YOL. LXY.
THE RELORTYER
The CENTRE RETORTER,
Vir. Gn.
ste, enters its 65th volume, and greels
its readers ina new dress and other ime
provements, wishing all a happy New
Year,
The RerorTER has always aimed to
please, and advocated what it deemed
was right and for the interests of the
people,
able to displease some, vet it is gratify-
ing for us to know that the masses look
upon the REPORTER as unswervingly
to the right,
devoted and deserving
> x EVE h x si
their confidence. This has given it a
deserved bifluence with allfairminded
inthe future,
men, We will endeavor,
to hold this confidence of our readers,
hy? following in the same path—the
toal of no man, no faction, and disap-
proving the wrong in men and meas-
ures, in whatever party found.
We will toil on to please and to de-
The
RErortTer will never be found on the
serve the support of the people,
side of bad men and measures or the
champions of the same, and we can
point with pride to its past in this
=
gard. May we ask a liberal support
for 1802
We Ap oy
Happy New Year to you, Gov. Hill
You were the right man, in the right
at the right time.
a
Quay says if the Republican conven-
place,
tion were held tomorrow Blaine could
be by acclamation.
» -> -
sherman has the long end
tor, in Ohio, over Foraker.
“tek is not as high as Eliza
«tock in the Buckeye state.
a
nominated
Meta.
Firealirn
Pinkston
for
-
Fhe Harrison administration i= work-
ing to down Quay. May it succeed,
Luny ix
Harrison
to defeat
May he
lnying his plans
for a renomination.
SHOE
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ne four places in the world
all the
te the sterner Lh.
Of Li
where women have
t are given
Man.
changed the
The other
Ieehind
voting
rights tha
Isle of Its name should
Isle of Man and
three places are
is the
we fo
LiL.
Wan
Wyoming
I«land.
and Piteairn's
- oo. -
And the
school teachers done that
the ut
seekers? They are not
aid would man the offices better
have Democrat
the
them
what ive
of
\
oliiee
saint
focizellic RIWeTrs as
carpet baggers
than
the GJazetls recent favorite officials who
did no credit to themselves or the coun-
ty. Any one of our Democratic school
teachers is the peer of the man who
strides the editorial tripod of the (/a-
rift,
a -.
The Republican organs bewail it vers
much that Gov, Hill has lost the es
tee of many Democrats, for the de-
termination he displayed in prevent-
ing their party from stealing the New
York legislature. All the Democrats
who find fault with Gov. Hill for hie
firmness, any Republican can pick up
on & needle and put them in his eve.
nl
The year 1801 will be noted for its
bank failures and to the ruin of indi
viduals consequent thereon. Thou
sands have lost their hard earned dol
by the raseality of bank officials,
misery has driven many of the
Hed ta suicide. Laws are needed
10 PRotect depositors beyond a risk.
Bai ing business is quite too one sided.
iy ou borrow a dollar you must first
Di¥e the best of seeurity. If you have
BW dreds or thousands on deposit you
# aothing Int a certificate. There
“hid be a system of mutual security,
for what is fair on one side, is fair on
the other, and we think there is room
here for wholesome legislation to Pro.
tet depositors,
ome
a d
awit
oy -
Westmoreland county has a jury
earpmissioner who has no flies on him.
