YoI LXV), CAPITOL GOSSIP THE DEMOCRATS HAVE MAPPED OUT A PROGRAMME. A Currency Bill to be Reported.- No Leg- | islation to be Made Without Harmony. WasHiNGTON, Dee. 10.—The Dem- ocrats in Congress have surprised everybody, including themselves, dur- ing the past week. Instead of the bickerings which were expected and predicted by Democrats as well as members of the other parties, they have been quietly at work and have actually succeeded in mapping out a partial programme of legislation which they expect to pass. They held caucus in the House, but are acting upon general consent of the party in pushing the Fithian free ship bill and the two appropriation bills—pensions and fortifications—which have reported. The railroad pooling bill, now before the House, isn't regarded | as a political measure. The Democrats of the "House mittee on Bapking and Currency, | who were hopelessly at sea during the last session, have announced their in- tention to report a currency bill be- fore the holiday recess, and it is an open secret that it will be very near to the recommendations made by Secre- tary Carlisle aud endorsed by Presi- dent Cleveland's message—an exten- sion of national bank currency and an authorization of State bank currency under proper safe guards. This week the committee will grant hearings toa | number of prominent financiers, be-| ginning today with Secretary Carlisle. | The idea is to get the bill reported be- fore the recess, so that it can be fully discussed by the public before the reas- sembling of Congress, The Democratic Senators wisely con- cluded to ignore what they could not agree upon and instructed the steering committee to arrange an order of busi- ness to cover the following; a bank- ruptey bill; bills for the admission of Arizona and New Mexico: Nicaragua Canal bill, and a bill involving the in-| terests of Indian Territory, leaving the question of precedence to the dis- cretion of the steering committee, These things are very gratifying to the average Democrat, and if they contin- ue through the session will put the party in fairly good shape. It seems almost a pity to point to the ugly feet of Mr. Peacock Babcock when he is exhibiting such a beautiful § tail, embellished in illuminated colors with the claims of what he accom plished in the late campaign as Chair man of the Republican Congressional Committee, but the following conver | sation between two Republican Con- | gressmen is so apt that it must be re- corded: “I would like to know,” said Representative Hepburn, of Iowa, “just what good the Republican cam- | paign committee did in the late elec- tion. I would like to have some one | name the district in which the com- mittee did anything.” “Well,” re- | plied Representative Powers, of Ver-| mont, to whom the remark was ad- | dressed, “It did something in Houk’s| district in Tennessee and in Murray's | in South Carolina,. And in both dis- | tricts the Republican candidates were | beaten. “Just so,” said Mr. Hepburn. | “The first time I heard from the com- | mittee was a letter saying the commit- tee could supply us with campaign lit- erature and that my check for a com- fortable sum would be acceptable, The next was a letter after the elec tion saying that in consideration of a Mr. McKee's services as Secretary of the committee he ought to be elected clerk of the next House. When the time cores to appoint another come mittee I shall recite these and a few other facts and move that the ecommit- tee be abolished.” Mr. Babcock has been throwing stones at the McKinley boom. Chairman Hateh, of the House Com- mittee on Agriculture, was one of the slain, but his greeting to ex-Speaker Reed shows that his wit is still alive— “Reed, I want to congratulate you, I have in part represented the State of Missouri in Congress a good many years, and I thought I knew some- thing about it, but I am ready to ac- knowledge that you know more about Missouri than I do. I read the speech you made in St Louis with great dis gust. You said the people of Missouri were people, except that they didn’t have sense enough to know how to vote. Iam blessed if you weren't right.” De Rawlins, of Utah, has no- titled Smith that if the gov- - ernment does not remove the Ute In- dians from Utah the people will drive them out by force. He says he fears that an Indian war will be the out come of the