' @he Centre VOL. LXVIII, THE INCOME TAX THE UNSATISFACTORY DISPOSI- TION OF THE MATTER. | over his own signature or in some oth- RESPECTED THE MINISTRY {er authoritative manner, just where [ he stands and what relation he ex- { pects to hold to the next campaign. i Highwaymen Figuring in a Seven Mountain Reminlsconse, At the celebration of the Centennial of the Huntingdon Presbytery, at Huntingdon on Tuesday last D. W. Woods, Esq., of Lewistown, delivered an address and in the course of his re- The Supreme Court of Kansas has | marks made allusion to two famous { rendered a decision in which hypno- highwaymen whose names are famil- President Cleveland was probably as | tism is recognized, both as a defense | iar to the older residents of this much disappointed at the unsatisfac- | and ground for conviction of crime. (ty. Mr. Woods said: tory disposition of the income tax by | The case passed upon came up from | “In speaking of the churches in Ju- the Supreme Court as everybody else | the Cowly county district court. niata county, I desire to mention an was, and he is probably quite as anx-| (pn May 5 last Thomas McDonald, | anecdote that may not be out of place ious that the case should be reheard by | without apparent provocation, shot|here. When I wasa boy, Rev. John a full bench and the constitutionality | and killed Thomas Patton, near his | Hutchinson was a frequent visitor at of the tax either affirmed or denied, | ome in Wakefield. He was arrested | my father's and I was present on one but like a good citizen he recognizes charged with murder, and set up a de- | occasion when Mr. Hutchinson told the income tax as the law of the land | fupge that he was under the hypnotic | my father this incident. He said at pending that final decision, and |j,fluence of Anderson Gray and was | one time he was on his way to Belle- promptly filled out and handed in an | either legally nor morally responsi- | fonte to preach for Rev. James Linn, account of his own income upon which | pyle for the deed. He was acquited. he is liable to taxed. in| Then Gray was put under arrest and | stopped by two noted highwaymen, doubt as to where he should pay the | tried for murder. He was found guil-| Lewis and Clark, who infested the tax he handed his blank to Internal | gy of murder in the first degree, not-| mountains of Centre county. After Revenue Commissioner Miller in per- | withstanding the fact that he was not { robbing him of all the money he had son and marked it “at large,” and it is present when the crime was commit- | and his watch he said to them. “Now, now locked up in Mr. Miller's safe. | ted, the evidence for the state only | men, I wish you would let me have So many stories have been current as | oqing to show that he caused McDon- | fifty cents back; I am going to Belle- to the extent of President Cleveland's | 414 to do the deed through hypnotic | fonte to preach and I have not a eent income, outside of his salary, that |i, fluence. An appeal was taken to the | to pay my way.” Lewis said to him, there is much curiosity to know the | gypreme court and in an opinion ren- | “Are you a minister?” Father Hutch- figures he put upon that blank. | Jered the ruling of the lower court {inson answered: “I am, and am going But it isn’t likely to be gratified. It | to Bellefonte to preach for Mr Linn.” was to make sure that no careless clerk | [ Then Lewis said to Clark: “Give this should violate the law against making | | man back his watch and money.” To public the amount of income returned | Fred C. Price was lodged in jail at | this Clark demurred but Lewis made by tax payers that the President gave! Wilkesbarre on Saturday night. Last | him do it and said: “We don’t rob his blank into the personal custody of | January he won the heart of Miss El- | poor men or ministers; they are paid Mr. Miller. {len Allen, at Lock Haven, and they | little enough.” Father Hutehin- Although today is the last day upon | were engaged married. The ison got his money and wateh back which taxpayers can file statements of | father of the young woman was well and went on his way rejoicing. their incomes, without being subject | to specified penalties, the tax itself need not be paid until the 30th of