Jury Commuisdoner Kepple was elected
last teria by o large vote. He lives
near Leechburg. Usually it takes
about two weeks for the Westmore-
Inud county Commissioner to fill the
Jury wheel. Mr. Kepple consumed
the entire term of three months at the
work, owing to his residence boing so
far from the county sent,
I has developed that Mr. Kepple, in |
coming to the city, does not take
drive of two hourt across the country,
but he drives two miles to the railway
the Pennsylvania railroad to Groene |
burg. As he is paid six eentsa mile for
mileage, in addition to his daily salary |
the mileage bill is 4 large one, and he
goes home by the same roundabout
way, Mr, Kepple's last bill rendered |
for mfleage was for 3.400 miles, the
greater part of it ledng consunudd in
east railroad riding 8 long way about
to rench this city, He has the joke on
the taxpayers, however, and purses
® sven tenor of hh roundabout way,
THE NEW ELECTION LAW,
The machinery be used in cons
dueting elections in Pennsylvania Is
now being selected by the authorities
in power for the purpose under the Bae
ker ballot law, "and when the
‘and tables to be decided Upon are name
to
hoot his
Led by thi State Tlovernment the sume
{ will he used at every voting place in
the State ot all futur The
duty of deciding on the this
machinery or furnitare
dy, to
dions,
of
has but one ob
the
ter beyond the over-awing
influence of any woof
and to afford him every faeility
hiz convietions and his
len
make
Jeet in view, nam of Vie
control
mal of = Hen,
to vole
prefer Nees as
and candidates the
all tieket< printed by
furnishing the
ull
spurious tickets
to measures By
process of having
authority of
voter at bat one
triek« in the
are
law, and
sOnre
of
by impos
There
ous tickets admitted
i suppiy,
another
ballot,
the
ever
of supply,
way
Overcome ibility of suc-
il be
to the
man
eos therein, wi no spuri-
of
how
=OUuree
tell
appearance of his
ol
has
and no 11
Volos hy the
This
hallot
will guard the seerecy
more rigidly than it
such an advantage in
enjoyed
furniture to he
elect fons
Pennsylvania, The
used in futur in this State,
and the situation in which the citizen
fo de
all
old
atir-
is placed at the monent he ix
against
The
Hworkers
posit his ballot, guard him
interfe by outsids
pi
rounding
fort to foree
ein T=.
actice of a crowd of
nt on anol
ticket into his
No outsider
tick
and we
a voter, each inl
a certain
11 4
hands, will be abolished.
will be allowed to carry ets to sup-
fake it
fosed
abolish-
ply voters therewith,
| TE p 31% $30} 4
the custom of sending tickets ene
itizens will In
inne is to Ix
pa
of booths
fiexet il
the
res that
which
are to order built and where no eurious
Ther
' '
ViVi
i 1 §1
an Fi HL MO.
ful
I= enftoreene
and fair all
However
51 to impossible
over
come regard it as
tO originate an sys
ni effective enon Oo Cir
t
people
elections.
Himvent
and fraud in
O51 Cor
Ei
bent ruption
hictnape,
a.
NEWYORK ELECTION CONTEST.
The ole C1100 « New York
have il avor of the Dem
ag appeal This
Democratic
“tate
ontests in
2
Pie ££ ided i 3
the court of
lewislatur
hy
makes the in
ana makes the
Democrat
both hotises,
sw th
By
mander the
(Er.
% for
tain fi
;
¥
1802. i
fan unjust Republican gerry.
Democrats for many vears
have been deprived of their just repre
i
sentation in apportion. elstricts,
congressional and legi
tho the popular vote I
Democratic yet the
vented them from electing their fair
share of congressmen and members of
the state legislature. This thing will
end now, The state will be re-distriet-
the after many
years of wrong will get their rights
and are likely to keep them too, for
many years to come. Count the Fm
pire state in the Denmoeratie electoral
colum, hereafter, anid soon too she will
have two Democrats In the U7, KB Hey.
ate. It is a hitter dose for the Hepub-
Heans, hut they must take it. Right
has trivmphed in theend. The Demos
erats carried the state Inst fall by 50,000,
"a. .
The Supreme Court rendered a deel
*and al-
oh
largely
gerr, aander pre-
ed and Democracy
keepers will do well to paste in their
hates, The decidon is to the effect
that the statute making saloon-kKeepers
responsible for damages for injuries re
sulting from the sale of liquors to in-
toxicated persons is good law and cap
able of enforcement. The case in qlies.
t{on was against an | llegheny county
saloon-keeper who furnished one of
his intoxicated customers with “liquor
enough to make him very drunk.
While in this condition he fell into a
gutter full of water and eontracted
pneumonia, from whieh he died. The
of
f= groowd
damages. The court last resort
decides that the law and the
verdiet must stand. Tt is probable that
Canny lieensed liquor dealers were
unaware of the existence of this law,
but they should be ignorand of it no
tonger. The only rule of safety is to
refuse positively to sell to a person who
| has haul enougly, and the man who ex.
ft | hibits the first signs of intoxication
{has had enough.
