VOL. LXVIL DEM. CONVENTION! A WINNING TICKET PLACED THE FIELD. Attendance, ~The Ticket Nominated, «A Good convention court in Tuesday morning in the at Bellefonte. The called to order by County Ellis Orvis at 12 o'clock. The attend- ance was good and the court wns well filled, N. B. Spaugl tary of the county committee proceed- The Democrats met hou se convention was house ed to call the roll of delegates, and cor- rections on the roll were made. There were few absentees, CE] ! I nim their cholee for Congress, Ira CC, Mitchel was also called {and addressed the convention brief but solid speech, upon in a and promising { to do his part for the success of the party. tobert M. Foster thanked the con- | vention for his nomination in a neat { little speech, and promising to become {a faithful public servent if elected {the Legislature, subservient only to { the wishes of the people of his district, James Schofield was the last speak- {er and was greeted with rounds of ap- | plause. to was made convention was At two o'clock, a motion [to adjourn and the aver. Rn BUNCOED THE THEY TOWN, by the chair to pass upon the chosen conferees elected under the adopted by the last convention. The convention proceeded to elect permanent officers for the day, and A. J. Graham, of Philipsburg, was elected chairman by acclamation. He the chair amid applause and in a few new rules for the honor conferred upon him. For secretaries George R. Meek and Fred Kurtz, Jr., were elected. CC. M. Parish and Geo, Bush, of Bellefonte, were elected tellers, and C. U. Hofler, of Philipsburg, reading clerk. A committee of five was appointed to draft resolutions, and they with- drew to complete their duties. All preliminary work of the conven tion having been performed, the vention proceeded to the nominations, | For Associate Judge Thomas J. Ril-| ey, of Harris township, placed | before the convention, and was nomi- nated by acclamation. For Assembly, in which all centered, James Schofield, of Belle fonte; Robert M. Foster, of College A. 8. Kerlin, of Centre Hall and W. K. Alexander, of Millheim, were placed before the convention. There was much conjectu.e before the convention as to whom should fall the plum on this side of the valley, as there were three candidates after it, Foster, Kerlin and Alexander, and they went into convention with ap- parently the same strength. Several ballots were supposed necessary before the convention could make a But one ballot was necessary, er, which resulted as follows: con- was interest township; choie Pe. howe Ve Sehofield Foster * Kerlin Alexander Foster and Se hofiel i the majority of votes cast, ed Their was then made unanimous, having received were declar- nominated, nomination For Jury Commissioner, B. F. Keis- ter, Millheim; J. J. Hoy, of Marion; and Frank Dietz, of Howard, placed before the convention, 01 were and the balloting resulted as follows Ke Hoy - ; EN asE. is canis =r Hoy was declared the nominee. For delegates to the State tion, which meets at Harrisburg, June 27th, the convention appointed Orin Vail, of Philipsburg; A. C. Thompson, of Halfmoon; 8. A. Me- Quistion, A. Garman, Bellefonte; and A. R. Alexander, of Penn. For chairman of the county commit- tee for the ensuing year, N, IB. Spang- ler and Hammond Sechler were nomi- nated, and Spangler was elected by vote of 77 to 2 H. A. Moore, of Howard, then read the report of the cammittee on district conferees, nominated from the convei- 01 Ss. fa various atorial conferences, as published ina previous issue, C. M. Bower, E«., received Lhe entire vote for president judge. J. C. Meyer, tire vote, by districts stood as follows: W, OC. Heinle, Aurre Ist District .......... 204 District, Sed Distriet 4th Distriet.. 5th District, 6th District th Distriet., § Sth Distriet..... oh “th District 128 The 6th District, Philipsburg, Rush, ete., sends its delegate uninstructed for congress. From this it will be aie Williams i 7 3 aa 1a 106 W we 0 188 conference for Aaron Williams Esq, | and two for Wm, C. Heinle, Esq. The second district stands a tie, Committee on resolutions then re- ported. In substance they endorsed William M. Singerly for governor; en- dorsing Cleveland's administration; denouncing the McKinley bill as the cause of the present business depres. sion and demanding of congress the immediate passage ef the Wilson tarift bill and the income tax bill. Wm. C. Heinle was then called for and made a ringing speech, challeng- ing any question of his Demoeracy or character, and renewing his fidelity to the party. Aaron Williams minde a brief address thanking the Desgoetucy for making i How Two Fenmps Played n Winning Game und Came Oat Ahend. A short time at Le of small pox and the isolated the ad tramp to take eare of