VOL. LXVIII.
CAPITOL GOSSIP
SENATOR HILL AND THE PRESI-
DENT RECONCILED.
The Senator Resumes Relations
Cleveland, ~The Currency
With
Bill Wii
Pass the House.
WasninaroxN, Jan,
skies are brighter just now than they
have been for a year. The much talk-
ed about and much hoped for getting
together of Democrats seems at last to
be in a fair way towards becoming an
accomplished fact. The example of
Senator Hill in going to the White
House and rela-
resuming pleasant
ing followed by lesser leaders of the
party in Congress. The first result of
this getting together of Democrats
will be the passage by the House of
the Carlisle currency reform bill,
which will not be delayed mueh, if
any, beyond the present week. It
was noticeable that a better and more
conciliatory spirit was shown by all
held today than has been exhibited at
any similar gathering for a long time,
and consequently Democrats are look-
with more confidence than the most
sanguine of them have felt since the
gress.
One of the most important factors
in support of the Carlisle currency re- |
form bill, was the unprincipled fight
which a clique of Wall street bankers
have making
Carlisle, using this bill
because he would not
been upon Secretary
As an excuse,
them to
use him. Secretary Carlisle is deserv-
edly popular with Democrats in Con- |
gress—and out of for
de- :
allow
Congress, too,
that muatter—and many of them
termined to stand by him and his bill,
although there are things in the bill
that some of them do not approve, |
Now that the passage of the curren-
House
good as accomplished, its fate in the |
i
ey bill by the is regarded as |
Nenate is being discussed. Few Dem i
it will
be allowed to reach a vote
ocrats are confident that even i
in the Sen-
ate, owing to the short time remain-
Hill,
opinion
ing of the session, but Se
who
tor
sel om €X presses an
without having good reasons therefor,
thinks that the Senate the
bill if it be amended to provide for ti
will pass
iis
silver seign forage,
coinage of the ns
that would obtain votes enough from
the
Senators to get the
silver
through. It
I cannot
Cleveland
tepublican and Populist
bill
has been stated, although
vouch for it, that President
and Necretary Carlisle would not ob-
Jeet to such an amendment of the bill,
aud it is certain that many Demo-
crats in both House and Senate would
be greatly pleased to see the bill be-
come a law so amended.
Some of the Republican leaders are |
indulging in a line of talk that they |
will regret inside of ix months. |
They are saying that the only troubls
with the Treasury is that caused by a
revenue insuflicient to the
penditures of the government, and
that the deficit is caused by the new
tariff law. That is just the talk to :
suit the Democrats, who know that as
soon as the Treasury begins to realize
from the duty on sugar, which is just
beginning to come in largely, and on !
the income tax, whieh will soon be |
collectable, the receipts of the govern- i
ment will be in excess of the expendi- |
tures. It will be amusing to see these |
Republicans when confronted by their |
present talk a few months hence,
There is much talk of the attempt
that is expected to be made in the Sen- |
ate to render the income tax inopera- |
tive by dropping the appropriation for
its collection, which is in the urgency |
appropriation bill, which has been
passed by the House; but Senator
Cockrell, chairman of the Senate Ap-
propriation committee, says that it is |
nothing but talk and that he is econfi- |
dent the appropriation will be made. |
Becretary Carlisle is so confident that
the appropriation will be made that |
he is now sending income tax blanks |
to the internal revenue collectors,
Some of the numerous men who are
always going off half-cocked were |
probably responsible for the rumor
which was current a day or two ago
and was widely telegraphed from |
Washington, to the effect that the ad-
ministration had Withdrawn the de- |
mand it had made upon Spain to cease |
discriminating against American flour |
shipped to Cuba, under penalty of hav-
ing the sugar of Cuba and Porto Rico
shut out of the United States. The
originator of that rumor got his facts
exactly reversed. Iustead of having
withdrawn its demand upon the Span-
ish government the administration
has reiterated it in stronger language,
aud accompanied it with a notice that
4 prompt reply must be given or the
President would without further warn-
ing issue a proclamation against the
sugar of Cuba and Porto Rico,
It bas bee informally decided by
5
~
meet
| the Senate Finance committee that no
| tariff amendments of any sort should
| be taken up at this session, and the ad-
| ministration is thrown upon its own
| resources in dealing with the retalia-
| tion and threatened retaliation of Eu-
| tial duty on sugar, which everybody
| admits ought to be repealed.