§
. a
ASOLDIER ON PENSTIONK,
tone wing of Sherman's army in the
match from Atlatta to the sea, takes
| vigorous ground against pension ex-
| travaganee in an article in the January |
| Forum. Tholigh there is no precedent
{ment in this particular, he reenlls the
| 1884,
| wadd:
“1 recommend that an annual in
mpction shuld he made in i Ktate
into the elreumstances and elalms
every person now drawing a pension,
The honest veteran hax not fear
from such scrutiny, while the fraudu-
lent claimant will be detected and the
public treasury relieved to an amount
I have
than hax heretofore been « ispected,’”
The purpose
Grover Cleveland in his pension vetoes,
which brought down on him the bitter
anbmosity of the Grand Army, to
the honest veter
Jackson would have done,
to
reason to believe far greater
whole intent and of
Wilk
protect wn, just
from
ciation on the pension rolls with frauds
ae
HRRO-
and bummeoenrs,
or Hitt
he
arrest the
hix
Halt,”
st ld
attention of thinking people
the
for the coming fiscal y
the
be res tired.
ed for by the pension
have S204, 000.000 as the
that is
carry on thu
General Slocum heads
paper “Time to Call » atid
makes out a case that =h
To met
requirements of the government
ol
will
R147.000 000 cull
ear, exclusive
sinking fund over S41,000,000
Deduct
mind we
=tm total of all
pensions excepted,
nt.
burean
needed, Li
the
extravagant basis fixed by the Harrison
How this
costs other
of t
General Sloe
SOVEernnm even on
administration. COM PATes
with whut it governments
soldiers |
In
3, O00) On:
LE
to take ear heir veteran
shiown by nn. Crrent
i
. i
it
Britain it is we than #
i
= 857.000:
Mustria,
SIS NK) LEK:
Franee it ix in
many,
S10, 0K 000: S12. 285.000, and
id
wo ANE
in
Hussia, making a gray
* 1 h n 3 48 - $ ¥
Wind Jor thse countries of 8838
an Go
raised
thie
eo i} less than is to tw
the same in
Hex
{
Yd WI rose
niteed Sa
- - hd
Fhe Was
Pittsburgh
i
hington core spond nt
the Dispateh, taking the
Plumb ols He 3 text, everely
aries
criticizes the ostentation and pomp
which chat natorial funerals
I neiden he declares that democrat.
ie simplicity is rapidly disa
Wa
; tired
iN Srey
Pix wring
that
all the
from siiington, and
there taking on
acteristi
The I
affairs
"ad to roval cour
appertaining
Sis + Feunt
On ii HVE
i and
to t their
fhe
take Own
sirtied sham
aristocrat
congressional Mune the worst
ure about them is not thie ation,
hut
ir ostent
rather the satuirnalin
distinguishing
that the
exception to the
which i= usually
it is
to Kansas will ix
feature. not | ly trip
an
disgraceful ruk
- - -
On Monday in Clearfield court Judge
a decidion with reference
Brooks
which
Krebs filed fo
the
law by ti
Nn Ri
amendment of the Hoon
¢ last legislation in hie
3 . of 1 2
the court can correct clerionl
tT ol
it
held that
1
CITOr® Ven in an a asset y
where a= it is written involves a
manifold absendity and the error is
held that
ax the amendment speaks of tl
plain and obvious, He also
welghth
» Brooks retail act is
the only liquor law that has more than
an
The conclu-
section, and as the
three sections it cannot be amend.
ment to any other law,
sion i= that the law, in
spite of legislative and
liquor dealers may secure their bonds.
men in any part of the county.
amendment is
carelessness,
— .
Who Hes Taken It 7
Rome time ago the Chester Iron Com-
pany, of Chester Pa.,
shipped to Carnegie, Phipps & Co., at
Pittsburg, a casting in one piece weigh-
tirely Jost sight of, and no trace has yet
been discovered of its whereabouts,
a
The Costa DHvided,
ed a novel verdiet,
defendant not guilty
the costs were divided into four parts,
The
onefourth, the
of the charge,
wax directed
defendat
prosecutris
fourth, and the Justice of the Peace
w ho made the return one-fourth,
Wy —-
Irie pod of By the Sheriff
On Wednesday of last week, Sheriff
Ishler sold the personal property of the |
Bellefonte glass works at sheriffs sale |
to Mr. Philip Kephart. The clothing
store of Henry Lehman, in Philips.
burg, was also disposed of for twenty
thousand dollars,
we Woy.
