VOL. LX VIII. CAPITOL MELANGE SHREWD DIPLOMACY OF THE CAB INET. The U, Powers In the Troable with Turkey. S. Act Independently of European - Seramble for Office, WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. —President Cleveland has more than charged—sometimes by members of his own party—with being deficient in diplomatic skill. His declination to accept the invitation extended by the government of Great Britain to form an alliance with that country for the purpose of protecting British and American interests in Turkey shows that he had diplomatic skill enough to defeat a well planned scheme of Brit- ish diplomacy. When that invitation was extended it seemed a natural sort of thing to do, but the present situa- tion in Turkey shows what a danger- ous thing it really was. As things now stand there is every probability that Great Britain will be involved in a war with one or more countries as a result of the present complications in Turkey, and had President Cleveland not seen through the scheme this country would have been involved with her. As itis, the U. S., by ing alone has secured better protection for Americans in Turkey than has been accorded to any other foreigners in that country, and when the fight- ing begins Uncle Sam will be merely an onlooker, only interested in selling the combatants everything they can | pay for, How completely Mr. Reed will dom- inate the Republican majority in the House is shown in the scramble for the other offices of that body. Although a number of candidates have in the field for some time they have able to get very few members to com- mit themselves; they are all waiting to find out Reed’s choice before announe- ing their own. By the way, speaking of Reed and his method, there issome- thing for those Republicans who have been yelling “Wall street domina- tion!” at the Democratic administra- tion and Congress to ponder over in the Republican announcement that Mr. Reed has been consulting Wall street bankers to what their wishes were concerning financial leg- islation. Captain once been act- been been learn H. W. Howgate, wholesale embezzlement of govern- ment was a national sensation fifteen years ago, having exhausted all legal quibbles, or his money, will this week be taken to the Albany peniten- tiary to serve the eight-year sentence imposed on him by a jury that saw things somewhat differently from the jury which at an earlier date declared him not guilty as charged in the first indictments, and confirmed by a de- cision of the Court of Appeals against a new trial for him. Notwithstand- ing Howgate’s known guilt, and his known whereabouts during ali the thirteen years after he was allowed to escape, justice was slow in overtaking him, and the sentence imposed upon light when compared with those giv- en ordinary thieves. Had not Secre- tary Morton ordered his arrest he would still be at liberty, although ev- erybody in Washington appeared to know that he was living in New York. The wisdom of the government in printing its own postage stamps is shown by the annual report of Mr. Claude M. Johnson, Chief of the Bu- reau of Engraving and Printing, where the work is done. Although the postage stamps haye been better printed than ever before the govern- ment paid less by between $50,000 and $75,000 than it ever pald before for the same amount of work. Wholesale abuse of the franking privilege caused it to be wholly abol, ished for a long time. Although only existing in a modified form for the last few years there is no doubt of its hav- ing been abused. It is known that the Republican campaign committee used it to send out documents that were not frankable during the Congression- al campaign of last year and the last presidential campaign. But a case has recently come to the knowledge of Secretary Morton which shows that individuals have also been abusing it to their own profit. The case will probably be referred to the Attorney General in order to decide whether any legal wrong has been done, It came to the knowledge of Secretary Morton that a second hand book deal- er was selling government publications and giving Congressional franks to those who wished to mail them. An employe of the Department of Agricul- ture was sent to purchase one of these publications an sod obtain one of the franks, ly did so. The frank bears a a p fac-similie of the signature of ex-Representative Tom L. Johnson, of Ohlo, and the book dealer claims that he came 2 pS ely by them and ackn to have used whose some a considerable number of them send- ing books through the mail for his cus- tomers. It has been ascertained that it is a common practice for the clerks of Senators and Representatives to sell government publications to book deal- ers and to furnish Congressional franks for mailing them. aati ts Tours to the Golden Gate and Florida, That the public are quick to recog- nize the advantages of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company's