VOL. LXV.
CAPITOL CHAT.
INFORMATION OF A WEEK FROM
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
A Brief Review of What Government of
Officials are Doing for the Coun-
try's Good.
OLA .
| proved her social status by inviting COLUMBUS DAY.
| Bruce's wife to assist her at that re-
{ ception, nor has she heard the last of
| it.
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A Suggestive Program for the Observance
of the Day.
It seems settled that the popular ob-
servance of Columbus Day, Oct. 21, is
likely to be the most general of any of
the contennials through which we
have passed. There is no doubt that
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SPRING MILLS,
| A Threatened Visit By the White Caps. A
Porcupine Killed,
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 1892, —Who| Mr. John Lloyd shot a large porcu-
s Ny BD . wily IONIC, §
will Mr. Harrison name to take his | pine in the woods near town last Sun-
aE p 3 14 _ | day.
lace as Czar of the republican cam-|“%Y- . ;
or n machine? Isa question that is| Major J. B. Fisher is having all of
Puy becoming more important to re- | is bottom land tiled that lays be-
Bl mE condition of Mrs. |tWeen the railroad and the Georges
Bm such that Mr Harrison | Valley road. Mr. James Leitzell is
the American people, as a whole, have
become thoroughly interested in the
significance of this 400th anniversary,
One strong reason for this wide in-
terest Is the public school leadership of
the national celebration. As soon as
this school leadership was proposed,
the press of the country began to com-
will not leave her long enough to hear
and familiarize himself with the re-
inform him of the perilous condition
of his campaign and to receive his
campaign,
have tried to impress upon him the
necessity for an
tion of his power to some one else.
deed, would be probable, that Elkins
would be the man if it were not that
Mr. Harrison has always regarded
ters affecting his own political welfare. |
He may have to do so now. There is
no other member of the cabinet, ex-|
cepting Charlie Foster, who has suffi
cient political sagacity and experience
to do the work; so, unless he goes out-
side of the cabinet, one of these two
| putting in the tiles and he is making
{a good job of it.
| Many of our townspeople have said
mend the idea; it was received favor-
ably by superintendents of education,
teachers and thoughtful citizens gener-
{ hard words about the inventor of the
{ ally,
| woggle-woggle. Poor fellow: what
private griefs he may have had they |
know not. Perhaps his next neigh-
| bor had a piano and a poll parrot.
If the rumor that 148 persons from
{ this township are to be returned for
acceptable to everybody, Then it was
further promoted by the official re
cognitions it received. The National
Educational Association adopted it,
and appointed all the state superin-
tendents a committee to carry it out;
and a special committee with head-
| fishing, proves to be true, and they get
j cratic majority from this section will
be somewhat below what it was in for-
mer years.
The schools in Gregg township hav-
ing all opened last Monday, the school
{ marms and masters are now “strictly
in it.” The town schools opened un- |
fice, Boston, to push the movement
and to prepare a uniform official pro-
gram for use in every locality. Com-
mander-in-chief Palmer of the Grand
seventeen
school, R.
pupils in the grammar (8ll the G. A. R. posts in a grand
U. Bitner twenty, in the | patriotic, unpartisan demonstration on
twenty-four in the primary. Mr. C, to raise and salute the flag, and escort-
George Weaver at Beaver Dam: Mr. Congress finally recognized the
at Deckers; Mr. R. B. Gardner in the [observed by suitable exercises in the
PEOPLE GROW OLD
Centre County has a Record for Human
Longevity Which Few Counties
can Boast Of,
Centre county has a record for hu-
man longevity, that few other coun-
ties can boast of, and its healthiness
entitles it to be listed as a natural sani-
tarium. *
The latest case of old age reported,
is that of a lady in Patton township,
who died a few days ago, at the age of
117 years,—an account of which will
be found in another column. This
lady no doubt, was a coffee drinker,
{ which habit may have shortened her
life, and cold water advocates would
argue she might have lived to reach
125, but coffee cut her off prematurely
at 117,
We have the case of Mrs, Korman,
of Miles, who died some months ago,
{ locality, and many others whom we
might mention, male and female, liv-
ing up to between ninety and one hun-
dred years,
settlers, pioneers who cleared the for-
’
ed our vallies into the garden they
now are, besides braving the red-man.
In this rugged life of hardships, many
of these old women lent as strong a
helping hand as their husbands.