June, and the chances are that but little] more of it than has already been paid On the will be paid in before that time, un-|to the store Price convinced her it] less the Supreme Court hands down | would look better when they went an affirmative before then. | to buy if he had the money and paid Should the decision be the other way | the bills. His sweetheart it would not have to paid at all. |and handed over the Unless present plans miscarry it is ex-| they were inspecting the pected that the case will be reheard by | Price excused himself for a moment | a full bench—Justice Jackson is re-|and took the first train out of town for ported to have promised to Sit He was traced decision banded down before the close | nati and from there to Benne of the present term of the court. l He Among the attorneys recently | fessed and says he spent the money. barred from practice before the Inter- ior department was “Jerry" Haralson, np ANEW POINT IN LA Ww. Su i President Cleveland Anxious that the It Is nn Remarkable and Dangerous Decls. preme Court Should Have Fully De. cided Upon its Constitutionality fon, | | coun- i . : {and on the Beven Mountains he was be leing was sustained. wf o———— Stole His Fiance's Money. So to be | pleased with the match, and gave his | eng | daughter $700 to buy furniture. With | man was needed | April Proverbs, A cold April the barn will fill. Snow in April is manure, April snow breeds grass, April snow and wet fills barrel. A cold and moist April filis the cel- consented | lar and fattens the cow. cash. While! A dry April not the farmer's furniture, | rain in April is what he wills. When April blows his horn, "Tis good for hay and corn. When April makes much noise will have plenty of rye and hay. Thunder storms in April is the e of hoar frost. | After a wet April follows a dry June. When on the 24th rye has grown so the money and the young she | started out to buy what { for a comfortable home, way barn and decision b i be will; -and a Cincin- £1, Pa., Con- the west. to where he was arrested. has dis- — West Flood Stations on the Branch ON PAPER AS YET PROPOSED ROUTE FOR AN ELEC TRIC RAILWAY. Milesburg With Bellefonte ns a Fiag Station. A year ago the ‘Reporter’ advised road from Philipsburg to Bellefonte, Centre Hall and Millheim, considerable attention the construction of an electric which attracted ns a very short line, as compared with present via Ty- 0 “tld rone route, whieh is some miles far- ther. We observe from the Philips- burg Journal of 18 inst., that a line for a street railway trom Milesburg thro Bellefonte to Centre Hall is being agitated. i The distance by rail now is 22 miles ; by a street ear line it would be only half that, | pay, doubt, besides being a wonderful t would fie ) COl- After ber venience to all along the route, reaching this place it would not great while before the line would extended to Millheim and get all the Brush valley travel at that point. The ‘Reporter’ favors the enterprise with in ber the same earnestness that mainly brot about the completion of the railroad through our valley which is one of the { good labors we dare feel proud of, We observe the “Centre Democrat’ also alludes to this enterprise and that some of the business men of Bellefonte strongly favor the move. Wo fp State Treasary Low There will be no National Guard en- campmentis this The depleted of the treasury It will be a saving to year, de he £150. 066), condition mands this, slate 1 i f of at least commonwealth 1% i The common school appropriation to be cut $1,000,000, The amounts giv- institutions No new build- i 1.400 (xx) the This was agreed upon at a con- en charitable and penal are to be boiled down. ings or extensions w be allowed. $ wr With this chopping can § saved for charities fi ty next Years. ference of state officials and legislators, a - Received Sentence, Winter a young man, and Dr. A. 1 of Liverpool : Last George Bl wtenberger, A. Murray, , Perry county, committed Ritter, phan girl of the same town. The men held Daisy an abortion on oOr- an f i were arrested and who was a conspicuous negro member high as to hide a crow a good harvest | The establishment of stations in the of Congress in reconstruction days, and who has been