VOL. LXIV. THE CENTRE REPORTER FRED KURTZ, -~ EDITOR mnt ————_——— oh —————— Democratic State Ticket For Auditor General, ROBERT E, WRIGHT, of Lshigh Co, For State Treasurer, A L TILDEN, of Erie County, Delegates to Constitutional Convention, Chas R. Buckalow. Chauncy F. Black. George A Jenas. Geo. M_ Dallas Samuel G. Thompson, David W Sellers. Henry N. Scott. Robert E. Monoghan. Wm. 3S. McLean, F.M Vaudling. John Latta Rodger Sherman. William Welbe, Thomas Lazare, Bamuel Griffith, Grant Weidman, George W. Zeigler, R. Morgan Root. Democratio County Ticket. For Delegate to Constitutional Convention, ELLIS L. ORVIS. Centre county will give from 800 to 900 Democratic majority in November, — The croaker is one who is jealous of anothers good deeds, and is a failure in all he undertakes. The farmers pay the taxes and the Quay crowd stea! James Schofield 1 making it red hot for ome of his as=ailants in Bellefonte— bis is a lash of scorpions upon their backs. thin Vota for Wright and Tilden and keep the robbers out of office. No thieviog of state . funds with those two mea in office, Democrats attend to this Ler election day, and Centre county will roll ap osaal majority. A movement is on foot to organize a Natiopa! Bank at Philipsburg, with a capital of $50 000, which is nearly all taken in shares of $100. It is of great importance that every vote be polied oa election day. Demo- crates, do vot aliow one to remain away, bat get out the full vote, and the Demo- cratic party is sure of victory. Morrison and Gregg will surely be de- feated if the entire Democratic vote is polled on election day. The people are disgusted with the looting of the state treasury sod a change in its administra tivn is in order, Im ———— The farmer justly complains of high taxes. That's wot the worst—when he has paid his heavy taxes, then the Bardsisys, Boyers, McCamanw, sud the rest of ‘em, steal the money, Vote for Wright and farmer Tilden sad put a Stop to the «tealiog. ————————— The majority of t be senate are in a bad Aix. They would like to whitewash Boyer and McCamaot, bat they know that’s death to go before the people with, Then they pretend they wiil investigate the Bardsley robbery to the bottom, and that wouid put all the bosses to prison. Now wha to do is the worry with them, r———— The supreme court has decided that the directors of a bsok are not lable when it is looted and wrecked, bat that the president of the bauk is the respon. sible party, directors being mere figures heads who never do any directing about the mansgement of the back, The president and other officers are the re Sponsible oves for any crookedness, at Indianspolis, is taking every precan- tion against the inroads of secession, and also to thoroughly weed out the schis- matics now claiming to be the charch After having dealt with the bishops without fear or mercy, it has now de tached every clergyman in sympathy with the rebellious element, and lastly similar action bes been teken with re. gard to church members, making it the law that all who withdraw have forfeit- ed all their rights ia so doing. Here. after no candidate for the ministry will be admitted if he is addicted to the to~ bacco habit, A gigantic irrigation scheme is on foot in Colorado, The Water Storage and Supply company has undertaken the most gigantic irrigation scheme in the history of the west, which means the diversion of the waters of the Grand riv- er to the eastern slope, A tunnel will be bored through the range to tap the stream, and the water conveyed 10 the plains by small creeks and prehistoric streams to a natural reservoir, which will hold millions of galions of water The people of Western Colorado threat. en a law suit if the scheme Is carried out, as the Graod river ix the main source of their water supply, 5 The Governor's Message. The message which Governor Pattison yesterday seat to the State Senate, cons vened in extraordinary session, is re markable, most of all, for the grave matters which are the sabject of it, re- markable for the circumstances which demanded it, and remarkable for the clearness, di.eot ess and forcribleness with which it presents the evidence which has been with such careful, sagac ious judgment and jadicial skill gathered and compressed into an indictment as notable fir its oomprehensiveness as for its overwhelming urray of incalpating facts, circumstances and documents, It should have been, under our law, 1m- possible fr the chisf Magistrate of the State to frame sach an indictment, the circomstiances demanding it should have been simil rly impossible of realiza- tion, and it thounld have been impossible for the Governor, or fur any one, to ar raign with such concisevess and directs ness any public servants who were slect- ed to high position of trust and respon- sibility by the deliberately exercised will of the people. But the indictment has been—had to be—framed, as the cir- cumstances fully warranted it, and the arraignment of the Auditor General and State Treasurer had to be made, in view of the mass of testimony produced which rendered the makiog of it an imperative dnty. There is little in the matter of Gover nor Pattison’s message which is abso