VOL. LX1X .
CAPITOL GOSSIP
GOVERNMENT IN A HOLE
Both Senate and House Will do
Towards Alding the Country in ¥Fi
nancial Legisintion,
Jan. 6,
WASHINGTON,
Cleveland is likely to get much
k of Vene-
zuelan Boundary Commission, which
satisfaction out of the wor
is being highly commended by every-
body, than out of the result of the po-
that
Republican
being |
done by In
stead of trying to help the National
hole
they have been put by the
litical scheming is now
senators,
into which
finances out of the
rence
adhe
on the part of the administration to
laws enacted by previous
Republican
Congresses, the Republican nators
are spending all their time trying to
put President Cleveland and Secretary
regardless of is
Carlisle into a hole,
1¢ COlLl-
effect upon the business of ti
government,
trv or the finances of the
This is playing with fire
geance, but it is none
There isn’t the t pre
that the Senate will offer tl
tration any
President Cleveland could cons
rhte
FILES
sli ybability
irmini
* ARIELLE”
0:
financial legislation that
1Ssteniiy
ending
accept, and while pret g
contrary Republican Senat
i
their intentions are, |
ose!
y delaying act
ident Cleveland will be
and issue more
law. Then ti
Cleveland had waited they
legislated so
ple’s
sort
fit Y, and
And
low nt
dow!
{ thie Cou
» LO admire an opel
rg
less (Cong
un
way Lo maintain the
wouid do so by
But he will not
til he considers the
been reached.
Nothing more
upon the floor of the
than
Lie
time
Secret (
ars
charged Secretary
“incompetent
er Republ
abuse of the Secre
Senator Hill said:
petent,
the greatest public men that th
1
dishonest,
$1
ohn G. Carlisle incompeten
try has ever produced. John G. {
lisle dishonest! And yet,
in publie life and a poor man
his
is wi
nr-
thirty years
today,
I mbecile,
living on salary.
honest, we he
the Senate,”
pat
Senator
arlisle
Senator Murphy. \
in the Federal ap-
pointments in their own state.
had been ignored
he added that he was thankful the
was broad minded enough to recog-|
nize the unflagging patriotism and de-
votion of
country and his ability
requirements of the
Secretary Carlisle fo the
ig the
And |
Senate
in meetin
occasions,
he closed
by tl
that Secretary Carlisle was now seek-
reminding ie
ing to act while his erities stood pick-
ing flaws on this thing apd that and |
bickering in the face of an emergency. |
Senator Hill made many new friends |
by those few words. It a natural |
American trait to admire manliness, |
It is an unfortunate thing that many |
of the bills introduced never get any |
farther than being printed. For in-|
stance, Representative Clark, of Iowa, |
has introduced a bill which, if enacted |
into a law, would in less than twenty- |
four hours put a preinium on gold and |
bring on a money panic. This bill |
prohibits the further redemption of |
in
gold until the gold reserve exceeds
$100,000,000, and also prohibits the re
issue of greenbacks except in exchange |
for gold.
Hon. Bufus W, Peckham, of New
York, made his debut today as a full!
fledged Associate Justice of the U. 8. |
Supreme Court. His coming out gown |
was of heavy black silk, made In the
regulation way, and he wore it just as
though wearing gowns had always
been an everyday affair with him,
Justice Peckham is no stranger to his
colleagues on the bench, who regard
him as a decided acquisition, both on
account of his great legal ability aad
because of his sterling qualities as a
man.
It is difficult to see what excuse the
Senate finance committee een offer for
not reporting the bills which have
| er, this week.
| Gov. West got the pen with which
| President Cleveland signed the procla-
Utah ¢ and
the Democrats will
transaction—for the
The two Bena
| tors to be elected and the one member
mation declaring
| that is about all
| of the
anyway.
A state,
| get out
| present,
| of the House already in his seat, will
[all be Republicans.
| Ww ony
County News Clipped and Condensed
The ministers present at the funeral
of the lamented J. B. Fisher, were
Rev. John M. Evans and
Rev. Z. A. Yearick.
Michael Rishel’s adm’s sold to Wm.
P. Rishel, a tract of land in Gregg tp
“3
Luther Geisweit et ux
Zerby, four tracts of land in Haines
{
twp., for $4350,
: > i , of
Jacob ankle, of Bellefonte, at
nounees as a Democratic
didate for the nomination of sherifl.