Just nh Word,
Parties sending personals to the Reel
ronTER office for publication would |
confer a great favor upon us hy having |
the names plainly written and legible,
This week we were unable to publish
several just for the reason that they
could not be deciphered.
ad wisn
The New Postal Cards.
The new United State postal enrds
are a great improvement on the old
There are two sizes, the largest
ing. The portrait of General Grant
| ndorns the right hand corner of each,
Ci se
well OUT pork and beef ta. P,
Long, Spring Mills,
re The renson we lead the shoe trade
is because we best satisfy the people
for a genuine bargain. Single Belle
fonte,
JANUARY WEATHER VORETOLD,
Bev. Ira BR. Hicks
»
Rev,
kes
Maps out the Elements
According to his own Ideas,
Ira Hicks in Word and Words,
the following i of
January weather:
swedictions
H“Junuary willeome in with storms
the
The
before
of the
the
will
nhont
of rain and snow, advancing from
of the
which
western continent,
part
WHrn wave alwavs vo
regular storms will eon iionst
1
central and eastern sections, but
approach of 4 marked cold wive
be noted in the
the Sd, the storms will have well [hits
ed off to the At and cold
will dominate generally behind the
fo
the gr
i i uk
wi
northwest,
1s
Hy
Inntic, bitter
i.
Exposed regions are likely titer
from the ail af
cold
SOVEre Bloris
following this
frie
I Iw
I rion SEH] he
sparntions and tehifuln
ly, About the 6th the re
movements will bring a rise in
Lisi i
tionary
the ret
followed
cold t
ward |
Pith ist of
pi rio next following Abont
ith a le i
ther and pg
temperature with rain
West
ith
in the
faisolt
and snow, to be
by renewed he
adding: east ater,
The
«lori
mp
he central Hid
fi WwW barometer
Wi
regions
noticed in
sors
north
“er (hiny « with south
H enstward and
h these wenther co
Virsasd {had
Orns
Atlas
reached
“The next mx
fey O° ccd
$58 0, RARE
Venus disturbane
edd bw 5
us it is
w
days centering al
morning of the 20th,
fact,
tendency 1
which
PY
her fact that it is
of the Venus
disturbances
Earth
month
eXreimne
insur vs marke ad
we earth and atmosphere,
Th
of hard
Equinox,
in ti
shakes need not surprise,
will end in the midst
freezing.”
poly
Railroad Men Stricken by Grips
A dispatch from Willlamsport dated
Dee, SOVEIILY
five and one hundred employees of the
Eastern Division of the Philadelphia
| & Erie Railroad are laid off with the
grip causing mitich trotible to the rail
road company in the handling of
itraffic. Nearly all of the Electric Rail-
way's employees have been afflicted,
The sudden change in the weather hus
20th, says that between
caused a great increase in the number
which are estimated
fully 1000, The doctors are almost un-
{able to respond to all the ealls sent in
{for thelr
i of cases, ow ut
services,
La —
Thrown From a Baggy and Killed.
| A young man named Henderson was
‘thrown from a buggy and killed, at
{ Brishin, Saturday night. He was
{driving around a street corner and the
buggy wheels struck the carb of the
his head and breaking his neck.
ce .
Look aut for Him.
A slick-tongued swindler is abroad
| among the farmers in surround ing
j counties selling them twenty-five |
| pound cans of coffie for a ridiculously
| small sian. When the farmer gets his
ean he finds instead of coffee,
i needy browned navy beans with a lit-
tie coffer essere powdered over them.
eo.
Wedding Invitations, etre.
siitable for printing wedding invita.
tions, ete, and carry in stock finest |
grades of paper for same. Our work
we guarantee ne first-class nnd at low
prices,
oe.
Cleared Over $60,
The ladies of the Lutheran church
by means of a festival held on Christe
mins and day following, cleared over
£60. The ladies were well patronized
in their efforts and feel grateful for the
service thus " retulere,
a sia fl Coli ea
1892,
CHILI HASTENED.
OUR GOVERNMENT
HAND.
