YOL. LX VIII. CAPITOL GOSSIP CONGRESS WILL BE ASKED TO TAX BEER. Secretary Carlisle Will Recommend a Tax of One Dollar on 2 Barrel Which Will Greatly Incrense the Revenues, WasHiNGTON, Oct. 7th. Carlisle is still in doubt as to he will again speak in Kentucky dur- the with the chances against his doing so, but he Secretary whether ing state campaign, has accepted an invitation to deliver a loston Re- Lo financial speech before the form Club, at its be given on Saturday next. i annual banquet, of that. Everybody concedes that he is an estimable gentleman about whom only good can be spoken, He has scarcely enough of national reputation, however, to lead his party in 1896.” If the friends of Gov. Matthews can the Indiana Republicans to talk that way about him when they are outside their state he will soon be enjoying the biggest sort of a The lack of national reputation counts for little. How much national reputa- tion did Grover Cleveland have in 1884, when he beat the widest known man of that day : get all boom. James GG. Blaine! ef rareeia— Broad-Tired Wagons. The advantages of broad-tired wheels for wagons carrying heavy loads have been dwelt upon by writers on the sub- iL It is reported that Secretary lisle has about made up his mind recommend, in his annual report Congress, that $1 a barrel be added the tax on beer, which, it would add $32,000,000 a year to [the re- | is estimated, | t. Whether | h i ceipts of the governmen the Republicans would accept t ommendation if it made will pend upon whether the high-tarifl-or- | bust Republicans control the House. If that faction gets on top the country | will be in for another Mr. Reed, who will rule the House | with a rod of iron, only bending when he thinks he can improve his chances for getting the Presidential tion, is credited with 1 touch the tarifl session of Congress. Oe Ge- | nomina- | 100t wishing during the coming discuss Secretary Olney declines to recent sensational publications cor » ernment towards compellio to respect the Monroe doct in its ine dispute with Venezuela about the own- | ership of certain lands, on high authority that but I can state the acti the administration has been with the exception of Secretary Ss renewing suggestion made by Gresh- | am that the claims be bitration, confined to submitted to ar- | i + grat facts | ering to fortify it in the position it will take later on, if it becomes necessary to up-| hold the Monroe doctrine, | Whenever a man who is or has been | prominent becomes ill or dies the coun- | try is at once flooded with misstate- | The Virginia, is ments concerning his life. case of ex-Senator Mahone, of the striking ir the time he was paralysis the misstatement i | : , | iatest stance. From | d wn mill he One stricken as | been steadily grinding. promi- nent newspaper writer stated over his | Mahone and his family were blue-blooded, F. F. V, | re- own signature that Gen. aristocrats, and that so long as he mained in the Democratic he was rich and party prosperous in business, idolized for his record, family the pets of the highest societ War and his y but that after he became a Republican | he and his family were socially ostra- cized, and his business diseriminated against until he was gradually driven About the thing in the whole article to bankruptey. only true is what i= said of his war record. The people of | Southampton county, Virginia, where | Gen. Mahone was born, and where he has relatives now living, would smile | at his being called an aristocrat, and old citizens of he | has lived since the war would do like- | wise upon being told that the Mohones | ever were pets. Mahone plebeian born. He was civil engi- neer and helped to build the Norfolk and Petersburg railroad, which I part of the A. M. 0. system, of which he became president after the He came out of the war poor, as he enter- ed it, but his war record made him a railroad president, and the boss of the Democratic party of Virginia, which position he maintained until forbear- ance ceased to be a virtue. About the time his control of the Democratic par- ty was broken he also lost his railroad job. Then came his organization of the readjuster party, his flop to the Republicans and his term in the Sen- ate. He was credited with being a rich man and was a lavish liver and a daring speculator, but since he left the Henate he has been known simply as a lobbyist. His bankruptcy was the re- sult of bad investments some of which were shared by Democrats, instead of their driving him to bankruptey. In Petersburg the social status of the Ma- hones is as good as it ever was, Gen. Mahone was a great soldier and a brainy man, but when that much is said it is best to stop. Mr. Ransdell, who was Mr. Harri- son’s Marshal for the District of Co- lumbia, and who is his close personal and political friend, says Mr. Harrison would accept another nomination if it were tendered him. Mr. Ransdell says