lutely new; it is the masterful, honest. fearless manner of the reformulation, the grouping, the placing in natural sequence, the binding together as =a whole of oid matters, nufortunately fami. liar enough to the public through the published proceedings of investigating bodies,” which makes it of such great and common interest, and which gives it character, dignity and impressiveness, Throogh every paragraph of it there shines clearly as truth itself the light ofa high official duty done, of public spirited purpose fulfilled, If this message served no other pur pose than that, which it so admirably serves, of carrying conviction to every intelligent, unprejadiced reader of it of the unquestionable propriety, of the im- perative obligation which Governor Pattison owed to himself, his fellow citi zens and the law to call the Senate to meet in extraordinary sesson to inquire into the “grave charges” so commonly made against the Auditor General and the State Treasurer, to the ead that their innocence or guilt might be estabs lished, its author would still be more than justified in formulating and presens iog it to the public through the Senate Whether or not it is donclusive of the guilt incompetency errors of any one is for the Senate alone, to which body it is adiressed to declare, bul that it gives “ressonsble cause” for and exhaustive inquiry of the subject matters of it may be sathoritatively declared by any one who bas eyes to read sod mind to form a Just opinion. The message cuts the Inst bit of stable ground from ubdet the feet of those who stated or insinuated tbat Governor Pattison bh ad been actust- ed by the basest partisan motive io calling the Senate to meet in extraordinary ses. sion] it not only does that, bat it covers with shame those who #0 impugned his purposes. Governor Pattison needs no testimonials to sustain his charscter for invincible personal or official integriiy, for purity of motive in his public or private acts, for high courage and fidelity to dary. If he did need them, they would be found in his eall to the Senate and in the message which he yesterday sent to it. Itis a message which concerns the whole body of the people of this Com» monweaith and city not less than the Senate that is to pass upon it, —— AAI Mr —————. The Pittsburg Presbytery of the Ref. Presbyterian church has passed the fol- lowiog resolution: “Your committee recommends that the presbytery record its condemnation of all secret societies, whether among farmers, mechanics, or avy other clase, and declare sgainst the propriety of any of our members being identified with such secret organizations, though known as working leagues, or workingmen's associations, Inasmuch as the synod has instructed its standing commitiee to investigate the standing of such leagues and organi , and re- port upon them next year, we would recommend that in any undetermined case, sessions await the action of the next synod.” The report was unani- mously adopted, after which the presby- tery adjourned. Blaine will be a candidate. A gentle man who recently had a talk with Mr, Manly at Augusta Me , quotes that gentle. man as saying that the Maine delegation would not present the name of Mr. Biaine as a candidate before the Res publican pational convention, Mr. Bisive having expressed a desire that the Maine delegation should not make him a candidate and that if, however, his mime was presented by some other delogation and he was nomiosted he would not decline. PA .y An Alleged Republican Deal, Republican politicians ia Washington are boasting that they have arranged a deal with two professional farmers to throw the vote of the Farmers’ Allia ice organ.zation in Pennsylvania this year to D. Mc. Gregg, Qaay’s candidate for auditor general. The names of these two men are Colonel H.C. Demming, of Harris org, and R. H. Thomas, of Me. chanicsburg, Demming has lately taken an active interest in the Farmers’ Alliance organ- ization, and it is said has attained con siderable influence, He is a professional agitator and manipulator and bas in his time played the part of labor reformer, Creenbacker, Republican, Democrat and Farmers’ Alliance man. R. H. Thomas is a gentleman who has been bandliog the grangers and farmers’ organization of the state, whether for disinterested or personxl motives is & question perhaps open for dispute, Iocidentally, be runs a circus at Williams' Grove, out of which he manages to make on farmers, at ten cents a head, aboot $6,000 a year If the boast of these Republican poli- ticians is true that these two men have sold out to Senator Qaay they may find difficolty, now that the deal is made publie, in carrying oat the terms of the contract. It is sometimes easier 10 bay | alleged political leaders than itis to de- liver the voles, A Hint to Cigar Dealcrs. An attache of the Internal Revenue Department drops this warning hint: “The enactments of the sale of cigars ap- pear to be very imperfectly understood by tobscconists and others engaged in their sale, and those who are interested in the matier ought to closely stody some new features of the law oa this subject, For example, a dealer who takes out a handful of cigars and lays