A A
To Prevent the Spread of Cattle Disease
| The state board of agriculture has
{ formulated a measure to prevent the
{spread of tuberculosis which has been
{approved by Governor Pattison and
| Farmers’ Alliance and kindred organ-
| izations, The measure has already
| been endorsed by the agricultural class-
| es for chairman of the senate agricul-
| tural committee. The proposed act
of
| the state board of agriculture power to
| gives the governor and secretary
| quarantine, to prescribe the rules regu-
lating such (quarantine, to employ as-
| sistants, regulate their compensation
{ and provide for the movement of ani-
| mals and articles likely to convey the
{ contagion.
The governor and secretary of the
| ations into the condition of live stock
{the milk supplies of municipalities
take to protect such
milk supplies from contamination by
measures
this disease. Violation of the rules of
cers appointed under the proposed act
prisonment not exceeding one month,
or both. Animals may be condemned
and Killed, the owner to be paid not
of graded or common stock and not
more than W for registered stock.
When an agreement can not be made
with the owner of infected
&
animals as
to their value three appraisers are to
py
Compulsory Edueation.
A vigourous effort will br made
nt
to
have the press legislature pass a
f Lackawanna county, has one
that every child between the age of 8
and 12 years shall receive at least six-
teen weeke instruction ant
in
Re
bill makes it the
vy
uaiy
the
ordinary English branches,
presentative Sevferts’
business of the t
tad
state to provi ie for the
education of vithi it
wd 15
of par-
the
five
in
I'he effort to “Cure compul-
every child &
limits between the f 8
Re
d
siidren
§
ia
vears, and makes it the uty
to see that «
within
pres ribed age receive at lent
months’ instruction five months
the year.
sory education should be strongly sup-
ported by intelligent people,
WA
Stall Appolatments
Gov. Hastings has made the first ap-
There is no salary
attends any military display he is sur-
rounded by as many of his staff as can
conveniently attend, dressed in fine
uniforms,
The members of this body-guard so |
far appointed are Henry Hall, legisla.
tive correspondent of the Pittsburg
Times ; Colonels J. L. Spangler and |
W. Fred Reynolds, of Bellefonte.
cs
There is good reason for the popular-
ity of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. |
Davis & Buzard, of West Montery, |
Clarion Co., Pa., say: “It has cured
people that our physicians eould do |
nothing for. We persuaded them to |
Remedy and they now recom mend it]
with the rest of us.” 25 and 50 cent |
bottles for aale by Wm. Pealer, Spring |
Mills, and 8. M. Swartz, Tusseyville, |
A
gE Mill Buraed, !
The large flouring mill owned by J, |
B. Crawford, at the Junction, in Nit- |
Flourin
Friday evening.
ool rt ————
Clinton County Licenses,
At Lock Haven Monday Judge
Mayer and his gssociates of the Clin-
ton county bench granted thirty four
hotel and two brewery licenses,
sii il
Bought the Properties,
The Dubsites have bought up all the
Esherite Evangelical churches in and
near Williamsport,
nr A SAAR
Death at Madisonbarg,
Mr. Henry Hazel, an aged and re
spected citizen of Madisonburg, died
on Friday, December 28th. He was
aged over seventy-six years,
A I SA.
«A storm cont this weather is ale
most necessary if you wish to be come
fortable. There is a big assortment at
Lewing’, Bellefonte, and a sale made
by bi is bound to be satisfactory.
| PATTISON PREPARES TO QUIT,
.
i
3
i
| Thousands of Invitations to Attend Gener.
al Hastings’ Innuguration,
{ household effects from the Executive
| Mansion to his residence at Overbrook,
near Philadelphia, and on Wednesday
{of next week will join Mrs. Pattison
at their new home, which she expects
to occupy this week.
