YOL. LXYV.. 1892, Things look very Chili just now | with prospect of het ahead. —— Announcement will soon be made of the killing of the Delaware peach erop, - ° -. The National Guard of our state has announced its readiness to have a brush with Chili. yy Candidates for the fall nominations, in our county, are getting on the race- course, Wy If the McKinley bill had taxed the grip it might have been Kept out of the country. -~ » — The Harrison administration cannot be a big thing on ice if Quay could lick it at the Philadelphia primaries, ~ > - A cave with a pure silver lining is the latest discovery reported from Vir- ginia, Clouds with a silver lining are a common thing. - > — The feeling of the Democratic mass. es regardless of presidential predilec- tions, is in favor of Mr. Kerr's continu- ance as State chairman. py Don’t be alarmed about war—the speck now on the horizon will disap- pear inside ten or fifteen days. The REPORTER predicts there will be no war with Chili. Af —_p Republican organs are sneering at Holman because he in- economy in the The billion dol- lar congress was hurled out of power CONngressman tends to inaugurate publie expenditures, by the people because of its monstrous extravagance, and now the organs of Wwform to it are jealous of the be in- troduced by the Democratic house. - . -. If the Republican organs want text for a homily ing let them look to Ohio, a upon gerrvimander- where the cut- ting the map up into a Chinese puzzle in the representatives of their party are or a crazy-quilt endeavor to make sixteen sure (on- gressional districts out of the twenty- If did not protest against this sort of thing what tepublican one, President Harrison Perhaps it is only that had he in mind? Democratic wicked in this view, - . -e in gerrymandering Pardons has issued a the chief features of which are that the Board will meet in The Board of set of new rales, open session on the fourth Tuesday of each month, the Court room in Harrisburg to in Supreme consider appli Notice applications must be printed two con- cations for a pardon. of these secutive weeks in the prisoner's home paper, and in Philadelphia and Pitts burg, the Mayors must Applications heard at the open sessions of the Board and no individual member to any arguments alone, a also be given notice, will only he will listen The grip, like other diseases, is no respecter of persons. It invades the palace of the Kings as well as the hov- els of the lowly—it strikes the million- aire as well as the poor. Last enee, heir throne, died of the grip. have been married shortly. About the same time two eminent Catholic churchmen also had to obey the summons, Cardinal Manning, of London, and Cardinal Simioni, of Rome. The reader of the Rerorter, who has had the grip, will thus see that he has been in good company, and if he has safely gotten over he has heen more fortunate than Queen Vietoria's grandson, and the two eminent Cardi nals, above named, and that Provi- dence has been more gracious to him than to those illustrious personages, a - There is ample proof that the masses in Great Britian were not greatly stirred by the death of the heir to the throne. The Miners’ Federation is the most powerful labor organization in England. It numbers 200,000 mem- bers and it controls the votes of several members of Parliament. The leader of the federation, himself a member of Parlinment, sent a message to its an- nual convention asking for the passage of resolutions of sympathy with the Queen and royal family. The conven tion refused even to consider the re- quest, By a decisive majority it voted to proceed to the business before it, | Ammediately after the refusal to pass a vote of condolence the delegates np propriated a liberal amount for the re lef of their fellow workers, the strike ing nail makers of the midland in| tricts. The significance of their action is unmistakable. These men of the | people were ready to tax themselves to help those in thefr own station, but with the affairs of kings and princes they would not concern themselves, | Their attitude toward the throne prob. ably represents that of the great body | of organized British labor, The senti- | ment of loyalty to the crown which | was prevalent among the masses a hundred years ago has disappeared, Prince Clar- the English He was to Thursday night, apparent to “We understand that D. F. Fortney, Esq., of Bellefonte, is being urged by his friends to be a candidate for the legislature, There is this much about it, that if Mr. Fortney should be nomi- nated no one for a moment would question his election. There is no more popular man in the county, and he would go through swimmingly, And, then, too, Centre county would have a representative of whom we would not need feel ashamed, and one who could hold up hisend of the string in fine shape.” We clip the above from the Phili ps burg Journal. We do not know that Mr. Fortney can be be a candidate for the legislature, he cer- wottld