perfect per- sonally-conducted tourist system is ex- emplified by the annual increase in the number of participants in tours organ- ized under that system. Aside from this, the growing desire of Americans to see the wonders of their land is also an important factor in advancing this healthy sentiment in favor of travel. This season's tours to California will be conducted in all respects as those of preceding years, and will leave New York and Philadelphia February 12 March 11, 1896. On the first tour a stop will be made at New Orleans for the Mardi-Gras festivities, and four weeks will be allowed in California. On the second tour four and one-half weeks will be allowed in California. In addition to the tours to the Gold- en Gate, a series of tours to Jackson- ville has arranged. The tours will leave New York and Philadelphia January 28, February 4, 11, 18, and 25, and March 3, 1896, and allow two weeks stay in the “Land of Flowers.” Detailed itineraries of these tours will be sent on application to Tourist | Agent, 1196 Broadway, New York, or Room 411, Broad Street Station, Phil- adelphia. been Lotteries and the Malls. Postmaster General Wilson has is- sued a general order fo the postmas- ters throughout the United States in reference to the various foreign lottery companies whose matter is transmit- ted through the United States mail. He says it has been made to appear to him on satisfactory evidence that the Honduras national lottery compa- ny, Paul Conrad, president, and a number of other lottery companies in Mexico, Canada, Domingo and San Francisco are engaged in conduet- ing or similar enterprises through the mails in violation of the anti-lottery law of the United States, He forbids postmasters to pay any money orders drawn to any of the par- ties named, and directs that the re- mitter be so informed. He further di- rects that any mail received by masters from these parties be sent the office of mailing, to be Nan lotteries post- to delivered to the senders marked fraudulent, If the name of the sender cannot be as- certained the matter shall be sent the dead letter office fraudulent. fs fc to Tyrone News. Tuesday morning the residence of Wm. SBtonebreaker, in the 7th ward, was destroyed by fire with all its con- tents. Thought to be of incendiary origin. The sheriff of Mifflin county arrived in Tyrone on Tuesday morning from Houtzdale and had in charge a Mrs. Ferguson, of Lewistown, who had been convicted in the court there of keeping a house of prostitution and who, when she was convicted, jumped her bail, a Mr. Trout having innocent- ly gone on her bond for $600. The gen- tleman accompanies the sheriff and smiles had taken the place of the deep furrows in his brow, ——— Upper Berths of Sleepers, An organized effort will soon be made by many of the leading railways in the country to induce the Pullman company to reduce by 25 per cent. the price of upper perths in sleeping cars. The movement originated with the Pennsylvania company, and already a majority of the lines have agreed to join in the appeal to the Pullman company for the reduction, The complaint is made by the roads that so many people object to the up- per berths that they are often com- pelled to run extra sleepers, in order to provide the requisite number of lower berths. They are obliged to do this, or see the passengers go to com- peting lines, if the desired lower berths can be obtained there, ist i ————— Killed by a» Fall of Rook, William Beaver, of near Kratzerville, who was a day laborer in the lime- stone quarries at Winfield, Union county, on last Thursday, almost in- stanly killed by a mass of rock falling upon him, A Late Game. A game of Base Ball was played on last Saturday at Center Hill between the boys of Egg Hill and Center Hill Schools. The score was 12 to 9 in favor of the Egg Hill club, ~Winter is coming, and Lyon & Co. want you to decide where you will Day Your Wititer goods. Read heir cov NTY NEWS, Charles Stover, of the Aaronsburg! he will engage in the same business, The John Homan farm in twp., was sold a few days ago to F., Bower, Reformed church in this place, was given to Harry Hile and Wm. son, of Pleasant Gap. J. B. Bhowers, of Gregg township, had his jawbone broken by kick of his horse that in a a was being shod George W. Harter will move back from Spring twp. to Millheim. John Mulfinger of Pleasant Gap can boast of some large porkers. It may hustle him to beat George Durst of our | town. The Gentzels of near Zion again on a hunt to the Green hope this time it wont be blue for them. are out woods a ——————— Catherman Re.unlon, The children of Daniel Catherman died in chil- ty. Mrs. Daniel Catherman 1882, but there were dren, all of whom are were present at the reunion ten and five daughters with their wives! and husbands, fifty grendehildren with their wives and husbands, about one hundred great-grandchildren, ma- ny of them with their hust and