or “six for a kewarter and the landlord
ire
— Last Saturday moraing, William
Heuey, of nesr Cobaro, employed on a
lamber job, near was seriously
injured by the derailment of a lumber
car on the tram road. His knee cap
was croshed and he received internal
injuries.
— Mrs. J. E. Kustaborder, of Bells
wood, Pa., bad been visiting at Spring
Mille at ber parents, D. Ripkas’, also
with her sister, Mrs. Joseph Confer, in
(Georges valley, and retursed to her
home on Saturday evening last.
at
Pardue,
~The Lock Haven D¢.ocrat says
that where Lock Haven once had twelve
saw mille she now has two, which shows
the tremendous falling off in the lumber
business and the necessity for manufac
tories of some other character.
we Several board walks in town
in a very delapidated condition and are
rendered dangerous by the loose boards
which fly up when trodden opon. Bey
ers] falls have resuited to citizens, but
luckily they escaped serious injuries,
ee Bertha Everett, who left her home
in Philipsburg, t» visit her sister in
Haverhill, Mass, a short time ago, and
was found dead in bed at the Parker
House, Boston, it appears, either blew
out the gas, or turned it off imperfectly,
aod then wentto bed, and was suffocated
by escaping gas.
Some wicked one makes the Mids
dieburg Post believe we were out fishing
one day and didn't get a bite. A contor-
tion of truth, We fished one dar, had
fifty bites, and the result was just fifty
trout. Now who can show a better recs
ord ?
—A son of David Bowers, of Penn
Hall, was kicked in the abdomen by a
horse which he was engaged in unhitch.
ing and wee rendered anocooscious, it was
supposed Le li. received interna! injas
ries which wor | «ent Tuta'ly, but is at
present on a fair wd, 10 “lery,
— Last Friday morning, an extra caf,
with forty-two members of the legisias
ture passed over our road, per the morn
ing train, On » visit to the State College,
Me:=bers of the party informed us they
were pleased with their visit and favor.
ably impressed with the institution,
Representative McCormick accompanied
the party,
The Lewistown Free Press says
James M. Goodhart, after spending twen-
ty-one years in the mercantile business,
retired on Monday morning. Mr. Houts,
is partner, has taken charge of the Iron
Froat store. Mr, Goodhart has not as
yet made up his mind what business
will go into.
Yearick’s livery sale last Wednes-
day and Thursday brought many stran~
gers to town. From Toesday night until
Sunday morning about ten of his horses
mysteriously died, and unpleasant res
marks, as to what caused their death,
has been indolged in. If we had & socis
ey or the prevention of cruelty to ani.
mals they might Jo some effective work
in this place,
we Why ® girl can’t throw a stone,
The difference between a girl's throwing
and a boy's is substantially this: The
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with the upper part of his arm about
arm at 40 degrees. The direct act
throwing is accomplished by bringing
the arm back with a sort of snap, wor
ing every joint from shoulder to wrist.
Toe girl throws with ber whole arm rig
id, the boy with his whole arm relax
Why this marked and vamistakable d
ference exists may be explained by
fact that the clavicle or collar