be elected and Centre county would have a representative of induced to tainly whose experience and ability the peo ple might well be proud. If the people of the county such men as Mr, Fortney in the legis want lature they must not expect them to canvass the county and solicit the sup- We have no doubt that the necessity which al- port of their fellow citizens, ways comes, of making the canvass of the county keeps men, who by learn- ing and training are capable of prop- erly representing us in the Legislature from being candidates, For the good of the party, in the in- terest of all the hope that Mr. Fortney ean be prevail ed upon to be a candidate for the Leg- people Wwe sincerely islature, - > ~. AN ASTONISHING ADMISSION. the MeKinley tariff its makers had the as of wool-growers, who desired prohibitory In framing the wool schedule of sistance persons representing the rates on the raw material, and of other persons who were authorized to speak for woolen manufacturers, who desired The in- prohibitory rates on woolena, terests of + OISUINers ot consid But it the contracting parties that, were n ered, was arranged between in order for the duties which they would be obliged to to compensate manufacturers pay on imported wool, an equivalent duty should added Under this snug arrangement it be on woolens, only remained that an understanding should be reached as to the amount of the This tied upon the assurenee on the that compensatory duties, was set. part of the manufacturers it required r and one-half from four to fou pounds of wool to make a vard of eloth Four times the duty on wool was therefore in sddi- tion to the duty levied upon the value, placed upon imported cloths I'he proposition to put wool on the free list now brings out the admission on the part of the manufacturers that they did not play fair with the wool- growers in their joint assault upon the It is and in other pub taxpayers of the country, urged The Me ications that speak fire instead of taking four pounds of wool to make a yard of cloth, it only takes two pounds, thus giving the manufac turer the to which he is entitled by the agreement, It is urged that it would vantageoins in § fay gifarefsirey Favs oy that wool should be opposed, because, authority double compensation be more ad to continue the operation of this elear steal than to have free ac- cess to foreign wool marketa, For intolerable impudence and assur. ance the whole volume of protective argument hardly furnishes anything to equal this complacent acknowledge ment of raseality, accompanied with argumentative statistics to that the rascality should be perpetuated. The wool-raisers and the wool-wearers show both ought to have their eyes opened by these astonishing Philadolplia Record, Tp —- WAR. admissions, - It looks as if Uncle Sam would op en gates of Janus and declare war against Chili, a saucy little neighbor, spun out a thousand miles along the Pacific const of South America—nar row, a long shoestring on the coast, down there, the concern will be wound up, like a tape, sure. American seamen have been mobbed by Chilians, and the authorities have offered no apology yet for the outrage message to congress this week relating the facts in the ease, and it is said they will be of such a nature that CONgress will at once declare war, unless repara- tion is offered by the Chilian govern- ment, - oo. This week the Democratic State committee meets at Harrisburg, and the National committee at Washing. ton. The latter to fix the time and place for holding the next Democratic National Convention, i ——— Try It To Keep Your Toes Warm, A man in town says he keeps his toes warm in rubber overshoes in wine ter by buying them one size too large and then stuffing paper in the toes, This is a simple remedy and well worth a trial. BOOTHS AND BALLOT-BOXES, | Selected by the State Commission Created by Baker Ballot Law, The commission created by the er ballot law to select suitable polling booths and other paraphenalia neces sary to carry out the provisions of the law practically its work. For weeks the commission has been examining the of the patterns submitted by manufacturers at the recent exhibi- has completed into merits Various tion in the supreme court room and a final meeting held last week at which of booth, guard rail and ballot box was selected, Blue prints of each of these patterns, with the being made and in a few days will be wis i pattern i together specifications, are sent to each board of county commis sioners in the state, The county commissioners must pro- cure booths and guard rails of the sane the commisson, and within the price pre- pattern and style as adopted by seriboed by it, but they are at liberty to award the contract for thes rappliances to After the booths and guard rail been pur- whoever they please, s have chased the commissioners are authoriz ed to certify under oath to the auditor the of order Iu number se leoted will the state treasury general