It had been intended by Governor
.
Ciener-
{a dinner at the Executive Mansion,
next Tuesday, but owing to the fact
that Mrs. Pattison has been suffering
abandoned.
Miss
Vinnie Pattison, will leave the Execu-
tive Mansion on Monday afternoon,
and enjoy the hospitality of James J.
Dull and family, Front
streets, until after the
has been
and Pine
inauguration of
Two thousand invitations were
Je
sued Monday from the headquarters of
the
to political clubs and fire companies in
Legislative inaugural committee
the state to participate in the inaugu-
rai Fifteen addi-
will to
parade, thousand
issued
other
states to attend the inaugural ceremo-
be
nies,
Governor-eleet Hastings and family
will reach Harrisburg on Saturday and
will be guests of Mrs. Haldeman, wid-
ow of the late Congressman
F. Haldeman, at the old
General Cameron, Front
Between 125 and 150 political clubs are
Richard
Of
mansion
on sireet.
expected to participate in the inaugu-
ral parade. Chief Marhsal Olmstead
that the Anti-Cob-
den, of Philadelphia, with 250 mem-
Fif-
ine
has been notified
the
the
bers; the Penrose Club and
teenth Ward Club will
next Tuesday.
be
ina
i.
MILLIONS ASSESSED FOR TAXATION
of Property
in Pennsylvania
The assessment returns to the depart-
ment of internal affairs from the sev-
eral counties of the commonwealth in-
f
aggregate amount of
tax assessed in the state during t
year just closed was $2 466,451
inst $2.433,012.84 the
s
€ aggregate vy : of
3 1 nis
a
1
the state taxable for
i previous year
"1 WI pepe Ee
il “Wis PIOpeTiy in
county
is shown by the returns to
&
O00, 748, an increase of £3
15863,
§ 3 l
fess
The county lax
19.935 is
i :
against
I'l
le Ti
bo HES ~
amounted to § Hg a4
$18.851.768 9 the Previous
YOeur.
$ # : i:
money at interest incloding
mort
es, bonds, notes, stocks, &e.. is shown
by the returns to have been
$616,043,-
452 in 1884, an increase over the pre-
The
gate value of stages, omnibusses, hacks,
fu
wig by
ris
vious year of §8.379.043. aggre
$570.06].
this
The ag-|
gregate value of property taxable for
state purposes at four mills on the dol- |
cabs, &c., in the state is
15883 the aggregate value of
ject of taxation was $580,204.
lar, including money at interest, mort.
gages, judgments, bonds, notes and!
stocks, is shown by the returaos to have
increased from $608 253.612 in 1883
$616,613,513 last year.
The number of taxables in the state
last year was 1,684 946, an increase of
21,990 over 1893. The assessment re |
turns to the departmant the past two
years show that the acreage of the tim- |
ber land of the state is steadily grow- |
ing less, while at the same time there |
{o
is a correspondiug increase in the acre- |
age of the cleared land. In 1884 there!
were 15,081,061 acres of cleared land, |
an increase of 204,197 over the previous |
year. The total acreage of timber land
in 1893 was 8,206,192, as against 8,017.
327 in 1894
The aggregate value of the real es-
tate in the commonwealth last year
was $2,643,601,500 and $2,500,433,790 in
1593. The value of the real esta ¢ ex-
empt from taxation increased from
$239,243,758 in 1893 to $245,368,752 in
1894, and the value of real estate taxa-
ble from $2,851,190.087 in 1803 to
380,252,748 in 1804,
a)
i
~y
The assessment
the number of horses, mares, geldings
and mules over four years has decreas-
ed from 561,468 in 1803 to 550,134 in
1804, a difference of 11,284 and in val-
ue from $82,585,620 to $30,162,509,
The number of neat cattle in the
state over four years was 672,023 in
1804, and their aggregate value, $11,
565,208. In 1898 the number of this
class of cattle was 602,246 and their ag-
gregate value $12,148 492. The salaries
and emoluments of office, offices, posts
of profit, professions, trades and oceu-
pations increased from $111,124,967 in
1893 to $114,414,018 last year.