children, direct descendants. living children the oldest is in his sev- enty-eighth year and the youngest her fifty-second year. The combined age of the family amounts 1,116 years and the average age nearly sixty- six years. At the cake sixteen twenty-two inches cut into more than seventeen living. sons | mands, making in all nearly 400 | Of the Wives seventeen | in 0 reunion table was a in diameter high, which 5X pleces, and Was inches in Winter Excursion Tickets on the Pennsyl sylvania Rallroad, On the Pennsylvania Railroad Company placed on sale at its principal ticket offices excursion tick- ets to all prominent winter resorts in New Jersey, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Cuba. The tickets are sold at the usu- al low rates, The magnificent facilities of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with its many connections, make this the line for winter travel. An illustrated book, descriptive of | winter resorts, and giving routes of | « travel and rates for tickets will be fur- nished free on application to ticket! agents, | November | favorite | ss fA A Mifflin County Deaths. At Newton Hamilton, Nov. 7, feare Hechley, aged 70 years. i At M'Veytown, Nov. 7, widow of! James Forgy, aged 65 years, In Decatur twp., Nov. 1, widow of | Daniel Wieder, aged 54 years, In Lewistown, Nov. 8, widow of! David Hopple, aged 34 In Lewistown, Nov, 8, at her daugh- ter’s Mrs. Orr, Matilda Kline, aged 50. In Decatur twp., Nov. 2, Susanna | Peters, aged 81 years—deceased was | the mother of 14 children, 55 grand- children and 17 great-grandchildren. iat tls Marriage Licenses, The following marriage licenses have been granted the past week: Clarence E. Taylor, of Milesburg, and Emma C. Garis, of Bellefonte, Huey Best and Viola Machlin, Rush township. Charles W. Atherton, of Philips burg, and Carrie McComb, of Seott- dale, Allegheny county. Percival Thorpe and N of Penn township. Bond V. Fisher and Ada Shuey, Spring township. Albert Page, af Rebersburg, Mable Maize, of Aaronsburg. A ty For the Odd Fellows’ Home, In Bunbury Saturday representa tives of 2,000 Odd Fellows in Central Pennsylvania met and decided that the grand lodge should be petitioned for permission to erect a home for the widows and orphans of Odd Fellows near that place. The petition will be presented at the semi-annual session in Philadelphia. If the grand lodge gives the desired permission a charter of incorporation will be applied for, A A A SAIS Looated in New York. G. H. Rishell, a former Centre Hall er, has left Rochester, and located in New York city, in the employ of the American Wringer Co., as formerly, Sax- | |) of Nettie A. Reese, of and THERE didn’t seem to be asingle fel- low around the legislature last winter who cared a pieayune for the farmers’ interests ; all were in cahoot with the corrupt for higher salaries, more offices and doubling prices of coal oil, INHABITING THE COUNTY. i { i i The Shawanese Tribe the First Aboriginal | Indians in our Counaty. Other Tribes Prominent in History, The { earliest aboriginal inhabitants of the territory of Clinton and Centre Coun- ties of whom we have any reliable The Muncy tribe, of Delaware tribes, had preceded formation. the them, farther of the Allegheny. According to chel, the BShawanese were a tribe of Southern Indians who were expelled { from their seats by the Spaniards of one westward to the In 1698 first sixty families of them, fo with to come Pennsylvania, the knowledge consent of the Conestogas ; Conestoga and built t “Pextang,” (Harrisburg April, 1701, William Penn a treaty of friendship with the king of the Conestogas, and with the king of the Shawanese inhabiting at the head of the The SBhawanese. From they a town now), and Potomac. Delawares and Shawanese were the dominion of the Iroq better known the who had their council-house at Onon- N. Y.). The ex- ecutive deputy of the Grand Council Nations father of the the had their own kings Uois, “Rix Nations’, ax daga (now Syracuse, Bix was Shekillemy celebrated Logan), and and Shawanese , he was their real | ruler as the representative of the Six Nations, In Rinong altho Delawares and up town the Shawanese, took Muncy about three miles | on the west bank of | visited by ing i hi + the an old of which is Lewisburg, residence at site above the Conrad Weiser he was in March, 2 : i accompanied the latter on his journey | i i Shikellimy subsequent | post to Bhamokin , where he died Dee. | and was succeeded by his son, better known river, where 1733, and | to Onondaga. ly Sunbury 14, 1748, Tachnact removed his now wdoarus, as | i The Bhawanese villages extended as | north the North Branch as] where Pittston now and as arly to the Ohio country, and the Bix Na-| tions were asked by Governor Gordon In 1739, on stands, “were scattered far abroad from the Great Island to By the great Island | is here meant Duncan's Island, at the In a message from the Six Nations to the Governor, in 