paradoxically of one of the most popular Democrats in Indiana: “The Democratic friends of Governor Mat- thews are not backward in putting him to the front as a Presidential can- didate. There is no doubt that state pride would help him wonderfully in Indiana were he to get the nomina- Petersburg where social was | : a Wis ie 8 war, at a salary of $25,000 a vear. it cannot be said that their arguments I'he matter has been call- Lo endure. in way which ought to compel or at least attract attention to the fact that broad thing after farmers by the last Legislature a tires are a very important The new law allows a rebate of one- tires are used, and the limitations bucolic members. The most good the the attention of undoubted fact that ood roads will add, in most cases 1 { farmers to the an it) wr cent. to the value of their farms. [tl ve to reduce the cost ie country also to population, and of living owns people, Let Centre county farmers give this matter the attention it deserves. - Ad - Can Vote for Seven Attorney M. E. Olmsted of Harris- qualified right to judge of mi that each elector has the constitutional superior court at the Nov ry q if 1 1] election, and that ex ercise law fully we shall choose to that right his ballot cannot be thrown because Mr. is given after a careful inv esti- out containing six names, Olmsted's ion ati gation into the ma tter and the sugges. t i inter- ii wndidate for superior court ion of one of his clients who is a judge, Mr. Olmsted holds that the constitu- tional provision as to the election of all judges except those of the supreme court, is founded upon the principle that the majority shall ¢ The in every case the the an attempt qualified he privilege of participating mila f rule. Lt of ac 1885, creating with is constitution, in that it in the election of the seventh superior No matter how wise the | principle of majority representation may be, it cannot be enforeed if con- to the letter and spirit of the stitution, and if, as is apparently the case, the act of 1895 seeks to quali- fy, and the right of has, in plain terms, conferred without any limit restrain tent the act of 1885 must fall. RI — The Ideal Panaces. I James LL. Francis, Alderman, Chica- “I regard Dr. New as an ideal for King's Panacea tions," Rev, John writes: Jurgus, Keokuk, Iowa, “I have been a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church for 50 years or more, and hever found any- thing so beneficial or that gave me such speedy relief as Dr. King's New Discovery.” Try this Ideal Cough Remedy now. Trial bottles free at J. D. Murray's Drug Store, tte iain Ax effort will be made to pardon state robber Bardsley, upon which the Patriot comments thus, and the Re PORTER endorses it: So long as John jardsley keeps to himself the names of his accomplices in Philadelphia who profited, or expected to profit, with him in speculating with the city's funds there can be no excuse for the pardon board considering his plea for release from punishment. When he once shows signs of penitence and Joins the state in helping to convict other felons there will be an excuse for showing him leniency. But not until then. Exclusive of interest Bardsley and his assistants got away beyond re covery, over $935,000 of public money. Bardsley cannot make restitution but some of the money if not all might be recovered if Bardsley would open his tightly closed lips. Until he Is will ing to “tell the truth” the pardon board should make no favorable rec ommendation and the Governor must grant no pardon, tion, but there is not much likelihood ~Bubscribe for the REPORTER. BOME NEW LAWS, Abstracts of Some of the Interest, Acts of General The last legislature placed many new laws on the statute books, many of which are specially of local interest. During the session of the legislature it is almost impossiBle to keep track of any except the most im- portant bills, and many acts are there- fore passed of which the public in gen- eral is entirely ignorant. A brief di- gest of such acts as have a direct bear- ing upon Centre county and its people is here given as follows: Making the weight of onions fifty pounds, and sixty pounds. Requiring clerks of orphans’ courts + great a bushel of clover seed to keep marriage license dockets open for the inspection of the public, and to allow copies of abstracts of the same to made for be publication, them to a fine not subjecting exceeding $30 for non-compliance, commissioner his tern Authorizing county + 1x to appoint a county solicitor, compensation and prescribe his and duties. Authorizing county commissioner i 5 in addition to furnishing office furni- ture, blank books and stationary for county officers, to also furnish printed court calendars and trial lists of the re spective courts of common pleas for the use of the officers and said courts, attorneys ol and all needed fuel and light. School directors are required, at least