him. went to how | he was getting along and according to tramp No. 2 in a few days No, 1 died, The of health notified tramp No. 2 to bury No. 1, and present his bill for the same, Tramp N ngo a tramp iid SICK hired another Asa Se Cis er of COlirse, oo one 37 mrd 0 instructions $115, followed and presented a bill for was promptly paid. spired that tramp No. 1 was only sick for a few days and that the scheme was concocted by both to beat the bor-| ough. The grave was opened and the coffin was found to be empty, Lew- istown is wiser if not richer than it was, LEN which | wd) Wy — | Light-Hour Law Unconstitutional. The Supreme Court of Nebraska has decided that the eight-hour law of that state it unconstitutional. Is not this the first time that has been done ? The court went upon two grounds, First, the law is special legislation in that it discriminates against farm la- bor and That the eight- hour rule could not be applied in the excepted instances has always recognized in the Agriculture could hardly be carried on under it, and it would out of the domestic. been discussions of it, PENNS VALLEY FARMS Why They nre not as Prodoctive should He, Why are the farms of Penn's Valley not as good as those of our in Buffulo Valley? We soil, plenty of limestone, yet difference between the farms of valley and of Buffalo valley in U county, how much prettier the latter | are, how much greater the yield from | them, and much surer the than | on our farms. We fear trouble | comes from neglect ness under the have good see © rops the tenant system valley. Many tenants take no inter- question in the case of house se Tvanta, i Second, the law the ght of | tract, If a man is wiibog to | wirs a day it is not con- denies free ox vork sixteen he stitutionally in the power of a Legisia- | he The ex- | ritle unavoidable, + Ie t to say that shall not, are is fundsa- | rule are the { free contract ni stacles to the insuperable not that what matter comes to? - - - short Items. Corn and potatoes planted two and three the | seed to rot in | weeks nEgo did not come up, enld weather caused the the ground. Last Friday, three mer sunshine, for the first time in was genuine sum- which all were glad to weeks, there wh, In Indiana last week a giant horse | died, twenty-seven and one-half hands in height, and weight over 3000 pounds, We don't want that breed of horses in Centre county, persons would have to carry ladders to mount such steeds, and that would be a drawback. Bicycles are becoming more plenty right along; the time will come when all will travel by wheel, and the roads Remit your subseription and keep a | good record for promptness, i a The Jad geship, The contest among the Re spublicans | over a candidate for Judge is lively | but all under the surface, What we all want-—-and it is anything it is | above any political consideration. : i - Wy Five Dollar Counterfeit, | Merchants and others are cautioned | to be on the lookout for a counterfeit | $5 gold pices bearing thie date of 1880, which so closely resembles the genuine as to defy detectives, although they are lighter and thinner. Sq en Condo's Eaters, Sheriff Condo has fifteen in his castle, vorite. boarders His hotel must be a far Admitted to the Bar, Hugh M. Taylor was admitted to the Bellefonte bar last week. AM Si ~Lewins, Bellefonte, has the most experienced cutter in these parts and at his establishment you ean be suited in a manner befitting a prince,and at a reasonable price. New spring clothing just opened at Lewin's, Bellefonte. A dollar does double duty at this establishment, Subscribe for the REPORTER. farms | for fear they doing | forgetting are to In Buffulo valley cipally occupy their ie landlords farms looking to own fences along fences, and have to re These an { pairs when and where needed, eye in other Landlords should, of course, thing in return. With the railroad to put ly right at our lime done furmers should more extensively, just by the Union county Lime is more fertilizers. doors, Was | as farmers | lasting and | In limiog got, but the farmer frequently | cheated in adulterations, and pays out | big prices for a fraud. | We think a little revolution the system of farming in our county would be a good thing. The landlord and] tenant need a little revolutionizing, | both would be the richer for it. i in fertilizers is in | : i better and | : - » Individasl Communion Cups First among the churches in the vi-| cinity of Jersey City to adopt the new method of taking the communion from individual communion will the first Presbyterian Chureh, largest church of that denomination | { there. The subject has informally discussed by the be | the | Cups already been pastor, el. Rew Dr. Charles Herr, the pastor, said that | all his people had