VOL. LXVIL. ON THEIR METTLE REPRESENTATIVES GIVING THE SENATE A LESSON. The Democrats in the House Legislation, — Doing Some Carlisle Currency iL WasHixagTON, Dee, 17.—0Onee more the Democrats of the House are giving the Democratic Senators a in how to legislate. While the majority in the Seaate has allowed itself to be practically tied up by the minority, the majority in the House has doing what they were sent to ington to do-—attending to business, Having heard about everything that could be said for and against the plan of currency reform submitted by See- retary Carlisle, the House committee on Banking and Currency that while the plan was not entirely satisfuctory to financial extremists, either gold or silver men, it was better as a whole than any other plan brought forward, and more likely lesson been to sort of compromise. Having arrived at that conclusion, the committee de- termined to report the bill prepared by Secre.ary Carlisle without recommen- dation, leaving the House amend the bill if it sees fit, free to out a plan for the consideration of the bill, which will be taken up at once and pushed to a vote. It is announced that the Republicans will The state of trying to defeat the bill will be to strike out the feature, which is the feature that most liked by southern Democrats, The next amendment offered will one providing for an immediate issue of bonds large enough to redeem the greenbacks and Treasury 1890, first bank is be of take gold from the treasury. Present indi- cations are, however, that the Demo- crats will vote together to defeat and all amendments, and that the will pass the House as reported by the committee, The Dockery recommended notes which may now be used to any which changes in the government departments in Wash- ington, all tending to a reduction of expense and the expediting of busi. is now looking into the land fices throughout the eountry. Among the proposed changes in that branch of the public service may be ed the substitution of a law rzceiver in every land office Commission, numerous ness, of mention clerk for a : the tion of nearly the whole law branch of the land office, and making the deci- sion of the Land Commissioner final, so far as the department of the Interi- or is concerned, aboli- Al present cases may be appealed from the Commissioner to the Secretary of the Interior. It is claimed that the proposed changes will, if adopted, be of great benefit to those having business with the Land Office, besides saving about $200,000 a year. Immediately after the late elections a correspondent, more as a joke than for any other reason, sent a story out of Washington to the effect that the negroes intended to demand that one of their preachers be elected Chaplain of the next House. The story was widely commented on, and has result- ed in the production of a negro candi- date for Chaplain of the House, al- though there is no reason to suppose that such a thing had ever been written. There are numerous reasons why the Republicans in the next House may that negro candidate down, Although the Senate has against a cloture rule, the idea of ob- taining one has not been abandoned at this session, idea, and Senator Hill, ways favored cloture, who has al sult in a new assault on the rules, anything is done it must be done quickly, as the control of the Senate will no longer be in the hands of the Democrats after the vacancies from the three north-western states have been filled by the Republican legisla- tures of those states, and the mixed legislature of North Carolina has elect- ed a successor to Senator Jarvis, who holds his seat by gubernatorial ap- pointment. It is expected that these four Senators will take their seats be fore the end of January. Since Representative Holman an- nounced that he might write a book, embracing his Congressional recollec- tions, after his retirement from the House, his mail has been filled with requests that he do so and nearly every member of both House and Senate has made the same request verbally, Few men now living could write a more in- teresting book of Congressional rem- iniscences than Mr. Holman, and it is to be hoped that he will do so. 1 Grangers Elect Officers, At Thursday morning's session of | | the state grange, at Harrisburg, an ad- | dress on tuberculosis was delivered by | Rogers, of the | The state grange devoted the entire ficers and it is probable the 700 dele- | The surprise of the day was the defeat of Col. R. H. Thomas for re-! His | of Juniata ! candidate for held for more than twenty