Farmers' Institute at 1
next week, Jan. 16 ar Program a
ori
woul one: farmers and
zens will find it profitable
The musical convention held
the Ia
Wik
time ago in itheran chure
» } wis Fat ’ y .
Rebersbury % fi SUCCess,
were in the clas
ceeded $200,
Luther Ge
sweetie, il
Be fl ———
ife and Rervices of Gov, Curtin
ww Gregg Curtin, his Life ax
if a new!l
the li
HHIUSLTIONS S011
®
Big Timber
Penns
majestic pines, i
have Hplaye d out’
forest,
A few big trees stil
field and
West Branch of t
the spring.
Grampan, |
1 ves
ii TO8
some will come down
he Susquehanna riv-
Rowles & Segar,
k ti
er in
$
ast week made a sti
measured 81 feet length, and
in
28 by 28 inches square, containing 44
Att
in diameter,
i
square feet, he butt it measured
five feot and at
of 81 feet from the butt it measured
inches in diameter.
- sss i ff HA A ————
tabbit Slaughter
hunter bags
ina day its
When a Centre county
half de
thing to braz about, but here are some
wen rabbits a big
“returns'' Laat are eye openers:
A farmer of New Brunswick, Ind,
ran down and killed 114 rabbits in the
snow one day last week.
In three rabbit drives
Idaho,
bits have been killed.
25.000 and
this season in
(Cassia county, some S000 rab-
Between 30,000 rabbits
annual round-up at Lamar, Col., last
week,
LATE NEWS,
The Republicans of the senate are in
a hiteh on the tariff’ question, some
pulling one way and some 'tother.
The senate finance committee, Re-
publican, has agreed to report a bill in
favor of the free coinage of silver,
while in the House the Republicans
are the other way.
Altoona had its biggest fire on last
Sunday morning, in the burning of the
Central Hotel and several business
One life was lost and a num-
Loss $150,000,
Rumors of war between England
and Germany on account of the Trans-
vaal trouble are afloat,
ber of persons injured.
The Beranion Republicans have a
split with two tickets in the fleld.
The Ohio Republicans have settled
upon Foreaker for senator to succeed
Brice, Dem.
LA A —t
Wanted.
100,000 split oak, and hickory spokes
wanted. Call or address,
W. W. Boon.
x
Centre Hall, Pa.
» THU
REFUSED,
ANEW TRIAL
Judge Willlamson Says the Goodhart
dict Must Stand,
Judge Williamson, of Mifllin
ty, has refused another trial in the fa-
mous Goodhart
Ver
damage case against
The
was tried at Lewistown twice last year
the Pennsylvania railroad, case
ed in it, and Mr. Goodhart, who was
damages of $31,000 and then $28,000,
The railroad company asked for a new
erdice
it.
trial on the Intter but Judge
Williamson refused
In his opinion the judge says:
is a second trial and two juries in the
that
practica
plainl
the
estimat-
exercise of a duty Was y
theirs arrived at Hy SAI e
Of
nianner
f the
ined of
ing the ear: Wer 0 plaintiff
cannot be ¢ by defendants
as they called a life insurance agent
SUD Ii
ry made
insidered x
to have mad
And
the
them, antl
yicism.
yet Englishmen wonder why
whole world should hate
why all the tions should rejoice
is
when they omfited.
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The King of Porkers
for our cot
Guessing Matoh
§
he Reporter reported some big hogs
intv. but we can’t touch bot-
tom as against Berks and Lebanon, at
least not until Dr. Lee's new breed of
whoppers come to full growth, any-
where from 1000 to 1400,
pastime in Berks and Lebanon coun-
ties. A porker was Killed at Schaef
dressed, 824 pounds. People gathered
for miles to witness the slaughter, over
100 wagon loads of people attending.
One man walked miles from
Stroudsburg.
in the box, at 10 cents per guess, Four
or five persons the exact
weight, and all the pork was divided
equally among them.
Old People,
seven
guessed
Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and Kidneys will
find the true remedy in Electric Bit-
ters, This medicine does not stimu-
late and conteins no whiskey nor oth-
or intoxicant, but acts as a tonic and
alterative. It acts mildly on the stom-
ach and bowels, adding strength and
giving tone to the organs, thereby aid-
functions. Electric Bitters is an ex-
cellent appetizer and aids digestion.