expressed their proval of it. ie aj to take from his or her own cup, passed around on a tray, will be a ne Each one cominunion Ww innovation, after | gle cup system for nearly But the reason given is | single cup system. -—— Horse Thief Caught horse was Miller | Saturday evening a stolen from the stable Maple Hill, thief, whose bay of John Lycoming name at The county. Wesley i is Monday | the suspicion immediately on horse. | and | went to} actions aroused bierly i | i of | A message was sent to the owner | i tified the horse and the thief. Smith i demanded a hearing, which was given where suffi- | cient evidence was given to prove that | he was guilty. After dinner Consta- ble Fetterhoof and John C. Bierly took the prisoner to Lock Haven and plac- county jail.— Valley ee s——— ———— Disease Spreaders, An exchange properly says in trav. eling and shopping how oflen one sees well dressed women, who look intelli gent enough to know better, hold soil- ed greenbacks and silver between their lips while hunting for small change in their purses. Why, my dear sisters, don’t you know that paper money is a regular garden of guicrobes and disease germs, and that contagious diseases are frequently spread in just this way? Of all the necessary evils in the world money is the nastiest, A Min Thunder Gusts. Tuesday afternoon thunder showers passed over the county. At night there was a rattling thunder gust, lightning and thunder sharp, and con- siderable rain. Heavy hail fell in the vicinity of Shingletown, covering the ground, but doing no damage. At Boalsburg, we are told hailstones were seen as large as hickorynuts, i ms AMY «Whether you want a suit made of order or one ready-made, you will find Lewins 83 to $5 cheaper than elsew here, Has new spring styles just opened. assortment in Central Penna 14. CAPITOL GOSSIP [FINAL THIS WEE K. { Debate on the Tarltt Bil to be Close, - Forced ton Senator Brice Gives the Sugar Scandal a Black Hye | Senator the next who WasHiNagron, June 11. | Harris believes that he can | final vote on the tarift bill { Saturday night, if every reach before Senator the will little discom- has promised to vote for bill stand by him to the extent of a personal inconvenience and { fort, and he has during the last | eight hours been hard the Senators he trying 0 He Democratic to get {them to agree. has promises of all the has but he had not up to this morn- owing to the seein, of ing, absence several and the sickness Mel’ Anes of Democratic Senators of Senators Gorman and Jerson, succeeded in getting the nssur will be necessary for bee} ng a vole, that the wmve been wilfully decely succeed in cer senntors ing the Dem- him to have vind him to It is now almost tain Republican the im- i x Fd re on the eve ol wwreeing to name for taking the that they until n day It is not probable fore There mtinuing the the Re to set a date the reason for ¢ agrees ed to do so by Democrats, {is no earthly debate beyond this week, yet middle of July, and they will sent to shut them off, There is much dissatisfaction Democrats in the House over gar schedule of the tarifl” bill been adopted by the Senate, prediction is freely crats that the House among the as it has and the Demo wil= made will by Hever agree It i= argued by its opponents that the taritff'on refin benefit for anybody ex- cept the sugar trust and an attempt is the Dem- it and now being made to organize House refined sugar, ocrats in the against in favor of free The only one of the reciprocity treat- the MeKinley tari! pi Weg ie under reciprocity clause that sedi of American products of the jaw Wis er of any actical ix the th im ine i : it with woviding ith Cu- abiro- Spain an y oat ge Of Ox ba and Porto |X ag an Ww tain products will soon be The information “wp by State depart- that the direction of authoriz- 1 je Spain ment has offi inl ris will, by overnment, pass an act i yl : and Porto Ric duty of 24 per « tuba y fo col a tors et on all the free list of the rec treaty The House Commerce committee the were wone of Nicara- : gu a canal bills before it satisfac. fed sub-commit- bill with these To prevent the and has direc fn tee to prepare a new four objects in view: Nicaragua ca- to keep Speculators from profiting by the pro- provide for the issuance of U ated States notes for the cost of the construction of the canal rather than bonds, and to secure complete and per- i manent control to the United government. Members of the com- mittee express the belief that bill along these lines can easily be passed, and that it will be approved by the people of the country. The overwhelming defeat in the House of the bill for the repeal of the tax on state bank currency is regarded as an indication that there will no Niates a be Congress, although