AA AAG A HA ASI
Executive Clerk,
Governor-elect Hastings has selected
Wilbur F. Harris, of Bellefonte, for
his executive clerk. Mr. Harris isa
close personal friend of the new gov.
ernor and is thoroughly qualified for
'RSDAY, JANUARY |
BORN AND DIED
YEAR.
The District Assessor's Returns
Twice as Muny Births as
Denths
Over
the
ty have completed their registry of the
births and occurring during
the from May Ist to
December 1st, and the returns are
in the county but
three, showing a total of 579 births
The returns from pre-
The assessors throughout
deaths
seven months
in
from all distriets
and 266 deaths,
cinets show up as follows:
BIRTHS
Narth Ward ........
Ward
W 4
wai
Went
Centre Hal: Borough ........
Howard
AM eb
0, 1895.
CO. FARMER IN VA
| He Gets Along Finely and Gives Interest.
ing Facts,
Ina letter to his uncle, Peter Hoffer,
J. Henry Meyer, who left this place
Over a year ago, writes
from
Green, Virginia, Dec, 21, 1804, as
Jowling
fol-
“I will try to answer your inquiries
without i
made any new discoveries that
aware of up to this time, 1
fied however, that with a lighter ap-
plication of manure, which at the
bottom of all successful farming every-
where, will bring the farmer
have
I
satis.
exaggeration. not
am
am
is
as good
results, north.
The soil is not capable of producing
if not better, here than
paying crops of grass in its
present
slate, but wherever stable manure,
commercial fertilizer is applied
or
, grass
is successfully grown: clover and or-
chard grass are a success wherever a
preparation for its
made,
growth has been
The pasture is equal to that of the
north, if not better, under the same
0
conditions. uder such continued
inton county durin
i there were 279 birt
Wo
Silver and Gold,
werybody wants, some
Wy securing a copy of
a work
different
1885,
il e Hi red
gt. with ds scription and
ould
Wer
vervthing one «
frarit £1 era ril
iran ii garaen
, ENCased
d gold
Buss
ivi
PRES Of new novell
iO 8 chaste cover of silver an
sucn
fied
Unusual and astonishing of
¢ I» { «
is sweet Peas for 40 «
New
interested in
WK 00 for wme for a
~weel Pea, ete
If at all
Sees OF plants send ten cents al once
Viek's Floral
t may be deducted from
io ick
for a of Guide,
copy
}
i amoun
xs
fer, James oO,
many
Dargains this firm is offering.
Wp
To Make Corneribhs Hat Proof.
We give
the © Reporter”
farmer readers of
making
ean the
a pointer on
that is simple and connected with lit
tie expense and, under proper care, las
With stout
es small enough to keep out mice, cov-
ting. wire-netting, mesh-
season's saving in your corn will pay
the cost of the wire netting which can
be bought very low,
Garners, cellar closets for safe-keep-
against rats and mice, in the same
ting, either iuside or outside the apart-
meni desired to be secure.
—— AL i
Carlton Cornwell, foreman of the
Gazette, Middletown, N. J., believes
that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
should be in every home. He used it
for a cold and it effected a speedy cure.
He says: “It is indeed 8 grand reme-
dy, I can recommend to all. 1 have |
also seen it used for whooping cough, |
with the best results. 25 and 50 cent |
bottles for sale by Wm. Pealer, Spring |
Mills, and 8. M. Swartz, Tusseyville.