them before a customer to choose from, or a saloon keeper who briogs a cigar ou & plate or a tumbler, as most of them do, makes himself liable to a fine of $100 and other disagreeable consequences be sides. The government law says “Cis gars must be sold to the customer direct from the properly stamped box.” — A AI —— Reaper Death. On last Thareday, Oct. Sth, Mrs. Sarah E., wife of John Biegle, died st her resi- dence at Penn Hall, sged 27 years, 8 months sod 25 days. The interment took place on iast Sunday at Madison- burg, the services being conducted by Rev. Addams, of the Reformed church. Mrs, Siegel liugered ebout two years with consumption and took ber bed four days before her death. She was a faith. ful and loving wife and her busband has the sympathy of all hs scquaintances in his bereavement .— Millheim Journal. Presented to the Church, Mrs. Mollie A. Ross presented the Presbyterian congregation with a fine Communion service. It is of silver and six pieces constitute the set, two pistes, two gobists, baptismal bowl, aad piten. or, The sel is of Beavy sliver and is goid toed, Mr. Ross was ons of the most earnest workers in the eredtion ly towards it, .—— sn WHO STOLE THIS MONEY, How a Million Dollar Claim Was Com- promised by a Railrcad Company, The Patriot Monday morniog printed (the following: Tosnight the ipvestiga« tion of the methode and conduct of the departments of the Anditor general and the state treasurer formally begivs. It is likely to be pushed to a speedy cons clusion if only the evidence submitted to the jolut 'egislative commities and the Philadelphis councils committee 'e pre~ sented, Buf the Patriot is of the opinion that other evidence as to the loose methods and “customs” of these departs ments should be offered. Let us give an example. Oo May 1, 1888, Thomas McCamant for the then auditor general made what is known as 8 tax settiement with the Philadelphia and Erie railroad for tax on capital s1ock interest and penalties amounting to abont $1,000 000, due the commonwealth for a period of some nine yeurs. In Januery following the slate treasurer ap- proved this settlement The amount of this claim was based upon the appraised value of common stock and special stock at three and six wills, as per different acts, penalty for not reporting (10 per cent.) aud interest at 12 per cent. An appeal was filed by the railroad com~ pany & few days after the stale treasurer approved the settlement. The usual de lays of litigation follow ed. SETTLED FOR ONE DOLLAR IN TWELVE. In November of that year it was for- mally argeed between the attorney general and counsel! for defendant that the case should be tried without a jury and the records show uothing farther until the entry of settlement is made in March of the present year. Settled for what amount? A claim certified by the anditor general and state treasurer as just and proper, and for which suit was institated by the sttore vey general for $816 922 91, which with interest reached about $1,000,000 settled for less than one~twelfth of this cum, or as the Dauphin county court records show, $75,000, and the commissions of the atiorney geueral $3,750, and cost of suit, $5.00! This was a suit, it will be remembered, against the Phi‘adelphia and Erie Rail- road company, whose road is leased, operated, controlled and virtoally owned by one of the greatest and MOST POWERFUL CORPORATIONS in the Ucited States, the Pennsylvania railrcad company. The amount had been definitely fixed upon, in sccords ance with the laws, by the proper of Boers. The effect of such settlement by these offices is to make a complete prima facie case for the commonwealth #0 that in a suit brought to recover the amount thus adjudicated the common: wealth need only show the record and await whatever answer or proof the des fendaot may have to offer, The record discioses no resson why this esormous sam found to be dae by these officers should bave dwindied down to the paitry amount which went {ato the state treasury. This seems bad enough, indeed, but worse followed. The railroad com- pany paid pearly $100,000 in settlement this amount and the amount that ap- Farmers are Awake, A.L. Tilden, the Dewocratic candi- date for State Treasurer, is very sanguine of Democratic success, and predicts that 8 larger percentage of farmers will ops pose the Republican ticket this year than during the Delamater campaign. He and Robert E, Wright have been through a part of the coal regions and in Bradford county, and the condition of affairs is of the most encouraging kind. The Pian Worked! A western church has originated the ides of engaging a brass band for its San- day services heping thereby to bring in sinners -not in the band, but those who would rather hear a band than a sermon, The first Sunday the preacher was crowded out of his pulpit and was chair The next Sundsy he came ten minutes late and was unable to gain ad- mission to his own church. Bardsley is to be brought before the senate to testify, If he tells all he «~nows, goodoass what will become of the Republican leaders! "honest John" would get lots of company in prison. ————— Democrats, get out the vote. There is only # little over a week