Old people find it just exactly what
they need. Prize fifty cents per bottle
at J. D. Murray's Drug Store,
AS RRA
At Sheriff Sale Prices,
All goods formerly in the Philadel
phia Branch store, clothing to suit
men atid boys of all ages and sizes, at
sacrifice prices, a big supply and must
be sold. Now for real bargains,
:
i
JRSDAY, JAN
%
EARLY HISTORY
| ANOTHER CHAPTER FROM LINN'S
HISTORY.
| Severnl Families of Early Settlers Massa
Thrilling Ad-
ventures in Potter Township.
cred by the Indians,
resided where Lewistown now stands,
this by
| Robert Moore an express, a letter from
writes: 1 moment received
Capt. Bell, stationed at Bald
which informs me t Vaugh,
one of his company, was killed on the
nt the
on Bald Eagle
hat Simon
Davis,
Moore
of
Moore came
i 8th inst. house of Jonas
Creek. Robert
inform
As
he
the house of Jacob Stanford to feed his
he
Ho one about the
was sent of express Lo me
what had happened,
through Penn's valley stopped at
horse, where found Stanford killed,
and seeing house he
rode off,
daughter were
his son, a lad of ten or
and
§ 11
i Ould
that the
LImissing,
frontiers
within th
township,
ory
»
ford The writer
at Mr Moore's orses hi
Mountai
them, and
en
ti
I
among the Seven n
y Jatter went in search of
discovered the body of an Indian, w ith
rifle and accoutrements, by a large |
iis
y s x 2 {
ine log mves, ina stale Of
ation: that after Was
ad Mr.
dian chief ealled Capt. Hunt, who 3
STEREO TVE peace
st Moore inguired of
ore
with the party, who told him that aft
Stanford
determined |
family
er the murder of the
they held a council and
upon an attack upon the inhabitants
of Kishacoquillas valley, and had ar
where Will-
iam Thompson once lived, in the east
or
=
| rived at the gorge west of
end of the valley, near where the old
[Lewistown road entered; that accident
ally the gun of one of their chiefs ex-
ploded, killing the owner. This
deemed an ill omen, a council was call-
ed, and the expedition abandoned, end
their alarm that, after
| govering the chief hastily with leaves,
| they retired.
Col. Hunter, in a letter dated at Fort
| Augusta, May 14th, says an express
| has come in from Penn's valley, in-
{ forming me that the Indians had kill-
led and scalped Jacob Stanford, his
| wife, and two children, being all that
| was of the family. Immediately after
receiving the news I ordered the sev-
enth class of Col. John Kelly's battal-
jon to march into Penn's valley, where
the sixth elass of that battalion was
before.
Col. James Potter, who had obtain-
ed leave of absence from the main ar
my on account of the sickness of his
wife, on the 0th of January, intending
to return in the latter part of April, on
account of the troubles on the frontiers
remained in Penn's valley. On the
17th of May ho writes from the “Up-
per Fort, Penn's valley: Our savage
enemy continue to murder, scalp, and
capture. If there is not something
done the country will be entirely giv-
en up to the savages. We have two
forts in this valley, and are determin-
od to stand as long as we are support.
ed. The bearer, Maj. Miles, goes to
apply for men to relieve Capt. Beli
ete. Ou the 31st of May, it appears by
Col. Hunter's letter that all the inhsb-
tants of Penn's valiey were gathered
at one place in Potter township, and a
was
#0 great was
I
{
|
{June
896.
17th Gen. Potter writes that
{ Capt. Pealer’s men in Nittany valley
| had discovered the tracks of about 30
{ Indians leading down Logan's Gap,
and a woman and children
{ missing at the head of Kishacoquillas
two were
{ valley, and one man wounded.
The great runaway of July 7, 1778
and contemporary documents, such as
f
winter ol
1778;
“One red Strea Steer, white
belly, apprised by us at
pounds, ten shillings, aud one
steer Strea, apprised at fifteen pounds.