and each then drawn upon that official to for the by reimburse the county money thus expended, BALLOT BOX The Oo wl Som $344 stvie of allo AND POLLING BOOTH Mnnssion has adopted thie box manufactured by I. Hodsdon, of Nit Ww will recommend tl ii York, which it io He COUnIY commi The As it will Inre« ©1o sioners for Counties adoption, must furnish the boxes, be Necessary wh to hold the | voted it is likely that that manufactured } Mr. Hodsdon edd, The oCure boxes anket ballots to be N vill be generally adopt. commission has prepared the following specification for a Material to polling booth: w clear seasoned white pine, number one grade, The divisions and backs from one and O16 fourth in stuff, surfaced on all sides. to In fs mscde must follov separate paneliings and v accurately the size and shape shown on drawing, . ' ¥ and rails to be moulded on framed together and moulding 1 ench division Hack to together by two two-inch by four-ineh back flaps; the first and the door fasteners, | § iT stufl, surfaced on all sides and held starter Mined and or to 1 ww tO booth Hlne xe je yen nf top f Ole ane at bottom. shelf to be fromm one-ineh in back end, place by stub and plate on the and single-bed fastener at each and set to slope one-half neh from The i back to front, metal scribed to be in malleable iron fittings de of sires ord sidd weight shown on drawing SITLE OF THE GUARD RALL The pattern of the guard rail select. edb is similar to that presented by the Buffalo Portable steel house company, of Butlalo, N. Y. The specifications for this rail as adopted follows: Floor flanges are to be made of east iron con- to tw tapped three-quarter<inch Standard to be of three<juarter- taining five serew holes #0 as to admit pipe. inch pipe, thirty-two inches in length, threads cut oh lower end to enable it to i be firmly screwed into floor of cage Top to be one and three<quarter-inch iron knob, containing hole to admit chain, also top hole to admit set screw Standard to be covered with one coat of paint, | chain, same as described in blue print. The rail to be non-welded Cost thirty-two cents per linear foot, say fifteen feet of chain or rail, with six standards, two for first three feet of { chain and one standard for each addi- | tional three feet of chain; the whole to | cost $4.50 complete, delivered at coun ty seat, Mr. Hodsdon agrees to deliver and furnish the style of ballot boxes select. el by the commission at $3 a piece within three months after the award- Ling of the contract. and in the bist manner as to work- manship and finish. The hardware 50, and 20,000 annexes at a total cost of $70,000 to conduct elections according the to the provisions of lnw, Hugh Bayletts, general agent for the Nt Louis, says the style of booth selected by the commissioners is practically the sure as that exhibited by his company only that it to of wood instead of steel, He claims that the contractors furnishing them must infringe the patent if they obey the commissioners’ {Oo making is be constructed on Elsner company’s instructions, and threatens the first He has already engnged John R. Reed, of Philadelphia, to defend his company’s patent, bring suit against person them. Wo py Arrests Will Follow Suys More The directors of the First National bunk of Muncy, met Saturday for the first time since the failure of the bank. Mr. Delta the seen, appeared to be unusually happy. Lireen, cashier, when and said that he would not be alone among the arrested “More sald he, Ones long very arrests will be made shortly,’ that connection “and you will discover there are some thing= in with this matter that been made public.” have not yet It is not unlikely that the directors will make a proposi- tion to the stockholders to pay the de. ¥, open the bank into voluntary Jiquidation. This is for the by purpose if the saving CX pense the They will full, al and wind up its affairs. Del n's ef Tuesday Commission would be involved of iH th likely pay tl which Hp» pointment receiver wey pe he positors in §.4 its debits ta Cars SC CRIN Up on ‘nited lates er a - -_ Dies While Visiting a Young Lady. In Altoona on Tus wilay A. oung man and a machinist, night about is 8 quarter to 11 o'clock, Lockard, sudden ly dropped dead in the parlor of Jacob Fhird ax Wx as ¥ smith, Hs s OW Hose the time Til daughetr he calling ut 3 3 x ! Wave wi He was just rising to { ell forward, dying ment before he was apparently Food hienith as « hi and had been laughing and Joking ver he was in eyening -. What He Has Discovered, nicago engineer has figured out that his city will be destroved in 186 Michigan the city =o that the stiri Laks has Wives washed out the soll of of earth Pp upon which Chicago stands has a thickness of only 18 feet. and i= too de When the weak to sustain the we ight of the « bowangs} exposition buildings, feet to stand the ing all this next str Notwith- the preparations for the Columbia exposition will go right atum. - » - Must Pay Tax or