sentenced by the U 8. District Court of Arkansas year’s imprisonment and a fine o 000 for engaging in fraudulent sion practices. Still, every then some over enthusiastic Republi- West branch valley for the purpose of | ay be expected. d 2 , § ay the keva of keeping the people informed in regard April and May are the keys of one 2 ; 5 to floods and freshets, is ¢ an excellent | Year. fe 99 pen- bu- | Sa of branch. The United States weather to these stations along the Wes Williamsport. Where the others will be located is not idea Are Not Abandoned, reau has decided establish six now and The items copied from the Bellefonte | papers to the effect that the Nigh ore | bank near Bellefonte had i doned owing to the supply of ore being | The mine temporarily shut down so as to permit of changes : C ing creek. The usefulness of these sta- | 10 Work adjacent territory. The Ni ne i . : . ri * § . snable th nN Supremes ourt, | ions will be appreciated by the people territory is ample to enable this mine | f t A : 3 i spin One station will be at I ? can will jump up and shout “there are no fraudulent pensioners.” Judge Pensions, says of the proposed making been aban | be a sta- Driftwood, somewhere yet known, but there should Lochren, Commissioner o i exhausted are now denied. tion at Clearfield, one at one at Jersey Shore, one it is said, has only been of a test case against the Commission- er of Pensions, by the Union Veteran Legion, in the U. in order to show whether those ten thousand, more or less, pensioners were legally dropped, that gladly aid in getting a decision on | such a case. He adds that the eases of Shakespeare and Long are entirely different from the other cases in which reductions have been made or pension- ers dropped from the rolls. Nearly all the latter cases came under the law of 1890, which differs radically from all previous laws, “Corporal” James Tanner is Commander of the Union Veteran Legion; likewise a pension at- | torney, which may explain his anxie- ty in this matter. He has issued a letter asking each member of the le- gion to contribute $10 towards the ex- penses of making a test case, but mem- bers of the legion here say that the or- ganization has nothing to do with the scheme; that Tanner alone is responsi- ble for the letter. They say that wished to send this letter out as an of- ficial order of the Commander of the U. V. L., but that so much objection was raised he was compelled to aban- don that idea and send it out as a per- sonal letter, A statement made here will be of much interest to impecunious Repub- lican editors, should it prove true, It is that the Alger Presidential boom is shortly to take the road again. Its last tour was very expensive to Gen. Alger, but very profitable to the afore said impecunious editors, - It is said that Gen, Alger is confi. along Pine Creek and one up Lycom- new | to t : ” s work f, ' vote as} of the valley in times of high water, | 0 be worked for many years to come; | i and that the changes now being made are only carrying out — - he will plans mapped out more than five years ago by the Centre Iron company. Those who never read the advertise ments in their newspapers miss more than they presume. Jonathan Keni- son, of Bolan, Worth Co., Iowa, who| had been troubled with rheumatism in | uf Of Great Benefit, his back, arms and shoulders read an | benefit to the good people of Centre Hall and vi- | | cinity if they would come to us for all | { their wear in the way of Men's, Boys’ { and Children’s Clothing, Head Wear, | Furnishing Goods, and Ladies’ Shirt | Walsts and Chemisettes, Goods are only sold on their merits -what is linen or what is cotton told you at the time of the purchase. “Mother's Friend" Shirt Waists, MoxtTaoMERY & Co. Merchant Tailors, Bellefonte. calf Pencilings. Prothonotary Smith's card appears in this Issue as a candidate for re-elec- We ean be of great item in his paper about how a promi- nent German citizen of Ft. Madison { had been cured. He procured the same medicine, and to use his own words “It cured me right up.” He also says: “A neighbor and his wife were both sick in bed with rheumatism. Their | boy was overto my house and said i they were so bad he had to do the | cooking. I told