present difficulties, ow- ing to the depredations of the Indians, which, he says, has reached the un- bearable stage. An equity suit has been no been Coni~ begun in City newspaper ington, and H. L. Strohm, of Kansas ager of the “Press Claims Co.,”! of Washington, and W. R. Hearst, of the “Examiner Bureau of Claims,” for tion, made by Preston with the “Press Claims Co,” in whieh Preston agreed to take stock in that company, the representation that it was valua- ble, as pay for advertising. Mr. Pres- ton asked that the company be com- pelled to pay him $840 in cash for the tye About Potatoes, Since we raise and eat potatoes, it is them. not in Mexico. a Spanish priest, is believed to introduced the plant in Europe. From TO TEST THE LAW ON PEDDLING, Alleged Unconstitation. ality, At Pittsburg, Friday, Judge Buffing W. Dunham, who claims to be illegally detained in the er company, which is chartered under He was ar- for peddling committed to ing. Dunham’s attorney claims the unconstitutional, in the custody of Sherifl’ Fullmer, will be taken to Pitts- burg Tuesday, when the validity of the imprisonment will be determined. is without a license - Woy wy The Home Paper. No man is too poor to take his home newspaper, and it is false economy to t along without it. Hardly a week passes that something will be a financial benefit to the sub- has made or saved from one to twenty was cultivated very The city papers do aot take the place Britain. In 1690 the Royal Society | of your home paper, although some within the last century and a half that | 8re all right in their way, but they it has been a common vegetable there, | don’t give you what you are most in- | terested in—your local and county i news. You can not learn from { when and where public meetings i But the sweet potato was brought into Euagland in 1563, and was called the early as 1587, when the white potato was first de- them as fre { to be held, who are dying and who are scribed in an English book, - -> — The Hotel Keeper, A licensed hotel keeper should be a court proceedings, land, who want to own interest if not for his customers. in fact, hundreds of items whieh on their lunch counter, they can sell Such matters city pa vegetable, Cabbage is a well known antidote for intoxication and a man who will eat suar kraut between | drinks will hold twice as much whis- key as he will under ordinary circum- stances without becoming intoxicated. keely cure at the same time, — — Dots Dotted Down. “ Dr. Emerick’s | new addition to his residence. : Up and under roof A i Editorial Notes. Property in Clearfield county will be at its actual value. re has been no assessments: in Altoona shops that have beenon 9 that Dubois, it is reported, is going to iron furnaces erected. business is not being tiana, Norway, inquiring about the! wheels he puts up for the trade. As tonishing what advertising will do! ces of the Ref. chureh. ty's big hog year. hogs, or other stuff, ger than | of January, next, Austin Curtin is after the appoint- The electric cars and the run in 30 minutes, now running be Altoona, make The Clearfield fire brick works have jerensed their output from 9,000 to 12,000 per day. Further signs of more prosperous times, ting the question of surrendering the act in order to give the city a wider scope for improvement. at AIA Sh fit man for the place. to lay right smart so as to make it pay for their owners, sr ————————— Our List for Molidays. Clothing, Trunks, Sait Cases, Trav- eling Bags, and Telescopes, White and Colored Shirts, Night Robes, Collars and Cuffs, Soft and Stiff’ Hats, Tobog- gan Caps or Toques, Neck Wear, Ties, scarfs and Bows, Underwear: White Linen and Initial Silk Handkerchiefs; Hosiery; Wool and Cotton Sweaters and Cardigan Jackets: Ladies and Gentlemens Garters; Suspenders; Gloves and Mittens, Mackintoshes: House Coats; Trunk Straps and Um- brellas, Moxtaomery & Co., Tailors and Clothiers, Crider's Exchange, Bellefonte. tm ——_— Sands of Gold, Don’t spend your days in planing little deeds of spite. Remember that kinduess costs you nothing and often brings you good. Always bear in mind the meanness of a jealous spirit. First be liberal with your own money before advising liberality in others. The underbanded breeder of strife is a curse to a community. Tattling over your neighbors makes people shun you. A tale-bearer is the father of strife, es ——————— Look Haven Truck Market, Butter 22 and 25 cents per Ib. ; egis 25 cents per dozen ; turkeys live weight 9 cents per Ib. ; chickens 25 to 35 cents each dressed ; apples, choice, 60 cents per bushel, nA A SSA, ~Price, quality and style are promi- nent factors when you are buying N. J. His little boy, five years of age, croup For two days and nights he tried various remedies He says: “I thought sure I would lose him. I had seen Chamber- lain’s Cough Remedy advertised and and am happy to say that after two doses he slept until morning. it to him next day and a cure was ef- fected. I keep this remedy in the house now and as soon as any of my children show signs of croup I give it to them and that is the last of it.” 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by Wm, Pealer, Spring Mills, and 8. M, Swartz, Tusseyville, ssn AM Ai Masienl Convention, A Musical Convention will be held in the Reformed church at Centre Hall, under the auspices of the Ladies’ Ald Boclety of that church, on the week beginning Monday, December 31st. Prof. P. H. Meyer will conduct the convention, ’ Starting Early. Pipe smoking among the boys in town is the latest fad they have struck and it is not a rare sight to see a young shaver of about nine or ten pull out his pipe and fill it, and pull away at it with the satisfaction of a veteran, Shosshop Barned, On Saturday morning last the shoe shop of Hetiry Tressler, on the pike leading to Rock Mills, was destroyed by fire, with all its contents, lasts, tools, leather, ete. Loss $500, Insu- rance $350. Cause of the fire is nbt known, ~Ladies’ and Childrens’ Coats, pric- Penns A PENSION RULE THE DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHES A PRECEDENT. Widows With Comforigble Incomes are to | be Shut Out. A Howl now in order from the Bloody Shirt Organs. hereafter whose The Pension Bureau will in- come from other sources, added to the proceeds of reasonable effort on thelr part, affords them comfortable port. This policy is provided for ina ruling of Assistant Secretary Reynolds In secreiary sup based on the act of June 27, 1890, his decision the assistant BAYH: “It was evidently the intention of Congress to supplement the Widow's means of support from her own labor only when such means insuffi- for her comfortable support, Under ordinary circumstances, with- out intending to lay down an arbitra- ry and inflexible rule, when a widow were cient is shown to have an ineome considera- bly in excess of the pension provided by the third section of the sources independent of her daily labor, she act from does not occupy a pensionable sta- tus thereunder.” Wy A Haundred Miles an Hour The Pennsylvania Railroad compa- ny has constructed an engine which they claim will out travel any locomo- it of a speed of 100 miles an this tive in existence, is capable hour. At unprecedented speed it will pull a full train, consisting of four vestibuled Pullman cars, two day coaches, a com- bination car and the locomotive tender. When ascending the ste p grades and roundiog the sharp curves on the Alle- of maintain gheny mountains velocity one dl. this a mile a minute has been Fo railroad men of the country record breaking flver is known as the “Penns 's latest ftyle, class 'P’ ex press locomotive.” For endurance and gen- that Use believed hard than any other locowolive ever eral wear and tear it is this engine can stand more COn- structed. ——— Aan Old Pensioner Centre county some years back had And the one was Adam Sunday, of Gregg twp., some aged pensioners, last a8 revolutionary pensioner who died nearly a score of years ago, aged over 1 Years. David M'Coy, of Redlands, Cal., is now the oldest pensioner of the United State He is a veteran of the war of The forty-five 1812 and is 104 years old, the list, which next on contains of Grant's The oldest widow of 1812 is 95 years old. She married after the is Hosea Brown, Pass, Ore., who is 102 years old. was War was aver. —- Will Have a Conference CGovernor-elect Hastings and his cab- at Belle a conference taining to the change of administra. tion. It is thought no appointments departinents without his sanction. It is likely that selection of a superin- teudent of banking and factory in- asunounced alter the There is a large number the pressure upon General Hastings by the friends of the several appli-| canis has