Abandon. The Somerset county Commissioners have taken a new departure and have taxed all the property belonging to the South Penn Road in the county. This will oblige the company to pay a tax of over §3.000 each year, which lies and it is thought it will either compel the road to be built or abandoned, as it en by the other counties through which the road Passes, a — Celebrated their Silver Wedding, Pa. The reverend gentleman several | each way inside measurement and all. { EDGES SHAL, BE RANETED. | The thickness of the wood shall be five eighths inch long. Each box shall be fitted with one lock with three | keys to each lock. Two handles on slot in the cover through which the Votes are to pass be six inches long and threecighths inch wide bushed with metal. There shall be a metal cap for closing the slat. This cap shall have a self-locking deviee, so that when plae- ed in the slot the cap eannot be removed without unlocking the box, The maximum cost of the main booth has been fixed at 84 75. The annexes or additional compartments must not cost more than 88 50 each. The com- mission estimate that it will require 5,000 main booths at a total cost of valley charge of the Methodist church, and from here was transferred to his present location. — Held on Other Charges, brought to Lewistown from Indiana county to answer the charge of burgla- ry, ete, and whom everybody had acter, was cleared of the charge of bur- - A I MAAS SANS He Obtained Damages. Farmer A. H. Dunkleberger, of Ree Little Mahanoy township, $38. It was a test ease. sro action Three Dead. Abraham Myers, a wealthy retired farmer, near Lancaster, is dead at the age of eighty years, and his death makes the third of the brothers within ten days, the others being seventy-six and seventy-eight yearsold. The only surviving brother is also very ill, and his death is looked for very soon, ici i ian «When you want a shoe that will give you satisfaction both in price and quality, go to Mingle's shoe store, Bellefonte. He guarantees all - WASHINGTON LETTER, (From oir Reguinr Corr spondent.) WasHninGgroxn, Jan. 18, 1802, The meeting of the national Demo- cratic Committee to be held here this week the National convention shall be held, is exciting much interest, Arrangements have been perfected by the local democrats to entertain the democratic style, to decide where in true Washington would like to have the convention come here, committee but she will have to be contented with merely wishing for it, as it is regarded as being between New York anda west ern city, with the chances decidedly in favor of New York, should sentatives really wish to make a ning fight. The interest in the meeting of the executive committee of the National of Democratic Clubs, which is also to be held here this week is only second that felt in the meeting of the National The pur- pose for which this meeting is held is ils repre- win- Association Committee, not made pablie, farther than that it is for the transaction of business in- portant to the democratic cli of the Its of secret, country. proceedings will, course, he Mr, Blaine endeavored to convinces Foreign Af- % that the House ought to pass the the House committee on fair bill pledging the endorsement of the Government to an issue, of £100.000.000 the Nicaragua canal company but it was labor lost, He- resolution, of the bonds of wi presentative Holman's which was adopted by the House has certain that h made it no such scheme or can get through that body. tepresentative Holman says his res lution against subsidies and govern. ment ald of any kind to priv ate indus iru and “ against appropriations not actually needed, which has been eriti- cized in some quarters, will not inter fere with the of harbor bill or any other legitimate knocks the vate schemes higher than a kite. Representative Alderson introduced House for the committee of seven to Prrissage a river and ap- propriation. ut it pri- West resolution of the Hismianage- of Virginia, Liu a in Wr appointment a investigats Charges of partisanship, ment and wastefulness whieh navi been made against the Census bureau Fhe ex-Czar of the House is allowed to monopolize the to role of clown on the Hoos of the present House, He h sentative not Ear as a rival in the person of lepre- , of Maine, who up Boutelk Was #0 much worked in his mind be cause the House adopted Representa- tive Holman's resolution against gov. wit bas id les all Kinds, the appropriation of govern- ment money for anything except to ernment of and against carry on the necessary business of the oo» Fel) ernment, that he took upon him- the task of making a funny speech mind. After the House with a sort of pot pourring, of of Dickens, Edison's phonograph and democratic 5 is SEE to ease his serving made equal parts by hurling anathemas at the demo- Flower, the wife of the present popular Governor of New York, did not find the tents of the linen and chins closets, as cratic party because Mrs, COn- : governor, to