once during each school term, and prior to the first January each year, and also within thirty days after the close of each Of of school term, to have removed all excrement and waste 3 matter from every water closet or out- house connected with or standing on buildings, or the premises of school have the same properly disinfected. They are also required to have water every closet or out-house proj erly the thie scrubbed, washed out and cleaned, and wi inside walls whitewashed, vaults or receptacles covered th a irt irs layer of fresh « or dry slaked lime within ten days of the opening of each annual school term. Prohibiting any but citizens of the United States to be employed in any capacity in the erection, enlargement or improvement of any pu ing or public work. Sewing machines Dic and typewriters, f leased or hired, are exempted from levy or sale on exeecut or distress for rent. School directors on are horized to qualify each other bef on the duties of t aut ore entering up- im BRAUN heir o tors quiring tax collec of town- number- ed tax receipt from a book, to be fi nished by the county commissioners, ships and boroughs to give ir- containing a correspondingly number- ed stub, and requiring a sheet setting forth name, amount of tax paid and number of receipt to be sent, days before each election, to the coun- for The penalty for non-compliance is a fine of not more than $200 or im- prisonment of not more than one year, or both. Making it a fine of $0 and an prisonment of not than days, or more than one year, for the | placing in the waters of the state of any torpedo, giant powder, nitro-glye- | erine, dynamite, electricity, lime or] any poisonous or explosive substance : for the purpose of eatehing fish. Making 2,240 pounds of coal a ton in delivering by retail dealers. Constables and high constables to be | elected for three years on and after the third Tuesday of February, 1506, Authorizing county commissioners | twenty ty commissioners tion. public inspec | im- | thirty | less to erect work-houses and transfer from | the county jail all persons committed for more than ten days for vagrancy, drunkenness or disorderly conduct. Providing a penalty of a fine not ex- ceeding $100, or imprisonment not ex- ceeding six months, or both, for writ ing, printing or distributing, or eaus- ing to be written, printed or distrib. uted, a circular or poster, cartoon or other written or printed paper which is designed or tends to injure or defeat any candidate for nomination or elec tion to public office, by reflecting up- on his personal character or political actions, unless the same shall be pub- lished in a newspaper avowedly re- sponsible therefor, or unless there ap- pears upon such circular, poster or pa- per, in a conspicuous place, either the names of the chairman and secretary, or at least the names of two officers of the political or other organization is- suing the same, or the name of some duly registered elector with descrip- tion of his election district, as respon sible therefor, sn A ps To remove the constipated habit, the only safe treatment is a course of Ayer's Pills, followed by a laxative diet. Most other cathartics do more harm than good, therefore leading physicians recommend Ayer's Pills, especially as a family physic. Saf ~Bubscribefor the REPORTRE, $1.50 HISTORICAL DATA OF THIS PROMI NENT DISTRICT. When Orgnoized Early Settlers-Surveys Incidents, &¢ Prominent Families Still Represented College township was formed in the year 1875, from parts of Harris and Benner. The early settlement, how- ever dates back t« farther, as an attempt at settlement had been made the attempt did little more than give name to one branch of Spring Creek, viz., “Slab Cabin,” so called from slab or log cabin having been "nr on the bank of the stream. College t- i lies partly in Penn's and partly in Ni tany valieys, ff y 2 ) Robert Moore was the earliest settle in the territory of ( the Hobipnson warrantee, later John @ He | William Thompson's farm, adjoinin . land in May, 15 il, When to his the southeast, and was buried on Jacob Houser up i Wert squatters upon it, David Houser's on die a first two his place, moved Inn there Lewis and a man named Connelly. lis In early life Robert Moore was « ir active and energetic f the of ection of the State, tinguished fi yy # 11 SCIviIces ndered in defense rel f this s inhabitants o «Jacob Houser, who, as the inserip- $. § ‘ tion on his tombstone says, “"eame to | Spring Creek in 1758." and settled on the site of the present hamlet of Hou- serville, which bears his name. Jacob Houser was of German descent to America «ompelled {0 work { f 1is father came as a i being « ortunats his passage, He | good | ghow them- cleared, Jacob : ss £ thy farmer, { these 0 ii 3 qualities soon began to BEIVE Fields were ock increased, and bane Aine A prosperous and wealth i He erected a fulling-mill, In land in on the sile of t tory, the