Both of these steers at James Potter's
and apprised by us,
“JouN
“On the 12th
head's regiment,
Pitt
f
tL Of
on its
ordered to the
il, Harts v's regin
was
{
Maxwell's excit
ow a hunter was traj
and
Index
1 week
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WH ted
As
Orsi
« DO O64
2
i
d can
after week,
wits tales of adventure, sketches of
% 1 i 1 1 3 14}
travels, timely editorials, healll
$
LE
cles, e without receiving welcom
amusement and information, and feel-
ing a wider ambit
New
The
beautiful
ion to
and
Companion fi
four-page
graphed in nine colors,
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Should Not Pay Costs,
Jupae Bavidge, of
tion with the verdict of a jury in a cri-
declared the de
fendant not guilty, but ordered that
he pay a part of the costs. It
surprise that the Judge should do this.
The astonishing thing that such
verdicts are not always and in all parts
of the State denounced by the Judge
and the newspapers until such results
are made impossible, It would be dif-
ficult to imagine anything more in-
consistent or indecent than to compel
a person to pay the costs of prosecu-
ting him on charges of which he is
proven to be innocent.
graceful thing is done almost every
day in Pennsylvania.
minal acticn which
is
is
Redaction Sale.
Eclipsing our great Fire Sale of 1884,
when we sold great quantities of goods
in a short space of time. Stock is in
much better condition—prices are low-
er, values are greater. No reasonable
man expects to buy All Wool Baits,
and All Wool Overcoats for the prices
quoted for Shoddy and Satinets. We
expect to get your trade—when you
are threugh being decoyed, and have
your eyes opened. Clothing is our bus
iness,
MoxtaoMERY & Co.
A —— LA UY SA
Sheriff's Sale.
Great bargains in all kinds of cloth-
ing at the Philadelphia Branch, a full
line of men and boys’ wear, at sherii
sale sacrifice prices. Bargains that
i
| WEATHER PREDICTIONS,
i
!
| Pwo Full Moons in One Month
Un.
§ common as Has Been Bupposed
i
|
Not so
| . ; p
My last bulletin gave forecasts of the
storm wave to cross the continent from
| the Sth to the 12th, and the next will
the 14th,
i reach the Pacific coast about
| cross the west of Rockies country by
| thie close of the 14th, great central val-
{ leys on the 15th to 17th,
and the east
ern states on the 15th. Accompany-
ing this disturbance will be a large
nd immedi-
part of
will
amount of precipitation
atelv foll t y
ately following it coldest
month. arm
Wave
ry about
ihe
at the
in the
AEER
i
a
always
lp Mp tl
Two Lives Saved
homas, of Junction
her doctors she
i that ther
that ines
© Was no
Dr.
y bottles of
som plet
her
Florida
dread-
ely
gaved
it
HOAs Eggers, 1548, a
11 Var fw y
, suffered from a
sumption,
f Dr, New
ry and in two weeks was cured.
hankfal. It
King's
is
i
such
» 18 naturaiiy 1
: ¢ .
whic
and
Murray's.
and
coughs colds,
J. D.
3 slap 3p
Regular size
at
He,
yy
Are of Interest.
Tie Farmers’ Institute to be held
Rebersburg, Tuesday and Wednes-
day of next week, deserves the attend-
{ance of the people of that section of
our county. The Institute will not be
| a close corporation, but open and free
{to all. Our farming interests tower
i above all others, and are the back” -ne
|of the country. The country mught
| get along without some classes, but it
{ could not get along a single year with-
out the farmer,
en fp
State News,
Thomas Smith, a prominent lawyer
{of Middleburg, died at his home in
that place, on 30 Dee.
There is some talk of running the
telephone line thro from Miflinburg
to Swengel, thence to Millmont, Hart-
leton and Laurelton, which would be
a great convenience to all that section,
inom A Mo
“01d, yet ever new, and simple and
beautiful ever,” sings the poet; in
words which might well apply to Ay-
er's Sarsaparilla—the most efficient
and scientific blood-purifier ever offer
ed to suffering humanity. Nothing
but superior merit keeps it so long at
the front.
at
Clothing at Sacrifice Prices,
A full supply of men’s and hiys' clo-
thing at sacrifice prices, on account of
sherifl’s sale, at the old Philadelphia
Branch. Never a chance like it for
bargains in or out of Bellefonte, like at
the old Lewins stand,