AMA
i
Will Mave Water Works,
Our good neighbors at Milroy are
contemplating the erection of water
works, sind a purty came over to take
duta on the excellent system of water
works which is the boast of Centre
Hall,
ssi A >’
Ina Spar,
The Philadelphia Republicans made
their nominations on Wednesday, and
have split. The Quay element was
turned down, and Penrose, the ma
chine candidate for the mayorality
nomination was defeated, and now
there is a big sore,
of —-
Sworn In.
On Monday morning John G, Love
was sworn in as president judge of this
Judicial district, and Hon. A. O. Furst
retires with honors fairly won during
the pastures north would |
ly dried up, Lut
inmve certain.
here we had good pas-
ture ull summer, and up to the present
still their
without other
time some farmers have
stock in pasture any
feed; but I have my stock stabled and
feeding.
I'he wheat and oats look promising.
I had some fear that the seeding
was
3 $ y
aone Loo inte, Dit by all appearances
x i i 3 { }i 3 f ’
We seeded early enough for this fall:
: 3 $e v f. $.1 ’
the season has been most remarkable:
we have | stow, and but fer
y
stagnant wa-
ters, or tubs, buckets, or any other ves-
sel out doors
I'he
t year raised forty barrels of ¢o
man who cultivated the
iis Vear
witivated twenty-two acres and a
x a 1 $a & 5 - :
tion, made eighty-five barrels.
ie or
I
Garrels per acre; twenly
: $11 _
mishels shelled corn
measure with a tub, ¢
ere, but with ished |
ao
i
have every reason to believe the
the tub measure
for ol
i" i
thin easy reach, li
will overrun
urement
YY f $Yi¢3 is .
Tex the facilities improve
» W in the
ne
He barn-yvard is the easiest
o ‘3 .
biveid a
Duiidings
where
tup at a small price and
more stores and shops started here
is represented in this town in a small
way, almost anything you might think
necessary or a booming place, « Xeept
ould
prints r,s
a bakery, and I believe it w be a
good place for a baker, or a
we have a county paper, but not print-
ed at Bowl Weshould have
of
LEPORTER; somebody to make them
ig (reen
a live man here like the editor the
hust le,
No farmer
here, but 1
gathers cloverseed
told
has
any
am by a Lebanon
here for
thirteen years that he has not seen the
eounty man who been
like for clover filling with seed like it
This
eounty man is an old acquaintance of
Rev. W. H. Groh and brother Levi:
his name is Wenerich: he lives about
four miles south-west of us, |
does in this country. Lebanon
As to parties purchasing, there have |
been none lately as I know of but there |
is some prospect of a canning factory |
being built at Millford in the spring of
"95, ready for the crop the following |
summer; tomatoes, corn, beans, |
and anything for purposes of canning!
peas,
can be sold,
The green grass has most of it gone |
with the summer. There is more corn |
produced here than is consumed; far- |
mers along the rivers had good crops, |
this year was a favorable seasui for |
them, two or three whose crops [ saw
made 200 to 1000 barrels, about six bar-
rels per acre, shelled,
Markets at present: Corn $2.25 per
two bushel for $1.12; oats 45; butter 20
cents; eggs 20 cents per dozen; good
horse from $580 to £100; I bought a good
heavy Guernsey cow some four weeks
ago for $15.
As this is the day before Christmas
the people are preparing the churches
in the way of decorations, for the
proper celebration of theday. The us-
ual Christmas service will be held in
the Methodist church in Bowling
Green tomorrow. A young man has
been sent here by the last conference
by the name of Waterfield; a very nice
man seemingly and a good preacher;
he has culled to see us since he came
to town,
The Spring Electivne,
The spring election will be held on
Tuesday, February 19th, The prima-
ry election or caucuses must not be
held later than Saturday, January
NO. 2
TEXT BOOK TRUST PROFITS,
Over One Million
Dollars Unnecessarily.