him of Chamberlain's | Pain Balm and how it had cured me, | he got a bottle and it cured them up {in a week. 50 cent bottles for sale by | Wm. Pealer, Spring Mills, and 8. M. he | | Swartz, Tusseyville, is br MA ASS AA Recent Deaths, Laura, daughter of Robert Bierly, of Milesburg, died Wednesday night of last week ; burial in the Bellefonte cemetery. Mrs. Marla C, Meek, widow of Geo. W. Meek, died on 8 inst., in Storms- town, after a long illness, She was a daughter of Elijah Chambers. Her age was near 80 years, ————— A ———————— Willi Tarn Chickens, Mr. W. W. Dellett, agent for the Bu- faithfully. noon. Monday wasn't a good day for trout fishing—all the better for the trout. The prohibition county convention for nominating a county ticket, has been called to meet at Bellefonte, on May 21. Will the burgess order the bars to be closed ? etm Satchel Lost, The undersigned lost a satchel of dent that the fight between McKinley and Reed, which is already getting quite warm, will be so bitter that it will make the nomination of either of them impossible, and that he thinks he stands as good a chance to be struck by lightening as any of the other waits ing dark horses do. There has been a great deal of guess. ing as to the position President Cleve. land will occupy during the next nae tional campaign and, were it not that it would be to a certain extent a viola- tion of confidence, your correspondent could make a good guess, However, it can be stated without any violation of confidence, that at the proper time chanan fence, tells us that he can make his fence so that chickens can- not get through it, by putting a few more wires in at a slightly additional cost, but still not over one-third the cost of the ploket fence. This is an important feature in the fence line, —_— Destrayed by Fire, A small house at Flat Rock, in Nit- tany valley, owned by Henry Romig, was destroyed by fire Sunday night, last. —————— po ——— ~Blg spring opening at Lyon & Co's store, Bellefonte, where you can get anything needed at very low fig- President Cleveland will make known goods on Thursday morning, 4th, on going from Mike Spichers to Brush- valley road by way of Linden Hall, The finder will receive a dollar reward by leaving same at Rerortenr office, D. J. NEIMAN, - Election Notice, The annual election of the stockh old ers of the Centre Hall Water Compa ny, will be held in Reesman’s shop on Monday evening, May 6, 1895, between the hours of 6 and 7 o'clock, for the purpose of electing five directors, a sec. retary and a treasurer for the ensuing year, FrEn, Kurtz, President. ures, D. F, Luce, Bec'y. at i i hh took place this week. Blattenberger 1 and sentenced to i He 1 > 1Ly WHS f ¢ i Of CORN prosect . and undergo imprisonment in the for a period of fi]. Murray stood trial and The court d him to pay a fine of §25 and the costs, eastern penitentiary teen months, was convicted. senteno i He fe is f ern penitent f years, ary for a period of two ——— fp Mp ol Foster's Prediction. f the tinent from the 10th to the 20th, and the next will My last bulletin gave forecasts o cross the © by the close of the western mountain wy awa dy the great cen- to the the This disturbance will be of very con- Ons } wl yo h a 25th. siderable force, and while only a small | portion of the country will receive rain from it, the principal rainfall of the | month may be expected as it crosses | the continent. The warm wave will cross the western mountain country | a9 oO a3 > 1 and the eastern states the 25th. | The cool wave will cross the western | 8th. sine 5 S— w— Our better halves say they could not | keep house without Chamberlain’ Cough Remedy. Itis used in more than half the homes in Leeds. “ well known, Mothers have learned that there is nothing so good for colds, that it manently, and that it is pleasant and 25 and 50 Wm. Pealer, Spring Mills, and 8. M. Swartz, Tus sey ville, lA Matters Matrimonial, Miss Anna L. Meyer, of Boalsburg, and Wm. A, Gettig, of Altoona, were married in the Boalsburg Reformed church on Thursday evening, 11. Carrie May, daughter of John H. Miller, of Rock Spring, and Frank E. Wieland, are to be married this even- ing at the home of the bride, A ———— Choloe 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, feb21-3m