SHOWS ITS
The i
Gee
nited states Demands Satisfaction nt
and will Stand so More Blatling
From that Country
The United States gunboat York
town arrived ax Valparaiso on Nov.
saluted the Chilian
wdmiral of the
on entering port.
to the Baltimore
Her ¢
intends
liberty
ili=
ber 30, Rhe flag
aiid alzo the Cierinuan
sijundron she an-
ahout
tu
chored olow fH
mile off shore,
tain i
ashore
hut the
first to
| {
Moni
onander P-
send his
within
Vals, £4] Hien
el # few days,
intendente will he requested
afford them police protection,
Jet
is
ou Sinles eraser
veral days and
Valparaiso within a week.
d that the Balth will
ordered to proceed to Ban Franeisco
arrival of
has not been on a dry
i THE Boston
video
ol at
Up pos
Ng nun,
hare
witer the the dostion The
tinore dock
Valparaiso
aceommondats
aid the dock in
Var,
TH IY grit enough fo
sip of her tonnage,
y Behiley had divers at work
Itimore for over a month,
bottom was cleaned as well as
done that
off” thi
i
bent taken off,
otidad Iu Int in
paint
Way,
barnacles the
HOOKING
Has nis aid it is nec
thint thu ship in painted before
eilieet
in
wialer has too
stored
great an
3
side, Ran Franci
WEY
port in whniecn to
d
, and i is SUL HO
arrive there about the 1
There seems (0 Ix tioth-
nt time to indicate tn
Lieriean
IGATION
which was
jar mil TY
United Stat
Chiltan authorities
‘
it ore
goss Poa ris \
MESITORILE INN IR
thi
ie
¥3auld 3 0sazsa
aitinum
before
Prim
prog
i
Judge ourt of ering in
mraiso, Captain Schley was re
questi] to send his men boefors Lim
iv and
that
proceedings
the
thelr testimony, the
condition which he imposed,
of his officers attend the
fx interpreter for
ae pled,
Ge
Ameri
Lieutenant
who ix famil.
ors, was
thie
§
Baltimore,
. has
tiie
Npanish language
mstant attendanoe st
i weipal dispute has Ix
f the
ter of
of the viet
wi Over
woiind received by
The Ame
Was
Regrins, om
is,
ericans have claimed that he
Kills
dnony
the
named Jolin.
the
nt a policeman advances
rifle in
and fired at them twice, Reggins
from a Knife
Was oarrving
One ball from the
policeman’s rifle passed through the
collar of Johnson's shirt and entered
Reggioe's neck, killing him instantly,
The shot was fired at such close range
that Johnson's shirt was powder-burn»
ed. The Chilian officials have claime
ed that the appearance of Johnson's
clothing indicated that the shot had
been fired from a revolver, while the
and « and
test
sO,
by a policeman,
of a comrade
who was with Reggins at
time, shows tl
ed upon the men with a his
hand
then
was insensible
wound, snd Johnson
him to a drugstore,
more made some experiments by firing
at a piece of eloth at close range with
a rifle and a revolver,
THE POLICE DID THE SHOOTING
The results of this experiment was
laid before the court yesterday and the
appearance of the cloth which had
been fired at with a rifle corresponded
exactly with the appearance of John-
son's clothing, Both Dr. White and
Dr. Stitt of the Baltimore have deserib-
ed before the court the character of |
have shown that a number of the!
wounds were made by the bayonets
carried by the police, and the testi!
mony of the men themselves shows |
that the police did use the weapon on |
them.
There has been nothing of special |
Jmportance at Santiago for several
weeks past, AJ at the American |
legntion therdiil
(sane condition as they have
since the close of the war in August
last, The Chilian goverpment has
given no intimation that it intends to
| release the refugees or grant them safe
| conduct,
An incident occurred a few days ago
which shows with what zeal the ree
fugees are being watched, One of the
{ men, who had been living in asylum
| at the American legation for several
months, left there last week and went
to his home, which is only two doors
{ feonn the legation. The spies around
the legation discovered this, and while
they made no fmmediate attempt to
urrest im, they blockaded his house
NO.
porter of the present government,
ARKESTED AM A SPY.
As the deputy was leaving the house
| he was arrested by a spy in front of
‘the door. The man informed him
that he was spy and that
he had orders make the ar
All the members of
gress in Chill are exempt from arrest,
aid the deputy Immediately retalin.
Led by arresting the
i
t
i
rest, iri
EPpy.
A half dozen other spies came to his
disturbance
his
identity and gave his prisoner in charge
the
that
Known, A few
hued left
toed
mek,
that
luntarily
and
arose, but the
assistance quite a
deputy established
who took
the
was made of him is not
hours later the
asylum at the legation
r Egan
Minister Ew
had left the
he was unable
us the
him lo
disposition
of a policeman,
sintion, where
lis
Min-
Hut
fae
and
man who
Pegi
fists to escort hin
(ry
i notified him
legation vo
to escort him back to it,
extend
right of asylum did not
that far.
Thanksgiving das ol wiory ed
Wilks
the American sailors in Valpariso bay
# number of boat races aud a dinner
aboard the Balt
of th
Jaltimore
the
ports at the tine,
fq
iy
given itaore tothe con
CIewWs
The }
were
peting Freneh men-of-
war. and three French
vessels only men-of-war in
and invitations were
not extended to the Chili slips to Lady
part in the races, but st the invitatis
il
i
(hilian
abwaard thie Balts-
JAhe The
ti
thre
Captain Sehley verml
mi
naval officers went
jnore and witnessed race
Americans won aud
Frenchmen one,
A
AVTER 44 YEARS
Mr William Wolf retires from the
tile Bosiness
On January Ist, Mr. Will
of the firm of
merenans
Merean.
Wolf,
Wn
froan
iam
sMALIOr member
Wolf &
the firm.
son,
Fran
wen employed . the firm in capacity
of clerk, fis
Crawlord,
retired
{'rawford, who has
into the
a Woll &
Wolf still
this
young
has gone 1m which
i= now known
Mr. J. Witmer
and in the futur
remaining,
will
tisiness
iF
gentlemen,
been engaged
for
and for many years occupied the store
hotel, afterwards remove
ing to the present location.
- - —
A Brakeman's Initiation,
conducted by thus
Mr. Wolf had
mercantik
in the
Dsl ness aver MH vears
room in the
CGuite an amusing incident recentls
of trod ona certain railroad running
Harrisburg, says the Telegraph, of
It was
11S
brakeman's
first trip and the conductor had quite
that city. i ew
a time instrocting him before the train
pulled out. As he
had quite wl
“When come fo a station,’
conductor said, “the brakeman in
car ahead will open the door and call
out the station and vou call the same
atyour end.” In a few minutes the
train steamed into a station snd the
brakeman in the car ahead opened
the door and called out the name of
the town.
The new brakeman stood waiting at
his post, mouth opened, and with one
long breath yelled at the top of his
voice. “The same at this end! The
same at this end!” The passengers
were so surprised at first they held their
breath, but when the situation was
grasped there was great laughter and
confusion. The next fifty miles was
spent in great hilarity. One of the
he
remember.
the
the
Was a greeny
a good deal to
we
ous laughter by repeating “The same
station. The
poor brakeman though it a most severe
initiation, and will never forget his
first day as a passenger brakemsn.
os A A AA.
Happy Hoosiers.
Wm. Timmons, Postmaster of I oa
ville, Ind., writes: “Electric Bitters
has done more for me than all other
medicines combined for that bad feel
{ing arising from Kidney and Liver
{trouble.”” John Leslie, farmer am
| stockman, of same place, says: “Find
| Electric Bitters to be the best Kidney
| and Liver medicine, made me feel like
ia new man.” J. W, Halston or, hard.
| ware merchant, same tow, says: Ele
| trie Bitters is just the thing for a man
{who i= all run down and don't onre
| whether he lives or dies; he found new
| strength good appetite and felt just
like he had a new lease on life. Only
Se. a bottle, at J. D. Murray's drug
| whore,
MS
Parmer institut :
A farmer institue will be held at
Howard, this county, on the 5th and
6th of February, beginning Friday
morning, Feb, 5, at 10:30 o'clock. The
sessions will be held in the Methodist
church. All the sessions will he oo
cupied in a profitable manner, Kv
body is invited to be present.
nt ibssoion A a wi %
wee Liang stock of clothing for
boys and children. —C, Pp. Long, Bpr
Mills, :
woe When you want a shoe that will
give you satisfaction both in price a
ny Ro to Mingle's shoe