VOL. LXVI. CAPITOL GOSSIP NEWS OF A WEEK AT THE NA- TION'S CAPITOL. The Carlisle Tarif Bill, The Repealing of All Federal Election Laws. Senator Wolcotts' Humorous Speech, L2atd a WASHINGTON, JAN, lisle tariff bill.” you as a popular title for the Demo- —* “The Car- by the Fifty-third Congress? fourth of next month, will frame that bill. of the Walker tariff’ is the man who The great success bill, entrust the framing of which is to be strictly democratic ideas, to his Sec. of the Treasury. It is not to be understood or inferred that this move is intended to deprive the Ways and Means Com- mittee of the next house of any of its rights. The idea is merely to put into the hands of that committee a com- plete tariff bill, leaving its members to decide whether it shall be accepted as prepared or be amended before being reported to the House. Whatever | one’s opinion of this method of prepar- ing the tariff’ bill may be, it cannot be denied that John G.: Carlisle is by ex- perience and ability specially well qual- fied to frame the democratic bill. He has for many years been a leading tar- iff reformer, and his name attached to the bill would of itself make it popular with cratic party. Much curiosity is felt concerning the answer that Sec. Foster will make to Representative Seott’s resolution, which has been adopted by the House, calling for information as to the delay in the erection of public buildings for which the money has been appropria- ted by Congress. Mr. Scott says he is satisfied that the delay has been caused by the lack of money in the Treasury, and the facts are all apparently with | him;but it is hardly probable that the wily Becretary of the Treasury will ad- mit that. Representative Bynum’s resolution, which has been adopted by the House calling on the Civil Service Commis- sion to furnish a list of all the men re- instated in the classified service of the Government, under rule 10, since March 4, 1889, together with the date of their dismissal or resignation from the service, the States they were from and the States charged with thier ap- pointment, the date of their reinstate ment, and the departments in which they were reinstated. Rule 10, referred to in this resolution was gotten up by a tariff bill, in accord with instatement within one year of their dismissal or resignation of ex-soldiers, | but if the information called for by the resolution be truthfully given it will be seen that it has been terribly streich- ed, both as to time and persons. It would be much better to absolutely it relates to appointments and remov- tration, as proposed by Representative a House committee, than to evade it, tration; besides, it more manly and honorable. The favorable report to the House on laws contaius some very strong lan- guage, but, as the report truthfully says, ‘these laws are a continued men- will pass this bill, not with any expec- against these laws. The republicans of the Senate have apparently adopted a sort of go-as- you-please pace. Two attempts have been made within the last week by means of caucuses, to get them togeth- er, but they were both failures. The most of them appear to wish to avoid doing anything, aside from some spec- jal bill in which they are interested, and to be unable to interest a sufficient number of their colleagues in any one measure to get it endorsed by a caucus. Having given up the silver question entirely they will this week caucus on the admission of new states. When the results of the last election are con- sidered the republicans are excusable for being slightly demoralized. Senator Woleott has been having some fun at the expense of the Post- master General. He doesn't like the Columbus stamps, and Saturday he ‘made n humorous in favor of Rika Joint lution directing the Post- i : to stop the sale of them and he ised Jaugh by ig % that said that if the salvof these atimps was stopped the stock on hand might be utilized as chest protectors. He inti- mated in relation to Mr. Wannamak - er's statement that $1,500,000 profit would be reallzed from the sale of these stamps to collectors that this Govern- ment was too big to go into the chro- mo business, a business that might do for some little Central American state, that was a few thousand dollars “shy.” Things are now going with a rush at | the headquarters of the Inaugural committee, and so great has been the demand for hotel accomodations that good quarters are getting scarce, . te Will Destroy Susects, A statement alleged to { made by naturalists is now going the rounds to the effect that the frost