present facto that early day disputes about were of fre- | H Houser from these disputes, and as | quent occurrence. Jacob was | mpi not exe his land joined that of Gen. Philip lenner, he and the general were con- | the ¢ oles are related of stantiy courts, in Many funny old Jacob and Atl one time dispute arose concerning some land, Mr. Houser determined to take | possession. Benner warned him pot that if he did] him Houser took pos- HT ANECK i his wealthy neighbo vr al and to do so, and told him t the } ue crows would bother s0 that could not work. session next day, and sure enough crows came, and kept up such a con- Le that Houser stant became frightened and left. The old general CAwing had hauled a dead horse to the dispu- | had attracted the | crows. The descendants of Mr. Hou- still live College and Benner | townships ; he had three sons and five ted land, and that SOT in daughters, the sons were Daniel, Mar- David Whitehill, Esq., settled where the of Lemont 1789, and cleared up a large farm. His in He daughter Sarah Rankin ; his first double bitted town now stands, in 1808, sOn made the axes in the valley. Christian Dale was one of the earli- James, He came about the year 1790, began clearing land near Oak from Buffalo valley. There were sev- children, viz. : Henry, Christian, Felix, Frederick, Cornelius Christian and Freder- ick moved to Ohio. The descendants of the others are still living in that section. Henry Dale, the oldest child, was a soldier in the revolution, and was a member of Capt. Foster's compa- ny, of Buffalo valley, which was sent up to Potter's Fort to protect the sett- lers from the ravages of the Indians, Two of the great-grandsons of Chris- tian Dale, Clement and Alfred, prac- tice law in Bellefonte, Between 1800 and 1820 came the Co- bles, Haldemans, Shueys, Etters, Cro- nemillers, and others. Gen, James Ir- vin built the brick mill at Oak Hall abont 1822. The Thompsons, Glenus, Fosters, and others, came into the township much later. The Housers, Groves, Mitchells, Wassons, Gillilands are families of prominence in the township, Hon, Bamue! Gilliland hav- ing represented his county in the Le- gislature with great credit, and is still living, respected in old age. ‘ It is traditionary that the widows Lewis and Connelly, mothers of the famous Centre county highwaymen, were squatters upon Houser’s land, and that they held so tenaciously to what they claimed as their improve. ment rights that formal ejectments were called into service. Indeed, the widow Connelly would not go even then until removed bodily by force. She was, therefore, bitter in her des nunciations against Houser, and swore to put upon his land a weed that would not easily be got rid of. Bya strange coincidence a weed did after- wards appear upon Houser’s farm and throve to an amazing degree. It was variously known as **Houser's flax," “Devil's flax,” and “Mary Connelly’s flax.” The stalk grows to the height of about two feet, and bears a yellow flower.—(Linn’s History. A tl THESUPERIOR COURT AND TERS, THE VO. The voters of Pennsylvania will, of | course, vote for six candidates only of the seven Judges of the Buperior Court | to be elected in Record, take to exercise his constitutional right for Elections would November, the If any voter should under- BAYS of voting seven candidates throw loards of elections are not judges of the Constitution, but strictly follow their instructions under NO. 40 CHRONIC MALARIA, A Very Prevalent Disense Following the 2 Hot guammer of 1805. The of hot and dry weather is sure to produce the preva lence of The past summer has been exactly suitable for the production of a great deal of mala- ria, continuance chronic malaria. Even In localities where malaria ly unknown many has been previous cases of malaria are developed. form of malaria is distinguished the old fashioned fever and ague Ly the insidiousness of difficulty with does not come on « The : sometimes attack and the It its Ww which it is cured, juicl and fever. p Ex Frovox fore seven judges in accordance with he deem his right, the re-| f allot by the electi the fie consti on of- might raise in Supreme Court the question of t ution- | lity of the law creating the Buperior or of that portion of the i which puts a limit upon the free choice | this Court, law Judges in Commonwealth, | Should it be decided that this mode of cannot be lawfully elected under it Court thus ox There methods of testing tuted wou le and the Mistl a nullity. will abtles be be validit the the the ¥ § the of tion of ¢ superior Court besides ¢ Ok voter in defense : meantime the 1 should means of « ti Li Commonwealt! needless ction of iis ich menaces and delay the administratios This means consists Hot-box the Has benefit The lative to hose personal t was invented. & § 1, ax is well known, was written and inspired by Benator Quay, de nounces among other grave abuses the | wanton increase of