VOL. LXVIIL CAPITOL GOSSIP THE PROBABILITY OF AN EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS. An Enormous Lot of Work Before Con- gress to be Done before It Adjourns, ~Ohjectional Amendments. WasHINGTON, Feb. 25.—1t is a toss- up whether Congress will, during its remaining week of life, make the im- mediate calling of an extra session necessary. It can do this by the adoption of objectionable amendments to the regular appropriation bills, or by failure to pass one or more of the regular appropriation bills. President Cleveland will certainly veto any ap- propriation bill that has objectionable amendments tacked upon it, and there is no question that several those which are pending belong to the ob- jectionable class. There an enor- mous lot of work yet to be done to get the appropriation bills through, and some of the proposed financial amend- ments will be certain to bitter and more less extended debate, which will leave just that much less time for solid work. There is no good reason why any of the appropriation bills should fail, and if any does it will be the result of a put-up job, and the Republicans dread an early extra ses- sion too much themselves to engage in that sort of thing just now. But in Congress there are others, of is cause or in regardless of political opinions, than that of Senator Ran- som to be minister to Mexico. The unanimous confirmation of his Congress, was moved by Senator Sherman, who took occasion to speak in the highest Ransom. be thoroughly at home in Mexico, hie speaks both French and Spanish. of triotism of Senator There was a meeting silver here Saturday and understood that they discussed plans for a Presidential titket. It was significant that none of the Republican silver men it is in Congress attended this meeting. Hon. Walter B. Ritchief of Lima, Ohio, Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, is in Washington on Pythian business. Supreme situation in not Kiunley's prospects bright. “It is doubtful whether Gov. ed ou the political consider He state, and he does Some of the lead- ing men of his party care very little dential nomination. the first opportunity. will not stand by him through thick and thin. Kinley idea weighed in the balance and wanting. It would be too heavy load in 1896, and they are not going to assume the burden.” of the been found ariff has Appropriations has agreed to amendment to the Sundry Civil Ap- propriation bill, appropriating $5,238 - 299 to pay the bounty on sugar produc- ed in 1803 at the old rate and to pay eight-tenths of a cent a pound upon the crop of 1894, that the House adopted his recom- mendation for building three battle ships, and be has no expectation that deeply regrets that so many Demo- crats worked and voted against the battle ship clause of the Naval appro- priation bill, in the House, although fully aware that it was a matter of con- science and principle with those who did so, The Senate still insists upon accept- ance by the House of its Hawaiian ea- ble amendment, although the latter has once by a yea and nay vot2 refus- ed todo so. The amendment is now for the second time in conference, The Howgate trial ended with a hung jury. The District Attorney says he has other indictments upon which Howgate will be tried. It is said that the reason the trial was so tame and free from the expected sensa- tional developments was that parties who might have been compromised convinced Howgate that the art of “fixing'' a jury was still practiced, for a consideration, by experts, and fur- ther that he would not have to furnish the “consideration.” It is believed that the railroad pool- ing Lill was finally shelved when the Senate by a vote of 42 to 24 refused to take it up. senator Wolcoot is afraid that some of the European countries might dur- ing the Congressional vacation get in the notion to hold an international monetary conference and find the United States unprepared to take part therein. In order to avoid such a pre- dicament he has offered an amend- ment to the Sundry Civil Appropria- tion bill, authorizing the President to appoint three commissioners, should they be needed, to act with a joint Congressional committee of six as rep- resentatives of the U. 8. —— A Investigate, Investigate ! The Republicans seem afraid to in- vestigate the Philadelphia stink-pot, for fear it will show up their party in its infamous ways of corruption. The Patriot says: The movement for an investigation by a senate committee into the municipal affairs of Philadel- phia is still in abeyance. At a coufer- ence beforethe legislative recess tween the friends in the senate of Sen- ator Quay it was decided that there should be such an investigation and a resolution authorizing the committee was outlined to be introduced by Sen- ator Kennedy, of