VOL 1XIV.
FRED KURTZ, - - EDITOR
Bardsley's business in the penitentia-
ry is to make small box. 8
Crop prospects from all sections of the
country are very favorable.
The anti-Quay movement in Philadel-
phia is growing—107 names were added
to the list on Monday.
The Northumberland county Republis
tans on first ballot nominated Col. W. H.
M, Oram, of Shamokin, for judge,
Bardsley says Wanamaker had a fin.
ger in the pie, and Wanamaker denies
it. Now take your choice.
Gov. Campbell was nominated for res
election for governor of Ohio on first
ballot yesterday.
The reported failure of the Russian
wheat crop is incorrect, and later re-
ports give a surplus of 64 million bushels
for export—about two thirds of a crop
The Blair county Democratic convens
tion unanimously endorsed the Repub-
lican nomination of John Dean, for a
second term. There should be no party
in the election ofa jndge unless the cane
didate is unfit or unworthy.
Col. McClure seems to have the long
end in the controversy with Nicolay, as to
whether Lincoln waated Johnson or
Hamlin nominated for vice president.
But then it brings us back agsin to the
question: Who the dickens cares which
one Lincoln wanted,
Joon Bardsley, the defaulting city
treasurer was suddenly summoned before
Judge Wilson for judgment, and on mos
tion of District Attorney Graham a sen-
tence was delivered which imposed on
him fifteen years of solitary confinement
at labor in the eastern penitentiary, and
a fine to the extent of the amount of the
embezzlement to which he pleaded guil-
ty.
Col. MeClure and Mr. Nicolay, once a
private secretary to Mr. Lincoln, arehav-
inga newspaper duel as to whether
President Lincoln did or did not want
Andrew Johnson nominated on his tick-
et for Vice President. Nicolay says that
President Lincoln did not wish to have
Johnson nominated, while McClure says
he did and that Lincoln told him so.
Well, now, who cares, at this day,
whether he did or did not ?
The three great banks of Earope—
those of England, France and German y
~beld on the 18th of June $890,217,000
in specie, an increase over the same
date of 1890 of $44,000 000. Of the hold.
ing this year $583 800,000 was gold and
$306,400,000 siiver. This stalement
shows that the fisancia! centers have
got entirely over the trouble which has
disturbed and kept them unsettled for
six mouths after the Barings failure,
and there is not oo the horizon “a cloud
a8 big as a man's hand” to indicate the
possible advent of any sort of flarry in
the early future,
Some of the Alliance cotton raisers in
the South want to withhold the cotton
from the market till its price can be
forced up; and some of the Allisnca
wheat raisers in the Northwest want to
withhold the wheat till they can sell
it at their own price. But the wheat
raisers do not want to pay sny more
than they now pay for cotton, and the
cotton raisers do net want to pay over
the present for wheat. So it goes all
sround. The grocers, tailors, and shoe
makers want bigger profits than they
get and their customers want the goods
st cheaper prices. The house owners
seek to raise the rents, and their tenants
would like to cut them down. So it
goes all around, from Maine to California
from January till December,
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The most important deduction to He
obtained from the annual report of M.
Ferdinand de Lesseps to the sharehold-
ers in the Saez Canal is that the facilities
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gigi
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CENTRE
Holding Farm Products
Referring to the circular purporting to
come from Alliance sources 8s to the
story of holding back wheat and other
farm products to shorten the market,
President J. B, Dines of the national
business agents of the associated Alliance
said that the national officers bad given
some attention to the matter, Mr, Dives
said he did not believe that the move
ment would be general. As the matter
stande now tests are to be made in two
States—Kansas and Georgia, In a sec-
tion of the lormer grains will be stored,
while the farmers of Georgia will hold
back cotton. This movement will have
the cordial support of the United Alli-
ance, and the result will be watched
with interest by the farmers everywhere
throughout the country.
The grand scheme of the Alliance is
to hold back all grain and force up the
price, and when the proper time arrives
to sell, the price is to be set by the Alli-
ance men,
It would be very interesting to see
how sueh a scheme would work. It
does pot seem feasible to the seratin-
izing wind. Many farmers would not be
able to hold back, as their needs would
require turning their crops into money
«oon as harvested,
Ser o——— Aca
Abead in Mining,
Another item in which we lead the
world has been added to the many al-
ready possessed by the United States,
This item is mining operations and
the census report places us far in ad
vance of any other nation.