The damsels of today could not
{think of going through one-fourth
what their grandmothers went
through.
COBURN,
/ AN AWFUL SHOOTING FR,
Local Events Sammarized For the Renders
of the Reporter,
Professor A. J. Harter, wife, and lit.
tie child, of Altoona, are in this sec-
tion visiting friends.
Mrs. Deibler and daughter, of Sha~
mokin, are visiting at the home of
The Just Retribution That Fell Upon Ed.
ward Grundy,
It is soldom that a drunken wife
beater gets his just deserts, but Edward
Grundy, mine boss at Liveright’s col-
liery, got his on Thursday night, Bays
the Philipsburg Ledger. He lived
with his wife and family in the old
John Goss homestead, about two miles
from Osceola. Rober, he was an ordi-
narily good husband and father, but
drunk, he;was a fiend,’abused his fam.
ily shamefully. On Thursday night
he came home roaring drunk at mid-
night. His wife gave birth to twins
| James A. Cooney at present,
There will be no services in the
Lutheran church on Bunday on ac
count of Rev. Wolf's absence at Hyn-
od which meets at Reedsville this
week,
Mrs, James E. Harter and Mm. J.
F. Garthoff were in attendanes at the
sessions of the Woman's Home and
Foreign Missionary Bociety which
convened at Rebersburg last week.
on Tuesday night and was sick in bed.
Her sister was with her. When they
heard Grundy staggering on the porch
they were alarmed, and when he began Messrs. W. W. Rishel and John
| beating and kicking the door Mrs. Hoffa, of this place, and John Heifer,
Grundy got out of bed and hid the gun | of Poe Valley, took in the G. A. R. en-
which stood in the corner, under the campment at Washington, D. CC. last
{ bed. His revolver, which was lying | week. They report itas having been
on the bureau, she concealed in the la monster affair.
bosom of her night dress. By this | Daniel Banders, of Bt. Joe county,
time Grundy had smashed the door in, | Michigan, is at present visiting rela-
{and came into the house raging like a |tives in this section. He is a brother
| wild beast. He first caught sight of | of Jacob Banders, Mrs. T. F. Auman,
Mrs. O'Donnell, and charged on her | and Mrs. John Hoover, all of this
swearing he would kill her, but she | township. He left this state twenty-
escaped out of the house to a neigh- { two years ago and has lived in several
bors. Then he drove the children out, | of the western states ever since,
and finally turned on his wife and | This town was enlivened on Satur-
{and demanded to know where the gun | day evening by the presence of the
|and pistol were. She refused to tell | Millheim band which discoursed some
[and he ran at her with oaths and | very fine music for the time being.
| threats. Bhe ran out of the house, but | The band was in attendance at the pic-
{ he pursued her and caught her and | nic held by the Pine Creek Bunday
{ beat and kicked her and dragged her | school, in Winklebleck’s grove, and
| back into the house by the hair. In on their return paid our town a short
| the scuffle he caught sight of the pistol | visit and treated us to some of their
in her bosom and grabbed for it. She | matchless music,
A little child
of A. C. and Annie
i . aught it, and in the struggle it ex-!
>33% + ; . ul i 8 xcept the purses of | ght it, > i
men will probably be selected to wear “| through anything excep I ; rn ine hive’ ¢ | yazqr aa bomiav. it Same
the hari crown during the re-| Mountains; Mr. P. W. Leitzell at Far-| schools. The proclamation recently is- | futher or husband —dress and pleasure, | Ploded, the ball striking him in the | Eisenhuth died on Tuesday, it being
mainder of the campaign. (mers Mills; Mr. Allen Duck at Mur. sued by the president gave emphatic | not work and domestic usefulness, are |F8ht eye and coming out at the back only about three weeks old sat the
General disappointment has taken | Y's; Mr. Harvey Grove at the Toll [accent to the school idea, and recom-
command of the republicans here
abouts. The first disappointment was
caused by the flat failure to make the
G. A. R. encampment a republican
campaign gathering and by the up-|
setting all the plans that had been |
made with that end in view. Vice!
Mr. Minnich at Hoy's.