has | penetrated the earth more deeply dur- ing the cold weather this winter than have been structive to insects and their larvae, and think that the result of this de struction will consequently be great on orchards, vineyards and gardens next sunnier, lieve { that the idea is a delusive winters do not Lhe destruction of insect tribes as one would naturally suppose. One, work them at this season, of the tent caterpillar which is left ter, subject snows and freezes for months together, Not one of them is destroyed by the | temperature. Every one of them will | hatch out in due time. This is only i | one of the puzzling questions in the in-| sect world. noxious in- | one looks | forward to the fi Mowing season with apprehension and fear, to in turn | surprised when tha at season comes i along that the same insect tribes that | were so destructive fore are scarcely present Some seasons sects are so numerous that be twelve months be- | at all. This is the very common experience of ob- | ! servant orchardists, not occur in this very every time, but it very frequently. The thing may emphatic way does happen | Naturalists have so for this. Extreme cold, which we all | know is the enemy life, most animal fails when applied to the insect We must look elsewhere than | to the heat and cold for the abundance | or dearth of insect life. We sincerely | hope the insect pests will be less nu-| merous next summer than they were the past one, but if they are, we must | not give the frost the credit for the fa- vorable change, of ! An Interesting Exhibit, An interesting foreign exhibit at the | World's Fair will be a model of the! Island of St. Thomas, Danish West! Indias. It is about eight feet by four, | built to a scale of six inches to the | mile, painted in natural colors, show- the harbor and the pretty town of Charlotte Amalia, with beard and Bluebeard. It will be set! into a table enameled in black, edged with gold, with terra cotta paintings of various spots of interest on the is land, the whole being covered with plate glass, i sda Students Terrorize Pine Grove Mills, Last Saturday night about two doz ten students from the State College went on a racket to Pine Grove Mills. After terrorizing half the town, they {invaded the Methodist church, broke jup a religious meeting in progress at A suffocating powder {was thrown around and some of the | worshippers had to be carried home { because of the loss of consciousness. | None of thestudents were recognized. The trustees will endeavor to hunt | down and punish the perpetrators. , Ix Kansas the Senatorial situation is growing more complicated, and | there is no telling how it willend. It is barely possible that two Senators will be elected. There is no prospect that the divided House will get togeth- er before that time. The only hope the Republicans have of electing a Senator is to get votes either from the Democrats or Popu- lists, There are only five Democrats, and they say they never would vote for a Republican, Not one Populist has been found who would at any time vote for a Republican, hence the Republicans feel that they cannot win, but that they can name the man, Of course he will have to be a Democrat. i i i i : No Let Up. The weather predictions received on Wednesday morning for the following twenty-four hours have no encourag- ing information for our freezing and suffering population. The report sent by the U, B. signal service was “fair weather, cold wave,” Unless the pre- AARONSBURG, Threatened With a Water and Coal ine. Foxes Plenty, Fam- Almost a water and coal famine in| this town, but the water last few days. en of the skins to a commission | merchant in Chicago, who out of about one-half the skins, William Bricker, of Fremont Indi-| value of the! just after the war, old friends and relatives, Mrs. Vore, of Ohio, who lay sick with pneumonia, at Abs. Mussers, has s0 far recovered as to be to for her home in Ohio. In some unaccountable way the bri- dle came off Squire Rote’'s horse while to Coburn to take the train for Bellefonte, and he had a dandy ride | from the toll gate to Bracht's livery able dictions are unreliable, we will have couple of stable, the horse running at full speed. The old drew the bridle up against the horse's breast holding on. George Kister sold his squares to Or- to be man landa Hackenburg., Sum paid sold to hundred dol- Henry will occupy the one-half Fred Fehl, | The Reager homestead Henry Dutwiler for six Was and rent the other half to the present occupant. A hungry fox to Emanuel Bower's on last Sunday on the bunt