The report shows that the total value
of the mineral products of the United
States at the eleyenth census amounted
to $556 988 450 the greatest total ever re-
ported for any country, It far outstrips
the product of Great Britain. The total
number of industrial mining establish
ments is given as 30,000. The number of
persons who find employment in mining
industry, 512,114.
The aonual wages paid them aggre-
gates $212,419.80, The capital employe
ed in actual mining operations amounts
to $1,173,000,000,
Such figures are additional evidence
that the United States in the near future
will lead the world in all matters which
gO to make up a great nation.
The Peach Crop.
Lovers of Peaches will lack no abunds
ance of their favorite fruit this year, but
accordiog to all reports the quality will
not be as a good as usual, There is a
great quantity in the market already but
the dealers say the peaches are very
poor and have been picked while still
anripe. These poor peaches come from
New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware,
where the crop this year is very large.
Good peaches are coming from Georgia,
but the crop there is very short and they
will probably not be long in the market.
California has a large crop and very fair
fruit, so that should it not be hopelessly
ruined by a continuance of the weather
of last week a good supply may be look-
ed for from there’ The height of the
peach season will probably be daring the
first two weeks in August,
no sami
Stable Burned,
The large stable owned by A. G, Mor~
ris, at Bellefonte, in the rear of the lime
kilns, was destroyed by fire on the even
ing of the 6th inst. When discovered
the flames were beyond control and ef-
forts only were made to save adjoining
buildings. Three horses, two mules and
a lot of hay were burned. The loss will
be about $1500 with little or no insur.
ance, The fire is supposed to be of an
incendiary origin.
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Arm Sprained.
Mre. John Odenkirk, wife of lands
lord Odenkirk, at the Old Fort hotel,
was unfortunate enough to stumble
while walking through the hotel yard
last week and was thrown to the ground,
receiving a severe sprain of the arm.
~==Mr. Edwin F. Royer, of Tyrone, is
visiting his friends at Potters Mills,
,~=Dr. Hosterman and family, were
in Rebersburg last week visiting.
~The Fourth was very dry in Cens
tre Hall, at least it seemed to be so to
some, who inbibed not a little of the ars
dent.
we Brn, W, Ww. Bayard, of Washing -
ton, D. C, is spending several weeks
with ber parents, Mr. and Mm. M,
Btrohm, at Centre Hill,
we Wm. Messe, of Tasseyville, paid
his respects to our sanctum last week.
He was accompanied by Harry Flesher,
of same place, who had himself enrolled
upon our ever increasing list,
~=On Batarday Mrs, Noll, wife of
Rev. Miles O, Noll, of the Bellefonte Re-
formed Church,
A State Commission, appointed by the
proper authorities, is “viewing the land-
Bcape oer,” for a suitable place to locate
a new Chronic Insane Asylum.
The specifications require “a tract of
land of 500 acres, arable, easy of drain-
age, near a grove, and a good water sup-
ply.” Many towns throughout the Stats
through the agency of their live citizens,
are putting forth vigorous efforts to have
the Asylum located within their limits.
Here is a chance for Centre Hall. No
better site can be found in the State
than many whieh surround onr town
While only one place will be selected, we
trast to the integrity and good judgment
of the Commission that it would not ig~
nore the claim of one like Centre Hall,
the advantages of whose proffered site
could be nothing less than transcendent.
It therefore becomes the privilege, if not
the bounden daty, for those of our citi-
zens, who have at heart the glory and fi-
nancial betterment of oar borough, to
tent men, who shall represent to the
Commission the desirability of the vis
cinity of our borough for the establish
ment of such an institution.
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A Complimentary Outing.
The Reformed ministers in this sec-
tion, comprising Rev's. Black, of!
The New Reservoir,
ork is still going on at the new res-
ervoir np in the mountain, The mas
sons, David Barrell, of Spring Mills;
Barney and Charles Garis, have been
working steadily the last two weeks ups
on the side walls and have reached a
height of about five feet. The reservoir
will be circular in shape and will be
about twelve feet deep. The walls are
built very substantialiy and will be a last
ing job. The entire wall is laid in cee
ment and when completed will be covers
ed over the face with several coatings of
the same. The bottom will be covered
with a layer of finely broken stone snd
the cement of near a consistency of wa-
ter ran in and through. Thus making
it a solid and compact mass.