A man living several miles from
town has recently received a notice to
do thus and so, or suffer the consequen-
ces from the white caps, who threaten
to visit him after October Ist, unless
| make it the centre of the local observ
| ance,
| The official program, by
| certain of the day's exercises uniform
{in all localities will give the national
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also informed those who broached the
when they come. With his Winches-
The schools everywhere are to as
kept him out of the Vice-Presidential
nomination at Minneapolis; it Is
arrange plans that would have been a
disgrace both to the administration
and to the G. A. R. had they been
carried out. Another disappoinment,
and a big one it is too, is that caused
by the knowledge that Senator Hill
has gone actively to work to
carry New York for Cleveland and
Stevenson, just as those who know
him best have all along maintained
that he would at the proper time.
Great as was the success of the (3. A.
R. encampment, in point of attendance
and in the enjoyment of the enormous
crowd of visitors, it did not escape the
baleful shadow of the “nigger —few
things in this country do. It has just
leaked out that the reception in the
rotunda of the Capital building which
Congress by special act authorized
Mrs. Gen. Logan and her lady associ
ates to hold, and which so mysterious-
ly came to an end almost before it had
fairly got started, was spoilt by the
aforesaid baleful shadow of the “nig-
ger.” It was stated at the time that
the doors were closed in the faces of
the thousands standing in line
waiting their turn to pass through the
rotunda, and reiterated in the local
papers next day, that Mrs. Logan and
her lady assistants had become so fa
tigued that it was physically impos
sible to continue the reception. The
ladies may have been quite as near
prostrated as they wished the public
to believe they were, but it was not
caused by the fatigue of standing to
shake hands with those who got in be-
fore the doors were closed. Among
those who accepted invitations to assist
Mrs. Logan in receiving were the
wives of three cabinet officers and a
number of ladies prominent in the
social circles of Washington, while a
number of young army officers vol-
unteered to make the presentations.
When they arrived at the Capitol and
proceeded to the rotunda they were
surprised,’and some of them greatly
shocked, to find that one of the receiy-
ing party was a “nigger,” the wife of
ex-Senator Bruce. There was an im-
mediate rumpus, and as it could not
be quieted, some of the ladies refusing
to stand with her and some of the of-
ficers refusing to make presentations
to her, the reception was brought
toa close at the earliest possible mo-
ment, and to avoid a scandal during the
encampment thé story about the ladies
being so much prostrated as to be un.
8 hn 50k one
| Legion.
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A LONG TRIAL AHEAD.
Eighty Witnesses Sammoned in the Swen.
gel Murder Case.
The Swengel murder trial was taken
up in the Snyder county court, at
Middleburg, on Tuesday. Prosecut-
ing Attorney Miller and A W.
Potter, of SBelin’s Grove, and Mesars,
| Bmith and Gilbert, of Middleburg, are
| attorneys for the prosecution, and ex-
Judge J. C. Bucher, of Lewisburg,
{and ex-District Attorneys Grimm and
Dower, of Middleburg, are on the de
Eighty witnesses have been
i subpoenaed and the trial promises to
{ be a long and hotly contested one.
Dr. Henry Leffmann and his broth-
er, W. 8B. Leffmann, of Jefferson
Medical College, are there as witnesses,
together with Messrs. Doyle, Seiz, and
Middleton, all of Philadelphia. The
last three are connected with the
Adams Express Company, through
whose hands the stomach of the de-
ceased passed after reaching Philadel.
phia for analysis by Dr. Leffmann.
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What a Clrealar Is.
As defined by the postoffice depart-
ment a circular is a printed letter
which, according to internal evidence,
it being sent in identical terms to sever-
al persons. A circular does not lose its
character as such when the date, the
name of the address and of the sender
are written therein, nor by the correc
tion of mere typographical errors. The
date, if written, must be the date of
the circular, arid not the date on which
something is acknowledged therein to
have been received, or at which some-
thing is to be done, or is to occur.
fense,
Fall Announcement,
Ready made clothing for
youths, boys and children.
Clothing made to order by skilful
tailors,
men,
Htorm coats in abundance,
The latest hats and neckwear,
MoxrTeoMERY & Co.
Bellefonte,
Communion,
The Lord’s Supper will be adminis
tered in the Reformed church by Rev,
Eisenberg, next Sabbath morning at
| the pupils in a brief exercise, terminat-
{ing in the song “My Country, ’tis of
Thee.” After divine acknowledgment
the Bong of Columbus Day, and origin-
al hymn for the occasion and set to
the old tune of “Lyons” will be sung
by all. Following, will be a declama-
tion of the Address for Columbus Day,
and a reading of the Ode for Columbus
Day, both original productions for the
occasion,
Opportunity will then be given for
whatever additional features local en-
{ terprise may provide; and the morn.
ing observance will end with short ad-
dresses by citizens, and national songs,
For the afternoon a Public School
civic parade, it is urged that the schools
escorted by the veterans, be made the
prominent feature. In the mass meet-
ing of citizens, with which many
places will conclude the day, it is pro-
posed that among the speeches ample
recognition be given to the American
system of free, universal education as
a source of American progress and the
hope of the future.