years, successor is J. T. Allman, county, late Populist governor, Col. rather indifferent | to Worthy Master Rhone was re-elected without any op- position worthy the name. Other Thomas was as re-election, of- | Tio- | ga county, gate keeper; D. M., MceWill- inms, member of the finance commit- | Nevin, Chester, treasurer. Resolutions were adopted favoring | another edition of | Dr. Warren's work on the birds and | animals of the state and recommend- | ing a change in the school law, mak-| ing it a misdemeanor for school di- | relatives teachers, —— : Grange Controlled by Populists, The state grange has passed into the control of the Populists, says the Pitts- burg Post. This explains Secretary | Thomas’ defeat for re-election, after twenty-one years of continuous ser- by Jerome T. Allman, late can-| didate of the People’s party for gover-| nor. The grangers from eastern Penn- i svivania were almost unanimosly for Thomas, but they were outnumbered | by Ailman’s supporters from western | Pennsylvania and other sections where | the Populists are One of | the main objections to Thomas was his dissent from the financial views of Ailman and a majority of the grange. Pattison addressed the convention on the subject of state tax- | ation. He intimated that the tax bill | framed by a committee of the state tax conference and approved by the legis- | strongest, Governor lative committee of the grange did not | meet his views of the proper method The governor declared the present system of raising the reve- | nues was radically defective because of | against real estate | as compared with personal property and its cumbersome His meas. of taxation. its diserimination machinery. objection to the tax conference ure was that there was too much of it | and that it would lead to endless liti-| gation. . nfm Township High Schools, i The principals of the thirteen state | normal schools of Pennsylvania at a conference at the department of pub- | lie instruction adopted a resolution in | favor of the establishment of township | high schools. A course of study for | the preparation of teachers in such | high schools was submitted to Super- | itendent of Pablic Instruction | Schaeffer for his approval. The poli- | ey of combining a department of ob- | servation with the department of prac- | model schools received fa-| The need of | theirs would be binding upon the sev- eral boards of trustees charged with growing lustitutions, A A ———— Destroyed by Fire, The large barn on the farm of the late Hon. John M. Cresswell, at Cress. as the result of a strange and unlooked for accident. While the horse power thresher was in operation on the barn floor, a small stone became wedged in the machinery and the sonsequent thresher. The thousands of floating particles of straw carried the flames to every part of the barn. The barn and its contents with the sole exception of the horses, which were saved by farm- er Martin, were destroyed. The loss will amount to about $1500. There was no insurance. ———— Poe Mills, A. J. Gotshol made a flying trip to this place Monday morning and re- turned home in the evening. James Osman, Lewis Wilkins, F, W. Confer and 8. J, Shunk spent Sat- urday in Millheim. Miss P. B. Raymon is visiting among friends at Axeman this week, The hunting party who spent the week in the vicinity of Cider Bummit returned on Thursday evening with a fine doe, three wild turkeys, nine pheasants and a rabbit. Miss May Shunk is visiting her grandparents at Centre Hall, this week, mina AA SA ONE OF THE VIONEERS the Times, | interesting from Annals of We add this week, to articles hereto- | PROTECT GAME { in the early history of Centre county, | the following from the Annals of Buf-| | falo V alley: January 20th, 1787, Andrew was married by the Reverend Johu | Hoge to Martha Potter, daughter at the farm Mr. Gregg rode horseback, residence, the first up from Carlisle on brought Mr. Hoge with him. were then no Presbyterian clergymen advantage of Mr. Hoge's presence, hur- as Mr. Hoge ited time. now Lewistown, ter, where his first daugh- Mary, afterward Mrs, MeLana- of Greencastle, was born, Nov, In 1788 Mr. Gregg moved Penn's valley, within two Old Fort. In 1790 he 3, miles of elected and by seven suc- was several as they were arranged cessive elections for districts, time to a general vote was from continued a member of that body for sixteen cessive years, SUC and during the session elected a of the Senate of the U In December, 1820, Governor Hiester ap- member nited States wealth. He died in Bellefoute, on the 20th