The job has assumed far more immense
proportions than at first anticipated, and
will not be completed for a month yet at
the least, but we can safely predict that
it will be in running order by Bept. »
Sudden Death.
Mr. Oscar Duck died at his home near
Peau Cave, in Gregg township, on Taes-
day morniog of this week, of inflama-
tion of the bowels, contracted but a few
days previous to bis death, He had
driven up to Centre Hell on Friday even-
ing for a binder, which he bad purchas-
ed and had taken it home and was ens
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Boalsburg; J. R. Brown, of Rebersburg;
Miles O. Noll, of Bellefonte, and 8. H,
Eisenberg, of this place, some time ago
formed themselves into a ministeriam
for the advancement of ministerial work
as well as for social enjoyment. They
have monthly meetings. The last, par
tially in compliment to Rev. and Mrs.
Miles O. Noll, who were lately married,
was given in the form of an outing, on
the summit of our mountain. The affair
proved highly enjovable and will long
be remembered by those present. Mr.
Weber, of Rebersburg, a student at
Franklin and Marshall college, and a
prospective divine, was a guest on the
occasion,
” Sent a White Cap Notice,
J. Miles Kephart, of Bellefonte, was
surprised on Monday morning, when ap-
pearing at his office to find & notice.
decorated with the skull and cross bones,
and the following ominous warning tack-
ed upon his door: “Dynamite and death
Mr. Kepbart, take warn ing before July
18th, and cease to rob the widows and
orphans,” Mr. Kephart is a pension
agent and for convenience sate has es
tablished his office in the Register's and
Recorder's office in the court house. It
is a mystery how the notice was tacked
there, as the court house was securely
locked from Baturday eveniog until
Monday morning when the notice was
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found. ~~
Death In Haines Township,
The death of the estimable wife of Mr.
Adam Bower occurred at her home, a
short distance south of Aaronsburg, on
Thursday, 9th inst. Mrs. Bower had
been in delicate health for a year or
more {rom a complication which finally
developed into consumption, snd ended
her suffering on the above date. She
had been confined to her bed for several
months, but bore it all with true Chris-
tian fortitude. She was the mother of
two boys, who, with her bereaved hus-
band survive her. Hor sge was about
forty-nine years. The funeral took place
on the following Saturday forenoon and
was very largely attended. Interment
being made in the cemetery at Wolfs
church.
A Tally-Ho,
On Tuesday afternoon a tallysho from
Bellefonte, loaded clean up to the muz«
zle with young ladies, drove through our
streets and took the wind out of our
town. They stopped a few minutes at
the hotel, but landlord Bartges having
received a telephone from Bellefonte in
advance, closed his bar to the party and
informed them they had been listed.
They were out looking up a site for an
old maids hermitage,
gaged in setting it up, when he was tak-
en suddenly ill with cramp, which de-
veloped into inflamation of the bowels.
His age was about 32 yeaas. He leaves a
wife and several small children to mourn
his death. The faveral will take place
this, Thursday, morning, Rev. Fischer,
of the Lutheran church, of which Mr.
Duck was a member, officiating,
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Broke In on the Judge.
His honor, Judge O. A. Furst, of Cen.
tresHuantingdon district, made s speech
at the celebration at Bellefonte on the
4th of July. The Judge is 8 fine orator
and a big crowd had gathered to hear
him and the other speakers, The Judge
opened up his volcano of oratory in fine
style and everything presaged a brilliant
effort, Bat the best of us make mistakes
and the Judge made a fatal one in his
opening. In almost the first sentence
he asked—" What are we here for today”
~and before he could answer the quest
tion himself some fellow away back in
the crowd yelled out—*“For Liberty and
our license ?” The answer knocked the
wind out of the Honorable Judge for the
rest of hisspeech. They say the fellow
who gave such prompt answer had been
disappointed in getting license last
spring. ~Curwensyille Review,
Instantly Killed,
Christian Peters, a brakeman on the
B.E.V.R. R, living at Milesburg, while
assisting to shift a freight train at the
“Y” near Bellefonte, on Thursday morn-
ing, July 20d, was thrown from the car
on which he was standing, by a sadden
jar, and fell under the wheels of the
train, and before the train could be
stopped the wheels had passed over him,
cutting off both legs and horribly mang
ling his body. He was a youeg man and
was married, leaving a wife and two
childred to survive him,
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The Largest Gold Coin.