Allegheny. Powerful influence is being brought to bear upon Senator Quay to stop the investigation and he has advised his friends to go slow. There is a strong sentiment in the senate in favor of an investigation, while at the same time there is much opposition to it. If there be one, and that is not at all un- likely, it will be directed largely against Senator Porter and Dave Martin for the purpose of showing up their al- be- leged manipulation of Philadelphia's city councils. It is feared by those at the head of the movement that the in- vestigation might strike certain friends and this is the whole secret of the de- lay. EE. —— Big Friendschaft, A singular state of relationship on a large scale is vouched for by the Lou- | isville Courier-Journal, which tells of a district school near Mt. Olivet, Ky. , where fifty-five pupils are enrolled. Each pupil is related either by con- sanguinity or marriage to every othe ri One or the oth-| | er of the parents of each of the fifiy-| five children was either a pupil or a | child in the school. schoolmate with the present teacher. We can more than match this our own county of Centre, by taking Brush valley, with three villages and scores of farms, with a population of i about 1500, and all related aunts, first cousing. We {doubt if there is a parallel to it in these United States. And everybody in Brush valley is happy too. in as uncles, and second Ms Ap Legislative Exstravagance. Governor Hastings will call a halt on the extravagance of the legislature after the recess. There is a disposition on the part of the members to pass all { appropriation bills and throw the re sponsibility of disposing of them on the executive. The bills now before the appropriations committee foot up in round numbers $33,500 000, includ- ing the general appropriation bill of | $16,000,000, while the state revenues | for the next two years will not exceed | $19,000,000. The governor has prepar- ed a message which he will send to the legislature when it reconvenes, calling {attention to these facts and urging economy in the expenditure of the people’s money. PR ei Experience With a Snake | A Tyrone man a few days ago, after { kindling a fire with wood, which he { had purchased from a planing mill in | that place, saw something wriggling {in the stove. On looking closer he | saw a portion of & snake wriggling. | He quickly covered the stove hole with | the lid and allowed the snake to burn. | It is supposed that the snake had been frozen and cut in two and did not show signs of life until the fire thaw- ed it out, mam ———— A Des Moines woman who has been troubled with frequent colds, conclud- ed to try an old remedy in a new way, and accordingly took a tablespoonful (four times the usual dose) of Cham- berlain’s Cough Remedy just before going to bed. The next morning she found that her cold had almost entire ly disappeared. During the day she took a few doses of the remedy (one teaspoonful at a time) and at night again took atablespoonful before going to bed, and on the following morning awoke free from all symptoms of the cold. Since then she has, on several occasions, used this remedy in like mantier, with the same good results, and is much elated over her discovery of so quick a way of curing a cold. For sale by Wm. Pealer, Spring Mills, and 8. M, Bwartz, Tusseyville A ————-— Choles Eggs for Sale Buff’ Leghorns, choice stock, eggs 50 cents per setting of 13; Buff Ply- mouth Rock, excellent layers, eggs $1.25 per setting of 13. Mus. M. B. RICHARDS, Centre Hall, Pa, sn A sin ~Lowi ns, Bellefonte, guaran tees ev ery article sold by him, and you get full returns every time. feb21-3m HOFFA DECKEL-DUNNERWETTER, What a Locomotive Says in Dateh when it Gets Agolng. A locomotive engine is so nigh el man that it can learn to say some | things in Pennsylvania Dutchwhich it | no doubt picks up at Centre Hall and other stations in Penns valley, but| which the REPORTER did not catch on | to until discovered by the untutored | ear of one of the denizens from our | mountain districts, Living 8 miles away in the woods, our mountaineer | or any of his family had never seen the | “kaars'' and having business out this | way a short time ago he was fortunate enough to strike the station just as the passenger train moved out, and with eyes and mouth wide open he watched it until it)got out of sight beyond the summit. But not so dumb, he under- stood the Duteh puffed out by the iron horse. Getting home in the even- ing he had a wonderful thing to tell] “mammy un de kinner’’, “Ich hab de kaars 'gsehne,” and he proceeded to explain all about it, thus: “We se 'gutart sin, hots just grod blain so ge- macht, (suiting the words from the slow to the rapid puffing of the en- gine as it gained distance): YH—o—f—a Deckel, H —~o-f-a Deckel, Hofadeckel, Hofadeckel dun- nerwetter, Hofadeckel-dunnerwetter, dunverwetter-dunnerwetter.” These are about the exact words of a Datel, to the rapid puffing. The “kinner’ took up the idea and next day organized a rail-road and themselves constituting five coaches, ran any passenger trains around the house daily, to the inusic of — “Hofa Deckel, Hofadeckel, deckeldunnerwetter-dunnerwetter.’ ob locomotive, in from its slow number of Hofa- Sunday afternoon the little’ ones themselves out a train—an to the fair—and had a wreck ; a log playfully bounded on the *‘track’’ causing { to be LH of the ore A excur- "nt as S100 the “coaclhies’’ off one knocked head-over-heels by orders from head-quarters that no more trains were that road. [fany rail-road company wants to gob- to run on ble up a branch, here's a chance. —— —— — News Notes, York Suna locked up over night for drunkenness was re- According to the New young woman who had been coguized in court as a well known so- sclety leader, Her husband is a mil lionaire. He is also well known in so- cial and business circles, Land New York city sold at a price equal to $8,000,000 per acre. The highest in London 000,000 per acre. In Centre Hall you can buy an acre for $400, in has been at §5,- It is reported that a Curwensville girl put a lantern under her bed covers to keep her feet warm and did not Know the bed was on fire till the corns on her toes began to pop. lies : Length of the Day The division of the mean day into! twenty-four hours of sixty minutes each, originated with the Egyptians, then passed to Babylon and Greece, Why divided into twenty-four instead of some other number of hours, it is impossible to say. The Chinese and a few other Oriental nations, reckon but twelve hours to the day snd night— evidently making the whole to corres- pond with the apparent passage of the sun over one of the zodiacal sign. eersnolth — | 0. W. O. Hardman, Sheriff of Tay- | lor Co., W. Va., appreciates a good thing and does not hesitate to say so. He was almost prostrated with a cold | when he procured a bottle of Cham- | berlain’s Cough Remedy. He says: | “It gave me prompt relief. I find it to be an invaluable remedy for coughs and colds.” For sale by Wm. Pealer, Spring Mills, and 8. M. Swartz, Tus seyville, Sale of Real Estate James P. Grove and W. F. Rearick, | administrators of James Grove, Sr. deceased, will sell valuable real estate, at Spring Mills, on Saturday, March 16th. For description of tracts see ad. in another column, Hi A MU AAR New Shop. Charles Arney is putting up a two- story shop on his east Church street lot ; it will be occupied by wagon-ma- ker Bwarm, of Spring Mills, in the manufacture of buggies, ete. Have a New Pastor, Rev. R. L. Gearhart, pastor of the Reformed church of Bedford, Pa., will leave about the first of April for Belle fonte where he has accepted a call, to fill the vacancy caused by the resigoa- tion of Rev. Miles O. Noll. w AA» A Plum Drops to Bellefonte, Edward Rankin, of Bellefonte, has been appointed a clerk in the insur- ance department at Harrisburg, Don’t shiver; get one of those good storm coats at Lewin's, Bellefonte, and be comfortable. Low price. $6 A MONTH. A NEW LAW, The Minimum of all Pensions Hereafter to be Six Dollars # Month, Veterans Greatly Benefitted. The amendment by the senate repealing that part of the pension act of no pension shall be paid to a non-resident, who is not a by both houses on Thursday. actual disabilities incurred in the ser- vice, Is agreed to by the house. Afsenate proviso was stricken out and the following substitute agreed to: “And it is further provided that from this all pensioners now on the rolls who are pensioned at less than six dollars a month, for any degree of pensionable disability, shall have their increased to six dollars per mouth, and and after the passage of act pensions dollars for any single disability, or several com- be entitled to less than six bined disabilities, such pensioner shall be rated at not less than six dollars per month; provided also that the provis- f held is {to ¢ prior tO authorize ions hereof shall not be over any pensionable period passage of this act, nor i rating of any claims for any part of such period, nor prevent the allowance than per month, according to the existing prac- tice in the pension office, of lower rates six dollars in pending cases covering any pensionable period prior to the passage of this act. Willy Interesting News Items Perkins, a farmer of Washington en Ohio, was partially blind a few wears ago, but now his sight has been entire- dd, and he itting Iii th at 70 years of age. is © set of ted Horses were never so cheap on the coast, good animals bringing & $2 or $3 a head, Whitney, a drummer, wedded Miss Grace Grant, an Indianapolis