Centre Hall, Pa. ss ; NO. 16 A CONSUMER'S VIEW, Passage of the Marshall Bill Responsible for the Advance in Ol, One of the largest Philadelphia Governor Hastings shall pipe line bill, have received two of oil Hiince consumers stated: approved the Mar- March 8, I notifieations from an agency of the Standard oil people, fin about advising me of an The first card advance in price. dated March 12, noting a rise of one-half cent per gal- headlight 150 “Chester The ond card was dated Apri 6, and advis- Wins lon in the price of gree water white oil and 150 degree water white oil, HEC ed me of an advance of one cent a gal- It alliance lon on the Oils. is evident ' i sale hat a satisfactory has been com passed between the Standard oil | pany and heretofore conflicting in- {erest CO , and it is their intention now to advance their prices fractionally and i i as rap dly as they deem judicious. Fhough one and a half cents a gal- lon may seem comparatively a small of seventy- the re- gate represents an enormous profit and consumers. You the Marshall bill was bitterly fought by the independent matter, it means a jump or five cents per barrel, and g ag an equal tax upon may recollect that FORREST VIRES Their Prevention Should Be the Every Good Citizen, Alm of Forest fires ozeur annually in various parts of the country, and, after long seasons of drought, sometimes spread r but 1871, of a over wide Areas, not since when there was great destruction Michigan pineries, calamity like this, to has there besiena Man the flames when they have is powerless ¢ Hi ny fairly started after weeks of dry weath- er, for the fire spreads so rapidly as of- ten to outrun a horse, ut man can do much to prevent the breaking out fires of such which are very often Catised by the carelessness of camping parties, says the Philadelphia Ledger, Maine suffered li fires the appointment wardens and the has ttle from forest f since of fire of training lumber- {0 1 rs 3 3 « v a “4 ir i 5 linguishing every spark of the fires men and hunters extreme care in © they may have kindled in the woods, Inv view of the Josses enormous may be occasioned by forest t be against It is not Hunters, bermen and others who frequs i would seer to be the duty of state to guard as well as may their origin and spread, possible to do either. im- lam wif the WOK oil refiners, and Governor Hastings re- ceived a strong deputation of produc- | that ture would vastly help the Standard | i Ohl ers, who represented his signa- company in monopolizing the in- dustries dependent upon petroleum. | The results are appearing. | A tl DANCING IS NO SIN, Presbyterians Who Want to Waltz Can Da So, s can be taught to be extremely in the ompanies can ag pga f :q areful use of ailroad } o be compelled to use 1 heir loco. motives and in dry seasons fire ward- y i night f ens may be authorized to appoint dep- uties to guard the forest | y and { a forest lay and give timely warning o fires ¥ ¥ ” 3 y before they have gone beyond control. ATS W hat 18 needed is some one inn au- 13 1 thority to command the services of tl ie at The Allegheny Presbytery taeel isis ON i © i record as opp wat} hat Mary Ewalt, of } rian church, theory t dancing is a sin. Rx zn Srcsadees dakersto Prests wn was dismissed because she danced and would not promise to re ¥ fu $31 in the ire. She appealed her 4 E84 is a question of Means, of Pine { tl and that we Presbyter Was up- ie v 1 the decision eine dancing Dr. R. M. Chureh, Conscience, Creek was expelled by his pastor for signing who a liquor license application, was rein- stated by the Presbytery, - > —. State News Noles Discip i ire Ge i we church nday Mill Hall afternoon, ated Sn afte PLN $ al + ULE O A 3 for the marriage of Hon. 8. KR. wk Haven, and Miss Mar- N. J., on April Franklin a tha Vail, of Elizabeth, 17. The Northumberland . son of Peale, o oul land in county, netted the while Hon. P. concerned, recent big sale of sheriff’ over $4,000 8. Wolverton, the pocketed $30,000, attorney IR. Incane and Harmless, For some time past a quaint-looking has been loafing about our and attracts much attention RAYS the Centre Democrat of last week. He is about 70 years of age and very much hunchbacked. The striking