The largest gold coin now in circulas
tion is said to be the gold ingot, or “loot,”
of Anam, a French colony in Eastern
Asia. It is a flat round gold piece, and
on itis written in India ink its value,
which is about $220,
ists AIMS ss a
Wesley Henney, the carriage maker,
has rented his shops on Church street
to Mr. Boop, of Coburn, who will use
them for the manuafacture of his road
carts, Thus a new industry will be
brought within our limits.
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His Body Cut in Two
While shifting cars at Lewisburg, on
Monday morning last at Himmelrich’s
boat yard, Silas Cornelius was run over
by a loaded lumber car and his body cat
Dropped Dead,
Mra. John Homan, while standing in
the door way of her house, at State Cols
lege, on Thursday afternoon, of last
week, suddenly dropped to the floor and
expired. Death probably being due to
heart failure. She was only abou 28
years old and leaves a husband and one
child to mourn their loss, The funeral
of Mrs, Homan took place on Friday af
ternoon and was largely attended.
A 0 MAIO AA SAA,
Burned by Powder,
Frank Orawford, on the evening pre-
vious to the Fourth, while assisting in
in two. He leaves a wife and large fam-
ily.
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Sociable in the Grove,
The Ladies of the Reformed church, of
this place, will hold a sociable in Wolf's
grove, Saturday evening, July 18th. Ice
cream, cake, fruit, and other delicroies
will be served. All are cordially invited,
. Opening of School.
ExvCounty superintendent Wolf will
open a six weeks’ term of school at
Mills, ; *
Sting a Somaisncing 08 Manday
WITH A CASUAL GLANCE.
The “Lounger” In His Musings Touches on
Various Topics,
Apropos of the royalty gambling scans
dal much js being said about the game of
baccarat. This is unbecoming, for if
there ever was a game less worthy of
discussion and indulgence it must have
been when civlization was 8 novelty.
For downright stupidity, for utter lack
of anything that smacks of cleverness,
baccarat stands alone, Bkill has no
place in the game at all; it isa game =f
chance, pure and gitple and a distress-
ingly poor one at that. I am glad to Bay
it never found favor in this country,
Anglo-maniace though we be called and
possibly not without some reason, we
have not retrograded to the extent of
enjoying that flippancy snd vacaity of
mind which the Koglish royalty exhibit
in their favorite game at cards.
We Americans, at lesst the majority
of us, can find little pleasure in any
amusement where skill and ingenuity
are not anvaniageous. A scientific game,
which is, of course, free from gambling is
a resuscitator to the mind as well as a
legitimate pastime, but the excuse that
anyone can give for wasting time on
baccarat which is analogous only to
matching pennies—mere child's play—
will go for little, Whist and poker will
long aindure as the favorite card games
on this side of the Atlantic.
For whist a mathematical turn of mind
is desirable, a good memory and the
power of rapidly utilizing reason. Poks
er, that much abused diversion, holds
the indisputable right to the title of the
“greatest American game,” While a
great amount of luck attaches to it possi-
bly grester opportunities are afforded
for the employment and display of skill
than any other game extant. An “in.
ventive genius” has much room for his
abilities. A good understanding of hus
man nature, its idiosyncrasies, a keen
perception and the ability to think rap.
idly are the telling weapons. When you
encounter & man thos fortified unless
you are his equal or enjoy being unmer
cifully beaten take my advice and do ss
Artemus Ward said, “pass in your
checks,” and wait for another but less
formidable antagonist,
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Did you ever notices woman in the
act of mailing a letter ? You know a
woman deems it a positive necessity to
have her hands fall when promenading.
Either an umbrella or a parasol in one
band while the other serves as a giove
rack. These sccoutrements are the abs
solutely necessary ones, but I should do
ber an injustice if I left the list at those
two. Packages, trinkets, papers, novels,
and the like, are almost as usual to her
proper bearing.