of May, 1835, aged eighty years, He had removed there some years pre- vious, for the purpose of educating his His wife died in 1815. He was born on the Conodoguinet creck, July 10, 1755, and receiv- ed a classical education; some years in the University of Penn- sylvania, and first settled at Middle town, Pennsylvania, kept He had a fine contain- ing all the Greek and most of which are still sion of his daughter, Tucker, of Lewisburg. children, Governor A, OG. D. M. Gregg, and General was tutor for a where he hibrary, Latin classics, in the Mrs. Murgery His Curtin, Gen. John L pH PR grand future the fight of their family fame, ——— Christmas Thoughts, Christmas is near and every big and little tot in the land knows it. Old 1854 has pearly run its and will never rewurn ; like it, we leave this earth, never return. : do Course when we Next Tuesday will be Christmas and as many more hearts as possible, In the child Jesus man received the here is an Behold, I bring you tidings of great { joy, said the angel. enjoyment and merriment. It is mockery of God to spend Christ. mas in carousing and vulgar merri- ment which so many do. In thanking a friend for a gift don't | forget thanks to God for the great gift | He sent you. The REPORTER wishes every reader a merry, merry Christmas, s——————— School Directors Removed, For refusing to build a school house Hartley township, namely, Richard V. B. Lincoln, Alauson Johnson, Dr. G. C. Mohn, D. M. McCool and B. M. Showalter, have been removed from LAWS. Deer will Boon Become Extinet in Mountains if the Sinughter is not Prohibited. our We have conversed with { bunters this fall and they all endorse laws should be changed for the further protection of deer, that noblest of all Deer have be- done to prevent their sleughter it will are exterminated like the buf- once, millions in roamed the western prairies, Hunters agree with us that killing deer should be prohibited for the left will be fulo that numbers, Thereafter it should even numbered year, years, and only the cember, Or month every in of De- The violation of the 80 heavy that may want to risk a violation Let the peualty be $150 to $300, one-third of the fine for the prosecutor, The killing of fawns should be ly prohibited. penalty for deer laws should be a no of it. with ane entire- Some hunters the killing of does. some stringent law the future not far will be mountains to be killed, a law prohibiting But, enacted, unless is ®OON is when thee fp Ina Burry. BEO man called at one Bellefonte A short time a country of the for the stores in purpose commonly known as drawers, proprietor escorted the customer basement and soon produced the sired article, did not know The country what number he and hesitated, “May I try this he biandly asked. The lishment bad no special apartment for but as the used for proprietor, hope of making a sale, x remark: und corner wore pair on? estab. stich an emergency, base - chi fly goods the obliging ment was the kindly consent- the “Yes, just the there, nobody In the meantime the propri- in ed wit Zo Arol about.” elor was called upstairs on important business and forgot all about standing guard. In the casion to go to the basement meantime a saleslady had oc- for some goods, As she gaily tripped down the dimly figure, in night robes, popped out He gave a loud his excitement stairs and through the lighted basement a strange apparently from took. “blaa' and in to get fell The young lady gave out a yell like an | dian wirboop that startled everybody the There was rush to the stairway just as the young lady, faint, flurried and managed to reach the top. the garment and then middle of the floor. well, she g establishment, speechless, The pro- i ETRIK ERS SENTENCED, Nix Months, Judge Woods, of Chicago, on Friday V. Debs, the leader of the American railway union strike, as 0 tion issued by himself and Judge Gros- scup, July 2 last, To the rest of the wrong. When he went below he found his customer in a similar flurry i court, filed on the 3d inst. that the school board quested to provide a building at Glen It seems in that vicinity, which, refusing or neglecting to do, certain citizens, per authority of the Act of Assembly peti- fore, by virtue of same Act, June 6, 1803, the court appointed Alfred Hayes, Esq., inspector, to take testimony in regard to the same. He performed his duty, reporting in favor of the pe. titioners, wherefore the opinion and decree of the court as stated. The Record Almanac. The Record Almanac, for 1895, is on our table. It is full of valuable