1743, they say they had given the river Juniata “to our cousins the Del- | our brethren the Shawa-| and we | requested the Governor ‘‘to take the Dutchman [meaning John Harris, who was clearing fields at the mouth of the Juniata] by the arm and to throw him over the big mountains within his own borders.” They also desired that he would remove by foree all those who live on the Juniata. In April, 1749, they again complain to Conrad Weiser, at Shamokin, that some of the white people had settled almost at the head of the Juniata, that this country is their only hunting- ground, because ‘further to the north there was nothing but spruce-woods, and the ground was covered with palm brush ; not a single deer could be found or killed there.” The proprietaries of Pennsylvania always recognized the Six Nations as the owners of the soil of the province, and made their treaties of purchase with them. In July, 1754, during the conference which resulted in the deed of the 6th of that month, which, in the description of the land purchased, really embraced the greater part of the territory of Centre county, Weiser and the Indians had before them Lewis Evans’ map, which they had all along consulted in their debates. They thought, therefore, that the waters of the Juniata (which were intended to be included in the purchase) ran a good way northward of the mouth of the Kaarondinhah (Penn's Creek). Accordingly they agreed upon the course in the deed, northwest and by west from a mile above the mouth of the creek, as including and conveying all the waters of the Juniata. But when they found out that the line as run by the compass would include the waters of the West Branch, they were very much dissatisfied. The massacre by the Indians of all the settlers on insisting on the written boundary oc- | taries by the government to limit the | Accordingly | a treaty to be held for | | whic h, after great exertions to bring | {about an accommodation with the | | plishe «1 at Easton on the | ber, 1758. By this treaty the northern limit of the purchase was defined by | | stopping the northwest course | the mouth of Pzun's Creek at Buffalo Creek, and thence running due west to the Allegheny hills, whence the left line deflected southerly along the Allegheny hills to the south limit of At the treaty held at Albany in 1754, above referred to, the Bix Nations in in charge of all the lands on the North f the West north of ith of December, and those sranch, and on the 2 17564, he in complains ernor Morris of the person to Gov- encroachment oft lands. These were the result of a purchase by John Lydius, of Albany, N. Y., by deed of 11th of July, 1754, behalf of the “Susquehanna Land Company,” from some of the chiefs of the Bix Nations, of that portion of our State within colony of on supposed and claimed to be the charter bounds of the claim ran north [#1 arly the their thro Centre county a few miles of Bellefonte, and included the one-half of the present and all that of Clinton Linn’s History. To be Continued.) territory of Centre county. | MILLHEIM NEWS, | A Breezy Letter on the Viapponioge of » Week, The funeral of John H. Musser, Aaronsburg, on last Thursday, {largely attended by relatives | friends, If any one has a desire to look at the | condition of our fine boardwalks, we { cordially invite them, and will take | great pleasure to introduce them to our boro dads, who have been so busy | in regard to this matter, making them as they are at present. Such elegant and safe walks are not to he found in any other boro in this commenwealth. “Who frowed dat last brif fust,” ask the coon at the Musser This at house, has at find on “Lasses gone up, and no more cakes baked dis house for de present, until out de pusson dat spilled de de chile's har.” W. H. Culberson, tain tunnel, same old coon says that we "lasses of Paddy Moun- was in town last week at- tending to business connected with the John F. Duncan and Job, of which he is superintendant. Link Musser and wife, Fillmore, and Michael Hess and wife, of burg, were among those who attended the funeral of J. H. Musser, and their way home called on their friends and relatives here, John Kauffman, of Sunbury, mer merchant of this town, Limbs lumber ff Oo Boals- on for- was a viei- af- oa week looking His sons, Dan., present Ii tor here one day last ter business interests. Frank and John are at at Pennsburg, ving where they are running a planing mill D. ( pular and well- Hotel town . Kell Haag, day wn p roprie tor f Bellefonte, was one Frederick Auman Sunday of Typhoid Fever. R. J. Snavely and family and his at Milroy. Zeb, W. iurst, of Bart! the guest of J. H. Fryer. W. H. smile, Kerstetter wears a very broad and says ils a boy. Wolf will hold the Lutheran church this place on next Sunday forenoon at 10 o'clock. The Rev, services in leformed Sunday school have ided to hold a Christmas entertain- Mrs. J. F. Garthoff has been confin- | ed to a bed