feature about his appearance is the sireels, childish disposition he shows for dec- orating himself with tobacco tags and ribbon rosettes. Most of these are front of the garment. He annoys no one and if spoken to simply gives out the night, but never was suspected of committing any theft, His name is Jacob Halderman, and is a pauper belonging to Benner town- ship, but the overseer’s cannot find a place for him where he will stay; he wants to be in Bellefonte. A petition inquire into the sanity of the old gen tleman, who reported that he was of unsound mind and should be sent to a hospital for the insane, which will likely be done, —————————— It will be an agreeable surprise to persons subject to attacks of bilious colie to learn that prompt relief may be had by taking Chamberlain’s Colie, Cholera and Diarrhoe Remedy. In many instances the attack may be pre- vented by taking this remedy as soon as the first symptoms of the disease appear. 25 and 50 cent bottles for saie by Wm. Pealer, Spring Mills, and 8, M. Swartz, Tusseyville. msi RAINFALL, as registered by the “Reporter’s Rain guage. Inches. Friday night 12 Ap., to Saturday, 58 ss——— wweeiOur spring stock of clothing is now in and a more complete assort ment cannot be found in any store Clothing never was so cheap and you get surprisingly big returns for your money. —Lewins, Bellefonte, ~fubscribe for the REPORTER. ~Subseribefor the REPORTER, $1.50 y ” i : nebodied men of a neighborhood in tinguishing small fires or preventing When the 3 £ elt t cA ¥ hoermrien ¢ Hin oermen are not io danger becomes pressing and then it is heir spread, farmers and 0 themselves they unite their efforts until the $4 1111 lew air il { uniess rain should come to ¢ 1 Professor Hazen thinks t al and state authorities have duties in this matter, A CHANCE eff scen— TO MAKE MONEY. I saw « ne of your subscribers {+ your columns a few weeks go how ag she made money selling Dish Washers, I wrote to the Iron City Dish Washer { E. Pittsburg obtain- { their Dish Washers and tried il i Pa., and It is just lovely; wr tu You { can wash and dry the dishes for a fam- Hy in two minutes, without touching or your hands to a dish or putting them I made f $5.00, and everybody wanted in hot water. the first day, Dish me a Washer just as soon as they saw wash their dishes, Since then I have and I money to keep my brother at school this win- ter and have money in the bank too. Any lady or gentleman can do as well I had no When everybody wants to buy, it is not hard to sell. Anyone by writing the above firm, and I am glad to add my experience, because I think it my duty to others to help them over the hard VIRGINIA HERNE. An made as h Aas $18.00 a day, believe that I can g enough as 1 am doing, I am sure, as experience, can get information times, Reporter Sparks, Some men spend their lives in hatching little schemes and tricks. It isn’t manly to close-fisted and stingy and then tell how liberal others should be. A favor boasted of is not sincere but a selfish act to gain something more valuable in return. The constant blabberer empty tin can which noise in rolling about, The man who always has something confidential to tell about his neighbor has mischief for his nest egg. be is like an makes much Marriage Licenses, The following marriage licenses were granted during the past week : Daniel A. Grove, Lemont and Cath- erine Longwell, of Benner township. Charles E. Rupert and Maggie E. Kessinger, of Liberty township. Frank D. Young and Mary C. Royer, of Potter township. J. Harry Pickle, of Millersville, Lancaster county, and Fannie I. Twit. mire, of Bellefonte, John W. Benner and Jennie Breon, of Benner township. Frank E. Wieland, of Linden Hall, and Carrie Miller, of Rock Springs. R. M. Krebs and Lauva E. Musser, Pine Grove Mills, so o—— Going After Tle. David R. Foreman left Monday evening for Bruin, Butler county, Pa., a town in the midst of the oil region, Dave expects to engage in the oll busi ness, and has an option on a valuable plant. Hope he wHl strike a rich streak. sm ———— ~The merchant tailoring establish. ment connected with Lewins clothing "house at Bellefonte, has the reputa- tion for turning out the best and most stylish clothing worn in the county,