of a dinner and Will Bower saw him and put the dog on him which soon caught him, and Will coming up to them while they were fighting dispatched the fox with a piece of rail. Hosterman, who was mar- | the 14th inst, | Mic hael Btover's farm and { charge of it in the spring. Jacob fell came T heodore has rented will on take while upset the | sleigh and spilled the old gent and the | out. The | unable up and Dr. | | Frank and some other parties happen- Led’ & horse Com- sleigh to get =~ Emanuel Brown, of Bamuel rown, is visiting his father after an absence of twenty-four years. He re | sides in Stephenson county, IIL, and | expects to take with him Howard John Bol- linger also expects to go to the state in the coming month in company with John Rapp. - lt FARMERS MILLS, a Boh “ame Other News of Interest Bleighing is par excellen Water is low places scarce There was an unusual big lot cut and stored about here of late, Reformed communion at this place | ws, quite and in of ice | also preaching on | Thursday, Friday and Saturday ings previous, The Leva Ream memorial sermon, E. Fischer last Sunday, was largely attended. William Weaver Jr., of Zion, but formerly of this place, joined the bene- | dicts recently, and he and his help- | mate were circulating among friends | and relatives here. i Several of our farmers got their cat- i tle dehorned recently, which prevents | much hooking and goring, but it seems a little tough on the dumb brutes, The old style shooting and raffling matches for poultry, afforded a good | bit of fun recently in this township | for the young sports, Rumor says John A., the fourteen- year old boy who so suddenly disap- peared from here over three years ago, was heard from and is doing finely, but fixed no date when to return home. While Newton Weaver and family, of Wiillamsport were visiting the for- mers parents, a few miles north of this place, their four year old son took sick and died of croup on January 1st, Interment was made at Heckman's cemetery. David Homan and niece, of Blair county, Pa., Jacob Dunlap, of Illinois, Fred and Wesley Decker and fami lies, of Lemont, 8. and E. White and fami- lies, of Bellefonte, Hettie Fry, of Mil- ton, and many others were noticed re- cently visiting friends about hore. No doubt if this severe winter weath- er continues another week the Demo- eoratic cauchis meetings called for on January 28th will be but small gath- erings. even. AI AAAI Serlously 111, Grace, the little two-year-old daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crawford, on Church street, has been dangerous ly ill for several days. The little one is suffering with eatarrh fever. meee Wanted, a young man to learn the blacksmith trade. Call on or ad- COURT MELANGE { THE LIST OF CASES UP FOR TRIAL SMALL. January Court Convenes Monday Morning. Cases of a Trivial Nature Good Attendance The January session of court conven- ed in session on Monday morning at lellefonte with Judge Furst on the and flanked by associates | Faulkner and Riley, The morning | was taken up by petitions, ete., | bench, tion, the roll eall of jurors, and other man of the grand jury, went to and that body work on various bills after re- ie judge's charge. The attendance was fair and about {as usual. the promises to be brief. The first case up for trial on Monday wis that loyer, desertion, charged with wife trix. Royer lives near Tusseyville and some time ago through troubles in the family, his wife left him and she sued for support. Defe was granted to the wife unless she re. turned to her legal husband. sault and from Phil Defendants not putting in ap- bail money was ordered be forfeited until defendants appeared in court, The libel of L.. ( { Milesburg against E. T I ser was the battery cases burg. pearance, Bullock Tuten, of the Jellefonte Republican and W., next on the list. The trial Wednesday morning and the day. Case began on took up all Crider, the young charged with attempting to set a build in Bellefonte, a short time ago, got clear by the grand jury ignor- ing the Lill The cise Bri ad fore ing of J. R. M'Clellan vs. Low $48 worth of hay used by 1 the Lee Potter w hich M'Clellan claimed he pur- public last March. Wp tl (Feo, farm in twp., sale load Improvement, now assenmbled at Washington, is en- gaged in a work which should com. mend the hearty support of the people, ridiculously inefficient. The work in each road district is done | Any comprehensive scheme be traversed without ruts, rocks and steep grades, meeting holes, alike in- | compatible with comfort in driving ded in work upon the county roads, if result in admirable throughout the State. As it is the ed. Unquestionably the remedy lies | improvement, ————— Electric Bitters, This remedy is becoming so well i known and so popular as to need no All who have used Electric Bitters sing the same song of praise.