Thus weighted down, she usually finds
aa ber last daty on the morning's shops
ping trip that she has a letter to be mail
ed. She enters the postoffice and walks
directly to the ladies’ window, (if there
be any other) and asks for a stamp,
Then the trouble begins, Her purse is
in that skirt which is the hardest to
reach. She sweats, but finally discovers
it, and panting draws it out of the deep
folds, and finds that she has nothing
less than a dollar. She apologises. She
is conscious that there is another anxs
iously awaiting her departure from the
window and too that the postmaster is
getting weary, very weary, Her parasol
standing against the counter fal's to the
floor with a bang. She reaches for it
and her oxidized silver bracelets slip off
her wrist and fasten themselves on the
parasol. The customer awaiting her
leave begins to get feverish and impets
uous. In the turmoil she has mislaid
her pocketbook; her change lies on the
window awaitiog her grasp. The post
master becomes fidgety and endeavors
to assist her, but she is too badly floes
tered to even appreciate his kindness,
and soappishly informs him that she
“ean sitend to her own ‘ things.” Ultis
mately she regains her usual status and
dignity and, collected, strolls out into the
street, enjoying the affair no doubt,
rather than raving over it,
re
#aid, “Do you know how much tobacco
seed is required to the acre 7” I answer
ed negatively but signified my willing
ness to guess, and said that I sapposed
a quart would be sufficient. He laughed,
I said two quarts. After 1 had augu~
mented the amount of my guesses severs
al times to his intense enjoyment, he
informed me that a teaspoonful was quite
sufficient. “Now,” he eaid, “if I showed
such utter ignorance of city affairs as
you have of rural, I should be called a
‘bay seed,’ a ‘jay,’ and the like, but to
you no corresponding derisive epithets
are atlached—it is oonsidered rather
smart thing to be ignorant of coun-
try doings.” And was he far wrong ?
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JACK'S WAY,
Yes, Jack could do almost anything, and do it
mighty well,
What he knew would fll ten volumes: what he
didn’t-who could tell?
His temper was angelic and his longue was
always kind
As a Pah snd jolly joker his match was hard to
He buzzed and hustled round and round, and yet
"Ywas very funny!
Ha never did and never would £0 in for makin’
money.
Now when it came to farming, he knew
why
The crops were light, the prices low, the, senpons
wet or 4
He often told
re
exactly
the village merchant how to run a
#lore,
And showed the parson just the way to make the
devil sore;
"Twas ine to hear the shrewd advice bhewas fory
ever givin’,
And yel—io save his life—the man could never
8 lvin’,
The you diphtheria, scarlet fever and the mes
S38 Crime
He never tired of showin’ where the doctors were
to blame
And when he talked on teschin', botel
and the law,
You know'd ‘twar all compressed within the
oom pass of his jaw:
Of ali the men you ever seed he seemed the mont
desarvin’,
Though—while he seldom paid a dcbt—his fami
¥ was starvin’,
keepin’
He'd lend the clothes from off his back, then turn
around and borry,
But before you got Jou own returned you'd be
both med and sorry,
"Twas thus he buzzed his way through
iife, & puz-
zie and 8 care,
Without a foe, he made his friends and relatives
despair,
And then outlived them sll and died in peace at
seventy-seven ,
He made no money bere below, he'll do without
in heaven.
~Broume Porviman in Yankee Biode,
Have you ever known s “Jack 7” The
world is full of them. I know several
men who can tell you more about theols
ogy than Dr. Briggs, more about medis
cine than a university professor, more
sbout politics than a “boss,” and as to
running and editing a paper, why that's
just his hold. They are very wearisome.
They imagine the world owes them a
living. They are always poverty siricks
en and not a few are like Micawber, als
ways waiting for something to “turn up.”
They are the victims of circumstances;
their talents are unknown snd hence
not appreciated. Bat, “God made them,
80 let them live.”
Lovsgen,
wer, Willis Rishel! and lady, who
bave charge of the Coburn hotel, gave
our sanctum & call, The number of
guests at their hotel last year, was over
1800,
~ Mine hos: Brandon, of the Brock«
erhofl house, is wie prime ver for the
Bellefonte race course, aud means busi.
ness, He bas first class ideas upon all
that is useful.
~Mrs. Grimes, of near Centre Mills,
azad about fifty years, while visiting at
Sol. Maurers, near Mackeyville, was
found dead in ber bed on the morning
of the Sth inst., heart disease being the
cause of her death,
~—Fine weather for getting in wheat
and hay, the past ten days. The quality
of the wheat is excellent and the crop
will be an average one to say the least.
The hay crop is large enough to answer
all wants and it was housed in good cons
dition,
~=No shelf worn stock is thrust upon
customers at A. C. Mingle's shoe store,
Bellefonte. His large trade enabies him
to constantly keep new goods, and ale
ways of the latest styles and at very
moderate prices, as all costomers admit,
~=Buckxmir Usivensiry Lewisburg,
Pa. John H. Harris LL. D,, President.
=A school for all. Five Departments: