VOL. LXVIIL. CAPITOL NEWS NO ALARM FELT OVER SHIPMENT OF GOLD, The Finances of the Treasury in Good Shape.—~The Silverites Will be the First to Place a Man in the Fleld will return to He will find depart- Carlisle Washington this week. the Treasury ment moving along smoothly and sat- The first shipment of gold the Treasury the last sale of bonds, took place last week and, although there is a disposition in Republican quarters to make that lit- tle shipment of a quarter of a million dollars appear to be the beginning of a determined raid the gold in the Treasury, it is not regarded either significant or important by officials, One of them speaking about Secretary the business of isfactorily. drawn from since on as Treasury | CE] Secretary Lamont has returned from his long western trip. He speaks in the highest terms of the reception he met with, and is especially enthusias- tic in his praise of the western people and their whole souled hospitality. He is glad he went and wants to go again, - & The Wide Tire Law, well settled fact that good roads are spoiled by narrow wag- on tires than by any other means, and in many of the cities and towns in the country are being passed compelling the use of three and four inch tires on Where thousands of dollars are annually ex- pended It is a more ordinances heavy wagons, ir rebuilding and repairing streets and roads it is only wisdom to prevent their destruction by narrow tired wagons. In this state a law has been passed and approved by the Gov- ernorallowing a rebate of five dollars from the taxes of all persons using wide tires on their heavy wagons. This of it said: “It dodge on the part of an obscure bank- | was merely a shrewd | ing firm in New York to obtain some | They know that will free advertising. such a shipment at this time be | commented upon by all the large news- | papers of the world, and they hope to! make this advertisement of their firm | pay in other ways. That is all there is| to it.” The Washington was stirred up a little by | midsummer political dullness of | the announcement that the men who | Bimetallic League, other- had waiting | manage the wise Known as the Silver party, changed their minds about until the old nominated and shall be the parties their presidential ti tend that the he fis ae . i now in-i SMLIVEr § id. that the same g; first in t Iso been an- | nounced ntlemen , who made | ¢ i i have concl a talking t ¢d candi- : date of the + arty, wil not and they are candidate, change has beén bre It Democratic League peopie | ill out certainty fi the that the split on the fight the Pr ed on Oy party w not silver question, will esidential campaign unit- the platform adopted by the Na- tional Democratic Convention held next year. An employee of ti office Mr. i from ie Comptroller of Currency Seeley —-who has just an returne official trip to Tennessee, on business «ral national banks of says of the business and political situa- connected with sev which are in the hands receivers tion of that state: “I found a very satisfactory condition of business and a feeling of confi lence among the peo- ple that an era of good times was at hand. In middle and western [en- nessee the free silver sentiment In t un- hie 7 Ver it doubtedly predominates. » past ern part of the state the sil eling Demoerats will but will make a straight fight inside party | is not so strong. The not split on that however, issge, lines and the minority will bow to the expressed will of the majority.” i Mr. J. 8. Clarkson, of Iowa, the ex-| the members of his party who isn't Mr. dore Roosevelt has adopted since he Republican boss is one of few afraid to condemn the methods Theo- became Police Commissioner of New York City to boom his candidacy for the U, 8. Senate, He “Roose- | yelt is enforcing laws that eighty or ninety per cent. of the population of New York City disapprove of, and 1 frequently hear New Yorkers say they | regret that they voted the Republican | ticket last fall. We had an average | Republican majority of seventy thous- | and in Iowa until we got prohibition. | Then the state became Democratic by | twenty thousand. Roosevelt is like a! boy with his first pair of skates, and | the Kepublican party is sure to be held | responsible for what he does.” Mr. Clarkson doesn’t use as vigorous language as Senator Hill did to con-| vey his opinion of Roosevelt it is evi- dent that they do not differ very much on that subject, although wide apart upon many others, Roosevelt's sena- torial aspirations are likely to prove a mighty good thing for the New York Democrats, says: Becretary Herbert is not alone in thinking that the six new gun boats provided for by the last Congress and for the construction of which he is now asking bids will prove to be about the most useful vessels in our Navy. They willall be small, compared to the cruisers and battle ships, and of light draught, and the cost of each is not to exceed $280,000, exclusive of the armor. Three of these gun boats are to be pro- vided with sails as well as steam pow- er. They will be just the vessels need- ed in various foreign waters in which we have to keep a vessel of some sort nearly all the time. They will carry small crews and will be cheaply main- tained and they can perform the duty of looking out for American interests in lots of places just as effectively as one of the cruisers which costs ten times as much to keep up. itself should stimulate the use of wide tires to say nothing of the heavier loads thatcan be hauled, and the preserved Wide tired wagons with the front axles a little shorter than the rear ones make effective road rollers and thereby im- prove the roads instead of putting them up with deep ruts with length, as is done A ft mammemss— How's this One. their vacation with John adventure last week says the Lock picking cherries from a small tree, branch about six inches from their face. lose control of their senses so far to forget their bucket of cherries, which they quietly stole from the tree. Then suakeship as to measure four feet carrying ten rat- This the first rattlesnake ties, was Gap to climb a cherry tree, a There Was No Groom On Wednesday Miss Nellie lodgers, of Bellefonte, was in readiness to wedded to Rollen Wile, also of that place, but the groom failed to and the wedding is therefore deferred indefinitely. Mr Wile quietly depart- ed on an early morning train and whereal be unknown. Mls are Wyle came from Aaronsburg in Rowe's furniture store, and passed The forsaken bride is a { teorge WwW. daughter inventor, ellefonite, and is of a well connected and respected family, todgers, an Wy New Evang, Churches, The new church of the United Ev. completion, and mechanics are at work on the steeple, and will be dedicated about beginning of September. At Loganton work begins next week on a new brick United Evangelical church, and expected to be ready for dedication by Thanksgiving week. At Bwissdale, Clinton county, the foundation walls for a new United Ev. church are completed and the building will be ready for dedication early in October. rf A ———— Withdrew the Suit, The assault and battery case between Mrs. M. Dougherty, Mrs Mallory and Mrs Kane, which took place at Axe Mann several weeks ago, has been fix- ed up and it nay not come before the This is a sensible way of closing up a case of this kind-—where one party was as deep in the mud as the other was in the mire. Financial ly it is the best. A ssn Will Keep for Years, Don’t forget in the early summer Jelly making, that fruit jellies may be preserved from mouldiness by cover ing the surface one quarter of an inch deep with finely pulverized sugar. Thus protected they will keep for years, AA Sts fn SA AAAI Season Closed, Monday, 15th, the season for legal trout fishing closed for the year. The catch this year was a fair one, but not large, and no remarkable hauls were made. The streams are being fished out, and there is need of more protec. tion for the gamey fish. tenes fin a— ~Owing to the fact that Lyon & Co., of Bellefonte, must make room for a large stock of spring goods, they now offer their entire winter stock at such prices never before heard of in this county. See their advertisement in another column on page five, {TRE HALL, PA Anti-Hastings Delegates Announce Them selves in Centre County, Facts divulged in Bellefonte confirm a rumor current the past few days that Governor Hastings will not smooth sailing for the deleg: even in Centre county. The regular anti- Quay delegates are Hastings and Capt. NS. H. Benson, and a few days ago it leaked out that A. A. Dale, esq., an attorney at Bellefonte, and Victor Gray, of Philipsburg, are being boom- ed quietly as Quay delegates, Al- though it wotld generally be suppos- ed that Hastings could carry the coun- ty unanimously, yet there is every ev- idence of a large Quay l through the county; and, especially is this so in Philipsburg, have les following al where every- thing is for the senator. metres meifmerreres— Berrios Plenty, The berry crop in our mountains is an abundant red and dark raspberries are plump and full in the mountain along the flats cleared by lumber ope- rations, one. Blackberries and districts The low huckleberries are al- #0 very plenty and the higher and Ia- ter ones are also full of the berries that | ripen in a few weeks, On Monday from Millheim got on the burn and left it at Poe Mills. to the back of each one was a wood box that would hold bushel, and each one carried a basket that would hold a half bushel. With our fishing rod we walked two 5 morning three men train at Co- Ntrapped en ' y iess than Ho a mile | up the Poe valley tram-road with these { men, when we took to the trio struck for Little Poe valley where huckleber- ries are plenty. They intended remain- ing over in the mountain and home next day each one with 1 he creek, and across the mountain els of berries which would have to striking the Paddy Mt. station. On the afternoon of the same day we saw perhaps a dozen of pe the train with filled with fine along Cherry run. SOns on saskel buckets and i blackberries picked Perhaps some inquisitive ms want to chip in here and inquire how Well, that’ | not germane to the subject. | \ 7 The Owner of the Cow Dead. | “Mrs. died the Of iy fish we caught. many We tp smi Catharine O'Leary in { Chicago on the 3d. She was own- jer of the which 137 fractious baru in the rear of No. street, on a memorable ni ober, 1571, kicked i started a blaze | $190,000, 000, OW, in over lamp ( which cost ‘hicago Ninece the night of O'Leary's { life was burdened by the charge that | she was responsible for the loss of and enormous destruction of She denied the story vigorously, and before the committee which investi- gated the fire and its causes made afi- davits that the allegations about her self and the cow and the not true, historic conflagration Mrs. life property. lamp were —————— Three Old Ladies. The Lock Haven the names of three aged Nittany Val- ley ladies, viz: Mrs, Hunt, of near La- mar, is 82 years old ; Mrs. McKibben, of Abdera, is 83, and Mrs. Margaret Brown, of Salona, is 93 years. In our town, still hale and hearty, is the widow of Adam Shafer, former ly of near Madisonburg, now with her son-in-law landlord Bartges, in her 81 year, tepublican give w——————— fc cr —— Death of Mrs. Ben), Smeltzer, Mrs. Benjamin Smeltzer died at her home in Dakota, Ill, on Tuesday of last week, from the effects of a paraly- tic stroke some three weeks previous, Mr. and Mrs. Smeltzer were natives of this county and formerly lived at Madisonburg, and left there some 20 years ago for Dakota, She was a sis- ter of Joseph and Albert Hoy, of State College, also of John Hoy, of Hublers burg, and of Mrs. Louisa Stover, of Madisonburg. ss Does the Business, Christ Decker, of Zion, having grown tired running all over the sar- rounding country to find his roving turkey flock, tied a small bell on each ones neck and now has little trouble locating them in the evening, The scheme works like a charm. AA Sa Lock Haven Truck Prices, Butter 15 ; eggs 15 ; potatoes 200 per peck japples 20¢ per peck ; oats 40¢ per bushel ; huckleberries 5 to 7 per qt. ; raspberries 10, blackberries 5; peas, shelled, 12¢ per qt. spring chickens, 25¢ apiece, Ap Clay Wosterd Suits, worth 12,00 and 15.00, our price, 7.00 and 8.00. Lyon & Co. ~Subscribe for the REPORTER. x FIRST CONGREGATIONS COUNTY. IN THE In Gregg Township-When 10rganized Names of Committees, &¢ , in the Ballding The first Union Church in Gregg tp. that f It armeriy stood on the by the became d by Hin, was the ong Musser farm erected Was Presbyterians. 1810 jt Union Church, and was remodele the which necessary adjuncts it had lacke un The between addition of a pulpit and til then, expenses were shares the wrobably the Re t, who is welieved to have begun his labors about . In 1828 th S01 Rev, B. 8B. Bchneck wd charge of all the Refor: i ned chur His succes Fisher reward ches in Penn's valley. re } i» 2 > was the Rev, P. 8, {pt ii their f the Ref i ek ¢ fice, with Rev, L. first pastor, The 1 elders and Michael Ziegler, The Lut brick edifice LEM fl erecta Heir H herans Penn all in Hen Jol ii in's Church, i Chureh, » by the organizations, Hishel, .y f- f- 1. The buil- committee consiste f Michael The assisting at the dedication, Ruthrauf Hey h and Linebach. 