Representative Springer has not abandoned hope of | getting action on his bill for a nation- al currency. Coxey and his two lieutenants were released from jail yesterday, having | served out their terms and paid the five dollars, fines imposed upon two of them in preference to serving an addi- tional ten days. The authorities ree fused to grant a permit for a parade, thus preventing a demonstration be- ing made over their release, Senator Walsh, of Georgia, made a hit with his bill providing for the es. tablishment of a permanent exhibition of the industrial products and resour- ces of all the states at the National Cap- ital. Everybody talks in favor of it, Senator Brice gave the charges against him in connection with the al- leged sugar trust scandal a bad black eye when he wrote to the Senate in- vestigating committee offering his own testimony and that of his clerks in Washington, New York and Ohio, to prove that he has not bought a share of sugar stock since he became a mem- ber of the Senate in 1801, and request- ing his brokers to make known to the committee every stock transaction of his upon their books. In accordance with that request Mr. Chapman, a member of the New York firm of Largest from which to select. 8 Moore and Schley, stock brokers, testi- bought but fied that his firm had fany sugar stock for Mr. never rice, with other Senators, The | will ask the Grand Jury to deal with Mr. Chapman, { been brought out by the committee re- | flee ting upon the integrity of any Sen- ator, Wo Ay oy The Commonwenlers Ielonsed Coxey, lead- released No dem- drowne and Jones, the {ers of the commonweal, from jail Monday morning. attended thel with were onstration They warden and watch them for their I the officers, shook hands considerate treatment, homa Sam, drawn by four common At the district line the wealers from the camp were drawn up wenl horses, in line to receive the distinguished the the Coxey unhitehed hauled cianp. during now party. and They horses themselves the spoke to leaders the looked their He an addres Kuoxville, afl ¢ #iernoon., though ' Browne xey said it ns thie men might extend ay at the capital into winter, he thie for He also i Wn wat idl 3 Lo make Juls JULY would | Wis grog Fourth which he had other engagements to r the h. A census of the ol of at ww paid $250, Hin dur- in mont camp on Monday showed 548 men present. In his chan tio Mr. he was not acquainted with the wen ii ff fPEARIDE Of ilo cong for said ele eg i silu- ross, Coxey tha the ation of affairs in Massillon trict dis for Advices received however, indicated wotild be successful, » had pot al home about three months, from friends there, that he as he i — Bemarkable Cases of Honesty, Twenty years ago a married woman, at New Clearfield county, lived with a at 1 he was fourteen years of age, and were now residing Washington, family but she {to The Time twenty-two Ane, Kansas, 8 then when quit the unable her §8 due family they pay her for services, married, of Indy came east and went on until a period years elapsed between her western ser- vice due na and her coming east. The money One day, letter Caine ved ated that was the bal New Washing the family . her had been forgotten. Je than a month ago, a of in- ry which was sig by one wud when 3 {1 ton had The her postoffice This another waonan letter address, Hvedd in only asked for if she was liv information being frig Ng ¥ given was enecle letter came which for the §8 and interest upon the twenty it pay in weed a draft FIRES, being for fath- girl same the youn daughter her to seins the young “AWO years i ¢ er, who could not g hier Wage told his upon his death bed, and asked find her The business and pay the amount du RerorTER has similar in Bellefonte failed. He moved south, and lived there many He then moved back to Belle- He the said he owed money, and he want- We said we had no recol- lection of his owing us. He kept on insisting he did. The matter was look- ed up in a few days, and we had owed us $16 for i Case, A man years. fonte. met us on street: iis some ed to pay. near seventeen years. esly was such an agreeable surprise, that we refused to take interest, and accepted $10 for account in fall. There is a sample of honesty that should put to shame many who spend their lives in seeking how to* dodge paying an honest debt. Wp — a Soldiers’ Orphans, There were 712 pupils in the soldiers’ | NO. 24 | A NEW POLITICAL PARTY i Patriotic Order, Strong, Uniting. The nucleous of a new political party | to resist all interference with the pub- { lie school system, was formed by 150 | delegates who secretly met in Pitts | burg last Thursday. They represented {the Junior Order United American Mechanics, Patriotic Bons of America, | Loyal Orange