intervening until the election and not & mo- meat should be lost in working for the ticket. Get out the full yote and the victory is ours. Judge Orvis is one of McOsmant's| counsel ia the investigation now golog on before the state senate, The two honest men who will not be- tray their trast and oath if elected to office are Wrigut and Tilden. No rob- pears 8 paid on the court records lodged some where! Into whose pockets did itgo? To whose fingers did it stick ? Is this another of tue innocent “customs” that prevail io the management of the finances of the State ? Te Business Men. What would a town be without a newspaper? We have often wondered. The newspaper pushes every enterprise, helps every busioess and stays with every busivess man. And yet there are lots of men who have achieved success by the help of newspaper's gratis work and bave not carried an ad or taken a siogie subscription. Btay with your home 'paper and keep it up to the stand. ard of the best papers by giving it your hearty support. Fine Apples. Miss Ella Hosterman bas presented the Reronres with n basket of as fine apples as one can lay his eyes on. They sre from the orchard of her father, Al fred Hosterman, west of Centre Hill Miss Ella will accept our than ks for the apples. ——————— A ——————— What an Orange Will De. A physician makes the statement that if a person addicted to the use of intoxi- oants will eat an orange a half hour hee fore breakfast every morning for three weeks, he will lose all taste for liquor and gain in bealth sud strength, Likely Lose it All Tne school children of Philipsburg had $2,300 in the Philipsburg bank when it closed {1s doors last week, the entire proceeds of the school savings bank, in troduced in the schools of that place last bery of state funds then. year. One boy is sald to have had three hundred dollars of the fand alone. Society's Curse Bad women, as well as bad men, are doing an endless amonnt of mischief at present in wrecking what might others wise be happy homes, ruining fair pros- pects and putting s'ains on the names of children who feel the blistering effects as they go through the world. One bad woman in the neighborhooq, be she married or single, is capable of a pollo tion in society that can only be equaled in enormity by one bad man, both in the demoralization of the seme characler, and the trouble is that such wretches cannot be properly dealt with until they bave wrought wrecks all around them, and even then there is diffienity in bringing them to the punishment they deserve, These pests of society lay in wait for their prey in all the paths of life, like reptiles crawling among fl .wers, or beasts ready to leap from unsuspected places of danger, There never was a time when society suflered more thau it does now from this source of demorali zation, and the trouble is that protection against it seems to be almost impossible. ~ Daily Gazette. The Gazette sdminis- ters a bard slap in the face to some of its most intimate friends, The Biggest Rattlesnas k Norris Harvey, a resident of Cascade twp., Lycoming county, while traveling along what is known as the Sugar Camp road, killed an immense rattlesnake, which measured four feet and five inches in length and wearing ten large rattles on his tail, showing that the creature bad reached the age of twelve years. Rattlesnakes, it is said, seldom reach = greater length than three feet and the skio of this one has been placed in the hands of a taxidermist who will mount it for the futre inspection and » onder of the public, ———————— - Leck Out for Them. Therg are two scamps who are report. ed to be making a living by watching the papers for estray notices; then go sepa- rately to the person who has taken up the animal, identifying it and selling it to him. When a stranger calls regard. ing an animal you have taken up make him describe the animal before showing it to bim and prove himself 4 responsi ble person before letting him have it or buying it from him, A Bnake Antidets, James Keith, of Penn township Hunts ingdon county, says the best cure be has found for snake poison is lard. Several horses be has had that were bitten by soakes were cured by applying plenty of lard to the wound. He never tried it on & person who bad been bitten, but bas no doabt it would effect a cure, i MI AA Ne Bervioss, No services in the Reformed church next Sunday evening, Rev. Eisenberg will be absent attending the meeting of the Eastern gynod, which convenes at Harrisburg on Wednesday evening of this week, The West Sosquebanns Olassis, comprising in its district Centre, Union and Snyder counties, sends three ministers and three elders as delegates, Caters to Their Wants. People who grumble at a sermon forty minutes long will stacd for two hours patiently listeniog to a political address and yell themselves hoarse beside, The reason is that the preacher is apt to tramp on their corns while the political orator flatters their prejudices, Poser Enough Now. Banker Dill lived like a prince and spent $50,000 a year, Now he is peoni- less and his wife and daoghters say that they will do anything honorabie even to taking in washing, to belp the husband and father out of