belle Can any Penns valley girl make bet- ter time than that? Wp —-— Postmasier General Resigns re- signed in order to attend to his law bu- * C to be appointed in Postmaster General Bissell has siness, ongressman Wilson is likely 23 »i sseil’s place. Speaking of Mr. Bissell's resignation President Cleveland “It surely is that I shall with the utmost regret. night said: for me to Mr. Bissell All his the administration will ast not necessary say release ciates in feel that they have lost a colleague who in all a valuable factor in their executive labor, as well as a com- respects was panion to whom they have become greatly atlached. A Mp Found Gold in Mifflin County, Gold bearing quartz rock has been found near Lewistown. The rock has been assayed and is estimated to yield $30 per ton in gold and $2 in silver. 28, 1895. DUG OUT A HORSE AND SLEIGH, Frozen Up in the Blizzard and the People ure Lost, Workmen under the direction of the township supervisor were cleaning a huge snowdrift from the public road on Baturday between Chest Springs Carroltown, Cambria county, when they unearthed a horse and sleigh. The horse had been frozen in the drift on the first night of the re- cent blizzard, The body of the and ani- the It is believed that the person or per- started about a snowbound, farm on foot to a house mile storm. All the people living along the road say that no one sought shelter that night, whom the vehicle belonged. If the their bodies lie buried beneath some snowbank in that vicinity. Noone knows to victims were frozen, A fs To Prevent Cold Feet. Do you have cold feet? If so, don't increase the thickness of your stock- The ob- ings, but the size of vour shoes, most important rule to follow to tain warm feet is never to be tightly shod. Boots or shoes that fit closely prevent the free circulation of the contrary, they do not embrace the foot too firmly, the space !oft between the or shoe and the stocking has a good sup- ply of warm air. The second rule is never to is often supposed that sit In damp shoes, t unless shoes are positively wet it is un- to the feet are at rest. This is a great fallacy for when the least dampuess is pres- HECEssATY change them while 2 sole, In ils evaporation foot, it | absorbs the heat from the and | ed. This can ea ily be proven by try-| the | cold and | ing the experiment of neglecting minutes, although | » shoe and examining | appear to be quite dry. Ace Mi coms Little Things Worthy of Note. There are several cases of typhoid fe- Aarons- whooping ©ouj ver and burg. Aasronsburg’s musical last week P. 8. Meyer. Merchant Philipps, of Aaronsburg, | ¥ convention, was a success, under Prof. several years a widower, was married again about a week ago. milder Weather this week was ofa type, and a goodly share of bright sky and sunshine. Pleasant Gap is about rid of sles, he mea- Docters inform us sickness is on the | increase in the country districts. We got an elegant, square meal at Gregg Post's rooms on Washington's birthday. Thanks to the took such interest in ladies who an having our Colonel J. Rhoades, of that place. Further vestigation will be made of the matter, on the property of K. AAA Sale of Household Goods his household goods, at his premises, in Centre Hall, on Baturday March Mr. Dellett’s family will return to Johnstown, their former home. continue selling wire fencing, A SS. HO Plenty of Sales. thought that there would be few pub- lie sales, but that has already been dis- yet not announced. Prices may be good, contrary to expectations; horses and stock are likely to bring fair pric- es, Good Work. This office is completely equipped for executing public sale posters in the most approved manner, and the work turned out is neatly and satisfac- torily done. If you are thinking of having sale of your belongings, try us on a poster and you will be pleased with the work. s————— So] Smokers Made, There were 2,249,702 cigars made in the counties of Perry, Juniata, Millio, Snyder and the upper end of Dauphin county, from January 1, "04, to Decem- ber 81, 9, of which number 2,211,220 were sold. ~ Extraordinary reductions in Win- ter clothing and overcoats by Lyons, Bellefonte, and this means a reduction from the wonderfully low prices they have had during the past season. The reductions last only a short time. 12 in the inches of The snow has sunken sun. This, Thursday, morning, indicates | a break-up, and rain seems to be next | on the weather program. sf —— Hard Travzling. had an unusual | Although we have | sleighing since Christmas, traveling is anything but a pleasure this week. A warm wind and sun the early part of | i i i the mountain should be made on run- ners, but from Pleasant Gap in wheels The sleighing would last until July if the snow were shoveled off the drifts I ——— Special