become so great that he js! his selection in order that he may be | relieved of his annoyance and settle | down to the preparation of his inaugu- | ral address, idm ol a — sane Smith & Sous, We especially call the attention of housewives to our carefully selected stodk of edibles—Puddine, Breakfast Cocoa, California Prunes, Silverine Prunes, Pink and White Gelatine, Cranberries and California Peaches. Dates, Muscatel Raisins, Brazil Nuts, English Walnuts, Soft-shelled Almonds, Pecons; also mixed Nuts, — Beedless Raising, French Currants, Candied Orange, Lemon, and Citron peel for mince pies, Oranges, Lemons and pure, fresh candies for everybody. Think of it, Imperial tea "way down in price; call for sample. Turkeys and all kinds of produce wanted at-—Isaac Smith & Sons, For rheumatism I have found noth. ing equal to Chamberlain's Pain Balm, It relieves the pain as soon as applied, J. W. Young, West Liberty, W. Va. The prompt relief it affords is aione worth many times the cost, 50 cents, Its continued use will effect a perma- nent cure. For sale by Wm. Pealer, VOSTAL POINTS, Facts With Which All Persons Should Be- come Acquainted. Postage stamps are not exchangea- ble. Bpoiled or misdirected stamped envelopes, when in tion, may be redeemed at a whole condi- the face val- ue of the stamps thereon, in postage Postal Copper or cards nickle coins are only received to the amount stamps or postal cards, are not redeemable, of twenty-five cents at the postoffice. It is permitted to put your name and address upon the upper left hand cor- uer of all matter mailed by you, and the sender of a letter mailed in a hotel envelope may write on the envelope what disposal shall be made of the let- ter if undelivered. All letters should be directed legibly, with the name of the postoflice, county, slate, street, house or box number. all The payees of identified them. Postal employes can, at their option, money orders be before the money sent is ust paid make out gpplications for money or- ders, to either address or seal a regis tered letter, to place its contents there- in, or to aflix postage stamps. AL the approach of Christmas it may be useful Lo know that article of any mailable matter ten-cent “special delivery” stamp, in addition bearing a to the lawful postage, is entitled to im- mediate delivery on week tween 7am, and 11 p. m., days be- if the fice be of the free delivery or letter car- of- rier class, between 7 a. m. and 7 p. m. on week days, letter carrier office, and within one mile of the postoflice, if other than a ft Work of the Stray Log Committee, in in report of the work done by z= 1 ’ stray log commitee in the flo Sun recovering May, the through t taken adrift by Williamsport or [ the Eliorts nave been, by tl 1a wl Jast SAYS jie there commitiee, of the middle about it pre- feel of William- ; and at least 80.000.000 feet sent month, 40. 030.000 11 $ 4 . gs returned to the mills at ort morse he river from Shamokin dam to the bay “1 will be delivered to mills along 1 by the first of the year. The 40,000,000 feel which « scaped into the bay are ex- pected to be safely harbored before the first of the year and will at the mill owned by Williamsport lum- bermen al Sparrows Point. The work all along the river and in the bay has be sawed progressed as well as could be ex pected under the circumstances, - - - Brief News Items, The Harrisburg this week State grangesis in session with 700 dele- gates in attendance. A determined of the oleo law. The 10,000 miners in the Dubois, Re- noldsvilleand Punksutawny coal flelds will probably strike against the reduc- CHILD MURDER FOR INSURANCE, Au Ageot for a Children's Society Bays Ar rests gre Probable, Agent Leonard, who represents the Bociety to Proteet Children from Cru- elty in Harrisburg, hiots that arrests are probable for the murder of chil dren to secure the insurance placed on their lives, The insurance companies are doing a big business, children Agent Leonard says: “The subject of child insuranee has been under in- time. It has come under my observation through uy connection the Protect Children from Cruelty and 1 have found a number of cases where vestigation for some with society to ¢hildren were so insured and actually allowed to starve to death by the While I do not for a suppose that the companies have this ra rents, moment in trouble is that they