2% John A Rishel, oo» ee]. ding Musser and George Durst. mine- Nov Wert Dies Duriai-piace Known as used by thus cans burial purp he IL burial-pince that the old It was is Musser farm, wi r stood, i to i Wd ere non church for HOeE Of £4 3 Marti inguisl i V. James rian pasion Crerman Reformed Haines iy wrtier Latheran Church, in was erected 1862, ¢ The Lutheran Alliman d Ruth- Tobias in SLOnN on 13 of June. Hes Reformed s tite amsisiling, 2. ‘ Revs, and rauf : wth. The building committee were John H ess John trustees, Jacob Stover and John H ler, sn and 11! theran { Among wife, numbered were John Hess George Weaver, Henry Adam Weaver, Philip Stoverg Sr., Kr, Jacob WwW. =i Stover, Henry Stover, ver, David Miller, Jacob Motz, and Elizabeth Motz. first elder was Adam Weaver : deacons congregation them and Ja cob Stove + Martin wer Cieorge Henry Weaver and Henry Stover, The Reformed congregation of this church was organized May 8, 1853, al- tho the members worshipped in it pre- viously. The first elders of the con- gregation were David Neidigh and Charles Smith ; elders, Samuel Krea- mer and Daniel Warntz, NO. 28 MUST SUPPORT PARENTS. That Whole State in The bill passed by the legislature was signed by the Governor providing for the maintenance of parents by their that pro- any male child of full the of this commonwealth, has neglected or here- inlter whole state. The new law says in addition to the remedies now vided by law, if ge, being within Hmits without shall not reasonable his parents to work or of sufficient Cause neglect to maintain able be las Of maintain themselves, it shall { alderman, of upon information made before Justice trate this common- th, or aflirmation, Dy | i Does It Fit You? A county superintendent in a neigh every who boring county recently teacher at the asked county iustitule i { | i i | i 1 ons, to issue his warrant to officer or for on against whom the constable I be made as aforesaid with sufficient sure- * next court of Li y Lig re to answer Lhe charge ing his parent or parents, and proceedings 3} 2 turned to the pres- of (quarter SEAN. + Jaw said per- for the 1 ii to order aint al . ¢ i wall rt hall fale 1 as sald court shall think Tr fesr 0} 101 g AIR TIO mainienanocs the comfort- the not exceeding commit such ith such or- Of 1 vi wall dir ft 1 irt shail direct fo raait hs rewith. proceedings EAC as al ny person against whom Of made by vi d, remove found anty f the ¢ which , he + said may be warrant being justice of the county : in backing war- ion of the act o March, one thousand dred and sixty ‘hat the inability of the parent rents and maintain themselves shall be taken into consid- eération by and, whenever 4 tion of this act commit the person com- plained of to the county prison, there to remain said order and give such secur ity, to AM i a ——— He Walked 96,360 Miles. One of the umbrella mend- died Almshouse at Williams- He was fifty years old and his is famous Stephen Boaler, port. father eighty-one, They were known as “Moody and Sankey,” and Juniata, Perry which they They have walked 96,360 counties, terman, Sarah L. Weaver, Henry Hosterman, Juliana Weaver, Cather- ine Haines, Safauel M. Motz, Amelia Hosterman, Matilda Gelsweit, Mary A. Hoffman, Matilda Rote, Rebecca Lotz, Sarah Hubler, Susanna Schnei- der, George Geisweit, Susan Gelstweit, Henry and Mary Ann Vonada, (The facts above, are mainly from Linn's History.) ernie sis— What's Law, A man can’t hold two offices, with two or three unimportdnt exceptions, Directors can put hydrants and fire plugs on school premises, A public officer can not have an in- terest in any contract or job of work coming under his jurisdiction. An auditor can not sit or act upon an account in which he is interested. Every boro ordinance must be ad- vertised before it is lawful, All citizens are on an equality under the law, no matter from or in what county or state—a citizen of California has the same rights in our state as any of its inhabitants, ~fSubscribe for the REPORTER. ————————— Editorial Excarsion The State Editorial Association star- ra Falls by special train on