Message, Ox Monday Gov. Hastings sent a its craze for creating new offices and | raising the salary of others. The gov- ernor tells the legislators that the state treasury can’t stand the raid that is attempted upon it. There never was its like in the history of the state, and never before did a governor find it ne- cessary to ery “‘stop thief” on his own party. Let Hastings use the veto club freely, the people demand i. Kill the snakes, Governor. AA —— Prospecting for Coal. A movement has been inaugurated to thoroughly examine the mountains northeast of Mifflinburg for coal, says the Lewisburg Jownal. Traces of coal have been found in that section, and it is generally believed there isan abundance of it. A fund has been raised, miners engaged and the search has been commenced, A storm coat this weather is al- most necessary if you wish to be com- fortable. There is a big assortment at Lewins’, Bellefonte, and a sale made by him is bound to be satisfactory. _NO. 9 LIVED 112 YEARS, Harriet A, Eskins Was a Descendant of a Native King of Guloea, Harriet A. Eskins, who died at Lebanon last week, was born in Gun- powder Neck,on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, in 1783, 112 years ago, and was a decendant of an African king. Her grandfather, whose name was Lego, was king of one of the tribes on the coast of Guinea and was one of the last of the native kings of Guinea. He was desposed about the middle of the last century, captured by slavers, and was brought to America in a slave ship with his son, the father of Mrs. Eskins. The son subsequently purchased his freedom and that of his children. He nlso acquired some property as a farm- er. Mrs. Eskins was married three times—first to Wm. Cole, by whom she had eleven children; then to Wm. Taylor, by whom she had one child, to Wm. of her children attained their majority, but two only survive, last skins. Nine . pd ins—— HOW TO MAKE IT PAY. After trying for some years to find out why farming didn’t pay better, the notion was industriously cultivated that if we had Department of Agricul ture set up at Washington, Cabinet officer at the hes would considerably disc Lato wheat to the acre, with a real of it, the deal It is now proposed we po- get a bug and g good more to add to this a department of Agricul- ture of our own in Pennsylvania, and 80 get rid of all farm mortgages at once and raise six Jird much in months. The publication of the © $00 2-year-old steers k" has already done so to vania that the State is about to spend This Rixty-seven $30,000 on a second edition. will counties ery out for it. hen > sit WwW of t i 5 the conl of the « and i vd- tually knowing An- or true w hip-poor- pity run down the ishing cheek of shame. aown in MW venmg reflect that half our ancestors preter ed to farm without ac a Chrodeiles virginianus fiom f eras, an trostomus vool » tears cf Olt AARONSBURG. The Musical Convention a Success Finan- cially. Frank Holloway, of Wisconsin, ex- ‘Thursday Plum street on Sunday evening; John Peter Ker- stetter to a Miss Grim, of Sober. The musical convention in the formed church last We had a wedding on Re- week netted be- { was a success Mrs. Solomon Winkelblee received dollars per month from the 12th of last September. Our merchant, W. H. Phillips went en her home to prepare for moving. Rev. Wolfs wife has gone to New Oxford to visit her father. Wyle Bro’s while the gum and bone business is dull have taken to peddling frozen fish. Mrs. Harvey Crouse followed her husband with their household goods to Holsapple last week where he has engaged in the mercantile business, A butcher from Milton has rented Frank Weaver's meat market and will take charge in March; he moves into Ed Mingle’s house, vacated by Har- vey Crouse. Everything sold cheap at George Rupp’s sale; a good pair of hoses did not bring seventy dollars, and were bought by Chas. Smith. Mrs. Emily Thorne, who resides at Toledo, Washington, says she has nev. so quickly and effeciually as Cham- berlain’s Pain Balm, and that she has also used it for lame back wtih great success. For sale by Wm. Pealer, Spring Mills, and 8. M. Swartz, Tus sey ville. Banquet at Hotel, Invitations to about the number of fifty have been issued for the first an- nual banquet st Bartges' hotel this Thursday evening. A supper equal if not surpassing the reputation of the house, will be served. Got the Plamas, Clearfield is having a fine share of federal plums. It has chief clerk Kerr whose son, Fred Kerr, has just been appointed to a military cadetship, BE. A. Bigler has been appointed to the collectorship of the western district at Pittsburg and his brother holds the assistant U. 8. sub-treasuryship at Phi- ladelphia. A MR «Bubscribe for the REPORTER.
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