offer end io view Issuing policies, the an induce ment to improper persons to kill their children.” EE More Big Hogs Killed, Michael Burkholder keeps up the Centre Hill section in the list of big hogs slaughtered. He reports a porker that dressed 519, and says he that industrious far- has an- other lying back Mike is mer and means to feast will dress at least 500, an on big hams, killed which dressed Merchant four jartholmew hogs, each of about 500 pounds. Them was whoppers. The largest dressed 506 pounds, Shannon Boal killed a porker which dressed 331 pounds, and he feels he has the g Was only 249 days oid a right to stand in trust salusage as the pi It would be of gene Count were sent u from 300 to 600 It some that pork can not d per 1b. D. J. Mi his cost 4]. Much depends 0 aise JON hogs 0 pout in weight, is alleged by vised un- ro oceuls ‘Ver Rays upon the price of corn. WA A MAN died of delphia, a few days ago. Phila- He was starvation, in dis covered helpless on a side street, and taken to the hospital, and he recover- edd he had walked the streets of the city eight f work without sue sufficiently io tell that days un the hunt o oess, and that in those eight days he did not have anything to eat ; he died shortly after in of all efforts to And this in the City of Brotherly Love ! pile save his life. Such a thing is not our rural districts, their and where the deserving poor are ten- from is likely to occur where all know circumstances, in each other and and in dered kind employ assistance neighbors, the cities it take effect on Dec. 15. A Japanese division defeated the Chinese near Kin Kwa Ha, the other day. +The Chinese lost 100 killed. te New Station on Penasylivania BR. BR, The Pennsylvania Railroad Co. will change the pame of the station at and distress are your lot. Carefully Examined. The West Branch territory, as far as it is covered by the Susquehanna river by ex- the sale of tickets and the checking of and points beyond to take effect Dec. 15th inst A magnificent county bridge across burg and East Bloomsburg has been completed and an Omnibus line is es tablished by which Bloomsburg pass engers are transferred to and from all trains, These arrangements will bea great convenience to the traveling public. rem ——— ——— Marringe Licenses. The following marriage licenses have been granted the past week: M. L. Richards and Maggie Turner, of Huston twp. Thomas A. Holt and Clara B. Spi- cer, of Boggs twp. Grant Sweyer and Blanche Tipple, of Howard, P. O. Roffensberger and Maggie Lane, of Bandy Ridge. - A A A ASAI 3 Winter to be Open, Our townsman Lute Emerick pre- dicts open weather for every month this winter. His sign for it is that when December starts in with open wenther every succeeding month can be relied upon to be an open month for the winter. Lute swears by that. Now all keep tally and see if it holds out. wy Senate re- free BY a vote of 27 to 58 the fused to fake up the House bill : Vist's cloture resolution, to fillibustering in the Senate was stop de- idly as it concentrates. The grade There is a loss of decline in the centre of the loss is at Sunbury. This question of flood protection is a vital one to the cities interested and will be the subject of legislative ao tion. A A An Unusunl Case, What is considered a very unusual, if not entirely unprecedented case, came up in the Blair county court last Saturday, when Attorney Fisher, of Altoona, petitioned the court to ap- point a guardian for Mary Bleicher. The petition sets forth that the parents of the girl, who is not yet of age, de clined to consent to her marriage to a young man who desired her hand. The appointment of a guardian js de sired in order that he may authorize the taking out of 8a marriage license, which is now impossible owing to the opposition of the parents. The court granted a rule to hear arguments on the matter on Dec. 10, Y Convicted of Libel, Editor Schick, of the Clarion, Pa., Jacksonian, was convicted on three counts last week for libelous articles published against Congressman Kribbs of this district. Schick had charged Kribbs with having misused some of the funds of the State Normal, besides defuming his character, and the jury found him guilty. i IA. ie ttt tt Hunting Notes, Gap hunters along with landlord Bart ges, went to Slate Ridge on Mond
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