infor. mation, put together so conveniently that it can’t fail to meet popular favor; it is excellent for reference every day in the year and when "05 has swung out this Almanac will be found quite worth laying by for future reference. The “Daily Record” is one of the grea- test newspapers in the country, besides being the cheapest, and its Almanac, for valuable statistics and other infor mation, it Is second to none. Every subsriber to the ‘Record’ gets a copy of the Almanac, what you want, at the right ure t00, at Lewins, Bellefonte. be sed — Temperance Lectures, A most disgraceful scene took place Tyrone, on last Saturday afternoon between father and son. buggy waiting to go home while the bridle at the horse's head and swore he shouldn't. The father whipped the poor animal until it was almost crazy from fright and the cruel beat- last the pa- his fist. When the young man thought he had enough he jumped in- to the vehicle with his father and they drove away. A — The Same Every Year. Just at present the afternoons are the shortest of the year, and they will con- tinue to shorten until December 15th, when they will remain at a stand still until the 28th, and then begin to lengthen. The mornings will be get- ting shorter by some minutes until January 8th, and then commence to lengthen gradually, The shortest day from sunrise to sunset occurs Decem- ber 21st—the day when the sun is near- est ihe earth, but when instead of shining perpendicularly upon our globe it sends ite rays down obliquely and thus causes the atmosphere to be cold. Price, quality and style are promi- nent factors when you are buying clothing. Purchasers will find these to their advantage at Lewins, Belle foute. No shoddy in the house, weftibaeribe for the REPORTER. TSabyeiibs fe the REPORTER, $1.50 he gave three months, In the McVean sentence case of is suspended. Sen- covering the cases of the government and the Santa Fe railroad ag the men. The same sentence Is imposed in each case, ainst but both sentences and end , beginning December 24. The defendants are; E. \ ident; G. W. Howard, Silverton Kelliher, secretary; Rogers, M. J. Elliott, William Burns, J. D. M. M. erally begin at the same tite ’. Debs, pres- vice president; I.. W. James Hogan, MeVean, The sentence Leory Goodwin. is gen- considered a The case will be appealed. The eourt reviewed the mass grams in whieh Debs ordered and declared these the statement Debs’ answer that he took the strike. that there doubt that the men as individuals were guil- iy. Judge Waods jut the under the law is hether these men were in ox light one. of tele- men out were utterly at va in no parte it After wus riance with made thus no said: Sherman nspiracy. If they were, by I believe there 1 they is no way whiecl can escape the moral Wo Ap Why Children Hang Their Stockings The custom of hanging like the Christmas tree, stockings on Christmas eve, that of preparing is derived from the Germans, who have a fable that while the stockings of good children are fill- by Kris Kingle—a corruption of Christ i lin, or Christ Child Kind- these of bad ones receive small rod by known as Pelsnichol ally Nicholas meaning St Nicholas It sight on Christmas morning nothiug but orswiteh which is placed in them another : b personage, liter with fur, dress in fur. is a rare in a Ger man household to see the ex pression of broken on the face of some hearted ness le who, having been disobedient or other- finds rod, abject misery and poor litt wight wise naughty on Christmas eve, a small birch hosiery of his in his stocking only and sisters is filled with bonbons and play- the rod Christmas brothers things, The dread of getting old on Keeps many a German child from Pelsnichol in order throughout the entire year. a ad Newy Local Items Next issue of the REPORTER begins You bet. Ira C. Mitchell, of Bellefonte, filled on Sabbath last, and he an atloroey of displays the same al the Centre His sermons are talent as Attorney C. P, legal Hewes business, {io i= has gone Charley is gaining outside county. a reputation our saw, W. IL. Goodhart, of Millheim, an- The wife of GG. Y. Stover, South Dakota, died Nov. 18, ver is a native of Haines twp. ——————— Late News Items, Debs and his colleagues have gone to Jail. Two prominent New York lawyers have concluded to test the constitu- tionality of the Income tax law. Congress has the currency question under debate. The Bell telephone company has lost its patent suit in court, and now the monopoly is broken, AAP on John Harris, Mr. John Harris, of Bellefonte, for merly a