—A purer medicine does not ex- ist and it is guaranteed to do all that Lis claimed, Electric Bitters will cure { all diceases of the Liver and Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and other affections caused by impure blood. Will drive Malaria from the system and prevent as well as cure all Malarial fevers.—For cure of Headache, Constipation and Indi- gestion try Electric Bitters.—Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or money re- funded.—Price 50 cts, and $1.00 per bottle at J. D. Murray's Drug Store. —_—— A SL —————ts. Onee in 3 Years, All township and boro officers should be elected fora term of 2or3 years, and spring elections held only once in 2or8 years. It would save an enor- mous expense, by dispensing with an- nual local elections and having them occur only once every second or third year, Judicial Committee, John GG. Love, John H. Orvis, J. C. Meyer, of Centre; Geo. B. Orlady, John M. Balley and K. Lovell, of Hunting don, compose a committee of this ju- dicial district to revise the rules of court relating to the argument list. They will make their report In due time. District Chairman, Capt. Reber, of Bellefonte, is Demo cratic district ehairman for the coun- ties of Centre, Clearfield, Eik and | dress, Centre Hall Cuerige Works, Clarion, A good man in the right place. JUSTICE L. QQ. C.LAMAR DEAD. The Associate Judge of the United Btates | Supreme Court Died Monday. { Justice Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar died at Macon, Ga., at 8.50] o'clock Monday evening. i His death wassudden in the extreme, for although he had been ailing for! some time, Justice Lamar appeared to be gradually gaining in health. He went there from Washington about a} month ago and has been visiting at | a suburb of that city. That afternoon at about threeo'clock Justice Lamar took in-| but was met at the door by a friend, Dr. Llewellyn, | with whom heresturned to the sitting At that time and during all the afternoon, he was in good spirits | and at dinner to have a good appetite. Dr Llewellyn house about eight o'clock and | a few Inter the justice seized with violent pains in the and died at the his overcoat, af at 6.50 he seemed minutes was heart hour mentioned. tng a Telephone Patents Expiriog One by patents telephone rights are expiring. night of the 20th the Blake which receives the transmits it over the wire, of the public exclusive control Telephone Company. one the covering At mid- transmit- and became the after many by the Bell speech TCAs March 7 of this year will see the end that issued to Alexander Graham Bell and which covered the fundamental patent on the telephone, the transmis sion of speech electrically over a wire, | At the same time the patent first sued on the receiver will expire though a second patent was granted on this 1877, and that has until January 30, of next year to run. With the expiration of the Bell pa-| tent the telephone business is promised | is | device January 30, The SBtrowger Automat- ic Telephone Company the which promises competi- its automatic is one of tion with switchboard, the system. designed to do away with office of the Wy How Ming central present gle Succeeds, 1 business, method. selling good goods at small If he didn’t sell good shoes he wotild be foolish for selling about in Mingle has relied on but one SNO0esRS at He could sell a customer | more. But by! nothing but reliable goods hel no jeelling least, shoes, than ever before, and he Isselling to the best peo- | ple in the county. Everything marked as low as it could be. When Mingle's is miss Bellefonte. seni coil — Potatoes Tramp, The five weeks unparalleled cold has | never Hundreds of bushels of made them scarcer than before. Next spring will see potatoes far above wheat in price and hard to get, as last fall's crop was not an abundant one, Potatoes will be trump and the farmer | who has a big pile of them over and sound, will grin at the big money they will bring him in the spring. It's an ill wind, &oc. sr———— lo Pittsburg In Peril. The Monongahela River has been frozen solid for over two weeks. A thaw is threatened and if the ice breaks up with a rush, hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property will be de- stroyved. Nearly all the boats are frozen