The date, the first of Beptember, for
the publication of this programe was
fortunate, for it came at the opening
of the term of the majority of the
pupils were in the mood for an eager
and spirited undertaking of the celebra-
tion.
Octoberg2ist is only a trifle less than
a month distant, but all of this time
may be used to excellent advantage in
preparing for the celebration. In
undertakings of this character unavoid-
able delays are apt to occur. The
schools which begin immediately on
the work which must be done to make
the celebration a credit to themselves
and their town, will escape the annoy-
ing situations likely to arise if every-
thing is left until the eleventh hour.
a 5 A A 5c AIRS.
Every Man a Liar,
They say & man from the adjacent
county who went out to view the great
west has returned, and now says it is
indeed a wonderful country. Every
hamlet is a town, every town a city,
every farm a ranch, every barnyard a
corral, every mound a mountain, and
every man a liar,
{ their only thought. Some
{young men of the day we can put
| down ditto.
were honest and honorable—their
| word was as good as their bond. Now
| with many honesty and truth are vir-
| clothes they wear, bought and not
| paid for—living at others expense, and
| without paying honest debts, yet hold-
ling heads high. The mothers and
{ fathers of old were not thus.
l © tempora! O mores!
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CLEVELAND AND PENSIONS,
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During President Cleveland's Ad-
{ ministration more pensioners were put
{ upon the rolls and more money was
| paid in pensions than had ever before
been added or disbursed in the same
length of time.
The only criticism that could with
{justice be brought against President
! Cleveland is that he signed too many
rather than too few pension bills,
For 1886-78 General Black, Presi-
dent Cleveland's Pension Commission-
er, issued 350,452 certificates, exceeding
preceding Republican Administration.
The disbursements for the same pe-
riod exceeding those of the Republican
Commissioner by $34,000,000,
There were 345,000 pensioners on the
list when President Cleveland assumed
{office. When he left there were 480.
| 000—a gain of 144,000. The increase
during the preceding four years of Re-
publican rule was only 95,000,
President Cleveland vetoed exactly
250 private pension bills during his four
years in office, all of them for good
reasons. But he signed or permitted
to become laws 1,825, which was 250
more than were approved by all the
Presidents from Grant to Arthur, both
inclusive,
Does this record look like hostility
to soldiers or opposition to pensions ?
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The Homestead strike is a salty one
for the state, it will entail an expense
on the Btate approximating $400,000,
Warrants have already been drawn for
the payment of $282 8090.08 for the pay-
ment of officers and men, commissary
stores, quartermaster bills, horse hire
and other incidentals. The Fifteenth
Regiment, withdrawn from Home-
stead a few days ago, is entitled to
eleven days’ pay, and the Sixteenth
has not been paid since the 9th instant.
The bill of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company against the State for
transportation expenses is $52,000 and
other railroad expenses will probably
reach §15,000. The aggregate cost of
the Homestead outbreak will exceed
Governor Pattison’s estimate about
$150,000 owing to the long service re-
quired of a portion of the State militia.
C—O DDT
Mrs. Harrison's condition is a hope
less one. ‘‘There is one chance in a
million,” said a member of the
yesterday, Mrs. Harrison re-
Alizes that death may come upon her
to-morrow or may defer his coming for
several weeks, In addition to the
tuberculosis of one lung, which in this
of the head. He fell dead without atime ofits death. “Tis sad to reflect
| struggle. Mrs. Grundy fainted. Mrs. | that one so young should be called to
O'Donnell and the children—who had | its reward, but God's Ways are not our
some distance away-—ventured back to
the house about 2 o'clock in the morn-
| ing and found Mrs. Grundy alone with
the corpse. The older children went
{out and gave the alarm and the neigh-
| borscame. In the morning the author-
[ities at Osceola were informed. The
| coroner sent to Clearfield for the dis
| trict attorney, who came over and an
| inquest was held. A verdict of ac-
cidental killing was rendered, clearing
Mrs. Grundy of any violation of law.