Tuesday chester, Buffalo and other points in The is represented by a gentle- man and lady, and the party will, as usual, have a week’s enjoyment. y smi —————— For West Point, Centre county has a number of appli- cants for the Cadet appointment to West Point. There are also three applicants from Clearfield county and three from Elk, but the appointment will likely come to Centre ——A Mh, A Good Crop. One man in the vicinity of Tussey- ville, reports having raised 60 bushels of strawberries off of a small patch of ground. That would pay as well as a two-horse farm. There i money in raising berries, siways, Death at Miflinburg. Mrs. Hayes, mother of Dr, R. G. H. Hayes, of Bellefonte, died at her home in Miflinburg, on Tuesday of last week. C—O ———— No Service, There will be no Lutheran preach- ing in the Penns Valley charge for the next two weeks, and out of about one hundred hie expressed great surprise and said: “You do not spend one dollar ith vil a year Ww these papers, yet you expect nryge, notices of institutes, insert long programme of cand do and thus expect them to advertise you and on these occasion thus ladder EW assisting vou t lite} LIE ! 0 climb the to §tic als y r posit KAIAries without a cent post i ” He closed tion in t 1 ti § fi reir ni KK. TT ROUur condi- would were | an editor of these his matte lead me, to basket papers, promptly throw into the waste any communications sent in by any society the members of which were too 00 stingy t ZY proud or t o take a paper, or full adver- put I'he above speaks for itself and reveals ing rates for ev ry line lished.’ 4 fact all too true. Simple courtesy to the editors of y local papers, as well inter the af- oud in demand that I pa- * the loca per. -— RE —— - A Short Hay Crop. 3 ¥ I'he farmer who h as hay to sell this x nr x i! 3 3 year will find and of ough to $1 \ bay fii vile valleys of Lhe it 1 aying crop tales east been en id pearly the and iy during grass propor- scarcely way crop of last year was near] ven million tons jess than the y crop ospect of another much greater deficiency in t1 put supply warketable surplus has fancy out a upo avaliable west, for of Farmers can g provide ti form Lae oul a deficiency enerally home use a substitute in f worn fodder, or eke of clover and timothy by turning under winter wheat stubble and sowing mil- let. ye in the hay crop is a The farm val- 10 ue of this crop of 1883, according i 1 g = iy y WD PIU BNL SL, partment than twice the farm val wheat crop and $16,000,000 more than Was or more ue of last vear’s value of the last year’s corn crop. ff on Marvelous Results. From a letter written by Rev. J. make this extract: “I have no hesitation in recommend- ing Dr. King’s New Discovery, as the results were almost marvelous in the case of my wife. While I was pastor of the Baptist church at June- are permitted to Rives monia succeeding La Grippe. Terri- ble paroxysms of coughing would last hours with little interruption and it seemed as if she could not survive King's New Discovery; it was quick 3 3 i i at J. D. Regular size Trial bottles free Murray's Drug Store. 50¢., and $1.00, wml ————— Electric Bitters, Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, but perhaps more gen- erally needed in the spring, when the feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of a tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt use of this medicine has often averted long and perhaps fa- tal bilious fevers. No medicine will act more surely in counteracting and freeing the system from the malarial poison. Headache, Indigestion, Con- stipation, Dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. Only fifty cents per bottle at J. D. Murray's Drug Store, A sin The Adulteration of Milk, An act passed at the last session of the Legislature of this State provides punishment for the adulteration of milk offered for sale. The act prohi- bits the sale of milk for human con- sumption to which has been added boracle acid, salt boracle acid, salycilic * acid, sal cylate of soda, or any other acid drug, compound or substance, and provides that the use. of such drugs should be a misdemeanor, and punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or an imprison. ment not exceeding three months, or both, or either, at the discretion of the Court.
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