well-known business man, in hardware and later in the drag busi ness, died of consumption on Wednes- day moroing, aged sixty years. He leaves a wife and seven children, hviog in Typhoid Fever Ravages. Three weeks ago Reuben Watkins, of Howard, died of typhoid fever. Bince that time three sons, a nephew that was raised in the family and a daughter have died of the dreaded dis- ense, ~Lewins, Bellefoute, has he most NO. 50 A Table of 500,000 Pieces, Charles F. Adam, who is employed brass company, Bridgeport, Conn., has just completed a table con- taining 800,000 pieces of wood, He started it in 1801 and has worked on it It is a yard square, In the centre of the revolving top is a picture of the White House, at Wash- ington, surrounded by the stars Along the sides Washington's birthplace in Virginia, Mount Vernon the birthplace of Grant in Ohio, the attended fs Interwoven with these are many The suppor: of two pieces of oak placed together in the form of the X. onk supports are sixteen which and stripes, are shown his family home, and school house where he boy. a quaint designs, consists letter On these panels on and shown are shown trees, birds, leaves, the and On the lower part are American eagle with spread wings a cluster of arrows in sgl, stork, a roosters, Washington's its talons, a and Valley of theatre deer’s he a Sparrow, two the Forge headquarters, birthplace Lincoln in Kentucky; Ford's Lincoln was shot, died: t (ienon, where and the place nearby where he he birthplace Ie a cCcloisier of Columbus at Spain visited by in Columbus, the Libby lillies, » hip cluster thistle, and with ferns Temple of several pri- Constitution, prison, a of daisies, a Seotch twenty varieties of leaves, and The Masonic Waterbury is given, fruits. as are residences, There dye, The solely vale of W ork. out of the dif- hich there the the is are in paint or stain in effec by the natu is nothing nature whole various brought ral colors fetent woods, of w are 78 va- rieties in the table tienili scone a— Big Hog and Hat Story. We big hog red have given our readers genoine urns, and below, by way of : riNe & sar we in a] Og rat which ti ue ac and for tl we genuing PORTER does not vouch, mnge, story, RE- are neither ve prepared to say it is untrue. President, a $0ace ia BARA RP Allegheny. 1 his story comes from village located up the pig belonging Mr. Karas and went He found of the pen rats that squealing, tearit nd flesh | id der portions of the animals body. Ravage rats attacked to Henry Karns recentl heard his porker to the pen to ie pig down on the and su investigate, floor ti literally cos with were fighting and 2 un- The and if skin a rom tne head ai t pi orerd siruggie, pig had made a gallant dead around the pen, Ly han- the from blood and at- that he was to his fate. Af gun be the rats had pig dying. They had eaten the flesh from the soft portions of the por ker's body. several rats lay a number had been crushed Mr ¢ allem pis d to while his weight. Karns with the ble of a flail, but they beat rats away, Were savage hunger and the taste of tacked him so savagely foreed to leave the pig ter securing and loading his returned to th disappeared aol the : pen, but Was cA Negro Rioters Caged On Monday a party of blacks seven started a riot on the train from Belle- foute to Tyrone. When the train reached Tyrone police were ready and At the hearing of the seven colored Barr conducted to Bellefonte Monday, five were held for court and two were discharged. The the charge of riot not two against whom wis S118 went repute in which they skipped the town on foot. Supposing that they would board the evening train at Milesburg, Officer Barr watched for them. His bearings were well taken. Telegraphing to Bellefonte that they were on the train, he received word at Bald Eagle to ar- rest them, which he did at Tyrone, and conducted them back to Belle fonte by the next evening's train. They are quartered in jail now, and are not nearly so funny as they were on Monday. Warrants for the arrest of ten or fifteen of the rioters who were not caught were issued at Belle- fonte Monday afternoon after the hear. ing of the seven mentioned. ASS Good for the Age, On Monday Henry Boozer killed a hog which dressed 810 pounds. The hog was only 240 days old and this is where the good weight comes in. He ison top in his class on hogolieal facts this year. Mama buy me that doll in Mey- er's show window; it's so pretty.” We hear the above every day. —Belle- fonte, neat the postoffice,
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