of sickness for the last two weeks; at this writing she is slowly re- -» The telephone between this place and Millheim, which discontin- ued over a year ago will again be re established by the citizens of the two respective places; work the new line has already begun. It was a mis. take on the part of the citizens to al- low the old line to be discontinued. Frederick Auman, who lived in t mountains about two and one-half miles south of this place died on Sun- day morning of typhoid fever from which he had been suffering for sever- al weeks. Deceased was about sixty- was on school His re- Wednesday at leaves a wife mourn their death was a member of the board of Penn tewaship. mains were interred on Paradise church. He and several children to loss, - anita OF Interest to Hunters, The last legislature passed a new trespass law which will be of interest to gunners, now that the season for rabbits is open. Under an old law the smallest penalty for trespassing was $5, but under the new act of assembly the penalty imposed cannot be more than the damages done, There is an idea prevalent that hunters cannot be ar- rested when there are no notices pos ted or published forbidding trespas- sing on individual property. This is a mistaken idea. Suit can be brought against hunters even if there are no notices, altho recovery can only be had for the actual amount of damages. Farmers are beginning to object very strongly to the large number of men with their dogs, who roam over their properties in the pursuit of game, claiming that many fences are broken down or opened to pass thro and hev- er closed, and it is also alleged that many have no scruples against bag- ging turkeys and chickens, when no one is about. The part of the new trespass law affecting gunners says that “anyone who shall trample or in any way injure any grass or grain, shall pay a penalty not exceeding $50 for each offense.” It's a Gamble. The fellow now predicting a hard winter, may miss it, providing the other fellow who is predicting a mild winter don’t hit it. ~Lyon & Co. have made a still fur- Shae nedlustion 1a ail. ies. They pub- AA A AN Penn's Oleeis iu October, 1755, fol. Butchering is all the go her and nothing is talked of n« the defeat of the Democracy throughout the country, fat %, ponhaus, liverwurst, “Lus Says, $ os € al pres- ent, WW, not even elo. acer will,” Abe leh will kein schwein fleisch.” The public sale of the Uriah Reifsnyder Saturday afternoon, attend- pri- personal prop- last was well Our public schools under the present management of teachers, are doing well, only the attendance of of our young boys is not what it ought to be. Parents should see that their boys and girls are regular in their at- tendance. There is too much loafing in the stores and shops, and the pro- prietors should not allow it. Miss Etta Huey, daughter of Augus- tus Huey, of Main street, died on Monday evening after a long and pro- tracted sickness. She was fifteen years of age. Her disease was typhoid fever. As far as heard encamped at Slate have shot nd killed two deer a doe and the other a fawn. They were shot by Barber Springer and Milford Stover. Last Saturday evening our town was crowded with people, shopping was lively and the merchants and the oystet saloons were kept busy attend- ing to the wants of their many cus- tomers, W. A. Tobias this season mammoth sunflower which in circumference 51 inches. He had intended counting the seeds, but the “fowls of the air’ had stolen the great- er part of them ere he discovered the depredation, Peter Keichline, of Bellefonte, was in town last Monday, and was accom- panied by a gentleman who is looking up the millers in regard to the in- fringement of a patent. We under- derstand that our millers are paying the $100, Frank and Ed. Stam, of Milton, were in town a short time last Monday. They had been to Boalsburg visiting friends, and were on their way home. Dr.J. W. Stam, formerly of of this place, is an uncle. Our markets are as follows, wheat, 60; corn, 30; oats, 20; potatoes, 20; ap- ples, 30; butter, 20; eggs, 20; chickens, live, 5; turkeys, 8; geese, 8; ducks, 8, Alec. Hoover, of Paddy Mountain tunnel, moved into the house of Lydia Musser, on North st., last Tuesday. LS ALMA SA You may eat cheap food and not be seriously hurt by it; but you cannot take cheap medicines without positive injury. If you use any substitute for Ayer's SBarsaparilla, you do so at the peril of your health, perhaps of your life. Insist on having Ayer's and no other. some from, our hunters tidge, One raised a measured ESTRAY.—A red heifer, about 1} yr. old, with white star on forehead, came to the premises of the u 2 miles enst of Boalsburg, about mid- dle of October. The owner is reques- ted to pay charges and remove the hei. fer, 2Inst Joux K. From. A SY AA i. THE RAINFALL, Registered at the “Reporter office : Tuesday : 19 Nov, 85-100
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