The profits of the Text Book Trust
huve been handsomely enhanced by
of
the operations of the new Free School
ook law. Those who have made a
the state paid out during the year, per=
haps, $1,000,000 more than necessary
is
likely that an investigation will be or-
in the shape of trust profits, and it
dered by the Legislature,
not
reported the amount expended to the
sginte authorities
A number of the districts have
as far as
heard from for the school year ended
4s '
I'he total,
June 4 1894, for books and supplies is
$1,544,714.15. This, the
Department of Public i
it is stated at
nstruetion,
I
eonsiderably n
edd,
The amount per capita ranges from
re than was anticipat-
as low as 83 cents in one co inty to as
much as $3 in others.
There is anu entire absence of uniforme-
ity pended
than the state appropriation, and oth-
Bote districts ex more
ers turned the new law into a mouey
making scheme.
Pirtsburg 1
S 3}
bra which costs McKeesport $1
ays 95 cents for an alge-
elle
fonte buys the same book for 93 cents.
for 63 cents
1.05 i
for
Bellefonte also secures a
Pitts
which
geometry which costs §
heny, and
burg and Alleg
McK
neesport js oe
vile
Browns.
Home-
Large
3 i: f, 3
gels this book for 68 «
stead is fissessed 50 cents |
R 1y -
metic which costs Allegheny
but bas a rate lower than
on geographies,
I'he first ware
. wraphy wh
a oer
a ge
tsburg 96 cents, HAVE
r
}
Bellef:
llevernon
w hich
3
te
Hile
for
history
“a 1 301
Cetils ana
A grammar which costs Pittsburg
and Williams;
}
ter
ort 48 cents appears to
The
aine Lowi puis up
ito Pitts-
|
x ¥s ~ mt 1: .
worth 85 cents in Cs
eh
second ward of the s
45 cents for an arithmetic sol
52 cents, and y of the otl
Ee —
Local Notes,
t in on Sunday which con-
. melting the snow
is leaierini
yoliing sieigning
ised ip the
“Reporter,” t them Bnown
nook and corner of th o«
We also prin
Wit
No.
in every
y £111 "
Sale Ulils in
when
us print Our
P tp rs
WED PET press can De seen In opera
Wednes fay
on Thursday mort
y
-
and
We
all.
Lion evenin
every
ings after 10.
are alw ays ple ased to have ladies ¢
Ap
Tis 68th
The old Centre Hall REPORTER
tered upon its sixty-eighth year this
week looking far more
prosperous than one
for a journal of that
Year,
en-
and
would imagine
For forty-
di-
younger
age.
rection of the Kurtz family and, as
all experienced newspaper
men the REPORTER has grown to be
one of the foremost Democratic jour-
nals of the state. May the REroRrTER
live to reach the century mark is the
they are
meas
Has Been a Sucoess.
The Centre Hall REPORTER has en-
tered upon ite sixty«ighth volume.
For thirty years it has been edited by
Fred Kurtz. The REPORTER'S success
in the past and its bright prospects for
the future are due to the ability with
influence for good it has exerted in
Centre county.—Philadelphia Times.
Many stubborn and aggravating
cases of rheumatism that were believe
ed to be incurable and accepted as life
legacies, have yielded to Chamber
lain’s Pain Balm, much to the sure
prise and gratification of the sufferers,
One application will relieve the pain
and suffering and its continued use in-
sures an effectual cure. For sale by
Wm. Pealer, Spring Mills, and 8. M.
Swartz, Tusseyviile,
SA ———
Mra. Lobir Loses,
Chief Justice MeCullum, of the su-
preme court, on Wednesday handed
down a decision reversing the decision
of Judge Furst in the case of Mrs, Da-
vid E. Lohr vs. the borough of Phil
igsburg, without a new trial. This is
the second time the supreme court has
refused Judge Furst in the same case.
As this releases our borough from pay-
ing $1500 damages we can all feel hap-
py~Philipsburg Ledger.
Why He Qait Chewing,
A Bradford man ‘has quit chewing
tobacco simply because on biting into
a plug the other day he found on ex.
amination a portion of a human fin.
ger.
bia wn your oy : o he boneh.
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