offices and salaries. | The most profligate of all these office-| grabbing jobs was the Superior 1 i may 4 Voive a ess sum ol t money than one Although Re publican platform does not wearily re- | thousand dollars. the ff } ¥ egislative | iniquities in creating and increasing | offices and salaries, it is fair to assume {af ed What oth- er of the office-grabbing jobs of the last | that the Saperior Court was the cl f its denunciation. Re- | i f Com pares reform with this in enormity ? But how is the next Legislature to of re- the their wishes November? form intelligently unless people | at | ballot-box next If | | the ballot-| box in November the legislature will | not be slow in taking the hint to abol- ish the Court itself. There are two po- tential reasons to control the action of voters on this question. The first that the Superior Court is not only not | necessary, but will prove a mischiev-, ous obstruction to the administration | of justice in this Commonwealth. The | second is that the creating this Court violates the fundamental Reoub- lican idea of the rule of the majority in accordance with the organic law or- dained by the people. Either of these reasons should be sufficient deter- mine a question with which party has no legitimate concern, Taken togeth- er they should have an irresistible in- fluence upon the popular judgment in condemnation of this Court. at is act to mesma esmatesm—— It May Do as Much for You, Mr. Fred Miller, of Irving, Ill, writes that he had a severe Kidney trouble for many years, with severe pains in his back and also that his bladder was affected. He tried many 80 called kidney cures but without any good result, About a year ago he began use of Electric Bitters and found relief at once. Electric Bitters is es pecially adapted to cure of all Kidney and Liver troubles and often gives al- most instant relief. One trial will prove our statement. Price only 50c, for large bottle at J. D. Murray's Drug Store. ——— AY Ix Bucks county prayers were of. fered in the churches, a few days ago, for rain. The water famine in many parts of the country is distressing. Confusion as to the choice of a blood purifier is unnecessary. There is but one best SBarsaparilla, and that is Ay- er's. This important fact was recog- nized at the World's Fair, Chieago, 1803, being the only ad- mitted to be placed on exhibition, Tet rit ied Pris VE Jide of malaria in it or na has jon the only infall HON B. ¥. MEYERS, Alp SPRING MILLS. Interesting Items from Our Neighboring Town, h we tponed Oint- but can Several improvements whic had under way have till next spring owing to di ment in material, lumber, one lmprovement be made at any time, and the the all the old rickety sheds and half-tumbled down stables around These old relics, evidently foundation of the town, are simply homes for owls, bats and toads, and a nuisance generally. Why not remove them atonce ? Why not improve and beautify the town, and not go from bad to worse and eventually die with the dry rot. Mr. C. P. Long is now in the city completing his fall and winter pur- chases. Mr. Long is cne of our live merchants, and always selects the oeen ich that Is quently has the choice of the market. Much of his fall and winter stock was selected in July last. His boots and the ad- sold at The old reliable coal yard of J. D. Long has been fitted up with enlarged coal bins and stocked with all sizes of coal. Whether the business will be conducted by Mr. Long himself or his son Frank 1 am not advised. For the last few years Mr. Long has been spending most of his time on his farm in Georges valley. Politics is somewhat quiet, possibly its the ealm which precedes the storm. The Republican leaders in this valley however, are fighting a little shy, and not predicting the tornado of a year ago as they did a month or two since, of course not, if they hold their nor- mal vote they will be doing very weil. The Democrats seem bold and appear aggressive, possibly they are just start- ingout on the war path. 1 heard some Republicans remark the other day that Centre county would again be in their column this fall—-what stu- pendous bosh, ss fp Mt AARONSBU RG, The 01d Jordan Momestead Sold to Wm. Jordan, James 8, Weaver had the misfortune to lose a horse; the animal dying with colic, Charles Rupp came home from Kan- sas a few days ago, having received the message too late to get here in time for his father’s funeral, The Jordan homestead was sold by the executrix, Miss E. R. Jordan to William Jordan for $1500. Miss Jor dan has rented rooms in the old hotel from Mr. Philips, and has vacated the homestead, and it will soon be ocou- pled by the purchaser. Beaver the butcher expects to quit about November Ist and go back to Union county; John Bower, however, will continue, Miss Lillian Fisher, of spent last Sabbath Miss Katie Musser, ' with her cousin,’
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