League, Sons of St George and Daughters of Liberty. An 'e committee of ten was ap- meeting Pennsylvania 360,000 Lodges of these orders throughout | platform of 16 planks already agreed {upon. No attack will be made on the A protective tariff] to remain in force for 25 years, will be National bank currency is opposed, national control of railroads a month all round. The combined patriotic order claim a membership of 150,000 in Allegheny ‘ounty, and 300,000 in the State, and io inaugurate a virgorous cam- Talk of candidates for Gover- nor is being indulged and friends of W. 1 ir, Junior Order Mex propose paign in, . Kerr, State council i) American f mentioned him for the nited hanies, have ———————— Another Cave Near Pittsburg explorers who claim have inspected a mammoth ca Lhe side of Warrior's about Huunti dis round and Dress cave by a rope ladder long, they entered the northeast five miles from tell a great story of the tance the curi traveled underg ties they viewed, nding into the {eet ’r After proceeding ROTTIE distance the party larger caves, about 150 feet below the surface of the own words: dis rotite ninety-five main corrids 10135 found three main entrance. To quote their “These caverns were explored to the and all along the studded with On ac- existed in tance of a mile, the fine specimens o ceiling was ¢ i stalactites, count of the gases which sone of the chambers, we were com- Many antique speci- mens were found, and bones, supposed wiled to retreat. to be those of mastodons, to were ex posed view at several pisces.” Another party ns in the will we these € x pl Mar doubt) Lg Cavers Near ia Penusvy wonld RE $8e aiiey Up more great en if explorations We party dir Cay with that view were made could give exploration for an eclions a grand find in the cavern line, not twenty miles from here. - > — State Notes loss of Frank Mus- £18,000 K accident through r the an arm verdict for ancaster City The 1892, received a the L Railway Company. curred on July breaking of a cabl hill by the The F in many counties in the State, are holding big gatherings, and strongly oppose the repeal of the existing anti-oleo law in “1 bo against lectric OM the € Ope ral ted Of a steep 4 3, railway. armers’ Alliance | The state board of agriculture at its oleo. A Big Man, The biggest man in Jefferson county is Thomas Pifer, of Henderson, says the Panxsutawney Spirit. He weighs 368 pounds and measures 54 inches around the waist and 5} feet around ‘ the abdomen. His health is good, and he would be able to work every day were it not for his excessive flesh, About the only exercise he takes is of the fiscal year ended May 3 Of | yards of cloth to make him a pair of | at Chester Spring; 99 boys and 63 girls {at Uniontown. Two hundred and | eightytwo were admitted prior to June | 1, 1887, and the rest during the past (year. Those admitted last year willbe Lentitled to admission to the industrial { school for soldiers’ orphans at Scotland, | Franklin eounty, which will be open- ed Janusryl, 1885. Only onc death toccurred in the schools during the year, The annual examinations are being held at the schools which will close for the season week after next The commission had a large number of applications for admission to the schools which will be acted upon prior to the beginning of the fall term, iscsi Better Times Soon to Come, With the long contention over the tariff bill at an end, and the schedules fairly in operation, a change for the better will be inaugurated-—-not a big business boom, nor the “flush times" that are still remote—but a percepti- ble turn in the tide and a turn in the right direction—the beginning of the end of a protracted period of suspense, with its accompanying stringency, distress, and general stagnation of in dustries. Subscribe for the REPORTER. From Other Counties, The saw mill of H. B. EKleckner, | near Lamar, was totally destroyed by fire Tuesday night. This will be a great loss {o that gentleman as the mill was in the midst of the season's saw- ing. W. R. Ringrose, who sued the town of Bloomsburg for $15,000 damages for injuries received by falling on a pave ment which was in poor condition, in April, 1892, was awarded $5,000 dam- ages by the jury. nm pA > Coxeys Got There, Two hundred Coxeyites have been sentenced to imprisonment at labor in Idaho for train stealing. The so-call- ed “General” Scheffler gots six months and the privates from thirty to sixty days. This is as it should be and should have been from the beginning. The indulgence shown these threatens ing gangs of organized tramps has been their main source of strength, - For Sale, A fine Short horn bull, bred, 1] years old, for sale ue rough Black, Potters Mills. yh
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