The poor woman is half crazed with
grief and remorse and is in a very
dangerous condition,
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Keglect of Roofs of Bulldings.
There is no portion of a building
that is so much neglected as its roof,
an oversight due to its location, at
which observation is difficult. Tin
roofs ought to be inspected at least
once a year to ascertain whether repair
needed, whether painting is required,
as by a course of observation of the
matters a dollar or two expended may
prevent the creation of a necessity in a
Year or two or that will cost ten or
twenty dollars to repair the roof, and
possibly as much more to restore other
portions of the same building to con-
ditions of safety impaired by water
soaking into rooms or drenching ceil-
ings and sides of houses. Slate roofs
need as much watching as do those
made of tin at least careful handlers of
real estate say they do, while the old
fashion shingle roof, especially on the
old fashion house, of which there are
still many in all parts of the city, also
need to be examined periodically.
Leaky roofs are sources of as much in-
Jury to property as is inflicted in the
wear and tear of domicils in the occup-
ancy of tenants who have no idea how
property should be handled and no re-
gard for its proper care. Look to your
roofs,
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The Lady with the Samples.
A woman drummer came to town
yesterday. She was selling soluble
food. It may be neccessary to state
that she did not stand on the street
corners and talk to the fool boys. She
did not sit in front of the hotel with
her feet up against a tree, flirting with
every putty-brained, hair-banged
clump that smoked cigarettes that
drove pass in a buggy. She called on
her customers, talked business in a
business way, took her orders and
politely bid them “good day.” — Fulton
(Mo.) Sun.
CALLING THE PREVIOUS QUESTION,
From the Pittsburg Post.
Vermont official shows one Demo-
crat is missing in’ that State since Sep-
tember, 1888. The Democratic vote in
1888 was 10,227; in 1802 ft was 19,206,
Wonder where that fellow has gone?
The vote in 1888 was 48,
522; In 1892 it was 80,190 Republican
loss, 9,332. Where are they, Father
Abraham? The total vote in 1858 was
should be content.
| About a year ago another little child
was taken away from these same pa-
| rents, at about the same age. The be
| reaved parents have the sympathy of
{ the entire community in this their sad
bereavement.
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THE LAND OF SUNSHINE.
A UniqueCountry whr the Skis ar al.
most Never Cloudod while the air is
Cool and Bracing, like Perpetual
Spring.
As an anomalous southern resort, by
reason of the fact that there one may
escape summer heat no less than win-
ter cold, New Mexico is rapidly beppm-
ing famous. Averaging throughout
the entire territory 5,600 feet in altitude
above sea-level, and characterized by
dry air which, unlike a humid asmos-
phere, is incapable of communicating
heat, the temperature in midsummer
remains at a delightfully comfortable
degree through the day, and at night
becomes invariably brisk and bracing.
The sunshine is almost constant, yet
the most violent out-of<door exertion
may be undertaken without fear,of dis
tressful consequences. Bunstroke or
prostration are absolutely unknown
there. Itisan ideal land for a sum-
mer outing. Its climate is prescribed
by reputable physicians asa specific for
pulmonary complaints, and the medi-
cinal Hot Springs at Las Vegas are
noted for their curative virtues. The
most sumpuous hotel in the west, the
Montezuma, is located at these springs.
Write to Jno. J. Byrne, 728 Monad-
nock Block, Chicago, for “The Land
of Sunshine,” an entertaining and pro-
fusely illustrated book descriptive of
this region, the most picturesque and
romantic in the United States, 1
We desire to say to our citizens, that
for years we have been selling Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consump-
tion, Dr. King's New Life Pills, Buck-
len’s Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters
and have never handled remedies that
sell as well, or that have given such
universal satisfaction. We do not
hesitate to guarantee them every time
and we stand ready to refund the pur-
chase price, if satisfactory results do
not follow their use. These remedies
have won their great popularity purely
on their merits’J. D. Murray Druggist.
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Of Little Value,
Chilean money has very little intrin.
sic value just now. It is simply small
tags of pasteboard. The maker of encly
tag writes on it the sum for which he
Is willing to redeem it, and uses it as
cash. It passes from hand to hand as
money, and in time comes back to the
original producer, whose duty It is to
redeem it,
that our great state has two non-enti-
Siew In the United States senate, yet
to vote for
this all who wil vote 10 eontines phe
426; In 1892 it the
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