be as full and complete as : she desired them to be. That was | humor of the most subtle kind wasn’t almost as comical as Reed, There has been considerable active ! Clarkson has been holding private con- | Senator Turpie succeeded, after a hard fight, in getting the senate com- mittee on the Judiciary to postpone the consideration of the nomination of Judge Woods as a member of the new Circuit court, until Senator Voorhees gets back, which will be some time this week. No stone will be left un- turned by the Indiana Senators to de feat the confirmation of Woods, but present indications are that the republi- cans will vote solidly for his confirma- tion, Having become satisfied that the Chilian minister has been “playing,” posson,” as to the intentions of his country, the administration will, it is for the third or fourth time said, send the correspondence to Congress this week, with a message from Mr. Harrison recommending that war be declared. Congress is ready to meet him more than halfway, if the correspondence be of the nature it has been represented to be. A bill is pend- ing in both House and Senate to repeal the law against the appointment of men who served in the Confederate Army and Navy to positions in the U. S. Army or Navy, in order that the Government may get the benefit of their services in the war with Chill, 3 certainty. Speaker Crisp is, enotgh to thinks, © well but to take no chances of a relapse hie will be entirely guided by the advice of physician as to exposing himself, he resume his duties, fis yy KIND WORDS, Remarks made by Oar Neighboring ¥x. changes Concerning the “Reporter,” Marked Improvement, From the Miliheim Jouraa The Centre Hall Rerowreg. our nearest contemporary, inaugurated the Year 1892 by coming out in an entirely new dress, and now presents a very We congratulate the Reporter. upon: the improvement and wish it clean and handsome appearance, continued prosperity, Brighest snd Best, From the Middleburg News Item The CEXTRE REPORTER, of Centre Hall, Centre county, marked the ad. vent of 1862 with Ti and best of our exchanges, improved, efforts, thie It carefuils 1 KEPORTER is one of brighest is filled with ably britten editorials, f prepared news matter, and is a f “Xponent enrless Bro, ly of right, Kurtz enjoy the prosperity Long may iy i rich merited, An Excellent Paper, rom Huntingdon Mouitor Editor Kurtz's Centre Hall Rerort- ER has entered upon its th fry Hoth volume, and the paper now appears in a new dress, The veteran Democratic publish- er prints an excellent paper for so y small a town as Centre Hal i A Credit to the Town. the Belle oute Watch the CO Fro Ln Hall FER appeared in a neat, Rem new dress and Last week in greeted its patrons, or first morn- ing of its 65th year ina highly improv. LEPORTER is a live ed condition. he i ntry energetic cou weekly and is (r= tainly a credit to the town in which it i= published. Old and Reliable Belief mite Uentre Democrat the CgxrTig LEPORTER came out with a new dress, to LEPORTER I8 on From the Last week having Jan entire new outfit the The county's old and reliable twin year 1892, of Centre and May it = papers enjoys a large patronage. Hie tinue to prosper. Well Edited, From the Harrisburg Patriot The Centre Hall RErorRTER i cently been much improved has re. DY 8 new dress and otherwise. It is a well edited and prosperous Hew spaper, Handsome ax a Bride. From the Mifllinburg Times The Centre Hall REPoRTER came to hand in a new dress last week, altho it has almost reached threescore-and-ten ~having entered its 66th yvear—it is as bright and handsome as a young bride, Its Democracy Staunch. From the Middisbarg Post The Centre Hall RerorTER that staunch advocate of the Democracy, dress, Wp» Deaths. Quite a number of deaths took place John Musser, an old residenter and native of Millheim. Miss Harriet Harter, at an advanced Daniel Stover, an old resident of the between 80 and 90 years, Miss Agnes Bower, a daughter of ship. - AA Sms When You Get the Grip, Leading doctors say there is no way to avoid the grip. Once taken with it the first thing necessary is to goto bed, take plenty of rest, well covered, until itleaves. Food must be taken at inter- vals. Alcoholic stimulants are good, such as punch. Then don't be in a hurry to get out to force your energies. Take no drug unless under the advice of a physician, Keep the Ashes off the Street, It is the obnoxious hablt of some of our citizens to dump their conl ashes on the street. This should not be done would save a little profanity from teamsters when there is sleighing not to have their sled come to a dead stop by a pile of coal ashes in the middie of the street. A I A tM SABA Won on a Technioality, It was a Lock Haven girl who ex. cused herself for allowing a po Against the law to resist an officer. ——— ~—You certainly cannot go anise it when in Bellefonte, you make your archases of shoes, etc, at Powers Sh
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