solid and it is impossible to move them to places of safety. There is little coal in the harbor and very little loaded in the upper pools, There is a gorge thirty feet high at McKeesport, If this should break sud- denly the ice would wipe everything along the river to Pittsburg. All the business houses in the lower part of the city are working, moving goods out of the cellars and lower floors, Death of a Revolu tionary Soldiers’ Dangh- Mrs. Mary Karstetter who died a few days ago in willinmsport, was the daughter of a soldier of the Revolu- tionary war. The Bugar Valley Jowr nal says Mrs, Karstetter was the young est daughter of Mr. Ludwig Freely, deceased, who was a Revolutionary soldier, and said to have been at one time a body guard of General George Washington, wwfjood sugar syrup 5 cents per pound at C, P. Long & Co. | sugar 6 cents per A FRIGHTYUL ACCIDENT, 16 People Killed, 14 Fatally and Severely Hurt, Many Nine persons killed outright, twenty two fatally injured, and nearly a hun. dred more or less seriously hurt is the at Alton Junction, at Alton, Ill, on An open switch on the Big Four main track cause of the disaster. The Bouthwestern limited ran through the switch into a freight train standing on the siding, and En- Ross, of the limited was The wreck took fire, and while a great crowd was watching the spectacle, car exploded with terrific foree, enveloping the spec- Nine and was the an oil tank tators in a sheet of of burning oil. them were instantly killed t least, will die, Besides these there are two score who sustained more or less serious will than injuries of a nature, but All the by oil. more who probably recover. dead burned to death The he the e even more ing, in cotton and bandaged until they almost lost semblance to human beings and sur- rounded by weeping relatives and sor- friends. The sufferers formed a picture that brought tears to the eyes of even the physicians. The of the patients were piteous. poenes in t wards occupied by injured wer heartrend- lying on cots swathed moaning Seeming who the they relieved 2 physi- would beg their near them, to be clans were from sess My a The Hoopskirt, The United Stats menaced with the revival of In London the of a tempest, newspapers with the threatening Crinoline “ is sul ject is the the against “No and protests A been Cause social teem fashion, has of making a fight against hoopskirt, and earnest appeals are 10 use English League” purpose the leader of of the natural reac- The revival balloon skirt would be a tion against the “pull back’ styles which bave been in of recent years. Signs are not wanting that the under way, and impending revolution in the capricious realm of fashion may break No more hoop- the distance us too great, vogue i skirts, ladies, they make Strange Story. has been the strange oocurence. was Bloomsdale, in Ohio, of a very which occurred about seven years ago. was interred in a cemetery Last September his father A short time ago the grands parents of the child had his mother taken up to remove her to the same lot with her husband in the cemetery. nessed the same features as well pre- served as when placed in the grave. The news was at once sent to the grandmother where the boy resided. She took the little one to the cemetery, where he saw his mother for the first time in his recollection. A Compliment to the Judges In court on the 23, in West Chester, at the suggestion of Colonel F. C. Hoot- on, seconded by John I. Pinkerton, the bar of Chester county adopted a rule making it a custom of their body to rise to their feet whenever one or both of the Judges shall enter the court room. The matter was referred to Judges Waddell and Hemphill and they offered no objections. The Ru- PORTER would not be surprised to learn next that some other bar has adopted a rule that the audience ina court room stand on their heads and the lawyers creep under the table when the judge enters, and remain thus un- til “his honor” is seated. Almost Frosen Up. There is still no let up in the cold, though we have had a few slight thaws but in substance it amounted to’ little, Much trouble has been caused by the frost, which is over three feet in the ground, freezing up the water pi and in some parts of the town people must carry the water half a square. The spell has caused much trou A heavy thaw is what is wanted and t cannot come 00 soon. townshjp, Blair coun for town leaving his son, | aged five, and his daughter, aged en, alone in the house. ad und. ps ed mind or 20 oon ish Suny
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