debt. Rain, Monday morning started in with rain, which is needed to help along the late sowing, and to start the water supply for the approaching winter, There has been no scarbity of water as yet, The rain continued all day Tuesday . Still Nene From Centre Hall, In the list of jurors deawn for the next special and regular term of court, no juror will be summoned from Oentre Hall. Thissamestate of affairs occurred in the list for last term. Is it that there are no available men in our limits, or only s slip of the wheel ? A Short Will, The shortest will on record is in the register's office in Luzerne county, It was written by a blind girl, was probate ed after ber death without question snd disposed of a large estate. It read as fol- lows: “Emily R. Miner is my heir.” 25 Cents Por Day. The County Commissioners propose to reduce the price paid the jail warden from 80 to 25 cents per head for board. ing prisoners. The new rule takes effect January lst 1802, Remedy for Diphiheris The Beientifie American suggests for diphtheria that raw onions be placed in a bandage and beaten into a pulp, the cloths containing onions, juice and all, should then be bound about the throat and well up over the ears. Renewals may be made as often as the mass be- comes dry. In most cases noticed the result was almost magical, deadly pain yielding in a short time to tleepy com~ fort. The editor adds a wish that this remedy might have a wide enoogh trial to fully test its neefulness, ——————— Bkull Fractured. Charles Winners, a puddler st Bellefonte vail works bad bis skull fractured on Tuesday evepiong, and will die from the injuries received. Wiopers was in the act of running an ingot of red hot metal from his faroace to the rol 8, The man whose duty it is to turn the switch failed to do so in time and the heavy iron carrier fell on Mr. Winners hesd knocking bim senseless. He was taken to Garmans’ tiotel where he now lies still npconscious he will recover, tie It is a question if Marriage Licenses. Following is the list of marriage 1i- censes issued duribg the past week from the register’s office Bellefonte: William D, Bartges, of Millheim, and Mary E. Elgin, of Logan Mills. A. G, Gardoer and Emma FE. Bash, of Union township. C.D. Loraine and Katie I. Childs both of Philipsburg, Willism Gisewhite and Cordia Wil. liams, both of Philipsbuag. Guaranteed Cure for La Grip pe. We authorize our advertised druggist to sell you Dr. Kiog's New D.scovery for Consamption, Coughe Colds, upon this condition, If you are afflicted with La Grippe and will use this remedy accord. ing to directions, giving it « fair trial and experience no benefit, you may re. turn the bottle and have vour money re- funded. We make this offer, because of the wonderful success of Dr. King’s New Discovery duriag last season's epidemic, Have heard of no case in which it failed. Try it. Trial bottle free at J. D. Maur ray’s Drug Store. Large size 50c. avd $1.00. Five Tickets to be Voted The election takes place two weeks from Tuesday Five tickets are to be voted as follows: State, Delegates at Large, For or against the Convention, District Delegates aod County. Under the head of the first, the elector will vote for candidates for Auditor General and State Treasurer, under the second, the delegates st large to the Constitus tional Coaveation, third, for or sgainst the Constitutional Convention, fourth, for the district delegates to the Convens tion, fifth, Jury Commissioner. — i —— Approved the Hospital Bite. Gov. Pattison Monday approv-d the report «i ike conmittee on the ¢ rovie insane, in which, 1 #8 the site for the proposed alate hio- «11: a tract of 545 acres, eight miles from Reading on the Lebanon Valley, known as the “South Mountain site.” The price is $77,000. Tg How to Keep Apples. A Chester county farmer of long expe rience says that the best way to keep apples is to allow them to remsin in the orchard as loog as possible. Then pat shelves in a dry cellar and spread the apples upon them. He avers that he never bad apples spoil on his bands when managed in this way, elles Fine Display. The largest and best line of trim gd and untrimmed hats ever opened in his county is on display at Suyder Sist rs, at Bellefonte. All are invited to all and examine goods, style, work nd prices and compare with others. ns A ae Wa ni Read This. When suffering from Malaria or Bilious Fever, don,t wreck your general health with quinine or other nauseaus drugs HUMPHREYS’ SPECIFICS NOS, TEN snd SIXTEEN effect a speedy and per- manent cure, Married. Mr, William Brown and Miss Mary E. Lee, both of Philipsburg, this county, were united in marriage by ‘Squire J. A. Houseman, of Tusseyville, To Start a New Bank. A movement is on foot at Philipsburg to establish a Nationa! Bank there. Ove. fourth of the required capital stock has been subscribed. SE Water Notise. . In order to make repairs on the water mains, the water will be turned off ton morrow afternoon, Friday 23rd, from all south of the Luthdran church, Mr, Will Romick, one of Centre Hall's promising young men, is canvass: ing for a valuable new book; he is relia ble and worthy of patronage.
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